#rangefinding scope

[sw5w]

Queen Amidala Outside the Window

STAR WARS EPISODE I: The Phantom Menace 01:55:13

[fire-on-fuel]

doing 30 minutes of research to come to the same conclusion I started with (that vau would have a helmet mounted rangefinder)

[untilthenexttee]

Shot Scope Debuts NEW G6 Watch

The new model makes course navigation easier with full-hole maps. Edinburgh, Scotland, UK – Shot Scope, an industry leader in golf GPS, rangefinder, and shot tracking technology, announces the new G6 – a GPS watch that allows for unparalleled personalization and provides golfers with advanced technology, including Full hole maps. The G6 is the latest addition to the popular, easy-to-use G…

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X-VISION OPTICS DEBUTS THE IMPACT 100 THERMAL LASER RANGEFINDER

X-Vision Optics has launched their newest offering with the Impact 100 Thermal Laser Rangefinder. X-Vision Optics state ” X-Vision Optics, a leading name in optics technology, is proud to announce the launch of the all-new Impact 100 Thermal Laser Rangefinder. This innovative device is designed to meet the needs of outdoor enthusiasts, hunters, and professionals, providing exceptional precision…

[lightasthesun]

Comprehensive Lexicon Guide for First-Time SW Fic Readers:

Flimsi/Flimsiplast = Paper

Flimsiwork/Datawork = Paperwork

Stylus = Pen

Datapad = Tablet

Comlink/Comm = Communication Device/Phone

Binders = Handcuffs

Chronometer = Clock

Spectacles = Eyeglasses

Chrono = Watch

Conservator = Refrigerator

Caf = Coffee

Nerfburger = Hamburger

Blue milk = Milk (literally blue)

Hubba chips = French Fries

Sweet roll = Doughnut

Flatcakes = Pancakes

Tabac = Tobacco

HoloNet = World Wide Web

Holovision/HoloTV = Television

Holodrama/Holovids = Movie/Videos

Holocamera/Holocam = Camera

Holomap = three-dimensional map

Holojournal = Newspaper

Holocube = Picture frame

Holotable = Projector

Holoscanner = X-ray machine

Holojournalist = Reporter

Flatholo/Holograph = Photograph

Sonic Damper = Active Noise Cancellation

Refresher/Fresher= Bathroom

Sonic Bath = Bath

Sanisteam/Sonic shower = Waterless Shower

Hydrospanner = Wrench

Hydro Flask = Water Bottle

Power Cell/Energy Cell = Batteries

Authorization Chip = Decryption key

Datatape = Disk

Datastick = Flash drive

(Personal) Com Code = Phone number

Datachip = SD Card

Synthflesh = Synthetic skin

Glowrod = Flashlight

Sparkstick = Match

Slugthrower = Gun

Slug = Bullet

Vibroblade = a blade that can vibrate at high frequencies, increasing its cutting power and penetrating ability (tactical knife)

Rangefinder = Rifle scope

Turbolaser = Cannon

Ion pike/Vibropike = Spear

Electro Staff = Stun baton

Blaster = Pistol/Rifle

Stun Blaster = similar to a Taser

Landspeeder/Airspeeder/Speeder = Car

Turbolift = Elevator

Slideramp = Escalator

Starfighter = Fighter jet

Rotorcraft = Helicopter

Hoverpack/Jetpack= Jet pack

Speeder Bike = Motorcycle

Skylane = Traffic lane

Railspeeder/Hovertrain = Train

Power Chair/Hoverchair= Wheelchair

Windscreen = Windshield

Podracing = Car racing

Dejarik = Chess

Sabacc = Poker and Blackjack combined

Galactic Rebels = Combat simulator

B'shingh = Dungeons and dragons

Jizz = Jazz music

Wailer = Singer (ie. Jizz Wailer)

Cantina = Bar or Pup

Para Sailing = Paragliding

Aurebesh = Alphabet

Credits = Money

Sleeping Pallet = Bedroll

Naming Day = Birthday

Youngling = Child

Galactic Basic Standard/ Basic = English

Medkit/Medpac = First aid kit

Hypo = Syringe

Medic/Healer = Doctor

Medcenter = Hospital

Bactapatch = Bandaid

Nanoweave = Fabric

Transparisteel = Glass

Plastifoam = Packing material

Durasteel = Steel

Plasteel = Plastic

Duracrete = Concrete

Slicer = Hacker (slicing = hacking)

