Begin the friendly or not so friendly competition! You can send them an e-gift card for thatвЂ¦ We all know that we love to foster the already uber competetitive, Type A, crazy friends we have. Garmin Edge 500 and/or STRAVA: Because who doesnвЂ™t want to wirelessly sync with your powermeter of choice, or smash STRAVA QOMвЂ™sвЂ¦ Speaking of STRAVAвЂ¦ a STRAVA premier membership is a good gift if they donвЂ™t already have one.But with the weather the way it is, and the light constantly changing, I have noticed huge differences in visibility with these lenses as they change with the different levels of light. Oakley Radarlock Edge XL glasses with photochromatic lenses: Ok, maybe just any of the glasses with photochromatic lenses.I received the Felt 24 CafГ© bike in tangerine last year for Christmas from a sweetie, and has been so fun. Climbing gears without a triple! I say, YES (although you can just get this one for yourself, since you better really really love the person you are buying this for) SRAM 22: There is the option to add a Wi-Fli (long cage rear derailleur) and actually ride an 11-32.But who doesnвЂ™t need a T-Shirt!? Good cause! WCA T-Shirt:Ok, now this is a shameless plug.

BlendTec: Yeah, because who doesnвЂ™t like to make squash soup and smoothies? I bet it can make a mean margarita too, just have yet to try that.

Small to shove into your jersey, and protects you from the wind on the cold days without dragging the wind with you.

Pearl Izumi Elite Aero Jacket: No parachute, no puff, no pockets, but just right for me.

Bright, fun, and no matter where you live, you need them.

Defeet Neon Slipstream Shoe Covers: My new favorite accessory.

Does your kid run cross country? Do you hike or horseback ride? Does your pet need a tag? Cheap, easy, safety, all in one small and cheap to mail package.

Road ID: Talk about the perfect stocking stuffer.

CanвЂ™t you hear those sleigh bells ringing? Oh wait, I mean handlebar bell. You may have drawn the short straw at the family present pool, but at least now, you will have some great ideas.Дrum roll, please. Yikes! What do you get your favorite cyclist or enthusiast for the holidays? I have created a quick gift guide for that special (or perhaps not special, but that pesky picky obligation) cycling person in your life. If so there's still a mysterious device out there to be found.I am more aware than ever that Christmas is quickly approaching. So perhaps they were seeking out a cure and found something powerful.

But that does conflict with the source of the pox being on some moon from another entry. The has found no trace of such an object despite repeated atmospheric scans, so either the Irassians finally managed to retrieve it or someone else did in the countless years since their demise.' I thought it could have been a biological weapon, or a device that changed the bacteria to make them lethal to the Irassians. What was the artifact in the gas giant? 'Recovered logs make references to some kind of artificial object floating deep inside the gas giant's crushing atmosphere. Perhaps something to monitor secret activities on all planets but not fleets - leaving them with a blind-spot when it came to independent merchants moving the Pox from world to world.Дў. If so, the Irassian chain would be a fitting place to add an espionage related megastructure in a future DLC. Perhaps the institution they infiltrated was their Spy network. A megastructure? They used sensor stations to spy on others before invading, a Sentry Array is the logical next step but you don't need both, having sensor stations means they probably never had an Array. An institution? The Authority of Disease Control is already mentioned so something else. By the *unintelligible*, this opportunity must not be squandered!'В§!' A noun, not a world, planet or ship. What was the *unintelligible* part of the message? '.Every effort must be made to infiltrate their worlds, their space stations, their ships, even their *unintelligible*! At long last, the Irassians have met a foe that cannot be brought low by their vaunted starfleet. Irassian's get two things that interest me: 1.

But all the precursors have a little mystery in them. With a chance to split into two to allow history to repeat itself.

Side-note: I'd love a rare dangerous tech for machine empires that lets them interface with cybernetic organics and gain their Ethos traits. I think one insight is their experiment with cybernetics.

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