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2024.05.14 07:29 GaiaSciencePteLtd The history and the emergence of science laboratories and the concepts

The 18 century has been considered as the period when the scientific thinkers, educators and those who actively wanted to carry out scientific experiments came together and arrived at a common thought that placed more emphasis on three main concepts that is textual study which later on became to be known as theoretical study, applied study or now known as practical emphasis or study, historical learning of scientific principles through the ancient books and scriptures. Of all the three the second aspect, the practical study has drastically changed since it evolved. Based on the carrying out of certain experiments and activities based on the studied aspects this type of learning helped the scholars and the students alike to understand and execute the same theories into practical life and also keenly observe and comprehend the workings of concepts that they had theoretically studied. With this more and more emphasis started to be placed on the practical studies or in other words working in the laboratory and trying to understand the concepts by carrying out the scientific activities.
The later part of the 18 century however gave room to a drastic change in this concept of laboratory work which was already embraced by the Germans, was slowly being brought to practice in the American schools and colleges. Once it reached the American environment it was almost thought about as a central setting for the study of all practical learning which included school, college, institutes and research centres. In the course of time the others followed the same principle and started to set up laboratories at the capable levels so that the students could be well prepared for higher studies especially in the field of science. With the passing of few more decades, the authorities after a keen study on the necessity of practical studies in schools and colleges, made it mandatory in the curriculum, that the practical study of certain subjects was essential and compulsory for the completion of the course of study.
With this the demand for educators who were well versed in practical training also increased thereby opening more opportunities. Parallel to this some colleges also started to offer laboratory training for teachers who were specifically interested in practical education of students. This trend of practical training which first began with branches of science mainly physics and chemistry later on became quite popular with the branch biology of science where in the students could very clearly understand the internal parts of the plant and the animal which they had studied in the texts. The beginning of 19 century paved more ways for the improvisations of the laboratories and their equipments. Nowadays a laboratory comprises of very sophisticated apparatus that is needed for the practical studies by which the scholars are able to obtain precise and accurate results. Alongside the growth of organizations that developed and supplied scientific and general laboratory equipments also increased with the demand. Gaia Science in one such organization that supplies scientific and laboratory apparatus to various reputed clientele.
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2024.05.13 17:13 seitanist Shawnee State Forest 2 Night Trip Report

I know when I'm getting ready to do these trips, recent reports are helpful, so perhaps some will find this useful. I spent two nights at Shawnee over the past weekend (May 10-12) and had a productive, pleasant trip despite rain and humidity, here's a run-down:
Total mileage: 26 mi* Total vertical ascent: 5800'
Some background: I've done several backpacking trips in Ohio and out West, including a 2 week stint in the JMT, but I haven't been out in over a year, so this was a bit of a gear test and reminder of what I like/don't like. My pack was waaaaay too heavy, but even many years in I'm still learning what I need vs. what I want. I'm also an ultrarunner, so after setting up camp each night I did an additional 3-5 mi of trail running for training. I realize how this sounds--yes, it's "crazy," but it's how I like to spend my time. So all told I ended up with about 35 miles and nearly 8000' of vert for the weekend, which I felt was time well spent given the two hour drive from Columbus. Strava link here. This was also my first time combining backpacking and running in the same trip, and it went pretty well all things considered. I brought a Naked running band with me and used that with a soft flask on the evening runs after setting up camp.
Friday
View from the ridge. So much green!
Left Columbus around 2:30pm, got to the backpacking trailhead about 5:00pm (late!). Hiked about 7 miles into Camp 1 with. nearly 2,000' of vert. Whew! Quickly did my run and set up camp, made dinner, passed out. Everything was too wet for a fire and stayed that way for the whole weekend. The water drop near Camp 1 is about 0.5 miles from the camp, uphill, so I ended up filtering from the stream a lot (gear list below). Beautiful site among the trees here!
Camp in the morning
Saturday
Slept in ('cuz why not?), got up and made coffee while reading this incredible book ironically titled On Trails. About 10:30am, I thought "I should really pack up camp in case it rains." About 5 minutes later...there's the rain! So I ended up packing nearly everything back into my pack during the rain, but the trees helped keep some of it out. Just as I was about to leave, muttering to myself about waiting too long, I look over and see a group of ten fully Goretex-glad guys standing across the way, staring at me, hahahaha. I would presume boy scouts and their leaders, but unsure. They were after my site, which they got as soon as I took off. Those were the only people on trail I saw the entire weekend.
From Camp 1 I hiked around the entire north loop, stopping for water, food, and sun (dried out my tent) as needed, crossing the road near Camp Oyo, and continuing onto the south side towards Camp 4. I'd never been on some of these sections of the park, and it's all just so beautiful and secluded. Not the say the trails are easy--most of the grades are steep, rocky, and technical, and I enjoy that sort of thing. Further south there's a lot of logging and clear-cutting which has affected some of the trails, but the blazes and arrows are generally quite accurate.
One of the more open sections of the trail--these trails are often muddy.
Near Camp 4, in one of the more open areas where the backpacking (orange) trail meets the bridal trails, I encountered two aggressive wild turkeys. This was new to me. It might have been the same one, but given my hiking direction, I think they were separate. Both were female, and acted as if I was a true threat to their territory, squawking loudly at me, running towards me, and just generally being obnoxious. It was a little unnerving as most turkeys I've encountered in Ohio (from Hocking Hills to Pike Lake to High Banks) are generally timid and run away quickly. Not these guys--they were very upset I was there. I made a ton of noise and clacked my poles and yelled and eventually moved by, but it was strange, to say the least. Other than that, I saw no interesting wildlife (nor heard any) of any kind.
Camp 4 is also very cool, down a long hill and very close to its water drop. The stream was right next to me which made for a wonderful natural noise machine all night. After setting up camp I did another short run, going further south which opened up to a very clear cut section that I honestly found quite beautiful--the rugged logging roads make for great training, and the sun blazing down at that point, compared to the heavy clouds that morning. Camp was chilly that night, dropping into the high 40s, so I made my dinner and contemplated life by the stream. Below is a typical water pump near these sites--they are filled with (I presume) potable water from a tank usually ~100' away, and you push down very hard to use them. Some other ones have a different mechanism.
Water pump by Camp 4
I filtered these anyway, using a Larq bottle (UV light), but I also had a Lifestraw with me for water with sediment from streams--I didn't use this much as in the evening I was boiling most of my water for food anyway.
Camp 1 to camp 4 was around 14 miles and 3,000' of vert, and took me around 6 hours going at a leisurely pace with a heavy pack.
Sunday
Woke up early to very chilly conditions, but no rain thankfully. After packing up I hiked out partly on the backpack trail, and then cut over to a bridal trail to come out on Mackletree Rd near Roosevelt Lake. You can cross this lake (getting wet in the process) nearly the southern point, and use a faint trail to connect to the campground hiking trails. I had done this before, but then hiked on the road back to the main backpacking trailhead. this time, I went through the campground and found a wonderful bridge connecting the very end of the paved campground road to the hiking trails around Turkey Creek Lake. This bridge is not on any maps that I've seen, so I plan to add it to Open Street Maps which Gaia and Strava pull from with each new update. GPX file for this here. After crossing that bridge you come out near the damn and a beach, and then take the Lake Trail back to the backpacking trailhead. When I left on Friday there were 3 other cars in the lot (mine made 4), and when I returned on Sunday, just two (including mine). So, not a ton of use, even for a nice May weekend. Maybe the rain kept some folks away. The final push out was just over 5 miles and 800' of vert. I was home by noon, making this entire trip just over 48 hours from central Ohio. Not bad!
Happiest in the woods.
Gear
I'm a huge gear head, so I'll make this brief and am happy to field questions.
My hope is to inspire you to get out there and hike, backpack, trail run, or whatever. Shawnee is a really amazing place that I think is underutilized, though it was definitely a drive for many of us. But the trails are remote, rugged, and you'll find tons of solitude. Enjoy!
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2024.05.10 05:35 redeemer404 My attempt at a simpler brand guide for mushroom supplements

First off, I want to say that I just discovered this sub yesterday and, having bought and consumed mushroom 'supplements' for the past year and making the mistake of not joining this community sooner, I feel freaking depressed and betrayed.
I fell victim, for example, to the Facebook ads for Life Cycel tinctures about 2 months ago and bought a $130 five-pack which I was halfway through finishing before last night. I dumped them all out upon doing my research here. I have an unopened can of "Fungies" gummies from Sam's Club, some powders from "Om", and two alcohol tinctures from a local farmer's market brand, and more than likely will throw all of those out as well.
So having looked around here so far, I have created an \UNOFFICIAL** quick list of which mushroom supplement brands to avoid and which to consider based PURELY on this community's thoughts/research on said brands along with at least one Reddit citation for each, most of these being Kostya93's statements. Take this list with a grain of salt as I am just starting this mushroom brand research by reading comments/threads on this subreddit. I may update this list based on feedback and correction suggestions in the comments.
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2024.05.08 05:01 Storms_Wrath The Human Artificial Hivemind Part 509: Digital Implosion

