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2024.05.12 21:18 Quiet-Builder3013 Are we cooked?

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2024.05.09 22:54 tikipunch4 LO help/feedback

LO help/feedback
Anyone have any LO feedback for me? I’ve been experiencing a little stutter here and there and wondering if I should remove or reorganize any of these.
Or should I just delete my cache and redownload them all? Any help is appreciated
LO 1. Unofficial Fallout 4 patch 2. You and what army 2 3. True storms 4. Cheat terminal 5. Campsite 6. SKK Fast start new game 7. A touch of life 8. Full dialogue 9. Lookup failed 10. Militarized minutemen 11. Place anywhere 12. Survival quick save 13. Immersive fallout (dlc) 14. Immersive fallout -reduced recoil 15. Heather casdin 16. Stronger dogmeat 17. Everyone’s best friend (dogmeat) 18. Companion infinite ammo and unbreakable power armor 19. WRVR radio 20. Old world tunes 21. Atomic radio 22. Reverb and ambiance overhaul 23 enhanced blood textures basic 24. Fallout 4 settlements reborn 25. No build limit - all dlc 26. HUD framework 27. Immersive HUD 28. New comics pack 29. Improved map with visible roads 30. Plutonium creatures 31. Ghouls of the commonwealth 32. Wastelands imports 33. RU556 - assault rifle 34. RU556 armory 35. K-9 harness -tactical body armor for dogmeat 37. See through scopes 38. Amazing follower tweaks 39. Bullet time for Xbox one 40. Enhanced lights and FX 41. The wasteland codex
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2024.05.08 22:55 Lonely-Structure-240 Why hasn’t my OER been submitted?

Why hasn’t my OER been submitted?
All parties have signed my OER since June 2023. Does anyone know why it hasn’t been submitted and in my iPERMS yet?
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2024.05.08 06:36 Negative_Store_4909 Finally retired my OGXB1 and bought a Series S, is this viable for my model?

Finally retired my OGXB1 and bought a Series S, is this viable for my model?
Before anyone asks I chose to break those AIO mods up resulting in 150 mods and a few kb leftover. I ECO only has synergy with West-Tek Optics that way, Far Harbor is a mess modding so I will skip it this play through so I trimmed there and there was just nothing else I could think of that small. Anyways here it is.
  1. Settlement Electricity Overhaul Revamped
  2. USO Base Game
  3. You and What Army 2
  4. Integrated Commonwealth
  5. Mutant Menagerie - Life Finds A Way
  6. Random Encounter Framework
  7. CClub - Slocum’s Joe
  8. The Rooftops - For Jumpers and Snipers
  9. Looted World
  10. Settlement Attack DLC Fix
  11. Buffed Minutemen Militia 2
  12. Raider Gangs Extended
  13. Loot Realism Collection
  14. Fallout 4 AI Overhaul
  15. NPC’s Travel
  16. Who’s The General
  17. Minimal Minutemen Radiants
  18. Keep Radiants in the Commonwealth
  19. S’more Workshop Stuff
  20. S’more Workshop Stuff Addon Slocum Joe’s
  21. Oil Lamps AIO
  22. Revamped Bright lights
  23. Northern Diggers Resources
  24. Housekeeping - Scavenger Deluxe
  25. Busy Settlers
  26. GOT - Gatherers Out There
  27. Manufacturing Extended expanded
  28. Commonwealth Landlord
  29. Slocum’s Joe Extras
  30. USO Season Pass
  31. USO NextGen Compatibility Patch
  32. Immersive Fallout (DLC)
  33. Bountiful Hunter
  34. Sprint Reload
  35. Auto-Loot Button
  36. Simple Attack & Death Reactions
  37. Oldschool Detection
  38. Everyone’s Best Friend
  39. Stronger DogMeat
  40. More Smarter Companions
  41. Settler and Companion Dialogue Overhaul Updated
  42. Reverb and Ambiance Overhaul
  43. Fallout 4 Enhanced Color Correction
  44. Vivid Weathers
  45. Vivid Weathers - Nuka-World
  46. Vivid Weathers - Autumn
  47. Vivid Weathers - No Ground Fog
  48. Boston Natural Surroundings (13.34mb)
  49. Optimized Vanilla Textures - Main
  50. Boston Ivy Grassland Green
  51. Classic Roads Lite
  52. Visible Galaxy 4k
  53. Bye Bye Clouds
  54. Blood Mist Overhaul
  55. Vivid Waters (Vivid Weathers)
  56. Sunlight Alignment Tweaks
  57. Smoother Sun Shadows
  58. PhyLight
  59. PhyDark (192)
  60. Enhanced Flickering Firelight
  61. Dynamic Light for Glowing Drinks
  62. Illuminated Billboards AIO
  63. Radioactive Signs
  64. Starlight Drive-In And Diner
  65. Bus Stop - Lighting
  66. Disable God Rays
  67. Disable God Rays - Nuka-World
  68. Disable Lens Flare
  69. Disable Lens Flare - Nuka-World
  70. Shadow Resolution 2048 > 512
  71. BlurKillerCOMPLETE
  72. Uncapped Settlement Surplus
  73. Fruitful Labor
  74. Settlement Attack Spawns Outside
  75. Equipment and Crafting Overhaul (ECO) - Redux
  76. Equipment and Crafting Overhaul (ECO) - Redux - Automatron Support
  77. Equipment and Crafting Overhaul (ECO) - Redux - Nuka World Suppord
  78. Equipment and Crafting Overhaul (ECO) - Redux - Far Harbor Support
  79. Equipment and Crafting Overhaul (ECO) - Redux - INNR Extension
  80. New Equipment Overhaul (NEO) - Base Game
  81. New Equipment Overhaul (NEO) - Automatron
  82. New Equipment Overhaul (NEO) - Far Harbor
  83. New Equipment Overhaul (NEO) - Nuka World
  84. New Equipment Overhaul (NEO) - INNRD an
  85. Natural Eyes for Fallout
  86. Glowing Animals Emit Light
  87. IMVR Regions and Grid (Default)
  88. Grease Rat Garbs - Vanilla
  89. PreWar Binoculars
  90. Modular Military Backpack Redux
  91. Pre-Walled Settlements
  92. Abernathy Pond
  93. Starlight Drive-In Restored Workshop Edition
  94. Clean and Simple - Hangman’s Aly
  95. Camp Tenpines Bluff - REDUX
  96. Goodfellow’s Diamond City Defenses
  97. Decorating Boston - Fallon’s Basement
  98. Rsiyo’s Location Pack
  99. Expanding Boston
  100. Fixed Hotel Rexford
  101. Functional Bridges Vanilla
  102. Stumble Upon Interiors
  103. Plenty ‘o’ Exploration
  104. Minutemen Watchtowers
  105. D.C. Glory Basic
  106. Nuka World Glory : Rise From Ruin
  107. Goodfellow’s Glorified Goodneighbor
  108. Atomic World 2.0
  109. Commonwealth Encounter Pack
  110. Tales From the Commonwealth
  111. Tales From the Commonwealth DLC
  112. West-Tek Optics Pack
  113. West-Tek Optics Pack - Tweaks
  114. West-Tek Optics Pack - ECO
  115. The Attachment Pack V1
  116. The Attachment Pack V1 Implementation Patch
  117. 10mm Pistol debulked remesh for Attachment Pack
  118. Dak’s Combat Rifle remesh REDUX
  119. Dak’s Combat Rifle Redux - West-Tek Optics Patch
  120. combat shotgun remesh rerig right hand
  121. Dak’s Assault Rifle Replacer REDUX
  122. Assault Rifle Reanimated for Dak’s Assault Rifle
  123. Combat Knife Animations
  124. BF1 Animations - Deliverer
  125. BF1 Animations Pack - Hunting Rifle
  126. Laser Rifle Reanimation
  127. Laser Weapons 1st Person Reposition
  128. FO4R - Gun Sounds Overhaul
  129. Bullet Impact Overhaul
  130. Proper Nuka Grenades explosions
  131. Helmet Lights
  132. PRIME Plus - Hydraulica-75
  133. PRIME - Icarus Prime
  134. Dynamic Power Armor - Unique Power Armor
  135. Place Anywhere
  136. STS - Base Game
  137. STS - Automatron
  138. STS - Vault-Tec
  139. STS Season Pass Extras
  140. A Touch Of Life - Basic
  141. Dismemberment Overhaul DLC
  142. Full Dialogue Interface
  143. Lookup Failed
  144. Pip-Boy Flashlight - Large
  145. Better Settlers
  146. What’s Your Name?
  147. Pre-Walled Sanctuary
  148. Sanctuary Village
  149. Borealis Landscape
  150. Borealis Landscape LOD
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2024.05.07 18:59 RedChipCompanies Red Cat Launches Robotics and Autonomous Systems Consortium to Bridge Critical UAS Technology Gaps for Warfighters

