#SPI programmer

[uvaldecomputerrepairsstuff]

Troubleshooting BIOS Issues: When to Repair, Reflash, or Replace

Understanding BIOS Chips and When You Might Need a Replacement When it comes to troubleshooting computer issues, one of the components most people overlook is the BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) chip. This small, unassuming chip is vital for your computer’s operation, storing the essential firmware needed to start up your machine and manage the communication between your operating system and…

[jsms2itht]

https://www.futureelectronics.com/p/semiconductors--memory--flash--norflash--nor/mx29f040cqi-70gtr-macronix-4058675

Flash memory storage, NOR Flash Memory, SPI flash programmer, flash memory speed

MX29F Series 5 V 4 Mb (512k x 8) 70 ns Surface Mount Flash Memory - PLCC-32

[thelesbiandeli]

Spies are forever!!!!!

(I’ll post my pictures when I remember, they’re all ones from the bows lmao)

[clytn2ewws]

https://www.futureelectronics.com/p/semiconductors--memory--flash--norflash--serial/s25fl256sagnfi001-infineon-7056191

USB flash memory storage, spi flash programmer software, memory chip

FL-S Series 256 Mb (32 M x 8) 3.6V 133MHz Non-Volatile SPI Flash Memory - WSON-8

[jmie2cking]

USB flash drives, Memory ICs, Flash Memory NOR Flash, USB flash memory storage

FL-S Series 256 Mb (32 M x 8) 3.6V 133MHz Non-Volatile SPI Flash Memory - WSON-8

[steventhusiast]

STWG daily prompt 3/10/23

prompt: rehab

pairing/character(s): steddie

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Steve walks toward his two o'clock appointment with a slightly curious expression on his face. It's a new patient, which already usually has him quite curious and slightly nervous, but this particular new patient is one who could afford to pay the clinic to keep the physical therapy room empty for his session.

And Steve had been required to sign an NDA before being allowed to pick up the patient. Which had honestly offended him. The NDA just went over not telling the press any details about his client, which, hello? HIPAA? But he's also confused about why his patient would need him to sign an NDA like this. The name Eddie Munson doesn't ring any bells for him.

So, yes. He's very curious.

Before opening the door, he puts the effort into making his expression friendlier and more open, and straightens his back before pushing the door open. There, sat on one of the cushioned benches, is a very attractive man. One that he still doesn't recognise? Even though he must be famous? Or something?

He's got long, wavy hair, with a fringe hanging down in his face a bit- just enough to slightly cover his grumpy eyes and add to his generally unhappy expression. The t-shirt he's wearing looks artfully ripped to reveal tattoos underneath across his ribcage and stomach, and it contrasts the grey sweatpants he's wearing. Steve remembers that a knee injury is why Eddie's here in the first place, and figures that's what's causing the slightly odd outfit. He spies a pair of crutches leaning against the bench Eddie's sat on, and then his eyes trail over a little further to see a woman stood beside them.

Her expression is a lot more serious than Eddie's, and she's wearing an outfit that can only be described as business casual. Her blonde hair is up in a perfect ponytail, and once Steve's closed the door behind him she gives him a pinched smile. When Steve expects Eddie to introduce himself, the woman speaks instead.

"Hi there, you must be Steve. I'm Chrissy, Eddie's manager. He did not want to come today, so I'm just here to make sure he's behaving."

Steve raises an eyebrow at her words, and her speech seems to finally prompt Eddie to stop glaring daggers into the floor and look up at his new physical therapist.

But when Eddie's eyes snap up to Steve's, the glare leaves them immediately as his eyes widen a little. Steve's very confused by that, even more so when the wide eyed look transforms into a pout.

"Hi Eddie, I'm Steve." He greets with a lopsided smile, hoping that would make Eddie drop whatever his face is doing right now. But instead Eddie literally lets out a huff and his pout intensifies.

"Dammit. Why do you have to be hot? Chrissy dragged me to this stupid rehab centre and I don't want to be here because I'm supposed to be on tour, so I was supposed to be broody and moody all session to defy Chris's demands. But here you are. Real prince charming with a nice smile and hot voice to match." Eddie complains, and Steve opens and closes his mouth a few times at that.

Eventually, he takes a deep breath and tilts his head, eyes slightly squinted.

"I'm.. Sorry? About that?" He tries, and Eddie laughs a little.

