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“Hello, Admiral Settle.”

“Oh. Hi, Fubuki. How have you been?”

“Fine,” she says. “I just wanted to ask about Willie...”

“I sent Arizona after her,” you assure her. “And we should have her feeling much better about herself soon.”

“Really?” Fubuki smiles. “I'm glad. I feel so bad I didn't do something.”

“It was my mistake,” you assure her. “That was a lot of responsibility for Desdiv 6.”

Fubuki smiles after the culprits, who are enthusiastically holding up their targets for Hate's approval. “I kind of envy them sometimes.”

You put down your phone and focus on her. “How come?”

“All you have to do is praise them a little bit,” Fubuki says softly, “and they're happy for the rest of the day. And they still play with dolls, even - though Akatsuki gets really upset if you catch her at it.” She smiles again at the memory.

“You driving at something, Fubuki?”

“Well... does Willie know what you want from her?”

“Aside from fighting abyssals?”

“Yeah. Is she an escort? Is she a scout? When I first came back...” she fidgets a little. “I was a lot like her. I could barely sail straight, you know?”

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You recall Goto mentioning that the first time you met him, as you watched Fubuki going for an early-morning jog along the pier. He'd said something about her being top-heavy and barely being able to sail without face-planting into a wave, but that she was really trying her ass off. “According to some, you still can't.”

“I'm getting better,” she says with a little pout, and you smile at her to say that you know it. “Goto's impressed with your effort, though.”

“He is?”

“He said as much to me,” you confirm.

“Really!?”

“Well, yeah-”

“Did he say anything about an escort!?” she says, her brown eyes suddenly bright with excitement as she tugs on your arm.

“N-no?”

“Oh.” She settles down a bit at that. “Uh. Anyway, I, uh-”

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“So what's this about an escort?”

“N-nothing.”

“C'mon, too late to hide it. Tell me about this escort.”

“It's...nothing.”

“Sure. Nothing,” you say. “Maybe I'll just go ask around about this nothing-”

She makes a sound like she's clearing her throat.

“... pardon?”

“Akagi,” she fairly growls, looking huffily at the firing line. “Goto said he needs a plane guard destroyer for Akagi.”

You blink. “So get a butterfly net - yow!” you exclaim as Fubuki elbows you in the side.

“It's an important job!” Fubuki insists. “And Akagi-san is so sweet, she's always thinking about others and never about herself. She needs someone that will pay attention!”

“So this has what to do with Willie?”

“Well, when I first got here... I didn't know what I was good for. The Admiral and Akagi gave me something worth working towards.” She smiles wistfully at the ground. “Maybe it'll take a while to get there... but I'm determined to reach it.”

You drop a hand onto her shoulder and squeeze it. “Thanks, Fubuki.”

“No problem.” She rubs the back of her head. “Uh, how is that new submarine working out?”

“.... Harder? The one that attacked you?”

“Yeah.”

You shrug. “He's... adapting. I guess.”

Fubuki smiles. “I'm not angry at him - I understand. He was just doing what he remembered doing, you know? But... uh...”

“... yeah?”

“D-do you think I could... talk to him?” Fubuki seems eager, but nervous.

“... why, you have a cru-”

“What? No. No. No way!” Fubuki says, a faint note of distaste in her voice. “I just, uh, I want to ask him for a favor.”

“... okay, sure,” you say. “I can make introductions. I need to check up on him anyway. Sound good?”

She nods.

“Let's get going, then.”

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The destroyers pile into the small motor launch and you putter it back across the narrow straight to Yokosuka proper. Desdiv 6 scampers back to their barracks till they're needed again, apparently making a race of it, but Fubuki tags along with you as you dial a number into your phone.

“Will he be in his room?” Fubuki asks.

“Doesn't matter, we're about to find him,” you tell her.

“How?”

“Cell phone.” You point at the big microwave tower on the biggest hill in the center of the base; the one that was festooned with AA-firing destroyers just yesterday. “That's got cell phone receivers on it.”

“Uh... are those like a radio telephone?”

“Exactly like a radio telephone, actually. They're always transmitting. That tower handles most cell radio traffic for the base, and the US Navy owns it, so-” someone on the other end answers in a bored-sounding voice. “Yeah, IT? Gimme that lazy shit in the back.” A question. “Just turn around and shout 'Donut Santa is on the line'.”

Fubuki gives you a strange look as the other end of the line makes a dubious sound. “Fine, you fucking nerd - DONUT SANTA IS ON THE GODDAMN LINE!” you bellow into the phone. Fubuki steps back and looks around warily as if she's contemplating vanishing into the shrubbery. There's sounds of a scuffle on the other end, then a new voice answers. “Yeah! Yeah. Could you track down Harder's cell?”

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FIRST FOR ARIZONA!

>>40380422
Fubuki and Harder, sitting in a tree~

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A brief affirmative, a clacking of keys, then-

“What? No shit? Awesome.”

A request.

“For this? I'll have them MURDER that motherfucker with frosting. Chao.” You hang up.

“.... what was that?” Fubuki asks uncertainly.

“Leadership. C'mon.”

You find Harder right where the IT guy said he'd be - logged into a public-access terminal in the base library. You creep up behind him and announce yourself with a polite cough.

Harder doesn't turn around. He just sits there, looking comically small in the big wooden chair and that oversized jacket and cover he's wearing, staring blankly at a wikipedia page.

“Harder-san?” Fubuki says politely. “Pardon me, I just wanted-”

You silence her with an upturned hand when you see the page Harder's looking at.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lost_United_States_submarines#During_World_War_II

>Turn off the monitor. He's been looking at that shit long enough, you think.
>Lean over and type in the address for Operation Petticoat.
>Let Fubuki do the talking.
>Other?

About goddamn time.

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>>40380451
>Turn off the monitor. He's been looking at that shit long enough, you think.
Poor kid.

>>40380451
>Turn off the monitor. He's been looking at that shit long enough, you think.

>>40380463

IS THAT A DARE MOTHERFUCKER?

I'LL TAKE THIS SHIT TILL 5AM SEE IF I FUCKING DON'T AND THEN WHO'S GONNA BE CRYING? YOU! BECAUSE YOU'LL HAVE NO FUCKING SLEEEEEEEP

>Turn off the monitor. He's been looking at that shit long enough, you think.

You spend too long wrapped in the past, you'll lose sight of the present. We gotta help Harder, and all the other ships, cuz they're gonna have much the same problem in differing ways.

>>40380478
>implying anyone here sleeps

>>40380451
>other

"What'cha looking at?"

