"the Q'wen had larger cannons, and they were tuned to play an intricate symphony of doom as they atomized the betels." My dumbass gamer brain after hearing that: starts playing Doom E1M1 and Doom Eternal OST.
@Edmar_Thorn to quote @Piratesoftware: "Close your eyes and imagine playing Doom™, you're going through the levels picking up guns and killing monsters; you're doing it? Good, Doom™ is now running on you."
Sorry, but there is something wrong with this story. BUFF didn't get a stealth upgrade with hyperdrives and moon an asteroid with something a bit more spicy.
I'm quite sure he did... I mean, you just don't go around and tell everyone, that you have a stealth bomber with a reach of 50 lightyears a day and something in the bomb bay which can make moons into asteroidbelts. No, you have to show the flashy ones first!
Very nice. Winning a war without firing a single shot (well, a single shot at the enemy anyway). That's pretty much the ideal for how to wage war... at least so long as you win anyway.
Thanks for posting this story! I kept laughing, but the funniest part is that this tactic is 100% plausible. In real life, some wars have ended because one or both sides could no longer afford to fight. And yes, almost anything can be weaponized. 😂 As for converting civilian vessels into military craft during war time, or during the preparation time before a war, that has actually happened before. During WWII we had the Merchant Marines. They were civilian sailors whose civilian ships were used during the war, mostly to carry war material to the war. Some of them were also used as hospital ships. Even today, our government can commandeer aircraft and ships when necessary, to bring people and military materials into and out of areas of conflict. Anyway, I enjoyed the story. 😂
Was that the story where humanity is completely peaceful and a spaceship from another race decides that it will be safe to attack them because of this, then as the attacking spaceship approaches, the captain of the attacked ship simply turns his ship away from the attacker and blasts out of there at full power, turning the attacking ship into its component atoms by means of the back-blast?
Is it a vehicle, yes . Was it built specifically for military purposes, No. Can you bolt, strap, or weld guns, rockets, ect to it, yes. Then it's a Technical, see also Gun Trucks, the Technicals improvised grandfather.
Sorry but this is like the 4th story I've heard with this mispronunciation in so I have to bring it up. Kuiper belt is pronounced k-eye-per not coup-ear. It's been driving me nuts. Carry on with the otherwise awesome job.
Never even engaged the enemy Sun Tzu would be proud.
"the Q'wen had larger cannons, and they were tuned to play an intricate symphony of doom as they atomized the betels."
My dumbass gamer brain after hearing that: starts playing Doom E1M1 and Doom Eternal OST.
A Q'wen cannon falls into the hands of a terran computer engineer, who somehow sets up the cannon to play Doom™ on it.
@Edmar_Thorn to quote @Piratesoftware: "Close your eyes and imagine playing Doom™, you're going through the levels picking up guns and killing monsters; you're doing it? Good, Doom™ is now running on you."
Sorry, but there is something wrong with this story. BUFF didn't get a stealth upgrade with hyperdrives and moon an asteroid with something a bit more spicy.
Someone call HLC!! F22 wasn’t in close support
I'm quite sure he did... I mean, you just don't go around and tell everyone, that you have a stealth bomber with a reach of 50 lightyears a day and something in the bomb bay which can make moons into asteroidbelts. No, you have to show the flashy ones first!
The best explanation of the foreign trade relations of Reaganomics I've heard. Good job.
You might be a Terran if your first though at seeing a ship is "How many guns can I strap on this thing?"
Very nice. Winning a war without firing a single shot (well, a single shot at the enemy anyway). That's pretty much the ideal for how to wage war... at least so long as you win anyway.
Thanks for posting this story! I kept laughing, but the funniest part is that this tactic is 100% plausible. In real life, some wars have ended because one or both sides could no longer afford to fight. And yes, almost anything can be weaponized. 😂 As for converting civilian vessels into military craft during war time, or during the preparation time before a war, that has actually happened before. During WWII we had the Merchant Marines. They were civilian sailors whose civilian ships were used during the war, mostly to carry war material to the war. Some of them were also used as hospital ships. Even today, our government can commandeer aircraft and ships when necessary, to bring people and military materials into and out of areas of conflict. Anyway, I enjoyed the story. 😂
Fusion drives and hydrogen ram drives are also weapons, as outlined by Larry Niven.
Was that the story where humanity is completely peaceful and a spaceship from another race decides that it will be safe to attack them because of this, then as the attacking spaceship approaches, the captain of the attacked ship simply turns his ship away from the attacker and blasts out of there at full power, turning the attacking ship into its component atoms by means of the back-blast?
@melkiorwiseman5234 yes, the Man -Kzin wars are referenced in several books. The "Burrard ram jets" are also in several.
Ah what good ol cold war arm race
It is like the boss playing as the newbie with zero XP and the noob trying to imppress the neighbhour not seeing the obvious pitfall😂.
This sounds like a game of masters of orion 2 where your enemies bankrupt them self trying to keep up with your feet size.
Quantity has a quality all it's own. - Boring Unimaginative Internet Commenter
And that is what Military Technicals are supposed to do
insert here, the technical alignment chart
Is it a vehicle, yes
. Was it built specifically for military purposes, No.
Can you bolt, strap, or weld guns, rockets, ect to it, yes.
Then it's a Technical, see also Gun Trucks, the Technicals improvised grandfather.
Logistics is all! Thank you both for a good story. UKUK
totally unrealistic .. boeing isn't gonna survive that long ^^
Ha-ha! Cold wars are cool.
Sorry but this is like the 4th story I've heard with this mispronunciation in so I have to bring it up. Kuiper belt is pronounced k-eye-per not coup-ear. It's been driving me nuts. Carry on with the otherwise awesome job.
Thanks for this story
Welp, rip sedna.
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