Ben Milton (/u/ludifex) coined the phrase "control panels" for the two-page spreads of focused information that feature in the B/X Essentials books. In working on the updated versions of the books -- to be crowd-funded next year -- I've been focusing on presenting as much information as possible in this style. This blog post shows a "before and after" of the rules for chases in the original B/X Essentials book and the work-in-progress updated version.

https://necrotic-gnome-productions.blogspot.com/2018/12/bx-essentials-evasion-and-pursuit.html

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I am in the mood for a fun thread. You are tasked with purchasing vehicles for an action film's chase scene. You are given $100k for two cars.

Not knowing the other car or setting, What would you think would be the best pursuit car?

Not knowing the other car or setting, What would you think would be the best evasion car?

Optional: pick a setting for the chace.

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 74%. (I'm a bot)

> Now researchers have uncovered fossilized evidence showing how ancient humans would have pursued and taken down a giant sloth.

> The "Extremely rare" traces reveal that humans walked in the exact footprints of the giant sloth before confronting it and, perhaps, hurling spears at it to try and hit a vulnerable area like the heart or neck.

> "The sloth trackways show evidence of evasion and defensive behavior," the scientists wrote.

> In addition to the footprints that show the humans following the sloth to launch the final fatal attack, the scientists said more human tracks located at a distance revealed that a separate team worked to misdirect and distract the sloth.

> A key piece of evidence for the researchers was the presence of "Failing circles," which indicate that the sloth rose up on its hind legs to try and fend off its attackers.

> A human footprint inside a giant sloth's shows just how big the prehistoric creatures were.

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Okay, to start off let me say you do not need a fancy $200,000 car to evade level five cops. My best chase (4,125,652) is with a stock mustang so there you have it.

Strategy one) In your safe house, select bounty, and choose the Rosewood Police Station, located right on the interstate. When the pursuit begins, turn around 180^ and continue back down the highway.

Save your Nitrous!. Don't use your nitrous oxide until the cops have trapped you or ate about too trap you.

Save your Speedbraker! Don't use this until a roadblock appears. As soon as you see it, hit speedbreaker and avoid all spike strips and SUVs.

This is the most important tip I can give you: MAINTAIN Even if there is one single cop left, don't try to turn around or make eradic turns. That will fuck you over. Maintain your speed going around the Rosewood Highway. Don't try to use your pursuit breakers (The Gas Station and Baseball Field) until there is no helicopter or multiple cops are very close behind you. Once you have hit your desired bounty than continue driving until you have one cop and no helicopters. Drive into Pinkley Field, and park in front of the pursuit breaker. Wait for the cop to pull up and ram the accelerator. That fixes him, puts you in cool down, and there is a hiding spot in the parking garage.

(Strategy Two: The Bullshit Strategy) When I was little I would look up cheats for these games. A helpful tip I found was this.

The Bus Station in Rosewood. Drive too it early on in the pursuit. Drive up the ramp in the building and park on the gas pump. Cops flip out. Your bounty goes up up up. And if you want the chase to end, just pull back to the middle so your car isn't sticking off.

DISCLAIMER: this guide, like all the ones I make for Hunt Showdown, is aimed at people looking to improve at the game. It's not really for casuals. I'm not policing what is fun or telling you how you must play Hunt. I'm sharing tips which I know from direct experience will help you improve at the game, and that is all.

In advance, I wanna say: if anything I am saying feels patronizing, know that I had to go through this entire painful journey myself. A lot of times it sucked. But I was 0.8 KDA for my first 750 hours and could barely retire a hunter. Now after 1500 hours, I'm well above 2.2 KDA, have almost 150 maxed out hunters, and I'm still improving--all because I bit the bullet and made these (and more) changes:

