#reforger 82

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Fighter jets fly over Neuschwanstein Castle, 1982

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The Scottish Boy by Alex de Campi - 5/5 stars

This book managed to rip my heart out at least 3 times. I loved it. Medieval enemies-to-lovers slow burn; very romantic. Kinda read like fanfiction at times but in a good way. 10/10 would read a follow-up love story about Arundel and Captain Wekena. If you like Captive Prince, give this one a try.

Reforged by Seth Haddon - 4/5 stars

Pretty good bodyguard romantasy. Ironically CS Pacat blurbed this one (another am-I-in-the-matrix moment). The world was interesting and I enjoyed the politics, though they're definitely not as complicated as other SFF politics I've gone feral over (see: Captive Prince, Winter's Orbit, A Memory Called Empire). I ordered the sequel after I finished this.

The Doctor's Date by Heidi Cullinan - 4/5 stars

A Power Unbound by Freya Marske - 5/5 stars

Where do I start? I love, love, LOVE A Marvellous Light. It's one of my favorite books ever. None of the rest of the books in the trilogy could live up to it, really, because it's so good. You'll notice I rated this one 5 stars though, because quite honestly I fell prey to a bit of The Academy Paying The Lord of the Rings Trilogy Its Due syndrome. I did love this book and thought it was better than A Restless Truth (which I still loved!) but part of that is, quite frankly, just due to the fact that I prefer m/m romance to f/f romance.

Anyway. This was such a good finale to the trilogy. I loved that the romance was a giant middle finger to purity cultists. I loved that one of the mains was Italian. I loved finally getting the story of what happened to the Alston twins. One thing I thought was really cool was how, viewed from the outside, you totally get why Edwin is such a loner. I really admire from a writing perspective how Marske pulled that off.

I feel like there's a lot to be said about what Marske was trying to SAY with this book, but I definitely need to reread it first before I can articulate any of it. The purity culture stuff is obvious, but the magic system too. I feel like Jack when he's almost able to connect everything in his mind into a bigger idea, but he can't quite get there.

I've got a special edition from Illumicrate coming, so I'll be rereading it when I have that.

Oh also, this book was the embodiment of all that one tumblr post -

The Guncle by Steven Rowley - 5/5 stars

I saw this in bookstores for years before I finally gave in and bought it. The blurb makes it sound insufferable and twee. Ignore the blurb. This was such a good book about grief and learning how to live again after terrible loss.

I Like Me Better by Robby Weber - 4/5 stars

At last I can stop getting the Lauv song stuck in my head whenever I set eyes on this book (it's stuck in my head as I type this). Pretty standard-issue YA, but it was cute and had a good message.

The Stagsblood King by Gideon E Wood - 4/5 stars

Another book about moving on from grief! This is the second book in a trilogy. When I was trying to determine if I wanted to read on beyond book 1, I scoured the internet for information about what happens in books 2 and 3. Eventually I decided, hell, I enjoyed book 1 well enough, even if what I want to happen in the rest of the trilogy doesn't happen, they're worth reading. SO, to that end, I will tell anyone looking for info that Tel gets romantically involved with a new man in this one, which, eh. I still want him to somehow end up with Vared. It was still quite good though.

In the Lives of Puppets by TJ Klune - DNF at pg 82

So funnily, we were at the bookstore the day I was about to start reading this, and my wife pointed out Ravensong (also by Klune) to me and said, "Do you have this one?" I made a face and said, "That's an older one of his books and I'm wary of his early work after that horrible Verania series. I don't think I've ever read an author as hit or miss as TJ Klune."

I wrote the above when I was 60 pages in and now I have officially DNFed this. Listen. You know how in Thor: Love and Thunder, Taika Waititi was clearly given free rein to do whatever he wanted, so all of his worst impulses made it to the final cut unchecked? Yeah. That's what this book is like.

Here's my Storygraph review: I see Klune is officially Too Big To Edit now. This book has exactly the same problem that his awful Verania series had—a joke that's funny at first but quickly grows tiresome when it's repeated five times per page. The emphasis on Victor's asexuality was also weird and read like Klune was just super proud of himself for writing an ace character.

