Star Trek : The Return of Khan (TOS Era)

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rjord2021 -> Star Trek : The Return of Khan (TOS Era) (4/7/2017 9:31:56 PM)
Plans to recreate the voyages of the Starship Enterprise -------------------------------------------------------- When the content of the mod has been added I can then complete accurately placing the map for the Alpha and Beta Quadrants. I was originally thinking a static map would be less challenging however I have a new plan in mind for the mod with real map included. 1 First step was to get the stardate calculation to accurately reflect the calculation used in the episodes 2 As the crew of the Enterprise your first mission would take you to the Great Barrier and eventually arrive at Delta Vega. 3.Paying Role Play you may end up leaving Gary Mitchell and Doctor Dehner on Delta Vega. 4.For each of the 80 episodes of TOS your destination will be marked on the map of the quadrant. 5.It is up to you to locate the planet you need to go to based on where the Enterprise is currently located. 6.While travelling there you could pass through enemy space and be attacked. 7 Before arriving there Starfleet could send you on other missions

rjord2021 -> Star Trek : The Return of Khan (TOS Era) (4/7/2017 10:42:29 PM)
Where to find seawater? ======================= Seawater is a new resource added to my mod. The Galaxy Map in Distant Worlds is a vital tool that should be used to get much needed information. In my mod the Galaxy Map is essential. As I posted a few months back...... Before your ships can explore the galaxy you will need 2 different types of water as resources: : Normal Water : Seawater Water is essential to keep the ship crew hydrated but is also important for hygiene and cooking amongst other uses. The Vulcans would never be able to prepare the various soups such as Plomeek Soup or even make Relen tea without a good supply of water. Seawater is an essential resource needed to provide fuel for your warp engines by producing slush-deuterium. Without seawater your ship would not be able to use either your warp engines or your impulse engines and your ship would be dead in the water. Deuterium is also extracted from seawater. Finding standard water in the quadrant will be easy however at the present seawater is harder to find as Distant Worlds is currently placing seawater in the map at a reduced rate. Seawater has been added to this mod among other other resources and components not in vanilla Distant Worlds. When my quadrant map is finished seawater will be found on ocean worlds if they are in your system.... eg Earth in the Sol system. However until I have the map complete I need to use the Distant Worlds Galaxy map to locate new sources of water as shown below. [image]local://upfiles/44980/F56F1EB96D3C49FBA83BE0E0E22EE515.jpg[/image]

rjord2021 -> RE: Star Trek : The Return of Khan (TOS Era) (4/7/2017 10:54:35 PM)
A lot of research went into the technical specifications of Star Trek ships and the Theory and Components of Warp Drive to work out the components needed for my mod. Below is a sample of the components used by various sections on a starship. [image]local://upfiles/44980/9BA48DE82F4B424499ED46F922D1F631.jpg[/image]

rjord2021 -> Star Trek : The Return of Khan (TOS Era) (4/8/2017 12:07:32 AM)
Federation Scout Ships have encountered a new civilization in a distant system. The Azeron are master engineers and merchants who are expanding their Empire across the quadrant. They are potentially fierce warriors with ships that can pack a punch. They have been created as one of the many new races found in the mod and they are a source of good trade if you manage to stay on their good side. [image]local://upfiles/44980/867D3D3C9ACD4482BEF910C6BA43AE66.jpg[/image]

rjord2021 -> RE: Star Trek : The Return of Khan (TOS Era) (4/8/2017 6:28:05 PM)
How many characters are in this mod spread across 76 races? Answer: 6840

rjord2021 -> Star Trek : The Return of Khan (TOS Era) (4/9/2017 2:53:08 AM)
Back in January I added a species into the mod which if encountered may prove to be more dangerous than the Klingons and Romulans combined. With the galaxy map that comes with the mod this species and the species it is at war with will inhabit a very small section of the Quadrant but the war between them will result in both species expanding out and effecting nearby civilizations. The Federation may not encounter them for some time but they will have a huge fight on their hand if they do meet the Xenomorphs. The problem is that the Xenomorph do not speak. To fix this i have changed the ending of the original Alien movie so that communication between the Xenomorph and other races will be through Ellen Ripley. Why are the Xenomorph in this mod? This is a nod to the Star Trek crossover comics over the years including the soon to be released Star Trek Vs. Aliens Crossover Comics. The picture below is a work in progress of a scene I have created in photoshop with Ripley and a Xenomorph. [image]local://upfiles/44980/A689D61F96B142718FF3E0F8A0F67711.jpg[/image]

