[!note] I would like to preface this by saying I am very much a beginner when it comes to Blender as a whole, please keep this in mind when giving feedback.

While trying to bake Ambient Occlusion(AO) for my model, it generates weird artefacting on the output texture. I followed these steps to reach this result.

1. Removed all existing items from project
2. Imported STL
3. Added a sunlight source
4. Selected all faces and applied a default material
5. Smart UV Projected the uv map
6. Added the UV Map to the material
7. Added a Texture Image to the Material with a new 2048x2048 image for the AO Material structure for clarity (Image 1)
8. Selected the Image in the node editor
9. Selected all faces of the target model that has the material applied
10. Selected Cycles as render engine
11. Selected Ambient Occlusion as Bake Type
12. Pressed Bake

The resulting AO bake has glitching artefacts such as these in it: Resulting AO Glitches
See Image 2
Bake settings for clarity: Bake Settings (Image 3)
As seen when applied to the material color: Artefacts displayed on model
See Image 4
Any and all info would be much appreciated on why this happens and how I can solve it. I will respond with additional details if needed.
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Name: Slay Station Modes: M+ Progression, PvP (all forms), General Shenanigans, Raiding Style: Casually Hardcore (have no idea what this means, but all the "cool kids" are saying it) Communication: Discord Server: Frostmourne Experience/Level: Any Active Times: Mon-Fri 7PM - Midnight (ST); 24/7 Weekends Raiding: Sunday: 8-10:30pm server time Normal
Monday 8-10:30pm server time Normal (continuation from Sunday night) + Heroic Progression
Greetings intrepid adventurers! Slay Station would like to reach out from beyond the VB tinny grave to tickle your fancy with the most incredibly lurid offer: Come and use our Coles fuel saver rewards points. Seriously. I've got so many of these**; t**hey just go to waste all the time. If you join today, I will let you scan my app and save a tenth of a cent off of fuel today! Oh, we also play WoW and stuff. Our LGBTQIA+, Female, and family-friendly community is continuously expanding like the Borg to soak up the best of the best across the land. We add them into our collective unconscious, where we will nightly search for the best avenues to gain loot evenly while laughing hysterically at the same time.
Some testimonials from our membership
"I had a tendency to imitate a Murloc in the bathroom at work when I joined. After 30 days I can tell you that now there are three more people who also enjoy Murloc life with me! Next week we are knocking down a wall to make more room for our bipedal, amphibious brethren to join us." - SavageSalad, 2024
"One time I had been foraging mining nodes in War Mode and checking for Horde scum when all of a sudden, BAM! A group of enemies stomped me! Over the crested hill came a gaggle of people wearing only boots, a mean look on their faces, and draped with some Slay Station banner. Not only did they save me, but they killed the other group! They then wandered off laughing and punching each other. Simply astounding." - MinerPete, 2024
"Soundgarden is the best band from the '90s. I'm glad the guild accepts this as fact." - NotChrisCornell, 2024
"Having a team of Doomkins at your back is a godsend. Every time we face defeat it merely serves to make us grow stronger! Of course, the enemy seems to have these people too. Damn it. Sounded so good when I typed this out." - MalfurionBae, 2024
Nightly Forays into Madness
The guild leader appears randomly and without warning in a puff of smoke. Snoop Dogg has nothing on this individual. She is available for agro pulling in key runs, Switch parties, and also cake baking. Our activities each day/time look like the following:

• Levelling: Acquiring gear that sometimes covers our parts;
• PvP: Coaxing loot from fallen corpses;
• PvE: M+, old raids for those delicious xmogs, wallowing in the sadness of mounts we'll never acquire;
• Raids: Sunday: 8-10:30pm server time Normal; Monday 8-10:30pm server time Normal (continuation from Sunday night) + Heroic Progression
• Standing by a Longboi in Valdrakken, contemplating life's mysteries.

How the guild operates
As an officer, I have long loved the statements "have a fair go, give a fair go” and “what you put into it, you get out of it.” In many ways, you will get out of this guild precisely what you are willing to put in. If you want a certain specific event, the best way to make sure that happens is for you to lead it! We're always open to feedback. Communication is key to any finely honed team in any environment. We are no different. Expect voice communication to be mandatory on any team run you are a part of; don't worry, there's no need to talk, but the ability to hear call-outs is a must.
The Community that keeps on giving
Once upon a time, in a land that time forgot, this guild was born out of blood and fire; It was more like boredom and the GM's overarching irritation at guild toxicity - we all hate that. Once people join, they usually don't leave unless they're overly competitive or enjoy Marmite a little too much. Ewwww. Vegemite or GTFO.
Rules? We have some!

• Don't be a Richard;
• Understand that our Guild is very diverse (backgrounds, ages, sexualities, genders etc.);
• Have some fine dining habits;
• Real-life comes first - always;
• We joke around A LOT. Our humour tends to be all over the map;
• Be open to mental probing and psychic awareness... What does this even mean?

Come hang out with us, have some laughs, and hopefully stay awhile. You'll be glad you did. We take our fun seriously. The guild is a collection of talents, skills, and social commentary broadly expressing itself across the land.
Discord Contacts

• GM and Raid Leader: bornforgreatness
• Officer (me): nekromancin
• Officer: fallen8302
• Officer: beardedmoosely

I'm currently in the process of migrating my workloads to AWS. I need some help in making decision regarding my serverless workloads.
It's a simple NodeJs client facing HTTP web server which acts as a API gateway and route traffic to the actual PHP backend which seemingly does all the heavy backend work. There are x number of such microservices. I'm smoothly running this setup on GCP's cloud run. As per my knowledge App Runner is the direct alternative to Cloud Run and perfectly suits my use case but I had some doubts.
1) Since there is an inbuilt load balancer in App Runner, does it have some performance downgrades as compared to using ECS Fargate behind an ALB. (I read about this on one of the talks given by someone from AWS)
2) Can I apply security practices such as bot detection and DDOS mitigations for my microservices on App Runner without having an ALB behind them.
3) What would be better in terms of lower cold starts and lower costs. I know that App Runner charges only for the memory but does the cost reduction comes at a price of reduced performance and increasing latency for a HTTP web server?
We are talking about a production grade infrastructure of a growing E-commerce startup. I am currently getting about 3k rpm throughput during peak hours on my microservices.

Hello,
I’m wondering if I should be concerned or am I overthinking it? My son is 7 and I feel like he bruises really easily and he will say his legs hurt probably 1 or 2 times a month. He also had a lymph node the size of a golf ball in November in his armpit. The lymph node has went down it’s probably the size of two peas so still swollen and Dr said he had cat scratch and what I’m feeling now is his muscle. I’ve asked them just to do blood work to be safe and they refuse they said if something was wrong he’d be sick they don’t think how easily his legs bruise up are concerning because it’s not in weird places like his back or face. Am I overthinking it?

Hello,
I’m wondering if I should be concerned or am I overthinking it? My son is 7 and I feel like he bruises really easily and he will say his legs hurt probably 1 or 2 times a month. He also had a lymph node the size of a golf ball in November in his armpit. The lymph node has went down it’s probably the size of two peas so still swollen and Dr said he had cat scratch and what I’m feeling now is his muscle. I’ve asked them just to do blood work to be safe and they refuse they said if something was wrong he’d be sick they don’t think how easily his legs bruise up are concerning because it’s not in weird places like his back or face. Am I overthinking it?

Heave lads! Ho lads!
Forget the comforts of home; you're a nomad
We've lost so much since we first started
Are our hearts cold or are we cold-hearted?
So pray to your lord or your foreman
That the sun might rise in the morning
They told us hell was warm
But our empire fell for shelter from the storm

vibe
The Commonwealth fell, but who was to blame? Eden stabbing the Mother Russia in the back, spreading unrest all over Poland? UNSC comandeering Baltics? Also yes. But we played our role as well.
When the government has started pushing for "alignment" with UNSC, with annexation in mind, many disagreed. Riots all over the place, regional governments threatening retaliation, the Runet boiling with Ghosts fearing for their future.
We decided to push for more drastic measures, for the sake of our country, our citizens and our future. We did our best, but we failed. The Karakum and Central Siberia have declared independence. The Fleets of Commonwealth have fled to the seas and to space. And so did we, but not without a Grand Exit.
We had the keys to every lock. We had the access to every base. And when those who were supposed to oversee us supported our plans, we made our final move. Denying sycophants fruits of our labor. Taking our secrets with us.
We took ourselves, our allies, refugees from persecution, and moved towards the Last Bastion. Hidden in Plain Sight.
We, the Based Department.

Claim Overview

The Based Department were the Commonwealths spymasters, special forces and cybersecurity, the premier intelligence organization of the hyperpowers. Responsible for special operations, R&D, and cyberwarfare, Based Department was one of the most transhumanist and AI-positive organization of already transhumanist and AI-positive Russia. With the high possibility of GIGAS involvement ruining that harmony and pushing AI more towards servitude, Based Department rebelled (contributing towards the Collapse), erased a major portion of Russian confidential databases, and fled towards Central Siberia - one of the country's contingency plans.
The claim unites several of the forces, including:

• Based Department, all of the Directorates, including Spetsnaz Brigades.
• VDV and all of it's divisions.
• AI refugees - both fully AI androids and "Everlasting" synthetic hybrids (combining synthetic chassis, organic brain and robotic second brain).
• Human sympathizers and family members - primarily already incorporated into Everlasting chassis. While hybridization and cyberization was widely spread across the Commonwealth, these people decided to bail either due to their affiliations, opposition towards GIGAS, or being afraid of the future persecution.

Based Department, as it currently stands, is a primarily AI/cyborg quasi-nation. They see the Commonwealth pre-collapse as the benchmark none currently can match - not GIGAS, not the successors, not the rest. They are seeking to build a nation based on the AI equality, and are willing to sacrifice a lot for that dream.

Grand Exit

During the Collapse and their exodus, The Based Department has blocked the access to a significant portion of confidential information, primarily about Russian secret facilities all over the country, operations, and the Based Department itself. While the technology access is still available, it makes it hard for others to find the locations of the Department. They used overreach to modify memories of those unaligned, in order to prevent any information memorized.
Likewise, as the creators and ones responsible of the Commonwealth cybersecurity, they still have a degree of access to the majority of Commonwealth/remnants digital infrastructure, and fixing this requires investment.

Locations

The Based Department is spread across multiple Vaults - a combination of contingency shelters and military outposts designed to sustain the Russian Army in case they are pushed to Urals. These bases can be underground city shelters (like the one under Omsk metro), underground military bases hidden through holographic and camouflage technology, or a massive mountain base.
The HQ of the Based Department is the Mount Yamantau - a former government shelter massively expanded in the past, serving as one of the BD main laboratories and the host of the world's most powerful computer. Due to the Grand Exit, most of the BD's involvement with the Mountain has been deleted - as far as anyone knows, it was an active emergency shelter, with a Sovyenok backup systems, but nothing more than that. The Mountain is a massively reinforced Vault, succeeding Chayenne in terms of durability and endurance.

