In space, no one can hear you die...A Starflight LP

[RobinStarwing]

So, I decided to go REALLY old school with my first LP and going to play for you all a very old PC game that was made by Binary Systems and Electronic Arts in 1986. I am using a DOSBOX Emulator to play it.

The game is....

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Starflight! A Space game where you travel around space and basically explore. Star Trek without all the fixings. Let's go into the game and basically get ready to become Spacemen!

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Look! It's the Captain! *points at self* Doesn't he look adorable...:dance: Yeah, 1986 Graphics suck compared to now. We are going to go to the door on the left directly from us and read a message!

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We are about to embark on our first mission and they give us 12,000 Monetary Units...Interstel Money basically to be used to train my crew and fix up my ship. Next...

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Seems we can leave some portion of this to earn interest if we so choose. Smart thing to do I think when I get done training and putting my ship together. Now let's look at our Mission Objectives my potential crew (explain later).

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1. Seek out and explore strange new worlds

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2. Boldly go where no man has gone before...

Hey wait that stole that! Copyright Infringement! Paramount should sue!

Anyways on to 3...

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3. Establish contact with any Sentients.

Guess they aren't doing copyright infringement but the former is still sexist. :raise:

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4. Capture and bring back non-sentient lifeforms.

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5. Record Alien Lifeform Data

They mean non-sentient.

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6. Bring back alien artifacts

TOMB RAIDER IN SPACE!!!

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7. Bring back any valuable minerals (including Endurium).

Endurium is what powers your ship pretty much. Your engines use it for Faster-Than-Light travel, Shields, Weapons, landing on planets, and launching from Planets.

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8. Keep from getting brutally killed.

WHAT!!! And the mofos only gave us 12,000MUs? Ugh! Anyways...back to the notice

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Okay, so avoid the area noted and the first planet closest to the sun has high mineral density in the moutains. Yay! We get to go mining first!

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Okay, nearby star system has something interesting. Ruins of the Old Empire apparently at 17N x 162E.

Next...

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Alien Activity in the system at 175, 94.

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Good luck and a safe return.

It should be noted that they sent out 13 ships and 78 people about 5 years ago and only 2 made it back. So yes, our odds are rather good...*insert sarcasm*

Now onto the Arth Station Floor. Yes, this is a space station in orbit of a planet named Arth.

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Our next stop is the door at the top, which is basically where I will create the crew for my ship. However, rather than me creating it...I am going to take on five of you! I claim captain as this is my LP!:dance:

Let me go over some things first before we start. There are five positions besides Captain that get filled on a ship. They are

Science Officer
Navigator
Engineer
Communications
Doctor

There in total five races to pick from. Let us start with the most unsurprising.

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Humans, who excel at science and are good at everything else we need as well. They also have a very good learning rate which makes it cheaper to train them.

Next is....

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Androids, don't need to train but their skills are hardwired so not that good on later except in Engineering and Navigation.

Next on out list is...

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Elowan, a race of plants! Yeah, they can't take a licking but they are not just cheap to train...when it comes to Communications and Medicine..they rock!

Next up....

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The Thrynn, a race of lizard-dinos. They are like Humans almost but they excel at Communications better than anything else.

I should also note that both the Elowan and Thrynn live out in space and while they will get along on the ship, having one of each race is not reccomended as the two races in question will shoot at you for having the other on board. Racism is alive and well in the 47th Century...:(

Finally....

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Yes friends, our next race is a giant Grasshopper called the Velox. They excell at Navigation and Engineering but are sucktastic at everything else and they are only marginally better than androids at learning.

Oh and to repeat...

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I claim Captain!

Now, I want some ideas for my next episode of this LP.

First off...who else wants to be in my crew in what open position, race, and why.

Second, what will we name our bucket of bolts space coffin that Interstel intends to put us in? And no, I will not accept Enterprise as a name.

Till next time folks!

[Solid Snake]

Given my username, I wholeheartedly volunteer to be a Thrynn aboard your ship.

EDIT: As an aspiring lawyer, I should also handle Communications. Because you know we lizard-dinos know how to negotiate contracts and sound eloquent and appropriately diplomatic while screwing everyone over. (Uh, is that what a Communications officer even does? Or do we just fix the radio frequencies so everyone can speak to each other? Even the latter fits for a character named Solid Snake, he knows all kinds of shit about CODEC.)

[RobinStarwing]

Given my username, I wholeheartedly volunteer to be a Thrynn aboard your ship.

EDIT: As an aspiring lawyer, I should also handle Communications. Because you know we lizard-dinos know how to negotiate contracts. (Uh, is that what a Communications officer even does? Or do we just fix the radio frequencies so everyone can speak to each other? Even the latter fits for a character named Solid Snake, he knows all kinds of shit about CODEC.)

You basically get to help us talk to other aliens and decide if we basically tell them we are friends or to shove it up their engine exhaust.

[Solid Snake]

You basically get to help us talk to other aliens and decide if we basically tell them we are friends or to shove it up their engine exhaust.

Perfect.

[RobinStarwing]

Perfect.

And we now have a Thrynn Comm Officer...Solid Snake! :dance:

Come on! I need more people to step forward and volunteer to be brave members of my crew!

[bluestarultor]

You said there were six races, but you only listed five. What's the last one?

[RobinStarwing]

You said there were six races, but you only listed five. What's the last one?

There are Five races...>_> Six was a typo from the crew positions. *goes up to fix now*

[Kim]

I demand to be an Android Engineer named Harry Benson.

[RobinStarwing]

And we now have an Android Engineer named Harry Benson...O_O

I did kinda want you to stick to your SNs here but ah well. Any name that is wanted and requested will be use unless it doesn't meet criteria for either being safe for work or not fitting in the space given.

[Corel]

I don't know about anyone else, but would it be possible to enlarge the screenshots at all? I've really got to focus to try read the text.

Pick the Thrynn race, name him Dr. Dinosaur.

Failing that a Velox called Zorak.

[RobinStarwing]

I don't know about anyone else, but would it be possible to enlarge the screenshots at all? I've really got to focus to try read the text.

Pick the Thrynn race, name him Dr. Dinosaur.

Failing that a Velox called Zorak.

I think I will go with the Velox, we already got a Thrynn and their name is Solid Snake. What position you want?

And it also looks like I wont' be getting along with the Elowan...>_> Guess we will be dining on Headfruit.

[Corel]

Make Zorak Navigation, sitting behind his musical table to plot courses.

http://www.c4vct.com/kym/sg/snaps/zorkboar.jpg

[RobinStarwing]

So here is our list...

Science Officer: OPEN
Navigator: Zorak (Velox)
Engineer: Harry Benson (Engineer)
Communications: Solid Snake
Doctor: Yumil

Yep, the Elowan in space will hate us for life and accuse of of eatting Headfruit (Thrynn name for the heads of Elowan).

[bluestarultor]

I don't know about anyone else, but would it be possible to enlarge the screenshots at all? I've really got to focus to try read the text.

Pick the Thrynn race, name him Dr. Dinosaur.

Failing that a Velox called Zorak.

Just a suggestion, Robin, but get a proper photo manipulation program like Paint.NET (http://www.getpaint.net) (my favorite, but there are others) and resize all the pics to 640x480.

Simply put, games this old worked in a 320x200 actual pixel resolution that got stretched to 320x240 on the screen, and the text in this game is designed to take advantage of that by being smushed so that it came out looking normal after the stretch. It'll be easier to read if the stretch is forced back onto it.

