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by overmage
Thu May 21, 2009 5:27 pm
Forum: Fiction
Topic: A community story
Replies: 6
Views: 7092

Excellent idea! typo there btw: A large freighter slowly dropped out out witchspace ----------------------- "Asp-One to Asp-Two, over." "Asp-Two to Asp-One, send over." "Asp-Two, possible tailgater. Requesting cross-scan, over." "Acknowledged, over and out." N...
by overmage
Tue May 19, 2009 4:34 am
Forum: Fiction
Topic: Rise of the Kirin 25 & 26
Replies: 2
Views: 4144

"Your remarkably quiet, it must be all that fat insulating your creaking joints."

A mis-use of "your", refer to the excellent commentary by other persons on the previous chapter for more detail. It should be "You're".
by overmage
Fri May 15, 2009 4:41 pm
Forum: Discussion
Topic: witch fuel injector ?
Replies: 15
Views: 5579

I use 'A' on injectors and 'D' on laser fire, W for increase speed and S for decrease speed, so firing and speed controls are both on my left hand :O
by overmage
Thu May 14, 2009 2:26 pm
Forum: Outworld
Topic: Woo-Hooo !!!
Replies: 2
Views: 2244

Show me a photo of what they look like Daddy :O
by overmage
Tue May 12, 2009 7:37 am
Forum: Fiction
Topic: Calliope - a Captain Hesperus adventure
Replies: 38
Views: 28593

I laughed out loud! That was funny :D
by overmage
Tue May 12, 2009 6:30 am
Forum: Fiction
Topic: Rise of the Kirin (Chapter 21)
Replies: 10
Views: 6729

Within a second Shulth made the necessary adjustments all plans purged from his mind. As he witch fuel injected squarely into the middle of the Thargoid fleet.
I'm guessing the second sentence was a slight typo? It sounds 'incomplete' by beginning it with "As".

Otherwise, cheers
by overmage
Sun May 10, 2009 3:45 am
Forum: Outworld
Topic: As science fiction fans.... New Star Trek trailer is out...
Replies: 47
Views: 14544

http://www.theonion.com/content/video/t ... =a-section

"CGI and alien battle scenes that don't just look like two out-of-shape guys in bad make-up... must be a real blow to those fans"
by overmage
Thu May 07, 2009 4:06 pm
Forum: Outworld
Topic: Procedurally generated city (night)
Replies: 15
Views: 5454

Planetfall tie-in possible? O_O
by overmage
Wed May 06, 2009 2:33 pm
Forum: Outworld
Topic: These boards and Google Chrome
Replies: 8
Views: 3372

I have the same problem on my Vista Home Premium laptop and XP Professional desktop.

Exactly the same down to the last detail.
by overmage
Tue Apr 28, 2009 2:49 pm
Forum: Discussion
Topic: RFC: Fancy classics
Replies: 1209
Views: 264097

I found it after staring very, very hard...

-a teenager
by overmage
Tue Apr 28, 2009 2:46 pm
Forum: Discussion
Topic: calculating time adjustment for Witchspace jumps
Replies: 23
Views: 8392

I actually see merit in that theory Randy! 8)
by overmage
Tue Apr 28, 2009 2:43 pm
Forum: Fiction
Topic: Rise of the Kirin (Chapts 12 & 13)
Replies: 4
Views: 5408

It would be exponentially more difficult to keep a lid on the kirin the more ship yards received the plans. Might need something to connect it in the middle. Something doesn't ring right about the structure. 'the more' is used often with another 'the more'; it might help if an 'if' were substituted...
by overmage
Tue Apr 28, 2009 2:27 pm
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Screenshots
Replies: 6853
Views: 2050584

that's a goddamn awesome ship. :shock:
by overmage
Sat Apr 25, 2009 5:11 pm
Forum: Discussion
Topic: calculating time adjustment for Witchspace jumps
Replies: 23
Views: 8392

Some theorycrafting from me here :twisted: Time passes faster in Witchspace than in normal space. Jumping a longer distance in normal space necessitates spending a longer time in Witchspace. Although one would personally experience a shorter journey, in the real world time has passed much much quick...
by overmage
Sat Apr 25, 2009 7:35 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Ubership or not?
Replies: 40
Views: 9508

The Super Cobra is purely for the insane energy recharge rate, IMO :O

that's what makes some classify it as an Ubership