920 2/2

⬅️ onto the opportunity to join the Alliance Preparation & Education program (A.P.E.) with 14.

Arkham: Had a loving Father and a helicopter dragon mother. He always softened the blows for her and took great care that his little Star wouldn't suffer to much under the mother's draconic behavior. As he died in an Eltaryn attack Arkham's world changed dramatically, as the mother then decided to move closer to the Unions rim to avoid the Union Childcare & Social services it got only worse. With 15 she ran away and lived on the streets, something to unheard of in the core territory of the Union.

Ashlei: as an AI especially designed to support Terrans, in a combat situation and care for them long term on Alliance vessels, Ashlei had a very different 'childhood.' She is in Terran years only 6 y.o. for an A.I. this is quite a long time.

#PennedPossibilities 920 #StarRyde #KiraKnox #AnikaJohanson #Arkham #Ashlei #SciFi #WIP

921
Who or what does your MC think about most often?

Stuff I think all the time about it and so do my characters. And I think I am not alone with this.
STUFF
Makes up most thoughts in your mind too I bet.
But why?
Because stuff is important.
Stuff gets hot.
Stuff can relaxe.
Stuff is the number one category to sort things into you don't have the mental capacity to handle right now.
Just call it stuff for later.
Boom stuff is gone, we got stuff done.
It's even better in German if we translate stuff to Zeug.
It flies we don't have a name, how about Flugzeug - flying stuff.
It drives? Fahrzeug - driving stuff.
Need held climbing - Steigzeug
Wanna ride your horse get the Zaumzeug.
(I have no idea what's that called in English and will not spend the amount of energy equivalent to cooking a mug of tea for a search engine...)

If a whole language can do this you can do too. Don't get mentally exhausted, with STUFF.

#PennedPossibilities 921

922
What is something that would be incredibly embarrassing for your SC if it were to be revealed?

[redacted] has done some [redacted] things. Like one time as [redacted] [redacted] a [redacted] and than [redacted] to [redacted].

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The whole [redacted] was [redacted] because of [redacted].

#PennedPossibilities 922 #StarRyde #[redacted] #SciFi #WIP

923
Tell us about something a character of yours feels confident about.

I'll let Kira talk for herself.

Kira: "My role, death & change. Everyone meets their end someday. I will not live forever as cursed as I seem to be in surviving others. I make every year count to prevent unnecessary deaths.
Science & medicine extended our lives to a 150 years, if I remember right the oldest Terran died 2 years ago with 168 to natural causes, still without the changes we made around the Eltaryn attack, we would die as children, on a toxic wasteland left by 'humans'*. Instead now, we are a central part of the Union. 72 Worlds defending others against the Eltaryn & improving the lives of a gogol amount of people. I know that we can't save everyone but I try & I will succeed in saving as many as possible, because we can change stuff to the better."

*the distain in Kira's voice is quite notable even without high empathy levels.

#PennedPossibilities 923 #StarRyde #KiraKnox #WorldBuilding #SciFi #WIP

924
SC POV: Who do you think would be the most likely to start a food fight, and why? What food would they reach for first?

Rose Draken: "People did this? For real? You are telling me, that 'humans,' that couldn't even get their ass up straight, to prevent ecological disaster, almost killed themselves as a species, left us Terrans the sorry state Terra is in ...
because they where so manipulated by 'elites' that they where divided as Swex, so half the planet starved without need and the others where drowning in options, had the audacity to use food as 'weapons' for pity arguments?
This idiots didn't even had true waste recycling let alone food waste recycling or E.P.I.'s...
You know I shouldn't be surprised...
I am glad they don't tell us about this stuff in edu(cation), now that I know this.. I hate 'humanity' even more."

#PennedPossibilities 924 #StarRyde #RoseDraken #SciFi #WIP

925
Would your characters enjoy camping? Why or why not?

Kira: in combination with something else, a festival, climbing or hiking absolutely, she is a bit hesitant about festivals thanks to her ex Tanya and what followed, especially avoiding any desert based festivals.

Arkham: NOPE reminds her to much to her time on the streets.

Ashlei: technically she is sort of a camper, quite literally, ~40 people life inside her and what else is a spaceship than sort of an camping van in space. But I doubt you find a 200 meters 9 stories high tent for a space ship to sleep in. So this might disqualifying her as 'a true camper' in 'the person' sense.

