LEGO Mars Mission - MilOpsCom LJ, Last Log on Mars

"Astro military operations (milops) command LJ, personal log recording, 39 AT (2008 AD) December 24.

I, as the martian winter came in full force this christmas eve, am currently recalling the previous events and battles that occured during the now historical Mars Mission of the LEGO Astros. To get the show on the road with, back in 38 AT (2007 AD) the mission started with the launch of the "Eagle" Astro Shuttle from Earth to the Red Planet. Guess what - I was among the Astros who first set foot on Mars.
Upon discovery of energy-bearing crystals, our mission should've been routine: land on Mars, mine the crystals, and return homeworld with the precious new mineral energy source, and we happen to have the mining units for the harvesting job. It should be, given that our ops ran smoothly... but fate and unknown factors had other plans for us, as the crystals we mined began disappearing.

The cause? Took us Astros not long to find out: we have made first contact with Alien life... and definately stealthily raiding to take what's rightfully our property, glowing in the dark and possessing technology we know absolute zero about. This, and more Alien reports by my fellow Astro colleagues, proved that mankind is not alone in the Universe. But once they're discovered, we'll wish we did...

Alien activity, at first, consisted of minor raids, of which Astro infantry easily took care of, but with their cover blown, the Alien scum decided it's hi-time for more open - and violent - military operations to harvest the crystals for themselves as they brought the big guns in, from much-loathed Alien StrikeFighters and Infiltrators to the abominable Mothership, heart of Alien military operations.
What we started out as a routine mining team, as a result of the xeno threat, evolved into a hi-tech military defense force, created to defeat the Alien invasion at all acceptable costs and consisting of Trikes, ClawTanks, AstroFighters, CrystalReapers, SwitchFighters and the flagship Hypersonic Operations Aircraft, in the name of the mission, the Earth and mankind: the Astro Military Force (AMF) and the Astro Special Ops Division (ASOD). Good thing I still have warrior blood in my immune system the time Eagle Command made me MilOps command, just to kick ET keister for a long time.

Only one thing in mind: WAR... but this time on Mars and against a hostile alien race for the crystals. And so did war erupt.

There we LEGO Astronauts were, being the first men on a world other than our blue planet for the sake of mining energy-rich xenominerals and bringing them back to Earth, only to have a peaceful mission degenerate into all-out war upon first contact. Good thing my combine skills of military tactics, economics and firepower as milops

Open Imperium Galactica - A Legend gone OpenSource

Remember Digital Reality's popular 1996 homebrew sci-fi strategy game Imperium Galactica?
The game that gave you a chance of what it feels like running mankind's future Galactic Empire in the 4th Millenium, facing internal and external problems, in the forms of aliens, from the cybernetic Garthogs to the truly hideous Dargslans? Well, if the answer's yes... boy, do we got a surprise for you right here!

ORION'S ARM

Living proof that there IS such thing as "Open Source Sci-Fi". And what is Orion's Arm, you might ask? An excellent question, with a nutshell of an answer - OA is:

• The next step in the evolution of science-fiction
• A collective hard science fiction world building endeavor
• A space opera
• A communal background for science fiction stories
• A universe ready to be brought to life through illustration
• A forum for cutting edge science
• A roleplaying setting
• A transhumanist projection of what the future might look like
• A bunch of semi-sane sentients having fun together

Once you enter the ever-evolving universe of OA, say log out to everything you knew about Science Fiction. In fact, say log out from being a baseline hu. Transhumanism is about fun - why bother being one of those luddites taking that fun away from us all?

Frogbone Games - Bodnár "Thrall" Gábor

Must I confess, even us magyars can have a piece of the Game Maker action... and Mr. Bodnár Gábor, callsign "Thrall", is one of them, being the exec of his own indie game studio: FrogBone Games.
Now, Mr. Thrall may be new to the GM business, but already he has garnered positive consensus and was regarded as, to quote Sammy Friedman, the "3D Master". Well, don't I heartily aggre with him - Thrall's 3D GM games are beyond any other I've played in my life. Don't believe me? Take his latest creation, "Sky Strategy", for instance. Imagine if you will: what will we get if flight technology has evolved to a point wars are now fought in the skies? The answer's simple: Sky Strategy (or Stratogy, as I call it). Spread your wings and fly to battle as the heroic Skyknights, fighting with jetpack soldiers, birdplanes and Zeppelins (Schwartz Dávid would be proud), or join the cause of the evil Empire with its fleet of jet fighters, helicopters and stealth fighters, in their war for air superiority and the fate of Mankind as we know it. Will the skies be damned to the eternal reign of the Empire? Or will the Skyknight rebels put an end to their tyranny for time immemorial? Find out by playing Sky Strategy.

And let's not forget about "Galaxy at War", another top-down 3D space blastfest from yours truly. Seems like the centuries-old Galactic Empire, promoter of justice and peace throughout known space, has come under attack by Separatists who wish to replace the Empire with a designer-tyranny of their own... so the Empire sends in its best warriors to beat those demonic dissidents senseless. YOU are one of them, flying an Imperial-issue H-Wing Fighter, so feel free to bonk some heads the space warrior's way.

All in all, in spite of his inexperience, Thrall does excellent work with his 3D Game Maker creations, from his oldest creation Warmaster to the latest Sky Strategy. If you want to take a look and play some Frogbone games, then head on down to http://frogbonegame.extra.hu/
and see for yourself. After all, Sammy didn't call Gabi the "3D Master" of Yoyo Games for nuttin'.

Project M41A

Of all of the fictional, sci-fi weapons existing today, no gun is more famous and beautiful than a pulse rifle, one that starred in ALIEN, one that is the weapon-of-choice of the US Colonial Marines, one that spits out caseless lead death, the one, the only...



You guessed it - the M41A PULSE RIFLE. This site's purpose to offer information and links for those individuals interested in building and learning more about one of the most beautiful badboys in the science fiction genre.

Now THIS is why I love guns, futuristic ones technically.

Voice of Új Budapest 2007.06.26

2 New HGR ships have been created:

Sasszem (Eagle Eye) class GSC

Hódíto (Conqueror) class BB-X

VOICE OF ÚJ BUDAPEST
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The Hódító (Conqueror) class Experimental Battleship has been completed



After acquiring ESU and JSF technology and years of construction and research, the Hungaria Militia Galactica shipyards is proud to present the new experimental Battleship, the Hódító-class. Utilizing ESU and UNSC weapons and the Japanese's FTL Drive, this ship will lead the HGR to its final victory against the ESU tyranny. Long-time veteran Fleet Admiral Kovács Zoltán has assumed command of the prototype warship as its Starship Commander.

However, Turul squadron Puma have detected several ESU Dreadnoughts and Heavy Cruisers heading their way to destroy the experimental starship, therefore criplling the HGR and helping the NSL to re-assimilate the HGR. Little do the Ruskies know that the Hódító has been prepared for its first combat test. All ships orbiting Hungaria Militia Galactica space has been assigned to guard the prototype at all costs - failure will result in immediate morale loss and uncontrollable panic...

"I don't know how those bleedin' ruskies know where we are," said Commodore Mihály János of the Heavy Cruiser "Hazavédő", "but one thing is obviously certain now: we Magyars will never go down in a blaze of glory without a great fight! We'll throw everything we have at those red starred monsters till either we or they fall down!"

The Home Fleet and all other fleets' priority objective is to prevent the ESU attacking fleet before they manage to destroy the new battleship. As of today, all ships are ordered to combat and all systems are locked down for the end of the battle for Hungarian freedom. If the Home Fleet can't destroy the incoming enemy fleet, then none can....