This is a conversation we might want to have.

>>40380440
>>40380440
>>40380442
>>40380442

Aww man and I was enjoying pure unadulterated planefag for once.

>>40380387
>sempais (whatever the hell that means)
Didn't we decide it was a britbong thing?

>>40380451
>>Turn off the monitor. He's been looking at that shit long enough, you think.

>>40380478
I live on the west coast, you cannot harm me.

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>>40380478
SLEEP IS FOR THE WEAK!

>>40380490
>This is a conversation we might want to have.

LISTEN TO THIS MAN, IT'S A GOOD POINT

>>40380451
>Lean over and type in the address for Operation Petticoat.

>>40380478
Bitch I'd like to see you try.

>>40380478
BITCH PLEASE WE ALL KNOW YOU'LL QUIT LIKE YOU DID WITH WIZARD, AND GNOME, AND THOSE MYSTERIOUS PLANS YOU HAD FOR MADO.

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For the anons talking about retarded dragon girls, here is a little gift.

>>40380451
Since word of god is sparse these days...what exactly happens when a ship reads about their "past"?

>Lean over and type in the address for Operation Petticoat.

>>40380490
Supporting

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>>40380488
One lays up while the other lies down?

>>40380451
>>40380490
>other

"What'cha looking at?"

>>40380451
>Other
"Want to talk about it, Harder?"

>>40380508
You mean, RL PC's right?

>>40380451
>"What'cha looking at?"

>>40380511
>Since word of god is sparse these days...what exactly happens when a ship reads about their "past"?

YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT

>>40380501
Why not just write it in then, planefag?

>>40380387
>The real trick will be hinting to Hate that he should track down the pieces of his dress uniform

Dress Blues with a sword, man!

>>40380451
>Lean over and type in the address for Operation Petticoat.

>>40380451
>Lean over and type in the address for Operation Petticoat.

>>40380490

I'll back something like this.

Also turn off the monitor and ask him.

>>40380490
>>40380451
>Hand on shoulder to keep him from trancing.
>Catching up on old friends? Don't lose yourself in it son.

>>40380532
>Why not just write it in then, planefag?

I honestly didn't expect anon to even consider it because OMFG BAD ENDS

>>40380451
I support the wise proposal in >>40380490 to engage Harder in a proper dialogue about the topic.

>>40380451
>>Lean over and type in the address for DOWN PERISCOPE.

Operation Petticoat is a fun movie and all, but Down Periscope is great.

>>40380451
>>Turn off the monitor. He's been looking at that shit long enough, you think.

>>40380490
Yeah let's go with this.

>>40380478
DO IT YOU FAGGOT! FUKKEN DO IT! I CAN MATCH IN HOW LONG I CAN GO WITH NO FUCKING SLEEP AND IM FREE FOR THREE DAYS!

>>40380451
>>40380490 's vote sounds good.

>>40380478
Don't go making promises you can't keep.

>>40380490
>>40380520
>>40380451
Yeah. Talking might be a good thing right about now.

>>40380451
>Turn off the monitor. He's been looking at that shit long enough, you think.

>>40380490
Supporting

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>>40380558
>Don't go making promises you can't keep.

Now yuh dun goof'd

>>40380451
>What'cha looking at?

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>>40380508
>find magic orb
>toss it away and break it
DO YOU EVEN RPG

>>40380451
>Lean over and type in the address for Operation Petticoat.

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>>40380551
We could've left the RP shit behind in last thread

But no

You just had to come here, didn't you

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>>40380478
Sure you will.
Totally believe you.
Absolute faith.

>>40380442
Heh, even in this quest, Bucky is still Akagi- and TTK-sexual

>>40380478
LEZ DO DIIIIISSSSSS

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>>40380580
Bucky loves her senpais.

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>>40380478

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>>40380578

now it's war

>>40380490
>>40380478
We could empathize with Naka because of our gimp leg.
We can empathize with Harder because of our dead crew.
This is a painful path, but the best path to tie them to their humanity

>>40380451
>What'chu lookin at batch?

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>>40380593
Don't you mean

Nyao it's war?

>>40380593

WHORE WAR 2

So will we feed Fubuki to Harder ?

We're clearly never going to talk to Hornet. Ever.

>>40380478
>I'LL TAKE THIS SHIT TILL 5AM

If your talking about the 5am AFTER THE NEXT ONE then that is worth mentioning.

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>>40380622

>>40380622
TRUST IN THE PLANEFAG

DON'T TRUST IN THE PLANEFAG. DON'T EVER FUCKING TRUST IN THE PLANEFAG

>>40380478
Awesome planefag. You are on.

>>40380622
If planefag follows through on an insane length of threads we just might have a chance

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>>40380621
>feed Fubuki to Harder

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>>40380567
>>40380593

"You may clap thunderously Admiral, for USS Fap Angel has arrived! Here to carry that weight and historical shitpost on the internet!"

"What's that Admiral? Do paperwork? I'm sorry Admiral, but I'm too ~lazy~"

>>40380451
>"Uh oh! Looks like someone's got that sinking feeling!"

im good till 11 so LETZ DO TIS

>>40380527
>>40380572
The entire anime was written as if PCs are playing the character.

Suddenly, a somewhat boring anime became hilarious.

>>40380632
He let MC Young spawn children, just a reminder that this is now canon

>>40380635
Your optimism is as adorable as it is misplaced

VOTES CALLED

>>40380639

OH MY GOD WHAT HAVE YOU DONE

>>40380478
Bitch please, you can't even set up a thread on greek time let alone normal people hours. What makes you think you'll be able to last till 5am.

Do you faggots seriously want planefag to continue past his bedtime? He's just going to get worse and worse at it, and not in the fun ways either.

Remember the CALL ME NOW part?

Haha.

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>>40380659
He has taken the bait, hook line and sinker!

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>>40380639
HAHAHA

>>40380664
He's the one that said it first.

>>40380667
He didn't say which now.

>>40380490
Going for this too, better to get it out in the open

FISHING WITH FOUR DIESELS

So, one time before deployment, I decided to take up fishing as a hobby. All the places we would usually visit had beautiful waters (usually), and I wanted to enjoy that sweet, relaxing calm that would elude me on deployment. At least that was the plan.

There was a fishing goods store out in town in Sasebo that I had walked by on occasion. Deciding to 'buy local' and 'stimulate the economy', I popped in there to see the selection they offered. The proprietor, a Japanese National, only spoke about one word in five of english, and probably understood about as much. In his defense, I was the same with Japanese. I told him I wanted a rod that would be good for 'international waters' and could handle the usualy catches for the South China Sea region. All he heard was "deep sea" "American Sailor" and "Money".