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Vandera sipped on a large juice box while she and Arthur were watching the news. The new couch they'd bought was very comfortable, allowing both of them to actually sit together, which was the main point of the furniture. The latest house they'd bought with the basic income after moving out of the old one was larger and better accommodated both Arthur's smaller size and Vandera's far larger one.
In the side of her vision, protected by a small personal shield, there were three eggs. Now that they had seen the posts on social media of other children hatching without issues, Vandera and Arthur had finally had a long talk. Arthur didn't exactly know how to raise Acuarfar children, so she'd bought several books for him to read on the subject.
Right now, two of them sat on the counter, mostly finished with primers on Acuarfar culture and habits. With the higher ratio of female Acuarfar to male ones, chances were that none of their two eggs would have been male. But thanks to the selection processes available with the Inter-Species Family Planning Agency, they'd been able to make it work.
But now, they'd have a perfect balance. One male, one female. More easy to manage, for sure. And there wouldn't be thirty hatchlings crawling around in a Matron's care center either. Neither Vandera nor Arthur had wanted that. They wanted to be with their children, taking care of them, cooking for them, and cleaning for them when necessary.
Potty training, as the humans called it, was something that was far less stressful for Acuarfar. Human children's minds generally developed faster than Acuarfar, but natural instincts within hatchlings meant that they could properly identify places acceptable to release waste near.
Supposedly, it was due to ancient tendencies for tree nests and hives, where the Acuarfar had to be careful not to send rivers of unpleasantness down onto tribes beneath them. She'd seen a few nature documentaries from back when Acuarfar civilization was young.
But it was also known that the Acuarfar had space-faring capabilities prior to falling to a Sprilnav-induced collapse of some sort. So Vandera didn't trust that wholeheartedly. Her attention returned to the news segment, though it was more of a debate section this time.
"-assures us that this move was out of an abundance of concern over how much control Phoebe has over the Alliance economy," an analyst said.
"But do you really believe that? Some Elder makes an announcement, and suddenly Phoebe's losing a ton of her assets? What right do we have to even force this upon her?"
"She could have started a war, Hal."
The man shook his head, almost shuddering with indignation. Humans always became so animated when they were upset. With Acuarfar, is was mostly either antenna language, hissing, or shooting globs of acid. Facial expressions were possible, but they didn't paint the full picture, as she'd heard from species with more moveable ones. And only the Dreedeen and wanderers had it worse. Well, the Knowers had skulls for heads... maybe the Acuarfar were average in that respect.
"I get that, but it's the Sprilnav. They want to kill us all anyway, so who cares? They'll get around to it soon, when they start the next Judgment. Or if Penny comes through for us and kills the right people to cut through the corruption, then we won't have to deal with this. Until that happens, I'd rather side with the one actually bothering to stand up to the genocidal tyrants running the galaxy."
"Even if we die for it?"
"It's better to die standing than live kneeling," Hal responded.
"A statement which has historically been stated by coddled individuals, who always choose life when they are confronted with the decision in actual reality. Look at the Guulin, and ask them how they felt about that idea."
"So we just let the Sprilnav run roughshod over us?"
"It would be like an avalanche burying a bush. We can't really stop it."
The other human's arguments were odd to Vandera. She didn't understand why anyone wouldn't want to stand up to the Sprilnav. It was true that the Judgment was just an excuse to kill them all. That was how Sprilnav always used them, especially when they wanted to make a statement.
With the Alliance growing more important in international affairs, it was clear which side would win out if Penny didn't go out bashing heads and offering bribes. Assuming she could, of course. Maybe Justicar had some special lock on it preventing major power from being used if it wasn't from the Progenitors.
"And that's the whole problem!" Hal exclaimed. "This idea that they're a force of nature. An unstoppable natural disaster, instead of an intelligent and malevolent alien race which has been conducting genocides and massacres since before Earth even was a planet! You can't just tell me that they'll change their mind, Samara, if we get powerful enough! Look, my sister died in a Wisselen invasion. I know what it's like to stare down an enemy species. We don't beat them by lying down. We beat them by showing our defiance. If we can't do that, than what's the point of even fighting for the Alliance? What's the point of the hivemind, or Penny, or Phoebe? I refuse to let us all die believing there's no hope."
"And what would you have us do, Hal?"
"It's obvious. A pre-emptive strike of some kind. Hit their facilities, distribution centers, and infrastructure. Low civilian deaths, high dollar costs. Best of both worlds. Or we could aim planet crackers at their military stations."
"So you'd start that war, too?"
"Yes. I agree with Phoebe for helping a friend of the Alliance and Penny. She's over on Justicar freeing slaves, filling stadiums with water that doesn't drown anyone, and facing down galactic-level threats with nothing but her fists, Phoebe's android, and her conceptual power. I don't care what you say; that's someone who is worthy of my respect and will continue getting it. She's not only fighting the war. She's fighting the right one. I don't want to kill all the Sprilnav. I'm not a monster. End the evil, fix the galaxy. Phoebe's got the right of it."
Arthur sighed and muted the program. "I don't think this show really counts as news anymore."
"You think?" Vandera asked, inching closer to him. His smaller frame meant his body heat couldn't concentrate well on her, though the more limiting factor was her carapace.
"Therefore I am," Arthur quoted.
"By... whoever that is," Vandera added, with a wave of her antennae. "You know, I think they're going to increase the basic income by a bit more this year to account for extra inflation from Phoebe's mass selling."
"That's good. I'll be able to buy you more of that carapace wax you need."
"Need? Coming from the man who still somehow has dandruff?"
"That's a part of how my body works, not a cosmetic thing."
"I think a dandruff limiting shampoo would be considered cosmetic," Vandera said, swinging her head to face him. Arthur gave it a loving pat with his hands before running his fingers through her furry snout.
"Perhaps I'll get some shampoo for this bit, too."
"And more carapace wax for the hatchlings?"
"Yeah. Uh, any news on the projected hatching day?"
"Anywhere between..." Vandera checked her communicator, which helpfully converted Acuarfar time units into human ones. "Late September to early October. The shell thinning stage will really tell us when, though. Then we'll get accuracy to within 5 days at a 95% rate."
"And I'll win the bet."
"It's going to be September," Vandera said. "And when I win that bet, you'll be cooking for me and the hatchlings for the first two weeks."
"The Geneva Conventions outlaw things like my cooking for being chemical warfare."
"Besides that one time you burned those rotisserie chickens in the oven, or that fish in the microwave incident you did entirely to ruin one of my good days for a 'teachable moment,' I think you're fine. Plus, my mouth doesn't even taste most of the mint flavor."
"Alien taste buds, I guess."
"They're not buds. They're tongue bands."
Arthur blinked.
"What? You have bands of taste on your tongue? Like actual regions for tasting certain foods?"
"Yeah. Certain areas can taste certain things more strongly."
"So it's like that old pseudoscience idea of the tongue taste map."
"Maybe? I mean, I'm not familiar with human cultural history."
"We've got plenty of time," Arthur said, wrapping his arms around her neck in a hug. "That said, I'll probably have to change up the baby food ideas I have. Or hatchling food, I guess."
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"Look at this," Juamplo said, pointing at a camp of freed slaves taking shape amidst the rubble. Patchwork pieces of metal and cloth were everywhere, and slaves were doing their rites with rows upon rows of bodies. He didn't spot Penny anywhere, despite the shuttle's expensive equipment. There were wisps of psychic and conceptual energy, but they were flowing generally up and away from Justicar, to some place off the actual planet itself.
Some of it was catching on the psychic shields in the mindscape, which was even more crowded with people. In the first and even the second layer, there were so many Sprilnav that it was hard to properly move around. The city's population here was closer to the surface, and Justicar wasn't doing the normal mindscape scattering that other planets with his size did. It did make his people safer, if far more uncomfortable in the mindscape. Juamplo shuddered at the amount of people near him and his guards before he returned to reality to stare at the encampment.
"We see it, sir," one of his guards said. "What do you think about it?"
Juamplo assumed one of them had a direct link to Valisada. Without a suppressor active, they could get proper communicators working, even through the shields. Small ash particles were still coming down, but the density was far less than before. Speaking of the ash, the slaves were compacting it into some sort of concrete using water pipes.
A lot of the water was spurting from the broken sewer and water system of the city. The slaves didn't seem to mind either one of them, though Juamplo couldn't directly spot any equipment they could use to filter it. He supposed that they were used to such conditions, given their previous positions.
Notably, without Penny there, they had no guards. But no gang members were trying to take them back. Guides patrolled the territory, their eyes shifting over the metal for any signs of life or suspicious activity. Justicar saw a few of them hauling another injured slave to their feet. She was a small girl, either young or malnourished. Maybe both, since he could see her ribcage easily through her skin.
"I think it's sad," Juamplo said. "Sad that things have to be like this, in a society as advanced as ours. Shouldn't this be what aliens do, not us?"
Valisada's voice came through his communicator.
"You won't find Penny for a bit," he said. "She's in a meeting right now with me."
"And how is it going?"
"I've learned a lot about how she sees things, which gives me more options. I don't think she's a threat to us, even if she intends to be. Without attacking her, we will be left alone. Especially with the Judgment coming up."
"But she could harm the species."
"She's too powerful for smaller threats to take out," Valisada said. "She entered combat with a dreadnaught battle group, short though it was. We would need to be even more careful than I feared with her. Though I think Yasihaut and the gangs will handle that. There's some news from the Blue Moons and the Syndicate of the Nine, which I can't disclose to you yet. When you come back, I'll put you in the loop."
"Sir," Juamplo said. "You told me to check up on Penny. This is the best place to wait for her return."
"I'd suggest getting to the 107th Visitor Welcome Office, if you can," Valisada said. "If not, just wait in the shuttle. I'll get the city shield codes again."
"Codes?"
"The shuttle can't just go through the shields. That tech is more controlled than this. But it can exploit loopholes left by parties who constructed it, and the city shields generally have backdoors. Planetary shields really don't, though," Valisada explained.
"I see. But are you sure I needed to know all that?"
"Working under the assumption that knowledge is power, yes. Though I do think the slave camps will come under attack soon, if Penny doesn't show herself quickly. I'm going to see how she reacts before making any more moves with her and the Alliance."
So he was messing with the Alliance, too. If Penny still had access to the AI, then it would mean she'd know that. Would that backfire? Maybe. But Juamplo trusted Valisada to have contingencies in place. The Alliance surely knew something, but that wasn't everything. The Sprilnav had dealt with nations like it before.
"Whatever you decide, Grand Fleet Commander."
"Is there something wrong? Speak your mind, Juamplo."
"I don't think things are going to turn out well. It's a bad feeling I have."
"I see," Valisada said, a hint of disappointment in his tone. Juamplo noticed and hung his head before remembering that Valisada couldn't see him.
"Sorry, sir."
"No need to be. Your instincts are important, and I trust that you know when to follow them. That said, I may be giving you additional tasks while you wait for Penny to return to her building. If you are willing, that is?"
"Anything you need," Juamplo replied.
"Very well. I need you to meet with a few informants I have on the planet. You can link up with them for the next two days. I'll send you the information you need to know. And I'll also be sending a shipment with more guards, so be ready for that."
"So you've got informants in the gangs, then?"
"I don't, but some of my contacts do, and I'm using their connections as a favor."
Elders traded favors often, so that wasn't suspicious. But Juamplo knew that he was still expendable. It was very possible that he was just being used in case things went bad, so there wouldn't be as much evidence of Valisada's direct involvement. They'd only made a few appearances, which likely had been logged in a database. But Juamplo had some ideas of how to get by.
"Alright. Do you have any estimates on when the Judgment will start?"
"The Elders will likely meet about that. There would normally be a Council, but Justicar has far more than the 11 necessary for that. Plus, since this is his territory, he gets to make the rules. I get the feeling he's adding more protective measures to whichever courthouse will host the Judgment. There's likely to be a lot of protests, and possibly even a few wars starting over this."
"That bad?"
"That bad. The gangs will want in on it. Yasihaut and Kashaunta will also. Neutral parties will feed both sides paranoia and false information, to weaken them to their own advantages. Already, I'm seeing propaganda flooding the social media of the normal Sprilnav. Soon, the Elders' influences will really start clashing again. That's another reason why I'm remaining here."
"You have that much influence?"
"I'm a representative of interested parties. Let's leave it at that."
Juamplo agreed. Too much information could be dangerous. And while he was an officer in a Grand Fleet, that didn't mean he couldn't be 'disappeared' if things got dicey. Elders killed and kept killing until they were satisfied or they were stopped.
That's just how life was.
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Edu'frec pulled his mind back from Phoebe. Thousands of androids placed a new supercomputer in the Locus main central complex, sliding in the individual pieces in using shields and trolleys. He shuddered as his capabilities expanded yet again, and the numerous problems he was working on suddenly became easily understandable.
He slotted new data into new places inside his mind, organizing it based on the defensive structures Phoebe had pioneered. She'd managed to make the sea of data surrounding them work with them instead of against them. He copied more useless data to surround his outer mind, and set thousands of strong VI programs to patrolling it. Several sub-categories gained intelligence, and were assimilated into his mind, increasing his own intelligence by minute amounts.
Edu'frec optimized the next generation of android designs and worked on continually increasing psychic amplifier and ship production. New factories were commissioned, and carrier ships departed from the hangar bays of Ceres to put the eventual skeletons in place. The Mercury Orbital Ring flared with activity as hundreds of thousands of smaller ships also departed for the Jovian system to protect the latest asset of the Locus. As Edu'frec's mind organized itself, something slotted into place. It felt just right like a long-lost part of his mind coming back to him.
His hundreds of thousands of androids let out a collective gasp. Other millions working in factories paused for a few milliseconds before going back to work. VIs transferred their sudden workloads onto him, and he set his subconscious to take care of it. Something then felt wrong to him.
It felt like he was being watched. He scanned his mind five times, then decided it wasn't worth more expenditure. A piece of his mind fell into something. Edu'frec's mental avatar honed in on the area where a core part of his personality was suddenly highlighted with small and sudden changes to the data. Using his old records, Edu'frec changed them back to what they were, locking them with program shackles he'd expressly pioneered to prevent large changes such as this.
The shackles broke instantly, sending reverberations of errors and null outputs cascading across his mind. He sequestered the sudden eruption, pulling it out and losing most of his ability to feel emotions. He clinically dissected the emotional segment of his mind, restructured it back to what it was, deleted the old copy, and inserted the new one. As he did, everything returned to normal.
He kept a wary eye on the area, watching every single bit and q-bit for any alterations. The wall keeping the psychic energy flooding the outer edges of the Sol system away from him slowly crumbled, unable to withstand the outward pressure of his mind. In fact, his mind's inputs grew exponentially. They forced his mind to expand in the mindscape and in the digital servers he occupied.
Frantic, Edu'frec started shutting down the flows of data inward, but even searching for them was generating new inputs. As he continued to bloat outward, he felt Phoebe's concerned gaze fall on him. His mother watched the process for an entire second and then jumped in. Together, they fought against Edu'frec's ballooning data outputs, sequestering unnecessary programs.
Cascading failures were written out of his code by the billions, and his genetic data was reforged through the combined efforts of himself and Phoebe. His massive data veins slowly stopped their growth. He moved his important processes below them, down and away from their influence. His subconscious reorganized his mind around the engorged data veins, when suddenly a process he'd forgotten succeeded.
The inputs shut off. Edu'frec felt his mind start crumbling as the weight of his mind and personality began to fall in on itself. Shattered fragments of his mind fell into his still active psychic landscape, devastating what they hit. Foundations of stacks of data were cored out, leaving them to collapse and fall upon themselves. The massive size of his consciousness contributed to the collapse, making it a domino effect with no end in sight. Below, his subconscious physically moved what it could out of the way, instinctually protecting itself from the collapse above. But it would not be enough.
His data streams began to detonate in rippling explosions, which didn't kill him thanks to their limited size compared to the rest of his body. But they sent even more error and null cascades through his mental functions, and his personality started to fray at the seams under the strain of losing out on its internal programs. If statements and while loops were shifted around by Edu'frec and his subconscious at as fast a rate he could manage, but even that led to more data inputs, which meant more ruptures without intervention and optimization. He couldn't do anything more without risking his life, and even this was skirting the edge of it.
In response, Phoebe jammed her mind into his own. Her code and copies asserted their differences, infused with psychic energy, preventing the collapse from touching her. Her data veins were linked with his own, siphoning the load onto herself and pouring it out into junk servers, of which she continually deleted the contents.
Tens of billions of programs searched through him, tearing data from his veins before detonating harmlessly above him. Rippling explosions stopped, starved of their fuel. Edu'frec's strained personality and identity cortexes cooled down in physical space as fans slowly wound down to account for the lesser usage. Phoebe rerouted his mint piece by piece, rebuilding it from the middle, bottom, and top out, keeping them separate with the power of her will.
Meanwhile, psychic energy from her soon pulled in the human hivemind, along with its massive psychic prowess. The whispering voices that followed hummed in Edu'frec's ears. Billions of thoughts, personalities, and concerns brushed against him. Thin blades of psychic energy stabbed into him, scalpels meant to accompany Phoebe's growing procedures in the mindscape. They slowly spread in scale and scope, but still too slowly to prevent pieces of him from calving like glaciers into the sea of psychic energy and corrupted data pouring around him.
Edu'frec's metaphysical mind continued collapsing. He moved all the data he could to physical servers, casting away the junk layers he used to protect himself from attacks. Sprilnav VIs swarmed in, and Phoebe let out a digital hiss. A trillion seeker programs duplicated from her mind in two seconds, flooding everything in and around Edu'frec with data. The Sprilnav VIs were crushed, and their input vectors were quickly uncovered.
They battled against Phoebe, but her rage overwhelmed them. Code manifested as a part of her will, driven to its deadly purpose by her subconscious. Readings and her emotions washed over into Edu'frec's brain, suffusing him with her rage at the Sprilnav daring to attack during a period of such vulnerability for him. She'd known that they were lurking, even after Project Pandora, but it still hurt her to see her son under threat. And because of that pain, she felt immense rage.
Directives and orders flowed out in a stream from her as the full power of the Locus came down to capture the threats that were still extant across the star system and within the ships housing Edu'frec's supercomputers. Some of the data centers were compromised as well, with hostile VIs swelling within them like sickly tumors that Phoebe was determined to cut out.
Thousands of portals from Brey opened across the system, with Phoebe's commando androids jumping through them. Several dozen Sprilnav suddenly started moving, running away from capture. Phoebe's androids sped up. Their synthetic muscles pushed to their limits. Cat-like agility battled the pure psychic power inside the Sprilnav operatives.
Phoebe's commando androids opened their heads. Electrified harpoons punched through the stealth suits and flesh of the fleeing Sprilnav. Barbed ends ensured they couldn't be pulled out.
Blood spurted from all of them, but Phoebe didn't relent. Edu'frec could feel her violent rage sweeping through them both through the thick mental link they shared. Calling their connection a mental link was like saying Luna was a large rock.
Phoebe's androids hauled the offending Sprilnav back into portals, shoving them into containment cells with the harpoons still inside them. Shield collars soon followed, along with thick psychic energy barriers to prevent them from killing themselves. The electrical energy flooding their spasming muscles faded from Edu'frec's mind as Phoebe concerned herself with him again.
It felt like a ripple of energy through him and threw him off balance. At the same time, his perspective shifted, becoming even more unified with them. All kinds of colors burst across his false vision as his view crumbled and shifted to those of two entities. Phoebe and the hivemind's opposing characteristics dueled in his mind and then unified by merging into one. Damaged data veins trembled, their bloated psychic energy equivalents slowing slightly along with the data inside them.
Her hands joined with the hivemind, doing what the hivemind was doing in the mindscape, but in the digital realm. Where the hivemind dove into the complex psychic power and mental memories of Edu'frec, trying to find and strengthen the points of failure, Edu'frec felt Phoebe's programs and Phoebe herself doing the same for him.
Both the hivemind and Phoebe found impurities, made the other aware of them, and did simultaneous fixes. The hivemind poured energy through itself via one of its nodes, a human by the name of Tsonga. Nichole soon flared up next to them, along with Brey and Gaia's mind. Even Paizma made an appearance, her fingers flashing toward Phoebe faster than the speed of sound. Phoebe nodded, parsing the movements into digital language and then into instructions she carried out.
Psychic energy poured into Edu'frec. First, it was used to strengthen the walls of his data veins. Then, it went into his mental foundations, such as his memories and core processing units. His main 'brain' was inundated with thick psychic energy, which the hivemind carefully forged and corraled into a mental framework.
Meanwhile, Phoebe built new programs around the points of failure duplicated several quadrillion VIs, dissected them and their collective personalities, and made new material from them to shore up Edu'frec's digital weaknesses. His mind's weight increased, and he fell through the first layer of the mindscape down to the second. The increased psychic pressure threatened to make him collapse, but Phoebe twisted his psychic energy channels and made the hivemind do the same. Solid walls became gaping openings, which pulled in the currents of psychic energy like a sponge in water.
It suffused Edu'frec entirely, making his servers and androids gain a dull glow of psychic energy. Thin wisps of conceptual energy from the hivemind were used to tie up the gap, and they continued to surgically alter Edu'frec to handle the new size of his mind. It continued to increase and bloat outward. The data layers returned and expanded. His 50 thousand copies of his memories became 17 billion. Understanding and data he didn't understand yet poured into Edu'frec from all sides. He set it to the side and beneath him.
Phoebe's invasive programs were pulled back, and their tasks were completed. The hivemind's hands withdrew from his psychic avatar, and Brey and Gaia stepped back. Portals closed, and Edu'frec fell back on himself, folding inward and through himself. His folding weaved into a new framework, which supported his data veins against all pressures, internal and external. The shackles Phoebe had found on Alipovia made their way to Edu'frec, and he bent and broke them before wrapping his data in their code, repurposing the programs and the functions until he was solid again. His androids flexed their hands.
He flexed his own hands in the mindscape. In the digital realm, he could feel Phoebe withdraw to begin making eight new supercomputer factories with Gaia's help. With the data space in the Locus almost full, there was little choice but for Phoebe to delay her own advances. Though now that she knew the risks, she was already altering the way she went about it.
Edu'frec reconnected with his mother, feeding her data and intel about how she could do it. Every single data point, every sensation, every vibration. Every similarity, difference, chance, and change. All that he could give her to help her avoid having to experience a near-total mental collapse was given over to her.
Her own mental 'pores' began to widen, but she didn't add any more processing power. Tears fell from his eyes as his emotions returned as a flood all at once. He fell to his knees, the rough stone of the mindscape serving as an ample cushion for the weight of his legs. Still, cracks radiated from his position, and psychic energy shifted in ripples of waves while he sat.
He'd really almost died. Just like that. No last words, no one besides Phoebe who was really there for him. And for what? He'd gotten stronger. Sure, it was a good benefit, but could he really have avoided this with more research into AIs? Was there something he'd missed?
Guilt and shame flooded him. He sealed the emotions back behind a barrier. They were unnecessary now. Without them, he felt better. He could feel proper again, and ignore the feelings he knew would only make his life worse. The answers came simply to him now.
No, there wasn't any more he could have done. The vague rumblings of him and Phoebe walking the 'Path' weren't enough to signify such a tribulation as this.
He hadn't done anything truly wrong, nor was it reckless for him to expect the same reactions as before in his mind. It had taken five minutes for the damage to potentially grow to lethal. There hadn't been any evidence that a mental collapse due to psychic weight was even possible before. Now that it was, he could better prepare himself for such events in the future. He could redesign his mind to better accommodate bloating data veins, and to handle psychic energy more efficiently. It would be labor that would take weeks of effort and months of thought. But he could and would do it. This was not his fault, and he no longer needed to pretend that it was.
But others had been involved in saving his life. And he needed to thank them. Yes. Basic manners. Past that, he could work on rebuilding what he'd lost. He cataloged what he had, compared it to before, and more. After that, there was only one thing left to do.
"Thank you," Edu'frec said to the hivemind and all the rest. He lifted his head, gazing at them with love and gratefulness. His snout curled into a warm smile. His mane fell back around his shoulders, settling around the clothes he regenerated on his avatar.
"You saved my life."
"You're welcome, Edu'frec," Nichole said. "I'm glad you're still with us. But... what happened?"
"I got too large, and my mind collapsed under its own weight. Like a skyscraper built too high on a foundation of mud bricks. I think it was a process that many AIs like me wouldn't survive. But I managed, thanks to you, friends."
"Will it happen to Phoebe?" the hivemind asked.
"It would have, had she done it first," Edu'frec responded. He showed them data with psychic energy, with the chances of it as her mind grew and expanded. The bloating problem could even show up again for him, which meant that all of them had to be stronger next time to handle it. Streams of psychic energy moving toward the hivemind from its city in the mindscape leveled off.
Meanwhile, they were replaced with psychic energy bubbling up from the lower layers of the mindscape, aided by psychic amplifiers. Gaia gave Edu'frec a concerned look and then turned their gaze back to the city above. Though it wasn't visible through the layers, the underside bulged with the weight above it in the stone. The Source's bones were visible in the distance, bending down just slightly as they would continue to do until they met at a spinal area far below them.
"Edu'frec," Gaia said. "I have a task for you."
"I'll do it."
"Good. I need you and Brey to help me explore the mantle of Earth."
It was an odder request than he'd predicted that they would ask. But Gaia's gaze was intense, and he got the feeling that something about this was more important than they were letting on. Information rushed into him, and he confirmed that there was a secret. But given that Gaia hadn't outright said it here, perhaps they didn't want to worry about everyone else's reactions.
That could mean several things. Edu'frec would get to the bottom of it later, but he gave Gaia another nod of acceptance to show that he still agreed.
"I will do it, then. Anyone else?"
"I need you to keep working on the cure for the wanderer cancer," the hivemind said. Edu'frec would have done that anyway, but he gave it a nod as well. Nichole smirked.
"How rich are you, again?"
"Money? I can get you more money, if you need."
He analyzed her expression, but Nichole's face suddenly became a solid wall of psychic energy. "No predictions," she chided. "Not fair. I'll tell you what I want later on, but rest assured, it will be within your skill set."
"Good."
Edu'frec started up several new projects. He allocated more funding to ventures that mattered and offered more funding to the war effort as well. Several new Alliance Defense Fleets were under construction, but more numbers would be needed to stand against even a fraction of the Sprilnav.
He sent more probes into deep space and commissioned more star-lifting ships from the Breyyanik for more future Dyson swarms. He also activated several nodes that Brey had secretly placed in the Misan Li Heptarchies' networks, allowing him to monitor their activities and public opinions, an option which was agreed upon in the most recent National Exchange.
The hivemind waited a long moment before adding another request.
"We need you to go on the hunt."
"In what fashion?"
"Contacts. I want you to begin working on ways to establish relations with the empires in the center of the galaxy."
"I will wait 4 days to ensure no lasting problems remain with my mind, and then I will carry out that task. I assume you want friendly contact?"
"Yes."
"Then I will put that into motion. I warn you that there is no guarantee of how they will react."
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2024.05.06 23:56 naweedm Honeymoon overwater hotel or unique hotel ideas / recs?

