You keep from biting your lip through sheer force of will as the scene from the infirmary plays through your mind again; tears streaming down Arizona's face as you laid into her, the bloodlust of battle still surging through your veins - telling her that she wasn't your god damned mother, no matter what she might think. You can apologize for the tone, but in truth you don't regret the outburst - you *can* handle yourself and she was out of line laying one upside your head - especially after that cerebral hemorrhage you suffered.

One glance at Arizona's smoldering eyes tells you she'll see clean through that kind of half-assed apology. She's never spoken a word to you, but you've always understood her easily - and it seems to work both ways, even when you wish it wouldn't. And if what Naka said about her feelings towards you are true -

- Naka. That's right. She went and took it out on Naka, too - blaming the subordinate for the master's mistakes. That needs dealing with, too.

[ ] Explain flat-out who and what you are - not a rear-echelon motherfucker, no matter how much they want to make you one. You'll exercise due diligence, you won't take stupid risks, you'll shape up - but you are NOT a god damned paper-pusher, and it's not in you to become one. (She is NOT going to like hearing this.)
[ ] ... it might be best to get it out in the open. Raise the issue of her putting you on a pedestal. Others have sacrificed more than you, and there will be more and greater in the days and weeks to come - she has to get her perspective right before then, or it'll tear her apart when you finally DO lose a shipgirl... or you.
[ ] Challenge her about hitting Naka - put HER on the defensive to start with. That wasn't right, and she damn well knows it.

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>>44673013
FIRST FOR FAIRY FIGHTERS!

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FIRST FOR SHITPOSTING.

>>44673016
>[X] Explain flat-out who and what you are - not a rear-echelon motherfucker, no matter how much they want to make you one. You'll exercise due diligence, you won't take stupid risks, you'll shape up - but you are NOT a god damned paper-pusher, and it's not in you to become one. (She is NOT going to like hearing this.)

>>44673016
>[ ] ... it might be best to get it out in the open. Raise the issue of her putting you on a pedestal. Others have sacrificed more than you, and there will be more and greater in the days and weeks to come - she has to get her perspective right before then, or it'll tear her apart when you finally DO lose a shipgirl... or you.

>>44673016
>[ ] ... it might be best to get it out in the open. Raise the issue of her putting you on a pedestal. Others have sacrificed more than you, and there will be more and greater in the days and weeks to come - she has to get her perspective right before then, or it'll tear her apart when you finally DO lose a shipgirl... or you.
>[ ] Challenge her about hitting Naka - put HER on the defensive to start with. That wasn't right, and she damn well knows it.

>>44673040
What the second-to-last one from? I don't remember her.

>>44673016
>[ ] ... it might be best to get it out in the open. Raise the issue of her putting you on a pedestal. Others have sacrificed more than you, and there will be more and greater in the days and weeks to come - she has to get her perspective right before then, or it'll tear her apart when you finally DO lose a shipgirl... or you.

This seems to be the most tactful option, but it does need to be said that some of her actions were out of line, such as completely blaming Naka. Likewise, a reconciliation of some sort does seem to be in order

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>>44673016
>[ ] Challenge her about hitting Naka - put HER on the defensive to start with. That wasn't right, and she damn well knows it.
Let's soften her armor first before touching the other topic.

>>44673016
>[ ] ... it might be best to get it out in the open. Raise the issue of her putting you on a pedestal. Others have sacrificed more than you, and there will be more and greater in the days and weeks to come - she has to get her perspective right before then, or it'll tear her apart when you finally DO lose a shipgirl... or you.

>>44673098
Yamato's fairies

>>44673016

>[ ] Challenge her about hitting Naka - put HER on the defensive to start with. That wasn't right, and she damn well knows it.

>>44673098
Part of Yamato's hotel service.

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>[ ] ... it might be best to get it out in the open. Raise the issue of her putting you on a pedestal. Others have sacrificed more than you, and there will be more and greater in the days and weeks to come - she has to get her perspective right before then, or it'll tear her apart when you finally DO lose a shipgirl... or you.

>>44673040
Fairy fighters are best fighters.

