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So I missed the deadline?Actually I'm quite happy that we've got some new blood in, I hadn't really come up with much. Maybe I could update the border guard joke as a drabble set in the Elite universe?
I'd probably say some old blood come back LOL....
So I missed the deadline?
Just 'cause it can't make the poll doesn't mean you can't say it here. I couldn't use my "Smug Lars" pun because it had already been taken. What is the border guard joke? Does it go something like...
Reason
Lars was out celebrating the end of a lucrative contract when he noticed Inspector Sharpe sitting at the bar. He had to speak to him. "Every week you stop me. You find... Nothing!"
Sharpe sat seething at the bar, staring down at his drink, controlling his anger.
Lars gleefully pushed his face close to Sharpe's "Sidewinders! I was smuggling Sidewinders"
The officer couldn't take it anymore. He got off his stool to face the smuggler and belted him on the mouth.
Sharpe's friends had to drag him away. "You're threatening your promotion over this?"
Sharpe explained, "I hate smug Lars!"
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I'm trying to write a bonus pun-filled drabble on smuggling - but I'm struggling and my ideas keep juggling
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edit: here's one while we wait...
Keeping an eye on trouble
"ssstupid little hobo twits!" spat the Gollun Enforcer as he silently drifted in the wake of the 'vagrant' convoy. Approaching a large asteroid the convoy turns, Smeegoal in the Enforcer-3 expertly manoeuvres his eagle and remains invisible like a shadow in space.
Running from recent purges in nearby Federation systems this insular group was as dangerous as cornered vipers and as troublesome as a gang of pirates. Enforcer-3 had been sent to locate and infiltrate their hidden base.
As the asteroid filled his vision, Smeegoal recognised it; mined-out and derelict it now harboured criminals. Gliding in he smiled "Sssmeegoal IN!"
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edit: here's one while we wait...
Keeping an eye on trouble
"ssstupid little hobo twits!" spat the Gollun Enforcer as he silently drifted in the wake of the 'vagrant' convoy. Approaching a large asteroid the convoy turns, Smeegoal in the Enforcer-3 expertly manoeuvres his eagle and remains invisible like a shadow in space.
Running from recent purges in nearby Federation systems this insular group was as dangerous as cornered vipers and as troublesome as a gang of pirates. Enforcer-3 had been sent to locate and infiltrate their hidden base.
As the asteroid filled his vision, Smeegoal recognised it; mined-out and derelict it now harboured criminals. Gliding in he smiled "Sssmeegoal IN!"
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Yes Frank it was something along those lines.
I hope I didn't cross the line pinching your idea. That's bordering on the impolite.
Live Reading is still scheduled for 7pm tonight,
heres the info
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heres the info
Audio Drabbles have an RSS Feed here : http://feeds.feedburner.com/AbrakaDrabble
Live Readings Friday nights 7pm : http://mixlr.com/abraka-drabble
Live Video : http://www.twitch.tv/psykokow
Website : http://thargoidandfer-de-lance.co.uk/drabbles/live-readings/
join us on teamspeak: laveradio.teamspeak3.com Find the Abraka Drabble room
Recordings are available afterwards on youtube and will be posted in here too.
A little something... a vocal warm up if you will, for Psykokow to help with his preparation for the drabblecast
It's called "Ode to the Drabblecaster" and goes a little something like this:
It's called "Ode to the Drabblecaster" and goes a little something like this:
I can hardly complain at recycling an old joke. If it had been during the contest I might have been slightly miffed but no worries.
Remember you can still write more drabbles even if the poll is up and running...
Habit Forming
She drew on the plasteel tube. The heady breath melted away all her troubles. "I've no idea why the government hate us using this. It's great!"
Somebody floating on the floor said "Not bad for stuff that was up inside Lars"
She frowned at the vaper tube in her hand, remembering the way Lars boosted through the docking port when she was waiting for them at the spaceport. She yelled over to the distant Lars sitting next to her, "Onionhead is legal on this station. You didn't need to smuggle it in."
Lars cracked a languid grin "Yeah, I know."
Well I might have something, but in the mean time I've got an illegal race to participate in
The Highlight of last night has to be this..
