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• Loyalty (Halcyon Diivision #3) by E.J. Noyes, narrated by Abby Craden - Amazon - (FF, contemporary, mystery/suspense, established couple, series must be read in order, save the world by finding a secret password) - 10 hrs 5 min
  
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Episode 4: The Newly Dead

Last time you began in the aftermath of a landslide. After the chaos of the previous day, the mountain peak, the blight, the death of the Virtuous (all of which happened within a single day) you finally had a chance to rest and take stock of all that had occurred. I found a spot to camp. Dolly confessed ‘in all her travels what she experienced on Mt Atria was the first time she’d witnessed something that she couldn’t understand’.As the only members of the party not affected by the blight, I took Raidion aside to see whether they could offer the others any help. Raidion shrugged off this suggestion, telling I that ‘they were out of their depth and he was only staying with them because they were currently useful to him’. Around the fire, Endellion, Kelnys and Dolly spoke of what had brought them to the Web. Endellion revealing that she had wanted to escape a life she led before. Morgan suggested that (rather than escape) the Web merely offered a different kind of cage. After being pressed by Dolly, he (Morgan) disclosed that he had joined the Web to ensure that he was able to (in his words) “hurt the right people”. It was Kelnys’ turn to confide next that the Web had killed his family, but he also revealed that his family were not dragonborn. As the party began to rest, Raidion took Dolly aside and thanked her for the gift of the daisy chain bracelet. Taking her into his confidence, he revealed that he had been struggling to sleep, due to a whispering deck of cards that he carries in his pack. Dolly told him ‘that when things begin to call out, it is a sign that they possess great power and that power is hard to escape’. As the rest of the party settled down, Endellion and Morgan took first watch. Morgan beginning to scratch the symbols of Ignas from his armor. Endellion questioned him on his loss of faith and Morgan told her that ‘having lost so much already, the death of his god had hit him hard’. The pair challenged one another on the nature of faith, choice, and loss before they too finally got some sleep. The next morning you descended, made your way down to the foot of the mountain and to the Festival of Benediction. There you met Polyanna, a junior cleric supervising the construction of a stage. As she fussed and attempted to heal those of the party suffering from the blight, Endellion insisted that you be taken to Jasmee (the cleric that Barabask instructed you to seek out). Polyanna led you through the hubbub of the festival with its traders, musicians and worshippers until you found Jasmee offering instruction to a group of young religious students. Raidion immediately blurted out that the Virtuous were dead and Morgan handed her the letter that Barabask had written. Jasmee read that letter, her expression darkening. She asked if you had been sickened by the blight that now infected the mountain. When you confirmed that you had, she gathered guards and escorted you away from the festival. As the sounds of revelry faded into the distance, you entered a forest glade, far from prying eyes. There Jasmee rounded on you and with a whispered ‘I’m sorry’ cast Guiding Bolt on Endellion. She called to the guards that you had tried to kill the Antiqua and they, too, leapt into combat. As the fight began, Dolly appealed to Jasmee to stop her attacks, insisting the party had nothing to do with the deaths on the mountain. The cleric seemed in turmoil, stepping back and observing as Morgan roared a battle cry. Endellion added her appeals to Dolly’s with little effect. Raidion tried to use Hypnotic Gaze, as per, but Jasmee was angered by his attempts to deceive her with magic. At last Dolly’s words seemed to land and Jasmee threw her the letter which Barabask had written. After reading it, Dolly made one final plea for reason and the cleric at last commanded that the guards cease fighting. She cured Dolly, Endellion, Kelnys, and Morgan of the blight and told the party that she would report their deaths back to Barabask. With that she departed, leaving you alone in a forest glade.

Previous Episode: Oathbreaker

♪Episode Song References♪

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• 00:22:10 Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz - Put Yo Hood Up
• 02:31:44 Evanescence - Bring Me to Life

Highlights

• 00:01:15 Ben recalls how their original plans of being the mature adult in the group has dissolved. “I think we’re all making bad choiced, if I’m honest.”
• 00:09:20 Morgan announces his departure and what he will report back to The Spinner.♪Episode Song References♪ ᕕ( ᐛ)ᕗ 00:22:10 Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz - Put Yo Hood Up 02:31:44 Evanescence - Bring Me to Life Highlights 00:01:15 Ben recalls how their original plans of being the mature adult in the group has dissolved. “I think we’re all making bad choiced, if I’m honest.”
• 00:09:20 Morgan announces his departure and what he will report back to The Spinner.

Raidion:“We are dead.” Morgan:“That makes you more useful to the Web.” Endellion:“Good luck, Oathbreaker.”

• 00:10:32 Ben:“It’s been a pleasure, Alan.”

Harry:“Goodbye, Oathbreaker. Send my regards to Mrs. Breaker.”

• 00:11:46 Kelnys:“It’s too bad we’re dead, I wanted to sell some spoons in that market.”
• 00:16:54 I:“It mights be caramel!”
• 00:17:17 Raidion and Endellion relenting to one hour at the festival
• 00:18:31 Ben makes funny sounds of disapproval upon the suggestion of entering without disguises.
• 00:21:30 Harry:“It is Dolly DeWinter, rather than Dolly DeSpring.” (roll for bad pun damage)
• 00:24:34 I:“When you is dead, calories don’t count!”
• 00:25:20 Fan Art Moment Popcorn gnome with golden goatee and purple hair.
• 00:26:18 Harry:“Just the four of you, then? Just the three of you, then? Just the two of you, then?” You can hear the hope die in his voice after each one.
• 00:29:17 PG:“Sometimes I catch sight of myself in a still pool over the edge of a blade and think ‘What are you like?’”

He just goes back to stirring his corn.

• 00:31:16 Harry:“Is there any part of Raidion that has enjoyed this?”

Ben:“Yeah.”

• 00:36:42 Doug:“Wait a minute! I have a skill called Spooncarving and I’ve got plus ten on that.”

shows Harry the skill on his sheet Harry:“God, they’re cheating! I didn’t know it was possible.”

• 00:38:24 Harry:“You know when you’re a kid and you get given Calpol and you’re like ‘Nothing’s better than this’?”
• 00:45:05 Raidion:(still attempting the serious parent voice, but relenting completely)“You have one more hour.”
• 00:48:36 Endellion spots someone who will recognize them at the festival and alerts the team.

Hollie:“I am necking the rest of this wine and it is (serious tone)‘We need to go’” Dolly:“So sorry everyone, but as you can see, our spoonshaper is done for the day…”

• 01:01:23 I marvels at the high chair and tray technology
• 01:05:39 Endellion just sits there sipping wine, looking like every character from Absolutely Fabulous.

Hollie:“Sweetie. Darling.”

• 01:11:35 Raidion attempts to bury the phantom deck of cards he’s been carrying.
• 01:24:47 With Kelnys guiding them through the woods, the group happen upon a campfire with a group exchanging celebratory remarks about the attack upon Alvelion.
• 01:26:36 I’s foot finds a stray twig, but doesn’t appear to reveal his presence.
• 01:27:20 The mysterious figure in a silver mask.

“Waiting. We wait until we hear otherwise.” “I can’t wait. Not knowing that there’s so many of them not knowing that they’re still in there.” “We have done our part for now. We wrote the message. That was what was required of us then. What is required of us now is to wait.” Curly:“I will bleed that council. Start with Trusk, real slow.”

• 01:31:12 Dolly rolls a 7 on a stealth check and is revealed
• 01:34:55 Dolly:“The web is wide.”

“Good for the web.”

• 01:45:25 INITIATIVE
• 01:47:17 Dolly falls unconscious
• 01:48:01 Alex:“Like Sean Bean.”
• 01:50:56 Ben:“It’s not intimidation, it’s just a stupid thing that Raidion would say.”
  
• 01:57:33 Dolly revived with a healing potion
  
• 02:13:16 I’s impressive stealth skill allows him to disappear in a puff of popcorn and a whiff of caramel.
  
• 02:17:55 Dolly’s back! And she’s pissed!
  
• 02:21:00 Raidion successfully takes out the silver-masked ranger with a chromatic orb.
  
• 02:23:31 Kelnys falls unconscious
  
• 02:25:04 “Butterkist boi”
  
• 02:33:22 “The shadow will flood.”
  
• 02:36:20 In a tandem effort with Raidion, I subdues the final enemy.
  
• 02:36:51 “The old Christopher Lee stabbed in the back story.”
  
• 02:38:20 I:“Who sends you?”
  

“Those who send us all.”

• 02:41:15 A note that reads:

“Camino, Write the message on the mural. Return to the forest and wait. The water will soon rise”.

• 02:45:35 Harry describes the city of Baruun like a three-tiered cake with a single great staircase dividing the round walls. There is a painted and carved mural of the Virtuous on the middle tier near the stairs.
• 02:47:47 Raidion expresses the desire to pose as the three dead spies and use the opportunity to investigate the plot.

I:“Oh, I likes this.” Dolly:“This could be an awful, awful plan. Obviously I’m up for it.” So, the five of you, under the canopy of the forest, with the fire still burning, sit. And wait.

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ZNS 2228

“You seem to be recovering rapidly,” Skvanu said happily to Ditvish, who sat up on the medical bed with some effort.
“The marvels of modern medical technology,” Ditvish remarked dryly. “What is the status of the fleet?”
“We have retrieved all the troops that we can from the planet, Ten Whiskers, and the remaining on the ground have been given instructions to fend for themselves until we can return in force again. We are ready to proceed to return to Gruccud whenever you give the word.”
Ditvish nodded. “Once we get back to Gruccud, we will gather as much supplies as we can find, and escort them back here.”
“Is that… wise, Ten Whiskers?” Skvanu asked. “There are so many indefensible systems between the two. We would have to find another orbital support fleet and conscript… dozens of ground divisions to replace what we have lost on Datsot just in the past few months.”
“Those are our orders, Skvanu. Moving as a whole fleet is… unconventional for us, but it is now a necessity given the clear information advantage the enemy has over us. The Lesser Predators’ Sixth Fleet is still out there,” Ditvish said darkly.
“Yes, we are taking precautions, but we think that even now, they do not have the numbers to challenge our entire fleet,” Skvanu replied. “I have been studying our recent failures. So far, they have relied on clever tricks to surprise us, and we have been so used to their incompetence that we fall for them. I do not believe their twelve squadrons of ships, even with the upgrades, can defeat us in large fleet battles yet.”
Ditvish nodded. He said nothing for a while. Then he asked, “Did we ever find your ships? The few that jumped in after the Oengro?”
“Unfortunately not, Ten Whiskers, I believe them to be dead. I take full responsibility for failing to pull—”
“I think we both know that to be an unnecessary ritual here, Skvanu. Besides, there will be plenty for us to take responsibility for when we get back to Gruccud.”
“I don’t suppose we can talk our way out of this one, Ten Whiskers?”
“Oh, don’t worry. It will probably just be formal reprimands. They won’t have our heads. State Security knows exactly who and what we are. Regardless of whether they order us to come back for Datsot, they still need us for the Lesser Predator home world,” Ditvish said, coughing. “After that, we will be heroes and our bloodlines will be honored… or we will end up in a shallow ditch on the very planet we conquer after a very brief trial hearing.”
Skvanu absorbed the information, thinking for a long time. He asked in a low voice, “Do you think what we have is the best… way to go about it?”
“You know, the last Znosian I know who asked that question too loudly, it didn’t end well for her.” Ditvish chuckled, knowing exactly what he meant despite the ambiguity. More seriously, he replied, “I don’t see a better way. Just look at the Lesser Predators, the chaotic bunch of them, look what good all their… strange ways have gotten them. The Federation and their… what do they call it? Snout counting to elect their leaders? Absurd!”
“It’s not over for them yet.”
Ditvish sighed. “No, I guess it is not.”

Black Site Deimos

The TRO’s black site had never been this busy. Hundreds of scientists and military officers had moved into the base to study and interrogate their new alien prisoners.
TRO operatives like Kara and John fit right into the crowd. Sitting in the corner of the room during lunch in the mess in their casual dress, they looked just like any two other civilian scientists here to get answers about Znosian social hierarchy or to evaluate their ability to do puzzles like rats in a maze.
Kara asked between sips of her fourth coffee of the day, “You think they will buy it yet? It’s all very circumstantial.”
“I don’t know,” John shrugged. “From what we know from our own history, security apparatuses in these kinds of societies can get paranoid. And from what I know from our own history, paranoid people do stupid things. I certainly think it’s a better idea now than when you first pitched it to me.”
“What changed your mind?” Kara asked curiously.
“Nothing changed my mind. Circumstances changed. Their recent losses have them shook. And the chaotic changes opened up opportunities. For example, that synthetic transmission gambit Mark routed to them wouldn’t have worked if Ditvish was still commanding from their battleship flagship. His original communications officer would have reported it,” John explained.
“Wouldn’t have mattered, I think,” Kara speculated. “Even if the Big Bun got wind of it and got suspicious, there’s not much he could have done. Maybe gotten to the planted supply ships first, but what was he going to do? Go ‘oh gee sorry, we actually found those ships we swear we lost but then they exploded when we got close’. Imagine how suspect that would have looked.”
“If he figured it out, he could have destroyed them himself,” John said.
Kara grinned. “You know what they say? It’s never about the crime; it’s about the coverup. The more he tried to cover up the mistakes, the more suspicion we’d be able to pin on him.”
John sniffed. “Maybe, but like I said, paranoid people do irrational things, and it was the losses that made them paranoid.”
“Hey, I’m not impinging on the honor of our Blood Drinker friends,” Kara said, raising her hands. “They’ve done great work… for being simple-minded Lesser Predators.”
John snorted. “You know, they call us paranoid too. Our whole species, not just our little book club.”
Kara smiled innocently. “I have no idea what they are talking about. We’re so open and transparent and we share everything we do with them.”
The operatives gathered around the computer to listen to the decrypted call intercepted by the listening ship in Gruccud. No one spoke for a minute.
Kara broke the silence. “Oof, that’s basically excommunication, isn’t it?”
“No,” Hersh corrected, “Worse. The standing order is more like arrest, torture, excommunication, and then execution.”
“That seems a little redundant. What’s the point of the excommunication then?”
“It’s religious. You wouldn’t get it,” Hersh replied dismissively.
“Hmmm… no I probably wouldn’t. Do you think he’ll come quietly when they call?” Kara asked.
Hersh shook his head. “Not like he has another choice. Lives forfeited to the Prophecy and all.”
“Do you think they’ll see through the ruse?”
“Maybe. After a while.”
Mark thought for a moment. “We don’t have to wait and see, do we? Let’s see if we can do something about it. Get me Admiral Waters. Actually, get me the Senator too. We’re going to need a bigger task force for this golden opportunity.”

TRNS Mississippi

The bridge crew watched as a single Znosian ship blinked out from their sensors.
“Of all the wrong lessons the Buns learned in the last month,” Admiral Amelia Waters commented, “This one right here might be my favorite.”
Captain Chuck Harris frowned. “Where are they sending that single ship?”
“If I’m not wrong,” Amelia said. “And I rarely am, they are sending a scout through to their destination first. To make sure Sixth Fleet isn’t waiting for them at the other end. Or I don’t know, maybe a black hole from our black hole generator weapon.”
“We have a black hole generator weapon?” Carla asked from behind her.
“That’s way above your paygrade, Commander Bauernschmidt,” Amelia winked. Then, looking at the massive enemy armada in front of her on the sensors, she sighed and added, “I wish we had a black hole generator now.”
“So… they are telegraphing the exact vector where their fleet is blinking to next,” Chuck summarized, the realization of the implication hitting him.
“Yup. Convenient, isn’t it? Makes it so we don’t even need our stealth drones. Setting us up perfectly for what I am from now on calling the Sphinx Gambit,” Amelia said smugly.
“But he didn’t invent it and I wanted to name—” Lee called out from her station.
“Well, XO, get yourself a few stars on your collar and you can name your own Bunny killing scheme.”
“You’re pulling rank for this?!”
“Yup, and it’s a perfectly good name… Anyway, playtime’s over. Get that blink vector and move us into their way. Oh… say, a couple light years into it. Make sure it’s a long drive either way. You know what they say… if you’re trying to kidnap someone, you don’t do it in the middle of downtown Olympus; you wait for them to drive somewhere nice and remote where no one will come looking for them for a long, long time.”
“Who says that? Nobody says that. Remind me never to go on a road trip with you alone, Amelia.”
“Just blink.”

ZNS 2228

“The scout ship arrived in Preirsput, Ten Whiskers. Everything is normal. They’re scouting the system with drones to ensure that it’s fully empty,” Skvanu reported.
“Good. Can’t be too careful with these Sixth Fleet Lesser Predators,” Ditvish nodded. “And— and whatever else.”
After a few hours, Skvanu reported that the system is clear of enemies… as far as they could tell.
He asked, “Where do you think they are going to go next?”
Ditvish thought for a moment, and replied, “The combat computer thinks they will dance back into Datsot and retake it.”
“What do you think?”
Ditvish smiled, proud that his subordinate now instinctively knew the difference. “Not sure. Datsot is a logical choice. Other than that, maybe a surprise attack from Stoers Shipyard into our main force garrisoned near the main front before we adapt to their new weapons and tactics.”
“In any case, nothing we should worry about?”
Ditvish nodded. “Hopefully not, though I did quietly file an analysis about that with Znos to make myself look good in case that happens.”
“That’s genius, Ten Whiskers.”
“Flattery doesn’t work on me, Skvanu. Is the fleet ready to go? Good. All ships, execute blink.”
A deafening noise that resembled a magnified crunch of a shuttle crash echoed throughout the battlecruiser’s hull. Sparks flew from electronic consoles. Dozens of klaxons activated simultaneously. And the bridge crew was inundated with hundreds of errors and alarms. Which only indicated that something was wrong, but its instruments were unsure what it was.
Ditvish sat up in his chair as he regained his bearings. “What is going on? I thought we were not scheduled to exit blink for another hour.”
Skvanu skimmed through the notifications on his console. “We are not where we are supposed to be, Ten Whiskers. Our propulsion and navigation sections are reporting numerous anomalies… and the same problems are repeating across the fleet. All squadrons are reporting in, scattered around us but still in formation.”
Ditvish looked at the computer officer, expecting her report.
She looked up. “Using the starfield outside, combat computer calculates we are exactly 2.3 light years from both our source and our destination. It speculates that our blink drive has been sabotaged by enemies.”
“Sabotaged?”
“Yes, Ten Whiskers. That is the most likely option it presents at this moment.”
“Did it elucidate a mechanism for how someone sabotaged every ship in my fleet?” Ditvish asked, his voice deathly calm.
“Yes, one of the recent software updates being tampered with is the hypothesis it favors at the moment.”
Ditvish shook his head. “Try again. Learning from a malfunction like that with another fleet two years ago, I ordered Squadron 14 not to apply the recent updates, and they’re right outside with us.”
“Yes, Ten Whiskers. I take responsibility for not checking the response appropriately,” the computer officer replied, her whiskers twitching in embarrassment. “All other possibilities were rejected by the computer for being too unlikely.”
“Tell it to keep watching and come back when it comes up with an actual theory. Skvanu, any updates from propulsion?”
“Ten Whiskers, propulsion is reporting— ahem, propulsion is reporting that we are out of blink fuel.”
“Out of blink fuel?” Ditvish asked incredulously. “How do we run out of blink fuel in the middle of a blink? Is that even possible?”
Skvanu deflected, his knowledge of the blink drive rudimentary at best, “That’s a good question, Ten Whiskers. The five whiskers in charge of 2228 ’s propulsion is on the line now.”
Ditvish looked straight into his console. “Five Whiskers, what just happened to my ships?!”
The panting officer with tussled head fur appeared on the screen. “Ten Whiskers, I take full responsibility for this failure in my department. We are still diagnosing the issue, but it seems that over the course of about 11.5 seconds, all the fuel in our blink drive was drained. We dropped out of blink because we ran out of fuel, which is a safety measure designed into the blink engine. Again, I take full—”
Ditvish interrupted his groveling. “Drained? To where? Where did our blink fuel go? Did we spring a leak?”
“That’s just impossible—” the officer replied instantly, before he remembered protocol. “That is… an extremely unlikely scenario, Ten Whiskers. There are very few conventional hydraulic pipes in the blink engine. If we did spring a leak, we would have all rejoined the Prophecy by now. However, we will check all possibilities… including that one. I apologize, Ten Whiskers, for our lack of knowledge and incompetence—”
Ditvish cut the intercom connection. The bridge crew was suddenly very quiet.
He looked around. “As you have heard, we are out of blink fuel. Any suggestions?”
The computer officer reported, “Combat computer recommends we call Gruccud for help with refueling our ships.”
“Ah,” Ditvish said. “That might be a problematic, considering our recent supply line issues… but it looks like we don’t have a choice. Communications officer, get in contact with Gruccud and start looking for a good solution with them. We are sitting prey, more vulnerable the longer we are here.”
“Yes, Ten Whiskers.”
“And we must make contingencies,” Ditvish said. “If we can’t get refueling ships out here, what are we doing?”
Seeing no one else speak up, Skvanu hazarded a guess. “If we transfer all the regular engine fuel in the fleet to the largest ships and put non-essential crew members in the deep hibernation pods, we might be able to get a few ships to the nearest system with a refueling source near us. It will take…” He did some numbers in his head. “A little over six months on our non-blink engines. We’ll reach FTL fast enough and the effects of relativity shouldn’t be too severe in our casualty bubbles. And that’s with aerobraking at the other end… There are stories of ships surviving without resupply for years—”
Ditvish shook his head. “We won’t last a week. We have combat ships, not long-range explorers. Half the fleet will be dead from lack of maintenance or supplies before we are even prepared for such a journey… Anyone else? No? Looks like our only real choice is relying on the fleet at Gruccud to come refuel us. Communications officer, see if they can cobble together as many combat ships as they can and have it escort some fuel to us.”
The communication officer bowed her head. “Ten Whiskers, I am trying, but they have not been responding to my requests. I take full responsibility for my inability to get into contact—”
Ditvish stood up, alarm rising in his chest. “Allow me a guess. None of the other sectors are responding, and none of the other ships in the fleet can get in touch with anyone else either.”
“Yes, Ten Whiskers.”
“I see. In that case, we have a much bigger problem than blink fuel,” he said, projecting a calmness he did not personally feel. “Fleet-wide, warm up the weapons and prepare for combat. Boost all sensors to maximum sensitivity. The enemy is near us. Find them.”

