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2010.08.01 16:49 1point618 Written Speculative Fiction in all its forms.
**A place to discuss published speculative fiction**—novels, short stories, comics, and more. Not sure if a book counts? Then post it! Science Fiction, Fantasy, Alt. History, Postmodern Lit., and more are all welcome here. **The key is that it be speculative, not that it fit some arbitrary genre guidelines**. Any sort of link or text post is welcome as long as it is about printed / text / static SF material.
2010.05.02 18:55 hero0fwar iPhone Wallpapers
Welcome to iphonewallpapers. Post your favorite iphone wallpapers here! This is a place to post FREE iphone wallpapers. Not a place to promote or sell your wallpaper designs.
2023.04.07 20:45 just_a_fan47 TopCharacterDesigns
A community to share and appreciate your favorite designs from throughout fiction. This can include characters, vehicles, weapons, environments or whatever, feel free to post what you love and or hate.+
2024.05.17 10:33 Cockroach4548 Looking for a top plate and an OLED cover files for laser cutting.
I've been exploring the crkbd/foostan repository and noticed that the SVG top plate available doesn't include a cutout for the OLED display. I'm looking for a design similar to this one. I see the exact design be sold ready-to-use everywhere but can't find the way to obtain those files for doing it by myself. (I only want the plates to have the same outline silhouette as the PCB so I can use them with any 3D printed case) and I am looking to print this case.
P.S. I'm new to using reddit and I'm not good at English so please response in ELI5 manner to me.
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P.S. I'm new to using reddit and I'm not good at English so please response in ELI5 manner to me.
2024.05.17 10:18 CableGirrl I love Carl
 | (l made this drawing back in 2022 under a different username, I though of posting it here to introduce my account sincel still like the way it looks) Carl has been my favorite brawler since I started playing Brawl Stars back in 2019, he had just been a month into the game at the time and it was love at first sight! The design, the personality, the voice acting, the gameplay.. THE SKINS!!!Ilove just about everything about this little guy. Working on getting that full mastery! And making more art, of course. submitted by CableGirrl to Brawlstars [link] [comments] I will be introducing my brawleskin designs in the future, as soon as I have free time. Enjoy! |
2024.05.17 10:17 thecuriouskid93 Discover the Magic of Moon Reading for Personal Transformation
 | In a world where self-discovery and personal growth are key, have you ever considered the power of Moon Reading? It’s not your typical horoscope; Moon Reading delves deep into the cosmos to reveal unique insights tailored specifically to you. Let’s explore how this mystical practice can illuminate your path to personal transformation. submitted by thecuriouskid93 to HaveYouHeardAboutThis [link] [comments] https://preview.redd.it/dvv2ykdb4y0d1.png?width=1024&format=png&auto=webp&s=09b2b3705533fd04db1948aeb6bd516f2de43f7c Unveiling the Mysteries of Moon ReadingWhat exactly is Moon Reading? Imagine a personalized cosmic snapshot based on the alignment of planets and the moon at the moment of your birth. This isn’t just about your zodiac sign—it’s a comprehensive analysis that unveils hidden aspects of your personality, relationships, and life’s purpose. Each Moon Reading is a bespoke journey, guiding you towards a deeper understanding of yourself and your journey.How Does Moon Reading Work?When you request a Moon Reading, sophisticated software generates a 3D model of the solar system based on your birth date. It meticulously calculates planetary transits and moon phases, weaving together astrological wisdom into a detailed narrative just for you. This isn’t generic advice—it’s a cosmic revelation tailored to your unique cosmic blueprint.Beyond the Stars: Mystic Cave MeditationAlongside your Moon Reading, you’ll receive access to a transformative guided meditation—the Mystic Cave Meditation. This immersive experience is designed to unlock your personal power and align you with your highest purpose. It’s not just about information; it’s about empowerment and self-realization.Embrace the Moon’s Wisdom, Absolutely Free!Yes, you read that right—your personalized Moon Reading is entirely free. There’s no catch, no hidden fees. It’s our gift to you, filled with insights and revelations that can spark profound change in your life. Delve into your astrological profile without spending a penny, and discover the magic of Moon Reading.Is My Data Secure?Your privacy matters. Rest assured, your personal information—your birthdate, time, location, and email—is kept safe and secure. We’re real people who value your trust. There’s no spam, no automatic upgrades—just a genuine desire to share transformative insights with you.Get Started on Your JourneyReady to embark on your Moon Reading adventure? Simply provide a few details—your birthdate, time, and location—and unlock the secrets of the cosmos tailored just for you. Embrace the magic of Moon Reading and begin your journey towards self-discovery and personal transformation.Original Post: https://haveyouheardaboutthis.com/discover-the-magic-of-moon-reading-for-personal-transformation/ |
2024.05.17 10:17 tareekpetareek Manpasand was an accounting fraud with beverages on the side
 | Original Source: https://boringmoney.in/p/manpasand-an-accounting-fraud (my newsletter Boring Money. Do visit the original link and subscribe if you'd like to receive similar posts directly in your inbox) submitted by tareekpetareek to IndianStreetBets [link] [comments] Let’s say you’re a company that wants to commit an elaborate fraud. What is the most egregious fraud that you can think of? Maybe let’s not start with egregious. Let’s start with something simple! Here’s something that’s reasonably common:
Now let’s go egregious:
Here’s a SEBI order from late in April about Manpasand Beverages. Manpasand used to be a beverages company based in Gujarat. In 2019 the company shut down because it got caught in a bunch of frauds. It’s only now that SEBI published the details of what was happening. Probably best summarised by fund manager Amit Mantri: [1] https://preview.redd.it/o85shr8p3y0d1.jpg?width=603&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=26ace208d28eae2bb2401449f9b1dcc6bd1eefd0 Fake it till you make it (or don’t)Manpasand faked its revenue (of course). It also faked its expenses, customers, vendors, tax liabilities, etc. How did it get away with doing this stuff? I don’t know, someone’s gotta ask Deloitte. They were Manpasand’s auditor for eight years, resigning only in 2018. The company’s fraud came out officially in 2019—Deloitte, whose job was to make sure the books were right and also had access to all the inside information, figured that something was off only a year earlier!Anyway, SEBI appointed its own auditor to figure out what was wrong with Manpasand’s accounts and the auditor came back with a bunch of stuff. [2] Here’s the bit about Manpasand inflating its revenue. From SEBI’s order: … CGST vide letter dated July 07, 2019, inter alia, informed that Manpasand had shown inflated sales figure in its balance sheet by way of receipt/ supply of fake invoices without actual receipt/ supply of goods. It was further informed in the said letter that Manpasand had floated 38 bogus/paper firms to inflate its turnover and that inward and outward transactions made with such bogus firms amount to Rs.188.48 Crore and Rs. 691.30 Crore, respectively.Manpasand created 38 different companies and it both “sold” its products to those companies as well as “bought” stuff from some of them. Basically, Manpasand created real companies to play the role of its customers and vendors. … it was observed that the parties with whom transactions amounting to Rs.29.84 Crore were entered into, were not registered for dealing in the said goods/products being manufactured by the Company. Further, there was non-receipt of sale considerations and debtors balance were adjusted by passing journal entriesManpasand was a beverages company that was selling stuff to its customers. Traditionally a company like Manpasand might have distributors as customers but Manpasand’s customers were registered as something else entirely (I do wonder what, the order doesn’t mention it). These are fake customers that Manpasand created out of thin air. Establishing companies is quite a bit of effort! Why half-ass the part where you select the “business type”? I sort of understand though. I’ve done it too. Put so much effort into something that you’re bored by the end that you muck it up. I’m kidding! The real reason is probably that Manpasand wouldn’t have actually created these fake companies itself. There would be a middleman who would have them made in advance, all ready to go whenever needed to do fraud. Manpasand propped up its sales as well as its expenses by pretty much just funnelling money around from one entity to the other. In some instances, it wouldn’t even move real money around. It would just note down that it had to pay one company, and had to also collect payments from another company, and then cancel each other out. Manpasand was running its accounts on Splitwise. In general, there is nothing wrong with a company having such set-off arrangements. If you know your creditor owes money to your debtor, sure, cancel those transactions out. But how likely is it that a company’s suppliers and distributors know each other? And transact with each other? This post is public so feel free to share it. All except death and taxesIf you’re planning to do some accounting fraud, here’s something to keep in mind. I mean, I’m not not recommending that you do fraud, but if you do have your mind made up I might as well pass this along. Fake your sales, that’s fine. Fake your expenses, that’s fine too. But don’t fake your taxes, those guys will come after you.In 2019 right before Manpasand shut down, GST officials raided its offices and arrested the CEO, CFO and a director. If you think about it, one of the reasons Manpasand got away with its fraud for as long as it did was that its accounts looked reasonably realistic. Deloitte made sure of that! Manpasand didn’t just arbitrarily put in fake numbers, oh no. It showed transactions to back them up with actual companies. But any sales or purchases bring with it a cute goods and services tax, and the GST folks don’t care all that much about the fact that your sales are real. They’d like their share anyway. And not the GST you owe them, but because of how GST works, they would also want the GST your vendors (and your vendors’ vendors) might owe them. GST has this magical thing called “input tax credit” which is basically the GST council giving you magic points every time you pay GST as a customer. Say, you buy some glass to make some marbles. You pay GST when you buy that glass, and you get some magic points. When you sell your freshly manufactured marbles, you collect GST from your customers and can redeem those magic points which you got earlier to reduce the GST you actually pay. (This isn’t tax advice so don’t come after me if you mess up your taxes because of anything you read here.) These points are nice because they help save tax. But a basic requirement to use these points is that the company you bought your glass from has to have paid their fair share of GST in the first place! You only get the points if they’ve paid their tax! In Manpasand’s case the vendors it was dealing with existed solely for the purpose of enabling accounting fraud. Of course they weren’t going to be paying any tax. And yet Manpasand was claiming the magic points and reducing the GST it paid. These fake magic points is how the GST people figured out that there was something very wrong happening. If the GST raid hadn’t happened, would Manpasand have survived as a company? Absolutely not. But would it have survived longer than it did? Probably. Roll over, it’s a takeoverThings have already been a bit bizarre but what follows next is absolutely basket case. Here’s a section of Manpasand’s response to SEBI. From SEBI’s order:The Company is a victim of a pre-planned, fraudulent scheme and conspiracy perpetrated by Finquest Financial Solutions Pvt Ltd (FINQUEST) wherein under the garb of promise to provide working capital worth Rs.100 Crores, six documents were executed by and between MBL & FINQUEST. Within a span of two and a half months, it was clear that this entire so called transaction of providing working capital loan was nothing but a mere play to gain the entire control of MBL which is having asset base of around Rs.625 Crores…Finquest is an NBFC that lent money to Manpasand right after the GST raid happened and its officials were all in jail. Manpasand is claiming that Finquest’s goal wasn’t to just lend to the company and earn an interest income out of it, but to take over the company itself. Manpasand claims that Finquest defrauded it and even calls whatever they did a “hostile takeover”. Let’s humour this idea for a bit. If you’re a listed company worried about a hostile takeover, you’d look at who’s buying your stock. That’s the normal way for hostile takeovers to work. You wake up one day to realise that Elon owns 9% of your and immediately fall into a state of panic. If you don’t own enough of your company, Elon just might. Another hostile takeover could be by a distressed debt investor. You may have taken a loan from some banks or whoever some time back. The banks would’ve sold your loans to outside investors. But then because you’re in tough times, the investors would want to rid themselves of your loans at a discount. This distressed debt is then caught by investors trained in the art of recovering dollars from pennies. If you can’t repay your loans to these guys, they would be more than happy to squeeze it out of you. This is what happened with Byju’s US unit. But really, hostile takeovers aren’t common with distressed debt investors. They don’t want to run your company! They want their money back with some (a lot) of interest. [3] Finquest lent to Manpasand, it didn’t buy its stock. So maybe this was the second kind of hostile takeover, the distressed debt kind? Well, here’s Abhishek Singh, then director of Manpasand in an interview with Business Today back in 2019: Business Today: Dhirendra Singh [the CEO] has accused Finquest of a hostile takeover bid, while Finquest claims that it was always mentioned in the term-sheet that the company will be managed by a professional team until its money was parked with you. It will be nice to get your side of the story.Singh: Whatever amount has been transferred by the Finquest in the bank account of MBL was done in the new account opened by FFSPL's representatives in the name of MBL. The control of this new bank account lies with FFSPL's representatives. FFSPL was allowed operational access to business of MBL and not financial access, as per the term sheet dated July 3, 2019. …As per the term sheet dated July 3, 2019, FFSPL had right to nominate two directors on the Board of Directors of MBL, which shall constitute minimum one-third strength of the Board. Pursuant to this clause, FFSPL appointed three directors instead of two. The total strength of the board became six directors, one-third of this comes to two. Thus, one more director being a nominee of FFSPL was appointed. … What? Manpasand borrowed money from Finquest but the bank account where the money came in was controlled by Finquest? And Finquest got “operational access” (whatever that means) as well as a third of Manpasand’s board seats? This isn’t a hostile takeover! It’s a lamblike takeover. Honestly, I get it. Manpasand’s CEO and others were in jail. The company needed money. The only lender willing to lend to a shady company whose executives are in jail would be a shady lender. And that shady lender was Finquest—which, by the way, had done something similar before—but Manpasand took what it got. If there’s a second “don’t do this if you’re doing fraud” lesson in this, it’s this. Don’t borrow from a loan shark! Footnotes [1] A nice factoid is that Amit Mantri was the first to point out that Manpasand was manipulating its numbers all the way back in 2016. They did some really good on-ground research! [2] The auditor that SEBI assigned to do this, Chokshi & Chokshi, came back with 12 findings from Manpasand’s accounts. But I think I found a couple of mistakes? It wouldn’t in any way affect SEBI’s conclusion on Manpasand, but I find it funny that a story which is essentially about an auditor’s massive failure to do its job also has an auditor that probably wasn’t too careful themselves? I’ll probably write about this in a future post. [3] A distressed debt investor would prefer to take over a company to be able to put it into bankruptcy so that it can sell the company’s assets and recover its money. That’s very different from what the kind of takeover that Elon did of Twitter. Original Source: https://boringmoney.in/p/manpasand-an-accounting-fraud |
2024.05.17 10:15 Lillytea1 Laser cutting fabric questions- factory says my design is too complicated
 | Hi I’ve already printed out this fabric.. they said my design is hard to cut with and I need a line . 5 cm away from the dotted line. Is there a way they can manually do that (I made the excess to big). Not sure how this machine works and how I can make my design and vector work with the machine. Also is there anything they can do from their end so I don’t have to reprint a line? And also is it possible the machine will want to cut the dotted line too? Should I change the color? Sorry for all the questions 😊 submitted by Lillytea1 to lasercutting [link] [comments] |
2024.05.17 10:14 Crabbies92 Going from a high-res to a lower-res camera...
