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# 11
04-28-2012, 09:06 AM
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Originally Posted by MustrumRidcully View Post
What's wrong with the TARDIS?

Okay, I get it, getting the possibly infinite sized interior right may be difficult.

Put this in the next lockbox, please.

Mustrum "Geronimo!" Ridcully
actualy thats not that as far out as putting in the normandy.. DR who and the tardis will be appearing the in the trek universe in a cross over series so its more likely to appear in game than the normandy
http://www.startrek.com/article/idws...mic-due-in-may


but either way cryptic dont own the license to reproduce the normandy and most likey will never own a license for the tardis either
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# 12
04-28-2012, 09:08 AM
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Originally Posted by silo935
Agreed, you can't just rip off other franchises. I'm already waiting for the C&D letter from Blizzard saying they have to remove the Terran Battlecruiser....er...sorry...'Bortas' from the game...
Who called in the fleet?
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# 13
04-28-2012, 01:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Diamondillium
actualy thats not that as far out as putting in the normandy.. DR who and the tardis will be appearing the in the trek universe in a cross over series so its more likely to appear in game than the normandy
http://www.startrek.com/article/idws...mic-due-in-may


but either way cryptic dont own the license to reproduce the normandy and most likey will never own a license for the tardis either
Well, trademarks and copyright laws can be weird, but I have my doubts the BBC would have a strong case if someone uses a 60's police box. Of course, it couldn't be called TARDIS and it's interior should probably not look like any of the TARDIS interior sets... :p

Mustrum "Why am I even arguing this point, it's not like it could happen or I would care for it to happen" Ridcully
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# 14
04-28-2012, 02:58 PM
As a big ME fan, I wouldn't mind.

But, ever heard of copyright?

I don't think the guys at Bioware/EA would approve.
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# 15
04-28-2012, 03:55 PM
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Originally Posted by N0vastar
yeah no thanks. Because if we allow that(as if it would be) then we will have star destroyers before too long. then the Tardis....and the ship from fireply..and BSG ships....soon it won't be star trek. Star Trek online. Not Mass effect online.
I could say its not star trek all rdy
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# 16
04-28-2012, 04:31 PM
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Originally Posted by N0vastar
yeah no thanks. Because if we allow that(as if it would be) then we will have star destroyers before too long. then the Tardis....and the ship from fireply..and BSG ships....soon it won't be star trek. Star Trek online. Not Mass effect online.
There was a ship on Enterprise designed to be like the TARDIS. It was featured in an episode that I think aired on the anniversary of Doctor Who or something, with a plot about a timeship that was bigger on the inside.
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# 17
04-28-2012, 04:48 PM
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Originally Posted by noblet
Might not be a bad idea. What if Cryptic get sued and STO gets handed over to Bioware?
We can only dream my friend, we can only dream. I'd cry tears of joy if this were to happen.
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# 18
04-28-2012, 05:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Leviathan99
There was a ship on Enterprise designed to be like the TARDIS. It was featured in an episode that I think aired on the anniversary of Doctor Who or something, with a plot about a timeship that was bigger on the inside.
I prefer to believe nothing on Enterprise ever actually happened. That it was one really messed up nightmare playing out in Riker's head as a consequence of a night of too much Romulan Ale.

I sometimes pretend this about STO too.
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# 19
04-28-2012, 05:15 PM
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Originally Posted by silo935
I prefer to believe nothing on Enterprise ever actually happened. That it was one really messed up nightmare playing out in Riker's head as a consequence of a night of too much Romulan Ale.
Does it really take that?

The way I see it, each character has a "stock plot."

Picard solves a crisis through delegation and bartering, making everyone happy.

Geordi encounters someone prickly and becomes their friend in under an hour.

Wesley saves the ship.

Crusher falls in love and comes up with a medical miracle.

Worf displays tremendous valor and gets dissed by people, undeservedly, whether Starfleet or Klingons.

Data proves himself more human than everyone else after making a breakthrough with programming himself or another android.

Troi gets psychically violated and learns to be more independent.

Riker...? Riker gets thrown into a situation where all his assumptions are questioned, either a setup or an advanced simulation or god powers or a god with a crush on him, and has his notion of reality gets shredded. He comes through with a bit of cleverness and a daring ploy.

But Riker has been through so many simulated realities, mutable realities, and conspiracy scenarios that I'm not exactly sure he's an expert on "reality."
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# 20
04-28-2012, 05:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Leviathan99
Does it really take that?

The way I see it, each character has a "stock plot."

Picard solves a crisis through delegation and bartering, making everyone happy.

Geordi encounters someone prickly and becomes their friend in under an hour.

Wesley saves the ship.

Crusher falls in love and comes up with a medical miracle.

Worf displays tremendous valor and gets dissed by people, undeservedly, whether Starfleet or Klingons.

Data proves himself more human than everyone else after making a breakthrough with programming himself or another android.

Troi gets psychically violated and learns to be more independent.

Riker...? Riker gets thrown into a situation where all his assumptions are questioned, either a setup or an advanced simulation or god powers or a god with a crush on him, and has his notion of reality gets shredded. He comes through with a bit of cleverness and a daring ploy.

But Riker has been through so many simulated realities, mutable realities, and conspiracy scenarios that I'm not exactly sure he's an expert on "reality."
Well, since only Riker and Troi were in that merciful final gasp of an episode, I had to pick which was more likely to get rip-roaring drunk and start seeing things.
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