Season 8, Episode 12: The Center of Danger is Here (Patreon)

This week on Mobile Suit Breakdown: Gundam 0083 Episode 12 - 強襲、阻止限界点 / Assault on the Point of No Return or Assault Waves. Your intrepid hosts disagree about everything, from what kind of story this is shaping up to be, to whether Delaz always meant to do that thing he does. Seems like the only thing we can agree on is just how disappointed we are with a certain someone. Plus: the False Nina exhibits dangerously Kamille-like behavior while the One True Nina responds to a listener request with a research piece all about "go pills" and "no go pills."

Show Notes

• Wikipedia pages on the use of drugs in warfare, the history and culture of substituted amphetamines (with a section on military use), and "go" and "no-go" pills.
• Wikipedia pages on peyote and the hallucinogenic chemical in it, mescaline. 
• On the history of the rum-ration, and specifically about "Black Tot Day" - the day the United Kingdom's Royal Navy discontinued the rum-ration.
• Additional detail on D-IX, the pill that Nazi scientists were developing toward the end of the war (that contained methamphetamine, cocaine, and oxycodone).
• Air Force Special Operations Command Instruction 48-101, published 30 November 2012, which includes (among other things) updates to the guidelines on operational use of "go" and "no-go" pills in the United States Air Force Special Forces.
• Books and articles:
  
  Andreas, Peter. “Drugs and War: What Is the Relationship?” Annual Review of Political Science, vol. 22, May 2019, pp. 57–73, https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-polisci-051017-103748.
  
  Bower, Eric A, and James R Phelan. “Use of Amphetamines in the Military Environment.” The Lancet, vol. 362, no. Special Issue, Dec. 2003. S18-S19, https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(03)15060-x.
  
  Cornum, Rhonda, et al. “Stimulant Use in Extended Flight Operations.” Airpower Journal, no. Spring, 1997, pp. 53–58, Accessed at https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA352591.pdf.
  
  Janos, Adam. “G.I.s’ Drug Use in Vietnam Soared—With Their Commanders’ Help.” HISTORY, 18 Apr. 2018, www.history.com/news/drug-use-in-vietnam.
  
  Kamieński, Łukasz. Shooting Up: A Short History of Drugs and War. Oxford University Press, 2016.
  
  Lowrie, J., Brownlow, H. The impact of sleep deprivation and alcohol on driving: a comparative study. BMC Public Health 20, 980 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-09095-5
  
• The sadly short Wikipedia page for the autoinjector, and the full text, diagrams, citation information, etc. for the 1977 autoinjector US patent (with links to previously patented, related/similar technologies).

The recap music is “80's Synth Rock (Guitar Improvisation)” by Zombie-Fish.

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