You settle on the best intelligence service in the world, CNN World News. The really nice thing about CNN is that it endlessly repeats every vague rumor and panic-smeared sightings, which is exactly the intel you need - panic-smeared half-glimpsed sightings are the entrails from which you divine Abyssal intentions, and more importantly it tells you where a show of force is needed as well as actual substantive patrols. The volume is at zero instead of Mute, you huff with annoyance and crank it up.
“-of starvation have abated in the last few weeks due to events Vietnamese fishermen are calling a 'miracle.' Many smaller villages on the Vietnamese coastline still rely on fishing as an important food source, and major factory fishing operations are a huge component of the Vietnamese export economy, earning the country over two billion dollars a year. Over twenty factory fishing vessels have been attacked since the beginning of the year, resulting in a dozen casualties and three sinkings. Despite assistance from the Russian government, including increased patrols by the Russian eastern fleet and the cheap sale of rocket artillery to the Vietnamese government, even locals practicing traditional fishing in small boats have been unwilling to venture out of harbor.”
The picture changes to a view of a busy Vietnamese fishing village; boats of every shape and size, from dirty little scows to brightly painted trawlers to traditional sampans, their characteristic fan-shaped sails handsome and exotic in the breeze as they tried to navigate a harbor absolutely stuffed with anchored vessels. An older, wizened fisherman appears on-screen, his face obscured by a digital distortion. The slick, slightly British accent of the translator follows his gruff words by a half-beat. “People sail out and don't come back. The military flies jets over the ocean all day, but at night the Gulf belongs to them again. Now they guard the rivers, and they tell us to sleep in shelters at night because the monsters shell the coastline. Look at us. Some of these villages float! There is nowhere to hide. Everyone is afraid.”
“But three weeks ago, all that changed.” The camera feed switches to a view of fisherman lined up on their knees in a large group, heads bowed before a hand-made tapestry depicting the silhouette of what looks like a warship. “Fisherman have reported witnessing many violent night battles just offshore; the sound of many guns firing and the muzzle flashes of same.” A grainy picture is shown; depicting little in the way of discernible details, but it does look like the muzzle flashes of a large warship at long distance. “Since the mysterious battles began, there has not been a single successful shelling of the Vietnamese shoreline. The government claims it's due to the stepped-up patrols and improved radar coverage implemented recently, but the fisherman have a different view - one not appreciated by the government.” The camera cuts to a woman this time, her face also pixelated. “It is the Ghost,” she says. “The Spirit, sent as our savior.”
FIRST POST
>>44352627
nerd
“The communist government of Vietnam holds their country to be officially atheist, but despite decades of suppression, fully half the country still practices folk religions; ancient rites and rituals that date back thousands of years and are unique to Vietnam; sometimes unique to very small areas. Despite a lack of concrete evidence and government efforts to the contrary, the legend of the unseen protector is spreading fast. The locals have many names for it, but the internet has dubbed the mysterious vessel the Gray Ghost of the Vietnamese Coast. Defense experts have offered explanations ranging from uncontacted, independent kanmusu - a theory discounted by kanmusu experts - to experimental anti-abyssal weapon systems being used by the Russians against the abyssals in secret. Whatever it is, the fisherman trust it - they're setting sail once more.”
You grump. Translation - the Russians are stomping out the abyssals on Vietnam's behalf, with steel ships or girly ones, and keeping it under wraps as to not undermine the authority of the Vietnamese government - which also gives them a convenient lever against them later, should they choose to publicize their involvement. Slimy bastards. You recline a bit and twist your head to get the crick out of your neck as the next story comes on.
“-viral video of an intruder caught exiting the front doors of the Marintime Research Academy in Tokyo a few days ago. Officers responding to a burglar alarm encountered the masked, helmeted suspect and immediately called for backup.”
On the screen is a shaky cellphone video of riot-shield protected cops trying to surround a man in tactical body armor. He's in possession of one of their riot shields. As a tear gas canister flies through the air at him, something red blurs and sends the can flying back at the officers.
>>44352627
Technically second.
>>44352622
>The Ghost
Okay, let's find this shipgirl.
“With several million youtube hits and a growing number of musical parodies, the Tokyo Metropolitan police are increasingly frustrated with their inability to get any solid tips on the man's identity.”
As you watch, CNN switches to another clip - the 'man' standing by a Japanese police SWAT van; the side sporting several asian-sized dents. Now in possession of two riot shields - one strapped to his back - the suspect tucks his cracked red whiffle bat under one arm long enough to produce a can of silver spray paint to hose his face down with. A second after striking a good, long pose for the cell phone cameras, he resumes his pursuit of the hapless municipal police, who flee from his mad, high-pitched laughter like sparrows from a hawk.
