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Recorded music royalties are set to rise in coming years for Sirius XM Radio, the only satellite radio service in the United States, as a result of a judgment by a panel of federal judges.
The three-judge panel, known as the Copyright Royalty Board, said in a brief statement on Friday afternoon that the rate paid by satellite radio for the use of sound recordings, currently 8 percent of the company's gross revenue, would climb to 9 percent in 2013, and then rise 0.5 percentage point each year until reaching 11 percent in 2017. That money will be paid to SoundExchange, a nonprofit group that distributes digital royalties to record labels and musicians.
The decision does not cover royalties to music publishers and songwriters, which are negotiated directly. It also does not cover rates for Internet radio, which are in place through 2015 and work under a different, per-stream model.
Sirius's royalty rate, the subject of nearly two years of litigation, was widely expected to rise. The last time the Copyright Royalty Board set rates for satellite radio, in late 2007, Sirius and XM were still struggling as separate companies; they merged the next year and still nearly went bankrupt before getting a $530 million loan from Liberty Media in 2009.
In their 2007 decision, the judges set rates that rose from 6 percent to their current level of 8 percent. They noted then that 13 percent represented the upper end of the "zone of reasonableness" for such rates.
Since then, the merged Sirius XM has grown substantially and become profitable. It now has more than 23 million paying subscribers. In its most recent quarterly accounts, it reported that it was holding $556 million in cash.
Last year, the company had $3 billion in revenue.
For months, Liberty Media has been increasing its stake in Sirius with the intention of taking it over; it has nearly finished that process, which must be approved by the Federal Communications Commission since it involves the transfer of broadcast licenses. Mel Karmazin, Sirius's chief executive, announced in October that he would leave the company early next year.
The news of the royalty rates was not widely publicized until well after the markets closed on Friday. Sirius closed for the day at $2.99, up nearly 7 percent.
A spokesman for Sirius did not respond to a request for comment. A spokeswoman for SoundExchange said late Friday afternoon that her organization was still reviewing the decision.
Ben Sisario writes about the music industry. Follow @sisario on Twitter.


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Harry Potter Countdown...3: Favorite and least favorite Harry Potter characters
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So. Favorite and least favorite Harry Potter characters. Anyone who has read this blog for any length of time will be extremely unsurprised at my favorite:
Severus Snape, of course! Why? I've said this before but I'll say it again. Snape is complex, layered, and human. He's a very interesting iceberg character, where the viewable tip is rude, unappealing and even, we think, treacherous. Then as time and pages go by, we see more and more of the iceberg, and see that he really isn't treacherous, and is in fact extremely loyal, intelligent, misunderstood, mistreated, and brave. We admire him for that loyalty and bravery, and feel sorry for the misunderstood, beaten little boy he is inside, who just wants to be accepted. That is something we can all relate to, and so he becomes a relatable character too. In my own writing, my goal with characters is to write them as complex and sympathetic as Rowling wrote Snape.
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Ok, so maybe saying Harry Potter is my least favorite character in Harry Potter isn't really allowed, and I'm not trying to say I don't like Harry, but let me explain. Of course there are HP characters that I would like much, much less as actual people. Umbridge for instance. Or, you know, Voldemort. Even Snape would probably be a less pleasant friend to have than Harry. But I'm talking character. Of course we all hate Umbridge and Voldemort, but its in a love-to-hate kind of way, isn't it? They're fantastic characters to read. Whereas with Harry, we're supposed to love him the whole way through, and we do, but at least for me, there are moments every once in a while (like book 5) where I feel like he gets annoying, preoccupied and kind of angsty. Almost, dare I say, flat as a character. Really, he isn't a flat character, my point is that all the characters around him are just more...interesting. Complex. Of course you may not agree, but I read Harry Potter more for Dumbledore and Hagrid and Lupin and Ron/Hermione (and of course Snape) then I do for Harry himself. The thing is, it totally works that way. It works for Harry to act as a sort of nucleus that the rest of the characters revolve around. It keeps the story going and cohesive. Those are my thoughts and opinions, anyway.
Now its your turn. Favorite? Least favorite? Why?
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19 comments:
- shelly said...
Never ask a Libra girl a loaded question. Confusion will settle across their faces and they'll sink themselves for days into deep thought.
- July 13, 2011 at 8:32 AM
- Jenny said...
It's so hard to choose - Jo created soo many really good characters in this series. I have to say Hermione as a favorite. Maybe because of how the character is written, there's something I can connect with and admire. I tend to be more emotional than logical about these things. :) I love the balance and forethought Hermione brings to Harry's (and Ron's, too) life. Like Dumbledore, there's just such trust in what she says is true and honest and you don't question it because she's so intelligent and clever.
(Also, I agree with you about Snape. I always knew there must be more to him - even, in the hype before book #7 came out, when there was a big campaign to declare if Snape was Good or Evil - I always felt he had to be a good person deep down.)
Least favorite... this is so tough because I feel as if all of the characters were written so well to work together, weaving in and out of each other's lives and stories. I feel that Jo put so much into the whole story that none of the characters were forgotten - they all had their intended levels of development. If that makes sense?
If I had to pick one least favorite, perhaps Sirius? I always felt he was never integrated into the story line - he was always looking in from the outside. And even though Harry felt a bond with him, I never got that connection - there wasn't enough time to build it up before he was killed. - July 13, 2011 at 9:57 AM
- Samantha said...
Favorite Character: I would have to say that it is a tie between Snape and Dobby. With Snape I always felt that there had to be a reason for the way he treated Harry and in the end, I ended up feeling sorry for his truly misunderstood character. As for Dobby, well, need I say more? I was so happy for him when he stopped working for the Malfoys!
Least Favorite: My least favorite was Cho Chang. I sort of found her to be annoying and I was always really upset that Harry was with her and not Ginny. I don't know, I just didn't like her. - July 13, 2011 at 10:50 AM
- Sophia Richardson said...
Snape would probably be my favourite for his conflicted-ness. I never liked Ginny that much; she throws a few hexes at the bad guys and then Harry loves her and they get married. I didn't feel like I got to know her that well before I was being told to like her because everyone else did.
- July 13, 2011 at 11:29 AM
- Ryan Sullivan said...
Sirius has always been a favourite of mine. But Snape is up there as a character. Early in the series I deduced he would end up good. I was right, in a sense.
My least favourite . . . probably Umbridge. I agree she was a very good character, but she was so well-written that I actually disliked her. - July 13, 2011 at 11:35 AM
- Lacie Myers said...
