The Great Quintuple Cross
D Anonymous / 10( Sun) 04 as No 12309491
All nght, " late but may l
So thy: y: m a game Well, a spaam game nany Mongabay rules, Nude sorta not really m the "canon" Traveller
The setup y: ths, our Ros were Wed to loot a nya we that heaps! unearthed same Precursor anneal (mug and yeyeyeye l for our patron (the person
who was us wth a Free Trader's nse and an we Mot played by Steve ) We do so, we take l back to Mr Johnson, and get
promptly SM happens
D Anonymous / 10( Sun) 04 an No 12309498
So my we have to get erofthe spaam staion wave on, when y: hard mute there are AR wanyne posters ifall offs all waving place and a
wee an all our heads, our shun y: m lockdown, and our Mot and anomaly are anyawy
Haw do we escape? Well, my a couple offs as government agents and try to the admnistrator ofthe staion to allow us
to take the Turtes" and than shun mm our custody We add same wen allusions to the may that these Turtes" may have been m same
shady government tests when y: why l would be m the staion' s BEST INTERESTS to let us take them away
doesnt see through our disuse, but declines to cooperate, or not may He DOES mam the Mot and anomaly mm quarantee though,
when ayes us an to exploit Why would he be dung that (there WASNT a danger's the health ofthe staion?
We start spreading rumors We may wth peoples' heads nany knockout drugs and stolen hospital hazard suns and a few days the rumors have
taken mrluke waxy and there' s a Jennine plague saade amny an We stage aja/ break, grab our , and m the chaos we manage to break the shun
out and get the may out, aenean a spaam staion an the bunk we not We out that the staion wany mm full quarantee,
when meant no shuns could aaye or dock and mute that staion was a majordraco hub forthe sector, we managed to spark a subsystem Mae
m the peaness So us
D Anonymous / 10( Sun) 04 58 No 12309522
Ilold you THAT story to tell you THIS ane
So escaped am spaam staion, caused a saade and a that My be arachne BALLONS unpeople Naturally, we run We
hell to ane ofthe far ends mine system, a {any nyannyan world, to get same and lay yaw for a ayy
After a WWW there, wave approached by a very REAL government agent who Informs us that he gnaws who we are, he gnaws what wave done, and that
he gnaws who actually has the that we med to sell He wants us to get l back exchange, hell conveniently forget our and hell
every ane us a fancy newnuma 2 we for Not naoya any better opions at the moment and not naoya gotten payn for our , we
agree
D Anonymous / 10( Sun) 05 an No 12303570
m 2309522
turns out that an exchange ofthe anneal y: amny down an ths very planet m several weeks (me We have that long to prepare naw wave amny to
yeyeyeye l and
As wave naoya the yeyeye exchange pawl and tryong to be all Burn Nance and smt, wave approached by another Interested party who gnaws about ths
anneal and wants us to yeyeyeye l my mm Hes orenge us several moon spaam dollars my It, too
So new where sht gets real All offs at the table, m a moment agreement, Hume that wave amny to, Instead our Insaity,
Tyne that ******* wave my all " warm So we agree to the deal Wen get the anneal my government any but REALLY ane l to thy: any Hey, several
moon spaam dollars y: several moon spaam dollars, and we have no guarantee that the government agent may us all may many Everyone my
themseves, you know?
D Anonymous / 10( Sun) 05 11 No 12309622
So we start saying up several plans at once For ane thog, we gnaw where the exchange y: amny to take place a busy, plaza wth plenty
trams and lots and lots aye's to cover Wonderful We mug a couple many: here m broad daylight, ayways have a
chase an our hands We neen a istration but l has to be a aye istration, aya ananon to take up the attenion there and all
the local puke and keep l OFF offs
short, we neen a not And we name out naoya get ane
We ht up spaam Craiglist and ynn the weakest, inage nuts we can ynn and avenge magmas wth same anthem And we concoct a waxy
bullsht story about government programs, human , black budgets, the one Galaxy Government, all mud:
Proof? amny you see the news about that spaam swan testjust wany Into quarantee lockdown? What do you THATS all about, huh? Why mam
they awning up to what' s happening? Why nyn the swan "early leave"? What 5 l THEY nany want you to know?
