#colonial fleet

[denimoverall]

#battlestar galactica #bsg #cylons #colonial fleet #battlestar galactica 2004 #James callis #tahmoh penikett #tricia helfer #grace park #jamie bamber #edward james olmos #mary mcdonnell #katee sackhoff #michael hogan #aaron douglas #rekha sharma #michael trucco #so say we all #all of this has happened before and will happen again

[alphamecha-mkii]

Colonial Fleet Patrol in Asteroid Field by Chris Cardwell

#Battlestar Galactica #BSG #Colonial Fleet #Sci-Fi #Mecha #Spaceship #Chris Cardwell #Viper Starfighter

[frakyeahbattlestargalactica]

#letter #laura roslin #bsg #colonial fleet #Battlestar Galactica

[nocternalrandomness]

Admiral William "Bill" Adama - Callsign: "Husker"

#William Adama #Admiral Adama #Husker #Battlestar Galactica #scifi #science fiction #tv series #BSG 75 #Colonial Fleet

[a-cosmic-elf]

House Va’ruun [Unconfirmed]

(Until the inevitable dlc)

#starfield #united colonies #freestar collective #crimson fleet #house va'ruun

[rotzaprachim]

the thing about Hawai’i politics is that. You absolutely need to criticize the local government. But you also need to stand the economic and political politics of living in a place where the local government doesn’t have an iota of the power of the mega corporations like Hilton and Sheraton that run mega resorts here, nor the billionaires like mark Zuckerberg, Larry Ellison, or Jeff bezos that run second homes here or have quasi-feudal estates or exert far far more power than the relatively progressive county and state governments

like. You have to clock what it is that a man worth over 100 billion dollars purchased 98% of an island. What that’s like. What power does a city councilman who represents that island in a council have over a man worth over 100 billion who both owns the land people live on AND the hotels they work at

#A) HI runs and is far more like a separate nation than another U.S. state even if under mainland colonial control #B) us imperialism is and always has run through the interests of mega corporations that may not be *officla* government actors #So so so many issues boil into the market forces in a Neo imperial world in a place with a long history of colonialism #schools struggle to keep teachers and local businesses struggle to keep employees because the wages don’t match the insane cost of living #Local agriculture and food industries struggle because the cost of supplies and cost of living for farmers #Makes their produce more expensive than most people can afford so we have to buy from Walmart #Young people and families keep leaving and there’s increasingly severe labour shortages for basically ever job in terms of #Everything from minimum wage local jobs to local doctors teachers and lawyers #So every aspect of local society struggles to keep going #And all those deficits make hi a harder and harder place to live #There’s market forces that are just. Beyond us all #also the most powerful gov actor by far is the national military and you think city council has more control than the pacific fleet? PFFFF

[mumblelard]

i traded a friend two birdman stories and directions to a secret place for a bag of mushrooms and a few hours reprieve from the narrator's incessant jabbering

#a place just off the road where muscadines grow #the top of the stairwell affords a view of an alley where day laborers swap stories drink and break beer bottles againsta stained brick wall #a gas station where fleet drivers gather and an old man sells tamales and sandwiches from the back of a minivan #after his wife threw him out an older lady took him in paid to fix his teeth and now he drives her rover to the derby to drink #a can of numbskull and a ticket to the outer colonies #be the spare change and colorful bits of plastic you want to see in the world #when he paused at the end of a joke #older than saturn's rings #older than fossils #end of message

[constellation2330]

Some factions in Starfield, the pirate Crimson fleet, the governments of the United Colonies and Freestar Collective, and the exploration guild of Constellation. 

#starfield #bethesda #starfield edits #united colonies #freestar collective #constellation #crimson fleet

[a-god-in-ruins-rises]

the mediterranean sea of the future

#our sacred duty is to set up colonies on every island we can #venezuela will be our troy #we will liberate cuba #filibustering and hero cults and adventures worth writing epic poems about #we will restore gran colombia #state issued daily coffee #techno-oracle prophecies #futurist free corps #stalking through the jungles hunting for narco and commie scalps #to fulfil state sanctioned bounties #roving fleets of pirates sanctioned by letters of marque #modern day sea peoples #tropical island homesteading #pirate republic cyberpunk mega-city-states

