Reign of Terror

Crown · Post by **Crown** » 2003-11-16 06:06am

Very nice update Mike, very nice!

Xon · Post by **Xon** » 2003-11-16 07:56am

Ooh, a very good chapter.

Grand Admiral Ancaris · Post by **Grand Admiral Ancaris** » 2003-11-16 09:55am

Moooooorrre!!! I must have more!!! This is great stuff!

I wanna know what the heck it was that made the captain put the ship into hybernation like that.

CJvR · Post by **CJvR** » 2003-11-16 10:46am

Can't help but thinking about Event Horizon also. Not that an Imperial Stardestroyer on the loose in Trek-verse really need anything to increase it's scaryness factor.

Considering how easy it is to get highly sophisticated self-aware machines in the Empire I wonder how advanced the main computer of a SD might become. It would probably have blocks against becoming to independent but isolated from the chain of command without any recognized authority it wouldn't surprise me if the professional paranoids in the empire had programmed it to take charge itself to seek out and destroy any non-imperial regimes.

Eleas · Post by **Eleas** » 2003-11-16 01:34pm

Mike, this story is vastly better than Conquest.

CJvR wrote:it wouldn't surprise me if the professional paranoids in the empire had programmed it to take charge itself to seek out and destroy any non-imperial regimes.

That would be the stupidest thing imaginable. You do NOT want to piss off other governments in an uncontrolled fashion.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-11-16 01:40pm

Nice.

darthdavid · Post by **darthdavid** » 2003-11-16 08:29pm

It kicks teh arse.

Shogoki · Post by **Shogoki** » 2003-11-16 10:15pm

The first thing that came to my mind was the virust thing that kill the crews in the lost fleet in the Thrawn trilogy, made the crew go crazy or something, but that's probably not it.

Anyway, great chapter, i hope we don't have to wait 6 months for the next one

Natorgator · Post by **Natorgator** » 2003-11-16 10:21pm

Hmm...if there was something that was so drastic the entire crew died, why would he not make the ship self-destruct? ISDs do have self-destruct measures, right?

Unless it was a phenomenon that wasn't contained aboard the ship..

darthdavid · Post by **darthdavid** » 2003-11-16 10:24pm

Natorgator wrote:Hmm...if there was something that was so drastic the entire crew died, why would he not make the ship self-destruct? ISDs do have self-destruct measures, right?

Unless it was a phenomenon that wasn't contained aboard the ship..

But wouldn't it just leave when the ship shut down and their was nothing left to kill/maim/mindcontrol left in the ship?

Xon · Post by **Xon** » 2003-11-17 07:18am

darthdavid wrote:
Natorgator wrote:Hmm...if there was something that was so drastic the entire crew died, why would he not make the ship self-destruct? ISDs do have self-destruct measures, right?

Unless it was a phenomenon that wasn't contained aboard the ship..
But wouldn't it just leave when the ship shut down and their was nothing left to kill/maim/mindcontrol left in the ship?

And go were?

Remember space is big, really really fucking big.

The ship was locked down, I would guess the it couldnt actually get out.

Post by **NecronLord** » 2003-11-17 07:58am

Natorgator wrote:Hmm...if there was something that was so drastic the entire crew died, why would he not make the ship self-destruct? ISDs do have self-destruct measures, right?

Unless it was a phenomenon that wasn't contained aboard the ship..

"It won't die ... it gets into your head, and ..."

Sounds like something noncaporeal, like the thing in Day of the Dove.

Post by **Rob Wilson** » 2003-11-17 08:46am

NecronLord wrote:
Natorgator wrote:Hmm...if there was something that was so drastic the entire crew died, why would he not make the ship self-destruct? ISDs do have self-destruct measures, right?

Unless it was a phenomenon that wasn't contained aboard the ship..
"It won't die ... it gets into your head, and ..."

Sounds like something noncaporeal, like the thing in Day of the Dove.

Or possibly Devil in the Dark? Of course it's possible that the threat came onboard from the SW Galaxy and caused the problem that stranded the ISD in the ST universe.

There's a whole host of possibilities.

Darth Servo · Post by **Darth Servo** » 2003-11-20 01:17pm

Can I be one of the droids?

Post by **Kuja** » 2003-11-20 02:49pm

The first thing I thought of were the bugs in Starship Troopers, actually. The "they get in your head" phrase is virtually identicle.

Pcm979 · Post by **Pcm979** » 2003-11-20 08:07pm

I vaguely recollect a TNG episode with mind controlling earwig things or something. I thought it was them.

Singular Quartet · Post by **Singular Quartet** » 2003-11-20 08:49pm

Kuja wrote:The first thing I thought of were the bugs in Starship Troopers, actually. The "they get in your head" phrase is virtually identicle.

No, those bugs sucked out your brains.

jegs2 · Post by **jegs2** » 2003-11-21 01:34am

Pretty good story, Mike. Look forward to reading more...

Jawawithagun · Post by **Jawawithagun** » 2003-11-23 06:13pm

Indeed, all loyal imperial citizen are waiting for the next chapter, wanting to see how that lonely ISD is faring in that big cold alien galaxy.

Post by **Kuja** » 2003-11-23 06:19pm

Singular Quartet wrote:
Kuja wrote:The first thing I thought of were the bugs in Starship Troopers, actually. The "they get in your head" phrase is virtually identicle.
No, those bugs sucked out your brains.

Yes, I know. My reference was to the general's line: "They get your head. They make you do things."

darthdavid · Post by **darthdavid** » 2003-11-23 07:18pm

I saw this thread updated and got my hopes up. Burn in firery hell kuja.

Singular Quartet · Post by **Singular Quartet** » 2003-11-23 08:38pm

Kuja wrote:
Singular Quartet wrote:
Kuja wrote:The first thing I thought of were the bugs in Starship Troopers, actually. The "they get in your head" phrase is virtually identicle.
No, those bugs sucked out your brains.
Yes, I know. My reference was to the general's line: "They get your head. They make you do things."

He, obviously, was on crack.

Pcm979 · Post by **Pcm979** » 2003-11-23 09:03pm

Come on, I watched it five years ago or so. It's blurred with all the other stupid brain-bug things over the years, like the Kahn-bug and the aforementioned Starship Troopers bug.

Raoul Duke, Jr. · Post by **Raoul Duke, Jr.** » 2003-11-24 08:47pm

Bucking the trend, I humbly request to NOT appear in this fanfic. It's really, really good -- but I have to buck the trend, you know. It's a habit.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-11-28 11:41pm

Raoul Duke, Jr. wrote:Bucking the trend, I humbly request to NOT appear in this fanfic. It's really, really good -- but I have to buck the trend, you know. It's a habit.

That's just because you have a sinking feeling that some of these characters are going to get killed off

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