The Salvation War: Pantheocide. Part Eighty One Up

[Tandrax218]

Ok this is going to be a geat story and i cant wait for Lords of war to start coming, but hell stuart what's next
Cant wait to see Cthulu or the devils maybea Mithras

Oh Can i get a signed version of the books if/when they come out????

[Slacker]

Hillary Clinton and Cthulu. Win.

[Jamesfirecat]

Well here it comes more or less I can only hope the fact that Stuart posted this on a Friday means that he'll be bale to crank out the next few parts fairly easily over the weekend because right now I'm just about ready to try and grind this story into a liquid paste and set myself up with an IV drip of it....

[Night_stalker]

...wait, so the Angelic Host will be walking in *blind*? And possibly over an area the humans can bomb with impunity?

Am I hoping for too much at the moment?

Open season on all angels. It's going to be awesome, showing the Angels how badly they underestimated humanity!

[xthetenth]

...wait, so the Angelic Host will be walking in *blind*? And possibly over an area the humans can bomb with impunity?

Am I hoping for too much at the moment?

and in the case of their general, likely stoned as well. Throw in the huge amount of armor at our disposal and it isn't looking pretty for heaven. Which is naturally all part of Mikey's plan. Although I do think it'd be pretty good if the coup turned into a train wreck and nobody made it out alive, I have a sneaking suspicion that Mikey's got a pretty fair chance of success.

[Atlan]

Hillary Clinton nodded. "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn."

Yes, yes, YES! That line alone is awesome.

Now, did she already know that before Armageddeon, or did she pick that up later on a 'just in case' basis?

Who do you think is HIS High Priest on Earth? Of course she knew the words beforehand. She likely has the Necronomicon memorized.

[Night_stalker]

I thought his high priest would be Fred Phelps. Also, what happened to the WBC?

[CaptainChewbacca]

I thought his high priest would be Fred Phelps. Also, what happened to the WBC?

By now the WBC probably has signs that say 'God IS a Fag!'

[Nematocyst]

The greatest battle in this war (or any war) is coming. I feel pure awesome ahead.
But nukes and gas? I thought we may want a few prisoners, Jesus himself if we can. Every bit of intel counts if we are going to get in.

what happened to the WBC?

Fred 'Phlops' said we 'had it coming and deserve it'. A group of soldiers promptly tied him to a van and drove around. Dead 'Phlops' arrives in Hell.

[KrauserKrauser]

I almost feel bad for Jesus and wanted him to actually be the guy to get the humans into Heaven. I mean he's basically a big hippy communist to the nth degree that if the bible is taken at face value was pretty cool with humans, suddenly he's supposed to be a master warrior?

Also won't he be a bit out of place. 5 foot tall Arab surrounded by multi-armed walking multi-story buildings? Sounds a bit odd even if he is put on his pale horse.

[Pelranius]

Isn't it supposed to be Secretary Warner? I think Gates got the boot earlier in Armageddon?

Great job again.

[Edward Yee]

Damn, I was hoping it was intentional that Gates had gotten the pick again.

And no, Jesus may not be a master warrior... but he has to look the part, at least enough for Michael-lan's scheme.

[GrayAnderson]

Warner was SecDef in the first novel; I can see him retiring in 2008 and Obama bringing in Gates, Warner staying, or just about anything else...Warner is a bit on the old side and rumor has it he had drink problems.

[Stuart]

Putting Gates in was a typo. I've changed it to Warner. Remember, Jesus as seen on Earth was a five-foot something semite. That was just the body that the Jesus in Heaven possessed.

[Simon_Jester]

Putting Gates in was a typo. I've changed it to Warner. Remember, Jesus as seen on Earth was a five-foot something semite. That was just the body that the Jesus in Heaven possessed.

See, that's something you never nailed down before: whether Jesus was a kind of super-Nephilim, an angel using illusion powers to masquerade as a normal human, an angel exceptionally talented in mind control puppeting some random guy... you get the idea.

[Ruadhan2300]

I have tremendous difficulty even imagining hillary clinton having a sense of humour, maybe its cause I'm in the UK and we don't hear a huge amount of stuff about her in the news. but still...
one wonders what Ry'leh is actually like XD Wet. at a guess.

[Darth Wong]

So Jesus is going to be sacrificed ... again! Bad spot o' luck, eh old boy?

20 million angels is a remarkably large army. Can angels all fly, or will there be a mix of fliers and infantry? If it's all fliers, then they can disperse very quickly, thus making them much harder targets.

[PhilosopherOfSorts]

What if Jesus walks out of the portal, see's the forces arayyed against him, says "Fuck all this noise, man," and surrenders?

[Darth Wong]

What if Jesus walks out of the portal, see's the forces arayyed against him, says "Fuck all this noise, man," and surrenders?

He won't. Part of the reason (and this was mentioned waaaaay back in one of the earlier threads) is that a modern army does not look as impressive as an ancient one. The men aren't in tight formations. They're not brandishing gleaming weapons and armour. They're spread out all over the place, hiding in foxholes or behind obstacles, trying to blend in with the scenery. For someone who is accustomed to the pomp and circumstance of medieval armies, with their fluttering banners and gleaming armour and shining forests of spear-tips and blades, a modern army must look rather cowardly and unimpressive.

That's assuming the HEA is even present when Jesus marches out.

[Night_stalker]

Jesus will hunk that the humans are cowards and will doubtlessly turn to talk to his troops. A second later, his head is nailed with several high calibre sniper shots.

[CaptainChewbacca]

Yes, but who will get the honor of 'Christkiller'?

[Marko Dash]

most likely a random B61.

[JBG]

Yea, the Hawker Hunter lives again! I would hope that the RAF might consider some new ones, perhaps as an alternative to single sea Hawks.
The original FGA.9 and the Swiss modernised version were excellent ground-attack aircraft and they should be simple for a new air force. That said the New Roman Republic will probably be able to attract a lot of ex-air force personnel.

RCAF, have you split the CF, or has the Bombardier representative made a mistake?

I'm with you there Jan. The Hunter was a very good aircraft for its time and aged gracefully. Easy to fly and maintain, good at ground attack and a good looking aircraft to boot.

Stuart, I thought "beating with canes" was a naval thing!

[JBG]

So Jesus is going to be sacrificed ... again! Bad spot o' luck, eh old boy?

20 million angels is a remarkably large army. Can angels all fly, or will there be a mix of fliers and infantry? If it's all fliers, then they can disperse very quickly, thus making them much harder targets.

Angels I seem to recall are multi-purpose so, yes, they should all be flyers though being, as it were, jacks of all trades and masters of none compared to the Daemons' specalised types, I would'nt expect the average angelic trooper to fly anywhere near as well as the harpies. Lots of AAA should do the trick.

However, I am more concerned about the effect of massed trumpeting by the host.

[Simon_Jester]

What if Jesus walks out of the portal, see's the forces arayyed against him, says "Fuck all this noise, man," and surrenders?

He won't. Part of the reason (and this was mentioned waaaaay back in one of the earlier threads) is that a modern army does not look as impressive as an ancient one.

Assuming Jesus is as clueless as Michael thinks (which he probably is), then that's very likely. If he's savvier than Michael expects, or has any independent sources of information, he just might try to surrender the minute he walks out of the portal. Don't know.