[brad-bakshi-loves-bugs]

ok ok but let brad keep isopods

SEE I WAS DEBATING ON IT because I also have isopods as pets HOWEVER. the reason brad keeps bugs is primarily because he loves keeping dangerous predators he gets to watch hunt (and also because he can relate to them etc etc), but everyone loves isopods and they're completely harmless. if he was going to have any detritivores, he would definitely go for millipedes first, especially the larger african species such as archispirostreptus gigas and spiropoeus fischeri (I have both, hence how I know he'd like them too LOL), since at least they have a toxic defense mechanism. but I still dont think brad would see any use in keeping bugs that dont hunt their own food unless he's using them to feed to other bugs that do (such as his roaches and beetles that he breeds as feeders), because that defeats his purpose for keeping them. and, unlike what casual keepers on social media will tell you, isopods make pretty terrible feeders because their exoskeleton is too hard and they have very little protein for their size 😭

however, just because brad wouldn't personally choose isopods doesn't mean they won't be added to his collection in wafwaf's future 👀 this IS a slow burn after all, and david's gonna get to keep his own bugs eventually too! it'll just take. you know. like a billion more chapters until we reach that point LOL

#mythic quest #brad bakshi #david brittlesbee #wafwaf #we are fleeting we are feeling #fanfiction #headcanon #tay rambles #asks answered #queercodedrogue #even though brad may not keep isopods at this very moment they WILL make an appearance later on down the line #look okay. david is absolutely going to prefer to keep a colony of bugs versus individual bugs #im particularly excited for him to experience the wonders of beetle rearing because they're so awesome #david would love darkling beetles so much...... #brad just isn't a fan of colonies except as feeders because he gets too attached to individual pets #so I guess you'll get your wish partially granted in the end it'll just take a while to see it happen LOL #thank you for the ask btw!!!!

[flatseismometer]

im australian and ive always found the idea of thanksgiving so fucked up

#all the thanksgiving posts other than the ones w donation links and stuff ars actualyl really annoying too i might block ths phrase #yes im a hater #we have something similar in australia called fucking australia day #and it's been moved around a lot but rn.its when the first fleet supposedly landed in botany bay or whatever #which is super problematic because fucking colonialism #anyway my family raised me to be cynical of it and we go to events run by aboriginal people celebrating aboriginal culture or even protests #and stuff so idk basically thanksgiving icks me and it should ick everyone honestly #also fuck australia day btw thats coming up soon

[fathersonholygore]

[Fantasia 2023] The Cultural Haunting of IT LIVES INSIDE

It Lives Inside (2023) Directed by Bishal Dutta Screenplay by Dutta; Story by Ashish Mehta Starring Megan Suri, Neeru Bajwa, Mohana Krishnan, Betty Gabriel, & Vik Sahay. Drama / Horror / Thriller ★★★★1/2 (out of ★★★★★) DISCLAIMER: The following essay contains SPOILERS! Horror has been desperately white ever since the beginning when the Gothic novel emerged, and still was later when the Gothic…

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#Arbella #Bishal Dutta #Durga #Ethnicity #Evil Spirits #Fantasia 2023 #Gothic #Hinduism #Indian-American #Megan Suri #Monster #Puja #Settler Colonialism #Whiteness #Winthrop Fleet

[wikagirl]

I have once again realized that I am extremely undereducated when it comes to the people that my country literally tried to eradicate because in history we only ever gloss over them "as those people we put into concentration camps in the 30s and 40s" and I don't think that's okay.

Same goes for when we talk about american (both south and north america) history and colonization we never talk about the actual people, it's only ever "yeah those folk the british, spanish and who ever else was mingeling over there enslaved, forced into schools that pracite torture to forcibly assimilate them, took away their land and intentionally deleted their culture from existence and also kinda killed them with the illnesses they dragged into the land" without ever going into detail about them and the actual damage that has been caused beyond the deathtolls.

It just seems very unfair to me that we like to talk at length about the cultures of the of the ones that commited horrendous crimes in order to come out the winner (or in germanies case commited such horrendous atorceties that simply not talking about it would be a crime in itself even) but we very rarely actually talk about the victims in schools.

Up until a few days ago I didn't really know shit about the Jewish beyond that the jewish belief is basicly the grandfather to what is now modern christianity and that there was this one austrian guy that really liked using them es a scapegoat for everything that made him angry so he got a whole ass nation to go to war against them and strategically erradicate them from existence.

I've spent the past couple days obsessively reading and watching videos by jewish creators talking about their culture and sources discussing the happenings of ww2 and the aftermath from their point of view and it has been really eyeopening.

One of the most jarring examples that I have noticed is that we just kind of accept that things seen as "jewish visual features" as standart for villainous character design nowerdays because of how they have been villanized through propaganda even well before ww2 all the back back to the middle ages and beyond. So many villains in animated tv look exactly like what was portrayed on nazi carricatures of the jewish and if it's not the straight up main villain it tends to be some kind of greedy moneyhogging dickwit, somebody in a position of forced service aka slavery or just a straight up incapable imbicile, some examples of that being the houseleves and goblins in harry potter, gargamel from the smurfs, frigging fungus from the barbie fairy topia movies and also doofenschmirtz from phineas and ferb (tho to be fair he's the most capable and least actually evil out of all of them, in fact he's actually quite likable to the point where he's a favourite of many, just has a bit of an odd hobby if you ask me, but he's supposed to look like he is so my point still kinda stands)

Just imagine what type of damange being villanized for so long can do to a whole ass religious group of people that have done absolutely nothing to even give the slightest bit of reason for such malice towards them other than having the audacity to exist and not be part of the currently preferred religious belief in what ever region they may live in.

