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by Imperial Overlord
2020-06-03 10:03pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Conflict erupts at Minneapolis, L.A. protests over George Floyd death
Replies: 722
Views: 232760

Re: Conflict erupts at Minneapolis, L.A. protests over George Floyd death

De Blasio has been a career elected official after doing campaign management stuff early on (he worked for Charlie Rangel and Hillary Clinton when she ran for the Senate). He actually spent some time in Nicaragua helping the Sandinistas way back when. All of which underscores what a complete disapp...
by Imperial Overlord
2020-06-03 12:04pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Conflict erupts at Minneapolis, L.A. protests over George Floyd death
Replies: 722
Views: 232760

Re: Conflict erupts at Minneapolis, L.A. protests over George Floyd death

I was under the false impression that De Blasio was also obscenely wealthy. I stand corrected.
by Imperial Overlord
2020-06-03 10:41am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Conflict erupts at Minneapolis, L.A. protests over George Floyd death
Replies: 722
Views: 232760

Re: Conflict erupts at Minneapolis, L.A. protests over George Floyd death

The billionaire mayor and the aggressively anti-progressive governor? They understand exactly what they're saying.
by Imperial Overlord
2020-05-21 11:23pm
Forum: User Fiction
Topic: The Past is a Foreign Country (Forgotten Realms)
Replies: 4
Views: 16890

Re: The Past is a Foreign Country (Forgotten Realms)

The din of battle grew louder as the mass of men fighting and dying around the standard became clearer and more distinct. Whether it was pharoah or a member of his household beneath the banner of Horus-Re it was clear that pharaoh's household guards were defending him with great ferocity. A fog of ...
by Imperial Overlord
2020-03-21 08:04pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Grandmother just died
Replies: 13
Views: 16762

Re: Grandmother just died

I'm sorry for your loss.
by Imperial Overlord
2020-03-01 12:46am
Forum: Gaming, Electronics and Computers
Topic: Baldur's gate 3
Replies: 7
Views: 9900

Re: Baldur's gate 3

Pedanism Alert: It's Githyanki, not Githraki. And yes, it does look fucking awesome. Some of the details they're talking about sound fucking awesome, such as shared multiplayer parties with splitting the party to handle different problems. I hope the game is as good as the intro. Link to said into i...
by Imperial Overlord
2020-02-17 09:36pm
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: [WH40K] Most important Primarchs in the Heresy?
Replies: 7
Views: 14434

Re: [WH40K] Most important Primarchs in the Heresy?

After destroying the Ruinstorm, the Ultramarines and the Dark Angels engaged a rearguard force which allowed the Blood Angels to advance unhindered. The plan was the Blood Angels would be able to reach Terra in time to add to its defence (succeeded), the Ultramarines and gathered Imperial splinter f...
by Imperial Overlord
2020-02-11 09:39pm
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: [WH40K] Most important Primarchs in the Heresy?
Replies: 7
Views: 14434

Re: [WH40K] Most important Primarchs in the Heresy?

Lion El-Johnson +Defeats the Nightlords and captures Kurze. Kurze's visions and rantings let him know the Emperor is still alive despite being totally out of communication with Terra. +Convinces Sanguinus and Guilliman to abandon Imperium Secondus to instead push through the Ruinstorm and relieve Ea...
by Imperial Overlord
2020-02-10 06:27pm
Forum: User Fiction
Topic: Homecoming (Blades in the Dark)
Replies: 2
Views: 9858

Re: Homecoming (Blades in the Dark)

Case hugged him back. "Good to be back. Should I make myself scarce?" "No, brother," said Gunrat, "you're good. We took care of things. Come on, we'll talk inside." He knocked on the heavy door, a quick two-three-two rap. The metal slit slid opened and eyes peered out. ...
by Imperial Overlord
2020-02-06 12:32am
Forum: Fantasy
Topic: Cannibalism a significant boon for logistics?
Replies: 27
Views: 22869

Re: Cannibalism a significant boon for logistics?

Sending your scouts and outriders to hunt down every single refugee is a colossal waste. Their job is to find where the enemy is and bring back information or to frustrate the enemy's scouts. And you don't need to be cannibal assholes to cause villagers to run for the safety of fortifications. Regul...
by Imperial Overlord
2020-02-05 11:02pm
Forum: Fantasy
Topic: Cannibalism a significant boon for logistics?
Replies: 27
Views: 22869

Re: Cannibalism a significant boon for logistics?

Armies are (comparatively) slow. Getting a several thousand people (let alone tens of thousands of people) organized and moving with all their shit is hard even when you aren't scurrying the countryside for as many peasants as you can catch and then going through the process of butchering them. News...
by Imperial Overlord
2020-02-05 10:39pm
Forum: Fantasy
Topic: Cannibalism a significant boon for logistics?
Replies: 27
Views: 22869

Re: Cannibalism a significant boon for logistics?

