Christopher

That life for a minor eternity, are more agile and even thier men are so pretty you have issues distinguishing them from the women. What is not to fear with them?

Questions: Where does Knockback end and Falling Start**? Actually, where does Flight end and Falling Start? How much of the "damage" from Knockback is hitting stuff. How much is sliding over the ground? At a first glance, it should give everyone KB resistance. Same way as similar levels of Density Increase does. Of course in order to move normally under these conditions, characters also need extra ordinary strenght. Density Increase and Growth are designed so that the Extra STR from them does compensate perfectly for the extra weight* *There is this rule if STR goes down to 0. And that 0 point inreases with DI/Growth. **That part is particulary tricky. Knockback can move you further in one segment (when you might not even have a phase) then many people can travel per phase. It is effectively entirely outside of the Segment/Phase/normal movement mechanic.

Re Story: I actually had a variant on this, using the Loa from Sword of the Stars (I wrote about them over on the Alien Collectors Thread in Star Hero Forum). Basically story went: Loa are a "post rebellious" AI Species. Thier name literally just means "Spirit" and they consider themself to be "naturally evolved" as much as the humans that created them. Loa was stranded on earth. Joined a superhero team. At start the members were a bit distrustfull. So they installed a keyword wich could take complete control of the body for a short while. The Loa grew in personality, but the word stayed active A villian found out. Used it to turn the Loa on it's team. The Team prevailed, subdued both villain and Loa. As the Loa had not been aware of that failsafe amd might feel hurt/violated for installing it, they tried to alter it's memory using the same technique Same technique no longer worked. Loa was understandably really pissed and turned it's back on Heroing and really any human contact. Fast Forward a decade or so: Loa without Social Contact go insane, similar to how a normal human would. Loa feels it's sanity slipping. Does not want it to end that way. There are two reproduction ways for Loa: Mingling (with ohters of it's kind) or Fission (splitting off a part of itself). Being unable to rejoin humanity as it is now, it splits off the part of itself still interested without the bad precedent into a seperate Loa. While the new Fission Loa starts heroing, the old one (now without any positive tendencies towards humanity/organics) quickly becomes a secret villain. And does not interact will with it's "Offspring". Re 1. Suicide: Sui- means self -cide means murder So suicide fits, regardless of the Form the existence had. Re 2. If Transistor pointed anything out to me, then that just putting the () brakets behind a word let's it look more "Codified". The Archievement page shows that nicely: http://steamcommunity.com/stats/237930/achievements/ It also taught me that true Programmers Humor can not be understood or copied by non-programmers. Sorry, but it will usually fall short. Few people will even understand that Transistor saying "Hello World"* at one point has a deeper meaning. Stuff like naming one Character Reisz (a possibly anagramm of Resize with one e missing*). Even noticing that without knowing how Resize might mater is impossible. *Asuming there is a thing for "Anagramms using only the unique letters", 'helowrd' would be the letters for Hello World. I also want to point out that Transistor is a really nice game. Definitely worth playing. You propably way to buy the OST too.

Depends how big the bug is. And how delicious: http://www.lfg.co/page/1035/ When in doubt, just install it like one would with a Dog: Wherever he can not bite ot scratch it out.

Okay, if there is nothing withine up to the 30th I guess it is up for Grabs. But I thought this Elf had a sort of "Witcher" feel with that white hair (not that I actually know alot about that lore).

