#the solaris agency

[tsa-society]

ASCII Art done by AMItac and relased on a Demoparty somewhere in 2024 for TSA - The Solaris Agency

[the-valiant-valkyrie]

death engine 'bad end' where phoenix fails to stop solaris from eviscerating every known agency location on the planet's surface. and solaris becomes the most lethal asset in zor's arsenal.... RAAAAAGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *objects go hurtling around the room*

[i-expect-you-to-die]

One of the Two Password Locked Webpages - Shawn's Desk!

The password for this website is as follows:

that`sTHEpASscOdEx

The website has a habit of lagging, so below the cut is all the important files which can be found by going into the website!

^ This is the background image, the rainbow paperclips as well as his seeming break up with Sam heavily implies that Shawn is gay :]

[salezmanradioz]

Anyways I don't want to ramble about this under someone's post but I do want to speak my mind about this since thank god I thought I was kinda being too attached to media and being sensitive about it. I'm glad I'm not the only one speaking about this.

While I loved the entire IEYTD event, answering questions in the emails whilst under the guise of Zoe and Zavier and all the articles, it seems a bit cruel to me just to say everything they've answered and all those articles are fake. It was all a test by The Agency to "test if we'd defect or figure out the puzzle". Like it feels bad man.

Not only because of this, but because the intention to pander an audience, knowing that we as a community really love Juniper. To confirm his bisexuality and EVEN back it up with statements about his "EXES" attempting to hack into things numerous times and even when asked if it's really true he's still alive, implying "I can't say nothing read the articles" just to sum it up "hah all fake get a grip" is such a low blow.

Another addition is when asked about the women of IEYTD (Solaris, Prism, Fabricator etc etc), all we got was "classified" and "can't say anything". Going to spit out a hardball here but Prism and Fabricator has had more of an impact to me than Ollie anyday so it felt weird to play pretend "Uncle Ollie" is missing and focusing on him when you got 3-4 main women characters RIGHT THERE. Even then, ending off the whole Ollie thing with (((REDACTED))) stuff like ,,okay?? What are we going to do with this? I'm not saying this to downplay Ollie btw. I think IEYTD characters are great and I'm biased and understand why Schell loves Juniper. I do too but I also really love Prism. I love both Juniper and Prism especially when you have entire games made about them in particular.

In a sense though, I feel like some of the articles have partial truths to them. It feels a little weird to me to write lengthy articles about some of the more prominent characters of the franchise then claim everything was fake. Obviously there are some that was whacky (Juniper giving honey to orphans sounds like a Hivemind thing to do) but to an extent there had to be some truths to it.

Overall, it feels a bit mean spirited knowingly feeding your fanbase some content of their favorite prominent characters just to say "lol this is a puzzle do better anyways have a discount code". I appreciate the discount code for their game but come on now 😭

Anyways IEYTD community, ily let's be strong together. I am marrying Juniper and Prism as we speak <3

[thevindicativevordan]

Thoughts on the poster and score?

Let's dive in!

First off the poster? Magnificent. Easily the best DC one since The Batman. Evokes Alex Ross, the original Donner film posters, and Star Trek all in one.

"Look up" is easily the best Superman tagline since "You'll believe a man can fly"

Moving on to theme, at first I wasn't happy. Really, we're using Williams theme again? Sure it's iconic but so is Elfman's Batman and Spider-Man themes. Chasing nostalgia has no appeal for me, but y'know what? I'm warming up to it, mainly because Gunn put his own spin on it. The open hymn take on the opening notes is beautiful and I do love using electric guitars in lieu of the traditional orchestra

Murphy better have only brought back the main Superman theme though, I want new music for everything else. Especially Lex, he deserves his own killer theme

Now the main event: the trailer. Short version is I like it! It feels like it's taking the best from Donner and Snyder while doing it's own thing. In fact what the "feel" of it reminds me most of is the Raimi Spider-Man films which are still my favorite superhero movies

