What feel?

We mad as fuck man. They can't get rid of our glorious plane!

>open up /tg/ out of curiosity
>first post of SWQ is just up

Damn great timing.

We feel pretty mad bro.

Thread ruined.

Welp, time to row the widow back after all.

We might be able to make a flag out of our pants after all.

Oh HELL no. We did -not- come out here to have our beauty dropped in the drink. Get a patch on her, and let's get moving.

>>18139667
NOT THE BLACK WIDOW
NOT THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL

TIE YOURSELF AND CREW TO IT THEY CAN'T DROWN US ALL

>check on foolz if planefag already started the quest
>find Maid Quest Epilogue
>SWQ starts minutes later

Best night ever!

>>18139667

NOT THE WIDOW! OH DEAR GNOME NOT THE WIDOW!

>:C <--- FEEL.

>>18139708
one problem the fuel tank got fucked up we might need to borrow a carrier based plane

Yes! SWQ!

>wildcat

oh lord......please tell me they have corsairs...please god

>Look at the XO straight in the eye.

>"BULLSHIT."

It worked once!

-How long will it take to fix the Widow's fuel tank and refual (minimum travel load for castle Barin)
-What's the wind strength
-How much ammo, spare kit, and other weight can we dump out of the Widow
-How long is the Saratoga

Upon determining, regardless of figures, lets do this. First crew to land a Widow on a carrier? check. Time for first crew to launch a widow off a carrier.

Fuck that noise. Does this carrier have a catapult? If so, shove some patches on the tank. Fill her up and launch us out of here.

That plane is an experimental prototype, getting pushed over the side isn't an option.

Tell him you can indeed fly a wildcat. Doesn't matter if you actually can, you'll manage.

>After they push your fighter over the side

The FUCK you say?

Guys, Guys.

They launched B-25s off of carriers, we can easily do this.

>>18139724
Maid Quest Epilogue? I'm going to need the links to that.

It's perrine's birthday today, we have to mess with her more than usual when we get back.

Torn between WILDCAT BRIGADE and PLANE TISSED OVERBOARD. Ouch.

No way the Widow will be repaired in time, does indicating it as a prototype get it a not-tossed dispensation?

>>18139724
Wait, the ORIGINAL maid quest epilogue?

IF THEY FUCKING-

....

IF THEY PUT A SINGLE DENT ON MY BIRD THAT WASN'T ALREADY THERE, THEY ARE DEAD. IF THEY TRULY HAVE PUSHED CLUB GNOME OVER THE SIDE, THEY ARE FUCKING DEAD.

I SWEAR TO GOD, THEY ARE ALL GOING TO DIE. THIS SHIP SHALL RUN RED WITH THEIR BLOOD AND ECHO WITH THE SCREAMS OF THE DEAD AND DAMNED

Punch the XO in the face. We are not flying one of those abominations when we have a perfectly almost-good aircraft right here.

>>18139786
>>18127797

>England being invaded
>Wildcats
>Not Corsairs
>THROWING OUR ONE TRUE LOVE OFF THE DECK

tableflip.png

DAMNIT, PLANEFAG, YOU'D BEST BRING ON THE WALMINGTON-ON-SEA HOME GUARD.

Just sayin' that there is nothing that the Armoured Might of Lance Corporal Jones' Butcher Van can put right.

Well that and a bayonet. Martians don't like it up 'em, they don't, you know.

>>18139786
The one and only.

>>18127797

>Wildcat
I have no idea what that is because everything I know about planes comes from Ace Combat.

funny thing is that the corsair was the navy's main night fighter

Takeoff distance can be reduced by using WAR EMERGENCY POWER and some fiddling with the flaps.

If Doolittle can get B-25's off a carrier, we sure as hell can take a P-61 off one.

Also, the navy considered making the P-61 carrier capable. We should prove that they should of done it.

How many unconscious XOs can we fit in a B52?

>wildcat
If I remember this one was utter shit, I'm not gonna
claim to be a aviation buff but I remember from
dogfights that the wild cat was beat by the zero
almost every time, then we got the hellcat, they got
any of those? If not we are gonna get out plane turned
around.

If we leave our precious plane with... I dread to say it... NAVAL AVIATION, it's going to be the home to a school of dogfish by the time we leave the deck.

Stay with it. Chain yourself to it.

Also, fuck yeah, this guy:

>>18139800

>>18139813
They aren't Corsairs, and that's really all you need to know to be mad.

IT BEGINS

Okay here is what we need to do.
- Ditch the rocket racks, we don't need them anymore.
- Patch up the leaking fuel tank if possible.
- Refuel
- Take off with WEP and burn ass back to Barin

>>18139813
the only thing you should know is that in the early days of WW2 these were easy prey for the zero...

This is where I wish I had that image of Cirno at the computer saying something along the lines of "the greatest part of the day is here."

>>18139833
Oh god, can we? Is that even nearly going to work, ever after WEP and our gnomishness?

>waifu wars
>skub.jpg
>black widow to be tossed off the deck
>AS ONE WE SAY NO

I love you guys.

rolled 14 = 14

>>18139813

>GET OUT. NOW. YOU DO NOT DESERVE THIS THREAD.

>GO READ A FUCKING WWII BOOK, THEN YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO COME BACK.

>>18139835
One on one, yeah.
>But who in their right mind went out without a wingman?
>FUCKING SCISSORS.

guys we should have more then one plane in the future I know the widow is our baby but it would be a good idea

>>18139839

>>18139813
the Japs ate them like a fat kid at a birthday buffet.
could be worse, could be an F2A buffalo

>>18139667
>Nope. Nooooooppeeeee. Ain't gonna happen. You'd have to push me, these two idiots over the side too.
>And then tell Major Luke why you just pushed an Airforce prototype into the atlantic with the crew onboard.

>Push our girl over the side

Won't do us much good to get there without our plane. Navy birds just won't cut it.

Besides, P-61s were supposed to be carrier-capable, eventually. We can take off, they just have to fix the dang fuel leak and give us some .50 (and 20mm, if they even have any--do they carry 20mm AAA in this universe?).

Alternatively, he was told *specifically* how to best troll us as revenge for landing on his flight deck.

AWWW SHIT, IT'S THIS TIME

>my feels

FUCK THAT NOISE, WE CAN WEP OURSELVES OFF THIS BOAT

>wildcat

is this a corsair?

is this a hellcat?

then no

>>18139824
Wildcat needed some clever piloting and teamwork to beat Zeroes, but it did indeed beat them. Then the Hellcat curbstomped them.

>>18139856
>Buffalo
SHUT UP
DON'T GIVE PLANEFAG IDEAS

>>18139853
Perhaps BUT WE'RE NOT REPLACING HER WITH A FUCKING WILDCAT WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU

Hell, the only reason we had to land the Widow anyway was because dem Aliums holed us.

They're naval folks, right? They've got experience patching holes. Shove a bung in the hole, pour the juice in, turn the engine on and point on our wizard robe and pointy hat.

FOR IT IS FUCKING GNOME TIME.

You guys happen to have any of those butcher birds lying around?

>>18139880
I hate the wildcat! I want a fucking corsair man! hell we can paint her like the widow!

