Oceanic cable remote control

Might sound a bit cliche but this thing is killing me right now and I need help. This is how the story goes. I dated a beautiful girl and life was perfect. We never fought and went along great. We decided to get married, involve our parents and all went well. But my constraint was that I had recently lost my dad and had to take control of our family business and our properties, which are situated in a small town. The girl offered to marry on the condition that I shift to a city nearby and manage everything remotely or by commuting. Which is understandable because she also had her career plans etc. We agreed to part ways then even this broke both of our hearts. Just after that, my family arranged for a match with another girl and I reluctantly agreed to get married. This girl is a beautiful and very down-to-earth person and I made myself believe that I'd be happy with her only because she was fine with staying in the village and keeping up with family responsibilities etc. And honestly, she is doing great and she loves me a lot. I couldn't wish for anything better than her. But the issue is that I'm not happy with her. There is no emotional connection, I can't hold deep conversations with her. And this is affecting both of us very deeply. The worst part is that it's not her fault and I'm going to break her heart by telling her all this. I miss my girlfriend so much now and keep regretting the mistake I made and how easily I let go of her. Had I fought just a bit harder how much happier I could have been now. I know what's done is done, but this is what is going on in my mind the whole day. I know I made the mistake of not thinking things through and making a decision in haste. Due to this I lost my real love and got stuck in an unhappy marriage. What should I do now?

