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Re: Frontier: Cold Shock
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Having worked late into the night on the Ork Physiology and other documents that were released. When the alarms came in Ailuin was slouched over and fast asleep at one of the terminals. Because of this, it was only his Telepathic Tablet piping the ships comms into his dreams that caused him to finally stir and awaken to catch the message on repeat. Wiping his eyes he quickly got up from his seat and made his way to his room where he would begin to quickly gear up and gather his things.
During the walk he had the information of the planet they were going piped into his head so he knew which customizations for his Wet Suit he would need, which wasn't much considering he was already within his customized Wetsuit which he had used during his time in Colonial Security.
All he had to do to be completely ready for combat was to detach his labcoat element from his suits attach points and throw it into the hamper before walking over to the single Combat attachment he had. The attachment just being an extra layer of protection to protect his suit and him from being punctured by knives or bullets in addition to a simple holographic projector on the arm piece and additional pockets which he had prefilled with portable science equipment that connected into his tablet which was within his Wetsuits front pocket.
Thinking back, it had been awhile since he had last worn it, five years to be exact. He didn't let this slow him down however and soon he was fully suited up and ready. The last thing was his weapons. The Doctor walking over to his desk where he picked up his Photonic Pistol and Nanoblade Dagger, attaching them to the magnetic hardpoints on his thighs.
Walking out of the room, the doctor stopped to grab his suit's helmet attachment which he had hanging on the wall before heading to the shuttle bay. The entire time it took was a minute from start to finish, not including the time to get to his room and to get to the shuttle
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Khrelan was in his cabin, when the call came. He had set his pad to buzz him awake if such a summons was made. And the damn thing worked, waking him up right in the middle of a very weird dream. The last he remembered of it as he wiped the bleary eyed look from his face was a planet, with part of its surface blown apart and flung into space, exposing various layers of the matle and core.
He quickly discarded his civilian clothes and got into his armor undersuit. He then made a beeline to his locker in the armory, tough he had to jump over what seemed like thada's clothes strewn on the floor. He suited up, donning each armor piece in sequence. For last, he put on his helmet, which went through a seal test.
He then fetched his weapons, attaching them to their respectives maglocks. His sinper rifle on the back, his pistol at the side of his hip. Both weapons already had a clip inside. He then took out 4 extra clips for each weapon and attached them to their places.
Checking that he had everything he intended to take with him, he closed and locked his locker and walked out of the armory, heading to the hangar bay.
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March 23, 2017, 07:57:40 AM »
Ursea was currently in the athletic center, she had woken up early to get in some exercise before the upcoming mission. She wasn't sure when but she figured it would be today, hence why she was awake.
She was on the training mat, which was near the weights and exercise equipment, it was a rather large space to allow for various types of exercise as well as sparring. Currently however she was doing sit ups on the ground, each crunch straining her core muscles. The reason for the strain though was that the training mat space was capable of variable gravity, and this had many implications for training and sparring. However its more simple application was training under higher gravity conditions, which meant doubling the gravity for Ursea. For the Kurgesha, double gravity meant something else entirely, so it was inadvisable for most others to attempt such a setting without working up to it, and assuredly not for extended periods of time.
After a few more reps though she was done, sweat drenched in her tight yoga pants and sports bra, and she got up and headed briefly to the washroom where she splashed her face in some cold water a few times before heading up to her room to clean up.
It wasnt long after this though that the call came through, it was time to prepare for battle, and so after a quick wash and dry she slipped on her tight body suit, which was a matte black suit with a carbon weave that had a kinetic reactive fluid throughout it, hardening to help dull or deflect impacts. The suit by itself though was only good for stopping low caliber weapons and shrapnel, it was merely the final line of defense. Next came a vest and some padding for vital areas, the vest was made with layers of dense carbon fibers and light plates embedded within, hers specifically was a light variant covering only her chest and central mass. Other pads were attached to her thighs to protect the vital arteries from damage, and provide latch point for her final armor attachments. The final most important part of Kurgeshan Soldier armor is the armored plates, specifically ceramic plating typically with a core of dense metal alloy which varies depending on the quality of materials, but typically standard issue gear is more than enough. She only had a few plates, one on her front that protected her neck, and chest. This one had a matching plate on the back that helped to protect the spine and back of the neck as well. The frontal plate is angular to help in deflecting enemy fire and dispersing impacts. The few other plates she had attached to her forearms, shins and the sides of her thighs. Overall it was a light version of typical Kurgeshan soldier armor, as befitted her role.
Alright Suu-Suu its time, She said as she finished and put on her helmet which sealed shut with a clamp and hiss, We are going on a new hunt.
The Guttluok perked up a bit after she said this, and the duo headed out, down to the Cargo bay to stop by the armory for her weapons than join the others.
Osiris had wasted no time after the others had been called, he was already armed and armored down in the bay, watching as the drop ship lowered from the ceiling. He held his power shield in his left hand, the large metal and ceramic shield was unadorned, only meant for it practical application and not for show. Magnetically clamped to his left hip was his chainsword, similarly it had no adornments, a practical weapon for a practical warrior. Lastly was his laser rifle, which was attached to his back in case he needed the range.
He turned around and watched as the various members of the team he assembled appeared, each seemed to be ready or as ready as they could manage for the fight ahead. That was all that could be expected, for now at least, and the task at hand would be the easiest they would face, of that he was sure. So it was best to start here, this exercise would test them in combat and help in intelligence gathering which would be very important in times to come.
When they were all assembled they boarded the drop ship, which was sleek but spacious enough for the whole team, including the beast as well.
Be prepared, we will be ground side soon, we will be landing in a clearing that will cover our arrival. We will observe first, then attack after a plan of action is decided. This may not always be the case every time, you may be expected to go in under fire in future tasks, so use this opportunity as I am sure most of you have experience real combat before, and for those that havent you must learn quickly. He said to them as the dropship's door shut and sealed. A slight hum was heard as its stealth systems engaged while they exited the ship, and headed down towards the planet.
We have taken some orbital images of where we will be landing, the Orks seem to have set up around some alien structure that is protruding from the the surface of the planet, we will need to clear their presence outside before we attempt to make our way into the structure. Be prepared. He said as he held onto a rail on the ceiling of the drop ship interior as he looked at each of them through his helmets visor.
An image of the surface projected on screens in the drop ship holding area, it gave a pretty clear overview of what was to be expected, from what they could tell there were some smaller green creatures as well, but the picture was not zoomed in enough to give any close visual detail besides the layout.
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Soon the sound of the ship touching ground in the clearing was heard, it was time. The Drop ship ramp went down and they headed out making their way toward the edge of the forest but no further as Osiris held up his hand to signal them to stop.
In the distance they could see a huge 38 meter long ship, it was an ork landing craft, it seemed cobbled together with thick metal plates and bolts and adornments of tribal like skull visages, its paint scheme seemed to involve various colors, like reds, yellows, black and blue. It looked rather damage though too like it had seen combat before coming here. Near its entrance they could see some orks, and a plethora of shorter thinner green creatures that the larger orks seemed to be in the process of bullying the smaller creatures. They would need a closer look to gather other details.
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When Osiris was done addressing the group, there was still some time left before the shuttle made its way down to the drop point. Not wanting to waste any time, Ailuin took the stage addressing the group. Starting with a breath Ailuin began to speak up.
"Over the past day I as well as Zeph have had the chance to go over the released data on the Ork Organism." he began bringing up his hand and activating the holograph projector which displayed a stream coming from the Telepathic Tablet he kept tucked away in his suit.
At the moment, the projector was projecting a 3D model of an Ork which several areas shaded in different colours. "To start with, what you see now is a model of the Ork which I have managed to reconstruct from the files. More specifically however, the coloured areas correspond to areas of weaker structural integrity." The doctor pausing for a moment. "Basically where you should aim to hit if you want to inflict the most damage."
At this moment several key portions began to discolour and fade away to refocus on specific key areas, the doctor going through each one, ensuring to keep the topic strictly on a 'How do I inflict the most damage' basis rather than going over the minute biological details that the crew had no obvious need for knowing.
In these areas, the Doctor noted areas where the skin was most thick and thin, which areas were the most deadly, which ones would result in the most organ damage and even where to hit if they just wanted to torture. Once the low hanging fruit was taken, he moved the conversation to a slightly more complex topic as he began to speak of the Orks regenerative abilities, the thickness of their bones and redundant organ systems seemingly designed around having extra of everything.
He then jumped into their gills and spore capabilities followed up with some basic theories of their capabilities when you considered everything together.
"There is much more, like how every aspect of this creature screams of being an Artificially Engineered creature built for war… but we'll leave off here. If you want to know more, feel free to speak to me after the mission."
