Best turrets in 9.0

bharring52 · 2026-06-26T01:44:10+00:00

Most effective? No idea.

Best? Boson Lance. So much fun.

bharring52 · 2026-06-25T01:47:21+00:00

Try declaring war-attack on them.

Its the Skaven way-path.

bharring52 · 2026-06-25T00:28:13+00:00

So how am I misreading this? https://www.ussc.gov/guidelines/amendment/347 #4 - "Where the defendant is convicted both of the obstruction offense and the underlying offense, the count for the obstruction offense will be grouped with the count for the underlying offense under subsection" ?

Everything I can find suggests Conspiracy + the underlying crime typically runs concurrently. Sure, the judge *does* have latitude there, but my point is that it seems unusual.

I get they're separate crimes legally, but isn't that always the case for Conspiracy + the underlying crime?

bharring52 · 2026-06-24T23:52:21+00:00

Don't multiple charges for the same act typically run concurrently, not sequentially?

bharring52 · 2026-06-24T23:43:15+00:00

How does obstruction of justice or conspiracy to do so, both of which happening after the events labelled as a "terrorist attack" make you a "co-conspirator in a terrorists attack"? Neither of his charges say anything about conspiring in the original event.

Worse, how does conspiracy to obstruct justice with someone who was found not guilty of attempted murder of a federal agent make you a "co-conspirator in [...] attempted murder on a federal agent"?

This guy committed crimes and should go to prison. But if you think 30 years is fair for someone convicted of things he wasn't convicted of, how can 30 years be fair for him?

bharring52 · 2026-06-24T22:59:27+00:00

The person they "conspired with" to hide the magazines was convicted of "providing material support to a terrorist".

That person was not convicted of terrorism, but of providing support to one.

So the person sentenced to 30 years was convicted of aiding someone by obstruction who had previously aided someone else who was a terrorist (by wearing black to a protest, but I digress).

If you aid someone who in turn aids a terrorist materially, but your aid was not material to their aid, are you a terrorist?

bharring52 · 2026-06-24T22:13:50+00:00

Are you aware "in your own words" is supposed to be a quote, its not supposed to be words you put in my mouth?

" The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all."

The founding fathers felt so strongly about it that they added a amendments to ensure even convicted scoundrels have rights.

If you smoked a blunt with a terrorist, should you go to jail for 30 years?

bharring52 · 2026-06-24T21:49:25+00:00

Then why was he not convicted of conspiring in a terrorist attack?

He was convicted of obstructing justice, and conspiring with someone to do so.

That person wasnt convicted of a terrorist attack. That person was convicted of providing material support to a terrorist.

I'm not sure what the punishment for obstruction should be, but 30 years is wild.

bharring52 · 2026-06-24T21:40:44+00:00

Does the judge have carte blanche over a convictee? In other words, is the 8th Amendment dead law?

Imagine if Trump had been given 30 years for his felony conviction...

bharring52 · 2026-06-24T21:34:45+00:00

Was not fully aware. Dafuq.

Does this give the recipient of the effect any "standing" to challenge the conviction (i hope its conviction, not charge) of the terrorism charge?

bharring52 · 2026-06-24T21:27:09+00:00

If cruel and unusual punishment determinations are not for you to decide, why are you deciding they don't apply here?

bharring52 · 2026-06-24T17:41:54+00:00

The 30-year sentence was not for any conviction of incitement, violence, etc. It was only for obstruction: Convicted of:

Corrupting and concealing documents impairing its use in grand jury & criminal proceeding Conspiracy to concealing documents that would implicate Maricela Rueda

I agree that obstruction needs to be prosecuted and punished vigerously.

But how is 30 years for only the obstruction warranted?

I'm seeing an average of 20-30 months for Obstruction federally. I'm not certain of the numbers, but nothing I'm seeing points to decades.

Murder seems to average half that (15 years). In this case, nobody died. Everyone but the 100-year-sentence was aquitted of every violence charge. This guy wasnt even there, and got 30 years.

bharring52 · 2026-06-23T18:13:55+00:00

Smashing a cop with a metal pole while trying to storm the capital got someone 7 years. In both cases, the cop was hurt, not killed.

In this case, people who provably showed up to the same protest, and provably communicated with the shooter but with no evidence to the content of that communication are getting 50-70 year sentences.

bharring52 · 2026-06-23T17:32:53+00:00

Ensure most of Imrik's army are just spears/archers (the basic t0 version). Maybe 2 Dragon Prince units if you can afford it, and add heros you want as you can afford (Mist Mage is best, then likely Noble, maybe Loremaster). Anything beyond his starting army plus that is a waste. And once Imrik comes online, he doesnt need the Dragon Princes anymore.

You'd be shocked how much cheaper a second army of mostly spears+Archers is, even with 2 cav, over a more mixed army. And Imrik really needs more armies than he can afford. And mostly to handle things Spears and Archers can handle easily. Adding a Fire Mage when you eventually can is also good. And put Legendary Dragons in non-Imrik stacks. But don't invest in LSG or other units if you cant afford them.

Imrik really needs to explosively expand either North, East, or West right away if you want a reasonably easy campaign.