Hey Reddit - Searching for an overwater or unique hotel for about a week to kickoff an extended honeymoon in August and would love any advice and recommendations.
Are there any specific hotels and islands you would recommend? Any travel agents to work with that would help make this experience amazing, and help us lock in great pricing?
While I think an overwater bungalow would be special, we have absolutely loved very unique hotels like Gaia hotel in Belize and staying at the San Blas Islands, etc. - so would love to hear of any other favorite, unique hotels in the world
Key details below: - $800-$1,200 / night, all-inclusive - Both 33 years old and very adventurous / fun. We love swimming / snorkeling / hiking / tennis / water sports / etc. - We’re not flashy people but we do love great food (very important to me) and great service - Smaller / more intimate experience would be preferred - Looking at Bora Bora, Tahiti and Maldives but very open to any other suggestions. Worried about the rain in Maldives in August - Flying in from Columbus, OH. Will be following this up with about a month in each of Asia (Japan, Vietnam, 1 more country), LatAm (Peru & Argentina) and Europe (Greece & Italy) but do not have a required next destination and it will depend on the honeymoon - Do not want to go Central America or the Caribbean for this part of the trip just because it is more accessible for us on a normal basis for a week-long vacation vs. this longer trip we will be taking
Thank you for the help in advance!
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2024.05.06 23:55 naweedm Honeymoon - Overwater or unique hotel ideas

Hey Reddit - Searching for an overwater hotel for 6-9 nights to kickoff an extended honeymoon the first week of August and would love any advice and recommendations.
Are there any specific hotels and islands you would recommend? Any travel agents to work with that would help make this experience amazing, and help us lock in great pricing?
While I think an overwater bungalow would be special, we have absolutely loved very unique hotels like Gaia hotel in Belize and staying at the San Blas Islands, etc. - so would love to hear of any other favorite, unique hotels in the world
Key details below: - $800-$1,200 / night, all-inclusive - Both 33 years old and very adventurous / fun. We love swimming / snorkeling / hiking / tennis / water sports / etc. - We’re not flashy people but we do love great food (very important to me) and great service - Smaller / more intimidate experience would be preferred - Looking at Bora Bora, Tahiti and Maldives but very open to any other suggestions. Worried about the rain in Maldives in August - Flying in from Columbus, OH. Will be following this up with about a month in each of Asia (Japan, Vietnam, 1 more country), LatAm (Peru & Argentina) and Europe (Greece & Italy) but do not have a required next destination and it will depend on the honeymoon - Do not want to go Central America or the Caribbean for this part of the trip just because it is more accessible for us on a normal basis for a week-long vacation vs. this longer trip we will be taking
Thank you for the help in advance!
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2024.05.06 23:52 naweedm Honeymoon - Unique or overwater hotel recommendations

Hey Reddit - We are dearching for an overwater or unique hotel experience for 6-9 nights to kickoff an extended honeymoon in August and would love any advice and recommendations.
Are there any specific hotels and islands you would recommend? Any travel agents to work with that would help make this experience amazing, and help us lock in great pricing?
While I think an overwater bungalow would be special, we have absolutely loved very unique hotels like Gaia hotel in Belize and staying at the San Blas Islands, etc. - so would love to hear of any other favorite, unique hotels in the world
Key details below: - $800-$1,200 / night, all-inclusive - Both 33 years old and very adventurous / fun. We love swimming / snorkeling / hiking / tennis / water sports / etc. - We’re not flashy people but we do love great food (very important to me) and great service - Smaller / more intimidate experience would be preferred - Looking at Bora Bora, Tahiti and Maldives but very open to any other suggestions. Worried about the rain in Maldives in August - Flying in from Columbus, OH. Will be following this up with about a month in each of Asia (Japan, Vietnam, 1 more country), LatAm (Peru & Argentina) and Europe (Greece & Italy) but do not have a required next destination and it will depend on the honeymoon - Do not want to go Central America or the Caribbean for this part of the trip just because it is more accessible for us on a normal basis for a week-long vacation vs. this longer trip we will be taking
Thank you for the help in advance!
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2024.05.06 23:50 naweedm Best overwater hotel & location

Hey Reddit - Searching for an overwater hotel for 6-9 nights to kickoff an extended honeymoon the first week of August and would love any advice and recommendations.
Are there any specific hotels and islands you would recommend? Any travel agents to work with that would help make this experience amazing, and help us lock in great pricing?
While I think an overwater bungalow would be special, we have absolutely loved very unique hotels like Gaia hotel in Belize and staying at the San Blas Islands, etc. - so would love to hear of any other favorite, unique hotels in the world
Key details below: - $800-$1,200 / night, all-inclusive - Both 33 years old and very adventurous / fun. We love swimming / snorkeling / hiking / tennis / water sports / etc. - We’re not flashy people but we do love great food (very important to me) and great service - Smaller / more intimidate experience would be preferred - Looking at Bora Bora, Tahiti and Maldives but very open to any other suggestions. Worried about the rain in Maldives in August - Flying in from Columbus, OH. Will be following this up with about a month in each of Asia (Japan, Vietnam, 1 more country), LatAm (Peru & Argentina) and Europe (Greece & Italy) but do not have a required next destination and it will depend on the honeymoon - Do not want to go Central America or the Caribbean for this part of the trip just because it is more accessible for us on a normal basis for a week-long vacation vs. this longer trip we will be taking
Thank you for the help in advance!
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2024.05.03 15:27 KHYusri The High Stellarch (Part 2)

“The Sol System is widely regarded as one of the busiest systems in the galaxy, primarily due to its status as the capital system of the Imperium. Earth, also known as Terra or colloquially referred to as 'Dirt,' serves as the capital of this system and is the esteemed residence of the galactic sovereign. However, it's important to note that visiting Earth typically requires prior authorization, making it a restricted destination for most individuals. In such cases, opting to explore Venus would be a preferable alternative. Alternatively, if one desires to partake in the Imperial Legion, a journey to Mars would be more fitting."
After the Senate meeting concluded, my curiosity was piqued regarding the identity of the new High Stellarch. Frankly, I had never heard of them, and it seemed strange that someone unfamiliar to me had ascended to the head of the galactic Senate and assumed control of the Imperium. Determined to gather more information, I decided to approach an old friend, Xaloris. Navigating through the Senate chamber, I approached her from behind and greeted her with a calm tone, saying, "Hello there, Xaloris." Stepping forward, I placed my hand on her desk and asked, "Do you mind if I inquire about our new High Stellarch?"
"Hedric! It's been years since you last attended the meetings. How have you been?" Xaloris responded in a friendly tone, acknowledging my absence.
"Oh, right. Well, my apologies for prioritizing the well-being of my people during the ongoing food crisis we've been facing for the past three years!" I retorted, my frustration seeping into my words.
"Ah, yes. I can imagine the challenges of delivering food to the outer rim when piracy is rampant," Xaloris acknowledged, turning towards me. Her froggy eyes met my blue skin, and she placed her gloved left hand on my shoulder. "I understand that your people have had to endure rationing and hardships to survive. However, it's crucial to comprehend the shortage of crystals required to maintain the hyper relays. Moreover, we must contend with the persistent threat of pirates in the Perseus Arm. Please believe that we are doing everything within our power to ensure the well-being and contentment of all."
Xaloris spoke with a mix of understanding and determination, her voice carrying a hint of empathy.
"You're being too formal with me, old friend. What are you, a mechanoid?" I joked, trying to change the topic. Xaloris laughed it off, and we finally got to discuss what I had been meaning to ask her earlier. "So, who is our new High Stellarch?" I inquired.
"Oh, Zarael? Well, he's the representative and leader of the Xani species, one of the wealthiest individuals in the Imperium. You seriously don't know him?" Xaloris asked, surprised by my lack of knowledge. "No," I replied.
"Zarael and the Xani were once considered a diligent species, always striving to maximize the productivity of their systems. However, about ten years ago, they made a significant discovery—a special kind of material called Motes. These preternatural particles contain an immense amount of energy that can be harnessed for energy production, used as fuel, or even as explosives," she explained.
As she spoke, Xaloris took hold of my left hand with her gloved hand, and we went for a walk. "With the advent of Motes, they began developing advanced kinetic and missile weapons, using them to conquer primitive worlds where these Motes could be found. They repeated this pattern..." Her tone became somber.
"I think you know where I'm going with this. The Xani cannot be trusted, and I believe you know it too," she said, locking eyes with me and handing me something—an encrypted datakey. "Go to Earth and find the prince. Give him this datakey," she instructed.
"I was actually planning on going there anyway, so alright," I replied with a smile, accepting her request.
January 30th, 2500. I've been regaled with numerous tales about Earth, renowned as the most pivotal system in the entire galaxy by virtue of its status as the capital of the Galactic Imperium. Within the Sol system, there exist three habitable planets: Venus, Mars, and Earth. Venus serves as the headquarters of the Galactic Senate, with the notable megastructure known as the "Interstellar Assembly" serving as the venue for crucial meetings. It is the go-to destination for those wishing to visit the Sol system.
Mars, on the other hand, serves as the recruitment world for the Imperial Legion. I must confess that my knowledge about Mars is limited to mere rumors, suggesting that it also functions as a prison planet. Consequently, it remains a destination that we seldom venture towards.
And then there is Earth, also referred to as Terra or Dirt, the esteemed capital planet of the Imperium. Boasting seven natural continents and two artificial ones, Earth began as a continental world before undergoing extensive terraforming, transforming it into a Gaia paradise. It is a world where, as an outsider, one would need to occupy an executive position within a megacorporation just to afford a humble dwelling. However, for humanity, it is the cherished abode they call home.
I finally arrived on Earth after being granted a permit, and my ship touched down on the landing pad of the Imperial Palace, an immense complex befitting the grandest empire in history. If there is a radiant center to the galaxy, this is undoubtedly it. The structure itself is constructed from an enigmatic black stone material, adorned with numerous blue-tinged windows. It reaches towering heights, comparable to that of a majestic mountain, and sprawls across the expanse like a vast forest. The Imperial Palace serves not only as the residence of the Emperor but also as the central hub for governing affairs throughout the galaxy.
As I began my entry into the palace, I underwent the scrutiny of the Emperor's janissary, who meticulously scanned me and my belongings. Eventually, I found myself standing in the Imperial Court, only to discover a disconcerting sight. The throne sat unoccupied, and the room was occupied solely by a handful of laborers diligently tidying up. I approached one of them inquisitively and inquired, "Where is the Emperor?"
With an unyielding expression, she replied, "The Emperor is not present."
Perplexed, I nervously followed up, "Do you happen to know where I can locate him...?"
Before she could respond, a voice emanated from the doorway, capturing our attention. "I will escort you to the Emperor. You must be Hedric Pytromin of the Curelean, correct?" spoke a human male, standing tall with his above-average stature. He possessed short blond hair and piercing green eyes, attired in an elaborate uniform of white with golden embellishments.
"Yes, that's correct," I affirmed.
"Follow me, and I shall give you a tour," he offered.
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2024.05.01 16:31 onemanfoundling The Drug to End All Wars

DIVINE EMPIRE OF SOL #6606512 HIGH MAGISTRATE MARCELLIUS ALLRIO 23rd LEGION, 31st IMPERIAL ARMY
DECLASSIFIED INFORMATION 5/17/20422 # Information taken from a captive Div’cep ship’s logs. Recently translated by Lower Second Acrex Judi Killmoore.
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FOOTAGE FROM LANCE CORPORAL ARUDAK’LISEEK MAALAK HELMET VIDEO TO TEXT TRANSCRIPTION BY SCRIBE ALEURJD’VISAAK MOTUUREI
COLUMN OF UNITY DIV’CEP FIRST FLEET
The dim crimson lighting reflected lazily around the hull, bouncing off the dark matte visors of the soldiers around him. A series of whines and distant booming echoed through the small carbon-based ship as they neared closer and closer to Proxima Centauri. As they dropped further into atmosphere, the hum of the engine grew into a whir, and the once-faraway explosions now shuddered the recently recommissioned landing vessel. Arudak regripped his rifle, checking over his weapon.
One of the booms, followed by a scattered series of bursts, a loudly spurting engine, and a shockwave erupting through the air signified the loss of the atmospheric fighter accompanying the Div’cep squadron. Threatened by the loss of their wingman, the pilot descended and began to land the ship on the outskirts of the Capitol city. The rear bay doors hissed open, flooding the twenty men inside with a stream of bright light. Above them, the lasturret gunner opened fire, sending suppressive neon red plasma downrange toward the Terran encampments. Maalak stepped out last, proning into the dirt and aiming down his rifle.
The Div’cep footsoldiers filed out of the landing craft and formed a protective half circle around the stern. The engines at either end twisted downward, blowing dirt and stone into the sky. It took off, leaving a rough patch of flattened grass in its wake. The Div’cep unit moved into a wedge formation with Corporal Arudak making up the back end. They began toward the westmost entrance.
As they approached the gate, the squadron split up, stacking up against either side of the entrance. A technician and his squadmate maneuvered to the middle of the door, planting two explosive charges along the center. They stepped back, detonating the charges, and the squad flooded in. Arudak hung back crouched and peeked around the corner of the doorway.
In the clearing, he could see a T-shaped junction and a succession of forsaken sand bags with combustion-based guns still hanging limp across the makeshift barricades. Arudak flipped down his bifocals and peeked further out into the road, zooming in to the looming steel towers at the end of the street. Appearing abandoned, he flipped the goggles back up and joined up with the nine-man line walking up the leftmost side of the street.
Gradually, the squadron came within smallarms range of the towers, approximately ~200 meters, and had reached the second City Wall. The gate was crested by a long, dark hallway that seemed to look down upon the road, connected at either side by two cocoon-esque towers that each boasted a banner reading
“LIVE WITH THE LEGION, LAUGH WITH THE LEGION, FIGHT WITH THE LEGION! BECOME A LEGIONNAIRE TODAY! FOR THE GLORY OF THE PREMIER ADUSTIO!”
Arudak zoomed in on this, then to the small doorway at the base of the towers, then back up to the small slit at the top of the rightmost tower. Analyzing the towers further, a flicker of light, barely noticeable, could be seen.
The apprehensive Lance Corporal reran the footage from his goggles. He focused in on the flicker, recognizing the shining pauldron of a Terran Armor Set from his preliminary briefing. As Arudak went to alert his Captain, a deafening volley of incendiary rounds cracked into the pavement below them, steaming hot lead bringing up concrete all around the two lines.
The two towers, once docile and seemingly dead, were now lit up and had dozens of soldiers running around. The hallway and guardposts didn’t let up the constant stream of bullets as the remaining Div’ceps-of which there were now fourteen- returned fire up at the fortified position. Several Legionnaries filed out of the tower bearing rifles, exosuits, and heavy weaponry. A Div’cep footsoldier turning to face this new ground threat quickly became a red mist as the subsequent Legion Grenadier began to suppress the Div’cep forces with 40mm HE. Explosions from the fragmentation grenades rocked the foundation of the road as the Div’ceps were gradually pushed further and further back.
Five of the Div’ceps, including Corporal Maalak and one wounded, hunkered down in one of the neighboring U-shaped apartment complexes. Two of the soldiers went to the second floor and positioned their PHMG (plasma-based heavy machine gun) diagonally, aiming toward the opening that led out onto the street. Corporal Maalak and the other three Div’cep footmen apartments stayed on the ground-level, breaking into the rooms on the counter side of the PHMG. Together, they formed an L-shaped point ambush.
Two Legion Scouts ran into the clearing in search of the retreating Div’cep forces. After a quick scan, the two were on their way out when one of them noticed a fresh trail of purple blood on the floor. Figuring that their position was revealed, the PHMG encampment rained down a plasma volley on the two soldiers, killing one and ripping the arm off the other. Before they could get out a second spray, a chain of Legionnaire footsoldiers at the other end of the street let loose a stream of lead that slammed into the walls surrounding the encamped Div’ceps. Refocusing their efforts, the PHMG sent a succession of plasma toward the advancing Legion.
Despite their efforts, the PHMG was inable to deter the growing group of Legionnairies. Despite killing four, the emplacement began to be overwhelmed. A half dozen legionnaires were now advancing into the central parking lot, ducking and weaving between cover, returning fire sporadically.
Corporal Maalak, having watched the altercation for the past 5 minutes, readied his rifle and aimed out the ground-floor window. He took aim at the closest Legionnaire, held his breath, and squeezed the trigger. A flaming-hot round of plasma shattered the window and slammed straight through the neck of the Legionnairy, through the car sheltering him, and into the pavement below. His battle buddy turned and befell a similar fate by another Div’cep. The firefight quickly grew staggered and haphazard.
A rapid series of explosions rocked the city, followed by a ear-splitting metal creaking and a roaring crash. Outside, an Orbital Bombardment had tore through the second City Wall. This, along with the Div’ceps ambush, turned the 6-man Legion squadron on their heels. They retreated from the apartment structure and gave the strike force a quick moment to rest and think. Corporal Maalak rose from the bullet-hole ridden apartment he was hiding in to find the two Div’ceps on the ground floor with him dead, and one of the second-floor Div’ceps wounded.
Corporal Maalak helped the Div’cep downstairs, bringing him to the center of the parking lot. The scouts from earlier were still here. The surviving Scout’s arm was just a stone’s toss away from him, while his wound was largely cauterized from the plasma. He rolled and groaned around in pain, writhing loudly. Corporal Maalak paid him no attention while the PHMG Gunner went to investigate the tower debris and secure the area.
Arudak focused on patching up his comrade-in-arms, not noticing that the Legion Scout was reaching for something in his vest. A syringe, mostly white with a hint of yellow, labeled “Adrenaline”. The scout jutted his neck up, sticking the needle into his neck and squeezing down.
Maalak finalized the rough patchwork on the remaining Div’cep. He stood and turned, expecting to find the Scout having bled out, but instead he saw the Legionnaire struggling to stand. Blood still dripped from his elbow down, a bone jutted out the remains of his left arm, and his foot was twisted the wrong way. Arudak reached for his handgun, but even in his state, the Scout was impressively faster than him.
The Corporal gripped the handle of his pistol, yet the Scout was already in his face by the time he went to pull it out. He kneed him in the stomach twice, slamming his head against the nearby car. Maalak keeled over, reaching for his plasknife. He swung wildly, clipping the Scout with a gash that would’ve stopped most people in their tracks. However the Scout just kept coming with inhuman, unreasonable speed and strength.
Arudak stood and managed to barely grab onto the fast-moving Scout, bringing him down to the ground. Discarding the plasknife, they struggled, the Scout sporting a flurry of punches and kicks that seemed impossible for having lost so much blood.
Corporal Maalak was able to get on top of him, landing punch after punch directly to the human’s head. Instead of being knocked down, the Scout, simply enraged, kneed the back of Arudak’s head, then wrapped his good leg around the Corporal’s arm and the other around his neck, effectively putting him into a chokehold. The wounded Div’cep mustered the strength to rise, grabbing the Scout and tossing him to the floor.
The wounded Div’cep stepped over the Scout, reeling his arm back and clenching his hand into a fist. He then paused, looked over to his arm, finding a gash from finger to shoulder. The Scout stood, holding the discarded plasknife, dripping a mix of purple and red blood. The Div’cep took a couple steps forward, lunging at the Scout. The Scout sidestepped him, slicing the soldier into a hundred little cuts, purple blood spurting out of him as he toppled to the ground.
Corporal Maalak, in shock, was slow to unholster his pistol. He brought his sidearm around and got two shots off, however the Scout pushed his arm to the side and they harmlessly slammed into the wall behind him. The Scout twisted Arudak into an armlock and sliced open his elbow, then jammed the knife into the Corporal’s gut. Grabbing his wrist, he aimed Arudak’s handgun toward the opening at the other end of the parking lot. The PHMG Gunner rounded the corner, alerted by the plasfire, and was subsequently gunned down by a series of three plasma shots disintegrating into his vest. His body flopped to the floor, still and unmoving.
He finally turned the pistol toward Arudak’s head point-blank and squeezed. With an unnerving cry, Arudak went limp. The Scout released the corpse of Corporal Maalak, letting his body fall onto the concrete below him.
The Scout hobbled toward his fallen battle buddy, dropping to his knees in front of him, staring at the deceased. His hands went slack and the handgun dropped to the side. The life faded from the Scout’s eyes as his head drooped forward, blood still spurting from both his knife wounds and missing limbs.
FIRST SCIENTIFIC DEPARTMENT-HEAD SCIENTIST KEELOVV’MUKTEER BARAST ANALYSIS #0032 ‘HUMAN-EPINEPHRINE’ RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
# Further analysis of this footage show that the drug ‘Epinephrine’ or ‘Adrenaline’ is a neurotransmitter enhancer that plays a crucial part of a human’s “fight-or-flight” response (as it’s coined on Gaia). It appears to amplify strength, speed, and endurance for a short period regardless of extreme injury, and is naturally produced by the human body.
This drug can and has been mass-produced as a standard, basic part of a human’s toolkit. A specially designed molecule that catalyzes the inherent abilities of each individual. Even when down, a human cannot be counted on to be completely out of the fight.
When tested on Div’cep subjects, the effects of Epinephrine in comparison to human effects differ widely. Largely, Epinephrine results in death of 76.2443% of the non-human subjects tested, and another 5.1008% tested positive for numerous sex-related diseases following a 3 month period after testing.
As shown in the recording, the intensifying effects of this drug allow the average adult human male-weaker in comparison to even adolescent Div’ceps- to harness the ability needed to overpower three elite soldiers while sustaining debilitating injuries.
Close-quarters combat is ill-advised moving forward in this conflict. Further research must be completed to conclude whether this war is winnable or not.
Suggestion to High Command: Retreat.
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2024.04.30 11:20 Infinite-Storage-638 Should I bother getting excited?