Osiris nodded, "Ork physiology makes them tough to kill, it is not uncommon for them to continue fighting even after major organ damage, except for the brain. Shots to the center mass will work, but be prepared incase it doesn't."
It was at this point the shuttle landed and the group left following Osiris' signals as he led them to the edge of the forest.
"All right, then."Thada cracked his neck to one side, then the other. The group having arrived at the edge of his forest.
Adjusting his grip slightly on his Stinger, he looked around the bush somewhat, then eyed the rest of the crew before turning back to the undergrowth. He could see some movement of those things beyond the grove, but not very much at all from this distance. He looked back at the team, particularly at Osiris. "I'll go on ahead, get some recon and keep you on a live feed."he said, speaking mostly out the side of his mouth. "I'll keep you posted. Time for the kids to see how an Iko does it."
With that, Thada entered the undergrowth in front of them, much quicker than one would think from how little noise he made. In fact, he was half-running through the bushes and over the rocks, his feet almost instinctively stepping to avoid obstacles and making as little noise as possible. Holding his weapon pointing straight out underneath him, he kept his body in almost a straight line with his head and tail pointing straight in opposite directions. As he approached the treeline, he sunk lower and lower towards the ground, until he was going almost as low as he possibly could when he finally came out into the open. He beelined to the side of the lander, making sure to move quickly and quietly, always taking the path that offered the most cover.
As Thada approached these creatures, he felt his heart starting to quicken - not out of fear or fatigue, but of excitement. Fieldwork! After so many useless years of bar bouncing and petty bounty hunting. A stray thought wondered if he was truly born for this, or if his years on the field had ruined him in a way. Sifting through a large patch of tall grass, Thada crept closer and closer to the greenskins, until he was even close to hear their rough, loud voices. He peeked out through the grass, taking in what sights he could.
The Larger and broader Orks seemed to be in the middle of having fun with the Grots, their voices were deep and gritty, and for some reason Thada's Auto-Translator was picking up their speech.
"You Ruddy lot needz ta know yuz place! Ha HA!" The Ork with what seemed to be a rather brutal looking whip said as it cracked across one of the large nose of one of Grots, spilling green blood from it.
"When Weez gettin' da new ship," One of the other ork boys spoke up in from of the crowd of Grots, obviously addressing the Ork with the whip, "Weez been here fo 'ourz and 'ourz, I wanna get Killy!" It pleaded with a laugh.
A few of the other Ork boyz were pushing one to Grots back and forth between them, "Can we kill deez snots? I'm bor'd."
"No Boyz, these gits are needed to keep da ship runnin', li' mekky boy will 'ave a fit if weez kill em'" The Ork with the whip laughed.
Thada sunk back further into the undergrowth. He couldn't see the Orks as well anymore, but he had seen what he needed, he opened up the radio to the group and began to relay his information.
Khrelan decided to do some Recon himself while the team discussed tactics. Seeing that Thada started off on a Recon run towards the orks around their junk Lander, he crept towards the tree line in the direction of the ork group around the structure.
At the tree line he crouched low on the ground, detached the scope from the rifle and looked through It, trying to glean Any details he could on the orks at the structure.
From what Khrelan could see there was an ork in front of some large metal walls and a bunch of grots in front of some boxes and crates. From where he was though he couldn't see too much though beyond that, the orks were armed with large blades and heavy pistols it seemed.
Zeph made his way to the edge of the forest, crouching at a log still inside the forest as he peered at the Landa group. He sat behind one of the logs, laying back upon it as he took out his knife and began playing with the dirt. They'd tell him where to go and what to do over the comms anyway, bunch of trigger-happy soldiers…
Reaching the edge of the forest, Neal went prone when Osiris gave the signal to halt, holding out his arm and motioning downwards with his hand as he did so to signal the others to do the same. As Neal lay there, he quickly checked his TAC-MAP on his visor display, seeing the general layout of the area. Two groups of Orks, one at their ship and the other gathered around the structure, presumably defending it. He focused on the group closest, a few dozen metres out, his visor sensing his intent a zooming in, but it was still hard to see clearly. Neal did a quick mental estimate of the forces involved, there was approximately half a company of Orks...and some little green guys milling about, from what Neal read he was pretty sure they were "Grots", the lowest on the Ork hierarchy. They were individually pretty useless in a fight, used mostly for labour and for the Orks' own amusement, but a swarm of them could still pose a problem. Meanwhile the crew amounted to little more than a light infantry section, so they were outnumbered and outgunned.
Neal, without looking away from the Orks asked on the comm "Osiris, what's the status for orbital support? Can Aesen provide us fire support?"
"Once we Clear the Landa group, Aesen will take out the ship, it would be best to find out more information first before we destroy their ship." Osiris said as he looked out in the distance, trying to come up with plans in his head.
Neal took a quick glance Osiris, thinking why in the hell they should take out the Orks the hard way instead of letting Aesen lay waste to the whole Landa Group, ship and all. If Aesen could take out their ship, he sure as hell could take out the milling ogre rejects and their little gremlins at the same time. It would vastly swing the odds in their favour, cutting down the garrison to a more manageable size. Besides, what if they attempted to take-off during the firefight? Not to mention their friends elsewhere would quickly come to join the fun.
"Why not have Aesen take out the whole group with their ship?" Neal said "A missile or two and those giant pricks and their little friends will be toast, we'll take out their air support and significantly reduce their numbers in one go, making this mission less suicidal and more just plain unwise. We recon both groups, ascertain their true numbers and disposition, then paint their landing site for an orbital strike. What's left we'll be able to manage. Hell why not have Aesen just provide continuous fire support?"
"One reason, if there is any information we could glean from anything in the ship, destroying it would be counter intuitive. I am here to test you, this is the easiest situation we will ever come across, normally an orbital strike would be good if we were not here for more than combat." Osiris said as he looked over at the Landa, if they couldn't handle this then there would be issues down the line when they would have to face the green tide at its strongest.
"After that is done, then we can destroy their only means of escape." Osiris added, wanting very much to move on to making a plan.
Neal slowly gave Osiris a look. Did he just say he was there to test them? The man was holding back support to test them.
"excrement...the bastard is a gently-carressing lunatic" Neal thought. He had known from day one that Osiris was dangerous, in addition to being a real oddity, but against his better judgement he had chalked it up to a case of eccentricity and his parents not hugging him enough. But now Neal could tell his wasn't just dangerous to whatever got in Osiris' way...he was dangerous to his own damn allies too. Neal had seen this type before, his was a CO that went and got his own men killed through arrogance or incompetence. He knew they could disable the ship without destroying it and still rain fire down on the Orks.
Neal growled at Osiris "You know damn well we can take out the ship without completely destroying it. You also damn well know our ship can give us much needed support. Cut this testing bullexcrement and release the damn AI to give us some damn fire support, we need it to even the odds."
"Inadvisable, do you really want to take the chance that our anti-spacecraft missiles will not utterly destroy the highly temperamental Ork Craft? If that is what you wish, I will leave the decision up to you. Ork vehicles of that size tend to explode quite fantastically." Osiris noted not caring to bother with any arguments, if this was the direction Neal wanted he would not stop him.
"Make the call, then, after that though we need to discuss how to approach the structure. Or should we attempt to gather intel from the ship before destroying it, which is highly likely." Osiris looked at Neal through his visor awaiting on a response, this was wasting time.
Neal looked at Osiris, eyes narrowing before asking "Aesen has a railgun at his disposal, does he not?"
Aesen chimed up,"Very Big one's, And I am not ashamed of them. Shall I shoot the Ork Landa to satisfy the Human?"
Osiris still looked at Neal, "Your Call."
Neal said "Aesen, you see that big group of Orks by the ship? Target them and the ones by the structure, one round each. Place yourself in necessary position to reduce impact yield. Then tell me what minimum impact yield is, wait until my mark to open fire."
"Minimum yield will definitely be bigger than a bread box, if you must know." Aesen joked at first before running a simulation a few times, adjust impact angle to minimize yield, which would still be a rather large impact regardless, all that could really be done was make sure the blast did not reach them.
"Well?" Neal asked.
"22 Tons, I can manage that." Aesen said on the quieter side,"It's as low as I can get it taking in all the variables."
".022 kilotons? That's rather smaller than I thought you could manage, but should do the trick. Okay now, wait for a bit."
Osiris nodded, "Acceptable, I will wait then until we make a move on the Structure, after the blasts it should be an easier trek. I recommend that our snipers stay on alert though, keep an eye on the larger Orks. Cover Thada in case something happens."
Neal nodded "I was just about to mention that, while he's doing that, those logs and boulder up ahead. They'll do for cover, even after Aesen's strike I don't fancy going out in the open, so we let them come to us. Set up a defensive position, then mine the sides, funnel them into a killzone. Freya? Know how to make a fougasse?"
