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Make and Model: Laconico Custom TJ
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Matrix 8xv3.0	WKL light blue ano with brass weight, comes built with 65g MX clears on Peppa Pig alu plate. some patina on the brass weight, peppa pig plate has scratches from use (sandblasted but not anodized), but no flaws that I can find on the case. includes original plate, extra solder PCB, gaskets (not applied to case), dampening, and extra daughterboard pack. all will be packed in original box.	$475 shipped	yes!
Matrix Vita	nebula coating, currently built with SP stars and Durock stabs (how the board was delivered to me). no flaws that I can find on the board. purchased this after mildly regretting selling my Vita, but I somehow forgot that I had this lying around. includes two extra screens.	$600 shipped	yes!
hiney Ladybird	red WK, BNIB but opened to check if all contents arrived safely. includes 2 h60 RGB PCBs, alu full plate, smoke PC full plate, O-ring (don't know duro rating, don't ask), and carrying case. price is MUCH less than what I paid during GB to arrive at my doorstep.	$375 shipped	yes!
Nunu	burgundy Nunu w/copper accent. no flaws from what I can find. includes two PC plates (pink and white), CF plate from CBBplanet, two Mechlovin Adelais PCBs (one desoldered and one BNIB), one small-batch PCB based off of projectKB's Alice PCB (lubed stabs included), and carrying case. priced less than what I paid to get everything	$300 shipped	yes!
GMK Rainy Day bundle	includes base, hangul, and spacebars kit. hangul WASD and 6.25u spacebar have some early stages of shine, but otherwise in great condition. i know r2 GB is live, but it's either getting a keyset now or waiting for the new run to be made and shipped.	$200 shipped	yes!
GMK Dualshot r1 bundle	includes base and novelties. has some shine from what I can remember. I bought it, threw it into a container after receiving it, and never used it. ships in bags	$180 shipped	yes!
GMK Olivia no.3	APL dark base kit. opened and thrown into storage box, never mounted	$120 shipped	yes!
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I know I basically have no skills being a cook besides working under pressure and being able to cook things extremely well. I just want to work outside, I would prefer the ability to work overtime instead of the restaurant figuring out how they can keep me at 35-40 hours to cut down on costs. I want to work outside. My last name is a carpentry surname from England as my family were ship builders in Cornwall, and everyone before my paternal grandfather was a carpenter.
I met a guy in rehab who was a timber framearchitect and another guy who was a carpenter of all sorts (retired and a farmer now), and I would love to get into the field, I have no idea where to start or where to even look for job postings. I know I won’t make much for several years, I am okay with that. I wasn’t making much being a line cook. I want to work outside, and I want to work with my hands.
I am pretty book smart, but I have absolutely no skills in any trade. I did landscaping during the summers and a lot of the guys gave me tons of shit because I never knew what I was doing but I worked as hard as I could.
Nobody in my family is in any trades since both my grandfathers. Before that everyone was in trades. I have no connections into the industry, I tried reaching out to the guy who is a timber framer, and understandably it seems like he’s not replying to me (he met me in rehab and knows my story).
I have been around drug addict and alcoholic line cooks, so even if carpenters do drink, it won’t bother me. I have had 3 stints of 1+ years sober. I relapsed when I got to school because I stopped working a program, im more of an introvert and school was pretty overwhelming. I miss being a line cook but the ceiling as a chef is pretty low. My old chef worked 60 hour weeks, he made $60,000 a year, and worked holidays and weekends. That just doesn’t sound ideal to me.
I don’t know if I need to join a trade school or something but I am open to anything. The local community college where I’m at doesn’t have any carpentry classes, it’s all tailored to get people into the local state college.
I am pretty smart, but I know those book smarts don’t translate well over. I am good with math and fractions though, which I would assume would be a decent skill set, I was an accounting major.
Any tips would be appreciated. I am in New England and would like to move to New Hampshire or Maine, if you guys have any tips it would be appreciated.