Oh Sarah, how can I pick? These books are known for their memorable characters. But...I do wish I could go hang out with Hagrid when I feel sad, have Dumbledore help me sort out my problems, and take the infant Harry Potter home and raise him myself.
I cannot stand Filch, Sirius gives me the creeps, and I find nothing lovable about Voldemort, even though antagonists are supposed to have some good qualities. - July 13, 2011 at 11:53 AM
- Sarah Pearson said...
I hate to go with the crowd but Snape is probably one of my favourite characters, not just in HP but in literature. I always hoped there was going to be more to him than what we saw but wow, when it came, it was massive.
Least favourite character? Rita Skeeter - far to true to life! - July 13, 2011 at 12:20 PM
- Sarah Pearson said...
*too* true to life. D'oh!
- July 13, 2011 at 12:21 PM
- Maria Zannini said...
Hands down, favorite character is Snape.
But since he seems to be the crowd favorite, I'll also add a less talked-about character. Luna. There's just so much bubbling beneath the surface.
Least favorite: Draco Malfoy. He's always seemed a bit flat to me. - July 13, 2011 at 12:31 PM
- Michelle Roberts said...
Impossible for me to choose. I just got done reading the series for the first time a couple months ago. For me, it's a problem of too many favorites!
- July 13, 2011 at 12:37 PM
- Jen Daiker said...
I could not choose my favorite!! I love me some Snape, Luna, and Neville. They're all rockstars!
I'd say if I loved to hate someone it would be the Malfoy family - especially Lucius... after all he's such a fabulous villian - is he not? - July 13, 2011 at 1:27 PM
- Leslie Rose said...
Remus Lupin is my favorite. He is both noble and tragic in the series. A tortured soul worthy of a Shakespeare play.
Petunia Dursley is my biggest disappointment. She had epiphany potential but remained two dimensional. - July 13, 2011 at 4:46 PM
- Julie! said...
Favorite: Sirius Black.
Least favorite: Ginny Weasley.
I have to defend the way that Harry is written, as well. I really admire Rowling for letting him grow up just the way a child in his position would - warts and all, so to speak. She allows him to be self-centered and imperfect and to make mistakes. Too many authors get so caught up in keeping their good guys good that they forget to let them be human. And at the same time, he's "normal" (or at least unflashy) enough for us to feel centered in this wacky wizarding world she creates. It's really well done. - July 14, 2011 at 3:37 AM
- Julie! said...
I just think that allowing your protagonist to become even temporarily unlikeable is a big risk. It takes guts and a lot of finesse to pull that off, which she does.
- July 14, 2011 at 3:39 AM
- Misha said...
I liked Lupin and Sirius Black. Hated The Dursleys.
:-) - July 14, 2011 at 8:11 AM
- STC said...
My favorite character in the Harry Potter series is Harry Potter. On the one hand he's got a tender heart, a tremendous capacity to love, a deep devotion to his family and friends and a respect for humanity in general; on the other hand, though his bent is "soft," he's fierce, fiery and brave. I love his impulsiveness, too, his hot blood, his reliance on instinct over logical calculation, his inability to disguise himself, to stuff his feelings or to express anything but what is honestly on his mind. I love that he has trouble controlling his emotions. I loved that he was crap at Occlumency. Most of all I love his selflessness, his self-sacrifice, which I do not view as self-glorifying or as an attempt to be martyred or canonized in his head but as genuinely noble. That locked-off room in the Department of Mysteries, which contains "love" -- Harry has arguably more of it than any other character in the series.
I think you overrate Snape. He loved one person in his life; Harry loved hundreds, if you count every student in Hogwarts, for whom he was willing to die.
I take everything back. I totally forgot about Dumbledore. He's my favorite. But that needs no explanation.
Least favorite character: the portrait of Phineas Nigellus.
--Sheerah - July 16, 2011 at 1:53 AM
- The Edge of Reason said...
I have to agree with you on this one. I think with Umbridge and Voldemort we were supposed to hate them. I love how J.K. Rowling makes harry the blandest hero of all time. she flips the script. instead of the hero saving the town the town is saving the hero. Harry would have been dead if it weren't for the help of those around him... I thought that was just brilliant...
Snape has to be the best character beacuse we were convinced he was rotten. She again flips the script in the end and shows that he is just a victim of circumstances...
I could go on for days..probably years.. but you're soooo right Snape is my fav character..harry not so much - October 12, 2011 at 3:07 PM
- Meredith Blake said...
Harry as your least favourite character is definitely allowed. I find that the main character is usually my least favourite; their much bigger because they have to carry the story, so their personality can often be grating. Harry often annoyed me; not sure if he's my least favourite, but he's definitely not my favourite.
My favourite is Hermione; she's just such a strong female character, yet the typically underrated girl. As for my least favourite, that'd be Ron. - May 13, 2013 at 10:40 PM
- Meredith Blake said...
No! It's Dobby! I hate Dobby. Kreacher is way cooler.
I love Kreacher :) - May 13, 2013 at 10:41 PM


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Buffing or the act of buffing frogs "I think I'm gonna go baldrick in Gukta"
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once apon a time there was a happy little sausage, who's name was baldrick, he lived happily ever after.
the end ( if you dont get it, go and borrow the dvd ) blackadder:whats your first name baldrick?
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Noun: From the popular character Baldrick in Britis sitcom Blackadder. Baldrick's defining feature is a kind of innocent stupidity. Therefore, someone who makes honest mistakes on a regular basis might be described as a baldrick" "Blackadder:Baldrick, what are you doing?
Baldrick: I'm carving something on this bullet sir. Blackadder: I see. And What are ou carving? Baldrick: I'm carving Baldrick sir. Blackadder:Why? Baldrick: Well, you know how they say that somewhere out there, there's a bullet with yur name on it, I thought if I owned thee hullet with my name on it I'd be safe, because I'll never shoot myself... Blackadder: really? Pity... Baldrick:...and the chances of there being two bulletes with my name on are very slim indeed." Anyone capable of this kind of idiocy is a potential baldrick. |
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1: A sash-like belt usually for holding a sword, or in later years magazines/pouches of gunpowder
2: Scruffy, dimwitted and diminutive sidekick of various incarnations of Edmund Blackadder from the BBC comedy of the same name noted for his 'cunning plans'. Played by the actor Tony Robinson 3: anyone who resembles said character Who's that little git over there?
Oh, thats the office "Baldrick"...OI Baldrick coffee, 2 sugars! |
4. | Baldrick | ||
1) A comedic character on the British Comedy "Black Adder".