"A fougasse?" Asked Freya "Yes, one of my TSX-20 charges will do nicely for that, I can also set up some ordinary grenades to trigger remotely. But I don't think I can get in position to set everything up without the Orks noticing me" Freya gestured at her body; encased in an heavy suit of armor. "Someone else will have to do it for me."
"Is anyone willing to set up Freya's Traps? Hopefully without being noticed." Osiris said as he looked around.
Ursea nodded,"I might be able to, but I wouldn't be able to provide cover fire while doing that, and she would need to teach me…"
Neal said "We'll have Khrelan provide cover, Freya you go ahead and show Ursea what needs to be done. Khrelan, find a spot along the tree line to set up."
"It is really simple" explained Freya as she turned to Ursea "I will prepare the charge here, you will just have to carry it to position and dig a hole to put it in." Freya took out the TSX-20 charge from one of her larger armor pouches on her hip. "The yellow side will go up." She added after a moment of thought as she began to knead the plastic explosive into an optimal shape.
"Then you just have to fill up the hole with nearby rocks and pebbles." And get back here quietly. Freya took a detonator out of a separate pouch and carefully inserted it into the TSX-20 charge, the malleable explosive immediately seemed to harden up. "Don't worry about handling it roughly, it will only go off when I give the command."
"Do you have an entrenching tool?" Asked Freya "You can use mine if you don't have one."
"I think I have something for diggin in my survival kit, so I should be fine." Ursea said as she took the explosives.
"So anything else?" Ursea asked the group.
At this moment the radio came alive and Thadas voice began to come through. "Lander group makes a total of twenty-one hostiles - six big ones, fifteen cannon fodder. They're lightly armed, mostly makeshift scrap-guns and knives. The big ones seem restless; they're bullying the fodder, talking about killing them, even."
This followed up as Khrelan reported in as well. "Can't see much from here unfortunately. There's one ork outside along with some of the canon fodder. Ork seems to be sporting a nasty sword and pistol combo. Couple of crates. Everything else seems to be obscured by metal walls set up in front of the structure. Probably more infantry behind those." spoke Khrelan in the radio channel. Indeed, there was not much else he could do aside from using stealth to cross the open field through the tall grass. He re-attached the scope to his rifle and swung it in the direction of the Lander. "In position for cover fire."
Neal looked at Ursea and said "Alright, you know what to do, we'll cover you."
With the order given and both Khrelan and Zeph ready to provide cover fire if things went badly for the trap setting. "Here I go." She said, "Suu-Suu stay here." She said to her Pet Guttluok as she scratched him a bit under his head and she disappeared into underbrush. She moved from cover to cover, disappearing into any patches of grass or other changes in the terrain she could use.Yep,
She crawled to a point in front of the cover facing the orks and the Landa and she begun digging and assembling the traps as Freya had instructed. She could hear the Orks roughing up the smaller grots and the grots shouting in retaliation in the background. She wondered how long it would be till they decided to explore their surroundings. They did not sound like they would be amused and distracted for long.
She finished packing in the gravel, pebbles and stones she could find around her and soon was done setting up the fougasse traps," Well that'll have to do….Ursea reporting in, I think the traps are good, I'll make my way back now."
When Ursea came back and Thada and Khrelan reported their findings, he opened up his TACMAP and quickly worked out a plan.
"Okay" Neal said "As it stands, we're outnumbered and outgunned, and that will likely be the case after the orbital strike. We don't have the firepower or numbers to go on the offensive, so we do the next best thing, we lure them to an ambush."
Neal pointed up ahead "There, those logs and boulder should provide us with some cover, we dig in and draw them into a killzone. Freya, take some grenades and mine both sides of our position, about six grenades on each side should do. Thada, we might need you to ensure they head towards the killzone, preferably our nice little fougasse trap. Now thankfully this group seems to be a small raiding party, so besides the Mekboy there isn't any particular clever ones around, so their base aggression should work in our favour. We funnel them in best we can, and mow them down."
"Roger that."Thada muttered back. "I'll be sure to keep any bullets I end up pulling out of my ass as trophies."he said. He looked back at the orks through the grass. A low rumble sounded at the back of his throat. Bait. Again. Two words he never thought he'd be thinking. That human sure wasn't winning any early points with him right now.
"I'll set up the grenades as mines closer to our position." Confirmed Freya "If they get close to us they will do some damage."
Neal nodded "Alright, you all know your tasks, let's get to it."
After Freya had set up the mines, Neal did a quick check of everyone's position, saying "Sound off".
A quick flurry of confirmations confirmed everyone was in place. Neal then sighted down his optics down the corridor they had setup, and said "Aesen, fire on my mark. 10."
He could see everyone tense up in preparation for the inevitable Ork assault. They seemed as ready as they could be.
The doctor was out of the way, which was good, but Neal still knew they could very likely get past their line. He only hoped Osiris hadn't gotten them all killed.
"8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2..."
This was it, time to see how the Shrek rejects handled in a fight.
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Re: Frontier: Cold Shock
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" Neal said into the comms.
Aesen obliged, " Firing low yield shot."
A crack in the air was heard and the orks and grots looked around, "Wuzzat?" One of the orks near the landa said as only moments later the group was rocked by a huge explosion. It kicked up dirt, gravel and grass and made a large cloud as well. The screams of grots and the orks near the landa could be heard as the area was wracked by the impact.
The Landa was rocked by the impact as well, exacerbating the damage that the landa had already sustained before their arrival. It began to smoke a bit but overall it was still intact.
Whatever was left of the Orks by the Landa, began to move about, most likely still stunned by the impact. "Raaah! Dere's sumfin' out there get 'em boyz! Move it you gitz!" Shouted the Ork with the Whip and pistol. It seemed about three quarters of the grots had been killed in the blast, and all the orks had some how survived, but they were obviously hurt, as they were bloody, with shrapnel from the impact lodged in various parts of them, one of them was even missing an arm, holding his missing arm in his other hand and attempting to put it back on unsuccessfully.
"Drop it ya zoggin' git! Get killin!" The Ork with the whip shouted again. One of the other orks, this one having a big piece of rock lodged in one eye, "Kill wut? Which way?" It said in much duller tones.
"I don't kno! Juss get moovin'!" It shouted back as it cracked its whip.
They did not have much of a chance to decide which way to go and vent their rage.
Aesen broadcasted again, "Firing second shot at structure entrance, 50% power this time, normal payload."
The air cracked as the shot ripped through the atmosphere, though the round impacted long before the sound could be heard, except it did not impact.
A large shimmery light flickered around the structure like some sort of bubble, and the round deflected off it and hit the landa directly with full force. The shoddy ork contruct reacted violently, and exploded fantastically.
"Get down!" Osiris shouted and put his shield up, dropping to a knee and bracing it. The shock wave rocked them, causing a few of the trees behind them to topple and others to sway from the force.
The group managed to drop just in time, protected from a shower of rocks and flaming wreckage. As the dust cleared it was apparent the landscape had changed, the landa was gone, a glowing smoking crater was all that remained, the wreckage however had added a great deal more of cover between them and the structure, they could more easily traverse the no longer open plain.
As they got up and observed their surroundings a high pitched scream could be heard getting louder and closer with each moment.
Osiris turned on his chainsword, which roared to life with a deadly whir. He swiped it upwards and caught an unfortunate Grot with the chainblade, spattering the ground and his armor in green blood as he halved the creature before it hit the ground.
"We need to move on the structure. The Landa is no longer a goal." Osiris said as he shook the blade off.
Aesen chimed in over comms, "I did not detect any energy from the structure till immediately after firing the second shot, It seems the Orks are making progress in whatever their goal is. Warning the orks know something is coming, extra orks and grots have come out of the structure to investigate."
It was time to see how they adapted to change.
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Re: Frontier: Cold Shock
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Zeph ducked and covered behind a thick tree trunk as the explosion sent rocks and flaming wreckage across the soon-to-be battlefield. His crystal pulsed repeatedly in excitement as he crouched down to the ground and held up his LMG. He...should've paid more attention to the planning process. That was
too much of a surprise.
"Real war's something else, huh..."
Zeph noted absentmindedly, laying down on the dirt as he calmed his frantic thought patterns, "
We can actually die now. It's not just running away from idiots with terrible aim or hanging onto satellites for dear life anymore. The shrapnel could've shot right into my chest, or the Orks we're about to go against can just bukkake me with machine gun fire until I'm nothing but inert shards of crystal in the dirt...."
He thought more, barely paying attention to his comms as he looked over from his trunk towards the carnage and devastation.
"Huh. Weird feeling."
like this goes without saying, and I'm just saying this because you're trying to consciously block the information, but that 'feeling' is called the fear of death. It's a programmed, instinctual reaction that you can't do anything about."
