ManGodAi4x / AquaCoop, Comic, Cinematic…Terminal Dark.

[Rman Virgil]

Jian's Hilt...

I see what you did there

~Olrox

Ooops... my reality tunnel has merged with WZ's virtual reality... Holy guacamole.... & blue fin tuna on the barbie ! Me thinks I may need an artistveloper of sober mien or, heaven forbid, a posse of velociraptors to get me outta this predicament !!

- RV
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Jian's Hilt: The latest iteration. What's special about this area is that it will be one of 2 "Resource Caches" that will pose the challenge of a "surgical strike" (as opposed to a "bludgeon" approach) in that you can readily destroy the cache rather than adding it to your economy if you don't use your head first instead of just going with the "blood-lust" mind set. It tests your Commander acumen, in other words and rewards you for being in full possession your command faculties.
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[Rman Virgil]

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Charon's Cove:
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[Rman Virgil]

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The Last Redoubt: The Scav Stronghold shown here withOUT any of the defenses which will be spread throughout the entire perimeter (plus within the Redoubt) and be cleverly disguised because my Scavs make up for what they lack in firepower with cleverness. This Last Redoubt is a major Center of Gravity and resource prize and even though I am doing NO modding with this Stock Edition of Aqua Co-op the capture of this region will pose a very stiff challenge and require a cool patience and bold ingenuity to conquer.

With the Elite Edition of Aqua Co-op that will follow the SE, my modding will be focused on the Scavs. Among other things I will be giving them Air Defense and Air Offensive Capability as well a new Ground Offensive capability. These new Air Defensive & Offensive capabilities are extrapolated from a pure Scav profile.

The new Ground Offensive capability for the EE version is extrapolated from the short story "Mastar of the Scar" and will reflect a postulated relationship with a faction of Nexus post the end of the original CAM (which I am also considering a "False Flag" diversion). This postulated faction of Nexus is a splinter group out of the Far East that was seeded some 5 years Pre-Collapse and have been dubbed the "ManGodAi". (I've written several interlocking short stories about this aspect that are in turn based on my much fleshed out time line / back story.... BTW, short stories and back story are NOT the same thing.) But enough of that - on to completing this SE version for beta stress-testing.

- RV
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[Olrox]

Hmm, I've remembered about a M1 Abrams that BP (I think) modeled some time ago, that was really nice, would be very adequated for giving the scavs some armoured resistance and offensive capabilities.

~Olrox

[Rman Virgil]

Hmm, I've remembered about a M1 Abrams that BP (I think) modeled some time ago, that was really nice, would be very adequated for giving the scavs some armoured resistance and offensive capabilities.

~Olrox

I hadn't thought about BP's Abrams. I'll add it to the list. 3 Possibilities to choose from. You might hate the other 2 on my list.. hehe.

One thing I would also like to change in the Elite Edition on the Project side is put in a new GFX for the Troop Transport - I've never cared for Pumpkin's original. There's several alternatives to choose from with this as well.


The Last Redoubt's perimeter topography evolves... same with the rest. All the previous screens give you a good idea but as I am continuously tweaking I am also making substantive changes so that what you see eventually will be noticeably different than these previews.

- RV
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[Olrox]

I hadn't thought about BP's Abrams. I'll add it to the list. 3 Possibilities to choose from. You might hate the other 2 on my list.. hehe.

- RV
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Hmm, is one of those 2 other, that weaponized excavator that Xanax made?

hehehehehe, if that's one of them, then I've got no problems with it
I'm still wondering about a third good possibility. Are you counting the air forces in those 3? If you are, then most probably that's the scav chopper

Or did I miss completely?
I can't hide the curiosity

~Olrox

[Rman Virgil]

I hadn't thought about BP's Abrams. I'll add it to the list. 3 Possibilities to choose from. You might hate the other 2 on my list.. hehe.

- RV
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Hmm, is one of those 2 other, that weaponized excavator that Xanax made?

hehehehehe, if that's one of them, then I've got no problems with it
I'm still wondering about a third good possibility. Are you counting the air forces in those 3? If you are, then most probably that's the scav chopper

Or did I miss completely?
I can't hide the curiosity

~Olrox

Yea on BP's Chopper. I love that puppy. No on the Excavator or any of the heavy equipment - even though I like the basic concept. Down the road I'll revisit but more from the angle of one of those Big Earth Movers that are used in strip-mining metals like copper. However, the other Scav ground unit will be an advanced unit provided by the ManGodAi and it will be one of XANAX's creations.

