N News Service Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 Michealites Attack Club-goersA several unidentified Michealites attacked a group of people leaving the Seattle novaphile club, Eruption Junction, yesteday leaving one woman dead and four others hospitilized in serious condition.According to witnesses the Michealites shouted accusations of devil worship and betrayal of the human race as they beat the costumed club-goers with a variety of weapons.All of the victims were dressed as costumed novas, though only one, the deceased, was dressed as a specific, real-life nova; Apep, the Terat fugitive.Seattle police are investigating the matter.more>>>>> NASA Announces Call for NovasNASA has announced plans to incorporate as many novas as is financially viable into their future plans.Dr. Basil Tolquist, Chief Engineer in Development, stated "With the success of the Daedelus League it would be foolish for us to pass up the resources novas can provide. By bringing them in to NASA as opposed to working with the League we can better manage those resources."Unamed sources state that one of the major concerns is the desire to control nova space jaunts that might bring dangerous microbes or bacteria into the Earth's atmosphere.more>>>>> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matryoshka Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 I am being subcontracted by NASA.Nice people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sakurako Hino Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 NASA? Bah. Japan's NASADA pays much nicer. I should know, I applied to those guys once. Their pay rates rocked. Unfortunately I applied too late. >.< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apep Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 They really love me don't they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matryoshka Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 Well, the Michelites do.I don't know if I do,but you do assume me some days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sakurako Hino Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 The Michaelites are one of the few things that keep me awake at night.Not that it's hard to stay awake for me, but still... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Preston Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 Michaelites ... makes me happy that I don't unleash quantum death at a glance. Sometimes, my temper worries me.They're a hate group, a pack of murdering cowards out to kill me for something I had no control over, and they attacked my family. Three good reasons to kick them into the dustbin of history, IMHO.Unlike Dad, I'm not picky about the civilized nicities they have so readily abandoned.On the positive side, I wouldn't mind working with NASA, helping out people dealing in near Zero-G environments and the like. The ideas of Generation ships and planetary colonization have always facinated me. I can't wait to get back up into space. It was FUN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sakurako Hino Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 Neil. Why deal with Generation ships? In 10 years, I could develop a ship capable of FTL flight. Or at least an engine I can upgrade the HMII with. Of course, the slight difficulties lie with S&T. I might just have to build the HMIII at a Lagrange Point.But, untill then, I'm happy with chemical rockets and ZG weightlessness. Sort of... Romantic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashnod Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 Quote:Originally posted by Signy Malory: I don't know if I do,but you do assume me some days. How exactly does one "assume you?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashnod Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 Quote:Originally posted by N News Service: Michealites Attack Club-goersA several unidentified Michealites attacked a group of people leaving the Seattle novaphile club, Eruption Junction, yesteday leaving one woman dead and four others hospitilized in serious condition.According to witnesses the Michealites shouted accusations of devil worship and betrayal of the human race as they beat the costumed club-goers with a variety of weapons.All of the victims were dressed as costumed novas, though only one, the deceased, was dressed as a specific, real-life nova; Apep, the Terat fugitive.Seattle police are investigating the matter.Interesting...So baselines are killing baselines for desiring to be Novas.When the blood between the species begins to spill in earnest, I wonder if all the "Aberrant Sympathizers" will be round up and either put into camps or executed by their own people.I wouldn't put it past baseline humanity to do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charr Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 Quote:Originally posted by Ashnod:I wouldn't put it past baseline humanity to do that. Not the first time they'll have crapped in their own beds.Twisted little critters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matryoshka Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 Quote:Originally posted by Ashnod: Quote:Originally posted by Signy Malory: I don't know if I do,but you do assume me some days. How exactly does one "assume you?" That was error on my part.I meant amuse.I do assume people,but that is another story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashnod Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 responding to CharrTrue enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashnod Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 Quote:Originally posted by Signy Malory: That was error on my part.I meant amuse.I do assume people,but that is another story. If you can pinpoint the exact time of death down to a minute of over one million people right now, why can't you see yourself making these little moronic errors you consistently make? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matryoshka Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 Everything I do, has a reason.Tell me this Ashnod,would you mind looking silly on a site,if it would get you closer to your goals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashnod Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 Quote:Originally posted by Signy Malory: Everything I do, has a reason.Tell me this Ashnod,would you mind looking silly on a site,if it would get you closer to your goals? Certainly, however, as you have admitted that it was a mistake, and not an intentional word choice, you forfeited your claim of higher purpose already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matryoshka Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 As in that time it was mistake.Even we are not prefect.But I have a feeling you will find that out in the years too come.That is unless you can feel the changes already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashnod Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 So.....You're saying that you make mistakes like that all the time, however, your abilities to predict events are ALWAYS correct and infalliable....Interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matryoshka Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 Ashnod, today it was Hot.Using the statement above would you assume everyday is hot?I said I made a mistake,not I always make them.But if I were you,I wouldn't nit pick others when twisting their words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashnod Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 No, but by that rationale, I can assume it will one day be hot again. Knowing that it will be hot again, perhaps not on the following day, but assuredly on another day, would of course lead me to believe that it was not an isolated occurrence.Same with you, and your so called infallibility.But if I were you, I wouldn't be so quick to spar with someone you've willingly given power to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sphere Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 Them Michaelites aren't as much of a threat as the Baraka cults are. You run into those tossers? They don't just kill you, they hack you up and eat you! Pity any Novas with healing abilities that get caught by them.Had a bit of a scuffle with some Michaelites in NYC a few weeks back. Two of them must have clocked I was a Nova and were giving it all verbals until I offered to take them both on without using my powers. One of them got into a bit of a panic and pulled a gun. Me being the stroppy bugger I am these days, I retaliated by applying some low-power spheres to their knee caps.Ahh, those screams. Reminded me when I used to work as a legbreaker for Hatchet Harry. Good days.Unfortunately means I can't go back to New York for fear of the sodding Gothic Knight showing up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David 'Dr. Troll' Smith Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 Quote:Sphere: Them Michaelites aren't as much of a threat as the Baraka cults are. You run into those tossers? They don't just kill you, they hack you up and eat you!This sounds like an urban legend.Quote:Sphere:Pity any Novas with healing abilities that get caught by them.Oh, I think I'd do fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charr Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 Quote:Originally posted by Sphere:They don't just kill you, they hack you up and eat you!Tell me more. Tell me all you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugin Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 Quote:Originally posted by Sphere: Them Michaelites aren't as much of a threat as the Baraka cults are. I've heard rumors of the Baraka, but honestly my sources in that part of the world are sketchy at best. If even half is true they would be truly disturbing, and in dire need of Charr's gentle presence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Paragon Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 Michealites Attack Club-goers Wow! Baselines acting like Charr. Who would have thunk it? Hat's off to NASA and the ESA. Both are doing yeoman's work in integrating baseline humans and novas in a common work environment. While Project Utopia competes with them, its a friendly competition and alot of cooperation goes on, as well.Sphere, not that you and I normally get along, but I hope you see the danger of passing on any information to a butcher like Charr. He is as likely to get every man, woman, and child around those bastards as he is to get the cultists themselves. After all, it isn't like he gives a damn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charr Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 Quote:Paragon:Wow! Baselines acting like Charr. Who would have thunk it?You should have forwarded this one to the PR zips for review. They'd at least have made the attempt to draw a facile similarity to my methods instead of hoping novas were stupid enough to overlook the disparity.Sphere; do what you need to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Paragon Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 Michaelite: I think novas are out to hurt/enslave/kill us.Charr: think baselines are out to hurt/enslave/kill us.Michaelites: I find a place were I can punish those who offend me, while not risking myself. The Michaelite gets some buddies and attacks a nightclub of party-goers.Charr: I find a place were I can punish those who offend me, while not risking myself. Charr gets some buddies and beats up, and/or murders some hapless baselines in a barn.Michaelites:I am certain that my actions will bring terror to my enemies, while causing others to see the justice of my cause. Charr: I am certain that my actions will bring terror to my enemies, while causing others to see the justice of my cause.Michaelites: I'm doing what's best for mankind.Charr: I'm doing what's best for novakind.There, a little connect-the-dots for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charr Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 Ah. Yoo-pee PR at it's best. Glad to see yoou're getting something back from the zips even if it's only words to parrot.Are nova in general stupid enough to fall for this bedtime story? Let's just see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sphere Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 Aberrants encountered a Baraka cult operating in and around Marakesh waaay back in 2008. They were operating out of a warehouse