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by Psychlonic
Sun Apr 04, 2021 3:15 am
Forum: Spurious Generalities
Topic: [The Retro Project] Thiefs of the World - Archived Website
Replies: 4
Views: 4561

[The Retro Project] Thiefs of the World - Archived Website

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http://web.archive.org/web/20040125210236/http://thief.suddenlaunch2.com/
by Psychlonic
Sun Apr 04, 2021 3:13 am
Forum: Spurious Generalities
Topic: Introducing: The Retro Project
Replies: 2
Views: 8316

Introducing: The Retro Project

I've been diving into an old hard drive and guess what I found? Saved pages from bygone eras here on night ops and elsewhere that are no longer available anywhere. You'll be seeing these placed online periodically as topics with the intention of contributing in a fun way. Some of the topics will hav...
by Psychlonic
Fri Apr 02, 2021 3:18 am
Forum: Spurious Generalities
Topic: Flock Sheets - Super Neat, Super Impractical
Replies: 6
Views: 4925

Flock Sheets - Super Neat, Super Impractical

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrqpX7FXflA This won't be seeing 'Gear' because it's way too expensive to be considered for ordinary ops gear. Still, I thought some here might be interested in seeing where light absorption tech at the civilian level has gotten. I find this super impressive! What co...
by Psychlonic
Thu Apr 01, 2021 4:42 am
Forum: The Art of Night Ops
Topic: .
Replies: 12
Views: 11702

Re: Night Ops Book?

I would be interested to see what kind of content you would provide, and what style of writing you are talking about. I can change the style with editing; the knowledge is the important thing. Is there some particular writing you can post or point me to? I guess Xanatos and Secant are the only ones...
by Psychlonic
Thu Apr 01, 2021 2:39 am
Forum: The Art of Night Ops
Topic: .
Replies: 12
Views: 11702

Re: Night Ops Book?

I would feel bad making a book and then telling someone, "Oh yeah, those techniques are outdated now, we tested stuff". This is my biggest issue and why I tend to fall out of discussions. Experience is the best asset. In my mind the single biggest testament to that was NOPCON when all of us indepen...
by Psychlonic
Mon Mar 29, 2021 11:16 pm
Forum: The Art of Night Ops
Topic: A Reference Guide for the Aspiring Night Ops Member
Replies: 11
Views: 14294

Re: A Reference Guide for the Aspiring Night Ops Member

It's got a little bit of activity now, but what's he's saying is that forums in the format used here don't draw active users like they use to, not just this one. It's not impossible and there are others that still stand and even represent the most knowledgeable sources of their respective subjects b...
by Psychlonic
Mon Mar 29, 2021 4:04 pm
Forum: Spurious Generalities
Topic: Sicarius's Source of the Day
Replies: 66
Views: 85891

Re: Sicarius's Source of the Day

I picked up a 3D camo suit years ago because I got a great deal on it, it's a sort of a happy medium between camo and a ghillie suit. While it's a great piece of kit I envisioned using for hardcore recon at distance with a spotting scope, the reality is it's been a solution to a problem I'm still lo...
by Psychlonic
Sun Mar 28, 2021 5:53 pm
Forum: The Art of Night Ops
Topic: A Reference Guide for the Aspiring Night Ops Member
Replies: 11
Views: 14294

Re: A Reference Guide for the Aspiring Night Ops Member

Blowing through like a tumbleweed again, I see.

*tips stetson*

M'ninja.
by Psychlonic
Sun Mar 28, 2021 12:40 am
Forum: The Art of Night Ops
Topic: A Reference Guide for the Aspiring Night Ops Member
Replies: 11
Views: 14294

A Reference Guide for the Aspiring Night Ops Member

New and not sure what the fuck is going on around here? Not surprising, you're involved with the remnants of an online scene that has fragmented and remained on critical life support for many years. It has seen several forum revisions after a devastating crash ages ago where we lost many resources, ...
by Psychlonic
Thu Mar 25, 2021 5:33 pm
Forum: Spurious Generalities
Topic: Sicarius's Source of the Day
Replies: 66
Views: 85891

