The ferry crew weren't that talkative, and, according to them, didn't notice anything majorly different, though they did say the new imaging and sensors took some 'getting used to', and that high-altitude supercruise was a lot smoother now with the wing transition worked out. They pointed out that the engines seemed strange, and that you might want to look at them before you took her up on a first flight.

Other than that, though, they didn't say anything, and the technical crew isn't going to give you the straight story right now- there's more than a little brass here, after all. Nixon's not here yet, so you've been letting Ice field most of the questions- she is you commanding officer, after all.

Part of it makes you thankful the old die hard sexist attitudes died off back in your mom's day. According to her, back then, flag officers typically just thought of witches as little girls playing at war. These days, that kind of attitude is almost unheard of- somewhere along the line, people started realizing that witches were typically sent to the hottest areas, and so they might just know a few things about fighting.

2/3

It probably also doesn't hurt that Ice and Slider both have scores higher than yours- by far. Most of the witches do, not including the twins- fact is, the last two fights with Konstantina put you far behind. You could always hope to run into a mass bombing raid or something, but it seems pretty unlikely.

So far, both you and Merlin are flying beneath the radar here. Ice looks like she could use a bit of help dealing with the brass, there's quite a few of them, afterall. Then again, your new bird's got a lot of new features, some of which you'd like to see up close and personal-like. Slider's over by the stands with the new Strikers- two pairs, so far, with the rest inbound. She's been going over them pretty well, so if you want to get the jump on what the girls can and can't do, she'd be the one to ask.

[] Go assist Ice with the Brass! She knows how to deal with them, but there's too many right now, and she could use the hand!
[] Go poke around the bird! One of the tech is sure to see you and start bragging about it!
[] Go bother Slider! You're going to need to know what your squadronmates can do, after all.

>>24687821
>[x] Go assist Ice with the Brass! She knows how to deal with them, but there's too many right now, and she could use the hand!

We Good XO

>>24687821
>[x] Go poke around the bird! One of the tech is sure to see you and start bragging about it!

>>24687821
[X] Go poke around the bird! One of the tech is sure to see you and start bragging about it!

Might as well find out what it can do.

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Weekly reminder that Merlin is for lewds.

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>>24687821
>[] Go assist Ice with the Brass! She knows how to deal with them, but there's too many right now, and she could use the hand!

Was split between Helping Ice and checking the bird out but may as well give a helping hand.

>>24687925
No.

>>24687821
>[] Go assist Ice with the Brass! She knows how to deal with them, but there's too many right now, and she could use the hand!
Besides, talking with the Brass might give us an idea of what's happening at the global strategic level.

>>24687925

Merlin is not for the lewds.

>[x]Help Ice out.

[] Go bother Slider! You're going to need to know what your squadronmates can do, after all.
need to be ready for future combat, yo

>>24687821
>[x] Go poke around the bird! One of the tech is sure to see you and start bragging about it!

I'm a sucker for technical stuff

>>24687821
>[] Go poke around the bird! One of the tech is sure to see you and start bragging about it!

Mmmmm, shiny new plane...

>>24687821
>[] Go poke around the bird! One of the tech is sure to see you and start bragging about it!

>>24687821
>[] Go assist Ice with the Brass!

Eh, work work work.

>>24687821
[] Go poke around the bird! One of the tech is sure to see you and start bragging about it!

[] Go poke around the bird! One of the tech is sure to see you and start bragging about it!

>>24687821
[] Go poke around the bird! One of the tech is sure to see you and start bragging about it

>>24687821
>[] Go assist Ice with the Brass! She knows how to deal with them, but there's too many right now, and she could use the hand!

Lets be a good backup XO.

>>24687821
[] Go assist Ice with the Brass! She knows how to deal with them, but there's too many right now, and she could use the hand!

>>24687821
>[] Go assist Ice with the Brass! She knows how to deal with them, but there's too many right now, and she could use the hand!

Trolololol....oh wait thats the other one...

>>24687821
[X] Go poke around the bird! One of the tech is sure to see you and start bragging about it

>>24687821
>[] Go poke around the bird! One of the tech is sure to see you and start bragging about it!

>>24687821
>[] Go poke around the bird! One of the tech is sure to see you and start bragging about it

[x] Go poke around the bird! One of the tech is sure to see you and start bragging about it.

I wonder if this will actually be a noteworthy thread to those not /k/ommandos.

>>24688699
when is the old quest coming back

>>24688757
Heard something IIRC awhile ago that it was this summer but nothing certain as far as I know.

>>24688757
Summer, maybe.

>>24688757
Last thing I heard was Late Spring / Early Summer

>>24688769
>>24688794
>>24688797
well thank god!

>>24687821
[] Go assist Ice with the Brass! She knows how to deal with them, but there's too many right now, and she could use the hand!

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>>24687925
Merlin is not for lewds.
>>24687821
[X] Go poke around the bird! One of the tech is sure to see you and start bragging about it!

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[x] Go poke around the bird! One of the tech is sure to see you and start bragging about it!

