Compromise and Conceit
Infernal adventuring…
Category: Science Fiction
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[This review contains SPOILERS so please don’t read it if you haven’t seen the film]. I saw Star Wars: The Force Awakens on Sunday, and really enjoyed the spectacle and the homecoming feeling of it, but reflecting on some of the things that niggled at me during the movie, I have decided now that it…
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Dalton lay on the ground panting, shifting glances between his discarded gun and the power-armoured thug stomping on his arm. Later he would reflect with pride on the way he largely ignored the massive gun pointing in his face, but at this moment he was squirming in terror and introspection was not at the top…
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Girl’s Talk [Ghost] (over the roar of the AV): What’s that gun you’re cleaning Drew? [Drew]: An Arasaka Arms WSSE/R, Ghost. Alt gave it to me! Isn’t it sooo cool! [Ghost]: It’s not automatic though … is it a sniper rifle? [Drew]: That’s right Ghost, it’s a sniper rifle. Today I’m going in last! This…
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Date: 23rd November 2177 Weather: Stormy. Outfit: Full body armour and a new sniper rifle. We’re going in. Mood: Determined. This is our chance, all we need to do is get into this oil rig, find what we’re looking for and get out. Samantha is somewhere in there and this is our chance to get…
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Date: 20th November 2177 Weather: Rainy Mood: Elated! I met the two famous Russian solos, The 55 – Lazarev and Valentine, who’s a famous sniper. Well I didn’t really meet Valentine, just gave him a happy wave from far away, but I did meet Lazarev and I nearly killed him and I got his autograph!…
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Our heroes have arrived, bedraggled and cowed, at the remote and frozen outpost of Niscorp 1743. They have come bearing a pair of cryogenic medical pods that contain trafficked humans from Dune, who the Confederate Navy has charged them with retaining until they can find the organization that was smuggling them. They also came bearing…
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Can’t all be coincidence Too many things are evident You tell me you’re an unbeliever Spiritualists? Well me I’m neither Wouldn’t you like to know The truth? — The Seer of Argent, as the Confederate Navy destroyed the system An Oracle is the name used by adherents to refer to an artificial intelligence that has…
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Niscorp 1743 is a small, frozen planet on the inner edge of the frontier. This small planet circles a small, dim orange star at the very edge of its habitable zone, running without a planar inclination in a stable orbit that takes 3.4 standard years to complete and is sufficiently circular that the planet does…
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I stand in a barren void that’s featureless No sight or sound can penetrate at all Though silent storms may try to tear me down When dusk descends, I’ll still be standing tall Daylight breaks and shatters empty skies Has nothing changed for better or for worse? The cycle just repeats itself again Can’t tell…
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Last night over a debauched dinner with two old friends, Drs. A and B, I made one of those stupid long-term bets that bloggers inevitably get sucked into. My specific bet was that the Republican party will not recover from Trump, and will fall into a long period of chaos and dissonance that will prevent…
Compromise and Conceit 