Night Ops

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Oh for sure, a "cheap" dart is still well out of budget for any reasonable gear so as you can imagine I set up my targets so misses wouldn't damage the dart. Mostly I hadn't seen it done and the way they're balanced I knew I could throw them easily so I was curious if impact force would be enough to...

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Fun fact of today, a Farallon Shark Dart is the first legitimate, lethal, potentially instant-fight-stopping shuriken I've ever used/seen. Ok it's not meant to be a shuriken of any sort but the weight is in the back and you can no-spin throw it for quite some distance. The impact is much like you've...

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Presumably, the Order of the White Eagle that was part of the stolen items was inside of that museum in the first place because of the German invasion of Poland during WW2. That was the original theft I was mentioning. As time progresses, I find museums that house items completely out of context and...

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I can't help but appreciate that stolen Polish relics were later stolen from those who took them.

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So I never did get around to plate steel shuriken or swallow tails admittedly, however I never updated this in regard to my originals. I've been using boat nails to make mine and they have pretty hardcore bone-cracking impact on target. I wouldn't want to carry very many, but then again I really wou...

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Myself and even moreso another guy here pretty much go after their tri-ad lock folders exclusively, I haven't heard anything great about any of their other offerings but these are beasts. My Rajah II has loosened up a bit but I've also owned that one for nearly 5 years now and have used it extensive...

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First, I'm putting this here and not "gear" because these run over $100 and I know most operatives don't want to spend that kind of money on gear. Nor should they to be honest. But for anyone that really wants an amazing EDC, this is a great candidate. I'm a big fan of the Cold Steel tri-lock folder...

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That's been somewhat a wet dream of mine for awhile now, unfortunately I personally still don't think the tech is here for that. I used to run what I could just to find and mark areas of interest since where I'm at things are spread out so far - yeah you can find cool stuff but it's not always so ea...

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I would be interested what the library/database section would look like. I don't have many ideas, but it would be good if the library part could have pictures/videos too. The encyclopedia section will be multimedia format like this, basically the encyclopedia functions as a user-created library as ...

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As corny as it might seem I'm aiming for the former option as much as possible. Currently it's a little rough around the edges but I'm working on it. As for how I'm building it, nothing magical. Just using portable versions of a few programs and a pre-fab front end that can call them or files up as ...

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I'm knee deep in what will likely be my final written/online material for night ops use - ANY kind of night op. Basically I'm creating a ready-to-use system that will incorporate several portable programs with a custom NO-themed wrapper that connects them all. The programs will also link to each oth...

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So I was thinking today, to what full scope would you like the library to be? I could contribute quite a bit, maybe when time allows we can chat it out and help each other. I wouldn't mind "propagating" my library so to speak to keep the files online and available in case anything happens to me stor...

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I've always treated the library as kind of a mix between &T and the "keep circulating the tapes" principle. IMHO there is no information that is inherently "bad", it's on the reader to interpret and understand what's legit. Of course if the reader has shitty judgement, maybe they deserve to lose a ...

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Some of this shit is right alongside the anarchist cookbook IMO. Not that all of it has completely wrong info necessarily, it's just often incomplete or written in an otherwise misleading way. They can also seriously undermine how easily it is to create certain things in today's world. For instance,...

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Wait, we seriously don't have that in our library? It's quintessential reading for night ops.

https://www.sendspace.com/file/2ddwch

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Every time I get the idea to write about this kind of shit it's already obsolete haha. The clean perfectionist way to do things would be to delete the whole thread and start a new one from scratch but that's probably not going to happen. Anyway, without listing everything I've started to buy bulk po...

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It makes me feel all the worse for having no drive to write a new guide that would blow it out of the water. I have a really hard time taking the "teacher" role in any fashion these days, would rather spend that time acquiring new experiences, skills, or information.

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I dig the new layout. Haven't had any problems browsing around on it here. Yet.

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There's a reason this is in spurious generalities and not in gear, gentlemen. :wink: You're looking too far into this. I'm bringing this up as an off-topic discussion for a skill in and of itself, not how it could be used during ops. Going on about the metal quality, honestly mild steel works pretty...

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What it says on the tin, I want to discuss them. Lately I've been on a spree making various things, amongst the weaponry has been bo shuriken from both round and square stock. As "entertainment" I've really taken to throwing them since, for whatever reason, I'm great with traditional Japanese shurik...

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Usually high powered binoculars if I'm running initial recon on what would be a high risk target. They're too big to want to regular carry up close and anything smaller I find useless at night. A night vision monocular can also be useful for recon or finding your bearings but beyond that also become...

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I have that, I'm pretty sure it's a RogueSci torrent. That place was a treasure trove of ebooks and older videos. Edit - Some folders are disorganized but perhaps I can upload a text sometime of my library folder structures and of course the file contents of each and you guys can pick through? My li...