"Can I get a different therapist for this? Preferably an uglier one?" Eddie tries, and that actually shocks a laugh out of Steve as Chrissy (somewhat violently) shoves his shoulder and hisses out his name.

"Unfortunately you're stuck with me. And I can't date patients." Steve says bluntly, and Eddie's pout is back.

"But," He starts, and quirks a smile at how Eddie's back straightens at his words, "You're very pretty. So how about you actually try at what I have planned for you, and when you're done with the outpatient programme, I can take you out for dinner?"

Chrissy sighs next to Eddie at the words (looking quite done with the entire situation and the fact that she has to be there), but Eddie's eyes have glazed over into something determined, and he nods once.

"Eight weeks is a long time, but you're like Adonis level hot. That works for me. Show me what you got, Stevie."

Steve finds himself quite excited to find more out about Eddie. The next eight weeks will fly by, and hopefully after that... They can see how it goes.

[ruthplaysthesims]

Akira Kibo and Kaori Nishidake

So based on the recent segment of my story the S.I.M.S. spies. I did mention their relationship being professional to some extent. They were childhood buds. Their parents were literal best friends, and Akira liked the idea of being Kaori's protector. He loved her like a little sister. When Kaori's parents had passed away, Akira's family took her in until she was sent of to Mt. Komorebi. They had kept in touch for a while, but with Akira off to college, they barely kept in touch. It wasn't until Kaori came to San Myshuno, where she first started as an agency clerk at S.I.M.S that she was reunited with Akira, since learning about his job as an Independent Consultant at Rainy Days Ent. She knew she could take advantage of his skills as a programmer.

[vikintor]

The Githyanki map and an idea about the community

"Githmap" is the silly way I'm calling my GZdoom map for now. 

It's is short map where you explore a Githyanki stronghold in first person (playing as a Githyanki as well), made in the Doom Engine. I don't have plans to release it for now, as I'm making it in a way to learn GZdoom.

But because I'm thinking a lot about my Gith OC's Jez'rathki, Draa'zvir and a lot of cool characters made by other kind Gith-enjoyers I'm considering not making this short map as something about me and only for myself but something for the community, a small gift perhaps, I will try to explain my idea below:

Imagine something that looks like Daggerfall but it is just a simple short visit to a virtual museum where you can explore a bit, see the paintings of other people's OCs on the walls, and talk to other Githyanki OCs to know their lore, their favorite food, besides getting the their creators @ (if they want).

That's my idea, reaching out to more Githyanki/Githzerai fans out there and asking if they want to add their OC character as a guest appearance, or opening a way to let everyone sign to participate with their GithOC.

The stronghold from my map is formed by rebels, spies, and simple Gith seeking sanctuary, with the context being inspired by "The Lich-queen's beloved". 

I still need to prepare a mini Tutorial on how to get the raw assets ready for me to export them to GZdoom (As I'm doing all the code) for everyone interested in having their OC there.

I don't feel so comfortable now reaching everyone without everything ready (just give a time to prepare a better post) 

But I can share the basic concept of how it works:

GRAPHICS

I took screenshots of this character screen of my OCs and NPC's in 5 Directions each (So I will cut the background and convert the sprites)

DIALOGUE TREE

Every NPC OC has a dialogue tree in the Githmap. For that one, I will prepare a series of questions your OC can answer (They can be friendly or rude about it) plus you can also provide additional questions (and answers) for your own OC so I can add them as well. 

Each question from my questionnaire is something the player character can choose to ask your OC, stuff like "What do they do for a living?", "what is their story, etc". Your custom questions can go deep on your OC story, like if you want the player to ask "What is the story behind their scars" etc.

I believe the best approach for now is making the map to be set before the events of BG3, because it would be odd if a bunch of OC's lore starts to reference cannon characters in different and contratitory ways, but It will have a few exceptions as I didn't decided everything yet (I need to add a Voss reference sorry). 

VOICE PERFORMANCE

Just a warning: Voices are not necessary. I just adding voices if I receive then, If I don't, its fine.

My OC's and NPC's don't have voices in-game , but if someone want to add voice to their OC there's ways do to it:

Recording an mp3 of a greetings message for the player to listen to when talking with your OC for the first time. 

Or recording some generic lines that go on most answers.

Or fully recording lines. 

