Question of the day: Who would you start an MLB franchise with? An exercise in couch GM-ing for enthusiastic fans of America's game.
I'm not the type of person na nanghihila pababa. I am not that type of person na masaya kapag may bumabagsak. Really. All my life I tried to encourage and help my friends to be successful. Sabay sabay kami aangat sa buhay. But things changed last March 1, 2024.
Maghahang out sana kami ng 2 friends ko that day. Our friend called me, let's Call her friend A, and my other friend, let's call him Friend B, kasi she needs emotional support from us and we agreed. But, unfortunately, I am unable to attend because I was hospitalized due to panic attack. So, natuloy lang silang dalawa, sabi ko pa hahabol ako kapag pinauwi na ako ng doktor. And yung friend namin na nag-aya said oo humabol daw ako if kaya. Kasi hindi na talaga kaya kasi 7na ako nakauwi.
Fasr forward tk next week, nagkita kami ni Friend B sa megamall. He's doubting if tama ba na ikwento niya raw yung sinabi ni Friend A or hindi. So ako sabi ko, naopen na niya sakin so sabihin na niya. Aftee that, he told me na "Sabi ni Friend A, hindi niya raw magets bakit inaatake ka ng panic attack, eh you habe good things in life na raw. May pamilya ka, may jowa ka, parang wala nang dahilan para don" nahurt ako na nanggaling yon sa friend ko. Really, nahurt ako. I was diagnosed with Depression, and I had panic attack that time kasi naging trigger ng mental instability ko yung workplace ko (which is another story to tell). I got really hurt, naunahan ng judgment nung friend koyung nangyari sakin instead of asking kung kumusta na ako. We're all psych graduates. Ako, at si friend 1, we took board exam, and friend 1 did not pass. As mentioned, hindi ako type ng person na masaya sa lost ng mga tao sa paligid ko, but after that, one thought came to my mind. Deserve niyang hindi pumasa. Wala siyang empathy,masyado siyang priveleged, kawawa ang mga magiging future clients niya.
It has been 2 months since that thing happened pero nasaktan talaga ako. Aftee that, mga ilang days after non, nagchat siya sakin na miss niya na raw ako, and nagreact lang ako. I'm not in a mood the be friendly with her. As of now, I'm slowly cutting her in my life. There's no room for friends who does not understand that we all have different capacity to handle things.
To that friend of mine, I hope someday, you'll met the same person as you are, para magreflect ka from what you did sa past.
i’ve always been told na malambing ako. then there’s this one guy na attached talaga ako and eventually naging kami. like both sets of parents knew about us, we attend family events and all. grabe sobrang effort namin sa isa’t isa, until i discovered his porn addiction. that i could forgive and help him curb the addiciton. hindi ako nanghihinayang sa virginity ko, i enjoy intimacy with the person i love. pero umabot kasi sa point na nag-add siya ng escorts “kahit hindi ko naman ichachat” he says (ulol).
from this sweet caring girl na willing pa maging catholic at legion of mary member dahil sobrang mahal ko si tita— i was reduced to this nervous wreck that i am now. hindi ako violent but i did curse him sa condo hallway and slammed the door. that’s about it. anything else i just wept. i regret being violent that way though. i really do. i shared to his parents (the only people i trust to help him) the story and screenshots. nagalit siya. oo, mali rin ako but i had no one to turn to. na hindi siya ijujudge. it was so heavy for me to bear alone.
so when he said na na-turn off daw siya sa akin (sa reactions ko precisely), that’s when i lost it. tangina nya ako na itong willing to forgive and compromise, already apologized sa outburst ko pa. sa akin pa siya may issue when i was reactive to what he did lang? na beyond my non-negotiables, na beyond any trusting relationship? fuck him bro. magsawa siya kakajakol sa vivamax at SOPs that leave him empty emotionally anyway.
sometimes i miss him. but mostly, i miss how i gave my love so freely. how sweet i was. how ready i was to share this life with him and his family. i miss how i loved.
minsan din nalilimutan ko paano ba ibuhos na lang itong paghahangad at pagmamahal sa sarili ko. it sucks. my mind wills it, pero the heart? it just wants to ache for a while.
hindi ako religious or what, but i have faith. i pray when genuine love graces my life again, i hope i am already healed. i hope maniwala na ako.
Hello!! Badly need your opinion.
What should I do? Should I accept the offer or not?
Sobrang nastress ako na walang trabaho pero I don't think I am fit for the position or masyado ko lang minamaliit sarili ko??
I have a background in HR naman because I have worked as an HR Coordinator for almost 5 years, but being in a Managerial position is a different story.
Please help me decide. Huhu
Thank youu
There's this girl that I confessed my feelings for, I've liked her since last year and ngayon lang ako nagconfess kase kakatapos lang ng school and want ko maka focus sa kanya (kung sinagot nyako haha). Nung nag confess ako hindi sya nagbigay ng sagot, tumawa lang sya. I waited for a few days, medyo kinausap ko sya kase I wanted to give her space para di nya feel na pressured sya, then just now nakita ko story nya and may nai-soft launch syang iba. I'm just keeping it together rn kase nasa event ako and I don't know kung anong mali saken para magawa saken yon haha. I just feel na I'm here to make everyone happy pero no one really wants to be close to me
Hello!! Badly need your opinion.
What should I do? Should I accept the offer or not?
Sobrang nastress ako na walang trabaho pero I don't think I am fit for the position or masyado ko lang minamaliit sarili ko??
I have a background in HR naman because I have worked as an HR Coordinator for almost 5 years and my job was pretty chill lang, but being in a Managerial position is a different story.
Please help me decide. Huhu
Thank youu
I feel that I’m not a cheesy person when it comes to love. Siguro dahil di ko pa naeexperience yung ganon? Or siguro dahil busy lang sa life.
But whenever I see my friends with their Significant Others and the things that they do for each other, bigla ko nalang nasasabi na “ah, ganito pala mainlove.”
Yung love na hindi laging perfect but you’ll endure anything together kind of love. Yung love na hindi niyo susukuan yung isa’t isa kahit minsan nakakapagod na. The love that is not all about sunshine and rainbows, but also the love that rages through the storms kind of love.