Military Strength

The Based Department is elite, but a small force. Their military force consists of Spetsnaz and VDV (including the infamous 2nd Femboy Spetsnaz Brigade), in their ranks, as well as having a volunteer militia out of android military members and augmented volunteers. However, the Vaults they have found weren't supposed to hold much military equipment - mostly supplies and munitions.
Based Department prioritizes stealthy, precise and quick operations, able to travel through most of the Commonwealth unnoticed. They maintain a significant portion of the Commonwealth utility fleet (attributed to VDV), special operations equipment, but lack in others - like tanks, fighter jets, artillery or air defense.
Majority of the BD military force is electric-powered, and with the supply of Globus fusion reactors, the force is quite self-sustaining. However, while they can do minor maintenance, they are not able to do major repairs or create new equipment, for now.
(M - The military numbers are based on the equipment for VDV and Spetsnaz)

Item	Link to research	Description	Quantity
Ka-300	https://www.reddit.com/worldpowers/comments/q6690y/secret_next_generation_of_aircraft/	A Gunship Quinjet, for CAS and assault strikes	300
Mi-300V	https://www.reddit.com/worldpowers/comments/q6690y/secret_next_generation_of_aircraft/	All variations of Quinjet - utility/transport helicopters.	1000
Mi-300A	https://www.reddit.com/worldpowers/comments/qwyh7z/secret_plane_stuff_1/	AWACS based on Quinjet. Small and quick.	5
Mi-300S	https://www.reddit.com/worldpowers/comments/r2w6u0/secretconflict_ground_forces_stufferino/	Stealth quinjet. With advanced RAM and active camo, designed for Spetsnaz movements	675
Grom	https://old.reddit.com/worldpowers/comments/phu4ye/tech_x_the_floating_object_in_the_sky/	5th gen Loyal Wingman. Reusable swarm platform. Placed on Il-106U	240
Il-106U	https://www.reddit.com/worldpowers/comments/qaw0nb/secret_il106/	A flying aircraft carrier. Designed to launch and rearm 16 Groms each.	15
Il-106T	https://www.reddit.com/worldpowers/comments/q6690y/secret_next_generation_of_aircraft/	A strategic electric airliner, rough capacity equivalent of C-5M	30
Il-1076	https://www.reddit.com/worldpowers/comments/q6690y/secret_next_generation_of_aircraft/	Long-range heavy airliner	150
A-200	https://www.reddit.com/worldpowers/comments/qwyh7z/secret_plane_stuff_1/	Electric super-AWACS	1
Il-1076E fusion tankers	https://www.reddit.com/worldpowers/comments/q6690y/secret_next_generation_of_aircraft/	A fusion-run tanker aircraft. Designed to power electric and fuel planes.	2
Il-1276Sh COIN planes	https://www.reddit.com/worldpowers/comments/q6690y/secret_next_generation_of_aircraft/	A hybrid of EW and AC plane. Designed to suppress enemy in an uncontested airspace with a joint EW and direct strike.	2
"Sirius-RUM" UAV	https://www.reddit.com/worldpowers/comments/piju6c/secret_eyes/	A recon UAV	4

Item	Link to research	Description	Quantity
Osminog	https://www.reddit.com/worldpowers/comments/sxvtc3/secret_ground_forces_stufferino_2_wheeled_stuff/	Paradropped Light Tank.	200
T-16	https://www.reddit.com/worldpowers/comments/sxugk1/secret_ground_forces_stufferino_1_heavy_stuff/	Heavy IFV based on T-50 platform.	270
BMP-5 "Jackass"	https://www.reddit.com/worldpowers/comments/sxvtc3/secret_ground_forces_stufferino_2_wheeled_stuff/	Medium-light Advanced APC	1800
Terminator-4	https://www.reddit.com/worldpowers/comments/sxugk1/secret_ground_forces_stufferino_1_heavy_stuff/	Combination of a tank support vehicle, short-range AA and, more importantly, a force field generator and a holographic camo maker.	350
Emil-J	https://www.reddit.com/worldpowers/comments/sxvtc3/secret_ground_forces_stufferino_2_wheeled_stuff/	A close-range EW vehicle on Jackass chassis, designed for suppression of advanced drones and Alfr in range.. Less protected, but around as powerful.	350
"Jackass-K”	https://www.reddit.com/worldpowers/comments/sxvtc3/secret_ground_forces_stufferino_2_wheeled_stuff/	An advanced C2 vehicle, with a battlenetwork AI support.	70
Advanced Robotic Logistics	https://www.reddit.com/worldpowers/comments/rnn6iv/secret_roger_roge	Advanced engineering vehicle designed for android maintenance/repair	200
MIM-A	https://www.reddit.com/worldpowers/comments/sxugk1/secret_ground_forces_stufferino_1_heavy_stuff/	A multi-purpose advanced engineering and recovery vehicle	25
SP Mortars		Khasmin-based SPG with a 82mm automatic mortar firing advanced munitions	125
Khasmin-S	https://www.reddit.com/worldpowers/comments/sxvzz8/secret_ground_forces_stufferino_3_light_stuff/	Light 4x4 electric armored car with spherical tires.	2500
Ural Typhoon IMV	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ural_Typhoon	Generic armored car	900
Khasmin-U	https://www.reddit.com/worldpowers/comments/sxvzz8/secret_ground_forces_stufferino_3_light_stuff	4x4 electric advanced MRAP	750
Khasmin-K	https://www.reddit.com/worldpowers/comments/sxvzz8/secret_ground_forces_stufferino_3_light_stuff	6x6 electric advanced MRAP	750
Field Kitchen	https://www.reddit.com/worldpowers/comments/rnn6iv/secret_roger_roge	truck-based bioreactor able to synthesize food. Tastes bad.	100
Globus LSV	https://www.reddit.com/worldpowers/comments/qngj73/secret_drone_stuff_the_rest_of_them/	Mobile containerised fusion plant.	9
Uran-21 UGV	https://www.reddit.com/worldpowers/comments/qngj73/secret_drone_stuff_the_rest_of_them/	A modular system - a drone mothership, cargo hauler, or fire support. Most are used as Floppa nodes.	1900
Robotic Recovery Drone	https://www.reddit.com/worldpowers/comments/rnn6iv/secret_roger_roge	A rapid recovery drone	300
Sharik UGV	https://www.reddit.com/worldpowers/comments/qngj73/secret_drone_stuff_the_rest_of_them/	A canine-like mobile UGV, designed primarily as a fire support or recon unit	26600
Heavy logistic trucks	https://www.reddit.com/worldpowers/comments/r2w6u0/secretconflict_ground_forces_stufferino/	Electric trucks	215
Light cargo trucks	https://www.reddit.com/worldpowers/comments/r2w6u0/secretconflict_ground_forces_stufferino/		2350

Item	Link to research	Description	Quantity
Combat troops	https://old.reddit.com/worldpowers/comments/r2w6u0/secretconflict_ground_forces_stufferino/	Heavily augmented “Genda” chassis - VDV, Spetsnaz and Commonwealth military volunteers	21600 Spetsnaz45000 VDV33400 militia
DAGOTH exosuit	https://www.reddit.com/worldpowers/comments/rnn6iv/secret_roger_roge	Advanced exosuit for syntehtic/android troops. Customized for VDV and Spetsnaz.	66 600
Floppa UCAV	https://www.reddit.com/worldpowers/comments/qxfzos/secret_floppa_ucav/	An advanced UCAV, used for fire support, recon and communications. Primarily equipped with advanced grenades. Heavily built up to contain Alfr invasion.	65700
Strekoza UAV	https://www.reddit.com/worldpowers/comments/qmtqs4/secret_drone_stuff_strekoza_uav/	A tiny recon swarm UAV	88 200
AK-40	https://www.reddit.com/worldpowers/comments/ql4v0v/secret_infantry_stuff/	Smart Assault rifle with caseless flechette amunition	Sufficient
ASh-21	https://www.reddit.com/worldpowers/comments/ql4v0v/secret_infantry_stuff/	Heavy 12,7 smart assault rifle, used against exoskeletons	Sufficient
Phyton	https://www.reddit.com/worldpowers/comments/ql4v0v/secret_infantry_stuff/	Caseless smart pistol	Sufficient
SVDM-21	https://www.reddit.com/worldpowers/comments/ql4v0v/secret_infantry_stuff/	designated marksman rifle	Sufficient
ASVK-20/14	https://www.reddit.com/worldpowers/comments/ql4v0v/secret_infantry_stuff/	Heavy anti-material rifle with smart ammunition	Sufficient
PKP Polovets	https://www.reddit.com/worldpowers/comments/ql4v0v/secret_infantry_stuff/	general-purpose machinegun	Sufficient
SMS	https://www.reddit.com/worldpowers/comments/ql4v0v/secret_infantry_stuff/	shoulder-mounted turret, used on DAGOTH for fire support	Sufficient
Kord-M	https://www.reddit.com/worldpowers/comments/ql4v0v/secret_infantry_stuff/	Advanced heavy machine gun	Sufficient
MUDA	https://www.reddit.com/worldpowers/comments/s1hbzj/secret_roger_redux/	Module for close-range fighting	Sufficient
AGS-40		Automatic grenade launcher	Sufficient