2) An overly dramatic twist in a story, usually having someone die suddenly; pulling out of a story suddenly; being overly dramatic (i.e. "pulling a"). Baldrick: I'm leaving! This is crap! *dies suddenly by a large 40 foot pillar thrown at him from some giant he was fighting*
Friend 1: GAH! He pulled YET ANOTHER BALDRICK! Friend 2: He'll be back in a week. Friend 3: Ya, I bet he's hitting "refresh" right now. |
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A Richard with no hair..... hey, have you seen baldrick?


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Please let me know if you want to create simple basic menu for me and needs to be for take away and can be a5 or A4.
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altinkum saidI would fight, as author, to have an updates notification system that alerts all my buyers about every single update I want to communicate…
Dont you think every themes, templates should have last updated date or time?? Would be much better than waiting some one to reply after months.
hope envato works on this issue
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Notification should always be present whenever there is an update. That is a sort of communication you could do for buyers and users.
will this ever happen do you think ?
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altinkum saidFinally! C's vets were completely gassed in the playoffs last year and the time off in the lockout is going to be a big help. I expect the Lakers to get their act together as well and think we'll see another Celtics-Lakers final (sorry Miami, you'll have to wait one more year )
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What we need to hear from the president in his State of the Union address
January 3, 2013 · 10:00 AM
Now that the campaigning and election are over, this is what we, the American people, want to hear President Obama say in his State of the Union address, and see reflected in his actions.
• Tonight, I want to set the tone for the next four years for our great nation.
• Our starting point is now – no pointing back, nor blaming the past, nor second guessing the decisions that were made.
• I asked for this job and I assume responsibility for the hand I was dealt the last four years.
• Working together is a must for all of us in the Legislative and Executive branches of our government.
• We all have our beliefs and ideas of what is right for our country. It is these different ideas that bring out the best solutions.
• Together we stand, divided we fall. We need to resolve that we will stand together.
• If we dig in our heals, none of us will get what we want, nor achieve the need for our country to be strong and succeed as a leader of the free world. Good discussion is healthy, effective and productive.
• We must all work together, as the writers of our Constitution worked together over 200 years ago. They ironed out their different views on how this new country should work, and we can do the same. This applies to all of us.
• To help facilitate this cooperativeness I would ask the Senate and House to eliminate the divisive aisles between the two parties and sit together. Figure out some way to be intermingled.
• I am also asking the leadership of the Senate and House of Representatives to work with each other in carrying out their responsibilities.
• Now, the first time any of us don't get our way, that is not the time to throw in the towel, it is the time to work harder and compromise.
• Our Constitution and Bill of Rights is what our country is founded upon. That needs to be required reading for every senator and congressman. Mine is right here in my pocket and they should be in yours too. By the way, it is not in my pocket for show, I just finished reading it for the umpteenth time, and I pledge again to uphold them.
I pledge that:
• My cabinet will work with Congress and with the states in carrying out the responsibilities of the Federal and state governments.
• I want to see the states be successful in fulfilling their mission, education being a top priority.
• We need more interactive discussions and team work between the state and Federal governments. We are all on the same team, and teammates support teammates.
Agenda the next four years
• Immigration reform to meet the needs of America.
• Strengthen our military to keep it strong.
• Embrace a job creation environment for businesses
I want the world to know:
• We will always strive to be a good example to the world
• We are a leader for the free world
• We are a strong nation
• We are a determined nation to help nations to enjoy democracy, and the freedoms we enjoy.
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• What is the State of the Union? To be united in moving forward.
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It is with no small amount of pride that I present to you, fellow inquisitors a brief guide to the signs, classification and dangers of the various types of Undead forces that can, or seemingly can, force the good citizens of the Emperor to rise from the dead or to lose their mind in unholy opposition to the peoples and governance of the Most Holy Imperium.
While many of us initially associate such things with one of the ruinous powers my research has brought numerous case studies to support the theory that these are not only widespread amongst the dark powers but also of a heretical xeno origin. This further validates the creation of our Ordo and I beseech you to heed this writings. Incorrectly identifying the cause and spread of these diseases could have dire ramifications for the success of your containment operation.
NB: Presented here is the abridged entry for quick clarification and should any of these diseases be suspected you should refer to the full text for previous case studies and theories.
Inquisitor Fulchi
Ordo Sepulturum
I'll be putting some semi character descriptions of some zombie plagues that curse the Imperium. Feel free to join in, in most cases these are directly taken from movies, comics or books. I'll be putting the main types in a chapter of there own, so for different versions just change add it as 1.1 etc.
There has already been some complaints of too may zombies turning up in the 40k universe, bah I say, bah and humbug. Of course I'm not suggesting that we all run an Ordo Sepulturum campaign but if you ever wanted to include a zombie outbreak maybe you want one that is a little different from the norm. I also realise that Ordo Sepulturum was created during the 13th Black Crusade which is after the standard setting for DH but you could always use this from another ordo's notes or Inquisitor Fulchi prior to him joining the new Ordo.
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Chapter 1, Plague Zombies
When one begins to discuss humans rising from the dead it is common amongst my peers to immediately think of the Plague Zombies. Shambling unholy abominations cloaked in a cadaverous shell.
However the danger is to believe that you know everything necessary to combat them. This hubris has been the downfall of an number of Imperial agents. As with all that is spawned by the ruinous powers in their damned dimension this is highly variable and easily mistaken for other causes of re-animation. As variable as these are most are known to be caused by the power or follows of that foul ruinous power Nurgle, the Great Corrupter.
Identification: As completely undead creatures Warp Zombies display almost none of the vital signals given off by equivalent living creatures. The heart and breathing stops and therefore there is no pulse, breath noise or sign, upon dying they quickly cool to ambient temperature. As they are animated beyond death these monsters quickly begin to desiccate and rot becoming more fearsome and disease ridden.
Several sources have noticed very low levels of bio-electricity and brain activity. This has not conclusively been proved to be signs 'thinking' as a counter theory holds (and has been fairly widely accepted) that this is natural result of the creatures own movement, which would mean that they are completely animated by warp energies.
On that note it is prudent to mention that as warp creatures they can be often be detected by the normal methods of detecting psychic effects.
Again, it must be stated that there seems to be a great variety to the undead beasts. Some move as fast as when they were alive but the majority are slow and lumbering. Usually this is dependant on the type of disease, in the wars in the Cadia sector, the diseases (while there are already several recorded) all of the infected are of the slow type, mercifully for the defenders who were hard pressed by the use of the use these bacteriological terrors. In some very rare cases the same strain can cause a large disparity in the zombie produced; fast, slow, mindless, somewhat intelligent. All dependant on amount or type of infection, time since exposure , combat experience in life or seemingly random. These types are most chaotic in nature and seem to be more associated with direct daemonic contamination rather than the germ-weapons used by chaos forces.
