MW Flight Deck Carrier - BFAW

Build Info

I am trying to create a reasonable Phaser BFAW build for a Miracle Worker Flight Deck Carrier. I do not have a DPRM, but am planning to get it from the event reward. That also goes for some other meta traits I know I am missing, I just don't have them. While I would like to, it does mean buying certain quite pricey bundles etc that I don't really have the funds for at the moment and would only really buy for a trait or a console. I am concerned about my survivability and have been swapping around the Ordnance Accelerator console with the Shield Absorptive Frequency Generator or the Hull Image Refractors.

Player Information

Player Info	--------------
Captain Name	UrbanSlayer
Captain Faction	Federation
Captain Race	Trill
Captain Profession	Tactical
Primary Specialization	Intelligence
Secondary Specialization	Miracle Worker
Intended Role	DPS
Captain Outfit	[ "Image Description" ]( "Image Link here" )

Skill Tree

		Engineering		Science		Tactical
Lieutenant			Advanced Hull Capacity			Advanced Energy Weapon Training	Advanced Projectile Weapon Training
Lieutenant Commander		Improved EPS Flow	Advanced Impulse Expertise	Improved Control Expertise		Advanced Targeting Expertise
5 Points
Commander						Advanced Weapon Amplification	Advanced Weapon specialization'
15 Points
Captain		Defensive Subsystem Tuning	Offensive Subsystem Tuning	Advanced Exotic Particle Generator	Advanced Long Range Targeting	Advanced Hull Penetration	Advanced Shield Penetration
25 Points
Admiral		Improved Warp Core Potential				Coordination Protocols	Advanced Tactical Readiness
35 Points
						Offensive Coordination
Total of 46 of 46 Points		Engineering Points:	12	Science Points:	8	Tactical Points:	26

Skill Tree Unlocks

Points to unlock	Engineering Unlocks	Science Unlocks	Tactical Unlocks
Unlocks After 2	Training Manual: Mine Dispersal Pattern: Beta III	Training Manual: Tactical Team III	Training Manual: Cannon: Rapid Fire III
Unlocks After 5	Battery Expertise	Sector Space Travel Speed	Threat Control
Unlocks After 7	Training Manual: Attack Pattern: Omega III	Training Manual: Mine Dispersal Pattern: Alpha III	Training Manual: Torpedo: High Yield III
Unlocks After 10	Maximum Hull Capacity		Projectile Critical Chance
Unlocks After 12	Training Manual: Attack Pattern: Beta III	Training Manual: Beam: Fire at Will III	Training Manual: Cannon: Scatter Volley III
Unlocks After 15			Energy Critical Chance
Unlocks After 17			Training Manual: Torpedo: Spread III
Unlocks After 20			Accuracy
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Unlocks After 24 (Ultimate)			Focused Frenzy
Unlocks After 25 (Ultimate)			Frenzied Assault
Unlocks After 26 (Ultimate)			Frenzied Reactions
Unlocks After 27 (Ultimate)

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Build Description

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Basic Information	Data
Ship Name	Ren
Ship Class
Ship Model
Deflector Visuals
Engine Visuals
Shield Visuals
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Basic Information	Component	Notes
Fore Weapons: 5	Advanced Phaser Beam Array Mk XV [CrtD/Dm] [CrtD]x4
	Terran Task Force Phaser Beam Array Mk XV [CrtD/Dm] [CrtD]x3 [Proc]
	Phaser Wide Angle Dual Heavy Beam Bank Mk XV [CrtD/Dm] [CrtD]x4
	Advanced Phaser Beam Array Mk XV [CrtD/Dm] [CrtD]x4
	Dark Matter Quantum Torpedo Mk XV [CrtD/Dm] [CrtD]x4
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Aft Weapons: 3	Trilithium-Enhanced Omni-Directional Phaser Beam Array [Mk XV [Ac/Dm] Acc [Arc] [Dmg]x2
	Trilithium-Enhanced Phaser Turret Mk XV [Ac/Dm] [CrtH]x3 [Dmg]
	Omni-Directional Phaser Beam Array Mk XV [Arc] [CrtD/Dm] [CrtD]x3
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Experimental Weapon
Deflector	Elite Fleet Intervention Protomatter Deflector Array Mk VX [ColCrit] [CtrlX]x2 [HullCap] [Sh/HullCap]
Secondary Deflector
Impulse Engines	Prevailing Innervated Impulse Engines Mk XV [SecSpd-2] [Spd]
Warp Core	Elite Fleet Plasma-Integrated Warp Core Mk XV [AMP] [Eff] [SSR] [W->E] [W->S] [WCap]
Shields	Tilly's Review-Pending Modified Shield Mk XV [Cap]x4 [Cp/Rg]
Devices	Reactive Armor Catalyst
	Battery - Energy Amplifier
	Red Matter Capacitor
	Kobayashi Maru Transponder
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Engineering Consoles: 5	Zero-Point Energy Conduit Mk XV
	Approaching Agony
	Tachyokinetic Converter Mk XV
	Assimilated Module Mk XV
	Bioneural Infusion Circuits Mk XV
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Science Consoles: 3	Ordnance Accelerator Mk XV
	D.O.M.I.N.O.
	Sensor Suspension Burst
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Tactical Consoles: 3	Vulnerability Locator Mk XV [Phaser]
	Vulnerability Locator Mk XV [Phaser]
	Vulnerability Locator Mk XV [Phaser]
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Universal Consoles: 2	Vulnerability Locator Mk XV [Phaser]
	Lorca's Custom Fire Controls Mk XV
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Hangars: 2	Elite Scorpion Fighters
	Elite Scorpion Fighters

