BadSamaritan

Update! Huzzah! Wonder if anyone will actually read this..... I'm still alive! Anyone else? Anyone? ....Anyone? ............Hello?

Wow, 11 years since I have worked on this. Been a long time, hasn't it? Anyways, just in case anyone was wondering how it all ended here is a rundown overall on what happened after the battle of Kuat. (amazingly, I still have a ton of my notes) ~Teshik and Pellaeon led a long series of hit and run attacks into New Republic territory, keeping the diminished Republic Fleet on their heels and in a state of disarray. The Black Fleet Crisis causes more problems for the Republic, pulling much needed material (namely the Fifth Fleet) from the battle against the Empire and CSA. ~The Third Fleet, normally in charge of the area between the Empire and the CSA is quickly defeated by the CSA as Oksvald was woefully unprepared to fend off a battle on two fronts. He orders a retreat deeper into the galactic disc which turns into a disaster as much of his fleet is quickly cut off and either destroyed or captured while leaving most of his ground forces and equipment behind to be taken. ~The Black Fleet Crisis ends far more quickly this time as the New Republic goes full invasion. However, the Imperials still manage to steal many of the vessels, and upon hearing of the Empires new offensive victories decide that instead of surrendering they will join them. Teshik takes the Intimidator as his new flagship, giving the Empire a huge advantage in firepower against the Republic Fleet as they now have 4 SSDs in their hands. ~The CSA continues their own offensive, but stalls out as their inexperienced commanders and crews begin making crucial mistakes. The Republic fleet takes advantage, and regains territory against them. However, Oksvald continues to show signs of cracking and in several battles sacrifices warships to win through sheer numbers. ~Delta, under the command of Isard (Another clone, turns out the Emperor was quite invested in cloning his best and brightest) makes headway into figuring out what is actually going on with the help of Corran Horn and his contacts. They begin to realize that someone else is pulling the strings behind the scenes. In a bold move, they choose to bring in Gavin Darklighter and his band of Republic survivors to help. ~Booster uses his fleet of vessels to begin hitting Imperial supply convoys and depots from a hidden base deep inside Imperial territory. He makes himself quite the target, but his unconventional tactics and use of old smuggler routes keeps him relatively safe. HE manages to capture several more vessels and crews them with mercenaries and pirates to give him more firepower. ~In their first real mistake, the Empire loses a major battle over Toprawa when Solo manages to hide the true strength of his fleet. The Intimidator and Reaper are both heavily damaged, and the Empire halts it's advance to regroup giving the Republic it's first real breather of the offensive. The CSA, having regrouped it's forces makes a surprise strike deep into Republic territory smashing Oksvalds main force, scattering his command structure. Taking advantage, the CSA hits his areas hard and retakes their lost territory but stops short of making new gains. ~Booster makes a big discovery in capturing a seemingly random CSA transport deep in Imperial territory. On it is several political prisoners, including an Imperial lackey that claims to know more about what is actually going on. He decides to risk contacting the New Republic to send word, but the ship is intercepted by Delta. However, after consideration they allow the ship to continue, knowing that the Republic helping on this issue may speed their own discoveries. Gavin is sent to find Booster to connect him with Corran as they both think Boosters underworld contacts may be of use. ~Teshik, upset from his defeat over Toprawa begins to plan a new offensive to break the back of the Second Fleet which is now being backed up by the First fleet and forces from the Hapans. Knowing that if the Hapans fully enter the fight and the First fully arrives they won't be able to hold for long, he orders several small incursions into Republic territory to intercept and destroy incoming forces and to destroy bases that are weakly defended. He also send the Lusankya under the command of Tavira to assist the CSA against the Third, forcing Ackbar to divert forces to assist them. ~Booster, Corran, and Isarrd come to an agreement that Teshik and Pellaeon are being used as pawns, and agree to all work together to dig out this hidden person and expose them, and hopefully turn the tide of the war. ~Teshik orders the bulk of the Black Fleet, now with skeleton crews and fully operational, to the front. With these added forces, he launches a new offensive. In a matter of weeks using lightning strikes and ambushes the Empire hamstrings the Second fleet, but cannot dislodge them from their strongholds. However, the CSA makes strides against the Third fleet. Ackbar is ordered to take command of the entire