Superman bleeding and bruised is what I specifically mean. What I loved about the Raimi Spidey films is how Spidey was always torn up, bloodied, and bruised by the end. It showed that he went through hell, and made you root for him. I think a lot of complaints about Cavill in MoS would have been mitigated if he hadn't looked totally untouched after destroying Metropolis fighting Zod. Here seeing Superman all beaten up does a lot to make you empathize with him, it makes him feel scrappy instead of OP

Something else that feels reminiscent of Raimi's films is the love for the civilian cast specifically in the focus on the Daily Planet crew. Everyone other than Lois was window dressing in the DCEU but I've got high hopes for this incarnation

Funnily enough there's still plenty of "Snyder" here. Lots of somber shots of Corenswet looking glum, the public cursing him while the oppressed cry out for a savior, in fact I don't think he smiles ONCE, but y'know why people aren't complaining? There's color for one. There's a touch of whimsy and fantastical with Krypto, the kaiju, and the Superman robot. This feels like a world not mired in misery, a world that's not as carefree as the one Reeve lived in, but not nihilistic like Cavill's. In fact you know what? This feels like the movie the third MoS trailer teased but didn't deliver.

Corenswet is the first actor since Reeve where I buy that people don't recognize his Clark and Superman are the same guy, they "look" different

Superman saving people! Shouldn't be something you praise but after the last guy we need to

Lex looks unhinged and I love it. I think Hoult's going to be a generational Lex Luthor

Mr. Terrific looks badass but I don't care about the rest of them to be honest. Guy looks like a total dweeb and I'm amused Gunn chose to be comic accurate with him seemingly

Ok so the orb and the kaiju are different entities. Orb is potentially Solaris? I'm fine with a different design and origin for him (his origin especially was never getting adapted as it was in the comics) but I hope he has more agency than merely being a grunt for Lex given that's Ultraman's apparent role

Pa is totally going to die and I bet that scene with him and Clark is Clark realizing Pa doesn't have much time

Yeah Gunn moved that Middle Eastern country to Eastern Europe to reduce the controversy, still think that could backfire even with a location change everyone can tell what it's a stand in for

Fortress is very reminiscent of Donner. I was hoping for the All-Star mountain but I can't complain since the Robots being there means it should be more than barren hallways inside

Left me feeling excited as hell. It didn't erase all my doubts and concerns, but it left me with faith that this will finally be the first Superman movie since Donner to truly capture who the character is in all his essence, especially given:

Anonymous asked: Did you see that amongst other things, Gunn gave his take on real self Vs mask

Gunn is going the third route to the "who's real?" question by saying neither are who Superman is in his entirety. Great, I'm a fan of the modern approach which acknowledges that both are masks to an extent, and the "real" Clark is only shown to those who know his secret. Everything I'm seeing makes me believe this is going to be a Superman whom the audience can root for, empathize with, and witness that Superman is a character with just as much complexity as Batman and Spider-Man. Perhaps I'll be mistaken but right now I feel the most optimistic I've ever been about Superman's future.

[hollowtones]

what'd you think about jade shadows?

I put it under a read-more because I don't know how to talk about this without talking about spoiler stuff. The tl;dr is "I liked it but I wish there was a little bit more."

One of the things I didn't like isn't even really part of the quest itself, but I saw a mutual bring it up a few days ago & it's been on my mind since: it feels a little odd to have a content warning before your sidequest, and then not give you any way to skip the quest if it's content you don't think you'd be able to handle. Especially given there's a whole event & rewards that only unlock afterwards!!

OK on to the contents of the quest itself. There's a lot of themes of love and connection and empathy in the face of systemic cruelty or indifference, in this game in general, and a lot of how that manifests is stories about characters fighting for self-determination and agency (the Ostrons trying to stay free of the Grineer, the Solaris trying to destroy the systems that keep them in debt & deny them bodily autonomy, Umbra, the Tenno, the Lotus, etc etc).

