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11 yrs ago
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I'll do another post either later this evening (somewhat unlikely) or tomorrow afternoon. Excited to get in on the action!
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11 yrs ago
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Perhaps you could have something like the main gun on the AMX 13, which is a hugely popular and sucessful post-war French light tank with an autoloader. It comes in 75mm and 90mm variants and is very light, all while packing a six shot revolving autoloader for the 90mm version and twelve shots for the 75 mil. It fires very fast and from what I gathered from research, was very reliable and accurate. Maybe you could do something like that instead?
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Wow, that's a pretty cool GEAR. Though I do remember Silver saying that railguns are to be kept to what are basically crewed artillery pieces, but it's his decision. Just giving a friendly reminder.
I would prefer not to spoil things, but something is going to happen that doesn't involve the city being destroyed.
Post is up and the new objective is in place: RUN.
AWACS
<<Six bombers down, one of each type remaining. No WMD's confirmed.>>
Since they had been taken a slight distance away chasing the Harriers, Erika's and Charles' Phantom took a bit more time in arriving than the other planes, even the relatively slow A-7E. Thus, by the time they had arrived, most of the bombers had been destroyed. Charles made a split-second decision of finishing off the remaining Tu-95, as quite a few of his allies seemed to have dibs on the final Backfire. "Let's go for the Bear. Get ready to fire, Lieutenant." He ordered his WSO and she replied with an energetic nod. Engaging afterburners, it took them only a few seconds to reach the turboprop bomber, which kept an impressive pace despite its antiquated look. "Use two of our SAAM's. I want to keep the remaining SDM's in case we get into another dogfight."
"Got it. Keep the nose pointed at the bomber, please." Now it was Erika's turn to give an order. Charles confirmed this and continued to climb towards the bomber before flattening out behind the bomber and holding the nose towards it. The indicator began to beep as it picked up a lock and Erika held her breath as she did her part of the work. Finally, the beep became one continuous sound and Erika hit the button to fire. With a characteristic 'phmt' of the missiles being fired and the sound of the Semi-Active homing system in the cockpit, the missiles streaked ahead at a steady pace before colliding with the tail of the bomber. A fireball erupted from where the twenty-millimeter turret was before the rest of the plane burst into flames and began to dive.
Charles continued to watch the plane as it descended, accelerating the Phantom only enough to keep the Bear in his sight. Interestingly, Charles didn't see any signs of pilots ejecting from the cockpit and it seemed that Erika had remarked the same thing. Even moreinterestingly, however, was the explosion when the plane crashed into an open area in a suburban golf course; the explosion had a look as if only the plane had exploded and no bombs or weaponry had even been in the plane to begin with. Erika decided to report this as Charles brought the plane around to cover his allies as they went for the final Tu-22M. "AWACS, this is Ribbon. Have any weapons been confirmed on the planes to begin with? And has there been any sightings of crew ejecting from the bombers?"
AWACS
<<Ribbon; we cannot confirm payloads on the bombers as of this time. It also seems like all of the bomber-crews went down with their craft. We'll update you as news comes in.>>
Erika nodded reluctantly. "Got it AWACS..." she muttered, the suspicion of something fishy going on clear in her tone. For a moment after this, the situation seemed strangely calm as Peace Sparrow defeated the final bomber. Strangely enough, the AWACS didn't immediately acknowledge this. For a moment, there was almost complete radio silence; until Rim-Light came onto the radio with an urgent tone.
AWACS
<< Peace Sparrow, this is Rim-Light. High-altitude bandit has been confirmed as an XB-70 supersonic strategic bomber. Some of our men checked the bombers that were shot down, it seems that they were just unarmed drones, probably as a distraction so the XB-70 can get into our airspace.>>
Erika gasped as her suspicions were confirmed. Charles only clicked his tongue as he realized the situation.