1. Think about what your enemy wants to do, and place your crosshairs accordingly. Many people are so caught up with other stuff in this game that they forget REAL PEOPLE are piloting the enemy hunters. We can predict enemy movements based on nothing more than psychology. If someone strafes to the left out of cover, they will probably strafe back to the right--they want cover after they peek. If someone is crouch-walking toward a door, they will probably not stand up to open the door--they want to open it silently, which is only possible when crouching. If someone is wading through deep water, they will probably run in a straight line--they are afraid of getting shot in the water so they want out ASAP. Et cetera. You can abuse human instincts to land easy shots.
2. Judge how much to lead your shots in terms of "hats" (I.e., lead a shot by one hat, two hats, etc.) This is useful because often your targets literally have hats, which you can use as a "ruler". Plus, as I advocate below, you only want headshots anyways. Bonus tip: if someone is crouchwalking, you don't have to lead more than one hat (or less), even at extreme ranges. Bonus tip #2: usually one or two hats is enough lead for normal situations.
3. Repeat the Trigger Discipline Mantra every so often: "Pull the trigger when the sights are on target. Do not pull the trigger when the sights are not on target." This might seem so basic, even troll, but it fully captures the two (yes, there are two) elements of proper trigger discipline. You must have the discipline to pull the trigger at the exact moment your sights will result in a headshot. You must also have the discipline to refrain from pulling the trigger when your sights w

I have a 2014 Dodge Charger police package I got from the local highway patrol, and I love the car, but I have taken it to multiple auto part stores and they all tell me they don't carry those types of lug nuts and I should try a dealership or a junk yard. Apparently these little things are hard to come by, I have a few pictures. If anyone knows how I can buy more of these, that would be great.

Pics: https://imgur.com/a/PAaiD

Merry Christmas to all, last year I gave away over 300 games, I've decided to make this something of a tradition so I'm doing another giveaway.

There are 190 items available, the majority are games but a handful are dlc. Post a comment with up to 5 items from the list below before 20:00 UTC on December 2nd to be eligible, once that date is passed winners will be chosen randomly with one caveat. In the interest of ensuring as many different people get free games as possible winners from my giveaway last year will be deprioritised, feel free to enter anyway but bear in mind you'll only win if nobody who hasn't won previously wants the game you choose.

To ensure your entry gets counted please put each game on its own line, as it appears in the table below, and without any formatting. Please have some patience when waiting for results, a giveaway of this magnitude takes time, I will endeavour to have all keys given out within 2-3 days.

EDIT: The giveaway is now closed, any new entries will not be considered. The winners should be announced within the next day or two.

EDIT 2: The winners have now been picked, and keys have been sent out. Congratulation to the winners, better luck next time for the rest of you.

-Giveaway is closed, all winners have been contacted via chat-

-Remaining keys will also be given away to the people who didn't win, comment down below which game you want and I will send it to you, first come first serve.

Hi all,I still have some leftovers keys from this years Yogscast Jingle Jam (will expire on 1 Jan 2021) and full November Humble Choice, so why not give them away! Happy holidays to all!

Rules:-Comment down below which game you want and what you will do in the holidays-Only 1 game per Redditor-Account must be at least 2 days old-Giveaway will end on 25 december 19:00 PM CET-Winners will be randomly picked and contacted via Reddit chat after giveaway end

Games I will be giving away:

• Boreal Blade

• Crowntakers

• Four Sided Fantasy

• Heaven's Vault

• Kao The Kangaroo: Round 2

• Make Sail

• Murderous Pursuits

• OCO

• Regions Of Ruin

• Red Orchestra 2

• The Haunted Island, a Frog Detective Game

• Valfaris

• XTHRUST

• Due Process

• Simple Rockets 2

• Clustertruck

• Crowntakers

• Embr

• Empyrion - Galactic Survival

• Four Sided Fantasy

• Golf It!

• Heaven's Vault

• Helheim Hassle

• Hyper Light Drifter

• Kao The Kangaroo: Round 2

• Make Sail

• Murderous Pursuits

• OCO

• Pankapu

• Project Winter

• Radical Rabbit Stew

• Red Orchestra 2

• Regions Of Ruin

• Rising Storm 2: Vietnam

• Shift Happens

• Surviving Mars

• The First Tree

• The Haunted Island, a Frog Detective Game

• The World Next Door

• Valfaris

• Wheels of Aurelia

• XTHRUST

• Due Process

• House Flipper

• Project Wingman

• Wingspan

• BPM

• Turnip Boys Commits Tax Evasion

• Simplerockets 2

• Timelie

• Wrath: Aeon of Ruin

• Mobius Front '83

Could be a paragraph, or a poem, or just one line or a few. I'll start! These quotes made me laugh, cry, think and above all made me fall in love with these authors

