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- 2024-02-18 07:15pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 1 YEAR AND GOING.
- Replies: 1780
- Views: 144554
Re: UKRAINE WAR - 1 YEAR AND GOING.
Sucks, yeah. The Cold War peace dividend had a cost and we're paying it,, plus the costs of a bunch of other short-sighted decisions. What "peace dividend"? Heh, yeah. I meant things like the rolling back of production of certain types of military goods because with the Cold War over we d...
- 2024-02-18 06:38pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 1 YEAR AND GOING.
- Replies: 1780
- Views: 144554
Re: UKRAINE WAR - 1 YEAR AND GOING.
Sucks, yeah. The Cold War peace dividend had a cost and we're paying it,, plus the costs of a bunch of other short-sighted decisions.
- 2023-11-07 12:49am
- Forum: User Fiction
- Topic: "Crusade" - BattleTech Dark Ages/BattleTech "Concertverse" AU Crossover Book 2
- Replies: 17
- Views: 10312
Re: "Crusade" - BattleTech Dark Ages/BattleTech "Concertverse" AU Crossover Book 2
Chapter 15 - The Folks Back Home Royal Palace Roslyn, Eastern Islay Arcadia, Arcadia Royal March Royal Federation Cisglass Inner Sphere 18 July 3143 The holoviewer of the Royal Office displayed the scene in full holographic color. From his chair, Prince Peter Proctor-Steiner recognized Liberator , ...
- 2023-11-01 12:47am
- Forum: Gaming, Electronics and Computers
- Topic: Final Fantasy XIV
- Replies: 304
- Views: 96135
Re: Final Fantasy XIV
Completed Stormblood on a third character. It feels like it was better than I remembered, in a way, and it makes me wonder if SB just finds itself hurt by being sandwiched between HW on one side and ShB on the other?
- 2023-10-31 02:34am
- Forum: Gaming, Electronics and Computers
- Topic: Final Fantasy XIV
- Replies: 304
- Views: 96135
Re: Final Fantasy XIV
And tonight they're doing Maintanance to bring up 6.51. Can't wait for the Hildy stuff! I'm still back in 2.0 Hildy stuff because I can't do those initial quests sober, then I stopped drinking entirely so there Hildebrand remains for now. But the reminder made me hop on and tidy up a few things bef...
- 2023-10-23 10:42am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue
- Replies: 561
- Views: 44431
Re: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue
Alternative take: it prevents a wider explosion and gives him leverage to compel Israel to do things like allow more aid in, and reportedly the Israelis are even being blunt that the US is pushing them on that.
But it's not a reason-based political position, it's an emotional one, a gut one.
But it's not a reason-based political position, it's an emotional one, a gut one.
- 2023-09-30 07:34pm
- Forum: Pure Star Trek
- Topic: Star Trek Lower Decks Thread
- Replies: 70
- Views: 33410
Re: Star Trek Lower Decks Thread
I'm not entirely sure Ma'ah and his crew are dead, I can't help but wonder if they're being abducted as their ships are destroyed, and the Cerritos is going to end up rescuing them (or the crew anyway if the ship isn't destroyed).
- 2023-08-24 11:48am
- Forum: User Fiction
- Topic: Special Era Report: 3142 - Beyond the Looking Glass (Concertverse AU Sourcebook)
- Replies: 45
- Views: 13105
Re: Special Era Report: 3142 - Beyond the Looking Glass (Concertverse AU Sourcebook)
Mercenaries Roland Carlisle Rank/Title : Major General, CO of the Gray Death Legion Born: 3090 (52 in 3142) Roland was born on Lackland to Ronald Carlisle and his lover Teresa Singh. At the time of his birth the Legion was involved in the campaigning of the Third Outback War under contract to the K...
- 2023-08-24 11:47am
- Forum: User Fiction
- Topic: Special Era Report: 3142 - Beyond the Looking Glass (Concertverse AU Sourcebook)
- Replies: 45
- Views: 13105
Re: Special Era Report: 3142 - Beyond the Looking Glass (Concertverse AU Sourcebook)
ComStar Evelyn Katanga Rank/Title : President of ComStar Born: 3089 (53 in 3142) Evelyn Katanga was born on Hamilton in the Communal League of Sudeten to two comm techs, Andrej and Mariko Katanga. She was barely a year old when AFRF and GAF troops landed to capture her homeworld during a campaign o...