battle line before any more breakthroughs occur. ~With Ackbar in command, the Republic lines hold and begin winning battles to retake several worlds. But with losses mounting, he is forced to call up reserve forces from the Core fleets. Using resources taken from Republic worlds, Pellaeon orders the immediate construction of several World Devastator like vessels. While still several months out, the know that if they can be put into use fully they can bolster their own fighter forces which are now beginning to rely on fresh recruits far to much. Teshik, seeing that Imperial and CSA forces are now being spread far to thin, orders a halt to all strikes and a general defensive stance to be taken. Thus begins a several week standoff as both sides dig in and prepare for the next portion of the war. ~Delta takes it's first major steps in discovering the person they are looking for when Booster captures a pirate vessel being crewed by several clones. After interrogating them, Corran learns that their point of contact is a retired Imperial Moff now living in the core under an assumed name. This information is then passed on to the NRI, who quickly capture him. However, while being transported to Coruscant his vessel is intercepted and destroyed. But looking into the former Moffs files they find several more contacts that help in beginning to unravel the thick web. ~Teshik and Drommel spearhead a sudden and brutal offensive into New Republic territory after weeks of stalemate, and making the first inroads to the inner rim when they take Obroa-Skai. Ackbar plans an immediate retaliation strike to retake the world, but is again forced to divert resources to strengthen the Third when the CSA hits them at several worlds, forcing them to retreat. Using this moment of weakness, Pellaeon makes a daring attack on Ackbars main force at Bilbringi. Utilizing the overwhelming firepower of this flagship Reaper, he severely damages many of the heavy warships they come up against. Although in the end he is forced to retreat, he does so with an amazing prize. Admiral Ackbar has been captured while trying to escape from his crippled flagship. ~The Republic Senate, upon hearing of Ackbars capture, orders all fleets into a full retreat away from the Empire to the Inner Rim. A large swath of the galaxy quickly falls to the Empire and CSA in the process, but new battle lines are quickly formed and reinforced. However, several sections of the New Republic are nearly cut off, including Mon Calamari. Fleet Admiral Oksvald, who has now seen most of his fleet destroyed pulls back as far as Kashyyk and the Kessel Sector. The Hapans, now in doubt that the Republic can hold these lines, pulls their forces from the battle lines to defend their own space. Meanwhile, Delta makes serious inroads to the structure of the shadowy syndicate that is working behind the scenes to disrupt the Republics war efforts. Several more prominent former Imperials and Republic personnel, including Grand Admiral Grant, are quietly brought in for questioning and interrogation. Gavin Darklighter makes contact with Wedge, informing him and Ham of what has been going on. Knowing now that something is seriously amiss, Wedge and Han begin to compartmentalize the fleets intelligence sections to try and find any leaks. Isaard and Corran begin looking into finding the location of one of the Emperors long lost prisons, known only as The Lock. ~With a trio of new high-speed fighter construction vessels now running, the Empire begins mass-producing new designs of droid fighters and the ships to carry them. After only a few weeks, enough of them have been produced to strengthen the Imperial fleet enough to begin a new offensive. Using mass swarms of fighters, several key worlds in the inner rim fall quickly. Oksvald, in a desperate attempt to even the battle lines again, launches an offensive against the CSA. While he does take territory, it weakens his forces enough that the Empire is able to break through behind him and begin encircling. He pulls his forces back once again to try and hold them off, but finds himself outmatched. He bring in many of his forces to Kashyyk and a section of space around Mon Calamari leaving much of the Mid and Outer rim to the CSA and Empire. ~Teshik, Pellaeon, Kayn, Drommel and Tavira convene a war council to prepare for a massive push into the core towards Coruscant knowing that if they can force a battle there they could cripple the Republic Government. Delta continues to make strides in discovering who is in charge of the Empire, and is employing several key Republic personnel in their midst. Booster and his forces are finally recalled to the defense of the Core worlds. Fleet forces from Mon Calamari, now under the command of Han Solo, make several strides into CSA held territory, finally linking up with forces from Bothan Space. However, these victories are short lived as the CSA counter offensive, headed up by the new CSSD Firewind, re-break the lines. ~In the week leading up to the final assault on