From Steven Erikson. "Denigration afflicted our vaunted ideals long ago, but such inflictions are difficult to measure, to rise up and point a finger to this place, this moment, and say: here, my friends, this was where our honour, our integrity died. The affliction was too insipid, too much a product of our surrendering mindful regard and diligence. The meanings of words lost their precision – and no-one bothered taking to task those who cynically abused those words to serve their own ambitions, their own evasion of personal responsibility. Lies went unchallenged, lawful pursuit became a sham, vulnerable to graft, and justice itself became a commodity, mutable in imbalance. Truth was lost, a chimera reshaped to match agenda, prejudices, thus consigning the entire political process to a mummer’s charade of false indignation, hypocritical posturing and a pervasive contempt for the commonry. Once subsumed, ideals and the honour created by their avowal can never be regained, except, alas, by outright, unconstrained rejection, invariably instigated by the commonry, at the juncture of one particular moment, one single event, of such brazen injustice that revolution becomes the only reasonable response. Consider this then a warning. Liars will lie, and continue to do so, even beyond being caught out. They will lie, and in time, such liars will convince themselves, will in all self-righteousness divest the liars of culpability. Until comes a time when one final lie is voiced, the one that can only be answered by rage, by cold murder, and on that day, blood shall rain down every wall of this vaunted, weaning society. -Impeached Guild Master’s Speech Semel Fural of the Guild of Sandal-Clasp Makers"

From Oda Eiichiro "Pirates are evil? The Marines are righteous? These terms have always changed throughout the course of history! Kids who have never seen peace and kids who have never seen war have different values! Those who stand at the top determine what's wrong and what's right! This very place is neutral ground! Justice will prevail, you say? But of course it will! Whoever wins this war becomes justice! -Donquixote Doflamingo"

"If we lose credibility just by admitting fault, we never had any to begin with! -Admiral Fujitora"

Author's forward.

Here, as I said, is the mega chapter. It is much much longer than what you have read before. This is because all of the actions are happening basically concurrently and I didn't want to break up the continuity. Individual scenes are delineated by use of a "=============" to show that the scene is changing to another location and set of characters. Please let me know if you like that. As always comments are golden be they good, bad, ugly or fugly and thank you very much for reading.

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[When paths collide] Chapter 24

Admiral Tanya Soong watched the system plot from her flag bridge on board the Valhalla. The first two of the Dilgreshi warships had transited into the system and were advancing slowly from the warp point.

“Have the fleet confirm condition one readiness; all slip drives should be fully spun up, initial coordinates should be behind the 3rd planet, on this vector and attitude.” She keyed the information for transmission. “Rally points Alpha, Bravo and Charlie should be plotted at all times. We don’t yet know which we will actually use.” She thought to herself, “Anything but Charlie.”

The fleet’s plan was to draw out the Dilgresh on a course towards planet 3 and keep their attention away from the colony world and the already beleaguered colonists and the crew of the downed harvester. Polyranth’s ship and its mate were currently landed on the far side of the planet, not visible yet, to the Dilgreshi sensors. The Charlie rally point would simply put the fleet between the Dilgresh and the Colony. It would largely negate their FTL advantage if it had to be used. She wished they had more time to install the Empire upgrades to the fleet, they had only managed to get the translation programs on all ships. The inertial dampeners had only been installed on the Hermes, Loki and the Valhalla herself with her fighters. Only the Loki had the newly upgraded fusion core that, in theory, could carry one of their ships across a warp point, but that was untested. The progress was even worse on the Empire ships. Neither had gotten slip upgrades, for that matter, it was uncertain if using the Higgs compensators to reduce the mass of the ship would be enough to let the slip not be fatal to the enormous ships. Both of the empires ships had spookyComms installed and they were both in the tactical network. She had argued against that upgrade, given the newness of the relationship, but she had been overruled.

Do your worst!

Most of these stories are anachronistic and follow a specific OC of mine as he journey's through eternal reconstitution. Not all are happy, not all are sad, but I like to theme each one. If you want a good start here are the first 2 which I think can give a decent understanding of the type of stories you can expect.

My last days

One of those days

Also any registered trademarks and copyrights are properties of their rightful owners. As this series jumps realities very often it is hard to track that info.

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The Elder

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The crack of Alan's rib was all he needed to feel to know how physically outmatched he was. Then again a yautja versus a human almost invariably ended the same way. Yautja we're master ambushers and physical power houses, humans were pursuit predators and considered a form of cosmic insanity onany realities.