>>18139877
BUFFALO BUFFALO BUFFALO BUFFALO BUFFALO BUFFALO BUFFALO.

>>18139800
Oh, the aliums are invading.

WHAT THE ALIUMS ARE INVADING!

DON'T PANIC, DON'T PANIC!

EVERYONE DON'T PANIC! DON'T PANIC CAPTAIN MAINWARING, DON'T PANIC!

Where's my bayonet, where's my bayonet!? Can't go wrong with a bayonet, that's what Kitchener said when we was in the Sudan fighing the Fuzzy Wuzzys, so he said.

>>18139847

Doing research for the guy who said you could launch B-17's/Ju-88's off of a certain Japanese carrier (which while the carrier was wide enough it needed to be 3 times as long), I found that B-17 pilots could reduce their takeoff distance by "using 1/3 flaps and full war emergency power: full throttle and 2,760 RPM." This shaved off about 1,300 ft. of takeoff distance (4,190 normal).

>Your Feel Today Is: FURMIOUS

"The *fuck* did you just say?" you gasp at the XO.

"I said-"

"Rhetorical question, chuckles," you seethe. "That things a prototype. Irreplaceable."

He shrugs. "I'm not having that on my deck while I try to recover my pilots. Landings are hard enough without-"

"-A FUCKING TAILHOOK!?" you nearly roar, making an abortive lunge at him. "OR A REINFORCED UNDERCARRIAGE!? If that fucker came off a production line I would've bailed out if it in a fucking heartbeat! You think I tried a carrier landing, without a tailhook, with explosive fume-filled tanks just for SHITS AND GIGGLES?" You're not foaming at the mouth, but you're confident you'll built up a good lather with a few more minutes of this.

The XO is having none of it. "Shut your mouth, you little sniveling shit. This is my ship and we're in combat, and if you say another word I'll have you thrown overboard so fast you'll get whiplash."

You triumphantly produce a rumpled copy of -

Everybody in the room stares.

You artfully splay your hand over that fucking photograph of you and Perrine and tap the headlines, the one about ACES and MEDALS and such. "If they almost threw Patton out for slapping some pussy in the face with his gloves, what'll they do to you? Huh, Navy Man?"

The XO's body seems to tense with sheer rage.

>>18139847
What was our stall speed again? 60mph? If we can slow down from that speed over the distance of Saratoga's deck. There is no way we couldn't accelerate past 60mph with full on WEP using the same distance.

- Let someone know about that armoury situation. (BECAUSE WE MIGHT GET INVADED RIGHT?)
- Test effectiveness of emotional chaff by thinking the dirtiest thoughts we possibly can while Minna is giving a briefing in front of the Witches.
- Paint dat recursive nose art (because this plane is ours and if you dump it I will cockpunch the ocean)
- Get some red paint and put an hourglass on the turret of the widow (because pic related)
- Bath? Bath
- Produce and print a sexy calendar for the witches. (maybe not RIGHT now, but yeah)

>>18139896
I'd say "gib Ta-152", but those weren't until '45, so...yeah.

>>18139667
Here's the plan:
We radio the castle and have them send over 3 witches. Then we each tie ourselves to one while they fly us back.

>>18139839
>>18139855

>>18139921
Yay! We're making friends!

>>18139921

>Shut your mouth, you little sniveling shit. This is my ship and we're in combat, and if you say another word I'll have you thrown overboard so fast you'll get whiplash

WE'RE NOT LEAVING WITHOUT OUR BIRD

>>18139913
lol

>>18139921
MY SIDES

>>18139921
Outplayed.

>>18139921
Glorious

Get the goddamn ground crews to plug the fuel tank, fill 'er up again, maybe hook us up with a reload, and we'll be on our merry way.

>>18139921

What'cha gonna do Navy-Man?

CHOOSE WISELY

Seriously consider taking off with it.

>>18139921

A naval ship at sea in wartime, he'll throw us in the brig, knock the plane into the sea and we'll join the fight when we hit a port, or get close enough to the shore that we can row it, or swim.

Good times.

>>18139936

Newsflash: aliens just launched Operation Sea Lion. All available units on the coast will probably be otherwise occupied and unavailable to save one prototype P-61.

>>18139913
We're doomed

>>18139921

>>18139921
Why are we fighting for a plane with holes in the wrong places?

>>18139921
"Don;t touch my burd"

Start a fist-fight. It's been too long since we've been in the brig.

>>18139983
Because she is THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL.

>>18139983

BECAUSE FUCK YOU

THAT'S WHY

>>18139983
BECAUSE IT'S OUR PLANE AND THE USAAF'S PLANE AND WE'LL BE DAMNED IF A BUNCH OF SAILORS CHUCK IT INTO THE OCEAN.

IF IT IS TO GO DOWN, IT'S TO GO DOWN IN FLAMES, US LAUGHING AS WE BURN WITH IT.

THAT'S THE AIRFORCE WAY!

>>18139983
You have no loyalty. Shamefur dispray!

"Get me a tank of gas and I'll get it off of your deck. What happens after that isn't your concern."

>>18139983

Because she is our woman! If need be we'll fly another plane to save the day but FUCK if we'll let this shit toss her overboard.

>>18139991
Not to mention our one true love. Other flings may come and go, but at the end of the day we come home to our P-61 Black Widow prototype with twincharged engines.

>>18139913
do be quiet Jones

Best part of the day
(Beats the fuck outta the root canal i just had)

>>18139936
I dunno, Minna will be pissed if we are straped another girl.

On second thought, lests do it.

>>18140001
Needs a patch job too, at least. Or can we empty the punctured one and fill the other three?

>our baby is getting thrown offdeck
AND YOU WANKERS WANTED TO BRING ROCKETS

Punctured tanks shouldn't be too much of a repair job. Hell, we can probably weld it up ourselves, enough to just limp back home.

>>18139928
Well , even the pre-D 190s were low-altitude facewreckers. They'd actually make damn good carrier birds with the right mods.

Which gives me a delicious idea. Did the kraits ever finish the Graf Zeppelin carrier in this timeline? Because that would be cool as all fuck.

>>18140023

>Implying we're not going for Trude... even if she was using us

>>18140029
We did and it worked out great. Stop whining.

>>18140026
I think all three got fucked up man also ENGLAND IS BEING INVADED WE NEED TO BE IN THE AIR NOW! but in a corsair

>>18139667
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Outlying_Field_Barin
>Alabama
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ba%27rin
>Syria
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Barin
>Flash Gordon

Well I'm lost.

We require QUICK PATCH and GAS. Fly our ass home.

Is it safe to weld with all the fumes?

England is safe, don't worry guys. No alium can hope to defeat the one man defensive line that is Jack Churchill.

>>18139979
Capt Mainwaring! When we was in the Sudan, one day, there was this sandstorm and it was so thick, you see, you couldn't see ten feet in front of you, and some of the naval lads who was with us said it was as thick as pease soup, because he was from London, so he was. And Kitchener, what he did was to make us march through the sandstorm so when the Fuzzy Wuzzys popped up on the other side, we was behind them, coming right at 'em.

Thus the expression: we come in pease!