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, May 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Red Cat Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: RCAT) (“Red Cat”), a drone technology company integrating robotic hardware and software for military, government, and commercial operations, today announced the formation of the Red Cat Futures Initiative (RFI). RFI is an independent, industry-wide consortium of robotics and autonomous systems (RAS) partners dedicated to putting the most advanced and interoperable uncrewed aircraft systems into the hands of warfighters.
Anchored by Red Cat’s Teal Drones, the RFI unites the world’s most innovative UAS hardware and software companies focused on AI/ML, swarming, FPV, command and control, and payloads. Founding members include Ocean Power Technologies (NYSE: OPTT), Sentien Robotics , Primordial Labs , Athena AI , Unusual Machines , Reach Power , and MMS Products . The shared goal is advocacy, integrations and co-marketing that bridges considerable technology gaps through modular open architecture.
“One of many Teal Drone advantages is the modular design that allows for effortless swapping of propulsion, payload and other hardware based on the specific needs of warfighters,” said Jason Gunter, Red Cat Director of Special Programs. “Additionally, with Teal as a hub, we’ve already built a robust ecosystem of partners that specialize in AI and computer vision applications, 3D mapping, target acquisition, swarming, and other sUAS decision support features. The RFI formalizes this but is also a launchpad for co-marketing, tech collaboration, and grassroots advocacy.”
Red Cat developed this initiative to support the Pentagon’s desire to accelerate innovation for its Replicator initiative and the need for “attritable” autonomous systems across air, land, and sea. This includes the U.S. Army’s Short-Range Reconnaissance (SRR) Program. The consortium will collaborate to ensure requirements-based UAS production that meets the needs of specific missions, as well as reduce vendor lock-in and promote interoperability. The RFI will also focus on R&D and government advocacy that accelerates technology maturation.
“The need for the UAS sector to move quickly to meet the requirements of Replicator is more urgent than ever,” said Jeff Thompson, Red Cat CEO. “The needs of warfighters have shifted dramatically over the past several years, and the key to bridge technology gaps and accelerate maturation is co-innovation amongst hardware and software companies that span the entire value chain. The RFI will spearhead this mission and be a central place to showcase new capabilities and industry voices.”
Red Cat subsidiary Teal Drones builds its Teal 2 system, designed to support U.S. and allied military operations, public safety organizations, and government agencies, at its Utah facility. Teal 2 is a cost-effective, man-portable sUAS designed to “ Dominate the Night™ ” that has best-in-class night vision, multi-vehicle control support, and a fully modular design. It is both Blue UAS Certified and FAA Remote ID approved. Through technology partnerships, the RFI will exponentially expand the use cases for Teal Drones into multi domain (air, land, and sea) operations.
As a member-based consortium, RFI welcomes broad industry participation by companies of all sizes. Membership benefits include formal marketing support, dual reseller agreements, event and conference collaboration, letters of support for government lobbying, and inclusion in a technology “menu” for visibility and RFQs on the Teal website. For more information, or if you would like to get involved with the RFI, visit: https://redcat.red/solutions/futures-initiative/ .
About Red Cat, Inc. Red Cat (Nasdaq: RCAT) is a drone technology company integrating robotic hardware and software for military, government, and commercial operations. Red Cat’s solutions are designed to “ Dominate the Night™ ” and include the Teal 2, a small unmanned system offering the highest-resolution thermal imaging in its class. Learn more at www.redcat.red .
Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains "forward-looking statements" that are subject to substantial risks and uncertainties. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, contained in this press release are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements contained in this press release may be identified by the use of words such as "anticipate," "believe," "contemplate," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "seek," "may," "might," "plan," "potential," "predict," "project," "target," "aim," "should," "will," "would," or the negative of these words or other similar expressions, although not all forward-looking statements contain these words. Forward-looking statements are based on Red Cat Holdings, Inc.'s current expectations and are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Further, certain forward-looking statements are based on assumptions as to future events that may not prove to be accurate. These and other risks and uncertainties are described more fully in the section titled "Risk Factors" in the final prospectus related to the public offering filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements contained in this announcement are made as of this date, and Red Cat Holdings, Inc. undertakes no duty to update such information except as required under applicable law.
Contacts:
INVESTORS: E-mail: Investors@redcat.red
NEWS MEDIA: IndicateMedia Phone: (347) 880-2895 Email: peter@indicatemedia.com
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2024.05.07 00:25 Mission_Bandicoot707 Chance me for t25s

Demographics:
asian male low income ( first gen) (illnois) ( high school is ranked top 100 in country, 1100 student graduating class
Intended Major(s): economics/finance or pre law
ACT/SAT/SAT II: 29 ( shall not submit) 1420 Sat
UW/W GPA and Rank: 3.95/5.26 top 3 percent in graduating class
Coursework: 16 total aps
freshman: aphug- 5 ,ap chem -4
sophmore: ap physics 1- 3, ap lang- 2 ( ik), ap macro-4
Junior year: ap physics 2- prolly a 3, ap micro- 😔, ap seminar, ap lit, ap gov
senior year classes
ap stats, ap calc bc, ap enviro sci, ap csa, ap cogo, ap psych
Awards: not great
presidential volunteer service award
ap scholar with distinction
if you count it ( numerous chess trophies)
school top 50 gpa award
Extracurriculars:
varsity football jv: lacrosse - just player- no captain or anything
varsity chess team: starting member- represented schools in like state/city tournaments
president of my own chess academy: I started by own club where I would teach and set an environment where younger kids could learn and play chess- non profit
jobs: life guard, mover, and soon an internship with Mongolian Central Bank
Army SLE and NAVY SS
tutor of mongolian language at local mongolian school.
Essays/LORs/Other: math teacher 10/10- i love her class, econ teacher 7/10
essays- havent given much thought, most likely 7/10
Schools: Ivy leagues: UPenn, Yale, Princeton, Brown, Columbia, Harvard( i love donating money)
In state: Northwestern, U chicago, UIUC- gies school,
Out of state: Texas, wisconsin, duke, vandy, West point, and Naval academy
UCs: Davis, LA, San Diego, Irvine
LAC: amherst, tufts, bowdoin, swathmore, pomona.
Safeties: Just UIC ig.
reason for low unweighted: covid was a struggle for ap chem
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2024.04.30 00:58 r000ster No Radio Stations after creating a new character - help with identifying issue?

Hi everyone, as the title says, I'm having an issue where I start a new character and am unable to find any base game radio stations (Diamond City Radio, etc). This started happening after updating the UFO4 Patch today.
I'm certain this is a mod issue after making some changes to the list the last few days for a fresh playthrough.
I cleared my mod order and installed only a few mods (UFO4Patch, DamApo, Mutant Menagerie, Truestorms, Mojave Radio Freedom, FDI, Start Me Up) and was able to find Radio stations like normal.
Would like to know if anybody has ran into this issue before, what mod may have caused, and if it was fixable. Thank you!
My load order:
UFO4 PATCH
USO Base game
Dam Apocalypse Core 1.02
You and What Army 2
Mutant Menagerie
True Storms
True Storms: FAR HARBOR Weather
Mojave Radio Freedom
FDI - Full Dialogue Interface
LOokup FAILED
Unleveled World
Not Great Not Terrible - Scarier Geiger Counter
[XB1] Optimised Building Textures
Vivid Fallout AIO
True Grass ‘Lite’ + Grass Rework
Indubitable Ivy - Summer
Fallout Texture Overhaul - Stars
Wooden Shacks Re-Done
Custom .INI All-in-One
Disable Workshop Auto-Exit
Shadow Resolution 2048>512
Unlock Framerate/disable Godrays
BlurKillerCOMPLETE (XB)
Fixed Alpha Maps
Vanilla Cubemap Fix
Gloomy Glass
TLS Fallout 4 Subtle FPS Improvement
Time Scale and Other Global Tweaks
DamnApocalypse Loot 1.0.3
DamnApocalypse Power Armor 1.0.3
Minutemen Takeover - Nuka World
ECO
ECO Patches (all 3 of them+INNR)
Food Mod by PaddyGarcia
Arbitration - A gameplay Overhaul
Search and Destroy - Extended Stealth Searches
NPC Overhaul
SKK Combat Stalkers
Settlement Objects expansion pack - ALL DLC
USO season pass
USO performance boost patch
Rich Vendors + [Complete]
Settler and Companion Dialogue Overhaul Lite
Unlimited Companion framework
[SMM] Settlement Menu Manager
HUDFramework
IMVR (default)
Holotime- HUD Clock Widget
Locky Luke’s Locky You (XB1)
Immersive Fallout - Movement
Immersive Face animations REMADE
Immersive Animation Framework
Hardcore Health Overhaul
Wasteland Ballistics
Wasteland Medic
Wasteland Wound Care
Heavy Radiation Damage
Chem Visuals
Realistic Low Health
In-Game Third Person Camera Config
Fallout 4 3rdP Animations MGS AIO
Confident Idle MALE VERSION
3Rd Person ADS Animations/Style D
Better 3RD Person Firearms Handling
Weapon Drop Standalone
Simple killmoves -Resident Evil
Simple Attack Reactions
Simple Attack Reactions Speed Fix
A Simple Sleeping Bag
Light Flares and Chemlights
White Phosphor NVG
[XB1] Tactical Tablet 2.1
Tales from the Commonwealth
Tales from the Commonwealth DLC Patch
Lone Wanderer Fast Travel
Lone Wanderer DLC x2
Npcs travel
Plenty 'o' exploration
immersive Drumlin Diner xbox
Companion and NPC’s Face Replacer
K-9 Harness Tactical Body Armor
K-9 Harness Replacer
Stronger Dogmeat
Commonwealth 2.0 Megapack
[XB1] Simple Settlers (Mortal)
Flirty Commonwealth (Male Player)
Replace Brahmin with Eyebots
Boston - Less Enemies
Dead Financial district
Realistic Enemy Numbers - Exterior Only
WX Hair Colors (All Naturals)
Modern Enhanced Optics Display
Scarcity
Enhanced Blood Textures - Darker 1k
Werefull’s Realistic Blood Mod
Physics Impact Overhaul and Bullet casings
Bullet Impact Overhaul
Commonwealth Warfare Explosions (No Ear Ringing)
Immersive Squeaky Doors
Louder Project Reality Footsteps
NPC Footstep Overhaul
PRIME Plus - Hydraulica (-50 less volume)
Satafinix’s Sound Rework Bundle
Reverb and Ambiance Overhaul
Sound Zero
PhyDark(192)
True Nights for True Storms
Longer headlamp light distance
TreyM’s LUT Framework (Vanilla All in one)
TreyM’s Film Looks - CFL Apocalypse
Cheat Terminal [Xbox One]
Place Anywhere
SURVIVAL QUICK SAVE - No sleep
Start Me Up
SMU Nuka World Patch
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2024.04.27 22:43 LlamaMedic First PCS from NG to AD for FT Carson

