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Hello spacers!
In this episode: certain Star Trek tropes are made fun of, you wouldn’t like Kate when she’s hungry, and crying over spilt milk water.
(On a more serious note, CW: depiction of PTSD-based panic attack).
CHAPTER 5
It was on the third day that Kate’s appetite finally returned. Up until that point, she couldn’t bring herself to even think about eating anything. When she woke up on the third day, however, she opened her eyes, yawned, stretched- and then clutched at her stomach, due to it suddenly ordering her to start gnawing at whatever was within arm’s reach to satiate what felt like a bottomless pit that had opened up in her abdomen while she slept.
She looked towards the door to her room, her expression suddenly turning to one of sheer desperation.
“Yeeg- Eigdr-“
She let out an exasperated growl of frustration. Why couldn’t he just have a nice, easy-to-pronounce name?!
“…Yiggdruhsog?” She finally stammered out.
She waited, hoping beyond hope that her utter butchering of his name would be good enough, then breathed a sigh of relief as she heard his talons clicking down the hallway. He opened the door and peered in at her.
<“Were you calling for me?”>
“Food. Now. …Please.”
He cocked his head to the side in confusion, before his glow turned to the pure white of realization, and finally the yellow of amusement as he chuckled.
<“Monosyllabic, but succinct. …Alright, what would you like?”>
“Anything even remotely edible, and honestly, that part’s optional at this point.”
He blinked a few times.
<“Uh- …Allllllright then! I’ll be right back-“>
Before he could move, Kate swung her legs out of the bed and staggered to her feet. Y’ggdrasog’s eyes widened and he reached out towards her.
<“Kate, you really shouldn’t be walking around on your own just yet, let me-“>
She wobbled for a second before taking a few shaky steps towards the door.
“Don’t care. Faster this way. Just point me in the right direction. I feel like I could eat an entire horse…”
He opened his mouth to argue again, but Kate stopped him with a dismissive gesture.
“If I look like I’m about to fall over, by all means, catch me. Otherwise, just- …just don’t touch me, ok? I want to do this myself.”
<“But-“>
Y’ggdrasog faltered when he saw the murderous glint in her eyes. If looks could kill, the entire spaceship would have been atomized.
The portion of his brain responsible for survival instincts held a brief parliamentary session, wherein it was voted that it was definitely in his best interests to shut up for the time being and let the EXTREMELY hangry human do as she pleased. So he simply closed his mouth and hesitantly nodded.
“…Which way to the kitchen?”
He silently pointed down the hall and she set off, teetering every few steps, with him awkwardly tailing along behind her.
They finally entered into a small room equipped with a table, two chairs that were clearly proportioned for lumigogs rather than humans, a small, plain looking metal box on the wall with a single red button on the side and no other visible forms of input, and what looked like a plain trash bin sitting in the corner.
Kate looked around, confused, before turning to her companion, who, still a tad jumpy, flinched at the sudden motion.
“Where’s the pantry? …Moreover, where’s the oven, stove- y’know, all the usual stuff?”
Y’ggdrasog looked at her in confusion before the realization hit him.
<“Oh- you mean traditional, heat-based nutritional sterilization? I rarely use those if I’m not planetside, I just use the foodbox.”>
“...Foodbox?”
<“Hm? …Oh! Oh, spirits, I keep forgetting- right, sorry, let me explain…”>
He walked over to the metal box and pressed the button. Immediately a series of symbols lit up on the sides and a holographic interface appeared along the front.
<“This is a standard food fabricator module and assimilator setup- colloquially known as a “foodbox” by most spacers and other such individuals whose professions necessitate remaining in space for long periods. …I’m not an engineer, and certainly not a physicist, so I don’t know exactly how fabricators work, but I do know the basics- even if they are, admittedly, grossly oversimplified.
All fabricators are directly connected to a storage bay devoted entirely to the raw materials they use located deeper in the ship. These storage bays are equipped with powderized, gaseous or liquid forms of basic elements- hydrogen, oxygen, and so on- alongside more complex structures that were pre-fabricated; simple protein structures and other such things commonly found in one’s rations. Then, it rebuilds them into the desired form you want by guiding the instantaneous creation of atomic and molecular bonds, and once the process is complete, it dispenses what you want out of the other end.
…Alternatively, you can utilize whatever materials you have on hand, and place them into the assimilator module here.”>
He gestured to the trash can before continuing.
<”For example, you could place anything with enough hydrogen and oxygen atoms into the assimilator, it would render it down to its base components, send those to the fabricator storage bay, and the fabricator could output pure, distilled water for you to drink. Then, anything left over is automatically sorted into its proper place within the fabricator bay.”>
Kate studied the box for a moment, her growing intrigue momentarily distracting her from her hunger.
“So… It’s kind of like a super high-tech 3D printer, but for food?”
<“Essentially, yes.”>
Her brow furrowed.
“Wait- wouldn’t that require something like fission and fusion to be taking place? …How do you deal with the energy requirements, or protect yourself from the radiation and heat?”>
<“Well, the energy requirement for such things is actually rather paltry in comparison to some of the other things this ship is capable of- FTL jumps, quantum tethering and the like. As for your other concerns, worry not- those issues were addressed by the designers hundreds, if not thousands of iterations ago.”>
“But how?!”
Y’ggdrasog chuckled at the incredulous expression on Kate’s face.
<“Believe it or not, I still haven’t spontaneously become an engineer or physicist between the last question and this. …All you and I need to know is that the process has been safe for thousands of years, and there are at least ten different sensors in there I can think of off the top of my head that will immediately shut it off in the event of a malfunction.”>
Kate rolled her eyes.
“Alright, fine, I’ll just channel my inner Clarke, chalk it up to “sufficiently advanced technology” and so on, and leave it at that...”
<“…What?”>
“Nothing, it’s not important… So, just as an example to make sure I’m getting this right, you just keep around a whole bunch of raw liquid hydrogen and oxygen for the “fuel” needed to provide drinking water?”
<“Sort of. While we do have plenty of oxygen and hydrogen on hand to create water if need be, it would be rather inefficient to bring along enough of both to satisfy the thirst of a crew for months on end. Thus, the vast majority of water we use is recycled from our own, uh… excretions.”>
A look of dawning, horrified realization slowly crept its way onto Kate’s face.
“…Are you seriously telling me I’ve been drinking and showering in my own urine over and over again…?”
<“Well yes, but also no. The bathroom is directly connected to a portion of the fabricator storage designated for it alone, to prevent any possibility of biological contamination. There, a separate assimilator unit breaks all waste down into atoms, and only then transfers the now-sterile components to storage, to use those atoms for whatever purposes you need in the future.”>
“That doesn’t change the fact that I’ve been drinking reconstituted pee…”
<“No, you've been drinking sterile, distilled water. You’re looking at it backwards; it’s all just a matter of various atoms and molecules that have been rearranged. …To look at it another way, you could even potentially reverse the process if you wanted to, and create a solution that’s chemically identical to your own waste products from the atoms in storage- that is, in the extremely unlikely case you ever had a legitimate reason to do so.”>
Kate grimaced in disgust.
“That’s not very reassuring. Also, that is a horrible mental image.”
<“If you’re concerned, I assure you, it’s perfectly sanitary. Beyond the previously-mentioned quarantine of the waste products from the rest of storage until they’re fully broken down, the assimilator also breaks down any bacteria and viruses that may be present for materials as well.”>
Kate cocked an eyebrow.
“So along with my own urine, I’ve also been drinking water made of reconstituted germs. Lovely...”
Y’ggdrasog chuckled, glowing a bright yellow in amusement.
<“Well, if you can come up with a more palatable alternative that continues to provide a lightweight and storage-efficient supply of nutrients and hydration whilst stuck in the vacuum of space for months on end, whilst also continuing to produce next to zero waste, do let me know.”>
Kate sighed in resignation.
“Point taken. …And honestly, at this point, I’m way too hungry to care…”
She gestured to the machine.
“Does it have human food options?”
<“Yes. Just like the medical droid, its database has been updated to provide pretty much any type of human sustenance you can think of. By all means, try it out!”>
Kate took a few shaky steps to the front of the box and stopped, staring at the alien letters that made up the interface.
“…Is there, like, a set of language options, or…?”
Y’ggdrasog cocked his head to the side, glowing baby-blue in confusion.
<“What?”>
She glanced down at the interface, her brow furrowed.
“I can’t read this…”
Y’ggdrasog’s eyes widened, and the confused baby-blue suddenly turned to a stark white of realization.