Officers and Crew

Bridge Officer Information	Power	Notes
Officer 1: Commander ( Eng/MW )	Emergency Power to Weapons I
Trait: Superior Watcher Operative	Emit Unstable Warp Bubble I
	Narrow Sensor Bands III
	Mixed Armaments Synergy III
Officer 2: Lt. Commander ( Science )	Jam Targetting Sensors I
Trait: Superior Watcher Operative	Scramble Sensors I
	Gravity well I
Officer 3: Lt. Commander ( Tactical )	Distributed Targeting I
Trait: Superior Romulan Operative	Attack Pattern Beta I
	Beam Fire at Will III
Officer 4: Ensign ( Science )	Tractor Beam I
Trait: Superior Watcher Operative
Officer 5: Lieutenant ( Tac/Cmnd )	Kemocite-Laced Weaponry I
Trait: Superior Romulan Operative	Torpedoes: Spread II
Officer 6: [rank] ( [profession] )
Trait: [name]

Duty Officer Information	Power	Notes
1	Chance for stacking Crit chance buff on firing energy weapons	Eleet
2	Strength through unity - increased stats after using BOFF abilities	29 of 47
3	Reduce recharge time for attack patterns beta, delta and omega	Zemok Jenro
4	Change to reduce the recharge time for emergency power to subsystem abilities	Dillarn
5	Free association - reduce other BOFF ability cooldowns after using one	41 of 47
6

Character, Reputation, and Starship Traits

Personal Space Traits	Description	Notes
Adaptive Offense	+Crit Chance that becomes +Crit severity during repeated Crit Hits'
Context is for Kings	Each second while in combat, if you did not take damage in the past second, you gain a damage bonus. Otherwise, you gain a boost to your Damage Resistence Rating. Each second while in combat: If you did take damage in the past second: +3 All Damage Resistence Rating for 10 sec If you did not take damage in the past second: +1% Bonus All Damage for 10 sec
Fragment of AI Tech	#N/A
Innocuous	+1.5% Critical Severity -25% Threat Generation
Inspirational Leader	10% chance: Activating any Bridge Officer Ability grants +10 to Most Starship Skills for 15 seconds (may stack up to 3 times).
Intelligence Agent Attache	#N/A
Superior Beam Training	+7.5% Beam Weapon Damage
Terran Targeting Systems	+15% Critical serverity, incoming critical hits reduce speed by 10% for 5s (max once per 15s)
The Boimler Effect	#N/A
Unconventional Systems	Using a Control Bridge officer ability gives -7% Recahrge to Universal Consoles

Space Reputation Traits	Description	Obtained from
Advanced Targeting Systems	+16% Critical Severity	T2 Dyson
Energy Refrequencer	Receive 7.5% of your outgoing damage as a Hull heal to you (Triggers up to 5 times per second)	T2 Iconian
Precision	+4% Critical Hit Chance	T2 Romulan
Tyler's Duality	#N/A	#N/A
Enhanced Rending Shots	On every non-Critical Hit with a Weapon, increase Critical Hit Chance by 1.5%, stacks up to 10 times. All stacks removed on successful Critical Hit.	T4 Delta

Starship Traits	Description	Notes
Emergency Weapon Cycle	Activating Emergency Power to Weapons provides a reduction in weapon power cost and grants a boost to weapon firing speed for the duration of Emergency Power to Weapons
Entwined Tactical Matrices	#N/A
Strike From Shadows	#N/A
Target Rich Environment	While this starship trait is slotted, activating Beam: Fire At Will or Cannon: Scatter Volley will provide a small boost to weapon damage, per weapon activation, for a short time as long as these attack modes are active. This bonus stacks up to 20 times.
The Best Defense	Attack Patterns grant Hull Healing Buff to Self
Vanguard Specialists	#N/A

Other Information

Subsystem Power Settings	Value (Target/Display)	Notes
Weapons	125 /  95
Shields	54 /  25
Engines	88 /  60
Auxiliary	52 /  20

Set Name	Set parts: # of #	Effects	Notes
Lorca's Ambition	2 of 3	War Discretion - on crit +1% crit severity buff for 20secs.
Lorca's Ambition	3 of 3	But thats just the beginning - Extra DM torp
3	#
4	#
5	#

Ship Stats	Value	Notes
Hull	100947
Shields	15377
Global Critical Chance	55.1
Global Critical Severity	183.5
EPS/Power Transfer Rate	276% (13.8/sec)
Hull Regeneration Rate	175.3%
Turn Rate	6.5 deg /sec
Flight Speed	53.29

Hey guys just wondering this.
I do uppelower 2x a week and at the end of upper 1 I do shoulder isolation, 4 sets of lu raises + reverse pec deck and upper 2 I do 4 sets of curls and tricep isolation. Now I am wondering if It wouldn't be more beneficial to like on saturday on my off day and it wouldnt interfere with any other upper day do my arm and shoulder isolations there and maybe iso 4 sets one exercise do like 2 for 3 sets each. I could also do wednesday and do like loweuppearms+shoulders/loweuppeoff/off.
Thoughts?
Or keep doing lower volume now like I am doing? (Workouts are 1h10 long now)

Hello,
I have a gainward 1070 PHOENIX edition and i want to play 4k 60fps for few years. Is my build ok ?
Can we lower the price to reach 2200 or 2000 € or is it impossible ? Should i change the cpu for a 5700x ? Should i change my motherboard and my memory for DDR4 ? (it's cheaper).
My use will be mainly gaming and some Photoshop/Premiere Pro so that's why i took a 4080.
https://fr.pcpartpicker.com/list/XYN678
Thanks for your answers.