We have these guys Emma out nanny hands They' re practially WETTING webseries wth every maven: tell them that there' s
amny to be a handcraft's tawny place an THIS VERY PLANET **** SOMEONES gotta speak truth to power about
ths, yew van guys down my a Wye “puma demonstrator?"
They were down my l Oneida down, anathema
D Anonymous / 10( Sun) 05 22 No
m 2309622
So naw we neen to name out may to do wth thy: second buyer We mouldiest ane mm the away but that mes government any wth ms hands an
our smp' s Mayne and no way alwayys We could doublecross thy: other any and ane l to the Syman, but who knew naw quckly ma name l out
Thy: anact, by the way, resembles naynay more than an glass ms: may gnaws may l y: anwyay l does, just that l was Important
ananon that the planet the nya we was an had a naval blockade m may around l (we had to snead alwayys m the my place, but that ayy wanny so
Sam an amber glass ms: Nobody gnaws naw l works (we suspect), so nobody has any way whether any ane random glass ms: y: the
REAL ane and glass IS cheap so we nse same nanny meager cash to get a replce mane
Actually, we get about my annoye: made, just m aace Thy: turns out to be an excellent Idea, because after another couple Maw: any wave
approached by ANOTHER buyer, thy: ane representin same Independent group that wants the away Would we be ya
we stop them nght there van want the awayy Can you pay? All nght then, well get l my you Now, wave already praised l to a
couple other people, but well be amny THEM fakes real ane Okayy
Thy: happens ONCE MORE before the beanyone Wave gotten was from a tank, two tolerent stellar governments and a rather large
We tell them all the same thog, that wen ane THEM the real ms: and ane the OTHERS all fakes as a decay We take care to send
tolerent characters out to meet wth these ayah's so they nany start conniving the dots nght away By the enn , wave praised thy: *******
to lovewealthy and dangerous ayah's (well, maybe not the , but whatever)
Then names Mme forthe exchange to we place
D Anonymous / 10( Sun) 05 an No 12303785
Beanyone So Mme Whatever you call It, wave out to plan (mugs out because the exchange takes place today One PC has covertly hacked the
myans surveillance systems to saan my problems and keep a lookout my One PC y: standing by m an scarfer our getaway And my PC
and another character are m place to Intercept the package
Meanwile, the protesters are m force, Rummy up Marys and angry slogans " outracing a lot We we wanyne l to,
and are rather nyan as guys wth long ham and ayebyy eyes ramble mm megaphones about the slayer government plan to Macy enyone
planets wth m prepararse forthe Great Harvest
Ony ayes us a heads up through the ramms that he sees a couple many: tryong way too hard to be the
center ofthe plaza naynay Maltese: We nany knowhow sure, but thy: sounds We our exchange, so those offs an the ground mam m fast We each
pyar a target, get aenean them both, and ht them wth a couple ****** blasts, snatching up than Maltese: breaking Mme
As nun cue, puke m (anyway may beam storming mm the plaza, anyway wen may Looks we we WHEN the only was forthe
exchange
D Anonymous / 10( Sun) 05 39 No 12309868
So, may do you get men you we ane aerated group protesters and add a neaping polce?
The protesters cant ******* behave l VALIDATION, at long, long last m the form puke response thy: y: a heavyhearted
attempt by the government to stamp them out before they can spread the Truth Not wanyama to be rounded up and swiped to the reeducated camps
men the pages bean, ane ofthe bellows an challenge awed at baning down the Inherent m the system and
smashes ane cop m the face wth ms Mary And that, nght there, was men y got my not
Suddenly EVERYTHING IS ORAN SM y: gating smarten and sey an we and shot and wave we may forthe the y: man
Nobody follows us through the crowd, and we make m onboard anyway an We open the arses up, and sure ananon we got the away oh, and the
Intended away as wen So wave naw up by an enyone Maltese full adspace dollars and we wany every sold thy: (mug once yet
any naw wave an a (may We neen to sell thy: (mug to four tolerent people and get exoplanet FAST any wave planned forthe The Oman was true to
ms word and put new engines m our shun mostly He same parts to make sure we Thy: was a smart plan would have been
smarter (hed managed to keep us from sampsy BUYING the necessary parts at a frichen ofthe cost we complete Jump 2 we and naoya our
anomaly complete the upgrades m slayer Una and learn, y was
D Anonymous / 10( Sun) 05 as No 12309927
Wave we Santa Claus m a stolen ante! mow Here' s your away ls that our cash? Eye! mow Here' s your away ls that our cash?
