So that's what dilithium crystals doÂ…

Subject: So that's what dilithium crystals doÂ…
Author: hermione of vulcan
Posted on: 2013-05-03 18:22:00 UTC

I thought they regulated the antimatter/matter reaction.
Treknobabble is the one way I don't seem like an obsessive Trek fan. Otherwise, if you're ever looking for someone to talk Trek with, feel free to contact me. I will babble on and on. Especially about TNG and Voyager. TNG's my favorite, what's yours?

Newbie gift, newbie gift…hm…once you get back to me on your favorite series, I'll get you something appropriate.

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Hello PPC Universe! by Time Engineer on 2013-05-03 15:35:00 UTC Reply

Hello!
I'm the Time Engineer, and I'd like to introduce myself to the PPC Board.
I am in first year Engineering at McMaster University, and I was shown this PPC universe a couple of days ago.
My areas of expertise include Doctor Who, Star Treks TOS, TNG, DS9 and ENT, Torchwood, Big Bang Theory, Elementary, Sherlock, Supernatural, Quantum Leap and cooking dinners. I'm a pretty good researcher, both in the Real World and in different universes, so you can call on me if you need anything looked up.
That being said, this place looks extremely cool and I'm excited to join the Community!
~TE

*I can vouch for the cooking dinners part. by DawnFire on 2013-05-04 20:32:00 UTC Reply

Glad you decided to join! I wasn't sure if you'd end up liking the PPC, or just thinking I was crazy, so I was quite relieved (and excited) when you said it was awesome and proceeded to dissect a badfic with me :)

Welcome to the Board! Here, have some Swiss Bleepolate and a tribble (I have a few too many of them from when Hermione started throwing them around at my Permission Granted party), as well as a bottled Fallen Angel!Mary Sue's Grace (no idea what it'll do, but it could power some interesting experiments, don't you think? Be careful, though, it's rather pink and sparkly, which never bodes well).

For anyone reading this who isn't the Engineer (I'm trying to find you a nickname, I'm not really sure what to go with yet), I (and you?) have him to thank for introducing me to Doctor Who (and therefore Torchwood as well) and the Avengers. (To be honest, he kept referencing DW, and I started watching it to find out what he was talking about. I ended up liking it, so I continued watching.) So...thanks, Time. (No, I like 'Engineer' better. 'Time' makes you sound like an anthropomorphic representation of time, which would be very interesting in HQ--and on missions, presumably in ESAS--but means it's not so great as a nickname).

So, again, welcome to the Board :) Glad to have you here.

~DawnFire
Have all the things! by Sevenswans on 2013-05-04 16:26:00 UTC Reply

And here is a sprocket wrench, half a cosmic brownie, (I still wouldn't eat at the cafeteria if I were you,) seven green wires and a red one, and a pair of stainless-steel sporks.

Welcome aboard! I've just started watching Star Trek TOS (I'm on episode 10 of season one, so no spoilers!) and of course everyone's always happy to have another Sherlockian. I've been spending my morning looking at the fan theories on how he survived... so how do you think he survived?

Sprocket Wrench! by Time Engineer on 2013-05-05 02:58:00 UTC Reply

I haven't done much theorizing myself, but I do have a way that Moriarty may have survived...

Ooh, let's hear it. by Sevenswans on 2013-05-05 16:44:00 UTC Reply

I'm not certain how one could fake eating a gun, but you have to admit, the camera angles were suspicious.

Everybody seems to think that the bouncy ball had something to do with preventing John from getting the pulse on a (presumably live and genuine) Sherlock-on-the-sidewalk, but I'm somewhat suspicious: it seems too obvious for it to be anything other than a red herring. Still, maybe it had other uses we weren't aware of...

Concerning the gun by Time Engineer on 2013-05-05 21:54:00 UTC Reply

My idea is that he fired a blank bullet into his mouth and had a small tube with blood attach to the back of his head through his hair. There would have been a seal that ruptured when his head hit the ground, and the pressure of his back on a sack of blood in his coat would keep it flowing. Bear in mind that we don't see his body get taken away.

Blank bullets are still nasty at close range. by Outhra on 2013-05-05 22:11:00 UTC Reply

I just rewatched the scene, and he's still shooting something directly into the roof of his mouth at approximately shot-out-of-a-pistol meters per second. Just because it's not a real round doesn't mean it wouldn't be blasted directly into his skull.