These arguments all hinge on the idea that the existing peoples are to be put to work or allowed to fight for you, not exterminated on the principle that they are suborcish scum. Sure, if you're going to slaughter them all immediately instead of say enslaving them all Spartan style or Nazi style wo...
by Imperial Overlord
2020-02-05 09:09am
Forum: Fantasy
Topic: Cannibalism a significant boon for logistics?
Replies: 27
Views: 22869

Re: Cannibalism a significant boon for logistics?

It only requires an absence of other food sources if it's a last resort. If it's a first resort, it's just bonus food. Bonus food that will now resist you to the death, is no longer generating an economy you can take advantage of, and is no longer a conscriptable labor source. That's not really an ...
by Imperial Overlord
2020-02-04 07:49pm
Forum: Fantasy
Topic: Cannibalism a significant boon for logistics?
Replies: 27
Views: 22869

Re: Cannibalism a significant boon for logistics?

Its potentially useful under specific situations (see R. Scott Bakker's Aspect-Emperor series which is also fucking awesome) but generally it isn't going to be useful. It requires a situation where there is an abundance of people to eat, but extremely limited alternative food sources which raises th...
by Imperial Overlord
2020-02-04 02:32am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Hello Again
Replies: 7
Views: 12836

Re: Hello Again

As someone who just came back, welcome back.
by Imperial Overlord
2020-02-03 04:57am
Forum: User Fiction
Topic: The Silver Spears (Forgotten Realms)
Replies: 9
Views: 21394

Re: The Silver Spears (Forgotten Realms)

It hadn't taken that long. Herolf passed his spyglass over to Rothcar. "Look." Rothcar took the glass and peered into it. They were down on their bellies, beneath the brush, at the top of a wooded hill. Rothcar took the glass and looked at the orc camp. It was centered on the ruins of an o...
by Imperial Overlord
2020-02-02 04:45pm
Forum: Pure Star Trek
Topic: Picard - general discussion [spoilers]
Replies: 407
Views: 184004

Re: Picard - general discussion [spoilers]

3. Picard is showing possible signs of the disease he developed in "All Good things." Ok, my speculation is that Data's neural net cures him of this neurological disease. I don't think so. Thematically the show isn't about denial of mortality, its about the denial of irrelevance at the en...
by Imperial Overlord
2020-01-30 01:11am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: My Absence
Replies: 4
Views: 10622

Re: My Absence

Thank you.
by Imperial Overlord
2020-01-30 12:15am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: My Absence
Replies: 4
Views: 10622

Re: My Absence

Things are generally better. It's good to see you again Lady T.
by Imperial Overlord
2020-01-29 01:57am
Forum: User Fiction
Topic: Homecoming (Blades in the Dark)
Replies: 2
Views: 9858

Homecoming (Blades in the Dark)

He took a long drag on the smoke, filling his lungs with the sweet vapor. It was bright out, with the shards of the sun giving a soft and weak glow along the horizon and the moon looming, bright and full overhead. The sky was clear and you could see every bloody star, in the sky and reflected in the...
by Imperial Overlord
2020-01-27 09:10pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: My Absence
Replies: 4
Views: 10622

My Absence

I'm back, at least for the time being. I shouldn't have walked away in the middle of an argument, but I just didn't like the idea of coming here in the midst of all the other shit going on in my life. It was bad form and I apologize for it, but it was tiring and emotionally wearing at time I didn't ...
by Imperial Overlord
2019-09-29 11:53pm
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: Macrocannon Size
Replies: 66
Views: 59762

Re: Macrocannon Size

the post is long, I try to answer the points you raised one by one. - In a conflict that involved a fleet of warships, and that went on for hours, it necessarily led to numerous attacks and numerous holes in the hull; 20 holes of 2 km to cover the entire length. It is hardly credible that in such a...
by Imperial Overlord
2019-09-24 02:31pm
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: Macrocannon Size
Replies: 66
Views: 59762

Re: Macrocannon Size

@Imperial Overlord: discussing with you is a pleasure, your posts are full of references. Having said that you say that its mass of command spirits are compared to a city, you cannot assume its dimensions precisely, there are cities that have an extension much greater than 1000km, New York 11,875 s...
by Imperial Overlord
2019-09-24 01:59pm
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: Macrocannon Size
Replies: 66
Views: 59762

Re: Macrocannon Size

Yes, but since a standard battlebarge is 6-10km long and a lot less wide and tall and the Furious Abyss is significantly larger than a 26km long Gloriana, this isn't a problem. This means that the hulk of say 30-40km ship had 2km+ wide holes in it. Which is exactly what your description says.
by Imperial Overlord
2019-09-23 07:41pm
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: Macrocannon Size
Replies: 66
Views: 59762

Re: Macrocannon Size

Priests of Mars page 36 "The Speranza was all infrastructure and industry, a hive's worth manufacturies, refineries, crackling power plants and kilometer upon kilometer of laboratories, testing ranges, chemical vats and gene-bay arranged in as efficient a way as the ancient plans for its constr...