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So, I've been talking with Tyralak, RayCav, and others, and we've reached one inescapable conclusion: we need to revitalize the board. The "Star Trek vs. Star Wars" debate is mostly a thing of the past now (though other "Versus" matches are welcome), and we need to find a new way to revitalize ASVS - we can't let what was once the largest Usenet group of all whither and die. So.... what was an idea we had? Simple. We shift ASVS' focus - from "Versus" to roleplaying, fanfics, art archives, technical analyses.... and a full-fledged story, similar to what TFC - the late "Trek Wars: The Furry Conflict" had. The story will be a Star Trek/Star Wars crossover (What else could it be? We still need to remember our origins.), and will involve characters created by the membership - so basically TFC, but with less fur. More details to be posted later (I will say this though - it'll use the Star Trek Online era for Star Trek - aka the early 25th century, and the Sequel Trilogy era for Star Wars). ASVS will retain its name, as well as its open attitude and loose rules. Basically, we're going to try and fill a niche that was opened nearly a decade ago, and hasn't really seen anything fill it since. Will we succeed? Who knows. But it should prove to be a worthy challenge, pass or fail. So, any thoughts?

And finally, the document for all the other (ship-board) weapons: Trek Wars Weapons - Other.docx

Inspired by "The Terrible Crossover Fanfiction Idea Generator"! Alright, for this... project, what you need are: A coin, a twenty-sided die (1d20), a twelve-sided die (1d12), and two percentile die (1d100). And if you don't have dice like those, just use this handy little thing: https://www.wizards.com/dnd/dice/dice.htm Now, where the fun begins! Step 1: Flip the coin. If heads, your fanfic will be a two-way crossover. If tails, it will be a three-way crossover. Next, roll the percentile die. Each number represents a different series/franchise to use, and here they are: 1 - Star Trek: The Original Series 2 - Star Trek: The Animated Series 3 - Star Trek: The Next Generation 4 - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 5 - Star Trek: Voyager 6 - Star Trek: Enterprise 7 - Star Trek (2009) 8 - Star Trek Online 9 - Star Trek: Discovery 10 - Star Trek: Other 11 - Star Wars: Original Trilogy 12 - Star Wars: Prequel Trilogy 13 - Star Wars: The Clone Wars 14 - Star Wars: Rebels 15 - Star Wars: Sequel Trilogy 16 - Star Wars: Other 17 - Stargate: SG-1 18 - Stargate: Atlantis 19 - Stargate: Universe 20 - Battlestar Galactica (Original) 21 - Battlestar Galactica (Remake) 22 - Doctor Who 23 - Torchwood 24 - Babylon 5 25 - Firefly 26 - Lexx 27 - StarCraft 28 - Warcraft 29 - Diablo 30 - Overwatch 31 - Warhammer Fantasy 32 - Warhammer 40,000 33 - Command & Conquer: Tiberium Series 34 - Command & Conquer: Red Alert Series 35 - Forgotten Realms 36 - Greyhawk 37 - Pirates of the Caribbean 38 - Mass Effect 39 - Halo 40 - Red vs. Blue 41 - RWBY 42 - The Wheel of Time 43 - A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones 44 - Neon Genesis Evangelion 45 - Puella Magi Madoka Magica 46 - Berserk 47 - Slayers 48 - Record of Lodoss War 49 - Outlaw Star 50 - Cowboy Bebop 51 - Tenchi Muyo! 52 - Yu Yu Hakusho 53 - JoJo's Bizarre Adventure 54 - Discworld 55 - Redwall 56 - The Dresden Files 57 - The Land Before Time 58 - The Lion King 59 - The Nightmare Before Christmas 60 - Harry Potter 61 - Transformers (Generation 1) 62 - Transformers (Beast Wars) 63 - DC Animated Universe 64 - Marvel Cinematic Universe 65 - The Simpsons 66 - Family Guy 67 - Futurama 68 - Kill la Kill 69 - Akame ga Kill 70 - Final Fantasy I 71 - Final Fantasy II 72 - Final Fantasy III 73 - Final Fantasy IV 74 - Final Fantasy V 75 - Final Fantasy VI 76 - Final Fantasy VII 77 - Army