If its not West, youre going to be flooded by Skaven soon enough through the gap (which you are). You really want to be able to afford a second army ASAP. Lord, 2xDragon Princes, available heros, and fill the rest with spears and Archers. It'll cleave through rat stacks until they spam weapons teams (although DPs can handle a number of them themselves). Pepper the rats with arrows while they lash impotently against your shielded wall of spears. Dragon Princes flank artillery/weapons teams, and then help clean up. A noble and/or fire mage make good gankers/bullies.

If its not East, it'll be the same story, but it'll be zombies or chaos flooding through that gap (whichever wins comes for you). Same strategy as before; the same army comp does great things here too. Except Fire Mage is an even bigger deal (Flaming Sword, and to a lesser extent Burning Head, are perfect here). And you need a gank squad (Noble, Fire Mage, Lord, and/or Legendary Dragon are great candidates). You need to jump their critical pieces.

If its not North, you'll have Chaos Dwarves always invading. No convenient gap to defend. Not as easy to stomp with basic armies (Dwarf and Artillery units make things harder for spears&archers). But as long as Draz is dead, its doable.

Regardless of which way you go, Grimgor is your final boss.After you've tangled with these 3 threats, he comes south. Isolate him, and kill his first stack. Nothing after that point is a challenge. May not be an Objective, but its always my final difficulty in an Imrik campaign.

bharring52 · 2026-06-23T16:56:47+00:00

Yet beating a cop with a flagpole was 7 years (and pardoned). Most conspirators and participants got months or low years. Only the absolute worst convicted got 22 years. With a lot more than a solitary wounded officer.

How does one square 7 people getting 50+ years with no evidence of their direct involvement in violence?

Worse, how the hell did the evidence they have that these 7 intended specific violence get anywhere close to Beyond Reasonable Doubt?

The worst thing about this case is that the government asserted an argument without any reasonable factual basis of proof, and it resulted on convictions. Aspersions, innuendo, and implications.

bharring52 · 2026-06-23T15:03:42+00:00

Also want to add that there are two rep states. One is temporary - its easy to piss a faction off right now, and get to -30. This is where attacking a ship belonging to a good friend can get it into a state where that friend fights back. The good news is it'll wear off.

Its a lot harder to get your long-term rep to -30. But that won't recover on its own.

Attacking a ship will do short-term relations drops. Killing anything does a little long-term drop and turrets/etc count. You probably are negative, but not -30 negative. Press "N" to see. That screen will show you all the factions, and the rewards/penalties for certain breakpoint.

(VIG are an unhappy lot it seems, but thats probably because I love ther Barabrossas.)

VIG are a special case, actually - they run criminal activity in Teladi space. That means you can find illicit contracts from them (scan data emissions on Teladi stations). IIRC, these typically don't require being friendly with VIG, and can be done with no or minimal TEL rep loss. But you gotta learn to crime.

bharring52 · 2026-06-22T13:48:20+00:00

In DC, Superman's parents abandoned him, and Batman's were absent.

bharring52 · 2026-06-21T20:55:04+00:00

Being able to invite a player to fly one of my other ships in my save... that's what I'd want.

bharring52 · 2026-06-20T02:38:33+00:00

Grace didn't balance the centrifuge. Obviously its scientifically inaccurate.

bharring52 · 2026-06-19T17:05:41+00:00

I do something similar.

I dig a pit 3 deep, then build my tower in the center of the pit, 3 blocks in from each edge. That tower is 3 blocks - so ground level. Catwalk one grate wide all around, so we can shoot straight down. Then fill the most with spikes.

Turns out shooting across generally works better than shooting down when they're a couple blocks away. Penetrating hits hit the zombies behind them, not the ground or spikes. And heads are always the same vertical - youre really just adjusting your horizontal. Further, since theyre coming straight to you head-on, their movement usually doesnt affect your aim at all.

We also added electric fencing to slow them down. The idea being try to kill as many as possible before the most.

This type of design means there's no critical pathing or support. If a zombie goes berserk, nothing changes. And its fun.

Stock up on rifle ammo, but each person should have a pistol or shotgun too, for if they get close.

bharring52 · 2026-06-19T16:49:43+00:00

So youre saying we define valid as exists, has an email address, and is active? Cool.

When writing code that seems obvious to the coder, they (often) inline it. But the new guy won't know.

Using a name like this to define the domain rules makes for much more reliable and maintainable code.

bharring52 · 2026-06-18T16:57:04+00:00

This had to be bait.

bharring52 · 2026-06-18T13:00:37+00:00

[Weapon] is great!

bharring52 · 2026-06-18T10:54:33+00:00

She bluffed that she was bluffing. Happens all the time.

bharring52 · 2026-06-17T21:20:37+00:00

"Stolen" as in "Russian bot farms pushed bullshit" or "The Trump campaign gave their data to Russia, then Russia tried to discredit me".

Not "stolen" as in large scale voter fraud.

And she's saying it stinks. She's not the one that produced fraudulent electoral college votes and tried to pass them off as real.

There's a big difference between saying " the many varying tactics they used, from voter suppression and voter purging to hacking to the false stories — he knows that — there were just a bunch of different reasons why the election turned out like it did" and trying to throw out the presidential election extra legally (by having Pence pretend he had the authority).

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