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2024.05.14 04:17 EldenLord84 Is there a master list of God / good rolls somewhere?
I just started playing Fallout 76 three or four weeks ago and I’m in love with it. I’m about to hit level 300 and I’ve really hit a stride. Hitting max caps, scrips and bouillon each day and stashing legendaries for future scrip / sale or rerolls.
I’m playing PA Heavy Weapons and I’ve been lucky enough to find some really good ones thus far, but I honestly have no idea what non-heavy weapons to look out for. Is that Quad / Explosive pistol I just picked up worth something? What‘s a good roll on a melee weapon? A railway rifle? The list goes on.
I’m curious if there’s a Google doc out there that lists desirable rolls for each weapon type. Just something I can quickly reference to know if a weapon might be worth posting for sale on Reddit / Discord.
Appreciate any help. Thanks!
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I’m playing PA Heavy Weapons and I’ve been lucky enough to find some really good ones thus far, but I honestly have no idea what non-heavy weapons to look out for. Is that Quad / Explosive pistol I just picked up worth something? What‘s a good roll on a melee weapon? A railway rifle? The list goes on.
I’m curious if there’s a Google doc out there that lists desirable rolls for each weapon type. Just something I can quickly reference to know if a weapon might be worth posting for sale on Reddit / Discord.
Appreciate any help. Thanks!
2024.05.14 02:44 Extra_Handle_3291 [SELL] 18650/350 storage tubes for b5 sopmod stocks AND some cool grips and barricade stops (MD)
Reposting this while I get orders together, am making a trip or two to the post office in the next 24-48 hours, if you’d like some goodies end of this week/early next week go ahead and place and order! As usual PM if you have any questions! https://imgur.com/a/yV3l47M
Hey everyone! I’ve got some sweet new stuff and of course more Sopmod tubes in stock.
https://outofsightsolutions.myshopify.com/
New stuff first: I’ve got a new grip “Mostly Vertical Grip for Mlok” it’s exactly as the title states, mostly vertical it’s got a nice slight Bend which works great for those who mostly use grips as a handstop or similar(myself included) I kinda use it half regular grip half handstop and to make it nice and grippy even when your sweaty or wet, I created a mild texture on both sides that grips well for barehands and I’m sure even better with gloves. It also has some grooves cut into the front and back for added texture. As of right now it is MLOK only but am working on a pic version as we speak.
https://imgur.com/a/iuKuNCP
$17 for the mostly vertical grip
Old stuff: I still have the “banana grip” but it is now available for BOTH mlok and pic rails. The mlok is my choice just because it has such great flush fitment with most rails. This grip also is textured just more on the light end. It has a much more curved design which really feels great to pull the rifle into your shoulder. It is also NOT VERTICAL in anyway so you can throw this on a pistol and tell the ATF to kick rocks. The banana grip is also $17 for mlok OR picatinny
https://imgur.com/a/AQbqxn3 BANANA GRIP PICS^
And lastly
Good ole 18650 storage tubes for b5 Sopmod stocks. These have come a long way from my first versions. My first versions worked well, but since acquiring some new hardware for my printer I’m able to print these much better which gives more room for variation in 18650 battery films. Some films are thicker than others and this varies brand to brand. When I first came out with these I had trouble fitting my USB built in streamlight 18650. It fit it was just a bit tight, now it slides right in with ease. These are water resistant and hold up well when stored in the stock. You can fit 2 standard 18650 batteries or whatever other goodies you like.
The storage tubes are $20 a piece or $30 for 2. The discount does not show up until you add 2 to your cart.
https://imgur.com/a/Kz9Alcj
Everything I have listed here is on my site and in stock right now. If you would prefer to do a private sale that is cool with me! I take PayPal g&s or F&F whatever you prefer. Just comment on here that your interested and I’ll send a PM asap. Otherwise my site is listed in the beginning and end of this post.
ALL OF THESE DESIGNS AND PRODUCTS ARE 100% my design and creation. I manufacture these parts at home with quality materials that are durable. While I strive for the highest quality possible when manufacturing these, there are sometimes defects visually that occur. These have no impact to the product and I always check every single part for function and fitment before it arrives to you. If you have any questions about my products feel free to message me or leave a comment I’m happy to answer! If there is something that you’d like to see me make or you have an idea I’m all ears!
https://outofsightsolutions.myshopify.com/
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Hey everyone! I’ve got some sweet new stuff and of course more Sopmod tubes in stock.
https://outofsightsolutions.myshopify.com/
New stuff first: I’ve got a new grip “Mostly Vertical Grip for Mlok” it’s exactly as the title states, mostly vertical it’s got a nice slight Bend which works great for those who mostly use grips as a handstop or similar(myself included) I kinda use it half regular grip half handstop and to make it nice and grippy even when your sweaty or wet, I created a mild texture on both sides that grips well for barehands and I’m sure even better with gloves. It also has some grooves cut into the front and back for added texture. As of right now it is MLOK only but am working on a pic version as we speak.
https://imgur.com/a/iuKuNCP
$17 for the mostly vertical grip
Old stuff: I still have the “banana grip” but it is now available for BOTH mlok and pic rails. The mlok is my choice just because it has such great flush fitment with most rails. This grip also is textured just more on the light end. It has a much more curved design which really feels great to pull the rifle into your shoulder. It is also NOT VERTICAL in anyway so you can throw this on a pistol and tell the ATF to kick rocks. The banana grip is also $17 for mlok OR picatinny
https://imgur.com/a/AQbqxn3 BANANA GRIP PICS^
And lastly
Good ole 18650 storage tubes for b5 Sopmod stocks. These have come a long way from my first versions. My first versions worked well, but since acquiring some new hardware for my printer I’m able to print these much better which gives more room for variation in 18650 battery films. Some films are thicker than others and this varies brand to brand. When I first came out with these I had trouble fitting my USB built in streamlight 18650. It fit it was just a bit tight, now it slides right in with ease. These are water resistant and hold up well when stored in the stock. You can fit 2 standard 18650 batteries or whatever other goodies you like.
The storage tubes are $20 a piece or $30 for 2. The discount does not show up until you add 2 to your cart.
https://imgur.com/a/Kz9Alcj
Everything I have listed here is on my site and in stock right now. If you would prefer to do a private sale that is cool with me! I take PayPal g&s or F&F whatever you prefer. Just comment on here that your interested and I’ll send a PM asap. Otherwise my site is listed in the beginning and end of this post.
ALL OF THESE DESIGNS AND PRODUCTS ARE 100% my design and creation. I manufacture these parts at home with quality materials that are durable. While I strive for the highest quality possible when manufacturing these, there are sometimes defects visually that occur. These have no impact to the product and I always check every single part for function and fitment before it arrives to you. If you have any questions about my products feel free to message me or leave a comment I’m happy to answer! If there is something that you’d like to see me make or you have an idea I’m all ears!
https://outofsightsolutions.myshopify.com/
2024.05.14 00:23 No_Satisfaction_8749 For anyone interested I have a Crosman Titan .22 Air rifle for sale or trade, its in great shape and works just fine, also comes with 2 scopes. send me an offer.
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2024.05.14 00:07 jenkem93 [WTS] KAC skyscraper, D. Wilson assembled MK12 MOD H URX4 upper, 14.5 DD RIS II upper, NSN marked SF4P's, NiB BCG, LBT loadout duffel
timestamp: https://imgur.com/a/urwLv0k
Paypal FF, zelle, venmo. More pics upon request. Not looking for trades unless TV is skewed in my favor!!! Please be patient with shipping as I work 12's
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Paypal FF, zelle, venmo. More pics upon request. Not looking for trades unless TV is skewed in my favor!!! Please be patient with shipping as I work 12's
- Kac skyscraper mount - shows some signs of wear but in good shape overall $230
- MK12 MOD H URX4 upper - "cloneish" build of this - will probably regret getting rid of this but don't see myself buying a can for it in the near future. Received in trade, previous owner said the barrel has ~200 rounds through, all other parts were either new or low salt. I never put rounds through it, details are as follows
- Cerro Forge Keyhole upper
- KAC URX 4 13”
- Bison Armory 16” SPR, bead blasted, bedded/shimmed by D.Wilson
- MK12 gas block, Allen Engineering CollaBrake
- Work done by D.Wilson: assembly and URX install, brake timed and installed with Rocksett, added knurled gas block screws, receiver face lapped, barrel feedramps polished, barrel shimmed and bedded to receiver, totaling ~$180 (not to mention the time/hassle spent hunting down parts). Asking what it was originally listed for - $945
Block II upper - received in trade, in excellent shape overall. Previous owner said he put a maximum of ~200 rounds $720
FDE DD RIS IIDaniel Defense 14.5″ 5.56 Hammer-Forged Midlength Barrel w/ Pre-Drilled & Pinned Gas Block (this specific setup).SFMB P/WBCM upper receiver w/ enhanced dust coverpending local sale, will accept backup dibs
SF4P NSN marked, brand new. Have rocksett tube, I MAY have one shim kit, not guaranteed though. Prioritizing selling these TOGETHER first for $240. If nobody bites I will part them for $125eaNiB BCG takeoff from upper off here. Previous owner is 99% sure it's a NEMO BCG, said ~500 rounds $70- looking to sell locally in the south FL Palm Beach County area. LBT wheeled load-out bag. Really sick bomb-proof bag, it is BIG, measures approx 31x23x14. NSW issued, older model (back from LBT's golden era). Easily fits several rifles, helmets, plate carriers, etc. Similar newest revision from LBT retails for around $500-600. Shows some signs of use and has dog hair etc but good shape overall. $70, $50 if you are willing to meet within 10 mins of me because I'm lazy. I've gotten a few quotes for users from the previous listing and they were all $60-110 - if you are willing to cover fees and have this shipped wrapped in heavy duty trashbags we can work something out
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| F7C Hornet Mk II +Ironscale Paint | LTI | $160🔥 |
| 600I BIS 2953 +Paint&Poster OC | 10y | $575🔥 |
| Redeemer BIS 2953 +Paint&Poster OC | 10y | $430🔥 |
| Corsair BIS 2953 +Paint&Poster OC | 10y | $350🔥 |
| Vulture BIS 2953 +Paint&Poster OC | 10y | $275🔥 |
| 600i Explorer BIS 2951 + Paint & Jacket CCU'd | LTI | $400🔥 |
| MERCURY STAR RUNNER BIS 2951 + Paint & Jacket CCU'd | LTI | $210🔥 |
| MERCURY STAR RUNNER BIS 2952 + RED ALERT Paint CCU'd | LTI | $260🔥 |
| CARRACK BIS 2952 + RED ALERT Paint CCU'd | LTI | $600 |
| LTI Upgrade - Reliant Kore to CNOU Nomad | LTI | $80 |
| LTI Upgrade - 315P to CNOU Nomad | LTI | $100 |
| M50 Subscriber Edition | LTI | $98 |
| Cutlass RED Subscriber Edition | LTI | $133 |
| Mantis Subscriber Edition | LTI | $148 |
| Sabre Subscriber Edition | LTI | $168 |
| Add-Ons - Endeavor Telescope Pod | 10y | $135 |
| Add-Ons - Endeavor Biodome Pod | 10y | $110 |
| Add-Ons - Endeavor Fuel Pod | 10y | $40 |
| Add-Ons - AEGIS Idris P After Market Kit | LTI | $260 |
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| 400I | ||||
| 400I | < | CONSTELLATION ANDROMEDA | $15 | |
| 600I EXPLORER | ||||
| 600I EXPLORER | < | PROWLER | $70 | |
| ARGO MOLE | ||||
| ARGO MOLE | < | CONSTELLATION AQUILA | $7 | |
| ARGO MOLE | < | MERCURY STAR RUNNER | $59 | |
| ARGO MOLE | < | VANGUARD WARDEN | $59 | |
| ARGO MOLE | < | RETALIATOR BOMBER | $43 | |
| ARGO MOLE | < | VANGUARD SENTINEL | $43 | |
| ARGO MOLE | < | APOLLO MEDIVAC | $43 | |
| ARGO MOLE | < | ESPERIA VANDUUL BLADE | $43 | |
| ARGO MOLE | < | VANGUARD HARBINGER | $27 | |
| ARGO MOLE | < | REDEEMER | $70 | |
| ARGO MOLE | < | HULL C | $70 | |
| ARGO MOLE | < | APOLLO TRIAGE | $70 | |
| ARROW | ||||
| ARROW | < | AURORA MR | $50 | |
| ARROW | < | MUSTANG ALPHA | $50 | |
| ARROW | < | C8X PISCES EXPEDITION | $35 | |
| ARROW | < | 100i | $30 | |
| ARROW | < | AVENGER TITAN | $25 | |
| ARROW | < | RELIANT KORE | $15 | |
| CATERPILLAR BEST IN SHOW EDITION | ||||
| CATERPILLAR BISE | < | VANGUARD HARBINGER | $100 | |
| CORSAIR | ||||
| CORSAIR | < | TAURUS | $60 | |
| CRUCIBLE | ||||
| CRUCIBLE | < | STARFARER GEMINI | $21 | |
| CUTLASS BLACK BEST IN SHOW EDITION | ||||
| CUTLASS BLACK BISE | < | GLADIUS | $70 | |
| CUTLASS RED Subscriber | ||||
| CUTLASS RED Subscriber | < | F7C-S HORNET GHOST | $25 | |
| CUTLASS BLUE | ||||
| CUTLASS BLUE | < | PROSPECTOR | $30 | |
| DEFENDER | ||||
| DEFENDER | < | CORSAIR | $15 | |
| DEFENDER | < | HORNET F7C-M HEARTSEEKER | $37 | |
| GLADIUS | ||||
| GLADIUS | < | AURORA MR | $65 | |
| GLADIUS | < | MUSTANG ALPHA | $65 | |
| GLADIUS | < | C8X PISCES EXPEDITION | $50 | |
| GLADIUS | < | 100i | $45 | |
| GLADIUS | < | AVENGER TITAN | $40 | |
| GLADIUS | < | RELIANT KORE | $30 | |
| GLADIUS | < | ARROW | $20 | |
| HAMMERHEAD | ||||
| HAMMERHEAD | < | CARRACK | $150 | |
| HAMMERHEAD | < | CARRACK EXPEDITION W/C8X | $100 | |
| HULL C | ||||
| HULL C | < | CATERPILLAR | $175 | |
| MERCHANTMAN | ||||
| MERCHANTMAN | < | STARFARER GEMINI | $300 | |
| MERCHANTMAN | < | ARGO MOLE | $345 | |
| NAUTILUS | ||||
| NAUTILUS | < | CARRACK | $175 | |
| PERSEUS | ||||
| PERSEUS | < | CARRACK Expedition W/C8X | $40 | |
| PERSEUS | < | CARRACK | $90 | |
| PERSEUS | < | ORION | $115 | |
| PERSEUS | < | 600I EXPLORER | $220 | |
| PERSEUS | < | MERCHANTMAN | $248 | |
| PERSEUS | < | ARGO MOLE | $380 | |
| PERSEUS | < | ANDROMEDA | $485 | |
| POLARIS | ||||
| POLARIS | < | PERSEUS | $70 | |
| POLARIS | < | HAMMERHEAD | $70 | |
| POLARIS | < | NAUTILUS | $60 | |
| POLARIS | < | CARRACK | $250 | |
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| RECLAIMER BIS 2949 | < | VALKYRIE | $300 | |
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2024.05.13 21:51 The___Mothman H: Weapons W: caps, offers
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2024.05.13 19:39 VeganJoy [WTS/WTT] FN 510 magazines, FN 502c magazines/guide rod, CMC 9mm 1911 magazines, Springfield M1A Scout scope mount, Magpul G3 Pmag dust covers
Timestamp: https://imgur.com/a/9vddSM3
Gallery: https://imgur.com/a/sfOUjo4
Recent post w/ R700 Oryx chassis + Arca rail: https://www.reddit.com/GunAccessoriesForSale/comments/1cngkf9/wtswtt_mdt_oryx_chassis_for_remington_700_short/
Recent post w/ Seekins MCSRV2 Keymod handguard: https://www.reddit.com/GunAccessoriesForSale/comments/1cj0gs1/wtswtt_bergara_b14_hmr_sa_rh_stock_bottom_metal/
Got a bunch of magazines to sell. Little to no signs of wear on the 502c and CMC mags, 510 mags are brand new. Also have a metal guide rod for an FN 502c.