Alan forced the hunter back with a distinctive and violent purple flare. He had been shopping in a mall downtown when the renegade yautja attacked whole he was in the middle of a crowd. Alan was suddenly very clear on why this guy was a renegade, he didn't care if he was seen, he just wanted a fight. Alan could oblige that.

The yautja gave a roar as it took a fighting stance. It had no ranged weapons, bit Alan saw the deadly wrist blades of the hunter. He would need to be very careful.

Alan sighed it was like being back in the realms of Kombat and he hated that. He took his own stance an evasive style that he had developed alongside several psionics and of course, Batman. It relied primarily on using his telepathy to read intent and telekinesis to place last second barriers while dodging. He hadn't tested it on a yautja before.

The large hunter came in swinging and Alan moved past the arm like he was moving on water. He grabbed the hunter's shoulder and with all of his force he shoved. The yautja went careening into a wall of glass and green blood dripped.

Alan looked around. People had scattered and ran already and he could Sense the elder moving into the mall now that there were no witnesses. He also picked up humans with intent to collect alien specimens.

"Of course they exist here." Alan sighed as he turned his attention back to the renegade just in time to dodge a shard of glass fli

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

Next

First

Previous

March 9th, 2278

165 days remain

Fleet Admiral Joachim Moser was speaking with United Nations Secretary-General Fu Li Wei about the state of the war.

"I've read the files and seen the classified vids, I know how powerful our enemy is. You're preaching to the choir, Admiral. I'm just trying to make sure you're aware of how serious the political situation is becoming. Resting on our laurels while our civilization burns is making me lose support, quickly." the Secretary-General said.

Moser rubbed the bridge of his nose, sighing. He'd been about to lash out angrily, but he'd held his tongue. In truth, he had nothing but respect for the Secretary-General. The man had backed him up at every turn, and had effectively ended any chance he'd had of reelection by doing it. He was willing to sacrifice his career, and even his integrity to protect humanity. Moser was sure that the Secretary was losing just as much sleep about the millions they'd left to die as he was. In a war for the survival of the entire species, such measures are an ugly necessity.

"I'm aware of that, Secretary-General, but you know as well as I do that we have no safe way to hit them, not yet."

It was true. Asymmetric warfare against the Ivos was next to impossible. The Ivo fleet had no logistical profile. Their fleet stopped to 'rest' after exterminating a human colony. Emergency communication probes sent out from several of the colonies that had been annihilated brought back footage of the Ivo fleet gathering around the system's star, with their assault carriers extending massive solar panels, presumably to gather the energy necessary to generate anti-matter on the spot. It was possible they were even fabricating new munitions with the system's resources. It was speculated that this was the reason no one had ever spotted a single Ivo resupply fleet. There were no supply lines to be cut, no soft targets to be hit. The Ivos had even stopped sending out frigates for recon after they'd lost the first few to human cruiser wolfpacks. They were well aware of their advantages, it seemed, and they had no intention of leaving ways for the humans to circumvent those advantages.

"The Ivo fleet's point defenses have a far greater range than our own, and that means that their defen

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September 23rd, 1947 a memo (Page 1 / Page 2) was sent from Lt. Gen. Nathan F. Twining to Gen. George F. Schulgen. Here are some relevant quotes from this memo:

>a. The phenomenon reported is real and not visionary or fictitious.
>
>b. There are objects probably approximating the shape of a disc, of such appreciable size as to appear to be as large as man-made aircraft.
>
>c. There is possibility that some of the incidents are caused by natural phenomena.
>
>d. The reported operating characteristics such as extreme rates of climb, maneuverability (particularly in roll), and action which must be considered evasive when sighted or contacted by friendly air-craft and radar, lend belief to the possibility that some of the objects are controlled either manually, automatically or remotely.

Thomas F. Mantell Main Wreckage. January 7th, 1948 - Simpson County Historical Society.