CREDITS

As a short one map fangame, I will be credited as the programmer and organizer of the project, each asset used is credited to its original authors, and each person OC and asset will also be credited in two places, in the credits and the in-game dialogue alongside the OC name (example: Draa'zvir [by @vikintor]), because if I add other people OC in the game I want other players to know who created that OC, making it more like a connected experience and giving more musseum vibes.

[useless-catalanfacts]

New unclassified documents show Spain's espionage against Catalan independentists and how Spain's government, police and media worked together to publish fake information to attack Catalan independentists for years

For the last two months, there situation with the political espionage against Catalans, false accusations of all kinds of things against pro-independence politicians and activists, as well as right-wing demonstrations with Spanish supremacist hate speech, Spanish right-wing (though not only) politicians saying once again that Catalans are terrorist to gain votes, etc. have been escalating once again.

I had not made any post about all of that because I am simply too tired of the same thing happening over and over again and the same discussions happening all the time. This blog would be boringly repetitive if I commented on all the cases of diffamations, fear-mongering about inexistent supposed Catalan terrorists, the negotiations for a fake amnesty written so that they can keep as many people in jail as possible, and every new attack against Catalan people's right to use the Catalan language in the Catalan-speaking territories. It's the same old same old that doesn't stop happening in Spain. But I will give an update about what has been proven lately (and which had been known for a long time, but now can't be denied).

It has been known for a long time that the Spanish military intelligence service (CNI), with permission from the Spanish Supreme Court, has been using the Israeli espionage programme Pegasus to illegally spy on dozens of Catalan pro-independence journalists, activists, lawyers, politicians, and their relatives and friends for years. This goes against the human rights of the people who had their personal communications spied on and also against all the independence movement, because nobody is safe and everyone is susceptible of being spied on only for their political ideas.

Now, some of the official documents of the CNI have been declassified, so we know for sure that this espionage was happening, but other documents have not yet been declassified. Catalan politicians are asking the CNI to release the rest of these documents. The answer has been that they will not declassify them because it would "generate a risk and a grave threat for the life and integrity of the sources and collaborators of the CNI". Taking into account how in the last few years there has been many cases of infiltrated Spanish police in the Catalan social movements, including police who were infiltrated and entering long-term romantic relationships with Catalan activists (mostly Catalan women but some men too) and having sexual relations with others while lying to them about their identity, this statement can be understood to accept that there are many more people infiltrated in the movement.

But what have we seen in the documents that were released? That, as expected, the Spanish Government and Police between 2012 and 2016 used fake proof as excuses to spy on Catalans and tarnish their reputation on the press. As it has been released, the Spanish police compiled fake events with made-up proofs about Catalan independentist politicians, then they sent these fake news to the Minister of Interior of the Spanish Government, Jorge Fernández Díaz, who sent them to the Spanish media to be published as manufactured scandals on the front pages. This way, the Spanish media has spent years publishing fake information with the purpose of attacking the reputation and spreading fake ideas about Catalan independentists, including accusing many innocents of corruption, tax evasion, and personal family problems. All of these false accusations were widely talked about in Spanish media and became huge scandals, but when they were proven to be fake, the same media that published it would not include the news that these people had been declared innocents. Other ministers of the Spanish government like María Dolores de Cospedal and the president of Spain Mariano Rajoy were aware of it, and other ministries contributed to sending cherry-picked or false information to the Ministry of Interior for this scheme. All of this, of course, was paid for with public money coming from our taxes.

Nobody is surprised. This is just another day in Spain. The current Spanish Government has continued the espionage with Pegasus.

[vintagerpg]

OK, stick with me here. I bet you’re looking at The Hawaiian Computer Mystery (1985) and thinking, “well, that looks like a crummy pick-your-path book.” And you aren’t wrong! But you’re also not correct, either.

First off, the whole Making Choices series is built around teaching Christian lessons through their narratives, with characters who tend to exclaim things like “Lord Jesus, save me!” Even setting that to one side, this book has a deep commitment to aw-shucks corniness that I find hard to bear. What is sort of mystifying about the book, though, is that, Tardis-like, it seems to have an improbable number of storylines packed into its 150 pages.