Coruscant, both sides trade blows in several engagements. Tavira is killed when Booster, seeing that the battle was lost over Borleias, slams the Errant Venture into the Lusankya command decks crippling it for the remainder of the war. Luke Skywalker and several of his Jedi meets up with Corran, Drake Squad, and an Imperial unit to infiltrate The Lock, having been discovered deep in Imperial held territory. Han Solo is recalled to Coruscant to lead it's defenses as the Senate no longer trusts him on the front after the CSA managed to cut them off once again. Oksvald is ordered to take a large force into Imperial territory, but chooses to ignore the orders for fear of his forces being trapped and wiped out not realizing it was meant to pull Imperial forces away from the Coruscant offensive. The first real cracks in the Republic fleet begin to show. ~Luke, Corran, Drake Squad and the Imperials infiltrate The Lock and discover many prisoners, some of whom had been there for decades. However, their primary goal was retrieving Admiral Ackbar, whom they soon find in the deepest sections of the prison. However, they also discover Pellaeon in the same section, who gives them the full story on what is really going on and who has been manipulating the war. They quickly leave the prison, with the Imperials heading towards Coruscant while Drake, Luke and Ackbar head for Mon Calamari to get Ackbar the medical attention he needs. ~Without Oksvald pulling Imperial forces away from the battle, Han Solo quickly finds himself outgunned in the system. Calling up all nearbye forces and reserves, he puts up a valiant defensive effort and manages to stop the Imperial and CSA forces just shy of the planet itself. However, with the numbers against him he knows the world can't be held. He gives a speech to the fleet encouraging them to fight on while the Senate and as many people as possible are evacuated. However, in the midst of the battle an Imperial shuttle arrives and delivers Luke, Pellaeon, and the Delta forces to the Reaper. After a quick fight, Pellaeon confronts himself on the Bridge, and quickly executes the apparent imposter. Taking full command of the Reaper, he orders its guns turned on the CSSD Firewind and Admiral Kayn, having identified him as the mastermind behind everything. The Firewind is quickly destroyed, and all CSA forces quicly surrender to the Imperials. Pellaeon contacts Teshik, and informs him of Kayns betrayal. Teshik tells him he already suspected Kayn was up to something, but says they must press the attack while they can. Pellaeon objects, but knows Teshik will not listen to him and is in command. The battle rages on for several more hours before Han calls for a general retreat after the Senate is evactuated along with most Republic personnel. ~Oksvald, seeing that the battle for Coruscant is lost and the Republic fleet is in shambles, orders all his remaining forces to the Corellian sector and out to Mon Calamari determined to lead what is left of the fleet from those two areas. Hearing this, many sector forces on the far side of the galaxy quickly form up, and choose areas to defend. Many fleets form and head towards Mon Calamari, Bothan Space, and the Sluis Sector. Coreward forces join Oksvald in the Corellian Sector or with the Remnants of the Coruscant fleet in the Kuat sector. Many smaller forces choose to stay where they are rather than retreat but soon cut ties with what is left of the Republic and go into hiding. Much of the Galaxy is now left defenseless. The Empire quickly absorbs the CSA, but doing so allows the remains of the Republic to choose new fleet commanders and headquarters. However, the Republic is now essentially split into two sections, and unable to support one another. The Inner Republic runs from Kuat to Fondor and Thyferra, while the outer Republic runs from Mon Calamari to Bothan Space to the Sluis sector. ~Over the course of the next two years, the Empire chips away at Republic territory. Eventually Kuat falls, followed by Fondor. With few shipyards left in the inner portions of the Galaxy, the Republic abandons their holdings there and retreats to the outer rim. Oksvald, now completely disillusioned with the Republic and it's leadership, refuses to surrender the Corellian Sector. Much of his forces also choose to stay, and form the Corellian Alliance. On the outer rim, the Republic slowly loses ground as their battered forces are beaten back by a relentless stream of droid fighters and warships. Eventually, Pellaeon convinces Teshik to open the path to talks of surrender. After several more weeks of fighting, Pellaeon manages to contact Luke and pass along his proposals for the terms. Ackbar, knowing the war is lost at this point but trusting Pallaeon, agrees to a temporary cease fire to begin negotiations. ~The New Republic formally surrenders and is absorbed into the Empire. Teshik, knowing he is no longer needed, and ashamed that he was used they way he was, retires to his home planet and passes control of the Empire to Pellaeon. Pellaeon