Completed Rimworld Codex Colony - Co-Op Extraordinaire

[RK47]

48 -

Spoiler

As a test of loyalty, Jews hands over his assault rifle and body armor to Agent Orange.

The former fremen will now prove himself before his Mua'dib.
Black Cat assumes control of the mortar.

While HHR prepares two firefoam poppers to counter-act any inferno cannon blazes.

The Scyther infantry type mechanoid moves faster than the Centipedes.

Hopefully we can deal with them before the Centipedes arrive.
We thought of moving the muffalo herds away but decided otherwise - Jaesun will use them as cover.

The battle begins. https://youtu.be/DxHKo35J010

Mortar fire is in effect.
The scyther took aim with its charge lance and successfully hits Jaesun with an early shot!

Fuck. Jaesun was told to maintain position. We need him right now.
A mortar shell flew overhead and instantly killed one of the scyther!

Well done Black Cat!
This is it! CHARGE! Kalin, Gwinn and Orange advances!

The four lumbering Centipedes approaches...
But not before the last of the Scyther is dealt with.

Orange takes out a pack lunch..
But was stopped when HHR's scream was heard over the radio.

'I'M SHOT! THERE'S ANOTHER SCYTHER RIGHT OUTSIDE THE BASE!

How the fuck did he get there?!

 

[RK47]

49 -

Spoiler

Kalin and AO doubles back, but they were outside cover. Kalin took a bad hit on his right arm and that's the end of his contribution for this battle.

He limps back to the hospital. The turrets remain silent, the Scyther's is out of their range.
AO tries to make it to cover and succeeded as the Bear Cavalry arrives on the scene.

Despite being outnumbered, the Scyther pulls out a nano-blade arm and cuts one of the beasts down before succumbing to the onslaught. A stray bullet from AO's assault rifle later finishes it off as a nearby bear declares its pregnancy.

At the hospital, Scrooge and Jews perform medical treatment on the wounded.

The hot afternoon is about to get hotter as the centipedes advances.

They split into two. One equipped with heavy phase cannon fired at Jaesun, but only struck a nearby Muffalo.

Another lets loose a stream of phase energy at Gwinn and struck her on the left foot.

Another hit like that and amputation is guaranteed.
But Gwinn hold her ground and returns fire.
The third centipede fired its inferno cannon, barely missing her.

But a blaze spreads to the turret right in front of her.
Jews reacted quickly and deployed a firefoam popper.

More barrage finally caught Gwinn.
Thankfully the firefoam does its work.

Scrooge rushes in with a second popper as another blaze sets fire to the turret infront of AO.
It's going to get hotter still.

 

[RK47]

50 -

Spoiler

'Hurry up with that popper!' AO shouted to Scrooge.

'Oh no!' Scrooge shrieked.
'What now?!'
'Please help me save Kaori!
'Who the fuck is Kaori?'
'It's my wolf! She's burning, oh god! Save her!'
'I got no time for this. Get back. This is a battlefield, we must slay the Shai-Hulud before it does more damage!'

Scrooge wanted to rescue Kaori, but decided otherwise. She held back tears as her beloved pet caught fire and died in a flaming pyre.

'Shitcockfuck' Jaesun gasped as he rubbed his palm over his chest...
He didn't pack grape juice for lunch.

He limped back towards the hospital.
AO and Gwinn are the only active combatants, they have two turrets and a mortar supporting them but the shells are simply not landing.

The Centipede ignored Jaesun's fleeing figure and targets another.
Gwinn's luck is about to run out.

Body ablaze, she started rolling and turning on the dirt, screaming in agony. The smell of burning skin and flesh is in the air. SMA rushes forward to rescue her.

'Are-are you an angel?' - Gwinn asked in between consciousness.
'No, I'm-'
'She identifies as an attack helicopter, go on get that meat outta here.' Jews shouted command to SMA.

He wanted to make a grab for Gwinn's discarded assault rifle, but thought better of it.
I aint dying today. No way.
He later caught a few rounds from the fourth Centipede as he attempted to retreat back into the base.

Fuck this fucking place, he winced as he climbed into his bed. The hospital was full and no one came to tend to him. Outside, gunfire continues to fill the air - suddenly a distant sound of thunder - and finally - rain.
Kalin and Jaesun gets up from their hospital beds and moved back into the fray.

