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atomheartbevo

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  1. Not sure if this is the same one that flew to Venezula (it stopped in Sudan I believe) Creepy, like big-ass spiderwebs.
  2. Pretty wild how much of the battlefield is covered by video.
  3. Does Surly really need the competition though?
  4. I remember in basic training they were used to fatten up some of the skinnier folks right before they started full-on training. Kind of the opposite of the fat platoon who were having to jog/walk every morning and being made to mow around the base with mechanical lawn mowers.
  5. A high school buddy and I were talking this past weekend and started talking about Star Trek: The Roleplaying Game that we played in the 80s and early 90s (it ran from the early 80s to the first season or two of The Next Generation). This: I had the deluxe 2nd edition (thanks mom and dad) Some of you may have bought this, not realizing it was a FASA game manual: I have a collection of manuals that was maybe half this (but mine are in better shape) that I picked up back in the 80s and then at various used bookstores over the years: And maybe a quarter of these ship miniatures: I've been pouring through these links Links to FASA Star Trek RPG sites – TardisCaptain's Blog of Holding This weekend I'm going to be digging out a bunch of stuff, and I've already hit up ebay to buy some miniatures and manuals that I always wanted but couldn't afford at the time or never saw (once it was discontinued a lot of shops dropped it). Anyways, we have found people that have adapted Roll20.net to play it, and more promisingly, it works with Steam's Tabletop Simulator: Steam Workshop::Star Trek: Starship Tactical Combat Simulator which, as the name says, is for the "sequel", the Starship Tactical Combat Simulator I just downloaded the majority (maybe all) of the manuals ever made for it (thank you internet archive) and am pouring through them until I get my physical copies out/and or receive them from ebayers. Nice to have digital copies on my iPad, as I've got a couple of trips later this year. We figure we will try and get it going in person over Thanksgiving with the two of us and our sons, and then if it works out, I might try and run some games for others (maybe through this thread). We want to try the roleplaying game, but holy crap it's complex and a lot going on, so we may start with the combat simulator and go from there. The RPG game was amazing though, if you were nerdy as hell, you could build an officer character with a complete career from before Starfleet Academy through the Academy and then into your career. Here's a decent breakdown of the FASA universe and he has several videos covering the FASA games/supplements.
  6. "that message pops up automatically when stuff gets real heavy" I'm sorry, but I'm laughing at that.
  7. I think everybody knows that nobody was waiting to write him a check for a trillion. But we are hoping that what he gets out of Tesla, he uses to prop up his other interests, leading to
  8. So Dr. Oz says obesity and dementia are related Certain obesity drugs will cost as little as $149 and Medicare will start covering them under White House deals
  9. 1960s...toss this into the mix - if not best, then runner-up.
  10. Shits going to get dicey January 1st
  11. Wait for it -- when this whole invasion finally runs out of breath and comes to an end, Russian state propaganda will tell you that nobody ever planned to attack Ukraine, that no one intended to seize Kyiv, overthrow the Ukrainian government, or annex any Ukrainian territories into the Russian constitution. They’ll swear they never meant to take Kherson, Mykolaiv, Kharkiv, or Odesa. That their retreats from Chernihiv and Sumy (twice) happened only out of boredom or "peace." That nobody ever called for the destruction of Ukraine’s defense forces, the dismemberment of the country, or the installation of a Kremlin puppet regime. And, of course, they’ll say there was never any war at all.
  12. Tying into what @Schulz2.0 posted, it feels like conflicting information is leaking out, and not sure if that’s by design to mess with Russians or if there is something going on. We know the Ukrainians are smart, but we’ve also seen them hold out. Not helped that there are big delays in information. General Oleksandr Syrskyi launched a focused counterattack near Dobropillia to divert Russian attention from the brutal push on Pokrovsk, using innovative tactics to clear encircled Russian pockets. Ukrainian drone operators mounted loudspeakers on FPV drones, flying low over Russian trenches and broadcasting surrender instructions. Dozens of Russian soldiers surrendered after the broadcasts, with footage showing them following drone instructions to Ukrainian lines. A week of fighting left roads near Zatyshok littered with Russian casualties every 10-15 meters. Ukrainian forces used artillery, drones, and ambush tactics to devastate Russian positions, forcing mass surrenders when troops realized their situation was hopeless. Russian command attempted to send reinforcements from Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad to prevent a breakthrough, but autumn mud arrived at the worst possible time. Russian columns including armored vehicles became bogged down in soaked terrain. Ukrainian HIMARS strikes and FPV drones destroyed the stuck convoys. The operation achieved its objective of forcing Russian reallocation away from Pokrovsk. Syrskyi's plan aims to restore breathing room for Ukrainian defenders in Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad by pressuring Russia's northern flank. https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/07/frontline-report-2025-11-06-2/
  13. @PTINS something being reported in detail for once, and not just “it blowed up real purty” https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/russias-volgograd-oil-refinery-halts-operations-after-ukrainian-drone-attack-2025-11-06/ Ghost fleet can’t offload as much as they were, meanwhile there are tankers that can’t load oil because of a lack of infrastructure. https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/06/380m-barrels-stranded-ukraine-oil-war/
  14. Why don’t we all enroll? They won’t find it mysterious if a bunch of middle-aged dudes enroll, will they?
  15. The fall will be glorious and fast.
  16. Not just my in-laws but blood relatives, high school friends, etc.
  17. @Parliament Some of the stuff above and below is just expanding on what already happened. I think the Kostroma power plant and the drone stuff in Donetsk are the biggies. They hit the drone area with a lot of drones/missiles. That has the potential to buy them a small amount of breathing room, and it'll force Russia to move drone operations back, which gives the Ukrainians more time to detect them.
  18. According to TG channel Dosye Shpiona and supported by maps from TG channel Cyber Boroshno the yesterday's strike resulting in the huge explosion was caused by hitting the Donetsk airport, which has been turned into a drone base. The statement: In the evening of 05.11.2025, a strike was carried out on launch positions and storage facilities of Geran-2 UAVs at the Donetsk airport base. During the attack, both cruise missiles and strike drones were used. As a result of the strike: - the ammunition warehouse was completely destroyed - the fuel depot was destroyed - the UAV pre-launch preparation point was destroyed - power supply and communication units were damaged At the time of the strike, there were up to 1000 Geran-2 UAVs and more than 1500 warheads on the airfield territory. Maybe not much more, but more details at least.
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