I intend to post this in debatereligion, but I wanted to put this here and get the insight of you guys. Fair warning, this is a huge post!
Prophet Muhammad (SAW) gave various prophecies leading up to the dajjal (the antichrist), the 2nd coming of Jesus Christ (AS), and other signs of the the Last Hour.
(Note: I'm gonna label some of these like "Narration 1" so they can be referenced later)
Narration 1 The Last Hour would not come until the Romans would land at al-A'maq or in Dabiq. An army consisting of the best (soldiers) of the people of the earth at that time will come from Medina (to counteract them). When they will arrange themselves in ranks, the Romans would say: Do not stand between us and those (Muslims) who took prisoners from amongst us. Let us fight with them; and the Muslims would say: Nay, by Allah, we would never get aside from you and from our brethren that you may fight them. They will then fight and a third (part) of the army would run away, whom Allah will never forgive. A third (part of the army) which would be constituted of excellent martyrs in Allah's eye, would be killed and the third who would never be put to trial would win and they would be conquerors of Constantinople. And as they would be busy in distributing the spoils of war (amongst themselves) after hanging their swords by the olive trees, the Satan would cry: The Dajjal has taken your place among your family. They would then come out, but it would be of no avail. And when they would come to Syria, he would come out while they would be still preparing themselves for battle drawing up the ranks. Certainly, the time of prayer shall come and then Jesus (peace be upon him) son of Mary would descend and would lead them. When the enemy of Allah would see him, it would (disappear) just as the salt dissolves itself in water and if he (Jesus) were not to confront them at all, even then it would dissolve completely, but Allah would kill them by his hand and he would show them their blood on his lance (the lance of Jesus Christ). Sahih Muslim 2897 https://sunnah.com/muslim:2897
Narration 2 (Note: it's not definitively Constantinople being referred to here, but it's unlikely that it's referring to somewhere else) Abu Huraira reported Allah's Apostle (may peace he upon him) saying: You have heard about a city, one side of which is on land and the other is in the sea (Constantinople). They said: Allah's Messenger, yes. Thereupon he said: The Last Hour would not come unless seventy thousand persons from Bani lshaq would attack it. When they would land there, they will neither fight with weapons nor would shower arrows but would only say: "There is no god but Allah and Allah is the Greatest," and one side of it would fall. Thaur (one of the narrators) said: I think that he said: The part by the side of the ocean. Then they would say for the second time: "There is no god but Allah and Allah is the Greatest" and the second side would also fall, and they would say: "There is no god but Allah and Allah is the Greatest," and the gates would be opened for them and they would enter therein and, they would be collecting spoils of war and distributing them amongst themselves when a noise would be heard saying: Verily, Dajjal has come. And thus they would leave everything there and go back. Sahih Muslim 2920a https://sunnah.com/muslim:2920a
Narration 3 Once there blew a red storm in Kufah that there came a person who had nothing to say but (these words): Abdullah b. Masud, the Last Hour has come. He (Abdullah b. Masud) was sitting reclining against something, and he said: The Last Hour would not come until shares of inheritance are not distributed and there is no rejoicing over spoils of war. Then he said pointing towards Syria, with the gesture of his hand like this: The enemy shall muster strength against Muslims and the Muslims will muster strength against them (Syrians). I said: You mean Rome? And he said: Yes, and there would be a terrible fight and the Muslims would prepare a detachment (for fighting unto death) which would not return but victorious. They will fight until night will intervene them; both the sides will return without being victorious and both will be wiped out. The Muslims will again prepare a detachment for fighting unto death so that they may not return but victorious. When it would be the fourth day, a new detachment out of the remnant of the Muslims would be prepared and Allah will decree that the enemy should be routed. And they would fight such a fight the like of which would not be seen, so much so that even if a bird were to pass their flanks, it would fall down dead before reaching the end of them. (There would be such a large scale massacre) that when counting would be done, (only) one out of a hundred men related to one another would be found alive. So what can be the joy at the spoils of such war and what inheritance would be divided! They would be in this very state that they would hear of a calamity more horrible than this. And a cry would reach them: The Dajjal has taken your place among your offspring. They will, therefore, throw away what would be in their hands and go forward sending ten horsemen, as a scouting party. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: I know their names and the names of their forefathers and the color of their horses. They will be the best horsemen on the surface of the earth on that day or amongst the best horsemen on the surface of the earth on that day. Sahih Muslim 2899a https://sunnah.com/muslim:2899a
The events throughout the conquest of Constantinople are roughly described like so...
Narration 1: 1. Romans (Byzantines) arrive to al-A'maq 2. Muslim soldiers from Medina meet them, and they have a great battle 3. 1/3 of the Muslims run away, 1/3 are martyred, and 1/3 continue to live on 4. Constantinople is conquered by the 1/3 Muslim victors 5. They distribute spoils among themselves 6. Satan let's out a scream, saying the dajjal is now a threat, but there's no sight of the dajjal 7. Those Muslims leave and go to Syria, and prepare for battle 8. Dajjal shows himself 9. Jesus (AS) descends for the prayer 10. Dajjal is killed by Jesus (AS)
Narration 2: 1. 70,000 from children of Isaac conquer Constantinople without weapons 2. Distribute spoils among themselves 3. Cry of dajjal, they leave everything and go back 4. (One should note, that the land with "one side of which is on land and the other is in the sea" is not definitively Constantinople, but it's quite unlikely it's referring to something else)
Narration 3: 1. Roman (Byzantine) Syrians muster strength against Muslims, and Muslims muster strength against them 2. Great battle, described as a calamity 3. Cry of dajjal, they throw what's in their hands 4. Ten scouts sent out
In 1453, the Muslims conquered Constantinople, but as we know, the dajjal did not emerge, nor did Jesus (AS). They also did not conquer it without weapons. Therefore, this prophecy has failed.
Many recognize this, and create an interpretation that the first conquest wasn't the prophesied one, and there are going to be two conquests of Constantinople, (the second one being without weapons).
That is like I said: an interpretation. No Hadith makes clear, two separate conquests of Constantinople.
And though these 3 narrations have varying levels of details, they do not contradict each other, (which could reflect that they're two seperate conquests).
One might note that narration 1 SEEMS like it says they use weapons to conquer Constantinople, and narration 2 SEEMS to say that they'll only use words (la ilaha illallah Allahu akbar) to conquer Constantinople, but there's actually nothing in narration 1 that explicitly says they'll use weapons to take over Constantinople. They do indeed hang up their swords, but just because they set their gear down, doesn't mean they used it to take the city. Bear in mind, that they had just gotten done with the infamous Great Battle, gone to Constantinople, and probably expected to be met with force, so one would expect they'd take their sheaths and swords off and set them down after all of that.
Also, the cry of the dajjal is a common factor between all of these narrations, forcing them to be one instance. Unless you want to say that there are going to be multiple cries of the dajjal, and some- be false I guess? Like satan cries it out but it's just a trick?
If you're going to lead with the idea that narration 1 refers to a different conquest than narration 2 (1 using weapons, 2 using words), then you're leading with the idea that: 1. There was the conquest of 1453, with no cry of the dajjal 2. There is going to be another conquest with weapons and with a false/deceiving cry of the dajjal 3. Then there's going to be ANOTHER conquest with only words, and that will have the real cry of the dajjal
That seems to me to be a pretty obviously false idea. So yes, these 3 narrations refer to the same instance. There's nowhere in Hadiths that creates a distinction between two different conquests of Constantinople.
And even the Muslims of the time believed that the dajjal was to emerge after Rome's territory was conquered...
(Note: there's more to this narration before this, but it's irrelevant and takes up space) (Allah's Messenger) said: You will attack Arabia and Allah will enable you to conquer it, then you would attack Persia and He would make you to conquer it. Then you would attack Rome and Allah will enable you to conquer it, then you would attack the Dajjal and Allah will enable you to conquer him. Nafi' said: Jabir, we thought that the Dajjal would appear after Rome (Syrian territory) would be conquered. Sahih Muslim 2900 https://sunnah.com/muslim:2900
No one had an idea that there were two seperate conquests.
Not only that, but these narrations are also limited to their times, and I'll explain why, but also note the following Hadiths:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: The flourishing state of Jerusalem will be when Yathrib is in ruins, the ruined state of Yathrib will be when the great war comes, the outbreak of the great war will be at the conquest of Constantinople and the conquest of Constantinople when the Dajjal (Antichrist) comes forth. He (the Prophet) struck his thigh or his shoulder with his hand and said: This is as true as you are here or as you are sitting (meaning Mu'adh ibn Jabal). (Yathrib is Medina) Sunan Abu Dawud 4294, CLASSED HASAN https://sunnah.com/abudawud:4294
I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: The Last Hour would come (when) the Romans would form a majority amongst people. 'Amr said to him (Mustaurid Qurashi): See what you are saying? He said: I say what I heard from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). Thereupon he said: If you say that, it is a fact for they have four qualities. They have the patience to undergo a trial and immediately restore themselves to sanity after trouble and attack again after flight. They (have the quality) of being good to the destitute and the orphans, to the weak and, fifthly, the good quality in them is that they put resistance against the oppression of kings. Sahih Muslim 2898a (and Sahih Muslim 2898b says the exact same thing as the bolded text) https://sunnah.com/muslim:2898a https://sunnah.com/muslim:2898b
"I was sitting with the Messenger of Allah when a man said: 'O Messenger of Allah! The people have lost interest in horses and put down their weapons, and they say there is no Jihad, and that war has ended.' The Messenger of Allah turned to face him and said: 'They are lying, now the fighting is to come. There will always be a group among my Ummah who will fight for the truth, for whom Allah will cause some people to deviate, and grant them provision from them, until the Hour begins and until the promise of Allah comes. Goodness is tied to the forelocks of horses until the Day of Resurrection. It has been revealed to me that I am going to die and will not stay long, and you will follow me group after group, striking one another's necks. And the place of safety for the believers is Ash-Sham.'" Sunan an-Nasa'i 3561 https://sunnah.com/nasai:3561
These are the reasons why the prophecies are limited to their time:
Prophet Muhammad (SAW) says the dajjal emerges after the conquering of Constantinople, and that the Romans would be a majority when the last hour would come.
When was a time when Constantinople was yet to be conquered, and the Romans were a majority? Hundreds of years ago. The dajjal did not come forth.
Prophet Muhammad (SAW) describes the conquest of Constantinople involving swords, arrows, and horseback.
For example...
Narration 1 says "after hanging their swords by the olive trees"
Narration 2 says "they will neither fight with weapons nor would shower arrows"
Narration 3 says "They will, therefore, throw away what would be in their hands go forward sending ten horsemen, as a scouting party."
Prophet Muhammad (SAW) says (in the context of battles) that "goodness is tied to the forelocks of horses until the day of resurrection" which further supports the idea that Prophet Muhammad (SAW) did not expect the world to advance beyond horses in battle.
If you want to say there are two seperate conquests in time, you're saying: 1. The Romans (Byzantines) will once again become a majority among the people, as the Byzantine empire fell many hundreds of years ago, and that their descendants that are still alive today, will become a majority, and fight the Muslims again. 2. People will revert to swords, bows, and horses. 3. Constantinople will once again fall into the hands of people other than the Muslims.
Another thing I've heard, is that Prophet Muhammad (SAW) used words like swords, arrows, and horses, so that people of the time would understand what he's talking about. Because if he mentioned guns, and cars they would think he's crazy and telling lies, or maybe the narrations would've been abandoned long ago for sounding crazy.
I have nothing to irrefutably disprove this, but I would think that the average, unbiased mind would not give this grace. I mean, imagine if Christianity or the LDS church said this. Would you give them such a great benefit?
One thing I can say, is that if he knew there would be a second conquest involving guns and cars, but he didn't want to throw the people off, he could've just avoided those specific details, or used neutral words, like how he uses "weapons" in narration 2. He could say they would send out scouts, and not mention horses. He didn't need to mention swords, the showering of arrows, and horses.
SECOND:
Prophet Muhammad (SAW) also gave these prophecies...
When Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had finished his prayer, he sat on the pulpit smiling and said: Every worshipper should keep sitting at his place. He then said: Do you know why I had asked you to assemble? They said: Allah and His Messenger know best. He said: By Allah. I have not made you assemble for exhortation or for a warning, but I have detained you here, for Tamim Dari, a Christian, who came and accepted Islam, told me something, which agrees with what I was telling, you about the Dajjal. He narrated to me that he had sailed in a ship along with thirty men of Bani Lakhm and Bani Judham and had been tossed by waves in the ocean for a month. Then these (waves) took them (near) the land within the ocean (island) at the time of sunset. They sat in a small side-boat and entered that island. There was a beast with long thick hair (and because of these) they could not distinguish his face from his back. They said: Woe to you, who can you be? Thereupon it said: I am al-Jassasa. They said: What is al-Jassasa? And it said: O people, go to this person in the monastery as he is very much eager to know about you. He (the narrator) said: When it named a person for us we were afraid of it lest it should be a devil. Then we hurriedly went on till we came to that monastery and found a well-built person there with his hands tied to his neck and having iron shackles between his two legs up to the ankles. We said: Woe be upon thee, who are you? And he said: You would soon come to know about me. but tell me who are you. We said: We are people from Arabia and we embarked upon a boat but the sea-waves had been driving us for one month and they brought as near this island. We got Into the side-boats and entered this island and here a beast met us with profusely thick hair and because of the thickness of his hair his face could not be distinguished from his back. We said: Woe be to thee, who are you? It said: I am al- Jassasa. We said: What is al-Jassasa? And it said: You go to this very person in the monastery for he is eagerly waiting for you to know about you. So we came to you in hot haste fearing that that might be the Devil. He (that chained person) said: Tell me about the date-palm trees of Baisan. We said: About what aspect of theirs do you seek information? He said: I ask you whether these trees bear fruit or not. We said: yes. Thereupon he said: I think these would not bear fruits. He said: Inform me about the lake of Tabariyya? We said: Which aspect of it do you want to know? He said: Is there water in it? They said: There is abundance of water in it. Thereupon he said: I think it would soon become dry. He again said: Inform me about the spring of Zughar. They said: Which aspect of it you want to know? He (the chained person) said: Is there water in it and does it irrigate (the land)? We said to him: Yes, there is abundance of water in it and the inhabitants (of Medina) irrigate (land) with the help of it, He said: Inform me about the unlettered Prophet; what has he done? We said: He has come out from Mecca and has settled In Yathrib (Medina). He said: Do the Arabs fight against him? We said: Yes. He said: How did he deal with them? We informed him that he had overcome those in his neighbourhood and they had submitted themselves before him. Thereupon he said to us: Has it actually happened? We said: Yes. Thereupon he said: If it is so that is better for them that they should show obedience to him. I am going to tell you about myself and I am Dajjal and would be soon permitted to get out and so I shall get out and travel in the land, and will not spare any town where I would not stay for forty nights except Mecca and Medina as these two (places) are prohibited (areas) for me and I would not make an attempt to enter any one of these two. An angel with a sword in his hand would confront me and would bar my way and there would be angels to guard every passage leading to it; then Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) striking the pulpit with the help of the end of his staff said: This implies Taiba meaning Medina. Have I not, told you an account (of the Dajjal) like this? 'The people said: Yes, and this account narrated by Tamim Dari was liked by me for it corroborates the account which I gave to you in regard to him (Dajjal) at Medina and Mecca. Behold he (Dajjal) is in the Syrian sea (Mediterranean) or the Yemen sea (Arabian sea). Nay, on the contrary, he is in the east, he is in the east, he is in the east, and he pointed with his hand towards the east. I (Fatima bint Qais) said: I preserved it in my mind (this narration from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). Sahih Muslim 2942a https://sunnah.com/muslim:2942a
Prophet Muhammad (SAW) seems to agree with this story as truth (at the least doesn't say that Tamim Dari's experience is total bogus), and says that the dajjal is on earth, existing, alive, and in the east.
Prophet Muhammad (SAW) says "Have I not, told you an account (of the Dajjal) like this?"
The dajjal says he will not spare any town, but Mecca and Medina as angels guard it and prevent him from entering. This is exactly what Prophet Muhammad (SAW) said. Sahih Bukhari 1881 https://sunnah.com/bukhari:1881
Everything the dajjal says in this agrees with what Prophet Muhammad (SAW) says. The dajjal accurately states everything that was going on in Arabia at the time, so we have good reason to believe the dajjal was being accurate when he reportedly said, "I am dajjal and would be soon permitted to get out"
Here, Prophet Muhammad (SAW) says in two narrations that Jesus Christ (AS) will descend from the heavens soon...
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "By Him in Whose Hands my soul is, son of Mary (Jesus) will shortly descend amongst you people (Muslims) as a just ruler and will break the Cross and kill the pig and abolish the Jizya (a tax taken from the non-Muslims, who are in the protection, of the Muslim government). Then there will be abundance of money and nobody will accept charitable gifts. Sahih Bukhari 2222 https://sunnah.com/bukhari:2222
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "By Him in Whose Hands my soul is, surely (Jesus,) the son of Mary will soon descend amongst you and will judge mankind justly (as a Just Ruler); he will break the Cross and kill the pigs and there will be no Jizya (i.e. taxation taken from non Muslims). Money will be in abundance so that nobody will accept it, and a single prostration to Allah (in prayer) will be better than the whole world and whatever is in it." Abu Huraira added "If you wish, you can recite (this verse of the Holy Book): -- 'And there is none Of the people of the Scriptures (Jews and Christians) But must believe in him (i.e Jesus as an Apostle of Allah and a human being) Before his death. And on the Day of Judgment He will be a witness Against them." Sahih Bukhari 3448 https://sunnah.com/bukhari:3448
And we have Prophet Muhammad (SAW) waking fearfully and telling Zainab (his wife) some news...
That the Prophet (ﷺ) came to her in a state of fear saying, "None has the right to be worshiped but Allah! Woe to the Arabs because of evil that has come near. Today a hole has been made in the wall of Gog and Magog as large as this." pointing with two of his fingers making a circle. Zainab said, "I said, 'O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Shall we be destroyed though amongst us there are pious people? ' He said, 'Yes, if evil increases." Sahih Bukhari 3598 https://sunnah.com/bukhari:3598
The Prophet (ﷺ) got up from his sleep with a flushed red face and said, "None has the right to be worshipped but Allah. Woe to the Arabs, from the Great evil that is nearly approaching them. Today a gap has been made in the wall of Gog and Magog like this." (Sufyan illustrated by this forming the number 90 or 100 with his fingers.) It was asked, "Shall we be destroyed though there are righteous people among us?" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Yes, if evil increased." Sahih Bukhari 7059 https://sunnah.com/bukhari:7059
Zainab bint Jahsh reported that Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) got up from sleep saying: There is no being worthy of worship except Allah; there is a destruction in store for Arabia because of turmoil which is at hand, the barrier of Gog and Magog has opened so much. And Sufyan made a sign of ten with the help of his hand (in order to indicate the width of the gap) and I said: Allah's Messenger, would we be perished in spite of the fact that there would be good people amongst us? Thereupon he said: Of course, but only when the evil predominates. Sahih Muslim 2880a https://sunnah.com/muslim:2880a
Zainab bint Jahsh, the wife of Allah's Apostle (ﷺ), reported that one day Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came out in a state of excitement with his face quite red. And he was saying: There is no god but Allah; there is a destruction in store for Arabia because of the turmoil which is near at hand as the barrier of Gog and Magog has been opened like it, and he (in order to explain it) made a ring with the help of his thumb and forefinger. I said: Allah's Messenger, would we be destroyed despite the fact that there would be pious people amongst us? He said: Yes, when evil would be predominant. Sahih Muslim 2880c https://sunnah.com/muslim:2880c
Prophet Muhammad (SAW) says that the evil of Gog and Magog is "near" or "near at hand," and the wall containing their people has opened up a little bit.
Here's another prophecy:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sent us on foot to get spoil, but we returned without getting any. When he saw the signs of distress on our faces, he stood up on our faces and said: O Allah, do not put them under my care, for I would be too weak to care for them; do not put them in care of themselves, for they would be incapable of that, and do not put them in the care of men, for they would choose the best things for themselves. He then placed his hand on my head and said: Ibn Hawalah, when you see the caliphate has settled in the holy land, earthquakes, sorrows and serious matters will have drawn near and on that day the Last Hour will be nearer to mankind than this hand of mine is to your head. Abu Dawud said: 'Abd Allah b. Hawalah belongs to Hims. Sunan Abu Dawud 2535 https://sunnah.com/abudawud:2535
The "holy land" refers to the area roughly known as Israel and Palestine. The caliphate settled in Jersualem around the year 638 by Caliph Umar.
And Allah (SWT) in the Quran says... "The Hour has come near, and the moon has split [in two]." Quran 54:1 https://legacy.quran.com/54/1
Now, "soon," "near at hand," "nearer" and "near" are all relative, and Gog and Magog's wall opening up doesn't necessarily demand it would happen quickly, but with the prior Hadiths mentioning swords, horses, and arrows during the emergence of the dajjal; one may begin to understand how "soon" these things really were expected.
When Prophet Muhammad (SAW) says Jesus (AS) will descend shortly, and says the dajjal will emerge when swords, bows, and horseback are being used; one can understand how 'soon' Jesus was expected to descend (and kill the dajjal).
In conclusion Prophet Muhammad (SAW) says that: 1. The dajjal is on earth, and seems to agree that he will soon emerge. 2. Jesus (AS) will descend soon. 3. Gog and Magog's wall has opened up a bit. Woe to the Arabs for the evil that is nearly approaching them. 4. (Places his hand on companion's head) The last hour will be nearer to the people than his hand is to his head when the caliphate settle in the holy land (which happened in 638). 5. The dajjal will emerge after the conquering of Constantinople. 6. The Romans will be a majority when the last hour comes. 7. They will be using swords, bows, and horses during the conquering of Constantinople and the emergence of the dajjal And Allah (SWT) says the hour has drawn near.
There's no reason to believe that Prophet Muhammad (SAW) expected the world to go on for atleast another 1400 years.
BONUS:
In this Hadith, Utba b. Ghazwan says that the Muslims were given news of the world's ending, and that's it quite early, (atleast I'm like 85% sure that's what means)...
Utba b. Ghazwan delivered us a sermon and he praised Allah and lauded Him, then said: Now coming to the point, verily the world has been given the news of its end and that too quite early. Nothing would be left out of it but only water left in the utensil which its owner leaves, and you are going to shift to an abode which knows no end, and you should shift with the good before you, for we have been told that a stone would be thrown at one side of the Hell and it would go down even for seventy years but would not be able to reach its bottom. By Allah, it would be fully packed. Do you find it something strange, and it has been mentioned that there yawns a distance which one would be able to cover in forty years from one end to another of Paradise, and a day would come when it would be fully packed and you must be knowing that I was the seventh amongst seven who had been with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and we had nothing to eat but the leaves of the tree until the corners of the mouth were injured. (The Hadith goes on, but it doesn't appear relevant and it takes up a lot of space). Sahih Muslim 2967a https://sunnah.com/muslim:2967a
This could support the idea that the Muslims (who knew Prophet Muhammad (SAW) first-hand) did not think the world was going to last terribly long.

