1330 Terran Front Fleet Time
On the Turinika homeworld, the first signs of unrest began to manifest like a wave, The broadcast of the most esteemed Tizikikoonazikiakakiatkata, Taratanti of the roost Kazatalak, openly performing the act of Kavsa had been met with shock. The last Taratanti who had voluntarily performed Kavsa had done so in protest of the treatment of the Kulorn caste, nearly two thousand years prior. It was an ancient rite, one that signified rejection of the greatest shame. Even more shocking than the act itself was the evidence that had followed it. Visuals of species, brought into the Conclave, not as migrant workers as had been believed, but as slaves, was met with an almost immediate attempt at censorship. This attempt failed spectacularly, mostly due to those who had been tasked to censor the information not only refusing to follow the command, but openly declaring that they had been ordered to do so. A situation that was already, as the humans would say, out of hand, spiraled completely out of control. Within only twenty minutes of the ending of Tizikikoonazikiakakiatkata’s broadcast entire cities entered a state of absolute anarchy. Two planetary capitals were stormed and taken by the furious civilian population, demanding the location of those who had been enslaved. The Turinika Armada, which even then was in the middle of a training session meant to prepare the fleet to withstand the Terran Front’s assault, began to cease operations. Within the hour, the entire armada would be recalled to the turnika homeworld. Those who did not take to the streets simply stopped whatever work they were doing and went to their homes to be around their brood. Images of Tizikikoonazikiakakiatkata with his stripped wings spread wide in front of the human fleet commander were on every news fed of the Conclave, as was the sound of his thunderous voice, and the wails of despair from a turinika female that couldn’t be seen. Close ups of the human fleet commander’s face were shown, with analysts remarking on the shock, horror, and sympathy. Since the outbreak of the Seventh Orion War, the female human known as Simmons had been reported to have made several threats towards the turinika, she had quickly become seen as a warmonger, ready to take revenge against the turinika for refusing to go to war and violate their principles of pacifism. Now the images of her lunging forward to stop the violation of Tizikikoonazikiakakiatkata’s plumage, the agonized expression of her face, and the true reason for her threats against the turinika were rapidly reversing her image. On far flung deep core mining stations and agricultural stations, on deep space stations dedicated to material processing, and in other areas hidden from the sight of the normal turinikan population, overseers and taskmasters felt their hearts run cold at the knowledge that very soon, their part to play in the willful enslavement of another species would be known to the wider Conclave. As the data package transmitted alongside the broadcast were fully decompressed and the scale of the Conclave’s government’s involvement was revealed, the entirety of the Conclave itself was teetering on the verge of absolute pandemonium. The image of a member of the kolra species, from the look of it barely a hatchling, quickly was becoming the face of the entire incident. The picture was absolutely damning, and the sight of the image had sent any who saw it instantly into contorting and painful displays of shame. The young kolra was sprawled on it’s stomach, looking to the one taking it’s picture with eyes that had no life in them. It’s shell covered it’s back, and despite the age of the kolra it was already dulled and scuffed. The foot pressing down on the shell was unmistakably familiar to those who saw it, the clawed feet of a turinika. Within the hour, billions of winged figures stood in streets, the normally soft spoken and passive species demanding action, demanding justice, on the hundred worlds of the Turinika Conclave. The bulk of the Taratanti caste, most of whom had been left in the dark of the truth of the situation, quickly went public with their own declaration of outrage, and the eyes of the entire species turned inwards to the mountainous homeworld of their species.
Hakuri Watanabe looked down at his helmet before putting it on his bed, the stylized SEVEN seeming to stare at him. He sat down in his chair and picked up a small cloth from his buffing kit. No one knocked on his door, in fact, mostly he and the rest of his squad were left alone before a major operation. They were just given their time, time to mentally prepare. Some of his squad would go over their mission briefing, some, like him, would spend their time doing something to relax themselves. Hakuri always found that taking care of his suit calmed him considerably. Granted he could simply turn it over to the squads armorers to be tended to and they would do as good of a job as he could, but he preferred it to be done by his own hand. The symbol of a triangle was on his form fitting shirt, the symbol of his special operations command unit. He was known as a Myrmidon, but the official title of his unit was Section Three. He knew this, his superiors knew this, and as far as Hakuri knew, most of the Terran Front was aware of his unit’s existence, but past that, they knew very little about what he actually did. As far as his mother knew, Hakuri was a pencil pusher onboard the TFS Berlin, the troop mothership that all of his letters were sent from. He thought about writing her, but then again, he only liked to do that when he returned from a mission, not when he was expecting to go to one. If he tried to write her when he was waiting, he would just get anxious, and homesick. That wouldn’t do when he was dropping into a combat zone. That wouldn’t do at all. Hakuri instead started to buff his helmet, waiting for the word to come down which meant they were prepared to jump. A glance at the clock made him pause in his circular rotations. The clock said 1330. Operation Naked Sun was about to begin.
Tika was on his side, Kzia standing at the end of the medical bed that had been adjusted for his turinikan physiology. He felt cold in more ways than one. For his people, clothing was more of a decoration than a necessity, but without his protective plumage he felt the cold stabbing him through to his hollow bones. His diplomatic access was already gone, his privilege access revoked. He heard the broadcast for a preparation to jump, but he wasn’t truly listening. There was no question in his mind he had made the right decision. There was no question at all. One of the humans, a nurse, came to his side and gently laid a heavy blanket over him. The human’s hand lingered on his trembling body for a few moments before it was removed, and Tika glanced in their direction. The female was one of the ones who had responded first to the call for medical service for him, had heard what had happened and why. Tika had gotten very used to being glared at on this ship. He was hated, and he knew it. He knew he had deserved it. He was a party to the vral’s enslavement of the humans, the chua, and far too many others. When he had come to Thermopylae station, he had not even given that fact a single thought. He was born into power, being of the Taratanti. He belonged to the most powerful species and government in the entire quadrant of the galaxy. His people, while mighty, did not seek to use it. To him, they had simply been above it all. When the vral had approached him with the offer to sell captured species at first TIka had wanted to reject it out of hand, but a few had told him to go through with the sale. Such was the nature of this galaxy, or so he had believed. The weak were at the whims of the strong, and one’s place in the galaxy was determined only by the power they could wield. The turinika were not nearly the first to have taken a species and used it for slave labor, and while Tika did not approve of the deal, he had not fought it either. As he looked back to the wall, he remembered what the humans had taught him these last days. When he had arrived in Thermopylae he had assumed he would find the chua species to have been at the very least regulated to a subservient role, if not outright enslaved. Finding them sharing power was a curiosity. He had expected to be treated with all the honor and dignity that his station demanded, that the power of his government demanded. Fleet Marshal Simmons had disabused him of that, and had left him humiliated and shamed. As he had laid in the dark as Simmons had declared the Seventh Orion War, covered in his own filth, feeling as if at any moment he was going to be killed he knew true fear and horrific uncertainty for the first time in his life. He had never faced these emotions, these sensations before. He had always been in power. He had stood with the full might of the Turinika Conclave behind him. He had never known anything other than the superior position. Now, as he lay in the hospital bed, staring at the wall, he was ashamed of how arrogant, how blind, and how short sighted he had been. After he had risen from his own filth, he had desperately tried to convince his leadership of the strength of the Terran Front, how it matched or eclipsed their own. The Conclave was not the unchallenged power in the quadrant anymore. The terrans, the human and chua, had somehow defied fate. They had not fallen to the vral after ninety years of near constant conflict, and now if Tika was right they had come out of it nightmarishly stronger than before. Tika had actually begged to be heard by his superiors, and he had never come close to that once in his life. The chua homeworld however, had fully broken him. If he had not been on the Antares, had not been humbled beforehand, he knew that he would have just clapped his hands together and said that it was delightful. As the transmission from the chua homeworld had come in, and the rescue effort had begun, he could only wallow in his own shame. He had profited directly from the chua’s suffering, the human’s suffering. Again he had tried, and failed, to convince his people, and again he had failed. Being on the Antares, for him, was torture. The lights were too dim, every human and chua looked at him with nothing more than loathing and contempt, his entire worldview had been shattered from the way he viewed the galaxy to his own place in it. Every time he closed his eyes he saw the shadow of Simmons standing over him, her voice cold with a lethal rage, hearing her voice echo in his mind, seeing the glint from flashes of light shining in her eyes. ‘We Know.’ echoed in his mind in his sleep, the voice of the terrifying Fleet Marshal transforming into the sound of a vengeful god demanding compliance and promising retribution. Then he had watched the humans and chua, who he knew were preparing to go to war with his people, celebrating the return of the shesvie. Once more he had expected them to be integrated into the Terran Front, but as soon as he learned Simmons offer to them, and what it had entailed, he had been called to his room to answer the latest message from his people. Once again, his people had doubled down, the knowledge of the enslavement of the humans had been suppressed, and once more Tika found himself, and his people, standing against a Terran Front that had every justification to declare war, to right the wrongs that had been done to them. All the while, he knew something else. He knew that, after everything he had seen, that his people would lose. The turinika had not been to war for nearly two thousand years. His people were not ready for what the Terran Front could do, and after seeing what they had done to the vral so far, he knew his people were not ready for what the Terran Front would do. He was afraid of the dark. Tika was absolutely terrified of it now, because now he knew the monsters were real. Simmons had shown him that, but the humans, the chua, they were not the monsters. He was. He had refused to be one any more. He had announced his intentions to his staff, who had squalled in rejection, all but three. Kzia was the first to step to his side, Kikumot and Tziki had stepped forward as well. Never, in his most nightmarish dreams, did he ever think that he would stand in front of Simmons and voluntarily have his plumage stripped from him, performing the act of Kasva. He never thought that his staff would have ever compiled and transmitted the data package they had sent. He had never thought that he would betray his people, if only to save them. Simmons had changed that, the humans had changed that. He knew the terror of the dark, he knew fear for his people’s safety, he understood the horror of war, and for the first time in his long life he could truly look back at every interaction he had had, with every species, that had asked for help in their struggle for survival against the vral and truly understand their fear and desperation. Now he lay, his plumage stripped from him, his station revoked, his status removed, surrounded by a people who despised him. He wouldn’t have it any other way now. He knew that they would listen now, if not to him, then to the civilian masses of the Conclave that would not stand for what they had done. He prayed to the Great Mother often now, shivering in the dim light, hoping that it would be enough. He had been wrong, and in his error he had sullied his own people. He had made them complicit. Even now, he did not know how they would ever be forgiven, because right now he wasn’t quite sure he could ever forgive himself. As he heard the broadcast calling out on the ship, announcing one minute to jump, he felt a hand on his side, and looked up to the human nurse. She was smiling at him. Not a smile born of malice, or anger, but a genuine smile. She patted his side lightly, then turned to walk out of the room. For not even the twentieth time since he had come onboard Thermopylae, he was mystified by these people.
The bridge of the Dhampir was thrumming with music and the vibrations of the reactor and Conrad leaned forward in his chair mount, his eyes almost feral as he looked at the empty space that was the mandeville point. He was positively chomping at the bit. Batz was positively roaring the lyrics to the song that was blaring over the ships speakers. Rev and Dev sat side by side in their mounts, throwing their hands up in time with the pounding bass beat of the sound. Towns was the only one besides Conrad that was quiet, both of them looking towards the mandeville point with complete impatience. Conrad felt like jumping from his skin. Fidget, well, fidgetted, holding his hands over his headset and listening as if he were trying to hear secret messages in the music. They were ready, their pulses were racing. The crew of the Dhampir was positively vibrating. Conrad looked to the shipboard clock, seeing 1330 displayed, and his head snapped to Fidget, waiting for the word. They were going to run, they were going to chase, they were going to hunt.
Vicky sat back, looking towards Jess and Kukat as they slept. Jess was in her chair, Kukat in her medical bed. Vicky glanced back at the block print on the paper and read it for the fifth time. She read the individual lines, one at a time, cursing their existence. After reading through the message printed she let her hand hang again. Kukat would be released from medical tomorrow, and both her and Jess still thought they would be boarding the Thumper to join the Vellacore once more. Jess had talked non-stop about her quarters on the Vellacore the past few days, how she just wanted to be back in her room. Kukat was equally excited. Only Vicky didn’t share their excitement. They didn’t know yet. They didn’t know about their battlefield promotions, they didn’t know about their reassignments, they didn’t know the days of them working together were functionally over. Vicky looked down at her hand holding the paper again, and felt like crumpling it. She had lost her crew. She had lost them not due to negligence, or time, she had lost them to fame. Kukat was to be promoted to ensign, and was to be the sensor officer on the destroyer Hadrian, Jess was getting the same promotion, her station on the cruiser Victorious. Vicky? She was the sparkling new commanding officer of a destroyer that was arriving at Thermopylae in two days, the Quarrel. She never wanted this. She had turned down promotion after promotion that would take her from the cockpit of the Thumper, away from Kukat, away from Jess. She wanted to serve in this war in her own way, as a pilot, with the two who had made her life so enjoyable. Now though, they were to be split up, and there was nothing she could do about it. These promotions hadn’t come from simple seniority, they had come from High Command, as had the orders. Tomorrow, when Kukat was released, they would be ushered into the hanger bay of the Barrowmore. They would all three be awarded the Star of Terra, then they would be reassigned. Tonight was the last night they would all be together. Vicky wanted to wake them up, she wanted to tell them, to give them a chance to process it. As she looked to Kukat and Jess she couldn’t bring herself to do it. She held up the letter again, reading the first few lines, then she felt the sting of tears in the corners of her eyes. She looked away, her heart panging with sadness, and stared at the wall. The clock read 1330.
Corporal Brandy was sitting on the small rack, with Janet Shippen sitting between his legs using his thighs as armrests. They were both dressed for the first time in the last few hours, both of them staring at the clock. This close to the reactors they could feel them beginning to spool up for the trip through hyperspace. When the news of the operation had come down they had elected to spend as much time together as possible, which Brandy had enjoyed to no end, and he had made sure Janet had as well. Brandy had even taken some time to reach out to his sister Victoria, a rarity for them both, as since they were children they were often barely able to speak to each other simply due to schedules. He had even told her about Janet, and although he hadn’t gotten a response from his sister yet he already knew what she would say. Janet nestled back against him, but he could feel her body was stiff. Neither of them knew what the next few months were going to hold. Their time together might be constricted, in fact, this might be the last few moments they were together for quite awhile. Brandy’s Ghouls were specialists, ship boarders. Chances are he was going to be extremely busy, as was she. He didn’t quite know how he felt about Janet, but he did know that beyond a shadow of a doubt he didn’t want to be away from her. Judging from how she was acting, she felt the same as him, conflicted about her relationship with him, but not wanting to be apart. He knew what he needed to tell her, that he had to get up, that he had to leave. The Ghouls were going to be assembled at 1345, ready to board. Her unit was going to be prepared at the same time, to begin taking on salvage. Her hands were like clamps on his legs, and from how tense she was, he wasn’t going to get up until she was good and ready. The clock on the wall switched to 1330. He stared at the clock, feeling like the clock was mocking him, when suddenly Janet leaned up and turned. Her hands took hold of his shoulders and she threw her body against his, her lips finding his own. Her arms wrapped around her frame and he tightened his grasp on her.
Simmons spread her hands over the panel in front of her, looking at the table. Seven points connected the recently reclaimed chua space to what was former Shesvie territory, and beyond that, the heart of the Vral Empire. Her lip curled in a wicked smile, On the digital display of the table the hyperspace lanes, and more importantly, the avenues of attack her fleet was preparing to take. She held out her hand, all five fingers splayed over the lanes, envisioning the war as it stood now. The war to come. Seven hyperspace lanes, seven systems, branching out into sixteen, branching out again to another twenty. The Antares herself was going to link up with the Barraki, and was set to simply plough through the next five systems to do so. Slowly she tightened her hand into a fist as she looked along the hyperspace lanes, seeing task forces lined up and ready to jump. Drones had already been sent through. The vral had forces along the border, but nothing that could withstand what was to come. Her fleet was ready. She was ready. The Seventh Orion War was at the end of it’s first month, and had taken back six systems. The first moves of Operation Naked Sun would double that and exceed it, then double it again. She had already given her speech, her task force commanders were ready. High Command had taken it’s time making this decision, and while she had railed against the delay that didn’t matter now. All along the front, individual task forces were joined into larger fleets, ready to jump into the next system and eliminate any vral defenses, but unlike now, they simply would not wait. Naked Sun was to be a lightning strike to cut off as much of the Vral Empire as possible, to deny them their own space, to imprison them on their own worlds. Task Forces were designed around three types of vessels combinations, Lighthammer Task Forces were comprised of corvettes and fast destroyers, the fastest vessels in the fleet, meant to take systems quickly, to devastate unprotected infrastructure, and to eliminate light resistance. Simply put, they were going to swarm into vral space, determine pockets of resistance, and move on. They were going to rip entire sections of vral space from them, calling in other task groups if needed. Thunder task groups were the primary capital fleets, meant to be sent into those pockets of resistance, and neutralizing them, joining with the Lighthammer groups if needed. The cruisers, carriers, battleships, they all belonged to these task forces. Her own task force was called the Nova task force, and it comprised only the Antares and it’s sizable fleet escort. Simmons glanced up at the clock, the time was 1329. She breathed in slowly, then unbidden the thought came to her head and she looked to the report from the two habitable planets that had been scanned by the drone cutters, the information having been relayed to her almost twenty minutes prior. She was not worried about the ground campaign, in fact a reserve fleet from Thermopylae would be the ones to escort the landing ships from planet to planet that her fleet left behind in it’s wake, isolated and defenseless from the wider Vral Empire. Fleet escorting was no longer her job, protecting ground invasions were no longer her job. Simmons was positively growling now, as her only job was to take her fleet and use it to rip the vral out of the stars. Still, the thought nagged at her. On both of the planets that her fleet was set to overrun, there were Vral ships in orbit. On the first, there was evidence that the Vral had been bombarding a small area of the surface, extremely similar in size to the hole that now existed on Zvitia, the planet that even now was being integrated into the Terran Front. In the second system it showed Vral ships in orbit, but whatever they were doing during the time they had taken the scans, whatever they were covering up, they didn’t seem to have gotten to it yet. On the radiological scan of the planet a massive bloom of electromagnetic energy painted a broad region of the planet blistering white. She had sent the images back to Earth, back to High Command, but no one seemed to know what was happening. The one thing that every analyst agreed on so far that was that whatever the blooms represented, it meant nothing good. She took another long look at the radiological scan, seeing the intensity of the radiation, and her lip curled in a snarl. She couldn’t think about that right now, but orders had already been given to notify her the moment that they had taken a planet that still bore the radiation signal. The vral were being damned fastidious about it though. She pulled her thoughts away from it, looking back to the hyperspace lanes. The slow grin entered her features again. She glanced at the clock. 1330. Her hand took hold of the receiver next to her station and she pressed the transmission stud, knowing that Hazard had already opened a channel to the wider fleet.
“Commence.”