Well, I'm certainly early

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>>44673016
Hoo boy
>[ ] ... it might be best to get it out in the open. Raise the issue of her putting you on a pedestal. Others have sacrificed more than you, and there will be more and greater in the days and weeks to come - she has to get her perspective right before then, or it'll tear her apart when you finally DO lose a shipgirl... or you.
I don't like it, but it really should be said. The fact that we haven't lost any shipgirls yet is amazing, but we can't guarantee it won't happen. And we've been losing human crew and airmen too. She doesn't need to fuck off, we don't need to go all stone-coldhearted we just need to accept that the world is just a bit fucked for now

>>44673016
>[ ] ... it might be best to get it out in the open. Raise the issue of her putting you on a pedestal. Others have sacrificed more than you, and there will be more and greater in the days and weeks to come - she has to get her perspective right before then, or it'll tear her apart when you finally DO lose a shipgirl... or you.

>>44673016
>[ ] Challenge her about hitting Naka - put HER on the defensive to start with. That wasn't right, and she damn well knows it.

>>44673016
>[ ] ... it might be best to get it out in the open. Raise the issue of her putting you on a pedestal. Others have sacrificed more than you, and there will be more and greater in the days and weeks to come - she has to get her perspective right before then, or it'll tear her apart when you finally DO lose a shipgirl... or you.
>[ ] Challenge her about hitting Naka - put HER on the defensive to start with. That wasn't right, and she damn well knows it.

>>44673016
>[X] ... it might be best to get it out in the open. Raise the issue of her putting you on a pedestal. Others have sacrificed more than you, and there will be more and greater in the days and weeks to come - she has to get her perspective right before then, or it'll tear her apart when you finally DO lose a shipgirl... or you.

>[ ] ... it might be best to get it out in the open. Raise the issue of her putting you on a pedestal. Others have sacrificed more than you, and there will be more and greater in the days and weeks to come - she has to get her perspective right before then, or it'll tear her apart when you finally DO lose a shipgirl... or you.

>>44673016
[X] ... it might be best to get it out in the open. Raise the issue of her putting you on a pedestal. Others have sacrificed more than you, and there will be more and greater in the days and weeks to come - she has to get her perspective right before then, or it'll tear her apart when you finally DO lose a shipgirl... or you.

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>>44673016
[ ] ... it might be best to get it out in the open. Raise the issue of her putting you on a pedestal. Others have sacrificed more than you, and there will be more and greater in the days and weeks to come - she has to get her perspective right before then, or it'll tear her apart when you finally DO lose a shipgirl... or you.
Whoo, right on time!

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This is a tough one...

>>44673016
>[x] ... it might be best to get it out in the open. Raise the issue of her putting you on a pedestal. Others have sacrificed more than you, and there will be more and greater in the days and weeks to come - she has to get her perspective right before then, or it'll tear her apart when you finally DO lose a shipgirl... or you.

We should delay the Naka discussion until after we get over this hurdle. Might want to see if she feels bad about hitting Naka on her own before chastising her about it.

>>44673098
Yamato Hotel fairy.

>>44673016
>[ ] Explain flat-out who and what you are - not a rear-echelon motherfucker, no matter how much they want to make you one. You'll exercise due diligence, you won't take stupid risks, you'll shape up - but you are NOT a god damned paper-pusher, and it's not in you to become one. (She is NOT going to like hearing this.)
>[ ] ... it might be best to get it out in the open. Raise the issue of her putting you on a pedestal. Others have sacrificed more than you, and there will be more and greater in the days and weeks to come - she has to get her perspective right before then, or it'll tear her apart when you finally DO lose a shipgirl... or you.
Only in reverse.

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>>44673113
Yukari pls

>>44673013
As a note, Rufus Shinra over on SB is a prideful Frenchman. While he probably isn't lying to you, he is almost certainly presenting things in a way that look best for French ducks.

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When are krautbotes going to arrive in Yokosuka, and will Pf be writing them from now on?

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>>44673016
>[x] ... it might be best to get it out in the open. Raise the issue of her putting you on a pedestal. Others have sacrificed more than you, and there will be more and greater in the days and weeks to come - she has to get her perspective right before then, or it'll tear her apart when you finally DO lose a shipgirl... or you.

settle yo dude bro we're supposed to be apologising what the fuck are these they don't look like apologies.
anyway let's pick the option that won't get our shit slapped right off the bat. sorta sneaking up on the topic of how we're right about everything and she's wrong.

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>>44673016
>[ ] ... it might be best to get it out in the open. Raise the issue of her putting you on a pedestal. Others have sacrificed more than you, and there will be more and greater in the days and weeks to come - she has to get her perspective right before then, or it'll tear her apart when you finally DO lose a shipgirl... or you.