Mouthplate? by Time Engineer on 2013-05-05 23:07:00 UTC Reply

Is it possible he had a titanium plate on the roof of his mouth?

Expanding gases would have seared the inside of his throat. by SeaTurtle on 2013-05-06 03:33:00 UTC Reply

The titanium plate would actually help redirect some of the blast down his gullet.

Fantastic mental image, by the way. *Pops Bleeprin tablets into mouth*

I also think I saw a tweet from one of the writers saying something along the lines of "Yes, Moriarty shot himself point-blank in the head. No, we can't show that much gore on TV."

Ooh, you're watching TOS? by DawnFire on 2013-05-04 20:23:00 UTC Reply

How do you like it so far?

~DF

Spock's different than I expected by Sevenswans on 2013-05-04 23:06:00 UTC Reply

Of course, I just watched "The Menagerie" this morning, so I'm not very far in. I have managed to keep myself from laughing (much) at the styrofoam rocks, and I quite like it now that they've started having plots besides "thing impersonates crew members" or "strange powers are dangerous."

I'm also thinking that the McCoy & Spock dynamic is seriously flanderized by all the fanfiction and spinoff works I've seen: they really do get along, in a way, because they clearly trust each other and will defend each other, and the only reason McCoy keeps trying to wind Spock up is because it doesn't actually work.

... That said, the rubber forehead aliens are every bit as weird-looking as I remember. :)

Salutations! by Myrddin on 2013-05-04 15:40:00 UTC Reply

Welcome, welcome! Sorry I'm a bit late ^^;

Looks like we share a few fandoms, though I don't think I can come near a level approaching expertise. But I like Doctor Who, TNG, Big Bang Theory, Torchwood and Quantum Leap too! (And I love cooking, if I can find hungry people that is!)

For your welcome gift I'm going to imitate Herr Wozzeck today, and give you some Chameleon Circuit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuJ5erEcoeI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IipsV2HTrn8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9ydSMj0Hk8
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxR3iJG8">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxR_3iJG8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OLYQJYHZQo
Hello! by Pauline07 on 2013-05-04 04:14:00 UTC Reply

Hi, newbie! Welcome to the board! Hope you stick around a while.

You said you like cooking? How about some bleepolate! Because you will see badfic.....a lot of badfic....
First plover! (nm) by Tawaki on 2013-05-04 04:14:00 UTC Reply
Hi, newbie! by son_of_heaven176 on 2013-05-03 23:39:00 UTC Reply

Hello there! It seems that the one Trek fandom that I like most is the one fandom that you don't follow! No matter, Picard is a good captain as well! Other than Trek, it seems that we don't share any fandoms. Have you ever seen Stargate: Atlantis?

Either way, your newbie gift!
*rummages through bag of holding*
Here, have a Glite-painted replica of the Enterprise-D!

...nevermind, you probably meant Voyager. Whoops. (nm) by DawnFire on 2013-05-04 20:25:00 UTC Reply

Sorry. Meant Voyager. (nm) by son_of_heaven176 on 2013-05-05 14:54:00 UTC Reply

Oh well. I'm sure I'll get there at some point... (nm) by DawnFire on 2013-05-05 18:48:00 UTC Reply

Wait, which Trek fandom? by DawnFire on 2013-05-04 20:22:00 UTC Reply

Because if you mean TOS...I will be very happy, and probably start babbling at you.

~DF
Oh Wow! by Time Engineer on 2013-05-03 23:46:00 UTC Reply

Thanks for the Replica! Its awesome!
I don't follow Atlantis, but I did watch a couple seasons of SG-1. If you like the Sci-Fi channel, Warehouse 13?

Re: Oh Wow! by Myrddin on 2013-05-04 15:42:00 UTC Reply

Love SG-1 and Atlantis sonofheaven176!

Warehouse 13 is a great show, I'm sad I haven't been able to follow it lately, but I've loved what I've been able to see of it!
Sorry, haven't seen that. (nm) by son_of_heaven176 on 2013-05-04 02:29:00 UTC Reply

Good to have you a-Board! by doctorlit on 2013-05-03 23:32:00 UTC Reply

Greetings, new friend! For your present, a free ride through the Quantum Leap Accelerator!

(Finally, another QL fan!)

Are you sure I'll get back? by Time Engineer on 2013-05-04 00:09:00 UTC Reply

I mean, I don't think Sam ever returned home, and then he somehow got turned into a Starfleet Captain! Not that that wouldn't be cool...

