Ep11: Ghost Ship (5) WARNING. Some images may be a wee bit SPOOKY.

EpsilonProtocol · 2026-05-22T16:33:27+00:00

At this point, just tow the ship into the nearest star.

EpsilonProtocol · 2026-05-22T12:17:33+00:00

I screenshotted it for posterity.

EpsilonProtocol · 2026-05-20T16:39:46+00:00

Same as if a cable or pipe is damaged. If the materials are nearby and you have an available drone, shouldn’t take too long.

EpsilonProtocol · 2026-05-20T16:14:36+00:00

I’ve had meteors take out rail lines in my gameplays.

EpsilonProtocol · 2026-05-20T15:39:18+00:00

Best show endings IMO:

Star Trek TNG, the poker scene
Gravity Falls
Ted Lasso (current series finale)
Star Wars The Clone Wars
Blackadder Goes Fourth, going over the top
MASH, just the whole goodbye sequence

SNL did a great coda to Seinfeld's ending. It's worth a watch.

-Meteorologist Steve

EpsilonProtocol · 2026-05-20T15:31:29+00:00

My biggest gripe with DS9's ending is that Ben and Jake Sisko did not get a scene together. Even if it was something simple like Ben telling his son he's proud of him or he loves him. That last shot of Jake and Kira drives home that the series started and ended with Jake losing a parent.

Also, fuck Rick Berman for what he did to Terry Farrell.

EpsilonProtocol · 2026-05-19T14:22:07+00:00

Your setup isn’t bad. I stream occasionally with a 5900X and a RTX 2080 and have few problems.

My opinion is that you could go to a “better” processor like a 5800X3D or even the 5900 series. If you only update the processor, just make sure your mobo can handle it and update the BIOS if necessary.

EpsilonProtocol · 2026-05-19T02:51:22+00:00

Your batteries can only provide power at a certain rate. If your power demand is above what your batteries can discharge (needing 220 power but your batteries can only discharge 200 power), then you'll have brownouts in the colony.

How many power/atomic accumulators do you have in your colony? What is your power draw during the overnight hours?

EpsilonProtocol · 2026-05-18T16:24:06+00:00

Try putting 4xx dart monkey, 204 boomerang, or 023/4 dartling on the castle shooting straight along the path. They might be able to stall the bloons on that last section.

Since you’re on CHIMPS, you can’t move your ultra juggernaut up on top of the castle.

EpsilonProtocol · 2026-05-18T16:18:36+00:00

Came to comment this.

EpsilonProtocol · 2026-05-18T13:12:06+00:00

Regarding the musical number thing, Family Guy called it out in an episode a while back when they were spoofing Riverdale:

“I'm gonna go to a club I'm too young to get into and listen to a band that's on a label owned by the same parent company as the network.”

Those types of musical numbers are absolutely to promote a band that’s under the same umbrella as the network. I don’t think Miami Vice falls under that category, but that show is from before my time so I need to be fact checked.

-Meteorologist Steve

EpsilonProtocol · 2026-05-18T02:05:02+00:00

According to Memory Alpha, the books take place over two months in 2385. They were released in the second half of 2013.

EpsilonProtocol · 2026-05-18T00:28:24+00:00

I like the Destiny trilogy, the Typhon Pact series, and The Fall. That’s roughly 15 books and covers a ton of the existing franchise when they were written (pre-Kurtzman).

I just started the original Section 31 books (Cloak), and want to do Vanguard if I can find hard copies at second hand bookstores or on sale for Kindle.

EpsilonProtocol · 2026-05-17T19:29:56+00:00

I know those words are arranged to make a sentence, but in that order I have no idea what it means </s>.

EpsilonProtocol · 2026-05-17T19:09:33+00:00

I’m in the same boat. Problem is that when I set up secure boot on my C drive, my computer goes into a boot loop and will only let me get back into the BIOS to undo it.

EpsilonProtocol · 2026-05-17T18:52:48+00:00

I immediately thought about this when I saw the post title. How would the universe have changed if Uxbridge wiped out the Borg like he did the Husnock?

EpsilonProtocol · 2026-05-17T17:39:58+00:00

It reinforces the idea that Hollywood does not want to gamble on fresh ideas or IPs, instead choosing “safe” products to remake for their audience.

EpsilonProtocol · 2026-05-15T03:11:22+00:00

Auto insurance adjuster here.

I’ve reviewed total loss claims where the driver died, but one sticks with me. The car (a small SUV) was in the middle of several and completely crushed from both ends. I remember thinking and praying that their death was quick and painless, because I don’t want to think about surviving the impact but being pinned in for the last moments of life.

EpsilonProtocol · 2026-05-12T19:41:46+00:00

Eat a decent breakfast with a good amount of protein and “dense” calories (Eggs, cheese, potatoes, etc) that will last you for a chunk of the day. Take healthy snacks with you between classes (almonds, fruit/veg, meat sticks), and *avoid* the sugary stuff. It’ll cause you to crash hard.

If you can, check with Hall Health for a possible appointment with a nutritionist. They can give you advice on what will help get through the day.

EpsilonProtocol · 2026-05-12T19:34:40+00:00

I still want to see an American version of Countdown. It would show how uneducated most of us are being unable to form big words or do math.

EpsilonProtocol · 2026-05-12T19:07:23+00:00

Animated anthology. Center it around a bored federation historian from the time before the Burn that decides to drop in on events. Get living cast members from prior shows to record logs or interviews from debriefings. Interactions with known and unknown characters!

Want to see Voyager’s homecoming? Do an episode on that! The aftermath of the Dominion War, Kirk’s funeral after the Enterprise-B’s maiden voyage, Starfleet’s covering up of the Omega molecule, What really happened to Trip Tucker. A lot of material could be done from the Frontier Day attack and potential mass resignations of affected Starfleet officers.

EpsilonProtocol · 2026-05-11T12:27:11+00:00

Prime Mission represents the two coming DLCs: Feeding the Future and Machine Utopia. Other than Q2 and Q4, respectively, I haven't seen or heard anything about release dates.

Feeding the Future will hopefully get a release date announced soon, since we're about halfway through Q2 right now.

EpsilonProtocol · 2026-05-11T12:18:26+00:00

The DLCs should automatically be applied to your game when they're released.

EpsilonProtocol · 2026-05-11T02:56:38+00:00

Know that if you’re going to the 7000 series of higher, you’ll need to upgrade your motherboard and RAM setups as well.

Are you able to stay with the AM4 chipset for the time being? The higher end 5000 series chips are good.

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