and were armed to the teeth. They'd managed to take a ton of Elites down using a combination of surprise, mite, and overwhelming firepower. The Aberrants involved were some of our more pro-active members and went in blazing. In a straight fight, the baselines weren't much good against two Utopia-trained Novas.Problem was their priority was to rescue the Nova inside who was being harvested. So a lot of the goons got away. Recently there were rumours that a larger cult had resurfaced. I was scouting around a middle eastern city and got ambushed by a load of nonces with shock-nets, and rpg's. Didn't wait to get their star signs and fried them on the spot. But if they were any indication of strength, then these guys now have the kind of gear you'd need for a bad day in Kashmir.I snagged a few of the weapons and left them with the Aberrant's resident tech-head. He's trying to backtrack their origin. Got my own suspicions about whose been arming them, and don't really want to say on here. Trust no one, stay alert and keep yer quantum bolts handy kind of deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charr Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 Ah. You've made the right choice, Sphere. Don't waste another moment thinking about these animals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jager Posted January 10, 2004 Share Posted January 10, 2004 Hmmm ... why does Sango's name keep coming up?Of course, is it because he is somehow involved, or is it because someone wants us to think he is involved?Makes ya wonder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugin Posted January 11, 2004 Share Posted January 11, 2004 Quote:Originally posted by N News Service: Michealites Attack Club-goersmore>>>>> Nothing more frustrating than seeing a fight and not knowing which side to root for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Jenkins Posted January 11, 2004 Share Posted January 11, 2004 If a Utopian can't make his mind up whether he'd rather back a group of armed bigots (representing a group who have claimed 'credit' for killing Novas in the past) intent on assault or murder of their own species, or a group of baselines in fancy dress - then the human race is more screwed than they'd thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugin Posted January 11, 2004 Share Posted January 11, 2004 You see baselines in fancy dress and I see symptoms of an extremely troubling future for the baseline species."Utopian"?Try Former-Utopian. Very former. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Jenkins Posted January 11, 2004 Share Posted January 11, 2004 Ah, then my sincere apologies.As for baselines dressing up as Novas - they've always wanted to be something more than they can. Novas have been paraded as the new superstars of the entertainment world rather than treated seriously as a seperate species, race or creed - and this is just another symptom of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violette 'V' D'Aronique Posted January 11, 2004 Share Posted January 11, 2004 Poor bastards.Still, I have to wonder why someone would want to dress up like Apep of all Novas. I don't have anything against her personally, but you know, dressing up like someone that doesn't like your own species and has cut many of them into pieces...just seems odd to glorify someone who obviously doesn't like you very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sphere Posted January 11, 2004 Share Posted January 11, 2004 Nothing more frustrating than seeing a fight and not knowing who to root for. I feel like that whenever I see a Utopia vrs Teragen argument on here . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vixen Posted January 11, 2004 Share Posted January 11, 2004 Actually, dressing up just plain period is an ancient tradition of the human race. It probably stems from that overactive imagination we've got cooking upstairs, projecting ourselves into anything and everything around us, including each other. And dressing up as something that hates you is also a common element in many societies, probably stemming from an unconscious urge to understand the darkness and in understanding, to triumph over it. Not a state of worship or fear but out of a need to create a spiritual symbiosis.(I've done a little studying on the notion of myth. Fascinating stuff. I can't figure out why I wasn't into mythology before, beyond about ten million comic books. Probably thought that a biologist had no reason to look into such a thing.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violette 'V' D'Aronique Posted January 11, 2004 Share Posted January 11, 2004 Um...these people were at a Novaphile club. I think that means they were worshipping or glorifying or something. I could be wrong, after all the woman is dead and we can't ask her, but it's not like there was any societal ritual or rite that dressing up as Apep was serving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Preston Posted January 11, 2004 Share Posted January 11, 2004 I think I am going to side with Vixen on this one, V. Religious ceremony goes way beyond spirituality. The social dynamics of group ceremony is just that ... social.Now, the context of these gatherings are to act out their perceptions of their favorite novas and to bask in the understanding and community of like-minded novaphiles. Big whoop. Did a bit of that not too long ago. I didn't worship any of the novas I portrayed, and I didn't know any who did. Now, a few of the hardcore members were, well, hardcore in their devotion, but I knew some hardcore medical students too.People live lives. Occassionally, they interact with novas and nova lives. The sane mind deals with it, like it deals with sun days and rain.As for Apep, I have seen a few unofficial Opsites devoted to her (I know of no official sites). Alot of guys and dolls find her hot. It happens. Something about a lethal woman, kicking ass, and living a life of danger appeals to post-pubescent males. Can't say I'm one of them. Something about all that killing I find to be a turn-off.By the way, Violette, you realize how sexy you look in your T2M uniform, right? Tell me it isn't designed that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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