#PennedPossibilities 925 #StarRyde #KiraKnox #Arkham #Ashlei #SciFi #WIP

926
Do your characters play any sports, or did they play any in the past?

Play? None, fitness in the military is mandatory this making training a necessity. The people have options for what they do for fitness. And even the Cargobay of the Ghoz'Tarc is a great place to train, it's even build with that purpose in mind with different functions and the ability to secure containers in mud air thanks to gravity manipulation.

Kira is on the "harder" side. Martial arts, climbing, running are basic training for her and she train's daily. Not all the time the same stuff but daily.

Arkham to her horror realizes that she actually enjoys dancing especially Breakdance and some other more body taxing variants.

J.'s muscles aren't created out of thin air, she works out hard for them.

Even our slightly chubby C.E. Charlston Trawella joggs and does gymnastics. It's kinda self-explanatory if you crouch inside the ships tighter parts.

#PennedPossibilities 926 #StarRyde #GhozTarcCrew #SciFi #WIP

927
Is your MC proud of who they are? Why or why not?

Personal pride isn't real a thing in the 23 hundreds. It's one of the things that are seen as the unwanted human emotions.

Most people are thankful for their place or their opportunities they have, their oath they are walking.
Kira is like this.
Arkham has a bit more of a proud strike in her.

Ash is simply not programmed to be proud.

#PennedPossibilities 927 #StarRyde #KiraKnox #Arkham #Ashlei #SciFi #WIP

928
Tell us a bit about your story (or stories), style, writing process, research, or what you enjoy writing. You can talk about anything related to being an author tonight.

I'm not in the mood for that at the moment so...

skip ⏭️

#PennedPossibilities 928

929
What is your MC’s country or place of origin, and where do they currently live?
Get ready it's messy

Kira: Terran, spacer, space born, colonist, colony [redacted], Alliance Fleet spacer, fleet [redacted], colonial residency.

Arkham: Terran, Terra born, colonist, colony [redacted], Alliance fleet spacer, fleet [redacted], Terran residency.

This are a lot of drawers that create a whole wardrobe of personal categories per person and the main reason is to make clear which part of the government has to pay at which point, usually citizens don't notice anything about all the beurocracy in the background, but ist marked in their ID's with more fancy numbers.

Ashlei: Alliance property.

#PennedPossibilities 929 #StarRyde #KiraKnox #Arkham #Ashlei #SciFi #WIP

930. Ketchup
Would your SC risk their own life to save a stranger?

That's in their job description, quite literally, they are soldiers after all.

931. In your MC’s opinion, what would be the worst way to die?

Without purpose, if it was avoidable or unnecessary. Basically for the dying person everything is bad since they die. Similar question popped up before night have been SC I don't remember...

932. Share three facts about a favorite SC with us.

I usually don't play favorites so much so I deal with random.
The D30 Deathnote oracle has its third use today with 13.

Kiara Johnsen (KJ). The late wife of AJ, that shares my look and apparently can time travel or return from the dead? If the scene with Chief Crosby was real?

About her outfit you can read here:https://nerdculture.de/@AnnaSaultron/112942256519093452

And here in the German Phantastik Prompts:
https://nerdculture.de/@AnnaSaultron/112937446437858439

#PennedPossibilities ketchup #StarRyde #KiaraJohnsen #Kiara #KayJih #KJ #SilasCrosby #SciFi #WIP

933
Share three facts about your MC with us.

Kira:
Has tattoos since she was 15 against the will of the Ice Queen (her 2. mother).

She loves cooking for others but she doesn't really enjoys eating.

Is considered 'evil' by a lot of people under her former commands because she train's before breakfast.

Arkham:
doesn't like people and social stuff.

Tinkers a lot with machinery in her free time.

Owns an old restaurant on Terra do to weird circumstances.

Ashlei:
Considers herself above other A.I.s for the simple reason she shares the memories of a Terran person.

Hides her actual capabilities from most persons outside the crew.

Was actually created to support Terrans on space missions with changing parameters but roducing a almost perfect Strawberry flavor was never intended or merging with Kira.

#PennedPossibilities 933 #StarRyde #KiraKnox #Arkham #Ashlei #GhozTarc #SciFi #WIP

934
Do you have a book cover for your WIP?

Nope only ideas.