• 2024 May 24 17:22A new technological highlight has been in regular operation in the port of Singapore since mid-May 2024: JMS Sunshine, the world's first LNG tug powered by a hybrid system with mtu gas engines from Rolls-Royce. Seatrium Limited is the designer, builder and operator of the new 29-metre, 65-tonne bollard pull tug. Rolls-Royce has supplied two 16-cylinder mtu Series 4000M55RN gas engines and the gas regulating unit (GRU) for the harbour tug. A new technological highlight has been in regular operation in the port of Singapore since mid-May 2024: JMS Sunshine, the world's first LNG tug powered by a hybrid system with mtu gas engines from Rolls-Royce. Seatrium Limited, a leading engineering solutions provider to the global offshore and marine industry is the designer, builder and operator of the new 29-metre, 65-tonne bollard pull tug. The Port of Singapore has committed to the Maritime R&D Roadmap 2030 with the aim of making it environmentally friendly and reducing energy consumption.Rolls-Royce has supplied two 16-cylinder mtu Series 4000M55RN gas engines and the gas regulating unit (GRU) for the harbour tug.The mtu gas engines are already well below the limit values of current emission guidelines (such as IMO III) without exhaust gas aftertreatment. The particulate mass is below the detection limit and they emit only small quantities of nitrogen oxides.The hybrid system is particularly suitable for the load profile of the harbour tug: it enables very precise manoeuvring and a strong bollard pull when the full power is used. To achieve maximum thrust, the total power of the two azimuth stern thrusters is 4000 kilowatts. This is achieved by adding to the 1492 kilowatts each supplied by the mtu gas engines and 500 kilowatts of electric motor power on each shaft. The tug is equipped with a battery capacity of 904 kilowatt hours. The battery power is used to absorb peak loads, for example during acceleration, to manoeuvre purely electrically in port and to supply the ship on board with electricity. Rolls-Royce’s Power Systems division has already received orders for mtu gas engines as propulsion systems and on-board gensets for a total of eleven ships worldwide. These include ferries, tugs and government vessels. Two catamarans belonging to the Doeksen shipping company have been operating reliably with mtu gas engines on the North Sea in the Wadden Sea nature reserve since 2021. The Richmond ferry has been operating a commuter service on the Lake Constance drinking water reservoir in southern Germany since 2023.First LNG tugboat with hybrid system goes into operation in Singapore with mtu gas engines from Rolls-Royce

Warning: This post mentions heavy topics like abuse, SA, discrimination, violence, etc. These topics are listed and not discussed extensively, but if it's a sensitive topic go ahead and skip this post.
A couple months ago I got started on a project to collect as many LGBT remote resources (mainly helplines and places that can provide support online) by country as possible. Here's what I found put in a table alphabetized by country.
Notes/Disclaimers

• Some of the restrictions may say "Trans specific" or something similar. That means the services are specifically aimed towards that group, not that they are excluded. Same goes for location specific notes.
• Some of these services are only open at specific times. I didn't list these times since I'm bad at understanding local time zones and didn't want say something is open at hours when it's closed.
• I distinguish between support and crisis because some resources are able to answer questions and/or provide emotional support, but are not made to handle an immediate mental health crisis.
• A few resources may say they are for women but in their description mention serving women and the LGBTQ community. I don't know why some services seem to lump the two together.
• Since this took so long, some links that worked a month ago may no longer work now. I've tried to fix this, but if any links go bad feel free to let me know.
• Finally, I'm just one person trying my best and I only speak English and a smidge of Spanish. I also couldn't email/call most of the organizations listed since it would have been even more time consuming and the international calls would be expensive for the sheer amount of places. Therefore, I recommend if something from the list catches your eye I recommend to vet it yourself. Polite feedback on any sources that you think should be added or removed is appreciated.

Country	Name	Link	Help Type 1	Help Type 2 (if applicable)	Restrictions/Notes
Argentina	Line 144	https://www.argentina.gob.aaplicaciones/linea-144-atencion-mujeres-y-LGBTI	Abuse	Sexual Assault
Australia	Rainbow Sexual, Domestic and Family Violence Helpline	https://fullstop.org.au/get-help/our-services/rainbowviolenceandabusesupport	Abuse/ Sexual Assault
Australia	Q Life	https://qlife.org.au/	Support
Australia	Rainbow Door	https://www.rainbowdoor.org.au/	Support	Abuse	Victoria Specific
Austria	WAST	https://www.wien.gv.at/sozialinfo/content/en/10/InstitutionDetail.do?it_1=2099501	Discrimination	Support
Austria	Türkis Rosa Lila Tipp	https://dievilla.at/beratung-gruppen-bildung/	Support	Violence
Belgium	Lumi	https://www.lumi.be/	Support
Belgium	Transgender Infopoint	https://www.transgenderinfo.be/nl	Support		Trans Specific
Brazil	LGBT reference center	https://prefeitura.pbh.gov.bsmasac/sudc/equipamentos/crlgbt	Discrimination		Belohorizante area
Brazil	SOMOS	https://www.somos.org.boquefazemos	Support	Discrimination
Bulgaria	Single Step	https://singlestep.bg/get-help/	Crisis	Support	Online Chat Only/Only available 3 hours daily
Canada	Youthline	https://www.youthline.ca/our-programs/peer-support/	Support		Ontario specific and LGBT teens and young adults
Canada and U.S	LGBT Hotline	https://lgbthotline.org/	Support
Canada and U.S	Trans Lifeline	https://translifeline.org/hotline/	Support	Crisis	Trans and Questioning specific
Chile	Todo Mejora	https://www.todomejora.org/que-hacemos/hora-segura	Support		Focused on LGBTQ+ people under 30 and through app chat only
Colombia	It Gets Better Colombia (Hora Segura)	https://www.facebook.com/ItGetsBetterColombia/	Support		Only through Facebook Messenger and Instagram on Wednesdays and Thursdays 6-8pm
Colombia	Linea Diversia	al.gov.co/index.php/noticias/97-noticias-lgbti/3770-linea-diversa-intensifica-atencion-psicosocial-para-comunidad-lgbti-durante-cuarentena	Support	Crisis
Colombia	Sergio Urrego Foundation	https://www.sergiourrego.org/quienes-somos/	Crisis
Cyprus	Queer Cyprus Solidarity Line	https://www.queercyprus.org/en/solidarity-line/	Support	Redirects to psychological, social, and legal experts if needed.
Denmark	LGBT+ Denmark	https://lgbt.dk/en/lgbt-counselling/	Support
Dominican Republic	It Gets Better Dominicana	http://itgetsbetterdominicana.org/	Support	Crisis	24 hour line through Whatsapp
Ecuador	Linea de Apoyo a Mujeres	https://findahelpline.com/organizations/linea-de-apoyo-a-mujeres-para-enfrentar-la-violencia-no-estamos-solas	support/crisis	Violence/Abuse
Egypt	Bedayaa	https://bedayaa.org/programs/health-program/	Support		not immediate support. Requires form.
Finland	Sinuiksi	https://www.sinuiksi.fi/tuki/	Support
Finland	Sateenkaari-ihmisten perhe- ja läheissuhteet -chat	https://www.hyvakysymys.fi/paivystyschatti/sateenkaarevatsuhteet/	Support
Finland	Helenski Pride Center	https://pride.fi/tietoa-tukea/tukea-neuvoa/	Support
France	SOS homophobie	https://www.sos-homophobie.org/ligne-ecoute	Discrimination	Violence
France	Fondation Le Refuge	https://le-refuge.org/la-ligne-decoute/	Abuse	Support	LGBT youth focused
France	ligne Azur	https://www.ligneazur.org/	Crisis	Support
Germany	Diversity Münech (Queer to Queer)	https://diversity-muenchen.de/en/counseling-education/queer-to-quee	Support		focused on LGBT youth
Germany	mhc Beratung	https://www.mhc-hh.de/psychosoziale-beratung/	Support	Crisis
Greece	Next To You	https://11528.ggrammi/	Support	Maybe Crisis
Hong Kong	Rainbow of Hong Kong	https://www.rainbowhk.org/hotline	Support		Whatsapp only
Hungary	Hatter Society	https://en.hatter.hu/what-we-do/information-and-counselling-hotline	Support	Abuse/Discrimination
India	NGO Space Helpline	https://findahelpline.com/organizations/ngo-space-helpline-for-lgbt-and-queer-communities	Crisis
India	The Humsafar Helpline	https://humsafar.org/help/	Support
India	Pride Place - Transgender (LGBQIA+) Persons Protection Cell	https://womensafetywing.telangana.gov.in/pride-place/	Abuse	Sexual Assault	Telangana
India	Naz Foundation	https://www.nazindia.org/lgbtqia/	Support
Ireland	LGBT Ireland	https://lgbt.ie/our-services/	Support
Israel	Association for LGBT Israel Attention Line	https://www.lgbt.org.il/yesh	Support		24 Pieta Line (non LGBT specific) or free LGBT youth counseling in person(
Italy	Gay Helpline	https://gayhelpline.it/numero-verde/	violence/discrimination	Support
Italy	Cassero Friendly Phone	https://cassero.it/telefono-amico-cassero/	discrimination	Support
Italy	Rainbow line	https://www.mariomieli.net/servizi/welcome4rainbow/rainbow-line/	discrimination	Support
Japan	Rainbow Hotline	https://proudlife.org/hotline	Support
Japan	Yorisoi Hotline	https://www.since2011.net/yorisoi/n4/	Support
Kenya	National Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission	https://nglhrc.com/contact-us/	Support (?)	Crisis (?)	has a phone number for an in house psychologist, but support availability is unknown
Kenya	Jinsiagu	https://jinsiangu.org/contact	Crisis		Trans, Intersex and Gender Nonconforming Specific
Lebanon	Helem Helpline	https://www.helem.net/contact	Emergency Situation s
Malaysia	PT Foundation (Malaysia)	https://findahelpline.com/organizations/pt-foundation-s-peer-listening-helpline	Support
Malta	Rainbow Support Service	https://maltagayrights.org/category/rainbow-support-service/social-work-service/	Support
Mauritius	Collectif Arc-En-Ciel	https://collectifarcenciel.org/contactez-nous/	Emergency
Mexico	It Gets Better (Mexico)	https://itgetsbettermx.org/programas/horasegura/	Support	Crisis	Youth focused
Mexico	Diversidad Segura (LGBTTTIQA+)	https://consejociudadanomx.org/asi-te-ayudamos/diversidad-segura-626c27e847758	Support(?)	Discrimination(?)
Mexico	Trevor Project (Mexico)	https://www.thetrevorproject.mx/ayuda/	Support	Crisis	Online chat only. Youth Focused
Mexico	Cuenta Conmigo	https://cuentaconmigo.org.mx/servicios/	Support
Mongolia	LGBT Centre Mongolia	http://lgbtcentre.mn/en/home/			Allows calls for appointments but no longer operates helpline. Though I should include it since it's the only LGBT organization I could find in this country.
Morocco	Trans Dynamics (Urgent/Sensitive Line)	https://dynamiquetrans.org/			Trans, nonbinary, and gender Nonconforming Specific
Nepal	Mitinin	https://mitininepal.org.np/			Support Type Unknown
Netherlands	Switchboard (Netherlands)	https://www.switchboard.nl/s/	Support
Netherlands	Genderpraatjes	https://genderpraatjes.nl/	Support		Focused on trans youth
New Zealand	Gender Minorities Aotearoa	https://genderminorities.com/peer-support/	Support		Trans and intersex specific
New Zealand	Outline New Zealand	https://outline.org.nz/	Support
Northern Ireland	Cara-Friend	https://cara-friend.org.uk/lgbt-switchboard-ni/	Support
Norway	Skievchat	https://www.helseutvalget.no/en/youchat	Support		Focused on LGBTQ youth
Norway	Skiev Ungdom/Ungdomstelefonen	https://skeivungdom.no/prosjekteungdomstelefonen/	Support		Focused on LGBTQ youth
Norway	Stiftelsen Stensveen	https://www.stensveen.no/kontakttelefoner-17102s.html	Support		Gender Diverse Specific
Palestine	alKhat	https://alkhat.org/	Support	Crisis
Paraguay	Rohendu	https://www.aireana.org.py/tomando-fuerza/ro-hendu/	Discrimination	Violence
Peru	It Gets Better (Peru)/	https://itgetsbetterperu.org/apoyo-psicologico/	Support	Crisis	LGBT youth focused
Peru	Más Igualidad/More Equality	https://www.masigualdad.pe/botiquin	Support	Crisis
Portugal	Casa Qui	https://www.casa-qui.pt/	Abuse	Homelessness
Portugal	Centro Gis	https://www.portogaycircuit.com/centro-gis/	Abuse/Violence
Russia	LGBT Net	https://lgbtnet.org/activities/programma_psikhologicheskoy_pomoshchi/	Support	Crisis
Scotland	LGBT Health and Wellbeing	https://www.lgbthealth.org.uk/services-support/lgbt-helpline-scotland/	Support
Serbia	De Se Zna	https://dasezna.lgbt/blog/prijavi-nasilje/	Discrimination/violence	Support
Singapore	Brave Helpline	https://bravespace.org/brave-helpline/	Support	Crisis	Focused on both LGBTQ women and gender diverse people (trans women, trans men, intersex, etc.)
Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia & Brunei	Oogachaga	https://oogachaga.com/whatsapp-counselling	Support		Only WhatsApp and Email
South Africa	Triangle Project	https://triangle.org.za/contact/	Support	Crisis (?)
South Korea	Chingusai	https://chingusai.net/xe/quick	Support
South Korea	Ddingdong	https://www.ddingdong.kxe/introduce#eng	Crisis	homelessness	Teen focused
Spain	FELGBTI	https://felgtbi.org/que-hacemos/consulta/linea-arcoiris/#:~:text=La%20L%C3%ADnea%20Arco%C3%ADris%20es%20totalmente,al%20676%2078%2058%2030	Support	Violence
Spain	028 ARCOÍRIS (028 Rainbow)	https://www.igualdad.gob.es/ministerio/dglgtbi/	Violence
Spain	Teléfono SOS Homofobia	https://cogam.es/stop-lgtbfobia/	Violence/Discrimination
Sweden	Regnbågslinje/Rainbow line	https://kyrkanssos.se/hitta-hjalp/regnbagslinjen/	Support
Sweden	RFSL Support Service	https://www.rfsl.se/verksamhet/stod/stodmottagning/	Violence/harassment
Switzerland	LGBTIQ Helpline	https://www.lgbtiq-helpline.ch/de	Support
Taiwan	Taiwan Tongzhi LGBT hotline association	https://hotline.org.tw/services/115	Support
Turkey	SPoD LGBTI+ Helpline	https://spod.org.tlgbti-helpline/	Support
Turkey	LISTAG Advisory Line	https://listag.org/2023/03/25/danisma-hatti/	Support		For LGBT children and families of LGBT people
United States	Trevor Project	https://www.thetrevorproject.org/	Crisis	Support	For teens and young adults
United Kingdom	Switchboard (UK)	https://switchboard.lgbt/	Support
United Kingdom	LGBT Foundation	https://lgbt.foundation/help/helpline-email-support/	Support
United Kingdom	Galop	https://galop.org.uk/get-help/helplines/	Abuse/Sexual Assault	Violence
United Kingdom	Mind Out	https://mindout.org.uk/get-support/mindout-online/	Support		Online Only
United Kingdom	Intercom Trust	https://www.intercomtrust.org.uk/helpline/	Support		Southwest only
Uruguay	El Servicio de Atención Psicológica-Colonia Diversia	https://coloniadiversa.org/sap.html	Support		Colonia area
Uruguay	Servicio de Atención y Orientación a personas lesbianas, gays, bisexuales, trans e intersex (LGBTI)	https://guiaderecursos.mides.gub.uy/69525/crc32	Support		Montevideo area only