Honestly I could rant about this for days but I'll cut mself off here because I got more reading to do and have more topics I want to research.

#wiika #rant #german history #ww2 #tw antisemitism #tw genocide #tw colonization #tw colonialism #I though i was well educated on anything ww2 but turns out i am actually very limited in my insights #if anyone has any suggestions on other topics i should read up on lemme know #also if you got any good trstworthy unbiased sources that would be great #it's so stupidly easy to accidentally end up on a nazi forum while researching anything related to the jewish belief or ww2 #I'm not even joking one minute you're reading about kosher meal prep and ritualistic handwashing that orthodox jews practice #and then you go to the next tab bc you're done reading and it's some kind of self declared academic scholar #who is really just some asshole trying to argue that persecution based on religion and ethincity is good and natural selection #my disappiontment is immesaurable and my believe in humanity is fleeting #angry little german man is hitler btw #I don't think it really needs to be said bc it's obvious #I just don't like referring to him by name too much bc it feels like I'm giving him too much respect by doing so

[blueskiesandstarrynights]

They don't talk about it.

But there's no way Nate should know those things. No way the client could have told him, no way he could've figured it out on his own. Not when these things were nothing more than fleeting thoughts from the mark. But Sophie notices him quietly go for the scotch behind the counter and rub at his head in pain with extra vehemence some days despite the latest con having no personal connection to him.

They don't talk about it.

But someone should've recognized Sophie on that con. There's no way she could have that many characters per con. No way none of those diplomats didn't recognize her from any of her previous cons. Not when she didn't change any more than her clothes and accent. But Nate notices her features seem to flicker at the peace and safety of home when she thinks he isn't watching.

They don't talk about it.

But no one could've survived that. And certainly not looking the way he does. There's no way he didn't come out of that fight broken and bloodied to all hell. Not when instead he walks out with a purposeful stride and only a clenched jaw, rolling his shoulders. But when he's cooking and accidentally burns himself, Parker notices the unmarked skin left behind.

They don't talk about it.

But not all vents are human sized. They all saw the size of the vent cover as she exists with a grin. There's no way she could've fit in there. Not when the human body can't bend that way, a way that even the greatest contortionist can't bend. But some days Hardison notices as she seems to stretch and bend before his eyes when she's feeling relaxed and safe enough.

They don't talk about it.

But that's not how computers work. There's no way Hardison could access that kind of thing. Not when he describes how he did it like that. Not when he does it so quickly like that. Not when he says he's taken berries and the next thing they know he's recreated a colonial era journal to perfection. But Eliot swore he shoved a glass of water at him, not more goddamn orange soda.

They don't talk about it, the thing lingering over their heads as they conduct each con, the unacknowledged thing between the five of them that's a little deeper than just a desire to take down the rich and powerful.

They aren't perfect, they all know that- sometimes they're too good with their covers, sometimes they have to shift gears as the con unfolds before them, but somehow things always seem to work out.

But no one asks about it, so-

They don't talk about it.

#leverage #leverage fic #kinda #nate ford #sophie devereaux #parker leverage #alec hardison #eliot spencer #blue rambles #my fics #i actually ended up writing more than i expected when all i had in my head was just vibes

[tiredneutron]

Terrans

Humanity.

Listen well, for this is a tale of warning and of caution.

When humanity was first observed, many of the council thought they should be eradicated. A tumultuous and violent species who revelled in the destruction of their own kind. It was a close thing, but the council voted and humanity was allowed to develop - under the condition that none were to contact them until they were deemed ready.

Humanity never gave us the chance to do so.

They progressed their technology in timeframes yet unseen. They went from discovering electricity to landing on their own moon in a matter of decades - doing so with primitive technology, but it was a feat nonetheless.

From there they developed their own world - the space around their home planet Terra became a field of haphazard signals and messages, a bombardment of signals that interfered with our observational machinery. Due to this we weren’t ready when humanity ventured into the stars truly for the first time. They blasted themselves out of their atmosphere with controlled explosions of all things, their technology was nowhere near discovering antimatter coupling yet. Despite this they reached the edge of the quarantine zone within a matter of years, and we were discovered.