Natutuwa din ako kapag nakakapag basa ako ng stories about meeting their partners. Yung iba ang random ng meeting, yung iba mutual friends, sa fb, sa church etc. But what piqued my interest talaga is yung mga pinagdaanan nila as a couple.
Sana ako din maexperience ko to. Di naman ako naiingit (as of now) pero napapaisip lang ako when will I meet someone and say na “so this is love”.
Or kantahan? Anyone? Baka trip niyo. Sing your heart out to a stranger. Me: Tito here, not looking for anything. Not a dating post just to be clear. -Into music, arts, films, life stories. Currently working from home and in need of some sort of white noise, or ka chika since na aaning utak ko. Maybe share a life story, a secret, or anything. Just be respectful, no dramas, and at least have sometiing interesting to share. I had enough with entitled people already and it's draining when you talk to them. So please be chill. I have both tg and dc. Could be one time, depende. Good morning!
Long post ahead i guess? So I once have my spaylater and lazpaylater. By the time that this story transpired, both accounts have huge amount of credit. So yung sa spaylater ko ginagamit ko lng sya sa mga liit liit na transaction generally like 100-500 peso items lang. Then at the time, yung spaylater ko is being used to purchase aan android phone worth 12k (si gf nagbabayad non, account ko lng ginamit since malaki credit). May last year when i started to struggle financially since I'm still a student and hindi ko inexpect yung sunod sunod na gastos would really get a toll to me (ojt, grad fee, etc) i got overdue at my spaylater bill for 3 months. Nabayaran ko naman siya but by that time i was already "banned" na daw from using their services. Ang mahirap pa, pati lazpaylater ko na ban din even though wala naman delay yon since si gf and fam niya nagbabayad EVERY MONTH. Yung spaylater lang talaga nadelay. I know naman na this a consequence of my actions. But is there a way to amend this? I was just in a really bad spot at the time and I'm certain na hindi na mauulit yon since i have my business and my own job na ngayon. It just frustrates me na ni hindi ako makagamit ng ganong service even when i really need it. Thank sa sasagot!
Shooting my shot again. Trying to find my person, maybe my future partner. Let's share stories and secrets. Let’s get to know each other and then see where things go.
Few details about me:
Corporate gurlie from the south (IV-A)
Works in the metro
Gym rat so yes I’m into fit guys
Adventurous
Loves to travel! Beach trips? G!
157 cm short
A listener who’s into smart guys (hihi)
Review by a friend: mabango and funny
About you:
Preferably 25-32 y/o
Athletic
Weakness ko yung mga matalino and physically batak
Working professional
Taller than me pls
May sense kausap
Hopefully we share the same humor
Let’s make this fun, answer this: What’s your ideal first date?
Hello, just want to share this story of mine where I lost almost 50k at our own house.
This happened recently (February), My father gave me 40k for my savings. While I have my own savings, emergency money, and ofcourse my budget money. Since I was working that time, and I was super busy. I just put that 40k on my wallet together with my 10k+ own savings, 10k+ emergency fund. My budget money was in seperated wallet.
Iniiwan ko yong wallet na yon since natatakot ako na baka mawala sa work. So ang lagi ko lang dala is yong another wallet ko na kung saan andon yong pang budget on my daily basis. And kampante naman ako iwan sa bahay yon since nasa cabinet ko naman and lagi naman may naiiwan sa bahay. Which is my mother and my sister. Yong sister ko di naman siya the whole day nasa bahay pero everytime na papasok ako, andon pa siya. At pagkauwi ko from work, ay andon na siya.
Fast forward, ang daming dumadating na order ng kapatid ko from orange app which is normal naman na since maluho talaga siya (make-ups, skincares, clothes, and other staff). Pero may part saken na nagtataka na kasi almost everyday may nadating na parcel, and take note.. some of things are worth 600+ which is nakakapagtaka dahil ang allowance niya lang naman per week is less that 1k. How come she able to pay for that, +she always eating at fastfood, every weekend may gala, and she always angkas app.
While my mother, napakadaming utang. And for me, it’s not my responsibility to pay for that dahil unang una my father doesn’t know about her debts. And yong inuutang niyang pera is not for us dahil nagpapadala ang father ko weekly para budget samin sa bahay. All those inuutangan niya ay impluwensya lang sakanya ng mga kaibigan niya na sumali sa mga lendings. I talked to her many times about that dahil naso-short yong budget money sa bahay dahil pinangbabayad niya sa weekly hulugan niya na hindi alam ng father ko. And he always insist me na wag kong sabihin sa father ko, and sa takot ko naman na wag sila mag away hindi ko din sinasabi.
Fast forward again, almost a week na yong dumaan and never ko pa chineck wallet ko na nasa cabinet. But one time, parang inagaw yong atensyon ko ng wallet ko. Parang may nagsasabi saken na icheck ko. Edi kinuha ko, and bogsh! Bawas na. 6k yong nawala. So nanlumo ako, tinanong ko yong mother ko and hindi niya daw pinapakealaman wallet ko. Hindi ko natanong yong kapatid ko dahil tulog pa.
So pinalagpas ko, a day after 2k naman yong nawala. Hinayaan ko ulit. Dinala ko nalang yong wallet ko na yon after that. Hanggang sa nawalan ako ulit ng almost 8k. Na hindi ko na kinaya, umiyak na ko sa sobrang galit. Tinatanong ko yong mother ko while crying dahil sobrang sama na ng loob ko. Sinabi ko pa sakanya na, “Pwede naman kayo magsabi saken kung kailangan nyo ng pera, hindi yong ganyan.” Then, pinalipas ko ulit yon. Hanggang sa di talaga natigil. Yong bag ko kung nasan yong wallet ko na nasa tabi ko lang matulog, nakukuhaan padin. Chinat ko yong kapatid ko, pero hindi daw siya. Pero yong kinausap ko siya personally, sinasabi niya saken na wala nga daw syang pera.
FF ulit, nagsumbong na ko sa father ko. And nag away yong parents ko. Nag away din kami ng mother ko dahil sinisisi ko daw siya. Umabot pa sa point na nagsalita siya saken na, “Manang mana ka sa papa mo, ang yayabang nyo porket may pera kayo” “Sasabihan mo pa kong magnanakaw” na which is hindi ko sinabi, ang sinabi ko lang sa father ko ay nawalan ako ng pera. Grabe iyak ko non at sobrang sama ng loob ko. Nalaman ko pa na sinanla ng mother ko yong alahas na hindi naman samin. At ako pa yong nagtubos.