Zephirus thought back, mentally
Zeph by the throat,
"And let me make this entirely clear: I do
want to die. Take any means necessary to live past this, or I'm going with the nuclear option myself."
Zeph sighed as Zephirus' grip refused to loosen, shaking his head,
"Look, you do this every time we're in a dangerous spot. If I never took risks, we'd have be dead of starvation or boredom a
time ago!"
Zeph reasoned, smiling softly,
"Just because the stakes are a little higher this time, doesn't mean we ought to change that pattern!"
"That is an
poor argument to jumping right into certain death, which is what I
you want to do."
"Alright...then how's this?"
Zeph began, standing back up as his particle beam LMG activated with a low hum,
"Everybody here dies quicker than we do. Biologically, we're probably the most resilient species in the entire cosmos because we're basically made out of imagination and a tiny crystal."
"Despite that, everybody else here is going gung-ho right into battle. Everybody else here wants to
Zeph stated, gripping his gun tightly,
"...Do you want to be the one pussy here, Zephirus?"
No comment was reached. No further words needed to be spoken.
He was
inferior to these idiots, and he would
it beyond any reasonable doubt.
The two ran right into the fray, paying little heed to the flaming debris as they vaulted over a hunk of wreckage and opened fire on the first batch of Grots they saw. Zeph's entire body
with a distinctly inhuman screech as bolts of energized particles burned holes in the little green
before proclaiming over the comms:
"Engaging the Grots! Try not to shoot me in the crossfire guys!"
"You accept darkness, yet choose to live in the light. So why is it that you loathe us who teeter on the edge of nothing? We, who were turned away by both light and dark - never given a choice?"
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As soon as Khrelan saw the second shot from the ship hit something that looked like a forcefield and hit the landa, he dropped into a prone position, trying to avoid the worst of a blast.
And the blast came quite spectacularly, as something inside the ork Landa gave way and it exploded. Quite a bit of flaming debris went overhead, but the worst of it was the shockwave. It threatened to pick him up and flip him like a pancake, but fortunately it didn't happen. Some of the trees around him were not so fortunate, being either entirely uprooted or split in half.
He surveyed the field after the spectacle. Large debris thrown around. Lots of cover. Landa and its entire team of orks and grots gone. But the orks at the structure seemed to be in a tizzy now, and would soon come out from the walls to battle whatever had hit them this hard.
He did what he could do from where he was: from his prone position he aimed down his sights at the single exposed ork among the grots. Remembering the pointers given by Ailuin, he aimed for the head.
Khrelan stopped breathing and gently squeezed the trigger just right. His sniper rifle let off a shot that sounded more like a mix of a cough and a clank, as the round sped off the muzzle. He hoped the sound would be masked by all the hubbub.
The projectile hit the Ork right on the forehead, splattering his brain on the metal wall behind it. If the round went through the wall or got embedded in it, Khrelan did not know. The ork slumped backwards and slid off the wall to the ground, in plain view of the grots that were around him.
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With the second round having come down, hitting off of the forcefield and smashing the landa to smithereens, Ailuin like everyone else had ducked down behind the closest cover he could find as chunks of rock and debris flew past them.
"I think that was a little too much power" Ailuin spoke telepathically into his comms unit towards Aesen before turning to assess the situation some more. It was obvious from the scene that the original plan had mostly been chucked out the window with the change in battlefield scenery. To make matters more complex, several groups of Orks had come out of the structure to investigate adding to the number of troops by the structure. The turret was also still fully functional adding additional difficulties of which they were going to deal with in the phase two of assault but now had to be moved up to phase one.
Being the support role in this group, he sat in wait for the others to make the first move. It was obvious that if he was the first to attack all the fire would be concentrated onto him and given his weaker structure they would have made short effort of him. It also wouldn't be long until someone jumped into combat and In his wait it was no surprise when Zeph rose to the challenge charging head in towards the conflict. After another second he heard Sniper fire emanating from the direction of Khrelan and an Ork in the distance falling to the ground. It was clear combat had begun and with this meant that he had to act quickly in order to provide support as best as he could.
"So Zeph is charging directly into combat like a madman. Khrelan is providing sniper fire so that turret will be pulled towards our location unless its attention is pulled elsewhere. Alternatively, Zeph is going to be lit up faster than a deep-sea lantern if it discovers him first. The rest haven't begun to move yet, but given the events they likely will begin soon. So our best course of action is going to be rendering that turret inoperational. I'm too far to get a good accurate read with my pistol so I'm going to have to rely on my Telepathy and stun him until we get closer"
With his action decided, he took a deep breath then slid out from behind cover to get a good look at the location, not that he needed it. He just wanted to ensure the Grot manning it went down and then using his Telepathy he immediately opened up a channel, bashing his way through the Grots mental defences before immediately beginning to flood the channel with junk information and data. Triggering its own memories to put it into a loop of remembrance and for good measure flipping a couple neurons to make it think its brain to recreate a harmless phantom-pain akin to having sat upon a series of needles. All of this to stun the creature and hopefully make it also fall out of the turret.
"I've temporarily disabled the turret" Ailuin spoke over comms. The battle had begun and he was ready to backup his team.
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Freya braced herself as Aesen opened fire on the unsuspecting Orks. She had been close to artillery and orbital impacts before but as the shaking of the ground began to dissipate she realized she hated being close to the receiving end just as much now as she did at the start of her military career. She raised herself from the ground and quickly observed the changed battlefield. There was wreckage from the Landa all over the place
this is not good
she thought
the open field was a killing zone working in our advantage, and it's completely gone now. But at least a large group has left the structure, even if dealing with them out here has just gotten much harder it is still easier then taking them out in the close quarters of the structure.
Freya strained to see the Fougasse position at the corner of the cliff, it was covered in an additional layer of debris but her Omni-tool confirmed that the charge was still live and ready to fire. Any moment now the Orks will come charging around the cliff and run into her trap.
She took her time to see what her team was doing. A few were still shaking from the impact and recovering, but surprisingly Aluin was up and making himself useful. The turret wouldn't be out of commission for long, it was only a matter of time before a new Grot manned it; but it was a substantial advantage nonetheless. Khrelan had started picking off targets with his sniper rifle,
Freya thought,
I don't want to fight one of those Orks up close.
And finally Zeph was-
Is he charging with an LMG?!
"Get in defensive positions! Let them come to you!"
Freya turned her attention back to the Fougasse. Any minute now the Grots will come charging around, and she would see if this carefully prepared trap will swing the favor of the battle back to their side. There was no way the proximity detonator was still reliable after that bombardment so she eyed its location with her finger above the remote detonator function of the Omni-tool.
Breath in. Breath out. Just wait for them to get there.
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The Battle was hectic, chaotic as gunfire roared and beastial cries of the Orks and Grots filled the air. The group was doing their best, but they were not a cohesive unit like they should have been, though with some direction from Osiris and Neal they got back in control of the situation.
The First matter was getting Zeph to stick to cover and make use of his LMG in a more practical way, which he learned charging forward unarmored was less than a good idea. Osiris took it into his own hands to get the Vis into cover, which he did quite literally as he grabbed Zeph from behind and forcibly tossed him behind cover then quickly brought up his shield to stop oncoming fire.
The Grots deciding to attempt to be clever decided to charge around the cover they group was in, and much to Freyas satisfaction that meant they were going to run straight into her trap. The fougasse went off as expected once the grots attempted their ill-thought out flanking maneuver.
With the majority of grots dead, all that was left were the much larger orks which didnt wait a moment to get into combat, Osiris made his way into the fray. His chainsword clashed with the heavy and sharp metal slabs the orks called choppas. He was heavily outnumbered but he seemed to be in his element with close combat, and he also set up good targets for both Ursea and Khrelan to shoot at. With the two snipers, the orks were handled very quickly as the two popped them left and right which allowed Osiris to make his way closer to the structure.
Closer to the structure, the ork turret suddenly swiveled to aim at Osiris to seemingly shoot. It seemed Ailuins mental attack had worn off, the top of the turret however popped open and the grot jumped out and started running away from the structure towards the hill. It shouted some gibberish, obviously frightened beyond reason, however it was soon snatched up in the jaws of Suu-Suu where it met a gruesome demise.
Soon the group had made it near the entrance, Osiris turned to address them but was suddenly rushed from behind by a screaming ork wielding two hefty blades. Luckily though Thada had been flanking around during the fight, peppering the orks with SMG fire, Thada put this Ork down more personally as he pounced him like a predator and stuck both wrist bladed into the back of its neck severing its spinal cord. It dropped like dead weight, leaving Thadas blades dripping with green blood.
Osiris looked at him and nodded, Good work. Now, He began as he turned to the rest after this bloody affair, We will explore the structure and determine what it is, and why they are here. With combat done Aesen should be able to give us some better ground penetrating scans to better understand what we are dealing with.