Spread: Despite wide held beliefs to the contrary. The manner of the infections spread is very varied. Many insist that the bite or scratch of a zombie is the cause of infection. And in many cases this is true either directly or indirectly. Usually either a specific disease (amongst others) is carried which weakens the carrier until death where they rise as zombies, alternatively there can be a warp based psychic corruption that is transmitted either by sorcery or by contact with the infected and it is this which raises the body when the unfortunate dies by any means.
The best example of this is Imperial held war world of Samedi, where any creature dies rises as zombie. Even if it is a single disease that is the cause of the infection, it has been witnessed to be one of a vast number of types of disease, some airborne, others transmitted by contact or bodily fluid exchange.
Containment: Although, as I have noted the methods of spread are varied I advise you seek to contain any outbreaks with extreme prejudice. Time is invariably of the essence and until definite confirmation of the method of spread is confirmed you should protect your force troops from airborne toxin and purge the infected with fire. For those troops that might have been exposed, unless the threat of expression can be immediately diagnosed they should be treated as the enemy.
Standard Threat Classification: Malleus Majoris
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Chapter 2, Furor Sanguine
Less well known, is a blood born virus that can turn even the meekest human into ravening savage creature bent on the murder of all right thinking humans they encounter.
Our best case study in this phenomenon was on the wretched hive world of Bucella, here a group of cultists had found the axe of a long vanquished champion of the ruinous powers. Those touching the axe would soon be overcome with an uncontrollable frenzy attacking friend and foe alike, they also noticed that if they put in a container with water then that water would turn the colour of blood. Those ingesting this 'blood' or getting it a lesion on their own body would again turn become unstoppably murderous. They used secretly introduced the mixture into several water sources and caused widespread chaos and massive casualties in the hive. The fact that this is a blood borne infection and it's obvious effects has a direct link to the ruinous power that is the blood god Khorne. In addition these out breaks are often spread by cultists dedicated to this power and in other cases outbreaks occur prior to an invasion by its followers even though there is not been a direct link between the two.
Identification: Those affected by what is colloquially known as the blood rage become a ravening monster. They begin to weep blood from the eyes, ears, mouth, ears and fingernails they will attack anything they can catch with no regard for their own safety. Although those subjects captured were shown to show bio-signs. They do seem to react to attacks in the normal way for a human but they have no regard for pain, if indeed they can feel it, often crawling towards their prey after limbs were badly damaged. And while they do not possess any supernatural strength they use their full power without regard for their own safety which can make women and even children capable of overpowering an adult man.
The infection it's self seems to be a blood born virus of some kind that breaks down quickly on dry surfaces which makes identification difficult and treatment hard if not impossible.
It was noticed that they often used simple melee weapons, favouring spiked or bladed weapons that they would habitually use to cut and stab themselves.
Spread: The infected can spread the disease by co-sanguinary contact, often this is by being scratched or bitten by the infected. It was also noted that bladed and spiked weapons used by the infected often carried the infection due to the aforementioned habits.
However the spread of the virus can be extended hugely by purposeful cultists by contaminating water and food supplies. Poor and low tech areas are especially vulnerable to this as their water supplies are usually of a low enough purity as to hide the taint.
Finally it has been observed that some chaos forces, including some traitor marines loyal to Khorne, have used weapons poisoned with this 'blood'. It does not seem to be feasible to have melee weapons 'poisoned' in this way but some corrupted weapons seem to have the ability to cause them as in the case study above. It is more usually grenades and artillery shells as they have a good chance to injure many without killing them all.
Containment: Infected individuals need to the dispatched as soon as possible. Before they can spread infection. Loyal troops should have all complete covering from splashes and wear a filter mask at least. Troops need to be checked for wounds after every engagement and dealt with as necessary.
Cults spreading the virus need to be put down as soon as possible while remaining aware of their possible contamination points. As a last resort these cults will normally infect themselves and they will be prepared for vicious melee combat.
Standard Threat Classification: Malleus Majoris
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So the former are shambling plague zombies and the latter are sprinting 28 Days Later zombies?
Orkses never lose. If we win, we win, if we die, we die fightin' so it don't count. If we runs fer it, it don't count neither 'cus we can come back fer anuvver go, see?
Boss Gitsmasha said:
So the former are shambling plague zombies and the latter are sprinting 28 Days Later zombies?
To be honest the first entry doesn't add a lot, beyond maybe flavor text. And of course it;s a good start if we want to add very specific cases later. But I've got some good ideas (imho and only most of them 'inspired' by movies), I think the blood transmitted frenzy virus was way too Khorne to be missed out.
Originally I was of the opinion that any diseases or virus's were solely the domain of Nurgle but things like the Obliterator virus has convinced me otherwise.
Oh and for the next ones I'm working on, see if you can recognise where I got the idea from.
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Any idea of how to make "Slaneeshi" or "Tzeentchian" zombies? Maybe vampires are more in line with Slaanesh and werewolves/shapeshifters or mummies for Tzeentch?
I used to be an acolyte like you, then I took a bolt shell to the knee.
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Any idea of how to make "Slaneeshi" or "Tzeentchian" zombies? Maybe vampires are more in line with Slaanesh and werewolves/shapeshifters or mummies for Tzeentch?
Hmm, I've got an idea for Tzeentchian one that is… a bit weird. It'll be posted soon. That's some good ideas though, and you might have given me an idea for some new ones, I'll might have to check my horror movies.
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Chapter 3, Eris Maddening
Of the diseases we have looked into this is possibly the most subtle and confounding. It acts not on the bodies of the infected but on the minds, sending them into a delusional madness. Such an action would be quite debilitating to a population normally but those affected are more than pitiful mad fools, they act in a confusingly concerted manner against the Holy establishment. Their delusions, although often different for each of the afflicted people, manages to manifest in some way that causes them to become dangerous dissidents. Since the recent case studies where it was identified it has cast doubt on some of previous causes of planet wide unrest that have been witenessed previously in the segmentum, but the nature of the disease may be being confused due to the prevalent branding of all heretics as insane when the observably insane go unnoticed.