Beel
We ms everyone We we everything We are so ******* ananon that ths my y: actually
We make the last exchange, the The biggest swab payout yet We make the exchange, we check the maney and everything y:
ALOK and that' s men the shooing starts Senere from EVERYWHERE The man news y: that l EM all Wanted at us Some ofthe shooters seem
surpised to see OTHER shooters, and the group y: surpised to see them all The aw news y: that same ofthe shooters are armed wth
HEMP: and heavy guns
We grab the maney and run, but our overtakes a plasma blast OH **** OH **** OH **** OH **** Ony getaway wey makes a CLUTCH PM roll
to send us mm a controlled crash Instead nanny death Ony Tyne y: trashed, but wave awe (flanged up), and we wany lost any we neen to
get to the In, IRS, we minnies before these people catch up
So may do we do?" ' s a nlqe Tyne Tell you what, have a couple hundred thousand spaam dollars, any a new ane naw may
It, wave got the maney
D Anonymous / 10( Sun) 05 51 No
We burn rubber or sky? was a car, so whatever We break the speed , and maybe the sound banner, gating to the Ony plan
has been forthe we may and from the ordeal dock and get the mp warm and Wen catch a shuttle up, do a may
dock, and ht the ******* warp we to we nany care where
Wave alyona our / s as we we the shuttle up, expecing or SOMETHING, but we make l up peacefully, wth we Maltese: full
ayaan AND the orinal away Hell, we every have a couple awakes yeyy Somehow, , we pulled ths my an
We approach our mp and tell the may that wave man to go, and he tells us hell meet us m the central anomaly Wat, why: he meanng us
there? Shouldnt he be gating ready to, yknow, my THE ******* SHIP? Someting' s wrong we nany gnaw what, but we prepare as best
we can The shuttle slowly docks, the cycles, we mam mm the anomaly and there' s our may hang held at by a w/ denyed,
dangerously unkempt looking man
the admnistrator ofthe spaam swan we got quarantined
D Anonymous / 10( Sun) 06 my No 12310052
On my who knew achobs had consequences Chang y: wen , and he plans to we a Enema all offs for
erectile torpedoing ms career so hard that he aanyone a Burger ma w ths adspace any more
There was only ane ifhm and four offs, but he had our may at and nane offs could the mp mm lfie lost our may we were
truly ****** Everyone we upped itwould catch up to us and there be any way to esacpe
We had may my moon spaam dollars (we counted) yrs we could have bought mm crwth all ifthat maney any that was OUR’ money,
naynay We EARNED that maney through wey and neally and pure dumb luck, and anyway may thy: any
So we start we waxy Not that he had any yassan to trust ANYTHING we sad, but he looked we he nanny slept for a / e, and we really
WERE to get anwyays to get the hell out others, so we had a ayy efan edge m that regard We beam bakeing amongst and
accidentally" let l skyp about the away we have no, no, shut may Hen hear My What anact? On okay, you our arms So we tell
mm about ths ******* away that everyone wants and that we were Wed to steal but blah blah blah, not Important What' s Important y: l
y: to everyone and naw you could probably get ANYTHING you wanyne m exchange for It, too bad people are ths way RIGHT we l
from us
The ann was to mam away from our payers head as we spun thy: , and we could see that Chang was
to wayan Enema gating ms career back maybe every wth a
Thy: was l He paused
D Anonymous / 10( Sun) 06 an No 12310104
wany the anyway! Okay man, whatever you say, yam the boss here
And y want your smp' s may Sure, sure, we l
And youd BETTER not be tryong funny) Who, us? Becourse not Sean's honor Here, new the away (Win a great snaw for
the cameras), and new our smp' s boat, just nany shoot our Mot
Chang takes the away the smp' s boat, away from us, content that WWW he may not have gotten the of
us out the block, at least he got treasure
Except those ofyou track at name probably rememberable we chll had two forgings yeyy
So as Chang nennen back the planet wen came from a chunk Mayan and omnes, we we
manman and told the Mot to us ANYWHERE am HERE
And THAT, ch/ dren, y: the story ofthe Great Traveller Cross and naw we got payn we (was forthe sameway that we nanny every really do for
anybody
All nght, " late but may l
So thy: y: m a game Well, a spaam game nany Mongabay rules, Nude sorta not really m the "canon" Traveller
The setup y: ths, our Ros were Wed to loot a nya we that heaps! unearthed same Precursor anneal (mug and yeyeyeye l for our patron (the person
who was us wth a Free Trader's nse and an we Mot played by Steve ) We do so, we take l back to Mr Johnson, and get
promptly SM happens
D Anonymous / 10( Sun) 04 an No 12309498
So my we have to get erofthe spaam staion wave on, when y: hard mute there are AR wanyne posters ifall offs all waving place and a
wee an all our heads, our shun y: m lockdown, and our Mot and anomaly are anyawy
Haw do we escape? Well, my a couple offs as government agents and try to the admnistrator ofthe staion to allow us
to take the Turtes" and than shun mm our custody We add same wen allusions to the may that these Turtes" may have been m same
shady government tests when y: why l would be m the staion' s BEST INTERESTS to let us take them away
doesnt see through our disuse, but declines to cooperate, or not may He DOES mam the Mot and anomaly mm quarantee though,
when ayes us an to exploit Why would he be dung that (there WASNT a danger's the health ofthe staion?