In an hour, I will be 235 days sober. I dont’t Reddit a lot, and never make posts, but I felt like sharing this so maybe someone on the fence out there will decide to stop drinking before they end up like me. Everyone knows the consequences of drinking, but seldom ever do I see anyone talk about what living like that is, what the first year of recovery feels like, etc.
I am an alcoholic, and I can never drink again. My body does something with alcohol that no “normal” person’s does. I got hit with a genetic double whammy from two alcoholic grandfathers plus high risk of substance abuse from autism. Coupled with working in a professional industry where consuming alcohol is almost mandatory, ignorance, and a shitty upbring, I never really had a chance.
I never really got into any trouble for drinking. I didn’t start fights, I didn’t get arrested for a DUI/DWI, I didn’t have wrecks, and I didn’t miss work. I had a high-paying albeit incredibly harrowing job and a fiance, but I was losing my health and my mind. Lots of unresolved mental issues and an extremely high stress environment meant that over a period of 2-3 years, my drinking spiraled out of control and I denied it the entire time. I tried to quit drinking, I couldn’t. I forced myself to dry out for 11 days regardless, and it was pure hell. Sweating, shaking, vomiting blood, psychosis, hallucinations, nausea, headache, diarrhea, extreme paranoia, brain fog, and fear. Pure terror, honestly. On the 12th day I drank, and I drank for another 3 months before I checked myself into rehab after losing everything.
My fiance left in a brutally cruel fashion along with her family, she took my dog, she stole cash, she had put me into some debt, etc. I had allowed my psychotic father back into my life previously and he picked this moment of desperation and abject hoplessness in my life to go full narcissist and ruin what little sanity I had left. I ended up drinking myself into psychosis, almost dying, almost committing suicide, and disappearing off the face of the planet before going to rehab. I didn’t want to live anymore; rehab was nightmarish. I made the best of it, but it was soul crushing in every way imaginable.
I joined AA as soon as rehab was over, declared bankruptcy, and am now trying to figure out what I want to do with my life. I honestly should not be alive right now, and I honestly still don’t want to be.
Drinking and what I went through because of it and other people has fundamentally changed me as a human being. I am a shell of myself. I deal with constant suicidal thoughts despite psychiatry (and a brain scan, blood test, X-ray, etc. no tumor), I have panic attacks for no reason, moments of intense terror for absolutely no reason, bouts of nihilistically staring at the wall for hours on end, no interest in anything, no desire to eat, inability to sleep, no social life outside of AA, and an outlook on life that is so fundamentally negative that I would not wish this on my worst enemy or any other human being no matter how heinous they are.
No one deserves to live this way, and this is the price I must pay for the last 5 years of my alcoholism. I force myself to work, I force myself to go to the gym, and I force myself to get out of bed and go to AA. Everything I do is a struggle with no meaning, motivation, or joy behind it. I am an automation, a wind-up toy soldier, and nothing more. My insides have been hollowed out, I can’t imagine 30 more years of this, and I can’t imagine ever fully recovering from this either.
Please, if you are on the fence, stop drinking. Don’t become me. It is pure hell, and I’m one of the lucky ones that didn’t end up homeless or in prison or dead. Living like this every single day is almost as much of a nightmare as drinking every single day was. Don’t do this to yourself.
Stop before it’s too late.

Here is the log. Reddit do your magic since i'm too stupid to.
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[18May2024 22:14:09.180] [main/INFO] [net.minecraftforge.coremod.CoreMod.placebo/COREMODLOG]: Patching LivingEntity#attackEntityFrom
[18May2024 22:14:09.246] [main/INFO] [net.minecraftforge.coremod.CoreMod.apotheosis/COREMODLOG]: Patching LivingEntity#blockUsingShield
[18May2024 22:14:09.252] [main/INFO] [net.minecraftforge.coremod.CoreMod.apotheosis/COREMODLOG]: Patching LivingEntity#applyPotionDamageCalculations
[18May2024 22:14:09.480] [main/ERROR] [net.minecraftforge.coremod.transformer.CoreModBaseTransformeCOREMOD]: Error occurred applying transform of coremod META-INF/asm/multipart.js function render
java.lang.NullPointerException: null

at org.objectweb.asm.tree.InsnList.insert(InsnList.java:343) \~\[asm-tree-9.6.jar:9.6\] at jdk.nashorn.internal.scripts.Script$Recompilation$81$5956A$\\\^eval\\\_.initializeCoreMod$transformer-3(:135) \~\[?:?\] at jdk.nashorn.internal.runtime.ScriptFunctionData.invoke(ScriptFunctionData.java:638) \~\[nashorn.jar:?\] at jdk.nashorn.internal.runtime.ScriptFunction.invoke(ScriptFunction.java:229) \~\[nashorn.jar:?\] at jdk.nashorn.internal.runtime.ScriptRuntime.apply(ScriptRuntime.java:387) \~\[nashorn.jar:?\] at jdk.nashorn.api.scripting.ScriptObjectMirror.call(ScriptObjectMirror.java:110) \~\[nashorn.jar:?\] at net.minecraftforge.coremod.NashornFactory.lambda$getFunction$0(NashornFactory.java:18) \~\[coremods-4.0.6.jar:4.0.6+14+master.c21a551\] at net.minecraftforge.coremod.NashornFactory$$Lambda$446/269973396.apply(Unknown Source) \~\[?:?\] at net.minecraftforge.coremod.transformer.CoreModMethodTransformer.runCoremod(CoreModMethodTransformer.java:18) \~\[coremods-4.0.6.jar:?\] at net.minecraftforge.coremod.transformer.CoreModMethodTransformer.runCoremod(CoreModMethodTransformer.java:10) \~\[coremods-4.0.6.jar:?\] at net.minecraftforge.coremod.transformer.CoreModBaseTransformer.transform(CoreModBaseTransformer.java:38) \[coremods-4.0.6.jar:?\] at cpw.mods.modlauncher.TransformerHolder.transform(TransformerHolder.java:41) \[modlauncher-8.1.3.jar:?\] at cpw.mods.modlauncher.ClassTransformer.performVote(ClassTransformer.java:179) \[modlauncher-8.1.3.jar:?\] at cpw.mods.modlauncher.ClassTransformer.transform(ClassTransformer.java:111) \[modlauncher-8.1.3.jar:?\] at cpw.mods.modlauncher.TransformingClassLoader$DelegatedClassLoader.findClass(TransformingClassLoader.java:265) \[modlauncher-8.1.3.jar:?\] at cpw.mods.modlauncher.TransformingClassLoader.buildTransformedClassNodeFor(TransformingClassLoader.java:142) \[modlauncher-8.1.3.jar:?\] at cpw.mods.modlauncher.LaunchPluginHandler.lambda$null$8(LaunchPluginHandler.java:97) \[modlauncher-8.1.3.jar:?\] at cpw.mods.modlauncher.LaunchPluginHandler$$Lambda$473/445554393.buildTransformedClassNodeFor(Unknown Source) \[modlauncher-8.1.3.jar:?\] at org.spongepowered.asm.launch.MixinLaunchPluginLegacy.getClassNode(MixinLaunchPluginLegacy.java:222) \[mixin-0.8.4.jar:0.8.4+Jenkins-b308.git-2accda5000f7602229606b39437565542cc6fba4\] at org.spongepowered.asm.launch.MixinLaunchPluginLegacy.getClassNode(MixinLaunchPluginLegacy.java:207) \[mixin-0.8.4.jar:0.8.4+Jenkins-b308.git-2accda5000f7602229606b39437565542cc6fba4\] at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.ClassInfo.forName(ClassInfo.java:2005) \[mixin-0.8.4.jar:0.8.4+Jenkins-b308.git-2accda5000f7602229606b39437565542cc6fba4\] at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinInfo.getTargetClass(MixinInfo.java:1017) \[mixin-0.8.4.jar:0.8.4+Jenkins-b308.git-2accda5000f7602229606b39437565542cc6fba4\] at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinInfo.readTargetClasses(MixinInfo.java:1007) \[mixin-0.8.4.jar:0.8.4+Jenkins-b308.git-2accda5000f7602229606b39437565542cc6fba4\] at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinInfo.parseTargets(MixinInfo.java:895) \[mixin-0.8.4.jar:0.8.4+Jenkins-b308.git-2accda5000f7602229606b39437565542cc6fba4\] at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinConfig.prepareMixins(MixinConfig.java:867) \[mixin-0.8.4.jar:0.8.4+Jenkins-b308.git-2accda5000f7602229606b39437565542cc6fba4\] at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinConfig.prepare(MixinConfig.java:779) \[mixin-0.8.4.jar:0.8.4+Jenkins-b308.git-2accda5000f7602229606b39437565542cc6fba4\] at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinProcessor.prepareConfigs(MixinProcessor.java:539) \[mixin-0.8.4.jar:0.8.4+Jenkins-b308.git-2accda5000f7602229606b39437565542cc6fba4\] at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinProcessor.select(MixinProcessor.java:462) \[mixin-0.8.4.jar:0.8.4+Jenkins-b308.git-2accda5000f7602229606b39437565542cc6fba4\] at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinProcessor.checkSelect(MixinProcessor.java:438) \[mixin-0.8.4.jar:0.8.4+Jenkins-b308.git-2accda5000f7602229606b39437565542cc6fba4\] at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinProcessor.applyMixins(MixinProcessor.java:290) \[mixin-0.8.4.jar:0.8.4+Jenkins-b308.git-2accda5000f7602229606b39437565542cc6fba4\] at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinTransformer.transformClass(MixinTransformer.java:250) \[mixin-0.8.4.jar:0.8.4+Jenkins-b308.git-2accda5000f7602229606b39437565542cc6fba4\] at org.spongepowered.asm.service.modlauncher.MixinTransformationHandler.processClass(MixinTransformationHandler.java:131) \[mixin-0.8.4.jar:0.8.4+Jenkins-b308.git-2accda5000f7602229606b39437565542cc6fba4\] at org.spongepowered.asm.launch.MixinLaunchPluginLegacy.processClass(MixinLaunchPluginLegacy.java:131) \[mixin-0.8.4.jar:0.8.4+Jenkins-b308.git-2accda5000f7602229606b39437565542cc6fba4\] at cpw.mods.modlauncher.serviceapi.ILaunchPluginService.processClassWithFlags(ILaunchPluginService.java:154) \[modlauncher-8.1.3.jar:8.1.3+8.1.3+main-8.1.x.c94d18ec\] at cpw.mods.modlauncher.LaunchPluginHandler.offerClassNodeToPlugins(LaunchPluginHandler.java:85) \[modlauncher-8.1.3.jar:?\] at cpw.mods.modlauncher.ClassTransformer.transform(ClassTransformer.java:120) \[modlauncher-8.1.3.jar:?\] at cpw.mods.modlauncher.TransformingClassLoader$DelegatedClassLoader.findClass(TransformingClassLoader.java:265) \[modlauncher-8.1.3.jar:?\] at cpw.mods.modlauncher.TransformingClassLoader.loadClass(TransformingClassLoader.java:136) \[modlauncher-8.1.3.jar:?\] at cpw.mods.modlauncher.TransformingClassLoader.loadClass(TransformingClassLoader.java:98) \[modlauncher-8.1.3.jar:?\] at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:357) \[?:1.8.0\_51\] at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method) \~\[?:1.8.0\_51\] at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:348) \[?:1.8.0\_51\] at net.minecraftforge.fml.loading.FMLClientLaunchProvider.lambda$launchService$0(FMLClientLaunchProvider.java:37) \[forge-1.16.5-36.2.42.jar:36.2\] at net.minecraftforge.fml.loading.FMLClientLaunchProvider$$Lambda$514/1547521797.call(Unknown Source) \[forge-1.16.5-36.2.42.jar:36.2\] at cpw.mods.modlauncher.LaunchServiceHandlerDecorator.launch(LaunchServiceHandlerDecorator.java:37) \[modlauncher-8.1.3.jar:?\] at cpw.mods.modlauncher.LaunchServiceHandler.launch(LaunchServiceHandler.java:54) \[modlauncher-8.1.3.jar:?\] at cpw.mods.modlauncher.LaunchServiceHandler.launch(LaunchServiceHandler.java:72) \[modlauncher-8.1.3.jar:?\] at cpw.mods.modlauncher.Launcher.run(Launcher.java:82) \[modlauncher-8.1.3.jar:?\] at cpw.mods.modlauncher.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:66) \[modlauncher-8.1.3.jar:?\] 