Identikit = Passport

Minder = Therapist

Synthleather = Vinyl

Viewport = Window

Cooling Unit = Air-conditioning

Honeydarter = Bee

Slythmonger = Drugdealer

Spice = Drugs

Stimpill = Caffeine pill

Power Socket = Plug

Cutters = Scissors

Cycle = Day

Standard Cycle = 24h

Standard Week = 5 days

Standard Month = 35 standard days

Standard Year = approx. ten months

Tenday = literally ten days

Cigarras/Smokes = Cigarettes

Click = Kilometer or 'a moment'

Parsec = a unit of distance

Tweezers/Clanker/tin head/tinnie = Droid

Separatist = Seppie

Promise Ring = Wedding Ring

Body Glove = Jumpsuit

Slicksuit = Wet suit

Civvies = Civilian clothing

Carbonite = a metal alloy used to freeze a person in a state of hibernation

Hyperdrive = device that allows a starship to travel faster than lightspeed

Moisture vaporator = device that can extract water from the air, commonly used on tatooine

Glareshades = Sunglasses

Gasser = Gas Oven

Repulsorlift = technology that can create an anti-gravity field and is used for levitating heavy objects

Heating unit = Heater

Utility Droid = Roomba

Sunbonnet = a Clone trooper helmet

Bad Batcher = a defective Clone Trooper

Banthabrain = birdbrain/ a stupid person

Bantha fodder = waste of space/nonsense

Blast! = word of exclamation

Blasted! = s.o in anger or annoyance

Blaster-brained = dimwitted

Blaster fodder = cannon fodder

Blast off = Piss off

Brainless = Stupid

Bug/Bugger = used to refer to Geonosians

Forceforsaken = godforsaken

Full of Poodoo = full of shit

Poodoo = Shit

Kriff = Fuck

Jedi scum = derogatory term for jedi

Kark = derogatory expletive

Larty = LAAT/i gunship

Laserbrain = insult

Meat droid = derogatory term for Clone Troopers

Redrobes = Palpatines guard

Rookie/Shinie = newly recruited Trooper

Scum = insult to refer to bounty hunters/rebels

Sharpie = Sharp-witted

Sithspawn/Sithspit/Hellspawn! = expletive

Sleemo = Slimeball

Son of a bantha = insult

Wizard! = Cool

Spaced = dead

Hutt-spawn = Bastard

Karabast = exclamation of dismay

Stang = Crap

Buckethead/Bucketbrain = derogatory term for Stormtroopers

Bucket = Helmet

Nat-born = Natural Born

Roger Roger = affirmative/copy that

Droid poppers = EMP grenade

Sitrep = short for situation report

Backwater Planet = any planet that isn't part of the core system

Holocron = device that can project a three-dimensional image of a person/object and is used for communication or entertainment.

Kessel Run = a risky Operation. Commonly used as a metaphor in impossible situations.

Thermal Detonator= device that can create a powerful explosion like a grenade or bomb

Ray Shield/Energy Shield = creates a (protective) barrier

Rebreather = device that allows a person to breathe underwater or in toxic environments

Phrases:

Wild goose chase = wild bantha chase

That's bantha shit = that's bullshit

As slippery as a greased Dug = untrustworthy

Credit for your thoughts = penny for your thoughts

Cut the poodoo = cut the crap

to get your gills in a twist = get upset about something

Holy mother of meteors = holy mother of god

Oh my skies/ Oh my stars = exclamation of surprise

Stars' end! = exclamation of disbelief

What in the blue blazes = exclamation

When Geonosis freezes over/When it snows on tatooine = extremely unlikely

Who pissed in your power supply = who pissed you off

Blast it = damn it

By the maker = exclamation of surprise

Great karking Dragon = expression of disbelief

Lothcat got your tongue = equivalent of 'cat got your tongue?'

Sod it = expression of frustration

[squidsponge]

Analyzing the Clone Assassin, part 2: YES, HE HAS ORGANIC LEGS

This is a PSA that CX-2 does not have prosthetic legs, but does have a bunch of accessories and very fancy gadgets the other don't that, and he will not stop playing with them.