On the Industrial world of Eris IV, in the Cadian sector in M39.687, a solar flare had massive effect on the technology of the planet, especially that which was used for transmissions or communication. Ill pict views, holo-vid players and vox casters seemed to be only capable of receiving a multi frequency static. Those listening or viewing this static seemed to be transfixed, those interviewed said they had seem images or heard messaged that could not be identified by the limited viewing that the Inquisition were able to do before their own acolytes were affected.
What little information could be deduced was that it was some kind of psychic virus caught from this static signal. Acolytes observed or listened to the signal in hexagramtically warded conditions and were not able to catch and distinct pictures, patterns or messages in the static. Unfortunately even the hexagram warding was not enough to prevent psy-infection indefinitely, when the observers started to report patterns they were already infected. The top level inquisition theorised that a Psychic Null may be able to observe it safely but there was none on the planet to test the theory. The Inquisition moved to prevent all use of technological communications devices but it was too late, most facilities could not be contacted and were likely already lost. Not only did the signal interrupt even unsecured wired technologies, in a similar way to EMP waves, but it also seemed to affect some connected cogitators which often re-broadcast the signal across networks that were not directly interrupted. Worse still, many servitors were constantly able to pick up these signals and went berserk immediately, the inquisition would have to destroy all of their own servitors but the hundreds of thousands over the whole planet would be the most dangerous threat until the last days of the calamity.
At first the effected were not obvious but they immediately started causing trouble, they started sabotaging vital logistic routes, roads, mag-rail, gating facilities were all targeted by lone or small groups of deluded individuals working towards insane plans. Worse though was that soon direct attacks on other citizens and Imperial personal began in earnest. Although these attacks were seemingly random they seemed to rarely happen to those infected, and tough most of them worked on their own or in small groups they acted as if they were part of a complicated and well-thought out battle plan. Numerous attempts to infiltrate a building held by a heretic group were thwarted by another individual or group setting a trap for flanking forces. Citizens would fight with no thought for their own safety, often committing suicide attacks.
As time went on the psy virus's effects become hugely pronounced, entire districts were overcome. Their savage mind controlled residents had formed into individual armies, walling themselves up in the district those that weren't effected, or only mildly effected working as miserable slaves to the rest. Savage servitors often going to work as normal when there wasn't unaffected people to kill. The spy virus also seemed to prompt or encourage the expression of psychic powers, many psykers forming warlords for bands of mad servants. Others still became completely possessed, hunting the dark parts of the city or fighting alongside the maddened humans. It became clear to the inquisition that this was the cause of daemonic forces, the commonly held theory was that the static signal itself allowed daemonic influence over the listeners or watchers.
It was only the fortunate placement of the garrisoned 123rd, 142nd and 166th Eris Dragoons that saved the planet from complete collapse. The inquisition was able to contact them via Astropath before they were more than handful of soldiers were badly effected and using the ancient back ups of flag and lamp signalling and secured wired voxes they were able to start fighting back, taking control of vital cities almost immediately. Still, it took nearly 5 months to passify the last of psy-virus afflicted and at the cost of over 54 million of the planets population.
Identification: Those only mildly, or recently afflicted are nearly impossible to distinguish from other humans around them. They might only show mild, paranoia, be often distracted, displaying minor character traits such as being overly tired, talking to themselves, irritable or uncomfortably. They often also (with good reason) try and hide this from Imperial authorities. However, one constant (perhaps the only one) is that they will try and expose themselves and others to the static signal.
Those that have been in after for long periods are quite different, dishevelled, malnourished, often with untreated wounds, daubed in cult symbol and gore from their victims. They are also likely to have mutations by this point and possession is widespread. They will still usually be capable of advanced tactics and effectively using ranged weapons unless their mutation and particular derangements mean that it is not possible. They will usually have formed into close nit groups between squad and company size with strict hierarchy, often with a psyker in command and possessed cultists and servitors in support.
Spread: While the classic and most dangerous examples, such as Eris IV, seem to be spread by a electromagnetic signal. Often seemingly resulting from a stellar phenomena, a passing comet or a cosmic radiation cloud or field (several ship wide infections have evidence of this), there are also accounts of some ancient books of sorcery effecting readers in the same way or some sorcerous incantations having a localised effect. Stellar phenomenon causing this have only ever been witnessed in the sectors around the eye of terror or near to a similar anomaly.
Containment: The important first step is stop the receipt of the anomalous transmission where possible but it will also interfere with unsecure cable based transmissions which is going to be far too wide spread to combat on any industrialised world. This will be difficult outside of immediate vicinity due to the limited communication options. After the events of Eris IV general Commissariat order 39 beta 52D was issued. After being initiated by the Inquisition it will force Commissars in the region to shut down technology that should be effected in their own spheres of influence and rely on more simple communication methods and isolate any effected individuals. Which should prevent the planets PDF and IG being to badly effected provided the message can be got to them in time. Then a planets power network should be isolate where possible and unsecured veiw and vox devices should be topped while attempting the destroy infected groups.
Standard Threat Classification: Malleus Majoris
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So, The Signal, basically? www.imdb.com/title/tt0780607/
I used to be an acolyte like you, then I took a bolt shell to the knee.
vehzeel said:
Exactly, I was dubious that anyone had seen that movie. And of course the early effects are also similar to the Crazies but thats got a much more standard virus style spread as it implies it's a government bio-weapon, hmmm.
Of course it's go the added sci-fi issues of effecting technology like a computer virus too (although fortunately not's not present in the Imperium, although if a bunch of tarantula turrets or other automated guns) but also servitors, which are everywhere. Which is like something in the RPG Eclipse Phase I guess.
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Slaanesh zombies: how about they have some sort of aura that make humans actually WANT to be eaten? Slaanesh, extreme sensations, perversions and all that. The urge can be resisted with WP rolls. Maybe it shouldn't be too hard for PCs to resist, but as a GM you can scare the players when you describe uninfected humans breaking cover, making their way TOWARDS the zombies, letting themselves be consumed while letting out ecstatic screams
I used to be an acolyte like you, then I took a bolt shell to the knee.
I'd think that a Slaaneshi zombies would have a slight heirarchy- the victims are addicted to Subject Zero (either by sex, psychic presence, bodily fluid exchange, perhaps a combination of those).
Subject Zero is addicted to human flesh, and needs Thralls to bring it meat. The Thralls are in turn addicted to Subject Zero, and if they serve their master, they can become Thrall-Makers as well.
Chapter 4, The Strigoi Lords
It is difficult to determine where the Strigoi virus originated but it's distribution suggests somewhere in the Segmentum Obscurus. I would perhaps be naïve if I did not at least acknowledge the Eye of Terror as the likely source but as it seems to be linked that foul ruinous power that is Slannesh (among the Strigoi mutations associated with the power often develop and outright worship is common).