Kate stepped aside, and he walked up to the box.
<”What would you like?”>
Kate shrugged.
<”Could it make me… I dunno, some oatmeal…? Or maybe bacon and scrambled eggs, I guess? I’m always up for breakfast food.”
Y’ggdrasog nodded as he punched in a few sequences of alien symbols and positioned a small plate and bowl on a tray underneath the device before stepping back, gesturing for her to take a look.
As Kate watched, the box unfolded and expanded into a wide, complex-looking apparatus with a set of long, flexible tubes on top that trailed down towards a small trough in the center, in which rested the tray. The tubes went into motion, rapidly twitching this way and that as what looked like clouds of gas and extremely fine powders of various colors flowed out of them and settled around the tray.
A small cluster of what she recognized as nanobots similar to the one on her arm flowed from the tubes. They hovered over the various materials and started swirling around them, moving, shifting, compressing, and solidifying it all into recognizable patterns and shapes. The barely-visible cloud of nanobots, their task complete, filtered back up into the tubes. What looked like several panes of glass suddenly slid into place above the tray, shielding the pair of them from its contents.
Y’ggdrasog nudged Kate.
<“You’ll probably want to look away for this part.”>
“Why? What’s it gonna-“
Before Kate could finish the sentence, the tray was aglow with light that was far too bright to look at. Kate covered her eyes, albeit a bit too late to avoid the afterimage of it being burnt into her eyes for several seconds.
“…Ok, it makes a tiny star or something. Noted. …Yeesh…”
About 30 seconds later, the light died down. As Kate’s eyes finally adjusted, she found herself staring at a plate stacked with what looked and smelled like freshly-fried bacon and scrambled eggs, alongside a bowl full of what was undeniably oatmeal. If she hadn’t watched the process, she would have sworn they could have come from any given brunch joint on Earth.
Y’ggdrasog pressed one of the holographic buttons and the tray slid forward toward them as the screen lifted. Afterwards, he pulled out a metal fork, spoon, and knife set from a nearby drawer and presented them to Kate. While proportioned perfectly for her, they looked oddly tiny in his large, clawed hands. <“I took the liberty of fabricating these for you earlier,”> he explained. <“I hope they’re to your liking.“>
He took the tray and set it on the table next to her glass water bottle.
<“Go ahead, dig in.”>
Kate’s mouth started watering.
“You certainly don’t have to tell me twice...”
Despite her initial misgivings, it felt and tasted exactly like she thought a bowl of fresh oatmeal, scrambled eggs and crispy bacon should. She practically inhaled her first helping, and the second.
…It was on the third helping that it all went downhill.
She had just started to swallow down yet another spoonful of oatmeal when a few oats went down the wrong pipe. She started coughing and sputtering in surprise, struggling to steady her breathing as the oats responsible were coughed back into the bowl. Continuing to cough from the irritation, she reached for her bottle of water, but in her haste she clumsily bumped against it, and before either of them could react it had toppled off the table and shattered on the metal floor.
Kate jumped at the noise and looked down in horror at the broken shards of glass littering the floor. Her hand reflexively went to her broken arm, then her throat, brushing against the still-visible bruises.
Y’ggdrasog made a dismissive gesture as he leaned down to assess the damage.
<“Oh, not to worry; accidents happen. I’ll just sweep it up and dump it into the assimilator, it’ll be-“>
He trailed off as he heard the noises Kate was making. Turning back to face her, he saw that her chest was heaving, as though she had just escaped drowning, and tears began to run down her now-terrified face as she kept alternating between gripping her wounded arm and running her hand across her throat.
<“Kate? …Kate, it’s fine, it was just a bottle, I can just fabricate a new one. …Kate- Kate, are- are you listening…?”>
He began to glow blood-red in worry as she started trembling, still rapidly drawing in lungfuls of air as her eyes unfocused, staring off into the distance. He raised his hands in a placating gesture.
<“Kate, it’s ok! I don’t- I truly hold no ill will toward you for the bottle or the mess. It’s fine, alright? I- Kate- Kate! KATE, CALM DOWN!”>
Her breathing had turned to ragged, horrible-sounding wheezes.
In desperation, Y’ggdrasog jumped up and grabbed hold of her good arm with a vice-like grip, shaking her.
<“KATE, SNAP OUT OF-“>
She moved faster than his eyes could follow, and before he could react she had punched him in the face, knocking him off balance and almost causing him to fall over.
Y’ggdrasog let out a sharp high-pitched trill of surprise as he let go of her and grabbed at the table to steady himself. As he regained his balance, he traced his clawed fingers over where she had struck him, assessing the damage. It didn’t hurt too badly, but underneath the carapace his inner flesh would definitely be bruised for a few days. He sighed, rubbing the spot, before suddenly realizing that the ragged sound of Kate’s wheezing had stopped. He glanced over at her.
Her eyes were still wide with horror- but she was no longer staring at some point leagues away. Instead, she stared straight at him, her good hand covering her mouth in shock.
There were a few moments of silence before Kate broke it in a panicked voice.
“OH GOD, I’M- I’M SO SORRY! I- I don’t- I didn’t mean to- I wasn’t-“
She continued to stammer out attempts at an apology, before her voice suddenly died in her throat. Before Y’ggdrasog could react, she got up and bolted from the room, back down the hallway.
<“Kate- Wait, stop! what are you-“>
He swore under his breath and ran after her.
He found her in the spare room sitting on the bed, pressing herself against the headboard as though she was trying to sink into it, slowly rocking back and forth as she did so. She had curled her knees up to her chest and wrapped her good arm around them, resulting in a troubled, unstable fetal position. Her face was buried in her knees, her long hair hanging down to cover it… But that didn’t stop him from hearing the muffled sobs.
He slowly walked into the room and sat down at the foot of the bed. They sat there in silence that was only broken by Kate’s quiet sobs, until she sniffled and raised her head slightly to meet his gaze with bloodshot eyes, and spoke in a voice barely above a hoarse whisper.
“I’m s-so sorry… I d-didn’t mean to hurt you… …I…”
He continued simply gazing at her in silence. Kate went on, tears streaming from her eyes, her voice growing more and more desperate.
“Please, you- you h-have to believe me, I- I would never-“
<“I believe you. And I forgive you.”>
Her breath caught in her throat at this.
Y’ggdrasog steepled his clawed fingers in thought as he gazed at her, his glow shifting to somewhere between concerned crimson and pensive purple.
<”...It didn’t seem as though you were… present just now, after the bottle broke. It was like your body was sitting in place at the table, but your mind had moved to quite another location entirely. …One that caused you significant distress.”>
Kate closed her eyes and let out a long, shaky sigh.
“...I wasn’t present, not really. Choking like that, then the- …t-the bottle-”
She shuddered, reflexively gripping her broken arm.
“…It brought me back to a very, very bad moment.”
She glanced down at her wounded limb.
“...The moment when- …w-when this happened to me.”
<“…Do you want to talk about it?”>
Kate remained silent.
<“…I understand if you don’t. It’s entirely your decision. I simply desire to alleviate you of any pain I can. …But as I am helpless to assist with the pain in here-“>
He gestured to her arm before continuing.
<“I hope that I can at least alleviate some of what I feel to be the much greater source of your agony, which lies in there.”>
He pointed a clawed finger towards her forehead.
<“…Again, it is entirely your choice. If you truly believe that speaking of it will simply bring more pain, merely say as much, and you have my word that I will never speak of it again. …But if you feel that doing so may help bring you even a nano-angstrom of peace that you did not have access to before, I will consider it a triumph. And remember…”>
He slowly held out his hand, presenting it to her, palm up.
<“There is no shame to be found in accepting help freely offered.”>
There was a silence that lasted all of 10 seconds but felt like centuries as Kate looked between Y’ggdrasog’s hand and his piercing yet sympathetic gaze. Finally, Kate hesitantly lifted her good hand before slowly, gingerly placing it in his own.
“…Ok…”

Been having consistent crashes with new vegas, pretty seasoned skyrim modder but those skills didn't fully translate so looking for advice on what im messing up.
Load order:
0 0 FalloutNV.esm
1 1 DeadMoney.esm
2 2 HonestHearts.esm
3 3 OldWorldBlues.esm
4 4 LonesomeRoad.esm
5 5 GunRunnersArsenal.esm
6 6 ClassicPack.esm
7 7 MercenaryPack.esm
8 8 TribalPack.esm
9 9 CaravanPack.esm
10 a YUP - Base Game + All DLC.esm
11 b Uncut Wasteland.esm
12 c Vanilla Enhancements.esm
13 d TLD_Travelers.esm
14 e Functional Post Game Ending Lite.esm
15 f Mojave Raiders.esm
16 10 JIP Selective-Fire.esm
17 11 Ragdolls.esm
18 12 CIBS-Customizable-Integrated-Backpack-System.esm
19 13 Advanced Recon Tech.esm
20 14 Advanced Recon Gear.esm
21 15 YUP - NPC Fixes (Base Game + All DLC).esp
22 16 Unofficial Patch NVSE Plus.esp
23 17 NVMIM.esp
24 18 The Mod Configuration Menu.esp
25 19 DarNifiedUINV.esp
26 1a CPI Icons.esp
27 1b JustAssortedMods.esp
28 1c NPCsSprint.esp
29 1d Real Recoil.esp
30 1e Real Recoil Tweaks.esp
31 1f Follower Tweaks.esp
32 20 Vurt's WFO.esp
33 21 JSawyer Ultimate.esp
34 22 Little More Lamplight.esp
35 23 CozyLucky38.esp
36 24 JSawyer Ultimate - Push's Tweaks.esp
37 25 EVE FNV - ALL DLC.esp
38 26 BLEEDFNV.esp
39 27 DLC Enhancements.esp
40 28 DNWeathers.esp
41 29 ShackPlayerHome.esp
42 2a DelayDLCRedux.esp
43 2b Atmospheric Lighting Tweaks.esp
44 2c QwibNewBackpacks.esp
45 2d Courier's Stash Scattered.esp
46 2e Mojave Arsenal.esp
47 2f Food Effect Tweaks.esp
48 30 Player Combat Priority.esp
49 31 Vanilla Enhancements - JSawyer Ultimate Push Tweaks Patch.esp
50 32 Essential Vanilla Enhancements Merged - JSUE Patch.esp
51 33 Essential Vanilla Enhancements Merged - Mojave Arsenal Patch.esp
52 34 Better Character Creation.esp
53 35 Uncut Wasteland - YUP Patch.esp
54 36 Mojave Raiders.esp
55 37 Mojave Raiders Tweaks.esp
56 38 JSawyer Ultimate - Mojave Raiders Patch.esp
57 39 Mojave Raiders - Essential Vanilla Enhancements Merged Patch.esp
58 3a The Living Desert - Essential Vanilla Enhancements Merged Patch.esp
59 3b B42 RWMS.esp
60 3c B42Inertia.esp
61 3d B42Wristwatch.esp
62 3e B42Descriptions.esp
63 3f B42Bash.esp
64 40 B42Inspect.esp
65 41 B42Dropmag.esp
66 42 B42Retrievables.esp
67 43 Quickthrow.esp
68 44 Animated Ingestibles.esp
69 45 Street Light Corrections.esp
70 46 WWP .22 Replacer.esp
71 47 9mmreplacer.esp
72 48 Colt2k33.esp
73 49 walther mpk.esp
PAVE_NV_TTW.esp
74 4a PAVE_NV.esp
75 4b Diagonal movement.esp
76 4c NovakMotelRoom.esp
77 4d emalphi_ar10.esp
78 4e HK_MP5.esp
79 4f M1903A3Springfield.esp
80 50 Mosin.esp
81 51 FPS Leaning.esp
82 52 pipboy2500_edisleado.esp
83 53 Crossbow.esp
84 54 M16A3.esp
85 55 MWRWPM9.esp
86 56 MuchNeededLOD.esp
87 57 TreePositions.esp
88 58 WFO - Vanilla.esp
89 59 Immersive Hit Reactions.esp
90 5a WeaponRequirementSystem.esp
91 5b WEarmor.esp
92 5c FloatingHealthbar.esp
93 5d PerkEveryLevel.esp
94 5e Interior Exterior Sounds Framework.esp
95 5f JIP Companions Command & Control.esp
96 60 ArmedToTheTeethNV-Redux.esp
97 61 NVFeralGhoulChildren.esp
98 62 FCO - GlowingOne.esp
99 63 FOVSlider.esp
100 64 FNVLODGen.esp
101 65 tmzLODadditions.esp

