I've watched the first few episodes.

So far I've been enjoying it. But, it hits me that it's basically a remake of the "Walking Dead" series... except the replaced the apocalyptic dead world with the apocalyptic alien invasion world.

Either way.... I enjoy it so far. Go Aliens... and Zombies! LOL :D

:unsure: We know...

U know I can be auctioned off for the right price ;) :P

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Earth 2 was amazing; it still pains me that it got canceled.

We've been watching it Netflix Instant Streaming, unlike most SciFi of it's era, I personally don't believe it shows it's age. No hokey technologies or lines of technobabble. It was spotless until there was one attempted CGI effect to create an explosion that was just horrendous. Even some of the tougher bits of the Terrians or human/Terrian characters coming in and out of the ground (mostly) appears completely believable.

If this show aired today on SyFy or TNT, I think it'd do very well.

The premier had 5.9 million viewers according the Nielson and the next week they had 4.2 million. That's not bad at all if they can keep the numbers up that high. Hopefully, it'll be allowed to run it's entire storyline. Earth 2 was amazing; it still pains me that it got canceled.

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Hearing about these dark and light side points makes me wonder where they are going with it. Surely not new abilities because it would blur the lines between the sides too much. Perhaps some kind of reputation maybe...?

the interview i saw they said the dark side and light side poitns effect how your companiona relate to you. They said that it wont effect your side the example they gave would be equivelant to a WW2 solider doing his job and saving lives (light) to a WW2 solider keeping a nazi in his basement and torturing him (dark)

I'd be willing to do a full gear set for Fed character starting out, anywhere from Lt to Cdr.

SHIPS:

• Weapons
• Shields
• Engines
• Deflector
• Consoles
• Battery Sets

Personnel Character & Away Team

• Body Armor
• Shields
• Weapons
• Class Kits
• Hypos, Shields, PowerCells

Agreed. I have been anticipating this show and kept hoping it wasn't going to be some corny Siffy (SyFy) wannabe. I was pleasantly surprised with the first two episode (the premiere 2-hour) and look forward to sitting down with the third in the next day or two.

Like Mikey said, I hope it gets it's fair chance at a full run. I keep sharing my old favorite shows with Mike that didn't quite make it through their entire story (Firefly, Earth 2 so far, with The 4400 to follow).

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I dunno... I will probably be playing on the Dark Side, myself. ;)

Still, though... Be nice if they would make space combat multi-player... And free-roam.

But even though I dislike the space combat system they've chosen to use (Starfox 64), I'm probably going to choose to play an Imperial Agent simply for their super cool Phantom starship. xD

=edit=

Though, being an altaholic, I'll probably make a Bounty Hunter and Trooper, as well. :p

That's the only real negative about the game to me as well, I was hoping for a space system more like in SWG, or even that old game Freelancer.
Well, that and there doesn't appear to be class that's both Support and DPS, like the one I was playing in SWG (Officer). So I'm looking at either Gunslinger Smuggler and/or whichever branch of Trooper has Combat Medic. But I'm still excited, especially because it looks like it won't take an hour to get buffed for a raid now! :P

Welcome to the Stonewall forums! ^.^

It's lucky the game comes so long after the masses dropped SWG, otherwise SW:TOR's pathetic space combat mechanics would have been laughed out of the business. :P

Don't forget, SWG didn't ship with ANY kind of space component. You simply went from planet to planet like we Teleport in STO (except you had to haul your... umm.. backside... to the nearest starport. But while SWG's space component may have been much less limiting than SWTOR's, it sounds like SWTOR's focus will be on individual interaction and story (like KOTOR was) and SWG can't compete with that.

Hell, when we started following SWTOR, we didn't even know if we'd have SHIPS, much less any space component. Besides, it'll give you a reason to keep STO around. ;-)

As for the classes... I do have to say... the Dark Side has all the best looking ships and I'm none too thrilled about that. ;-)

I would like to auction off a spot to help with respec(s).

(could help more that one person, so auction me off lots)


(I just realised how wrong that sounded.)

Sadly, I'm not aware of any besides 'Wounded Wolf'.

There's a very small reference in my mission ('The Spirits of Ramok Nor'), where a Ferengi mentions that the male security chief of DS9 has a husband. But it's only a throw-away reference in a piece of branching dialogue... certainly doesn't qualify 'Ramok Nor' as a GLBT mission.