Nong gabi na yon, grabe sama ng loob ko. Naglayas ako. Halos 1k nalang pera ko non.
The Terran Union Heavy Cruiser, Roanoke, had spent the last 6 months raiding Naalx supply lines in the Flores sector.
They were finally returning to Terran Space for some much-needed refit and some R&R. But first, they were stopping at the Bateri space station orbiting Emsar IV.
She would be meeting a Terran Union squadron to escort her prizes back to the Couster system. 4 freighters, a massive ore hauler, and a damaged Naalx corvette that answered a distress call sooner than expected.
The Roanoke was one of the new Grenville class heavy cruisers, faster and more heavily armed than the other heavy cruiser classes operating as part of a Terran Union fleet.
They were designed as solo raiders able to operate deep in enemy space, raiding enemy supply lines and facilities.
Their design included several newly developed systems, including a new style of radiator for dumping excess heat.
At 500 m long and painted black as night, she was very intimidating to see on visual screens and even more so at close range. Her CrCoNi (chromium, cobalt, and nickel) hull was covered in 12” of ablative armor covered in a black laser-resistant material able to reduce the effectiveness of enemy sensors and target locks.
The experimental Baxter radiators efficiently released excess heat into space but still left them exposed to radiation detection sensors.
Captain Josef Král had been hand-picked to command the Roanoke when she came into service 18 months ago. He was a popular officer with 20 years of combat experience on just about every ship in the Terran Union’s navy.
He’d also provided technical assistance during its design phase so his familiarity with the ship made him the best choice for putting the ship through her paces. This would be the very first voyage behind enemy lines as a raider.
And it’d been a rousing success, hitting targets deep in Naalx space as reprisal for Naalxian raids on Terran border colonies. The First Naalx-Terran war had devastated both species and left them vulnerable to outside forces. The war wasn’t won so much as winding down to a series of raids and counter-raiding. A gentleman’s agreement to prevent raids and border skirmishes from turning into another full-scale war and the earlier consequences.
And Captain Král was very good at approaching that line in the sand without going over it. Several centuries earlier he’d have been a Privateer sailing the oceans on Earth.
This even led to the revival of the old pirate movies of the 20th century but Captain Král preferred likening it to the submarine warfare of the first half of the 20th century. That didn’t stop his crew from giving him a robot parrot.
He claims to hate it but everyone knows he’s been teaching it his extensive vocabulary of curse words, in dozens of languages, that he loved it.
And if you call him out on him walking around with it on his shoulder, he’ll claim he was just humoring the crew.
Captain Král was relieved to see the Terran squadron had arrived before him and ordered his little fleet to dock. It would be good to be able to get off the ship and move around without weapons.
As Captain Král exited the ship, he was surprised to see Commodore Allen waiting for him. It’d been several years since he last saw his friend and previous XO. Taking his prerogative as a Captain, he skipped the formalities, shook hands, and gave Commodore Allen a friendly slap on the back.
“Mike? What the hell are you doing here? This is escort job is for a Lt. to do” He asked
“I was in the neighborhood and volunteered. I wanted to see this new ship of yours and it’s been too long since we got a drink together.” Mike replied
Captain Král took a glance back to his ship and wasn’t surprised to see his current XO, Lt. Commander Nana Ricci had the resupply well in hand.
With a big grin, Captain Král said, “Let me see to my guests and we can see if we can scandalize the ratings like we used to.”
Captain Král approached the waiting station manager. The Bateri bowed in the formal greeting of her people. Not having the tentacles needed to return the bow, he just saluted her.
“Greetings Captain Král of the Terrans, how may we be of service?” The Bateri asked.
“Greetings Ananu of the Bateri. We request the use of your services,” he replied, finishing the ritual greeting.
“I see you returned successful in your raiding,” Ananu said, “How many bunks will you need?”
Unsurprised that the Bateri knew his mission, he replied “ 72 bunks with 3 more for your med bay, if you have the room.”
One of the most important functions provided by the Bateri was allowing for the return of captives taken in raids. This helped to keep things calmer by freely releasing captives to limit the amount of bad blood created during the raids and conflicts.
Crates of supplies, ammo, missiles, and the various other things needed to keep the ship functioning were being transferred from the smaller Terran ships. With her weapon complement being only slightly smaller than a battleship, she could go through a lot of ammunition. Even without being in serious combat, he liked to run frequent gunnery drills. Some Captains would just let their tactical computers handle operating the weapon systems and just have the gunnery crews handle reloads. But some hard lessons taught him that having the gunnery crews able to take direct control, as needed, was essential. He preferred to use up as much ammunition as needed during training to save lives later in combat.
Seeing everything in hand, he walked back to join his friend for a drink. They caught up on the doings of old friends and Mike’s family, toasts to fallen comrades, and eventually to the Roanoke.
‘How did she operate on her first long-range mission?” Mike asked
Taking a moment to organize his thoughts, Captain Král took a sip of his drink. “She handled better than expected. The new engine behaved itself, surprising for being just off the drawing board, the Baxters were damn efficient.”
Taking another sip before continuing, “ We didn’t use the torpedoes or the turreted railguns in combat but the rest performed as expected. That Corvette didn’t stand a chance so we didn’t get a full test of all the combat systems.”
“Going by the number of munitions I brought with me, you’d think I was resupplying a battleship” Mike joked
“Just about,” Captain Král chuckled. “During the design phase, I had to argue for such an increase of armament.” “It seemed to take forever for them to get it through their thick skulls that we’d be out there all alone and couldn’t call for reinforcements.” “So I convinced them to put the 2 particle beam systems in the bow of the ship and give me the 4 torpedo tubes. They had no problem with the pair at the bow but they couldn’t figure out why I wanted a pair aft. I swear I thought about launching them out of a tube.”
