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"Ripper" in the "Floating Through Space/Wanderlust" Packs.....

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edited December 2017 in The Bridge
Is from Disco, I guess?

Scott


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  • [7TW] UnkieB[7TW] UnkieB ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 2017
    Ripper? Yes, from Discovery...


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  • DScottHewittDScottHewitt ✭✭✭✭✭
    Dralix wrote: »
    A google search for "star trek ripper" would have taken less time than posting this thread.

    Then go ahead and delete the thread, please.
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  • CopperCopper ✭✭
    It's cool....I was looking to see if anyone has the basic & FF/FE stats on Ripper. I'm guessing more SEC...
  • [7TW] UnkieB[7TW] UnkieB ✭✭✭✭✭
    Shan posted the stats in the announcements section...

    FE/FF level 100
    SEC 1332 (182-366)
    SCI 852 (195-430)

    FE 1/5 level 100
    SEC 942 (182-366)
    SCI 404 (195-430)

    Traits: Brutal. Desperate, Explorer, Primal, Survivalist
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  • The Great GornholioThe Great Gornholio ✭✭✭✭✭
    Copper wrote: »
    It's cool....I was looking to see if anyone has the basic & FF/FE stats on Ripper. I'm guessing more SEC...

    https://forum.disruptorbeam.com/stt/discussion/2479/new-crew-ripper-5#latest

    Stats are posted in Starfleet Communications
  • GhostStalkerGhostStalker ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 2017
    From Shan:
    FE/FF level 100
    SEC 1332 (182-366)
    SCI 852 (195-430)

    FE 1/5 level 100
    SEC 942 (182-366)
    SCI 404 (195-430)

    Traits: Brutal. Desperate, Explorer, Primal, Survivalist
  • XoiikuXoiiku ✭✭✭✭
    edited December 2017
    Lady Gaghgagh wrote: »
    I will input that its art looks absolutely terrible to me.

    I agree about the art :(

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    Consider participating in civil discourse, understanding the Tardigrade, and wandering with the Subspace Eddies.
  • PallidynePallidyne ✭✭✭✭✭
    UnkieB wrote: »
    Pallidyne wrote: »
    Its absurd that its a playable character. Even more so than the usual absurdity.

    Well, it was originally planned to be bridge crew on the show, so...

    That boggles my mind. I'm guessing psuedo-adopted vulcan would be telepathic translator for orders?

    Just too messed up. Like bad Trek novel messed up.
  • [7TW] UnkieB[7TW] UnkieB ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 2017
    I don't know. In one After Trek the producers were talking about it. Went so far as to concept art/design a bridge station for it and stuff, but was cut because would have been too costly to have it be crew like that.

    EDIT: Here we go...
    http://comicbook.com/startrek/2017/12/27/star-trek-discovery-tardigrade-bridge-officer/
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  • PallidynePallidyne ✭✭✭✭✭
    UnkieB wrote: »
    I don't know. In one After Trek the producers were talking about it. Went so far as to concept art/design a bridge station for it and stuff, but was cut because would have been too costly to have it be crew like that.

    EDIT: Here we go...
    http://comicbook.com/startrek/2017/12/27/star-trek-discovery-tardigrade-bridge-officer/

    Oh Orci and JJs co-conspirator. Doesn't change my analysis except that it makes sense considering the source.

    Into Bleh-ness.
  • AstrometricsAstrometrics ✭✭✭
    Pallidyne wrote: »
    Its absurd that its a playable character. Even more so than the usual absurdity.

    With his hidden Diplomacy skill, which is going to be high enough due to being a two-skill Legendary, it's going to be possible to get:

    Ripper refutes Q with a debate worthy of his best with Captain Picard and others. Q acknowledges the crew's victory.

    It is official: the Tardigrade is a master debater who can beat Q.
    "Dance with me. For science."
  • Captain QCaptain Q ✭✭✭
    They give us "Ripper..." And people think I'm crazy for asking for Spot/Porthos...