Lion's Legacy by LC Rosen - 4.25/5 stars

Queer, YA Indiana Jones, but less #problematic. This book had some eerie similarities to my own archaeology adventure novel(s), which made me wonder half-seriously if I somehow know Lev Rosen? Anyway, I feared this would be very heavy-handed and not nuanced on archaeology's ethical dilemmas, since it's YA and also the current culture is to view said dilemmas as completely black and white with no nuance, but I was pleasantly surprised. It manages to examine that, queerness, and daddy issues, plus has time to be a genuinely fun and exciting adventure story. Highly recommend.

Too White to be Coloured, Too Coloured to be Black by Ismail Lagardien - 4/5 stars

I picked up this memoir in a bookstore at OR Tambo airport in Johannesburg as research for Six Places to Fall in Love, since Percy is coloured. A pretty brutal read, but good, and definitely good research. The author was a photographer and journalist through the most violent years of apartheid.

The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson - 5/5 stars

Two nonfiction books in a row?? This is the second book by Erik Larson I've read, the first being the excellent The Devil in the White City. I'm not, in general, all that interested in WWII when it comes to military history, but this book is about the day to day lives of Churchill and the people surrounding him (with brief stops to visit FDR and high-ranking Nazis sprinkled throughout). This is a very, very good book, and I recommend reading it if only as a reminder of the resilience and bravery of ordinary people under terrifying circumstances.

Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh - 5/5 stars

Holy shit. Holy shit is this book good. Imagine the love child of Lost, Person of Interest, and Battlestar Galactica, but queer and with multiverse shenanigans thrown in.

I need everyone to read this book. Now. Yesterday. Get to it.

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Exercise Reforger in black and white, pictures in this set are from 78′-82′.

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It's still too hot but chapter 82 of Reforged is up! Please enjoy.

I've also made great progress on MegaStar Week prompts. 5/7 done (or at least drafted for editing). The trick is figuring out what to do for the last two.

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OMG I JUST READ THE SPIDERMAN JAKE FIC IM SO LATE OMG BUT IT WAS LITERALLY SO GOOD WTF ????

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AHHHH TBH I WASNT GONNA MAKE HIS FRIENDS THE VILLAINS ORIGINALLY but it seemed to tie in well with giving them a little redemption arc 🤧💕 i think heeseung hadn’t rlly turned ever but jay definitely has a lot of bonds to reforge 😵‍💫BUT PLEASEE THIS WHOLE MESSAGE IS SO SWEET i’m so touched that you enjoyed it that much 😭💖 i’m so happy that you liked reading it as much as i liked writing it, and appreciation like this always makes me remember how grateful i am to have such wonderful readers 🥰🥰🌷🌷thank you so much for reading angel and i’m so so happy you took the time to send this in !! ♡

and thank you so much !! IVE BEEN IN BLISS HAHAH i’ve just been sooo happy the entire week after i heard that i got the position and i’m basically living with my head in the clouds 🌸

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Reinier Bergsma

McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom II, 4TFW, 334TFS

REFORGER CORONET MUSKET '82, Karup Airbase Denmark

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NEW MUSE

DIANA PRINCE, Crown Princess of Themyscira

Diana is depicted as a masterful athlete, acrobat, fighter and strategist, trained and experienced in many ancient and modern forms of armed and unarmed combat, including exclusive Amazonian martial arts. With her godlike abilities of incalculable superhuman strength, nigh-invulnerability, speed, flight, fast healing and semi-immortality, Diana's fighting prowess is enhanced. In some versions, her mother trained her, as Wonder Girl, for a future career as Wonder Woman. From the beginning, she is portrayed as highly skilled in using her Amazon bracelets to stop bullets and in wielding her golden lasso. Batman once called her the "best melee fighter in the world". The modern version of the character is known to use lethal force when she deems it necessary. In the New 52 continuity, her superior combat skills are the result of her Amazon training, as well as receiving further training from Ares, the God of War, himself, since as early as her childhood. The Golden Age Wonder Woman also had knowledge in psychology, as did her Amazon sisters.

Two magic bracelets that can deflect both projectiles and blunt attacks. The Bracelets are comprised of the godly Eighth Metal, one of the strongest elements in the Multiverse.They are almost indestructible capable of withstanding, even deflecting; such force as Darkseid's Omega Beams.[57] In the false life Diana had lived the god of the forge; Hephaestus, had modified her bracelets with the ability to manifest any number of weaponry she desires.