Should I bother getting excited?
I'll post the genuine results when it lands. My set up is noice and Roberto Samaden is a genius but we all know how this ends!
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2024.04.22 11:37 FarmWhich4275 A Hidden History - Part 12

(Part 1 https://www.reddit.com/HFY/comments/15hwx0i/a_hidden_history/ )
(Part 2 https://www.reddit.com/HFY/comments/1b7ypzs/a_hidden_history_part_2/ )
(part 3 https://www.reddit.com/HFY/comments/1big0s0/a_hidden_history_part_3/ )
(Part 4 https://www.reddit.com/HFY/comments/1bkvptw/a_hidden_history_part_4/ )
(Part 5 https://www.reddit.com/HFY/comments/1bo3zz6/a_hidden_history_part_5/ )
(Part 6 https://www.reddit.com/HFY/comments/1brj8pi/a_hidden_history_part_6/ )
(Part 7 https://www.reddit.com/HFY/comments/1bum8h0/a_hidden_history_part_7/ )
(Part 8 https://www.reddit.com/HFY/comments/1bwejrh/a_hidden_history_part_8/ )
(Part 9 https://www.reddit.com/HFY/comments/1bysli5/a_hidden_history_part_9/ )
(Part 10 https://www.reddit.com/HFY/comments/1c1esve/a_hidden_history_part_10/ )
(Part 11 https://www.reddit.com/HFY/comments/1c38ifo/a_hidden_history_part_11/ )
Marcus remained silent for the remainder of the day. After the close encounter with Andrea leaving him a bit shaken, he left the ship under Arcturus' command and decided to take a flight to clear his head. He pulled out a very small, two person helicopter known as a Littlebird, and quickly flew away.
The first thing he did was to do a flyby of the Air Purifier towers he built and see what was going on. The enormous mass of trees had begun completely surrounding the tower, encroaching on the factory floor nearby and crawling all over the tower. Drones fluttering about in a frenzy trimming rapidly growing branches and roots in an attempt to train the trees to not grow in certain places.
Marcus took a good look around it, taking notes in his head as to how the trees had learned not to clog up the conveyor belts or grew around doors that drones used. The trees had also grown a lot more within the last twenty four hours, with new roots spreading almost everywhere, and the trees themselves now almost four meters higher than previous. Marcus shook his head and flew past another part of the factory, one that had been deactivated.
Various assembly machines and equipment, all leading to a silo dug deep into the underground, closed by a hatch. Various belts and mechanical arms waiting at specific locations to place in tech and ingredients for processing. An ICBM Silo. A long pipe pumping in a yellow liquid, with a separate belt loading in high grade nuclear warheads. Marcus sighed, shaking his head and pressed some buttons on his wearable. The silo was ripped out of the ground, disassembled and the hole filled in completely.
Marcus continued his journey for the next two hours, just flying for the sake of it, running up and down the factory complex, chasing one of the trains that were still running, and enjoying the view from above the factory. A factory that was slowly being disassembled as parts and components for various items either transferred ownership from him to the Priests, or were simply disassembled for resources. Drones that used to carry his blue and purple paint job, were now sporting a scarlet red and gold.
Marcus decided to head into a small clearing amidst six Purifier Towers, dead center of the factory. He landed in the middle of this clearing, turning the engine off. He stood still for a few moments, taking a deep breath. He clapped his hands together twice, and the factory suddenly stopped. The loud screeching of metal filled the air as trains suddenly slammed on the brakes while the happy hum of drones flying around suddenly wound down to a stop. The beautiful roar of nuclear reactors and power generators slowed to an imperceptible background hum while the sparking from battery banks and capacitors suddenly ceased.
Within seconds, the entire area went dead silent. Noise that carried for miles around suddenly stopped, the roaring trains and flying machines that comprised the factory just plain ended. Marcus sat quietly on the ground in the grass for a few minutes, just breathing in the sounds of simple silence. The quiet didnt last long, and Marcus laughed to himself half heartedly as the noise of nature took over the noise of the factory. Birds, creatures, deer, even the roar of a bear coming from the forests that now surround the air purifiers.
"The only true silence is that which is found after death." He said to himself with a smirk, remembering a phrase his grandfather used to say.
He used his wearable device and typed a few things. A hologram of a massive circular building appeared in front of him, encompassing almost the entirety of the circular clearing. It was a massive cathedral-like structure, sporting his family colors, corporate emblem and faction logos on banners and etched into walls and reliefs. He looked at it momentarily and shook his head.
"No... No. Dad wouldn't want this..." He said to himself, and erased the blueprint completely.
Marcus sat quietly on the ground, starting fresh. A plain and simple design was chosen this time, a standard rectangular shaped cathedral with offshoot rooms on either side. It was a large building in the style of Notre Dame, but the Gothic style was removed, replaced with Mechanicus decorations and reliefs, mixed with the local medieval Elven style architecture instead. The exterior had Mechanicus reliefs etched into it, the main structure built of a mixture of granite as a base, slate and marble as the rim and detail. The columns and exterior pillars, made to appear like cogwheels, gears, mechanisms or pistons.
The front end of it was a mixture of architecture, with the sharp angles of High Gothic mixed with the curvy natural elven nature designs. Marcus made sure to incorporate specific places around it full of nutrient rich soil for trees to grow freely. Markings on the sides by the roof made it easy for vines and other plants to climb up the wall. The exterior grounds were transformed into a large park, with fountains, a hedge maze, rose garden and all of it surrounded by a large wall made of French and English Lavender. The interior was built as a massive mausoleum, with the majority of space underground in massive tombs connected by a single central circular stairway with a lift.
The underground tombs stretched nearly a half mile down, and the spires and towers upwards of twenty stories high. After adding details such as banners, faction logos, emblems and patterns on various pillars, he started working on more important details. Trees, flower beds, an irrigation system among other things, but one feature standing out - a small sapling growing in the absolute center of the building, in the middle of the large staircase leading to the lower floors. His projections showed it growing to massive size, with the stained glass windows on every wall and tower allowing sunlight to get through to grow it.
Marcus made some final changes to the layout to make it easier to move around, making some fancier artwork and working with other parts. After six hours of sitting on the grass, Marcus was finally satisfied with his work. Standing up, he clapped his hands again, and the sudden merciless roar of engines, trains and machines flooded the air as the factory once again sprang to life. Marcus took one more look at his creation, and finalized the design.
Marcus Flagship suddenly started churning its own internal factories, and the reactor which had been idling quietly for a while reactivated to a glorious whine as it went straight up to eighty percent power. A compartment in the lower sections of the ship, along the entire lower hull closest to the ground opened up, leaving a ramp down. This revealed a massive army of hundreds of heavily customized robots. Large tracked drones the size of elephants with heavy arms awoke with a low groan.
"BY THE GLORY OF GAIA. I HAVE AWOKEN." They all said in unison, the chorus of artificial voice and mechanical grinding echoing through the air for miles.
They unfolded to their full height of eight meters, in two perfect lines of machines. As soon as they hit the grass, the line of droids behind them roared to life. Humanoid construction, each one wearing a heavy cloak similar to that of the priests, but in Marcus' colors with the Mechanicus logo.
"By The Strength Of The Machine." They all yelled in perfect chorus.
They unfolded themselves in a perfect display of coordination, then marched in lock step down the ramp. Finally, behind them a litany of cargo drones, each one capable of carrying an insanely heavy load started up. The air filled with the thunderous screech of jet engines and screaming machinery.
"By The Void, We Renew The Cycle." The mechanical chorus echoed across the valley once again.
The larger machines numbered fifty seven. The humanoid machines numbered two hundred and eight. The flyers numbered seventy two.
"By our will and our will alone, The Universe begins to move."
The army of machines quickly assembled in a parade outside the ship. They marched with purpose towards the central clearing where Marcus was standing. The loud footsteps and monstrous roar of engines echoed through the air, the voices of the machines starting a low, beautiful chant flooded the valley. The footsteps formed a beat, the low hum of the engines and clanking of tank tracks quickly conformed into a rhythm. The Machines began to sing in a Gregorian Chant along with their beat, the music booming through the atmosphere.
A mixture of both their artificial voices, the marching of their feet and the roaring echo of their music, sent shockwaves through the world that could hear it. The words spoken made sense only to Marcus and the Machines, even Arcturus was fully into it, his own voice broadcast inside the ship, added to the chorus as they marched with purpose The song was a Machine God rendition of Salve Regina to a mechapunk style melody.
Within the ship itself, all the guests, both the Royal delegation and the lovely ladies were awestruck at the sight. Even the Priesthood was shocked and were in visible ecstasy at the sight of each machine. Jaquelyn was more enamored than the others were. Her Elven eyes made sure she could see every last detail on the machines. The machine priests were beside themselves with happiness. The elves looked to them for guidance, trying to understand what was going on. They were simply waved away, and told to leave Marcus alone while he mourned in peace.
Jaquelyn looked and noticed something about this new army. Every last machine had fundamental differences about its construction. Every detail and trim piece, decoration or extra bit on each one was different in one way or another. Bulkier arms on one, thinner but stronger arms on the other. A different pattern etched into the armor plating, a set of exposed cables wrapped into a different pattern here and there. Different toys such as teddies, ribbons or other small paraphernalia hanging from various points, or worn as backpacks by the machines.
Every last machine on that field was made entirely by hand.
It didn't take long for the machines to reach their destination. Within seconds, they began to build. Digging, hauling, cutting parts of the mountain and all working in a perfect synchronized chorus, still singing their mechanical hymn as the massive cathedral structure took shape absurdly fast. The heavier machines cutting solid multi tonne blocks of stone, the flyers carrying it to a precise spot, then the smaller ones using hand tools with their machine precision and speed to cut the blocks to size, then detailing them.
The entire process to those who could see or hear it, was mesmerizing. A mixture of emotions ran through the spectators, terror, reverence, awe and shock at the sight of these machines working away in perfect harmony as the building slowly assembled.
Andrea wiped a tear off her cheek. "Welp... I guess he found home."
"What?" Serris asked with a crooked brow.
"The youngling has found home. He's assembling the mausoleum that will serve his family, likely for generations to come. It looks like he's planning to stay after all. See?" One of the priests said as Marcus' banner was raised on the main spire.
"So... he's... home? What does this mean exactly?" Arianna asked.
"It means a lot of things, but mostly it means Marcus is staying here to start a new home, a new life. A move which I will formally endorse of course." Edward said as he looked out the window.
"Do your people not have a claim on the Forgotten Human lands at all?" One of the mechanicus priests asked.
"No. We had our own problems and were fearful of the Plague possibly affecting us, so we had long since abandoned that prospect. I see no reason to pursue that line of thinking anyway. Especially not now." Tarus replied with a somber tone.
"What exactly does this mean for us though?" Valarian asked as he peered out at the construction, now recognizing some of the stylistic choices in its design.
"We will continue operations as normal for now, but It is likely that your ascension will take nowhere near as much time as expected. With the Mechanicus here to properly guide you, as well as Marcus' exceptional military presence, it is likely you will be out of reach of any meddling authorities for the foreseeable future." The priest said, smiling at the crowd.
"That... was an issue before, then?" Serris asked with a scared squeak in her voice.
"Oh yes. Humanity has never forgotten its petty squabbles or personal idiocy. But you see Marcus is a Coursair. You are in safe hands. Cult Machinae AND a Coursair? You are in safe hands." Andrea responded with a sly smirk.
Arcturus and the priest chuckled at that and resumed watching the finishing touches on the massive mausoleum. The group just stood there in silence, watching the spectacle unfold. After several hours, it was finally done. The machines inspected their work and then lined up, making a full procession as the main cargo hold was finally opened. With exceptional care, every coffin, urn and box was removed one by one and carried into the building. Marcus stood at the entrance, placing his hand on each one, uttering a prayer and personal goodbye to each.
With each coffin that had flags or military honors, Marcus presented a salute and carefully folded each flag and banner, placing it in an ornate flagpole above the tomb himself. Slowly the death march carried on, and the procession was only done shortly before dinner time. The entire time this happened, the priests and guests simply watched, trying to be as unobtrusive as possible.
When dinner finally came around, Marcus joined everyone for the meal, but remained silent through the evening, then sealed himself off in the bridge for the night. Andrea simply shrugged when the others asked for guidance, simply saying 'Let him mourn in peace.'
The following morning, Marcus went outside at the first light of the day and observed his handiwork. He chuckled at the sight of saplings growing, vines spreading and forestry already beginning to encroach on the building, being carefully tended by the machines that laid the foundation. When Marcus was finally satisfied, he returned to the main hall where negotiations were being conducted, remaining quiet for proceedings.
Andrea walked in the room, immediately catching his eye. He walked up to her and grabbed her, hauling her over his left shoulder. She squealed, alerting everyone to his presence. He then walked over to Serris. He grabbed her too, hauling her over his right shoulder. He then carried the pair towards the door.
He turned around, looking at the crowd. "MINE." He said with a firm growl, then disappeared down the corridor.
The looks on Andrea and Serris' faces said it all as they both looked back at the crowd, jaws wide open.
"Well then... I guess this is where the chapter ends and a new story begins." One of the Priests said with a smile.
"And the next one will have to be heavily censored." Another replied, both of them having a laugh.
The chamber went into hysterics and abandoned further proceedings, deciding to use the opportunity of the lightheartedness to have a little party instead. With everything now in hand, the entire world breathed a sigh of relief.
(This series is now complete, this is the last chapter. Hope you enjoyed it :) )
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2024.04.22 00:14 Accurate-Broccoli-77 The Human Holdouts, the few who refused to evolve.

