#INTERCEPTOR MICROS

[retrocgads]

UK 1982

[astrolocherry]

Bone-Heavy Pure Instinct Signs: Aries - Reckless insight. Divine gut; Leo - psychic territorialism sensing threats to the throne, betrayal before it’s acted on; Cancer - limbic radar, stomach-based ancestral intuition; Scorpio - cellular suspicion, instinct that tastes like obsession.

Companion , Social Intuition/Interception Signs: Gemini-neural claircognisance, lie detection, social telepathy; Libra - environmental, facial micro-readings; Aquarius; interceptor of collective thoughts, "this doesn’t belong here" knowing

Sensory, Intuitive Flow Signs: Taurus - tactile barometer, intuition through physical comfort or discomfort, past life olfactory memories; Pisces - atmospheric psychic reader, lives inside collective psychic weather

Soul-GPS Directional Intuition Signs: Cancer - gut + soul + memory; Sagittarius - truth arrow, movement-based divine knowing, intuitive map; Pisces - ethereal pull to strange foreign places

Chrono-Intuition (“Not yet. Not yet. Now.”) Signs: Capricorn - precision as prophecy; Libra - social timing maestro, doesn’t just feel what’s happening — they feel how it will land; Aquarius - doesn’t “feel” things-they download it from the future, intuition is cold, weird, disruptive

Analytical Intuition “I saw it once and now I know what comes next" Signs: Gemini – mental pattern-matcher, stream-of-consciousness decoder; Virgo – micro-movement forecaster, intuitive deduction via structure; Capricorn – strategic foresight rooted in long-range observation

Cherry

[raisha-gs]

Sorry for the lack of artwork last week. I was cooking this and it's now ready! You're seeing things right, more Gale Phantom art has dropped! I plan to do a follow-up artwork to this showcasing the aftermath of it all.

Also some notable tech featured in this artwork:

G-Lancer - A energy sword which is normally holstered on the back. When activated it is capable of cutting through even the hardest of materials. It has a variable intensity setting which allows the user to adjust the power of its blade. At its lowest setting, it can paralyze targets from moving which is perfect for dealing with the average criminal.

G-Blitzer - Gale Phantom's main weapon and is a combination firearm and melee weapon. Its default mode fire's a concentrated high energy beam capable of melting through targets. In burst mode, it can rapidly fire smaller energy shots. It can also generate an energy blade from the bottom of the muzzle which extends past the handle. Much like the G-Lancer, it also comes with a variable intensity setting which allows the user to adjust the power of its blade and its shots.

G-Interceptor - A semi-autonomous drone which serves as a support unit for Gale Phantom. Armed with small energy blasters, it has the ability to paralyze targets with quick accuracy, and also comes equipped with micro missiles that have swappable warheads (high explosive, flashbang, smoke, etc). When not in use, it attaches to Gale Phantom's back, upon which its powerful jets allow Gale Phantom to leap/fly short distances.

[jondoe297]

went thriftin again like before yesterday. sometimes when i feel really crummy i just go thrifting. an lately i feel reaaally really really crummy. anyway here's what i got.

Funko Mystery Minis Sheldon with a Superman shirt. yeah.

ID/image description: photo of a cartoony/stylized figurine of Sheldon Cooper from The Big Bang theory wearing a blue t-shirt with Superman's symbol on it on top of a light gray-ish long sleeve shirt with brown pants,and holding his 'Roommate Agreement'. he is placed on a bookshelf with books and comics visible behind him. end description.

now this is where the fun begins! in the treasure trove that is the mini figure bin i found:

a buncha Star Wars Micro Machines! all modern not vintage but still a jackpot! other than Finn an the Snowtrooper in their Speeder which are obviously from The Force Awakens,Obi-Wan an the rest of the ships are all from a Revenge Of The Sith themed set an it's almost the complete set save for a Grievous figure an Obi-Wan's Jedi Interceptor. pretty sweet even though it's a bummer that it's not the whole set!

ID/image description: photo of some Star Wars Micro Machines,tiny figures and vehichles from Star Wars,layed out on a wooden surface including micro figures of Finn and Obi-Wan,Grievous' Invisible Hand,a V-Wing,an ARC-170,a Vulture Droid and a Snowspeeder with two First Order Snowtroopers seated in it. end description.

and a whole bunch of 'Star Wars Command' figures an vehichles! Star Wars + army men is right up my alley an it's always a treat to find some of these. i've also been lookin for that Vader for so long!

ID/image description: photo of a bunch of classic army men style figures and vehichles from Star Wars layed out on a wooden surface. including Darth Vader,4 Rebel Snowtrooper pilots,3 Hoth Rebel soldiers,a Snowspeeder,2 AT-AT Drivers,4 Snowtroopers and 2 AT-ATs. end description.

