Humanity’s Last Stand

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The solar system… a divided world.

Chaos reigns in the solar system. The interplanetary civil war has plunged the vastness of space into darkness. A bitter conflict rages between the once peaceful worlds of Ilyssar and Thelion, sparked by an alien power whose sinister motives remain inscrutable.

In the midst of this unrest, the former praetor of the Lokubami from the planet Uranus, a ruthless and calculating leader named Scurra, has used an ancient and convoluted rule of law to his advantage. With a cunning coup, he overthrew his successor and seized power – a dangerous move that threatens to destroy the fragile balance of the solar system.

But while Scurra reaches for power, a dark collective is stirring on the moons of Jupiter. Fascist forces have taken over strategic areas of land and are bringing oppressed peoples under their control. The conflict is fueled by the ambitions of another: Drav Phendror, Regent of Anarthia, who seeks to subjugate the territory of Ruvalara. He is pursuing a plan to declare himself Decurion of his own empire – with the mysterious support of the mysterious Lord of the High Hand.

The tension is rising as Scurra’s enthronement is imminent. If the ceremony goes ahead as planned, a dark era looms that could plunge the solar system into an endless night of fear and oppression…

May the stars tremble.


Das Sonnensystem… eine geteilte Welt.

Es herrscht Chaos im Sonnensystem. Der interplanetare Bürgerkrieg hat die Weiten des Alls in Dunkelheit getaucht. Zwischen den einst friedlichen Welten von Ilyssar und Thelion tobt ein erbitterter Konflikt, entfacht durch eine fremde Macht, deren finstere Motive unergründlich bleiben.

Inmitten dieser Unruhe hat der ehemalige Prätor der Lokubami vom Planeten Uranus, ein skrupelloser und berechnender Anführer namens Scurra, eine alte und verworrene Gesetzesregel zu seinen Gunsten genutzt. Mit einem listigen Coup stürzte er seinen Nachfolger und ergriff die Macht – ein gefährlicher Schritt, der das fragile Gleichgewicht des Sonnensystems zu zerstören droht.

Doch während Scurra nach der Macht greift, regt sich auf den Monden des Jupiter ein finsteres Kollektiv. Faschistische Kräfte haben strategische Landstriche eingenommen und bringen unterdrückte Völker in ihre Gewalt. Der Konflikt wird genährt von den Ambitionen eines anderen: Drav Phendror, Regent von Anarthia, der das Gebiet von Ruvalara unterwerfen will. Er verfolgt einen Plan, sich selbst zum Decurion eines eigenen Imperiums auszurufen – mit der geheimnisvollen Unterstützung des mysteriösen Gebieters der Hohen Hand.

Die Spannung steigt, als die Inthronisierung Scurra bevorsteht. Sollte die Zeremonie wie geplant stattfinden, droht eine düstere Ära, die das Sonnensystem in eine endlose Nacht aus Angst und Unterdrückung stürzen könnte…

Mögen die Sterne erbeben.


Le système solaire… un monde divisé.

Il y a du chaos dans le système solaire. La guerre civile interplanétaire a plongé l’immensité de l’espace dans l’obscurité. Un conflit amer fait rage entre les mondes autrefois pacifiques d’Ilyssar et de Thelion, déclenché par une puissance extraterrestre dont les motivations sombres restent insondables.

Au milieu de ces troubles, l’ancien préteur des Lokubami de la planète Uranus, un chef impitoyable et calculateur nommé Scurra, a exploité à son avantage une règle de droit ancienne et alambiquée. Grâce à un coup d’État astucieux, il renverse son successeur et prend le pouvoir – une démarche dangereuse qui menace de détruire le fragile équilibre du système solaire.

Mais tandis que Scurra aspire au pouvoir, un sombre collectif s’agite sur les lunes de Jupiter. Les forces fascistes se sont emparées de zones stratégiques du territoire et placent les peuples opprimés sous leur contrôle. Le conflit est alimenté par les ambitions d’un autre : Drav Phendror, régent d’Anarthia, qui veut soumettre le territoire de Ruvalara. Il poursuit un plan pour se déclarer Décurion de son propre empire – avec le soutien mystérieux du mystérieux dirigeant de la Haute Main.

La tension monte à l’approche de l’intronisation de Scurra. Si la cérémonie se déroule comme prévu, une ère sombre menace qui pourrait plonger le système solaire dans une nuit sans fin de peur et d’oppression…

Que les étoiles tremblent.