After her bracelets were destroyed by Cheetah, Diana went on to use Hippolyta's old Eighth Metal manacles and reforged them using Amazonium to fill in the seams, the same ones that were shattered by Herakles when he dominated the Amazons.

Lasso of Truth: The Lasso, also referred to as the Golden Perfect, is a sacred relic of the Amazons and was given to them by the Gods of Olympus. It was bestowed to Wonder Woman when she embarked to Man's World. The Lasso's most known power is to force anyone ensnared by it to speak only the truth. It also possesses a number of other magical abilities. The Lasso is capable of tethering the hearts and minds of the individuals holding it, creating a telepathic link between them, as well as allowing for language translation.[150] It can also be used to bind and ensnare the souls of beings, including even gods, within it.Diana can use the Perfect to locate individuals who share an emotional connection to her. It can also be used to force a biophysical reset of those who have been corrupted by some external influence, such as poisons and toxins or mind control, who are bound by it.Diana is highly proficient at using the Lasso of Truth as both a tool and a weapon, and is capable of easily binding people and objects using it.

Wonder Woman's Tiara

Atlantiades' Armor: As the new God of Love, Atlantiades can bestow favors on their protégés, such as the powerful armor endowed with the strength of the Erotes that they temporarily gave to Diana.

Transportation

Invisible Plane: Wonder Woman possesses an airplane capable of rendering itself completely invisible to the human eye. Like her bracelets, Diana's invisible plane is forged with Eighth Metal, making it almost indestructible.[153] The Invisible Plane was originally the aircraft Steve Trevor crashed onto Themyscira; it was repaired by the Amazons and upgraded with their technology.

Weapons

Magical Sword: A sword forged by Hephaestus, said to be sharp enough to cut the electrons off an atom.

Qwardian Power Ring (Formerly): As a warrior goddess and the goddess of war Diana was aptly chosen to be a temporary member of the Sinestro Corps.

Shield of Alcippe

Star Sapphire Ring (Formerly): Diana first wielded the Violet Lantern Ring when she served with the Star Sapphire Corps during the Blackest Night. She was later recruited as temporary leader of the Star Sapphires during a crisis on Zamaron and wore the ring once more. After the conflict, Diana retired from the Corps to continue her mission on Earth.

Sunblade (Formerly): The sword created by Hephaestus for Apollo at the dawn of human civilization, as one of the twelve weapons created for each member of the Gods of Olympus. When the Olympians had abandoned their old home, Wonder Woman, then its owner, became the sole owner of their entire arsenal.] But at the behaste of the smithing god, Hephaestus, Diana willingly gave the Sunblade to Batman.

Sword of Exoristos

Themysciran Shield: Wonder Woman often wields a Themysciran shield to deflect heavy weaponry.

After leaving for Man's World, Diana was gifted with various powers by the Gods of Olympus.

Superhuman Strength: Diana possesses far greater strength than the finest human athletes. She kept an A.R.G.U.S aircraft from crashing by holding it up. She dispatched numerous Parademons during Darkseid's invasion and broke the Fortress of Solitude's doors down when H'el locked Superman out and took control of it. She has also managed to briefly overpower both Green Lantern and Aquaman, as well as Supergirl. She managed to defeat the goddess Artemis, as well as draw blood from The First Born.[citation needed]

Superhuman Durability: Diana possesses a high resistance to damage and magical attacks. Her resistance to injury is not quite as great as Superman or Supergirl. However, due to her vast threshold for pain and her Amazonian ability to heal at a superhuman rate, this easily makes up for the difference. She has withstood considerable bludgeoning damage in the form of hand to hand combat with metahuman opponents such as Superman and Shazam.[58] She has considerable resistance to human weaponry, though this is not absolute; bullets and edged weapons can cause minor to moderate injury, but never life threatening.[82] Whether or not however she can survive bullets to vital areas is disputable. She was once mortally wounded by a hail of bullets that bounced off Superman and hit her neck.[141] Alternatively, she also survived being shot by an Eighth Metal bullet to the head. A possible explanation is the bullet's impact being partially absorbed by her tiara which flies off due to the impact.[142]

Flight: Gifted unto her by the messenger god Hermes, Diana possesses the power to fly at high speeds.

Superhuman Speed: She is able to think, react, run and move at superhuman speeds. According to Flash, she can keep up with him if he is at regular cruising speed (but not at top speed).

