#tremel

[vincentreproches]

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[im-tremel]

Star-Crossed

I am in love with the impossibility of Us; * Our home feels like warm cardamom, Our soul tie lifts spirits, Our story is a Pulitzer nominee.

We live in a modest home somewhere flat and take ridiculously long car rides to underwhelming views just to pretend Earth is our honeymoon location.

Our stories’ arcs aren’t documented like Allie and Noah, Our timing was a few hairs better than Rob and Talisa, Our souls old, Future new, Time borrowed, Limerence deep as the ocean is blue.

Our wedding’s reds fill Our new family’s glasses as they raise them in unison as though to say “we love your love”.

It may be for the best that our loves’ paths couldn’t cross, i don’t know that my heart could handle being our universe’s Rachel and Ross.

*Line borrowed from Lauren Eden

[charlesmoffat]

Assorted writing / reading memes I will be posting eventually on Instagram.

Consider yourselves blessed because I am posting them here first.

Hopefully someone will get my Catharine Tremell / Basic Instinct joke...

[kossamer]

Thought I'd bring some truths in this day of lies 🗣️

Tremel is so hard to draw bc he doesnt really have any outstanding features... until our lovely warrior showed up

[fancyfade]

Eskella should be allowed to kill tremel #patricidesweep

[awesometheauthor]

An awesome book a must have! Available at Amazonbooks.com

[pipperoni32-blog]

Deadly to the Core

by Joyce Tremel / Narrated by Hillary Huber

4 stars.

Back with another cozy mystery! :D

I listened to the audiobook for this one, and while the reader wasn't my favorite, I was still able to enjoy the book. I loved that Kate had history in the town of Orchard Springs and was coming back to the place she grew up after years. We were able to learn about the changes alongside her, while also getting that feeling of coming home with it.

Her work at the cidery, and setting about making her first batch, was well done. Kate clearly knew what she was doing, and wasn't going about things with no plan at all.

The mystery, along with the two deaths, was well done, and fit in with Kate finding her place in her new hometown well. We went between trying to figure out what had happened, and Kate spending time with old friends, and making some new ones without a hitch.

As an audiobook, I found the pacing to be off. At times, it came across as quite monotone, and the pitch of the characters dialogue wasn't what I was expecting. It could be a bit hard to listen at times, and more than once I considered not finishing. I'm glad I push through, because I'd gladly return to Orchard Springs again, though this time with a printed copy.

[doodlesink]

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[chissgendered]

Kind of wonder what overseer Tremel means by saying that Vemrin is of "mixed blood" 🤔

Probably that he's got ancestry from some of the aliens (non-humans and non-sith purebloods) they enslaved or something, right? Curious stuff.

[sith-shenanigans]

throwing the names of the following NPCs at you for you to describe your OCs' relationships to them: master tol braga, master orgus din, overseer tremel

I’m going to answer this in three parts because it got ridiculously long. Here’s Brakerre’s.

Brakerre and Tol Braga:

Brakerre first meets Tol Braga, like all of the people who usually come in during Act 2, during the Act 1 crisis. This does absolute wonders for her not considering him an absolute twit who doesn’t think anything through or listen to anybody. He’s a very kind person who tries to see the good in everybody, and he shows up with (as it’s explained to Brakerre) one of the very few redeemed Sith in the galaxy. Brakerre is kind of simultaneously a starry-eyed padawan (she’s only seventeen! she hasn’t been a Jedi for more than a year or two!) and also more jaded than most Jedi her age in some ways (she has an Expensive Medical Condition that the Order can treat easily, but that her mother couldn’t afford best practices for), and somehow this works out that… Tol Braga isn’t as grounded as Orgus, and isn’t as materially entangled as the Green Jedi she grew up hearing about, and I think that works out to her largely believing Tol Braga’s self-perception.

Which is almost accurate! He’s kind and forgiving and above worldly flaws, and—she doesn’t see that it’s a kind of arrogance to believe that the Light never fails and your senses won’t ever lead you wrong, because doesn’t he just really, really trust in the Force?