Military Pilots Have Been Lost in Pursuit of UAP/UFOs

January 7th, 1948 Fort Knox, Kentucky, USA. At around 02:00 PM on this day, Kentucky State Police contacted the Fort Knox Military Police. They described observing an UFO flying over the skies heading westward. The UFO was described as being circular in appearance, between 200 to 300 feet in diameter (Roughly the size of a football field). The military in Fort Knox contacted the nearby Godman Army Airfield. They proceeded to dispatch a small squadron, lead by Captain Thomas F. Mantell who was piloting a [F-51 Mustang](https://www.warbirds-eaa.org/wp-content/uplo

They’re on standbi

Pilot on me!!

Hello! Here is my list of games that I have.

IGS: https://www.reddit.com/r/IGSRep/comments/8ad28l/sonosakis_igs_rep_page/

https://www.reddit.com/user/Sonosaki/comments/ad0jzd/sonosakis_igs_rep_page_2/

https://www.reddit.com/r/IGSRep/comments/c9lzcz/sonosakis_igs_rep_page_3/

https://www.reddit.com/r/IGSRep/comments/ejo7ho/sonosakis_igs_rep_page_4/

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Steam Profile

Wishlist

Humble Bundle Keys

• 1 Screem Platformer
• 11-11 Memories Retold
• 230 Battleborn Platinum Currency
• 60 Parsecs
• 112 Operator
• 911 Operator +DLC
• A Case of Distrust
• A Glider's Journey
• A Good Snowman is Hard to Build
• A Mortician's Tale
• A New Beginning - Final Cut
• Absolute Drift Zen Edition
• Acceleration of SUGURI 2
• Adventure Boy Cheapskate DX
• ADOM (ANCIENT DOMAINS OF MYSTERY)
• Ageless
• Age of Wonders III
• Ageis Defenders
• Agents of Mayhem
• Agony
• Alien Spidy
• All You Can Eat
• Almost There: The Platformer
• American Fugitive
• Amnesia Rebirth
• Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey
• Animal Super Squad
• Anomaly 2
• Anomaly Defenders
• Anomaly Korea
• Anomaly Warzone Earth Mobile Campaign
• Anomaly: Warzone Earth
• Arma X: Anniversary Edition
• Arma 2
• Arizona Sunshine
• Armello
• Aragami
• Artemis: God-Queen of The Hunt
• Atomicrops
• Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
• Assault Android Cactus x2
• Assetto Corsa plus DLC
• Automachef
• Aven Colony
• Aviary Attorney
• Avicii Invector
• AWAY: Journey to the Unexpected on Steam
• BalanceLot
• Basement
• Bastion
• Battle Chasers: Nightwar x2
• BattleVoid: Harbringer
• Bear With Me - Collector's Edition
• Beholder 2
• Bee Simulator
• Between The Stars
• Beyond Two Souls
• Bigfoot
• Black the Fall x3
• Blacksmith
• Blacksad: Under the Skin
• Blade & Bones
• Bleed 2
• Board Battlefield
• Boomerang Fu
• Book Of Demons x2
• Borderlands 2 VR
• Boreal Blade
• Boundless
• BPM: Bullets Per Minute
• Breathedge
• Bridge Co

Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.

This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.

If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.

Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.

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• Pokemon: Yanmega
• Range: Melee
• Role: Speedster
• Difficulty: Intermediate
• Characteristics:

1. Offense: 5/5
2. Endurance: 1/5
3. Mobility: 5/5
4. Scoring: 4,5/5
5. Support: 0,5/5

• Evolution: When Yanma reaches level 6 it evolves to Yanmega.

MOVES

• Boosted Basic Attack: On the third basic attack you will deal a Boosted Attack doing more damage and increasing your maximum movement speed by 8% for 3 seconds. Every time you do an Boosted Attack you will increase up to 24%.

• Passive:

1. Yanma Passive - Compound Eyes. He can see nearby enemies hiding in the bushes and the distance of the fog of war is reduced.
2. Yanmega Passive - Tinted Lens: Every time you use a move against an enemy you increase +5% the critical rate to 20%, it lasts 4 seconds. He can see nearby enemies hiding in the bushes and the distance of the fog of war is reduced.

• Move 1 (Lvl. 1) - CD 7s: Bug Buzz. This attack damages an selected enemy and drops slightly its DF / Sp. DF. After that, you can select the direction you move to.

1. Air Slash (Lvl 5) - CD 5s: Yanmega damage an selected enemy and knock up it. After that, you can select the direction you move to. Improved: After being knock up, it will slow down for 2 seconds.
2. Uproar (Lvl 5): - CD 9s: Yanmega throw a powerful Attack on area, all enemies inside It willl be unable to use any of their moves. Improved: When exiting the zone theirs moves will have 1,5 seconds of CD.

