SiegeTank wrote:Y'all go ahead and design your fancy-dandy rifles. Meanwhile I'm going to sit here and produce cheap, sturdy and simple rifles that A) work anywhere, all the time and B) can be operated and maintained even by the illiterate rebel militias of Velaria and inner-Frequesue.
Does that mean you'll have to include a FRONT TOWARD ENEMY label?
Anyway, I'm going to assume the Vineyard/Baerne/Shinra meeting is in unreal time and that I've gone back to my nation since then. Don't know yet if it'll be public knowledge what I did there after the fact, or if it'll be presented as an internal agreement between Brandon and Jeffery. So...not sure how to play reactions to it yet (heck, we don't even know the final result yet ).
"How can I wait unknowing?
This is the price of war,
We rise with noble intentions,
And we risk all that is pure..." - Angela & Jeff van Dyck, Forever (Rome: Total War)
"On and on, through the years,
The war continues on..." - Angela & Jeff van Dyck, We Are All One (Medieval 2: Total War)
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear." - Ambrose Redmoon
"You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain." - Harvey Dent, The Dark Knight
In the "Most Dangerous Game" arc I had with the hunters in Veleria, I had some hunters show up with outstaning "Shroom-Mannlicher" scoped rifles (typically using Canipold scopes manufactured in Canissia... plug!). They would make good sniper weapons...
Something about Libertarianism always bothered me. Then one day, I realized what it was:
Libertarian philosophy can be boiled down to the phrase, "Work Will Make You Free."
In Libertarianism, there is no Government, so the Bosses are free to exploit the Workers.
In Communism, there is no Government, so the Workers are free to exploit the Bosses.
So in Libertarianism, man exploits man, but in Communism, its the other way around! If all you want to do is have some harmless, mindless fun, go H3RE INST3ADZ0RZ!! Grrr! Fight my Brute, you pansy!
6.8mm P90; possible? I'm trying to limit the number of small-arms ammunition calibers so as to make supply costs easier.
Emmerian (I changed the name to something I like better, and they have a bitchin flag) stuff thus far:
Royal Emmerian Air Force (incl. Royal Emmerian Naval Air Arm, RENAA)
Some of it is homebuilt. Some is Western-bought. The N(aval) variants of the F-16 and F-15 are proprietary and licensed to Santoro Aviation Industries of Gracemeria.
FIXED WING
Light Fighter - EF-16C/DJ/N 'CCV'
Medium Fighter - EF-15G/H/N 'S/MTD'
Heavy Fighter - Open
Light Reserve Fighter: EF-4G
Heavy Reserve Fighter - EF-101A
Attack - Open
Patrol - EP-6A SeaMaster
AWACS - EE-2D
Light Lift: CV/MV-22 Osprey
Medium Lift: C-130JE Hercules
Heavy Lift: C-17 Globemaster III
For heavy fighters, how about Zorian Royal Aerospace Engineering ZF-12 Dragon fighters?
Zor
HAIL ZOR!WE'LL BLOW UP THE OCEAN!
Heros of Cybertron-HAB-Keeper of the Vicious pit of Allosauruses-King Leighton-I, United Kingdom of Zoria: SD.net World/Tsar Mikhail-I of the Red Tsardom: SD.net Kingdoms WHEN ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE ON EARTH, ALL EARTH BREAKS LOOSE ON HELL Terran Sphere The Art of Zor
JULY 20TH 1969 - The day the entire world was looking up
It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small. - NEIL ARMSTRONG, MISSION COMMANDER, APOLLO 11
Signature dedicated to the greatest achievement of mankind.
MILDLY DERANGED PHYSICIST does not mind BREAKING the SOUND BARRIER, because it is INSURED. - Simon_Jester considering the problems of hypersonic flight for Team L.A.M.E.
So, what, MESS decides to use 6.8mm, and everyone else in the world copies us, even SNC?
"preemptive killing of cops might not be such a bad idea from a personal saftey[sic] standpoint..." --Keevan Colton
"There's a word for bias you can't see: Yours." -- William Saletan
Beowulf wrote:So, what, MESS decides to use 6.8mm, and everyone else in the world copies us, even SNC?
Is there a reason not to? It's an excellent cartridge.
JULY 20TH 1969 - The day the entire world was looking up
It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small. - NEIL ARMSTRONG, MISSION COMMANDER, APOLLO 11
Signature dedicated to the greatest achievement of mankind.
MILDLY DERANGED PHYSICIST does not mind BREAKING the SOUND BARRIER, because it is INSURED. - Simon_Jester considering the problems of hypersonic flight for Team L.A.M.E.
Beowulf wrote:So, what, MESS decides to use 6.8mm, and everyone else in the world copies us, even SNC?
Is there a reason not to? It's an excellent cartridge.
Well, yeah, but anything from 6mm to 7mm would be a good caliber.
"preemptive killing of cops might not be such a bad idea from a personal saftey[sic] standpoint..." --Keevan Colton
"There's a word for bias you can't see: Yours." -- William Saletan
Zor wrote:For heavy fighters, how about Zorian Royal Aerospace Engineering ZF-12 Dragon fighters?
Zor
What, exactly, are those?
F-22s
Zor
HAIL ZOR!WE'LL BLOW UP THE OCEAN!
Heros of Cybertron-HAB-Keeper of the Vicious pit of Allosauruses-King Leighton-I, United Kingdom of Zoria: SD.net World/Tsar Mikhail-I of the Red Tsardom: SD.net Kingdoms WHEN ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE ON EARTH, ALL EARTH BREAKS LOOSE ON HELL Terran Sphere The Art of Zor
8mm is an excellent round, but more of a Battle Rifle cartridge than an Assault Rifle cartridge.
It would be worth considering for a squad-level LMG, though...