So, I went on that deployment with a Deep Sea fishing rod. I had plenty of line, a hundred hooks, and no bait.

>0/10 you call this bait?

So, I kept the damn setup in one of my equipment spaces back aft, and waited until we pulled into Okinawa before I remembered it. Oki has some of the most beautiful clear and pristine waters, and I would be DAMNED if I wouldn't enjoy the few days we had there. The glow of the line in the water, the cool sea breeze blowing across the flight deck; I was finally going to find my 'happy place' while still on the dang ship. Even though I didn't have anything to catch with, I still wanted that relaxing time.

>>40380667
We can't do anything now, we have to deal with Harder first. Not our fault it got blocked by a wall of NARRATIVE.

>>40380687

Three weeks later, while at sea, I went back to where the aft lookout was stationed and tossed a line over the side. After about fifteen minutes of silence, the lookout finally worked up enough courage to ask me what the fuck I was doing.

"Catching dinner, what the fuck does it look like?"

Coincidentally, right at that time, the line snapped. That what I get for angling in the wake of two screws.

"Looks like we're eating collard greens again, tonight."

I packed up everything, found one of my old work boots, and washed it down in a sink. I took it up to the mess decks, still carrying my rod, and announced that I had caught dinner.

The cooks were not amused.

(And I'm done for the night. I've got work in the morning. See you nerds next thread!)

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http://www.oneternalpatrol.com/uss-harder-257.htm

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>>40380702
>I packed up everything, found one of my old work boots, and washed it down in a sink. I took it up to the mess decks, still carrying my rod, and announced that I had caught dinner.
Kek.

Good night, Navyfag.

>>40380702
Boots/10, I'd have it for dinner.

Thank you for the story, Navyfag! Have a good night's sleep!

>>40380707
>reading my mind

>>40380622
>>40380631
>>40380632
>>40380635
I am the bone of my flight deck,
Steel is my body and oil is my blood
I have created over a thousand TBMs
Unaware of loss, Nor aware of gain
Withstood pain to create F6Fs, waiting for TTK’s arrival
I have no regrets. This is the only path
My whole life was unlimited Hellcat works

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>>40380707
Oh wow. that site is depressing as fuck

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>>40380659
Post more of those ship faces and I'll do the rest of the expressions too.

A shitpost collection.

>>40380707
>http://www.oneternalpatrol.com/uss-harder-257.htm
It's kind of surreal to see the faces of these guys and imagine a young boy who is also submarine of those men.

It's weird.

>>40380451
Oh crap

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>>40380755
I can't wait

>>40380451
>Other
Talk and if he won't listen, pull up the list of lost U-boats and Japanese subs,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQOzUqdOVDU
O7

>>40380803
>grandpa joined the submarine service at 17

It's a little disturbing to think about, that he could have died younger than I am now. The thought never seemed to worry him though, then or afterwords.

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>>40380707
I need more somber reaction images, christ

>>40380478

I have the day off.

Bring it motherfucker

>>40380984
Not if I have anything to say about that~

>>40380993
You don't.

>>40381007
Anon? Why did you just delete your--

Oh. Oh god.

Meant to ask, can we get a pastebin of the Planefag's story posts? There's getting to be enough threads that searching each one for something is a pain.

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>>40381007
>>40381026

>>40381037
I was working on one, but it's a lot of work. Maybe I'll get the motivation to finish it tomorrow.

Speaking of which, do you guys want me to include
>just the story text
>the prompts
>the prompts and the winning prompt highlighted

>>40381055
Story text, prompts, and the winning prompt

>>40381055
I'd say prompts and winning prompts highlighted, but of course that's also the most work.

>>40381070
It's not really any more work than the project already requries. It's mostly an aesthetic choice.

>>40381055
The prompts and the winning prompt highlighted, please, if it isn't too much trouble.

>>40381070
Contact Nubum/@RootOfWoot
He makes e-books of quests.
He might do this one too if you ask.

Or you know. Ctrl+f and planefags trip.
Easiest way to find his posts.

planefag, are you trying to shoot another woodchuck?

>See that all WWII subs have been adopted by a state.

Well that means Harder is officially a citizen of Utah.

>>40381166
S-should we send him back there?

Would the state survive the aftermath?

>>40381189
>>40381166
I think Utah would like to welcome back one of its loyal and famous sons.

>>40381166
So, Harder is from the Church of LDS?

>>40381166
>>40381203
Harder conforms to Mormonism.

>>40381189
Would the Mormans even take him?
Actually maybe it's for the best.
If anyone can straighten out that kid it's a hyper conservative, patriarchal, cis, problematic, nuclear Morman American family.

>>40381215
Does that mean he can't drink Coke and wears magic underwear?

>>40381219
>If anyone can straighten out that kid it's a hyper conservative, patriarchal, cis, problematic, nuclear Morman American family.
Don't the Republicans hate the shipsluts?

>>40381189
>>40381219
what if

we sent Sammy with him

>>40381232
they do they think there not merican nuff

>>40381232
I could have sworn that planefag hasn't touched on american politics at all besides Sammy's old-timey racism

>>40381232
I imagine it's a contentious issue in the party. On the one hand, the pro-military wing probably loves them. On the other, the evangelical wing might have some Problems.

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>>40381240
Oh God no. What the hell did the Mormons ever do to you?

>>40381219
Mormans used to practice polygamy.

Harder will revive the practice.

We need a carrier that can launch beercans and other blue balls of death.

>>40381240
CYLONS!!!

>>40381240
Why would you send Sammy B. with him, when there's a much better choice of escort?

>>"Welcome to Utah, Harder!"
>>"Uh, thank you very much."
>>"Pardon us for asking, but who's that Chinese woman with you?"
>>"Haii! Naka-desu!"
>>"...what."
>>"She's my, uh, girlfriend."
>>"What."

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>>40381240
Look anon, I don't really like the Mormons that much myself, but that might be a bit over the line.

>>40381292
I don't suppose I get a say in this, do I?

>>40381316
For the joke? No. You'd have your bag packed faster then we could get harders.

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>>40381316
Can you think of something funnier?

>>40381316
Not likely.

>>40381331
Faster than harder can get harder?

>>40381316
Oh, come on now, Naka-chan, don't sink an anon's shipping like that...

>>40381316
You have just as much say as Harder does!
So, no.