CHAPTER 9 – ENTROPY
DATE: MARCH 10th, 7 A.U. (AFTER UNIFICATION) LOCATION: SOL SYSTEM, ABOARD UTRN INDOMITABLE WILL
CAPTAIN HENRY O’TOOLE
"Ah, there you are Commander. Your message said there was something you wanted to talk with me about, right?" Henry asked as his executive officer approached the system map.
“Aye Captain, now's a good a time as any. As you know, the rate of disciplinary incidents has more than tripled in the last two weeks. We've had six fistfights, one near strangling, a few dozen counts of sexual harassment amongst different parties, and a few more incidents of a nature that I would rather not get into for fear of derailing the point of this conversation. I need additional resources to allocate towards ship internal security. With your permission, I'd like to borrow some of our more trusted marines to help the MA's out on their off shifts.” Commander Alvarez asked.
“Yeah, of course, take what you need to nip this in the bud. I can't say I'm entirely surprised; we expected a certain amount of this with the stresses of FTL travel. With everyone cooped up like this, maybe we should brainstorm some new outlets for the crew. Were there any specific incidents I need to get involved with?” Henry replied as he looked up from the list of updates and reports on his own console.
“No, I have it covered. It's just the regs state I need to ask permission to use marines for internal security matters.” The Commander waved it off.
“Excellent, continue to keep me in the loop then. Can I ask you a question?” Henry took the opportunity to ask something that had been bothering him.
“You just did. Hah! Just kidding, put the axe away boy! Now what would you like to know?” He said with a twinkle in his eye.
“I've seen your file, well, the parts that weren’t redacted anyway. If anything, I should be taking your orders! I mean, you're the Space Wolf! Nobody came even close to the number of ships captured or destroyed than you in the early days of the battle for the belt. Why would they want me to be captain when they had someone like you coming along the whole time? Why aren't you a captain anymore? By all right this should be your command, not mine.” Henry asked, after taking one last look around to verify they were still alone around the system map.
Commander Alvarez seemed stunned for a moment before he settled into a more pensive look.
“Listen, son, you're all full of the vigor and high passions of youth. By that I mean you've got a certain fire and aggression in you, yet I've seen you keep it balanced by wit and wisdom. You are a perfect match for the job, even if you could use some more real world experience. With some guidance, you'll do just fine, if you can keep strict standards for yourself and crew and a cool head when things get tough. I... got a lot of damn good men and women killed in an impossible situation when we lost the Michigan-II, and I never truly got over it. No amount of medals, captured enemy ships, or the fact that I've saved many more lives than I lost can make up for that. I finally found peace with that, but that peace required that I relieve myself of any chance of future command. My legacy, for better or worse, is set in stone. Joining this expedition gives me another chance at adjusting the scales without breaking my former vows, even if the only people who will ever know it are here on the voyage with us.”
“So, you claim you have no aims or desires for leadership, but here you are a mere heartbeat away from it.” Henry said, carefully studying his executive officer's every reaction.
“My time for glory is mostly gone, yours is at your feet before you. To the world, I am retired in comfort and isolation. In reality you have me here to help make your will law. You can relax. I already turned down command of this expedition. I was plan A, why do you think they had to scramble to find you? I will take command of this mission only if you are incapable of doing so yourself, Sir. In the meantime, let my experience and whatever wisdom I can offer guide you.”
An emergency alert snapped both of their attention out of their conversation. "There's a fire in one of the officer's cabins?!" Henry’s pulse quickened as he referenced the map to find which one.
“Fuck, it started in Chantal’s room!” Henry said, horrified.
“I've got the CIC under control. Go on and get her, I'll ensure help is on the way!”
“Thank you, Commander.” Henry called back over his shoulder as he rushed for the quick lift.
The officer cabins were the in the very next deck overhead, so he was able to arrive quickly and break into a sprint. The ship shifted as it dodged some antimatter, causing Henry to slip and scramble back to his feet. As he rounded the corner he saw her door was closed and the keypad powered was off. He could hear thumps and muffled screaming from within the room.
"HANG ON CHANTAL, I'M COMING!" Henry shouted in the hope that she could hear him as he pried at the manual override panel.
Two modified Paladin exo-combat armor suits rounded the corner seconds later with a hospitalman trailing behind pushing a medical cart.
"WE'LL TAKE IT FROM HERE, SIR." A speaker-amplified voice spoke from behind him.
One of the Paladin suits accessed the manual control override and forced the door open enough for the other suit to reach in and pry it the rest of the way open as smoke plumed into the corridor. The second suit charged into the room with its flood lights on as a water cannon mounted on the right wrist sprayed flame retardant from a pack on its back. The first suit abandoned the door control and entered, emerging moments later with Chantal awake and coughing from inside the darkened door frame. She was quickly ushered into cleaner air, set gently down, wrapped in a blanket, and was quickly attended to by a hospitalman who began to check her vitals.
Relief flooded Henry’s mind as his adrenaline surge broke against the wall of worry he had built up during his mad dash from the CIC.
“Baby you came for me! I honestly thought I was going to die for a moment in there." She pulled him into a tight embrace as she wept in cathartic release.
"Of course I did! I couldn't stand to lose you, especially not over something like this. So, what the hell happened in there?"
"Well you know me, I was all burning the midnight oil and then I smelled smoke! Then there were some sparks, the outlet pops then whoosh! My computer station and my desk are all ablaze along with half my notes, then the damned door wouldn't work! I had to drop to the floor under the smoke and pound on the door in hopes that someone would hear me. God, it was horrible... I don't think I've ever been so scared in my life." She replied with a deep shudder.
"You're safe now, it's going to be alright."
"I know, but what about my work?" She replied with a forlorn look back at her smoke damaged room.
"What about your work?"
"As you know, I lost a ton of it just now, but what’s worse is I don't even have the ability to recover them! Remember how I lost my backup drive last week? Like, I know I packed it and it is not here anywhere! It’s like some sick cosmic joke on me or something. Sorry! Gotta keep it positive, girl! I get to rethink my last few weeks’ worth of work from scratch... that was almost positive! I probably have most of this recoverable from email sent box backups. Fuck, what do you do if there's no good silver lining?” Chantal bemoaned.
Henry couldn’t help himself but laugh for a second, while his girlfriend stared at him, waiting for a response.
“I’m sorry, is this funny to you or something?”
“No, no of course not. This might be one of those times where the only silver lining is that you're alive. Plus, if anyone can remember and rebuild their notes, you can." Henry smiled down at her.
“Fine, fine, at least I am alive. I was only breathing smoke for a few seconds after all.” She said, rolling her eyes. “Thank you for rushing down here right away anyway, it means a lot. You're amazing, you know.”
Henry smiled, slightly uncomfortable for a moment, so he changed the subject.
“I do my best... Anyway, it seems like these electrical issues seem to be getting worse instead of better. Whatever patch these clowns have slapped on my ship to get her to pass inspection is clearly coming undone. What do you think is going on here?” Henry asked in mild exasperation.
“Honestly, I can’t tell you without digging into the systems myself, which I would rather avoid. My plate is full enough as it is right now, especially having to reproduce so much of my own work now. This ship has kilometers of power cables running throughout it, after all, and you have an entire loyal, capable team down there in electrical, so it should only be a matter of time before they sort it out for you. Let them do their jobs without harassing them too much, please?”
Henry felt a little irked at her for not giving him credit to know not to go overboard, but he stowed it, seeing as she was right.
“The crew has been under a lot of stress, too, having technical issues with the lights going out, or losing power to workstations. More than a few people have tried to convince me to turn us around and return to S33 for a more in-depth refit and repair cycle before we try the mission again. So far, everyone has accepted the fact that we are not turning back now without much argument, but I fear what may happen if these issues are seen as getting worse. Our orders are clear, though, we must continue the journey.” Henry said, uncomfortable with the implications, even if he didn't dare voice it.
“You should get on the Q-Comm to report the fire to S33. Maybe they will order us back to base after this.” She offered, looking for a solution to an impossible problem.
“Good idea, at least the Q-Comm is still working. It’s incredible to me those particles maintained their entanglement once we passed through the baryonic barrier. That alone has been a huge morale boost, being able to contact home base with no time lag.” Henry replied.
“It’s incredible to you because you only have a basic grasp of the science, hon. But that’s alright, very few people truly understand it. That’s in part what you have me here for anyway. Einstein called the effect spooky action from a distance; I always liked that line.”
Henry ran his fingers through his hair and looked at Chantal, with a shake of his head and a smile.
“Listen, Henry, I just had a crazy stressful experience and I need to unwind. Plus, I haven’t slept in almost a day, so I am bone tired. Let’s go to bed, huh? What do you say doc, am I clear to go?” Chantal asked.
The hospitalman closed her eyes and shook her head before responding. "Yes, you are cleared to rest, only to rest, do you understand me?"
Chantal mouthed a thank you before she took Henry by the hand and led him off to the captain’s quarters. Henry felt no desire to fight it, nor flaw with her reasoning. Sleep sounded good, really good. Plus, he was about an hour from the start of his sleep shift anyway, and Alvarez had the CIC well covered. The lights flickered again, but Henry very purposefully ignored it.
“Hey, since we have a little time and we are both a little wound up, Why don’t we take a shower together real quick?” She said with genuine enthusiasm and a wink.
“Madam, I like the way you think.” The couple raced just a bit faster than regulations would have liked, and arrived at his door in record speed. Inside the room they fell upon each other in great passion and need, stripping each other out of their BDU’s and underclothes. Henry tossed a giggling Chantal onto the bed, kissing her neck and nibbling on her ear causing her to purr in anticipation before he moved down her chest, past her navel, and then eagerly began to move his kisses in between her thighs.
“Hah…. I haven’t showered. Are you sure? Oooookay! I think…. Hah…. Okay.” She said breathlessly as Henry began to work his tongue until she began to shiver and squirm before she cried out and melted in his mouth.
“Enough, please, I can’t take it anymore! Just fuck me already!” Chantal pulled herself together enough to beg for it. Henry stood rigid and ready and set himself to granting her request, first slowly, and with a growing intensity. She once more began to squirm as he paid close attention to her hip’s cues, knowing very well by now what she liked.
As she climaxed again, Henry lifted her from the bed and pushed her up against the wall, and then bent her over his desk for a bit before he could take it no longer and they finished together.
“Holy shit… my legs aren’t gonna work for a bit after that one. Help me up?” Chantal said in between shallow breaths.
“Yes, ma’am. It would be my pleasure.” Henry said as he helped her to her feet and into the shower, staying in longer than was strictly necessary.
Henry left the steam first, once more thankful that his cabin included its own small bathroom, rather than a communal one. Being captain had its perks, after all. He grabbed a towel and wrapped it around his waist, then handed another to Chantal who gratefully accepted it before it dropped to the ground as she stared straight past him.
“Henry!" She squeaked as she pointed past him.
"What?" Henry asked, confused.
"Henry, someone was in here!”
On their bathroom mirror, wiped from the steam were the words TURN BACK.
Henry's blood ran cold and his adrenaline spiked him into overdrive. He waved Chantal back into the shower and put his finger to his lips. She nodded then wrapped herself in her retrieved towel and dropped to the shower floor with her arms wrapped around her knees, whimpering slightly. Henry moved silently along the wall, watching the visible half of his room for any movement. He then burst round the door frame, only to find everything perfectly, precisely as they had left it. The shock of finding nothing collided with the spike of his adrenaline surge, which only fed his growing unease.
“There’s nobody here!” Henry called out after checking the closet, the only other place someone could have hidden.
“Did you lock the door?” Chantal asked, her mind already working on the mystery.
“I set the security protocol to auto lock every time it closes.”
“Paul. We need to talk to Paul.” Chantal said, squeezing her BDU’s up over her hips with a few hops. Henry pulled on his undershirt before tossing over hers.