Aesen broadcasted through their comms-channel, Affirmative, It shouldnt take long to get an idea of how deep the structure goes, and maybe we can figure out what it is. Whatever it is though it has shielding capabilities, and if the orks managed to get that working there could be other potential hazards.
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SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Dominic Artis anticipated Marcus Smart's pass and took the interception the other way for a layup early to set the tone for Oregon.
Despite the seedings and all the pregame hype surrounding Oklahoma State's star, the Ducks had the better team and the better freshman point guard Thursday night.
Artis had 13 points and four steals and helped slow down Smart while fellow freshman Damyean Dotson led the way with 17 points to help 12th-seeded Oregon extend a run that began in the Pac-12 tournament by beating the fifth-seeded Cowboys 68-55 in the second round of the NCAAs on Thursday.
"We wanted to be aggressive on the boards, we wanted to be aggressive defensively and we wanted to be aggressive offensively," coach Dana Altman said. "I thought our guys did a great job of that. DA got it started off with a steal and layup early. I'm really happy for these two freshman guards. They're the future of our program and to get experience like that, it was really important."
Arsalan Kazemi added 11 points and 17 rebounds to give the Ducks (27-8) their first tournament win in six years.
Oregon advanced to play fourth-seeded St Louis (27-6) on Saturday for a spot in the Midwest regional in Indianapolis next week. The Billikens beat New Mexico State 64-44.
The selection committee raised some eyebrows when Oregon was given a 12 seed despite tying for second place in the Pac-12 in the regular season, winning the conference tournament and going 21-4 with Artis in the lineup.
"I never felt like we needed to make a statement," forward E.J. Singler said. "We knew we had a good team. It was about getting the win and feeling good about ourselves."
Oklahoma State coach Travis Ford said before the game that the Ducks looked nothing like a 12 seed and that was proven true in their tournament opener with the way they shut down Smart and hit their outside shots. Oregon's eight 3-pointers were their most since having nine in December against Houston Baptist.
"We ran into a very hot team, a very hot team," Ford said. "I've watched a lot of games on these guys and how they've played the last three games compared to how they were playing two or three weeks ago, this was a hot basketball team. I was impressed with Oregon, really impressed, and they came in here playing extremely well."
Smart came into the game with the hype of a top NBA prospect but was held to 14 points on 5-for-13 shooting, a disappointing finish to a stellar season for the Cowboys (24-9).
"I definitely wish I could have done more for my team," Smart said. "I feel like I let my team down. I didn't contribute to my team the way that I usually do. And it hurt us a little bit."
Smart hurt his right hand in the second half and was scheduled to have tests to determine the extent of the injury. His future is also in question, and Ford said he would talk with his star player soon about whether to enter the NBA draft.
It was the Ducks' freshmen backcourt that shined on this night with Dotson hitting three 3-pointers in the first half to help build the lead and Artis shining on both ends.
Artis frustrated Smart and also hit a 3-pointer that gave the Ducks a 54-38 lead midway through the second half in his best performance since missing nine games with a foot injury during the conference season.
"I made some shots that I usually hit, so that got me going," Artis said. "And then focusing on defense really helped the team."
His return late in the year helped pave the way to the Pac-12 tournament title for Oregon and has the Ducks playing their best at the most important time of year.
Smart picked a bad time for one of his worst performances. He turned the ball over five times, missed 4-of-8 free throws and was unable to exploit his decided size advantage against Artis and Johnathan Loyd on the offensive end.
He didn't get much help either outside of 16 points from Markel Brown.
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In the course of an immigration investigation - Garcia-Bristo was suposed to be deported in 2008 - an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent headed to his Facebook page for some basic reconnoissance. What he found? A picture of a Hispanic male matching Garcia-Bristo's build, with a black ski mask over his head, holding what appeared to be two pipe bombs. And in the response to a comment asking if the explosives were "one of [his]creations," Garcia-Bristo responded:
C'mon, don't you remember, Fat Boy, it's the one we did in 76th, it was a gift for that [expletive] . Thank god they understood, because otherwise BBBBUUUMMM to hell.
Garcia-Bristo used to live on 76th St.
Obviously, the man is innocent until proven guilty, and it could be that he makes a habit out of giving pipe-bomb props to close friends. But more generally: please, bad people of the world. Keep sharing records of everything you've done wrong on Facebook. Heck, you can even tweet about it. Or start a Tumblr! It makes things so much easier for the rest of us. [Ocean City Today via Obscure Store]


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The early bird
Pulled into the Mattick this morning and as I was walking up to the entrance one of the security guard goes, "I don know why yer here so erly. Practice don start til noon er somethin this morn."
What? Oh, right. First full-squad workout. Physicals. Meetings. Seems like something I should've remembered. Ah, well.
Watched "In Bruges" at home last night and loved the movie all over again. Definitely one of the underated films of the past year, and I'll be pulling for it to win an Oscar for its screenplay (even though it doesn't have a prayer of winning). Cooked up a HUGE batch of cajun chicken penne alfredo with broccoli and I have leftovers to last days. Faaantastic.
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26 April 2012
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- 60s dress via Etsy
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Have you all been watching Mad Men this season? I always hesitate to say too much about the show because I don't want to spoil anything for those who haven't seen it yet but... I do wonder what you all think about this new season. It just feels so different from the last ones. Stranger. Every time I watch a new episode I find myself saying, "that was the weirdest episode yet". Don't get me wrong, I'm still loving it. It's just... strange. What do you think?
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- kater said...
I don't know how I feel about this season. I feel like it's lost momentum, like that break for all that time really changed something. The pacing is very strange, off, they're not using their time as wisely as I think they could to give us the best time with characters, I think. It's weird, I can't decide how I feel about it anymore! I still love the way it looks but it seems so disconnected from itself somehow now! Ahh! We'll see!
Loving your hair lately! Such soft curls!
- April 26, 2012
- Nadinoo said...
Haha, I watched the latest episode yesterday and was thinking the same! I have to say though earyI quite like the new eerie/mind bendy feel, it leaves me thinking about it for much longer. The latest episode left me feeling a little trippy too, for a good few hours!
Anywho thats my tuppence Jen, hope you enjoyed it x
P.S. I owe you an email with London info, will get my skates on promise ; )
- April 26, 2012
- Marlen said...
I like the was Don is going, how he's desperate to keep Megan in love with him. That's a nice change. But I know what you mean, I'm not really sure where the plot is going.
Love the dress by the way, I like the silhouette of it
- April 26, 2012
- Sierra said...
Definitely strange. First Betty. Then Don's dream. Then Lane & Pete. Then Don & Megan's "getaway." Then Roger's "trip." (I'm trying to be as vague as possible here so I don't give away anything, but I think you know exactly what I'm referring to.)
Some of that strangeness has been awesome, though (Lane & Price again). Although I will admit that I am a bit worried about what's in store for Pete this season. I don't see greatness on his horizon...
Not sure if you read Grantland, but they have an awesome series called Mad Men Power Rankings that is pretty entertaining:
I'm always up for some Mad Men convo:
- April 26, 2012
- eme said...
it is!
Like, from nowhere, "stuff" it's happening! I kind of like the way this season is taking, but it's weird for a show where apparently nothing never happend (and I was ok with it)
- April 26, 2012
- Elsie Larson said...
totally agree. last episode we noticed there was a LOT of deep purple in every scene. it had some david lynch vibes almost... but not too much. :D i think it's the best season yet... love where the writers are taking it!
- April 26, 2012
- Hugs and Fishes said...
I coldn't agree more. Although I am missing Betty Draper. Get it, she's preggo, but they made her "fat" Betty might as well use it. Plus, it's almost TOO dark for me...
- April 26, 2012
- Emma said...
I have absolutely loved this season so far, it definitely feels different, a lot stranger and bolder. I don't know if this is a new direction they are taking but it's been amazing so far (apart from the Betty thing,which was just amusingly bad!)
Emma x
- April 26, 2012
- Julia. said...
lol. It's not just you. My sister and I keep calling each other after the episodes and saying, "Huh. That was the weirdest!" I don't know WHAT the heck the writers are doing.
- April 26, 2012
- Unknown said...
that dress + those shoes = amazing!
- April 26, 2012
- Victoria / Justice Pirate said...
I had only ever seen one episode and it wasn't my thing, but I love the outfits and your dress is gorgeous. I like how you did your hair too. Usually you have it straight and down. How cute.
- April 26, 2012
- sweet harvest moon said...
I know what you mean...
Ofcourse I watch it BUT there is something weird/missing/strange.
I don't know what it is, maybe the time gap between the seasons, i don't know..
Lovely look!
- April 27, 2012
- james said...
nice style and nice location
- April 28, 2012
- gleeps said...
