The Hithchhiker's Guild is a secretive, decentralized collective of operatives with a social mission of improving the communities of North America and overthrowing tyrants. Their role varies from spy to samaritan to vigilante, depending on the situation.

In the future, terrestrial travel is less of a default choice, so the descriptors of different modes of travel are a bit less articulated. The action that we call hitchhiking is simply called traveling or getting a ride. Hitchhiking specifically refers to the actions of a Guildsman, and carries clear connotations of such. It is generally assumed that someone does not own their own vehicle, so getting a ride is the most common mode of terrestrial travel in North America.

Establishment & Original Membership

The Guild dates back to the aftermath of Emergency Interstate Travel Restriction Act, which made travel highly dangerous for the uninitiated or undocumented. Safe travel became a major concern after the Federal Emergency Austerity Act (FEAA) progressed, which enabled predatory types to roam the highways with far less fear of government enforcement.

The original rolls were largely recruited from members of Alcoholics Anonymous, Al-Anon (Self-Help Group), NarcoticsAnonymous, Crust Punk Vagabonds ("The Genuines"), AnarchistCulture, PrepperCulture and ConspiracyTheoryCulture. All of these groups had a deep and lasting effect on the original culture of the Guild. 

Known founding members of the Guild include:

• Rabbit

The Guild has never had a leader, though Guildmasters are people of unofficial authority within established Unknowns. 

They have historically had some backing from states, most notably New Africa and formerly/surreptitiously United American Workers' Syndicates.

Cultural Currents

Upstream

HoboCulture

Punk Culture

VagabondCulture

Trucker Culture

AACulture

Prepper

Early Anti-Surveillance Culture

North American Culture

Downstream

Ozarkan Culture

Belief System

See also: Hitchhiker Culture

Their principles are expressed by The Hitchhiker's Oath, but some do go rogue. Notably, the first Monarch Of Ozarka was a Hitchhiker who got greedy. But for the most part they eschew power, riches & glory for the sake of their cause, which they refer to as The Principle of Being Small.

Hitchhikers are some of the last true believers on the continent, seeking to rebuild order and justice after what seemed like apocalyptic destruction.

It is not uncommon for Hitchhikers to find common cause with Unionists, but their goals are divergent. Hitchhikers seek to correct efforts of self-determination to do right, whereas Unionists seek a revanchist reunification of the United States of America. Hitchhikers are justifiably skeptical of restoring the state that created this chaos in the first place.

Membership

Membership numbers are low, by design. They are highly selective and secretive. Members must undergo a Hitchhiker Initiation ritual to confirm their membership.

Structure

The Guild is decentralized and atomistic, designed for each member to be as survivable and self-sufficient as necessary. There is no formal leadership structure, though one generally errs on the side of agreement with the local Unknowns & their Guildmasters.

Guildsmen will Apprentice for three years under the sponsorship of a more experienced agent, then progress to independent travel as a Journeyman.

A Journeyman has two paths to MasterHH:

1. A Master may select them for apprenticeship, teaching them the techniques required to be a Master. A Master Apprenticeship takes five years.

2. A Journeyman who has accrued a sizeable network and a certain level of experience in an area may find it more useful to travel less, serving instead as a hub for other Guildsmen. They are elevated to Master when their network considers them to be one.

As a Guildsman proceeds in the organization, they learn more advanced Shibboleth to verify their status of trust. 

Still, this structure is informal. It is not unheard of for a Guildsmen to disagree with other members, and in rare cases come to direct conflict due to a difference in values.

If a Guildsman is generally agreed to have gone rogue, the The Regulators are the specialized internal task force Chapter for addressing such matters. Rogues are a black mark on the organization, and are dealt with ruthlessly because they threaten the legitimacy of the entire mission.

Operations

Hitchhikers are decidedly interventionist, where they have the power to be so in concordance with The Principle of Being Small. Being publicly known as a Hitchhiker could be a death sentence in some places, and even in the safer areas it's not a good idea because word always gets around.

The collective is somewhat small in number and works in subtle ways. They are not taking over areas, just tipping the balance so that they develop in the right ways. They prefer self-reliance and independence even when operating in concert, many teams splitting and reforming as needed for a task. Every member is intended to be autonomous, and able to travel, survive and blend into nearly any community or wilderness they encounter. As a result, vetting is cautious, intense and selective.

