flyingchicken
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I am stuck in the layered Gaussian blur paradigm of glow effects.
Not willing to share?
Yes.Regarding orders:
Pre-ChaNES: Into the Void
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silver 2039
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No wonder the BEF did so poorly in World War I....a fat aristocrat with a top hat and a cane is not at all inspiring to join the army.
das
Regeneration In Process
That's a fat self-made entrepreneur to you! 
(I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be John Bull, but yes, why didn't they just use Kitchener or Britannia or something?)
In other news, I don't seem to have sent orders, so I guess I might as well get to that.
(I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be John Bull, but yes, why didn't they just use Kitchener or Britannia or something?)
In other news, I don't seem to have sent orders, so I guess I might as well get to that.
Symphony D.
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Retroactive deletion.
North King
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I'll get orders in at some point.
TerrisH
Mischief?
orders were sent befor he pushed back the deadline. hmm, might send something else also.
a_propagandist
The Light Brigadier
North King, Chand, I need information about the costs of terraforming Valhalla for a warmer, more habitable, Mediterranean climate. Is Orion Industries up for it?
Symphony D.
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North King
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I believe it is possible, though time constraints may be a factor. I don't know about the cost; I'd have to check with Chandra.
Chandrasekhar
Determined
I've been offline for the past week, so I apologize for not being on to answer your questions. Anyway, I've got a PM box full of orders now, so I should be able to begin work on the update immediately, but there's going to be a lot of work going into this one, so it'll take awhile.
Regarding your question, a_propagandist, it'd be possible within the next century to significantly warm up Asgard's equatorial regions, depending on how much you're willing to invest in it. Some minor efforts have been taking place as the colony on Asgard grew, so some of the necessary infrastructure is already in place. It's hard to talk about exact costs at this stage of the game, but as Symphony D. and North King point out, time will be the biggest obstacle.
Regarding your question, a_propagandist, it'd be possible within the next century to significantly warm up Asgard's equatorial regions, depending on how much you're willing to invest in it. Some minor efforts have been taking place as the colony on Asgard grew, so some of the necessary infrastructure is already in place. It's hard to talk about exact costs at this stage of the game, but as Symphony D. and North King point out, time will be the biggest obstacle.
Symphony D.
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silver 2039
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I can swear I just had that conversation with Encantra Instant Answers on MSN.
I can swear I just had that conversation with Encantra Instant Answers on MSN.
Symphony D.
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Retroactive deletion.
Thlayli
Le Pétit Prince
"We were Americans, once. But the spirit of America died long ago. Even the country is just another SolFed province. We are the last Americans...and the first Carmentans. And in us the American, the Carmentan, spirit is reborn."
-Joseph H. Cantico, Interim President of the Independent Republic of Carmenta
"We're no more American than the citizens of Boston were British in 1775!"
-Albert Amberston, Brigadier General, Protective "Browncoat" Militia
"We don't want none of yer fancy planetary agreements. An sure as hell we don't want them Bangladeshis and space cruisers on our back porch!"
-Random browncoat rabblerouser
One day, the people of Carmenta woke up and realized that they were a "free country" no longer. Their forefathers called themselves Americans, but they lived in a new land. They were no longer Americans...what were Americans but obese malcontents that had forgotten what their country had once been? The people of Carmenta didn't want to be a part of some fancy colonization scheme. They wanted nothing but land, peace, and isolation. And they didn't want plebiscites and delays. They wanted independence, and they had the guns to seize it.
The newly constructed regional capital city of Jefferson was the first to fall. ASTRIS soldiers on patrol fell from rooftop sniper fire, and the streets were swept clear of "foreign elements" before the Browncoats posted the Document of Unfederation, as it was politely called. The semi-immortal Russian president-for-life (but seriously guys, Russia's a democracy) and mastermind of ASTRIS, commonly believed by most Carmentans to be the Antichrist, was burned in effigy shortly after. Even if a grand total of 3 Carmentans could pronounce his name, it was good to have a scapegoat. And it was a glorious day to begin a Republic.
Ironically, it was mostly untrue rumors of "ethnic repopulation" that would bring millions of non-English speaking immigrants to Carmenta, and other "loyalty measures" to subdue the population, that pushed them to the brink of violence. But it was that incident with 223 year-old, dictatorial Governor Charlie Clinton stating that "every Carmentan who fails to salute the SolFed flag deserves to be shot on sight," conveniently leaked by "someone" on all the local com-nets, that began the orgy of violence against the foreign-born ASTRIS super-soldiers. "They think they're f*cking Master Chief, eh?" said one Browncoat lieutenant right after the liberation of Jefferson. "Well, I played Halo 9, and that game sucked. They can tell it to my 12 gauge."
Of course, things became organized before long. A surprisingly well-planned media offensive soon hit satellite channels, before ASTRIS blocked them...and having television blocked by SolFed did nothing but justify the claims of "censorship" by the "occupying authorities". One student of ancient video games noted that this was very similar to the media offensive of Nod before the beginning of Command and Conquer...but was soon shouted down by a large group of his friends playing Duke Nukem Forever.