Core concept: you won a videogame design contest and your prize is a trip to Hawaii and, maybe, a contract with the competition-organizing company. As soon as you arrive, however, a number of seemingly disparate mysteries try to intrude on your vacation. There’s a volcano and monsters in the volcano and spies and rival programmers and a haunted house and a giant bird and an angry whale and just a constant succession of new branches in the story. Amusingly, you can avoid all of them and focus on learning to surf at the beach in a sequence that is long enough to actually feel like a genuine ending rather than a time wasting gag. The substance of all of these various stories is questionable, but their construction is super interesting. I can’t think of an American gamebook with such a quirky and complex structure. Shame your character spends so much time praying, though.

[starlightshadowsworld]

I hope Cheif Taneda wakes up soon because I’ve got some questions for this man.

What the hell were you doing wandering about in an incident like this alone? And how did Sigma of all people heh the drop on you?

Like yeahh Sigmas no slouch but you’re the head of the Special Abilities division. You of all people can’t be taken down so easily like this.

How did you know about the book? How did you guys find the book and acquire a page? What was your plan with the page?

Why do you keep sending spies into the Port Mafia? And why Ango of all people, dude was “a lonely intern” back then.

Why send him? Do you know about the tripartite framework? Did you know about Shibusawa and what he was doing?

Are you in any way connected to the Hunting Dogs programme? Do you know Natsume? Why did you tell Dazai to join the Agency?

I need him to be more of a character because there’s so many questions I’ve got.

[georgefairbrother]

On February 18th, 1981, a BBC headline announced something that would be unthinkable three years later, 'Thatcher Gives in to Miners'.

"…Mrs Thatcher's Conservative Government has withdrawn plans to close 23 pits in its first major u-turn since coming to power two years ago. President of the National Union of Mineworkers Joe Gormley is confident the government's intervention will avert the threatened national miners' strikes…"

After crisis talks in Whitehall between union leaders and Energy Secretary, David Howell, the government agreed to reduce coal imports from eight million to 5.5 million tons and to reinstate higher operating subsidies.

NUM President Joe Gormley stated that as a result of commitments given, he would not be recommending a strike despite overwhelming support for industrial action from within the union membership.

Not everyone was happy;

"…The next day the NUM told all miners to return to work after the executive voted to accept the concessions made by the government and coal board by 15 to 8, with one abstention. Some left-wing pits maintained unofficial stoppages and there were pickets outside the NUM headquarters in London…"

When the government confirmed an injection of 300 million pounds in industry support, the unofficial action was called off and rebel pits were operating again by 20th February. Just over a year later, Joe Gormley secured a 9.3 % pay rise for miners, and was replaced by Arthur Scargill as NUM President.

In a 2002 BBC documentary, a former Special Branch officer claimed that Joe Gormley was a security services informant during the 1970s, having become concerned over the increasing influence within the NUM of left-wing militants.

Arthur Scargill opined,

"…The history of our movement is littered with people in leadership positions who were either connected with Special Branch or connected with the State..."

Joe Gormley was awarded a Life Peerage in 1982, and passed away in 1993.

[usafphantom2]

The story of the U-2 that took off from USS Ranger aircraft carrier and spied over French Polynesian nuclear test site at Mururoa atoll

Project Whale Tale and the U-2G

In the 1960s, U-2s could not reach certain remote targets because political difficulties prevented basing the aircraft in some foreign nations. The CIA and US Navy, therefore, studied the idea of launching U-2s from aircraft carriers.

Project Whale Tale fitted a few U-2s with arresting hooks at the rear of the fuselage. The hooks would snag cables strung across aircraft carrier decks and “capture” aircraft, bringing them to a quick stop.

To withstand rough carrier landings, Project Whale Tale U-2s were given stronger landing gear, and also wing spoilers to overcome the U-2’s tendency to glide instead of landing on the carrier deck. Aircraft thus modified were designated U-2G.

The first U-2 takeoff from a carrier took place on Aug. 5, 1963, from the USS Kitty Hawk, off San Diego, Calif. The first U-2 carrier landing occurred on March 2, 1964, aboard the USS Ranger.

The only operational use of the U-2 aircraft carrier operation concept

As told by Kevin Wright in his book We Were Never There Volume 2: CIA U-2 Asia and Worldwide Operations 1957-1974, little more than two months later in May 1964, the US Navy and the CIA conducted the only operational use of the U-2 carrier operation concept under the unclassified code name Fish Hawk.