Their lifestyle tends towards the margins of society. Hitchhikers are more likely to camp in a homeless camp, TentCity, ruins, Outlands, Sprawls or wilderness rather than a location that would draw substantial attention to their means.

Still, it is not unheard of for Hitchhikers to infiltrate higher echelons of society, as the ideals of the organization transcend class. A Guildsman is encouraged to stick to the environment where they are most prepared, whatever that may be.

In effect, no Guildsman is expected to do it all - some specialize in wilderness survival, others in political intrigue, others in advanced technology, yet others in combat and sabotage. Their backgrounds run the gamut of races, classes & cultures.

Reputation

United American Workers' Syndicates

The Syndicates were an early supporter of the Guild, but later withdrew official support as they wanted to keep their hands clean of interventionist actions. Teamsters are often prime suspects for membership, despite their non-interventionist philosophy, but it's not unheard of. They often go to lengths to advertise that they are not Hitchhikers, and want no part in their often seditious endeavors. Any Teamster who acts too much like a Cowboy is at risk of being suspected a Guildsman. And it's not unheard of for a Cowboy to join the Guild, making for a powerful ally. Okay, the Syndicates are largely benignly infiltrated. It's a good thing for everyone.

Conversely, many Hitchhikers are critical of the often mercenary attitudes of Teamsters, frowning on those who work with slaver states and enable the worst actors, yet claiming a role of supposed neutrality. To the Hitchhikers, non-intervention is a pipe dream, and many Teamsters don't own up to their actions.

Northwest Pact

The Hitchhikers are almost universally welcome within the Pact territory. Their pro-social actions have been appreciated, though some holdouts resent their interventionism. But this remains one of the few regions where a Hitchhiker need not keep his identity secret, except for the need to keep it secret everywhere else.

Minneapolis Motor Syndicate

The MMS's outrage at the suspected intervention of Hitchhikers in The Akron Conflict was responsible for the Razing of Akron, the city being the supposed headquarters of the group. The Hitchhikers had indeed infiltrated the membership of Alcoholics Anonymous at that point and were using its network for recruitment, but Akron was not any kind of base of operations as the group was already decentralized from its inception.

Hidalgo

Zero tolerance. La Sindicación ("La Sín") does not really care who the Hithhikers are, but they are seditionists and thus targets for the most extreme brutality.

Kingdom of Ozarka

The Hitchhikers are nominally respected as part of the national myth of liberation, but this is still a monarchy that sees them as an existential threat. Modern hitchhikers are considered here to be a rogue branch of the true form, exemplified by King Felix I.

Dust Bowl & Outlands

Say what you want about the brutality of the Dust Bowl, but it's at least evenly apportioned there. A Hitchhiker is as likely to be victimized as anyone in these wild parts, so Being Small is an important survival strategy where you might look like an easy target.

Spanish Coast

Generally appreciated but seen as outsiders.

Notable Historical Hitchhikers

• King Felix I, first king of Kingdom of Ozarka
• Rabbit, original contributing author to Rabbit's Guide to North American Travel

The iCup is a SmartPhone peripheral, and later smartphone proper, created by Fig Corp. that serves as a liquid container and bioinformatics extension. It was initially an optional peripheral, but became so successful it would soon become a central component of the smartphone. Later versions would be sold with the phone built-in, so that it might even be difficult to find a phone without a container attached.

Origin

The iCell was 2007's revolutionary development for mass surveillance, but it had a few drawbacks. During about 5% of waking hours, users would have it in their pockets. This muffled the microphone and blocked the camera, making it a lot harder to know all the piddling shit people get up to. This was an annoying blind spot for data-collectors public and private, who made their discontent known to Fig Corp.

Fig Corp. never lacked for new market innovations, so they went to work. Their market research found that one of the most commonly carried items for people of all demographics was some form of liquid container: a cup, water bottle, thermos, etc. 

Based on this information, the iCup was born in 2028: various types of liquid container with built-in docks for smartphones. Crucially, it was too large to store in a pocket. 

