You do realize a part of my faction's history lays on Germany having invaded Poland, yea?

We will have the invasion be unsuccessful then.

Good enough.

I should have my Republic of India sheet completed soon enough. Everyone is still interested in this, right? There seems to have been a slight lull in activity, though I imagine Finals are causing much of it.

Yeah, it just one of those periods that cause slow down in RP activity. I still have the issue of being stuck on my post though.

I'm at the point called, "Waiting for some lazy ass hole."

Just wait until I go to Colorado in two weeks. Then I'll actually have a reason not to post.

So, here's some scary shit.

"Pulsed Energy Projectile or PEP is a technology of non-lethal weaponry currently under development by the U.S. military. It involves the emission of an invisible laser pulse which, upon contact with the target, ablates the surface and creates a small amount of exploding plasma. This produces a pressure wave that stuns the target and knocks them off their feet, and electromagnetic radiation that affects nerve cells causing a painful sensation. The technology can also be used as a lethal weapon, and indeed an early name was Pulsed Impulsive Kill Laser (PIKL).

PEP is intended for riot control and is said to work over distances of up to 2 km. It weighs about 230 kg and will probably be mounted on vehicles. The weight could become lighter as laser production technology improves.

The system was developed by Mission Research Corporation (now owned by Alliant Techsystems). It uses a chemical deuterium fluoride laser device producing infrared laser pulses. The plasma (produced by the early part of the pulse) explodes because its electrons absorb the energy of the later part of the pulse.

In 2003, a US military review reported[citation needed] that the electromagnetic radiation produced by PEPs had been shown to cause pain and temporary paralysis in animal experiments."

Imagine the damage you could do if you scaled that up. Giant balls of exploding plasma? Yum.

I think IRL we can't do that because Geneva.

Which might I remind people is unrelated to the UN and has defined human rights and conduct in war beyond what the UN wants and says. It's also why the Red Cross exists.

The initial convention is also basically signed by everyone.

It lasted through WWII. It'll last through WWIII.

Two World Wars and a Cold War.

Mostly because nobody wants to be the asshole nation that blows up ambulances or mines children's playgrounds.

To much risk when you end up being the loser, cost too many lives or careers in the administration.

And besides, how much energy would such a weapon like PEPS need in order to splash that much energy all over the place. You'd probably end up getting just as much bang for your buck - if not more - to use more conventional methods magnified to bigger extents. Or just go with brown noise or ADS.

Lasers are more of a drone/small craft defense at the moment - point defense weaponry, if you will. I know that we want to expand laser weaponry to cover areas that fall under the domain of CIWS right now like missile defense. Strategic missile defense is also something we want lasers for, if the YAL-1 proved anything before its cancellation. And we're all familiar with Star Wars lazing nukes as they come in, so the concept's been around for a while.

Meanwhile in Europa.

So far, I've seen some very good nations and haven't seen any 'far-right' nationalist nations (because I love playing the bad guy somewhat). My mind is set on the Balkan Peninsula with the various nations that surround it. Currently want to claim Greece as my main country and work my way up to the Romanian border.

If that's taken, I'll take Serbia and the Yugoslavic states.

HeilixAxel42 said
So far, I've seen some very good nations and haven't seen any 'far-right' nationalist nations (because I love playing the bad guy somewhat). My mind is set on the Balkan Peninsula with the various nations that surround it. Currently want to claim Greece as my main country and work my way up to the Romanian border.If that's taken, I'll take Serbia and the Yugoslavic states.

To not make you feel very alone then we've pretty much painted western Europe in the colors of trending conservatism. Crya's opted to declare France and Italy as being dictatorships of some kind, which I will happily explore to my best de-centralized ability as being far-right. And with our Germany stepping out I spoke with Duck and we're settling on them going far-right as well.

Because Front National is gaining steam, as in other places.

So I expect and embrace far-rightests as a narrative party and wait to see how Greece or Serbia will be involved.

You know the world is flipped on its head when Iran is the rational one here.