While you mull over the idea of going to help out Ice, she's got it well enough in hand that you don't really feel like you need to bother. The brass don't honestly sound like they're hounding her, just chatting, though there's an awful damn lot of them, either way.

You make your way towards the new aircraft, taking time to walk around it slowly, letting your practiced eye wander over the bird's sleek lines. The nose is changed drastically- the guns have been moved a bit, making way for several of those hexagonal plates for the imaging system. The engine's thrust vectoring looks different- instead of the relatively normal looking 3-d nozzles, these look more like NASA's test aircraft nozzles.

The pair of differing length booms outboard of the engines are also new- as well as the pair of pods mounted on the tailfins. Hexagonal plates reveal their nature- more of the 360 coverage for the sensors.

“She's a beaut, isn't she?” One of the factory team guys says, offering you a can of coke. “We had this one in the works almost as soon as you left Japan. Built her off one of the spare airframes we had.”

He chuckles. “Pulled almost a solid week with three separate fabrication crews working around the clock.”

[] “She's a looker alright. How does she fly?”
[] “You'll have to explain some of this to me. There's some changes here I'm not understanding.”
[] Other (write in!)

>>24689127
[] “You'll have to explain some of this to me. There's some changes here I'm not understanding.”
Get tech rep to explain.

>>24689127
>[] “You'll have to explain some of this to me. There's some changes here I'm not understanding.”

>>24689127
>[x] “You'll have to explain some of this to me. There's some changes here I'm not understanding.”
Lets get the rundown.

[x]Lift Slider up and make airplane noises, then crash her into the twins.

>>24689127
[x] “She's a looker alright. How does she fly?”

>>24689127
[] “You'll have to explain some of this to me. There's some changes here I'm not understanding.”
Like how does information get relayed to me if the entire thing is a huge display?

>>24689127
[X] “You'll have to explain some of this to me. There's some changes here I'm not understanding.”

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>>24689127

[X] “You'll have to explain some of this to me. There's some changes here I'm not understanding.”

More information is always good.

>>24689127
[X] "What's up with the engines?"

This seems important to ask.

[] “You'll have to explain some of this to me. There's some changes here I'm not understanding.”

"The curves don't look to different. So it's really the the inside that matters right now."

>>24689249
>The curves don't look to different

We need to make a comment on it's new ass/tail.

Finally made it to one on time!
[] “You'll have to explain some of this to me. There's some changes here I'm not understanding.”
Its the guts that matter now

>>24689127
>[] “You'll have to explain some of this to me. There's some changes here I'm not understanding.”

>[] “You'll have to explain some of this to me. There's some changes here I'm not understanding.”

>>24689358
While fondling said ass and tail.

>>24689127
>[] "You'll have to explain some of this to me. There's some changes here I'm not understanding."

>>24690151
Yes.

>>24690151
Of course. That's a given, ain't it?

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Reminder: We fucked up any chance of this occurring.

>>24690388
meh

>>24690388
What if it already happened during the before time?

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>>24690388
or talking to her

>>24690388

How so?

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>>24690423
Or her, even though she might command Jessica.

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[x] “You'll have to explain some of this to me. There's some changes here I'm not understanding.”

You accept the can of coke and hand it to Merlin, who takes it happily.

You motion at the exhaust petals and the tail booms. “You'll have to explain some of this to me, there's some changes I'm not getting.”

The tech smiles. “Oh, right, right. Well, the tail booms are new. The one on the left there-” he points to the longer one “Houses your aft hemisphere laser imaging system. That's tied into the rest of the sensors for your helmet mounted images. The one on the right houses part of your ECM suite, the rear mounted emitters.”

“Three sixty ECM coverage?” Merlin asks, and the tech nods.

“Mhmm. There's four major emitters- nose, this one here on the tail, and one on either wing, right near the joint. In theory, you can run them at a high enough setting to cook a small bird.” He shrugs. “We haven't tested that.”

“What about the computers?” Merlin asks from beside you.

“there's three more- your flight imagery computer, that handles all the sensor data incoming and builds the picture you actually see, the witch suite that handles... well, all the witchery, I gues.” He shrugs again, and motions to the cockpit. “The front seat is pretty standard, really. Well, ok, not standard, but nothing too strange. The backseat is a lot of stuff from the R&D department at the air force academy.”

“And the third?” You ask.

The tech smiles. “The centerpiece of the whole system. The Naval combat networking computer. We call it nick.”

[] Naval... what?
[] And how's she fly?

>>24690420

Well, we know that Fronk and Patty were wingmates and good friends in the past before Top Gun. Who knows what might have happened one night when they both had too much to drink?

>>24690457

[X] Naval... what?

Might as well get the explanation and watch Sammy have joygasms.

>>24690457
[X] And how's she fly?

This is incredibly important.

>>24690457
[x] Naval... what?

[X] Naval... what?

>>24690457
>[x] Naval... what?
>The Naval combat networking computer. We call it nick.
>nick.
haha

>>24690457
>[] Naval... what?
wut

>>24690457
[X] Naval... what?