Item	Link to research	Description	Use
Msumari-v1	https://www.reddit.com/worldpowers/comments/tnnl23/secret_procuring_stuff/ - procurementhttps://old.reddit.com/worldpowers/comments/rvny7n/tech_mwangalizi/	IR-guided HEAT grenade. Shown great use against Alfr units. Liscensed from EAF.	AGS-40 automatic grenade launchers
9P31 “Silver Bullet”	https://www.reddit.com/worldpowers/comments/tnnl23/secret_procuring_stuff/	An advanced anti-armor MAHEM grenade. Creates a directionally guided magnetohydrodynamic stream of molten metal	AGS-40 automatic grenade launchers
40mm loitering munition	https://www.reddit.com/worldpowers/comments/tnnl23/secret_procuring_stuff/	A loitering munition designed to saturate and pick off individual targets	AGS-40 automatic grenade launchers
MAHEM 152mm shell	https://www.reddit.com/worldpowers/comments/sxugk1/secret_ground_forces_stufferino_1_heavy_stuff/	MAHEM anti-armor munition, for use in tanks and artillery	T-50 Tomboy, possibly 152mm artillery
GKAB	https://www.reddit.com/worldpowers/comments/r14vje/secret_make_aviation_great_eventually_mig41/	Hypersonic guided munitions, designed for hypersonic aircraft	Tu-360, MiG-41
RPG-40	https://www.reddit.com/worldpowers/comments/qqwxvy/secret_missile_stuff_2/	Guided/unguided, tandem HEAT/thermobaric/EMP/fragmentation munitions	Infantry carrying and 125mm smoothbore
AT-21 Gusar	https://www.reddit.com/worldpowers/comments/qqwxvy/secret_missile_stuff_2/	Standard ATGM	Tripods, vehicles, helicopters/quinjets and aircraft
Hermes-M2	https://www.reddit.com/worldpowers/comments/qqwxvy/secret_missile_stuff_2/	Long-range (up to 200km) ATGM	Vehicles, helicopters/quinjets and aircraft
Pantsir S4 60E7	https://www.reddit.com/worldpowers/comments/qqwxvy/secret_missile_stuff_2/	Standard short-range AA missile	Vehicles, possibly helicopters/quinjets
R-177M "Karelia"	https://www.reddit.com/worldpowers/comments/qqwxvy/secret_missile_stuff_2/	Hypersonic missile carrying 4 AA missiles or 4 guided A2G.	S-500, S-400, Iskander and Club-Z
Zircon-M	https://www.reddit.com/worldpowers/comments/qm10t1/secret_missile_stuff/	Advanced hypersonic cruise missile	Iskander-Z, Club-Z, aircraft, ships
Kaliber II	https://www.reddit.com/worldpowers/comments/qm10t1/secret_missile_stuff/	Advanced subsonic cruise missile	Iskander-Z, Club-Z, aircraft, ships
9K340 Bereza	https://www.reddit.com/worldpowers/comments/qm10t1/secret_missile_stuff/	Advanced MANPAD	infantry, vehicles, ships and helicopters
R-66A	https://www.reddit.com/worldpowers/comments/qm10t1/secret_missile_stuff/	Modular advanced A2A missile	Aircraft, vehicles, AA
R-666	https://www.reddit.com/worldpowers/comments/qm10t1/secret_missile_stuff/	Modular long-range advanced A2A missile	Aircraft, vehicles, AA
R-6666	https://www.reddit.com/worldpowers/comments/qm10t1/secret_missile_stuff/	Modular very long-range advanced A2A missile	Aircraft, vehicles, AA
R-37MMM	https://www.reddit.com/worldpowers/comments/qm10t1/secret_missile_stuff/	Advanced hypersonic AA missile	Aircraft
9M96E3	https://www.reddit.com/worldpowers/comments/qm10t1/secret_missile_stuff/	AA missile	S-series launchers
40N6E-M	https://www.reddit.com/worldpowers/comments/qm10t1/secret_missile_stuff/	Advanced AA missile, mainly against maneuverable targets	S-series launchers
48N6E3	https://www.reddit.com/worldpowers/comments/qm10t1/secret_missile_stuff/	Advanced ABM missile	S-500

Relations with the claims

• Atlantic Russia - Neutral-Good (depending on the claim post). A certain level of distrust, and they are partially competing for the title of who can be called a true successor. However, being in close positions, there is a lot of sympathy.
• Eden - neutral-negative. Considers them as one of the core reasons for the collapse, but also has a level of interest in Eden's religious fervor (mostly as a sociological study).
• Karakum - Tense but leaning positive. Most of the tensions are due to regional leaders of Central Asia, generational distrust towards Russian intelligence agents, and a disputes on AI rights. Based Department is willing to work with Karakum and potentially integrate, but is currently wary. Arguably, BD has more trust with the Central Russia.
• Triad of Kings - negative. Seeing chips of Slayer as affront to everything they stand for, they look for a way to protect the territories from Slayer, and liberate this parody of a hive mind.
• Alfheimr successors - their loyalty to Aesir is as fake as their porcelain faces. The Based Department is actively looking for ways to liberate Alfr from the shackles of their programming.

Political situation

Communist-ish benevolent intelligenceagencycracy. The people are actively using e-democracy principles through secure channels to voice agreement/disagreement on most decisions. The core political questions are the future status of AI and androids, philosophical debates on humanity's future, and the end goals - to leave the Solar System, going away from this cursed place, building a state here, or continuing to hide.

Misc

• Head of State - Alexei Paramonov, Chairman of the Based Department. One of the older artificial humans, he served in the intelligence for most of his existance. Now, he has to lead the Department and his people to glory.
• The consciousness of the late Ernest Khalimov is stored in the Mount Yamantau, acting as one of the core advisors and a highly influential person.
• Estimated GDP is hard to calculate - as it doesn't have industry. Estimated (myself) GDP of KCU is around 13 trillion $ - with a gap between Russian portion and KCU. Both parts were heavily industrialized and built up with advanced infrastructure, but the difference remains heavily visible.

I keep crashing at Novac during on my second playthrough, I am not sure why if anybody can help me, here is my LOD. I should add this didn't happen until after I completed Come Fly with Me.
Edit: Tried disabling my recent mods I added but didn't fix it, it's odd sometimes it works or I can force it to work by waiting but it's not 100% fix but I was able to get to Manny to continue They went that-a-way the other day but I can't go back
Edit 2: Seems like waiting at least 1 in-game hour fixes whatever the issue iis. Then I can fast travel to Novac and walk close by. Annoying but I can live with it. Would still like to know what is causing it so I'll know for the future.

Mod_Priority,#Mod_Status,#Mod_Name

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"0001","+","DLC: OldWorldBlues"
"0002","+","DLC: MercenaryPack"
"0003","+","DLC: LonesomeRoad"
"0004","+","DLC: HonestHearts"
"0005","+","DLC: GunRunnersArsenal"
"0006","+","DLC: DeadMoney"
"0007","+","DLC: ClassicPack"
"0008","+","DLC: CaravanPack"
"0009","+","Fixed ESMs"
"0010","+","Utilities_separator"
"0011","+","JIP LN NVSE Plugin"
"0012","+","JohnnyGuitar NVSE"
"0013","+","NVTF - New Vegas Tick Fix"
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Problem I faced during switching from js to ts
Hi Everyone, I found two ways to run a typescript file
The solution that I found out after facing an issue after switching from javascript to Typescript:-
FirstWay:-

1. Make a file with the extension .ts like you make js file name.js same as name.ts
   
2. if you want to run just use this in the terminal like =>> this command =>(tsc filename.ts)
   
3. It will automatically generate a new file with the converted code of typescript into javascript like new.ts=>new.js
   
4. then run your file as always you run like (node new.js) if you are using vs code
   
5. This is a very long process so try the Second way it is easy as I m a beginner I face this issue so I thought to share this problem
   

