Combat Frame Data: XCD-105

Combat Frame Data: XCD-105

XCD-105 Eschaton XE Technical Data Model number: XCD-105 Code name: Eschaton Nickname: Eschaton XE Classification: stealth attack combat frame Manufacturer: Zeklov-Astraea modification of a BEC design Operator: Coalition Transportation Ministry, HALO First deployment: CY 40 Crew: 1 pilot in cockpit in chest Height: 18 meters Weight: 102 metric tons Armor type: “1D” carbyne laminar armor Powerplant: cold fusion reactor, max output 2963…
March 26, 20206 Comments
The Other Black Panther

The Other Black Panther

A reader of yesterday's cryptid post responded with a comment that blew my sighting out of the water: I've heard and seen one of the anomalous big cats during one of my excursions to visit family in Missouri, but I don't think it was any sort of phantom. They do…
March 25, 20209 Comments
Phantom Animals

Phantom Animals

Cataloging reports of unknown animals--cryptids to folks in the business--is one of my guilty pleasures. Who doesn't love a goose bump-raising tale of giant footprints in a creek bed or anomalous shrieks in the night? Sometimes, though, the juxtaposition of familiar critters in impossible places can be just as unnerving. It’s…
March 24, 20208 Comments
Trump’s Kobayashi Maru

Trump’s Kobayashi Maru

It's been ten days since President Donald Trump's coronavirus address in the Rose Garden. After stumbling out of the gate, he seemed to be rising to the occasion, with talk of more robust travel restrictions, medical guidelines, and direct aid to the American people. But yesterday, Trump posted a tweet…
March 23, 202041 Comments
Congressional Lemmings

Congressional Lemmings

The coronavirus pandemic has turned into something of a Voight-Kampff test. Instead of androids, it detects Suicide Cultists, which are really the next best thing. We can debate the government's wisdom in locking down travel and commerce. In fact, Mister Metokur debated comedian Dick Masterson on Ethan Ralph's #Killstream last…
March 20, 202019 Comments
Corona-chan and the Revolution

Corona-chan and the Revolution

Our visit from Corona-chan is proving to be much like sports--which may be some consolation to fans, since sports are cancelled. The pandemic isn't so much building character as revealing it. First, Corona-chan revealed the ineptness and even malice of our global ruling elite. Chinese officials could have stopped the…
March 19, 202010 Comments
Combat Frame Data: XCD-101-2 Eliseus

Combat Frame Data: XCD-101-2 Eliseus

XCD-101-2 Eliseus Technical Data Model number: XCD-101-2 Code name: XSeed Eliseus Nickname: Eliseus Classification: space use electronic warfare combat frame Manufacturer: Lunar Underground modification of a Browning Engineering Corporation design Operator: Lunar Underground, Wehrbund Bavaria, HALO First deployment: CY 40 Crew: 1 pilot in cockpit in chest Height: 19 meters Weight: dry weight 115 metric tons, full weight 130…
March 18, 20205 Comments
Warlords

Warlords

If Corona-chan has taught us anything, it's that our ruling class is woefully incapable of handling a crisis. While the current pandemic probably won't crash the whole system, our elites show no signs of having learned from their failure. To be an elite now is to be trapped in a…
March 17, 202012 Comments
The Beale Cipher

The Beale Cipher

The human drive to plumb the depths of mysteries has led to astonishing achievements. It has also driven untold souls to obsession, madness, and ruin. According to frontier legend, hunter Thomas J. Beale struck out from Bedford County, Virginia at the head of a thirty-man expedition headed west. Legend has…
March 16, 202011 Comments
Decision Time for Trump

Decision Time for Trump

A common form of hubris is the presumption that we can control everything. If we compile the best available data, put together an expert team, and devise the right plan, we can completely master our destiny. Then a turn of fate comes out of left field and throws a wrench…
March 13, 202013 Comments