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I took one of my old, broken hard drives and opened it to photograph. Opening a broken computer hard drive is not as easy as you would think.
After opening the hard drive I placed the hard drive under a softbox in order to make the reflection clean. It is very important to make sure none of the photography equipment is in the reflection of the very reflective disc. I added a shoot through umbrella to the left and a reflector to the right to get a nice reflection of the magnetic read/write head, on the disc.
I used a small aperture to get most of the hard drive in focus. I set my focus on the magnetic head to get that part of the hard drive sharp.
In Adobe Camera Raw I increased the shadows and decreased the highlights to get an almost HDR effect. This enhanced the reflections.
This photo was taken in February 2014 with a Canon 5D MkIII and TAMRON SP 90mm F/2.8 Di VC USD Macro lens.
Camera Settings: f/16.0, 1/160 seconds and ISO 200
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The Survivors RPG Tournament 3 Mission on Mimban- Round 2
///LOG ENTRY\\\
The Imperial base has been ruined, and the Imperials have scattered! Now my mission is to stealthily enter the building, trying to find the data vault at the center and to retrieve plans of a new Death Star- The Imperials really do have one mindset, don’t they? I will additionally be bringing a droid to get by the encryption, and hopefully some luck- there may still be threats within the stronghold...
\\\LOG END///
The enormous stronghold is eerily silent, as all the personnel were evacuated or killed. Ordin is able to navigate the crumbling fortress with less ease than he is used to, as much of the surrounding base is either sunken into the ground, or is covered with molten metal and fire. Thankfully the astromech droid can fly a few feet above the ground, though it needs to return to the surface after a few seconds.
“I think we’re close. Tired, buddy?” Ordin says to the droid, not loud enough for any Imperials to hear. The droid quietly chirps in response. The data vault should be in the center of the base, and Ordin has been travelling with the droid for a while. As they continue deeper, the structure of the base becomes more crude, with many mechanical parts jutting out of the floor and walls. Eventually they reach the dead center- a cavernous round room with an enormous fissure in the ground, where the base collapsed on itself after the bomb squad took care of the supports. In the middle of the chasm is a still-standing data tower with a weakened bridge leading to it.
“Alright, do your thing.” Ordin says. The droid scoots up to a barely functioning computer module and gets to work, hacking into the data center with a tool-tipped appendage. After a minute or so, the data tower hums, and a physical file pops out onto the surface, presumably the new Death Star plans. Ordin makes his way to the bridge, making sure not to slip into the chasm below. He reaches the data tower and is ready to get the file…
“Blast!” Ordin exclaims, and it’s evident that there’s another person on the tower. It’s a heavily injured rebel, presumably one of the Survivors that cleaned out the remnants of the base. “Hahah. I knew someone would come here,” the rebel mutters, “I knew someone would come for the plans. It’s all just part of another sick scheme.” Ordin tries to help him up. “What are you doing here?” he questions, but gets interrupted.
“I KILLED A STORMTROOPER!” The rebel cries. “We fought, and when I overcame him, he begged for his life! And then… I ended him! I ended him! I see things clearly now! The Empire, The Survivors, there’s no difference! We just plot against each other, trying again and again to kill those on the other side! There’s no use!” The rebel shakes, and draws something from behind him. It’s a thermal detonator.
Ordin gets hit with some panic, but tries to stay calm. “No. That’s not right. There is a difference. The Empire only wants to create order through fear. The warlords are corrupt, and they don’t believe in freedom. We have to stop the Empire by any means.” As Ordin says it, he feels some slight conflict within- is what he said completely true? The rebel keeps shaking, then speaks. “What are you planning to do to the millions on that station out there? Blow them up? Kill them all? I can’t let you get that file.”
Thinking fast, Ordin grabs the file and dashes down the bridge. He can feel the heat of the explosion as the detonator goes off, blowing the data tower to pieces and causing the platform to collapse. Ordin makes it to the main building just in time, as the bridge collapses beneath him.
///LOG ENTRY\\\
Another successful mission for The Survivors- the Imperials have one again been defeated, and I made it out alive, with my fellow Survivors celebrating my return. However, after this venture, I wonder- is there truly a cost to the damage we’ve been doing to the Empire?
\\\LOG END///
Thanks so much for letting me be a part of this tournament, I had a really great time getting to make the builds and stories! Secondly, thanks to Carculio and Director KW for being in this with me, they are really great builders so make sure to follow them! Comments are appreciated by the way!
-MWBricks
Note for THEE_BRICKOLOGIST: If the background is not perfect then I may be able to redo it before the due date, it wouldn't be too much of a pain.
It took longer to do this picture then any of my other pieces, eight hours, and it was nearly impossible to come up with a tittle for it, but it is actually a plant that resembles elephant ears, but when I was done encrypting all the faces it came across as something resembling a witches cauldron, not that that’s what I was shooting for. Gainesville Florida 8/14/15
Monochromatic image of the keyboard and illuminated letter representing an encrypted character on a rare German World War II 'Enigma' machine at Bletchley Park.
January 2017
Mainframe: "Encryption in progress. Approximately 13 minutes until completion"
Majin: "Are you in yet??"
Ling: "Been in, just waiting on the key to code..."
fubuki's mind astounding words for the day - inspire your friends, confound your enemies:
ansatz - processing a differential equation by guessing and narrowing solutions. "all criminal investigations are ansatz processes, driven by hunches and gut feelings - trying to slot the most amount of evidence into a pre-conceived model."
ekpyrotic - disastrous conflagration or conflict. "humorouslessly, the PhD student described his advisor's outbursts and tantrums as ekpyrotic."
uayeb: mayan calendar period of evil-bearing days. "she was a relic of my uayeb days. i think of her now with all the warmth that a surgical table inspires."
didyaknow:
robert 'oops honey, i left my gun in the restaurant' blake was the little mexican boy in Treasure of the Sierra Madre who sold Humprhrey Bogart the crucial lottery ticket.
which segues into this nugget of a story:
i remember back in the day when i was working construction in virginia. i would drop a few dollars on the lottery now and then over lunch. winning the big lottery is the american wet dream. a dollar down and you could be a multi-millionaire. one time over lunch i was filling out the random pick six slot on my ticket when this grizzled bleary-eyed scrounge taps my pencil. i glare up at him, but he is nonplussed.
'you doin' it all wrong...dose numbers aint never gonna win dis week.'
i look at him blankly, rapidly trying to translate his gnarled virginia patois into standard english.
'what numbers? i'm doing a random pick. its as good as any other numbers'
he guffaws and pulls out a worn black leather notepad held together with newspaper rubberbands, unfolds it on the ticket stand, and opens it to a worn page in the middle.
'the last random pick winner was in 1997, june, weds...since then there have been [mumble mumble] winners who picked their exact numbers. what you need to understand [mumble mumble] is that the lottery is not really random. they just want you to think its random. certain things follow certain things, you gotta figure out how.'
i bit my lip. started thinking about random number generation theory and encryption seeds. 'it might not be 100% random, but its more random than most else.'