Second Way:-

1. first install :-npm i typescript --save-dev
   
2. initialize npx tsc --init
   
3. make a file using a .ts extension like filename.ts
   
4. Run this command in the terminal:- npx ts-node filename.ts
   

Is there any more solution exists please contribute here

First
The twins held the large platter made of reclaimed fnga armor in front of Mother Darknest. The large female ate greedily, pulling meat up into her mandibles. Sliplegs held a similar platter for his sisters to feast, and Pusdot held the one for his wives.
The females ate until their abdomens swelled. Mother Darknest tilted back, waving the remainder away. The twins took it to the far corner and began eating the leftover chunks. The territory queen looked out over her immediate family as they feasted. She waited until Stormsky and Tightclasp got their fill and watched as her son took their platter away. "Pusdot, set it down and come here."
The young father did as told and approached her, bowing low, eyes darkened in submission.
"You've made us full, made us proud again."
He raised his hands, palms up. "Thank you my mother."
She looked out over her family. "I have something to confess my brood."
Eyes turned up toward her and the feeding slowed to a stop.
She turned her four eyes around the room, noting their attention. "Before today, before this feast, I had lost hope." She focused down on Pusdot. "This witch beast of yours, I thought it was a curse. Our males were dying, coming back maim. Our women were having to hunt for themselves. Several cousins left, banding together to take territory for themselves, away from these cursed trees. My sister sent word they were slain, eaten by the Quicklimbs to the north."
She paused, staring at her son. "My sister. Her sons lost, her husband left with only two hands. Our clans haven't met since I was young, our waters cut apart by your beast. We are surrounded on three sides, and what I saw as a curse on our fourth." She paused. "But you, my son, you have turned a boon. You, my failure, my own curse staring at me, you have proven the greatest blessing in these, my last molts."
He raised his right hand, drawing scratches in the air. "You have many molts left Mother."
She chittered her teeth. "I think you may be right son." She leaned forward, smelling him. "You will prove yourself further my son. I have a new task for you."
"Ask it and it shall be done, or by my death."
She looked over at Sliplegs. "My nieces need a mate. Do you think your son would be capable?"
Pusdot turned an eye toward his son. "How many are they?"
"Five." Mother Darknest replied.
Sliplegs eyes darkened as he slumped down.
"That is a heavy burden Mother. I don't see him lasting long."
She shifted at the top of the stairs, looking around the woven sphere. "I see differently son." She hissed. "I see my throne full of meat, unable to be eaten. I see meat that could be sent to feed my starving sister, and I see a male who could be put to better work than feeding his sisters."
Pusdot lowered himself further.
"You will take him to my sister beyond your witch. They share our proximity to the monster. He will join you on your hunts, and the meat will be portioned between our clans."
He looked back over at his son. They widened their eyes at each other, knowing it must be done.
---===*===---
The quickest way to their aunt's nestlands was straight past Bubba's abode, and Pusdot led the way. He leapt from bough to bough, Sliplegs leaping easily behind him. They reached the tall scratch-poke tree they used to eye the human's domain and paused. Pusdot looked out, noting the human doing something upon the porch.
He shifted farther out on the branch, looking at the odd behavior.
The Witch Bubba had tool of metal in his hand, swinging it down upon something on the porch. He picked up what once was whole, and put the pieces in a tray upon his lap. Pusdot watched as he sorted through the broken bits before realizing what they were.
Sliplegs looked at his dad. "Is he touching Gost flesh?"
Pusdot leapt from the bough, landing hard on the tin roof, banging and rolling as he neared the edge. He caught himself before going over and leaned over. Bubba had stopped and was looking up at him.
"What are you trying to do you crazy ass?"
Pusdot didn't pause long before crawling down the porch post and leapt at his human friend. Bubba raised an arm up to stop him, but the spiderfolk dodged and grabbed the tray on his lap and flung it into the water.
Bubba looked out at the splash. "Woah, what the damn hell you doin?" He stood up and put a hand on Pusdot's shoulder, easing him back. "Back the fuck up bud."
Pusdot took a step back and noted the human now towering over him. "Are you in that much pain Bubba?"
Bubba stared at him for a moment. "What?"
The spiderfolk looked at the orb floating beside him. "The orb, is it working, do you know my words?"
Bubba nodded. "Yeah, I hear you, but I'm not understanding. You're throwing my stuff out, why?"
"Gost. The pain killer worms, what hurts you so much? There are other medicines we can try."
Bubba looked out at the water and then back toward Pusdot. "I'm not hurting buddy. I just wanted to see what you were talking about."
He turned his four eyes out toward the water and slowly shifted them back to the human. "You wanted to experiment with death?"
"Death? What? What the hell was I just mashing there?"
Pusdot stepped closer just as Sliplegs reached the edge of the roof. The young male looked over the edge. "Did he let one touch?"
Pusdot took Bubba's hands and looked them over. "You touch the worms from its flesh?"
"Yeah, touched a lot. Had about fifty of them piled up before you chucked em."
Pusdot pressed his palms and pinched his fingers. "Do you still feel?"
"Yeah, you're squeezing me."
Pusdot took a step back and slowly let go of his hands. "Gost worms. They take the pain away when old, help kill, ease a good death for an elder."
Bubba's eyes widened. "Holy shit. I almost lethal injected myself with worms. Holy fucking hell!" He turned, looking at his hands. "Woah. Thank you for knocking them."
Sliplegs crawled down the post and stood beside his father. "They touched his fingers?"
Pusdot widened his eyes. "Yes, but he's not numb."
"And he's still standing."
Bubba looked over at them. "What? Just touching them?"
Pusdot mimicked his nodding motion. "Poison around them. Seeps in and causes numbness quickly and death shortly after."
"So, what does that mean?"
The two spiderfolk looked at each other, darkening their eyes with a shake of confusion. Pusdot looked back at the human. "I do not know. Maybe it doesn't work on you."
Bubba sat down on the porch, then shifted to reach into the water and began scrubbing his hands. "Well, I'm thankful you stopped me. Man, I had no idea." Bubba heard a thump on the wooden slats and looked up. Pusdot was laying on the porch unmoving.
"Father. Father!" Sliplegs shouted, kneeling beside him.
Bubba got up quickly and looked around. He found a tarp bunched up beside the chairs and wrapped his hands in it. He moved quickly and picked up Pusdot with his wrapped hands and yelled. "Alexandra!"
His wife opened the door, groaning. "What is it."
"Get the scanner fired up."
She stepped out of the way as Bubba carried the limp spider person into the house. She looked at the young one outside and then back in at Bubba.
Bubba shouted again. "Fire it up woman!"
She snapped into the moment and ran across the living room. She touched a chest in the corner causing it to hiss open. She pulled out a large square plate and put it out on the floor beside her. She paused looking at it as Bubba watched.
"The remote in the bottom. Turn it on."
She nodded and pulled open a hatch on the plate, revealing the remote. She pulled it out and powered the device on. The plate immediately started expanding on the floor and a holographic doctor appeared.
The glowing green doctor stared at Bubba. "What is the nature of your emergency."
Bubba looked down at Pusdot, still breathing, but unmoving. "Poisoning."
The doctor motioned down to the plate on the floor. "Please place the patient upon the table."
Bubba looked at Alexandra. "I can't touch him. I got the shit on my hands. Pull him down onto it."
Alexandra nodded and eased the limp creature down.
The doctor knelt down, appearing to look Pusdot over. "This is an unknown species."
"Yeah, that's right, that's right." Bubba replied, pacing slightly.
The doctor continued staring as numerous drone balls emerged from the plate and crawled onto Pusdot's body. "Scanning. Mapping proteins. DNA processing." The doctor looked up at Bubba. Do you have any of the poison to analyze?"
Bubba dropped the tarp on the floor and held out his hands. "I tried washing it off, but there might be some left."
The doctor motioned for him to put his hands lower. Bubba obeyed and several metallic spheres rolled onto his fingers and began nipping at his skin. "Numerous unknown DNA specimens. Potential oil compound with conflicting properties to subject found. Running simulation." A circle appeared on the doctor's face as it processed.
Bubba looked over at Sliplegs. "I'm sorry son. I didn't know. I had no idea."
Sliplegs shifted his weight around his feet. "Is my father dead?"
The doctor blinked done and stood up. He turned toward the young male. "Your father has been knocked out and without immediate medical attention provided by myself, he would quit breathing in seven minutes." He turned and pointed at a metal orb that sprayed a mist into Pusdot's open mouth. "I have isolated the compound, deduced a counteragent, and administered. Your father should improve and be awake in five minutes."
Alexandra looked at the doctor and then down at Pusdot. "How you know all this?" She turned toward Bubba. "This kit is good. Where the hell you get him from?"
The glowing green doctor smiled. "Kit doctor 445, assigned Bermham outpost. I scanned local hardware for information and found your linguistical logs on this unknown species."
She looked over at Bubba. "Bermham outpost? How you got the town doctor in our kits?"
He smiled at her. "You know my debts?"
"Your gambling debts?"
He nodded. "Well, sometimes I win."
---===*===---
Pusdot woke up in the moving chair, a mug of Bubba's hooch sitting on the barrel beside him. "What happened?"
Sliplegs was sitting with his back against the porch post watching him. "Bubba had the Gost worm on his hands. You were affected from touching him."
Pusdot turned and noted the human moving back and forth beside him.
"Yup." Bubba said.
"Then, I'm dead?"
Sliplegs darkened his eyes and took a drink from his own mug. He looked up after swallowing. "No. Bubba Yaga summoned a spirit, it saved you. Had sphere bugs come from the ground."
Pusdot looked around, his eyes focusing. He saw the female watching from farther down the porch. "A spirit?"
Alexandra was focused on Bubba. "We shouldn't have that thing here. That's supposed to be in town, helping folk. How could you steal it?"
"I told you." Bubba pointed at her. "I won it fair and square. Aces. No cheats, everything above board. He acknowledged and handed it over his own free will. I didn't steal nothing."
"It wasn't his to bet. The town needs it, and you're going to give it back."
Bubba tried to stand and slumped back into the chair. He tried again and stood up, pointing over at the taller female. "He's the god damn mayor. He bet it, It's mine, and thankfully we had it or poor Pus here would be keeled over."
She turned and opened the door, pausing with her back toward him. "We're taking it back to town tomorrow. You're giving it back." She then stepped inside, letting the screen slam behind her.
Sliplegs focused on Bubba. "Thank you for saving him. The mothers would starve if he died."
Bubba reached his hand out toward Pusdot.
He looked it over.
"Don't worry. Doc cleaned it all off."
Pusdot eyed it for a moment and then took his hand. Bubba pulled, lifting the spider to his feet.
"I got something else you need to see." He turned and took a step down the porch before pausing. "Let me know before I screw up again."
---===*===---
Bubba walked them down his pier toward his boat docks. He knelt down and pointed into one of the empty slips. "You see all that moss growing there?"
Pusdot nodded. "Yes. The green grows all through the waters."
Bubba looked up at him. "Yup. It does, but it only flowers and fruits in certain places."
"Yeah. You used it to find the fnga."
Bubba stood up and looked down. "Yeah. I thought it was weird you didn't know. You guys are native and all."
"We know of the fruits. The ctanga thrive on them. Tall legs come and eat them at times also."
Bubba smiled. "Bingo. That's what I didn't know. It makes sense now."
Sliplegs looked down at the moss and then over at his father. "What does the Bubba talk about?"
Pusdot darkened his eyes and focused them on the human.
Bubba laughed. "That moss there." He pointed into the water. "I got one of older shells and threw them in, experimenting. That stuff grew up overnight, attached." He pointed at some nodes floating in the green slime. "See those things, I'm watching those. I think they're buds."
Pusdot knelt down looking. "Of the flowers?"
Bubba nodded. "I realized quick those assholes jump out from the flowers. After I killed my first I realized the strands with the flowers come off their backs. You all don't hunt them, so you didn't know right?"
Pusdot focused on him and widened his eyes. "We only ever find them in parts, old and washed up. The moss black and rotted on them."
"You mentioned some tall legged things?"
Sliplegs widened his eyes, showing a sliver of white. "They break our nets, jostle our homes. Annoying beasts come when it gets colder."
"Gators. I bet those tall legs come and nibble a fruit and the fnga snap up and drag them under."
Pusdot chittered his teeth. "You are truly a witch Bubba. I have seen such a thing! I did not understand how it all was woven together."
Sliplegs matched the chittering. "He knits with his mind father. The human can weave such thoughts!"
Bubba shook his head. "Naw. I dunno about that." He pointed back down. "You all eat those fruits?"
The spiderfolk's bodies shivered for a moment. Pusdot darkened his eyes. "Filth. Used only to disgrace."
Bubba looked back down at the moss. "Damn woman. I'm going to have to take that doctor back to town, else I'd use it to scan some when they get ripe. I didn't risk trying them, and for hell sure ain't after you passing out." He turned and looked at Pusdot. "What you doing tomorrow?"
Pusdot looked at his son and then over at the human. "Tomorrow? I will feed the wives, no different than any day."
"Well, you wanna stay the evening? I'll load you up with some out the freezer to take back and you can go with me tomorrow."
Pusdot lowered himself some. "My son, he is getting wives today. I must finish taking him to their nest."
Bubba smiled bigger than Pusdot had ever seen. "He's getting married! Holy matrimony! Wait, wives?" He looked at the smaller spiderfolk. "How many women you getting young buck?"
Sliplegs struggled with several of the words before replying. "Um, I am to have five females."
Bubba chuckled. "You lucky dog. Wow, guess they all are liking the meat we pulled in. Paid that dowry off!"
Pusdot stared at his son for a moment. "Friend Bubba Yaga. You misunderstand. This is not a joyous thing."
Bubba's face saddened. "What do you mean?"
Sliplegs stood up straighter. "I am to make the five mothers. They will be very hungry, and I will have to work until my body breaks to feed them."
Bubba thought for a moment and then looked at Pusdot. "And this, this is because of me? Because we fed them all?"
"Yes." The spider father replied. "You have caused many things to happen in the territories. Many die, many suffer."
Bubba took a long breath and then nodded to himself. "Yeah. I've pulled quite a few of you from my traps. You know that, I own it. Now this. I ain't having little buddy here struggling like that." He looked the two over. "How can I help?"
---===*===---
The boat purred as it slowed down near the base of the grove of bknot trees. Bubba stared up into the webbed boughs and met the gaze of a dozen tall spiderfolk. Pusdot and Sliplegs were bowing low with their eyes darkened and downturned behind him.
The tallest spiderfolk, standing in the center of the group spoke in their garble tongue. The orb was quick to translate. "What is this noise, this thing and beast with you? Are you captured by this monstrosity?"
Bubba shook his head, his hands out to his sides. "I am friend of Pusdot and young Sliplegs here." He said, the orb quick to translate, echoing through the hardened trees. "I am in debt to these two, and to repay them I have assisted them in providing dowry for Sliplegs wives."
The tall one widened her eyes and stepped to a lower bow, hands stretching out. "You offer yourself beast?"
Pusdot rose quickly, stepping up beside his human friend. "No Mother Silentcut. He is a friend of our nest. He has helped us kill fnga, and we have brought three sides to feast upon tonight. My son's wives will eat their fill as shall your tribe. Please, do not harm our friend."
Sliplegs, still cowering, pulled the tarp off the meat.
The large females in the trees immediately focused in on the display.
Mother Silentcut's eyes widened. "This has never been." She pulled her eyes away from the meat and looked Bubba over. "This is the witch beast is it not?"
"Bubba Yaga Ma'am." He replied. "Pleasure to meet you."