I'm considering selling my Pentax K-1 ii due to poor autofocus and a number of design quirks that I dislike. Looking at the current crop of mirrorless cameras, only the 24mp cameras are really in my budget range (the Panasonic S5 ii or S1 are in the lead at the moment). I am, however, a bit worried in the megapixel downgrade. I don't print, so the 36mp sensor of the K-1 has always been a bit overkill, but I do tend to crop a fair bit (probably a bad habit!). Has anyone taken a similar jump in terms of megapixel downgrade? Did you notice and regret, or was it a total non-issue? Thanks!
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2024.05.17 10:08 _Triple_ [STORE] 900+ KNIVES/GLOVES/SKINS, 100.000$+ INVENTORY. BFK Lore, Gloves Amphibious, Skeleton Fade, Bowie Emerald, BFK Auto, Gloves MF, Talon Doppler, Gloves POW, Bayo Tiger, Gut Sapphire, Stiletto MF, M9 Ultra, Ursus Doppler, Flip Doppler, M9 Stained, Nomad CW, Paracord CW, AK-47 X-Ray & A Lot More
Everything in my inventory is up for trade. The most valuable items are listed here, the rest you can find in My Inventory
Feel free to Add Me or even better send a Trade Offer. Open for any suggestions: upgrades, downgrades / knives, gloves, skins / stickers, patterns, floats.
All Buyouts are listed in cash value.
KNIVES
★ Butterfly Knife Lore (Factory New), B/O: $7194.77
★ Butterfly Knife Autotronic (Minimal Wear), B/O: $2025.74
⎯★ M9 Bayonet Ultraviolet (Field-Tested), B/O: $557.87
★ M9 Bayonet Stained (Well-Worn), B/O: $529.41
★ M9 Bayonet Boreal Forest (Field-Tested), B/O: $465.39
⎯★ Talon Knife Doppler (Factory New), B/O: $1295.27
★ Bayonet Tiger Tooth (Minimal Wear), B/O: $746.28
★ Karambit Bright Water (Field-Tested), B/O: $688.15
⎯★ Flip Knife Doppler (Factory New), B/O: $547.93
★ Flip Knife Autotronic (Minimal Wear), B/O: $476.69
★ Flip Knife Case Hardened (Battle-Scarred), B/O: $278.18
★ Flip Knife Black Laminate (Well-Worn), B/O: $258.83
★ Flip Knife Urban Masked (Field-Tested), B/O: $181.64
⎯★ Stiletto Knife Marble Fade (Factory New), B/O: $686.04
★ Stiletto Knife Doppler (Factory New), B/O: $665.41
★ Stiletto Knife, B/O: $601.39
★ Stiletto Knife Crimson Web (Field-Tested), B/O: $418.25
★ Stiletto Knife Night Stripe (Field-Tested), B/O: $227.80
★ Stiletto Knife Boreal Forest (Field-Tested), B/O: $194.96
★ Stiletto Knife Safari Mesh (Field-Tested), B/O: $192.79
⎯★ Nomad Knife Crimson Web (Field-Tested), B/O: $518.11
★ Nomad Knife Scorched (Field-Tested), B/O: $169.78
★ Nomad Knife Forest DDPAT (Battle-Scarred), B/O: $166.88
★ StatTrak™ Nomad Knife Blue Steel (Field-Tested), B/O: $335.79
⎯★ Skeleton Knife Stained (Well-Worn), B/O: $442.05
★ Skeleton Knife Urban Masked (Minimal Wear), B/O: $426.24
★ Skeleton Knife Boreal Forest (Field-Tested), B/O: $314.03
★ StatTrak™ Skeleton Knife Fade (Minimal Wear), B/O: $2361.28
★ StatTrak™ Skeleton Knife Urban Masked (Field-Tested), B/O: $376.53
⎯★ Ursus Knife Doppler (Factory New), B/O: $557.12
★ Ursus Knife, B/O: $471.42
★ Ursus Knife Blue Steel (Minimal Wear), B/O: $212.37
★ Ursus Knife Case Hardened (Battle-Scarred), B/O: $187.66
★ Ursus Knife Damascus Steel (Field-Tested), B/O: $178.18
★ Ursus Knife Ultraviolet (Battle-Scarred), B/O: $155.13
★ Ursus Knife Boreal Forest (Battle-Scarred), B/O: $124.26
⎯★ Huntsman Knife Black Laminate (Minimal Wear), B/O: $204.83
★ Huntsman Knife Black Laminate (Field-Tested), B/O: $184.50
★ StatTrak™ Huntsman Knife Lore (Battle-Scarred), B/O: $224.11
⎯★ Bowie Knife Gamma Doppler (Factory New), B/O: $2142.02
★ Bowie Knife, B/O: $230.44
★ Bowie Knife Damascus Steel (Factory New), B/O: $209.20
★ Bowie Knife Ultraviolet (Minimal Wear), B/O: $180.51
★ Bowie Knife Ultraviolet (Field-Tested), B/O: $131.03
⎯★ Falchion Knife Night (Field-Tested), B/O: $132.54
★ Falchion Knife Urban Masked (Well-Worn), B/O: $112.81
★ Falchion Knife Scorched (Field-Tested), B/O: $108.81
★ Falchion Knife Forest DDPAT (Field-Tested), B/O: $107.82
★ Falchion Knife Safari Mesh (Field-Tested), B/O: $107.46
★ StatTrak™ Falchion Knife Ultraviolet (Field-Tested), B/O: $143.08
⎯★ Paracord Knife Crimson Web (Minimal Wear), B/O: $486.48
★ Paracord Knife Blue Steel (Battle-Scarred), B/O: $163.12
⎯★ Survival Knife Blue Steel (Battle-Scarred), B/O: $138.26
★ Survival Knife Night Stripe (Field-Tested), B/O: $131.03
⎯★ Gut Knife Sapphire (Minimal Wear), B/O: $1127.79
★ Gut Knife Gamma Doppler (Factory New), B/O: $286.17
★ Gut Knife Doppler (Factory New), B/O: $246.55
★ Gut Knife Marble Fade (Factory New), B/O: $240.77
★ Gut Knife, B/O: $210.49
★ Gut Knife Lore (Field-Tested), B/O: $194.22
★ Gut Knife Case Hardened (Battle-Scarred), B/O: $151.51
★ Gut Knife Blue Steel (Minimal Wear), B/O: $124.94
★ Gut Knife Rust Coat (Well-Worn), B/O: $118.99
★ Gut Knife Boreal Forest (Minimal Wear), B/O: $109.80
★ StatTrak™ Gut Knife Doppler (Factory New), B/O: $237.96
⎯★ Shadow Daggers Gamma Doppler (Factory New), B/O: $264.92
★ Shadow Daggers Marble Fade (Factory New), B/O: $253.03
★ Shadow Daggers Tiger Tooth (Factory New), B/O: $237.22
★ Shadow Daggers Crimson Web (Field-Tested), B/O: $153.40
★ Shadow Daggers Autotronic (Minimal Wear), B/O: $144.42
★ Shadow Daggers Blue Steel (Field-Tested), B/O: $105.20
★ StatTrak™ Shadow Daggers Damascus Steel (Minimal Wear), B/O: $150.46
⎯★ Navaja Knife Fade (Factory New), B/O: $365.99
★ Navaja Knife Doppler (Factory New), B/O: $228.93
★ Navaja Knife Marble Fade (Factory New), B/O: $227.43
★ Navaja Knife Slaughter (Factory New), B/O: $209.06
★ Navaja Knife, B/O: $203.16
★ Navaja Knife Case Hardened (Well-Worn), B/O: $132.57
★ Navaja Knife Damascus Steel (Factory New), B/O: $121.69
★ Navaja Knife Damascus Steel (Minimal Wear), B/O: $109.95
★ Navaja Knife Damascus Steel (Field-Tested), B/O: $100.41
★ StatTrak™ Navaja Knife Fade (Factory New), B/O: $369.01
★ StatTrak™ Navaja Knife Damascus Steel (Field-Tested), B/O: $109.95
GLOVES
★ Sport Gloves Amphibious (Minimal Wear), B/O: $2394.67
★ Sport Gloves Omega (Well-Worn), B/O: $572.33
★ Sport Gloves Bronze Morph (Minimal Wear), B/O: $338.88
★ Sport Gloves Big Game (Field-Tested), B/O: $323.66
⎯★ Specialist Gloves Marble Fade (Minimal Wear), B/O: $1652.07
★ Specialist Gloves Tiger Strike (Field-Tested), B/O: $599.14
★ Specialist Gloves Crimson Web (Well-Worn), B/O: $231.57
★ Specialist Gloves Buckshot (Minimal Wear), B/O: $126.21
⎯★ Moto Gloves POW! (Minimal Wear), B/O: $996.99
★ Moto Gloves POW! (Field-Tested), B/O: $383.31
★ Moto Gloves POW! (Well-Worn), B/O: $276.00
★ Moto Gloves Turtle (Field-Tested), B/O: $180.28
⎯★ Hand Wraps CAUTION! (Minimal Wear), B/O: $502.29
★ Hand Wraps Giraffe (Minimal Wear), B/O: $180.73
★ Hand Wraps CAUTION! (Battle-Scarred), B/O: $178.32
⎯★ Driver Gloves Queen Jaguar (Minimal Wear), B/O: $181.01
★ Driver Gloves Rezan the Red (Field-Tested), B/O: $101.66
⎯★ Broken Fang Gloves Jade (Field-Tested), B/O: $127.88
★ Broken Fang Gloves Needle Point (Minimal Wear), B/O: $124.55
⎯★ Bloodhound Gloves Guerrilla (Minimal Wear), B/O: $127.94
★ Hydra Gloves Case Hardened (Field-Tested), B/O: $102.55
WEAPONS
AK-47 X-Ray (Well-Worn), B/O: $478.95
AUG Hot Rod (Factory New), B/O: $425.83
StatTrak™ M4A1-S Hyper Beast (Factory New), B/O: $413.95
M4A4 Daybreak (Factory New), B/O: $309.51
StatTrak™ AK-47 Aquamarine Revenge (Factory New), B/O: $305.43
AK-47 Case Hardened (Well-Worn), B/O: $196.38
StatTrak™ M4A4 Temukau (Minimal Wear), B/O: $174.64
P90 Run and Hide (Field-Tested), B/O: $167.03
AWP Asiimov (Field-Tested), B/O: $153.33
Souvenir SSG 08 Death Strike (Minimal Wear), B/O: $140.00
M4A1-S Printstream (Battle-Scarred), B/O: $124.70
StatTrak™ M4A1-S Golden Coil (Field-Tested), B/O: $117.48
AWP Asiimov (Well-Worn), B/O: $115.97
StatTrak™ Desert Eagle Printstream (Minimal Wear), B/O: $112.96
StatTrak™ AK-47 Asiimov (Minimal Wear), B/O: $110.85
Souvenir M4A1-S Master Piece (Well-Worn), B/O: $102.42
AK-47 Bloodsport (Minimal Wear), B/O: $100.53
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2024.05.17 10:08 Careful_Banana_443 can you help us to change this arduino code to esp32-s3r8 board code ....we cant able to identify what to do...i am indeed need for your help
ifndef cbi
define cbi(sfr, bit) (_SFR_BYTE(sfr) &= ~_BV(bit))
endif
ifndef sbi
define sbi(sfr, bit) (_SFR_BYTE(sfr) = _BV(bit))
endif
//--------Pin definitions for the TB6612FNG Motor Driver----define AIN1 4
define BIN1 6
define AIN2 3
define BIN2 7
define PWMA 9
define PWMB 10
//------------------------------------------------------------//--------Enter Line Details here---------
bool isBlackLine = 1; //keep 1 in case of black line. In case of white line change this to 0
unsigned int numSensors = 8;
//-----------------------------------------
int P, D, I, previousError, PIDvalue;
double error;
int lsp, rsp;
int lfSpeed = 100;
int currentSpeed = 30;
int sensorWeight[8] = { 8, 4, 2, 1, -1, -2, -4, -8 };
int activeSensors;
float Kp = 0.03;
float Kd = 0.2;
float Ki = 0;
int onLine = 1;
int minValues[8], maxValues[8], threshold[8], sensorValue[8], sensorArray[8];
void setup() {