“A reward of one thousand dollars is being offered. The Metropolitan Police are also reminding people that failure to report the suspect, or those giving aid to the suspect may be charged as aiding and abetting terrorists under new security laws passed last year.”
[ ] Phone. Call. Motherfucker. Now.
[ ] Don't get mad. Get EVEN.
>>44352666
>[ ] Don't get mad. Get EVEN.
>>44352666
>[ ] Don't get mad. Get EVEN.
>>44352666
>Don't get mad. Get EVEN.
The revenge of the Beast will be swift, terrible, and faintly malodorous.
>>44352666
>[ ] Don't get mad. Get EVEN.
I don't understand what happened...
>>44352646
>Gray Ghost
BIG E, BIG E
>>44352666
I'm confused. Who's this guy?
>>44352666
>[x] Don't get mad. Get EVEN.
>>It's time.<<
>>44352663
>mfw you realize who
>>44352716
>>44352717
Read that one Navyfag writeup.
Hate came along is all I'll say.
>>44352666
>[ ] Don't get mad. Get EVEN.
LET'S FUCKING GO
>>44352724
>only Grey Ghost is Enterprise
stop memeing
>>44352666
[x] report Hate to the local PD.
>>44352745
can someone post it up?
>>44352666
>[X] Don't get mad. Get EVEN.
>>44352745
For the record: http://pastebin.com/fyVbUpBX
>>44352646
>kanmusu experts
We have those?
>>44352666
>[ ] Don't get mad. Get EVEN.
>>44352724
If it turns out to be HMS Repulse or some other random shit then I will actually be surprised.
>>44352666
>[x] Don't get mad. Get EVEN.
>>44352666
[ ] Don't get mad. Get EVEN.
>>44352666
>[ ] Don't get mad. Get EVEN.
Enterprise maybe?
>>44352666
>Phone. Call. Motherfucker. Now.
Getting Hate arrested and giving the Nationalists ammo about gaijin undermining Japanese institutions is the opposite of production
>>44352666
[ ] Don't get mad. Get EVEN.
>>44352841
No, but that doesn't stop them
>Who /is/ this Shipslut?
>>44352666
>[x] Don't get mad. Get on with your life.
kamen rider krylon is at it again, huh. seems like a normal day in japan. we'd need a running start to even give a fuck.
>>44352841
No, but the military calls them experts so it doesn't look like they know jackshit.
>>44352860
I know it's just shadows, but it really looks like hate has a neckbeard here.
Which is mostly accurate, dude's a fucking nerd.
>>44352841
Who do you think we play as when we're going full speculah?
>>44352666
>Other
A thousand dollars, huh?
>>44352804
>only Grey Ghost is Enterprise
whatever you say bru
>>44352666
>[ ] Don't get mad. Get EVEN.
>>44352666
>[ ] Don't get mad. Get EVEN.
>>44352666
[ ] Don't get mad. Get EVEN.
>>44352862
Is that from ChinkColle?
>>44352874
also this, literally this
VOTES CALLED
>>44352666
[X] Don't get mad. Get EVEN.
>Grey Ghost of the Vietnamese Coast
Edson?
>>44352904
Yup.
>>44352890
>literally a million ships called "Grey Ghost" at some point, because the ship was painted grey and sailors are incredibly unimaginative
>only one officially called that was E
JUST GOING WITH ACTUAL LEADS
>>44352804
>Not knowing the other ships nicknamed the Grey Ghost
The US navy is highly unimaginative with nicknames dude.
>>44352724
I want to say its the Big J, just because of her tour in Vietnam, but I think someone'd notice if Camden was missing one of its few legal sources of commerce.
>>44352666
[x] don't get mad - GET EVEN!
>>44352949
>carrier
>night gun battles
>>44352841
Yeah. Technically.
Of course, most of them have never fucking ever seen one of the girls in the flesh before, let alone one of the hostile fucking bitches, but, ya know. *EXPERTS* or some fucking shit.
>>44352960
Hell, wasn't Iowa the grey ghost at one point?
>>44352938
Hmm.
9/10, would embarrass the IJN botes with.
>>44352838
>institute of Cetacean Research
Taigei when?
>>44352964
>but I think someone'd notice if Camden was missing one of its few legal sources of commerce.
AHAHAHAHAHAhahaha well yes yes they would
>>44352949
>Leads
>Night battle
>guns
>insists on Big E
>GUNS
>>44352646
>“-viral video of an intruder caught exiting the front doors of the Marintime Research Academy in Tokyo a few days ago. Officers responding to a burglar alarm encountered the masked, helmeted suspect and immediately called for backup.”
HAAAAAAAAAAAAATE
Also Parker
>>44352985
PF. Please.