[] Naval... what?

>>24690457
[X] And how's she fly?
Pretty sure we already heard about the super Link 16 system that actually works guys

>>24690457
[x] Naval... what?

Also, Nick. I see what you did there. And it's sexy even at angels 5

Unless I'm reading too far into it

>>24690581
>angels 5

I've seen this term thrown around, but I still have no idea what it means. Mind explaining?

>>24690605
Angels = Altitude in thousands of feet.
So angels 5 is five thousand feet

>>24690457
Naval...what?

>>24690605
Angels = Altitude, Angels 5 is 5000 Meters.

>>24690628

Thanks.

>>24690647
>5000 Meters.
5000 feet, not meters.

>>24690676
I would imagine that it depends on where you are.

American pilots I'm pretty sure use feet.
I don't know for sure, but I believe that European pilots may use meters

>>24690816
They probably use different lingo for it. The difference between 5000 feet and 5000 meters is pretty huge.

Guys the NCN computer was already explained by Merlin last time. It lets the plane access information that witches have.

>>24690816
>>24690859

No, Feet is a universal aviation standard for height, and terminology is pretty damn standardised internationally.

Since the Yanks are too stubborn to get with modern measurements, it's necessary to have a standard so as to avoid catastrophic misunderstandings in international flights.

>>24690886
>Since the Yanks are too stubborn to get with modern measurements, it's necessary to have a standard so as to avoid catastrophic misunderstandings in international flights.

Right like English being the standard language for pilots/air traffic controllers.

>>24690922

Please.

You're lucky the standard language isn't french.

>>24690457
>[] Naval... what?

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>>24690974
>french
Third time is a charm.

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[] Naval... what?

“Naval...what?” You ask, scowling. “I think Merlin told me a little about it, it lets us share targeting data with the rest of the squadron, right?”

The tech nods, and motions to the bird with his own can of coke. “Yeah, but it does a lot more as well. The idea is, anything fitted with this can share targeting data with anything else. In theory, it'd allow an infantryman or a tank, for example, to designate a target with their own networked gear, then you to attack it without ever coming within your own sensor's range.”

“Neat.” You respond.

He nods again. “But it also allows other network elements to use weapons without any input from you. Basically, your squadron commander over there could achieve a missile lock and launch a missile from your aircraft without you ever having any input in the chain of events.”

You frown. “So they can use all my ordinance without my say-so?”

1/2

He shakes his head. “No, no. Not quite. Your RIO has to free the weapons for network use, allowing you some control over what happens.” He pauses. “We don't really envision the wyvern as the missile truck for a unit- there's other things coming down the pipe for that role. But it does give the witches some extra punch- their new strikers have the w-nick.”

“The witchnick?” Merlin asks.

The tech nods. “Yeah, witchnick. Same concept, though they lose some of the functionality of the full scale system. The whole thing is designed to run from a ship- like a carrier, say, or a battlewagon- but there's land and air based network hubs as well.” He pats the flank of the wyvern. “This can act as a smaller hub for the squadron's network, but that's about all it can do for now.”

“Well, what do you think son?” says someone else from behind you. “You think you could take this bird up and show us what she can do?”

[] With pleasure, sir.
[] Honestly sir, I'm not the one to ask. If the Chance-Vought guys think it's alright though, then yeah.

>>24691717
>[] Honestly sir, I'm not the one to ask. If the Chance-Vought guys think it's alright though, then yeah.

We are professional and I don't think we're quite cleared yet.

>>24691717
>[x] With pleasure, sir.

>>24691717
>We don't really envision the wyvern as the missile truck for a unit
how many wyverns could we fit in a b52?

>>24691717
[X] Honestly sir, I'm not the one to ask. If the Chance-Vought guys think it's alright though, then yeah.

I'm probably missing something, but this system doesn't seem that useful.

>>24691717
[x] With pleasure, sir.
Jeez. We're really gonna have to keep Stalinka out of our network now.

>>24691717
>[] Honestly sir, I'm not the one to ask. If the Chance-Vought guys think it's alright though, then yeah.

>>24691717

[X] Honestly sir, I'm not the one to ask. If the Chance-Vought guys think it's alright though, then yeah.

So we could essentially do the Loran Spitball from the X-wing series? Sweet.....

>[x] With pleasure, sir.

>>24691717
>[x] With pleasure, sir.

>We don't really envision the wyvern as the missile truck for a unit- there's other things coming down the pipe for that role.
All I can see is a B-1R with 'NAVY' on the side.

>>24691717
>We don't really envision the wyvern as the missile truck for a unit- there's other things coming down the pipe for that role.


I don't suppose we can ask exactly what they have in mind for that, modified AC-130? Mite b cool

>>24691781
You're missing quite abit.

Imagine that they send us up on patrol and we run into a bomber raid by ourselves, which includes fighters.

Everything else in the network, including other fighters, the battlegroup and anything else in range can engage and fire without being in their own sensors range.