“Why would we want to bring that weasel into this?” Henry asked, incredulous at to how he could possibly help.
“Because he has access to the surveillance tapes, why else?”
Henry stared at Chantal, brimming with rage, trying his hardest to keep it isolated to Paul over the invasion of his privacy.
“Did you just say surveillance tapes!?!” Henry asked in an icy tone. “That does it, I’m going to strangle him.” Henry said, moving with a purpose toward the door.
“Stop. Turn around and give me a kiss. I already disabled the video cameras, at least all the ones I could find. He has audio at best, even that I doubt. What he does have that I want is the data from the motion sensor that he had installed just in case you found the more obvious bugs. Unfortunately, I sabotaged its effectiveness by blocking the sensor with dense foam, but there might be enough of something to give us a clue."
“How in the hell do you know about all of this anyway, and why the hell didn’t you tell me?!” Henry roared.
“This entire enterprise is run by an intelligence agency; how can you not have seen that one coming a mile away? I have gotten very good at catching bugs over the years. Just because I expect the invasion of privacy to be happening, doesn’t mean I have to make it easy on them.” She replied firmly while staring him in the eyes with raised eyebrows.
“You’re incredible, I love you.” Henry blurted out before he could catch himself. Chantal beamed and tackled him to the bed sitting on his lap.
“What took you so long? Never mind, don’t answer that. I love you too, I have wanted to say that one for a while now.”
“You know these things aren’t easy for me. I had to be sure, I also didn’t want to mess anything up. We need to be able to work together even if we had turned out to be a bad couple.” Henry admitted, Chantal made an show as she thought it over, but she then smiled and helped Henry to his feet.
“Alright, my captain. You speak great wisdom. While I have certainly felt, and thoroughly enjoyed, the depths of your passion, it is really nice to hear about it too. I do think it makes it all the better that you rule said passion with reason. It’s one of the many things I love about you.” She said, laying her hand over his heart.
Henry took her other hand and kissed it before replying. “I think above all, I wanted to make sure that I didn’t take you for granted, nor suffer the same in reverse. A wise woman once gave me some great advice there that I have taken to heart.”
“Okay, Romeo, maybe you have a better handle on these things than you think. Now… Let’s go interrogate Paul.” Chantal had a fire in her eyes that Henry was loving very much at that moment.
“I have wanted to turn the screws on that spook for a while now.” Henry smiled as he spoke, and he opened up the connection to the ship’s intranet through his neural implant to send a message.
MEET ME IN YOUR QUARTERS IN 5 MINUTES FOR A DISCUSSION OF CRITICAL IMPORTANCE – CPT. O'TOOLE
“That ought to get him there and alone.” Henry smirked. “Let’s go.”
Together, they made their way to Paul’s equivalent-sized quarters, which he had somehow secured for himself in the ship design to help facilitate his role as the official thorn in Henry’s paw. I guess being the captain’s handler has its perks as well. Henry’s eye twitched at the corner.
After making them wait far too long, Paul opened the door and gesturing them inside. The door closed and Paul turned towards them, narrowing his eyes, studying them both.
“Is this about the fire?” Paul asked before Henry punched the weasel right in the diaphragm, forcing him to gasp for air. The look of shock on his face as he bent forwards was priceless.
“What the fuck, Henry!?” Paul managed to choke out after a minute between gasps.
“Relax, I didn’t do any permanent damage, yet.” Henry said, Paul for just a second showed actual fear in his eyes before he sneered in defiance. “Oh? That got your attention, did it? Why were you spying on me?” Henry growled.
Paul closed his eyes, dropped his head, and began to laugh before Henry grabbed him by the throat and slammed him into the wall. Foolishly, Paul even then kept laughing amidst the gasping. So Henry squeezed until Paul started slapping his arm, looking genuine fear once more growing across his face.
“Orders… I was following orders!” Paul managed to say amidst gasps and coughs.
“I thought it might be something like that. You're going to open up those files, now, and you're going to show me everything.” Henry said, dropping him to his feet at last.
“Fucking hell, Henry, I thought you of all people would have anticipated this was going to be the case. Do you think the people who made this all possible would simply let you fly around the most dangerous, advanced warship in human history without some insurance?”
“Don’t try and weasel out of your own personal culpability here. You may also want to think back to other people who were “only following orders” while performing acts they knew were wrong before you wave that line around like some get out of jail free card.” The fact that he had nothing to say spoke volumes.
“You should have told me Paul.” Henry growled.
“That defeats the purpose! Plus, your girlfriend sabotaged them all before we ever left S33 anyway, and once more after! That type of tech doesn’t just grow on trees you know, and I don’t have an unlimited supply. You should be thanking me for covering for her and reporting back like things are normal!” Paul shouted in indignation.
“This is pointless, show me the files from around fifteen minutes ago, motion trackers, thermals, anything you have that's not blocked or sabotaged.” Henry commanded. Paul’s eyes narrowed, but after a long moment he huffed and closed his eyes. Paul then sat down at his station and fired it up.
“Like I said, I've got practically nothing. No video, muffled audio and readings from what I assume to be a faulty motion sensor, that’s it. What are we looking for?”
“Chantal and I were, well, together. After we got out of the shower we saw that someone had written turn back in the condensation on the bathroom mirror. Only problem? My door auto locks when closed and only opens for my biometrics. That is why all of this even came up in the first place.”
“Motherfucker. That's a whole heap of bad news.” Paul said. Henry merely nodded, paying rather more attention to the screen to see if he could catch Paul in a lie about the extent of the spying.
“There’s nothing. No disturbances in the air that would even remotely resemble human movement between you two getting in the shower and you charging into your bedroom. With the noise of the shower and the distance to the microphone, there is nothing I can discern that is anomalous. You can see it all right here for yourself.”
Henry found himself even more confused and alarmed than before.
“How is that possible? Look again, run through some filters or something. There must be some evidence somewhere!”
“Alright, relax, I will get to work on this and get you a report by the end of C shift. In the meantime, you look like a mess. Get some sleep man! I can take care of it from here. Oh, and I want you to remember that I forgave you quite magnanimously for that little episode back there where you attacked me.” Henry and Chantal gave each other a look as Paul spoke.
“Wasn’t gonna apologize anyway, you had it coming. I’m going to hit the rack. I expect that report to be detailed and ready when I get up.” Henry took Chantal by the hand, and they left together, not waiting for a response.
“What a snake. Did you see him in there? Zero guilt or recognition whatsoever about spying like that. It just makes my skin crawl. Gives me bad memories.” Chantal said, turning pensive and quiet.
“Do you want to talk about it?” Henry asked, seeing that there was something clearly bothering her.
“I… had an uncle that lived with us from time to time and he would spy on me when I was dressing, try and sneak looks in the shower, stuff like that. Never touched me or anyone else that I know of, thank god, but man did it screw me up a bit still. Played havoc with my sense of security and even my sanity, never being quite sure it was real. I wish I had said something, but I was afraid everyone would think I was overreacting or imagining it. I saw it in his eyes though, that look of... predatory lust. At least I didn't see anything like that in Paul's eyes. To this day it makes my skin crawl.”
“Good God, I can see how alone you must have felt in the middle of all that.” He squeezed her hand, she smiled up at him.
“Yeah, that was one of the hardest parts. I don’t think Paul is some raging pervert or anything, but it concerns me how normal it was to him. Even if he isn’t being a creep with it, as if we can take his claims to be covering for me at face value. There is still no way I am going to let him have easy access to intimate videos of us, if I can possibly help it.” Chantal said before adding, “I’ll be all right, don’t worry about me. Let’s just get some sleep.”
Henry put his palm against the biometric scanner outside his room and the door slid open for them. They definitely needed some sleep after the emotional roller coaster of the past few hours, and the irresistible warm embrace of his bed called for him. The Q-Comm report could wait until he woke, he decided. Better to have the electrical inspection done too.
I WANT A FULL REPORT AND INSPECTION PERFORMED ON THE ELECTRICAL FIRE IN CHANTAL’S ROOM BY THE START OF A SHIFT. – CAPT. O'TOOLE
Good enough. Henry thought as he sent the message. Now he could sleep. The chief would handle it.
SEVERAL HOURS LATER…
DATE : MARCH 10th, 7 A.U. LOCATION: SOL SYSTEM, ABOARD UTRN INDOMITABLE WILL
FIREMAN APPRENTICE SARAH CALLAHAN
It'll be back again tonight...
Sarah’s haunted thoughts repeated like a mantra. She had to be ready, but how? Her skin crawled and itched, the long sleeves of her BDU’s prevented her from being able to do anything about the painful sensation from the inflamed scratches they hid. She blearily rubbed at her sunken eyes, and she drained the rest of her coffee. All the numbers on the screen had started bleeding in together and her eyes hurt horribly, with the throbbing pain in her abdomen only compounding her misery.
“My god, Sarah, you look a wreck, hon. How have you been sleeping?” Yvonne, her shift partner asked, with concern in her voice.
“I have a monster tension headache, if the meds are going to kick in, I hope it’s soon. Can you check my math? I need to get out of these white lights for a few minutes. Close my eyes for a bit, something, anything. I've been having nightmares again.” Sarah felt good, being able to admit it, and Yvonne had long since proven her friendship, so it was easier to actually speak.
“Yeah, no prob. As soon as I am done here I will check your readings and we can get out of here. Do you mean nightmares from the invasion?” Yvonne asked, carefully picking her words and tone.
“Kind of the same general themes, but different. Everything is going wrong, like the worst possible outcomes of my worst nightmares are all combining together. Like, it feels malicious, I don't know, its hard to explain...” Sarah said, bleakly.
“That’s hard, I am sorry. You need a shower, and an uninterrupted nap. Sleep deprivation plays all kinds of hell on the body and mind. I had a friend who went through an insomniac phase so extreme he would go days without sleeping. Wound up in the hospital after trying to drive to work while hallucinating his dead fiancée was sitting in the passenger seat screaming at him to watch out. Wound up rear-ending the car in front of him. Thank God he lived to tell the tale, but that is why it worries me to see you like this.” Yvonne planted her hand on Sarah’s shoulder as she told the story.
“Yikes, I think I slept like two hours into my sleep shift before I started having the nightmares again, woke up, and passed in and out of some restless sleep. It got really bad around oh three hundred. There were sounds... noises like scratching and a loud bang, and the shadows were moving. I just kept feeling like I was being watched, but everyone else seemed to be having disturbed sleep in their bunks. God, it was a creepy feeling.” Sarah took a moment to compose herself.
“I know how crazy this will sound, maybe that I am sleep deprived and likely hallucinating like your friend, but just hear me out. There was something there Yvonne, in the dark at the edge of perception, I could feel it. I also know I wasn’t the only one tossing and turning either. I could also hear scratchy whispering, too. I just hid, strapped in under the weighted blanket. At some point I slept some more, I must have, but not for what felt like a few stressful and draining hours. I'm just making a total mess of explaining this, aren’t I?”
“No, you're fine, girl! I am sorry that happened, my dorm has been pretty quiet, but I have always slept like a rock. Is there anything I can do?”
“I could use a hug.” Sarah said, which caused Yvonne to laugh, breaking some of the tension. They embraced warmly for a good minute, which did wonders for relieving some of the headache and her black mood.
“Thanks, Yvonne, I know it’s all in my head and it’s a vicious feedback cycle due to lack of quality sleep. Thanks for listening without calling me crazy.“ Sarah said, shying away from the last thing she hadn’t the courage to say.
She didn’t dare mention how she had hidden under the covers as she felt it get near. How she had felt something pushing on the mattress. How as her fear peaked, she herself peeked over the covers to find nothing there just to have the oppressive feeling evaporate along with the sensation of pressure by her feet. Her dorm mates all seemed to stop stirring after that, and only then did the nightmares stop for her that night. By then she was left with barely enough time for one last short sleep cycle before the start of A shift that very morning. This was a secret she would have to keep to herself, nobody would believe her anyway.
“I think I'll ask the Chief for a break from my duties today to rest and to visit med bay. Maybe they can give me something to help catch back up on my sleep.” Sarah said.
“Good idea, can I come with? I’ll back you up.” Yvonne said. Sarah smiled at her friend before she nodded at her before they checked off the last of their duties on site and headed away to find the Chief.