FN 510 15rd mags x3 (9 available in total) - $150 shipped G&S for 3, $425 for all 9
FN 502c 10rd mags x3 with metal guide rod - $90 shipped G&S
CMC 9mm 1911 10rd mags x4 - $90 shipped G&S
Also selling a Springfield Armory M1A Scout scope mount, part number MA5056. Takeoff from a new rifle. Missing some of the finish in one of the bolt heads but otherwise in perfect condition.
Springfield M1A Scout scope mount - $80 shipped G&S
Lastly, have 4 Magpul Gen 3 dust covers. Bought a few Pmags and don't use these. Will add in along with any other order for $5.
Open to partial trades. Currently looking for a 10/22 bull barrel, a 24-26" AR unfluted heavy/bull barrel, and an Armaspec SMB/SRS or similar. Probably open to other random stuff like AR hardware, brakes, tools, 10/22 stuff, etc. Please let me know if you have anything!
Feel free to comment or DM with any questions. Thanks!
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Gallery: https://imgur.com/a/sfOUjo4
Recent post w/ R700 Oryx chassis + Arca rail: https://www.reddit.com/GunAccessoriesForSale/comments/1cngkf9/wtswtt_mdt_oryx_chassis_for_remington_700_short/
Recent post w/ Seekins MCSRV2 Keymod handguard: https://www.reddit.com/GunAccessoriesForSale/comments/1cj0gs1/wtswtt_bergara_b14_hmr_sa_rh_stock_bottom_metal/
FN 510 15rd mags x3 (9 available in total) - $150 shipped G&S for 3, $425 for all 9
FN 502c 10rd mags x3 with metal guide rod - $90 shipped G&S
CMC 9mm 1911 10rd mags x4 - $90 shipped G&S
Springfield M1A Scout scope mount - $80 shipped G&S
Feel free to comment or DM with any questions. Thanks!
2024.05.13 16:48 Greenmoonn H: guns/leaders w: apparel
Have a few commando guns /guns sitting in stash and 400 leaders ( I already have a b2525 handmade and it’s not for sale)
Q 50c 90w Railway/ AA FFR DUR railway/ AA E 15v fixe B 25 15v handmade/ Q 50c MS Tesla rifle/ ARI 25 15v EPR full mods/ ARI 25 25 fixer / ARI E 25 fixer / B E per1 fixe B 50c 15v laser pistol/rifle / AA E 250dr Galtlin gun / Q E AG1 handmade / Q FFR (2 star) fixer / Q E (2 star) fixer / Q E dur Minigun / Q 50c 90w LMG / Q 50vhc 1per AB / TS 50vhc 15r fixer
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Q 50c 90w Railway/ AA FFR DUR railway/ AA E 15v fixe B 25 15v handmade/ Q 50c MS Tesla rifle/ ARI 25 15v EPR full mods/ ARI 25 25 fixer / ARI E 25 fixer / B E per1 fixe B 50c 15v laser pistol/rifle / AA E 250dr Galtlin gun / Q E AG1 handmade / Q FFR (2 star) fixer / Q E (2 star) fixer / Q E dur Minigun / Q 50c 90w LMG / Q 50vhc 1per AB / TS 50vhc 15r fixer
2024.05.13 15:04 Tacofish421 Still quite new to the gamr why can’t i equip this weapon
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2024.05.13 03:30 scarfleet as at least 3 of you are aware Cultic is really cool
Because that is the number of people who recommended this game to me in a post I made last week announcing the successful completion of my first home build, created specifically for this genre, and asking for recommendations.
I did not say at the time that it would result in your being subjected to a series of book reports by me on most of those titles over the next several months because I did not know it. But I probably should have known it so I still apologize for not disclosing this consequence.
I wishlisted everything I have not already played on console but to start I chose Turbo Overkill, Amid Evil, and Cultic. Of the three Cultic was the least expensive despite being the only one not on sale. In general I am less fond of boomshoots with flat sprite enemies like this so I thought it would be my warmup before I moved on to the other two which I expected to prefer. That apparently was wrong. I am having such a blast with Cultic that I have not yet touched the other two.
I guess it is inspired by Blood which I have not yet played. My primary context right now is the Quake 2 remaster which I fell in love with on xbox (it was the game that finally pushed me to PC to increase my access to this genre). And as someone who connected hard with Quake 2 in 2023 I am finding Cultic to be exactly my flavor of combat. Like Quake 2 it is about fast movement around corners and down sightlines, noticing the timing of enemy shots and weaving around cover dynamically. But Cultic's arenas are far more expansive and gunfights play out over greater distances. Both you and most enemies are glasscannon so weapons feel powerful and all fights are dangerous. The slide is great and makes the game feel springy and kinetic. Right now this is all hitting for me.
Also I noticed it gameifies light really well for one of these games. You will crawl through lots of dark pits filled with waiting ememies. Your primary tool for this at first is a lighter, which is very good at illuminating a small radius but also very dangerous to use since it allows enemies you cannot see well to see you very easily. So the choice to use it or not and when becomes this lovely emergent stealth piece of a boomshoot gunfight. Maybe others have done that but this is the first time I personally have noticed it. (Did Doom 3 try something like this? I wasn't really into that game.)
My only nitpick so far is that I am finding it slightly stingy on ammo. I hunt for pickups and secrets, I rarely run out completely. In some ways the game is resource generous because your health slowly regenerates to 25 if it drops below that and axes are unlimited since even if you throw them you can just pick them up again. You're never just screwed. But when it comes to guns I usually only have ammo for maybe two at a time and I often just can't use the best gun for the gunfight.
The guns are mechanically great for the most part. This is one of my favorite pistols I have found in this genre, and also one of my favorite grenade launchers. Shotgun is fine but it's Doom school with especially bad dropoff for range. There are weapon upgrades so that probably can be improved. I will say I don't think the weapons are all that interesting, they appear to just be your standard shooter archetypes (pistol, rifle, shotgun, machine gun, sniper, launcher). But they feel great, have alt fires, and work well for this combat.
For context I am just cruising through on normal with my controller (was always my plan). I got to a boss or something that gave me a little trouble until I realized I was meant to use one specific tactic and then it became trivial. The game certainly is benefitting from being the maiden voyage of my first gaming pc as it runs atrociously smoothly and I am finding it incredibly immersive which is why I like these games. I have been watching system temps just to see but it does not look like it's taxing the system at all. This toy I have built has the potential to dangerously escalate my gaming addiction and I need to watch that.
The sprite enemies are fine. Not my favorite, it feels like I'm on a themed shooting course with cardboard cutout bad guys who shoot back. But I don't really care since I like the gameplay so much. It is the best version of that visual choice that I personally have seen.
There is key hunting but the environments make sense as places and are easy to remember. Do I still want the compass from the Quake 2 remaster, of course I do. But so far navigation seems good and thoughtful. No map, unless I am an idiot and have missed it somehow.
Anyway! Cultic is really awesome and I plan to finish it. Thank you to all who suggested it.
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I did not say at the time that it would result in your being subjected to a series of book reports by me on most of those titles over the next several months because I did not know it. But I probably should have known it so I still apologize for not disclosing this consequence.
I wishlisted everything I have not already played on console but to start I chose Turbo Overkill, Amid Evil, and Cultic. Of the three Cultic was the least expensive despite being the only one not on sale. In general I am less fond of boomshoots with flat sprite enemies like this so I thought it would be my warmup before I moved on to the other two which I expected to prefer. That apparently was wrong. I am having such a blast with Cultic that I have not yet touched the other two.
I guess it is inspired by Blood which I have not yet played. My primary context right now is the Quake 2 remaster which I fell in love with on xbox (it was the game that finally pushed me to PC to increase my access to this genre). And as someone who connected hard with Quake 2 in 2023 I am finding Cultic to be exactly my flavor of combat. Like Quake 2 it is about fast movement around corners and down sightlines, noticing the timing of enemy shots and weaving around cover dynamically. But Cultic's arenas are far more expansive and gunfights play out over greater distances. Both you and most enemies are glasscannon so weapons feel powerful and all fights are dangerous. The slide is great and makes the game feel springy and kinetic. Right now this is all hitting for me.
Also I noticed it gameifies light really well for one of these games. You will crawl through lots of dark pits filled with waiting ememies. Your primary tool for this at first is a lighter, which is very good at illuminating a small radius but also very dangerous to use since it allows enemies you cannot see well to see you very easily. So the choice to use it or not and when becomes this lovely emergent stealth piece of a boomshoot gunfight. Maybe others have done that but this is the first time I personally have noticed it. (Did Doom 3 try something like this? I wasn't really into that game.)
My only nitpick so far is that I am finding it slightly stingy on ammo. I hunt for pickups and secrets, I rarely run out completely. In some ways the game is resource generous because your health slowly regenerates to 25 if it drops below that and axes are unlimited since even if you throw them you can just pick them up again. You're never just screwed. But when it comes to guns I usually only have ammo for maybe two at a time and I often just can't use the best gun for the gunfight.
The guns are mechanically great for the most part. This is one of my favorite pistols I have found in this genre, and also one of my favorite grenade launchers. Shotgun is fine but it's Doom school with especially bad dropoff for range. There are weapon upgrades so that probably can be improved. I will say I don't think the weapons are all that interesting, they appear to just be your standard shooter archetypes (pistol, rifle, shotgun, machine gun, sniper, launcher). But they feel great, have alt fires, and work well for this combat.
For context I am just cruising through on normal with my controller (was always my plan). I got to a boss or something that gave me a little trouble until I realized I was meant to use one specific tactic and then it became trivial. The game certainly is benefitting from being the maiden voyage of my first gaming pc as it runs atrociously smoothly and I am finding it incredibly immersive which is why I like these games. I have been watching system temps just to see but it does not look like it's taxing the system at all. This toy I have built has the potential to dangerously escalate my gaming addiction and I need to watch that.
The sprite enemies are fine. Not my favorite, it feels like I'm on a themed shooting course with cardboard cutout bad guys who shoot back. But I don't really care since I like the gameplay so much. It is the best version of that visual choice that I personally have seen.
There is key hunting but the environments make sense as places and are easy to remember. Do I still want the compass from the Quake 2 remaster, of course I do. But so far navigation seems good and thoughtful. No map, unless I am an idiot and have missed it somehow.
Anyway! Cultic is really awesome and I plan to finish it. Thank you to all who suggested it.
2024.05.13 01:53 _juanv_ [PS5] H: Trade list below ---***(Always there's something new!)***--- W: STRICTLY Railway Rifle Q/50Crit/25VATS
Hi! The following items are for TRADE ONLY, NOT FOR CAPS SALE!! I'm not interested in any other item not mentioned in the subject as "Wanted" (After the W:). Thanks!.