>>24691717
[X] Honestly sir, I'm not the one to ask. If the Chance-Vought guys think it's alright though, then yeah.
Still need clearance for these sort of things.

>>24691717
>[] Honestly sir, I'm not the one to ask. If the Chance-Vought guys think it's alright though, then yeah.

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>>24691824

>Fronk gets target lock on new Soviet Flying Carrier
>feeds targeting data to the twins, the entire fleet's fighter screen, and the missile batteries on the ships

>MISSILES, MISSILES EVERYWHERE

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>>24691880
Except we press the third button.

>>24691802
>>24691824
Or you know, there's a bunch of nasty SAM sites in our way, but they get painted a certain special forces squad. BOOM. We drop missiles on them and they'd never even see it coming.

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>>24691824
>the battlegroup and anything else in range can engage and fire without being in their own sensors range.

This is what keeps running through my head.

>>24691927

I doubt even the Vampire can dodge that many incoming AMRAAMs.

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>>24691932
Pic related

>>24691987
We might need them to kill Stalinka.

>>24692017

Speak of the she-devil.....I can't wait until Frank gets Konnie's reply to his letter.

I still think the Tsundere Route would've been better, but it is what it is.

>>24692069
It'll be interesting. Do you think it'll be legible or just a series of random scribble and some unidentified juices.

>>24691824
Wait, so it's like pressing Allied Support from AC6.

I am ok with this.

>>24692115
>unidentified juices.
>unidentified
Yeah, nah I think Frank will know exactly what it is, and be a little worried.

>>24691717
>[] With pleasure, sir.
Put on a show for Tricky Dick?

>>24692115
It will be lovely script on pearl white paper lightly scented with an unknown but pleasant odor. It will come in an envelope seal with a kiss.

>>24691717
[x] Honestly sir, I'm not the one to ask. If the Chance-Vought guys think it's alright though, then yeah.


Now that I think about it, this sounds a bit like Land Warrior. Just in the air.

Air Warrior?

>>24692200
She's not that sane.

>>24692115
The question is what will Fronk write back.

>>24692248
he will be insane by that time

>>24691717
>[] Honestly sir, I'm not the one to ask. If the Chance-Vought guys think it's alright though, then yeah.

>>24692242
The powder that scents the letter is actually a poison. To which only she has the antidote.

>>24692242

Maybe Konstantina will dictate the letter to her wingwitch and have her edit out the craziest parts.

>>24692307
>implying Konstantina would trust words from her heart to anybody else.
>implying Konstantina has wingwitches

Yeah no. She's seriously the Char Aznable of the Soviets.

>>24692307
She doesn't have one though...

damnit>>24692371
You beat me.

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>>24692371
She's never betrayed anyone.jpg

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>>24691717
>[x] Honestly sir, I'm not the one to ask. If the Chance-Vought guys think it's alright though, then yeah.
>"Plus how can I fly with this erection?"

>>24692371
wait if we are amuro then who the fuck is lala?

>>24692305

>aphrodisiac keyed to her pheromone signature

>>24692424
>Shortly afterwards Slider and Ice come in and turn all the commies into paste.

>>24692371
But Char did have wingmen, Roberto and Apolly.

>>24692453
That witch we shot down?

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>>24692484
What are you talking about, that was Quattro.

>>24692485
naah

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So did the witches ever try that soda refueling again?

>[] Honestly sir, I'm not the one to ask. If the Chance-Vought guys think it's alright though, then yeah.

>>24692587
this is inexplicably adorable

>>24692587
That could be edited to be very bad...

>>24692587
What >>24692669 said

>>24692674
A little imagination does the trick just fine, to hell with editing

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[] Honestly sir, I'm not the one to ask. If the Chance-Vought guys think it's alright though, then yeah.

You look at the aircraft, then turn around to face the officer behind you. You're not sure who he is, but he's about medium height with an impressive moustache and a pipe.

“Honestly sir, I'm not the one to ask,” you respond, saluting and accepting the offered handshake. “But if the Chance-Vought guys think it's alright, then I'd love to.”

“Well, how about it Mills?” the admiral asks, looking at the tech next to you. “Can Nixon's wonderteam here take your bird up?”

He nods. “It wouldn't be a problem, admiral. We'll just have to get them outfit and dialed in for the HMD, that's all. Give us... about an hour?”

“Outstanding.” The as-yet unnamed admiral responds. He nods at you and Mills, and walks away, back to the cluster around Ice and Slider, now.

“Well, Commander Bishop, what do you think? You ready?” Mills asks. “We've just got to calibrate the helmets for you two and give you a fast rundown on the new systems.” He chuckles.

“Honestly, you'll have it easier than your RIO. A lot of the systems in there were tailor made for her. It'll probably take her a bit of getting used to.”

[ ] “She's up for it. Let's go.”
[ ] “What do you think, Merlin, can you tackle it?”
[ ] “I'm not sure she's up for this. Can I grab an alternate?”