>>40381240
>>40381271
>"You go back and tell Brigham Young that if he will let me alone I will let him alone. And if he won't I'll sic Sammy B on his ass."
-Abraham Lincoln

>"I don't know who that is."
-Stenhouse

>"You will. By God, you will."
-Abraham Lincoln

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>>40381292
You know, I know of a few Mormon-raised girls from Utah who are terrifyingly good at singing in Japanese...

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>>40381240

I want to see this. No--NEED to see this. Either Sammy's going to be turned into a wholesome, humble, longsuffering religious girl or the idea would backfire in teh most horrible of ways and probably leave Salt Lake City a remarkable stand-in for the worse areas of Detroit.

Either way, it's a helluva fun ride in store.

>>40381316
It's either you or Fubuki, I mean Harder has to take responsibility surprising and waving his torpedoes at the poor girl

>>40381359
Fubuki is Akagisexual. I have no idea what she'd do if she was taken away from her senpai, but I don't think it'll be pretty.

>>40381316

You should be fine as long as you don't get absorbed by the locals like poor U-511 did

>>40381282
>Harder scores Naka, Willie D, and Sammy
>Harder is out fitted with Young's hips because he's going to need them

>>40381373
Do you have to remind everyone of that?

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>>40381351

Merc pls

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>>40381368
Correction, Fubuki is sempaisexual. She's a slut for any larger ship class.

>>40381384
No Ikazuchi or Fubuki.

For shame.....

>>40381409
I still can't wait for Kongo to bongo the sammy

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You motion Fubuki to step back a little. Kneeling on the floor near Harder, you poke his shoulder. “Hey.”

“Hey,” he says at last, still staring blankly at the screen.

“Wanna talk about it?”

He points at the screen. “Plane. A fucking plane.” He falls back in his chair heavily, shaking his head. “Figures. Nobody could've taken Mush in a fair fight.” He closes his eyes and leans his head back, the oversized cap tilting down over his eyes. “A fucking PLANE.”

You remain silent.

“Or mines,” he snaps, bringing his fist down on the desk hard enough to make the whole row of screens rattle. “A fucking mine. Albacore - a fucking MINE-”

“Harder-san-” Fubuki begins, reaching out - but she recoils when Harder shoots her a poisonous look.

“Yeah, that's not the worst of it.” He taps the backspace button a few times till a new page comes up. “What the actual fuck is this?”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_B1_submarine

>>40381409
So is Destroyers > U-Boats or vice versa?

So I guess Pt-boats are out of the question.

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>>40381331
>>40381335
>>40381346
Okay, fair point, it would be hilarious.

>>40381344
>>40381345
>>40381359
>>40381373
One track minds, the lot of you. I barely even know the fellow, and he's too busy ambushing us to get to know--

...you know, I have an idea. Stand by, good anons.

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Fubuki peers at it. “An encyclopedia page on the Type B1 submarine.”

“That... word,” Harder says. “I do not think it means what you think it means.”

Fubuki blinks. “What?”

“It carried... a PLANE,” Harder breathes. “A... plane.”

“... yes?”

“Pray tell,” Harder says with false politeness, “just what in the name of unholy fuck did they do with their... PLANES?”

Fubuki looks uncomfortable. “They... scouted?”

Harder pops out of his chair and seizes Fubuki by the shoulders to pull her in close. “Scouted,” he breathes. “Scouted. For. What.”

“... enemy ships?”

Harder pulls Fubuki a little closer. “And then?”

“Uh, it would attack-”

“What?” Harder says.

“It'd attack-”

“Ha!” Harder says. “It displaces twenty-five hundred fucking tons and it's going to - ATTACK! Is that before or after they fold up the fucking plane and stuff it back into the hangar?”

“I don't know!” Fubuki objects. “I don't know anything about submarines-”

“No SHIT, nip!” Harder retorts. “Oh fuck, we're not done -” he turns back to the computer and hits the backspace key again. “BEHOLD - this one carried - my god - TWO planes! Was that for scouting twice as much?”

“I don't think-”

“And this!” another key-click. “A transport sub built by the Army! It even dived sometimes! And if you were having a really good day, it'd come back up again, too!”

>>40381409
I assumed it'd be for any older ship since sempai generally refers to upperclassmen or coworkers with more experience/rank than you. Unfortunately for her she's up there in terms of age so not many sempais to choose from.

>>40381438
>...you know, I have an idea. Stand by, good anons.
Oh this ought to be good.

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Wonder what he'd think of the kaitens?

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“Don't blame me for the Army's-”

“Oh right, some of them ditched the hangar so they could carry *these.*” Harder clicks again, and you see Fubuki go pale as the wikipedia page for the Kaiten comes up. “Something that literally killed more of you dumb nip fucks in 'training' then Americans in war. But this is my fucking favorite-” another click.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakajima_G10N

“This,” he says, shaking his head. “The krauts might barely have pulled it off with a few years of Sundays and a blowjob from lady luck and it'd still have not done enough damage, but you? YOU motherfuckers? Who couldn't even build a fucking inline engine to save your sorry nip asses? What the fuck even went on with this? Some stupid fuck in his study with a little model wooden airplane flying around going vrooom pew pew die amurikun peeg dooog like a child with his toy soldiers?” He yanks Fubuki a little closer. “WHO DID YOU PEOPLE THINK YOU WERE FUCKING WITH?”

Fubuki's expression is alarmed and scared. You step in, reaching to part Harder from the girl, when she pushes you away, shaking her head.

“... someone we didn't respect,” Fubuki says quietly. “We were arrogant. We'd won victory after victory. We had the best weapons - we were sure of it.” Fubuki hugs herself, staring at the carpet. “But you killed several destroyers who thought they were the predator. They were arrogant.” She looks up at Harder, her eyes glistening, looking terribly vulnerable. “There's - there's someone I want to protect no matter what. More than -” her voice falters. “More than anything,” she finishes lamely. “And Admiral G-” she swallows. “The Admiral says we're seeing more and more abyssal submarines now...”

Harder releases her, adjusting his cap a bit. “So?”

“So I want you to teach me,” she says in a rush.

>>40381441

Someone's gonna need a whole gallon of butthurt lotion when this is over.

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Harder blinks. “What.”

“Teach me how you - how you killed them. Teach me how a submarine fights. Teach me how to survive where they didn't.”

He frowns. “Are you serious? Even if I was inclined to, what makes you think a fucking floater like you can understand a goddamn word of it?” Harder turns his shoulder to her, as if he's about to walk out.

“You have to!” Fubuki wails. “You're the best, aren't you?”

