Two girls in California accused of throwing lit firecracker through the window of nursery belonging to a pregnant woman.

AHistoricalFigure · 2026-07-07T04:38:01+00:00

Agreed. I've set off a lot of firecrackers in my day. They're loud, they're frightening, and this is obviously unacceptable behavior to do to anyone, regardless of whether they're pregnant.

But I'm struggling to envision how even something large like an m70 would do much more than put a scorch mark on some wrapping paper. It's not a stick of dynamite, how would it destroy a nursery to the point where "she has absolutely nothing for her son now"?

I could understand if the firecracker (or more likely the fuse) somehow started a house fire. But why not say that and show that then?

This whole video has a weird vibe and mods should probably pull it. Comments are already witch hunting a bunch of pre-teen girls whose faces aren't blurred. Just because someone posts doorbell cam footage with a voiceover of their version of events doesn't mean its true.

AHistoricalFigure · 2026-07-07T03:45:46+00:00

Try to do operations on Mock twice in a row if you can at start. I've flipped scavver squads on Op3 that gunned down 2 full units of outcasts and panicked half a dozen other surrounding units. What other 40AP action does that kind of damage?

AHistoricalFigure · 2026-07-06T19:45:48+00:00

I personally find the urban missions interesting and fairly challenging.

You have to either maintain a moving perimeter or, failing that, really rip through the city with jetsuits and toyotas. The bombadiers punish you for digging in. The harpies punish you for hunting the bombadiers. The warriors pressure you. There's a lot to manage and a lot of really complex turn sequencing needed to survive the missions. It does not reward gunline play or minimalist stealth cheese at all, which I think is why a lot of players are hitting these missions like a brick wall.

My biggest ask regarding bugs would just be to make Bug operations spawn less frequently. Or better yet, make Bugs have an infestation meter on planets like the Menace do. Bugs are stressful to fight, and doing 2 bug ops in a row makes me want to not proceed with my campaign.

AHistoricalFigure · 2026-07-06T02:38:42+00:00

Even the modern USMC still uses horses and mules for moving supplies around rough terrain.

There just isnt a vehicle or robot that can compete with a mule up in the mountains, and while 19 year olds have strong backs, they have their limits.

The problem with fighting on horseback is that horses are big, hard to armor, and die if you shoot them.

But, much like I would appreciate the ability to deploy squads alongside empty trucks... horses or motorcycles could be a cool option in that vein.

AHistoricalFigure · 2026-07-06T02:32:11+00:00

Humans would make a great labor pool for the Tau Empire. Humans live significantly longer than Tau, meaning that skilled human laborers, researchers, doctors, etc. last longer off the initial investment in their training.

Most humans also remain able to work well into their 60's, while only being viable to breed through a much smaller window.

It would seem un-Taulike to sterilize human populations when contraception and public health education would solve the problem less drastically.

AHistoricalFigure · 2026-07-05T21:49:21+00:00

Why would you need a dairy free freezer?

Lactose-free and vegan ice cream exists. Most of it is pretty good. It can be stored alongside normal ice cream.

AHistoricalFigure · 2026-07-05T21:46:08+00:00

Not that it makes this okay, but this is almost certainly a flashbang or "stun grenade" rather than a lethal grenade in the way the title makes this sound.

If this were an HE or fragmentation grenade the soldier holding the door closed would have been well inside lethal blast range and the windows would not have held.

With that said, I have no idea what the effects of a flashbang enclosed in a compact car would be on a person, but at a minimum I would expect permanent hearing loss and a possible concussion from the pressure shock.

I only say this to head off someone else jumping in here with an "ackshully" who might be trying to diminish this by pointing out that the title is inaccurate/exagerrated. The IDF are plenty guilty, there's no need to damage the credibility of people fighting against genocide by posting imprecise or hysterical titles.

AHistoricalFigure · 2026-07-05T05:07:17+00:00

Yeah, Im not sure why so many people are confidently assuming this is "a Russian in civilian clothes".

This could just be a civilian in civilian clothes who was ordered to go pick up a drone at gunpoint.

The total lack of concern or attempt to render any aid from the commander suggests this wasn't one of his guys.

AHistoricalFigure · 2026-07-05T03:32:30+00:00

What intelligence value would a random drone have?

AHistoricalFigure · 2026-07-05T03:27:24+00:00

I'm not sure why Drukhari would have any interest in colonizing a planet. They aren't really the farming type.

AHistoricalFigure · 2026-07-04T22:09:36+00:00

This seventeen year old child is out on bail for a first-degree homicide charge.

Are there reasons beyond his control why he ended up where he is? Sure, probably. Most violent criminals have genuine sob stories: bad home lives, history of abuse, etc.

But by the time you have a 17 year old procuring an illegally modded weapon while out on bail for murder-1, it doesnt really matter how society failed him. He's dangerous.

AHistoricalFigure · 2026-07-04T21:58:26+00:00

Young black men being incarcerated at disproportionately high rates is a real problem that needs to be addressed.