[RobinStarwing]

Just a suggestion, Robin, but get a proper photo manipulation program like Paint.NET (http://www.getpaint.net) (my favorite, but there are others) and resize all the pics to 640x480.

Simply put, games this old worked in a 320x200 actual pixel resolution that got stretched to 320x240 on the screen, and the text in this game is designed to take advantage of that by being smushed so that it came out looking normal after the stretch. It'll be easier to read if the stretch is forced back onto it.

I think I got something I can do that with. Thanks for the tip. ^_^***

[Kim]

Make sure you choose Nearest for resize options. Otherwise it'll go all blurry.

[RobinStarwing]

Make sure you choose Nearest for resize options. Otherwise it'll go all blurry.

The program seems to do it itself. It is a cheap thing I got with my now defunct webcam and mic. I just tested it and it does make it easier to read.

I also noted we still need a Ship name for our vessel. Remember, Enterprise will not be accepted.

[bluestarultor]

Like I said, Paint.NET, or there are other alternatives that are also free.

I whipped this up just to show what I meant. It's a 200% resize to 640x400 on Nearest Neighbor and then a resize to actual 640x480 using Bilinear:

http://i48.tinypic.com/334j6hh.png

You can see how the vertical stretch makes the horizontal lines appear closer in thickness to the vertical ones.

[Kyanbu The Legend]

I'd like to join your crew as the Human Science Officer, Kyanbu Legend.

If that position is still open.

[RobinStarwing]

Science Officer: Kyanbu Legend (Human)
Navigator: Zorak (Velox)
Engineer: Harry Benson (Engineer)
Communications: Solid Snake (Thrynn)
Doctor:

Though we had a crew...Doctor in the house?

Still need a ship name as well.

[Fenris]

Yumil deleted his post. not sure if he still wants in.

[RobinStarwing]

Fixed Fenn.

So, take a look back and who wants to be the doctor?

(repeats...name the ship!)

[Kim]

Spaceship Pirate.

[RobinStarwing]

So, got one vote for ISS PIRATE

Any other names? Names will actually be based on majority. The crew is first named, first served.

[Fenris]

Human Dr. named Love

[RobinStarwing]

Science Officer: Kyanbu Legend (Human)
Navigator: Zorak (Velox)
Engineer: Harry Benson (Android)
Communications: Solid Snake (Thrynn)
Doctor: Love (Human)

Now we got a crew!

Still need a ship name!

Names so far: Pirate

Ah well, guess we are going with pirate! Off to LP now!

[Yumil]

Yumil deleted his post. not sure if he still wants in.

The doctor dinosaur was suggested basically by the post before me, was done while I was checking if it could be done>.< So, I deleted it as I didn't feel right after it had been suggested.

[Corel]

Hmm, call the ship Thunder Child.

Nothing forboding about that name what so ever!

Edit: If you really want to keep crew names to Usernames, you're welcome to change it to Corel if you want.

[Fenris]

Science Officer: Kyanbu Legend (Human)
Navigator: Zorak (Velox)
Engineer: Harry Benson (Engineer)
Communications: Solid Snake (Thrynn)
Doctor: Love (Human)

Good to know Harry Benson is the right race for the job.

[RobinStarwing]

LOL, sorry about that! I meant Android. Fixed now.

All positions are taken as is the ship name. Next installment coming tomorrow.

[Melfice]

I VETO THE CHOICE FOR THE DOCTOR!

It is nothing but logical, considering the forums we're on, that the doctor should be named Dr. Dinosaur and that he should be a Thryn!

DO IT!

[Krylo]

Doctor Dinosaur isn't even a real doctor! Of anything!

But certainly not medicine.

[RobinStarwing]

Yay! Time for another installment of our journey into the great beyond! We now have a crew and Ship name! We also have better images!

Let's meet the rest of the crew starting off with...

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The lovely Human Science Officer Kyanbu Legend

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Our Velox Musician Navigator Zorak

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Our Android Engineer Harry Bensen

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Our Aspiring Thrynn Lawyer-in-training and Communicators Officer Solid Snake!

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And finally, our Human Doctor Love!:dance: Remember Doctor, no peeking up the girl's spacesuits!

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And this is the brave (i.e. Suicidal) crew of the spaceworth starship (i.e. space coffin)

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ISS PIRATE

Though of course I did some training of our crew and myself so...we need more funds as you can see.

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So I ran over to the door on the left bottom to sell 5 tons of Endurium because that is where we will be going to sell what we mine/capture/laracroft from the cosmos.

Came back to Ship Configuration to use the 5000MUs we got from the Endurium and got us some Cargo Pods!

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Yay! Now we got space to put the stuff we find out there! All our storage needs are solved by us becoming POD people.

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And it is now time to say good-bye to this space station that our employers (Who think we are so good at our jobs that we only need 12,000 MUs to start on) built in Arth Orbit. *flips Interstel Board of Directors the one-finger salute*

Anyways...

*boards the ship*

Say hello to the bridge!

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Yeah, it isn't much but it's home. So, we get to launch from the Airlock! So let's go to the Captain's panel!

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Now here we can do a lot of stuff. We can view cargo, Log Planets for colonization, write our own log, etc. We are just interested in Launch right now so let us pick launch.

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And welcome to 1980's Anti-Piracy Protection! This game when it came out for the PC originally had a Code Wheel that you would need to spin around and enter the code found. Thankfully, one can find online apps for the same thing. ^_^

So we enter the code and we launch and now...the Arth home system!

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The red arrow is pointing at Arth as you can all see because I put Arth next to the arrow. The little grey thing in the screen on the left is our ship. ^_^ It's cute! *_*

Our destination is the red planet closest to the sun.

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Getting ready to enter orbit.

So yeah, I missed the screenshot of the planet, sorry folks. Will capture one again next time. But anyways I did get a lovely shot of the world we landed on...once we did.

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Yeah, we are close enough to the sun that it dominates our sky me thinks...or it is just the sucky 1980 graphics. :dance:

So we disembark onto our first hostile alien world. Now, we'd all think this crew would risk getting one hell of a sunburn but...

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We have a lovely little enclosed Terrain Vehicle to be roasted in! So we travel around and find some minerals and this is what we find once we get too full to get anything back!

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Some lovely metals to sell back at Interstel Station!

So, next time folks, more mining and we will meet our first Non-Sentient Alien Lifeforms and they might think us tasty!

Until Then. Until Then. (Does his Kikosia impersonation)

[RobinStarwing]

I feel silly doing this but I did update yesterday and want to see people's reactions so far to my first ever LP before I update again...


So I am replying to my own thread first and bumping it...>_>

[Solid Snake]

It's fine and all, and knowing my Let's Play history I'm not really the one to make good advice (I've tried two Let's Plays, neither of which really got off the ground because I tried to write too much and made updating too difficult.)

Here's two pointers, though:

1) The more interactivity in each chapter of your Let's Play, the better. If you're just typing up a narrative that explains your own choices to the reader, you don't give the readers much incentive to invest anything into your story. On the other hand, if you actually consistently give us choices to make that affect the storyline in future chapters, we'll have a reason to read on and we'll waste tons of time debating the possibilities in your thread.

So instead of just telling us which planets you land on and what activities you pursue, you can leave us with a multiple-choice framework of where to go and what to do, and let us debate the pros and cons of each possibility.

2) The more originality and innovation in the presentation of your narrative, the better. Just recapping the events of the Let's Play in a traditional gamer's synopsis ("We did this, and then I clicked that button and we went here, and I missed this screenshot but it looked like X...", etc.) makes for a dull read. Attempting to build your own independent storyline around the screenshots, and just using the screenshots to frame your own unique narrative, is altogether more interesting.

