Your Favorite Joke in the Manual...

I don't know about the manual, but I can't help laughing whenever I read the text on that one screenshot of the pokemon random event.

Yeah that was a good one. Can someone tell me what Ceti-Alpha 5 reference is from?? That one went over my head I think.

"You blinded them with science! " someone play that old 80s song "Wierd Science" thats what popped in my head.

Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan.

Thanks.

In Wrath of Kahn, the science vessel was looking for a dead world to use the genesis device on (it destroys anything used, therefore they needed a 'dead' world, but one with the right gravity, an atmosphere, ect. Anyway, the scientists thought they were on Ceti Alpha 6 which was dead. They then ran into Kahn and his crew which had been left on a beautiful primitive world with lots of promise (Ceti Alpha 5 - likely class 10-12). The problem was Ceti Alpha 6 exploded, and changed the orbit of Ceti Alpha 5 making it mostly barren (class 6). When Chekov stated to Kahn that he shouldn't be here since he was left on Ceti Alpha 5, Kahn growled that great quote in a mad fury "This IS Ceti Alpha 5!!".

The point is, a class 6 world can support life, but it would really SUCK.

Chris.

My favorite tech description from the Betas was for Basic Miniaturization: "Bigger is not always better. At least that's what I'm always being told."

and there's also something in the tech description for Starship Defenses about the added benefit of it "lower the insurance premiums on your ships".

classic.

I haven't gotten to download the GC2 final manual yet, but I remember in the GC1 manual, in addition to the funny PQ number explanations, I laughed like mad at the "Pop Growth" descriptors in the "Race Customization" area...

Frisky (+10%)
Very Frisky (+20%)
Fruitful (+40%)
Don't Ask (+80%)



Being one of those freaks of nature that always reads the manual, I can say that the GC1 manual ranks up with the Fallout manuals on my "cool software manuals" list, and the draft GC2 manual was up there as well. A nice mix of being informative and being entertaining.

As for the tech descriptors, I still remember, Damage Optimization, I think it was, from GC1: "Why a spoon? Because it'll hurt more."

Peace & Luv, Liz

The tech description for Troop Transport tech wins easily in my mind. Something like:

"Honor, courage, bravery. None of this matters if you can't get to the battle."

I like: "Yes, bigger fleets, yes, more starbases."
(Last logistics tech IIRC)

Maybe a V-ger will get referenced in a sequel.

I was disappointed that they didn't have a description for each of the races in the manual. I was looking forward to what they would write for the Altarians.

Well theres the Metaverse/ Galactic Library for that.

Definitely love the troop transport one.

"My god...Its full of numbers"

A bit of wordplay on one of my favorite novels of all time