137 replies to this topic

[Adridos]

Convaras Bloodskorn, on 16 June 2012 - 08:47 AM, said:

Tell us, great winged warriors, what physiological impact does alcohol have on your kind, and do you have a taste for mead?

Well, I think they're pretty positive on it.

[Lonner]

Sanction, on 13 June 2012 - 04:32 AM, said:

Tetatae are our winged brethren, but furries shall not be tolerated.

Space Chicken and Furried Wookies wannabes don't bother me as much. The only concern should be The Brotherhood of The Winged Hoofies. Yeah bronies, I am talking about you!

Edited by Lonner, 16 June 2012 - 09:06 AM.

[Alizabeth Aijou]

Vandal, on 16 June 2012 - 08:43 AM, said:

Haha yeah, keep bringing up forced threats of enslavement to the black dude, this is a super great idea that isn't harassment at all. Keep on rocking on~
(squawk)

*** are you talking about?
(removed)

As for harassment, you're one to talk.

[Vandal]

Alizabeth Aijou, on 16 June 2012 - 11:20 AM, said:

*** are you talking about?
(snip)

As for harassment, you're one to talk.

Bless this post.

[Tarquinn]

Alizabeth Aijou, on 16 June 2012 - 11:20 AM, said:

*** are you talking about?
(snip)

As for harassment, you're one to talk.

Whoa.

[Skadi]

Illegal Username, on 11 June 2012 - 01:30 PM, said:

I wholly support this thread.

Pictured, a historical clip of a Tetatae youth greeting a DEST operative

cant....stop...watching....

[Vandal]

Alizabeth Aijou, on 16 June 2012 - 11:20 AM, said:

As for harassment, you're one to talk.

To be more specific, I've never harassed or trolled anybody beyond enlightening them about or role-playing with my battletech Tetatae character, (something many people on this board are guilty of) and having mild discussions about various aspects of inter-house conflict and canon in the battletech universe.

You on the other hand, threatened to enslave me multiple times and then referred to me as a 'snipped'. Very rude, improper, harassing behaviour!

Edited by Vandal, 16 June 2012 - 03:24 PM.

[SMDMadCow]

How is this thread not locked?

@ the Tetatae:
What would you expcet, joining the CC?

And if you guys are so hard up for being canonically supported, why not join up with the Draconis Combine. The state that is closest to your homeworld and whose citizens you have had interaction with?

[Tarquinn]

SMDMadCow, on 16 June 2012 - 12:48 PM, said:

How is this thread not locked?

@ the Tetatae:
What would you expcet, joining the CC?

And if you guys are so hard up for being canonically supported, why not join up with the Draconis Combine. The state that is closest to your homeworld and whose citizens you have had interaction with?

Because you're not a mod, and people actually have a sense of humour.

[Stone Profit]

Canonicity and controversy

Many fans feel that sentient aliens should have no place in BattleTech fiction, and refuse to acknowledge the Tetatae's existence accordingly or challenge their canonical status. Quotes from the ship's crew stating that the protagonists are marooned "not anywhere that's real" and could be in a "parallel universe", though unreliable and merely admitting from the context that they have no idea in which star system they are, are sometimes used to argue that the Tetatae are in fact not part of the BattleTech universe proper.
The Line Developer's official stance is that technically, the novel Far Country is fully canonical, as are the Tetatae featured in the story. However, it has also been made clear that sentient aliens are considered incompatible with the BattleTech aesthetics and that aliens, particularly the Tetatae, will not be revisited in the fiction. Further references to the Tetatae are deliberately avoided. Their homeworld appears to be beyond any area of space known or accessible to humankind; it was only ever reached twice by human JumpShips through accidential and fatal misjumps, and there is no known way to leave the system again. This conveniently keeps the Tetatae separated from the rest of the BattleTech universe for good.
(It should be noted that there is one other possible instance of sentient aliens, the Swamp people, but they only appeared in passing in an inconsequential scene in an early novel. Their behaviour and technology are primitive enough to call into question whether they are truly intelligent or sentient.)


From Sarna. Canonical, but to remain unrevisited.

[Hayden]

I don't wanna stare, but I just can't look away...

[Vandal]

Hayden, on 16 June 2012 - 01:33 PM, said:

I don't wanna stare, but I just can't look away...

Come chill with us, we got hella juicy grubs.

[Alizabeth Aijou]

Vandal, on 16 June 2012 - 12:34 PM, said:

To be more specific, I've never harassed or trolled anybody beyond enlightening them about or role-playing with my battletech Tetatae character, (something many people on this board are guilty of) and having mild discussions about various aspects of inter-house conflict and canon in the battletech universe.

You on the other hand, threatened to enslave me multiple times and then referred to me as a 'Negros'. Very rude, improper, harassing behaviour!

I have never refered to you as "*****", little birdy.
***? Why the smeg is ***** not allowed?
It's a valid spanish word!

Edited by Alizabeth Aijou, 16 June 2012 - 01:53 PM.

[Vandal]

Alizabeth Aijou, on 16 June 2012 - 01:53 PM, said:

I have never refered to you as "*****", little birdy.
***? Why the smeg is ***** not allowed?
It's a valid spanish word!

Please stop using racial slurs, thank you.

Code of Conduct said:

This category includes both clear and masked language and/or links to websites containing such language or images which:

• Are recognized as a racial/ethnic slur
  
• Allude to a symbol of racial/ethnic hatred

If a player is found to have participated in such actions, he/she will:

• Be temporarily banned from the forums
  
• Be given a final warning, after which any further Code of Conduct violations may result in a permanent ban from the forums

Edited by Vandal, 16 June 2012 - 01:59 PM.

[Camembert]

Alizabeth Aijou, on 16 June 2012 - 01:53 PM, said:

I have never refered to you as "*****", little birdy.
***? Why the smeg is ***** not allowed?
It's a valid spanish word!

I hope this guy is a troll. The alternative is depressing.

[Hayden]

Camembert, on 16 June 2012 - 01:58 PM, said:

I hope this guy is a troll. The alternative is depressing.

Prepare to be depressed.

Vandal, on 16 June 2012 - 01:42 PM, said:

Come chill with us, we got hella juicy grubs.

Naw, it's cool. Just gonna watch with morbid fascination.

[Mason Grimm]

Racial/Ethnic etc. etc. hate speech not allowed. Snipped from the posts and quotes in question.

Play nice!

[Alizabeth Aijou]

[REDACTED] is perfectly correct spanish, san kyuu beri machi.
Also, I wasn't the one to refer to them in the first place, vandal was.
No offence, but USAsians should remove that stick they keep up their backsides.
How are europeans like me supposed to keep track about what is or isn't allowed in the [sarcasm]all-mighty empire of the great USA[/sarcasm]?

Edited by Helmer, 17 June 2012 - 11:37 AM.
Posting what is considered a slur in English in the English speaking areas of the forums.

[Flagellum]

im a tetatae irl

[a really smart dog wow]

Alizabeth Aijou, on 16 June 2012 - 03:22 PM, said:

Negros is perfectly correct spanish, san kyuu beri machi.
Also, I wasn't the one to refer to them in the first place, vandal was.
No offence, but USAsians should remove that stick they keep up their backsides.
How are europeans like me supposed to keep track about what is or isn't allowed in the [sarcasm]all-mighty empire of the great USA[/sarcasm]?

~quotin dis~