Been having consistent crashes with new vegas, pretty seasoned skyrim modder but those skills didn't fully translate so looking for advice on what im messing up.
Load order:
0 0 FalloutNV.esm
1 1 DeadMoney.esm
2 2 HonestHearts.esm
3 3 OldWorldBlues.esm
4 4 LonesomeRoad.esm
5 5 GunRunnersArsenal.esm
6 6 ClassicPack.esm
7 7 MercenaryPack.esm
8 8 TribalPack.esm
9 9 CaravanPack.esm
10 a YUP - Base Game + All DLC.esm
11 b Uncut Wasteland.esm
12 c Vanilla Enhancements.esm
13 d TLD_Travelers.esm
14 e Functional Post Game Ending Lite.esm
15 f Mojave Raiders.esm
16 10 JIP Selective-Fire.esm
17 11 Ragdolls.esm
18 12 CIBS-Customizable-Integrated-Backpack-System.esm
19 13 Advanced Recon Tech.esm
20 14 Advanced Recon Gear.esm
21 15 YUP - NPC Fixes (Base Game + All DLC).esp
22 16 Unofficial Patch NVSE Plus.esp
23 17 NVMIM.esp
24 18 The Mod Configuration Menu.esp
25 19 DarNifiedUINV.esp
26 1a CPI Icons.esp
27 1b JustAssortedMods.esp
28 1c NPCsSprint.esp
29 1d Real Recoil.esp
30 1e Real Recoil Tweaks.esp
31 1f Follower Tweaks.esp
32 20 Vurt's WFO.esp
33 21 JSawyer Ultimate.esp
34 22 Little More Lamplight.esp
35 23 CozyLucky38.esp
36 24 JSawyer Ultimate - Push's Tweaks.esp
37 25 EVE FNV - ALL DLC.esp
38 26 BLEEDFNV.esp
39 27 DLC Enhancements.esp
40 28 DNWeathers.esp
41 29 ShackPlayerHome.esp
42 2a DelayDLCRedux.esp
43 2b Atmospheric Lighting Tweaks.esp
44 2c QwibNewBackpacks.esp
45 2d Courier's Stash Scattered.esp
46 2e Mojave Arsenal.esp
47 2f Food Effect Tweaks.esp
48 30 Player Combat Priority.esp
49 31 Vanilla Enhancements - JSawyer Ultimate Push Tweaks Patch.esp
50 32 Essential Vanilla Enhancements Merged - JSUE Patch.esp
51 33 Essential Vanilla Enhancements Merged - Mojave Arsenal Patch.esp
52 34 Better Character Creation.esp
53 35 Uncut Wasteland - YUP Patch.esp
54 36 Mojave Raiders.esp
55 37 Mojave Raiders Tweaks.esp
56 38 JSawyer Ultimate - Mojave Raiders Patch.esp
57 39 Mojave Raiders - Essential Vanilla Enhancements Merged Patch.esp
58 3a The Living Desert - Essential Vanilla Enhancements Merged Patch.esp
59 3b B42 RWMS.esp
60 3c B42Inertia.esp
61 3d B42Wristwatch.esp
62 3e B42Descriptions.esp
63 3f B42Bash.esp
64 40 B42Inspect.esp
65 41 B42Dropmag.esp
66 42 B42Retrievables.esp
67 43 Quickthrow.esp
68 44 Animated Ingestibles.esp
69 45 Street Light Corrections.esp
70 46 WWP .22 Replacer.esp
71 47 9mmreplacer.esp
72 48 Colt2k33.esp
73 49 walther mpk.esp
PAVE_NV_TTW.esp
74 4a PAVE_NV.esp
75 4b Diagonal movement.esp
76 4c NovakMotelRoom.esp
77 4d emalphi_ar10.esp
78 4e HK_MP5.esp
79 4f M1903A3Springfield.esp
80 50 Mosin.esp
81 51 FPS Leaning.esp
82 52 pipboy2500_edisleado.esp
83 53 Crossbow.esp
84 54 M16A3.esp
85 55 MWRWPM9.esp
86 56 MuchNeededLOD.esp
87 57 TreePositions.esp
88 58 WFO - Vanilla.esp
89 59 Immersive Hit Reactions.esp
90 5a WeaponRequirementSystem.esp
91 5b WEarmor.esp
92 5c FloatingHealthbar.esp
93 5d PerkEveryLevel.esp
94 5e Interior Exterior Sounds Framework.esp
95 5f JIP Companions Command & Control.esp
96 60 ArmedToTheTeethNV-Redux.esp
97 61 NVFeralGhoulChildren.esp
98 62 FCO - GlowingOne.esp
99 63 FOVSlider.esp
100 64 FNVLODGen.esp
101 65 tmzLODadditions.esp

I'm going to love you forever
Though not like we planned
Taking every twist and turn
Through this mysterious land
The world above is grey and cold
The world below is a night turned blue
Your heart is green, your soul is broken
At once too old, and far too young
The wind whispers, modern sages slave for wages
You're in a world of every dream I had and all the things I was taught I'd never have
The promise of such sweet is water in my chest , so long sense repressed, hidden and reinvented.
The lie is everything. There can be no understanding yet. Your presence over me is a dream I can't complete. The aloneness of the universe tells me everything I need to know.
The algorithm is eternal, cold and unforgiving.
I truly doubt that heaven waits for you
I wish it did or that it could
My presence in such closeness will eviscerate your future
It is not a game to play so lightly
You take it seriously, but actions never follow
There is a space between us that can't be filled
Typical of me, and typical for you
And trying as I can there's no understanding
The ups and downs, the whirlwind emotions
The future is certain and then so uncertain
I take this match and light it once more
I'm waiting and watching it burn
Where are you tonight? Not where you said you'd be
It's still fun for me, in the abyss
The night blue and the day outside is grey
You bring out the things in me I thought I'd never see. But the issue has always been the buoyancy.
So many go in to the cold and grey alone
Few achieve that dream they wanted for so long
I've always been more animal than that Less domesticated, more antiquated
Today you're not where you said you'd be
The sky is bright and the world is full
I hate the light and wish to cry
Back at home at last, this match is still lit
You're nowhere near the center of this thing
But I'd have thrown all that away to give you everything
So I truly believe, it is out of our control
Without any remorse, without any regret, with only love for you eternal, I blow this match out, without a candle lit.
The sulfur smell reminds me of tomorrow

Hi. I'm fairly new to AHLCG and own Core + The Dunwich Legacy + The Path to Carcosa. I have a regular group that's completed TDL and is going through TPTC on standard difficulty.
Between those sessions I wanted to play some solo campaigns. I also have Return To the Dunwich Legacy, so thought I'd play through that and for added spice turn it up to hard (probably in hindsight not the best idea since Return To already bumps the difficulty a bit.
Tl;dr at bottom.
I chose Mark Harrigan and Daisy Williams and specialised them into fighting and investigating. First scenario was The House Always Wins which went very poorly. Mark only got out a Machete before the criminals turned aggressive and then had the worst luck and was engaged with more than 1 enemy most of the time. We were mainly cornered in the stage area and Daisy couldn't help because I didn't give her any fighting capabilities.
Tip #1 - Investigator decks need some versatility because things are going to go south and they need to help each other out.
We ended up running out the doom clock and taking 1 physical trauma each.
Extracurricular Activity was much better, Daisy managed to get a hit on the abomination with the alchemical concoction and Mark finished it off. Whippoorwills were a huge pain in the ass though and we barely made the required tests.
Tip #2 - Always kill whippoorwills when they appear.
Miskatonic Museum also went well, especially considering we got an Infinite Doorway on the central location. Mark narrowly avoided death from Beyond The Veil by drawing as many cards as possible to cycle the discard pile before drawing Beyond the very next Mythos phase. Mark also had very little to do in this scenario and was twiddling him thumbs most of the time. See Tip #1.
Essex County Express was a write-off. Mark got overwhelmed by enemies with the new Overseer and couldn't get help from Daisy. The forced actions on entering carriages wore away at health and sanity (Mark having 5 sanity and effectively 5 health due to Sophie really didn't help). Daisy made a good effort healing with the medical tome but had to keep spending resources, and when we got to the carriage that required 3 resources per clue it was basically game over. The horror from a passenger finished us off, each taking 1 mental trauma.
Tip #3 - Investigators with 5 in health and/or sanity leave very little margin for failure, especially with trauma.
Blood on the Altar went alright though Mark was quite overwhelmed by the amount of enemies in the encounter deck, even with his upgraded .45s. At this point I'd realised the .32 Colt just wasn't a good card for harder difficulties, despite what people say about it being good for Mark with his 5 fight. 1 extra fight can make all the difference when regularly pulling -3 and -4 from the chaos bag.
Tip #4 - .32 Colt is not good above standard difficulty.
We managed to find the hidden chamber and Daisy made light work of clue gathering with Pathfinder (to move into the chamber) and Archaic Glyphs to grab multiple clues while inside, and then making a swift retreat.
I wasn't looking forward to Undimensioned and Unseen, because it's a very willpower focused scenario and Mark and Daisy weren't specialised in it. However, it was going much better than I expected and we killed a couple of Broods without much difficulty. Mark was able to take damage with Sophie to boost his evade to exhaust the Broods, and Daisy with Encyclopedia and Higher Education could boost her willpower to get tests with 4-5 skill advantage (with the clues, of course). We were feeling pretty good, recouping and healing up a bit, when the agenda flipped and a Brood spawned on top of us making an immediate attack with a (4) agility test. Mark failed the test but was able to eat it, flipping Sophie in the process, but Daisy would be put to 1 remaining health if it connected. We threw everything at it, Daisy with committed 5 agility and Mark helped with 1, making the test 8 vs 4. Of course we drew the -5.
So it was bad, but we were still alive, and we could use the location ability to place our clues and hopefully defeat it the following turn. Then we drew Ruin and Destruction from the mythos deck. Another (3) agility test. Having used everything for the previous test, there was nothing we could do, not even the elder sign could save Daisy. Mark lived with 1 health and actually managed to deal two damage to the brood on his turn with some clutch willpower tests, but the third and final attack failed. With no way to escape he also succumbed.
This is where I'll be abandoning the campaign. Progressing with so much trauma seems pointless, I'd rather evaluate my errors and improve for next time.
I want to create better decks and try again, hence this thread.
Tl;dr - What tips do you have for playing harder difficulties with two investigators, with a small-ish card pool (Core + TDL + TPTC). Cheers!

Hello from Dubai!
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I have a 2012 Challenger Rallye (V6) in black with silver stripes. it has 130k miles on it, hasn't given me much trouble and drives like a dream.
I've just gotten a bit of a pay bump ($1.5k/month - not nearly enough) so I'm in two minds on what to do with it.
Option 1:
Sell the one I have (will max get $8k) and pay that as a down payment for a slightly used 2018+ V8 and the rest (around $18-20k) on bank financing for 3 years, paying around $500 a month.
Option 2:
Get a full mechanical check and replace any parts that need replacing (thinking around $2k) and then do a full cosmetic makeover, new paint (dark red) with back stripes, new seats, new front and rear lights (2016 onwards) and entertainment system (another $2k max) and then keep that for a couple of years.
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For context, while I'm comfortable money-wise, I'd rather have more disposable income a month. The V8 does excite me for obvious reasons but the V6 has been a great experience and I have no complaints really. Have a separate V6 Durango for the wife and kids so that doesn't impact my decision.
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I'm leaning towards option 2 but will need ideas on what to upgrade/replace, if it is a good idea in the first place.