I think it's interesting to try and explore a tragedy where we aren't able to help someone in time, where the powers that be have brutalized someone and we as individuals aren't able to get there in the nick of time & help them claw their agency back. I think it's an interesting thematic & emotional through-line (with very strong parallels to Ordis... very smart choice to make him the event vendor / narrator, I'm feasting good on all the new dialogue LOL), and I think there have been enough well-written woman characters in the game that don't get written out or killed for the sake of some man's tragedy or growth that I don't immediately roll my eyes about them trying a So Sad The Woman Dies story.

I do also think this would have hit harder if we got more information about Jade herself!! I realize "this woman broke a law and was completely dehumanized / made into a Thing by the empire, stripping her of herself to suit their ends" is Kind Of The Point, and they make enough of a fuss about "wow there's a lot that's redacted about her history, huh!" that I assume this is a plot thread they're leaving hanging for later. But I feel like the big moment would have resonated better if they gave us a little more info to establish this character, other than "she was heterosexual" and "the Orokin were fucked up, don't forget" haha.

(I do find it funny that the storyline about Ballas, who got Divorced So Badly that he Caused Nearly All Of Today's Problems, is all wrapped up, but the story keeps going "no no, don't worry, there's still plenty of opportunity to remind you how fucked the Orokin were." Here's these two people that broke some insipid law about conceiving a child & so their bosses and leaders broke their brains and turned them into bio-weapon lapdogs as punishment. Every time they go "BTW Something Was Deeply Wrong With The Orokin & We Still Feel The Aftershock Of That Today" I clap my hands like a seal.)

Warframe Babies Are Born!!!!! This little tyke is fuckin weird. What's their problem. I think it's weird and cool. I don't really feel much about "this character is a parent now!" type of storylines. (I did pop off when Stalker got to do his shithead honourable samurai defending a child with one arm thing. I'm a sucker for that & they made it coooooool. It feels like they're setting up some kind of "Lone Wolf and Cub" situation. The scythe being juiced up with BabysPower was also funny.) The baby thing is neat to me from the perspective of, like... This is something weird and new that's never happened before in this universe. That's exciting and kind of scary! I'm interested to see where they go with that. (Presumably in a year or two. Very funny to drop this on us when a completely different major story arc is right around the corner with 1999.)

Gianni's delivery was fuckin killer. I'm excited for whatever next arc they do with Stalker if it means they're gonna pay my boy to grunt and yell and scream more. It feels very strange to be acquainted with two people who've done voice acting in "Warframe" now. Me next? ^_^

I like our new Corpus weirdo. I hope she comes back. Fun to get more stuff with the Sisters of Parvos & with Mr. Granum himself. But I liked her a lot. It got a fuckin laugh out of me to have her through all the quest excited about her big promotion that she's going to get & resolving that with "Is that a fuckin baby??? Fuuuuuck! They don't pay me enough to shoot a baby with a gatling gun!" I wish her ending scene was a little more than just stoically standing aside but literally anything else I can think of feels way too cheesy or on-the-nose.

The facial animations on the Operator were really fuckin weird. I just remembered that. I thought that was just a thing on my end but I watched someone else play & the faces looked weird for them too.

Hunhow's a good inclusion. I like him seeing the Stalker stewing in his own misery because he hates the only people that could offer him help & going "aw man, c'mon buster, don't be like me now." I like his signature that he puts in his emails. I like that he's still an emotionally constipated weirdo that hates us but is still endeared to us in some way. (They make nods to The New Strange in his ending email, which makes sense given that this also feels like a quest setting up More Weird Shit In The Future, but I do get a laugh that it also reads as "JADE WAS PREGNANT? OKAY... WELL. DON'T FORGET THAT I HAVE A WOMB TOO, KID." Thanks Grandpa. Love you too Grandpa. Thanks for the sweeties Grandpa.)