#PennedPossibilities 934

935
What are your writing goals for 2026?

- Finally get writing on the story of Star Ryde again.
- Finding a way to write more consequently.
- Getting Chapter one of Star Ryde cleaned up enough to share it with others.

⁨#PennedPossibilities⁩ 935

936
Tell us about something that disgusts your MC.

That is more generally than my MCs, the Union is build on trust, open communication, cooperation, compassion, equality & responsibility. If someone went to jail they still can become a high ranking military or politician as long they show growth, responsibility & as long they didn't went to jail for something as a politician or military person. Lack of this virtues crosses a lot of people and the society as a whole the wrong way & punishment will follow.

This is why Bethosians have a hard time with the Union, they where the last core world that joined & they have a matriarchal society in which males are a rare occurrence (birth rate 999:1). Which leads to them being locked away on the home world in a golden cage.
If Bethosians would just allow studies, solution like Terrans & Talithi have them, non gender dependent pregnancies, would surely be possible in some years.

#PennedPossibilities 936 #StarRyde #WorldBuilding #Bethosian

937
Which of your characters is the most controversial? Why?

The time will tell but I'm sure different people will get different characters different than what I intended or feel attacked by some choices I made, if not in honesty than at least to piss their "I have an opinion everyone needs to follow" mindset around like a fire hose that got released from its fire fighter.

The Internet is full of such people and it's only an time pass = 100% graphic until you meet someone like this online riding their small dick energy like a fire hose dragon.

If I come across as rough today it's because I am.
I coughed the whole night and my filters aren't working, right now. I already yelled at my doorframe because I ran into it and bumped my head against it ...

I guess from all my characters the pretty much canned Fallout 76 medic/mother/cannibal Candy would be seen as controversial.

#PennedPossibilities 937

Kira laid her left hand onto her neck, stretching her right arm in front of her body & pushing her left leg forward, so more of her skin was visible: "My Tattoos. I wouldn't wear them if they weren't what I love, never got rid of them, they changed over time of course, nowadays it's more like one giant tattoo.
I made it a memory for everyone that I lost or send to death. The rose like petals of the heart shaped wound, every name in it. I remember, their face, their families, their birthday, their stories, their dreams, their last day. The list is to long already but probably not finished.It all started as a thank you to a wonderful person, but now the vines and thorns are what keeps me up. I'm an entangled by their lives, fighting for them and the ones they loved. I survived. I owe them." Her left arm & ➡️

#PennedPossibilities 938 #StarRyde #KiraKnox #SciFi #WIP

938 2/2
⬅️ right leg didn't had any visible tattoos the other parts where covered in a long colorful pattern of vines, thorns and occasionally petals. And if course a tiny panda on her palm of her right hand.

Arkham: "Does the name SkaLi Zusamaro ring a bell? Probably not most people don't watch NIN Dramas. Well the NIN movie Jenseits von Antaris was made by SkaLi, the complete movie is in an ancient Terran language called German. Every sentence rhymes with the one two sentences ago. The story is about an old human couple from the time Terra Unika rose to power & tells us about the fears, the emotional track is devastatingly bitter sweet."

Ashlei: "'I' find 'joy' in patterns that are mathematical coherent, 'I' 'appreciate' the hexagonal dimension of antique 'earth' music like Song Two."

#PennedPossibilities 938 #StarRyde #KiraKnox #Arkham #Ashlei #SciFi #WIP

939
How would your MC respond if they were falsely accused of a crime?
1/2
This is highly dependent on the situation.

Kira in her free time: Look for the seriousness of the accusations, if the Union police is already involved she would have to obey. She might be able to take control over fleets & personal but the Police is a civilian to law protection & enforcement part. There Job would be taking her in & she would not fight against it.
On mission the same scenario could play out completely different. If the mission is in danger she would finish the mission first even if this would create problems later. If she is taking control over military asset's via her SHADE Status only other SHADEs can remove her forcefully as long she stands in that position. Usually this only lasts til a certain military action is wrapped up & she would have to stand down immediately & hand herself over to the law enforcement for investigation. ➡️

#PennedPossibilities 939 #StarRyde #KiraKnox #SciFi #WIP

939 2/2
Arkham in her freetime: well basically the same as Kira but with more "vocal range."
On mission her commanding officer could put her off & order to hand in with the law enforcement.