TLDR: I have no idea how to PCS and the newcomer website seems confusing for a first timer. Essentially need all tips and suggestions on how I should do things.
Just signed my AD contract yesterday as I transition from NG to AD. I have a spouse and one child and have pretty much no idea how to PCS or potential funds if housing takes awhile. Does anyone have any tips/tricks?
I have 3wks until my arrival date, I want to get started on my housing request but need my UIC (I only know my BDE so far) I also have no idea how to set up the army packing up our stuffs etc.
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2024.04.23 23:17 Zyrthis LO Help

Down Below is my LO - I'm on series s and can't even make it into cambridge? Also for some reason the vault pad and doors for 111 disappear but I can use them?
Edit: By "Can't make it" I mean it crashes about where the landmines/cross road is
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2024.04.23 03:58 Zyrthis Is there anything wrong with this LO?

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2024.04.16 14:56 supernintendo128 Any advice? I learned last week that I'm getting laid off. 25 Applications later and no response.

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2024.04.15 23:51 maxihunter Alternate Star wars sequel trilogy

Movie 1:open with two brand new jedi going to resolve a trade dispute on Jakku between the New Republic which rules part of the Galaxy and the Union of Independent Planets(UIC) on Jakkcu they come across local Native Rey who brings them to the place where representatives between the N.R and U.I.C are arguing over two bombings that has occurred on the two governments capitals( Naboo for the New Republic and Raxus for the UIC) the Jedi try to have peace occur but the representatives from the U.I.C orders the N.R to pay or face war showing off an army of highly advanced Battle Droids the N.R meanwhile has been training an army of its own and a group of Mandalorian-Esc soldiers arrive to defuse tensions Eventually the treaty breaks down and both sides leave. the Two Jedi return to the Jedi Home world of Yavin 4 with Rey and inform the Council of Jedi composed of an Elderly Luke Skywalker an oldish Mace Windu(he survived his fall against Palpatine and ended up frozen in Carbonite for Decades for some reason) Askoka Tano, Ben Organa-Solo-Amidala- Naberrie-Skywalker(he took the last names of his grandparents when he got older), a Mon Calamari, A Quarren and A Wookie Named Gungi the order talks about trying to stop the war when an explosion goes off and Rey who has been brought as an observer pulls out a Red Lightsaber and Attacks and Kills both the Mon Calamari and the Quarren the Sky Above Yalvin 4 shows a fleet of Star Destroyers in the Sky and a fleet of Gunships descending Fade to black for movie 1
Movie 2: Opens with the Council facing Rey who reveals that she is a dark sider of the Order of Ren and serves the Might of the Grand Legion. she then jumps out a window and goes to the courtyard where thousands of Jedi are fighting off an Army of Dark Siders and Stormtroopers with hundreds of Jedi Dead on Both Sides. the Council joins the fight and the Grand Legion flees but not before launching a strike that damages the Temple Luke and Windu Hold up the Rubble before losing Strength and the Rubble Collapses on top of them. Ben finds their Bodies and in his Dying Breath Luke tell Ben to tell Leia that he loves her and becomes one with the Force Disappearing. Meanwhile the War between the N.R and the UIC begins with the Battle of Corellia that sees the Millennium Falcon Piloted by Ben's older brother Han Solo Jr and Chewbacca lead the N.R Forces and the Falcon be Shot down and destroyed in the battle. meanwhile on New Alderan Queen Leia the second daughter of Princess Leia wonders about the Future and invites her Parents to the Palace to Talk fade to Black Movie Ends
Movie 3: Opens with High Emperor Hux addressing his massive legions of clone Troopers and Acolytes as they go to War. the Legions March to their ships. the Jedi Order led meanwhile has sent it members to both the N.R and U.I.C to inform them of the threat except for Ben when goes to New Alderan to tell his family of Luke's passing on his way he meets his other sister Padme and her Husband a Gungan named Dar-Dar Binks who speaks Perfect English and a captain in the N.R Navy their two young Children Darby and Juba are also there as well. they arrive but before anything can happen a fleet of Star Destroyers appear in the sky it cuts to the Capitals of both the N.R and U.I.C and Destroy the Senate Buildings Killing the Ruling Bodies of the Galaxy in one fell Swoop as the Legions Descend they Kill any resistance including the Remaining Jedi as the Jedi are all but whipped out with only Ben and a group of 20 Padawans being the Only Survivors it cuts to N.A with Ben Feeling the Death of the Jedi and the Senate and runs to his family who is preparing to go into deep hiding and form a resistance as Ben, Padme and his Nieces return to the Ship to go into hiding Dar-Dar gets in his X-Wing and with ArtooD2s help leads an X wing Squadron to fight. the Star Destroyer fires at the Place just as Leia, Han, C3po and Leia the second prepare to leave and they are all killed with 3po's head being the only thing of him remaining meanwhile Dar-Dar is shot down and he is killed and Artoo badly damaged uploads a memory base into 3pos head and then shuts down for good. Ben finds an Base and together with a droids group will spend the next 2 Decades building up a resistance to fight the Movie Ends with the New Empire being founded and Taking over the Galaxy while leaving all the destroyed things there as reminders to those the defy them. in the ruins of New Alderan's capital Sits 3po's head where it will remain forever and it cuts to Rey looking over at Base that will have the power to Destroy Planets
End of the trilogy ends like how ROTS ended
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2024.04.12 05:22 lee_ai I’ve Read 50 Books in Japanese since starting ~3 years ago (my learnings + brief summaries) (long)

Hey everyone, I’ve just finished my 50th book in Japanese. Seeing as how I’ve been a member of the community for years now and have never really posted any progress updates, I figured this could be a good time to share a bit. Also I've always found these progress posts to be extremely motivating. This is one of many of my favorite posts that I used to read often for inspiration. A big part of me also regrets not writing more progress posts/updates from early on in my journey.
Warning: This is a little long. I haven’t written anything about my progress in the last ~3 years so this is making up for some of it. Also apologies if there's any bad formatting/mistakes. I've been a little sick for the last year so my thoughts might not be perfectly communicated.

TLDR

Background

I'm an American in my 20s and I started learning Japanese a little over 3 years ago on January 2021. I remember it well because it was literally my new-years resolution and I started on the very first day of 2021. I was living in Japan for a couple of months when I finally decided I could picture myself living here much longer and that investing time into learning the language properly was a no-brainer. I had basically zero experience. I knew common words like hello or thank you but nothing beyond that (not even the alphabet). The only Anime I have ever watched at that point was Death Note and some Studio Ghibli movies. My native language is English and I took some Spanish classes in high school. I don’t speak any other languages.

Timeline

My Reading Process

What I've Read

Where I'm At Now

Plans for the Future

Things I Would Tell my Past Self

Closing Thoughts

Thanks for reading! I hope this inspires you on your Japanese journey the same way others' posts have inspired me. I know the Japanese learning community can be a little confusing/negative at times so I hope this post counteracts that a bit.
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2024.04.09 10:31 Aa18kTNO Battle Sisters players: how do you practically keep track of buffs and debuffs?

Also applies to other factions that have many buffs and debuffs.
I was just browsing army forge, and I tried imagining playing Battle Sisters. With special rules and spells like Angelic Aura, Protective Aura, Holy Tears, Heretics, and Litanies, how do players usually keep track of which units currently have them? Colored tokens would be my first guess, but then you would still need to constantly lookup which color is which buff again. Maybe little notes with the buff names written on them?
How do you guys do it?
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2024.04.08 21:10 JokeOnYou2 Help with ID?

