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Outpost (other)
Outpost may refer to: Places * Outpost (military), a detachment of troops stationed at a distance from the main force or formation, usually at a station in a remote or sparsely populated location * Border outpost, an outpost maintained by a sovereign state on its border, usually one of a series placed at regular intervals, to watch over and safeguard its border with a neighboring state * Human outpost, an artificially-created, controlled human habitat located in an environment inhospitable for humans, such as the ocean floor, the Antarctic, in space, or on another planet * Outpost Estates, Los Angeles, California, a canyon neighborhood * Outpost Islands, Nunavut, Canada * Israeli outpost, a settlement built on land that was not legally purchased and was not given a building permit by the State of Israel Entertainment * ''The Outpost'', a 1909 play written by James Francis Jewell Archibald * ''Outpost'' (board game), from TimJim games * Outpost (chess), a strategic ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Outpost (military)
A military outpost is detachment of troops stationed at a distance from the main force or formation, usually at a station in a remote or sparsely populated location, positioned to stand guard against unauthorized intrusions and surprise attacks; and the station occupied by such troops, usually a small military base or settlement in an outlying frontier, limit, political boundary or in another country. Outposts can also be called miniature military bases based on size and number of troops it houses. Dictionary meaning: Outpost TheFreeDictionary; An online Dictionary and Thesaurus Recent military use Military outposts, most recently referred to as combat outposts (COPs), served as a cornerstone of counterinsurgency doctrine in Iraq and Afghanistan. These permanent or semi-permanent ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Outpost (The Samples Album)
''Outpost'' is an album by the Boulder, Colorado-based band the Samples, released in 1996. The first single was "The Lost Children (A Slow Motion Crash)". The band promoted ''Outpost'' by playing the H.O.R.D.E. Festival. The album sold around 58,000 copies in its first two years of release. The band briefly broke up after promoting the album, before reforming with a different lineup. Production The Samples were able to spend two years working on the album, due to label negotiations. ''Outpost'' includes re-recordings of two older songs, as well as a re-recording of a Sean Kelly song; it also contains an unlisted live track. Critical reception ''The Washington Post'' wrote that "the Samples' music is still a bit blank, but it's consistently tuneful and mostly lively." The ''Hartford Courant'' noted that "the music is almost devoid of musical hooks, relying instead on [Sean] Kelly's vocals, background harmonies and pleasant arrangements among guitar, bass and keyboards to hold the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Outpost 2
''Outpost 2: Divided Destiny'' is a real-time strategy computer game developed by Dynamix, released in 1997 by Sierra Entertainment. It reuses and refines some of the concepts from the original '' Outpost'', but there is no direct continuity between the storylines or the gameplay. Storyline The plot is revealed through a combination of the game's mission briefings and a novella which was written by J. Steven York and included with the game. The novella follows two characters: Axen Moon of Eden, and Emma Burke of Plymouth, who were childhood friends and lovers. Main plot A massive asteroid called "Vulcan's Hammer" causes an extinction event on Earth. A handful of engineers and scientists escape in the starship ''Conestoga''. The ship travels in interstellar space with the passengers in stasis. After many centuries, the ship's onboard supplies begin to run out and its A.I. is forced to awaken the captain and some colonists. They give orders to touch down on the most habitabl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Outpost (1994 Video Game)
''Outpost'' is a video game developed and published by Sierra On-Line in 1994. The game was noteworthy for having a hard science fiction approach, with one of the main designers being a former NASA scientist. ''Outpost'' was released for Windows 3.1 and the Macintosh. It was followed by a loosely related sequel, '' Outpost 2: Divided Destiny''. Story A massive asteroid named Vulcan's Hammer is detected to be on a collision course with Earth, and all attempts to divert it from this path have failed. The last attempt, firing a large nuclear warhead at the asteroid, actually ended up splitting it not into five chunks (which would have averted disaster) as humanity hoped, but rather two asteroids. Now, instead of destroying the earth, it will simply wipe out nearly all life on Earth's surface. Extinction is not an option, and so a mission is organized to create a colony on a world elsewhere in the galaxy as the last hope for mankind's survival. The player is in charge of that mis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Outpost (1981 Video Game)
''Outpost'' is a fixed shooter for the Apple II programmed by Tom McWilliams and published by Sirius Software in 1981. It is a variant of the arcade game '' Space Zap''. In March 1982, NBC News reported that ''Outpost'' earned McWilliams, then still a teenager, at least US$60,000. Legacy According to Tim Skelly, the Cinematronics Cinematronics Incorporated was an arcade game developer that primarily released vector graphics games in the late 1970s and early 1980s. While other companies released games based on raster displays, early in their history, Cinematronics and A ... port of ''Outpost'' which was being worked on by Scott Boden was reworked after their departure from Cinematronics as the more cutesy title ''Boxing Bugs'' by Jack Ritter, which both Skelly and Boden considered a "travesty". References External links * ''Outpost''at Giant Bomb 1981 video games Apple II games Apple II-only games Fixed shooters Sirius Software games Video game clones Video gam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Outpost (2020 Film)
''The Outpost'' is a 2020 war film directed by Rod Lurie, based on the 2012 non-fiction book ''The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor'' by Jake Tapper, about the Battle of Kamdesh in the war in Afghanistan. It stars Scott Eastwood, Caleb Landry Jones, Orlando Bloom, Jack Kesy, Cory Hardrict, Milo Gibson, Jacob Scipio, Will Attenborough, and Taylor John Smith. It had its world premiere at Thessaloniki International Film Festival on November 2, 2019. The film was scheduled to premiere at the 2020 South by Southwest Film Festival, but the festival was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was released via Premium VOD and in selected theaters on July 3, 2020. The film received generally positive reviews from critics, with praise for the battle sequences and respectful depiction of the soldiers. Background In 2006, PRT Kamdesh – later renamed Combat Outpost Keating – was one of several U.S. Army outposts established in Northern Afghanistan. Located in a remote valley ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hills Have Eyes III