That stops Harder dead in his tracks - but he does finish turning up his jacket collar. “So?”

“So, teach me!”

He stands silent for several long seconds, the tick-tock of an old analogue clock on the wall and the hum of computer fans the only noise.

“The pier where I first snuck up on you.”

“What about it?”

“Seven AM tomorrow. Be there.”

“Arigato!” Fubuki exclaims, bowing quickly. “T-thank you Harder-san!”

“Whatever,” he says, waving her away. “Don't be late.”

“I promise I won't!” she says. “I- I've got to practice!” She runs in one direction before realizing it's a dead-end, forcing her to double back as she hunts for the exit.

“Christ,” Harder says sullenly. “Dames.”

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>>40381418
Ikazuchi is for the admiral.

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“Hey, Harder.”

“Eh?”

“Swing by the base post office before you go home,” you tell him.

“Why?”

“I got a present for you.”

“.... kay,” he says before flipping you a casual goodbye and sauntering out. You have to restrain the urge to plant your boot up his adolescent ass - you have to admit, he's pretty good at the bullshit. Good enough to fool Fubuki, at any rate. You make sure to log Harder out of the library terminal - he seems to have taken to computers pretty well, but some concepts take longer than others to internalize, especially for children of the 40s.

With that taken care of - you look at your phone, wondering who the hell sent you that nutty e-mail, and if you really want to deal with it right now.

>Call the damn number - face the music.
>Fuck that, misery loves company - go talk to the brown girl trying to hide behind that big book at the desk just behind you and failing miserably.

>>40381475
>>Fuck that, misery loves company - go talk to the brown girl trying to hide behind that big book at the desk just behind you and failing miserably.
Hi, Hornet.

>>40381441
Now I kinda wanna see Harder meeting Iku the lewdest sub.

>>40381475
>Fuck that, misery loves company - go talk to the brown girl trying to hide behind that big book at the desk just behind you and failing miserably.

>>40381475
>>Fuck that, misery loves company - go talk to the brown girl trying to hide behind that big book at the desk just behind you and failing miserably.

WE DON'T YET HAVE ENOUGH SHIPS TO WORRY ABOUT

>>40381475
>Call the damn number - face the music.
It's MYSTERY BOX time!

>>40381475
>>Fuck that, misery loves company - go talk to the brown girl trying to hide behind that big book at the desk just behind you and failing miserably.

>Fuck that, misery loves company - go talk to the brown girl trying to hide behind that big book at the desk just behind you and failing miserably

>>40381475
>Fuck that, misery loves company - go talk to the brown girl trying to hide behind that big book at the desk just behind you and failing miserably.

>>40381475
>Fuck that, misery loves company - go talk to the brown girl trying to hide behind that big book at the desk just behind you and failing miserably.
RESPONSIBILITY IS FOR LOSERS.

>>40381475
>Fuck that, misery loves company - go talk to the brown girl trying to hide behind that big book at the desk just behind you and failing miserably.

>>40381475
>>Call the damn number - face the music.
I know an adventure hook when I see one, and I see one.

>>40381475
>Call the damn number - face the music.

>>40381475
>Fuck that, misery loves company - go talk to the brown girl trying to hide behind that big book at the desk just behind you and failing miserably.

>>40381466
>“Christ,” Harder says sullenly. “Dames.”
>>40381453
>>40381441
Christ
>>40381475
>Call the damn number - face the music.
Seriously? Putting this up against finally talking to Hornet like we meant to do weeks ago? That's rude, planefag.

>>40381475
>>Fuck that, misery loves company - go talk to the brown girl trying to hide behind that big book at the desk just behind you and failing miserably.

>>40381475
>>Fuck that, misery loves company - go talk to the brown girl trying to hide behind that big book at the desk just behind you and failing miserably.
we can always claim we didn't get the text until later, immediate fun now.

>>40381475
>Call the damn number - face the music.
As much as I'd love to talk to what is probably Ro-500, I'm currious

>>40381484
>Now I kinda wanna see Harder meeting Iku the lewdest sub.

SO DO I

HOLY SHIT SO DO I

>>40381519
...It's Hornet.

>>40381475
>Fuck that, misery loves company - go talk to the brown girl trying to hide behind that big book at the desk just behind you and failing miserably.

>>40381475
>Fuck that, misery loves company - go talk to the brown girl trying to hide behind that big book at the desk just behind you and failing miserably.

I-401? Was she listening in on Harder's Japanese sub rant?

>match the picture on the right
What picture, CAPTCHA?

>>40381520
>SO DO I
>HOLY SHIT SO DO I
you know... you could introduce her into the story at some point

>>40381475
>>Call the damn number - face the music.
I suppose we should finally get to this important bit. Then maybe we can finally talk to Hornet.

>>the brown girl trying to hide behind that big book at the desk just behind you and failing miserably.
So who's this? U-511? Shioi? I don't think Maru-yu is tanned enough to count...

>>40381475
>Call the damn number - face the music.

>>40381475
>>Fuck that, misery loves company - go talk to the brown girl trying to hide behind that big book at the desk just behind you and failing miserably.

At least Yamamoto and the one general from Iwo Jima knew what they were gettign into.

>>40381529
You're Hornet

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>>40381505
>Seriously? Putting this up against finally talking to Hornet like we meant to do weeks ago? That's rude, planefag.

All it changes is if you drag Hornet into whatever the problem is, or if you want to leave her clear of it.

But as anon decided - MISERY LOVES COMPANY

VOTE FUCKING CALLED

TOOT TOOT MOTHERFUCKERS

>>40381520
You hadn't even thought of it had you.

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>>40381556
>But as anon decided - MISERY LOVES COMPANY
>VOTE FUCKING CALLED
>TOOT TOOT MOTHERFUCKERS
I love you Planefag.

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>>40381556
planefag

planefag pls

>>40381475
>>Fuck that, misery loves company - go talk to the brown girl trying to hide behind that big book at the desk just behind you and failing miserably.

>like tg would choose anything else

I'm not stupid enough to piss into the wind, besides, I actually think we need some more hornet screentime. Non-combat time. Unless this is ghost's favorite brown shipgrill...

>>40381556
>All it changes is if you drag Hornet into whatever the problem is, or if you want to leave her clear of it.

Uh oh.

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>>40381556
Ah...so we're going to be dragging Hornet into the Yakuza problem that Wainwright is currently dealing with then...I see now.
This should be interesting.

How do the ship crews get food? Filter feeding? or some crazy voodoo magic?