First some info
Hey all, first to clarify a few things. This is an advertisement for 4 players needed for a long-term, homebrew campaign starting at level 6. If you are looking for a purely RAW dnd setting with RAW mechanics and gameplay, this likely isn't something for you. And that's okay. This campaign will be taking place weekly on Monday evenings, AUSTRALIA TIME. If you apply for this campaign, I am going to assume that you will be able to consistently make this schedule. Please familiarise yourself with this as if you are in the USA, it will be early hrs of the morning for you most likely (approximately 2-3am start for those on the East Coast).
I am an experienced GM and I expect a certain commitment from my players. This being a mutual understanding that the more passion we put into the games, the more fun and fulfilment that we will get from them. As a DM, my style is a roleplay and exploration focused game. With the potential for long stretches of combat sessions when narratively appropriate. I run a number of homebrew rules that I believe fit my style of game better. This campaign is in a unique position of exploration over all else. You will need to build characters who have a sense of self as well as a desire to explore. While it is NOT essential or required, taking notes is encouraged given I do like the old lore dump from time to time.
Lastly for the info. Please do not feel intimidated if you are a new player to dnd, wanting your first game. Maybe you are someone who has played Baldur's Gate III and want a shot at the TTRPG version. All are welcome. Please do not apply though if you are under the age of 18, nothing personal, however its not the vibe or themes I'm going for. This campaign will use Discord and Roll20. I'm happy to teach roll20 use, its fairly straight forward to those who haven't used it.
Campaign Premise
Now that stuff is out of the way! Lets have a chat about the kind of story you will be signing your Monday's away to for the indefinite future.
For longer than even Elvish recorded history, around the equator of the world, have been a set of impassable leylines. For millennia, ships, airships and any who attempt the treacherous crossing of this equatorial barrier into the South has never been heard from again. All forms of divination and teleportation magic has proved futile at providing witness to the other side of the great divider. Until 5 years ago. 5 years prior to the event of the campaign, the 3 largest nations to the North developed a device called "The Arcane Anomaly Pacifier," (TAAP). Which is a ring of three large towers that every 6 months, can stabilise the leylines in a small enough area over the ocean to provide safe passage for a fleet of ships. The first of these crossings was named "The Exodus."
Since then, 9 other crossings have been made into the new lands. You, the party find yourselves on the 10th crossing. Leaving from whatever life you had before, into new prospects of employment. Were you running? Hiding maybe? Or even someone down on their luck in search of new horizons! You have accepted the job of Expedition Security for an eccentric Gnomish scientist named "Odana Gerrul." She believes that there is more to this southern wasteland than meets the eye.
Rumours of an artifact with the power to control the flow of magic run rampant within the new colonies as ruins of who came before are starting to be uncovered. Will your party be the ones to unlock the secrets of the new world? Or will the mystery swallow you up whole?
How to apply
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My recent experience with Starcool AC Company was deeply disappointing. During their visit to service my air conditioner, the technician managed to break the remote control. Despite this clear mishap, the company showed little accountability or willingness to resolve the issue.
The technician's carelessness and lack of professionalism were apparent, and the company's response was equally unsatisfactory. They failed to offer a replacement or compensation, leaving me without a functional remote control for my air conditioner.
In light of this experience, I strongly advise against using Starcool AC Company for any air conditioning services. Their negligence and poor customer service make them an unreliable and frustrating choice.