• Move 2 (Lvl 3) Double Team - CD 7s: Yanmega increases the speed of its Basic Attacks and increases his Evasion (causing the enemy's Basic Attacks to miss) for 3 seconds.

1. U-Turn (Lvl 7) - CD 8s : Yanmega jumps forward towards an area where you do damage (and your next Basic Attack is Boosted), for 3 seconds it can return to the starting area. Improved: During those 3 seconds Yanmega have the Unstoppable state.
2. Pursuit (Lvl 7) - CD 6s: Yanmega increases the speed of its Basic Attacks and all Basic Attacks will be Boosted for 3 seconds. Improved: If Yanmega suffer any negative state it increase its Evasion (causing the enemy's Basic Attacks to miss)

• Screech -UNITE- (Lvl 9): - Knocks back enemies around Yanmega. These if they are close to a wall will suffer a long stun and heavy damage.

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Author's note: As before, all feedback on the story and style is welcomed, and encouraged. I'm monitoring all comments, and your thoughts mean a lot to me.

Shock and Oh

As the destroyer began to alter its orbit, warnings began to pop up on the bridge.

"What are these? What's happening, report!" - the commander barked up impatiently.
"I'm not sure, several objects are moving up through the atmosphere. They're not fast enough to be mass driver projectiles, though."
"A sign of surrendering?"
"Possibly, sir. They look like primitive space launch systems, not a threat. They're even breaking up..."
"Breaking up...? [chuckle] Primitives, we didn't even-"
"Spirits ... RADIOLOGICAL ALARM! The objects are radioactive!"
"All units, evasive maneuvers, now! Bring up point defenses!"

It was too late. They didn't realize what the objects were until they were so close that the ships didn't have time to start moving or target them with point defense weapons - not that it mattered, all they saw were huge clouds of contacts on their sensors, with nothing big or bright enough to lock on to. The commander paled as one after the other in quick succession, his ships began to turn yellow, then red on his fleet display. Panicked voices filled the cruiser bridge as the comms came alive in chaos.

"Multiple decks breached, propulsion and life support offline, reactor cooling ruptured! It's running too hot an-" - the transmission ominously cut out.
"Spirits, the entire bridge is gone! We're venting atmosphere and our orbit is dropping! We can't correct!"
"Power systems offline, engines and weapons are dead, plasma fires across all decks and fire suppression is not working!"

The cruiser was in no better shape: there were gaping holes along the hull, its engines and power core destroyed by the nuclear warheads. Automated repair systems tried to compensate for the damage, but it was just too extensive - seal off one section, the overload blew out another. The commander looked over his fleet display and despaired - one destroyer was black, and on the cameras, he just saw its reactor explode and break the ship apart; the other two were tumbling uncontrollably, their icons blinking red; while his own cruiser was blinking as well, around him klaxons blaring as the crew tried desperately to bring the devastated systems under control. What was supposed to be a simple subjugation mission just became a lot more complicated.

_"I

I won't be doing that today!

You take away their little brooms

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CHAPTER 17: EXPENDABLE

“Got it,” Song said, his voice crackling over the helmet’s ad-hoc. “Transmitting Matriarchy encryption keys back to Fleetcom. Next time any of the crawlers send a transmission, we’ll know about it. I can also extrapolate their course from the log files in the comms buffer, that should give us an idea of where the others are.”

“Good work, Song,” Brenner replied. He was standing on the deck of the captured crawler, which they now knew to be named Landslide, peering out over the dunes as the sandstorm hammered against his visor. He lifted a prosthetic hand, feeling the airborne particles whip at his housing as though it were skin. It would probably have stung like a motherfucker if he still had his Mk Is, but his synthetic nerves were not programmed to transmit pain.

Brenner brought up a window on his display, a satellite view of the area that the aliens called the Dune Sea, captured prior to the storm. His HUD let him know that he was receiving a download from Song, and with a few taps at the touch panel that was embedded in his forearm, he overlaid a graphic of the recorded transmissions over the map. There were points where transmissions had been sent to other crawlers, linked by a line to plot their courses.