The turret in front of AO exploded, the former tribal was caught in the blast, but he stood his ground.

HHR too, got up and readies another firepopper while still heavily bandaged.
'Hey! Stop doing that! Fix that last turret!' Kalin shouted as he arrived on the scene.

HHR obliges under a barrage of curses and swearing, as he opened the badly cracked panels of the turrets and adjusted the wiring amidst circuity - he took a round from a minigun on his left leg.

'Fuck this, I'm out!' he slams the panel shut and rushes back to the hospital.

It got dark.

 

[RK47]

51 -

Spoiler

'SCROOGE YOU DUMB BITCH STOP MILKING THE MUFFALO AND GET OUT OF MY LINE OF FIRE!' Jaesun screamed as he raised his scope.'

Every colonists' nerves are on edge. They've been in combat for hours.

The eclipse is not gonna help - it's dark - shots are going wild.

But somehow Black Cat's shell finally landed in total darkness. Heavily damaging the Centipede...but killing a bear locked in melee.

Scrooge's sorrow is only beginning as another muffalo fell under the cross fire.

And Kalin was nearly engulfed by an inferno blast.

'Oh no! Someone! Please save the cub!'
The bear cub had rushed towards its dead parents, a foolhardy move.
A barrage of minigun fire disabled the pathetic little thing. It starts to cry.
'I'll save you!'

SMA rushes forward, carrying the wounded cub in his arms.

'I gotcha little buddy! They won't hurt you anymore!'

The centipede, angered by this sudden rescue by an attack helicopter - spun its mingun's barrel in a howl of rage.

Two bullets struck SMA's back but she carried on.
At last, it's over. The last Centipede lays incapacitated.

A distant light indicates falling objects from the sky.

A reward from the gods, perhaps?
As the last of the wounded was taken care of. SMA limped off her hospital bed to turn off the sun lamp before saying good night to her fellow patient.

'It was a good battle today,' the fremen replied.

 

[Kalin]

 

[Azira]

You survived?!? Fluke.

 

[Andnjord]

No casualties?

 

[RK47]

52 -

Spoiler

No colonists suffered crippling injuries.
But their animals bear the most losses.

A few nameless bears, and Kaori now rests in the colony's freezer, awaiting their turn to be chopped into fine meat.

One of the most tragic loss was a pregnant bear.

Her body was riddled with many energy blasts, but the death was caused by an explosive mortar.
Faced with such a downturn in the mood, SMA decides to throw a party.

The mood brightened even more when the heatwave ended.

Soon the colonist realize that the eclipse is still in effect, and their power reserves dwindled.
Once the party ends, HHR proposes another geothermal power generator to the north.

Black Cat tries to detach the nano-blade arms from one of the incapacitated Scyther, but failed. The arm shatters.

Gwinn, a crack addict takes another shot before heading to bed.

Jews scour the battlefield for anything of value and stumbles upon a minigun once wielded by one of the Centipedes.

Kalin's work with the mechanoids' disassembly bore a significant quantity of plasteel and valuable components.

At last he can become a true Fallout fanboy he always dreamed of and possibly don the colony's first Power Armor.

Hopefully the girls will notice him and he'll finally get laid.
His Tunnel Snake hardens at the thought.
Jews meanwhile commissions another piece of art from Gwinn...

A pair of symbolic globe now towers in his room. Reminding him of two worlds. One glittering with utopiandelights, the other full of struggles and death. Or maybe it's just a pair of testicles. Who knows?
Harvest time arrives, the colony now have enough vegetables to resume serving fine meals.

The abandoned cryo containment facility will be deconstructed for steel scraps.

The colony has completely recovered from the attack and life goes on in Rimworld.

 

[Turisas]

Good job, men. Another sitrep in ~6 hours.

 

[Turisas]

53

Spoiler

With everyone else asleep, her nose sufficiently powdered and crops not needing any tending, we have ~qwinn sculpt another masterpiece of modern art.

Kalin wakes up very early, no doubt excited to finish his power armor and woo all the ladies by founding a local Brotherhood of Steel chapter.

Wind turbines need clear space around them, and since dirt will randomly have new trees popping up, we cover the area with some fugly but cheap concrete.

Guess RK wanted moar turrets here, so we'll do just that, and haul a ton of rock in front of them to slow down those gawddam mexicans.