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>>24692587
That's stupid.

>>24692773
>[ ] “What do you think, Merlin, can you tackle it?”

>>24692773
[X ] “She's up for it. Let's go.”

Confidence boosting is a go.

>>24692773
[x] “What do you think, Merlin, can you tackle it?”
In a totally joking 'get a load of this guy' manner.
>[ ] “I'm not sure she's up for this. Can I grab an alternate?”
Why is this even here.

>>24692773
>[ ] “What do you think, Merlin, can you tackle it?”

>>24692773
> x] “She's up for it. Let's go.”

>>24692773
“What do you think, Merlin, can you tackle it?”

>>24692808
To break poor little Merlin's confidence and make her retreat deeper into herself. Which will eventually lead into mental instability and an over dependance on Frank.

>>24692831
Which we would never do.

>>24692831
Hmm...then we could harness the non-lewd yandere that would induce to fight Konstantina's yandere...

>>24692773
[X] “She's up for it. Let's go.”

Give her a fistbump, and at some point between now and flying we need to pick her up and run around making airplane noises.

>>24692773

I'm honestly curious what Ice's powers will look like when boosted but no reason not to have merlin.

>>24692773
>[ ] “What do you think, Merlin, can you tackle it?”
She's read the manual, but better check.

>>24692773

[X] “What do you think, Merlin, can you tackle it?”

Just to be nice to her. Sam is probably just as eager to try out the new Wyvern as Frank.

>>24692843

Agreed. We would never do that to Adopted Little Sister.

>>24692773
>[] "She's up for it. Let's go."

>>24692773
[X] “What do you think, Merlin, can you tackle it?”

>>24692773
>[ ] “What do you think, Merlin, can you tackle it?”
If she says no, then reassure her

>>24692773
>[x] “She's up for it. Let's go.”
Gotta show some confidence in her. How is she supposed to believe in the Fronk that believes in her, if we don't make it clear that we DO believe in her.

By the way, Nick means that if we need to, and are working with other stuff that has it, we can go full Macross on the Vampyr next time we see it. Unless the pilot is the Soviet equivalent of Shin Kudo (Zero sucked, but it had glorious Tomcat porn at the start of the first episode), he ain't dodgin' that shit in a normal fighter.

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I became curious, watched the first episode, and was constantly laughing at their lack of pants.

>>24692925
>he ain't dodgin' that shit in a normal fighter.
That's the thing, we've already seen that he's good and so is his plane, shit it almost outflew us while weaving amongst friendly naval support and other allied aircraft.

I still don't think that will give him the ability to out-dodge the setup we're getting, but if they send him in with Stalinka and her stealth abilities and good ECM, yeah, might not do shit.

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>[ ] “What do you think, Merlin, can you tackle it?”

Until then volleyball

>>24693055
woe on to you man. good luck

>>24693055
It gets better after the first couple of episodes. Or maybe you just stop noticing it. I dunno.

>>24693176
I started watching it, and kinda liked it, but bugged out at ep5, when stuff got... weird... to put it lightly.

>>24693210
I never watched it. I like my mind intact!

>>24693210
6 is better. 7 is worse. After that everything gets FRIENDSHIP and FLYING YAMATO

>>24693185
no, no it doesn't get better.

Remember the episode with the pants thief. Also, dem group baths.

>>24693349
wait what am I saying, rewatching right now.

>>24693176
>>24693210
>>24693291
>>24693349
>hating fun

>>24693405
If you like it good for you. It is not my thing

>>24693349
Pants thief is at least a really, really roundabout reference to Hartmann swiping Hitler's hat.

Also, it was funny because Lucchini got screwed in the end.

But yes, the original material is terrible.

Rolled 73

>>24692773
>[ ] “What do you think, Merlin, can you tackle it?”

well it isnt as if she hasnt read the actual manual

>>24693720
fuckin dice

>>24693675
>original material
>anime
No, wrong. SW is based on light novels.
So, in a way, running a bunch of quests on them is going full-circle.

>>24693734
Yeah it's not known how much of the anime is based on the LNs and how much was Gonzo being GONZO!!!!!.

>>24693734
The light novels are based on characters that don't show up in the animated show aside from a cameo. There's a lot of Manga as well including the Semi-Canon Witches of the Sphinx. Read the wiki for all of the media.

http://strikewitches.wikia.com/wiki/Strike_Witches

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[ ] “What do you think, Merlin, can you tackle it?”

You turn to look at your RIO.

“Whatcha think, Merlin? Can you handle it?”

She nods. “Y-yeah. It won't be a problem Frank.” She says, sounding as confident as she ever does.

The three of you head into the life support shop, where you and Merlin change into your flight suits. Outside, Mills holds up a pair of odd looking vests.

“These are the Wyvern's survival and systems vests.” He says, handing one to each of you. “Long story short, there's some additional connectors in there for the aircraft's medical support systems- nothing major, it can administer painkillers and a few stimulants, that's about it. It's also got some improved ballistic armor- nothing big, but it should stop fragments pretty well.”

