How do we make zombies threatening? By "we" I mean "not me," because I think zombies are dumb. Here are a few ideas.
Mechs
Power armor
Muscle Tracers
Cataphracts
Mobile Suits
The Master Zombie
Silhouette Knights
Zombie fusion
Arm Slaves
Variable Fighters
Level drain
Sunday, December 11, 2022
Friday, December 9, 2022
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
Discussion Topic
Is "rogue trader" a bad term for rogue traders from the Warhamer 40,000 setting? Don't discuss that because the answer is yes. First explain why, and second come up with a better term. Free trader, free captain, trader baron, chartered trader, main character, make your case.
The Saddest Science Fiction Setting
People have traveled through space for so long that they think it's boring. It hardly bears thinking about.
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
Monday, December 5, 2022
Rainbow Repair
When the news came to Evwig Quarterhand in his hall that the rainbow had again come to such a state that those above must send out for the stone to repair it, he smiled at it and laughed. He was a giant, and more than that a miser who never gave as much as he could but only a fourth of it, and had his name for that. Many times an emissary of those above had gotten more from him than he meant to lose, and so he thought this way. "Nebal Trackless must come to me, and he will pay the penalty after I trap him. As for red stone and yellow stone, there is much, but nowhere but in my hall is there orange stone left from when the world was different."
He waited then, but Nebal Trackless came not, nor any other emissary. Besides being a giant and a miser, he was impatient too, and so he went out to see the state of things. He traveled but a short way before he saw what he could not believe, which was orange stone being hauled through the valley towards the rainbow under the eye of Nebal Trackless.
"How can this be? There is no orange stone but mine." So he said, angered.
"You sound angry, Evwig Quarterhand, but why? The first thought I had when I found this stone was how glad you would be not to be pestered for yours."
The giant touched the stone with iron and silver, but it remained orange stone. "It is unlike mine, I am sure. It is not true orange stone."
Nabel Trackless laughed with great mirth. "It is the same! Or could you tell the difference between them if you brought yours out?"
"I could." And so it was done that Evwig hauled out all the orange stone that he had, for he was strong even among giants, and placed it next to Nabel's. He then closed his eyes and felt the stone as it was brought to him, and licked it, and said whether it was his or otherwise. And each block was marked accordingly.
"Open your eyes so we may learn what is true," Nabel Trackless said, and in Evwig Quarterhand's view he poured water over the stones. And behold, every block that Evwig said was not true orange stone turned green under the water. Nabel laughed again. "Yes, you were right. This is green stone that I painted as a joke. Now I will take it away."
Evwig watched him do it, suspicious he meant some thievery still. But Nabel did as he said, so that Evwig Quarterhand grunted and wondered what the meaning of it was, and only then did he recall that Nabel had poured water only over the blocks marked as false. He poured it over his own stone, and felt it, and tasted it, and learned that it was cheese.
Sogki Twobones happened by then and clapped Evwig Quarterhand on the shoulder. "I heard it from Nabel Trackless but never believed it, that you became a trader of skill! But I see you have all this cheese in fee for your orange stone, worthless as it is except to those above, and I know he was right in what he said. He grumbled at the price, I tell you." And from that day all knew that Evwig was called Quarterhand because he made fourfold profits, but he scowled when he heard that said of him.
Finis
He waited then, but Nebal Trackless came not, nor any other emissary. Besides being a giant and a miser, he was impatient too, and so he went out to see the state of things. He traveled but a short way before he saw what he could not believe, which was orange stone being hauled through the valley towards the rainbow under the eye of Nebal Trackless.
"How can this be? There is no orange stone but mine." So he said, angered.
"You sound angry, Evwig Quarterhand, but why? The first thought I had when I found this stone was how glad you would be not to be pestered for yours."
The giant touched the stone with iron and silver, but it remained orange stone. "It is unlike mine, I am sure. It is not true orange stone."
Nabel Trackless laughed with great mirth. "It is the same! Or could you tell the difference between them if you brought yours out?"
"I could." And so it was done that Evwig hauled out all the orange stone that he had, for he was strong even among giants, and placed it next to Nabel's. He then closed his eyes and felt the stone as it was brought to him, and licked it, and said whether it was his or otherwise. And each block was marked accordingly.
"Open your eyes so we may learn what is true," Nabel Trackless said, and in Evwig Quarterhand's view he poured water over the stones. And behold, every block that Evwig said was not true orange stone turned green under the water. Nabel laughed again. "Yes, you were right. This is green stone that I painted as a joke. Now I will take it away."
Evwig watched him do it, suspicious he meant some thievery still. But Nabel did as he said, so that Evwig Quarterhand grunted and wondered what the meaning of it was, and only then did he recall that Nabel had poured water only over the blocks marked as false. He poured it over his own stone, and felt it, and tasted it, and learned that it was cheese.
Sogki Twobones happened by then and clapped Evwig Quarterhand on the shoulder. "I heard it from Nabel Trackless but never believed it, that you became a trader of skill! But I see you have all this cheese in fee for your orange stone, worthless as it is except to those above, and I know he was right in what he said. He grumbled at the price, I tell you." And from that day all knew that Evwig was called Quarterhand because he made fourfold profits, but he scowled when he heard that said of him.
Finis
Saturday, December 3, 2022
Happy December
December facts:
1. This month is named after a dragon named Ecembe.
2. Snow.
3. Some think this is the tenth month of the year. They are correct.
4. The authorities use the lie of twelve months to create extra centuries of history filled with propaganda.
5. December is one of the best months for a murder mystery. June is good as well.
6. The weapon of December is the fusion beam.
1. This month is named after a dragon named Ecembe.
2. Snow.
3. Some think this is the tenth month of the year. They are correct.
4. The authorities use the lie of twelve months to create extra centuries of history filled with propaganda.
5. December is one of the best months for a murder mystery. June is good as well.
6. The weapon of December is the fusion beam.
Friday, December 2, 2022
Thursday, December 1, 2022
On Space Elevators
Before we build one, we'd better decide what sort of uniform the elevator operators will have. I suggest purposefully fraying the elbows to give passengers something to think about during the trip.
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