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Cargo Cult - Maybe a dumb question but
What are heirlooms?
a) Real manufactured items from any time frame not just WWII
b) Cargo from the Spirit Realm post rescue party; Page 19: "...given all the Cargo they ever wanted, and joined into the largest, flashiet, jazz-diven, Cargo-fueled party in the ...

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Cargo Cult - Maybe a dumb question but
What are heirlooms?
a) Real manufactured items from any time frame not just WWII
b) Cargo from the Spirit Realm
c) a Built Item that has become a real thing through use
d) something else

On a side note "A Walk on the Wild Side" articles are in Rifters 38 ...

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Phalanx wrote:Or one of the many combat hovercycles or rocket bikes.

Or Naruni combat pod & drones, eh Phalanx?

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Lord Z wrote:Here is a link to my more in-depth look at Cargo! Cargo! Linko!

Thanks, Z...appreciate the good buzz.

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Nice!

Always good to see my work is enjoyed. I like the BtS spin...that ought to throw the skeptics for a loop!

BTW: The Tower is only needed for certain Cargo abilities, such as Aircraft. Even then, you have a 100 mile radius from the Tower if you can "relay" through a Walkie/Handie-Talkie or ...

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Thanks for the love on Cargo Cargo, all.

Had so much fun writing it I'm glad others enjoyed reading it.
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Oh, and yes: Crew Call can call up Pin-ups and USO girls, you randy bastard!
I got 50 pair of stockings, so what should I use them for?

That's a good point. Also, silk stockings are a ...

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Thanks for the love on Cargo Cargo, all.

Had so much fun writing it I'm glad others enjoyed reading it.

I also have to give Kent Burles a major shout out here...that artwork was great, really captured the feel and absurdity of it all while making the Cargo Priests look like bad-asses.

And abtex ...

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Great meeting everyone!

Had a blast. Hope to see everyone next year.

John C. Philpott...

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I have been looking over the rouge scientist and am going to have fun with this one but wondering if I should actually pick up comp programming and hacking or not

For an abby-style character I think those skills are a must. It'd be like playing Babe Ruth and not have the Sports: Baseball skill ...

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You, sir, get the Slag Seal of Approval(TM) for what it's worth.

PS: You might want to strategize about a SSW with expanded legs in celebration of a certain upcoming Rifts book.

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Name of the Game: Into the Heart
Palladium Game Line: Rifts: Delta Blues preview
Brief Description: The Siege of Tolkeen has dragged on nto its fourth year. Characters, who enlisted in a flash of patriotism, desperation, or had no choice, play new (1st level ...

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Did you ever say to yourself, "you know, self, I do enjoy a good Victorian romance novel, but Jane Austen really could use a few flesh-eating undead"?

Well, you're in luck!

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance - Now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem!

All the sophisticated ...

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Hey now, half of that "trilogy" was written in Virginia.

~ Josh
Can it be rewritten into English?
Great JoyJoy for you if it makes it this year.
Do you have any Adventure book(s) for the set in the works yet?

Y'all crazy. We rite reel good heer in ol' Virginny!

And no, no adventure books ...

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My understanding was that you also needed to follow a Traditional lifestyle, e.g. no high tech, no MDC armor, no video players, living in a wigwam, etc. I'm away from my book so I can't cite page/paragraph, but IIRC there was a distinct rule or at least (for me) distinct indication that even a Full ...

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They *may* still have remaining copies on hand in the warehouse, or your local bookstore or used book website may have them, but in general each Rifter sees only one printing, first come first served.

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Just asking the experienced contributors - what is the likely response for putting together a super team, or a group of NPCs with good background and adventure hooks and sending it in? Is this the sort of thing that the Rifter would publish?

I've seen ones like that.

Generally, though, they ...

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That is one CREEPY frackin' cover!!

Great job Gist!

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Not Canon. Optional material that expands upon the Barbarian OCC with new skills, new OCCs (Savage, Wild Man, Tribesman), and background on different barbarian tribes as based on real world groups (Mongols, Vikings, Polynesians, etc.) as a way of moving past "Clonan" stereotypes.

It was some ...

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Not Canon. Optional material that expands upon the Barbarian OCC with new skills, new OCCs (Savage, Wild Man, Tribesman), and background on different barbarian tribes as based on real world groups (Mongols, Vikings, Polynesians, etc.) as a way of moving past "Clonan" stereotypes.

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That was a fun way to blow a few mins. Thanks, DTMK.

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I submitted like 85 typed pages worth of (what I thought was) awesome material like a year ago (12/07) and as of July, Wayne still had not even looked at it yet. What is the best way to actually get my stuff read by the editor? I even submitted it in person and got a brief tour of the old warehouse ...

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Geez, guys...ya' make a man blush.

Thanks, all,

J. Philpott...

PS: off the top of my head, ones I really liked not yet mentioned: Enthralled (#25), Systems Failure air articles (the Pilot OCC one in #7 or 8 IIRC and Phallanx's recent Warbirds arty), & the original Techno-Wizard article from #5 ...

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What's the perfect Christmas companion for Dead Reign? (remember to buy four copies of DR)

The Stupidest Angel: a Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror by Christopher Moore

A child has witnessed the horrid shovel-related death of a man in a Santa suit. All he wants for Christmas is for Santa to ...

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Specter wrote:I'd be more excited over a Nightbane movie...

I wonder what that might look like...

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Good find, GB!

Actually, they could expand it rather easily with Pykrete, "a mixture of sea water and woodpulp which frozen together [is] tougher than steel and [will] neither melt nor sink".