'nah....look here' and he flips over to a couple pages of matrices of weeks and winning numbers, combination circled and diagrammed with subnotation to cross-reference other matrices. then the last series of pages were winning numbers most commonly selected - broken down by month, day of the lottery selection, and (go figure) the general weather pattern of the day. he picks up a pencil, licks the nub, and grabs a handful of tickets. 'random numbers wont win when winning aint random.'
Vivienne and Mirelle Part 2: The Message
Discovered three days after Mirelle disappeared. Not by accident. Not in haste. Left where only someone like Vivienne would find it—and only if she was looking.
It was a quiet evening. No appointments. No meetings. The Ravenwood’s operations ran smoothly below. But Vivienne wasn’t there.
She was upstairs—in her private residence atop the hotel, lights dimmed, gloves off, combing out her hair like she hadn’t since that night.
The hidden panel in the armrest clicked open beneath her fingers—automatic, familiar. She wasn’t reaching for anything.
And yet there it was.
A piece of silk, small and torn, tucked neatly inside. Pale cream. Familiar. Not perfumed. Not folded like a lover’s keepsake—folded like intel.
Vivienne stared at it for a moment, not touching. As if picking it up would confirm what she already knew.
It was from Mirelle.
There was a stitch along the hem. Barely visible—unless the light hit just right. A pattern Vivienne recognized. Threaded in tight: a cipher.
No encryption. No deception. Just a message.
Hand-stitched. Intimate. Final.
You never asked me to stay
I stayed anyway.
That’s on me.
I learned more than I should have.
That’s on you.
—M.
No name. No return path. No signal trace.
Just the signature—a single letter. Deliberate. Knowing. Irrevocable.
Vivienne sat back. She didn’t speak. She didn’t call Omalley. She didn’t pour a drink.
She just held the silk in one hand—light as a promise, sharp as memory—and breathed.
Then, slowly, she folded it. Once. Twice. Again.
Slid it into the same hidden compartment. Closed it.
And walked to the console.
That night, the Ravenwood played no broadcasts. No vinyl.
Just analog static—quiet, constant.
And she did leave the lights on when she went to bed.
Addendum to Part 2:
A professional assessment. A personal breach.
Hours later, Vivienne sat at her desk with the silk unfolded on the surface.
She wasn’t reading the message again—she was analyzing the stitch.
She ran it through three filters. Checked the thread’s weave density. Logged the cipher angle. All habitual. All precise.
And then she stopped.
Not because she was done.
Because she realized she was trying to turn grief into intel.
And there was no dossier in Sky Port Bury that would ever explain why she let Mirelle in.
She closed the file without saving. Walked away.
Some knowledge didn’t belong in archives.
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Blacktron Captain Magnus Metaklahn watched the remote video feed in detached silence as the Raptor Drone closed in for the kill of Nova Team's leader Captain Knight. Suddenly he saw a flash of light and heard the mechanical scream of the bio-synthetic beast. With a flicker and a glitched the video feed goes black.
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Now that the Solian Data Crystal is safety aboard Deep Space Station Arcturus, it’s time for the science and engineering teams to get to work on decrypting the data on the crystal - which is no small feat. Each team is working around the clock to the unlock the secrets of the crystal and Nova Team’s own Lt Cmdr Steele (yellow) & Lt Cmdr Marshall (white) are heading up the project.
While being extremely dense, allowing vast amounts of highly complex data to be stored on the them, the crystal also offers some of the most secure encryption algorithms available today. However, Steele and Marshall get a glimmer of hope when the station's computers start to tear down the digital walls of the encryption, one layer at a time...
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Found some alien remains today out in Kend'droen. Quite a novel discovery! We've had asteroid-marooned organisms crash here before, but nothing so sophisticated...
The remains were slightly radioactive, but the drone extracted what we've confirmed to be a data storage device. Binary encryption system using electrical pulses. Complex but not quite up to our standards.
This...intelligent life...seems to communicate using sound. There's hours' worth of audio waves on the chip...we'll have to run it over to the people at Etymology.
Droneuary. Nom.
Siercon and Coral's Sentinel has had me thinking about repulsored, dangly-legged, many-eyed bots. Sorry, but no tentacles.
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Reed Richards is a founding member, and the leader, of the Fantastic Four. Richards has a mastery of mechanical, aerospace and electrical engineering, chemistry, all levels of physics, and human and alien biology.
He is the inventor of the spacecraft that was bombarded by cosmic radiation on its maiden voyage, granting the Fantastic Four their powers. Richards gained the ability to stretch his body into any shape he desires.
Mister Fantastic acts as the leader and father figure of the Fantastic Four, and although his cosmic ray powers are primarily stretching abilities, his presence on the team is defined by his scientific acumen, as he is officially acknowledged as the smartest man in the Marvel Universe.
This is particularly a point of tragedy in regards to his best friend, Ben Grimm, who he has constantly tried to turn back into his human form but who typically remains a large, rocky creature called the Thing.
He is the husband of Susan Storm, father of Franklin Richards and Valeria Richards, and mentor of his brother-in-law, Johnny Storm.
Born in Central City, California, Reed Richards is the son of Evelyn and Nathaniel Richards. Nathaniel was a scientific genius, and Reed inherited a similar level of intellect and interests.
A child prodigy with special aptitude in mathematics, physics, and mechanics, Reed Richards was taking college-level courses when he was 14.
He attended such prestigious universities as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, California Institute of Technology, Harvard University, Columbia University, and the fictional Empire State University. By the age of 20, he had several degrees in the sciences under his belt.
It was at Empire State University that he met Benjamin J. Grimm. Reed had already begun designing a starship capable of traveling in hyperspace. Sharing his plans with his new roommate, Grimm jokingly volunteered to pilot the craft.
Also while at State U he met a brilliant fellow student, Victor Von Doom. In Richards, Doom met the first person who could match him intellectually; regarding Richards as his ultimate rival, Doom became increasingly jealous of Richards. Determined to prove he was better, Doom conducted reckless experiments which eventually scarred his face and would lead him to become Doctor Doom.
During the summer months, Reed rented a room in a boarding house owned by the aunt of a young woman named Susan Storm, who was an undergraduate student at the time. Reed fell in love with Sue instantly and began courting her.
Ultimately, Reed was too distracted from his work on his dissertation due to his romance with Sue and decided that the best thing for the both of them was to move out of Marygay's home.
Moving on to Harvard, Reed earned Ph.D.s in Physics and Electrical Engineering while working as a military scientist, all this by the age of 22. He also worked in communications for the Army.
Three years later, in his mid-20s, Reed used his inheritance, along with government funding, to finance his research. Determined to go to Mars and beyond, Richards based the fateful project in Central City.
Susan Storm moved into the area, and within a short time, found herself engaged to Reed. Reed's old college roommate, Ben Grimm, now a successful test pilot and astronaut, was indeed slated to pilot the craft.
All seemed well; however, when the government threatened to cut funding and cancel the project, Reed, Ben, Sue, and Sue's younger brother Johnny, agreed to sneak aboard the starship and take it up immediately.
They knew they had not completed all the testing that had been planned, but Reed was confident they would be safe. Ben was initially skeptical about the unknown effects of radiation, while Reed theorized that their ship's shielding would be adequate to protect them.
