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Travis Kroells

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  1. Nod to Will on the Ace Combat series, best 20 bucks I ever spent on a video game, I've been trying to rationalize getting Ace 5 when games like Fallout 3, Left 4 Dead 2, Halo: ODST and Forza 3 are coming out. And I too am waiting for Mass Effect 2 Kansas, I'm building up my perfect level 60 Shepard to pass by the months.

     

    As for Starcraft Strategy, I usually have patrolling Corsairs and a few stationary Carriers floating beyond the range of my cannons. Zerg Guardians are always my biggest problem, as I rarely see players trying to slowly push up with Siege Tanks. I'll let the enemy throw everything they've got and then swarm them with Carriers.

     

    If I'm playing Terran (which i usually do just to mess around) I'll send in sacrificial marines to distract the enemy while i sneak in ghosts and nuke everything to oblivion. I never drop less then 3 at a time, and if your playing a map like Big Game Hunters expect 5 to 7 from me :P

     

    And if it's Zerg (Which I cant play to save my life) It's a combination of Mutalisks, Guardians and Hydras. And Lurkers all over the map just to aggravate people.

     

    I'm mostly a defensive/tactical player in RTS. If you're a good rusher you'll probably get me. :D


  2. Having not seen any of SG-U yet, I'm going to take a guess that they're the same/similar to the Ancient Stones we've seen on SG-1. They were first seen in the Season 8 Episode, "Citizen Joe" Where some random guy somehow finds one of the stones and has visions of O'Neil's adventures ever since SG-1 originally discovered the Quantum Mirror. Turns out that Joe's stone was dug up in Egypt, bought and sold until he picked it up at a garage sale, while O'Neil's was found with the Quantum Mirror...or something. (I'm working of personal gate knowledge here, which is fading over the years :P)

     

    Anyways, the stones link two people telepathically allowing them to see visions of each others lives. Joe's life was basically ruined trying to prove what he was seeing was real, while O'Neil never said anything, because he claimed the visions of a dull barber were "relaxing". (Which was the only part of that episode I liked, since it was so O'Neil :P)

     

    The stones were later used by Daniel and Vala to inhabit the bodies of two Ori citizens in the Season 9 three part premiere I like to dub "Lets revive the series with evil ancients, oh snap!" SG-1 should have ended with O'Neil's now fish filled lake.

     

    But now I'm going off topic. Anyways, I have no idea if this helps at all, but this is the only thing that came to my head in regards to Ancient Stones. If these are the stones Precip mentioned, I'd be interested to see how they managed to use them for "normal" communications.


  3. Hey, I've said over and over again that what we saw at the begining of In A Mirror, Darkly was the way First Contact was supposed to happen, and would have happened had not Picard and crew interfered.

     

    I might be completely hallucinating this memory, but I swear I heard it mentioned on one of the series that Empire existed before First Contact, that from waring nations rose a single global empire, and that acquiring the Vulcan ship only allowed them to spring into space. Now, as I'm recalling I also remember someone making a mention of Mirror Shakespeare being very similar to his regular counterpart...or something.


  4. As we're getting into the subject of parallel universes and realities, I wanted to touch base with a theory, as a sci-fi enthusiast. I've seen talk of the difficulty of creating an alternate reality every time someone time travels. While the energy to "create" a universe would be mind boggling, and difficult to understand (given that energy can't be created or destroyed, is the universe simply spreading out and "thinning" or is it litteraly creating something out of nothing?) keep in mind that there is a difference between a "universe" and a "reality".

     

    Another universe, of plane of existence (or dimension, or...you get the point) is completely separate from our own universe. In these different universes, things could be completely unlike our own universe, in regards to the laws of physics and such. Species 8472's Fluidic Space, and the Q Continuum, and that micro universe that the crew of DS9 discovered on that episode I cant name (i was going to mention something here, but it got to large...so go to the bottom) can be counted as different universes, hence a Mulitverse. A different reality would play like the episode Parallels that Jorahl mentioned. A duplicate "what if" of our own reality, but a seperate entity. The energy required to create this reality would be a non-issue if you take in consideration that while seperate, the past up until the realities diverged would be the same, including the creation of the universe. An omnipotent"make it so", the big bang, a giant sneeze...whatever floats your boat.

     

    My big question would be, given the idea of a parallel reality for every possible outcome to an event...would it be considered a parallel reality or another universe if creation itself went differently and altered the entire development of the universe?

     

    From the parenthesis: I actually don't know about the DS9 episode, as that was a universe within our universe. Or, with a multiverse are things layered and tiered, so that our universe is "above" the micro universe? It would make sense that the universes are somehow connected, as the Borg and Species 8472 were able to switch back and forth, along with Q.

     

    I don't know if any of this is right, as we understand the universe, but it's the thinking I've developed from the headaches of trying to understanding Trek science.


  5. The Temporal Prime Directive seems like a strange thing to cite given that it was already broken by Spock having traveled in the first place. :P

     

    Following the explanation of time travel that Fred threw out pretty much eliminates the need for a temporal prime directive. In our (the cannon) universe, Romulus' star would explode, destroy the planets and Spock and the Narada would dissapear into the black hole, and things would continue as we always knew them. Well, figuratively speaking.

     

    I like the quantum mechanics explanation for time travel, simply because traveling back in time, would change the time line. The previous way of handling things would have looked like that halloween episode of the Simpsons where Homer has to keep traveling back in time with the toaster, cause he sneezed on the dinosaur and removed donuts from existance.