[penapejuang]

Pertahanan Udara Pesawat Pencegat

Pesawat pencegat adalah jenis pesawat tempur yang dirancang khusus untuk mencegat dan menghancurkan pesawat terbang musuh, terutama pesawat pengebom, yang biasanya mengandalkan kecepatan tinggi. Pesawat jenis ini dibuat pada permulaan Perang Dunia II sampai penghujung dasawarsa 1960-an, ketika mereka menjadi tidak lagi penting karena bergesernya peran pengeboman strategis ke peluru kendali balistik antar benua sehingga penggunaan pencegat digantikan dengan sistem pertahanan udara modern yaitu sistem rudal anti udara atau pertahanan udara dome.

Terdapat dua jenis pesawat pencegat, yang menekankan pada perbedaan aspek kinerja masing-masing yaitu:

▪️Pesawat pencegat pertahanan titik adalah jenis pertama, dirancang untuk lepas landas dan mendaki secepat mungkin untuk menyerang ketinggian pesawat terbang lain ini adalah kebutuhan pada saat daya cakup radar masih relatif sempit, yang berarti pihak bertahan memiliki waktu peringatan yang sangat singkat sebelum mampu menandingi musuh

Contoh:

1. Messerschmitt Bf 109(NAZI🇩🇪-Luftwaffe) 1937

2. English Electric Lightning(🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)1960

3. Saab 37 Viggen(🇸🇪)1970

▪️Pesawat pencegat pertahanan wilayah adalah rancangan yang lebih besar yang ditujukan untuk melindungi wilayah yang lebih luas dari serangan musuh. Pesawat jenis ini hanya penting ketika terjadinya Perang Dingin, ketika Amerika Serikat dan Uni Soviet merasa perlu untuk mengadakan pertahanan di masing-masing wilayahnya yang begitu luas.

Contoh:

1. J-8(Mig-19 varian 🇨🇳)1984

2. Mig-31(🇷🇺)1975

3. Panavia Tornado(🇩🇪-🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿-🇮🇹)1974

4. F-14 Tomcat(🇺🇸)1970

Kedua-dua jenis pesawat terbang ini mengorbankan kinerja peran pesawat tempur superioritas udara (yaitu, memerangi pesawat tempur musuh) dengan lebih menitikberatkan kinerjanya pada kecepatan mendaki maupun kecepatan tinggi. Hasilnya adalah pesawat pencegat sering kali terlihat begitu mengesankan di atas kertas, biasanya bergerak lebih cepat, mendaki lebih cepat, dan melepaskan tembakan lebih cepat, sebuah rancangan pesawat tempur yang tidak begitu dikhususkan. Kelemahan pesawat pencegat adalah bergerak kurang lincah ketika memerangi pesawat "yang kurang berkemampuan" maksudnya dalam hal dominasi udara atau superioritas udara karena terbatasnya kemampuan bermanuver.

Pada dasawarsa 1970-an, penggunaan pesawat pencegat semakin berkurang karena perannya dikaburkan oleh peran pesawat tempur superioritas udara kelas berat, yang kian mendominasi pemikiran militer pada zaman itu. Terlebih lagi, dapat dijadikan alasan bahwa perubahan ancaman yang lebih besar pada zaman itu — persenjataan nuklir yang dapat diangkut oleh pesawat pengebom kian berkembang menjadi beraneka macam sistem peluru kendali — meninggalkan pesawat tempur bergaya-pencegat tanpa sasaran utamanya. Kini misi pencegatan pada umumnya diserahkan kepada pesawat tempur "barisan utama"; misalnya, Angkatan Udara Amerika Serikat mengandalkan pertahanannya pada pesawat tempur generasi ke-4 berupa F-15 Eagle dan F-16 Fighting Falcon kemudian digantikan generasi 4+ yakni F-15E Strike Eagle, F-16 Viper, dan F15-EX di era-modern hingga F-22 Raptor dan F-35 Lighting II pada era siluman generasi ke-5 sambil menunggu NGAD(Next Generation Air Dominance) siluman selanjutnya generasi ke-6.

F-15E Strike Eagle(🇺🇸)2000

(Bahasa Indonesia: Elang Serang)

