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Colab Post: This post was a collaboration between myself and @Neptune who did the Christopher, Kal'taour, and Alexander. We did this over at Google Docs before transferring it to here on EcchiDreams. Location: The Wet Holes, Down Below, Andromeda One, Churchill's Legacy, Andromeda Galaxy. Whilst Daniella and Kellina coversed with each other briefly, Jake took a sip of his own drink and continued trying to picture Kelina in a nursing home, all old with crooked hair, perhaps naked with a bottle of booze in one hand, a spliff between her fingers in the other hand and a lampshade on her head, partying an infinite percent more than the others around her. He could also picture the nursing home in an absolute state, as well as a wheelchair which had clearly been modified with some kind of jets on the back of it, as if a frat house had been through there. He drunk more of his whiskey. When she looked at him again, and asked if she could fly it at some point and made a reference about paying followed by a wink, he grinned back at her for a moment. “I don’t see why not, you’ve flown my Vulture before and it’s pretty much the same kind of controls, although I will need to take it out to the edge of the system, and I’ll give the command deck a heads up, for weapons testing. You know, blast the crap outta some asteroids or something.” Jake replied however Jen’starr called out “Not under the influence you’re fucking not. You’ll fucking sobre up first.” “Alright Mother!” Jake called back in a sarcastic tone however Jen’starr just replied, “Damn straight boy.” Leaving Jake giving Kellina a look he had given her a thousand times. Jake then looked back at Kellina and said, “Right, well… As for specs. It’s a Eldyrannthian variant of the Imperial Clipper, and it’s the small one because that’s the smallest one that will even fit on the station’s largest landing pad that and the next size up would require eight crew members. It’s kind of like a mashup of the Taru’zenarian version so it has an Eldyrannthian style power core, it has transwarp drives because the ship is too small for quantum slipstream drives, and it has impulse engines rather than frameshift technology like my Vulture started out with. The weapons is pretty much awesome, by default it should have four beam weapons or missile launchers in the two large hardpoints and the two medium sized hard points, but instead it has torpedo launchers in the large hardpoints and pulsed phaser cannons in the medium hardpoints. In addition it has two wide arc phaser arrays along the top of the ship and the bottom. It’s got an Aymar style cloaking device, and Eldyrannthian Shield Generators that are strong against energy weapons, although Anti-Exotic shit might be a problem… Thankfully the only people we know of with Anti-Exotic shit is the Daedra. It’s pretty damn good. Oh and it’s a Talium-Neutronium-Negatium alloy mix hull. I also have a holosuite in there as well as some replicators. Although I need to get some credit for it. However the downsize of all of this, because of the limited space is that I can only carry about seventy units of cargo. That might be a hard one to explain though...” Jen’starr saw the look and would have said something, however the entrance of Christopher drew her attention. When he neared her, she said, “Twice in one hour. I would say you have a problem, Chris. Another orange juice?” “Nah. I’ve come for the company.” Christopher said back with a tang of sarcasm. Jen’starr chuckled and said “I’ll get you a glass of water. On the house… I insist.” She then walked off to get Christopher a small glass which she put some ice cubes in and filled with water, this didn’t take her very long, and she came back with the glass and put it down in front of Chrisopher, before saying “Now you’re a customer again. Just like that.” “Best water on the station.” Christopher said, picking up his glass and sipping it. “Not sure that’s got anything to do with the water, it’s more like the company you keep.” Jen’starr replied before smiling at him, as she winked once. “Probably.” Christopher admitted with a slightly nervous laugh as that comment made what he was about to ask even more awkward, and yet to anyone listening to it was a naturally flowering conversation of a different meaning, “Speaking off… I would like to have a chat with you in private.” Jen’starrs smile melted into a smirk and said “Oh finally, Christopher. I bet you do. Well then, big boy, why don’t you step into my office, and you can take me over the desk, like I know you’ve always secretly wanted to do.” Christopher let out another nervous laugh, “Aha… yeah…” He said as he heard a few snickers around them. “Kal'taour; I’m going to leave you with the bar for a little bit… I’m goin’ on break.” Jen’starr called out to her Zeta’mulurian assistant who gave her a thumbs up and called back “Have fun, boss!” Jen’starr then jerked her head over to the section of the bar against the wall, and walked down to it, where she opened up the gate to allow Christopher in behind the bar. Once he was behind the bar, she lead him through the back of the bar as Kal’taour closed the gate. She then walked in through the door into a corridor and lead Christopher to her office which was through the door on the far end. Her office was clean and minimal, there was a strange green cactus that seemed to be glowing purple in the corner of the room next to a sofa and her desk against one of the walls with another door. She sat down on the sofa and patted the space next to her for Chrisopher. Along her wall behind her desk was what looked like a schedule with coded language and on the opposite site was pictures of banned patrons, including several ambassadors who were in the ‘Temporarily Banned’ section, and several shady characters known by Chrisopher in the ‘Permanently Banned’ section. Christopher looked around the office for a few moments before saying, “You’ve got a nice office here…” He sat down next to her on the sofa before adding, “I hope you didn’t misread me out there, by the way.” Jen’starr smiled and replied, “It’s quaint, modest. But I like it. The walls are actually smart walls, and I can change whats on them from my computer, and er… No. No I didn’t. But if this is a quick five minute thing, you might not want to leave the same way you came in. People will be thinking you’re a quick silver or something. Luckily there’s a door there that goes up to the Pleasure Bar, and another set of stairs there that go up to the Stuffed Holes, where you can sneak out from the staff room and quickly duck out onto the top floor of the promenade.” “Ah, that’s good, because I don’t have the time for that anyway.” Christopher said, before realising that what he said could be taken that, even though he had no time for that today, he wasn’t averse to the idea. He cleared his throat a little before asking, “Either way… are you aware of a drug called Dust?” Jen’starr blinked at him and asked, “Dust? Daedra Dust, Ice Dust, Glitter Dust, Daedra Dust Mark Two, Iso Dust, Kassa Dust, Kraeeg’s Dus-” She started listing off all of the drugs she knew called ‘Dust’ to which she was interrupted by Chrispoher shaking his head. “No, it’s just called Dust.” Christopher replied, pulling out a picture and showing her a picture of a sealy bag with white dust in it, causing her to ask, “Cocaine?” “If I was asking about Cocaine, I would call it Cocaine. No, this is a new drug that’s been floating around the Earth Alliance. It