Mods:
- Enclave Plasma Gun Aligned Sniper Barrel
- Enclave Plasma Gun Refined Beta wave Tuner
- Enclave Plasma Gun Long Night-Vision Scope
- Enclave Plasma Gun Medium Night-Vision Scope
- Enclave Plasma Gun Short Night-Vision Scope
- Enclave Plasma Gun Stabilized Sniper Barrel
- Enclave Plasma Gun True Sniper Barrel
Weapons:
Commando/Rifleman- AA/25FF15FR Elder's Mark
- AA/25DWA/25VATS Short Handmade
- AA/25FF90RW Railway Rifle
- AA/25FFStealth Tesla Rifle
- AA/50CRIT/15FR Railway Rifle
- AA/50VATS/15FR The Fixer
- Ari/E/Stealth The Fixer
- B/25DWA/25VATS Railway Rifle
- B/25DWA/15FR Short Handmade
- B/25FF15Crit Enclave Plasma Rifle (Flamer)
- B/25FF90RW Tesla Rifle
- B/25FFR Railway Rifle
- B/50CRIT/250DRWR The Fixer
- B/50CRIT/25VATS Railway Rifle
- B/E Railway Rifle
- B/E/25VATS Suppressed Automatic Handmade
- B/E/50DRWA Marksman's Automatic Handmade
- B/APRep/15FR Recoil Compensated Enclave Plasma Rifle
- Be25FF50DRWA The Fixer
- Exe/E/15CF Railway Rifle
- GS/25FF25VATS Elder's Mark
- I/E/Stealth Short Handmade
- J/E/250DRWR The Fixer
- Mut/25FF15FR Railway Rifle
- Mut/APRep/25VATS The Fixer
- Mut/E/15FR Short Handmade
- Q/15AP/15Crit Railway Rifle
- Q/25DWA/90RW Short Handmade
- Q/25DWA/90RW The Fixer
- Q/25DWA/Stealth The Fixer
- Q/25FF1P Elder's Mark
- Q/25FF50DRWA Elder's Mark
- Q/25FF15CF The Fixer
- Q/25FFMovement Railway Rifle
- Q/25FFStealth The Fixer
- Q/50VATS/15FR Short Handmade
- Q/E/50Break Elder's Mark
- Q/E Railway Rifle
- Q/E/250DRWR Suppressed Automatic Handmade (LV35)
- TwoS/25FF90RW The Fixer
- TwoS/50CRIT/15FR Railway Rifle
- TwoS/E/50Break The Fixer
- TwoS/E/50DRWA Railway Rifle
- TwoS/E/90RW The Fixer
- V/25FFR Tesla Rifle
- V/25DWA/15Crit The Fixer
- V/25FF15Crit Short Laser Rifle
- V/25FF15Crit The Fixer
- V/50CRIT/90RW Short Handmade
- V/E Tactical Railway Rifle
- V/E/1P The Fixer
- V/E/Stealth The Fixer
- V/E/15CF Short 10mm SubmachineGun
- V/E/25VATS Night-Vision Lever Action
- V/E/50DRWA The Fixer
- AA/50CRIT/25VATS LMG
- AA/50CRIT/90RW LMG
- B/25FF90RW Minigun
- I/E/15FR LMG
- J/E/1P 50 Cal MachineGun
- J/E/15CF LMG
- TwoS/E/250DRWR LMG
- V/25FFR Gatling Plasma
- V/25FFR Minigun
- V/25FF1A High Powered Minigun
- V/25FF25VATS LMG
- TwoS/25FF15FR LMG
- B/40FSS/15LDWB Heater Super Sledge
- J/40FSS/1S Super Sledge
- V/40FSS/90RW Power Fist
- Fancy Pump Action Shotgun AA/50LD/50DRWA
- B/25FF250DRWR Combat Shotgun
- Q/E Combat Shotgun
- Q/E Tactical Double-Barrel Shotgun
- Q/25FF50DRWA Maximum Capacity Combat Shotgun
- Q/E/15CF Tactical Western Revolver
Power Armor:
- As/AP/Sen Ultracite PA set (RA, LA Jet Pack)
- Ari/1S/Cav X-01 LA
- O/AP/20WWR Ultracite Torso
Armor:
- Ari/25RAD/Sen USA CP
- Ass/1I/Sen FSA RA
- As/25Poison/Sen USA LA
- AutS/AP/Sen FSA CP
- LS/AP/Sen LL
- U/AP/Sneak FSA LA
- U/1A/Cav Metal LL
- U/1E/Cav Heavy Raider CP
- U/1P/Cav Combat Armor RA
- U/1S/20WWR Metal LA
- U/25Poison/Cav Combat Armor RL
- U/25RADS/Cav FSA LL
- U/25ENV/Cav FSA LL
- U/25RADS/Sneak Leather RL
- U/25RADS/Sen Metal LA
- V/AP/15RDWB USA LA
- V/25Poison/Cav FSA RL
Outfits:
- Asylum worker uniform blue, brown, green, pink, white and yellow.
- Blue Ridge Caravan outfit + gas mask
- Chally the Moo-Moo outfit + mask
- Clean spacesuit + helmet
- Communist Commander Outfit + Hat
- Cultist Adept clothes + helmet
- Cultist Elder + helmet
- Cultist Enlightened robe + hood
- Cultist Incarnate helmet
- Cultist Neophyte clothes + helmet
- Deathclaw Hunter outfit + hat
- Fasnatch Buffoon mask
- Fasnatch Brahmin mask
- Fasnatch Crazy Guy mask
- Fasnatch Deathclaw mask
- Fasnatch Raven mask
- Fasnatch Winter Man mask
- Grafton Monster mask
- Grey Fisherman's overalls
- Hunter's Long Coat
- Longshoreman Outfit + Yellow Slicker hat
- Ranger outfit clean + hat
- Reclaimed Deep Minning Gas Mask
- Skull Lord Blood Eagle suit + helmet
- Straight Jacket clean
- Strongman's outfit
- Whitesprings Jumpsuit
- Winter Jacket and Jeans
Plans:
- Alien full set (Alien Stash Box, Alien Tube, Asteroid, Human Tube 1 & 2, Alien Corpse Operating Bed)
- Animatronic Clown
- Auto Granade Launcher Blood Eagle paint
- Backpack Armor plated, High Capacity, Insulated, Lead Lined and Refrigerated mods
- Barbed wire fences
- Bear arm
- Bed of nails
- Behemoth boss plushie
- Blue Ridge Caravan Backpack
- Chally the Moo-Moo Backpack
- Circus Cage Trailer
- Civil War Era dress
- Civil War Era suit
- Costume Witch hat
- Cultist Backpack
- Decoy ducks
- Fasnatch full set
- Grafton Monster Lamp
- Grocery cart grill
- Halloween Skull Mask
- Insurgent outfit + hat
- Jack O'Lantern full set
- Marine Armor Helmet
- Meat Tenderizer + Peppered, Salty and Spicy mods
- Metal picnic table
- Mirelurk king tube
- Mirror ball
- Molerat Wind Chime
- Musket Stack Monument
- Nuka girl area rug
- Pepper Shaker
- Plastic fruit bowl
- Plastic fruit wreath
- Pumpkin Racks full set
- Radioactive barrel
- Raider PA full set
- Red Rocket gas pump wall light
- Red Truck Ceiling Light
- Safari Crocolossus + Gorilla Backpack
- Skeleton Costume
- Skiing outfit
- Starburst Clock
- Stimpak diffuser
- Strongman's Super Sledge paint
- T‐45 PA full set
- T-51 Nuka-cola paint
- T-51 PA full set
- T-60 BOS Elder paint
- T-60 BOS Knight paint
- T‐60 PA full set
- Treasure hunter outfit + hat
- Ultracite Calibrated Shocks
- Ultracite Emergency Protocols
- Unstoppable Monster
- Vantage Water Cooler
- Wall mounted fan
- Wanamingo plushie
- Wendigo tube
- Wise Monthman throne
- Witch Costume
- X-01 PA Nuka-cola Quantum paint
- X-01 Scorched Paint
Recipes:
- Adrenal Reaction serum
- Bird Bones serum
- Carnivore serum
- Chally's feed
- Chameleon Serum
- Disease Cure (Cranberry Bog)
- Formula P
- Marsupial Serum
- Pepperoni Roll
- Speed demon serum
- Tato salad
Misc:
- Caps
- Flux (all colors)
- Junk
- Nuclear keycards
- Nuka-cola Quantum
2024.05.13 01:52 _juanv_ [PS5] H: Trade list below ---***(Always there's something new!)***--- W: STRICTLY Railway Rifle Q/50Crit/25VATS
Hi! The following items are for TRADE ONLY, NOT FOR CAPS SALE!! I'm not interested in any other item not mentioned in the subject as "Wanted" (After the W:). Thanks!.
Mods:
- Enclave Plasma Gun Aligned Sniper Barrel
- Enclave Plasma Gun Refined Beta wave Tuner
- Enclave Plasma Gun Long Night-Vision Scope
- Enclave Plasma Gun Medium Night-Vision Scope
- Enclave Plasma Gun Short Night-Vision Scope
- Enclave Plasma Gun Stabilized Sniper Barrel
- Enclave Plasma Gun True Sniper Barrel
Weapons:
Commando/Rifleman- AA/25FF15FR Elder's Mark
- AA/25DWA/25VATS Short Handmade
- AA/25FF90RW Railway Rifle
- AA/25FFStealth Tesla Rifle
- AA/50CRIT/15FR Railway Rifle
- AA/50VATS/15FR The Fixer
- Ari/E/Stealth The Fixer
- B/25DWA/25VATS Railway Rifle
- B/25DWA/15FR Short Handmade
- B/25FF15Crit Enclave Plasma Rifle (Flamer)
- B/25FF90RW Tesla Rifle
- B/25FFR Railway Rifle
- B/50CRIT/250DRWR The Fixer
- B/50CRIT/25VATS Railway Rifle
- B/E Railway Rifle
- B/E/25VATS Suppressed Automatic Handmade
- B/E/50DRWA Marksman's Automatic Handmade
- B/APRep/15FR Recoil Compensated Enclave Plasma Rifle
- Be25FF50DRWA The Fixer
- Exe/E/15CF Railway Rifle
- GS/25FF25VATS Elder's Mark
- I/E/Stealth Short Handmade
- J/E/250DRWR The Fixer
- Mut/25FF15FR Railway Rifle
- Mut/APRep/25VATS The Fixer
- Mut/E/15FR Short Handmade
- Q/15AP/15Crit Railway Rifle
- Q/25DWA/90RW Short Handmade
- Q/25DWA/90RW The Fixer
- Q/25DWA/Stealth The Fixer
- Q/25FF1P Elder's Mark
- Q/25FF50DRWA Elder's Mark
- Q/25FF15CF The Fixer
- Q/25FFMovement Railway Rifle
- Q/25FFStealth The Fixer
- Q/50VATS/15FR Short Handmade
- Q/E/50Break Elder's Mark
- Q/E Railway Rifle
- Q/E/250DRWR Suppressed Automatic Handmade (LV35)
- TwoS/25FF90RW The Fixer
- TwoS/50CRIT/15FR Railway Rifle
- TwoS/E/50Break The Fixer
- TwoS/E/50DRWA Railway Rifle
- TwoS/E/90RW The Fixer
- V/25FFR Tesla Rifle
- V/25DWA/15Crit The Fixer
- V/25FF15Crit Short Laser Rifle
- V/25FF15Crit The Fixer
- V/50CRIT/90RW Short Handmade
- V/E Tactical Railway Rifle
- V/E/1P The Fixer
- V/E/Stealth The Fixer
- V/E/15CF Short 10mm SubmachineGun
- V/E/25VATS Night-Vision Lever Action
- V/E/50DRWA The Fixer
- AA/50CRIT/25VATS LMG
- AA/50CRIT/90RW LMG
- B/25FF90RW Minigun
- I/E/15FR LMG
- J/E/1P 50 Cal MachineGun
- J/E/15CF LMG
- TwoS/E/250DRWR LMG
- V/25FFR Gatling Plasma
- V/25FFR Minigun
- V/25FF1A High Powered Minigun
- V/25FF25VATS LMG
- TwoS/25FF15FR LMG
- B/40FSS/15LDWB Heater Super Sledge
- J/40FSS/1S Super Sledge
- V/40FSS/90RW Power Fist
- Fancy Pump Action Shotgun AA/50LD/50DRWA
- B/25FF250DRWR Combat Shotgun
- Q/E Combat Shotgun
- Q/E Tactical Double-Barrel Shotgun
- Q/25FF50DRWA Maximum Capacity Combat Shotgun
- Q/E/15CF Tactical Western Revolver
Power Armor:
- As/AP/Sen Ultracite PA set (RA, LA Jet Pack)
- Ari/1S/Cav X-01 LA
- O/AP/20WWR Ultracite Torso
Armor:
- Ari/25RAD/Sen USA CP
- Ass/1I/Sen FSA RA
- As/25Poison/Sen USA LA
- AutS/AP/Sen FSA CP
- LS/AP/Sen LL
- U/AP/Sneak FSA LA
- U/1A/Cav Metal LL
- U/1E/Cav Heavy Raider CP
- U/1P/Cav Combat Armor RA
- U/1S/20WWR Metal LA
- U/25Poison/Cav Combat Armor RL
- U/25RADS/Cav FSA LL
- U/25ENV/Cav FSA LL
- U/25RADS/Sneak Leather RL
- U/25RADS/Sen Metal LA
- V/AP/15RDWB USA LA
- V/25Poison/Cav FSA RL
Outfits:
- Asylum worker uniform blue, brown, green, pink, white and yellow.
