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[FF] Ship of the Line: Secretly Awesome, Ch. 2: Interpolation.
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Author: u/immute Secretly Awesome*
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URL: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11338629/2/Ship-of-the-Line-Secretly-Awesome
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Score: 10
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Created: 2015-06-26T15:27:56
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u/None [+4] (45 minutes later)
Introducing a Culture Mind into almost any story will result in a one-sided smash.
I feel that Willo's ship name lacks a certain gravitas.
u/m0le [+2] (7 hours later)
GCU Sufficiently Advanced Technology would have made sense for Willo(w)
The Minds are a bit OP in most situations, I'm trying to work out what in the Buffy and Stargate universes could be a worthwhile antagonist. Janus et al as (partially) Ascended beings? The Culture's post physicals are very non-interventionalist compared to SG.
u/immute [+2] Secretly Awesome (11 hours later)
I'm trying to work out what in the Buffy and Stargate universes could be a worthwhile antagonist.
Sure, Willow &co will probably trounce anyone they encounter in this galaxy. At the very least, no one else has weapons with a range of several light years or more. (I'm thinking of effectors and displacers.)
But there's more to difficulty than military might. Consider the United States in the present day. The US is far more powerful than any force it might wish to oppose in the Middle East. Yet most would agree that the US is losing ground there. Why? Well, in part, the US can't effectively use all its power since it would face opposition from its citizens and other actually-powerful nations. But even if it could, I'd still argue that it has a tough road ahead. If the US's goal is to make the Middle East flourish (rather than, say, to obtain max oil), then it can't just kill people until they start flourishing. The problem is a social / cultural one.
Although the analogy isn't perfect, think about what would happen if the Culture simply killed all the Goa'uld. Would that be sufficient for the Culture's foreign policy goals? Would it even be necessary?
u/m0le [+1] (13 hours later)
Well, there are a few things from the SG universe that could be threatening (e.g. the black hole wormhole sunkiller trick) but yeah, a Culture vessel is pretty invulnerable unless they do something stupid.
Saying that, one of the gang does something stupid is the plot for a surprisingly large number of episodes of Buffy, so we shall see.
u/PeridexisErrant [+2] put aside fear for courage, and death for life (13 hours later)
Hi! I'm the GCU Secret Gravitas - it's great to meet you!
u/traverseda [+1] With dread but cautious optimism (an hour later)
/u/_immute, you can't just say "The Culture" in your flair. You have to pick a name.
u/FeepingCreature [+3] GCV Literally The Entire Culture (9 hours later)
Okay, so I finally picked my flair.
u/immute [+3] Secretly Awesome (9 hours later)
A GCV? That's like almost the most esoteric ship class ever.
u/FeepingCreature [+1] GCV Literally The Entire Culture (9 hours later)
To be honest, I didn't google the meaning before I picked it from faint memory.
Please don't tell the other ships.
[edit] Retrocanonically it's a joke because Contact represents the Culture to the outside world.
u/JackStargazer [+2] Primordial Apologist (12 hours later)
I'd have gone with GSV Sufficiently Large myself.
u/immute [+2] Secretly Awesome (4 hours later)
Is that so? I wonder why it is an option, then.
u/traverseda [+1] With dread but cautious optimism (4 hours later)
Well you can. You just shouldn't.
u/immute [+1] Secretly Awesome (4 hours later)
Is it possible to use a custom name?
u/alexanderwales [+4] Time flies like an arrow (4 hours later)
Yup. Click "edit", pick from the list, and then it will pop up a text field that you can edit to your heart's content.
u/immute [+1] Secretly Awesome (5 hours later)
Huh. When I pick from the list, I don't seem to get the pop-up text field you describe. I appear to be limited to the stuff actually in the list.
u/alexanderwales [+1] Time flies like an arrow (5 hours later)
Nothing like this? If that's the case, just let me know what you want and I'll manually assign it. I've double-checked the subreddit settings though, and everything looks good there. (It might also appear when you first click "Edit". This might be one of those RES things that I forget other people don't have.)
u/immute [+1] Secretly Awesome (6 hours later)
No, just a preview and a save button. Weird. Could you please set mine to "Secretly Awesome"? Thanks!
u/alexanderwales [+1] Time flies like an arrow (6 hours later)
Alright, set.
u/immute [+1] Secretly Awesome (7 hours later)
Thank you!
u/Transfuturist [+2] Carthago delenda est. (4 hours later)
'GCU Secretly Awesome' should be perfect. :3