stimulates the telepathic gene in humans, but it’s highly unstable.” Christopher explained. “Oh~! Yes that was going to be my next one. The EPSI Federation designated it: Teletropic Dust, because of the telepathic effects as well as the psychotropic effects; to some degree. I don’t usually approve of mashing two names up together but in this case it is mashed up, Telepathy and Psychotropics, it’s a telepathic psychotropic. Man I love that word… But yes, I came across a sample of it down here actually, I saw that was being sold, bought a sample and had it shipped off to Hanshaerin Eldyrannth in a medical samples container.” She explained. “Okay… I’m going to let that pass. Because it’s beginning to turn up in larger amounts on the station. We’ve already had several victims in the infirmary who’s been… well, mind-raped for a lack of a better term.” Christopher said. “You know me, I want to make sure I know what’s going on under my nose. I got a very detailed report back from Doctor Talrin Eldyrannth and Doctor Hanshaerin Eldyrannth who ran it through toxicology and a battery of tests. The nearest that they could tell, was that it was synthesised from the ground up in a lab, a very well funded lab, possibly Government or rouge agency type, it was created on purpose to latch onto the genes involving telepathy to enhance it and let people take a … I think Hanshaerin described it as a Universal Rights violating joyride in people’s minds, living out their entire lives in minutes or something. It’s effective on Taru’zenari individuals, not at all effective in Zeta’s. Very interesting stuff… It’s also fucking banned from my bar.” Jen’starr replied, before asking “Would you like a copy of the report? We’re allies so… I can share it, it’s not classified either.” “Yes, please. Daniel would love to get his hands on it. Especially if it has any information that can help him treat the victims of these Universal Rights Violations.” Christopher said. “Yeah… Unfortunately, I only had a small sample which isn’t, or rather wasn’t enough for them to do a battery of tests involving treatments. There are a few things that I think they crossed off the list, but other than that, they never found a treatment. They want more, but I told them to get it themselves, because I won’t allow it in my fuckin’ bar… But if you happen to intercept a shipment of them, let me know, and I will let them know, so that they can send a medical ship…” She replied earnestly. “Well that’s the thing. It’s only recently reared its head on the station. I was hoping you might be able to point me towards potential smugglers?” Christopher asked to which Jen’starr replied, “I only know the dealers I’m afraid, and I ain’t going to be snitchin’. I’m sorry, but I have a business to run, and if they ain’t bringing it into my bar anymore, then I don’t have a problem. But I’ll tell you what, if they do, and you just happen to be here when they do, then it ain’t snitching is it? It’s fair game.” “I didn’t think you would snitch, but can’t blame a guy for trying. But I’ll take the fair game.” Christopher replied. “Speak to Axel. He might be able to convince EPSIMedical to send a medical ship out this way to give you a hand if you need it. They will also use their technology to help your doctors come up with a neutralisation agent or treatment, if it is indeed possible. I really don’t think they’d object… But I’ll get you that report. Do you have a datapad?” She then asked. “I’ll keep that in mind, thanks Jen’starr… and yes, I do.” Christopher replied, pulling out a datapad that he usually kept on his person, to help record notes of evidence and conversations with people. She took it from him and went over to her computer and put it down on her wireless interface. She then typed away at her computer on the console to locate the document that was required. Of course her pad was automatically making a copy of everything on Chrisopher’s datapad, but she didn’t pay any attention to it, she copied over to the document and said “You’re still working on the byte scale, aren’t you? This document is about two gigabytes big, and the accompanying raw data is about twelve gigabytes… Plenty of space on this…” “Copying my files off of there again, are you?” Christopher asked with a slight tilt of his head as his eyebrow arched up. Jen’starr chuckled lightly and said “Guilty~! Nah, it does it automatically… I’ll delete it, you can watch me do it if you want.” “I think I will. I like you Jen’starr, but I don’t think it’s wise to really trust you.” Christopher told her as he got up and came over to her computer, which of course was entirely in Epsian which he didn’t understand, so he asked “Can I see this stuff in English?” “Sure.” She replied before picking up a visor, which looked like a set of glasses and handed them to him, which he looked at before putting them on, to see that everything was translated instantly. He had to lower the glasses and look around the lenses and look back through them repeatedly to see it change depending on if he was looking through the lense or not, “Okay, that’s genuinely impressive… Can I keep these?” “...No. You can buy them though, they’re like dirt cheap on the Unity One station… Or I can buy you a pair a gift from one friend to another… Or buy them for you, so you give me the credits. They’re universal translator visors. Neat, I know.” Jen’starr said as Chrisopher read the screen which indicated that the data on his datapad was encrypted, but easily broken by her machine, and he knew this because his password was on the screen itself ‘!~L0on3yToOns~!’ And he made a mental note to change that password later, “God damnit Jennaea…” “Sorry. It is automatic.” She replied indifferently, “Just like in real life you should watch where you stick your peripherals… Or in this case, who’s going to put your peripherals into their ports.” Christopher paused for a moment, frowning a little before he said in realisation, “Ah.. sex joke.” To which she grinned and said “And a computer joke.” She then looked at the screen as it said ‘Transfer Complete’ and she reached over for the datapad and gave it to Christopher, who took it and said “But for you, it’s a sex joke first.” “Yes, it is.” She replied before looking at the now decrypted files which seemed to be automatically scanned by her computer, and read ‘No incriminating evidence against you, found’ To which she said “Then I’m not interested. Delete!” She then deleted all the stuff it had copied off of the datapad as Christopher said, “Like I’d give you a datapad that has information on current investigations on to you, to you.” “Well… I would think less of you if you did. One of your men, didn’t. He came by here last month with a datapad. That’s how I knew you were looking into my - well how we say, comm logs, and allowed me to nuke my tracks.” She told him with a chuckle. “I did wonder how you knew. I always keep my datapads nice and light when I come to see you.” Christopher said. “Yeah, and feed me with false information, no doubt, eh, Chris~?” Jen’starr asked with a big grin. “Of course, Jennaea~!” Christopher said with false glee. “Yeah. I learnt not to trust that kind of information from you, you cheeky git. I’m like a Kaine Coda all up in this shit. I don’t make the same mistake twice.” She replied with a flutterance of her eyelashes. “I would be disappointed if you did.” Christopher told her. “Good. Now that should have the information you need… And er… I had it translated it into English for you. Rather… Doctor Talrin