sbi(ADCSRA, ADPS2);
cbi(ADCSRA, ADPS1);
cbi(ADCSRA, ADPS0);
Serial.begin(9600);
pinMode(AIN1, OUTPUT);
pinMode(AIN2, OUTPUT);
pinMode(BIN1, OUTPUT);
pinMode(BIN2, OUTPUT);
pinMode(PWMA, OUTPUT);
pinMode(PWMB, OUTPUT);
pinMode(11, INPUT_PULLUP); //Pushbutton
pinMode(12, INPUT_PULLUP); //Pushbutton
pinMode(13, OUTPUT); //LED
pinMode(5, OUTPUT); //standby for older carrier boards
digitalWrite(5, HIGH); //enables the motor driver
//in case of a newer board with motor enable jumper, you can delete these two lines which frees up digital pin 5
}
void loop() {
// put your main code here, to run repeatedly:
while (digitalRead(11)) {}
delay(1000);
calibrate();
while (digitalRead(12)) {}
delay(1000);
while (1) {
readLine();
if (currentSpeed < lfSpeed) currentSpeed++;
if (onLine == 1) { //PID LINE FOLLOW
linefollow();
digitalWrite(13, HIGH);
} else {
digitalWrite(13, LOW);
if (error < 1000) {
motor1run(0);
motor2run(200);
} else if (error > -1000) {
motor1run(200);
motor2run(0);
}
}
}
}
void linefollow() {
error = 0;
activeSensors = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
error += sensorWeight[i] * sensorArray[i] * sensorValue[i];
activeSensors += sensorArray[i];
}
error = error / activeSensors;
P = error;
I = I + error;
D = error - previousError;
PIDvalue = (Kp * P) + (Ki * I) + (Kd * D);
previousError = error;
lsp = currentSpeed - PIDvalue;
rsp = currentSpeed + PIDvalue;
if (lsp > 255) {
lsp = 255;
}
if (lsp < 0) {
lsp = 0;
}
if (rsp > 255) {
rsp = 255;
}
if (rsp < -70) {
rsp = -70;
}
//Serial.print(rsp);
//Serial.print(" ");
//Serial.println(lsp);
motor1run(rsp);
motor2run(lsp);
}
void calibrate() {
for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
minValues[i] = analogRead(i);
maxValues[i] = analogRead(i);
}
for (int i = 0; i < 10000; i++) {
motor1run(70);
motor2run(-70);
for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
if (analogRead(i) < minValues[i]) {
minValues[i] = analogRead(i);
}
if (analogRead(i) > maxValues[i]) {
maxValues[i] = analogRead(i);
}
}
}
for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
threshold[i] = (minValues[i] + maxValues[i]) / 2;
Serial.print(threshold[i]);
Serial.print(" ");
}
Serial.println();
motor1run(0);
motor2run(0);
}
void readLine() {
onLine = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
if (isBlackLine) {
sensorValue[i] = map(analogRead(i), minValues[i], maxValues[i], 0, 1000);
} else {
sensorValue[i] = map(analogRead(i), minValues[i], maxValues[i], 1000, 0);
}
sensorValue[i] = constrain(sensorValue[i], 0, 1000);
sensorArray[i] = sensorValue[i] > 500;
//Serial.print(sensorValue[i]);
//Serial.print(" ");
if (sensorArray[i]) onLine = 1;
}
//Serial.println();
}
//--------Function to run Motor 1-----------------
void motor1run(int motorSpeed) {
motorSpeed = constrain(motorSpeed, -255, 255);
if (motorSpeed > 0) {
digitalWrite(AIN1, 1);
digitalWrite(AIN2, 0);
analogWrite(PWMA, motorSpeed);
} else if (motorSpeed < 0) {
digitalWrite(AIN1, 0);
digitalWrite(AIN2, 1);
analogWrite(PWMA, abs(motorSpeed));
} else {
digitalWrite(AIN1, 1);
digitalWrite(AIN2, 1);
analogWrite(PWMA, 0);
}
}
//--------Function to run Motor 2-----------------
void motor2run(int motorSpeed) {
motorSpeed = constrain(motorSpeed, -255, 255);
if (motorSpeed > 0) {
digitalWrite(BIN1, 1);
digitalWrite(BIN2, 0);
analogWrite(PWMB, motorSpeed);
} else if (motorSpeed < 0) {
digitalWrite(BIN1, 0);
digitalWrite(BIN2, 1);
analogWrite(PWMB, abs(motorSpeed));
} else {
digitalWrite(BIN1, 1);
digitalWrite(BIN2, 1);
analogWrite(PWMB, 0);
}
}
2024.05.17 10:05 MYSFITS_OFFICIAL Children of Sol 59
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Anglestan
Augustus 5, 1923
Facility 9, Mancheston
Colonel Jacobs
His hands flew through the folders General Jorgenson and Colonel Thatcher had. There were dozens of them, stacked upon each other all filed in alphabetical order. It had only been a few days since he had woken up from his coma and visited his home— now his mother’s grave. He clenched his fists at the thought. The grief and rage threatened to bubble and spill over once again. He took a deep breath and dragged out the exhale, almost to the point where he had emptied out his lungs.
He was the only one with clearance, and so he couldn’t disclose any of what he learned with his team. They would simply have to trust him and his judgment. Which he was sure they would do. His hands went over one of the folders skimming through it. There were multiple secret projects, but the ones with the most notes were Project S.T.A.R, Project L.U.N.A.R.I, Project R.E.V.I.V.E, Project D.A.W.N, and Project T.E.M.P.L.A.R.
The colonel decided to start with the most notes and papers. Project D.A.W.N.
He skimmed through the notes, reading through some of the details and highlighted words. Project D.A.W.N, the espionage project Thatcher had started placed two spies in Verlin who were to report directly to a Crescent general named Sienna Moretti who was apparently on humanity’s side.
So I was right. There was an espionage element. With the recent attacks and Thatcher’s death, however, it’s safe to assume that it had somehow failed. Either they got found out or they betrayed us. Both seem very likely, but if they were found out, it would be possible that they had died.
He read through all of it before setting the folder down. There were no new notes recently. He sighed and assumed that Project DAWN was a failure. Whether or not the agents were still alive and well, it was too risky to check if they had been compromised. It was better to assume that they had been and cut all contact. The only way to find out now was to go there himself and check. I can’t contact them again. There’s no telling if it would still be Moretti or the agents who would see my messages. It’s a big risk, and judging by the state of things, best to assume it failed.
He picked up another folder. This one had the label ‘under development’ on the folder. Project Templar. He opened the folder and was instantly met with a blueprint and drawings of a massive bipedal machine. It looked humanoid with strange proportions and was supposed to be standing at an impressive 30 meters, or 100 feet. The Titanic Engine Mech for Personal Land Assault and Reconnaissance.
It was apparently a joint project with the Church of Sol, utilizing new and advanced technologies he hadn’t heard of. A 203mm Gatling cannon on one arm, while the other had three different weapons. A massive firestarter that utilized a new type of fuel mixture that could theoretically spew flames a kilometer away using a high-pressure nozzle. The fuel was ignited using an electrical spark. The second weapon was a high-powered light weapon that fired a single powerful beam of focused light that was even further amplified by layers of focusing lenses that could increase its output several times. Its third weapon was… a dust domina?
Mark read through the specifications of the so-called ‘sand cannon’ weapon. It was a massive cannon that accelerated tiny particles several times. Each particle was to be electrically charged, and it would travel at immense speeds. Near impossible speeds. The resulting impact of a microscopic particle at such speeds would be enough to form a small crater and punch through armor like it was nothing. This weapon would fire multiple at the same time, which could literally eat away at anything on the opposing end.
In terms of secondary weapons, the titan had two missile launch chambers in front of its shoulder each containing about 40 missiles, and two massive howitzer cannons on top of it. Both are 800mm in caliber. It had massive stumpy legs that served as bunkers for a small platoon on each leg. Each leg had machine dominas and 155mm cannons. Its chassis held two nuclear reactors inside providing for its power and weaponry. Its armor was the thickest and most ridiculous he’d ever read. Two meters of heavy steel armor.
How far are we in terms of technology? This thing looks like it came out of an H.G. Wells sci-fi novel. He thought, shaking his head. It was over the top, but there was no denying its combat capabilities. If it was already under-developed then it must be the first prototype. This has already been approved. Guess I better see it for myself later and check how it's coming along. Construction apparently started just a few months before the invasion.
Next was project L.U.N.A.R.I. It was a project involving Six. “Huh,” he said, continuing to read on.
The Light Undone: Nocturnal’s Adaptive Resistance Initiative. As he read further, his eyes widened. The reason why Six was so special wasn’t just because of her immunity to all strigoi weaknesses, but because of her impressive ability to turn any true born strigoi like her. She could transfer her strain like any other strigoi and transform them into a version of hers. It however only seemed to work for naturally born strigoi. The new species of ‘half-breeds’ were called ‘Blessed Children’ as Thatcher had coined in the folder.