[video=youtube_share;n27rTsRwWzA]http://youtu.be/n27rTsRwWzA?t=8m20s[/video]
http://youtu.be/n27rTsRwWzA?t=8m20s 8 minutes 20 seconds in...
[video=youtube_share;n27rTsRwWzA]http://youtu.be/n27rTsRwWzA?t=8m20s[/video]
http://youtu.be/n27rTsRwWzA?t=8m20s 8 minutes 20 seconds in...
Here's a quick drabble with a smuggler's view on the famous FAOff/Silent running video,
A Smuggler's View
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You've all seen the vids where a smuggler avoids being scanned by silent running. Truth is that most of us smugglers don't do that. Sure you can find some people doing it and some of them are even successful. In fact it's no better than other less risky methods. The cops can still spot you and if you 'meet some traffic' the lack of shields is going to be expensive. Mostly we'll try to avoid security altogether by using quiet outposts rather than busy ports. Otherwise we time it to avoid the patrol or boost in or maybe use chaff.
A Smuggler's View
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You've all seen the vids where a smuggler avoids being scanned by silent running. Truth is that most of us smugglers don't do that. Sure you can find some people doing it and some of them are even successful. In fact it's no better than other less risky methods. The cops can still spot you and if you 'meet some traffic' the lack of shields is going to be expensive. Mostly we'll try to avoid security altogether by using quiet outposts rather than busy ports. Otherwise we time it to avoid the patrol or boost in or maybe use chaff.
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It's one of those things that's hard to be certain about. If you already have the scan warning it's too late. In theory it works just the same as silent running in stopping the systems authority getting a lock on you in the first place. I'll have to do some testing. Boosting in works if you get properly lined up first but isn't really necessary.
A whistle, a scrape... a toxic cloud?
I often hear a nonchalant whistle when exiting the station; it often takes me several moments to realise it's the sound of my hull grinding away the plasmaperm coating of the station's pressure seal. Why one day I even ignited the air in the dock itself I'd generated so much heat from all the friction. That was the day they told me that I wasn't welcome anymore; apparently the smog lingering inside the docking bay had killed 7,362 people including dockworkers, pilots, passengers, cabin boys, and 12 dwarfs.
They took the matter so seriously they fined me 400cr!
I often hear a nonchalant whistle when exiting the station; it often takes me several moments to realise it's the sound of my hull grinding away the plasmaperm coating of the station's pressure seal. Why one day I even ignited the air in the dock itself I'd generated so much heat from all the friction. That was the day they told me that I wasn't welcome anymore; apparently the smog lingering inside the docking bay had killed 7,362 people including dockworkers, pilots, passengers, cabin boys, and 12 dwarfs.
They took the matter so seriously they fined me 400cr!
Congratulations KalRyper. "A clean act" was a great Drabble...
Welcome to this week's Drabble Contest.
Everyone is invited to submit a Drabble. When I say everyone, I specifically mean you!
A Drabble is story of exactly 100 words, and should be set in the Elite Universe on the current topic of
City Lights
chosen by KalRyper, The winner of last week's contest.
The title of your story isn't part of the 100 words total.
A good place to compose your story is recommended by Erik, http://www.wordcounter.net/
Entries to a poll will be limited to the first 20 Drabbles submitted.
Only one entry per candidate. Ihe poll normally goes up on Thursday. I don't know who's hosting this week.
Please remember that this is a family forum We want as many people as possible to feel comfortable on this thread. Don't write anything that you wouldn't want to read out in front of your grandparent/grandchild.
Welcome to this week's Drabble Contest.
Everyone is invited to submit a Drabble. When I say everyone, I specifically mean you!
A Drabble is story of exactly 100 words, and should be set in the Elite Universe on the current topic of
City Lights
chosen by KalRyper, The winner of last week's contest.
The title of your story isn't part of the 100 words total.
A good place to compose your story is recommended by Erik, http://www.wordcounter.net/
Entries to a poll will be limited to the first 20 Drabbles submitted.
Only one entry per candidate. Ihe poll normally goes up on Thursday. I don't know who's hosting this week.
Please remember that this is a family forum We want as many people as possible to feel comfortable on this thread. Don't write anything that you wouldn't want to read out in front of your grandparent/grandchild.
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