TRNS Mississippi

“The Buns are sweating,” Carla reported. “Or panting, really. There was just another intercepted local transmission. Their propulsion sections are under increasing pressure to find the answer. Rumor from the transmission is that a few of their captains have exercised field discipline on their equivalent of the head engineers. No executions yet, but we can only hope.”
Amelia nodded, “Good. Let’s give them another few hours. Unless they start spreading out and getting out of our jamming range to call out, the longer we wait—”
“—the lower their combat readiness?”
“Yup. They can’t be at red alert forever. We know where they are, and they don’t know where we are. We hold all the cards, so we get to dictate the terms of this engagement.”
The admiral looked towards the main external camera viewscreen. There was nothing on it but distant stars. Having to stay at the edge of the enemy’s effective detection range, the Znosian ships were too far away to see with the naked eye. And if she could visually spot any of the squadron of stealthy next generation missile destroyers assigned to her task force in the dark, then someone was not doing their job—
“Anything I should tell the other captains?” Carla asked, tracking her gaze.
“Nothing new. Regular shifts and break out the good stuff for dinner. Our spacers will be well-rested and well-prepared when we engage. And remind the Python-class captains to monitor those new heat sinks of theirs. If anything goes wrong, I want them to blink away and explain it to me later. Frankly, we might be facing down the armada, but I’m not too worried about us.”
“You’re thinking of the Puppers in the other task force?” Carla asked, concerned for them herself.
“Who else?”
“They just reported in they’re ready to go over there. We’ll be getting updates from the Amazon,” Carla assured her.
Amelia nodded reluctantly. “I know. I just can’t get images of what happened the last time they tried this out of my head. Remember that battle I told you about where they blamed the one—”
“They’re a different fleet now. Besides, we’ll finally get to try out some of our new equipment.”
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Wade took a breath as he picked up his old duffel bag, now loaded with his DD uniform and a few other items from the Ceres mines as he slotted it to his side, with the large band handle around his neck. Having gathered his belongings, he joined Tina, who was waiting near the ship's open bay door as he walked over to her. The couple watched several of the other troopers inside marching out as well, some carrying crates of supplies and items out of the craft as they departed for the base outside. Kelly was one of the last ones still on board, checking on a section of the cargo bay as she did what Wade presumed was some maintenance work.
With the way now clear, Wade and Tina stepped off the transport, glancing at the massive base around them as they touched the roughened pavement. Throughout the large landing port were several more chameleon dropships, their crews disembarking with similar items and loads of rescued drones aboard. Beyond the ships were several hangar bays and fighter craft, mostly A-20s and their space-borne cousins docked in lines going across the pad. And beyond the landing zone, towering over several buildings at the base, were the few cruisers docked to the large clamps holding them in place.
Walking ahead with Tina, Wade observed some of the departing Coalition troops as they neared one of several tents stationed near an inactive group of planes, the military personnel interacting and exchanging the crates with the Coalition officers upon reaching each other. Hearing a low roar of engines from afar, the lover drones looked upward to see the large USN warship that was present at the factory earlier, having followed the transport convoy home and now was beginning to descend for landing. Wade gave a silent gasp as he caught a glimpse of the ship's name and SIC number at the side, remembering it from the ship he and Ron saw while returning to Earth.
"Always a wondrous thing to see, isn't it Wade?" Tina said as she and her boyfriend watched the ship slowly come lower to the unoccupied dockyard clamps below it.
"Sure is, wonder how they built those babies?" Wade replied as the two looked upon the landing starship, the former worker drone smirking as he added, "I could've swore I saw that same exact ship over Henderson when Ron and I came back, before we got mugged earlier."
Tina glanced to Wade with surprise as she spoke up on his claim. "Really? Well, that had to be the one that helped our friends here back at the factory. I think I saw the same name on it too!"
"Wouldn't surprise me, seeing all that's happened today." Wade replied as he chortled a bit, Tina doing the same as the former spoke further. "I wonder, what kind of ship is the... Vickers again? You know?"
"Autumn class, dear. A heavy destroyer variant, not as strong as those enormous Yamato dreadnoughts or Adelaide battlecruisers, but she'll put up a good fight for whatever comes at her." Tina explained as she held back another chuckle, thinking of her education on various USN craft as she teased Wade lightly. "You know, I may just have to grab one of those ship roster tabs when we get in the base. I'd love to show you all they got in their arsenal."
Wade chortled again as he gave his thoughts on the idea. "Well, it wouldn't be bad to have a little more knowledge in ship-story."
Tina almost burst out laughing at his crude pun, Wade smiling at her as F and Nathan jogged over to the two, the latter carrying his own backpack behind him as he spoke. "Well, not a bad place, huh? You guys heading to the clearance station?"
"Oh yes, we were just admiring the ships around us while we walked." Tina said with a stifled laugh, easing herself as she chatted with her new friends. Wade, however, was quickly overcome with panic as he remembered something. Checking his pockets, his fears were confirmed as he failed to find one of his key possessions: his ID card. Wade felt he must have lost it when he was stripped of his old clothing while in the factory.
Oh no, guys? I don't think I can pass through." Wade said with greenish-yellow circles for eyes as Tina and the others looked to him in concern, the drone feeling through his pockets once more before stating his issue. "My ID, they must've taken it off me when they turned me into a disassembly drone!" Wade began to hyperventilate lightly as he grew fearful of the potential outcomes when they reached the security gate ahead. "Oouuugghh, if I don't have my ID, they'll have to keep me lo-"
"Wade, Wade... it's okay. I'll have them make a pass for you, surely we can get them to after getting them to understand what's happened." Tina stated as she put her hand to Wade's chest, who eased his panic as he looked to his girlfriend.
"Yeah, and besides Wade, those people over there went around gathering what ever items the company stole from the drones during their conversion. I'm sure that once they find it, they'll have it sent off to be given back to you!" Nathan said as F nodded in agreement, shunting Wade's panic out of him with their words as he replied to the hopeful responses.
"Right, yeah, they should do that. Sorry." Holding Tina's hand, Wade spoke to her once more. "Lead the way."
Tina nodded to Wade before the two began to walk over to the security gate nearby, several people, drones and humans alike, already in the line as they checked themselves in to the base to relax after the hard-fought battle. Once they reached the line, the four stood together as they waited for the line to slowly go up, more troops and rescued drones coming over to add to the long line. During the wait, a loud, mechanical 'SLAM' erupted through the air, prompting Wade and Tina to glance over to the direction of the noise. The two felt at ease once more as they saw the Vickers finally landed at the base, the loud clang being the docking clamps attaching to the ships hull just moments ago.
As the line moved up further to the gate, Wade and Tina caught sight of a pair of A-20 aircraft passing over them, the two watching as the planes slowed down while descending onto the runway nearby. The four drones' collective viewing of the fighters landing ceased as they caught sight of J, who took flight as she departed the transport nearby before flying over to the tents near the hangar bays.
"Huh, wonder what she's over there for?" Nathan said as he observed J landing onto the ground in front of one of the tents.
"Probably checking on the drones we got back, or meeting up with one of those commanders there." F said as she motioned an arm towards the tents, J walking under one as she made her way to one of the soldiers coming over to her. "Seems like the latter, from the looks of it."
Wade shrugged as he responded to the group's pondering over J's actions. "Well, she'll be here with us if we need her, right? Shouldn't be much to worry about."
Returning their focus to the line ahead, Wade and his team waited as the line moved up over the next few minutes, moving impressively fast as the people in front cleared themselves in one at a time. Eventually, the four of them were up, Tina stepping up to show her ID for clearance. "Hello, it's been a busy day, hasn't it?"
The security agent smirked at Tina's small-talk. "Hah, not too busy here until you all showed up."
As the guard finished scanning Tina's ID, she handed the card back to her as she raised a finger to begin her request. "Oh, um, there's a little issue we need to resolve." Putting a hand to Wade's arm, Tina explained her boyfriend. "This is my dear friend Wade, Wade Carter. We both managed to escape that blasted factory with the help of those Coalition folks there." Wade gave a pleading look as Tina continued. "Unfortunately, Wade was converted into a disassembly drone before he was rescued, and it seems those people at the company took all his belongings he had on him, including his ID. Do you think there's... anyway you could write up something to let him by?"
Stepping forward, F gave her end of the story. "I can vouch for him, Ma'am. Wade and I we're among the teams helping in getting the worker drones out of the factory during the operation." The disassembly drone pulled out a pair of cards as she finished her explanation, one of them being her company-issued Disassembly Service Passcard, which resembled a normal civilian ID in appearance, save for the 'JCJenson (In Spaaace!) Logo on the top left and hazard markings around the rim of the card. As for the other card, it was a well worn, still legitimate ID card, showing F as how she appeared when she was a worker drone. At the side of her picture was a name with an initial. "FELICITY A LEE"
Taking the two cards in her hand, she looked them over and scanned them as Nathan tried to back Wade up as well. "So can I, Ma'am! I helped there too, when he was under the company's control. We all got him out of the factory so we could get him back in order." Pulling out his own ID, Nathan handed it out as the guard returned F's IDs to her.
The guard accepted Nathan's ID as she spoke over what to do with Wade. "Well, normally it takes clearance from higher ranked personnel here to allow someone inside without a legitimate form of identification. We can't just take someone's word on things like this, after all." Tina seemed to frown in disappointment as the guard explained her protocols, Wade looking down at the ground as he felt his worries were about to be proven correct. Going over Nathan's ID further, she gave an intrigued expression at the card before continuing. "Huh, interesting. Got two veteran folks here, I see?" She glanced to Nathan and F as she said that, taking into account their former military background as the former spoke up.
"Three, actually. My pal Kurtis is somewhere back there, I think. He should be heading down here later this evening." The guard glanced back at Nathan's ID as she took in the veteran drone's reply, sighing as she decided to make a slight amendment to the issue put before her and the four friends.
"Well, seeing you two here, I believe I can write something up. The Major won't be happy with me for this, but I think I can trust you with appropriate behavior." Taking a small sticky name-tag, the woman pulled out a pen before starting to write on it. Initially, she glanced to Wade, who stated his name again before she began to write his name on the tag. Once she was finished, the guard gave the tag to Wade, who slapped it onto his jacket before she spoke to him. "You should be fine to enter for the most part, just stick close to your friends and don't cause any trouble. Understood?"
Wade gave a stern salute to the security officer, who held back a chuckle at the honest, yet amusing effort the disassembly drone showed to her. Giving a simple nod and a flick of her hand, she permitted Wade and his friends entrance to the base, the four walking past the walkway barricades as they made their way past the gate.
Wade let out a heavy sigh of relief as he thanked his allies. "I owe you both so much for this, thanks!"
"Don't mention it, Wade." F said warmly as she and Nathan laughed at his joyful face.
"Yeah, just doing what any good friend should." Nathan said as Tina wrapped an arm around Wade, holding him tightly as the two walked together.
Looking to his girlfriend, Wade spoke to Tina about what to do next. "Well, since we're in, you wanna go fi-" He ceased his words as he remembered that there was someone else they needed to find amongst the base. "Oh, I almost forgot about her,"
"Jasmine!" Tina and Wade said aloud together as the former remembered her sister, Wade's words snapping her mind to Jasmine in an instant. "We should look for her, you think she might be here somewhere?"
"Probably. If they got Ron after they captured me, they have to 've picked her up too." Wade stated, Nathan raising a hand as he offered to help.
"I could go looking for her! You know what she looks like?" Readying a holo-projector, he tried to display an image of Jasmine from one of his many memories of her. The picture was, while pixelated and under a blue hue, incredibly well-detailed. And for Nathan, that was all he needed to see to note Jasmine's appearance in his memory. Nodding, he spoke again to his friends. "Got it! I'll see if she's around!" Then, turning to run down one of the paths leading to a nearby base facility, he stopped as he asked one more question. "Oh! One more thing, you got a smartcomm on ya, Wade?"
Readying one from his holo-projector hand, he nodded as he spoke into it. "Seems so, though I don't seem to have all my contacts added in."
Running back over, Nathan pulled out his own smartcomm before putting it up against Wade's hand one, allowing the two devices to exchange information. Upon the devices beeping, Wade and Nathan nodded to each other, the former ignoring a pop-up that stated, "New Contact Added" while the latter spoke once more. "Okay, I'll call you once I spot her!" With that, he began running down the path once more, intent on finding Tina's sister at the base, wherever she could be.
"Fowley! Her last name's Fowley!" Tina said aloud to the departing Nathan, hoping he heard her words before turning away from the miner drone and facing Wade and F again.
As Tina sighed in partial relief, Wade put his own arm around her before asking the question he tried to ask before. "So, uh, with that out of the way for now... You wanna go look for one of those ship tabs?"
Putting a hand to Wade's chest, Tina smiled as she replied. "Oh, certainly." Then, as the three began walking down a different path that Nathan hadn't taken, the pilot drone continued with a chuckle. "I hear they have a place here that sells model kits too!"
...
Jasmine sat in silent sorrow as she took another gulp of her glass of Proxi-Vodka, a tasty, but heavy alcoholic beverage produced at the colony of Proxima 2... and one of Jasmine's preferred drinks to have when she wasn't in a good mood. When she awoke after being stunned by the station guards, she found that she was just recovered by a group that called themselves the 'United Earth Coalition', and that her drone friend, Tina, was unfortunately taken by the JCJenson corporation to be turned into one of their horrid disassembly drones. While the people that saved her offered to help her find Tina, so far there had been no luck in doing so. No successful calls, no response from Wade nor Ron, nothing.
The whole situation widdled at her like scrapes to her form, slowly draining any bit of hope that she had in finding her sister. And once the mission at that factory was over, the ship began heading back to the Nellis Base to escort the recovered drones back to a safe area. Unfortunately for Jasmine, Tina's presence was not given confirmation. Alone, she walked off to one of the bars down at the base, specifically Drexler's Cantina, one of the more popular bars down at the military starport. Thankfully, though she didn't openly exhibit feelings of wanting to be alone in her wallowing, she was glad the place was nearly barren of patrons, with only a few at a couple of tables within the bar.
The stage at the back of the bar also had a few singer drones performing aloud, the lead singer girl reciting the words of a quiet, yet exciting song that, instrumentally, consisted of a strange mix of bass, techno, and a hint of opera. The song itself was one Jasmine had heard a good many times before in her life, known as, 'You Complete My World' by a decades old Earth band by the name of HeartStar. The song, as Jasmine and many others who'd heard it interpreted it, was about someone who described their world like a puzzle, and that the one whom the main singer cared for beyond all was the only thing that could keep their world from shattering into ruin before them.
An oddly fitting tune, given what had just happened on the JCJ Central earlier. For all Jasmine knew, Tina was either alive beyond her knowledge, hopefully searching for her wherever she could, or, the answer Jasmine feared... Dead.
Not wanting to even consider the thought, the human pilot took another swig of the colonial Vodka, relishing in its taste before forcing herself to swallow, almost gagging from the strength of the drink. Easing herself, she glanced out to one of the windows of the bar, taking the faint glimpse of night into her eyes. Then, looking to the clock at the wall ahead of her, she saw the time was about a little over an hour to 10 pm. Jasmine gave a sigh to herself, certain she would be alone for the rest of the night.
Unbeknownst to her, however, Jasmine had been spied upon a little while ago. Nathan, in his search for the woman Tina called Jasmine Fowley, had spotted a woman matching the physical appearance of the target. Knowing Jasmine wouldn't know who he was if he tried to talk to her himself, Nathan immediately went looking for Wade, easing his return to his team by calling the former worker drone and signaling him about his findings.
Deciding to check on the news, Jasmine slowly pulled out her smartcomm, resisting her urge to press the contacts button as she tapped the news app. Looking through it, she spotted a recent story that was posted just over an hour ago, titled, "JCJenson 'Recall' effort sabotaged by joint Government/Militia forces! The Truth Exposed!" Above the article was a video, a play button in front of it teasing Jasmine. Curious over this sudden development, she pressed the button, her attention in complete focus on the video as it began to play.
After the news station's logo appeared on-screen for a short few seconds, the current host for the story, Mrs. Tiffany Joy, appeared at her seat before beginning the story. "Good evening, this is Nevada-78, I'm your host, Tiffany Joy. Tonight, we start with a rapid development for the 'drone recall' incidents propagated by the business conglomerate JCJenson In Space. Throughout the afternoon up to now, several advanced factories under the ownership of the corporation have fallen under violent assault by various militarized forces, ranging from official United Nations operatives to private militia groups with varying goals." The small screen to Joy's left shifted to show the state of Nevada, zooming into it to show a portion of the Mojave desert as Joy continued her story.
"Among these facilities, one such factory based right here in southern Nevada has recently succumbed to the successful efforts of the USN Defense Force and a group by the name of the United Earth Coalition, an alliance consisting of humans and automatons working to create a unified world for both species." The screen shifted again to show the logo for the UEC, which appeared as one half of a human head outline and another of a drone's, along with two arms behind the heads belonging to both beings pictured. "With the attack having concluded just hours ago, we have reporters gathering at the New Nellis Staryards near Henderson City to bring you the aftermath of the conflict. We go to Mr. Jelico, on the scene in five."
The camera shifted after the countdown of five to show Mr. Jelico in front of the camera, the cameraman filming a large tent housing several worker drones being tended to by the base soldiers. "Alright, Jelico here, we're on station at New Nellis. What you're all seeing here are some of the recovered worker drones, many of them were pretty spooked by the events that unfolded in that factory earlier." As the camera panned over the lot of drones, some of them looked to the camera, curious at the news crew filming them as Jelico continued. "A few of them are real glad to be here, Joy. Seems like they feel safe here, as far as I can tell."
As the camera moved to show Jelico again, a plane could be seen taking off as he spoke. "Yeah, these people did them quite a service. The staff here are working to find their original owners and families, it'll probably be a little bit before they can get them all home." The camera switched once again to another view of the base, the lights of various buildings illuminating the night as the news story continued.
At the entrance, Nathan pushed open the door to the bar, the chime failing to catch anyone's attention as he, Wade, F and Tina stepped inside. Carefully pointing at Jasmine, he whispered to Tina, "That's her, from the looks of it. She's been here for a good minute!"
Taking another drink of the Proxi-Vodka, Jasmine listened further to the story. "The authorities didn't just recover a majority of the worker drones taken into the factory, however. A recent update provided by Mrs. Yuka, shows her interviewing a disassembly drone who claims to be among the unfortunate drones the assault force failed to save before their conversion."
"Jasmine!" Tina called out, the voice instantly grabbing the woman's attention as she paused the news story. Swiftly turning her head, her heart began pounding with immense excitement as she saw her drone sister, who grinned upon seeing her face.
"Tina!" Jasmine said aloud, somewhat weakly from her previous wallowing as she tried to run over to her sister, landing on her knees as the two embraced in a flush of emotions. Wade and his friends stood behind the two girls as they hugged each other, clinging onto one another as tightly as they could give. Jasmine seemed to erupt with a pained cough as she allowed some of her sorrow out of her heart, Tina carressing her back in a comforting manner as she held back her own tears. The sisters held the hug for a long moment, not daring to let go of one another for fear of losing each other again. Eventually, however, they did, the two sisters taking heavy breaths as Jasmine spoke up while wiping her face. "I thought I'd lost you."
"Can't say I didn't feel the same way, love." Tina replied as she broke out in light laughter, glancing to Wade before continuing. "But, fortunately, those Coalition boys helped out quite a bit. Though, not as much as my knight in his new armor."
Standing herself up, Jasmine took Tina's helping hand as she looked to the one her sister spoke of. A grateful smile formed on Jasmine's face as she saw Wade, standing in front of her and Tina as he returned the expression. Looking upon her family friend, Jasmine noticed something... different about Wade. He was taller now, his arms were shaped like white cones rather than the silver bendy tubes he and Tina normally had. As for his face, his pure green eyes were replaced with a set of greenish-yellow ones, and above his forehead was a band holding five yellow bulbs that she didn't know the function of.
While the pieces started to click together in her head, Jasmine took Wade's held out hand as she spoke to him. "Wade, I'm so glad to see you! You look different, too. Did something... happen to you?" She already guessed it by this point, but feigned confusion as she opted to hear Wade's take on the matter.
"Yeah, I hope you don't mind your sister dating a vampire from now on." Tina chortled in amusement at Wade's comment at himself, Jasmine raising an eyebrow in confusion at the former worker drone as he returned his expression to a more sincere smile. "The company got me too, and unlike the workers we got out... they managed to turn me into a disassembly drone. From now on, I'm gonna need to take in more oil than I usually did before I was turned. My cooling system's not as good as it should be, from what I've heard." Pulling out his two full canteens, Wade finished his partial explanation. "Don't worry, though. I've got some to keep me down."
Jasmine took in the news with immense surprise, noticing the hazard stripes at the rims of Wade's arms as she replied to her friend. "Oh... Well, if Tina's fine with it, then I see no problem with that, Wade." Admittedly, she was a bit unnerved by the change, concerned for both him and Tina's safety due to this supposed oil coolant issue. Trying to sound as nice as she could on the matter, Jasmine hesitantly asked Wade, "Though... I am a bit concerned with that bad cooling problem you mention. You... don't think you would-"
"Hurt Tina?!" Wade assumed, understanding Jasmine's concern as he gave a horrified glance to the two sisters. Standing with his fists to his hips, he gave his answer to Jasmine's presumed question. "Don't even say such a thing, Jasmine. I'd rather overheat than dare strike her."
Admittedly amused as well as concerned for Wade's selflessness, Tina chuckled at him before speaking up on the matter. "Now now, Wade. It won't be so bad. We'll manage."
Jasmine nodded as she agreed with her sister's optimistic view on the problem. "Indeed we will, we always do." Then, taking notice of the other two drones in the room, Jasmine smiled at them before speaking again. "Ah, I see you brought some friends too."
Wade and Tina glanced over to Nathan and F upon Jasmine's statement, the two friends smiling pleasantly as Wade spoke up. "Oh, yeah. These are some of my work buddies from Ceres, Jasmine. This is Nathan, I first met him when Ron and I came to the mines, showed us around a bit too." Putting a hand on F's shoulder, Wade introduced her too. "And this is Serial Designation F, or, just F. She was one of the guards keeping watch on the place while we worked."
F seemed to blush out of embarrassment as she remembered her and Wade's first meeting. "I... did come off a little rough on them when they first came in, though. Stopped Nathan's touring run too. Just following colony protocol."
Nathan patted F's back as he tried to ease F's guilt. "Oh, it's nothing F. We had to start work in a few minutes anyway. Besides, it's a bit more fun exploring the place yourself without a guide." He winked at the others as he finished his praise. "Trust me, it really is."
Wade, Tina and Jasmine all chuckled at their friend's amusing words, F joining in as she replied to Nathan's encouragement. "Alright, alright."
Walking up to the two, Tina put her hand onto Nathan's as she gave her own praises. "And they may not look like it, dear, but Nathan and F were both formerly in the military, from what Wade's told me."
Jasmine gave a proud smirk at the two as she responded to her sister's claim. "Well, that's quite something. Did she tell you we used to fly for them some years back?"
"Oh, she did, Mrs. Fowley." Nathan replied as he chuckled lightly, F giving a smile of her own as she added her own part to the story.
"Yeah, and given what's happening now, maybe they might call you back for service again. Wade told me you two were excellent pilots."
It was now Jasmine's turn to blush as she chuckled from the compliment, knowing Wade's high praise for her and her sister's flying as she replied. "Well, I can't say that's wrong, Tina saved the day during the flight back here. We ran into an asteroid cluster while in the middle of a jump."
Wade patted Tina on her back as he quietly cheered his love on. "That's what I'm talking about, she's a wonder among the stars, I'm telling you!"
The group fell into an excited fit of laughter at the conversation, a few of the bar patrons taking notice of the bunch as they eventually ceased their joyful moment.
As everyone calmed down, Jasmine spoke up, intending to bring the discussion to another place. "Well, with all that said, it feels great to see you all here. It was such a terrible day after all those company folk showed up." Then, as she scanned the group of friends around her, she noticed someone else missing from this puzzle. "Hey, uh... is Ron here? Did he head off somewhere?"
The mood was quickly put down to a mournful aura as Wade and Tina glanced to the floor in sadness, Nathan and F giving uncomfortable postures as they awaited for someone to speak up on the matter.
Eventually, Wade was the one to open his mouth, breathing steadily as he tried to speak to Jasmine. "Um, Jasmine? Things, uh... really took a nose dive after we got captured. You think we could find a place to sit? It's a lot to talk about."
Looking to the four drones with concern, Jasmine eased her returning fear as she nodded to Wade in agreement. "...Sure, there's plenty of space at the table here." Pointing her arm to the table, which was surrounded by a U-shaped seating bench, Wade and his friends began to move to the table as Tina spoke up.
"I can get us some drinks for the talk, you all want anything?"
"Just some oil, thanks. "Wade answered as F and Nathan gave their own nods to Tina, the drone girl walking over to the bartender near the stage as she went to purchase some beverages.
Sitting down, Jasmine picked up her smartcomm from the table, glancing to it as she spoke up on her half-finished drink. "Heh, and to think I was drowning myself in this drag of a drink before. Probably have to find a different glass."
"Proxi-Vodka? Haven't seen you touch that since we lost Aunt Susan." Wade said solemnly as he examined Jasmine's drink, sighing as he reluctantly continued. "Well, maybe it can go for a few more sips."
Looking to the vodka, Jasmine nodded as she put her smartcomm in her pocket. "I figured, I didn't think this was gonna sound good."
"I wish it did." Wade replied as Tina walked back to the table, a plate of three oil glasses resting on her careful hand as she set it down.
After delivering the drinks, Tina took a seat next to Wade, holding his hand as Jasmine spoke up. "So, where do we start this terrible story?"
Wade gulped a bit as he began to recount the events that transpired today. "Well, it all started when Ron and I came back from the mining colony."