Maybe I could tinker with it before I go through. I am a Time Engineer so I might be able to get it working

Well, "back" is relative. by doctorlit on 2013-05-04 06:19:00 UTC Reply

Time doesn't move quite right around here, anyway.

You can cook? by Karen on 2013-05-03 21:40:00 UTC Reply

That will be extremely useful for you if you stick around.

Also, hi! Have a cookie!

It depends who you ask... by Time Engineer on 2013-05-03 23:55:00 UTC Reply

My brother would say that I can't, but my friends would say that most of what I make it good but you should stay away from the home made poutine. It didn't turn out too well.

Oooh, what kind of cookie?

The cookie is... by Karen on 2013-05-04 02:41:00 UTC Reply

Rainbow Sparkle Sueblood Supreme.

I kid.

It's chocolate chip. I do have peanut butter if you'd prefer, and there are probably some sugar cookies floating around...

Rainbow Sparkle? by Agents Marvin and Printworthy on 2013-05-04 23:21:00 UTC Reply

Marvin: Sounds like a bad ship name.

Printworthy: Agreed. Honestly, Rainbow Dash/Twilight Sparkle is a very unlikely pairing. I cannot think of how that particular relationship would reasonably work.

Marvin: Says the pony who was shipped with Rainbow in his home fic. Being a little defensive are we?

Printworthy: First of all, all you know of my origin story is what I have told you. Second of all, upon review of the specific wordings, it was more of a, what do you call it, 'ship-tease?' Further feelings were played with, not firmly established.

Marvin: Whatever you say Printworthy. Besides, I know several TwiDash shippers.

Printworthy: And were their fanfictions any good?

Marvin: ...Not really...

Printworthy: My point exactly.

Marvin: Hold on, look, in the second half of the cookie name! Look closer.

Printworthy: What, I don't...Oh. I see what you mean. Sueblood.

Marvin: Yep, which seems like a shipping between Mary Sue and...

Printworthy: Blueblood. Interesting, I never thought I would feel sympathy for that poor excuse of a character.

Marvin: Yeah. I never thought I could feel sorry for a Sue either.

Printworthy: Her glitter reserves are going to be stretched quite thin trying to make him kind and gentle, rather than a royal pain.

Marvin: Is that the only insult people-erm, ponies, can use against him?

Printworthy: Well, I could call him a pompous, arrogant, moronic, spoiled failure of royalty, and that it astonishes me that even a sixteenth of a drop of Celestia's blood runs through his veins, but 'royal pain' seems to condense that statement a little.

Marvin: I see what you mean.

((I know that was not what you were intending to say, but it just would not get out of my head.))

LET ME LOVE YOU (nm) by Karen on 2013-05-07 23:12:00 UTC Reply
Re: Rainbow Sparkle? by Outhra on 2013-05-05 00:05:00 UTC Reply

Now I'm picturing Marvin and Printworthy in a Statler and Waldorf-style commentary box, driving it around and making an appearance any time someone's comments could be construed to include references to My Little Pony.

Wait, if they're driving it around, it would need to be able to move...
Ah! It's a commentary box that is also a hovercraft! Imagine the reactions everyone else would have to a cartoon horse hovercrafting up to them and making television references!

Hovercrafting is definitely a word. Indisputably.

Poutine? by son_of_heaven176 on 2013-05-04 02:31:00 UTC Reply

*looks up "poutine" on Wikipedia*
So, you're Quebecois?

Perish the thought! (jk) by Time Engineer on 2013-05-05 02:18:00 UTC Reply

I am Canadian, but not Quebecois.
I live in Ontario

Welcome! by SeaTurtle on 2013-05-03 20:17:00 UTC Reply

Welcome to the Board! Have some of my hydrophobic water to commemorate the event. Tastes like improbability!
I hereby dub you "Slowbro", for reasons I will not disclose. by HimochiIsAwesome on 2013-05-03 20:05:00 UTC Reply

Anyway, welcome to the Board! You sound like you'll fit right in... here, have a free* Tiny Talking Sheldon keyring! And for only £1.99* extra, I'll throw in a matching Tiny Talking Spock keyring!