For example: Try to write a Captain's Diary Log, and then develop each of your crew members into interesting characters with snappy dialogue and fun personalities. You needn't attempt to stay true to your own perceptions of who I or Kyanbu or NonCon are. Use the names, but make the characters your own. For example, you can buck the stereotypes by writing the dinosaur Thrynn Solid Snake as a sophisticated, pacifistic gentleman who likes to sip his afternoon tea while writing diplomatic communications. You can write Doctor Love ironically as an antisocial, heartless bigot with no interest in interpersonal relations. Then you can use the screenshots as tools to tell your story: As the characters interact, the Captain announces "We're heading for Planet X!" and then you tag along a screenshot of the gameplay that matches the events.

Generally speaking, though, I'm not sure how well LPs work with older games. Games like Mass Effect and Dragon Age (or even slightly older 3D games like that vampire RPG that was a really popular LP lately) really encourage active LPs because there's just a lot more for readers to invest into -- readers can choose to pursue love interests, there's tons of different branching opportunities for readers to interject their opinions into, the graphics in the screenshots are pretty to look at and thus encourage readership, and the game provides a richer narrative to base the LP on. One problem with your LP might be that the screenshots seem borderline indecipherable to those not familiar with your game, and it's more difficult to tell a cohesive narrative when characters like "Kyanbu" and "Harry" show up as text instead of as independent characters to talk with.

(/my two cents)

[Krylo]

1) The more interactivity in each chapter of your Let's Play, the better. If you're just typing up a narrative that explains your own choices to the reader, you don't give the readers much incentive to invest anything into your story. On the other hand, if you actually consistently give us choices to make that affect the storyline in future chapters, we'll have a reason to read on and we'll waste tons of time debating the possibilities in your thread.

So instead of just telling us which planets you land on and what activities you pursue, you can leave us with a multiple-choice framework of where to go and what to do, and let us debate the pros and cons of each possibility. This is true, but on the other hand, if Robin does this:

Try to write a Captain's Diary Log, and then develop each of your crew members into interesting characters with snappy dialogue and fun personalities. You needn't attempt to stay true to your own perceptions of who I or Kyanbu or NonCon are. Use the names, but make the characters your own. For example, you can buck the stereotypes by writing the dinosaur Thrynn Solid Snake as a sophisticated, pacifistic gentleman who likes to sip his afternoon tea while writing diplomatic communications. You can write Doctor Love ironically as an antisocial, heartless bigot with no interest in interpersonal relations. Then you can use the screenshots as tools to tell your story: As the characters interact, the Captain announces "We're heading for Planet X!" and then you tag along a screenshot of the gameplay that matches the events.

Or really any other kind of narrative writing, giving too much player freedom can become a detriment, as the readers vote to do things an established character wouldn't or couldn't do (regardless of the abilities of the player), or they may just make it much harder to write a consistent and interesting narrative story as they send you bounding all over the place, with you constantly being Johnny on the Spot to write the events for whatever area you are going to, as opposed to being able to prepare, at least somewhat, ahead of time.

You'll notice, for instance, that DFM's Bloodlines RP had very little reader interactivity past the beginning, other than a few pretty large choices that could go either way--and Bloodlines was a game that would much more easily accept reader manicness because it's very linear.


BUT, if Robin is going to continue writing a dry 'this is what happened' type of LP, then, yes, more reader choice is universally welcome.

[Corel]

To be honest not a lot has happened for us to get a good opinion on what direction the LP is taking. Keep doing what you're doing and people will probably give helpful suggestions as more updates are posted.

[Solid Snake]

Or really any other kind of narrative writing, giving too much player freedom can become a detriment, as the readers vote to do things an established character wouldn't or couldn't do (regardless of the abilities of the player), or they may just make it much harder to write a consistent and interesting narrative story as they send you bounding all over the place, with you constantly being Johnny on the Spot to write the events for whatever area you are going to, as opposed to being able to prepare, at least somewhat, ahead of time.


I think it can be done, so long as the author attempts a multiple-choice approach to the choices. Then the author can basically ensure that the choices correspond with the established personalities of the characters. For example, if I've written a character to be a non-violent pacifist, I can still offer the readers choices, but just restrict those choices so that violent possibilities aren't among the options.

And some choices really don't effect character development at all: in this LP for example, Robin could introduce us to fully developed, three dimensional characters and still let us choose which planets to land on. (Presumably, that kind of a choice wouldn't be in any way dependent on the personalities of the protagonists.)

But yes, my two suggestions are to some extent exclusive. Following one or the other, or possibly both, would probably improve an LP though.

[RobinStarwing]

I think I will try to make it less dry and more interactive. I got part three ready to roll, just need to expand the pics and upload them before putting them up here. The end of Part Three will have a choice as to what we do next.

This game gives the player a lot of room to explore and choices to be made but also has a linear plot. I also wanted everyone to get a feel for the game in the first couple of episodes. Anyways, next episode I want the crew at the end to make the choice for the ship.

[RobinStarwing]

And we now have a part 3! Awesome-sauce! *Gets out the awesome sauce and pours it all over himself* So, let us find out what happens to our crew and at the end, choices will be made by you as to what the crew of the ISS PIRATE does next!

First off, a shot of the world we are on...

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Lovely isn't it?

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So land back on the surface at a new location, head out into the Terrain Vehicle and looky! It's minerals! Travel some more and...

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More minerals and it's plutonium! Don't worry, we have on Lead underwear!

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And more minerals! A bit further away so we must travel to it!

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Yet, we must soon say good bye to this mineral rich lump of rock in space and go see another sight!

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This is the fifth planet in the Arth system, and I circled it in red so we can all know where we are. Let's take a look at it before landing on it.

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Well, it has water. It also has Zinc and Plutonium...and it has an atmosphere we are better off NOT breathing; Methane, Ammonia, and Argon.

But it also has LIFEFORMS!!!! I will admit now, they were coming too fast to get clear pics of. :(

Further analysis coming now!

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Well, we know it's a planet..duh! It has 1.80Gs and it's predominant surface is Frozen...but yet it's temp ranges are sub-tropical to arctic. Unfortunately, we don't know the Atmospheric Density or Global Weather.

Now we go landing and start finding things!

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After a run in with the local non-sentients...one of which thought Dr. Love was Loveable and had some issues with Zorak's musical skills...We find ruins of the Old Empire! Complete with a Microfilm!

Phlegmak Black Egg Device located in the system at 238, 189 on the third planet at location 52N x 16E. Slight spoiler here, these Black Egg Devices will play a BIG role later on.

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Another lovely surprise! More ruins and this time far older. These are Ancient Ruins! And the little diamond next to it? That's ENDURIUM! Yep, it's our gasoline for our spaceship! These will be found whenever we get near Ancient Ruins. This is a big plot deal as well that I won't ruin.

Anyways, we fill up our cargo pods on lifeforms and minerals and head back to Arth station!

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First thing first, Trade Exchange! This is where we sell off all the interesting stuff we find as I said earlier. Let's go inside!

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We certainly aren't the Pirates that don't do anything. ^_^ We were busy spacebeavers out there!

So sell it all off and than...

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Ship Configuration for a Class 2 Engine! This means we burn less fuel and go faster for it! Always good!

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Next is Personnel to get the crew trained some more. That is also a good thing!

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Third, back to Trade Exchange to get some more fuel as we can afford it.