begins a complete rebuild of the government structure and military, being sure to include key members of the former Republic that wish to do so. He reforms the Galactic Senate on Coruscant, but keeps the Admirals Council as the head of the government, with himself in charge. He offers Luke Skywalker a place on the council, but Luke declines saying the Jedi have no place in politics or the military. Pellaeon agrees, but states fully well that the Jedi are full members of the Empire, and will be treated with respect. He gives them the Yavin system to be used as they see fit, asking only that they render aid if asked. Several older members of the Empire also go into retirement, allowing Pallaeon to fill the council with newer faces. He convinces Ackbar to join, along with several Republic commanders to show that the Empire now is not the same Empire as before. Han and Leia quietly go into semi-retirement, with Leia working as a diplomat to convince Oksvald to join the rest of the galaxy. He refuses, and says he will continue to fight. ~Pellaeon, realizing that Oksvald has gone mad and that further bloodshed cannot be avoided, reluctantly invades the Corellian Alliance. After a short but bloody war, Ackbar scores the winning blow over Corellia itself ending the conflict. However, many forces still loyal to the Republic go rogue and into hiding, and are joined by dozens of other former Republic ships forming the Second Rebellion. However, much of the galaxy slowly becomes content with how the new Empire is running things, and their support dries up after a few years and they are finally convinced to surrender. Pallaeon leads the Empire for several more years, before finally deciding to step down and hands command over to the new Grand Admiral Traest Kre'fey. Kre'fey, seeing that Pellaeon had the right ideas in keeping the military in command while using the Senate to give the people a true voice, changes little while in command besides ordering the breakdown of many older vessels in the fleet and replacing them with newer ships. Wedge Antilles retires from Starfleet Command and becomes the primary teacher at the Corellian Starfighter academy, which leads to a rivalry with Turr Phenir who leads the Coruscant academy. The two begin an annual tradition of placing their best and brightest against one another in mock battles, both coming out on top several times. Han and Leia settle down on Corellia as well, content to live quietly. Luke scowers the galaxy for Jedi recruits, and begins rebuilding the Jedi. While staying out of the Galactic eye, he follows through on his promise to lend Jedi to diplomatic endeavors. He does, however, allow Kyp Durron and Corrran Horn to build a small group of Jedi starfighter pilots defend the Jedi Temple, with Kre'Fey giving it his full blessing and supplying them with the starfighters of their choice, X-Wings. ~The Vong invasion begins, but with the Galaxy united and the Military in charge they quickly find their invasion bogged down. While they take a large portion of the galaxy from the old Corporate Sector to Yaga Minor, the Navy ends their advances and begins forcing them back. After a year of fighting, the Vong leadership is killed over Dantooine sending the rest of the species into disarray. Luke Skywalker, along with several other Jedi and Vong Defectors, hunt down Zenoma Sekot and allow the sentient world to collect them and vanish into the Unkown Regions. ~The Galaxy remains at peace for several thousand years after these events. While there are many wars that do occur, none of them remotely reach the size and destructive potential of the legendary war between the Galactic Empire and the New Republic. The Empire continues to evolve and change as needed, eventually becoming the Galactic Imperium. A new Sith Order eventually rises (as they tend to do every once in a while) but they make peace with the Jedi, seeing that they are two sides of the same coin and that both are needed for true balance in the force. The Unknown Regions are finally mapped, and the galaxy as a whole begins to look outside of it's own spot in the universe, and begins sending expeditions outside the galaxy to explore. And there you have it, what few notes I still have on how it all turned out managed to spell it all out pretty well. The Empire ends up victorious, but quickly turns into a odd mixture of the Republic and Empire. The Vong still show up, but are defeated with MUCH less bloodshed this time around. The Sith come back as they always do eventually, but are much..... calmer let's just say (We actually did a big campaign about the sith rising in the far future, the guy running it did a great job). All in all the Galactic Imperium turned into a proper galactic government and somehow managed to hold everything together enough to keep the peace. All thanks to one power hungry madman from a quiet sector of the galaxy causing untold death and destruction in his quest for galactic domination..... because that's an original story in this universe, amirite?