Thanks to u/spacepaladin15 for creating NoP
Memory Transcription
Subject: Avital, Harchen Researcher and Advisor
Date (Sol Standard Time): June 23rd, 2140
I never typically felt uneasy with space travel, but there was nothing typical about this. Not when you knew what could be lurking in the darkness. Sensor ghosts pursued us throughout the day, each false return possibly hiding our death. Furthermore, there was no way for us to know we were detected unless one of the patrolling Romulans decloaked to challenge us.
Just last night, long range scans detected some points of interest. A station, and two planets that show potential activity. We needed to investigate. Aureoleis was only a minute away from the station.
“Researcher Avital” the captain spoke.
“We’ll only be sitting at the very edge of our sensor range to try and better avoid detection. Will this degrade our scans?”
“Not radically, unless you wanted details like the number of lives on board. Otherwise we can get a… decent enough scan from long range.”
“Understood.”
It disappointed me a little that we’d only be taking light scans from a distance. I wanted to actually know the Romulans.
But, it was probably better than having to dodge plasma for a few scans.
Eventually, we left warp. The station was barely a speck in the void, but it was scannable.
Slowly, the scan data came pouring through, and my fear rose a bit.
“Captain, scanners are showing this a shipyard, about a hundred docks. Most of them are filled with what appears to be partially completed ships, varying sizes.”
“Any idea how much longer they have to complete?”
“It’s unclear how fast they’re able to construct ships, but based on the state of the attack ships similar to what we have seen them use, and rough estimates of the other ship types, I estimate no ship here is under 67% complete.”
“Any sign they’ve detected us?”
“Unclear.”
“Verywell. Navigation, take us to the next site.”
The navigator turned “Aye ma’am”
Just as quickly as we arrived, we were gone. I had an odd feeling we’d be seeing those ships again soon. An interstellar power doesn’t just suddenly choose to militarize.
Deep in my mind, I kind of wished we didn’t hide ourselves from them. That we could just appear and talk to them. But as much as I wanted to, I knew what we would be met with.
I was also hoping that the two planets would be a lot more revealing. The data from the spacedock was decent, albeit underwhelming.
On the sensor terminal, I see more data, but nothing new. Not a single piece of new information from the last target. At least the first planet, a colony, gave us something. The second target? A barren rock barely able to be called a “planet” used for mining. All we detected were strange crystal formations on the planet, and nothing else.
I feel like we lost. The Romulans had us almost completely beat at the intelligence game. And it’s not as simple as going deeper into their territory. The longer we stay, the more likely we are to be found.
I slumped back in my chair, exhausted at the 18 hour journey to get here, just to find out this whole mission was full of-
“You seem kinda defeated, what’s wrong?”
I turn around. Maln.
“Just… tired, I guess.”
“I can tell it’s more than that”
“Not… Right now, Maln. I’m not in the mood.”
“And just let you stay depressed?”
“Don’t you have an engine to fix or something?”
“Nope, got let off early today. Got bored, too, so I initially figured I’d do something with you, but I guess it’s bad timing.”
“No, stay. Knowing how I work, I’ll probably spend the rest of the day sulking if you don’t.”
Maln stopped talking, and simply took the seat nearby my station.
I never had the slightest clue why me and Maln liked each other so much. He was always a lot more laid back, calm, while I was always chasing my own private interests. He was a lot more outgoing, while I more often stayed secluded. I found it strange these differences never seemed to matter to us.
Plus, It was always nice having Maln around, even just the knowledge he was around put me at ease. He was one of the few that made sense to me, somehow.
A small noise came from the sensor console. I didn’t expect it to be much, as the sensors usually pick up small debris, or disruptions from cloaks, but I looked anyways.
“Captain, you need to see this.”
“What’s wrong?”
“There’s an uncloaked Romulan ship not far from here.”
“Unescorted?”
“Unknown. I’m still getting false returns.”
“Any idea of the type of ship.”
“I’m afraid not, but it appears to be minimally armed. My guess is a freighter or transport of some kind.”
“Perfect! Navigation, set course. Fire Control, have our missile tubes loaded with NASIVs. I plan to destroy that ship for the computer core.”
I wasn’t sure if I was scared or excited. On one hand, a computer core would provide plenty of information. But this also meant we could very easily become a target ourselves.
Either way, we had to try something.
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Warning: This post mentions heavy topics like abuse, SA, discrimination, violence, etc. These topics are listed and not discussed extensively, but if it's a sensitive topic go ahead and skip this post.
A couple months ago I got started on a project to collect as many LGBT remote resources (mainly helplines and places that can provide support online) by country as possible. Here's what I found put in a table alphabetized by country.
Notes/Disclaimers

• Some of the restrictions may say "Trans specific" or something similar. That means the services are specifically aimed towards that group, not that they are excluded. Same goes for location specific notes.
• Some of these services are only open at specific times. I didn't list these times since I'm bad at understanding local time zones and didn't want say something is open at hours when it's closed.
• I distinguish between support and crisis because some resources are able to answer questions and/or provide emotional support, but are not made to handle an immediate mental health crisis.
• A few resources may say they are for women but in their description mention serving women and the LGBTQ community. I don't know why some services seem to lump the two together.
• Since this took so long, some links that worked a month ago may no longer work now. I've tried to fix this, but if any links go bad feel free to let me know.
• Finally, I'm just one person trying my best and I only speak English and a smidge of Spanish. I also couldn't email/call most of the organizations listed since it would have been even more time consuming and the international calls would be expensive for the sheer amount of places. Therefore, I recommend if something from the list catches your eye I recommend to vet it yourself. Polite feedback on any sources that you think should be added or removed is appreciated.

Country	Name	Link	Help Type 1	Help Type 2 (if applicable)	Restrictions/Notes
Argentina	Line 144	https://www.argentina.gob.aaplicaciones/linea-144-atencion-mujeres-y-LGBTI	Abuse	Sexual Assault
Australia	Rainbow Sexual, Domestic and Family Violence Helpline	https://fullstop.org.au/get-help/our-services/rainbowviolenceandabusesupport	Abuse/ Sexual Assault
Australia	Q Life	https://qlife.org.au/	Support
Australia	Rainbow Door	https://www.rainbowdoor.org.au/	Support	Abuse	Victoria Specific
Austria	WAST	https://www.wien.gv.at/sozialinfo/content/en/10/InstitutionDetail.do?it_1=2099501	Discrimination	Support
Austria	Türkis Rosa Lila Tipp	https://dievilla.at/beratung-gruppen-bildung/	Support	Violence
Belgium	Lumi	https://www.lumi.be/	Support
Belgium	Transgender Infopoint	https://www.transgenderinfo.be/nl	Support		Trans Specific
Brazil	LGBT reference center	https://prefeitura.pbh.gov.bsmasac/sudc/equipamentos/crlgbt	Discrimination		Belohorizante area
Brazil	SOMOS	https://www.somos.org.boquefazemos	Support	Discrimination
Bulgaria	Single Step	https://singlestep.bg/get-help/	Crisis	Support	Online Chat Only/Only available 3 hours daily
Canada	Youthline	https://www.youthline.ca/our-programs/peer-support/	Support		Ontario specific and LGBT teens and young adults
Canada and U.S	LGBT Hotline	https://lgbthotline.org/	Support
Canada and U.S	Trans Lifeline	https://translifeline.org/hotline/	Support	Crisis	Trans and Questioning specific
Chile	Todo Mejora	https://www.todomejora.org/que-hacemos/hora-segura	Support		Focused on LGBTQ+ people under 30 and through app chat only
Colombia	It Gets Better Colombia (Hora Segura)	https://www.facebook.com/ItGetsBetterColombia/	Support		Only through Facebook Messenger and Instagram on Wednesdays and Thursdays 6-8pm
Colombia	Linea Diversia	al.gov.co/index.php/noticias/97-noticias-lgbti/3770-linea-diversa-intensifica-atencion-psicosocial-para-comunidad-lgbti-durante-cuarentena	Support	Crisis
Colombia	Sergio Urrego Foundation	https://www.sergiourrego.org/quienes-somos/	Crisis
Cyprus	Queer Cyprus Solidarity Line	https://www.queercyprus.org/en/solidarity-line/	Support	Redirects to psychological, social, and legal experts if needed.
Denmark	LGBT+ Denmark	https://lgbt.dk/en/lgbt-counselling/	Support
Dominican Republic	It Gets Better Dominicana	http://itgetsbetterdominicana.org/	Support	Crisis	24 hour line through Whatsapp
Ecuador	Linea de Apoyo a Mujeres	https://findahelpline.com/organizations/linea-de-apoyo-a-mujeres-para-enfrentar-la-violencia-no-estamos-solas	support/crisis	Violence/Abuse
Egypt	Bedayaa	https://bedayaa.org/programs/health-program/	Support		not immediate support. Requires form.
Finland	Sinuiksi	https://www.sinuiksi.fi/tuki/	Support
Finland	Sateenkaari-ihmisten perhe- ja läheissuhteet -chat	https://www.hyvakysymys.fi/paivystyschatti/sateenkaarevatsuhteet/	Support
Finland	Helenski Pride Center	https://pride.fi/tietoa-tukea/tukea-neuvoa/	Support
France	SOS homophobie	https://www.sos-homophobie.org/ligne-ecoute	Discrimination	Violence
France	Fondation Le Refuge	https://le-refuge.org/la-ligne-decoute/	Abuse	Support	LGBT youth focused
France	ligne Azur	https://www.ligneazur.org/	Crisis	Support
Germany	Diversity Münech (Queer to Queer)	https://diversity-muenchen.de/en/counseling-education/queer-to-quee	Support		focused on LGBT youth
Germany	mhc Beratung	https://www.mhc-hh.de/psychosoziale-beratung/	Support	Crisis
Greece	Next To You	https://11528.ggrammi/	Support	Maybe Crisis
Hong Kong	Rainbow of Hong Kong	https://www.rainbowhk.org/hotline	Support		Whatsapp only
Hungary	Hatter Society	https://en.hatter.hu/what-we-do/information-and-counselling-hotline	Support	Abuse/Discrimination
India	NGO Space Helpline	https://findahelpline.com/organizations/ngo-space-helpline-for-lgbt-and-queer-communities	Crisis
India	The Humsafar Helpline	https://humsafar.org/help/	Support
India	Pride Place - Transgender (LGBQIA+) Persons Protection Cell	https://womensafetywing.telangana.gov.in/pride-place/	Abuse	Sexual Assault	Telangana
India	Naz Foundation	https://www.nazindia.org/lgbtqia/	Support
Ireland	LGBT Ireland	https://lgbt.ie/our-services/	Support
Israel	Association for LGBT Israel Attention Line	https://www.lgbt.org.il/yesh	Support		24 Pieta Line (non LGBT specific) or free LGBT youth counseling in person(
Italy	Gay Helpline	https://gayhelpline.it/numero-verde/	violence/discrimination	Support
Italy	Cassero Friendly Phone	https://cassero.it/telefono-amico-cassero/	discrimination	Support
Italy	Rainbow line	https://www.mariomieli.net/servizi/welcome4rainbow/rainbow-line/	discrimination	Support
Japan	Rainbow Hotline	https://proudlife.org/hotline	Support
Japan	Yorisoi Hotline	https://www.since2011.net/yorisoi/n4/	Support
Kenya	National Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission	https://nglhrc.com/contact-us/	Support (?)	Crisis (?)	has a phone number for an in house psychologist, but support availability is unknown
Kenya	Jinsiagu	https://jinsiangu.org/contact	Crisis		Trans, Intersex and Gender Nonconforming Specific
Lebanon	Helem Helpline	https://www.helem.net/contact	Emergency Situation s
Malaysia	PT Foundation (Malaysia)	https://findahelpline.com/organizations/pt-foundation-s-peer-listening-helpline	Support
Malta	Rainbow Support Service	https://maltagayrights.org/category/rainbow-support-service/social-work-service/	Support
Mauritius	Collectif Arc-En-Ciel	https://collectifarcenciel.org/contactez-nous/	Emergency
Mexico	It Gets Better (Mexico)	https://itgetsbettermx.org/programas/horasegura/	Support	Crisis	Youth focused
Mexico	Diversidad Segura (LGBTTTIQA+)	https://consejociudadanomx.org/asi-te-ayudamos/diversidad-segura-626c27e847758	Support(?)	Discrimination(?)
Mexico	Trevor Project (Mexico)	https://www.thetrevorproject.mx/ayuda/	Support	Crisis	Online chat only. Youth Focused
Mexico	Cuenta Conmigo	https://cuentaconmigo.org.mx/servicios/	Support
Mongolia	LGBT Centre Mongolia	http://lgbtcentre.mn/en/home/			Allows calls for appointments but no longer operates helpline. Though I should include it since it's the only LGBT organization I could find in this country.
Morocco	Trans Dynamics (Urgent/Sensitive Line)	https://dynamiquetrans.org/			Trans, nonbinary, and gender Nonconforming Specific
Nepal	Mitinin	https://mitininepal.org.np/			Support Type Unknown
Netherlands	Switchboard (Netherlands)	https://www.switchboard.nl/s/	Support
Netherlands	Genderpraatjes	https://genderpraatjes.nl/	Support		Focused on trans youth
New Zealand	Gender Minorities Aotearoa	https://genderminorities.com/peer-support/	Support		Trans and intersex specific
New Zealand	Outline New Zealand	https://outline.org.nz/	Support
Northern Ireland	Cara-Friend	https://cara-friend.org.uk/lgbt-switchboard-ni/	Support
Norway	Skievchat	https://www.helseutvalget.no/en/youchat	Support		Focused on LGBTQ youth
Norway	Skiev Ungdom/Ungdomstelefonen	https://skeivungdom.no/prosjekteungdomstelefonen/	Support		Focused on LGBTQ youth
Norway	Stiftelsen Stensveen	https://www.stensveen.no/kontakttelefoner-17102s.html	Support		Gender Diverse Specific
Palestine	alKhat	https://alkhat.org/	Support	Crisis
Paraguay	Rohendu	https://www.aireana.org.py/tomando-fuerza/ro-hendu/	Discrimination	Violence
Peru	It Gets Better (Peru)/	https://itgetsbetterperu.org/apoyo-psicologico/	Support	Crisis	LGBT youth focused
Peru	Más Igualidad/More Equality	https://www.masigualdad.pe/botiquin	Support	Crisis
Portugal	Casa Qui	https://www.casa-qui.pt/	Abuse	Homelessness
Portugal	Centro Gis	https://www.portogaycircuit.com/centro-gis/	Abuse/Violence
Russia	LGBT Net	https://lgbtnet.org/activities/programma_psikhologicheskoy_pomoshchi/	Support	Crisis
Scotland	LGBT Health and Wellbeing	https://www.lgbthealth.org.uk/services-support/lgbt-helpline-scotland/	Support
Serbia	De Se Zna	https://dasezna.lgbt/blog/prijavi-nasilje/	Discrimination/violence	Support
Singapore	Brave Helpline	https://bravespace.org/brave-helpline/	Support	Crisis	Focused on both LGBTQ women and gender diverse people (trans women, trans men, intersex, etc.)
Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia & Brunei	Oogachaga	https://oogachaga.com/whatsapp-counselling	Support		Only WhatsApp and Email
South Africa	Triangle Project	https://triangle.org.za/contact/	Support	Crisis (?)
South Korea	Chingusai	https://chingusai.net/xe/quick	Support
South Korea	Ddingdong	https://www.ddingdong.kxe/introduce#eng	Crisis	homelessness	Teen focused
Spain	FELGBTI	https://felgtbi.org/que-hacemos/consulta/linea-arcoiris/#:~:text=La%20L%C3%ADnea%20Arco%C3%ADris%20es%20totalmente,al%20676%2078%2058%2030	Support	Violence
Spain	028 ARCOÍRIS (028 Rainbow)	https://www.igualdad.gob.es/ministerio/dglgtbi/	Violence
Spain	Teléfono SOS Homofobia	https://cogam.es/stop-lgtbfobia/	Violence/Discrimination
Sweden	Regnbågslinje/Rainbow line	https://kyrkanssos.se/hitta-hjalp/regnbagslinjen/	Support
Sweden	RFSL Support Service	https://www.rfsl.se/verksamhet/stod/stodmottagning/	Violence/harassment
Switzerland	LGBTIQ Helpline	https://www.lgbtiq-helpline.ch/de	Support
Taiwan	Taiwan Tongzhi LGBT hotline association	https://hotline.org.tw/services/115	Support
Turkey	SPoD LGBTI+ Helpline	https://spod.org.tlgbti-helpline/	Support
Turkey	LISTAG Advisory Line	https://listag.org/2023/03/25/danisma-hatti/	Support		For LGBT children and families of LGBT people
United States	Trevor Project	https://www.thetrevorproject.org/	Crisis	Support	For teens and young adults
United Kingdom	Switchboard (UK)	https://switchboard.lgbt/	Support
United Kingdom	LGBT Foundation	https://lgbt.foundation/help/helpline-email-support/	Support
United Kingdom	Galop	https://galop.org.uk/get-help/helplines/	Abuse/Sexual Assault	Violence
United Kingdom	Mind Out	https://mindout.org.uk/get-support/mindout-online/	Support		Online Only
United Kingdom	Intercom Trust	https://www.intercomtrust.org.uk/helpline/	Support		Southwest only
Uruguay	El Servicio de Atención Psicológica-Colonia Diversia	https://coloniadiversa.org/sap.html	Support		Colonia area
Uruguay	Servicio de Atención y Orientación a personas lesbianas, gays, bisexuales, trans e intersex (LGBTI)	https://guiaderecursos.mides.gub.uy/69525/crc32	Support		Montevideo area only

