Aww... Last one? ;_; Definitely looking forward to hearing this then once it's done downloading! *huge hugs*

Thank you for all the work you've put into these amazing playlists and sharing your musical passion, Steve! B) Really great tunes! *squeeze*

Dave!

Thank you so much for this AWESOME sig - and even Seven is in it! YAY! :woohoo:


Greetings, A.M.


P.S.: I´ve deposited the payment a few minutes ago in the fleet bank.

"The Ridge", my final music set is now available for download here. Available in lossless m4p as well as High-quality MP3.


Photograph by Reid Wiseman, NASA Astronaut aboard the International Space Station


Well, here it is: The big one-oh that, for now, I am sad to say will be my final podcast.

Unlike the previous posts, I’ve intentionally left the song list off this cover graphic, but I will post it in a separate one over the weekend. For now, I’ll keep it simple and let the anthems and avenues in this set speak for themselves.

This set was inspired mostly by my reflections of time spent hiking in the Cascade Mountain range (shown above from orbit.)

While my partner and I have yet to climb up any of those snow-capped peaks, we have made hard treks up the adjacent tall ridges, only to be rewarded with panoramic views of the peaks and rolling wilderness stretching beyond the horizon in every direction.

Those experiences, and being away from civilization for a time helps put everything in your life in some perspective. Even in dark days of frustration, stress, loss…whatever emptiness that sometimes plagues our lives: In the end there is always hope.

This set celebrates those who reject bitterness and choose to climb on, look on, and stay young at heart.

Love your life and everyone in it. And with that, I shall leave this thread open now to anyone that may want to share music that resonates with them.

All my best, and as always, thanks for listening.
-Steve

EDIT: Official track list with time indices below. Headphones recommended for best experience. ;)

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does this only happen on the day itself or when?

We'll have event hosts that will run teams of two through the Trellium Catastrophe event on both Friday, October 31st and Saturday, November 1st for several hours. The remainder of the events will take place during the day on November 1st, with exact times to be posted in the near future :)

Hope to see you there!

does this only happen on the day itself or when?

Terrific Twins Costume Contest

First Place - Yar@Chemistryset and Cal@yaris8
Second Place - Tobir@Dvalin and Brett@Brettoseph
Third Place - Miranda@MirandaMcCoy and Boobytrap Chowderpants@jd6885

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First Place - Yar@chemistryset and Cal@yaris8
Second Place - Tobir@Dvalin and Scott Tetrius@FrozenLily
Third Place - X'Vek@Munkypunx and [strike]Vakarian@punk_M.I.A[/strike] / Robert@knightchucky
Fourth Place - Miranda@MirandaMcCoy and Boobytrap Chowderpants@jd6885
Fifth Place - Ceridai@medgirl1025 and T'Dazzer@APB

Yar@chemistryset opted not to claim their prize and instead donated it to the Fourth and Fifth place team members who each received 1,000,000ec

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Join the Membership Department for their second New Members Mixer.

Are you a new member to the fleet who has joined in the last 6 months? Are you new to the game? Do you want to get to know other members of your fleet?
If you have answered yes to any or all of these then this is the event for you!

Are you a veteran member of the fleet? Have you played Star Trek Online that you know it inside out? Do you like to make new friends and assist new members?
If you answered yes to any or all of these then this is the event for you too!

Come along on Saturday October the 11th at 12pm PDT / 3pm EDT and 8pm BST for a chance to participate in some great events and win some amazing prizes!

E V E N T · S C H E D U L E

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Mixer Dance Party 12pm PDT / 3pm EDT / 8pm BST
Join us on Earth Space Dock to kick off the event in style as we gather and dance around an area of ESD. Our TeamSpeak server will be hosting the infamous Moral DJ blasting some fun tunes!

Terrific Twins Costume Contest 1pm PDT / 4pm EDT / 9pm BST
New and Long standing members will be paired together and given time to go away and design a costume outfit together. On your return you will parade in front of a panel of judges who will decide which pair has come up with the best outfit combination.

There are no limits or conditions. Teams can decide to wear duplicate 'twin' outfits or wear complimenting outfits together.

Just be stylish and impress our judging panel!

Lost Captain! 2pm PDT / 5pm EDT / 10pm BST
ALL HANDS PRIORITY ALERT: Oops, we did it again... We have lost another Fleet Captain and cannot find them. Assist us in locating our missing Captain. New Members will again be teamed with a veteran player who's skill and knowledge should help them succeed in this mission.
The first three teams who locate our Captain will win a worthy prize!

Capture This
Throughout the event this forum thread will be updated with screen captures. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, will be to come up with a witty caption. Each screenshot will get an EC payout to the best caption.

and finally...