AWACS
<< Based on the bearing and altitude of the bomber, we have been able to confirm that it is most likely armed with a nuclear weapon. None of your planes or allies in our airspace are capable of intercepting the bomber. You are all required to evacuate the airspace immediately! It seems the Yukes and Stovies are doing the same, so don't pay any mind to them and leave as quickly as possible!>>
Charles gulped at this and a drop of sweat came down his brow. He wiped it off before pulling the plane's nose away from the city and out towards the bay. Taking a deep breath, he repeated the order. "You heard him... Get away from the city NOW!" Erika remained deadly silent.
<<Six bombers down, one of each type remaining. No WMD's confirmed.>>
Since they had been taken a slight distance away chasing the Harriers, Erika's and Charles' Phantom took a bit more time in arriving than the other planes, even the relatively slow A-7E. Thus, by the time they had arrived, most of the bombers had been destroyed. Charles made a split-second decision of finishing off the remaining Tu-95, as quite a few of his allies seemed to have dibs on the final Backfire. "Let's go for the Bear. Get ready to fire, Lieutenant." He ordered his WSO and she replied with an energetic nod. Engaging afterburners, it took them only a few seconds to reach the turboprop bomber, which kept an impressive pace despite its antiquated look. "Use two of our SAAM's. I want to keep the remaining SDM's in case we get into another dogfight."
"Got it. Keep the nose pointed at the bomber, please." Now it was Erika's turn to give an order. Charles confirmed this and continued to climb towards the bomber before flattening out behind the bomber and holding the nose towards it. The indicator began to beep as it picked up a lock and Erika held her breath as she did her part of the work. Finally, the beep became one continuous sound and Erika hit the button to fire. With a characteristic 'phmt' of the missiles being fired and the sound of the Semi-Active homing system in the cockpit, the missiles streaked ahead at a steady pace before colliding with the tail of the bomber. A fireball erupted from where the twenty-millimeter turret was before the rest of the plane burst into flames and began to dive.
Charles continued to watch the plane as it descended, accelerating the Phantom only enough to keep the Bear in his sight. Interestingly, Charles didn't see any signs of pilots ejecting from the cockpit and it seemed that Erika had remarked the same thing. Even moreinterestingly, however, was the explosion when the plane crashed into an open area in a suburban golf course; the explosion had a look as if only the plane had exploded and no bombs or weaponry had even been in the plane to begin with. Erika decided to report this as Charles brought the plane around to cover his allies as they went for the final Tu-22M. "AWACS, this is Ribbon. Have any weapons been confirmed on the planes to begin with? And has there been any sightings of crew ejecting from the bombers?"
AWACS
<<Ribbon; we cannot confirm payloads on the bombers as of this time. It also seems like all of the bomber-crews went down with their craft. We'll update you as news comes in.>>
Erika nodded reluctantly. "Got it AWACS..." she muttered, the suspicion of something fishy going on clear in her tone. For a moment after this, the situation seemed strangely calm as Peace Sparrow defeated the final bomber. Strangely enough, the AWACS didn't immediately acknowledge this. For a moment, there was almost complete radio silence; until Rim-Light came onto the radio with an urgent tone.
AWACS
<< Peace Sparrow, this is Rim-Light. High-altitude bandit has been confirmed as an XB-70 supersonic strategic bomber. Some of our men checked the bombers that were shot down, it seems that they were just unarmed drones, probably as a distraction so the XB-70 can get into our airspace.>>
Erika gasped as her suspicions were confirmed. Charles only clicked his tongue as he realized the situation.
AWACS
<< Based on the bearing and altitude of the bomber, we have been able to confirm that it is most likely armed with a nuclear weapon. None of your planes or allies in our airspace are capable of intercepting the bomber. You are all required to evacuate the airspace immediately! It seems the Yukes and Stovies are doing the same, so don't pay any mind to them and leave as quickly as possible!>>
Charles gulped at this and a drop of sweat came down his brow. He wiped it off before pulling the plane's nose away from the city and out towards the bay. Taking a deep breath, he repeated the order. "You heard him... Get away from the city NOW!" Erika remained deadly silent.
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11 yrs ago
Forum: Casual Roleplay
Can't say he didn't deserve it. :P
We shall see. To begin with, the presence of Personas is only a possibility at the moment and nothing has been decided as of yet.
