>>36451919
>Hey, Paddy? I was just wondering um like uh WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK

SPILL BRO

>>36451919
>>Hey, Paddy? I was just wondering um like uh WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK
what the fuck, man?

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>>36451919
>Hey, Paddy? I was just wondering um like uh WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK
IT'S BACK!

>>36451919
>Hey, Paddy? I was just wondering um like uh WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK

crazy bastard!

>>36451919
>>Hey, Paddy? I was just wondering um like uh WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK

>>36451919
>Hey, Paddy? I was just wondering um like uh WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK
What no chibi tanks?

>>36451919
Order a mug of beer from Paddy.

>>36452025
Wrong Paddy.

>>36451919
I knew bothering you on Twitter was a good idea!
>Hey, Paddy? I was just wondering um like uh WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK

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>>36451919
>Hey, Paddy? I was just wondering um like uh WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK

Yeah like what's the deal with your PA-- *knifed*

>>36451919
[x] Knock up Sanya

>>36452039
Does it matter? Paddy is Paddy and Beer is Beer.

>>36451919
>>Hey, Paddy? I was just wondering um like uh WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK

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>>36451919
>>Hey, Paddy? I was just wondering um like uh WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK

>The helms... swain-boat-pilot-steery oh who gives a fuck
kek

>>36451919
>Hey, Paddy? I was just wondering um like uh WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK

>>36451919
>Ask the... royal navy guy what his actual job description is. Also about War Stuff. Pilots are too busy to read newspapers. That's for peasants!

We are far to isolated on the isle of madness.

>>36451919
>>Hey, Paddy? I was just wondering um like uh WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK

>>36451919
>>Hey, Paddy? I was just wondering um like uh WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK

Yeah, this.

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>>36452043

Don't worry, we currently own his knife.

>>36452048
>mfw you will probably do that at some point
>mfw this does not mean what you think it means
>mfw Americans call ceiling-brights "lightbulbs"

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>>36452048

>>36452108
>Calling lightbulbs "ceiling-brights"
fap angel confirmed for injun

>>36452048
Sorry, that position (heh) is reserved for Minna.

Speaking of though, does Sanya have a BF?

>>36452155
Sanya is of homosexual comrade

>>36452155
She has a girlfriend. It's complicated.

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>>36452108
>mfw shenanigans this early in the thread

YES
THIS PLEASES CHEN-EMIAH GOTTWALD

Also Gensou Shoujo Taisen Ei
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DgRJvxgBhA

>>36452155
She's like 13 and hounded by an obnoxious lesbian

>>36452175
Explain Katya and her mom then

>>36451919
>>Hey, Paddy? I was just wondering um like uh WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK

>>36452204
Gay people can do IVF and get donor sperm just like everyone else?

>>36452204
Having a heterosexual relationship was a passing, experimental phase that ended up with a mistake being made.

>>36452155
Minna and Cupcake share. There's not another arm or shoulder for Sanya to cuddle against.

Unless she sleeps with Cupcake.

>>36452221
>Katya's mom
>Sanya's mistake

Error: Stack Overflow
Does not compute

>>36452221
Did you just fucking call Katya a mistake you mother fucker? You done just fucked up now. I'll have you know I graduated top of my class as a Marine Sniper and I have over 900 confirmed kills you're dead son you're fucking dead you don't even know the world of hurt you've opened i can trace your IP through the internet and turn your box into a bomb. You don't think that's possible? Watch me kill you you fucking punk don't you dare besmirch the name of Katya you son of a bitch how are you doing today man? I'm doing fine. it's been pretty tough with the weather, but i think i can manage. Have you called your mother lately? She misses you quite terribly. We miss you quite terribly. I love you son.

>>36452175
>>36452187
I forget, has this actually been confirmed in quest? You know how planefag can be with SW canon.

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You are a fighter pilot of the 501st Joint Fighter Squadron, and you are currently sitting in a Jeep, next to a snorting, nervous horse, the lunatic SAS trooper mounted on said horse, and the vehicle-sized air of affront rolling off the tiny eye-talian girl standing near the Motor Landing Craft's bow ramp as it surges gamely towards Barin's shoreline at a sedate something something knots.

You look into the back of the Jeep, where The Sanyan is lying, fast asleep, her entire curled-up form buried in your flight jacket. You've started to nounify her - The One Sanyan, to bring them all and in the d'aaaw bind them, or something - because she's been almost completely unresponsive since she fell asleep against you in Eddington Strip's alert shack. When you tried to rouse her up she did that limp thing cats do when they don't want to be picked up, so you settled for carrying her to a borrowed jeep for the ride back to Barin.

The helms... swain-boat-pilot-steery oh who gives a fuck is undergoing some fascinating facial contortions, much like a man who desperately wants to swear and/or attempt homocide, but dares not sully the image of the Royal Navy in front of barbarians such as Italians, Americans and Army pukes (in roughly that order.) He seems to be settling for a ruddy-faced hatebeam broadcast from his faintly vibrating mustache as he glares at the massive bulk of the Hercules, its many, many, MANY engines muttering idly as it oh-so-slowly taxis through the straight separating Barin from the English shore.

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>>36452221
Oh you have made me mad now boy! Katya is not a mistake!

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>>36452420

Looks like you've got some time to kill.

“Hey,” you say to Paddy, who's patting his nervous steed's neck. The animal doesn't seem to like the feeling of swells beneath his feet. “I was wondering about something.”

“Eh?” he asks cheerfully, leaning forward to rub under the horse's mane.

“Yeah.” You slide your eyes over to the horde of chibitanks, which are sitting stacked atop one another, quite silent, in the rear of the transport. “What in the ACTUAL FUCK was all that shit about?”

“Oh. We were testing the tinytanks out in field-mobile trials. The Russkies were messing with tele-tanks early in the war, I hear, but they needed a command tank a few hundred yards behind it, which wasn't very effective. A witch is a lot better protected and should have better range, so they wanted to see how far Heidi could push, eh?”

You nod, prompting him to continue. “They also wanted to see if the controlling Witch could keep up with a mobile advance, or something like that. And...” Paddy cuts his eyes at the Navy man dramatically, who gives him a squint so salty you can taste it. Paddy smirks and continues without dropping his voice. “After someone tried to kill you at that awards shindig, they decided Heidi and other high-value assets ought to have a bodyguard.”

“Really!?” you snap. “Then why didn't Sa-”

“Nobody figures she needs one, with you around,” Paddy says airily. “Something about an inverted strafing run against surface craft, or something.” He waves this away, clearly unimpressed with this artsy-fartsy airdale shit. “Anyways, yeah, mobility, and stuff, hard to get a Jeep anymore without stealing one and the ground's so soft, so... I found a horse.”