Impact

Culture conveniently followed suit, and it became the consensus that it was stupid or creepy to keep your phone in your pocket rather than attaching it to a Cup peripheral. Soon, Cup phones were the new norm, and many manufacturers stopped making smartphones that weren't built into a liquid container of some sort.

Backlash

The inability to lay the phone in such a way that the camera or microphone were covered brought a predictable backlash from Anti-Surveillance voices, but this product was not revolutionary in that regard. It simply increased the encroachment of surveillance, but not in new ways - at least in ways that people understood yet.

A Viral Meme circulated, I See You Pee, first as an objection to the increased surveillance opportunities. Then, a Countermeme by the same name arose as a defiant acceptance by Tech Lovers - people uploaded videos of themselves pissing for a good three months apparently to try to show that surveillance didn't matter^†. 

Features & Peripherals

iCup

• Heating & cooling modes for contents, including Slush & Boil modes
• Waterproof, soundproof, smellproof liquid container eliminates spills, sloshing noises, and can even store your weed safely
• Pressure release valve from hot liquids slightly extends phone battery life
• Sense and display various information on contained liquids: temperature, composition, common toxins, etc.

iSuck

• A Revolutionary BUTTON - That's right, it's a button, too! Bite the end of the straw to do things! This functionality was critical for many apps, which encouraged most users to keep the straw in their mouths the entire time they use the phone - keep this in mind.
• Built-in bioinformatic sensor - Drink something from the straw and it will sense various things about your body's current state: pulse, blood pressure, hormonal secretions in saliva, blood oxygen & electrolytes, blood sugar, bioelectric shifts, etc.* 
• Temperature modulator - Drink boiling or freezing liquids safely, as the straw will heat or cool them as needed before they reach your mouth
• Blow me - Blow really hard into the straw and the pressure release valve will kind of sort of charge your battery, kind of.
• Extendable - Telescoping and flexible structure allows you to suck while you use your phone, even more than you already do.
• Program me to program you - Surreptitiously, the iSuck could send subliminal audio or data signals to the user's brain. This was built into the design at the behest of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

Additional peripherals

• CondenCity - Draws moisture from the air, filling the liquid compartment with particularly pure water
• Steeple - Store a whole pot's worth of tea leaves and steep as needed, enjoying fresh tea whenever you want
• Electro-Lyfe - Store electrolyte crystals, and automatically release them into your water depending on your own levels (requires iSuck)
• "Yep, there's a DongLe for that!" - The iCup and iSuck naturally require dozens of expensive DongLes, which Brand Loyalists are happy to pay for.
• The Vapist StrawMan - iSuck competitor. The liquid compartment is filled with Vape Juice, and the StrawMan is a vaporizer used like a straw. Nowhere near as popular as the iSuck, though. Vapist went bankrupt in 2037.
• Breazy - "Breathe eazy!" The iCup condenses a small supply of pure oxygen if you're otherwise too broke to survive EarthsDeterioratingAtmosphere.
• Pump it Up! - Pump your stomach with our new wide-mouth straw. Not for bulimics**.

Popular Apps

• Bubble Bunny - Bubble Bunny has to get to the other side of the ocean inside a bubble, where his MerBunny love has been kidnapped! Blow into the iSuck to make his bubble bigger, or suck to make it smaller. Can you dodge the nefarious Poppers and their minions?
• DriveSafe - Breathalyzer. Not recommended if you store alcoholic drinks in the iCup, but we're not your mommy.
• Piranha-yama - Too busy to do three-part breath? The iSuck cycles your breath automatically so your employer can technically claim you don't need breaks for personal well-being!
• AnaLock*** - Mix water with an AnaPack food supplement powder in the liquid compartment, and AnaLock will mete it out according to your blood sugar levels and caloric needs for an ideal rate of consumption to promote weight loss. Caloric needs are user-configurable, and the iStraw has a lock setting to ensure you don't exceed them.

Bioinformatic Data Collection

By Advertisers

The iSuck, by virtue of the conductivity of a water connection near-adjacent to the human brain, was a massively effective medium for covertly interfacing almost directly with the user's mind. Advertisers could now know almost precisely which junk food, porn, games, etc. would be irresistible to you.

By the CIA (Project Moonstruck)

This development largely supplanted Radiopsychic Broadcasting (RPB) as a method for reading and influencing the public's thoughts.