It was on Reed's initiative that the fateful mission which had Susan Storm, Johnny Storm and Ben Grimm accompanying him into space took place. When their ship passed through the Van Allen belt they found their cockpit bombarded with nearly lethal doses of cosmic radiation.
Reed had neglected to account for the abnormal radiation levels in the belt's atmosphere. The cosmic rays wreaked havoc on the starship's insufficient shielding and they were forced to return to Earth immediately.
When they crash-landed they found that their bodies were changed dramatically. Reed's body was elastic and he could reshape any portion of his body at will. At his suggestion, they decided to use their new abilities to serve mankind as the Fantastic Four.
Reed was chosen to lead the group, under the name "Mr. Fantastic". He later told his daughter, by way of a bedtime story, that the reason he suggested they become adventurers and gave them such outlandish costumes and names as "Mister Fantastic" and "The Thing" was that he knew they would likely be hated and feared for their powers without such an over-the-top public image.
Richards was a veteran of World War II who had served behind enemy lines in occupied France, and the goal of his space mission was a crewed space flight to the moon before the Communists were able to. Later, the challenge was getting there before the Chinese Communists and to explore the interstellar areas of the red planet and beyond.
Reed and Sue "were kids together" and Sue was the "girl next door" who Reed left behind to go fight in the war. Sue was thirteen years old when she first met Reed, who was in his early twenties, at her Aunt Marygay's boardinghouse.
Leadership of the Fantastic Four
The early career of the Fantastic Four led Mister Fantastic to a number of discoveries, and had their first encounters with many unusual characters. In the team's first appearance, they battled the Mole Man. They then battled the Skrulls. Soon after that, the team encountered the Sub-Mariner. They then had the first of many battles with Doctor Doom. They later journeyed to a subatomic world. Soon after that, they encountered Rama-Tut. They then battled the Molecule Man.
As the team leader, Mr. Fantastic created numerous exotic devices and vehicles for the team to use such as clothing made of 'unstable molecules' so that it can be used with their powers safely. Furthermore, he often leads the team into daring expeditions such as into the Negative Zone in addition to opposing evil. Also, he has felt personally responsible for Ben Grimm's grotesque change and has labored off and on to reverse it permanently.
Under his guidance, the team went on to become Earth's most celebrated band of heroes. Together, they would save the world countless times. Ever driven by his quest for knowledge, Reed is believed by most to be the Earth's foremost intelligence. There is little he cannot create, fix, or understand given time. The patents and royalties on his inventions alone have funded the group over the years.
However, there are drawbacks to his association with the team. Chief among them is the team's violent encounters with Doctor Doom, who believes that Reed was responsible for the accident that scarred him.
Doom has never forgiven Reed and has sworn revenge. Doom has even gone as far as transforming Reed into a monstrous freak, attacking Reed's children and attempting to seduce Sue.
Subplots and story arcs
After many adventures as the Fantastic Four, Reed married Sue. Not long after that, the team encountered the Inhumans for the first time. They next encountered Galactus and the Silver Surfer.
Reed then opened a portal to the Negative Zone for the first time. Soon, the team first battled the Psycho-Man. Before long Reed and Sue had a baby, Franklin; the team battled Annihilus right before Franklin's birth. Franklin was a mutant with incredible powers, but, due to the cosmic ray alteration to his parents' DNA, they manifested while he was still very young (in the Marvel world, most mutants like the X-Men get their powers while teenagers).
Franklin appears to have power that can rival a member of the Celestials; almost immeasurable power in the body of a small child.
Under the constant pressure of their dangerous life, the couple briefly separated, and Reed further alienated Sue by shutting down Franklin's mind in order to prevent his power from causing global catastrophe; Sue Storm initiated divorce proceedings but the two were reconciled soon after.
Reed also saved Galactus's life during the course of his adventures. He then bought the Baxter Building.
Later, he was tried by the Shi'ar for saving Galactus's life, but the charges were dropped when Eternity briefly granted all those attending the trial a moment of 'cosmic awareness' that allowed them to understand that Galactus was necessary for the continued well-being of the universe.
Reed's battle with Gormuu prior to getting his powers was recounted. Just after that, Reed was reunited with his father in an alternate timeline. Some time later, Reed and Sue retired from the Fantastic Four, and then joined the Avengers, although Reed's past experience as leader of the Fantastic Four meant that he had trouble adjusting to following Captain America's lead regardless of his respect for the other man. Eventually, Reed and Sue did rejoin the Fantastic Four.
In the course of fighting an alien called Hunger, Doctor Doom was seriously injured. The Fantastic Four were also part of the battle against Hunger and Doom asked for his old enemy to take his hand. At that point they both disappeared in a flash, leaving nothing but ashes. It would appear as if the two sworn enemies had fittingly died in each other's hands.
However, unknown to anyone else at the time, Reed and Doom had actually been thrown back into the time of barbarians and onto an alien world by a being called Hyperstorm, Reed's grandchild from an alternate future, the child of Franklin Richards and Rachel Summers, daughter of Scott Summers and Jean Grey.
They were so far into the past, and with no technology, that even their brilliant minds couldn't find a way back home. Doom was captured and held prisoner by Hyperstorm. Reed wandered aimlessly for about a year.
Meanwhile, the rest of the FF recruited Scott Lang as scientific advisor. They even confronted an insane alternative version of Reed called the Dark Raider who was traveling from reality to reality, destroying all the various versions of himself after his own failure to save his world from Galactus in their original confrontation.
A while later, the remaining members of the FF along with the Sub-Mariner, Lyja and Kristoff Vernard found themselves trapped in the same era as their Reed and Doom.
They found Reed but faced a new problem: during his time alone, Reed had resigned himself to the reality that it was impossible for his old friends to stage a rescue and attacked them but soon realized that these truly were his friends.
After returning to their own time period, he sought Galactus, as he was the only being in the Universe who could defeat Hyperstorm. Upon Hyperstorm's defeat at the hands of Galactus, the FF returned to the present day where they continued their lives, not only as a team, but as a family.
Onslaught and Heroes Reborn
Shortly after their return, the FF were confronted by a being called Onslaught. Onslaught took control of an army of Sentinels and invaded New York City, hunting down every mutant being he could find.
Onslaught wished to add the abilities of the ultra-powerful Franklin Richards to his own. Only through the apparent sacrifice of the Fantastic Four's own lives and that of many of the heroes in the Marvel universe was Onslaught finally vanquished.
The heroes would have died then and there if not for Franklin, who created an alternate reality for them to reside in. Completely oblivious to what had taken place, Reed and his compatriots relived most of their lives.
In their absence the Fantastic Four's headquarters, Four Freedoms Plaza, was annihilated by a super villain group called the Masters of Evil, posing as heroes, The Thunderbolts.
One year later, Franklin returned with his family along with the other heroes from the parallel reality. Reed was overjoyed to see his son again, but he and the rest of the FF found themselves without a home. They moved into Reed's storage warehouse on Pier 4, overlooking the East River.
Making this their home, the Fantastic Four continued with their lives, eventually managing to move back into the Baxter Building.
It has emerged that Reed is one of the members of the "Illuminati", unknown to his wife. He is also in possession of the "Power" gem of the Infinity Gauntlet.