You nod, as if this makes perfect sense and you're not suspicious at all. “And the hunting horn? And the *jacket!?*”

“Neon samurai?” he asks pointedly.

“..... ah,” you say as understanding dawns.

>>36451919
>>Hey, Paddy? I was just wondering um like uh WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK
Aww yes we SWQ

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>>36452450
INAFTERPANZER

>>36452399
I think it was, but don't quote me on that.

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>>36452399

I used to be delighted with how paranoid poor Ghost was that I'd drop some sort of bomb in SWQ that would give him trouble with canon in SWQ '89. But then he revealed super-detailed plans for any and all possible curveballs I could throw at him, and it lost its luster.

... and then he started revealing contingency plans for awful, awful things I'd never in a million years considered doing, and it became scary to contemplate the kind of things he believed me capable of.

>>36452388
LAUGHING WITH BRUISED RIBS HURTS. OW.

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>>36452221
>Katya
>Mistake
Pic related, it's what they'll find on your corpse.
>>36452509
Frankly, I'm not surprised.

It LIVES!

This >Ask the... royal navy guy what his actual job description is. Also about War Stuff. Pilots are too busy to read newspapers. That's for peasants!

Follow by: >Hey, Paddy? I was just wondering um like uh WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK

We got time to kill and don't want to poke miss nutcracker

>>36452509
Hey I don't blame him.

>>36452509
I'm guessing that included a plan for ded Sanya? Dead before she has a child?

>>36452175
I thought Sanya and what's her face were close friends or one sided at best in this universe.

>>36452509
>and it became scary to contemplate the kind of things he believed me capable of.

Ya gotta plan for every situation.

>>36452509
I can't say I blame him. Now you need to live up to his expectations.

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>>36452509
>Ghost instilling the fear in the planefag
It was bound to happen.

>>36452388
I dunno if I should be scared or laughing because of the twist at the end

>>36452509
So is Sanya and Finland girl gay for each other in this universe?

I thought they were just friends though I came in the latter portion of the story and the fact she's like 11 or 12 so I can't imagine having relationships like that least not yet.

>>36452599
The Finn's a lez for sure, but the Adorable Cossack Never Asked For This.

After how many years? I finally get to be live on a SWQ thread. Only way this can get any better is if the Fap Angel finally restarts AWIY.
No vote prompt means waiting for next slice, so, waiting...

>>36452629
Thought she was Bi considering the ring incident with Young's parents and how she sometimes flirted with him

>>36452249
Minna will bounce Sanya up and down on Young so long as Sanya remembers Young belongs to Minna.

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>>36452653
>AWiY
>Running

Hope you kept up with your daily offerings to the Moriya Shrine man.

>>36452629
We should totally set her up with someone nice.

...crap, do we actually know anyone that's nice?

>>36452705
>impying the /u/boats would allow flithy dick to touch pure couple

>>36452705
We probably have friends in the USAAF besides the two bozos that pilot with us.

I'm worried about the cold war though more since Stalin's Iron curtain will make it extremely difficult to get in contact with Sanya and Fin girl again

>>36452705
Do you know where you are?
Anyone nice would have already left the Warp-twisted hellscape known only as Barin.

>>36452725
>Implying /u/ boats have much say here.

>implying their not focused on Germanschnell;s SW quest.

>>36452705
Eila and Nipa, and Sanya and Young.

>>36452725
Now you're just adding reasons to do it.

There's got to be a nice guy somewhere on this godforsaken rock.

>>36452770
What about that guy's who's related to the american witch with the big tits?

>>36452629
>>36452705

No, she Asked For This, but she's a little girl in a time where homosexuality was a big no-no dealing with an aggressive partner.

She LIKES Eila, but she doesn't know what the fuck. She's trying to figure everything out.

>>36452658
Insane Pilot can't even figure out which control yoke to yank while in the air. How in the hell do you expect him to bounce another Witch? Young is literally Shirou levels of dense and would require the woman literally jumping him in the baths.

Or he cheats on best waifu Black Widow and flies another plane the sexual deviant.

>>36452770
>Implying mechanics aren't nice people
Oh who am I kidding? I've seen into the future anyway huehue

>>36452784
She did, since when. I admit it's been awhile since I reread this story but I do not quite recall that happening?

>>36452784
Specifically, she's at a time where Stalin would more than happily execute her, her family, and anyone connected to them, for being 'deviant'.

>>36452765
>Eila
Who do you think we're trying to get her away from?
>Nipa
Who?
>Sanya
I don't think Selfcest is possible, even with magic.
>Young
>Wanting Yandere Minna to exterminate the base.
ISHYGDDT

>>36452783
What part of "throws .50 cal shells into the campfire in his buddy's tent as a joke" strikes you as nice?

>Paddy being Heidi's boyguard

Then wouldn't that make Young Minna's?

>>36452828
Flip the roles around a bit bro. Minna is more like Young's keeper, actually.

>>36452824
If i'm not wrong that is not exactly lethal. Ammo that doesnt get a chance to accelerate thru a barrel can't hurt you too much...

>>36452801
Remember when she got so mad at the banquet because Eila was hanging off Young's arm and flirting with him? Why she ran off to the mainland to begin with? That joke Eila was playing actually hurt her.

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You stare into the sullen, brooding overcast that's socking in most of New Anglia as the MLC slowly putters around the Hercules's stern. The insanely massive craft is finally drawing even with Barin's runway. You and Paddy duck with a curse as the propwash from the multiple engines kicks up a sea spray in your eyes.

“What's the deal with that goddamned thing, anyways?” you snap.

“I thought you'd know,” Paddy snorts. “You're the one that made a big ruckus by jumping that shark-plane... thing over it.”

“Yeah, I got kind of busy right after that,” you mention. “All I know is that my folks hitched a ride on it to the award ceremony.”

“They're making noise about it being an anti-submarine initiative,” Paddy says, peeking over the gunwale at the titanic seaplane. “I thought they had that iceberg carrier for that crap, though. And I've got no idea what it does against the Martians.”

“Speed!” the Navy man shouts over the laboring engine of the little boat. “Against the U-Boats you could catch'em coming to or from the sub-pens in Normandy or the North Sea, at least. Little green men don't bother with subs much but with that orbital drop capacity of theirs, there's really nowhere that's safe from a surprise attack.” He shakes his head. “Hey, Yank, you're the one that nailed those motor boats going for that battlewagon, right?” He jerks his thumb at the mighty gunmetal-gray bulk of the California, her masts visible over the rising rocky crags of Barin's shoreline.

