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Reply #1475 –
I'm really looking forward to getting the wiki up and running! It's going to look so cool when it's up full of content.

I hope you guys like the initial ideas about Deck 1 and the bridge that I put forward to Lucan. While the original edited 3/4 view bridge had both an Command and Executive officer chair in the centre, like a nova or intrepid class, after discussion we both thought it was best to revert to the original only one chair idea, which is what is reflected in my very rough layout suggestion.

Please understand it is very rough and not a real reflection of my work.  ;)  I was using it to suggest a layout without having to a large amount of time in placing doors, furniture and other items only to have to rip them out to change it up again. I'm quite pleased with the overall layout, and if you look at any of the dorsal view images of Thea, the shape should match the deck 1 module. I hope you all like it, or if have some suggestions you'd like to put forward please do so!

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Reply #1476 –
wow I missed a lot over the last week while freakingout over loss of my previous car and having to get a new to me used one.  (dont worry it wasnt an accident, My engine clunked out on the way home from work and i barely got it back home.  and a few das later i had to go enroll for nursing classes. I am just now getting everything back to a normal schedule hence why i haven't been available hardly at all this last week

BTW all these ship designs look great IMO.  love the texturing on the manta class Allegiant and its location in the MSD.

For everyone I have threads with who are waiting on me to reply I will try and get something written in at least some of them tonight.

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Reply #1477 –
I wish I could articulate my excitement for the wikipedia idea but all I can come up with is excited screaming

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Reply #1478 –
And with that, I am back. I am finally done with my antibiotics and though my leg is still a bit stiff I am much better. Thanks for all the kind words~

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Reply #1480 –
THE U.S.S. ALLEGIANT IS FINISHED!

Omardex finished the scout and here are the results:

Sketchfab view (The textures are too advanced for sketch fab to capture them, but it looks okay):

The Allegiant Model in Sketchfab

Updated an old image with the Theurgy to show the Allegiant Launching:

Theurgy[/i]-NX-79854-The-Allegiant-Launching-594856368]

Exterior View:


Interior view:


And I also made a separate image of the Allegiant here:



Hope you guys like it!

Best Regards,

Auctor Lucan

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Reply #1481 –
-whistles-

Okay I gotta admit each time one of these models gets finished it's more pretty than the last one. I mean the allegiant may actually be my favorite ship so far.

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Reply #1482 –
It's like a mini-escort cruiser. :)

I ♥ it.

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Reply #1483 –
All righty, I'm one final down, 4 to go.  My posting should become much more regular at the end of next week.

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Reply #1485 –
Hey,
Sorry for my long silence. I've been dealing with a lot of shit recently and it's been hard to get the inspiration to write (or do much at all). Anyway I think I'm on an upswing so I hope to return to full activity soon. As for today. I aim to reply to a lot of stuff~
~Stark

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Reply #1486 –
Good to have you back Absinthe, and hope things are easier for you now. Glad to have you back and see you posting again. I will be replying with Lucan soon enough.

LCARSgfx Progress Update

The MSD project is slow but steady progress, and the draft of the front half of the ship is finished, along with a good portion of  the back half too. Here are some images for you all:

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Hope you guys like it, and I am certain this will be awesome once it is finished. :)

Best Regards,

Auctor Lucan

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Reply #1487 –
Hi all,

I just wanted to give a shout out to the group that I haven't forgotten you all and I anticipate having posts done beginning Friday and through the weekend. Work has been absolutely insane and while that is getting me closer to my professional counseling license, it hasn't left much time or energy for writing.

Anyway, I just wanted to give a shout out and let you know I haven't forgotten anyone.

~Lori

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Reply #1488 –
As for yours truly, I am better than halfway done with the finals and I managed to crank out one post before my brain decided to call it a night.  But fear not, I should become much more prolific once classes end... and slept for about a week straight.

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Reply #1489 –
Hi everyone! Just reporting in to give you all a heads up. I've got a busy work week ahead of me with no days off and a wedding next week too. So I'll try to keep some posts coming but I won't be able to make any promises. Things should lighten up around the second half of net week so I'll think I'll be able to reply to everyone after that.

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Reply #1490 –
Only one nore final to go!  I might be able to post at sime point tomorrow, but more likely at some point during the weekend.

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Reply #1491 –
It is awesome that everyone posts here and tells everyone where they are at activity-wise! It saves me loads of time having to update people about the whereabouts of the people that are due to post. Thank you so much for being team-players. :)

FEEDBACK ON THE FIRST MSD DRAFT PLEASE!

LCARSgfx has now sent me a black-and-white draft of the MSD, and the intention is now that everyone in the group can open it up in your preferable image editor, (MS Paint, Photoshop etc.) and give their feedback. It is a large image, so browse around the decks and do the following with your type-tools:

- Add large and colourful question marks (?) wherever there is an area that you don't recognise, and want to know what it is.
- Suggest edits as per your own reasoning, if you want. Again, with colourful texts and markers
- Write which areas of the ship you think are missing

You have until the 1st of May, Sunday, to submit your feedback to me at auctorlucan[a]yahoo.com or as an attachment in a post in reply to here in the OOC. Notice that there is an attachment option below the text area when you post? That is what you can use if you don't want to email the file you make.