The thing is that most uses that Smartphones have, are not integral part of Smartphones. Smartphones mereely allow access to the phone and internet networks, wich provides the actuall data/services. Waze/Weather/Soudnhound/Yelp Apps do not actually have the data to answer anything. There is nowhere near enough storage or processing power on those little Computers to actually run those Application. The real application runs on some Sever in the Internet. That server most likely has a Webserice (Rest, XML, there are a few kinds). The app requests the data from the Webservice. And recieves it. The only comparisions I could think of would be of using a gun without bullets. Or a car without fuel. Or trying to use a analog telephone without a landline connected to it. Disconnect your internet access right now - and you could not even see or answer on this Thread. That is how little the end device maters. Unlike simple Radio, internet and phone networks are not something natural or easy to access. Mobile phone and thus by extension mobile internet networks are way beyond simple Radio. You can not just send out some waves on the right frequency and get back the contents of the Wikipage on Mobile Phones. First you need to understand the protocolls being used (and yes, there are a few. that is what the number behind the G stands for). Then you have to provide login information that the other end accepts (one of the few jobs simcards still have is providing those login informations) And that is after you consider that without a receiver in a few Kilometers, that is useless. All the real work is part of the Networks. The remote servers. And the internet connecting both. All a mobile phone really has is: A Display & tactile input A camera. Microphone/Loudspeaker combo the operating system and just enough Hardware to run it maybe a light the reciever/transmitter hardware (that is again useless without the network)

The Inertial Guidance System. Every. Single. Time. the Intertial Guidance System: https://around.com/ariane.html And the worst part about firing the guy that made the mistake? The new guy can make it all over again, plus a thousand others that were avoided beforehand.

Summary: Met the Pirates and two Primitives. Otherwise rather lonely in my corner. Presidents: Consul Aomane Okada; Influence, Spaceport building Persons of Note: Admiral Douglas Sutton; Scout; Governor Eric Conrad; Tileblocker Removal; Unity 2200.01.01: Start of the Exploration. 1 Nearby Colonyworld in Bir on Sensors. 2200.02.05: We found a Tomb World in Hasseleh System. This is what might have happened if the Forces of Democracy had not prevailed back on earth and when forming the Unity Initiative. 2200.03.15: We found ourself some Alien Ships. But these appear to be some kind of Space Pirates. They are to our South in the Propous System. 2200.06.07: Even more Pirates to our North in Geqietum. 2201.07.01: Damn those Pirates! In the Rim System Sarack our Fleet was abushed by them and annihilated. 2201.12.10: To the north the Tyl System is very interesting for our Pioneers. While it does have a somewhat high gravity and a few Titanic beasts roaming the surface, it also has plenty of free space. The Toua and Bir Systems are also interesting for colonisation. 2203.11.15: Stratal to our West has a serious Pirate Problem. It appears to be the main heaven for that Criminal Scum. We will have to deal with it someday soon. Luckily our Scientist Xavier Ward managed to escape. 2205.04.19: The Planet "Beaty" in Kenn Hijal System north of Tyl contains the primitive Tendra-Zuhn species. We will look into doing some observation once our borders reach there from Tyl. 2205.06.14: Our Ship the Crysanthemum was not the only experimental Wormhole Drive Arcship. The Hyacinth was supposed to arrive somewhere in our neck of the woods, but evidently never did. 2205.11.02: It is time for some Frontier Spirit. Scientist under "Hong Kong" (Female, 35) just finished the groundwork for building ourself a Colonyship. The first Prototype will be finished within 1 year. 2206.08.18: We finally found the Hyacinth a lot closer then expected. In Sheratan, literally the closest System to Unity. We will try to investigate what happened to them and why they have not contacted us. 2206.11.02: Our first Colonyship has been build. The COD Shining City is on it's way to the Tyl System. In Homage to the giant Monsters roaming there the Colony will be caleld "Japan". 2207.01.08: We figured out what happened to the Hyacinth and it is not pretty. Apparently after being stranded without working reactor the crew - about a quarter million colonists suffered from starvation. Wich eventually lead to Canibalism and Mutiny. The Hyacinth will be towed into Unities orbit to become a Museum for those brave colonists that lost thier life. 2207.04.28: And humanity is officially a interestellar Civilisation. Well, asuming our brothers back on earth did not beat us too it. Japan will still need a lot of support, but it is going to become a big child quickly 2208.04.08: In Mirce near Japan/Tyl we found a Pre-Sentient species. They look like somewhat larger Cockroaches. They have been dubbed the "Valurt" by the scientists. Maybe we get around to accelerating thier development a bit later. 2208.05.01: And Japan is up and running.

