I am retired and only 30 years old!

I have a black belt in Shotokan karate. Homophobes are a lot less intimidating when you know how to put your foot through their face!

I drive with 2 feet. One on the gas and the other on the brake :) Odd, but old school...grandparents taught me to drive! :P

uhhh...lets see

I am a huge fan of really cold flat soda...root beer specifically (any type of root soda...Birch, Sasparilla, etc...)

I love Italian food.

I am a published game author.

Mage 3rd Edition, Celestial Chorus Tradition Book
Bloodshadows: Shadows of Selastos

JC

My favourite food is natto, ie. stinky fermented soybeans.

Smells just like if you don't wash your feet for a week... not that I know what that's like...

I too loved Donna best of all :) I even loved her in the Christmas special when everyone else hated her, and I was sooo pleased when I read she was coming back as the series companion!

Karen's doing a good job too though :)

Anyone got any wild theories about who the mysterious voice from the TARDIS belongs to? My money's on the Master (hopefully a reboot from the mess they made of him), Omega or a nasty future Doctor.

I thought it would be awesome to get to know each other a little better by mentioning one thing about ourselves, it could be anything from 'my favorite colour is purple' to 'I really really enjoy fajitas'.

Well here's mine, I've been playing piano for nearly 20 years.

OOOHHH Doctor Who!!!!

Sorry, I've been away from the forums for a couple of weeks. I have to say its is one of the most clever and well written shows on Television today. I agree that the the Tenant/Tate season was the best season yet and that silent window scene was hilarious. Donna Noble is by far my favorite companion and I loved how they tied in all the other shows in the season finale. I'm a little behind on the current season then some of our UK members because BBC America runs them later over here in the states. So far I like the new Doc and I'm still getting used to him. I like Amy too but I'd like to see her take charge more like Donna did. I wasn't really a fan of the series until they brought in Tennant, I would watch the first season with Eccelston every now and then but he didn't do as much for me.

I've been a DW fan since I first saw Tom Baker in Pyramids of Mars on my local PBS channel back in Junior High. I love the new series, and I can't wait to see The Big Bang this weekend.

There have been times this year when I have doubted Stephen Moffat's abilities as show runner, but now I have the distinct impression that when it's all over, we're going to have to go back and watch the whole season again to fully understand what was going on.

Now where do we start the petition to get them STO devs to add a non-combat TARDIS pet for starships?

I loved it! Tied the season together nicely. Can't wait to see the conclusion;

Series finale's next Saturday, isn't it?!

cries I just found out its the series finale :blink:

Desmond, Summer, Solek, and Turek sat around a table in the Daystrom Institute’s mess hall looking over P.A.D.D.s while they ate their lunch. “So, I hear this ensign Blaat has some interesting accomplishments with shield theory, his specialty is against the Borg.”

“That could be helpful. It looks like we’re getting a few more ensigns for security and tactical as well.” Summer commented setting down her P.A.D.D. to take a sip of her drink.

“Indeed. We should --” Solek began but was promptly cut off by the red alert klaxon. The four officers looked around to see that most of the researchers were starting to panic. “OK Troi, Guyton work on crowd control. Turek, get to the medical wing and report in.” He tapped his communicator in a quick breath as the officers jumped to their feet. “Solek to Lt. Calvin; Sir, what’s happened?”

“Solek we’re suffering a computer virus infection of some systems and we can’t prevent the spread. So far replicators EPS conduits and holo-emitters are completely infected. We fear the infection will spread nex...ummuni...tems...”

Solek rolled his eyes as he prepped to run down the corridors, “sounds like it already has.”

---

Back in the holomatrix laboratory, the scope the system’s infestation was becoming dangerously apparent. The holo-emitter platform started displaying various monsters and alien races. A few were quick flickers, others stayed cohesive for a long enough moment to unleash some attack or attempt. Eddie dodged a disruptor blast from the Klingon matrix before it transformed into a dragon. “Shut that thing off!”

“We can’t get a manual override, the main computer is locked out...we’ve got to get out of here!” Aron-Mu shouted, abandoning the console to find cover.

Mr. Barclay screamed from the other side of the room. “The doors are sealed shut; we're trapped!”

---

Solek raced through the corridor as the lighting flashed red. With communication down, there was little coordination among the crew and scientists. As he spun around a corner he saw only too late his oncoming impact with a young security officer. Uncharacteristic of most vulcans but quite in Solek’s nature, the surprised shock was enough to surprise the young ensign causing the two to hit and fall to the floor. “Who are you?”

“Uhh...Ensign Hreowr. What’s going on?”

“As far as I know Ensign Meow, a shit-storm; who’s your commanding officer?” Solek inquired of his new friend.

“It's Hreowr, sir, most of my instructors and friends call me Leo for ease on the earth tongue. I'm assigned to the Exobye, under Lieutenant Calvin, I think.”

“Well then for right now you’re reporting to me. We need to get to the holomatrix lab.”

---

Elsewhere, the turbolift doors opened to Turek fighting off an angry Bajoran hologram. After slipping out of the lift and letting the doors close, the young Cardassian medic looked up from his prone position on the floor to see a giant Talarian centipede looming over him. “Oh dammit..”

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Desmond and Summer raced down a corridor of their own behind a security detail heading to the main computer. “Des, what exactly are we going to do?”

“On a starship if communications are down protocol is to secure the main computer, engineering and the bridge first. Since this place doesn’t really have engineering or a bridge, I’m guessing we need to secure the main computer.”

“But the command center of the station would be the same as the bridge - if there is an attack that would be where a response would be made.” Summer commented as she stopped running with the detail, causing Des to stop and look back at her.

“You’re right...Let’s head to the command center.” Before either could make a move, the holo-emitters materialized a holographic giant tarantula, and behind them the sounds of more clicking. Other giant tarantulas had been placed around them, pinning the two tactical officers in place. “This...could be bad.”

---

Solek and Hreowr made it to the section where the holomatrix lab was held, but found to their dismay the entire floor was covered in snakes. “Sir, I’m guessing from what we’ve seen in other sections, whatever virus this is has complete control of the holo-emitters that are on every space of this station...I think it’s wise to assume that with this level of targeting, the safety protocols have been disengaged.”

My first choice of character is based solely on my love of the force lightning power so I will be playing dark side, but I also want to play a light side character aswell. As with KotOR 1&2 I don't feel like I've truely played a game unless I've tried every path available to see what happens. I noticed that the SW:TOR guild recruitment pages are divided into light and dark guilds aswell, so we may need to have two guilds ingame for all our members, but I intend to be in both so I can play either side depending on who else is online at the same time as me. I see a lot of sleepless nights coming after launch, lol.

I always end up playing good guys w/ Bioware games. But I guess it will depend on where most of my friends end up.

Light side definitely.

If it's a "lockable" costume item, then it simply can't be set as a fleet uniform. If I try to do it, a pop up will come up saying that there's a lockable part and it can't be used as a fleet uniform.

So what did you all think?

I thought in general it was good, but a bit rushed. I never like the finale two-parters as much as the rest of the series anyway. But this was OK, with some nice set pieces, good writing and good acting.

Still wondering why they didn't just shoot the Doctor instead of locking him up though. Fair enough, they know he can regenerate, but surely one member of the Alliance must know his regenerations are limited, so why not just zap him a couple of times? :dry:

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