GESB: OOC Discussion

[Darth Revan]

A translator chip translating spoken words into concepts you can understand doesn't give you the ability to identify the actual words being said (unless of course your version does). The chip would just alter what's being heard so that you would "hear" it in a language you understand. Again, your chip, your design; but the usual translator chip that are implanted in humans only processes information one way. You'd have to have some sort of implant that controlled your larynx allowing the program to form the words for you. Because you yourself wouldn't know how to form the words.

Once more, this is your character, and your translation program. So you can make it what you want. I'm just stating the unlikelihood of the situation.


To justify my character's knowledge of the Japanese language: the SPARTAN-II program was developed to squash an Insurrectionist movement. Civilians became terrorists in order to extricate the United Nations Space Command from the colonized planets. Now since these colonized planets were all seeded from Earth, all cultures exist out on the colonies. Therefore there will be Russian, German, and Japanese colonies. Therefore to work in all of those environments, Parker learned all those languages. Now he hasn't learned every single language ever existed on Earth; that'd be insane. He's learned all the major languages that had colonized other planets.

[Luke Skywalker (Ossanlin)]

In all likelihood that group would also include Chinese.

[Darth Revan]

Oh yeah, definitely. I wasn't listing all his languages. I was only giving examples. There's a lot more than just those few out there.

Also, some may notice a difference in Parker's speech pattern when speaking Japanese. I'm doing my best to type out what would result from translations. I'm trying to omit familiar words and casual terms as translation softwares wouldn't give those words after translation.

Of course that's if you notice.

[Aluminator (Kit)]

Sorry, as ever, for my super-slow postings >.<

Hey, Jessi, wrong E-character name in your last post

[Chad32]

I'll just say he can't speak Japanese. Galard is known to most people, and it wouldn't be hard to find an Andalite or Leeran in other cases, so there probably wouldn't be much motivation to altar translator chips.

[Darth Revan]

He did post that his character spoke broken english.

Ozzy, I fear you missed my response to Ossanlin:

Parker shakes his head to the newcomer, ~ My ship came here disabled. It would've completely missed the asteroid had I not evacuated and landed on this planetoid myself."

Parker turned back to Ossanlin and replied in English, "I understand that, true pain is difficult to explain when the one you're talking to hasn't experienced it. I know I couldn't fully appreciate the toll it takes on you, the same as I can't understand how some of my brethren suffer after having failed their augmentation process. All I could do was stand quietly as they suffered to such immense degrees."

I've also replied as Garreth quite some time ago. I'm not sure if you're trying to phase out that convo. I would like the opportunity to excuse Garreth from that conversation if you are trying to let Raile fall by the wayside.

Thor moved aside as Tobias's hand came past him. ~ He extends his gauntleted hand toward Connor and said, "Lieutenant Parker, designation SPARTAN-821. Nice to meet you PO2."



Garreth raised a confused eyebrow. He thought for a moment and replied, "No... I meant my only experience with any type of droid are astromechs. I haven't met any droids that fight. I know, of course, other types of droids; but I don't have much contact with them. I couldn't imagine seeing an entire army of droids. It must seem blinding, all that reflective metal."

[Luke Skywalker (Ossanlin)]

I didn't miss it, Parker, but I figured you were busy talking to Genndy Tartakovsky's Samurai Jack, so I just sort of bowed out of the conversation to allow you to interact with him instead.  Carrying on two conversations at once can be a tad distracting, not to mention a tad unrealistic.  But if you'd like to do that, I can write a response for Ossanlin.

As for Raile...I just can't think of anything else to say.  I've tried to come up with something and I can't seem to.  Even though Jedi are accomplished diplomats who prefer to talk, the majority of them you see in movies are involved in conflict either verbal, mental, or physical.  I realize why this is...because idle conversation actually makes a rather poor movie.  Even though the Jedi creed preaches peace and serenity, the Jedi in the movies are men and women of action.  I simply cannot think of anything else interesting to say.  I had actually thought about suggesting a branch thread where they leave the bar together and maybe try to rebuild the Jedi in the appropriate 'verse, but I abandoned the idea because both characters are committed to returning to their own time and place.  It would be out of character for either of them to abandon their own period of time, so I simply cannot think of what to do.  It would be sort of fun to play a Jedi in a more traditional movie-type roll involving exploration, action, conflict, and combat.  Unfortunately we aren't allowed to really be involved in any conflicts that might start up in the bar because we're over-powered compared to the rest of the characters.  Well, most of the rest of the characters anyway.  I'm out of ideas.