And now off to notices to see if anything came in while we were away...

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You know it isn't good when they tell you they got bad news for you...

Solar instability? What? :ohdear:

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WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE!!!!:crying:

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Screw the women and children first! I am flying the hell out of his hell hole!

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Wait? I can make money saving the Women and Children first? Okay, tell me more.

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy123/RobinStarwing/SFLP3/SF320.jpg

Actually, I didn't know we had homing drones?

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy123/RobinStarwing/SFLP3/SF321.jpg

So they give us something for free? The Interstel Board of Directions and the crew are now :bro: !

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And now we aren't...stupid idiots! Okay, let's go over Colonization Criteria for all of you...

Temperature: Anywhere around Temperate & Tropical
Gravity: From .7 to 1.3 is optimal but anything up to 2.0 g's
Atmosphere: Must contain oxygen
Water: Must contain water
Weather: None, Calm or Moderate
Bio/Min: Higher Bio-density and Mineral density are also preferable

Now back onto the floor!

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And we end it here with a few choices. My brave Crew! Your input is now needed!

1. Continue flying around our star system and make more MUs to maybe buy shields, missiles, armor, lasers?
2. Go next door to the K-Class near this system and see what's there? This will include checking out the Old Empire ruins mentioned previously.
3. Explore the local star systems next door? RISK OF ALIEN ENCOUNTERS!
4. Check out the Alien Activity in the system at 175, 94? *FUEL ISSUES*
5. All of the above.

Till next time folks! Fly safe!:dance:

Also, future installments...I will actually be sending the pics to those who suggest crewmembers for this ship to make comments on as the crewmember would.

[Kyanbu The Legend]

I say we continue flying around our star system and make more MUs to buy shields, missiles, armor, lasers then go to the K-Class near this system and see what's there. Maybe even check out the Old Empire ruins mentioned previously.

We might find something that'll be of great use to us in the near future.

[RobinStarwing]

I say we continue flying around our star system and make more MUs to buy shields, missiles, armor, lasers then go to the K-Class near this system and see what's there. Maybe even check out the Old Empire ruins mentioned previously.

We might find something that'll be of great use to us in the near future.

Good reccomendation Science Officer Kyanbu! Does any of the crew got anything to add?

[Fenris]

Wait shit I'm actually responsible for Dr. Love? I just wanted that name in there because it makes me giggle

[RobinStarwing]

Wait shit I'm actually responsible for Dr. Love? I just wanted that name in there because it makes me giggle

Yes you are responsible for Dr. Love. ^_^

[Fenris]

My one and only command for him is "Be completely useless or detrimental to whatever situation arises."

This is to be repeated until the completion of the LP.

[Kim]

I don't really know what I *can* do so my only recommendation is that I build robots or something. Name them Metal Gear.

[RobinStarwing]

I don't really know what I *can* do so my only recommendation is that I build robots or something. Name them Metal Gear.

Your guy is Android Engineer Harry Bensen. Your input is valued my good bot! You repair the ship when we ding it up in battle or from other things. ^_^

Guess we need Solid Snake to speak up and Zorak to speak up. :dance: Considering Dr. Love is asking our Science Officer if she needs a Check Out...:rolleyes: I thought it was a Check Up?

[Solid Snake]

I say Harry Bensen and Snake go find a nice dark corridor where they can consummate their sweet, relentless, requited love. (Until Snake calls him Otacon in a moment of passion, leading Harry to run off in tears, disgusted that Snake still has not forgotten his dead Thrynn ex-lover.)

...That is an option, right?

...No?
(Seriously CelesJessa will pay you to make that an option. Trust me. She would. And then she'd rejoice.)

Okay, let's try this: Option 2. Snake would like to see the old empire ruins.
(...And then he'd like to make love to Harry on them.)

[RobinStarwing]

I say Harry Bensen and Snake go find a nice dark corridor where they can consummate their sweet, relentless, requited love. (Until Snake calls him Otacon in a moment of passion, leading Harry to run off in tears, disgusted that Snake still has not forgotten his dead Thrynn ex-lover.)

...That is an option, right?

...No?
(Seriously CelesJessa will pay you to make that an option. Trust me. She would. And then she'd rejoice.)

Okay, let's try this: Option 2. Snake would like to see the old empire ruins.
(...And then he'd like to make love to Harry on them.)

My god, this crew maybe the most dysfunctional in existence...:wtf:

So we got a vote for 1 and 2 than another for 2. Zorak, do speak up!

[Kyanbu The Legend]

Seems me and you are the only sane men of the crew. XD

[RobinStarwing]

Seems me and you are the only sane men of the crew. XD

Need I remind you Science Officer that I am not completely sane. I am the Captain that's taking you all on this ship. What does that say about my mental state? >_>

Where is Zorak?

Also, because apparently we all mistaked Kyanbu for a gal...it means Dr. Love likes guys...*rollseyes*

This ship might get renamed to Lolipop just for the insanity on it alone.

[Kyanbu The Legend]

Sane enough compared to everyone else.

[Corel]

Where is Zorak?


http://webspace.webring.com/people/aw/wackybraky/zorak18.gif

Oh wait! Ahem, as navigator I say we should go out there and explore things.

If you want to be on the safe side (or totally awesome side) let's go find some weapons and negotiate with some Aliens.

[RobinStarwing]

http://webspace.webring.com/people/aw/wackybraky/zorak18.gif

Oh wait! Ahem, as navigator I say we should go out there and explore things.

If you want to be on the safe side (or totally awesome side) let's go find some weapons and negotiate with some Aliens.

And it looks like we will be making money first and than heading to the system next door than further afield!

Further note: This is going to be a larger update than normal. Might not be up till Thursday.

[RobinStarwing]

And welcome back folks! Here I am, Captain Robin with the mostly brave (insane/deathwish) crew of the renamed ISS Lolipop! I bring for you more update and hopefully less dry commentary! First off...

It was decided by semi-unanimous vote; namely me, Kyanbu, Solid Snake, and Zorak; that we would make money and than go next star system. Harry Bensen was busy making more androids and Dr. Love was trying to love him up while doing it, much to our detriment and need for Brain Bleach...:eek:

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So we went to the third planet in the system first and did a little mining for rare metals in the northern polar regions. Also found more Endurium for our ship!

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We also found some nore lifeforms to drop off at Arth! We thought to keep this one...isn't it adorable? :dance:

http://news.haverford.edu/blogs/erich-zann/files/2010/02/cthulhu.jpg

We were thinking to name him Sparky until we found him and Love doing things better left unsaid and unimagined to any sentient's mind...:wtf: So we decided to give Sparky a home that would not involve such cruel things being done to it...

Moving on!

We than went to the first planet and went MINING! Yes, we do a lot of that!

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Gotta love mineral rich planets!

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So, we got our Cargo Space filled up to about 70% of total so we called it for that moment and went back to Arth and sold it all and...

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46,442 MUs for the whole load! Awesomeness! So I used some of it to outfit our ship a tad bit better...

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Class 1 Shields, Armor, Missiles, and Lasers! We also added four more Cargo Pods! This is also when I renamed the ship as it was beginning to become apparent that our crew was a tad(UNDERSTATEMENT!) dysfunctional.:3:

So I than went to notices to read the board and this is the first thing that came up...

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Now, I think this might be Harry Benson's work. Kyanbu though muttered "God damn it Skynet! Leave us the fuck alone already! You lost, it's over, get over it!" This left us all but Dr. Love scratching our heads....