- Blue Ridge Caravan outfit + gas mask
- Chally the Moo-Moo outfit + mask
- Clean spacesuit + helmet
- Communist Commander Outfit + Hat
- Cultist Adept clothes + helmet
- Cultist Elder + helmet
- Cultist Enlightened robe + hood
- Cultist Incarnate helmet
- Cultist Neophyte clothes + helmet
- Deathclaw Hunter outfit + hat
- Fasnatch Buffoon mask
- Fasnatch Brahmin mask
- Fasnatch Crazy Guy mask
- Fasnatch Deathclaw mask
- Fasnatch Raven mask
- Fasnatch Winter Man mask
- Grafton Monster mask
- Grey Fisherman's overalls
- Hunter's Long Coat
- Longshoreman Outfit + Yellow Slicker hat
- Ranger outfit clean + hat
- Reclaimed Deep Minning Gas Mask
- Skull Lord Blood Eagle suit + helmet
- Straight Jacket clean
- Strongman's outfit
- Whitesprings Jumpsuit
- Winter Jacket and Jeans
Plans:
- Alien full set (Alien Stash Box, Alien Tube, Asteroid, Human Tube 1 & 2, Alien Corpse Operating Bed)
- Animatronic Clown
- Auto Granade Launcher Blood Eagle paint
- Backpack Armor plated, High Capacity, Insulated, Lead Lined and Refrigerated mods
- Barbed wire fences
- Bear arm
- Bed of nails
- Behemoth boss plushie
- Blue Ridge Caravan Backpack
- Chally the Moo-Moo Backpack
- Circus Cage Trailer
- Civil War Era dress
- Civil War Era suit
- Costume Witch hat
- Cultist Backpack
- Decoy ducks
- Fasnatch full set
- Grafton Monster Lamp
- Grocery cart grill
- Halloween Skull Mask
- Insurgent outfit + hat
- Jack O'Lantern full set
- Marine Armor Helmet
- Meat Tenderizer + Peppered, Salty and Spicy mods
- Metal picnic table
- Mirelurk king tube
- Mirror ball
- Molerat Wind Chime
- Musket Stack Monument
- Nuka girl area rug
- Pepper Shaker
- Plastic fruit bowl
- Plastic fruit wreath
- Pumpkin Racks full set
- Radioactive barrel
- Raider PA full set
- Red Rocket gas pump wall light
- Red Truck Ceiling Light
- Safari Crocolossus + Gorilla Backpack
- Skeleton Costume
- Skiing outfit
- Starburst Clock
- Stimpak diffuser
- Strongman's Super Sledge paint
- T‐45 PA full set
- T-51 Nuka-cola paint
- T-51 PA full set
- T-60 BOS Elder paint
- T-60 BOS Knight paint
- T‐60 PA full set
- Treasure hunter outfit + hat
- Ultracite Calibrated Shocks
- Ultracite Emergency Protocols
- Unstoppable Monster
- Vantage Water Cooler
- Wall mounted fan
- Wanamingo plushie
- Wendigo tube
- Wise Monthman throne
- Witch Costume
- X-01 PA Nuka-cola Quantum paint
- X-01 Scorched Paint
Recipes:
- Adrenal Reaction serum
- Bird Bones serum
- Carnivore serum
- Chally's feed
- Chameleon Serum
- Disease Cure (Cranberry Bog)
- Formula P
- Marsupial Serum
- Pepperoni Roll
- Speed demon serum
- Tato salad
Misc:
- Caps
- Flux (all colors)
- Junk
- Nuclear keycards
- Nuka-cola Quantum
2024.05.13 00:57 Substantial-Text-299 Legality of an 18 year old traveling to California with semi autos?
From Utah and 18. I’m going to see my mom in California in a few days and I’m probably spending the next 6 months there. I’ve done some research on gun laws in California. I’ve read that 18 year olds can’t buy semi-automatic rifles in California but I’ve seen nothing about possessing one. I own a Ruger PC Carbine with the Magpul stock and I have a Glock 19 I got at a private sale. Is it legal for me to possess these in California?
submitted by Substantial-Text-299 to CAguns [link] [comments]
2024.05.13 00:03 Kaiser3690 [WTS][ON] Collection sale
ALL VALUE
Special sale: Fully customized Type 56 EBB rifle $400 https://imgur.com/a/7dWpEKo 5 mags, all work flawlessly 2 batteries and charger included
1. KWC 1911 $80 https://imgur.com/a/08l1cAI Special version. No issues, functions nicely
2. WE hi capa with 2 mags $150 https://imgur.com/a/CzXmfw4 -Both mags non-leak like new -Real 9.5/10 condition -No issues, U can simply take it for your spring games -missing only right side safety lever, holster included
3. Tokyo marui XDM with 2 mags $150 https://imgur.com/a/2rpP1EK -Both mags non-leak like new -Real 9.5/10 condition -No issues, U can simply take it for your spring games
4. VFC G45 upgraded bundle $400 https://imgur.com/a/MTqM1Ps -Stock VFC glock 45 stock ($350) -Boom Arms MOS Slide Kit ($300) -Acro included with acro plate for MOS slide ($100) -MOS steel threaded outer barrel ($100) -Cow cow steel guide Rod ($60) -Pistol suppressor irons ($30) -Real steel strike industries magwell ($25)
5. KJW V3 M4 $400 https://imgur.com/a/7Dx1uby -Good base V3, kept in good condition -MRE handguard installed ($200) MRE handguard link (IN USD): https://airsoftartisan.com/products/airsoft-artisan-mre-rail-hand-guard
6. GHK G34 TTI MOS $700 https://imgur.com/a/tD8zlon -STEEL slide version from samoon -Rare piece imported to Canada -Import from Samoon's total price ($1100) -Samoon's "Ultimate CO2 kit" installed ($150) -Extreme performance and recoil with reliability -Extra mag (1 gg 1 co2)
submitted by Kaiser3690 to airsoftmarketcanada [link] [comments]
Special sale: Fully customized Type 56 EBB rifle $400 https://imgur.com/a/7dWpEKo 5 mags, all work flawlessly 2 batteries and charger included
1. KWC 1911 $80 https://imgur.com/a/08l1cAI Special version. No issues, functions nicely
3. Tokyo marui XDM with 2 mags $150 https://imgur.com/a/2rpP1EK -Both mags non-leak like new -Real 9.5/10 condition -No issues, U can simply take it for your spring games
5. KJW V3 M4 $400 https://imgur.com/a/7Dx1uby -Good base V3, kept in good condition -MRE handguard installed ($200) MRE handguard link (IN USD): https://airsoftartisan.com/products/airsoft-artisan-mre-rail-hand-guard
2024.05.12 22:25 AppalachiaAstronaut (WTS) Misc Parts: stocks (luth, shock, mil), punisher grip, rail covers, ejection port, charging handle, mil safeties, offset picatinny mounts, barrel mounts, handguard +
Timestamp: https://imgur.com/a/K7E2uiG
Up for sale is all of this misc stuff for$240 $230 shipped. Willing to split into groups of stuff for offers.
submitted by AppalachiaAstronaut to GunAccessoriesForSale [link] [comments]
Up for sale is all of this misc stuff for
- rifle length Luth AR stock
- 2x shock absorbing AR stocks (have spring in them to reduce recoil)
- 1 generic AR stock
- 1 punisher grip
- 20 rubber picatinny rail covers
- 4x AR standard safeties
- molon labe ejection port and charging handle
- FAB Defense Quick Release 3/4in Flashlight and Laser Adapter, Black
- FAB DPR 16/4 double picatinny rail for AR-standard Handgaurd
- 2x Double offset (wide) picatinny rail accessory
- 2x Double offset (narrow) picatinny rail accessory
- 2x 22 barrel picatinny rail adapter
- 3x Blackhawk offset safety
- 5x AR pistol grip screw
- 1x slide fire handgaurd
2024.05.12 22:00 Freeman_Alex [WTS] ⚜️⚜️⚜️Freeman Shipyard Store vol.4⚜️⚜️⚜️ OC LTI Pulse/LX +Dominion Paint $25 ⚜️Prowler to Hull D CCU $45 ⚜️Hull D to Orion CCU $50 ⚜️CHEAP WARBOND CCU ⚜️QuickSALE ⚜️Open24/7 ⚜️Good Prices&Trade History ⚜️Original LTI Concepts ⚜️Subscribers Exclusive Items ⚜️Rare Paints ⚜️JUST WRITE ME
⚜️ Freeman Old Star Shipyard of Tortuga ⚜️
🔥 HOT SALE & SPECIAL OFFERS & Warbond CCU 🔥
| CCU - FROM | -> TO | Save $ | Warbond Bonus | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Razor | Retaliator Base | - | - | $7 |
| Prowler | 600i BIS 2953 | 🔥 | +paint & poster | $40 |
| Hull D | Orion | $50 | 120m | $50 |
| Prowler | Hull D | $65 | - | $45 |
| Razor | SRV | $15 | - | $5 |
⚜️ ➤ If you want to buy something, SEND PM me or send me DM to AlexFreeman#8529 in Discord. ⚜️
My old store pages with trade history: vol.1, vol.2, vol.3
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| Pulse +Dominion Paint | LTI | $25🔥 |
| Pulse LX +Dominion Paint | LTI | $25🔥 |
| F7C Hornet Mk II +Ironscale Paint | LTI | $160🔥 |
| 600I BIS 2953 +Paint&Poster OC | 10y | $575🔥 |
| Redeemer BIS 2953 +Paint&Poster OC | 10y | $430🔥 |
| Corsair BIS 2953 +Paint&Poster OC | 10y | $350🔥 |
| Vulture BIS 2953 +Paint&Poster OC | 10y | $275🔥 |
| 600i Explorer BIS 2951 + Paint & Jacket CCU'd | LTI | $400🔥 |
| MERCURY STAR RUNNER BIS 2951 + Paint & Jacket CCU'd | LTI | $210🔥 |
| MERCURY STAR RUNNER BIS 2952 + RED ALERT Paint CCU'd | LTI | $260🔥 |
| CARRACK BIS 2952 + RED ALERT Paint CCU'd | LTI | $600 |
| LTI Upgrade - Reliant Kore to CNOU Nomad | LTI | $80 |
| LTI Upgrade - 315P to CNOU Nomad | LTI | $100 |
| M50 Subscriber Edition | LTI | $98 |
| Cutlass RED Subscriber Edition | LTI | $133 |
| Mantis Subscriber Edition | LTI | $148 |
| Sabre Subscriber Edition | LTI | $168 |
| Add-Ons - Endeavor Telescope Pod | 10y | $135 |
| Add-Ons - Endeavor Biodome Pod | 10y | $110 |
| Add-Ons - Endeavor Fuel Pod | 10y | $40 |
| Add-Ons - AEGIS Idris P After Market Kit | LTI | $260 |
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| 400I | ||||
| 400I | < | CONSTELLATION ANDROMEDA | $15 | |
| 600I EXPLORER | ||||
| 600I EXPLORER | < | PROWLER | $70 | |
| ARGO MOLE | ||||
| ARGO MOLE | < | CONSTELLATION AQUILA | $7 | |
| ARGO MOLE | < | MERCURY STAR RUNNER | $59 | |
| ARGO MOLE | < | VANGUARD WARDEN | $59 | |
| ARGO MOLE | < | RETALIATOR BOMBER | $43 | |
| ARGO MOLE | < | VANGUARD SENTINEL | $43 | |
| ARGO MOLE | < | APOLLO MEDIVAC | $43 | |
| ARGO MOLE | < | ESPERIA VANDUUL BLADE | $43 | |
| ARGO MOLE | < | VANGUARD HARBINGER | $27 | |
| ARGO MOLE | < | REDEEMER | $70 | |
| ARGO MOLE | < | HULL C | $70 | |
| ARGO MOLE | < | APOLLO TRIAGE | $70 | |
| ARROW | ||||
| ARROW | < | AURORA MR | $50 | |
| ARROW | < | MUSTANG ALPHA | $50 | |
| ARROW | < | C8X PISCES EXPEDITION | $35 | |
| ARROW | < | 100i | $30 | |
| ARROW | < | AVENGER TITAN | $25 | |
| ARROW | < | RELIANT KORE | $15 | |
| CATERPILLAR BEST IN SHOW EDITION | ||||
| CATERPILLAR BISE | < | VANGUARD HARBINGER | $100 | |
| CORSAIR | ||||
| CORSAIR | < | TAURUS | $60 | |
| CRUCIBLE | ||||
| CRUCIBLE | < | STARFARER GEMINI | $21 | |
| CUTLASS BLACK BEST IN SHOW EDITION | ||||
| CUTLASS BLACK BISE | < | GLADIUS | $70 | |
| CUTLASS RED Subscriber | ||||
| CUTLASS RED Subscriber | < | F7C-S HORNET GHOST | $25 | |
| CUTLASS BLUE | ||||
| CUTLASS BLUE | < | PROSPECTOR | $30 | |
| DEFENDER | ||||
| DEFENDER | < | CORSAIR | $15 | |
| DEFENDER | < | HORNET F7C-M HEARTSEEKER | $37 | |
| GLADIUS | ||||
| GLADIUS | < | AURORA MR | $65 | |
| GLADIUS | < | MUSTANG ALPHA | $65 | |
| GLADIUS | < | C8X PISCES EXPEDITION | $50 | |
| GLADIUS | < | 100i | $45 | |
| GLADIUS | < | AVENGER TITAN | $40 | |
| GLADIUS | < | RELIANT KORE | $30 | |
| GLADIUS | < | ARROW | $20 | |
| HAMMERHEAD | ||||
| HAMMERHEAD | < | CARRACK | $150 | |
| HAMMERHEAD | < | CARRACK EXPEDITION W/C8X | $100 | |
| HULL C | ||||
| HULL C | < | CATERPILLAR | $175 | |
| MERCHANTMAN | ||||
| MERCHANTMAN | < | STARFARER GEMINI | $300 | |
| MERCHANTMAN | < | ARGO MOLE | $345 | |
| NAUTILUS | ||||
| NAUTILUS | < | CARRACK | $175 | |
| PERSEUS | ||||
| PERSEUS | < | CARRACK Expedition W/C8X | $40 | |
| PERSEUS | < | CARRACK | $90 | |
| PERSEUS | < | ORION | $115 | |
| PERSEUS | < | 600I EXPLORER | $220 | |
| PERSEUS | < | MERCHANTMAN | $248 | |
| PERSEUS | < | ARGO MOLE | $380 | |
| PERSEUS | < | ANDROMEDA | $485 | |
| POLARIS | ||||
| POLARIS | < | PERSEUS | $70 | |
| POLARIS | < | HAMMERHEAD | $70 | |
| POLARIS | < | NAUTILUS | $60 | |
| POLARIS | < | CARRACK | $250 | |
| RECLAIMER BIS 2949 | ||||
| RECLAIMER BIS 2949 | < | VALKYRIE | $300 | |
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2024.05.12 21:30 Open-that-door [WTS][USA-CA] Ops-Core SOTR Mask with mic, extra filter, and helmet buckle, MOS Tactical Winglets™ Radio/Mag Pouchx2, AXL Placard Conversion - Crye Front Flaps, Velcro Loop field adapter & Admin Zipper, Acetech Tracer BBs, M-Series 300 Round AEG Magazines, E&C Airsoft 13" Full Metal Defender AEG
Image: https://imgur.com/a/Wyey7J6
$420 to take out everything for items in [] shipped. All Ops-Core, AXL, MOS & Blackhawk items.
