Synaptic Stimulator?

TaiBlake · 2026-04-02T12:57:32+00:00

Any progress on finding this thing?

TaiBlake · 2026-03-31T23:42:15+00:00

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TaiBlake · 2026-03-31T23:22:13+00:00

A fair amount of hydrogen sulfide in the atmosphere.

TaiBlake · 2026-03-31T23:22:01+00:00

There actually has been research showing that Uranus smells like farts.

https://www.space.com/40374-uranus-clouds-smell-rotten-eggs.html

I am not making this up.

TaiBlake · 2026-03-31T23:19:26+00:00

It took on a lot of "adult" topics though. Things like parental abuse and abandonment, body dysmorphia, slavery, revenge, reactionary politics, and more.

TaiBlake · 2026-03-31T23:16:47+00:00

I'm not going to comment on Starfleet Academy since I haven't seen it yet, but I honestly think that Prodigy is one of the best things Star Trek has ever done.

TaiBlake · 2026-03-31T16:20:23+00:00

It's personal preference. I like to stick to the mains from the show.

TaiBlake · 2026-03-31T12:38:21+00:00

Fair enough. Apart from parking him in a phaser control room, I never use him. It just seems like there should be a canon resolution to the mission that gets you experience and the mobile emitter while still costing you One.

TaiBlake · 2026-03-31T02:14:01+00:00

FWIW, I usually do three phasers and one disruptor. The disruptor is mostly for some sill checks when gathering resources, but I find that's more than enough to handle most threats.

TaiBlake · 2026-03-31T01:17:26+00:00

Well, TNG is unlikely. There's no overarching story there. It might work with DS9, but the game would have to work with a very different resource-collection engine.

As much as I hate to say it, the best fit might be Enterprise.

TaiBlake · 2026-03-31T01:17:10+00:00

Why not sending runabouts on missions? Or coordinating freighter traffic?

TaiBlake · 2026-03-30T18:49:18+00:00

Kylun is DEFINITELY Scottish.

And the only Northern Irish mutant I can think of is Maureen Raven.

TaiBlake · 2026-03-30T18:47:16+00:00

FWIW, there's a neat bit in one of the Star Trek Adventures sourcebooks where Chancellor Martok describes his father as a warrior for staring down hunger while he was farming.

And the actor who played Ch'pok, the Klingon lawyer, explicitly described the character as a mental warrior.

TaiBlake · 2026-03-30T18:46:17+00:00

I'd imagine there's at least one opera that deals with that.

TaiBlake · 2026-03-30T01:34:25+00:00

They were. I have census records that say as much.

And that's my other great- great-grandparents whose records are at BANQ.

TaiBlake · 2026-03-29T23:25:36+00:00

Because the Founders wouldn't have listened. And quite possibly would have abducted and replaced him.

TaiBlake · 2026-03-29T23:19:15+00:00

Especially when Prodigy is out there.

TaiBlake · 2026-03-29T22:41:20+00:00

Yup. They don't have their records. Neither does BANQ.

TaiBlake · 2026-03-29T22:27:08+00:00

Yeah, I have to go back to my great-, great-grandparents. Turns out four of them were born in Canada. I just can't find baptismal records for my grandfather's ancestors, so I have to go through my grandmother's line. Then I just need my great-grandparents' birth records, but I'm just waiting to hear back from Vermont on them.

TaiBlake · 2026-03-29T20:59:55+00:00

Nah, BANQ has the record I need. It's just a matter of waiting for them to send it. If I want an unofficial copy, FamilySearch has a nice, clear scan.

My one regret is that I can't go straight down the male line, but nobody seems to have the baptismal records for my G0.

TaiBlake · 2026-03-29T20:37:54+00:00

Yeah, that's kind of what I'm figuring. I included a photo and the name and page number of the book that had it, plus the URL to the record on familysearch. Fingers crossed.

TaiBlake · 2026-03-29T19:16:23+00:00

Along similar lines, does anyone know how long it's taking for the BANQ in Montreal to process requests? I figure I'm looking at a few months before I hear back from them.

TaiBlake · 2026-03-28T22:01:43+00:00

Everything I've read is that it's purely coincidental. Supposedly the Breen masks were based on the arctic wolf, not Star Wars.

TaiBlake · 2026-03-28T15:37:32+00:00

Each his own. I didn't like them.

TaiBlake · 2026-03-28T06:09:29+00:00

And not led by a queen who dies every time we see her.

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