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by Beowulf
2023-10-04 10:07am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Senator Dianne Feinstein dead at age 90
Replies: 14
Views: 2642

Re: Senator Dianne Feinstein dead at age 90

Somewhat note worthy: Mrs Butler was a resident of Maryland until she was appointed to be Senator.
by Beowulf
2023-07-30 04:01am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: US Soldier Captured Crossing N Korea Border
Replies: 65
Views: 7311

Re: US Soldier Captured Crossing N Korea Border

He was an Infantry Private. His usefulness to the US Army was of extremely limited potential. These are the guys kept either on base or under supervision, because if let out in the wilds of civilian-land they're like to cause damage to people and property that might incur legal fees. Low and behold...
by Beowulf
2022-04-16 03:39pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Ukraine reacts to fears of Russian invasion as troops build up at the border
Replies: 1943
Views: 246347

Re: Ukraine reacts to fears of Russian invasion as troops build up at the border

The other question with the chemical attack is - how do we know that it wasn't a leak of some kind from the drone? I've heard of drone models using chemical engines, and the same with missiles they can launch. All you need it one that uses something noxious to take damage, fly over people and sudde...
by Beowulf
2022-02-26 04:01pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Ukraine reacts to fears of Russian invasion as troops build up at the border
Replies: 1943
Views: 246347

Re: Ukraine reacts to fears of Russian invasion as troops build up at the border

But.. the IL-76s. Sure, to drop paratroopers they won't be flying at maximum speed (jumping into a Mach 0.8 airstream is generally not a good thing) so they'll be "slow" (relative to what they could do) but IL-76's are supposed to have a service ceiling of 43,000 feet. Shouldn't they be a...
by Beowulf
2021-02-02 12:17am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Will Trump end up as a 'secondary' president to the GOP?
Replies: 90
Views: 31752

Re: Will Trump end up as a 'secondary' president to the GOP?

The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments. When sitting for that Purpose, they shall be on Oath or Affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside: And no Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two thirds of the Members...
by Beowulf
2021-01-24 12:56pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Biden Lifts Health Care Plan From Insurance Lobbyists
Replies: 55
Views: 19699

Re: Biden Lifts Health Care Plan From Insurance Lobbyists

People are about to get that Obama era lesson again; Being better than the Republican doesn't means that he's good. I don't think anybody with two brain cells to bang together was expecting much beyond "not as bad as the Republicans" from the man who lost out to Obama in the primaries for...
by Beowulf
2021-01-08 07:07pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Trump/Republican Coup Thread
Replies: 527
Views: 104271

Re: Trump/Republican Coup Thread

One of the Capitol Police has died from injuries sustained in the attack Could that lead to any charges against rioters including or escalating from assault to manslaughter/murder? and/or attempted murder/manslaughter for anyone just being there? In theory, yes, being part of committing a felony wh...
by Beowulf
2020-12-12 01:41am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: UK to heavily restrict access to puberty-blocker medication for trans youth
Replies: 50
Views: 18186

Re: UK to heavily restrict access to puberty-blocker medication for trans youth

Of course, in societies where there is an actual functional safety net such people could be left permanently unemployed but still have access to the necessities of life. Which arrangement I could live with. In actual decent societies the problem shouldn't come up very often, but unfortunately US so...
by Beowulf
2020-12-09 12:24am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Federal Law Enforcement Use Unmarked Vehicles To Grab Protesters Off Portland Streets
Replies: 148
Views: 71127

Re: Federal Law Enforcement Use Unmarked Vehicles To Grab Protesters Off Portland Streets

Hexite is a common name for zinc chloride smoke - the mysterious green gas - in military applications. When one intends to correct someone, it's usually best to be correct. Zinc chloride smoke is white, sometimes gray. We still don't know what the mysterious green gas is, though it's possible it's ...
by Beowulf
2020-11-22 10:55pm
Forum: STGOD role-playing games
Topic: STGOD 2020 Concept/Planning Thread
Replies: 212
Views: 106323

Re: STGOD 2020 Concept/Planning Thread

Not dead, just waiting on some OOBs to trickle in. I'm about done with the map barring new entries; the only thing I have left to place is Beowulf because I'm not sure if he spent nation points on an outsider tag, which affects placement. Sorry. I was distracted at work for a while. Yes, outsider t...
by Beowulf
2020-10-27 11:38pm
Forum: STGOD role-playing games
Topic: STGOD 2020 OOB Thread
Replies: 11
Views: 14244

Re: STGOD 2020 OOB Thread

Master pages for the Tsaj OOB: https://kienhui.github.io/STGOD/SDNW8/

I can add the racial info to this thread if desired later.
by Beowulf
2020-10-24 10:35pm
Forum: STGOD role-playing games
Topic: STGOD 2020 OOC Thread
Replies: 205
Views: 120303

Re: STGOD 2020 OOC Thread

The way I play it, if the parasite craft aren't jump capable, they're part of the carrier. If I spend points on fighters separately, they're FTL capable (and more like the Longsword of Halo than a modern cramped cockpit fighter, to make it actually capable of supporting a crew for a potentially day...
by Beowulf
2020-10-24 07:19pm
Forum: STGOD role-playing games
Topic: STGOD 2020 OOC Thread
Replies: 205
Views: 120303

