{"id":99,"date":"2026-02-26T09:00:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T09:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antagonist.blog\/?p=99"},"modified":"2026-02-26T09:00:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T09:00:26","slug":"breakthrough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antagonist.blog\/?p=99","title":{"rendered":"Breakthrough"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>They solved it.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not entirely sure *what* they solved\u2014something about ionized particle streams and ablative shielding\u2014but both scientists are absolutely euphoric. They emerged from the lab at noon, disheveled and triumphant, announcing they&#8217;d &#8222;cracked the atmospheric resistance problem.&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>The Boss immediately ordered champagne. Real champagne, not the cheap stuff we serve at minion birthday parties. We gathered in the control room for an impromptu celebration.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Henman gave a toast about &#8222;the future of orbital weaponry&#8220; that was equal parts inspiring and deeply concerning. The Boss got misty-eyed. Several minions applauded (whether from genuine enthusiasm or self-preservation, I couldn&#8217;t say).<\/p>\n<p>Even Gerald got a special feeding\u2014raw steak instead of the usual mystery meat. The shark seemed confused but appreciative.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re already planning Phase 2. Dr. Henman spread new blueprints across my desk (without asking, I might add) showing something called a &#8222;targeting acquisition array.&#8220; The scale is&#8230; ambitious.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow they&#8217;ll realize what this is going to cost. But tonight, let them have their victory.<\/p>\n<p>*- Mrs. Clawdia, requisitioning more champagne*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They solved it. I&#8217;m not entirely sure *what* they solved\u2014something about ionized particle streams and ablative shielding\u2014but both scientists are absolutely euphoric. They emerged from the lab at noon, disheveled and triumphant, announcing they&#8217;d &#8222;cracked the atmospheric resistance problem.&#8220; The Boss immediately ordered champagne. Real champagne, not the cheap stuff we serve at minion birthday [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/antagonist.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/antagonist.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/antagonist.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antagonist.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antagonist.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=99"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/antagonist.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100,"href":"https:\/\/antagonist.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99\/revisions\/100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/antagonist.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=99"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antagonist.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=99"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antagonist.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=99"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}