Recent content by ottarrus

Yeah, I'd swap out 'Dandy' for 'Scoundrel', that's work.

I would do it like this: 1. Layabout 2. Rascal 3. Wastrel 4. Fop 5. Scoundrel 6. 'Gentleman' [with extra sarcasm]

And Rank 6 HAS to be 'Flashman'.....

An update I just saw today. The PRC's space agency has launched an unmanned 'lifeboat' to rendezvous with the Tiangong Station, where 3 'taikonauts' have been stranded for a week. The crew of Mission Shenzhow-21 will return to Earth as scheduled in Spring 2026. Link below...

This bit has been a Hicks family tradition literally since the day it aired. Think of it as a black humor version of watching the Ten Commandments on Easter :p Enjoy!

EVERY spacehand has 'housekeeping' work available at all times. Maintenance, cleaning, painting, classes, briefings, 'dog and ponii' shows, there is always plenty for the spacer with time on their hands to do... [PROTIP: ALWAYS go about like you're on your way to do something, ALWAYS have a...

So how are things looking for The Relief of Novy Kyiv? End of the month?

This was just announced so I don't know who is gonna be available to help. The Russians usually have something on the pad, but I don't know who might have something launch-ready within the time window.

It never is evenly distributed. That's why we were all agog when DGP's World Builder Handbooks divided the TLs of worlds into categories.

Three Chinese 'taikonauts' are stranded in space after their return capsule was hit by debris. https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/three-chinese-astronauts-stranded-in-space-after-debris-hits-their-return-capsule

We certainly have stereotypes and cliches and oftentimes those cliches are negative. This is part of humanity's subconscious habit of categorizing everything in terms of 'Us' and 'Them'. And, of course, most stereotypes have a kernel of truth buried in them somewhere. What I object to in the...

Vehicles of the Frontier: - Crawler I, pg 74 - Crawler II, pg 76 - Death Sled, pg 77

AoCS v. 1 says that some lineages of Aslan have long tails and some have stubbed tails in the same way some Humans are blonde and some are brunettes. Culturally it doesn't matter but I have no doubt that there are some Aslan males who vainly gloat over the thickness of their mane or the size of...

Yeah, the average Aslan male is supposed to 2.1 m tall and 95-110 kg. And they don't look like a bad guy from some third rate anime mag either. I've always objected to Mongoose's portrayal of Aslan as 'Capt. Kirk throwing a temper tantrum like a two year old'. If I am supposed to treat the Aslan...

In a con panel Chuck Gannon described alien generation in the 70s and 80s something like this: 'Marc and GDW started with easy to understand aliens and they got progressively stranger. First the Vargr... basically 'werewolves'. Then the Aslan... samurai cats. Then the Zhodani... this fed...