#Salvage Operation

[photozoi]

This rock says it all. Yesterday the Shrimp tank sprang a major leak and the dishwasher decided to go with it. The Shrimp have a new home, the dishwashers fate is yet to be determined.

[theoctopigeon]

Free Map: Ghosts of Saltmarsh "Emperor of the Waves" [48x34]

A Map of the ship the Emperor of the Waves, from Ghosts of saltmarsh adventure "Salvage Operation".

In the adventure the party is tasked to recover loot from a ship once lost at sea, however in it's time before its reappearance the ship has found a new master an evil druid with a slew of venomous pets!

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

“Tanks from World War No. 1 are part of the big scrap pile in this Baltimore; Md.; salvage yard. The steel will go to mills where it will be reproduced for making the tougher; faster and deadlier modern tanks.”

- from the Toronto Star. September 19, 1942. Toronto Public Library, Toronto Star Photographic Division, TSPA_0019369F.

[alwaysbewoke]

[marzipanandminutiae]

And the moon light your journey

And bring you to me…

Every piece of the murder tea set survived

More updates later

[lonestarbattleship]

View of the salvage operation of USS OKLAHOMA (BB-37) at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The ship was at 109° position.

Date: March 18, 1943

Digital Archives of Hawai'i: PPFUR-3-7-008, PPFUR-3-7-011

[tortoisesshells]

19, 20, and 25, for the fic year in review asks, s’il vous plaît ?

19. Share your favorite opening line

' “It’s unusual, that’s all I’m saying,” said one of the men at the oars to another, shivering. ' from Who something lost, the seeking for Is all that’s left them, now -.

20. Share your favorite ending line

Answered here, but I'll also give the end of Customs ch. 28 a shout, because I love dramatic irony and, uh, this is as good as it's gotten for me, so far: ' “You have nothing to apologize for, Nellie,” he repeated, significantly, “Nothing. You are not the kind to forget. And neither am I.” '

25. What did you use to write? (e.g. writing programs, paper & pen, etc.)

Answered here!

End of Year Fic Writer Asks

[kcnnarys]

the edenbrook extended cinematic universe

eye NEED it actually

[agumonger]

i feel like more "transphobic but salvageable" people might benefit from knowing that, eventually, the concept of treating a person as the gender they live and present as DOES get easier with time and practice

no, you won't have to constantly think to yourself "oh right, she's a trans woman right? so, she/her pronouns... must be careful ooo" all the time. eventually, you just... get used to it? to the point that it doesn't even register in the brain as any sort "extra step", you just do it like you would with any cis person

i say this because many of them refuse to acknowledge transness simply out of sloth, apparently. they just don't want to do that Extra Step of remembering the pronouns or whatever, but... it's not a big deal? and not just linguistics, i mean you get used to it in general. you get used to seeing them they way that they present and live as. the way they... are. you get used, eventually. and it just flows. it gets easier for you... and for them! everybody wins!

[humanimalgam]

i know gwen sleeveless cooks bc cooking all the cult's meals is one of his many unpaid jobs there but like. is he even any good at it or is he serving cafeteria slop i want to know

[waxscentedcandles]

It's almost a shame that the MV Glory was repaired and course-corrected, looks like the SCA learned a thing or two, the suez canal is no longer blocked, officially, as of a day or so ago.

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

"REPAIRS TO GEORGE WILL MAKE GOOD JOB," Victoria Daily Times. December 23, 1913 Page 6. --- Specifications for Work Now Being Drawn Up; Coast Free From Accidents ---- Repairs to the hull of the G. T. P. steamer Prince George, now in dry- dock at Esquimalt, will comprise a fairly good job for one of the local shipyards. Specifications for the work which the underwriters will carry out on the injured steamer are now being drawn up by Capt. W. H. Logan. Tenders for the work will be invited Immediately after Christmas and the contract will be awarded by the beginning of next week.

The damage is not all confined to the formed section of the ship. She has injured herself amidships considerably, and some new plates will no doubt be required. The work of repairing the Prince George will take probably three weeks.

Very Little Repairing. Capt. Logan, the salvage expert, said this morning that there is very little repair work going on at the present time. Besides the Prince George, there is one job in Vancouver and another in Seattle, and this comprises the entire amount of repairing being done on the coast. This is a phenomenal state of affairs for this season of the year.