The plan was to turn all willing true-born hemolite strigoi into these blessed children. Able to withstand the sun. Immune to silver. Free from the dependency on blood. They could remove all the weaknesses of the strigoi and after the war— make it possible to integrate them into society as normal citizens living on the surface. The project folder also made mentions of a city-wide draft in Dante and highlighted the possibility of turning all Dantenite true born strigoi into these blessed children and renaming them as ‘Lunari’. A mix of the dark and the light. The light of Sol reflected in the children of the night.
“Thatcher, what the fuck have you been up to…” Mark whispered to himself.
While it was true that it could help in the war effort by utilizing Six and the dantenite population, it would also invite some unforeseen problems and consequences. Would humanity be okay with the Lunari? Would the world even be ready for them? Strigoi who were immune to the sun. They wouldn’t be impossible to kill, but they would be immensely more powerful if we were to take away their inherent weaknesses. This is a gamble. Its gain would only be seen during the war period, but its unintended effects on society could be catastrophic.
He frowned, setting the folder down. It was obviously Thatcher’s main plan; seeing as all her moves could be traced to the path of the eventual completion of this project. It seemed dangerous in the long run, but the duskwalkers and dantenites had been monumental in the war effort. Maybe it was the time the world started to accept them more. Isolation and segregation was definitely not the way to disperse fears and foster understanding.
If Thatcher thinks this is the next step forward… then I’ll put my faith in her plans.
Next up was Project S.T.A.R, or the Superior Tech and Adaptive Resistance. An upgrade to the current hemolite weapons and gear by using new researched studies. The Starfire Pattern Domina. The SFD-23 This thing features a new loading system and magazine, ditching the rotating cylinder most domina used, or the rotating helix magazine design of the current hemolite standard BM-16 domina.
The new domina had its magazine like a box… a strange design but it was certainly easier to handle than the bulky cylinders the helical mags used. In terms of ergonomics, it was smoother and fit more. Its placement however was on top of the domina, just above the barrel. Most of the weapon were to be made of lightweight polymers and the barrel itself were to be crafted out of reinforced aluminium. In addition to that, it had a 10-inch bayonet attached to it.
There were other new things as well, such as the composition of the bullet. Looking at the conceptual cross-section designs, Mark read through its description and how it would function. A .308 cased telescoped bullet covered in a silver jacket with break-away petals surrounding the main body. Inside the jacket was a penetrator core that was to be made of depleted uranium. It had a small amount of incendiary compound and… powdered white phosphorus behind an explosive compound. The thin silver jacket would deform and trigger the explosive compound inside the body. It would blow up causing massive internal damage and release the incendiary materials into the body with the flecks of powdered white phosphorus. The penetrator core could still potentially keep going and hit a second target, or punch through heavily armored targets.
Part of the new Project S.T.A.R was overhauling the armor and gear of not just the Hemolites but the Hunters as well. Starfire Mk 1. Carapace Armor. Carapace? It looked like plates of steel covered in a rubberized coat. It was supposed to be slipped on over the original hemolite body armor. It added a spring-loaded wrist blade to the gauntlet, a thicker coat made of resistant materials, and added extra padding for the knees, shoulders, and elbows.
However, the hemolites weren’t the only ones mentioned in the folder. It was to serve the Hunters as well. “Hunters…” Mark said. “August’s group is part of this initiative too.” He flipped through some of the pages. There were blueprints and drawings of an armored suit. A mechanized suit even smaller and more compact than the jotunn units. The Mark 1 STR battlesuit. It was supposed to hug the wearer’s frame and increase their overall power. It was supposed to be built of titanium alloy and a heavy steel frame with composite armor. It had a cooling system, life support systems that could recycle bodily fluids, and an exoskeleton frame that could increase the wearer’s strength and speed.
However, the real eye-opener was Thatcher’s notes. She had been ranting about the new human evolution, and how the Hunters were the first of the ‘Solari’. She wanted to enhance human genetics and push past the peak of human ability to reach greater heights. Implants and restructuring of the anatomy to make it more efficient. Using the blood of the goddess herself. She must have lost it. These are the ramblings of a lunatic. At least… if she didn’t mention the goddess. Why was the goddess important here?
The writings ended with the words: “See Project R.E.V.I.V.E, for more details.”
Mark eyed the final folder. His hands shook as he reached out to take it. Flipping it open, his hands nearly dropped it in shock. The goddess Helena was alive. There were pictures of her naked form floating in a giant tube of fluid. There were more of Thatcher’s ramblings and excited rants about the possibilities of such a discovery. Resurrection, Enhancement, and Veneration: Implementation of Visionary Evolution.
The goddess is alive?! According to the file, she’s currently under the Cathedral of New Lundun. Not only that, but the file also detailed the extraterrestrial tech that lay beneath the cathedral. So the goddess is real and she’s— not really a goddess, but rather, a vampyr who created herself a human body to stand in the sun, and decided that it wants to be on humanity’s side… what the fuck.
Mark’s frown and confusion only increased as he read on. Thatcher’s notes seemed to nearly descend into madness as she had written about creating ‘the first hundred’, alluding to the 100 members of the Hunters division. Her plan was to revive the goddess, and with her help and expertise in genetics— use her DNA to transform the Hunters into demi-humans. Super soldiers. Literal children of the goddess Helena. They would then don the STR battlesuits, the first of the superhuman warriors to defend humanity. Solari.
Their lightning-speed advancement into technology was heralded by studying the alien tech, which deepened the understanding of physics and engineering. Nuclear technologies, chemical warfare, new material sciences, the mechs, and walkers, it was spearheaded by trying to reverse-engineer technology centuries ahead of our own… for the past hundred years. It wasn’t completely stolen, however. More or less borrowed ideas that had been made into our own with our own designs and implements. Still, the speed at which the Church and the military had deciphered such advancements all by themselves was… impressive to say the least.
Still, the fact that the goddess was alive, and could be brought back was big news. Checking the file for details, he found that the previous general, Jorgenson, had already approved this project. It was their next step as soon as they returned from New Amsterdam; which never happened.
If Helena was alive, then she could end this war swiftly, or at the very least help greatly like she once did during the War of Darkness. Having the goddess back would throw a massive wrench in the Crescent’s plans. It would certainly be something they wouldn’t expect. Not even I expected this, since many sources say that the goddess had already ascended to watch over humanity, while conspiracy theorists claim she had died in battle and that the Church was worshiping a corpse. This could be the trick up our sleeves that no one would even consider.
The colonel quickly got up from his seat and gathered the main files he had read. He placed them in a bag and rushed outside of his office in Facility 9. He went over to a nearby room and flicked the lights on. “We need to go,” he said. In an instant seven hemolite soldiers got up from whatever they were doing and instantly stood in line.
“Sir! Whatever you need of us, sir,” the group said in unison.
They were Hemo-1. His former squad members. He had taken up Louis' suggestion that they be his personal security detail. It was a shame that he had basically placed the best hemolite team out of commission, but after all he had been through he convinced himself that he could be just a little selfish. He didn’t want to lose any more friends. Not on his watch. Not while he was in an office, and they were out fighting.
“We’re going to New Lundun. Better pack up, it’s going to be a long night.”
“Mark,” Olivia said.
Jacobs turned to her direction and gave her a nod.
“Colonel, sir, may I ask where in New Lundun?”
“Liv, you don’t need to do that with me. Please. I give all of you special permission,” the colonel groaned. “It’s so weird. I mean, ‘captain’ was bad enough, but now you’re acting like I’m an authority figure.”
“You… are, though,” Emma shrugged.
“I’m your friend, and Liv I’m literally your partner. Unless you have some kind of weird fetish, save it for later.”
Olivia grinned, shaking her head. “Duly noted!” she chirped.
“That’s better,” Mark chuckled. “Now come on, we have a cathedral to visit.”
“Uhh, I’m not sure if you noticed, but we’re kinda… strigoi?!” Louis groaned. “I’d burn the moment I step in that place! Plus, it’s coated in silver! Anything I even touch will give me burns!”
“Oh come on, Lou. You have fucking gloves on. As long as you’re not a clumsy dumbass you’ll be fine… oh wait.’
“Uh huh, just sayin’ what I think, boss.”
The group headed out and Mark said something on his radio. He then sat on the ground, making his joints pop. The rest of the squad shrugged and followed his example, sitting down on the grass and waiting for… nothing. Charles and Zach looked at each other in confusion. “Uh, sir?” they asked. “Aren’t we supposed to be heading out and traveling right now?”
“Oh yeah, we’re just waiting.”
“Foooor…?”
The colonel gave them a smirk as a loud noise began to make itself known. A hummingbird transport appeared out of the distance and stopped right above them, slowly descending into the grass. “Being colonel has its perks,” Mark said with a smile. He stood up and hopped inside the hummingbird as soon as it landed. “Come on now! We’ve got work to do! Last one aboard buys everyone food later!”
Emma zipped in before Mark could even finish his sentence, followed by Olivia, Phineas, Charles, Zach, and then Louis, who sadly took too long to process what the colonel said, and lagged behind.
“Aw, man! Fuck this shit.”
“Rules are rules, Lou. Prepare your wallet later.” Mark grinned.
With a smile, the colonel pulled Olivia to his side, who blushed for a moment before shaking her head. “Take us up! New Lundun Cathedral! How long would it take?” he asked the pilot.
“About an hour and a half!” The pilot replied. “Less if you want to get there as soon as possible!”
“Take your time! The night’s still young.”
The hummingbird started to lift up, taking them into the air. The group settled down in their seats and watched outside the open. Mark opened up a bag inside the hummingbird and took out some ear muffs built for a strigoi. Extremely loud noises were damaging for a strigoi’s enhanced hearing, so the military started implementing ear muffs for them after complaints from early deployments of the hemolite squads.
The trip didn’t take too long. In only an hour and twenty minutes they had arrived at the safe zone of New Lundun, heading straight for the cathedral. The night mass had just ended and people were leaving the cathedral. “Looks like we made it in perfect time!” Mark smiled. They hovered for a few minutes in the air before eventually landing down right in front of the statue of Helena.
As soon as they landed, the colonel and his group left the hummingbird. Mark instructed the pilot to wait for them. He went straight for the cathedral with his group following behind. He entered inside, clearing his throat. “Hello?”
“Well this is surely unexpected,” an old man said, walking up to greet them.
“Great Grandfather Aurelius. It’s uh, an honor.”
“Please. The honor is mine… I see you’re the new colonel. Yes, I’ve heard the news,” he said. “Would you mind telling me your name, young man? As well as your companions, if they feel so. I usually don’t allow duskwalkers here but, I have nothing against them. I’ll make an exception for your group.”
“Thank you, Great Grandfather,” Mark replied. “I am Colonel Mark Jacobs. These are my friends and security detail. Olivia, Zach, Phineas, Charles, Emma, and Louis.”
“I see, and what brings you here?”
“Since Thatcher’s demise, I was given access to her research and project folders upon taking up the title. I’ve learned about what’s under your cathedral,” Mark cleared his throat. “Would it be alright if we could see it? I’d like to check it for myself. Of course, under your permission and guidance, Great Grandfather.”
The church head looked from Mark to his companions. He pulled a slight frown and hummed. “Do these companions of yours have the clearance? Surely, we wish to keep our secrets hidden,” he said. Mark nodded.
“They do not have clearance to know what is in Thatcher’s folders and her findings,” the colonel nodded. “However, I give them permission to accompany me, and should they discover things for themselves, then you have my word and my trust that I can keep them from spilling state secrets.”
The Great Grandfather gave a short pause before ultimately relenting. “Very well,” he let out a sigh. “Follow me.”
Aurelius walked behind the altar and pulled the same lever, which opened the same staircase leading underground, where Jorgenson and Thatcher had once gone. “Over here, colonel,” he said. “I do not know you completely yet, but this is a big deal of trust I am giving you. Perhaps you would be the one to do things that Thatcher could not have.”