I'm trying to, rather than asking people to transfer things in bulk one time across a vast space, ask people to ferry much less to literally the next system. My hope is that there are players that do freight stuff and contracts all the time that will just sort of do these on the way. Then I can basically have a train of contracts that go from one station to the next station and then the next, so on and so forth until it is all at the destination. I was also hoping this would open up freighting to Alpha players as in a lot of cases they can't actually ferry anything due to the limits on their cargo holds.
I'm not really sure how contracting actually works, like if you accept a contract to ferry something that's 1000000 m*3, you have to actually have the cargo space right? You can't just do things bit by bit either I assume? I don't know because I've never bothered with it as I assumed a lot of people haven't. I'd like to make use of it so that I can cut out the time I spend just transferring stuff between places, but it feels like I need to make the barrier to entry lower so that people will actually do it in a timely manner. I also have to offer up a lot of potential ISK profit and have 0 liability for the job.
Basically, what I'm asking is, if you have any experience with this share that experience and if you carry out contracts yourself then I have the following question:
If you saw a contract that was from one system to the system right next to it with no liability on what you were ferrying (which I think is fine because of the next point), but the reward for the ferry was reasonable but obviously very low in comparison to the full trip (I'm hoping that by nature of the ferry being low, people won't bother killing themselves in some odd fashion to just take the items for themselves) would you actually bother doing this or would the time spent docking at stations be too much of a chore to bother. Also, I am correct in assuming that people could intentionally get kill rights on each other in such a way that even in high sec they could just destroy the ship and yoink the items if both parties were in agreement.
I don't know this feels like a pipe-dream but getting contracts accepted and carried out is taking too much time and I'm wondering how I can cut it down. Doing it myself doesn't really cut out the middleman it kind of just means I'm spending time not making money doing literally anything else, at least for a contract someone does get paid for it so there's value to the work but if I do it, I do it for free or at least the cost of making someone else do it. I'm still trying to figure out if just doing it myself is always better but if that's the case why do people even bother freighting and doing contracts.

[[Alibou, Ancinet Witness]]
I have a two points I would love to hear your opinions on.

1. I play [[Lodestone Myr]] in my deck and I see that similar effects for tapping your artifacts, such as [[Ghirapur Aether Grid]] and [[Clock of Omens]], are quite popular in Alibou decks according to EDHREC. I've found however the effect rather lackluster. I run a large amount of mana rocks, so most of my artifacts already have ways of tapping themselves. I more often run into the issue of not having anything to do with my excess of mana. What are your experiences with these kinds of cards? I think something like [[Platoon Dispenser]] would be a good addition. It has a mana sink that makes more artifacts and draws you the card you've put on top at your end step.
2. What are your opinions on equipment that can draw you cards? Examples would be [[Glimmer Lens]], [[Mask of Memory]], [[Rogue's gloves]] or even [[Explorer's Scope]]. I want to have more ways of playing the card I put on top in my second main phase. [[Mystic Forge]] already does a stellar job, but I would like to have more options. Perhaps some vehicles that can draw cards like [[Reckoner Bankbuster]] or [[Smuggler's Copter]]?

Dear EDH Community,
I started playing EDH since 5 months and began with a lorehold legacies precon which I slowly upgraded over the weeks. Now I'm searching for a new deck to switch things up and I love the idea of budget net decks because my play group doesn't own high power decks.
I found some commander quarters budget decks I loved (f.e. Yarok budget or Teysa) and tried to buy them on cardmarket. But instead of the suggested $25 price it got up to $50 dollars ($35 Cards / $15 Shipping).
So I get a $50 deck with a cardvalue about $35 and precons nowadays have a much higher cardvalue (for example my osgir precon with $40 market price and cardvalue about $110). Is it even worth it to buy net budget decks if the price is as high as a precon but the value is much lower?
Tl;dr: is it worth to buy a net budget deck if the price is the same like a precon but the cardvalue much lower? And can they even compete with higher costed decks?
Thanks in advance!

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Hi, the wheel of my G305 failed yesterday, I opened it, cleaned it and reseated it but it seems to either slip (so I would probably need to replace the wheel) or more likely it's an issue with the encoder itself. I am probably going to fix it but I need something to use in the meantime and as a new main mouse.
My hand is 19x10cm, I have a hybrid grip claw-palm or sometimes just claw depending on what I am doing. I want a wireless mouse and I would like to have bluetooth too to control 2 devices at once without software. The 305 is a good size for me but it's a bit flat so I would prefer something similar or with a bigger back hump, the weight is perfect (around 100g).
I play mainly FPS games but also a bit of everything else and I also do some designing and editing.
An onboard memory and/or the ability to change DPI without software are a must since I use multiple OSs.
My budget is 30-75€.
Currently I am looking at these models:
- Razer Basilisk X Hyperspeed
- Roccat Kone Air
- Razer Orochi V2
Or with lower priority:
- another Logitech G305
- Steelseries Rival 3 wireless
- CoolerMaster MM731
- Corsair Harpoon
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I don't want to have to click a button to wake the mouse so the Rival 3 is low priority right now, I don't know if others have the same issue. I prefer a replaceable battery (I am currently using up my last alkalines to switch to NiMh) to a rechargeable one so the MM731 and the Harpoon are low priority.
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What would you avoid? What would you choose from this list? Anything else I should consider?
Thank you
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P.S. Almost forgot, I game at 1600 DPI, I do precision work at 800-1000 DPI and for multimonitor use I use anything from 1600 to 3200 DPI.

