One of the dangerous things about the UF universe is that it allows for not only terrifying character meetings - the previously hypothesized Kari Byron/Amy Pond team-up, for instance - but also really inadvisable theme collisions that simply cannot happen, in many cases, in the original source materials.

For instance, there's basically no way you could justify a cowboy-themed Trandoshan bounty hunter called "Hossk" in even the most preposterous Star Wars Diluted Universe product, but in the UF universe it's a simple matter of saying that he was a war orphan who was raised by a rancher on New Texas.

--G.
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>Hossk

Oh, gods, FUND IT. Just for the hot Trandoshan-cowboy-hat-and-shootin'-iron action.

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>"*SIGH* I'm TRANDOSHAN, not Gorn. They're the ones with pronounced
>occipital ridges. Yeah, don't sweat it buddy, we get that a
>lot..."

In UF, they may well have a common ancestor, Vulcan/Romulan style.

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I have a minor Gorn character (bridge officer) who frequently annoys others by wearing those "mirrorshades" almost constantly, only reluctantly taking them off and letting them see her real eyes.

>I have a minor Gorn character (bridge officer) who frequently annoys
>others by wearing those "mirrorshades" almost constantly, only
>reluctantly taking them off and letting them see her real eyes.

I tend to assume that those compound eyes were really intended to be actual compound eyes, because the Gorn are aliens, not dinosaurs.

I also find 'These are the Voyages' something of a relief, because it makes it clear that the whole series was an in-universe holonovel series, thus nicely explaining away all the plotholes.

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-- Arthur Wellesley, First Duke of Wellington

>For instance, there's basically no way you could justify a
>cowboy-themed Trandoshan bounty hunter called "Hossk" in even the most
>preposterous Star Wars Diluted Universe product, but in the UF
>universe it's a simple matter of saying that he was a war orphan who
>was raised by a rancher on New Texas.

WIth an origin story straight out of Enemy Mine?

>WIth an origin story straight out of Enemy Mine?

I don't know enough about Trandoshan reproduction* to comment on how exact the parallels might be, but something along those lines, perhaps.

--G.
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Of course, the word cowboy might be considered a highly derogatory insult to citizens of the Minotaurian Hegemony of Ovandros Sigma...

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>Of course, the word cowboy might be considered a highly derogatory
>insult to citizens of the Minotaurian Hegemony of Ovandros Sigma...

The football coach at New Texas A&M probably runs into similar problems a lot during his mid-game harangues.

"You guys call that a defensive line?! You're just milling around out there like cattle! Uh, no offense, Frank."

"Yeah, yeah."

--G.
"And if someone's ox is being gored - ... oh, for Christ's sake, Frank."
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>>Of course, the word cowboy might be considered a highly derogatory
>>insult to citizens of the Minotaurian Hegemony of Ovandros Sigma...
>
>The football coach at New Texas A&M probably runs into similar
>problems a lot during his mid-game harangues.
>

To say nothing of the annual Thanksgiving game with the University of New Texas Longhorns.

Ebony the Black Dragon

"Life is like an anole. Sometimes it's green. Sometimes it's brown. But it's always a small Caribbean lizard."

Heh heh. The one game of the season the U(N)T Mascot is never in attendance. At least, not in costume.

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Being an actual longhorn steer, Bevo's never in costume (unless you consider a lead and cowbell to be costume). Like Reveille (Texas A&M's collie mascot), he's au natural.

Ebony the Black Dragon

"Life is like an anole. Sometimes it's green. Sometimes it's brown. But it's always a small Caribbean lizard."

>For instance, there's basically no way you could justify a
>cowboy-themed Trandoshan bounty hunter called "Hossk" in even the most
>preposterous Star Wars Diluted Universe product, but in the UF
>universe it's a simple matter of saying that he was a war orphan who
>was raised by a rancher on New Texas.

Last name of Rango, maybe?

Ebony the Black Dragon

"Life is like an anole. Sometimes it's green. Sometimes it's brown. But it's always a small Caribbean lizard."

With those eyes, Rango would more likely be a member of the Tau Ceti II Race.

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There is only "open fire" and "I need to reload".

>For instance, there's basically no way you could justify a
>cowboy-themed Trandoshan bounty hunter called "Hossk" in even the most
>preposterous Star Wars Diluted Universe product, but in the UF
>universe it's a simple matter of saying that he was a war orphan who
>was raised by a rancher on New Texas.
>
>--G.
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Sadly, the moment you said New Texas, I started thinking about BraveStarr (i.e., that somewhat obscure late 80's cartoon -- essentially the Wild West IN SPACE!), which actually had a humanoid-reptilian alien on New Texas. (If you're not familiar with the show, you're not missing much.)

"Strength of the bear!"

OK, so my memory is wired to remember old cartoons. *shrug*

There're a few other sci-fi western cartoons & anime from that era. Galaxy Rangers was probably the best (right, Phil?) but I have a soft spot for Saber Rider & the Star Sheriffs, simply because it gave Peter Cullen an excuse to do a John Wayne impression in the voice of Optimus Prime. :)

I could see Gryph using any of these... but probably not "The Wild West Cow boys of Moo Mesa" :D

>I could see Gryph using any of these... but probably not "The Wild
>West Cow boys of Moo Mesa" :D

Gee. Ya think? :p