Mastodon post 2026-01-04
This week on Antiques Warpshow we’re at station Deep Space Thirteen—the famous “Lucky Thirteen”—which survived the Zeta Triangulum supernova thanks to a passing star whale sharing its metaphasic shielding…
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“This was my great grandmother’s disrupter pistol; she was a guard on a Romulan ice moon prison when she fell in love with my human great grandfather and they escaped together”
“What a charming story and a fascinating heirloom. I can see from the emitter pitting that this was well used, and it looks like there is still some….yes *ZORCH* Ouch. No it’s all right that will grow back. Let me show you the safety catch.”
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“My goodness you don’t see a Borg targeting laser in this condition very often. How did it come to you? It was yours? Well I must congratulate you on your recovery. As to the value: if I were a Ferengi black market bioimplant trader I might offer seventeen bars—yes of course I’m sure you will treasure it always…and if not you should hold out for thirty.”
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“Do you know who painted this? No? Well I am absolutely /thrilled/ to tell you that this is a hologram on canvas by the artist Data Soong. They served in Starfleet before taking up holopainting, where it’s said the artist learned the technique from the memory banks of a memorial probe launched by an extinct civilization from somewhere in the beta quadrant…”