You nod, appreciative of that detail. You've still got the little glass vial of fibersteel they pulled out of you in the hospital, and you know there's still that stuff in your ribs too.

Next, he hands you both your helmets- new ones. Completely redesigned, they've got a wide crest running from front to back, with a mirrored, bulbous section in front of the eyes and hard sections over the nose and mouth. A pair of hexagonal ports at the back connect to wire leads on the vest, giving you plenty of room to move your head around.

1/2

“The vest and helmet are one unit, as far as the imaging system is concerned.” Mills says. “Your vest has leads that'll hook up to your seat, which was the better way to handle it. Most of the vest connectors are out your right hand side.”

Reaching down, you find a thick bundle of cables wrapped around your oxygen line trailing from that side of the vest. Mills nods.

“Yep, that's it. That'll hook to the port on your seat, which has a limited internal supply if you have to, uh you know.” He pantomimes closing his eyes and going for an ejection handle.

You notice the helmet doesn't weigh that much more than your previous ones, which is nice- though you also notice that the pair you and Merlin have lack anything other than a matte black paint coat- totally unacceptable.

“Oh, uh, one last thing.” Mills says, as you exit the life support shop. He looks at Merlin. “This plane has striker-type connectors. You can fold them up and out of the way, they'll rotate into the sidewalls of the cockpit, but you can use them if you want, just...” He seems like he doesn't want to finish.

You can practically feel the blush coming off Merlin, even from under her helmet.

[] “Got it, thanks.”
[] “Your call, Merlin. I'm sure Goose has a flight suit you can borrow.”
[] Other (Write in)

>>24693934
>“Got it, thanks.”
lets light this candle!

>>24693934
>[] “Your call, Merlin. I'm sure Goose has a flight suit you can borrow.”

>>24693934

[x] “Your call, Merlin. I'm sure Goose has a flight suit you can borrow.”

>>24693934
[] “Got it, thanks.”

>>24693934
[X] “Got it, thanks.”

>>24693934
>[X] “Got it, thanks.”

>>24693934
>[] “Your call, Merlin. I'm sure Goose has a flight suit you can borrow.”

>>24693934
[x] “Your call, Merlin. I'm sure Goose has a flight suit you can borrow.”

>>24693934
[x] “Your call, Merlin. I'm sure Goose has a flight suit you can borrow.”

>>24693934
[X] “Your call, Merlin. I'm sure Goose has a flight suit you can borrow.”

>>24693934
[x] “Your call, Merlin. I'm sure Goose has a flight suit you can borrow.”

>>24693934
>“Got it, thanks.”

>>24693858
if the dates listed there are correct the anime easily predates just about everything else save for teh first Sumuo misfits book and the first manga that got canceled for being too Yuri.

Though what predates the anime are illustrated stories in magazines.

[x] “Your call, Merlin. I'm sure Goose has a flight suit you can borrow.”

>>24693934
[x] “Got it, thanks.”

>>24693934
>[] "Your call, Merlin. I'm sure Goose has a flight suit you can borrow."

>>24694083
>illustrated stories in magazines.
Yeah, those are called Light Novels. Serialization in magazines before stand-alone release is extremely common.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_novel

>>24693934
>“Got it, thanks.”

>>24694134
even so the dates that those pre-anime bits aren't listed just the whole books.

>>24693934
>[] “Your call, Merlin. I'm sure Goose has a flight suit you can borrow.”
I'd rather test all of the strange stuff now, rather than later.

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[x] “Your call, Merlin. I'm sure Goose has a flight suit you can borrow.”

“Your call, Merlin. If you want, You can go see if Goose has a flight suit you can borrow.” You say.

Merlin hesitates. “I... I don't know....” she says. “T-there's a lot of people out there a-and...”

“Well, if you don't want to, that's fine.” You say. “I don't know enough about sparkles to tell you how you should handle them.”

“N-no,” Merlin says. “I- I want to, but there's a lot of people out there and I don't want- don't want them to see me...”

“Oh, is that the issue?” You say. “Just grab my jacket or something and wrap it around your waist. Problem solved.”

“Oh!” Merlin exclaims. “Y-yeah! Good idea! I'll be right back Frank!” She hits the doors at a dead sprint as Ice steps in.

“Finally!” she huffs. “Jeeze. They're tolerable enough, but that pack of old men out there are completely shameless.”

She looks over at you. “Where's Merlin going? Odd for her to be somewhere without you.”

[] “Gone to borrow a suit from Goose. She'll be right back.”
[] “Oh, you'll see, boss. You'll see.”
[] Other!

>>24694455
>[] “Gone to borrow a suit from Goose. She'll be right back.”

>>24694455
>“Oh, you'll see, boss. You'll see.”

>>24694455
>[] "Oh, you'll see, boss. You'll see."
A bit of teasing won't go remiss.

>>24694455
[x] “Oh, you'll see, boss. You'll see.”

>>24694455
>[] “Oh, you'll see, boss. You'll see.”

