NEW GAME: "A Piece of the Action" REBOOT!
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startrek_diaryThose of you who are familiar with the TOS episodes might remember the fantastic episode in which the Enterprise comes across a planet with 1920s gangster culture.
So, in gentle reboot fashion, Our Heroes are toddling along, being Heroes and Righting Wrongs and whatnot when they encounter a planet identical to Earth was. In 1969.
Why 1969? Well, my friends. 69 makes me giggle.
Also, 1969 had a lot of important events.
January 20 – Richard Milhous Nixon succeeds Lyndon Baines Johnson as the 37th President of the United States of America.
January 30 – The Beatles give their last public performance, on the roof of Apple Records.
April 4 – Dr. Denton Cooley implants the first temporary artificial heart.
June 3- British singer Elton John releases his first album, Empty Sky, in the United Kingdom
June 28 – The Stonewall riots in New York City mark the start of the modern gay rights movement in the U.S.
July 20 – Apollo program: The lunar module Eagle lands on the lunar surface. Neil Armstrong takes his first steps on the Moon.
August 9 – Members of a cult led by Charles Manson murder Sharon Tate, (who was 8 months pregnant), and her friends.
September 2 – The first automatic teller machine in the United States is installed in Rockville Centre, New York.
October 5 – Monty Python's Flying Circus first airs on BBC One.
November 10 – Sesame Street premieres on the National Educational Television (NET) network.
November 15 – Regular colour television broadcasts begin on BBC1 and ITV in UK.
December 1 – Vietnam War: The first draft lottery in the United States is held since World War II.
This was also the year that Women were allowed into the FFA and HIV first hit the United States.
Look at all that. So much that we take for granted. Imagine (all the people? Living side by side?) what a year like that would look like 300 years after, rather than 40. What amuses people, what horrifies them? And what just plain confuses them?
So, in gentle reboot fashion, Our Heroes are toddling along, being Heroes and Righting Wrongs and whatnot when they encounter a planet identical to Earth was. In 1969.
Why 1969? Well, my friends. 69 makes me giggle.
Also, 1969 had a lot of important events.
January 20 – Richard Milhous Nixon succeeds Lyndon Baines Johnson as the 37th President of the United States of America.
January 30 – The Beatles give their last public performance, on the roof of Apple Records.
April 4 – Dr. Denton Cooley implants the first temporary artificial heart.
June 3- British singer Elton John releases his first album, Empty Sky, in the United Kingdom
June 28 – The Stonewall riots in New York City mark the start of the modern gay rights movement in the U.S.
July 20 – Apollo program: The lunar module Eagle lands on the lunar surface. Neil Armstrong takes his first steps on the Moon.
August 9 – Members of a cult led by Charles Manson murder Sharon Tate, (who was 8 months pregnant), and her friends.
September 2 – The first automatic teller machine in the United States is installed in Rockville Centre, New York.
October 5 – Monty Python's Flying Circus first airs on BBC One.
November 10 – Sesame Street premieres on the National Educational Television (NET) network.
November 15 – Regular colour television broadcasts begin on BBC1 and ITV in UK.
December 1 – Vietnam War: The first draft lottery in the United States is held since World War II.
This was also the year that Women were allowed into the FFA and HIV first hit the United States.
Look at all that. So much that we take for granted. Imagine (all the people? Living side by side?) what a year like that would look like 300 years after, rather than 40. What amuses people, what horrifies them? And what just plain confuses them?
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Date: 2010-04-19 08:05 pm (UTC)Recipient: Kirk, James
I hope so.
It is. I'm in your quarters.
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Date: 2010-04-19 08:07 pm (UTC)Recipient: Spock, [Data Error]
Oh shit damn, I forgot to tell Jabilo to lift that. It wasn't bodily fluids after all. It was Chekov's contact with that damn woman and then prolonged physical contact (ten minutes or so) with me and Sulu during the infectious stage. I made sure Christine was inoculated too, then completely forgot to follow up, damnit.
You mind sending out the message?
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Date: 2010-04-19 08:10 pm (UTC)Recipient: McCoy, Leonard
That does explain why none of the other party members were infected.