[18May2024 22:14:09.683] [main/INFO] [net.minecraftforge.coremod.CoreMod.placebo/COREMODLOG]: Patching ItemStack#onItemUse
[18May2024 22:14:09.862] [main/INFO] [net.minecraftforge.coremod.CoreMod.apotheosis/COREMODLOG]: Patching CrossbowItem#onItemRightClick
[18May2024 22:14:09.870] [main/INFO] [net.minecraftforge.coremod.CoreMod.apotheosis/COREMODLOG]: Patching CrossbowItem#fireProjectile
[18May2024 22:14:10.609] [main/INFO] [net.minecraftforge.coremod.CoreMod.apotheosis/COREMODLOG]: Patching EnchantmentHelper#getEnchantmentModifierDamage
[18May2024 22:14:10.616] [main/INFO] [net.minecraftforge.coremod.CoreMod.apotheosis/COREMODLOG]: Patching EnchantmentHelper#getModifierForCreature
[18May2024 22:14:10.624] [main/INFO] [net.minecraftforge.coremod.CoreMod.apotheosis/COREMODLOG]: Patching EnchantmentHelper#applyThornEnchantments
[18May2024 22:14:10.631] [main/INFO] [net.minecraftforge.coremod.CoreMod.apotheosis/COREMODLOG]: Patching EnchantmentHelper#applyArthropodEnchantments
[18May2024 22:14:10.638] [main/INFO] [net.minecraftforge.coremod.CoreMod.apotheosis/COREMODLOG]: Patching buildEnchantmentList for the Enchantability affix.
[18May2024 22:14:10.647] [main/INFO] [net.minecraftforge.coremod.CoreMod.apotheosis/COREMODLOG]: Patching EnchantmentHelper#getEnchantmentDatas
[18May2024 22:14:10.704] [main/INFO] [net.minecraftforge.coremod.CoreMod.placebo/COREMODLOG]: Patching DataPackRegistries#
[18May2024 22:14:10.779] [main/INFO] [net.minecraftforge.coremod.CoreMod.apotheosis/COREMODLOG]: Patching RepairContainer#updateRepairOutput
[18May2024 22:14:10.791] [main/INFO] [net.minecraftforge.coremod.CoreMod.apotheosis/COREMODLOG]: Successfully removed the anvil level cap.
[18May2024 22:14:10.796] [main/INFO] [net.minecraftforge.coremod.CoreMod.apotheosis/COREMODLOG]: Patching RepairContainer#updateRepairOutput
[18May2024 22:14:10.803] [main/INFO] [net.minecraftforge.coremod.CoreMod.apotheosis/COREMODLOG]: Successfully allowed nbt-unbreakable items in the anvil.
[18May2024 22:14:10.810] [main/INFO] [net.minecraftforge.coremod.CoreMod.apotheosis/COREMODLOG]: Patching net/minecraft/inventory/containeRepairContainer
[18May2024 22:14:11.580] [main/INFO] [net.minecraftforge.coremod.CoreMod.apotheosis/COREMODLOG]: Patching TemptGoal#isTempting
[18May2024 22:14:13.714] [main/INFO] [net.minecraftforge.coremod.CoreMod.placebo/COREMODLOG]: Patching BlockModelShapes#getModelLocation
[18May2024 22:14:13.917] [main/INFO] [net.minecraftforge.coremod.CoreMod.placebo/COREMODLOG]: Patching LivingEntity#attackEntityFrom
[18May2024 22:14:13.922] [main/INFO] [net.minecraftforge.coremod.CoreMod.apotheosis/COREMODLOG]: Patching LivingEntity#blockUsingShield
[18May2024 22:14:13.923] [main/INFO] [net.minecraftforge.coremod.CoreMod.apotheosis/COREMODLOG]: Patching LivingEntity#applyPotionDamageCalculations
[18May2024 22:14:13.951] [main/INFO] [net.minecraftforge.coremod.CoreMod.apotheosis/COREMODLOG]: Patching CombatRules#getDamageAfterMagicAbsorb
[18May2024 22:14:14.190] [main/ERROR] [net.minecraftforge.coremod.transformer.CoreModBaseTransformeCOREMOD]: Error occurred applying transform of coremod META-INF/asm/multipart.js function render
java.lang.NullPointerException: null

at org.objectweb.asm.tree.InsnList.insert(InsnList.java:343) \~\[asm-tree-9.6.jar:9.6\] at jdk.nashorn.internal.scripts.Script$Recompilation$81$5956A$\\\^eval\\\_.initializeCoreMod$transformer-3(:135) \~\[?:?\] at jdk.nashorn.internal.runtime.ScriptFunctionData.invoke(ScriptFunctionData.java:638) \~\[nashorn.jar:?\] at jdk.nashorn.internal.runtime.ScriptFunction.invoke(ScriptFunction.java:229) \~\[nashorn.jar:?\] at jdk.nashorn.internal.runtime.ScriptRuntime.apply(ScriptRuntime.java:387) \~\[nashorn.jar:?\] at jdk.nashorn.api.scripting.ScriptObjectMirror.call(ScriptObjectMirror.java:110) \~\[nashorn.jar:?\] at net.minecraftforge.coremod.NashornFactory.lambda$getFunction$0(NashornFactory.java:18) \~\[coremods-4.0.6.jar:4.0.6+14+master.c21a551\] at net.minecraftforge.coremod.NashornFactory$$Lambda$446/269973396.apply(Unknown Source) \~\[?:?\] at net.minecraftforge.coremod.transformer.CoreModMethodTransformer.runCoremod(CoreModMethodTransformer.java:18) \~\[coremods-4.0.6.jar:?\] at net.minecraftforge.coremod.transformer.CoreModMethodTransformer.runCoremod(CoreModMethodTransformer.java:10) \~\[coremods-4.0.6.jar:?\] at net.minecraftforge.coremod.transformer.CoreModBaseTransformer.transform(CoreModBaseTransformer.java:38) \[coremods-4.0.6.jar:?\] at cpw.mods.modlauncher.TransformerHolder.transform(TransformerHolder.java:41) \[modlauncher-8.1.3.jar:?\] at cpw.mods.modlauncher.ClassTransformer.performVote(ClassTransformer.java:179) \[modlauncher-8.1.3.jar:?\] at cpw.mods.modlauncher.ClassTransformer.transform(ClassTransformer.java:111) \[modlauncher-8.1.3.jar:?\] at cpw.mods.modlauncher.TransformingClassLoader$DelegatedClassLoader.findClass(TransformingClassLoader.java:265) \[modlauncher-8.1.3.jar:?\] at cpw.mods.modlauncher.TransformingClassLoader.loadClass(TransformingClassLoader.java:136) \[modlauncher-8.1.3.jar:?\] at cpw.mods.modlauncher.TransformingClassLoader.loadClass(TransformingClassLoader.java:98) \[modlauncher-8.1.3.jar:?\] at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:357) \[?:1.8.0\_51\] at net.optifine.reflect.Reflector.(Reflector.java:307) \[?:?\] at net.minecraft.crash.CrashReport.func\_71504\_g(CrashReport.java:101) \[?:?\] at net.minecraft.crash.CrashReport.(CrashReport.java:54) \[?:?\] at net.minecraft.crash.CrashReport.func\_230188\_h\_(CrashReport.java:425) \[?:?\] at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(Main.java:122) \[?:?\] at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) \~\[?:1.8.0\_51\] at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) \~\[?:1.8.0\_51\] at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) \~\[?:1.8.0\_51\] at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:497) \~\[?:1.8.0\_51\] at net.minecraftforge.fml.loading.FMLClientLaunchProvider.lambda$launchService$0(FMLClientLaunchProvider.java:37) \[forge-1.16.5-36.2.42.jar:36.2\] at net.minecraftforge.fml.loading.FMLClientLaunchProvider$$Lambda$514/1547521797.call(Unknown Source) \[forge-1.16.5-36.2.42.jar:36.2\] at cpw.mods.modlauncher.LaunchServiceHandlerDecorator.launch(LaunchServiceHandlerDecorator.java:37) \[modlauncher-8.1.3.jar:?\] at cpw.mods.modlauncher.LaunchServiceHandler.launch(LaunchServiceHandler.java:54) \[modlauncher-8.1.3.jar:?\] at cpw.mods.modlauncher.LaunchServiceHandler.launch(LaunchServiceHandler.java:72) \[modlauncher-8.1.3.jar:?\] at cpw.mods.modlauncher.Launcher.run(Launcher.java:82) \[modlauncher-8.1.3.jar:?\] at cpw.mods.modlauncher.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:66) \[modlauncher-8.1.3.jar:?\] 