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Up for sale: 16x USGI 30rd magazines. Salty but functional. 13x okay industries 2x center industries 1x brownells Dates range from 2007-2012. So no Ban States on these.
Looking for $120 shipped OR $7 per plus roughly $5 shipping
2x 10 rd Glock 19 magazines. Used but not abused. Mostly just saw some trips to the range. Looking for $35 shipped.
3x 17rd ProMags for P320. 2 are like new, 1 has light scratches from dry fire practicing. Looking for $35 shipped
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Account from the squad leader of SH'azz squad on advanced long range assault scout mission in the Tz'urgal system. 3rd moon of the 3rd planet in system. Colony of "Deltamist" pirates.
Race: Inagoor, who are known as separatists. Noted for high crimes to include piracy, kidnapping, smuggling, murders and assassinations.
This is the true, and unredacted, original account.
SEC level set as Black 8 tier 12 restricted.
Account reads:

Journal log entry: T'zk 72:31 G'az 8
2nd leader, Expeditionary Assault Scouts: SH'azz squad.
We landed the stealth assault class (S.A.C) skiff 12 mektreks* from the pirate settlement with the determination to make final approach on claw, and from under cover of night with full stealth masking knowing that the Inagoor would easily spot the mirage haze and light warping of our stealth fields during the day. The gravity of the moon is comparable to ours, if slightly less, so it seemed like it would be an easy trek. I determined that only 2 rest stops would be needed instead of three. Our landing distance assisting in our stealth attempt, and thus adding to our chances of successful surprise attack.
Our intel determined that the pirates had recently raided the Tau shipping lanes, and had taken hostages for the purposes of ransom and slave sales. Our unit was tasked with forward observation and intel gathering of the pirates before termination of their operation, and to report all intel direct to command via secured subspace micro-pulse.
The Flora and Fauna scans determined that this moon was a Class 4 temperate world with no signs of natural life forms rated as sentient.
At our first predetermined rest location we discovered a burn mark cutting a path through the foliage as though a small vessel of some kind had made a controlled emergency landing. Scanners indicated that the craft was emitting power output signals, and was only a short distance from our location. We proceeded to rest and recuperate under the cover of the stealth fields with both live, and drone perimeter guards for security. The rest cycle was extended to insure that the guards could rotate so that all were rested and ready. I had decided that the investigation of the small craft could wait until after our main mission was complete when one of our forward scout drones sent my linkpad some images flagged for immediate review.
The images were of an Inagoor corpse. It was...dismembered. Torn limb from limb and the barrel chested, fur covered torso had chunks ripped out of it. (Images in file listed SET 1) The closeups of the
torso showed that the gaping rents and holes were not impact points of a projectile weapon nor were they of a beam, or energy weapon. No charring of flesh or fur, and no melting or blast marks on their suits armor plating. It simply looked as though an appendage had been grabbed and pulled off. The armor, as well as the flesh underneath, was simply torn off of the main corpse. The dismembered limbs were in the same condition, and save one other notable clue which was that there were obvious "gripping points" where the armor was crushed, and the bone beneath these areas was pulverized. The Inagoor's infra Red pulse rifle was found partially embedded in the trunk of a tree. Its "combat rated" frame had been crushed and wadded up as though it was a piece of waste paper. Its power cell was ruptured and leaking. The scout drone had marked it as a hazard zone out to 30 pace lengths and labeled as "lethal chemical hazard". I informed my second in command, and we reviewed the images together. He was as dumbfounded as I. What native beast could have done this kind of damage to powered assault armor?
(Addendum:)
The Drone was unable to locate the Inagoor's head in the immediate area.
(Addendum ends:)
My second and I resolved to scout this issue as a priority. We did not want to engage our current mission only to have an unknown element interfere and compromise mission success. As per command prerogative, I shared the drones information with the rest of the squad personnel, and reformed mission parameters around this element. Mission AI rated a 92% agreement with my assessment. Well within command parameters. We arrived at the location of the drones discovery in 4 hours. Our visors highlighted the chemical hazard of the leaking power module, and its set perimeter was also highlighted by our personal visor AI, and we all gave it a wide berth. The Inagoor was indeed scattered everywhere as the drones images had relayed with one exception. The smell was horrendous, and sickening. The stench of the Inagoor's "parts" indicated that it had been killed only 2 day/night rotations ago, and already some sort of fungus growth had begun to creep into the strewn dismembered parts and pieces. On every life bearing world, nature always has a cleanup crew. On closer examination of the "parts" we determined that the only explanation of this incident was that some creature had simply grabbed the Inagoor and ripped him apart, flinging the pieces in random directions in the process. The Inagoor's armor was their combat rated class, which is their equivalent to our front line infantry armor, powered of course. It was just torn apart as if it was a Tk'turka wedding veil. Armor that can withstand a pulse from an infra Red rifle at close range, or the puncture of a ballistic needler at point blank range had been torn apart, as if it were made of nothing sturdier than plant filament.
The grip points visible on the appendages did indeed look squeezed/crushed, and the separation points showed signs of literally being "pulled" apart. Not cut. Not chopped, but PULLED apart. The Inagoor are from level 9 temperate worlds and are thus pretty tough, and considered very strong even to a majority of other sentient species. Yet something far, FAR, stronger just pulled them apart. My visor AI showed the majority of my squad running "weapon ready" checks, and a few more scout drones were tossed into the air to begin new stealth patrols.
It wasn't long before another Inagoor corpse was found in the direction of the unidentified craft that
had "seemingly" crash landed.
This Inagoor's corpse was simply pinned to a tree. Its back was against the trunk, and the Inagoor's pulse rifle was pushed through its torso and into the tree trunk thus pinning it a pace off of the ground. Whatever creature did this to the Inagoor, had used the butt of the rifle to penetrate completely through the Inagoor's chest cavity, and further into the tree trunk, thus pinning the Inagoor. My visor AI noted more "Weapons Ready Checks" as well as one of the newer members of the squad using a dose of Stimcalm. My visor AI noted the dose as well within regulation, and I chose to flag it for review for his after mission performance evaluation. (Noted in File marked VA1. attached) I was actually considering using a dose of Stimcalm myself, as my second reoriented the stealth drones to a new scout pattern. Rather than taking the stim I began reviewing database information for "nearest Deathworld locations” from current location, and the AI promptly informed me that none were reachable within a standard week of FTL travel at NOK* 6 speed. I relayed this information to my second, and he reciprocated with a listing of the most dangerous lifeforms on this moon. None were capable of this level of violence by orders of magnitude.
I also noted that there were many burn holes in the vegetation in this area. Obviously the discharge of the pulse rifle was futile in halting the violence that occurred even if the Inagoor had made direct hits. The updated drone orientation revealed a new element to this mystery soon after. The visor alert from the drone was not unexpected, but still caught me off guard. I opened up the video footage, and saw a scene of carnage that staggered my rational mind. Many, MANY Inagoor corpses were strewn about a small clearing in the vegetation. All of them were not merely killed but ripped apart and scattered just like the first corpse we encountered. I am not ashamed to admit that I was so visibly sickened that my second inquired as to my health and mental state. As is my command authority to do so I relayed the drones footage to him. Then I too, took a regulation dosage of Stimcalm. As is noted in the file attached I also ordered my second to share the footage from the drone to the rest, and pre-authorized them to also take a regulation dose of Stimcalm, IF they felt they needed it after reviewing the drones footage.
Upon closer examination of the footage we could see the "fin" of a craft sticking up from the other side of a nearby hill. The site of the visceral carnage was a short distance from the crafts resting position. I, and my second reviewed the footage a few more times, and weighed the pros and cons of sending the drone over the rise, and within full sight of the downed vessel. I came to the conclusion that the possible loss of a stealth drone was far less costly, and far more prudent, than the loss than a squad member, and so I authorized the reroute. What the drone showed us next was intriguing to say the least.
The drone's path was kept slow and close to the foliage line so as not to expose too much of a blur signature, but, as it came into line of sight of our objective we saw that the craft was indeed, of some strange alien design. Its structure and air frame looked almost completely undamaged. Boxy though, and clumsy in appearance it had long airfoils sticking out from its sides and a tall one sticking straight up from its reatail. An enormous alien who was twice our height and bipedal was working on some component in an opened hatch in the side of the craft, and there were other aliens assisting it. A Craxx was handing it a tool of some kind, and a Piryllek was holding some illumination device next to it so that the enormous alien could see what it was doing. A Moorkha, with its brightly colored feathers, was working with a blue-green scaled Sithys. Together, they were making preparations for a meal of some sort. A black furred Glerff suddenly stood on its hind legs and looked straight at the drone. its yellow feather-patterned antennae quivering. We had been spotted!
The aliens that we could name registered in the operational AI as the abductees from the afore mentioned recent raids on the shipping lanes, and when the Glerff alerted the others they all stopped what they were doing, and started chattering wildly at the giant, who then reached for some sort of computational device and began fiddling with it. It did not look as the giant was concerned overly, but, simply curious. The suit it was wearing was scorched in many areas, and the hide that showed through the holes in its clothing was light brown with red splotches. These were definitely wound sites on the unidentified alien. If these were the wounds suffered from the infra Red pulse rifle fire, then they likely only caused this creature some mild irritation and inconvenience. Its face was hairy, as was its head, and the left mandible, hair burned away was swollen and blistered. A pulse rifle shot to his face perhaps? There were obvious signs of it being shot all over it’s limbs and torso, and yet it was still alive and breathing? Impossible! What was this thing?
It was apparent from the drone video that this alien was over twice our height. It stood head and shoulders taller than the Moorkha, and with triple its mass. The Moorkha quieted the others, and began cooing at the giant, making a visible sign to breathe deeply and calmly while stroking the giants fore appendages and digits, as we witnessed this process via the live feed. The fur above one of its ocular organs (it had 2, side by side, and front facing.) rose a bit but it otherwise seemed to relax and looked in the direction of the drone that the Glerff was still pointing at.
Based on this evidence I chose to drop the cloak on the drone and send it slowly to the Glerff as it was the closest. When the drone was within verbal communication distance I sent my voice through the drone to introduce myself.
"I am Ak'kik. Leader of SH'azz squad. We have come to investigate, and rescue you and your fellow abductees. Do you require assistance?", I said with as much authority in my tone as I am capable of. "Most assuredly Ak'kik, though we are no longer in danger thanks to our new friend that rescued us. Although I do not believe that he did so intentionally. The pirates that abducted us attacked it as soon as it’s craft crash landed. The pirates made the mistake of shooting it. That failed to kill it, and only made it angry. When they persistently kept shooting it, it subsequently became enraged." The Glerff shuddered, but seemed to regain control of its emotions quickly.
"The pirates are no more. The pirates that attempted to flee were pursued, and exterminated. The base the pirates held us in was likewise cleansed of the pirates by our rescuer. Our rescuer is very, very fast and very, very strong. Please do NOT shoot it. You would not survive should you do so. Also, it seems to be an omnivore. PLEASE! Do not anger it. I beg you!"
I responded with calm. "Please tell it that we will be there shortly and that we have no intentions of violence. We only wish to rescue the abductees."
"I can't." The Glerff replied quickly. "None of us speak its language and it does not know ours. We have no Data AI's to link to its technology to work out language algorithms. I think the aliens technology is also damaged. It keeps having to go to its’ ships control station to check for power readings.
Communicating with it has been a challenge, though oddly pleasant. It is quite patient and amenable, when it is not killing pirates in an excessively psychotic state. As terrified as I am of this creature, I cannot help but be curious about it. I am sure you will find it to be a pleasant, and respectful entity if you approach calmly, and with no hostility."