did, fucking language nerd. He said that you should be able to understand it… Well… At least as it’s written, I’d understand if you didn’t understand the medical jargon.” She said pointing at the datapad. “That’s what Doc Dan is for. He would understand it. Medical jargon is not my thing. I know basic first aid, but that’s about it.” Christopher replied. “I’m glad to help… But if I do hear anything, like big shipments coming in… I’ll make use of dead drop Tango-Alpha Four Six One-Delta.” “Alright, thanks Jannaea. I really appreciate it.” Christopher said with a smile before saying “Right, I’d better get this to Doctor Dan.” He turned to walk off so that he could take the back entrance. “Visor…” Jen’starr said holding out her hand for the visor that he was wearing. He stopped, looking at her blankly for a moment before he realised what she was talking, “Oh, shit, sorry. I didn’t realise I was still wearing it.” He said, taking them off and handing them back. She chuckled in response and said “Talium and Negatium, makes them incredibly light, so that you forget that you’re wearing them… So it’s cool.” She took the visor back and put it down on her desk. “Take care, babes~!” She called out after him as he crossed the doorway to the spiral staircase. Although he didn’t respond as the door closed behind him. She sat in her chair and said “Fuck I love that man.” Location: Ambassadorial Quarters, Suite of Epsus (Axel's Room). The moment Axel got back into the zone of his meditations his door chime sounded off, to which irked him a little, but he ignored it. However shortly after the chirpy little chime sounded off in the room again as Axel said “For crying out… Tali we need to have a little chat about what ‘Do not disturb’ means.” “When would you like to schedule this conversation?” Tali asked. Axel opened his eyes and looked deeply unimpressed, for a moment he didn’t say anything, but when he did speak he said, “Don’t get snippy with me.” “I shall file it away as an unspecified appointment.” Tali replied to which Axel said “Remind me also to get an engineer from the EPSI Federation to take a look at your files.” “When would you like to schedule my maintenance appointment?” Tali asked. Axel frowned and looked even more unimpressed, before the door chimed again. He then sighed loudly before saying “Come in…” The door opened to reveal one of the ambassadors for the Andromeda Galaxy, as usual he smelt like he had a little bit too much to drink, and was indeed acting as if he had been hitting the bottle too hard, he usually spoke with such a courtly tone, and an oddly Czechoslovakian accent, despite not being from Earth, let alone Czech Republic, “Ah! Axel my man. Just the Epsian I wanted to see!” “Well you did buzz my door three times. So I’d imagine so… Unless you’ve lost your way to your Unic’s quarters again.” Axel replied. “Unic?!” The other ambassador said indignantly before laughing, “He’s not a Unic. A bit spineless maybe… Not er- quite right in the head, perhaps but I assure you I’ve not cut off his… Well. Ehm.” He coughed nervously. Axel looked up at him and said, “Hollan. What is that you want? I hate to sound rude, but I’m trying to meditate.” Hollan then seemed to put on an act, like he cared that he was disturbing Axel, and yet Axel didn’t need to be telepathic to know that it was an act, he could see right through it, “Ah, that’s a pity. Hopefully I can get an answer from you quickly so I don’t take up more than necessary of your… valuable time, Ambassador Coda’zotoxi.” Axel sighed again and stood up gracefully before looking at Ambassador Hollan and asked, “Well then more to point, what’s the matter?” Ambassador Hollan stepped in so that the door closed behind him and asked “Is your damn computer recording everything I’m saying?” “Always.” Axel replied. “Well can it not? I don’t consent, or whatever it is to make you stop. I want this strictly off the record.” Ambassador Hollan replied to which Axel said “Yeah-no, that’s not going to happen. What is it? I mean if you’re just after some questions being answered then there’s really no need, it’s just administration and mainly note taking.” The Ambassador looked around before saying “Gah. Very well then. Does your Government take part in… How do we say? Making people disappear?” He then asked. Axel blinked at him and asked “Disappear as in..? What? Cloak them? Hide them in a cupboard?” “More like make them disappear in space. Assassination’s. You know… ‘Make them disappear’, although I wouldn’t mind cloaking technology. That could come in handy if I want to watch the ladies-...” He chuckled before seeing Axel’s stern expression which soon killed that. “No.” Axel replied. Hollan then said “Okay, maybe you call it something different, like ‘Extra Judicial Killings’ then?” Axel then folded his arms and frowned, “Absolutely not. The EPSI Federation Government does not take part in such activities. Even if it did, it would not take part in actions for other states like this. We have a bounty board of which all criminals are wanted ‘Alive’ to face justice, not ‘Dead or Alive’ and certainly not ‘Dead’. We’ve actually been down that road before and it’s not something we’re keen on revisiting, to be perfectly honest with you, Hollan.” “Pah! Your people shoot and kill other people all the time!” Hollan replied in an exuberant tone. To which Axel asked, “What are you talking about?” “Well if someone starts you know - shooting at one of your ships, you don’t exactly hold back.” Hollan replied. “Okay, stop you right there.” Axel replied before saying, “That is in the name of Arcaedian Rights; what you’d call self defence, or against those that we’re at war with, such as the E’Cothri for example… Although they don’t really exist anymore… At least not in our neck of the woods.” Before Hollan could ask what he meant by that Axel said “Idiom, I know. It means our region of space, our areas, etcetera. In a case where someone starts shooting at one of our ships, we actually try to disable them, at least that’s EPSIFleet Policy. Whether or not civilians live up to that or not, I don’t know, but they should, as they have to justify any killings that they do. Look - Our forces try to Police our own areas and come to the defence of allies where it’s appropriate. We don’t take part in killing people just for your state’s benefit. If you’re looking for mercenary work, go elsewhere. My Government is not the Universe Police.” “Gah!” Hollan grunted out in irritated dimission, “Bunch of Goody-Two-Shoes.” “Uh-huh… I think this conversation has rather quickly met its end. Please leave.” Axel then said in a neutral tone of voice. “Everyone has a price-” Hollan started as Axel then interrupted “Ah! No-no-no! Stop you right there, before you say something that’s a felony, as you are on Epsian ground right now. I will not take bribes, nor will I assist you in going down this highly illegal route. This conversation is over. Leave, immediately. And er… Speak to Jen’starr. She might be able to put you in touch with someone.” “She’s banned me from her bar! Me! Of all people!” Hollan replied to which Axel snorted, “That’s, so - not my problem. Bye, Ambassador Hollan.” “Gah!” Hollan grunted again before waving his hand dismissively, he then turned around and left the room with the doors automatically opening to let him pass, and closing behind him when he left. Tali then asked “Do you want me to inform Station Security of what just transpired here?” “Er… In case this comes back later and bites us in the