My 69 y/o nMom does her best to try to get a rise out of me. Every day when I leave the house she unplugs all my electronics in my room (tv, cable box, lamps, chargers, etc) even though all of them are off. She claims they are using all the power for our household. Mind you, I rarely turn the tv on, whilst my 53 year old autistic brother watches tv from sunup to sundown everyday with his lamp and radio on. Every day I have to come home and plug all my stuff up just to use it. It’s so irritating. Especially how she not only unplugs it from the wall, she unplugs all the cable box wires from the tv, which makes no sense. Every time I buy groceries (which I stopped doing) she would throw them away and claim she never saw them. Then yell at me for accusing her. She turns the AC to 82 even when it’s 80 degrees outside, she changes the WiFi password every other day. She loves for me to have to ask her to adjust the AC, or ask for the WiFi password, she will spring into action. She likes that type of control. It’s so annoying. I have learned to only react out of necessity, and I just know she HATES that. I don’t comment on her unplugging all the electronics or the air or the WiFi. I just suffer in silence, because ever since I learned this is a game (thanks to this group), I’m officially playing! She’ll have to get her fix elsewhere! But I am annoyed AS HELL!!

Today is my best friends birthday. And in 16 days is the 6 year anniversary of the day he died. I miss him so much every single day. For nearly 6 years I've been racked with guilt. We were at work one day and we were talking about conspiracy theories as we always did. He said the government was planning a population control event and was gonna kill off a bunch of people because the population was getting to big to control. He said "im not gonna let them do that to me. Im gonna die on my own terms." I said "that sounds kinda suicidal" and he just looked at me then walked away. And i fucking knew dude. I knew what that look meant. And every fiber of my being was screaming at me to go after him. Tell him im here for him and he's loved. But for whatever reason i just.. didnt. I let it go. Any other time a friend has said anything even remotely depressed or suicidal sounding i have always made sure to talk to them. Idk why i didn't with him! 3 days later i got a call. One of my old managers that happened to also be a good friend of my mums called me. And she said Dylan had killed himself. But she was so fucking calm. I thought it was a sick joke. I laughed and was like "ok what's the real reason he won't be at work" and she just repeated herself. I started crying. Real jesus tears. I called me GM and asked if it was true and he said yes. I said i wont be in that day and he said i had to or id be fired. I went in 2 hours later still crying. Full on snot running down my face and everything.
I miss that mf every day. Rest in peace buddy