>>36452856
Ever heard of a toe-popper?

>>36452822
>he cant understand commas

Two pairings there. I'm suggesting we have the finn go with another finn, and Sanya go with Young.

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>>36452890
>Hercules
>Anti-Sub

Bloody Britta--Er, Americans

>>36452108
>Don't worry, we currently own his knife.
Hey planefag didn't we ALSO steal David Stirling's knife from that block of cheese after we tipped the fridge on him? Now we have a complete set!

When Paddy asks for his knife back we give him Dave's by mistake. OI MATE WHERE DID YOU GET THIS?

>>36452449
>Something about an inverted strafing run against surface craft, or something.”
I tried doing this with a Tigercat, I can't fly for SHIT upside down. Especially using mouse joystick controls because regular mouse controls try to flip the plane over automatically.

None of this matters though because landing craft in warthunder are apparently made of fucking unobtainium. 400 20mm hispano shells, equal or greater number of .50cal bullets and I just barely managed to set one on fire and NOT kill it. Gaijin plz.

>>36452856
It's not the bullet that flies off, it's the sharp, shredded casing. Might not be lethal, but it can definitely fuck you up.

>>36452798
Mechanics are great guys, but they're a bit rough for Sanyan. Not to mention most of them are on the older side. Maybe some sort of paperwork guy?

>>36452863
The one where Young and Sanya played each other like a brother sister couple to mess with the reporters?

Also I thought it was for different reasons and that she kissed a German

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>>36452890

“One and the same.”

“Eh,” he says, his mustache bristling in acknowledgment. “Nasty little things. They use a hydrofoil. Easy to see coming, easier to strafe, but they move at sixty, seventy goddamned knots, they've got insane range and they're even guided.” He shakes his head. “And you can fit a lot of 'em into a Martian drop pod, you see? Crossing the pond these days, faster is better.” He jabs his finger irritably at the bulk of the Hercules. “And that thing's a mite faster than any ship, now.”

The MLC grinds to a halt on the sandy beach of Barin, and the ramp drops with a loud splash. “SPAAAAAAARKLE STAAAATION!” the Navy man shouts dramatically. “ERRYONE GIT THE FUCK OFF MY BOAT!”

“HI-HO SIIIIILVER!” Paddy declares, his horse rearing for no good goddamned reason. “AWAAAAAAY!”

>lets not get the jeep stuck in the sand today
>SOUNDS LIKE A RACE

>>36452939
>lets not get the jeep stuck in the sand today

>>36452939
>SOUNDS LIKE A RACE
LETS FUCKING GO GO GO!

>>36452939
>SOUNDS LIKE A RACE

>>36452939
>>SOUNDS LIKE A RACE
Why is this even up for a vote?

>>36452939
>SOUNDS LIKE A RACE

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>>36452939
>SOUNDS LIKE A RACE
BROOM BROOM BROOM

>>36452939
>SOUNDS LIKE A RACE

FUCK THE POLICE

>>36452822
>Wanting Yandere Minna to exterminate the base.
>not wanting yandere minna

>SOUNDS LIKE A RACE

>>36452939
>>lets not get the jeep stuck in the sand today
That sound is the sound of sanity rushing away from ys

>>36452933
I figured that in SWQ-Barin, there would at least be a temperemental young mechanic who would be the basis of Katya's Mom's serious nature

>>36452939
>>lets not get the jeep stuck in the sand today

>>36452939
>>lets not get the jeep stuck in the sand today
SEE, we Can TOTALLY be responsible

>>36452939
>SOUNDS LIKE A RACE
I'VE GOT THE NEED
THE NEED FOR SPEED
>>36452911
>He can't state he's trying to pair them up.
What was that Sun Tzu said about orders, commanders, and blame?
Point still stands, It's a great way to turn this into When the Witches Cry.

>>36452971
Yandere is worst, followed closely by tsundere.
>>36452939
>lets not get the jeep stuck today
There's been enough crazy today already.

>>36452939
>>lets not get the jeep stuck in the sand today

Here's goes one of the sane votes.

>>36452939
>lets not get the jeep stuck in the sand today

>>36452939
>SOUNDS LIKE A RACE
All of these pussy votes for non-racing

>>36452939
>Shout "SOUNDS LIKE A RACE"
then
>drive sedately
>let's not get the jeep stuck in the sand today

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>>36452999
BUT DO YOU HAVE THE RIGHT MACHINE FOR THE JOB??

>>36452939
>SOUNDS LIKE A RACE

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>>36453018
THIS. SO MUCH THIS.

THE TWIST WILL CATCH THE PA*knifed* OFF-GUARD

>>36452993
I could see it going either way. The temperamental young mechanic, or the quiet, bookish secretary type.

>>36452939

>lets not get the jeep stuck in the sand today

>>36453116
>The temperamental young mechanic, or the quiet, bookish secretary type
Man, it's so SWQ canon it hurts. Both archetypes fit well with Katya's Mom.

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You grin at Paddy and crank the starter, firing up the Jeep with a nice throaty roar as you gun the accelerator. “TONTO DEFEAT HAIRY WHITE MAN IN PONY RACE TO FRONT DOOR!”

“YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWW” Paddy exclaims as he jumps his steed onto the ramp and charges up the beach. You floor the throttle, the wheels slipping a bit on the wet decking before it lunges clear over the ramp and hits the waterlogged sand with a SPLOOSH! You hear a murmur from the back as Sanya bounces about a little, then falls silent. The Jeep has amazing torque and you're needing all of it to sloooowly claw your way through the thick, cloying sand. Ahead, Paddy's having even less luck with his horse, who's sinking up to its hocks in the sand between each labored footstep. The Navy man is laughing like a lunatic as Luuchini helps him lift each heavy tank, her ears glowing faintly with magic.

Thick smoke starts to pour from the exhaust as you downshift and gun the Jeep for all its worth, the huge, rugged tires clawing deep into the wet sand. Paddy is yodeling at his mount, snapping and snarling something about pure-bred Arabians and desert horses this and fucking useless inbreeding assholes that. You both gain the beach about the same instant, only to discover the soil proper isn't much better for waterlogging. A low-speed chase commences all the way up the path to the walls of the Castle proper, and by the time you've reached the nearest entrance, both of you are out of breath from your inspired and ribald cursing.

“We'll call that one a tie,” Paddy says solemnly, and trots his horse into the side-door of the castle, ducking his head to clear the sill.