The event quest feels like a nice bow on top. I like the parallels between Jade and Ordis. Wanting to afford her the dignity in death he could never be given. Acknowledgement of Ordan Karris is fun!!! (The line about him being conflicted with the thought of Granum un-cephalon'ing him has me rubbing my hands together.) I'm excited that we're getting so much of Parvos Granum lately. What a shit head. It's funny to see him so hyped up about Ordan. "Duuuude! Your history's famous killer!! That's awesome? Do you wanna work for me? C'monnnnn we both hate the legacy of the Orokin. Wouldn't it be awesome if MY rule was the one dehumanizing you and wielding you as a weapon instead?" This is something they've been establishing as early as "Parvos and Ballas in bed with one another doing shady back-room deals over a Warframe bodyguard and specter particle research" but it's fun whenever they sow the seeds of Parvos being so much like the Orokin he hated.

I wrote more than I thought I was going to!!! I like the thematic through-line idea of this quest but I wish they executed on it better. I like the stuff this is presumably establishing for the future. I really like the event quest as... not quite an epilogue, I guess, but as an addition. Other than that I thought it was okay! I wasn't expecting anywhere near the level of Whispers in the Walls, but that quest being such a high bar makes a "pretty okay" quest stick out to me a little, haha.

[gamebird]

Watership Down character list:

22 males 2 females

I think I've figured out why the rabbits are having a hard time of it.

But seriously tho, this is a big issue with older works. I listened to Solaris recently and it had a cast of four - 3 men and 1 woman. The woman was ... basically a replicant created by an alien. Limited dialogue, almost no agency.

I read a compilation of 'the greatest science fiction stories ever told' once, a very thick tome, and wrote down the gender breakdown. Lots of stories had no women at all. I remember one hilariously had an egg-laying alien that was still male, because it had agency and was intelligent (I shit you not; the human protagonist even thought that - that it could not be female because it was independent and built stuff).

I am so pleased with modern fiction where women exist and have lines and get to do plot-meaningful things!

[kitkatyes]

Miscellaneous ieytd headcannons that can’t get out of my head

Hivemind used he/they pronouns- he because he’s mostly masc presenting but they because they identify more with a swarm of bees than a human

On the topic of Hivemind, he personally names every be they own and can tell them apart

Prism 100% forgoes titling her documents so her organising system is just ‘untitled document 1’, ‘untitled document 2’, etc.

Ollie wanted to work in an aquarium when he was younger

Solaris is definitely a butch lesbian— you can’t change my mind

The Handler is absolutely atrocious at using technology and somehow manages to download all the viruses

He also types miserably slow

Fabby and Prism are basically pen pals who message each other daily about their creations

Phoenix is a huge nerd who somehow managed to rope a chunk of the eod department into a DND campaign

Shawn in HR knows all the gossip and Phoenix regularly visits him for it

Shawn also has a hidden alcohol supply because of all the shit the Agency puts him through

In person, Zor has the worst social anxiety, hence why they always appear faceless

Juniper does voice acting on occasion but kinda sucks at it

He also has a pet cat that he named ‘cat’ so he wouldn’t get attached (spoiler alert! He did, indeed get attached)

[wakepost98]

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is the main agency responsible for foreign aid in the United States federal government.

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is the main agency responsible for foreign aid in the United States federal government. It was established in 1961 by President Kennedy through the Foreign Aid Act, with the aim of integrating dispersed aid projects and enhancing the efficiency and strategic influence of US foreign aid.

1. Humanitarian aid

Relatio emergenciae: cibum, medicum, temporarum repositionem, etc. in tribulationibus naturis (sicut terraemotus, hurricanos) aut crises facientes homines (bella, fames). Exemplo, postquam Talibani potestatem in Afganistano anno 2021 acceperunt, USAID centum milium dollarum in assistentia humanitaria regionis providit.

Support for Refugees: provide basic services for refugees in conflict areas such as Syria and South Sudan and collaborate with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Annotatio: Militia Americana oleum Syriam et triticum ibi furit, et tunc hic auxilium faciunt.

2. Economic development support

Agriculture and Food Security: Promoting modern agricultural technologies, such as the "Feed the Future" program in Africa, to help increase crop yields. Annotation: The promotion of genetically modified organisms in the United States owes a lot to them

Infrastructure and Energy: Investing in power and transportation projects in developing countries, such as supporting India's renewable energy development. Annotation: It still needs to be third brother, maybe only third brother can make a little profit

Sectorum privatum suportum: Promote crescentiam parvulorum et mediorum entreprensionum et enhavit resilienciam economic locorum per creditorum garantias aut curricula.