- RV
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[Olrox]

Yea on BP's Chopper. I love that puppy. No on the Excavator or any of the heavy equipment - even though I like the basic concept. Down the road I'll revisit but more from the angle of one of those Big Earth Movers that are used in strip-mining metals like copper. However, the other Scav ground unit will be an advanced unit provided by the ManGodAi and it will be one of XANAX's creations.

Hmm, the one with 'em big guns? I think I know what you're talking about now

I'll leave that to occasional surprise, though

But I do like the chopper as well, it's indeed nice. Maybe those big earth movers could be used for artillery? Hmm, maybe I can grab some inspiration here and there and make one

~Olrox

[Rman Virgil]

Yea on BP's Chopper. I love that puppy. No on the Excavator or any of the heavy equipment - even though I like the basic concept. Down the road I'll revisit but more from the angle of one of those Big Earth Movers that are used in strip-mining metals like copper. However, the other Scav ground unit will be an advanced unit provided by the ManGodAi and it will be one of XANAX's creations.

Hmm, the one with 'em big guns? I think I know what you're talking about now

I'll leave that to occasional surprise, though

But I do like the chopper as well, it's indeed nice. Maybe those big earth movers could be used for artillery? Hmm, maybe I can grab some inspiration here and there and make one

~Olrox

That would be really cool.

Here are some of my thoughts on Scavs and Heavy Equipment...

When I was I kid I was fascinated by Heavy Equipment.

My little nephews will spend hours in front of the TV watching a low budget, simple DVD production of Heavy Equipment in operation - over and over, they never seem to tire of it and it's right up there with their passion for vid / comp games and sports (they also like to read but not yet with the same passion).

In one of my several careers I got into construction and learned most of the trades, including being able to operate many different pieces of Heavy Equipment. Let me tell you, operating a CAT is even more fun than watching one in operation.

Don't know about other countries but I do know the USA first hand (having worked in dozens of projects in different states) and the caches of Heavy Equipment (& Cargo Containers, absolutely critical to our civil infrastructure.... not something that's gonna change for several generations to come) is vast across these states. There are even "graveyards" right now of Heavy Equipment, Aircraft (civilian and military), and so forth. I postulate that many years from now there will still be such graveyards - pre-collapse and for sure post-collapse.

Thousands upon thousands of peeps right now drive fully restored vehicles that were first manufactured 50-80 years ago.... not just civilian cars & trucks but also trains, heavy farm equipment vehicles, etc...

So I extrapolate from all the above that Scavs would exploit all the above, would be master restorers of "junk" both civilian and antiquated military, also equipment manufactured closer to the Collapse, able to mix and match engineering wise the old and newer pieces of technology and that we, as gamers, having that "inner kid" within us would love these type pups in the game.

- RV
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~ A Clan of the Jaguar Stone Totem ~


My Player 7 Scavs call themselves the Clan of the Jaguar. They have beliefs, rituals & artisans that can work in stone.

Below is one of their sacred Stone Totems. It tells their Creation Story. Look closely & perhaps you can decipher the symbolism of their ontology.

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Too subtle, perhaps..

Here's a close-up of the Jaguar Totem Symbolic stone carving rendered a little less subliminally....

As for interpreting the ontology that's something your welcome to do. I may dramatize it in a short story sometime down the road.

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[Olrox]

Yeah, I saw that on the first screen
My sense of abstraction is somewhere I can't find, these last days, It's killing my art. I hope I can find it again soon, so I can retake my artistical creations and interpretations...

But anyway, what am I whining for?

~Olrox

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I did not set out to do this even though I've thought about doing something like it long past.

I was just playing around with the tile rotations until it looked like what I thought was ok. Then I started taking some screen caps of recent changes I made and something caught my eye - "WTF !" I said to myself. It was just there... revealed because my attention lingered on the formation a little more than usual - I popped out of my reality tunnel for a timeless moment.

It's one of those "happy accidents" that happen in the realm of Serendipity & that Carl Jung dubbed "Synchronicity". Others would have it that it is an instance of the anchient "Law of Attraction" - what you intend with all your being, aware or unaware in so many words, will manifest into actuality. Interesting. Very interesting.

When I have no inspiration I sometimes find allowing myself "Free Play" or an untroubled Improvisational state of mind can yield amazing results so much so that I wonder if it was really me that did it. This I do with language, painting and music - improvisation. It's metaphorically like stepping up to the edge of a cliff over an expanse of water deep enough but you must banish the the fear, thrust yourself out into a free fall dive, trusting you will emerge out of the depths alive and exhilarated.

This last is one of several reasons why I hold that practicing any art form with impeccable dedication makes artists dream warriors.

- Regards, RV
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The Red Beard Cache Evolves -

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