Silly question but what is the brand/kind of coat Collin’s (Wade’s security guard) wears when he escorts Dr. Lee back to the satellite in China in episode 7 (there’s a good shot of it around 48 min in but he wears it the whole episode)? I think it’s called a military coat but when searched results yield actual military coat.

Context: I think we can all agree (if not all, then most) that Nick Aldis has been doing an exceptional job as being the Smackdown General Manager since joining the WWE in this role. He feels like a true authority figure that commands respect and doesn't back down, which is a nice change of pace. While I don't want Nick Aldis to necessarily stop being the Smackdown General Manager, the man is only 37 years old and is a very good wrestler himself and I personally would like to see him wrestle at least once (and I would be surprised if he doesn't wrestle at any point during his WWE tenure in real life). For this booking, I want to attempt a story that will go from where we just left off with Smackdown (5/10/2024) and end with his in-ring debut. This will be a long post, so be prepared.
The Build to King and Queen of the Ring:

• There's only one thing that I want to change (or just make clear since I was a little confused about it on this past Smackdown) about what they have done so far and that is the match between Cody Rhodes and Logan Paul is NOT title for title, but rather the WWE Undisputed Championship is the only championship that is on the line and Logan Paul is the only one that could potentially be a double champ if he wins this match. Throughout the build to the PPV, we will mainly focus on the Cody Rhodes and Logan Paul feud/match for King of the Ring. On the next episode of Smackdown, Logan Paul continues to talk about how he has had the greatest rookie year in WWE history and that he is the best and longest reigning champion in WWE today. Logan continues to put himself over as he talks about that not only is he the greatest champion in WWE today but is the biggest star that WWE has (putting over Prime and social media engagement). Logan says that after he beats Cody at King and Queen of the Ring, he will do what nobody in their first year has done, be a double champion, and says that Cody's story as champion will end, before it even had a chance to begin. Cody Rhodes says that while Logan Paul has done extremely well for himself, he has not achieved nearly enough yet to talk the way that he has been talking. Cody says that while Logan may achieve that someday, King and Queen of the Ring will not be that day. Rhodes finishes by saying that, he earned everything that he has ever achieved and did so through going through the trials and errors of his career (brings up Stardust, tearing his pec, losing to Roman to Wrestlemania 39, etc) and that has made him the man and champion that he is today, Logan hasn't gone through that yet, but it'll start when he loses at the PPV. Cody goes on later that night to defeat Santos Escobar in the main event. The next week, Logan Paul learns that he is scheduled for a match against Angelo Dawkins that night and Logan is not happy about it. Paul goes to Nick Aldis's office to complain and says that as a champion and future double champion, he feels as though he should be being treated better and expects better in the future, after he beats Cody Rhodes. Nick Aldis tells Paul that he may be a big star and a champion, but that does not mean he gets to be treated favorably over anyone. Nick continues by saying if Logan plans on being a double champion (both the WWE and United States Champion), he needs to act like a champion, that means showing up to work, that means showing respect to his opponent (and puts over Cody's accomplishments that he has done in WWE and outside of WWE that he has personally witnessed), and it means to respect the brand that he represents. Logan smirks at this, as he tells Aldis "You talk about all these things that come with being a champion, but how could you know anything about that when you haven't been a champion here yourself?". Aldis tells Paul to watch his mouth and to make no mistake about it, Aldis does view Paul very highly, especially when it comes to the future of Smackdown, but to not think for a second that means he is untouchable. Aldis tells Paul that he should leave and prepare for his match, as he has to attain to other matters. Logan Paul later that night, defeats Angelo Dawkins after hitting him with the lucky punch with the brass knuckles. The rest of the build is focused on Cody and Logan and on the final go-home show, Logan lays Cody out with the brass knucks and holds both the WWE and United States Championships in the air to close the show.

King and Queen of the Ring 2024:

• Cody Rhodes (c) def. Logan Paul to retain the WWE Undisputed Championship
  • This is a back and forth match as Logan once again tries to cheat with the brass knuckles multiple times but the ref sees him. On the final attempt, as the ref is distracted, Logan goes for the punch but it's countered into a Cross Rhodes and Cody gets the pinfall victory, retaining his championship.

Build to Clash at the Castle 2024:

• On the next Smackdown, Logan Paul barges into Nick Aldis's office, interrupting a meeting he was having to someone that we can't see on-screen. Aldis isn't too pleased with this as he tells Logan that he's in the middle of something. Paul cuts him off, asking him when his next championship match against Cody is. Aldis just looks at him and tells him that for now, there is no second opportunity for the WWE Championship in Logan Paul's future. Aldis continues on explaining that Logan had his shot and came up short, he doesn't get an automatic rematch just because he demands it. Aldis finishes by saying "and besides, you already are the United States champion on Smackdown, and I think you have gone long enough without defending it.". Before Aldis can continue on, Logan expresses his displeasure, saying that he is outraged that he isn't getting another opportunity to wrestle Cody, saying that there is nobody on this roster that is better than he is while also berating Aldis, calling him a horrible GM. Aldis tells Paul that maybe if he quit relying on taking shortcuts with the one lucky punch and focused more on his craft, he maybe could have beaten Cody. After Paul's outburst and tense stare with Nick, he finally asks who he's defending the United States Championship against. Nick tells him that will be determined later on tonight between Shinsuke Nakamura and the man that was in the office talking to Aldis before Paul interrupted. The camera pans over to reveal that Nakamura's opponent is Andrade. Logan, again, doesn't look happy. Andrade smiles and takes off his shades, introducing himself to Logan as he extends his hand. Logan storms off. Andrade just smiles and puts his shades back on, thanking Nick Aldis for the opportunity. Later on that night, Andrade pins Shinsuke Nakamura to become the number one contender for the United States Championship. The match is made official that Logan Paul will defend against Andrade at Clash at the Castle. The rest of the build focuses around Logan Paul trying to use dirty tactics to attack Andrade, weakening him before their upcoming match, but Andrade is always one step ahead of Logan. In a vignette promo, Andrade tells Logan "I know all of your little tricks. I've done them too. Try them if you want but it will not matter, because at Clash at the Castle, I will dethrone you, and become the new United States Champion".

Clash at the Castle 2024:

• Logan Paul (c) def. Andrade to retain the United States Championship
  • Andrade does really well here as this is a showcase to remind the WWE Universe just how good he is while Logan finds ways to cut him off and take control at times. At one point, Logan looks to use the knucks but as he goes for a swing, Andrade counters with a spinning back elbow as he then goes for the pin but Logan kicks out at 2. Andrade goes for his finish but Logan counters by ramming Andrade into the referee. Logan capitalizes by nailing Andrade with that lucky punch with the brass knucks and gets the slow 1...2...3. Logan Paul retains.

Build to Money in the Bank 2024:

• We're on the road to Money in the Bank and Logan Paul is as abrasive and annoying as usual and during an in-ring segment, wants to let it be known that he is officially declaring to be part of Money in the Bank this year, and when he wins the briefcase, he will be looking to come after Cody Rhodes and become double champ, like he should have last time. Nick Aldis comes out to interrupt and tells Logan Paul that he must not have been listening last time when he (Nick) told Logan that you can't just demand things around here, not on his brand. He tells Logan that he did however have Logan in mind to compete for Money in the Bank and booked him in a qualifying match. Logan begins to protest this but Nick Aldis tells him to shut the hell up (he's starting to get fed up with Logan's shenanigans plus he has been dealing with the Bloodline causing chaos on Smackdown, he's starting to become pissed). Aldis tells Logan that not only is this match to determine who qualifies for Money in the Bank, but since Logan continues to cheat in every match, this will be for the United States Championship as well AND, if Logan uses the brass knuckles, he will be disqualified and face serious consequences. Logan is furious, but before he can say anything else, Aldis says that Logan's match will take place right now. At that moment, Johnny Gargano's music plays as he is revealed to be Logan Paul's opponent. Gargano and Paul have their back and forth match and Gargano looks as if he's actually about to finish Logan after he's caught with the brass knuckles and is hit with a superkick after the ref takes the knucks away. Gargano gets Paul in the Gargano escape. Logan reaches for the ropes but is out of reach. Logan starts to tap out BUT WAIT, the referee doesn't see the tap as both Austin Theory and Grayson Waller have showed up at ringside to take out Tommaso Ciampa. As the ref is distracted and dealing with Grayson Waller, who is standing on the apron now arguing with the ref, Theory will slide the United States Championship into the ring. Gargano superkicks Waller off the apron and as he turns around, he is hit with the title belt and Logan gets the pinfall victory before the ref can see the belt. Backstage, we see Logan Paul, Austin Theory, and Grayson Waller walking together, laughing and celebrating about Paul's victory until they run into Nick Aldis. Aldis begins to scold Logan, telling him that he's starting to get really sick and tired of Logan taking short-cuts and disgracing the United States Championship (and begins to put over past champions that held the belt). Logan cuts him off, saying that he doesn't care what Aldis thinks, and that he now is in Money in the Bank, and when he wins it, Logan will be WWE Champion very shortly after. Logan says to prepare to cater to the biggest star on the show, because he will soon have no choice. Logan Paul then shoulder checks Nick Aldis as he walks past him, continuing to disrespect him. Austin Theory and Grayson Waller have huge grins as they try to walk past but Nick holds his arm across, stopping Theory and Waller from walking past. Nick Aldis says that since they decided to be dumbasses and get involved in something and with someone they shouldn't have, they will be defending the Tag Team Championships at Money in the Bank against DIY. The rest of the build is about establishing the rest of the Money in the Bank match and building up each competitor. On Smackdown, Carmelo Hayes defeats Bobby Lashley to qualify and LA Knight (YEAH!) defeats Solo Sikoa to qualify thanks to a returning Jimmy Uso distracting the Bloodline. On RAW, Jey Uso defeats Damien Priest to qualify (Judgement Day is falling apart and are at odds), Finn Balor defeats Rey Mysterio to qualify, and Bron Breaker defeats Braun Strowman to qualify.

Money in the Bank 2024:

• Money in the Bank ladder match: Jey Uso def. Logan Paul, LA Knight, Carmelo Hayes, Finn Balor, and Bron Breaker to win the Money in the Bank briefcase
  • This match is just chaos as everyone gets their moment to shine. In the final stretch of the match, Bron Breaker spears LA Knight, he spears Uso out of the air, he rolls to the outside and spears Finn Balor through the barricade, he comes back into the ring after seeing Hayes climb the ladder and try to grab the briefcase and pushes the ladder, sending Hayes flying and going through a couple of tables to the outside. Bron then goes for the spear on Logan Paul but it's countered into the punch with the brass knucks on, knocking out Bron Breaker. Logan starts to climb the ladder but LA Knight follows as they go blow for blow, Logan stumbles and before LA Knight can grab the briefcase, Waller and Theory pull Knight off the ladder and hit him with a double team move. Jey Uso spears both Waller and Theory and begins to climb the ladder. Jey Uso eventually pulls down the briefcase and wins the match, last knocking Logan Paul off the ladder.
• Also on this show earlier in the night, DIY (Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa) def. A-Town Down Under (Grayson Waller & Austin Theory) to become the NEW WWE Tag Team Champions

Build to Summerslam 2024:

• Post-Summerslam, Logan Paul and A-Town Down Under have an in-ring segment where they all express their frustrations. A-Town Down Under demands a rematch for the Tag Team Championships as they felt they were punished for supporting their friend and Logan Paul feels as if there has been a ceiling placed on him by Nick Aldis and feels that Aldis is trying to hold him down. Paul says that despite this, all three of them will overcome and rise above the odds as he (Logan Paul) will continue to be the greatest United States Champion that WWE has ever seen and his boys A-Town Down Under will reclaim the WWE Tag Team Championships. Nick Aldis interrupts and tells them that he is beyond fed up that they have to meet like this all the time. Aldis tells A-Town Down Under that they will in fact be getting a rematch with DIY for the tag team championships in 2 weeks on Smackdown. Aldis then tells Logan Paul that he came out here to inform him of his next opponent will be determined later tonight in a triple threat match, with the competitors being Andrade, Tama Tonga, and LA Knight. This does not please Logan Paul one bit as he, along with A-Town Down Under, start to argue with Aldis until you hear LA Knight's entrance music play. As LA Knight enters the ring, he tells Paul that he (Logan Paul) has been ducking him for a long time. LA has been wanting to fight Logan for quite some time and Logan thought that he could go an entire US title reign without facing him? NAH NAH! He tells Logan that when he wins later tonight, he will go on to face Logan Paul at Summerslam and not only will he take his US Title away, but he will beat Logan so bad that he will come running back to his awful podcast and leave the WWE. Logan doesn't say a word, he looks like he's going to say something in the mic, and then just drops it and leaves, looking furious. Later that night, LA Knight wins the triple threat match and is the number one contender for the US Title. The next week, LA Knight and Logan Paul have a face-to-face as Logan runs down LA for saying that as popular as LA Knight is, he has no gold to show for it. Logan continues saying that he doesn't give a damn if fans boo him because the fact of the matter is, they boo him because he is more successful, rich, famous, and great than any of them could dream of. He mentions all of his accomplishments and compares himself to famous sports teams that are hated heavily but very successful like The Chiefs (He mentions the Chiefs when he is in San Francisco). Logan Paul finishes by saying that the WWE fans love LA and he knows it, and after Summerslam, the world will only be talking about Logan Paul and end the hype train of LA Knight. LA Knight says that Logan Paul is an entitled, self-centered, little bitch who has been spoon fed and has been given so many opportunities to be great while he has had to scratch and claw and bust his ass to achieve all of the success that he has had. LA Knight says that the biggest difference between he and Logan, is that when they experience hardship, it makes LA better, when Logan faces hardship, he bitches and moans about it. LA Knight finishes by saying that the whole world will be talking, and it'll be about LA Knight showing the world how damn good he is. He says when the world is talking about LA Knight, they talk about his greatness, when the world talks about Logan Paul, it's usually because of controversy that makes him have to make a public apology after. After that is said, A-Town Down Under come down and three men beat LA Knight down. It looks as if Logan is going to hit Knight with the brass knucks until DIY makes the save. The next week during the tag team match, Logan tries to aid A-Town Down Under to help them win the tag gold, until LA Knight's music hits and brawls with Logan. In the end, DIY hit Austin Theory with their double team finish and retain. On the go-home show of Smackdown before Summerslam, we have a trios match between Logan Paul and A-Town Down Under against LA Knight and DIY. Logan Paul and A-Town Down Under win after Logan uses the brass knucks and pinning Ciampa.

Summerslam 2024:

• LA Knight def. Logan Paul (c) to become the NEW United States Champion
  • This will open the Summerslam card as despite Logan Paul doing all of his dirty tricks, it is not enough. A-Town Down Under try to interfere on Logan Paul's behalf but it's Nick Aldis that ejects them from ringside after. In the final stretch, after a ref bump, Logan Paul again attempts to hit the one lucky punch with the brass knuckles, but, LA Knight counters the one lucky punch with the brass knucks and turns it into his finish BFT, and gets the pinfall victory over Logan Paul. LA Knight (YEAH!) is the NEW United States Champion.

Post-Summerslam:

• It's been 3 weeks since Summerslam and there has been no sight of Logan Paul during that time. Week-after-week, Nick Aldis has been trying to call and get ahold of Logan Paul but there has been no answer. When Nick Aldis asks A-Town Down Under where Logan has been, they coldly say that they have no idea and haven't heard from him either. On the go-home show of Smackdown before Bash in Berlin, we see a backstage segment in Nick Aldis's office as he is talking with Cody Rhodes until all of the sudden, Logan Paul appears on screen and he looks ROUGH (like, I want to imply that he looks hungover or just down on his luck. Wearing shades, smells bad, all of that. It looks as if he's been down in the dumps since his loss to LA Knight). Nick asks Cody for some time alone with Logan and Cody obliges. Nick asks Logan where he has been as he's been trying to reach him since Summerslam. Logan takes a sip of his Prime and tells Aldis that he has been busy with other obligations and was recovering from Summerslam (he's clearly hungover or something) but assures Aldis that he's back now. Logan asks Nick when he's getting his rematch with LA Knight. Nick Aldis tells Logan that he still doesn't get it. Aldis continues by saying something along the lines of "While you've been gone handing your 'obligations', we already have a number one contender set for LA Knight at Bash in Berlin. You can't just be MIA for 3 weeks and expect an automatic rematch. Had you been here, we could have discussed a potential rematch but now, you have to earn that opportunity again. We can discuss a potential number one contender's match after Berlin". Logan wants to hear none of it, absolutely enraged that he is not being treated favorably and again starts to run down Nick. They start to have a back and forth with words until Logan tells Nick that he did a little research on him during his time away. Logan says something along the lines of "I was curious to know about your in-ring career because I didn't know and I must admit, it's a pretty impressive resume. You've wrestled around the world, won championships in different promotions, and you've beaten some good competition. That's not too bad. But even with all of that, I know you wanted to wrestle here didn't you, Nick? You've always imagined yourself as being able to do what you did in other places here in the WWE didn't you, Nick? How has that worked out for you?". Nick tries to tell Logan to stop but Logan keeps going, saying "I now understand why you don't like me, it's because I'm living your dream and doing everything that you wished you could do, right Nick? It must eat you up inside knowing that despite your resume, it can never measure up to the resume I've established here already, in the best pro wrestling company in the world". Logan begins to start to talk about Nick's wife, Mickie James, and then all of the sudden, Nick pushes Logan up against the wall and has his forearm against his throat. He tells Logan that he has had enough of Logan's bullshit. Nick tells Logan that he has tried to reason with him, but Logan has been ungrateful and has disrespected him at every turn. He continues, saying that he knows how good Logan is, but even with that, he will not tolerate these antics anymore. Nick finishes by saying that if Logan ever brings up his personal life and loved ones again, he will seriously live to regret it. Nick lets go of Logan and Logan rushes out of the office.