Reminder that Japan's current Emperor is older than Yamato and might have even attended her launching, on top of being a pretty chill dude who likes marine biology
>>44352964
...shit, wait, were those large-caliber guns firing at an unusually high rate? It ain't Jersey, man... it's Newport News!
>>44352971
>E
>not having guns
those 5" AA guns fucked bitches at Samar :^ )
>>44353005
just confirming that it's not new jersey, no sir. though I do love the story of the time the NVA had the bad judgement to fire on her.
>5 incher goes poing
>Jersey's 5-inchers landscape the artillery park into a parking lot
>>44352999
I know nothing.
Just ask Goto.
>>44353008
>Des Moines class
>all dat DAKKA
YES
THIS PLEASES THE ORKZ
>>44352987
Last I checked, many american planes had guns.
Now planefag probably was lying about that, but you have my source.
I think Pensacola got stuck with Grey Ghost as well at one point
>>44352717
Big E wasnt the Grey Ghost of 'NAM. We are lookin at an Iowa class on our hands here.
>>44352932
Could be Pensacola as well. There's a lot of US boats called Grey Ghost. Could also be NON-USN shipgirls too....
>>44353038
>>44353053
>at night
votes called, but you can still post
everyone except you, you can't post anymore
so hamp is teaching shokaku to make hipster coffee without a percolator.
briki like a greek, espresso a leva like a wop, or grit'n'grimace like a cowboy?
>>44353053
Plane cannons and naval rifles are on entirely different levels
>>44353038
We have the motherfucking third person limited centered on you, bro.
>>44353006
Do you think he would come and meet Yamato if her existence was ever reviled?
>>44353057
>Pensacola
I hope you're ready for "Ara ara~": American CA edition.
>>44353060
Eh. Enterprise is a slut anyway.
I'd rather a Showboat.
>>44353070
Doesn't know Enterprise was a trained in night fighting.
Get out of the thread yourself.
>>44353086
If he hasn't met her already, yeah
>>44353086
It'd be cute if he's a Yamato fanboy. Like, of the steel one.
Basically, we need to get shit done.
We have to look through every single ship that's ever had anything to do with Vietnam.
The big point here is that something had to have happened to make this ship want to protect 'Nam.
>>44353034
Thank god. You keep your filthy mitts off my shipfu.
>>44353068
>>44353085
T-the good Corporal and I were playing Poker. With Shiranui. And Weiss. And Goto.
Pretty much everyone but Admiral Settle!
I swear. Y-you can just ask them!
>>44353124
Or any ship with the nickname "Grey ghost" that was sunk in the area.
>>44353124
Making up for all the crap that happened during the vietnam war?
Survivor's guilt?
Unfinished business?
>>44353124
Eh, it's neat to speculate, but it's not a Situation we need to handle. It's a situation that's already resolved outside of our awareness or capability.
Whether it's slavs or sluts, Vietnam is holding on in the war. This is a Good Thing.
>>44353148
Was itstrip poker?
Pensacola would be like Hamps mother almost. She was the first of the new American Heavy Cruisers, and the Northampton's were a direct improvement based on them.
Just let that sink in.
Is the grey ghost the USS Houston?
The ghost that died at Sunda Strait?
>>44353124
Still saying Newport News. Why? Because the #2 gun in her #2 turret exploded on the firing line off the Vietnam coast when an 8" shell detonated prematurely.
On 19 December 1967, Newport News exchanged fire with 20–28 separate shore batteries, simultaneously, off the coast of North Vietnam. During the short period of this engagement, over 300 enemy rounds bracketed the cruiser's position, but she suffered no direct hits. This encounter led American forward observers to nickname Newport News "The Gray Ghost from the East Coast," a moniker she retained throughout her three Vietnam deployments.
One of these goddamn days, I won't forget to check for the new thread at 1900.
One day.
In the mean time, things have been going not horribly, I see.
>>44353188
>American momboat
yes
this pleases me
>>44353188
>>44353212
American Momboat that can effortlessly get Hamp flustered.
>>44353229
This amuses the drunken one.
>>44353071
Chemex baby
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemex_Coffeemaker
>>44352972
DRINKING.
Hate is hereby to be refered to as a 'corptenant'. Let it be known.
It could be;
>Chicago
>Boston
>Canberra
>Newport News
>>44353229
>Oh, Hamp dear, going out-of-regs again? That just won't do for a proper sailor like you!
>Wgfsghfhg... Mom?!
>>44353256
carptenant.
>>44353212
For real though, we need a momboat or four to keep bad things from happening to the shipsloops
>>44353229
>that can get Hamp flustered.
Her shenanigans with Hornet will be glorious.
