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Remember to underline and repeat the passages in this special "history of mankind" issue of the Holy Flame, doing so builds faith in the Lord and is a proven way to attain spiritual maturity.
The bright shining gold upon black colour scheme ensures an alert mind to chase off mind demons and any notions of sin that could spring forth in these critical times.
I am beginning to wonder where Kalin and Cassidy are. They might as well be close to each other, unless Kalin got screwed and he's alone on the Isle or Landmass Three.
That or nobody decided to explore his shitty corner of Landmass Two, behind the desert and upland wastes, with you know who rushing the Jungle (you know who you are, the Chairman watches you).
Haven't posted any University news yet because I am too lazy to build up a layout for a news rag worthy of *tips fedora* and because nothing noteworthy happened in the University yet.
But I guess I should put something in here too, therefore:
In other news from THE BUZZ MANDATORY INFORMATION NODECAST:
HIVE GUARD TRAINING AND COORDINATION GREATLY AUGMENTED BY COMMAND NEXUS, FOREIGNERS JEALOUS OF SUPERIOR TRAINING AND DISCIPLINE
THE BUZZ MANDATORY INFORMATION NODECAST TEAM DEBUNKS RUMORS OF SUPPOSED MYSTERIOUS KELP EXPANSION IN THE SHALLOW SEA THE SOUTH OF LANDMASS PRIME, INFORMATION COMMITTEE ANNOUNCES ARRESTS OF CHIEF RUMOR-SPREADERS WHO ARE LINKED TO FOREIGN POWERS, HARSH PUNISHMENT TO BE ADMINISTERED TO FUTURE RUMOR-SPREADERS
MINDWORM HUNTING BRINGS WEALTH TO THE HIVE, DO YOUR PATRIOTIC DUTY AND JOIN A WORM-HUNTING PARTY TODAY SO THAT YOUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN CAN PROSPER
NEWEST GENERATION OF SKILLED TALENTS UNLEASH AN UNPRECEDENTED WAVE OF CREATIVITY AND INGENUITY INSIDE HIVE LABS,
HIVE MANUFACTURING EFFICIENCY UNMATCHED BY FOREIGNERS, CHAIRMAN BOASTS WHILE AWARDING MEDALS OF LABOR TO MOST ACCOMPLISHED WORKERS
LANDMASS THREE, DOES IT EXIST? EXPERTS DEBATE IN STUDIO
Believing Boy Scout Brady-Laman Junior, 5 years old, trying
out his brand new standard-issue Wattzon 3000 Laser Rifle
FAITHFUL ARMED WITH LASER RIFLES!
Out of the brightness of his presence bolts of lightning blazed forth. The Lord God thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded.
He shot His arrows and scattered the enemy, with great bolts of lightning He routed them!
2 Samuel 22:13-15 — Conclave Bible, Datalinks
Heathens and heretics better beware! The faithful now wield the might of divine thunder in their hands, courtesy of our generous Lord of all Lords, the Almighty God in Heaven! Delivered unto His loyal sheep through Wattzon Electronics and its pious chief-engineer Crisp Peyson, our new arsenal provides peace-making tools for every possible occasion. Our Scouts and United Faith Militia are now adapting tactics and training to align with this new and wholesome technology, and the Holy Fleet is set to follow.
Already two new prototypes of the Mal'akh Hydrofoil Mk2 have been commissioned by the Elder Council utilising magnificent and powerful laser cannons. At full generator power, Brother Peyson assures us that each foil will be able to rapidly fire close to seventy successive volleys of pure divine retribution. Handy indeed, and quite a bolstered defence in case of harassment from the wretched faithless beyond the frontier.
While formal contact with the unbelieving remnant has yet to be established, recent discoveries by CSS Brigham Young suggests that confrontation may indeed be imminent. Surely, brothers and sisters, all must agree that this our great blessing of technology being bestowed upon our congregations right here and now, in such critical times, constitutes clear and irrefutable proof of Divine Providence!
That's right crackas, Believers just researched Applied Physics!
But of course, by now the Spartans and Euphorians are probably already cruising around in plasma armour while toting impact weapons of ultimate doom.
HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL - FOR ADMINISTRATIVE BUREAU USE AND VIEW ONLY
Factions of Chiron and their power estimation 2165 - an intelligence report
Overview and summary
Chief analysts from the Hive Intelligence Viability Estimation and Research division have found that Hive growth is most satisfactory. A combination of industrial, scientific, territorial and population growth, as well as the completion of two vital secret projects, have allowed the Hive to become the second most powerful faction on Planet. When others lag behind or stagnate, the Hive prospers. Recent colonial, industrial and terraforming efforts will only entrench our position. However our advantage over the University, a faction which we have yet to encounter, is not particularly large. Spartan dominance remains a certainty for the near future.
Gaps in planetary exploration as well as the indirect means of data gathering on factions we have yet to contact mandate higher focus establishing said contact, as we are lacking vital information. Power estimates for the four remaining factions show that they are close, although the Gaians are somewhat behind. Longterm projections and predictions are unlikely to be accurate, more data is needed. Although the situation is expected to clarify by the end of the century. Without sufficient geographical data precise forecasts remain impossible.
Analysts regret that the Hive could not undertake construction of the Virtual World secret project. However previous five year plans had higher priorities. Increased political stability would be of much benefit to the Hive, although not required. Hive Guard and the enlightened rule of the Chairman provide enough stability as it is, in addition to the new intellectual legions of talents spawned by the Human Genome project. The mob-ruled democratic factions of Planet require the Virtual World to function, for the Hive it would merely be a convenient cybernetic opium for the masses that may be substituted otherwise.
Spartans
The lush jungles of Landmass Two have enabled the Spartans to grow rapidly thanks to surplus nutrients. However growth has stagnated as the population boom resulted in overcrowded colonies and rising unrest. Spartans face the risk of severe drone riots. Technological and Military superiority however may offset the threats of civil unrest. Agents report increase mindworm attacks. Link to Gaian agents plausible but not confirmed. No known secret project efforts.
Gaians
Neighboring the Spartans, the Gaians are steadily growing, although still behind other factions after being overtaken in the past two decades. Analysts report that the situation may be temporary as the Gaians may be involved in a large expansion or research effort that will soon bear fruit and raise their rating. Proximity to Spartan territory possible cause for conflict due to opposing ideologies, especially near the disputed border inside the Monsoon Jungle. No known secret project efforts.
Peacekeepers
Our neighbors have rapidly settled large swaths of Landmass Prime since planet fall. Roughly a rank four power. May experience economical and research boom due to local resources. Allocated considerable resources to "The Virtual World" secret project. Agents and scouts claim Peacekeepers have harnessed "monoliths" devices alien in origin believed to be some form of self-powered universal constructor beyond our level of understanding. These may be involved in the construction of mentioned secret project. Peacekeeper cartographic naming conventions are considered amusing.
University
Second-hand reports talk of a colony lost due to mindworm attack, likely cause of growth stagnation in recent years. Could also be due to proximity to rival faction territory or insufficient landmass for colonial expansion. Research rate impressive, bolstered by network nodes. Probability of overtaking the Hive in ranking again is high. Also have been working on "The Virtual World" for many years. Analysts unsure on who will complete it first.
Morganites
The capitalist plague is doing well, though not as well as it used to. Location unknown, details on Morganite activity are scarce. Recommend caution although Morgan military is rumored to be feeble. Command Nexus and military hardware guard us well against any and all invasion from the regressive and greedy bourgeois. They have allocated resources to constructing the "Planetary Transit System".
Believers
Naval survey reports hint towards location of Believer settlements. Faction known for being technologically backwards, however military and industrial might is not to be underestimated. Construction of the Weather Paradigm greatly aids terraforming efforts, likely to result in industrial, economical and population growth. Currently only other faction to have finished a secret project, known to be constructing another one, called the "Merchant Exchange". High religious zeal offsets agitation of native lifeforms caused by pollution.
Most popular University's paper since Russia Today
Editorial: A dirge for humanities
Euphoric Academia was founded as the centerpiece of sociological studies within the University of Planet, answering to a challenge from the hard science dominated University of Planet to all those with a background in humanities, a challenge for them to truly prove themselves, to show they are capable of studying man in a truly scientific manner, free from the bias of politics that plagues such studies, sometimes transforming them into lies and ruining entire careers of those dedicated to the unremitting pursuit of honest, real science without labels, as it happened so many times in Earth's final century, which demise also can be clearly blamed on a mental cancer known as "political correctness". Contrary to what happened on the mostly lies-infested "universities" of our lost home, many hoped Euphoric Academia would be an example of humanities done right, but hope is simply a lesser form of blind faith.