Post-Bash in Berlin:

• On the first episode of Smackdown after Bash in Berlin, Nick Aldis is out in the middle of the ring as he plans on making a couple of announcements regarding Survivor Series regarding Cody Rhode's next opponent and other matches. Before he can, we see Logan Paul interrupt, looking just as rough as we last saw him, again sipping on his Prime bottle and saying that before Nick says anything more about Survivor Series, he would like to say a few things first. Logan continues, saying that he hates Smackdown, he hates that he feels held down, and that he hates Nick Aldis. Nick tries to tell Logan that this is not the time or the place and that they can have this discussion later and Logan wants none of it as he slaps Nick's hand away as he tried putting it on his shoulder. Logan says that since Nick put his hands on him, all bets are off and he is going to say whatever he wants. Logan continues to go off being just as disrespectful as before. Austin Theory and Grayson Waller are there too, recording the whole thing (on like Instagram live or something). Logan gets in Nick's face, and begins to lightly shove him. Nick tells Logan to stop but Logan keeps instigating. Eventually after splashing his Prime in Nick's face, Nick Aldis SLAPS the shit out of Logan Paul, sending Logan down to the mat. Austin and Grayson grab Nick, getting him away from Logan as they shout at him for putting his hands on Logan. Nick tries to cool down, looking regretful about what he's done as he let his anger get the better of him. Before he can try to do anything else, Logan Paul walks over and kicks Nick Aldis in the groin, hitting him with a low blow! Logan looks pissed while also looking relieved, like has wanted to do that for a long time. Grayson and Austin pull their phones back out and record the action looking beyond excited. Logan however, doesn't stop there. He begins to reign down punches to Nick Aldis and stomping him, putting on a serious beating. Nick starts to fight back, reversing the positioning and attempts to reign down punches on Logan but is pulled off by Austin. Nick shoves Austin to the mat and Logan nails Nick Aldis with the brass knuckles. Nick is busted open and bleeding, trying to get to his feet but before he can, Logan boots him in the face. A couple of security guys come down to the ring to try to stop the assault but Logan lays them out too. Grayson Waller looks incredibly excited as he continues to record but Austin Theory is starting to look concerned, thinking that this is starting to go too far. Nick stumbles, trying his best to get to his feet but not being able to. Logan looks like he has lost his mind, grabbing Aldis by the hair as he shouts at him. Austin tries to tell Logan to stop but Logan shoves Theroy away, and before the rest of security and members of the roster can get to the ring, Logan hits Nick Aldis one more time with the brass knuckles and Aldis is out cold. Logan is escorted out by security and members of the Smackdown roster, along with medical personnel and the CCO, Triple H rush down to the ring to check on Nick Aldis. WWE later announce on their social media that Nick Aldis has been taken to a hospital to be treated for his injuries and Logan Paul has been suspended indefinitely. A week after the incident, Logan Paul posts a public apology to WWE, to Triple H, and to Nick Aldis (but the Nick Aldis portion of the apology is very short and comes off as insincere). Logan even comments about it on his podcast "Impaulsive", once again making an apology but also making excuses for why he did what he did. Triple H says that while Nick Aldis is away, the WWE Board have appointed an interim GM to run Smackdown while Nick is away, and Triple H will be the Smackdown GM until Nick's return or an Interim GM is selected.

Build to the Royal Rumble 2025:

• Survivor Series and Crown Jewel has passed and there has been no word on the status of Logan Paul. However, we do learn that Nick Aldis has stepped down as the Smackdown GM (it's not a segment on TV but rather it's posted by WWE on the Social Media and mentioned by commentary during Smackdown). As we begin the build of the Royal Rumble, Triple H opens a show of Smackdown to build the Royal Rumble, saying that it is an event that has made careers for those who are able to win it and get an opportunity at the showcase of the immortals, Wrestlemania. Triple H continues by saying that he has a couple of announcements regarding the Royal Rumble, with one of those announcements being, that a certain wrestler will be making their return and be in the Royal Rumble match. Triple H announces that this wrestler is none other, than Logan Paul, who arrives to a chorus of boos. Commentary talk about how this is a surprising decision and they wonder why Logan is even allowed to step foot back in the WWE after what he did. Logan looks happy and smug as he shakes Triple H's hand and thanks him for bringing him back. Triple H tells him to not thank him, it wasn't his decision but that while he is back and able to compete again, Logan will be competing in the main event in a trios match. Triple H says that because of what Logan did, he has made quite a few enemies and there are members in the back that want to take their shot at Logan. In the main event, it will be Logan Paul, Grayson Waller, and Austin Theory, against Kevin Owens, LA Knight, and Cody Rhodes. The main event of that match ends in a no-contest after Cody looks to hit Logan Paul with three consecutive Cross Rhodes but is hit with a Samoan Spike before the third one is hit. The new Bloodline (along with "The Tribal Chief", The Rock) attack. Logan gets out of there and the new Bloodline lay everyone out. The rest of the build on Logan's side for the rumble is more members of the Smackdown roster wanting their chance to get a piece of Logan to avenge Nick Aldis. Logan wrestles Bobby Lashley, Baron Corbin, and Dragon Lee on Smackdown and is able to beat all of them (thanks to a bit of cheating and a new ruthless side of Logan at times). Logan Paul has also has Grayson Waller and Austin Theory there to help him in the Rumble and promised to put them on the podcast if they do. Grayson agrees without hesitation because he's a stooge (in this story!) and Austin Theory agrees but it's evident that he's starting to get tired of Logan Paul and Grayson Waller.

Royal Rumble 2025: The Royal Rumble Match

• Later in the Royal Rumble match, Logan Paul will enter at #23 and teams up with Grayson Waller and Austin Theory in the match. At #25, as Logan Paul is standing tall, you hear theme music that nobody is familar with. All of the sudden, everyone realizes that at #25, Nick Aldis enters into the Royal Rumble match and looks to have revenge on his mind as Logan looks as though he has seen a ghost. Nick makes his way to the ring and immediately tackles down Logan Paul, throwing a barrage of punches. Logan is unable to amount any offense during this initial exchange as Aldis is destroying Paul. Nick finally looks to attempt to eliminate Logan from the Rumble until both Theory and Waller stop him, beginning to beat him down and as Logan gets back to his feet, all three men begin to lay the boots to him. Finally, both Austin Theory and Grayson Waller have Nick's arm's trapped as they pick him up, setting Logan up to punch Nick, however, Nick is able to get Austin off of him and pull Grayson in his place as Logan Paul nails Grayson instead. Nick then hits Logan with a lariat and eliminates Austin Theory as Theory charges at him and Nick back drops him out of the ring. Grayson Waller stumbles to his feet and Nick clotheslines him out of the ring, eliminating Waller. Nick Aldis then looks at Logan Paul and puts him in the King's Cloverleaf (Texas Cloverleaf) and wrenches on Logan's knee, not trying to eliminate him but just make him feel pain. However, as Nick has Logan in this submission, he is met by a Samoan Spike from Solo Sikoa, saving Logan from enduring any more of the submission. Solo then picks up Nick Aldis, and throws him out of the Rumble, eliminating him from the match. Logan smiles and laughs at Nick being thrown out until he is turned around and hit with a Stunner from KO and then immediately followed up with an RKO from Randy Orton. Both men throw Logan Paul out of the ring to eliminate him from the Rumble and Nick Aldis begins to brawl with Logan again until the refs have to seperate the two, sending them both to the back. (In my fantasy universe, the winner of this years Royal Rumble is CM Punk).

(Now yes, I know I said I would end this booking after Nick Aldis's debut which was technically here, but nah, we're going to end it at Wrestlemania instead. Sue me.)
Build to Wrestlemania 41:

• On Smackdown after the Royal Rumble, there's a backstage meeting between Logan Paul and Triple H and Logan threatens to sue the WWE over being assaulted by an authority figure. However, Triple H tells Logan that Nick Aldis is no longer an authority figure in WWE and hasn't been since he was assaulted by Logan. Triple H then tells Logan that if he wants to do something about it, he should fight Nick Aldis and do something about it. Logan initially wants no part of it, but Triple H plays up to his ego and gets Logan riled up to the point where he says he will fight Nick whenever he wants. After saying that, Nick Aldis comes out and formally accepts Logan's challenge. Logan leaves after realizing what he has agreed to. At one point in the build, they have a contract signing making the match official as the two men share and tell each other how much they hate the other person. Logan says that Nick should have never messed with Logan Paul, and that if he had just treated Logan as the global superstar that he is, none of this would have happened and maybe they could have had a good working relationship. Logan says that Nick doesn't belong here in WWE, not as an authority figure, and not as a wrestler and he will prove that at Wrestlemania. Logan finishes by saying that Logan is going to crush Nick's dream of wrestling on the biggest stage in the biggest company and embarrassing him in front of the entire world. Nick tells Logan that despite how much he dislikes Logan, he acknowledges how good he is at such a young age (and he has always said that throughout this build). However, at Wrestlemania, he (Nick) is going to make Logan pay for all of his disrespect and for all the times that he has thought that he was better anyone. Nick says that he has seen the most talented wrestlers from all over the world have the world in the palm of their hand, and they ruined it for themselves by self-inflicted mistakes. Nick says that Logan is just like those people because his self-inflicted, career-risking mistake, was to cross the boss, and not just any boss, but Nick Aldis. Nick starts to try to get in Logan's head and get him frustrated to which he succeeds and Logan signs the contract as he throws the pen at Nick. Nick just smiles and tells Logan that he should have read over the contract because the contract he just signed, just made their match at Wrestlemania, a street fight. Nick tells Logan that he will see him at Wrestlemania, and to prepare for the biggest night of Hell he has endured in a WWE ring. Also, during this build, Logan starts to treat A-Town Down Under horribly and Austin Theory is fed up with Logan at this point while Grayson is still trying to be a leech and benefit from Logan's star power.

Wrestlemania 41: Nick Aldis def. Logan Paul (Street Fight)

• The only notes to make about this match is that this is on night 2 of Wrestlemania and both men beat the hell out of each other. All the weapons are used but Nick is also to use his technical abilities in the ring and works over Paul's knee. At one point, KSI (or some other YouTube/social media personality) tries to aid Logan Paul but is stopped by Austin Theory as he is done with Logan and Grayson (Grayson Waller argues with Austin Theory as they go to the back). At one point, Logan Paul tries to hit the frog splash onto Nick Aldis through the table but misses, crashing through the table himself instead. In the end, after hitting Logan Paul with the brass knuckles (making Logan pay for all the times he has used them in matches, it finally backfires on him), Nick Aldis puts Logan Paul in King's Cloverleaf (Texas Cloverleaf) and makes Logan Paul submit in the middle of the ring.

The end.
What did you think? Did you like it? Did you not like it? What specifically did you like or dislike? I'm open to all feedback
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The ships of the Imperia had a silvery blue sheen to them that would have made them hard to see in the water. They were firing as gangways opened and Imperia and Vesili poured out from ten of the ships and 3 more were waiting to be able to disembark. 7 smaller ships were in the air firing as well. The general, the admiral, Mira, and all of the aliens headed towards the marine line, as the transporter they came on did not have guns. The nocturnal Acili had been awoken and they were also geared up and heading towards the marine line.
The marines had been busy digging out a shallow trench and they were covering the retreat.
*Growling*
“He’s wondering how you knew to build this fortification.” Mira translated.
“Marines always expect to have to fight.” Thompson replied. “Merrill! Delete that ship!” They heard the thum thum thum of several grenade launchers. They did some damage, but it wasn’t enough. The nearby aircraft carrier began launching fighters and they began fighting against the alien fighters. Despite the heavy gunfire supplied by the marines, they were still losing numbers they couldn’t afford to lose.
Vebi, Fennis, and Mira were a little separated from the rest of the humans. “Any bright ideas?” Vebi asked.
“I do!” She called over to the humans, “Admiral, General. I have a way we might be able to communicate with one of the ships, but I need your help.” The men drew near so she didn’t need to shout so loudly. “One of the species in the ships near the moon has psionic abilities. Humans do too but to a much lesser degree. Our thoughts are kind of loud to them, so we’re going to try and all mentally shout to the same being.”
“You think this will work?” The general asked.
“Sir, I would rather try and fail than to not try at all.” They both nodded. “Have either of you seen the old Alien movies?” Both men chuckled and nodded while they continued to scan the battlefield. “Ok, having an image of who you are sending to helps. So, think about how the xenomorph looked. Reduce the head and give it four obsidian eyes. Head has a shape similar to a squid, and mouth has little crab arms in front of it. She has 2 arm like appendages and the body has something like a thorax and at the start of the thorax has four spider like legs that come out of it. Her body is brown instead of black. You know how you mentally yell at someone that is being dumb or making a bad choice in a movie but you’re in the theater so can’t say it out loud. Let’s stick with the same message. How about ‘Drixa, the Imperia have ambushed us.’? Drixa is her name.”
“Short, sweet and to the point. Let’s try.” Admiral Davis replied. Mira began shouting in her mind as loud as she could. The strain of it was going to give her a headache. During the trip, she had video chatted with Drixa and they had continued to practice to see if they could send and receive from distances and what the limit was. They were about as far apart as they had been while traveling and knew her mind voice might be too faint to hear on it’s own which is why she hoped having 3 humans mind shouting, it might be enough.
The 7 fighters that Fennis had escort them were already in the fight, but had to be careful to not get attacked by the humans. After a couple minutes, Mira received a calming sensation.
“Ok. She’s got our message.”
“How do you know?” General Thompson asked.
“Humans are good senders, but terrible receivers. Whatever she said back gave me a strong calming sensation.”
“I think we’d like to meet this species.” Thompson replied.
Another couple minutes passed before what looked like every fighter the three ships held was out and attacking the Imperia. The Marines had done well at holding off most of the landing aliens, but their ships had been dominating the air and had also been firing on the humans and Federation aliens with little retaliation. The Federation ships came out of the clouds like a flock of birds. The human planes, while fast, were not nearly as maneuverable and fast as the alien ships. The Navy pilots quickly realized that they were unable to communicate with each other or their ships, so had to be very careful so they didn’t hit each other or go after the same ship. They did quickly realize that the ships going after the other aliens they had been fighting had the same emblem on them, so they did not go after them. Instead, the humans, unable to communicate with the flight tower on their ships, had to stay in the air and they waited to take shots where they could and also attacked the transport ships of the invading aliens while dodging the return fire.
When the battle finally died down, and the transporter ships had all been destroyed, communications were reestablished. Both Vebi’s and Fennis’ portables began beeping and flashing as messages that had been held back came in all at once. At the same time, human radios all came to life with shouted orders and panicked requests to respond came through.
After taking stock, of the damage done, they realized that at least half of the marines were dead, the boats they had come to the island on had been destroyed, along with the diplomat, about two thirds of the Federation aliens were dead, and their transport had been destroyed. As for the Imperia and Vesili, only a few remained and they tried to surrender to the Federation, but the Marines got ahold of them, so they began fighting tooth and nail and had to be knocked out before they could be restrained.
The planes headed back to their aircraft carriers and boats were let down and headed towards Howland Island.
“Lieutenant Commander Fennis says that they are sending a new transport down.” Mira translated. The admiral nodded and communicated to his men that a friendly was coming in and to not attack.
“If you have any injured, that man there is our field medic, and he can see to your wounded.” General Thompson said.
*Bubble noises*
“Rear Admiral Vebi appreciates the offer, but fears the different biologies may affect the effectiveness of our healing. The transporter coming down has medical staff, and they are offering the same to your men. I can attest that they have excellent healing and it works well on humans.” Mira untucked her shirt and lifted it to show the claw marks from the Luxshi that cut her.
“How did you receive those cuts, Chief.” Davis asked.
Mira tucked her shirt back into her pants and then gestured to the enemy aliens and used their pop culture names. “Grey Man. Lizard Man.” She pointed to her covered stomach, “Wendigo. I am very glad we didn’t have any Wendigo here. Their proper name is Luxshi. They are the only other known psionic race and when they attack people like us, they also attack our minds. It caused me to become a berserker. I don’t remember receiving these wounds, but I’ve watched the video. They change what they look like to our minds.” She turned to Vebi and Fennis, “Can we show them?” Fennis nodded and pulled up the video to show the Admiral and General.
“You were in a fight, Chief?”
“Yes Sir. The 3 slaver races attacked The Meteor, their ship, to get to me. Based on what happened, we believe the ship I was on was either moved into the path of debris to damage the ship, or that debris was shot towards the ship and they were going to wait and scoop us up. Because a Federation ship is what found me first, they then tracked the ship, knew it would eventually head in the direction of Earth, and attacked when they left Federation controlled space. We were able to receive help, but because of the attack, we traveled with an escort to ensure it didn’t happen again.”
“Wendigos are real too. What else is real. I see we have a new race that exited the transport. Can we be introduced?”
“Commander Ra’lee?” Mira called out. She walked forward. After listening to her speech which actually did sound like language to Mira, she translated, “This is Commander Ra’lee. Her species is nocturnal, and the sun here is very bright. She apologizes for sounding short, but she and her people need cover and rest before she can be useful.”
As they finished the introduction, the transport landed and the Acili headed in to seek cover. Anyone with eyes could tell that the Acili were exhausted as they trudged into the transport. Povin came up and collected the weapons and shields from everyone, and the general and admiral both looked sad as they had to return such amazing tech.
Both groups collected their dead and transported them back to their ships. The Federation transport left with the dead and would return after. The Flx’ursi dove into the water to retrieve the dead that had fallen into the sea. Shortly after they began bringing up both human and Federation dead. The humans were thankful as they collected their dead from the alien divers.
“Thank you, Rear Admiral Vebi. I’m unsure if we would have been able to retrieve them.” Admiral Davis said.
“How could we not when we were retrieving our own?” Mira translated for Vebi.
“How about we go somewhere more comfortable to talk?” General Thompson added. “Our ships are nearby and if we are attacked again, we will not be out in the open.”
After Vebi and Fennis spoke together, they answered. “They accept.” Mira translated.
The general and admiral looked at each other and then played rock paper scissors. The general lost and he’s the one that spoke up. “Admiral Davis and I have decided that one of us should receive a translator so that this can go a little more smoothly.”
“It’s better if we do that inside the transporter so you have a place to rest while you recover. And of course, Admiral Davis is welcome to observe and then decide if he would also like a translator implant.” Mira translated for Fennis.
Six minutes later, Davis decided he didn’t want the general to have any edge between them and had the implant as well. After that, communication went easier, and the Federation aliens were welcomed to the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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[Edited from the original post on May, 5, 2024]
Captain Terrance Johnson was shocked by the size of the alien vessel attacking Crescent Station. They had been monitoring the communications from the system since the mayday call; but he had dismissed the stationmaster’s description of the enemy vessel as panic induced exaggeration. Now, seeing the immense ovoid vessel nearly filling his forward view screen, he had to admit it was as large if not larger than the stationmaster had estimated. The alien vessel was easily twice as large as his battlecruiser, and possibly larger in total mass than both his battlecruiser and her sister ship, Achilles, holding station five kilometers to port.
His battlecruiser, Ajax, was one of the newest in the fleet; and had been assigned to 7th Task Force with, Achilles, as part of an increase in anti-capital ship capability, focused on the outer sectors of United Earth Alliance space. Many had questioned the need for a dozen battlecruisers, pointing out that humanity had not encountered any alien life in the galaxy so far; and the further they expanded without encountering other intelligent life, the less likely it was they would ever find it. Now, Captain Johnson was very grateful the UEA Senate had voted to approve the construction of the massive warships.
At a kilometer long, two hundred fifty meters tall and two hundred meters wide, Ajax and her sister ships were the largest gunboats in the UEA Navy. They boasted fifteen heavy artillery turrets mounted on their sides and top, along with twenty-one secondary turrets and twenty-four point defense Gatling turrets spaced out Along all four of the battlecruiser's long sides. A rail gun ran along half the length of the battlecruiser's ventral spine, giving them the capability to shatter any freighter or warships known to the UEA. Additionally, on sides of the hull were two banks of twelve missile bays holding Phantom missiles with high-explosive, shaped-charge warheads; and two dorsally mounted Medusa multiple-vehicle nuclear warhead missile bays. They were humanity's ultimate ship-killers.
Captain Johnson watched as the first artillery salvo, fired as soon as the FTL static had cleared from the turret operators' targeting screens, impacted across the alien vessel's rounded prow. Ten flashes marked where the shells struck the alien vessel, followed closely by ten more from Achilles. They seemed to have no effect on the alien vessel, as it turned ponderously to point an antenna-like appendage sticking out of the prow in the direction of Ajax. A red lance of energy burst from the alien vessel towards Ajax, and Captain Johnson felt a slight tremor as the energy lance hit his battlecruiser. Energy weapons? he thought. The United Earth Alliance doesn’t have anything like that. This changes the situation…
“Damage report,” he demanded.
“Atmosphere loss on Deck 30,” reported Lt Ashley Lee, the Damage Control Officer. She pressed her headset against her ear for a minute before adding, “Hit was one deck above the primary reactor room. Emergency bulkheads have sealed off the damaged compartment. Reactor still online and operating at 100%. No casualties reported.”
It went through two and a half meters of heavy armor plate? Wait… Just above the reactor room? Are the alien sensors sensitive enough to pinpoint our reactors through the hull? Captain Johnson worried. “Send a warning to Achilles; that might have been targeted at the reactor. Guns,” he ordered. “Concentrate all weapons on the enemy’s energy projector. Green light on all ordnance.”
“Aye aye, sir,” replied the weapons officer, Lt Marc Werner firmly. Then Lt Werner spoke into his headset, relaying the orders, “All weapons, focus fire on enemy energy projector. Fire all Phantom Missiles. Calculate firing trajectories for Medusa Missiles.”
Captain Johnson knew that for Lt Werner, as well as himself, this fight was personal. Both of them had served alongside Captain Sigil in the Separationist War only decades before. They had listened to his last transmission, desperately willing their battlecruiser to go faster; and feeling his loss as keenly as if they had watched it happen in person. Now, Lt Werner spoke with cold fury, as if he were personally going to avenge Captain Sigil's death.
Captain Johnson knew that green-lighting the use of the Medusa Missiles would be controversial. Their nuclear payloads were supposed to be able to cripple a UEA Navy super carrier, which was probably close in dimensions to the alien vessel; but there were some who believed the nuclear payloads were too powerful, and should be removed from the UEA Navy arsenal.
The artillery turrets spat another salvo of armor piercing shells at the alien vessel. Capt Johnson noted the salvo had taken a few seconds longer than the first two; and was pleased to see most of the armor piercing slugs slam directly into the alien’s energy weapon. The others were near misses, close enough so the plume of fire from their explosive charges licked at the base of the alien weapon. Moments later, a salvo from Achilles landed on and around the alien weapon. Despite the pounding, the alien energy weapon glowed red and fired. This time, it targeted Achilles.
Maybe they can’t detect the reactor, Captain Johnson mused. Or they could believe their sensors are off. “Helm,” he ordered. “Bring us in closer.”
The helmsman, Ensign Adriaan Weeleman, responded, “Aye aye, sir.”
Turning to Lt Werner, Captain Johnson continued, “Warm up the rail gun.”
Aye, sir,” answered Lt Werner. “Rail gun capacitors charging at ten percent per minute.”
The fact the antenna-looking energy weapon had sustained more than a dozen direct hits from the artillery turrets worried Captain Johnson. He didn’t know if they were doing any damage; or how many more projectiles they would have to use to disable it. He could use the nukes; however, the nukes would only be effective if they could reach the target. Capt Johnson didn’t know if the alien vessel had a point defense system, but it would be foolish to assume they didn’t. He wouldn’t know how effective the alien point defense was until the Phantom Missiles were within contact distance of the target. The rail gun mounted along the battlecruiser’s spine could do the most damage; however, lining up a rail gun shot would mean turning so most of his kinetic weapons would not have a firing arc on the enemy vessel, and it took a long time to charge. The view screens sparkled momentarily with static, and the Voxel operator, Ensign Arabella Hunley, reported that the rest of 7th Task Force had arrived.
The super carrier Hermes, along with a half dozen destroyers and frigates, had dropped out of FTL near Crescent Station, and the destroyers and frigates immediately began deploying into a skirmish line between Hermes and the alien vessel. On normal peacekeeping and anti-piracy patrols, Hermes was the workhorse of the Task Force. With a thousand two-seat strike craft and an entire Marine division on board, Hermes could deal with any unrest in United Earth Alliance space. Here however, she would most likely be a gigantic punching bag. The super carriers were just that, carriers. They had minimal armor and no long range weapons, relying instead on their escorts to protect them against significant anti-ship threats. Hermes was the flagship however, and shortly after it arrived in system the Ajax's communications officer, Lt Koike Sawao, told Capt Johnson there was a priority hail from Hermes.
"Put it on my terminal," Capt Johnson ordered, and a second later the lean face of Rear Admiral Willis Vong appeared on the screen of his station.
"What’s the situation, Johnson," Rear Admiral Vong asked.
"The enemy is using some sort of energy weapon , sir. The enemy has fired once at us and once at Achilles so far. It burned straight through our battle armor, one level above our main reactor. We are engaging with everything we have," Capt Johnson replied, his artillery turrets firing another salvo as he spoke. "We have scored several direct hits, but the enemy weapon is still operational. Phantom missiles have been launched; and I've ordered the Medusa Missiles prepped. I believe the enemy might be able to detect the energy signature of our reactor through the hull." As he finished speaking, Ajax’s secondary battery began a rolling barrage as they closed to within effective range.
Rear Admiral Vong looked surprised. “Energy weapons,” he mused aloud. Then he nodded thoughtfully. "Very well, keep up the pressure; but hold off on launching the Medusa's," he said. "I'll have Hermes launch her strike craft in case we need them."
"Aye aye, sir," Capt Johnson replied. The transmission ended, and he turned his attention back to the main screen in time to see the alien vessel fire again. Once again, the energy lance was aimed at Achilles, and Capt Johnson wondered what damage they were taking.
"Bring up Achilles on the secondary view screen," he ordered. If the alien vessel was successful at disabling Achilles, he would need to change his strategy. The secondary view screen blinked, and showed an image of Achilles. At least, most of Achilles. Their sister ship was in such close formation that they couldn't see all of her kilometer long hull. They could see two artillery turrets that had been slagged by the alien energy weapon; but all of her other primary and secondary turrets were still pouring fire at the alien vessel. It appeared the aliens were attempting to defang Achilles one turret at a time.
"Sir, Phantom Missiles are ten seconds from impact," Lt Werner reported.
Capt Johnson turned his attention back to the main view screen just in time to see tiny flashes of light sparkle all over the pockmarked hull of the alien vessel. Missiles began popping like tiny firecrackers before they made contact with the alien hull as the alien point defense weapons, presumably energy based, began taking them out. However some missiles made it through, and large explosions appeared on the alien vessel's hull.
"How many missiles hit?" Capt Johnson asked. The number of explosions looked depressingly small; but he rationalized that the size of the enemy vessel might make the number of missile explosions seem fewer than they actually were.
"Looks like about a third got through," reported Lt Werner disappointment evident in his voice. "Phantom Missile bays will be reloaded in thirty seconds."
A third, thought Capt Johnson. That was still a sizable number, since each Phantom Missile bay held six missiles and Ajax had twenty-four missile bays. But probably not enough to do any meaningful damage, and there was no way the Medusas would make it through that kind of point defense if they ever got clearance to launch them. "How much damage did they do?" he asked, not really expecting a firm answer.
“Difficult to say, sir,” Sensor Operator Lt William Taft answered. "However, I think we may have breached their hull in a couple places. I can’t tell through all the residue from the Phantoms. We did knock out a few point defense weapons though."
"What about that energy lance?" Capt Johnson asked. It was almost impossible to see it now under the constant barrage of artillery and secondary shells.
"I'm still getting strong energy readings-," began Lt Taft. He was cut off mid sentence as the energy weapon fired through the explosions.
The blood red energy lance came directly at Ajax, and anyone looking at the view screen instinctively ducked. The battlecruiser shook violently, and alarms started blaring. Before Capt Johnson could demand a damage report, Lt Werner shouted, "Direct hit to the missile bays! Four port bays are destroyed, and the rest of the port missile bays are offline!”
Lt Lee cut in. "Atmosphere loss on deck 50! Secondary explosions are threatening to breach decks above and below! Major casualties reported! Engineering reports that thrusters in that area are losing power!"
"Sound decompression alarms throughout the ship, then seal and vent the damaged section!" ordered Capt Johnson. The breached missile bays would vent the atmosphere into space; but it might not do it quickly enough to prevent the explosions from igniting the fuel of the undamaged missiles. He prayed that any crew left alive in the missile bays and surrounding compartments would be able to get to emergency suits in time; but he couldn't wait. If all the missiles in the port missile bays exploded it would doom Ajax, tearing her apart from the inside. "Helm, evasive maneuvers! Get us out of the firing arc of that energy weapon!" he continued.
“Aye aye, sir!” Lt Lee and Ens Weeleman shouted in unison.
"Sir! Achilles and Hermes are requesting our status, sir," Lt Sawao reported.
"Tell them we're hurt, but still combat capable," ordered Capt Johnson, holding onto his terminal as Ens Weeleman put Ajax into an evasive maneuver.
Lt Sawao nodded and transmitted the information. He listened a few seconds then reported, "Achilles is recommending we break off while they cover us. They suggest we circle out of the action and line up a rail gun shot."
The suggestion was a good one. Ajax would essentially be feigning a retreat, only to come back and fire her most powerful weapon at the alien vessel. The problem was the maneuver would leave Ajax's stern facing the enemy, allowing the possibility of taking fire in her sensitive engineering sections. It would also leave Achilles facing the alien alone for a few minutes, while the majority of Ajax's turrets would be unable to offer supporting fire; and Achilles was already missing two artillery turrets. If the enemy thought they had crippled or destroyed Ajax, they might try to duplicate the strike on Achilles.
Capt Johnson decided to do a maneuver that was only partially what Achilles was suggesting. "Helm," he ordered. "Take us hard down and starboard. All ahead full for thirty seconds, then rotate and point the rail gun at the enemy energy weapon.” He turned to Lt Sawao. "Tell Achilles we are going to break out of their firing arc, then line up a rail gun shot; but we will stay close to support them with our turrets."
Lt Sawao and Ens Weeleman, both responded, "Aye, aye!"
A moment later, Capt Johnson gripped his terminal tighter as Ajax turned rapidly. The turn wasn't as hard as he expected, but he figured that might be because of the damaged thrusters. The constant fusillade of turret fire could be felt through the deck of the battlecruiser as the inertial dampeners struggled to keep up with the maneuver. The camera also struggled to keep the alien vessel centered on the view screen, until the thirty seconds were up and Ens Weeleman spun the battlecruiser about to point at the prow of the alien vessel. The sudden maneuver threw off the accuracy of the turrets; and when the camera finally steadied on the alien's weapon, Capt Johnson could see it beginning to glow with another charge. It was aimed at Achilles, and Capt Johnson knew he didn’t have much time to act before it fired. The aliens had targeted two important areas on his battlecruiser, and had nearly knocked him out of the battle with the hit to the missile bays. If they got a lucky hit on Achilles, they could destroy her the way they had almost destroyed Ajax.
"Guns!" he barked. "Get a firing solution for the rail gun and punch that S O B in the nose."
"Aye Aye!" replied Lt Werner aggressively. His fingers flew over his keyboard, and seconds later he reported, "Firing solution locked! Firing!”
Ajax bucked as the ten meter long projectile was flung at a fraction of light speed toward the alien vessel. At first, Capt Johnson thought they had missed as he followed the electric blue projectile towards the target; however, in a moment, he saw that he had misjudged Lt Werner. The rail gun's sabot punched into the base of the alien energy weapon at an angle, and the antenna-shaped energy projector shattered just as it fired towards Achilles. The energy lance that flashed out was smaller than the others, but it still slagged yet another turret. After the energy weapon shattered the alien vessel’s ponderous mass accelerated, closing on Achilles.
Are they trying to ram her? Capt Johnson wondered. "Guns, fire on the thrusters!" he ordered. The slow rate of acceleration made it seem unlikely; but the alien vessel might also be trying to close the distance to point defense range. If that was the case, Achilles would have to worry about several dozen energy weapons; and Capt Johnson didn’t want to see if the battlecruiser’s armor stood up to that kind of bombardment.
Before Lt Werner could reply, Lt Sawao spoke up. "Captain! Priority transmission from Hermes: All ships open fire on point defense weapons. Achilles is assigned to the upper half of the alien’s hull, we have been assigned the lower half. Strike craft and boarding shuttles launched from Hermes are forming up behind the screening escorts."
"Very well," replied Capt Johnson. "Guns, target any point defense weapons you can find on their lower hull. Helm, take us to just outside their point defense range. I want to get the maximum number of turrets firing as possible."
A chorus of 'aye, aye' followed his orders and Ajax accelerated again, this time rapidly closing with the alien vessel. The alien vessel seemed intent on ramming Achilles, and the battlecruiser maneuvered hard to avoid the collision. Captain Johnson thought it was almost laughable as Achilles easily outmaneuvered the giant alien vessel. Then his attention was drawn to the approaching small craft.
Three waves of strike craft rocketed forward between Ajax and Achilles, their fixed auto cannons strafing the hull of the alien vessel as soon as they got within range. Point defense weapons on the alien vessel started firing back, and Captain Johnson winced as multiple strike craft disappeared in red-orange puffs of exploding fuel. Behind the strike craft, six groups of boarding shuttles slowly closed on the alien vessel. The Marines were taking the battle to the enemy.
[Part 1]https://www.reddit.com/HFY/s/NyHHtxFfec