Pro-Registration
In the Civil War event, Reed Richards is one of the leading figures, along with Iron Man, on the side which is in favor of the Superhuman Registration Act.
He speculates that this will lead to conflict with his wife, which came true when a clone of Thor, created by him and Tony Stark, went out of control and killed Goliath and nearly killed all the rest of the Secret Avengers until Sue Storm stepped in and saved them.
Soon after, Sue left Reed, along with Johnny, to join the Secret Avengers in hopes that it would drive Reed to end the conflict quickly.
Shortly before the events of Civil War, Peter Parker demanded to see the conditions inside the detention facility designed by Reed to hold unregistered superhumans.
After being escorted to and from the prison by Iron Man, Parker returns with more doubts than ever about whether he is on the right side and asks Reed why he supports the Superhuman Registration Act, a question Reed answers by telling the story of his paternal uncle, Ted.
Reed remembers his uncle, who was a professional writer, as "funny", "colorful", and "accepting". As a boy, Reed loved spending time with Ted. Unfortunately, Ted was also "an eccentric" and "stubborn".
Because he had a career in the arts and because he stood out, Ted was called before HUAC, imprisoned on contempt of Congress charges for six months, and was unable to find work after he'd served his sentence.
He was even shunned by Reed's father. Ted lost everything, which Reed says finally "killed him" without going into greater detail. Richards opines that his uncle was wrong to take such a stand, to pick a fight he couldn't win, and to fail to respect the law.
However it was revealed that the real reason for supporting the registration act is due to his development of a working version of Isaac Asimov's psychohistory concept.
His application of this science indicates to him that billions will die in escalating conflicts without the presence of the act. In the final battle of the war, he is shot by Taskmaster, saving Sue Storm's life. With Reed on the brink of death, a furious Sue crushes Taskmaster with a telekinetic field.
Reed survives, however, and Sue returns to him in the aftermath of the battle, having been granted amnesty. Seeking to repair the damage done to their marriage as a result of the war, Sue and Reed take time off from the Fantastic Four, but ask Storm and the Black Panther to take their places in the meantime.
World War Hulk
Within the midst of Civil War, Reed Richards learned from a brief conversation with Mastermind Excello that the Hulk is not on the planet where the Illuminati attempted to exile him.
After a conversation over the good the Hulk has done for humanity, Reed tells Iron Man of what happened to the Hulk and also states that the Hulk has friends, and "may God help us if they find him before we do".
Within the aftermath of Civil War, Reed Richards had been keeping tabs on Mastermind Excello and when the She-Hulk learned about the Hulk's exile, Reed Richards sends out Doc Samson to confront her when he sees her meeting with Mastermind Excello.
Then Reed is seen with Tony Stark as Iron Man. Both men were trying to convince Sentry to fight the Hulk, thinking that the calm aura that the Sentry produces may be able to stop the Hulk's rampage.
With the aid of the rest of the Fantastic Four, Storm, and the Black Panther, Reed is able to create a machine that projects an image of the Sentry and recreates the hero's aura of calm.
He uses the machine on the Hulk just as he is about to defeat the Thing, but the Hulk knows it is not the real Sentry and destroys the machine. In a last line of defense, Sue Storm tries to protect her husband by encapsulating the Hulk in an energy field while pleading with him to spare Reed. The Hulk does not listen and is able to easily exert enough strength against her force field to cause Susan to collapse and experience a nosebleed from the stress, dooming Reed to the Hulk's wrath.
Reed is later seen among the various heroes that the Hulk defeated so far, within the depths of the Hulk's Gladiator arena located within Madison Square Garden.
He and all of the heroes are implanted with "obedience disks" that are used to suppress their powers.These disks are the same that were used upon the Hulk during his time on Sakaar.
The Hulk orders Iron Man and Mr. Fantastic to face off in battle. Richards, after having the upper hand on Stark, is then given the thumbs down by Hulk, instructing Richards to kill Stark.
However the Hulk spares their lives, showing them that he proved his point to the world. They survived the encounter by Hulk's mercy and the timely intervention of the Sentry.
The Illuminati are partially cleared from the responsibility of Sakaar's destruction when Miek, one of the Hulk's alien allies, admits he saw the Red King forces breach the ship's warp core. Miek kept quiet to initiate what he felt was Hulk's destiny as the "Worldbreaker".
Secret Invasion
Mister Fantastic is at the Illuminati's meeting discussing the threat of the Skrulls when the Black Bolt with them is revealed to be a Skrull in disguise.
Mister Fantastic and Hank Pym autopsy the body of the Skrull who impersonated Elektra (with Reed pretending to be seeing the corpse for the first time, thus keeping the secret of the Illuminati).
After completing the dissection, Reed claims to have discovered the secret of how the Skrulls have been able to conceal their identities. Before he can elaborate, "Hank Pym" reveals himself to be a Skrull and shoots Richards with a weapon that violently leaves his elastic body in a state of chaotic disarray similar to Silly String.
After that, it is shown that a Skrull assumed Reed's form in order to successfully ambush and capture Sue Richards, to facilitate an attack on the Fantastic Four's headquarters.
A conscious but still mostly shapeless Reed Richards is seen being forcibly stretched in all directions to cover the floor of a medium-sized arena aboard a Skrull ship, with all of the seats filled by Skrull onlookers.
He is freed by Abigail Brand, and then travels with her to the Savage Land and uses a device to reveal all the Skrull invaders present.
After helping the Avengers to defeat the imposters and return to New York, Reed aids the heroes and villains of Earth in their battle against the Skrulls.
Dark Reign
Mister Fantastic aids the New Avengers in the search for the daughter of Luke Cage and Jessica Jones.
He and the rest of the Fantastic Four are magically reduced to television signals by the chaotic activities of the Elder God Chthon, to prevent them from intervening, though after Chthon is defeated, he and the other three are turned back.
Norman Osborn is a man well aware that Reed is one of the few that have intellect exceeding even his own and thus poses a great threat to his carefully constructed shadow world.
Osborn sends H.A.M.M.E.R. agents to shut down the Fantastic Four and capture them, expelling them from the Initiative and stripping them all their rights.
Taking place a week from the Secret Invasion, which has caused Richards to seriously reevaluate his own life and the life he has built for his family, resulting in turbulent internal conflicts.
Richards, as he takes a long, hard look at the life, is prompted to construct a machine that is capable of bending reality itself, to do so.
Agents from H.A.M.M.E.R. arrive just as Reed activates the machine, interfacing with the Baxter Building's power supply, resulting in an energy fluctuation that sends Sue, Ben and Johnny back to the prehistoric era, fraught with dangers, which manifest in the form of the First Celestial Host.
Reed searches for answers which can only be found in alternate timelines as the three find themselves in a super hero Hyborian-age civil war; Franklin and Valeria are the only ones available to confront the agents Osborn sent.
Richards studies other parallel Earths to see if any found a peaceful solution to the Civil War, which resulted from the Superhuman Registration Act.
Reed peers into different worlds, some more bizarre than our own, to see what they did differently. This is an insightful look into where the Marvel Universe has gone in the past "year" (in Marvel time) and to see who was at fault, if anyone.