The Bad Batch is not a Christopher Nolan film requiring intense scrutiny I'm giving it, but I needed art references and then twitter and reddit started posting nonsense screenshots, so pull out your little red strings and pin boards, because we're going full Pepe Silva here. :readmore:

The other assassins must be taking public transit, because neither of them sported an extravagantly modified comm they can't stop fiddling with, programmed to spin their chair around with as much drama as Obi-wan dropping his cloak.

Unlike the other assassins, who are both snipers, CX-2 is using a rangefinder along with his scope when studying Omega and collecting data intelligence, but not in battle with Crosshair.

These scenes are very darkly lit, so here's a better look at CX-2's very unique yet familiar glass-looking rangefinder.

In contrast, CX-1 from season three, a proper minimalist after Cody's heart does not use a rangefinder despite the distance, nor did his predecessor on Coruscant.

And then our mystery clone who can't leave any of the gadgets at home because he ends up using all of them:

If the idea of bringing Tech back bothers you or sounds like nonsense, I beg you to remember that this is Star Wars, a franchise that brought us "somehow Palpatine returned."

Consider Emerie's big reveal in season two. She spent multiple episodes speaking with a New Zealand accent, wearing a clone insignia patch, and has the same nose, brows, and mouth region that is signature to the clones, and they were hiding it behind a pair of glasses.

Our boy Rex is eating sad chili in a cave instead of having amassed significant numbers or a real plan in the last year and soon he'll be eating sad chili in a motorhome because this show really isn't that complicated.

Which brings us back to our very resourceful and well-funded assassin.

If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, and you're watching Star Wars, it's probably a duck.

And whether or not it's good writing, this authority-averse little duck is wearing his pre-reprogramming personality on his sleeve.

Cody is out there somewhere shuddering over what he did to give anybody the impression that any amount of brainwashing could turn him into this while the other assassins still have good manners and posture. Check out Part 1 for a comparison of CX from season 2's voice and attitude vs. CX-2.

[blubushie]

Question: how do snipers shoot their (human) targets accurately? The point is that no one's supposed to know that they're there, but how do they judge distances well enough for their shots to hit perfectly? And *squints at page on calculating windage and elevation* They can't just fire test shots to zero their sights. Are snipers just really good at judging how far away things are? Or is there some sort of trick to it? -Fanfic research anon

Ok, so...

1. Sights are already zeroed. "Zeroing" is just the process of calibrating a scope to a rifle (so adjusting its placement on a rifle until it strikes accurately). If someone is shooting a rifle in a professional sniping scenario, the sight is already calibrated/"zeroed in".

2. Snipers are rarely the ones actually calculating targets. A sniping operation is a two-man team consisting of a sniper and their spotter. It's the spotter's job to determine distance and windage and relay this information to the sniper, and sometimes they're also the one doing maths calculations for the sniper.

3. It's either judgement and experience or it's using modern equipment.

In The Olde Days (before modern equipment) this was done by judgement and experience and a good pair of binoculars. You survey an area, determine something on the landscape about 1000yd out, 500yd out, and 250yd out. Then you use your judgement to place your targets on this map and then estimate their distance. It's not perfect, but with a good enough sniper it's accurate enough. Windage is calculated by surveying how wind affects things in the landscape. Dust puffing off the ground is a ~10mph wind, but trees swaying is ~15mph. Leaves rustling is only ~5mph. Sometimes crosswinds happen (where there's different wind speeds across the bullet's path) and you kinda gotta make a guess and hope for the best. Crosswinds are gambler's games and I don't hunt in heavy wind because of it—practically all of my "bad" shots have been in crosswinds, and I don't like anything to wait for me to reload and aim and make a follow-up shot.

Present-day the job is easier. Laser rangefinders can be directed at a target location and will tell you a precise distance. Anemometers (wind speed gauges) tell you the exact wind speed at your location (though they don't help for crosswinds—they only tell you the wind speed of the shooter's location).

Laser rangefinders aren't perfect since they work by calculating how long it takes the laser it sends out to come back to it. For things that absorb light well (like skin or dark clothing) they're a bit dodgy. It's better to aim them at something in the environment than directly at your target. And since it works by sending out a light beam and calculating how long it takes that beam to reflect and return, it means they don't work that well in snow or dust or smoke or high humidity. They also don't work as well in high air temperatures and low elevation for... Some reason (something about how light travels through air I think).

Ask me, rangefinders and wind gauges make what a sniper ain't. And that's coming from someone who uses both of these. They save time, but they aren't foolproof. Nothing is a replacement for knowledge and experience.

