The Andromeda Federation (OOC)

[Highland Sniper]

I remember seeing that movie. Been so long.
but Babelfish was also a website that translated stuff.

[Cfavano]

it got its name from the creature. HHGTTG existed LONG before the movie it was also a book and tv show

[Highland Sniper]

yes, I knew about the book, but not the show. Interesting

[Enigma]

I believe Enigma brought up the potential of a sentient ship of some stripe, which could be interesting. In my mind this was a smaller outfit.

One possibility is a Brain ship. A child who is borned seriously deformed but has an excellent brain can enter the Brain Shell program. Their physical growth is stunted and their bodies are placed inside a titanium life-support shell. They're then evaluated, trained and conditioned towards their suitable job - typically as pilots. One advantage towards this is their lifespans are greatly extended - eight centuries at least, which gives then enough time to pay off the fantastic costs of their transformation and the ship they're installed in.

Once they're hooked up in the brain vault on board the ship, basically the ship becomes their new bodies. However, there are limitation to their bodies, which is why they need Brawns as their crew. If we go the brain ship route, I suggest a ship that's a century and a half old, having paid off their contract and not looking forward to going back on contract with their former employers.

Alternately, we could have either an alien ship that was salvaged in space, or a used ship bought from some dealer, probably a light-medium cargo ship. The ship could come with an AI pilot.

I don't recommend the Heart of Gold's AI, Eddie. Too cheerful by far, thanks to that GPP factor.

[Highland Sniper]

Sounds like EVE, the new MMO. Anyone else see those ads?
And don't forget that I did mention two shows that did that. Andromada and Dark Matter.

[Cfavano]

what about a ship like in outlaw star

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or ooh, what abotu liek RYo Ohki from tenchi muyo, an animal that turns into a ship

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EVE is also i nno way new, EVE online is SUPER old

[Highland Sniper]

I see. ok then.

[Cfavano]

yeah it was releasedi n the US in 2003 and is also host to one of the largest thefts in all of gaming history

[Highland Sniper]

really? What theft would that be?

Also, who/what else are we waiting for?

[Cfavano]

In the early hours of the morning of September 12th, a player named The Judge bankrupted the massive military alliance Circle of Two (otherwise known as CO2) and betrayed its 4,000 members to their worst enemies. After stealing over a trillion ISK in assets from the alliance wallet and supply hangars, The Judge then used his authority as CO2’s lead diplomat to seize control of the alliance’s space stations throughout its territory. In possibly the biggest single moment of betrayal in EVE history, the colossal 300 billion ISK Keepstar class station, where most of the alliance’s 4,000 members stashed their ships and valuable assets, was sold to its most hated enemy, the infamous Goonswarm Federation.

The total value of the theft clocked in at over 1.5 trillion ISK , making it the single biggest theft in EVE history in terms of raw ISK (I got reports from both sides and this figure wasn’t disputed by anyone), which gives it an estimated equivalent value of over $20,000 USD in real money. The actual scale of the damage was far greater, as Goonswarm and TEST Alliance then surrounded the station and prevented players from evacuating their ships and other assets. Many players panicked and sold their trapped ships and items to the attackers for a fraction of the real value, while others used the game’s “Asset Safety” system to pay NPCs to safely evacuate their ships and equipment for a fee. The final tally of ISK stolen or lost through tax and firesales in this betrayal has been estimated by the perpetrators to be 5 trillion ISK – worth over $60,000 – and the incident has completely dismantled one of the game’s largest military alliances.