KiloGex

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Thanks! I'll look into that.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago

Millions of dollars also doesn't hurt.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The answer to both of these is their constituency. In order to stay in power, the parties need to move in the general direction of their voters. Democratic voters are more likely to be against the attacks on Gaza and the Palestinians. Republican voters are more likely to be in favor of bombing the hell out of "terrorists."

Therefore, Democrats are more likely to be swayed towards the side of let's not support Netanyahu. By that chain, less deaths will occur (addendum: with US help) with the Democrats in power.

Right now, Biden is doing business as usual. Same trades and sales to Israel as the US has always done. Trump though has said that he'd just bomb them to "finish the problem."

Progress is led by the people, not the politicians.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I don't think there are any good guys here. However, the Democrats are more likely to be swayed away from the fight than Republicans. At the very least, less deaths will occur with Democrats in power than Republicans.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Awesome, thanks for the info! I'll try that out.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Oh I totally understand that. Not the absurdity is to what end? If a Republican is elected and they take the Senate, then it'll be more than just giving Israel supplies. The GOP is 100% behind Israel and will be drones in the air and potential boots on the ground within days.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Sorry for the potato quality. These are all of my current missions and, for example, I have really nothing else to do to find Artemis (even though I haven't. Last thing was them sending me some coordinates to a signal tower). I've spent just so many nanites on blueprints and I've done 1 Nexus mission, but it wasn't with another player because I play at weird times and have only ever seen someone in the Nexus once.

To fill things out, my objective for Ghosts in the Machine is "collect nanites to buy technology upgrades" which I've done a bunch, and for Atlas Eternal it's "find a wonder to show the Atlas" which I've done a few times with no change (this one feels just like the Base Computer Archives mission that just keeps sending me to the same place over and over).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Correct, but they're doing so because they believe it ensure Harris won't win. They aren't considering the fact that if Harris loses, Trump wins. It's a stupid and not only pointless but dangerous decision.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Funny enough, that's exactly who they're planning on voting for, too! The way they put it, voting for Stein is their way of not voting for Trump but ensuring he beats Harris.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 week ago

And Trump will just skip the middleman and bomb Gaza and Palestine himself. You're talking about the guy who moved the embassy to Jerusalem, after all.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 week ago (9 children)

This is going to be such a leopard ate my face moment. Do they really think the Republicans are going to do anything? They're just going to drop some bombs and call it a day. At least with the Democrats there's a slight chance.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

Good to know. I've seen people online almost Stargating with this big teleporter and figured things would eventually resolve somehow. I suppose I just need to keep exploring!

I've started a settlement, I have a freighter with a bunch of frigates. I have S or A class in every type of ship. I've done a could of derelict frigates. I'm still trying to customize my freighter, but man finding modules is hard! Haven't found any glyphs yet though ...

I'm still planning on exploring and playing, I just wasn't sure if I did something wrong in terms of the story. I think it's super interesting and compelling, so when it just ended I was thrown for a loop.

 

I just recently got into NMS just before the Aquarius update. I've really enjoyed things so far, but I'm at a weird point now. Every one of my primary missions has some vague objective that I can't actually complete. The story (as it is) seems to have completely stalled out. I'm left to repetitious side missions like the Base Computer Archives and Settlers.

Is there anything else in terms of story, or am I on my own now? I just figured there would be some sort of resolution to Artemis, Atlas, or any of the really cool and interesting plots that seem to be going on here.

 

Pretty short and sweet, how do you successfully narrate travel between points of interest as a GM without it being all hurky-jerky?

I'm imagining attempting to narrate the epic travel scenes in Lord of the Rings, where they travel for days in fast-forward with nothing really interesting happening, only to then suddenly have time reel down to normal when something is about to happen. Every time I try this in a game though it just feels awkward and abrupt, while also clearly indicating to the players that something is going to happen.

Is there a way to make this a more smooth and natural transition?

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