Mark nodded, he and his group followed the Great Grandfather down the staircase. It led down to a massive underground facility, with numerous priests, researchers, and scientists. Libraries, records, instruments, and artifacts of old. It was a treasure trove of learning.
“So,” Aurelius cleared his throat. “What would you like to know about?”
“This isn’t all of it,” Mark said. “Thatcher mentioned a living, breathing, Helena.”
His group behind him let out a soft gasp, but they tried their best to hide their surprise.
“Hm,” the Great Grandfather nodded. “Perceptive young man aren’t you? Very well.”
They were then led into another room, behind a set of heavy blast doors. If the whole group were trying to hide their surprise then, now they could barely contain it. Even the colonel stared awestruck at the things he had seen. Despite the near-magical objects around them, the true shock was the massive starship at the end of the hallway. “It’s impressive isn’t it?” Aurelius said. “All of the goddess’ artifacts and items at our disposal, to use and learn from, to integrate into our own. This is why Anglestan is the most powerful nation in the UHT in terms of development. When it comes to industry, however, that would go to the UNA. But we share our secrets with them. All our advancements are handed to them first before any other nation.”
“This is all amazing, Great Grandfather,” Mark replied. “But this is not what I’m here for.”
“No, it’s not.” Aurelius nodded.
He led them to another room, one that was sterilized and sported advanced machinery. Things that Mark had never even seen. There were screens with luminous green texts that appeared in front of it. Large panels with numerous keys, levers, and dials. Graphs of all sorts and beeping monitors. In the center, was the very thing he had come all this way to confirm. A large cylinder filled with liquid, sporting tubes and pipes connecting to its base. Inside was a woman of large proportion. Four arms, two legs, and six wings. In her bare chest was a symbol of the sun that seemed to glow dimly.
“There she is, there’s you goddess.”
Neither Mark nor his group spoke a word. He walked up to it, eyeing the woman inside. It really is her. Down to the last details. Golden hair, six limbs, six folded wings, and she looks massive. Probably as big as her statue just outside the cathedral. This is it. The very goddess in the history books, the one spoken about in legends and the one worshiped in the Churches of Sol.
“Can we free her?” he said.
The Great Grandfather nearly choked on his spit upon hearing those words. “Free her?! That could kill her! We don’t even understand this technology, let alone control it!” he said pointing at the panels. “The machines you see here are the best and most advanced we have based on what we can reverse engineer, but even then, the consequences of tampering with its functions may be disastrous!”
“I understand, Great Grandfather,” Mark said. “But we are in a dire situation, and the goddess may be our hope of turning this around. Whatever secrets of her tech that you don’t understand, wouldn’t she be able to teach us directly? What good is she floating around in Sol knows what?”
“That is her miraculous healing fluid. She had already built this contraption centuries ago in case anything were to happen to her, that her body’s natural healing could not sustain,” Aurelius said. “During the War of Darkness, Helena was struck with a weapon so deadly, her very cells began to tear away. The Reaper. Dealt to her by Absolem the progenitor. Her flesh was peeling from her body, and she began to decay whilst she still breathed. She entered this contraption and gave strict instructions to the Great Grandfather at the time, not to interrupt the healing process. The machine that monitored her, however, began to fail over time.”
“So this… these screens and panels…”
“Is only what functions we can understand. We took it upon ourselves to rebuild and study it the best we could. What we have right now is only a cheap imitation of a technology we do not fully comprehend,” he said. “It took us decades to even figure out the fundamentals and create a working prototype of this machine. By some miracle, the goddess’ healing process had remained even while we replaced components of technology ahead of ours.”
“But you know how to free her, don’t you?”
“I… yes.”
“Great Grandfather Aurelius,” Mark began. “We can end this war. Imagine what we could do with the goddess fighting on our side. We could advance even further, we could finally end the bloodshed, and we can show humanity that there is still hope. Imagine how people all over the world would feel seeing as their goddess has returned.”
“I wish I had your enthusiasm,” Aurelius said. “But it is simply too risky. The Church’s duty is to protect Helena and her legacy. We keep her alive, literally and figuratively. She nearly died the last time she was involved in a war. Would you risk losing the goddess?”
“Would you risk humanity losing?”
The Great Grandfather fell silent, looking back at Helena floating inside the tube, then to the panels that controlled it. He frowned and let out a long sigh. “The goddess said that we should not interrupt it. That it would end as soon as it was finished. Maybe we should trust her words.”
Mark shook his head. “I don’t spot a single blemish on the goddess. Not a single scratch,” he argued. “You said it yourself that the machine had begun to fail and you replaced components. How would you know that the thing that’s supposed to wake her up was not tampered with? Think about it. What you may think is a useless piece may be integral to the whole machine. Or maybe your replacements were not up to the task. Just because nothing’s happened doesn’t mean its functions have remained whole.”
“Young man, we simply cannot gamble with the goddess’ life here.”
“Have you no faith? Great Grandfather?”
Aurelius stepped back in shock. Mark’s companions looked at each other, clearly surprised as well. “Mark… I don’t think we should keep arguing with—” Olivia tried to say.
“No,” the colonel said firmly, cutting her off. “Great Grandfather Aurelius, do you think that Helena will not be able to pull through if we wake her? How long has it been? A century? How much longer will we wait? She may be immortal but humans aren’t.”
“I'm sorry, but the chances of failure are too high. The probability of her—”
“I don’t care about the probability! Would you rather put your faith in a statistic?!” Mark raised his voice. “I lost my mother to this war! My friends! My job! My eye, and almost my life! I’ve put mine on the line out there! You don’t know what it’s like out there! Was my mother’s death just a probability too? Was she just a statistic to you?! That as long as the numbers are good, no matter how many are lost, we are ‘winning’?!”
“Mark—!”
“No, Liv! He needs to know what’s really going on out there!” he spat. “Great Grandfather, with all due respect, but you don’t have a damn clue what it’s like to be in the field. You’re a man of faith, aren’t you? Take a risk. Everyone else has.”
Aurelius stood there, dumbfounded. He bit the inside of his cheeks and clenched his fists. “For your insolence, I would have had you flogged and stripped of your rank,” he glared at the young colonel. However, his features slowly softened, letting out a soft sigh. “But I have never seen such conviction. Mighty is your faith.”
The Great Grandfather moved over to the panels and reached into his robe, pulling out from around his neck a key with the symbol of the sun. He inserted it into the machine and turned. A beep sounded, right before Aurelius pulled a lever. In an instant, the fluid inside the glass chamber began to drain out into the tubes under it. Slowly, the chamber emptied and all that was left was the nude form of the goddess sitting in the glass.
“Did it work?” Louis asked, stepping forward and looking at the woman.
Aurelius stayed silent, his hands shaking in anticipation. Mark moved toward the glass chamber, when suddenly, the glass opened up like a door, releasing a fragrant mist. They stood there, watching for a whole minute. Nothing. At first nothing. The Great Grandfather looked like he was about to break down. His knees shook as he covered his mouth, thinking that he was responsible for the death of Helena.
That was when… a soft sound was heard. Movement. Olivia immediately went over to Mark and stood in front of him. Ready to protect him should anything happen. Slowly, the goddess moved more, her arms inched to the side.
Then, her eyes opened.
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Anglestan
Augustus 5, 1923
Facility 9, Mancheston
Colonel Jacobs
His hands flew through the folders General Jorgenson and Colonel Thatcher had. There were dozens of them, stacked upon each other all filed in alphabetical order. It had only been a few days since he had woken up from his coma and visited his home— now his mother’s grave. He clenched his fists at the thought. The grief and rage threatened to bubble and spill over once again. He took a deep breath and dragged out the exhale, almost to the point where he had emptied out his lungs.
He was the only one with clearance, and so he couldn’t disclose any of what he learned with his team. They would simply have to trust him and his judgment. Which he was sure they would do. His hands went over one of the folders skimming through it. There were multiple secret projects, but the ones with the most notes were Project S.T.A.R, Project L.U.N.A.R.I, Project R.E.V.I.V.E, Project D.A.W.N, and Project T.E.M.P.L.A.R.
The colonel decided to start with the most notes and papers. Project D.A.W.N.
He skimmed through the notes, reading through some of the details and highlighted words. Project D.A.W.N, the espionage project Thatcher had started placed two spies in Verlin who were to report directly to a Crescent general named Sienna Moretti who was apparently on humanity’s side.
So I was right. There was an espionage element. With the recent attacks and Thatcher’s death, however, it’s safe to assume that it had somehow failed. Either they got found out or they betrayed us. Both seem very likely, but if they were found out, it would be possible that they had died.
He read through all of it before setting the folder down. There were no new notes recently. He sighed and assumed that Project DAWN was a failure. Whether or not the agents were still alive and well, it was too risky to check if they had been compromised. It was better to assume that they had been and cut all contact. The only way to find out now was to go there himself and check. I can’t contact them again. There’s no telling if it would still be Moretti or the agents who would see my messages. It’s a big risk, and judging by the state of things, best to assume it failed.
He picked up another folder. This one had the label ‘under development’ on the folder. Project Templar. He opened the folder and was instantly met with a blueprint and drawings of a massive bipedal machine. It looked humanoid with strange proportions and was supposed to be standing at an impressive 30 meters, or 100 feet. The Titanic Engine Mech for Personal Land Assault and Reconnaissance.
It was apparently a joint project with the Church of Sol, utilizing new and advanced technologies he hadn’t heard of. A 203mm Gatling cannon on one arm, while the other had three different weapons. A massive firestarter that utilized a new type of fuel mixture that could theoretically spew flames a kilometer away using a high-pressure nozzle. The fuel was ignited using an electrical spark. The second weapon was a high-powered light weapon that fired a single powerful beam of focused light that was even further amplified by layers of focusing lenses that could increase its output several times. Its third weapon was… a dust domina?
Mark read through the specifications of the so-called ‘sand cannon’ weapon. It was a massive cannon that accelerated tiny particles several times. Each particle was to be electrically charged, and it would travel at immense speeds. Near impossible speeds. The resulting impact of a microscopic particle at such speeds would be enough to form a small crater and punch through armor like it was nothing. This weapon would fire multiple at the same time, which could literally eat away at anything on the opposing end.
In terms of secondary weapons, the titan had two missile launch chambers in front of its shoulder each containing about 40 missiles, and two massive howitzer cannons on top of it. Both are 800mm in caliber. It had massive stumpy legs that served as bunkers for a small platoon on each leg. Each leg had machine dominas and 155mm cannons. Its chassis held two nuclear reactors inside providing for its power and weaponry. Its armor was the thickest and most ridiculous he’d ever read. Two meters of heavy steel armor.
How far are we in terms of technology? This thing looks like it came out of an H.G. Wells sci-fi novel. He thought, shaking his head. It was over the top, but there was no denying its combat capabilities. If it was already under-developed then it must be the first prototype. This has already been approved. Guess I better see it for myself later and check how it's coming along. Construction apparently started just a few months before the invasion.
Next was project L.U.N.A.R.I. It was a project involving Six. “Huh,” he said, continuing to read on.
The Light Undone: Nocturnal’s Adaptive Resistance Initiative. As he read further, his eyes widened. The reason why Six was so special wasn’t just because of her immunity to all strigoi weaknesses, but because of her impressive ability to turn any true born strigoi like her. She could transfer her strain like any other strigoi and transform them into a version of hers. It however only seemed to work for naturally born strigoi. The new species of ‘half-breeds’ were called ‘Blessed Children’ as Thatcher had coined in the folder.
The plan was to turn all willing true-born hemolite strigoi into these blessed children. Able to withstand the sun. Immune to silver. Free from the dependency on blood. They could remove all the weaknesses of the strigoi and after the war— make it possible to integrate them into society as normal citizens living on the surface. The project folder also made mentions of a city-wide draft in Dante and highlighted the possibility of turning all Dantenite true born strigoi into these blessed children and renaming them as ‘Lunari’. A mix of the dark and the light. The light of Sol reflected in the children of the night.