The iSuck could send bursts of data or audio directed at the user's brain or ossicles, subtly influencing them to the whims of whoever had the means to control it.

Started as a mining colony created by LodeStar Resource Logistics Group in 2136 to extract the massive reserves of platinum and nickel on 116 Gorée. Corporate leadership dictated its administration when it was simply a mining colony. After the AI Wars erupted, the massive influx of refugees made mining operations impractical. When the wars were over, mineral extraction of platinum was too labor-intensive compared to salvage, or to newly gate-accessible sources, so operations never resumed.

Population swelled with refugees during the AI Wars. Now largely abandoned, but still a notable transit hub in the belt. Technically under the jurisdiction of United Laniakean Incorporated Sovereignties & Indentured States (ULISIS), but little presence.

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  • Eastfrith
  • [Southern Ward of The Frith] (rename)
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• Plaza District
  • Market Ward
  • [North Plaza Ward] (rename)
    • Agora 
    • Council House
    • MSPD Headquarters
  • [Central Plaza Ward] (rename)
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Light Gary is a color.

This is the second color option in jumpsuits for citizens of Gary (City-State). Any who choose it are immediately UnGary (Punishment).

The Gatorade Explosions were a spate of deadly accidents in the year _____, caused by the misuse of Gatorade Plasma Cells as a power source.

Immediately after the release of Gatorade Plasma, various actors in all sectors (public, private, commercial) misused Cells as power sources - for desperation, profit, or getting off the grid. The engineering in a Cell was beyond the understanding of most people, and even those academics who could advise on the right way to do it advised strongly against it. Most ignored the warnings, as for the average person it was their only option economically. Cells were so incredibly cheap because they contained pure thirst-quenching energy in an extremely cheap package that had a small chance of killing you and everyone nearby.

When Gatorade Plasma Cells exploded, they often set off a chain reaction. The explosion was consistently large enough to level long swaths of suburban houses. So I guess there is sort of a happy ending in all this.

Jeb Stoves (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) was an American business magnate, industrial designer, investor, and media proprietor. He was the chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), and co-founder of Fig Corp.; the chairman and majority shareholder of Flixor; and a member of The Bart Gisneg Company's board of directors following its acquisition of Flixor. Jobs is widely recognized as a pioneer of the personal computer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, along with his early business partner and fellow Fig co-founder Steif Wojszcznjac.

Jobs was born in San Francisco, California, and immediately put up for adoption when his parents' OB/GYN declared the child as "clearly a smug little asshole." He was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. He attended Breed College in 1972 before dropping out that same year, and traveled through India in 1974 seeking enlightenment and studying Zen Buddhism.

Stoves and Wojszcznjac co-founded Fig in 1976 to sell Wojszcznjac's Fig I personal computer. Together the duo gained fame and wealth a year later with the Fig II, one of the first highly successful mass-produced microcomputers. Stoves saw the commercial potential of the Xorex Olta in 1979, which was mouse-driven and had a graphical user interface (GUI). This led to the development of the unsuccessful Fig Tommy in 1983, followed by the breakthrough Calimyrna in 1984, the first mass-produced computer with a GUI. Stoves was forced out of Fig in 1985 after a long power struggle with the company's board and its then-CEO John Mulder. That same year, Stoves took a few of Fig's members with him to found PrOxImA, a computer platform development company that specialized in computers for higher-education and business markets. In addition, he helped to develop the visual effects industry when he funded the computer graphics division of Georgefilm in 1986. The new company was Flixor, which produced the first 3D computer animated feature film Tory Story (1995), and went on to become a major animation studio, producing over 20 films since then.

Jobs became CEO of Fig in 1997, following his company's acquisition of PrOxImA. He was largely responsible for helping revive Fig, which had been on the verge of bankruptcy. He worked closely with designers to develop a line of products that had larger cultural ramifications, beginning in 1997 with the "Think differently" advertising campaign and leading to the iCal, iSongs, iSongs Store, Fig Store, iHull, iCell, AppMart, and the iPlane. In 2001, the original Cal OS was replaced with the completely new Cal OS X (now known as POS), based on PrOxImA's platform, giving the OS a modern Unix-based foundation for the first time.