Mig-41(🇷🇺)2015

Perkecualian adalah berlaku bagi Uni Soviet, yang masih memelihara sejumlah pesawat pencegat diantaranya Mig31 yang pada varian barunya Mig31.i(Irish) digunakan untuk melepaskan rudal pembawa satelit micro atau pencegatan hingga perang satelit dan Mig-29 K/KUB hanya sebagai pelatihan diletakan pada Angkatan Laut Ruaia sambil menunggu Mig41 next generasi ke-6 Interceptor siluman untuk dapat menjaga daya cakup wilayahnya yang teramat luas dan pesisir pantainya yang jarang berpenghuni sedangkan Sukhoi masih tertinggal dengan hanya menggunakan generasi ke-4 SU-27K(SU-33) dan SU-30.SM/SM2, Mig-35 hasil pengembangan Mig-29 dan SU-35 hasil pengembangan mendalam dari SU-27 pada generasi 4+. Fakta dari konflik Urkraina-Rusia dimana ada SU-30 Rusia yang berhasil ditembak dengan AIM-9 Sidewider dan R73 melalui drone air/laut Ukraina yaitu Megura V7 dari sumber berita Airspace Riview pada 6, Mei 2025. Apakah hal tersebut membuat saham Sukhoi anjlok sekian persen seperti kasus Rafale, dan untuk generasi ke-5 SU-57 secara operasional digunakan sementara SU-75 dibatalkan namun diduga proyek SU-75 diakuisisi oleh India(HAL) dalam proyek silumanya dari sukhoi karena terlihat cukup mirip desainya sedangkan sekutunya Republik Rakyat Cina menggunakan J-7,J-8,J-10,J11, SU-27 sebagai dasar pengembangan, dan SU-30.MKK pada generasi ke-4, SU-35 pada generasi 4+ dan J-16D diletakan pada Angkatan Laut Cina untuk peperangan elektronik bersama J-15, generasi ke-5 digunakan J-20 hasil pengembangan copy desain proyek Mig-1.42 yang dahulu dibatalkan dan masih mempersiapkan prototipe J-31 yang konteoveesial karena dianggap menjiplak F-35 AS, dan untuk generasi ke-6 mempersiapakan prototipe J-50 dan JH-36. India disisi lainya menggunakan generasi ke-4 Mig29.UBT pada Angkatan Lautnya, SU-27, SU-30.MKI, HAL.Tejas dan Mirage dimana Mig-29.UBT dan SU-30.MKI bersama Raffale.F3 ditembak jatuh oleh Angkatan Udara Pakistan yang membuat saham Dessault mengalami anjlok sekitar 6% dan seharusnya Mig dan Sukoi juga mengalami anjlok saham pula meskipun terjadi perdebatan karena menurut isu terdapat klaim oleh rudal PL-15 dari J-10 atau JF-17 Thunder Pakistan namun setelah diselidiki ilmuwan barat ada serpihan AIM-120 milik F-16 Fighting Falcon Pakistan dilansir sumber berita dari laman Eurasian Times pada Kamis, 1 Februari 2024: "China tengah dilanda rasa frustasi karena penjualan jet tempur JF-17 yang dirasa kurang laku di pasaran internasional. Kefrustasian China tersebut meningkat ketika mengetahui rencana Angkatan Udara India (IAF) untuk memborong Rafale secara besar-besaran karena rencana pembelian India pula, China rela menggunakan strategi "black campaign" terhadap Rafale demi mendorong penjualan JF-17 miliknya" hal iniliah yang diduga menyebabkan konflik antara India dan Pakistan bermula dari penembakan turis India di Khasmir dengan isu oleh teroris dari piham Pakistan namun Pakistan sendiri memberikan klarifikasi bahwa tidak melakukanya sama sekali dan mereka terfitnah akibatnya terjadi provokasi adu domba dengan maksud perang dagang dengan barat untuk mempromosikan J10 atau JF17-Thunder, disamling itu India dan RRC merupakan satu grup di BRICS namun sempat terjadi ketegangan terkait perbatasan masa perjanjian dengan Inggris dan masalah Tibet. Subhanallah perdagangan yang kotor. Pada generasi 4+ India mempunyai Raffale.F3 dan peorotipe HAL.Tejas.MK2, sedangkan generasi ke-5 masih mengembangkan progam sukoi versi India yaitu prototipe HAL.AMCA yang kemungkinan besar merupakan hasil pengembangan SU-75 dari Rusia yang dibatalakan.

Contoh lain dari Eropa adalah Britania Raya(Inggris), Jerman, dan Itali yang memperkenalkan armada Panavia Tornado yang dimodifikasi pada dasawarsa 1980-an dan tetap menggunakannya hingga diluncurkannya Eurofighter Typhoon pada tahun 2005.

Eurofighter Thyphoon(Luftwaffe-🇩🇪)

(Bahasa Indonesia: Petarung Eropa Angin Topan)