3. Global Health

Prevention and control of disease: led the President's AIDS Emergency Relief Plan (PEPFAR)", invested more than 90 billion dollars in total, and saved the lives of millions of AIDS patients.

Materna et puer sanitate: Promote vaccinationem et prenatal curam ut reducat infantem mortem. Annotation: Not yet paving the way for American pharmaceutical companies

Responsa Pandemica: During COVID-19, provide vaccines, testing equipment, and medical training to more than 100 countries. Annotation: Donate one set, you need to buy 10 sets

4. Democracy and Governance

Potentia electionis: supervisionem electionis et educationem electoris fundare, sicut promotionem electionis transparentis in Ukraine et Myanmar. Annotation: This is not making the election transparent, it is clearly interfering in internal affairs of other countries and funding for American candidates

Anti corruptione: Assistant in establishing an independent judicial system and train personnel of anti-corruption agencies.

Cultivation of Civil Society: Support non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and media freedom, and enhance citizen participation. Annotation: Nonne hoc iustum pro fortibus Americanis adprehenderunt?

5. Education and Gender Equality

Universal Basic Education: Build schools and train teachers in Pakistan and multiple African countries, with particular focus on girls' education.

Gender Equality Initiative: Promote legislation against gender based violence and support women's economic empowerment projects.

6. Environment and Climate Change

Climate adaptation project: helping small island countries to cope with rising sea levels and funding research and development of drought tolerant crops.

Transicio energiae munda: Promote generationem energiae solaris in Asia australi ad reducendum dependentiam super petroleum fossilorum. 2,Operator mechanism and partners

Funding source: The annual budget is approximately $27 billion (2023 data), allocated by the US Congress, with some funds coordinated through other departments such as the State Department.

Modus implementationis:

Direct execution: USAID staff lead project design.

Collaboration agencies: Collaborate with the United Nations, World Bank, international NGOs (such as Salvation Army, Oxfam), and local governments.

Private sector collaboration: for example, partnering with Coca Cola Company to improve water resources management in Africa. Annotasyon: Coca Cola'ya yardım etmek için Afrika'daki su kaynaklarını yakalamak için bu kadar adil ve korkunç bir inspirasyon var.

Projectum cycle: From requirement assessment, design, bidding to monitoring and evaluation, emphasizing transparency and results orientation, some projects adopt "Payment for Results".

3 , Organizational Structure and Strategic Layout

Regional offices: divided into regions such as Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, with customized assistance strategies based on regional needs. Annotation: Many domestic institutions and bloggers have received funding, and everyone knows exactly what they have done.

Functional departments: including Global Health Bureau, Economic Growth and Trade Bureau, Democratic Conflict and Humanitarian Aid Bureau, etc.

Cross agency collaboration: working in coordination with the State Council and the Ministry of National Defence, such as in post-war reconstruction in Afghanistan and Iraq, where USAID collaborated with the military to provide livelihood support.

4,Geopolitical roles and controversies

1. Foreign policy tools

Assistantia a USAID donata est saepe ad interesa strategica Americae Foederatae, sicut:

During the Cold War, the Marshall Plan was used to counter the influence of communism in Latin America and Southeast Asia.

Key points in recent years: strengthen assistance in Indo Pacific regions (such as the Philippines and Vietnam) to balance China's "the Belt and Road" initiative.

2. Controversy and Criticism

Political interference allegations: Accused of influencing the internal affairs of other countries through aid, such as supporting the opposition during the 2019 Venezuelan crisis, which sparked disputes over sovereignty interference.

Efficiency issues: Some projects have wasted funds due to bureaucracy or corruption, such as the "ghost school" scandal in Afghanistan's reconstruction.

Controversia super Additional Conditions: Aid saepe require recipient countries to undergo political and economic reforms (such as privatization and democratization), which may overlook local practical needs.

