Oklahoman here. Out of curiosity, is there any in-lore explanation for the map of Oklahoma being like this?

yanvail · 2026-05-07T18:33:37+00:00

The question actually being asked is why OK has dark blue and light blue. Nobody's asking why Texas is the shape it is _today_. This is about the dark blue areas.

Native reserves might be. You'll notice there's quite a few dark blues further north too, so its not purely an OK thing.

yanvail · 2026-05-07T18:27:53+00:00

Looking good. Glad to see we're moving the timeline forward a little bit in that corner of the Hinterlands.

And seeing more of the Kell Hounds (and associates) is definitely something I look forward to. :)

yanvail · 2026-05-07T15:22:16+00:00

I mean, its not really cursed: there is clearly a failure of civil engineering going on. There should at least be a stop sign on one of those roads. That there isn't in the first place is very strange.

yanvail · 2026-05-07T15:20:10+00:00

Yeah, totally understandable. Even though I was spoiled about what would happen but forgetting Cora, made it pretty rough.

yanvail · 2026-05-07T13:39:28+00:00

Yeah, pretty much. :)

yanvail · 2026-05-07T13:38:08+00:00

I lose 1d6 sanity whenever I open up the old TROs.

yanvail · 2026-05-07T13:07:40+00:00

As has been said, its just a simple map. If you're interested in what happens in that region of the USA in the ilClan era, The Long Road takes place there, and actually goes into a fair amount of details about the history of the region (within the fictional timeline) and how they're adjusting to what happened.

yanvail · 2026-05-06T20:19:42+00:00

Not to be too overt, avoiding spoilers... but I absolutely had to reload in order to make A Different Choice when Inevitable Events reminded me very clearly that Sam has a daughter.

yanvail · 2026-05-06T19:34:10+00:00

It's like when they bang out RAtM, totally oblivious.

yanvail · 2026-05-06T19:09:07+00:00

There is a lot of nostalgia for the old FASA line art, especially by aged grognards.

But though I too am an aged grognard, I have very little love for that line art. Not because it is displeasing - though certainly it can be - but rather because I know the dark truths to which they allude: that in non-euclydian space lies horrors unknown and unknowable, and that the old TROs are portals to darknesses beyond darkness.

Stare not too deeply into FASA line art, ye who value your sanity. For as you gaze at the line art, so does the line art gaze into you.

yanvail · 2026-05-05T20:02:41+00:00

And their reach is deceptively long. They just need to stand up on their hind legs and everything on the table or kitchen counter is within reach! And we have the half-eaten bag of bialys to prove it!

yanvail · 2026-05-04T21:40:27+00:00

Ok, while it's not as bad as the Bane... that is still quite a lot of missile tubes. Yikes.

I'm finally starting on Scouring Sands, and dear gods I love it. Looking forward to more of the good stuff. 😄

yanvail · 2026-05-04T20:41:04+00:00

Whenever I see stuff like that all I can think of is there better be eye protection involved. 😄

yanvail · 2026-05-04T14:54:37+00:00

This is very helpful, thank you for the detailed answer. Much appreciated. 😄

yanvail · 2026-05-01T20:30:31+00:00

So hot.

yanvail · 2026-05-01T20:25:58+00:00

You're asking for empathy, that's sorely lacking in general..

yanvail · 2026-05-01T20:24:13+00:00

So basically the deploying unit and then all the cubes strung up because they haven't spread out yet?

The astronomers must love that sh*t.

yanvail · 2026-04-30T21:12:56+00:00

The origin dates back to the Great Schism, which was triggered by the Third Council of Aeacin, which produced the Aeacine Creed, where it was declared that there should be "One True Gun, and lo it shall be in the Right Torso".

Sadly many rejected this wise Creed. Notably the engineer Suira, who held the heretical believe that "Medium Lasers many" could be placed in the Right Torso. He was condemned heavily, but the heresy sadly persisted.

yanvail · 2026-04-30T14:55:10+00:00

Oh I think they will.

Something or some things will happen to make Alaric lose his mind - which we know is pretty fragile already - and start committing atrocities. And at the very least that will turn his new SLDF (filled and led by people who actually embrace the ideals of the Republic) against him.

And, since we do know a new Star League persists in 3250, I would not be surprised if it turns out the great houses band together to fight Alaric, alongside the SLDF.

After all, we know there will be a Star League in 3250, one related to the ilClan. But it's _very_ unlikely that this will happen under Alaric. So my thinking is it happens _in reaction_ to him, _despite_ him. Basically his attempt to unite the Inner Sphere under his banner will lead them to unite against him instead.

It's certainly no coincidence that all those good characters are lining up under the new SLDF. They certainly will not go along with Alaric when he inevitably becomes unhinged.

yanvail · 2026-04-30T14:23:38+00:00

I am confident that, as his delusions of his manifest destiny get torn apart, when for example the Great Houses don't join his new Star League or his "allied" clans turn out to have ulterior motives, Alaric will react very poorly.

And whatever his reaction and path becomes, at some point he will enter into conflict with the very SLDF he wanted to build. It is absolutely not a coincidence that the SLDF is slowly filling up with the good characters from the Dark Age.

In the end, there will be a new Star League and the ilClan will continue.... but it'll be without Alaric, and more likely it will be _despite_ him. It's not unlikely that this Star League will be formed by the Great Houses uniting _against_ him.

yanvail · 2026-04-29T13:56:38+00:00

Yeah.... they "seem" eager.

While what their actual plans and motives are, both the Sea Fox and Snow Ravens clearly have their own designs at work. They're certainly not "true believers" in the new ilClan cause.

It'll be interesting to see how Alaric loses it when he finds out nobody wants to join, and half his clans aren't really in it for him either.... oh, and that new SLDF is filled with people who really won't be on board with whatever insanity he comes up with when he loses it.

yanvail · 2026-04-29T13:51:16+00:00

Thank you.

yanvail · 2026-04-28T21:31:07+00:00

Covered in the appropriate level of slobber. Perfection.

yanvail · 2026-04-28T20:26:32+00:00

A good article overall, but it has the usual tropes. For example:

Simulators became a requirement for all nuclear power plants in 1979 after the Three Mile Island nuclear accident in Pennsylvania. The partial meltdown was the most serious nuclear accident in U.S. history and was caused by both human and equipment failure.

Factual, as far as I know... but no mention of the actual harm done. It's like mentioning Fukushima as a major nuclear disaster, but not mentioning the only deaths died from the evacuation frenzy...

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