Category: Science Fiction
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Date: November 27th, 2177 Weather: Rainy Outfit: Battle fatigues loaned to me by one of Alt’ s more human-resembling staff, because we didn’t have any spare gear on the bikes, and we can’t sit around for days in Alt’s little super-villain compound wearing our combat armour. I’m even going commando for the day (don’t tell…
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But you sleep like a ghost with me It’s as simple as that So tell me I’m mad Roll me up and breathe me in Come to my madness My opium den Come to my madness Make sense of it again My Cyberpunk character, Drew, started the campaign with some contraband Russian cyberware inside…
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Date: 25th November Weather: Clear, cloudless skies and nuclear fallout Outfit: I’m in my underwear right now, and some kind of sealskin cape that Pops insisted I wear because he can’t just let me lounge around in the crash zone in comfortable clothes can he? And the only other clothes we have are our body…
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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…
Compromise and Conceit 