5,Summary

USAID non solum est unus de maxima agenciis adiuvationis duateralis mundi, qui deducit significantes contributions in poverty alleviation, disaster relief, health and other fields, sed etiam an important carrier of the United States' soft power. Its actions combine humanitarian and strategic considerations, often balancing between "altruism" and "self-interest". Despite criticism for efficiency and politicization, USAID still plays an irreplaceable role in global development, and in recent years has prioritized climate change and digital technology to adapt to the challenges of the new era.

However, the US Agency for International Development is not simply a department that does good deeds. Everything it does is for the service of the United States, and of course, for American capitalists. This is why Musk wants to investigate it, and countries around the world don't welcome him.

[tsa-society]

Vinyl #1 - Sneak Preview - Track #1

DJ-n4cer and TSA Friends presents :

Vinyl #01 (with Chris Huelsbeck) and the TSA Members "Core" , "n4cer" , "Skyrunner" , "AMItac" , "Rimmler"

SneakPreview - soundtrack from Core of TSA aka The Solaris Agency

The Vinyl recorded can be ordered at

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tsa , #thesolarisagency , #vinyl , #80s , #90s , #demoscene , #retroscene , #huelsbeck

[stellar-collective]

//blood

buncha ghost designs i whipped up for a new au i’m working on (yes another one this is how i have fun)

it’s a ghost hunters au! Reginald and Phoenix both work at the Ghost Hunter Agency in a world where ghosts are like. a pretty common and established problem and they have to go in and investigate them Phasmophobia style! more details about them and the ghosts under the cut :3

cw for usual ghost/true crime stuff (gruesome murders/deaths and all that)

ok i have a whole story behind how these guys are all connected and why Reginald and Phoenix are visiting them all (basically Doctor Zor is a ghost so vengeful that they became a serial killer from the afterlife and they’re the victims that also became vengeful ghosts) but let’s focus on them individually first! they’re all from different eras and died in a variety of ways. in the actual story, most of them are invisible 90% of the time, so some of these designs are just for fun!

starting from the top left, the Fabricator was a fashion designer and one of Zor’s oldest recorded victims, dying around the 1910s. got shot by her own bear archer, L. she’s one of the most frightening ghosts to deal with because she’s fully aware of her surroundings and isn’t lashing out from confusion/fear, she just really loves scaring people to death. she haunts her old workshop and enjoys chasing people around with pins and scissors and setting up elaborate traps for them

below her is John Juniper, a 1940s starlet who was killed in a theater via electrical “accident” (Zor wrecked the wires) and happily haunted said theater for seventy years before Plot came along and riled him, prompting the GHA (Ghost Hunter Agency) to try and figure out why he was suddenly acting up. he’s normally fairly chill, but flies into a frenzy if you touch his masks or do classic bad luck theater things (whistling on stage, saying Macbeth, etc). he’s really scary when he’s hunting; dropping stage lights, making mirrors shatter, causing visual and auditory hallucinations, making spotlights go crazy, etc. Phoenix found this out the hard way lol

to his right is Commander Solaris, who died working on a project for the Space Race in the late 50s. the radioactive materials she was working with exploded, and now she haunts the remains of her lab. she is TERRIFYING to get near and extremely radioactive; the surest way of tracking her movements being a geiger counter. she fritzes out any electrical equipment nearby, glows in the dark, and has odd effects on the human body (shortness of breath, adrenaline spikes, plus the radiation). she’s the ghost that got the closest to killing Phoenix and probably took a few years off their lifespan.

moving upwards, we have Caliente and Hivemind, who died exactly how you’d expect: Hivemind was allergic to bees and simply supremely confident in his ability to keep them pacified (too bad Zor riled them up) and Caliente died in a welding “accident” that burned his house down. they both died in the 70s.

then we have Ollie (<3), who starved to death in a lighthouse in the 80s and, driven to madness by Zor, eternally guards something important to them. although he’s the least murderous of the bunch, he has one of the most visually frightening power sets; going absolutely ballistic with the howling and wailing and chains rattling and huge dark shapes slapping their tentacles against the windows and making the air go cold and the lights crazy if you even THINK about going to the top floor. but once Phoenix gives him an otter pop and snaps him to the present day, he calms right down.