You eye the doorway. You look down at your full-sized Jeep.

>maybe if we tilted it... sideways?
>Ditch it, we stole the goddamn thing anyways, lets not keep evidence
>Other?

>>36453207
>Ditch it, we stole the goddamn thing anyways, lets not keep evidence

>>36453207
>>maybe if we tilted it... sideways?

FUCK IT

>>36453207
>Ditch it, we stole the damn thing anyways.

>>36453207
>>Ditch it, we stole the goddamn thing anyways, lets not keep evidence

>>36453207
>maybe if we tilted it... sideways?
You're blowing my mind here, Young

>>36453207
>maybe if we tilted it... sideways?
This feels like a GOOD IDEA

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>>36453207
>maybe if we tilted it... sideways?

SCREW THE RULES!

>>36453207
>Ditch it, we stole the goddamn thing anyways, lets not keep evidence

Like yeah.

>>36453207
>Ditch it, we stole the goddamn thing anyways, lets not keep evidence

>>36453207
>Ditch it, we stole the goddamn thing anyways, lets not keep evidence

>>36453207
>maybe if we tilted it... sideways?

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>>36453207
>maybe if we tilted it... sideways?
Because there is no ceiling for us to shoot up into.

>Dat Image Pun
ICWutUDidThar

>>36453207
>maybe if we tilted it... sideways?
We shall not be stopped!

>>36453207
>Ditch it, we stole the goddamn thing anyways, lets not keep evidence

Yeah no.

>>36453207
>>Ditch it, we stole the goddamn thing anyways, lets not keep evidence

We already did the "Jeep in Barin" deal, last night even. A good performer doesn't copy his tricks so soon.

>>36453207
>SANYA I NEED YOUR HELP
Do not specify with what
>Tilt jeep sideways, faith in Sanyan

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>>36453248
>Dat Image
I dunno if that dude is Ryoma on a Spiral High or what.

Well, have some Judau then.

>>36453207
>>Ditch it, we stole the goddamn thing anyways, lets not keep evidence

>>36453156
>NEXT TIME ON SWQ OTOME EDITION: We get sempai's attention with 3 tons of high explosives!

>>36453207
>>maybe if we tilted it... sideways?
Why the hell not?

>>36453207
>Ditch it, we stole the goddamn thing anyways, lets not keep evidence

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>>36453345
Dude, you forgot the obligatory
>Also, we start shooting the ceiling for no apparent reason

>>36453207
>maybe if we tilted it... sideways?

>maybe if we tilted it... sideways?

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After a few minutes of half-heartedly measuring the doorway with your arms, you conclude that even if you got the Jeep through on its side, it would then have to keep sliding down the hallway like that, propelling itself with its wheels against the wall. The little GP Robin used the other night to rampage through the place was just small enough to pull off things like that, but the full-sized deal is a different story.

You face the cold, uncomfortable truth. You. A pilot. Will have to WALK somewhere. With a sigh, you scoop up Sanya's slight weight (she can't weigh more than ninety pounds, soaking wet) and enter the Castle. Truly, you have sacrificed for your country.

You find Sean and Ian lazing about in the otherwise-deserted lounge, surrounded by a faint haze of cigarette smoke. Gently depositing Sanya on a sofa and dragging a spare afghan over her, you flump into a chair and fingergun at them.

“So what've you lazy assholes been up to?”

“Work,” they reply together, then turn a jaundiced look on you. “What about you?”

>write-in

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>>36453295
getter energy is one hell of a drug

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>>36453450
SPY!

>>36453450
Work (as non-chalantly as possible)

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>>36453450
>Oh, nothing unusual, just your average russian assassin, chibi-tanks, bombing raids and A FLYING TORPEX BOMB exploding on us.

>Fingergun
Obligatory Spike Spiegel Image

>>36453450
"Cajun Ruskies"

>>36453450
Bustin' Russkie Spy balls and Magic

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>>36453450
I was shot at.

Repeatedly

By different people

>>36453450
In a bunker with a Sanya. I now know that the Russians are weaponizing cute and it is extremely effective.

>>36453487
Second.

Or "Same"

>>36453450
"Been hunted by tiny tanks from hell, air raids, and foreigners. Also got into weightlifting." Lift the witch.

>>36453450
"Well I got into a fight with Joe Kennedy, and had some Soviet cultural exchange involving hand grenades."

>>36453515
Ideally in this tone of voice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC8zz95rm8s

>>36453450
>What do you want to hear about, the plane made of dynamite, its dickass pilot, my encounter with General Bradley, the Great Chibi-Tank Hunt, the bombing, the Italian Crotch-shooter, the Commiessassin,or the Voodoo Witch?

>>36453470
Damn straight, especially if it turns you into this:
>https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/1598551?tags=robot_girls_z

>ridicules lkwsen
Hue, even Captcha knows the Hercules is a shit for anti-sub work

>>36453450
Exploding planes, Russian Assassins, giving head pats to witches, mini tanks, and surviving bombing raids from the aliens.... You know, normal shit.

>>36453450
>shudder dramatically
>"So many wax bullets. So many real explosions. Pushy voodoo witches too, but Hellcow sorted them out."

>>36452898
AFAIK that kind of toe popper is an empty shell casing enclosed inside bamboo, this provides a barrel for pressure to build up. Just baking a .50cal shell until it pops would only result in casing shrapnel (which is still dangerous). Not sure how far the bullet would go.

>>36453556
I can't imagine what the hercules could do to hunt subs that the Catalinas/Liberators couldn't do better. That said I wonder how many torpedoes it could carry, it would be like sidewinders in a B-17.

>>36453450
Keeping Sanya pure (lewd).

>>36453650
Forget the torpedoes. Think of how long it could stay aloft.

Its primary job would still be air transport over the oceans, but it can stay loft for days if they put another tank in it.

>>36453650
If it does push for anti-sub duties, it would amount to an ekranoplane with a slightly larger weapon loadout. Then again, I don't think it can stand up much to phonon maser cannons.

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You take a deep breath and proceed to quail at the task of summarizing your morning. After a few seconds of withering under the gaze of your comrades, you fall back on the old pilot standby – the checklist. “So, people tried to kill me... four times,” you say, counting the B-17 drone explosion, Kennedy being a cockass afterwards, the Zuuchini's impressive pursuit and, of course, the Russian with the frag grenade. “No, five times,” you amend, remembering the Martian air raid. “Yeah. I spent the morning almost getting murdered or blown the FUCK up, thank you very much. Must've sucked to sit in here doing whatever.”

