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Building Your Battlegroup | Episode Poll

Building Your Battlegroup came out as the clear victor of Pilot Week IV, but your work is not done yet. What should the first regular episode of this new sub-series cover? A UNSC Armored regiment in the final days of the Human-Covenant War? A mercenary company trying to find fame and glory in Westeros? A Stargate Team focused on confronting the Goa'uld? Or a the standing army of a petty tyrant ...

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Pentastar Alignment | Star Wars Legends | Audio Version

The Pentastar Alignment was one of the last warlord states to survive the fall of the Galactic Empire. But any success it might have had, little to do with those at its highest levels.

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Pentastar Alignment | Star Wars Legends | Wallpaper

The Pentastar Alignment was one of the last warlord states to survive the fall of the Galactic Empire. But any success it might have had, little to do with those at its highest levels.

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Pilot Week 4 | Four Shows Enter...

Attention Institute Personnel!

Pilot Week 4 has just concluded and now the time has come for you to make your choice! But, don't cast your vote too quickly, a few things to keep in mind...

Remember that every show from this week will be added to our ongoing Incoming Series. This vote instead determines how much effort will be dedicated to each one. Certain options t...

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Union of Progressive Peoples | Alien Extended Universe | Audio Version

In a galaxy increasingly dominated by the influence of corporate powers, the Union of Progressive Peoples stands apart. It is a socialist federation, still committed to the belief that the soul of mankind might be claimed from runaway capitalism.

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Union of Progressive Peoples | Alien Extended Universe | Wallpaper

In a galaxy increasingly dominated by the influence of corporate powers, the Union of Progressive Peoples stands apart. It is a socialist federation, still committed to the belief that the soul of mankind might be claimed from runaway capitalism.

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(Almost) Announcing the Next Ongoing Templin Institute Series

Attention Institute Personnel! Earlier in the year, we mentioned that we were working on a new miniseries of similar scope to Stellaris Invicta. Half the Institute has been struck down with some kind of sickness this last week, so in lieu of an episode today, I wanted to provide a brief update on this new projec...

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Navis Nobilite // The Navigator Houses | Warhammer 40,000 | Audio Version

Hidden within the Imperium of Man are the great houses of the Navigators. They are dynasties both ancient and new that have acquired a monopoly over the Navigator Gene and traded it for obscene wealth and power.

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Navis Nobilite // The Navigator Houses | Warhammer 40,000 | Wallpaper

Hidden within the Imperium of Man are the great houses of the Navigators. They are dynasties both ancient and new that have acquired a monopoly over the Navigator Gene and traded it for obscene wealth and power.

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Axiom Type Starliner | Wall-E | Audio Version

The destruction of Earth's environment was not the end of the human race, they merely moved, to the most advanced luxury cruise experience the galaxy had ever seen.

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Buy N Large Corporation | Pixar Cinematic Universe | Audio Version

Buy & Large: the megacorp that combined men's fashion with frozen yogurt and then followed that up with the near complete destruction of the Earth.

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Buy N Large | Pixar Cinematic Universe | Wallpaper

Buy & Large: the megacorp that combined men's fashion with frozen yogurt and then followed that up with the near complete destruction of the Earth.

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The Wendol | The 13th Warrior // The Eaters of the Dead | Audio Version

There are places in the wilderness where even an animal fleeing from hunters will refuse to enter. Territories whose borders are marked by the skulls of bears. This is the domain of the Wendol: the Eaters of the Dead.

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The Wendol | The 13th Warrior // The Eaters of the Dead | Wallpaper

There are places in the wilderness where even an animal fleeing from hunters will refuse to enter. Territories whose borders are marked by the skulls of bears. This is the domain of the Wendol: the Eaters of the Dead. 

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Koronus Expanse | Warhammer 40,000 | Audio Version

The Koronus Expanse may very well be the most dangerous and mysterious territory of the Imperium of Man. To enter it is to step off the edge of the map, the edge of all knowledge, the edge of the abyss.

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Genestealer Cults | Warhammer 40,000

Hive Fleets might represent the overwhelming power of the Tyranid Hive Mind, but evidence of its vast intellect is most easily recognized in its Genestealer Cults - hidden empires that leech away the strength and vitality of even the most formidable opponent.

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Genestealer Cults | Warhammer 40,000 | Wallpaper

Hive Fleets might represent the overwhelming power of the Tyranid Hive Mind, but evidence of its vast intellect is most easily recognized in its Genestealer Cults - hidden empires that leech away the strength and vitality of even the most formidable opponent.

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Inferno Fighter | Shadow Raiders // War Planets

For the entirety of the resource wars, the greatest danger on Planet Fire was in the red skies above: the “Inferno” Fighter.

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Planet Rock | Shadow Raiders // War Planets | Audio Version

In the heart of the Cluster lies Planet Rock, it's people are as resilient and stubborn as their homeworld. And the last best defense against the Beast Planet.


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Planet Rock | Shadow Raiders // War Planets | Wallpaper

In the heart of the Cluster lies Planet Rock, it's people are as resilient and stubborn as their homeworld. And the last best defense against the Beast Planet.

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Venator Class Star Destroyer | Star Wars | Audio Version

The Venator Class Star Destroyer was the ship that won the Clone Wars. But its legacy remains as complex as Republic it fought to save.

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Grand Army of the Republic | Star Wars | Audio Version

By the outbreak of the Clone Wars, the Jedi Knights were no longer capable of bearing the mantle of war alone. Victory would instead be reliant on a new force, once that would come to be recognized as one of the finest fighting forces ever assembled: the Grand Army of the Republic.

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Black Legion | Warhammer 40,000 | Audio Version

The 16th Space Marine Legion was pivotal to the success of the Great Crusade and yet most responsible for the era of woe and carnage that would follow. They are a testament to the power of the Chaos Gods, who have transformed the Emperor's greatest warriors into Slaves of Darkness.

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Black Legion | Warhammer 40,000 | Wallpaper

The 16th Space Marine Legion was pivotal to the success of the Great Crusade and yet most responsible for the era of woe and carnage that would follow. They are a testament to the power of the Chaos Gods, who have transformed the Emperor's greatest warriors into Slaves of Darkness.

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Resistance | Half Life | Audio Version

Wake up and smell the ashes.

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The Resistance | Half Life | Wallpaper

Wake up and smell the ashes.

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Japan Self Defense Forces Base Alnus | Gate | Audio Version

Without explanation, two worlds previously separated by time and distance became linked. Protecting the border of those worlds has become the duty of Japan, and in particular, the JSDF.

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Japan Self Defense Forces Base Alnus | Gate | Wallpaper

Without explanation, two worlds previously separated by time and distance became linked. Protecting the border of those worlds has become the duty of Japan, and in particular, the JSDF.

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Battle of the Citadel | Mass Effect | Audio Version

The War Against the Reapers began before most in the galaxy could even conceive that the threat existed. The first engagement was the Battle of the Citadel.

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Quarians | Mass Effect | Audio Version

The Quarians were once a prosperous civilization, the equal of any in the galaxy. But the war against the Geth has reduced them to a warning, a case study of the dangers of artificial intelligence.

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