Whats up with Tamerlane and the escort? She clearly doesn't trust anyone, and has intimacy issues, but I don't understand what she's getting out of that whole situation?
Was Morella leaving the party? It is hard to tell from the angles that we see whether she was walking towards Perry or heading towards the doors. Was there only the one main entrance? Did the doors they close lead to the extra rooms? When she was standing towards the edge of the room, it seemed like she was standing a little up and to the right of Perry. During the "rain" Perry doesn't really move from his spot, and we dont have a clear view of her in the commotion I feel like. When Pym comes in after removing the mask off Perry, he moves down and to the left for a total of 4 to 5 steps then Morella grabs his leg. Was she heading for the door all along, or was she heading for Perry before changing course after the "rain" started? I'd be trying to find her in the crowd, but it's not the easiest scene to watch.
Did Vic and Camille not take the Usher name? Why do you think that is?
When exactly did Roderick turn against Auggie? Was he planning on turning against him from the get go? Or did he actually want to help at one point? Was it decided that he'd turn on him after Madeline met Griswold?
Is Madeline lgbtq? She seemed to really enjoy that kiss with Verna, I know she had husbands, but she's also smart enough to understand being openly queer would cause her to lose power, so are they beards? It is also very possible that she was asexual. Just completely unimpressed with the thought of having sex.
Whats the age difference between the olders and the littles?
Aslo, did anyone else think Fredrick was secretly gay?? There was something with they way he talked and his mannerisms that just came off as gay to me.
I really thought that Val was gonna experience the tell tale heart a different way, I really thought it was gonna be with the patient. Like Verna doing the surgery on her instead, I was not prepared for what it actually was.
How old is Lenore supposed to be? How had she not been corrupted by the family?
Did the little not have seats on the board?
Why did it take Rod so long to see Camille and Leo, but started seeing Vic almost immediately?
Tamerlane's last interaction with Juno before the Goldbug launch seemed as though it was the first time she ever actually listened to Juno. It's the only good interaction we see between them, and I wouldn't be surprised if it was the first.
I think its so hilarious that Fredrick uses the bumpers while bowling.
Poor Juno really gets a rough deal when she just wanted to show Tamerlane support at the Goldbug launch.
The slowmo of Tamerlane falling and then the cut to real time was an amazing creative decision, loved it.
Fredrick showed he had such a capacity for good, but really had that evil side tucked inside. He really just let that evil side take over. And I wonder why we never really get clear shots of Morella wearing her ring before the accident.
Pym, why was he so willing to do so much for Roderick and Madeline? But so unwilling to make a deal with Verna? He never really did things for his own gain, which is surprising for a man who has the abilities he has.
Why did freddie appear to Roderick as a child?
Madeline literally said into this world together, out of this world together, but then wasn't going to take her life herself? Like why did she think killing Roderick would stop it? Verna was very clear with her terms.
Do we ever see Vic's mom? We saw all the other kids mothers, but I don't think we see Vic's.
Did both Griswold and Annabel Lee tell Madeline she was small?
At the beginning of Verna's offer, I love the fact that The Wreck of Edmond Fitzgerald was playing in the background.
The acting is just so amazing, everyone did an amazing job. Rahul Kohli is just brilliant. I am continuously in awe of Mark Hamill's performance. I think that this is my favorite Carla Gugino character, hands down. Mary McDonnell and Willa Fitzgerald did an amazing job portraying Madeline. Madeline might be the most interesting character, next to Verna, for me. I'm so intrigued by her.

Everyone in town is meeting at the saloon to listen to Lucas' radio "Easter Address." Rosemary suggests hypnotizing Lucas to see if he remembers who shot him, but Mei comments that hypnosis is unreliable. Lucas starts his address, announcing that Easter is a time for new beginnings (Elizabeth sneaks a quick look at Nathan, who glances back), the building of 1,000 new homes and apartments in Cape Fullerton, and that they are accepting bids to build a big resort in Hope Valley. Everyone claps enthusiastically. He finishes the address (must be the shortest address of any governor anywhere) announcing a new tradition: the Annual Easter Egg Hunt. More clapping.
As Elizabeth, Rosemary and Lee congratulate Lucas, Bill wanders over to Nathan and observes that Lucas and Elizabeth are being "very adult" about "things" (well, they are in the 30s, what do you expect?). Nathan's response, as he watches Elizabeth and Lucas talking, is a tight "I see that." Bill comments that things would be easier for Nathan if Lucas stayed in Capital City, but Nathan shrugs it off, saying, "It doesn't make any difference to me" -- while watching Elizabeth like a hawk. Elizabeth turns and smiles at him casually, and he puts a smile on his face, but then she turns away.
Afterwards, Nathan and Elizabeth are discussing the Easter Egg hunt -- apparently Lucas had some grandiose ideas, including having Edwin dress up as the Easter Bunny, but she had talked Lucas out of it. Nathan playfully chides her, "Oh, you're no fun!" to which Elizabeth protests that she is "lots of fun!" but that it's her job to remind Lucas to "keep things simple" (her job? Thought she was a teacher . . .) Nathan calls her out on it -- "So, he gave you an actual job?". to which Elizabeth responds, "Well, self-appointed . . . " Nathan thanks her for taking on the project, but observes she's going the wrong way to school. She's tells him that she's stopping by to pick up Little Jack from daycare so he can go dye Easter Eggs with the class -- Little Jack has expressed a wish to go to school, and reminds his mom that he will be starting school next year. Nathan offers to help with the hunt, and Elizabeth allows as how 'that would be nice . . . " but apparently can't think of anything else to say, except a weird, awkward laugh, and she hurries off.
Lucas is trying to round up a delegation to go talk to the mayor of Benson Hills about the land that was sold for the resort. He asks Bill to go, as acting mayor, but he refuses, but them remembers that Mike is the actual mayor. Mike refuses, because it appears that his overbearing sister, Maisie, is the mayor of Benson Hills and, as he readily admits to Lucas' teasing that he's afraid of her: "Yes! Yes, I am!" But in the end, Mike agrees to go with Lee riding shotgun.
At school, Elizabeth has to leave Jack for a moment to referee a squabble. Afterwards, Jack said he liked school, but it seemed like she was everyone's mom. Elizabeth reassures her that she may be everyone's teacher, but she is only his mother. Faith and Lily going them on their way back to daycare, and Faith tells Elizabeth she's never had so much fun.
Rosemary and Bill mull over evidence from the shooting, and notice the purported shooter's fingerprints only appear in one small spot of the gun. Their theory is that the shooter was framed --or is taking the fall for someone.
A woman (Juliette) pulls up in front of the saloon in a very expensive car and steps out. Bill is there, and scolds her tat she can't park there. She replies that she's a friend of the owner, so surely it will be ok. Lee corrects her that Lee is now the owner, but she dismisses his scolding with an airy "Well, I am behind the times, aren't I?' and sweeps past Bill into the salon, leaving him speechless. He follows her, trying to coax more information about her, but she easily avoids his questioning. Mike checks her in. and mispronounces her last name, and she corrects him: "Jeannette Aucoin". Bill remembers that he's heard the name -- "the Old widow Aucoin? Lucas' friend?" Jeannette smiles archly and say, "Well, I'm not sure I'd use those words!" At that point, Lucas walks up, incredulous: "Jeannette?" and invites her into his office, leaving Lee, Bill and Mike staring after her in fascination.
Lucas comments, accusingly, that she didn't tell him that she was coming, and she murmured "It was a surprise,", to which he disagrees, saying the only surprises he likes are the ones that he does. At first she tells him that she was expecting an invitation to his wedding with the 'cute schoolteacher" that was in the papers. but never received one . . . "Oh, oops, it was called off!" she adds coyly. He mutters that she should keep Elizabeth's name out of "this” We learn that she had been an information for the The Treasury (whatever that means), but she swears she’s gone straight, and is representing some investors in Cape Fullerton who want to bid for the resort. He tries to get her to leave, but she refuses, showing him her hotel key.
Elizabeth stops by the saloon to discuss Lucas’ insistence on providing chocolate bunny candy to the children at the Easter egg hunt. She sees Mike and asks if Lucas is available. Over he shoulder, Mike sees Lucas and Jeannette coming out of the office. Lucas sees Elizabeth and gives Mike a slight shake of the head, and Mike proceeds to distract Elizabeth with awkward observations about chocolate and what it has to do with Easter. Puzzled, Elizabeth agrees, but then begins to turn towards Lucas’ office. Manfully, Mike throws himself into the task of distracting her, as Lucas arranges for Jeannette’s luggage to be carried to her room and watches her ascend the stairs. As Elizabeth begins to leave, Lucas calls her name, and they begin to discuss chocolate bunnies, as he reassures her that he has already ordered the candies. Elizabeth objects to the large bunnies, and suggests that the children will be just fine with smaller bunnies. With anxious glances over his shoulder, Lucas agrees to change the order. Elizabeth asks him why he is looking so nervous, as Mike looks on (obviously curious as to Lucas’ answer!) and Lucas replies that he’s just very busy (eyes darting back and forth.) Elizabeth doesn’t press it, and bids him goodbye, telling him that she’ll see him at the egg hunt. As she leaves, Mike asks Lucas “Who WAS that . . .?” but Lucas cuts him off and tells him to tell anyone else that he is “unavailable.”
Minnie gives Joseph a sandwich for lunch, as they joke that the Bible class he is teaching has a lot of arguments. Angela observes that “Mrs Thornton said that every argument can be settled when people listen,” which Joseph readily agrees to, and then Cooper asks “Have you ever listened to your brother?” to which Joseph responds that Jacob doesn’t speak to him.
Mike and Lee are waiting for Maisie to arrive, as Lee remarks that Mike seems nervous. Maisi is escorted in by Edwin, and immediately launches into Mike, telling him “How many times have I told you that blue simply washes you out?” Mike laughs nervously and said, “Oh, about 150 million!” as he quickly embraces her. She looks over his shoulder and spots Lee, who introduces himself. She raises an eyebrow at Mike and says “Afraid to take me on by yourself, Michael?” Seated around a table, Maisie declares that the access road is on the Benson Hills side, “of course” and Mike says, “So, you’ll get ALL the tourists?” “Of course!’ she responds matter-of-factly. Mike says she can’t just declare it – the meeting is meant to be a negotiation, and suggests that they build two roads. Maisie declares that “This is NON-negotiable.” Mike is deflated, and Lee, listening to the back-and-forth, suggests coming back to the roads, and talk about the resort. “The resort will be known as the Benson Hills Resort,” Maisie declares with finality. Mike and Lee protest, pointing out that the resort is on Hope Valley land. Maisie says that they can’t possibly expect her to agree to her naming of the resort, and she says that she thinks the meeting is a complete waste of her time. Lee implores Mike “she’s your sister, YOU deal with her!’ but Mike sits back and says, “Oh, she’s going easy on us.” Maisie points out that the meeting is a waste of time because no one is considering the downside of the resort. Lee asks her what the downside is, and she responds “Who’s to say that this won’t become a magnet for undesirables? And rum-runners?” All three men snort in disbelief, as Edwin declares “This resort is for families!” Maisie points that that another nearby resort promised the same thing, “and look what happened there! A decent person can’t walk down the street in safety anymore!” She demands to know what guarantees they can offer that it won’t happen here. All three men look at each other, but no one can respond. Edwin suggests taking a break for the evening. “Or the week,” mutters Mike. “Or the year!” declares Lee, glaring at Maisie.
Cooper is writing a letter to their Uncle Jacob with Allie. Angela observes that Uncle Jacob probably doesn’t even know who they are, but Cooper says he is writing it pretending to be Joseph. Allie declares that her dad would be so mad if she did that, and Angela agrees,, but Cooper observes, “What the worst that can happen? They aren’t talking to each other anyway.” Allie warns him that his dad might stop talking to him.
That evening, as he is rubbing her feet, Lee tells Rosemary that Jeannette has arrived at the saloon. Rosemary doesn’t quite remember, and he reminds her of when Elizabeth was held hostage by Amos at the saloon – Jeannette had called Lucas to warn him about Amos. “She’s an old widow that Lucas helped out of a jam, isn’t she?” Lee rolls his eyes and tells Rosemary that Jeannette is anything but a helpless old lady. “She could be a screen siren!’ he says, to which Rosemary declares indignantly that SHE is the local”screen siren.” Lee hastily explains that Jeannette could be an actress, but Rosemary would always be the leading lady. Rosemary scoffs, but is pleased by the comparison. She observes that Lucas has not been entirely honest about his background – and she needs to talk to Elizabeth immediately! Lee reminds her that it’s the middle of the night and she’s wearing her nightgown. “What has that ever stopped me?” she asks, but he notes that Elizabeth is probably asleep and Little Jack certainly is. Rosemary relents.
Maisie stops by the pharmacy and is greeted by Mei. She orders an ice cream, and Mei is making conversation asking if Maisie is in town for the egg hunt. Maisie observes that Mei obviously knows all of the town folk if she can spot a stranger that quickly and complements her. Mike walks in, sees Maisie, and demands to know what she is doing there. Mei, confused, tells him “This is a customer!’ “No, she’s not!” he retorts, and Maisie introduces herself to Mei, who suddenly understands Mike’s abruptness. Mike puts two and two together and realizes that his mother has asked Maisie to check out Mike’s new girlfriend while she’s in town. Mei is rather pleased that Mike has told his mother about her. As Michael grasps her hand, Maisie tells Mike that he really should take Mei to meet their mother.
Nathan is helping Elizabeth hide Easter eggs. She says that she was good at hunting Easter eggs, but always shared (I wonder if her sisters remember it the same way . . . ) Nathan hides an egg high up in a trellis, and Elizabeth protests that it is too high for the little ones. Nathan things about it for a moment, then looks at Elizabeth and declares, “I think if someone wants something badly enough, they will find a way to get it.” (ooooh, double-entendre time . . . ). Elizabeth thinks about it for a moment, then replies, “What if there’s a chance they could get hurt?” (more double entendres . . . ) Nathan, matter-of-factly, answers her with “Well, I guess they just have to decide if it’s worth it or not.” Elizabeth avoids answering, and states “Well, a chocolate egg definitely isn’t worth it!” as she reaches for an empty bucket to stand on to retrieve the egg. In a completely silly and obvious-from-a- mile-away-maneuver, she reaches for the egg as Nathan warns her to be careful, and then slips off the bucket into his arms. Close embrace, wide eyes – and then they hear Allie calling and break away, flustered. Allie sees them standing close together, awkwardly, and asks when the egg hunt will start. “Soon!” they both assure her, as she gives them A Look and walks away. Elizabeth walks away, too, but Nathan replaces the egg high in the trellis.
Jeannette greets Lucas, who is reading the Valley Voice at breakfast, with a cheerful “Allo, cherie!” He suggests she should leave, but she refuses. He’s not interested in her investors. She protests that the are legitimate, but he insists that the hotel will be aboveboard, and that he’s changed – he’s not like her. “I’ve told you – I’ve changed, too” she says, leaning across the table just as Rosemary bustles into the saloon and to Lucas’ dismay, introduces herself to Jeannette, telling her that she’s become “quite the local legend around here!” “Have I?” Jeannette drawls. “What on earth have you been telling people about me?” she asks Lucas, who denies saying anything and tries to shoo Rosemary away. Rosemary stands her ground, stares at Jeannette, then turns to Lucas, asking, “You haven’t seen . . Elizabeth . . have you?” Jeannette is fascinated. “No, I have not,” responds Lucas politely, as Rosemary leaves. “Elizabeth? She’s the schoolteacher, isn’t she? Your erstwhile fiancee’? Jeannette observes. Lucas tells her that’s none of her concern, and that she should submit a bid, if she must, and then she can be on her way.
Rosemary hurries to tell Elizabeth that Jeannette Aucoin is in town to visit Lucas, but is cut short when children begin arriving for the Easter egg hunt. Lucas comes out to officially start the egg hunt, and as the kids scurry away, Elizabeth asks him if there is anything she should know about. Lucas tells her, “No, I don’t think so,” and keeps moving.
Mike is in the pharmacy, apologizing for his sister spying on Mei, but Mei tells him that she is flattered. Mike tells her that Maisie really likes her, but she makes him feel incompetent. Mei takes his coat lapels and tells him, firmly, that he is brilliant, capable and handsome – and they finally get their kiss.
Nathan is helping Little Jack hunt for eggs, as Elizabeth watches from afar. Picture perfect Hallmark moment.
Lucas is accompanying Jeannette out of the saloon, given her a receipt for her bid, ,and will let her know as soon as her investors pass a background check. She looks at him reproachfully and tells him that she still cares, “I am no longer living that life. Thank you for your bid, Miss Aucoin,” as he pointedly opens her car door for her. Silently, she glares at him, gets in and drives away – but stops in the middle of the street when she spies Elizabeth. She gets out and approaches Elizabeth, but Lucas can’t get to her quickly enough to stop her from introducing herself to a surprised Elizabeth. “We have something in common – you see, I was once engaged to Lucas Bouchard, too.” Elizabeth just smiles and says it is nice to meet her as she quickly looks at Lucas, who seems to be living a nightmare. Jeannette casually walks up to him and tells him goodbye, leaving forward to kiss him as he hastily turns his head away. Jeannette hops back in the car to leave, and Elizabeth, with a half-smile on her face, turns to Lucas. “Poor widow Jennette?” she asks with a grin. Nathan and Allie come around the corner just in time to see them in conversation as Elizabeth continues to question Lucas: “This is why you’ve been acting so strange? You didn’t want us to meet?” The children are returning from the hunt and are surrounding them as they talk. Lucas declares the hunt over
Rosemary and Elizabeth walk together after the egg hunt, and Rosemary observes that Elizabeth is taking “it” very well. Elizabeth wonders why Lucas never told her the truth about Jeannette, and Rosemary tells her it’s because he had her on a pedestal and didn’t want her to think badly of him. Elizabeth retorts that she doesn’t want to be on a pedestal, she likes her feet firmly on the ground. Rosemary asks if she isn’t glad to know about Jeannette, so she doesn’t have to worry about having broken Lucas’ heart. “His heart is a lot more resilient than that!’ Elizabeth declares.
Elizabeth comes down the stairs gingerly, listening to make sure Little Jack is asleep. She breathes a sigh of relief, but there a knock at the door: Nathan. He offers her the chocolate egg he hid, and told her that she was right, it was too hard for the kids to find, so he brought it to her, who had risked life and limb for it. She takes the egg gingerly, giggling, and their hands brush together. Holding the egg, she looks at him and tells him, “I guess sometimes the chocolate egg is worth the risk.” Nathan then brings up Jeannette, and Elizabeth admits that she was a little shocked. Nathan said he felt a little bad for Lucas “being caught out like that in front of everybody.” Suddenly Little Jack calls “Mama!” and the conversation stops as Elizabeth returns inside.
Back at the saloon, Lucas is reviewing Jeannette’s bid, and finds a picture of the two of them that she has slipped into the file. He sighs.