Cryowhatever research is completed, so might as well do the ship cryo casket tech next; it'll be required for an escape ship if we ever wanna do that.

A few traps in strategic locations will help a bit against invasions, as well.

Hypnoid grows slowly, and since we have so many competent farmers now, might as well put down another plot.

With Kalin von Heisenberg busy with his magnum dong opus, Scrooge helps out in the methlab.

When no one's looking, Kasumi sneaks into the larder and eats a fine meal. Stupid dog, go eat some rats or something!

Alpacas produce great wool, and a bit faster than muffalos, so since we've plenty of grazing space, we might as well tame the little bugger.

Our steel supply got completely exhausted by our increased defense budget, so we gotta go a-minin' once more.

Medicine's something we really don't wanna run out of when disasters hit, so Scrooge gets to whip up a new batch - not terribly expensive resource-wise, 1x neutroamine, 1x herbal medicine and 3x cloth, but it requires some skill in both doctor and crafting.

We measure up Jews for his pauper's grave. Hopefully right next to HHR.

Mortar shells aren't too expensive, so Kalin makes a bunch - being prepared is half the fight, after all.

~Qwinn produces an interesting piece on jewjitsu, so we install this to Jews's room and take out the other art pieces. Those're way too good for him anyway, this crappier piece will be sufficient to make him be not jealous about everyone else's bedrooms.

With our bear cavalry so diminished, the remaining veteran gets reassigned to combat medic duty.

Fucking wargs, man. They only eat meat so they're experts at decimating animal populations - having it so close to our muffalos is unacceptable.

Eastside defenses are mostly finished and looking mighty sexy. Meeeeexicaaaaaans, come out to plaaayyyy-aaaaayyyyy!

 

[Turisas]

54

Spoiler

There's a ton of steel in this ancient vault, so why not break it all down and repurpose it into something useful.

More beavers arrive, but it's no concern to us since we've plenty of wood stashed.

HHR fucks up the deconstruction of the old love shack and gets a big cut on his jugular; blood spurts everywhere. Nice going, fatty.

With HHR out of the commission for now, Black Cat gets to do the vault all by herself; AI's stupid about avoiding collapsing roofs like HHR just demonstrated, so we gotta micro her all the way through the process.

Kalin is almost finished with the T-51b, but needs a bit of extra inspiration for the final touches.

HHR recovers without any long-term damage, and puts down a few more trade beacons to cover all the stuff we have. Only the items that fall within the beacons' radius can be sold to orbital traders.

A wild piggy is angered by our pilfering of the slate blocks, and is quickly shredded by our fancy new turrets. Makin' bacon.

Another pair of thrumbos arrive, and since we want that precious ivory of theirs, our strike team alpha takes up positions with scharfschütze Jaesun leading the charge. The older thrumbo of the two is already weakened a bit by asthma and such, so we target that one first to hopefully put it out of play quickly.

HHR is also drafted to be the designated switch flicker and emergency repairs peon. He vomits from the increased stress. Scrooge's mind is always on them swollen muffalo titties and how best to squeeze them, but fortunately she's stopped just before her obsession dooms her.

Randy drops some meth into the lake. I forgot to pick these up so you go get them, RK.

Everything goes well enough with our thrumbo slaughter; animals won't attack deactivated turrets so we totally exploit this feature and keep toggling them on and off again.

BLACK CAT FFS WHAT ARE YOU DOING YOU DUMB %#¤(%# ¤%#=(¤%!

 

[Turisas]

55

Spoiler

She quickly gets pounced, but fortunately the beasts lose interest once she's downed. Still, she'll die if she doesn't get help soon.

Thrumbos have strong attack, but fortunately our granite door has plenty of hitpoints, and HHR is decent at repairs.

Boomrat perishes in the crossfire, and fire rises so as a safety measure we temporarily draft the muffalos into the bear cavalry. SMA manages to grab Black Cat while the thrumbos are otherwise occupied.

Both of them are now sufficiently injured that we could just wait it out and play it safe, but since they're so slow now, might as well have some target practice at their expense.

Black Cat gets rescued and patched up in time, and an ooga booga caravan comes to pay a visit. Unfortunately the thrumbos aren't interested in them at all - scavenging someone else's battlefield is always fun times.