[Ops-Core SOTR with featured built-in mic(Used in very good condition), with an extra filter.
Head harness, helmet harness & straps harness(buckle) are all included, asked for $330.
MOS Tactical Winglets™ Radio/Utility Pouch x2/1 pair Color: Multicam asked for $45
AXL Admin Zipper for the Crye Precision® JPC™ Medium / Multicam x1 asked for $27
AXL Velcro Loop field adapter(Buckles for front panel)Multicam x1 asked for $27
AXL Placard Conversion for Crye Front Flaps x1 asked for $30
Blackhawk S.T.R.I.K.E.® Gen.4 Flashbang Pouch - MOLLE Color: Multicam: $22 shipped.]
Acetech Tracer BBs (Approx 2700 Count) 0.25g asked for $19 shipped, it has been stored in a dark environment.
E&C Airsoft Keymod 13" Full Metal Defender M4 Airsoft AEG Rifle - Black asked for $97 shipped. Completely functional, with 1 original mag.
M-Series 300 Round Hi-Cap AEG Airsoft Magazines x3 asked for $28 shipped.
If you are considering buying more than one item, don't hesitate to get in touch with me to see what bundle price is available or offered. We can dicuss about the price and bundle configuration.
Sale only in CONUS, Paypal G&S only.
submitted by Open-that-door to airsoftmarket [link] [comments]
$420 to take out everything for items in [] shipped. All Ops-Core, AXL, MOS & Blackhawk items.
[Ops-Core SOTR with featured built-in mic(Used in very good condition), with an extra filter.
Head harness, helmet harness & straps harness(buckle) are all included, asked for $330.
MOS Tactical Winglets™ Radio/Utility Pouch x2/1 pair Color: Multicam asked for $45
AXL Admin Zipper for the Crye Precision® JPC™ Medium / Multicam x1 asked for $27
AXL Velcro Loop field adapter(Buckles for front panel)Multicam x1 asked for $27
AXL Placard Conversion for Crye Front Flaps x1 asked for $30
Blackhawk S.T.R.I.K.E.® Gen.4 Flashbang Pouch - MOLLE Color: Multicam: $22 shipped.]
Acetech Tracer BBs (Approx 2700 Count) 0.25g asked for $19 shipped, it has been stored in a dark environment.
E&C Airsoft Keymod 13" Full Metal Defender M4 Airsoft AEG Rifle - Black asked for $97 shipped. Completely functional, with 1 original mag.
M-Series 300 Round Hi-Cap AEG Airsoft Magazines x3 asked for $28 shipped.
If you are considering buying more than one item, don't hesitate to get in touch with me to see what bundle price is available or offered. We can dicuss about the price and bundle configuration.
Sale only in CONUS, Paypal G&S only.
2024.05.12 21:01 Extra_Handle_3291 [SELL] 18650 storage tubes for b5 Sopmod stocks and some foregrips/barricade stops (MD)
[SELL] 18650 storage tubes for b5 Sopmod stocks! (MD)
https://imgur.com/a/yV3l47M
Hey everyone! I’ve got some sweet new stuff and of course more Sopmod tubes in stock.
https://outofsightsolutions.myshopify.com/
New stuff first: I’ve got a new grip “Mostly Vertical Grip for Mlok” it’s exactly as the title states, mostly vertical it’s got a nice slight Bend which works great for those who mostly use grips as a handstop or similar(myself included) I kinda use it half regular grip half handstop and to make it nice and grippy even when your sweaty or wet, I created a mild texture on both sides that grips well for barehands and I’m sure even better with gloves. It also has some grooves cut into the front and back for added texture. As of right now it is MLOK only but am working on a pic version as we speak.
https://imgur.com/a/iuKuNCP
$17 for the mostly vertical grip
Old stuff: I still have the “banana grip” but it is now available for BOTH mlok and pic rails. The mlok is my choice just because it has such great flush fitment with most rails. This grip also is textured just more on the light end. It has a much more curved design which really feels great to pull the rifle into your shoulder. It is also NOT VERTICAL in anyway so you can throw this on a pistol and tell the ATF to kick rocks. The banana grip is also $17 for mlok OR picatinny
https://imgur.com/a/AQbqxn3 BANANA GRIP PICS^
And lastly
Good ole 18650 storage tubes for b5 Sopmod stocks. These have come a long way from my first versions. My first versions worked well, but since acquiring some new hardware for my printer I’m able to print these much better which gives more room for variation in 18650 battery films. Some films are thicker than others and this varies brand to brand. When I first came out with these I had trouble fitting my USB built in streamlight 18650. It fit it was just a bit tight, now it slides right in with ease. These are water resistant and hold up well when stored in the stock. You can fit 2 standard 18650 batteries or whatever other goodies you like.
The storage tubes are $20 a piece or $30 for 2. The discount does not show up until you add 2 to your cart.
https://imgur.com/a/Kz9Alcj
Everything I have listed here is on my site and in stock right now. If you would prefer to do a private sale that is cool with me! I take PayPal g&s or F&F whatever you prefer. Just comment on here that your interested and I’ll send a PM asap. Otherwise my site is listed in the beginning and end of this post.
ALL OF THESE DESIGNS AND PRODUCTS ARE 100% my design and creation. I manufacture these parts at home with quality materials that are durable. While I strive for the highest quality possible when manufacturing these, there are sometimes defects visually that occur. These have no impact to the product and I always check every single part for function and fitment before it arrives to you. If you have any questions about my products feel free to message me or leave a comment I’m happy to answer! If there is something that you’d like to see me make or you have an idea I’m all ears!
https://outofsightsolutions.myshopify.com/
submitted by Extra_Handle_3291 to GunAccessoryVendors [link] [comments]
https://imgur.com/a/yV3l47M
Hey everyone! I’ve got some sweet new stuff and of course more Sopmod tubes in stock.
https://outofsightsolutions.myshopify.com/
New stuff first: I’ve got a new grip “Mostly Vertical Grip for Mlok” it’s exactly as the title states, mostly vertical it’s got a nice slight Bend which works great for those who mostly use grips as a handstop or similar(myself included) I kinda use it half regular grip half handstop and to make it nice and grippy even when your sweaty or wet, I created a mild texture on both sides that grips well for barehands and I’m sure even better with gloves. It also has some grooves cut into the front and back for added texture. As of right now it is MLOK only but am working on a pic version as we speak.
https://imgur.com/a/iuKuNCP
$17 for the mostly vertical grip
Old stuff: I still have the “banana grip” but it is now available for BOTH mlok and pic rails. The mlok is my choice just because it has such great flush fitment with most rails. This grip also is textured just more on the light end. It has a much more curved design which really feels great to pull the rifle into your shoulder. It is also NOT VERTICAL in anyway so you can throw this on a pistol and tell the ATF to kick rocks. The banana grip is also $17 for mlok OR picatinny
https://imgur.com/a/AQbqxn3 BANANA GRIP PICS^
And lastly
Good ole 18650 storage tubes for b5 Sopmod stocks. These have come a long way from my first versions. My first versions worked well, but since acquiring some new hardware for my printer I’m able to print these much better which gives more room for variation in 18650 battery films. Some films are thicker than others and this varies brand to brand. When I first came out with these I had trouble fitting my USB built in streamlight 18650. It fit it was just a bit tight, now it slides right in with ease. These are water resistant and hold up well when stored in the stock. You can fit 2 standard 18650 batteries or whatever other goodies you like.
The storage tubes are $20 a piece or $30 for 2. The discount does not show up until you add 2 to your cart.
https://imgur.com/a/Kz9Alcj
Everything I have listed here is on my site and in stock right now. If you would prefer to do a private sale that is cool with me! I take PayPal g&s or F&F whatever you prefer. Just comment on here that your interested and I’ll send a PM asap. Otherwise my site is listed in the beginning and end of this post.
ALL OF THESE DESIGNS AND PRODUCTS ARE 100% my design and creation. I manufacture these parts at home with quality materials that are durable. While I strive for the highest quality possible when manufacturing these, there are sometimes defects visually that occur. These have no impact to the product and I always check every single part for function and fitment before it arrives to you. If you have any questions about my products feel free to message me or leave a comment I’m happy to answer! If there is something that you’d like to see me make or you have an idea I’m all ears!
https://outofsightsolutions.myshopify.com/
2024.05.12 17:11 LowkustLure [S] Crosman Full Auto R1 BB Air Rifle (Black) Ontario
![[S] Crosman Full Auto R1 BB Air Rifle (Black) Ontario](https://b.thumbs.redditmedia.com/nHPzeukBliKJzJr0Nmv0axPYa0us7LpCK_4YfV1zI6s.jpg "[S] Crosman Full Auto R1 BB Air Rifle (Black) Ontario") | Less than 30 days old, Crosman Full Auto R1 BB air rifle (Black) bought for son, used maybe 150 rounds (cleaned, oiled using crosman pelgunoil and chamber silicon), he decide he likes tan/brown one better, so this is up for sale. Bought locally in Ontario for 279.99 + tax and shipping. Asking $260.00 OBO in Oakville, prefer pickup. Shipping is additional submitted by LowkustLure to airgunmarket [link] [comments] https://preview.redd.it/99uu6y3qh00d1.jpg?width=1500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2b6bfd711e89677f1dd77abef76b786fbd3bb97f https://preview.redd.it/0xqov04qh00d1.jpg?width=1400&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=53943d07b9698109ad8f6a2216f8070f9263b2f1 |
2024.05.12 01:57 BenefitTiny [Xb1]. Whats it worth?
![[Xb1]. Whats it worth?](https://preview.redd.it/bczyefbnyvzc1.jpeg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=987f508a40a8f1ff5d2b27ad6d763fd055bc2b21 "[Xb1]. Whats it worth?") | submitted by BenefitTiny to Fallout76Marketplace [link] [comments] |
2024.05.11 22:35 hlim2matrix [WTS] TREX AC1 MC arid small, Stag barrel, Rainier barrel, Ruger 10/22 OE stock set, Magpul MBUS and RSA.
Timestamp: https://imgur.com/a/TF4aH9z
Timestamp2 and additional pictures: https://imgur.com/a/cdotMZb
All prices PayPal G&S fees included. Please add $7 shipping to each order (1 or all same $7). Will ship USPS priority flat rate within 2 business days.
TREX Arms AC1 plate carrier in small and multicam arid. Brand new in the package. Bought it when it was on sale planning on getting plates later. Purchased belt setup and chest rig instead. $100
Stag Arms 5.56 NATO 20" barrel 1/8. It has FSB pin slots. I got this with an A1 upper I bought here and have no use. Can't find much information about it other that what's stamped on the barrel. Has some light phosphate discoloration/surface rust on the front part of the barrel (between gas block and muzzle). Unknown round count but appears to be fairly low judging by the gas port erosion and condition of rifling. $120
Rainier Arms Ultramatch polished fluted 9mm AR Barrel 10.7”. Has 132 rounds shot through it (4x 33rd mags) for function and sighting in. Decided to go 16” for comps. Has some light tool marks on a couple of the flutes from rail install/removal. No box, no paperwork. $80
Ruger 10/22 Takedown OEM black stock set. Used for a while and then replaced with Magpul furniture. $20
Precision Armament M4-72 Compensator 7.62mm 5/8-24” in satin. Used on an 18” rifle with about 300 rounds through it. Light salt with copper fouling. Included plastic container and paperwork. $45
Magpul RSA Rail Sling Attachment. Low salt, no box, no paperwork. $10
Magpul Gen3 MBUS Front in black. Pretty much new condition. Installed on rifle and didn’t like the look. No box, no paperwork. $20
Valhalla Tactical RUKH 1.93” tower only with hardware. Ordered the wrong height. Like new, no box, no paperwork. $30
submitted by hlim2matrix to GunAccessoriesForSale [link] [comments]
Timestamp2 and additional pictures: https://imgur.com/a/cdotMZb
All prices PayPal G&S fees included. Please add $7 shipping to each order (1 or all same $7). Will ship USPS priority flat rate within 2 business days.