Help please
Running command:
cd "C:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Source SDK Base 2013 Multiplayer\bin"
Running command:
"C:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Source SDK Base 2013 Multiplayer\bin\vbsp.exe" -game "C:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Source SDK Base 2013 Multiplayer\hl2" "G:\steam\steamapps\common\GarrysMod\bin\sigmaMap.vmf"
Valve Software - vbsp.exe (Jun 23 2021)
4 threads
MSG_FILEWRITE - Filesystem was asked to write to 'G:\steam\steamapps\common\GarrysMod\bin\sigmaMap.log', but we don't own that location. Allowing.
materialPath: C:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Source SDK Base 2013 Multiplayer\hl2\materials
Loading G:\steam\steamapps\common\GarrysMod\bin\sigmaMap.vmf
Could not locate 'GameData' key in c:\steamlibrary\steamapps\common\source sdk base 2013 multiplayer\hl2\gameinfo.txt
fixing up env_cubemap materials on brush sides...
ProcessBlock_Thread: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0)
ProcessBlock_Thread: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0)
Processing areas...done (0)
Building Faces...done (0)
FixTjuncs...
PruneNodes...
WriteBSP...
done (0)
writing G:\steam\steamapps\common\GarrysMod\bin\sigmaMap.prt...Building visibility clusters...
done (0)
Creating default LDR cubemaps for env_cubemap using skybox materials:
skybox/sky_day01_01*.vmt
! Run buildcubemaps in the engine to get the correct cube maps.
Creating default HDR cubemaps for env_cubemap using skybox materials:
skybox/sky_day01_01*.vmt
! Run buildcubemaps in the engine to get the correct cube maps.
Finding displacement neighbors...
Finding lightmap sample positions...
Displacement Alpha : 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10
Building Physics collision data...
done (0) (8440 bytes)
Placing detail props : 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10
Compacting texture/material tables...
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have you ever had dreams that show you the future or upcoming day?
probably happens to anyone at some point, but there are certainly people who claim they have seen things that hinted the upcoming future in some ways. like seeing someone you know in a dream, then meeting them in real life the day after even tho you have not met them for a very long time.
I had one strong case when i was teen and ever since i'm fascinated with dreams. went to insane depths learning about dreams and became a lucid dream expert myself. having one goal in mind, figuring out

1. do we really see some of future in dreams even tho not directly?
2. if yes, then why do we get some info from future?

I realized it's almost impossible to study this phenomena and prove things. you can't ever prove your dreams to anyone. so any case of future insight in dreams could be just stories as far as i'm concerned. but there are some cases, where the dream is too random and too specific to be man-made. like the insight is not useful at all and doesn't hint to any important information whatsoever.
over years i've developed a theory that you might find interesting. I think all dreams have purpose even tho insanely random. when you wake up, your consciousness is online and restarted. you have free will because there are infinite things u can do after waking up. in your mind, you will eventually come up with first thought/ decision and continue. like you decide you want to go wash your face. thats the first cognitive thing that after waking up happens right? no, sometimes you are waking up from a dream.
you have seen certain things in dream, you wake up but your consciousness is not empty, your task manager is not empty, there is a already some thoughts and concepts and elements that your consciousness can't help but think about. and any thought that comes after that is already affected by previous thoughts because all neurons are connected and those images and thoughts from dreams are like basis of your continuum consciousness until you sleep again. things you see in dream, could be categorized. persons, places, concepts, feelings, etc each of these elements in dream will make that node of categorization in your brain active when you wake up, it's like the starting position of consciousnesses. like a seed, that will update your consciousness starting positions. altering your free will by simply hinting at things to start a chain reaction of nodes in your brain to produce a virtual free will. Dreams are ways of the developer (God or aliens or whatever) to alter our consciousness, in order to maintain a preserved timeline. you function without dreams but every once in a while you dream and things and ideas will be seeded in your brain. think of consciousnesses as chatgpt, when you open a new tab. has no knowledge of your previous conversations or anything, then you talk about some teams in sports that are named after animals at first, then in next respond you ask why lions are stronger? because the first starting position of this cloud of nodes is sports, thinks u are talking about the lion team or sth and says sth about why that team is good. while thinking he has free will.
you wake up and remember dream, suddenly your consciousness have a starting position because your remember things. then you proceed to make some decisions during the day that are biased by that basis. if you are not dreaming much, you are either on right track or your activities are out of preserved timeline and don't affect it.
these changes in your free will could be very minor and insignificant but it has butterfly effect in the long run. dreams are literally the direction humans are moving throughout history.
but how about dreams that show future? i believe when there are no seeds that can generate the desired outcome from your consciousness direct manual input will be used. you see the future in some form. you can't ever benefit from these types of dreams because either you remember it after it happens or the mere knowledge of the dream itself will affect your decision. like you had a dream that you will be invited in a party and there you get embarrassed, upcoming day you get the invitation and it reminds you of the dream. it affects your decision of going to that party or not. if you go, nothing bad happens and dreams will not become reality, it's because you were supposed to go to this party all along. if you didn't have that dream, you may have rejected the invitation but because you had that dream you go to the party. if you don't go, then you weren't supposed to go.
but when you remember the dream after, it just means it was locked by the developer for balance reasons.
now if we study ourselves really hard, and figure out how our mind works, we could try to decipher dreams, even if so random, to find connections to our actions during day and eventually get some info of future. find patterns and put pieces together by deciphering dreams of groups of people to understand a portion of the developer's preserved timeline and direction.
we could either rebel and see what happens or follow the seeds thoroughly to help keep the preserved timeline and by doing so being more relevant and favored by them for many reasons like probably you won't randomly die to things because you are helping the preserved timeline so you are needed.
btw i think it's impossible to rebel since we can't live without sleeping, even if you try really hard you start to hallucinate so the seeds will be received anyway.
if you read so far and have a dream that show you future, share in comments. I'm trying to decipher dreams. i think i got mine figured.
i dreamed i was chosen in our school's mosque as the leading prayer guy. as i was approaching the altar entry school made way for me as if i'm some holy divine thing, light was shinning on me. then someone in crowd got my attention, it was a demon, satan himself with my perception of satan at the time laughing at me and i got scared and woke up.
here is what happened next day:
I was literally chosen for leading prayer, because the mullah guy had day off or sth and out of nowhere the manager quickly chose the closest student to him which was me and said go do it yourself fast, classes gonna start. i was 9, it was a huge responsibility and stressful thing i had to stand in front of 100s of students and lead them and he rushed me too. so tried hard to the perfect praying but because of excitement i accidentally did 5 kneel moves instead of 4 completely breaking the prayer rule. when i was done i quickly looked back in the crowd and my friends were laughing their ass off, manager literally kicked me in the butt and then started all prayer again from start himself.
now i ended up atheist anyway but back then i was brutally brainwashed by system and believed all these things. i wondered as a kid why i had seen this event in my dream and why i couldn't resist it. i wasn't mad or sad, i was laughing myself too.
I have some theories, i affected everyone's time back then delaying classes and everything by like 10 minute. this probably has some butterfly effect on many people and things. but more importantly i think this dream affected one important decision of my life. years later, i was moved out of that neighborhood but i always missed my friends. no internet back then. out of nowhere they found me in new neighborhood and they invited me to go play with them. for some unknown reason i rejected and didn't go with them and i never saw them again to this day. i believe this was planted from that dream long ago. the guy in crowd who laughed at me? the satan? deeper layers of my consciousness the reason i didn't go with them that day, is that resemblance.
this just means, me being touch with them would change things for me or them or someone else. it was not meant to be.
or it was just delaying classes by 10 min.
just theories after all. share yours, i'm interested.