Help with ID?
I haven’t seen anything like this one before really, serial number lookup matches a bunch but closest match is a 1918 manufactured 1911 military, but it doesn’t have “US Army” markings and I wouldn’t expect a military weapon to have this kind of scrollwork? Anyone have any ideas?
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2024.04.06 14:47 maxihunter Alternate Sad Sequel Trilogy that makes the Sequel trilogy like the Prequels

Movie 1:open with two brand new jedi going to resolve a trade dispute on Jakku between the New Republic which rules part of the Galaxy and the Union of Independent Planets(UIC) on Jakkcu they come across local Native Rey who brings them to the place where representatives between the N.R and U.I.C are arguing over two bombings that has occurred on the two governments capitals( Naboo for the New Republic and Raxus for the UIC) the Jedi try to have peace occur but the representatives from the U.I.C orders the N.R to pay or face war showing off an army of highly advanced Battle Droids the N.R meanwhile has been training an army of its own and a group of Mandalorian-Esc soldiers arrive to defuse tensions Eventually the treaty breaks down and both sides leave. the Two Jedi return to the Jedi Home world of Yavin 4 with Rey and inform the Council of Jedi composed of an Elderly Luke Skywalker an oldish Mace Windu(he survived his fall against Palpatine and ended up frozen in Carbonite for Decades for some reason) Askoka Tano, Ben Organa-Solo-Amidala- Naberrie-Skywalker(he took the last names of his grandparents when he got older), a Mon Calamari, A Quarren and A Wookie Named Gungi the order talks about trying to stop the war when an explosion goes off and Rey who has been brought as an observer pulls out a Red Lightsaber and Attacks and Kills both the Mon Calamari and the Quarren the Sky Above Yalvin 4 shows a fleet of Star Destroyers in the Sky and a fleet of Gunships descending Fade to black for movie 1
Movie 2: Opens with the Council facing Rey who reveals that she is a dark sider of the Order of Ren and serves the Might of the Grand Legion. she then jumps out a window and goes to the courtyard where thousands of Jedi are fighting off an Army of Dark Siders and Stormtroopers with hundreds of Jedi Dead on Both Sides. the Council joins the fight and the Grand Legion flees but not before launching a strike that damages the Temple Luke and Windu Hold up the Rubble before losing Strength and the Rubble Collapses on top of them. Ben finds their Bodies and in his Dying Breath Luke tell Ben to tell Leia that he loves her and becomes one with the Force Disappearing. Meanwhile the War between the N.R and the UIC begins with the Battle of Corellia that sees the Millennium Falcon Piloted by Ben's older brother Han Solo Jr and Chewbacca lead the N.R Forces and the Falcon be Shot down and destroyed in the battle. meanwhile on New Alderan Queen Leia the second daughter of Princess Leia wonders about the Future and invites her Parents to the Palace to Talk fade to Black Movie Ends
Movie 3: Opens with High Emperor Hux addressing his massive legions of clone Troopers and Acolytes as they go to War. the Legions March to their ships. the Jedi Order led meanwhile has sent it members to both the N.R and U.I.C to inform them of the threat except for Ben when goes to New Alderan to tell his family of Luke's passing on his way he meets his other sister Padme and her Husband a Gungan named Dar-Dar Binks who speaks Perfect English and a captain in the N.R Navy their two young Children Darby and Juba are also there as well. they arrive but before anything can happen a fleet of Star Destroyers appear in the sky it cuts to the Capitals of both the N.R and U.I.C and Destroy the Senate Buildings Killing the Ruling Bodies of the Galaxy in one fell Swoop as the Legions Descend they Kill any resistance including the Remaining Jedi as the Jedi are all but whipped out with only Ben and a group of 20 Padawans being the Only Survivors it cuts to N.A with Ben Feeling the Death of the Jedi and the Senate and runs to his family who is preparing to go into deep hiding and form a resistance as Ben, Padme and his Nieces return to the Ship to go into hiding Dar-Dar gets in his X-Wing and with ArtooD2s help leads an X wing Squadron to fight. the Star Destroyer fires at the Place just as Leia, Han, C3po and Leia the second prepare to leave and they are all killed with 3po's head being the only thing of him remaining meanwhile Dar-Dar is shot down and he is killed and Artoo badly damaged uploads a memory base into 3pos head and then shuts down for good. Ben finds an Base and together with a droids group will spend the next 2 Decades building up a resistance to fight the Movie Ends with the New Empire being founded and Taking over the Galaxy while leaving all the destroyed things there as reminders to those the defy them. in the ruins of New Alderan's capital Sits 3po's head where it will remain forever and it cuts to Rey looking over at Base that will have the power to Destroy Planets
End of the trilogy ends like how ROTS ended
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2024.04.06 04:15 maxihunter alternate sad sequel trilogy

Movie 1:open with two brand new jedi going to resolve a trade dispute on Jakku between the New Republic which rules part of the Galaxy and the Union of Independent Planets(UIC) on Jakkcu they come across local Native Rey who brings them to the place where representatives between the N.R and U.I.C are arguing over two bombings that has occurred on the two governments capitals( Naboo for the New Republic and Raxus for the UIC) the Jedi try to have peace occur but the representatives from the U.I.C orders the N.R to pay or face war showing off an army of highly advanced Battle Droids the N.R meanwhile has been training an army of its own and a group of Mandalorian-Esc soldiers arrive to defuse tensions Eventually the treaty breaks down and both sides leave. the Two Jedi return to the Jedi Home world of Yavin 4 with Rey and inform the Council of Jedi composed of an Elderly Luke Skywalker an oldish Mace Windu(he survived his fall against Palpatine and ended up frozen in Carbonite for Decades for some reason) Askoka Tano, Ben Organa-Solo-Amidala- Naberrie-Skywalker(he took the last names of his grandparents when he got older), a Mon Calamari, A Quarren and A Wookie Named Gungi the order talks about trying to stop the war when an explosion goes off and Rey who has been brought as an observer pulls out a Red Lightsaber and Attacks and Kills both the Mon Calamari and the Quarren the Sky Above Yalvin 4 shows a fleet of Star Destroyers in the Sky and a fleet of Gunships descending Fade to black for movie 1
Movie 2: Opens with the Council facing Rey who reveals that she is a dark sider of the Order of Ren and serves the Might of the Grand Legion. she then jumps out a window and goes to the courtyard where thousands of Jedi are fighting off an Army of Dark Siders and Stormtroopers with hundreds of Jedi Dead on Both Sides. the Council joins the fight and the Grand Legion flees but not before launching a strike that damages the Temple Luke and Windu Hold up the Rubble before losing Strength and the Rubble Collapses on top of them. Ben finds their Bodies and in his Dying Breath Luke tell Ben to tell Leia that he loves her and becomes one with the Force Disappearing. Meanwhile the War between the N.R and the UIC begins with the Battle of Corellia that sees the Millennium Falcon Piloted by Ben's older brother Han Solo Jr and Chewbacca lead the N.R Forces and the Falcon be Shot down and destroyed in the battle. meanwhile on New Alderan Queen Leia the second daughter of Princess Leia wonders about the Future and invites her Parents to the Palace to Talk fade to Black Movie Ends
Movie 3: Opens with High Emperor Hux addressing his massive legions of clone Troopers and Acolytes as they go to War. the Legions March to their ships. the Jedi Order led meanwhile has sent it members to both the N.R and U.I.C to inform them of the threat except for Ben when goes to New Alderan to tell his family of Luke's passing on his way he meets his other sister Padme and her Husband a Gungan named Dar-Dar Binks who speaks Perfect English and a captain in the N.R Navy their two young Children Darby and Juba are also there as well. they arrive but before anything can happen a fleet of Star Destroyers appear in the sky it cuts to the Capitals of both the N.R and U.I.C and Destroy the Senate Buildings Killing the Ruling Bodies of the Galaxy in one fell Swoop as the Legions Descend they Kill any resistance including the Remaining Jedi as the Jedi are all but whipped out with only Ben and a group of 20 Padawans being the Only Survivors it cuts to N.A with Ben Feeling the Death of the Jedi and the Senate and runs to his family who is preparing to go into deep hiding and form a resistance as Ben, Padme and his Nieces return to the Ship to go into hiding Dar-Dar gets in his X-Wing and with ArtooD2s help leads an X wing Squadron to fight. the Star Destroyer fires at the Place just as Leia, Han, C3po and Leia the second prepare to leave and they are all killed with 3po's head being the only thing of him remaining meanwhile Dar-Dar is shot down and he is killed and Artoo badly damaged uploads a memory base into 3pos head and then shuts down for good. Ben finds an Base and together with a droids group will spend the next 2 Decades building up a resistance to fight the Movie Ends with the New Empire being founded and Taking over the Galaxy while leaving all the destroyed things there as reminders to those the defy them. in the ruins of New Alderan's capital Sits 3po's head where it will remain forever and it cuts to Rey looking over at Base that will have the power to Destroy Planets
End of the trilogy ends like how ROTS ended
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2024.03.07 12:43 AlienNationSSB Alien-Nation Chapter 199: Rosemary and Thyme