arse, yes… Please let them know, that this is what he was looking for, knowing him, he’s going to drag the station into something eventually… He usually does.” Axel replied before going back over to his mediation spot, where he sat himself down and got comfortable before closing his eyes once again to go back to mediation. However… Tali informed him, “Your reminder to see Alexander is now.” “Oh go eat a bag of dicks.” Axel replied before opening his eyes, he stood up again and went off to his wardrobe to pick out a suitable cloak to dress in, as Tali said “I will file that away for later.” “Oh har-har…” Axel replied, before muttering under his breath, “Why did I go for a version of Tali with a simulated personality?” A little later… Location: Captain Alexander's Office, Command Deck. Alexander’s door chime sounded off as Axel stood outside, waiting to be let in. When Alexander warmly called out, “Please come in, Axel.” The door opened revealing Axel in full EPSIFleet Uniform, signifying his ambassadorial rank, but this was masked by an EPSI Federation cloak, that was Epsian Purple in colour and signified the EPSI Federation Emblem on the back, his shoulders and the the front over one of his hearts, he bowed his head and walked in. Once inside he took off his cloak and hung it up on a cloak hanger before walking over to his desk where he stood behind a chair. “Please, sit.” Alexander then invited, having stood when Axel had entered the room and now indicated the chair in front of the desk. “Thank you, sir.” Axel replied before bowing at him again, respectfully. The two of them sat down as Axel asked “Forgive me if I get straight to it, but what is it that you need my help with?” Not for being one to beat around the bush, Alexander got straight to the point, “For the last few years there’s been a new drug going around that we call Dust. It creates unstable telepaths that go for a joyride in peoples minds. The Dust has made a recent appearance on the station.” “Interesting… That is exactly the phrasing that Doctor Hanshaerin Eldyrannth used too. The EPSI Federation have been made recently aware of this narcotic, they call it Teletropic Dust, because of it’s telepathic based psychotropic effects. We agree that this is a problem. I’m uncertain as of this time who tipped off Doctor’s Hanshaerin and Talrin Eldyrannth but I have a pretty shrewd idea who it was. I don’t think Jen’starr Epsi’rikixi will put up with this narcotic being traded in her bar. If I know; she most certainly knows. We’re allies and it’s not classified, so I can give you the research that we’ve done on it, including the limited, although ineffective treatments that our Doctor’s have tried.” Axel replied. “Yes… Christopher has already spoken to her and she gave him the paper that the two Doctors put together. He’s already given it to Daniel and hopefully it can help those already in the infirmary.” Alexander replied. “Huh.” Axel replied with his left eyebrow raising, “Jennaea and I on the same page again. That’s pretty rare, considering the difference between us is as expansive as the difference between a virgin and a sodomite.” He replied. Alexander raised his eyebrow at the graphic analogy, but let it pass, “I’m a little ignorant on how your particular telepathy works, but is there any way that you could actually help us here?” He then asked. “Yes. As an Eldyrannth, I can actually protect other people’s minds, and even trap those that are trying to ‘go for a joyride’ in other people’s minds. But you have a bit of a bigger problem here. PsyCorp is here; I passed an officer on my way here, he was trying to hide in the shadows, but I cannot mistake the usual probing of my mind. After some vague threat about breaking eighteen of his bones in one punch, he backed off. I can call for Special Agents Raelarvana Eldyrannth and Dez’rarzii Xenovityr’ra if you need me too, with the hidden Eldyrannth already on this station we can throw up a protective telepathic blocking shield around you, and others, as well as to point out any users of the drug… Although this is likely to be conditional.” Axel then said in a neutral tone of voice. “Of that I have no doubt, but any help would be welcome. At least from you. I’m not happy to hear that PsyCorp are already here. They didn’t tell me that they were coming, and they weren’t flagged when they came on board. It must be an undercover agent.” Alexander said, frowning. “The thing is; they’re not stupid… Most of the time. If they know that I have sensed them, which is unmistakable, they’re going to know that I will tell you. So they know that their cover isn’t so secure for much longer.” Axel replied before looking off to one side, and slightly downwards as he spoke briefly, telepathically to Raelarvana. In just a few seconds, he had fully briefed her of what was going on, and what Alexander had asked of them and got a response. He then looked up at Alexander again and said “The condition is, is that whilst we’re going after the users, we would like to see you offer them every possible chance to help you locate who dealt it to them. So that you can go after the drug dealers and suppliers rather than the impoverished poor, which is most likely the group that is actively taking the drug. If this is compatible, we will be happy to help.” “It’s very compatible, because that’s how Ashaean law works anyway. We much prefer going after the dealers, smugglers and producers, or the suppliers and manufacturers of drugs. The users are usually people down on their luck, and stuck in an addiction cycle that they can’t help. The only time when we will punish them, is if they do other illegals activities while under the influence such as assault.” Alexander replied. “Indeed. There might be some cause for concern; I’ve taken a look at this drug and I think that there is a perhaps small chance that people given this drug, at least the first time around, may not have been aware of what it was in the first place. We saw the very same thing on Xantal’lar with a drug called Azafenide Pitoxetine Acycrudin - otherwise known as Slo-mo or Jet depending on if you're a fan of Judge Dredd and Fallout, and again here with a Xantal’lar based drug called Daedra Dust. It’s sad, but it is possible. I’m glad we have come to an agreement.” “So am I. I’m hoping that we’ll be able to bring a stop to this. If we can find out who’s smuggling it onto the station, we might be able to trace it back to its origins.” Alexander said. “Indeed. The EPSI Federation’s Grand Council of Hael’aar, which deals with Medical Related nonsense, has agreed to send a medical ship out to you in full cooperation of your investigations, and to render whatever medical supplies, and medical help they can to your Doctors. They will also have a science lab on board, so if you find more of the drug, they can be tested under laboratory conditions, fully contained away from the station. Your medical staff would be allowed on board, if they’re allowed to come to your medical centre too, under the EPSI Federation and Ashaean Common Interests Treaty.” Alexander nodded and said, “I will make sure to let Daniel know. I imagine he would be quite happy to have the assistance.” Axel then nodded and said “Both sides can learn something, so it’s mutually beneficial, and also - try and stop Doctors from saving lives, am I right?” He then asked with a soft smile before telepathically giving EPSIMedical the green light to come. “Oh yes.” Alexander said with a returning smile, “Daniel has been known to do pretty