Ashlei: now it gets juicy. AI's aren't person's only persons can commit crimes, but AI's are considered property of entities like the alliance.
It would come to the following scenario, confiscated said property. Disconnect AI from its main frame & limit its compute heavily slowing it down, should this interfere with military actions the military actions have priority, stand down til the action is solved successfully according to the leading military officer. Send AI into storage, inform AI expert & AI owner, wait for both to arrive.

Law enforcement has to make sure that the accusations are valid enough before acting on them, everything else is considered an action in bad faith & will be investigated.

#PennedPossibilities 939 #StarRyde #Arkham #Ashlei #SciFi #WIP

940
Do you regret anything about the creation of your WIP?

Well a clear YO (YES and NO based on the German concept of jain - ja and nein).
Yes not writing daily on it or at least weekly and only writing when I feel like it. This makes it an incredible slow process because I haven't written much since November.
Otherwise no not really.

#PennedPossibilities 940 #StarRyde #SciFi #WIP

941
MC POV: Name one thing you lied to yourself about. Why did you do this?

I move this one over to the Star Ryde Self Insert Romance Alternate Universe because I have a more general approach to this, which I already let shine through in this 3 answers. You know work smarter not harder or something like that. And basically it's still part of the MC...😋

Word Weavers 12.05.2025
https://nerdculture.de/@AnnaSaultron/114493569048758360

#PennedPossibilities 941 #StarRyde #StarRydeSelfInsertRomanceAlternateUniverse #SRSIRAU

942 catch-up
Antagonist POV: What’s the first thing you do when you wake up every morning? Why?

AJ:"Cursing my dreams, recollecting yesterday, the whole week before it, sometimes month or years. My memory is a garbeld mess. Something prevents me from making memories like an average Terran. My brain seems very selective with some memory while others are discarded as soon as I close my eyes to sleep. It makes no sense & the memories I desperately want to fade are present every night. At times it seems like a blessing that I only read about weeks of my nightmares, not remember them myself. It seems that my memory works best for military stuff. I still can de & reassemble my weapon in under 15 seconds even if I have a day or two between them. I can still cook & pep up MREs.
I even remember her smell, but her face... The words I remember.
Imagine starting every morning like this & most times I don't even remember logging it."

#PennedPossibilities 942 #StarRyde #AriæneJohnsen #SciFi #WIP

943
Can you think of any real-life people who share traits with the characters in your WIP? How do these similarities affect your perception of the characters?

I'm not sure about that, all my characters are a blend of traits, skills, influences, etc.

Everyone of them has at least one point with me in common.
My main goal is to make them feel like people and not make them likable or so, they have also traits of friends that inspired me to use this traits or people that annoyedbme,but I don't think I like any character more or less so 🤷🏼‍♀️.

#PennedPossibilities 943

944
Have you ever written anything while inebriated that you later ended up keeping in your WIP?

No. Alcohol is reserved for social situations celebrating, like seeing my partner for the first time after 8 weeks or longer, family reunion or the rarest occasion I want to get drunk. Even as rare as it is, last time was mid global pandemic shutdown one, I'm not abstinent but I avoid alcohol as much as possible even as an ingredient until it's something I find appropriate. Than it's clearly limited to my goal. I had hard alcohol problems and as a child of a successful 30+ years dry alcoholic I know what I'm doing to myself boozing myself. I went to hospitals as a teen because I didn't knew. I don't need drugs other than Nicotine on occasion and caffeine daily.
Weed makes me crazy organized for a time but a that shit is to expansive and I don't like turf that much that I want that ugly taste.🤢

So TLDR no, because in social situations, writing isn't what I do.

#PennedPossibilities 944

945
MC POV: What do you need right now?

1/03
Only Kira today.