The anticipated compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for the global personal health record software market is approximately 10% throughout the forecast period, with a valuation exceeding USD 7 billion in 2020. Key drivers behind this growth include the escalating need for managing and securely storing personal healthcare data, alongside the increasing adoption of advanced technologies and supportive government initiatives. Moreover, the rising uptake of cloud-based software solutions for the seamless communication of personal healthcare information is expected to further propel market expansion in the forecast period.
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Market Trends:
Increased Focus on Patient-Centric Care: There's a growing emphasis on patient-centric care, driving the adoption of personal health record software solutions that empower individuals to actively manage and engage with their own healthcare data. These platforms enable patients to access, update, and share their health information with healthcare providers, fostering collaboration and personalized treatment plans.
Rise of Telehealth and Remote Patient Monitoring: The proliferation of telehealth services and remote patient monitoring solutions is fueling demand for personal health record software that seamlessly integrates with virtual care platforms. These solutions enable patients to capture and transmit vital health data from home, enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of remote consultations and care delivery.
Integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning: Personal health record software is increasingly leveraging AI and machine learning algorithms to analyze health data, identify patterns, and provide personalized insights and recommendations. These intelligent features enable proactive health management, early detection of health issues, and personalized interventions tailored to individual patient needs.
Interoperability and Data Exchange Standards: There's a growing focus on interoperability and data exchange standards to facilitate seamless communication and integration of personal health record software with electronic health record (EHR) systems, healthcare providers, and other healthcare stakeholders. Standardized data formats and interoperable platforms enable secure sharing of health information across disparate systems, improving care coordination and continuity.
Security and Privacy Enhancements: With the increasing digitization of healthcare data, ensuring the security and privacy of personal health records is paramount. Personal health record software vendors are implementing robust encryption, authentication, and access control measures to safeguard sensitive health information from unauthorized access, breaches, and cyber threats, thereby enhancing patient trust and confidence in these platforms.
Market Opportunities:
The personal health record software market presents significant opportunities for growth and innovation driven by several key factors. With the increasing focus on patient-centric care and the rising demand for digital health solutions, there is a growing need for personal health record software that empowers individuals to actively manage their health information and engage in their own care. Opportunities abound for software developers to create intuitive, user-friendly platforms that streamline the collection, storage, and sharing of health data across various devices and healthcare providers. Moreover, the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) algorithms presents opportunities to enhance personalization, predictive analytics, and clinical decision support within personal health record software.
According to the recent report published by RC Market Analytics, the Global Personal Health Record Software Market is expected to provide sustainable growth opportunities during the forecast period from 2024 to 2030. This latest industry research study analyzes the personal health record software market by various product segments, applications, regions and countries while assessing regional performances of numerous leading market participants. The report offers a holistic view of the personal health record software industry encompassing numerous stakeholders including raw material suppliers, providers, distributors, consumers and government agencies, among others. Furthermore, the report includes detailed quantitative and qualitative analysis of the global market considering market history, product development, regional dynamics, competitive landscape, and key success factors (KSFs) in the industry.
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Geographically, the personal health record software market report comprises dedicated sections centering on the regional market revenue and trends. The personal health record software market has been segmented on the basis of geographic regions into North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America, and the Middle East & Africa. Personal health record software market estimates have also been provided for the historical years 2020 to 2023 along with forecast for the period from 2024 - 2030.The report includes a deep-dive analysis of key countries including the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Germany, France, Italy, China, Japan, India, Australia, Mexico, Brazil and South Africa, among others. Thereby, the report identifies unique growth opportunities across the world based on trends occurring in various developed and developing economies.
The Personal Health Record Software Market Segmentation:
By Component:

• Software & Mobile Apps
• Services

By Deployment:

• Web-based
• Cloud-based

By Architecture Type:

• Payer Tethered
• Provider Tethered
• Standalone

By Region:

• North America
• Europe
• Asia Pacific
• Latin America
• Middle East & Africa

Leading participants in the worldwide personal health record software market include Healthspek, NoMoreClipboard, Health Companion, Records For Living, Inc., and Patient Ally. These entities are strategically navigating the market landscape via expansion initiatives, fresh investments, service innovation, and collaborative endeavors. Moreover, players are actively venturing into new geographic territories through expansion efforts and acquisition activities to leverage synergies and attain a competitive edge through collaborative synergy.
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• Product popularity and adoption based on various country-level dynamics
• Regional presence and product development for leading market participants
• Market forecasts and trend analysis based on ongoing investments and economic growth in key countries
• Competitive landscape based on revenue, product offerings, years of presence, number of employees and market concentration, among others
• Various industry models such as SWOT analysis, Pestle Analysis, Porter’s Five Force model, Value Chain Analysis pertaining to Personal Health Record Software market
• Analysis of the key factors driving and restraining the growth of the global, regional and country-level markets from 2020-2030

