tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post7433090131311015199..comments2024-03-27T19:02:58.368-04:00Comments on BARKING ALIEN: Splitting Up...The Final Frontier - Part IIAdam Dicksteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04840144928096089178noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post-19510782668619901782014-09-29T19:37:54.009-04:002014-09-29T19:37:54.009-04:00The concept was actually visited in Star Trek: Ent...The concept was actually visited in Star Trek: Enterprise, where the Malurians are the antagonists for one of the early episodes.<br /><br />I was inspired by this, and of course the Original Series episode that mentioned them, which featured the Nomad probe, "The Changeling".Adam Dicksteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04840144928096089178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post-45312145784646664332014-09-29T15:39:08.574-04:002014-09-29T15:39:08.574-04:00I did enjoy reading this, both parts. Action, myst...I did enjoy reading this, both parts. Action, mystery, first contact - that's a pretty good run. I had a kickoff for a never-run Babylon 5 campaign that involved killing off the captain and senior officers in an early encounter - I wonder what makes that so compelling? <br /><br />I suppose if we accept that it's possible in Trek to make a ship invisible, that it ought to be possible to make one ship look like something else. If you can hide various power emissions, then you should be able to alter them as well - alright, I can go with that. It does open up some doors. I'd hate to think of what could happen if you worked that in with a race of shapeshifters ... lots of uncertainty in the quadrant in that case. Blacksteelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16289298640828309072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post-65837944759150096032014-09-25T00:32:57.225-04:002014-09-25T00:32:57.225-04:00Exactly! Excellent point. In a setting/genre like ...Exactly! Excellent point. In a setting/genre like that, it serves to split the party because a whole crew of people doing the same thing in the same scene can be a bit much.Adam Dicksteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04840144928096089178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post-17533596977779148262014-09-24T13:58:17.072-04:002014-09-24T13:58:17.072-04:00I was out of town! Anyways, I was inspired by you...I was out of town! Anyways, I was inspired by your series of posts to overcome my trepidation regarding splitting the party and did it throughout the first session of my Firefly campaign and it worked just fine. It is especially helpful when it doesn't make a lot of sense to send a half dozen people on a simple task, and then there is a lot of duplication of abilities, as is the case with Firefly (where everyone can literally do all the skills)WQRobbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436898737750581192noreply@blogger.com