>>40381556
>>All it changes is if you drag Hornet into whatever the problem is, or if you want to leave her clear of it.
When you put it that way, Hornet has enough issues as it is, so leaving her out of it is for the best.

Fine. A Shioi/Ro is fine, too.

>>40381588
>Wainwright
...god dammit I didn't make that connection.
Makes me happier that I voted how I did, but god dammit

>>40381592
They're fucking magical fairies, they're probably sustained by proximity to their shipgirl.

>>40381592
They get food from the mess, obviously.

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>>40381583
>>Unless this is ghost's favorite brown shipgrill...

Do you really think the super battleship Musashi would be intimidated by a sub, even if it is Hit 'Em Again, Harder?

>>40381648
if anything it'd be the other way around.

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>>40381648
Musashi is bit too big to try and hide behind a book.

Also, she'd probably pick up Harder by his collar and go full DI on his ass for sassing a flag officer.

>>40381648
>>40381676
While Musashi wasn't as secret as Yamato I doubt Goto'd let the former run around while keeping the latter under wraps. They ARE the same ship class after all.

>>40381475
>FIND OUT WHO WAS PHONE
And then while answering the phone go and peek on our hider.

>>40381697
>implying Musashi would cooperate

Hot blooded brown, yo

>>40381697
Musashi is nowhere near the national icon as Yamato is in Japan. Hell, some people don't even know that Yamato had sister ships, let alone two of them.

>>40381717

Best kind of girl!

>>40381718
Yamato only had one sister ship

>>40381718
I'm pretty sure the ultranationalist groups that Goto is so concerned about would know about Musashi and Shinano.

>>40381727
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Shinano

>>40381727
Shinano sorta counts.

>>40381475
>Fuck that, misery loves company - go talk to the brown girl trying to hide behind that big book at the desk just behind you and failing miserably.

Let's finish one problem before starting in on another.

>>40381731

But they can't really use her as an icon to stir up public sentiment, like they could with Yamato.

>>40381725
>>Hot blooded brown, yo
>>Best kind of girl!
So if the girl is brown but not hot-blooded, would she still tickle your fancy?

>>40381727
Shinano would like to have a word with you.

Shinano had a rather depressing and short existence...

Gato is the submarine class and Goto is the admiral, right?

>>40381648
Might be hiding from us.

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You glare at your phone for a second, knowing that when you answer that e-mail a fresh torrent of shit will come rolling downhill at you. You look back at the dusky, slender hands gripping a large illustrated history of the 8th Air Force and doing her damndest to sink far enough into the chair that she can disappear - a task made harder by the telltale feather peeking over the top. You stump on over, leaning your cane on the edge of the desk, and pull up one of the heavy wooden chairs. The reader doesn't respond, till finally grab the edge of the book and slap it flat against the table.

“Admiral!” Hornet says, trying to sound surprised and failing. “What brings you here?”

“You.”

She smiles, but her feather is quivering ever so slightly. “Weren't you just talking with-”

“Coincidence,” you say firmly. “Ran into Fubuki at the range, she wanted to find him, he happened to be catching up on his history.”

“He came to me asking about it,” she tells you. “He wanted some books that would give him the, uh, 'low-down' fast, he said. I asked the librarian to show him the computers.”

“He seems to be okay with them.”

“Better than me,” Hornet says. “They hurt my eyes after a few minutes.”

>Make small talk, slowly declining to silence - get her to start the Serious Talk first. See what she brings up.
>Thank her for throwing herself at Goto and trying to take all the blame for The Incident.
>Congratulate her for her performance during the air raid yesterday.

>>40381760
yes

>>40381760
Yeah, that's the order.

>>40381736
>As big as the USS Forrestal
>Only 46 planes

What a giant piece of shit.

Okay, I need quite a bit of context here. I thought the B1 series of submarines were very successful considering Japanese Torpedos to e very deadly.

Also what was wrong with subs carrying scout planes, while the concept of attacking with it's armament is dumb, wasn't it possible to carry some depth charges or something to that effect like the Kingfisher?

Also I'm not familiar with Japanese aircraft engines, what were wrong with them?

>>40381736
the shinano doesn't count that's like saying the midway class and Montana class are sisters because they use the same hulls

>>40381773
>>Congratulate her for her performance during the air raid yesterday.

>>40381773
>Congratulate her for her performance during the air raid yesterday.

What's that? Drama?

Why do that when we can

DOOOOOODGE

>>40381773
>Congratulate her for her performance during the air raid yesterday.
>Make small talk, slowly declining to silence - get her to start the Serious Talk first. See what she brings up.

>>40381773
>Congratulate her for her performance during the air raid yesterday.

>>40381773
>Congratulate her for her performance during the air raid yesterday.
She saved our ass there.

>>40381773
>>Congratulate her for her performance during the air raid yesterday.

>>40381773
>>Congratulate her for her performance during the air raid yesterday.

>>40381773
>Congratulate her for her performance during the air raid yesterday.
>Make small talk, slowly declining to silence - get her to start the Serious Talk first. See what she brings up.

>>40381773
>Congratulate her for her performance during the air raid yesterday.

>>40381773
>Congratulate her for her performance during the air raid yesterday.

>>40381773
>Congratulate her for her performance during the air raid yesterday.

>>40381773
>>Make small talk, slowly declining to silence - get her to start the Serious Talk first. See what she brings up.
>>Thank her for throwing herself at Goto and trying to take all the blame for The Incident.
>>Congratulate her for her performance during the air raid yesterday.

>>40381779

From what I understand she was more of a big floating spare parts warehouse if anything.

>>40381773
>Make small talk, slowly declining to silence - get her to start the Serious Talk first. See what she brings up.

Its what we're here for after all

>>40381773
>>40381790
this

>>40381773
>>Congratulate her for her performance during the air raid yesterday.
Let's start with a little confidence boost before diving into the hard stuff.

I bet she's going to start crying. It seems to be the only thing we can do.

>>40381773
>>Congratulate her for her performance during the air raid yesterday.
saved our bacon. all of it.

>>40381783
Take your stupid elsewhere anon, thanks.

>>40381773
>Make small talk, slowly declining to silence - get her to start the Serious Talk first. See what she brings up.

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>>40381773
>Congratulate her for her performance during the air raid yesterday.

>>40381773
>>Make small talk, slowly declining to silence - get her to start the Serious Talk first. See what she brings up.
ahehehe

>>40381790
>>40381773

>>40381773
>Congratulate her for her performance during the air raid yesterday.