In what was not a surprise for many, specially those with more conservative and technocratic political leanings, after a relatively successful foray into scientific sociology during its first five years, everything went down the drain with the emergence of existential relativists insistent that science should bow down to their incoherent pastiche of liberal and "feel good" politics and that if that required for "scientists" to claim two plus two equals five in the name of diversity, so be it. This was exactly the kind of psychotic, mindless ideological insanity that drove the West's pendulum to the other direction, giving birth for example to the Christian States of America, which was in many ways a direct reaction to increasingly absurd laws pandering to self-proclaimed victims of "misogyny", "racism" and the likes, shooting themselves in the foot as they demanded suppression of free flow of information in the name of political correctness and "social justice".
Such retarded leftist cult is more fanatical than the Lord's Believers by those too weak of will and intellect to cope with the truth there is no god, and cultural Marxism is arguably as terrible of a religion as the one Miriam's zealots practice. With ridiculous, over-pampered dropouts leeching on desperate "beta" and "omega" males(refer to "Sexual selection debunked by modern science" for an up-to-date account on such erroneous labels) to defend them and family ties to prevent them from being experimented upon in the name of science, for such "progressives" would only be useful to mankind as test subjects, things have quickly escalated out of control, and three years ago, the director of Euphoric Academia threatened secession, accusing Zakharov of being a "shitlord", to which he naturally gave no answers, having experience with this kind of person back on Earth every time he left Russia to visit conferences in the falling apart United States.
Perhaps in their obsession about "sexism" in Network Node games or in their infatuation with the kitschy contents of a shirt Zakharov wore during the first successful test of a practical laser after an arduous research effort, the braindead liberal drones of Euphoric Academia did not notice when the mind worms arrived to check their privilege, and the security of the base have been hired based on how much they parrot that campus' insane ideology rather than for competence of any kind, sealing their well deserved fate.
To prevent such problems from ever surfacing again, restrictions on the autonomy of other campuses have been enacted from now on, and in the most polemic of the new measures, humanities are now officially deemed pseudosciences, without exception, while education grants and food stamps underwent drastic cuts and a new service of assisted suicide has been enacted to prevent those who have gone off the deep end from being converted by insane religious or cultural Marxist cults whining about stupid crap in the Nodes until the mind worms show them what true harassment and rape is. Academic autonomy is not meant to be abused in such a way, which unfortunately happened because the capital was too focused about the Virtual World to realize such madmen were creating another kind of virtual world right under their noses, a virtual world of leftist lies disguised as science, of parasites, scum and some other undesirables the liberal scum of UN allowed to join the mission and spread their rotten genes even among us, no surprise considering what the UN is.
Let the fate of Euphoric Academia serve as an example of how this Planet will not support useless human worms excreting bullshit on par with the religious "education" of the Believers. Just like there are clear scientific truths against the lies of old religions, gender, sex and the morphological differences between them have been long understood outside of corrupted, politicized, racially self-hating academic institutions that luckily were mostly not inherited by the University of Planet. If that is the price of free flow of information, it should be tempered with a more pragmatic view on the right to live, for some of these people were so out of their minds they ranted on how those who disagreed with them should be sent to the recycling tanks and killed there, whereas these useless dregs should actually end like that, in the only way these abortions will do something useful for mankind and science and not doom a few who refused to cave in to their madness to the horror of the worms. An intensification of the eugenics program of the University is long overdue, to ensure nobody retarded, sociopath or insane enough to make this all happen again will be born, for the good of everyone.
Revelation is at hand! Marvel at the Holy Cross of Righteousness and glorious Mount Zion at its centre!
Behold the divine arrangement of the twin angelic altars, and the work to sanctify the sacred name of Lord God!
Bask in the glory of Believing terraformers using their God-given power of precipitation, now building Planet's first condenser!
Land of ITZ and no damn honey! Fortunately I scored 2 mineral deposits from pods which helped me get the Weather Paradigm. Also, tight as it may be, I am hell bent on fitting twelve tribes onto the landmass. Since I pacted Morgan he will definitely sell my map data to highest and lowest bidder alike, so with opprahaishunal sekuriteh wrecked, I figured I might as well show my position in style as promised.
Funny thing is, I completely forgot that pacting auto-shares map data despite having benefited from it in the first game, what with AI Lal (officially the worst ally ever) giving me Hellraiser's location as he surrendered.
Clearly, those Slick Beta Israel suits dazed me with their promise of big yehzah.