[18May2024 22:14:14.480] [main/INFO] [net.minecraftforge.coremod.CoreMod.placebo/COREMODLOG]: Patching ItemStack#onItemUse
[18May2024 22:14:15.400] [main/WARN] [mixin/]: @Redirect conflict. Skipping valkyrienskies-common.mixins.json:client.renderer.MixinGameRenderer->@Redirect::correctDistanceChecks(Lnet/minecraft/util/math/vectoVector3d;Lnet/minecraft/util/math/vectoVector3d;)D with priority 1000, already redirected by dungeons_gear.mixins.json:GameRendererMixin->@Redirect::getModifiedDistance1(Lnet/minecraft/util/math/vectoVector3d;Lnet/minecraft/util/math/vectoVector3d;)D with priority 1000
[18May2024 22:14:15.400] [main/WARN] [mixin/]: @Redirect conflict. Skipping valkyrienskies-common.mixins.json:client.renderer.MixinGameRenderer->@Redirect::correctDistanceChecks(Lnet/minecraft/util/math/vectoVector3d;Lnet/minecraft/util/math/vectoVector3d;)D with priority 1000, already redirected by dungeons_gear.mixins.json:GameRendererMixin->@Redirect::getModifiedDistance2(Lnet/minecraft/util/math/vectoVector3d;Lnet/minecraft/util/math/vectoVector3d;)D with priority 1000
[18May2024 22:14:15.402] [main/INFO] [STDER]: [java.lang.ThreadGroup:uncaughtException:1052]: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
[18May2024 22:14:15.402] [main/INFO] [STDER]: [java.lang.ThreadGroup:uncaughtException:1052]: at cpw.mods.modlauncher.LaunchServiceHandlerDecorator.launch(LaunchServiceHandlerDecorator.java:39)
[18May2024 22:14:15.402] [main/INFO] [STDER]: [java.lang.ThreadGroup:uncaughtException:1052]: at cpw.mods.modlauncher.LaunchServiceHandler.launch(LaunchServiceHandler.java:54)
[18May2024 22:14:15.402] [main/INFO] [STDER]: [java.lang.ThreadGroup:uncaughtException:1052]: at cpw.mods.modlauncher.LaunchServiceHandler.launch(LaunchServiceHandler.java:72)
[18May2024 22:14:15.402] [main/INFO] [STDER]: [java.lang.ThreadGroup:uncaughtException:1052]: at cpw.mods.modlauncher.Launcher.run(Launcher.java:82)
[18May2024 22:14:15.403] [main/INFO] [STDER]: [java.lang.ThreadGroup:uncaughtException:1052]: at cpw.mods.modlauncher.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:66)
[18May2024 22:14:15.403] [main/INFO] [STDER]: [java.lang.ThreadGroup:uncaughtException:1061]: Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
[18May2024 22:14:15.403] [main/INFO] [STDER]: [java.lang.ThreadGroup:uncaughtException:1061]: at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
[18May2024 22:14:15.403] [main/INFO] [STDER]: [java.lang.ThreadGroup:uncaughtException:1061]: at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
[18May2024 22:14:15.403] [main/INFO] [STDER]: [java.lang.ThreadGroup:uncaughtException:1061]: at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
[18May2024 22:14:15.403] [main/INFO] [STDER]: [java.lang.ThreadGroup:uncaughtException:1061]: at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:497)
[18May2024 22:14:15.403] [main/INFO] [STDER]: [java.lang.ThreadGroup:uncaughtException:1061]: at net.minecraftforge.fml.loading.FMLClientLaunchProvider.lambda$launchService$0(FMLClientLaunchProvider.java:37)
[18May2024 22:14:15.404] [main/INFO] [STDER]: [java.lang.ThreadGroup:uncaughtException:1061]: at net.minecraftforge.fml.loading.FMLClientLaunchProvider$$Lambda$514/1547521797.call(Unknown Source)
[18May2024 22:14:15.404] [main/INFO] [STDER]: [java.lang.ThreadGroup:uncaughtException:1061]: at cpw.mods.modlauncher.LaunchServiceHandlerDecorator.launch(LaunchServiceHandlerDecorator.java:37)
[18May2024 22:14:15.404] [main/INFO] [STDER]: [java.lang.ThreadGroup:uncaughtException:1061]: ... 4 more
[18May2024 22:14:15.404] [main/INFO] [STDER]: [java.lang.Throwable:printStackTrace:643]: Caused by: org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.throwables.MixinTransformerError: An unexpected critical error was encountered
[18May2024 22:14:15.404] [main/INFO] [STDER]: [java.lang.Throwable:printStackTrace:643]: at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinProcessor.applyMixins(MixinProcessor.java:392)
[18May2024 22:14:15.404] [main/INFO] [STDER]: [java.lang.Throwable:printStackTrace:643]: at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinTransformer.transformClass(MixinTransformer.java:250)
[18May2024 22:14:15.404] [main/INFO] [STDER]: [java.lang.Throwable:printStackTrace:643]: at org.spongepowered.asm.service.modlauncher.MixinTransformationHandler.processClass(MixinTransformationHandler.java:131)
[18May2024 22:14:15.404] [main/INFO] [STDER]: [java.lang.Throwable:printStackTrace:643]: at org.spongepowered.asm.launch.MixinLaunchPluginLegacy.processClass(MixinLaunchPluginLegacy.java:131)
[18May2024 22:14:15.405] [main/INFO] [STDER]: [java.lang.Throwable:printStackTrace:643]: at cpw.mods.modlauncher.serviceapi.ILaunchPluginService.processClassWithFlags(ILaunchPluginService.java:154)
[18May2024 22:14:15.405] [main/INFO] [STDER]: [java.lang.Throwable:printStackTrace:643]: at cpw.mods.modlauncher.LaunchPluginHandler.offerClassNodeToPlugins(LaunchPluginHandler.java:85)
[18May2024 22:14:15.405] [main/INFO] [STDER]: [java.lang.Throwable:printStackTrace:643]: at cpw.mods.modlauncher.ClassTransformer.transform(ClassTransformer.java:120)
[18May2024 22:14:15.405] [main/INFO] [STDER]: [java.lang.Throwable:printStackTrace:643]: at cpw.mods.modlauncher.TransformingClassLoader$DelegatedClassLoader.findClass(TransformingClassLoader.java:265)
[18May2024 22:14:15.405] [main/INFO] [STDER]: [java.lang.Throwable:printStackTrace:643]: at cpw.mods.modlauncher.TransformingClassLoader.loadClass(TransformingClassLoader.java:136)
[18May2024 22:14:15.405] [main/INFO] [STDER]: [java.lang.Throwable:printStackTrace:643]: at cpw.mods.modlauncher.TransformingClassLoader.loadClass(TransformingClassLoader.java:98)
[18May2024 22:14:15.405] [main/INFO] [STDER]: [java.lang.Throwable:printStackTrace:643]: at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:357)
[18May2024 22:14:15.405] [main/INFO] [STDER]: [java.lang.Throwable:printStackTrace:643]: at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredFields0(Native Method)
[18May2024 22:14:15.406] [main/INFO] [STDER]: [java.lang.Throwable:printStackTrace:643]: at java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredFields(Class.java:2583)
[18May2024 22:14:15.406] [main/INFO] [STDER]: [java.lang.Throwable:printStackTrace:643]: at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredFields(Class.java:1916)
[18May2024 22:14:15.406] [main/INFO] [STDER]: [java.lang.Throwable:printStackTrace:643]: at net.optifine.reflect.FieldLocatorTypes.(FieldLocatorTypes.java:25)
[18May2024 22:14:15.406] [main/INFO] [STDER]: [java.lang.Throwable:printStackTrace:643]: at net.optifine.reflect.Reflector.(Reflector.java:530)
[18May2024 22:14:15.406] [main/INFO] [STDER]: [java.lang.Throwable:printStackTrace:643]: at net.minecraft.crash.CrashReport.func_71504_g(CrashReport.java:101)
[18May2024 22:14:15.406] [main/INFO] [STDER]: [java.lang.Throwable:printStackTrace:643]: at net.minecraft.crash.CrashReport.(CrashReport.java:54)
[18May2024 22:14:15.406] [main/INFO] [STDER]: [java.lang.Throwable:printStackTrace:643]: at net.minecraft.crash.CrashReport.func_230188_h_(CrashReport.java:425)
[18May2024 22:14:15.407] [main/INFO] [STDER]: [java.lang.Throwable:printStackTrace:643]: at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(Main.java:122)
[18May2024 22:14:15.407] [main/INFO] [STDER]: [java.lang.Throwable:printStackTrace:643]: ... 11 more
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Synopsis:
Juliette Contzen is a lazy, good-for-nothing princess. Overshadowed by her siblings, she's left with little to do but nap, read … and occasionally cut the falling raindrops with her sword. Spotted one day by an astonished adventurer, he insists on grading Juliette's swordsmanship, then promptly has a mental breakdown at the result.
Soon after, Juliette is given the news that her kingdom is on the brink of bankruptcy. At threat of being married off, the lazy princess vows to do whatever it takes to maintain her current lifestyle, and taking matters into her own hands, escapes in the middle of the night in order to restore her kingdom's finances.
Tags: Comedy, Adventure, Action, Fantasy, Copious Ohohohohos.
Chapter 241: Until Now
The doors to the Hartzwiese Adventurer’s Guild opened.
Before, the sound of raucous laughter could be heard flooding the street outside, filling the quiet of a spring night with all the debauchery the local drunkards had to offer.
Despite the halls of adventurers not being formal drinking establishments, those within were ready to compete in boisterousness with all the taverns, inns and pubs of the town combined. And also win. Handily.
And yet–
The moment the doors parted and I stepped within, a hush as quiet as any grave fell over its inhabitants.
A woman balancing with her derrière upon the head of another became still, the alcohol in her cup the only movement as it dribbled onto a stunned face below her.
A man slurping from the communal cauldron stared wordlessly, the stew pouring in, and then out of his mouth as the muscles of his throat forgot the means to swallow.
A bartender asleep upon a row of kegs quietly rose, the sudden din of silence waking him where the sound of debauchery and those drinking from the taps beside him had failed.
Here, there, and everywhere, eyes widened as the sudden silence was filled with the sounds of my footsteps as I strolled past, my loyal handmaiden and my brother’s attendant in my wake.
And also–
Mreow.
Mrewowow.
Meww.
Cats.
Tabby cats.
Calico cats.
Ragdoll cats.
Cats with twirly whiskers. Cats with puffy faces. Cats with slightly rounded ears.
Behind me, skipping around my legs while taking turns to sit upon my shoulders and very occasionally my head, were a legion of cats of various shapes, sizes and colours.
But no matter the springiness of their whiskers, the shine of their coat or the liveliness of their tails, one thing to bring them all together was the anarchy they caused.
This was no neat line of ducklings following after their mother.
This was a barbarian horde.
With no sense of organisation other than a shared drive to claim everything as their own, they immediately skipped amidst the stunned adventurers, scavenging for all the copious scraps while still turning their noses away from the alcohol forming sticky traps upon the floor.
Saying nothing, I allowed their demanding cries to fill up the hall as I swept forwards, pausing before a wall plastered from end to end with faded notices and requests long gone unanswered.
One by one, I systemically tore every request featuring a crudely drawn image of a cat, gathering into my arms a pile of parchment large enough to reach my chin.
Then, I made my way to the wooden desk.
A receptionist waited with a smile at the ready.
“Greetings! Welcome to the Hartzwiese branch of the Adventurer’s Guild. I see you’ve removed several notices from the–”
Poomph.
Silenced but unperturbed, this latest clone watched as I dropped the stack of requests onto her desk, before promptly topping off the stack with a copper ring.
“Do what must be done,” I said, my voice defiant. “I am ready.”
The receptionist answered me with a smile more permanent than the wall the notices were torn from.
A moment later–
“[Identify].”
A green hue appeared in her clasped palms as she assessed the ring.
“Juliette. B-rank. Your registered branch is Reitzlake.”
The sound of several cups clattered against the floor.
“Welcome again to Hartzwiese. I see from your commission history that you have an extraordinary amount of completions for recovering lost cats. May I assume the significant number of cats now roaming the branch hall relate to the notices removed from the wall?”
I pursed my quivering lips.
“Maybe.”
“Wonderful. And how many cats is it that you’ve rescued?”
“... Lots.”
“I see. Please give me a moment while I confirm the requirements of our commissions.”
The receptionist swiftly retrieved a stack of parchment from a drawer.
As she flicked through, her eyes simultaneously went to every cat roaming, napping and clawing in the hall. A skill not even monstrous overseers from the abyss with their dozens of eyestalks could match. But that’s only to be expected.
Wherever these receptionists were found, it was from a level deeper than any monster dared roam.
Eventually, she gave a nod.
“Thank you for waiting. There appears to be an excess of cats in relation to the number of commissions we have available. We’ll endeavour to ensure that every cat is rehomed at the earliest opportunity through our partner agencies and charities. But unfortunately, I can only provide official acknowledgement for cats rescued through a formal commission.”
I sucked in a deep breath, hoping that patience was one of the things I accidentally inhaled.
“Fine. And how many commissions does that end up being, then? … 10? 15?”
The receptionist flicked through her bundle of parchments once more.
“94.”
“... Excuse me?”
“I can confirm the successful completion of 94 simultaneous F-ranked commissions. Congratulations. This is a new record, breaking what appears to be one earlier set by yourself. A remarkable achievement befitting a B-rank member of the guild.”
The receptionist’s professional smile never wavered.
I thought that would be the worst of it.
But then–
She slowly brought her hands together … and started applauding.
It was the leak which broke the dam.
At once, she was joined by all who were present to witness this crowning moment of regret.
I turned around in time to see a riot in motion.
“W-Wooooooooooo!!!!”
“In … Incredible …”
“A new record … I … I heard it was broken in Trierport … to think I’d witness it broken again!”
“A B-rank adventurer … ?! Where … Where did she come from … ?!”
There was no polite, respectful applause here.
It was the wild cheering of a crowd at a tournament. The whooping cries of theatregoers calling for an encore. The acclaim of my father as he elbowed others to delight in the poetry I’d written when I was 6 and thus now regularly attempted to burn.
Everywhere I turned, I saw and heard the acclaim mixed with shouts of horror as mugs of alcohol were spilled on purpose and by accident. The layabouts stomped on the floor, doing their best to murder decorum under the strain of unbridled emotion.
Only a few falling teardrops formed any hint of more dignified revelry, the glimmer of admiration running down cheeks as sniffles were hidden amidst the raucous cheering.
And then I bore witness to the most morbid sight.
Like a tidal wave of soiled clothes and snotty faces, they suddenly came as one, hands reaching out for me with dripping mugs still in their grips. Horror struck at my soul. And unlike a farmer who’d scarpered into the night, I had nobody who could heal a wound caused by hooligans accepting me as their own.
“A-Amazing!! Take my drink! Take anyone’s drink!!”
“So many cats rescued … even my allergies can’t believe it!”
“My gods, it’s a legend! An adventurer among adventurers!”
This.
This right here.
This was the lowest point of my life … were I not an unparalleled genius.
“Oho … ohoho …”
At once, the wave halted.
Faces which were lit up in unabashed delight turned to looks of mild confusion against the tinkling music of my laughter.
They needed to cycle through the expressions until they reached horror and shame.
“Ohhohohohohohoho!!”
… For I was no drunkard seeking to join their ranks!
No … I was Juliette Contzen, 3rd Princess to the Kingdom of Tirea!
And that meant every action I took, every word I spoke, and every cat I saved was for a reason beyond the hopes and dreams these hoodlums had of wanton debauchery and rusting swords!
Indeed!
A lesser princess than I may slink away into the night, cowed by the utter shame, humiliation and disgrace of completing so many F-ranked requests that I somehow broke a record I’d only just set!
But I was made of greater things!
Of schemes and subterfuges so deep that it would take too long to explain! The plots I weaved were a silken web more intricate than any cogs which made up Coppelia as she doubled up, desperately trying to stop herself from succumbing to more pain from laughter!
And that meant with every cat request now denied to these louts … they would finally do some work!
“Ohoho … ohohohohoho!! Behold and be afraid! Witness before you the coming of a new dawn, here to lift you from your days of boundless reverie! Unfurl the shutters and gaze upon a radiance so pure it brands your dallying minds! The scorching sun has come to test the snail’s back, and all that your bleary eyes see is a great salt lake to devour you whole! Shrivel as you cling upon the sweat which drips upon your brow, for that is the proof you’re yet alive!”
A sudden silence met my proclamation of their coming ordeal.
And then–
“Wooooooooooooooooooooooo!”
“I don’t understand! But what a speech!”
“If she can do it, so can we!”
I raised a hand to my lips, barely covering my smile.
“Ohhhohohohohohohoho … !”
Here it was!
Operation: Gainful Employment!
An entirely new strategy, as bold as it was uncharted!
By removing what was surely the vast majority of missing cat quests available to the adventurers of this town, they would have no choice, utterly none whatsoever, but to engage in actual work! The type of work adventurers openly advertised themselves as doing!
Monster subjugation! Crime prevention! Fetching artifacts from hidden dungeons and then succumbing to their wounds at the entrance while the Royal Treasury pocketed the treasure!
Yes, this was clearly a highly experimental tactic.
But what was I, if not a bastion of creativity?
At the very least, I utterly refused to accept the status quo! An organisation dedicated exclusively to rescuing lost cats or elbowing into my kingdom’s sovereign affairs was no good to me!
Thus … I could not cower like some towngirl nauseous from the smell of their revelry.
Instead, I would squeeze the Adventurer’s Guild dry until the day I replaced them with an army of trained poodles. Until that joyous day, I could never tear my eyes away when they waited to be robbed.
To do so was more than a dereliction of duty …
Why, I’d be an accomplice to their drunken escapades!
My vow remained unchanged. For my goal, I would brave any indignity. The ring I was hoping the receptionist would forget to return was proof of that.
And thus–
I stood tall as a summer reed, proud in the knowledge that I had no need to feel even an inkling of embarrassment over completing 94 simultaneous F-ranked commissions! …
“Pfffffffffffffffffffffffffffffft.”
“S-Stop at once! You are not to laugh!”
“Pffffttt~”
“C-Coppelia!!”
Clearly not seeing the angel of self-sacrifice who I was, Coppelia held one hand tightly around her mouth. Even so, she failed to stop either the sound of her amusement or the tears falling from her eyes.
My only salvation was that it came at significant cost to her. Even now, she careened between laughter and painful regret.
I decided to offer both her and myself mercy.
Turning to the receptionist, I found a modest pouch already waiting upon the wooden desk. As well as a copper ring waiting beside it.
“Thank you for your service to the Adventurer’s Guild,” said the receptionist, her professional smile undaunted by the commotion. “Your total remuneration is 102 gold crowns, 7 silver crowns and 9 copper crowns. I’ve taken the liberty to compile all your separate payments together.”
I took the pouch and ignored the ring.
The receptionist pushed the ring forwards.
A long moment later, I collected it, uncertain what a receptionist would do if I tossed it into the communal cauldron, but knowing it would somehow still end up on my finger regardless.
With my head held high, I bravely ignored the chorus of voices unknowingly cheering for their own hardship as I swept past. Renewed tears and applause filled the hall. A few cats attempted to follow me. I stopped to shoo them away.
And then I was outside, the door closing behind me.
“... Goodness, that was quite the sight,” said Renise with a bemused smile. “It reminded me somewhat of the inns of Reitzlake’s docks. I wonder if all the halls of adventurers are like that, or merely those which you frequent?”
“Please don’t insinuate I’m responsible for the debauchery which occurs wherever the Adventurer’s Guild is concerned. That’s something I can claim no credit for.”
“You say that … but to me, it seems that you caused quite a stir. That really is a remarkable number of cats you rescued, after all. Even I can tell that 94 simultaneous F-ranked commissions–”
“Miss Renise.”
The maid’s smile wavered against whatever fatigued expression I was making.
A moment later, it fell away entirely as she switched to her role as my brother’s attendant and the leader of whatever scoundrels he’d charged her with herding.
“... Yes, I suppose there’s time for idle conversation later. There’s a guardhouse nearby. We should report on all that’s happened tonight.”
I gave a nod of agreement.
Hopefully, the baroness hadn’t woken from her stupor yet. But if she had, I was certain the single portrait of myself I’d returned to the wall of her gallery to smile down at her gagged and bound state would calm her nerves.
Renise hummed towards the direction of Hartzwiese’s centre, before returning her attention to me.
“If you wish to keep your identity incognito, I can see guards sent to where they’re needed using my own authority, and arrange for the appropriate seizure of the goods and crowns we’ve discovered.”
I beamed at once.
My, so prudent! It’s little wonder she was chosen by Roland!
“A judicious offer. And one I’ll accept gladly, providing the burden isn’t too severe.”
“This is merely an administrative task, and little burden compared to what both yourself and Miss Coppelia regularly perform. In any event, it is only efficient. I expect I’ll be spending a significant amount of time at the baroness’s farmstead. It is quite extensive. If possible, I would like to make use of it for Rose House. I imagine having such a facility close to the Granholtz border would have its uses.”
I nodded, already forgetting the barn’s existence.
“I encourage you to use your discretion as required. My brother has put his trust in you, and so I both expect and know that you shall not disappoint in furthering the kingdom’s prosperity.”
The young woman smiled. One filled with appreciation, but also lacking ambition.
Good.
An excellent combination as far as retainers were concerned.
“Thank you. Although I worry you place too much trust in my abilities. In truth, those like Baroness Arisa would have made for a greater asset to the kingdom. Her resourcefulness must be acknowledged.”
“It is not resourcefulness my kingdom requires. It is loyalty. And hers is a pit so empty it drains others.”
“That’s true. But at least we were able to acquire some useful things from her nonetheless.”
Renise pulled out a tiny vial from the belt around her thigh.
A golden liquid was stored within, glimmering with an unnatural light.
“These were in her chamber,” she said, her eyes lacking emotion as she surveyed the bright liquid. “When we met, she actually attempted to purchase my loyalty with this.”
“A suspect vial. How quaint. And what miracle did she promise?”
“One that would wake my parents from their curse of eternal slumber.”
“... And is it?”
“I don’t believe so, no. This is one of many identical vials I found in her chamber’s desk drawer. All prominently labelled with instructions to only drink as required to stave off the effects of bloating.”
Renise returned the vial to her belt with a slightly embarrassed smile.
“It’s still useful,” she admitted. “But just not for what I require.”
I gave a simple nod as my reply.
Nothing else needed to be said.
She hoped to see her parents wake from their prison of dormancy. An understandable wish. And one I wasn’t required to supplement with the comment that no pair named the Smuggler King and the Smuggler Queen were likely to receive as light a sentence as their daughter.
I could not speak on behalf of Roland. Although I imagined that as a kind man, he would prefer not to pass judgements which were total. But as the Crown Prince, he did not have the luxury of kindness.
It would take much to change their fate.
But perhaps that’s why Renise was here, still proving true, and not accepting stomach ailment potions from a baroness.
A moment of silence followed.
Renise gave a short sigh. And that was that.
She set her eyes on the task ahead–at least until whatever words she’d parted her mouth to say were interrupted by Coppelia’s humming instead.
“Sooooooooooooooo … you just want to wake up two people eternally sleeping, right?”
A small smile met her optimistic voice.
“If a cure were readily available, I’m certain I would have found it by now. I believe one might be possible, but it would take skill and ingredients beyond any apothecary I know of.”
“Well, sure, you could go that way. But what about going straight to the source instead?”
“The source?”
“Sure. They’re asleep, right? So just ask the one in charge of where they are now.”
“I’m … not quite sure I follow?”
Coppelia clapped her hands together and beamed.
“The Spring Court is the realm of dreams. Chances are, they must have shown their faces around a few times by now. If you ask the Spring Queen nicely, she might do you a favour.”
“The Spring Queen? … The fae?”
“Mmh~ luckily, we have someone with connections here!”
Renise was startled out of her reply.
It was nothing compared to me. The one being pointed at.
“Coppelia!” I said, truly aghast at the suggestion. “The fae are not to be taken lightly. Why, I still have nightmares about my conversation with the Winter Queen! I learned a side to royalty that day which I shall never forget … and I’m quite poorer for it!”
“You met … the Winter Queen?” asked Renise, her eyes suddenly wide.
“Unfortunately, yes, but I had zero intention of meeting her, and I’ve just as little intention of meeting any other fae as well. Including the Spring Queen.”
I waved away the coming query to declare what was just as important as my lack of enthusiasm.
“Besides, I’ve not the foggiest idea how I would even hope to use these supposed connections I have.”
“Oh, that’s the easy bit,” said Coppelia, her casual disregard for what counted as ‘easy’ more terrifying than any lout I’d met today. “The hard part is getting them to do what you want. But meeting them? The fae are creatures of stories. If the time is right, they’ll speak to you–one way or another.”
“Then they must book an appointment. One which I can formally reject.”
“I mean, I don’t think you have much choice. You didn’t last time, right?”
“The last time, I was sat beside the Winter Queen’s crown. I see no fae artifacts to hook me away. And that means utterly no scenario in which I could be abducted without my express–”
I suddenly stopped, clasping my hands around my mouth.
A moment later, I raised my arms in a martial art I’d just invented, turning repeatedly on the spot.
Renise blinked at me.
“Excuse me, but what are–”
“Shhshhshh!!”
I paused, gazing intently around at the quiet, dark streets of Hartzwiese, all the while ignoring Coppelia’s giggling at my near miss.
That … That was close!
“O-Oho … oho … I almost invited something terrible. Truly, it’s perhaps best not to needlessly voice things which Fae Queens and their deviant brand of magic could use …”
Coppelia nodded at me, as proud as she was clearly disappointed.
“You’re lucky. If the Spring Queen had a sense of humour, she’d have snagged you right there and then.”
“No. If the Spring Queen had a sense of humour, she’d wait until–”
Click.
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Congress has made fully obscuring aircraft ownership and tracking where they fly to, a reality
https://www.twz.com/news-features/congress-has-made-fully-obscuring-aircraft-ownership-information-a-reality
Birth rates in sharp decline?
Runaway corporate price gouging?
Investments of tens of thousands of people in a stock stuck in limbo, due to provable malicious intent by the very organization supposedly charged with protecting the public from things exactly like this?
Peoples' companies and very livelihoods being stolen from until they're driven into bankruptcy? in extreme excess, creating more money for those with the most money - than they could ever possibly spend in their and their childrens' entire lifetime?
One of the 2 sides that make up government actively trying to end democracy itself as we know it? (miss me with that both sides are the same boilerplate garbage, that used to be true but is now used as a shield)
Some of the main banks having leverage ratios from 1:200 to 1:300, putting the entire global economy at risk?
While coincidentally removing the fractional reserve requirement part entirely of fractional reserve banking?
No - it's the tracking of the rich in the air that we must do something about
Can't have us seeing things like the fact Ken Griffin from Citadel, was caught flying to the Finnish/Russian border just before the invasion of Ukraine started, i guess. That's the important thing