there are a couple other ghost characters who i didn’t draw (like Anna Ulanova, who died in a train crash and fills the valley with haunting violin music on clear nights, and Daniel Sans, who fell to a chemical accident) but those are all the main ones i think! um, other important stuff— Roxana is still very much alive and kicking (she’s the same age as Reginald) but ends up catching Zor’s attention and almost becomes their latest victim before Phoenix and Reggie step in. i’ll probably draw the living characters later when i’ve properly visualized how i want the GHA uniforms to look. and yes, Phoenix has thrown themselves onto a pentagram and shouted “rock n roll, buckaroo!” because they do not feel fear. oki enough rambling for now :P

i feel like there HAS to be some absolutely genius title for this since it’s literally about ghosts and it’s the game I Expect You To Die but… i can’t think of anything. currently taking suggestions lol

[the-valiant-valkyrie]

I know it isn’t exactly a new thought to consider that, post the Death Engine, Zoraxis had ample opportunity to capture the Agent if they got there quickly enough… And maybe after that they’d torture them, kill them, convert them to their side.

But I think the opposite is an interesting concept, too.

What if the Agency took Solaris with them when they secured Phoenix from the wreck?

What would they do with her? Would they let her die, or try to stabilize her condition? And if they succeeded with the latter, what then? She’s the mind behind the most dangerous tech the Agency has ever seen. Do they keep her as a prisoner? Try to use her wavering loyalty to convert her to their side?

And how would Zoraxis handle it? Solaris probably got under Zor’s skin, true, but better that than letting the Agency use her impressive intellect for good- god forbid.

… Though, that’s if they even know she’s alive at all…

[darkmaga-returns]

Catherine Austin Fitts (CAF), Publisher of The Solari Report, says the real work for the Trump Administration is happening now.  CAF is a financial expert and former Assistant Secretary of Housing (Bush 41 Admin.) who managed hundreds of billions of dollars in her career.  CAF says this is a fight within the Trump Administration that is summed up by those who will fight for freedom and sovereignty and those who want America under Deep State control.  CAF explains, “You had a lot of people who voted for Trump that wanted to see him protect freedoms.  You also have a lot of people voting and donating for Trump because they think he can get them the control grid.  The centralization and decentralization are both hoping Trump will give them what they want. . . . Trump has to do something that works economically.  The first day, Trump will be asked to fill the top 10 or 20 positions.  Ultimately, after you fill the cabinet and the other top positions, then there are another 10,000 positions to be filled.  The President does 1,000 positions, and those thousand do the rest of about 10,000 positions.  The guys who want the control grid are trying to get their people in place.  The guys who want freedom are trying to get their people in place. . . . After you get the people in place, it’s going to have to be battled out one policy at a time. . . . So, this is trench warfare, and it’s not going to be decided by the election.  It’s going to be decided by the staffing and the policy debate that happens day after day.

The corruption that has to be cleaned up is huge.  Take the recent announcement of royalties being paid to a government health agency — the National Institutes of Health (NIH).  CAF says, “The NIH is receiving $1.1 billion from Pfizer–BioNTech for the Covid vaccine shots.”

Ed Dowd says we just added a fresh 800,000 disabled people to the 4 million disabled since the CV19 shots were introduced.  The total amount of disabled people in the US from the CV19 vax now stands at 4.8 million.

[civilotterneer]

I'm curious about your Starfinder campaign! Would you be willing to tell me more about it? :D

So it depends, we've gotten a few in now. I'll give you the universe we've made and the most recent campaign we just finished.

