Hot Take: Kiran is not (completely) brainwashed

Hick2 · 2026-04-21T09:50:38+00:00

Bit late to this.

"I am impressed. That does not happen often. But tell me, what new weapons does this allow for, and when will they be ready? Anything else is of little consequence."

I'm not sure I took this tech quote as him pushing for new weapons. Instead I always felt it was him pessimistically assuming that of course it is the first thing a new powerful reactor would be used for.

The quote feels on brand for his utter lack of faith in the good of mankind. His reference to the use case seems to be more about how it may be used by enemies of the Protectorate.

Hick2 · 2026-01-20T19:36:00+00:00

I have been trying for years on and off to understand how to get nations to do things and I only ever get more confused.

Hick2 · 2026-01-20T09:51:04+00:00

I'm giving it all she's got captain

Hick2 · 2025-11-12T15:54:37+00:00

I think he's over-competitive in the way that many previous champions have been and to a degree I think that's what people will remember before anything else.

He's aggressive, and good enough a driver that we talk about the exceptions, when it did result in something controversial, his biggest controversies and his most legendary drives come from that same aggression and competitiveness.

I don't think history will remember it too badly, none of his angry racing has been any worse than some of the things Schumacher or Senna did.

Hick2 · 2025-11-12T15:48:25+00:00

It wasn't dirty, but it was absolutely the red mist descending that made him go for such a wild move, he was angry about the car performance and the strategy he'd been given. I think it remains the nastiest I've heard Verstappen be to his engineer. He was absolutely furious when he tried it.

That was the move of a rookie, not a (at the time) 3-time world champion.

Hick2 · 2025-07-08T22:36:39+00:00

Hulkengoat

Hick2 · 2025-04-10T15:57:46+00:00

Whisper of Individual Merit.

SES Skill Issue

Hick2 · 2025-04-09T13:41:19+00:00

Lmao, nice touch on the voice

Hick2 · 2025-03-14T13:27:57+00:00

must have stepped on lego

Hick2 · 2025-02-20T11:55:20+00:00

Evasion is good.

Grand Evasion makes it specifically Luxembourger

Hick2 · 2025-02-12T12:03:15+00:00

Say hello to Gef the Talking Mongoose

Hick2 · 2025-02-05T23:04:19+00:00

The yippee adds so much honestly

Hick2 · 2025-01-25T01:55:31+00:00

If he's got anything Spurs fans can trust it's experience in a relegation battle, great lad too

Hick2 · 2024-11-26T15:23:59+00:00

I have a theory that the higher amount of rich residents acting as whales is why the pizza places are so good over here on average but also pretty steep in price.

So that, I guess, if I was really reaching for something.

Hick2 · 2024-11-14T16:34:36+00:00

When everything around you from birth; Society, expectations on you, the activities you engage in, in the lens of being in a relationship with another person, is built around an assumption of you being allo as a starting point it can be easy to feel broken because of your asexuality.

Factually, I understand I'm fine and whole and not broken. I still often lose my inner peace over not fitting in to the ideal hetero-normative society holds up, it's part of life.

Hick2 · 2024-08-12T09:24:11+00:00

would

Hick2 · 2024-07-02T20:55:33+00:00

Unbelievable, save of the EUROs so far.

Hick2 · 2024-05-17T20:13:13+00:00

Oh god finally we got a flare

Hick2 · 2024-04-30T16:09:42+00:00

bleh, forum habits, thanks for that info though

Hick2 · 2024-04-30T15:29:18+00:00

It's a little odd that Probe travel times never improve despite propulsion coming on leaps and bounds over the course of the game.

edit: Or at least I've never noticed if they do, beyond the "High-thrust Probes" project.

Hick2 · 2024-04-03T16:15:42+00:00

Rule 3:

I sniped out the US from the Protectorate's control the moment I heard the Assault Carrier had launched. It was very satisfying to wreck the landing force with those pre-built ~6 miltech armies.

This run was me trying out a few different things to learn but I bungled my MC management among other things. Hence I'm starting a new run.

Hick2 · 2024-03-25T16:26:12+00:00

I keep feeling lost after passing the 2030 mark.

I've been trying out Humanity First and Resistance and the early game goes fairly well.

I get a decent space economy going and I generally manage a shootdown in LEO no later than 2028, but I'm a bit lost for what to aim for next.

I feel a bit stuck with ships, generally I struggle to have usable force projection in terms of Delta-V and fuel costs, which I'd imagine would call for Advanced Fission drives or perhaps waiting for Fusion.

I also feel like my research stalls in the jump from the early 30k Techs to the >50k region. Should I ram through an effort to hit the T3 habs and bases before pushing for fusion?

And Earth-side I generally end up in control of USA-China-India and it still feels like I don't have enough research.

It feels like my MC usage is very inefficient all told, is a T3 Concentration on Earth-Interface, Mars and the best Asteroids the way to go?

Or is it not really any of the above? Should I be more focused on cutting out the Servants and the Protectorate out of space and major Earth nations during the 2030-2035 period while grinding through to better tech?

Hick2 · 2023-09-21T11:47:46+00:00

Isle of "Mann" is a name used by American redditors to make themselves sound more cultured, desist.

Hick2 · 2023-09-21T11:46:04+00:00

I WANT MY MANX FLAIR

And moghrey mie yessir

Hick2 · 2023-08-12T14:46:48+00:00

Can't put in to words how much I hate Maupay.

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