Superhuman Reflexes: Wonder Woman's reflexes are far beyond the limitations of the finest human athletes. She has been able to react to a barrage of gunfire from multiple opponents at once unharmed. Batman noted that her reflexes are superior to that of Superman.[citation needed]

Superhuman Agility: Wonder Woman's agility is far beyond that of even an Olympic level athlete, as is her balance and coordination.[citation needed]

Superhuman Stamina: Wonder Woman can last a great deal of time in any fight and with virtually anyone. She has held her own in combat with foes as powerful as a Doomsday clone. She doesn't tire out, as her body produces no lactic acids in her muscles.[citation needed]

Accelerated Healing: In the rare event of suffering a serious injury, Diana can heal from mild to moderate injuries at an amazing rate. Her normal regenerative abilities allow her to recover from injury within seconds to minutes. She possesses an incredible immunity from poisons, toxins, as well as disease.

Enhanced Senses: Diana's all five senses are enhanced to superhuman level gifted by the goddess of hunt, Artemis, such as:

Enhanced Hearing, Enhanced Vision, Enhanced Sense of Smell

Animal Empathy: Diana possesses the ability to communicate with all forms of animals and her presence alone can bring a raging beast to a calm standstill. She is also able to directly command wild animals when needed.

Immortality: As a demigoddess, Wonder Woman does not age beyond her prime.

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Download Image of An Italian soldier observes the opening ceremonies for exericse Reforger '82 from an elevated position while standing guard duty. Free for commercial use, no attribution required. The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naples Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Bob Wickley Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files Dated: 02.09.1982. Topics: italian, soldier, italian soldier, ceremonies, exericse, reforger, exericse reforger, position, guard, duty, italy, naples

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A formation of four fighters participating in the NATO exercise "Reforger '82" fly over the cloud shrouded Neuschwanstein Castle on the German/Austrian border in September 1982. [2820x1890] Check this blog!

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Air to air view of contrails from five C-141B Starlifters enroute to Germany, from the United States, for a drop of U.S. Army paratroopers, participating in REFORGER '82, the multi-national military training exercise. September, 1982. NARA 6505995 

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Tháng 1 toàn game đỉnh, ngoại trừ “cú lừa ngoạn mục” mang tên Warcraft 3: Reforged

Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot

Dù mới ra mắt được vài ngày, tuy nhiên Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot đã nhận được vô số lời khen ngợi đến từ fan của bộ truyện này nói riêng và cộng đồng game thủ nói chung. Trong danh sách top 10 tựa game bán chạy nhất tháng tại UK, Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot đã vượt mặt nhiều đối thủ đáng gớm khác để nắm vững ngôi vị số 1.

Đúng như tên thường gọi của mình, Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot sẽ là một game lấy chủ đề xoay quanh Songoku. Không giống các game đối kháng Dragon Ball khác, trò chơi này cho phép bạn điều khiển một nhân vật và đi theo một mạch nội dung giống với những gì được miêu tả trong truyện tranh.

The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners

Vào ngày 24/1 vừa qua, tựa gameThe Walking Dead: Saints & Sinnersđã chính thức ra mắt trên Steam. Với chỉ số đánh giá cao lên đến hơn 82%, phiên bản mới của The Walking Dead đã được cộng đồng game thủ trên Steam hết lời khen ngợi.

“Kể từ sau series The Walking Dead của Telltale, đây có lẽ là trò chơi tốt nhất kế thừa được tinh hoa của thương hiệu này. Cách dẫn truyện xuất sắc, gameplay cuốn hút và ấm cúng hơn nữa là sư tương thích hoàn hảo trên nền tảng thực tế ảo, The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinner thực sự là một điều gì đó rất khác biệt với những game VR khác. Nếu series này ra tiếp phần 2, tôi nhất định sẽ mua nó”, một game thủ trên Steam chia sẻ.

Đi theo phong cách động thái, hâu tận thế, The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners kể về cuộc chiến sinh tồn tại thành phố New Orleans, nơi những người sống sót đang phải chống lại đại dịch zombies tàn khốc. Không những phải đối đầu với các sinh vật gớm ghiếc, sự đấu tranh còn diễn ra ngay trong nội bộ những người sống sót.