- 2023-08-24 11:46am
- Forum: User Fiction
- Topic: Special Era Report: 3142 - Beyond the Looking Glass (Concertverse AU Sourcebook)
- Replies: 45
- Views: 13105
Re: Special Era Report: 3142 - Beyond the Looking Glass (Concertverse AU Sourcebook)
Communal League of Sudeten Karl Luvacs Rank/Title : First Speaker of the League Communal Assembly Born: 3074 (68 in 3142) Karl was born on the Periphery world Erewhon to a family of settlers from Parakoila. A bright child by any standard, Karl qualified for advanced education, which he pursued rigo...
- 2023-08-24 11:43am
- Forum: User Fiction
- Topic: Special Era Report: 3142 - Beyond the Looking Glass (Concertverse AU Sourcebook)
- Replies: 45
- Views: 13105
Re: Special Era Report: 3142 - Beyond the Looking Glass (Concertverse AU Sourcebook)
Kingdom of Ghastillia Gerda Bradford Rank/Title: Konigin of Ghastillia, Duchess of Coventry Born: 3098 (44 in 3142) Gerda Bradford was born to Lord Daniel Bradford and Luisa Hoffmann. The daughter of the Duke of Coventry's youngest son, she spent most of her early years on Inarcs while her father s...
- 2023-07-18 09:22pm
- Forum: User Fiction
- Topic: "Crusade" - BattleTech Dark Ages/BattleTech "Concertverse" AU Crossover Book 2
- Replies: 17
- Views: 10312
Re: "Crusade" - BattleTech Dark Ages/BattleTech "Concertverse" AU Crossover Book 2
Chapter 14 - The Shifting Tides of War Royal Palace, The Triad Bremen Continent Tharkad, Donegal Province Lyran Commonwealth 25 June 3143 The monitors in the war room were all tuned to the same set of images. A host of imagers from holocams to armorcams recorded the scene of the line of gray-clad W...
- 2023-07-13 12:58am
- Forum: User Fiction
- Topic: "Die Rettungsaktion" - A Story of the Concertverse Inner Sphere
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2027
Re: "Die Rettungsaktion" - A Story of the Concertverse Inner Sphere
Epilogue Ducal Palace Tamarind City, Main Continent Tamarind Grand Duchy of Tamarind 10 October 3034 His Excellency Suresh Khan, Baron of Kurind on Giasaur, served the Free March as its ambassador to the Grand Duke of Tamarind's court. They were one of the few realms to have such relations with Tam...
- 2023-07-12 11:52pm
- Forum: User Fiction
- Topic: "Die Rettungsaktion" - A Story of the Concertverse Inner Sphere
- Replies: 7
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Re: "Die Rettungsaktion" - A Story of the Concertverse Inner Sphere
Chapter 6 Dr. Nancy Corey Military Hospital Laughlin Capital District, Roslyn, Eastern Islay Arcadia Arcadian Free March 24 April 3034 The darkness finally receded, and as it did, pain came. Just a general, body-wide agony, with itching that couldn't be satiated, and a weariness that made movement ...
- 2023-07-10 08:16pm
- Forum: User Fiction
- Topic: "Die Rettungsaktion" - A Story of the Concertverse Inner Sphere
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Re: "Die Rettungsaktion" - A Story of the Concertverse Inner Sphere
Chapter 5 Ducal Palace Roslyn, East Islay Arcadia Arcadian Free March 24 March 3034 The HPG message came straight from Gypsum. OpForce Tubman's bloody work was done. Unlike the aggressive expansion campaign of the prior year, there were few protests over this action. Even the worlds forced into the...
- 2023-07-10 07:33pm
- Forum: User Fiction
- Topic: "Die Rettungsaktion" - A Story of the Concertverse Inner Sphere
- Replies: 7
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Re: "Die Rettungsaktion" - A Story of the Concertverse Inner Sphere
Chapter 4 Planetary Defense Command Bolan City, Bolan Principality of Bolan/Marian Occupation Zone 7 March 3034 There was scarcely a moment to rest at this point in the campaign. With time ticking down and military intelligence confirming Marian reinforcements were en route and would touch down by ...