“At least they were starting to get it when I up-gunned the turrets to carry two large railguns. They did get upset at wanting to put on a turret in the middle of the ventral side but were relieved I left the other turret on the dorsal side ahead of the command structures”
Commodore Allen asked,” From the glimpse I got as you docked, it looked like you doubled the usual weapon systems?”
“She still has them 10 secondary batteries but I went with dual medium railguns for them” Captain Král replied, “ I put 4 of the quad-mounted autocannons on each side of the ship.”
“ It should let us save wear and tear on the railguns when we catch unarmed ships or against incoming fighters.”
“ I understand and it also saves on missiles, which with 4 heavy and 8 medium is a lot of missiles to carry.” Commodore Allen replied.
“I’ve also heard you were running tests on a more powerful deflector array to do more than just protect against radiation and small debris. Like maybe actual shields that would work on anything smaller than a battleship?”
“Yeah but not with any success,” Captain Král answered, “Anytime we tried to go past the standard low-power output, it played hell with our sensors.”
It was at that moment when Captain Král’s wrist communicator beeped for his attention.
“Just a second Mike,” he said as he keyed the communicator. “ Král, go ahead”
The sound of Lt. Commander Ricci’s voice came through the speaker, “ Priority message from the bridge Captain.”
“ What is the message?” Captain Král asked, not liking the way Ricci’s voice sounded worried
“ Sensor buoy reports large Naalx fleet dropping out of FTL, 2 million km out,” Ricci reported
Commodore Allen gave Captain Král the same concerned look that he was sure was on his face. “How many?” The captain asked
Ricci hesitated for a moment before answering “37 ships with more arriving every couple of minutes.”
Commodore Allen swore
Captain Král looked at his friend, “How long until you get your crews and get out of here?”
Commodore Allen thought for a moment, “ Maybe 20 minutes at the minimum.”
Captain Král muttered to himself, “They’ll be here before that.”
Both men got up, signaled to any of their personnel in the bar, and started out the door. “I’ll buy you the time but I’ll need to undock as soon as I get aboard my ship, maybe I can catch them off-guard. “ Captain Král
Commodore Allen replied, “That’s a suicide mission, there are too many for one ship to handle”
“Yeah, I know, old friend but if I don’t then we all die.” Captain Král explained, “ Do me a favor, I’m going to send you my non-essential personnel, take them and those still on the station with you. Get them home.”
Reaching the hatch to the docking bay, both men stopped to shake hands. “Of course, Josef.” Commodore Allen replied, “But if anyone can find a way out of it, it’s you, my friend.”
After a final salute, both men parted ways to reach their ship. As Captain Král jogged down the docking bay, he sent orders for Ricci to send all non-essential personnel to Commodore Allen and asked if they had sufficient hands to man all combat stations.
Ricci’s reply reassured him, “ Aye Sir, most of the crew on the station are from the 2nd watch, and the few people from the first watch are non-essential.”
“Be ready to launch as soon as I get aboard.” He ordered.
He passed several members of his crew, en route to join Commodore Allen. He stopped to return their salute. At the disappointed look in their eyes, he told them. “I know you don’t want to leave the ship but the Commodore needs some real sailors to get out on time. You know how those logistic guys are. They’ll get lost trying to find their own bridge”
That look reassured them and after a final salute, they headed down the dock to join Commodore Allen
Captain Král reached the cargo ramp and started up it, calling Ricci and telling her to shove off and he’d be on the bridge shortly.
He sprinted down the corridor, leaping over the lower lips of the vacuum-tight doors.
“Captain on the Bridge!” rang out from one of the bridge techs. Aside from the guards and his XO, the rest of the bridge crew kept working. Nodding his approval at their knowing when to discard ceremony for action. He walked over toward his console before speaking.
“What do we have, Lt. Commander?”
Turning to face him, Captain Král could see just how worried she was. “Current count is 48 ships.” Touching the console’s keys to bring up a list of ships before continuing, “ 18 capital ships and a mix of sub-caps, still trying to ID them.”
“They’re just maintaining position for now.” Ricci finished, her voice slightly puzzled.
“They’re waiting for something or someone,” Captain Král answered the unasked question.
“How many crew did we leave behind?”
“641, Sir” the XO replied
“ Helm, are we clear of the station's shielding?”
“Almost Sir,” The helmsman answered.
“Thank you.” Captain Král returned.
Turning to another tech, he said, “Sound Battlestations”
“Sir,” one of his sensor techs spoke up, “We have 2 more ships arriving.”
“ Thank you, Ensign.” Captain Král returned
“What class are they?” Lt Commander Ricci asked
After looking at her monitor again the tech replied, “1 heavy cruiser and something much bigger, waiting for the computer to ID it.”
Captain Král moved to look over the tech’s shoulder before standing up and facing his XO.
“Fleet Command Ship” he informed the tech and his XO.
Lt. Commander Ricci replied, “What the hell is one doing out here?”
“Good Question.” he answered, “And now that the players are on the field, the game can begin.”
Bringing up the sensor information to his console, Captain Král pointed at the enemy fleet. “They haven’t begun to deploy into battle formation yet.”
“That could be our chance.” Raising his head to look at his XO. “If we jump now we can land close and surprise them. After we land, we drive into the center of their formation and head for that big bastard.” He explained
“But Sir, We haven’t fully tested the jump drive!” the XO exclaimed
“No time like the present, “ Captain Král joked
“We’ll let the railguns and autocannon crews pick targets of opportunity, while we engage the command ship with our particle cannons, heavy railguns, and torpedoes,” he stated
“What about its point defense system, won’t it pick off the torps?” the XO asked
“We’re going to launch all the Hammerheads at it. It should overwhelm the system and let the torps through.” He answered before continuing, “I’m going to save the heavy missiles for now.”
“You’ll need to calculate the launch time of the Hammerheads to hit the point defense system as close to the time for the torpedoes to sneak through.” he ordered, “ But not so far they take out the Hammerheads too soon and let them hit the torps but not so close they set them off either.”
Looking at his XO, “You better get down to tactical Nana, this is going to get ugly, and it’s best we split up.” Captain Král commanded
Exchanging salutes, Ricci simply replied “Aye Sir.” and started for the hatch. Just before stepping through, she turned and said, “Good Luck, Sir.