“Thatcher, what the fuck have you been up to…” Mark whispered to himself.
While it was true that it could help in the war effort by utilizing Six and the dantenite population, it would also invite some unforeseen problems and consequences. Would humanity be okay with the Lunari? Would the world even be ready for them? Strigoi who were immune to the sun. They wouldn’t be impossible to kill, but they would be immensely more powerful if we were to take away their inherent weaknesses. This is a gamble. Its gain would only be seen during the war period, but its unintended effects on society could be catastrophic.
He frowned, setting the folder down. It was obviously Thatcher’s main plan; seeing as all her moves could be traced to the path of the eventual completion of this project. It seemed dangerous in the long run, but the duskwalkers and dantenites had been monumental in the war effort. Maybe it was the time the world started to accept them more. Isolation and segregation was definitely not the way to disperse fears and foster understanding.
If Thatcher thinks this is the next step forward… then I’ll put my faith in her plans.
Next up was Project S.T.A.R, or the Superior Tech and Adaptive Resistance. An upgrade to the current hemolite weapons and gear by using new researched studies. The Starfire Pattern Domina. The SFD-23 This thing features a new loading system and magazine, ditching the rotating cylinder most domina used, or the rotating helix magazine design of the current hemolite standard BM-16 domina.
The new domina had its magazine like a box… a strange design but it was certainly easier to handle than the bulky cylinders the helical mags used. In terms of ergonomics, it was smoother and fit more. Its placement however was on top of the domina, just above the barrel. Most of the weapon were to be made of lightweight polymers and the barrel itself were to be crafted out of reinforced aluminium. In addition to that, it had a 10-inch bayonet attached to it.
There were other new things as well, such as the composition of the bullet. Looking at the conceptual cross-section designs, Mark read through its description and how it would function. A .308 cased telescoped bullet covered in a silver jacket with break-away petals surrounding the main body. Inside the jacket was a penetrator core that was to be made of depleted uranium. It had a small amount of incendiary compound and… powdered white phosphorus behind an explosive compound. The thin silver jacket would deform and trigger the explosive compound inside the body. It would blow up causing massive internal damage and release the incendiary materials into the body with the flecks of powdered white phosphorus. The penetrator core could still potentially keep going and hit a second target, or punch through heavily armored targets.
Part of the new Project S.T.A.R was overhauling the armor and gear of not just the Hemolites but the Hunters as well. Starfire Mk 1. Carapace Armor. Carapace? It looked like plates of steel covered in a rubberized coat. It was supposed to be slipped on over the original hemolite body armor. It added a spring-loaded wrist blade to the gauntlet, a thicker coat made of resistant materials, and added extra padding for the knees, shoulders, and elbows.
However, the hemolites weren’t the only ones mentioned in the folder. It was to serve the Hunters as well. “Hunters…” Mark said. “August’s group is part of this initiative too.” He flipped through some of the pages. There were blueprints and drawings of an armored suit. A mechanized suit even smaller and more compact than the jotunn units. The Mark 1 STR battlesuit. It was supposed to hug the wearer’s frame and increase their overall power. It was supposed to be built of titanium alloy and a heavy steel frame with composite armor. It had a cooling system, life support systems that could recycle bodily fluids, and an exoskeleton frame that could increase the wearer’s strength and speed.
However, the real eye-opener was Thatcher’s notes. She had been ranting about the new human evolution, and how the Hunters were the first of the ‘Solari’. She wanted to enhance human genetics and push past the peak of human ability to reach greater heights. Implants and restructuring of the anatomy to make it more efficient. Using the blood of the goddess herself. She must have lost it. These are the ramblings of a lunatic. At least… if she didn’t mention the goddess. Why was the goddess important here?
The writings ended with the words: “See Project R.E.V.I.V.E, for more details.”
Mark eyed the final folder. His hands shook as he reached out to take it. Flipping it open, his hands nearly dropped it in shock. The goddess Helena was alive. There were pictures of her naked form floating in a giant tube of fluid. There were more of Thatcher’s ramblings and excited rants about the possibilities of such a discovery. Resurrection, Enhancement, and Veneration: Implementation of Visionary Evolution.
The goddess is alive?! According to the file, she’s currently under the Cathedral of New Lundun. Not only that, but the file also detailed the extraterrestrial tech that lay beneath the cathedral. So the goddess is real and she’s— not really a goddess, but rather, a vampyr who created herself a human body to stand in the sun, and decided that it wants to be on humanity’s side… what the fuck.
Mark’s frown and confusion only increased as he read on. Thatcher’s notes seemed to nearly descend into madness as she had written about creating ‘the first hundred’, alluding to the 100 members of the Hunters division. Her plan was to revive the goddess, and with her help and expertise in genetics— use her DNA to transform the Hunters into demi-humans. Super soldiers. Literal children of the goddess Helena. They would then don the STR battlesuits, the first of the superhuman warriors to defend humanity. Solari.
Their lightning-speed advancement into technology was heralded by studying the alien tech, which deepened the understanding of physics and engineering. Nuclear technologies, chemical warfare, new material sciences, the mechs, and walkers, it was spearheaded by trying to reverse-engineer technology centuries ahead of our own… for the past hundred years. It wasn’t completely stolen, however. More or less borrowed ideas that had been made into our own with our own designs and implements. Still, the speed at which the Church and the military had deciphered such advancements all by themselves was… impressive to say the least.
Still, the fact that the goddess was alive, and could be brought back was big news. Checking the file for details, he found that the previous general, Jorgenson, had already approved this project. It was their next step as soon as they returned from New Amsterdam; which never happened.
If Helena was alive, then she could end this war swiftly, or at the very least help greatly like she once did during the War of Darkness. Having the goddess back would throw a massive wrench in the Crescent’s plans. It would certainly be something they wouldn’t expect. Not even I expected this, since many sources say that the goddess had already ascended to watch over humanity, while conspiracy theorists claim she had died in battle and that the Church was worshiping a corpse. This could be the trick up our sleeves that no one would even consider.
The colonel quickly got up from his seat and gathered the main files he had read. He placed them in a bag and rushed outside of his office in Facility 9. He went over to a nearby room and flicked the lights on. “We need to go,” he said. In an instant seven hemolite soldiers got up from whatever they were doing and instantly stood in line.
“Sir! Whatever you need of us, sir,” the group said in unison.
They were Hemo-1. His former squad members. He had taken up Louis' suggestion that they be his personal security detail. It was a shame that he had basically placed the best hemolite team out of commission, but after all he had been through he convinced himself that he could be just a little selfish. He didn’t want to lose any more friends. Not on his watch. Not while he was in an office, and they were out fighting.
“We’re going to New Lundun. Better pack up, it’s going to be a long night.”
“Mark,” Olivia said.
Jacobs turned to her direction and gave her a nod.
“Colonel, sir, may I ask where in New Lundun?”
“Liv, you don’t need to do that with me. Please. I give all of you special permission,” the colonel groaned. “It’s so weird. I mean, ‘captain’ was bad enough, but now you’re acting like I’m an authority figure.”
“You… are, though,” Emma shrugged.
“I’m your friend, and Liv I’m literally your partner. Unless you have some kind of weird fetish, save it for later.”
Olivia grinned, shaking her head. “Duly noted!” she chirped.
“That’s better,” Mark chuckled. “Now come on, we have a cathedral to visit.”
“Uhh, I’m not sure if you noticed, but we’re kinda… strigoi?!” Louis groaned. “I’d burn the moment I step in that place! Plus, it’s coated in silver! Anything I even touch will give me burns!”
“Oh come on, Lou. You have fucking gloves on. As long as you’re not a clumsy dumbass you’ll be fine… oh wait.’
“Uh huh, just sayin’ what I think, boss.”
The group headed out and Mark said something on his radio. He then sat on the ground, making his joints pop. The rest of the squad shrugged and followed his example, sitting down on the grass and waiting for… nothing. Charles and Zach looked at each other in confusion. “Uh, sir?” they asked. “Aren’t we supposed to be heading out and traveling right now?”
“Oh yeah, we’re just waiting.”
“Foooor…?”
The colonel gave them a smirk as a loud noise began to make itself known. A hummingbird transport appeared out of the distance and stopped right above them, slowly descending into the grass. “Being colonel has its perks,” Mark said with a smile. He stood up and hopped inside the hummingbird as soon as it landed. “Come on now! We’ve got work to do! Last one aboard buys everyone food later!”
Emma zipped in before Mark could even finish his sentence, followed by Olivia, Phineas, Charles, Zach, and then Louis, who sadly took too long to process what the colonel said, and lagged behind.
“Aw, man! Fuck this shit.”
“Rules are rules, Lou. Prepare your wallet later.” Mark grinned.
With a smile, the colonel pulled Olivia to his side, who blushed for a moment before shaking her head. “Take us up! New Lundun Cathedral! How long would it take?” he asked the pilot.
“About an hour and a half!” The pilot replied. “Less if you want to get there as soon as possible!”
“Take your time! The night’s still young.”
The hummingbird started to lift up, taking them into the air. The group settled down in their seats and watched outside the open. Mark opened up a bag inside the hummingbird and took out some ear muffs built for a strigoi. Extremely loud noises were damaging for a strigoi’s enhanced hearing, so the military started implementing ear muffs for them after complaints from early deployments of the hemolite squads.
The trip didn’t take too long. In only an hour and twenty minutes they had arrived at the safe zone of New Lundun, heading straight for the cathedral. The night mass had just ended and people were leaving the cathedral. “Looks like we made it in perfect time!” Mark smiled. They hovered for a few minutes in the air before eventually landing down right in front of the statue of Helena.
As soon as they landed, the colonel and his group left the hummingbird. Mark instructed the pilot to wait for them. He went straight for the cathedral with his group following behind. He entered inside, clearing his throat. “Hello?”
“Well this is surely unexpected,” an old man said, walking up to greet them.
“Great Grandfather Aurelius. It’s uh, an honor.”
“Please. The honor is mine… I see you’re the new colonel. Yes, I’ve heard the news,” he said. “Would you mind telling me your name, young man? As well as your companions, if they feel so. I usually don’t allow duskwalkers here but, I have nothing against them. I’ll make an exception for your group.”
“Thank you, Great Grandfather,” Mark replied. “I am Colonel Mark Jacobs. These are my friends and security detail. Olivia, Zach, Phineas, Charles, Emma, and Louis.”
“I see, and what brings you here?”
“Since Thatcher’s demise, I was given access to her research and project folders upon taking up the title. I’ve learned about what’s under your cathedral,” Mark cleared his throat. “Would it be alright if we could see it? I’d like to check it for myself. Of course, under your permission and guidance, Great Grandfather.”
The church head looked from Mark to his companions. He pulled a slight frown and hummed. “Do these companions of yours have the clearance? Surely, we wish to keep our secrets hidden,” he said. Mark nodded.
“They do not have clearance to know what is in Thatcher’s folders and her findings,” the colonel nodded. “However, I give them permission to accompany me, and should they discover things for themselves, then you have my word and my trust that I can keep them from spilling state secrets.”
The Great Grandfather gave a short pause before ultimately relenting. “Very well,” he let out a sigh. “Follow me.”
Aurelius walked behind the altar and pulled the same lever, which opened the same staircase leading underground, where Jorgenson and Thatcher had once gone. “Over here, colonel,” he said. “I do not know you completely yet, but this is a big deal of trust I am giving you. Perhaps you would be the one to do things that Thatcher could not have.”
Mark nodded, he and his group followed the Great Grandfather down the staircase. It led down to a massive underground facility, with numerous priests, researchers, and scientists. Libraries, records, instruments, and artifacts of old. It was a treasure trove of learning.
“So,” Aurelius cleared his throat. “What would you like to know about?”
“This isn’t all of it,” Mark said. “Thatcher mentioned a living, breathing, Helena.”
His group behind him let out a soft gasp, but they tried their best to hide their surprise.
“Hm,” the Great Grandfather nodded. “Perceptive young man aren’t you? Very well.”