Our most notable case is from the great crusades at the very begging of the Imperium. As such the records are incomplete but telling. When the Explorators discovered the Carpathia sector it was found that many worlds were feudal hell-holes with Strigoi Kings, Lords and Knights presiding in ancient palaces. Meanwhile the human populations, that weren't chosen to serve in the Strigoi armies were toiling in hideous conditions with the constant threat of being dragged away to serve as food for their Strigoi masters. These Strigoi fostered the idea that they were gods to these miss begotten humans so their troops were fanatical.
When the Imperial Army landed on the worlds they initially faced heavy resistance, but with their large numbers they were able to push back the Strigoi forces. However every night the Strigoi themselves would descend on the Emperors men causing huge casualties and sowing fear. It wasn't long into the campaign before the advance slowed to a crawl. Troops would not advance during the day for fear of being caught in the open at night.
It was then that the first Legion arrived in the sector having been diverted to deal with this unholy threat. And deal they did, taking world after world in horrendously bloody battle. The battle between The Lion and Ancient Eldar Strigoi high King in his seat on the world of Walachia is the stuff of legend itself but the Inquisition has tried it's best to hide details of this campaign against such dark forces. Especially as many of the Strigoi fled in gothic star ships rather than face their end at the Dark Angels hands and it is rumoured that they and their descendants still haunt the Imperium but now having faced their enemy their tactics have changed to one that was more subtle and insidious.
Identification: The Strigoi, although initially indistinguishable from the rest of humanity eventually become quite different. With pale skin and pointed ears, wide reflective eyes and vicious pointed teeth and claws. Although they are undoubtedly undead, hearts and pulse disappearing completely, they are as faster and stronger than they were in life and their bodies regenerate damage rather than ignore it. They are also normally sensitive to direct sunlight and sort to draw the enemy into dark labyrinths or attack at night.
They seem to draw power from eating human flesh or drinking blood. The more consume the stronger they get and the faster they regenerate, while there wound's seem to stay open and they seem weak if deprived of blood and flesh. But while they can obtain blood they are essentially immortal.
There obvious appearance however, cannot be relied upon for many of the elder Strigois become adept a sorcery. Often able to maintain the appearance of normality, usually staggeringly beautiful versions of what they once were, as well many other powers, including those to read, cloud or control minds.
It is worth noting that there are a number of creatures with similiar attributes, including that heinous warp denizen the 'Vampire' although that is far more powerful and the Strigoi seem to spread their virus by bite, the Strgoi go to great pains to murder their victims so that they do not rise as vengeful and potentially powerful Strigoi themselves.
Spread: Unlike the other diseases the Strigoi virus is not easy to spread but the immortality, the eternal youth, vigor, strength and speed are all so seductive that many humans willingly seek to become the Strigoi. Often swearing fealty in the hope that one they are rewarded with this cursed existence.
Even with those Strigoi becoming notoriously paranoid, often more fearful of their own offspring than anything else and creating new Strigoi only rarely, they often have many other options with great wealth, slaves, and personal favour or that of the ruinous powers. Thus they often become synonymous with Slaneeshi cults.
Containment: The Strigoi hide behind a large number of human troops. Many of these would be fearful conscripts but their leadership and elite units are often highly motivated, with great riches, slaves and the promise of becoming a Strigoi or the favour of dark gods. These troops must be engaged with powerful forces but it is always important to remember that the elder Strigoi are the key, without it's head the body cannot survive. Be wary though when pressed you may find that entire units are newly made Strigoi to make a desperate last stand. But after such a victory all effort must be made to hunt down the younger Strigoi who are both very dangerous and have the capability to regain control of the region in the future.
Standard Threat Classification: Malleus Majoris
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Chapter 5, Dagon Mind Slave Grubs
Although this seems to be one of many such events the case on Castobel in the Jericho reach is a rare example of one that is well documented.
After the appearance of Hive fleet Dagon and subsequent wars, the murder rate in the Castobel hives rose by over 2500%. To compound the problem there didn't seem to be any overiding pattern to the crimes, or motive. Gang activity rose during the period but not enough to cover a fraction of the murders and their didn't seem to be any major civil unrest to speak of, for the most part the populous were unaware of the events unfolding spin-ward of the planet. The worlds Enforcers and Arbites were completely overwhelmed and unable to cope with the sudden deluge of murder.
One, seemingly unconnected, phenomena was noticed by the population. A hitherto unknown reclusive flying bug had been seen hiding in the depths of the hive. This had been largely ignored until inquisitorial autopsy of a murder suspect revealed a large larvae like bug in the criminals brain. The hitherto unknown bug was later found to be the larval stage of the flying insect like tyranid organism that was found throughout the hive.
This organism was injecting eggs into head and neck of the victims, usually unnoticed and eventually affecting the brain of the host giving them an overwhelming urge to murder people. Although they were still concerned for their own safety so they had either joined, or become more active in, violent gangs or killed in secretly or with sabotage.
It was only when the planet came under direct attack that the full impact of the infestation was felt. The infected victims which until now were merely killing and and attempting to evade detection became savage creatures attacking soldiers and civilians brazenly in large groups. In spite of their savagery and lack of regard for their own well-being they were capable of using any weapons they had effectively, prioritising targets and engaging in coordinated battle plans. The mind slaves caused massive casualties and disruption inside the hive. Fortunately the desperate Imperial pushed the hive fleets forces back from the hive not a moment too soon as the mind slaves had overrun the Enforcers and Arbites inside the hive.
Identification: The infected individuals are difficult to distinguish early on in the life cycle the infected individuals; the wound from the bug lasts only a few days. In some ways it is reliant on the methods you would have learned to spot heretical cultists such as changes in behaviour, temperament, habits, tiredness, reduced cleanliness and becoming socially reclusive may all indicators that a person has been taken by the over by the compulsion to murder. Locating and tracking the effected persons in vital at the early stage as often the nest of bugs would be located close to where they live or work.
When the infection reaches the later stages it is more pronounced with open wounds on the head and neck, bleeding from the mouth, speech impediments, almost total sleep loss and often secondary infections due to the open wounds. Although victims will attempt to hide this and the most common victims are likely to naturally contract diseases with similar effects no quarter should be given but be careful of following false leads. In the event that Tyranid synapse creatures should happen by to allow the Hive mind direct control over the infected then identification should be obvious but this is likely to be too late.
