Recent content by The Phoenixian

A thought that struck me on a possible Grey enchantment or spell: When early guns fire, they make a lot of smoke. Especially when fired en mass. Apparently, one of the ways soldiers used to take advantage of that was to use their own obscuring smoke from a volley to assist a bayonet charge...

My first reaction to this is "Either there's life, or we eventually figure out some novel geochemistry that can occur on other planets." Either way, this shows promise.

Between Your and Graf Tzarogy's posits, the Knife Sharpener stands out to me. Between the two knifes and the act of stabbing in the other reading, It could be one who hones a sharp knife... but I wonder if it could also be read as, The One who Hones the Ones who Stab. Not just an assassin, but...

[X] The Serpent Crown [X] Amos A point: Consider that the paired knives at the end of Amos's hieroglyphic name would also follow the Skaven verbal tick of paired words, (yes-yes, Murder-kill, Flee-abscond, etc.) but in another writing system.

No, no. Clearly you've just encountered a Worthy Opponent. (Your battles shall be legendary!) So, the third option, but with less angsty melancholy and more panache and zest for battle. :V

Personally, I'd recommend not even worrying about switching between this or that as things hit the top: Play it like a secret ballot. Yeah, the nature of the format means you can see the results as the vote is ongoing, but there's something to be said for pretending the count doesn't exist and...

One thing I want to say, that I've said before but now want to make it's own point with it's own post. The more I look at it, the more Forces Training Programs reads to me like the War on Terror. "Surgical operations in combinations with heavy orbital fires" Is... a hell of a juxtaposition...

Two versions. One with more ties to the XS and quietly stabs the corpos. And another that cuts 80 points of reverse engineering to ask for formal repudiation to loud. [X]Plan Let's do some Star Trek and stab the Corpos in the dark. -[X]Partially Demobilize Training: -[X]Prioritize Industrial...

Repudiating the corpos is popular. But what about rendering them irrelevant? []Plan Let's do some Star Trek and stab the Corpos in the dark. -[]Partially Demobilize Training: -[]Prioritize Industrial Reconstruction: -[]Educational Labor Modernization(WP) LAR Commitments: -[]Supply Local...

Even without an actual solution, it is fun to imagine eight* different answers coming out of the Colleges thanks to the relations with magic. *Eight answers that came specifically from the colleges as opposed to mundane academics, visiting members from other traditions, or imperial black...

[X] Flying Tower [X] Plan Tower of Doom! and Research! [X] Support in dispatching Battle Wizards to one major conflict of Mathilde's choice [X] Dispensation to study methods of destroying or beneficially transforming Dhar [X] Break College Favor/ Tenure In the spirit of approval voting. I have...

[X] Plan The Story of Skjold [X] Plan: Preparations through Peers, Piracy and Plants

[X] Citadel I feel like there's one point here that hasn't been made here in this one's favor during my skimming of the thread since the update: This needs ships and ship parts. We're part of a faction of pirates. A simple but elegant synergy. [X] Research Colony More reasons to research and...

[X] Mental [X] Death I like Mental because the note of Araby, and the prospect that Paht's old students might see that their old mentor has now collected a new one. Death because it resonates with character notes that stood out strongly to me personally.

For me, it's the transhumanism and the "You are built out of villainous parts," aspects. Failure and rising from that comes into it a bit, but as more time goes by, I think my focus shifts more towards the appeal of "You are a genre villain, straight up. Now, what will you make of that aspect of...