Reed meets with the other five Illuminati to handle the problem. Ultimately, after seeing about a million alternate Earths, he had concluded that there was no way for the Civil War to be resolved but that he, as the cleverest man in the Marvel Universe, had a responsibility to put things right.
But before turning the machine off, he searches for other realities where they have the same machines he is using; the machine locates them and the people he finds tell him that they can help him.
Reed Richards reappeared, refusing to give Hank Pym an invention previously left in the care of the Fantastic Four, following Bill Foster's untimely death, causing the Wasp to lead the team of Mighty Avengers to retrieve the device.
Then, Pym's attempting to knock down the Baxter Building (due to Loki's manipulations, likely) sows further displeasure and leads to a direct conflict between the Fantastic Four and Loki's Mighty Avengers.
This conflict eventually ends in a new base for the Mighty Avengers and a shockingly disturbing alliance of the Dark Reign.
A new character is then seen, a ruler known as the Unspoken, one more powerful than any other in the universe, to the point he had to be erased from history, and how his return will impact the planet and the cosmos beyond, in the War of Kings.
After the Secret Invasion and some time into the Dark Reign, in the War of Kings, when Blastaar is about to open the portal to Earth, on the other side in Camp Hammond, Star-Lord and the Guardians tell Reed Richards and others to never open the portal, or they will face the wrath of Blastaar.
Mister Fantastic agrees and says they will not open the portal and then asks who they are. Star-Lord replies, "We're the Guardians of the Galaxy" before leaving.
Future Foundation
Tragedy strikes the team when Johnny is apparently killed in the Negative Zone. As the Fantastic Four recover from Johnny's apparent death, Mister Fantastic grows disillusioned at how scientists see science and its applications.
Therefore, he creates a new team, the Future Foundation, to help create a better future for mankind.
However, the team's initial tasks are complicated when they are forced to deal with the 'Council of Reeds', a group of alternate versions of Reed Richards who lack his morality or family that became trapped in the FF's reality after an accident with Reed's dimensional portal.
The Quiet Man
After Johnny is returned and the team resume using the Fantastic Four name, they are systematically attacked by the mysterious Quiet Man, a figure who reveals that he has been behind many of the villain attacks the FF have faced over the years, now stepping forward to take a more active role as he shuts down Johnny's powers, frames the Thing for murder, has Reed and Sue Richards declared unfit guardians for their children, and then abducts Reed with the intention of framing him for a series of attacks committed by the heroes created in Franklin's pocket universe.
However, Reed is able to defeat the Quiet Man's plan to proclaim himself the hero who defeated Reed's 'attack' on the world when he realizes that the Psycho-Man - one of the Quiet Man's allies - intended to betray him, forcing Reed and the Quiet Man to work together to deactivate the Psycho-Man's equipment.
Secret Wars
During the Secret Wars storyline, Reed is one of the few survivors of Earth-616 to come through with his memories intact, hiding in a 'life raft' with various other heroes and eventually released by Doctor Strange.
Learning that the new 'Battleworld' is now ruled by Doctor Doom, who has absorbed the power of various Beyonders and Molecule Men to become a virtual god, Reed and the other heroes disperse across Battleworld to come up with a plan.
Reed eventually starts working with his counterpart from the Ultimate Marvel universe who calls himself Maker. The two find themselves disagreeing on their methods, with Reed preferring to find a way to save the world while Maker is more focused on killing their enemy, Reed countering his other self's accusations that he is weak by musing that he simply has things to care for outside of himself.
In the final confrontation, Reed and the Maker discover that the source of Doom's power is the Molecule Man (Owen Reece), but although the Maker attempts to betray Reed by transforming him into the appearance of an ape, Reece reverses the Maker's attack and turns him into pepperoni pizza.
When Doom comes down to confront Reed, Reed challenges Doom as Reece temporarily deprives Doom of his new god-level powers, Reed proclaiming Doom to be nothing more than a coward for taking control of what was left of existence rather than trying to reshape it.
Inspired by Reed's words, Reece transfers Doom's power to him, with Reed recreating the former Earth-616 before he, Susan, their children, and the rest of the Future Foundation move to use Franklin and Reed's powers to rebuild the multiverse.
eturn to Prime Earth
Mister Fantastic, Invisible Woman, and the Future Foundation were later confronted by the Griever at the End of All Things after Reed had expended most of his Beyonder-based energies while Franklin was left with only limited reality-warping abilities.
Due to the Griever causing the collapse of 100 worlds, the Future Foundation had to make a stand even after Molecule Man was killed. When Mister Fantastic tricked the Griever into bringing their Fantastic Four teammates to them, Thing and Human Torch were reunited, and every other superhero that was part of the Fantastic Four showed up as well.
Faced with these numbers, the Griever was eventually driven back when most of her equipment was destroyed, forcing her to return to her universe or be trapped in this one, while the heroes were able to repair the damaged equipment to create a new teleporter to send them all home.
Powers and abilities
Reed Richards gained the power of elasticity from irradiation by cosmic rays. He has the ability to convert his entire body into a highly malleable state at will, allowing him to stretch, deform, and reform himself into virtually any shape.
Richards has been observed as being able to utilize his stretching form in a variety of offensive and defensive manners, such as compressing himself into a ball and ricocheting into enemies, flattening himself into a trampoline or a parachute to catch a falling teammate, or inflating himself into a life raft to aid in a water rescue.
He can willfully reduce his body's cohesion until he reaches a fluid state, which can flow through minute openings or into tiny pipes. Reed is also able to shape his hands into hammer and mace style weapons, and concentrate his mass into his fists to increase their density and effectiveness as weapons.
Having an elastic-like texture allows Reed protection from damage. He can be punched with incredible force, flattened, squished, and still re-form or survive without any form of sufficient injury.
Reed's control over his shape has been developed to such a point that he has been able to radically alter his facial features and his entire physical form to pass among human and non-humans unnoticed and unrecognized.
He has even molded himself into the shapes of inanimate objects, such as a mailbox. He rarely uses his powers in such an undignified fashion. However, he appears to have no qualms about stretching out his ears, taking the shape of a dinosaur, becoming a human trampoline, or inflating his hands into pool toys to entertain his children.
The most extreme demonstration of Reed's powers is when at one point he was able to increase his size and mass to Thing-like proportions which also increased his physical strength.
Assuming and maintaining these shapes used to require extreme effort. Due to years of mental and physical training, Reed can now perform these feats at will. His powers (and those of the Red Ghost) were also increased when they were exposed to a second dose of cosmic rays.
Maintaining his body's normal human shape requires a certain degree of ongoing concentration. When Reed is relaxed and distracted, his body appears to "melt in slow motion" according to Susan Storm.
Being forcefully stretched to extremes during a short span of time (by a taffy-puller-type machine or a strong character, for example) causes Reed to suffer intense pain and the temporary loss of his natural elastic resiliency.
He possesses other weaknesses too; a great shock to his body - for example, from the likes of Doctor Doom when he constructs around him - can make his body so rubbery he loses motor control. Enough energy can reduce him to a liquid state in which he is immobile.
Mister Fantastic's strength comes more from the powers of his mind than the powers of his body; indeed, he once told Spider-Man that he considers his stretching powers to be expendable compared to his intellect.