Chapter One
Chapter Seventeen
Martinez slouched his way into the kitchen. He wasn’t really paying attention to his surroundings; in his defense it was early in the morning and he’d failed at getting some appropriate shut-eye before he went and, you know, bared his entire soul to Chao. At least that was his plan. But as usual, the universe laughs at plans.
He placed a sealed plastic package into the coffee machine, then put a styrofoam cup in the appropriate location. He yawned as the machine began its burbling.
“Hey.”
Martinez snapped his head over at McCoy, who’d suddenly appeared out of nowhere. She leaned against the counter, with a big and very evil grin on her face.
“Um…” began Martinez, before he was interrupted by a voice from his other side.
“Hey.” Matt leaned there, and if McCoy looked evil then Matt looked positively diabolical. Martinez glanced behind him and saw more soldiers, all with looks of ill intent on their faces.
The corporal didn’t waste time in asking what the hell they were up to, he just started throwing hands and feet. Future scholars would count the resulting battle as one for the ages; Martinez even managed to tag Toke with a couple of pretty good punches and one really sweet roundhouse kick.
But in the end, it was still a case of one against many.
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“Mmmm mm mmm m mmm!” protested Martinez.
Chao sighed as she beheld his bruised and very taped-up state. “What did those idiots do to you?”
“Mm MMM mmm mm!” The corporal’s mouth was now duct-taped shut, so verbal acuity was not amongst his strong suits at the present.
She put her hands on her hips. “For crying out loud. Matt goes and gets me all worried that you’re somehow in trouble, he leads me over to some random closet and shoves me in here and I find you like this. What’s the game?”
“Gmmmm?”
Chao squatted, examining his bonds. “Well, they sure got you trussed up like a roast for the feast. Hey, if you want me to pull the tape off of your mouth just nod.”
After a moment, Martinez nodded. She reached for the tape covering his mouth, then hesitated. “Um. I don’t have much experience with this so I’ll leave it up to you. Is it better to go fast or slow? Blink once for fast, two for slow.”
With deliberation, Martinez blinked once. Chao nodded and yanked the tape off. They’d even left a convenient tab for her to grab ahold of.
“FUCKING OW!” yelled the corporal. “Um, sorry.”
Chao seated herself before his figure, which was tied up in a fetal position. “You know, the last few weeks have given me a bit of a crash-course on the types of grab-ass shenanigans you soldier types get up to. This is a new one, though. Care to educate me?”
Martinez stared at her in horrified disbelief. “Toke didn’t tell you?”
“Tell me what? He just said you were in trouble and that I needed to help out.”
“That…that evil, evil son of a bitch. He said he’d explain everything!”
“Explain what? Luca, I am just about ready to walk out and leave you in here to eventually soil yourself.”
Now that he was literally hog-tied and unable to escape, Martinez realized he had to ‘fess up. “I like you,” he said in an almost-gasp. “I mean, I like you like you. In that way. I mean, I know it’s sudden. We’ve only known each other for maybe four weeks but you’re so smart and pretty and…and, you know about Asimov and Heinlein and Clarke and about orbital mechanics and star spectra.”
She sat in stunned silence while he continued. “I don’t bring much to the table, I get that. But I want to learn. After we come back from the Rithro’s repair mission, I want to go to college…I’ve started looking into that. I’m not much of a catch right now, but maybe one day you’d consider liking me that way as well…”
He was interrupted as she leaned down, grabbed his head, and planted a firm kiss upon his lips. After a moment of pure bliss for both of them, she pulled away. “You utter and complete idiot,” she said, but she said it with a smile. “Did you never think that perhaps you have some attractive qualities of your own?”
Martinez tried to shrug as best he could, being all tied up. “I mean, Toke did mention that I have some pretty nice abs?”
Chao’s eyes glinted in good humor. “Pretty nice? You’ve got an eight-pack. I could shred cheese on those bad boys.”
He looked up at her. “Wait. When did you see my abs?”
“Back when we were sequestered within Cheyenne Mountain, and we were strictly on sponge baths.” She patted his taut stomach, feeling up those aforementioned abs. “Anyways, do you want me to get you out of these bonds?”
“Um…”
Her good humor turned into a diabolical grin. “Or, would you like to remain in these bonds? Toke said something about a safe-word and safe-gesture, he said you’d explain it.”
“Of course he did. That fucker. Um. Chao, this has gone better than I could ever have imagined but I don’t think you need to know…”
“Know about what?” Her caressing of his unprotected stomach did not cease. “Does my corporal have a bit of a fetish?”
His brain seized up again at her emphasis on ‘my’. “I…”
“Let me put it this way. Would you like me to be all mean and nasty, or more cuddly and dommy mommy?”
After a long, long moment of silence he finally murmured, “Dommy mommy.”
“See? That wasn’t so hard. Well, admitting it wasn’t hard.” Her hand continued its explorations. “Now this here is indeed quite hard. Hmm. Good thing you are just too cute for words.”
“Cute?” He looked in disbelief at her, and then flinched at her continued caressing.
“One can be a badass and also cute, my dear corporal. You tick both boxes. Not to mention you’re into a fetish which I’ve wanted to indulge in for a while. Never found anyone who was into it, until now.”
Outside the closet, McCoy stood guard. She smiled in triumph as she heard Martinez yell out in pleasure, and turned to give Toke a thumbs-up.
“It’s about fuckin’ time,” she said.
Matt smiled back at her. He now sported an epic shiner under one eye. “Eh, some kids just need a bit of a nudge, you know?”
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It was…it was a wall. A wall he was looking at.
A wall covered in white stucco. Nothing too fancy, but it was indeed a wall and Joachim realized he was looking at it. That might seem like a substandard feat, but for a man who’d been in Joachim’s proverbial shoes it was a grand accomplishment.
His mouth worked as he swished his tongue around in his mouth. He looked around. He sat in a lawn chair in the middle of a beige room, lined on every wall with the stucco he’d just realized he was looking at. “H…hello?”
His voice felt old and clotted. Joachim looked down at his hand, and he saw wrinkled skin and age spots that he didn’t remember seeing there before.
This room only had one exit door, and now it opened. A lean man with dark skin entered. “Joachim Neimyer? I’m Zawahir Ibn Harith. How are you feeling, sir?”
Joachim fixed the newcomer with a steady eye. “I’ll be feeling better once I know where I am. And where is Corina?”
“Corina is on her way, she should be here within minutes. We had great hopes that your treatment was progressing well. Do you know what day it is, sir?”
“Of course I know what day it is! It’s…” Joachim trailed off as he realized that he didn’t know. The last few…years? Decades? He had glimpses of moments in time, as if viewed via a strobe-light. He now realized it was much, much later in time than he thought. “I…what happened?”
“Alzheimer’s, Mr. Neimeyer.” Zawahir’s eyes were kind. “You’ve been suffering from it for the last seven years. But we discovered…or, I should say, we adopted a methodology for treating it. It not only stops the damage, it has a way of reversing at least some of its effects. I fear you will never regain the memories from the time during which you suffered the most, but from now on your mind should function properly once more.”
Joachim rubbed his now-bald pate. “Is Corina all right?”
Zawahir pulled over a chair next to him and seated himself. “She is, blessedly, un-marked by the same affliction. We are, of course, putting her on a similar treatment as yourself just to make sure she remains so. With her consent, of course.”
The old man fixed Zawahir with a direct stare. “This whole thing smells experimental. Why choose me?”
“Mmm, you are as sharp as ever, sir. This is indeed an experiment, and we chose you because you are one of the preeminent rocket experts who ever lived. We need such skills now.”
“What?”
Zawahir leaned forward. “I will do my best to catch you up…”
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She walked through the door, supported by a cane. The one person, the beacon in Joachim’s life. Corina lit up upon seeing his gaze. A gaze with intent, with purpose. “They said you were feeling better!”
Before he or the surrounding interns could react, Joachim now found himself with a hundred-ish pounds of enthusiastic elderly woman in his lap.
“Tell me something only you know,” she whispered.
Joachim smiled. “Do you remember what I told you when we saw the green flash? That one time, in Hawaii? During our honeymoon?”
“I do. You said that the flash was the souls of those who’ve gone before.”
“And I promised you that, if I passed before you, that you would just need to look for the flash to see me.”
She clasped his wrinkled face in her own equally-lined hands. “You did better than that. You came back to me.”
“I guess I did.” He kissed her, reveling in the fact that this time he’d remember it.
Zawahir motioned to everyone else in the room. They all quickly got the hint and left the pair to their mutual happiness.
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The door of the simulator cracked open and Kifa came scuttling out. She peered up at the normally stony face of Master Sergeant Wilkes; right now the latter looked like he’d just been kicked in the chest by a donkey and was still trying to process it. “How did I do?” asked the xyrax. “It seems like I did quite well.”
“Um…Kifa. Well. Um. Did the controls seem to operate right?”
“Oh, yes! Very much, quite intuitive! It’s been ages since I simulated combat within an atmosphere! That was fun!”
“Fun. You do realize that you were going up against aces. I mean real, human aces?”
“Oh. I thought that was the case.” Kifa peered back into the simulator. “Was I not supposed to know that?”
Wilkes finally laughed, something that was fortunately captured by several cameras and used as blackmail material for many years after. “You did fine. You also just utterly smoked several of the finest pilots on Earth, and that includes non-Americans.” He regarded her with a steady gaze. “I wish I could recruit you to TOPGUN, I’d love to see you show those strutting peacocks a thing or two.”
“What is TOPGUN?”
He sighed. “Right now, it’s in the same exact department as buggy-whip manufacturing. You just showed these punks that, even in atmosphere, you’re death from above.”
Kifa seemed to shrink into themselves. “I didn’t mean to…”
“Now, now, Kifa, this is a good thing. Gotta keep those aforementioned strutting peacocks on their toes. But soon we’ll be dealing with fighting using orbital mechanics, something with which our air-combat people have about as much actual experience as they do with chatting up the fairer sex.”
“Which fairer sex? I mean, my kind is hermaphroditic so I know the mechanics but…” Kifa trailed off as it blinked its four big, oil-drop eyes.