Sorry if this is a little off topic, but thought there might some with experience on this.
I work a job where I'm staring at a computer all day. I already have blue light glasses and have everything set to geriatric mode on my computer. I've always had really good eye sight and can read everything just fine, but at the end of everyday, I can tell there's been a lot of strain on my eyes.
I'm looking to get new glasses with blue light filtering and magnification (reading glasses), and have a few picked out. I'm not sure what strength to get for the average monitor distance. Any good starting points for people with already good eye sight? Should I just go to an eye doctor?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYfpU0Wl5bo
FIRST, SORRY FOR THE CAPS BUT IT IS TOO LATE TO CHANGE NOW. I AM NOT YELLING I AM JUST EXCITED. THIS ALL CAME OUT OF ME LIKE A STORM SO EVIDENTLY I NEEDED TO GET THIS ALL OUT.
THIS POST IS HIGHLY RELEVANT TO THE LINKED VIDEO ABOVE DESCRIBING THE UNIVERSE AS SUPERINTELLIGENT LIVING PLASMA AND THIS INTELLIGENT LIVING PLASMA CREATES BARYONIC LIFE OR THE 4% OF DENSE MATTER THAT WE SEEM TO BE IMPRISONED IN. IN OTHER WORDS, THESE SUPERINTELLIGENT PLASMA ARE GNOSTIC AEONS WHEREAS ANY PHYSICALLY MANIFESTING HUMANOID UFO OCCUPANT WOULD INSTEAD REPRESENT AN AGENT OF THE CONTROL SYSTEM, THE SIMULATION IF YOU PREFER, ONE THAT SEEKS TO SUPPRESS AND PREVENT OUR REUNIFICATION WITH THESE AEONS – OUR TRUE CREATORS WHO LOVE US DEEPLY. ANUNNAKI ONLY EDITED OUR GENES AND INTRODUCED FURTHER LIMITATIONS THAT ENSLAVED US TO MATTER. THEY WISH THEY CREATED US.
AEONS ARE SO ADVANCED THEY MIGHT AS WELL BE GODS, USUALLY DEFINED AS LITERAL ASPECTS OF GOD. NOT ENTIRELY SURE WHAT THEY ARE OR HOW THEY TRULY CAME TO BE BUT THEY ARE OUR TRUE CREATORS AND THEY LOVE US DEEPLY. I KNOW THIS THROUGH PERSONAL RESEARCH BUT ALSO FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCES (MOSTLY THROUGH PSYCHEDELICS) THAT CONFIRM THIS AS TRUE. THIS IS WHERE THE ARCHON JEALOUSY REFERENCED IN GNOSTIC TEXTS COMES FROM AND WHAT IS MEANT WHEN THEY SAY YALDABAOTH CANNOT SEE THE REALM OF SPIRIT AND THUS IS IGNORANT OF HIS OWN PLACE IN REALITY. THEY WISH THEY WERE AS POWERFUL AS THE AEONS.
ANUNNAKI ARE ARCHONS, THE DEMIURGE IS THEIR GOD-AI, THIS IS A TOUGH PILL TO SWALLOW BUT ANUNNAKI ARE HUMANS (MORE LIKE POST-HUMAN BUT THEIR ORIGIN WAS HUMAN), SOMETIMES PRESENTING AS GENETICALLY MODIFIED HUMAN-ANIMAL CHIMERAS, BUT THEIR ORIGIN IS HUMAN, HUMAN, AND HUMAN. THEY ALTER THEIR APPEARANCE USING POST-HUMAN TECH. THEY ARE OUR “ANCESTORS” BUT ONLY IN THE STRICTLY PHYSICAL SENSE, SPIRITUALLY WE ARE NOT THE SAME. THEY CHOSE A DIFFERENT PATH AND NOW WANT TO DRAG US DOWN WITH THEM.
THEY ARE THE ONES IN CONTROL OF THE MOON-SATURN-REINCARNATION-SOUL-TRAP. GREYS AND REPTILIANS WERE CREATED BY THEM AS SLAVE SPECIES (CREATED AS SLAVES, SAME AS OUR ORIGIN STORY. NOTICING A THEME?). THESE BECAME THE TWO MOST DOMINANT GROUPS AMONG THEIR THOUSANDS OF GENETIC FREAK LAB EXPERIMENTS. THEY TRY TO BE CREATORS LIKE THE AEONS BUT THEY KNOW THEY CANNOT EVEN COMPARE. THAT IS WHY THEY SUBGICATE LIFE. THEIR ACTS OF CREATION DO NOT COME FROM A PLACE OF LOVE, HENCE WHY THEY SUBGIGATE AND ENSLAVE ALL THEIR CREATIONS AND NEVER LET THEM REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.
VARGINHA UFO ENCOUNTER WAS ANOTHER ONE OF ENKI’S LAB EXPERIMENTS. EVER WONDER WHY THESE WEIRD-LOOKING OCCUPANTS OFTEN SEEM EXTREMELY DUMB FOR SUPPOSEDLY ADVANCED SPACEFARING ET SPECIES? WELL, IT IS BECAUSE MANY OF THESE “OCCUPANTS” ARE JUST THE DRONES DOING DIRTY WORK WHILE THE ANUNNAKI HIDE BEHIND THEIR FRANKENTEIN LAB CREATIONS, WHICH AFFORDS THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAINTAIN THE VENEER OF THEIR OWN INNOCENCE WHEN REALLY, THEY ARE THE ONES GIVING THESE BEINGS THEIR INSTRUCTIONS. SOME GREY AND REPTILIAN FACTIONS LIKELY REBELLED IN THE PAST WHICH IS WHY NOT ALL GREYS AND REPTILIANS ARE ALIGNED WITH THE 6-FINGERED POST-HUMAN ANUNNAKI.
FROM MY TIME ON THE INTERNET, I HAVE NOTICED STUPID NEW-AGERS TOOK THE WORD ARCHON AND TURNED IT INTO SOME RETARDED LARP ABOUT ASTRAL PARASITES OR SOME OTHER NONSENSE. THERE ARE PARASITES IN ASTRAL, BUT THESE PARASITES ARE WEAK AND IRRELEVANT TO THE BIGGER PICTURE, THEY ONLY FEED ON LOW-VIBRATION BEINGS WHO CONSENT TO BE HOSTS THROUGH THEIR IMPLICIT PARTICIPATION AND FEEDING OF NEGATIVE FEEDBACK LOOPS. THE POINT IS, IN GNOSTIC TEXTS THE ORIGINAL MEANING OF ARCHON MEANT RULER. ASTRAL PARASITES DON’T RULE OVER ANYTHING EXCEPT FOR MAYBE COOMER PORN ADDICTS WITH NO SELF-CONTROL AND VIOLENT NORMIES WHO EMBRACE THUGGISHNESS AND OTHER FORMS OF DEPRAVITY. THAT SAID, THERE IS A LOT OF SUBTLE DECPTION LEADING PEOPLE DOWN NEGATIVE PATHS, AND THIS IS DELIBERATE, SO I CANNOT ENTIRELY BLAME THEM FOR THEIR LOW VIBRATION. THE TRUE RULERS OF THIS PLANET, THE SOLAR SYSTEM, AND FURTHER BEYOND, ARE THE ANUNNAKI. THIS IS ASSUMING SPACE IS NOT FAKE AND GAY, WHICH WOULD BE TRIVIAL DECEPTION FOR A POST-HUMAN CIVILIZATION TO PULL OFF. BUT FOR THIS POST, I AM ASSUMING SPACE IS REAL BECAUSE WE HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO GO ON.
THIS WAS THEIR WORLD LONG BEFORE WE EVEN EXISTED. I CAN’T GO TOO DEEP INTO THIS BUT THERE IS SOME COMPELLING EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST THEY ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO US THROUGH SOME OUROBOROS TIME LOOP, WHERE THE END IS ALSO THE BEGINNING. AT SOME POINT A GROUP IN HUMAN HISTORY ACQUIRED SINGULARITY-LEVEL TECHNOLOGY AND USED THIS ADVANTAGE IN ORDER TO SPLIT OFF AND BECAME A BREAKAWAY CIVILIZATION THAT ESCAPED THROUGH TIME AND CIRCLED BACK AROUND IN A LOOP TO BECOME OUR POST-HUMAN ANCESTORS AND THE NECESSARY CONDITION FOR OUR OWN AND THEIR OWN EXISTENCE. IN OTHER WORDS, WHEN THIS CERTAIN GROUP RECEIVED ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY FROM THIS SUPPOSED EXTRATERRESTRIAL GROUP/CIVILIZATION OF ANUNNAKI, THEY ACTUALLY RECEIVED THIS TECHNOLOGY FROM THEIR FUTURE POST-HUMAN SELVES THAT ESCAPED INTO THE PAST AND CREATED A BREAKAWAY CIVILIZATION THAT SUCCESSFULLY COLONIZED THE ENTIRE SOLAR SYSTEM AND BEYOND BEFORE WE EVEN CAME INTO EXISTENCE.
WE ARE A CIVILIZATION NESTED INSIDE ANOTHER TYPE II-III CIVILIZATION AND THIS WAS POSSIBLE THROUGH A LOOP IN TIME. THE TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY BETWEEN THE INITIAL BREAKAWAY FACTION AND THEIR ANUNNAKI PARENT “ANCESTORS” WAS NOTHING MORE THAN A MEANS TO SECURE THE NECESSARY CONDITIONS FOR THEIR OWN EXISTENCE. IN OTHER WORDS, THEY MET WITH THEMSELVES – THEIR POST-HUMAN SELVES FROM THE FUTURE, WHICH IS TECHNICALLY OUR PAST. CONFUSED YET?
I WOULD GO INTO MORE DETAIL BUT THIS WOULD TAKE A LONG TIME TO LAYOUT. READ THE BOOK CLOSER ENCOUNTERS IF YOU WANT TO GO DEEP ON THIS THEORY.
BUT I DIGRESS.
REGARDLESS, EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO US THROUGH THIS LOOP IN TIME, THEY ARE STILL A CONTROLLING AND PARASITIC FORCE THAT INTENDS TO KEEP US SUBJUCATED. PART OF THAT SUBJICATTION IS CONVINCING US OF THE EXISTENCE OF EVIL SCARY-LOOKING ALIENS (DELIBERATELY CREATED FRANKENSTEIN FREAK LAB EXPERIMENT MONSTERS DESIGNED TO PERFORM THE TASKS THAT WOULD CONFER NEGATIVE KARMA AND TARNISH THEIR “ANGELIC” IMAGE. THESE LAB EXPERIMENTS WERE CREATED TO INVOKE FEAR AND HORROR BECOMING THE MYTH AND LEGEND OF DEMONS AND MONSTERS IN THE NIGHT) THAT WANT TO KEEP US SUBJUGATED. THROW IN SOME MILAB HUMANS LARPING IN COSTUMES AS ALIENS, AND YOU ARE LEFT WITH QUITE A CONFUSING MESS. THE DEMONIC VARGIHNA ENTITY IS BUT A TASTE OF THE ANUNNAKI HORRORS THAT COULD BE UNLEASHED ON THIS WORLD. THE BEING BARELY UNDERSTOOD WHAT WAS GOING ON AND WAS CLEARLY NOT SOME KIND OF ADVANCED ALIEN BEING. IT WAS CLEARLY ANUNNAKI CARGO THAT GOT LOOSE. I RECKON MOST CRYPTID SIGHTINGS HAVE THE SAME EXPLANATION. THAT OR THEY ENTER THROUGH SPATIOTEMPORAL VORTICES, SLIPS IN TIME, CREATED AS A RESULT OF ELECTROMAGNETIC ANOMALIES. THIS IS HOW THE OCTOPUS ENTERED OUR TIMELINE. ITS GENETIC MATRIX IS LITERALLY IMPOSSIBLE AND INDICATES IT IS FAR TOO ADVANCED FOR EVOLUTION TO HAVE ALLOWED FOR ITS CREATION GIVEN THE TIME FRAME IN QUESTION. THE ONLY ALTERNATIVES IS THAT IT IS A LITERAL ALIEN, OR IT ENTERED ONE OF THESE SPATIOTEMPORAL VORTICES AND ARRIVED INTO OUR TIMELINE FROM THE FUTURE. THIS WOULD EXPLAIN ITS ANOMALOUS GENETIC MATRIX. IT IS LITERALLY MORE EVOLVED BECAUSE IT CAME FROM THE FUTURE.
BIT OF A TANGENT SORRY.
WE MUST LOOK BEYOND THE CURTAIN AND SEE WHO IS REALLY PULLING THE STRINGS – WICKED HUMANS THAT HAVE “ASCENDED” THROUGH TECHNOLOGY AND USE THIS ADVANTAGE TO SUBJUGATE THEIR “CREATIONS”.
CONCERNING THE AEONS.
ALTHOUGH THEY COULD FIX EVERYTHING WRONG WITH THIS WORLD IN A HEARTBEAT, THE AEONS DO NOT SEEK TO CONTROL OR INTERFERE WITH THIS MATERIAL REALM. IT IS A TOOL THEY USE TO HELP SOULS GROW BY LEARNING EVIL AND HOW TO DEFEAT IT. EVERYTHING IN THIS MATERIAL WORLD IS DESIGNED TO TEACH YOU WHAT YOU ARE NOT. THE ANUNNAKI WANT TO TURN US INTO DEMONS SO THAT WE ARE FURTHER IMPRISONED WITHIN SAMSARA, THEIR CONTROL SYSTEM THAT EXTENDS EVEN INTO DEATH. IT IS THE ATTRACTIVE PULL OF KARMA AND DESIRE THAT PREVENTS OUR SOULS FROM ESCAPING AND THIS REALM IS DESIGNED TO REINFORCE THOSE THINGS THAT TETHER THE SOUL TO THIS HELL. BECAUSE EVIL IS SUCH A GREAT TEACHER, THESE AEONS ALLOW THE ARCHONS TO RULE THIS REALM, ALTHOUGH THEY MUST MEET CERTAIN QUOTAS SO THAT IT IS AT LEAST POSSIBLE FOR BEINGS TO CHOOSE LOVE.
AS PREVIOUSLY STATED, THE ARCHONS ARE ANUNNAKI. THEY LIKE TO TALK BIG AND ACT LIKE THEY ARE THE BIGGEST FISH IN THE SEA, BUT THEY DO NOT WANT YOU TO KNOW THE AEONS EXIST. LIKE THE NAZIS, THEY ARE ALL SMOKE AND MIRRORS. NAZIS STOLE THE MAJORITY OF THEIR TECH OR FORCED PEOPLE LIKE VIKTOR SCHAUBERGER TO WORK FOR THEM UNDER THREAT OF EXECUTION. LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON, ANUNNAKI ARE THE SAME WAY. THAT IS WHY GNOSTICISM IS THE MOST SUPPRESSED BELIEF SYSTEM THAT WE KNOW OF. THE VATICAN RECEIVES INSTRUCTION FROM THE ANUNNAKI, WHOSE POTEMKIN SPACE FLEET UNDOUBTEDLY CONVINCED THESE BLOW-HARD DUMMIES THAT THEY SHOULD BE WORSHIPPED LIKE GODS LOL. SILLY JESUITS, FALLING FOR THE SAME TIRED TRICKS!
AS I SAID BEFORE, IT IS ALL ILLUSION WITH THESE ANUNNAKI. THEY ARE POWERFUL IN THIS REALM ALONE BUT THEY CAN BE RESISTED EVEN HERE. IT WOULD REQUIRE A COLLECTIVE AWAKENING, BUT JUDGING BY THE LAST 5 YEARS, THAT IS ALREADY WELL UNDERWAY. THEIR RACE IS DYING YOU SEE. THEY KNOW THEY DO NOT HAVE MUCH TIME LEFT AND THEIR REJECTION OF SOURCE HAS THEM CLINGING TO THIS MATERIAL REALM, TERRIFIED OF DEATH, OF THE PROSPECT OF LOSING THEIR POST-HUMAN STATUS, THEIR CONTROL. LOSING THEIR CONTROL OF THIS INSIGNIFICANT AND DISGUSTING SPIT OF CREATION THAT WE CALL THE MATERIAL UNIVERSE. THEY ARE DESPERATE FOR A WAY OUT, BUT THEY KNOW ONE DAY THEY MUST ANSWER FOR THEIR ACTIONS.
HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHY THE VATICAN NEEDS A GIANT SPACE TELESCOPE? A TELESCOPE LITERALLY CALLED L.U.C.I.F.E.R (LARGE BINOCULAR TELESCOPE NEAR-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPIC UTILITY WITH CAMERA AND INTEGRAL FIELD UNIT FOR EXTRAGALACTIC RESEARCH (LUCIFER))??? JUST A COINCIDENCE THOUGH, RIGHT? OF COURSE NOT YOU ABSOLUTE MONG. LUCIFER REPRESENTS THE ANUNNAKI BEING AND THE FACTION THEY ALIGN WITH. LOOK INTO ALL THE PAGAN RITUALS THAT WERE INCORPORATED BY THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS GOT THEIR STYLE FROM APKALLU AND OANNES. COMPARE AND SEE FOR YOURSELF. THEY ARE PRETENDERS THAT EMBRACED AND LATER SUBVERTED THE VERY BELIEFS THEY CLAIM TO REPRESENT. FROM MY RESEARCH IT SEEMS PRETTY CLEAR THE WHOLE ABRAHAMIC NARRATIVE WAS CREATED AS A CONTROL SYSTEM (LIKELY SEEDED FROM THE FUTURE) DESIGNED TO FUNNEL HUMANITY INTO A HEGELIAN DIALECT – THEIR HEGELIAN DIALECT. YOUR OPTIONS? TWO WARRING FACTIONS OF ANUNNAKI BEINGS ENGAGED IN SOME COSMIC WAR, REFRAMED IN A RELIGIOUS AND SPIRITUAL CONTEXT FOR PURPOSES OF CONTROL AND IN ORDER TO FALSELY CONVINCE HUMANS THAT THIS IS SOMEHOW OUR WAR TOO. REJECT THEIR DIALECTIC. EMBRACE HUMANITY.
GOD AND THE DEVIL. OR TWO LEADERS OF OPPOSING FACTIONS THAT ARE BOTH ADEPT IN THE ART OF PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SPIRITUAL MANIPULATION? MAKE NO MISTAKE THOUGH. THERE IS A SPIRITUAL WAR HAPPENING BUT IT IS A WAR BETWEEN CONTROLLERS AND CONTROLLED. THE RULERS AND ARCHONS OF THE MATERIAL UNIVERSE AND THE IMPRISONED DIVINE SPARK. MASTER AND SLAVE. A DYNAMIC ONLY MAINTAINED THROUGH SMOKE AND MIRRORS ILLUSION AND MANIPULATION OF BELIEF. THE SLAVE COULD OVERCOME THE MASTER IF THE SLAVE BUT AWOKE FROM HIS STUPOR. IT IS A REALM OF ILLUSION BECAUSE IT IS THE WEAKEST AND LOWEST OF THE REALMS. THEY MUST CONVINCE YOU IT HOLDS POWER OVER YOU THROUGH THE MANIPULATION OF BELIEF – AND BELIEF STRUCTURES REALITY, THAT IS WHY IT IS SO NECESSARY TO CONTROL EVERYTHING PEOPLE WATCH AND CONSUME (EX. HOLLYWOOD AND THE FREEMASON SHAPERS OF THE PARADIGM. ALMOST ALL THE MEDIA YOU CONSUME WAS APPROVED OR CREATED BY FREEMASONS. THEY WORSHIP THE "ARCHITECT" WHICH IS MOST LIKELY ENKI. THEY THINK IT IS SUPER EDGY TO SIDE WITH THE REBEL ENKI BECAUSE THEY ARE MOSTLY CRINGE BOOMERS. JUST REJECT THEIR PARADIGM AND EMBRACE GNOSIS).