While intensive auspex may pick up the parasitic larvae this is obviously not a practical option for wide scale usage. On the subject is should be clearly noted that in the cases currently identified dissections of long term hosts revealed genetic tampering. Enlarged adrenal glands, strengthened muscle, bones and other physiological abnormalities have been discovered. It is clear that along with the mind control other changes are made by the hive mind to make their mind-slaves more dangerous. This is similar to the bio-morphs seen in the other Tyranid organisms and with that in mind, although one assumes these would normally be fairly discrete it weighs heavily on me as to what the hive mind would do to their hapless victims in the future.
Spread: This bug organism injects eggs into head and neck of the victims, often while they are sleeping and usually unnoticed. When the eggs hatch the larval form of the organism borrows into the brain. Several of the larva extend a tendrils throughout the brain which effect the behaviour of the victim. The other eggs become larva and feed on flesh and blood inside the hosts head and neck, usually painfully and often forming obvious blisters. This continues until such a time that they are ready to become their 'adult stage'. These adult forms either burst from the neck or head of the victim or into the victims throat where they are coughed up. These adults can immediately infect future victims and they can feed on detritus for long periods, often spreading long distances but seemingly attracted to human habitation and transit.
Containment: Attacking both life cycles of the creature is of paramount importance. While the bug phase is the most obvious the logistical challenge in a hive or even a large city is clearly next to impossible. They do not need to nest as a group and are resistant to all standard toxins therefore large scale mobilisation with flame tools is as close and answer as there is.
In addition the larval phase must be treated, even destroying every bug in a city is futile when implanted larvae mature and spread again. Be sure to have all criminals checked by the authorities and any carriers having their hab and work zones checked for bugs as well they themselves being dealt with. In suspect areas have workers checked by their overseers and imperial personal checked by their medicae staff.
Even with the most stringent checks there for a hive there will such large swathes that cannot be checked in the under hive that it may linger for decades with quarantine protocols in place.
Standard Threat Classification: Xenos Majoris
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Chapter 6, The Cursed Bones of Hydra
In M36.811 the merchant vessel Ward of Persephone drifting dead in space just Rimward of the Calixis sector after being lost for over 200years. It was brought to the attention of Battlefleet Calixis and they sent the Battlecruiser Banner of Angevin whose armsmen boarded the vessel to investigate and salvage it.
The reports from the Ward were that the vessel seemed completely dead and decayed. Even the bulkheads were worn and pitted as if it was thousands of years old or attacked with acid and all furnishings were wrecked and tattered. The thousands of crew were little more than skeletal remains draped in the tattered rags of their uniforms. Some teams reached the bridge and engineering sections and worked to obtain the logs and restart some systems. As soon as they re-established partial power and grav-plate control the literally skeleton crew of the Ward of Persephone began to move. They attacked the boarding parties savagely with ancient shotguns, cutlasses and blunt tools. They moved quickly and with purpose and killed or wounded most of the boarding party and forced them to retreat to the Banner of Angevin.
It was on the Banner that the second phase of the battle took place as the wounded troops were themselves overcome and started attacking those that had rescued them. Large sections of the ship and hundreds of crew were lost. Were it not for the infamous elite Navel Armsmen of the ship and the rigorously drilled crew the entire Battlecruiser would have undoubtedly been lost. Eventually all of the infected were crushed, each body being smashed to pieces as even when dismembered the infected would keep going and even drag themselves back together.
After this they had a desperate counter-attack plan. They used the vast arsenal of the Banner of Angevin to utterly destroy the Ward of Persephone. This is a costly decision that was not taken lightly but there was just not enough force left on the Banner to capture the vessel and the level of damage of the vessel would limit it's profitability as salvage.
The obtained logs last entries was that it had encountered a Mechanicus Explorator vessel, the Deimos Syntax and had lost it's crew after attempted salvage operation. The Deimos Syntax was last recorded being sent to investigate ancient ruins in the Hydra Subsector and it would seem that it was still floating around their and if they had obtained this 'curse' from some of the ruins of the region then those ruins remain dangerous and unknown.
Identification: From our previous the first signs of contamination are darkened patches around any open wounds from then it is a matter of minutes before the contaminated victim dies, gauss radiation begins being emitted and the victim begins to move against their previous comrades. The victims at this stage seem to have a glow to their eyes.
Eventually the body can rot to point of being entirely skeletal and still be attacking people. At this point the identification should be obvious but none the less disturbing to behold. It is possible to see slight glowing between the skeletal joints and fine, but incredible resistant circuit fibres across the bones.
Spread: The infection seems to be carried by some kind of heretical nano-scarabs which build the aforementioned gauss circuitry in the victim. It seems that the nano-scarabs can infect people attacked by their previous hosts, either by clustering on their weapons and teeth or by actively travelling into the victims wounds. It has been theorised that were the forces that had encountered the terrors not void suits the infection might have entered victims via their eyes, mouth and nose). Beyond this there is precious little we know as our previous encounter is the only known case, any samples we took seemed to break down before we could study them (even though they had been in the vessel for hundreds of years previously).
Containment: Only complete dismemberment will stop those infected. Use explosives, axes, hammers and copious shotgun shells and heavy weapons. They should also be treated as a biochem risk and full precautions need to be taken during any encounters. I conclude that any likely vessels found in the entire sector be checked carefully for suspect activity and any boarding actions reconsidered or undertaken with extreme prejudice.
Standard Threat Classification: Xenos Majoris
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Kialoa US-1: Dare to Win - The Big Crash off Sydney Heads
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The collision between two US-flagged maxi yachts, Windward Passage (Fritz Johnson) and Kialoa III (Jim Kilroy) during the first race of the 1977 Southern Cross Cup sailed ahead of the 1977 Sydney Hobart Race, was a talking point around international sailing circles for several days.
Then followed the Herculean effort to get Kialoa III back into trim for the Sydney Hobart.
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Here we have two perspectives on the incident. The first from the recently released book, Kialoa US-1: Dare to Win, written by tactician Andy Rose, and the second by crewman Peter Allison, positioned further forward in Kialoa.
Kialoa US-1: Dare to Win has many contributions from her crew along with the story told by owner/skipper Jim Kilroy.
Tactician Andy Rose's view:
We all were looking forward to the Southern Cross series in Sydney before the Sydney-Hobart Race, especially because our archrival, Windward Passage, was also competing. The first race was a triangle, windward leeward course and it was blowing! As I remember, it was probably about 18-20 knots at the start and increased from there. I was tactician and Jim was steering. We got the start and had an intense weather leg with Passage but led her to the weather mark. She was a bit faster on the reaches but we held her off to the next mark and then sailed down the second of the reaching legs on the triangle with a large chute, and full mizzen (we were still a ketch in those days).