Some accounts have implied that his intellect may have been boosted by his powers, as he once visited an alternate universe where his other self-had never been exposed to cosmic rays and was notably less intelligent than him, though purely human versions of Reed that are as or even more intelligent than himself have been shown, particularly among the Council of Reeds.
Tony Stark has commented that Reed's ability to make his brain physically larger (via his elastic powers) gives him an advantage, though this seems to be meant more as a joke. That said, scenes from the same event show Reed "inflating" his skull as he calculates the power output of Tony's Repulsor-battery heart implant.
For virtually his entire history, Mister Fantastic has been depicted as one of the most intelligent characters in the Marvel Universe.
A visionary theoretician and an inspired machine smith, he has made breakthroughs in such varied fields as space travel, time travel, extra-dimensional travel, biochemistry, robotics, computers, synthetic polymers, communications, mutations, transportation, holography, energy generation, and spectral analysis, among others.
However, he is never afraid to admit when others have greater expertise in certain fields than him, such as recognizing that Doctor Octopus possesses greater knowledge of radiation, that Hank Pym is a superior biochemist, or that Spider-Man can think of a problem from a biology perspective where he would be unable to do so, since his expertise is in physics.
Richards has earned Ph.D.s in Mathematics, Physics, and Engineering. His patents are so valuable that he is able to bankroll the Fantastic Four, Inc., without any undue financial stress.
Mind control is rarely effective on him and when it does work, it wears off sooner than it would on a normal person, due to what he describes as an "elastic consciousness".
However, this intelligence can be a handicap in his dealings with magic, as it required an intense lesson from Doctor Strange and facing the threat of his son being trapped in a hellish environment for Reed to fully acknowledge that the key to using magic was to accept that he would never understand it.
Richards is also an accomplished fighter due to his years of combat experience with the Fantastic Four, and has earned a black belt in judo.
Following the Battleworld crisis, Reed acquired the powers of the Beyonders that were once wielded by Doom, but he relied on his son Franklin's creativity and new powers to help him recreate the multiverse after the incursions destroyed the other parallel universes.
Equipment and technology
Although the Fantastic Four have numerous devices, crafts, and weapons, there are some items that Reed Richards carries with him at all times.
Fantastiflare: Launches a fiery "4" into the sky that is used during combat situations to let other members of the group know their location.
Uniform Computer: Like all the Fantastic Four's costumes and the rest of Reed's wardrobe, his suit is made of "unstable molecules". This means that the suit is attuned to his powers, which is why Johnny's costume doesn't burn when he "flames on", Sue's costume turns invisible when she does, and Reed's costume stretches with him.
The costume also insulates them from electrical assaults. In addition, the team's uniforms are also, in essence, wearable computers. Their costumes have a complete data processing and telemetry system woven into the material of the uniform on a molecular level.
This forms a network with the entire team, providing a constant, real-time uplink of everyone's physical condition as well as their location and current situation.
The suit is capable of displaying data and touch-pad controls on the gauntlets. Its sensors can track all of the team's uniforms and provide a picture of their immediate vicinity.
The suit has an intricate scanner system which can detect things around the wearer, from how many people are in the next room to what dimension or planet they are on.
Reed can also up-link the bodysuit to any computer by stretching his fingertips to filament size and plugging them into an I/O data-port. With this, Reed can establish a fairly comprehensive database of any computer's cybernetic protocols and encryption algorithms.
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A year of the shows and performers of the Bijou Planks Theater.
Alter Ego: Reed Richards
Publisher: Marvel
First appearance: The Fantastic Four #1 (Nov. 1961)
Created by: Stan Lee (writer)
Jack Kirby (artist)
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A new, terrifying player has emerged in Lego Battle Bugs. The Spiderbot Forward Command Bug. This large mech is biomechanical in it's construction. It is made of both organic tissue, and mechanical parts.
It's body is covered in thousands of hairlike growths. They serve two functions. Firstly they mask the Spiderbot's EM signature, making it appear to sensors as biological rather than technological in nature. This hides it from enemy radar and both passive and active sensors. Secondly these hairs are actually part of an integrated network of antenna allowing it to monitor enemy frequencies, and co-ordinate with the forces under it's command. The Spiderbot itself is one massive communication array. The esoteric nature of it's form makes it extremely difficult for enemies to triangulate the location of it's broadcasts.
The bulk of the Spiderbot's body is taken up with massive tactical and encryption/decryption computers, however it is not entirely defenseless. It is quick, agile, and strong in melee combat, and it is armed with a number of heavy yield corrosive warhead missiles. It also carries a squad of robotic infantry.
Lastly it's very appearance was designed to instill a primal fear in it's opponents. Many humans, as well as other species have an almost instinctual fear of spiders, and it's robotic creators understand this. While it's basic mission profile is one of indirect combat through stealth and coordinated tactics, it can also be used as a potent weapon of fear and awe.
EDIT: With the advent of the Tick Battle Bug, a software package is being developed for the Spiderbot which will allow the hairs on its outer surface to detect the intrusion of such robotic parasites.
The "Big Hairy Spider" was built for the Battlebugs Creepy Crawlers Build Challenge.
Battlebugs is returning to BrickCon in 2010, so be sure to bring your bugs!!!
Bit of an experimental composited image. Forties era telephone and confidential documents on a desk at Bletchley Park.
ps. The letters come from Word War 2 encryption tables.
January 2017
Black and white image of the plugboard of a rare German World War II 'Enigma' machine at Bletchley Park.
January 2017
This image has been digitally watermarked; unauthorised usage can be detected through Digimarc's Netspider. Digimarc encryption survives digital manipulation and even the printing process.
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Location: Srilanka
//// ENTRY LOG ////
//// ENCRYPTION DETECTED ////
: COMMAND QUEUE :
___CODE ENTER___
(35359090)
//// Access Granted ////
: SGT. Fencer :
Had Blank and Cross run behind a crate and hold position. Darklight and Eight-Four followed close behind. Darklight ran for cover... he was shot immediately. Eight-Four and I shot wildly at a desperate attempt to land a bolt on the sniper.
I've lost to many men under my control.
I'm wondering how I'm still alive.
//// ERROR ////
//// FURTHER DATA ERASED ////
//// ENCRYPTION COMPLETE ////
: COMMAND QUEUE :
-- ERASE ALL DATA --
//// YES COMMAND SELECTED ////
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I hope you guys like the photo! I tested with a new building technique and I would love your guys feedback on it. I also decided to get off my ass and finally write a story. I hope you like that as well. More perspective shots will be uploaded shortly.
Best Wishes,
-- Venku
Palpatine directs his apprentice to seek out one of the few Jedi Knights left in order to assemble his weapon which would strike fear in his enemies in the years that would follow. Before that could be done, he must confront the lawless of the galaxy to secure his fighter and mode of transport.
Palpatine: “Your armor, Lord Vader, how do you find it?”
Vader: “It is… acceptable. Why have we come here, my master?”
Palpatine: “I need your help, Lord Vader. I have very high hopes for what we might achieve together. But first… …you will need your lightsaber. You must seek out a Jedi from whom to take a kyber crystal. A daunting task indeed, after our success together in eradicating them from the galaxy. However, I have great faith in your resourcefulness and capability. Go now, my apprentice.”
