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Commander McLane can look back to a long and successfull career in a German TV-series of the sixties, which brought him something like a cult-status among German SF-addicts. Serving in the Space Patrol ('Raumpatrouille') as captain of its flagship, the 'Orion', he mastered many an adventure, technically sometimes way ahead of the crew of the USS Enterprise, whose escapades were aired at roughly the same time; the series was especially famous for the use of ordinary household items, like plastic mugs, irons, etc., as props on the ship's bridge.
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Commander McLane can look back to a long and successfull career in a German TV-series of the sixties, which brought him something like a cult-status among German SF-addicts. Serving in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raumpatrouille Space Patrol ('Raumpatrouille')] as captain of the fast cruiser 'Orion', he mastered many an adventure, technically sometimes way ahead of the crew of the USS Enterprise, whose escapades were aired at roughly the same time. The series was especially famous for the use of ordinary household items, like plastic beakers, electric irons, etc., as props on the ship's bridge.
  
 
==Rebirth in the Ooniverse==
 
==Rebirth in the Ooniverse==
  
Commander McLane came into being again at 2084004 under the Pseudonym of 'Jameson', but quickly was restored to his original name. His famous ship, the 'Orion', however, had been lost in the maelstrom of time and was replaced with an ordinary Cobra III. So his quest for becoming famous again and regaining a decent ship started. Now, at 2084800, about two-and-a-half years later, he is a proud member of the Imperial Courier Owner's Club and can again look back on an impressive career with a killcount nearing the 9000-mark and a little over four million credits in the bank. Currently in Galaxy 5, he has two major objectives. On a short-range timescale he is hoping to gain a piece of equipment that may be helpful for his further undertakings, and on a medium-range timescale he is looking forward to an exciting career as an assassin. For the future that lies beyond that, considering his financial and reputational background, he may be reflecting either one of two major options, namely an early retirement, continuing to fly his Imperial Courier only for leisure reasons, or starting another quest for [http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Raxxla Raxxla].
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Commander McLane came into being again at 2084004 under the pseudonym of 'Jameson', but quickly was restored to his original name. His famous ship, the 'Orion', however, had been lost in the maelstrom of time and was replaced with an ordinary Cobra III. So his quest for becoming famous again and regaining a decent ship started. Now, at currently 2085323, about three and a half years later, he is a proud member of the [[Imperial Courier %28Oolite%29|Imperial Courier]] Owner's Club and can again look back on an impressive career with a killcount that just passed the 18000-mark and a comfortable financial cushion of over fourteen million credits in the bank. Currently located in Galaxy 8, he has two major objectives. He is having fun with [[Random Hits OXP|a lot of assassinations]], while at the same time trying to sell large amounts of precious metals for as high a price as possible. For the future beyond these pastimes—considering his financial and reputational background—he may be reflecting either one of two major options, namely an early retirement, continuing to fly his Imperial Courier only for leisure reasons, or starting another quest for [[Raxxla]].
  
 
For the time being, however, his progress in any of his career activities is slowed down, mainly due to other activities that require a lot of his time and will be described in the next section.
 
For the time being, however, his progress in any of his career activities is slowed down, mainly due to other activities that require a lot of his time and will be described in the next section.
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==Contributions to the commOonity==
 
==Contributions to the commOonity==
  
Commander McLane is also known as one of the major contributers of the [http://aegidian.org/bb/index.php Oolite Bulletin Boards] (currently holding position 12 among the most prolific posters) and takes even a little pride in having been able to contribute some of his thoughts to the community. Among these are [http://oosat.alioth.net/?q=node/88 externalviews.oxp], that fixes some issues with the custom views of the ships of the original set and will be included in a coming Oolite distribution itself, and [http://oosat.alioth.net/?q=node/93 Anarchies.oxp] (up to now in version 0.1), which will see its final release (hopefully) soon.
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Commander McLane is also known as one of the major contributers of the [https://bb.oolite.space/index.php Oolite Bulletin Boards] and takes even a little pride in having been able to contribute some of his thoughts to the community. Among these are [http://oosat.alioth.net/?q=node/88 externalviews.oxp], that fixed some issues with the custom views of the ships of the original set and was included in Oolite itself since version 1.70 (making it obsolete as an OXP), and [[Anarchies OXP|Anarchies.oxp]] (now in version 2.5).
  