“What’s the status of the Commodore’s squad?” Captain Král asked
One of his communication techs spoke up, “ They need 10 more minutes”
“Let me know the minute they are clear.” Captain Král ordered
Captain Král turned to comms tech and ordered, “Intraship comms if you please ensign”
“Aye sir” the tech replied before turning to his console and speaking into the mic,” Now hear this, Now hear this. Message from the Captain.”
“ Well folks, this isn’t the fight I wanted but this is the fight we got” Captain Král started
“ I’m sure you’ve heard scuttlebutt about the situation but here it is. We are facing a superior force numbering 49 ships. And we need to give the Commodore’s squadron time to go to FTL and get the hell out of here.” he paused before continuing, “ The plan is to mix it up with the enemy at close range. They aren’t in battle formation yet so we can hurt them.”
“Good luck and let’s make them regret fucking with the Roanoke.”
The sounds of cheers came back over the speakers.
“Helm, are we clear of the station shielding?” the Captain asked
At the affirmative given by the helmsmen, he just nodded
Touching a button on his console, he asked, “Are you in place XO?”
“Aye Sir.” the Lt. Commander replied
“ As soon as we land, be ready to open up with the dual and quad mounts.” He ordered
The XO replied with an affirmative.
“Helm, at my command, jump between 25-50 km to the starboard of the fleet.”
“As soon as we land, hard to port and get us in the middle of them. Be ready for rapid maneuvers, maybe we can throw off their laser battery tracking systems. Might let us survive a little longer” Captain Král ordered. “Aye Sir” the helmsman replied
Taking a quick look around to make sure his crew was ready, he turned back to wait for the signal the jump drive was ready.
At the signal, he ordered “Jump”
He felt the ship lurch forward and shudder. It took less than 5 seconds to jump from the station to within the targeted range, but it felt like forever.
And then they were less than 5 km from an enemy battleship.
“Oh shit!” exclaimed the helmsman and steered to avoid it. Captain Král hid a moment of panic with a joke, “ Someone make note that the jump drive targeting system needs work.”
His joke brought a chuckle from his crew and got them back to focus on the taste.
Stabbing a button on his console, he ordered “XO, fire secondary batteries,”
There was nothing to see or hear from the massive volleys of the secondary batteries coming to life. But he knew the gun crews were already raining devastation on enemy warships. “Helm, Hard to Port!” he ordered, not tearing his view away from the main viewscreen.
Captain Král looked at his console at the images sent to the bridge from the various gun cameras.
He could see the flashes of light from projectiles hitting their shields. He watched as other high-velocity projectiles punched through their hulls. He could just make out the impact of the explosive-tipped slugs fired by the autocannons.
Captain Král turned back to the main viewscreen. “Hard to starboard!”
“Head for that big son of a bitch!” he ordered
The Naalx were slow to respond but they began to return fire with some trying to gain some distance to clear the line of fire of other ships. The helmsman’s evasive maneuvers were also giving the enemy’s gunners fits from repeated misses.
But the damage sensors on the armor told of an increasing number of hits as the Naalx began to respond in an organized manner. The resistance coating reduced the damage from the Naalx laser batteries but didn’t completely nullify it. “Helm, get me a clear shot at the command ship.” the Captain ordered
A bright flash to starboard marked the death of an enemy cruiser. Status reports listed 2 sub-capitals holed and venting atmosphere. Dead or damaged, they were out of the fight.
One capital ship was dead in space with another missing its bow.
5 down too damn many to go The captain muttered
He watched and waited, ignoring damage alarms and the occasional shudder as shots began to get through the armor and explosively decompress a compartment when they penetrated the hull.
He finally saw what he wanted, an unobstructed line of fire to the command ship.
His finger smashed down on the console button. “ XO, Launch Torpedoes. Take the gloves off the main batteries. Drop the hammer!”
He watched the glitter of the particle beams as they bridged the gap between the Roanoke and the Naalx ship. In a moment, he caught sight of the torpedoes' thrusters as they left the tubes and picked up momentum. Holes and brief explosions marked the impact of his weapons. But the sheer volume of Naalxian fire was beginning to take its toll. The armor was failing or had failed in over a dozen spots. 3 autocannon and 1 railgun mount were out of commission.
2 minutes after they launched the torpedoes, the sight of more than 100 Hammerhead missiles was marked by the flare of their drives. Another volley of Hammerheads was launched the moment new missiles were lifted into the racks.
Captain Král called down to tactical, “XO, hold off on another volley for hammerheads.”
Checking his console, “Launch Shrikes at targets of opportunity with no shields, rear tubes target enemy capital ships and hope those torpedoes get through.” he ordered.
Multiple small explosions let him know the point defense systems were taking on the Hammerheads. And a moment later, a pair of massive explosions told him the nuclear-tipped torpedoes had hit their target.
“Captain, The Commodore’s squadron has escaped.” one of his techs announced.
“Thank you,” he answered
“Distance to command ship?” he asked
“ 250 km Sir” was the reply
“Helm, continue advancing on the command ship and pass her on our port side. We’ll give her a broadside and go to FTL after we clear.”
A tech from the damage control position spoke up, “Captain! FTL is down and jump drive is destroyed”
“Ahh hell’ cried the Captain.
“Damage report!” he ordered
“ Ventral turret destroyed, railgun mounts 2 and 5 destroyed, mount 9 damaged but functional. Autocannon mounts 11,13, 23 and 25 destroyed. Hammerhead launchers 3 and 8 destroyed.” The tech checked the screen before continuing, “ Explosive decompressions on decks 3 and 5. Explosive decompression in Med Bay. Ablative armor badly damaged and penetrated in around 20 spots. Engine #3 is down. Power unstable in many areas of the ship”
“FTL down, engineering needs an hour to fix. The jump drive is destroyed. Long-range comms are down” The tech finished.
“Casualty reports!” Captain Král ordered
A different tech replied, “249 dead, roughly 800 wounded with 327 too injured to fight.”
“Thank you.” he returned. Doing the math in his head he had just over 1300 combat effective and 482 of those were his Marines, the other 18 were left behind.
After thinking a moment, “Helm, same course as before but since we can’t go to FTL, circle to the aft of the command ship and lessen the incoming fire for the moment”
Looking over to the comms tech, “ Get me the chief engineer on the horn.”