^{Note - I have not updated my game and still on the prior version, so the new update had no effect on my game}
I recently returned to fallout 4 modding after a short break, and I forgot I had got this random bug after adding mods that has resulted in random eating/Drug using noises seemingly at random, at this point I don't remember which mods I added around the time when this first popped up. It's followed me to a new save, does anyone know what this bug is? Any help would be appreciated. My Load order is here if anyone sees a mod that could be causing it (I'm aware I have a ton active so know It may be a result of that, but I have run this many mods in the past without this bug happening). Thanks to everyone in advance
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At the world’s top college of magic and technology, every day brings a new discovery -and a new disaster. The advanced experiments of the college students tend to be both ambitious and apocalyptic, with the end of the world only prevented by a mysterious time loop, and a small handful of students who retain their memories.
Surviving the loops was hard enough, but now, in his senior year, Vell Harlan must take charge of them, and deal with the fact that the whole world now knows his secrets. Everyone knows about Vell’s death and resurrection, along with the divine game he is a part of. Now Vell must contend with overly curious scientists and evil billionaires hungry for divine power while the daily doomsday cycle bombards him with terrorists, talking elephants, and the Grim Reaper himself -but if he can endure it all, the Last Goddess’s game promises the ultimate prize: power over life itself.
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“You know, I actually kind of don’t want to watch a movie,” Vell said. “Anything else we could do?”
“You don’t want to watch ‘a movie’,” Cane said. “You opposed to the entire concept of movies now?”
“Cane, I didn’t leave my house all summer,” Vell said. “I have watched all the movies I want to watch.”
“Oh. It was really that bad?”
The universe provided an answer to Vell’s question before he could even speak. A fellow student in a lab coat walked up to the table he was sitting at and sat down uninvited.
“Hi, Vell, I know you’ve said no before-”
“Probably going to say no again,” Vell said.
“There are relatively non-invasive ways to do a spinal tap nowadays-”
“No.”
“The hell do you even mean a non-invasive spinal tap,” Luke said. “You’re tapping a spine, how do you do that non-invasively?”
“Well you use magic to briefly isolate the portion of the spine from-”
“Definitely no,” Cane said. He grabbed the lab coat student by the shoulder and forcibly lifted him away from the table. As they retreated with their tail between their legs, Cane turned back to his friends. “Okay, it was that bad.”
“At least here on the island its just scientists,” Vell said. “Back home I had reporters and paparazzi. Fucking paparazzi!”
Vell had tried his best to live a life where paparazzi would never be a factor, but that was all out the window now.
“Did you get the cultists?” Luke asked. “I got some cult invites.”
“I got some prayer circles outside my house, but not much else.”
The dramatic reveal of the world’s last actual capital-G Goddess had naturally involved some shakeup in the religious community, on top of all the other problems. Vell had mostly kept his distance from any such nonsense. He’d dealt with cultists before—quite frequently, in fact—but only in the context of the loops.
“Maybe we should join the cult,” Cane suggested. “That’d be a good way to hang out. They’d probably just do whatever Vell said.”
“As much as I love exploiting people for my own benefit,” Luke said, incredibly sarcastically. “Let’s just do something more normal. Can’t we join that bocce club Hawke and Kim are in?”
“Maybe later,” Cane said. “I’m still trying to figure out my school schedule, I’m not adding some club meetings on top of everything else.”
“Good point,” Vell said. He also had a lot on his plate. “Maybe we just grab Freddy and play cards?”
“Works for me,” Cane said.
***
“I am continually baffled by your inability to bluff, Frizzle,” Cane said.
“I think I studied the math too much,” Freddy said. His attempt to improve his poker abilities by researching the probability involved, and it had backfired spectacularly. “I know exactly how fucked I am all the time, and I can’t hide it.”
“That mindset would explain why Vell is so good at this,” Cane said. “My man is always the same amount of fucked.”
“It is kind of hard to be stressed about card games with the life I live,” Vell said. He could stare down the worst possible hands without blinking. “Speaking of-”
Vell checked his phone. He’d killed time all the way to six in the evening, and while he enjoyed the break, it was starting to run long. While it was possible that the apocalypse was simply starting late today, it was also possible there was a smaller disaster he’d somehow missed.
“I should probably go check out campus,” Vell said. “I don’t keep an eye on things, this place will blow up.”
“Or your people will,” Freddy said. “I don’t want to put even more pressure on you, but one of these days could you convince Alex to be less...Alex?”
Since the two worked in the same department, Freddy was forced to be around Alex a lot more than most. She was a pain in the ass to deal with, and Alex actually liked Freddy. Or respected his intelligence, at least. Apparently most of her asinine behavior was predicated on thinking herself smarter than everyone around her.
“Believe me, it’s a work in progress,” Vell said. “Thanks for the games. See you all later.”
Vell waved goodbye, grabbed his bag, and headed out the door of Cane’s dorm. He got as far as opening the door, and then heard a “click”. Three years of looping had given him the reflexes and the cynicism necessary to dive for cover as soon as he heard a suspicious noise. The instincts proved correct as Vell jumped to the side, narrowly dodging an axe hurtling through the air where his head had just been. The spinning battleaxe sailed through the air and embedded itself in the table Vell had just been sitting at, slicing the stack of playing cards in half as it landed.
“That is not how you’re supposed to split the deck,” Cane said.
“Cane,” Luke said sternly. “Vell almost died.”
“Vell almost dies like thirty times a year, man, I’m over it,” Cane said. Mortal terror for his friend had turned into moderate concern around near-death incident forty, and then into apathy at incident eighty-five.
“I know, but you have to at least pretend to be sensitive about it!”
“Nah, It’s fine,” Vell said. He had watched everyone at that table die at least seventy five times (each), and he had worked past the emotional stress of it. “Real question is why the hell it happened at all.”
Vell walked over to the battleaxe and pried it out of the table, then checked it for identifying markings. There was nothing special about it that he could see; it was a bog-standard battleaxe, of the variety that had been launched at his head many times.
“You know, with all the attention you’ve been getting,” Freddy said. “Should we be worried someone is trying to assassinate Vell?”
“Maybe,” Vell said. “But I feel like most of the people who’d want to kill me could do better than a spring-loaded battleaxe.”
Vell dropped the axe and headed back out the door to examine the rest of the axe-launching mechanism. He saw what was left of that trap -and a whole lot more.
“Oh, okay,” Vell said. “Good news, nobody was trying to kill me. Bad news-”
Freddy, Cane, and Luke stepped up to poke their heads out the door. The long hallways was lined on every side with doors, in front of which were rusty bear traps, cartoonish bombs, rope snares, and even the occasional tank of water with a shark in it.
“-somebody is trying to kill everybody.”
***
“Alright, on three,” Vell said. “One, two, three!”
Vell grabbed the doorknob and immediately leaped to the side, as did his friends. A large battering ram slammed down from the ceiling and swung through the air where they had just been, to no effect. Cane raised his head and then tapped his knuckles against the heavy wooden beam.
“Well that was a bit dull,” Cane said.
“They can’t all be flaming chainsaws.”
“Nor should they be,” Freddy grunted. He was missing a chunk of hair from a close call with said flaming chainsaw.
“The variety worries me as much as anything,” Vell said. He stepped outside the dorm building and took a quick look around. He could only see a handful of buildings from here, but every single door he saw was trapped, just like the dorms inside. “How is every single door on campus booby...trapped and why?”
“Why’d you pause like that?”
“I think subconsciously I was giving Harley time to giggle at the word ‘booby’,” Vell admitted.
“I miss her too,” Freddy said.
“We need to focus, though,” Vell said. “Something on this scale could only be done with magic.”
“Well then we go to the expert,” Luke said. “Do you want to call Lee, or should I?”
Vell bit his tongue. The silence lasted long enough that Luke got the point.
“Come on, man.”
“Local problems need local solutions,” Vell said. “Lets go see Alex.”
***
“Alight, everybody get ready on-”
“On three, Vell, we know,” Cane said. “This is like the seventh door we’ve gone through.”
“Excuse me for trying to ensure no one gets an axe in the skull,” Vell said. “Fine. One, two, three!”
Vell ripped the door open, and everyone hit the deck. A massive nothing sailed overhead, followed by a barrage of jack shit and a followup of nada. Cane raised his head to look at the absence of booby traps.
“Get off the floor,” Alex said. “I already disarmed that door’s trap.”
The four men stood up and tired their best to pretend they hadn’t just been flopped on the floor like idiots for no reason. Alex ignored their attempted recovery and continued her work, as Goldie handed her another stack of reference materials.
“So I see you’ve noticed the booby trap problem.”
“It’s fairly obvious, yes,” Alex said. “So far I have determined that the traps were manifested by magical means. I still have a few Malignancy Confluence tests running, but I’ve mostly ruled out curses as a point of origin, and Directional Mana Flow analysis seems to indicate that all of the traps were summoned from another location.”
“Okay. So our next priority is figuring out where that location is-”
“It’s beneath the island,” Alex said. “Unfortunately I can’t narrow it down any further. Between the senior labs and the school’s numerous storage basements, there’s too many magical anomalies to precisely locate anything.”
“Very thorough,” Vell said. Apparently Alex had some kind of unique magical gift, but Vell hadn’t seen much evidence of that until now. The only acumen she’d demonstrated so far was in being a jackass. “Any potential workarounds for that location problem?”
“Triangulation,” Alex said. “My tracking spells are pinging too many different magical signatures in too many different directions to be useful. With additional points of reference, I could identify the errors and locate the actual origin point.”
“Let’s, uh, do that then,” Vell said.
“Understood. Ms. Falkenberg, can you finish up here? Do I need to write the instructions down for you?”
“I’ll be fine,” Goldie grunted, in a way that made it very clear she had become well-acquainted with Alex’s unique “charm”.
“Excellent. We’re located on one of the westernmost points of the island, so readings from the southeast and northeast points should be our best references. Do any of the four of you actually know how to do a directional mana flow analysis, or will I have to do everything myself?”
“I’m a neurologist, lady,” Cane said. Though he didn’t need that expertise to know there was something wrong with Alex’s head.
“Well, divide and conquer is generally the best approach, but if I’m the only expert, we’ll make do,” Alex said. “I’ll trust the rest of you to escort me through the booby traps.”
Alex grabbed a few of her things and set out. She did not look over her shoulder until she hit the first booby-trapped door, and when she looked over her shoulder at her “escort” she found that it consisted of exactly one person.
“What happened to the rest of your friends?”
“Uh, had something else to do, I guess,” Vell said. Freddy, Cane, and Luke had all dropped out at the first sign of actually having to spend time with Alex.
“Well, it’s not as if we needed their expertise,” Alex said. “Though it might have been nice to have the extra bodies.”
“Please do not think of my friends as cannon fodder.”
“Only in a temporary sense,” Alex said. “We sacrifice our own lives often enough.”
“We make an informed choice,” Vell said. “Non-loopers don’t have the same context.”
If Alex heard anything Vell said, she certainly didn’t act like it. She simply gestured towards the booby-trapped door, beckoning Vell to open it. He did so, but he glared at Alex the whole time, even as a shotgun blast fired into the empty air.
“Hold on a minute before we head through any more doors,” Vell said. “I’m going to have Hawke and Kim get our third triangulation point ready. Samson’s not responding, I’m assuming he’s either busy or blown up.”
“Maybe his phone is just damaged,” Alex suggested.
“That counts as blown up,” Vell said. “Anyway, they’re getting ready, let’s keep going.”
It only took them a few seconds to reach another booby-trapped door on the way to their destination, which Vell disarmed and opened.
“Man,” Vell said. “You never think about how many doors you walk through on a daily basis until they’re all trying to kill you.”
“Given everything you’ve been through, is this really the first time doors have tried to kill you?”
“Oh, obviously I’ve been killed by a door before,” Vell said. “Building mimic, hidden portal to hell, weird door-guillotine, but those were all singular doors. It’s never been every door on campus before.”
Vell dodged a flurry of poison darts from the ceiling as he passed through another door.
“So now all of a sudden I’m hyper-aware of every door I walk through, you know?”
“Don’t you have more important problems to focus on in this situation?”
“I’ve been doing this a while, Alex, I can dodge death and make small talk at the same time.”
A point Vell demonstrated by snatching a spear out of mid-air and tossing it aside. The spear was thankfully the last booby trap they had to contend with before exiting the building and stepping onto the quad. They walked across the completely doorless grass to get Alex to a good spot for her next round of magical detection. Alex picked an open field on the far side of the island and started drawing a ritual circle on an open piece of sidewalk. Vell stepped back and took a video of the circle drawing, to send to Kim.
“Anything I can do to help?”
“You can avoid unnecessary distractions,” Alex said. Vell shut up and let her do her thing. She finished drawing the chalk circle, placed different spell components around the area, and then started performing the elaborate hand gestures intrinsic to casting spells. Unlike a lot of mages Vell had known, Alex performed no flourishes, added no dramatic touches to her casting. She simply made stiff, rote motions until she had finished casting.
The thoroughly unimpressive style was compounded by the fact that Alex’s magical energy manifested as a dull gray color. Every spellcaster had their magic manifest a different color -Lee’s was a bright violet, Skye had a faint cerulean sparkle, and even Kraid’s had a sickly green-black glow. Vell had never seen gray magic before. He wondered what that said about Alex, and assumed it said nothing good.
Though her magic was not impressive, it was effective, and Alex finished her ritual in moments. Dull gray magic surged out of her hands and traced lines of ley energy across the campus, soaring towards anomalies and magical hubs before returning to Alex’s hands. She hummed with casual interest at the feedback and started to take notes. Vell waited patiently for her to finish the process, knowing that asking any questions now would just get him a scathing comment.
“Alright, ready to move on,” Alex said. She tucked her pen away and put her notebook back in her backpack. “Where is Kim setting things up?”
“Just outside the botany lab,” Vell said. Alex started pacing that direction immediately. “So, any leads on where this is all happening?”
“There are some solid indicators, but nothing concrete yet,” Alex said.
“Well, any leads we can start to follow?”
“To what end? You’ll need my skills to defuse the situation either way.”
“Right, forget I asked,” Vell said. He followed along to the third ritual site, which had been prepared in advance by Kim. The chalk circle was a precise recreation of the one Alex had drawn, perfect in every way -a far cry from its creator. Kim’s metal body was dented, scuffed, pockmarked by acid, and slightly singed.
“Hey Vell,” Kim said. An accumulation of injuries that would’ve killed any human was a minor inconvenience to the resident robot.
“Kim. I see you haven’t been disarming any of the traps.”
“Why bother? All this shit is designed to kill humans,” Kim said. “I’m fine.”
“You’ve got a little bit of sword in your shoulder.”
“And I’m doing great,” Kim said, as she plucked the metal shard out of her shoulder joints. “No problem at all.”
“Fantastic, you’re walking in front when we go wherever we’re going,” Vell said. Kim gave a lazy salute and did not protest the order.
“Very, very far ahead,” Hawke added.
“You don’t have to come if you don’t want to,” Vell said.
“No, I’m not letting Kim out of my sight,” Hawke said. “We made a bet on how many traps would just launch swords and axes.”
“So far, I am losing,” Kim said. “I was expecting wackier shit from this school, like, come on, where’s the live eels?”
“I did get a snake dropped on me earlier,” Vell said.
“Yeah, so did we, but that’s as creative as it’s gotten,” Kim said. “Whoever made these traps really lacked imagination.”
“Are you all implying that you want to be murdered with more panache?” Alex asked. Apparently she saw fit to interrupt her own spellcasting to criticize them.
“Yeah, I am,” Hawke said. “If I’m going to die horribly I want it to be done with a little ‘panache’.”
“Same,” Kim agreed. “I want a little style.”
Kim’s head tilted to the side, to examine Alex’s dull gray spellcasting.
“Clearly I won’t be getting any, though.”
In a completely boring finale, sluggish gray light flowed out of Alex’s hands and raced across campus before returning, just as they had before. Alex started taking notes as the flowing rivers of magic returned to her. Vell waited patiently as she went through an even more complicated series of calculations. It took even longer this time, due to Alex’s need to cross-reference with two other sets of data. Vell checked his phone and checked in on a few friends while she worked, and had wrapped up multiple conversations by the time she finished.
“Follow me,” Alex said, as she put her notes away and started walking. Kim put some eyes on her facial screen just to roll them.
“Follow you where?”
“The source of the traps is in the school’s basement,” Alex said.
“Which basement?”
“Does it matter?”
“There is a live chimera in one of the basements, so yes, it does matter,” Kim said.
“Why did you leave a chimera in the basement?”
“It’s Craig’s house,” Hawke said. “He lives there!”
The loopers avoided Craig the Chimera for the sake of politeness, not fear. No one was entirely sure how his house had ended up embedded in the school’s sub-level, but they knew he liked to be left alone.
“I have no way of knowing which of the many basements it is, nor what threats might be in them,” Alex said.
“Well then maybe don’t go too far ahead of us,” Vell said. “There’s also a lava trench somewhere down there.”
“Why are you not negating these threats?”
“How do you want us to handle the lava trench?” Kim snapped. “You want us to empty it out with a bucket?”
“We handle what we can handle,” Hawke protested. “We turned off a robot tiger, disabled a laser grid-”
“Save it for after we deal with today’s problem, please,” Vell said. “Alex, lead the way, Kim, you go through all the doors first.”
“Fine. But keep track of what I get hit with, Vell, I want to win that bet.”