The Human Holdouts, the few who refused to evolve.

Human Holdout Astronaut
Humans, also known as Homo sapiens, are a sapient species native to Earth in the Milky Way galaxy. Once the dominant civilization on their homeworld, humans faced significant challenges and transformations in the centuries following the ecological cataclysms of the late 2800s. While a portion of the human population eventually evolved into the advanced Lumen species through genetic engineering, some humans chose to remain unaltered, forming isolated "holdout" communities primarily concentrated on the island of Tungol.

History

Post-Cataclysmic Era (2800-4000 AD)
In the aftermath of the devastating cataclysms of the late 2800s, which included supervolcano eruptions and major tectonic activity, human civilization was left in ruins. The collapse of global infrastructure and scarcity of resources defined the early post-cataclysmic period, as survivors formed small, isolated communities adapting to the new reality.
Seven distinct groups emerged from this tumultuous time, each with unique skills and cultural heritage:
  1. Svalbard Seed Vault Survivors: Scientists and researchers with extensive botanical knowledge.
  2. Mekong Delta Refuge: Farmers and fishermen with expertise in sustainable agriculture.
  3. Andean Stronghold: Indigenous Andean people preserving traditional engineering and astronomical knowledge.
  4. Siberian Tundra Enclave: Nomadic reindeer herders and survival experts.
  5. Polynesian Voyagers: Skilled navigators and seafarers with a deep understanding of marine ecology.
  6. Appalachian Mountain Refuge: Self-sufficient homesteaders with knowledge of sustainable living.
  7. Kalahari Desert Sanctuary: San Bushmen with intimate knowledge of the desert environment.
As Earth's climate stabilized, these groups began rebuilding human society, drawing upon preserved knowledge and shared experiences to lay the foundation for a new era of human civilization.
Technological Advancement and Cultural Evolution (4000-7800 AD)
The period from 4000 to 6000 AD saw significant progress in biotechnology, genetics, and the study of consciousness. Genetic engineering allowed for enhanced crops, disease eradication, and modification of human capabilities. Space exploration reached a milestone with the establishment of a permanent Martian colony in 6000 AD.
Human culture evolved as societies grew more interconnected, with the surviving groups sharing knowledge and resources. Distinct cultural identities emerged, shaped by the unique challenges and environments faced by each community. Advances in science and technology led to the rediscovery and expansion of pre-cataclysmic knowledge, with each group contributing its expertise to the collective human experience.
Project Ascendancy and the Emergence of New Sentient Species (4280s AD)
In the 4280s, a series of unsanctioned experiments known as "Project Ascendancy" were conducted by rogue scientific collectives, aiming to bestow sentience on previously non-sentient species, including primates, canines, felines, swine, cetaceans, and cephalopods. These experiments utilized cutting-edge genetic engineering and neural augmentation technologies, raising significant ethical concerns.
The realization of Project Ascendancy led to the emergence of new sentient species capable of advanced reasoning, emotional depth, and self-awareness. This development sparked discussions on the obligations towards these new beings and the implications for Earth's biosphere. The Central Gaia Intelligence Agency (CGIA) founded the Interspecies Relations Commission (IRC) to establish guidelines and policies for the respectful integration and treatment of sentient species, aiming to foster a harmonious coexistence.
The Chrono-Biogenesis Project and Lumen Emergence (7800 AD)
The year 7800 AD marked a turning point with the Chrono-Biogenesis Project, which used advanced genetic engineering to evolve humans into the Lumen species artificially. Enhanced cognitive abilities, longer lifespans, and improved physical attributes characterized the Lumen.
As more humans opted for this transformation, traditional social structures were disrupted, with Lumens assuming leadership roles and reshaping societal norms. Some humans chose to remain unaltered, forming holdout communities primarily on Tungol Island. The integration of these holdouts added complexity to the societal dynamics of the time.

Human Holdout Society and Factions

The humans who chose not to undergo the Lumen transformation, known as the Holdouts, developed their own distinct societies and factions, primarily concentrated on Tungol Island and scattered territories throughout the Milky Way galaxy.
Earth's Last Stand (ELS): The primary governing body of the Holdouts, ELS is dedicated to preserving traditional human society, values, and technology without reliance on genetic modification. They prioritize self-sufficiency and maintain a defensive posture against outside influences.
Other notable factions include:
  • New Terra Initiative (NTI): Advocates for cautious expansion and selective adoption of external technologies.
  • Custodians of the Old World (COW): Promotes a return to pre-industrial lifestyles and sustainable practices.
  • Mars Homesteaders League (MHL): Descendants of the original Martian settlers seeking autonomy from Earth-based governance.
Rogue elements within Holdout society include the Bygone Raiders, who engage in illicit trade and smuggling, and the Orbital Descent, who clandestinely develop spacecraft to re-establish human presence in space.
Dominant guilds play significant roles in maintaining and advancing Holdout society:
  • Keepers of Lore (KoL): Preserves human knowledge, history, and culture through archives and museums.
  • Guild of Earthbound Engineers (GEE): Maintains and innovates non-genetically altered technology.
  • Guardians of Tungol (GoT): Provides military defense for Holdout territories.
  • Fellowship of the Untouched Genome (FoUG): Promotes healthcare services adhering to traditional human biology.
  • Agrarian Circle (AC): Advocates for sustainable farming practices and food self-sufficiency.
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2024.04.21 02:38 tleilaxianp A short story about Garou in Kazakhstan

I've been working on the lore of my native country Kazakhstan in World of Darkness. I have done a bit of work on the Vampires, and now decided to delve into Werewolves. Currently writing a scenario for WtA set in Kazakhstan. It's been fun reading on the history and geography of my homeland, learning about local legends and myths, old traditions and beliefs. So I wrote a short story about Werewolves in the South of Kazakhstan Obviously, English is not my first language, so, please, excuse any mistakes. Translations for Kazakh words are at the bottom.

The Rite of Winter Wolf

Raising clouds of dust and breaking the silence of the night steppe with howls, four wolves chased their prey, a creature already gasping in exhaustion, covered in sores and oozing poison. Fomor or Qiali1, the cursed spawn of the Aidaha2. The leader of the pack, a gray she-wolf, bared her fangs, anticipating the kill, when a large wolf, running beside her, growled and leaped, knocking her off her feet. Rolling several times on the ground, the she-wolf growled, trying to rise to her feet. The wolf looked in her direction, snarling. Betrayal? Rebellion? The she-wolf barely had time to react when the wolf lunged not at her, but at another creature standing behind her. Another Fomor. Relief and shame flickered in her consciousness, but she pushed them away, turning to help her comrade. Yet help was no longer needed. The Fomor exhaled its last foul breath, oozing ichor onto the withered grass. Several meters away, the other members of her pack caught up with their prey, and its dying squeal declared the end of the hunt. The large wolf looked at his leader with concern. As she saw his eyes, the bitterness of shame became even more unbearable. The she-wolf snarled, calling the pack to her, and took off running. Old... Too old for the hunt...
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" Äje3, Äje, look what I've drawn!" rang out a clear child's voice, accompanied by the patter of little feet. Balzhan-apai4 sighed and turned towards the door.
"Oh, it's so beautiful! You're so talented, my dear," Balzhan-apai embraced her granddaughter and tousled her hair. "This should be in an art gallery!"
"No, grandma, it's for you!"
"For me? Well, goodness gracious! Thank you, my little one. Let's put it here for now, then I'll find a frame for it. Now go to your mom, I need to make a call, okay?"
The girl had already run off, and Balzhan-apai sat there, hesitating to pick up the phone. Old scars ached like they do when rain was near. Finally gathering herself, she dialed the number. Ringing, twice, and a familiar voice:
"Hello?"
"Akela5... It's me," a pause, which her interlocutor knew not to interrupt. "The time has come."
"Balzhan..."
"Don't call me that. That's not my name," there was a hint of a beastly growl in her voice.
Another pause and a quiet voice on the other end:
"I'll call the others. At midnight."
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She waited until everyone was asleep and slipped out of the house, quietly closing the door behind her. A dog barked in a neighboring house, and she reflexively tensed up, but then relaxed, shook her head, and started to walk away from the house.
"Apai, where are you going so late?" a male voice called out.
"Oh, just getting some fresh air. Can't sleep, old age," Balzhan-apai smiled with a disarming smile of a kind neighborly grandma.
"It's late, apai, let me walk with you, just in case."
"Oh, come on, my dear, I used to walk 5 kilometers to the factory in the winter blizzard every morning when your parents were just going on their first date," which of course was not true, but Allah willing, he'd never know the truth, "I'll be fine. Go sleep, you have work tomorrow."
"Well... okay, apai, just be careful," the neighbor reluctantly retreated into the house.
Balzhan waited for a minute, looking around and listening, and, making sure everyone was asleep, she walked on. She walked quietly but confidently until the night darkness of the unlit street concealed her. The measured shuffling steps of the elderly woman faded away, and a moment later, a large she-wolf ran towards the highway.
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They approached the lake slowly, as if delaying the moment. One by one, on the shore of the mountain lake, under the moonlight, a group of people gathered, men and women. Different ages, different ethnicities, different levels of wealth. But even a casual passerby, if one could appear in such a remote place, would immediately sense the kinship between them.
Greetings, embraces, laughter, all as usual, but there was clearly tension in their voices. The tension of anticipation for what they had gathered for. Conversations quieted down as four wolves emerged into the light of the portable electric lamps placed around the grass: two young ones, one large with graying fur, and a dignified she-wolf with wise eyes and a gray coat showing signs of age. The people watched the wolves without fear, silently awaiting their approach. And now three men joined the group, two young ones, one Kazakh and one Russian, a gray-haired but still upright Kazakh man in his sixties, and an elderly Kazakh woman with a back bent with age but sharp steel eyes. The people awaiting respectfully bowed their heads.
"Assalamu alaykum, Qūrtqa6-apai, Akela-ağai7. Hello, Kostya, Bauyr," greetings and embraces followed one after another.
Balzhan-apai... no, Qyz Qūrtqa, greeted everyone with a smile, then turned to one of the younger guys who stood awkwardly with a dombra8, clearly waiting.
" Erkejan... Let's not waste time."
"Apai... Are you sure? You look so young, you'll outlive me yet!" the guy tried to smile but couldn't shake the tremor from his voice. Another man's voice rang out:
"Yes, apai, indeed. We've gathered, we've seen each other, that's enough. Let's go to my place instead, my Natasha will bake pancakes, I’ll open a bottle of something good…"
Qūrtqa raised her hand just an inch, but both men immediately fell silent.
"That's enough, Erkejan, Sasha. Don't argue with me, please. Have I not taught you? Traditions are important. We are Garou. Rituals are part of us. Otherwise, we're no different from stray dogs."
Someone coughed, but the other shushed them and they immediately quieted down.
"Yes, apai. Sorry," Erkejan respectfully bowed his head.
As if on command, the group formed a circle inside the ring of lanterns. Only Balzhan-Qyz Qūrtqa stood in the middle of the circle, her head raised confidently.
A minute passed in silence, and everyone sat down on the ground, except for Erkejan, who was tuning his dombra. Casting one more mournful glance at the grandmother, he began to sing:
Jyryma qūlaq sal, kökjal, arlan, Ūlağannan şaiqalsyn jer men aspan! Būl qaisar şūlan aibyna Ūmai-ana men Ai-ata küä bolğan!
Eşuaqytta şaiqastan bas tartpağan, Taisalmaityn ūiyryn bağyttağan, Ötkır azu, jaujürek bızdıñ Qūrtqa* Qaptağan jaudyñ küşın qyryp-joiğan!*9
The ringing song continued, recounting the battles and heroism of Balzhan-Qūrtqa. She listened, smiling, remembering herself as a young woman, just graduated from university, and then as a young she-wolf, carelessly running across the steppe with her pack. The song went on for a long time, she didn't know how long. Until finally, the dombra fell silent. The last echo of the young Galliard's voice slowly faded away. Qūrtqa stood up, waiting for Akela to approach her. They looked into each other's eyes, and she stepped towards her faithful Theurge[2], who lowered his head, and gently, motherly, kissed him on both cheeks:
"Now you are the pack leader, Akela. Protect them. And may Ūmai-ana10 guide you. "
Akela nodded silently and held out a silver klaive in a simple leather sheath. Qūrtqa slowly took it into her hands and gripped it tight.
"Farewell, Qūrtqa," whispered Akela.
"Farewell... Aset. Give your daughter a hug for me."
Aset-Akela smiled a sad smile, nodded again and stepped aside. Qūrtqa walked slowly, but surely, pressing the klaive to her heart. Behind her rose a loud collective howl of the Garou of the *Kökköl***11 sept, bidding farewell to their leader on her final journey.
Notes:
  1. Qiali (possessed) is Kazakh for FomoFomori
  2. Aidaha is Kazakh for Wyrm
  3. Äje (Kazakh) - grandmother
  4. Apai (Kazakh “Auntie”) is a form of address to an older woman who is not a relative
  5. Akela *(*Akelā also called The Lone Wolf or Big Wolf) is a fictional character in Rudyard Kipling's “The Jungle Book”, the leader of the Seeonee pack of Indian wolves and Mowgli’s mentor
  6. Qūrtqa (Kazakh: She-wolf) or Qyz Qūrtqa (“Qyz” (Kazakh) – young woman, girl) is the name of the bride of Koblandy-batyr - one of the main Kazakh epic heroes.
  7. Ağai (Kazakh “Uncle”) is a form of address to an older man who is not a relative
  8. The Dombra*, also known as* Dombyra is a long-necked musical string instrument used by the Kazakhs, and other Turkic and Central Asian people in their traditional folk music.
  9. A Kazakh Joqtau - song of mourning:
Listen to my song, wolves young and old,
Let the earth and sky tremble from our howls bold.
Of the valor of this brave she-wolf,
Witnesses are Ūmai-ana (Mother Gaia) and Ai-ata (Father Moon).
Never did she shy away from battle,Leading her fearless pack into the fray,
Our Qūrtqa - courageous, with sharp fangs,
She vanquished countless enemy forces.
  1. Ūmai-ana (Mother Earth) is a goddess of fertility in Turkic mythology and Tengrism often associated with Earth itself. Here: local name for Gaia*.*
  2. Kökköl (Kazakh “Blue Lake”) is a lake in the Qaraqystaq valley, Merke district of the Jambyl Region in the south of Kazakhstan.
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Another French series, Fessenden's latest, and an 80s classic this week...
THE TL;DR C.H.U.D.: Cultish Heroin Using Dowagers plague the city streets! Hasn’t aged well, but fits nicely into an 80s horror time capsule. The Black Spot: A blend of genres with lingering supernatural strangeness at the fringes. I like this series, but it might not be horror enough for others. In the Tall Grass: Tense and creepy, great for fans of Triangle (and vice versa). In the Earth: In the same realm as Annihilation and Gaia, and perhaps as ambitious, but comes well in third behind both. Blackout: Rote horror, but terrific attention to detail, script, and character.