Then Act 2 starts, at which point everyone who knows anything about the Emperor is going “no, you can’t, this is a horrible idea.” Unfortunately, this is largely just Kira (with Brakerre backing her up, having seen and felt the entity that briefly possessed Kira on Angral’s ship) and Sajar. And Sajar is far too able to be convinced that he’s acting out of fear, because it’s partly true; he does fear the Emperor. And Tol Braga has had a vision, has felt a calling, is convinced that the “Emperor” who possessed Kira and who Sajar has once or twice seen is… a ghost possessing a figurehead, or an entity created by the mysterious Hand that “serves” him, and that he needs to be rescued.

I haven’t decided how Brakerre reacts to that. She certainly still has reservations. But she has to wonder if Braga is right—if there’s someone trapped at the center of this, as much a victim as Kira is. And if there isn’t, is that worth deciding they wouldn’t have been worth rescuing? It just means the mission might turn out to be an assassination.

But things… crop up, as she assists in the mission preparations. Braga should have been the one to go to Quesh—not because he was wrong to leave someone alone who’s been a Jedi for ten years now, not because Sajar needs his master there the same way a young padawan might, but because that official responsibility still exists. If you have so much faith in him that “the base is surrounded by Imperials, but he refuses to fight and won’t answer his holo” doesn’t seem like a personal concern, or even an “I’ll be there when I can, but you’re closer, do what you can in the meantime” concern, then he shouldn’t be a padawan anymore. If he doesn’t need you there, then he doesn’t need a master.

(This is one of the places where I’m not inclined to chalk it up to the writer not understanding the implications they were making—the fact that Braga tells you flat-out, “Sajar has fully embraced the Jedi way. Whatever has happened, it isn't his fault,” seems to make it entirely in keeping with what��s later revealed as his fatal flaw. He’s unwilling to consider that Sajar might not have been as prepared as he thought—even if it had only been that Sajar didn’t think he could fight and kill Imperials, there’s still clearly a problem there! If it isn’t Sajar’s, whose is it?)

Brakerre doesn’t think in quite those same terms of responsibility, but it doesn’t go over her head that Braga is kind of… considering his current responsibilities and accomplishments settled enough that he doesn’t have to pay attention to them while he chases new ones.

Then the mission ends badly, of course. Then Brakerre is left as a hunted fugitive, and it’s Braga’s fault in large part, and Braga’s padawan is committing the mother of all parole violations to go with her and help her save the galaxy and the other members of the strike team both. She doesn’t hate Braga for it. She doesn’t have the time or energy to spare to care about him at all, except in a dull distant way when she sees how much Sajar blames himself for all of it.

She’s willing to accept Braga’s insistence that he cannot be saved, at the end.

Sajar isn’t.

And if she can’t make herself reach out a hand, she’s not the one who has to. Not there, not then.

Brakerre and Orgus Din:

How do I explain this in less than a thousand words?

Imagine that you are Orgus Din. Imagine that you lost your previous padawan during the Sacking of Coruscant, and you haven’t taken another since. Imagine that you’re visiting Corellia for all the reasons that the Master of the Order might need to talk to the Order’s often-slightly-estranged cousins, who took you in after the Sacking but approach Jedi philosophy in a way that makes you want to tear out all your hair.

Someone lets you know, during the visit, that there’s an initiate who wants to join the mainline Order instead. They could wait for someone else to come evaluate her for admission, but you’re right there; it’s more efficient if you talk to her. And you’ve counseled a lot of young Jedi who are trying to figure out the path they want to walk—even a few who decided they didn’t want to remain with the Order at all, in the end.

Imagine that you come to talk to the initiate, and she’s sick because of something treatable and she’s as kind as any Jedi ought to be and she’s so tired, already, even though she’s only fifteen, because she knows why her life has been like this and if she has to stay with the Green Jedi she’s going to start hating them.

Imagine that you look at her, and you know the Force chose her.

You don’t know if she’s meant to be your padawan. But you can see all the ways she could go wrong, already, and you know that no one else would understand quite as well.

(This is a version of another story. It isn’t a happy story, no matter who it happens to, but it’s a kinder one than it could have been.)

Orgus takes her as his padawan then and there, and she learns to be the best Jedi she can be, and then the galaxy starts going to hell. She’s seventeen when Coruscant is nearly encased in the Planet Prison. She’s eighteen when she’s knighted, on the battlefield, and eighteen when her master almost dies.

His ghost, of course, can’t save her from Vitiate. He’s halfway across the galaxy, alive and well. She has to save herself.

He can’t help very much when the Republic declares her a traitor. The galaxy doesn’t have enough time for her to undergo a trial. There’s no guarantee they’d come to the correct conclusion.

