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There's a fuckton of various never-built Tomcat variants in the DB, from the Super 21 down to less ambitious F-14E upgrades. WarfareSims really loves the Tom as well. I'm not completely sure why the USN moved so completely to Super Hornets (well, actually I do know--JSF--but the details are still kind of puzzling).
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bibliosabreur posted:I'm not completely sure why the USN moved so completely to Super Hornets (well, actually I do know--JSF--but the details are still kind of puzzling). Afaik it was more because the F-14 was a big, expensive one-trick-pony of a hangar queen. Just getting more Superbugs and the flexibility and ease of logistics that came with them was considered the better option. Magni fucked around with this message at 01:27 on Dec 23, 2017 |
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I maintain that Bote is an appropiate name for a merc vessel.
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Yvonmukluk posted:I maintain that Bote is an appropiate name for a merc vessel. A good and clever point! But we should keep such goofy shipnames for vessels that directly belong to HG, like Commodore Hunter's mighty Tokyo Bay Fortress. Why, you may ask? It's because the Karel Doormans are owned and mostly crewed by the Watergeuzen. These guys are - by all indications and also probably due to the more regimented nature of shipboard life - much more professional fellows than Hayard-Gunnes, and heirs to a centuries-long naval tradition to boot. HG, on the other hand, is generally depicted as a cartoonishly shoestring outfit who halfass or even quarter-rear end basically everything not directly related to the maintainance, equipping, and operation of the planes themselves. Tl;dr: please give dumb names for HG's own ships like the ELINT bote and good names for our subcontractors' vessels, because they aren't as much of a careless herd of slackers and will probably laugh in your face anyway. 
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Also how goes our HUMINT operation of sending in off-duty maintenance personnel to bars wearing Hawaiian shirts claiming to be American tourists?
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wedgekree posted:Also how goes our HUMINT operation of sending in off-duty maintenance personnel to bars wearing Hawaiian shirts claiming to be American tourists? It started out well, but corporate soon realized that the maintenance crews were just driving down the road and staying shitfaced drunk for three days. It's the thought that counts, right?
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Dec 24, 2017 02:04
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Heartsh an' mindsh, right? *hic*
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Yooper posted:It started out well, but corporate soon realized that the maintenance crews were just driving down the road and staying shitfaced drunk for three days. It's the thought that counts, right? Dammit, I was hoping no one would catch on!
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Realbarrow posted:A good and clever point! But we should keep such goofy shipnames for vessels that directly belong to HG, like Commodore Hunter's mighty Tokyo Bay Fortress. Why, you may ask? Pretty sure watergeuzen are wholly HG at this point and have been fully integrated.
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Dec 24, 2017 16:24
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Whether you celebrate it or not, Merry Christmas my fellow Hired Goons!
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orcbuster posted:Pretty sure watergeuzen are wholly HG at this point and have been fully integrated. I don't recall Yooper definitely stating this. But even if it is the case, it would be really great if we had both shoestring frat-house slackers (HG) and cool, collected types (WG, Cobbie). Both sides of the mercenary coin, you know?
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i like to think we're kept afloat by like, really really good support staff and ground crews. like they cheaped out on the pilots and mission planners and leadership but paid out top dollar for the cafeteria staff and the person that orders spare parts
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I think that the HG and WH count have distinctly different cultures organizational wise. Also, the Air Force and the Navy being similar to each other is heresy.
omegasgundam fucked around with this message at 03:52 on Dec 25, 2017 |
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Dec 25, 2017 02:54
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Merry Christmas, one and all, Gunnes.
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quote:cool, collected types (WG, Cobbie) lol
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sebmojo posted:lol Cooler and more collected than most of the chuckleheads at HG, at any rate. :v
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tk0RPdmNeDA Ho ho ho holy poo poo! It's Christmas! Merry Christmas Hired Goons. The Commissary will be serving candied yams, yesterdays bread stuffing, goat-carved-like-a-ham, this crazy phyllo dough thing, and "British style" grog.  The locals are waiting outside the facility with some special "gifts" that, as near as security can tell, is straight up liquor. Please, we don't want a repeat of the December 17th incident. You know who you are.
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If you bought the game (like me), it's worth poking around the Steam workshop, there's a lot of good stuff. The Community Scenario Pack adds a ton of new scenarios to dick with and is pretty polished for user content. There's even a Top Gun scenario where you control Maverick's Tomcat against the Soviets. Warthogs over Latakia lets you take A-10s out for a spin. There's one where you control the air groups on Yankee Station and enough Cold War shenanigans to keep you satisfied. And a Black Buck mission if you've ever thought "You know what, I want to do MORE refueling."
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Yooper posted:the December 17th incident In my defense, I didn't know it was 190 proof when I poured it on the generator.
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Is there a list of all these Merc groups we got running around? It's hard to remember who has what.
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Ground Crews are reminded that the Stratotanker still constitutes 'indoors', and you're all welcome to party with Big Pig. No touching the still though, it's hard to set up one that doesn't mind all the altitude changes as it is.
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Dec 27, 2017 16:48
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Aaaaaaaaand there go all my future plans to 3DP F-14s. Dammit, other mercs! Stop ruining my fun!
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Dec 28, 2017 05:51
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WOOOO! The grand soar is canon!
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Ikasuhito posted:Is there a list of all these Merc groups we got running around? It's hard to remember who has what. There is one floating round in the discord for the fan proposed ones but there is no real set list that we know of that outlies our known opponents complete lineup.
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orcbuster posted:(Top gear theme plays in background) orcbuster fucked around with this message at 10:54 on Dec 29, 2017 |
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I love you 
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Dec 29, 2017 03:07
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 That was pitch perfect.
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Dec 29, 2017 06:10
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   Srsly, that was AMAZING.
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Amazing simply amazing orcbuster.
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Dec 29, 2017 15:44
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That was absolutely perfect, I could see and hear it like it was a real episode. Truly, my hat is off to you for that flawless gem.
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This thread remains life-affirming.
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Thanks guys!
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You should get the guy from the Aurora 4x thread to do a VO of that
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If you guys want to plot some acquisitions of your own for IRL, might I suggest Raptor Aviation. As a goon project, we could buy a fleet of 20 Fougas, a couple MiG-21s, a Skyraider that's seen combat, or a very nice MiG-29. They have Hueys and Blackhawks, for those of you who like choppers. Let's take this thread to the next level. Goon project, I'll make the wiki.
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Switzerland posted:You should get the guy from the Aurora 4x thread to do a VO of that I'll have a crack at it, I'll need to listen to a few episodes first it's been a while.
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orcbuster posted:(Top gear theme plays in background) I would actually subscribe to Amazon Prime to watch this show. If, you know, fantasy = reality.
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CourValant posted:I would actually subscribe to Amazon Prime to watch this show. Having just blazed through the four currently available episodes of Grand Tour only to bemoan the wait for more content, I would very much like to see the Grand Soar become a regular thing.
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