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[Sir.Tj]

Excerpt from one of my wip's


The ship a tiny dot in the distance was nearly on us, as it grew larger still I watched fascinated switching between the window and scanner on which some words appeared. “Ident acquired. Imperial courier…registration number…unable to acquire.”‘Hmm’ muttered Ash, no ident that’s interesting.’ ‘What do you mean?’ I asked‘It means.’ She replied ‘that they have something to hide, and there's no way that’s a pirate ship, way too large and slow for that. I’d say that someone knows who we are and wants to stop us by blasting us into tiny pieces.’

‘Who are they?’ I asked.

 

[CareTaker]

Station Challenge: Fist time smuggler

Hondaport space station is spinning slowly in front of me and there is a nice view of a planet Gonzez beneath. I have to make this trip extra profitable since I do not have enough credits to pay for the fuel. I hope not to get busted for carrying narcotics hear. Or get busted selling them.

Just need to slowly approach the station and dock. What a relief. I have landed successfully.

Now to find a black market seller.

What? There is no narcotics needed on the black market?

I am such a noob. Narcotics are legal in Olcanze (1,-3).

 

[Bruce Turnbull]

Do you think we could change the thread title to "Yabba Drabble Doooo"?

 

[DigitalDuck]

Species Profiling

Mike was on immigration duty at Sori station. A Thargoid walked past. "Hi Mike."

"Hey Sam."

The Thargoid continued on her journey. Mike's boss was not impressed. "You're not supposed to just let them through, you idiot!"

Mike protested, "But that's Sam! I can't make someone I know sit through the immigration procedure!"

"You know how many Thargoids sneak through here? Me neither, because we can't count 'em."

The boss radioed security. They were already waiting for Sam up ahead. "Well, look what we have here... Little Miss Thargoid."

Sam rolled her eyes. "I think you'll find it's DOCTOR Thargoid."

 

[Bikky]

Excerpt from one of my wip's


The ship a tiny dot in the distance was nearly on us, as it grew larger still I watched fascinated switching between the window and scanner on which some words appeared. “Ident acquired. Imperial courier…registration number…unable to acquire.”‘Hmm’ muttered Ash, no ident that’s interesting.’ ‘What do you mean?’ I asked‘It means.’ She replied ‘that they have something to hide, and there's no way that’s a pirate ship, way too large and slow for that. I’d say that someone knows who we are and wants to stop us by blasting us into tiny pieces.’

‘Who are they?’ I asked.

FONT COLOUR WHITE???? sheesh.

fuel. I hope not to get busted for carrying narcotics hear. Or get busted selling them.
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you mean here, as in a place, not hear, as in to listen.

Hope you all pull up my grammar and spelling mistakes. NOTE only do this for storyline text, not for banter and chatter, you'll be here for years.

 

[Sir.Tj]

FONT COLOUR WHITE???? sheesh.

Sorry abou that, It's because I've got my forum theme set to the Elite version which I think is the default for the Elite section unless you change it.

I tend to forget that there is options on the theme you can choose.

What colour would you like it in? Let me know and I'll repost it for you.

 

[Bikky]

Sorry abou that, It's because I've got my forum theme set to the Elite version which I think is the default for the Elite section unless you change it.

I tend to forget that there is options on the theme you can choose.

What colour would you like it in? Let me know and I'll repost it for you.

I don't need it re-posting thanks. I just highlight the text and read it that way

 

[Frank]

Station Challenge: The Corriolis Effect

So the title doesn't affect the word count? The title of the following drabble is "What Happens When You Stick a 3rd Class Maintenance Engineer in a Massive Spinning Metal Can, and Give Him a Sadistic Supervisor":-

The valve-o-mat in sector 9-15 needed replaced. Hugh didn't want the assignment but was too proud to say. He's a spaceman dammit! The maintenance ladder went all the way up to the centre of the station. As he climbed he could feel his steps getting lighter.

His inner ear eventually gave up guessing which way up he was. His mind took over. He was crawling along a metal floor. He was clinging onto a ladder bolted to a vertical wall. He was grasping a ladder bolted to a ceiling. And he also clenched a vertical ladder upside-down.

He threw up.

 

[Zedd]

We a*e u***r at**ck! I re**at, we a*e u***r at**ck! Pl**se s**d h**p im*******ly!

Oh h**l, t**y a*e bl****ng o*r si**al… Pl**se, if y*u c*n de****er t**s, s**d h**p im*******ly. O*r sh***ds a*e fa***ng, a*d if t**y g*t th***gh us t*e en**re co**ny is do**ed.

T*e pi***es h**e de*****ed o*r we***ns sy***ms. We a*e di*****ng a*l p***r to de***ce wh**st we g*t t*e ch****en i**o es**pe p**s. B*t if we f**l t**y w**l j**t be t***n as sl**es an**ay...

Pl**se, we n**d h**p n*w! If y*u c*n de****er t**s si**al qu***ly en**gh, pl**se s**d h**p be**re it is t*o l**e!

I think I'm seeing stars , and its giving me a headache !

