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Cathlyn had seen several weak security systems, but this one was plain ridiculous. It almost seemed like the Centuri wanted to be attacked. There was literally a single switch that controlled all of the power grid for this facility. And if they were so kind to install something like this, she would certainly use it. Cathlyn had decided that a hunt for her target Jorik Kavas was pointless. She knew Zayne would be just as quick to find him as she would be. That was a risk she couldn’t take. She had to be the first to find Kavas. So, she had decided to make him come to her. The disabling of this facility was certain to attract his attention, so he would leave his hideout and become an easy target. He had always been a man with an urge to control and inspect, thus he would definitely want to check this, admittedly serious, security failure himself. Caitlyn flipped the switch. The room went dark immediately. Then an alarm went off. Caitlyn looked around and was startled by the sight of the doors closing. This shouldn’t be happening. She drew her sword…
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Even though the Struggle for Klegon RPG kind of ended a few years ago, I decided to bring back my character Cathlyn the Hunter for this small vignette. Who knows, maybe she will show up every once in a while in the future.
Cathlyn had seen several weak security systems, but this one was plain ridiculous. It almost seemed like the Centuri wanted to be attacked. There was literally a single switch that controlled all of the power grid for this facility. And if they were so kind to install something like this, she would certainly use it. Cathlyn had decided that a hunt for her target Jorik Kavas was pointless. She knew Zayne would be just as quick to find him as she would be. That was a risk she couldn’t take. She had to be the first to find Kavas. So, she had decided to make him come to her. The disabling of this facility was certain to attract his attention, so he would leave his hideout and become an easy target. He had always been a man with an urge to control and inspect, thus he would definitely want to check this, admittedly serious, security failure himself. Caitlyn flipped the switch. The room went dark immediately. Then an alarm went off. Caitlyn looked around and was startled by the sight of the doors closing. This shouldn’t be happening. She drew her sword…
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Cathlyn in action, featured in my recent vignette Killswitch.
Now we are dying,
dying the slowest death.
held down by bonds that bind us
we breathe our final breath.
The Revenant acted as the first (and thus far only) operative of Cerberus' Killswitch Initiative. Designated Killswitch One, her movements and assignments were highly classified - and her use in the field was limited to pivotal skirmishes and the elimination of high value targets.
As a Killswitch, she quickly became one of the most lethal instruments of the Illusive Man's will.
[This composition features art by ihavenoname323. A link to their work can be found at: www.deviantart.com/ihavenoname323/art/After-the-Fall-3198...]
Killswitch Engage
at the YouTube Theater
Los Angeles, CA
October 13, 2022
All photos © Kaley Nelson Photography - www.KaleyNelson.com
Killswitch Engage
at the YouTube Theater
Los Angeles, CA
October 13, 2022
All photos © Kaley Nelson Photography - www.KaleyNelson.com
I used two yongnuo YN560II one on the left side of the camera and one on the right both at 1/4 power and my D7000 mounted one a tripod over a peace of glass with rain-x and water on top of the rain-x
We acquired a pulsejet engine and SA007 decided it would be fun to try it out.
The engine is fastened to a piece of train rails to weigh it down and prevent actual lift-off. The fuel line is crafted out of electrical wire (with the wires being removed from the jacket). The air intake line is made from CAT 5E network cable (also with inner wiring removed from the outer jacket). The prototype fuel tank was made from a piece of bicycle inner-tube, later we just used a cut plastic bottle. The high-voltage current which ignites the spark-plug is provided by a neon sign transformer.
Actual phrases overheard during construction and test-firing:
* "This (electrical) wire is rated for 300 volts, so it'll probably be okay to use as a gasoline fuel line"
* "This piece of train rails will weigh it down sufficiently to prevent lift-off....probably"
* "With us being boardmembers, shouldn't we put a stop to this?"
* "That length of CAT5E network cable is perfect as an air intake hose"
* "Wait, doesn't this count as a weapon?" (weapons are prohibited from entering the hackerspace)
* "We *do* have the paramedics on speed-dial, right?"