U-2

Det H commander Colonel William Gregory, was on board USS Ranger for the voyage, having selected personnel and much of the required equipment for the mission. The U-2s had quietly flown to Hickham AFB, Hawaii. Then the two U-2Gs (Art 348 and 362) flew out to join USS Ranger, piloted by Jim Barnes and Buster Edens. Arriving from Hawaii the two flew approaches and trapped landings onto USS Ranger to renew their carrier qualification. Their aircraft were equipped with the newly delivered 112B/Delta II and B cameras.

The aircraft had made radio silent arrival onto USS Ranger in an attempt to hide the operation. Even on the carrier, the two U-2s were kept in a secure area protected by Marines. Representatives from Eastman Kodak and NPIC were on board Ranger to process and assess the tracker camera imagery. The main mission film was to be returned to San Diego by A-3B Skywarrior as soon practicable.

The French Polynesian nuclear test site at Mururoa atoll

Their target was the newly constructed Polynesian nuclear test facility at Mururoa atoll in the Tuamotu archipelago. The French switched to the south Pacific after abandoning their original nuclear test site in Algeria.

The unknown story of the U-2 aircraft that took off from USS Ranger carrier and spied over French Polynesian nuclear test site at Mururoa atoll

U-2G N808X Carrier touchdown on Feb. 29, 1964. Modifications included fitting tail hook and nose bumper in case the aircraft nosed down on the deck after catching a wire.

US intelligence development agencies monitored the development of the French weapons programme. Following an announcement that Prime Minister Georges Pompidou would visit the site in July 1964, the CIA seized the opportunity to photograph the new facilities in the period before nuclear tests began.

The mission plan called for a single sortie, with the new 112B camera, and a small ELINT payload, with two backup flights in case of weather or technical issues. As USS Ranger approached 800 miles from the archipelago the aircraft was readied for the first flight. Two missions were planned. W224A flown by James Barnes on May 19, 1964 with Colonel Gregory recording W224A’s departure at precisely 0700L.

U-2 missions over French Polynesian nuclear test site

Ranger’s radar soon lost contact with him as Barnes climbed to 68,000ft. His task was to cover the primary objective on Mururoa, and several secondary targets, mostly other atolls including Hoa which became an advanced support base. No opposition was expected as Barnes broke the usual cardinal rule of aerial opposition photo-reconnaissance and passed over the main target area twice. He flew over other atolls before imaging the settlement at Papeete, then turned north-eastwards to rendezvous with USS Ranger. He began his let down 100 miles before reaching the carrier and landed straight on.

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The second mission, W234A, a repeat of the first, was flown on May 22 by Buster Edens. There had been significant cloud over some of the first mission’s target areas, but by combining both days imagery coverage of all the primary and secondary target areas was achieved.

After the completion of operations, USS Ranger headed to San Francisco. The U-2s departed as they arrived within range of land to touch down at NAS Almeda, then flying on to Edwards AFB.

U-2 crash during aircraft carrier landing practice

On Apr. 26, 1965 veteran CIA pilot Buster Edens died when his U-2G crashed at Edwards AFB. He was due to carry out carrier landing practice on the simulated deck constructed there. On his first approach, he was told to cut power and extend spoilers by the LSO. On touchdown, his left wing touched the runway and dragged along it for some 50ft. Edens applied power and got airborne again and was told to gain altitude and check his aircraft. Just two miles from the control tower he appeared to enter a low-level spin and hit the ground.

We Were Never There Volume 2: CIA U-2 Asia and Worldwide Operations 1957-1974, is published by Helion & Company and is available to order here.

The unknown story of the U-2 aircraft that took off from USS Ranger carrier and spied over French Polynesian nuclear test site at Mururoa atoll

U-2G N315X being moved above deck on USS Kitty Hawk.

Photo credit: CIA, U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy

Dario Leone

Dario Leone is an aviation, defense and military writer. He is the Founder and Editor of “The Aviation Geek Club” one of the world’s most read military aviation blogs. His writing has appeared in The National Interest and other news media. He has reported from Europe and flown Super Puma and Cougar helicopters with the Swiss Air Force.

@Habubrats71 via X

[mariacallous]

Ukraine arrested a man for allegedly spying for Russia while impersonating a United Nations volunteer on the front lines, Kyiv’s security service said Monday. “Disguising himself as a volunteer, the traitor spied on the locations of the Defense Forces [toward] Pokrovsk, where the highest concentration of enemy attacks has been recorded so far,” Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) said in a press release. The man, described by the security service as 34 years old and working for Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), allegedly pretended to be a local volunteer for the U.N.’s World Food Programme in the Russian-occupied Donetsk region. Under the pretense of delivering humanitarian aid to local residents, he secretly identified the locations of Ukrainian infantry and artillery positions and transmitted the information to Russia, the SBU said. Russian forces then used the data to plan new attacks on Pokrovsk, according to the press release, which has been the focus of a long-term assault. The suspect has been charged with treason under martial law and faces potential life imprisonment and the confiscation of his property.