Kalin finishes his glorious power armor, and HHR immediately wants to put it on, being the coward he is. Hahahaha, think again blubber - power armor goes to the people who contribute in fights.

The thrumbo must be out of its wits by now because of all the bleeding and pain, and runs straight into the fire. Unfortunately the caravan is smarter than that and manages to avoid it.

Apparently the caravans don't respect doors being forbidden at all, and almost let one of the thrumbos in - fucking tribals! Fortunately the turrets manage to bring it down just in time.

At least we can dump off a bunch of junk on them and make some moolah in exchange. I almost wanna buy those polar bears, but they're expensive and I'm pretty sure they wouldn't cross-breed with regular bears.

Blessed rain extinguishes the fire before it spreads too far, and the other thrumbo is finally downed as well.

There's no way to save the thrumbo, but Scrooge practices her doctoring on it regardless; plenty of herbal medicine to go around.

Aww yeah, 4x horns at 3000 apiece means we'll be making some real money soon.

The solar flare ends relatively quickly, and none of our meats have a chance to rot. Phew.

It's a grizzly scene at the animal den after all that thrumbo doctoring, but fortunately animals are dumb and don't care about filthy environments at all.

The old mortar room gets fixed up a bit to get rid of those overhead mountain tiles - we don't want no stinkin' bugs right in the middle of our base, after all. Will make a good double bed room if people start marrying.

We've lots of silver now, so rather than just having it sit around (it contributes to the colony's 'wealth score', which is the main statistic with which the storyteller decides the strength of attacking raids - to my knowledge this applies to Randy Random, as well).

It costs us dearly, but past slights with the outlander union are forgiven and we can now order caravans for just 300s a pop. An exotic goods trader is summoned to get rid of those horns and statues that're also generating wealth, and hopefully they'll have some nice shit for sale, as well. Back to you, RK.

 

[Bliblablubb]

Watching Steve play Co-Op with someone actively sabotaging the plans of his AZN mind is almost as much fun as him suffering though some obscure gifted animu game. I approve, carry on men.

So far the other Rimworld LPs were either abandoned or ended badly as intended, fingers crossed that this time the proud people of Codexia will manage to leave and bring INCLINE to the galaxy.

 

[RK47]

I actually hate planning a base and left most of the base planning to Turisas.
So far he knows what's he doing and I appreciate the spartan accommodations he sets up for the colonists early on. Old me would've given them at least 5x5 rooms and wasted a lot of space in the caverns.

 

[RK47]

56 -

Spoiler

While I appreciate Turisas addition of 2 more mortars - I'm disappointed at the exclusion of incendiary mortar. HE Mortars may kill instantly when it lands on the right spot, but Incendiary Mortar is a potential problem even when it misses by burning the ground it strikes. Obviously there's going to be a problem should a blaze break out near our base, but I still think we gain more by having one.

I like it when he reads my mind perfectly. The two turrets formations do not necessarily cover each others' line of fire.

But with good placements of walls, the enemies will have no choice but to pass through the crossfire.

Facing a superior ranged enemy made me think. We need walls to cover ourselves from such threats.
By limiting the enemy to just one avenue of entry, we make them slightly more predictable.
A random pair of bulls join our flock - damn.

Why can't it be a male and female?
Kalin will manufacture additional headgear protection for our combatants.

And more cargo pods drop from the sky - this time raining chunks of steel.

The wall is done, we add a light source in the middle of the field -

Should an attack happen at night, the brightly lit area will increases our chances of hitting them.
Meanwhile, Jaesun tunnels through a mountain to get to a deposit of precious components.

While a southern wall is proposed.

We can't let the geothermal generators take those kind of beatings again.
Just as the day is settled a power psychic wave emanates, driving stress levels of all male colonists way up.

Better monitor these bastards carefully for now.

 

[RK47]

57 -

Spoiler

A small group of tribals arrive at our colony. They are friendly and willing to trade.

Shortly after, the exotic traders arrive.

I can smell the silvers coming in and sweet, sweet hardware.

The tribals have very little we want, but we sell them a few pieces of unwanted clothing and pocket their silvers.
The Compact caravan should have better inventory and even deeper pockets.

They even have an AI Persona Core to power up the ship's central computer - but I don't think we're at the stage where we need one yet. Because there are two items that interests me immensely, and no, it's not the worthless hare pets they have for sale. You call THAT exotic? For shame!