* "I am picturing a couple of nerds desperately running after an escaped pulse-jet-driven drinks cart"
* "Anyway, even *if* it escapes, it can't go farther than the compound gates" (300 metres away)
DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT LAUNCHES NATIONWIDE ACTIONS
ACTIONS ROLL ACROSS THE NATION DEFENDING INTERNET FREEDOM BEFORE HISTORIC FCC VOTE & IN OPPOSITION TO CONGRESSIONAL FAST-TRACKING OF LARGEST U.S. TRADE DEAL EVER
On February 26th the FCC will cast their historic vote on Net Neutrality. Simultaneously, when Congress reconvenes after the congressional recess, they are preparing to bring Fast Track of the Trans-Pacific Partnership up for a vote. The Rolling Rebellion for Real Democracy is confronting these two current issues of people power vs. corporate power that will have a major impact on people's lives.
Firstly, the issue of Net Neutrality. A people-powered movement has convinced the FCC to reclassify the Internet to ensure equal access for all without discrimination. Kevin Zeese of Popular Resistance notes that “Net Neutrality is essential for the exercise of Freedom of Speech in the 21st Century. Now the telecom companies are trying to convince their puppets in Congress to undermine the FCC's decision and once again, the people are fighting back.”
Secondly, TPP and Fast Track. For three years a movement opposed to secretly negotiated corporate trade agreements has stopped Congress from giving President Obama Fast Track trade authority. Fast Track would allow him to sign these secret agreements and then push them through Congress without hearings or amendments, with only brief debate on and an up-or-down vote. These trade agreements are structured solely in the interest of corporate gain. The TPP and Fast Track are bringing together odd bedfellows like in Spokane, WA where Tea Party members and Occupiers are coming together in opposition.
Eleanor Goldfield a musician with Rooftop Revolutionaries and activist with the Rolling Rebellion says passage of the TPP and Fast Track would “turn corporate personhood into corporate nationhood by creating international court systems and trade tribunals that allow corporations to challenge laws enacted by countries in the interest of public health, safety and justice.”
With this sovereignty, corporations would hold sway over nearly every facet of our lives, from food to Internet access. As Julian Assange wrote, “If you read, write, publish, think, listen, dance, sing or invent; if you farm or consume food; if you’re ill now or might one day be ill, the TPP has you in its crosshairs.”
In the month of February, people are protesting at the grassroots level, combining their efforts into a national movement for equal access Internet and against secret trade deals. Years of organizing have brought these issues to a head. Now, activists have been mobilizing throughout the congressional recess and coordinating high-visibility actions in cities from coast to coast.
In Washington and Oregon a “Fair Trade or BusTour” complete with hand-painted murals and packed with constituents is paying visits to undecided members of congress. In San Diego, CA community-members will take to highway overpasses to deliver to their representatives their message emblazoned on LED light panels. In more than 10 cities across the U.S. activists will use guerrilla light projection to illuminate monuments and building facades with slogans like “Don't Let Comcast
Choke Your Freedom,” “No Slow Lanes, Open & Equal Internet For All,” and “TPP Dismantles Democracy - www.stopfasttrack.com.” Multiple were organized at telecom companies like Comcast, AT&T, and Time Warner Cable who are second only to defense industries in the amount that they spend lobbying and buying favors from representatives who are supposed to serve "We The People." On February 25th in Washington, D.C. a new documentary “Killswitch:
The Battle to Control the Internet” was screened before members of congress and activists from across the country. Today activists will unveil a larger than life killswitch to dramatize the stakes of the historic FCC vote.
The FCC's announcement to vote in favor of Net Neutrality is a complete paradigm shift from less than a year ago; a true show of the effectiveness of focused, dedicated grassroots action.
If we continue to fight and win these battles, they will stand as tremendous victories of people power over corporate power. The people will have stopped some of the most powerful corporate lobbies in the United States including the telecoms and hundreds of transnational corporations.
Using high visibility, creative actions, the Rolling Rebellion has and will continue this fight. For more information, please visit www.rollingrebellion.org.
Popular Resistance, Backbone Campaign, www.occupy.com, and more teamed up to launch the rolling rebellion and reignite the fight for a real
democracy.
