I'm also a bit confused by the fact that although from different planets, so many characters in Star Wars look human. I'm just going to go for a toon that looks hot, I'm easily amused by stuff like that, lol.

Though stationary, a Sarlacc would be able to user so many Light Sabers.

Zepari wrote:

I agree that it is a pain in the neck having to go to all that effort to keep our prefered ship name every time we level up. I think we should be able to use any name we want even if it's the same as another ship we own, I mean there are already a hundred USS Enterprise's flying around, why can't I have two? if they need to be able to distinguish them for the purposes of the game, then just include the Reg No. in the ship identifying field.

In cryptic's defence though, until we "decomission" a ship it is still in active service and we can re-use it any time we want. It is against cannon for Starfleet to have two ships in active service with the same name, they wait until the previous one is decomissioned before re-using the name, even with the suffix. It's a bit much to enforce this element of cannon on us though when it is possible for each player to have an identically named ship, lol.

This is sort of my point. I understand the system is not set up to have the registry number be a key factor in the name, due to the coding they have set up. My wish/hope/request is that they re-code the naming identifiers to include the registry number (including the alphabetical extension.)

Otherwise, what really is the purpose of having the fields?

Peace,
- L

A Sarlacc of course!

I agree that it is a pain in the neck having to go to all that effort to keep our prefered ship name every time we level up. I think we should be able to use any name we want even if it's the same as another ship we own, I mean there are already a hundred USS Enterprise's flying around, why can't I have two? if they need to be able to distinguish them for the purposes of the game, then just include the Reg No. in the ship identifying field.

In cryptic's defence though, until we "decomission" a ship it is still in active service and we can re-use it any time we want. It is against cannon for Starfleet to have two ships in active service with the same name, they wait until the previous one is decomissioned before re-using the name, even with the suffix. It's a bit much to enforce this element of cannon on us though when it is possible for each player to have an identically named ship, lol.

Thats really good! Well done!!

I submitted it...we'll see what they say since it's a song and not a story. I'm going to try to get a good demo recorded...maybe snag some C-list gay artists and record it for a benefit or something O:-)

It would be nice if they allowed us to do what you point out, Lee, but until them I have been like the other two and have renamed my old ship to a random name.

I rename my old ship when I get a new one if I want to keep the name.

USS Venture Star NCC-93361 became USS ExVenture Star NCC-93361. For each replacement I just add an x. So I have in my inventory ExVenture Star, ExxVenture Star, etc etc.

Is it kinda annoying? A bit, but its hardly a show-stopper by any means.

TBH, I have no idea what species are really in Star Wars!

Is there a list of them somewhere?

What Star Wars species would you most want to play?

What I have done, to get around it, is rename an old ship if I want to keep the name :)

Episode 52 - "By Any Other Name" - 02/23/1968

Part 1:



Parts 2-5:

Found from the above link in the related videos section

Enjoy!

Okay, this is something that has actually bugged me since Beta.

In the books, series and movies the ships are named following a certain convention. For example:

U.S.S. Enterprise NCC 1701
U.S.S. Enterprise NCC 1701-A
U.S.S. Enterprise NCC 1701-B
U.S.S. Enterprise NCC 1701-C

This is not possible in game.

I find it utterly disappointing that I can have a, for example, U.S.S. Enterprise NCC 1701, and someone else can have a U.S.S. Enterprise NCC 1701, but I cannot have a U.S.S. Enterprise NCC 1701 and a U.S.S. Enterprise NCC 1701-A.

After submitting several bug reports (going back to when we were in Beta, and since launch,) making a thread on the main site, sending dstahl an email (which he hasn't responded to) and sending an email to Terramak, I finally received a response. One that I am not all that keen on.

This is what I sent Terramak:

Hey Terramak,

I know you are busy, but if you have the time could you read through this thread, and let me know if the devs are aware of this issue.. and hopefully get some confirmation on whether or not they intend on working it out?

The thread is here:
http://forums.startrekonline.com/showthread.php?t=177371

Please take special note to #14 and after, as I mis-worded my original posts there.

I appreciate whatever help you can offer.

His response was:

I can't give 100% confirmation, but I'm fairly certain Bad Things Happen if two ships, two Bridge Officers, etc. *belonging to the same character* are named the same thing. Unfortunately, the registry number is part of something other than the name as far as the game's concerned, so, to mix examples:

U.S.S. Bob NCC-1701-A
U.S.S. Bob NCC-1701-B

The two can't coexist (as far as I understand) because they're still both recognized by the game as "U.S.S. Bob."