>>18140051
I'm pretty sure Castle Barin is fictional.

At least the one in the Channel Islands, I think there's one in the Middle East.

>>18139877
Man, the Buffalo doesn't even look like it should be able to fly.

>>18139921

"Da fuq is this?"

You all turn to see a weary-looking, short, squinty-eyed, broad-faced man stagger into the briefing room. He's pulling a leather flight helmet off his head, and his forehead glistens with the nervous, chilly sweat of combat. He spots the XO, and thrusts an unlit cigar at him. "And who parked the turkey on the deck?"

"The hell you say, chum!"

He turns tired eyes to you. "Who is this shit-scarfing turdburger and what's he doing in my briefing room?"

"Relaxing after doing what you do every day in a plane that isn't designed for it," you snap back. "I didn't know Marines needed somebody to talk them onto the deck, but I guess you can't look for your ass with both hands when you need one for the stick-"

"NO!" the XO screams, recoiling from you both. "NO! NOT TWO! NOT TWO! I CAN'T HANDLE TWO OF YOU ASSHOLES! NO! NO! NOOOOOOOPE!" he screams, fleeing the the briefing room at a dead run, clipboard and papers flying everywhere.

>I suddenly feel empathy with this newcomer.
>MARINE AVIATOR. THERE CAN BE. NO. MERCY.

>>18140067
Neither did the Jug, and welp.

>>18140067
If hostile aviation was in the area, it didn't for any length of time.

>>18140046
I can support this wholeheartedly. We should see if we can get any more information on our gnomishness from her while we're at it.

>>18140055
hell no we could take out half of the flight deck. also see if we could get some of those sexy navy rubber fuel tanks

>>18140046
Stack the Germans, then land between them.

>>18140073
>EXERCISE CAUTION
On one hand, MARINE. On the other, we can recognize a shitstirrer after our heart when we meet him.

>>18140073
....

Pappy?

PAPPY IS THAT YOU?!

>>18140073
OH DEAR GOD, IT'S PAPPY BOYINGTON

>>18140046
>impling that we aren't going for Minna
Wut?

>>18140073

FUCK THE NEW GUY

GO MAKE SURE OUR BIRD ISN'T BEING PUT ON THE DIVING BOARD

GO TO THE DECK

GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO

>>18140073

>>18140073
We must become best friends. The best way to achieve this is to hate each other so hard that we somehow break through to the other side.

>>18140073
We appear to have a NGAF contest.

NO MERCY
FOR ANYONE

>>18140073
Empathy. He may be a Marine Aviator, but he's still a Marine.
Being a Marine means he's pretty cool.
Being a Marine also means he can floor all three of us.

>>18140073

>>18140101

>IMPLYING THAT WE AREN'T GOING FOR TRUDE

WE'RE GOING FOR TRUDE

WE WILL FIND HER LITTLE SISTER

WE WILL ENSURE SAID LITTLE SISTER MAKES IT BACK HOME

>>18140073
Empathy. And because we feel empathy, THERE CAN BE NO MERCY.

>>18140073
>I suddenly feel empathy with this newcomer.
No time for arguing! This guy might be able to help, even if he is a... a... MAREEN

We need the Widow in the air or at least safely tucked away while we fly some shitty naval planes.

The jarheads have *gnomes*?

Well, there goes the service.

>>18140029

>>18140082
Minna knows more. She is the commander, after all.

>>18140126
You're that faggot who was looking for pictures on /a/ earlier, aren't you?

We aren't going after the bitch who both punched us and jumped us within 24 hours.

>>18140073
If Doolittle could get a entire fucking bomber flight off a carrier, then we can do it in a single supercharged P-61!

I say we recruit our new Marine bro, "ask" the flight crew to get our plane refueled and ready to fly, and we get off this damn ship.

>I suddenly feel empathy with this newcomer.
He must be a gnome. He can cut through the red tape, issue orders, GET US AIRBORNE!

CAN YOU LEAVE THE WAIFU WARS FOR LATER WE HAVE PAPPY BOYINGTON ON DECK AND THE WIDOW'S LIFE IS AT STAKE

>>18140131
hey hey hey thats just the wildcat and some of the early ww2 torpedo planes man

>>18140159
Fuck you minnafag.

>>18140159

>We aren't going after the bitch who both punched us and jumped us within 24 hours.

Hello, what did I miss.

Any girl with the guts to punch us seems alright in my book

empthatic no mercy

Suddenly waifufags, waifufags everywhere

>>18140159
>both punched us and jumped us within 24 hours.
Sounds pretty hot to me.

>>18140184
Dude that was over a full week ago.

We appear to have newcomers.

God damn, that fucker advertising SWQ on /a/ again...

>>18140159
Yeah, sounds like my kind of woman, honestly. But to hell with Kraut glitter-girls when HELLO WE HAVE OUR ONE TRUE LOVE TO SAVE RIGHT NOW. SHE HAS A GORGEOUS RACK OF DOUBLE WASP RADIALS.

>>18140177
THIS. ENOUGH WITCHES.

TIME FOR STRIKING.

NAVAL OFFICERS, MARINE AVIATORS, CREWCHIEFS AND OTHER FILTHY ENLISTED AND ANYONE WE NEED TO IN ORDER TO GET THE GHOSTRIDER IN THE AIR.

And I know it's anachronistic, but this is what we play to those alien sons of a bitches for holing our baby when we send their burning hulks to the green fields of England.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fdCuRKatjs

>>18140126
Who died and made you the leader?

Besides, we're alredy headed on the Minna path.

>>18140073
>"NO!" the XO screams, recoiling from you both. "NO! NOT TWO! NOT TWO! I CAN'T HANDLE TWO OF YOU ASSHOLES! NO! NO! NOOOOOOOPE!" he screams, fleeing the the briefing room at a dead run, clipboard and papers flying everywhere.

Did anyone save that pic with the emblems of each Witch? I would like to view it again.

by all rights, our bird should have been shoved overboard before we even -got- to the briefing room.

On the other hand, I wonder how much of the poor girl will get stripped out to make her light enough for such a short ass take off. if we can get close enough to england, we can always go light on fuel. shit is what, 6lbs per gallon?

bah, anyone got weights and balance info on the Widow?

>>18140182
Fuck you, Trudefag

>>18140094
>>18140100

I hope to fucking god its Pappy.

>For extraordinary heroism above and beyond the call of duty as Commanding Officer of Marine Fighting Squadron TWO FOURTEEN in action against enemy Japanese forces in Central Solomons Area from September 12, 1943 to January 3, 1944. Consistently outnumbered throughout successive hazardous flights over heavily defended hostile territory, Major Boyington struck at the enemy with daring and courageous persistence, leading his squadron into combat with devastating results to Japanese shipping, shore installations and aerial forces. Resolute in his efforts to inflict crippling damage on the enemy, Major Boyington led a formation of twenty-four fighters over Kahili on October 17, and, persistently circling the airdrome where sixty hostile aircraft were grounded, boldly challenged the Japanese to send up planes. Under his brilliant command, our fighters shot down twenty enemy craft in the ensuing action without the loss of a single ship. A superb airman and determined fighter against overwhelming odds, Major Boyington personally destroyed 26 of the many Japanese planes shot down by his squadron and by his forceful leadership developed the combat readiness in his command which was a distinctive factor in the Allied aerial achievements in this vitally strategic area.