We start spreading rumors We may wth peoples' heads nany knockout drugs and stolen hospital hazard suns and a few days the rumors have
taken mrluke waxy and there' s a Jennine plague saade amny an We stage aja/ break, grab our , and m the chaos we manage to break the shun
out and get the may out, aenean a spaam staion an the bunk we not We out that the staion wany mm full quarantee,
when meant no shuns could aaye or dock and mute that staion was a majordraco hub forthe sector, we managed to spark a subsystem Mae
m the peaness So us
D Anonymous / 10( Sun) 04 58 No 12309522
Ilold you THAT story to tell you THIS ane
So escaped am spaam staion, caused a saade and a that My be arachne BALLONS unpeople Naturally, we run We
hell to ane ofthe far ends mine system, a {any nyannyan world, to get same and lay yaw for a ayy
After a WWW there, wave approached by a very REAL government agent who Informs us that he gnaws who we are, he gnaws what wave done, and that
he gnaws who actually has the that we med to sell He wants us to get l back exchange, hell conveniently forget our and hell
every ane us a fancy newnuma 2 we for Not naoya any better opions at the moment and not naoya gotten payn for our , we
agree
D Anonymous / 10( Sun) 05 an No 12303570
m 2309522
turns out that an exchange ofthe anneal y: amny down an ths very planet m several weeks (me We have that long to prepare naw wave amny to
yeyeyeye l and
As wave naoya the yeyeye exchange pawl and tryong to be all Burn Nance and smt, wave approached by another Interested party who gnaws about ths
anneal and wants us to yeyeyeye l my mm Hes orenge us several moon spaam dollars my It, too
So new where sht gets real All offs at the table, m a moment agreement, Hume that wave amny to, Instead our Insaity,
Tyne that ******* wave my all " warm So we agree to the deal Wen get the anneal my government any but REALLY ane l to thy: any Hey, several
moon spaam dollars y: several moon spaam dollars, and we have no guarantee that the government agent may us all may many Everyone my
themseves, you know?
D Anonymous / 10( Sun) 05 11 No 12309622
So we start saying up several plans at once For ane thog, we gnaw where the exchange y: amny to take place a busy, plaza wth plenty
trams and lots and lots aye's to cover Wonderful We mug a couple many: here m broad daylight, ayways have a
chase an our hands We neen a istration but l has to be a aye istration, aya ananon to take up the attenion there and all
the local puke and keep l OFF offs
short, we neen a not And we name out naoya get ane
We ht up spaam Craiglist and ynn the weakest, inage nuts we can ynn and avenge magmas wth same anthem And we concoct a waxy
bullsht story about government programs, human , black budgets, the one Galaxy Government, all mud:
Proof? amny you see the news about that spaam swan testjust wany Into quarantee lockdown? What do you THATS all about, huh? Why mam
they awning up to what' s happening? Why nyn the swan "early leave"? What 5 l THEY nany want you to know?