*postage and packaging not included

HimochiIsAwesome is not responsible for any insanity caused by Tiny Talking Sheldon, nor for any mistakes with the Tiny Talking Spock, as she has never actually seen anything from the continuum outside of Big Bang Theory episodes.
Not to be placed in or near to fire. Do not use while operating heavy machinery. Do not use while pregnant. Keep away from pets or children. Choking hazard. May contain peanuts. Side effects may include nausea, diarrhoea, migraines, insomnia or unexplained gender bending. Store in a cool, dry area out of direct sunlight.
Shinies and Doctor Who by Bausiren on 2013-05-03 19:33:00 UTC Reply

Hmmm. Since you like DW (Eleventh Doctor's the best, right? Right? Right? Right!), that makes you automatically a wonderful person. (River Song's awesome, isn't she? Right? Right? Riiiiight?)We're happy to have you a-Board! Here, have a shiny thing.
Three of my fandoms! by Lily Winterwood on 2013-05-03 19:03:00 UTC Reply

(That's DW, Elementary, and Sherlock btw)

Your username is the most awesome thing ever. Hello, welcome, have some lemming repellent! You'll need it.
Welcome to our humble board. by World-Jumper on 2013-05-03 17:00:00 UTC Reply

Well well well, a Sci-Fi fan I see. Quite the range of canons in the genra too, I'm impressed. Have you played Half-Life or Portal by any chance?

Before I continue much further, I have to ask you some questions:
1. Have you read the Original Series?
2. Have you read the constitution?
3. Do you intend to apply for permission to write in this universe after a month or more on the board? (If you do, I suggest the Department of Sufficiently Advanced Technology, considering your talents.)
4. How did you find us? (Personal curiosity, that's all)
5. Do you like bananas?

Now that's out of the way, I can give you your gift. Have a single dilithium crystal to use as you wish.

Thanks by Time Engineer on 2013-05-03 17:23:00 UTC Reply

Yeah, I really like SciFi.

In reference to your questions:
0. No, I'm not much of a gamer
1. I am in the middle of story 5 of the Original Series
2. I have read the constitution
3. I wasn't planning on asking for permission. I'm not an excellent writer, and I forget to continue projects after I've started them. I am a very good source for ideas, and I don't mind being a generator for anyone who is stuck.
4. DawnFire!
5. Of course I like bananas. They are an excellent source of potassium, and go well in smoothies.

Thanks for the crystal. I was looking for something to help direct the plasma flow :)

~TE

You are welcome. by World-Jumper on 2013-05-03 19:51:00 UTC Reply

I can tell that much.

0. Aw...You should, if you have the chance, especially Portal. It's a puzzle game and is amazing with the space-warping ability of the portals. If you stop and think about it too much, it starts to hurt your head. Besides, who does not love a crazy computer telling you terrible yet hilarious things while you are trying to solve puzzles?
1. Excellent. I hope you like Lord of the Rings, because that is pretty much all they work with. OK, so they go to the Discworld once or twice, and at one point works with a LoTR crossover with Star Wars, but other then that, pretty much all LoTR.
2. Good.
3. Aw...We could use somebody who knows technobabble though. Ah well, if you do stick around, I'll make sure to ask for the sciencey-sounding explanation when I need it.
4. Ah, yes, I remember that now, from a few posts back.

5. Well that's good, because you're gonna go bananas...
ON THE MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!
*moon cannon fails*
...Huh.

Sorry about that, it's a reference I have been dying to make for a long time. You probably won't get it... *hipster glasses*

Why you are quite welcome. Just, you know, don't use it for evil and all that.

Moon Cannon? by Time Engineer on 2013-05-03 19:56:00 UTC Reply

Is the moon cannon an actual cannon (with gunpowder and such) or is it a storyline, as in "We have to be true to the Moon Cannon"?

It's a My Little Pony: FIM-inspired Youtube video. by Outhra on 2013-05-03 20:50:00 UTC Reply

Here it is. (There are mild swears, in case you're the sort of person who likes to be told about that beforehand.)

Wait, I suppose it's a little late for you to watch the video, because there's no Internet...

ON THE MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNN!!

So that's what dilithium crystals doÂ… by hermione of vulcan on 2013-05-03 18:22:00 UTC Reply

I thought they regulated the antimatter/matter reaction.
Treknobabble is the one way I don't seem like an obsessive Trek fan. Otherwise, if you're ever looking for someone to talk Trek with, feel free to contact me. I will babble on and on. Especially about TNG and Voyager. TNG's my favorite, what's yours?