>>18140243
shut up both of you!

Whilst I in no way advocate the 'waifu'-ing of Trude I see the whole situation with her sister as a chance to be the Big Goddamn Hero. For me it is a rare occourance when any oppertunity to be the Big Goddamn Hero comes up, but now that it is here, staring us right in the face, I'll be damned if we don't at least Try for it. I don't care if Trude loves us at the end of beats us to a pulp, so long as we are the Big Goddamn Hero.

That aside, lets talk to shitstirer cigar man.

>>18140235
'ere ya go.

>>18140243
>>18140182

"So who the fuck are you?" the man asks.

"Who the fuck are YOU?" you retort.

He looks at you, then down at the newspaper in your hand. "Oh, right. You're the Witchfucker."

what

"Witchfucker," he repeats. "Bounce some distracted Martians, crash-land on Pussy Island, suck up the medals. While we're stuck on these tin cans with nothing but ugly mess cooks to look at." He snorts. "Yeah, real hero."

"And you're clearly leading from the front," you say, dangerous-quiet. "Where's your squadron, chum?"

The man lunges for you snake-quick, but you both duck, ears ringing, as a gunshot rings out. The SPANG SPANG! of a ricochet sends you both diving under the chairs.

"WHO FUCKING DID THAT!?" you shout.

"WHAT?" the other man shouts.

"WHO-"

"I CAN'T HEAR YOU," the short pilot yells.

Your ears still ringing, you look up to see Ian holding his revolver.

He's got the Look.

>>18140073

PAPPY BOYINGTON YOU GLORIOUS FUCK

>>18140259
We've been the big goddamn hero so many times...

>>18140059
very good jones, now go get the van

>>18140182
>>18140243

Goddamn it you waifufags! GET OUT!!

Can't you faggots wait until after the important battle!!

>>18140273
GARBAGE DAY!

>>18140273
If Ian breaks out The Voice too we're fucked.

>>18140235

http://archive.foolz.us/a/thread/62068876
has them individually at the end of the thread.

>>18140273
ohfuckohfuckohfuck

>>18140296
He knows the Weirding Ways?

>>18140261
Thank you sir. Okay, let's see if I've got this figured out.

Minna, Sakamoto, Trude, Shirley
Erica, Perrine, Sanya
Eila, Luccini, Lynette, Miyafuji

Did I get 'em right? I'm not familiar with the source material outside of these threads.

>>18140273
Alright... How many flies did he kill?

>>18140284

I'll belive it when we get a tickertape parade, pure adulation and a closing scene thats staring into the sunset, until the its all Lower Case to me.

>>18140273
Thank you, Ian, for being sane.

>>18140285
I can't sir. It's locked.

Well, I didn't want anyone pinching my marbles, did I?

>>18140306
Good show, chap. Perfect score.

>>18140303
His voice is a killing weapon.

Well, think about it. Between MC's... MCness and Sean's Irish warp frenzy, someone's got to be the sane guy in the crew. Or at least the one whose threats of breaking foots on asses get listened to.

>>18140315
Lovely. And now for something I'm sure everyone else has noticed by now.
>Minna
>Luccini
>Erica
>Eila

>Spade
>Club
>Heart
>Diamond

Ian has also embraced his inner gnome, the way that we have steadfastly refused to do.

He is probably, at this moment, better at what he does than we are at what we do.

He has sparkles, and he knows what to do with them!

>>18140273
>Ian's got The Look
Ah. Well, we're fucked.

>>18140273

You and the Marine both try to scream at Ian at the same time about the horrid, horrid stupidity of discharging a firearm, inside a steel room no less, and about the ten million court-martials he deserves, but he simply taps the barrel of his M1917 against his leg, and you both shut up. Ian's radiating that cold, intense vibe he gets when he's Not Fucking Around.

"I know you guys are pilots and all," he says quietly, "but we don't have time for this bullshit right now."

He glares at you, then at the Marine.

"Now, what do you say?"

"... don't shoot?" you ponder, ears still ringing. Ian flexes his hand, like he's thinking of shooting you on matters of general principle.

"I'm sorry?" the Marine ventures.

"I'm sorry!" you chime in eagerly. "Totally. Sorry."

"Say it to each other," Ian instructs you.

The Marine tilts his head to one side, like he's examining a new kind of beetle he's never seen before. You simply stare at Ian.

Your gunner sighs. "Baby steps."

>>18140376
It's not Sean, we aren't completely fucked, only mostly fucked.

>>18140311
We got our name in the paper. That's more than anyone else. Besides, no one is going to throw us a parade for saving chris. It needs to be a personal thing.

>>18140385

Ian, I fucking love you.

NOW GET ON THE DECK

GOGOGOGOGOGO

I CAN HEAR OUR BIRD SCREAMING FOR HELP RIGHT NOW!!!

>Also, he planned it so the bounces of that bullet won't hit anyone, right? Wow, that's good gnoming...

rolled 44 = 44

>>18140385
Baby steps indeed.

PEOPLE! if they did throw our plane off the deck you do know they would be shitcanned so fast due to it being a PROTOTYPE

>>18140043
>Operational Graf Zeppelin
>Naval Stuka raids against Alien battleships

allofmymoney.jpg

>>18140385

we must call ian 'mom' from now on.
and of couse that means calling perrine 'dad'.

>>18140433
They gave it to US. How important can it be to them?

P-61 loaded weight is 29,700 lbs

F4F loaded weight is 7,000 lbs and she was pretty fat for a naval fighter at the time

The B-25 had successful carrier launches though I'm not sure how much weight they had to get them down to, I doubt it was less than our loaded widow, especially on maybe half tanks.

Carrier launch should be possible, especially given our souped up engines.

>>18140385
Ian, you magnificent bastard.

Okay, now that that's out of the way...Pappy'll understand. Sure, he's a goddamn filthy Marine aviator and they have a nasty tendency to pitch ships into the drink when they're too fucked up, but he too must understand the love a man has for his faithful sky-steed.

>>18140436

>>18140436
how terrifying

>>18140465
shut up you whore!

>>18140457
Max takeoff for the B-25J is 35,000lbs according to wiki.

>>18140385
We really need to get the Widow's holes patched up and refueled.
There's an invasion going on, and we're missing kills!

Fuck, Chuck is out there, in a day fighter, during the day! And sortied alongside Witches! He'll have more kills than us!

>>18140457

Oh it is most definitely possible.

Question though is what loadout to choose.

I'm for the droptanks, flying here already took quite abit of fuel to reach this combat zone and well probably need the endurance once we get back to the vicinity of the castle.

>>18140385

With the merge settled, you and the Marine get to business. "Pappy Boyington, VF-121," he says by way of introduction. You introduce yourself and Ian in turn, and sit down, stiff and weary after the adrenaline rush of - well, of landing.

"What's the story with the ships?" you ask.

Boyington shrugs. "Hell if I know. I was flying a two-ship BARCAP when we got the first distress call. My and my wingman mixed it up and landed with fumes right after they launched the first real strike."