Eurofighter Typhoon kini menggantikan peran pesawat pencegat, sedangkan Tornado kini digunakan sebagai pesawat tempur untuk peperangan elektronik, buru sergap, dan juga sebagai penyerang darat. Prancis dengan generasi ke-4+ Raffale.F4, Mirrage.S5, dan mempersiapkan prototipe Raffale.F5 yang akan bertandem dengan UCAV wingman selain itu Jepang dengan F-15.J/DJ dan F2 pada generasi ke-4. Negri gingseng Korea Selatan menggunakan F-16 Fighting Falcon untuk generasi ke-4. T-50 dan F-15E.Strike Eagle(F15K Slam Eagle) serta pengembangan proyek KF/IF-21.Borame bersama Indonesia pada generasi ke-4+ yang direncanakan sebagai superioritas udara siluman namun masih belum mencapainya sementara hanya superioritas udara semi-siluman generasi 4+ sebagai ganti F22 Raptor yang tidak dijual AS disamping penggunaan generasi ke-5 F35 Lighting II sebagai Multirole Siluman. Pada beberapa negara NATO dan negara partisipan proyek Join Strike Fighter F-35 dari beberapa negara yang ikut serta sementara F-22 hanya untuk AS sebagai superioritas udara siluman generasi ke-5. Turki dengan F-16 Fighting Falcon generasi ke-4 dengan unit drone terbaiknya serta mengembangkan prototipe TAI-KAAN sebagai generasi ke-5 akibat dampak Turki dikeluarkan dari partisipan progam F-35 pada saat itu dikarenakan pembelian Turki terhadap pertahanan udara S-400.Triumph buatan rusia sehingga terkena sangsi embargo barat karena dikhawatirkan Turki akan membocorkan rahasia F-35 kepada blok timur selain itu Turki juga mendapatkan alih teknologi dari pengembangan F35 dan sistem pertahanan udara dari Rusia diduga ada kaitanya dengan sistem FD-2000 terkait wacana kontrak Turki dengan RRC(Republik Rakyay Cina) dalam kesemuan yang dikembangkan menjadi Haisar atau Trisula dalam istilah Indonesia. Pada progam progres generasi lanjutann negara-negara maju di dunia mempersiapkan generasi ke-6 GCAP(Global Combat Air Progam) terdiri dari Jepang-Inggris-Itali dimana Jepang melanjutkan ATDX bersama Tampes Inggris dalam satu varian proyek tersebut dan FCAS(Future Combat Air System) antara Prancis-Jerman-Spanyol tanpa Portugal yang masih dengan F-16 Fighting Falcon tidak tau kenapa dikutip dari Le Journal de Dimanche edisi Minggu, 23 Maret 2025 berjudul "Eric Trappier, CEO of Dassault Aviation: "We are studying the possibility of producing five Rafales per month"." bahwa Portugal masih dilema antara F35, Raffale, atau KF-21 Borame. Kondisi Nusantra sendiri hanya memiliki squadron camouran bebas aktif generasi ke-4 SU-27.SKM, SU-30.MK2, dan F-16 Fighting Falcon hanya kurang "F-15.EX" Perusahaan pembuat pesawat asal Amerika Serikat, Boeing, kembali menawarkan jet tempur milik mereka, yakni F-15EX kepada pemerintah Indonesia Rencana pembelian dilakukan lewat penandatanganan Nota Kesepahaman atau Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) dengan Boeing pada akhir 2023F-15 EX yang dibeli Indonesia akan diberi kode khusus F-15IDN, seperti dilaporkan laman kemhan.go.id. Indonesia memang sudah lama berupaya mengganti armada udaranya yang sudah tua, yang sebagian besar terdiri dari jet tempur F-5 Tiger buatan AS, Hawk 109/209 buatan Inggris, F-16 Fighting Falcon buatan AS serta Sukhoi Su-27 dan Su-30 buatan Rusia. Boeing menjanjikan pemenuhan komitmen Imbal Dagang Kandungan lokal dan Offset (IDKLO) hingga 85 persen bila Indonesia berminat membeli pesawat tersebut. Salah satu keunggulan utama F-15 Eagle adalah rekor tempurnya yang sempurna. "F-15 memiliki rasio kemenangan dalam pertempuran 104 banding 0 dengan Prosentase(Win 100% : 0% Lose). Menurut marketing Boing ASEAN," Negara-negara yang membeli pesawat tempur ini karena mereka harus berperang menggunakannya. Bila anda membeli pesawat tempur ini dan anda menggunakannya untuk berperang, anda akan menang," kata Robert saat diskusi media di kantor Boeing Indonesia di Jakarta pada Selasa (15/4/2025) dengan marketing tingkat dewanya.

Prestasi ini menjadikannya satu-satunya jet tempur modern dengan rekor “clean sheet” dalam pertempuran udara (dogfight) jika terealisasikan sebagai superioritas udara yang sangat krusial peranya terkait misi ketinggian atmosfer tertentu dan dominasi udara melengkapi dan menggantikan SU-27.SKM yang jumlahnya hanya 5 unit saja dan usianya tidak lama lagi kedepanya, Raffale.F4 yang sedang dalam pesanan pada generasi ke-4+ serta ketidak jelasan proyek KF/IF-21.Borame yang menurut perjanjian akan sejak 2011 akan selesai pada 2026 sebagai "Superioritas Udara Semi-Siluman", "Growler Semi-Siluman" melengkapi generasi ke-4+ serta Prototipe.I-22 Sikatan, dan ketidak pastian terkait rencana akuisisi TAI-KAAN dari bekas Kekhilafahan Utsmaniyyah(Ottoman) yaitu Turki yang dirancang sebagai "Multirole Semi-Siluman" karena kemungkinan hanya Semi-Siluman berdasarkan pengalaman bersama IF/KF atau merujuk negarai lainya yang tidak sepenuhnya siluman seperti Rusia yang mengorbankan kemampuan silumanya demi mendapatkan kemampuan manuver udara yang lebih dan RRC juga masih kesulitan pada pengembangan J-31 dalam hal seberapa lama komponen mampu menyerap panas hingga masih terdeteksi radar serta J-20 juga sudah pasti belum sempurna silumanya atau masih ada kekuranganya.