太陽系…分断された世界。

太陽系に混乱が起きている。惑星間の内戦により、広大な宇宙が暗闇に包まれました。かつては平和だったイリサールとセリオンの世界の間で、謎に包まれた異星の勢力によって引き起こされた激しい紛争が勃発。

この混乱の真っ只中、天王星出身のロクバミの元法務官であり、冷酷で打算的なリーダーであるスカラは、古くて複雑な法の支配を自分の利益のために利用しました。彼は巧妙なクーデターで後継者を追放し、権力を掌握した。これは太陽系の脆弱なバランスを破壊する恐れのある危険な行為である。

しかし、スカラが権力を狙っている間に、木星の衛星では暗黒の集団が動き始めていた。ファシスト勢力は戦略的な地域を占領し、抑圧された人々を支配下に置きつつある。この争いは、ルヴァララの領土を征服したいアナルシアの摂政ドラヴ・フェンドラーという別の人物の野心によって煽られています。彼は、ハイハンドの謎の支配者の謎の支援を受けて、自らを自らの帝国のデキュリオンであると宣言する計画を進めています。

スカラの即位が近づくにつれ、緊張が高まります。儀式が予定通りに実行されれば、太陽系を恐怖と抑圧の終わりのない夜に陥れる暗黒の時代が到来する恐れがある…

星が震えますように。


O sistema solar… um mundo dividido.

Há caos no sistema solar. A guerra civil interplanetária mergulhou a vastidão do espaço na escuridão. Um conflito amargo acontece entre os mundos outrora pacíficos de Ilyssar e Thelion, desencadeado por um poder alienígena cujos motivos obscuros permanecem incompreensíveis.

Em meio a essa agitação, o antigo pretor dos Lokubami do planeta Urano, um líder implacável e calculista chamado Scurra, explorou uma antiga e complicada regra de lei em seu benefício. Com um golpe astuto, ele derrubou seu sucessor e tomou o poder – um passo perigoso que ameaça destruir o frágil equilíbrio do sistema solar.

Mas enquanto Scurra busca poder, um coletivo sombrio se agita nas luas de Júpiter. Forças fascistas tomaram áreas estratégicas de terra e estão colocando povos oprimidos sob seu controle. O conflito é alimentado pelas ambições de outro: Drav Phendror, regente de Anarthia, que quer subjugar o território de Ruvalara. Ele está perseguindo um plano para se declarar o Decurião de seu próprio império – com o apoio misterioso do misterioso governante da Alta Mão.

A tensão aumenta à medida que a entronização de Scurra se aproxima. Se a cerimônia ocorrer como planejado, uma era sombria ameaça mergulhar o sistema solar em uma noite sem fim de medo e opressão…

Que as estrelas tremam.

A Deep Dive into Potterheads

Is there anything more to say about Harry Potter? Well, obviously yes…

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ASTROCOHORS CLUB Period 5: Let Us All Unite!

The Old Internet was the Internet of legend, greater than distance or time. Once, under the wise rule of the Public and the protection of the Common Sense, the Internet throve and grew. But as often happens when wealth and power pass beyond the admirable and attain the awesome, then appear those evil ones who have greed to match.

So it was with the Internet at its height. Like the greatest of trees, able to withstand any external attack, the Internet grew rotten from within thought the danger was not visible from the outside.
Aided and abetted by restless, power-hungry individuals within and the massive organs of commerce, an ambitious Executive caused himself to be elected President. He promised to reunite the disaffected among the people and restore the remembered glory of the Internet.
Once secured in office he declared himself Savior, shutting himself away from the populace. The cries of the people for justice did not reach his ears.

Having exterminated through treachery and deception the Common Sense, a stronghold in dark times, propagandists and bureaucrats prepared to institute a reign of terror among the disheartened worlds of the Internet. Many used the imperial forces and the name of the increasingly isolated “Savior” to further their own political ambitions.

But a small number of systems rebelled at these new outrages. Declaring themselves opposed to the backward-looking politics they began a battle to restore the Old Internet.
From the beginning they were not outnumbered, but they were scattered. In those first dark days it seemed certain the bright flame of resistance would be extinguished before it could cast the light of new trust across the Internet. But the tide of events is round – round like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel, never ending or beginning on an ever-spinning reel…

This is the time; this is the place when we look for the future. This is the time for YPSILON!