"One was definitely the Richelieu," Ian says. "The other looks like a Deutchla-"

"Graf Spee," Boyington confirms. "The freighters are actually their assigned resupply ships."

"The Spee was weeks overdue to report from South America, though," you say.

Boyington nods. "And Richelieu was supposed to be in the Indian Ocean - two weeks ago, even. You tell me. They came under air attack as they passed Gibraltar and they started calling for air cover when they got within a hundred miles of Portugal's coast. They're running for harbor in England, I guess."

>I have no image macros for this

>>18140484

be nice

Holy shit. I just had the best idea ever.

Remember how we were planning on printing a fireman style sexy-pilot calendar to uh... improve witch morale.

How about we also make a strike witches barmaid calendar?

>>18140500
...fucking hell, they just might be turned.

Has anyone gotten a Morse Code transmission out of them?

>>18140500
Well, we already kinda knew that, but it's nice to get confirmation.

>>18140500
Allied High Command recalling everyone and their mothers? Or have they seen some BAD shit in their corners of the world that sent them packing?

>>18140500
"I have a bad feeling about this.

>>18140500

I GOTTA BAD FEELIN' 'BOUT THIS...

>>18140529
Get Shirley in on it, She can probably convince most(?) of the witches to join in in exchange for a cut of the profits.

>>18140500
So the Richelieu and the Graf Spee were given secret orders to go into radio silence?

Or did the Philadelphia Experiment actually produce results? Cause, it's 1943 right now, and that's when the Experiment took place.

>>18140436
>Perrine
>dad
THREADLY DOSE TIME
Today you'll be getting a double dose. I expect all of you to follow the doctor's orders.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ms831CTa2wo

>>18140500
This is suspicious.

Both being weeks overdue, what are the odds they'll be welcomed with open arms only to have hordes of degenerate Martians come boiling out? Or just naval broadside something important near the harbour?

They seemed pretty intent on killing them though.

>>18140557
BURN IN HELL.

AND NO ONE POST THAT ERICA DOUJIN

>>18140500
Enough chit chat. We need to be airborn.

>>18140552
Meanwhile, rustle up a photographer, get SEXY PILOT PICTURES, send them with Yoshika to the printer's.

>>18140500
Man, this feels like some sort of trap, except actually sinking one of them doesn't make much sense.

The other alternative is that both were on covert ops of some sort, and are coming back with important intel (or something). Maybe they raided a base and made off with the Elerium?

Regardless, not our problem at the moment. Plane. Fuel. Air. Home. Save the witches, save the world.

>>18140553
Fucking five-star post.

>>18140557

>>18140557
DIE. IN. A. FIRE.

>>18140557

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sidvycbl2Zk

The Antidote.

>>18140567
May be they have something important onboard. Like an atom bomb. That would explain the radio silence.

>>18140457

the p-61's takeoff distance is ~1000 ft (that i can find)

problem: Saratoga's flight deck was 888 ft? (unless it has gotten a refit that changes this)

so by default we're short ~112 ft on that takeoff

what can we strip from the girl?

>>18140584

>>Save plane
>>Fuel
>>Save witches/the world.

Seems like a good idea. Rest of the shit people are theorizing about is over our damn paygrade.

>>18140616

WEP
WEP
WEP
WEP
WEP

>>18140616
The super/turbo chargers and WEP?

>>18140602
Meant to qoute >>18140553

>>18140616
Remember we've got better engines by far than a stock Widow.

>>18140616
Have you factored in the WEP from our prototype engines?

>>18140616
-WEP
-Ammo
-Minimum fuel load, resup at castle Barin

>Girl I like asked me out today
>100% on the calc test we got back today
>100% on AP Physics tes
>Come on /tg/, SWQ

Is it my birthday? or should i be waiting for the other shoe to drop

>>18140500

Ian leans forward, his face cold and flat.

"England?"

"That's literally twenty minutes old," Pappy tells you. He sighs, wiping at his face. "I don't know what to tell you. Nobody knows what the fuck is going on. Just scrambled radio reports of Martians coming out of the sea, swarming over the beaches."

You feel dizzy as the spacy, floaty feeling of unreality grips you. This can't be happening. It just can't, right? The Martians have launched weekly attacks against England like clockwork; the war had been so... static. Paced.

This can't be happening.

"... where's Sean?" Ian asks.

You scramble up a few ladders onto the flight deck to find Sean standing under the nose of your lashed-down Black Widow. He's gripping a cigarette in his mouth, tapping his foot idly, with that damn broadsword casually laid over one shoulder. Facing him is a huge sumbitch dressed in stained white clothes, slinging the biggest fucking wrench you've ever seen over his own shoulder. Behind him stand a squad of men with itchy palms looking at your plane.

"I think they'll be all right for a while," Pappy says thoughtfully, eyeing Sean's sword. "So just what were you Army pukes planning on doing?"

>Those signals - Trude's sister - that confluence of directional beams north of London - it all fits. I have to get there!
>THE INVASION! The 501st needs me now more then ever! Homeward bound!
>We've got a battle to fight right here, and it's not over. Get me into a fighter, now!

>>18140616
We can use WEP to nearly double our performance.

>>18140616
Ian & Sean?

>>18140616

Actually, it's worst than that.

We're really flying a pre-mass production P-61-C and those birds had excessive runway length requirements. Up to 3 miles.

>>18140642
These are not choices a man should have to make.

ffffuuuuuuuuu~.

>>18140616

We can probably drop the external tanks and get the bare minimum required to make it to the nearest airfield, then fuel-up there to get back to Barin.

TO THE INVASION, GET IN THE AIR, KICK ASS, TAKE NAMES IN ALIUM GOBBLDEYGOOK

>>18140642
Much as I'd like to rescue Chris, we can't do it alone.

>>18140642
We need to get back to the 501st.

>>18140642

>TRUDE'S SISTER

WE CAN STOP THIS INVASION NOW

>>18140557
THANKS DOC.

>>18140642
>THE INVASION! The 501st needs me now more then ever! Homeward bound!

>>18140616
We're short on ammo, can go light on fuel (especially if the damaged tank/line wasn't fixed), and have a gnome with WEP.

We got down, we can get back up.

>>18140642

>Sean you glorious bastard

>>18140642
NORTH OF LONDON!

They've probably got some kind of pickup planned. We've got to stop them.

>>18140642
Those signals - Trude's sister - that confluence of directional beams north of London - it all fits. I have to get there!

What ELSE is just north of London?

>>18140674
This anon poses an interesting thought...

This deserves consideration if our theories are correct.

>>18140642
>Trude's sister

>>18140642
>THE INVASION! The 501st needs me now more then ever! Homeward bound!

>>18140553

>>18140642
Hey, let's go get those signals. You know, the things we were originally going to go get. The whole reason we got out in the plane. The thing that's totally screwing with Sanya.

>>18140642

the signals are the martians warplan. the only other people who know about that shit are the 501 and they are busy. keep our eyes on the prize.

>Those signals - Trude's sister - that confluence of directional beams north of London - it all fits. I have to get there!