I think the strangeness/differentness is a reflection of the changing era -- moving from the American-dream pie-in-the sky early 60s era of U.S. history into the trippy/the-times-they-are-a-changin' era. It's interesting to see how the characters are dealing with the changing times. Love how Megan is embracing the looser silhouettes and shorter hemlines of the mid-60s Will Don allow her to focus on her career? Can't wait to see how that story line progresses.
- April 28, 2012
- Unknown said...
Beautiful 60's dress! It looks so nice and summery. I'm loving your purse too.
- April 30, 2012
- Leah said...
Unfortunately, I have yet to catch up with mad Men, and I'm waaayy behind. But I was even thinking it was headed in an odd direction from where I left off..
- April 30, 2012
- Rachel said...
It totally has become . . . strange. I like it, but it's different and weird. It kind of feels like a different show, but with the same characters.
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Middlesbrough remain unbeaten at home in 2010 after the spoils were shared in their Coca-Cola Championship clash with Coventry at the Riverside Stadium.
Scott McDonald netted his 18th goal of the season seven minutes after the break for the hosts but it was cancelled out soon after by Aron Gunnarsson, who tucked away the leveller from close range.
Boro boss Gordon Strachan made four changes to the side which lost at West Brom a week ago with Luke Williams making his full debut, Jeremie Aliadiere returning from injury and a first start in three months for Chris Riggott.
Chris Coleman fielded the same Sky Blues XI that drew with Preston at the Ricoh Arena last time out.
It was a tentative start from both teams but the first real chance of the game fell to 16-year-old Williams, who was causing the visitors all sorts of trouble with his pace down the right.
The Boro striker collected the ball out wide, cut inside and rifled a shot towards goal, bringing a full-stretch save from Republic of Ireland international Keiren Westwood.
The hosts were starting to build some good pressure and Williams sent Justin Hoyte clear, but the Boro defender could only smash the ball across the face of goal from a tricky angle.
Coventry, who had lost - and failed to score in - their last three away matches, had clearly opted to keep things tight and showed little adventure in going forward.
But what they did do, if anything, was to pepper the Boro box with a series of testing crosses, but Strachan's 27th different back four of the season stood firm and Brad Jones was rarely troubled.
And when they finally did carve out an opening, City defender Richard Wood failed to work Jones when his header dropped wide of the right-hand post in the 33rd minute.
Freddy Eastwood was denied twice by Jones, while Stephen Wright did well to get himself in the way of a goal-bound Aliadiere shot as half-time approached.
Chances were coming thick and fast and the deadlock was finally broken in the 52nd minute when the home side raced downfield and a tame cross from Aliadiere was not dealt with by the Coventry defence.
McDonald capitalised on their indecision, turned well inside the box and fired beyond Westwood and into the roof of the net.
But just six minutes later midfielder Gunnarsson pulled his side level, lashing the ball beyond Jones after Stephen Wright's snap-shot had been blocked by the Boro stopper.
The home side did rally and threw everything forward in search of a winner but Coventry's defence held firm.


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ONVIF, a global standardization initiative for IP-based physical security products, celebrated its 10th anniversary at its annual membership meeting in early November, reflecting on its past while looking to the future.
Attendees heard presentations on the final release of Profile T in 2018, an advancement that represents how ONVIF keeps pace with technological advancements that affect product development and interoperability between IP-based physical security products.
In an acknowledgement of its 10th anniversary, ONVIF chairman Per Björkdahl highlighted the forum's achievements over the past decade, including an overview of the six ONVIF profiles, with emphasis on the newly released Profile T for advanced video streaming. Collectively, the profiles provide support for the more than 10,000 conformant products that are increasingly included in various bid and specification processes in projects around the world, he said. Björkdahl also cited the continued involvement of ONVIF as part of the work of the International Electrotechnical Commission's TC79 for international standardization.
ONVIF also recognized the contributions of four individuals from various ONVIF technical committees for their work on different profiles and committees. Fredrik Svensson of Axis and Dora Han of Hikvision were recipients of the ONVIF award, which acknowledges individuals and companies who have made significant contributions to ONVIF. As chairman of the Profile T Working Group, Svensson was a leading force in the development and successful final release of the Profile T specification. Han received the award for her extensions to the specification, and for supporting the development of other members' extensions to the specification.
One of two 2018 ONVIF Distinguished Service Awards was given to Baldvin Gislason Bern of Axis for his role in developing and proofing the evolution concept as chair of the Technical Services Device Test Tool Evolution. Joining him in receiving this award is Dr. Hasan Timucin Ozdemir of Panasonic, who served as chairman from 2009-2018 of the ONVIF Video Enhancement Working Group, which is responsible for formulating and prototyping new features for the ONVIF specification.
"All of our honorees have shown their significant and long-term commitment to the organization as a whole, and in turn have directly and positively impacted the work of ONVIF," said Björkdahl. "The success of our organization would not be possible without the innovative contributions and hard work of our members, and for that, we say thank you."
ONVIF Technical Committee chairman, Hans Busch of Bosch, spoke to members about the specification development roadmap and its alignment to the standardization activities within the IEC TC 79 working groups for video surveillance and physical access control standards. Technical Services Committee (TSC) chair Andreas Schneider of Sony gave an overview of the committee's work on new and existing profiles, client and device test tools, updates to the conformance process and tools and Developers' Plugfests.
ONVIF Communication Committee chair, Tim Shen of Dahua, provided a recap of ONVIF communication efforts in 2018, with a continued focus on market education about the specific profiles through presence at industry events and media activity. He also reported on the success of the first ever ONVIF Open Source Spotlight Challenge that took place earlier this year.
At the meeting, the results of the annual elections for committees of ONVIF were announced by ONVIF executive director Kevin Schader. Re-elected to the ONVIF Steering Committee were Mayur Salgar of Honeywell and Stuart Rawling of Pelco by Schneider Electric. For the Technical Committee, Hanwha Techwin's Sujith Raman, Pelco by Schneider Electric's Steve Wolf, and Tyco Security Product's Stephen Serplus were re-elected, while Hikvision's Dora Han joined the committee as a new member. Bob Dolan of Anixter and Giri Guntipalli of Honeywell were re-elected to the Technical Services Committee, along with new member Marwan Obeidat of Pelco by Schneider Electric. Tim Shen of Dahua, Jens Berthelsen of Hikvision and Xinming Kang of Honeywell were re-elected to the ONVIF Communication Committee, while Cathy Zhou of Huawei joined the committee as a new member. Founding members Axis, Bosch and Sony automatically retain seats on the Steering, Technical and Technical Services Committees.
Founded in 2008, ONVIF is an industry forum driving interoperability for IP-based physical security products. The organization has a global member base of established camera, video management system and access control companies and more than 10,000 profile conformant products. ONVIF offers Profile S for streaming video; Profile G for recording and storage; Profile C for physical access control; Profile Q for improved out-of-the-box functionality, Profile A for broader access control configuration and Profile T for advanced streaming. ONVIF continues to work with its members to expand the number of IP interoperability solutions ONVIF conformant products can provide.
EMERgency 24, a network of wholesale monitoring centers headquartered in Des Plaines, Ill., recently named Steve Mayer its vice president of operations and administration. Mayer will replace long-time executive, Patrick Devereaux, who has retired but will remain with the company in an advisory role.
Prior to joining EMERgency24, Mayer served as the VP of operations for Cook's Direct, an Illinois-based distribution company. He has also worked in finance, operations, corporate real estate and procurement at United Airlines, Bally Fitness and Career Education.
"Steve's diverse professional experience will allow him to delve into Emergency24's operations with a unique and fresh perspective," Baird Larson, E24's vice president and director of technology, said in the recent announcement. "We selected Steve because he demonstrated the ability to achieve strong financial, operational and customer-service performance. He has in-depth experience in strategic planning, financial analysis and process improvement."
Like his predecessor Devereaux, Mayer is a "numbers person" and he says the company will continue to measure itself and implement ways to further strengthen operations, the company said.
"I'm excited to join a well-running and long-standing operation that is already a market leader with its people, service and technology. The culture is a great fit with my continuous improvement philosophy," Mayer said in a prepared statement. "Emergency24 has many strengths and a tremendous future. It is very clear that our people and our technology are what attract new customers and have retained existing customers for decades. What excites me most is our opportunity to use these core strengths to grow and improve our services and customer experience."
The Monitoring Association announced today through its blog that AvantGuard's president and COO Justin Bailey has joined TMA's board of directors, representing contract monitoring companies.
Justin Bailey has worked with AvantGuard Monitoring since 2010. Bailey was promoted to the role of president and COO mid last year, prior to that he served as the company's COO. Bailey is also a Security Systems News "20 under 40" award winner from the Class of 2011.