So technically the base and road network doesn't form a cross since New Jerusalem is an extra tile away, but God Almighty obviously designed New Eden to be viewed from the superior fixed isometric perspective.
And hold it right there blasphemous scum, don't you go all "what is true isometric?", that path leads to Draqdom and will have you foaming at the mouth every time someone says he enjoyed exploration in the original Baldur's Gate.
"And it came to pass that the people spoke out against the Lord, and against Moses, saying 'Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread here, and there is no water; and our souls loatheth this manna from heaven!' And so the Lord God sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people, and much of Israel died.
And the people came to Moses and cried, 'We have sinned, because we have spoken against the Lord and against thee; pray unto Him, that He take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.
And the Lord God said unto Moses, 'Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a standard: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he seeth it, shall live.' And Moses made a serpent of brass, and set it upon the standard: and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked unto the serpent of brass, he lived."
The Bible text for today is ripe with constructive lessons for all seekers of truth and wisdom. The importance of remaining steadfast and loyal to God, to endure, and in enduring grow strong, emerges as paramount. Perceptive students will also notice how the narrative reflects strikingly well the insurgency which followed the Planetfall. Dissatisfied with their humble yet equal rations of Miracle Wheat and Nutri-Soy steaks (truly the manna of the modern era), many false brothers and sisters spoke out in great anger against prophetess Miriam, and yes, even against the Lord God in Heaven!
Then, as well as over three and a half millenia ago, the Almighty responded by sending fiery serpents to punish and purify the people. Yet what may easily escape notice is that the brazen serpent, Netushan, which cured the irreverent fools in the days of Moses, was not merely a symbol of redemption but also a depiction of the Almighty Lord in one of His many forms: that of the fire-breathing avatar later described in the Second Book of Samuel and the Psalms of King David. Netushan symbolised the Lord, and the fiery serpents were but agents of the Holy Spirit.
Now, some may ask themselves, how can this possibly be? After all, Christianity has traditionally associated both serpents and dragons with the ancient enemy! Why yes, and rightly so, we say, in the time and age of the Gospel and Revelations. Evidently, however, there was also a time prior to this, a time closer to the perfection in Eden, when said creatures signified the divine glory of the Lord God. That Satan has since worn similar forms is only to be expected, for this was foretold by his appearing as a creature of light. What better form to take when one seeks to deceive the faithful than that of the Almighty Himself?
This fundamental truth that the Lord God is manifest in the serpentine form has become all the more apparent following recent revelations of empathic linking and telepathy, ancient abilities of the original perfect man in Eden, and indeed, the perfect Christ upon Earth. These gifts, as we have now found, extend not merely to men, but also allow for interaction with the worms of the xenofungus, further denoting their importance in Creation. It is surely no coincidence that the faithful have received these gifts from the Lord God at the exact time when we acknowledged His ancient avatar and the role of serpents in the Divine Plan.
It might appear to some that this new light of understanding renders previous statements regarding the serpents erroneous. It has, for example, been suggested that the mind-worms, which certain brothers and sisters have reportedly called "devil-worms", are directed by demonic entities. It is well worth noting, however, that nothing indicates that certain worms could not, in fact, have fallen prey to such foul powers, for like their master Satan, the demons mimick the glorious Lord so as to offend Heaven and injure the Elect. Similarly, satanic agents may very well seek to control these helpers of Creation for their own wicked ends.
Furthermore, while certain brethren may perhaps have been overly enthusiastic in regards to conclusive statements, this is in itself but the symptom of honest hearts searching for understanding, and as the Scriptures teach, the Lord God does not always bestow His wisdom instantaneously, but rather in portions and at the right time. It is perfectly clear that this time is now, and that wisdom has been bestowed in light of our service. Surely then, brethren, our spirituality is now stronger and more pleasing to the Lord than ever before!
In conclusion, our greater understanding of scriptural truths, bestowed for our exemplarly service thus far, is now hastening the foretold purification of mankind towards Adamite perfection in the imminent Thousand-Year Kingdom! Very soon, every Believer will hold, in addition to perfect health and immortality, this glorious gift of telepathy, currently restricted only to the purest among our Zealots and Elders of Zion, whose recent taming of the serpents clearly fulfill the prophetic words of the master:
"Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents, and over all the power of the enemy: nothing shall in any way hurt you."
— Luke 10:19, Revised Conclave Bible, Datalinks
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Flip-flop of heavenly might! Green economy, why yes we can!
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