TREX Arms AC1 plate carrier in small and multicam arid. Brand new in the package. Bought it when it was on sale planning on getting plates later. Purchased belt setup and chest rig instead. $100
Stag Arms 5.56 NATO 20" barrel 1/8. It has FSB pin slots. I got this with an A1 upper I bought here and have no use. Can't find much information about it other that what's stamped on the barrel. Has some light phosphate discoloration/surface rust on the front part of the barrel (between gas block and muzzle). Unknown round count but appears to be fairly low judging by the gas port erosion and condition of rifling. $120
Rainier Arms Ultramatch polished fluted 9mm AR Barrel 10.7”. Has 132 rounds shot through it (4x 33rd mags) for function and sighting in. Decided to go 16” for comps. Has some light tool marks on a couple of the flutes from rail install/removal. No box, no paperwork. $80
Ruger 10/22 Takedown OEM black stock set. Used for a while and then replaced with Magpul furniture. $20
Precision Armament M4-72 Compensator 7.62mm 5/8-24” in satin. Used on an 18” rifle with about 300 rounds through it. Light salt with copper fouling. Included plastic container and paperwork. $45
Magpul RSA Rail Sling Attachment. Low salt, no box, no paperwork. $10
Magpul Gen3 MBUS Front in black. Pretty much new condition. Installed on rifle and didn’t like the look. No box, no paperwork. $20
Valhalla Tactical RUKH 1.93” tower only with hardware. Ordered the wrong height. Like new, no box, no paperwork. $30
2024.05.11 19:48 ApprehensiveCap6525 Earth is a Lost Colony (27)
A/N: Yeah, I locked tf in and revised my main work when I was posting those side stories. I went through every chapter with a fine-tooth comb and revised them to bring them up to current Cap standards. Maybe I'll do this again at some point, too.
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“Holy shit! Kryll!” Those were Ivan Kaydanovsky’s first words as he stepped off his shuttle and onto the deck of the Republic’s Claw. An honor guard of two Republic marines flanked him, clad in polished black and carrying beautiful but deadly ceremonial rifles. On another shuttle, escorted by a black-clad RDF:Intelligence officer and a much larger honor guard, Kryll Naxol stood with the powerful bearing of a Republic Auxiliary.
“Ivan!” Kryll called back, committing a minor breach of protocol to rush out and greet his old friend. They wrapped in a bear hug, nearly crushing each other with their cybernetic strength before logic and neural inhibitors prevailed. “You were assigned to the Claw?”
“Probably old man Jedik trying to keep a watch on us,” Ivan chuckled. “But all’s well that ends well, right?”
Kryll blinked a bit and cocked his head before finally agreeing. “Suppose so. You’re with the standards, right?” The standard Auxiliaries. The ones without a Vanguard to guide their training. Many former apprentices had joined them over the course of the war. Some died with their masters instead.
“Yeah, yeah, the little babies sucking on bottles. That’s me,” smiled Ivan. “You’re motherfucking special forces. Give it a few years, you’ll be taking me as an apprentice.”
“Give it a few years, and the war will be won.” Kryll spoke with pride, and something between confidence and arrogance to back it up. “I… haven’t given too much thought as to what I’ll do after that.”
“See your people?” asked Ivan. “You have to have some.” Now that he thought about it, he didn’t know much of anything about Kryll’s past. He had never asked, and his friend had never told.
“You’re my people.” Kryll looked deep in thought for a moment. “Family, too, I suppose. Everyone else is dead.” Ivan suddenly felt very foolish. “Try not to die, too, okay?” Kryll made an attempt to cut the tension. “I kind of like you.” It had evidently failed.
Ivan remembered his old platoon on Atreides. Russian conscripts, hardly the cream of the crop, but sturdy and true fighters to the last. He missed them dearly, more than he would like to admit. He knew Kryll felt the same. “We’ll have to live for them, then. Keep their memory alive.”
“They lived as heroes,” Kryll replied. “Died like heroes, too. If we do have to go, I wouldn’t mind going out like them.” Ivan felt it was better not to go out at all.
“We had better pack it,” he said. “Don’t want to be late.” And, with that, he and Kryll had separated. Ivan wondered when they would see each other again.
The Auxiliaries Ivan was to meet stood in a large and gleaming cargo bay in clean and orderly ranks, like Ivan’s last platoon had done on Iera Prime. They were all dead now. He felt grimly thankful he had never gotten to know any of them. Then he wondered if Kryll had ever felt the same.
Forty men, Ivan counted. Or women, he added, as you could never really tell in combat armor. Forty Auxiliaries, standing at attention with automatics at port arms. Ivan realized that he was the forty-first. He had yet to don his armor, a suit which he assumed was custom-made for him. Even without the wings, Ierad physiology was alien enough for the Claw’s engineers to have to specialize a design. Ivan had learned as much when his martial arts instructors had to learn Muay Thai at the SpecOps academy.
A grim-faced officer directed him toward the armory. Two imposing marines flanked it, each standing at six feet tall and built like a gorilla in their powered combat suits. Ivan could have taken them apart like tin cans if he wished.
The door hissed open. Even on a Republic ship, all bright colors and sleek curves, there were some places where beauty was a foreign thing. This, a dull gray hallway with sixty berths for powered armor, was one of them. A requisitions officer stepped out of nowhere to challenge Ivan, surprising even his enhanced reflexes, and a brief exchange of words convinced him to show Ivan to his suit.
“Echelon-class standard-issue powered combat armor,” the officer explained, referring to the hulking black thing Ivan was to wear. “Modified for your… unique… physical characteristics. The wing weapons are absent, replaced with shoulder mounts for an arsenal of your choosing.” Ivan took all this in as he was told it. “Each forearm contains a mount for another weapon, usually an autocannon combined with a blade or cutting laser.”
Ivan had seen blades in use before. Horsemen, two of them, had boarded a battleship over the planet Segmentus. Why they hadn’t drawn guns, Ivan could not say, but he remembered vividly the ease with which they had cut down the ship’s marines.
“I’ll be using this?”
“You are Republic Auxiliary Ivan Kaydanovsky, identity number 87987, assigned to Standard Cohort Twelve, are you not?” Ivan nodded. “Then you will be using this.” The requisitions man jabbed a wing at the suit’s chest, where Ivan’s identity number was emblazoned in white Terran numerals.
Ivan stepped closer to the powered armor, admiring its massive bulk. No weapons were strapped to its arms, no artillery was stowed on its back, but this inert suit of armor seemed as formidable as a Greek god in front of lowly mortal Ivan. “You do know how to put it on, yes?” Ivan was really starting to dislike this requisitions officer.
He donned the suit and ran through his diagnostic checks. He had never used a powered suit of this caliber before, but it all came naturally to him. The implants were doing their work well.
After he had gotten the feel of things, some minutes later, Ivan Kaydanovsky took his first step in Auxiliary-grade powered armor. “It’s not unusual for operators of powered combat armor of this grade to experience a rush of euphoria, usually combined with a feeling of invincibility or limitless power,” droned the requisitions man. “Are you?”
Ivan knew all of that. Ivan had the specifics of this armor drilled into him so many times that he could have given that briefing from memory even without his computer augments. “Yes,” he said, taking a thunderous step forward and testing the suit’s systems with a few practiced movements. Then, he threw a lightning-fast blow that could have put a dent in the steel wall in front of him. He stepped back in shock. “I think I am.”
“Well, that’s natural.” The requisitions officer walked toward the door, beckoning Ivan with a wing to follow. “We should have someone here in a bit to remind you that you’re fallible.” Ivan needed no reminder. He had seen the casualty statistics. In a war like this, even gods were mortal.
The door hissed open. “Is that him?” Ivan looked to see a Republic colonel with striking blue plumage standing in the massive doorway.
“Auxiliary… Kaydanovsky, identity number 78987, come with me,” the officer commanded. There was no further communication.
A short ride in a transit pod later, Ivan followed the officer through a corridor and up to a door that was flanked by marines. That was hardly unusual, guarding doors was most of what marines did, but Ivan could not help but notice this door’s security was a bit overkill. The marines eyed him uneasily, and his armor reported that it was being scanned by a battery of concealed sensors. The door in front of him looked flimsy, coated in some alien wood and decorated with gold filigree, but his scanners detected six inches of blast proof metal behind it. “Admiral Jedik’s quarters,” Ivan guessed.
The marines looked among each other. “He’s cleared. Colonel, right this way.” The door slid open, triggered by an unseen operator. The colonel ushered Ivan in.
“Holy shit, Kryll!” That was the second, and not the last, time Ivan would say such a phrase. The Russian trooper spied his friend as he walked into a small but beautiful living room, surrounded by well-placed decorations and copies of artwork from across the galaxy. Most were from Earth, and there was even a Bible on some alien furniture near the door.
“Holy-” Kryll Naxol, clad in his own set of powered armor, shut his beak just before he uttered three alien syllables that would have been improper in the present company. There was, after all, a Republic fleet admiral standing by the hologram projector. “I apologize for my friend’s vulgarity, sir.”
“Apology accepted.” Yegel Jedik, the father of the microchip that now clung tightly to Kryll’s prefrontal cortex, snapped to attention and saluted Ivan. He saluted back. “Colonel Talta, you’re dismissed. Report to the fleet bridge and continue your work on the battle plan.” Jedik was dressed for a formal occasion, a rarity in the Republic fleet, and he was holding a glass of alcohol in his left claw. That was not a rarity.
The colonel, whose name tag Ivan had never actually bothered to read, saluted and left. “Sir, if I may,” said Ivan, “Why am I here?”
“You do remember, of course, that your friend owes his position to the computer chip my surgeons installed in his brain?” Jedik asked. Ivan nodded, a gesture which the admiral had learned by now. “Good. I must confess, I’ve not been entirely truthful with you.”
“With all due respect, sir, I suspected as much,” said Ivan. “I saw your spies when I was training.”
“And you?” Jedik turned to Kryll.
“I don’t think the microchip operates the way you explained it to me. A randomized tactical generator wouldn’t have had the effect it did.”
“I’m not going to discuss military secrets with you,” Jedik snapped, ending that line of discussion. “That is need-to-know only, and neither of you need to know it. Now, listen well.” They were listening. “You, Lieutenant Naxol, are an experiment. A test subject, functionally identical to every other soldier who agreed to have that microchip installed except for one factor; you are an Auxiliary. There is one other in the galaxy like you, lieutenant, and you both are assigned to the same unit.” He pointed a wing at Ivan. “You are their control group. The three of you will be fighting together, under my personal supervision, and your performance will be instrumental in demonstrating the effectiveness of this microchip technology. Are we clear?”
They were test subjects. Guinea pigs on the front lines of a war. Ivan really hoped that Admiral Jedik knew what he was doing.
“Sir, yes, sir!” Kryll and Ivan barked in unison, responding reflexively to their superior’s request. “Perfectly clear, sir!” After that, they were dismissed. They passed ranks of armored marines, who stood like suits of armor in some ancient castle, and thought of their new task.
“Kryll,” Ivan said, to break the silence. “Things make sense, now. The spies, the gold cadre, most of it. The one thing I don’t get is why a Vanguard chose you if Jedik had already laid a claim.”
“He probably didn’t,” Kryll figured. “Or Jedik was late to claim my services. Hell, this microchip is a wonder. I could never think of things like this before.” He paused, thinking of things like this. “Do you think Jedik even knows what it does?”
“Shit, I fucking hope so!” Ivan laughed. “It’d be real shitty if you started seeing the shadow people halfway through a firefight!” Then he had to think, too. “I’d wager he has some idea, but he can’t know everything. No need for an experimental unit if he did,” he explained.
“Agreed. He probably has thousands of units like ours. Tens of thousands of test subjects.”
“It’s kind of fucked, doing that to people,” said Ivan. “I mean, he doesn’t even know what the chips really do, and he’s testing them on intelligent beings.” Kryll didn’t feel the same way. “Why not use it on mice, or monkeys, or those six-legged things that can solve a Rubik’s cube?” ‘Those six-legged things’ referred to a species of mammal on Iera Prime whose average specimen was about as intelligent as an eight-year-old child. Most of them could not solve Rubik’s cubes.
“The Alliance killed two hundred billion people,” Kryll countered. “No provocation, no prior aggression on our end, just senseless murder. If putting computers in my head helps them finally get what’s coming to them, then hook me the fuck up.” There was a harsh finality to his words that ended all discussion on that matter. Ivan did not want to press him any further.
“Who’s the third Auxiliary?” Ivan changed the subject.
“How would I know? I got told the same thing you did.”
“Yeah, I figure that’s fair.” Ivan shrugged. “We should meet him soon enough.”
They did meet him soon enough. Both of them had made their own mental preconceptions of what their new teammate would be, and both of their preconceptions were totally dashed when they finally saw it. Not he, or she, but it. It sat on a huge crate in the cargo bay they had been assembled to, covered from head to toe in a thick brown exoskeleton and holding a massive assault weapon in two of its six limbs. Two others were obviously for movement, being furthest from its ant-like head and shaped much like animal legs on Earth, and the two middle ones were clearly manipulators. They were shorter and scrawnier, but still formidably strong as appendages went. They grasped the assault rifle, the same model of weapon Ivan had seen in the armored gauntlets of Republic marines just minutes prior.
The top two appendages, positioned similarly to Ivan’s arms, were neither for grasping nor moving. They were bruisers, thick as tree trunks and covered at the ends with sharp spikes of strong chitin. They could hold something, with three digits on each limb, but any fine motor tasks were impossible.