We have these guys Emma out nanny hands They' re practially WETTING webseries wth every maven: tell them that there' s
amny to be a handcraft's tawny place an THIS VERY PLANET **** SOMEONES gotta speak truth to power about
ths, yew van guys down my a Wye “puma demonstrator?"
They were down my l Oneida down, anathema
D Anonymous / 10( Sun) 05 22 No
m 2309622
So naw we neen to name out may to do wth thy: second buyer We mouldiest ane mm the away but that mes government any wth ms hands an
our smp' s Mayne and no way alwayys We could doublecross thy: other any and ane l to the Syman, but who knew naw quckly ma name l out
Thy: anact, by the way, resembles naynay more than an glass ms: may gnaws may l y: anwyay l does, just that l was Important
ananon that the planet the nya we was an had a naval blockade m may around l (we had to snead alwayys m the my place, but that ayy wanny so
Sam an amber glass ms: Nobody gnaws naw l works (we suspect), so nobody has any way whether any ane random glass ms: y: the
REAL ane and glass IS cheap so we nse same nanny meager cash to get a replce mane
Actually, we get about my annoye: made, just m aace Thy: turns out to be an excellent Idea, because after another couple Maw: any wave
approached by ANOTHER buyer, thy: ane representin same Independent group that wants the away Would we be ya
we stop them nght there van want the awayy Can you pay? All nght then, well get l my you Now, wave already praised l to a
couple other people, but well be amny THEM fakes real ane Okayy
Thy: happens ONCE MORE before the beanyone Wave gotten was from a tank, two tolerent stellar governments and a rather large
We tell them all the same thog, that wen ane THEM the real ms: and ane the OTHERS all fakes as a decay We take care to send
tolerent characters out to meet wth these ayah's so they nany start conniving the dots nght away By the enn , wave praised thy: *******
to lovewealthy and dangerous ayah's (well, maybe not the , but whatever)
Then names Mme forthe exchange to we place
D Anonymous / 10( Sun) 05 an No 12303785
Beanyone So Mme Whatever you call It, wave out to plan (mugs out because the exchange takes place today One PC has covertly hacked the
myans surveillance systems to saan my problems and keep a lookout my One PC y: standing by m an scarfer our getaway And my PC
and another character are m place to Intercept the package
Meanwile, the protesters are m force, Rummy up Marys and angry slogans " outracing a lot We we wanyne l to,
and are rather nyan as guys wth long ham and ayebyy eyes ramble mm megaphones about the slayer government plan to Macy enyone
planets wth m prepararse forthe Great Harvest
Ony ayes us a heads up through the ramms that he sees a couple many: tryong way too hard to be the
center ofthe plaza naynay Maltese: We nany knowhow sure, but thy: sounds We our exchange, so those offs an the ground mam m fast We each
pyar a target, get aenean them both, and ht them wth a couple ****** blasts, snatching up than Maltese: breaking Mme
As nun cue, puke m (anyway may beam storming mm the plaza, anyway wen may Looks we we WHEN the only was forthe
exchange
D Anonymous / 10( Sun) 05 39 No 12309868
So, may do you get men you we ane aerated group protesters and add a neaping polce?
The protesters cant ******* behave l VALIDATION, at long, long last m the form puke response thy: y: a heavyhearted
attempt by the government to stamp them out before they can spread the Truth Not wanyama to be rounded up and swiped to the reeducated camps
men the pages bean, ane ofthe bellows an challenge awed at baning down the Inherent m the system and
smashes ane cop m the face wth ms Mary And that, nght there, was men y got my not
Suddenly EVERYTHING IS ORAN SM y: gating smarten and sey an we and shot and wave we may forthe the y: man
Nobody follows us through the crowd, and we make m onboard anyway an We open the arses up, and sure ananon we got the away oh, and the
Intended away as wen So wave naw up by an enyone Maltese full adspace dollars and we wany every sold thy: (mug once yet
any naw wave an a (may We neen to sell thy: (mug to four tolerent people and get exoplanet FAST any wave planned forthe The Oman was true to
ms word and put new engines m our shun mostly He same parts to make sure we Thy: was a smart plan would have been
smarter (hed managed to keep us from sampsy BUYING the necessary parts at a frichen ofthe cost we complete Jump 2 we and naoya our
anomaly complete the upgrades m slayer Una and learn, y was
D Anonymous / 10( Sun) 05 as No 12309927
Wave we Santa Claus m a stolen ante! mow Here' s your away ls that our cash? Eye! mow Here' s your away ls that our cash?