Another joke Empire. This time I made a empire according to the AI Personality: "Democratic Crusaders" "Democratic Crusaders believe that it is their moral imperative to spread their democratic way of life. They tend to get along well with other democracies, but are more than willing to use military force to "liberate" the populations of less democratic empires." Ethoi: Fanatic Individualist, Militarist Government: Military Republic AI Personality Properties: Conqueror (Conquer planets from other empires) Ideologue (Extra-aggressive against other ethoses) Infiltrator (Infiltrate primitives) Liberator (Liberate conquered empires) Migrator (Migrate to other empires) Multispecies (Give rights to aliens) Robot Exploiter (Use robots for menial labor) Game Setup: Using a modified Commonwealth of Man. 600 Stars 0 Fallen Empires Warp only No Advanced Neighbours

As the late Leaonard Nimoy would have said: "May the geek be with you, always!" (or something like that)

I have issues deciphering what you wrote. A few questions: Is this a player character, a NPC or a whole Race? What kind of link is it (telepathy, technological, other)? Does it work in realtime over interstellar distances or is there a range limit? How quick is the access to data that only Drone 4,412,231,567 has? What if the knowledge has to be searched first? In particular, what are the limits of sharing Skills, Knowledge and Experience that way?

Damit, not again! The altitude/sensor things are really an issue with ESA. There are two explanations for the holes in the Paper: a) they are really bad at doing the testing they keep it vague to intentionally keep the process a secret This could be either due to pre-existing Military Applications (for all we know X-37 is already using that technology to keep up there so long) Or it could be to have a "edge" on the other space agencies. NASA budget is not exactly high (considering how hard it is to get into space). And having income from providing sattellite operations in the future might be worth a pretty penny.

This is pretty much just a random Elf Archer I found on Deviant Art and used for a single, one off adventure. What do you make of him?

Climate change is a bit more terestial as far as problems go. But scientists recently found not one, but two ways to combat the greenhouse gasses: Seeweed removes the Methane from Cow Farts almost entirely: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-cow-farting-1.3856202 And CO² can be turned into Ethanol in one single, cheap, scaleable step: http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/green-tech/a23417/convert-co2-into-ethanol/ Especially as a Energy Storage, ethanol might be interesting here.

1 week has pased since posting that Image. So, BoloOfEarth, who won this one?

You would be shocked with what all can burn. You can literally burn Coffee Powder. Hence why Dust Explosions are a thing. For that mater, you can actually run the more robust diesel engines on stuff like used Cooking Oil or Liquid Manure (you need to filter out anything chunky, it is not "top grade" fuel, and more modern diesel engines might have a problem - but it works).

Does not appear to be as absurd as one might think first. "Police suspect he tried to use individual Cheetos as an accelerant, perhaps being unable to find any paper. In fact, according to Lifehacker, chips like Doritos and Cheetos can actually be used to ignite a blaze. In fact, one commenter says that Cheetos, described as “fire-friendly,” work “even better” than the others. Another user explains, “If you think about it, its basically pure hydrocarbons (which burn) soaked in fat (which burns).”" Of course that "information" is from Lifehacker.com. So reliability is questionable at best.

If people/goods transport themself via Cars/Trucks, Trains or Ships does not mater. The basic technology is the same. Knowledge in one, translates into knowledge of the other. Once the Ship/Train engines developed far enough, somebody would have the idea to make a car. Even a hypothethical city optimised for pedestrians would also be optimised for Bikes by accidents. So bikes would become very common. Putting a motor on a bike is not that far fetched. Motorized Bicycle. Boom, we got cars again developed from Ship technology over a bunch of archipellagos. Then there is a decent chance they never develop an industrial age civilisation. I am pretty convinced that if we somehow manage to set our civilisation back 500 years, that new human culture would have no fuel to burn for an industrial revolution. I find it doublfull that this "Planet Hawai" people would ever had any option to develop to industrial age to begin with. I mean our planet is only 30% landmass, of wich a large part is unuseable for Human habitation. But at least it allows relatively easy access to resources. We would not even have the option to mine underwater or in space without those landlocked resouces fuelling our growth to begin with.