Something about Libertarianism always bothered me. Then one day, I realized what it was:
Libertarian philosophy can be boiled down to the phrase, "Work Will Make You Free."
In Libertarianism, there is no Government, so the Bosses are free to exploit the Workers.
In Communism, there is no Government, so the Workers are free to exploit the Bosses.
So in Libertarianism, man exploits man, but in Communism, its the other way around! If all you want to do is have some harmless, mindless fun, go H3RE INST3ADZ0RZ!! Grrr! Fight my Brute, you pansy!
"preemptive killing of cops might not be such a bad idea from a personal saftey[sic] standpoint..." --Keevan Colton
"There's a word for bias you can't see: Yours." -- William Saletan
The Langley Armed Forces is in the process of switching over from 5.56mm to 6.8mm. As of 2015, army special forces (Strategic Operational Services Brigade [if you know your acronyms, you'll know what that's referencing] and Langley Royal Guards Brigade) and the Marine Corps are using 6.8mm in modified Minimis, Ultimax 100s, HK416s, SCAR-Ls, TAR-21s, and AUGs (the SAR 21 was phased out as being redundant a while back and has been replaced on a 1:1 basis with more TAR-21s and AUGs), while the rest of the Armed Forces are still using 5.56mm; the transition should be complete by around 2018.
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I ship Eino Ilmari Juutilainen x Lydia V. Litvyak.
Phantasee: Don't be a dick.
Stofsk: What are you, his mother?
The Yosemite Bear: Obviously, which means that he's grounded, and that she needs to go back to sucking Mr. Coffee's cock.
"d-did... did this thread just turn into Thanas/PeZook slash fiction?" - Ilya Muromets[/size]
Beowulf wrote:So, what, MESS decides to use 6.8mm, and everyone else in the world copies us, even SNC?
I am -intentionally- copying the West. After all, the usurper Westchesters are no longer in power in Tian Jiao, so plotting to destroy them for the glory of Eastchester is moot...
Now let's celebrate and get drunk, just to piss off the MESS.
*shrug* When your drunken pictures show up in tabloids, we won't be the slightest bit unhappy.
"How can I wait unknowing?
This is the price of war,
We rise with noble intentions,
And we risk all that is pure..." - Angela & Jeff van Dyck, Forever (Rome: Total War)
"On and on, through the years,
The war continues on..." - Angela & Jeff van Dyck, We Are All One (Medieval 2: Total War)
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear." - Ambrose Redmoon
"You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain." - Harvey Dent, The Dark Knight
It's not the first time high ranking Shroomanian and Byzantine politicians have been caught inebriated, wearing novelty breasts on their chests. In fact, Exarch Decius' fanciful golden bosoms are the talk of the town!
Great booze up!
EDIT:
I temporarily removed my OOB from the OOB Thread since I'm gonna have to take some time to update it, since it has never been updated.
"DO YOU WORSHIP HOMOSEXUALS?" - Curtis Saxton (source) shroom is a lovely boy and i wont hear a bad word against him - LUSY-CHAN! Shit! Man, I didn't think of that! It took Shroom to properly interpret the screams of dying people - PeZook Shroom, I read out the stuff you write about us. You are an endless supply of morale down here. :p - an OWS street medic Pink Sugar Heart Attack!
Thing is, King Paul always leaves majestically before everyone gets piss drunk...
I'm from a country that invented vodka and I don't like to drink it. Figures
JULY 20TH 1969 - The day the entire world was looking up
It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small. - NEIL ARMSTRONG, MISSION COMMANDER, APOLLO 11
Signature dedicated to the greatest achievement of mankind.
MILDLY DERANGED PHYSICIST does not mind BREAKING the SOUND BARRIER, because it is INSURED. - Simon_Jester considering the problems of hypersonic flight for Team L.A.M.E.
Guys, we better wrap up this San Dorado stuff quick! I still got my sojourn to complete!
"DO YOU WORSHIP HOMOSEXUALS?" - Curtis Saxton (source) shroom is a lovely boy and i wont hear a bad word against him - LUSY-CHAN! Shit! Man, I didn't think of that! It took Shroom to properly interpret the screams of dying people - PeZook Shroom, I read out the stuff you write about us. You are an endless supply of morale down here. :p - an OWS street medic Pink Sugar Heart Attack!
At least stick around for when Lelouch arrives and awards President Hank with the highest military honor the Duchy of Langley can bestow on a person. I don't have time to get that post up right now, though; it should be up tomorrow.
I ship Eino Ilmari Juutilainen x Lydia V. Litvyak.
Phantasee: Don't be a dick.
Stofsk: What are you, his mother?
The Yosemite Bear: Obviously, which means that he's grounded, and that she needs to go back to sucking Mr. Coffee's cock.
"d-did... did this thread just turn into Thanas/PeZook slash fiction?" - Ilya Muromets[/size]
I'll wait for you, yeah. And for the whole shebang to be completed.
But goddamn it, I can NOT wait to go to Miratia!
"DO YOU WORSHIP HOMOSEXUALS?" - Curtis Saxton (source) shroom is a lovely boy and i wont hear a bad word against him - LUSY-CHAN! Shit! Man, I didn't think of that! It took Shroom to properly interpret the screams of dying people - PeZook Shroom, I read out the stuff you write about us. You are an endless supply of morale down here. :p - an OWS street medic Pink Sugar Heart Attack!
JULY 20TH 1969 - The day the entire world was looking up
It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small. - NEIL ARMSTRONG, MISSION COMMANDER, APOLLO 11
Signature dedicated to the greatest achievement of mankind.
MILDLY DERANGED PHYSICIST does not mind BREAKING the SOUND BARRIER, because it is INSURED. - Simon_Jester considering the problems of hypersonic flight for Team L.A.M.E.