[the-starry-seas]

Last Line Challenge

i saw @hastalavistabyebye doing open tags so hey bestie 👀

"Seems like people should've known," Jango muses, not looking away from his scope. "That's a stupid thing to say." Vinir thinks that about a lot of the Aces, especially Racer and Fury, but their template has always seemed more… Steady, perhaps. Definitely more irritated when referred to as 'the first draft' or 'Fett Sr'. Then again, Boba's none too fond of 'Fett Jr', either. "I reproduced asexually. It's a hint." Vinir sighs heavily and sets his rangefinder down just so he can give Jango a proper unimpressed glare. "That's a horrible joke." "I'm a horrible person," Jango reminds him, and pulls the trigger.

i'm gonna copy the open tags (except for @loverboy-havocboy show me your stuff 🔫)

[disco-elysium-via-polls]

🎵 La Revacholiere

2. Of all the creatures I've met you are the kindest.

INSULINDIAN PHASMID - Thank you. I also have one more thing to say to you: that woman -- turn from the ruin. Turn and go forward. Do it for the working class.

I can't.

I will try.

I will.

What woman?

INSULINDIAN PHASMID - You cannot lie to me. Behind you it smells of fires. So awfully far you were prepared to go in her presence. End it.

2. I will try.

INSULINDIAN PHASMID - She was middle class. It doesn't take a three-metre stick insect to tell you that.

+5 XP

5. Disengage slowly. [Leave.]

INSULINDIAN PHASMID - As you're turning away, the phasmid mirrors your movements, stepping on the water -- the long limbs carry its feather weight without breaking its surface.

And just like that it's gone -- skating away across the sea's calm mirror like a skipping stone, leaving nothing but circles on the water...

PERCEPTION (SIGHT) [Easy: Success] - ...and something under it! In the place it stood, bobbing there, among the reeds. A collection of items.

KIM KITSURAGI - "It's gone..." The lieutenant looks north, with his hand raised to his brow.

"It can walk on water?"

"What's that -- in the reeds?"

"What now?" [Leave.]

KIM KITSURAGI - "Apparently, yes -- like a water strider, only..." He shakes his head with amazement. "I've never seen *anything* like that in my life."

2. "What's that -- in the reeds?"

KIM KITSURAGI - He squints. "Looks like a nest of some sort? We should have a look."

3. "What now?" [Leave.]

THE DESERTER - "What now..." the old man behind you repeats suddenly. He's put his hand into the ash -- it's dirty and black.

EMPATHY [Easy: Success] - In some kind of strange, semi-catatonic state.

KIM KITSURAGI - "Our suspect is not looking so good. We need to check on him."

🎵 None

ITEM GAINED: (EVIDENCE) KLAASJE'S PASSPORT

ITEM GAINED: T-9/32 RIFLE SCOPE

ITEM GAINED: FAIRWEATHER T-500 HELMET

ENDURANCE - Brother, you've managed to collect all the armour pieces. Too bad it's too late for the big showdown.

Task complete: Find all armour pieces

+70 XP

Level up!

Don't think this helmet would have helped me anyway. (Look down at your wound.)

At least my collector's impulse has been satisfied.

I'm sure I'll have a use for this armour in the future.

PHYSICAL INSTRUMENT - It would have looked very impressive... Still. You found it all. Now your mortal coil is *completely* protected. Few cops are this futuristic.

At least now I am truly invincible. [Leave.]

FAIRWEATHER T-500 HELMET

+1 Half-Light: Head as a battering ram -1 Suggestion: A fighter, not a lover

This monstrous looking, bug-eyed ceramic helmet was in the phasmid's nest. It still has some reeds sticking out of it -- and it smells of seawater -- but it's otherwise wearable, if not exactly comfortable. Putting it on feels scary somehow...

T-9/32 RIFLE SCOPE

A common 30mm sniper scope attachable to almost any bolt-action 4.46 caliber. It uses an older-style non-dotted rangefinding reticle. Seaweed is still stuck on the lens and it's suffered water damage from its time in the phasmid's dowry.

(EVIDENCE) KLAASJE'S PASSPORT

This well travelled passport, with visas stamped in it, is issued by the Republic of Oranje. You found it in the phasmid's nest on the island. You can open it for more details.