Journey to the Savage Planet

Journey to the Savage Planetlà tựa game phiêu lưu khám phá góc nhìn thứ nhất đến từ Typhoon Studios – hãng phát triển mới đầu quân cho Google Stadia. Đây là tựa game đầu tiên của Alex Hutchinson kể từ lúc rời khỏi Ubisoft và tự tay thành lập nên Typhoon Studios.

Về mặt thiết kế, Journey to the Savage Planet có tông màu rất sặc sỡ cùng những nét vẽ người ngoài trái đất cách điệu. Trò chơi được mô tả đi theo phong cách hài hước, có phần kỳ quặc với những phân cảnh người ngoài trái đất “chết vì chói tai”, tạo hình từ NPC, phong cảnh cho tới vũ khí, công cụ theo phong cách rất “dị”.

Thực tế thấy rằng, Journey to the Savage Planet là tựa game giải trí tốt cực kỳ tốt. Bởi tuy có chút thiên hướng kỳ quặc nhưng việc đi săn những quái vật ngoài trái đất được gia công theo phong cách “vui nhộn” vẫn là trải nghiệm giải trí rất tốt. Không những vậy, chế độ co-op của game được chăm chút hết sức kỹ càng, giúp game thủ có được những giờ phút giải trí tuyệt vời bên cạnh người thân và bạn bè.

Warcraft 3: Reforged

Đúng như dự kiến từ trước đó, vào ngày 29/1/2020,Warcraft 3: Reforgedđã được phát hành trên toàn thị trường quốc tế. Được biết, đây là phiên bản làm lại trên nền tảng đồ họa 4K của trò chơi gốc phát hành năm 2003. Tình từ thời điểm phát triển ra lần đầu tiên, Warcraft 3 đã tồn tại được gần 2 thập kỷ và trở thành một tỏng những tựa game chiến thuật được yêu thích nhất lịch sử. Chính vì như thế, sự phát triển ra củaWarcraft 3: Reforgedđã khiến fan hâm mộ thế giới phải lo lắng không y��n.

Tuy nhiên, thực tế lại không màu hồng như nhiều người vẫn tưởng. Hy vọng nhiều thì thất vọng nhiều. Khi sản phẩm này ra mắt, nhiều người dân đã phải hụt hẫng về sản phẩm của Blizzard. Không dùng lại phần đồ họa không đúng như mong đợi, Blizzard còn cắt bỏ nhiều khả năng hay ho của phiên bản cũ. Với giá thành đắt đỏ như 1 tựa game mới, những gì mà Blizzard mang lại trongWarcraft 3: Reforgedlà không thể hài lòng nhiều người.

Trên chuyên trang tổng hợp Metacritic, Warcraft 3: Reforged đang nhận điểm số thấp kỷ lục 1.0 (do người chơi đánh giá). Điều này có nghĩa rằng cứ 10 người chơi thì có tới 9 là chê bai tựa game này. Trong lịch sử Blizzard, chưa từng có sản phẩm này bị ghẻ lạnh và hắt hủi đến vậy.

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So, I was rereading Queen of Shadows and found this bit in chapter 82 "His precious gift, his key, he had called her. A living gate, he promised. Soon, he had said he would add the other. And then find the third." "Kaltain Rompier unleashed her shadowfire upon them all ... The fire she had harbored since magic had returned—golden flame now turned to black." Could what happen to Kaltain happen to Aelin since Kaltain had fire magic? Would Aelin make herself the gate to banish Erawan?

Hey! Thank you for the ask buddy!! 

So, here’s the problem, I haven’t read EoS in a while, and because I joined tumblr after everyone was done talking about it, I don’t know any of the theories/ meta on the whole key/lock/gate word-salad thing that happens in EoS. BUT, I’m glad you brought this up because maybe some people can provide some handy links to some great meta that I am certain has been made on this topic because I easily get lost on all this stuff and I want to get it straight in my head too!

1. I forgot about that line about the “living gate”. They talk about the wyrdgate but I can’t remember a whole lot about what that meant. Does that mean that when a person is in possession of all three keys that they become the gate? I was never super clear on that. (this is what happens when you only listen to the audiobook on a series that is this dense, y’all)

2. I remembered the bit about how Kaltain’s power used to be golden, isn’t that why she was chosen by Erawan? Because she also had Brannon’s gifts and he wanted to pervert the powers that are capable of defeating him and use them for his own use? But her powers turned into shadow-fire due to her possession by a Valg prince I thought. So I think Kaltain is meant to be like the other side of the coin, like what would happen to Aelin if things went horribly, terribly wrong.