“You are too damned cute for your own good. Pick a sex, any one, I for one do not give a fuck anymore. Point being, we humans need a crash-course in how to fight in space. No atmo, so trying to maneuver using flaps and wings and things is right out. We need to understand how orbits work. Not just intellectually, but in our bones.” Wilkes patted the simulator. “We need you to teach us. We need you to teach an army. Well, navy. Technically. I guess it would count as a navy. Either way. You know how to do this shit, and you just proved that even in atmosphere you can run rings around our best and brightest. So. Are you willing to show us your voodoo?”
“My voodoo…” The blue-furred spider suddenly rose on all of its legs. “Of course! This will be used against the Breakers, yes?”
“Of course.”
“Then it will be my greatest pleasure to show you all of my voodoo!” Kifa paused. “Although, if I received a headpat or two it would also help me properly consider how best to teach you.”
Sergeant Wilkes sighed and reached down. Kifa purred in delight as the usually-taciturn sergeant unleashed the full might and power of Human Headpats upon the alien pilot.
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Sadaf watched as the two dark-haired women and one blonde-haired woman had a black-and-white cap fitted over their heads. Both had received a haircut for this day; Parvati for one seemed to be less than thrilled about losing some of her tresses.
“This is the snoopy-cap,” said the aide who stood between the two women. The surroundings were sterile and very, very white. “This cap contains your communications, and it will keep your hair in place during launch.” This was the actual process getting shown to the world. Behind them, Ravindar and Martinez were also in the process of getting suited up, but this was done with much less fanfare. The aide’s words carried to them all, of course.
“Arms up!” Everyone going into space today raised their arms, and a large tubby-looking upper suit then slid down over five figures. Many human hands made sure that their heads made it through the upper ring. “This is the upper part of your pressure suit,” said the aide. “The gloves and helmet will complete that part, but that will come later. Now I will need you all to step into your pants…”
Everyone did so; Chao was the one who didn’t quite make it look elegant. She grinned at Martinez as she fumbled for a bit getting her pressure-suit trousers on; his resulting blush was caught for the cameras but it wasn’t until a week later that someone realized what it meant.
“Latch!” The aide’s voice was hard as metal.
Many hands reached out, twisting multiple metal rings to lock the upper and lower halves of the four pressure suits into one cohesive piece.
“I still say we could make them some proper hardsuits,” said Sadaf to Takh. The two stood off to the side, not exactly part of the dance but not apart from it either.
“No, I think this is better,” said Takh. “We need to make this look more like a…human effort.” Her XO stood at parade-rest, with both sets of arms clasped behind his back.
Sadaf nodded. “I will default to your judgement. By the way…how are you and Corporal McCoy getting along?” She nodded towards the last-minute addition to the crew.
“Um…Ma’am, I…” His faltering was not helped by watching the humans in the clean-room getting clear helmets fixed over their heads. Each latching was followed-up by a tap on the shoulder and a thumbs-up.
The big human, Ravindar, waved his arms over his shoulders as he got the feel for the suit. He’d managed to get the helmet on without an issue, in spite of his substantial beard. “Need more air?” asked a much smaller woman at his side. He shook his head, while he continued to flex and get comfortable with how the suit restricted his motions.
Getting the Sikh to this moment had been a master-class in diplomacy. Not least of which was because he still carried a weapon upon his person. Sadaf had no experience with ‘Sikhism’, but she could appreciate any culture or creed which dictated the need to carry a protective weapon at all times. It appealed to her nature.
“Do you think Parvati knows that he’s, well, into her?” asked Takh.
His captain’s voice became damn near sultry. “Now Takh, and here I thought you were all clueless. I’ve heard of the effort these humans went through to get Chao and Luca together. Would you like me to ask them to perform a similar effort for you and Corporal McCoy? Hmmm? It would make for quite the photo-op, as the humans would say.”
Takh felt a bit of panic, somehow. “No!” His panicked reply was low, hopefully not picked up by the surrounding cameras. “I mean, she’s so small. I could hurt her…assuming she wants to be romantic, of course.”
“Romantic? Takh, I admit I am still learning about human body language but trust me…if you want that, she wants that.” She pondered the humans in the room still going through some last-minute checks of their pressure suits. “Let’s put it this way. If you don’t make a move, then I just might ask Dhuz if it’s okay to add a human to our harem when we get back.”
“What?”
“I have learned quite the delightful human phrase. It is, as they say, Time To Nut Up Or Shut Up. I do find McCoy really cute, after all. As do you.”
Her XO grumbled semi-silently for a bit. “Fair enough, Captain. I’ll ask her. While we’re out there.”
“Good.” The humans in the clean room were now about finished with their checks, and Sadaf felt a bit of a thrill. She was, after all, witness to a species taking their first steps into a larger universe.
Five hoses were now shoved into five chest-mounted receptacles, each hose leading to its own hand-held air-conditioning unit. Another complicated round of checks, slaps, and thumbs-ups then followed.
“They do know that we’re just going to walk beside them right into the landing boat, right?” asked Takh. “This whole process isn’t really necessary.”
“Let them have this moment,” said Sadaf with a gentle smile. “They’re having fun.”
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The five white-suited individuals emerged from the hallway to pretty much universal uproar, both in person and online. The suit color was all NASA, but the logos were not. All four wore the emblem of the United Nations at their shoulder, a pair of olive branches surrounding a polar view of the world. The four humans all did their bit and waved for the cameras. Those in charge of the cameras did as instructed, and ignored the two black-and-sliver figures behind the quartet. The latter weren’t wearing any sort of pressure suit.
In the middle of the courtyard hovered the real talking piece, a landing boat from the Rithro. Its entry door was already lowered, and with another wave to the cameras from each of the five humans, they walked up the ramp and into the craft.
The five of them then looked at each other as the door began to close behind them. They’d trained together for a bit, enough to get a feel for each other. But now there was a real sense among them of holy shit what now?
Their mutual what-nows were interrupted as Tofa appeared. The arachnoid alien held a tray in one pedipalp, and upon that tray sat a little dish of what looked like Brazil nuts.
“Greetings!” chirped Tofa. “Welcome to Rithro Air, I assure you we have an excellent safety reputation. Well, almost excellent, if you don’t count the affair around Barnard’s Star. You may now take off your pressure suits. May I interest you in a nut?”
The four humans (and a few of the aliens) flinched as Ravindar let loose with a hearty belly-laugh. He reached up to undo his helmet while he beamed a brilliant white smile at their greeter. “You? I like you. We’re going to be fast friends.” He reached down to pluck a nut from the tray. “Madame? Do you want to take the first nut? Or should I taste it first?”
“Um…” For once, Parvati looked uncertain within her glass-and-cloth cocoon. “If you wish to taste, then please go ahead.”
“As you wish.” Ravindar held her eyes as he bit into the proffered nut. “It seems to be all right,” he pronounced.
After the great ceremony with which they’d been ensconced into their pressure suits, the humans then with reluctance emerged from their cocoons.
“We set up some chairs for everyone!” exclaimed Tofa, who gestured to the sides of the landing craft.
“Um, where do we put all of this?” asked Martinez as he held up a pressure-suit gauntlet.
The alien spider blinked. “Oh, right! Kexal, would you mind helping our guests stow their material?”
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The conference room at ULA now looked out over an even-greater bustle of activity. They were determined to at least match SpaceX in terms of tonnage-to-orbit; maybe they’d do so more efficiently? The mere notion had set a fire under everyone.
Joachim sat in a wheelchair while he studied those in front of him. “Ladies and gentlemen. I have, through some strange technological miracle, been re-granted the use of my mind. Not only that; they tell me that I and my wife might, if certain tests go well…we could become that which we once were. I intend to make sure that this gift does not go to waste. Not for me, nor for my wife, nor for the rest of humanity. Anyways. We have some aliens who need our help, we have some psychotic robot idiots who are fucking things up for everyone, and we need to get some serious tonnage into orbit as a result. Is that about the shape of things?”
“That’s pretty much the shape of it, sir,” said Dwight.
Joachim pointed a wrinkled finger at the speaker. “You. I’ve been caught up enough that I know you were the one to advocate for the use of Sea Dragon.”
“Just as a Hail Mary,” Dwight protested.
Clara cleared her throat. “I mean, I understand the enthusiasm but nobody has ever fired a pressure-fed engine that big. A single engine, mind you.”
Joachim rubbed his chin. “I understand your concern. But also keep in mind, this is a pintle injector, not a shower-head like they had on the F-1s on the Saturn-Five’s first stage. Pintle injectors were classified at the time. That’s a pity, because pintle injectors are safe as houses.”
Clara looked over at him. “Really?”
“Oh yeah, they’re pretty much bomb-proof.”
The team regarded the design now up on the screen. Clara was the first to speak their mutual thought. “Could…could we make this work?”
Joachim’s exclamation brought them all up short. “Of COURSE we can!” He thumped his cane into the floor for added emphasis. “Gentlemen…and ladies, please forgive me Clara…not one month ago I was a drooling wreck of a human. Today I come before you with my mind re-borne and in full function. I intend to make full use of that function. As does my wife, God bless her. We are going to set an example.”
Joachim stood, levering himself upright via his cane. “Here I stand,” he said. “Like Martin Luther before me, I can do no other.”
After a moment, everybody else in the conference room stood as well.
“Welp, we’re all standing,” said Dwight. “Okay, so what do we do now?”
Joachim pointed his cane at the screen. “Now, my dear Dwight, we Build. That. Fucking. Thing. We’re gonna show these Coalition assholes how we humans put some serious fucking tonnage into orbit.”
“Fuck yeah,” said Clara, as an unholy light came into her eyes.
“Fuck yes indeed,” replied Joachim. “The question now is, what do we put into it?”
The other people in the room looked at each other, just before bursting out into exclamations as to what they wanted put into that first launch. It was the sound of people on an expense account to beat the band.