much anything to save the lives of others.” Axel nodded and in agreement, he then wanted to relay the information onto Alexander, so he knew what to expect, “Indeed. EPSIMedical is sending the EPSI Haelycia out of which Doctor Talrin, Hanshaerin, Tahurin and Ukerin are on board. Talrin is a very good Doctor, all round with a speciality in Genetics. Hanshaerin specialises in pharmaceuticals and biochemistry, Tahurin - in Neurology, and Dietary, but that’s a hobby, and then there’s Ukerin - an all round research medical scientist. That’s pretty much the A-Team right there. So we’re sending the best. We’re also sending a Prime Queen along, she’ll er… Let’s call her ‘Plan B’. Prime Queen Eldyrannth are omnipaths. Exceptionally dangerous to be on the wrong side of one of them. Other than that, it’s filled with Doctors and researchers from all the species in the Federation - it’s a nice diverse mix, with different ideas, and different ways of looking at problems. Crew complement of around two thousand, a Lyravana Class Ship. Reasonably well armed, but obviously it’s a medical ship.” “You have well armed medical ships?” Alexander asked. “Oh yes.” Axel replied with a nod before saying “We had an incident a decade ago where we were dealing with a medical outbreak on Targonra Four, where we had to beam the population of an alien settlement onto the ships. Turns out their neighbours believed in the only way of curing a plague is to sterilise the infected… Started opening fire on the medical ships. Ever since they’ve been well armed. The Aymar have had problems with it too, from a very old and wayward faction of the United Families Federation - not to be confused with the United Federation of Families… They lost a ship with all hands.” Alexander frowned a little, “I don’t approve of doing that; attacking medical ships. And yes, I know about the United Families Federation, and the difference between the two. Ashaea had some problems with them before they changed their tune.” He said. “Well, we don’t anticipate any problems, given that there is a major starbase just nine light years from here. But it’s a just incase. I’m aware of the problems Ashaea has had, I don’t think anyone has been unmolested from either the Neko Resistance Space Alliance, or the Syndicate. Hell even we’ve had problems with them… Bastards.” Axel then muttered the last part under his breath. Alexander smiled a little before saying, “They are quite the thorn. It’s why I have my own intelligence network keeping an eye on their activities. I’ve passed along a lot of intel to the EPSI Federation.” “Oh yes, speaking of which. I have a Taru’zenari who wants to join the Rangers at some point. I will pass his file onto you. He used to work for the OIA back on Vorserend. He was a very good field agent.” Axel then said, as it seemed as good of a time to bring it up with him. “Mm. I will certainly have a look at it.” Alexander said with a slight nod before saying “I know you’ve been trying to mediate, so thank you for your help… If I need you can I contact you?” “Absolutely, and I pretty much gave up when that strange ambassador with the weird hair came to my quarters asking for my Government to off someone for him.” Axel replied. “Ah, Ambassador Hollan?” Alexander asked with a raised eyebrow. “Indeed.” Axel replied courtly and in his accent, as if mocking him. “Yes, I’m well aware of him. You’re not the first ambassador he’s approached. I’ve already told his Government that if they don’t send a replacement for him, then their Government will not have an ambassador on the Station.” Alexander told him. “Oh, I don’t think he’s going anywhere. He usually pulls something out of his arse, to save said arse at the last minute. I have counted fifty-seven times in the last decade that I know of alone. So I won’t hold my breath, Captain.” Axel replied with a smile brought about by frustration. “Oh, I really hope you’re not correct there, Ambassador. He’s become quite the nuisance.” Alexander said with a resigned sigh as even he could see the truth of Axel’s words. “Well… We shall see… The medical ship should be here… Now.” Axel then said as Karla intercommed into the office, “An EPSI Federation ship just appeared not far from the station. They’re coming up as a heavy hael’aar cruiser, the EPSI Haelycia.” “Right on time.” Axel then added. “Yes, they were expected, Commander. Under the EPSI Federation and Ashaean Common Interests Treaty. They’re going to be helping Doctor Daniel Tucker with our Dust problem.” Alexander pressed the comm on his hand to reply to which she said “Very well, sir. I’ll let them know shall I?” “Please do, Commander.” Alexander replied before pressing the comm link again to close the connection. Axel then said “I think I will get out of your hair… I am feeling mildly hungry. So I might take a trip over to the Stuffed Holes. Please do feel that you can contact me whenever you like, Captain. Despite me telling Tali that I don’t want to be disturbed, you’re always an exception.” “I’m flattered, Ambassador. Please, enjoy your meal.” Alexander replied with a smile. “Eh. Not all of us are dickheads.” Axel replied with a smile, he then stood up and bowed his head “Thank you, Captain. Please take care and I hope you find whomever is responsible for all of this.” Axel then walked over to his cloak and took it back down off of the hanger before putting it back on, he then said “Until next time.” “Yes, until next time.” Alexander replied as Axel gave him a slow bow of his head once more. He then lifted the hood over his head and walked out of the door, heading back to the promenade. -
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Tema replied to Neptune's topic in Andromeda One's Roleplay Threads
Location: The Wet Holes, Down Below, Andromeda One, Churchill's Legacy, Andromeda Galaxy. Jake listened as Kellina answered the question of where Moira was. It made sense that she was tinkering away at something on board their ship, rather can coming out to party. It was a shame that she didn’t even come out for a drink at least, given the fact that he had found a birthday present for her, in place of the one he got for her for her birthday just gone, that she didn’t like. Jake had mistakenly thought that Moira would have approved of a case of self-sealing stem bolts, but she did not. So he had offered to do better, and now that he could go to and from the Federation without fear of being apprehended by the Police of FCI he was able to gain access to one of their internal markets. This is where he found a two for one sale on sonic probes - which was a type of multi-tool commonly referred to as a sonic screwdriver. He was wanting to give this to her, but it looked as if it was going to have to wait. With this on his mind, he continued to listen to Kellina as he took a sip of his alcoholic beverage. His eyes widened a little as she went on about cleaning a ship with a toothbrush, although it took him a moment to realise that not all Tau’ri had access to sonic tooth cleaners, which was so prevalent in the EPSI Federation, so much so that even he used one on his ship. He vaguely knew what a Tau’ri toothbrush was, and from what she was talking about, it was antiquated technology, even by their standards. Jake wasn’t sure what a ‘retirement home’ was, as no one in the EPSI Federation aged to that extent due to the nanites. The golden age of nano-technology they called it, changing what it means to be alive. However he took a well educated guess and pictured a home where old