We all know the meme about letting the Rolex AD sleep with your wife in order to ascend to a higher position on the wait list. Well, I am here to tell you that it actually happens. You may wonder why I, Pisstank, am always writing dark stories about horological enthusiasm. The simple answer is that I am bitter, and writing about watch culture helps me to cope. Allow me to explain.
Ten years ago I was really hitting my stride in my professional career. I was earning well and had acquired much of the indicia of success (e.g., a nice house, a Porsche, a gorgeous wife, notoriety in my chosen field, etc…). It was at this time that I began to notice the really nice watches on the arms of my contemporaries. This awakening became painfully clear at a work lunch one particular day when I returned to the table after visiting the restroom to find my colleagues trying unsuccessfully to mute their snickering. I learned later from a friend that while I was away the entire table was making fun of me for wearing my beloved Seiko 5 Sports watch (everyone else wore Rolex, Patek, AP, and Hublot). I was aghast.
In my defense, I was born into a poor family of gun runners and human smugglers. When I had just turned 9 years old my entire family was viciously murdered by corrupt DEA agents. I escaped alive only because I happened to be across town at the time selling crank at a middle school.
After being orphaned, the state placed me with a foster family that would instill in me good, solid working class values. This is when my life turned around. In fact, this is what really saved my life. I learned the value of hard work and struggle. I worked to put myself through college without student loans, grants, scholarships, or help from anyone. I did the same to put myself through grad school. Once out of school and employed I worked my way up the ladder. It took time, a lot of time. But I managed to climb to the top and become very successful.
My contemporaries at the time were quite different from me. They were born into great wealth. They did not even HAVE to work. They only do so because it is the gentlemanly thing for people of their pedigree to do. I resented having to fit in with these fuckers. But corporate culture places a very high value on networking and contacts. You will lose out on many lucrative deals an opportunities to advance if you are not accepted into the elite group. So I played the game.
This is what was so horrifying about the lunch ordeal. Notwithstanding all my years of hard work and struggle, I almost fucked it up and lost EVERYTHING because I was still wearing that Goddamned Seiko 5! I was blinded by my damn middle class values. I had to act quickly and decisively or I would lose everything I had, and everything I had become.
The next day found me at a Rolex AD. Boy, did I get an education that day. I picked out a couple affordable pieces that appealed to me. The AD said he would be happy to sell them to me, but asked if I would be happier with something a little more desirable. God bless him, he could tell I was a virgin when it comes to Rolex culture.
Desperate to maintain my business and social stature, and near the point of an anxiety attack, I burst out in tears right there in the store. I started telling the salesman, Tango, about my situation. I could barely get any words out due to my blubbering and gasping for breath. Then a beautiful thing occurred. Tango placed his index finger on my lips and gently whispered “Shhhhhhhhh….”. The electricity that passed between us at that moment was exhilarating!
Tango took me into a back room at the Rolex store. Curiously, it consisted of only a queen size bed with rubber sheets and a trash can. I will leave what happens next to your imagination. It is not important. What IS important is thereafter Tango took me under his wing and taught me all about Rolexology, including culture, history, trends, and all the technical stuff. After Tango’s tutoring I was a bona fide Rolex Man.
Tango was brutally murdered shortly thereafter in a carjacking, so unfortunately he was unable to see the product of his work. I vowed to be the real deal from that point on in honor of Tango. Every time HBO or some other channel airs the film “Tango and Cash” I break down and weep uncontrollably.
Suffice it to say that going forward I was a pure Rolex Chad. Co-workers envied me. Subordinates wanted to be me. I would no longer be excluded from the elite because now I WAS THE ELITE. Getting MY approval was now required by those on the outside and trying to get inside.
Bunny and I were never in love. Personally, I could not stand the bitch. If she didn’t have a pussy and those good looks she would be worth nothing to anyone at all. The marriage was more of a business deal. Her well-to-do family told her she needed to get her shit together or she would be cut off from the family wealth. So she married a young up-and-comer. I married Bunny because she was from a well-connected family and it would open opportunities for me that I would not otherwise have as a single man.
Bunny could not give me a child. It turned out that she had been scraped so many times that she cannot even have kids. See, abortions leave scar tissue on the uterus. Usually it is no big deal. But after many procedures and you build up a shit ton of scaring. The egg cannot attach to scarred tissue. There is a surgery you can have to get rid of the scar tissue in order to increase the chances of pregnancy. But Bunny refused to have it. She said that such a surgery would label her a “whore”, and she would not have her station tarnished. We soon transitioned to an open marriage. Bunny had her lovers, and I had mine.
When the crypto boom came, and neckbearded yo-yos started making big money, the luxury watch market went mad. Prices surged. Inventories were restricted. It was a fucked up time. Long wait times were common. This drove me crazier than most anything else. I tried everything I could to advance on the wait lists and shorten my wait time (bribes, gifts, frequent visits, blow jobs, tickets to sporting events, etc…). It got to the point where I questioned my own importance.
Look, I owned several Rolex time pieces by this point. But I wanted more. Opulence must constantly be demonstrated in order to be revered. Power means nothing unless those around you KNOW of your power and envy it.
As I see it, with great power comes great responsibility. See, power causes envy. Envy is a primary motivating factor to drive an individual to strive for, and maybe obtain, great success. In order to facilitate envy, one’s power must be COMMUNICATED. We do this through opulence. In fact, for the good of the nation and humanity, powerful men have a DUTY to communicate their power so as to inspire others achieve. Most will fail, of course. But that is ok too because but-for peasantry we would not be gods among men.
It is against this backdrop that I sought out many luxury items, including time pieces. When it became difficult to obtain luxury watches, especially Rolex, I was incensed! Oh yes, it added to the whole exclusivity vibe that is part of Rolex culture. But more importantly, it prevented people like me from obtaining them. It also resulted in a bunch of booger-eating incels in crypto getting their dirty, sticky little hands on them. How pathetic! I resent this greatly. It cheapened the experience. This perhaps more than anything is going to destroy the culture of Rolex as a symbol of the personal success and power of a gentleman.
One day after a session of marriage counseling I took Bunny to a local Rolex AD. I was on their wait list for several pieces. I thought I would check in and buy Bunny some jewelry to build upon my purchase history. During our visit I noticed that the salesman, Chadwick Von Bangaho, was eyeing Bunny like a hungry wolf eyeing a raw steak. A light went on over my head!
I pulled Bunny aside and told her what was going on. It took very little convincing to get her to agree to fuck Chadwick. I then set it up with Chadwick. The son of a bitch would not guarantee me how many spots this would move me up on the list, only that “it would be taken into consideration when making inventory distribution decisions.”
So Chadwick took Bunny into the back room with the bed and banged her while I waited in the store. Thereafter we left together. About a week later Bunny tells me she would like to help me acquire my preferred time pieces and was willing to fuck Chadwick again … for ME. Truth be known, I don’t give a shit about bunny on any emotional level. I care about her as a prop in my life. Sure, she is a convenient lay. But I don’t love her. She is with me strictly to fulfill a certain role in my life that I play to my benefit. Essentially, she is like a Rolex on my wrist. So, yeah, I sold her pussy to the AD. Why the fuck not?
I continued to let Chadwick slay Bunny’s cooch for the next few weeks. Chad must have been hung like a horse because after he fucked Bunny it was like throwing a hot dog weenie down an empty hallway for me when I banged her. Finally, I got fed up with waiting and demanded to know when I was going to obtain my next preferred piece for all my effort. Chadwick told me that I definitely earned a bump up on the list for all the shit I bought from him, and that bartering Bunny’s ass to him was a smart move that got me higher on the list. Then shit got weird.
Chadwick told me that he had developed feelings for Bunny, and that Bunny felt the same way toward him. In fact, Bunny decided to leave me for Chadwick. He further explained that once he owned Bunny’s heart, the payoff to me stopped. I was infuriated!! I had been taking Bunny to this weasel for WEEKS!! Yet I only got credit for giving him my wife’s pussy TWO FUCKING TIMES!!!! Chad claimed that after the second fuck Bunny was HIS and that I was no longer the beneficiary!!
I flew into a rage and slapped Chadwick across his face. He then jumped over the counter and whipped my ass. Thereafter, the rest of the sales team beat me. Apparently, there is some sort of corporate culture at the AD that if you fuck with one of them, then you fuck with them all.
Right before I lost consciousness Chad said “You are off the list, Fucko!! Try to get in my store again and I will have you arrested!” After being unconscious for God knows how long, I awoke in an alley down the street. I hurt, bad. I also noticed that my butthole was sore and burning. I think those fuckers may have took me to the fuck room and raped me.
I made my way home with my tail between my legs. Upon entering my home I found there was a flurry of activity inside. Bunny was moving out and had an entire crew there to help her. “What the fuck is going on?!?”, I demanded. Bunny’s well-connected and powerful father suddenly appeared before me and punched me in the face. I lost consciousness again.
When I woke up my house had been ransacked. It looked like a disaster area. I decided I needed to get away and find some sanctuary. I needed some time to get my head together. So I threw a few personal things in a bag, including my Hulk, Kermit, and root beer GMT, and left.
I traveled to a vacation spot up in the hills that caters to the elite, called ‘Aristocrat Valley’. Inside the business office I managed to talk the clerk into renting me one of their luxury hillside chalets even though I had no reservation. When I attempted to pay with my credit card, the transaction was declined. I was mortified!! I tried another card, which was also declined. I assume this was Bunny’s doing. The bitch!!!
I was escorted out of the office by two large men, named “Killer” and “Meat”, who beat the shit out of me, literally, and left me bleeding and bruised in the parking lot. I crawled to my Porsche. But it would not crank up. I noticed that the fuel light was on. “Shit!”, I said. Out of gas and out of credit. Motherfucker!!
I traded my Kermit for a Toyota Camry and a tank of gas at a nearby store. The dude also required a blow job as a “convenience fee”. After he finished he beat the crap out of me and robbed me, taking my other Rolex pieces. It turned out that he had stolen the Camry. I became aware of this fact when I was pulled over later for a busted taillight. When the officer ran the tag number it came up as reported stolen during a BLM rally. The attending officer promptly beat the hell out of me and took me to jail.
I lost my job, my wife, my wealth, my social standing, and worst of all, my superlative time pieces. Today I manage an Arby’s in Birmingham, Alabama and I am married to an unemployed woman named ‘Heather Ray’. She was such a sweet, young, sexy thing when we first met at a meth sting operation. Who would have known that she would blow up to over 300lbs? Just more of her to love! She gave me my children: little Brandi Lee and her big brother, Chad Tom.
I tell this story not to scare anyone, but to educate. Is a shallow, social climbing ethos the best way to live? You are damned right it is!! Sure, I turned out to be a peasant. But that is ok because without people like me there would no winners for us to aspire to be. God bless us all, and God bless the United States of America.

Hi everyone. I've been having creative juices flowing lately and i've been writing in the morning before i get burned out from being at a computer all day. I hope you enjoy. It's what many of you have been waiting for since somewhere around chapter 5. lol.
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Inside Black Hole, everyone had gathered in one of the gathering rooms. There were members from all of the races except the Naxun who was joined remotely on a voice only feed to protect her eyes.
“What did you find out about the whether or not the slaver races know other languages?” Z’natla asked.
“Yes. Lieutenant Commander Fennis took me in to see one of the Imperia that were captured. I used Spanish first and it didn’t look like it understood me very well. There are some words that are similar in both English and Spanish, so it’s possible to figure out a little here and there. I then tried a few phrases I know in Italian from my fiancé and his uncle, but I didn’t pick up on any understanding from it. I then tried Morse Code and there was no understanding at all. We tried a Vesili too with the three languages and it definitely knew Spanish and kind of understood the Italian, but was completely confused with Morse Code.”
“What is Morse Code?” A Drala asked.
“It’s a dead language outside of the military. It used to be used to communicate with remote places before telephones were invented as well as before they became more common. Even now, the military uses it only when we need to communicate covertly.”
“Then that should be the language used in the transmission to your Commander Morris.” The Naxun replied and everyone else agreed.
Mira appreciated that they didn’t ask what the language sounded like or how to decode it, or even for a demonstration. Instead, they worked to find out how to ensure keeping it from being heard by anyone else except the target to the best of their ability.
A Drala spoke up after a few hours. “Ok. We have a means to guard a transmission of about 2 minutes so that only the target receives it. Any longer and it is likely to get intercepted, and it will get iffy as we get closer to 2 minutes. It will only be one way, so we won’t be able to receive a response. Think about your message and try to keep it short. We will also need to be close to your Earth to ensure the message stays guarded.” She pulled up a model of Mira’s solar system and pointed to Mars. “We can transmit from here.”
“Thank you. Now I just have to figure out how to say what I need to say.” Mira replied to everyone. There were many smiles and the nocturnal species sleepily headed to their own quarters or guest quarters. They had only been able to stay awake so long due to sleeping during their waking time to make up the time.
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The ships all stayed at the outpost for another 2 days while The Meteor’s crew was replenished, the dead were taken out to be taken back to their families, and the prisoners were taken into custody. Mira even got a tour of the outpost by a group from all the different crews including Drixa. As Drixa had said, there wasn’t much to see, but they had what Mira would have referred to as a general store and a post office where you can send physical items back to your family, or if they knew you were headed to the outpost, they may have things waiting for you.
Soon enough, it was time to head back out towards Earth. In all of this time, there was never another communication from Commander Morris. Cherrin, a Drala technician, even tried to increase Mira’s ship’s ability to receive messages, but it wasn’t enough.
Mira wracked her brain for how to say everything she needed to say that could be said in Morse Code within 2 minutes. She headed back to The Meteor and then to her quarters to think about the message she would send.
She first wrote it out and then tapped it out to see how long it would take to “say” the message. She settled with, “CO Morris. CH Rodriquez abducted by friendly aliens. Alpha Centauri home to slaver aliens. Slavers entrenched on earth. Meet at Howland Island in 2 days.” The fastest she could tap it out was about a minute and a half, maybe a little longer. Unfortunately, it was as pared down as she could make it.
She chose Howland Island for a couple reasons. Mainly because, it was in the middle of nowhere, and it was completely barren so you could see if more people were brought than was necessary. She expected an aircraft carrier, but that meant it would have a several destroyer escort. She really hoped they wouldn’t go too crazy with the number of ships brought. They would. She knew they would. But she really hoped they would listen instead of just shooting. She knew this would not go as planned, but really hoped some of it at least went to plan.
Their arrival in the Sol solar system would be noticed very early. They would have been actively looking for her own ship but would certainly find the MUCH larger trio of alien ships and would be on high alert. By the time they made it to Mars, who knows what kind of panic might already be going on within the various world militaries.
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It was a few short days later and as soon as they entered the Sol system, Mira became anxious. She headed to the communication room because they would be at Mars in only a few minutes. She knew the target would be his cell phone, because it was going to be on the Commander. The ships paused at Mars and Mira sent the message. She had decided to add 2 SOS codes before the message to grab Commander Morris’ attention as it’s the most recognized message in the code. After the message was sent, they waited a few minutes to give the message time to be received and translated, and then moved towards Earth’s moon. They would wait on the dark side of the moon until it was time to head down.
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Commander Morris had been pulled into yet another meeting after various sensers had picked up on 3 of the largest ships they had ever imagined were quickly approaching Earth. This meeting had high ranking military generals from all of the branches in attendance. He was the lowest ranking person here and was only invited because he was the main contact for the only manned craft they currently had in space minus the space station. It was quiet when his phone went off and everyone turned to look at him. His face was flushed with embarrassment, but after hearing the SOS, he became confused. One of the generals began scribing the code. It stopped and did not repeat.
The general scribing held up a finger to stave off the questions as he finished the code. He cleared his throat and read it out loud for everyone, “SOS. SOS. Commander Morris. Chief Rodriquez abducted by friendly aliens. Alpha Centauri home to slaver aliens. Slavers entrenched on earth. Meet at Howland Island in 2 days.”
Shortly after that announcement, another call came in to let them know that the 3 ships were moving towards Earth again. “Well, sounds like we have some answers. Either that was your missing Chief, or these aliens speak English and have been watching us for a long time. Where is Howland Island again?”
A Navy Admiral replied, “It’s a tiny barren island out in the middle of the Pacific. It is one of the minor islands under our control, but it’s only a little under two miles long. At least they chose one of our territories.”
“How long will it take to get troops out there?” an Army general asked.
The Navy Admiral chuckled. “Less than 24 hours. It just depends on how many vessels you want there.
The Marine Major General replied, “Si vis pacem, para bellum.” The others assembled nodded solemnly and began to plan the welcome party. **(Latin for if you want peace, prepare for war)**
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It was time to depart for Howland Island. The transport craft they used was a little larger and much more advanced than the craft Mira had been on during the voyage to Alpha Centari. They had a small contingent of crewmen coming with them and several of the smaller fighter ships were ready for combat if an emergency extraction was needed.
As they descended, Mira pointed out the aircraft carrier and its Destroyer escorts. She then pointed out 2 more sets of Aircraft Carriers and escorts some distance away, but still in range for combat. At seeing this, Fennis ordered an escort of 7 fighters to help keep them safer. They would stay in the upper atmosphere but were well within range to assist if needed.
They landed and Vebi, Fennis, and Mira exited the craft. Within a few minutes a smaller ship was lowered into the water and headed to the island.
“So far, this is promising.” Mira muttered. And then a few more ships were lowered into the water. “I suppose that’s to be expected.” Mira continued.
“Yes. I suppose so. Most first contacts are like this. You were easy.” Vebi teased.
“I was also alone.” Mira retorted.
“Fair enough.” Fennis added.
Within a few minutes, the ships had landed, and soldiers, likely marines, were exiting the craft and taking up defensive positions. The last to exit were a few generals, Commander Morris, and what looked to be a diplomat of some kind. As the approached, Mira saluted. The generals returned the salute and the highest ranking one said, “At ease.” Mira moved to parade rest.
A man with 3 stars on his shoulder started the conversation. “I am Admiral Davis. My companions are General Thompson, Commander Morris, and Mrs. Zimmerman.” General Thompson had 4 stars on his shoulder and was wearing a Marine uniform.
*Bubble noises*
At the confused looks of everyone else, Mira replied, “This is Rear Admiral Vebi.” She gestured to the Flx’usri. And then gestured to the Drala, “This is Lieutenant Commander Fennis. They can both understand you, but because you don’t have a translator, you won’t be able to understand them.”
“I see.” Admiral Davis replied. “Is there a way to receive a translator?”
*Growling and grumbling noises followed with bubble noises*
“Lieutenant Commander Fennis said that it is an implant which is painful at first to receive and you may become fearful of bad intention. Rear Admiral Vebi suggested we all show our translator implant scars.” They each turned and pointed to where their implant scar was so that they could see the similar shapes of the scars.
*Bubble noises*
“Rear Admiral Vebi said that it will incapacitate you for several minutes. I can attest to this. It was the worst migraine I had ever had and, in the moment, you don’t think it will end. Even when it begins to lessen, if you move it feels like the pain starts all over again. I think it was about 5 minutes of feeling like I was dying. But once the pain goes away, there is no residual pain.”
“I think we can put that off for now.” General Thompson replied. Admiral Davis nodded agreement. “You will act as translator for now, Chief Rodriquez?”
“Yes Sir.”
“Chief, Commander Morris says you have been non-responsive for some time. Care to explain?” Davis asked.
“The last communication I received from Commander Morris is when he reamed me for jettisoning my dead crew mates, and I did send him a response. Was the response received, sir?”
*Growling and grumbling noises*
“I didn’t know that. Lieutenant Commander Fennis says that he retrieved our dead and has brought them here.” Mira replied as Fennis and Vebi both grinned at the secret being revealed. Fennis spoke into his portable and several crew men came out guiding 4 wheelless carts out with sheet wrapped bodies on top.
Commander Morris replied, “I did receive that communication, but I sent another 4 messages after that.”
*Bubble noises*
“Yes, Rear Admiral, Cherrin and I feared that communications were being blocked. She tried increasing capabilities to receive messages, but it didn’t work.” Mira looked back to the Admiral and General. “My apologies, sirs. Rear Admiral Vebi was confirming that we had tried to increase the receiving ability of the ship.”
“We figured that out. It’s fine.” Davis chuckled.
*Grumble noises*
“Lieutenant Commander Fennis is asking where you would like his men to deliver the bodies.”
“Lee!” The General barked, making everyone else jump.
“Sir!” A man replied as he trotted up.
“Receive our dead and get them on the transport.”
“Yes, sir!” He replied, saluted, and then called out to a few men to help him. Lee began trying to talk to the Drala and Flx’usri as though they were deaf.
“For Christ’s sake, Lee. They understand us just fine. Quit making an ass of yourself.” General Thompson barked. Mira could hear a few chuckles from the marines as Lee’s face colored with embarrassment. Both Vebi and Fennis hid their amusement well. Within a few minutes the dead had been transferred and they were about to continue the conversation when a Drala burst from the ship.
*Panicked growling*
“What is it?” Davis asked as he saw all 3 that understood take on worried looks. Vebi did a quick nod towards the humans which Mira understood to mean to translate.
“They’ve picked up on Imperian ships coming our way. You would recognize the Imperia as the little grey men from pop culture. They are not friendly. He said 20 ships. Bigger than fighters. He thinks transporter size for most of them.” Meanwhile Fennis was trying to communicate with his portable to no effect. “They’ve jammed communications.” As Mira was relaying info, the general was barking orders, and the admiral was attempting communication with the ships.
“I’m getting static as well.” Davis replied.
“Mrs. Zimmerman, you should take cover.” Thompson replied, pointed her toward the ships they came on.
Lee came back with weapons and armor for Mira, Thompson, and Davis while Povin came out of the Transport with weapons and shields for the aliens and Mira. After getting permission, he brought shields to Davis and Thompson as well. Mira explained and demonstrated how to put it on and activate it as well as what it shielded against.
When Thompson offered armor for the Drala at least due to fit, Mira declined saying that it would be too heavy for them to wear.
The conversations only took moments and before they knew it, the water all around the island erupted with ships.
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Despite it not being a popular opinion, I've always loved promos more than in-ring wrestling.
Don't get me wrong, I love a great match, but what is a great match without a great story with great promos to set it up?
Meltzer's star system always annoyed me because he only ever reviews matches, and he never takes into account a wrestlers promo abilities and story with his ratings.