3. It was my understanding that Aelin’s purpose isn’t to be the gate, but the lock. She talks about getting the three keys and putting them in the gate, but again is that a person or a thing? Either way, her power and life force is meant to go into forging/ reforging the lock to seal the gate. But also, I’ve always thought that it wasn’t going to be just her anyway. She’s obviously not going to die, and there’s too much weight put on that moment in QoS when her and Dorian use magic together. But I think a third will be thrown in somehow-Manon. I just don’t know how. Because Manon is just as tangled in this mess (her valg blood, her birthright to break a curse, her and Aelin needed to use to witch mirror together, the eye of elena was/is a witch mirror, etc.) we’ve got a ‘threes’ thing going on. Three keys, three-faced goddess... 

three super convoluted points to this post that probably in no way answered your question I’m so sorry...

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Sten Hugo Hiller - 627184: Mech review - (C-Mech): SURT

(By Sten Hugo Hiller - 627184) Mech review

Todays (C-Mech): SURT

The newest addition to the Mechforce a Commander may chose to use have been released. Weighing in at 110 tons the Surt should be a force multiplier strong enough to scare all but the hardiest souls, except... The color scheme makes it look more like some pink fluffy over grown toy. Not that having opponents underestimate you is a bad idea, but if potential employers do so as well it might cost you some contracts. Some Commanders have found some Surts out in the Galaxy, the rest of us will have to purchase them.

For an outlay of 26k Ferrite, 20k Bioptics and 490 Crystal this monster machine can be Yours, provided you have a licence of at least 166.

For this outlay you get a bare boned Mech with the following stats:

Speed: -27 Precision: 1 Dodge: 2 Shield: (20)

It also come equipped with:

2X Flagare 1X Phyrenado 2X Incinerator 2X Chimera 4X Square Flame 3X Scorcher and room for one additional weapon.

This should be enough to clear the Pirate Moon by itself, unless you have cleared it dozens of times beforehand.

To get it to its full potential however you need to upgrade it 316 times. At standard time and cost this will set you back 8532 Crystals, 351 076 Bioptics and 456 304 Ferrite.

When you have finished all the upgrading it will have these stats (without equipment.)

...............Speed: -5 ...........Precision: 6 ...............Dodge: 10 .....Fire Damage: +82% ....1.5 x Damage: +16% ....1.6 x Damage: +20% .......2 X Damage: +20% ........3X Damage: +10% ................Splash: 50% .................Shield: (80) ...........Ice Shield: 40% .........Fork Shield: 30% .....Splash Shield: 30% ...Trample Shield: 30% Wide Fork Shield: 30%

It will also have room for seven Cockpits, six Chasis, eight Engines and five Shields in addition to 76 weapons.

The cupboard is not empty when it comes to equipment, but there is not lot to choose from either. Bearing in mind that more equipment probably will be made available, we still try to put together a standard (Crystal) and an elite (Niode) Equipment package for the Surt.

Starting at the Engines, the top models are:

MK 300 (Speed +5, Auto-Repair +1 and 2% Fire vulnerability) Volcanic Core (Speed +10, Auto Repair +1, Fire Damage +6% and 3% Splash) We get eight of each

For Chasis the choice is a bit harder:

For the standard package the choice is between the Cooling Turbine (Dodge +6, 3x Damage +3% and 4% vulnerability to both Missiles and Fire) and the Actuator Decoupler (Dodge +4, speed +1 and 3% Ice Vulnerability) Either way, the Dodge will end up being subpar, so the question is speed or multiples. Here the additional weaknesses of the Cooling Turbine tips the choice toward the Actuator Decouplers and we order six of them.

For the elite package the two challengers are the Reforged Battleplate (Dodge +11, Shield (20) and 10% Prjectile Shield) and the Inertial Dampening (Dodge +10, Speed +2, 3x Damage +5%, Laser Damage +3% and 4% Proj. Vulnerable) As both can give us top (70) Dodge the question is offense or defense. We choose the Inertial Dampening and offense. Six ordered.

The Cockpits can make us or break us, we need to get as close to top Precision (96) as we can. The only standard Cockpit to give us Precision is the 8-Shifter (Precision +5, 2x Damage +3) We get seven of them The top elite Cockpit is the Nanobioptic Gloves (Precision +12, 2x Damage +6, Shield (2) and 2% laser Vulnerability) Seven ordered.