>>44353258
>recomissioned Russky gun destroyers
>>44353209
except not drinking that god forsaken coffee. Should have still drunk it.
>>44353229
>Then Hamp gets mad when someone calls her Pepsicola
>Then he gets fucking ridiculed
>Hornet gets really hyped to meet her
>>44353204
>>44353124
>>44353098
>>44353094
>>44353065
>>44353060
>>44353057
>>44353008
>>44352964
>>44352949
>>44352862
Nah, take it on good intelligence, here.
It's the Enterprise. NCC-1701, specifically.
>>44353034
This ship wouldn't be one of her Majesty's ships, now would it?
I remember two big BB's getting sunk in the area near Vietnam and one of them may have had a blood-sucking escort from a place down under.
>>44353269
Looks at mom-boat already in story.
Sure, I guess we could use more ship-girls like her?
>>44353295
THE JJ ABRAMS VERSION?
FUCK THAT WAS MY FAVORITE.
>>44353295
goddamn alieums
>>44353243
>>44353229
Also big sister to the infamous Swayback Maru.
Fun fact, when she was torpedoed one of her 8" magazines exploded, but she sailed on (also on fire from her fuel oil being blown all over the deck) to be repaired and brought back, making her the oldest heavy cruiser in service at wars end.
>>44353306
Well, more can't hurt.
>>44352666
>[ ] Don't get mad. Get EVEN.
>>44353295
We SPACE COLLE NOW
>>44353288
>>44353270
>Oh dear, are you the new girl that Hamp has been pining for? You look pretty cute in that indian outfit! I think you two look good together!
>Hornet does the touching fingers thing while feeling awkward
>Hamp is mortified
>>44353295
could this be an elaborate ruse?
>>44353162
My M-14 is still relevant. It's not here right now, but it's fucking relevant.
>>44353268
The greatest and most fearsome enemy of Dwarves.
>>44353283
I believe that the stomach cramps which would have resulted would have severely dampened any more interaction with Shoukaku.
>>44353259
>>44353288
>>44353270
Oh yes.
>>44353345
Oh Yes!
>>44353306
I believe the logic is that mothers are rocks to their families.
Good mothers, at least.
>>44353345
>Steel rebar shortage
>Hornet has a cultural heritage display in her room
>>44353369
But yours is the tacticool stuff, marine.
Ours is vietnam-era wood furniture.
>>44353369
M-14 a shit
>>44353369
IT IS SHIT AND OLD AND GOT REPLACED FOR A REASON - BECAUSE IT IS SHIT AND OLD. FUCKIN' NOSTALGIAFAG
>>44353295
>Nah, take it on good intelligence, here.
I want intel when a certain pencil will arrive on your desk.
>>44353229
>American Momboat can get everybody flustered
>Including the Japanese shipgirls
>Even Hate
>>44353395
There's nothing wrong with some nostalgia.
Well, so long as you remember to keep up with the times.
>>44353405
Maximum Yes!
>>44353395
Gonna give him the ol' boot, eh?
>My goodness, Hate, my boy, your bars are crooked.
Get over here. Didn't they teach you how to put them on properly in school? Now don';t forget your handkerchief before you depart on your deployment. Did you forget your webbing? Ration bars? Did you say goodbye to that nice girl Yamoto?"
>>44353405
>>Even Hate
Japanese carrier momboat certainly had an effect on him.
Carrier girls seem to be passive aggressive/outright aggressive to eachother, except between sisters.
Battleship girls seem to be friendly to one another.
>>44353401
>tfw Pencil is delayed
I wish we could see the next chapter when they take a sidetrip to visit their sister in chicago.
>>44353395
>Shit and old
Yeah, tell that to haj. He fucking hated the thunder lizard.
>>44353388
You're shit.
>>44353387
I fucking wish I coulda scored on old, 'nam-era one, wood is so much sexier than the aluminum and composite I've got, but you take what you can get.
>>44353388
You a shit
>>44353395
Shut up before Hate boils you, crustacean.
>>44353412
"OH, BOO HOO, FUCKIN', I NEED THIS RIFLE MADE OUT OF SUPER DUPER FUCKIN' SPACE FUCKIN' AGE ALLOYS SO IT'S MEGA FUCKIN' LIGHT SO I CAN FUCKIN' CARRY MORE AMMO AND OTHER FUCKIN' SHIT THAT FUCKIN' EXPLODES AND FUCKIN' KILLS BAD GUYS"
That. That is what Hate sounds like when he comes into the room. If I weren't firmly convinced that he is literally the ONLY OTHER PERSON ON BASE that is sane, I'd kick him square in the nuts and tell him to fuck off. But I need someone to bounce retarded ideas off of while drinking.
Basically, Hate is idea-batman.