    That's pure Dogism/Catism!
    In the immortal words of Spock: "Live long and prosper"
  • XoiikuXoiiku ✭✭✭✭
    UnkieB wrote: »
    I don't know. In one After Trek the producers were talking about it. Went so far as to concept art/design a bridge station for it and stuff, but was cut because would have been too costly to have it be crew like that.

    EDIT: Here we go...
    http://comicbook.com/startrek/2017/12/27/star-trek-discovery-tardigrade-bridge-officer/
    "In the original conception, the tardigrade was one of the bridge crew members…" Kurtzman revealed. "It was going to be like you come in and there was Mary and there was Shazad and then there is Ephraim [named for the first zoologist to observe tardigrades]. It would have been really cool because he would have just been there."

    Thanks for sharing that link. Do you remember which After Trek episode they talked about that in?
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    Consider participating in civil discourse, understanding the Tardigrade, and wandering with the Subspace Eddies.
  • [7TW] UnkieB[7TW] UnkieB ✭✭✭✭✭
    ·§ë· Ambassador Xoiiku wrote: »
    Thanks for sharing that link. Do you remember which After Trek episode they talked about that in?

    The 4th...

    https://trekmovie.com/2017/10/17/after-trek-reveals-klingon-details-and-original-tardigrade-plan-for-star-trek-discovery/
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  • Lady GaghgaghLady Gaghgagh ✭✭✭✭✭
    Captain Q wrote: »
    They give us "Ripper..." And people think I'm crazy for asking for Spot/Porthos...

    That's pure Dogism/Catism!

    And then there's people like me who shudder at the thought of either being playable in game. I'll live with Ripper, he will never be a crew I'll try to get, but every time I see him, you can rest assured I will cringe at him.
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  • Lady GaghgaghLady Gaghgagh ✭✭✭✭✭
    Pallidyne wrote: »
    Its absurd that its a playable character. Even more so than the usual absurdity.

    5000% agreed. Like a lot of people questioned if we should venture into TAS and I say yes, we should have and I'm glad we did. Arex and Lucien are still humanoid and functional enough to be crew. Ripper though, that's reaching over the line into "now you're just being silly" territory.
    Admiral of the Haus of GaghGagh, Starbase level 94, we are not accepting members at this time.
    Captain of the voyage vessels: Queen of Bashir, Landsknecht, and Sunspear, the first luxury starship cruiseliners.
    Amenities include wifi, fully-functioning holodecks, a full-service bar, 3 party decks, a Trill spa, and a business centre.
    Fun fact: The ships are propelled by bouncy castle technology.
  • Captain QCaptain Q ✭✭✭
    Lady Gaghgagh wrote: »
    Captain Q wrote: »
    They give us "Ripper..." And people think I'm crazy for asking for Spot/Porthos...

    That's pure Dogism/Catism!

    And then there's people like me who shudder at the thought of either being playable in game. I'll live with Ripper, he will never be a crew I'll try to get, but every time I see him, you can rest assured I will cringe at him.

    I agree with you. I was being facetious... >:)
    In the immortal words of Spock: "Live long and prosper"
  • Zann Calcore (ISA)Zann Calcore (ISA) ✭✭✭✭
    ·§ë· For The Many wrote: »
    Was really hoping for something more true to the giant tardigrade's character and specialty, in the form of ENG or SCI primary with SEC secondary or tertiary skill. With epic spacey art:
    iyvorfgvfe14.jpg

    I was looking for art more like this as well. They chose the absolute worst possible pose for that portrait to me, and THEN did a poor job of it. Also, I know he’s a big hulking, nearly unstoppable monster of sorts, but the Security skill makes him sound like he’s going around with a phaser, wearing a red shirt and standing in the background while Kirk, McCoy, and Spock do all the interesting bits.
    Weirdly enough, I’m also Vulcan Housewife. Also, RNGesus hates me, like really, REALLY hates me.
  • DScottHewittDScottHewitt ✭✭✭✭✭
    Lady Gaghgagh wrote: »
    Pallidyne wrote: »
    Its absurd that its a playable character. Even more so than the usual absurdity.

