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18. "RE: Star-Crossed No. 1: The Crying of Lot 490"
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   >~Wolfgang
>
>Who is probably going to the comic store this weekend to find the
>graphic novel that fills in the missing details of my favorite ME
>Archaeologist.

Speaking of things I need to visit a comic store for...

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      RE: Star-Crossed No. 1: The Crying of Lot 490 Meagen Mar-09-10 14
   RE: Star-Crossed No. 1: The Crying of Lot 490 trigger Mar-08-10 2
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1. "RE: Star-Crossed No. 1: The Crying of Lot 490"
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   >Also, this is the Draconis Combine's Black Dragons? If so, always
>pleasant to see scum getting press matching their hearts...

Based on the outfit that sponsored the illegal martial arts tournament in that classic Jean-Claude Van Damme movie Bloodsport, but they may have the same base reference further down the cultural tree, as it were.

>It's one of those things, perhaps? Like being The Baddest Motherfucker
>In The World, or carrying out a meticulously planned heist caper.

I think you're right, it is.

>...Also, may I take a moment to register a fan request of seeing G, in
>any context, deliberately set out to invoke the Card Carrying Villain
>routine? Getting into character as the commander of an exercise OpFor,
>terrorizing lesser villains than the infamous Butcher, setting out to
>provoke the Authorities into being ready for a real threat, or
>anything else that strikes you as amusing?

Logged.

>Given my own memory of Tali, I'm tempted to expect her to respond with
>an elbow someplace uncomfortable. Though... *checks* ...no, unless I'm
>misreading the position, she should have them free.
>
>She could be just being cautious of his reputation, I guess, but that
>doesn't strike me as a Tali kind of style, so to speak.

Her options are fairly limited; though her hands are in front of her, her wrists are cuffed together over his shoulder, so she can't get much in the way of leverage. Besides, he's wearing CVR-3 armor; all elbowing that is going to get her (she can't get at his vulnerable midsection with her hands stuck up there) is a sore elbow. She could headbutt him, but he's wearing a sturdier helmet than she is at the moment.

Gin Shepard would try it anyway, but then, Gin Shepard would've killed every sumbitch in the place if the Black Dragons had tried to sell her at an auction, so she wouldn't have needed his help in the first place. :)

>> That's just weird, dude, he told himself, shaking his head
>> sadly. Try to focus.
>
>...Indeed.

Hey, the fugitive business gets lonely.

>> This, for some reason, made him angry.
>
>I think they call it a 'crush'.

Bit early for that, don't you think? He doesn't even know her name yet.

Admittedly, that's not really an obstacle, but more seriously, I think he just has certain easily triggered protective instincts. They get him into trouble sometimes. Most of the time, actually.

>I don't know much about flying, relatively speaking, but the entire
>crash sequence feels, mmm, 'very skilled professional is very very
>focused'. It works quite well.

Thank you. I was trying to convey pretty much that very thing, plus give the whole sequence as much as possible of the chaotic flavor a cinematic version of the same scene would have - hence all the weird changes of person, sudden shift into the present tense, and extremely clipped styling.

>And that is an evil bastard of a cliffhanger, sir.

Well, you won't have to endure it for very long. I calculate at least a 70% chance that I'll be unable to resist the temptation to release part 2 before I go to bed, however late tonight/early tomorrow morning that may end up being, and even if I do, it'll be tomorrow afternoon. :)

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14. "RE: Star-Crossed No. 1: The Crying of Lot 490"
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   >>I think they call it a 'crush'.
>
>Bit early for that, don't you think? He doesn't even know her
>name yet.
>
>Admittedly, that's not really an obstacle, but more seriously, I think
>he just has certain easily triggered protective instincts. They get
>him into trouble sometimes. Most of the time, actually.

If you have easily triggered protective instincts (or, really, a single shred of empathy in you), Tali being in trouble *will* tug at the heartstrings.

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2. "RE: Star-Crossed No. 1: The Crying of Lot 490"
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   I haven't read a word yet. But THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU.

Today has sucked (nothing like recoding work you thought was done over two months ago!) and my NPR player has nothing but depressive '00s music. And then Star Crossed appears and the world is already a better place.

Thank you. I might make it to tomorrow in something resembling cheer.
t.

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3. "RE: Star-Crossed No. 1: The Crying of Lot 490"
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   >Thank you. I might make it to tomorrow in something resembling cheer.

and in a better mood than that quarian. Ouch.

feeling better already,
t.


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4. "RE: Star-Crossed No. 1: The Crying of Lot 490"
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   >I haven't read a word yet. But THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK
>YOU.
>
>Today has sucked (nothing like recoding work you thought was done over
>two months ago!) and my NPR player has nothing but depressive '00s
>music. And then Star Crossed appears and the world is already a
>better place.