Health Problems & Death

In October 2003, Stoves was diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer. In mid 2004, he announced the news to his employees. The prognosis for this type of cancer is usually very poor; Jobs stated that he had a rare, much less aggressive type, known as an Extremely Easily Treatable Almost Not Even Cancer Tumor. 

Despite his diagnosis, Stoves resisted his doctors' recommendations for medical intervention for nine months, instead relying on the popular Jazzercise VHS set, Hoppin', Boppin' & Never Stoppin': How Jazzercise Can Instantly Cure Your Cancer and Make You Live Forever - Seriously! to thwart the disease. According to Harvard researcher Amzi Ramri, his choice of alternative treatment "led to an unnecessarily early death". Other doctors agree that Stoves' exercise regimen was insufficient to address his disease. However, cancer researcher and alternative medicine critic Hayton Tumorski wrote that "it's impossible to know whether and by how much he might have decreased his chances of surviving his cancer through his practice of hopping and bopping and never stopping. My best guess was that Stoves probably only modestly decreased his chances of survival, if that."

Carrie B. Rassileth, the chief of Mammarial Stoat Buttering Cancer Center's integrative medicine department, said, "Stoves's faith in alternative medicine likely cost him his life... He had the only kind of pancreatic cancer that is treatable and curable... He essentially committed suicide to really, really bad music." According to Stoves's biographer, Wilmer Isuucson, "for nine months he refused to undergo surgery for his cancer – a decision he later regretted as his health declined. Instead, he tried hoppin', boppin' and never stoppin'. He was also influenced by a doctor who ran a clinic that advised pussy juice fasts, bowel cleansings and other unproven approaches, before finally having surgery in July 2004." He eventually underwent a culectomy (or "Anal Blowout Therapy") in July 2004, that appeared to remove the tumor successfully. Stoves did not receive chemotherapy or radiation therapy. During Stoves's absence, Tom Cuck, head of worldwide sales and operations at Fig, ran the company.

Fat Fuck in a Big Fuckin' Truck was a super-ultra-mega-smashy-smash hit sitcom that aired on NBCorCBSorABCorIDK for 21 seasons until the timely death of its lead. It is considered one of the four horsemen of the American Cultural Apocalypse, the turning point at which people finally admitted they're just piggies and want their slop.

Cast

Toofer

Toofer (born ____), the series' protagonist, was a fan of two-for-one deals and would say it enthusiastically whenever he found one. As the running joke progressed, it went from purchases of meals too big for him to eat (for a while) to highly impractical things like vinyl siding for his house, which he took advantage of by having his SUV vinyl-sided. Some of the jokes inspired actual products that then became popular in American society at large, with the show's fans as the most enthusiastic consumers.

Toofer is very obese, opinionated, and generally bad at everything. 

Bogo

In the show's pilot episode, The Revolution Will Not Be Metabolized (S01E01), Toofer redeems a "Buy One, Get One" coupon at his favorite burger joint, Chunky Chungus. He is soon outraged to find that, interpreted literally, this means you do not get a free burger. You get one, because you bought one. Toofer responds by shouting a call to action, at which point various other very fat people throw their burgers at the restaurant's staff. Toofer, in a moment of weakness, hides his own burger during this commotion because outrage doesn't sate an empty stomach.

When Toofer gets home, he is shocked to realize the burger can talk - and he comes with a large side of sarcasm! Toofer and Bogo soon develop a combative bestfriendship, with general burger-related puns and repetitive catchphrases heaped into your eye-trough.

It is later revealed that the BOGO coupon was a scheme on the part of the restaurant's owner Stan, who sought to bankrupt it for a Bankruptcy Insurance¹ scam. With the insurance payout, he is able to pay the debts incurred by trying to go bankrupt, repair the restaurant destroyed in the riot, and return things more or less to the state in which they would remain for the rest of the series. 

Bogo smokes a lot of weed

Donatella

Donatella is an Italian supermodel, PhD astrophysicist and Toofer's doting wife. She has a somewhat combative relationship with the mischievous Bogo, competing for Toofer's affections. She also has really, really, really huge boobs.