The insect was totally naked, not even wearing armor, but no reproductive or even waste-disposal organs were visible. Ivan, being a devout Christian, was thankful for that.
It stood up as it saw him, rising to the height of fully eight feet tall and making Ivan recall all the times he had crushed insects underfoot when he was younger. The burly Russian was clad in full powered armor, seven feet tall and one thousand pounds heavy, and this monster still made him feel small. Any previous thoughts of invincibility in his armor were quickly dispelled.
“Soldier caste,” said Kryll. “It’s a Krulvuk, born and bred for war.”
“I’ve heard of them,” Ivan breathed. “Good Christ, you look different in person.”
“Why?” asked the Krulvuk. “Holographic distortion?”
“No, no, it’s just an expression,” Ivan sighed. “Never mind.”
“My apologies,” the insect chittered. “I am unfamiliar with expressions.” It crouched lower a little, bringing Ivan’s helmeted head level with its own. Two bulbous eyes, like those of a Terran housefly, stared at his metal visage. A pair of massive mandibles clicked absentmindedly. “Command castes are meant for such a purpose. I am a soldier caste.”
Ivan recalled seeing a command caste on a news broadcast, defending her actions from a crowd of incensed reporters. She, or at least the broadcast said it was a she, was the magistrate of a Krulvuk colony on the outskirts of Regime space. When a famine struck, she ordered the killing of twenty thousand of the lower castes to conserve food for the rest of the colony.
Ivan did not like the Krulvuk command caste.
“Tell me more about them,” he said, gauging whether this soldier’s feelings aligned with his own. “How do they treat you?”
“The command caste are thinkers, scholars, leaders. They are exceedingly rare. Soldiers and workers serve them.” Then it paused, mandibles clicking and claws fidgeting. “My command caste sold me to Admiral Jedik for sixty thousand units. He had no need for me.”
There was no emotion whatsoever in that insect’s modulated voice. No hint of sorrow at its betrayal or sale, like a slave on old Earth. “Like a slave?” Ivan gasped. “You’re a slave?”
“It’s a hive insect,” Kryll explained to him, not to defend the insect but to explain its alien nature. “Hardwired to serve its colony, without any regard for its own life or safety. It would kill itself if it meant the colony stayed alive.”
Ivan looked at the insect. “Would you?”
“Without question.”
“Why?” he gasped. “What the fuck do you owe them?”
“It is my biological imperative to obey and serve,” chittered the insect, “No matter the cost.” Its mandibles clicked once, a gesture that Ivan’s suit translated into realization. “Oh, my apologies. I am Vigel, formerly known as Sekvit 1,829.” The 1,829th Krulvuk to hatch from one of Sekvit’s eggs. The command caste were the only ones who could lay them. “I was named by Admiral Jedik, who I am now legally and ethically required to serve.”
“You earned a name,” Kryll congratulated Vigel. “Good job, big man.”
“Thank you,” Vigel chittered. “Low castes are genderless, for your information, but I feel no offense at the mishap. I have been informed that my species can be found quite unnerving, and I truly appreciate your support.”
Ivan certainly found its species unnerving. They were alien, truly alien, and in a very bad way. There was a reason the Alliance had taken pains to exterminate them over the course of their invasion. Regardless of how he thought of the Krulvuks, Ivan was still glad they had failed.
“Well, uh, you seem agreeable enough,” he ventured. “It’s just the command caste that I mind. The way they run things doesn’t sit right with me.” Krulvuks were a cold and utilitarian species, having earned many enemies before they stood against the hated Alliance. Before the war, the threat of a Krell Imperial or international police action kept their species in line with Coalition morality. Now, with their army sorely needed to defend frontline worlds, there were no such restrictions. The Galactic Coalition could not afford a conflict at home.
Their lower castes were instinctively conditioned to obey and defend the command caste to the death, and the latter treated their servants almost universally like expendable machines. To them, lives were a resource like any other. Soldier caste, worker caste, even fellow command castes had a value, and they all could be left to die unflinchingly if another resource was deemed more precious.
Vigel did not mind this way of life. Most others did. The Krulvuk Regime had a very short list of allies.
“Why?” asked the massive insect. “They are logical. Efficient. Calculating. Are these not admirable traits in a leader?”
“A leader should have compassion,” Kryll countered. “They should care for their people, not just see them as tools.” Vigel understood this concept, even if it did not grasp the sentiment of it. Admiral Jedik had explained it to him.
“Like the admiral,” it clicked understandingly. “Compassion is unnecessary,” it countered. “Logic dictates that, when the colony prospers, the command caste will also prosper. Thus, logically, the command caste has an incentive to make their colony prosper. No compassion is involved in that.”
No compassion was involved on Tlelaxis III, either, when a battalion of Regime troops gunned down an entire worker caste habitation sector to cull the spread of a lethal epidemic. Ivan was really growing to dislike Vigel. Kryll had already drawn that conclusion, though he was better at hiding it. “And what if I’m wounded on the battlefield, and logic dictates you leave me to die?” snapped Ivan.
“Ivan,” Kryll warned. “Let’s try to be cooperative here.”
“His concern is valid,” Vigel countered. “I assure you, I will always act in the best interests of the Republic. I would never abandon my unit unless the situation demanded it.” Ivan felt that was a fair answer, all things considered. He knew he’d shed few tears over leaving Vigel on the front. “Still,” warned the insect, “I may not refuse an order that is given to me. I am compelled to obey.”
“Any order?” asked Ivan, concern mixed with contempt in his voice. “Tell me honestly, are you a machine? Or are you a man?”
“I am neither,” said Vigel. “I am simply a killer. Born and bred.” A butcher was closer to Ivan’s description of it. “That is why I am here.”
“Damn straight!” Ivan exclaimed. “You’re a soulless, emotionless, murder machine, just like the rest of your shitty race.”
“Ivan!” snapped Kryll. “As your superior officer, I command you to be silent!” Ivan stepped back sheepishly. “You will not insult your fellow soldiers again.”
“I am not insulted,” Vigel defended him. “I find his assessment to be somewhat accurate, if in a demeaning way.”
“Which means you should be insulted,” Ivan snapped, jabbing a finger at Vigel. Kryll glared at him through his helmet. “Any normal person would.”
“Sergeant Kaydanovsky, do I need to tie your mouth shut with rope?” Ivan grew silent. After all he’d been through alongside Kryll, he had almost forgotten the bird was still his superior officer. “You will refrain from speaking in that manner about anyone in this unit, or I will have you running sixties until your legs collapse,” Kryll snapped. He could be quite intimidating if the situation called for it. “Am I clear?”
“Yes, sir,” Ivan growled, snapping to attention and saluting. “Perfectly clear, sir.”
“Good. Now, you’re dismissed.” Ivan turned and stalked out of the room. Kryll considered following him, thinking more as his friend than his commanding officer, but there was little he could do. Kryll Naxol could field-strip an automatic rifle in ten seconds flat, he could make an improvised explosive out of engine coolant and empty canteens, but he was far out of his element here.
Ivan walked out of the cargo bay in a fury, disgusted at the callousness with which Vigel treated life and the readiness with which he defended his despotic command caste. Kryll knew he was right, he felt the same way himself, but he was hopeless at convincing Ivan to hold his tongue around Vigel. Unity was what won wars, and Kryll's unit was disunified. If Ivan refused to fight alongside Vigel, or he did not place his trust in it, the unit would be destroyed. People would die.
The fleet would be at Neldia within a day. He and his men would be fighting on the ground, behind enemy lines and with only each other to rely on, within three. And, like it or not, the bond between them was fast unraveling.
Kryll knew he had to act fast, but he didn’t know what to do. The doctrine that had held true all his life had just failed right in front of him and, unless he was able to make Ivan fight down his feelings, the entire unit would be in danger.
Kryll Naxol did not know how to succeed, but he very much knew he was failing. Part of him believed he already did.
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“Holy shit! Kryll!” Those were Ivan Kaydanovsky’s first words as he stepped off his shuttle and onto the deck of the Republic’s Claw. An honor guard of two Republic marines flanked him, clad in polished black and carrying beautiful but deadly ceremonial rifles. On another shuttle, escorted by a black-clad RDF:Intelligence officer and a much larger honor guard, Kryll Naxol stood with the powerful bearing of a Republic Auxiliary.
“Ivan!” Kryll called back, committing a minor breach of protocol to rush out and greet his old friend. They wrapped in a bear hug, nearly crushing each other with their cybernetic strength before logic and neural inhibitors prevailed. “You were assigned to the Claw?”
“Probably old man Jedik trying to keep a watch on us,” Ivan chuckled. “But all’s well that ends well, right?”
Kryll blinked a bit and cocked his head before finally agreeing. “Suppose so. You’re with the standards, right?” The standard Auxiliaries. The ones without a Vanguard to guide their training. Many former apprentices had joined them over the course of the war. Some died with their masters instead.
“Yeah, yeah, the little babies sucking on bottles. That’s me,” smiled Ivan. “You’re motherfucking special forces. Give it a few years, you’ll be taking me as an apprentice.”
“Give it a few years, and the war will be won.” Kryll spoke with pride, and something between confidence and arrogance to back it up. “I… haven’t given too much thought as to what I’ll do after that.”
“See your people?” asked Ivan. “You have to have some.” Now that he thought about it, he didn’t know much of anything about Kryll’s past. He had never asked, and his friend had never told.
“You’re my people.” Kryll looked deep in thought for a moment. “Family, too, I suppose. Everyone else is dead.” Ivan suddenly felt very foolish. “Try not to die, too, okay?” Kryll made an attempt to cut the tension. “I kind of like you.” It had evidently failed.
Ivan remembered his old platoon on Atreides. Russian conscripts, hardly the cream of the crop, but sturdy and true fighters to the last. He missed them dearly, more than he would like to admit. He knew Kryll felt the same. “We’ll have to live for them, then. Keep their memory alive.”
“They lived as heroes,” Kryll replied. “Died like heroes, too. If we do have to go, I wouldn’t mind going out like them.” Ivan felt it was better not to go out at all.
“We had better pack it,” he said. “Don’t want to be late.” And, with that, he and Kryll had separated. Ivan wondered when they would see each other again.
The Auxiliaries Ivan was to meet stood in a large and gleaming cargo bay in clean and orderly ranks, like Ivan’s last platoon had done on Iera Prime. They were all dead now. He felt grimly thankful he had never gotten to know any of them. Then he wondered if Kryll had ever felt the same.
Forty men, Ivan counted. Or women, he added, as you could never really tell in combat armor. Forty Auxiliaries, standing at attention with automatics at port arms. Ivan realized that he was the forty-first. He had yet to don his armor, a suit which he assumed was custom-made for him. Even without the wings, Ierad physiology was alien enough for the Claw’s engineers to have to specialize a design. Ivan had learned as much when his martial arts instructors had to learn Muay Thai at the SpecOps academy.
A grim-faced officer directed him toward the armory. Two imposing marines flanked it, each standing at six feet tall and built like a gorilla in their powered combat suits. Ivan could have taken them apart like tin cans if he wished.
The door hissed open. Even on a Republic ship, all bright colors and sleek curves, there were some places where beauty was a foreign thing. This, a dull gray hallway with sixty berths for powered armor, was one of them. A requisitions officer stepped out of nowhere to challenge Ivan, surprising even his enhanced reflexes, and a brief exchange of words convinced him to show Ivan to his suit.
“Echelon-class standard-issue powered combat armor,” the officer explained, referring to the hulking black thing Ivan was to wear. “Modified for your… unique… physical characteristics. The wing weapons are absent, replaced with shoulder mounts for an arsenal of your choosing.” Ivan took all this in as he was told it. “Each forearm contains a mount for another weapon, usually an autocannon combined with a blade or cutting laser.”
Ivan had seen blades in use before. Horsemen, two of them, had boarded a battleship over the planet Segmentus. Why they hadn’t drawn guns, Ivan could not say, but he remembered vividly the ease with which they had cut down the ship’s marines.
“I’ll be using this?”
“You are Republic Auxiliary Ivan Kaydanovsky, identity number 87987, assigned to Standard Cohort Twelve, are you not?” Ivan nodded. “Then you will be using this.” The requisitions man jabbed a wing at the suit’s chest, where Ivan’s identity number was emblazoned in white Terran numerals.
Ivan stepped closer to the powered armor, admiring its massive bulk. No weapons were strapped to its arms, no artillery was stowed on its back, but this inert suit of armor seemed as formidable as a Greek god in front of lowly mortal Ivan. “You do know how to put it on, yes?” Ivan was really starting to dislike this requisitions officer.
He donned the suit and ran through his diagnostic checks. He had never used a powered suit of this caliber before, but it all came naturally to him. The implants were doing their work well.
After he had gotten the feel of things, some minutes later, Ivan Kaydanovsky took his first step in Auxiliary-grade powered armor. “It’s not unusual for operators of powered combat armor of this grade to experience a rush of euphoria, usually combined with a feeling of invincibility or limitless power,” droned the requisitions man. “Are you?”
Ivan knew all of that. Ivan had the specifics of this armor drilled into him so many times that he could have given that briefing from memory even without his computer augments. “Yes,” he said, taking a thunderous step forward and testing the suit’s systems with a few practiced movements. Then, he threw a lightning-fast blow that could have put a dent in the steel wall in front of him. He stepped back in shock. “I think I am.”
“Well, that’s natural.” The requisitions officer walked toward the door, beckoning Ivan with a wing to follow. “We should have someone here in a bit to remind you that you’re fallible.” Ivan needed no reminder. He had seen the casualty statistics. In a war like this, even gods were mortal.
The door hissed open. “Is that him?” Ivan looked to see a Republic colonel with striking blue plumage standing in the massive doorway.