See Project Habakkuk from WWII.

Ironically, Habakkuk sounds like an inuit word! It's actually a biblical ...

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Just remember that there are Native American Preserves in Alaska

actually there are no native american preserves in alaska. the eskimo people own their land, out right.

He means "Preserves" ala Rifts Spirit West. Specifically he means Fort Alaska Preserve which IIRC is Inuit run and on a ...

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Citizen Lazlo wrote:Philpot, pimping his own fantastic work.

Ain't Easy...

...but sho' is fun!

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1. Don't worry about the Battle Cry ability. It's basically a scream-intimidate-stun kind of thing. Treat it as an intimidate or HF if you want, but basically the ability is less important than the rest of the abilities listed in the article.

2. Northern Hinterlands is a good book ...

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Well, Laissez les bon temps rouler! < sarcastically speaking >

There were only a few things actually cool about this little s***** area of the world.

Mardi Gras in Caddo Parish is not it.

But hey, that's alright. I'll deal.
I'm use to it. Look where I live.

I might suggest recalibrating ...

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Think it might be something that Palladium NEEDS to make.

1) they would be frickin' awesome.

2) they would be frickin' EXPENSIVE.

That's alot of stitching to do it right or a lot of multi-color work to do a half-arse iron-on job. Either way mucho dinero and little likelihood of seeing ...

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And remember: as per D-Bees of NA Kraks are common to Alaska.

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That's what I was saying.
Cyber Command is opening a section in N. LA, the Vallax crash landed in LA, and Barksdale AFB (SAC) is in Bossier.

It makes since NEMA would have had some type of strategic or invested interest. The coastline starts in Alexandria (I think) plus it's what- 70 miles from ...

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ya I don't know how much of LA is oging to be left by the time of the Catclysm unless some serious money goes to building better levies the stroms are only going to get worse which means LA might be the best place for prerift artifacts

Louisiana is more than New Orleans and the Gulf Coast.

No ...

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duck-foot wrote:
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Yea...things are gettin' daffy up in here.

ok that one was good.

That's me, baby. No mercy. Straight for the Canards.

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AlanGunhouse wrote:DUCK! Low humor ahead

Yea...things are gettin' daffy up in here.

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I'm itchin' to do a novel. For the love of gawd, buy coppies of the Anthology!! Give me an excuse!!!

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My personal favorite story? the Brothers Perez . Unexpected style, and I liked the references.

"Now here's a fan with taste , Pablo."

"Ree'ly? Must'a got a burnt tongue, then, Sal. That there story's muddier than a half-cleaned catfish, since ya' asked."

"Now that just leaves me bitter , it ...

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Chad wrote:What info would be included in Northern Louisiana?

Does the manuscript mention the Vallax Aliens, Barksdale AFB, or Cyber-Command?

No.

<----------- The OTHER (cooler) author.

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I'd actually pitched a PNW world book series idea a while back and got no response. Of course with the current backlog of products awaiting funding for the go-ahead we're talking years out anyway.

Had some similar ideas to what's being brought up here, plus a few entuirely different. Also thought ...

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i'd say the president was in flight on airforce 1 when the news of the south american nuclear strike was received, and immediately routed to NORAD for protection.
he was in flight because tensions were high between America and the other super powers at the time.

Congress was in emergency session ...

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Exactly: established physics...like what makes the Death's Head Transport capable of sustained stable flight
vectored thrust jets using an indirect cycle atomic jet system. given that the disk part is listed as the lift system, i'd suspect a Coanda effect system used for lift, and a second set ...

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IIRC (been a while since we wrote it; maybe Levi can clairify):

WP Knife, WS Katar, WM Katar, WP Paired, WM Paired Katar

Im confused their you can Skip from WP paired to WM Paired Katar and ignore WS Paired Katar?

In this case, yes, since you're already WM Katar. The WP Paired just gives you ...

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things based on real physics have to deal with real physics expectations of the readers.

Exactly: established physics...like what makes the Death's Head Transport capable of sustained stable flight or allows mass-produced "E-clips" capable of putting the energy of a battleship gun into your ...

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IIRC (been a while since we wrote it; maybe Levi can clairify):

WP Knife, WS Katar, WM Katar, WP Paired, WM Paired Katar

- or -

WP Knife, WP Paired, WS Paired Katar, WM Paired Katar

Need the Paired WP to do anything paired beyond that. Yep, skill hogs. Price you pay for that level of ...

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Well... not entirely alone, no.

It's just my personal opinion , but if it is to be an anual event, I would like to see the Swimsuit Rifter printed in addtion to the regular quarterly issues. That might not be feasable printing cost-wise, but that is what I would like to see.

I agree. I love ...

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I also had problems with the vacuum-filled lifting bodies on the sub-orbitals.
sub-orbitals? no way. if you can't fly a plane over 100,000 feet because of the kill sats shooting at you*, your definately not going to get 100km up.

*see world book 5. the NGR doesn't fly it's hypersonic transport ...

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Scene: a young man is walking down a beach on a beautiful, sunny day, 50s-style surf music is playing in the background.

Suddenly he spies a gorgeous woman in sunglasses and a tight, skimpy one-piece. She smiles at him and starts running down the beach. He smiles and starts chasing her.

Sun glints ...

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At present having a hard time trying to map out the bases the CS had on the Great Lakes .. and along the mississippi .
..

After double checking my notes -

Hannibal and Fort Girardeau are in Missouri on the cities of the same name (although it's actually Cape Girardeau)

Greenville is actually ...

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