>>40381779
That's what happens when you're lacking in resources, time, manpower and basically everything else.

>Make small talk, slowly declining to silence - get her to start the Serious Talk first. See what she brings up.
>Thank her for throwing herself at Goto and trying to take all the blame for The Incident.
>Congratulate her for her performance during the air raid yesterday.

>>40381779
That was hardly her fault, after the Marinas the Japanese had next to no carrier qualified pilots left.

>>40381780
>Okay, I need quite a bit of context here. I thought the B1 series of submarines were very successful considering Japanese Torpedos to e very deadly.

They were the most successful of the Japanese sub classes, but Japanese subs were not very successful in general. Here's the skinny: the Japanese treated their submarines as an anti-warship asset for use in support of fleet battles; helping to wear down enemy (expected to be American) forces as they advanced across the Atlantic. Thus they were built fucking huge (almost twice the displacement of a US sub) so they'd be fucking fast on the surface (they cruised at 16 knots, US subs at around 12) and they were equipped with a plane for reconnaissance. Their doctrine and training revolved around attacking warships.

The US had a very different philosophy - use submarines for targeting vulnerable merchant ships. Even with the speed and power of the Long Lance, hitting a warship with torpedoes is fucking hard - and US subs accounted for a surprising number of Japanese warships, whereas the Japanese subs barely sank any US merchantmen. Their focus on anti-warship design resulted in subs that were very big, easy to detect and slow to maneuver underwater, to say nothing of having a shallow diving depth - all things that made them vulnerable to anti-submarine measures, far more than American subs.

It's a big reason their subs never accomplished as much as they could have.

>>40381773
>>Congratulate her for her performance during the air raid yesterday.

Ahh, the choice between bestowing confidence, and pissing into the wind. gaining information. love me some good info, but I'm not stupid enough to think the vote would win.

>>40381773
>Congratulate her for her performance during the air raid yesterday.
segue into
>Make small talk, slowly declining to silence - get her to start the Serious Talk first. See what she brings up.

>>40381837
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montana-class_battleship there you go anon

>>40381848
Maybe they should have realized they were beat, then?

>>40381865
>The US had a very different philosophy - use submarines for targeting vulnerable merchant ships.
Informed by the kerfuckle in the Atlantic, or just a coincidence?

>>40381875
I know what the Montana-class is anon, and I still think you should remove your stupid from this general area.

>>40381861
Actually, do to her very poor design, she would of been only able to carry around 50 planes.

Harder handled that pretty well, he has some drill sarge in him somewhere

>>40381773
>Congratulate her for her performance during the air raid yesterday.
>Make small talk, slowly declining to silence - get her to start the Serious Talk first. See what she brings up.

>>40381889
Because of this, the entire Montana class was suspended in May 1942, before any of their keels had been laid. In July 1942, the construction of the Montana class was canceled following the Battle of Midway, and the corresponding shift in naval warfare from surface engagements to air supremacy, and, thus, a shift from battleships to aircraft carriers.[7][12] The design for the ship's hull did find life in the Midway-class aircraft carrier. Using the Montana-class's hull design gave the ship enhanced maneuverability over previous air craft carriers.

>>40381900
You mean DI?

>>40381780
It's not so much about the Japanese subs themselves as it is Harder trying to come to terms with the loss of so many of his siblings. Remember, he came back four days ago -- for him, this might as well have been last week.

>>40381886

The Germans started it in World War One and showed the rest of the world just how deadly submarine commerce raiders could be. The US just learned that lesson better than Imperial Japan.

Plus, it's much more glorious to fight and destroy the enemy fleet in HONORABLE DECISIVE BATTLE.

>>40381875
I hate to break this to you anon, but the Midway class was an enlarged Essex class with an armored flight deck.

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Oh yeah, JUST SO NOBODY FAILS TO NOTICE
>>40381453
>“The Admiral says we're seeing more and more abyssal submarines now...”

>>40381925
the midway-class hull is based on the montana's anon or didn't you read the post

>>40381913
Man, it's too bad that the Midway class carriers didn't got built fast enough. Being able to launch nearly 300 planes with just two carriers would been mind blowing.

votes called writing etc.

>>40381952
true it would have been lovely

>>40381886
More like the kerfuckle in the Atlantic that happened in World War 1.

Partly ninja'd by planefag, but to amplify on his remarks:

>>40381780
>Also what was wrong with subs carrying scout planes, while the concept of attacking with it's armament is dumb, wasn't it possible to carry some depth charges or something to that effect like the Kingfisher?
Submarines are meant to be compact, covert killers, and the B1 series invested a ridiculous amount of its hull-space in a hangar for a scout-plane - one of the most visible and conspicuous forms of forward recon possible. Even if the Japanese didn't know that radar could track a scout-plane right back to its origin-point (i.e. the sub) and make it into a bloody great bullseye, the chances of running into flak or fighters meant that a scoutplane's returning at all, much less with useful information, was hardly a sure thing.
Basically, making a submarine into a sea-plane carrier is like turning a Ferrari into a camper-van.

>Also I'm not familiar with Japanese aircraft engines, what were wrong with them?
Pretty much everything. Bad metallurgy and lacklustre designs meant they were underpowered, partly because Japan lacked the resources to experiment with better designs and alloys. They had to design most of their planes light and frail because it was the ONLY way to meet their performance targets with the engines they could build - which meant the planes had basically zero ability to absorb battle-damage. With disastrous results, once the Allies figured out how to fight them.

>>40381895
>The ship's organic air group was intended to consist of 18 Mitsubishi A7M Reppū (Allied reporting name "Sam") fighters (plus two in storage), 18 Aichi B7A Ryusei ("Grace") torpedo-dive bombers (plus two in storage), and 6 Nakajima C6N Saiun ("Myrt") reconnaissance aircraft (plus one in storage).[7] The remainder of the hangar space would have held up to 120 replacement aircraft for other carriers and land bases.[8]

In theory she could be made to hold more planes but she was never meant to be a fleet carrier in first place.

>>40381947
>More abyssal subs popping up
>Right at the same time Harder pops up
There's no way these two aren't related.

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>>40381987
> the chances of running into flak or fighters meant that a scoutplane's returning at all, much less with useful information, was hardly a sure thing.

And even if it did, the sub had to surface for a long time to deploy it and take it back on board, making it a literal sitting duck.

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>>40382011
>Also right at the same time that American battleship Abyssals pop up

>>40381987
I see, when you put it that way that dos make sense but what about the planes like the Raiden or those planes which I can't remember that managed to take out Superfortresses,

>>40382014
Great-Grandma looks absolutely smashing. She and Kongou should do tea time together some day.