Congress has made fully obscuring aircraft ownership and tracking where they fly to, a reality
https://www.twz.com/news-features/congress-has-made-fully-obscuring-aircraft-ownership-information-a-reality
Birth rates in sharp decline?
Runaway corporate price gouging?
Investments of tens of thousands of people in a stock stuck in limbo, due to provable malicious intent by the very organization supposedly charged with protecting the public from things exactly like this?
Peoples' companies and very livelihoods being stolen from until they're driven into bankruptcy? in extreme excess, creating more money for those with the most money - than they could possibly ever spend in their and their childrens' entire lifetime?
One of the 2 sides that make up government actively trying to end democracy itself as we know it? (miss me with that both sides are the same boilerplate garbage, that used to be true but is now used as a shield)
Some of the main banks having leverage ratios from 1:200 to 1:300, putting the entire global economy at risk?
While coincidentally removing the fractional reserve requirement part entirely of fractional reserve banking?
No - it's the tracking of the rich in the air that we must do something about
Can't have us seeing things like the fact Ken Griffin from Citadel, was caught flying to the Finnish/Russian border just before the invasion of Ukraine started, i guess. That's the important thing

Hi there, I'm M25, looking for some solutions here. For context, I'm living in British Columbia, Canada. I think the situation can be viewed from the light of any country though. I've taken on about 60,000 in federal debt from the covid times, in addition to currently owing about $15,000 in back taxes, plus an additional $7,500 or so once I finally get around to filing my taxes from the 2021 year.
The last couple of years I haven't worked much. I was self-employed, and never taught about taxes. In fact, my education about taxes, from my non-educated, high school drop out father, was basically, "taxes are theft," "earn your money in cash," and "the only thing you'd need to file taxes for is if you want a loan for a house, car, business, etc." I still agree with many of his sentiments today, and I know he's not the only one with these ideas. Frankly I find it hard and very frustrating to have to give my money to the government, considering I know they're just unlimited printing money and the limited amount of money I have right now isn't going to make even a small dent in the national debt.
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There's $110,000 in total debt to the government. I have also, an additional $25,000 approximately in personal loans from friends/family.
I have high hopes for myself, always have. I'm fairly sure, I could win some pretty large contracts with enough grit, or expand an existing business with someone I know, at the end of this summer. Both options have a good potential of coming true in the long-term, I think. But in the meantime, I have considerable debt which I'm not sure what to do about, and, frankly, it's depressing.
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Tinfoil Prediction: they will issue 10 million common shares at market price and raise the share count (ex counterfeits) to 315 million. That number is divisible by 7. After issuance of those 10 million common shares, they will issue one (fraction of a) preferred share for every 7 common shares (741). The preferred shares will be issued via an issuing agent which happens to be Computershare. Accounts held with the transfer agent, which also happens to be computershare, will receive the preferred shares directly and the remaining 60-70% of preferred shares will be dumped on the depo (DTC) or the brokers, who then can try to distribute them (lol) or rather fight for them because: Holders of shares of Common Stock held in “street name” through a brokerage account, bank or other nominee will not receive physical rights certificates and must instruct their broker, bank or other nominee whether to exercise Subscription Rights on their behalf.
The clue is in the name and preferred shares have some preferable status, such as regular dividends etc. In this particular case, they may have the non-transferable and non (cash-)substitutable right attached to a subscription of common shares, meaning the right to acquire common shares at a predefined price such as for a discount to the market price. This makes preferred shares inherently more valuable than common shares (take a look at BNED this week and their filing on 15 May 2024). Consequently, market participants may compete to receive the preferred shares and may pay a premium for common shares prior to issuance of preferred shares or recall the ones which may have been lent. This may put shorts under water. GameStop may use the proceeds from issuing 10 million shares to strengthen the balance sheet. GameStop might also incentivize holders of preferred stock further by issuing other benefits such as NFT divis, wu tang audio etc. However, the proceeds may also be used to finance equity investments in compliance with GameStops investment policy or repurchase of their common stock. The continuation of such repurchases under rule 10b-18 may be particularly interesting at the time due to the volume restriction based on average trading volume of the preceding four weeks at the time of a buyback under this rule. Currently, the 10 day trading volume is 73.1 million shares (according to Schwab). This is another factor that might put shorts under water. To spell it out clearly: given the action of the last week, GameStop could currently raise capital (but don’t need to) and repurchase a fat amount of its own common stock on the free market and yet remain in compliance with the safe harbor rule.
Substantial rises in the stock price could then incentive GameStop to issue more of their remaining 35 million shares of common stock to procure working capital or capital for future buybacks. However, a decreasing stock price could incentivize GameStop to issue shares and then repurchase them at a lower price, continuously decreasing the share count and thus applying upwards pressure on the price in the long run. Holders of common stock AND preferred stock need not worry about this since proceeds from the business activities could then be rerouted via preferred shares. In the end, every market participant had a right and chance to gain his preferred shares, right ;)
Edit: fractionalizability of preferred shares as defined in the recently published S3 document.
Edit 2: Relevant Barnes filing:
BASKING RIDGE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2024--Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. (NYSE: BNED) (“BNED” or the “Company”), a leading solutions provider for the education industry, announced today that its registration statement for its fully backstopped $45 million equity rights offering (the “Rights Offering”), was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on May 14, 2024.
The Rights Offering is one of the previously announced proposed transactions (the “Transactions”) contemplated by the Company’s definitive agreement with Immersion Corporation (NASDAQ: IMMR) (“Immersion”), and certain of the Company’s existing shareholders and strategic partners, that will enable the Company to substantially deleverage its balance sheet, strategically invest in innovation and operate from a position of strength. The Transactions remain subject to shareholder approval and other closing conditions.
Upon closing of the Transactions, which is currently expected to occur in June 2024:
BNED will receive gross proceeds of $95 million of new equity capital through the Rights Offering and a $50 million new equity investment led by Immersion; the Transactions are expected to infuse approximately $75 million of net cash proceeds after transaction costs;
The Company’s existing second lien lenders will convert approximately $34 million of outstanding principal and any accrued and unpaid interest into BNED Common Stock; and
The Company has received commitments to refinance its existing asset backed loan facility, pursuant to an agreement with its first lien holders, providing the Company with access to a $325 million facility (the “ABL Facility”) maturing in 2028. The refinanced ABL Facility will meaningfully enhance BNED’s financial flexibility and reduce its annual interest expense.
Through the Rights Offering, BNED will issue 900,000,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”) at a cash subscription price (the “Subscription Price”) of $0.05 per share. In the Rights Offering, BNED will distribute to each holder of record of its Common Stock on May 14, 2024 (the “Record Date”) one non-transferable subscription right (each, a “Subscription Right”) for every share of Common Stock owned by such holder on the Record Date, and each Subscription Right will entitle the holder to purchase 17 shares of Common Stock. Each holder that fully exercises their Subscription Rights will be entitled to Over-Subscription Rights to subscribe for additional shares of Common Stock that remain unsubscribed as a result of any unexercised Subscription Rights, which allows such holder to subscribe for additional shares of Common Stock up to the number of shares purchased under such holder’s basic Subscription Right at $0.05 per share.
If any Subscription Rights remain unexercised upon the expiration of the Rights Offering after accounting for all Over-Subscription Rights exercised, the standby purchasers led by Immersion, Outerbridge Capital Management, LLC and Selz Family 2011 Trust will collectively purchase, at the Subscription Price, up to $45 million in shares of Common Stock not subscribed for by the Company’s stockholders.
The Company will not issue fractional shares in the Rights Offering or cash in lieu of fractional shares of Common Stock. Any fractional shares of Common Stock that would be created by an exercise of the Subscription Rights will be rounded to the nearest whole share.
The Company expects that the net proceeds of the offering will be used to pay expenses in connection with the Transactions and reduce the balance under the Company’s ABL Facility.
The Company expects that Computershare Trust Company N.A., the subscription agent for the Rights Offering, will mail rights certificates and a copy of the prospectus for the Rights Offering to holders of record of Common Stock as of the Record Date beginning on or about May 15, 2024. Holders of shares of Common Stock held in “street name” through a brokerage account, bank or other nominee will not receive physical rights certificates and must instruct their broker, bank or other nominee whether to exercise Subscription Rights on their behalf.
The subscription period will expire at 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on June 5, 2024. However, the Company may extend the period for exercising the Subscription Rights. Subscription Rights that are not exercised by the expiration date of the Rights Offering will expire and will have no value.
The shares of Common Stock to be issued upon exercise of the Subscription Rights will be listed for trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) under the symbol “BNED.” The Subscription Rights are non-transferable and the Company will not be listing the Subscription Rights on the NYSE or any other national securities exchange.
Neither the Company nor its Board of Directors has made or will make any recommendation to holders regarding the exercise of Subscription Rights. Holders should make an independent investment decision about whether or not to exercise their Subscription Rights based on their own assessment of the Company’s business, the Rights Offering and the other Transactions.
Questions about the Rights Offering or requests for a copy of the prospectus related to the Rights Offering may be directed to the Information Agent, Innisfree M&A Incorporated, at (877) 800-5185. (Banks & Brokers may call collect: (212) 750-5833.
Other Important Information
The issuance and sale of shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Rights Offering is subject to, among other things, the approval of our stockholders at a special meeting (the “Special Meeting”) to be held on June 5, 2024. If the issuance and sale of our Common Stock pursuant to the Rights Offering is not approved at the Special Meeting, then the Rights Offering will be cancelled. The Rights Offering is being made pursuant to the Company’s registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-278799), which was declared effective on May 14, 2024. The Company reserves the right to cancel or terminate the Rights Offering at any time. This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any Subscription Rights or any other securities to be issued in the Rights Offering or any related transactions, nor shall there be any offer, solicitation or sale of Subscription Rights or any other securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
Edit 3: Barnes pumped 150% on Friday.

