An unusual Trek site

Typhonis 1 · Post by **Typhonis 1** » 2003-09-02 02:30am

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-09-02 09:14am

Star Trek - Jules Verne style!

BTW - I found it funny that the Klingons in this version are supposed to resemble Germans, not Russians.

Death from the Sea · Post by **Death from the Sea** » 2003-09-02 10:51am

so that is a steam powered trek ship? that is different

Grand Moff Yenchin · Post by **Grand Moff Yenchin** » 2003-09-02 11:28am

Dilythium coal? And the Victoria head in that symbol is....quite cool. (And she lives on and lives on and lives on

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CorSec · Post by **CorSec** » 2003-09-02 08:17pm

That's pretty cool.

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2003-09-02 08:32pm

I love that ship design. I love everything about it. Just.. gods yes.

CorSec · Post by **CorSec** » 2003-09-02 08:38pm

As much as I groused about the level of technology in League, I really do like the sheer fun factor of the Victorian-centric worlds built in the Steampunk fashion. Now I'm really feeling the urge to get my hands on some Jules Verne.

Agent R · Post by **Agent R** » 2003-09-02 08:54pm

How terribly fascinating.....

I wonder how they get the "AE" in aether to connect like that?

CorSec · Post by **CorSec** » 2003-09-02 09:08pm

alt + 0198

Isolder74 · Post by **Isolder74** » 2003-09-03 12:51am

Interesting...
That really shrinks the Star Trek world down.

A steam powered Enterprise might be much more stable then the E-D.

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-09-03 09:04am

Agent R wrote:How terribly fascinating.....

I wonder how they get the "AE" in aether to connect like that?

Scandinavian keyboards have buttons for æ, ø and å. (letters used in Scandinavia... and apparently nowhere else)

BTW - this Steam-Trek got me another idea... what about a Swords-And-Sorcery version of Star Trek??

Typhonis 1 · Post by **Typhonis 1** » 2003-09-03 12:47pm

well that would be simple

Vulcans=Elves
?=Dwarves
?=Halflinhs

Drow=Romulans
Uruk Hai= Klingons((only with more tacticl sense))
Reptiliads=Gorn

Embracer Of Darkness · Post by **Embracer Of Darkness** » 2003-09-03 12:53pm

I actually think this Steam Trek thing is kinda' cool.

Typhonis 1 · Post by **Typhonis 1** » 2003-09-03 01:16pm

"Captain it seems they have launched Aether Torpedoes at us . Damn the Torpedoes!! fire the main Tesla guns"

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2003-09-03 01:57pm

"Steam Punk" eh? Learn something new every day.....

And did anyone else catch the Pon-Farr cycle of seven days!?! Bwahahaha!!!

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-09-04 08:55am

Typhonis 1 wrote:well that would be simple

Vulcans=Elves
?=Dwarves
?=Halflinhs

Well, as for the Dwarves, the Jardra species from my story "The Wormhole War" (linked to in my sig) bears some resemblance to D&D dwarves, but with a more predatory, "orcy" visage. Maybe we could borrow them for Swords-And-Sorcery Trek?

(However, in order to do this we would have to remove a very interesting facet of their background which - if I revealed it - would be a spoiler for "The Wormhole War")

johnmarkley · Post by **johnmarkley** » 2003-09-05 04:44pm

Gotta love the origin story of the Ferengi.
"The result is a race even more deplorable than the French stock they degenerated from..."

Patrick Degan · Post by **Patrick Degan** » 2003-09-07 01:56am

One famous bit on the TOS blooper reels depicted somebody shoveling coal into the Enterprise's engines with the dubbed SFX of a steam-driver puffing and chugging away as the ship sails into the distance. Now comes this bunch who sort of made it "true".

Very imaginative and charming. I can almost visualise the Cavorite plates on the landing craft. Æthermarines in combat with Martian walkers.

The irony is that Steam Trek's technology is more plausible than TNG's.

'Twill be interesting to see how their series of penny-dreadfuls turn out.

StarshipTitanic · Post by **StarshipTitanic** » 2003-09-07 02:40am

The smoke stacks on the top are rather funny.

Eleas · Post by **Eleas** » 2003-09-14 06:10pm

Oh god this is well done.

The Dark · Post by **The Dark** » 2003-09-14 06:13pm

Simon H.Johansen wrote:BTW - this Steam-Trek got me another idea... what about a Swords-And-Sorcery version of Star Trek??

You mean something like Spelljammer

?

BTW, does anyone recognize the game format they're using for their characters? I'm pretty sure it's using a deck of playing cards, but it's not an RPG system I'm familiar with.

Post by **Kuja** » 2003-09-14 06:35pm

That ship is very, very cool.

Luke Starkiller · Post by **Luke Starkiller** » 2003-09-14 08:56pm

Heh. Captain James T. Kirch of the Enterprise, his crew is noted for unusual solutions. Captain Jean-Luc Pichard of the Constitution.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-09-15 02:40pm

Isn't there a better name for that specific genre other than "steam punk"? That just sounds really dumb to me.

I always called it "Victorian tech", personally...

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Darth Servo · Post by **Darth Servo** » 2003-09-15 04:48pm

Simon H.Johansen wrote:
Typhonis 1 wrote: ?=Dwarves
Well, as for the Dwarves, the Jardra species from my story "The Wormhole War" (linked to in my sig) bears some resemblance to D&D dwarves, but with a more predatory, "orcy" visage.

Why wouldn't the Ferengi work? They're short enough.