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>>40382025
>but what about the planes like the Raiden
But the Raiden is a heavy cruiser

>>40382001
So a light carrier and a resupply ship at the same time.

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>>40382025
you mean the Shiden Kai fighters?

>>40381773
If possible?

>Congratulate her for her performance during the air raid yesterday.
Strikes me that we don't thank the ship-girls anywhere NEAR enough for all they do for us and humanity.

Then:
>Thank her for throwing herself at Goto and trying to take all the blame for The Incident.
Again, she was willing to throw herself onto a mine for Settle. Demonstrating gratitude to your subordinates for their efforts and sacrifices helps build loyalty and morale.

Leading with the courtesies should help put her at ease. THEN we can start prying away at what's bugging her:
>Make small talk, slowly declining to silence - get her to start the Serious Talk first. See what she brings up.


If multi-answers are not acceptable to planefag, then let's just go with a]:
>Make small talk, slowly declining to silence - get her to start the Serious Talk first. See what she brings up.

There's clearly SOMETHING on her mind, and we need her in a good head-space if she's to fight her best.

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>>40382044
Not that one you tool

>>40382001
>167 aircraft

Hot damn. Still a bit of a poor showing considering the Midway carried almost as many aircraft while being over 20,000 tons lighter

>>40382063
Vote's over, autist anon. You're too late to save us.

>>40382011
Presumably whatever is causing the ships to come back is focusing on subs, because it knows how crucial shipping is.

Or maybe it's just cause there's a whole fucking lot of subs out there.

>>40382057
Yes those. That's what I meant.

>>40382081
So we should expect SURPRISE SUBS who will ambush our recon force, like how Planefag sprung SURPRISE PRE-DREADNOUGHT BATTLESHIPS on us during our first sortie?

>>40382025
>>40382057
IIRC, those improved designs stemmed from a combination of German technical assistance, reverse-engineering captured Allied engine-designs, and Japan 'acquiring' the resources to develop better alloys, engines and planes.

>>40382078
... FML.

>>40382120
It's not a surprise if you know it's coming.

The surprise will come from the modern ships.

>>40382120
wait did any ships we sent have good ASW

>>40382141
Are you referring to the recon fleet? Goto sent some destroyers as escorts.

>>40382019
No the abyssal battleships popped up much earlier than that seeing how the LA battle had to have been several weeks ago.

If we want to trace that US Abyssals rise the same time as normal ships...

If Arizona arose shortly before the transfer.

We might have a rogue Oklahoma sailing around.

>>40382141
We were sending four destroyers (I think we picked DesDiv 6), two recon cruisers (Tone and Chikuma), and two Aegis destroyers.

>>40382158
>>We might have a rogue Oklahoma sailing around.
>>"WELL, HELLO, SISTER!"
>>"..."

>>40382081
>Take a look at U-boat losses...
>Wikipedia divided it up into U-boats sunk by depth charge and U-boats sunk by aircraft since the page was so big.

>>40382173
I strongly doubt it was DesDiv6 given they were right there at the base. The recon fleet is already underway, no?

They'd've mentioned something at least.

>>40382141
Well the Arleigh-Burke should be able to do rather handily in that role
>>40382158
I think LA was more than a few weeks ago, and it was a torpedo ram I'm pretty sure, and I'm referring to BB-3 and BB-4 from the first thread

>>40382173
>>40382192
The vice admiral is sending Arleigh Burkes to cover for tone and chikuma. Actual ships!

>>40382216
Ships that aren't also girls, at any rate

>>40382120
It wasn't a surprise. Based on the (extremely) thin info we had we guessed it was a cruiser from the turn of the ninteenth century, but we couldn't tell whether it was a protected cruiser or an armored cruiser, which were basically early battleships.

>>40382232
I think he meant the WW2 battleships that showed up, which were definitely not pre-dreadnought.

>>40382232
Actually that's an interesting question. WW2 subs would be an absolute joke for modern ASW, have the Abyssal subs been...buffed to modern levels like their pre-dreads and what have you?

>>40382258
BB-3 and BB-4 were launched before the year 1900, they aren't WWII by a longshot

>>40382264
Well the Abyssal planes were fuzzy on radar, so it probably stands to reason that sonar performance will be degraded to be 'fair' yeah

>>40382188
U-511 had, like, nearly 800 sisters. The casualties are of course proportionate to their numbers.

...damn. It must be really depressing to be Yuu-chan.

>>40382192
>>I strongly doubt it was DesDiv6 given they were right there at the base. The recon fleet is already underway, no?
Point. So who got sent... oh.

Crix? How far into the future does your CLT snippets reach? Because we might finally get our wishes and see Murakumo in action.

>>40382232
The cruisers were what we expected. The pre-dreads BB-3 (Evil Iowa) and BB-4 (Evil Oregon), who beat up Kongou and made Arizona bleed, came out of nowhere.

>>40382173
>Arizona gets blown apart and turned into a memorial.
>Oklahoma rolls over and sits there for 2 years and misses the whole war
>Navy eventually raises the ship and write her off for scrapping only for her to sink en-route.

If the Oklahoma is out there, she's not going to say hi to Arizona, she's going to be shooting 14inch shells at her.

Fun fact, those pre-dreadnought battleships displace a hair more than an Arleigh Burke, ~10,000 tons.

Just goes to show how much modern warships have grown over the years.

What WAS the deal with Shinano's planes, anyway? I know most of them were supposed to be held "in storage", but why? Were they somehow incapable of storing more in normal condition for some reason? Could they theoretically make some of those planes combat-capable while at sea?

>>40382327
It was meant as a sort of resupply carrier. Its equipment, cargo, and planes were pretty much all for sending to other carriers to resupply them.

>>40382327
The ship's organic air group was intended to consist of 18 Mitsubishi A7M Reppū (Allied reporting name "Sam") fighters (plus two in storage), 18 Aichi B7A Ryusei ("Grace") torpedo-dive bombers (plus two in storage), and 6 Nakajima C6N Saiun ("Myrt") reconnaissance aircraft (plus one in storage). The remainder of the hangar space would have held up to 120 replacement aircraft for other carriers and land bases.

>>40382204
They already knew that BB-2 was out there after LA, that's why they were afraid to try and summon the Iowa.

>>40382327
Remember, by this time much of the Japanese carrier force was actually carrier conversions of Battleships and Heavy Cruisers. Having a ship to support these would have looked decent on paper.

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