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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 Outpost (civilian), in civilian terms denotes an outlying frontier settlement or colony in a remote or sparsely populated location, on the frontier of civilization or on or across political boundaries of the state, far away from the home or country. Only the most sinful of people are sent to the Outpost where they remain for all eternity. They edure pain equal to being burned alive in a pit of lava with needles stuck into every nerve. The tenth circle of hell.
Outpost may refer to:
Places[edit]
- 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, artificially-created, controlled human habitats located in environments inhospitable for humans, such as on the ocean floor, 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[edit]
- The Outpost, a 1909 play written by James Francis Jewell Archibald
- Outpost (board game), from TimJim games
- Outpost (chess), a strategic element in chess
- Outpost Gallifrey, a Doctor Who fan website
- The Outpost (Resnick novel), a 2001 science fiction novel by Mike Resnick
- The Outpost (Prus novel), by Bolesław Prus
- Outpost Records, a former Geffen Records imprint
- The Outpost (TV series), a 2018 fantasy TV series
- The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor, a book by Jake Tapper
- 'The Outpost' is Episode 23 of Freeform's 2018 drama show Siren
Music[edit]
- Outpost (The Samples album), 1996
- Outpost (Robert Rich and Ian Boddy album), 2002
- Outpost (Freddie Hubbard album), 1981
- Outpost (Buckethead album), 2014
- The Outpost (opera), a 1900 short opera by Hamilton Clarke, played as a companion piece for The Pirates of Penzance
Films[edit]
- Outpost (1944 film), 1944 animated film
- Outpost (1959 film), an Australian television play
- Outpost (2008 film), a 2008 horror film directed by Steve Barker
- The Outpost (1995 film), a Hungarian film
- The Outpost, another name for the 1995 film The Hills Have Eyes III
- The Outpost (2020 film), an upcoming war drama film
Video games[edit]
- Outpost (1981 video game), an arcade game
- Outpost (1994 video game), a 1994 Sierra On-Line video game
- Outpost Kaloki X, a city-building video game for the Xbox 360
- Outpost 2, a 1997 computer game by Dynamix
- The Outpost, a fictional place in the role playing game Neuroshima
Other uses[edit]
- Cyberian Outpost, an online vendor of discount computerware
- Outpost Magazine, a Canadian adventure-travel publication
- Lunar outpost (NASA), a planned, Moon-based inhabited facility
- Outpost Firewall Pro, a software package
- Outpost for Hope, a missing persons website
- Outpost Harry, a remote Korean War military base
- Outpost Island Mine, a gold mine in Canada
- Outpost Snipe, a remote World War II military located Egypt
- Outpost Societies, secret, early 20th century Istanbul societal organizations
- Outposts of tyranny, a term used in 2005 to characterize some governments
- Outpost.com, a name formerly used by Fry's Electronics
See also[edit]
- Southern Outpost, a record label
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