The Browncoats didn't have tanks or incredibly advanced weaponry, but their hastily rigged technicals and grenade launchers had what the heavily armored, city-bound ASTRIS garrisons did not have: Mobility.
In a YouTube clip removed five minutes after posting due to YouTube's controversial "agreement" with SolFed subsidized colonial internet providers, a brief video of urban warfare in the city of New Peoria showed an ASTRIS hovertank slowly advancing down a deserted street, before reaching an intersection, where it came under anti-tank rocket fire from Browncoat helicopter gunships and fortified rooftop positions. The encounter and resulting explosion was reposted on several popular websites, and was soon turned into a music video by the famously-irreverent website 5chan. It is now a popular internet meme.
The city of Jefferson soon became the temprorary capital of the Interim Government, and the "Independent Republic of Carmenta" established the trappings of an independent government, even reorganizing industry on a subcontinental level to produce Bacchan-inspired weapons to supply the Browncoats. Sadly however, blueprints for a Tesla Tank were turned down.
The war continues...
-Joseph H. Cantico, Interim President of the Independent Republic of Carmenta
"We're no more American than the citizens of Boston were British in 1775!"
-Albert Amberston, Brigadier General, Protective "Browncoat" Militia
"We don't want none of yer fancy planetary agreements. An sure as hell we don't want them Bangladeshis and space cruisers on our back porch!"
-Random browncoat rabblerouser
One day, the people of Carmenta woke up and realized that they were a "free country" no longer. Their forefathers called themselves Americans, but they lived in a new land. They were no longer Americans...what were Americans but obese malcontents that had forgotten what their country had once been? The people of Carmenta didn't want to be a part of some fancy colonization scheme. They wanted nothing but land, peace, and isolation. And they didn't want plebiscites and delays. They wanted independence, and they had the guns to seize it.
The newly constructed regional capital city of Jefferson was the first to fall. ASTRIS soldiers on patrol fell from rooftop sniper fire, and the streets were swept clear of "foreign elements" before the Browncoats posted the Document of Unfederation, as it was politely called. The semi-immortal Russian president-for-life (but seriously guys, Russia's a democracy) and mastermind of ASTRIS, commonly believed by most Carmentans to be the Antichrist, was burned in effigy shortly after. Even if a grand total of 3 Carmentans could pronounce his name, it was good to have a scapegoat. And it was a glorious day to begin a Republic.
Ironically, it was mostly untrue rumors of "ethnic repopulation" that would bring millions of non-English speaking immigrants to Carmenta, and other "loyalty measures" to subdue the population, that pushed them to the brink of violence. But it was that incident with 223 year-old, dictatorial Governor Charlie Clinton stating that "every Carmentan who fails to salute the SolFed flag deserves to be shot on sight," conveniently leaked by "someone" on all the local com-nets, that began the orgy of violence against the foreign-born ASTRIS super-soldiers. "They think they're f*cking Master Chief, eh?" said one Browncoat lieutenant right after the liberation of Jefferson. "Well, I played Halo 9, and that game sucked. They can tell it to my 12 gauge."
Of course, things became organized before long. A surprisingly well-planned media offensive soon hit satellite channels, before ASTRIS blocked them...and having television blocked by SolFed did nothing but justify the claims of "censorship" by the "occupying authorities". One student of ancient video games noted that this was very similar to the media offensive of Nod before the beginning of Command and Conquer...but was soon shouted down by a large group of his friends playing Duke Nukem Forever.
The Browncoats didn't have tanks or incredibly advanced weaponry, but their hastily rigged technicals and grenade launchers had what the heavily armored, city-bound ASTRIS garrisons did not have: Mobility.
In a YouTube clip removed five minutes after posting due to YouTube's controversial "agreement" with SolFed subsidized colonial internet providers, a brief video of urban warfare in the city of New Peoria showed an ASTRIS hovertank slowly advancing down a deserted street, before reaching an intersection, where it came under anti-tank rocket fire from Browncoat helicopter gunships and fortified rooftop positions. The encounter and resulting explosion was reposted on several popular websites, and was soon turned into a music video by the famously-irreverent website 5chan. It is now a popular internet meme.
The city of Jefferson soon became the temprorary capital of the Interim Government, and the "Independent Republic of Carmenta" established the trappings of an independent government, even reorganizing industry on a subcontinental level to produce Bacchan-inspired weapons to supply the Browncoats. Sadly however, blueprints for a Tesla Tank were turned down.
The war continues...
Thlayli
Le Pétit Prince
Citizens of the Independent Republic of Carmenta, unite!
Symphony D.
Deity
Retroactive deletion.
Thlayli
Le Pétit Prince
We got yer 'criteria' right here buddy. Two criteria: Smith and Wesson.
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