They were then led into another room, behind a set of heavy blast doors. If the whole group were trying to hide their surprise then, now they could barely contain it. Even the colonel stared awestruck at the things he had seen. Despite the near-magical objects around them, the true shock was the massive starship at the end of the hallway. “It’s impressive isn’t it?” Aurelius said. “All of the goddess’ artifacts and items at our disposal, to use and learn from, to integrate into our own. This is why Anglestan is the most powerful nation in the UHT in terms of development. When it comes to industry, however, that would go to the UNA. But we share our secrets with them. All our advancements are handed to them first before any other nation.”
“This is all amazing, Great Grandfather,” Mark replied. “But this is not what I’m here for.”
“No, it’s not.” Aurelius nodded.
He led them to another room, one that was sterilized and sported advanced machinery. Things that Mark had never even seen. There were screens with luminous green texts that appeared in front of it. Large panels with numerous keys, levers, and dials. Graphs of all sorts and beeping monitors. In the center, was the very thing he had come all this way to confirm. A large cylinder filled with liquid, sporting tubes and pipes connecting to its base. Inside was a woman of large proportion. Four arms, two legs, and six wings. In her bare chest was a symbol of the sun that seemed to glow dimly.
“There she is, there’s you goddess.”
Neither Mark nor his group spoke a word. He walked up to it, eyeing the woman inside. It really is her. Down to the last details. Golden hair, six limbs, six folded wings, and she looks massive. Probably as big as her statue just outside the cathedral. This is it. The very goddess in the history books, the one spoken about in legends and the one worshiped in the Churches of Sol.
“Can we free her?” he said.
The Great Grandfather nearly choked on his spit upon hearing those words. “Free her?! That could kill her! We don’t even understand this technology, let alone control it!” he said pointing at the panels. “The machines you see here are the best and most advanced we have based on what we can reverse engineer, but even then, the consequences of tampering with its functions may be disastrous!”
“I understand, Great Grandfather,” Mark said. “But we are in a dire situation, and the goddess may be our hope of turning this around. Whatever secrets of her tech that you don’t understand, wouldn’t she be able to teach us directly? What good is she floating around in Sol knows what?”
“That is her miraculous healing fluid. She had already built this contraption centuries ago in case anything were to happen to her, that her body’s natural healing could not sustain,” Aurelius said. “During the War of Darkness, Helena was struck with a weapon so deadly, her very cells began to tear away. The Reaper. Dealt to her by Absolem the progenitor. Her flesh was peeling from her body, and she began to decay whilst she still breathed. She entered this contraption and gave strict instructions to the Great Grandfather at the time, not to interrupt the healing process. The machine that monitored her, however, began to fail over time.”
“So this… these screens and panels…”
“Is only what functions we can understand. We took it upon ourselves to rebuild and study it the best we could. What we have right now is only a cheap imitation of a technology we do not fully comprehend,” he said. “It took us decades to even figure out the fundamentals and create a working prototype of this machine. By some miracle, the goddess’ healing process had remained even while we replaced components of technology ahead of ours.”
“But you know how to free her, don’t you?”
“I… yes.”
“Great Grandfather Aurelius,” Mark began. “We can end this war. Imagine what we could do with the goddess fighting on our side. We could advance even further, we could finally end the bloodshed, and we can show humanity that there is still hope. Imagine how people all over the world would feel seeing as their goddess has returned.”
“I wish I had your enthusiasm,” Aurelius said. “But it is simply too risky. The Church’s duty is to protect Helena and her legacy. We keep her alive, literally and figuratively. She nearly died the last time she was involved in a war. Would you risk losing the goddess?”
“Would you risk humanity losing?”
The Great Grandfather fell silent, looking back at Helena floating inside the tube, then to the panels that controlled it. He frowned and let out a long sigh. “The goddess said that we should not interrupt it. That it would end as soon as it was finished. Maybe we should trust her words.”
Mark shook his head. “I don’t spot a single blemish on the goddess. Not a single scratch,” he argued. “You said it yourself that the machine had begun to fail and you replaced components. How would you know that the thing that’s supposed to wake her up was not tampered with? Think about it. What you may think is a useless piece may be integral to the whole machine. Or maybe your replacements were not up to the task. Just because nothing’s happened doesn’t mean its functions have remained whole.”
“Young man, we simply cannot gamble with the goddess’ life here.”
“Have you no faith? Great Grandfather?”
Aurelius stepped back in shock. Mark’s companions looked at each other, clearly surprised as well. “Mark… I don’t think we should keep arguing with—” Olivia tried to say.
“No,” the colonel said firmly, cutting her off. “Great Grandfather Aurelius, do you think that Helena will not be able to pull through if we wake her? How long has it been? A century? How much longer will we wait? She may be immortal but humans aren’t.”
“I'm sorry, but the chances of failure are too high. The probability of her—”
“I don’t care about the probability! Would you rather put your faith in a statistic?!” Mark raised his voice. “I lost my mother to this war! My friends! My job! My eye, and almost my life! I’ve put mine on the line out there! You don’t know what it’s like out there! Was my mother’s death just a probability too? Was she just a statistic to you?! That as long as the numbers are good, no matter how many are lost, we are ‘winning’?!”
“Mark—!”
“No, Liv! He needs to know what’s really going on out there!” he spat. “Great Grandfather, with all due respect, but you don’t have a damn clue what it’s like to be in the field. You’re a man of faith, aren’t you? Take a risk. Everyone else has.”
Aurelius stood there, dumbfounded. He bit the inside of his cheeks and clenched his fists. “For your insolence, I would have had you flogged and stripped of your rank,” he glared at the young colonel. However, his features slowly softened, letting out a soft sigh. “But I have never seen such conviction. Mighty is your faith.”
The Great Grandfather moved over to the panels and reached into his robe, pulling out from around his neck a key with the symbol of the sun. He inserted it into the machine and turned. A beep sounded, right before Aurelius pulled a lever. In an instant, the fluid inside the glass chamber began to drain out into the tubes under it. Slowly, the chamber emptied and all that was left was the nude form of the goddess sitting in the glass.
“Did it work?” Louis asked, stepping forward and looking at the woman.
Aurelius stayed silent, his hands shaking in anticipation. Mark moved toward the glass chamber, when suddenly, the glass opened up like a door, releasing a fragrant mist. They stood there, watching for a whole minute. Nothing. At first nothing. The Great Grandfather looked like he was about to break down. His knees shook as he covered his mouth, thinking that he was responsible for the death of Helena.
That was when… a soft sound was heard. Movement. Olivia immediately went over to Mark and stood in front of him. Ready to protect him should anything happen. Slowly, the goddess moved more, her arms inched to the side.
Then, her eyes opened.
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2024.05.17 10:03 UsualSet8535 Free Quick Response Code Generator: How to Create Custom Codes
 | https://preview.redd.it/mi7uhi1i1y0d1.png?width=2240&format=png&auto=webp&s=627950010ca6cd78ddf301e9407951cc8cc80448 submitted by UsualSet8535 to u/UsualSet8535 [link] [comments] What is a Quick Response (QR) Code?A Quick Response (QR) code is a type of matrix barcode, also known as a two-dimensional barcode, initially developed in 1994 for the automotive industry in Japan. A QR code comprises black squares arranged in a square grid on a white background. It can be scanned by an imaging device like a camera and decoded using Reed–Solomon error correction until the image can be accurately interpreted. The Free QR Code Generator Online can contain various data, such as text, URL, or other types of information.Barcodes vs. QR CodesBarcodesBarcodes are one-dimensional and consist of parallel lines of varying widths. They can only store information horizontally and typically hold about 20 characters. Barcodes are widely used in retail for product identification and inventory management.QR CodesQR codes are two-dimensional, allowing them to store information horizontally and vertically. This design enables QR codes to hold much more data than traditional barcodes—up to 7,089 characters. QR codes can also encode various types of information, such as URLs, text, contact information, and more, making them more versatile than traditional barcodes.How Do I Create a Quick Response Code?Creating a QR code is straightforward with the right tools. Here's a step-by-step guide to generating a QR code using a free QR code generator with logo:
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Why QRcodebrew is the Best Quick Response Code GeneratorUser-Friendly InterfaceQRcodebrew offers a straightforward and intuitive interface, making it easy for anyone to generate QR codes without technical knowledge.Customization OptionsWith QRcodebrew, you can customize your QR codes extensively. You can change colours, add logos, and select different patterns and shapes to make your QR code unique and brand-aligned.High-Quality CodesQR codes generated by QRcodebrew are high-resolution. The text can be downloaded in various formats suitable for your needs, including digital and print use.Free and AccessibleQRcodebrew provides its services for free, making it accessible for small businesses and individuals who want to create professional-quality QR codes without incurring costs.Robust Error CorrectionQRcodebrew uses advanced error correction techniques, ensuring that your QR codes remain scannable even if they are slightly damaged or obscured.Versatile ApplicationsWhether you need a QR code for marketing, product information, or QR Code for Personal Use, QRcodebrew caters to many applications, making it a versatile tool for all your QR code needs.Real-Life Businesses Flaunting Their QR CodesKitKatKitKat has integrated QR codes into their packaging creating an interactive experience for their consumers. Customers can access various content such as games, promotions, and brand information by scanning the QR code on a KitKat wrapper. This not only engages the consumers but also strengthens brand loyalty.PepsiCoPepsiCo uses QR codes in its marketing campaigns to offer a more immersive experience. For instance, it has included QR codes on its beverage packaging that link to exclusive content, promotional offers, and contests. This strategy has been effective in increasing consumer engagement and driving sales.Japan Post HoldingsJapan Post Holdings has implemented QR codes to improve customer service and streamline operations. QR codes are used on parcels and letters to provide tracking information. By scanning the QR code, customers can instantly access more information. Get updates on their shipment status, enhancing transparency and customer satisfaction.QR Code Best Practices to Keep in MindWhen creating and using QR codes, following best practices to ensure their effectiveness is essential. And user-friendly. Here are some tips:
Long Live the Scan: The Enduring Power of QR CodesDespite being invented in the 1990s, QR codes are relevant and robust tools for various applications. Their versatility and ease of use have ensured their longevity. Here are a few reasons why QR codes remain indispensable:Contactless SolutionsThe COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the adoption of contactless solutions. QR codes have enabled touchless transactions, digital menus, contactless payments, and virtual event registrations.Enhanced Consumer EngagementBrands use QR codes to create interactive and engaging experiences for consumers. By linking to videos, augmented reality experiences, and social media, QR codes help brands connect with their audience meaningfully.Cost-Effective MarketingQR codes provide a cost-effective method for businesses to distribute information, launch promotions, and monitor campaign performance. You can save money on printed materials by using digital alternatives. They can be updated dynamically, making them a versatile marketing tool.Streamlined OperationsIn logistics, healthcare, and manufacturing industries, QR codes streamline operations by providing quick access to information. They help in tracking inventory, managing assets, and improving overall efficiency.Eco-Friendly AlternativeQR codes reduce the need for paper-based information dissemination. Businesses can use QR codes to reduce printed materials, contributing to environmental sustainability.Global AdoptionThe widespread adoption of smartphones has made QR codes accessible to a global audience. As smartphone penetration increases, the use of QR codes is expected to grow further.ConclusionCreating custom QR codes has always been challenging, thanks to free QR code generators like QRcodebrew. By understanding the differences between barcodes and QR codes, knowing how to generate them, exploring various types of custom QR codes, and following best practices, you can effectively leverage QR codes for your business or personal use. QR codes are a versatile, cost-effective, and enduring tool that continues to drive engagement and streamline processes across various industries. Whether you're a small business or a large corporation, QR codes offer endless possibilities to connect with your audience and enhance their experience.FAQWhat is a QR code?A QR code is a two-dimensional barcode that can store a large amount of data, such as URLs, contact information, and text, and can be scanned using a smartphone or QR code reader.How do I create a QR code with QRcodebrew?To create a QR code with QRcodebrew, select the type of QR code, enter the required information, customize the design, and click generate. Then, download the QR code in your preferred format.What types of custom QR codes can I make?You can create various QR codes, including URL, contact information, email, text, SMS, WiFi, app store, social media, event, and product QR codes.Why is QRcodebrew a good choice for generating QR codes?QRcodebrew offers an easy-to-use interface, extensive customization options, high-quality codes, free access, robust error correction, and versatile applications.What are some best practices for using QR codes?Ensure scannability, add a call to action, test the QR code, provide a backup URL, track performance, keep it simple, maintain contrast, optimize for mobile, and update content regularly.What is a Quick Response (QR) Code? A Quick Response (QR) code is a type of matrix barcode, also known as a two-dimensional barcode, initially developed in 1994 for the automotive industry in Japan. A QR code comprises black squares arranged in a square grid on a white background. It can be scanned by an imaging device like a camera and decoded using Reed–Solomon error correction until the image can be accurately interpreted. The Free QR Code Generator Online can contain various data, such as text, URL, or other types of information. How Do I Create a Quick Response Code?Creating a QR code is straightforward with the right tools. Here's a step-by-step guide to generating a QR code using a free QR code generator with logo:
Kinds of Custom QR Codes You Can ExploreCustom QR codes can be tailored to fit various needs and aesthetics. Here are a few types you can explore:
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2024.05.17 10:03 discovulva Budget desktop computer for 3D animation?