OUR PLANE IS PERFECTLY FINE

THE RUNWAY IS JUST THE RIGHT SIZE

WE HAVE PLENTY OF FUEL

TAKE OFF, GNOME MAN, AWWWAAAAAAAAAY

>>18140673
This, running off on our own's going to be suicide, and they probably have a better idea of what's going on if the beams are psionic-related.

>>18140642
>choices

FUCK YOU BIOWARE

>>18140642
THE INVASION
We may not be the heroes that the 501st deserve. But we are the ones it needs right now.

>>18140642
As fun as a one man invasion of france would be, we have a job to to. We need to return to the castle for orders, not go running off on some wild goose chase.

>>18140695
Oh lord, it's the philidelphia experiment isn't it

>>18140642

If we can even blow up one of those directional beams, those martians under water are going to be lost and they won't surface at the beaches...

We might be making the best use of our plane by smashing at least one of those. Rather than an additional plane at the frontlines.

>>18140642
The 501st is on the horn for us to RTB. I'm taking that as our orders at the moment. So we should do that.

Brief Pappy about the signals. He's already in the neighbourhood and he's in a carrier group. They're better placed than us to do the heavy lifting required here. Even if they're already engaged here they can get on the horn to someone who isn't and who can take care of it.

>>18140642

Definitely don't want to get into any old fighter and just start shooting. We know our Baby, our Baby knows us, so we need to get her fueled and stripped down so we can get off this damn ship and away from all the marines.

>>18140695
Foiled again, planefag?

>>18140553


>>18140695
GOD DAMN IT QUIT GIVING HIM IDEAS

>>18140680
>gnome with WEP

We have a plane with WEP. I'm not sure I'd want to know what a gnome with WEP could do.

>>18140642
Remember, our mission was recon. We succeeded.
Link up with the 501st and relay our intel.
Sure, Trude's gonna flip but we cant do this alone.

>>18140695
Nothing good ever comes from posts like this.

>>18140642
Tempting as it is to go after Chris... no. We need to return, debrief and, if we're going to save her, do it with force. SAS force, if possible, since I doubt we can just land, grab her and return.

>>18140655

Pretty much. Note your first bird didn't have a radar altimeter and all the other goodies, but this new one does. On one hand, the prototype hasn't been weighed down with OVER 9000 tons of performance-degrading shit; on the other hand it's a prototype with unproven, finicky engines that you've got to gnome around with.

Have we told anyone about those damn signals? Because we need to get that info out asap.

>>18140642
I really am torn.

Those are three really fucking viable WAT DO's. Of the three, I'm thinking FUCK THIS FIGHT, BACK TO ENGLAND at the very least.

So either signals or INVASION.

-signals: We are literally the only asset available to take care of this, and we still don't know what they intend to do with them. Strategic enemy asset.

-Invasion: Seems like a land fight. Good for Witches, bad for Widow.

-Sea battle here: We got lucky because we had a loadout that was completely unexpected. Otherwise, one widow won't do shit to change the outcome. However, potential major strategic assets on our side at risk.

I vote signals on this one. Most bang for our single widow's buck.

>>18140695

>>18140642
Trude's sister

Good time for a rescue attempt perhaps, the martians would be pretty occupied with the invasion and probably wouldn't expect it.

As for the carrier launch, drop all ammo and unnecessary shit, gnome the engines in WEP, and go for it. The engineers would probably be happy to help with repairs just to get us off the deck.

>>18140695
..you glorious bastard. Send ships to the ends of the Earth and teleport them to the warzone as a test.

>Those signals - Trude's sister - that confluence of directional beams north of London - it all fits. I have to get there!
Stop this shit before it starts!

TO THE CONFLUX! There must be something the aliums want there, and we're the only ones who know shit about it.

Let's fucking go, chaps. Get that Widow up.

>>18140713
We're not going to France, the beams are converging on a point north of London. London, where Chris disappeared from.
At the very least we need to find where the convergence is so that we can warn ground forces to swarm the area in case the Martians are trying to exfiltrate with Chris, or evacuate the area, if they're going to target the area with buzzbombs.

>Philidelphia experiment managed
>Planefag's posts

DO WE GET INVISIBILITY FOR OUR PLANE?

>>18140728
>GOD DAMN IT QUIT GIVING HIM IDEAS

No. No. Do continue.

>>18140642
>THE INVASION! The 501st needs me now more then ever! Homeward bound!
Step 1.
>Those signals - Trude's sister - that confluence of directional beams north of London - it all fits. I have to get there!
Step 2. We do this *with* the girls, not alone. See Step 1.
>We've got a battle to fight right here, and it's not over. Get me into a fighter, now!
Let Pappy deal with it. We already *at least* badly damaged an alium aircruiser, that's gotta count for something, right?

>>18140744
>>18140721
>>18140718
TELL THE DAMN NAVY. Let them blow them up.

Somebody's going to end up dead or crippled if we don't go back to Barin, but DEM SIGNALS.

>>18140749
Trude's sister.

>>18140761

>>We already *at least* badly damaged an alium aircruiser, that's gotta count for something, right?

Chuck: "Still only counts as one kill!"

Trudes sister, To London!

>Those signals - Trude's sister - that confluence of directional beams north of London - it all fits. I have to get there!
>THE INVASION! The 501st needs me now more then ever! Homeward bound!


FUCK IT WE CAN DO BOTH! GNOME POWERS ACTIVATE WEP WEP WEP

>>18140749
But how can we rescue her? At the end of the day we're three airmen in a Widow, we can rip shit up awesomely from the air but we're not meant to pull an XCOM base raid or anything.

...if we could radio home and ask them to send in Dave and Paddy, maybe.

>>18140642

Orders. The 501st needs us. We go back to them.

>>18140734
We should probably run that info by Minna first, then we can talk to Trude about it.

Have her promise not to break anything with her punch.

>>18140774

Secondary explosions were confirmed.

I say we blew that up.

>>18140759
Oh hey, planefag. In Strike Witches canon the neuroi can possess people. Can martians?

>>18140759
Ideas you say? Well I would be happy to oblige...
What did you think of the chain home system and its eventual subversion?

>>18140642
... So... Trude's Sister? Stop the beams. Come back and whup the invasion. Link up with the 501st.

And who says we can't do it all.

Can we split up? I could see Sean leading the way to get those signals taken out, if someone can pilot. Ian and us go back to take care of witches.

Get back to the witches, bounce 'em once, then kill all the aliens everywhere forever.


VALHALLA FAVORS THE BOLD

>>18140767

>8 witches die planetwide whole war
>if we aren't holding their hands they dead.

they can handle a eighting retreat. the germans at least have already done it all the way across europe.

>>18140765
>>18140749
>>18140746
Tell the Navy pukes about the signals, get in that plane and go save Chris from being used as some kind of magical radar component or something.

>Inb4 she's had her head and spine removed from her body forcing us to choose to either bring her back like that, kill her or whatever. Because that's Planefag. And he lives to crush dreams.

>>18140774
Us: "That 'one' kill got us on the cover of Stars and Stripes."

>>18140642

Meet up with the 501st. We've got an invasion to stop.

>>18140765
THIS
Yeah, the Navy and Marines can have the credit for it if they want it, we can't be hardassed about this.

