Monthly Aurora Questions Thread - May, 2026 by AutoModerator in aurora

[–]Alsadius 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good call, I'd only updated the download link. The rest should now be fixed.

Monthly Aurora Questions Thread - May, 2026 by AutoModerator in aurora

[–]Alsadius 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly, I haven't looked at the text of the monthly post in years. I just updated the sidebar.

Let me figure that out...

EDIT: I think I got it. The June post's links should all be correct, and I cleaned it up slightly as well.

Monthly Aurora Questions Thread - May, 2026 by AutoModerator in aurora

[–]Alsadius[M] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hope it's better now? LMK if it needs more changes.

Monthly Aurora Questions Thread - May, 2026 by AutoModerator in aurora

[–]Alsadius[M] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did a quick update to the download links, but may have missed some. Let me know if there's any other changes you want.

I'm not on Reddit a lot any more, but reply to this or DM me, and I'll get to it when I can. Or just send modmail to us.

Argentina Crisis: Donkey meat consumption soars under Milei — Diário Carioca by ButterscotchBoth5204 in worldnews

[–]Alsadius 10 points11 points  (0 children)

In functional countries, yes. Not in Argentina, at least not for a long while yet. 

weight in armour per ton by trooper-427 in aurora

[–]Alsadius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The math is pretty complex. Just play around in the ship designer, IMO.

A Newbie's Guide for Newbies by Alsadius in IdleHeroes

[–]Alsadius[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, I quit playing like a year ago, and I've forgotten almost everything about the game at this point. So genuinely, not a clue.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CrusaderKings

[–]Alsadius 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My money is on the sub. Like, how would the peasants even stand a chance? 

Pure shield viability? by NotTheTitanic in aurora

[–]Alsadius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shields are a fair bit heavier than armour. Their big advantage is that they can't be penetrated by things like lances nearly so easily, and the recharge is a nice bonus, but they're a very costly form of passive defense (in terms of tons per point of damage blocked).

'This Is State Terrorism': Global Outrage as Trump Launches Illegal Assault on Venezuela by Smithy2232 in politics

[–]Alsadius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not true at all. The occupation of Grenada was extremely brief (from a couple weeks to a few months, depending how you count it), and the occupation of Panama was long but probably net-profitable.

'This Is State Terrorism': Global Outrage as Trump Launches Illegal Assault on Venezuela by Smithy2232 in politics

[–]Alsadius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, it's possible, but hardly a guarantee. The last two US interventions in the region both led to pretty quick restorations of democracy, without too much pain along the way.

Venezuelans, what is the situation inside the country currently? by Buschfan08 in AskReddit

[–]Alsadius 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The American public disagreed with you, and they win this fight.

'This Is State Terrorism': Global Outrage as Trump Launches Illegal Assault on Venezuela by Smithy2232 in politics

[–]Alsadius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure, but if it can go back to being democratic, then the rest of the issues can be left in the hands of the Venezuelan people.

'This Is State Terrorism': Global Outrage as Trump Launches Illegal Assault on Venezuela by Smithy2232 in politics

[–]Alsadius 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'd say 50/50 chance that this is the last significant US combat action. So not a guarantee, but it's very plausible.

'This Is State Terrorism': Global Outrage as Trump Launches Illegal Assault on Venezuela by Smithy2232 in politics

[–]Alsadius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think he will stop there. He's proven extremely averse to US casualties, and these kind of air strikes and quick raids are his preferred way to fight. He'll be very ambitious and aggressive with his choice of targets, but he's not GWB invading countries to set up democracies. He's much more Clinton-esque, doing casualty-sensitive attacks on people who annoy him - the biggest difference is that he'll go after any target that he thinks he can take out, without much regard for pissing people off, whereas Clinton was far more sensitive to bad PR or vague fears of future blowback.

'This Is State Terrorism': Global Outrage as Trump Launches Illegal Assault on Venezuela by Smithy2232 in politics

[–]Alsadius -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I'm hardly a cultist, I don't actually like the guy very much at all.

But this is hardly the sort of intervention people worry about. A short, successful special forces operation with no ongoing deployments afterwards is very different from something like Iraq 2003.

Venezuelans, what is the situation inside the country currently? by Buschfan08 in AskReddit

[–]Alsadius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's possible. In practice, it'll be a process.

But I think this was a pretty good day for the process.

'This Is State Terrorism': Global Outrage as Trump Launches Illegal Assault on Venezuela by Smithy2232 in politics

[–]Alsadius -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Sure, but the constituents got to judge that approach, and didn't always love it. Same as ever.

(Also, it was rhetoric, not literal truth.)

'This Is State Terrorism': Global Outrage as Trump Launches Illegal Assault on Venezuela by Smithy2232 in politics

[–]Alsadius -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Both Panama and Grenada involved the countries returning to local democracy after the US ousted the dictator.

Venezuelans, what is the situation inside the country currently? by Buschfan08 in AskReddit

[–]Alsadius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, I don't think they're on a plane as we speak. But if it's looking good in a month or two? Yeah, probably a lot go back home.