>>44353071
hopefully the cowboy coffee.
we'll make a real american out of shokaku or die trying.
Pensacola would be a humblebut incredibly lewd
momboat
>>44353460
Whos more insane, Settle or Goto
>>44353460
You say that like I'm fucking wrong. Tell me more badguy killy power is a fucking bad thing. Tell me so I can fucking laugh at you
>>44353460
>idea-batman
That is amazing and horrifying.
>>44353401
Soon(tm).
Posting this now in case I don't finish a writeup in time
>>44353431
Yes, the aluminium and composite lack the warmth and personality of wood.
>>44353464
I believe that is indeed Shoukaku's objective. Oh yes.
>>44353502
>Soon(tm).
>>44353460
So are the good ideas the ones that stick, the ones that fall off, or the ones he dodges?
>>44353472
Don't know, don't care, they're both faggy as hell.
>>44353482
You know, "NOT THE IDEA WE WANT, BUT THE IDEA WE NEED" that's him.
>>44353481
IMAGE, FAGGOT. THAT'S YOU. THAT'S WHAT YOU LOOK AND SOUND LIKE EVERY TIME.
Niggas don't know what REAL firepower looks like.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICifnf63lCs
>fires faster than modern 6" guns
>>44353470
>Pensacola gives Hornet advice on positions and how to tie ropes to bedpost
Muh lower cannon.
>>44353502
>Those guns
Such a shame she can't use them in combat. Those guns look sexy.
>>44353502
>rangefinder is missing
>>44353460
batman as in the character or batman as in a personal assistant to a commissioned officer?
Your phone chirps brightly while you're still rubbing away the budding headache. Muting the TV, you unlock the screen and find a new message from Naka.
“Still want me as your secretary?”
You ponder this missive for a moment before replying.
“Depends. With Iwo being invaded we're short on coastal patrols.”
A second later her reply buzzes onto your screen. "Well, you've got a few CLs lying around. Sendai's pretty eager, but I don't know how she'd take to patrol duty."
You smirk as you tap out your reply - nice try, kiddo. “Patrols report first and engage second. Sendai's too BANZAI and Jintsuu tends to Light Up The Night.”
Her reply shows up a moment later - girl can work a smartphone pretty handily for being born in the 40s. “If you want me dead you could just order it, Settle.”
A moment passes as you consider your reply, then your phone chimes again.
“All right, sure.”
[ ] Go through with it - put her in the patrol duty rotation. You know she's not fully repaired yet - Wainwright told you as much - but you're starting to fear that the wounds will never heal here on base.
[ ] Tell her to be in the office on Monday. If she's willing to volunteer, someone will put her on light duty patrol rotation sooner or later, and you'll lose your chance to kidnap her for your own divisions once she's fully healed. Love, war, fairness, etc.
[ ] Put her on harbor patrol duty rotation - she can do her secretary thing during normal working hours, you can force her to socialize with select people by assigning them to the same duty at times, and it keeps her out of that fucking sterile room.
>>44353539
Yes.
>>44353542
Huh, she looks familiar...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z57DZccdnEo
>>44353460 (Crab)
>LT. Hate
>sane
These two concepts do not belong in the same GALAXY, much less directly semantically linked.
>>44353542
>>fires faster than modern 6" guns
how?
Also, loading that thing with 6" nuclear shells would be worth a laugh or two.
>>44353575
[ ] Put her on harbor patrol duty rotation - she can do her secretary thing during normal working hours, you can force her to socialize with select people by assigning them to the same duty at times, and it keeps her out of that fucking sterile room.
>>44353575
>[ ] Go through with it - put her in the patrol duty rotation. You know she's not fully repaired yet - Wainwright told you as much - but you're starting to fear that the wounds will never heal here on base
bitch you are going to get so healed you get shot at so you can't be an emotional wreck
>>44353575
>[ ] Tell her to be in the office on Monday. If she's willing to volunteer, someone will put her on light duty patrol rotation sooner or later, and you'll lose your chance to kidnap her for your own divisions once she's fully healed. Love, war, fairness, etc.
>>44353575
>[x] Put her on harbor patrol duty rotation - she can do her secretary thing during normal working hours, you can force her to socialize with select people by assigning them to the same duty at times, and it keeps her out of that fucking sterile room.
Harbour patrol sounds good.
>>44353575
>[ ] Tell her to be in the office on Monday. If she's willing to volunteer, someone will put her on light duty patrol rotation sooner or later, and you'll lose your chance to kidnap her for your own divisions once she's fully healed. Love, war, fairness, etc.
>>44353575
>[x] Put her on harbor patrol duty rotation - she can do her secretary thing during normal working hours, you can force her to socialize with select people by assigning them to the same duty at times, and it keeps her out of that fucking sterile room.