Return to base, relay information.

Also, every sw thread I've seen on /a/ has turned into a Minna/Trude thread. Coincidence? I think not.

>>18140792
We've gotten behind this theory a couple times before. I'd suspect most of us are expecting it at this point.

>>18140792
They did it to Sanya once or twice

>>18140792
...were you there for when Sanya tried to shoot Minna?

>>18140818
No. They didn't. That's the point.

>>18140785
I dunno, Sean is good with a sword and Ian is the gunslinger. Drop them off and cover them in the plane perhaps?

Depends on how well she is being guarded I guess.

To the witches! Even if we went to go mess up the signals/save Trude's sister we can't exactly land and pick her up. The witches can do that and fly right back out.

So go save the 501st and bring them back!

GO GO TRUDE'S SISTER RESCUE!

>>18140808
And yet, they'd be dead or captured multiple times by now if we weren't around.

Clearly, exposure to gnome powers negates witchy fortune.

>>18140815
I really do try to be unbiased in these threads.

On /a/ I don't even give a shit.

>Ian has awakened to gnome powers
>Can do Impossible shots

>He can place shots in a ejected drop tank, such that when ignited, it's fuel spray acts like an FAE

>Martians invading England
>...
>Attention all Martian units
>England shall be ours for the taking

>>18140818
>>18140828

No, no. REAL possession. Like "Oh hey guys, I'm not an alium. Mind telling me all your military secrets? Okay thanks."

>>18140815
Some people just don't understand the concept of "harem ending".

We need to deal with the signals, but we also need backup to accomplish anything meaningful. Heading back to Barin is really the only thing we can do. The navy can finish this fight.

Can we find a radio on the ship with good enough range to relay the radio beam info to minna and co, and receive orders from there?

>>18140855
If you haven't already guessed, Planefag is pretty much throwing us at Minna.

>>18140815
In the battle of redhead versus brunette, there can be only one winner.
Protip, its the redhead.

>>18140872
>Iamokaywiththis.jpg

Can I point out that we already relayed the beam transmission info back to Barin Castle?

Sure we can tell the Navy about it too, but they're not in a position to be shelling the transmitters on the Continent, or sending flights against them since they're going to be occupied with the invasion.

We can use the ship's radio to contact Minna and ask if they need us back with them, or if we should go and figure out what the Martians are targeting north of London.

>>18140868
We already Morse Coded the beam coordinates in to Barin before we flew way down south to answer the all-hands Mayday from the cruisers. They *should* have the intel already, and Minna may be screaming for us to come home specifically because she's already got a mission planned out to deal with it, and it depends on our radar.

Well if England is being invaded, then I suppose it correct to post this in the thread;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6llT2ZYg-4E

Fuck those Martians, we'll fight to the last.

ONLY ONE ENDING.

THE GNOME KING OF CASTLE BARIN.

But enough kidding around.

THERE ARE CHRIS'S TO SAVE AND COCKY DAY FIGHTER PILOTS TO BEAT IN KILLSCORES AND WE'RE HERE IN ON A SHIP FULL OF MEN WITH NO HEARING.

WE NEED TO GET INTO THE AIR.

>>18140872
Anyone have the version of this pic that's a tad more creepy? the one with the blood?

>>18140642
We really don't have a plane to get in another scrap. We should high tail it back to base.

>>18140854
Which reminds me: how would the aliums know about Chris being a Witch's sister? They can't just sniff out magic radiation, otherwise the Witches would be in a lot more trouble in the air. And Chris isn't a Witch herself.

Unless they had access to family records... they do have Germany occupied, after all.

>>18140872
He's just making us actually choose one. Every witch has her fans, but Minna has the most. So he's going with that.

>>18140895

>>18140887

the witches have a distant relationship with regular military at the best of times. i seriously doubt the word got passed on. and the witches are busy.

>>18140874
>In the battle of redhead versus brunette, there can be only one winner.

>Tribadism

>>18140889
We transmitted where the transmitters on the mainland are located, but we haven't figured out what they're targeting yet.
That's something that I think we need to find out.

>>18140911

>but Minna has the loudest and most autismal.

>>18140924
>What I'm saying is that Minna and Trude should make outAAAAAAAUGH

>>18140903
>implying we need a plane when we have gnome powers

did somebody say invisible German carrier fleet? I could have sworn someone said something about it.

>>18140938
>but Minna has the loudest and most autismal haters.

Like you.

>>18140938
Nice ad hominem. You mad bro?

>>18140949
>stating we do
Gnome powers can't get us out of everything. Hell, the pistol we were using to soap bullet the fuck of those two idiots back at the castle stovepiped on us. It's not a perfect guarantee.

>>18140924
I...must concede that point.

>>18140933
Good point. We need to finish the mission and figure out where the beams go. Not just where they come from.

Guys, this ship Should have a catapult, P-61s can take off from carriers with catapult assistance

Refuel the three whole tanks top off our ammo and go.

>>18140981
>That pic

>>18140957
It's like i'm really playing HoI2 again.

>>18140909
I thought of that early.

And the fact that they had to dig to get to her bed only to find it missing. Which means she was gone BEFORE the hospital was hit. Or the aliens are really damn good at covering their tracks.

You stand in the sea wind, thinking furiously. Your instincts are screaming that the smoldering wreckage of that military hospital near London is the key to everything, but your unit - and your friends - desperately need you.

You finally resolve your dilemia with the First Technique of all successful officers - you pass the buck.

"This just became Minna's problem," you grump. "I'll let Miss StrategyPants figure out what to do."

Pappy shrugs, apparently familiar with the technique. "Okay," he says, "but how are you getting back there?"

You eye your shot-up Widow, and sigh. "If we could slap some patches on that bitch, she'd probably get off the deck okay."

Pappy eyes the huge fighter. "Probably?"

"You should've seen me land her," you say. "Those spoilerons, man - and she's got more power then the stock model."

"Spoilerons?" Pappy says, looking skeptical.

"Zap flaps. Mated with the standard controls, they work in-tandem."

He grunts. "Suppose. You could take a spotter plane from one of the escort ships, you could fit your whole crew in that. Smarter then flying a hundred miles in a shot-up prototype, if you ask me."

"Don't they need them?"

"They've got Witches for that, remember?"

You grunt concession. "Don't suppose you've got a fighter to spare?"

"It'll only seat two, and that's if you yank the radio out," Pappy points out. "Besides, the torque on those little barrels is nasty. A ferry flight, sure, but if you want to fight in one..."

>Wat do?

Oh and assuming MC just had some grand realization about Chris. Its worth pointing out that if this whole martian attack is just cover to abduct her out of country this is the only opportunity we have to stop it.

So my vote is solidly on signals.

(and I just realized that strike witches would still have ears and tails as barmaids)

>>18141042
Oour plane is our life! No other options. We will gnome our way outta this.

>>18141042
We are not leaving this carrier without our girl.

>>18141042
NO WAY!
We do not leave our widow behind

We can not, in good conscience, leave one of our dudes behind.

>>18141042
Patch our baby up, no way in hell we're leaving her with that demented XO who wanted to push her off the side.

>>18141042

OUR BABY.