 

[el_tel]

Safely docked (at last). But that was a close one. Too close.
Two more runs like that and you'll get the AAAAECM. Definitely.
Repairs are gonna take 16 hours, so next some rest and BodyDoc. Laying down on the hypersleep couch, you wish you could change the AutoDream setting, but it's been stuck on the same bluddy program since the day you bought the ship.

The lid descends, the world around you fades and becomes distant. Your senses are subverted by the AutoDream construct....

Early 21st century Earth.
Before hyperspace was discovered.
Morning.
You need to get ready for 'work'.

 

[OneViGOR]

The Unknown

A hundred silver stars splash up from the dashboard and hover before me, waiting patiently. The sudden glare of the projector in my eyes doesn’t bother me anymore.

The ship tells me where I am. We all know this place, we’ve all been here.

And that’s just boring.

I turn and pick out another glowing orb. They say it’s far too dangerous to go there. I’d be mad. That’s perfect.

Selecting it, I lean forwards, easing the lever towards the void. Space shivers and splits at my bow, caving inwards and pulling me with it, into the unknown, into danger.

 

[Ian Phillips]

Dark Stars

Dark stars don't show on your 3D map. Even now we do not know how many systems there are in the sky.

It's what makes hyperspace jumps exciting - you never know if you are going to get to your destination. Something about unexpected gravity anomalies not being accounted for in the hyperspace calculations.

Not something I need to understand, luckily, but that's why most people stick to established trade routes - you get where you’re aiming for.

So, select your position, select your destination, press the button and hope. And if you end up somewhere unexpected, note the coordinates!

 

[insanephoton]

Black Widow

Brian thought his luck had changed. The pretty blonde had been flirting with him for the past hour and now she wanted to go back to his ship.

They stumbled from the bar to the docking bay and onto his ship. A swift jab with a syringe and Brian was paralysed.

Stella looked at Brian. She would keep him alive until she cracked the biometric locks to transfer ownership of the Cobra over to her. His bank account would be drained too, but then he would be of no further use. She knew a good place to dump a body...

 

[psykokow]

We need a winner to pick the next theme

HI everyone, I figured we need to move things along with the themes...
SO please can you vote for a winner from the following selection..
Then maybe we could add a poll to make it easier.. then start a new thread for the next... maybe yabba drabble do..

OK choices to VOTE for are as follows...

1: el_tel for untitled : http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=105406&postcount=68

2: Frank for 'Station Challenge: The Corriolis Effect' : http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=104475&postcount=66

3: DigitalDuck for 'Species Profiling' : http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=104022&postcount=62

4: AndrewF for 'Bounty' : http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=103827&postcount=56

5: Bikky for 'Station Challenge: Lost in-ter-stella Space' : http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=103852&postcount=57

6: T.J. for untitled unrelated : http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=103920&postcount=59

7: CareTaker for 'Fist time smuggler' : http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=104011&postcount=60

8: Bikky for 'pew pew Agent squiggle' : http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=103762&postcount=49

9: Ian Phillips for 'Safety' : http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=103769&postcount=50

10: Allen Stroud for 'A Little Prayer' : http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=103468&postcount=32

11: Darren Grey for 'Distress Call' : http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=103482&postcount=34

12: Selezen for 'Failure' : http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=103491&postcount=38

13: Darren Grey for 'Stationary Life' : http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=103362&postcount=23

14: Alien for '*****' : http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=103434&postcount=25

15: Ian Phillips for 'The Prey' : http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=103244&postcount=18

16: Psykokow for 'The Gloom of Grey' : http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=103273&postcount=19

17: DigitalDuck for 'The Rookie's Only Mistake' : http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=103350&postcount=20

18: InsanePhoton for 'black widow' : http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=105719&postcount=71

19: OneVigor for 'The Unknown' : http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=105408&postcount=69

20: Ian Phillips for 'Dark Skies' : http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=105582&postcount=70

I am really sorry if I missed you...

 

[psykokow]

I vote for 17 : Digital Duck... don't mess with their pew pew!!

 

[Darren Grey]

We only get to vote for 1? Seems a shame when there are so many good ones... I guess I'll have to go with number 2, Coriolis Effect!

 

[psykokow]

We need 1 winner... and well i suppose we could have multiple choices on the poll if we go that way... but fornow 1 vote makes it the easiest to judge!!

 

[Cmdr Andy B]

We need 1 winner... and well i suppose we could have multiple choices on the poll if we go that way... but fornow 1 vote makes it the easiest to judge!!

apology accepted <---subtle hint

 

[Ian Phillips]

some points about the vote:

not all of the brabbles are about (or include a reference to) space stations, so those do not qualify

I am going to assume that I can't vote for myself....or vote more than once

 

[psykokow]

Look you can do what you want!!! thats fine by me .. and I will pick what winner I want too .. so it dont really matter??

OOH I won!! yay. heheh

no seriously I thought the irrelevant ones should be included this round just because we've not really got this going yet... so the irrelevent ones shouldnt be voted in.. I mean Alien's ***** is it relevant? Im not sure... it may hint at ***** but is that truly and strictly related to ***** or could it be allowed to be part of a station theme. Its ok until ***** ***** ***** which really undermines that station feel, and ***** ***** ***** ***** totally blows it out of the water... so I guess let the ***** voters pick!!