wrinkly people shuffled about in their pyjamas and slippers. At this particularly potent mental image, he chuckled and said “I can’t imagine you in a retirement home assuming you mean a kind of residential unit where old folks live… We don’t have that in the Federation. I think you’d be kicked out very quickly for being a ‘Disruptive Influence’ on the other residents… Nah- I have a mental image of you drinking the other residents under the table. That’s even if you get in their in the first place.” Location: Axel’s Quarters As Axel continued his mediation with the smells and combustive ingredients of his incenses carried him down his path of relaxed awareness a computer he linked into the Andromeda Station’s systems, in his quarters bleeped at him. All EPSI Federation computers spoke with a voice very similar to the current president; Talivana Eldyrannth, as a default setting. It was just a coincidence however that the computer interface was called ‘T.A.L.I’ which meant Technologically Adaptive Live Interface. It was something that was able to understand just like a person, and talk like a person, when in fact it wasn’t. People often called the voice ‘Tali’ because of the person it was modeled off of. Tali informed Axel, “You have received a text message.” “Ignore.” Axel replied. “It is from Captain Alexander.” She didn’t need to say that it was marked as urgent, as she knew from experience that Axel would be inclined to listen to it at that point. And like she predicted, “Very well, what does it say?” Axel asked. “Message reads:” Tali said before playing it in Alexander’s voice, “Axel, please meet me in my office in one hour. It is important. Kind regards, Captain Alexander Churchill, Commander of Andromeda One.” Tali then said back in her own voice, “The rest of the message includes his standard footer. I’m sure that you don’t need to be told that it’s for the intended recipient only.” “Ah-no er, Tali. We need to have a little chat about you being able to use other people's voices like that." Axel replied before commenting in a sarcastic voice, "That isn't dystopic in anyway shape or form and certainly couldn't be abused in the wrong hands..." Before asking, "How about we stop doing that eh? Can you - like disable that feature?" Tali then replied, "SimuVoice is a standard feature to read text messages in the voice of the sender if said patterns are on file. I collect samples when new contacts talk to you, which is encrypted on my internal database. It is not intended for use in anything other than that, Axel. My voice is after all based on Talivana's and you seem to have no problem with that. However I have disabled SimuVoice, which means I will no longer collect voice patterns. If you'd like I can delete all the SimuVoice patterns that I have on file." Axel smiled and his head dropped down as he shook it before saying, "Please copy the message into my archive, and logs. Thank you Tali.” before adding, "And yes. Please delete them, the Tau'ri have different standards when it comes to privacy. Hell. We have standards too, and it could be seen as a breach of them. Talivana consented to have her voice pattern as the default, Alexander did not consent... I appreciate what you're doing, and sure - in the EPSI Federation, that's rather innocuous, to most people, but not me." “Done. Would you like to enable do not disturb mode for the rest of your mediation, Axel?” Tali asked. “Yes please, only urgent requests from those on the can always disturb list may contact me, thank you.” Axel replied, as he tried to get back into his mediation. “Very well. Setting set. I will alert you ten minutes before the meeting to see Alexander.” Tali replied back to him to which Axel replied, “Thank you. Oh and let Alexander know that I received the message, and I will be there.” Tali then gave a soft bleep of acknowledgement before going back to being absolutely silent. 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Yes, but broadly speaking, that, as far as I am aware is not possible to implement. This would be possible with purpose built software, but as it stands we are rather limited by IPS and what it's suite or mods can do. If it is set in the rules of that roleplay it would be up to the club owner, or moderator to enforce the rules of that club. To tell the person that they require a character ID, and they need to make one.
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suggestion Music Discussion Forums?
Tema replied to Whoreo's topic in EcchiMeta's Comments & Suggestions
Interesting suggestion. There was indeed an EcchiMusic section that was in progress just literally over a year ago: https://ecchidreams.com/dreamer/1-temaelrin/?status=6736&type=status However it was shelved and back in June it was completely removed, because of YouTube's restrictions, indeed this seems to be a problem with the forums too. You can see this here with one of my posts. Not all music videos in that topic are going to play. But I don't see why discussions can't be done. Already this is doable in the random chit chat forums, but if there does seem to be a demand for it, I'll certainly look into it. Direct links rather than embeds shouldn't be a problem either. Although @Manni has set up a club that seems to go on these lines: https://ecchidreams.com/community/forum/122-topics/ -
announcement Dreamers of EcchiDreams: We need to talk...
Tema commented on Tema's news article in News and Announcements
Article Update Added: There has been some more news that has come out in the last week or so that suggests that the law has been delayed (For a third time), and thus will no longer be implemented on July 15th 2019. Multiple sources have suggested that it's been delayed for 6 months, others say indefinitely and a few of them are saying it's been withdrawn. I will be leaving this article up however for prosperity, and in case it does come back. As usual, I will keep you all updated.- 13 comments
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announcement Dreamers of EcchiDreams: We need to talk...
Tema commented on Tema's news article in News and Announcements
Clarification: I have had a number of people approaching me asking if they can present their ID to me via Discord/EcchiText ahead of this change. All of them have been American's. The answer is no, you're not even affected by this (Unless your Government decides to do this too). The AgePass thing should only bother UK Citizens Subjects within the United Kingdom. Clarification #2: There is some confusion as to who will be handling the data, and if it's secure or not. We won't be handling the data - we won't even have access to it. DO NOT send me pictures of your Passport, or ID. For goodness sakes! If we go with AVSecure, that ball will be in their court. Secondly; EcchiDreams is an SSL enabled site; forced actually (HTTPS). You can't connect to EcchiDreams (Or at least you shouldn't be able to) via an insecure connection (HTTP). It's been like that for years now. --------- Thank you for the comments so far, it's actually nice to hear that there are other people, besides myself, who are just as concerned, upset and perhaps a little bit angry at all of this.- 13 comments
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Thanks. I think if it was just one thing, maybe I'd be overreacting. But it's the combination of everything in context that's got me extremely concerned.- 13 comments
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announcement Dreamers of EcchiDreams: We need to talk...