>}>"fly like an eagle, fight like an falcon", salam garuda dirgantara.

[retrogamingloft]

Fantazia is an action game developed by Interceptor Micros and released in 1983 for the Commodore VIC-20. In this game, players control a large ship positioned at the bottom of the screen, moving laterally to fire vertically at waves of enemy ships descending from above. Each wave consists of five enemy ships that become increasingly challenging as the game progresses. Players must dodge incoming enemy fire while attempting to destroy all adversaries to advance to subsequent levels.

The gameplay of Fantazia is straightforward, emphasizing quick reflexes and precise shooting. Its simplicity reflects the style of early 1980s arcade games, providing an accessible yet demanding experience. To be honest, I’m not entirely sure if the game is a port of the 1980 arcade title of the same name. Both are space shooters, but the differences seem to outweigh the similarities, leaving room for doubt.

That said, Fantazia is one of the most irritating space shooters I’ve ever played. In fact, I’d go so far as to call it unfair. Enemies begin firing at you almost instantly, often leaving your spacecraft no chance to move out of the trajectory of their bullets. Adding to the frustration, the five enemies can easily corner you, making escape nearly impossible, even if your own positioning isn’t to blame.

The animation when your spacecraft is hit only worsens the experience. Beyond the unpleasant crash sound - second only to the grating noise your ship makes when firing - the screen flickers red for about four seconds, which can be disorienting and difficult to endure during intense moments. While I did manage to complete two loops (one without losing a life), it took a toll on my patience. Sure, with time, you can identify patterns in the enemies’ movements and attacks, but they still behave unpredictably and unfairly often enough to keep you on edge.

Overall, while I usually enjoy challenging games, there’s a fine line between challenging and unfair—and Fantazia crosses that line into pure frustration.

[arc-77]

"Glad to have you, Inferno. Was feeling a little lonely out here. Care to be my wingman tonight?"

At Inferno Squad's 12 o'clock was DT-ARC-77's prototype TIE/ad 'Avenger' with another pair of X-wings on its tail, struggling to keep the high-tech fighter centered in their gunsights. Since the beginning of the dogfight, he and the Impetuous been flying solo and completely outnumbered against a squadron of Rebel starfighters and a pair of Corellian Corvettes. While the Impetuous was looking worse for wear, one of the enemy corvettes was venting fumes thanks to a direct hit from a heavy rocket. If he was sweating in that cockpit, he didn't sound like it.

"I'm kiting two bandits your way. Don't break off, I'll line them up for you."

Pulling a series of agile turns that even a TIE Interceptor couldn't make, he kept himself just outside of the X-wings' firing angles, coaxing the Rebel hotshots into focusing on him to the detriment of their situational awareness. It was working: in their tunnel vision, he lead them right where he wanted, and was soon on a collision course with Inferno Squad's formation.

"Get ready. Breaking in three... two... mark."

Pitching up at the last few seconds, a micro-burst from its powerful twin SFS P-sx7.4 ion engines rocketed his TIE Avenger over top of Versio's TIE and far ahead of the fighters on his tail, leaving the pair at Inferno Squad's mercy with comfortable space to spare.

@arc-77

Iden thumbed the safety catch on her TIE’s control column. “Inferno One, weapons hot.” Moments later, Del and Hask sounded off similar confirmations.

“Three, weapons hot.” “Inferno Two - weapons hot.”

Iden’s laser-like focus shifted to the scrolling digits of the countdown displayed on her helmet’s HUD. Any lingering thoughts about the crew of the assailed Impetuous had been long since pushed from her nascent reality. She was like a gamut-runner on the starting blocks. The unrelenting whine of her idling ion engine was punctuated only by the reassuring rhythm of her life-support assisted breaths.

It had all been carefully calculated. The exact second the Corvus dropped out of hyperspace, they’d erupt from the hangar like the fires of Mustafar. Full throttle. Their TIES would be in amongst the X-Wings before the Rebels had even realised that they’d entered the system. 

Not for the first time, the Rebel Alliance was about to get a taste of its own medicine. They weren’t the only ones who had mastered guerrilla starfighter tactics. Any rebel pilot out there who thought currently otherwise was about to have a rude awakening, bathed in the righteous green-fury of Imperial laserfire.

Adiana Canton’s usually gentle voice was replaced by an authoritative bark, that if Iden hadn’t known any better, could have come from Ysanne Isard herself. “Inferno, mark.” In the same heartbeat Iden checked that the countdown digits matched Canton’s declaration and shoved the throttle levers fully forward. She was thrown back into her seat, harnesses cutting into her shoulders, as the TIE fighter shot out into the black of the void, black-wings screaming an indomitable battlecry.

