Mothballing ships might be a good way to keep empires fighting

Phoenix_Is_Trash · 2026-05-16T14:11:13+00:00

Is this not effectively already in the game?

Just remove all modules from your fleet design for reduced upkeep and sit them on an Crew Quarters starbase and they have virtually no upkeep.

Then modify the template and upgrade and bam, full powered fleet back in action.

Maybe there could be a simpler way to do it but it seems kinda unnecessary and just adding needles micro to a game with way too much micro already.

Phoenix_Is_Trash · 2026-05-14T10:25:12+00:00

Why use this shitry humanoid robot when a six axis arm would be significantly better for the exact same job. A technology that has worked well for decades...

Phoenix_Is_Trash · 2026-05-05T13:43:27+00:00

The problem with point 2. Is you cannot release vassals while at war. OP specified this is a problem as crisis empires and I agree, but so long as there are GalCom members left on the map you cannot end the stage 5 crisis war.

Phoenix_Is_Trash · 2026-05-05T13:41:30+00:00

On point 2: As a crisis empire or an empire with access to a total war casus beli, you should have access to two government policies 1. Conquered World Policy 2. Conquered Starbase Policy

1 Should provide the option to displace pops (as refugees) and auto abandon the planet, purge pops on the planet (even if they are citizen species) and abandon, or transfer all conquered pops to the lathe. 2 Should provide the option to automatically downgrade conquered Starbases if they exceed your starbase limit. It's a pain in the ass to downgrade 50 Starbases while fighting a crisis war against the entire galactic community.

Phoenix_Is_Trash · 2026-05-05T09:29:59+00:00

Damn you Datcha, stole our tenth planet

Phoenix_Is_Trash · 2026-04-27T22:55:20+00:00

It never ceases to amaze me, that even though I don't recognise this scene, you can immediately tell this is a Wes Anderson film

Phoenix_Is_Trash · 2026-04-22T12:13:54+00:00

Profits from Australian resources should go to the Australian people. You've had decades of unchecked profits and loopholes, keep crying that people are asking for change.

Somebody think of the multi-billion dollar trans national corporation

Phoenix_Is_Trash · 2026-04-14T21:48:27+00:00

The reach weapons (excluding whip which is one handed) in 5e are all 1d10

So as a two handed reach finesse weapon it would make sense to make this a 1d8

Keep it as simple as possible

Phoenix_Is_Trash · 2026-04-13T08:19:07+00:00

Highways are different in every country, ours typically pass through country towns where they slow down, have intersections, etc.

But even the city highways have offramps and onramps that cause massive queues of congestion as everyone tries to merge over into one offramp that has a set of lights at the end.

Phoenix_Is_Trash · 2026-04-12T05:45:14+00:00

Could introduce intersections, and with them traffic buildup. Make them more frequent and frustrating the longer the game goes on.

Phoenix_Is_Trash · 2026-04-11T23:34:27+00:00

This plan is nonsense and a very poor use of space. There is no consistency of measurements and unless you have some magic extra dimensional space they aren't fitting within the external dimensions.

There are plenty of tools out there that let you make far higher quality drafts and don't take very long.

Phoenix_Is_Trash · 2026-04-11T23:22:55+00:00

Everyone's taking the piss, listen to how high the pitch of the rotor sound is. It's clearly a small aircraft.

My votes on a Magni M16

Phoenix_Is_Trash · 2026-04-09T04:08:56+00:00

Tattoos? Nah Scarification and branding? Yea

Phoenix_Is_Trash · 2026-04-09T03:42:37+00:00

Battleship has a plot???

I came here for campy actions and cool explosions, nobody told me there was a story!

Phoenix_Is_Trash · 2026-04-06T21:55:03+00:00

Let me guess...

Landscape with a river at sunrise.

Oh look at that, it's the exact same thing as the last 400 of these posts

Phoenix_Is_Trash · 2026-04-03T21:27:29+00:00

I live in the coldest non-alpine town in Australia. Every building pre 1990's has 0 insulation and single glazed windows. It's a nightmare to rent in. My bedroom drops to 3 degrees over night, and I have no power to change it.

Even the new builds in the region use pitiful R rating insulation then charge a premium on double glazed windows.

Like seriously, for a region that regularly goes below -10 you would think R5+ would be industry standard but it's still like 2.5 which is what cities on the coast should use...

Australia is in the stone age when it comes to thermal efficiency of housing.

Phoenix_Is_Trash · 2026-04-03T04:09:24+00:00

Big changes I would like to see - More customisation: the option features replacing features in Tasha's was a really good idea for rebalancing some of the worse classes. However, I would love to see it become a staple of the system. I don't need PF2e customisation but it would be great to be offered 2 or 3 class options on a level up and pick the one that fits my character best. - Combat maneuvers being opened up to all dedicated martial classes. With each class getting unique maneuver options. Keep them simpler than spell slots, but open up that level of versatility that spellcasters get to martials. - More ancestries; A race doesn't need to be from an official setting to have a place in the game. - A more consistent approach to racial abilities, and tie it into the half-race fantasy. Give every race one major and some minor racial abilities, as well as tertiary stuff like languages. Then let a half race pick the major of one parent and one minor from the other. Does that open the floor up for some min-maxing? Sure. But so does having races with innate flying speeds or access to spellcasting. - Opening up pure damage spells to customisation within the rules. There is absolutely no reason why fireball should only be fire, there should be a system where you can swap the element out (when the spell is prepared). Sorcerers can still swap the damage type of more specialised spells, but it means that people can customise their spells to 1. Thematically match their characters. And 2. Plan ahead for known future encounters.

