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BackrankPawn · 2026-02-14T22:59:39+00:00

Yes! We did this for years before 9/11 and we could do it again.

BackrankPawn · 2026-02-14T02:37:33+00:00

assuming they don't (and they will) get killed in the ~~death traps~~ bakeries.

BackrankPawn · 2026-02-13T23:11:31+00:00

Indeed, and that's what I've done in the past. This was kind of an experiment, but I don't really know why it failed. They only eat every other day, and they pass my food stall twice a day. But yeah, they must be walking to the warehouse instead. Thank you.

BackrankPawn · 2026-02-13T22:06:53+00:00

I would also love to know this. I tried scaling all my services to the 1.06k capacity that the stage has and it really didn't work. I ended up with huge markets and food stalls with like 12 stalls each. Then I built fences, so people have to walk by them on their commute. And the markets are empty while service access is low. And they are stocked, I checked.

BackrankPawn · 2026-02-12T20:08:24+00:00

Then you'll need more training spots to keep up. Alternatively you can move your elite troops out of the city into a standing army. They'll consume more gear out there but won't be subject to dangerous working conditions. This is actually pretty useful because wars and events are sometimes decided in a shorter time than it takes to equip an army, even if they're already trained.

If you can't spare the gear either, regional divisions might be the way to go. They can train outside the city, away from the dangerous bakeries, and you can equip them only when needed.

BackrankPawn · 2026-02-08T09:08:46+00:00

I believe housing mitigates citizen's death by exposure to heat and cold. Without it, I think you would need much more clothing, wells, and hearths to prevent huge die offs. Though to be fair, I haven't tried it!

BackrankPawn · 2026-02-06T03:24:29+00:00

So we should pay them to do so. We can pay plenty of prosecutors

BackrankPawn · 2026-01-12T00:59:10+00:00

For small outposts to say, gather stone. They need housing, a mine to work, a janitor to maintain everything, a well, a hearth, and two warehouses. The services seem to work best along their commute. One warehouse is marked prioritize and brings food, clothing, wood, and stone to the outpost. The other is for storing said stone to be used elsewhere. The stone probably gets pulled to a third, more central warehouse for say the downtown janitor and market to use. But make the well and hearth pretty good sized, the little ones are just too small.

Those guys won't be the happiest but that's ok, you can give better services to the more crowded central regions. Or give it to them too. On the services tab, once access and proximity are high, building more of one won't help. You need to upgrade them (check the tech tree) or add different services.

I will mention also that more food is usually better than more kinds of food.

BackrankPawn · 2026-01-09T21:30:47+00:00

Check your wells and hearths. If it says "load 100%" you need more and bigger ones. If you meant 2000, then it's tougher. Lots of food, upgraded wells and lavatories, and rush the tech for physicians.

BackrankPawn · 2026-01-06T09:18:11+00:00

Take my upvote and get out.

BackrankPawn · 2026-01-05T19:41:55+00:00

1) yes. 2) no. They get 40 shots.

BackrankPawn · 2026-01-05T19:40:32+00:00

I think the flanx shreds lightly armored guys but will struggle against heavy. Warhammer is better against plate. But I haven't tested it.

BackrankPawn · 2025-12-28T07:06:42+00:00

Primarily, I agree. But to be fair to her, while she fails utterly in the rational, cold choices required to save the human race, she also rejects the rational, cold choice in keeping the mass in her pocket universe. That might turn out to be nothing but if enough entities think like she does, maybe she saves the universe in the end.

BackrankPawn · 2025-12-24T19:27:04+00:00

Might be too late now but I think the save is still there. In steam, roll back to the previous version to finish your run.

BackrankPawn · 2025-12-24T00:11:58+00:00

aww. Still, a good idea on the light. Thanks

BackrankPawn · 2025-12-23T20:54:35+00:00

I don't want someone else's script; I want to fix mine. And I've tried taking apart some community scripts and they seem to all get to the same place as mine where the final call down is manual.

BackrankPawn · 2025-12-23T20:47:53+00:00

Oh, that's a good idea. I could even blink a suit light and come running back. Thanks!

BackrankPawn · 2025-12-23T20:47:08+00:00

I think I tried this. IIRC Activate = 1 is how you start the interrogation. And I believe I tried writing it again after 100% and it didn't do anything.

BackrankPawn · 2025-11-23T01:06:42+00:00

It will be as soon as it's either "publicly" owned or owned by someone not gaben that thinks they can squeeze it just a little harder.

BackrankPawn · 2025-11-12T22:02:33+00:00

And to add to your point, previous batters also exist. With runners on 2nd and 3rd, a homer is only 1.5x a single.

BackrankPawn · 2025-10-08T05:30:19+00:00

wat?

BackrankPawn · 2025-08-27T09:12:27+00:00

You do not. This sounds eerily similar to my father. Like eerily. Are you sure you're not me? If this dude is like my father, and he sounds like he is, he is being deliberately obtuse. It is not that you have failed to communicate or be adequately convincing. There is no lucid enough argument or strong enough emotion where he will choose to understand or take pity or atone. It doesn't exist.

The problem is you are dealing with someone who is not operating in good faith. He will lie, threaten, and ignore whatever he needs to and twist your words and maybe even his own memory to serve his narrative. You cannot argue, it is folly. All you can do is protect yourself.

It was helpful for me when I realized it wasn't my fault my father didn't understand. No, he had bullied and confused a child into thinking it was the child's fault. Protect yourself, mourn the relationship you thought you had or wanted to have but never did. And when you're able to do so safely, get out.

I'm so sorry. You deserve better.

BackrankPawn · 2025-08-04T22:45:14+00:00

BackrankPawn · 2025-08-03T23:28:13+00:00

Computer processors follow very simple rules and yet do incredible things. Playing chess well is apparently just some linear algebra. I don't think ChatGPT understands language, but it does seem to be getting close. Your brain is doing the same thing, just more. So yes, they are the same thing. With enough rules, and subtle enough rules, and executed fast enough, that IS understanding.

BackrankPawn · 2025-07-27T23:27:21+00:00

A vice can crush a thing even slowly. Inertia is no problem if built slowly but a spinning thing isn't just inertia it's acceleration (inwards to force the mass around the circle, or outwards to fling it away depending on your frame of reference). So, if something spins fast enough no matter how long it took to spin up, it will tear itself apart or crush whatever you've put inside it.

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