The event will end back where it began on ESD for a final Dance while prizes are handed out! Approx 4pm PDT

P R I Z E S !

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Terrific Twins
First place - Each team member will receive Winter Coats and 500,000ec
Second place - Each team member will receive 150,000ec
Third place - Each member will receive 100,000ec

Lost Captain
First place - Each team member will receive 5,000,000ec
Second place - Each team member will receive 2,500,000ec
Third place - Each team member will receive 1,000,000ec

Capture This!
Each screenshot has a bounty of 500,000ec on it. Come up with the best caption and you will receive this bounty.

I always saw the paradigm a little differently:

Spock wrestles with his half-human heritage.
Data aspires to be more human.
Odo aspires to find out who he is, but is definitely not interested in "humanity".
The Doctor aspires to "transcend his programming" and be more himself, though not necessarily more human.

And in this paradigm, The Doctor always most intrigued me, but I'm prejudiced because he's among my all-time favourite characters. His pursuit in life always reminded me most of my own.

Welp, I am getting excited here.
I am looking forward to it! :woohoo:

C O S T U M E · C O N T E S T · D E T A I L S !

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As our Halloween event draws near, we'll be providing additional details of each event in our Halloween event day line-up! Today's update deals with the Halloween costume contest! The location of the costume contest will be announced as the event draws near.

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Best Star Trek Character Likeness category: Costumes will be judged for the best likeness of a canon Star Trek character from the television series or movies. It doesn't need to be a bridge officer or main cast member, so let your creativity flow!


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Best Cartoon Character Likeness category: Costumes will be judged for the best likeness of a pop-culture cartoon character of your choosing! Many such examples can be seen wandering the halls of Earth Space Dock and other public zones on occasion, including that of the legendary Doctor Zoidberg (pictured). Show us what you can do!


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Scariest Costume category: Costumes will be judged on the how much terror your costume could strike into the heart of a red-shirt on an away mission! The most horribly terrifying costume will win this category!


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Best Traditional Costume category: Have a costume idea that is more traditional and doesn't fit the other molds? No problem! This is your chance to win!


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Best In Show!!: This GRAND PRIZE will be awarded to the best costume in the show, in terms of execution and overall effort! All costume entries will be considered for this ultimate award category!

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The winning costume of each award sub-category will win 1,000 ZEN! If you win in one award category, you're not eligible to win in another award category, with the exception of the Best in Show GRAND PRIZE, which is open to all participants, regardless of whether or not their entry won in a previous category. The Best in Show prize is an additional 1,000 Zen!

You may create costumes to enter as many of the costume categories as you wish, however, your costume may only win one of the four sub-categories (best Trek likeness, best cartoon likeness, scariest costume or best traditional costume). As previously stated, all entries are eligible for the Best in Show grand prize!

The judging panel will be announced at the time of the event!

E V E N T · T R A I L E R !

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H A L L O W E E N · E V E N T S !

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The Fleet Resources Department is very proud to once again host two days of Halloween themed fleet events, for this 2014 Halloween season! Check out some of the amazing events and prizes we have planned this Halloween, and be sure to participate in the resources department's flagship event: "Trellium Catastrophe!"




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Trellium Catastrophe, our flagship event, puts participants in pairs and immerses them in a foundry-based rescue mission, where teams will encounter all sorts of ground combat horrors. Rescue a distressed Vulcan crew fastest, for your chance to win amazing prizes! Join us on TeamSpeak for the duration of your run, for this UPDATED and amazingly interactive experience!


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Zombie Crawl: Transform your Captain into a Zombie by putting your creativity to the test at the local tailor! Then join the horde of fellow fleet members for a Zombie crawl through four of the game's major social hubs, biting and gnawing at any fools that would stand in our way!


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Zombie Hunt: After our Zombie Crawl concludes, we'll take to a ground PvP map for several matches of Zombie versus Zombie Hunter PvP, which will pit one or two fully equipped 'Zombie Hunters' against the remaining horde of Zombies who will attempt to destroy them by hand, biting off one chunk of flesh at a time! Join us for this amazing fun!


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Costume Contest: A favorite event from last year, be sure to join us for another amazing costume contest by competing to win best costume in any of our fun award categories! We saw some amazing entries last year, and we're excited to see the creativity of our fleet members again, this Halloween!



T R E L L I U M · C A T A S T R O P H E
FINAL TEAM RANKINGS

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P R I Z E S !

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The following is a prize list for the Trellium Catastrophe Event. The highest scoring five teams will share the Tier I through V prize packs. All other participants will receive Tier VI participation prizes!

Tier I Prizes (Ship Pack):

Tal Shiar Adapted Destroyer
Suliban Cell Ship (Donated kindly by: @Robin74!)