Brakerre knows that Orgus saved her in every way he could. But in the end, she still has to face the end of all things alone.

[npc opinions]

[queen-scribbles]

For Tragen! 🎈 (balloon) - What does your character do at parties? Are they a wallflower or a party animal? Do they go with friends or alone? ❗️(exclamation point) - What was the scariest moment of your character’s life? Does it still affect them? 🍄 (mushroom) - Does your character like being in nature or do they prefer the indoors? Do they have any outdoor hobbies like camping or fishing? If they prefer the indoors, why?

🎈 (balloon) - What does your character do at parties? Are they a wallflower or a party animal? Do they go with friends or alone?

Depends on the party, to an extent. If he knows a lot of the people and/or it's a "fostering goodwill" situation, he's more likely to mingle. If it's full of stranger(especially imperial strangers) and/or he's scoping things out for the Alliance he'll be more of a wallflower. Prefers to have someone he knows and trusts there as backup(so, Vette, Jaesa, Theron, Jorgan etc) He's nominally an ambivert; more okay in social situations than a lot of my kids, but his preference is 1-3 close friends watching a holovid, or alone reading a book. It would take a lot to talk him into a clubbing-type party, bc that is so not his scene.

❗️(exclamation point) - What was the scariest moment of your character’s life? Does it still affect them?

Proposing to Jaesa. Jk, he was 99.999999999% sure he knew her answer. xD I'd say probably those first couple days after the Sith took him. He was thirteen, barely got to say goodbye to his father and sister, DIDN'T get to say goodbye to his mother :) bc she was away, got dragged off to Ziost where Sith arrogance and cruelty are on full display and it was made abundantly clear what would be expected of him if he wanted to survive more than five minutes. Completely ripped away from his support system, surrounded by people who would kill him soon as look at him(including kids his own age OR YOUNGER), with instructors trying to mold him into a belief system the antithesis of every value he'd been raised with--yeah, he was terrified. His decision there to conceal his true nature/morals and survive long enough to GET OUT(which was the original plan, before he caught first Tremel's eye then Baras') is one that dictates practically the entire rest of his life to this point, so that's a pretty lasting effect, yes.

🍄 (mushroom) - Does your character like being in nature or do they prefer the indoors? Do they have any outdoor hobbies like camping or fishing? If they prefer the indoors, why?

He definitely prefers indoors, lol. Camping isn't awful or anything, he'll survive having to do it and probably even have fun(especially if it's a clear night so he can see the stars), but an outdoorsman he's not. Far as why, I think it's just a case of how he was raised? His family is well-off, borderline nobility(or maybe actual nobility >.> can't remember what I said ohno), and he went from that to the Sith, so neither are conducive to camping trips or cultivating outdoor hobbies. He does love to sit outside on quiet clear nights to watch the stars.

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[usafphantom2]

The F/A-18 Super Hornet that pulled off the US’s first air-to-air kill in 18 years still has the war paint to prove it

The Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet shot down a Syrian Sukhoi Su-22 fighter-bomber in the U.S. military's first air-to-air kill since 1999.

Jared KellerPublished Sep 13, 2020 1:05 AM EDT

navy syria shootdown f/a-18 super hornet

Sailors stand by an F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the “Golden Warriors” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 87 before starting flight operations on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) while participating in Exercise Northern Edge 2019. (U.S. Navy photo).

Editor’s note: a version of this post first appeared in November 2019.

When Navy Lt. Cmdr. Michael “Mob” Tremel took on an air-support mission on June 18, 2017, he didn’t realize that he’d end up shooting down a Syrian Sukhoi Su-22 fighter-bomber in the U.S. military’s first air-to-air kill since 1999.

“The whole mission out there that day was to go defeat ISIS and annihilate ISIS,” Tremel recalled of the incident during a September 2017 Tailhook Association symposium. “If at any point in time that day it had escalated, that would have been fine by us.”

Tremel may carry the memory of that day with him everywhere, and now so will his aircraft: According to recent Pentagon photos, the F/A-18E Super Hornet from VFA-87 that Tremel flew into battle clearly carries a fresh victory marking — a scalp for one of the squadron’s “Golden Warriors.”