"I'm excited to join the TMA board, after having served on committees for a number of years," Bailey said in TMA's blog. "I see the pace of change increasing from within the industry as well as from disruptors, and know we need to evolve more quickly as an industry to remain relevant. I look forward to working with the other TMA board members to that end."
AvantGuard Monitoring, a wholesale central station with locations in Ogden, Utah, and Rexburg, Iowa, offers a variety of monitoring services, including security, fire, PERS and mPERS, and IoT monitoring. In addition, the company has also been creating hybrid monitoring options, for security companies that would like to use their own central station part of the time.
Johnson Controls International announced a definitive agreement to sell its Power Solutions business to Brookfield Business Partners L.P. in a cash transaction valued at $13.2 billion.
"Today's announcement marks a significant milestone in the ongoing transformation of the Johnson Controls portfolio," JCI chairman and chief executive officer George Oliver said in the announcement. "The sale of our Power Solutions business will create value for investors by streamlining our portfolio and giving us increased financial flexibility to strengthen our balance sheet, return capital to shareholders and create optionality in our Buildings business. This focused portfolio will allow us to capitalize on secular growth trends and to deliver strong financial performance through improved free cash flow conversion, lower capital intensity and continued margin expansion."
Net cash proceeds are expected to be $11.4 billion after tax and transaction-related expenses. JCI expects to deploy $3.0- to $3.5 billion of proceeds toward debt pay-down and retain an investment grade credit rating. The remaining proceeds will be available to return to shareholders, with more specific details to be announced around the close of the transaction.
"With this transaction, Johnson Controls becomes a pure-play building technologies and solutions provider that is better positioned to lead the integration and evolution of the connected building and to capture strategic opportunities in the HVAC industry," Oliver said. "I would like to thank the Power Solutions team for their significant contributions over the years and their dedication throughout the strategic review process."
Johnson Controls' Power Solutions business, and 15,000 Power Solutions employees create, manufacture and distribute "the most advanced battery technologies for virtually every type of vehicle. These technologies deliver uniquely sustainable, next-generation performance," JCI said.
In fiscal 2018, Power Solutions generated $8.0 billion in revenue and $1.68 billion in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. The transaction price of $13.2 billion represents a multiple of 7.9x trailing twelve month EBITDA, according to JCI.
The transaction is expected to close by June 30, 2019, subject to customary closing conditions and required regulatory approvals. Power Solution's operating results will be reported in discontinued operations beginning in the first fiscal quarter of 2019.
Centerview Partners and Barclays served as financial advisors to Johnson Controls, and Simpson Thacher served as legal advisors.
Johnson Controls is a global diversified technology and multi-industrial company with 120,000 employees serving a wide range of customers in more than 150 countries.
WILLIAMSTOWN, N.J.—COPS Monitoring recently hired Joe Parisi to its leadership team as director of project management. Parisi has more than 20 years of alarm industry experience and will play a key role on the company's management team by leading technological projects related to COPS' network of monitoring centers, the company said.
"The last two years have been very dynamic for us," Jim McMullen, president and COO of COPS, said in the announcement. "As a result of our sustained growth, we believe it's best to narrow the areas of responsibility of executives to ensure we maintain high quality support and throughput from their respective departments."
Parisi's new role of director of project management is a newly created position, designed specifically for his skill sets, according to COPS. Key areas of the job will include facilities, alarm receiving equipment, and telephone system infrastructure. Parisi will also oversee the COPS technical support team that is designed to support COPS' alarm dealer customers in troubleshooting communications related to signal transmissions.
Parisi will also spearhead large-scale initiatives such as facility expansions/updates, infrastructure upgrades, and other special projects, including the imminent launch of COPS' Mobile Personal Emergency Response System division.
McMullen explained that the restructuring strengthens further its management team as it "adds depth to the bench." Parisi is one of three competent and focused leaders in COPS' technical department who help position COPS and its customers for the future.
"My career in the United States Marine Corps has been the foundation of my technical and leadership skills that have been instrumental behind my successful 20-year career in the security industry," Parisi said in a prepared statement. "My extensive electronics training in avionics lead to an electrical engineering degree from Rochester Institute of Technology. I joined Radionics [now Bosch] after graduation as a Research and Development Engineer. I was fortunate to be a part of the team of engineers who developed the state-of-the art D6600 central station receiver utilized by today's leading monitoring companies."
Parisi is a Security Systems News "20 under 40" award winner, Class of 2013.
After his time with Radionics, Parisi shifted his focus of expertise to wholesale monitoring where he integrated new technology, trained operations personnel and field support, and converted central stations onto a single platform.
He has also volunteered with the Electronic Security Association. "I had the pleasure of leading the New Jersey Chapter as President of the New Jersey Electronic Security Association (NJESA), now one of the largest chapters in the country," Parisi said. As NJESA president, the national ESA recognized Parisi as 2013 Chapter President of the Year at the Leadership Awards.
Security Systems News is excited to announce the education program for our TechSec Solutions conference, Feb. 25-26, 2019, in Delray Beach, Fla., at the Delray Beach Marriott.
This year's TechSec Solutions' theme—Securing a Connected World—looks at how new technologies are being used in real-life scenarios and how they are leveraged by security professionals—integrators, consultants, manufacturers and end users—to provide cost-efficient and highly effective security services and solutions, all for the betterment of the entire security industry.
Last year, attendees gave the program strong marks, with 100 percent of attendees who completed our evaluation saying they "Would recommend TechSec to others" and "TechSec exceeded or met their expectations."
Some of the highlights of this year's program include two keynote speakers. On day one, Bill Bozeman, CEO and president, PSA Security, will deliver an Integrator State of the Union, giving a unique glimpse at the key technology trends impacting integrators and the industry today, while looking at which ones have the greatest potential and present the greatest challenges moving forward. And on day two, Rob Simopoulos, founder and president, Defendify, will present Cyber and Security: Together, a Shared Vision, looking at how physical and cybersecurity are coming together like never before, creating both challenges and opportunities.
In addition to two stellar keynotes, this year's Mega Panel to start day two brings leaders from the industry's top associations—the Security Industry Association (SIA), ASIS International and the Electronic Security Association (ESA)—together with keynote speaker Bozeman, head of the world's largest system integration collaborative, to look at the current state of the industry, new trends and technologies that are impacting, disrupting and shaping the industry, and what the more successful companies are doing to stay relevant and profitable.
In support of this year's theme, there are two sessions looking at "Securing a Connected World," as well as sessions on securing, storing and leveraging data, and one on protecting critical infrastructure featuring Colby Meshey and James Ell from the Pentagon Force Protection Agency, who will join Kevin Didden, senior manager, Security Programs and Administration, MTA Bridges and Tunnels, and Joe Morgan, Business Development Manager for Critical Infrastructure, Axis Communications.
Plus, Gretchen Gordon, president and sales team transformation expert, Braveheart Sales Performance is presenting "How to Train and Retain a Tech-Savvy Sales Force" on day one. In this session, Gordon will explain how security companies, integrators and manufacturers can improve sales performance, giving attendees an effective strategy on hiring and retention, while showing them the importance of adapting to stay profitable and relevant.
And, as always, one of the highlights of the conference is the "20 under 40" Award Reception on the evening of day one, where this year's class of 2018 winners will receive their awards and just have some fun by the pool. There will be several winners, both previous winners such as Simopoulos, and current winners, including TechSec Speakers Meshey (Pentagon), Didden (MTA) and Josh Cummings, director, Engineering Services, VTI Security, to name just a few.
All told, this year's program has something for everyone. We hope to see you in Delray Beach Feb. 25-26.
Pivot3, the hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) performance and technology company based in Austin, Texas, announced that it experienced more than 50-percent growth in bookings in Q1-Q3 2018 over the same period in 2017, with significant growth among large enterprises and complex, mission-critical use cases.
With IT requiring automation and intelligence to manage increasingly complex workloads and multi-cloud environments, Pivot3 saw high demand for its hybrid cloud solutions. Pivot3 also experienced continued expansion with Internet of Things use cases, particularly with smart and safe city initiatives.
"Q3 2018 was remarkable for Pivot3, from our growth in sales and introduction of new products to the announcement of our global strategic partnership with Lenovo," Ron Nash, CEO, Pivot3, said in the announcement. "Enterprises are demanding more from IT, and our growth indicates that the market is increasingly aware of Pivot3 and the power of our Intelligence Engine to simplify management at scale as well as deliver the security and resilience needed to support mission-critical workloads."