Tapping the switch on the console, he called down to tactical. “ XO, I’m taking us around to the aft of the command ship and play peek-a-boo.”
“We’ll pass on her port side and I want a broadside from all batteries that can hit it and launch half the Shrikes we have left at it.”
“After we get to their rear, target enemy aft batteries, I want them all hunks of twisted metal.” Captain Král ordered
“Aye Sir.” Lt. Commander Ricci replied. “Ammo count update Sir.”
“Go ahead,” he replied
“Only the two forward tubes are loaded, aft tubes empty, railgun and autocannon are down to 30%. Dorsal turret is at 10% but they are working on transferring surviving ammo from the Ventral turret.
We can launch 4 more full racks of Shrikes and 5+ Hammerheads.” She finished
“Understood. Thank you” Captain Král replied
“Captain, Chief Engineer on the line” a tech relayed
“Route it to my console,” he ordered
“ I need you to place charges on the computer core, all the experimental equipment, engines, and fire suppression control. If we go down, I don’t want them getting a damn thing but blood and pain.”
“Aye Sir.” The Chief replied.
Captain Král turned back to watch as the Roanoke passed the command ship to port. He watched as massive explosions rippled across the enemy flank and dorsal surface. They were too close for the point defense to pick off the majority of the Shrikes.
As the Roanoke got behind and slightly below the enemy command ship, she slowed and allowed her surviving batteries to silence the command ship's aft batteries.
Captain Král called down to tactical, “XO, fire half our remaining hammerheads into her engines.”
“Affirmative,” replied the XO
Captain Král watched as the hammerheads impacted the command ship’s engines and saw the thrust nozzles dim as the engines went offline. The enemy batteries stopped firing and she began to drift.
“Helm, get us 500 km from the command ship and line up to fire our last 2 avalanche torpedoes.” Captain Král ordered
“Aye Sir, 500km bow towards the enemy” the helmsman repeated
The Captain called down to tactical ” Nana, We’re positioning the ship to line up the front tubes and we’re going to kill that bastard. Stay on the line and fire on my order.”
“Aye Sir, we’re ready.” The XO answered
“Helm?” Captain Král asked
“ 3 seconds Captain.” the helmsman replied
Captain Král watched and as soon as he got the angle he wanted, “Fire Torpedoes!” he commanded
The whole bridge crew watched and waited for the impact. Both torpedoes struck amidships and tore massive holes in the hull. As they watched, lines of explosions traveled across the hull and began to rip the ship in half. The bridge crew let out a yell and the rest of the ship after the Captain had the information broadcast over the intercom.
“ Helm, get us the hell out of here. Maybe we can outrun the bigger ships and buy time to fix the FTL.” Captain Král ordered
But before the helmsman could act, there was a massive jolt.
“What the hell?” he yelled
A tech answered, “ We were rammed by a Naalx cruiser and several smaller ships are closing in.“
But instead of ramming the Roanoke, they launched breeching pods.
His finger stabbed down to open the intercom. “ All hands, Prepare to Repel Boarders! Security teams, tactical will relay their access position. “ He ordered
He pulled out his sidearm and checked that it was ready. Several other techs did the same, while his security detachment moved to defensive positions to watch the hatch.
“Target those pods!” Captain Král ordered but he didn’t need to say it, his gunnery crews were on it. Here and there a brief flash of light marked the destruction of a pod.
“XO, fire all remaining missiles. Pick your targets,” he commanded “All batteries, open fire.”
He left the tac net open to track the status of the enemy boarding parties.
He listened to the cacophony of noises coming over the tac net.
“Security team alpha to section 7, level 3. Bravo team section 2 level 1, Charlie team section 12, level 5” Lt. Commander Ricci ordered.
“There’s too many, fall back to position 2…” an unidentified voice ordered
Another voice firmly stated, “Hold your ground, nothing gets past us.”
“Theta team down, a handful of Naalx heading for engineering!” a panicked voice exclaimed
And dozens of others just like it, always with the sound of combat in the background.
“Captain, more breaching pods en route!” a tech exclaimed
“Get me the Chief Engineer!” the Captain ordered
At the Chief Engineer’s response, he ordered “Detonate all sabotage charges except the main computer. Set that one on a manual trigger at my console with a 20-minute timer as a backup. And then set the reactors to overload, we’re not going to hold the ship much longer. And set a charge to breach the hull and decompress Engineering as soon as you are clear”
“Affirmative, Captain. She was a good ship” the Chief replied
Turning to his bridge crew, “Give the order to abandon ship. Have all the pods head for the station.”
The Captain called tactical, “Lt. Commander Ricci, all hands abandon ship. Get as many of them home as you can.”
“ I understand, Sir.” She answered, “I’ll see you at the station.” she said hopefully
“I'm afraid not, Nana. I’m the Captain and I’m going down with my ship.” he stated, “And someone needs to make sure they can’t shut down the overload.”
“Transfer all fire controls to my station and get the hell out of here.”
“Aye Sir, It’s been an honor” the XO replied
“The honor is all mine. You are going to make an excellent Captain. Goodbye my friend” Captain Král finished.
His bridge crew tried to convince him to go with them but he declined and ordered security to get them into the escape pods.
Then he sat and watched as his consoles began reporting each pod as it launched. He also kept an eye on his sensors and concentrated fire on any Naalx ship that was moving to intercept the pods. They knew better than to fire on them but nothing said they couldn’t capture them.
He also prepared a probe with all the ship logs and combat data and fired it toward human-held territory. It would run silently until it exited the system and then begin broadcasting a coded signal for pickup.
He was dismayed at how few pods had left the ship and regretted so many young lives had been cut short.
As he saw the last pod clear the battlefield, he sat back for a moment and then triggered the charge on the main computer.
A hard pounding came from the other side of the hatchway. But there wasn’t enough power to open it. He guessed the pinging on the door was them firing their lasers and trying to blast it open.
He wondered if it would work but a huge rumble, a bright flash, interrupted, and the long career of Captain Král was finally over.
News of the Roanoke’s final battle flashed across news channels on hundreds of worlds. Her courageous and foolhardy charge at a superior force. The damage she did to the Naalx fleet before her destruction. How, of the 1859 members of the crew that went into the battle, only 108 survived.