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Rosemary and Thyme

Natalie let out a screech of joy, absolute exuberance radiating through her. HE DID IT! Elias had survived! Somehow he'd made it out of the fighting in one piece and managed to make it home! Now she'd just have to find him, and pull him out of whatever it was he was doing, and convince him to come back with her to Braxis away from all this trouble, and... and... Though, that was a lot of blood, wasn't it? Was it all his? Well, the red could be. The blue stains certainly weren't. Glancing around her at the red droplets standing starkly against the white bathroom tiles, she felt her momentary joy wither into almost nothing. How much blood could a human safely lose? Everyone had said they were extremely resilient, but...
She quickly bent down and plucked the formerly white shirt up from the basket, despite the uncleanliness. To the Depths with hygiene. The blood was dry, and she held the fabric in her hands with something close to affection, cherishing it for what it was - proof that Elias had survived. Proof of the connection between them both, proof that he cared.
He had been alive then, but what about now? She wasn't a forensics expert, she had no idea how much blood this even was, and what it really meant. The possibilities disturbed her and she tried hard not to focus on them, and fall into an emotional tailspin. He'd made it home, that was undeniable. He'd come home, showered, and slept in that bare room. And then he got up and left, destination unknown. Maybe that was why his room was bare, maybe he'd packed up his things, taken them with him to wherever he was now- but...
Why would he be doing that?
Her worries began to cascade. Was he leaving the state? Going into hiding? Was he running away, leaving the rest of his old life behind? The sudden fright made her head spin. What was keeping him here if his resistance had been destroyed? And it had been, hadn't it? The whole bridge of the Hekate was celebrating on that presumption. Cheering over Elias's death. The entire state was probably going to be made to do the same, tonight. Natalie didn't want him to be just a memory.
This was all her fault. If she hadn't run away, then she could have stopped this.
Natalie had been on the cusp of sobbing, and that thought brought her over the edge. She clutched the shirt tightly against her chest, and buried her face in it as she cried, feeling her heart crashing down under the weight of her failure. "I'm sorry," she choked out into the fabric, her chest seizing as she wheezed. "I should have- I should have stayed. I should have listened! I'm sorry Elias- sorry-" she repeated. Why didn't she call? Why didn't she come to his house and ring the doorbell until it fell off?! She could have saved him from all of this! Every breath she had to fight for, her chest squeezing and refusing to relent until she managed painful violent spasms, tears blurring her until she was practically blind.
"M'row?" Bear's cry was an interrogative, and it helped pull her from her stupor as he brushed up against the back of her leg, his eyes wide and concerned. Caring. She bent down and scratched him, but he refused to stop leaning against her leg until she scooped him up and held him to her chest. His 'purrs' reverberated through her hand as he nuzzled into it, the unsteady rhythmic vibrations oscillating with his breaths, before he looked up at her, as if to see if his attempts to cheer her up were working. It was strangely soothing, and she smiled down at him, only for him to purr even harder.
"Thanks, Bear," she said, knowing he would understand even though he didn't speak English. He squinted in response as she cradled and rocked him for a few seconds, closing her eyes and pulling herself together.
Natalie gave Bear another gentle squeeze, and resolved that she could either be dismayed that Elias was probably hurt, or she could be happy he had lived. The latter definitely took precedence. No matter how frustrating it was having to move through the fog of uncertainty, she could still find solace and strength. Wasn't that what Elias had told her?
She gave Bear a kiss on the head and sat him down outside the bathroom, and got to work wrapping the blue and red blood stained shirt up in a bath towel, fitting it snuggly in her bag. This was a damning piece of evidence if there ever was one, and she couldn't just leave it lying out here for anyone else to find.
Stepping out into the hallway and closing the door to the bathroom so Bear wouldn't find his way back in, she was left wondering, 'now what?'
Bear, apparently satisfied that his work was done, casually began walking down the stairs.
Oh, right.
Ups and downs aside, everything she'd done up here had been a major overstep of her bounds, and Bear had the right idea. With a sigh of slight resignation, she started her way back down the staircase, unsure of exactly how she should proceed. There were a series of small, imaginative portraits on the wall along the staircase that she somehow hadn't noticed earlier. Some of them were quite vivid and beautiful, with artfully blended color. Humans, in their element, she supposed. She wondered if these were printed, or painted by hand, and the thought proved a welcome distraction as she wandered around the ground floor, nearly aimless until she came to the one room she'd never yet visited.
It was around a corner at the end of a hall. The door was open, and the interior was almost pitch black. She could see the outline of windows across the room, shuttered so tightly that they let in almost no light at all. Slight reflections shone out in the darkness, catching on metal objects whose shape she could barely discern as she peered inside. Natalie didn't particularly like the dark, especially the dark of an alien world that would largely see her dead if it got the chance, but today had been an emotional tsunami, and she refused to let herself feel fear. That was the pep talk she gave herself anyway, as she fished out her omni-pad again and went to switch on the illuminator.
As she stepped across the threshold, before her fingers even finished selecting the option on her pad, there was a series of distant beeps and clicks, and she jumped as power suddenly returned to the ancient house. Warm yellow light exploded into the room from the fixtures above, chasing out the dark in an instant. She lifted her head and looked around, but immediately froze. Not out of fear, but realization of what exactly this wondrous room was.
The house's Library.
His room upstairs may have been the object of speculation for millions of young women on 2tusk, but it was immediately clear to her that this was where Elias's soul resided.
Shelves upon shelves, upon shelves of books, each reaching up to the ceiling and lining almost every wall. It was amazing, she'd seen private libraries stocked with physical books before, but never this many. How did the humans reach all of these? Did they climb up onto the cabinets and stand on their toes, or climb up the shelves themselves, step after step, every time they wanted to retrieve something from the top? Looking around, she didn't see a ladder.
There was a fireplace on the far wall, a beauty in its own right, and even it had its own shelf absolutely full of books right above the mantle. Stepping further into the room, she slowly turned, gawping up at the endless volumes. Her gaze slipped down past the shelves and onto the richly appointed leather chairs, a small cylindrical dark wood end table sitting near one, and the plush dark red patterned carpet below. It was similar to the one in the hallway she saw earlier, though perhaps older, and certainly warmer.
At first she'd walked past the strangely shaped human desk, but she noticed the corner of a familiar looking notebook poking out from underneath the mostly-closed shutter, and carefully pulled it free.
She paged through it, some part of her blindly hoping for a map, or a note, or something of use, but only found strings of numbers and half-written phrases that made no sense. Some sort of code, she supposed. Much of it was completely incomprehensible, and she could only guess at the meaning. Some words and numbers were circled, some had arrows pointing at or away from them, and some were crossed out altogether with large, ragged X's. She could only imagine these were logistics ledgers, or some kind of operations planning that needed particular ordering. She noted a recurring set of hieroglyphs on several pages, a triangular tent preceding a human skull. Though as to what exactly that meant, she couldn't guess. She kept paging through, intrigued by the puzzle he'd left behind, and hoping beyond hope that there would be something she could use inside.
Some pages had been torn completely free, going by the paper remnants wrapped around the metal binder spring. There were even a few rough sketches, almost certainly drawn while his mind was wandering. Fractal patterns, little spirals spinning off to nowhere, and a tracing of a human coin, capturing many features of the man engraved on it. She managed a soft smile, remembering how he'd occasionally finish taking notes and pass the time doing this while waiting for Natalie to catch up.
Doodles aside, it seemed like he'd been very careful to not make the contents of the book easy to understand. With some reluctance, she folded it shut, admonishing herself. Here she was, flipping through pages of his thoughts just the way he'd feared the 'mind-wiper' might. She could only hope he would understand her reasons for doing it, just like everything else she'd done today. After a few experimental pushes and pulls she managed to roll the wooden slats up their tracks, opening the desk up fully.
She sat the strange code book down on the desk close to where she'd found it, and tucked further back behind that she saw another notebook that she actually recognized- full of their translation notes from the book they'd worked on together.
In so many ways, the last time she had seen that book had been a better time in her life- she wondered if she was old enough to be nostalgic. She ran a hand across it, and let her eyes wander over the rest of the now-opened desk. Before her eyes was a treasure trove of trinkets. Clipped 'newspaper' headlines about Emperor, a set of beautiful carved six-sided dice she was almost afraid to touch, a few vibrant differently-patterned and sized feathers, tips resting in an inkwell, a small stack of library cards stuffed into a thin translucent container, all of them with Elias's picture, but each one had a different name. She had never seen forgeries before- or were these genuine?
To her surprise, she recognized the cover of the largest book- it was the Talay yearbook. She pulled it free and opened it to where a piece of paper had been folded neatly within, just slightly peeking out of the book, opening it to her page. The folded paper within was from a newspaper clipping of him handing a 'relay baton' to her. The photographer had perfectly managed to capture the way he had leaned over the fence toward her, holding out the red metal cylinder like a bouquet of roses. She grinned at how shocked she looked. She'd never expected to get a boy's attention, let alone like that. But he'd made his interest clear, even back then, and she felt her heart ease slightly. He didn't hate her.
There were athletic awards tucked further back in one of the desk's cubbies. She remembered how the fight at the party had spoiled the year's athletics, getting the teams disbanded entirely for the year. She hadn't wanted the punishment meted out, but her mother was adamant that something be done, and had leaned on no less than the state Governess herself to get it through. That Natalie was also out of the sporting world seemed to be an afterthought- especially after she was grounded for 'stealing' the family car.