>INTERACT

ORANJESE PASSPORT - This passport, issued by the Sovereign Republic of Oranje -- is issued to a black haired woman called Katarzine Alasije.

KIM KITSURAGI - "Klaasje's hidden documents..." The lieutenant looks at it in your hands. "From the empty buoy."

Look at the photo.

"What was this doing in the phasmid's nest?"

"It says -- Katarzine Alasije."

[Put the passport away.]

ORANJESE PASSPORT - It's Klaasje. With short, black hair and glasses. She looks boyish, younger somehow.

EMPATHY [Medium: Success] - An old photo. Before life came and did what it does.

2. "What was this doing in the phasmid's nest?"

KIM KITSURAGI - "Maybe our man, Mr. Dros, took it from Klaasje's -- or whatever her name was -- hiding place? Or..."

"Perhaps -- for some blackmailing plan?"

"I think the *phasmid* took it."

"The phasmid took it -- and I *sensed* it do so. I saw something open up the buoy with spindly legs." (Point to your head.)

KIM KITSURAGI - "Perhaps... But that still doesn't explain how it got into the nest."

2. "The phasmid took it -- and I *sensed* it do so. I saw something open up the buoy with spindly legs." (Point to your head.)

KIM KITSURAGI - "Like a magpie?" He looks around. "What a coincidence. Then it would also have *collected* the other objects, which would be highly unusual..."

RHETORIC [Easy: Success] - By now, the lieutenant has accepted your unusual methods.

KIM KITSURAGI - "I can see how the helmet could wash up on the island. And the scope -- maybe Mr. Dros lost it? But to seek this out would be *very* unusual behaviour for an arthropod."

EMPATHY [Medium: Success] - Would it? Maybe it was simply curious.

ENCYCLOPEDIA [Challenging: Success] - A curious octopus would do something similar. Or even a cuttlefish.

"Perhaps it was curious? Like an octopus?"

"Perhaps it had a vendetta against our Miss Oranje?"

KIM KITSURAGI - "An octopus belongs to a very different Class. It's not even an insect, it's a mollusc. But, yes -- I see your point."

3. "It says -- Katarzine Alasije."

KIM KITSURAGI - He opens his notes. "She said it would be for *Annouk Meijer-Smit*. Annouk -- Meijer -- Smit."

LOGIC [Medium: Success] - Katarzine Alasije was supposed to be her *real* name. Where *Klaasje* comes from, remember? God dammit!

VOLITION [Easy: Success] - I told you she kept lying to you. She's probably lying to someone else right now. In another city.

"Katarzine Alasije was supposed to be her real name. She lied to us."

"Maybe this is her real passport? Not a fake? Because this is her real name."

KIM KITSURAGI - "Yes, somehow she managed to lie to us -- *one more time*. In a way she's still lying to us right now." The lieutenant smiles.

+5 XP

4. "What's her *real* name then?"

KIM KITSURAGI - "I don't know. But it's not Katarzine Alasije. Or Klaasje. Or Annouk Meijer-Smit. We didn't even scratch the surface with her, detective."

He looks east. "Perhaps it's better that we didn't arrest her. Who knows what hell she'd be raising in my district by now..."

SHIVERS [Challenging: Success] - The winds are silent. The streets are empty of her. She is no longer in the city of Revachol.

5. [Put the passport away.]

🎵 Hope in Work and Joy in Leisure

THE DESERTER - "What is it?" The old man looks around, confused. "What do you want from me? I can't go..."

COMPOSURE [Medium: Success] - Something is very wrong with him now.

"Sir, how could you not *see* the phasmid?"

"I'll leave you be for now." [Leave.]

THE DESERTER - "S-s-s-see..." He stares at the reeds and falls silent.

KIM KITSURAGI - "Mr. Dros?"

THE DESERTER - The man does not respond -- he keeps staring, black eyes glazed over and bulging from their sockets, his gap toothed mouth shaking.

EMPATHY [Medium: Success] - With fear and longing.

ELECTROCHEMISTRY [Medium: Success] - Like an addict of some terrible substance.

Snap your fingers under his nose.

Wave your hand in front of his eyes.

Touch his shoulder gently.

THE DESERTER - The plastic cape feels coarse. A light shiver passes the man -- other than that, no reaction. He feels small and frail.