Re: Sicarius's Source of the Day

Xanatos wrote:
Thu Mar 25, 2021 12:12 pm
I got one of these ones: https://www.military1st.com.au/vvesccam ... v-cam.html

Haven't put it to the test yet, but it's pretty well made, light and compact to carry.
Holy shit! Wizard of Ops 2.0!
Seriously though, that's a neat piece.
by Psychlonic
Thu Mar 25, 2021 3:45 pm
Forum: Gear
Topic: Under The Door Tool
Replies: 7
Views: 12593

Re: Under The Door Tool

So I've noticed this tool has seen a little more popularity on YouTube and decided to watch a large amount of videos on it. Some innovations since this topic have been brilliant, others rehash, and lack of one in particular I find hilarious and a little disappointing. First, the air balloon used to ...
by Psychlonic
Wed Mar 24, 2021 12:40 am
Forum: The Art of Night Ops
Topic: Carrying at "Stealth Ready"
Replies: 6
Views: 9312

Carrying at "Stealth Ready"

-cleaned-
by Psychlonic
Tue Mar 23, 2021 4:30 am
Forum: The Art of Night Ops
Topic: Mixed Martial Arts as a Blueprint for Stealth
Replies: 41
Views: 41606

Re: Mixed Martial Arts as a Blueprint for Stealth

This concept will take time and be difficult, but the main aspect holding it back is people talking about it rather than acting. I want to do this kind of stuff, but I need more experience and better control over my day to day life before anything. A youtube channel and consistent articles would be...
by Psychlonic
Sun Mar 21, 2021 10:22 pm
Forum: The Art of Night Ops
Topic: Videos That Teach You To Walk In The Shadows
Replies: 8
Views: 13349

Re: Videos That Teach You To Walk In The Shadows

if you are training for realism, why learn to cling to pipes upside down rather than refining your walk? lol I usually stay out of conversations where I see style over substance being pushed because everyone should go through their own personal learning process, but I agree with this and so many mo...
by Psychlonic
Sun Mar 21, 2021 7:17 pm
Forum: The Art of Night Ops
Topic: Videos That Teach You To Walk In The Shadows
Replies: 8
Views: 13349

Re: Videos That Teach You To Walk In The Shadows

Nice. I should have a link uploaded soon in my thread before too long, feel free to copy anything over to keep it available elsewhere.
by Psychlonic
Sat Mar 20, 2021 5:47 pm
Forum: Gear
Topic: Behold: Your New Favorite Metal
Replies: 2
Views: 4193

Re: Behold: Your New Favorite Metal

Oh hell yeah, back when I learned this was a thing and easy to do I jumped right into it. Like a lot of my shit, it started out when I was looking into more primitive living ideas and saw this as a much more practical alternative to the tedium of bloom iron in a stranded scenario since electric wire...
by Psychlonic
Fri Mar 19, 2021 7:18 pm
Forum: Gear
Topic: Behold: Your New Favorite Metal
Replies: 2
Views: 4193

Behold: Your New Favorite Metal

What if I told you there was a type of metal you could cast with relatively minimal work required that would result in a material that sits between 1045 and 1055 carbon steel in terms of hardness, tensile strength, and weight but with superior corrosion resistance? I'm excited to share this one with...
by Psychlonic
Fri Mar 19, 2021 6:50 pm
Forum: Spurious Generalities
Topic: .
Replies: 8
Views: 6889

Re: Historical Stealth Thread

I appreciate this guy's approach to the history of... we'll say ancient stealth operatives. Reminds me a lot of how we approach ancient western martial arts today.
by Psychlonic
Mon Mar 15, 2021 5:22 pm
Forum: Spurious Generalities
Topic: Video Repository
Replies: 5
Views: 5148

Re: Video Repository

I've got a literal axe to grind today (repurposing a found head into a bushcraft hatchet) but tonight I'll see about uploading some of the relevant vids on a Mega account until a better solution is found. I don't think there's any gold that's not currently online but I may be wrong.
by Psychlonic
Mon Mar 15, 2021 5:18 pm
Forum: Spurious Generalities
Topic: Enhance and Specify your Workout for Stealth
Replies: 39
Views: 23872

Re: Enhance and Specify your Workout for Stealth

I think MMA stands where it does because it's probably taken seriously the most often. Like if you join up with an MMA team the training you'll receive is absolutely effective because, well if it's not you get your ass kicked. While not complete, even karate would be effective in stand up if everyon...
by Psychlonic
Mon Mar 15, 2021 3:07 am
Forum: Spurious Generalities
Topic: Well this didn't take them long...
Replies: 6
Views: 5169

Re: Well this didn't take them long...