The Motto of the Los Angeles Police Department is "To Protect and to Serve", since back in 1955. A lot of other Police forces took that motto too. "The Protector" would fit well with him having a Shield. Maybe "the Blue Shield"?

The Thread is called "More Space news!". And they just discussed why there was so little news regarding space. Mainly a certain political decision in one of the biggest world economies and Space exploring nations. While I agree that we should not discuss politics at lenght (unless they pertain to space news), you might be a bit over-reacting in this case. Cheers.

We Europeans are leaving our marks everywhere! I can highly advice this Blog post on why TV News is waste of human effort (and it is not even the newscasters fault): Why TV News is a Waste of Human Effort: One Example Worth a Trillion Dollars — CGP Grey

"Only gods could defeat the Outsider Invasion. But the Outsiders knew of all the big ones. They were prepared for each and every one of them and so all the big religions Deities fell. What was left was us, the forgotten ones. The Greek gods. The Egyptians. The Mayan. But our alliance did not stop there. It included gods and godesses of whom the people had even forgotten even the language to speak thier names in - like the Celtic ones or the revered ancestors immortalised and deified with the ancient Moai. But even united in purpose and goals there was no way for us to defeat the outsiders at this point. In the end even our temples, our shrines were destroyed as was the entire earth. But we were not defeated that day. We still had one option left. A option almost forgotten to time, as every other time a god would try it, his own Pantheon or all the others would surely intervene during the departure: Time Travel. So we permanently fused our divine essence together. And stepped back into the past, before the Outsider Invasion. The current gods and even our past selves are not...amiciable to our existence or activity. But that does not mater. We will stop the invasion, one way or the other. If you need a name for us, call us Pantheon." Pantheon is the amalgam of all those lesser gods from no longer relevant religions, that fused together and travelled back in time to prevent the "Outsider Invasion". They are not greated well by the existing gods, as time travel was generally a taboo amongst the gods. In particular the big, current ones view it with suspicion, as not part of them is inside Pantheon (wich is simply because they were defeated first, so nothing was left to join the Alliance). While a timetraveller send to prevent a alien invasion sounds good, Pantheons methods seem questionable at best so he is regarded on the far end of the "Dark Hero/Vigilantee/Villain" spectrum. It should also not be mistaken for being generally pro-Earth existence. A lot of the dieties of those ancient religions were trying to destroy the earth themself. The are mostly along becaue "how can I destroy the planet, if the outsiders already do so?"

I see several lesser Religious known Semi-Religious Symbols: To the top could be a piece of Stonehenge. Left of that piece of a Greek Temple. A lot of Maoi heads. I also see a Egyptian Pyramid and it think Chichen Itza (Maya Pyramid).

Anyone else here Watch the Dr. Strange Marvel Movie yet? As I understand the magic in there: Anyone can learn magic. How they channel it (combatively or to stop being a paraphlegic) is up to them. But there is also the source of artifact magic. Dr. Strange has the cloak of levitation. Quite a partical tool if you often enter dimension without clear gravity/very deep drops. I asume everyone can levitate, superjump or even open a sling-ring portal without the proper artifact. But doing takes either extrodinary amount of practice in that particular are. And/or lenght rituals to prepare. And of course considerable concentration/unbroken concentration (like turning back time). Or as the Mordo there said: "Some spells are so demanding, we can not wield them directly. We instead put them into Artifacts." "Shift to Mirror Dimension" and the creation of Shields and Weapons is one of the few things one does not need artifacts for.

The Olaf Mystery can now be properly browsed completely without needing to vote: http://magellanverse.com/tales/olaf/olaf.html While the ability to turn the recently deceased into living beings again, the exact ramifications are not known. Is the revived person a secret Zombie Minion? Maybe the soul has to be copied into the Soulsphere for the process to work, so there is now a trapped version of this person inside Olaf? He is also highly resistant to telepathy. As if you could only hear the public voice of a nation, without being able to speak to any of it's parts directly.