KIM KITSURAGI - "He's going into some kind of... psycho-motor immobility." The lieutenant inspects him gently. "The good news is -- this solves our transportation problem. Doesn't it Mr. Dros?"

THE DESERTER - The trembling mouth appears to sigh.

KIM KITSURAGI - "Between this and the broken tyre he's used for a boat -- I think it's safe to leave him here, while we go and get help. It will need to be medical first, I'm afraid."

Task complete: Inspect the phasmid

+10 XP

"What has happened to this man?"

"We found some things in the phasmid's nest, Mr. Dros."

"Hang tight." [Leave.]

KIM KITSURAGI - "Old age and shock." He looks at him, then you.

"I think it's the *phasmid*."

"Old age and shock, yes."

KIM KITSURAGI - "Yes. The arrest and the appearance of the phasmid -- the combined stress..." He looks at you. "But you think it's something more than that, don't you?"

INLAND EMPIRE [Easy: Success] - There's *much* more. Remember what it said, when it spoke.

COMPOSURE [Medium: Success] - Quite a few things about that health check you did on him make sense now.

"He couldn't *see* it, Kim. It's just the reeds for him."

"Before -- when I evaluated his state -- he seemed strangely animated."

"I think he's addicted to that thing."

"It's definitely toxic -- the phasmid. It told me it is."

"He's been here for a long time. Who knows how much of it in its company?" (Conclude.)

KIM KITSURAGI - "That could be part of the shock. But you're right -- something is off here. Mr. Dros..." He touches the man's shoulder.

THE DESERTER - No response.

"Maybe this is how the phasmid has stayed hidden all these years?"

No. It's not that.

KIM KITSURAGI - "Then how did we see it?" He thinks. "Oh, you mean whatever does this, does it over *time*? Teenagers, kids, drunks -- sightings are brief. And hence not credible. But anyone who spends a long time with it..."

"Yes. You *forget* it's there."

KIM KITSURAGI - "Mhm." The lieutenant inspects the man. "Mr. Dros -- have you *ever* seen a stick insect, pretending to be the reeds?"

THE DESERTER - "Th-the..." The old man stutters.

KIM KITSURAGI - "The doctors will have to look at this. I hope your station has better medical personnel than 57. This is... a little advanced for a nurse."

2. "Before -- when I evaluated his state -- he seemed strangely animated."

KIM KITSURAGI - He nods. "He was energetic and articulate. After all these years alone, with little hygiene or medication I would expect worse."

"Perhaps this *animation* is induced by something in the phasmid?"

KIM KITSURAGI - "He does not seem to be *animated* now it's left..." He looks to the sea. "Honestly, I'm ready to believe anything at this point. Maybe it *is* psychoactive."

"I mean, why not? It's three metres tall…" He takes off his glasses and cleans them -- when he puts them back on he's still staring at the sea.

3. "I think he's addicted to that thing."

KIM KITSURAGI - "Like a drug?"

"He *has* displayed addict behaviour. And not *just* to painkillers."

KIM KITSURAGI - "His pupils appeared to be dilated. They still are..." He examines the catatonic man's eyes.

EMPATHY [Challenging: Success] - It's not just chemical.

"It's… as if he's infatuated with it."

No, it's not that.

KIM KITSURAGI - "Some kind of oxytocin release mechanism? Would go with the pupils. But this is way above me, detective."

+5 XP

4. "It's definitely toxic -- the phasmid. It told me it is."

KIM KITSURAGI - "Told you? Yes. Good. During your *long* staring match. I understand." He looks at the man, then you.

5. "He's been here for a long time. Who knows how much of it in its company?" (Conclude.)

KIM KITSURAGI - "He did seem distressed when it finally came to arresting him. Like he didn't want to leave this place. And the insect maybe..." He looks at his notebook.

"I have absolutely forgotten to take notes. I hope I remember all of this." He shakes his head in disbelief. "This will be one hell of a report -- thank *god* we have the photo."

DRAMA [Medium: Success] - No one would believe you without it.

2. "We found some things in the phasmid's nest, Mr. Dros."

THE DESERTER - He stares into the reeds. Your words don't stir anything in him. Perhaps you should...

Show him the ceramic helmet.

Show him the Oranjese passport.

Show him the detached scope.

"I'm going to let you rest now Mr. Dros." (Conclude.)

THE DESERTER - Nothing. Just dull staring -- not even rage left wherever he is.