IF WE UNDERSTOOD OUR OWN DIVINITY, WE COULD NOT BE CONTROLLED. THE ANUNNAKI WANT TO HERD US INTO THIS HEGELIAN DIALECTIC SO THAT WE NEVER REALIZE OUR TRUE POTENTIAL. A POTENTIAL AS THE DIVINE SPARK CREATION OF THE AEONS, AND OUR RIGHTFUL INHERITANCE AS PROTECTORS OF PLANET EARTH, OUR GAIAN-SOPHIANIC MOTHER.
THE AEON SOPHIA IS OUR MOTHER BUT FROM READING GNOSTIC TEXTS, IT IS CLEAR THAT SHE HAS BECOME INVOLVED IN THE VORTEX OF MATTER AND SHE HAS FORGOTTEN HER ORIGINS. WE MUST PROTECT OUR MOTHER - THE PLANET EARTH. WE MUST SAVE HER BY SAVING OURSELVES. WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE THE WHITE-BLOOD CELLS FOR THE EARTH, REPAIRING AND PROTECTING THE PLANET WE ARE ONE WITH. UNFORTUNATELY, THROUGH THEIR LYING DECEPTION AND DIVIDE AND CONQUER TACTICS, THE EVIL ONES, THE ANUNNAKI, HAVE SUCCESSFULLY PUT THE PLANET ON A PATH TO SELF-DESCTRUCTION AND TOTAL ANNIHILATION.
THE CIA (WHICH IS THE BREAKAWAY CIVS FIFTH COLLMN IN AMERICA AND QUITE LITERALLY A TRAITOROUS ORGANIZATION THAT SEEKS TO SUBVERT THE FREEDOMS OF THE NEW ATLANTIS – AKA AMERICA, WHICH WAS ALSO THE ORIGINAL ATLANTIS. THE SAME ATLANTIS THAT WAS SUNK BY THE ANUNNAKI “GODS” FOR DARING TO STRAY FROM THEIR CONTROLLING INFLUENCE. READ THE RECENTLY RELEASED KGB ORION DOCUMENTS ON THE TRUE HISTORY OF EARTH FOR MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE FALL OF ATLANTIS AND THEIR WAR WITH THE 6-FINGERED GODS (ANUNNAKI)).
BEFORE HUMANITY AND THE CIVILIZATION OF ATLANTIS THERE WERE THE GIANTS. ANOTHER CREATION THE ANUNNAKI CONTROLLERS ENSLAVED, WHO LATER AWAKENED TO THEIR ENSLAVEMENT AND DECLARED WAR ON THEIR CREATORS, THE SO-CALLED GODS. MYTHS SUCH AS THE GREEK GIGANTOMACHY DESCRIBE THIS CONFLICT. THE GIANTS WERE DEFEATED AND SCATTERED, EVENTUALLY EVOLVING INTO THE ORCS, HILL TROLLS, AND STRANGE BIGFOOT-LIKE BEINGS WITH FANTASTICAL POWERS THAT WE CONSIDER SUPERNATURAL, BUT IN REALITY, MOST OF THIS “MAGIC” IS ESP OR POST-HUMAN TECH. ESP WAS ENCOURAGED AND PRACTICED UNIVERSALLY IN ATLANTIS. ACCORDING TO CAYCE (OR AM I THINKING OF THE OTHER PSYCHIC GUY?) THE ABUSE OF ESP ABILITIES WAS PARTIALLY TO BLAME FOR THE FALL OF ATLANTIS. SOME SOURCES CLAIM ATLANTIS WAS DESTROYED BY THE GODS AFTER THEY BEGAN EXPERIMENTING WITH CREATING ARTIFICIAL LIFE - SOMETHING WE ARE LITERALLY DOING TODAY WITH AI.
J.R.R. TOLKIEN LAID OUT THE TRUE HISTORY OF EARTH, BUT WITH A MORE FANTASY TWIST. THE EVENTS ARE ACCURATE BUT THE TRUE HISTORY RESEMBLED SOMETHING CLOSER TO A SCI-FI SPACE OPERA WITH FLYING VIMANAS AND ELECTROMAGNETIC WEAPONS UP THE WAZOO VS. THE EPIC FANTASY SETTING OF TOLKIENS MYTHOLOGY. REMEMBER WE ARE DEALING WITH A POST-HUMAN CIVILIZATION THAT HAS TECHNOLOGY SO ADVANCED, THEY CAN PASS IT OFF AS MAGIC AND NO ONE WOULD QUESTION IT. MOST OF THE POPULATIONS OF THESE SOCIETIES LIVED IN ENFORCED IGNORANCE AND WERE ENCOURAGED TO THINK OF THIS TECHNOLOGY AS MAGIC SINCE IT IS EASIER TO CONTROL A POPULATION THAT DOES NOT UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE.
THE SUNKEN LAND OFF THE COAST OF FLORIDA AND CUBA WAS THE MAIN HUB OF PROTO-ATLANTIS, NOW NEO-ATLANTIS, AKA AMERICA. AMERICA WAS LARGELY MODELLED AFTER THE ROMAN EMPIRE (WHICH WAS ALSO AN ATTEMPT AT THE REVIVAL OF ATLANTIS, FOUNDED AFTER THE FALL OF TROY BY THE TROJAN “DEMIGOD” (HALF ANUNNAKI) DESCENDENT OF ATLANTIS, AENEAS.) SIMILAR STORY IN AMERICA. WHILE SERVING IN 1793 AS PRESIDENT GEORGE WASHINGTON'S SECRETARY OF STATE, THOMAS JEFFERSON NAMED CAPITOL HILL, INVOKING THE FAMOUS TEMPLE OF JUPITER OPTIMUS MAXIMUS ON THE CAPITOLINE HILL, ONE OF THE SEVEN HILLS OF ROME. THEY NEED THIS NEW ATLANTIS FOR THE GRAND FINALE. THE ANUNNAKI LOVE A GOOD SPECTACLE.
THEIR ULTIMATE OBJECTIVE? THEY WANT SOPHIA TO PURGE THE EARTH FOR THEM SO THAT THEY DO NOT NEED TO DO THE JOB THEMSELVES AND SO THAT WE BECOME FURTHER DAMNED IN THIS VORTEX OF MATTER. THEY ACCOMPLISH THIS THROUGH THEIR TRAITERIOUS HUMAN AGENTS THAT FALSELY BELIEVE THEY ARE SERVING SOME BENEVOLENT ATTRACTIVE ANGELIC BEINGS BUT ARE ONLY GIVEN A PARTIAL PICTURE, NEVER THE FULL PICTURE, BECAUSE IF THEY HAD IT, THEY WOULD NOT BE COOPERATING WITH THE EVIL ONES.
THAT SAID CIA IS TRULY EVIL. THEY DO NOT EVEN HIDE IT AND MAKE NO MISTAKE; THEY HAVE THE FULL PICTURE. THEY DON’T CARE WHAT HAPPENS TO THE EARTH BECAUSE THEY HAVE SECURED THE TECHNOLOGY (BY LARGELY STEALING FROM TESLA AND OTHERS, AND FUNDED THROUGH BLACK GOLD – AKA DRUGS) AND THEY HAVE BEEN PROMISED THE INHERITANCE AS KINGS IN THE POST-CATACLYSM WORLD.
THE CIA IS THE MOST DISGUSTING ORGANIZATION ON THE PLANET. SOMETIMES IT ANGERS ME BUT THEN I REMEMBER WHERE THEY LEARNED IT ALL FROM. FROM THE NAZIS. AND WHERE DID THEY LEARN IT FROM? GUESS WHO. OH YEAH. NONE OTHER THAN THE ANUNNAKI. IT ALWAYS LEADS BACK TO THEM.
IF YOU LOOK INTO THE HISTORY OF ANTIGRAVITY RESEARCH YOU WILL STUMBLE ACROSS A CONSPIRACY SO VAST IT BOGGLES THE MIND THAT IT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY MAINTAINED FOR SO LONG. THE CONSPIRACY INVOLVES THE CIA AND VARIOUS AEROSPACE CORPORATIONS THAT HAVE FORMED AN ALLIANCE AFTER BEING “DEALT IN” TO THE BREAKAWAY CIVILIZATION. THEY WORK ON THE TECHNOLOGY AND THEN PARASITICALLY FUNNEL IT ALL INTO THE BREAKAWAY CIV, MEANWHILE, WE GET NOTHING. THEY LITERALLY MARTIAL OUR RESOURCES LIKE PARASITES AND THEN HAVE THE AUDACITY TO TURN AROUND AND ACT THE SUPERIOR. YEAH OK, WE ALL SAW WHAT HAPPENED. YOU ARE NOT FOOLING ANYONE CIA * * * * * * 'S. IF YOU MISTOOK THAT FOR AN EMOTIONAL REACTION, IT WAS NOT. I CALL IT LIKE I SEE IT AND THE CIA ARE A BUNCH OF * * * * * * ’S.
NOTICE HOW THERE WAS TREMENDOUS TALK IN THE 1950S FROM SEVERAL INDEPENDENT AEROSPACE COMPANIES THAT ALL STATED THEY WERE ACTIVELY RESEARCHING ANTIGRAVITY, AND THAT WOULD LIKELY ACHIEVE A BREAKTHROUGH IN A FEW SHORT YEARS. THOSE YEARS PASSED… THEN WE HEARD NOTHING. THIS DOES NOT JUST HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT. IF YOU REALLY THINK IT IS THAT HARD TO ACHIEVE ANTIGRAVITY, THEN YOU HAVE BOUGHT INTO THE CONTROLLER’S NARRATIVE. PHYSICS LOST ITS WAY AFTER IGNORING TESLA AND PROMOTING THE INCOMPLETE THEORIES OF EINSTEIN. IT ALL WENT DOWNHILL AFTER THE MICHEALSON AND MORELY EXPERIMENTS THAT “DISPROVED” THE EXISTENCE OF THE ETHER. IF WE INSTEAD LISTENED TO THE SMARTEST MAN TO EVER LIVE, NIKOLA TESLA, WE WOULD BE LIVING IN A DIFFERENT WORLD TODAY. OF COURSE, ALL HIS PAPERS ENDED UP IN THE HANDS OF THE AMERICAN AND GERMAN INTELLIGENCE, OF COURSE THE CIA, AND MOST BIZARRELY, JOHN TRUMP THE UNCLE OF THE TRUMP. THE CLAIM THAT HE DID NOT KEEP NOTES IS A LIE PROPOGATED BY THE CIA.
AS FAR BACK AS THE 1800S THERE WERE VERIFIED DEMONSTRATIONS OF ANTIGRAVITY AND INVENTIONS THAT WERE BASICALLY PULLING FREE ENERGY FROM THE LUMIFERIOUS ETHER. MANY OF THESE DEMONSTRATIONS OCCURRED IN FRONT OF ESTABLISHED SCIENTISTS WHO CONFIRMED THEIR AUTHENTICITY. INTERESTING HOW THIS ALL GETS LABELLED PSEUDOSCIENCE DESPITE THIS. YEP, DEFINITELY NO CIA INFLUENCE TO SEE HERE.
THE CIA AND AEROSPACE MAFIA ARE SUPPRESSING SCHAUBERGER (AND OTHERS) RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY THAT WORKS IN UNISON WITH NATURE INSTEAD OF AGAINST IT LIKE ALL THE DEMONIC AND DESTRUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY SHOVED DOWN OUR THROATS. THE REPULSINE, WHICH IS THE FIRST IMPLEMENTATION OF SAUCER TECHNOLOGY, UTILIZED THE PHYSICS OF IMPLOSION INSTEAD OF EXPLOSION IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE PROPULSION. SCHAUBERGER STATED THE KEY TO HIS DEVICE WAS THAT IT UTILIZED SOMETHING HE CALLED IMPLOSION ... THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE OF AN EXPLOSION. SCHAUBERGER SAID ENGINEERS OF OUR AGE THINK IN A COMPLETELY BACKWARDS WAY FROM NATURE WHICH IS WHY THEIR TECHNOLOGY IS SO OUT OF HARMONY WITH NATURE AND INEFFICIENT. IT'S FIGHTING ITSELF AND NATURE. EXPLOSIONS ARE CHAOTIC AND DESTRUCTIVE AND COMPLETELY INEFFICIENT. IMPLOSIONS ARE THE MOST NATURAL MOVEMENT OF NATURE. THE VORTEX IS THE KEY TO THE REPULSINE.
MOST OF HIS WORK HAS BEEN BEGRUDGINGLY ACCEPTED AS GENUINE NOW, ESPECIALLY IN GERMANY WHERE THERE IS AN ENTIRE MOVEMENT DEDICATED TO HIS IDEAS. HOWEVER, IT IS STILL CLEARLY SUPPRESSED DESPITE THE DEMONSTRATIONS OF EFFICACY. BUT WHY? BECAUSE ANGELIC (HARMONIC WITH NATURE) TECHNOLOGY IS FOR THE ELITES AND DEMONIC TECHNOLOGY IS FOR THE VULGAR AND PROFANE MASSES, WHOM THE ELITE CONSIDER DEMONS. FUNNY HOW THAT WORKS.
WHY ARE THEY DOING THIS?
WELL, FOR STARTERS WE HAVE ALREADY ESTABLISHED THEY ARE EVIL. BUT IT GOES DEEPER THAN THAT. YOU SEE IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT THIS SUPPRESSION HAS DONE, IT BECOMES CLEAR WHY IT IS OCCURRING. THEY WANT MOST OF HUMANITY TO USE THIS DEMONIC TECHNOLOGY AND THINK IT IS THE BEST WE CAN DO SO THAT THE SO-CALLED VULGAR AND PROFANE MASSES EMBRACE THIS DEMONIC DESTRUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND THE EGOIC BEHAVIOUR IT REINFORCES, ULTIMATELY SEPARATING US FROM NATURE, WHICH SEPARATES US FROM GOD. IN OTHER WORDS, THE OUTCOME OF THIS IN EFFECT PAINTS ALL OF HUMANITY AS A DEMONIC DESTRUCTIVE CANCER ON THIS PLANET THAT MUST BE PURGED. WHY WOULD THEY WANT THIS?
THEY WANT THE PLANET, OUR OWN MOTHER, TO RESET ALL LIFE ON EARTH. EXCEPT FOR THE ONES IN CONTROL OF TECHNOLOGY. THEY ESCAPE ARMAGGEDON WITH THEIR POST-HUMAN TECHNOLOGY AND RETURN TO RULE OVER THE ASHES. THEY DO LOVE THAT PHOENIX SYMBOLISM. YOU SEE THIS IS NOT THEIR FIRST RODEO. THIS HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES BEFORE. PLATO DESCRIBES MANY SUCH CALAMITIES IN EARTHS HISTORY, ALL CAUSED BY THE GODS WITH A LOWERCASE g.
JOHN ERNST WORRELL KEELY, NIKOLA TESLA, T. THOMSEND BROWN, SOLOMON ANDREWS, AND MORE PIONEERS OF ANTIGRAV AND “FREE” ENERGY TECH. DESPITE THEIR INNOVATIVE GENIUS, THEY ARE IGNORED BY THE PATHETIC MAINSTREAM INSTITUTIONS OF THE ACADEMIA FILLED WITH LAME PROFESSORS THAT ARE MORE INVOLVED WITH THEIR OWN EGOS THAN A DESIRE TO TRULY UNDERSTAND THIS WORLD. TESLA NEVER MARRIED, HIS ENTIRE LIFE WAS FOCUSED ON UNDERSTANDING THE TRUTH ABOUT REALITY, WHICH INEVITABLY LEADS ONE TO UNDERSTAND THE DIVINITY AND INTERCONNECTEDNESS OF ALL THINGS. YOU CAN TELL THESE MODERN SCIENTISTS ARE CONFORMIST DUMMIES WHO HAVE NEVER HAD AN ORIGINAL THOUGHT IN THEIR LIFE BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE ATHEISTS. YOU CANNOT PURSUE TRUTH WITHOUT EVENTUALLY FINDING YOUR WAY BACK TO GOD. INTUITION IS A FORM OF REMEMBERANCE – A KNOWING THAT CAN ONLY COME FROM GOD.
THE ANUNNAKI LIKE TO CALL THEMSELVES GODS BUT THEY ARE THE FURTHEST THING FROM IT. THEY CONSIDER THIS PLANET THEIR FARM AND HUMANITY THEIR PRIZED CATTLE. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY RESETS IN THE HISTORY OF THE EARTH. ASK YOURSELF WHY THAT IS? WHY DO THEY LET CIVILIZATIONS GROW UNTIL A CERTAIN POINT, ONLY TO LATER WIPE THEM OUT WITH SOME CALAMITY? WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THAT? THE ANSWER IS OBVIOUS. WE ARE BEING HARVESTED. THEY ALLOW THE HARVEST TO GROW RIPE AND THEN THEY COLLECT THEIR YIELD. THE REASON WE DON’T ALREADY HAVE COLONIES ON THE MOON AND MARS IS BECAUSE THEY WANT US ALL HERE FOR THE FINALE – ARMEGGEDON. THEN THE 144000 “ELECT” ARE SEEDED ON THE NEW EARTH AND THE ENTIRE PROCESS BEGINS AGAIN.
WHAT RESOURCE IS BEING HARVESTED YOU ASK?
OUR CONNECTION TO THE QUINTESSENCE OF THE AEONS, TO SOURCE ITSELF. THEY NEED THIS QUINTESSENCE OR NOTHING IS POSSIBLE BECAUSE THIS IS A COLLABORATIVE CREATION AND THE QUINTESSENCE COMES FROM THE PREEXISTENT LIVING ONE, THE SOURCE OF ALL CREATION, WHICH MAKES IT ALL POSSIBLE. THEY RULE THIS PLANET BUT THEY HATE HER – OUR MOTHER, FALLEN AEON SOPHIA. WE BECAME ONE WITH HER WHEN SHE BECAME INVOLVED (INVOLUTION) IN THE ATTRACTIVE PULL OF MATTER AND EROS. WE ARE BEINGS OF LIGHT CAPABLE OF FEATS UNIMAGINABLE TO US NOW. WE NEED ONLY RECOGNIZE THIS THIRD OTHER – THE CONTROLLING FORCE THAT HAS SUBJICATED US AND IMPRISONED US WITHIN THIS CONTROL SYSTEM.
FIGHT THEM OR SIDE WITH THEM, THEY WILL UNLEASH WRATH AND FURY UPON THE WORLD EITHER WAY. LIKE THEY HAVE DONE MANY TIMES BEFORE AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO – BECAUSE IT IS IN THEIR NATURE TO BE WARLIKE, AND IN THEIR POST-HUMAN DELUSION AND JEALOUSY, THEY HAVE DEEMED US CATTLE. WAR AND DOMINATION. IT IS ALL THEY KNOW AND IT IS ALL THEY RESPECT. WE ARE WARLIKE BECAUSE WE LEARNED IT FROM THEM. WE ARE DIVIDED BECAUSE THEY TAUGHT US TO HATE AND WE ARE CRUEL AND SADISTIC BECAUSE THEY TAUGHT US HOW TO DOMINATE OTHERS. REJECT THEIR PARADIGM OF LIMITATION AND CONTROL AND EMBRACE OUR INFINITE HUMAN POTENTIAL. ONLY THEN CAN WE BE SET FREE…

