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Halo Reach, last of the great Halo games. 343 Industries Halo's just aren't as good, they don't have the story and level flow that Bungie managed to achieved with Halo.
 

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I just found the strangest picture.
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There are no red pixels in that image. Don't believe me? Color sample it or zoom in.
 

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I hate when I'm trying to write a Star Trek fan fic and get lost while trying to make the technobabble make sense.
 

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I hate when I'm trying to write a Star Trek fan fic and get lost while trying to make the technobabble make sense.
I don't think technobabble is supposed to make sense.
 

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I don't think technobabble is supposed to make sense.
I think they try to make it as scientifically accurate as possible. That being said, I'm having a hell of a time trying to figure out the whole being out of phase thing and how that works.
 

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Yeah... It doesn't. Either you get stuck in a gravity generator because they still attract you, or the ship passes right through you as it moves leaving you stuck in space. The problem with modern trek is the reliance on technobable solutions to every problem (and also technobable to create the problems!), Just don't make the answer Sevens nanoprobes!

Yay my internet is working properly again. 3.41Mbps, instead of the 50bps (that's right) I had 15 mins ago!
 

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I just had a thought. The TNG episode where they establish that high warp factors damage subspace mentions the USS Intrepid. Since VOY starts one year later, this must be the lead ship for the Intrepid-class, indicating that the Intrepid-class already existed. Voyager's variable geometry nacelle pylons were designed to combat the subspace issue. However, if the class existed before the issue was known about, that means that the USS Intrepid didn't have the variable geometry pylons. What did the original Intrepid-class design look like?
 

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I just had a thought. The TNG episode where they establish that high warp factors damage subspace mentions the USS Intrepid. Since VOY starts one year later, this must be the lead ship for the Intrepid-class, indicating that the Intrepid-class already existed. Voyager's variable geometry nacelle pylons were designed to combat the subspace issue. However, if the class existed before the issue was known about, that means that the USS Intrepid didn't have the variable geometry pylons. What did the original Intrepid-class design look like?
Was it ever established in any canon source that the reason behind the movable nacelles was to combat subspace damage?
 

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I was certain it was, but your comment made me look it up and the Memory Alpha page only gives maybes from non-canon sources.
That's what I thought. It's likely a fan-made explanation for a non-functional aspect of Voyager's design. If it was canon, you'd think other vessels introduced later on (Sovereign, Prometheus) would have incorporated movable nacelles.
 

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I don't believe it was a fan made reason. Mike and Denise Okuda talked about it and I think it was mentioned in a technical manual. I know they are all non canon but, far from fan made.
 

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That's what I thought. It's likely a fan-made explanation for a non-functional aspect of Voyager's design. If it was canon, you'd think other vessels introduced later on (Sovereign, Prometheus) would have incorporated movable nacelles.
I had assumed they just figured out a better solution with less moving parts, and by extension, fewer potential points of failure.

I don't believe it was a fan made reason. Mike and Denise Okuda talked about it and I think it was mentioned in a technical manual. I know they are all non canon but, far from fan made.
So a definite maybe?
 

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Middle of March in Colorado and all the windows in the house open. What are you doing mother nature? Did you forget it's winter? I can only imagine how hot summer will be
 

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Middle of March in Colorado and all the windows in the house open. What are you doing mother nature? Did you forget it's winter? I can only imagine how hot summer will be
I went to Arkansas over the week for Spring Break. Snowed the first two nights we were there and we were freezing most of the week. Friday was the only day that got above 50 degrees F.
 

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Minor Spoilers:

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I was a bit disappointed with the recent SW Rebels episode (Obi-Wan vs Maul). I guess it was hyped way too much but I can see why they went with that direction. There was some closure for both characters at least.
 

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I was a bit disappointed with the recent SW Rebels episode (Obi-Wan vs Maul). I guess it was hyped way too much but I can see why they went with that direction. There was some closure for both characters at least.
And the fight lasted maybe...what, a second?
 

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I just ate chocolate cake so dense that I'm surprised there was nothing orbiting it.
 

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One of the reasons I keep coming back to Fable 2 is that even after all these years and all these characters, I keep hearing a new line from the villagers every so often. It's to the point that I think the vast majority of the disk is villager chatter. Today's was a noble saying, "I've decided to really slum it this year. I've begun chewing my own food."
 

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Wanna make bird watching fun for kids? Set up a seed feeder, teach kids to identify undesirable birds (like grackles or cowbirds), then give them a nerf gun and let them scare off the bad birds.
 

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Guys, is anyone playing Armada 1 on Win8/8.1 using dgvoodoo??
 

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The Last Jedi - Official Trailer


Edit: Also, the official poster.
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