I thought for a moment. "Please try to keep it calm and we will try to make our approach as calmly, and respectfully as possible. We will endeavor at all costs, not provoke it."
"I should think not!" said the Glerff showing some alarm. “Since the extermination of the pirates I have personally observed it lifting enormous amounts of weight without strain. Seen it consume it’s rations which looked to be a combination of vegetable, AND meat with vigor. Much of which I am confirming was poisonous using an analyzer that once belonged to the pirates. The analyzer shows that some of its’ rations would be considered lethally poisonous to every species that I know of."
He held the analyzer screen to the drone for confirmation, as he continued speaking. "I am not an expert in the field of chemistry, so I would strongly suggest you scan whatever food he offers you before you eat it. Please note that refusing his "gift" of food does not insult him. Just hand it back to him if it is inedible, and then he will eat it himself."
The alien approached the drone that the Glerff was speaking to, and then picked up a silvery pouch from the makeshift table that the Moorkha was working over. It peeled the top off, and it ate the dark brown bar in 3 bites, then nodded to the drone, and went back to it’s repairs.
"What he just ate, by the way..." The Glerff said turning back to the drone. "...the analyzer states contains some alarming chemical chains. Theobromine, Phenylethylamine which look to be nearly lethal stimulants. Massive amounts of caffeine, Taurine, and Niacin as well. Oh dear, uh. By the nesting Gods! Leader Ak'kik, What it just ate could poison a small colony just on the amount of caffeine alone. But the amount of Capsaicin he just ate is even worse, FAR worse. PLEASE, please, refrain from angering it." he was still scanning the data in astonishment. "And, er, and this is most important, your weapons would be useless against it. It is incredibly fast, and can quite literally jump across this glade in a single bound. I think it came from a very high gravity planet. Maybe even a Deathworld. I vehemently recommend caution, and I strongly feel it necessary to reiterate, do NOT anger it, or incur its’ ire! Oh, and by the way, I did use the analyzer on it, it allowed me to do so, actually. the Analyzer data shows that there is probably nothing on this moon that it cannot eat, including us."
I replied, not through the drone this time as I was close enough in my approach that I no longer needed it. "Leader Ak'kik, at your service. Whom am I addressing?"
"Ah, apologies, I am professor Roonoomoo, and this is service master EEG'lix. That one there is Vorvert, and over there is D'rrr, and Higuv is just to the left of the table, and the two who are helping our rescuer are Woosk, and Rakk'n. It is a pleasure to meet you in return Leader Ak'kik."
"So you were saying some of the items on the table surface are actual foods that it eats? This is its’ food that it brought?" I said looking at the multitude of pouches and containers on the table.
“Oh yes. We made eating motions when we were trying to establish communications with it, to ask it for food, and he brought us this trove. He opened a package for us, and offered it, but, Woosk went into near panic when he saw that it was animal meat of some sort. After that he just spread everything out, and made a motion for us to inspect it for ourselves. All of us ate what the analyzer said was safe but that was not much of a variety. It turns out that there were only 2 packages all of us could eat. We saved the empty packages to show the alien what we ate once he is finished working. So that we do not risk angering it, you understand. Woosk and Rakk'n decided to offer what assistance they could after they ate, and have been doing so since then."
"May I be introduced to the alien now? I may have some tech that could help. If you will be so kind as to bring it here to us, as I would not want to trespass on its established area of operations, and be mistaken as hostile. We are obviously carrying weapons, and us approaching it...and its ship seems a questionable choice, at best."
"Very wise, Leader Ak'kik, I will see what I can do. I won't be but a moment. “Uh, er, you might want to hold on to that”, indicating the analyzer “and use it before you decide to touch anything on this table.", he said as he handed me the analyzer.
Professor Roonoomoo went to the alien ,and gently patted the joint in the middle of its lower appendage. The alien looked at professor Roonoomoo, who was pointing at us, and trying to explain us with hand signals and gestures, that we wished an introduction. When the alien looked at us we all, as a squad, showed it out empty hands as our weapons had been placed on the ground by our sides. it simply made a wave of one of its upper appendages, as if to say, “come here”. We approached with our empty hands plainly visible. As we approached it, it knelt. Not in surrender, or in supplication, but rather to level our mutual eye line. I realized that it was making an attempt to be polite.
I SLOWLY patted a stow pouch on my utility harness, and it nodded as though it seemed to understand, and motioned me to proceed. I held out the translator AI slate, "TAIS" and it took it, and then touched it to a device it wore on the wrist of its upper arm. (note that I am assuming proper body anatomy, based off of our own, although there are few similarities.) This alien was not only one of the largest I have seen, but also must be of a quite dense mass. As in its anatomy, and not its mental state, for it shook the ground around it with every step.
After a few moments there was a "chirping" sound from his device, and our coms alerted us to a new language file available. I allowed the exchange through my visor, and we were suddenly speaking to each other. I chose to make introductions first.
"I am Ak'kik. Leader of SH'azz squad. We have come to investigate and rescue these abductees. Do you require assistance?"
It held out it's hand as it spoke. "Bartholomew Wane Hatfield. Friends call me Bart." this aliens voice boomed at us.
"I was mining the asteroid belt in this system, when I caught a rogue asteroid right in the nads. Power plant was having a conniption fit after that so I figured I better set her down where I could patch her up. flying this old girl by wire is a bitch but, we got a thing so…"
This was the literal translation we initially received. As you can imagine, we were all quite confused.
"I beg your pardon unknown alien species, but the translation unit seems to be malfunctioning. We do not quite understand all of your words, we have no equivalent in our language for some, even though we seem to be communicating."
The sides of it’s facial orifice turned upward, revealing a multi-functional set fangs. Some pointed and some chisel shaped. Making it obvious it was an omnivore. Our visor AI stated that it “perceived” it was amused. It spoke into it’s wrist device, and it chirped in response. A second later our visor registered a "receive transmission" request. I allowed it, and this is what the visor AI showed us by way of "corrected translation".
"Bartholomew Wane Hatfield. Friends call me Bart.”
[REQUEST FOR FRIENDSHIP. THE USE OF "BART' ACKNOWLEDGES AND ACCEPTS FRIEND REQUEST]
“I was mining the asteroid belt in this system when I caught a rogue asteroid, right in the nads.”
[ASTEROID DAMAGED CRAFT IN CRITICAL LOCATION]
“Power plant was having a conniption fit after that so I figured I better set her down where I could patch her up.”
[POWER PLANT OPERATING WITH INTERMITTENT FAILURES. IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY REPAIR IS REQUIRED.]
“Flying this old girl by wire is a bitch but, we got a thing so..."
[LANDED SHIP WITHOUT COMPUTER ASSISTANCE OR ASSISTED CONTROLS. I AM EMOTIONALLY ATTACHED TO SHIP.]
I replied with, "AH, thank you for the subtext. Bart. I can see that your language has a vernacular art to it. I am culturally fascinated by such a language. Polite request. What is your power plant, and what is its power source? We may be able to assist with our spare component sets. Please feel free to not detail your technology to us, if it is security bound. We will not be insulted."
The alien again showed its fangs with a deep resonating, yet pleasant, vocal repetition. [LAUGHTEAMUSED]
"It's old tech stuff, by about 20 generations or so, but it's cheap, and reliable, common knowledge, and easy to repair. It’s a paired enriched uranium atom cracker.”
[DUAL/PAIRED NUCLEAR CORE POWER GENERATOR. EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS.}
"Chasing blinking lights mostly. When the asteroid hit, the core spiked, and caused a number of shorts and jumps."
[POWER SURGE CAUSED MULTIPLE SHORTS AND POSSIBLE INTERMITTENT ARC / SHORT IN SYSTEM.]
I nodded my understanding to the alien Bart. I then asked the engineer of my squad if he would be willing to assist. Corporal Zi'Kict accepted the challenge, though it looked as though anxiety, and fear
of "Bart" might overwhelm his current Stimcalm dose. "This is Corporal Zi'Kict. He is our designated engineer, and he has agreed to assist you. You can decline with no insult incurred."
He flashes us his fangs again. [HAPPY] His species, whatever it was, seemed to be fond of showing their teeth often.
"Hell, I never turn down a helpin' hand. Grab whatever it is y'all use, and let's get to chasin’ sparks."
[ASSISTANCE IS WELCOME]
"Uh, Bart. I must ask, what are your intentions with those that we were designated to rescue? If there is good will between us I would like to ensure that we, my crew and I, be given liberty return them to their families, and respective worlds. Will this be acceptable to you?"
"You go on right ahead, bless yer’ heart."
[ACCEPTANCE OF PROPOSAL WITH WELL WISHES TO YOUR CONTINUED EXISTENCE.]
“I'll miss these 'uns. Their nice and friendly."
[FONDNESS]
"Not like those other jackhole fecktards."
[REFERING TO PIRATES. INSULT INTENDED TOWARD PIRATES AND PIRACY.
{insult "jackhole" refers to anal orifice. "Fecktards" derogatory reference to mentally damaged or deranged individuals with severely limited mental capacity that act inappropriately.}]
"I understand and concur with your insult of the pirates, and thank you for your understanding, your patience, and your friendship. With your permission I would like to redirect my ship to your encampment so our medtech device can confirm their current health. If it is not offensive, I would like to offer our medtech device to scan you as well, and determine if it is capable of repairing your injuries also. Refusal will not be considered an insult. My squad engineer will will assist you as needed, and our spare components are at your disposal. Friend Bart."
"Well bless yer heart, that would be dandy with me. Much obliged!"
[ACCEPTANCE OF PROPOSAL WITH WELL WISHES TO YOUR CONTINUED EXISTENCE. IMMENSE THANKS]
I bowed to the alien I now called friend Bart, and went to co-ordinate the rescue operation, and sent the AI to bring the ship to my location. Since my priority was the health and safety of the of the abductees I spent the majority of my remaining time with them.
The alien required only a single spool of CronWire, and a span of shielded conduit, a simple enough repair. The abductees were tended to medically, fed, and shown to their racks. We allowed the abductees to contact their loved ones through our secured communications net. The alien allowed our medtech device to repair its burns, but it was unable to regrow the lost hair on its face. Friend Bart removed the rest of the hair around its mandible orifice with a small device, saying that he had to keep the balance. The squad medic timidly requested a full scan of Friend Bart, and Friend Bart was amenable to this.
We left Friend Bart, and watched him take off from orbit a few hours later. My squad medic started pouring over the MedTech device scans of Friend Bart, and quickly went into a fit of panic, and it took a questionable dose of Stimcalm to calm him down. I admit that I glanced at the data, but I am not trained as a medic so I understood nothing. The squad engineer simply handed me a collated list of intel he gathered while working with Friend Bart. They had a lengthy converse, and the engineer had actually formed a bond with Friend Bart. The list is as follows.
Name: Bartholomew Wane Hatfield
Species: Human
Origin: city of Austin in the state of Texas in the country of the United States of the planet Terra of the Sol star system
(system is far past the outer edge of our empire on the frontier side, opposite of coreward.)
Gravity: home normal +4 (4 times greater than our own gravity!)
Planet notes: frequent earthquakes, hurricanes, volcanoes, tornadoes.
Planet has multiple biosphere, and terrain hazards that are lethal.
Plague level viruses, and bacteria, Multiple predators in every biosphere.
(See files freely given by Friend Bart) [FILESTORE- FriendBart01a]
NOTE: great white shark, alligator, saltwater crocodiles, king cobra, wolf, pit bulls, and other canines, polar bears, poison dart frog, hippopotamus, killer whale, rhinoceros, box jellyfish, cone snail, hyena, stone fish, black mamba, grizzly bears, puffer fish, komodo dragon, death stalker scorpion, lions, leopards, brown recluse spider, black widow spider, Brazillian wandering spider, electric eel, etc.
Please note that this list is merely a VERY small fraction of the actual list. My understanding is that the home planet of Friend Bart is at least a level 10-12 Deathworld. He also states that many of the species on this list are kept as pets by his fellow humans.
The squad engineer states he will send in a request for allowance of continued discourse with Friend Bart, but understands if this request is denied. After careful deliberation with the squad medic, we strongly recommend that the details of this mission be put to the SEC level at Black 8 tier 12 restricted, or higher, if there is a level higher than Black 8 tier 12 restricted.
Captain Ak'kik. Leader of SH'azz squad
[END OF REPORT]
mektreks*Aprox. One Terran kilometer equivalent.
NOK* Measurement of warp travel. 1NOK = speed of light