“There’s one directly North of us,” Brenner said, “that’s the closest. If they were sending a convoy to secure the crawler, then that’s where it would be coming from. They’re pressed for time, they know that the UNN will be rolling through here soon. Do we have control over all systems yet?”

“All of the crawler’s weapons are under our control,” Song replied.

“Good, point them in that direction. Can those naval guns depress far enough to hit targets on the ground at about seventy meters? That’s about the limit of our visibility.”

“I think so,” Song replied. “One more thing, command diverted three mechanized companies from the Araxie territory. Delta, Echo, and Foxtrot. With a small course correction, they’ll end up right where the carrier to our North should be.”

“Let command know,” Brenner replied. “The Kodiaks will tear that

This morning, my 4 year old daughter.

Daughter: I'm hungry

Me: nerves building, smile widening

Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.

She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.

Thank you all for listening.

Steam

PAC-MAN 256

ARCADE GAME SERIES 3-in-1 Pack

Batman: Arkham Asylum GOTY Edition

Broken Sword Trilogy

Epistory - Typing Chronicles

Bastion

Umbrella Corps

Saints Row: The Third

Saints Row: Gat out of Hell

Sacred Franchise Pack

Risen 3 - Complete Edition

Goat Simulator

Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth

Guns, Gore & Cannoli

Mr Shifty

Dex

Battle Chef Brigade

Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition

Shenmue I & II

Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden

XCOM 2

GRID Ultimate Edition

Styx: Master of Shadows

Dead Island Definitive Edition

Horizon Chase Turbo

My Friend Pedro

The Swords of Ditto: Mormo's Curse

Party Hard 2

Full Throttle Remastered

F1 2019 Anniversary Edition

Yakuza Kiwami 2

Darksiders III

Tropico 6

Vampyr

Age of Wonders: Planetfall

Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade

Warhammer: Vermintide 2 - Collector's Edition

Late Shift

911 Operator

Road Redemption

Yoku's Island Express

Surviving Mars

Guacamelee! 2

State of Mind

Yakuza Kiwami

SOULCALIBUR VI

My Time At Portia

Blasphemous

Phantom Doctrine

Strider

Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark

Planet Coaster

HITMAN™ 2

This Is the Police 2

GRIS

Jurassic World Evolution

Supraland

The Messenger

Age of Wonders: Planetfall Deluxe Edition

Hello Neighbor

Call of Cthulhu

American Fugitive

ELEX

XCOM: Chimera Squad

Autonauts

Niffelheim

Narcos: Rise of the Cartels

Shadows: Awakening

No Time To Explain Remastered

Metro Exodus

Darksiders Genesis

Fury Unleashed

Sid Meier's Civilization® VI: New Frontier Pass

DuckTales Remastered

Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom - The Prince's Edition

Outcast - Second Contact

Sid Meier's Civilization VI : Platinum Edition

Tales of Zestiria

Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3?!

Peaky Blinders: Mastermind

The Wild Eight

Moving Out

Learn Japanese To Survive! Kanji Combat

Asura: Vengeance Edition

Raptor: Call of The Shadows - 2015 Edition

Pang Adventures

Nightmares from the Deep 3: Davy Jones

Enigmatis: The Ghosts of Maple Creek

Enigmatis 2: The Mists of Ravenwood

The Technomancer

Table Manners

The Walking Dead: The Final Season

THE KING OF FIGHTERS XIV STEAM EDITION

The Surge 2

7 Days to Die

Slay the Spire

SteamWorld Dig

Sniper: Ghost Warrior Trilogy

9 Clues: The Secret of Serpent Creek

Clockwork Tales: Of Glass and Ink

Still Life

Bee Simulator

SWINE HD Remaster

Kill It With Fire

Paradise Killer

Nimbatus - The Space Drone Constructor

Hammerting

DIRT 5

Yakuza 3 Remastered

ADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery)

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What did 0 say to 8 ?

" Nice Belt "

So What did 3 say to 8 ?

" Hey, you two stop making out "

Steam Rep

Steam Trades

Hi, I'm primarily looking to Trade, Buy or Sell games at moderately low prices (US/CAN Region).