Their three TIEs sailed across the hull of the stricken corvette, hurtling past the bridge, the tips of their solar arrays close enough to scratch the paintwork. Iden thumbed the weapons release on her control column, and watched dot of the concussion missile’s warhead bury itself into the S-Foil of an X-Wing, before in a flash of light, it rendered the rebel starfighter into a cloud of twisted metal.

A smile traced across her features, as she thought of the reactions of those aboard the Impetuous. She banked her TIE fighter hard to the right, feeling her suit tighten around her as its liquid compression system tried to compensate for the inertial forces. Reaching for the overhead panel, she clicked the radio to emergency frequency that the Impetuous was sure to be monitoring. “Inferno One to Impetuous, on station, for you, we’ll even waive our fee.”

[cucubothforce]

TIE Fighter, Interceptor, and Bomber, of the Imperial Remnant.

Decided to give the Remnant the lighter coloured solar panels, to show some progression from the Empire to the First Order.

[hardcore-gaming-101]

Into the Eagle’s Nest

World War II and video games have gone together like peanut butter and chocolate during the medium’s existence. Interpretations of the historic war range from serious strategy games & detailed simulators to the high-flying fare of Wolfenstein 3D or the Call of Duty series. Interceptor Micros, a publishing studio riding the wave of British microcomputers, had their take with Into The Eagle’s Nest, released in 1987, on a host of computing platforms of the time. Its setup and pedigree had potential to be something quite thrilling, but the finished product leaves much to be desired.

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[azuremallone]

Star Trek: Phantoms

A short story by Azure Mallone (Inspired by Heatblur Simulations’s video in partnership with Eagle Dynamics)

The Dominion War: Two months following the first battle of Chin’toka

The USS Izumo snapped out of warp in the still twinkling starlight just outside Ferenginar in the Da’kuma System of Dominion held space. The gleaming hull of the Excelsior-class starship streaked past the burning remains of a Ferengi Nandi-class warship and several hulks of escorts. The carnage was still unfolding before her as Dominion warships fought the allied fleet. Only two Excelsior-class starships of Izumo’s kind had been crafted, and it was time to test her new weapons platform. A platform that hadn’t been seen in generations.

Like her sistership, the USS Tempest, Izzie was unlike any other Lakota-refits. Instead of cavernous cargo holds, they held hangar bays full of redesigned, modern versions of old Terran fighters. Unlike her sister, Izzie carried a compliment of tactical interceptors intended to take on the smaller, more agile craft the Dominion employed whereas the Tempest carried strike fighters with multi-role capability in a more strategic configuration.

The F-4F Phantom was reborn the KD-56 Gryphon. A single-pilot fighter craft employing a pair of Runabout-class engines and using an ancient, uniquely Orion-syndicate method of twisting plasma exhaust into a powerful vortex, amplifying thrust and agility. Inertial dampening and structural integrity field generators having been combined into a single unit barely powerful enough to reduce the G-forces to 9 Gs -- Hardly the gentle jerk-and-lean of a runabout in a tight turn.

It had been an experimental program just following the Tzenkethi war. A joke among Starfleet that fighters were useless against starships. Yet the Tzenkethi war had shown that size mattered not against a determined adversary whilst simultaneously demonstrating that bigger was not always better. The Dominion employed similar tactics of the savage viciousness displayed by the Tzenkethi. Starfleet already trained cadets in and used fighters for inner system-defense. As such, it wasn’t difficult to expand the program and resurrect the “Top Gun” School.

The fighter designs that came about focused on simplicity and elegance against over-reliance on redundancy and covering all the bases. Shields came from a single but powerful shield generator that operated by computer dedicated to predictive analytics, which also managed the weapons guidance systems. Instead of traditional shielding protocols, it operated by maintaining a solid wall that snapped up into position to block incoming fire. It could create any number of panels divided across the area surrounding the craft, proportionate to the size and strength required to block, deflect, or diminish lethality. Failing that, ablative hull armoring took the brunt of whatever got through.

Another focus was in visage. The fighter needed the look. It needed to look like a pure weapon of war. No soft or utilitarian curves, only operational functionality. So from deep research, it was found that the two craft that best could be used in both space and atmospheric flight conditions were the F-4E and F-18E fighters. Both were given new names as the Gryphon and Valkyrie, respectively.

As for weaponry, the designers settled on forward-facing pulse-phased phasers similar to the USS Defiant designed weaponry, and the Runabout-class micro-photon torpedoes but mounted underwing in two flavors: Photon and Quantum. They were developed to the specs of both missiles and bombs in two categories each. Powered and Kinetic flight were the categories to conserve resources respective of mass. The craft could carry a single pair photon torpedoes or one quantum torpedo of full-size underbelly, and a string of kinetic or powered smaller variants intended to take on weakened or lighter targets underwing. Such was also reborn the Sidewinder Photon Ship-to-Ship Missile last used aboard the likes of the NX-01.