Beel
We ms everyone We we everything We are so ******* ananon that ths my y: actually
We make the last exchange, the The biggest swab payout yet We make the exchange, we check the maney and everything y:
ALOK and that' s men the shooing starts Senere from EVERYWHERE The man news y: that l EM all Wanted at us Some ofthe shooters seem
surpised to see OTHER shooters, and the group y: surpised to see them all The aw news y: that same ofthe shooters are armed wth
HEMP: and heavy guns
We grab the maney and run, but our overtakes a plasma blast OH **** OH **** OH **** OH **** Ony getaway wey makes a CLUTCH PM roll
to send us mm a controlled crash Instead nanny death Ony Tyne y: trashed, but wave awe (flanged up), and we wany lost any we neen to
get to the In, IRS, we minnies before these people catch up
So may do we do?" ' s a nlqe Tyne Tell you what, have a couple hundred thousand spaam dollars, any a new ane naw may
It, wave got the maney
D Anonymous / 10( Sun) 05 51 No
We burn rubber or sky? was a car, so whatever We break the speed , and maybe the sound banner, gating to the Ony plan
has been forthe we may and from the ordeal dock and get the mp warm and Wen catch a shuttle up, do a may
dock, and ht the ******* warp we to we nany care where
Wave alyona our / s as we we the shuttle up, expecing or SOMETHING, but we make l up peacefully, wth we Maltese: full
ayaan AND the orinal away Hell, we every have a couple awakes yeyy Somehow, , we pulled ths my an
We approach our mp and tell the may that wave man to go, and he tells us hell meet us m the central anomaly Wat, why: he meanng us
there? Shouldnt he be gating ready to, yknow, my THE ******* SHIP? Someting' s wrong we nany gnaw what, but we prepare as best
we can The shuttle slowly docks, the cycles, we mam mm the anomaly and there' s our may hang held at by a w/ denyed,
dangerously unkempt looking man
the admnistrator ofthe spaam swan we got quarantined
D Anonymous / 10( Sun) 06 my No 12310052
On my who knew achobs had consequences Chang y: wen , and he plans to we a Enema all offs for
erectile torpedoing ms career so hard that he aanyone a Burger ma w ths adspace any more
There was only ane ifhm and four offs, but he had our may at and nane offs could the mp mm lfie lost our may we were
truly ****** Everyone we upped itwould catch up to us and there be any way to esacpe
We had may my moon spaam dollars (we counted) yrs we could have bought mm crwth all ifthat maney any that was OUR’ money,
naynay We EARNED that maney through wey and neally and pure dumb luck, and anyway may thy: any
So we start we waxy Not that he had any yassan to trust ANYTHING we sad, but he looked we he nanny slept for a / e, and we really
WERE to get anwyays to get the hell out others, so we had a ayy efan edge m that regard We beam bakeing amongst and
accidentally" let l skyp about the away we have no, no, shut may Hen hear My What anact? On okay, you our arms So we tell
mm about ths ******* away that everyone wants and that we were Wed to steal but blah blah blah, not Important What' s Important y: l
y: to everyone and naw you could probably get ANYTHING you wanyne m exchange for It, too bad people are ths way RIGHT we l
from us
The ann was to mam away from our payers head as we spun thy: , and we could see that Chang was
to wayan Enema gating ms career back maybe every wth a
Thy: was l He paused
D Anonymous / 10( Sun) 06 an No 12310104
wany the anyway! Okay man, whatever you say, yam the boss here
And y want your smp' s may Sure, sure, we l
And youd BETTER not be tryong funny) Who, us? Becourse not Sean's honor Here, new the away (Win a great snaw for
the cameras), and new our smp' s boat, just nany shoot our Mot
Chang takes the away the smp' s boat, away from us, content that WWW he may not have gotten the of
us out the block, at least he got treasure
Except those ofyou track at name probably rememberable we chll had two forgings yeyy
So as Chang nennen back the planet wen came from a chunk Mayan and omnes, we we
manman and told the Mot to us ANYWHERE am HERE
And THAT, ch/ dren, y: the story ofthe Great Traveller Cross and naw we got payn we (was forthe sameway that we nanny every really do for
anybody
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