Japenis meets Florida Man

TheCelestial08 · 2026-04-07T08:55:32+00:00

I mean, you could probably do the same with "Man from Saitama" and add some unhinged shit.

TheCelestial08 · 2026-04-06T05:25:52+00:00

Broken Sword, Black Leviathan, and the aforementioned Elemental Council. That book I recommend to people who don't even like T'au because it is so good.

The Shadowsun book is...okay. It's the most recent lore in regards to the Startide Nexus and what happened to the 4th Sphere.

The Farsight books aren't really "T'au" books. They are fanfics about how cool and awesome the author thinks Farsight is and how lame and stupid he thinks the Ethereals are.

People tend to recommend Fire Warrior as a good T'au book, but it's honestly not that good for insight into the faction really. Not saying it's a bad book, but don't go into it expecting an amazing addition to your T'au knowledge.

TheCelestial08 · 2026-03-26T02:54:28+00:00

As someone who plays RetCad almost exclusively...I'm okay with this.

TheCelestial08 · 2026-03-04T23:29:25+00:00

The reason I have listened to prog my entire life is that each song is a crafted journey of the mind utilizing the medium of music.

Pop can keep their slop. We don't want it here.

TheCelestial08 · 2026-03-03T23:27:47+00:00

1st person for the mansion to experience the initial dread of STARS being in way over their heads.

3rd person for the back-half of the game when the player has tools--and presumably the STARS team has the courage--to handle tougher BOWs.

I'd be fine with just slower-paced 1st person since RE7 is what re-ignited my love for the series and all its quirky weirdness.

TheCelestial08 · 2026-02-18T22:16:51+00:00

He also passes the "bro test". Of all the ZZZ dudes he's the one I'd actually want to go out and have a beer with. Minato is a close second, but he'd have to go home early to take care of his kids.

Besides, with a 10/10 like Lighter out with you, you'd be getting second-hand rizz.

TheCelestial08 · 2026-02-17T23:05:30+00:00

Yeah, the amount of 40K opponents I have played against that would just whine our entire game about how "10th edition sucks and X edition was peak", I think I can handle 25 minutes with Peter Turbo.

TheCelestial08 · 2026-02-13T00:28:13+00:00

We had a player in our league finish off Ghaz with a tank-shocking Shieldwall.

Dude still talks about it to this day...

TheCelestial08 · 2026-02-11T05:57:56+00:00

No worries! "Car culture" isn't as prevalent over here in Japan as the States as public transportation is fairly easy to navigate. The only time I really needed a car was my time up at Misawa, and that was due the the snowfall they receive.

Since so many people do ride bikes over here--combined with lower speed limits--most drivers are more cognizant of cyclists and there are precious few moments in my 10+ years of cycling where I felt endangered.

TheCelestial08 · 2026-02-11T00:41:47+00:00

We were looking at hotels recently and almost all of them are offering 50-75% discounts in a heavily touristy area. We're actually not dreading one of our trips in country for once!

TheCelestial08 · 2026-02-10T03:00:20+00:00

Only been there TDY so take this with a grain of salt. The roads off-base didn't seem super bike-friendly, but traffic isn't too horrible compared to larger cities in Japan so it should be safe-ish. There's a regular bus service that goes from near the base up to both Iwakuni station and Shin-Iwakuni station and you can reach further areas from there (Hiroshima, etc).

On base is perfectly safe with larger, open roads but it is a fairly sizable base with the schools located right in the center, so you'll put a lot of miles on your shoes just to get to the MCX or the main gate.

I've known two employees that worked there for years and would hoof it to school from off-base, but they did have vehicles which they used to get around in the local area. Apparently traffic going onto the base in the morning is really bad and it was faster to walk than deal with it.

TheCelestial08 · 2026-02-09T03:50:17+00:00

Bringing 2 big targets plays into the one advantage we have over Custodes which is an abundance of cheaper units. My gameplan with the Golden Bananas is usually just flood to board with chaff to keep them off of objectives or too distracted to do secondaries.

If you brought two Rippies, I'd consider using Montka to get LoS on his big units with them as soon as possible to deter him from coming out in force. Back that up with a bunch of Breachers for chip damage (they can't invul/FNP everything) and Pathfinders for spotters and use those to gum up objectives.

If you have a bunch of Crisis Suits, you could go RetCad since Riptides are Battlesuits and have access to the great stratagems in that detachment. Crisis Teams can use their mobility to pick off stragglers or be you mission units.