Plot: U.S. government is concerned about the mutants and their potential threat to the country and society, and that's why "Vought Corporation" offers the government to use "The Seven" team to deal with mutants. U.S. government agrees and makes the deal, and soon, "The Seven" is ordered to take down "X-Men" team. They finds "X-Men" and Homelander declare that they're under arrest now and if they won't surrender peacefully, "The Seven" would use force, including a deadly one. "X-Men" doesn't want to surrender and because of that, the fight begins.
Rules: no prep and no prior knowledge about each other's powers and abilities for both sides. Win by knockout, surrender, retreat, incapacitation or death. Feats are only from the respective TV shows ("X-Men 1992" series feats for the characters is allowed because "X-Men '97" is a continuation of a 1992 "X-Men" series).
Equipment: standard gear for both sides.
Scenario 1: "The Seven" (Homelander, Queen Maeve, Starlight, Black Noir, A-Train, The Deep, Lamplighter, Translucent and Stormfront) vs. the first incarnation of "X-Men" as a team (Cyclops, Wolverine, Beast, Madelyne Pryor, Storm, Gambit, Rogue, Morph, Jubilee and Bishop).
Scenario 2: "The Seven" (Homelander, Queen Maeve, Starlight, Black Noir, A-Train, The Deep, Lamplighter, Translucent and Stormfront) vs. a second incarnation of "X-Men" as a team (Cyclops, Wolverine, Jean Grey, Jubilee, Morph, Rogue, Beast, Nightcrawler and Sunspot).
Location: an countryside in North Salem, New York (state), USA. No innocent bystanders around.
Bonus fight 1: same as "Scenario 1", but "The Seven" now has knowledge about X-Men's powers and abilities.
Bonus fight 2: same as "Scenario 2", but "The Seven" now has knowledge about X-Men's powers and abilities.
Bonus fight 3: "X-Men" are assisted by Magneto. How much he would change the fight?

Hi, long time lurker, Patreon subscriber, first time poster. I was really surprised by Canadalands 'coverage' of the Loblaws boycott in the recent shortcuts episode. I'm used to disagreeing with Jesse but it was astonishing how 'unnuanced' their discussion was. Here's a bit of what surprised me most: 1) Jesse mentions the 'Steal from Loblaws Day' but doesn't point out it's unrelated to the boycott and that the subreddit had spoken out against it. Do not tie that day to the boycott. 2) Jesse saying they can only cover a boycott once, and trying to paint it as weak, ineffective, or simply 'boring'. this surprised me because I don't remember the last time the Canadian consumers banded together for such a huge boycott. If this 'isn't news' then what did I miss? When was the last time the Canadian consumers organized something like this? 3) I hate the Strawman argument that this "won't achieve the results" Jesse and his guest painted as the end goal, as if the boycott is meant to be the be all and end all solution to our grocery price woes. It isn't. It's to raise awareness, to pressure politicians to do something, to signal to Loblaws that the consumer is willing to shop elsewhere if they don't behave, to pressure them to sign the Code of Conduct (which they did, though claiming it wasn't due to the boycott), etc. The boycott has already been hugely successful in my eyes for it's listed goals. Jesse/His Guest downplaying the role of a boycott is weird. 4) They suggest that the boycott DISRUPTS or HURTS their fellow customer??? It's a boycott, not a protest with a picket line. No one is preventing Loblaws customers from entering the store. Like what are you even talking about? 5) The LACK OF NUANCE. It felt like they did no digging into the story. The criticisms of Loblaws Jesse DOES raise relate to their previous reporting (ex. bread price fixing scandal, Cayman islands, etc.) and there's no details really dug into about what's been going on recently (ex. the backlash against loblaws from going from 50% off to 30% off, the collusion of grocery oligopoly in introducing/ending "hero pay" during covid at the same time, etc. 6) The bizarre unfunny examples of how the boycott could be less boring if they did things like stage a murder mystery party in the dairy aisle (???) which would have much less of an actual effect on Loblaws, and if Jesse's point was then they'd get more media attention, the boycott DOESNT NEED IT. The boycott has been plastered all over the news for weeks now! The boycott organizer has met with Loblaws execs to discuss! Loblaws has issued responses to the boycott! In terms of getting attention, media and from the populace, IT HAS ALREADY SUCCEEDED. 7) Jesse sounded like he's only covering this, and begrudgingly, because he just wanted to segue way into shitting on the Canadaland subreddit for hating on Canadaland so much, and because there was a thread suggesting Canadaland's silence on the boycott meant Jesse must be holding Loblaws stock. Yeah, that's a dumb conclusion to make, but what a bizarre response from Jesse.
The entire conversation sounded like two out of touch people having a surface level discussion tut-tutting about how a boycott doesn't solve EVERYTHING. That's not the point of the boycott. No one is expecting Loblaws to declare bankruptcy or that they're halving their prices at the end of May. Everything about their coverage here was disappointing and surprising.
The only point raised that I thought was good was that you could have a better result protesting outside the Competition Bureau (which also suggested Jesse's guest doesn't know the difference between a boycott and a protest).
Was I the only one surprised by this coverage?

As we can see in this draft that: - 'Palestine' was considered 'The Country' where zionists can be the 'colonizing' agents for the British.
Rothschild rejected this draft for being too obvious than it should be.
Preliminary Zionist draft July 1917:

His Majesty's Government, after considering the aims of the Zionist Organization, accepts the principle of recognizing 'PALESTINE' as the National Home of the Jewish people and the right of the Jewish people to build up its national life in 'PALESTINE' under a protection to be established at the conclusion of peace following upon the successful issue of the War.
His Majesty's Government regards as essential for the realization of this principle the grant of internal autonomy to the Jewish nationality in 'PALESTINE', freedom of "immigration" for Jews, and the establishment of a Jewish National 'COLONIZING' Corporation for the resettlement and economic development of 'THE COUNTRY'' The conditions and forms of the internal autonomy and a Charter for the Jewish National 'COLONIZING' Corporation should, in the view of His Majesty's Government, be elaborated in detail and determined with the "representatives" of the Zionist Organization.

The highlighted words were trimmed out of the final version. Source: Balfour Declaration, Wikipedia

As we can see in this draft that: - 'Palestine' was considered 'The Country' where zionists can be the 'colonizing' agents for the British.
Rothschild rejected this draft for being too obvious than it should be.
Preliminary Zionist draft July 1917:

His Majesty's Government, after considering the aims of the Zionist Organization, accepts the principle of recognizing 'PALESTINE' as the National Home of the Jewish people and the right of the Jewish people to build up its national life in 'PALESTINE' under a protection to be established at the conclusion of peace following upon the successful issue of the War.
His Majesty's Government regards as essential for the realization of this principle the grant of internal autonomy to the Jewish nationality in 'PALESTINE', freedom of "immigration" for Jews, and the establishment of a Jewish National 'COLONIZING' Corporation for the resettlement and economic development of 'THE COUNTRY'' The conditions and forms of the internal autonomy and a Charter for the Jewish National 'COLONIZING' Corporation should, in the view of His Majesty's Government, be elaborated in detail and determined with the "representatives" of the Zionist Organization.

The highlighted words were trimmed out of the final version. Source: Balfour Declaration, Wikipedia

As per a market veteran, greed is at every level. There is greed with F&O traders, hedge funds and exchanges facing M/W/D expiry. Since greed at such expiries are natural, why blame hedge funds for our actions and losses? It is wrong to blame others for our failure to understand the risks of F&O trading. If retail investors don't know the tricks of trading, they should simply step aside and do nothing. Volatility on expiry day is a given fact. One should know how to play against the big sharks or else stay away from F&O trading. We just create excuses for our failure in understanding the terms of business and the risks involved as everyone is addicted to F&O trading despite the huge losses. It is impossible for them to control their greed. Interpreting the right direction on expiry day is a must if one has to survive the volatility in the markets.
As per a market veteran, when market is on its peak, avoid tip and rumor-based trading, as there are chances of getting trapped. Do your own research for every company you choose to invest in. Follow very strictly the single rule allocation - not more than 7-9% of the portfolio in a single stock even if the promoter says so. Do not trade if the concept of the trade is not clear in your mind. Till 4th June, there will be wild volatile swings both ways. But if you have taken a trade without having the clear concept, you will get trapped.
As per a market veteran, never sell your winners to average out your losers! Otherwise, the day is not far when you will end up having a bunch of losers only! Bull markets are like marathons. Those who run it know the importance of consistency and discipline. People expect calamities and catastrophic in steady bull markets. So invest energy to develop patience and face them. Ride the tide and don’t time the ride.
Eco Recycling, first identified by Money Times two-years back and billed as a potential multi-bagger in our Panchratna newsletter this February has posted excellent results and the stock is on its upward journey.
In our 6th Jan MTTs, Sika Interplant recommended at Rs.1395 touched Rs.2504.
In our 21st Oct MTTs, Techno Ele. recommended at Rs. 514 touched Rs.1135.
In our 11th May MTTs, RAMINFO recommended at Rs.143 touched Rs.159, DCM Shriram Ind. recommended at Rs.195 touched Rs.220, Shemaroo recommended at Rs.157 touched Rs.165, Gulshan Polyoils recommended at Rs.197 touched Rs.205.
IRB Infra Q4 PAT grew 45% to Rs.189 cr. and consolidated income rose 47% to Rs.2504 cr. It has a equity of Rs.604 cr. and reserve of Rs.13141 cr. Total aggregate payout of Rs.181 cr. towards final dividend and third interim for FY24 has been declared. Add for decent gains.
Last week, Axis MF bought 26 lakh shares of Anantraj. Keep on radar for decent gains in medium-long term.
Va Tech Wabag results will be declared on 21st May 2024, which are expected to be encouraging. Keep it on your radar.
PNC Infratech results will be declared on 24th May 2024, which are expected to be strong. Further, a health dividend is also expected. Keep it on your radar.
ITD Cementation results will be declared on 28th May 2024, which are likely to be encouraging. Further, a health dividend is also expected. Keep it on your radar.
Vibrant Global notched an EPS of Rs.17.5 in the last 6 months and trades at a P/E of 4x. Promoters hold 71.3% and renowned fund manager, Siddharth Bhaiya, holds 22.64%. Its results on 18th May 2024 are likely to be promising with a healthy dividend. Add for multi bagger gains.
Shri Bajrang Alliance caters to Jubliant Foods, Nestle, KFC & Lulu Group for exports and exports to Australia, USA, Netherlands, Middle East, UK and New Zealand. It posted 9M EPS of Rs.29.77 and trades at a P/E of 8.5x. Buy for multi-bagger gains.
Debt-free Elixir Capital posted Q4 EPS of Rs.13.55 and FY24 EPS of Rs 26.89. It trades at a P/E of 4x. Promoters hold 71.3%, HNI’s & corporates hold 15.93%. Keep it on your radar.
Himatsingka Seide results on 23rd May 2024, which are expected to be strong with a healthy dividend. Keep it on your radar.
Kabra Extrusion Q4 NP rose 450% to Rs.18.97 cr. and declared a dividend of 70%. It is the industry leader 40% market share and partners Hero MotoCorp to supply battery packs & chargers. Thus, FY25 is expected to be the best. Add for 30% gains.
PNB Q4 NP rose 159.8% to Rs.3,010 cr. from Rs.1,159 cr. YoY and 35.4% to Rs.3,010 cr. from Rs.2,223 cr. QoQ. Its FY24 NP grew 228.8% to Rs.8,245 cr. and declared a divided of 75%. Add for decent gains.
Godrej Agrovet is into animal feed, crop protection, dairy, oil palm, poultry & processed foods. Promoters hold 74%, DIIs & FIIs hold 16.3%. It posted FY24 NP of Rs.359 cr. and declared a dividend of 100%. Add for 30% gains.
HCC results on 24th May 2024 are expected to be excellent. Keep it on your radar.
Andhra Petrochemicals Q3 NP grew 923% to Rs.9.82 cr. from Rs.0.96 cr. YoY. Its tie-up with GAIL for Natural Gas will lower production cost and boost its bottom-line. It results on 25th May 2024 are expected to be strong and a healthy dividend is likely. Buy for hefty gains.
Artefact Projects has huge orders for 6 years having bagged Rs.5.50 cr. order from NHAI. It pre-paid its debt of Rs.5 cr. and trades at a P/E of 8x and P/B of 0.86x. Its Q3 NP grew 60% and 9M NP rose 53%. It results on 21st May 2024 are expected to be good. Keep it on your radar.
TVS Holdings not only holds TVS Motor shares but is also engaged in the booming real estate business. Recently, it took over an NBFC aslo. Accumulate.
Hero MotoCorp is going ultra-aggressive in the two-wheeler segment and in the stock market too. Catch it before it goes out of reach. Add.
Maruti Suzuki remains unmatched in its market share, new models, distribution reach & service excellence. The stock is likely to speed up. Accumulate.
Fineotex Chemical receives an in-principle approval from BSE & NSE for preferential issue of warrants. It is in advanced talks for acquisition of a specialty chemicals unit. Add.
JTL Industries posted its highest-ever sales volume of 3,41,846 TPA for FY24 and posted revenue of Rs.2040.2 cr. on the back of robust demand. Buy.
Cellecor Gadgets record significant growth as it broadens its reach, distribution channels & product offerings, which boosted its marketing success. Add.
One Point One Solutions FY24 revenue grew 21.44% YoY to Rs.175.16 cr., EBITDA grew 52.95% YoY to Rs.56.76 cr. and PAT grew 143.5%. Add.
Sakuma Exports announced a substantial investment of £7.1 million in its wholly-owned subsidiary, Sakuma Impex Ltd. UK., which has an order book of £5 million. Add.
Sawaca Business Machines receives strategic proposal from TCS IT Dubai to develop AI based SCM, which includes acquisition of 20-25% stake in Sawaca Business Machines. A big positive. Buy.
Gujarat Toolroom's Rs.572.5 cr. Hybrid-Green Energy Power plant is projected to generate yearly profit of Rs.145.82 cr. Add.
Univastu India into civil construction projects has a Mkt.Cap. of Rs.237 cr. and posted Q3 sale of Rs.29.93 cr. with PAT of Rs.2.49 cr. and Q4 is likely to be better. Strong growth likely amid the infra boom. Buy.
Aartech Solonics, a turnaround player in Electrical Machinery boasts record order book and expansion plans. With investments in USA & UK subsidiaries, is poised for multi-bagger returns in the fancied Defense & Power sectors. Its Q4 results on 30th May 2024 may spring a pleasant surprise to shareholders. Buy.
Rudra Global Infra Products, manufactures TMT Bars, serving top clients like L&T and Reliance. Recently doubled production capacity and launched Rudra Inframart stores. Strong growth expected amid govt.'s infra investments. Buy.
NSE SME-listed ROX Hi-Tech evolved from an IBM & Cisco Business Partner to offer comprehensive IT solutions including AI. It is expected to notch an EPS of Rs 10 in FY24. Its IPO capex of Rs 50 cr. may lead to FY25 EPS of Rs 15+. Buy for hefty gain.
Zero-debt Just Dial from Reliance fame provides local search services through various platforms such as the internet, mobile internet, over the telephone (voice) & text (SMS). It posted 37% higher Q4 EPS of Rs.13.6 and 126% higher FY24 EPS of Rs. 42.7. Buy for 25% gain.
Union Bank has clocked 54% higher FY24 EPS of Rs.19.2. Buy for 20% gain.
Sandesh, Gujarati newspaper, published from 7 centers, posted 74% higher Q3 EPS of Rs.76.2 and 28% higher 9M EPS of Rs.154.3 on small equity of Rs.7 cr., which may lead to FY24 EPS to Rs.185/190. Buy for 25% gain.
Bank of India posted 35% higher Q4 EPS of Rs.4.6 and 65% higher FY24 EPS of Rs.15.5. Buy.
Repco Home Finance posted 36% higher Q3 EPS of Rs.18.2 and 32% higher FY24 EPS of Rs.66.6, which may lead to FY25 EPS of Rs.82+ Buy for a decent gain.
Jammu & Kashmir Bank posted Q4 EPS of Rs.5.8 and FY24 EPS of Rs.6.8. The robust Q4 EPS indicates that FY25 EPS may lead to Rs.24. Buy for 25% gain.
Nile Ltd., manufacturer of Pure Lead & Lead Alloys, plans a Lithium-ion recycling plant. It posted 140% higher Q3 EPS of Rs.39.7 and 78% higher 9M EPS of Rs.84.2, which may lead to FY24 EPS to Rs.125+. Add.
Karur Vysys Bank posted 36% higher Q4 EPS of Rs.5.7 and 45% higher FY24 EPS of Rs.20. Investments in Govt securities rose 19% to Rs.22,344 cr. in FY24, which may lead to FY25 EPS of Rs.27/28. Buy for 20% gain.
NCL Industries posted 152% higher Q4 EPS of Rs.5.2 and 110% higher FY24 EPS of Rs.20.5. Buy for 25% gain.
GPIL into iron ore mining, iron ore pellets, sponge iron, steel billets, rounds & wires, silico manganese, ferroalloys, prefab galvanized with captive power plants is expected to clock an EPS of Rs. 65. Buy for the long term.
Jaysynth Dyestuff manufacturer & dealer in dyes, dyes intermediates, organic chemicals, textile auxiliaries, pigments, resins, plasticizers & emulsions with low equity capital of Rs.0.9 cr. and is all set to garner an EPS of Rs. 9.5/10. Buy for the long term.
Basilic Fly Studios has a strong order book ~ Rs. 80 cr. to be executed in H1FY25, of which 75% is of FY24 total revenue.
Praveg launched Praveg Beach Resort at Nagoa Beach, Diu on May 15, featuring 31 Premium Tents and 4 dual-bedroom suites. It projects a 40-50% occupancy rate and an Average Room Rate of Rs.7,000-9,000. It is also expanding to 12 properties & developing 14 new projects.
Supreme Power Equipment secures Rs. 11.32 crore order to supply 50 MVA transformers for a solar project by Sept 2024, raising its total order book to Rs. 49.52 crore.
Praveg secures a 30-year land lease in Jawai, Rajasthan, for a luxury cave resort with 12 cave rooms, 8 tents, a pool, restaurant, bar & safari experiences, offering a blend of luxury & cultural immersion.
Wardwizard Innovations & Mobility post 135% YoY growth in EV sales of 1,071 units compared to 455 units in April 2023 with retail sales reaching 1,212 units in April 2024.
Mitsu Chem Plast currently operating at 70% of its 26,206 TPA capacity to expand by 1,800 TPA by May 2024 investing Rs. 206.5 lakh in new machinery.
BEL has a healthy order book. All it manufactures is a part of the Aatmanirbhar Bharat's programme and is expected to post a strong FY24 along with a good dividend/ bonus. Add.
Shyam Metaliks plans to establish a SS bright bars capacity of 25,000 TPA and an SS wires division with a capacity of 18,000 TPA. Add.
M&M Q4 NP rose 32% YoY to Rs.2,038 cr. and revenue grew 11% YoY. Further, it approved an investment of Rs.12,000 cr. for its EV Subsidiary. Add.
Eicher Motors’s unit, VE Commercial Vehicles signs a JV with I Triangle Info tech. A big positive. Further, it plans to launch its first electric Royal Enfield bike by 2025. Buy.
Glaxo (GSK) Q4 NP rose 46% to Rs.194.5 cr. It now plans 12 launches from 2025, which include new vaccines & medicines for HIV, oncology, respiratory diseases, etc. Add.
Dixon Technologies sees a $10 bn. IT hardware opportunity in India. Recently, it signed a MOU with Acerpure for manufacturing of consumer appliance products. A big positive. Buy.
TVS Motors plans to launch a series of products in the range of 5-25 KW by 2025. Further, it also started its operation in Italy. Add.
Infosys enters in to a multi-year pact with UAE's First Abu Dhabi Bank to optimize and modernize its IT infra. A big positive. Add.
Cochin Shipyard bags huge Rs.500-1000 cr. orders from an European client for Hybrid SOVs. Further, it also has orders worth Rs.11.54 cr. from UDUPI Cochin Shipyard Ltd. Buy.
HAL Q4 profit jumped 52% to Rs.4309 cr. YoY and revenue grew 18% YoY. Analysts are still bullish on this counter. Add for the long term.