Humble Choices:

DECEMBER

Maneater (might keep)

Mordhau

Endzone: A World Apart

Beyond the Wire

Partisans 1941

The Survivalists

Lacuna - A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure

8 Doors: Arum's Afterlife Adventure

Greak: Memoirs of Azur (might keep)

Fling to the Finish

Tohu

Voidigo (might keep)

AUGUST

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night

Last Oasis ---- $4.6

Out of Space ---- $1.3

We Need to Go Deeper ---- $1.1

As Far as the Eye ---- $0.7

Cepheus Protocol ---- $0.7

Nowhere Prophet ---- $0.7

Encodya (GoG) ---- $0.5

JUNE

Civilization VI Platinum Edition

Secret Neighbor ---- $2.2

Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse ---- $1.6

Wurms Rumble + Legends Pack ---- $1.6

Panzer Paladin ---- $0.7

Milky Way Prince - The Vampire Star ---- $0.7

Ikenfall ---- $0.7

Paw Paw Paw ---- $0.5

Effie ---- $0.5

MAY

Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3 ---- $1.6

Levelhead ---- $1.3

Fury Unleashed ---- $0.7

Size Matters ---- $0.7

Morkredd ---- $0.7

Relicta ---- $0.7

Retimed ---- $0.7

Family Man ---- $0.7

Vane ---- $0.7

APRIL

Aven Colony ---- $0.7

In Other Waters ---- $0.7

FEBRUARY

The Wild Eight ---- $1.6

Train Station Renovation ---- $0.8

Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Heart of the Forest ---- $0.8

Lovecraft's Untold Stories ---- $0.8

Iris and the Giant ---- $0.5

Boomerang Fu ---- $0.5

NOVEMBER 2020

Crying Suns ---- $1.3

Darksburg ---- $1.3

Smile For Me ---- $0.5

Rover Mechanic Simulator ---- $0.5

Townsmen - A Kingdom Rebuilt ---- $0.5

AUGUST 2020

Hello Neighbor + Hide & Seek Collection ---- $2.2

Call of Cthulhu

American Fugitive ---- $0.7

DECEMBER 2019

Horizon Chase Turbo ---- $0.5

Dark Future: Blood Red States ---- $0.5

X-Morph: Defense ---- $0.5

Aegis Defenders ---- $0.5

Desert Child ---- $0.5

Other Games:

Breathedge

Visage

Darkest Dungeon

Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered (Origin)

Football Manager 2021 (Epic)

Dragon Age: Inquisition (Origin)

Frostpunk (GoG)

Journey to the Savage Planet (GoG)

Metal Gear Solid

Humble Monthly October:

KATANA ZERO (might keep)
AMNESIA: REBIRTH
JOHN WICK HEX
112 OPERATOR
GUTS AND GLORY
RING OF PAIN
GARAGE: BAD TRIP
THE TEXTORCIST: THE STORY OF RAY BIBBIA
TOOLS UP
HIVESWAP FRIENDSIM
BLACK FUTURE '88
SYBERIA 3

Humble Monthly November:

DUE PROCESS
HOUSE FLIPPER
PROJECT WINGMAN
WINGSPAN
BPM: BULLETS PER MINUTE
TURNIP BOY COMMITS TAX EVASION
SIMPLEROCKETS 2
TIMELIE
WRATH: AEON OF RUIN
MÖBIUS FRONT '83

Humble Monthly December:

MANEATER
MORDHAU (might keep)
ENDZONE - A WORLD APART
BEYOND THE WIRE (might keep)
PARTISANS 1941
THE SURVIVALISTS
LACUNA - A SCI-FI NOIR ADVENTURE
8 DOORS
GREAK: MEMORIES OF AZUR
FLING TO THE FINISH
TOHU
VOIDIGO

Prime Gaming:

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered (Origin)
Football Manager 2021 (EPIC)
Frostpunk (GOG)

Misc Bundle Leftovers:

Carrier Command: Gaia Mission
Take on Mars
Take On Helicopters
Pound of Ground
Original War
Batman - The Enemy Within Shadows Mode (DLC)
Batman - The Telltale Series Shadows Mode (DLC)
Oxenfree
Raw Data
Detached
Espire VR
Swords of Gurrah
Archangel: Hellfire - Fully Loaded
A-Tech Cybernetic
EVE: Valkyrie – Warzone
Heliborne - Collection
Rebel Galaxy Outlaw
Overload
Paper Beast
Wands
Zero Caliber VR

There hasn't been a post all year!