of Darkness 78 - Ghostbusters 79 - The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy 80 - Ed, Edd, n' Eddy 81 - Codename: Kids Next Door 82 - SpongeBob Squarepants 83 - The View Askewniverse 84 - The Rocky Horror Picture Show 85 - Pokemon 86 - Digimon 87 - The Matrix 88 - Touhou 89 - Lord of the Rings 90 - Starfox 91 - Homestar Runner 92 - Metal Gear Solid 93 - Gundam (Universal Century) 94 - Gundam (After Colony) 95 - Gundam (Future Century) 96 - Gundam (Post Disaster) 97 - Calvin and Hobbes 98 - Bloom County 99 - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 100 - Blackadder (Note: For those who might otherwise not know, but still have percentile dice, when you add the sum of the dice up, getting all zeroes equals "100".) Now, do this again, until you have either two or three franchises. And if you roll the same number multiple times, just keep re-rolling until you get a different one. Next, Roll 1d12. This will determine the setting of the fanfic! 1 - Space 2 - The Jungle 3 - Generic Fantasy Land 4 - The Beach 5 - Modern Suburbia 6 - The Forest 7 - The Old West 8 - A Bar/Pub 9 - Prison 10 - High School 11 - A Weird Hotel 12 - A Fast Food Restaurant Now that you have your setting, let's see what thing/event is crucial to the storyline! Roll 1d20 to determine the result: 1 - A clogged toilet that needs to be unclogged 2 - Getting snowed in 3 - Applying for a job 4 - Suffering a long car ride 5 - A power outtage 6 - A baseball game 7 - Telemarketers 8 - Website-Designing 9 - Forming a rock band 10 - War breaking out for an inane reason 11 - Clones run amok 12 - Babysitting 13 - Making a movie 14 - Flame wars 15 - Wondering what they did last night 16 - A birthday party 17 - Time-travel 18 - A bizarre trial 19 - Joining a counter-terrorist group 20 - A crappy camping trip So, let's see what my test results are, before I let you lot have a go! Flipped the coin and got: Heads, so a two-way crossover. Rolled 1d100 first time and got: 96, so that's Gundam (Post-Disaster) (aka "Iron-Blooded Orphans") Rolled 1d100 second time and got: 13, so that's Star Wars: The Clone Wars Rolled 1d12 and got: 5, so that's Modern Suburbia Rolled 1d20 and got: 17, so that's Time-travel. So, the resulting fanfic is a crossover between Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans and Star Wars: The Clone Wars, set in Modern Suburbia, and using time travel as its main plot. Now, it's your turn!

Flipped the coin. Tails. First 1d100 roll: 76 (Final Fantasy VII) Second 1d100 roll: 41 (RWBY) Third 1d100 roll: 7 (Star Trek (2009)) 1d12 roll: 6 (The Forest) 1d20 roll: 8 (Website Designing). Cloud Strife teams up with Team RWBY and the crew of the Starship Enterprise to design a website. In the middle of the forest. Meh, I've read worse. Flipped the coin: Tails. First 1d100 roll: 64 (Marvel Cinematic Universe) Second 1d100 roll: 68 (Kill la Kill) Third 1d100 roll: 43 (A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones) 1d12 roll: 11 (A weird hotel) 1d20 roll: 4 (Suffering a long car ride) Uh.... Ryoko and Satsuki plan to join the Avengers, but have to endure a long car ride to get to the weird hotel where they're going to meet up with Tony Stark/Iron Man, only for White Walkers to start attacking? Flipped the coin. Heads. First 1d100 roll: 39 (Halo) Second 1d100 roll: 27 (StarCraft) 1d12 roll: 12 (A fast food restaurant) 1d20 roll: 9 (Forming a rock band) Jim Raynor, Zeratul, Master Chief, and Arbiter discuss forming a rock band while in some fast food joint? Do Cortana and Sarah Kerrigan get into arguments about who the lead female singer should be? And what exactly are the burgers made of? Hydralisk meat? Flipped the coin. Heads. First 1d100 roll: 68 (Kill la Kill) Second 1d100 roll: 92 (Metal Gear Solid) 1d12 roll: 8 (A bar/pub) 1d20 roll: 3 (Applying for a job) Huh.