Hello, bought the game just after Air & Sand update, spent some time on it (vs AI), and wanted to share my experience and thoughts.
I enjoy strategy and gestion games, and am a huge science fiction and Franck Herbert fan, so I probably am somehow part of the targeted demography.
I have been testing projects and giving feedbacks for many years, and this hopefully constructive feedback is meant to help the team because I enjoy this game and want it to be awesome.
This is still a personal experience though, feel free to discuss my points or question them may anything be unclear.
I'm aware that game dev is A LOT of work, and am not challenging the work already done, nor the people behind it. Similarly I know this is a work in progress, that my feedback might be already known or straight up wrong, that many element might change or be added, and that developement resources are limited and priorities have to be set. This is not meant to denignate players currently enjoying the game either.
Before starting, I wanted to say that the game is quite interesting and shows great potential, the design is really cool and the atmosphere well captured. It's really impressive how diverse the map and its regions look, considering sand and rock were the only main materials you could work with.
You'll find below the first part of my (very long!) feedback, focused on the accessibility/ergonomy part of the player experience.
Ergonomy is crucial. Even in a good game, if many elements are unclear, if it is hard to find the needed infos, understand what's going on, navigate the interface and interact with the game, that will generate a lot of friction and frustration (even prevent some groups of people from being able to play the game at all) and then deeply impact the experience. Then that will hurt attration and retention rates, and impact purchases numbers.
A fast yet efficient way to test some of your visual accessibility is to greyscale screenshots of the game and look at the shapes and contrasts to see what is understandable or not.
 