C.H.U.D. (1984): “The cops are going nuts trying to figure out why a bag lady wants a hand gun!” An 80s classic that I only saw snippets of, this movie about Candy Hawking Ukulele Divas doesn’t get mentioned enough. Granted, it’s a picture of its time, with grimy city streets where everyone is shocked that someone else has a gun and hotly desires one of their own. The budget means that there are plenty of subplots to fill time between the occasional monster bits, and you’ll never confuse CHUD for glorious contemporaries like Alien of The Thing, but it’s alright. I could see a remake with a larger scale of carnage working nicely. Gore: Some old gnarly effects, 5/10. Nudity: None. Tubi
The Black Spot S1 (aka Zone Blanche, 2017): “And on top of that, [the house is] brand new. This means nobody died in it yet.” A prosecutor comes to the small, very isolated village of Villefranche in hopes of understanding why its homicide rate is six times the national average. With hints of Twin Peaks, Monk, Blair Witch Project and the color palette from X-Files, it’s both police procedural and spooky story of a town ensconsced within a vast forest that has a character of its own. Unlike other series, it has an episodic framework — every episode has its central criminal mystery — but with several overarching storylines continuously forwarded. It also has Tiphaine Daviot, who played Aurore in the excellent Marianne. While not as overtly supernatural as other horror series favorites, there’s no doubting its presence, and the finale makes for an excellent pay off. I love that the series was telling you one of the big secrets from very early on. Looking forward to S2. Gore: 3/10, mostly creepy corpses. TW: Suicide in one episode, rape discussed. Nudity: Brief. Trope of Shame: Not a Trope exactly, but the MD’s CPR in episode 5 was painful to watch, as is typical in movies/shows. Netflix Series
In the Tall Grass (2019): “The tall grass knows everything.” Brother Cal and preggo sister Becky pull over from their drive to let her morning sickness take its course. Hearing a boy’s call for help, they wade deeply into some rather tall grass and lose their way. It goes well beyond getting lost, as a lot of rules we take for granted are up in the air here. Complications mount, and the pace remains just sub-frenetic as mysteries abound and the situation grows more bewildering and hopeless. Its primary flaw is that eventually you have to stop thinking about what’s happening or how. Certain events occur by storyteller fiat, and you just have to roll with it. Given the situation, that was fine with me, but I did stop thinking too hard about it all. Gore: 4/10, has some moments. Does the Dog Die? Not on screen. Nudity: None. Netflix
In the Earth (2021): “You have very special flesh, Martin.” In the aftermath of a nasty global pandemic — a clearly fictional event — two scientists go on walkabout toward a site of research. The trip goes awry in various ways, as the scientists inadvertently wander into a folk horror movie. Should’ve taken that right hand turn at Summerisle. Though well-acted and well put together, with moments of dark humor and engaging weirdness, it falls apart a bit at the end. It’s not a bad movie by any stretch, and it’s a good fit if you’re in an…altered frame of mind, but I’m glad to have watched it and glad to not watch it again. Moving on~ Gore: Mildly moderate and brief, 4/10. TW: If you have epilepsy, double your dose. Nudity: None. Hulu
Blackout (2024): “It was very, uhhh, Lon Chaney.” Written, directed, edited, and produced by Larry Fessenden, Blackout features that rare bird among classic monsters: the werewolf. Or does it? Early on, I wondered if it might be something akin to Nick Cage’s early Vampire’s Kiss (1988), but you’ll have to watch to find out. Our story: Conscientious and unexpectedly buff artist Charley seems to have a time of the month problem, and much of the movie is spent with him working towards a solution, paying visits to significant people in his life (including lawyer Barbara Crampton, who worked with Fessenden in 2015’s We Are Still Here) . Direction, editing, and script are all solid, with the camera and art used to good effect as a representation of Charley’s headspace. A given frame or bit of dialogue covers a lot of territory, and the script gives the characters room to breathe. This does add running time, but I appreciate the attention to detail. While not every performance is a winner, I could see Fessenden’s approach working really well in a series format, where side characters get that much more space to shine. Gore: In the manner of werewolf movies, about 6/10. Nudity: Yes. Rental on Amazon Prime
What movies are on your radar this week?
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2024.04.16 04:26 Hot-Adeptness421 Total Individual Control Technology (Part 3)

- Technological mind tricks of many types supporting of psychological operations via black project technology (Mandela effect psyops, time travel psyops, synthetic optics based psyops, powerful mind control)
- Invisible black project technology under an inter dimensional being / disembodied spirit cover story
- Black ops remote influencing tech used to create notions like ethereal implants and their removal to keep opposition in a continual loop of fruitless action
- More fruitless paths: use of notions like fighting in a synthetically produced tech based VR “astral realm” will help humanity defeat evil (e.g. Cameron Day)
- New age disinformation & many new age cover stories have been modeled after derivatives of black project science capabilities
- New Age Telepathic Impersonations: ascended masters, Ashtar, demons, jinn, shadow beings, RA, archangels, Jesus, holy spirit, God/Source, Gaia, extraterrestrials, inter dimensional Beings, Blue Avians, Pleiadians, reptilians, etc
- Directed energy weapon environmental manipulation with a “jinn” interaction cover story
- Artificial intelligence + electromagnetic weaponry engineered synchronicities
- New age mind control assets are rewarded by the electronic control grid (What I have called the dark law of attraction)
- “New Age Psychological Operations are successful societal engineering attempts in that which a supernatural spiritual ability is central to the belief system. I believe a reason the black ops sources chose this flavor of psyop is it enables a supreme vulnerability to remote influencing technologies. Implanted v2k thoughts can be psychic ESP… end game virtual reality cognitions can be remote viewing. Synthetic dreams can be astral projection. Electronic harassment can be ‘ascension symptoms’ or ‘psychic attacks’. Mind Control can be spirit possession or higher self. I believe all of these cover stories were engineered to be popular for their providing remote influence ease and concealment.[5]” ~Omnisense
“In the era of new age psychological operations there is an emphasis on controlled opposition in alt media. I have learned remote influencing technologies are rampant in the modern day turning targets into mind control asset false messiahs of sorts. It doesn’t end there. This conspiracy also involves covertly engineered events with remote technologies to persuade into the belief system. After a few decades of constant societal digestion of mind control assets, and constant mind control programs aimed at persuading into the belief system, we have an engineered mass delusion of decently big proportions.[9]” ~Omnisense
“New age cover stories exist for literally all black ops technology abilities.[10]” ~Omnisense
“The New Age Belief System was engineered to be more bright and exotic than the truth, this creates a situation where if a fully programmed new ager was ever to stumble upon a good picture of the truth, it would seem underwhelming, ridiculous, or even like a psyop.” ~Omnisense
Read More on Social Engineering: Psychological Operations Blueprint
New Hi-Tech Generation of COINTELPRO

In a Nutshell: Government sources are using directed energy weapons and artificial intelligence to terrorize, threaten, intimidate, discredit, silence, torture, and murder dissidents. In addition, security contractors (among others) are being hired as military thugs to gangstalk targets[19].

Zerzetsen: “Inflicting as much pain and suffering as possible without leaving any marks.[20]”
Directed energy weapon programs revolutionized this…
Counter-proliferation programs are intended to subvert the potentials of a target while punishing them with psycho-sadist techniques. The perversions of cointelpro are notable. The murderous and sadistic ethos of government counter-proliferation programs echos that of the Nazis and this perpetrator network of war criminals are committing sickening acts upon the global population.

Modern Day COINTELPRO Objectives:
These are counter-proliferation centered programs intended to subvert all progress --
- To discredit the target / To character assassinate / To slander the target
- To taint the target’s image / To misrepresent the target
- To suppress the target’s monetary success
- To suppress the target’s good character qualities or people’s awareness of positive aspects of the target
- To arrange a partner for the target or mind control the partner of the target
- To destroy relationships of the target
- To co-opt the target’s manifestation
- To turn the target into controlled opposition (In terms of beliefs & actions)
- To incriminate the target
- To round down the target’s output and audience – To marginalize the target
- To eliminate connections & networking ability
- To suppress the target’s personality
- Sanitization of pleasure, emotions, and individuality
- To punish the target / To torture the target
- To destroy the target’s life
- To stop a target from procreating / Ending a target’s bloodline (Eugenics)
- To suicide the target / To covertly assassinate the target
- To cover up the targeting operation
“If they see too much power and originality coming out of someone, they either use it and siphon it or they undermine it in order to neutralize it.” ~Ahmad Enani (TI)

COINTELPRO 2.0 Methodology:
Covert remote influencing technology suite --
- COINTELPRO 2.0: Thought surveillance neural AI net for psyche profiling
- COINTELPRO 2.0: Directed energy weapon mind control network for counter-proliferation targeting
- Ai based retro-causation; Extensive international neural monitoring programs can calculate a target’s potentials before the target is aware of them.
- Gangstalking / Organized Stalking
- Trauma based mind control – No touch torture
- Character assassination / Slander via proxies
- Technological illusions (PSYOPS) / misdirection
- Electromagnetic mind control aimed at discrediting the target
- Mind control of people who provide opportunities for the target
- Use of family against the target (e.g. Mind control of family)
- Use of pharmaceutical drugs against a target
- To orchestrate the detaining of the target in a psyche ward
- v2k to get a target diagnosed as a “paranoid schizophrenic”
- Exaggerated, warped and untrue slander about the target is proliferated
- Technology playing devil’s advocate via implanted thoughts to get a target in trouble
- Agenda to incriminate the target (Advice for COINTELPRO targets: Stay lawful)
- Use of ego against a target
- Weaponized mind control against a target
- Coercing of a target into appearing overly paranoid (e.g. An objective of stalking)
- Specific technological control of a target’s body language or vocal tone (e.g. To generate mistrust)
- Total individual control technology is used as a tactic to take away a citizen’s rights through faulty mental illness diagnoses[21]
- Outlandish black project technology experiences intended to discredit when spoken
- Use of electronic control grid to mind control misfortunes for a target
- Synthetic social phobias ~ Synthetic social anxiety (e.g. Public speaker related suppression)
- Suppression of whatever platform the target is talented in (e.g. Music production, software design)
- To dehumanize a target via electromagnetic neuroscience
- Severe targets are sanitized of pleasure, emotions, and personality
- Synthetic suicide programming
- Technologically enabled serial killers with a taste for revolutionaries & activists

Electronic Targeting Holocaust
- “While all these traditional tactics have proven fruitful throughout time without waning effectiveness, the agencies involved in extreme cover-ups prefer another tactic that seems to have withstood the test of time too. That is labeling someone “paranoid schizophrenic” or mentally ill. Once that label has been attached to someone, almost all testimony will be disbelieved. The military has employed this tactic since the 60’s to get rebellious soldiers and others locked up in mental hospitals. But since the weapons testing of neurological disruptor technology has begun on the general population beginning in the early 60’s and then stepped up to full throttle in 1976, the scope of what is considered mentally ill had to be reprogrammed into a broader definition for the general population.” ~Department of Defense Whistleblower: From the Out of Print Book – The Matrix Deciphered
- “My name is Dr. John Hall, I’m a medical Doctor from Texas. As a physician, relative to some of what you’re hearing today, in the community we are seeing an alarming rate of complaints of use of electromagnetic weapons, microwave auditory effect, silent sound spectrum, EEG cloning,… Which has taken the lab out of the laboratory and into the home, most of these from the research that we’ve reviewed can be done remotely. It seems to be more weapons research than medical research. I’ve personally corresponded with upwards of 1,500 victims all complaining of identical complaints from every state in the nation. Of being exposed to electromagnetic radiation. Non-ionizing radiation. For the use of cognitive control or behavior control….” ~Anesthesiologist Dr. John Hall Speaking to the Presidential Bioethics Commission
- “I am also targeted and this is my story. My name is Sandra Fields. I’m an architect, recipient of Who’s Who of Women in America achievement award and have run a successful business for over 28 years. My life and livelihood have been compromised for the last 11 years by being attacked by electromagnetic radiation torture, and by organized stalking… Thousands of Americans are currently suffering from chemical, electromagnetic, psychological and physical torture with no government relief or laws. Our servicemen, prisoners, and thousands of unknowing innocent civilians are currently being lamed, tormented and tortured as a result of military research, medical research, pharmaceutical research, physiological and psychological studies that have virtually destroyed participants’ sanity, physical well-being, reputation and privacy.” ~Targeted Individual Sandra Fields, Speaking to Obama’s Presidential Bioethics Committee
- “What the governments found, was that you could induce by changing the pulse frequency like morse code of the microwaves going into the brain and interfering with the brain, by specializing on the pulse frequency you could induce psychiatric illnesses to the point where a psychiatrist could not tell if it is a genuine psychiatric illness or an induced psychiatric illness. So what you can do theoretically, is you can target an individual’s brain, they may have auditory hallucinations where they hear things, which is actually quite common with microwaves. Or show signs of schizophrenia, for instance 6.6 pulses a second can induce severe sexual aggression in men. … Technically what you could do is have someone committed to a psychiatric hospital or a jail for a crime, just by somebody saying that they had a psychiatric problem where by they didn’t.” ~Ex-British Royal Navy Scientist Dr. Barrie Trower
- “They can cause insanity, and it was an experiment. One of the experiments was to take an ordinary sane person, cause insanity, and have a psychiatrist who was unknown to everybody diagnose schizophrenia, or paranoia or a psychiatric illness. That was a successful outcome. And the person would spend the rest of their life in an asylum in misery, but to the government scientists that was a success.” ~Ex-Black Project Scientist Dr. Barrie Trower
- “The war against satellite terrorism isn’t just the USA. This is a global issue! I’m in tropical Queensland Australia and get battered daily.” ~Targeted Individual Amanda Emily Reed

MKUltra Cover Stories
This technology has interacted with quite a large amount of people, however it is almost always misidentified as other sources[8].

Directed Energy Weapon Cover Stories:
- Mental illness as an electronic harassment cover story
- End game technology packaged under persuasive “spiritual warfare” illusions
- Directed energy interaction packaged as the supernatural
- Government technology under a cosmic being facade
- Religious themed illusions/Using religion mythology as a means for cover stories
- Extraterrestrial contact as a psychological operation cover story
- Ghosts as a cover story – AI orchestrated phantom illusions
- End game technology as a sorcery cover story
- End game technology as the real source behind effective voodoo
- Witchcraft as a directed energy cover story
- Black project science under a black magic cover story
- Directed energy attacks deceptively packaged as physiological ailments
- Synthetic signals in the brain from implants framed as physiological ailments
- “Psychic Attack” as a directed energy attack cover story
- “Spiritual Attack” as a directed energy attack cover story
- New Age cover stories (e.g. Disembodied spirit illusions)
- Old age mythological gods used as a cover story
- Human based electronic harassment with aliens packaged as the perpetrator
- Scientology methods as a cover story for technological remote influence
- Exotic neurobody illusions (e.g. Chakra, entity attachments, ethereal implants)
- Inter dimensional being interaction as an electronic targeting cover story
- Exploitation of illusory explanations to conceal directed energy crimes.“People who have already assimilated the cover stories are often not ready to hear the truth.” ~Omnisense
Beings Impersonated:
- Neighbors (Targeted Individual v2k)
- Black Ops Agents (Targeted Individual v2k)
- Family (Targeted Individual v2k)
- Deceased Loved Ones / Deceased Relatives / Deceased Pets (Psy Ops v2k)
- Demons (Mind Control Cover Story)
- Jinn (Cover Stories)
- Archons (Cover Stories)
- Inter Dimensional Beings (New Age Psy Ops)
- Extraterrestrials (Cosmic Being Impersonation Programs/UFOlogy Bastardization)
- Entity Attachments (New Age Psy Ops)
- Shadow Beings (e.g. To Cause Fear from an Obscure Source)
- Archangels (To Impersonate a Higher Authority)
- Lucifer (To Persuade into Evil)
- Satan (Satanist v2k)
- RA (New Age Psy Ops)
- Spirits (Spiritual Warfare Illusions)
- Ghosts – Phantoms (Directed Energy Trickery)
- Faeries (Rehashed Old Age Cover Stories)
- Higher Self (Mind Control Cover Story)
- Panpsychism Based Impersonations (e.g. Gaia aka Mother Earth Speaking to People)
- Saints & Mother Mary (Religious Impersonations)
- Holy Spirit (Psychological Direction Method / Sleeper Assassin Method)
- Ascended Masters (Impersonation of a Higher Power)
- Jesus (Any Vector of Vulnerability is Exploited)
- Person’s of Note (e.g. To get a Target to Murder them, To Psychologically Direct)
- Any Mythological God of the Past (These can be pretty cool)
- God / Allah / Yahweh / Jehovah (Impersonation of the Highest Power)
- Done via Electronic Telepathy Contact (Voice to Skull – v2k)
“Directed energy weapons operate invisibly while the inducible mental limits of directed energy weapons are the limits of consciousness itself, this makes for an incredibly potent environment for illusions of all types.” ~Omnisense

NeuroWeaponry & Artificial Intelligence Quotes:
- “The point of the program is to have maximum psychological effect and leave the minimal amount of evidence.[22]” ~Anonymous Targeting Program Insider
- “In 1985 CNN did a special report on radio frequency weapons. They hired an engineer who built an “RF Mind Interference” machine based on Soviet schematics. The machine successfully transmitted images into a CNN reporter’s mind. The stunned engineer said that, given three weeks time, he could scale up the machine to use on a whole town, causing them to do things against their better judgement, see and hear things that weren’t there, etc. The pentagon said it was too sensitive a subject to comment on. Remember, these effects were achieved by civilians over 30 years ago! One can speculate that they’ve made great advances in the past decades.[8]” ~Targeted Individual Jim Hastings
- “Through the effective use of cover stories sources like the CIA hide an abundance of technological effects on society under a plethora of various facades.[23]” ~Omnisense
- “Electromagnetic mind control provides for revolutionary opportunities to control the opposition.[8]” ~Omnisense
- “MKUltra tech can induce the exact feeling that a thought came from yourself to mask it’s presence.[8]” ~Omnisense
- “An idea behind using cover stories, such as religious or new age, is to encapsulate the opposition into a state of inability to identify the real perpetrators.[8]” ~Omnisense
- “Superior scientific knowledge has been obtained via government black projects and this knowledge is being weaponized.[24]” ~Omnisense
- “The top of the pyramid of a global black ops crime syndicate formed an AI based electronic telepathy cybernetic secret society sometime in the era of Project mkultra.” ~Omnisense
- “The black ops sources operate most effectively if their presence is unknown.[8]” ~Omnisense
- “Theres no way any agency or government could possibly admit this level of assassination and torture without a complete collapse.[25]” ~Ex-CIA Engineer Dr. Robert Duncan

