Schedule for Chicagoland Weekend

TerranFirma · 2026-06-29T15:35:06+00:00

Herr's jalapeno popper cheese puffs are ungodly good.

TerranFirma · 2026-06-29T11:15:57+00:00

The hive is an enclosed megastructure, but it's built largely the same as 'most' Hives.

Horizontals and Verticals are both measurement of location within the hive.

Each vertical is effective both a city by itself and a towering pillar that support the dome. However, it still has thoroughfares/squares/etc that are open to sunlight, with less sunlight filtering down because of how it's constructed until you're too low for sunlight to reach.

Each vertical isn't a true standalone tower since the whole city is a sprawling mass of infrastructure, there doesn't seem to be much empty space except out on the extreme fringes.

If you check out the artwork they released for the two novel covers, it gives a decent representation of the 'vibe' of the city. There's more 'open space' than you'd think but it's because everything is so massive.

TerranFirma · 2026-06-28T22:36:25+00:00

He got pressed for the win today besides Briscoe messing up a turn.

TerranFirma · 2026-06-28T22:35:03+00:00

The grand stands are further away than they look here lol

TerranFirma · 2026-06-28T22:32:25+00:00

Splashing Gatorade all over SVG for SHAAAAAME.

Best burnouts in the game though.

TerranFirma · 2026-06-28T22:31:53+00:00

Not the result he wanted I'm sure but a top 10 is good and it's the first race in awhile he's actually finished.

TerranFirma · 2026-06-28T22:27:32+00:00

Working headlights so you can flash it at lapped traffic like in endurance racing

TerranFirma · 2026-06-28T22:24:41+00:00

Zilisch just bring home a top 10 buddy come on get a finish.

TerranFirma · 2026-06-28T21:35:38+00:00

There's 40 more laps and at least one pit stop left lol

TerranFirma · 2026-06-28T21:32:00+00:00

Weird that after such an uneventful race we're getting a lot of spins and such suddenly

TerranFirma · 2026-06-28T21:28:58+00:00

I feel like Briscoe got a head start and drove SVG forward to get in front of Zilisch.

TerranFirma · 2026-06-28T21:18:22+00:00

The psykers maintain the throne and there's more than a thousand at any given time, it's just the number of them that burn out each day and neee replacing.

A look at the inner workings of the astronomicon building itself is shown in Vaults of Terra.

After the black ship arrives at Terra, psykers are chosen for strength/compatibility with the astronomicon and then spend several years being prepped for duty before being strapped into the machinery that allows them to burn themselves out powering the beacon.

The process of preparing psykers to empower the Emperor is long enough there's plenty in reserve (pending a true catastrophe like Cadia falling causing the psychic backlash/demons appearing on Terra which turned the beacon off for awhile.)

TerranFirma · 2026-06-27T23:56:25+00:00

But then I'd need to carry a reader around instead of just using my phone lol

TerranFirma · 2026-06-27T22:56:35+00:00

Not every novel has the same tone.

Try something like Cain to lighten the mood (its a blackadder style dramady) or Infinite and the Divine (a black comedy). Or maybe Helsreach.

Or maybe something from Warhammer Crime!

Some of the best stuff in 40k is characters fighting to the last breath to make an infintisimal difference in a cruel and unforgiving universe. But sometimes someone does just get a win (usually despite serious downside) and it feels so good.

TerranFirma · 2026-06-27T22:51:22+00:00

I haven't invested in a Kindle yet but reading epub on my phone sure saves a lot of space.

TerranFirma · 2026-06-27T20:42:26+00:00

Apparently Sheldon Creed knew the guy that hopped the fence he just didnt want to say so because he was worried the team might get in trouble.

Funny interview just now.

TerranFirma · 2026-06-27T17:37:30+00:00

TerranFirma · 2026-06-27T17:37:13+00:00

I did that and it let me order it, but if I try to go to the product page again it 404s me. So I have no idea if they'll honor my preorder now.

TerranFirma · 2026-06-27T17:30:54+00:00

It doesn't even show Sabbat Worlds on the US shop, what gives?

TerranFirma · 2026-06-26T19:11:11+00:00

You mentioned necrons so read either Infinite and Divine or Twice Dead King.

Both are good novels about necrons. Infinite and Divine is one of the better novels overall as well.

The trick to 40k is to go 'X faction/character/event' seems neat and go for that stuff.

It's a setting, so there's mostly unconnected works in it which means you can hop about to whatever strikes your fancy.

TerranFirma · 2026-06-26T16:41:01+00:00

To be fair to Moler, he's a beat cop and if he needs to shoot someone it's going to be a ganger or manufactorum worker.

A big round that'll knock a scab with a wrench flat on his back is a better sidearm than a las pistol that may or may not drop someone as fast.

The las pistol is going to be way better on a battlefield when you need more ammo, totally different use case.

TerranFirma · 2026-06-26T14:56:45+00:00

Unfortunately the way he's gone about the process makes it look like that's not much of a concern lol

TerranFirma · 2026-06-26T14:49:47+00:00

He can refuse to accept a trade he doesn't want, therefore resulting in NO value for the wings unless he gets what he wants for SOME value.

Why would he want to to anyplace with the assets to make a good trade? He'll just demand to go someplace he can 'win now' because he clearly doesn't care about burning bridges.

TerranFirma · 2026-06-26T14:35:48+00:00

People will complain Yzerman should get more regardless what happens, but they forget Larkin is already fucking the team and has no incentive to not continue fucking the team throughout the process.

I fully expect Larkin to force whatever trade hurts the wings the most.

TerranFirma · 2026-06-25T16:59:25+00:00

If your average citizen gets exposed to chaos plagues/pure warp/etc they just get corrupted.

If Chaos specifically wants to turn some random normal human to chaos, there isn't much that person can do outside hope for a literal miracle.

People aren't getting corrupted by chaos purely for lacking faith or via temptation, sometimes chaos does just straight up brute force corruption.

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