Palpatine: *looks over* “Hmm. I had a vessel brought here for you to use- -it appears to have been… stolen. Ah, this lawless galaxy. Truly, it cries out for our guidance. Are you at a loss, my friend? Take heart. Your path is simple. Your power will become endless, Lord Vader. And then, we shall rule… …as one.”
Pirate 1: “Would you look at that thing? What a beaut- -just laying out there in the desert, too.”
Pirate 2: “We can probably sell it even if we can’t slice past the encryption. Should fetch more credits that we’ll see in a year of slavi—“
Vader: “ That ship… …is mine.”
Pirate 2: “Kill him!
Pirate 3: “Got him! I got hi—“
Pirate 2: “By all the- -why are you here? What do you want?”
Vader: “From you? Only this.” *snaps neck*
SA330 "Puma".
Musica: Reine de musette1927 - ÉMILE VACHER
La versátil aeronave fue desarrollado por el constructor francés Sud Aviation (de ahí sus siglas SA) a mediados de los años sesenta a requerimiento del Armée de Terre francés para realizar misiones de transporte, en España las dos primeras unidades entraron en servicio el verano de 1973. Ambas unidades se agregaron al 803 Escuadrón de Fuerza Aéreas, ubicado en Cuatro Vientos y dependiente orgánicamente del entonces Servicio Nacional de Helicópteros de la Subsecretaría de Aviación Civil (Ministerio del Aire). A partir de ese momento, la flota de Puma se amplió progresivamente, prestando sus servicios primero en la Unidad Especial de Helicópteros, que daría paso al 402 Escuadrón de Fuerzas Aéreas (que junto el 803 se integró en la actual Ala 48), en julio de 1978 y, finalmente, en el 801 Escuadrón donde se decidió que operarían todos los Puma a partir del año 1994. Al servicio de la unidad con base en Baleares, han desarrollado un inestimable servicio, principalmente de Search and Rescue (SAR), durante veintitrés años de incansable labor.
Tras un corto vuelo, en el curso de una lluviosa mañana de abril, el último de los helicópteros SA330L Puma del Ejército del Aire aterrizaba en su base de Son San Juan (Mallorca), poniendo fin a la vida operativa de este material de vuelo, tras 44 años en servicio. La llegada de los primeros aparatos de la firma francesa Aerospatiale (actualmente Airbus Helicopters) SA330 Puma a España se remonta al año de 1973. Tras su recepción, pasaron a prestar servicios de transporte VIP usando matriculas civiles españolas, que posteriormente se cambiaron por una codificación militar, siendo los seriales utilizados los de Z.19, marcado por el entonces por el Ministerio del Aire, que posteriormente pasaría a la de HT.19 y finalmente a la actual de HD.19.
El 27 de abril, después de cuarenta cuatro años de servicio, cesó la vida operativa del helicóptero SA330 Puma en el Ejército del Aire. En el historial de este material de ala rotatoria figuran unas 48.000 horas de vuelo operadas por las nueve aeronaves adquiridas a lo largo del tiempo por la institución castrense, así como múltiples misiones VIP, y ya en la filas del 801 Escuadrón del Ala 49 un total de 417 misiones reales de búsqueda, rescate y evacuación.
El otro epílogo tenía lugar al día siguiente, cuando alrededor de las 11:55 horas de la mañana, el último Puma en vuelo aterrizaba en la base aérea de Cuatro Vientos (Madrid). Esta unidad que porta la matrícula HD19-3 realizó este último viaje desde su base de Son San Juan con el indicativo Jasón 1O. A su llegada a la base madrileña fue recibido con el tradicional arco de agua efectuado por los coches de bomberos de la base, que marca el fín operativo de un sistema, o el inició, el 1 de diciembre de 2016 con ocasión de la llegada del primer Airbus Defence and Space A400Ma la Base Aérea de Zaragoza. (Julio Maíz Sanz)
The versatile aircraft was developed by the French manufacturer Sud Aviation (hence its initials SA) in the mid-sixties at the request of the Armée de Terre French to carry out transport missions, in Spain the first two units came into service in the summer of 1973 Both units were added to the 803 Air Force Squadron, located in Cuatro Vientos and organically dependent on the then National Helicopter Service of the Undersecretary of Civil Aviation (Ministry of the Air). As of that moment, the Puma fleet expanded progressively, rendering its services first in the Helicopter Special Unit, which would give way to the 402 Air Force Squadron (which along with the 803 was integrated into the current 48 Wing), in July of 1978 and, finally, in the 801 Squadron where it was decided that all Pumas would operate from 1994. At the service of the unit based in the Balearic Islands, they have developed an invaluable service, mainly of Search and Rescue (SAR), during twenty-three years of tireless work.
After a short flight, in the course of a rainy morning in April, the last SA330L Puma helicopter of the Air Force landed at its base in Son San Juan (Mallorca), ending the operational life of this flight material, after 44 years in service. The arrival of the first devices of the French firm Aerospatiale (currently Airbus Helicopters) SA330 Puma to Spain dates back to the year 1973. After their reception, they began to provide VIP transport services using Spanish civil registration cards, which were subsequently exchanged for an encryption military, being the serials used those of Z.19, marked by the then by the Ministry of the Air, that later would happen to the one of HT.19 and finally to the present one of HD.19.
On April 27, after forty-four years of service, the operational life of the SA330 Puma helicopter in the Air Force ceased. The history of this rotary wing material includes some 48,000 flight hours operated by the nine aircraft acquired over time by the military institution, as well as multiple VIP missions, and already in the ranks of the 801 Squadron of the Wing 49 a total of 417 real search, rescue and evacuation missions.
The other epilogue took place the next day, when around 11:55 in the morning, the last Puma in flight landed at the Cuatro Vientos air base (Madrid). This unit carrying the license plate HD19-3 made this last trip from its Son San Juan base with the indicative Jason 1O. Upon arrival at the base in Madrid, he was greeted with the traditional arc of water made by the fire engines of the base, which marks the end of a system, or initiated, on December 1, 2016 on the occasion of the arrival of the first Airbus Defense and Space A400Ma Zaragoza Air Base. (Julio Maíz Sanz)
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See you there ♥June 1-25 ♥
Vivienne and Mirelle Part 8: The Scope
One last angle. One final silence.
Seraine hadn't spoken her real name in months.
She lived off-grid now—drifting in a ship too small to be scanned, too fast to be tracked.
She had scars she didn’t bandage. A right hand that didn’t close quite right. And an ache that wasn’t pain, just… unfinished.
The Pale Hour was gone. Her reach—cut off. Her court—dismantled. But she still had eyes.
From the far edge of a roof, she set up the scope. No one else could have known that spot. No one else would’ve understood exactly where to be and when to look.
Through the lens of the scope: The Ravenwood.
Alive. Lit. Regal.
And at the very top, framed by warm gold and steel-shadowed glass, sat Vivienne. Alone. As always.
She wasn't looking out the window. She never needed to.
Seraine adjusted the dial. A slight hum of the stabilizer. Her fingertip hovered over the trigger. Just once. That’s all it would take. She could end it.
End her.
But she didn’t.