Warning: This post mentions heavy topics like abuse, SA, discrimination, violence, etc. These topics are listed and not discussed extensively, but if it's a sensitive topic go ahead and skip this post.
A couple months ago I got started on a project to collect as many LGBT remote resources (mainly helplines and places that can provide support online) by country as possible. Here's what I found put in a table alphabetized by country.
Notes/Disclaimers

• Some of the restrictions may say "Trans specific" or something similar. That means the services are specifically aimed towards that group, not that they are excluded. Same goes for location specific notes.
• Some of these services are only open at specific times. I didn't list these times since I'm bad at understanding local time zones and didn't want say something is open at hours when it's closed.
• I distinguish between support and crisis because some resources are able to answer questions and/or provide emotional support, but are not made to handle an immediate mental health crisis.
• A few resources may say they are for women but in their description mention serving women and the LGBTQ community. I don't know why some services seem to lump the two together.
• Since this took so long, some links that worked a month ago may no longer work now. I've tried to fix this, but if any links go bad feel free to let me know.
• Finally, I'm just one person trying my best and I only speak English and a smidge of Spanish. I also couldn't email/call most of the organizations listed since it would have been even more time consuming and the international calls would be expensive for the sheer amount of places. Therefore, I recommend if something from the list catches your eye I recommend to vet it yourself. Polite feedback on any sources that you think should be added or removed is appreciated.

Country	Name	Link	Help Type 1	Help Type 2 (if applicable)	Restrictions/Notes
Argentina	Line 144	https://www.argentina.gob.aaplicaciones/linea-144-atencion-mujeres-y-LGBTI	Abuse	Sexual Assault
Australia	Rainbow Sexual, Domestic and Family Violence Helpline	https://fullstop.org.au/get-help/our-services/rainbowviolenceandabusesupport	Abuse/ Sexual Assault
Australia	Q Life	https://qlife.org.au/	Support
Australia	Rainbow Door	https://www.rainbowdoor.org.au/	Support	Abuse	Victoria Specific
Austria	WAST	https://www.wien.gv.at/sozialinfo/content/en/10/InstitutionDetail.do?it_1=2099501	Discrimination	Support
Austria	Türkis Rosa Lila Tipp	https://dievilla.at/beratung-gruppen-bildung/	Support	Violence
Belgium	Lumi	https://www.lumi.be/	Support
Belgium	Transgender Infopoint	https://www.transgenderinfo.be/nl	Support		Trans Specific
Brazil	LGBT reference center	https://prefeitura.pbh.gov.bsmasac/sudc/equipamentos/crlgbt	Discrimination		Belohorizante area
Brazil	SOMOS	https://www.somos.org.boquefazemos	Support	Discrimination
Bulgaria	Single Step	https://singlestep.bg/get-help/	Crisis	Support	Online Chat Only/Only available 3 hours daily
Canada	Youthline	https://www.youthline.ca/our-programs/peer-support/	Support		Ontario specific and LGBT teens and young adults
Canada and U.S	LGBT Hotline	https://lgbthotline.org/	Support
Canada and U.S	Trans Lifeline	https://translifeline.org/hotline/	Support	Crisis	Trans and Questioning specific
Chile	Todo Mejora	https://www.todomejora.org/que-hacemos/hora-segura	Support		Focused on LGBTQ+ people under 30 and through app chat only
Colombia	It Gets Better Colombia (Hora Segura)	https://www.facebook.com/ItGetsBetterColombia/	Support		Only through Facebook Messenger and Instagram on Wednesdays and Thursdays 6-8pm
Colombia	Linea Diversia	al.gov.co/index.php/noticias/97-noticias-lgbti/3770-linea-diversa-intensifica-atencion-psicosocial-para-comunidad-lgbti-durante-cuarentena	Support	Crisis
Colombia	Sergio Urrego Foundation	https://www.sergiourrego.org/quienes-somos/	Crisis
Cyprus	Queer Cyprus Solidarity Line	https://www.queercyprus.org/en/solidarity-line/	Support	Redirects to psychological, social, and legal experts if needed.
Denmark	LGBT+ Denmark	https://lgbt.dk/en/lgbt-counselling/	Support
Dominican Republic	It Gets Better Dominicana	http://itgetsbetterdominicana.org/	Support	Crisis	24 hour line through Whatsapp
Ecuador	Linea de Apoyo a Mujeres	https://findahelpline.com/organizations/linea-de-apoyo-a-mujeres-para-enfrentar-la-violencia-no-estamos-solas	support/crisis	Violence/Abuse
Egypt	Bedayaa	https://bedayaa.org/programs/health-program/	Support		not immediate support. Requires form.
Finland	Sinuiksi	https://www.sinuiksi.fi/tuki/	Support
Finland	Sateenkaari-ihmisten perhe- ja läheissuhteet -chat	https://www.hyvakysymys.fi/paivystyschatti/sateenkaarevatsuhteet/	Support
Finland	Helenski Pride Center	https://pride.fi/tietoa-tukea/tukea-neuvoa/	Support
France	SOS homophobie	https://www.sos-homophobie.org/ligne-ecoute	Discrimination	Violence
France	Fondation Le Refuge	https://le-refuge.org/la-ligne-decoute/	Abuse	Support	LGBT youth focused
France	ligne Azur	https://www.ligneazur.org/	Crisis	Support
Germany	Diversity Münech (Queer to Queer)	https://diversity-muenchen.de/en/counseling-education/queer-to-quee	Support		focused on LGBT youth
Germany	mhc Beratung	https://www.mhc-hh.de/psychosoziale-beratung/	Support	Crisis
Greece	Next To You	https://11528.ggrammi/	Support	Maybe Crisis
Hong Kong	Rainbow of Hong Kong	https://www.rainbowhk.org/hotline	Support		Whatsapp only
Hungary	Hatter Society	https://en.hatter.hu/what-we-do/information-and-counselling-hotline	Support	Abuse/Discrimination
India	NGO Space Helpline	https://findahelpline.com/organizations/ngo-space-helpline-for-lgbt-and-queer-communities	Crisis
India	The Humsafar Helpline	https://humsafar.org/help/	Support
India	Pride Place - Transgender (LGBQIA+) Persons Protection Cell	https://womensafetywing.telangana.gov.in/pride-place/	Abuse	Sexual Assault	Telangana
India	Naz Foundation	https://www.nazindia.org/lgbtqia/	Support
Ireland	LGBT Ireland	https://lgbt.ie/our-services/	Support
Israel	Association for LGBT Israel Attention Line	https://www.lgbt.org.il/yesh	Support		24 Pieta Line (non LGBT specific) or free LGBT youth counseling in person(
Italy	Gay Helpline	https://gayhelpline.it/numero-verde/	violence/discrimination	Support
Italy	Cassero Friendly Phone	https://cassero.it/telefono-amico-cassero/	discrimination	Support
Italy	Rainbow line	https://www.mariomieli.net/servizi/welcome4rainbow/rainbow-line/	discrimination	Support
Japan	Rainbow Hotline	https://proudlife.org/hotline	Support
Japan	Yorisoi Hotline	https://www.since2011.net/yorisoi/n4/	Support
Kenya	National Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission	https://nglhrc.com/contact-us/	Support (?)	Crisis (?)	has a phone number for an in house psychologist, but support availability is unknown
Kenya	Jinsiagu	https://jinsiangu.org/contact	Crisis		Trans, Intersex and Gender Nonconforming Specific
Lebanon	Helem Helpline	https://www.helem.net/contact	Emergency Situation s
Malaysia	PT Foundation (Malaysia)	https://findahelpline.com/organizations/pt-foundation-s-peer-listening-helpline	Support
Malta	Rainbow Support Service	https://maltagayrights.org/category/rainbow-support-service/social-work-service/	Support
Mauritius	Collectif Arc-En-Ciel	https://collectifarcenciel.org/contactez-nous/	Emergency
Mexico	It Gets Better (Mexico)	https://itgetsbettermx.org/programas/horasegura/	Support	Crisis	Youth focused
Mexico	Diversidad Segura (LGBTTTIQA+)	https://consejociudadanomx.org/asi-te-ayudamos/diversidad-segura-626c27e847758	Support(?)	Discrimination(?)
Mexico	Trevor Project (Mexico)	https://www.thetrevorproject.mx/ayuda/	Support	Crisis	Online chat only. Youth Focused
Mexico	Cuenta Conmigo	https://cuentaconmigo.org.mx/servicios/	Support
Mongolia	LGBT Centre Mongolia	http://lgbtcentre.mn/en/home/			Allows calls for appointments but no longer operates helpline. Though I should include it since it's the only LGBT organization I could find in this country.
Morocco	Trans Dynamics (Urgent/Sensitive Line)	https://dynamiquetrans.org/			Trans, nonbinary, and gender Nonconforming Specific
Nepal	Mitinin	https://mitininepal.org.np/			Support Type Unknown
Netherlands	Switchboard (Netherlands)	https://www.switchboard.nl/s/	Support
Netherlands	Genderpraatjes	https://genderpraatjes.nl/	Support		Focused on trans youth
New Zealand	Gender Minorities Aotearoa	https://genderminorities.com/peer-support/	Support		Trans and intersex specific
New Zealand	Outline New Zealand	https://outline.org.nz/	Support
Northern Ireland	Cara-Friend	https://cara-friend.org.uk/lgbt-switchboard-ni/	Support
Norway	Skievchat	https://www.helseutvalget.no/en/youchat	Support		Focused on LGBTQ youth
Norway	Skiev Ungdom/Ungdomstelefonen	https://skeivungdom.no/prosjekteungdomstelefonen/	Support		Focused on LGBTQ youth
Norway	Stiftelsen Stensveen	https://www.stensveen.no/kontakttelefoner-17102s.html	Support		Gender Diverse Specific
Palestine	alKhat	https://alkhat.org/	Support	Crisis
Paraguay	Rohendu	https://www.aireana.org.py/tomando-fuerza/ro-hendu/	Discrimination	Violence
Peru	It Gets Better (Peru)/	https://itgetsbetterperu.org/apoyo-psicologico/	Support	Crisis	LGBT youth focused
Peru	Más Igualidad/More Equality	https://www.masigualdad.pe/botiquin	Support	Crisis
Portugal	Casa Qui	https://www.casa-qui.pt/	Abuse	Homelessness
Portugal	Centro Gis	https://www.portogaycircuit.com/centro-gis/	Abuse/Violence
Russia	LGBT Net	https://lgbtnet.org/activities/programma_psikhologicheskoy_pomoshchi/	Support	Crisis
Scotland	LGBT Health and Wellbeing	https://www.lgbthealth.org.uk/services-support/lgbt-helpline-scotland/	Support
Serbia	De Se Zna	https://dasezna.lgbt/blog/prijavi-nasilje/	Discrimination/violence	Support
Singapore	Brave Helpline	https://bravespace.org/brave-helpline/	Support	Crisis	Focused on both LGBTQ women and gender diverse people (trans women, trans men, intersex, etc.)
Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia & Brunei	Oogachaga	https://oogachaga.com/whatsapp-counselling	Support		Only WhatsApp and Email
South Africa	Triangle Project	https://triangle.org.za/contact/	Support	Crisis (?)
South Korea	Chingusai	https://chingusai.net/xe/quick	Support
South Korea	Ddingdong	https://www.ddingdong.kxe/introduce#eng	Crisis	homelessness	Teen focused
Spain	FELGBTI	https://felgtbi.org/que-hacemos/consulta/linea-arcoiris/#:~:text=La%20L%C3%ADnea%20Arco%C3%ADris%20es%20totalmente,al%20676%2078%2058%2030	Support	Violence
Spain	028 ARCOÍRIS (028 Rainbow)	https://www.igualdad.gob.es/ministerio/dglgtbi/	Violence
Spain	Teléfono SOS Homofobia	https://cogam.es/stop-lgtbfobia/	Violence/Discrimination
Sweden	Regnbågslinje/Rainbow line	https://kyrkanssos.se/hitta-hjalp/regnbagslinjen/	Support
Sweden	RFSL Support Service	https://www.rfsl.se/verksamhet/stod/stodmottagning/	Violence/harassment
Switzerland	LGBTIQ Helpline	https://www.lgbtiq-helpline.ch/de	Support
Taiwan	Taiwan Tongzhi LGBT hotline association	https://hotline.org.tw/services/115	Support
Turkey	SPoD LGBTI+ Helpline	https://spod.org.tlgbti-helpline/	Support
Turkey	LISTAG Advisory Line	https://listag.org/2023/03/25/danisma-hatti/	Support		For LGBT children and families of LGBT people
United States	Trevor Project	https://www.thetrevorproject.org/	Crisis	Support	For teens and young adults
United Kingdom	Switchboard (UK)	https://switchboard.lgbt/	Support
United Kingdom	LGBT Foundation	https://lgbt.foundation/help/helpline-email-support/	Support
United Kingdom	Galop	https://galop.org.uk/get-help/helplines/	Abuse/Sexual Assault	Violence
United Kingdom	Mind Out	https://mindout.org.uk/get-support/mindout-online/	Support		Online Only
United Kingdom	Intercom Trust	https://www.intercomtrust.org.uk/helpline/	Support		Southwest only
Uruguay	El Servicio de Atención Psicológica-Colonia Diversia	https://coloniadiversa.org/sap.html	Support		Colonia area
Uruguay	Servicio de Atención y Orientación a personas lesbianas, gays, bisexuales, trans e intersex (LGBTI)	https://guiaderecursos.mides.gub.uy/69525/crc32	Support		Montevideo area only

P.S. idk what to flare this post as.