I’m sorry, but I don’t want to be an emperor. That’s not my business. I don’t want to rule or conquer anyone. I should like to help everyone if possible, Jew, Gentile, black Men, white… We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. In this world there’s room for everyone and the good Earth is rich and can provide for everyone. The way of life can be free and beautiful. But we have lost the way…

Charlie Chaplin: “The Great Dictator”, Final Speech, Beginning

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Greed has poisened men's souls
Has barricaded the World with hate
We think too much and feel too little (We think too much and feel too little)
More than machinery we need Humanity
More than cleverness we need kindness
Without these qualities life will be violent
And all will be lost (All will be lost)

Do not despair!
The hate of men will pass
And dictators die
And the power they took from the people
Will return to the people
Let Us All Unite!
Let us fight for a new world
To do away with greed
Now let us fight to free the world
To fulfil that promise
Let Us All Unite!

Soldiers! Don't give yourselves to brutes
Men who despise and enslave you
Tell you what to do, what to think, and what to feel
Who drill you, tire you, treat you like cattle!
Don't give yourselves to these unnatural men
Machine Men with Machine Minds and Machine Hearts!
You are not machines, you are men!
You the people have the power
To make this life free and beautiful
Let us use this power
To make this life a wonderful adventure (A wonderful adventure)
Let Us All Unite!

Let us fight for a new world
To do away with greed
Now let us fight to free the world
To fulfil that promise
Let Us All Unite!
Let us fight for a new world
To do away with greed
A world where science and progress
Will lead to all men's happiness
Do not despair!
The hate of men will pass
And dictators die
And the power they took from the people
Will return to the people
Let Us All Unite!

Charlie Chaplin, from that same speech, as a Poem of Hope

Only the Fridge hears my Sighs

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Fulmen Grancolline closed the fridge again. Another ice cream. The how many on this day? He had lost count. It didn’t matter. Everything didn’t matter. He was frustrated. Things didn’t go as planned. Poor Antonia. She had been quite busy by Yefimov. She hadn’t imagined it that way either. But what happened?

The anniversary day should be special. The old space station VERI’S BASTION should go into operation. again. There was a hyperspace radio relay on it. Through this radio relay the transmissions of the ASTROCOHORS CLUB were to be sent through the ether and distributed all over the world. Actually not a big deal. Super easy. Barely an inconvenience. In fact, the relay also worked with all the sub-divisions of the CLUB. Only with the transmissions, which went through the headquarters in Iceland, something went wrong. Antonia Bagliarotto, Yefimov’s assistant, was forced to transmit each and every one of these broadcasts by hand. This was not what they had imagined.

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Photo by Robynne Hu on Unsplash

Fulmen had a suspicion. The shipments of the departments were processed via an external system. The system belonged to the CUYEL group. The relay also belonged to a corporation. With the troubling events taking place on Earth and in the solar system, the solar division of ASTROCOHORS had now begun to take over systems themselves. They even bought the land on which the various bases stood, such as the ATLANTIS. That guaranteed they were in control. Of course, the corporations didn’t like that. Fulmen suspected that automation via the relay was being slowed down on purpose in the hope that ASTROCOHORS would then continue to use the services of the corporations. But that shouldn’t be the case!
The corporations continued to siphon off profits that ASTROCOHORS made. The independence of the head office was bought at a high price. Fulmen hoped Antonia would persevere. These were bad times, ASTROCOHORS had to remain stable.
While he was pondering these dark thoughts, Fulmen had returned to his office from the kitchen. He also had work to do. Then he saw the text on the screen: “Warning, transmission from headquarters”.
Oh dear, he thought, Antonia is still working too.

DUNE (2021) Why it Worked and the Others Failed!

In my previous video about Dune, I outlined how this newest adaptation managed to succeed with critics, audiences and importantly at the box office where the previous versions didn’t. In this video, I’m getting stuck more into the actual movie and exploring how the creative decisions by the filmmakers resulted in the best Dune adaptation fans could have asked for.

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ASTROCOHORS: Tempora Mutantur, nos et mutamur in ilis

ASTROCOHORS
Tempora Mutantur,
nos et mutamur in ilis

The Winds of Change are blowing hard in our direction
We can’t go back and we can’t stand still

Mike Batt: The Winds of Change

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ASTROCOHORS CLUB No. 047: The Adventures of Father and Son by E.O. Plauen – A tragic (Hi)Story

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Even in dark times there can be light… the artist Erich Ohser, known under his pen name E.O. Plauen lived in the darkest times but was still able to bring a bit of light. His short cartoon stories of “The Adventures of Father and Son” show a critical view at the time he lived in. And they are still beloved until today. So Jarmo Dorak takes a closer look at some of Ohser’s work.