Wow, thanks and you're welcome all at once. Nice to know we're helping. And here's something that might make your day even better: the audio recording went pretty well, I think. Had a little problem with the rec level settings that I didn't notice until I was almost done recording, but I think I was able to fix it in post. It's not perfect, but what ever is in this crazy messed-up world? :)

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7. "RE: Star-Crossed No. 1: The Crying of Lot 490"
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   As an aside about recording the audio version: that part from about 0:38:21 to 0:40:55 was hard work. :)

But this was the easiest episode to record, overall, because apart from the auctioneer's falsetto there aren't any accents to do. Next episode's going to be much harder.

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8. "RE: Star-Crossed No. 1: The Crying of Lot 490"
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   >As an aside about recording the audio version: that part from about
>0:38:21 to 0:40:55 was hard work. :)

<grin> I'll use it as inspiration for my writeup tonight.

danke,
t.

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9. "RE: Star-Crossed No. 1: The Crying of Lot 490"
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   MP3. AWESOME. Your audiobooks, (Specifically the Iron Age) have carried me through two long-distance moves, my friend. I find myself about to embark again, to help my mother retrieve heirlooms from the estate of my grandfather. Your timing could not have been more magnificent.

Seriously! This trip from TX to GA will be the third time I've driven this exact route...I've had Eyrie Audio along for all of them. Thanks for breaking the monotony of MS and AL, Chief.

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5. "RE: Star-Crossed No. 1: The Crying of Lot 490"
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   This was a pleasant surprise. I've just finished ME2 a bit ago, and hadn't played any Mass Effect at all until this year. Are there any other stories that I should revisit now that this particular hole in my literacy has been plugged? I have been imagining a Klingon/Krogan standoff for a while.


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6. "RE: Star-Crossed No. 1: The Crying of Lot 490"
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   >Are there any
>other stories that I should revisit now that this particular hole in
>my literacy has been plugged?

None spring readily to mind. Members of Mass Effect species have appeared a few times before (heck, there's a scene in The Fulcrum of Fate* that's set on Palaven, the turian homeworld), but IIRC Star-Crossed is the first time we'll be meeting any directly-ME-derived characters or concepts.

--G.
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10. "RE: Star-Crossed No. 1: The Crying of Lot 490"
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   All else considered, I'm now beginning to imagine the various ME races as Duellists.

"Duty First-Aider to the Duelling floor. Troia nar'Raysah is facing off against that Klingon kid- Quarrian Antibiotics needed on Standby."

"It's difficult keeping up with the cross-continuity, but I think Cosmouse just gave The Saturnian Scraphunter his Ultimate Pacifier to use against Galactapuss..."


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11. "RE: Star-Crossed No. 1: The Crying of Lot 490"
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   >"Duty First-Aider to the Duelling floor. Troia nar'Raysah is facing
>off against that Klingon kid- Quarrian Antibiotics needed on Standby."

Indeed, this has been considered in the studio, and we have reached the conclusion that a quarian joining one of the Duelists' Societies would be an act of outstanding brassballery. Such a quarian would have to be some kind of maniac. The kind of person who would sign up for a... a suicide mission.

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13. "RE: Star-Crossed No. 1: The Crying of Lot 490"
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   Oh, you absolute infernal tease, Gryphon. *grin*

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15. "RE: Star-Crossed No. 1: The Crying of Lot 490"
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   There's also the rather more sensible idea that the Quarians may well have invented a whole new style of Martial Arts for dealing with their encounter suits- you know, quickly take down the idiot by stopping his suit working properly...

Or just some fool who has decided that they want to have a little more excirement than most QUarians. The Quarian equivalent of Xander Cage, perhaps?

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16. "RE: Star-Crossed No. 1: The Crying of Lot 490"
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   >Indeed, this has been considered in the studio, and we have reached
>the conclusion that a quarian joining one of the Duelists' Societies
>would be an act of outstanding brassballery. Such a quarian
>would have to be some kind of maniac. The kind of person who
>would sign up for a... a suicide mission.
>
>--G.
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I think in the ME book Ascention they explain a bit about how certain quarians tend to pick up certain 'quirks' on their prilgrimages which leads them to do things/pick up habits that other quarians would find 152%-bat-shit-crazy. So finding one interested in duelling might not be hard. Finding one alive... and not mad from infection... another story.

But one quick question. In UF she's Tali'Shukra nar Kythera. Is there some bit of UF lore I'm missing in the name change to Kythera as her birth ship?