“Mmm-hmm,” Ian drawls from where he's sprawled in an easy chair. He tilts his newspaper down just far enough to give you The Look over the top. “And how many times were you molested by under-sexed Witches?”

You glance down at Sanya, and cross your arms in a huff. “I won't hear that kind of talk about the adorable... Coss....” you trail off as Ian's statue-still gaze bores a hole through your bullshit. “... only twice.”

“You got your dick stroked.... twice... this *morning,*” Ian says thinly, “while we were actually, you know, training in new technologies. To do our jobs. I really feel for you, Mac.”

>ask about new technologies; Ian can't help himself when he's being intellectual. He'll give you an opening.
>Pass this one to Sean.
>Direct engagement, we're not putting up with this shit today!
>write-in?

>>36453780
>ask about new technologies; Ian can't help himself when he's being intellectual. He'll give you an opening.

>>36453650
>I can't imagine what the hercules could do to hunt subs that the Catalinas/Liberators couldn't do better.

Its more like "you can't torpedo that which is not in the water." The idea of the Hercules (in real life) was to avoid U-Boats altogether; in SWQ its more about crossing the Atlantic a lot faster with the most crucial war supplies to reduce the danger window.

>That said I wonder how many torpedoes it could carry,

DON'T

START

THAT

SHIT

AGAIN

>>36453780
>put Sanyan to bed

What sort of big brother are we, leaving her lying out like this?

>>36453780
>>ask about new technologies; Ian can't help himself when he's being intellectual. He'll give you an opening.

>>36453780
>ask about new technologies; Ian can't help himself when he's being intellectual. He'll give you an opening.

>>36453780
>no name no trip

Fake. Shill.

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>>36453780
>ask about new technologies; Ian can't help himself when he's being intellectual. He'll give you an opening.

Merlin's grandparents are in Barin, or is Tesla fooling around again?

>>36453780
were is the name/trip....

>>36453780
>>ask about new technologies; Ian can't help himself when he's being intellectual. He'll give you an opening.

Whatever gets us away from scorned Eye-talian pride faster.

>>36453780
>>ask about new technologies; Ian can't help himself when he's being intellectual. He'll give you an opening.

>>36453808
Not that anon, but considering the spruce goose is basically an ekranoplan with prop engines and wood, doesn't it seem like a vulnerable target to phonon masers, even if we account for its speed?

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>>36453780
>>36453808

Fuck, sorry, Firefox crashed and I launched Pale Moon instead.

>>36453889
sorry was just playing it safe

>>36453780
>Direct engagement, we're not putting up with this shit today!

>>36453874
It is NOT an ekranoplan. It was supposed to be a gigantic flying boat. It only flew close to the water because Hughes just wanted to prove it could actually fly for as short as possible.

Here, it likely was at high altitude for the trip across the Atlantic.

>>36453874
>ekranoplan
>implying

It's what happens when Hughes decided to make a flying boat the size of a regular boat. No ekronaplan here.

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>>36453923
>>36453921
I dunno, i was just thinking it needed to be at ekranoplan-level flight to be able its proposed Anti-sub role.

If that wasn't the case though, then I shall not argue against your rebuttals.

>>36453780
>>ask about new technologies; Ian can't help himself when he's being intellectual. He'll give you an opening.

>>36453780
>Direct engagement, we're not putting up with this shit today!
WE NEED TO DOUBLE DOWN!
THAT BITCHES FOOTJOB WAS SO BAD MY DICK IS SEVERELY FUCKING BRUISED AND I DIDNT EVEN CUM
HOW DARE YOU MAKE LIGHT OF OUR DICK INJURY

>>36453993
It is first and foremost a transport.

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>>36453993
>it needed to be at ekranoplan-level flight to be able its proposed Anti-sub role.


....no...? It can be several hundred feet above the water to drop depth charges.

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>>36453993

Some people claim the Spruce Goose only lifted off because of ground effect, but they're full of shit. Disregard those liars.

Huges absolutely hated the name Spruce Goose, by the way. Be careful about that.

>>36454024
I thought the dick bruising was because of the dirty eye-talian.

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>>36454037
Well, better take it off the mental notes, I guess.

>>36454031
>>36454026
Well, I guess I stand corrected then.

>>36454051
The footjob contributed more pain and bruising on top of the ball shots from Zucchini

>>36454037
Is Birch Bitch a better nickname?

>>36454122
Oak Bloke?
Yew Hoo?
Sequoia Destroyah?

>>36454079
she needs a RKO and a skull punt!

>>36454140
"Hughes Ego"

>>36454024
>>36454079
Please tell me there's a writefag working on something about that

>>36454164
>please spoonfeed me

>>36454160
"Totally not compensating for anything"

>>36454140
Got a few more
Cedar Beater
Fir Cur
Pine and Dine
Larch March
Ash Cash
Beech Leech
and Hickory Dickery

>>36453780
Forgot to mention getting shot in the balls

>>36454222
Pine and Dine might make a good name for a specific Hercules. The rest suck.

>>36454182
Please tell me there's a writefag working on Young spoon-feeding a sick Minna, which eventually ends up in loving sex in the missionary position for the sole purpose of CREATING THE STRONGEST WITCH IMAGINABLE. THEIR SPAWN WILL BE THAT WHICH RENDS THE EMPYRAL ASUNDER AND REVEALS ONTO US THE TRUE ENEMY OF MANKIND.

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>>36454164
>>36454079
>>36454024
All I got on the lewd front is rough sketch of Minna's butt. I apologize. I've actually done more work on it (drawing her uniform, some painting) but I'm away from my desktop and can't pull it up.

>>36454379
One of their spawn has already bounced by a dirty squid.

Why papa Young has not challenge that dirty squid already is a mystery.

>>36454379
Do it yourself, faggot.

>>36453207
Where can one get such grips for a 1911? I'm getting a norinco commander in a few days..

>>36454379
The Gnome who bounces the world?

>>36454379
>Fapfic
>ever writing

>>36454423
The idea's been spawned in my head, but I'm not sure how to go about it that isn't complete shit. So far the best in my mind is "Blackwatch Witches".

It's either going to be a Coven/Cabal of Witches taken by the Blackwatch for their esoteric powers for the express purpose of defending humanity from extra-terrestrial/extra-planar threats.

Or it's going to be about witches from the Royal Highland Regiment, who're either too weak or too proud to pilot strikers and rely on their skill in sword and gun.

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“I also got shot in the fucking groin with a wax bullet by the Zuuchini monster, so choke on a crumpet, you limey-livered britbong.”