Shields are used to reduce incoming damage, and to patch holes the other equipment have made.

The standard package will include one of each of the Crystal 110 ton Shields (Celestial Mirror, Atomic De-Icer, Immolation Isolation, Enigma Syndicate and Heavy Buckler) The Elite package will use the 105-110 ton Single Shields, one of each (Titanium Shield, Fire Armor, Thermal Plating, Swarm Plating and Refraction Shield)

This gives us the following stats for the finished builds (C/N):

...............Speed: .....41.......77 ...........Precision:......41.......90 ...............Dodge: .....34.......70 .....Fire Damage: +82%...+130% ....1.5 x Damage: +16%...+16% ....1.6 x Damage: +20%...+20% .......2 X Damage: +41%...+62% ........3X Damage: +10%...+40% ................Splash: +50%...+74% .................Shield: ..(80).....(354) ...........Ice Shield: ..37%.......51% ..........Fire Shield: ..-1%.......26% .......Laser Shield: ..15%......12% .....Missile Shield: ..15%......26% .Projectile Shield: ..15%........2% .........Fork Shield: 30%.....30% .....Splash Shield: 30%.....30% ...Trample Shield: 30%.....30% Wide Fork Shield: 30%.....30% ........Auto Repair: .....8..........8

Average damage will be 204.7% of normal for the standard version and 352.8% for the elite version.

Cost of the packages: In addition to some comparably negligable amounts of Ferrite/Bioptics is either 1529 Niodes or 1854 Crystal.

While the Elite variant gives superior performance all over the board, the question is wether this is the best use of so many Niodes. The standard variant have poor Dodge, so-so Speed and crappy Precision.

On the other hand, as mentioned before, better equipment might well be coming.

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Chapter 76 of Reforged is live. It's been a slow writing week but at least that chapter's ready to go.

We're actually, other than final typo checks, ready to go through at least chapter 82. I'm anticipating the current arc finishing up around... chapter 87 or so. I've got preliminary blocking set up at least until chapter 97 which is nearing the end of the whole thing.

I also removed the Torchbearer tag since, technically, that refers to a specific unit of them. I'd missed it in earlier tag cleanups.

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Round of 16384 - Batch 85

Batch 85 voting is now open.  The following polls are currently open:

Batch 85 Batch 84 Batch 83 Batch 82 Batch 81 Batch 80 Batch 79

Batch 78 results will be up soon.

The full list of matchups for today is:

Nulltread Gargantuan vs Addle No Rest for the Wicked vs Urabrask the Hidden Dregs of Sorrow vs Embodiment of Insight Kabira Evangel vs Bandage Phosphorescent Feast vs Spellbound Dragon Stinging Barrier vs Shaman of Forgotten Ways Noose Constrictor vs Spellbreaker Behemoth Boneyard Wurm vs Swirling Spriggan Incendiary Command vs Great Whale Drana, Liberator of Malakir vs Magnetic Mountain Field of Reality vs Acid-Spewer Dragon Superior Numbers vs Duskdale Wurm Timid Drake vs Battering Krasis Break of Day vs Angelic Edict Pistus Strike vs Burnt Offering Roilmage's Trick vs Gearshift Ace Rusted Sentinel vs Boomerang Fling vs Reforge the Soul Wolfbitten Captive vs Pygmy Kavu Fountain of Cho vs Stave Off Merfolk Thaumaturgist vs Gearseeker Serpent Chromatic Armor vs Sluiceway Scorpion Marsh Boa vs Scavenging Ghoul Spark of Creativity vs Divination Hornet Harasser vs Voice of All Drag Down vs Tower Drake Tar Pit Warrior vs Burning Wish Tireless Missionaries vs Celestial Flare Tidespout Tyrant vs Foundry Street Denizen Ad Nauseam vs Ghosts of the Damned Trolls of Tel-Jilad vs Malakir Cullblade Magus of the Unseen vs Shambling Goblin

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Reinier Bergsma

McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom II, 4TFW, 334TFS

REFORGER CORONET MUSKET '82, Karup Airbase Denmark. 4thTFW/344TFS, SJ, 22-08-1982 ©TSGT Ken Hammond