Tema posted a news article in News and Announcements
Article Update (26th June 2019): There has been some more news that has come out in the last week or so that suggests that the law has been delayed (For a third time), and thus will no longer be implemented on July 15th 2019. Multiple sources have suggested that it's been delayed for 6 months, others say indefinitely and a few of them are saying it's been withdrawn. I will be leaving this article up however for prosperity, and in case it does come back. As usual, I will keep you all updated. - @Temaelrin on 26th June 2019 @ 22:00hrs Article Update (17th October 2019): After repeated delays to implement this; the UK government has decided to scrap this stupid idea after all. What it will be replaced with, we don't know. But for now, this is a big win for us, and a big win for online privacy. There will be no age verification and this whole article is now moot and pointless. - @Temaelrin on 17th October 2019 @ 15:25hrs (UTC) Hello everyone; I've been trying to put this off for quite some time now, however I've recently had it made clear to me under no and uncertain terms that I cannot put it off. This is something I didn't want to talk about, and I had hoped that citizens subjects in the United Kingdom would have raised their voices and told the Government to go fuck themselves, but apparently that's not going to happen and now we (as an industry) have to deal with it. I am of course talking about the UK's Porn Pass - A.K.A: Government Permission to Wank. If I am going to be forced to implement this - which is looking increasingly likely at this point, then I will be speak very fucking candidly about it at the end of the serious thing, I will deliver my thoughts – open, raw and uncensored. On July 15th 2019; the United Kingdom’s age verification law for pornography sites, will go into effect. The aim is: The UK Government want its citizens subjects to prove that they are over 18 to access adult content, and apparently putting in your Date of Birth will no longer suffice anymore. To prove that you’re over 18, you’ll either need to enter your credit card, passport number, mobile phone number or by an age verification pass from one of your local newsagents/shops. This is part of the 2017 Digital Economy Act. This law surrounds adult content, I believe it also applies to gambling sites, and tobacco/alcohol, but I’m not sure on that. In the adult site category, it applies to media (Pictures, videos and so on), cartoon porn (Hentai), and text (Roleplays for example. Sex Stories, etc). Sites that do not comply with law will face fines of up to £250,000 (At the time of writing this works out to be around $318,000 USD) and/or getting their website(s) blocked in that country. I want to make this clear that I do not like this, and I find this is to be an obviously unacceptable overreach by the UK Government, and as I’ve said previously, I’ve been told that I cannot ignore it. I also want to make this clear: This isn’t a Brexit issue. This isn’t a left/right issue. It seems that all mainstream political parties are in favour of this because of the age-old pearl-clutching trope of “Won’t somebody think of the children?!” That and the UK seems more fixated on being first in the world to do something like this, and that somehow makes it good, which is a logical fallacy in-on-itself. This announcement isn’t to talk about how we can resist it or block it. But what will happen and what I am looking into going forward. I will be speaking candidly after this to share my thoughts and concerns on the matter. But for now, I will share with you what my choices and options are. I will say that I have no intention on purging EcchiDreams of all smut-content and confine it to EcchiTexts, so I am not going to start deleting all images, public sex side stories, sex stories, etc. This isn’t an option. I could refuse to comply, in which case I think EcchiDreams might just end up getting blocked in the UK, but let’s face it, if I do comply the UK Government will probably find a way of doing that within the decade or so, at current course. I could also be fined a quarter of a million GBP, that is not a small amount. Realistically if I want to keep EcchiDreams accessible from the UK, I will need to comply and believe me – I don’t want to for reasons I will share at the end of this. There are a lot of concerns that I have; such as: Privacy Concerns – Will the details of porn users be held on some kind of database? With cybercrime so bloody rife nowadays… Do we really want to support something like that? Liberty Concerns – They came for X but it didn’t affect me, so I didn’t say anything. They came for Y but it didn’t affect me, so I didn’t say anything. They came for Z but it didn’t affect me, so I didn’t say anything. They came for me, and there was no one left to say anything, kind of thing. Let’s not delude ourselves that this is for protecting children – this is straight up nanny-state bullshit. This is Government Overreach – There is a reason that this is being dubbed as the “Wank Permit”, “Permission to Wank”, and so on. This is the Government telling us what to do because apparently parents in this country aren’t responsible, or the current block system isn’t working. It is draconian – I’d expect this in ‘The Peoples Republic’ of China or North Korea; not in a liberal democracy, and certainly not in the United Kingdom. Boomerville – This is obviously created by boomers who have no idea how the internet works. What next? Will VPN’s become illegal? Or TOR? What about proxy buying cards? Will this really stop those that are dedicated enough from accessing porn? I think not. And that’s just to name a few… What I’m looking at is a company called AVSecure who have AgePass - https://avsecure.com/ which apparently secures age verification by using blockchain (Based on Ethereum Chain). They say: The AgePass Platform uses a zero knowledge proof system in combination with our customized version of the Quorum Blockchain (an Ethereum-based chain with added privacy features) which is capable of processing thousands of attestations per second. Our core concept delineates 'creating trusted statements about a known person' and 'the use of those statements'. Users go through a one-time initial validation process to produce their credentials which they can onward use in a way that will only be known to them. The user’s credential then generates ‘one-time’ use tokens when they visit websites in the future. These tokens are passed to the website providers which enable them to demonstrate compliance with the Law whilst also ensuring that their consumers leave no additional traceable information. I am considering using this as we won’t be holding your personal data in that regard, and UK Subjects can buy anonymous cards for £10 which from what I can tell will give you a one time use code or something that you can use for an anonymous account on any AgePass wall. They have other age verification means too, so it’s really up to you how you’d go about it. If you don’t care about your privacy, they can do credit/debit card verification, mobile, and various others. I think this is best thing we can do given the circumstances… I don’t think this will trigger for anyone outside of the UK, so if you’re an American for example, you won’t get ID’ed on the landing page for EcchiDreams, and you won’t be affected. But if you’re from the UK you will see something similar to this: When you come to EcchiDreams, if I can get it coded in time. If not then we might be forced to close our Digital Doors to people from the UK until such a time that it is coded and properly integrated. If this does happen you might want to seriously consider our other option: Get a VPN I personally use Private Internet Access as a VPN, and I’ve found it to be quite reliable and fast, I am not affiliated to PIA (Private Internet Access), nor am I receiving money from them, but I personally like the fact that PIA lets you tune the data encryption, authentication and handshake protocols of your connection, and does a damn good job of anonymising your browsing. I’ve been using it for a year and I’ve never had any problems with them. This can also be used on smartphones (Apple and Android alike), although the only criticism I have of it, at least from my perspective and experience is that on mobiles it can be a little temperamental especially when switching between WiFi and Mobile Data, has a habit of disconnecting every now and then, and finally the battery is drains quicker. But that might not be a problem for you. I’m not shilling for PIA; there are other solutions out there such as; NordVPN, ExpressVPN, CyberGhostVPN, IPVanish, SurfShark, Hotspot Shield, and so on, I’ve not used them so I can’t attest to them. So I ask that you please do your research and find one that suits your needs. EcchiDreams doesn’t block VPN’s, and we never will. This has other benefits, that