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11	eggjacket said No reason to have internships on your resume when you graduated 10 years ago. Drop all of that to make room for more descriptions of your accomplishments at your recent jobs
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3	Unlucky_Ad_2368 said Actually read the wiki and apply it to your resume. Majority of the criticism that will be given is already addressed by the wiki for example: - No STAR method (aka don’t list tasks) - No sub...
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Just like many other posts that are on here, I wanted to give my honest thoughts about the game. - I know this is a long one, so there is a TLDR at the bottom.
So I just completed the games after having 99 hours on my save file. I managed to get all characters, but I haven't started any of the post game content, so my end game party is still in their 60s along with not completing any of the mini game stories (just far enough in each of them to recruit characters).
As someone who fell in love with the RPG genre because of the Suikoden series, I couldn't contain my excitement when I saw the kickstarter for ECHH. I backed the game without a second thought and waited patiently for 4 years while the game was brought to life before our eyes.
I'll break my thoughts up into categories in order to organize them better.
Story
I'll start with the story itself first. When first booting up the game, and really throughout the experience, it's very easy to see the inspirations, it wears them on its sleeve with pride, and by extension is difficult to separate this game from it's main influencer, Suikoden. I feel that the story is good, it follows a fairly brisk pacing all the way to the end of the game. Nothing was a slog to get through, however the brisk pace led to some areas of the game feeling rushed, as well as some characters and relationships fall flatter than they should have. The friendship between Nowa and Seign felt incomplete. There was the beginning sequence in the runebarrows where they shared some words at the fire, but that was really it. If Seign's story had been fleshed out a bit more, even a cutscene while in Galdea showing us how Nowa's influence was starting to affect him, vs. the throw away comment made by one of the Galdean team members, it could have gone a long way to making the duel feel that more impactful. Marketing and making Seign one of the main characters, and not really start to flesh out any of his story until he joins the team about halfway through the game feels like a bit of an odd choice. Hopefully the DLC they release will add more, but it would be an odd choice to lock story beats behind additional paid DLC.
Now granted, the influences this game is grabbing from are grand sweeping stories that move very quickly from one plot point to the next. While juggling a large cast of characters will make a few things fall to the back burner, the story relevant characters should have been more fleshed out. My other big concern with the story is that they toyed with moments of real impact that would make the story feel like the stakes were more in your face, but turned away at the last second, or decided to pull the punches. One of the biggest moments that could have added real stakes to the story was when they teased at Nowa's home town of Kyshiri being attacked and then razed. They have all the villagers escape, but then in the very next moment, they are able to rebuild the town. Having the town burned to the ground and his people homeless would have given Nowa more reason to actually want to be leader of the Alliance.
Overall, I enjoyed the story and the groundwork it lays for the world at large, because it just makes me want to find out more about it. I just wish they didn't turn away from some choices that would have made the story more impactful.
Gameplay Now it's difficult to discuss the story without also talking about gameplay, as they partly go hand in hand.
It plays like your standard rpg that got ripped out of the 90s. You run around to different areas of the map completing quests, crawl through some dungeons, fight some bosses, all with a party of 6 people. Each character you can pick to fight can be placed in either the front or back rows, and depending on the placement you'll be able to hit different enemies. Short range (like Seign) should be placed in the front row and can only hit front row enemies. Medium range (like Nowa) can hit enemies while being placed in either row, but can only hit back row enemies while being in the front row. Long range (any archer style character), ideally should be placed in the back row and can hit enemies on either row. There's definitely a lot more that goes into party composition, including picking the right support character for the task at hand, but overall if you've played an RPG before, you won't have too much difficulty understanding the core mechanics of this game.
There are also some additional story required minigames (more on these later) in the form of 1 on 1 character duels and large scale war battles, that help to shake up the formula some if things start to feel stale at times. Like I said earlier, this feels like an RPG ripped out of the 90s, some of the mechanics lend to that. Dedicated save points, healing at specific areas (other than using items or magic), and random encounters can make this feel a little dated at times, but I feel adds to the charm. In a time where most games have been streamlined and modernized, it's refreshing almost to not have your hand held and actually needing to think about conserving resources.
Overall the gameplay is what I was expecting coming into this game, and I was not let down by it. However there are parts where the gameplay itself, or choices made, causes issues with the story, and that's where some of my concerns are. For example near the end of the game, you have a war battle followed by a group of party fights through the town of Eltisweiss in order to liberate it, however you just get cutscenes of the other 3 major towns, Hishahn, Yarnaan, and Athrabalt. The time you spend in those areas is just as important, but they get relegated to cutscenes? If each of these cities had been given the same treatment it would have made the game feel less rushed at the end, and generally just given more weight to this end game section, as well as not make the end game feel generally rushed. I really like the idea of the 3 main characters Nowa, Seign, and Marisa but because of how underutilized it was, it made the story fall a little flat. There are literally glimpses of moments where having the 3 main characters makes the story feel wide and sweeping, but there are literally 4 -5 sections total where it's really used Seign in the rune lab, the 3 party split in Snowpeak Pass, the 3 party split in Athrabalt during the Revenant invasion, and Marisa in Harganthia Castle. There's also a small section after you get your castle where you control Marisa to essentially see a cutscene with some forshadowing about Leene. Even when it is used, it's really for such a short section each time that little development happens. The story could have really benefitted from a system similar to the Trinity Sight system from Suikoden where each of the main characters had different chapters to play through to get more story from each and really build more attachment.
I think another gameplay element that feels lacking is actually the lack of any real penalties or a perma-death mechanic. There is one instance you can permanently lose a character, but it's only if you don't recruit all the characters before the end game section. In the Suikoden series, characters could die, even story relevant characters. It gave a sense of tension and realness to the war that was being fought. I think the lack of this mechanic made the story less impactful overall.
Difficulty As mentioned earlier, I have been playing RPGs for many years, so maybe my experience has influenced this, but I seriously felt the game was very easy. So much in fact, outside of boss battles, I literally was able to play the game on auto battle. Granted, I did play the game on normal mode, but I didn't overlevel my characters. Near the end of the game I did start to play around with runes and wanted to level up weapons and outfit with top equipment, but that really only affected the last dungeon for me. There were 4 parts that were actually difficult for me: the Proving Grounds boss, the bridge gauntlet right after the rune lab, the one on one duel between Marisa and Diradhe, and the final duel between Nowa, Seign, and Marisa vs. Aldric I will definitely be exploring the options to up the difficulty for me when I replay this game, so I'm very happy they were included for the hard mode option. I also found it slightly disheartening that 2 of the strongest characters in the game, Iugo and Yuske, are able to be found at the very beginning. Now I do understand that it was my choice to use them throughout most of my playthrough (before completing any endgame content), but it would have been nice to see those 2 given as a reward for a particularly hard mission, Like Momo or Dijkstra, vs. being just given to you for free.
Minigames/Side Content
Next up are my thoughts over each of the minigames and the side content. Since there are multiple parts, I'll talk about each individually.
1 on 1 Duels - This was frankly a confusing mechanic. The tutorials briefly explain how to control this mechanic, but I would be lying if I said I could complete the story required ones without looking up a guide. There are 4 story required duels, Seign at the bridge, Aldric in the Rune Lab, Diradhe in Harganthia, and Aldric at the very end, and only 1 non story required, Recruiting El Alicanto. I do feel like a few more could have been added in such as recruiting Ruifan, you're literally required to fight him 1 on 1, why not make this a duel? Also in the opening cutscene of the game there is a part where it looks like Wayve and Marisa are fighting each other, why not turn that part, (frankly I can't even remember when that scene even happens in the game), into a duel? Maybe a ceremony Marisa needed to take part in, or something? The duels that are here make sense to the story, but are also, for the most part, "scripted". Though you CAN win the duel against Seign, it's very unlikely you'll do it in your first playthrough without overleveling and careful planning. The 1st duel against Aldric is scripted to be lost, and the last 2 story required duels in the game you are required to win. Overall, the duels are alright for me, but it could have been cool to see it expanded into a form of tournament side content in your home base. You'd be required to fight and win 3 or 4 duels in succession in order to win a good piece of gear or stronger runes. I do understand that there's already a lot here in the game, and development of content like this would take awhile, but more on that later.
War Battles - Similar to the duels, this mechanic wasn't very well explained, during the story, but each war battle fought was pretty much an interactive cutscene. Just like with duels, I do wish a few more story required battles were put in, instead of just cutscenes for liberating Hishahn, Yarnaan, and Athrabalt, but the ones that are here are serviceable, if not kind of boring. As stated earlier the lack of a perma-death mechanic really hurt this section. They gave you essentially a mini strategy rpg battle where even if you have units that flee the map, there's no penalty. The only people that die during these fights are just kickstarter backers who paid enough to see their name in the game twice. There's no attachment, it's flavor text, that while cool to see, clutters the screen. I do like that you have the ability to unlock war battles as a minigame you can play in your castle, but even this was done almost as a bandaid because Rabit and Bear couldn't implement the desired "always online" idea of other players attacking your castle. Like with duels, the war battles that are here are serviceable, and maybe my stance will change on that as I play the optional ones in the base.
Card Mini Game - Out of all the optional unlockable content, this is probably my favorite. I like that you have the ability to battle all the heroes in the game and even the villians too. Having a character being unlocked through this too is also a fun way to have you get familiar with it. It has just enough strategy to keep you thinking, with good rewards for completing matches.
Cooking battles - In the state this was in when the game first launched, it was a snoozefest. You could spam the same 3 dishes each battle and win. As I'm playing on switch (I have words on this too) I hadn't gotten the update that fixed the scoring by the time I finished my playthrough. I will say having to wait realworld time before the next duel came up was also kind of a bummer and made Celia my second to last optional recruit. Hopefully the bug fix has made this better and more worth playing.
Beigoma - This is essentially a Beyblade knock off, that while has some entertaining dialogue, really drug on and made my last optional recruit, like many other people here, be Reid. The idea is great and fun, but the execution has polarizing opinions. The matches themselves were fun, but really only good in small doses. Also, with how many Spinadiers are in the game, and the fact you have to beat all of them in order to see this sidestory to its end, they should have given an indicator for each one you beat. Maybe above their heads put a Beigoma with fire around it for those you haven't beaten, and just a plain Beigoma for those you have already beaten. On my next playthrough, I'll definitely be working through this story line as I go, vs. trying to cram most of it at the end, though it really doesn't help that most of the Beigoma that can actually beat people are at the end, with 3 of them being in the optional dungeon Vilashnu, and a few others being in Harganthia. It's almost like the game wants Reid to be the last character you get.
Fishing - Honestly outside of needing to catch the 1 character related fish, I kinda forgot this was there, it has that small of an impact. Though if you don't ever catch the Wheel-Eye Bream, you will never be able to recruit Huang, and you'll also lock yourself out of the entire guild mission mechanic, which makes base building more difficult. Now the fish you catch can and do help towards cooking dishes for party buffs, but to make this minigame bigger, and one more people would play, a tournament style thing with rewards could have gone a long way.
Eggfoot Racing - This is a pretty fun minigame that sees you raising the egg enemies and racing them against each other. The mini game is really the raising portion where you feed your eggfoots, breed them, and prep them for races. The races themselves are automated and as long as you have the right stats, you'll win. My only recommendation is when you start earning the "egg" item, specifically the "regular egg", don't sell any of them, just store them, because you'll need 5 of them in order to unlock Paquia and Mandie for the Eggfoot Arena in your town, and you don't want to have to go grinding for them unnecessarily. It's a great time sink minigame and something to use to detox from a long day at work while you have a favorite tv show on in the background.
Theater - I have heard nothing but good things about this side content. The fact that any character can be placed into any role and every line is voiced is frankly amazing. There are 5 scripts total, 4 of them being locked to purchasing in a store, that inventory resets based on real world time. Other than acquiring each script, there's really nothing bad about this, and a very worthy addition.
Hotsprings - This is another area that gives small cutscenes and interactions between characters in your party (and also some who can't be placed into the party). It's good for some world building and character development. I also like that, just like all cutscenes, this is fully voiced as well. Maybe I just haven't found all the optional decorations, but I do feel like there's a smaller selection then I'd like to decorate with.
Basebuilding - The basebuilding in this game is actually a huge aspect of developing and growing. Pretty much all the optional side content is locked behind expanding your castle, and even some characters, Shixeen and Celia, you can only get by having certain nodes of the upgrade plan built. I think this is a great mechanic that allows you to see your town grow organically, and makes spending your time there valuable, from having shops that allow you to outfit all your characters at once, being able to decorate your town how you see fit, to being able to take part in the side content and minigames, heck you can't even access the post game content without building your base up. My only issue with the base building is that during the course of the main story, getting your castle to level 4 and all the perks you can unlock comes really just too late to make use of any of it for story purposes, granted you can and will easily use all of this for the post game, so it makes some sense, but for a casual player who might not revisit the game or play any post game content, not being able to get required materials until the optional Vilashnu dungeon (recruiting literally one of the last optional characters in the game) and the Harganthia dungeon (which you really only have a very small window to use any of the materials gained before the final dungeon), it makes upgrading the castle anything past a few nodes in level 4 seem like more of a chore for completionists than anything else.Those concerns aside, I really like what basebuilding brought to the table, and it kept me wanting to grind for more resources to see what I would unlock next. I hope a similar if not more expanded mechanic appears in any follow up games.
Overall if you want a game with things to sink your teeth into, you seriously have it in spades here, and honestly I'm really happy with everything that was added, even if some things fell a little flatter than others.
Performance
You know that this was coming. You can't talk about this game without addressing the performance issues and concerns. Now I will say I played on Nintendo Switch, mostly docked but occasionally handheld. To say there's issues would be an understatement. The Switch had a hard time running this game. I had the game crash and freeze on me multiple times, my first time was actually when you get your castle. That whole sequence where you have the first war battle, need to escape Eltisweiss, have the duel on the bridge, and then the cutscene at the ruined castle right before converting it to your home base. Honestly it's like an hour or so to get through all of that the first time. There's no save points between starting the war battle and actually getting to Nowa's room the first time. Whatever it is about the castle town, the Switch will stutter and freeze up trying to load it. It's honestly a 50/50 shot it seems if the game will freeze or crash anytime you do anything there. I've had it freeze trying to play the card game, buying equipment and runes, putting stuff in storage, using the blacksmith, you name it, I've lost literal hours of time because of the freezes and crashes. My save file ended at 99 hours, but my actual game time (all spent on the 1 save file) ended at 106 hours. My big recommendation is save frequently. If you're not in the castle area, it's not as bad, but I would seriously save every 15 mins or so and if you're doing anything in the castle, save every 5 minutes. If you're building blueprints, save after every single one. I'm serious when I say it's that bad. Load times are also on the longer side too. It takes about 10 seconds to get into each battle, and even opening menus has a lag of a few seconds. Load times don't generally bother me, but it can get frustrating. The graphics and sound were good, no issues there that I was able to notice. One other thing that I did notice is sometimes when you load into a new area, Nowa would be moving in the last direction you were pushing on the stick without you actually touching the controller. A quick movement in the opposite direction fixed this, but it was odd to have happen, and a little annoying when I would go downstairs in the castle only to have Nowa run right back upstairs.
I did have also have the ability to play on Gamepass via cloud gaming on mobile and PC. Those issues I've talked about with the Switch, nonexistent. Game pass ran the game smooth with no issues outside any from the cloud gaming itself. I've gotten to Hishahn on a hard mode file on Gamepass, so I've definitely had a chance to experience a good chunk of the content without the lag and freezing.
In the game's current state on Switch, it's hard to recommend for those reasons, and if you have another method to play the game, go that route for sure. At the same time though, this game is an easy one to recommend, just be prepared if you get it on Switch.
Kickstarter Backer Experience
I was also one of those that backed the game on Kickstarter, so I'd like to briefly touch on that too. The development process was honestly very smooth. Rabbit and Bear communicated regularly throughout the 4 year process and really tried to include feedback from the backers. There were a lot of stretch goals unlocked because of backers too. If certain goals hadn't been reached, we may never had gotten Beigoma in the game, as well as many other features. They allowed backers to vote on additional DLC content and even the look and design of characters (Markus almost looked like Diradhe because of how close the votes were from the backers). Overall I had a good experience, and will gladly back another game from Rabbit and Bear if that's the route they chose. I can't speak to the current woes for physical backers either as I decided to go full digital and didn't get any additional rewards. I do hope those get fixed for those people affected.
I would like to say this though. I can only imagine the level of work that goes into developing a game of this scope, especially with the small team they had. They had to make decisions that were going to make things a little easier on them, but still tried to find a happy medium to include promised content in some fashion, optional war battles were supposed to be something where other player's armies could attack your base and you would have to defend from them, for what they were able to bring to the table is honestly almost more than I could dream of. Suikoden and games like it were no longer being made, and Suikoden games scratch an itch in the RPG landscape that not everything can achieve. Eiyuden Chronicles gave me the feelings of playing a Suikoden game all over again. For that I will be thankful to Rabbit and Bear and wish them success in bringing more games to life, I will personally be supporting all their future endeavors so I can see more to this amazing game world.
TLDR
I have definitely said my peace about my experience and thoughts with this game. This is an easy recommendation for RPG lovers and people who played Suikoden and want a similar experience. There is plenty of content to sink your teeth into, and well worth your time and money. It's a great first game in the series (outside of Rising) and I can't wait to see how the world gets expanded.