I just finished my Paragon playthough of Mass Effect 2 (porting over my renegade from the first game so I can see what I missed) but I have to say you did a good job of capturing her feel from the first game. Keep up the great work guys!

~Wolfgang

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17. "RE: Star-Crossed No. 1: The Crying of Lot 490"
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   LAST EDITED ON Mar-09-10 AT 10:51 PM (EST)
 
>But one quick question. In UF she's Tali'Shukra nar Kythera. Is
>there some bit of UF lore I'm missing in the name change to Kythera as
>her birth ship?

Nope; it's just that the character we're meeting in Star-Crossed is not, in fact, that Tali. She's not a member of Clan Zorah and she wasn't born on the Rayya. It's... well, you'll see as we go along.

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19. "RE: Star-Crossed No. 1: The Crying of Lot 490"
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   Thanks Gryph!

By the by I find it funny how managed to answer my question without giving out spoilers.

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18. "RE: Star-Crossed No. 1: The Crying of Lot 490"
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   >~Wolfgang
>
>Who is probably going to the comic store this weekend to find the
>graphic novel that fills in the missing details of my favorite ME
>Archaeologist.

Speaking of things I need to visit a comic store for...

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12. "RE: Star-Crossed No. 1: The Crying of Lot 490"
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   You know, the image of a Batarian in a tux just makes me keep snickering..

Other then that, I had another interesting thought. Manhunt had Maia note that G vanished from the universe in the Deneb system, and Split Infinitive had him suffer a hyperdrive malfunction, dropping him in front of the alternate Enterprise. Clearly, he's not in Eight-Ball One right now, and no sign of Vision yet, but now I'm wondering if we're seeing another part of the Exile timeline being smoothed out.

Also, I'm quite impressed by the writing style used for the crash. Different but attention grabbing. Nice start.

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20. "RE: Star-Crossed No. 1: The Crying of Lot 490"
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   It makes this story seem weird in way, as I just got done yesterday with my second playthrough of ME2.

> Eight million or so people,
> most of them scum, crowded into a hollowed-out asteroid and killing each
> other over its meager resources. Take the lousiest, most crime-ridden
> town on the worst planet in the galaxy and then cram it into a
> pressurized hull with all the extra privations, dangers, and discomforts
> that entailed, and there you had Omega.


Yeah, I'd say Omega ranks somewhere towards the top of the list of "wretched hives of scum and villainy." It says something about a place where just getting a drink from the bar can get you killed.


> The
> pirates of the Vega sector avowed that the Butcher had slaughtered ten
> thousand civilians in one sitting, as it were, personally eradicating
> the entire ship's company of the missing Cunard-Salusian spaceliner Star
> of Leitani... one by one with a kitchen knife.


No no, I think they got him mixed up with that other guy, Vlad somethingorother.


> He
> didn't much like the idea of going -anywhere- on Omega unarmored, much
> less into an underworld auction run by a vicious yakuza clan, but he
> wasn't really too worried; he wore a kinetic barrier vest under his
> tuxedo jacket if he needed it, and a Bryar carbine (cut down into a sort
> of blaster shotgun) slung across the small of his back with a magnetic
> clamp.


On Omega, this is known as "traveling light."


> Gryphon considered making a tough-guy gesture for form's sake -
> plunking the muzzle of his scattergun against the guy's faceplate and
> asking, "Will this do?", maybe - but decided he didn't need the tsuris
> just for the sake of playing alpha dog this early in the day.


"I'll relinquish one bullet. Where do you want it?"


> The club's three-level layout was still about what he
> remembered, with the central dance floor, the bar, the tiered levels of
> railed tables, and the stairs up to the private lounge at the back. The
> lighting had been changed from the lurid pink-orange he remembered to
> white, the walls scrubbed, and the whole place looked weirdly crisp and
> clean, especially for a nightclub on Omega. The dance floor had been
> converted into a stage upon which a cargo-handling system and the
> auctioneer's podium stood. The lack of thunderous music was also a
> little weird.


I'll be honest, I couldn't imagine Afterlife as anything other than the "Blade Runner meets Mos Eisley" version in the game. I don't know whether it's the dancers, the pseudo-techno music, or just that Aria's in charge, but it grows on you after awhile.


> He yawned, meandered toward the bar, ditched his drink, and
> scouted around for the platter of Lit'l Smokies he'd spotted earlier.


Say what you will about the yakuza, at least they know how to properly cater an underworld auction.


> "Ladies and gentlebeings," said the auctioneer, "we now come to
> the military hardware portion of our program. Starting off the section
> is lot 375: a genuine Royal Saenar Armory Weapon, Anti-Vehicle, Model 6
> Grindell/Galilean Non-Linear Rifle, known in more common parlance as the
> SPARTAN Laser.