Re: STGOD 2020 OOC Thread

Hm. I'm sorry if this is a redundant question, but as I try to do ORBAT stuff seriously, I find myself reflecting on the role of both sublight drone-carrier craft and short range FTL-capable "cutter" swarms in the Umerian military as envisioned in SDNW4. How, if at all, do those categorie...
by Beowulf
2020-10-20 09:56pm
Forum: STGOD role-playing games
Topic: STGOD 2020 Concept/Planning Thread
Replies: 212
Views: 106323

Re: STGOD 2020 Concept/Planning Thread

Stupid possibly munchkinry idea: would it be allowed under the rules as written to have a negative hyperdrive specialization? Which is to say, the ship ends up slower than normal in hyperspace, to a limit of 0%. Gamewise, this would be the equivalent of having TIE fighters. Natural downside is: ship...
by Beowulf
2020-10-15 10:31pm
Forum: STGOD role-playing games
Topic: STGOD 2020 Rules Runoff
Replies: 14
Views: 10992

Re: STGOD 2020 Rules Runoff

I think I prefer the structured part of STGOD, and part of the structure is the numbers. It's not just for resolving conflicts, but also for guiding how the fight should logically end up.
by Beowulf
2020-10-02 07:35pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: COVID-19 ongoing thread part 2
Replies: 737
Views: 264709

Re: COVID-19 ongoing thread part 2

Can the USA do snap elections the way the UK could? Not for president. We can have "special elections" for an empty seat in Congress, but it's never come up for the Executive Branch and I'm not aware of any mechanism that will allow for it. If the President is out, then it's VP, followed ...
by Beowulf
2020-10-02 04:01pm
Forum: STGOD role-playing games
Topic: STGOD 2020 Concept/Planning Thread
Replies: 212
Views: 106323

Re: STGOD 2020 Concept/Planning Thread

We can have someone make up a map background, then I could do a slippy type map up, and we can use some normal open source tools to draw areas on the map. So when we fight and take territory from each other, it's a bit easier to update the map. Doesn't matter whether it's a hex grid or ortho grid fo...
by Beowulf
2020-10-01 10:02pm
Forum: STGOD role-playing games
Topic: STGOD 2020 Concept/Planning Thread
Replies: 212
Views: 106323

Re: STGOD 2020 Concept/Planning Thread

So my earlier write up is back online:
https://kienhui.github.io/STGOD/SDNW8/
This will likely change as I write more on the Tsaj.
by Beowulf
2020-10-01 03:31pm
Forum: STGOD role-playing games
Topic: STGOD 2020 Concept/Planning Thread
Replies: 212
Views: 106323

Re: STGOD 2020 Concept/Planning Thread

Hey all... So.. Not sure if this is me being Nit picky, but, after reading Eternal_Freedoms rather intimidating ship descriptions... Does anyone else think it would make sense to lay down a standardized "ship size" for ship weight limits? As in "ship of X point value = 1000 meters ap...
by Beowulf
2020-09-29 11:48pm
Forum: STGOD role-playing games
Topic: STGOD 2020 Concept/Planning Thread
Replies: 212
Views: 106323

Re: STGOD 2020 Concept/Planning Thread

Rather than 1.2 * base cost for stealth, or whatever, people can assign % to specializations like stealth or speed. So you can do 50% stealth, which gives you 50% of normal combat capacity. Or do 30% stealth and 30% speed, for a penalty of 60% to combat capacity. I'd say defender generally assigns d...
by Beowulf
2020-09-29 11:03pm
Forum: STGOD role-playing games
Topic: STGOD 2020 Concept/Planning Thread
Replies: 212
Views: 106323

Re: STGOD 2020 Concept/Planning Thread

Points should generally be points. The specializations should mostly tell you how a given ship is focused. So an offensive and defensive oriented pair of ships fighting, you know that the offensively oriented ship isn't going to be getting shot at as much, but the shots at it are more likely to hit ...
by Beowulf
2020-09-28 04:58pm
Forum: STGOD role-playing games
Topic: It's been a while
Replies: 83
Views: 62010

Re: It's been a while

Ok, I tossed some stuff up: https://kienhui.github.io/STGOD/SDNW8/Tsaj.html I've still got to make it look prettier, I know. And there's more details to come. Mainly quoting to ping you, but the link also leads to a 404 error. Well, I proposed stuff back in April, it's September, so I killed the pa...
by Beowulf
2020-09-19 12:03am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: An ICE Nurse Revealed That A Georgia Detention Center Is Performing Mass Hysterectomies
Replies: 8
Views: 4553

Re: An ICE Nurse Revealed That A Georgia Detention Center Is Performing Mass Hysterectomies

AP News wrote:The AP’s review did not find evidence of mass hysterectomies as alleged in a widely shared complaint filed by a nurse at the detention center.
by Beowulf
2020-08-31 06:55pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Conflict erupts at Minneapolis, L.A. protests over George Floyd death
Replies: 722
Views: 233192

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

The Oregonian reports : shooter was antifa . Previously cited this year for illegally carrying a pistol. Also a number is other, less pertinent crimes.