Something to the far side of the wide desk seemed to glint in the light, catching her eye. A rough, torn piece of neosteel, distinctive in its coloration and sheen. It looked almost like shrapnel, blasted free of whatever it was supposed to be a part of. Wrapped around it was a length of thin electrical wiring, sheathed in a transparent coating. There was a matchbook next to the hunk of metal, with the logo in a stylized font reading 'Lucky's Bar,' and a four leafed clover behind the text. To the side were a pair of tourist shot glasses- one of Dover, and one of Lewes beaches. Mementoes of a different half of his life, she supposed.
Separated neatly by some invisible line was a section of older, more personal items. There was a small book, very old and quite different to any other she'd ever seen. It appeared to be bound together by rough string, and when she opened it she found it was full of leaves, each one pressed flat between the pages. Somehow this preserved some of their shape and color in the paper. There were names of trees above the leaves, written in a rough pencil scrawl unlike Elias's handwriting, and she considered that given its apparent age, it might have belonged to his grandmother. Or grandfather, more likely.
There had been a swiss army knife sitting beneath it, heavier than it looked, unlike most things she found on Earth. Next to it was a thin wooden stick of no particular distinctiveness, and a lone white feather. Her eyes were drawn to a ball of white string, and then behind it to a clear glass bottle full of impossibly brightly colored sands, each colorful segment segregated sharply from the next. It had a few sparkling stickers applied to the outside that almost danced in the light as she turned it in her hand. The concept was so simple, and yet so strikingly beautiful. Had he made this? She almost felt like swooning.
Despite the pleasant feelings, she started putting everything back the way it had been when she'd found it, and closed the wooden slat shutter down. She'd been straying too far from utility, and ended up intruding on his heart and soul. Natalie slowly turned around, observing the room, and considered how much this space reflected who he really was. This was the boy she knew.
The nearest section of shelves contained a collection of books that seemed different to all the others. The bottom row's covers were all glossy, and they were taller, too, but no thinner for it. They were school textbooks, she realized, remembering how he'd shown her the old instructional materials at the school library- how she'd admired the hand-drawn art to explain the concepts contained within.
Yet many of these seemed even older than those had been. The variety of subjects and even methods of binding the pages astonished her. Some of these even seemed like they were made with real leather, the embossed letters shining with some kind of reflective metal foil.
On top of a waist-high cabinet, in front of the bottom shelf, a small stack of books had been left out, as if waiting to find their place up on the crowded shelves.
Bands of clear tape had been applied along the spines of this loose collection, each one holding on a piece of paper containing a unique series of numbers. A collection of library books- likely something to do with the collection of false library cards. She guessed that Elias had no intention of returning them. She imagined he'd done so to rescue them, since each title she read was one he'd mentioned had been banned for controversy, even back in human days- Orwell's 1984, Huxley's "Brave New World", the Giver, a work by "Bradbury, and a few others besides. While ownership wasn't technically illegal, she knew he'd mentioned they'd all but disappeared off the bookshelves, and vanished from every school's curriculum.
There was even a collection of poems printed out and crudely stapled together, left open on 'Hollow Men' by T.S. Eliot.
The next pile had a tall, glossy-covered book on the subject of human space flight, pre-contact, and a cross-sections book on the achievements of humankind, documenting the 'how' and even the 'who' that had created them. There were also a few biographies, and autobiographies too.
Letterbooks by Washington, the lettering gold against the cloth spine, nestled next to '>Letters from the Founding Fathers, compilation,' with each named and numbered. Plato's Republic, and letters from Julius Caesar, Meditations, by Marcus Aurelius, and another printed out book, this time more helpfully titled 'Julian the Apostate' Natalie had never heard of the last one but assumed, given the section she was browsing seemed quite old, that it must have been so long ago that the dangerous words the man had uttered had since lost their potency. She saw The History of Alexander, and writings of Plutarch with a piece of paper tucked inside the last one as either a bookmark or guide, Natalie didn't dare disturb it to sate her own curiosity.
The last section along this side of the wall was one she couldn't help noticing had gathered the most dust, with an old cobweb hanging over the top corner. Volume after volume, all Shakespeare and seemingly assembled piecemeal out of whatever printing he found. And inexplicably, a copy of King Arthur and His Knights. How often had he spoken to her of Warrior Kings and their knights? Then, she glimpsed a thin yellow-and-black book- and as she tilted her head in confusion, saw another- and then, one more. She pulled one free and flipped it around, staring at the front cover for one long moment. 'Cliffsnotes. She lifted the other in disbelief- 'Sparknotes'.
"You little cheat!" She sniggered, remembering the disdain he'd expressed for students who relied on books like these to pass. "'For the small minded', huh?" She quoted his derision, and regretted it the moment the words had left her mouth, even though he wasn't there. She was a guest here, in his soul. She had no way to know how old he was when he'd used these- certainly, it had been a few years. Or maybe he'd just read them after the source material? His scorn might have been reserved only for those who used them to pass tests without having ever touched the actual material. She imagined how he might flush red when confronted with them, and smiled to herself softly, before carefully setting the two books back. He had a father, and one mother, which on this planet was a full set of parents. He even had a sibling. She'd heard humans call it a 'nuclear' family, which she supposed was some sort of metaphor about nuclear fission, though how nuclear fission represented stability was beyond her. His family were the ones who fed and housed him, but this was his upbringing, right here.
These texts had raised him, steeped him in that strong sense of 'right' and 'wrong', and given him the will to fight for it. Without them, who would he be?
In a way, then, this was the most dangerous collection of texts in the whole galaxy. Yet it had also made Elias into someone the Planetary Governess's court saw fit to pin a medal to. Certainly he'd been brave enough, the escape had been narrow, and he'd tried very hard to protect her. Faced genuine dangers. As if responding to her thoughts, she saw the pale platinum glimmer of the Service Moon Medal, hanging from a peg in the back of the desk. They'd idolized him for his bravery in the most literal sense, and he was braver than they even knew. What a contradiction.
If they knew what he was capable of, would they seek to destroy him, or would they study him? Seek to replicate him across dozens, or even hundreds of gifted little boys, each time tweaking what they thought made him who he was ever so slightly? Figure out which books they'd need to take away, and which they'd need to provide in order to produce another, more manageable copy of the boy she loved. An 'Elias without Emperor'. Was something like that even possible? The thought disgusted her. She gazed up at the wall of bookshelves. No. The aspirations he held were what drove him to boldness. At best, they would create a boy lacking the tools to act, but not the spirit.
Perhaps they'd settle for that.
Moments passed, and she felt that swirl of emotions deflate. None of that would happen, because she wouldn't let it happen. She'd find Elias, and she'd get him out of whatever mess he was in- either that, or he'd find her. In the meantime, the only thing she could do was wait around. She walked across the soft carpet and took the reading chair near the desk, running an idle finger across the metal studs and examining the way the stretched animal hide still fit tightly despite its age. It really did make for a comfortable seat, all things considered. She could imagine spending a few hours there, comfortably reading, or hunched over and writing under the light on his desk.
Pulling her omni-pad out onto her lap was more habit than anything else, and she considered calling Elias. Her finger danced around his contact, and the little photo of his startled face from when she'd surprised him with her omni-pad selfie a few months ago. Was there any point to calling? He hadn't responded to any of her texts or messages so far. Maybe he just hadn't had the time, she had to acknowledge that his followers might be less than understanding if they found him slipping off to call a Shil'vati noblewoman.
It wasn't hard to imagine the social 'faux pas' an omni-pad going off in the midst of an intense meeting of grizzled, hard-core insurgents debating their next move after that disastrous battle would cause either. She giggled, glad she could still laugh away a little bit of the tension.
She sat back in the expansive leather chair, leaning into its embrace, and held up her omni-pad. The screen was off, and she felt that strange nameless feeling she'd experienced so many times since coming to Earth. This sense of ancient intelligence, juxtaposed against the modern technology every single visitor to this planet brought with them. There was more computing power currently being held in the palm of her hand than most pre-contact human universities had ever been able to assemble.
It felt like time travel, in a way. Like she was some secret visitor to the past, exploring history before it had even been made. And this room embodied exactly that, history. Even by human standards it was practically a museum, and she loved it. Even his desk lamp was from a much earlier era, going by its shape and style. She couldn't imagine it was any younger than 30, maybe 40 human years old, at the least. And that was probably the 'newest' piece of technology in this room.
Well, not counting the two omni-pad charging docks.
They were sitting on a small table off in the corner of the room, almost like an afterthought. She was surprised he didn't just keep them in his bedroom like she had. One of them was dark and sleek, but with crisp glossy edges and softly glowing lights like little muted bursts of color just under the surface of a black pond. The epitome of modern omni-pad charging technology, or nearly so. The same as the omni-pad it belonged to. She was intimately familiar with the model, since it had belonged to her before she'd gifted it to Elias.
The other one was a dull, sickly off-white color with rounded edges and a static UI. The omni-pad it was meant to pair with wasn't much better, and could barely even support holographic projection. They were like something her great great great great grandparents would have used, maybe, and Earth's school system was offloading them onto students by the millions as part of a youth integration program. Technically she'd qualified for one as well, but was quick to decline. She wasn't even sure what she would have done with one.
They were so old they didn't actually even work with modern tech, and users had to get special adapter programs for just about everything. Morsh had mentioned that she thought it was probably on purpose, so the humans couldn't gain access to anything but their own domestic data-nets and whatever information the planetary government loaded onto them.