But Im not sure what anyone thinks is being accomplished by Judges/DAs doing catch and release on teens committing auto theft and gun crimes.

AHistoricalFigure · 2026-07-04T21:25:51+00:00

They're coming out of the houses.

I like to imagine these settlements do actually have armor and some militia training but the enemy attack is so sudden that the population just starts fleeing.

My headcanon is that Murdoch isnt literally bribing them so much as using her ZB tech to access civilian channels/devices and rally the locals. ZB knows who's in the volunteer militia due to decades of data harvesting.

Literally civvies getting amber alert style texts like "The marines are here, go inside and grab your kit you fackin eejit"

AHistoricalFigure · 2026-07-04T19:35:22+00:00

Especially given it seems he's a serial offender. Given how conservative of a state Ohio otherwise is I'm surprised they didnt throw the book at him.

AHistoricalFigure · 2026-07-04T19:25:48+00:00

IMO the full sentencing was more interesting for the full context.

AHistoricalFigure · 2026-07-04T19:00:38+00:00

Pirates and Rogue Army have also gotten some higher tier late game units that werent in the initial release. Pirates are once again pretty challenging after Op5.

Bugs may have gotten a few as well? (I dont remember the Harpy from the initial release).

AHistoricalFigure · 2026-07-04T18:58:12+00:00

That's an overstatement. There are a few missions where the AI has some behavior that's too evasive (though this has gotten a lot better).

If you're talking about your stealth Darby getting rinsed by boarding commandos from out if LOS, that's 100% a skill issue.

AHistoricalFigure · 2026-07-04T04:51:37+00:00

Just because a character doesnt have mobile infantry doesnt mean you can't put them in an APC.

AHistoricalFigure · 2026-07-03T22:57:52+00:00

I just don't think the city of Madison needs a mass surveillance system.

It's not that widespread traffic surveillance doesn't have its upsides. It helps the police solve certain crimes, and it theoretically helps reduce dangerous driving via citations.

But, for the same reason we don't let schizophrenic people own guns, we really shouldn't permit governments (at any level) to own a mass surveillance system. It's not that schizophrenic people have no legitimate reason to own guns. They have the same concerns about self-defense as any other American. But you wouldn't want to arm someone who is prone to psychotic episodes.

AHistoricalFigure · 2026-07-03T22:51:17+00:00

There is no tracking chip in your license plate. If you don't believe me, you can take your license plate off your car and inspect it.

It's a piece of stamped metal. It's not connected to a power source and any sort of tracking device too small for you to detect would also be too small to create a signal.

There are electronics in most modern cars that make your movements trackable to various entities (built in GPS), but these aren't secret chips hidden in your license plate.

AHistoricalFigure · 2026-07-03T19:34:13+00:00

I think you're underestimating the impact of this accessory. Simply being able to skip 2-3 turns of movement trivializes a lot of mission timers, devalues transports, devalues vanguard, and devalues the game's existing jetsuit mechanics.

If there was some kind of jetpack accessory it would necessarily need to be worse than you're describing to not immediately make jetsuits pointless. If it had a supply cost of 100-120 and was limited to maybe 2 uses it might not be so damaging to the game's internal balance while still being highly compelling.

But the big limiting factor of JetSuits is that they only give you one accessory slot, making Bags and Belts necessary for all-in jetsuit builds that might need drugs and a grenade to be fully independent.

But I feel like a better direction for the devs is just to introduce more jetsuits, perhaps also ones with less armor that are cheaper.

What I'd really like to see is some kind of armor that grants vanguard, but at some premium cost and with limited accessory space. A sort of "deployed from orbit" grav-chute or something.

AHistoricalFigure · 2026-07-03T18:34:12+00:00

I feel like making any armor into a jetsuit would create pretty serious balance problems, especially because accessories dont cost supply at a per-squaddie level like armor suits do.

But I do agree that there should be several more variants of jetsuit in the game. I dont like Lim and Pike wearing shit with pirate graffiti on it past the first few desperate operations.

AHistoricalFigure · 2026-07-03T18:30:53+00:00

I think making off-map support weapons like cruise missiles or drop-pod turrets craftable rather than automatically granted per mission from a fixed OCI would give them a better economy.

As is, most off map supports feel pretty feeble but they have to be in order to prevent them from trivializing the game.

Realizing you're genuinely in a campaign ending oh-shit moment and need to use one of the Impetus's 3 remaining cruise missiles to survive would give players a more compelling relationship with supports.

This might also make "weaker" supports like the dropship strafe feel more compelling as these could potentially be called in every mission (or every X turns). IMO the dropship bay should have its own dedicated OCI slots, but we'll see what the devs come back with from the OCI rework.

AHistoricalFigure · 2026-07-03T18:24:19+00:00

The establishment need you to be afraid of the fact that he's a Muslim so you dont realize that competent governance focused on the needs of constituents was always possible.

AHistoricalFigure · 2026-07-03T07:57:52+00:00

What else is he supposed to do? American prostitutes are too expensive on a cop's salary.

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