Dakkon7 -> RE: Star Trek : The Return of Khan (TOS Era) (4/9/2017 3:00:59 AM)
[:)] It's a pleasure reading through your updates for the mod. Glad you're still working at it. Edit: I can't believe a crossover between aliens and star trek actually exists.

rjord2021 -> RE: Star Trek : The Return of Khan (TOS Era) (4/9/2017 3:24:22 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Dakkon7 [:)] It's a pleasure reading through your updates for the mod. Glad you're still working at it. Edit: I can't believe a crossover between aliens and star trek actually exists. Yes this will be interesting. My understanding is that the Borg will try to assimilate the Xenomorphs and the Enterprise and Romulans will have to deal with the Borg-Xenomorph merge. This comic will be set in the Picard era and not the Kirk era. With my mod I have the Xenomorph battling the Predators in an isolated part of the Quadrant and it will be interesting to see the result of that especially if Klingons, Romulans and Federation take sides.

Rising-Sun -> RE: Star Trek : The Return of Khan (TOS Era) (4/9/2017 5:15:43 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: rjord1 Back in January I added a species into the mod which if encountered may prove to be more dangerous than the Klingons and Romulans combined. With the galaxy map that comes with the mod this species and the species it is at war with will inhabit a very small section of the Quadrant but the war between them will result in both species expanding out and effecting nearby civilizations. The Federation may not encounter them for some time but they will have a huge fight on their hand if they do meet the Xenomorphs. The problem is that the Xenomorph do not speak. To fix this i have changed the ending of the original Alien movie so that communication between the Xenomorph and other races will be through Ellen Ripley. Why are the Xenomorph in this mod? This is a nod to the Star Trek crossover comics over the years including the soon to be released Star Trek Vs. Aliens Crossover Comics. The picture below is a work in progress of a scene I have created in photoshop with Ripley and a Xenomorph. [image]local://upfiles/44980/A689D61F96B142718FF3E0F8A0F67711.jpg[/image] Heh I made a mod awhile back, so you can play this alien species and kill everything in the galaxy. Btw I like the galaxy background you have up there, showing blue lightning effects.

rjord2021 -> Star Trek : The Return of Khan (TOS Era) (4/9/2017 5:56:52 PM)
Creating the characters for the Tholian Assembly was a difficult job considering that the only named Tholian was Loskene which appeared in the original script for "The Tholian Web" but not in the episode itself. So a little research was required and the naming conventions for Tholians indicated that all of their names ended with "ene". So all 100 Tholian characters appearing in the mod have been created following this conception. For example the Leaders of the Tholian Assembly in the mod are as follows: Yypaviene (First Leader) Aidabaene Renewyene Iisesene Dozyviene Vubusene Kyrevyene Lixylyene Terizaene Tovoteene Loskene is in the mod as a ship commander. [image]local://upfiles/44980/1B53AEF40E5344729113CBE7F296ED82.jpg[/image]

rjord2021 -> Star Trek : The Return of Khan (TOS Era) (4/9/2017 8:04:34 PM)
A few more playable races will be added to the mod such as The Benzite shown below with the new TOS era uniform I have designed for the mod. [image]local://upfiles/44980/8B4D4AF389E84FCFBEE6C37CB0342912.jpg[/image]