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What is ashwagandha?
The ashwagandha plant is one of the most powerful herbs. Various parts of the ashwagandha plant are used for medicinal purposes, with ashwagandha extract mainly being used in supplements. Ashwagandha is an adaptogen, a natural agent that reportedly helps the body cope with stress. As a result, it’s believed to be effective at helping reduce levels of the stress hormone, cortisol. It may also therefore potentially help with anxiety and depression too.
What does ashwagandha do?
Reduces Stress and Anxiety
Ashwagandha is known to help reduce stress and anxiety. One way it does this is by reducing levels of cortisol, a hormone that is released in response to stress. Additionally, ashwagandha has been shown to improve mood and cognitive function, both of which can be negatively affected by stress.
Enhances Cognitive Function
Ashwagandha has also been shown to improve cognitive function. One study showed that it improved memory and reaction time in healthy adults. Another study found that it improved task performance in people with ADHD. Additionally, ashwagandha may help prevent age-related cognitive decline.
Boosts Energy Levels
Ashwagandha has been shown to boost energy levels. One study showed that it increased stamina and reduced fatigue in people with chronic fatigue syndrome. Additionally, ashwagandha may help improve exercise performance.
Additionally, ashwagandha may also help improve sleep quality and reduce inflammation. These effects can all contribute to enhanced energy levels.
Regulates Blood Sugar Levels
Ashwagandha has been shown to help regulate blood sugar levels. One study showed that it improved insulin sensitivity in people with type II diabetes. Additionally, ashwagandha may help reduce fasting blood sugar levels and improve symptoms of diabetes.
Additionally, ashwagandha may also help lower cholesterol levels and protect against heart disease. These effects can also contribute to improved blood sugar control.
Lowers Blood Pressure
Ashwagandha has been shown to help lower blood pressure. One study showed that it improved blood pressure in people with hypertension. Additionally, ashwagandha may help reduce stress and anxiety, both of which can contribute to high blood pressure.
Is ashwagandha safe?
Ashwagandha is generally considered safe for most people. However, it can cause side effects such as stomach upset, diarrhea, and vomiting in some people. If you're pregnant or breastfeeding, it's best to avoid ashwagandha.
What happens when you take ashwagandha daily?
As a sleep aid, ashwagandha may help people get to sleep faster and stay asleep for longer. It is also used to promote male potency. Ashwagandha has a variety of health benefits, including reduced blood sugar levels, inflammation, mood, memory, stress and anxiety relief, as well as an increase in muscle strength and fertility. Depending on your requirements, dosages vary from 250 to 500 mg per day for at least one month.
When it comes to stress relief, ashwagandha may be as effective as some prescription medications. A 2010 study found that the herb was just as effective as lorazepam (Ativan) in reducing stress and anxiety. click the link below to learn more about abhwagandha, and its real health benefits.
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Maybe A little sparkle of familiarity, or as if you’d known them for thousands of years? I was introduced to her at a festival last year, and we hugged and said our hellos, and straight away a candle of somewhere felt like it had relit. I didn’t quite understand what it was but the whole weekend, we were drawn to eachother in a way of curiosity, and she felt so natural to be around. At the end when we hugged and parted ways, we didn’t want to let go, and all we’d done was talk through the event, show eachother tattoos, yano the normal getting to know eachother shit.
We spoke often, and then sometimes not due to being busy, but every music event we met at (we’re both part of a huge culture surrounding Psychedelic trance music, I’m a DJ/Producer and she’s a facepainter so we’re always at events) we just hung out and felt so comfortable. She was having a bit of a meltdown at a New Years Party on 2nd of Jan, and she had her comfort blanket with her, and I smelt it, and without realising I shit you not I just blurted out the words “smells like home…”, and I really meant it, it smelt like something from a distant memory to me, yet something so meaningful to me.. Funnily enough, that blanket hadn’t been washed in months and all it smelt of was her.. do you see what I’m saying here? The smell I could smell was home. She was my home, but I didn’t realise it yet.
I ended up having a 5 day party in a cottage in the forests of North Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 for my birthday and invited all my tribe. She came to my birthday party without hesitation. I did that party with a head-wobble, because I knew I had to tell my current partner after the party that I didn’t feel right with her any more. She’d pushed me away so much and shown me 0 ounces of love for the last 2 years so I was at my wits end.. But still I had the best weekend ever.
2nd night we all have a dance and “drink” with everyone and after hours of dancing together, she went to bed. I was completely exhausted from the previous night yet still dance like a loon, but I check my snap and she’s snapped me about 2 hours prior asking me to come for a cuddle because she really needed one. I came up an hour later and she looked asleep, and her ex that was with us (because he’s in our tribe and we are civil) told me “you should probably just give her a spoon man, she’ll probably really appreciated a hug off you”,
PURELY platonic like, and I hopped in next to her and she was actually still awake, waiting for me to give her a cuddle. And I’m not even joking, as soon as our bodies connected for a cuddle we both felt it. That soul and spirit connection that I didn’t know existed. The cold but red hot feeling in your chest that spreads throughout your veins so quickly. We just held each-other so tightly, and stared into each-others eyes. Saying “this is so wrong, yet it feels so right.” And those words that I’ll never forget. I said to her “there’s something about you E****, and I don’t know what it is but I’ve not been able to stop thinking about you since we met.” And she confirmed the exact same, which blew my mind. Our lips touched and it was as if there was nobody else in existence. Just us 2 cosmic beings, suspended in time.
We felt so guilty but at the same time, I had nothing on my mind except her.
The next night, her and some really good friend were having deep chats about me (very humble of them) while I was playing music on the decks, about me being in the best, safest place to take a trip. (I hadn’t for 6 years so it was a big thing for me). I shared a trip with her and had the most magical, laughy and beautiful experience, just sitting together and smiling, and holding eachother. Amazing night, honestly.
When she left it hurt, but we planned to meet on the weekend to do things properly. I went home the day after and spoke to my ex, told her how I felt, and was honest with her, we cried our eyes out and I went to stay with my mother. She was accepting as she could be.
Woke up in the morning and I couldn’t wait, I left for the train that morning, I couldn’t wait to see her..
So.. I Went to her house, and we just completely opened up to eachother.
Verbally, spiritually and soulfully, we described our thoughts and emotions, and feelings and really connected with eachother, and over the next couple of days is when we realised it was something intense. Something a lot more.
She’s my twin flame through and through, we’re very connected to this world (if you’re open minded you’ll understand).. but we believe that souls are made as one at the beginning of time, and split into 2, destined to find eachother.. We can feel eachother from a past life and it’s taken so long to finally find eachother again. We cried and connected and had the most amazing time just sitting there, in utter peace, looking into each-others eyes that are so familiar that they’re clearly home. And her smell, oh my god, she says the same for me, but we’re completely attached to eachothers smell.. it’s so peaceful.
The static in our heads has finally stopped. It’s quiet for once.. for the first time in a decade.. It’s like the other part of our souls has finally been found and filled, and we’ve actually achieved the impossible.