Around Christmas there are usually a number of vessels in port having their hulls repaired, following strandings or terrific battles with wind and wave. Few coasting boats have come to grief this year, and the ocean liners have been very fortunate in evading most of the heavy storms which have so far swept the Pacific. Not one bad accident has been brought to the notice of shipping and seafaring men so far, and they are hoping that the masters will be able to continue to keep their ships off the rocky shores.

[dixieconley]

How did Obi-Wan not notice the thing with R2D2?? And what if he did?

Obi-Wan: We need to talk about your issues with attachment. Anakin: ::panicking, thinking Obi-Wan's found out about his marriage:: You had a relationship with Satine Kryze! Obi-Wan: … And Ki-Adi-Mundi is married. Jedi can have relationships, Anakin. We've talked about this. Anakin: … I think I would have remembered that.

[Many many past conversations: Obi-Wan: ::lecturing:: Attachment… the code… meditation. Anakin: ::busy tinkering:: Yes, yes, master. Whatever you say, master. Obi-Wan: This is fine. This absolutely will not come back to bite me in the ass later.]

Obi-Wan: Regardless, we need to talk about your attachment issues. Anakin: What issues? You just *said* marriage is okay. Obi-Wan: ::derailed:: What's that about marriage? Anakin: This isn't about me and Padme being married? Obi-Wan: … Obi-Wan: No. Anakin: This is about what I did when my mom died then, isn't it? Obi-Wan: … Anakin: ::getting defensive:: They deserved it! Tuskens are animals. Obi-Wan: ::rubbing his nose:: Anakin. Stop guessing. You're literally making this worse with every word out of your mouth. There happens to be a Tusken Jedi. You've *met* him. Anakin:: ::sheepish:: Oh. So, um, what's this about then? ::finally listening for the first time in the past three years:: Obi-Wan: I came here to talk to you about the salvage operation you ran to rescue R2D2. Anakin: ::puzzled:: Master? You ordered me to go on that mission. Obi-Wan: ::pinching his nose:: Anakin, you do realize that the mission would have been completely unnecessary had you just wiped the droid as per procedure? Anakin: But R2's my buddy. I wouldn't do that to him. Obi-Wan: You got all but two of the men who went with you killed in an attempt to rescue a droid! Anakin: So? I would have done the same for Padme. Or Ahsoka, Obi-Wan: … Obi-Wan: You see no issue in trading sentient lives for an inanimate object. That, Anakin is the very definition of attachment and why you either see a mind healer or go to Jedi jail. Anakin: What? You can't make me see a mind healer! Obi-Wan: You're right. Jedi Jail it is. Anakin: Noooo! I'm gonna tell my good friend the Chancellor on you! Obi-Wan: ::fed-up with everything and feeling both sassy and sarcastic:: Oh, and what's he going to do, order the clones to turn on us and massacre all the Jedi right down to the initiates in the creche? The Force: ::shouting:: YES!!! Obi-Wan:: ::facepalm:: That absolutely came back and bit me in the ass.

Later: Cody: You have a Jedi jail? Obi-Wan: No. Cody: Sir? Obi-Wan: Seemed like a safe bet. ::bitter: He obviously ignored everything else I tried to teach him. Cody: Jedi can marry? Obi-Wan: Yes. Cody: Jedi. As in you. Obi-Wan: As in... Cody: ::suddenly two inches closer:: Obi-Wan: ::squeaking:: Me? Cody: ::smoulders:: Obi-Wan: After the war. Chain of command. Would be inappropriate. Because reasons. Cody: I see.

Two days later: Fox: ::eyeing the assortment of munitions Cody's just laid on his desk, including, but not limited to, slug throwers, thermal detonators, a handful of droid poppers and a rotary cannon:: So you say that the chancellor's a direct threat to the military command of the GAR and that I get to kill him if I agree to mute my external audio pickup and follow your orders? Cody: Yes. Is there a problem? ::looms menacingly:: Fox: ::jumps up:: No takesies backsies! Thorn! Thire! It's Lifeday and Cody's just got us all a present!

~~~

Palps gets wrekt. The Corries have the Best. Day. Ever.

Cody and Obi-Wan swear the riduurok. No one is surprised.

The mind healers ending *building* a Jedi jail just so they don't have to listen to Anakin whine any longer. (R2D2 has the option of joining Anakin. Which, no. C3PO is welcome to that. R2D2 is having none of that shit. Time to head back to his original family -- the handmaidens of Naboo. Who will let him have a little murder. As a treat.)