The videos taken from both sides during the battle played over and over again.
How the Naalx picked up all the escape pods and released them on the station immediately.
And even recovered the bodies of any human they found while gathering their dead.
Naalx losses were the command ship, 2 capital ships, 9 sub-capitals destroyed, and a dozen other vessels damaged in one form or another. Naalx casualties were over 50,000 dead
Only the Naalx’s immense respect for courage, audacity, and bravery in the face of danger kept the skirmish from blowing up into a war.
The Naalx rendered full military honors as they turned the Human dead over to Lt. Commander Ricci.
The Captain Král, A Grenville-class cruiser, was launched 2 years later. Captain Nana Ricci in command.
Authors note- I hope you enjoyed this story. It's based on a historical event. Which according to an idiot on youtube is plagiarism.
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Hey there reddit. Just another forever DM looking to join a group as a player for once. I've been playing DnD since high school but I have experience in Monster of the Week, Kids on Bikes, and the Fallout TTRPG.
I'm in my early 30s, queer, and consider myself fairly relaxed. I prefer story heavy games that reward thinking or talking things through. I like to make characters whose stories revolve around hope. I freely admit to fictional idealism.
I am on pacific time, (pst or pdt) and my schedule is pretty consistent given I work a 9-5.
Sunday: free all day Monday: not available Tuesday: free after 5pm Wednesday: not available Thursday: free after 5pm Friday: free after 5pm Saturday: free all day
Some systems I would be interested in joining: Numenera DnD 5e Avatar Legends Monster of the Week Masks Kids on Bikes
Some examples of characters I have enjoyed playing:
Abe Warrens (KoB) a teenage delinquent who is the main plug in town for all the goody-two-shoes and rich kids. Once upon a time they lived like those goody-two-shoes rich kids, until their father got involved in some scandalous stuff and ran off. They do what they have to do to take care of their friends and family.
Jhaeros Harl (dnd 5e) is a powerful young sorcerer hidden behind an intricate mask. His dream is to explore the world and see history in the making, but more immediately he's looking for his lost mentor, who has disappeared without a trace.
Moss (dnd 5e) has traveled a great distance from his home forest. Blinded as a result of the actions he took to protect his people, and seperated from them by a magical barrier, he is in search of a new home to protect.
Herrah (dnd 5e) is a gnome, and if you try to tell her she's actually a bugbear she will rip your arms off: she just has a glandular disorder you knobhead. Just because she's too big to fit in the gnome village doesn't mean anything, alright?
I can go into more details on these characters, and I can of course make new ones. I do like to dabble in homebrew, but I can work with source material too. Please hmu here, or message my discord: jrodobaggins. The avatar is an amongus picrew.
✅ puro babae ang following sa IG, pati dump accounts ng mga babae naka follow siya
✅ ayaw niya ipahawak phone niya
✅ ayaw ka ipost sa social media kasi baka raw 'masalisihan'
✅ May jowa na pero nakalike pa rin sa mga bikini photos ng di man influencer or artista.
HUHUHU I know the answer to these questions but please I need more stories and opinions para lang ma validate ko talaga at maalis ko na kung ano man attachment meron ako sakaniya. 😫😭 Nahihirapan na ako kasi I love him so much but ugh I think I really deserve better. Need ko lang ng real talk 🥹
Salamat po!
Edit: pinapa-unfollow ko sakaniya mga babae sa IG niya pero di niya nagawa. Haha di noya raw gets bat pati socmed damay. Eh sabi for my peace of mind? Ayun, di niya magawa. Edi hiniwalayan ko na! Final na to mga teh! HAHHAHAHHAHA BE PROUD OF ME PLS!!! 😫😫😫🤣
We met in 2014 while I was in college, he is 8yr older than me and he was my TL back then, nagworking student kasi ako sa isang fastfood kasi gusto ng sarili kong pera. Ff naging official kami October same year, and sya ang literal na first official BF ko. First everything and anything basta yung story on how we met and paano kami naglandian next time na. Hahaha
Ff, pagkagraduate ko nagwork ako sa Manila then he stayed sa province as fastfood manager. We were okay naman nag effort sya lumuwas minsan nung time na pang gabi and syempre ako nagcompromise din kapag off matic umuuwi ako kasi malapit lang naman. Naging dayshift din ako 4/11 and mas madalas na ang uwi ko non. Sobrang okay lahat, walang bahid ng cheating problem and dahil malaki tiwala ko sa kanya alam mo hindi nya gagawin.
2017, magstaycation kami non while ako nagcheck in na sya busy sa phone sa may parking then ff nung gabi naglalaro sya ng something sa phone then I borrowed it pag open ko messages “babe” tawagan nila ng crew nya with iloveyou pa. I was so mad kasi inaway ko sya kinuha number ng girl and syempre nagdeny sya. Ang press release ng ex ko he is sort of comforting the girl kas binubugbog daw ng bf which is crew nya rin. Ako naman si gaga alam ko naman deep inside pero sige pinatawad ko.
2018, ibang babae na to crew nya rin pangalanan natin syang Cat, nakita ng friend ko si ex na may angkas na ibang babae then nagdahilan nalang ako na baka pinsan but I can feel na may something kasi the girl and her friends keeps on adding me sa socmed. Like what for? Ang dami kong resibo pero never ko naconfirm kung ano meron sa kanila.
Ff 2023, nag abroad si ex, initial plan is susunod ako sa kanya so I stopped processing my student visa kahit malaki nadin nagastos ko kasi mas mura if kukunin ako ng ex plus work na ako agad. While cleaning the house her sister saw a letter na sulat ni Cat with callsign na “Love” then that hit me, nagprocess ako ng papers para puntahan sya but I cant start a new chapter with him ng may naiiwang tanong sakin from years ago. So I messaged Cat and sent her the letter, then vhoooogss mga mima fuck buddies sila from 2017 or 2018 until 2021. Like WTF?! She said sorry and shit. I confronted him, he denied at first syempre. I felt so betrayed I cant even talk to him nakikipaghiwalay ako ayaw nga eversince naging kami never sya pumayag sa hiwalayan. Weeks pass di kami nagkakausap ng maayos, wala man lang ding effort. Pabago bago narin sya ng plan. That hit me kasi ang tagal na namin wala man lang ako singsing, ni hindi sya nagpropose bago sya umalis. Hindi ko naman kailangan ng fancy ring or what pero wala. And have I mentioned na before sya umalis ako pa nagyaya magpakasal ayaw nya rin. According to him deserve ko daw ang mahal na ring at bonggang kasal kaya sya mag iipon abroad. Talaga ba? Ni hindi nga ako mamyday yun pala may pinoprotektahang feelings ng iba. Pisting yawa!