The pad she'd given Elias was probably the least restrictive an omni-pad could be - at least as far as civilian ones went. It was registered entirely under her name and house credentials, and could legally circumvent almost any localized restrictions just about everywhere in the empire. The Interior even had to jump through special hoops just to gain access or monitor it. In hindsight, she was very glad for that fact, considering Elias's 'line of work.'
"Wait..." She muttered aloud.
A thought struck her. His omni-pad is registered entirely under my name. The words echoed through her head again and again.
The pad wasn't actually the galaxy's latest and greatest anymore, but it had been nearly top of the line when it came out, and each model in its series had a GPS tracker the owner could activate if it got lost or stolen, accurate to within less than a foot! She could just... submit a request through her account, and get the feature activated.
Natalie bit her lip.
There was a problem, a big one. He'd made her promise to never track his omni-pad, ever, under any circumstance. In hindsight it made a whole lot of sense, he'd probably been worried she'd drop in on him at his secret hideout, or during some kind of important insurgent mission somewhere. 'Hey Elias! Just thought I'd drop by and say hello, are you and your friends setting up for hell-oween?'
Natalie cringed. She was sure she'd have enough sense to not be that oblivious, even before she knew about Elias's life as Emperor, but she still felt like an idiot just imagining it.
So, if the cat was out of the wicker basket on this one, did the promise she made him even still count? She knew Elias's secret- or the major parts of it anyway. He throws on a tight black outfit with gloves and a mask every night, and unfortunately it's not cosplay. Still, a promise was a promise. Humans had a full conception of things like honor and vows, her boyfriend especially. And what was she going to do, show up and say 'Hey so I broke my promise and used your omni-pad to track you. Also I broke into your house and touched some of your stuff. Want to go hold hands at the ice cream shop and put this terrorism stuff behind you.
How would that make her look? Elias wasn't stupid, he'd realize how she'd found him. What good would her word as a woman be to him, let alone as a noblewoman, if she broke it?
Then she looked down at her bag, and thought about the shirt inside it, crusty and stained that terrifying deep umber red from the dried blood.
She could sit on principle, let him die to some Marine assault squad doing insurgent clean-up, or let him run out into hiding somewhere never to be seen again and think about him and what she lost for the rest of her life until she died of old age. Or she could find him. Tell him she loved him, and wanted to help.
The menus were simple and straightforward, and with maybe half a minute of tapping her screen she was at the confirmation window, her finger hesitating over the final button.
I'm the worst, she thought to herself. But it's for a good cause.
Was this how her mother felt, all those times she'd conducted the Empress's dirty work? As she had to fund, organize, recruit for, and then manage teams of unscrupulous scientists performing genetic engineering? Breaking a promise to a cute boy should have been the easier weight to carry, but somehow it didn't feel like it was.
Maybe she could call Amilita, tell her that Elias wasn't in the car with his family after all, and that his parents had no idea where he was- No, no that couldn't happen. The last thing he needed was more Marines looking for him, especially right now. Them finding him would pretty much be the worst case scenario.
She'd have to do it. She'd have to break her promise. It was either that, or sit in this chair and let fate grab her by the ponytail and lead her wherever it wanted. She pressed the button before she could talk herself out of it, and hoped he'd forgive her.
There was a loading screen, much to her surprise, and it lasted a whole fourteen seconds before giving her the results. It took another ten seconds on top of that for her to make sense of what she was reading.
It was nearby.
Just up the street!
Bear had just crouched to hop up into her lap when she leaped to her feet.
She was too excited, she knew there was still danger, there was a good chance Elias wasn't alone, after all- so she shouldn't arrive alone, either. It didn't take more than a second's thought before she called the one person she knew she could rely on. "Morsh?" She asked as soon as the connection went through.
"Yeah, kid? What's up? Did you find him?"
"No... Not exactly. I just, I might be about to, and thought maybe it would be good if you were around." Morsh's response had been fast, too fast. "Wait a second, are you planetside?"
"Of course," she said, as if it was the simplest and most straightforward thing in the world. "I'm not irresponsible enough to be more than two hours away up in space while you're wandering around down here playing heroine. Managed to get a fleet vehicle, pretty much tapped out the bribe purse."
"But mom is up there all-"
"If the Hekate is under some kind of attack serious enough to need me there, then I think we've got bigger issues. I'm just here to make sure nothing too bad happens."
The tracker being tracked, she mused.
"I've got a position on the omni-pad I gave him, that's all. But...I mean if the person there isn't him..."
"Got it. Go ahead, I'll have eyes on you, enjoy your walk."
"You're not going to give me a ride?"
You've been cooped up in that room of yours for two weeks, you need the exercise.
It was a short enough walk, probably about a half-mile, now that Natalie thought about it. Still, being so far from the car bothered her, even with Morsh somewhere up in the air above her. Then her thoughts came back to Elias, as they often did. He walked all the way from his house to the canal where he'd been waylaid by Morsh and her over a year ago now. She could manage a short walk.
A few minutes up a steep hill later, and she was regretting her decisions, even as she was getting near to where the program said the omni-pad supposedly was. Much like his room, there was no Elias in sight.
She groaned in frustration.
The more she studied the map, the more confused she was. It was supposed to be next to the road right ahead of her, but there was nobody there.
She sent a command for the omni-pad to rise, only to startle as it wobbled up out of the shaggy grass to hover in front of her.
Was she too late? Had he already left the state?
The pad was still functional- though it had clearly been thrown hard enough to take some damage. She felt her lips downturn with worry as she stepped forward to pluck the thing out of the air. Had looters stolen it from Elias's house, and thrown it away once they realized they couldn't get in?
She checked its 'last unlock' time, and her breath caught in her throat. Someone had activated it- just a half an hour ago! The device was locked to him only- and Natalie. That could only mean... She practically exploded, laughing with girlish glee and jumping up and down, clutching the now worse-for-wear pad to her chest.
"What is it, did'ya find a pair of his underwear or something?" Morsh asked from the still-live connection.
"He's alive! Morsh, Morsh he's ALIVE!" Confirmation, and true validation.
"Hey that's great kid, he's what, sixteen? I've heard they live past a hundred. So, what's our next move?"
Of course Morsh hadn't understood the stakes, what she'd been through- or what he'd undoubtedly been through. Then it occurred to Natalie that she didn't have a good answer for Morsh's question.
So he's alive. And not here. Now what? Again she felt the creeping shameful sensation that she'd broken her word for nothing.
But something nagged her as she looked around. He'd been so careful with her gifts, treating the omni-pad like it was the most delicate thing in the world, afraid to even let go during their virtual reality personal 'streaming' sessions in case the gravitic manipulator didn't kick in. He'd worn the shirt she'd given him to battle- clearly, they still meant something to him. So how did it end up that his omni-pad was thrown away with enough force that it actually managed to dent, and damage one of the gravity generators that kept the device afloat.
Stopping everything for just a moment to breathe in, and then slowly breathe out, she looked at the neighborhood around her. There was an unnatural, rectangular gap in the canopy above her, with broken branches and leaves all over the ground, and a few other items sitting in the grass not far from where the omni-pad had been hidden at first.
His school omni-pad was there too, and when she stepped over to it, she saw something that gave her pause- an officer's laspistol on the side of the narrow patch of asphalt, next to a bunch of broken off branches.
Trouble. That meant trouble. Almost certainly.
An officer had lost her sidearm- but there weren't many assigned to Delaware. She carefully picked it up and gazed skyward through that hole in the canopy, watching Morsh coming down in her borrowed car.
"Hey, kid, looks like you found some hardware. Did you win it in a game of dice?"
"No, I just found it, here on the side of the street."
Morsh's silence probably meant she was thinking, too.
Natalie kept looking through the hole in the canopy, trying to think. It was, if her guess was right, almost exactly the right size for Morsh's borrowed fleet car.
"Omni-pad, call Amilita." Natalie muttered, not taking her eyes off the vehicle. A second later, the ranking officer of the Delaware Garrison answered. The old family friend's expression seemed strained. Unsurprising, given the last few days. Natalie felt grateful she'd even taken the time to answer a young noblewoman's call.
"Yes, Nataliska?"
"...I'm..." What was Natalie even going to say? What not to say might be just as important. "...I'm...looking for Elias," she swallowed. "Again." She made it sound like he had run off from her, and hoped the acting State Governess didn't think she was being bothered to settle a lover's quarrel. She also hoped the Marines hadn't taken him. Fortunately, Amilita didn't say anything to that effect.
"And I'm looking for my wayward Captain," Amilita answered, a humorless smile that tugged tight on her thinned lips. "Afraid she's gone missing, too."
"I- There's an officer's laspistol here," Natalie offered, holding it up for the camera.
"Where's 'here'?" Amilita asked, tone suddenly serious. There was something terrible hidden within her tone.
"Right next to Elias's omni-pads, just down the street from his house. The one I gave him is badly damaged, somehow."
Amilita's expression was frozen, something between a polite smile, and wild-eyed alarm, as if she was just barely failing to restrain herself. "Anything else? Anything at all?"
"Well, I flew by an officer's car on the way here."
"Where was it going?"
"I don't know. North? It didn't seem to be ascending, which I thought was a bit odd."
"Right. Stay there. I'll handle this, okay?" Amilita was putting on her officer's coat and grabbing things from around the room, the omni-pad was having a difficult time keeping up as the titanic woman paced back and forth across the spacious office before she ended the call.
"Hey kid," Morsh chimed in. "It sounds like whatever the situation is, Amilita isn't in control of it. She has a terrible 'poker face', that thing she mentioned about an AWOL soldier? She thinks there's a connection there, between her and whatever this thing with the pistol and Elias is."
If it wasn't on Amilita's orders, then... the empire undoubtedly had their suspicions. Or at least someone in it did.
"Morsh," Natalie said quietly. "I want you to follow Amilita's vehicle when it passes by."
"Sure," Morsh said casually.
As promised.
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I have a question? I got accepted to UIUC undeclared and I was wondering how is the life for UIC Nursing in UIUC Campus. Also what are things I should do and not do since I am also going into Army ROTC. #UIUC #UIC/Nursing #ROTC
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2024.03.02 21:53 Tate1307 Escalation League 2nd Game - 750 pts vs. Ogres

