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This is one of those times that I think a direction needs to be chosen and stuck to. Beacons is suffering from creative differences between you guys, and spitefully writing off the prior chain of authors contributions (no matter where it began or who started it) is both jarring and SoD breaking. For...

Regarding testing Alex's lotai and sanzai abilities, there's a very simple solution. Just ask for his participation. Explain what the tests are for, why they're being done, ask for his permission to conduct them, pretty much the same as what modern day researchers do when they pull in test subjects ...

Now, if they started a massive wildfire that would be a different story, but I just don't see that happening. hold my beer... "...so as it turned out, the entire reason that any humans found were to be brought to the emperor as cargo was because they were concerned about humanity's great love of se...

I'm kind of scratching my head a bit on Brightshields recent characterisation in Beacons. She's transitioned from grateful ally to treacherous villain for apparently no reason. Unless I've missed something, which is entirely possible, the only logical reason I can think of would be... That Brightshi...

@dragoon I figured as much, so it makes sense to scratch the extraneous details. Even so, a farseer would fill out the requirements you delineated for someone up above. They're capable telepaths, they'll definitely have both the time and the reason to fully invest into studying the technique without...

Actually, I kind of had a different take on where things might go... Have Strike Group 51's Farseer figure it out after being introduced to Alex. The moment that happens he's effectively untouchable since even the hardest of hardliners can't speak against the alien that helped crack the Shell's lota...

Post 1337 on your post count is commemoration enough, no?

I am officially not dead. Decided to throw my hat towards contributing a bit towards New Frontiers, since Beacons appears to be getting plenty of writing love and I needed something to get back into the groove of writing again. Spoilers ho. I'd initially started writing to introduce a couple of new ...

Blackrune grunted in pain as she came to, the feeling of hands, Copperspike’s tending a painful wound to her shoulder. Memory came back in dribs and drabs, setting out at the start of the day, gathering ore… the arianesin. She started at the memory and earned a scolding glare from Copperspike. The ...

**rises from grave**
**reads latest page**
**that last panel**

OTP! OTP! OTP! OTP!

Are we sure that Beryl didn't just wish very hard?

The universe isn't here to satisfy human sensibilities, so some counter-intuitiveness should be expected, and treated as suspect when it isn't found.

Three different perspective changes with no interconnection, narrative, or actual story. Sorry if that sounds a bit harsh, but that's how it reads at the moment. There's the beginnings of something here, but jumping between multiple perspectives basically kills any potential momentum you might have ...

I had a mate of mine learn that one the hard way. He went for a police interview and got a bit chummy and conversational with the police, mentioned that he enjoyed action films. The contents of said conversation were then used in court against him at a later date. Fortunately, combination of numerou...

GeoModder wrote:
It's been a while since CivII, III, and IV.

...

Now I feel old. So old.

Oh well. SMAC will take the pain away. SMAC will make everything better. SMAC is love. SMAC is life.

"Oh no, my pikemen tanks are being overrun by TANKS! PIKEMEN!" Talon: "well you seem to be on Deity level....." Fixed that for you. It wouldn't be Civ if a Phalanx didn't beat a tank, Ghandi didn't nuke everything, and the entire world didn't hate you for absolutely no reason whatsoever. :P

A simpler explanation is that Stillstorm wanted the alien isolated and out of sight, in part to give them time to determine beyond a shadow of doubt that he wasn't a Shell trick, and partly to have some very terse conversations with her subordinates about exactly who runs her ship and what will happ...

Ok, I disagree. I think we've gotten just about as far as we can on this topic then. That's fair, Arioch hasn't commented much on this aspect of their society from memory, and it hasn't come up much in the comic beyond some comments from the Barsam Courier, so it's natural that opinions would diffe...

...you think that the knowledge of humanity will affect the Umiak more than the Loroi? And that the Loroi as a species will quickly and easily transition from inheritors of an ancient and powerful precursor empire to petri dish experiments and victims of evil alien precursors? Huh? I... I don't.......

boldilocks wrote:

but when you have a real, finite economy and resources, you simply have to prioritize: "What is more cost-effective?

Or you can just focus on building More cities!, More farms!! and More workers!!!

Two Words.

Supply Crawlers.

Do you think the existence of Humanity will have a destabilizing or stabilizing effect upon the Loroi Empire at this critical time? Destabilizing Does humanity occupy valuable territory that would allow one side or another to flank their opponent? Yes Do the Loroi have a positive or negative reputa...