“Meh,” Ian says, “why don't you go chug sausage gravy about it, Mister-yanks-your-doodle-daily.” He flips his newspaper back up with a crisp, dismissive 'snap!' The front page has a beautifully-timed picture of a huge, square-jawed fellow standing back-to-back with a short Japanese witch wearing a flight jacket and leather gloves. The witch has just delivered a punch, the motion-blurred suggestion of shrapnel that might've been a flung chair frozen before her. Her furious, intense expression contrasts sharply with the look of pure, savage glee on the huge man's face as he delivers a crushing cross-counter to some poor bastard's jaw. “ST. PETERSBURG SLAUGHTER,” the headline declares exuberantly. “DEMPSY AND PROTOGE CLASH WITH COSSACKS, LEVEL TWO BARS.” You squint across the room to pick out the subhead, “MAKE ANY IRISH JOKES AND I WILL LITERALLY RUPTURE YOU,' SAYS FORMER CHAMPION.”

You lean back in your chair, content to let Ian dig his own grave, for once. “Okay, Professor. What fantastic new toy has the Army bequeathed unto us now?”

The newspaper drops faster than Ian's haughtiness as he leans forward, eager. “Oh, guess. Just fucking guess.”
You look at him blankly for a second as a wicked grin crawls over his face.

“You'll NEVER guess.”

>Guess. Write-in.
>“They're eliminating the mostly-redundant gunner position on our planes?”
>“They put a second set of flight controls in so *I* can take a turn jacking off on patrol every now and then?”
>Write-in

>>36454456

Not sure what website it is. Ask /k/.

I'm tempted to get some for my own 1911. If I do, I'll ask SWQ to submit the image and choose one randomly.

>>36454544
>>“They're eliminating the mostly-redundant gunner position on our planes?”

>>36454544
>“They're eliminating the mostly-redundant gunner position on our planes?”

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>>36454544
>Guess. Write-in.
SHARKUUPPUURRAANNNEE MMMMAAARRRKKKU TWOOO!!!

>>36454544
>>“They're eliminating the mostly-redundant gunner position on our planes?”

>>36454544
>“They put a second set of flight controls in so I can fuck Sanya while on patrol?”

>>36454544
“They put a second set of flight controls in so *I* can take a turn jacking off on patrol every now and then?”

>>36454593
>SHARKUUPPUURRAANNNEE MMMMAAARRRKKKU TWOOO!!!
Same

>>36454544
>“They're eliminating the mostly-redundant gunner position on our planes?”

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>>36454604

Human MASERS!
BEAMS SPAM EVERYTHING!

>>36454544
>Knoe being trained by Jack Dempsy

Not sure if this is awesome or scary.

>>36454544
Seconding this!
>>36454593

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>>36454593
>>36454622
Oh crud, wrong Gun-Kanako pic.

>>36454544
>>“They put a second set of flight controls in so *I* can take a turn jacking off on patrol every now and then?”

I know about those newsclippings of Perrine you have back there,

>>36454544
>“They're eliminating the mostly-redundant gunner position on our planes?”

>>36454633
You know, some people will entertained with idea of Katya is distant cousin of Catherine.

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>>36454633

>>36454604
Goddamit anon, you are going to get us killed.

>>36454544
>Captured Martian sex slaves?

>>36454544
>>Guess. Write-in.
We're getting Martian Ray Guys to replace our guns.

>>36454544
>“They're eliminating the mostly-redundant gunner position on our planes?”

>DEMPSY AND PROTOGE CLASH WITH COSSACKS, LEVEL TWO BARS.
Dempsey fighting Russians with Naoe? Sounds pretty kickass.

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>>36454676
>MF
...
Dammit, Mangafag. I feel so slow today.

>>36454544
>>“They're eliminating the mostly-redundant gunner position on our planes?”

>>36454544
>“They put a second set of flight controls in so *I* can take a turn jacking off on patrol every now and then?”

>>36454690
And that should be 'guns.' I might be inebriated. Maybe.

>>36454544
>Write-in
> They developed magic-sensitive controls for steel-wings, allowing us to gain a far higher level of control on our respective stations by effectively connecting us and the plane to form a single testosterone-driven meta-gnome compound?

>>36454719
Too late, you are now imagining half-naked men with Martian headdresses replacing our guns, shooting aliums with their homolasers.

>>36454544
>you'll never guess
>never
>implying we need to guess when we can threaten to expose he's dating a frenchwoman
>implying we can't shoot him in the groin with soap-bullets for insinuating we should expend our brainy-meats on GUESSING

Fucking potato munchers. God damn.

>>36454544
they figured out why kids like the taste of cinnamon toast crunch?

>>36454738
>Steel-wings
Bro, I think the term "steelwing" hasn't entered SWQ lexicon yet.

>>36454767
Silly anon, Trix are for Kids!

>>36454544
>“They put a second set of flight controls in so *I* can take a turn jacking off on patrol every now and then?”

>>36454768
Oh, right.
They still used wood back when, didn't they?

Feel free to read that as aeroplane.

>>36454698
that's kinda the whole point of my current name.

>>36454804
no, they used aluminum and metal, 'steelwings' is a SW89 term, though.

>>36454688
>Captured Martian sex slaves?

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>>36454804
>still used wood back when
Actually, there were already metal aircraft back then man.

My point is, "steelwing" didn't come into common usage until probably the 60's or 70's when jet aircraft had become more common.

>>36453808
>Its more like "you can't torpedo that which is not in the water."
Anything floating just above the water is fair game though. IIRC planefag said the crappy old (current?) first gen mk14 torpedoes US subs were armed with blow the shit out of martian naval dreadnaughts because the magnetic fuse goes apeshit the moment it gets anywhere near them. Which is fucking hilarious if you know the history of the real torpedoes.

I wonder how long it took them to fix the fuse problems in this universe.

>>36454037
Evergreen Eclipse? It's pretty damn big.

>>36454031
It's not like you have to be high off the ground to drop depth charges. The vast majority were used by boats after all, it's just a matter of setting the fuse to the correct depth. So depth charges are perfectly viable on the Hercules, even more so if you use the smaller spigot mortar versions instead of the big barrels. That would be enough hedgehogs to blot out the sun.

Torpedoes on the other hand wouldn't work, it's just too big and slow. I've seen a instructional video on youtube used to train US naval pilots on how to drop mk13 torpedoes. There is a bewildering array of things you have to account for when trying to torpedo a moving target. If you drop the torpedo too fast the front can become dented and cause it to run in circles. If you drop it at too shallow an angle the torpedo can porpoise out of the water, too sharp and it might even hit bottom. Even things like crosswinds pushing the torpedo sideways after you drop it! They got pretty good at it by the end though, they added breakaway wooden parts to the torpedo so it wouldn't get crushed like a beer can after hitting the water from a 2400 ft drop at 760km/h(!).