I would like to auction off a spot to be apart of an upcoming STO livestream for Massively.com :)

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I dunno... I will probably be playing on the Dark Side, myself. ;)

Still, though... Be nice if they would make space combat multi-player... And free-roam.

But even though I dislike the space combat system they've chosen to use (Starfox 64), I'm probably going to choose to play an Imperial Agent simply for their super cool Phantom starship. xD

=edit=

Though, being an altaholic, I'll probably make a Bounty Hunter and Trooper, as well. :p

That's the only real negative about the game to me as well, I was hoping for a space system more like in SWG, or even that old game Freelancer.
Well, that and there doesn't appear to be class that's both Support and DPS, like the one I was playing in SWG (Officer). So I'm looking at either Gunslinger Smuggler and/or whichever branch of Trooper has Combat Medic. But I'm still excited, especially because it looks like it won't take an hour to get buffed for a raid now! :P

Welcome to the Stonewall forums! ^.^

It's lucky the game comes so long after the masses dropped SWG, otherwise SW:TOR's pathetic space combat mechanics would have been laughed out of the business. :P

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I think Cryptic's position on this is that there will be ways to gain Bridge Officers of all different species in-game with out having to buy them, but for those people who want to have a single species crew, which isn't really cannon (there's only one example of it in Trek), they'll have to purchase them through the C-Store.

The only part that confuses me is that Catians are rare and Vulcans are uncommon. Wouldn't you think the species that breeds every 7 years would be less common than the one, that well, has litters?

Cats and other animals that raise litters tend to only breed once all of the kittens/puppies/cubs have grown enough to leave. Vulcans, for all we know, could have another child seven years after conceiving the first. (and humans, a bit like rats who don't have litters, will keep cranking them out with no end in sight, even before the previous child isn't even a year or two old. :P )

Also, the rarity could also represent how many of a certain race joins Starfleet.

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The only part that confuses me is that Catians are rare and Vulcans are uncommon. Wouldn't you think the species that breeds every 7 years would be less common than the one, that well, has litters?

LOL! So true!

I'm actually quite offended that Vulcans are common. I think they've made a mistake setting certain races as more common than others.

I liked the first episode. It's got a lot going for it at the moment. I want to know more, but i'm not quite sure where to start. I guess that's a good thing!

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I dunno... I will probably be playing on the Dark Side, myself. ;)

Still, though... Be nice if they would make space combat multi-player... And free-roam.

But even though I dislike the space combat system they've chosen to use (Starfox 64), I'm probably going to choose to play an Imperial Agent simply for their super cool Phantom starship. xD

=edit=

Though, being an altaholic, I'll probably make a Bounty Hunter and Trooper, as well. :p

That's the only real negative about the game to me as well, I was hoping for a space system more like in SWG, or even that old game Freelancer.
Well, that and there doesn't appear to be class that's both Support and DPS, like the one I was playing in SWG (Officer). So I'm looking at either Gunslinger Smuggler and/or whichever branch of Trooper has Combat Medic. But I'm still excited, especially because it looks like it won't take an hour to get buffed for a raid now! :P

I know MarkNine and I have watched the first episode of it and were really impressed. We tend to not watch live TV and prefer to DVR our favorite shows and watch them with meals and stuff. I hope it succeeds and actually pans out to a full season rather than being cut short like so many shows.

Has anyone else been watching Falling Skies on TNT?

I had been looking forward to it for sometime and now that it's begun, I'm pretty impressed by it. I'm enjoy each episode more and more. I've started reading the Web Comic to get more of the back story.

Last year during our Pride Weekend, we hosted a Pride Prom and Auction on Risa. It was a ton of fun. For the Auction, we auctioned off two-hour dates with the Admirals of Stonewall Fleet and we plan to do the same again, but last year something happened that we weren't expecting. People kept offering to be auctioned off as well or auction off a service that they could provide. We were shocked at how many people were actually interested in it and it resulted in some cool stuff like one of my favorite pieces of fan fiction, The Stonewall Resistance.

So this year, I thought I'd give all of you the opportunity to get involved. If you'd like to volunteer, reply below. A few ground rules though, I'd still like to keep it so only the Admirals are being auctioned off for two-hour dates. What I'd really like to see if you guys would like to auction off some good or service that you could provide, such as crafting certain items, helping with a Respec, or writing some custom fan fiction! Be creative and imaginative.

All of the funds raised will go to the fleet and will be spent on items and supplies we need in-game and soon, hopefully our Fleet Starbase!

Reply below! Thanks everyone!!