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I agree completely that 99.9% of the time, equipment should be picked such that there's no monetary or sentimental investment in it. Quality that you can afford to lose. Dropping a knife of course isn't optimal, but could be a lot worse. Plus if you have to rely on it to defend yourself, you can alw...

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Cheap stainless blades like that are usually fine for most usage especially in night ops as long as the design geometry itself isn't flawed. A lot of people act like lower quality stainless will break if you look at it cross-eyed. It's not my first choice, but it's also worth noting that I've seen D...

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Online is overall the best shopping experience for quality carrying a decent price tag. You can and hopefully will stumble into better deals in stores, classified ads, yard sales etc. but the online market is consistent. If you're wanting something unique or just an added layer of security in avoidi...

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In case anyone has missed out, there's been a pretty bountiful crop of new blades pouring into the market that's low cost but high quality. Nearly any design can be had with good steel for under $50 and a lot of them are conveniently coated in black which I'm sure many of you will appreciate. Aside ...

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FWIW, the Salt pistol rounds impact with a small cloud of dust by design that tends to rise into the target's face when hit center mass. That being said even though it can fairly easily deliver pepper to a target's face from a good distance I don't think it's a great option. Although there's really ...

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Hey man, pleasure to see you again. Unfortunately most of us have moved on in life, I'm mostly no exception to be honest. That said, a few still pop in from time to time.

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I apologize for the slow reply, life remains hectic on my end. I actually did a full blown experiment involving modafinil, orexin-a, and bulletproof coffee where I was up for nearly 80 hours soon after your last reply, the results were extremely interesting but not necessarily relevant to night ops....

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A little less boring, but yeah. I'm not sure how it works to be honest, it's hard to describe to someone who hasn't felt it. A lot of substances offer the effect, but nearly all come with major drawbacks.

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I'd say a minute honestly feels like 5 minutes.

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I'm currently in the middle of a test. I will just say that holy shit. This is not a state you can reach naturally. This is fucking weird.

Footnotes: Perceived time dilation without cognitive impairment or body load.

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Supplies are on the way for testing.

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Haha, yeah that happened here as well. The moon was visible for a certain time and looked awesome but then the heavier clouds came in and the show was over.

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This is supposed to be totally different than either, eventually sleep will catch up to you and no amount of stimulants or training will overcome the desire to sleep. Further, even if feeling awake often real-world performance is diminished. Orexin counters both, making you feel as though you've res...

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I'll be running trials next month, but the short version is that it involves the use of orexin and modafinil which... basically they shut down the process of needing to sleep. Short term it's not a problem but it's not like you can live on the stuff and never sleep again. What I need to find is how ...

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This thread is due for a big update soon.

If you're an operative having a hard time getting active because your schedule makes it difficult to be up so late/early in the morning, you're going to enjoy it.

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Yeah whatever happened to this update sir?

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lol christ this is ghetto.

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I used them about a dozen times in a month span back when I was using it heavily. Zero change in vision. There was also concern that it would cause cellular necrosis in the eye but the light levels needed to cause that were abnormally high i.e. a laser shining into your eye. Further, this author of ...

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Secant wrote:Your diversion was needed, we weren't making any progress. Count me in if you haven't met already.

You're always counted in, we need to talk again anyway. The ideas have been laid down, now we just need concrete times and places to hit so we can make coordinated efforts abroad to draw interest.

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PM'd you.

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Pardon my diversion of subject here, but we're still stuck at the fact there's nobody here. We need a collaboration soon maybe on chat to figure things out.

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Why not just wipe the slate clean on that as well and start over? One thing that used to plague the site was people dropping in out of the blue after being silent for ages and being an instant expert who expected the forum to grovel at their feet. Besides, it might be motivating for everyone to star...

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Well, I meant less the ranks themselves and more how to acquire them. As long as the proof isn't too crazy.

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At this point, I say let's try it. As long as the measure doesn't endanger PERSEC.

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Could allow for some pretty interesting possibilities, definitely if we were going to go that route we would all be best ditching our current usernames, utilizing maximum PERSEC measures, and minimizing social interactions on the site. That would certainly be the epitome of no-bullshit stories and l...

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I like the wiki idea, as it stands the library is fairly clunky. I mean, I don't mind because I'm old school but I think a lot of more useful information gets lost in the mix with how short attention spans are these days. A wiki would lead to more fluid information connecting to each other. I would ...

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I like the onion route but we should also maintain a regular HTTPS for the total newbies out there. In fact I REALLY like the onion idea because as it stands the website seems to hate TOR. Advertisement, so to speak, is easy. Just let the content speak for itself, we need stories abroad plain and si...

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