    5000% agreed. Like a lot of people questioned if we should venture into TAS and I say yes, we should have and I'm glad we did. Arex and Lucien are still humanoid and functional enough to be crew. Ripper though, that's reaching over the line into "now you're just being silly" territory.

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  • XoiikuXoiiku ✭✭✭✭
    Lady Gaghgagh wrote: »
    Pallidyne wrote: »
    Its absurd that its a playable character. Even more so than the usual absurdity.

    5000% agreed. Like a lot of people questioned if we should venture into TAS and I say yes, we should have and I'm glad we did. Arex and Lucien are still humanoid and functional enough to be crew. Ripper though, that's reaching over the line into "now you're just being silly" territory.

    Consider the following, from ‘After Trek’ Reveals Klingon Details And Original Tardigrade Plan For ‘Star Trek: Discovery’
    Tardigrade was originally Stamets’ boss
    Executive producers and show-runners Aaron Harberts and Gretchen J. Berg talked more about PaleyFest revelation that the tardigrade was originally planned to be a bridge officer on the USS Discovery named “Ephraim.” The character was to be Lieutenant Stamets’ boss. There were scripts written with “full on scenes,” including Ephraim talking to Michael Burnham “about the meaning of life, spores, and the beauty of mushrooms.”

    A special bridge station was designed which he “leaned over” and there was also a special “sash” uniform for him as well. Harberts said having a tardigrade as a character on the ship was “pretty trippy,” and “fantastic.” But, in the end it just wasn’t feasible due to the CGI costs involved.

    Also, this.
    We are all downstream from each other and ourselves, therefore choose to be relaxed and groovy.
    Consider participating in civil discourse, understanding the Tardigrade, and wandering with the Subspace Eddies.
  • ·§ë· For the Many·§ë· For the Many ✭✭✭✭✭
    Zann Calcore wrote: »
    ·§ë· For The Many wrote: »
    Was really hoping for something more true to the giant tardigrade's character and specialty, in the form of ENG or SCI primary with SEC secondary or tertiary skill. With epic spacey art:
    iyvorfgvfe14.jpg

    I was looking for art more like this as well. They chose the absolute worst possible pose for that portrait to me, and THEN did a poor job of it. Also, I know he’s a big hulking, nearly unstoppable monster of sorts, but the Security skill makes him sound like he’s going around with a phaser, wearing a red shirt and standing in the background while Kirk, McCoy, and Spock do all the interesting bits.

    This really was the crew I wanted most in the game by far:

    Oct 10 -
    ·§ë· For The Many wrote: »
    I'd like to see a 5* Giant Tardigrade ENG/SCI/SEC. They would hands down be my favourite crew ever.
    Oct 24 -
    ·§ë· For The Many wrote: »
    We need MED and other forms of events. I like Sarek. Other characters who are also important to the series who I want as (3-skill) crew:
    Dr Hugh Culber
    Michael Burnham
    especially Ripper the Loveable Giant Teleporting Tardigrade / Water Bear

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    Though due to creating the character as from the uninformed initial perception of a couple other characters, missing essential appropriate skills and traits (ENG or SCI primary, pilot), and before the epic art has returned to do justice to the creature (with dark space blue/aqua hues like in the show: why jarring yellow lighting for nearly every new crew?) - I'll pass. Unless they come up in an event someday.
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  • Captain QCaptain Q ✭✭✭
    [FF] Vice Admiral Nairne wrote: »
    Ripper's sentient, and effectively functions as a navigation specialist for the spore drive. Having him a playable crew makes total sense to me.

    In fact, it makes more sense than having a super-powered being like Q on your bridge crew. It's infinitely more sensible than Spot or Porthos.

    Oi! Spot and Porthos are sentient! And they can... navigate... sort of... :D
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