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From what she had seen so far, Raisa had to admit she wasn't fond of LDF military doctrine and tactics. Sending the recon unit into battle, while keeping the assault-slash-multirole machines in the rear? If you spoke of it to an Iyuli commander, he would burst into laughter then give you pitiful look. Then again, Iyuli didn't have any dedicated recon or electronic warfare GEAR's to begin with, instead relying on traditional wheeled units, dedicated long-range landcruisers or normal multirole GEARS modified to carry the equipment required instead of shoulder-mounted weaponry and the like.
With her five years of experience, despite it mostly being peacetime training missions, parades and patrols and her low rank due to not having any special experience in true combat (promotions in Iyuli relying on true combat experience rather than know-how and training results, for whatever reason), Raisa considered herself at least somewhat capable of deeming what was a good idea or not. This, for example, had a strange smell of unneeded challenge to it (as much as unneeded challenge has a smell). If it were her, after sighting and confirming the enemy, she would immediately withdraw the recon unit to a range where their equipment was still effective while being out of the enemy's effective range. Once withdrawn, she would order the assault-team to split into two groups and surround the enemy before attacking or have the assault-team move into an ambush position and attack. Either way, the enemy would be caught off-guard, the recon team, with their usually weaker armor and weaponry, would be out of danger and the assault-team, with much more powerful weaponry and armor would have an easy time erasing the enemy.
At this point, she would once again move the recon team forward and bring the assault team into the rear. Then, once the recon team spotted another enemy, she would repeat the process. Rinse and repeat with modifications as needed until the mission objective was completed. Through her five years, these strategies had never once failed her. Rather than explain her concerns however, she decided she would keep it until after the mission and wait and see if the current strategy would bring them anymore success than one of her own would bring. For the moment, she instead decided to give a calm and polite advice over the comms. "If it were me, Private P. Tom, I would wait until the GEARS better suited for combat to arrive before attempting anything. I have a slight idea about the capabilities of your GEARS and I have my doubts whether you can fight three enemies, even with the element of surprise on your side. Then again, I do enjoy surprises." Realizing her remark might have been interpreted as a snide jab, she smiled to nothing in particular and gave a verbal pat on the back. "Good luck."
With this, she returned to her own duties. "Colonel. Requesting orders?"
With her five years of experience, despite it mostly being peacetime training missions, parades and patrols and her low rank due to not having any special experience in true combat (promotions in Iyuli relying on true combat experience rather than know-how and training results, for whatever reason), Raisa considered herself at least somewhat capable of deeming what was a good idea or not. This, for example, had a strange smell of unneeded challenge to it (as much as unneeded challenge has a smell). If it were her, after sighting and confirming the enemy, she would immediately withdraw the recon unit to a range where their equipment was still effective while being out of the enemy's effective range. Once withdrawn, she would order the assault-team to split into two groups and surround the enemy before attacking or have the assault-team move into an ambush position and attack. Either way, the enemy would be caught off-guard, the recon team, with their usually weaker armor and weaponry, would be out of danger and the assault-team, with much more powerful weaponry and armor would have an easy time erasing the enemy.
At this point, she would once again move the recon team forward and bring the assault team into the rear. Then, once the recon team spotted another enemy, she would repeat the process. Rinse and repeat with modifications as needed until the mission objective was completed. Through her five years, these strategies had never once failed her. Rather than explain her concerns however, she decided she would keep it until after the mission and wait and see if the current strategy would bring them anymore success than one of her own would bring. For the moment, she instead decided to give a calm and polite advice over the comms. "If it were me, Private P. Tom, I would wait until the GEARS better suited for combat to arrive before attempting anything. I have a slight idea about the capabilities of your GEARS and I have my doubts whether you can fight three enemies, even with the element of surprise on your side. Then again, I do enjoy surprises." Realizing her remark might have been interpreted as a snide jab, she smiled to nothing in particular and gave a verbal pat on the back. "Good luck."
With this, she returned to her own duties. "Colonel. Requesting orders?"
Brilliant, I shall start work on the OOC in a spell.
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