Ukraine and the U.N. have been at loggerheads since Secretary-General António Guterres appeared at a summit in Russia last week, where he embraced Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian ally Alexander Lukashenko.

The U.N. food aid organization told POLITICO it was “cooperating” with the Ukrainian probe into the suspected spy. “WFP is aware that the SBU (Security Service of Ukraine) has detained an individual in the Pokrovsk area (Donetsk region), who identified himself as a humanitarian volunteer working for a cooperating partner of WFP,” the World Food Programme said in a statement Monday evening.

“WFP can confirm that the individual detained is not a WFP employee. The individual however had a contractual relationship with an NGO partner of WFP until August 2024. We are actively cooperating with the authorities in their enquiries,” it added.

[galionne-vibin]

Clément Vallier / Ether Info & Backstory

Finally done writing this whole thing for Artfight. Here's the info about My Boy

---BASIC INFO---

NAME: Clément Vallier ALIAS: Thésée (former), Ether, Dead Man’s Switch AGE: 26 at death (2009, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty) GENDER & SEXUALITY: Male (He/They), Homosexual NATIONALITY: French HEIGHT: 172cm / 5’7” FAMILY: Unnamed Mother, Unnamed Father, Colonel Benjamin Moreau (Legal Guardian) LANGUAGE(S): French (Native), English (Fluent) ABILITIE(S): Damaged Cell Replacement WEAPON(S): Emeici Daggers (x2) AFFILIATION(S): Programme Deumière (former), French DGSE (former), Dead Cell (former) SONGS I ASSOCIATE WITH HIM:

Monster in the mirror - Charcoal Tongue

We were born to die - LUNA KILLS

Totally Spies - Lead Horizons

Party on My Deathbed - Hot Milk

Dead - PEAKS!

---BACKSTORY---

⚠️Trigger Warnings: Suicide Ideation⚠️

Clément Vallier was born in 1983 in a rural town in Southern France. By the age of 5, he was diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder causing his tissues and organs to slowly decay. He was hospitalized for 3 years, during which his health would continuously deteriorate. With his health rapidly degrading he was left too weak to speak coherently, let alone walk. It was around this time Col. Benjamin Moreau, a childhood friend of Clément's mother, heard of the situation and flew over to visit the family. He offered for Clément to be enrolled in an experimental medical program funded by the French military and operating out of the best hospital in Paris. Despite Clément's parents knowing they would have to cut all ties with their son due to the project's secret nature they agreed ; and Clément was flown to Paris alongside Moreau the following week.

In order to restore his damaged tissues, Clément received several injections of newly manufactured nanomachines. In a revolutionary procedure for the time, these would process the decayed matter in Clément’s body and then replace the damaged tissues with black, plastic-looking synthetic material. The results were immediate, with Clément’s general health greatly improving within just a few weeks.

Being unable to be returned to his parents, Clément was placed under Col. Benjamin Moreau’s care and enrolled in the Deumière program in 1993, where he would be trained for the next 6 years and achieve unprecedentedly high marks. By the end of the program and at only 16 years old Clément would join the French DGSE, being the youngest person ever to do so. He would go on to participate in multiple espionage operations as well the dismantling of illegal armament supplies and other confidential affairs.

By 2005 however Clément would leave the DGSE to follow Col. Benjamin Moreau back to the United States ; but also due to his declining mental health.

Indeed, while the nanomachines had been keeping his body going for over a decade, no cure had actually been found for his condition. His tissues were still continuously deteriorating and being replaced by synthetic material, with the black plastic covering more and more of his body. Seeing the disease continue to take its toll with no solution in sight, Clément began to fear it may take him over completely. The thought of his body dying and becoming entirely synthetic, trapping him in a walking corpse devoid of anything natural or human, terrified him. Clément vowed to never let such a thing happen to him, even if it meant killing himself before the disease did. Unbeknownst to anyone he began plotting his own death, secretly fantasizing about the different ways he could take his own life and, as he put it, “free himself”.