UC

>>24694455
[x] “Oh, you'll see, boss. You'll see.”

>>24694455
[] “Oh, you'll see, boss. You'll see.”

>>24694455
[X] “Oh, you'll see, boss. You'll see.”

>>24694455
>[] “Oh, you'll see, boss. You'll see.”

>>24694455
>[] “Oh, you'll see, boss. You'll see.”

>>24694455
[x] “Oh, you'll see, boss. You'll see.”

eatingpopcorn.gif

>>24694455
[X] “Oh, you'll see, boss. You'll see.”

Better make it a surprise.

>>24694455
>[x] “Oh, you'll see, boss. You'll see.”

I just now realize that Merlin has long legs.

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>>24694455
She is preparing to get lewd with us.

>>24694600
part of the artist's style; if she holds true to the art, then she's not lacking in curves either.

Too bad she seems commdemned to being nothing but a little sister.

>>24694455
[x] “Oh, you'll see, boss. You'll see.”

>>24693934
>[] “Your call, Merlin. I'm sure Goose has a flight suit you can borrow.”
>[] Other (Write in)
>There ya go, hun

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>>24692773
[ ] “What do you think, Merlin, can you tackle it?”

>>24694600
And surprisingly ample tits. And Glorious Hips.

Merlin' just plain sexy.

>>24694455
>[] “Gone to borrow a suit from Goose. She'll be right back.”
No need for anything less than the facts.

>>24694455
>[] “Oh, you'll see, boss. You'll see.”
>at last I truly see.jpg

>>24694455
"She's Planning on showing off her panties to me."

>>24694720
2lewd4merlin

>>24694734
Nothing's too lewd for Merlin!

>>24694455
>[] “Gone to borrow a suit from Goose. She'll be right back.”

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>>24694734
>notlewdenough4merlin
FTFY

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Gentlemen, meet Insurgent Sanya.

>>24694890
Cosmonaut Sanya

>>24694890
If she looked older, that'd be perfect for the timeline.

Like, mid-'40s older, since witches use magic to age *really* well.

>>24694890
That gun makes no sense.

>>24694924
Rocket pod with integrated spotter rifle.

>>24694924
It makes a little. It's essentially a missile pod mounted on top of an assault rifle. It's still kind of silly, yeah.

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>>24694915
...We need witches.

>>24694890
Oh god those leg proportions make her look like an amputee.

>>24694924
More concerned about how foreshortened her left leg is.

>>24695034
Strikers magically zap legs into hammerspace.

>>24695034
>>24695043
Aww cmon guys! They're just in an alternate dimension!

>>24695043
PERSPECTIVE

>>24695048
Yeah but the one is still like twice as long as the other

>>24695034
It's supposed to be lifted up a little.

>>24695048
>>24695059
Regardless it still looks unnatural.

>>24695087
Perhaps it's a shock absorption measure? Take up some of the force by allowing the legs to recoil into the strikers?

>>24695069
Yeah, but it doesn't look like that. The artist kinda messed up the foreshortening, by going too extreme with it. Foreshortening is a tricky thing to get down.

>>24694890
That was one of Dirtyfox's (the guy who made Strike Witches 1991) earlier works. He deleted a lot of it from his pixiv, including this Merlin.
>>24694455

When he changed styles/got better he redrew almost every witch. Jacket Merlin is newer/better Merlin.
>>24692773

>>24695153
The issue is that even accounting for perspective, the one striker appears a lot shorter than the other one and the proportions of the wing part to the main body are not consistent, artist needs to work on that.

>>24694455
>[] “Oh, you'll see, boss. You'll see.”

ded thred
ded quest

>>24695870
Impatient child.

>>24695870
ain't much to say while ghost is writing

>>24695882
It's been 70 minutes.

>>24695908
On /tg/? In a SW thread?

Buckle up and wait, this isn't bad at all.

>>24695908
Maybe the little retard decided he'd actually try to start shit. I look forward to the giant Worst Korea shaped crater we'll see tomorrow on the news.

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>>24695906
Well there was that one thread...

>>24695908
dude, planefag has been MIA for like 3 months. this is nothing.

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>>24695983
3? isn't it more like 5 or so?

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[x] “Oh, you'll see, boss. You'll see.”

You grin. “Oh, you'll see, boss. You'll see.”

Ice cocks her head at you. “I'm not entirely sure I trust you, Bishop.” She says. “Then again, it's Samantha and she's not nearly as corrupt as you are.”

“I'm not corrupt.” You say, feigning hurt.

“Corrupted. Lewd.” Ice says. “Leeewwwwwd.”

“Might want to be careful, there, boss.” You note drily. “You almost sound like you're having fun.”

She huffs and spins. “Just remember, bishop. Just because you don't usually see my sense of humor, doesn't mean I don't have one.”

You nod, grinning beneath your mask. “I'll accept it for now.” you hold up a finger. “But that's based on more evidence!”

Ice chuckles, headed into the witch half of the life support shop, followed by a female tech.