HALF LIGHT [Medium: Success] - The last embers have gone out. The war is over.

KIM KITSURAGI - "If Cuno kicked it into the sea, as he said he did -- the ebb would pull it back here. This makes sense. Mr. Dros could have picked it up. Or... the phasmid, even? If it did, this is incredible..."

2. Show him the Oranjese passport.

THE DESERTER - No reaction. His breathing is slow and he appears very old all of a sudden. Around eighty.

COMPOSURE [Challenging: Success] - This is an old man -- at last. No longer a tin soldier, but the broken down remains of a man.

KIM KITSURAGI - "Did you take this passport and other papers from a buoy on the coast?"

THE DESERTER - He blinks and continues to stare at the reeds. "The... spirit."

KIM KITSURAGI - "He hears us... The spirit?"

THE DESERTER - No reply. He's gone again.

KIM KITSURAGI - "Try something else? We got him back for a moment."

3. Show him the detached scope.

THE DESERTER - "I..." He turns his eyes to it. "I lost..."

"You lost it, Mr. Dros?"

THE DESERTER - He turns his eyes to the reeds again -- as he's done so many times. Beige and white stripes...

KIM KITSURAGI - "He lost the scope. Then it somehow made its way over there. With the help of a magpie phasmid?" The lieutenant observes the lens sparkle in your hand.

"This sight is a T-9, Mr. Dros. Was it attached to the rifle, when you made the shot?"

THE DESERTER - Silence. Not even a sigh.

EMPATHY [Easy: Success] - You've gotten all you will out of this poor being.

4. "I'm going to let you rest now Mr. Dros." (Conclude.)

THE DESERTER - The plastic cape flaps around his face, in a gust of wind. His back is slouched and his mouth open.

PERCEPTION (SIGHT) [Challenging: Success] - The blacks of his eyes are receding, his pupils are returning to normal.

ENDURANCE [Medium: Success] - The strength has all gone out of him -- just frail old bones in a sack of tracksuit trousers and a wind breaker.

3. "Hang tight." [Leave.]

KIM KITSURAGI - "We should think about getting back to the mainland. To get help. He'll be safe here. If we don't take too long..."

+1 Reputation

New task: The Return

Gonna leave it there for today.

[gunzlotzofgunz]

TROY 5.56 CARBINE

5.56mm NATO; 16'' barrel 6-position telescoping stock. Floated aluminum handguard. Full length picatinny rail. Flip up adjustable front sight. Flip up adjustable rear battle sight. Crossfire II 3-9x40 scope mounted. Rangefinding reticle

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Mesa Show You!

STAR WARS EPISODE I: The Phantom Menace 01:39:41

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(via Shot Scope Debuts NEW PRO X Rangefinder at PGA Show)

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PRODUCT PORTFOLIO: COBALT-Class CA-VI

Firearms are a delicate ordeal. Too often are mistakes made in the field- a bolt goes wide, an underslung falls short. Let us at SAIS refine your perspective. See the world not as it is, but as what it will be.

The COBALT-Class CA-VI is able to be socketed into an infantry weapon and assists in target acquisition. While aiming down sights, the COBALT projects a heads-up display on the weapon’s scope, displaying range bands, drop-off values, and probability calculations. 

COBALTs tend to mature their personalities into effective rangefinders if used on a regular basis- but it’s not unheard of for them to instead grow a preference for nonlethal disabling shots, depending on their bearer’s performance.

Purchasable licenses for COBALT-Class CA-VI and their accompanying hardware are available to all Union-registered Lancers. Mounting adapters for unconventional weapon arrangements are sold separately.

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AMERICAN DEFENSE MFG GOES LIVE WITH DELTA PICATINNY RAIL RING CAPS

American Defense MFG has gone live with their latest in optic mounting solutions with new Delta Picatinny Rail Ring Caps. American Defense MFG states “At the request of our customers, we are now offering alternate ring caps for the Delta Series Mounts featuring picatinny rails to accommodate the ever-growing use of accessories and laser rangefinders on scoped carbines. The 5-Lug (Low-Red Dot)…

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Hi this is the what the source cites, which does not in fact say anything about magic the gathering. while this post is a funny story it also isn’t true as far as i can tell. there were three snipers in the building who saw crooks with the backpack and with a rangefinder but the rest seems to be embellishment

i'm glad everyone in the world is so stupid