>>44353575
>[ ] Put her on harbor patrol duty rotation - she can do her secretary thing during normal working hours, you can force her to socialize with select people by assigning them to the same duty at times, and it keeps her out of that fucking sterile room.
>>44353598
Autoloaders, mate, watch the video.
>>44353575
>[ ] Put her on harbor patrol duty rotation - she can do her secretary thing during normal working hours, you can force her to socialize with select people by assigning them to the same duty at times, and it keeps her out of that fucking sterile room.
>>44353563
That's the point. I sure hope you've been reading up on parker's stories because it's relevant there, aside from its real-world reason.
>>44353575
>Tell her to be in the office on Monday. If she's willing to volunteer, someone will put her on light duty patrol rotation sooner or later, and you'll lose your chance to kidnap her for your own divisions once she's fully healed. Love, war, fairness, etc.
Naka-chan~
Girl's damn good at it
>>44353575
>[X] Put her on harbor patrol duty rotation - she can do her secretary thing during normal working hours, you can force her to socialize with select people by assigning them to the same duty at times, and it keeps her out of that fucking sterile room.
>>44353575
>[ ] Put her on harbor patrol duty rotation - she can do her secretary thing during normal working hours, you can force her to socialize with select people by assigning them to the same duty at times, and it keeps her out of that fucking sterile room.
>>44353575
>[ ] Go through with it - put her in the patrol duty rotation. You know she's not fully repaired yet - Wainwright told you as much - but you're starting to fear that the wounds will never heal here on base.
>>44353575
>[ ] Put her on harbor patrol duty rotation - she can do her secretary thing during normal working hours, you can force her to socialize with select people by assigning them to the same duty at times, and it keeps her out of that fucking sterile room.
Probably the least-bad option, plus it lets her ease her way into working again.
>>44353575
Hm.
This required some thought.
>[X] Put her on harbor patrol duty rotation - she can do her secretary thing during normal working hours, you can force her to socialize with select people by assigning them to the same duty at times, and it keeps her out of that fucking sterile room.
I do hope we can assign Harder to patrol duty as well.
He needs to practice operating in shallow depths, doesn't he?
>>44353575
>[ ] Put her on harbor patrol duty rotation - she can do her secretary thing during normal working hours, you can force her to socialize with select people by assigning them to the same duty at times, and it keeps her out of that fucking sterile room.
>>44353575
>[ ] Put her on harbor patrol duty rotation - she can do her secretary thing during normal working hours, you can force her to socialize with select people by assigning them to the same duty at times, and it keeps her out of that fucking sterile room.
>>44353598
>how?
TECHNOLOGY
350LBS OF RAPE DELIVERED TO YOUR CITADEL AT 8-10 ROUNDS PER MINUTE
>>44353575
>[ ] Go through with it - put her in the patrol duty rotation. You know she's not fully repaired yet - Wainwright told you as much - but you're starting to fear that the wounds will never heal here on base.
I just hope I'm not making a mistake.
>>44353655
God, that's just beautiful.
>>44353575
>[ ] Put her on harbor patrol duty rotation - she can do her secretary thing during normal working hours, you can force her to socialize with select people by assigning them to the same duty at times, and it keeps her out of that fucking sterile room.
>>44353655
>350LBS OF RAPE DELIVERED TO YOUR CITADEL AT 8-10 ROUNDS <b>PER GUN</b> PER MINUTE
Remember, those are three-gun turrets.
>>44353575
>[X] Put her on harbor patrol duty rotation - she can do her secretary thing during normal working hours, you can force her to socialize with select people by assigning them to the same duty at times, and it keeps her out of that fucking sterile room.
>>44353655
where does the gun crew go
>>44353575
>[x] Put her on harbor patrol duty rotation - she can do her secretary thing during normal working hours, you can force her to socialize with select people by assigning them to the same duty at times, and it keeps her out of that fucking sterile room.
So...Ranger never? I'm gonna guess never.
>>44353645
Hmmm I like this logic more than mine. DRUNKEN INDECISIVNESS!
>>44353575
Changing vote to
[ ] put her on harbor patrol.
>>44353575
>[X] Tell her to be in the office on Monday. If she's willing to volunteer, someone will put her on light duty patrol rotation sooner or later, and you'll lose your chance to kidnap her for your own divisions once she's fully healed. Love, war, fairness, etc.
Also
>Request that she be given a psych eval before she resumes combat duties.
>>44353575
>[x] Go through with it - put her in the patrol duty rotation. You know she's not fully repaired yet - Wainwright told you as much - but you're starting to fear that the wounds will never heal here on base.
kicking her ass hasn't worked, maybe being booted out of the house and forced to work for a living will cure her.