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There is also a Cross area filled with Continuum Fluxes! These are basically wormholes that connect points in space. :dance:

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Way to go Topi! The crew and I bought him and his mate a huge lawn to munch on as well as the kids! Hey? What else do you get a Giant Grasshopper? No offense Zorak.

http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu264/sidsidious/Space_Ghost_Zorak.jpg No worries...grass is good. *Works on his masterpiece navigational symphony*

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Yeah, one of your ships found ruins on the third planet...both Old Empire and Ancient...US!!!!!!

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Guess this is one way to get your money back...tell everyone in Interstel.

So, after checking the notices...I called everyone in for some further training!

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Myself included.

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Kyanbu, who is probably the only actual sane person in the ship besides me...and I don't count as I am the Warden of the Lolipop.

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Zorak's Navigational and Musical Skills have increased!

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Solid Snake can now crack more codes!

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And Dr. Love can now do more loving! *shudders*

Alright! Everyone to the airlock!

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These are the voyages of the good starship Lolipop. It's mission, to be a good ship. To explore everything strange. To seek out new things and new lovings. To boldly go...

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Next door but first a shot of Interstellar space!

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And our starmap! We are the blue square and the green blobs are nebulas! Look! We can see our home system from here! *points at the red crosshairs*

Anyways, we go to the system next door and enter orbit over the planet that is supposed to have ruins on them.

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Here it is and it looks like it can be colonized! Well it can't be...2.50g's for Gravity...what a bummer.

Anyways, we land at the coordinates given for the ruins and find...

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Old Empire ruins!!! We also found a message. Apparently there was an infestation of tiny furry critters on this one planet at the colony at this location that ate up their supply of Hypa-tritocile? Hypo-tritacle? How is that pronouced again? :crying:

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Some of the local lifeforms...

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One of the locals didn't like Zorak's music again...

http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu264/sidsidious/Space_Ghost_Zorak.jpgEveryone's a critic...:raise:

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'Thankfully', Dr. Love does....

http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu264/sidsidious/Space_Ghost_Zorak.jpg Oh god...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/totp/drlove/images/drlove_james_ashlee.gif Oh, it will be fun, just sit back and let me inject you with this...

*shudders* Moving on...

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We than left for the innermost planet after doing a little work on the second one. When we found the mineral content...I told us to land and mine every square inch we could get too...

After that, we left for Arth again with a cargo bay FILLED with lifeforms, minerals, and a relic!

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy123/RobinStarwing/SFLP4/SF429.jpg

We got one of them analyzed and it turned out to be worth 1250 MUs. Holy cow! :aaa:

So we used the money from our latest trip out to get a new Class 3 Engine into our ship and get rid of the Class 2. Than we went to Notices to see this...

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy123/RobinStarwing/SFLP4/SF431.jpg

So the Solar Flares are being caused by something outside of Arth as maybe an alien race has a clue about it? It seems folks these flares are a main plot! Whatever will we do?

We could...

1. Go check out that alien activity mentioned in our first notice.
2. Go and meet the rest of the Metal Gears.
3. Go to The Cross

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Until next time folks! Crew and readers are invited to speak up on the next voyage of the ISS Lolipop!

[Thadius]

Option number four. Always option number four.

LOOT.

It is always about the loot.

It really matters not how you come across it. Merely that you have it and others want it.

[RobinStarwing]

Option number four. Always option number four.

LOOT.

It is always about the loot.

It really matters not how you come across it. Merely that you have it and others want it.

Only three ways to get loot...

1. Mine
2. Lifeform Capture
3. Blow up Alien vessels !!!NOT RECCOMENDED!!!

We could do the first two but the last one is not reccomended until we got at least one of our ship defenses/offenses at Class 2 rating.

Any other suggestions?

[Fenris]

...Blow up Alien vessels. Do it.

[RobinStarwing]

...Blow up Alien vessels. Do it.

Anybody else want to speak up as the only aliens would could blow up are to the right of the screen on the Starmap and I doubt blowing up blobs is fun...it's more fun to listen to them whine and beg for their lives.

[Krylo]

Every single alien must die.

This is now the holy mission of the ISS Lollipop. To boldly go where no one has gone before and purge the galaxy of the impurity of alien species.

[RobinStarwing]

Every single alien must die.

This is now the holy mission of the ISS Lollipop. To boldly go where no one has gone before and purge the galaxy of the impurity of alien species.

We need some of them to save the Universe...>_> There is one alien race we can wipe out...but we are nowhere NEAR the needed power to challenge them.


EDIT: Needed power to challenge alien's in question...anybody know where I can find a Borg Cube for cheap?

[Thadius]

Wal-Mart.

[RobinStarwing]

Wal-Mart.

I tried, they don't have a Borg Class 4 Tactical Vessel in stock...:(

Yes, the fact that I said that should tell you all how much even I fear the alien race in question. I'd rather go against them with that than anything else (and I would still be praying to the Goddess). Even going in with Class 5 everything is a Death wish.

[Flarecobra]

So an XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXL condom won't help?

[RobinStarwing]

So an XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXL condom won't help?

Nope......not even that.

Two words: Plasma Bolt

[RobinStarwing]

My god, you people want this crew to commit suicide by alien! Well not going to happen as we ran into nothing hostile that shot at us yet. We do get loot though...LOTS OF IT!!!!

However...I got one freaking ass huge update. So much so I didn't even enlarge the pics this time so as to avoid the bandwidth issues from Photobucket...62 captures in all...and I won't even use them all.

So here we go!

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy123/RobinStarwing/SFLP5/starflt_000.png

So, considering you people wanted me to run into aliens...I decided to head to the system 175, 94 to see what turned up...and we ran into a Nomad Probe. What the hell is this?

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Wow! We now have the location of a Colony World. System 163,119 on the third planet. Free money! ^_^

So we move on and head to the system and arrive.

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Now looking around, it doesn't look like much so the good ship Lollipop heads to the first planet and...

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We have an encounter in orbit of the planet...wow. :aaa: Kyanbu! Sensors now! Tell us what the hell we are looking at!

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy123/RobinStarwing/SFLP5/starflt_003.png

8 times larger than our ship? :aaa: Wait, we are getting a message from it...

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It's a Distress beacon from a Colony Ship that has been here for...over 1000 years. :eek: Yowza!

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They landed at coordinates 22N x 97W...let's go see if we can save them! There could be survivors!

So we enter orbit and find the planet is suitable for colonization! I log a Colony reccomendation and call the planet...ASSHAT. :dance:

Now we land at the given location on the planet and find...

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A message detailing this ship was one of the Noah Colony groups, specifically Noah 9 and they were heading to Heaven and were to take control of the Mechans there...how much does anyone want to bet the Mechans are the androids mentioned previously?

So I decided we need to but and while doing so, we find ourselves surrounded by aliens.

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy123/RobinStarwing/SFLP5/starflt_010.png

This ain't good...so looking for a way out...

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We go through a Continuum Flux and end up Zorak knows where! *points at his Navigator*

Well...

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy123/RobinStarwing/SFLP5/starflt_012.png

Some navigator he is....can't even get our bearings! We move around a bit and end up playing bouncy ship through Interdimensional space till we finally move away from the entrance of the Flux.

We than finally find out where in the heck we are and get back to Starport. Go to Notices first!

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We get 35000 MUs for the finding and recommendation of Planet ASSHAT. ^_^

Free money is good!

Next...

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We now have locations for Continuum Fluxes! :dance: They do actually save fuel. ^_^

So, as Captain, I re-outfit the ship a little with some better defenses and other things and we head for the closets CF pair...