While traveling in the US alongside his mentor, Clément was introduced to Moreau’s friend Captain Jackson, the leader of the U.S. Navy SEALs anti-terrorist unit Dead Cell, whom he greatly impressed with his combat skills. Benjamin Moreau would unfortunately and unexpectedly pass away from a brain aneurysm during the trip, at which point Clément would be taken in by Jackson and recruited into Dead Cell.

It was not long after joining Dead Cell that Clément, now going by the new codename Ether, participated in a training exercise where the group staged a fake attack on a nearby military complex. During the exercise explosive expert Fatman detonated a series of bombs to level an empty warehouse ; however he did so slightly too early, causing the group to be hit by the shock wave. No injuries were reported however the event seemed to have a profound effect on Ether, who became consumed by the desire to die in a massive explosion.

He would later confess these dark thoughts to Fatman as well as explain his medical situation to him, admitting that his nanomachines would neutralize the wounds from any weapon and that he was “too much of a coward to go by fire”. He believed a giant explosion was the only way to destroy his body as it would burn the nanomachines instantly, granting him a painless death and a spectacular end. He begged for Fatman’s help to which the bomb expert would end up agreeing to make Ether part of his “greatest masterpiece yet”, although it was mostly to feed his own ego. The pair would later enter a romantic relationship with Ether becoming obsessively devoted to his partner.

Ether would survive the U.S. Military’s attempt to eliminate Dead Cell in 2008 alongside Fatman, Vamp and Fortune.

In 2009, the now rogue Dead Cell unit participated in the Big Shell Incident, taking over the decontamination plant alongside Gurlukovich Mercenaries. By then Ether’s condition had progressed significantly, causing a large portion of his face to be replaced by black plastic. This progress as well as the many risks involved in the takeover prompted Fatman to fit him with an extremely powerful explosive and a 3 minute timer. The timer was linked to Fatman’s Holter and was set to start a countdown should his heart stop, turning Ether into a dead man’s switch.Ether would provide support for Vamp and Fortune during the takeover, up until Fatman’s death at the hands of Raiden. With his bomb’s timer now running Ether would turn against the rest of Dead Cell by actively pursuing and trying to kill Raiden himself. He would fight Raiden on the bridge between Shell 1 and Strut E and F and planned to take the entirety of Shell 1 down with him. However as his timer hit its last few seconds Raiden shot him in the head nearly point blank, causing him to fall over the railing and plummet into the ocean. The nanomachines replaced his damaged brain by synthetic matter just as the timer hit zero, causing Ether to fall unconscious. The ensuing explosion entirely destroyed his body- however the water lessened its force just enough to preserve Shell 1’s structure.

---EXTRA INFO---

His favorite color is purple, his favorite food is crab legs and his favorite drink is champagne.

He enjoys luxury and high end products and spends his money very liberally on expensive skincare & makeup. Fatman’s hedonism rubbed off on him so he has a “Life is short, might as well make the most of it” approach to everything.

Speaking of skincare, that’s his number 1 favorite thing (after gossiping). He hasn't got much natural skin left, gotta take good care of it.

He’s a cis man but he’ll wear a dress or a skirt if it looks good on him.

His natural eye color is green. The purple & white eyes are contact lenses (purely for aesthetic purposes)

[mythuzalasheir3]

MYTH’S FIC MASTERLIST

General Spies Are Forever:

The Benefits Of Personal History- Owen Lives AU

Suffered Long Enough Or, Moving On (Together)- Torture Tango Reveal AU

Without A Clue- Soulmate AU

Torture Tango Reprise, Or The Horrors Of Staying Alive- Angsty Owen Lives AU

Remember… Remember… -Holloduke AU

Buddy, We’re Different Breeds- Werewolf! Curt and Vampire! Owen

The Downsides Of Personal History- Canon but from Owen’s perspective

The DMA Is Homophobic?!- The Kira is homophobic death note amv but Curtwen

Early Mornings- Curtwen first I Love You

King Of Hearts- Curtwen first meeting

Spies Never Die- Curt goes back for Owen AU

Bleeding Through- Post Fall Owen has identity issues

A Torn Page- SAF x House Of The Dragon Mashup AU Staircase scene

If A Spy Is A Spy And I Once Was A Spy - Curt’s journal entry before Spy Again

Always A Spy - Curt gets self reflective after retiring for real

Drowning - There was only one oxygen mask gone romantic

I’ll Find You In The Next Timeline - Roleswap!Owen meets Canon Curt

A Twist Of Fate- Roleswap AU, but Owen still joins Chimera

A Little Late For An Interview- Post Canon, Curt finds Chimera’s dossier on Owen

Death Cannot Stop True Love- SAF x Princess Bride AU

The Cursed Ship- Pirates of the Caribbean AU with Sparbossa Curtwen And Willabeth Tatibarb