Because Vivienne had already ended what mattered. The trust. The spark. The illusion that anyone could challenge her and walk away whole.
Seraine lowered the scope.
“You win,” she murmured. “You always did.”
She disassembled the rifle in silence. Piece by piece. Like letting go of a ghost.
Then she slid a small, encrypted packet into the datapad and hit send.
It contained one name. One threat Vivienne didn’t know yet. One gift.
No return message came. There wouldn’t be one.
But far below, the lights of The Ravenwood flickered once—only once—like a nod from someone who never bows.
Seraine turned away.
And never looked back.
Addendum to Part 8
Flagged Transmission – Level Black (Deleted Upon Receipt)
Origin: Unknown
Encryption: Obsolete but familiar
Subject Line: Consider this even.
Vivienne read the name once. Didn’t flinch. Didn’t file it. She memorized it. Then burned the screen.
No reply. No trace.
But later that night, she stood at the window a little longer than usual. No drink. No gloves. Just the weight of something returned—and the quiet knowledge that Seraine still knew where to aim.
She didn’t speak the name aloud.
But she locked the port down two days early for security upgrades no one requested.
Photo by Kassi Aeon www.flickr.com/photos/163927619@N03/
I haven’t done a bit of editing, shooting, or even thought about photography in about 3 days. I’ve had to study for this test my company is making take and pass by the end of the month for computer, internet and network security. I realized I haven’t really had a test since graduating college, and thought since then my more-mature mind and decreased mojo would help my nerves and give me the ability to study efficiently and confidence in taking a test like this (even though it has ZERO relevance to my day-to-day functions). Nope. Nervous. Stressed. Shakes. Not only that, but I had to pass it by Sept. 30th and it was $278. Company paid for the first time, but if not, then I’d have to pay for the second time.
Historically I'm not a good test taker OR have a good short-term memory. I have a memory like an Etch-a-Sketch.
Questions like:
3DES (Triple Data Encryption Standard) is based on which of the following?
A. Hashing algorithm
B. Symmetric key-based algorithm
C. Asymmetric key-based algorithm
D. RAID 5 with cluster services enabled
So literally spent the last 48hrs cramming for this test, taking sample exams, memorizing acronyms, and living off coffee and snack food. Went in today, studied for another 5hrs and passed it with an 89%. Celebrated with some fast food across the street and now sitting in air conditioning going through 39046720957 emails and letting my brain relax a little. I felt like I ran a mental marathon.
So there’s a pretty sunset to help you relax too.
Master Lock, Escher/Droste style. I'd hate to try to pick this one...
Created from this image of a combination padlock of mine that I'd shot earlier today (see that photo for details on the setup).
©2008 David C. Pearson, M.D.
While the tractor beam guides the container in between the mandibles, the YT-1450 ship computer calculates the small thruster moves necessary to position the container in the precise location for the automatic docking procedure to start. The XL standard container flashes "all clear" and the ship starts interfacing. The container has it's own fuel tank, thrusters and onboard computer. The ship and the container exchange control sequences and encryption keys. Everything is in order. Docking is complete. The Nadir is once again ready to haul some precious cargo across the galaxy.
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Iv'e been thinking about building the Millenium Falcon ferrying a huge container for several years. Those mandibles had to be used for something right? Then the Rebrick FREIGHTER WARS contest came along and I started thinking about building a YT Corellian Freighter. A few days in to the process I was reminded of the container hauling MF, and I realized I had a great opportunity here. Well, it's not the MF, but it's a YT Freighter of my own design hauling a huge container.
I've been building this ship this entire month. Sometimes I had to take breaks from building the Nadir, then I built the container instead. There is a fairly intricate Technic structure inside the container and there are four connection points that connect to the Nadir. It's actually one of the most sturdy SHIPs I've built. (see swoosh video)
Length: 105 studs
Seen in the Museum for Communication, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
The Enigma, arguably a fascinating piece of technology, was introduced in Germany after WW1 to provide a supposedly uncrackable means of encryption.
The later 4 rotor (M4) Enigma was introduced by the Germans during the war and temporarily foiled the ability of the British to read the German military communications.
Polish experts had found a way to crack the decrypt German communications and took their knowledge to the British, who from then on were as well informed about German operations as was the German High Command. These happy circumstances ended when the Germans upgraded their Enigma and changed the code.
In October 1942, in an act of bravery that changed the course of the war, two RN servicemen, Lt. Tony Fasson, GC and Able Seaman Colin Grazier, GC, entered the abandoned and foundering German type VIIc submarine U559 and retrieved codebooks that were instrumental in cracking the updated German code, eventually returning to the British full insight into all German plans and operations. Fasson and Grazier were still aboard the submarine and drowned when she suddenly sank like a stone.
Although they were posthumously awarded the George Cross (they were not eligible for a VC because their deeds were not performed in the presence of the enemy), the event was not publicised, for obvious reasons. Nevertheless, it is hard to overstate its significance. It may well be that this was the single most significant act of individual heroism in the entire war.
Camera: Leica R7 (10068), made in 1996
Lens: Leitz Summilux-R 50 mm 2nd model (11776)
Kodak Portra 800 colour negative film
Developed and scanned by www.meinfilmlab.de
Who’s running the circus, who’s running this freak show? Who’s running the asylum, who’s running this ghetto? Transhumanist clowns run this gong show, that’s who! 666 the killer clown posse. Cryptography: something hidden, something secret. Trojan horse: encrypted chip-based digital currency. The Ceasar shift of the Rubic's Cube hash, symmetric encryption algorithms to the hash algorithms of the hash values and sequences of hex digits, which spell out the values of the bytes within the letter frequencies of the 666 plaintext. Monoalphabetic substitution of the braincipher of the brainchip, the 666 microchip, known as the Beastchip. Buy, sell, bow to the AI clown show. Tragically hip, take the Mark, take the chip.
Economic melt down, social break down, a reengineering of the status quo. Everything goes electronic, including you. How else will you be depopulated and enslaved?
Extropianism: a brain upload, a gradual replacement of neurons, until your original brain exists no more—artificial intelligence emulating the brain, taking control of your body. Or how about they scan and map your brain, copying and storing it in a computer? Your brain may not survive the process…but why would they need your biological brain anyways?
Become superhuman, a divine being—god of your own domain. You certainly will not die, you will be like God. Eat the apple and gain artificial intelligence. 666 the number of a man, sit down and break bread with him, fellowship with him, have communion with him. Drink of his cup, be baptized with his baptism. Be endued with power from AI.
In contrast:
John 6:54 “Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.”
Matthew 26:26-28 “While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, ‘Take and eat; this is my body.’ Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, ‘Drink from it, all of you. This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.’”
John 6:48-51 “I am the bread of life. Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died. But here is the bread that comes down from heaven, which anyone may eat and not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”
Revelation 3:20 “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and dine with him, and he with me.”
Do you understand the encryption?
Rudimental - Lay It All On Me feat. Ed Sheeran
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtejRvpwscY
5. “The cases to which those devices related include homicide, attempted murder, sexual abuse of a child, sex trafficking, assault, and robbery.”
—Cyrus Vance, the Manhattan District Attorney, explaining the ways that new encryption policies, particularly from Apple and Google, limit his ability to investigate crimes.