If you need longer than the 1st of May, please let me know. :)

Here is the draft from LCARSgfx: https://orig01.deviantart.net/5481/f/2016/119/d/6/lcarsgfx_update_19_by_auctor_lucan-da0pa3f.png

Best Regards,

Auctor Lucan

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Reply #1492 –
MSD PROJECT CONTINUATION

I got some feedback on the above, so thanks for that!

Now, I have something to show you. Fact is that with Thea being so big, there is no way we could just have a singular crew lounge. LCARSgfx has given us the opportunity to name a few more lounges than Below Decks, so I would love if people could post their name suggestions here in the OOC.



Seen above is one of the lists on the MSD, and there you can see the Forward Crew Lounge listed. This won't be Below Decks, so we need another name for that, and I am sure there will be a couple of more lounges added too.

Nolan has already suggested the Spearhead Lounge, but more suggestions are welcome!

Best Regards,

Auctor Lucan

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Reply #1493 –
I don't know how many lounges will be involved all in all, but here is a suggestion.  Given the size of the crew we're looking at here, wouldn't it make sense if, say, Below Decks was the officers' lounge (where anyone who isn't a commissioned officer can only come in by invitation - but who isn't to say our few key senior enlisted/warrant officers can't have a standing invitation?), a lounge for junior enlisted an a senior NCO's/Chiefs/Warrants lounge somewhere?

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Reply #1494 –
The part of me that loves double entendres would suggest the most forward lounge to be called "The Full Frontal".  ;)

Playing devil's advocate, would all the lounges require names? I would imagine only the most popular would get colloquial names, the others would be fine to be labelled things like "Forward Crew Lounge".

I do like Spearhead Lounge though. It has a nice ring to it. :)

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Reply #1495 –
Good points, and I am still waiting for LCARSgfx to get back to me with a number of lounges.

As for restricting the lounges based on rank, I understand the sentiment and it is very much in line with how it might work in the modern navy and/or military. However, this being a centuries evolved Star Trek setting, would such a setup still be relevant? I mean, in the shows, I am not sure I noticed that kind of atmosphere. I welcome more thoughts on this since I am not sure.

Best Regards,

Auctor Lucan

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Reply #1496 –
In the TMP era the Enterprise-A had a lounge for officers (or it was just the Captain's lounge, one or the other).  However on TNG there really wasnt, but the only ship we really saw was the Enterprise-D and that wasn't really a warship like the Theurgy is meant to be so it had a relaxed atmosphere with only a small number of areas that were restricted to ship's personnel.  On DS9 and VOY both the Defiant and Voyager were too small to really have separated lounges.

I'd imagine that on exploration type of ships there would be a more relaxed atmosphere however on warship types there would be that military type of atmosphere.
Defeat, Genocide; why quibble with semantics.

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Reply #1497 –
It's possible that officer restricted lounges were the norm before the Theurgy went on the run and took so many casualties, but if so, by the Episode four the distinction is irrelevant.  And TNG has established the tradition of naming a lounge after the location.  "Ten Forward" was the location of the lounge, not just the name.  

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Reply #1498 –
Well, DS9 had the Wardroom, which typically is the name in a naval setting for where the officers hang out when they are off-duty, or at least in the Canadian Navy the term used to refer to the ship's officers collectively (I think the US term is Officer Country).

But something I've learned throughout my career is that sometimes, especially junior types want to have a space of their own that is distinct from where their bosses drink; and while I never reached a high enough rank to qualify belonging to a different mess, I can understand why the seniors and the officers would also need their own space.  I was actually part of an all-ranks mess for a time, and it sucked for everyone; basically no one could really relax because you could have your higher ups and/or your subordinates in the same facility. 

And especially with a crew that (at least on paper) could easily be well above a thousand people, there might even be a need for several lounges for the various rank levels, maybe even for each department.

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Reply #1499 –
I guess the idea I had comes down to what you just mentioned, CV. In the Star Trek setting, would there still be a need for a we-and-them kind of mentality among the ranks. Would they still be unable to relax around each other when off duty? My thought was that it was bound to evolve into something other than a hierarchy and chain-of-command based on fear. Be it fear for superior officers or fear of the officer to be seen as less of the authority figure that he tries to be? But I now agree with Havenborn, that the ships would differ in this regard because of their missions. Perhaps the Theurgy would be more likely to adopt this set-up, like CanadianVet suggested, but with a more enlightened view on what makes officers into leaders besides the exploitation of fear that it originally spring from.

As for the current crew compliment. Well, true, there have been losses, but the Theurgy also inherited the great majority of the Harbinger's crew, so the number of crew has not really diminished that much. Just new faces, and a couple more now that the Black Opal's staff has come aboard. Lacking numbers of crew should not completely change the on-board protocol. Other factors might, like the way the Theurgy has seen much strife, and despite Ives' best efforts, some of the doctrine might have broken under the pressure.

Good call on the name thing, Doc M. I will have to verify where the line for Forward Crew Lounge points at in the MSD and see which Deck it is located on. The black-and-white copy suggests that it might be Fourteen Forward since I can clearly see a lounge there. I think the Spearhead Lounge might be more catchy, but that's just me.

Hey, loved your post in 06: Inner Space, Doc M. Awesome reading. :)

Best Regards,

Auctor Lucan
 
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