>>44353692
Where they don't interfere with the machinery, of course.
>>44353575
[ ] Put her on harbor patrol duty rotation - she can do her secretary thing during normal working hours, you can force her to socialize with select people by assigning them to the same duty at times, and it keeps her out of that fucking sterile room.
>>44353682
>trying html tags
hello spacebattler. Just so you know? The day the imageboard code supports bbcode or html tags is the day I fucking jizz myself with joy, I swear to fucking god
IT'S NOT THAT FUCKING MUCH TO ASK FOR AAAAAAAA HIRO PLS
>>44353575
>[x] Put her on harbor patrol duty rotation - she can do her secretary thing during normal working hours, you can force her to socialize with select people by assigning them to the same duty at times, and it keeps her out of that fucking sterile room.
>>44353502
Time to bribe Lex again.
>>44353502
moooooooooore
>>44353718
Why would you want that
>>44353655
>>44353655
That makes me proud to be an American.
>>44353718
Hiroshima Nagasaki will never deliver.
>>44353655
>automatic 8-inch gun
what in the actual fuck are you doing USN
>>44353575
>[x] Put her on harbor patrol duty rotation - she can do her secretary thing during normal working hours, you can force her to socialize with select people by assigning them to the same duty at times, and it keeps her out of that fucking sterile room.
>>44353718
It's an imageboard, not a bulletin board. If you want better text options, go somewhere else.
>>44353718
Hmm. It does make formatting easier.
>>44353756
HOME BOAT!
>>44353719
Why does abyssal naka have bigger tits?
>>44353597
Look man, anyone who agrees with me that THIS WHOLE FUCKING DETAIL IS BULLSHIT is pretty sane in my book, regardless of what they may or may not have done in a past life.
>>44353575
>[ ] Go through with it - put her in the patrol duty rotation. You know she's not fully repaired yet - Wainwright told you as much - but you're starting to fear that the wounds will never heal here on base.
>[ ] Tell her to be in the office on Monday. If she's willing to volunteer, someone will put her on light duty patrol rotation sooner or later, and you'll lose your chance to kidnap her for your own divisions once she's fully healed. Love, war, fairness, etc.
>[ ] Put her on harbor patrol duty rotation - she can do her secretary thing during normal working hours, you can force her to socialize with select people by assigning them to the same duty at times, and it keeps her out of that fucking sterile room.
Hey, Shippers, you realize which of these options lets you assign your OTP as the secretary, right?
>>44353781
Because it's not just abyssal Naka, it's mixed with one of the other sluts who has big tits.
>>44353781
Because no legs.
Sea or otherwise
>>44353781
Some autists like to say that Nakabyssal is a fusion of Naka and Agano. Purely because she has long hair.
>>44353756
Freedom things anon.
>>44353766
if they used that rationale to remove greentext it would be worth it actually
imagine
no more fucking >be me
>>44353756
>what in the actual fuck are you doing USN
Delivering FREEDOM at a rate of 10,500 pounds per turret per minute, apparently.
'Murica's addiction to having ALL THE DAKKA is downright Orky at times.
>>44353575
>[ ] Put her on harbor patrol duty rotation - she can do her secretary thing during normal working hours, you can force her to socialize with select people by assigning them to the same duty at times, and it keeps her out of that fucking sterile room.
This sounds good.
THERE AIN'T NO SUCH ANIMAL
>>44353781
>Why does abyssal naka have bigger tits?
because evil is sexy and all that as well as being mature and lacking innocence or something
>>44353812
>>44353812
But greentext is a meme. Hiro fucking loves memes. Greentext isn't going anywhere.
>>44353756
Something utterly beautiful and amazing.
>>44353784
Wait, you mean to suggest that Naka could not be the secretary?
I have trouble actually conceptualizing that.
>>44353812
It would be incredible.
Then some asshole would find another means to do the same thing.
>>44353784
>Still thinking that secretary equates to waifu
No, bro
>>44353812
But what would we do without our shitty greentext stories and bane posting?
>>44353812
>4chan with no greentext
does you depravity know no bounds planefag?
>>44353827
>>44353836
it's a pretty dank meme at that
>>44353812
SHUT YOUR SHIT MOUTH, GREENTEXT IS AWESOME
>be me
>see this post
>want to shit in your mouth for it
YEAH SEE WHAT I DID THERE HAHAHAHAHAHA
>>44353841
He was referring to Naka-Harder pair dumbass
>>44353784
There's more important things than earning waifu points
>BuOrd was particularly - and justifiably - proud of this design. The high ROF figure was routinely and reliably achieved by all three ships of this class. Commented BuShips engineer E.A. Wright after viewing a demonstration bombardment by USS Newport News on 07 September 1949: "The automatic ammunition supply and loading worked perfectly and at the designed rate, which still seems to me phenomenal for that caliber."