Newbie gift, newbie gift…hm…once you get back to me on your favorite series, I'll get you something appropriate.

Dilithium by Time Engineer on 2013-05-03 19:23:00 UTC Reply

The Dilithium Crystals bring the deuterium and anti-deuterium together in the proper intermix. You always hear about getting the intermix ratio correct, which at first glance seems to be nonsensical i.e. if you have matter and antimatter, then shouldn't the ratio be 1:1? The deuterium is injected in greater amounts than the anti-deuterium, and the energy released by the annihilation is transferred through the Dilithium into the leftovers, which powers the ship via the EPS (electro-plasma system) grid.

Thanks! Trek talk is one of my favorite things to do.
I'm not altogether sure which ones my favorite. I'm currently in the middle of Enterprise, I liked DS9 and TNG. I was never able to really get into Voyager. I suppose DS9 because it gave O'Brien the chance to shine as an Engineer.
~TE

Welcome. by Tariphe on 2013-05-03 16:35:00 UTC Reply

Welcome!

I hope you'll hang around much longer than I usually do, and if you don't, then at least come back before people forget you, unlike what I do.

As a gift, I'll give you a garlic garland, so you can use it for cooking or chasing away rats. Or pretty much anything with stronger sense of smell, if need arises.
Welcome. by MAXinsanity on 2013-05-03 16:17:00 UTC Reply

Feel free to ask questions. You'll need to.
Oh hai there! by Herr Wozzeck on 2013-05-03 16:10:00 UTC Reply

Welcome to the PPC! We love newbies here, so take off your shoes, leave your sanity at the door, and come right on in!

As a welcome gift, have some music by Pierre Boulez: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqpNZPOkQ1M
*waves* by Ailavyn Siniyash on 2013-05-03 15:59:00 UTC Reply

Hi! I'm quite the newbie too, but everyone's so nice here, so sometimes things like that are quite forgotten. It doesn't seem like we share any fandoms. At all.

Now, for a gift... Here, have this bag of shadows so you can lurk unseen when you're looking for things!

-Aila

Bag of shadows? Oh dear. by DawnFire on 2013-05-04 20:15:00 UTC Reply

Maybe it's a good thing that I'm in a different country right now...

(I never welcomed you, did I? I'm sorry. I keep meaning to make a new post where I welcome all the newbies I didn't welcome and hand out gifts and stuff, but it hasn't happened yet. In light of that, I'm sorry, and have some Swiss Bleepolate! Enjoy high-grade chocolate while the horrific details of whatever badfic you've just read are erased from your memory!)

~DawnFire

That wasn't thought through, was it? by Ailavyn Siniyash on 2013-05-05 02:32:00 UTC Reply

I should be more reluctant to give out such explosive gifts. But then, who says sanity is necessary here?

(It's alright. Hello now, then! And thank you, thank you! Swiss Bleepolate sounds marvelous!)

-Aila

Possibly not. by DawnFire on 2013-05-05 09:54:00 UTC Reply

On the other hand, he's already got garden moles and birds working as spies, he might as well have a bag of shadows to complete the network.

(Doesn't it? I love Swiss chocolate, so I thought it should be a strain of bleepolate. I just can't figure out now whether it should be added to the wiki list or not--I mean, it's not its own individual product, but it is a variation of bleepolate...I imagine it to be just very high quality bleepolate, with a potentially higher dose of bleeprin in it. On the other hand, it may work better because the chocolate is so good that it provides some distraction while the bleeprin goes to work...)

...did I just write a paragraph on Swiss Bleepolate? I wasn't intending to...

Anyway, hello. Nice to meet you :) You weren't the one who liked the Enchanted Forest Chronicles, were you?

~DF

Let's just hope that he won't be tricked like poor Radagast. by Ailavyn Siniyash on 2013-05-05 19:04:00 UTC Reply

You did indeed. And I think it should have at least a little section, or mention, or something like that. I was just looking at the wiki page, and you could add it after NMn'NMs, perhaps.

And yes, I do the the EFC. They and Redwall were what originally got me into fantasy, so I have quite the fondness for both series.

-Aila

Hello newbie! by darklordaakmal on 2013-05-03 15:46:00 UTC Reply

Enjoy the discussions, provide your opinions, and read interesting stuffs that PPC has to offer.

I offer you a virtual Kepang horse for you to dance with. Don't dance too energetically though, you may get possessed by spirits, if you don't sprain your ankles first.