''Mind Ripper'' (also known as ''The Hills Have Eyes III'', ''The Outpost'' or ''Wes Craven Presents Mind Ripper'') is a 1995 American horror film released on HBO. It stars Lance Henriksen and Giovanni Ribisi. Although it is marketed in some areas as a sequel to the original ''The Hills Have Eyes'' and ''The Hills Have Eyes Part II'', no actors, characters, or scenarios link it to those films. Its only connection is producer Wes Craven, who wrote and directed the other two films, and his son Jonathan Craven, who is credited as a writer. Plot Set in a remote desert location, government scientists Alex, Joanne, Frank, Larry and Rob perform reanimation experiments in an underground nuclear facility. The goal is to create a superhuman. Their subject, "Thor", is a specimen from a suicide found in the desert. In the attempts to bring Thor back, an uncontrollable creature is unleashed. The next morning, Alex calls Stockton, one of the overseers of the project, at his home and after an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Outpost (1995 Film)
''The Outpost'' ( hu, A részleg, internationally also known as ''The Section'') is a 1995 Hungarian drama film directed by Péter Gothár. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival. The film was selected as the Hungarian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 68th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Cast * Mari Nagy as Gizella Weisz * József Szarvas as Öcsi, or Petya * Valentin Teodosiu * Misu Dimvale * Andrei Finti * Géza Tóth as Jani Kupter * Alexandru Bindea as Colleague * Stefan Sileanu as Onaga * Marcel Marcu as Chauffeur * Gheorghe Visu * Radu Nicoara * Monica Ghiuta * Sándor Karácsony * Ovidiu Ghinita * Iván Dengyel * Mari Törőcsik Mari Törőcsik (born Marián Törőcsik; 23 November 1935 – 16 April 2021) was a Hungarian stage and film actress. She appeared in more than 170 films from 1956 to 2020. She won the a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Outpost (2008 Film)
''Outpost'' is a 2008 British war horror film, directed by Steve Barker and written by Rae Brunton, about a rough group of experienced mercenaries who find themselves fighting for their lives after being hired to take a mysterious businessman into the woods to locate a World War II-era military bunker. Plot Somewhere in an active Eastern European war zone between government and insurgent forces, businessman Hunt hires former Royal Marine-turned-mercenary D.C. to assemble a crack team of ex-soldiers – Prior, Jordan, Cotter, Voyteche, McKay, and "Tak" Taktarov. Their mission is to protect him on a dangerous journey into no-man's land to investigate some "real estate" for a company, although Voyteche claims that there is nothing out there. Going most of the way by truck, they traverse the forest and hear distant fighting, artillery, jets fly overhead, and an intense burst of static knocks out their radios. Reaching their destination, the team discovers a seemingly abandoned bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Outpost (1959 Film)
''Outpost'' is a 1959 Australian television play about Australian soldiers in New Guinea during World War Two. It was written for television by John Cameron. It was one of the most acclaimed early Australian-written TV plays. Plot In September 1943, during World War Two, four Australian soldiers are stranded in an isolated army outpost in New Guinea, waiting for an attack on Buna. The soldiers include Sergeant 'Happy' Adams, Signaler 'Tiger' Lyons and Corporal 'Mitch' Mitchell. Tension happens when McCudden, an arrogant NCO from the airforce, arrives, bringing mail for Happy. McCudden is murdered and the soldiers fear a Japanese attack. Mitch reads in a newspaper that Happy's wife has died in Brisbane. Happy reveals his wife had been having an affair with another man back and when relatives found out and threatened to write to Happy, she committed suicide. The men discover photographs of McCudden's girlfriends, who included Happy's wife. Cast * Syd Conabere as Signaller "Tige ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Outpost (1944 Film)
''Outpost'' is an animated short film, directed by Chuck Jones and first released in August, 1944. It is part of the Private Snafu series. As in all the Snafu films, the voice of Private Snafu is performed by Mel Blanc.Shull, Wilt (2004), p. 196-197 Plot A narrator informs viewers that the United States maintains far-flung military outposts, occupied by diligent sentinels. The film then introduces an outpost on a tiny Pacific island, where under its single palm tree lies the local sentinel, Private Snafu. His only companion is a local bird. Snafu loudly complains about his 249 days on the island without getting involved in any fighting, and a message coming over the radio informs him that his 249th request for a transfer has been denied. Snafu and this bird get to sleep and dream about girls. Their dreams get mixed up and irate Snafu wakes up, threatening to break the bird for insubordination. The dejected bird locates a floating can of food, eager to eat the contents until he l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Outpost (opera)
''The Outpost'' is an opera or operetta by the composer Hamilton Clarke with a libretto by A. O'D. Bartholeyns. The story is an adaptation of the Singspiel ''Der vierjährige Posten'' by Theodor Körner with music by Franz Schubert.Walters, Michael and George Low"The Outpost" ''Curtain Raisers'', The Gilbert and Sullivan Archive, 25 April 2008, accessed 8 May 2010 The piece was one of Clarke's last compositions following several operettas that he had composed for the German Reeds. It premiered at the Savoy Theatre from 2 July 1900 to 3 November 1900 as a companion piece to the Gilbert and Sullivan opera ''The Pirates of Penzance'', for the second London revival of ''Pirates'', and also played from 10 November 1900 to 7 December 1900 as a companion piece to ''Patience'', a total of 131 performances. After this, the work was performed on tour from late 1901 through 1902 as a companion piece to ''Pirates'', ''Patience'' and ''Iolanthe''. Both the score and the libretto appear t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
