Just remember, this dialogue is in the top 1% of all dialogue out there.
Yes and the Fleet Carrier tannoy that announces "jump complete. Telemetry checks initiated" or similar, just before it begins a jump.
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English As She Is Spoke
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I think that was actually fixed when they gave us carrier interiors.
I was specifically checking for that and it didn't happen. Instead, they repeat the same warning twice when they used to say it was complete right after the warning.
edit: to be clear, i haven't tried it since the post 11 0.1 patch. So maybe they broke it again if you have more recent evidence? It was definitely fixed for me with update 11.
Hey, I was NEVER welcomed to any station or carrier ! I land and there is nobody ! "Dispatching land crew" yeah sure, where is it ?
Where are my flower necklace, the pretty locals, the music and all that ? I'm ok with just a fruit cocktail you know, or even a lone dude waiving the hand if they are busy. But don't tell me I'm welcomed when clearly I'm not !
Do they say it now after the jump, where it belongs? I've only been on foot in the interior, or tabbed out, so haven't listened for it whilst sitting in my ship in the hangar. Yet.
From their surly expressions and demeanour, I imagine most of the locals are thinking "welcome to our station. And you're welcome to it...". Mind you when I visited Etienne Dorn's Kraken's Retreat a few times, it was all the same people there each time, most of them asleep on the seats. No barman at the bar, no vendors in the genomics or suit/gun shop... nothing to do. They were bored to death!
That's the joke
Like Ernie Wise's "the play what I wrote".
We very nearly have a poem now!
My sister had a mug growing up with a quote on it - "shakespeer rote playz wot were very borin'" if I remember it right - always makes me laugh!
For someone who's native language is not english, you certainly write like it is, and always get my quirky bad jokes, so I think you do pretty darn well mate! I dread to think what my efforts would be like the other way around, even with some crossover - you'd have better luck with one of those old 1990s taiwanese translation instructions with a crappy tool!
Yes I believe so. I wasn't paying much attention though post-jump since i think they used to say it then too anyway. The bug was saying it before the jump and that always stood out for me so it's what I was checking on.
Would have been nice to put the original elite games as "mini" games you can play in that captain's chair pad that doesn't do anything. 15 minutes per jump of just doing absolutely nothing when you have to do a string of carrier jumps is plenty of time to spend. Might as well spend it playing elite.
That's my point, they start off by welcoming me before all that
They're not welcoming you. Nope, not yet.
However, they're looking forward to do it once you dock
Yes they are - by saying "Welcome to the carrier, Commander" they've literally welcomed me with a phrase of welcome
It means "you are welcome", present, current... I don't say "welcome to my home" to someone who isn't visiting it for another few months, say. The sign "Welcome to Wales" or "Croeso i Cymru" is there when you cross the border, not in Bristol... etcI've had another one with the robot voice telling me my ship has landed, twice. "Your ship has landed. Your ship has landed, Commander." Yes, I heard you, but has my ship landed?
You're lucky! They never did it afterwards for me. I found it a bit aggravating. Though the jumps were always successful...
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Looks good to me! (Especially since, apparently, you're French)
You're not doing too bad either considering you're from the US of A.
I reckon it should go "... 3307, thy Emperor hast granted ye the title ... as thou strike thine enemy !", but I'm not a native speaker either.
Yeah... and what makes it even more impressive is I'm from Texas. Early language development for us is comprised of phrases such as, "Dammit... hold still while I reload", "Some men just need killin' ", and "Don't know if we should cut him down yet. He ain't learned his lesson yet.". It's not until later years that we learn how to communicate with foreigners from places like England or California.
Enough with thine Imperial doublespeak.
It’s “thine” enemy, and “thine emperor” (whomever he presumes to be), not “thee”. “Thee” is the subject of “you” (as in “the Federal Security Service shall smite thee!”).
The possessive is “thy” before consonants and “thine” before vowels. It’s not difficult. Begone with thee, Imperial filth!
Forward the Federation!
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What? Shakespeak has rules, you say?
Frontier: Adds the owner module with an upkeep of 3 million creds per week.I'd just like them to acknowledge that it's my carrier...
Joking aside, I'd like that too.
Why, what is pomp, rule, reign, but earth and dust?
And, live we how we can, yet die we must.
Why, what is pomp, rule, reign, but earth and dust?
And, live we how we can, yet die we must.
That was the best Hamlet, and I'm certain Shakespear would have loved it.
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