Flipped the coin. Heads. First 1d100 roll: 22 (Doctor Who) Second 1d100 roll: 72 (Final Fantasy III) 1d12 roll: 8 (A bar/pub) 1d20 roll: 18 (A bizarre trial) Hm. This one actually sounds like it could be a genuine Doctor Who episode. Flipped the coin. Heads. First 1d100 roll: 37 (Pirates of the Caribbean) Second 1d100 roll: 100 (Blackadder) 1d12 roll: 11 (A weird hotel) 1d20 roll: 9 (Forming a rock band) Not sure if easy or hard..... Flipped the coin. Tails. First 1d100 roll: 77 (Army of Darkness) Second 1d100 roll: 76 (Final Fantasy VII) Third 1d100 roll: 78 (Ghostbusters) 1d12 roll: 11 (A weird hotel) 1d20 roll: 18 (A bizarre trial) Too easy. Flipped the coin. Heads. First 1d100 roll: 51 (Tenchi Muyo!) Second 1d100 roll: 82 (SpongeBob Squarepants) 1d12 roll: 8 (A bar/pub) 1d20 roll: 8 (Website Designing) Delightfully Crack-tastic! Flipped the coin. Tails. First 1d100 roll: 47 (Slayers) Second 1d100 roll: 92 (Metal Gear Solid) Third 1d100 roll: 53 (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure) 1d12 roll: 2 (The Jungle) 1d20 roll: 6 (A baseball game) Lina and co, the Stardust Crusaders, and Solid Snake playing baseball in the jungle? Alrighty then. Flipped the coin. Heads. First 1d100 roll: 57 (The Land Before Time) Second 1d100 roll: 48 (Record of Lodoss War) 1d12 roll: 11 (A weird hotel) 1d20 roll: 6 (A baseball game) Well then. This is... a thing. Flipped the coin. Tails. First 1d100 roll: 66 (Family Guy) Second 1d100 roll: 34 (Command & Conquer: Red Alert Series) Third 1d100 roll: 18 (Stargate: Atlantis) 1d12 roll: 2 (Generic Fantasy Land) 1d20 roll: 14 (Flame Wars) Wuh.. wuh... What.

So, in this Game of Thrones-themed match, the Jon Snow Dude Squad (Jon Snow, Gendry Waters, Jorah Mormont, Sandor "The Hound" Clegane, Beric Dondarrion, Tormund Giantsbane, and Thoros of Myr) will do battle with the Sand Snakes - the daughters of Prince Obyren Martell. Which team emerges victorious? (My money's on the Dude Squad, but I want to hear your opinions.)

From what I remember, the machines liquefy the dead to feed the living.... but even THAT explanation just raises further questions.

And now, a moment of silence in honor of one of the greatest scientific minds our species has ever seen.

Dennis shrugged at the mentioning of Maxergy. "To be honest, I haven't heard much about them. Which either means that they're just starting up, or they've got some damn good people covering their tracks." As usual, Dennis stayed quiet during the discussion of Middle-Eastern politics, preferring merely to listen to what the others said. That was, until both Lucius and Jake replied to his comment about serving in the French Foreign Legion, at which point he just had to smile. "Thanks." he said to both of them. "Or rather, merci."

So, while I finish up the weapons list, enjoy this map of the two galaxies for this project!