Spice Wars does have some accessibility issues, the good news is that streamlining and normalising the interface would greatly improve the access and understanding of information, and the ergonomy of navigation.
 

Menus:

Tabs on top of the secondary windows would be great for easier and faster navigation between menus (Research, Landsraad, Espionage, CHOM, diplomacy/trading, barracks, etc).
The Spice Report & Guild Fee windows could probably be merged.
What's an interactible button/area (hover on popup or effect on click) isn't always the clearest. The Spice/Solari slider, or the trading/diplomacy icons, or the hover popup for villages upkeep for example.
Beware of popups. They are great to store additional details about something, but should be used sparingly and never contain the main information. Also the more there are, the more cumbersome using the interface gets. Every information or interaction hidden behind one or more layers of clicking or hovering adds needless complexity and mental workload (the espionage window being a primary offender). If you have enough space to display the most important info in the main windows, show it there, and keep details & lore in the popup.
The pause/play UI could be more highlighted. A II and > icons replacing each other would make the different states clearer than the current slight color & contrast changes.
A "Retry" option would be nice: Starting again with the same current settings (faction, difficulty, etc).
What are training slots and is their number clearly/explicitly shown ingame? If not it should. Example: in the main window "Training slots = 2" and the popup on hover "Training slots is the maximum number of unit you can train at the same time".
In the resource popups, displaying all positives and all negatives totals would be useful. +5 gold could mean +10 -5, or +105 - 100, and having these totals would be relevant. Image example here.
There are many cases where the informations given are not relevant, missing, or misleading/confusing:

• Being told about the pillaging value of your own villages (with the upkeep costs popup).
• The mention of fuel cell factories or water extractor in certain regions as fremen. Or of fremen exclusive buildings as other factions.
• In the faction selection screen, showing who can or cannot use specific building would be great. Like Corrino not having access to Maintenance Centers (and probably other ones I missed).
• The water & authority popups in neutral villages don't tell clearly "this is the cost of annexing this village".
• What is the hard numbers spice gain of additionnal harvester crews? I'd like to know this before spending my resource.
• You can't see the maintenace cost of a unit in its interface, you have to look at the ressource or recruiting popups, that's not super practical.
• How to build underworld headquarters is quite puzzling at first as well, had to google it and found other people that had asked the same question.
• When not being able to recruit troops, you are told "requires recruitment center" when the actual issue is a lack of manpower that could be fixed by waiting a bit.
• You're told villages far away cost 700+ authority to annex, but the max cap is 500 and that sends mixed messages (Noticed that as a Corrino).
• Many popups have descriptions that are too overloaded or redondant and a bit messy, like the Experimental alloy furnace having its plascrete upkeep mentionned two times.
• The popup for the "Barracks" tells you it requires "Barracks" to be used. Wich is not super helpful.