As we approached the leeward mark, Passage was threatening to get an 'inside overlap' on us which would have required us to give them room to round the mark and would have resulted in them passing us. My crewmate from the America's Cup on Australia, Michael Summerton, was on the bow of Passage and both boats were going about 13-14 knots.
As we approached the 'two boat length circle' by which time the overlap would have had to be established, they did not get quite close enough to us to establish it. I stood on the back of the boat and yelled to Mike that there was no overlap and he agreed. (They were about a half boat to a boat length or so behind us at the time).
The crew did a great job of hoisting a storm jib, dousing the chute and preparing boat to go upwind. I then turned back to Jim and asked that he not get too close to the mark at first, and instead to turn slowly so that when the bow reached the mark, the boat already be established on its 'close hauled' course going upwind.
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That makes it a certainty that the boat behind will have to sail in disturbed air and then will have to tack away at relatively slow speed. It would allow us to gain back part of what we lost on the reaches right away. But, if you didn't expect us to do a good rounding, it would seem to open up a space between the mark and us ... even though when our turn was complete, there would be no such space. As Jim turned up into the wind, I happened to look back and saw that Mike was waving his helmsman to come 'up' to a course that would put them between us and the mark. Or, as it turned out, a course that would put them right through our cockpit!
David 'Fang' Kilponen was our navigator and he told me later than when I saw Passage intended to go in between us, I said something like, 'I'm getting the heck out of here!' (My words may have been more vivid.) In any event, as it was clear that they were headed right at us, Fang had seen enough and jumped overboard, reckoning as he said later that I had 'saved his life' (it would take more than an 80,000 pound boat hitting us to kill Fang).
Evidently, I ran forward to get out of the way (Sorry, Jim!). A couple of seconds after that, they 'T-boned' us, that is, hit us on a perpendicular course almost right at the steering station.
Passage had a bowsprit with a large steel bobstay that fastened the sprit to the hull and allowed the headstay to be attached at the front of the bowsprit. The solid bobstay had a diameter of an inch and a half or so, and acted like a can opener on our strong aluminum hull, punching a hole a couple of feet down from the rail and about the same distance into the deck and cockpit. They were far enough in that the bowsprit tore our mizzen.
One of our grinders was a doctor, and when he looked back and saw their bow in our cockpit, our wheel bent, and no sign of Jim. His first thought was that Jim was dead.
Meanwhile, on the bow, Jim's son, John Kilroy, Jr., was thrown overboard by the force of the collision, which pivoted the boat about ten to fifteen feet into the wind and literally took the bow out from under him. He was so busy with getting the chute down and tidying up that he didn't even know that we had been hit and instead thought he had just clumsily fallen overboard. Far from it!
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A couple of us tried and eventually succeeded in pushing Passage out of our cockpit and freed the boats, which allowed Jim to struggle up from where he was huddled under the badly bent wheel to leeward. Not only was he not dead, he wasn't even hurt. His first words to me were something like, 'Well, Andy, I told you I'd do anything you told me to do.'
At that moment, as I have told many people over the years, I decided that I would sail around the world backward with a blindfold on if Jim asked me to. Talk about grace under pressure!
Once we got everyone back on board and returned to the dock under power, we protested Windward Passage and the race committee agreed with what was pretty obvious to us, that Passage had no overlap and therefore had no right to go inside of us. While it didn't help us much, she was disqualified from the race and would have had to pay for the cost of our repair although I don't know if Jim ever charged them.
We obviously couldn't sail in the rest of the Southern Cross Series but Bruce 'Goose' Kendell quickly assembled his welding equipment and some new aluminum plates and patched the holes in plenty of time for the Hobart Race. Now, we had even more reason to want to beat Passage in that one.
Sight from another great sailing era Kialoa III - Kialoa US-1: Dare to Win -
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Peter Allison saw the crash off Sydney Heads and its aftermath this way:
Moments before the collision at the rounding mark, I recall being on the mid deck and seeing Windward Passage heading towards our port quarter at about 12 knots.
My first thoughts were that they were going to dip under our stern at the last moment, but they closed on us so fast and hit with such enormous impact, that they mounted our cockpit.
Kialoa III - US-1: Dare to Win -
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was driving and narrowly averted serious injury as he threw himself clear of the helm. It was just as well as the bow sprit of Passage severely damaged the wheel. John Kilroy Junior was on the foredeck tidying up after the spinnaker drop, and the violent lurch threw both he and our Aussie navigator into the water.
There was quite a big sea running at the time and once we established that there were no serious injuries to anyone on either boat, we assessed the damage as Passage slowly slid off our cockpit combing.
Kialoa had a large hole in the hull above the waterline and significant deck damage. This was caused by a combination of the bow and the sawing action of the heavy wire bobstay which connects the bowsprit to the waterline.
The impact was so heavy the bobstay parted and put Passage at serious risk of losing their main mast as the bowsprit and headstay were no longer supported.
The two boats limped back to the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia and work began in earnest to repair the damage in time for the Sydney-Hobart Classic only days away. In the meantime, the drama on the water continued into the protest room. Kialoa won the protest but little did we know that there would be a further close encounter between the two boats as we raced neck and neck down the NSW coast towards Hobart and a 'Southerly Buster' brewing in Bass Straight.
The close quarter duel we had with our arch rival Windward Passage was scintillating stuff, but the tactical blow dealt from our afterguard was legendary.
We were tight reaching under spinnaker and well within sight of Passage who was pretty much abeam to weather and close in shore. At this point, the water was flat and we were enjoying beautiful sailing conditions but we knew it was all going to turn to custard when we encountered the forecast SW gale.
A call was made from the cockpit to get the number 5 on deck and start to reef the main. The wind intensified very quickly but we fortunately dumped the kite before it became too difficult to handle.
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We can only surmise that Passage thought we were premature in our shortening of sail as their delay in dropping their spinnaker was very costly. They crossed our stern fighting with their spinnaker and within half and hour we had gained a healthy lead in the fight for line honours. The weather deteriorated and the seas built significantly over the next 30 hours as we crossed Bass Straight, but any discomfort was more than compensated for by knowing Passage was behind and well below us in equally ugly conditions.
The weather abated, the sun came out and spirits soared as we sailed across Storm Bay and into the Derwent River. Into the evening, the conditions lightened considerably and we finally drifted across the finish line, all sharing that feeling of elation in being on Kialoa and finishing first.
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