Tati: The Vampire Slayer AU

Tati The Vampire Slayer- Curt finds out Tatiana is the Slayer

Spies Are Literally Forever: SAF x Hatchetfield Reincarnation AU Series

One Step Ahead (It’s How Its Always Been)-Curt/Howard remembers his past life on Black Friday when confronting Wilbur/Owen

The Gang’s Back Together (For The First Time [technically])- Curt/Howard and Owen/Wilbur reunite with Tati/Emma and Becky/Barb

Feeling A Lot Of Deja Vu Again- Owen’s Afterlife

The Worm Talk- The boys are soft

The Awakening of Wilbur Cross- Wilbur remembers his past life

Washington Comes To Hatchetfield- The gang meet for coffee at Beanie’s

Don’t You Forget About Me- Owen/Wilbur wingmans a holloduke reunion (ignore how this breaks lore hahahah)

Curtwen/Woward’s Nightmare Time- Wiggly tries to get his revenge

Awake For My Funeral- Curt’s Afterlife

Going Through The Unimaginable Twice- Tati/Emma reflecting on her siblings

Floppy Disk Curt AU Originally by @dr-docktor

Digital Ghost- Owen beta tests Chimera’s latest spyware programme

Forget, Update, Repeat- DC tries to find out why his code is strange

General Hatchetfield Fics:

Only Murders In Hatchetfield - Only Murders In The Building Mashup AU

Once More, With Blue Shit - mashup AU with the musical episode of Buffy The Vampire Slayer

I’ll Carry A Torch For Us Both (I Knew You Once Upon A Dream) - Sleeping Beauty Holloweane AU

Once Upon A Time In Hatchetfield - OUAT mashup AU

The Hatchetfield High Tarot Card Consultancy- All Our Hidden Gifts x Hatchetfield

You Will Know Our Names-Holloweane as Noah and Mio in a Xenoblade chronicles 3 AU

Unlocking Your Soul- Persona inspired Hatchetfield

And We’ll Sing It Again (In The Next Timeline)- Hadestown x Hatchetfield

Biya, Duke- Sequel to YWKON, the ending of Chapter 5 of Xenoblade 3 but Holloweane

The Butterfly Effect- Hatchetfield x Life Is Strange, with Lautski Pricefield

73 Yards- 73 Yards from Doctor Who but with Ted

Don’t Expect A Firework To Admire You Back- Duke’s perspective pre Miss Holloween

Paul Matthews’ Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Night In Dulvey- Resident Evil 7 But Hatchetfield

Does This Look Like The Goddamn Abstinence Camp To You?- An Abstinence Camp continuation with werewolves

Will You Call My Name When You Walk On By?- Giving Holloweane a happy ending

The Last Of Hatchetfield (TLOUx Hatchetfield AU)

Spider House AU

Stepping Through A Door- Hannah enters the Demon Realm and meets Miss Holloway, the most powerful witch on the Isles.

Holloweane’s Requiem- Miss Holloway reunites with an old flame

Is This The Eternal Dark Without A Dawn? (Hatchetfield x Until Dawn AU)

Spankoffski-Fosters Vs The Lords In Black Series

Pulp Musicals Fics:

Oh, Miss Stratford, What Have You Done?- Rose makes a faustian bargain

SnowBaird Fics:

Snow Falling- Coriolanus gets a visitor on the eve of his execution

Video Game Fics:

Sparrow And Reaver: Road To Rule- Spreaver pirate adventure

The Legend Of Zelda: Hyrule Saviours- Ocarina of time but Malon’s the hero of time

Assassin’s Creed- Katia- lowkey self insert Ezio x Reader

Life Is Strange: Partners In Time- Max, Chloe and Rachel go back to stop the storm and hell week

Miscellaneous Fics

The Disappearance of Eudoria Holmes- Dr who x bbc sherlock x enola holmes

Coney Island Waltz- Love Never Dies Rewrite