What of the pilots? Once the word was out, it became apparent that pilot ratings meant squat. A shuttle pilot with a rating above six could fly damn near anything, but just wasn’t made of the right stuff. Washouts and medical issues abounded once cadets and officers alike were exposed to high-G maneuvers. It almost ended the program until Ensign Miyu Kitagaru brought to light the problem.

It wasn’t enough to be trained to pilot the fighter. It, like those who sought to become Starfleet Marines and succeeded in doing so, required a certain mindset. Her recommendation pointed out people like the disgraced cadets of Red Squadron and the rationale that the training didn’t account for this kind of driven individual. She was one of the few who was successful in the program. Not long thereafter, Captain Lieutenant Junior Grade Joel ‘Copperhead’ Nesmith found himself sitting in his very own Gryphon looking at the subtle Cherenkov glow of a forcefield keeping the hangar pressurized, on a catapult, with stars and the heat of starship to starship battle ahead.

Born in Nebraska, raised in Des Moines, Iowa, graduating High School in Vulkan, Michigan; Joel had been all over the place. He’d grown up watching any old movies he could get his hands on by digging through long forgotten old towns. Holos were just not the same as the storytelling from the early days of the 20th Century. His favorite movie was on an ancient format called a Blu-Ray that he’d found buried in the rubble of old St. Louis on a spelunking expedition: The Last Starfighter. Once the computer had finished decrypting the old format, he’d come to love the story of an aimless kid getting caught up with an Alpha Centurian to combat the warlike Kodan Armada, led by the evil Xur intent on destroying the peaceful Star League. Like young Alex Rogan, he too was aimless.

He’d joined Starfleet because of that movie, and others. Having grown up watching Star Wars and Galaxy Quest, it had an appeal to him to see what it really was like out there in the Galaxy. No career had any pull other than command, but he was disappointed to learn there weren’t any fighter pilots outside solar defense stationed on any starbases or starships. His self-image of Alex Rogan was still as fantasy inasmuch as ever getting a chance to wield a light saber and learn to use telekinetic powers gifted by the Universe.

Until he’d met Miyu, he’d never knew this program existed. He’d never dreamed Starfleet would even have such a program expanded to be building such beautiful starcraft. And for all the Top Secret documents he had to sign, his hand cramped from thumbing away his life on each page so quickly as to not even bother reading most of them. The day he saw his first starfighter brought back that thumping in his chest for all the excitement and anxiety. He muttered, “You have been recruited by the Star League to defend the Frontier against Xur and the Kodan Armada." Only a glance to his right did he notice Miyu’s barely-visible smirk.

“Whiskey-One-Niner-Foxtrot cleared for launch. Good hunting.” The crisp voice of Caitian flight deck commander Lieutenant Commander M’rahrl purred back. He loved her voice. Joel slapped down his helmet’s visor, gripped the yoke, slammed the throttle forward, and lit the ionic afterburners with his thumb. The counter in the HUD hit zero, and with the full thrust of those ridiculously overpowered engines connected to the railgun they called a catapult, he and his wing launched in staggered formation out the neck of the top-secret Izzie.

Several more sorties launched behind them, each feeling the same slap in the chest of being accelerated to forty-kay-peas relative to the ship they just left. The shrieking howls of plasma tortured in magnetic turbines rippled through the hangar with each launch, and kinetically audible even on the bridge with each thump of the catapults. In the span of just under a couple of minutes, thirty-two fighters in eight sorties had launched the compliment of the 2nd Starfighter Wing.

Glancing briefly at the printed second graduate class of the Top Gun School photo he kept on his instrument cluster, Joel felt invigorated. The smiling faces of his classmates standing next to one another. He and four other Star Aces, saluting behind the group, with first class graduates Lieutenant JG Miyu ‘Vampire’ Kitagaru, Ensigns Marcie ‘Jersey’ Kline and Maria ‘Lace’ Martinez, who were now stationed aboard the USS Tempest. Flipping an old-fashioned switch, Joel peered at the weapons-hot icon, clicked the yoke’s selector to Sidewinder mode, and locked onto the first Jem’Hadar fighter coming into range.

The right corner of his mouth quirked into a half-grin and narrowed gleeful eyes, Wing Commander Copperhead sent the signal to strike.

[retrocgads]

UK 1985

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beep boop, lizard man commits war crimes in the story.

His memory kept flashing so many events at once. There was the explosion that knocked him to the ground and covered him in grime, soot, and ash when an interceptor’s strafing run blew up a munitions crate near him. There were countless bombs that exploded all around his unit’s position, instantly killing other soldiers and burning the most unfortunate souls alive. Its shrapnel had penetrated his armor and torn up his back, causing scarlet droplets of his blood to spill onto the gravel below, yet he hardly felt the injury in the heated moments. Everywhere, there were fellow comrades, innocent civilians, and cherished friends crying in agony or lying dead on the streets. He remembered firing his phase disruptor rifle at the skies in a vain attempt to shoot down one of the screaming raiders when his anti-air battery with its defense net emplacement was destroyed by direct impact from a micro-photon torpedo...