>>36454847
All of which is irrelevant because they have not developed ASW torpedoes yet, and if they did, all they'd have to do to launch them is just drop them.

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“Hmmm,” you ponder. “They finally added a second set of flight controls so I can take a turn jacking off in the cockpit every now and then?”

“Nnnnno,” Ian says, waving that idea away. “Mere piloting skills don't need refresher courses, why would they retrain me in that?”

You grump at him. “They're eliminating the mostly-redundant gunner position in the Widow and moving the radar-operator up front?”

“Why the hell would I be excited about that?”

“Because you'd finally get to sit on Sean's lap like you've alwa-”

“Make any Irish jokes,” Sean mumbles as he flips over another page in Stars and Stripes, “and I will literally rupture you.”

“We're getting the SHARK PLANE TWO – ELECTRIC BOOGALOO!” you declare, pumping your fists up and down in excitement.

Ian sighs. “Is it even possible for you to envision a world where its not all about you?”

“Even I have nightmares,” you admit cheerfully, and duck a halfheartedly-thrown coaster. You lean back in your seat and reach out to adjust Sanya's blanket a little. Sean notices the motion. “So, how'd it go with the Witches?”

“How you mean?”

Sean gestures at Sanya. “You hared off with Minna this morning, I figured you were on another morale-boosting mission.” He turns to the next page in S&S. “Y'know. In... your style.”

>Went looking for Miyafuji, found the Eye-talian. Things got... dynamic.
>Found Sanya... again. Talked to Sanya... again. I think it's gonna stick, this time.

>>36454815
>aluminum and metal
>and

What ominous metal may that have been then also used, if not steel?

>>36454834
So Young was the first to say it.

I bet there weren't many magic users who would consider flying alongside pantsless girls in the 40s, either.

>>36454847
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lH36XRJzf-E semi-relevant.

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>>36454888
>Went looking for Miyafuji, found the Eye-talian. Things got... dynamic.
>Found Sanya... again. Talked to Sanya... again. I think it's gonna stick, this time.
PROCEED WITH BOTH OPTIONS IN HAND

>>36454888
>>Went looking for Miyafuji, found the Eye-talian. Things got... dynamic.
"I wasn't joking about the giant bomb and people trying to kill me Ian"

>>36454888
>Found Sanya... again. Talked to Sanya... again. I think it's gonna stick, this time, maybe, possibly.

>>36454847
>Which is fucking hilarious if you know the history of the real torpedoes.
I'm having silent hunter flashbacks

>>36454888
>>Found Sanya... again. Talked to Sanya... again. I think it's gonna stick, this time.

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Guys.
Guys.
Listen.
Guys.

Are you listening?
I have the best idea.
The best.
Listening?
Guys this is serious.

We go to the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum.

Listening guys?

We go to the museum. And we hijack the H-4 Hercules.

>>36454888
>>Went looking for Miyafuji, found the Eye-talian. Things got... dynamic.

>>36454911

You definitely want to pick one, this time.

>>36454888
>>Went looking for Miyafuji, found the Eye-talian. Things got... dynamic.
>>Found Sanya... again. Talked to Sanya... again. I think it's gonna stick, this time.
>>36454896
Magnesium.

>>36454676
Who from the Megami Tensei series?

>>36454888
>>Found Sanya... again. Talked to Sanya... again. I think it's gonna stick, this time.

>>36454888
>Found Sanya... again. Talked to Sanya... again. I think it's gonna stick, this time.

>>36454930
Guys.. I'm scared...

>>36454888
>>Found Sanya... again. Talked to Sanya... again. I think it's gonna stick, this time.

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>>36454811
How goes our requests man? I do hope you're coping.

>>36454896
>So Young was the first to say it.
We can't say for sure, unitl either planefag or Ghostdiva confirms.

>What ominous metal may that have been then also used
Luna Titanium Alloy

>>36454888
>>Found Sanya... again. Talked to Sanya... again. I think it's gonna stick, this time.
I think we mentioned in part the Eye-talian Incident.

>>36454888
>Found Sanya... again. Talked to Sanya... again. I think it's gonna stick, this time.

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>>36454947
you should be

>>36454930
evil man I do not trust you!!!

>>36454888
>Went looking for Miyafuji, found the Eye-talian. Things got... dynamic.

>>36454888
>Went looking for Miyafuji, found the Eye-talian. Things got... dynamic.

HEY MAYBE WE SHOULD LEVEL WITH OUR BROS ABOUT THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT.

>>36454888
>>Went looking for Miyafuji, found the Eye-talian. Things got... dynamic.
*mutter something about stockings*

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>>36454930
>want to pick one
>JUST ONE
>mfw

>>36454924
Good luck making those Wasp Majors work again

>>36454956
Make one pic of Sean's daughter doing lewd.
...i am not really satisfied with this one so i'll make more and just throw them up to you guys on PJ quest.

Its not like Jess is that popular anyway.

>>36454994
Ooh good point, seconding this

>>36454931
>magnesium

And if we're hit we turn into a huge tracer?

>>36454888
>Went looking for Miyafuji, found the Eye-talian. Things got... dynamic.

>>36454888
>>Found Sanya... again. Talked to Sanya... again. I think it's gonna stick, this time.

Sanya is here, guys.

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>>36454998
Please stop crushing my hare brained scheme before it can even become something.

>>36454888
>Found Sanya... again. Talked to Sanya... again. I think it's gonna stick, this time.

>>36454888
>Found Sanya... again. Talked to Sanya... again. I think it's gonna stick, this time.

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>>36455030
I'm just messing with you man.

And I commend you for having the same tastes in fanfics.

>>36454994
We already told them about the first time that happened. The Sanya thing is new, which is rather troubling

>>36455087
Double K is amazing. And a gold mine.

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>>36455129
Still waiting for the good ol captain to get done with his European Piano tour.

>>36454974
pic related

>>36454888
>>Found Sanya... again. Talked to Sanya... again. I think it's gonna stick, this time.

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>>36455004
>Sean's daughter doing lewd
Well, that's something I'll have to see.

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>>36455087
my niggahs

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>>36455246

>>36454834
>>36454768
>>36454815
>>36454804
Metal wing spars were pretty common, maybe that's where the term comes from? However ALL-metal aircraft were something of an exception. Some planes still had wooden control surfaces and others used wood for the outer skin. Particularly in the case of Russian and later German planes because of material shortages. Some planes didn't even have a solid skin to begin with and still relied on canvas painted with stuff to make it rigid.