rjord2021 -> RE: Star Trek : The Return of Khan (TOS Era) (4/9/2017 11:05:39 PM)
The next stage is to add in 350 bases to cover the 3 different spaceports, the mining station the generic base, the resort base and the gas mining station for the 50 ship groups in the mod. Below is a test of the Klingon base that will appear in the mod [image]local://upfiles/44980/3DCFA9A906B6450AA76403C1A81B2B3A.jpg[/image]

rjord2021 -> RE: Star Trek : The Return of Khan (TOS Era) (4/10/2017 5:25:47 PM)
The mission of the starship Enterprise is to explore strange new worlds and seek out new civilizations...... But some civilizations are best not discovered. [image]local://upfiles/44980/2101C1D291854D3FAE201DD1EEDC1B56.jpg[/image]

rjord2021 -> Star Trek : The Return of Khan (TOS Era) (4/10/2017 6:40:46 PM)
The Enterprise meets the Ori in uncharted space..... The Ori are a hostile race who will defend their space with heavily shielded battleships and weapons the Federation has not yet encountered. As you can see by the text in the picture below this is an example of the files in the mod configured for those of you who play the mod as Captain Kirk commanding the USS Enterprise. [image]local://upfiles/44980/E6C1F94B24BC4A8F960E0AA8117129E0.jpg[/image]

Kull -> RE: Star Trek : The Return of Khan (TOS Era) (4/10/2017 10:03:48 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: rjord1Below is a test of the Klingon base that will appear in the mod Nice. Very cool looking base!

rjord2021 -> RE: Star Trek : The Return of Khan (TOS Era) (4/11/2017 2:21:25 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Kull quote: ORIGINAL: rjord1Below is a test of the Klingon base that will appear in the mod Nice. Very cool looking base! Thanks Kull....... I am working on 8 other bases for this mod. :)

rjord2021 -> Star Trek : The Return of Khan (TOS Era) (4/11/2017 9:59:03 AM)
Working on adding 100 characters to a race I have been looking forward to working on. Some of the characters that will appear in this race: - Beserker - Bull - Scar - Chopper - Greyback - Guardian - Ram - Scout - Snake - Tracker - Wolf - Scarface

rjord2021 -> Star Trek : The Return of Khan (TOS Era) (4/11/2017 5:30:12 PM)
A decade prior to the Kirk era the Bolian world was thrown in turmoil when two warring species of a neighboring system,the Iren and Uzor, entered Bolian space. The Bolian civilization was divided with 1 nation supporting the Iren and the other nation supporting the Uzor. At the time of this mod the Iren and Uzor had not yet arrived in Bolian space. The Bolians have been added into the mod as the 78th playable race. Both the Iren and Uzor have not been seen in Star Trek yet and I have created my impression of what these 2 civilizations look like. The Iren and Uzor will bring the mod to 80 playable races. Work in progress - The Bolian I have photoshopped for this mod on the stormy ocean world Bolarus IX [image]local://upfiles/44980/F14DF3DAD90C47C8BFCD47A43E0F817E.jpg[/image]

rjord2021 -> Star Trek : The Return of Khan (TOS Era) (4/13/2017 11:56:26 AM)
The Breen have been added to the mod and they will be portrayed as the dangerous warriors that they are. Many underestimate the Breen and the Klingons were the first to discover how dangerous the Breen were. History shows that the Klingons had sent a fleet of warships to invade the Breen home-world but the fleet never returned and was never heard from again. In DS9 the Romulans and the Federation had difficulty defending themselves from the Breen. With this in mind the Breen had to be included in the mod. The picture below is work in progress showing the Breen homeworld.... a class P world covered in water ice. Now to be honest I consider the Breen ship of the TNG era to be the ugliest ship I have ever seen. So I am making changes to the ship for the Kirk era to give it a more Star Trek ship appearance. The ships will not be changed drastically but their symmetry will be improved. [image]local://upfiles/44980/21EFED00883E4F049C09C5EC440BA7FD.jpg[/image]