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2. Key Notez - Your Love Ain't The Same ( Maz Remix )
3. Amy Winehouse Back To Black ( DSF Edit )
4. Donna Summer - I Feel Love ( VXSION Edit )
5. Collé - Kupata feat Nes Mburu
6. Mwaki - Zerb ft. Sofia Nzau ( &Friends Remix )
7. Time - PACHANGA BOYS ( Roy Rosenfeld Private Mix )
8. Moojo, Demayä feat. Arkadyan - Desperado (Besh Remix)
9. who is he - bill withers (victhor remix)
10. BLACK COFFEE, ZAKES BANTWINI - JUJU (CHALEEE & SAMMI FERRER EDIT)
11. Francis Mercier, Frigid Armadillo, Luedji Luna - Uiara
12. Nico De Andrea - My Everything (Bohemian Extended Remix)
13. Yamil - Amonunde
14. Yamil - Cotonú
15. Yamil - Nimbe
16. Marten Lou - Better Days
17. Camelphat - What a Day (Marten Lou Remix)
18. Luchii - Vertebrea (SOMMA Remix)
19. Folamour, Amadou & Mariam - Voyage (Antdot remix)
20. Guapo & Peaty - 6pm In Casablanca
21. Juan Yarin - Sun WLimiter
22. KURA - Sentir Saudade (GUAPO & Antdot Remix)
23. Peaty, Soldera - Niafunke
24. Ajna & Jamiie ft Nomvula - ID DEMO NEW
25. Alok - Yawanawa Sina Vaishu (Maz Remix)
26. QUENTRO & Tuna - Soro Soke
27. Raffa Guido - Preguntas
28. PEATY - Ouda
29. Peaty - KILOSA
30. Chouja - Nyu Bi Woni
31. Ah Ya Alby (Ajna & Samm Edit)
32. Rockin Moroccan - All that she wants
33. Raffa Guido - Famax (Jerak Remix)
34. Cloonee Wade - Mi Amor (VXSION Remix)
35. DOT (BR), Rachel Reis - Eu Vou Pra Bahia (DSF Remix)
36. The Weeknd - Save Your Tears (DSF Edit)
37. Marasi - Sweet Dreams
38. MILKY CHANCE - STOLEN DANCE (VXSION EDIT)
39. Joris_Voorn,_Matthew_Dear_Homeland_&ME_Remix_Jinadu_Vocal_Edit
40. Maz,_Bakka_BR,_Berimbouse_A_Hora_é_Agora_Ft_Rafa_Unreleased
41. Raffa Guido - Yo ma Love (Original mix)
42. Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence (DSF Edit)
43. Liva K - True Story
44. TRAVIS SCOTT - BUTTERFLY EFFECT (&ME EDIT)
45. Candi Stanton - Hallelujah Anyway (Larse 2024 Edit)
46. MOOJO, DA CAPO FEAT. TABIA - WHAT U DESIRE (VOCAL MIX)
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50. Maz, APACHE, Maxi Meraki (feat. Tabia) - Nothing On Me (&ME Edit).mp3
51. Harry Styles - Sign Of The Time (DSF Remix).wav
52. Janet Jackson – Together Again (Rampa Edit)
53. Lemon Glow - Beach House (Marten Lou Remix).wav
54. Frank Ocean – Lost (Beswerda Remix).mp3
55. Moojo, AWEN – Giant [Master].wav
56. Adassiya - Sa Ansa (Alex Twin Remix)
57. Anastacia - Left Outside Alone (DSF Edit)
58. Dennis Ferrer - Hey Hey (Da Capo Dub)
59. Caiiro, Moojo – Here We Are V1 Master.wav
60. Bob Marley - Is This Love (DSF's Believe In U Edit).flac
61. Reamonn - Supergirl (DSF Edit).mp3
62. Chris IDH - Sunray
63. Da Capo Ft. Toshi - New Sun (Original Mix)
64. Uncle Waffles - Tanzania (Rampa Remix)
65. Drake - A Keeper (Moojo Remix)
66. Marten Lou - Radiohead 40
67. Rihanna - Stay (Moojo Remix)
68. Omah Lay & Naomi Sharon - Push ( BLK Remix )
69. Sanba Yo Pran Pale (&ME Remix)
70. Samm (BE) & Ajna (BE) - Move V2
71. Brandy - Almost Doesn’t Count (&ME Edit)
72. Da Africa Deep - Humans (&ME Edit)
73. Mano, Ajna - Bottom
74. Samm & Ajna - A Frenchie Thing
75. Ajna (BE) - Astro
76. Alex Wann, Soubeiran, Nes Mburu - N’Gele
77. Bun Xapa - La Mezcla
78. Keinemusik - Muye (Enoo Napa Remix)
79. MoBlack, Santiago Garcia ft. Yung Wylin - Good Energy
80. Moojo - Swing My Way
81. Samm & Reyou - Mama Hoekanda
82. Ilanga - Masšh (&Me Edit)
83. Masšh___Adam_Port_feat_Ninae_All_I_Got_Original_Mix
84. Rui Da Silva - Touch Me (Peace Control Remix)
85. Franc Fala - MoBlack, Benja, Franc Fala - Yamore (FF Master)
86. Downstream - MakeÌ_z, Life on Planets (Lazare Remix)
87. Billie Eilish - Everything I Wanted (Marten Lou Remix)
88. Cher - Believe (Super Flu Remix)
89. Drake - Get it Together (VXSION Remix)
90. Feid - Classy 101 (Maz, VXSION Edit)
91. Antdot & Maz - Corpo e Canção
92. Maz - Ndaciii
93. Maz (BR) & Antdot - Run (Original Mix)
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Hello everyone, have somebody used Sonar V-Studio 100 with reason? I’ve tried to create a custom remote control map but i’m not that good with Lua language. Maybe someone already made it?