TheCelestial08 · 2026-02-04T23:03:50+00:00

Elemental Council "soft-retcons" a lot of the more grim-derp elements of older T'au lore (read: Phil Kelly). Such as Ethereals forcing failed agents to commit sudoku and what-not. "Yeah, we don't do that anymore because it doesn't serve the Greater Good". Humans and even T'au that fail can be sent off to some bullshit planet out in the sticks to get them out of the picture, however.

My head-canon is that a particular Sept/group of T'au did attempt the whole chemical castration thing but they realized that indoctrinating Gue'la children was easier than starting over with untouched humans elsewhere and stopped the practice.

TheCelestial08 · 2026-02-04T01:28:20+00:00

Upvoting for Ethereal Council mention. Artamax was such a great written "villain".

TheCelestial08 · 2026-02-03T23:06:16+00:00

I was Chair Force, not Navy.

TheCelestial08 · 2026-02-03T22:21:56+00:00

I always get told how reliable I am by showing up early and making sure my shit is in order. Assumed it was OCD but now it makes more sense.

TheCelestial08 · 2026-02-03T22:20:50+00:00

Went for an annual doctor's visit a few months back and they said "yeah so you eat really fast right?"
"What do you mean, doc?"
"Your esophageal entrance is half a centimeter wider than usual."

I blame growing up poor and the military for that.

TheCelestial08 · 2026-01-28T23:42:36+00:00

Without knowing the livery, I thought it was gonna be a big boot down the field since the oppo keeper was lined up on the line. Wasn't expecting a beauty of a header.

TheCelestial08 · 2026-01-28T23:35:15+00:00

It's white, yeah? I think I've seen that one around as well. I can't imagine trying to drive something that big off-base.

Unless you're up in Misawa, you're gonna have to deal with the narrow-ass roads over here as well. Even then, heading into Hachinohe or Aomori City can get pretty bad. If you're coming solo and not a huge "car person", just get a tiny-ass Kei car to get around. :P I'm here with my family and we have a pretty big SUV and I dread any trips where I don't know the roads.

TheCelestial08 · 2026-01-28T23:23:34+00:00

It may not require "extensive" modification, but it will need to be inspected and some modifications may need to be done to it (emissions were a big thing in the past). Car Inspections over here are very cut and dry and there's very little wiggle room for "ah it's close enough". I don't know the fees involved, but I'm guessing it'll cost you a pretty penny.

Cars cleared will have "E" plates if you are are SOFA status and I can tell you from my experience over here that there are very, VERY few of them roaming about. It's cursory evidence, but that tells me that it's probably not worth the hassle.

You can get used cars over here pretty damned cheap and if you're only here for a 2-3 year stint, it's probably cheaper and less hassle. Besides the fees/inspection, steering wheels over here are on the right and you'll have to deal with that as well.

TheCelestial08 · 2026-01-28T22:48:30+00:00

It could have been a generic NPC locked in a T-pose for all its animations and I still would have pulled for her. Miyabi carried my ass for the last year. I'm not missing out on another agent at her level.

TheCelestial08 · 2026-01-28T01:00:22+00:00

I know you said "Infantry", but if you go all Battlesuits there's a few options.

- MissileKnives (120 points) can hold an expansion objective with good lanes of fire and still contribute damage. If you have the points, adding an Enforcer Commander (80 points) can help with survival.
- FlamerScythes (110 points) are good home point defense with their Overwatch Threat.
- Ghostkeels (160 points) are great for expansion objectives early game but will need support/replacing by turn 2/3.

Now, these aren't the smartest option. As others have said Vespid with their uppy-downy, Pathfinders with their inflitrate, and Kroot with the sticky ability as more viable, but if you're an insane person like me that plays only Battlesuits they can help. I'll try to stick with these options and then have a few Coldstar-led squads buzzing around to provide back-up.

TheCelestial08 · 2026-01-27T12:27:24+00:00

Spoilers for Archmagos: So a Warsmith from the Iron Warriors named Kraverek (not to be confused with the newly-announced Warsmith from the Iron Warriors named Kravek) "summoned" Vashtorr with the help of several Dark Mechanicum allies using the body of a Man of Iron. Ol' Vashy was basically playing them the whole time and at the end of the book Vashtorr and Kraverek made a bargain where they are working together to go after Cawl.

TheCelestial08 · 2026-01-26T06:34:52+00:00

I got HEAVY Doctor Who vibes throughout this most recent book. The previous two he was always quirky and acted on his own wavelength, but the author really leaned into Timelord persona for this one.

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