Flipped a coin and got: Tails First 1d100 roll: 72 (Final Fantasy III) Second 1d100 roll: 64 (Marvel Cinematic Universe) Third 1d100 roll: 75 (Final Fantasy VI) 1d12 roll: 12 (A fast food restaurant) 1d20 roll: 12 (Babysitting) Um.... okay. Flipped a coin and got: Heads First 1d100 roll: 53 (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure) Second 1d100 roll: 68 (Kill la Kill) 1d12 roll: 3 (Generic Fantasy Land) 1d20 roll: 2 (Getting snowed in) This... huh. Flipped a coin and got: Heads First 1d100 roll: 24 (Babylon 5) Second 1d100 roll: 75 (Final Fantasy VI) 1d12 roll: 5 (Modern Suburbia) 1d20 roll: 16 (A birthday party) Kefka shows up at Cartagia's birthday party in the suburbs? Disturbing.... Flipped a coin and got: Heads First 1d100 roll: 17 (Stargate: SG-1) Second 1d100 roll: 38 (Mass Effect) 1d12 roll: 11 (A weird hotel) 1d20 roll: 11 (Clones run amok) Well, that's certainly.... interesting. Flipped a coin and got: Tails First 1d100 roll: 52 (Yu Yu Hakusho) Second 1d100 roll: 14 (Star Wars: Rebels) Third 1d100 roll: 46 (Berserk) 1d12 roll: 8 (A Bar/Pub) 1d20 roll: 19 (Joining a Counter-Terrorist Group) Okay. This one probably can't work.

Some other results: Flipped the coin and got: Heads First 1d100 roll: 94 (AC Gundam, so "Gundam Wing") Second 1d100 roll: 85 (Pokemon) 1d12 roll: 5 (Modern Suburbia) 1d20 roll: 9 (Forming a rock band) Oh this one was too easy. Flipped the coin and got: Tails First 1d100 roll: 18 (Stargate: Atlantis) Second 1d100 roll: 87 (The Matrix) Third 1d100 roll: 63 (DC Animated Universe) 1d12 roll: 8 (A Bar/Pub) 1d20 roll: 19 (Joining a counter-terrorist group) Huh. THIS would be interesting. One more. Flipped the coin and got: Heads First 1d100 roll: 3 (Star Trek: The Next Generation) Second 1d100 roll: 1 (Star Trek: The Original Series) 1d12 roll: 1 (Space) 1d20 roll: 7 (Telemarketers) Okay, aside from the telemarketers, this was too easy (although, the idea of Kirk and Picard teaming up to fight space-telemarketing IS pretty hilarious). One more. Flipped the coin and got: Tails First 1d100 roll: 86 (Digimon) Second 1d100 roll: 61 (Transformers - Generation 1) Third 1d100 roll: 57 (The Land Before Time) 1d12 roll: 9 (Prison) 1d20 roll: 13 (Making a movie) Okay. Well THAT'S certainly crack-tastic.

Alright, in this battle, two of the stupidest things to EVER grace the "Versus" debate scene must do battle. The first, is something that came from the late "Trek Wars: The Furry Conflict", and is something that Praeothmin, Ikaika, and I have all seen, and all deemed painful to look at. It is, of course, the rainbow lightsaber. Now, the second, is a space station that, nearly a decade ago, terrorized both Starfleet Jedi and SDN. I speak, of course, of Youngla0450's infamous "Orange Star". http://www.starfleetjedi.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=1527 Now, there will be two battles here. The first, is a straight up "Who would win?" match. The second, is which was the more idiotic. So... who "wins" this match?