[Darth Revan]

Actually, my character is not completely opposed to going into the future. His mission that he was on was that of being a messenger. He knows that there are many Jedi where he comes from. Knowing that Jedi are now scarce where Raile comes from, he is drawn to the concept of rebuilding the Order. What better way than to institute some of the "old ways" along with the new?

He's just keeping those thoughts down is all. He speaks as though Raile must do it on his own; but he's very tempted to go with him. He also still feels obligated to return and help in his original mission. So he doesn't just say, "I'll come with!" He's rather torn inside at the moment.

Speaking of over-powered, Tobias, Rathien, Ossanlin, Parker, and even Al are rather over powered. It's just how we play them is how we keep the balance. That's why in the last fight, I had Garreth just use debris to dampen the shots, rather than affect the fighters themselves in order to dilute the fighting. It was only when the fight took too long that I decided to get your okay and your other character's assistance to actually affect Rathien himself.

[Luke Skywalker (Ossanlin)]

Okay, well I'll try to think up something tomorrow for Raile, I'm too tired tonight.  Just here to post rq and jet...I'm being more or less forced to adopt a more "normal" sleep schedule and I'm hella tired even though it's only like 9:30...which is ridiculous.  But I'm too tired to think or be terribly clever atm.  Quite honestly Raile is confused at what he's feeling toward Garreth.  He still has his emotions, but thanks to Garreth, he just has better control of them.  It's some sort of weird mix of not-quite-master, kinda-brother, confusing crush-type feeling and he's having trouble processing them.  He's lost a lot and Garreth was there to pull him back from the abyss, so now he wants to hold on tighter than he's ever held to anything or anyone before, and yet he's trying to fight the urge to hold on because he knows how the old Masters said the fear of loss led to the Dark Side.  His mentality is sort of stuck between an Old Republic type Jedi, and a Luke-era Jedi.  But he also feels that Garreth has rejected any type of long-term relationship with him already in good and proper Jedi fashion, so he's depressed, but he's fighting that down too.  He's really a mess inside, but he's managing to work through the emotions as they come and if nothing else, relieve the stress of them, even though they still exist and make resurgences every so often.

[Darth Revan]

Maybe he'd like to go shooting with Parker, work out those frustrations?

[Hunter]

hrmm.... i seem to have run out of ideas for Jack.... any ideas as to what he should do with his time now in the GESB?

[Luke Skywalker (Ossanlin)]

My suggestion, Hunter, is to make your character more original.  One of the main problems with bringing a carbon-copy character made by someone else in is that you're limited in scope and it detracts from the RP as a whole.  That's why we say to come up with an original character on the rules page.  Honestly I liked your character until it became obvious that you were just using a pre-established popular character.

An original name and an original backstory really help the RP and help you to allow character growth and change.  You get to decide how your character responds to a situation without having some preconception that came from someone else's mind.  It also keeps other people from having preconceptions about your character because they know a little something about the character you're trying to copy.  The fact that you've already run out of ideas for this character says it wasn't a good choice.  Now if you invented a character from..say...the Tokugawa era or some other time in feudal Japan and write a composed backstory for him, I'm pretty sure you'll be able to come out swinging with more ideas.  He could certainly share similar attitudes and ideas with your current character, but the originality should open up a few doors for you.  Of course this is merely a suggestion, you're free to take it or not. 

Original characters are utterly much more satisfying for everyone involved in the RP, not least of all the players of those characters.  I know, for me, when your character first walked in, I saw a ronin samurai with an elaborate family sword obviously out of place and out of sorts, but showing confidence nonetheless...maybe he had been out for a stroll or walking to his local tea-house when he got transported to the GESB...there are a lot of possiblities, but in other words, I saw an oddity and an interesting person to get to know.  Now all I see when I think about your character is a blocky, crudely-drawn, square-faced animation that looks like it belongs on Dexter's Laboratory.  I mean no offense, but the original picture I had in my mind was much more enjoyable than what's there now, because the original picture I had was deep and mysterious...a picture of a person who might've actually existed, instead of cheap, shallow, and false-feeling as it is now.  Ultimately it's up to you, but just know that my characters probably won't interact with a character I know from some other television show/book/movie...etc.

[Chad32]

what he always does: Find a way back to his time.

[Darth Revan]

What character is he portraying?

[Chad32]

He's Samurai Jack. It's a nice cartoon, or was since it's over. Google Samurai Jack.