• HP - 15.6" Touch-Screen Laptop 145$ shipped
• Windows 11 Operating System
• Intel Core i5 - 8GB Memory
• 128GB Solid State Drive > Replaced with WD - BLACK SN750 500GB Internal Gaming SSD PCIe Gen 3 x4 NVMe
• Built-in HP TrueVision HD webcam with dual-array digital microphone
  
• Natural Silver, Ash Silver Vertical Brushed
  

From a smoke free environment. Pre-owned condition. Comes with power adapter, wireless mouse and laptop case. CD / DVD drive is stuck and haven't really tried to get it open, since upgrading to a gaming laptop a couple years ago. CD drive cover is also missing, unfortunately missed it from moving during the pandemic.

Ilril - half-ogre female Rank/Profession: Journeyman Jeweler. Shopkeeper. Game mechanic: 1st level Expert Sidekick Working various markets since her apprenticeship, Ilril has been using her skills as a jeweler and glassblower for the past year and a half. She came up with the idea of signing on with a ship to both learn new skills and to view various other markets while working passage. She is currently working for the crew of the Red River in Lobor in the Archipeligo in a small shop that Red River managed to purchase. River's Edge. She is also using her contacts from the various flea markets and swap meets to get in further merchandise from those contacts to act as an agent for them, as the permanent location makes it a desirable source of revenue. Skills: Jeweler, Glassmaker. Some skills in minor metalwork, mainly soft metals. Personality: Pragmatic, Artistic Goals: Make money, hone skills, eventually find a way to normalize her appearance to some extent. Appearance: Ilril is a half-ogre, and while most half-breeds look like a mix of the parents blended together, her appearance is not so blended. Her left half looks mostly-human. Her right half looks mostly-ogre. The mismatch of sizes and features gives her myriad problems on a daily basis. 3gp/year, noncombatant.
Mournmyr Barrityl - black dragonborn female Rank/Profession: Gardener, Druidic Initiate Game mechanic: 1st level Magic Sidekick, crew of the Red River Has been working in Druidic groves and landscape maintenance in the Archipeligo for several years now. Skills: Proficiency in Wisdom, Druidic Initiate, proficient in Nature & Medicine Spells: Druidcraft, Guidance. Create or Destroy Water. Personality: Focus on plants and cultivation, not well suited to farm work. Slight ADHD. Slightly introverted around people she doesn't know, extroverted when with people she does know. Fascinated by the fae and the stories about them. Goals: Eventually wants to become a druid herself. Equipment: quarterstaff, gardener's clothing, knife Appearance: whip-thin almost skin-and-bones black dragonborn female with matte-black scales and a few scars from fights in her childhood. Wears practical clothing but accessorizes it to make it more feminine or pretty. 5gp/year
Ihzu Velda - hill dwarf female Rank/Profession: Journeyman Ship's Carpenter Game mechanic: Warrior sidekick, level 3 Ihzu is a hill dwarf from the isle of the Iron Reaches, she's spent most of her life either aboard ships or at docks. She has two Misadventures in her backstory that she almost never talks about, and turns red and embarassed just talking around the Crate Of Ill Omen or Gentleman Jack's Pleasure Excursion. Skills: Defender, Proficiency in Constitution, Athletics, and Nature (foraging), carpenter's tools Personality: stoic, hard-worker, results-oriented. Disdains artistic work unless it is functional. Goals: Become a full Master as a Ship's Carpenter. Currently working under Gadget. Equipment: chainmail, light crossbow, shield, warhammer, carpenter's tools Appearance: short, squat, dwarf female without a beard though she does have sideburns and particularly thick eyebrows, usually scowling. 3gp/year
Zylkoris - ratfolk male Rank/Profession: Unranked Chandler Game Mechanic: 1st level Expert Sidekick Zylkoris has spent most of his life wandering from place to place and never lingering for long, though he did spend a couple of years learning basic chemistry and helping out a chandler in Sokal. Skills: Dexterity-proficient. Proficient in History, Performance: Art (scent-based chemistry), Stealth, Arcana, Medicine. Expertise with Tinker's tools. Proficient with engraver's kid, alchemical supplies Personality: cautious, careful, precise. Quite familiar with chemistry involved in soap and candle making, and to some extent (spent a couple years in the field) selling and using ship's equipment. Goals: Eventually make enough or save enough he can settle down in his own place. Having fun with the journey until then. Equipment: alchemy (chemistry) kit, tinker's tools, commoner's clothing, work clothing with leather apron. Appearance: thin but wiry look, black fur, pink nose, right ear has a chunk missing from a bar fight (the other guy started it!), long thin tail. 5gp/year
Chalarra Mizerym - tiefling male Rank/Profession: mercenary soldier grunt Game Mechanic: warrior sidekick, level 3 Skills: Dexterity focus, Acrobatics and Survival. Attacker type (+2 to hit). Familiar with but not proficient in watercraft. Personality: direct, fancies himself a poet but self-aware enough to know he's not a good one, pragmatic, has sworn off alcohol after misadventure last time he went on a bender. Goals: None. He isn't completely content with living day-to-day but he's never been good with strategies. Equipment: shield, falchion, shortbow, 20 arrows, leather armor Appearance: No tail - it got cut in half and then infected by some magical curse. Still sore around where the amputation took place. Reddish skin, black hair, prominent horns, carefully trimmed moustache and goatee. Criminal record: Two cases of drunk and disorderly, two cases of inebriated in public, one case of improper wagon control when he was drunk and managed to land a wagon atop a streetlamp. Neither he nor anyone else involved know how he managed that and the charge was dismissed after that. 5gp/year
Eloise - yuan ti female Rank/Profession: prostitute, exotic dancer at the Scarlet Festhall in Lobor Game Mechanic: 9th level Rogue (Soulknife) Skills: Psionic powers as a Soulknife, Deception, Insight, Performance: dance. Feat: Grappler Personality: cold and calculating behind a friendly mask, she is completely comfortable with her current line of work as the hours and pay are both excellent. She's also discovered a certain satisfaction in being as good as she is in that line of work, and every so often she manages to get pleasure out of the whole thing instead of just feigning it for the client. Goals: continuing to work until she's managed a sufficient nest egg, eventually finding someone with both money and the ability to pleasure her and retiring at that point. That's years down the road though. Criminal record: None. Nobody is going to question her about Samnael's death as everyone who knew the man knew he deserved it a hundred times over. Equipment: In addition to her psi-knives, Eloise normally has four throwing knives nearby at all times plus a collapsible baton. She also has a collection of knives, swords, and exotic weapons she's been gifted by clients over the years. Appearance: Very similar in appearance to Victoria, though her hair is longer and more well-maintained. Background: Samnael is her grandfather and Victoria's grandfather. Samnael sired a number of children and then waited for them to have children before hunting them down and killing them before devouring them. Sometimes devouring them piece-by-piece before killing them. Eloise observed her parents being killed, and the man throwing her aside so that she could mature before he came to claim her. When the two did next meet, she carved him up and buried the pieces in seven locations to make sure he wouldn't be coming back.
Francois Delacroix, Captain of the Elsinore (Hammership) Halfling (Mouseling) m, LN, MV:25, AC:14, hp:39 Level 5 Ranger (Horizon Walker) Str:8, Dex:17, Con:12, Int:13, Wis:13, Cha:12 Skills: Athletics +2, Insight +4, Investigation +4, Perception +4, Survival +4, proficiency with airships, navigator's tools. Personality: Flamboyant (if it is worth doing, it is worth doing with style), Reliable & Fair (sticks to his word, treats all the crew fairly), Storyteller (if he gets going with one of his sailor stories, facts will be stretched to make it a better story) Special Equipment: The One Hat. Most mouselings wear elaborate clothing and will decorate all their treasured possessions. Captain Delacroix takes this seriously with his uniform, but it is nowhere more obvious than with The Hat. It is literally taller than he is and decorated with ribbons and embroidery and feathers (these accounting for most of the height) from exotic creatures and ports. He has spares but The One Hat is the formal one that gets worn while doing his captain duties. It is large, elaborate, and somewhat gaudy by most people's standards. Damage it or steal it at your peril, especially around his crew as seeing the Hat coming is a signal to look busy and they appreciate the warning. Also they've been known to chip in and buy an extra ribbon or flourish to add to it from time to time. Dagger of Warning, Shortbow, Rapier, leather armor (elaborate embossed scrollwork), boots, Ring of Feather Fall, 20 arrows Languages: Common, Narsian, French (badly - there was a woman involved), Sailor's Slang, Orcish (only a few cursewords and a few other phrases - there was another woman involved) Favored Enemy: Fliers Fighting Style: Archery Feat: Sharpshooter Spells: Absorb Elements, Beast Bond (parrot "Mister Percy"), Cure Wounds, Lesser Restoration Background: Captain Delacroix has worked his way up through the ranks, first serving aboard the Tantalus on a sea route. His first airship was as Navigator's Mate aboard the C57D Altair, a patrol ship for a prominent city/state, and he's primarily worked airships since then. The Elsinore is his first captaincy, though the ship itself is owned by the Hildebrand Tea Company. Description: Captain Delacroix is a mouseling of unremarkable appearance with sun-bleached fur and bright eyes and quivering whiskers. He has a single scar, taken in battle against pirates when aboard the Altair, just under his left ear but this is normally concealed by The Hat. Other than the hat he normally wears practical (though embroidered with a few flourishes) clothing under a thick Captain's coat that has a couple of patches from rough use.
David Hennings, beholder isekai Species: Beholder, Background: Isekai David is a seven year old child who died of bone cancer and was reincarnated as a beholder. He has learned to switch out his eyestalk abilities in part of his desire to become a powerful wizard. AL:LN, AC:18, MV:5, hp:180 Str:10, Dex:14(+2), Con:18(+4), Int:17(+3), Wis:15(+2), Cha:17(+3) Skills: Perception:+12, Darkvision 120ft, Passive Perception:22 Eyestalks: 1. Prestidigitation, 2. Paralyzation (DC 16 Con) 1min, 3. Mending, 4. Anti-Magic Ray, 5. Cure Wounds, 6. Telekinetic Ray (DC 16 Str to avoid being picked up, 400 pound limit), 7. Laser Eye (1d10+1 dmg, 800ft range), 8. Stun Beam (DC 16 Wis or unconscious), 9. Disintegration Beam (DC 16 Dex 45dmg), 10. Detect/Read Magic. Anti-magic Cone: David has learned to turn off the anti-magic field, otherwise it is a cone 150ft long that suppresses all magic within that field. David is studying magic because he wants to be able to do a lot of things he can't currently manage. He also wants to be an adventurer.
Topaz, drow female engineer of the Darkness Rising (Hammership) Species: dark elf, female, late adolescent development Game mechanic: 4th level artificer (armorer) AC:13, MV:30, AL:CG, hp:19 Str:11, Dex:13, Con:8, Int:16, Wis:11, Cha:14 Skills: Arcana +5, Athletics +2, Insight +2, Investigation +5, Nature +3, Perception (D) +2. Alchemist's Supplies, Carpenter's Tools, Flute, Navigator's Tools, Smith's Tools, Thieves' Tools, Tinker's Tools, Vehicles (Water), Woodcarver's Tools. Spells: Dancing Lights, Mending, Prestidigitation. Absorb Elements, Cure Wounds, Detect Magic, Disguise Self, Faerie Fire, Feather Fall, Magic Missile, Thunderwave Topaz is an engineer first and foremost, working on ships is her first passion. She's also very fond of the male gender and demonstrates a lack of species-ism. Appearance: a short (5'0") amber-eyed drow who looks (in human terms) to be about nineteen. Mid-back length white hair with highlights that are usually dyed a shade or two different from her eyes, usually in a ponytail. Lithe build. Equipment: light crossbow, 20 bolts, mechanic overalls, dagger, spear, studded leather armor DM Note: Topaz is based on the character Kaylee from Firefly.
Gadget, ship's carpenteengineer of the Red River (Flying Fish ship) Species: warforged female Game Mechanic: 4th level artificer (artillerist) AC:15, MV:30, AL:LN, hp:27 Str:10, Dex:14, Con:12, Int:15, Wis:14, Cha:11 Skills: Arcana +4, Athletics +2, Insight +4, Investigation +4, Perception +4. proficient with Carpenter's Tools, Jeweler's Tools, Navigator's Tools, Thieves' Tools, Tinker's Tools, Vehicles (Water), Woodcarver's Tools Feat: Gunner Spells: Mage Hand, Mending. Alarm, Cure Wounds, Feather Fall, Identify, Shield, Thunderwave. Gadget is a warforged who was a dwarven woman an era ago, she retains some of that identity despite several resets. Enough remains of the warrior who faced the Elven Empire that she privately relishes the chance to shoot up vessels of the Free States as apparently they're similar in outlook. Appearance: Gadget is a warforged with a vaguely feminine styling, with her face being much more articulated than is normal for a warforged. She has also placed a "skin" made of porcelain plating on both arms and hands. Equipment: studded leather armor, light crossbow, 20 bolts, handaxe

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