That is when we run into trouble...

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3 Alien Ships of a similar design as the derelict at Planet Asshat...and they are active...this can't be good. Better play nice.

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A rather neutral hail....

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy123/RobinStarwing/SFLP5/starflt_021.png

MECHAN-9 800: WE ARE MECHAN 9

Wait, you are Mechan 9?

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MECHAN-9 800: OUR SENSORS SHOW YOUR SHIP IS DERIVED FROM EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY. DO YOU CONFIRM?

Yes

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MECHAN-9 800: ARE YOU GROUP 9?

Yes. :ohdear:*prays they don't find out we are lying there*

MECHAN-9 800: HEAVEN AWAITS. ARE YOU PREPARED?

Yes (Panicking as can't tell if they find out they were lying or not.)

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MECHAN-9 800: YOU HAVE BEEN DELAYED. WE WERE NOT PROGRAMMED FOR THIS CONTINGENCY.

I wasn't programmed to be sane.

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy123/RobinStarwing/SFLP5/starflt_025.png

MECHAN-9 800: DO YOU SERVE LAYTON?

No. (Don't even know who the hell Layton is so how can I serve him?)

*SHIELDS LOWERED*

MECHAN-9 800: OUR DATABANKS ARE AT YOUR DISPOSAL.

What follows next is some lovely questioning of our new android friends! Harry also enjoys the time to get to know them better!

So we get as much info from them as we can and than we head our own ways again. We decide to go find Heaven...

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy123/RobinStarwing/SFLP5/starflt_032.png


*Dr. Love sings with Zorak's accompaniment*
Oooo Baby do you know what that's worth! Oooo Heaven is a place in space!
The say in Heaven, MU's come first. We'll make Heaven our place in space. Oooo Heaven is a place in space!
*ends musical portion*

Sorry, had to do that to you guys...:3:

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy123/RobinStarwing/SFLP5/starflt_033.png

But yes, we found Heaven! Unfortunately, no sexy angels to love up for any of our crew. :(

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Yes, our ship looks funny on Water....we proceed to explore Heaven from the deepest seas to explore for life to...

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The highest peaks to find metals and such!

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy123/RobinStarwing/SFLP5/starflt_039.png

And we make one excellent haul!

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy123/RobinStarwing/SFLP5/starflt_040.png

So we head to another nearby system that is a G-class Star. We head to the first planet and...

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy123/RobinStarwing/SFLP5/starflt_041.png

:wtf: is this? :raise:

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy123/RobinStarwing/SFLP5/starflt_042.png

Why the hell is this thing sending us numbers?

Grrr....*answers randomly and manages to avoid getting killed by a whatever this is that has class 5 shields and possibly weapons*

There is a good reason for this by the way and we will meet the aliens behind this soon.

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy123/RobinStarwing/SFLP5/starflt_052.png

Planet JOEY logged! Let's explore and leave!

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MECHAN-9 800: WELCOME GROUP 9. WE ARE MECHAN 9.

Hey! :dance: How you doing 800?

*more information mining*

So we head back to Starport and...

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Heaven was a Gold Mine for us!

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Joey was as well!

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy123/RobinStarwing/SFLP5/starflt_059.png

We already got a Comm Officer. ^_^

So, we head off to sell some of our loot and we get upwards of 80000 MUs! :aaa:

So, I train the majority of the rest of the crew up to the max in their skills...save for Harry cause Androids can't be trained.

And than we go to Ship Config...

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy123/RobinStarwing/SFLP5/starflt_061.png

And go a little nuts....Class 4 Engines, Class 3 Armor, Class 2 everything else, and MAX Cargo Pods. Than a little trip over to Trade Exchange to buy up repair minerals AND more fuel!

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy123/RobinStarwing/SFLP5/starflt_062.png

And that is where we will leave this freaking ass huge update.

We now got tons of choices now...

1. Go Outward and see what lies to the right of Arth on the Starmap
2. Go Upspin and see what's there.
3. Go Downspin and Coreward and see what lies there.
4. Go to The Cross
5. Check one of these other CF pairs.
104,82 - 118,107
148,166 - 170,93

Additional: I created this and enlarged it and marked down all those decisions including a new one.

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy123/RobinStarwing/DecisionMap.jpg

Till next time folks!


BONUS MATERIAL: The rest of the album (http://s784.photobucket.com/albums/yy123/RobinStarwing/SFLP5/?start=60)

[Token]

You're just encouraging Mac. D:
Good update though.

[RobinStarwing]

You're just encouraging Mac. D:
Good update though.

Encouragement is good thing...

I would like to encourage all of you to pick where the ISS Lollipop goes next!:dance:

[krogothwolf]

Go Outward and see what lies to the right of Arth on the Starmap

I figure there's gotta be something good there. Maybe.

[RobinStarwing]

Go Outward and see what lies to the right of Arth on the Starmap

I figure there's gotta be something good there. Maybe.

There could be something good.

There could be nothing good.

There could be DEATH!!!

Anyone else want to see this ship head Outward to find out what's there?

[Thadius]

I'd say tail the androids a bit more. They seem to know where all the inhabitable worlds are, which earns you boatloads of ca$h. Find more worlds, get more money, and become an unstoppable superpower in the galaxy.

[RobinStarwing]

I'd say tail the androids a bit more. They seem to know where all the inhabitable worlds are, which earns you boatloads of ca$h. Fine more worlds, get more money, and become an unstoppable superpower in the galaxy.

Actually, the Mechans only have one world...Heaven. ^_^*** But there are a few other NOMAD probes to find (I'd need a cheat sheet for them all).

[Solid Snake]

My kooky religion forces me to answer with:

4. Go to The Cross
...But really it's less so due to religion and moreso because the cross is purdy.

[RobinStarwing]

My kooky religion forces me to answer with:

4. Go to The Cross
...But really it's less so due to religion and moreso because the cross is purdy.


http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy123/RobinStarwing/SFLP4/SF410.jpg

We could go there yes but....I guess we are prepared as we can be and it is outward and maybe find some more planets to name and mark as Colonies.

Hopefully there will be a general consensus on where the ship goes by Wednesday cause I was planning on doing the next installment than.

[Flarecobra]

There could be something good.

There could be nothing good.

There could be DEATH!!!

Anyone else want to see this ship head Outward to find out what's there?

It's not a true Let's Play without a gruesume death somewhere along the way.

[Fusionman]

It's not a true Let's Play without a gruesume death somewhere along the way.

Very true. I say head to the death.

[RobinStarwing]

Very true. I say head to the death.

Okay...guess I could see if we could die a gruesome death...

*heads off to try and kill his crew in some gruesome manner*

[Thadius]

If the entire crew dies, do you get to keep the ship? And if you kill them off, I guess you'll be needing some more characters, huh? Mayhap I should go create one...

[RobinStarwing]

If the entire crew dies, do you get to keep the ship? And if you kill them off, I guess you'll be needing some more characters, huh? Mayhap I should go create one...

You dude just earned yourself a planet named after you. ^_^

Or rather...your LP character, Mary Worth.

[Thadius]

You're just encouraging her! Stop it bef-

http://i46.tinypic.com/149pfn.jpg Oooh, a whole planet named after me?

It's too late! She's breached into the rest of the internet! Flee for your lives!

[RobinStarwing]

You're just encouraging her! Stop it bef-

http://i46.tinypic.com/149pfn.jpg Oooh, a whole planet named after me?