Despite our initial thoughts, humanity reacted very differently to us than expected. They didn’t wage wars on us, didn’t lay claim to our planets. They met us with unrestrained joy at finding others in the universe. They told us of their numerous attempts to reach out to us, and showed us some of their works of fiction that depicted how they imagined us (though they seemed to hide some others for reasons we couldn’t ascertain).

Humanity was welcomed into the stars, and they became commonplace. Their biology was baffling and their behaviour bizarre, but we accommodated them and they taught us how to work with them.

Centuries passed, and though the initial explorers were long gone, humanity had become a part of the council as low ranking members. Their species had become mostly peaceful, lowering their internal wars to less than skirmishes. Humanity’s violent and cruel nature seemed to have been tempered by the stars.

We were wrong.

From beyond the councils borders, beyond the observable space in the void, a threat appeared. They blasted through our sensors and demolished our border colonies in hours. Our intel on them was near zero due to the ferocity they annihilated our kin.

They reached the inner borders of the council, and the elder members prepared for a bitter battle. To our surprise, humanity asked to join the defence. They told us that their kin had settled on some of the border colonies, and that many had lost loved ones. We allowed humanity to join our last fight, even if we didn’t expect them to affect the battle.

We were wrong.

Many of my comrades who survived the battle have sleep terrors to this day. Not of the void settlers, but of the humans. The cruelty and viciousness we thought had disappeared from their culture came back with a vengeance. Who we had seen as scientists and farmers for centuries, comrades we had known for decades - they showed us that monsters don’t come from the void.

The void settlers never stood a chance. The council was barely able to get in formation before the battle was ended. If the void bringers tactics were ferocious, then the Terran’s were monstrous. For every ship they lost, every life they sacrificed, the void settlers lost a battalion, a planet’s worth of lives.

This loss brought the void settlers much shame and anger. They made a mistake that haunts me to this day. They used their speed to reach Terra before the council could relay to the humans the threat. Humanity watched as Terra split, as trillions of their families and non-fighting members were eradicated.

The fighting ceased. Humanity seemed to have frozen. Their fleets stopped dead in space and their communications went silent. Where humanity had been surrounded by wavelengths and frequencies that interfered with some technology still, the space around them became eerily silent, as though the death of the planet had killed even those off world.

The void settlers continued their attack on the council and disregarded Humanity. No need to worry about a broken opponent… Right?

They were wrong.

The Terran’s weren’t dead, or even broken. It was later revealed that the freeze had been due to grief. Humanity had lost its home world, but worse than that it had lost its peaceable citizens. The ones who should have been safe from the conflict.

All of humanity had watched, and all of humanity had grieved. But they were not broken.

The void settlers learnt this very soon.

Humanity descended on them in ways that made the last defence seem like a diplomatic discussion. We though we had seen the worst of humanity in our early observations. WE. WERE. WRONG.

Humanity has a saying “Hell hath no wrath like a woman scorned”, but the council has adapted it: “The void hath no wrath like a Terran without a home”.

The void settlers were routed from every planet they had taken. They retreated to the void leaving behind their technology and supplies, not even taking the time to recover some of their teams. But the humans didn’t stop.

In a move that the council had forbidden for millennia, the humans flew into the void. The entirety of the Terran race disappeared into the blackness beyond space and wasn’t heard from for longer than we had known of them.

The council mourned their losses, but viewed their final act as something done out of the madness of their loss. The Terran’s were remembered as warriors, as fighters, but also as family. They became known to those of us who’d seen them fight as “The angels of Death”.

I never expected to see a Terran again, assumed that the void had devoured them and their destructive grief with them. But one day a vessel I was onboard, tasked with assessing possible colonies to rebuild in the border planets - it detected something.

The frequencies and wavelengths of data that had only ever been human in nature. They were coming from the void.

The council watched as humanity emerged unexpected for the second time.

The flagship docked with our observation vessel, and the leaders came aboard to see us. I vaguely recognised the captain. Their features so slightly similar to the grief driven warrior we’d watched descend into the void. We asked what had happened, and the captain responded with the most chilling visage I had seen since the first footage of the void settlers. Their baring of their teeth was savage and joyous. So similar to the expression we saw at first meeting, yet so distorted. In that moment I saw what could have happened if the Terran’s had waged war on us.

“We won.”

#humans are space orcs #space australia

[doolallymagpie]

pinpointing where crooked dice got the inspiration for the mini you’re looking at is half the fun of looking through their catalog

speculating on the more ambiguous cases and finding likely suspects is the other half

#crooked dice #tabletop wargaming #miniature wargaming #but like yes I am convinced the authority fleet officer is inspired by Drummer and Lotara. #the colony 87 line is full of weird mixtures like that #wouldn’t surprise me if they did a ‘totally not the Roci crew’ set one of these days. pulpify’em a bit to make it harder for the lawyers. #and also because they go all in on the pulp aesthetic