rjord2021 -> Star Trek : The Return of Khan (TOS Era) (4/14/2017 5:43:27 AM)
One of the many strengths of Distant Worlds Universe is the ability to change what each race thinks of the others. Using this I can specify for example that the Klingons and Romulans have a natural bias against the Federation. This is how the classic version of the bias file has been setup. However, I prefer taking the Enterprise out into space not knowing what to expect. For example, with the Star Trek map the Vulcan homeworld is in close proximity to the Sol system. If the Vulcans have an extremely negative bias towards the Federation this would be bad news. The picture below shows the non-classic bias file created using Excel where a random file is created within seconds with bias values ranging between +50 and -50. Below you can see the Klingons have a negative view of the Federation with the Romulans being even more negative towards us. With the 18 races shown of the total 82 the Federation would have problems with the: - Klingons - Romulans - Talosians - Tholians - The Gorn - Orion - Fotiallan (First Federation) - Metrons - Capellan - Halkans and the Terrans. In this example of a small selection of the 82 races 55% of the races have a negative bias towards us. [image]local://upfiles/44980/A3BF3D9BD1694CCF973AB4DB2B159A83.jpg[/image]

rjord2021 -> Star Trek : The Return of Khan (TOS Era) (4/14/2017 6:36:41 AM)
New Icon added to the map............ When Federation ships are in trouble they will want to head to the nearest of these new icons if they appear in your sphere of influence. If you go to one of these icons in contested space or space claimed by another Empire your ship may be attacked and destroyed. [image]local://upfiles/44980/CD7EAC095F054243968F7509D1D1416C.jpg[/image]

rjord2021 -> Star Trek : The Return of Khan (TOS Era) (4/14/2017 7:00:47 AM)
As the United Federation of Planets expands its territory the Klingons and Deltans have joined the Federation as members. If the Klingons were at war with us or at a state of uneasy truce then the picture shows the Neutral Zone between Klingon and Federation space if you do not use the official map. During times of war you need to make sure your ships do not cross the Neutral Zone. [image]local://upfiles/44980/67C79432D96342C388FBAAECFF8330A5.jpg[/image]

rjord2021 -> Star Trek : The Return of Khan (TOS Era) (4/14/2017 8:44:45 AM)
Starship Missions: ------------------- The picture below shows an example of the starship missions that will appear at the top of the screen. In this example, Starfleet is requesting a Constitution class starship pick up an ambassador and take them to Bellatrix to improve relations with the Eminarians. Playing as Captain Kirk, check the Characters screen which will show any ambassadors who are free and able to be picked up by the Enterprise. If there are none available this mission will be assigned to another ship. [image]local://upfiles/44980/0942A9F2420E451DB264DF651DC3C31F.jpg[/image]

rjord2021 -> Star Trek : The Return of Khan (TOS Era) (4/14/2017 7:33:40 PM)
As Federation starships explore the alpha and beta quadrants and discover new worlds and new civilizations, the ship captains will send log information of their missions back to Starfleet Command. Starfleet will then transmit updated map information to all Federation ships showing newly discovered systems, planets and civilizations. As the Enterprise explores strange new worlds in Distant Worlds you will see information at the top of the screen to show when your helm has received new map data. See picture below for an example where the first line shows vanilla ruin discovery information still to be replaced while the second line shows the new updated information regarding new maps. This mod is replacing vanilla events regarding discovered ruins and replacing the events with Star Trek story lines. You will no longer discover warp technology, new maps or treasures from planetary ruins or abandoned ships. [image]local://upfiles/44980/B38906DB42894EC2B71EF45D35D77469.jpg[/image]

Dakkon7 -> RE: Star Trek : The Return of Khan (TOS Era) (4/14/2017 9:41:21 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: rjord1 Now to be honest I consider the Breen ship of the TNG era to be the ugliest ship I have ever seen. So I am making changes to the ship for the Kirk era to give it a more Star Trek ship appearance. The ships will not be changed drastically but their symmetry will be improved. Glad to hear it, I completely agree, those ships did not artistically mesh well with the rest of the ships from that era.