Most Evil Acts Done by These Technologies:
- Attacking of the defenseless
- Negation of free will in both overt and covert methodologies
- Severe violations of human rights
- Profoundly dirty tactics – All evil tactics mapped and exploited
- Proliferation of wawars by proxy
- Unwitting enslavement/Manchurian candidates
- Suppression of societal progress that threatens the control systems
- Framing innocent individuals (e.g. murder, molestation, drug charges)
- Vicious character assassination/incredibly malicious slander
- Permanent damage to body parts of targets (e.g. damaging the most valuable aspect of someone’s ability)
- Mind control based injustices on unwitting individuals (e.g. mind controlled cheating on partners as a eugenics act)
- Suppression and/or malicious sabotage of work (e.g. art, music, writing)
- Intentional destruction or sabotage of that which is priceless
- Directed energy weapon emotional abuse
- Coerced suicide/suicide as a cover story for murder
- Psychiatric targeting (getting targets locked up in psyche wards/framing targets as mentally ill/creation of psychiatric symptoms for the effect of pharmaceutically drugging a target)
- Feigning illness in children to drug them with harmful pharmaceuticals (ADHD is very easy to feign with these technologies)
- Malicious sabotage of infant development via electromagnetic weaponry
- Microwave induced tumors, cancers & heart attacks in covert murders
- Murder by Proxy/assassination by proxy
- Promotion of pedophilia/molestation/rape via the electronic control grid
- Eugenics operations (e.g. Elimination of masterful oppositional bloodlines)
- Fukushima is credibly rumored to have been done by HAARP
- Intentional malicious programming of geneticsIntentional malicious sabotage of genetics/Intentional damaging of genetics
- Intentional malicious programming of soul (e.g. with misalignments)
- An unknown area of the conspiracy is a sick & twisted agenda to not only victimize people in this lifetime, but to make their victimization transcend into future incarnations.“No matter how paranoid or conspiracy-minded you are, what the Government is actually doing is worse than you imagine.[26]” ~William Blum - Perpetrators of a Covert Holocaust

The CIA
- Julian Assange, Vault 7 Press Conference: “The CIA is the largest intelligence agency in the world by budgetary expenditure.”
- Dr. Udo Ulfkotte: “Do you really think that this is journalism? Intelligence agencies writing articles…[27]”
- Former DEA Dennis Dayle: “In my 30-year history in the Drug Enforcement Administration and related agencies, the major targets of my investigations almost invariably turned out to be working for the CIA.[28]”
- The CIA has mastered the craft of warfare by proxy.
- The CIA employs overzealous weaponization of everything possible
- The Central Intelligence Agency has a cover story front for public rationalization of what it does.
- There are CIA world spanning information warfare programs proliferated through the electronic control grid.
- There are CIA superiors above the official director.
- I would suspect the CIA director can be informed or pretty clueless.
- These shadow CIA heads are not elected or appointed by the U.S. President.
- CIA higher ups commit acts as if they are Charles Manson mixed with Adolf Hitler.
- The CIA black ops agent model suppresses or negates a sense of humor, empathy, and in general they are not allowed to feel love.
- Planning, orchestration, and cover up of false flags[29]
- Covert divide and conquer is employed against domestic and international civilian populations.
- Engineering of weaponized viruses & other biological warfare.
- The CIA likes to do criminal activity when they have the opportunity to explain it with a “rational” cover story.
- I have heard stated in the electronic telepathy network that the CIA has the most comprehensively mapped black project artificial intelligence in the world.
- The CIA has built Ai models to simulate any American (e.g. Mind control & interrogation Ai).
- From what I could gather, the CIA is majorly influenced by a foreign power, the Vatican.
- CIA actions controlled by a war mongering secret society of bloodliners.
- According to several sources the founding director of the CIA, and subsequent directors have a tendency to be Knights of Malta aka servants of the pope.
- It is possible that arranged electronic control grid influence is sold to the highest bidder by sources like the CIA. If this is the case the bidders are likely chosen very carefully, and have very criminal and sinister ethos similar to the groups who set up the electronic control grid. Also possible that initial investors in the electronic control grid now have seats of power.Hypothesis: The CIA is the largest perpetrator of electronic targeting on the planet.In my view the CIA should be extirpated“The CIA knows how to manipulate conclusions.” ~Omnisense
The Vatican
- CIA Vet E. Howard Hunt said in the documentary A Coup: Made in America: “We always said in an admiring way that the Jesuits have formed the greatest intelligence service in the world, always have.”
- A group called the “Society of Jesus” likely has their hands dirty with the electronic control grid.
- The Black Pope is the official leader of the Society of Jesus[30]
- Vatican bank system allegedly connected to Italian Mafia
- Vatican library secrets have been hidden since times of mass illiteracy worldwide
- A Vatican hidden artifacts of history treasury is sure to exist in my opinion
- Vatican conceptual energy matches extremely dark realities
- High tech faux-demonic possession exorcism used as a method to gain followers
- Diplomatic manipulation of governments & monarchies
- Conspiring Cardinals
- Vatican & Jesuits credibly behind countless dissident & heretic murders throughout history.
- A Jesuit oath speaks of assassination of ideological opposition, slaying the enemy’s children, and waging relentless war (e.g. Creating civil wars in artistic & prosperous nations)[31]
- A world full of nescient catholics donate to an incredibly corrupt church.
- The top leadership of the Vatican are fake Christians using the religion for greed, lust & power.
- Imposters of Christ – They pretend to believe in Christ but secretly serve darkness.
- Imposters of God taken to a new level with electronic telepathy impersonation.
- Hidden hand behind wars for centuries.
- Secret Vatican Bible & history knowledge is utilized by shadow government.
- Agenda to wipe any true evidence of Christ off the face of the Earth.
- Inside the electronic telepathy network a Satanist is said to be the true head of the Vatican.
- I believe that a Vatican source heads the shadow government as of April 2017.
- The Catholic Church has paid out $3,994,797,060.10+ as a result of sex abuse scandals[32]
- Alleged illuminati insider Svali says she witnessed the satanic ritual murder of a child in a basement catacomb of the Vatican[33]
- One name I heard as an insider to the electronic telepathy cybernetic network is Joseph Ratzinger aka Pope Benedict XVI
- “With the track record the Vatican has, it should be banned from going anywhere near children.” ~Baboshka

Other Highly Probable or Confirmed Perpetrators:
- United States Military – U.S. Navy / U.S. Air Force / U.S. Army
- The Pentagon
- Department of Defense (DoD)
- National Security Agency (NSA)
- National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)
- National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
- Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
- American “Fusion Centers”
- Security Industry Companies
- DARPA – Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- Israeli Government / Mossad / Zionist cabal
- UK Government / MI5 / MI6 / GCHQ
- German Government / The Federal Intelligence Service (Bundesnachrichtendienst)
- Government of India / Intelligence Bureau (IB)
- Chinese Government / The Ministry of State Security (MSS)
- Russian Government / Russian Military / Federal Security Service (FSB) / KGB
- Japanese Government / Public Security Intelligence Agency (公安調査庁)
- Danish Government / Politiets Efterretningstjeneste (PET)
- Government of France / French Intelligence / French Military
- Spanish Government / The National Intelligence Center (CNI)
- Australian Government / Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS)
- New Zealand Government / Security Intelligence Service (SIS)
- Canadian Government / Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS)
- Brazilian Government / Agência Brasileira de Inteligência (ABIN)
- Saudi Arabian Government / General Intelligence Directorate (GID)
- Plenty of unnamed corporations within the military industrial complex.
- Every unnamed & corrupted military worldwide has potential to be involved.
- Every unnamed intelligence agency worldwide has potential to be involved.
- Secret societies connected to the intelligence community.
Rumor: Every party that has figured out remote neural monitoring has been initiated into a secret coalition controlled by totalitarian secret society members“Each agency plays it’s role in the integrated global system.” ~Black Project Engineer Dr. Robert Duncan
See: The Shadow Government Cybernetic Network Article.

More on the Perpetrators:
- Intelligence agencies are used for their ability to keep secrets, superior funding, national security excuses, lack of checks and balances, & propensity for criminal activity.
- Electronic telepathy provides for no paper trail and relatively zero traceable roots
- Electronic control grid perpetrators conspire daily via electronic telepathy with electronic targeting cases & planning of new psychological operations.
- U.S. Military heads in a network appear to be cruel and barbaric.
- Electronic control grid sources harbor lunatic serial killer ideologies which are in use against the international civilian population via electronic warfare.
- Militaristically psychopathic acts of terror, sadism, and cruelty are a norm.
- Shadow government war criminals are known to practice BCI sadism[34] (e.g. cruel pain affliction with invisible technologies while the perpetrator interfaces the psychological distress of their victim with surveillance fed BCI tech)
- Shills in government, military, and media are complicit in the cover up.
- Electronic control grid sources are in control of governments either wittingly or unwittingly through persuasion, coercion, and/or covert electromagnetic mind control.
- There are powerful serial rapists within the electronic control grid pyramid.
- There is a focused agenda to incriminate as many people as possible with this conspiracy, they want more company for a sinking ship.
- There are signs of opposition coming from inside Russia’s network (This is a potential reason for the ruling class to orchestrate proxy attacks against Russia)
- Electronic control grid sources have strategically used deceptive rationalizations to curtail the public domain implementations of these technologies.“When I worked [at the NSA 1982-2010] I had no idea that there was an über-evil, anti-American side to NSA. Everything is highly compartmented… this protects secrets but of course is a perfect environment in which to hide elaborate criminal activity, especially when the NSA Security as well as other watch dog organizations were compromised in preparation for crimes of unfathomable reach and scope.[35]” ~Karen Melton-Stewart

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2024.04.16 04:15 Hot-Adeptness421 Total Individual Control Technology (Part 3)

- Technological mind tricks of many types supporting of psychological operations via black project technology (Mandela effect psyops, time travel psyops, synthetic optics based psyops, powerful mind control)
- Invisible black project technology under an inter dimensional being / disembodied spirit cover story
- Black ops remote influencing tech used to create notions like ethereal implants and their removal to keep opposition in a continual loop of fruitless action
- More fruitless paths: use of notions like fighting in a synthetically produced tech based VR “astral realm” will help humanity defeat evil (e.g. Cameron Day)
- New age disinformation & many new age cover stories have been modeled after derivatives of black project science capabilities
- New Age Telepathic Impersonations: ascended masters, Ashtar, demons, jinn, shadow beings, RA, archangels, Jesus, holy spirit, God/Source, Gaia, extraterrestrials, inter dimensional Beings, Blue Avians, Pleiadians, reptilians, etc
- Directed energy weapon environmental manipulation with a “jinn” interaction cover story
- Artificial intelligence + electromagnetic weaponry engineered synchronicities
- New age mind control assets are rewarded by the electronic control grid (What I have called the dark law of attraction)
- “New Age Psychological Operations are successful societal engineering attempts in that which a supernatural spiritual ability is central to the belief system. I believe a reason the black ops sources chose this flavor of psyop is it enables a supreme vulnerability to remote influencing technologies. Implanted v2k thoughts can be psychic ESP… end game virtual reality cognitions can be remote viewing. Synthetic dreams can be astral projection. Electronic harassment can be ‘ascension symptoms’ or ‘psychic attacks’. Mind Control can be spirit possession or higher self. I believe all of these cover stories were engineered to be popular for their providing remote influence ease and concealment.[5]” ~Omnisense
“In the era of new age psychological operations there is an emphasis on controlled opposition in alt media. I have learned remote influencing technologies are rampant in the modern day turning targets into mind control asset false messiahs of sorts. It doesn’t end there. This conspiracy also involves covertly engineered events with remote technologies to persuade into the belief system. After a few decades of constant societal digestion of mind control assets, and constant mind control programs aimed at persuading into the belief system, we have an engineered mass delusion of decently big proportions.[9]” ~Omnisense
“New age cover stories exist for literally all black ops technology abilities.[10]” ~Omnisense
“The New Age Belief System was engineered to be more bright and exotic than the truth, this creates a situation where if a fully programmed new ager was ever to stumble upon a good picture of the truth, it would seem underwhelming, ridiculous, or even like a psyop.” ~Omnisense
Read More on Social Engineering: Psychological Operations Blueprint
New Hi-Tech Generation of COINTELPRO

In a Nutshell: Government sources are using directed energy weapons and artificial intelligence to terrorize, threaten, intimidate, discredit, silence, torture, and murder dissidents. In addition, security contractors (among others) are being hired as military thugs to gangstalk targets[19].

Zerzetsen: “Inflicting as much pain and suffering as possible without leaving any marks.[20]”
Directed energy weapon programs revolutionized this…
Counter-proliferation programs are intended to subvert the potentials of a target while punishing them with psycho-sadist techniques. The perversions of cointelpro are notable. The murderous and sadistic ethos of government counter-proliferation programs echos that of the Nazis and this perpetrator network of war criminals are committing sickening acts upon the global population.

Modern Day COINTELPRO Objectives:
These are counter-proliferation centered programs intended to subvert all progress --
- To discredit the target / To character assassinate / To slander the target
- To taint the target’s image / To misrepresent the target
- To suppress the target’s monetary success
- To suppress the target’s good character qualities or people’s awareness of positive aspects of the target
- To arrange a partner for the target or mind control the partner of the target
- To destroy relationships of the target
- To co-opt the target’s manifestation
- To turn the target into controlled opposition (In terms of beliefs & actions)
- To incriminate the target
- To round down the target’s output and audience – To marginalize the target
- To eliminate connections & networking ability
- To suppress the target’s personality
- Sanitization of pleasure, emotions, and individuality
- To punish the target / To torture the target
- To destroy the target’s life
- To stop a target from procreating / Ending a target’s bloodline (Eugenics)
- To suicide the target / To covertly assassinate the target
- To cover up the targeting operation
“If they see too much power and originality coming out of someone, they either use it and siphon it or they undermine it in order to neutralize it.” ~Ahmad Enani (TI)

COINTELPRO 2.0 Methodology:
Covert remote influencing technology suite --
- COINTELPRO 2.0: Thought surveillance neural AI net for psyche profiling
- COINTELPRO 2.0: Directed energy weapon mind control network for counter-proliferation targeting
- Ai based retro-causation; Extensive international neural monitoring programs can calculate a target’s potentials before the target is aware of them.
- Gangstalking / Organized Stalking
- Trauma based mind control – No touch torture
- Character assassination / Slander via proxies
- Technological illusions (PSYOPS) / misdirection
- Electromagnetic mind control aimed at discrediting the target
- Mind control of people who provide opportunities for the target
- Use of family against the target (e.g. Mind control of family)
- Use of pharmaceutical drugs against a target
- To orchestrate the detaining of the target in a psyche ward
- v2k to get a target diagnosed as a “paranoid schizophrenic”
- Exaggerated, warped and untrue slander about the target is proliferated
- Technology playing devil’s advocate via implanted thoughts to get a target in trouble
- Agenda to incriminate the target (Advice for COINTELPRO targets: Stay lawful)
- Use of ego against a target
- Weaponized mind control against a target
- Coercing of a target into appearing overly paranoid (e.g. An objective of stalking)
- Specific technological control of a target’s body language or vocal tone (e.g. To generate mistrust)
- Total individual control technology is used as a tactic to take away a citizen’s rights through faulty mental illness diagnoses[21]
- Outlandish black project technology experiences intended to discredit when spoken
- Use of electronic control grid to mind control misfortunes for a target
- Synthetic social phobias ~ Synthetic social anxiety (e.g. Public speaker related suppression)
- Suppression of whatever platform the target is talented in (e.g. Music production, software design)
- To dehumanize a target via electromagnetic neuroscience
- Severe targets are sanitized of pleasure, emotions, and personality
- Synthetic suicide programming
- Technologically enabled serial killers with a taste for revolutionaries & activists

Electronic Targeting Holocaust
- “While all these traditional tactics have proven fruitful throughout time without waning effectiveness, the agencies involved in extreme cover-ups prefer another tactic that seems to have withstood the test of time too. That is labeling someone “paranoid schizophrenic” or mentally ill. Once that label has been attached to someone, almost all testimony will be disbelieved. The military has employed this tactic since the 60’s to get rebellious soldiers and others locked up in mental hospitals. But since the weapons testing of neurological disruptor technology has begun on the general population beginning in the early 60’s and then stepped up to full throttle in 1976, the scope of what is considered mentally ill had to be reprogrammed into a broader definition for the general population.” ~Department of Defense Whistleblower: From the Out of Print Book – The Matrix Deciphered
- “My name is Dr. John Hall, I’m a medical Doctor from Texas. As a physician, relative to some of what you’re hearing today, in the community we are seeing an alarming rate of complaints of use of electromagnetic weapons, microwave auditory effect, silent sound spectrum, EEG cloning,… Which has taken the lab out of the laboratory and into the home, most of these from the research that we’ve reviewed can be done remotely. It seems to be more weapons research than medical research. I’ve personally corresponded with upwards of 1,500 victims all complaining of identical complaints from every state in the nation. Of being exposed to electromagnetic radiation. Non-ionizing radiation. For the use of cognitive control or behavior control….” ~Anesthesiologist Dr. John Hall Speaking to the Presidential Bioethics Commission
- “I am also targeted and this is my story. My name is Sandra Fields. I’m an architect, recipient of Who’s Who of Women in America achievement award and have run a successful business for over 28 years. My life and livelihood have been compromised for the last 11 years by being attacked by electromagnetic radiation torture, and by organized stalking… Thousands of Americans are currently suffering from chemical, electromagnetic, psychological and physical torture with no government relief or laws. Our servicemen, prisoners, and thousands of unknowing innocent civilians are currently being lamed, tormented and tortured as a result of military research, medical research, pharmaceutical research, physiological and psychological studies that have virtually destroyed participants’ sanity, physical well-being, reputation and privacy.” ~Targeted Individual Sandra Fields, Speaking to Obama’s Presidential Bioethics Committee
- “What the governments found, was that you could induce by changing the pulse frequency like morse code of the microwaves going into the brain and interfering with the brain, by specializing on the pulse frequency you could induce psychiatric illnesses to the point where a psychiatrist could not tell if it is a genuine psychiatric illness or an induced psychiatric illness. So what you can do theoretically, is you can target an individual’s brain, they may have auditory hallucinations where they hear things, which is actually quite common with microwaves. Or show signs of schizophrenia, for instance 6.6 pulses a second can induce severe sexual aggression in men. … Technically what you could do is have someone committed to a psychiatric hospital or a jail for a crime, just by somebody saying that they had a psychiatric problem where by they didn’t.” ~Ex-British Royal Navy Scientist Dr. Barrie Trower
- “They can cause insanity, and it was an experiment. One of the experiments was to take an ordinary sane person, cause insanity, and have a psychiatrist who was unknown to everybody diagnose schizophrenia, or paranoia or a psychiatric illness. That was a successful outcome. And the person would spend the rest of their life in an asylum in misery, but to the government scientists that was a success.” ~Ex-Black Project Scientist Dr. Barrie Trower
- “The war against satellite terrorism isn’t just the USA. This is a global issue! I’m in tropical Queensland Australia and get battered daily.” ~Targeted Individual Amanda Emily Reed

MKUltra Cover Stories
This technology has interacted with quite a large amount of people, however it is almost always misidentified as other sources[8].