A "man-portable" (if you're a seven-foot tall walkin' tank, at least) anti-tank laser, the perfect conversation piece for your villainous lair.


> A scarred and grim-looking Vulcan with an alarming number of
> earrings followed him.


Again, I gotta be honest, I have a hard time imagining a scarred Vulcan. Think it has a lot to do with the fact that even the few mercenary Vulcans we've seen in the source material have gone to great pains to look as blemish-free and perfect as possible. To be anything less would be...illogical.


> Quarians are rightfully
> renowned for their skill in technical matters, and," he added with a
> nicely timed twinkle in his eye, "there is the perennial mystery,
> perhaps to be solved by -you!-


Two words: Slime ball.


> A muffled sound faintly reminiscent of "WHAAAAAAT?!" came from
> within the tube. The quarian girl slammed the heel of one small fist
> against the duracrys hard enough to rattle the tube on its cargo rack
> and unleashed what sounded like a pretty good stream of profanity from
> where Gryphon was standing.


This was hilarious in the teaser alone and even funnier here. Bravo, good sir, bravo.


> He turned his head so that he was facing her, their visors only
> an inch or two apart, and grinned. "Feel free to tell me what you'd
> like for Christmas, while we're appropriately arranged," he said.


*Squints* Was that the Renegade or Paragon option on the conversation wheel?

And I won't quote the dogfight section or the subsequent crash-landing, both well put together sections. All in all, I see much promise ahead.

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21. "RE: Star-Crossed No. 1: The Crying of Lot 490"
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   >It makes this story seem weird in way, as I just got done yesterday
>with my second playthrough of ME2.

Heh. I have one complete playthrough and about three more whose last save game is just inside that corridor at the beginning of the Collector base. I just can't quite be arsed to do that endgame over again yet. I need to, because I fucked it up the first time and annoyed myself cosmically in the process, and I know now what I did wrong, but, phoo, man, I dunno. Kind of a grind.

>Again, I gotta be honest, I have a hard time imagining a scarred
>Vulcan. Think it has a lot to do with the fact that even the few
>mercenary Vulcans we've seen in the source material have gone to great
>pains to look as blemish-free and perfect as possible. To be anything
>less would be...illogical.

That assumes our mercenary friend here is a Surakite, which is never an entirely safe bet in the UF universe. He might be a Charismatic, a Palon'shartha, or even one of those ultra-fringey Romulan Reconciliationist types.

>> Quarians are rightfully
>> renowned for their skill in technical matters, and," he added with a
>> nicely timed twinkle in his eye, "there is the perennial mystery,
>> perhaps to be solved by -you!-
>
>Two words: Slime ball.

Yeah, like I said in the annotations, there's a couple of different things he could mean there, and given the circumstances I'm leaning toward the less nice one.

>> He turned his head so that he was facing her, their visors only
>> an inch or two apart, and grinned. "Feel free to tell me what you'd
>> like for Christmas, while we're appropriately arranged," he said.
>
>
>*Squints* Was that the Renegade or Paragon option on the conversation
>wheel?

Hee.


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22. "RE: Star-Crossed No. 1: The Crying of Lot 490"
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> /- Have you been a good girl this year?
> O-- Just hang on.
> \- Oof. What's in all those pockets, lead?

*SHATTER*

Of COURSE you wernt
expecting it!
No One expects the
FANNISH INQUISITION!

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23. "RE: Star-Crossed No. 1: The Crying of Lot 490"
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   I receive automated e-mail notifications every time the "New" page changes, so when I got the first one, I was all "Woohoo!". And then I got the second one, then the third one... and I was like, "Okay... something's not right."

But when I saw that Gryph and co. were still writing strong n' posting mad, I felt so blessed 'cause (like Trigger) I've had a $#!+astic last couple of weeks, so I really needed this.

And I think it's cool that I always learn new vocab when I read UF:

>Gryphon considered making a tough-guy gesture for form's sake -
>plunking the muzzle of his scattergun against the guy's faceplate and
>asking, "Will this do?", maybe - but decided he didn't need the tsuris
>just for the sake of playing alpha dog this early in the day.

Tsuris = Yiddish for "aggravating trouble".

I could definitely do with less tsuris at work.

Thank you, thank you,
-T.Z.

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24. "RE: Star-Crossed No. 1: The Crying of Lot 490"
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   >I receive automated e-mail notifications every time the "New" page
>changes, so when I got the first one, I was all "Woohoo!". And then I
>got the second one, then the third one... and I was like, "Okay...
>something's not right."

Heh, sorry for the false alarm. I could have just dumped th


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