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Post by Mr. Atoz on Oct 24, 2008 7:55:48 GMT -6
Everyone knows the crew lounge in the bow of the Enterprise is called Ten Forward, a droll if not terribly imaginative play on words. Recently I was writing a new story which takes place on board my ship (the Odysseus) and I thought to myself that surely we can do better than that.
So I'm throwing it open to the forum -- what would you name the crew lounge in the bow of your ship?
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Post by Niemz on Oct 24, 2008 15:15:53 GMT -6
So what is the meaning of "ten forward"?
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Post by Mr. Atoz on Oct 27, 2008 8:14:59 GMT -6
It's a play on words of the CB radio code "10-4", isn't it?
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Post by Niemz on Oct 27, 2008 9:39:00 GMT -6
I don't know, could be...
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Post by Decind on Oct 27, 2008 14:20:31 GMT -6
Call it 242_a AD+D reference among some of us.
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Post by Mr. Atoz on Oct 31, 2008 8:48:25 GMT -6
242 is a D&D reference? In what way?
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Post by Niemz on Oct 31, 2008 20:03:07 GMT -6
In my Homebrew Realm, it stands for the 242nd layer of the Abyss, and the malevolent entity that torments the PC's from time to time...
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Post by Lexi on Nov 3, 2008 10:44:17 GMT -6
I'm under the impression that Ten Forward is so called because of its location - Deck Ten, Forward Section One. (TNG: The Child)
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Post by Niemz on Nov 3, 2008 11:17:03 GMT -6
That sounds the most plausible
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Post by Mr. Atoz on Nov 7, 2008 8:43:35 GMT -6
In my Homebrew Realm, it stands for the 242nd layer of the Abyss, and the malevolent entity that torments the PC's from time to time... Oh, I didn't realize that. |
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Post by Mr. Atoz on Nov 7, 2008 8:47:19 GMT -6
I'm under the impression that Ten Forward is so called because of its location - Deck Ten, Forward Section One. (TNG: The Child) That sounds a bit like "folk etymology" -- that is, coming up with a plausible explanation after the fact. I'm not disputing what you say. But I would expect a popular meeting place to have its own name, not just a numerical designation. If that were the case, they could just as easily have called it "One F Ten" or something. |
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Post by Lexi on Nov 13, 2008 14:55:14 GMT -6
If you mean that the writers came up with the reason after having previously referred to it as "Ten Forward", then that's quite possible, I'd imagine. However, I believe that it is in the episode "The Child" that the place is explicitly explained to be on Deck Ten, Forward Section One.
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Post by Niemz on Nov 16, 2008 13:17:01 GMT -6
Being in the military myself, "Deck Ten, Forward Section One", certainly sounds like something they would do.
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Post by Mr. Atoz on Nov 17, 2008 8:57:55 GMT -6
And popular usage would then shorten it to something that falls easily off the tongue. Okay, that sounds reasonable.
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Post by Mr. Atoz on Dec 3, 2008 11:38:54 GMT -6
And how about the Ready Room? According to a glossary of military terms I came across, a ready room is a sort of conference room on board an aircraft carrier, where the pilots are briefed for missions and stand by as they await their orders to sortie. How did that name get applied to Picard's office?
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