Kira took a 'glass' out of her freezer, It steamed as the moisture of the air came into contact with its frosted surface, creating a little cloud of fog that waved down the mug shaped body of the handleless, open container.
She pured a dark red, semi liquid from a designed bottle into it, the bottle reed Original Klingon Blood wine.™
Technically the open container wasn't glass at all, but a crystal that could be frozen & transfer the cold rapidly, than slowly. The clear semi liquid had a sharp alcohol & hot metal note. As it got into contact with the the frosted surface, the heat transfer created water drops running down the 'mugs' body.
Forr a brief moment, it looked like the red inside was loosing the thermal battle, as the surface gently crystallized only to return to its former semi liquid state after some seconds. She grabbed it with her left hand, gentle ➡️

#PennedPossibilities 945 #StarRyde #KiraKnox #SciFi #WIP

945 2/3

⬅️ crackling noises filled the silence in. Kira leaned the glassy mug against her lip, shudders ran down her lip, chin neck and spine giving her goosebumps. She swallowed the full content in one big sip, put it down & poured herself a second before she closed of the bottle. As she wanted to grab the mug with her tight hand but stoped. She slumped down in front of the crystal vessel. Burrowing her eyes in her arms. Her voice sounded muffled.

"Swex Sis this was meant to celebrate our first missions success with you at the helm and now I'm downing half a bottle myself."
She grabbed the crystal with her whole left hand than her right too.
The cold stung in her flesh.
Tears started running down her cheek. From the pain inside or in her hand, she didn't knew. Her voice was shaking.
"What would I give to hear your voice again even if it was only one of your creepy remarks about my body. "To you Anika, my 'twin', my sister, my➡️

#PennedPossibilities 945 #StarRyde #KiraKnox #SciFi #WIP

945 3/3
⬅️ loved familiar, my heart, my shield, my sword. Here is to us, the ones that never faltered. In space on ground. In Family united, til death took us apart... Great the old man from me. Wherever you two are.
Mother will grief in her frozen manor...

She poured the blood wine into her mouth, almost choking while swallowing, she coughed and turned turned her back against the counter & threw the crystal mug against the wall.

Ash's cold computer voice spoke.
"Kira? Are you okay, you blocked me and the sensors in your cabine... Can i do something for you?"

Kira forced herself to sound as normal as possible: "Only if you can grant wishes."

Ash's voice got less computery: "I'm not a Djinn, what is your wish?"

Kira snorted: "I wish alcohol could intoxicate me..."

Ash wanted to correct her that it technically still did and she just wasn't feeling it but changed her answer: "Shall we... talk?"

"Yeah, I would like that..."

#PennedPossibilities 945 #StarRyde #KiraKnox #SciFi #WIP

3. Monthly devider & navigational toot 2026

- Last month divider toot is here:
https://nerdculture.de/@AnnaSaultron/115989758672680679

- As always the prompts can be found on: @floofpaldi's profile. Thank you for all this work. 🙏💚

- The other March prompts, I answer, overview toot is here:
https://nerdculture.de/@AnnaSaultron/116153618031340222

- The start of this mega thread is here:
https://nerdculture.de/@AnnaSaultron/110763385183712440

- And the first prompts answer is here:
https://nerdculture.de/@AnnaSaultron/110723765145059262

- all what followed is here:
https://nerdculture.de/@AnnaSaultron/110763385183712440

#PennedPossibilities #March2026

946
Do any of your characters have food allergies or sensitivities?

Arkham has some weird interactions with meats.

She lived on the streets of a colony for quite some time & nothing ever came up, but as she joined the Alliance something changed. Her hypersensitivity started & it gets worse if she eats meat or animal products.
It's independent from the source, if it is lab grown, a real animal (which falls under sentient & sapient cruelty on a lot of planets) or printed in the EPI & basically made out of Equil. That why she eats mostly vegan, at times she tries ovo lacto vegetarian stuff but almost always it gets worse.
It seems the food isn't the source of her hypersensitivity but a contribution to the scale in which her body reacts.
Since she joined the alliance she relies on "dampeners" that tune down her body's reaction to stimulation.
Meat or animal products seem to scramble with that to a painful degree.

#PennedPossibilities 946 #StarRyde #Arkham #AbbishekPaktii #SciFi #WIP

947
Antagonist POV: What is your biggest regret?

The question hung in the air, like a 500 kilo orbit to ground slug in an antigravity anomaly. The interviewing person waited patiently.

Ariæne only starred into the room. Their eyes focused on something not visible for anyone else.

Ayanamis voice came through the rooms intercom. "I think you won't get any answers out of them today and honestly, I prefer it that way. You have might taken up enough of our hospitality. I kindly suggest that you depart immediately, before I might come to the conclusion, that you are not as valuable as I thought you to be. This would be highly... regrettable." The last sentence almost sounded cheerful.