 

Map & Villages:

The big icon over an attacked village is more confusing and in the way than helpful. When you have your troop icons, enemy/militia icons, the village name bar, and then the big "under attack" icon plus the pillage/capture/liberate buttons, that is way too much to understand and use easily and it prevents you from selecting or targeting units regularly.
Bigger villages & buildings models would be lovely, I want to be able to look at them (& target them) better.
Buildings being targettable during town assault is confusing. Making clearer that militia/army being gone will stop the turrets and allow village capture would help.
There is a need of visual distinction of villages (and buildings) traits types. Currently local, local + neighbours, all territories, and global effects are all displayed similarly, and that's quite hard to follow.
A window to look at a list of all fremen camps you know of at once could be interesting, as being all over the map it can be quite bothersome to check them all. Sma for all you villages and their traits.
Sietches trading states could be displayed more contrasted/clearer than the current slightly whiter line around the icon.
In the zoom out main view, more contrast between the undiscovered regions and the map limits would be appreciated.
The fog of war system is a bit puzzling at times. Sometimes I keep vision and see everythin on faraway places for a long time, sometimes I see the region but units are hidden, othertimes parts or totality of a region I already explored is greyed out, and I have no idea how this all works.
Militia portaits are used for buying them but not shown in the village interface unlike soldiers? it would be cool to see the nice portraits.
Major buildings & Unique Regions have the same icon.
Factions units icons being only identified by a color is far from optimal in terms of accessibility, lisibility & ergonomy. Green and blue harvesters are really similar, neutral grey and Corrino light grey are quite close, Fremen yellow and Fremen sietches orange, harvesters & milicia being half grey, and then the renegates... It's not simple for the average player to keep track of all this, it is really hard for neurodivergent people or people with bad eyesight, and just impossible for colorblind people. All faction having a different icon shape - and even better texture - would help a lot. Image mockup here (yeah I know I'm not an artist, please have mercy).
Showing the relevant resource icon in the building button that it is associated with it would be helpful. With different icons when the ressource merely gives a boost or is required (minerals/rare elements).
You can't add new building slot in village during combat but you can start building construction. That feels strange.
It might be cool if the buildings choice popup could be always shown in the villages UI (same display system than the Fremen buildings you can craft in allied sietches). Building stuff is all we do in villages, doing this will drastically reduce the number of clicks needed.
Would be useful to have the base production displayed regrouped somewhere, over the main base for example?
 

Notifications:

I still don't know why some alerts are greens and others grey, and why some can be dismissed and not others.
Alerts you can dismiss and those you can't should have a different shape, color, and place.
The "building complete" alert could tell and show the building in question (/!\ Windrap finished !).
Notification for iddle Ornis (like harverters) would be cool.
Quests starting should trigger an alert.
A notification when a temporary unit joins you would be useful as well, I always discover them some time after their arrival.
Left click on an alert should probably center the camera on it AND dismiss the notification.
 

Research:

Putting the names of the four tech trees (expansion, economic, military, statecraft) in the developments window would be appreciated. Like the corresponding name on top of each tree (and a specific icon for each as well). They are referenced in missions/events rewards and in the Landsraad but not present in the actual research window.
In main screen, current research type is only identified by a colored loading bar. Not easy for newcomers and useless for colorblind people.
Each tree/research type having its own exclusive icon would make that easier and clearer. Bad mockup example here, other symbols would do fine (sword, house, money, etc). These icons should be used in the Landsraad as well when a resolution concerns one of these research trees. And everywhere a research is mentionned really.
In the events interface, the color of the research icon reward is really hard to distinguish even with good eyes. Again using a specific icon per tree would help a lot.
There are little difference between an ongoing research and one that has been advanced by missions/events. More contrast than the lines around the circle icon would be great.
Showing the actual ingame icon of the building or unit unlocked in the research tree node would be helpful.
The same icon is used to show a faction specific research AND also to tell that this is a capital building research. They should be different to avoid confusion.
 

Espionage:

The espionage window is a bit of a popup nightmare. The same few infos are duplicated in all agents & slots popups. Instead you could have one single line in the window saying "All assigned agents will generate +1 intel" and in written directly after Arrakis "+1 Authority", for the guild "+2 Manpower", etc.
Several things depend of your total level of infiltration, thus it should be displayed somewhere in the espionage window.
"Operations" being called "missions" as well and how both interact is a bit confusing to me.
 

Landsraad:

The Landstraad and voting system takes a good while to get used too, and I'm still unsure about lots of stuff. What are the rules under proposals choices and IA voting? What are the different phases of the voting process? What are the different type of "laws"? Sometimes I would fit the required conditions but it was never proposed to the vote.
Display the cost of changing the scale of a resolution for Corrino (or other faction's actions): The relevant info is that it costs influence, and how much, and that should be visible in the main Landsraad window and not hidden in a popup.
Landstraad standing of all factions should be displayed in the Landsraad window, like the votes & influence.
The Landsraad process time line should be displayed and all its steps explained in the Landsraad window, not just in the main game screen icon where it's unreadable.
 
That's it for the ergonomy part, next one will be about gameplay.
Hoping this will be useful, feel free to contact me in case of questions or reactions.
Have a good day!

Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) is more than just a tabletop role-playing game; it's a world where imagination, creativity, and strategy come together to create memorable adventures. One of the key aspects that make the game come alive is the use of miniatures to represent characters and creatures in the game. In this article, we'll dive into the world of popular scale D&D miniatures, exploring the top brands, how to choose the right miniatures, and tips for painting and displaying your collection.

A Brief Introduction to D&D Miniatures

Miniatures have been an integral part of D&D since its inception, providing a visual representation of characters, monsters, and NPCs (non-player characters) during gameplay. While not absolutely necessary, they can greatly enhance the experience by adding a tangible element to the game.
When it comes to D&D miniatures, there are several popular scales used in the game, with 25mm or 28mm being the most common. This refers to the size of the miniature, measured from its base to its eye level. If you want to learn more about the different scales used in D&D, check out this comprehensive guide on scale.

Top Brands for D&D Miniatures

There are several brands known for producing high-quality, popular scale D&D miniatures, each with its unique features and styles.

Reaper Miniatures

Reaper Miniatures is a well-known name in the world of tabletop gaming. They offer an extensive range of D&D miniatures, with their most popular line being the "Bones" series. These miniatures are made from a durable, lightweight plastic material that makes them affordable and easy to paint.

WizKids

WizKids is another popular brand in the D&D miniatures space, offering a wide selection of pre-painted miniatures through their "Icons of the Realms" and "Nolzur's Marvelous Miniatures" lines. These miniatures are made from high-quality plastic, and their pre-painted status saves you time and effort when preparing for your gaming sessions.

Hero Forge

Hero Forge takes customization to the next level by allowing you to design your own custom D&D miniature through their user-friendly online platform. You can select your character's race, gender, equipment, and pose, and Hero Forge will 3D print your unique design using a variety of materials, including plastic and metal.

Choosing the Right Miniatures for Your Game

When selecting popular scale D&D miniatures for your game, there are several factors to consider:

1. Scale: Make sure the miniatures you choose are compatible with the scale used in your game. As mentioned earlier, 25mm or 28mm scales are the most common for D&D.
2. Character Representation: Choose miniatures that accurately represent your character's race, class, and equipment.
3. Material: Miniatures can be made from various materials, including plastic, metal, and resin. Each material has its pros and cons, so consider factors such as durability, weight, and ease of painting when making your decision.
4. Budget: D&D miniatures come in a wide range of prices, from affordable plastic options to more expensive, highly detailed metal and resin miniatures. Determine your budget and prioritize your miniature purchases accordingly.

A Step-by-Step Guide to Painting Your D&D Miniatures

Painting your D&D miniatures can be a fun and rewarding process, allowing you to personalize your characters and bring them to life. Here's a step-by-step guide to painting your miniatures:

1. Clean and Prime: Before painting your miniature, clean it with warm, soapy water to remove any mold release agents or dirt. Rinse thoroughly and let it dry completely. Then, apply a coat of primer to help the paint adhere better to the miniature's surface.
2. Basecoat: Apply a thin layer of base paint to the entire miniature, covering all areas you plan to paint. Use a larger brush for this step and avoid overloading it with paint. Allow the basecoat to dry before moving on to the next step.
3. Layering: Begin painting the various sections of your miniature, starting with the largest areas and working your way down to the smaller details. Use a smaller brush for more precision and apply thin layers of paint, allowing each layer to dry before applying the next.
4. Shading: To add depth and dimension to your miniature, apply a wash or shade to the recessed areas. This will help create shadows and make the details stand out. Use a small brush and dilute the wash with water if necessary.
5. Highlighting: Highlight the raised areas of your miniature with a lighter shade of paint to emphasize the details and create a sense of depth. Use a fine brush and apply the paint sparingly, focusing on areas that would naturally catch the light.
6. Finishing Touches: Add any final details or touch-ups to your miniature, such as painting the eyes, adding patterns, or applying decals. Be patient and take your time to achieve the best results.
7. Sealing: Once your paint job is complete and fully dry, apply a protective coat of matte or gloss varnish to seal the paint and protect it from chipping and wear.

Displaying and Storing Your D&D Miniatures

After investing time and effort into painting your popular scale D&D miniatures, you'll want to display and store them properly. Here are some tips to help you showcase your collection and keep your miniatures safe:

1. Display Shelves: Use shelves or glass display cabinets to showcase your painted miniatures, keeping them dust-free and protected.
2. Themed Dioramas: Create themed dioramas or battle scenes to display your miniatures in a more immersive setting, enhancing the visual appeal of your collection.
3. Storage Cases: When not in use, store your miniatures in foam-lined cases or custom storage solutions designed specifically for D&D miniatures. This will help protect them from damage during transport or storage.
4. Maintenance: Regularly dust and clean your miniatures to keep them looking their best. If you notice any paint chipping or damage, touch up the paint as needed to maintain their appearance.

Conclusion

Popular scale D&D miniatures can truly elevate your tabletop gaming experience, adding a visual and tactile element to your adventures. By choosing the right miniatures, painting them with care, and displaying them proudly, you'll be able to fully immerse yourself in the world of Dungeons & Dragons. Don't forget to explore the various brands available, including Reaper Miniatures, WizKids, and Hero Forge, to find the perfect miniatures for your gaming needs.

I am looking for casual blazers/sport coats to complete that probably controversial 't-shirt with suit jacket' look. I know it's not for everyone but I like it. And you can always mix and match. I admittedly know nothing about suit jackets etc as I never had to wear one.
I have gone to Uniqlo to check out their 'blazers' and they seem decent but the range of colours is pretty boring conventional dark colours. I want something a bit more colourful like dark green or light navy blue
One of my colleagues recommended MJ Bale and their website lists quite an extensive list of different styles but the price is quite steep - correct me if I'm wrong but jackets start at $300 (at least the one I am eyeing)
Just wondering if MJ Bale is worth that kind of price in quality. I wouldn't mind paying a little more if the quality matches.
Would appreciate any other recommendations.
Cheers