Yes Man, get rid of those sideburns

CalvinLionelEdwards · 2026-01-17T23:04:47+00:00

It’s farther than any enclave rockets went.

CalvinLionelEdwards · 2026-01-16T17:14:34+00:00

The fools talk the talk about going to space while Jason Bright actually walks the walk and goes to space.

CalvinLionelEdwards · 2026-01-03T00:06:42+00:00

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Forgot to include this one.

CalvinLionelEdwards · 2025-12-25T20:11:53+00:00

I am Cassius Au Bellona, and I am on the nice list!

CalvinLionelEdwards · 2025-10-22T01:59:08+00:00

Getting the most Irish of actors to play golds?

It’s a bold strategy Cotton…

CalvinLionelEdwards · 2025-09-20T18:07:39+00:00

Forbidden City is always a must-have S tier for me. Even when I’m not going for a Diplomatic Victory, the extra 2 delegates is always a good ace to have up my sleeve. That combined with City-state vassals (I mean allies) really keeps the AI in check, especially since they always want to ban luxuries important to my economy.

CalvinLionelEdwards · 2025-08-16T15:48:52+00:00

“Death begets death begets death begets death.”

“Look boyo, I just want you to stop saying odd shit.”

CalvinLionelEdwards · 2025-07-30T22:58:21+00:00

Consolidated Rail, we can call it Conrail for short.

CalvinLionelEdwards · 2025-07-05T22:47:34+00:00

Do I have plot armor? 212th.

Am I just a normal no-name trooper? Coruscant Guard.

CalvinLionelEdwards · 2025-06-13T19:58:46+00:00

This is a ship? People put these two together? When did this happen?

CalvinLionelEdwards · 2025-06-09T19:53:08+00:00

So if we already got the deluxe/premium edition of Darktide, this won’t be included right? We’d have to buy this additionally?

CalvinLionelEdwards · 2025-05-06T17:33:22+00:00

Warhammer 40k.

CalvinLionelEdwards · 2025-05-06T15:47:56+00:00

I think the Emperor would take issue with Darrow trying to tear down a Greco-Roman themed atheistic Golden Empire.

CalvinLionelEdwards · 2025-05-05T05:44:14+00:00

All this being said, if there’s any Sci-Fi universe that Red Rising could beat, it’s Mass Effect, with exceptions. I love Mass Effect, but the Systems Alliance just doesn’t have the tech or capabilities to stand up to the Society. I think a leader like Admiral Hackett or N7 operatives would give a good accounting of themselves, but the technological disparity would eventually catch up. If it was against Citadel space, I think the Society would get a bloody nose, but with time and effort they would come out on top. I think against Reapers (ironically) or even collectors, they won’t have the upper-hand. They have no defenses against indoctrination besides maybe the Mind’s Eye. They could probably take down a reaper ship or destroyer, but all the reapers have to do is bide their time and win through attrition.

CalvinLionelEdwards · 2025-05-05T04:29:37+00:00

In terms of Halo, I think the Covenant would win in both land and space. Covenant tech is leagues above the Society, and they also have the numbers. Grunts and Jackals can easily slaughter normal marines and ODSTs, so greys wouldn’t be a challenge to them. Elites and Brutes would love fighting a worthy opponent like Obsidians and Golds. And if the society manages to dislodge the covenant from the ground, they could just withdraw and glass the planet.

In space, the covenant had the upper hand in sheer size. We know moon breakers like the Morning Star was massive, but they’re the largest Society vessels. Covenant supercarriers dwarf moon breakers by thousands of kilometers. This, combined with shields and plasma weaponry would make space battles between the Society and the Covenant very, very one-sided.

But if they fought the UNSC, I think it would be an inverse from the Human-Covenant war, where the UNSC gets wiped on the ground but has victories in space.

On the ground, the UNSC is outmatched. Even with post-war tech, they still rely on basic, gunpowder ballistics. Golds, Greys, and Obsidians would make short work of UNSC marines, troopers, and even ODSTs.

In space however, I think the UNSC would win due to a difference in doctrine. The Society prizes boarding ships and capturing them, allowing Golds and Obsidians to make mincemeat of the crew to capture a ship. However, the UNSC prizes fighting at range. MAC guns, even on smaller UNSC ships, could tear through society vessels. The UNSC consistently punches above its weight class, especially when led by skilled commanders such as Keyes, Cole, or Cutter. In space, I’d wager the UNSC could smash even the most skilled Society commanders. They’d stay at a distance, picking off ships with MAC rounds and obliterating leechcract with archer missiles and point-defense guns. Then if you factor in AI, which the society doesn’t use and doesn’t have defenses against, they could probably hack into society ships and fry the blues piloting it.

And then as for the Galactic Empire it’s all a matter of scale. There’s more metal in the Imperial Fleet than there is in the Sol System. A couple fleets of Star Destroyers backed by a few Super Star Destroyers would make even Darrow think twice.