rjord2021 -> Star Trek : The Return of Khan (TOS Era) (4/15/2017 2:42:57 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Dakkon7 quote: ORIGINAL: rjord1 Now to be honest I consider the Breen ship of the TNG era to be the ugliest ship I have ever seen. So I am making changes to the ship for the Kirk era to give it a more Star Trek ship appearance. The ships will not be changed drastically but their symmetry will be improved. Glad to hear it, I completely agree, those ships did not artistically mesh well with the rest of the ships from that era. The proposed look of the Breen warship for the 23rd century Still a work in progress I still need to add shadows and the ship will look better with lights added. [image]local://upfiles/44980/9F7D9121C38549AA9C2BA95107CB841D.jpg[/image]

rjord2021 -> Star Trek : The Return of Khan (TOS Era) (4/15/2017 2:56:11 PM)
I did some research to try and work out why the Breen frigate was designed as shown in the prior picture on the left. The Breen battleship looks great but the frigate was terrible. A quote from the original designer of the concept art for the Breen frigate and backing up what I said three days ago about not following Star Trek ship requirements. "John Eaves quote : Original designer My initial pass had the ship loosely around the letter 'T'. The story behind the 'T' is that it is the first letter of my fiance's name, Tara. I submitted the drawings and the producers liked the shape and requested more detailed drawings. When these were presented, the producers requested the drawings go a different direction than the original 'T' shape. Therefore, I started designing 'T' ships with a more stylish letter formation � lower case 't's', 't's' hidden among other shapes, etc. Each design sparked enthusiasm with the producers, yet they still wanted to see more fantastic ideas. So, after several more passes, they chose a drawing I didn't think they would choose. It broke all the traditional rules that Star Trek ships are required to meet."

rjord2021 -> RE: Star Trek : The Return of Khan (TOS Era) (4/15/2017 3:24:55 PM)
Before passing a ship as final with no more work to be done on it for the mod, I test the ship in the mod. Unfortunately the Breen ship looked terrible so back to the drawing board. I will redesign the ship over the next couple of weeks after researching the Breen a little more.

rjord2021 -> Star Trek : The Return of Khan (TOS Era) (4/15/2017 4:31:57 PM)
Version 2 of the remodeled Breen starship exclusive to this mod (work in progress) [image]local://upfiles/44980/67CF8F98E5D64DD1980CAB96635AB080.jpg[/image]

rjord2021 -> Star Trek : The Return of Khan (TOS Era) (4/15/2017 5:53:48 PM)
As suggested by the title of this mod, Khan Noonian Singh will play a huge part of this mod and this week I am working on finalizing his placement in the mod as well as finalizing the ships he and his thousands of followers will use. Based on his history with Earth the racebias file has been set so that Khan will always have a bias against the Federation and I just need to determine the final settings eg should the bias be between -20 and -50. Khan and his followers left Earth in 1996 on board the SS Botany Bay. The events of Space Seed never occurred so Khan was awoken from his stasis unit by someone else instead of the Federation. The identity of who woke Khan will not be known. Big change to the mod....... Khan will not appear as he did in Space Seed. Instead of being woken up by the Enterprise crew in 2267 he was woken by an unknown race 18 years earlier in 2249. In the 18 years since being woken from the stasis chamber he has had time to build a mighty Empire on a distant planet with a goal to take down the Federation. I think the older version of Khan is much more dangerous than he was in Space Seed and with 18 years of frequent battles with lone Federation vessels he has gained much experience in combat. So how will Khan look 18 years later? See the picture below. This will actually work well considering there are 2 Khans in this mod. Note that in this mod Khan will not have met Kirk so his anger is directed not at getting revenge from Kirk but is directed at the Federation itself for events prior to 1996. [image]local://upfiles/44980/A62CB7D9B4344F5CB0A228159A74F3C7.jpg[/image]

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