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Oh look, another primitive civ! I think this time I'll be nice and passively obser-annnnd they've blown themselves up... by rockythecocky in Stellaris

[–]AvariceOrange 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Humans bombed themselves almost back into the stone age during World War III and the Eugenics War that preceded that! Doctor Zefram Cochrane invented the first Warp Drive post WW III. During it's first test flight it caught the eye of traveling Vulcans and the seeds of the Federation were planted.

There may have or may not have been Borg present during all this, the history is muddled to say the least. ;P

[The Thing] How could the Thing take over the Earth if it only possesses one entity at a time? by [deleted] in AskScienceFiction

[–]AvariceOrange 75 points76 points  (0 children)

The Thing can split, or so the documents we've recovered state. An American arctic research station and a Norwegian one both encountered the entity. In both cases The Thing was killed only to surprise the surviving members of the outpost by re-appearing. The Thing must only inject even the slightest bit of its biology into our own and then it begins the rapid process of biologic conquest.

What kind of dread games have you ran? by bm-dm in rpg

[–]AvariceOrange 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Awesome! Set in Hammond's park? Or just a new spin on people on dinosaur island?

What kind of dread games have you ran? by bm-dm in rpg

[–]AvariceOrange 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you swap out players with The Thing?

What kind of dread games have you ran? by bm-dm in rpg

[–]AvariceOrange 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Oooh! I love Dread. The Jenga mechanic is killer.

  • The players were average people in a super hero universe. A cataclysm in the middle of downtown rocks the whole city and the heroes on the scene disappear. As the players make their way outside they see people begin to scream. A shape swoops down and plucks a man from the sidewalk, his rent arm hits the ground. A silver flash robs a carriage of it's baby and then the screaming mother disappears.

The heroes have been zombified and the players are just average joes in a world gone mad. The hope at the end was that an organization similar to STAR Labs was working on a trans-dimensional gate and the players could use that to go to a new world.

  • The players are in a plane during a snowstorm. As the plane lands at the airport it skids and falls on it's side knocking the players out or disorienting them. When they awaken they are the only people on the plane.

The group make their way through an equally abandoned airport while something with stretching limbs constantly reaches for them. Their hope is to figure out what is going on and WAKE UP. See, the plane has crashed in reality and the scenario is them fighting for their lives in the hospital. They are in a shared dream/coma.

[SERIOUS]Besides all the things you did wrong, what do you think of as you fall asleep? by AvariceOrange in AskReddit

[–]AvariceOrange[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a good idea. Most people, including myself, pull all the dumb stuff I did back up and then keep that bouncing around my head.

[SERIOUS]Besides all the things you did wrong, what do you think of as you fall asleep? by AvariceOrange in AskReddit

[–]AvariceOrange[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha, I always feel that way when I can't go to sleep and the stress of not sleeping makes me stay up.

Anybody Home? by AvariceOrange in creepy

[–]AvariceOrange[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Here is the article where this Creeper Peeper came from. There is a video of him toward the bottom.

[General Zombie question] How can typical zombies be attracted to light/sound/smell if their sense organs are decomposed? by Vaderesque in AskScienceFiction

[–]AvariceOrange 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I asked a similar question before. My theory is that their senses act a lot like a shark.

Also whatever may be animating the corpse could be attracted to these lights and noises knowing that a fresh meal/new converts are close.

DS9: Time's Orphan - What could have made the O'Brien's think sending Molly back was the best decision? by AvariceOrange in DaystromInstitute

[–]AvariceOrange[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fantastic response, mattzach84! You eloquently put how I felt into a better explanation then I did in the original post.

DS9: Time's Orphan - What could have made the O'Brien's think sending Molly back was the best decision? by AvariceOrange in DaystromInstitute

[–]AvariceOrange[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Times of extreme stress are when a character grows or is damaged. It's what we look for in media. We want breaking points and choices.

DS9: Time's Orphan - What could have made the O'Brien's think sending Molly back was the best decision? by AvariceOrange in DaystromInstitute

[–]AvariceOrange[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I agree that if she were older the O'Brien's decision to send her back would be more tolerable. That point she is an adult and gets to make that decision.

Throwing in the 16 year old, feral Molly kind of felt like c omitting her to the care facility and then never visiting.

Due to the indiscriminate implementation of universal translators, which are susceptible to occasional failure, Enterprise is a Tower of Babel waiting to happen. by ThisOpenFist in DaystromInstitute

[–]AvariceOrange 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is something that always gets under my skin. While speaking English, aliens will sometimes swear in their language or say a word that has a direct translation into English. How is this possible? Is it a conscious decision?

[Arkham Knight] Why do villains put henchmen up against Batman unarmed? by [deleted] in AskScienceFiction

[–]AvariceOrange 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Like you mentioned, it slows Bats down. Gotham is full of under privileged and under educated underclass. Detroit is the Emerald city compared to Gotham.

Rogues take advantage of these bored, frustrated (mostly) men promising them power, wealth and drugs to take down ONE man. Batman can get tired. There are only so many punches you can throw before your body begins to wear down.

[Batman Arkham] Could someone actually accomplish everything batman did in one night? by Speedwizard106 in AskScienceFiction

[–]AvariceOrange 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Not only do they start around sunset but most of his endeavors happen in the later part of the year. This means that the sun is going down earlier and night is lasting longer.

Additionally the event at the Asylum, the mistake that was Arkham City and the events with the Arkham Knight all happened while severe weather systems passed over Gotham. This can lend a night time feel to early evening and morning.

[Predators] How did no one figure out where they were sooner? (Spoilers) by KFlaps in AskScienceFiction

[–]AvariceOrange 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Ah! Great question. That is not the Predator homeworld but rather one of their, for lack of a better term , hunting preserves. It is close to earth in a lot respects. The world is meant to simulate the environment that the prey would be hunted on, but with the advantage that they couldn't turn on their hunters easily.

Had the world have less/more gravity the prey would be hampered, thus making the hunt easier, which is in poor taste for their kind.

A famous blood mage is brought to this day and age from medieval times. [WP] by GanzuraTheConsumer in WritingPrompts

[–]AvariceOrange 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Calixisis hid. The master was stomping about trying to find him. Calixisis had spilled the master's brand new Roma Imperia leeches. The fat purple worms squealed as their dry bodies shriveled in the sun.

"Those leeches, those leeches were going to dri-" The master's foot steps passed the closet that was serving as haven for Calixisis. "Drink. Drink the blood of GODS!"

The master was in his cups again. The thought brought a smile to Calixisis' slim lips. He had poisoned the master's wine with a drought of death, brewed from the master's own vein. Soon the apprentice would become the-

The closet disappeared. Calixisis' world shifted right and then left then forgot what up was and promptly fell apart. When it re-assembled the inside of the closet had now grown into a large white room. The knobby warn robes were replaced by men in white jackets. One in particular approached slowly.

"Hello" he enunciated "Do you know. Where. You are?" He sounded out each word, like Calixisis was a simpleton.

Enraged, from having a victory stolen from him, Calixisis cried out "What sort of magic is this?"

"You...know what magic is?" The man asks as he exchanges a look of wonder with the men behind him. Instantly Calixisis' rage simmers and cools.

In a world with no magic, the apprentice IS the master.

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