>>44353820
>All those moving parts
>>44353846
The worst thing of all.
Talking to each other like normal people.
>>44353781
Flat is justice
>>44353818
It might be, but goddamn it makes me proud to be American. Our ships might no be the fastest, or have the best torpedoes, but goddamn do we have guns.
VOTES CALLED~
>>44353839
>Wait, you mean to suggest that Naka could not be the secretary?
Yes, one of the options does appear to do that. At which point we'd have to assign a new ship to that role.
>>44353885
>ALL THE GUNS
>>44353886
Did they leave a message?
>>44353860
No, he wasn't. He was clearly saying that one option allowed us to assign either of the waifus to the secretary position.
Not that one CLEARLY allows to favorise Harder and Naka interacting. Which I support, by the way.
>>44353888
I was being somewhat sarcastic.
>>44353885
>It might be, but goddamn it makes me proud to be American. Our ships might no be the fastest, or have the best torpedoes, but goddamn do we have guns.
Those 8-inch guns on the Des Monies class were also...
... dual-angle.
Complete with atuomatic fuzing from the 3D AA director.
>>44353886
WE DON'T FUCKING CARE
TOO BUSY WANTING DES MOINES
>>44353846
>>44353895just a lot of heavy breathing and a click as they hung up
>>44353794
Not for nothing, but my last mission was actually to try to rescue Agano on our way the fuck out of Truk.
It went predictably for both of us.
>>44353899
American guns were incredible, back in the day. So much Dakka. So beautiful.
Accuracy wasn't bad either.
>>44353899
Des Moines OP
pls gib
>>44353899
...UNF
>>44353899
>Dual-purpose automatic guns
Kappa approves
>>44353924
Please, tell me of the op in complete detail.
>>44353899
>forgetting the fully automatic, radar controlled blind firing VT fused dual mount 3"/50's designed to explode a plane with a single shot 5 miles away, with each single gun being the equivalent of 8 (EIGHT) Bofors
TECH
NO
LO
GY
>>44353940
in addition to the 5-inch DP battery.
And those open mounts in the picture? Go look up the video on the 76mm AA guns. That's right. The light AA was upgraded from 40mm bofors to fucking automatically laid 76mm with a higher rate of fire. Shit's fucking nuts.
>>44353899
>>44353756
Building a ship to win the very same sort of battle that saw the Solomons devour cruisers at an alarming rate, since the fast-firing CLs didn't have the range to hammer Japanese ships before they fired their Type 93s, and the CAs couldn't fire rapidly enough to hit the violently-maneuvering ships. "Well, fuck, we'll just build a CA that fires as fast as the CLs can!" (BuOrd also developed a less-successful autoloader for the 6"/47... it was intended to let CLs use their main batteries for air defense and hopefully hit German bombers before they released their Fritz-X's.)
Yes, I know, that sort of battle had ended by mid-1943 and gun cruisers were largely obsolete for surface warfare after that. Remember the proud military tradition of always preparing for the LAST war you fought...
>>44353812
I wish the DM wasn't kinda shitty in WoWS, it would make me happy.
>>44353950
kek
anyway writing
>>44353885
>Our ships might not be the fastest, or have the best torpedoes,
>best torpedoes
>torpedoes
Don't fucking remind me.
Why.
That whole multi-YEAR fucking debacle with the whole Mk.13-15 family.
Seriously, BuOrd. Fucking WWHHHHYYYYY?
>>44353924
You cheer up, young lady. You cheer up or we'll make you cheer up.
Because while the World is a cold, dreary and uncaring place, there's no reason to play along. Instead, spite it by enjoying your life to the fullest. Every little joy, every little pleasure.
>>44353953
Like, say, those magnificent displays of engineering and firepower.
>>44353953
>>44353950
>>44353946
"Agano, I shall save y--"
"She sunk like a day ago."
"Well, shit. At least things couldn't get any woH FUCK PLANES"
Roll credits.
>>44353972
>torpedoes are useless
>still manage to sink more shipping and IJN warships than the U-Boats did with a 2 year lead on us
get rekt
>>44353899
Fun fact, even Iowa's 16" guns had an AA range table. The fact that they made one at all for a BB gun says something. And they did have proximity fuses late on the war.
>>44353575
>[x] Put her on harbor patrol duty rotation - she can do her secretary thing during normal working hours, you can force her to socialize with select people by assigning them to the same duty at times, and it keeps her out of that fucking sterile room.
>>44353988
And then you wound up here
>>44353893
Pffft
>>44353988
that thousand yard stare