WWE Smackdown - 12th April, 2024 - WDT Promo Ratings

Ratings: Cody Rhodes - 3.5 STARS Paul Heyman, Jimmy Uso, Solo and Kevin Owens - 3.75 STARS Legado Del Fantasma - 3.0 STARS LWO - 3.0 STARS Paul Heyman, Jimmy Uso, Solo and Tama Tonga - 4.5 STARS AJ Styles - 3.5 STARS Bayley, Naomi and Tiffany Stratton - 2.75 STARS Paul Heyman, Solo and Tama Tonga - 4.0 STARS A-Town Down Under, The Street Profits, New Catch Republic and Nick Aldis - 3.0 STARS Logan Paul - 2.75 STARS Chelsea Green, Piper Niven, and Nick Aldis - 3.0 STARS Kevin Ownes - 3.75 STARS
Reviews and Recaps: Cody Rhodes Location: In Ring Recap and Thoughts: We continue from Raw on the Cody Celebratory Tour. "You deserve it" chants open this segment, as Cody savours the moment yet again from his Mania victory.
I won't recap this whole segment, simply because I'm already late with this.
However, prior to Cody's win at Mania, myself and many others asked the question, "What happens when Cody wins?" For me, I feel like the biggest fear was that - for all its faults - we'd lose the long term Championship story of the Bloodline. Specifically, I was worried Cody would fall into the classic wrestling pattern of storytelling. That pattern is: you've got your 12 or so PPV/PLE's a year, and a champion spends the 4 weeks preceding each one building up a small story, with the pay off at said PPV/PLE. Once that's blown off, we move onto the next feud. I understand this is a classical convention of championship wrestling story telling, but it feels like WWE has done a terrific job to move beyond this with all that they've achieved with the Bloodline.
That is what we have here: Cody is setting up the two triple-threat matches, with the winners of each match going to compete against each other for a shot at Cody at Backlash.
I am wholly aware that this is just the beginning of this new chapter in WWE, and I should hold off passing judgement until we see where we're going. However, from this segment alone, it feels like we'll be off to a slow start with Cody's run. Like many, I assume it will be Styles v Cody at Backlash, but I suspect it will act as a filler feud which Cody wins, that won't be particularly mind blowing.
Seems like Cody's got a new catchphrase in the "Undesirable, to Undeniable, come Undisputed...", and I'm a fan. In the inevitable loss that Cody experiences, I can already see him modifying this quote in his post-loss promo. If he ever becomes a heel, I'm sure he'll amend it to suit that purpose too.
Ultimately, I don't think I'm speaking out of school in saying that this wasn't a "great" promo. The stakes have objectively been dramatically reduced as opposed to what was at stake prior to Mania. Therefore, the onus is now on them to build Cody's story as a champion. Beyond this, this promo really was just a glorified bit of exposition to kick off the first title defence of his run. Sure, he referenced Brandi. Cool, sure, but also a bit of an IWC cheap pop. Should you watch?: Depends ↔️ ⭐ RATING: 3.5 ⭐
Paul Heyman, Jimmy Uso, Solo and Kevin Owens Location: Backstage Recap and Thoughts: I don't know where your expectations were at post-Mania, but I was shocked to even see the Bloodline on this episode of Smackdown. In fact, I was even shocked to see Roman tweet following his loss. This falls entirely at my fault, but I was under the impression that the defeat of Roman at Mania would equate to a lengthy extended hiatus for all members of the Bloodline.
This is to say I was surprised to see this segment. Heyman, Solo and Jimmy approach what was their old Championship dressing room, lamenting over what was theirs. This was a terrific segment. All it took was a glance at the door with Cody's name tag where Roman/the Bloodline's once was to know how much salt in the wound this is. I didn't even consider this bit of minutia, but I'm so happy the writers did.
Kevin Owens steps through the three, tells them that there's a broom closet they can go to, and enters what is now Cody's locker room. Cody does have an entire bus, so I'm not sure why he even needs this, but I'll let that slide.
Solo says he'll take care of the situation, where Paul clarifies that "Winning and losing matters here, there are consequences to losing, we lost, that's the champs locker room and Cody Rhodes is the champion. If we want our locker room back, the title has to come home to the Bloodline, and that's by order of the Tribal Chief".
Honestly, this was a terrific segment, simply because I didn't expect Heyman to be so level headed. I was expecting a delusional Heyman, unable to come to terms with the loss. However, here we see Heyman - dare I say - acknowledging Cody as Champion. Not only that, but here Heyman is telling Solo that in order to regain the locker room, they need to regain the title. I'm not sure about you, but this didn't sound particularly "heelish" of Heyman. An intriguing segment. Should you watch?: Yes ✅️ ⭐ RATING: 3.75 ⭐
Legado Del Fantasma Location: Picture in Picture backstage, interviewed by Kayla Braxton Recap and Thoughts: Santos tells Kayla that he always has a plan. Kayla says that some might say he had a plan last week when he took out Dragon Lee. Santos clarifies that he and LDF didn't touch Dragon Lee.
I'm sad to hear this story is continuing, because it really has been doing very little for me for some time. What are the odds that this LWO/LDF feud continues past Survivor Series? Whether I like it or not, it did further the story, added intrigue, and I'm a fan of Santos' delivery in promos. Should you watch?: No ❌ ⭐ RATING: 3.0 ⭐
LWO Location: Locker Room interviewed by Kayla Recap and Thoughts: Kayla asks Rey to comment on Santos' lost, given the history between the two. Rey says it's karma, and it'll inevitably come back to bite him. Kayla informs Rey that Santos denied the beat down of Dragon Lee, to which Carlito says, "It's like the kids say: Santos is all cap", and it's very cute to see how proud Carlito is of himself for that one.
Rey then goes on to say, "Let's keep it real, K, Santos will realise that the truth will eventually surface", lists his accolades in WWE, his HOF, forming the LWO, and says he truly believes he has another run in him. Should you watch?: Depends ↔️ ⭐ RATING: 3.0 ⭐
Paul Heyman, Jimmy Uso, Solo and Tama Tonga Location: In-Ring Recap and Thoughts: Heyman does his classic introduction, and says that "By orders of the Tribal Chief", the Bloodline has no excuses for their loss at Wrestlemania. They don't blame John Cena, the Undertaker or even Jey. Paul says that accountability is a big word on the Island of Relevancy and Roman has ordered that they accept accountability.
He says that Seth Rollins spoke the truth when he said he would be Cody's shield. The story of Seth and Roman is one of the only unfinished stories in Roman's life. Heyman says that after waiting 10 years, Roman gave into temptation, and was distracted by his lust for revenge. Heyman then gives credit to Cody, calling him focused, prepared and ready.
Again, Heyman acknowledges that the new Undisputed Champion is Cody Rhodes.
As Heyman goes to correct course and hype up the idea that Roman will one day regain his belt, something odd happens.
Solo steps to Heyman, and Paul sells the fear perfectly. Solo repeats what Heyman said earlier, "Losing and winning matters, right? So there's consequences to losing, right?"
Heyman, scared and confused, agrees with Solo, before Solo says that "Consequences need change".
Heyman continues to sell this as if he's shit his pants, and it looks like Solo is talking about Heyman. Solo lightly pushes Heyman aside and walks towards Jimmy.
Jimmy sells even better, questioning, "Me?! Are you serious?!"
In a move straight out of Roman's playbook, Solo hugs Jimmy and says he loves him. Out of no where, a man in a hoodie takes out Jimmy from behind.
What is the annual black hoodie budget for the Bloodline, and is it a company write off?
The man in question is revealed to be Tama Tonga, who beats down on Jimmy. Tonga grabs Jimmy from the floor, holding him up, for Solo to hit multiple spikes. Heyman is in the corner, petrified, screaming "No".
Once Jimmy is down, Tonga and Solo raise the ones, as Solo looks to Paul to also raise the ones. This is beautiful. In getting Paul to raise the one, it's Solo's way of getting Paul to prove that he supports this beatdown of Jimmy.
As Paul reluctantly raises his finger, he uses his freehand to call Roman Reigns. Solo grabs the phone and stomps the shit out of it, to which the iPhone absolutely no sells with it's Gorilla Glass. How does my iPhone screen break when I drop it from 2 feet in the air, yet Solo fucking Sikoa stomping it doesn't do a thing?
Solo sends Tonga to get a chair, setting up Jimmy down in the corner, with the chair around his neck. As Solo places the chair around Jimmy's neck, he again repeats that he loves Jimmy.
As Solo prepares to run into Jimmy, Heyman screams, "This is not what my Tribal Chief wants!".
With Jimmy as good as dead, Solo with Tonga escort Heyman from the ring and they leave. As they walk down the ramp, Heyman looks on at both, utterly confused as to what just happened.
This segment was amazing. It leaves us with so many questions, so many possibilities.
It achieved so much without feeling convoluted and crowded. It began with a bizarre turn in Heyman conveying that Roman has taken his defeat graciously, and is making no excuses. It leaves us under the impression that this will be simple: Roman will return, and with the Bloodline, he will regain his power.
This is quickly subverted as Solo turns on Jimmy, leaving us as the audience to wonder what the fuck is going on? There's now a power vacuum? Is Solo stepping in? We got the debut of Tama Tonga, who's evidently working with Solo to further the idea that Solo is now effectively taking Roman's position.
However, Heyman makes it very clear that he is as clueless as us as to what's happening. He's effectively being held hostage, and Roman can't save him.
Heyman was really the MVP of this segment. He sold the shit out of everything here. Should you watch?: Yes ✅️ ⭐ RATING: 4.5 ⭐
AJ Styles Location: Backstage Recap and Thoughts: Just one of those exposition promos to set up the main event. AJ says tonight isn't just another match, because it's also where he'll fix what went wrong at Wrestlemania. He says KO and Rey are just collateral to get back to LA Knight. He says he'll demolish everything, to prove a point, and that they're both in the way of him getting back to Knight.
This was ok. It didn't do much for me. However, one thing to note here is that WWE seems to love this "distracted competitor" story. They did it with Becky. They did it with Drew. Now it seems they're also doing it with AJ. Because while AJ is meant to be doing a promo for a triple threat match to get a title shot at the Undisputed Title, AJ makes it extremely clear that his goal here is to be able to get an opportunity to beat down LA Knight. This isn't a must watch, but I think it was more clever than it leads on. Should you watch?: No ❌ ⭐ RATING: 3.5 ⭐
Bayley, Naomi and Tiffany Stratton Location: In-Ring Recap and Thoughts: Well, Bayley is now champion, and - like Cody - she also gets a huge "You deserve it" chant here. Bayley says that she's retained titles at Mania, she's lost them at Mania, but this one's different. It represents the most talented locker room in this new era. She says it sounds cheesy, but it's special because of the fans.
I will always mentally tune out anytime a face does a generic "I'm champion because of you fans" promo. I just don't care, and it's just boring. However, at least Bayley is self aware, because she does say it's cheesy.
Tiffany Stratton appears and says it's rude she wasn't given a match at Mania. She makes a grand assumption and says that Bayley is clearly leading to an open challenge, so she accepts. Bayley says it's nice to meet her, but says that she isn't offering an open challenge, but rather, she's challenging Naomi for a title shot.
Tiffany says she couldn't even win a title if it glowed in the dark. Naomi storms out to the ring and says Tiffany may have beaten her before, but Naomi has earned everything she's gotten in the WWE. Naomi says she can't accept Bayley's challenge yet, because she wants to take on Tiffany first.
Let's just make one thing really clear here: Bayley's new theme music is terrible, and I have yet to find a reason as to why her Mania introduction was Egyptian themed. I'm not saying it wasn't cool. It was cool. It just didn't make any sense. If you are aware of any kayfabe reasoning for it, please let me know.
This segment was whatever. Nothing particularly deep going on here. It's as simple as: Hooray for Bayley, Tiffy is a great spoilt brat assuming she's gonna get a title shot, Bayley explains she was going to offer Naomi a shot, Naomi comes out and explains she can't take the title shot until she beats Tiffy, which she does. Again, nothing deep or super interesting. Should you watch?: Depends ↔️ ⭐ RATING: 2.75 ⭐
Paul Heyman, Solo and Tama Tonga Location: Outside the "DOCTOTRAINER" room, interviewed by Kayla Braxton Recap and Thoughts: Kayla is outside the room with the sign that says "DOCTOTRAINER", as she awaits Heyman to exit, as he checks on Jimmy.
Heyman exits, looking extremely concerned. Kayla asks if Jimmy is ok, to which Heyman silently shakes his head. Kayla asks for clarification as to what happened out there, and before he can answer, a shirtless Tama Tonga appears.
Heyman has himself backed up against the door, as Tonga gets close enough to audibly smell Heyman. He says, "By orders of the Tribal Chief", before sniffing Heyman again. Solo appears, holds up his taped up thumb, and gives a smile to Paul before leaving.
Once he's safe, Heyman lets out a distressed, "What the hell does that mean?!" Same here, Paul.
This fucking rules. This was so simple, but there was something so perfect in Heyman's delivery here. Should you watch?: Yes ✅️ ⭐ RATING: 4.0 ⭐
A-Town Down Under, The Street Profits, New Catch Republic and Nick Aldis Location: Pre-Taped Vignette + Aldis' office Recap and Thoughts: We get a pretape of Theory and Waller with their newly earned Smackdown Tag Team Titles. They're walking through hotels, sitting at bars. They narrate that it was the biggest Smackdown in history, with all of the celebrities in attendance there to see A-Town Down Under. Theory puts over Waller saying that Waller walked into his first Mania and left champion. Waller alludes to the idea that this is the Streak 2.0, before going on to return the favour by putting over Theory. He says that Theory went into Mania last year US Champion, and beat John Cena. Of course, he also left this year as a champion, saying that it's like Theory is allergic to not winning.
We get more shots of Theory and Waller drinking in bars, and standing on the streets, wearing their shirts open like the great douche bags that they are.
The video fades into Aldis' office where the Street Profits and New Catch Republic are watching the A-Town Down Under vignette. Aldis simply says they'll find a challenge for them next week.
A good segment to sell the new tag team champs smugness, with a set up for next week. In first watching this promo, I was a bit meh on it, but regardless of your thoughts on A-Town Down Under, this did successfully sell the idea of them - at least individually - as reputable champions. They're both smug douche bags, but they're at least referencing history to acknowledge Theory's Mania win over Cena, and I enjoyed the delusional-adjacent story they're telling here of these two as reputable winners. WWE of old could've just had them stand around talking about their abs or some shit. However, they actually put over their in-ring accolades, so props to that. Should you watch?: No ❌ ⭐ RATING: 3.0 ⭐
Logan Paul Location: Pre-Taped Selfie Filmed On His Hotel Balcony Recap and Thoughts: Paul is filming a video, asking the WWE Universe if they're mad, because he just beat two legends at Mania. Well, one legend, because Kevin Owens is "kind of a dunce". Paul says that he's one of the main reasons for WWE's newly found success. He also acknowledged that he's an outsider, and I'll always love a self-aware heel. A nothing segment though, but Paul is a more than reliable promo. Should you watch?: No ❌ ⭐ RATING: 2.75 ⭐
Chelsea Green, Piper Niven, and Nick Aldis Location: Aldis' Office Recap and Thoughts: Chelsea Green is complaining to Aldis that it was reckless endangerment to have sent Chelsea out to a match with Jade Cargill. Green says that "unlike Adam", Aldis would never treat Chelsea in that way. She asks Aldis to draft them to Smackdown, and Niven says that they're ready for an opportunity. Aldis says that he can see that, and he tries to find them an opponent for them tonight. They leave the room, and he lets out a cheeky little eye roll. They're delightfully insufferable. Should you watch?: No ❌ ⭐ RATING: 3.0 ⭐
Kevin Owens Location: Byron Saxton Recap and Thoughts: Saxton has KO backstage for an interview, asking him for any final thoughts before the main event. Kevin Owens replies by asking Saxton if he's seen the cool camera shot they've been doing the past few weeks where the camera men follow the guys as they walk. Byron nods, and Kevin says he's gonna give it a shot, further reiterating the idea that Owens watches the show. I guess Byron does too.
KO walks past a production table where there's a custom Detroit Tigers belt. KO says that he likes tigers, and so he'll be taking that belt. There is also some CM Punk t-shirts on the table, which KO knocks off, without saying a word. A great little touch.
KO continues to walk to the ring while holding Tigers belt. He says the real title he wants is the WWE Championship. He says he hopes that AJ is still suffering some LA Knight related PTSD. In regards to Rey, he says that he and Rey both have sons that are taller than them. However, "My son's awesome. he's not a huge disappointment and an idiot, but that's not really on Rey. Dominik just sucks"
By now, he's approached Gorilla, telling Jamie to take his mic, and for Bruce to hit his music, as the camera continues to follow him out to the ring.
This was really fun, and a great way for KO to take advantage of the new production changes. What's funny about this segment, is that it makes me largely suspect that the talent are in-tune with the online community. This week, there was a post floating around about KO's kid being extremely tall, and it doesn't seem like a coincidence that KO mentioned that here. Should you watch?: Yes ✅️ ⭐ RATING: 3.75 ⭐
Show (and post-Mania) Notes: • Since Mania, I haven't commented on the new WWE Then, Now, Forever intro. I'll repeat what's been said: it's very Marvel-esque, and while never really mentioned explicitly on screen, it's obvious there's fans of the MCU within WWE who are taking notes.
• Cody's talked about wanting to change the belt design, and I'm unsure of what I stand. Some say it looks a bit too big for him, while others say it suites him well. I think I lean slightly towards the latter, but I wouldn't be opposed to the Eagle coming back.
• While Bayley's theme music is terrible, AJ Style's new music is equally as bad. I understand the idea of wanting to have new music for a heel persona, but it feels like Style's theme works both ways. As well, a big part of the live experience of wrestling is being there to hear their theme songs live. It's just fun. However, I also understand the idea that being unable to hear Styles' "good" theme song live is a heelish move to piss off the fans. That would be all well and good if it weren't for the fact that in this heel run, AJ hasn't really been someone the crowd has boo'ed. He's a hater, sure, but his logic is almost similar to Drew's. He's just definitely not hateable. At least not yet.
• I didn't think it was possible, but I am delighted at this next chapter in the Bloodline story. I can't wait to see where it goes.
What do these numbers mean? These star ratings are based off a combination of factors. Some of these include, but are not limited to: • The content of what the wrestler is saying • Their delivery of what their saying (acting) • The story surrounding the promo, and whether the promo furthers the story, or creates further intrigue/resolve for the greater story • The location, production value • A crowds investment
0 Stars: Dog Shit Bad 1 Stars: Do better 2 Stars: Fine - right down the middle. It served its purpose, but was neither phenomenal or terrible. It just was. 3 Stars: Good 4 Stars: Great 5 Stars: All-Timer Hall of Fame Promo
Should You Watch? Yes ✅️ - If you can't catch the whole show, go out of your way to watch this. Depends ↔️ - If you can't watch the whole show, you can give or take this segment. If you're particular invested in the superstars in this segment or the overall story, it might benefit you to watch. No ❌ - If you can't watch the whole show, don't bother going out of your way to watch this segment.

I got this idea for a team switch up story, a tried and true plot bases, that in my opinion never disappoints. As well as filler episode inspiration which are alway full of ideas.
I decided to get into a more militaristic team dynamics, at least my personal interpretation based on loose knowledge, and I got two that to choose from. It goes something like this.
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Genin Platoon Captain: Kakashi Hatake; in charge of team leaders, overseeing Genin Sensei’s training schedules and regimens, and reporting to the Hokage of Genin training progress. Also arranges sparing sessions between Genin Teams. Acts as intermediary between Genin team and the Hokage; responsible for handing out D-Rank missions and approval for when team is ready for C-Rank and above, also responsible for summoning teams to the Hokage for higher missions and tasks.
Genin Platoon First Lieutenant: Kurenai Yūhi; second in command to Captain, in charge of training Genin team in specialized training once a week. Also in charge of the health and safety of Genin; this includes physical, mental, and also liaison between Platoon Captain and the families of Genin.
Genin Platoon Second Lieutenant: Might Guy; third in command to Captain, in charge of specialized training once a week. Also Genin Quartermaster; in charge of making sure Genin teams are properly equipped and armed. Also in charge of recognizing any Genin with talent for a specific fighting or weapon styles, and charged with recommending experts to train the Genin in these styles.
Genin First Class: Rock Lee: Assists Captain and Lieutenants in any way possible.
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Team 7: Sensei, Anko Mitarashi.
Team Specialization: Scouting, Investigation, Vanguard, and Improvisation.
Specialty Description: Team 7 specializes in adapting and adjusting to changing missions. This is good for going in blind with little to no intel, taking missions and investigating leads that seem dubious, or possibly more dangerous than they appear.
Junior Genin: Naruto Uzumaki, Ino Yamanaka, and Kiba Inuzuka.
Senior Genin; Second in command and teaching assistant: Tenten
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Team 8: Sensei, Genma Shiranui
Team Specialization: Research, Intel Analysis, Diplomacy, and Logistics.
Specialty Description: Team 8 excels at gathering and organizing information. Whether it’s researching records and analyzing intel, to organizing information and managing mission logistics for themselves or other teams. Also very useful for negotiating with one or more parties, and handling diplomatic situations.
Junior Genin: Sakura Haruno, Shikamaru Nara, Shino Aburame.
Senior Genin: Sai
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Team 10: Sensei, Asuma Sarutobi.
Team Specialization: Defense, Guarding, Peacekeeping, and secured delivery and escort.
Specialty Description: Team 10 has the best tools for defense and security. Acting as body guards, escorts, and delivery of important documents or items. Is also suited for peacekeeping tasks; like tracking down criminals, guarding secure areas, and border patrol.
Junior Genin: Sasuke Uchiha, Hinata Hyūga, and Choji Akamichi.
Senior Genin: Neji Hyūga
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That’s the first idea. My second idea is the same thing, but keeping the three man team. Example: two junior Genin + senior Genin. This gives the option of a fourth team.