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Earth, Sea and the Winds

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So yeah. Once in a while, comes a story that just blows your mind into tiny bits. Where you turn the final page and just sit, blankly staring into the void. Where the conclusion of the plot you've been following for the past few days or weeks just crashes onto you and makes it hard to gather your thoughts properly. Where you both feel content with how the story ended and at the same time suffer from a case of that subtle, nagging sadness of realization that you just had a one-in-a-lifetime experience. Which has just ended. That's how I feel after turning the last page of The Other Wind . I still have the Earthsea short stories collection to go through, but I feel like I can try to sum up and share my thoughts on the journey across the islands of... well, the Earthsea itself. To start from the beginning - Earthsea  is a series of novels (and short stories) by a late American author Ursula le Guin. Taking place on a vast archipelago permeated with magic and mystery
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[Kerbal Space Program] Hopping across the Heavens

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Wew lads. I really can't keep up any shedule, can I? Good news, however, is that I actually managed to move on with the KSP AAR. And, taking into account I actually waited and focused on getting a bigger chunk of stuff done instead of small steps. I'd say "this will help me keep the updates regularly at last , but let's be honest here, shall we? ^^' Anyway,  enjoy the read!  :)
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[Space Engine] Lyssean system

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Welp, this takes (again) longer than I hoped. In my defense, the KSP campaign is proceeding smoothly, but I decided to put the AAR together only after  I get the flight to Niven (and back) done. Plus Three Houses came out... And I am a lazy procrastinator. And on top of all that, I finally got the Steam version of  Space Engine , the single best virtual planetarium on this planet. And while exploring the vastness of the universe is fun, the best fun I can have there is putting my own systems together. Which, thanks to  Artifexian's  YT channel, I can finally do with some higher degree of plausibility. The result? Pretty damn impressive. Check the full album here!  :)
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[Kerbal Space Program] One step back, two steps forward

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Customary link to KSP forums and the newest update . By pure coincidence, this update gets posted on the 50th anniversary of  Apollo 11 launch . I didn't plan for it (and actually would have posted it way earlier, if it wasn't for a very chaotic and unpredictable weekend), but let's just pretend it was all part of the plan. And boy... we're going interplanetary for real. Next update should (finally) contain some actual big stuff happening. I mean, landing two probes on another planet is pretty exciting in its own way, but let's be honest - crewed flight is why people play KSP.  You can't just sacrifice probes to the Kraken.
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[Kerbal Space Program] Samples and Flybys

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And off we go, into the Kerbal world again -  this time with part 12 ! Jeez, I really suck at being consistent. I kinda wish I could say I did/saw nothing of interest in June - but Godzilla and Detective Pikachu would beg to differ. Not to mention I still have a bunch of other things I'd want to see posted here, apart from KSP... I guess the heatwave and being down with the cold could be used as sort of an excuse - so let's stick to this. For the time being. Until then - have fun reading, and hopefully next update comes sooner this time!
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[Kerbal Space Program] Portal Station

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And back in the space business again! So, June's up, let's keep things rolling. Or, at least, I hope the updates would be more numerous and frequent than in the previous quarter. ^^'
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Stepping Stones

OK, so it's time to go with something a bit different. As I promised a while ago, I added a page for some other stuff I plan to post here. And it's high time to add something else there, apart from my less-than successful Rimworld AAR attempt. Namely, my sorry attempts at writing. I sorta feel like the only proper way to sum this up is using the old  Spiderman meme , with an appropriately modified captition - but I'll be damned, let's give this a shot, without any further ado. The story was initially posted on r/shortstories subreddit; you can read the archived entry  here . ___________________________________________________ Stepping Stones Seen from orbit, Mars was a sight to behold. There were fine streaks of blue crossing the day hemisphere - a spiderweb of fine threads enveloping vast deserts of red dust. Some of those streams converged in lakes of rusty water, oases of life among desolate badlands. Patches of dark green vegetation spread
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