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Date: 2010-04-19 08:13 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-04-19 08:14 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2010-04-19 08:13 pm (UTC)Recipient: Rand, Janice
You'll work it out. Everyone loves you Jan, it's impossible not to.
Well, guess I know where I'm going once I've wrapped things up. :)
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Date: 2010-04-19 08:14 pm (UTC)Recipient: Spock, [Data Error]
Christ, where's my brain at. I wouldn't trust myself to diagnose a common cold if it coughed on me right now.
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Date: 2010-04-19 08:15 pm (UTC)Recipient: Chapel, Christine; McCoy, Leonard
Let me go.
Let me go let me go let me go let me go let me go let me go.
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Date: 2010-04-19 08:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-04-19 08:16 pm (UTC)Recipient: McCoy, Leonard
I believe your brain is located inside your skull, exactly where it has always been.
Are you hungry, Doctor?
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Date: 2010-04-19 08:16 pm (UTC)Recipient: Kirk, James
I hope so.
I'll be waiting for you then.
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Date: 2010-04-19 08:18 pm (UTC)Recipient: Chekov, Pavel; Chapel, Christine
Take it up with Chapel or M'Benga, kid. I'm not fit for duty either at the moment. If you damage that wrist again, though, you'll regret I swear to God.
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Date: 2010-04-19 08:19 pm (UTC)Recipient: Spock, [Data Error]
Ha ha, funny.
I should eat.
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Date: 2010-04-19 08:20 pm (UTC)Sender: Chekov, Pavel
Recipient: Chapel, Christine; M'Benga, Jabilo; McCoy, Leonard
If you do not let me go and get to Hikaru my wrist is likely to fall off
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Date: 2010-04-19 08:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-04-19 08:21 pm (UTC)Recipient: McCoy, Leonard
I assure you I did not mean that as a joke.
What would you like?
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Date: 2010-04-19 08:22 pm (UTC)Recipient: Chapel, Christine; M'Benga, Jabilo; McCoy, Leonard
If you do not let me go and get to Hikaru my wrist is likely to fall offMessage Erased Unsent
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Date: 2010-04-19 08:22 pm (UTC)Recipient: Rand, Janice
It'll all be fine in the end.
Can't wait to see you.
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Date: 2010-04-19 08:23 pm (UTC)Recipient: Chapel, Christine; M'Benga, Jabilo
Please.
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Date: 2010-04-19 08:24 pm (UTC)Recipient: Kirk, James
Neither can I.
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Date: 2010-04-19 08:24 pm (UTC)Recipient: Landon, Martha
I'm sorry. Please talk to me.
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Date: 2010-04-19 08:26 pm (UTC)Recipient: Spock, [Data Error]
It's called a figure of speech, Spock.
Oh, hell, I don't know. Whatever they're serving in the mess will have to do.
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Date: 2010-04-19 08:32 pm (UTC)Recipient: McCoy, Leonard
Then you have not actually lost your brain? I ask because that seems like somethng that could legitimately happen on this ship.
According to today's menu, it is taco day. Is this agreeable to you?
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Date: 2010-04-19 08:34 pm (UTC)Recipient: Rand, Janice
Love you Jan. Try not to worry too much.
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Date: 2010-04-19 08:35 pm (UTC)Recipient: Spock, [Data Error]
Good point. Usually, it is a figure of speech. If it happens anywhere, it'll be here. Don't worry, I'll make sure you know I mean it literally if it ever happens. Knock on wood.
Greasy Mexican food, joy. Not really in the mood, Spock, forget it.
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Date: 2010-04-19 08:38 pm (UTC)Recipient: Kirk, James
I love you too. You know me, worrying's in my nature.
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Date: 2010-04-19 08:39 pm (UTC)Recipient: McCoy, Leonard
It would be a most unfortunate and quite unusual occurence.
Very well. Would you like something else from the replicators?
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Date: 2010-04-19 08:42 pm (UTC)Recipient: Rand, Janice
I know. But it doesn't mean I have to like it when gets you upset.