     

    The point is, that any action in the past would irreparably change the future, such as the season 8 finale of SG-1. Even though they technically fixed the time line, subtle changes remained, such as fish in O'Neil's famously fish less lake.

     

    I never really liked that way of handling things, because Starfleet in the 29th century would have to be able to monitor all of space and time, otherwise anyone at any point in time could jump back and mess things up, then we have another Storm Front season premiere.

     

    With a parallel universe, we can enjoy our old cannon (well, until 2387) and this new universe of awesomeness.

     

    Oh, and since I haven't put my two cents in on the new movie I will now.

     

    Penny number one: Movie rocked, if you accept it as a re imagined, parallel universe that cannon cant touch.

    Penny number two: Vulcan's should not make out with their students/girlfriends on the transporter pad. Un-Vulcan like no matter the universe. :)


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    IMPERIAL CRIMINAL RECORDS

    Subject: Travis Kroells

     

    Access Granted

     

    WANTED FOR

     

    Espionage

    Falsifying Fleet Records

    Murder

    Cyber Terrorism

    Treason

    Piracy, or colluding with Pirates

     

    Current Reward Stands:

     

    500 Bars of Gold Pressed Latinum for information leading to capture

     

    1000 Bars for independant capture and delivery to authorities

     

    250 Bars if delivered dead

     

    Physical Information

    Name: Travis Kroells

    Age: 30

    Gender: Male

    Species: Terran

    Height: 6'3

    Weight: 215 lbs

    Hair: Brown

    Eyes: Hazel

     

    Subject History

    (note: Subject is a former Imperial Officer, for full service history please access via Fleet Biographies)

     

    Rank at Discharge: Lieutenant

    Position: Detached Service, Sciences Division

    Assignment: Imperial Fleet Command, Earth

     

    The son of a influential Admiral in the Imperial Fleet, Travis was born and raised on Earth, the seat of the empire. Gifted with an aptitude for learning, Travis was moved from one specialized school to the next until entering the Imperial Academy in San Francisco. Graduating with an advanced degree in sciences he completed two, two year tours with both the ISS Gideon and Reaent. After exceptional service, and quick promotions to the rank of full Lieutenant, Travis returned to Earth after transfering to Imperial Fleet Command. Starfleet used his advanced knowledge in computer systems to assist with the Second Generation Bio-Neural Gel Pack project. With long term data gathered from the first generation, Starfleet commissioned the second series to improve upon the design. This is where a fast rising career came crashing down. Near the end of 2380, as the project was nearing completion, Starfleet made a shocking discovery. Travis had made several alterations to the gel packs, placing back doors and other vunerablities which could potentially enable him, or anyone with proper access, could hijack a star ship's computer systems. After a brief detainment, Travis proved how far he had already compromised security by escaping Earth and fleeing Terran space. While the flaws to the packs and their programing had been repaired, nothing could undo the intimate knowledge of Starfleet computer systems Kroells had gained.

     

    Within months he began working freelance for pirate crews across the quadrant. Falsifing records, disabling security systems, hacking communcations...Travis could do any of it. By mid 2381 his wanted level was raised after the raid on Mannan, resulting in the death of over 2,000 civilian colonists and the crew of the ISS Gettysburg. Following the Mannan disaster Travis disappeared for months. For a period he was rumored dead, however subsequent sightings on Rigel and Risa dashed that. Since then, there has been more then two dozen sightings in a little over a year. It is currently unknown exactly how Kroells manages to ellude athourities, some of his sightings appear to be stagged, simply for the point of mocking Starfleet. His last sighting was at a technology conference in San Fransisco in early 2383, however for several months Travis has again dropped off the radar. Rumors and speculation have him working as a member of Ah-Windu Corizon's crew on the recently captured ISS Excalibur, though this can not be confirmed. Fearing another incident like Mannan, Starfleet has again raised his wanted level, making him a priority one target. Any citizens with information, or a confirmed sighting are ordered to report imediately to Starfleet.


  7. 2.50 GHz Intel Core 2 Quad

    640 GB SATA HD

    6 GB DDR2 RAM

    Nvidia GeForce 9600 512 mb video card

     

    Which was a major upgrade from my fried system :o

     

    1.20 GHz Intel Celeron D

    40 + 80 GB HD's

    256 MB old crusty RAM

    and a 32 MB onboard intel graphics controller.

     

    Needless to say I'm in heaven. Though, I'd wished I'd waited a few months, with this recession I would've been able to afford the new i7 processors and mobo's.


  8. Here's an epic win:

     

    I get into work at 3, planning to start my shift. My fellow closer was surprised to see me, thinking that someone else had to work tonight. We're about to call said guy (who also thought he was working) to let him know, but he pulled in right as we were about to call. Inspiration struck. I quickly scribbled my name off the schedule, and rezipped my jacket to hide my uniform.

     

    Now I'm here, posting.


  9. Thankfully, GRB 080319B is 7.5 Gly (Giga light years) away so there was no potential for making Earth, Extra Crispy on the galactic planetary menu this time.

     

    I was watching something on TV about Gamma Ray Bursts a few months ago. From what I remember, they're super powerful, and happen super far away. The real worry is that one would happen in a galaxy near to us, or even in the Milky Way.