Monthly Archives: April 2021

From Getty Images: “SAUDI ARABIA – FEBRUARY 01: Bedouin women of the Rub al Khali desert, the largest desert in Saudi Arabia. In February, 2003-Bedouin women, like men, all own weapons. The men often leave the camp and women are … Continue reading →

Some interesting things here: A massive fortification, simply by-passed to the end of the war. Escaping prisoners are useful in and of themselves… but the information they know can be even more valuable. A smash’n’grab raid on an enemy port, … Continue reading →

She’s taking it better than many born’n’bred spacers would: no frantic calls for Life Support techs, or running to the nearest emergency environmental shelters.

The actual song was made weeks before the final voyage of the Indonesian submarine KRI Nanggala (402) was lost with all hands on April 21, 2021. So this isn’t truly the last moments of that submarine crew. Still… if the … Continue reading →

A quote from one of Chief MAKOi’s videos: As they always say during basic safety training, ‘the ship is still the best lifeboat’. This means that everything possible should be done in order to return the ship to safe status … Continue reading →

A cut’n’paste from the other blog: [snipped the Cuomo stuff] But until recently, the only governor who’s been subjected to nonstop abuse in the media has been, of course, Ron DeSantis of Florida. Jay Bhattacharya, professor of medicine at Stanford … Continue reading →

When Hannibal invaded Italy in 218 BCE, he was taking on a Roman powerhouse that had a huge potential pool of well-trained soldiers. Hannibal would have to win decisive victories to show his seriousness and the inability of the Roman … Continue reading →

First: starship grunge work is grungy must be done. Note that the level of cleaning of the hold depends on the cargo: food grade bulk cargo is going to have a different set of enforced standards than shipping scrap metal … Continue reading →

I was looking up flanking maneouvers, when I came across an interesting D&D blog, The Monsters Know What They’re Doing. While the article is worth a read if you’re using wargaming models to handle fights, what really caught my eye … Continue reading →

This man understand large-scale military strategy. Covering your flank takes manpower, manpower that is not being used at the tip of the spear. Put a battlefield map before a group of Traveller wargamers, and I’d be impressed if one out … Continue reading →