As a graphic designer, I’m new to the world of 3D (been going at it for a few months) and have quickly fallen in love with it.
That being said, I’ve been curious about upgrading to a desktop computer so I can render more complex animations. I know this is a C4D channel, but I mainly work in Blender simply because it’s free and accessible as a beginner. I’ve already encountered limitations as my MacBook Pro 16-inch (all specs maxed out) with my Blender renders and often encounter slower speeds and sometimes crashes.
I’m leaning toward holding off for awhile until I’m certain I can stick with 3D animation, and another part of me wants to take things to the next step because I’ve been very drawn to motion graphics for awhile and it takes so long to learn these programs.
For context I recently switched careers from a background in digital marketing/social media and have spent the past year “on sabbatical” deep in study and personal projects to expand my graphic design portfolio while working random gigs here and there to make ends meet. I do have a decent amount of savings to invest in a solid desktop if needed, but I’m certainly not rich.
And honestly bonus points if anybody knows of a portable travel laptop that works well for 3D animation. My dream is to be a digital nomad/freelance designer in the music industry but it seems like desktop comps are the way to go for demanding programs like C4D.
Would love any advice on how to move forward as a beginner in 3D animation!
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That being said, I’ve been curious about upgrading to a desktop computer so I can render more complex animations. I know this is a C4D channel, but I mainly work in Blender simply because it’s free and accessible as a beginner. I’ve already encountered limitations as my MacBook Pro 16-inch (all specs maxed out) with my Blender renders and often encounter slower speeds and sometimes crashes.
I’m leaning toward holding off for awhile until I’m certain I can stick with 3D animation, and another part of me wants to take things to the next step because I’ve been very drawn to motion graphics for awhile and it takes so long to learn these programs.
For context I recently switched careers from a background in digital marketing/social media and have spent the past year “on sabbatical” deep in study and personal projects to expand my graphic design portfolio while working random gigs here and there to make ends meet. I do have a decent amount of savings to invest in a solid desktop if needed, but I’m certainly not rich.
And honestly bonus points if anybody knows of a portable travel laptop that works well for 3D animation. My dream is to be a digital nomad/freelance designer in the music industry but it seems like desktop comps are the way to go for demanding programs like C4D.
Would love any advice on how to move forward as a beginner in 3D animation!
2024.05.17 10:00 Clean-Implement-7935 SG2042 Newsletter (2024-05-10 #041)
Editor's Note
Welcome to the forty-first issue of the SG2042 Newsletter. We are thrilled to announce that the SDK package for the SG200X series processor, designed for developers worldwide, is now fully open-sourced on GitHub! In addition, SOPHGO has launched the [Bounty Hunter] event, with a wealth of prizes waiting for you to claim. Are you ready to embrace the challenge? For more details, please refer to our Events and Games section.Highlights
- NuttX Shell works great on on RISC-V Sophgo SG2000 / Milk-V Duo S and OSTest also runs well!
Related news
Upstream
Most of the code is already open-source and can be obtained from repositories such as github.com/SOPHGO. The following are some useful repo resources:Linux kernel
- Sophgo Community work: https://github.com/sophgo/linux-riscv
- System optimization
- Linux Official Community Upstream work:
- No updates this week
U-Boot
https://github.com/sophgo/u-boot/tree/sg2042-dev- No commits this week
OpenSBI
https://github.com/sophgo/opensbi/tree/sg2042-dev- No commits this week
Case Study
We're looking for fun, good, or profitable use cases for SG2042. Feel free to share your experiences with us - just send a PR!Events and Games
In the News
- Getting started with RISC-V from scratch: 05. TPU introduction and use case analysis
- Print to SG2000 UART in RISC-V Assembly
- Booting Ubuntu on Milk-V Duo
- Hands-on with RISC-V Milk-V Duo S
- Milk-V Duo Meshtastic new GUI
News from Japanese, Korean and other language communities
Not ready yet. We are recruiting multilingual volunteers and interns. Welcome to join us! Please email [Wei Wu](mailto:wuwei2016@iscas.ac.cn) if you are interested in being an open source community intern.2024.05.17 09:59 mawshook Earn Extra Money with DoxzStudio's Affiliate Program! 💰💻
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An air operated double diaphragm pump is a pneumatic device that circulates compressed air back and forth between its two sides using an air valve. Air-operated diaphragm pumps are capable of transporting liquids with low, medium, or high viscosities, as well as liquids containing suspended solids.
How does air operated diaphragm works:
To pump fluids into and out of the pump's fluid chamber, AODD pumps use dual flexible diaphragms mounted to a shared shaft that moves back and forth repeatedly in strokes. This motion generates a vacuum, which draws fluid in through an inlet port.
When the diaphragms are pushed back to their original positions by compressed air, the fluid is expelled from the product chamber through an outlet port. This cycle is repeated while the AODD is in operation, resulting in the pumping action for which this device is famous.
Types of Applications:
Air-operated double-diaphragm pumps (also known as AODD pumps) are becoming increasingly popular in a variety of industries and applications. Because of the wide range of materials from which the diaphragm can be made, combined with the pumps' seal-less design, even aggressive chemicals and acids can be handled.
Positive displacement (PD) air-operated double-diaphragm pumps have two diaphragms that shift the air supply from one fluid chamber to another. Furthermore, AODD pumps are sealless and run on compressed air rather than a traditional motor system, allowing for smooth, leak-free fluid transfer and movement of any suspended solids. As a result, AODD pumps can be used in a variety of processing and treatment applications.
The air operated diaphragm pump design allows it to be used in a variety of industries:
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Good dry running capabilities:
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A self-priming process:
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Safety:
The AODD pump is less prone to fluid leakage than typical centrifugal pumps because it lacks motors, packing, and seals. This makes it an excellent choice for handling volatile, corrosive, or dangerous liquids that could cause harm if spilled.
Simplicity:
AODDs are simple to install and operate because they do not require complicated wiring or electrical control. In fact, they are far more user-friendly than many other types of pumps.
Contact Momentum Pumps for more information, as they have the best diaphragm pumps for sale in UAE!
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An air operated double diaphragm pump is a pneumatic device that circulates compressed air back and forth between its two sides using an air valve. Air-operated diaphragm pumps are capable of transporting liquids with low, medium, or high viscosities, as well as liquids containing suspended solids.
How does air operated diaphragm works:
To pump fluids into and out of the pump's fluid chamber, AODD pumps use dual flexible diaphragms mounted to a shared shaft that moves back and forth repeatedly in strokes. This motion generates a vacuum, which draws fluid in through an inlet port.
When the diaphragms are pushed back to their original positions by compressed air, the fluid is expelled from the product chamber through an outlet port. This cycle is repeated while the AODD is in operation, resulting in the pumping action for which this device is famous.
Types of Applications:
Air-operated double-diaphragm pumps (also known as AODD pumps) are becoming increasingly popular in a variety of industries and applications. Because of the wide range of materials from which the diaphragm can be made, combined with the pumps' seal-less design, even aggressive chemicals and acids can be handled.
Positive displacement (PD) air-operated double-diaphragm pumps have two diaphragms that shift the air supply from one fluid chamber to another. Furthermore, AODD pumps are sealless and run on compressed air rather than a traditional motor system, allowing for smooth, leak-free fluid transfer and movement of any suspended solids. As a result, AODD pumps can be used in a variety of processing and treatment applications.
The air operated diaphragm pump design allows it to be used in a variety of industries:
- Oils and fuels
- Acids and chemicals
- Resins, adhesives, paints, and inks
- sewage water
- Cosmetic and food products
Benefits:
Manufacturers provide a variety of flexible sizes, allowing users to purchase a pump that will provide them with a balanced system.
Good dry running capabilities:
AODD pumps can run dry without causing any damage or problems. Other pump types must always be primed and must not run dry in order to avoid damaging the entire pump or some of its components and necessitating an expensive rebuild.
A self-priming process:
Self-priming air diaphragm pumps have good suction capabilities (up to 8m when wet) without the need for a manual priming device. As a result, they are frequently chosen for applications where suction conditions are difficult, such as tank and container emptying.
Safety:
The AODD pump is less prone to fluid leakage than typical centrifugal pumps because it lacks motors, packing, and seals. This makes it an excellent choice for handling volatile, corrosive, or dangerous liquids that could cause harm if spilled.
Simplicity:
AODDs are simple to install and operate because they do not require complicated wiring or electrical control. In fact, they are far more user-friendly than many other types of pumps.
Contact Momentum Pumps for more information, as they have the best diaphragm pumps for sale in UAE!
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I (31M) posted here a few years ago on a different throwaway. The thread was locked or removed but I did get a few helpful bits of advice before then, and I'm hoping for more advice since there's been an unexpected update. I was born, raised & live in a western country, but my family is from India and I am a practicing Hindu. I have a shrine in my home where I pray and give offerings in the mornings. In my culture, a swastika has important religious significance. It's styled differently than a Nazi swastika and we've used it for centuries before Nazis were ever a thing, but I obviously understand the significance of the symbol in the western world and do not use or show the symbol anywhere in public. However, my home shrine has a swastika fairly prominently embossed onto it (very standard for Hindu home shrines, I was gifted mine by a family member who'd bought it from a local Indian grocery store). My shrine is located in a separate room of my house and I usually leave the door closed when guests are over, not because I'm hiding anything but I generally close off areas I don't want guests to be snooping around in (like my home office). A few years ago, I was working at a different company, and had taken some urgent work home. A coworker came by my home to pick up a part that I had been working on, and I let them in to use the bathroom while I collated/printed it. I hadn't been expecting guests, so all the interior doors were open, and the coworker saw my shrine, which is when things got messy. They are Jewish, and confronted me over my "Nazi shrine". I tried explaining that it was a religious symbol, but they weren't having it and left. They then "outed" me as a Nazi to the rest of our coworkers resulting in a schism at the office, with some understanding my side, some agreeing with my coworker, and some saying that although I was free to practice my faith, I should've "hidden it better" from my coworker. I started looking for other jobs in part because of the toxic work environment this had caused and ended up being offered an amazing opportunity at my current company, which brings us to now. My managers brought me the resume of someone they were looking at potentially hiring. The same ex-coworker from a few years ago. The role in question has the same reporting structure as mine, but works primarily as an assistant to my role. They noted that the applicant had worked at the same company as me during the same period as me, and wanted to know if I knew them and what my opinion of them was, as we'd be working together quite closely. The job is now down to between them and one other applicant, and my recommendation is to be the deciding factor. I told them I'd get back to them by end of day to buy myself some time, but now I'm faced with a choice. WIBTA if I told my managers that this ex-coworker caused a toxic work environment for me at my previous role?
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2024.05.17 09:34 batterseawebexpert What are the benefits of SEO services?
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