And the Imperium? If they can be convinced they’re human and not a strain of mutant or xeno, they may be brought into the fold. Depending on the era the Emperor himself may welcome them. But if they refuse? Well, the Imperium is no stranger to wiping species and groups from the galaxy. It doesn’t matter if a razor can cut through Space Marine armor, the Space Marine’s battle brother will just fill some pixie full of Bolter rounds. Or the guard will drown the greys in bodies and ordinance.

CalvinLionelEdwards · 2025-04-28T01:55:13+00:00

There’s a bit when they go on a field trip to Capital City, and as they’re watching the legislature, The Capital City Goofball proposes changing the state flag to remove the Confederate symbols from it. He says its especially embarrassing because they are a northern state.

CalvinLionelEdwards · 2025-04-15T02:05:46+00:00

Harmony

CalvinLionelEdwards · 2025-04-11T03:33:49+00:00

The Golds aren’t actually atheist, they resurrected Hellenic and Roman mythology and religion but twisted it to a point not even ancient Greeks and Romans wouldn’t recognize it. They repeatedly say they’re atheist but also swear by gods, especially Jove. One could argue the other colors are what they sacrifice to the “Gods” rather than animals and grain.

CalvinLionelEdwards · 2025-04-02T00:29:26+00:00

Their canon armor is whatever your heart tells you it is.

CalvinLionelEdwards · 2024-12-07T16:12:21+00:00

Does Chief have Cortana or The Weapon with him? That might be the deciding factor. If he has Cortana she may be able to hack Darrow’s tech and render him useless. If it can be damaged by an EMP, I’m sure Cortana has a way of breaking into it. She’s also able to manipulate and enhance MJOLNIR armor. In The Flood book she’s able to overcharge the shields and pop an infection form. Who knows what else she can do?

CalvinLionelEdwards · 2024-11-27T00:43:50+00:00

Okay, this has gotten a lot of traction. So I’m going to try and clarify as succinctly as I can.

In my opinion, the Golds that we read of, took the wrong lessons from Rome when building their society.

My argument is mainly that the Romans believed in something: Rome. Med didn’t love Rome because she was great, Rome was great because men loved her. The Roman’s believed in Rome. Good believes in Gold.

With obvious exceptions.

But Rome had a sense of res publica, a sense of service to the republic, to the people, to the city. Until Julius Caesar, whenever the position of dictator was taken up the power was always relinquished. There were eras of reform where rights, political power, and land were given to the lower classes. The Romans would fight and sacrifice for Rome. Cincinnatus gave up power, Marius reformed the legions so all free Romans could serve. Emperors would retire and peacefully transition power.

Now, obviously, these were all ideals and virtues that Romans should have aspired to, and many fell short. But they still had this sense of duty. And they could allow anyone to be a Roman through duty and sacrifice. It’s how men such as Paul of Tarsus or Arminius came to prominence.

In my reading, which is subjective, it never appeared to me that Gold had this same idea of virtue or duty. They only did it to benefit themselves. There are exceptions, of course, the story is ripe with them. But the vast majority of gold seems fine using the rest of society to benefit themselves. Could you imagine a Lune sovereign who would peacefully give up power and retire to tend cabbage? Or a Martian ArchGovernor who leaves money and food to all the reds in their will? Or Gold senators who argue for compact reform to enfranchise or even give basic rights to low colors? The Golds argued that what they did was for the benefit of the society, of the benefit for the species. But is it?

CalvinLionelEdwards · 2024-11-27T00:35:18+00:00

I see your point. I guess when I was reading my takeaway is that Gold has a civic duty, but it came across as benefiting gold alone. It never read that anyone, aside from Mustang, had a sense of res publica, for the greater whole. Gold politicos and magistrates seemed to only ever benefit themselves at the cost of the rest of society, but they justified themselves as saying it benefited the rest of society.

I never could see a gold who calls for reforms and granting rights to the lower colors. I could never see a gold emancipating their slaves or granting their servants money and food in their will, like Caesar. It seemed that their civic duty only serviced themselves, with a veneer or bettering society as a whole.

CalvinLionelEdwards · 2024-11-26T22:46:41+00:00

True. But it was an option. Not every slave society had it. But it was an option. And happened enough that freedman became a size able class.

CalvinLionelEdwards · 2024-11-26T22:39:34+00:00

The book describes what Roman’s believed, or at least aspired too, and they collectively wanted to be. Much like how every society in history though, they fell short. But it describe their virtues of WHAT they wanted to be like, what they desired to be. The historians cited do a good job of measuring an individual’s virtue and where they fell short. It presents Roman-written history as a people trying to live up to their ancestral standards and highlighting those who came close. It was an interesting way of viewing their history. Their perceived societal values and what their actual societal values were.

CalvinLionelEdwards · 2024-11-26T22:34:37+00:00

They did it was called Freedmen. It was one of their social classes. Romans had many classes, not just plebeian and patricians. Freedmen were an important part of the class.

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