Photos by Rick Barry of Broken Shade Photo
DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT LAUNCHES NATIONWIDE ACTIONS
ACTIONS ROLL ACROSS THE NATION DEFENDING INTERNET FREEDOM BEFORE HISTORIC FCC VOTE & IN OPPOSITION TO CONGRESSIONAL FAST-TRACKING OF LARGEST U.S. TRADE DEAL EVER
On February 26th the FCC will cast their historic vote on Net Neutrality. Simultaneously, when Congress reconvenes after the congressional recess, they are preparing to bring Fast Track of the Trans-Pacific Partnership up for a vote. The Rolling Rebellion for Real Democracy is confronting these two current issues of people power vs. corporate power that will have a major impact on people's lives.
Firstly, the issue of Net Neutrality. A people-powered movement has convinced the FCC to reclassify the Internet to ensure equal access for all without discrimination. Kevin Zeese of Popular Resistance notes that “Net Neutrality is essential for the exercise of Freedom of Speech in the 21st Century. Now the telecom companies are trying to convince their puppets in Congress to undermine the FCC's decision and once again, the people are fighting back.”
Secondly, TPP and Fast Track. For three years a movement opposed to secretly negotiated corporate trade agreements has stopped Congress from giving President Obama Fast Track trade authority. Fast Track would allow him to sign these secret agreements and then push them through Congress without hearings or amendments, with only brief debate on and an up-or-down vote. These trade agreements are structured solely in the interest of corporate gain. The TPP and Fast Track are bringing together odd bedfellows like in Spokane, WA where Tea Party members and Occupiers are coming together in opposition.
Eleanor Goldfield a musician with Rooftop Revolutionaries and activist with the Rolling Rebellion says passage of the TPP and Fast Track would “turn corporate personhood into corporate nationhood by creating international court systems and trade tribunals that allow corporations to challenge laws enacted by countries in the interest of public health, safety and justice.”
With this sovereignty, corporations would hold sway over nearly every facet of our lives, from food to Internet access. As Julian Assange wrote, “If you read, write, publish, think, listen, dance, sing or invent; if you farm or consume food; if you’re ill now or might one day be ill, the TPP has you in its crosshairs.”
In the month of February, people are protesting at the grassroots level, combining their efforts into a national movement for equal access Internet and against secret trade deals. Years of organizing have brought these issues to a head. Now, activists have been mobilizing throughout the congressional recess and coordinating high-visibility actions in cities from coast to coast.
In Washington and Oregon a “Fair Trade or BusTour” complete with hand-painted murals and packed with constituents is paying visits to undecided members of congress. In San Diego, CA community-members will take to highway overpasses to deliver to their representatives their message emblazoned on LED light panels. In more than 10 cities across the U.S. activists will use guerrilla light projection to illuminate monuments and building facades with slogans like “Don't Let Comcast
Choke Your Freedom,” “No Slow Lanes, Open & Equal Internet For All,” and “TPP Dismantles Democracy - www.stopfasttrack.com.” Multiple were organized at telecom companies like Comcast, AT&T, and Time Warner Cable who are second only to defense industries in the amount that they spend lobbying and buying favors from representatives who are supposed to serve "We The People." On February 25th in Washington, D.C. a new documentary “Killswitch:
The Battle to Control the Internet” was screened before members of congress and activists from across the country. Today activists will unveil a larger than life killswitch to dramatize the stakes of the historic FCC vote.
The FCC's announcement to vote in favor of Net Neutrality is a complete paradigm shift from less than a year ago; a true show of the effectiveness of focused, dedicated grassroots action.
If we continue to fight and win these battles, they will stand as tremendous victories of people power over corporate power. The people will have stopped some of the most powerful corporate lobbies in the United States including the telecoms and hundreds of transnational corporations.
Using high visibility, creative actions, the Rolling Rebellion has and will continue this fight. For more information, please visit www.rollingrebellion.org.
Popular Resistance, Backbone Campaign, www.occupy.com, and more teamed up to launch the rolling rebellion and reignite the fight for a real
democracy.
Photos by Rick Barry of Broken Shade Photo