As per a market veteran, greed is at every level. There is greed with F&O traders, hedge funds and exchanges facing M/W/D expiry. Since greed at such expiries are natural, why blame hedge funds for our actions and losses? It is wrong to blame others for our failure to understand the risks of F&O trading. If retail investors don't know the tricks of trading, they should simply step aside and do nothing. Volatility on expiry day is a given fact. One should know how to play against the big sharks or else stay away from F&O trading. We just create excuses for our failure in understanding the terms of business and the risks involved as everyone is addicted to F&O trading despite the huge losses. It is impossible for them to control their greed. Interpreting the right direction on expiry day is a must if one has to survive the volatility in the markets.
As per a market veteran, when market is on its peak, avoid tip and rumor-based trading, as there are chances of getting trapped. Do your own research for every company you choose to invest in. Follow very strictly the single rule allocation - not more than 7-9% of the portfolio in a single stock even if the promoter says so. Do not trade if the concept of the trade is not clear in your mind. Till 4th June, there will be wild volatile swings both ways. But if you have taken a trade without having the clear concept, you will get trapped.
As per a market veteran, never sell your winners to average out your losers! Otherwise, the day is not far when you will end up having a bunch of losers only! Bull markets are like marathons. Those who run it know the importance of consistency and discipline. People expect calamities and catastrophic in steady bull markets. So invest energy to develop patience and face them. Ride the tide and don’t time the ride.
Eco Recycling, first identified by Money Times two-years back and billed as a potential multi-bagger in our Panchratna newsletter this February has posted excellent results and the stock is on its upward journey.
In our 6th Jan MTTs, Sika Interplant recommended at Rs.1395 touched Rs.2504.
In our 21st Oct MTTs, Techno Ele. recommended at Rs. 514 touched Rs.1135.
In our 11th May MTTs, RAMINFO recommended at Rs.143 touched Rs.159, DCM Shriram Ind. recommended at Rs.195 touched Rs.220, Shemaroo recommended at Rs.157 touched Rs.165, Gulshan Polyoils recommended at Rs.197 touched Rs.205.
IRB Infra Q4 PAT grew 45% to Rs.189 cr. and consolidated income rose 47% to Rs.2504 cr. It has a equity of Rs.604 cr. and reserve of Rs.13141 cr. Total aggregate payout of Rs.181 cr. towards final dividend and third interim for FY24 has been declared. Add for decent gains.
Last week, Axis MF bought 26 lakh shares of Anantraj. Keep on radar for decent gains in medium-long term.
Va Tech Wabag results will be declared on 21st May 2024, which are expected to be encouraging. Keep it on your radar.
PNC Infratech results will be declared on 24th May 2024, which are expected to be strong. Further, a health dividend is also expected. Keep it on your radar.
ITD Cementation results will be declared on 28th May 2024, which are likely to be encouraging. Further, a health dividend is also expected. Keep it on your radar.
Vibrant Global notched an EPS of Rs.17.5 in the last 6 months and trades at a P/E of 4x. Promoters hold 71.3% and renowned fund manager, Siddharth Bhaiya, holds 22.64%. Its results on 18th May 2024 are likely to be promising with a healthy dividend. Add for multi bagger gains.
Shri Bajrang Alliance caters to Jubliant Foods, Nestle, KFC & Lulu Group for exports and exports to Australia, USA, Netherlands, Middle East, UK and New Zealand. It posted 9M EPS of Rs.29.77 and trades at a P/E of 8.5x. Buy for multi-bagger gains.
Debt-free Elixir Capital posted Q4 EPS of Rs.13.55 and FY24 EPS of Rs 26.89. It trades at a P/E of 4x. Promoters hold 71.3%, HNI’s & corporates hold 15.93%. Keep it on your radar.
Himatsingka Seide results on 23rd May 2024, which are expected to be strong with a healthy dividend. Keep it on your radar.
Kabra Extrusion Q4 NP rose 450% to Rs.18.97 cr. and declared a dividend of 70%. It is the industry leader 40% market share and partners Hero MotoCorp to supply battery packs & chargers. Thus, FY25 is expected to be the best. Add for 30% gains.
PNB Q4 NP rose 159.8% to Rs.3,010 cr. from Rs.1,159 cr. YoY and 35.4% to Rs.3,010 cr. from Rs.2,223 cr. QoQ. Its FY24 NP grew 228.8% to Rs.8,245 cr. and declared a divided of 75%. Add for decent gains.
Godrej Agrovet is into animal feed, crop protection, dairy, oil palm, poultry & processed foods. Promoters hold 74%, DIIs & FIIs hold 16.3%. It posted FY24 NP of Rs.359 cr. and declared a dividend of 100%. Add for 30% gains.
HCC results on 24th May 2024 are expected to be excellent. Keep it on your radar.
Andhra Petrochemicals Q3 NP grew 923% to Rs.9.82 cr. from Rs.0.96 cr. YoY. Its tie-up with GAIL for Natural Gas will lower production cost and boost its bottom-line. It results on 25th May 2024 are expected to be strong and a healthy dividend is likely. Buy for hefty gains.
Artefact Projects has huge orders for 6 years having bagged Rs.5.50 cr. order from NHAI. It pre-paid its debt of Rs.5 cr. and trades at a P/E of 8x and P/B of 0.86x. Its Q3 NP grew 60% and 9M NP rose 53%. It results on 21st May 2024 are expected to be good. Keep it on your radar.
TVS Holdings not only holds TVS Motor shares but is also engaged in the booming real estate business. Recently, it took over an NBFC aslo. Accumulate.
Hero MotoCorp is going ultra-aggressive in the two-wheeler segment and in the stock market too. Catch it before it goes out of reach. Add.
Maruti Suzuki remains unmatched in its market share, new models, distribution reach & service excellence. The stock is likely to speed up. Accumulate.
Fineotex Chemical receives an in-principle approval from BSE & NSE for preferential issue of warrants. It is in advanced talks for acquisition of a specialty chemicals unit. Add.
JTL Industries posted its highest-ever sales volume of 3,41,846 TPA for FY24 and posted revenue of Rs.2040.2 cr. on the back of robust demand. Buy.
Cellecor Gadgets record significant growth as it broadens its reach, distribution channels & product offerings, which boosted its marketing success. Add.
One Point One Solutions FY24 revenue grew 21.44% YoY to Rs.175.16 cr., EBITDA grew 52.95% YoY to Rs.56.76 cr. and PAT grew 143.5%. Add.
Sakuma Exports announced a substantial investment of £7.1 million in its wholly-owned subsidiary, Sakuma Impex Ltd. UK., which has an order book of £5 million. Add.
Sawaca Business Machines receives strategic proposal from TCS IT Dubai to develop AI based SCM, which includes acquisition of 20-25% stake in Sawaca Business Machines. A big positive. Buy.
Gujarat Toolroom's Rs.572.5 cr. Hybrid-Green Energy Power plant is projected to generate yearly profit of Rs.145.82 cr. Add.
Univastu India into civil construction projects has a Mkt.Cap. of Rs.237 cr. and posted Q3 sale of Rs.29.93 cr. with PAT of Rs.2.49 cr. and Q4 is likely to be better. Strong growth likely amid the infra boom. Buy.
Aartech Solonics, a turnaround player in Electrical Machinery boasts record order book and expansion plans. With investments in USA & UK subsidiaries, is poised for multi-bagger returns in the fancied Defense & Power sectors. Its Q4 results on 30th May 2024 may spring a pleasant surprise to shareholders. Buy.
Rudra Global Infra Products, manufactures TMT Bars, serving top clients like L&T and Reliance. Recently doubled production capacity and launched Rudra Inframart stores. Strong growth expected amid govt.'s infra investments. Buy.
NSE SME-listed ROX Hi-Tech evolved from an IBM & Cisco Business Partner to offer comprehensive IT solutions including AI. It is expected to notch an EPS of Rs 10 in FY24. Its IPO capex of Rs 50 cr. may lead to FY25 EPS of Rs 15+. Buy for hefty gain.
Zero-debt Just Dial from Reliance fame provides local search services through various platforms such as the internet, mobile internet, over the telephone (voice) & text (SMS). It posted 37% higher Q4 EPS of Rs.13.6 and 126% higher FY24 EPS of Rs. 42.7. Buy for 25% gain.
Union Bank has clocked 54% higher FY24 EPS of Rs.19.2. Buy for 20% gain.
Sandesh, Gujarati newspaper, published from 7 centers, posted 74% higher Q3 EPS of Rs.76.2 and 28% higher 9M EPS of Rs.154.3 on small equity of Rs.7 cr., which may lead to FY24 EPS to Rs.185/190. Buy for 25% gain.
Bank of India posted 35% higher Q4 EPS of Rs.4.6 and 65% higher FY24 EPS of Rs.15.5. Buy.
Repco Home Finance posted 36% higher Q3 EPS of Rs.18.2 and 32% higher FY24 EPS of Rs.66.6, which may lead to FY25 EPS of Rs.82+ Buy for a decent gain.
Jammu & Kashmir Bank posted Q4 EPS of Rs.5.8 and FY24 EPS of Rs.6.8. The robust Q4 EPS indicates that FY25 EPS may lead to Rs.24. Buy for 25% gain.
Nile Ltd., manufacturer of Pure Lead & Lead Alloys, plans a Lithium-ion recycling plant. It posted 140% higher Q3 EPS of Rs.39.7 and 78% higher 9M EPS of Rs.84.2, which may lead to FY24 EPS to Rs.125+. Add.
Karur Vysys Bank posted 36% higher Q4 EPS of Rs.5.7 and 45% higher FY24 EPS of Rs.20. Investments in Govt securities rose 19% to Rs.22,344 cr. in FY24, which may lead to FY25 EPS of Rs.27/28. Buy for 20% gain.
NCL Industries posted 152% higher Q4 EPS of Rs.5.2 and 110% higher FY24 EPS of Rs.20.5. Buy for 25% gain.
GPIL into iron ore mining, iron ore pellets, sponge iron, steel billets, rounds & wires, silico manganese, ferroalloys, prefab galvanized with captive power plants is expected to clock an EPS of Rs. 65. Buy for the long term.
Jaysynth Dyestuff manufacturer & dealer in dyes, dyes intermediates, organic chemicals, textile auxiliaries, pigments, resins, plasticizers & emulsions with low equity capital of Rs.0.9 cr. and is all set to garner an EPS of Rs. 9.5/10. Buy for the long term.
Basilic Fly Studios has a strong order book ~ Rs. 80 cr. to be executed in H1FY25, of which 75% is of FY24 total revenue.
Praveg launched Praveg Beach Resort at Nagoa Beach, Diu on May 15, featuring 31 Premium Tents and 4 dual-bedroom suites. It projects a 40-50% occupancy rate and an Average Room Rate of Rs.7,000-9,000. It is also expanding to 12 properties & developing 14 new projects.
Supreme Power Equipment secures Rs. 11.32 crore order to supply 50 MVA transformers for a solar project by Sept 2024, raising its total order book to Rs. 49.52 crore.
Praveg secures a 30-year land lease in Jawai, Rajasthan, for a luxury cave resort with 12 cave rooms, 8 tents, a pool, restaurant, bar & safari experiences, offering a blend of luxury & cultural immersion.
Wardwizard Innovations & Mobility post 135% YoY growth in EV sales of 1,071 units compared to 455 units in April 2023 with retail sales reaching 1,212 units in April 2024.
Mitsu Chem Plast currently operating at 70% of its 26,206 TPA capacity to expand by 1,800 TPA by May 2024 investing Rs. 206.5 lakh in new machinery.
BEL has a healthy order book. All it manufactures is a part of the Aatmanirbhar Bharat's programme and is expected to post a strong FY24 along with a good dividend/ bonus. Add.
Shyam Metaliks plans to establish a SS bright bars capacity of 25,000 TPA and an SS wires division with a capacity of 18,000 TPA. Add.
M&M Q4 NP rose 32% YoY to Rs.2,038 cr. and revenue grew 11% YoY. Further, it approved an investment of Rs.12,000 cr. for its EV Subsidiary. Add.
Eicher Motors’s unit, VE Commercial Vehicles signs a JV with I Triangle Info tech. A big positive. Further, it plans to launch its first electric Royal Enfield bike by 2025. Buy.
Glaxo (GSK) Q4 NP rose 46% to Rs.194.5 cr. It now plans 12 launches from 2025, which include new vaccines & medicines for HIV, oncology, respiratory diseases, etc. Add.
Dixon Technologies sees a $10 bn. IT hardware opportunity in India. Recently, it signed a MOU with Acerpure for manufacturing of consumer appliance products. A big positive. Buy.
TVS Motors plans to launch a series of products in the range of 5-25 KW by 2025. Further, it also started its operation in Italy. Add.
Infosys enters in to a multi-year pact with UAE's First Abu Dhabi Bank to optimize and modernize its IT infra. A big positive. Add.
Cochin Shipyard bags huge Rs.500-1000 cr. orders from an European client for Hybrid SOVs. Further, it also has orders worth Rs.11.54 cr. from UDUPI Cochin Shipyard Ltd. Buy.
HAL Q4 profit jumped 52% to Rs.4309 cr. YoY and revenue grew 18% YoY. Analysts are still bullish on this counter. Add for the long term.