Is anyone still alive? Or has everyone moved on from this once amazing forum?

We need to start carpet bombing all the old regulars with PMs to get them to come back. I miss this place, and am running out of forums to get banned from.

Thank you! It feels kinda good to be back here actually. It feels like I am supposed to be doing something around here... not sure what though. Oh well. Also, Mith old bean, you are just a turbolaser blast away from me relatively speaking. I live just a ways across the river in the rival state of Minnesota.

Hey, just be happy he is growing up. He could be like me and growing out.

So, after a long journey searching my soul in the mountains of Tibet and studying with the great art masters of italy.... Yah, I'm joking. I am however married now. TO both an awesome lady and my job. I am *mostly* sober these days, as I finally decided it was time to grow up. I've bought a house, worked my way into mid-tier level management at my job, and generally have spent most of my time relaxing and playing some RPGs. I do pop in here once in a while to see what all is going on, but decided to actually post today for some odd reason. Hey, I'm odd like that. Maybe I'll be around a bit more often, who knows?

Bah, and here I am on Space Slug. Awesome game though. Wait a second, why aren't I lurking? DRIVE BY POST SUCCESSFUL!

*appears from the mist* I stopped working on my story, so I don't have much to post about. I do lurk, however. And now you have your answer. *vanishes into the mist once again*

Yes it is. And she does a fantastic job in her role. Not to mention she really does have a good singing voice, so its not like she doesn't fit in.

After over 20 years, and a lifelong devotion to it, Star Wars is no longer my favorite movie. My lifelong favorite has been usurped by all things, a musical. Thats right, a musical. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/phantomgoddess/Repo%20The%20Genetic%20Opera/REPO_POSTER_C.jpg Best. Movie. Ever.