Pivot3's developments in Q3 2018 include:
• More than 50-percent growth in bookings in Q1-Q3 2018 compared to the same period in 2017, with 86 percent of new bookings in Q3 comprising large enterprises.• A 95-percent increase in average deal size in Q3 2018 over the 2017 average.• Nearly 65 percent of 2018 sales to date have come from satisfied existing customers expanding their deployments to include multiple mixed workloads. Additionally, more than 70 percent of new customers deployed multiple mixed workloads on Pivot3's platform, indicating that customers are increasingly—and repeatedly—relying on Pivot3's Intelligence Engine to automate and manage multiple mission-critical applications on a single platform.• Continued adoption of its hybrid cloud solutions, representing more than 60 percent of new sales in Q3.• Named a Strong Performer in Hyperconverged Infrastructure in The Forrester Wave: Hyperconverged Infrastructure, Q3 2018. Pivot3 ranked within the top three vendors in the current offering category and achieved the highest scores possible for the criteria of built-in security, customer support options and quality of operations and support.• Announced a global strategic partnership with Lenovo to develop, market and sell solutions optimized for mission-critical smart city applications and use cases, both in the core datacenter and at the edge.• Continued growth of mission-critical smart city initiatives, including with the City of Bogotá, Colombia, which is deploying a highly efficient Lenovo/Pivot3 solution to achieve maximum infrastructure efficiency and scale as its surveillance needs grow.• Launched Intelligent Edge Command and Control, a new ruggedized and SWaP-optimized hybrid cloud solution to support sophisticated analytics, VDI and IoT use cases for defense, intelligence and other extreme operations at the "tactical edge."• Released a new large-scale IoT solution designed to support mission-critical deployments of 500TB or more with greater resilience, scale and ease of use, fundamentally altering the economic equation for customers in large IoT data-capture scenarios.• A diverse range of new customers, including numerous military and federal agencies as well as local governments, a nuclear research facility, multiple educational institutions, a large manufacturing organization and a major sports and entertainment complex. The top industry verticals represented in Q3 sales include government, logistics and transportation, energy and utilities, hospitality, and education.• Certified its infrastructure solutions for mission-critical IoT, safe cities and smart building environments operating with Milestone Systems video management software. This allows organizations to gain access to infrastructure proven to deliver the performance, resilience and scale required in mission-critical environments.
"Pivot3 has led the industry in supporting mission-critical use cases where security, resilience and management simplicity are required at enterprise scale," said Nash. "As customers turn to IT to solve their most pressing business challenges, automation, artificial intelligence and machine learning will become key drivers in enabling the next wave of enterprise-scale digital transformation. Pivot3 is positioned to support this evolution with a foundation of Hybrid Cloud and IoT solutions for the enterprise's most critical environments."
Mike Leone, senior analyst from Enterprise Strategy Group, said in the Pivot3 announcement, "IT organizations need new levels of automation in their infrastructure to provide the resiliency, availability and low latency required to support rapidly expanding volumes of data and the proliferation of applications and business services. The key to Pivot3's differentiation in the HCI market lies in their Intelligence Engine, which delivers advanced resilience and security, and automates manageability at scale for customers' most demanding workloads."
ATLANTA—Apartment Guide, a resource for renters and part of the digital marketing solutions company RentPath, recently published a blog highlighting security as an amenity many renters are looking for.
The blog included data from RentPath surveys including an "online, blind survey of 2,000 renters … conducted by Egg Strategy in conjunction with RentPath in 2017, with the final analysis completed in February 2018," and an "online, blind survey of 750 renters conducted by RentPath Research between November 10 – December 4, 2017." In addition, the blog referenced The 2017 Kingsley Nationwide Renter Report, which was conducted in July 2017 in partnership with the National Multifamily Housing Council and surveying 269,332 renters.
Angie Amon, director of research for RentPath, talked with Security Systems News about the trends among these reports. "People are looking for their home. It's not a car that they're going to rent for a few days, or even a car they're going to buy that they could easily get rid of if it didn't work out. It's their home, and the things that they're trying to do is make it feel like home. They want to feel safe, they want to feel secure … and that it's not a hassle to live there," Amon said.
RentPath distributed surveys to people seeking apartments, specifically renters that were open to developments with 50 or more units. "We really drilled down into a specific segment of renter population," Amon said.
Despite prompting survey takers to "think big" and be imaginative, many still put emphasis on practical conveniences like having a washer and dryer in their unit, Amon said.
RentPath also asked survey respondents to select an item that most interested them and one that least interested them out of larger groups. "Out of that came the gated access, the security measure," Amon said, and this group was the highest at 35 percent. "That was the number one 'most interested' thing that people mentioned, and had the fewest votes of 'least interested' in."
The company recognized another trend of people looking for app-controlled door locks, rating at 25 percent.
Property managers and companies could benefit from emphasizing the security measures at their properties, according to Amon. "It comes up over and over and over again in both the quantitative and the qualitative work that we do, where people talk about wanting to be in a safe area. And they define that in different ways, some of it has to do with what security measures are at the property … others define it by what kind of activity is going on in the area."
The Security Industry Association (SIA) has identified and announced the 2019 Security Megatrends—the foundation of SIA's signature yearly report defining the major trends and forces at play in the global security industry.
Forecasting of 2019's top 10 Security Megatrends was based on survey data generated in September and October 2018 from top security industry business leaders, association leadership and key volunteers and speakers for Securing New Ground (SNG), the security industry's executive conference, which is being held this week, Oct. 25-26, in New York City.
These trends—the top factors influencing both short- and long-term change in the global security industry—are expected to have sweeping impact on almost all businesses within the industry.
Cybersecurity was identified in the 2019 report as the standout trend shaping the security industry. By nearly 30 percentage points, industry leaders said cybersecurity's impact on physical security solutions was the most impactful trend they were expecting to face in 2019. A resounding number of respondents also called for artificial intelligence (AI) to be recognized as a megatrend, noting that AI is becoming vital to supporting the heightened volume of data produced by modern security solutions.
Other new Security Megatrends emerging for 2019 include workforce development, the emphasis on data privacy, advancements in digital identity and the integration of security into smart environments like smart buildings and smart cities.
The 2019 Security Megatrends are:• Cybersecurity Impact on Physical Security• Internet of Things (IoT) and the Big Data Effect• Cloud Computing• Workforce Development• AI• Emphasis on Data Privacy• Move to Service Models• Security Integrated in Smart Environments• Advanced Digital Identities• Impact of Consumer Electronics Companies
"Today, modern physical security solutions are comprised of IoT devices and sensors that generate high volumes of security data. Applying analytics and artificial intelligence systems makes this data more actionable and increases responsiveness for security systems users," SIA chairman of the board Scott Schafer said in the announcement. "Cybersecurity continues to be at the top of the list of the most important trends identified by security industry manufacturers, systems integrators, security practitioners, architects and engineers, and SIA will continue to address this trend over the next year and in the foreseeable future."
In addition to defining the latest Security Megatrends, the forecast for 2019 also identifies other forces at play in the security industry that may have a noticeable impact on some or all businesses, and the research identifies three potential areas of business disruption the security industry may face in 2019.
The official 2019 Security Megatrends report will be published in late November 2018 and available online for download and/or purchase. The 2018 Security Megatrends report is currently available to all members and non-members.
Each year at SNG, senior-level industry leaders and financial partners gather, trends are spotted, connections are formed and minds are opened. In addition to highlighting these Security Megatrends, SNG 2018 will feature keynote remarks by Jerome Pickett, senior vice president and chief security officer at the National Basketball Association, and Valerie Thomas, executive information security consultant at Securicon, and panel discussions on topics like the shift from smart cities to conscious cities, harnessing cyber-physical security technologies and how the changing residential security market is staying nimble.
Avigilon Corporation, a Motorola Solutions company, recently announced that its Avigilon Blue cloud platform is now integrated with SureView Systems Immix CS and Immix CC software, which will support professional video monitoring.
The Avigilon Blue cloud platform features patented self-learning video analytics that detect movements of people and vehicles and generate an alarm with a short video clip, allowing central station operators to more efficiently verify and respond to potentially critical events. The integration with Immix CS and Immix CC software will feature alarms with live and recorded video as well as audio transmission, the announcement noted.
"Video analytics-based alarm management will enable central stations to manage significantly more cameras and sites with fewer resources and help provide faster response to events, which ultimately creates a better monitoring experience for both the central stations and the end users," Ryan Nolan, senior vice president of business operations at Avigilon, said in the announcement. "With our advanced video analytics, the Avigilon Blue platform integrated with SureView software will provide our customers with a single point of control for security response and coordination."
The Avigilon Blue integration with SureView Immix CS and Immix CC software is expected to be available in November 2018, the announcement noted.
"At SureView, we develop a powerful monitoring platform to improve customers' ability to manage and respond to security events," Simon Morgan, CTO at SureView Systems, said in a prepared statement. "With Avigilon Blue's exceptionally accurate analytics and low false alarms, this new integration will further enhance the operational efficiency and value of professional monitoring services."
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