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Per Aspera Ad Astra

Per Aspera Ad Astra

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The early light is breaking
 The morning sun is waiting in the sky
 And I think I'm gonna break away
 And follow where the birds of freedom fly

 I need to give, I need to live
 For the world is slowly turning
 And the lights of love are burning in my eyes

 Caravans, oh my soul is on the run
 Overland, I am flying
 Caravans moving out into the sun
 Oh I don't know where I'm going
 But I'm going

- Mike Batt: "Caravan Song" 

I SEE FIRE

I SEE FIRE

I SEE FIRE


Oh, misty eye of the mountain below
Keep careful watch of my brothers’ souls
And should the sky be filled with fire and smoke
Keep watching over…

Ed Shiran: “I See Fire”

To say this is the beginning of a new era would give the wrong kind of importance to events. It is important, but usually eras are always named after glorious events. Not this era. Because…

…. I see fire!

It starts in all departments here:

Now I see fire

Inside the mountain

I see fire

Burning the trees

I see fire

Hollowing souls

I see fire

Blood in the breeze

And I hope that you remember me

Ed Shiran: “I See Fire”

Not The Future

Not The Future

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Start video to listen to the Music.

I ask that you call my name
Ultraman Z

What is the most important thing to you
I will defend it with all my life
Who do you possess this power for
I’m searching for the meaning of true kindness

Bored aliens that are running in rampage
Giant monsters that are resurrected for excitement
I won’t let anyone disturb the peace
Hurry up, call out my name

I want to protect this planet
I want to see your smile
I don’t care if I’m wounded and fall
Strong and kind
Ultraman Z

Who is the final opponent to stand in the way
The one to show the spirit of justice then bare their fangs
The one who had obtained the ultimate power
Where will they go, who will they fight
Tell me

Join forces and go forth
Is it an enemy or an ally
As you waver, which will you be
In order to bring an end to this conflict
Growing up, the power of Ultra

This planet is weeping again
Kindness is the true power
Fight together, make a way to the future
Passionate and intense
Ultraman Z

I ask that you call my name

I want to protect this planet
I want to see your smile
I don’t care if I’m wounded and fall
Strong and kind
Hot and intense
Ultraman Z
Ultraman Z

Artist: Masaaki Endō

The Mystery of Shorop

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He suddenly appeared from the Eye of Shorop. Where did he come from? Where will he go? He’s eRod, he’s the Blockbuster Buster. Voicing the rage of fanboys everywhere one film at a time.

The Last Keen Eye

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The word is burning. And the last keen eye takes a look at the wheel of fire…

In a literary context, a wheel of fire may refer to the chain of tortuous or dire consequences that result from a single action. The Wheel of Fire originates in Greek mythology as the punishment for Ixion, who was bound to a wheel of fire for lusting after Zeus’s wife, Hera.

The Wheel of Fire is part of the Aristotelian reading of a tragedy (e.g., plays), which includes the central flaw within a character. In Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello, the flaw in Othello himself is his vulnerability to jealousy and his tendency to believe Iago, who is manipulating Othello into believing his wife is unfaithful. As a result of this flaw Othello loses a loyal friend, murders his wife, and is driven insane before eventually committing suicide. In this scenario the Wheel of Fire begins with the action of Othello trusting Iago and consequently the other events occur.

The Wheel of Fire is most commonly applied to the protagonist within a tragedy (i.e. the hero) and may aim to provoke sympathy from the audience when the hero falls from grace (this purging of emotions is known as catharsis), though it also adds dramatic interest to the performance.

The Wheel of Fire is also the title of G. Wilson Knight’s book on Shakespearean tragedy.

In Shakespeare’s King Lear, Lear states: “But I am bound upon a wheel of fire, / That mine own tears do scald like molten lead”.

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FOREWORD


We may congratulate ourselves that this cruel war is nearing its end. It has cost a vast amount of treasure and blood. . . . It has indeed been a trying hour for the Republic; but I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. As a result of the war, corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed.
I feel at this moment more anxiety for the safety of my country than ever before, even in the midst of war. God grant that my suspicions may prove groundless.

U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, Nov. 21, 1864
(letter to Col. William F. Elkins)

A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject.

U.K. Prime Minister Winston Churchill

Be careful when you fight with monsters, so you don’t become a monster yourself. And if you look long enough into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you.

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that ‘my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge’.

Isaac Asimov

There must be something worth trying for
Even some things worth dying for
And if one man can stand tall
There must be some hope for us all
Somewhere, somewhere in the spirit of man

“The War of the Worlds”, Musical Version by Jeff Wayne
(lyrics from the song “The Spirit of Man”)