Gentlemen, I introduce you to the world of Bionics:

20% increased run speed - literally Adam Jensen right there.

Pain blockers augment on the brain.
No. More. Pain.
We dump all four thrumbo horns and unwanted art sculptures.

The traders looked at the horns closely, making sure they're genuine before placing them on a scale to affirm the weight. And then transaction was made. Both sides are very pleased with their acquisition.

Elsewhere, Jaesun finally succumbs to the psychic assault.

As long no one attacks, he should be safe.
We've finished the south walls anyway.

The new turret configuration can now cover better angles to the north and south.
I almost wish there's an attack coming so I can see this new configuration in action.

 

[RK47]

58 -

Spoiler

We need another long-ranged option.
Squire Kalin will now make us a sniper rifle.

A mysterious ailment struck multiple colonists at the same time.

It's an annoying disease that increases hunger rate. It can kill if left untreated.

Jaesun's tunneling of the old-component mine is complete.

There's potential here. If we know how to harness it.
HHR places some sandbags overlooking the small lake.
While Kalin checks out his finished product.

Combat night - it has a nice ring to it.
He moves towards the caves Jaesun has excavated and takes aim.

Amazing. The water in front and around him is too deep to cross. This is an excellent sniper's nest.
Ad Victoriam, brothers.
It means for Victory.

 

[RK47]

59 -

Spoiler

Tired of waiting for new bears to arrive, Scrooge is sent to start a new animal force - the Boomers.

But that plan has to be put on hold when the colony detected an oncoming drop pod..and they don't look friendly.

A pair of centipedes and scythers, just the perfect force to try our newly improved defenses.
Black cat flicks the western turret switch.

Muffaloes were evacuated to a safe zone.

The enemy unwisely split into two. One scyther assaults the north while another makes a beeline through the Geothermal wall.

Gwinn and Jaesun gives the attacker a proper welcome with sniper rifles.

The firepower was too much for the lone Scyther to face - it is incapacitated. Providing another chance for the colony to harvest its blade arm.

Meanwhile AO and Kalin combines together on the Geothermal Wall - with Jews around the corner, holding a mini gun.

He pops occasionally to let loose a burst from his mini gun, despite the rate of fire, he didn't even hit the Scyther once before the enemy falls.

The slower Centipedes arrive and split into two as well.

Jaesun caught fire, but with the rain happening, he shouldn't be in any danger.

The last Centipede burst endless streams of charge energy at the turrets, but couldn't land a solid hit.
It falls after a lengthy gunbattle.

And HHR succeeded in removing a blade arm!

Black Cat tries her luck on another corpse, but shattered it once again.

 

[RK47]

60 -

Spoiler

A rather quiet day follows -

Small group of visitors came to visit.
Gwynn creates another masterpiece.

Maybe it's time to start the super bionic soldier project..
Let's review the candidates.

Jaesun, our accomplished marksman should be kept at range. If any bionics should be installed, it should be the eyes.

Kalin is deemed too valuable as a Scribe than to risk an operation. Death would mean the loss of a great arsenal of weapons.

Jews lack the combat qualifications aside from striking really hard at point blank range with a blunt/bladed object. As chief trader and diplomat, we rather not risk him as well.

Black Cat, an aspiring kunoichi possess innate brawling senses, all of her strikes will most likely land. But the question is: can a ninja survive oncoming fire without a personal panty-shield? The answer is no. Not even with bionic legs. The Scyther's Nano Blade Arm does seem like a perfect fit for Brawling.

Gwinn is our third best shooter... but is not the right fit. Her age disqualifies her.

Orange is a prime specimen and our first tribal recruit. An accomplished marksman, possessing a smattering knowledge of animal handling, medicine and agriculture - this man's set of skills are somewhat replaceable. He is also a fast walker. Granting him bionic legs will make him even faster. The Painstopped brain augmentation should also help with his combat performance.

We will have to wait till his Gut worm disease to be cured before we proceed with the surgery.
On the mean time, we dial another exotic caravan for the chance to acquire more bionic mods.

 

[RK47]

61 -

Spoiler

The Boomers are separated from the rest of the herd.

And the gut worms patients receive another treatment session.

With all the spare resources and defenses completed, I decided to finally deploy a ground-penetrating scanner.

This high power-consuming machine allows us to detect metals underground.