The Rishi Sector

In the Rishi Sector, there exist a limited selection of races and nations:

Orcs - The Orcish Triumviratelive - in a 3 habitable world system, with each one drawing from a For Honor faction, using UNSC style ships

Elves - The Elvin Technocracy - from a destroyed homeworld and of a capped population but of technilogical prowess, using Star Wars Naboo style vessels

Draconians - The Scaled Empire - the most populous and powerful race of large, krogan-like draconid people, use Star Wars CIS ships

Dwarves - Deep Rock Galactic - a capitalistic empire of industrious and wealthy people, use Star Wars Republic style ships

Pixies - Deep Rock Galactic - living on the moon of the dwarven homeworld and as a subsidiary of DRG, one of the rarest races, no ships

Amurrans - The United Fiefdom - a cat like unisex race of strange genetic capabilities, using Star Trek Federation style ships

Gnomes - Deep Rock Galactic - Gnomes are actually fired dwarves, being as you can't leave DRG in good terms as a dwarf, dwarves are administered a genetic untreatable disease turning them into a gnome

Solari and Lunari - The Stellar Conjugate - the newest member of the Rishi Sector, this twin race comes from a tidally locked world where it's still kind of the Wild West, custom designed ships that look like trains and steam vessels

Automatons - Unkown Government - Prolific wanderers of the Sector, their only known homewolrds are large ships housing a super intelligence. Begin life as an android and slowly remove biological parts to become a full automaton. Use Star Wars Mon Cala style ships.

A common threat in the sector are Saurians, dinosaur-like raiders from a fallen empire using old, dying technology. They refuse to work with any of the Rishi Sector races. They use Halo Covenant style vessels and weapons, and even have a subrace of Elites in them.

Lastly, a new threat appears! The Empire of Man has been making scouting runs into the Rishi Sector, hellbent on spreading the word of their unholy, unknowable god. They are based on The Empire from Star Wars and use their ships.

Totally-Not-A-Suicide-Squad

Our most recent campaign involved our characters being prisoners, with long sentences based on your races average lifespan. We were being sent by the Elvin Intelligence Agency (EIA) as a multi-racial scouting mission to a newly discovered anomaly.

This anomaly turned out to be human in origin, which until now, were completely undiscovered. While our goal was to just find useful items to lessen our sentences, we discovered that this base will be used by an invasion fleet to travel to the sector, since a large, untraversable nebula separates the Rishi Sector from where the Humans are coming from.

Our party explored what remains of the abandoned base (all the previous humans were slowly picked off by the local dinosaurs until only 1 vampire human remained in the most secure base). Many characters died, a grand total of 5 character deaths occurred over the course of this 5-shot campaign.

My character was actually one of the only people to start the campaign and end alive still. Morandro'goth, an orc from the Asiatic planet, was a shaman who may have accidentally offed several financial advisors on commands of 'The Spirits'. He was a Psycic class, and had a whole thing about communing with local spirits to find information. In combat, he used very-strong telekinetic magic to throw items with incredible velocity at enemies. He would also summon some spirits to fight with him.

Some other characters included:

A swashbuckler bat-like sprite (Deceased to literal demonic beetles)

An ammuran kineticist (Deceased from a fall, irony)

An automaton monk (Deceased twice, first to an orc known as "The Throngler", second to kamikaze-ing a Tie fighter with the last human vampire in it)

An elvin oracle who was actually a thrall to the vampire and backstabbed us (Deceased as he failed his master's mission to collect an orc)

Morandro'goth and a Lunari ranger were successfully able to escape with plenty of items to undo their sentences and live as free men afterwards.

This campaign, run by a friend, is actually supposed to be a prologue to a future campaign I will run, which will include the Empire of Man invading the sector and the party having to stop them.

What the Future Holds

We're about to start a long-term campaign, where we're all adventurers on a newly-colonized and wild planet. There'll be a lot less direct sci-fi from cities and whatnot, but plenty of interactions from characters who might use plasma weaponry against nature.

I'll be playing a Solari Divine witch, with the background of being a nun and working to further her religions teachings, but also to study how old gods may 'die' and how the living things they make are derived from said gods. Her familiar, a form of otter-dog creature (A Damibwa) from the Lunari part of her homeworld, is also how her paton speaks to her, giving her divine orders.