"The Ultimate Computer" Topic
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 Editor in Chief Bill  | 24 Jun 2017 7:55 p.m. PST |
Has anyone tried an M5 scenario based on this original series episode? The advantage of the M5 is supposedly that it acts more rapidly, therefore it is a match for three or four ships of apparently the same size/class. |
| Cacique Caribe | 24 Jun 2017 9:32 p.m. PST |
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| alex757 | 25 Jun 2017 3:44 a.m. PST |
There are rules for super intelligent computers in Star Fleet Battles (their inclusion should surprise no one). I played with them once back in the 90s when I was into SFB. If I remember, the M5 would allocate energy after everyone else announced their speed, always moved last during an impulse and had a bunch of positive DRMs. Also every turn you rolled to see if something bad happened to the computer (33% chance?). If something did you rolled to see what happened ranging from "weapons offline" to "computer goes crazy and starts attacking friendlies" |
| thosmoss | 25 Jun 2017 7:29 a.m. PST |
Thought you could shut them down simply by asking them to calculate pi to its last digit? |
| Roderick Robertson | 26 Jun 2017 9:44 a.m. PST |
Yeah, their logic circuits weren't totally up to snuff. "Everything I say is true. I am a liar" <Does not Compute>…<Does not computes> Dooooeeessss nooooooooot coooooommmmmpp….>
(Smoke and explosions) |
| StarCruiser | 27 Jun 2017 7:46 a.m. PST |
Actually it's: KIRK: He lied. Everything Harry tells you is a lie. Remember that. Everything Harry tells you is a lie. MUDD: Listen to this carefully, Norman. I am lying. |
| Part time gamer | 29 Jun 2017 4:35 p.m. PST |
"The Ultimate Computer"
Great episode, even better IMO, when it was redone w/the digial re-released version. Now IIRC, the episode R R & SC are refering to is: "I Mudd". |
| Mithmee | 07 Jul 2017 4:40 p.m. PST |
The thing is not to fight as it expects you to fight. Plus it will always be thinking of surviving while I am out to win at any cost. Think like when Star Fleet met the Jem'hadar. |
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