First two explosive weapons - the photon and proton torpedoes (post to be edited later): EDITED: Quantum torpedoes and concussion missiles have joined the roster. And now tricobalt warheads, too! Trek Wars Weapons - Photon Torpedoes.docx Trek Wars Weapons - Proton Torpedoes.docx Trek Wars Weapons - Quantum Torpedoes.docx Trek Wars Weapons - Concussion Missiles.docx Trek Wars Weapons - Tricobalt Warheads.docx

Okay, for this upcoming "Trek Wars" story, here are analyses of the various "beam" weapons used by the different factions (explosive weaponry to come later, followed by more exotic hand-held weapons): Trek Wars Weapons - Phasers.docx Trek Wars Weapons - Turbolasers.docx Trek Wars Weapons - Disruptors.docx Trek Wars Weapons - Ion Cannons.docx Trek Wars Weapons - Tetryon Cannons.docx Trek Wars Weapons - Phased Polaron Cannons.docx Trek Wars Weapons - Plasma Cannons.docx

Made this vid for everyone on the forum:

Okay, in order, a who's who: Tyralak - Captain Saru (Star Trek: Discovery) Paul - Agent Smith (The Matrix) Myself - Ash Williams (Army of Darkness) Commander RayCav - Kai (Lexx) Brian Young - Captain John Sheridan (Babylon 5) Airlocke - Alucard (Hellsing Ultimate) Questor - Jack McCoy (Law & Order) The Fabulous Mister Fox - Robin Hood (Disney's Robin Hood) Enigma - The Joker (The Dark Knight) Ali-Sama - Gohan (DragonBall Z) Praeothmin - Tyrael (Diablo II) Commodore Krevin - Kane (Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars) Admiral Breetai - Gabriel Van Helsing (Van Helsing) Jason - Fred Fredburger (The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy) NX-01 - Randall Graves (Clerks II) Afishymeadow - Pee-Wee Herman (Pee-Wee's Big Adventure) Jack - J. Jonah Jameson (Spider-Man) Kilroy - Gregory House (House) DrCoolCabbage - Captain Titus (Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine) WalksInDarkness - Dr. Manhattan (Watchmen) Vince - Darth Bane (Star Wars: The Clone Wars) InvaderSkooj - Gus Fring (Breaking Bad) Ado Mortumee/Prophet of Truth - Sgt. Avery Johnson (Halo) IkaikaKekai - Robert E. O. Speedwagon (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure) Gunbird - Sniper (Team Fortress 2) Basileus - Zelgadis Greywords (Slayers TRY) Crayz9000 - John Mallory (A Fistful of Dynamite/Duck, You Sucker!) Mith - Kyubey (Puella Magi Madoka Magica) The Atom - Colonel Bill Kilgore (Apocalypse Now) The Stair Master - D.P. Gumby (Monty Python's Flying Circus) GhanjRho - Professor Bartholomew Oobleck (RWBY) Mirah - Ellen Ripley (Aliens) Darth Fanboy - Loki (Thor/MCU)

TBH, it was inspired by the "TK Badlands" videos, made for members of the Troll Kingdom group "Badlanders" .

(I apologize for being so late. February was a crazy month for me.) Dennis chuckled a bit at Marek's question. "No, I'm not wound up. Just... kinda grossed out that Henry did that." he said, returning to his book. He drowned out the rest of the conversations his squadmates were having until he heard Lucius mention Afghanistan. "Sorry, but you please not mention that country? I'd rather not relive some real fucked-up memories from when I was there with the French Foreign Legion."

Alright, so I've finally gotten around to setting up the timeline for this universe. Trek Wars Complete Timeline.docx

So apparently, a Yuuzhan Vong scout was originally set to appear in TCW. http://screencrush.com/star-wars-clone-wars-unused-art-yuuzhan-vong-boba-fett/ So.... should the Vong return to canon?

And the occasional "Versus", just in case someone has an idea for a match. Also, will the main story be hosted on the forum, or will we expand the site to allow for it, much like how Spacebattles, Starfleet Jedi, and SDN have/had more to their sites than just the forum?

So, instead of "Versus", I take it these will be our focus/foci: - A "Main Story", like TFC - just with less fur. - Fanfics - Roleplaying - Art - Original Fiction - Technical Analyses - Shitposting

They'll be shared here too. As I said, this is a "Main Story" for ASVS, as we revitalize it and celebrate 21 active years (counting the Usenet group).