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For my SiFi setting, the main ship the initial stories take place on, “Hammer of the Apocalypse” (VOID DREADNOUGHT): Details

Crew of about 8500. Mix of crewmen, Star Knights (professional soldiers for boarding operations and precision assaults). officers, guild representative (primarily the Gourmet Guild, Narcotics Guild, Sex Workers Guild, Cybernetics Guild, and a few others), and others. Incalculable number of drones (typically piloted by a Tier-2 coordinator and a human supervisor).

Captained by Revelation, a tier-4 AI (Unshackled), who commands the crew and the 6 Administrative AI (tier-3 AI). Also a Crew Council which manages the Day-to-Day operations outside combat.

Pilots are known as the “Pilots Choir”, Gunners are the “Gunners Orchestra”.

Can potential hold a crew of 12,000. perhaps 15,000 for a short distance.

Many living quarters remain empty, as many of the crew bunk in the same room/beds (often forming relationships.)

Advanced production facilities allow it manufacture parts, ammo, and other things on Station. Food resupply efforts happen when needed, though onboard green-houses help.

No Escape Pods. If this ship goes down, there would be no escape anyhow (designed to explode to prevent capture).

....

The ship functions as a “Linebreaker” and Commications hub.

The Engines allow it to maintain a “Micro-Gate” Rift Communications portal, allowing messages to be relayed to Alliance Command at FTL speed.

Numerous Guns, including 2 “Godslayer” Cannons. Interceptor and Defence Drones also utilized. Salvage Drones too. Capable of wiping out Pirate Fleets on own,

Sent to where the fighting is toughest, or to reclaim key-territories.

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On President Trump’s desire for a major military parade

The one point that jumps out at me is contrary to the most common takes going around I’m not sure it would actually represent a net increase in military pageantry for domestic consumption.

In recent years that stuff’s been piggybacked on to the NFL as an exclusive-to-but-universal-within American institution and seasonal cycle, but that’s falling from its perch and becoming pillarized.

Before that though, as recently as the mid-‘90s I have the sense of *more* military parades, small town parades on Independence and Memorial Day, that would include veterans but also current military personnel and equipment (and high school marching bands, and the Shriners in their fezzes and micro-cars).

Maybe that hasn’t declined it’s just that since my age hit double digits I’m not the kind of person that gets taken to see these things at 10AM on a day off. But I don’t see as many secondhand depictions of them as I remember, either.

Maybe no one is that kind of person anymore, like the decline of church attendance, a lot of it is that in a world where the height of electronic connectivity was cable TV (or maybe a huge satellite dish in the yard) and multiple phone lines in your house, it was more appealing to get up and haul out early in the morning for the sake of doing/witnessing something interesting in the presence of others.

Maybe it’s shifts in the military structure, that in going from draftee to recruit and then shrinking at the close of the Cold War, with far-flung bases closed and consolidated, any random town was less likely to have a critical mass of military equipment and military-identifying people around. Maybe I’m too close to the coastal cities and if I moved nearer to a base or to the inland places I hear veterans tend to settle it’d be different.

Maybe it’s the Vietnam veterans’ disillusionment from their military identities that left a gap that was only partly patched by Gulf War I enthusiasm, and the parade-organizing entities they avoided – American Legion, VFW – faltered. Maybe as the infantry mechanized and marches got replaced with highway commutes, parades just don’t speak to veterans’ nostalgic experience.

(Recently I’m realizing what Gulf War I really meant in the American national narrative, a kind of way to dissipate the emotional pressures of a Cold War that we won without doing anything in particular, without a climactic battle or conquest. I remember all the yellow ribbons tied around trees to performatively worry for the sake of Our Boys Overseas in what was in retrospect a farcical turkey shoot.

I remember the way Boomer liberals mellowed by age kind of used it to reconcile with the military, and thru it the “real” America, that was still kind of understood as a generation gap with religious overtones, and not fully yet the red/blue tribalism as we take it today. That would go on to be the theme of Bill Clinton’s campaign and presidency, really.

Everyone who had gutted it out through the military’s unpopular “bottom of the barrel” years in the post-Vietnam ‘70s and ‘80s got to be called up from reserves for a quick victory and fete as returning heroes. Our flag officers - Schwarzkopf, Powell - got capstone achievements to their careers, all our Fulda Gap toys - the M1 Abrams, the F-117 and B-2 stealth planes, the A-10, the Patriot theater ballistic interceptors – got a live-fire demo…)

BUT ANYWAY, in that regards I’m inclined to see a big national parade as holding the rate of military pageantry in American life steady in the face of shifts, and not as increasing it to an obscene level as some critics. And thus as a fairly anodyne innovation in symbolic Presidential ritual like turkey-pardoning or the National Prayer Breakfast, and not a terrifying totalitarian specter.