Dec 2023 binigyan nya akong dog but di parin kami okay, while browsing messenger may dummy acct na nagchat sakin saying na matagal na daw karelasyon ni ex yung isang pinay na kasama nila don. Based sa chat kasama rin nila sa bahay yung nagsplook sakin. In a longterm rs din si girl and engaged pa. Hindi pako nakakamove on sa 3yrs nyang fuckbuddy habang kami may bago na naman. Syempre he denied pero mga ati may resibo ako. Nakita ko pa jacket nya suot ni girl. Same na same kay Cat before, shirt jacket at cap ni ex gamit nya. Napakadami kong proof. Pero dahil tanga ang ati nyo sige lang. Pero umabot na ako sa sukdulan. Noon nagvideocall kami kahit nasaan sya sa bahay then pansin ko di na sya natawag di narin ako chinachat plus ayaw na magvideocall kapag hindi sa room nya.
Grabe yung trauma, napa ER ko na sarili ko kasi di nako nakakatulog plus may panick attacks ako di nako makahinga. Hanggang sa huli pinilit ko syang tanggapin kasi sabi nya walang sila. Binigyan ko chance and asked him bakit sya nagbago. He said na torn sya between keeping me pero wala na syang mukhang maihaharap sakin or letting me go pero nagagalit sa idea na magkakaron akong iba. He also said pressured sya sa life. Pero hello, ilang araw kang di magparamdam man lang sabi nya di na raw nakakahawak phone kasi pagod at busy. Bullshit.
Lahat ng decision ko nakarely sa kanya even yung sa work ayoko magpapromote noon kasi baka mawalan kami ng time and ulitin nya yung cheating issues nya and now I feel so lost. Totoo pala yung wag mong gawing mundo ang isang tao. Hindi na kami nag uusap. Ako naghandle ng bills nya here sa Pinas pero pina auto debit ko na sa acct nya para wala na reason to contact him. And si girl panay post sa tiktok halata naman sinong nagpicture.
I was with him nung walang wala sya. Literal na thru ups and down. Sinuportahan ko sya sa lahat ng decisions nya. We helped each other financially. We are each others support system. Even nung nag apply sya abroad ako ang katulong nya sa lahat lahat and literal na kaming dalawa lang ang gumastos non. Pakiramdam ko pinagpalit nya ako sa pera at sa snow lol. Palagi nya sinasabi na ginagawa nya yun para samin, did I mention na solo parent sya? But sabi ko no, ginagawa mo yan para lang sayo. Meron ka syang joke before na offend ako, kapag daw nagloko ako dito kawawa ako kasi sya Citizen na don by that time like are you for real?
And what broke me more is when her daughter messaged me saying sorry sa mga ginawa ng Daddy nya. Okay kami ng bata and ako rin taga pay ng tuition nya, ako din nag transfer sa family nila ng padala nya kasi gusti ni ex ako maghandle ng finances and shit.
For now, all I am wishing is complete healing. And sana lahat ng pain ko mafeel nila ng x10 pa. Up to this day ang dami ko pa nalalaman re cheating issues nya noon. Sobrang bait at responsible na tao ang tingin ng family ko sa kanya. Hindi ko pa kayang sabihin sa kanila kasi ayokong magbreakdown sa harap ng family ko pero sobrang bigat na. Its been months and the trauma is still haunting me. Umabot pa ako sa point na nagpa tarot reading nako and its says na umaasa parin ako somehow.
Wasted 10yrs of my life for nothing, and now Im pressured na baka di na ako magka asawa plus yung trust issues ko pa. And I, thank you.
The t is last year pa lang nagkakausap na ex kong lalaki and friend ko ring lalaki kahit may girlfriend siya that time, and ni-confront ko friend and ex ko but they still denied. Not until we break-up, after a weeks and months they are lowkey flexing sa socmeds nila. Then now after a year, they are now confident enough to flex themselves kahit noon pa man eh huli na naman sila sa mga kaanohan nila.
I dunno kahit aware naman si ex na friend ko 'yun and at the same time na aware din si friend na boyfriend ko s'ya eh may lakas ng sikmura pa para magpatusan sila lol.
++ Just a short period of time lang sila nagkakilala when I introduced my friend to him. HAHAHA
+++ Then itong mga friend ng ex ko na moots ko sa ig eh puro story nong dalawa. Kung alam niyo lang HAHAHA friend ko 'yang dala ng ex ko na kasama niyo sa picture.
pls take note na di to full story and for context lang din is may (medyo big) argument na kami ng bf ko abt sa isang babae na pinagselosan ko pero naging okay na din, pero once in a while ma bring up din yun whenever like ma mention yung topic or the likes and ma resolve din naman agad
the thing is bday nung nakaraan ng girl at nag ask yung bf ko if okay lang mag greet siya tapos sabi ko oo, i thought mag greet lang siya via chat or if mag story man yang simple lang masyado. pagkakita ko kinabukasan nun, nag greet pala like nag story ng parang collage tapos na parang na trigger yung ano tapos sabi ko na i delete niya tapos sinunod niya din so thats that
pero ive been thinking, gago move ba yun? pure lang naman intentions niya dun and kasi friends din sila. And in my defense, since parang iffy and sensitive yung topic, nag sabi na yung bf ko na if di ko gusto or what mag sabi lang ako if ipapa delete ko ba
naiisip ko kasi na ang gago ko naman since parang mababaw lang masyado tapos bday greetings lang naman yun hahahaha
sorry in advance if mahirap intindihin or parang ano lang masyado yung pag tagalog ko hahahaha and kung madaming butas yung story, gusto ko lang talaga ng outsider's pov tungkol dito