- 2023-07-08 11:40am
- Forum: User Fiction
- Topic: "Die Rettungsaktion" - A Story of the Concertverse Inner Sphere
- Replies: 7
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Re: "Die Rettungsaktion" - A Story of the Concertverse Inner Sphere
Chapter 3 Marian Hegemony Armed Forces HQ Sutlej Bolan Principality of Bolan/Marian Occupation Zone 14 February 3034 The tension among Yassin's officers was oppressive. All expectations had been the fall of the last Bolanese pockets by this time, but the Arcadians' forceful intervention had thrown ...
- 2023-07-06 12:29pm
- Forum: User Fiction
- Topic: "Die Rettungsaktion" - A Story of the Concertverse Inner Sphere
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2027
Re: "Die Rettungsaktion" - A Story of the Concertverse Inner Sphere
Chapter 2 Marian Hegemony Armed Forces HQ Sutlej Bolan Principality of Bolan/Marian Occupation Zone 28 January 3034 Holographic light splashed red and blue over the face of Enis Yassin. Now elevated beyond regular praetor rank to the elevated title of Augusti Pro Praetore Imperium, the responsibili...
- 2023-07-05 11:39am
- Forum: User Fiction
- Topic: "Die Rettungsaktion" - A Story of the Concertverse Inner Sphere
- Replies: 7
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Re: "Die Rettungsaktion" - A Story of the Concertverse Inner Sphere
Chapter 1 Free March Army Bivouac Medzev Arcadian Free March 31 December 3033 Word was spreading that the 1st Free March Cavalry were heading off-world. A mercenary unit from some minor contractor was already burning in and due to deploy on the day after New Year's, at which time Mark and his unit ...
- 2023-07-04 10:40pm
- Forum: User Fiction
- Topic: "Die Rettungsaktion" - A Story of the Concertverse Inner Sphere
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2027
"Die Rettungsaktion" - A Story of the Concertverse Inner Sphere
So I figured I'd try to get something done and start posting more Concertverse stories. As a foreword, while I have done some new scenes and editing, most of the content in this short story is from almost three years ago, written in August-September 2020 by myself and the SB user named Fulton for th...
- 2023-06-15 10:57am
- Forum: User Fiction
- Topic: "Crusade" - BattleTech Dark Ages/BattleTech "Concertverse" AU Crossover Book 2
- Replies: 17
- Views: 10312
Re: "Crusade" - BattleTech Dark Ages/BattleTech "Concertverse" AU Crossover Book 2
Chapter 13 - Nothing But A Battle Lost… Tharkad City Municipal Railyards, Tharkad City Bremen Continent Tharkad, Donegal Province Lyran Commonwealth 24 June 3143 Talia Yuen winced as she sat down rather heavier than she’d planned. According to the medtechs, the ribs down her left side weren’t broke...
- 2023-06-07 11:59am
- Forum: Gaming, Electronics and Computers
- Topic: Final Fantasy XIV
- Replies: 304
- Views: 96135
Re: Final Fantasy XIV
Forgot about that stupid bug. Hell, Lahabrea's boast about how the scholars of Allag didn't scratch what the Heart of Sabik could do has a whole new dimension now that we know even the Ancients weren't very sure about it. That it's a piece of auracite and explicitly stated to have extra-dimensional ...
- 2023-06-07 12:00am
- Forum: Gaming, Electronics and Computers
- Topic: Final Fantasy XIV
- Replies: 304
- Views: 96135
Re: Final Fantasy XIV
SO folks... post your thoughts on 6.4 Content here! Was somewhat surprised it wasn't the conclusion as I imagined 6.5 would be setup for the next expansion, but I'm not against taking longer. Makes me wonder if 6.5 is going to be the conclusion or if they'll literally bring it to 6.55. I think the ...
- 2023-06-06 05:43pm
- Forum: Fantasy
- Topic: "Across the Spider-Verse"
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1892
"Across the Spider-Verse"
Saw it today. Very much enjoyed it. It builds well upon what was done last time and pushes to do more artistically and with the characters.
- 2023-05-27 03:23pm
- Forum: User Fiction
- Topic: Special Era Report: 3142 - Beyond the Looking Glass (Concertverse AU Sourcebook)
- Replies: 45
- Views: 13105
Re: Special Era Report: 3142 - Beyond the Looking Glass (Concertverse AU Sourcebook)
Royal Federation Brigadier Huyten's write-up for figures in the Federation seemed sufficient for the purposes of this report, even if he likely didn't intend for them to be read by the Exarch and the Council of Paladins. Maybe some day he'll forgive me for this. — Lady Janella Nathaniel Proctor-Ste...