According to The Aviationist, which first noted the new marking, Tremel’s Hornet originally picked up fresh war paint just below the left side of its canopy as early as August 2017, less than two months after the shootdown occurred. The tomahawks represent successful aerial strikes, while the Syrian flag and silhouette of a fighter jet represent the Su-22 that Tremel nailed with an AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile.

Fighter Aircraft photo

Lt. Cdr. Michael Tremel stands next to his F/A 18 Super Hornet on board the USS George W. Bush in July 2018. (U.S. Navy photo)

At some point in recent years, the aircraft received a fresh paint job, likely to transition its Modex from 302 to 402 as part of the squadron’s new assignment to USS Theodore Roosevelt’s Carrier Air Wing 11 sometime in 2018. Luckily, the victory marking was simply moved from the left side of the airframe to the right, set just below and ahead of its cockpit.

Fighter Aircraft photo

Sailors stand by an F/A-18 Super Hornet assigned to the “Golden Warriors” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 87 before starting flight operations on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) while participating in Exercise Northern Edge 2019 on May 15, 2019 (U.S. Navy photo)

It’s worth noting in the above photo that while the Super Hornet is no longer operated by Tremble — Navy Cmdr. J.A. Calby’s name is printed directly below the canopy — the aircraft still bears his name and the date of the shootdown, as well as the tell-tale Syrian flag.

“It’s not just Tremel’s plane,” a Navy official told Task & Purpose of the kill marking. “It applies to the aircraft.”

Fighter Aircraft photo

Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Connor Akey, from Mobile, Ala., directs an F/A-18E Super Hornet, assigned to the “Golden Warriors” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 87, on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) on July 5, 2019 (U.S. Navy photo)

On the day of the shootdown, Tremel and his wingman, Lt. Cmdr. Jeff “Jo Jo” Krueger, were conducting a close-air support sortie over Syria when they spotted the Syrian Su-22 approaching ground forces with ordnance at the ready. As Tremel recalled back in 2017, repeated radio calls to the aircraft went unheeded, as did the multiple flares he launched.

After the Su-22 released its ordnance near the U.S.-backed forces on the ground, Tremel fired an AIM-9X Sidewinder at the aircraft in line with the rules of engagement, only to have the advanced missile drawn away by the Sukhoi’s own flares. The AIM-120 AMRAAM, however, did the trick, striking the aircraft. The pilot ejected and the burning aircraft quickly plummeted toward the ground.

“I know I was just operating on brainstem power,” Tremel recalled during the Tailhook symposium before adding that, despite achieving the first U.S. air-to-air kill in nearly two decades, his CO immediately reminded him of his responsibilities of air-wing duty safety officer that day: “The show goes on.”

@TaskandPurpose via X

[jolyne-best-jojo]

One of the things I find weird about swtor are the people who try to argue Harkun's isn't a worse Overseer then Tremel because they both show bias to one acolyte. This ignores the fact that Tremel's bias for the Sith Warrior is him speedrunning the SW through their trials while Harkun tries to assassinate the Inquisitor, gives Ffon the job of looking through a library for one of his trials and tries to trick Zash into thinking the Inquisitor failed the trial and Ffon succeeded which would've gotten the Inquisitor killed. Like did these people just not pay attention to the story?

[jb-nonsense]

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Send me a 💬 for me to ramble about a random SWTOR OC

Let me see. So Ashmodei is the son of Darth Vowrawn. He'd be that guy at the lunch table talking about what he went through as a kid as if it were normal and if he's sitting with Jedi, they'd be like "that's emotional trauma." And he'd be like "I don't know that word." If it were other sith, it would be a trauma competition.

His mother, Agret, knew Ashmodei had a weaker standing as the youngest of Vowrawn's children, but she was ambitious for herself and him. Some would say her lessons were...Severe. He never got any gifts he didn't earn, but even those could be taken away at a blink of an eye. His mother was emotionally distant to him unless he did something to make her proud and if he ever disappointed her, he would be severely punished. By our standards, the punishments would be viewed as unequal to the transgression.

This made him lash out and be volatile as he aged. Desperate to make a name for himself away from his controlling mother and the expectations of being a Darth's son, Tremel gave him the chance to jump ahead schedule to go to Korriban. So he broke off the betrothed engagement with Iezibaal Embra (despite having a child with her already) and went.

Vette was the first person to give him unconditional care and interest and probably why he fell for her. Also why he went neutral instead of dark side because he wanted to please her.