Merlin's back in record time, your jacket tied around her waist by the arms. It's far from a perfect solution, but it covers her legs down to her ankles, fitting her almost like a dress anyway. She smiles up at you. “Ok, ready!”

1/2

>>24696210

problems with part 2?

>>24696210
>“Corrupted. Lewd.” Ice says. “Leeewwwwwd.”
I would consider killing someone to see a drawing of Ice calling Fronk "Leeeewwwwd"

Getting into the aircraft takes a bit of adjusting. The 'canopy', such as it is, is solid, and your ejection seat sits on rails that slide up and out of a hatch. You're told that, if you have to eject, the entire canopy section will blow off, allowing your seat to get well clear, and even if that fails, the hatch will still give you plenty of clearance.

Honestly, you're not sure why they seem so set on assuring you you can get out of the aircraft if it's going down. When have you ever done that before?

Inside the cockpit, it takes you a few tries to find the vest port, while behind you, there's a bit of shuffling as Merlin gets used to the new fit of the cockpit- and a muted squeak when she puts her legs in the new interface for the first time.

You chuckle. “Bit different?”

“Y-yes.” She says. “I-it's incredible Frank. I wonder if this is what a real witch feels like?”

[] “What have we said about that, Merlin?”
[] “Nah, I doubt they feel as awesome.”
[] Other! (Write in)

>>24696290
>[] “What have we said about that, Merlin?”
>[] “Nah, I doubt they feel as awesome.”

Must combine both.

>>24696290
>[x] “What have we said about that, Merlin?”
[x] “Nah, I doubt they feel as awesome.”

>>24696290
goddammit merlin

>>24696290
Daaawww, Merlin's first insertion.

>>24696290
“What have we said about that, Merlin? And for the record, I doubt they feel as awesome.”

>>24696290
>[] “Nah, I doubt they feel as awesome.”
>They don't get to control all the missiles.

>>24696290

>[] “Nah, I doubt they feel as awesome.”

Am I the only one who thought that Merlin was going pantless like the other witches all this time? I thought that was one of the first things taught at the academy.

[x] “What have we said about that, Merlin?”
[x] “Nah, I doubt they feel as awesome.”

>>24696290
[x] “What have we said about that, Merlin?”
[x] “Nah, I doubt they feel as awesome.”

>>24696290
>[] "What have we said about that, Merlin?"
>[] "Nah, I doubt they feel as awesome."

>>24696210
>Other! (Write in)
Do "real witches" have guns AND missiles?

>>24696290
>"Hey, what we talk about this 'real witch' stuff. Besides I doubt they feel even half awesome as that."

>>24696290
[X] “Nah, I doubt they feel as awesome.”
A witch could never be this awesome.

>>24696305
I agree

>>24696290
>[] “What have we said about that, Merlin?”
>[] “Nah, I doubt they feel as awesome.”

>>24696305
this

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>[x] “What have we said about that, Merlin?”
>[x] “Nah, I doubt they feel as awesome.”

Come on, this is a given.

>>24696305
remember what we said about that? We are so much more awesome.

>>24696290
>[x] “What have we said about that, Merlin?”
>[x] “Nah, I doubt they feel as awesome.”

For maximum reassurance.

>>24696290
[X] “Nah, I doubt they feel as awesome.”

So let me just make sure I'm getting this right. This plane has two holes that works like the strikers, but are used for Merlina specific things?

>>24697110
yeah, that's what I got out of it. I want to see what she can do with it - for god's sake, she put up a shield in that f14, and I'm pretty sure shield focuses don't come standard on those.

>>24696290
>[] “What have we said about that, Merlin?”
>[] “Nah, I doubt they feel as awesome.”

ts ts ts merlin

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[] Combo answer!

“What have we said about that, Merlin? First, you are a real witch, and second, no, since they're not anywhere near as awesome.” You say, letting your eyes adjust to the darkened interior of your jet as the cockpit hatch closes.

“Y-yeah.” Merlin says. “This is incredible Frank.”

You have to agree as the imaging system comes online. You see the hangar in perfect clarity, including below and behind you... almost like you imagine strikers to be, actually. Looking at your panel shows you that your display will allow you to see it, though that may be a liability in combat, you think. Still, poor place to hide.

Behind you, the engines make an unusual, deeper-pitched whine as they being to spin up, and you finally let the grin that's been lurking beneath your mask break out in full.

“Board's green, Frank.” Merlin says, behind you. “We've got network with two pairs of strikers. Ice and Slider, I think.”

Your marshal waves you forward and you let off the brakes gently, rolling the jet forward under it's own power, relishing in the thrust generated even at the bottom throttle setting.

“Spellcaster, this is playboy ground. The airspace is yours.”

And that's it for the night guys!

Sorry again for the slow run- I've been kind of distracted lately, but got it sorted tonight. We should be back up to speed no problem next week.

as always, hope you guys enjoyed it.

>>24697742
>just like strikers
So is Frank a boxer or briefs man?