Directed Energy Weapon Cover Stories:
- Mental illness as an electronic harassment cover story
- End game technology packaged under persuasive “spiritual warfare” illusions
- Directed energy interaction packaged as the supernatural
- Government technology under a cosmic being facade
- Religious themed illusions/Using religion mythology as a means for cover stories
- Extraterrestrial contact as a psychological operation cover story
- Ghosts as a cover story – AI orchestrated phantom illusions
- End game technology as a sorcery cover story
- End game technology as the real source behind effective voodoo
- Witchcraft as a directed energy cover story
- Black project science under a black magic cover story
- Directed energy attacks deceptively packaged as physiological ailments
- Synthetic signals in the brain from implants framed as physiological ailments
- “Psychic Attack” as a directed energy attack cover story
- “Spiritual Attack” as a directed energy attack cover story
- New Age cover stories (e.g. Disembodied spirit illusions)
- Old age mythological gods used as a cover story
- Human based electronic harassment with aliens packaged as the perpetrator
- Scientology methods as a cover story for technological remote influence
- Exotic neurobody illusions (e.g. Chakra, entity attachments, ethereal implants)
- Inter dimensional being interaction as an electronic targeting cover story
- Exploitation of illusory explanations to conceal directed energy crimes.“People who have already assimilated the cover stories are often not ready to hear the truth.” ~Omnisense
Beings Impersonated:
- Neighbors (Targeted Individual v2k)
- Black Ops Agents (Targeted Individual v2k)
- Family (Targeted Individual v2k)
- Deceased Loved Ones / Deceased Relatives / Deceased Pets (Psy Ops v2k)
- Demons (Mind Control Cover Story)
- Jinn (Cover Stories)
- Archons (Cover Stories)
- Inter Dimensional Beings (New Age Psy Ops)
- Extraterrestrials (Cosmic Being Impersonation Programs/UFOlogy Bastardization)
- Entity Attachments (New Age Psy Ops)
- Shadow Beings (e.g. To Cause Fear from an Obscure Source)
- Archangels (To Impersonate a Higher Authority)
- Lucifer (To Persuade into Evil)
- Satan (Satanist v2k)
- RA (New Age Psy Ops)
- Spirits (Spiritual Warfare Illusions)
- Ghosts – Phantoms (Directed Energy Trickery)
- Faeries (Rehashed Old Age Cover Stories)
- Higher Self (Mind Control Cover Story)
- Panpsychism Based Impersonations (e.g. Gaia aka Mother Earth Speaking to People)
- Saints & Mother Mary (Religious Impersonations)
- Holy Spirit (Psychological Direction Method / Sleeper Assassin Method)
- Ascended Masters (Impersonation of a Higher Power)
- Jesus (Any Vector of Vulnerability is Exploited)
- Person’s of Note (e.g. To get a Target to Murder them, To Psychologically Direct)
- Any Mythological God of the Past (These can be pretty cool)
- God / Allah / Yahweh / Jehovah (Impersonation of the Highest Power)
- Done via Electronic Telepathy Contact (Voice to Skull – v2k)
“Directed energy weapons operate invisibly while the inducible mental limits of directed energy weapons are the limits of consciousness itself, this makes for an incredibly potent environment for illusions of all types.” ~Omnisense

NeuroWeaponry & Artificial Intelligence Quotes:
- “The point of the program is to have maximum psychological effect and leave the minimal amount of evidence.[22]” ~Anonymous Targeting Program Insider
- “In 1985 CNN did a special report on radio frequency weapons. They hired an engineer who built an “RF Mind Interference” machine based on Soviet schematics. The machine successfully transmitted images into a CNN reporter’s mind. The stunned engineer said that, given three weeks time, he could scale up the machine to use on a whole town, causing them to do things against their better judgement, see and hear things that weren’t there, etc. The pentagon said it was too sensitive a subject to comment on. Remember, these effects were achieved by civilians over 30 years ago! One can speculate that they’ve made great advances in the past decades.[8]” ~Targeted Individual Jim Hastings
- “Through the effective use of cover stories sources like the CIA hide an abundance of technological effects on society under a plethora of various facades.[23]” ~Omnisense
- “Electromagnetic mind control provides for revolutionary opportunities to control the opposition.[8]” ~Omnisense
- “MKUltra tech can induce the exact feeling that a thought came from yourself to mask it’s presence.[8]” ~Omnisense
- “An idea behind using cover stories, such as religious or new age, is to encapsulate the opposition into a state of inability to identify the real perpetrators.[8]” ~Omnisense
- “Superior scientific knowledge has been obtained via government black projects and this knowledge is being weaponized.[24]” ~Omnisense
- “The top of the pyramid of a global black ops crime syndicate formed an AI based electronic telepathy cybernetic secret society sometime in the era of Project mkultra.” ~Omnisense
- “The black ops sources operate most effectively if their presence is unknown.[8]” ~Omnisense
- “Theres no way any agency or government could possibly admit this level of assassination and torture without a complete collapse.[25]” ~Ex-CIA Engineer Dr. Robert Duncan

Most Evil Acts Done by These Technologies:
- Attacking of the defenseless
- Negation of free will in both overt and covert methodologies
- Severe violations of human rights
- Profoundly dirty tactics – All evil tactics mapped and exploited
- Proliferation of wawars by proxy
- Unwitting enslavement/Manchurian candidates
- Suppression of societal progress that threatens the control systems
- Framing innocent individuals (e.g. murder, molestation, drug charges)
- Vicious character assassination/incredibly malicious slander
- Permanent damage to body parts of targets (e.g. damaging the most valuable aspect of someone’s ability)
- Mind control based injustices on unwitting individuals (e.g. mind controlled cheating on partners as a eugenics act)
- Suppression and/or malicious sabotage of work (e.g. art, music, writing)
- Intentional destruction or sabotage of that which is priceless
- Directed energy weapon emotional abuse
- Coerced suicide/suicide as a cover story for murder
- Psychiatric targeting (getting targets locked up in psyche wards/framing targets as mentally ill/creation of psychiatric symptoms for the effect of pharmaceutically drugging a target)
- Feigning illness in children to drug them with harmful pharmaceuticals (ADHD is very easy to feign with these technologies)
- Malicious sabotage of infant development via electromagnetic weaponry
- Microwave induced tumors, cancers & heart attacks in covert murders
- Murder by Proxy/assassination by proxy
- Promotion of pedophilia/molestation/rape via the electronic control grid
- Eugenics operations (e.g. Elimination of masterful oppositional bloodlines)
- Fukushima is credibly rumored to have been done by HAARP
- Intentional malicious programming of geneticsIntentional malicious sabotage of genetics/Intentional damaging of genetics
- Intentional malicious programming of soul (e.g. with misalignments)
- An unknown area of the conspiracy is a sick & twisted agenda to not only victimize people in this lifetime, but to make their victimization transcend into future incarnations.“No matter how paranoid or conspiracy-minded you are, what the Government is actually doing is worse than you imagine.[26]” ~William Blum - Perpetrators of a Covert Holocaust

The CIA
- Julian Assange, Vault 7 Press Conference: “The CIA is the largest intelligence agency in the world by budgetary expenditure.”
- Dr. Udo Ulfkotte: “Do you really think that this is journalism? Intelligence agencies writing articles…[27]”
- Former DEA Dennis Dayle: “In my 30-year history in the Drug Enforcement Administration and related agencies, the major targets of my investigations almost invariably turned out to be working for the CIA.[28]”
- The CIA has mastered the craft of warfare by proxy.
- The CIA employs overzealous weaponization of everything possible
- The Central Intelligence Agency has a cover story front for public rationalization of what it does.
- There are CIA world spanning information warfare programs proliferated through the electronic control grid.
- There are CIA superiors above the official director.
- I would suspect the CIA director can be informed or pretty clueless.
- These shadow CIA heads are not elected or appointed by the U.S. President.
- CIA higher ups commit acts as if they are Charles Manson mixed with Adolf Hitler.
- The CIA black ops agent model suppresses or negates a sense of humor, empathy, and in general they are not allowed to feel love.
- Planning, orchestration, and cover up of false flags[29]
- Covert divide and conquer is employed against domestic and international civilian populations.
- Engineering of weaponized viruses & other biological warfare.
- The CIA likes to do criminal activity when they have the opportunity to explain it with a “rational” cover story.
- I have heard stated in the electronic telepathy network that the CIA has the most comprehensively mapped black project artificial intelligence in the world.
- The CIA has built Ai models to simulate any American (e.g. Mind control & interrogation Ai).
- From what I could gather, the CIA is majorly influenced by a foreign power, the Vatican.
- CIA actions controlled by a war mongering secret society of bloodliners.
- According to several sources the founding director of the CIA, and subsequent directors have a tendency to be Knights of Malta aka servants of the pope.
- It is possible that arranged electronic control grid influence is sold to the highest bidder by sources like the CIA. If this is the case the bidders are likely chosen very carefully, and have very criminal and sinister ethos similar to the groups who set up the electronic control grid. Also possible that initial investors in the electronic control grid now have seats of power.Hypothesis: The CIA is the largest perpetrator of electronic targeting on the planet.In my view the CIA should be extirpated“The CIA knows how to manipulate conclusions.” ~Omnisense
The Vatican
- CIA Vet E. Howard Hunt said in the documentary A Coup: Made in America: “We always said in an admiring way that the Jesuits have formed the greatest intelligence service in the world, always have.”
- A group called the “Society of Jesus” likely has their hands dirty with the electronic control grid.
- The Black Pope is the official leader of the Society of Jesus[30]
- Vatican bank system allegedly connected to Italian Mafia
- Vatican library secrets have been hidden since times of mass illiteracy worldwide
- A Vatican hidden artifacts of history treasury is sure to exist in my opinion
- Vatican conceptual energy matches extremely dark realities
- High tech faux-demonic possession exorcism used as a method to gain followers
- Diplomatic manipulation of governments & monarchies
- Conspiring Cardinals
- Vatican & Jesuits credibly behind countless dissident & heretic murders throughout history.
- A Jesuit oath speaks of assassination of ideological opposition, slaying the enemy’s children, and waging relentless war (e.g. Creating civil wars in artistic & prosperous nations)[31]
- A world full of nescient catholics donate to an incredibly corrupt church.
- The top leadership of the Vatican are fake Christians using the religion for greed, lust & power.
- Imposters of Christ – They pretend to believe in Christ but secretly serve darkness.
- Imposters of God taken to a new level with electronic telepathy impersonation.
- Hidden hand behind wars for centuries.
- Secret Vatican Bible & history knowledge is utilized by shadow government.
- Agenda to wipe any true evidence of Christ off the face of the Earth.
- Inside the electronic telepathy network a Satanist is said to be the true head of the Vatican.
- I believe that a Vatican source heads the shadow government as of April 2017.
- The Catholic Church has paid out $3,994,797,060.10+ as a result of sex abuse scandals[32]
- Alleged illuminati insider Svali says she witnessed the satanic ritual murder of a child in a basement catacomb of the Vatican[33]
- One name I heard as an insider to the electronic telepathy cybernetic network is Joseph Ratzinger aka Pope Benedict XVI
- “With the track record the Vatican has, it should be banned from going anywhere near children.” ~Baboshka

Other Highly Probable or Confirmed Perpetrators:
- United States Military – U.S. Navy / U.S. Air Force / U.S. Army
- The Pentagon
- Department of Defense (DoD)
- National Security Agency (NSA)
- National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)
- National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
- Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
- American “Fusion Centers”
- Security Industry Companies
- DARPA – Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- Israeli Government / Mossad / Zionist cabal
- UK Government / MI5 / MI6 / GCHQ
- German Government / The Federal Intelligence Service (Bundesnachrichtendienst)
- Government of India / Intelligence Bureau (IB)
- Chinese Government / The Ministry of State Security (MSS)
- Russian Government / Russian Military / Federal Security Service (FSB) / KGB
- Japanese Government / Public Security Intelligence Agency (公安調査庁)
- Danish Government / Politiets Efterretningstjeneste (PET)
- Government of France / French Intelligence / French Military
- Spanish Government / The National Intelligence Center (CNI)
- Australian Government / Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS)
- New Zealand Government / Security Intelligence Service (SIS)
- Canadian Government / Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS)
- Brazilian Government / Agência Brasileira de Inteligência (ABIN)
- Saudi Arabian Government / General Intelligence Directorate (GID)
- Plenty of unnamed corporations within the military industrial complex.
- Every unnamed & corrupted military worldwide has potential to be involved.
- Every unnamed intelligence agency worldwide has potential to be involved.
- Secret societies connected to the intelligence community.
Rumor: Every party that has figured out remote neural monitoring has been initiated into a secret coalition controlled by totalitarian secret society members“Each agency plays it’s role in the integrated global system.” ~Black Project Engineer Dr. Robert Duncan
See: The Shadow Government Cybernetic Network Article.

More on the Perpetrators:
- Intelligence agencies are used for their ability to keep secrets, superior funding, national security excuses, lack of checks and balances, & propensity for criminal activity.
- Electronic telepathy provides for no paper trail and relatively zero traceable roots
- Electronic control grid perpetrators conspire daily via electronic telepathy with electronic targeting cases & planning of new psychological operations.
- U.S. Military heads in a network appear to be cruel and barbaric.
- Electronic control grid sources harbor lunatic serial killer ideologies which are in use against the international civilian population via electronic warfare.
- Militaristically psychopathic acts of terror, sadism, and cruelty are a norm.
- Shadow government war criminals are known to practice BCI sadism[34] (e.g. cruel pain affliction with invisible technologies while the perpetrator interfaces the psychological distress of their victim with surveillance fed BCI tech)
- Shills in government, military, and media are complicit in the cover up.
- Electronic control grid sources are in control of governments either wittingly or unwittingly through persuasion, coercion, and/or covert electromagnetic mind control.
- There are powerful serial rapists within the electronic control grid pyramid.
- There is a focused agenda to incriminate as many people as possible with this conspiracy, they want more company for a sinking ship.
- There are signs of opposition coming from inside Russia’s network (This is a potential reason for the ruling class to orchestrate proxy attacks against Russia)
- Electronic control grid sources have strategically used deceptive rationalizations to curtail the public domain implementations of these technologies.“When I worked [at the NSA 1982-2010] I had no idea that there was an über-evil, anti-American side to NSA. Everything is highly compartmented… this protects secrets but of course is a perfect environment in which to hide elaborate criminal activity, especially when the NSA Security as well as other watch dog organizations were compromised in preparation for crimes of unfathomable reach and scope.[35]” ~Karen Melton-Stewart


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2024.04.09 19:35 DealerTokes LLR TV 4/12 SMACKDOWN CARD

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u/Instinctman20 vs u/DariusShade - Our resident Thespiamn faces the Shady One!
AND IN OUR MAIN EVENT!
Team We Bleed Green ( u/ItzzzWoody and u/CaptainConundrum54 ) and LLR TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS Team Larry Bird ( u/j8llonby and u/Pruef) VS u/danchester_united u/MLGBongHits4 u/Randomdickjoke and u/Zquest13 in an Eight Man Tag Match- The New Champs and their first challengers must find a way to coexist against the other finalists and 2 top competitors.
You will be predicting the Friday April 12th edition of Smackdown. The deadline for picks on TV and PPV/PLE is now 2 hours before main show starts. That means Friday at 5pm Central Time https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/wrestling?iso=20240412T17&p0=158&font=cursive
There is no Google Form for this card. We are returning to picks on Reddit for more transparency. You may still submit private picks to any of the GMs (Tokes, P1, Too Rare) on discord, but once submitted private picks cannot be changed.
5 Picks of winners on Smackdown
BQ: name a wrestler in the opening match
BQ: name a wrestler in the second match
BQ: name a wrestler in the main event
TB: Time of the main event per pwdotnet (mm:ss)
tag team and TB rules apply. If you need a refresher, the post is pinned at the top of the sub.
Good Luck and Have Fun!
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