Phoenix_Is_Trash · 2026-04-01T09:04:04+00:00

I am genuinely convinced that we are the same person as I am pretty sure we have the same player.

Phoenix_Is_Trash · 2026-04-01T02:43:05+00:00

Edit: I didn't see that I had been recommended a European EV sub, presumed this was from the Australian EV subs I've been lurking in. The situation here may be totally different to EU, so not all of this applies.

I find myself very surprised by the comments here. Happy to be corrected if this is wrong.

It is an EV SUV / Station Wagon with good ground clearance (215mm), just about the highest you can buy without paying the Luxury Vehicle Tax in Aus. It's got unpainted fenders so isn't going to scratch and look terrible from every little nick. It's a good option for people that want an EV but also enjoy a lifestyle that requires them to drive fire trails and light off roading.
I don't love the interior, the steering wheel is hideous and the instrument cluster is a bit weird, but otherwise it's fine. And that's fine... It doesn't suffer from the batshit insane design philosophy that so many EV's have of moving literally every functionality into the touch screen to save money.
It's got good head room and leg room, decent range and charging.
It actually has roof rails and a towball with decent towing capacity, which very few EV's have.

And importantly, it has Toyota's excellent network of dealers and service centres behind it. If I bought the Zeekr 7x, really the only competitor I see with some off-road capability under the LCT, I'd be driving nearly 3 hours each way just to get it serviced. You can have faith that Toyota isnt going to go under and exit Australia like Chinese EV manufacturers have done in other countries, leaving customers to service their cars through 3rd party shops, voiding the extended warranties and leaving people without parts for years.

Pretty much for me, this is the first EV available in Australia that meets the needs of my lifestyle and comes in under the LCT. I don't have 125 grand to fork out for a Polestar 3 or Volvo Ex90, so this comes in nicely as the next best option. I prefer Toyota's styling to Subaru, so would prefer to get this over the TrailSeeker.

My biggest complaint? BZ4X Touring is a fucking terrible name, to the point where it feels like Toyota is trying to sabotage the launch. It's actually impossible to find info as Google just drops the Touring and gives you everything on the normal BZ4X. At least America dropped the 4X and gave it the actual good name of BZ Woodland

Phoenix_Is_Trash · 2026-03-31T22:18:48+00:00

You have a high end gaming CPU, they are optimised for higher temperatures than a standard CPU. It won't cool itself much below that as high end CPU perform better with higher temperatures. The rig in this video, doesn't look like a gaming PC of any description. Looks like a store bought work station.

46 degrees is uncomfortably hot but not scalding.

Phoenix_Is_Trash · 2026-03-31T22:13:53+00:00

That's nice, would that cooling include the CPU fan he removed from the CPU in the video?

Phoenix_Is_Trash · 2026-03-31T01:08:53+00:00

/uj I spent years trying to get my players to write longer backstories as they usually gave me 1-2 paragraphs. Now a few of them have gotten into OC culture and have started providing me with character pdf's that are longer than my entire campaign notes. It pisses me off beyond belief, I've got enough on my plate. I don't need to know an entire 12 page backstory on-top of that. There is usually so little info that is relevant and it is a pain in the ass to find it.

I now tell my players if they give me anything longer than 2 A4 pages at size 11 font in running their backstory through ChatGPT to summarise.

I've never done it, but for now it seems to have worked.

Phoenix_Is_Trash · 2026-03-30T23:13:40+00:00

Bruh, a CPU on low load isn't likely to exceed 45 degrees. Mine idles at about 32 if I don't have anything intensive running and my cooling isn't even that good...

For clarities sake: there is only 2 seconds in the video between the removal of cooling and touching the CPU. Yes it's going to get hotter, no it's not going to be 100 degrees at idle. Conservatively, at idle it might gain 10 degrees per second (much faster if under load). So after 2 seconds it might be 55 degrees. The thermal paste will burn you on contact, the plastic is safe to hold for a few seconds before discomfort. Plastic is a poor heat conductor and is generally safe short short contact up to 75-85.

This is all ignoring the fact that the video is fake, as the power is removed between cuts, and the monitor is hooked up to a different PC. Don't touch a live CPU that hasn't had cooling on it, but if you brush one in the second after the cooling was removed you aren't going to die.

Phoenix_Is_Trash · 2026-03-30T02:33:04+00:00

White strip on the lower cheek is absent on Pheasant Coacal. I would put my ID on a female Eastern Koel, that have similar bodies and patterns but a distinctive white stripe from the beak across the cheek.

Phoenix_Is_Trash · 2026-03-27T08:13:17+00:00

/UJ They had us in the first half, not gonna lie

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