JarickCWAL's New Writeups

One Thousand Years of Darkness (thing)

2003-04-24T18:32:13Z

It is the Day of Thunder. One thousand years ago, the Seven Thunders took up arms against Fu Leng, the fallen kami who threatened to destroy his brothers and sisters and enslave humanity under his fist. However, Fu Leng was not destroyed in this battle- only sealed away. His legacy remained, though, as the Shadowlands- and when Emperor Hantei the XXXIX fell ill, the Shadowlands slowly began destroying the Emerald Empire while the Clans fought amongst themselves for the right to rule.

When the Clans noticed the corruption that had taken root beneath their noses, it was almost too late- Fu Leng had possessed the weakened Hantei XXXIX, and was attempting to destroy the Empire from within. At the last moment, the Thunders were finally revealed to themselves; with the guidance of both Togashi, one of the last surviving kami, and the wise monk known as Shinsei, the reincarnated souls of the Seven Thunders once again took up arms against Fu Leng, and were able to…

Testifying in Federal Court (idea)

2003-04-18T22:54:38Z

The following is taken from a pamphlet that my father recieved from the U.S. Department of Justice, seeing as he was being called as a witness to testify for the State of Oklahoma in a corruption case within the Oklahoma State Department of Health. The case never went to trial because the rat bastard in question plead guilty at the last moment, but my dad recieved some things from the government intended to make sure that he knew what was likely going to happen.

All emphasis from this point forward is the pamphlet's own; hardlinks are mine, of course.

U.S. Department of Justice
United States Attorney's Office

Testifying in Federal Court
April 1994 Edition

INTRODUCTION

One of the responsbilities of citizenship for those who have knowledge about the commission of a crime, or for those who are victims of a crime, is to serve as…

The Spellslinger's Guide to World Domination (thing)

2003-01-28T18:37:57Z

Crushing Empires for Fun and Profit

The Spellslinger's Guide to World Domination is to the HackMaster RPG as The Complete Wizard's Handbook is to Advanced Dungeons and Dragons. As the first official rules supplement to HackMaster, the Spellslinger's Guide (or SSG) is composed of roughly forty percent revised material (licensed from WotC), forty percent new material, and a dollop of the HackMaster attitude that sets Hackmaster apart from the pack.

The first half of the Spellslingers Guide is composed of new classes for wizards. A large chunk of these are specialist wizards- the single specialist wizards, who focus in one particular school of magic; the double specialists, who embrace a single school of magic to an almost ridiculous degree; lastly, the sole practitioners who zone in on one aspect of a school of magic and make it their own (wizards who specialize directly in evoking fire, cold, in…

chronotherapy (thing)

2002-11-07T08:52:05Z

The marvels of medical science today...

As a matter of rule, there are a number of physiological cycles that regularly occur within the human body. Some of these are immediately obvious, such as waking and sleeping patterns, menstruation, and the lub-dub of the heart. Others, though, are less apparent to the casual observer. Chronotherapy is the science of timing medical treatment to synchronize with these repetitive cycles, taking them into consideration when considering the time of day, and sometimes the amount, of medication to administer per dose. The majority of these treatments are researched with an eye towards the circadian cycle, as it is the biological cycle with the most immediate ramifications.

While still a fairly young application of medicine, chronotherapy has nonetheless made some significant advances in dealing with asthma, arthritis, and cancer treatments among other fields. With chemically reconstructed drugs, fixed so that their effect takes place…

Wolf's Dragoons (thing)

2002-09-17T08:59:21Z

another BattleTech writeup

The year is AD 3000. After more than two hundred years of living beyond the realms of the Inner Sphere, the Clans are growing restless. Those who see that it is the destiny of the Clans to storm the decadent Houses and rebuild the Star League on the ashes of those who first destroyed it have been pushing the issue. However, the factions who would rather let the Successor States die first and then save humanity have made a strong point- without any knowledge of what has happened over the past two centuries, any major military action would be operating on information that could be very wrong.

To remedy this lack of information, Clan Wolf was tasked with creating a mercenary unit that would act as the eyes and ears of the Clans. To this end, the Wolves took their best and brightest of their freebirth warriors and sprinkled their best amidst them, outfitted them with the best of the pre-Exodus…

Buck Rogers: Matrix Cubed (thing)

2002-08-19T06:49:44Z

The second of the Buck Rogers series of games done by Strategic Simulations, Inc, Buck Rogers: Matrix Cubed is a PC game produced in 1992 that continued where Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday left off.

While the New Earth Organization (NEO) has thwarted the plans of the evil Russo-American Mercantile (RAM) to construct a doomsday weapon, the solar system is yet not at peace. NEO faces the difficulties of reinstating order and justice in the places where RAM's shadow falls- and while they suffered a sound defeat before, RAM is still quite capable of fighting. However, a way to save the war-scarred Earth has come into play- a scientist has stumbled upon the theory and research that can change matter directly to energy... and everyone, from NEO to RAM to the Mercurian Kings to the society for the Prevention of Unwanted Research and Genetic Engineering (PURGE) wants the perpetual-energy pie. Your job, as a group of seasoned NEO agents? Find the…