you might want to consider this as a viable option. Please take a look at: https://thatoneprivacysite.net/ to find the VPN of your choice. I highly encourage everyone to do this. You can also use TOR, but EcchiDreams does actually block TOR registrations (But you can easily use TOR after you register). I just wanted to give you all a heads up, and UK Dreamers will receive an email in June letting them know about this as well. ---- Now… My personal thoughts on it? The gloves are coming off, and this is going to get quite political. You’ve just got to love the sheer hypocrisy, ladies and gentlemen! The politicians tell us what to do and say 'you must live a wholesome puritanical life, that's rude, you can't look at that, citizen’ like they have the power to run and control our personal lives, telling us what do, what to say, what to feel and what to think. Nanny-State doesn’t even cut it anymore… At the same time as them trying to act like our moral superiors, they are misusing their expenses, having affairs with their staffers and other high ups... Orgies and kinky sex parties that include some of the richest in any given industry who are doms and high-class escorts, who have a LOT of clients who are top police chiefs, politicians, judges, lawyers, officials and so on. It’s nothing short of Hypocrisy at its best. Welcome to Brave New World. I highly doubt that the main reason for this has anything to do with protecting children online, and everything to do with Government control over its citizens. They have forgotten that they work for us, not the other way around. I say this because it seems to be part of a wider problem with the Government which seems to be trying to take control over the internet. You only need to take a look at the UK’s white paper on “Online Harms” released last month. http://archive.is/3MuDH Or the Investigatory Powers Bill; in where ISPs are forced to keep a full list of ICR’s (Internet Connection Records) for a year and make them available to the Government if asked. These ICR’s in effect serve as a full list of every website people have visited. Articles appeared about it in 2015/2016 – and there was silence. Hardly anyone spoke up about it. The full list of agencies that can now ask for any UK citizens browsing history (As laid out in Section 4 of the bill) Is as follows: Metropolitan Police Service City of London Police Police forces maintained under section 2 of the Police Act 1996 Police Service of Scotland Police Service of Northern Ireland British Transport Police Ministry of Defence Police Royal Navy Police Royal Military Police Royal Air Force Police Security Service Secret Intelligence Service GCHQ Ministry of Defence Department of Health Home Office Ministry of Justice National Crime Agency HM Revenue & Customs Department for Transport Department for Work and Pensions NHS trusts and foundation trusts in England that provide ambulance services Common Services Agency for the Scottish Health Service Competition and Markets Authority Criminal Cases Review Commission Department for Communities in Northern Ireland Department for the Economy in Northern Ireland Department of Justice in Northern Ireland Financial Conduct Authority Fire and rescue authorities under the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 Food Standards Agency Food Standards Scotland Gambling Commission Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority Health and Safety Executive Independent Police Complaints Commissioner Information Commissioner NHS Business Services Authority Northern Ireland Ambulance Service Health and Social Care Trust Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service Board Northern Ireland Health and Social Care Regional Business Services Organisation Office of Communications Office of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland Police Investigations and Review Commissioner Scottish Ambulance Service Board Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission Serious Fraud Office Welsh Ambulance Services National Health Service Trust Or even the UK Digital Economy Bill of 2017. I am rather cynical. At the risk of sounding conspiratorial; I think Brexit is a convenient smoke screen for all of this, a nice little distraction, including all of the current PM’s blundering and fuck ups. So a little history shall we? We’ve always had some kind of national webfilter and I didn’t have a problem with that because it targeted Child Pornography and stopped people from accidentally wandering in on a site back in a time where it was a very easy thing to do, and be exposed to it. I have no problem with that to a degree. It drove child pornography underground, and never wiped it out, but I don’t think that was the intention. I firmly and fervidly agree that we should eradicate child porn, and prevent its access. It is a noble goal. Even if it’s not totally achievable. But things started changing after 2010 at the hands of the Conservative/Liberal Democrat Government. At first David Cameron wanted ISP's to implement a child safety web filter at an ISP level that would be an opt-in thing, so that parents could use it could use it to block adult content for their children, and promote applications that could protect devices. This is good because it affirmed that it was the parents responsibility to protect their children, it was more of an order to ISP’s to make tools available for parents to protect their children. I have no problem with that. However it very quickly morphed into “Oh no; this will be an ‘Opt-Out’ thing. So people had to make an ‘Unavoidable decision’ to protect children.” Well I wasn’t happy about this… But I told my ISP that I wasn’t interested and they respected my wishes. Clearly - this hasn't worked either because apparently lots of people have either opted out or bypassed it. Now they're introducing this Age Verification thing. The UK has had a firewall of Great Britain installed almost a decade ago now. There was an uproar, but we were told that it will only be used to block sites like Pirate Bay, torrent sites. Originally we were told that this would be an open and transparent thing (As far as I can recall) that would have to be done by a court order… By the following year (2013) hundreds of sites were on it, including non-torrent sites - like TV Streaming sites, MP3 Download sites, etc. By two years after that it encompassed a metric fuck tonne of sites, oh and good luck getting a list of sites that has been blocked. That’s kept secret now as well. So we have no idea what’s censored or not. Some sites that are blocked have an ISP blocking screen that says that this site isn’t available because it’s been blocked by court order. Some sites however don’t show this and show an error message in the browser, but are magically there and online if you use a VPN. Now they're threatening to start blocking sites that aren't in violation of copyright. I’m sorry but it is not the Government’s job to implement these draconian actions it’s the damn parents of these children be the ones who are responsible for their children. And we're already seeing what else they're doing in terms of the online space. People getting arrested for jokes, sex stories that they've written, lyrics that they've posted online, expressing opinions on Twitter will apparently get you a visit from the local police (Such as there are only two genders) and so on. I’m not going to lie. I am quite worried about this increasing encroachment on our rights online. There seems to be an increasing curtailment of our rights online, and I honestly think it’s only going to get worse. As they justify the reasons to censor sites, it seems to be getting increasing easier for them to keep doing it which is exactly what I said would happen in 2009 on the Coroners and Justice Act 2009. I don’t think this is going to get better and with the Online Harm’s white paper, I think it’s going to get much worse. I won’t even go into how AgeID is owned by MindGeek which also owns several of the largest porn sites and porn companies so yeah… We’re not using them. No conflict of interest there… EcchiDreams has always upheld one of its oldest rules: Section 8 Paragraph 1, we have a zero tolerance towards members who are underaged, and upon discovery they get banned extremely quickly. We don’t want people who are under 18 on this site. We’ve always been responsible about this, and it honestly seems like we’re being punished for doing so, because “It’s not good enough.” I suspect that it will never be good enough for the industry at all. I think we need a digital bill of rights. Urgently. Who knows I could be overreacting, but as someone who’s been using the internet since the 90s, I don’t like the direction it’s gone in, and I don’t like the Government’s increasingly draconian laws to attempt to regulate something that they clearly have no idea of how it works.- 13 comments
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