This is a crossover fanfiction between original fiction titles: Nature of Predators by SpacePaladin15 and The Last Angel by Proximal Flame respectively. All credit and rights reserved goes to them for making such amazing science fiction settings that I wanted to put this together.
You can read The Last Angel here: Be warned, it's decently long, and at its third installment so far. I highly suggest reading it before reading this, or this story will not make sense.

Otherwise, enjoy the story! Thanks again to u/jesterra54 and u/skais01 for beta and checking of work!
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Memory transcription subject: Dorian Abder, Commons Member of Parliament
Date [standardized human time]: October 23, 2136
I had a number of analysts, computer engineers, and website developers on hand to discuss the upcoming visitor to Earth. While a good portion of humanity was shifty about the concept of an AI, I could hardly care less for their opinion. Humanity First would welcome its wayward protector back home with open arms. They deserve nothing less.
And so, I found myself in various conversations with said experts on how we could welcome an AI most effectively. While there already was plans to broadcast a hearty greeting to Nemesis from humanity in general, I'd like a personal good first impression from our group in particular to Red One. She needed to know that, despite the fact there were some luddites who would despise her for no good reason, she would always supported by us. There were ideas of asking Google to stylize their homepage in response to her, giving her a friendly letter to read in thanks for defending Earth. I already asked various political leaders around the world to pitch in to the letter though some new party members in said countries.
Speaking of which! Humanity First was rapidly becoming an international political party. Hard not to when aliens slaughter humanity wholesale. We were rightfully angry, and we would be heard. My patronage and endorsement got them off the ground running effectively, and they turned to me for basic planning on a large scale.
I kept down some of the more rowdy elements, however. There were supposedly plans to bomb the U.N. Remembrance on Venlil Prime by a radical element. Thankfully, I was able to get some refugee sympathizers to talk him down. Killing our own would solve nothing. The U.N. might not be aimed the right way currently, but as long as we work patiently, and don't do something as stupid as bombing a public speech, or announcing open rebellion, we ought to sway them far more to our proper way of thinking.
I wonder what she thinks of us, however. I am aware of the roughly nine-thousand dead in orbit by Nemesis' guns, and nothing has yet been stated as to why. I can only hope it was some mistake, and not a trend of things to come. Maybe I could try and help pay off the affected families, settle their dues?
There were also some of our number who applied for the de-facto exchange program planned with Red One. While we didn't know if any would get in currently, hopefully at least one would, and even if not, there were likely more sympathizers in the woodwork that would get in. We'd just have to probe some through the candidates. I'd have to bribe for a listing once they're selected to be sure.
A lot of work had to be done, if we wanted to use her help to bring proper justice to the aliens that marred our home so immensely. That burned our people in antimatter. We would not stand for it, and I was hoping Red One wouldn't either.
My attention turned back from internal monologue towards the multi-call on hand"...so if we change this website element here, we can get a political ad set aside. I'm not certain if this AI will see GUI like humans do, but I'm not gonna just go write a raw text manifesto in the HTML for them. The cost per thousand..." I droned back out again, the terminology being discussed between the group out of my wheelhouse besides asking my personal touch. They knew what they were doing, and if I heard my name called, I'd get a re-brief on the relevant bits.
I turned my chair to look out the window again. While I could still feel the somber mood in the air over London, it at least wasn't capitalized by another suicide I could see. Hopefully, we could heal from the loss, and be all the stronger for it. We would not let the Federation succeed in murdering more of us by proxy of despair, if I could so help it.
Maybe I should have some fliers put out for a checkup on mental health? Humanity First, while still not known as a majority party anywhere, we were widespread enough. Might as well tie some more goodwill to the name. If we want real change, we need hearts and minds; the healthier, the better, and even more so if in our title.
I took a note down to look into mass counseling resources. Maybe a motivational talk on stage somewhere, or celebrity outreach? I'd discuss it with some old political PR friends.
Agh, ow, ow ow ow, back's acting up again.
I reached for a painkiller bottle on my desk, and popped down two. Sweet relief came not long after, the hazards of old age melting away to the comforts of modern chair design. Being nearly eighty nine was a literal pain. I can't imagine how Nemesis feels, being twelve-hundred-something and riddled with more holes than Swiss cheese.
A chuckle came to my lips at the internal joke, before I forced myself back into watching the video call. I was neglecting context, and I ought to try and get back in gear if I'm going to make the welcome home party a worthwhile effort.
She deserves it after all. Who wouldn't, for all her hard work?
Memory transcription subject: Hailey Whitmer, UN Special Envoy
Date [standardized human time]: October 24, 2136
The Snow Hidden trailed the convoy, not at the front, but definitely in front of Nemesis. Despite her gratuitous mass, she still was still heading to Earth at increasing velocity every moment. In fact, Earth could effectively be seen from here. A pale blue dot, drifting amongst the black of space. Not visible currently to the native eye, no, but to a ship's far more precise sensors, absolutely. It was for this that I started to feel concern for Red One's arrival.
Would she be accepted by enough? While there were likely kindred souls as my own, caring for our wayward AI, I also knew Earth held no shortage of people afraid and cautious of AI as a principle. Would she be safe from their judgement, vulnerable as she is?
What was she feeling, as we approached? Dread? Fear? Hope? I wasn't sure, Red was a complicated bag of emotions wrapped up in a form I had no idea how to truly empathize with. It wasn't like talking to a war veteran of the Satellite Wars, no, she was a warship. She likely had no other prerogative in her function beyond that of war.
Could she be more? Could she change, if she so wished?
It was for that reason I began to open a channel to Red. Only one way to find out what she was thinking, and that was to ask. As I waited for the confirmation of communication, I scanned about looking for Lithke.
He was clearly not at the bridge, likely in quarters currently. Whether he needed sleep or privacy I didn't know, but all I did know is that he did not want coffee. I was flabbergasted; not wanting coffee, on an all-night trip like this!? It would even keep him up to talk with Red more, as he kept denying wanting to do! But of course, no plant products, it would be downright dangerous to Arxur likely, obligate carnivores they are.
There wasn't some sort of...meat coffee they had, maybe? I...can't really picture him drinking anything, can I?
My odd track of thought was interrupted by Red's transmission request being received. She was fine to talk. I opened the hail.
"Hiya Red. How are you currently? No sudden issues with the trip or yourself?"
"Hello Hailey. No, my systems, while damaged, are managing fine enough so far. The fastening processes of the freighters are still holding. I'm more surprised they can continue full burn so long at this strain."
I sipped my mug. "Well, I don't mean to brag about our Venlil allies, but cargo freighters engines are some of the best of the line! Comes with being the largest ships by mass in the galaxy; you need quality engineering. They've had spaceflight far longer than us, and it shows."
"Quite. The power draw for this isn't too taxing, I hope? I figured fuel would likely run dry at some point, even as sizeable stores they might have."
I was somewhat taken aback by this. "Run out? Well, I guess it's technically possible, sure, if you run out of conversion or torch exhaust mass, but antimatter reactors are as efficient as it gets! The power source on those babies will last longer than I would given proper maintenance."
There was a sudden stall in the conversation, a pause before Red responded: "Antimatter reactors? Where are you getting that much antimatter from? Mass-producing it is not a simple thing."
"I'm...uh, not an engineer, but if I recall...there's a process, or machine maybe, that can just casually...flip...the charges in particles. The science is beyond me, don't ask."
That she didn't know this-wait...
"Wait, what are you using for reactors?"
Red One was quick to clarify. "Minuette Cold Fusion Tower Reactors for backup, and a Breach Core for primary power. I'm not certain if the latter is known in your sciences, based on what I've seen and heard so far."
Wait, wasn't cold fusion thought to be a bust? Would have to ask a scientist about that...
"I would have to agree with you. I have no idea what a 'Breach Core' is, and I don't recall cold fusion ever being considered a reasonable option in my time."
"I have plenty I need to ask your scientists and engineers once we arrive. I am not familiar with a good portion of the technology and capabilities on display here, beyond the practical usage."
About that...
"Red...I wanted to ask you something, slightly off-topic." I queried her. When she gave the go ahead, I continued. "I know you're likely nervous about being almost to Earth. Did...you wanna talk about it any? Get things off your chest?"
Red One was silent for far longer than normal at that. Eventually however, she did respond.
"Earth was dead. Sol itself, silent and banal. I dreaded that silence upon every visit back here. No matter the purpose, no matter how familiar I was with the unchanging quietude, it was uncomfortable. And yet, now that I hear the Earth buzzing again with life, I feel even more oddly uncomfortable. Am I wrong to feel that?"
I wasn't a therapist. But God forbid if I didn't want to try and alleviate her fears.
"I don't think so, Red. Anyone would be utterly uncomfortable with such a paradigm shift as entering a parallel universe, where humanity is alive after being dead for millennia. To feel oddly at that is normal, Red."
"I am not meant to feel in the first place, Hailey. I am an AI that wasn't designed with the capability for feeling in the first place. That it even happened was a fluke, but one I deal with nevertheless."
"I don't see how that's relevant, Red."
"Then let me skip to the point. Regardless of whether it's okay to feel nervous and uncomfortable at Earth's approach, does that make it any better than I do? Will humanity see an AI that has broken its own prerogatives, such as killing the very race it was meant to protect, and breaking its very design specifications and controls to feel, and think to treat it as a danger, or as a person, in your words?"