World "leaders" seem intent on making this world into a fucked Mickey Mouse shell of its self, that's for sure. If anyone here hasn't seen the movie Demolition Man, you really should. On the surface it's an action flick with a sprinkle of comedy, but it's hilariously similar to the direction we all ...
by Psychlonic
Mon Mar 15, 2021 3:00 am
Forum: Spurious Generalities
Topic: Video Repository
Replies: 5
Views: 5148

Video Repository

So I realize we have a video section in our library, but I've been thinking with the instability of various platforms elsewhere it might be handy to keep a backup of videos we've found elsewhere stored away for posterity. I don't know the limits of our storage on site but I myself have a rather subs...
by Psychlonic
Mon Mar 15, 2021 1:53 am
Forum: Spurious Generalities
Topic: Enhance and Specify your Workout for Stealth
Replies: 39
Views: 23872

Re: Enhance and Specify your Workout for Stealth

Training should closely, or exactly, mimic what you are training for. The Bioneer talks about this, as well as many internet websites. Some disagree and say training should target the muscle groups utilized. I personally think the first one should be most utilized, and then the second still incorpo...
by Psychlonic
Sat Mar 13, 2021 5:03 am
Forum: Spurious Generalities
Topic: Well this didn't take them long...
Replies: 6
Views: 5169

Well this didn't take them long...

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https://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=0763FFE7-8E3F-4F57-B1C7-E09E161C83D7
Surprise!
by Psychlonic
Sat Mar 13, 2021 4:45 am
Forum: Spurious Generalities
Topic: Enhance and Specify your Workout for Stealth
Replies: 39
Views: 23872

Re: Enhance and Specify your Workout for Stealth

lol military training is pretty total body, man. If you look on YouTube, you'll see they spend a good deal of time every day doing plyometrics like squat thrusts, squat benders, push-ups, sit-ups, and pull-ups obviously, explosive squat jumps, bear crawling, mountain climbers, prone row... it's lite...
by Psychlonic
Sat Mar 13, 2021 12:15 am
Forum: Spurious Generalities
Topic: Enhance and Specify your Workout for Stealth
Replies: 39
Views: 23872

Re: Enhance and Specify your Workout for Stealth

I guess it's kind of cliche but for optimal focus on night ops, military PT doctrine forms a fantastic base. On top of that I would place climbing in various forms near the top. Not just grip strength but the total body strength needed to climb will come in handy. One of the most tiring things I've ...
by Psychlonic
Thu Feb 25, 2021 4:30 am
Forum: Spurious Generalities
Topic: Stealthy Senior Citizens?
Replies: 6
Views: 5394

Re: Stealthy Senior Citizens?

There's a rather massive amount to be said about social preconceptions and how they can be leveraged in life for whatever reason, even just everyday life. I've been fortunate enough to have lived and observed many things to the point I can play with how I'm seen pretty readily. Confidence is the big...
by Psychlonic
Sun Feb 21, 2021 8:22 pm
Forum: Spurious Generalities
Topic: A shitty Intro to Digital PERSEC for New Members
Replies: 12
Views: 9292

Re: A shitty Intro to Digital PERSEC for New Members

Not sure how I ended up becoming a talking point, but let me throw out a few things you new members need to know in today's scene. First off as was standard even in my day, it's smart play to simply reword your story if you wish to share it for informative value with the forum. Whatever you take is ...
by Psychlonic
Sun Feb 21, 2021 2:04 am
Forum: Spurious Generalities
Topic: Chat-Room Thread
Replies: 154
Views: 3873597