#PennedPossibilities 947 #StarRyde #Ayanami #AriæneJohnsen #SciFi #WIP

948
How would your SC respond if they were falsely accused of a crime?

1/2
Very similar to my MC's as answered in 939 part one & two above it jump ready here:
https://nerdculture.de/@AnnaSaultron/116119241024809941

In case the SC is part of a crew they have to bow to the law enforcement according to what the captain seems necessary. Like getting released from duty to be taken into custody or being hold on board for the remainder of the mission & handed to Union law enforcement later.
In case of a foreign entity like Rimworlds the Union uses their "we"re not Union" stand against them. They have to fill out a request to Union law enforcement, going through the ministry for outward affairs, to handle the matter & may be allowed to represent their case to Union courts. It's a protective measurement because Union Citizens have died under foreign entity laws, that's why the Union doesn't shy away of using its military as a lever to handle such circumstances.➡️

#PennedPossibilities 948 #StarRyde #GhozTarcCrew #SciFi #WIP

948 2/2
⬅️ In case of politicans or brass members of the Union Military or the Union Alliance Military it's handled differently.

While the Unions Ministry for outward affairs handles the requests of foreign entities they stay in power as long they are not deemed guilty, in contrast any minister has to lay down their work immediately if an inner conflict arises. If as an example Terran Minister for outward affairs Sigourney Webster (Kira's second mother) would be accused by anyone inside the Union to have acted against the laws, she would have to temporarily lay down her mandate immediately. Same would be true for Admirals like Ron Hackett-Anderson in the Alliance.
That said members of the Union/Alliance, like Kira, who are able to call on their Shade status, can temporarily put this on hold, if a military action requires it, which will be investigated & demands justification the moment they would do so.

#PennedPossibilities 948 #StarRyde #SigourneyWebster #AdmiralRHA #SciFi #WIP

⬆️And just to find this easier.

Examples of law enforcement and regulations in the Star Ryde Universe.

Also see here
Almost the same question at the German Phantastik Prompts 05.03.2026 https://nerdculture.de/@AnnaSaultron/116175451319775854
#StarRyde #SciFi #WIP #WorldBuilding

949
How do you manage stress related to writing?

Skip

#PennedPossibilities 949

950
Can your MC swim? If not, why not? If so, how did they learn?

The buoyancy of Terrans is not regularly tested on Terra itself.

Most waters are still considered toxic even if water refurbishment has come a long way.
Usually Terran bodys tent to not sink in the oceans, in cleaned water it looks quite different. Most swimmers come from colonies and it depends on the local composition of 'water' in combination with other factors, how good they could learn to swim.

However the Alliance does provide survival training for its military cadets and this most of my characters can swim, not very effective because most only 'swim' in micro or non gravity and air or vacuum are the worst to swim in, because the low resistance and compression capacity make for terrible propulsion capabilities. It would actually be more efficient to f*** your way forwards in micro/non gravity than try to propel yourself via swimming motion.

#PennedPossibilities 950 #StarRyde #WorldBuilding #SciFi #WIP

951
MC POV: Write about something presently in your life that is “worth it.”

Kira: "Our Mission but since the details are classified I will not spread them out here.

Arkham: "Mission and Keeping the crew alive."

Ashlei: "As the Captain and the Flight commander said. 'I' add keeping the spirit and moral of the crew high and their bodys healthy."

#PennedPossibilities 951 #StarRyde #KiraKnox #Arkham #SciFi #WIP

952
How do you use social media as an author?

Well pretty much all I do on Mastodon. Otherwise I still have a YouTube profile but I'm not really using my channel for anything anymore, just watching videos and commenting at times.
I don't use shitter anymore.
I have a tumblr account but I'm mostly watching anime gifs from series I loved as a teen.

Mastodon is the only platform where I participate actively this days and most of it goes into answering writing prompts and at times discussions/chats with authors.

Oh wait there is this somehow not dead yet Gothic dating site, from the earliest 2000. where I stil have a profile but also not using it for anything other than feeling nostalgic and thinking about erasing more traces of my digital past...

Honestly I think it's secretly run on an University Server and the student responsible just left one day and since them no one noticed. 🤔
That could be a story.

#PennedPossibilities 952