Corran marched stiffly down the corridor, his eyes darting from side to side carefully. All the walkways and doors they passed seemed to be darkened, but he could not tell if they were dark from lack of use, or for security reasons. The one thing he could tell, however, was that he could not feel the force, meaning that these people had either anticipated a Jedi coming here, or they had gone through a lot of effort just for his arrival. Either way, he knew that this was not an installation he would want to try and infiltrate. While it seemed devoid of actual gaurds, he had noted no fewer than a dozen cutbacks in their path that would trap invading troops in a corssfire, and even moreplaces where it looked like the walls could slide over, revealing hidden weapons emplacements. And he guessed he was seeing not even a small portion of the facility thus far. "Lieutenant, please keep your eyes forward. While we know it is in your nature to study this facility in an attempt to escape, it shows others that you do not belong here. If they ask questions, security will be compromised, and if that happens, you put us all at risk." the man said quietly, and Corran snapped his attention back to him. He hadn't even noticed the man watching him, which meant that there were holocams watching them as they moved. Or this man was far better than any intelligence operative that he had ever met. "My apologies, sir. I was unaware." Corran said, and the man responed quickly. "Well now you know. You must learn quickly here, for your own sake. Also, you may call me General." he said, and Corran nodded again, filing this away in his mind. He had never noticed any sort of rank insignia on his uniform, but Corran had a feeling there was something he was missing. He decided to start paying more attention to the uniforms, to try and identify ranks. It was starting to eat at him, how much he had to watch out for here. Even when he was working undercover, he hadn't had to much to learn. After several more minutes of walking, in which Corran finally realised he was being led in circles within circles to help confuse his senses as to where he was in the facility, they finally came to a closed door. The man turned to Corran, and stared at him coldly. "You are about to meet the leader of Delta. Treat her with the utmost of respect, and she will do the same for you. Trust in me when I say this, she has whats best for all of us at heart." he said, and Corran nodded, not sure how to take what the man had just said. "Of course General. But thank you for the warning." Corran said, and the man turned and walked away. Corran stood there for a moment, and then turned back towards the door. The door slid open, and Corran began to step through. As he did so, he kept his eyes forward, but was immediatly taken aback by what he saw inside the room regardless. Dozens of holographic displays littered the room, each of them displaying something different. He saw views of different portions of the galaxy, maps of Republic fleet routes, some appeared to show news feeds from across the galaxy. And still others showed massive groups of warships from both sides of the conflict in orbit of various worlds. But oddly, the two largest displays were both concentrated on differnet views of the same person, Grand Admiral Pellaeon. "Ah, Lieutenant. I have been awaiting your arrival. Please, feel free to study all the displays. All the information on them is current, if you wish to know the state of the war." came a voice from a corner of the room, and Corran looked over carefully. There, he saw a taller female standing over what appereared to be a drink server of some sort. As he studied her, the hairs on the back of his neck stood on end, as if he knew her. Her features at this distance seemed unremarkable, but as she turned to walk closer to him, he felt his muscles tense under his skin, and the blood in his veins began to grow cold. As she walked closer to him, he could see her smile seeing his reaction to her. "Ah, its nice to see that you remember this face, Lieutenant. I am Admiral Isard, leader of Delta. And we have much to discuss." ************************************************************************************************************************************************** Gavin peered down into the bowels of the A-wing he was laying on top of, and sighed heavily. Much like the rest of the scrap heaps he had inspected over the past few weeks, this one needed more repairs than they had time to deal with. But thankfully, it would be able to supply them with much needed parts for the few fighters they had running, and maybe enough parts to finish the few more they almost had working. He slid down off of the fighter, and then began walking across the gravel lined floor of the cavern that he was in. He didn't know what the name of the world he was on was, but he didn't really care either. It was one of several worlds he had been spirited away to ever since the CSA has sucker-punched the entire third fleet and sent it reeling. Ever since then, he and dozens of other pilots and soldiers that had been stranded during the initial attacks had ben going from world to world, picking up everyone that they could find to try and build a fighting force to try and start a guerilla war against the CSA. And so far, things were not going well. "Sir, new ship coming in. Looks like a freightor." came a voice over his shoulders, and he looked around and saw a small squarish man running towards him. He nodded his head, and then looked towards the distant entrance to the cavern. He knew there was at least three starfighters poised to fire a barrage of laser blasts out the entrance at anything that looked hostile, so he knew he woud have time to run for cover if that happened. "One of the supporters? Or just a tramper?" he asked, and the man shrugged his shoulders. "Couldn't tell you sir, the R2 units can't tell the difference any more than we can." he said, and Gavin closed his eyes for a moment. He had always wondered what it was like when the leaders of the Rebellion were first starting up their war against the Empire, and now he thought he had a pretty good idea. Because of his experience in Rogue squadron, he had been named the defacto leader of this group, even though there were higher ranking members of the military here. Meaning not only did he have to deal with trying to figure out how he himself was going to get out of this mess, he had to make sure almost a hundred others would be able to do the same. "Alright, let them land. Board the ship, and figure out who they are. If they are more survivors, tell them we are getting full. If they have parts, negotiate for them. If they want to join up, tell them we have injured that need transport back to republic space." he said, and the man saluted before turning and running off into the distance. Corran turned back towards the rear of the cavern, and once again began making his way towards the cluster of starfighters they had that acutally worked. While they weren't much, they were almsot all of the flyable vehicles they had, outside of one assault shuttle that they had managed to steal. And as such, it was the squadron under his command. As he reached the ships, he saw his makeshift maintenace crews going over a heavily damaged B-wing, and he walked over to them. He saw that they were pulling one of the laser cannons out from undernath the cockpit, and he frowned. Just yesterday they had told him the fighter was almost fit to fly, and now they were tearing it apart. meaning they were going backwards. "I thought you said this thing was almost ready?" Corran asked, and a bulky Shistavanen turned to look at him. Corran recognized him right away as the soldier who had pulled him from a burning building on the first days of the attack. "It was almost ready. Then we burned out the main power relays to the engines when we tried to power it up this morning. We can't fix them, so now all the parts are going into other fighters. We can get two warking fighters out of all the parts from just this one ship. Besides, B-wings are junk to begin with." he said, and Gavin smiled slightly. He could understand why the Shivasten was irritated, B-wings were infamous for breakdowns while in the field, and trying to repair this one was probably a waste of time anyways. "Alright, do what you have to do. I am going to go find out who this latest transport is. Hopefully they can help us get some of these wounded out of here." He said, and he turned to walk back towards the entrance of the cavern. He bagan to walk at a brisk pace in that direction, when he noticed a pair of being running towards him. After a moment, he reliased they they were the two ranking officers of his group. As they got closer, he saw one of them had a smile on her face, and Gavin took that as a good sign. "Sir, its a trmap freightor, but he brought good news. He found as a ship." she said, and gavin heaved a sigh of relief. He had been waiting for any sign that this was going to come to an end, and now he had one. "Thank the force. Where is he, I need to talk to him right away."