So if I'm understanding your concern correctly, I think it's working as designed. Sorry for any disappointment.

There are 'work-arounds,' for example, you can name the ship U.S.S. Enterprise-A NCC 1701-A, and keep the name. But that isn't the established convention for ship names. It isn't what I would expect to input with the text boxes we're given.

So, I'm curious. Is this something that bothers you guys/gals? Do you think that if those of us that have this 'issue' voiced our position they may change it? I know there are many other, more pressing issues to deal with in game -- KDF Faction, bugs, more content, etc. But to hear him state that it is working as intended really just rubs me the wrong way.

So.. what do you guys think?

Saith,
Lee (aka Galan)

Very good!

Neilston wrote:

look at what i found....C-store stuff

http://forums.startrekonline.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4196&d=1284762377

http://forums.startrekonline.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4195&d=1284762361

http://forums.startrekonline.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4197&d=1284762386

http://forums.startrekonline.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4198&d=1284762395

http://forums.startrekonline.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4199&d=1284762404

Do you have a link to the thread in which these were discussed?

Awesome! Is this going up on Dan Savage's eponymous YouTube channel?

http://www.youtube.com/user/itgetsbetterproject

New song, just wrote it, performance the day after writing!



:)

Yay, I fixed it! Basically, I needed to replace both the power supply and the graphics card. Needed to sell my 360 and its games to do it, but it was a good choice. I haven't touched that console in almost a year.

Nehemiah Persoff 8-2-19, He had a spot on NG.
Joanna Cassidy 8-2-45. She played T'Les, mother of T'Pol on Ent.
Molly Hager 8-3-61. She played Eris on DS9.
Daniel Dae Kim 8-4-68. On Voy he was Gotana-Retz and on Ent he was MACO Corporal Chang.
Clayton Rohner 8-5-57. He played Adm Jameson on NG.
Brooke Bundy 8-8-44. Had a part on the NG "The Naked Now".
Don Most 8-8-53. He had a part on Voy, although you may also remember him from Happy Days.
Eric Bana 8-9-68. He played Nero in the new movie.
Jeff Corey 8-10-14. He played top dog Plasus in the Cloud City in TOS.
Daniel Hugh Kelly 8-10-52. He was Sojef in Insurrection.
Jim Lee 8-11-64. Inker of the ST comics.
Chris Hemsworth 8-11-83. The new James T Kirk.
Bruce Greenwood 8-12-56. The Captain Pike from the new movie.
James Horner 8-14-53. Composer of some of ST's soundtracks.
Brannon Braga 8-14-65. Writer of many NG episodes, and after.
Julie Newmar 8-16-33. She was in the TOS episode "fridays Child" .
Andy Milder 8-16-69. He was in both VOY and DS9.
Glenn Corbett 8-17-33. He was the original Cochrane from TOS.
Don Keefer 8-18-16. He was Cromwell in the TOS episode "Assignment Earth".
Christian Slater 8-18-69. He had a small part in ST VI.
Diana Muldaur 8-19-38. Multiple guest spots on TOS and Dr Pulaski (Boo) on NG.
Jennifer Lien 8-24-74. She played Kes on Voy.
Graham Jarvis 8-25-30. Had a part on NG.
John Savage 8-25-50. He was Capt. Ranson on Voy.
Brett Cullen 8-26-56. He was in DS9.
Chris Pine 8-26-80. He played Kirk in the new Movie.
Deborah Van Valkenburgh 8-29-52. She had a part on DS9.
Christopher Collins 8-30-49. He had numorous parts on NG and DS9. He was also the voice in the 80's for Cobra Commander and Starscream.
Noble Willingham 8-30-31. He had a part in NG.
Sir Patrick Stewart, born in 1940.
Matt Jeffries 8-12-21. The Engineer behind TOS and its sets.
Gene Roddenberry, born 8-19-21. Hail our Benefactor.
Jonathan Frakes, born 8-19-52. Greatest #1
Honorary membership to Ray Bradbury born 8-22-20. Who lead many to Science Fiction.
Eugene Roche 8-22-28. On the Voy episode "remember" he played Jor Brel.