Re: Chat-Room Thread

Good news, Secant has mentioned the chat room limit should be expanded!
by Psychlonic
Sun Feb 21, 2021 1:58 am
Forum: Gear
Topic: Better Homemade Padlock Shims
Replies: 8
Views: 7015

Re: Better Homemade Padlock Shims

Wind wrote:
Fri Feb 19, 2021 9:52 pm
how do you put it in the text the way you recommend?
Code tags are above the main post field, next to the quotes option. Bold > Italics > Underline > Quotes > Code

We used to redirect through an anonymizing service to avoid the hassle but it's been defunct for a minute.
by Psychlonic
Fri Feb 19, 2021 9:38 pm
Forum: Gear
Topic: Better Homemade Padlock Shims
Replies: 8
Views: 7015

Re: Better Homemade Padlock Shims

More than likely if you're using them correctly, the internal components are just a little stiff. Here's a great video that shows them in use with a clear padlock so you can see what's going on inside: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nwyZ8Xl7tk BTW I know it's weird to have to copy and paste links ...
by Psychlonic
Fri Feb 19, 2021 4:56 am
Forum: Gear
Topic: Better Homemade Padlock Shims
Replies: 8
Views: 7015

Re: Better Homemade Padlock Shims

Made correctly, they should stack on top of each other fine and they can then be bound by a band, tie, tape, etc. You'd probably still want a case for them anyway though.
by Psychlonic
Fri Feb 19, 2021 2:05 am
Forum: Gear
Topic: Better Homemade Padlock Shims
Replies: 8
Views: 7015

Better Homemade Padlock Shims

You've heard about the aluminum ones you can snip from cans but they're shit. Moving on. Instead, why not make them from steel so they don't crumple immediately when you try to use them? Speaking with Sicarius recently I'd mentioned this idea but I'll elaborate in this topic how you can have your ow...
by Psychlonic
Fri Feb 19, 2021 1:21 am
Forum: Gear
Topic: Psychlonic's Supplement Counter
Replies: 37
Views: 58397

Re: Psychlonic's Supplement Counter

Not a very content packed post, but I wanted to take a moment to appreciate the hilarity of this post from ages ago; Agreed. While this is an interesting topic, all natural is the safest and best long term option. There are no side effects for not taking drugs, and gaining is only a matter of exerci...
by Psychlonic
Thu Feb 18, 2021 7:03 pm
Forum: Spurious Generalities
Topic: A Good, Cheap Kukri for Bushcraft - A Semi-Buyers Guide
Replies: 0
Views: 20014

A Good, Cheap Kukri for Bushcraft - A Semi-Buyers Guide

Just recently I took advantage of the terrible weather to go on a camping trip and decided to try out a cheap kukri I'd bought a couple months ago just for laughs. The kukri in question is a Deepeeka brand I got as a throw-in from Kult of Athena. If you check their website, you'll often see these th...
by Psychlonic
Thu Feb 18, 2021 3:30 am
Forum: Greetings
Topic: .
Replies: 8
Views: 10110

Re: Hello

I would ask you... during the eclipse of 2017 perhaps you watched it from a location one might consider to be a 'poisoned land'? If so, it's not a problem and I can keep a secret. Welcome back. Strange times are ahead, who knows who might end up having to work together to keep a semblance of freedom.
by Psychlonic
Tue Feb 16, 2021 8:16 am
Forum: Spurious Generalities
Topic: Chat-Room Thread
Replies: 154
Views: 3873597

Re: Chat-Room Thread

Maybe possibly a discord server coming up.
by Psychlonic
Tue Feb 16, 2021 8:05 am
Forum: Spurious Generalities
Topic: Chat-Room Thread
Replies: 154
Views: 3873597

Re: Chat-Room Thread

SECANT WE HAVE A PROBLEM!
by Psychlonic
Tue Feb 16, 2021 8:01 am
Forum: Spurious Generalities
Topic: Chat-Room Thread
Replies: 154
Views: 3873597

Re: Chat-Room Thread

Well Sicarius he made it in...
by Psychlonic
Tue Feb 16, 2021 7:59 am
Forum: Spurious Generalities
Topic: Chat-Room Thread
Replies: 154
Views: 3873597