“Auxiliary… Kaydanovsky, identity number 78987, come with me,” the officer commanded. There was no further communication.
A short ride in a transit pod later, Ivan followed the officer through a corridor and up to a door that was flanked by marines. That was hardly unusual, guarding doors was most of what marines did, but Ivan could not help but notice this door’s security was a bit overkill. The marines eyed him uneasily, and his armor reported that it was being scanned by a battery of concealed sensors. The door in front of him looked flimsy, coated in some alien wood and decorated with gold filigree, but his scanners detected six inches of blast proof metal behind it. “Admiral Jedik’s quarters,” Ivan guessed.
The marines looked among each other. “He’s cleared. Colonel, right this way.” The door slid open, triggered by an unseen operator. The colonel ushered Ivan in.
“Holy shit, Kryll!” That was the second, and not the last, time Ivan would say such a phrase. The Russian trooper spied his friend as he walked into a small but beautiful living room, surrounded by well-placed decorations and copies of artwork from across the galaxy. Most were from Earth, and there was even a Bible on some alien furniture near the door.
“Holy-” Kryll Naxol, clad in his own set of powered armor, shut his beak just before he uttered three alien syllables that would have been improper in the present company. There was, after all, a Republic fleet admiral standing by the hologram projector. “I apologize for my friend’s vulgarity, sir.”
“Apology accepted.” Yegel Jedik, the father of the microchip that now clung tightly to Kryll’s prefrontal cortex, snapped to attention and saluted Ivan. He saluted back. “Colonel Talta, you’re dismissed. Report to the fleet bridge and continue your work on the battle plan.” Jedik was dressed for a formal occasion, a rarity in the Republic fleet, and he was holding a glass of alcohol in his left claw. That was not a rarity.
The colonel, whose name tag Ivan had never actually bothered to read, saluted and left. “Sir, if I may,” said Ivan, “Why am I here?”
“You do remember, of course, that your friend owes his position to the computer chip my surgeons installed in his brain?” Jedik asked. Ivan nodded, a gesture which the admiral had learned by now. “Good. I must confess, I’ve not been entirely truthful with you.”
“With all due respect, sir, I suspected as much,” said Ivan. “I saw your spies when I was training.”
“And you?” Jedik turned to Kryll.
“I don’t think the microchip operates the way you explained it to me. A randomized tactical generator wouldn’t have had the effect it did.”
“I’m not going to discuss military secrets with you,” Jedik snapped, ending that line of discussion. “That is need-to-know only, and neither of you need to know it. Now, listen well.” They were listening. “You, Lieutenant Naxol, are an experiment. A test subject, functionally identical to every other soldier who agreed to have that microchip installed except for one factor; you are an Auxiliary. There is one other in the galaxy like you, lieutenant, and you both are assigned to the same unit.” He pointed a wing at Ivan. “You are their control group. The three of you will be fighting together, under my personal supervision, and your performance will be instrumental in demonstrating the effectiveness of this microchip technology. Are we clear?”
They were test subjects. Guinea pigs on the front lines of a war. Ivan really hoped that Admiral Jedik knew what he was doing.
“Sir, yes, sir!” Kryll and Ivan barked in unison, responding reflexively to their superior’s request. “Perfectly clear, sir!” After that, they were dismissed. They passed ranks of armored marines, who stood like suits of armor in some ancient castle, and thought of their new task.
“Kryll,” Ivan said, to break the silence. “Things make sense, now. The spies, the gold cadre, most of it. The one thing I don’t get is why a Vanguard chose you if Jedik had already laid a claim.”
“He probably didn’t,” Kryll figured. “Or Jedik was late to claim my services. Hell, this microchip is a wonder. I could never think of things like this before.” He paused, thinking of things like this. “Do you think Jedik even knows what it does?”
“Shit, I fucking hope so!” Ivan laughed. “It’d be real shitty if you started seeing the shadow people halfway through a firefight!” Then he had to think, too. “I’d wager he has some idea, but he can’t know everything. No need for an experimental unit if he did,” he explained.
“Agreed. He probably has thousands of units like ours. Tens of thousands of test subjects.”
“It’s kind of fucked, doing that to people,” said Ivan. “I mean, he doesn’t even know what the chips really do, and he’s testing them on intelligent beings.” Kryll didn’t feel the same way. “Why not use it on mice, or monkeys, or those six-legged things that can solve a Rubik’s cube?” ‘Those six-legged things’ referred to a species of mammal on Iera Prime whose average specimen was about as intelligent as an eight-year-old child. Most of them could not solve Rubik’s cubes.
“The Alliance killed two hundred billion people,” Kryll countered. “No provocation, no prior aggression on our end, just senseless murder. If putting computers in my head helps them finally get what’s coming to them, then hook me the fuck up.” There was a harsh finality to his words that ended all discussion on that matter. Ivan did not want to press him any further.
“Who’s the third Auxiliary?” Ivan changed the subject.
“How would I know? I got told the same thing you did.”
“Yeah, I figure that’s fair.” Ivan shrugged. “We should meet him soon enough.”
They did meet him soon enough. Both of them had made their own mental preconceptions of what their new teammate would be, and both of their preconceptions were totally dashed when they finally saw it. Not he, or she, but it. It sat on a huge crate in the cargo bay they had been assembled to, covered from head to toe in a thick brown exoskeleton and holding a massive assault weapon in two of its six limbs. Two others were obviously for movement, being furthest from its ant-like head and shaped much like animal legs on Earth, and the two middle ones were clearly manipulators. They were shorter and scrawnier, but still formidably strong as appendages went. They grasped the assault rifle, the same model of weapon Ivan had seen in the armored gauntlets of Republic marines just minutes prior.
The top two appendages, positioned similarly to Ivan’s arms, were neither for grasping nor moving. They were bruisers, thick as tree trunks and covered at the ends with sharp spikes of strong chitin. They could hold something, with three digits on each limb, but any fine motor tasks were impossible.
The insect was totally naked, not even wearing armor, but no reproductive or even waste-disposal organs were visible. Ivan, being a devout Christian, was thankful for that.
It stood up as it saw him, rising to the height of fully eight feet tall and making Ivan recall all the times he had crushed insects underfoot when he was younger. The burly Russian was clad in full powered armor, seven feet tall and one thousand pounds heavy, and this monster still made him feel small. Any previous thoughts of invincibility in his armor were quickly dispelled.
“Soldier caste,” said Kryll. “It’s a Krulvuk, born and bred for war.”
“I’ve heard of them,” Ivan breathed. “Good Christ, you look different in person.”
“Why?” asked the Krulvuk. “Holographic distortion?”
“No, no, it’s just an expression,” Ivan sighed. “Never mind.”
“My apologies,” the insect chittered. “I am unfamiliar with expressions.” It crouched lower a little, bringing Ivan’s helmeted head level with its own. Two bulbous eyes, like those of a Terran housefly, stared at his metal visage. A pair of massive mandibles clicked absentmindedly. “Command castes are meant for such a purpose. I am a soldier caste.”
Ivan recalled seeing a command caste on a news broadcast, defending her actions from a crowd of incensed reporters. She, or at least the broadcast said it was a she, was the magistrate of a Krulvuk colony on the outskirts of Regime space. When a famine struck, she ordered the killing of twenty thousand of the lower castes to conserve food for the rest of the colony.
Ivan did not like the Krulvuk command caste.
“Tell me more about them,” he said, gauging whether this soldier’s feelings aligned with his own. “How do they treat you?”
“The command caste are thinkers, scholars, leaders. They are exceedingly rare. Soldiers and workers serve them.” Then it paused, mandibles clicking and claws fidgeting. “My command caste sold me to Admiral Jedik for sixty thousand units. He had no need for me.”
There was no emotion whatsoever in that insect’s modulated voice. No hint of sorrow at its betrayal or sale, like a slave on old Earth. “Like a slave?” Ivan gasped. “You’re a slave?”
“It’s a hive insect,” Kryll explained to him, not to defend the insect but to explain its alien nature. “Hardwired to serve its colony, without any regard for its own life or safety. It would kill itself if it meant the colony stayed alive.”
Ivan looked at the insect. “Would you?”
“Without question.”
“Why?” he gasped. “What the fuck do you owe them?”
“It is my biological imperative to obey and serve,” chittered the insect, “No matter the cost.” Its mandibles clicked once, a gesture that Ivan’s suit translated into realization. “Oh, my apologies. I am Vigel, formerly known as Sekvit 1,829.” The 1,829th Krulvuk to hatch from one of Sekvit’s eggs. The command caste were the only ones who could lay them. “I was named by Admiral Jedik, who I am now legally and ethically required to serve.”
“You earned a name,” Kryll congratulated Vigel. “Good job, big man.”
“Thank you,” Vigel chittered. “Low castes are genderless, for your information, but I feel no offense at the mishap. I have been informed that my species can be found quite unnerving, and I truly appreciate your support.”
Ivan certainly found its species unnerving. They were alien, truly alien, and in a very bad way. There was a reason the Alliance had taken pains to exterminate them over the course of their invasion. Regardless of how he thought of the Krulvuks, Ivan was still glad they had failed.
“Well, uh, you seem agreeable enough,” he ventured. “It’s just the command caste that I mind. The way they run things doesn’t sit right with me.” Krulvuks were a cold and utilitarian species, having earned many enemies before they stood against the hated Alliance. Before the war, the threat of a Krell Imperial or international police action kept their species in line with Coalition morality. Now, with their army sorely needed to defend frontline worlds, there were no such restrictions. The Galactic Coalition could not afford a conflict at home.
Their lower castes were instinctively conditioned to obey and defend the command caste to the death, and the latter treated their servants almost universally like expendable machines. To them, lives were a resource like any other. Soldier caste, worker caste, even fellow command castes had a value, and they all could be left to die unflinchingly if another resource was deemed more precious.
Vigel did not mind this way of life. Most others did. The Krulvuk Regime had a very short list of allies.
“Why?” asked the massive insect. “They are logical. Efficient. Calculating. Are these not admirable traits in a leader?”
“A leader should have compassion,” Kryll countered. “They should care for their people, not just see them as tools.” Vigel understood this concept, even if it did not grasp the sentiment of it. Admiral Jedik had explained it to him.
“Like the admiral,” it clicked understandingly. “Compassion is unnecessary,” it countered. “Logic dictates that, when the colony prospers, the command caste will also prosper. Thus, logically, the command caste has an incentive to make their colony prosper. No compassion is involved in that.”
No compassion was involved on Tlelaxis III, either, when a battalion of Regime troops gunned down an entire worker caste habitation sector to cull the spread of a lethal epidemic. Ivan was really growing to dislike Vigel. Kryll had already drawn that conclusion, though he was better at hiding it. “And what if I’m wounded on the battlefield, and logic dictates you leave me to die?” snapped Ivan.
“Ivan,” Kryll warned. “Let’s try to be cooperative here.”
“His concern is valid,” Vigel countered. “I assure you, I will always act in the best interests of the Republic. I would never abandon my unit unless the situation demanded it.” Ivan felt that was a fair answer, all things considered. He knew he’d shed few tears over leaving Vigel on the front. “Still,” warned the insect, “I may not refuse an order that is given to me. I am compelled to obey.”
“Any order?” asked Ivan, concern mixed with contempt in his voice. “Tell me honestly, are you a machine? Or are you a man?”
“I am neither,” said Vigel. “I am simply a killer. Born and bred.” A butcher was closer to Ivan’s description of it. “That is why I am here.”
“Damn straight!” Ivan exclaimed. “You’re a soulless, emotionless, murder machine, just like the rest of your shitty race.”
“Ivan!” snapped Kryll. “As your superior officer, I command you to be silent!” Ivan stepped back sheepishly. “You will not insult your fellow soldiers again.”
“I am not insulted,” Vigel defended him. “I find his assessment to be somewhat accurate, if in a demeaning way.”
“Which means you should be insulted,” Ivan snapped, jabbing a finger at Vigel. Kryll glared at him through his helmet. “Any normal person would.”
“Sergeant Kaydanovsky, do I need to tie your mouth shut with rope?” Ivan grew silent. After all he’d been through alongside Kryll, he had almost forgotten the bird was still his superior officer. “You will refrain from speaking in that manner about anyone in this unit, or I will have you running sixties until your legs collapse,” Kryll snapped. He could be quite intimidating if the situation called for it. “Am I clear?”
“Yes, sir,” Ivan growled, snapping to attention and saluting. “Perfectly clear, sir.”
“Good. Now, you’re dismissed.” Ivan turned and stalked out of the room. Kryll considered following him, thinking more as his friend than his commanding officer, but there was little he could do. Kryll Naxol could field-strip an automatic rifle in ten seconds flat, he could make an improvised explosive out of engine coolant and empty canteens, but he was far out of his element here.
Ivan walked out of the cargo bay in a fury, disgusted at the callousness with which Vigel treated life and the readiness with which he defended his despotic command caste. Kryll knew he was right, he felt the same way himself, but he was hopeless at convincing Ivan to hold his tongue around Vigel. Unity was what won wars, and Kryll's unit was disunified. If Ivan refused to fight alongside Vigel, or he did not place his trust in it, the unit would be destroyed. People would die.
The fleet would be at Neldia within a day. He and his men would be fighting on the ground, behind enemy lines and with only each other to rely on, within three. And, like it or not, the bond between them was fast unraveling.
Kryll knew he had to act fast, but he didn’t know what to do. The doctrine that had held true all his life had just failed right in front of him and, unless he was able to make Ivan fight down his feelings, the entire unit would be in danger.
Kryll Naxol did not know how to succeed, but he very much knew he was failing. Part of him believed he already did.
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