Tier II Prizes (Craft Pack):

TR-116B Sniper Rifle (EPIC QUALITY) (Forged by our master crafter: @Dralthcaan!)
Aegis Shield/Deflector/Engine set


Tier III Prizes (Space Trait Pack):

Biotech Patch +20% Hull Heal Effectiveness (Donated kindly by: Whiteonmioji!)
Momentum - Up to +10% Flight & Turn Speed in Combat (Donated kindly by: Whiteonmioji!)


Tier IV Prizes (Ground Trait Pack):

Berserker - Up to +20% Damage to All Within 5m
Savior +5% Healing & 5% of Outgoing Heals Applied to Self (Donated kindly by: Whiteonmioji!)


Tier V Prizes (Master Key Pack):

5 Master Keys (Donated kindly by: Voleron!)
5 Master Keys (Donated kindly by: Voleron!)


Tier VI Participation Prizes:

Duty officer packs
Duty officer assignments
Skill, commendation & fleet mark bonus boosts


See the next post in this thread for our costume contest prizes!

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I liked Odo because he was very noble and beneath that gruff exterior hes quite literally all gooey inside :P

But I suppose my favorite has to be Data. His childlike innocence made for an amazing lens to view humanity through.

I bet if you were to look up profiles of many pop stars who have stage names they would not have been banned. Just because a name doesn't live up to Facebook's idea of what a name should be it most certainly should not be policed.

To answer the previous comment though, here in the UK a person can use any name they wish so long as it is not used for any illegal purpose or with intent to deceive. This is what you find out when you go to change your name as part of transition for TS folks.

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DS9 wasn't lacking for characters like that you also had garak, quark, Rom and nog all of whom commented on the huumooons all the time.

Personally for me it was seven though she called people out on their crap and i liked that.

I think the characters I listed though had particular character arcs that were different than the more general cross-cultural themes that Star Trek explored with all it's different alien characters.

And I too always loved Seven's abrasive approach to other people's crap.

This is an intereesting question.
There arer some differences, however. Spock is both human and Vulcan and eventually he learns to embrace his human side (even though he does not seems do bewilling to admit it :D ). But he fits well with hmans as well as Vulcans.
Same goes with Data, I guess. He spends most of his time among humans and strives to be as much human as possible.
Odo though is different. He is one of his kind, completely alone and does not try to fit in. Garak might be even more tragic - he is not one of his kind but is a stranger to his own home planet so he stays on a Bajoran station and will never be viewed as an ally.

"Out of all the stories you told me, which ones were true and which ones weren't?"

"My dear Doctor, they're all true."

"Even the lies?"

".....especially the lies."

With Garak, at least for me, there was no set right or wrong way to view him. One may have felt a conviction to deem him a shady a**hole, or a spy with a heart of gold; a liar incapable of ever telling the full truth. Witty, easily likable....

With a few twists and turns, probably all of the above.

But the dark, cunning and ruthless nature he embodied in In the Pale Moonlight(!!!!!!) was pretty stunning in it's complex simplicity. It is the same dark and ruthless nature which drives most if not all of our political systems, with the moral center often so obscured and tainted you wonder if there ever was one. Even if it is beneficial to us.

On a smaller scale, in our everyday lives; some more than others, I think we've all had similar conversations in our heads. Or upon reflection, realized the actual driving element which brought us to whatever decision we'd made before. Some new thing we may even have left to the side in favor of a more morally pleasing justification.

All in all, the character drove home certain aspects of human nature without serving you some moral superiority complex. You never knew what you were getting with Garak. But whatever it ended up being, it made you think. There were a few episodes where I couldn't help but smile and think: "You little bastard, you're a genius!" ( Kudos to the writers and Andrew Robinson).

Okay enough before I TL;DR all up and down this thread :lol: :whistle: ;)

DS9 wasn't lacking for characters like that you also had garak, quark, Rom and nog all of whom commented on the huumooons all the time.

Personally for me it was seven though she called people out on their crap and i liked that.

I was thinking about whether I wanted to write a captain's biography for the contest and I began rewatching some Odo episodes to make my captain a former researcher on changeling biology from the Bajoran Institute of Science. I'm not sure I have the imagination to write a whole biography, but it made me want to post this informal question to the forum.

Star Trek has had a common character arc for characters with an outsider's perspective on humanity. Spock had to grapple with emotional humans and his own half-human heritage, Data had his quest to be more human, Odo had his unique observations of humanoid social interactions, and Seven had her search for her own individuality. (T'Pol might go in this group, but I don't think her character ever served quite the same function.)

So which outsider Trek character do you prefer? It may just be a function of recent viewing, but I'm partial to gruff old Odo.

You look familiar. Have we met?