Other quests of his include, but are not limited to, the work on some other OXPs (WIP), bug-squashing activities in recent versions of Oolite, and tasks like [http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?t=3777 Understanding commodities.plist] or the more occult features of quaternions.
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He is working on some other OXPs, which are still very much work-in-progress, but one day hopefully will see the light of the world under the names of ghosts-from-the-past.oxp and equilibrium.oxp. Another work of his has been released as his first mission OXP under the name of [[Cataclysm OXP|Cataclysm.oxp]]. Other than that, he has spent some thoughts on [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?t=3256 variations of the economy in the game] which ultimately lead to [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?t=7476 BlOomberg Markets OXP], and on [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?t=3025 the lack of an in-flight-communication system] in Oolite, which has led to the small [[Interstellar_help OXP|interstellar_help.oxp]], and is toyed with by other scripters closer to the code as well. Furthermore it is giving him great pleasure to [[Personalities OXP|meet other well-known commanders out there in the Ooniverse]], and (sometimes) to [[Killit OXP|prematurely end their careers]]. Tidbits of his scripting can also be found scattered around in the Ooniverse, in other peoples' OXPs. He also may be persuaded to develop small fixes for issues which pop up in other players games, like [[Total patrol OXP|creating a more even distribution of police ships]], making [[Status Quo Q-bomb OXP|Q-bombs behave like it is written]] in [[Status Quo|the book]], or enabling players to [[Display reputation OXP|keep track of their reputation]].
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Other interests of his include, but are not limited to, [https://bb.oolite.space/viewforum.php?f=3 bug-squashing activities in recent versions of Oolite], [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?t=3296 requesting ever more methods, keys and commands for scripting], and more complicated quests like [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?t=3777 Understanding commodities.plist] or the more occult features of quaternions.
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====A list of available OXPs made by him would have to include:====
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* [[Anarchies OXP|Anarchies.oxp]]
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* [[Asteroids3D OXP|Asteroids3D.oxp]]
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* [[Auto eject OXP|Auto Eject.oxp]]
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* [[Cataclysm OXP|Cataclysm.oxp]]
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* [[Display reputation OXP|Display Reputation.oxp]]
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* [[Dock Assist System OXP|Dock Assist System.oxp]]
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* [[Fireworks OXP|Fireworks.oxp]]
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* [[Flying Dutchman OXP|Flying Dutchman.oxp]]
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* [[Generation Ships OXP|Generation Ships.oxp]] (overhauling Draco_Caeles' ground breaking OXP)
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* [[Interstellar help OXP|Interstellar Help.oxp]]
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* [[Killit OXP|Killit.oxp]]
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* [[NPC-shields OXP|NPC-shields.oxp]]
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* [[Offender traders OXP|Offender traders.oxp]]
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* [[Personalities OXP|Personalities.oxp]]
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* [[Railgun OXP|Railgun.oxp]]
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* [[Randomshipnames OXP|Randomshipnames.oxp]]
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* [[Sell equipment OXP|Sell Equipment.oxp]]
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* [[Stationrotation OXP|Stationrotation.oxp]]
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* [[Status Quo Q-bomb OXP|Status Quo Q-bomb.oxp]]
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* [[Thargoid Carrier|Thargoid carrier.oxp]] (overhauling Selezen's OXP)
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* [[Total patrol OXP|Total Patrol.oxp]]
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* [[Wormhole restoration OXP|Wormhole restoration.oxp]]
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== And now for something a little different ==
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* [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=65833#p65833 Commander McLane] and the infamous Biargeian ''edible poet to Soylent green conversion scandle''
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[[Category:Profiles]]

Latest revision as of 04:02, 29 February 2024

Youth and early TV-existence

Orion1.jpg

Commander McLane can look back to a long and successfull career in a German TV-series of the sixties, which brought him something like a cult-status among German SF-addicts. Serving in the Space Patrol ('Raumpatrouille') as captain of the fast cruiser 'Orion', he mastered many an adventure, technically sometimes way ahead of the crew of the USS Enterprise, whose escapades were aired at roughly the same time. The series was especially famous for the use of ordinary household items, like plastic beakers, electric irons, etc., as props on the ship's bridge.

Rebirth in the Ooniverse

Commander McLane came into being again at 2084004 under the pseudonym of 'Jameson', but quickly was restored to his original name. His famous ship, the 'Orion', however, had been lost in the maelstrom of time and was replaced with an ordinary Cobra III. So his quest for becoming famous again and regaining a decent ship started. Now, at currently 2085323, about three and a half years later, he is a proud member of the Imperial Courier Owner's Club and can again look back on an impressive career with a killcount that just passed the 18000-mark and a comfortable financial cushion of over fourteen million credits in the bank. Currently located in Galaxy 8, he has two major objectives. He is having fun with a lot of assassinations, while at the same time trying to sell large amounts of precious metals for as high a price as possible. For the future beyond these pastimes—considering his financial and reputational background—he may be reflecting either one of two major options, namely an early retirement, continuing to fly his Imperial Courier only for leisure reasons, or starting another quest for Raxxla.

For the time being, however, his progress in any of his career activities is slowed down, mainly due to other activities that require a lot of his time and will be described in the next section.

Contributions to the commOonity

Commander McLane is also known as one of the major contributers of the Oolite Bulletin Boards and takes even a little pride in having been able to contribute some of his thoughts to the community. Among these are externalviews.oxp, that fixed some issues with the custom views of the ships of the original set and was included in Oolite itself since version 1.70 (making it obsolete as an OXP), and Anarchies.oxp (now in version 2.5).

He is working on some other OXPs, which are still very much work-in-progress, but one day hopefully will see the light of the world under the names of ghosts-from-the-past.oxp and equilibrium.oxp. Another work of his has been released as his first mission OXP under the name of Cataclysm.oxp. Other than that, he has spent some thoughts on variations of the economy in the game which ultimately lead to BlOomberg Markets OXP, and on the lack of an in-flight-communication system in Oolite, which has led to the small interstellar_help.oxp, and is toyed with by other scripters closer to the code as well. Furthermore it is giving him great pleasure to meet other well-known commanders out there in the Ooniverse, and (sometimes) to prematurely end their careers. Tidbits of his scripting can also be found scattered around in the Ooniverse, in other peoples' OXPs. He also may be persuaded to develop small fixes for issues which pop up in other players games, like creating a more even distribution of police ships, making Q-bombs behave like it is written in the book, or enabling players to keep track of their reputation.

Other interests of his include, but are not limited to, bug-squashing activities in recent versions of Oolite, requesting ever more methods, keys and commands for scripting, and more complicated quests like Understanding commodities.plist or the more occult features of quaternions.

A list of available OXPs made by him would have to include:

And now for something a little different

  • Commander McLane and the infamous Biargeian edible poet to Soylent green conversion scandle