I use Arch Linux on WSL2 on a Windows 11 as my main setup. I am developing an app that uses two containers, one is the backend(golang echo + SQLite) the other is frontend (golang echo + templ + HTMX + tailwindcss)
So far everything was going fine, I am able to properly start both the containers using podman-compose and a compose.yaml file and both the container start up without much problems.
The problem comes when I try to send an HTTP request from one container to the other. The backend is running on port 8080 and frontend runs on port 9090 while being in the frontend container I run the following commad:- curl http://project_backend:8080 It says it cannot resolve project_backend
And the same goes for trying to access project_frontend from the backend container
A few hours before when I made the compose.yaml file, everything was working properly for some reason, after that I never changed anything, I was testing with how the notifications work with various backend events on the frontend like updating a record in the database etc. All I did a few hours before was start the containers and update the user profile a few times to check the notifications feature and during that time everything was working fine and both the containers were properly interacting with each other. The only thing was that the websocket connection was not starting for some reason but atleast HTTP requests were happening. Then I just ran podman compose down and just shut my computer down.
Now, after a few hours, when I turned my computer back on and ran podman compose up -d --build again, neither the HTTP requests nor the WebSocket connection is working.
Here is my compose.yaml file ``` version: "3.8"
name: project
services: backend: container_name: project_backend build: context: ./backend dockerfile: dev.dockerfile volumes: - ./server:/ussrc/app ports: - "8080:8080" frontend: container_name: project_frontend build: context: ./frontend dockerfile: dev.dockerfile volumes: - ./client:/ussrc/app - /ussrc/app/node_modules ports: - "3000:3000"
```
Here is the output of podman info host: arch: amd64 buildahVersion: 1.35.4 cgroupControllers: [] cgroupManager: cgroupfs cgroupVersion: v1 conmon: package: /usbin/conmon is owned by conmon 1:2.1.11-1 path: /usbin/conmon version: 'conmon version 2.1.10, commit: e21e7c85b7637e622f21c57675bf1154fc8b1866' cpuUtilization: idlePercent: 98.36 systemPercent: 0.34 userPercent: 1.29 cpus: 12 databaseBackend: sqlite distribution: distribution: arch version: unknown eventLogger: journald freeLocks: 2044 hostname: Trash-Can idMappings: gidmap: - container_id: 0 host_id: 1000 size: 1 - container_id: 1 host_id: 100000 size: 65536 uidmap: - container_id: 0 host_id: 1000 size: 1 - container_id: 1 host_id: 100000 size: 65536 kernel: 5.15.146.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2 linkmode: dynamic logDriver: journald memFree: 992231424 memTotal: 4109623296 networkBackend: netavark networkBackendInfo: backend: netavark dns: package: /uslib/podman/aardvark-dns is owned by aardvark-dns 1.10.0-2 path: /uslib/podman/aardvark-dns version: aardvark-dns 1.10.0 package: /uslib/podman/netavark is owned by netavark 1.10.3-1 path: /uslib/podman/netavark version: netavark 1.10.3 ociRuntime: name: crun package: /usbin/crun is owned by crun 1.15-1 path: /usbin/crun version: - crun version 1.15 commit: e6eacaf4034e84185fd8780ac9262bbf57082278 rundir: /run/use1000/crun spec: 1.0.0 +SYSTEMD +SELINUX +APPARMOR +CAP +SECCOMP +EBPF +CRIU +YAJL os: linux pasta: executable: /ussbin/pasta package: /usbin/pasta is owned by passt 2024_05_10.7288448-1 version: pasta 2024_05_10.7288448 Copyright Red Hat GNU General Public License, version 2 or later This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. remoteSocket: exists: false path: /run/use1000/podman/podman.sock security: apparmorEnabled: false capabilities: CAP_CHOWN,CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE,CAP_FOWNER,CAP_FSETID,CAP_KILL,CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE,CAP_SETFCAP,CAP_SETGID,CAP_SETPCAP,CAP_SETUID,CAP_SYS_CHROOT rootless: true seccompEnabled: true seccompProfilePath: /etc/containers/seccomp.json selinuxEnabled: false serviceIsRemote: false slirp4netns: executable: "" package: "" version: "" swapFree: 916111360 swapTotal: 1073741824 uptime: 1h 8m 20.00s (Approximately 0.04 days) variant: "" plugins: authorization: null log: - k8s-file - none - passthrough - journald network: - bridge - macvlan - ipvlan volume: - local registries: {} store: configFile: /home/axew/.config/containers/storage.conf containerStore: number: 2 paused: 0 running: 2 stopped: 0 graphDriverName: overlay graphOptions: {} graphRoot: /home/axew/.local/share/containers/storage graphRootAllocated: 1081101176832 graphRootUsed: 14620078080 graphStatus: Backing Filesystem: extfs Native Overlay Diff: "true" Supports d_type: "true" Supports shifting: "false" Supports volatile: "true" Using metacopy: "false" imageCopyTmpDir: /vatmp imageStore: number: 20 runRoot: /run/use1000/containers transientStore: false volumePath: /home/axew/.local/share/containers/storage/volumes version: APIVersion: 5.0.3 Built: 1715595915 BuiltTime: Mon May 13 15:55:15 2024 GitCommit: d08315df35cb6e95f65bf3935f529295c6e54742-dirty GoVersion: go1.22.3 Os: linux OsArch: linux/amd64 Version: 5.0.3
Here is the ouput to podman network inspect project_default [ { "name": "quark_default", "id": "85a2498bd3f1d9590cc18225004f5ea036e148c0ba3c33f2ef0e3b70f7b57dea", "driver": "bridge", "network_interface": "podman1", "created": "2024-05-15T14:52:28.020114452+05:30", "subnets": [ { "subnet": "10.89.0.0/24", "gateway": "10.89.0.1" } ], "ipv6_enabled": false, "internal": false, "dns_enabled": true, "labels": { "com.docker.compose.project": "quark", "io.podman.compose.project": "quark" }, "ipam_options": { "driver": "host-local" }, "containers": { "68b9a2c3eacb7cdb31b25d58140dc52206e31d826851ce026515956cb1771f65": { "name": "quark_client", "interfaces": { "eth0": { "subnets": [ { "ipnet": "10.89.0.5/24", "gateway": "10.89.0.1" } ], "mac_address": "ee:a7:b3:42:09:a8" } } }, "fd6ac91b87a1bed5825b74c2ba424a5fc9e7d480050716dbd4e9b3b1d4554233": { "name": "quark_server", "interfaces": { "eth0": { "subnets": [ { "ipnet": "10.89.0.4/24", "gateway": "10.89.0.1" } ], "mac_address": "5e:38:ac:5a:46:3b" } } } } } ]

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The PSVR2 sense controllers are detected by my PC but they are not detected in PlayStation Plus on PC.
I would like to use the Sense controllers as my controller on PC by Bluetooth or Cable.
If PC VR support is added I would like to use the Sense controller with PlayStation Plus.
When both controllers are paired they could also be used for combined input in traditional games.
They have similar buttons and feedback to a regular Dual Shock gamepad but the controls are split between two controllers.

Question to all: Does anyone have an idea, when this "parental control" thing was included into Gnome? I hate to have any kind of "remote/stranger" access control on my machine... and in current times, where patronization/regimentation is omnipresent I have no idea, what this damned thing does. I also have no idea, where, when and under which circumstances this software becomes active, if it is sniffing... who really knows?
I currently consider kicking Gnome, because I will never again (after leaving Microsoft's products) allow an OS to sniff and spy on me without my control. And making the library files of this patronization tool an essential part of Gnome is unacceptable.

Hi everyone,
Our school is about to start a conservation project, and we could use some advice from the community here. We're aiming to monitor a critically important wetland that supports various threatened and at-risk bird species, including the Australasian bittern.
Project Overview:

• Objective: Develop methods for systematically surveying and monitoring bitterns and other avifauna in the wetland.
• Location: A significant wetland area known for its high conservation value (precise location not disclosed for privacy).
• Goals: Establish baseline data, create distribution maps, identify key habitat types, and measure the impact of management practices like pest control and habitat restoration.

What We’re Looking For:

1. Infra-Red Cameras:
   • Solar-powered and provide 360-degree coverage.
   • Capable of transmitting images back to our school for analysis.
2. Drones:
   • Easy to operate and capable of flying over the wetland to collect data on bird populations and potential predator threats.
   • Good camera quality and able to cover significant distances.

Specific Questions:

• What brands or models of infra-red cameras would you recommend for wildlife monitoring, particularly in wetland environments?
• Are there any particular drones known for their reliability and image quality in conservation projects?
• Any tips on best practices for setting up and maintaining this equipment in remote locations?

We’re excited to get started and want our monitoring efforts to be as effective as possible. Any advice, recommendations, or shared experiences would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance for your help!