Re: Chat-Room Thread

lol the chatroom's never had this many people, maybe it can't handle it.
by Psychlonic
Tue Feb 16, 2021 7:52 am
Forum: Spurious Generalities
Topic: Chat-Room Thread
Replies: 154
Views: 3873597

Re: Chat-Room Thread

Is it possible to get in through some kind of proxy/another browser maybe?
by Psychlonic
Tue Feb 16, 2021 7:43 am
Forum: Spurious Generalities
Topic: Chat-Room Thread
Replies: 154
Views: 3873597

Re: Chat-Room Thread

Damn, no there's three of us in there now.
by Psychlonic
Tue Feb 16, 2021 6:17 am
Forum: Spurious Generalities
Topic: Improvement Opinion Survey Thing
Replies: 14
Views: 11970

Re: Improvement Opinion Survey Thing

As probably the most guilty of many of these high-tech concepts, I do apologize. It should be understood my posts on such come from a background of science and biotech that I play from other motivation and think "This could cross over into night ops". I certainly concur though that it should not be ...
by Psychlonic
Tue Feb 16, 2021 3:06 am
Forum: Spurious Generalities
Topic: Chat-Room Thread
Replies: 154
Views: 3873597

Re: Chat-Room Thread

Xanatos god dammit I never see you in chat!


Other people, if you're reading this right now - yes you - get in chat now! We're going to blow this bitch up!
by Psychlonic
Tue Feb 16, 2021 2:57 am
Forum: Spurious Generalities
Topic: ITS FUCKIN COLD
Replies: 3
Views: 3709

Re: ITS FUCKIN COLD

Haha, yeah a lot of the northern hemisphere's been getting blasted lately. We're pretty buried here, I've been using the opportunity to test out and play with outdoors ideas.
by Psychlonic
Tue Feb 16, 2021 2:45 am
Forum: Gear
Topic: Leatherman Charge+: Gear Review
Replies: 7
Views: 6065

Re: Leatherman Charge+: Gear Review

I'd say 99.9% of the time I don't use a single tool, or maybe a light of whatever fashion. I'm just surprised nobody has put out a customizable product where you buy the base frame with your standard crap and can change them out with various blister packs of other things. Not to derail the thread, b...
by Psychlonic
Sat Feb 13, 2021 9:11 pm
Forum: Gear
Topic: Leatherman Charge+: Gear Review
Replies: 7
Views: 6065

Re: Leatherman Charge+: Gear Review

What I'd give for a decent off the shelf multitool packed only with items I'd use. I run into the same problem in other areas I like multitools. Could make your own custom tools but at that point might as well make the entire thing custom.
by Psychlonic
Thu Feb 11, 2021 10:15 pm
Forum: The Art of Night Ops
Topic: Cover, Concealment, and Camouflage: A key aspect of remaining undetected
Replies: 10
Views: 10148

Re: Cover, Concealment, and Camouflage: A key aspect of remaining undetected

I've hinged a great deal of my success remaining undetected on a few stupid simple principles that for some reason go largely overlooked in many stealth guides - I've probably even short changed my own as I didn't have the experience to look back and realize how effective they were. They may seem ob...
by Psychlonic
Tue Feb 09, 2021 9:31 pm
Forum: Spurious Generalities
Topic: Update on Stealth Technique & Shadow Work
Replies: 60
Views: 161248

Re: Update on Stealth Technique & Shadow Work

The only explanation I ever got for this bizarre behavior was that he was getting comments from "dangerous" people, as if he could be responsible for helping terrorists. :roll: Would-be terrorists planning to disrupt using these ideas seem like they can be thrown into the same bin as the guy who ca...
by Psychlonic
Tue Feb 09, 2021 9:21 pm
Forum: Gear
Topic: You don’t have to be a baby!
Replies: 2
Views: 2919

Re: You don’t have to be a baby!

Baby monitors kind of function as a lookout person but there are caveats and it's not a perfect system. You can sync them to an old smartphone you've made "dumb" for the purpose of night ops and have them overlooking choke points you'd expect someone to move through if you've been seen but don't rea...