We don't know what it is until we drill them out.
HHR builds a deep drilling machine on one of the patches.

Our first attempt struck silver. Which is the worst metal since you only extract a stack of 75 per completed batch.
Dang.
The exotic caravan arrives...

I can't wait to find out what they've got for sale.

 

[a cut of domestic sheep prime]

So far the other Rimworld LPs were either abandoned or ended badly as intended, fingers crossed that this time the proud people of Codexia will manage to leave and bring INCLINE to the galaxy.

I was going to do one myself. Thought I'd try something new and generated an extremely hot world and arrive naked and alone.

Died of heatstroke within a day.

 

[RK47]

62 -

Spoiler

Trade commences.

Kinda disappointed with their inventory this time. Nothing much interests me.

Cooking training is simple and easy enough this shouldn't even be needed.

A simple prosthetic leg to replace a ruined leg? Not sure if I want that.
I made a trade for the plasteel instead so Kalin can make more Power Armor.

Power armor devours a lot of components. We should try manufacturing our own Components.

It's time to expand the crafting room.

Success.

It's a slow process, but we don't need to mine the components any more.

To prep for AO's bionic surgery, a sterile tile is deployed in the hospital. It takes steel and silver.

We also try to address' Jaesun's bad mood. He is very easily triggered. Perhaps giving him a better room to sleep in would help delay the break point.

We'll build it outside after we're done with the hospital.

Good enough.

Jaesun approves.

 

[RK47]

63 -

Spoiler

Oh my. It's time to prepare for a new recruit , I guess?

She's a decent soldier.
Her traits increases her Global Work speed by 55%! This is a big deal. It's too bad she doesn't have any passion with crafting.

MONEY MONEY MONEY

We assault them in the morning.

Gwinn shot the smallest one and retreats. For some reason the older thrumbos don't get mad.

The little one walks up to seven waiting gun-barrels.

We knock it out before it can do any serious damage.
One down, two to go.

 

[RK47]

64 -

Spoiler

Okay, time to collect two more horns.

This time, the thrumbos reacted at the same time. The big ones are tougher. And faster.

Jews was caught by a charge and had to beat a hasty retreat.

Realizing the need for more firepower, Black Cat flicks the northern turret switch.

While one remains fixed on Jews - the other rushes at the newly activated turrets.

It's time to dance.

The other thrumbo is busy wreaking havoc near the sandbagged turrets.

We ignore that one for now and focus on the other thrumbo.

At last the second one falls. One more to go.
The last thrumbo wrecks a turret and surveys its surroundings.

Kalin pops out of Jaesun's home and lets out an assault rifle burst.
However, he underestimated the thrumbo's speed and was caught as he was trying to close the door.

Thankfully the snipers did good work and finally the third thrumbo is neutralized.

Unfortunately only adult thrumbos yield horn when killed. I ended up with just 2 out of 3.

 

[RK47]

65 -

Spoiler

It's time to begin the bionic procedure - Agent Orange is sedated and Gwinn begins her work.

Black Cat makes a call to the exotic trader promising thrumbo horns for sale.

At last, the procedure is complete.

It's just one leg. One more and he'll run like the wind.
Project Super Soldier is just beginning.
Another day, and- oh a wanderer comes to join us.

A sex slave? Holy shit, Kalin might get lucky this time!

Vat-grown flesh slave? Awesome! She's beautiful to boot!
But look at her age, and you see the problem.

This colony is doomed to never get any action.
She's also suffering from breathing problems that needs tending constantly.

This is an old, hypersensitive and pessimistic woman.
I can only think of one name when naming her.

I really don't know what to do with her. Do I really want to harvest a granny's liver and kidney? It's too bad we can't harvest her eyes though, since Kalin's left eye has gone bad from an old wound. 55% Sight Efficiency means poor accuracy lah.

You're forever a Scribe, Kalin. Shame on you.
Anyway, I assign her to the vacant room next to the kitchen and assigned her to just cooking and cleaning duties.

The Compact caravan arrives, guess we'll pick up new bionics and sell off these thrumbo horns.
In the cell, Jews successfully persuaded Belle to join.

I'll let Turisas name her.
I make a deal with the exotic trader and purchased another leg bionic and another Painstopper augment.

I'll hand over this to Turisas and hopefully he finds a better solution to Auntie Crispyn.