Actually it’s funny, just rewatched VOY and Neelix was one of Janeway’s most important resources/aces in the hole the whole way through. Everyone loves to complain about endless leola root casseroles and stews but the crew never went hungry and he always had a smile and a joke and a story, and he singlehandedly saved Voyager’s bacon more than a couple of times.
the crew never went hungry
Just like the ship never ran out of torpedos.
I never bought the “can’t replace them”. Really? Can’t figure out how to make a blowy up thingy with all those trading outposts? Sure it might not be as fancy but you could get something.
Sure, I’d buy that. But that’s not what they claimed in show, and they never even implied otherwise. Ammo shortages were a plot point for pretty much the entire series.
I think this is where they missed what the series could have been. Start with squeaky clean, then go into trading, hacking together tech, maybe turning to arms dealers.
Like those episodes where the NX-01 Enterprise was in the Delphic Expanse and almost completely destroyed
I’d watch that
Picking up a bunch of new crew until they end up with a new mission of figuring out how to get around the galaxy quickly so they can make visits to each other not require generational ships.
Ammo shortages are still possible even if you’re restocking frequently. In FTL: Faster than Light, many shops only have a limited quantity of missile ammunition for sale, so you’re rarely “fully stocked”.
Yep, that was the one I had in mind!
Thank you for bringing this into my life.
Janeway was keeping track of her torpedoes about as well as most tabletop players keep track of their arrows and food reserves.
To be fair, 80% of the campaign consisted of the GM going “yeah, that sounds cool, let’s go with it”. When the players noticed, they took it to the extreme and described how they one-shotted the Borg Collective and insta-ported themselves back home. And got away with it.
Ow, get out of my shame spiral.
Janeway keeping track of her torpedoes about as well as most tabletop players keep track of how many times I tell them to stay off their phones during the game…and to not metagame…
We do not stand for Neelix hate in this household
That man is a treasure!!
Dad when someone insults Neelix
This is your periodic reminder that Gary Gygax was a sexist garbage fire of a man, even for the 1980s.
ha I went down the “did Gary Gygax play Neelix” path. No he’s just in the first frame of this meme.
Lol thank you. I recognized the name, but in context i also wondered if he was Neelix
That e doing a lotta work I don’t think you want it doingDamn you autocorrect! (For posterity, it said “sexiest”)
Stupid sexy Gygax
Hey now, let’s not reduce him to his being a self-proclaimed “biological determinist” on gender.
He also quoted/referenced racists for his stances. (E.g. “Nits make lice” from Chivington, who killed Cheyenne people indiscriminately, gygaxed as a justification for why its lawfully good to kill orc babies https://www.reddit.com/r/DnD/comments/dtpgim/gygax_on_lawful_good/ )
a justification for why its lawfully good to kill orc babies
It’s fantasy ethics, you can make up whatever you w…
“Nits make lice” from Chivington,
Except for that one
Link?
It’s not exactly a secret. The man was openly and proudly sexist until the day he died.
I’m sure you can figure it out.
Ok then.
Huh. Well, “Women can play D&D just as well, they just don’t like it as much. I don’t know how it could be made to appeal to women such that they would” is, technically sexist.
But considering the huge amount of spewed garbage we see daily from people in power, this seems like . . . I mean, I was expecting something crass or really vicious or something.
Also TIL Lionel made pastel trains to appeal to girls. 🤷♂️
Idk. I give the cook points for bagging the cute alien with short hair. (Im drawing a complete blank on her name)
Kes
Thank you!