Ah yes, I forgot about that episode. It has been a long time since I have paid attention to Star Trek, so my memory of that universe is rusty.

The thing about Star Trek replicators is, you never see them making anything more complicated than food items and clothes. I actually doubt they could be used to make something as complicated as war droids. Now, if the Ferangi were to sell them transporter technology, on the other hand... hoo boy. Why fight Jedi, when you can just beam them a few miles into the atmosphere and take bets on how many times they bounce? Edit: I will get back to my story once I dig out all the notes and return from my four day vacation from... vacation. God unemployment rocks.

Does this mean you people are going to expect me to come back and start writing again? Also, Welcome back Stellar.

The electoral college is a good system, but good lord is it unbalanced. The Democrats ALWAYS win California, New York, Most of the North East, and a few other states. Meaning they are a shoe-in for at least 241 electoral votes. So if a Democrat wanted, they could campaign in just a few states and gaurantee their victory. Any state with more than ten electoral votes should have their votes split up into districts, so that people in lessly populated areas have a shot at making their votes count, instead of being shut out by a single city that can overrule a huge area of a state just based on the population. Also, people who vite along the party lines, just because of the party lines, make me sick.

I was at the bar tonight. Then a small fight broke out. By small, I mean an entire wedding party, three security gaurds, and no small amount of uniformed officers of the law. Good times. Back to lurking for me.

Either/Or, the Brits still got spanked and ran home crying to momma.

In bed by midnight, up at 5 am for work.

*emerges from the shadows* Welcome back, young man. *slowly molds back into the shadows*

Bismark and Prince Eugenz versus the HMS Wolf and HMS Prince of Whales. Talk about getting spanked.

I'll get around to it. Eventually. Some day. Maybe. If I feel like it. In other words: I am being lazy.

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So, you think the entire Catholic religion should have died off centuries ago? Over the course of history, the Catholic church has more blood on its hands than any other religion that has ever existed, period. Islam doesn't even compare to them, even with all the havoc the extremists are wreaking. Also, when it comes to intolerance towards other religions, Islamic extremists are today what the Catholic church was between 400 and 600 years ago. Give them time to grow up, and they will.

Ok, I am completely lost on parts of this topic. I have no idea who Geert Wilders is, nor have I ever seen the movie in question. However, I feel the need to speak my mind on the topic of free speech. Freedom of speech is double edged sword. While we have the right to say what we want, when we want, and how we want to say it, some people take it to the extreme, using such rights to send messages filled with hate and threats. And sadly, some people see this as uneeded freedoms, and look to halt such things, no matter what the cost. In the process of one side trying to preserve their right to say what is on their mind, and the other side trying to halt the slew of threats, you eventually come to a point where you have to ask 'when is to much, to much?'. When does freedom of speech get to the point where people are going to far, and when do the people who try to limit such speech go to far? Its a very gray area, and one that people will be searching for for quite some time. Sadly, I doubt people will find such an area, and this fight will be going on for as logn as the nitwits that inhabit this planet are still breathing. But, until everyone comes to an agreement on the freedom os speech, and what it actually entails, we will have to live with the fact that we have to watch what we say. In this day and age, with the turmoil that is going on all over the world, the simplest of comments can start a wave of fire from either side of whatever conflict you are commenting on. So we all must learn to watch what we say, as our comments can bring threats down upon the people who respect freedom of speech enough to bring it to the masses, instead of down upon the people who said the comments. It is sad that in this day and age, we have to watch what we say to protect the lives of others, but it something that must be done.