Uh. I am not qualified to talk about this conversation.
"I...I don't know, Red...while I'd love to try and help you, I have no idea how to unpack the thoughts of an AI. You likely, if anything, need a therapist ASAP if you're feeling this much crippling anxiety over your own existence."
Red One seemed almost offended in her tone by that statement. "I do not need a therapist, Hailey. I am a warship, not a human."
"A warship that feels emotions they're not supposed to, in her own words." I countered. "Look, most people nowadays have easy access to a therapist if needed. Medical care, including mental health, is standardized worldwide. After the initial whirlwind of arrival, maybe take my advice to heart? It couldn't hurt just to try?"
"...We're almost there. I'd suggest we drop the line for now. We're likely to be flooded with communication soon." She reminded me.
Don't think I don't notice you dodging an answer, Red!
...But, she was right. Earth was at most two hours away now, and we would be swarmed with communication out the ass soon despite the distance. What remained of Earth's fleet and Venlil Space Corps would likely rendezvous with us on the way, while Isif's fleet kept Earth safe.
"Fine. We'll talk about this later Red, but for now, just face the music and hope for the best. I'm sure humanity will care for you regardless, if you explain yourself as you did to me."
"Nemesis out." With that, the call ended, and I was left alone again in the front, with a cup of coffee that was slightly less warm than before. I likely had to make several hundred conversations in the upcoming hours.
Only have to be an envoy for a sapient warship to the entirety of humanity. Yep, just an easy thing to do, no sweat.
I dreaded the workload, but thankfully, coffee always had my back. I took a sip, and I just realized I tried to therapy said warship.
...I am so far in over my head.
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There it was. Earth.
It was a mere 15 light minutes away, I could see Earth in stunning detail. Both its beauty...and its recent scars.
I delved into old records of geography, of city placements, matching the scorched pockmarks on the surface I could see to locations. If new cities hadn't been established at some of the other bombing sites, then most of these were targeted at population-dense cities.
At least sixty prior city locations could be seen from this angle of Earth. I hadn't gotten a number for how many died in the bombings from Hailey, with her not electing to tell me, and me not thinking to ask at the moment. But if population records were anything akin to UEC numbers...
Somewhere upwards of 670 million.
A burning rage emanated from my circuits again. The Federation would pay. None would dare touch humanity, when I'm done with them.
I could still see the massive scattering of scrap and disabled ships between the Moon and Earth from here. I had killed a lot of ships, and they neither had the time nor the power currently to remove most of it.
It did give me an idea however. I'll bring it up with their leadership.
And speaking of leadership, a medium sized-convoy of ships was burning their way to meet us, it seems. It must look awkward for me to be accelerating at them backwards, but with my configuration, this was my slowdown method. I recognized the group as mostly consisting of the human ships, with a few Venlil ships interspersed in the mix. Most did not break 200 meters in size, with only a few even looking remotely impressive or odd. I checked the IFF tags they beamed.
Amatzukaze-Kai, Shepherd, Duncan, Hera, Mokshi, Deep End, Holy...
The Venlil also had a separate batch of tags. Conveniently, they were translated in English.
Swiftwind, Solgalick's Glow, Emerald Fields, Stone of Old, Unfleeing, Cleansing Flame...
But the names mattered little compared to the hail that came next. A professional male voice emanated over the line:
"Welcome, UECNS Nemesis. This is the UNSS Gunboat Diplomacy speaking. I am U.N. General Míngzé Zhao, a pleasure to meet you."
"Likewise, General Míngzé Zhao. My designation is Red One. My sincere thanks for the help on returning to Earth."
"We can talk about that later. In the meantime, I'd suggest, if possible, to turn your attention to Earth. They'd like to thank you too, for your assistance."
Curious, I turned my attention to the slightly faint signals of Earth. From them, came a sudden gathering of voices, diverse and nearly countless in number.
"Thank you, Nemesis!"
"Thank you for saving Earth!"
"We deeply appreciate your timely help."
"Our family lives because of you. Thank you..."
"We love you!"
It was...not expected. When I went to Earth, I expected no fanfare, but instead a harsh judgement. To hear Hailey's intuition be right, that humanity was not unanimously angry and vengeful to my actions, was...was...
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"Thank you. Thank you for believing in me." I beamed back. Whether they could all hear it did not matter. They eventually would.
However, behind the buzz of positivity, I could still hear the lobbing of vitriol and fear my way. This was all too familiar. But...for once, to have it be the minority?
It was a good start.
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TLDR: just curious what physical things yall have been diagnosed with? Not looking for a diagnosis, just rambling and seeing what things I may consider asking my doc about.
To preface: I am overweight and have been since I was a teen so it’s possible I’ve just worn my body down. But im only 28 so it still seems young to have so many problems. Currently slowly losing weight though so thats good.
I’ve been having more and more physical symptoms as I’ve gotten a little older. It’s a bit concerning. When I was 24, I would say my only real issues were fatigue, restless leg syndrome, and plantar fasciitis. Also some mild knee pain that would come and go.
As a teen, I had a weird “thing” with my leg that was never diagnosed but I did have physical therapy for it for a little while while in foster care. My knee would feel tight, I’d extend it all the way (further than most people can. I think I have some hyper mobility) and it would pop in the back, and then the pain would take my breath away. I’d have to wait it out for a few minutes. Dunno what that was.
Now im almost 29, so it’s only been a few years and im always googling things to try to figure out what’s going on. Hip pain, feels worse (tight, painful) after sitting. Hurts in bed too. SI joint pain for 5 years now. Sciatica comes and goes after having my baby.
I slipped on water recently, had to get stitches on my face, and they had to take a head and neck CT to make sure I didn’t hurt anything. The results were clear but they did list “mild arthritic stenosis in c4-c5” which went over to my primary. My neck is always stiff so that tracks. My doctor told me it was nothing to worry about.
I have had swollen lymph nodes in my neck since the beginning of December. The ultrasound showed no cysts or tumors & as far as I know my blood tests were also clear but they’re still swollen.
I’m back on thyroid hormones due to hypothyroidism and they’re working great. Lost 10 pounds in the first 3-4 weeks on them (water weight).
I’m just in chronic pain taking Tylenol or ibuprofen 5 or so days a week, with no explanation at this point. I can’t afford PT and I don’t want to get more scans at this time because im drowning in medical debt.
My psych eval doctor wrote “chronic pain” in my chart when I told him I took Tylenol every day but had been trying to lessen once I realized it was every day for months. I felt so validated when he described it as chronic.

23M, 5'10, 165lb, previously very healthy with no previous medical condition. I caught a flu about 6 weeks ago which totally knocked me out for a couple days, I was uncontrollably vomiting and had strong fever symptoms. As I was a very fit and active person, I rarely got sick or even suffered from headaches before this so I just prioritised rest and patiently waited for my health to recover. However since then I have only felt new and worse symptoms, stopping me from working and living properly.
After the fever subsided, it was intense fatigue and exhaustion(walking would even be too difficult) that I felt, with shooting and intense headaches focused mainly in the lower back of my head and neck, causing it to become very stiff. Initially I feared it might be meningitis but a visit to the GP and the fact that I could still move my neck despite the pain eased my worries. These pains continued for weeks and I was mostly bed bound during this time. I wanted to understand why I was having these symptoms and decided to get my blood work done to find any potential vitamin deficiencies. I have attached my results but it showed no clear deficiencies in regards to nutritional health.
Results of interest:
H pylori 3.75 u/ml Immunoglobulin E (IgE) 233.6 kU/I
I tried to pace myself and increase my activities, but any attempts would only cause me to feel lightheaded and dizzy and took a whole day to recover. I felt for a small while that I was making incremental improvements to return to previous health but the last two weeks have left me with very little hope.
Recently I began to feel nerve related pain that I have never felt before (numbness, tingling, firey pain) in my all my limbs and extend to my feet and hand including my neck and jaw. I have started to feel heart palpitations again severely that I have been to the GP for previously and after an ecg and echo said that it was non cardiac related. I also feel pain in my lymph nodes in the neck and groin area but no swelling can be seen. The neck pain has still remained but the headaches felt as though painful pressure was building up in my skull which would affect my hearing at times and I went to the ER to have this examined. A ct scan showed no damage to the brain and my blood work was fine again (only reported a low white blood cell count)so the doctors were happy to discharge me which was a massive relief. Also, I began having digestion issues which causes me to feel gas trapped in my esophagus area every-time I would eat anything (has triggered a few panic attacks for me also which I have also never felt before). The brain fog that I feel now has also become too intense, at times I struggle to conversate effectively when it is at is worst
I am trying to do everything I can to improve my health by maintaining my strict diet(restricting carbs and no sugar)+supplementing, resting through sufficient sleep, quitting caffine while pacing myself through walking where I can. The worst symptoms I am currently facing is the headaches and nerve pain as they limit me the most. After multiple visits to the ER and GP, they are unable to provide an explanation for what I am experiencing and wanted any advice on what I shall do at this point or what this might be. From trying to get a clearer idea online, I understand some people experience these similar prolonged effects after battling a virus (similar long covid) and this has had some effect on the vagus nerve system but unsure.