"Oi! Where do you think you're taking that?"

Jenka stood, hands on hips, blocking the platform. Her blue eyes flashed annoyance as she regarding the biomatter container held between Johnathan and Siyanda.

"Don't you ever check your messages Johnathan? I must have left 18 for you already! That biomatter has been reallocated to an emergency production run on L2. If you'd bothered checking your 'link, you'd know that all available resources have been redirected there until the run is complete." Jenka ran her right hand through her short white hair. "I've no idea what's going on up there, but they were expecting you ages ago."

I think I remember seeing an Isaac around too - welcome!

Yay! I saved Christmas!

Nice Hatetank

And you are always welcome on the forums Kardaron

I've been watching this for a while but so far have failed to get in to beta to try it

Cashew Nut Roast

This was far tastier than I imagined it would be. Eats well cold as well as warm. A teaspoon is equivalent to 5mls.

Ingredients

1 medium onion, chopped
25g butter
1 large tomato, skinned and chopped
2 medium mushrooms, chopped
1.5 teaspoons plain flour
150 light vegetable stock
1.5 teaspoons Yeast Extract (I used Marmite)
1 teaspoon dried mixed herbs
50g ground almonds
100g cashew nuts, ground
100g fresh (wholemeal) breadcrumbs
1 egg
salt and fresh black pepper
a little butter for greasing the tin

Method
1. Preheat an over to 190C/375F. Grease a 450g loaf tin with butter. Line with greaseproof paper if you have it or can be bothered. I don't and can't.

2. Fry the onion in the butter for 10 minutes until soft, and then add the tomato and mushrooms and fry for 2-3 minutes.

3. Stir in the flour, cook for a minute or two then add the stock and stir until thickened. Mine didn't really but it still looked and tasted great! Remove from the heat and add the remaining ingredients. Season with salt and pepper (push it, push it!).

4. Spoon the mixture into the prepared tin, level the top and cover with a piece of greased foil. Bake for 45 minutes until firm in the centre. Take off the foil for the last 15 minutes so that the top can crisp up.

5. The book says: 'Let the loaf stand for 4-5 minutes, then slip a knife around the edges and invert onto a warmed serving dish.' Ha ha, right. I'm always wary about inverting anything as it invariably ends up with a disaster and me having a hissy fit. I attempted it, but either as a result of my disregard for the extra breadcrumb coating instructions (which I haven't even given you!) or the non-thickening part of my experiment, nothing budged. The run-a-knife-round-it and sort-of-scoop-it-on-to-the-plate option worked well enough though.

the final masterpiece:

http://seedthecommunity.org/gallery/cac … PG_595.jpg

Darn really must buy that ticket...

That hub is....just wow. I'm just fighting off the ideas of maimings and danger galore that could have occurred in the hubs...

I love the play of the lights...it was something I stood and ogled at when the terraforming equipment came back on line in the canyon. I found it somewhat mesmerising!

I'm looking forward to the other hubs, and I am so going to have to relocate my tree.

Esme

PS Have a good vacation!

Hmmm... just my thought but maybe the bonuses can be accounted for by optimisation of computer systems. As the systems are now linked, maybe the shields can be merged in some way to provide optimised coverage for the whole fleet, producing more protection for the armour. And maybe the increased yield could be accounted for by using spare power diverted from other members of the fleet, improving the efficiency of the lasers?

Just a couple of ideas.

And while I'm here, it's been so long since I started Eve that I can't remember details on the pods. I had a look but was unable to quickly find anything on the forums to answer what I was interested in. In the pods, are we just strapped and plugged in to our control systems, or are we in one of these sort of sci fi pods that have you completely submersed in some sort of goo? For example, I've automatically RPed sounds of me kicking panels and such, but this would only be the case if I have freedom of some movement in my pod.

Bah, is it my turn again?!

ok so:

1. What is the name of this fella?

2. What is the name of his best friend?

3. What food does he hate?

4. What country does the show come from?

Well it is in development, with forums that were redesigned a week or so ago. I've joined the forum as Esme because it looks quite promising. It does have combat, but is based on PnP, and it seems to have nice features planned. For example you will potentially be able to have one eye, so that you can boost another of your skills, so character development looks pretty neat. I also like the crafting idea where it seems your results are purely based on the character, not on the specific skill levels. And it suggests it will be a trial and error sort of method. Something I have always wanted to see in a game.