It's too late! She's breached into the rest of the internet! Flee for your lives!

*hands Mary Worth a Black Egg Device * Here...^_^

And I got the next update done and ready to go so here it comes!

[RobinStarwing]

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy123/RobinStarwing/SFLP6/SF601.jpg

Welcome back fans to another exciting edition of my Starflight Let's Play! I am surprised no jokes have yet been made until just now...

So I use one of the CF pairs to actually take us to Cross cause it's Outward and Downspin of us.

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy123/RobinStarwing/SFLP6/SF602.jpg

Thanks to training, Zorak no longer gets lost! So we set out to check out the star systems here in The Cross....

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Not much to look at; Mineral Poor, No life, no Colonizable planets...

Moving on....

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Uh oh....this can't be good...

*combat starts and ends*

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy123/RobinStarwing/SFLP6/SF605.jpg

Yeah, not good...almost got killed...not quite yet though...

So a restart and going in the same direction but we end up hitting another Continuum Flux that takes us to some place else...

Here we run into another ship but...

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THYNYNTHRYNN: WE ARRE THYNYNTHRYNN OF THE THRYNN CONFEDERACY. WE ARRE THE ELLITE GAURRD.WHYY DO YOU HAILL USSS?

It's Solid Snake's long lost cousins! Let's find out what they know!

*chat chat chat*

Now, I will save you the boring bits but here is an interesting tidbit...

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy123/RobinStarwing/SFLP6/SF609.jpg

My friends, we have a destination again! Let's rock and roll!

We burn thrusters (and Harry's cybernetic wits) to get here and what do we find...

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy123/RobinStarwing/SFLP6/SF610.jpg

Oh crup...another one...*hails differently than last time*

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy123/RobinStarwing/SFLP6/SF611.jpg

CAPTAIN KALAMARI: REPENT AIR BREATHERS, REPENT! THE HOUR OF JUDGEMENT IS AT HAND!

What....?

*picks up Alien distress call AND more ships come in*

Crup...

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy123/RobinStarwing/SFLP6/SF612.jpg

CAPTAIN KALAMARI: AND LO UNTO THEM IT WAS SAID 'SHALL YE GO FORTH AND CLEANSETH THE GALAXY OF THE ACCURSED BREATHERS OF AIR!

http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm232/mintkiller/facepalm.jpg

head...hurts...need...bullet...to...brain

*terminates communications and leaves orbit than turns around and returns only for new encounter*

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy123/RobinStarwing/SFLP6/SF615.jpg
126 TIMES THE SIZE OF OUR SHIP! THE LAST ONE WAS JUST 84! WHAT THE HELL ARE THEY USING TO BUILD THESE THINGS!! A BORG CUBE? :eek:

*hails again*

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CAPTAIN PAT ROBERTSON: I AM GAZURTOID AND I HAVE COME TO SAVE THEE, YE WHO DO NOT BREATHE THE GLORIOUS LIQUID. DROP THY DEFENSES AND BE SAVED!

Oh no...

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy123/RobinStarwing/SFLP6/SF617.jpg

CAPTAIN PAT ROBERTSON: AND BLULBGRG BEGAT URGGBL WHO BEGAT GLBRRGB WHO BEGAT LUBRBGBL WHO BEGAT BULGRB. THEREBY THE BEGATTING WAS BEGUN!

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o236/unus-volatilis-angelus/Face_Wall.jpg

ZORAK!!!!!

http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu264/sidsidious/Space_Ghost_Zorak.jpg Yes Captain?

INITIATE EMERGENCY DIPLOMATIC PROCEDURES AND PLAY THEM OFF F-ING SPACE!!!


http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu264/sidsidious/Space_Ghost_Zorak.jpg Aye aye Captain!

Begins Space Rocking (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K7CNzFhnCE)

*several rocking laser and missile shots later*

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy123/RobinStarwing/SFLP6/SF618.jpg

That's what you get for hurting my head and making me do a facepalm and facewall in the same Let's Play installment! HURRAH!!!!

And to prove I am freaking better than you! I will log this planet for Colonization and name it MARY WORTH!

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy123/RobinStarwing/SFLP6/SF619.jpg

Welcome all to Planet Mary Worth! Home to an artifact that I happen to know what it does...the Shimmering Orb that our scaly friend mentioned is a Cloaking Device! Awesomeness!

So we grab it, a few more relics, some life forms, and lots of minerals...and burn our engines at full throttle the entire way to Arth through the connection of Fluxes.

Mary Worth is worth 55,000 MUs as a Colony World. ^_^ Feel good about that I hope girl?

We also sell off everything but the orb and use it to do some MAJOR upgrading to our other systems. Class 3 Armor, Shields, Lasers, and Missles.

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy123/RobinStarwing/SFLP6/SF621.jpg

The red line is our course which takes us to one of the sights that makes this game worth it...

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy123/RobinStarwing/SFLP6/SF622.jpg
The City of the Ancients! So pretty it makes me cry...:crying:

*Gets onto the surface in the TV and starts to get everything that the crew can find.*

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy123/RobinStarwing/SFLP6/SF624.jpg

I say Fuel is NOT a problem for awhile.

Than we have another encounter in space with another alien ship...

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy123/RobinStarwing/SFLP6/SF625.jpg

Oh god, thank you. I won't have to hear Jimmy Falwell speak from beyond my screen...

Hello, we come in peace from Planet Arth.

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy123/RobinStarwing/SFLP6/SF626.jpg

CAPTAIN TENTACLE: OF COURSE WE WERE JUST JOKING ABOUT BLOWING YOU INTO PIECES. SMERG, SMERG, SMERG, ISN'T THAT A FUNNY JOKE?

http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm232/mintkiller/facepalm.jpg

Dear god in heaven almighty...where is a Gazurtoid when you need one?

Um...got anything you can share with us?

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy123/RobinStarwing/SFLP6/SF627.jpg

CAPTAIN TENTACLE: THERE IS A SECRET WAY INTO UHLEK TERRITORY. THE FIRST JUMP POINT IS AT 106,139. THE SECOND IS AT 64,186. THE THIRD IS AT 35,186. DO NOT TRY TO DO THIS THOUGH. ANYONE BUT A MASTER SPEMIN NAVIGATOR WOULD GET LOST.

Zorak...take notes. This could be useful later on.

http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu264/sidsidious/Space_Ghost_Zorak.jpg Of course Captain! It will work well in my grand symphony!

Terminate Communications. *waves bye bye at the :wtf: alien*

And we shall leave this update at that with you guys picking any place in this galaxy for us to go! Don't be shy! Come on! Maybe we can finally kill this crew!

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy123/RobinStarwing/SFLP6/SF629.jpg

Until then folks!

[Thadius]

DON'T TEMPT HER. I only JUST got her back behind that wall in time for me to work on my game.

Clearly we have yet to understand the fine intricacies of alien weaponry. We must 'confiscate' more of it for examination.

[RobinStarwing]

DON'T TEMPT HER. I only JUST got her back behind that wall in time for me to work on my game.

Clearly we have yet to understand the fine intricacies of alien weaponry. We must 'confiscate' more of it for examination.

*holds up remote* It was just in case she got free again.

*forsees her mentioning having a whole planet named after her in Blood of the Gods*

[Kyanbu The Legend]

I agree with Thadius.

Lets take that secret way into the Uhlek territory. I'm sure we'll be completely fine.

[RobinStarwing]

I agree with Thadius.

Lets take that secret way into the Uhlek territory. I'm sure we'll be completely fine.