The Old World Escalation League, Game 2
As I mentioned in my first installment, I just joined a slow grow local league for old world. Loving it, so here is my second report.
The Fluff: Prince, the Breaker of Runes, and his army was marching deeper into the Border Princes to secure new territory for Settra when they sensed something foul. Ogres. Ogres making soup. The Soup Shack Regulars were a filthy sight to behold. The army was spotted, and the ogres assembled on the field and Prince answered the call to battle. Then he saw a Stonehorn. This was going to be difficult. Good thing he had already died many times….
The undead army, newly bolstered since their last victory against the dwarves, attempted to lay a trap for the stonehorn while using magic and the superior mobility of chariots to tie down the ogre’s flank. The left flank was secured, barely. However, the newly arisen skeleton warriors on the right crumbled too fast against the onrushing Stonehorn, and Prince was distracted by the oncoming Bulls. After dispatching them, they had barely enough time to turn and face the stonehorn. His loyal tomb guard were felled to the man – only his standard remaining, as his own great weapon barely scratched the armored hide of the huge beast. Eventually, the Ogre grew bored and called out that he had enough bones to make a nice soup before he casually strode away. Prince looked down, this time seeing his army shattered and broken around his feet. No matter. They would return. They always return.
The Army: 750 pts of Tomb Kings. Prince (great weapon), L2 Priest (Ruby Ring, swapped spectral steed for desert wind, kept curse of years). 10 Skirmishers (bow), 13 archers (champion), 17 Tomb Guard (champion, standard), 20 skeleton warriors (light armor, hw/shield, champ, standard), 3 chariots. I do not list tailor to my opponents, and made this a week before arranging the game. As it turns out, I played a different opponent than originally planned which made this even more of an all-comers list, which I like. I was torn between adding the chariots or finding points for a giant, but I really wanted to have something fast to try and flank now that I had a second infantry brick. Level 2 for the priest seemed like a big deal, too, so I wanted to keep that.
The Enemy: 750 pts of Ogres. Bruiser on Stonehorn (enchanted shield, sword of striking), 4 Bulls with full command and ironfists, 3 iron guts with full command, 3 leadbelchers. Mike was a really cool guy that I met while watching two other league members play through their game. We decided to throw down a game, and he used an ogres list that another member was talking about with me in our discord for ease of list making. The fact that a stonehorn can be taken sub 1k points is absurd! T6, 8W, 8 beefy attacks plus impact hits and first charge…game plan is to stay away from that thing and try to kill the rest of his army and win on points.
The Setup: Mission #1, Open Battle. 48” x 48” table, 4 pieces of terrain (2 hills and 2 impassable, symmetrically distributed in each quarter). He has me deploy first. I deploy my Skeleton Warriors on the right flank getting some cover from a hill and Tomb Guard in the center (with Prince). My 13 archers are far left in formation with my priest (keeping my hierophant as far away from the Stonehorn as I can after he dropped it on his flank across from my skeleton warriors). Chariots left flank as well to try and dance around without going against the big bad. Skirmishers in front centeright by the infantry blocks. He deploys his ironguts and bulls more or less in the center, leadbelchers to my right and the stonehorn far right across from my warriors. I like this deployment as my goal is to tarpit the stonehorn with warriors, maybe flank it with tomb guard, and use my shooting and chariots to roll the other flank. Let’s see how it goes…. He wins roll off for first turn and has me go first. My timing may be a bit off as far which number turn things happened in, but this is basically how the game played out.
Turn 1: I vanguard and reposition my screen more centeleft trying to not give up free points to his stonehorn (this was a mistake – I should have used them to absorb first charge, but the problem was I didn’t remember he had that rule). I wanted to delay his infantry blocks to my left to give my shooting a bit more time on them and try to get him out of position so my chariots could flank them. My warriors shimmied back a bit and tried to set up a trap with the tomb guard for the stonehorn. Ruby ring is out of range, maybe 1 wound with shooting. He marches up very aggressively with all except the leadbelchers, who fire solid shot at the skirmishers and do nothing.
Turn 2: I continue to dance around the left flank with my shooting and chip away some more wounds on the iron guts. I move the tomb guard and skeleton warriors to try to tarpit his monster with the skellies and flank with the guard. It’s a long charge into the warriors for him, but no way for me to stay out of range. He makes the charge, I challenge (a learning point for him as he hadn’t been through challenges before in this game system and wasn’t expecting the impact it would have on my ability to survive the round), and survive with only 6 skeletons dead including the fully overkilled champ (first charge hurt more than I planned for, but was all according to plan…).
Turn 3: Except it wasn’t. I made two fatal positioning errors, in addition to one big tactical misplay (other than forgetting first charge, so I’m up to four misplays already, oof!). I could have easily charged his stonehorn’s flank with my tomb guard, challenged with the champ and won on passive combat res, and possibly broken him since I would have him double outnumbered – he may even have run off the board. Except, one silly skirmisher was in the way. Darn! Too much 40k in the past few years and I botched something so easy! I also couldn’t charge my tomb guard into his bulls ahead for the same reason. AND, I didn’t just charge my skirmishers somewhere else (even the bulls) to free up space, which would have been the smart play to overcome my initial mistake. Ok, adapt. I could just raise my champion back to life and tie him up more. Nope. Lich is too far away. Uh oh. (maybe I should have kept spectral steed…hindsight bias because spoiler: curse of years was never successfully cast due to 15” range and me only being a level 2 needing a 10+). He drops almost all of the skeletons on my turn, my shooting plinks a bit more. He charges the skirmishers with the 2 iron guts left, the bulls into the tomb guard, and his leadbelchers march to get better shots. He wipes the skeleton warriors and runs off the board to stay a bit safer during my next turn. My skirmishers die, he pursues forward to not be flanked by my threatening chariots. I think I won combat with the bulls with my tomb guard by a couple and he falls back and I pursue into him since it’s the same as me charging anyway (may be misremembering the details here).
Turn 4: Looking bleak because I have no more answer to the stonehorn. I keep dancing on the left, wipe out the iron guts with shooting (may have been next turn), his belchers keep moving and/or missing. I beat the bulls and they fall back. We made another rules error here – they should have broken because I double outnumbered them (didn’t really matter much). I wanted to reform to face the stonehorn, but failed leadership on a 12, pursued and got back into combat where I defeated them on his turn and overran to try to get away from the stonehorn. I got lucky and the stonehorn failed his charge into my tomb guard’s rear. Belchers continue to not do much, just like my chariots.
Turn 5: I drop a leadbelcher with shooting, take the charge to the front with my tomb guard and lost a handful. It wasn’t pretty. We were doing variable game length, so needed the game to end here for me to come out on top (which of course in the moment was just a guess – we weren’t tracking points as we played). The game continued.
Turn 6: The left flank continues to be largely ineffective shooting, and the stonehorn kills/crumbles my tomb guard to one man remaining (champion had already died so it was the banner). Him staying alive saved tons of VPs (unit was below 25% so worth 25% cost to him, so that one guy and the prince plus the banner was probably 400 points for him denied). We were doing variable game length, and thankfully the game ended. We tallied VPs and I was ahead by 90 points – a draw! Hey, that was pretty good considering I made several critical errors and even if I played correctly there was a very real chance the stonehorn would have still just deleted my army. A really fun and challenging game against a very cool opponent who I’d happily play again any time. Both of us were still learning a lot of the nuances, so it was a friendly 2 or so hours of a few rules lookups and a few “hey that’s fine” calls – a balanced style of play that I really enjoy.
The Thinking: Oh man I thought I was a goner when I saw the stonehorn. Honestly, I think I freaked myself out about it a bit more than I needed to. I had the right idea with my game plan (tie up in a challenge, try to flank it or avoid it), and it could have worked. I should have played smarter by disrupting his “first charge” with skirmishers and leaving my lich in position to tie him up with my champ forever (or maybe 3 turns instead of 1.5) with arise. Not to mention blocking my own tomb guard AND not being smart enough to get the skirmishers out of their way with a suicide charge elsewhere. After the impact hits, the stonehorn bruiser was much less scary (I thought they had stomps, but they don’t!). We made a small error by letting his bruiser do impact hits in addition to the stonehorn, but it didn’t change much to be honest. Curse of years failing both times I was in range to cast it was a bummer, and further solidifies that tomb kings need a level 4 to get spells off as well as something to make their caster maneuverable (cloak, carpet, dragon, steed, a decent spell like spectral steed – oops). Dropping his ogres to T3 with the curse would have let my shooting clean up so I thought it was worth the risk but it just didn’t pan out this time. I also didn’t feel like I used MWBD effectively this game. I was struggling to project what I would need, and need more reps to get that down. Once I used WS to good effect, and another time I’m pretty sure I missed the opportunity to use initiative to strike before him since he is also I2 base.
After the game we talked and Mike thought I should have charged his belchers with my chariots. I didn’t think so, but we diced it out just to see … and I would have crushed them with impact hits alone. We also made a mistake with his scatter shots by rolling 1 die per gun instead of 3. That was a big error that neither one of us caught, and that would have helped his shooting (including a stand and shoot) a lot. I’m still not totally convinced I should have charged in given the VP calculation, but I can totally see that position and it very well may have been the risk I needed to pull out a victory. I was scared after my 1st game of old world vs. dwarves (pre league) where they only did 2 wounds to dwarf quarrelers on the charge and I didn’t want a repeat of that. My dancing and shooting was part of a strategy to deny points and chip away at him to eek out a narrow win. It almost worked (at least it worked on that flank), and desert wind along with chariot reserve moves was very helpful to enable my arrows and ruby ring to kill 4.5 ogres over the course of the game – not bad! He said he should have been more aggressive with his belchers, and I think I agree there. Getting them in combat (and/or us remembering their scatter shots correctly) could have helped him make it a closer draw at least if everything else stayed the same.
Plans for when we move up to 1k in a few weeks are a bit tight. I miss scorpions, the catapult, and a level 4. That’s a few too many points, so I’m going to have to make some choices and I haven’t made up my mind yet. Probably level 4, some items (something to maneuver me around since being out of position really hurt today) and scorpion since the catapult is so swingy.
The Results: Tomb King Draw. League record 1-0-1.
The Names: Prince, the Breaker of Runes. No new names today, it was a rough one for the Tomb Kings!
Tomb Captain Foctum, Smelter of Iron.
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