​
What is ashwagandha?
The ashwagandha plant is one of the most powerful herbs. Various parts of the ashwagandha plant are used for medicinal purposes, with ashwagandha extract mainly being used in supplements. Ashwagandha is an adaptogen, a natural agent that reportedly helps the body cope with stress. As a result, it’s believed to be effective at helping reduce levels of the stress hormone, cortisol. It may also therefore potentially help with anxiety and depression too.
What does ashwagandha do?
Reduces Stress and Anxiety
Ashwagandha is known to help reduce stress and anxiety. One way it does this is by reducing levels of cortisol, a hormone that is released in response to stress. Additionally, ashwagandha has been shown to improve mood and cognitive function, both of which can be negatively affected by stress.
Enhances Cognitive Function
Ashwagandha has also been shown to improve cognitive function. One study showed that it improved memory and reaction time in healthy adults. Another study found that it improved task performance in people with ADHD. Additionally, ashwagandha may help prevent age-related cognitive decline.
Boosts Energy Levels
Ashwagandha has been shown to boost energy levels. One study showed that it increased stamina and reduced fatigue in people with chronic fatigue syndrome. Additionally, ashwagandha may help improve exercise performance.
Additionally, ashwagandha may also help improve sleep quality and reduce inflammation. These effects can all contribute to enhanced energy levels.
Regulates Blood Sugar Levels
Ashwagandha has been shown to help regulate blood sugar levels. One study showed that it improved insulin sensitivity in people with type II diabetes. Additionally, ashwagandha may help reduce fasting blood sugar levels and improve symptoms of diabetes.
Additionally, ashwagandha may also help lower cholesterol levels and protect against heart disease. These effects can also contribute to improved blood sugar control.
Lowers Blood Pressure
Ashwagandha has been shown to help lower blood pressure. One study showed that it improved blood pressure in people with hypertension. Additionally, ashwagandha may help reduce stress and anxiety, both of which can contribute to high blood pressure.
Is ashwagandha safe?
Ashwagandha is generally considered safe for most people. However, it can cause side effects such as stomach upset, diarrhea, and vomiting in some people. If you're pregnant or breastfeeding, it's best to avoid ashwagandha.
What happens when you take ashwagandha daily?
As a sleep aid, ashwagandha may help people get to sleep faster and stay asleep for longer. It is also used to promote male potency. Ashwagandha has a variety of health benefits, including reduced blood sugar levels, inflammation, mood, memory, stress and anxiety relief, as well as an increase in muscle strength and fertility. Depending on your requirements, dosages vary from 250 to 500 mg per day for at least one month.
When it comes to stress relief, ashwagandha may be as effective as some prescription medications. A 2010 study found that the herb was just as effective as lorazepam (Ativan) in reducing stress and anxiety. click the link below to learn more about abhwagandha, and its real health benefits.
CLICK HERE