Funny thing is if you use too much steel you'll end up with a plane too heavy to be useful. The Mustang was all metal because it was entirely made of aluminium like the Zero, and both could fly very far on a tank of gas because of this. The P47 was all metal except for the tail control surfaces which were still made of canvas, surprisingly.

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>>36455360
The more you know, I guess.

>>36452509

It pays to have contingency plans.

though, let's be fair, here, all I was doing was redirecting where the trolling would go. that's all.

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“Yeah,” you say, tugging a corner of the blanket over Sanya's head. She mewls cutely and curls up even tighter, vanishing into a little cocoon of catlike warmth. “Went looking for Miyafuji. Found Sanya, instead. Got her sorted out over the whole Waltrude thing. I think it'll stick, this time.” You sigh, and stretch. “As long as she doesn't figure out that we bounced her, that night she almost chewed our tail booms off.”

Sean and Ian blink, then exhange a glance.

“Didn't she already figure that out?” Ian asks.

“She did,” Sean says. “I remember, because she caught on after we lost ourselves in ground clutter. During that last night intercept.” They both turn and look at you, mystified.

“... really?” you say. “What?”

“Wow,” Ian says. “It looks like the repeated cranial traumas have finally taken their toll.”

Sean humphs as he flips to the next page. “Man, he jumped off the goddamn PIER last night. I saw *ice* floating in that water last week.”

“Now there's the question,” Ian says, picking up his newspaper again. “Did the impact with the water do the crucial damage, was it the cold, was it the asskicking the squibs gave him when they caught him aboard, or is forgetfulness to be expected of the brain-damage required to do that stupid shit in the first place?”

“Well...” you sigh, pinching the bridge of your nose. “Yeah, I remember... now.” Maybe the last few weeks HAVE taken their toll – though you'd never admit it, and Ian just sentenced himself to about six dozen snap-rolls. At least. Of course, that begs the question... “Wait, why did she mention it, then?”

“Eh?”

“She specifically mentioned being bounced by friendly night fighters, and how it'd always scare her shitless for a few seconds.”

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>>36455433

“Maaaaybe she was opening up to you and dropping the hot-shot-tough-guy pilot act?” Ian opines. “Or maybe she's noticed what a sucker you are for the woe-is-me-pet-me-pretty-please act and she's playing you like a fiddle.” He tsk-tsks and turns to a new page in the paper.

“Meh, I wouldn't worry about it,” Sean says idly, tossing the Stars and Stripes over his shoulder and cracking his neck laboriously.

“Boy, it must be nice to be you, Sean,” you grumple, sliding into your seatcushions a little more and closing your eyes. “Nobody shoots YOU in the groin, nobody tries to crash a drone-ship filled with high-explosives into your goddamn face, and your girlfriend's issues boil down to 'fight-or-fuck.' The girl's a media darling and you're telling me to NOT WORRY about her – her everything? She could destroy me! One well-timed sniffle and I'd be hanging from the ceiling of the hangar bound in safety-wire!”

“Christ A'mighty you're a drama queen-”

“They did it to Mav! They LITERALLY did it to Mav, because she sniffled a bit!”

Sean rolls his eyes as he fishes another bent Lucky Strike out of his pocket. “I know, you idiot. I'm saying you've got to worry even more about Eila.”

The name seems to slip into your veins like liquid mercury, cold and lethal.

“... Elia?”

“Yeah,” he says. “Elia.”

You take a second to process that, and your mouth promptly dries out. Leaning over, you tug back a corner of Sanya's blanket. “Uh... Sanya?” you whisper quietly. She makes a noncommittal sound. “Uh... did you... tell Elia about the bouncing thing?”

“Yes,” someone whispers from about four inches behind you. “She did.”

>write-in

>>36455451
>So what'cha gonna do about it?

>>36455451
"Speak of the devil and she shall appear."

CLAMP DOWN AND GIVE NO FUCKS

>>36455360
>which were still made of canvas, surprisingly.

That's not very unusual actually. Metal control surfaces tend to have problems with aerodynamic flutter.

>>36455451
"I can't tell who's talking. If it's Eila, remember I beat you once already. If it isn't, help me beat her again."

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>>36455451
>OH HAI EILA I DIDN'T NOTICE YOU THERE..!
>Nervous chuckle
>SO WHAT BRINGS YOU HERE THIS FINE MORNING?? OH AND YOU LOOK LOVELY TODAY TOO. NICE HAIR.

>>36455451
"I'm a man, some sort of little girl won't get me down."

*Prepares to write will*

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>>36455433
>“... really?” you say. “What?”
>
>“Wow,” Ian says. “It looks like the repeated cranial traumas have finally taken their toll.”
>>36455451
>CRAZY IVAN

>>36455451
"Okay, and?"

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>>36455451
Panic!
Crash Dive! Sound the alarms! All Hands get us the hell out of here!

>>36455451
Hi honey, what did you think of the wedding?

>>36455451
>"I JUMPED ON A fucking grenade for Sanya today Eila, DO NOT GIVE ME SHIT

>>36455451
>Time for alcohol.

>>36455451
Run.

RUNNNN

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>>36455451
Keep your cool. You're a motherfucking cucumber.

"Consider it a retroactive punishment for the fiance schitck you're pulling on my dear old mother. Sanya is safe and sound right there on the couch."

>>36455546
Fucking actually this Eila needs to cool her tits

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>>36455546
THIS

>>36455546
This.

>>36455546
Seconding

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>>36455565
>Keep your cool. You're a motherfucking cucumber.
I have Cirno here. All we need now is Nitori.

>>36455546
this

>>36455451
"...did you tell her to play nice?"

>>36455451
[PANTS SHITTING INTENSIFIES]

>>36455546

>>36455546
I also would like to express my support for this proposal.

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>>36455360
>However ALL-metal aircraft were something of an exception.

What? No they weren't - not for modern military aircraft of the era, at any rate. Stressed-skin construction was standard by the 30s for most aircraft, in fact. Wooden construction was very much the exception to the rule, such as the Mosquito. Even the goddamned Hurricane switched to a stressed-skin wing by 1939 (while retaining doped linen over the fuselage and control surfaces, because it was an obsolete design in most respects.) You're thinking WWI era, bub.

>>36455546
"I jumped on a grenade for her today, what have you done for her today Finn"

>>36455451
Didn't Sanya say that that reminded her to keep constant vigilance and taught her a new trick?