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Eco Recycling, first identified by Money Times two-years back and billed as a potential multi-bagger in our Panchratna newsletter this February has posted excellent results and the stock is on its upward journey.
In our 6th Jan MTTs, Sika Interplant recommended at Rs.1395 touched Rs.2504.
In our 21st Oct MTTs, Techno Ele. recommended at Rs. 514 touched Rs.1135.
In our 11th May MTTs, RAMINFO recommended at Rs.143 touched Rs.159, DCM Shriram Ind. recommended at Rs.195 touched Rs.220, Shemaroo recommended at Rs.157 touched Rs.165, Gulshan Polyoils recommended at Rs.197 touched Rs.205.
IRB Infra Q4 PAT grew 45% to Rs.189 cr. and consolidated income rose 47% to Rs.2504 cr. It has a equity of Rs.604 cr. and reserve of Rs.13141 cr. Total aggregate payout of Rs.181 cr. towards final dividend and third interim for FY24 has been declared. Add for decent gains.
Last week, Axis MF bought 26 lakh shares of Anantraj. Keep on radar for decent gains in medium-long term.
Va Tech Wabag results will be declared on 21st May 2024, which are expected to be encouraging. Keep it on your radar.
PNC Infratech results will be declared on 24th May 2024, which are expected to be strong. Further, a health dividend is also expected. Keep it on your radar.
ITD Cementation results will be declared on 28th May 2024, which are likely to be encouraging. Further, a health dividend is also expected. Keep it on your radar.
Vibrant Global notched an EPS of Rs.17.5 in the last 6 months and trades at a P/E of 4x. Promoters hold 71.3% and renowned fund manager, Siddharth Bhaiya, holds 22.64%. Its results on 18th May 2024 are likely to be promising with a healthy dividend. Add for multi bagger gains.
Shri Bajrang Alliance caters to Jubliant Foods, Nestle, KFC & Lulu Group for exports and exports to Australia, USA, Netherlands, Middle East, UK and New Zealand. It posted 9M EPS of Rs.29.77 and trades at a P/E of 8.5x. Buy for multi-bagger gains.
Debt-free Elixir Capital posted Q4 EPS of Rs.13.55 and FY24 EPS of Rs 26.89. It trades at a P/E of 4x. Promoters hold 71.3%, HNI’s & corporates hold 15.93%. Keep it on your radar.
Himatsingka Seide results on 23rd May 2024, which are expected to be strong with a healthy dividend. Keep it on your radar.
Kabra Extrusion Q4 NP rose 450% to Rs.18.97 cr. and declared a dividend of 70%. It is the industry leader 40% market share and partners Hero MotoCorp to supply battery packs & chargers. Thus, FY25 is expected to be the best. Add for 30% gains.
PNB Q4 NP rose 159.8% to Rs.3,010 cr. from Rs.1,159 cr. YoY and 35.4% to Rs.3,010 cr. from Rs.2,223 cr. QoQ. Its FY24 NP grew 228.8% to Rs.8,245 cr. and declared a divided of 75%. Add for decent gains.
Godrej Agrovet is into animal feed, crop protection, dairy, oil palm, poultry & processed foods. Promoters hold 74%, DIIs & FIIs hold 16.3%. It posted FY24 NP of Rs.359 cr. and declared a dividend of 100%. Add for 30% gains.
HCC results on 24th May 2024 are expected to be excellent. Keep it on your radar.
Andhra Petrochemicals Q3 NP grew 923% to Rs.9.82 cr. from Rs.0.96 cr. YoY. Its tie-up with GAIL for Natural Gas will lower production cost and boost its bottom-line. It results on 25th May 2024 are expected to be strong and a healthy dividend is likely. Buy for hefty gains.
Artefact Projects has huge orders for 6 years having bagged Rs.5.50 cr. order from NHAI. It pre-paid its debt of Rs.5 cr. and trades at a P/E of 8x and P/B of 0.86x. Its Q3 NP grew 60% and 9M NP rose 53%. It results on 21st May 2024 are expected to be good. Keep it on your radar.
TVS Holdings not only holds TVS Motor shares but is also engaged in the booming real estate business. Recently, it took over an NBFC aslo. Accumulate.
Hero MotoCorp is going ultra-aggressive in the two-wheeler segment and in the stock market too. Catch it before it goes out of reach. Add.
Maruti Suzuki remains unmatched in its market share, new models, distribution reach & service excellence. The stock is likely to speed up. Accumulate.
Fineotex Chemical receives an in-principle approval from BSE & NSE for preferential issue of warrants. It is in advanced talks for acquisition of a specialty chemicals unit. Add.
JTL Industries posted its highest-ever sales volume of 3,41,846 TPA for FY24 and posted revenue of Rs.2040.2 cr. on the back of robust demand. Buy.
Cellecor Gadgets record significant growth as it broadens its reach, distribution channels & product offerings, which boosted its marketing success. Add.
One Point One Solutions FY24 revenue grew 21.44% YoY to Rs.175.16 cr., EBITDA grew 52.95% YoY to Rs.56.76 cr. and PAT grew 143.5%. Add.
Sakuma Exports announced a substantial investment of £7.1 million in its wholly-owned subsidiary, Sakuma Impex Ltd. UK., which has an order book of £5 million. Add.
Sawaca Business Machines receives strategic proposal from TCS IT Dubai to develop AI based SCM, which includes acquisition of 20-25% stake in Sawaca Business Machines. A big positive. Buy.
Gujarat Toolroom's Rs.572.5 cr. Hybrid-Green Energy Power plant is projected to generate yearly profit of Rs.145.82 cr. Add.
Univastu India into civil construction projects has a Mkt.Cap. of Rs.237 cr. and posted Q3 sale of Rs.29.93 cr. with PAT of Rs.2.49 cr. and Q4 is likely to be better. Strong growth likely amid the infra boom. Buy.
Aartech Solonics, a turnaround player in Electrical Machinery boasts record order book and expansion plans. With investments in USA & UK subsidiaries, is poised for multi-bagger returns in the fancied Defense & Power sectors. Its Q4 results on 30th May 2024 may spring a pleasant surprise to shareholders. Buy.
Rudra Global Infra Products, manufactures TMT Bars, serving top clients like L&T and Reliance. Recently doubled production capacity and launched Rudra Inframart stores. Strong growth expected amid govt.'s infra investments. Buy.
NSE SME-listed ROX Hi-Tech evolved from an IBM & Cisco Business Partner to offer comprehensive IT solutions including AI. It is expected to notch an EPS of Rs 10 in FY24. Its IPO capex of Rs 50 cr. may lead to FY25 EPS of Rs 15+. Buy for hefty gain.
Zero-debt Just Dial from Reliance fame provides local search services through various platforms such as the internet, mobile internet, over the telephone (voice) & text (SMS). It posted 37% higher Q4 EPS of Rs.13.6 and 126% higher FY24 EPS of Rs. 42.7. Buy for 25% gain.
Union Bank has clocked 54% higher FY24 EPS of Rs.19.2. Buy for 20% gain.
Sandesh, Gujarati newspaper, published from 7 centers, posted 74% higher Q3 EPS of Rs.76.2 and 28% higher 9M EPS of Rs.154.3 on small equity of Rs.7 cr., which may lead to FY24 EPS to Rs.185/190. Buy for 25% gain.
Bank of India posted 35% higher Q4 EPS of Rs.4.6 and 65% higher FY24 EPS of Rs.15.5. Buy.
Repco Home Finance posted 36% higher Q3 EPS of Rs.18.2 and 32% higher FY24 EPS of Rs.66.6, which may lead to FY25 EPS of Rs.82+ Buy for a decent gain.
Jammu & Kashmir Bank posted Q4 EPS of Rs.5.8 and FY24 EPS of Rs.6.8. The robust Q4 EPS indicates that FY25 EPS may lead to Rs.24. Buy for 25% gain.
Nile Ltd., manufacturer of Pure Lead & Lead Alloys, plans a Lithium-ion recycling plant. It posted 140% higher Q3 EPS of Rs.39.7 and 78% higher 9M EPS of Rs.84.2, which may lead to FY24 EPS to Rs.125+. Add.
Karur Vysys Bank posted 36% higher Q4 EPS of Rs.5.7 and 45% higher FY24 EPS of Rs.20. Investments in Govt securities rose 19% to Rs.22,344 cr. in FY24, which may lead to FY25 EPS of Rs.27/28. Buy for 20% gain.
NCL Industries posted 152% higher Q4 EPS of Rs.5.2 and 110% higher FY24 EPS of Rs.20.5. Buy for 25% gain.
GPIL into iron ore mining, iron ore pellets, sponge iron, steel billets, rounds & wires, silico manganese, ferroalloys, prefab galvanized with captive power plants is expected to clock an EPS of Rs. 65. Buy for the long term.
Jaysynth Dyestuff manufacturer & dealer in dyes, dyes intermediates, organic chemicals, textile auxiliaries, pigments, resins, plasticizers & emulsions with low equity capital of Rs.0.9 cr. and is all set to garner an EPS of Rs. 9.5/10. Buy for the long term.
Basilic Fly Studios has a strong order book ~ Rs. 80 cr. to be executed in H1FY25, of which 75% is of FY24 total revenue.
Praveg launched Praveg Beach Resort at Nagoa Beach, Diu on May 15, featuring 31 Premium Tents and 4 dual-bedroom suites. It projects a 40-50% occupancy rate and an Average Room Rate of Rs.7,000-9,000. It is also expanding to 12 properties & developing 14 new projects.
Supreme Power Equipment secures Rs. 11.32 crore order to supply 50 MVA transformers for a solar project by Sept 2024, raising its total order book to Rs. 49.52 crore.
Praveg secures a 30-year land lease in Jawai, Rajasthan, for a luxury cave resort with 12 cave rooms, 8 tents, a pool, restaurant, bar & safari experiences, offering a blend of luxury & cultural immersion.
Wardwizard Innovations & Mobility post 135% YoY growth in EV sales of 1,071 units compared to 455 units in April 2023 with retail sales reaching 1,212 units in April 2024.
Mitsu Chem Plast currently operating at 70% of its 26,206 TPA capacity to expand by 1,800 TPA by May 2024 investing Rs. 206.5 lakh in new machinery.
BEL has a healthy order book. All it manufactures is a part of the Aatmanirbhar Bharat's programme and is expected to post a strong FY24 along with a good dividend/ bonus. Add.
Shyam Metaliks plans to establish a SS bright bars capacity of 25,000 TPA and an SS wires division with a capacity of 18,000 TPA. Add.
M&M Q4 NP rose 32% YoY to Rs.2,038 cr. and revenue grew 11% YoY. Further, it approved an investment of Rs.12,000 cr. for its EV Subsidiary. Add.
Eicher Motors’s unit, VE Commercial Vehicles signs a JV with I Triangle Info tech. A big positive. Further, it plans to launch its first electric Royal Enfield bike by 2025. Buy.
Glaxo (GSK) Q4 NP rose 46% to Rs.194.5 cr. It now plans 12 launches from 2025, which include new vaccines & medicines for HIV, oncology, respiratory diseases, etc. Add.
Dixon Technologies sees a $10 bn. IT hardware opportunity in India. Recently, it signed a MOU with Acerpure for manufacturing of consumer appliance products. A big positive. Buy.
TVS Motors plans to launch a series of products in the range of 5-25 KW by 2025. Further, it also started its operation in Italy. Add.
Infosys enters in to a multi-year pact with UAE's First Abu Dhabi Bank to optimize and modernize its IT infra. A big positive. Add.
Cochin Shipyard bags huge Rs.500-1000 cr. orders from an European client for Hybrid SOVs. Further, it also has orders worth Rs.11.54 cr. from UDUPI Cochin Shipyard Ltd. Buy.
HAL Q4 profit jumped 52% to Rs.4309 cr. YoY and revenue grew 18% YoY. Analysts are still bullish on this counter. Add for the long term.