Trumble

2017-06-29T21:39:53Z

74.104.133.182: Changed "reputably named after" to "reputedly named after"

'''{{PAGENAME}}s''' are small, round, rapidly breeding creatures. If too many breed within a [[ship]], they can be culled by overheating the ship near a star.<ref name="FAQ" >[http://www.elitehomepage.org/faq.htm#A8 Elite FAQ]</ref>

[[File:Trumble Elite C-64.gif|thumb|200px|Trumbles in Elite on the Commodore 64, 1985]]

Lady [[Kahina Tijani Loren]]'s only weakness seemed to be her fondness for trumbles.

Trumbles are not currently present in [[Elite Dangerous]]. They were a feature of the Commodore 64 port of [[Elite]].<ref name="FAQ" />

== '''Trumble Mission''' ==
The C-64 version, uniquely I believe, had the ‘Trumble’ mission too. Basically you’d be offered an exotic pet when you reached 6553.5 credits. This pet would sit in your cargo hold and then consume anything edible, eventually infesting your forward screen. The only way to get rid of them was to fly close to the sun and kill them off through excessive heat. They were clearly a nod to StarTrek’s Tribbles, but they were reputedly named after Donald and Douglas Trumbull, father and son pioneer team of many motion picture special effects.<ref>[https://www.drewwagar.com/progress-report/the-trouble-with-trumbles/ The Trouble with Trumbles - Drew Wagar]
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==Notes==
* Trumbles have some similarities to, and were likely inspired by, [[w:c:memory-alpha:Tribble|tribbles]] from the [[w:c:memory-alpha:Star Trek|Star Trek]] franchise, which pre-date them by 17 years

==References==
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[[Category:Alien life]]

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