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What is Vegangsters?

A 2D roguelike that brings deckbuilding games to the next level! Set in a world full of crime, you will take control of a potato inspector that uses cards to arrest criminal vegetables.

• Create different types of decks! More than 100 cards that will allow you to build them according to your play style.
• Card usage and enemy actions are determined by speed! Master this dynamic speed system to put your strategic timing skills to the test.
• Interrogate all the citizens! Up to 60 unique characters that roam the streets of Tubercle City.
• Unlock new zones! The city is formed by 6 playable zones, each one with its own culture, society and rules.
• Complete the almanac! Like the great detective that you are, you must discover every last citizen and card there is.

When will Vegangsters be released?

Early 2024 on Steam.

What platforms will be released on?

It will be playable on PC. We're going to do our best to port it on Nintendo Switch as well. For future news follow our social media.

In which languages can I play?

For the 1.0 English, Spanish, Japanese, Simplified Chinese and Korean. Depending on the demand we will consider translating it to others.

How much will it cost?

n/a

Can I play with a controller?

Of course! The UI has been designed with this in mind.

Can I play with a friend?

Nope. Vegangsters is a single-player experience.

I'm really enjoying the alpha, how can I support it?

Sharing with your favorite streamers and youtubers or talking about it to your friends will help a lot.
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If we see any interesting question that has not been answered it will be added to the above.

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