Starship owner's manual.

[Selandia]

How could he possibly know that? Even if he is telepathic, his powers only allow him to read minds a few times per day. If this happens to be one of those times, he still has to read your mind for a while before he learns all the details.

Psi powers are severely limited in the TU.


Hans

Actually, the tech-sup does not relies on Psi power, just on experience, after the first 1000 calls you know damn well what #$%? pages of the manual can't be read , wont be understoodo: and what pages can but have not been read , usually depending from where the call come from within the corp.

late 1990, PC on MS-DOS, gave a diskette to a guy with the following instructions: "just do as it says on the label, type A:\run "
...10 minutes later, phone call from the guy,
"I did what its says on the label at least three time, I typed a:\run and it does not work"
I did not start a computer diagnostic, nor did I wonder what was wrong with the program I asked "did you insert the diskette first ? "
Answer: "no should I?"

Selandia

 

[rancke]

OK, I'll admit that I overreacted. My apologies.


Hans

 

[Rigel Stardin]

Thick accented male voice: "Allo! My name is Peggy...."

Some cultures might find that very attractive in a man

Then your call center becomes 1-800-UDATEME (Nice backup if they outsource your job to another planet )

 

[Blue Ghost]

Entertainment System;

Your Sylean Class Battleship comes with a state of the art Alpine 50X gigawatt stereo system, with fader and balance. To activate, merely go to the ship's entertainment menu, scroll down to "My Stereo", then click on "My Music".

Important, you must have subscribed to an Entertainment Provider, a list of which is included in your brochure packet, in order to enable your stereo...

 

[pendragonman]

Entertainment System;

Your Sylean Class Battleship comes with a state of the art Alpine 50X gigawatt stereo system, with fader and balance. To activate, merely go to the ship's entertainment menu, scroll down to "My Stereo", then click on "My Music".

Important, you must have subscribed to an Entertainment Provider, a list of which is included in your brochure packet, in order to enable your stereo...

BROCHURE PACKET!!! Where is the %$&^)(#@@@#@#@# brochure packet! These "owners manuals are starting to feel like an pwned manual!

 

[savage]

Video System for the admiral with everything

Entertainment System;

Your Sylean Class Battleship comes with a state of the art Alpine 50X gigawatt stereo system, with fader and balance. To activate, merely go to the ship's entertainment menu, scroll down to "My Stereo", then click on "My Music".

Important, you must have subscribed to an Entertainment Provider, a list of which is included in your brochure packet, in order to enable your stereo...

"All battleships come with a free Wagner CD to enjoy the crisp energy of battle. While enjoying your favorite battle music echoes throughout the ship and communications system, Video the Victorious Event with a state of the art holographic video system and editing room. Hundreds of sensors pick up the battle or police actions with crisp clarity. Excellent for Admiralty replays and editing facility for those awkward public meetings with the press. ($15 MCr option)"

 

[Blue Ghost]

"Environmental Controls;

Your Sylean Class Battleship comes automatically with a heating system. Air Conditioning is available as an option, and may be installed next to the Recycled Air button. At an additional charge you may option for Mountain Pine, Ocean Mist or Desert Opal scents to give you a nice serene atmosphere ... "

 

[Selandia]

If you buy two Sylean Class Battleship you are considered a "Bronzed Reward Customer" and have a hard back copy of the owner manual you got on CD

A third Sylean Class unit make you a "Silver reward Customer" and you have a Flash Drive version added to your Bronze Reward package.

A fourth Sylean Class unit make you a "Gold Reward Customer", added to Bronze and Silver reward, Squadron marking are painted free of charge and you get the Owner Manual Errata FREE!!!

Selandia

 

[Barsanuphius]

...And if you order with-in the next 10 minutes, we will through in a pair of destroyer-escorts free, just pay additional shipping and handling.

Order now! All this, Four Sylea Class Battle Ships, with free Destroyer-Escorts (a 585.67 MCr Value)(just pay separate Shipping) for 125 easy payments 1999.95 MCr!

Don't miss out-order today!

Visa/MC/ImpExpress/Discover/Dinners Club-Interstellar accepted.

 

[Thuffer]

Oh...I'm sorry we don't take Imperial express :rofl:

 

[Rigel Stardin]

Sheeeeeeeeh, Used starship saleman!!! Doon't tell me they got a hold of my TAS account? I've got enough spam from that Vargr hair restoration place....

 

[Magnus von Thornwood]

Ah, yes.

Oh...I'm sorry we don't take Imperial express :rofl:

But do you take the Legion of Merit?

 

[Enoki]

Of course, for very common ships that are popular, say like the Imperial Scout, there might even be some equivalent of a collector's / enthuisast club(s) available who will give you all sorts of tips, useful and useless alike. You could learn how to use your ship to thresh grain or maybe that some particular part is totally useless, always breaks, and can be replaced for 10 credits with this ultra reliable substitute part from a standard gauss rifle.....

 

[madmike]

Yes

The Type S users and enthusiasts club and forum, Imperium wide.

Login and reply to forum threads via the xboat service.

Membership also entitles 10% on docking fees at all SPA class C starports and better, plus a free annual service of that bane of all type S users and owners, the environmental system!

 

[Blue Ghost]

"At no extra charge your dealership may offer a clear coat that'll protect your Sylean Class Battleship from micrometeorites for the first ten-thousand miles, or five minutes, whichever comes first... note that said clear coat looks like water, acts like water, tastes like water, even has the chemical makeup of two hydrogen atoms combined to one oxygen, but, trust us, it's not water :devil: ..."

 

[SanDragon]

Of course, for very common ships that are popular, say like the Imperial Scout, there might even be some equivalent of a collector's / enthuisast club(s) available who will give you all sorts of tips, useful and useless alike. You could learn how to use your ship to thresh grain or maybe that some particular part is totally useless, always breaks, and can be replaced for 10 credits with this ultra reliable substitute part from a standard gauss rifle.....

One hundred ton lawn darts?

 

[rancke]

Of course, for very common ships that are popular, say like the Imperial Scout, there might even be some equivalent of a collector's / enthuisast club(s) available who will give you all sorts of tips, useful and useless alike. You could learn how to use your ship to thresh grain or maybe that some particular part is totally useless, always breaks, and can be replaced for 10 credits with this ultra reliable substitute part from a standard gauss rifle.....

Common is a relative term, though. The number of Type S Scout/Couriers is estimated to be between 15,000 and 30,000. That's between 1½ and 3 Scouts per world, or one per half a billion people. I can imagine a "community" of billionaire enthusiasts on a specific high-population world where by a fluke an unusually large number of billionaires have chosen Type S Scouts as a hobby, perhaps, but anything organized on an interstellar level seems unlikely[*]. And even at scrap prices, a Type S would cost a lot more than a grain thresher. OK, you probably don't need to be a billionaire if you're enthusiastic enough; a multi-millionaire could afford it.

[*] Then again, I suppose billionaires would be just the sort of people who did keep in touch across interstellar distances.​

Hans

 

[Blue Ghost]

I guess I'm the only one with the clear coat experience?

 

[scott]

Blue Ghost -- the Earl Scheib of COTI

 

[Blue Ghost]

Blue Ghost -- the Earl Scheib of COTI

lol, or how about Cal Worthington, and his dog spot.

Behold; Cal Worthington

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcZ19GeK14Y&feature=related