Fix up the fuel leak as best we can and attach drop tanks.

If we leave it here, they'll most likely shove it overboard. Navy Fuckers.

>>18141042
Take the widow, its the only option.

>>18141042
>>18141042
>>18141042
NO ONE GETS LEFT BEHIND, WE FIX OUR PLANE AND FLY HER HOME

>>18141013
IF SHE'S DONE A KINGDOM BY THE SEA ON US, I WILL BE SO PISSED.

See this if you haven't read it: http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/w/robert-westall/kingdom-by-sea.htm

>>18141042

TAKE FIGHT-CAPABLE BIRD TO TRUDE'S SISTER'S LAST KNOW LOCATION

IF NEEDED GO ALONE.

BY IF NEEDED I MEAN IF WE CAN ONLY FIGHT IF WE GO ALONE, THEN I MEAN GO ALONE

WE CAN STOP THIS INVASION NOW

>>18141042
I don't know about you, but I feel a bit uncomfortable having to fly a plane we're not familiar with straight into combat.

>>18141042
>spotter plane
>chuck's face when we take out an entire flight of steamsleds in one SOMEHOW

Part of me still feels like flying back home in the Widow. But this shit is too important. Fuuuuuuuuuuuuu

>>18141042
>Miss StrategyPants
>Pants
lolno

Anyways, do we at least have good odds in getting back with our baby? We should shoot for that if possible.

>>18141042
If MC think we can get the Widow in the air THEN WE CAN GET THE WIDOW IN THE AIR!

>>18140965
every time ive thought 'hey maybe they aren't such bad guys, maybe they've only got bad taste' you have bitterly disappointed me. now i know voting blocks =/= people and you personally may be a stand up guy but damn dude consider the company you keep.

>>18140964
its probably more than half true.

>>18141042
Call back to the castle and get a witch to fly us over.

>>18141042

If we fly the Widow, then we are in for some straight line cruising, get Pappy to fly escort for us and head straight for the goal, no diversions.

There is only one choice.

We came in the Widow. We leave in the Widow. All of us.

>>18141042
You really want us out of our baby, don't you?

Any other solution deprives us of our radar. Our radar, together with our 3 Stoo--gnomes, is what makes us valuable to the war effort.

If MC, Ian, and Sean all think it can't be done, fine; I wouldn't consider that to be as much of a railroad as just our anon spiral powers getting a little too far past reality.

However, if it is within the realm of sparkle physics, we must get our baby home.

>>18141042
Take the widow.

>>18141042

To clarify:

>F2A-2 Buffalo: AVAILABLE
>F3F Wildcat: AVAILABLE
>P-61C Prototype: IF YOU DARE
>Fairey Seafox floatplane: AVAILABLE, can carry your whole crew

>Remember: Ian is a qualified pilot! I know, you didn't know, right?

we aint leaving the widow here to get thrown in the sea. fuck that. its our baby.

get to welding up those holes in the tanks

There is no choice. We take the Widow- we said ourselves if we could get some patches on her we'd probably be able to get into the air just fine.

And since we're a gnome that means that we're gonna get her into the air.

>>18141100
You don't do well with people rejecting your ideas, do you?

>>18141042
THE FLYING FUCK HAS SPREAD ITS WINGS

Get the techs to detach the rocket racks. (dead weight) Fill up all the tanks except the leaking one (unless they can patch it too). And then take off on full WEP.

We still have ammo don't we? We didn't use much. No need to take on more and add weight.

>>18141130

TAKE THAT WILDCAT ALONE TO THE SIGNALS NOWWWWW

WE'RE LOSING DAYLIGHT PEOPLE

>>18141130
...oh! Well then...the first two are suicide. The second...hmm.

>>18141130
We cannot, in good faith, leave our plane behind. Pappy's a Marine. He'll understand.

>>18141100
We still have no idea it's Trude's sister mang. We just KNOW
>dem signals are probably a bad thing

Her last known location would be the hospital, and that would be absolutely useless to us.

AND going alone would just be retarded.

>>18141130
Us in wildcat with Sean

Ian in Buffalo

>>18141150

Party split... We can get enough bullshit flying to keep the widow safe.

We can also split the difference... One group goes to Barin to assist/report. One group takes care of the signals.

Win-win (or lose-lose, but we aren't that kind of pilot.)

>>18141150
I'll take that as a no.

>>18141042
OK, decided.

WIDOW. WE TAKE THE WIDOW HOME. ALL FOR ONE, ONE FOR ALL.

>>18141130

So if Ian's a pilot, why don't we take TWO planes?
Or at least find someone on deck who can join us for wingman shenanigans.

>>18141130

WILD
FUCKING
CAT

at least until our widow gets patched up.

>>18141042
A spotter plane would probably be the best way to go. It would be a shame to just scuttle the X Black Widow though... not to mention the Army Air Force would never let us have their prototypes again...

I think that we should try patching the Widow at minimum specs and fly it out. At worst, we can just take a spotter if we drink the Widow. The Widow has everything we need to complete a strategic mission like getting Chris back; we should try to use it.

>>18141130
Out of curiosity planefag, how many of the secret occult projects conducted by Germany exist in this setting? Seeing as magic exists, they likely had more success.
And if America has the Philadelphia experiment, then clearly Germany can have Die Glocke

WIDOW OR NOTHING.

>fix widow and take Sean along

>have Ian grab a F3F Wildcat

>once finally back at base, hide Chuck's P-51 and leave the F3F there

problem, Chuck?

>>18141097
>Aliens don't even have Chris

Oh god. I would be so mad, but I would laugh so hard.

Dude, do you WANT to kill Ian?

>>18139667
>Marsian Submarines
GLORIOUS SUBMARINER MASTER RACE.

Also, WHERE ARE THE DAMN GATOS AND U BOATS. I WANT MY DAMN ALL SUBS VS ALIEN SUBS

>>18141130
Two pilots two planes

We take one with Sean and go to London.

Ian takes one to the Castle and reports in, following us when he can.

You guys seem to be forgetting that:

A. Going to London will be pointless if we don't have the Widow and its equipment.
B. Choose any other plane and the deckhands will IMMEDIATELY dump the window into the drink the moment Sean and his sword are gone.

>>18141130
WE DARE.

Get those damned holes in our baby patched. We live by the Widow, we die by the Widow. God only knows they'll probably lob her overboard once we leave, and that's just criminal.

>>18141130
Take the widow.

>>18141185
>So if Ian's a pilot, why don't we take TWO planes?
Because that's what Planefag WANTS us to do. Blindly walking into that would end poorly.

>>18141130
Take the Widow with Sean and go to Signals

Ian takes a Wildcat

>>18141191
I kind of figure half of Germany being DEVOURED BY ALIUMS put a damper on their secret projects.

>>18139826
>Hating on Naval Aviation
>Naval Aviation shot down and STILL shoots down more fighters than surface aviation.

Master Naval Race here, AF is loosers.

>>18141042

We cannot track signals without radar. Our baby is the only bird available with radar, therefore we get into our baby and we fly her off this ship before the goddamn marines Deep-Six her. And don't you tell me that won't be the first thing they'll do as soon as we're off this boat without her.

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