That's just begging for gruesome death...

Who else wants me to go into Uhlek Territory?

[Flarecobra]

*Raises hand*

[RobinStarwing]

And Flare makes three in favor of gruesome death...

I'm so doomed...*wanders off to start playing*

[RobinStarwing]

So, you guys want me to go into Uhlek Territory...well I did it!

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy123/RobinStarwing/SFLP7/SF701.jpg

Here! I even named a planet Ecks!


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Oh crup....

*Plasma barrage begins*

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy123/RobinStarwing/SFLP7/SF703.jpg

AAAHHH!!!! *sounds of explosive decompression and than darkness*

*comes too* Wha...?

*Finds there is a ship flying around them and they aren't where they are supposed to be...*

Zorak, where are we?

http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu264/sidsidious/Space_Ghost_Zorak.jpg We are at coordinates...180,123? I thought we were in this Uhlek space?

So did I...

*ship on the scanner*

ENCOUNTER!

Sensors now! What am I looking at....

Comms is picking up a strange theme on the channels (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGnTfg-MUhs)

Get it on the viewer now!

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy123/RobinStarwing/SFLP7/SF704.jpg

Is that...real...what...am...I dreaming? Is this Heaven? No wait, I found that planet...what...*falls to knees*

http://julalien.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/uss_enterprise_28ncc-1701-a29.jpg

http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu264/sidsidious/Space_Ghost_Zorak.jpg What's wrong with the Captain?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/totp/drlove/images/drlove_james_ashlee.gifI believe he is having a religious experience...or he is just getting ready for me to do some injecting in his mouth.

Oh, great avatar of the God Gene! Why do you bless me with your presence?

http://julalien.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/uss_enterprise_28ncc-1701-a29.jpg

I have come to save you so I moved you to a moment before you went to planet Ecks and got you and your crew horribly killed by the Uhlek. You are not ready my disciple to face them yet.

Yes, you are right Great Trekker. I was not ready to face the Uhlek.

http://julalien.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/uss_enterprise_28ncc-1701-a29.jpg

Repeat the Mantra my child.

Space, the Final Frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship _______. It's mission, to explore strange new worlds. To seek out new life and new civilizations. To boldly go where no Trekkie has gone before!

http://julalien.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/uss_enterprise_28ncc-1701-a29.jpg

Yes my child. Now you must first find a few things. One of which is an item called the Rod Device located at the system near our coordinates, which is 180,124. It is located on the 2nd planet at 59N x 22E.

Yes, yes I shall Great Roddenbury.

http://julalien.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/uss_enterprise_28ncc-1701-a29.jpg

You will than find item called the Black Egg Device located at system 143,115 on the 1st Planet at Coordinates 28Nx4E.

I shall do as I am asked.

http://julalien.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/uss_enterprise_28ncc-1701-a29.jpg

Good, I will leave you now and that shall give you a start towards becoming strong enough to defeat the Uhlek and save this Galaxy from the Flares.

Yes Great Trekker! I shall do as you have doth spoken to me!

http://julalien.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/uss_enterprise_28ncc-1701-a29.jpg

Also...*gives the ship crew a boon* this is the song you will sing for the end of this Let's Play Episode. No go forth and Trek!

Yes! We shall Trek! Everyone! Sing!!!

Starflighting across the galaxy,
On the ISS LOLIPOP under Captain Robin.
Starflighting across the galaxy,
Only going somewhere 'cause we have a plot.

Solid Snake, report.
There's Spemin on the starboard bow, starboard bow, starboard bow;
there's Spemin on the starboard bow, starboard bow, Robin.

Analysis, Kyanbu Legend.
You're all insane, Robin, but you don't know it, you don't know it.
You're all insane, Robin, but you don't know it, you don't know it., Captain.

There's Spemin on the starboard bow, starboard bow, starboard bow;
there's Spemin on the starboard bow, starboard bow, Robin.

Starflighting across the galaxy,
On the ISS LOLIPOP under Captain Robin.
Starflighting across the galaxy,
Only going somewhere 'cause we still have a plot.

Medical examination, Dr. Love.
Let me love you up, love you up, love you up Captain.
Let me love you up, love you up, love you up Captain.

You're all insane, Robin, but you don't know it, you don't know it.
You're all insane, Robin, but you don't know it, you don't know it., Captain.

There's Spemin on the starboard bow, starboard bow, starboard bow;
there's Spemin on the starboard bow, starboard bow, Jim.

Captain, Robin:
If it's Gazurtoid, shoot to kill, shoot to kill, shoot to kill;
If it's Gazurtoid, shoot to kill, shoot to kill, Zorak.

Let me love you up, love you up, love you up Captain.
Let me love you up, love you up, love you up Captain.

You're all insane, Robin, but you don't know it, you don't know it.
You're all insane, Robin, but you don't know it, you don't know it., Captain

There's Spemin on the starboard bow, starboard bow, starboard bow;
there's Spemin on the starboard bow, starboard bow, get them off Robin!

Starflighting across the galaxy,
On the ISS LOLIPOP under Captain Robin.
Starflighting across the galaxy,
Only going somewhere 'cause we still have a plot.

Engineer, Harry Benson:
Metal Gears, Metal Gears, Metal Gears;
Metal Gears, Metal Gears, Metal Gears, Robin.

If it's Gazurtoid, shoot to kill, shoot to kill, shoot to kill;
If it's Gazurtoid, shoot to kill, shoot to kill, Zorak.

Let me love you up, love you up, love you up Captain.
Let me love you up, love you up, love you up Captain.

You're all insane, Robin, but you don't know it, you don't know it.
You're all insane, Robin, but you don't know it, you don't know it., Captain

There's Spemin on the starboard bow, starboard bow, starboard bow;
there's Spemin on the starboard bow, better calm down!

Navigator Zorak
I will play my masterpiece, masterpiece, masterpiece.
I will play my masterpiece, masterpiece, masterpiece, Captain!

Metal Gears, Metal Gears, Metal Gears;
Metal Gears, Metal Gears, Metal Gears, Robin.

If it's Gazurtoid, shoot to kill, shoot to kill, shoot to kill;
If it's Gazurtoid, shoot to kill, shoot to kill, Zorak.

Let me love you up, love you up, love you up Captain.
Let me love you up, love you up, love you up Captain.

You're all insane, Robin, but you don't know it, you don't know it.
You're all insane, Robin, but you don't know it, you don't know it., Captain

There's Spemin on the starboard bow, starboard bow, starboard bow;
there's Spemin on the starboard bow, better calm down!

Ye cannot change the Let's Play Robin.
Och, #!*& Thrynn!

It's worse than that, we need the code wheel, Robin.

Zorak, warp factor Infinity!!

We don't have a Warp Factor! We burn Endurium Captain!

*going Superphotonic*

Starflighting across the galaxy,
On the ISS LOLIPOP under Captain Robin.
Starflighting across the galaxy,
Only going somewhere 'cause we have a plot.

Starflighting across the galaxy,
On the ISS LOLIPOP under Captain Robin.
Starflighting across the galaxy,
Only going somewhere 'cause we still have a plot.

No choices this time guys, the Great One speaks to me. But you may comment on the greatness of my insanity. :D

[RobinStarwing]

Okay, time to let you guys know. NPF wasn't the only major screwup with it's computer over the weekend. Mine also did a lovely FUBAR as far as the DOSBOX emulator went.

I have to restart this thing from the beginning so could a Mod close and send this thing to the junk pile?

I will be back in a couple days with the restart in a new thread.