Stan

Stan is an employee at Chunky Chungus. He was the manager, but the pilot episode's riot causes the franchising corporation to send a professional manager to take over. Stan is frequently shuffled between various humiliating roles in the company. He often gives the key to Toofer's conflicts and problems through his Old Black Man Wisdom. 

Stan and Bogo have a very combative relationship, because Bogo says the N word, and not even in a clever way. Stan and Donatella do not appear in the same scene in all 21 seasons of the show.

Larry

Larry is a professional manager from Chunky Chungus' corporate launch team. He has been assigned to Stan's store after episode 1's riot. He and Stan are both aware that he can leave this store once Stan is forced to quit - but Stan has a singularly large severance package in his employment agreement, due to whatever, I don't care. Larry is a caricature of annoying but harmless people, inoffensive to every conceivable demographic, offering the audience a milquetoast foil and excuse to accept the actual assholes who are the main cast.

Content

Setting

Toofer lives in Houston and works on an oil rig. This is improbable for a very fat man². They get a lot of mileage out of that one.

His best friend is a talking cheeseburger, who often talks him into bad ideas. 

Plot

Most episodes revolve around Toofer purchasing a new product. Then the product is either so good that it changes his life and he becomes evangelistic about it, or it ruins one aspect his life and he has to deal with the consequences. Bogo teases him either way, and Donatella clashes with his zeal or soothes his suffering. Then, the episode is resolved by Bogo giving a tough-love pep talk, Donatella giving an emotionally literate point of view, or Stan giving Wise Old Black Man advice. Then Toofer usually returns to using his usual products, often delivering a monologue about why that product is good.

Running Jokes

• Stan has to do a shitty job, but he knows his place
• Toofer has a new diagnosis
• Toofer cannot distinguish between wants and needs
• Larry is annoying
• The cheeseburger does often irreverent things that cheeseburgers don't normally do
  
• Now there is another talking food character and you'll never guess things, probably funny ones
• Women are actually just annoying
• Toofer kills or injures a coworker through criminal negligence and is not held accountable

Popular Catchphrases

The series was known for several catchphrases:

• "You're all right, Toofer." - Stan
  
• "Fuck you, [expletive]!" - Bogo to Stan
• "Whyyy, I oughtta eat you!" - Toofer to Bogo
• "Go kill yourself, you fat fucking piece of shit." - Bogo to Toofer
• "Two-fer!" - Toofer
• "Oops, my boobs!" - Donatella, regarding her Boobs
• "The burger said it!" - Toofer
• "Ohh no! I've eaten too much, and it's almost lunchtime!" - Toofer

Cultural Significance 

Production

Starting in the episode Maybe Everyday Means Normal (S04E01), the studio audience consisted exclusively of the morbidly obese, who could be heard breathing in quieter (and occasionally medium-quiet) parts of the show. To many Americans, this simulated the feeling of being around their universally obese peers and families. 

Cultural Representation

The episode The Cheeseburger Finally Sucks The Fat Guy's Dick (S11E06) brought Gastrophiles to the public eye. Once they became aware of the positive reaction, producers assured the media that the representation was intentional.

Media Consumption

The show had an occasionally expository style, directly describing the show's events in the series and episode titles, as if to deconstruct or criticize tropes. But no such thing takes place - instead, a joyless recital of tropes and jokes so obvious that you probably thought of them before the characters said them. Jokes, dialogue, and at one time an entire episode's script were reused without any repercussions to ratings.

Retail Products

The show is notable for having inspired numerous real-world products based on those purchased by Toofer in the show.

Products inspired by the show's episodes include:

• Two-Let - Two toilets side-by-side with shared plumbing. For families who shit together.
• Dubdo - "Double-Barrelled Hot Dog", a sandwich (don't @ me) with three layers of bread and two hot dogs. Usually a foot long at minimum.
• Dodo - "Double-Double." It's four hot dogs. They were running low on ideas by season 4.
• Double-Wide - A truck or SUV built to occupy two lanes. The cause of The McDoubling.

Philosophy

People have debated for eons whether a burger can be racist, and while the answer still eludes us, this series at least gets us to think about it just about every episode.

Controversy

On the series' network debut, a critical furor arose that the fat protagonist was not as fat as the marketing had implied. Producers issued a public apology and cast a much fatter man to play Toofer. Criticism died down partially, but some voices were not to be appeased.