Lets get this thing Settled.

>>44673324
No.

>>44673016
>[ ] ... it might be best to get it out in the open. Raise the issue of her putting you on a pedestal. Others have sacrificed more than you, and there will be more and greater in the days and weeks to come - she has to get her perspective right before then, or it'll tear her apart when you finally DO lose a shipgirl... or you.

>>44673324
Don't get your hopes up, the Greek can barely write American and Nip boats as it is.

>>44673324
Never and no.

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So, how many carriers do you think can fit against a door with an ear pressed up to it?

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Here's a picture of South Dakota if anyone cares.

>>44673369
>>44673359
>>44673372
I figured. Well, it was worth a shot. But if they're already on the plane, they are going to arrive. It's just a question of how long we can ignore them.

>>44673016
>[x]AM I BEING DETAINED?

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>Ari's face when

[> ] ... it might be best to get it out in the open. Raise the issue of her putting you on a pedestal. Others have sacrificed more than you, and there will be more and greater in the days and weeks to come - she has to get her perspective right before then, or it'll tear her apart when you finally DO lose a shipgirl... or you.

I don't think option 1 is going to work because she knows damn well about our inability to be a paper pusher. It's writ large all over the base and her face. Option 2 is the more reasonable answer.

Option 3 should be saved for the inevitable moment where Arizona claims to be in complete control of herself. That's when you can drop the "what about what you did to Naka?" question on her. But starting off with that would be less useful.

>>44673016
>[x] Explain flat-out who and what you are - not a rear-echelon motherfucker, no matter how much they want to make you one. You'll exercise due diligence, you won't take stupid risks, you'll shape up - but you are NOT a god damned paper-pusher, and it's not in you to become one. (She is NOT going to like hearing this.)

>holy crap I'm actually reading a thread live for once

>>44673398
Why does she look more like an adult version of Willie D?

>>44673403
They'll hop on a bus.

>>44673016
>[X] ... it might be best to get it out in the open. Raise the issue of her putting you on a pedestal. Others have sacrificed more than you, and there will be more and greater in the days and weeks to come - she has to get her perspective right before then, or it'll tear her apart when you finally DO lose a shipgirl... or you.

>>44673016
There's not really good options here... I'd want to go for the first AND second option, but... Well I know how planefaggit gets when we do that, so...

Fuck's sake.
>[o] ... it might be best to get it out in the open. Raise the issue of her putting you on a pedestal. Others have sacrificed more than you, and there will be more and greater in the days and weeks to come - she has to get her perspective right before then, or it'll tear her apart when you finally DO lose a shipgirl... or you.

>>44673016
>[X] ... it might be best to get it out in the open. Raise the issue of her putting you on a pedestal. Others have sacrificed more than you, and there will be more and greater in the days and weeks to come - she has to get her perspective right before then, or it'll tear her apart when you finally DO lose a shipgirl... or you.

Plz. She knows who you are and what you have to do, she's been stalking around Settle enough.

She already knows hitting Naka was wrong. Belaboring the point is useless, beyond forcing her to apologize to Naka and have them buildup more friendship.

>[ ] Explain flat-out who and what you are - not a rear-echelon motherfucker, no matter how much they want to make you one. You'll exercise due diligence, you won't take stupid risks, you'll shape up - but you are NOT a god damned paper-pusher, and it's not in you to become one. (She is NOT going to like hearing this.)

It's unfortunate that it's come to this, but the second option is avoiding the problem by pushing the blame on Arizona's expectations. The problem is Settle, and the sooner she realizes that, the easier things will be for the both of us.

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>>44673016
"I prefer red lace, not blue."

>>44673403
From the Ask thingy
>Well, now that Navy is confirmed TOP BITCH, will you be abandoning the krautbotes storyline that he started, and all that other secret squirrel shit he had Parker doing, or will you keep it up?

>Parker et al are great characters, already integrated into the main storyline and advancing important plot points - they stay. The krautbotes, however - that's the exact kind of character bloat I really don't need, so, no.

>>44673403
Maybe the Bundescunts will suddenly get the stick out of their arsch and recall them back to Germany.

>>44673492
Thank you kind sir for linking me that much needed confirmation.

>>44673016
>[ ] Explain flat-out who and what you are - not a rear-echelon motherfucker, no matter how much they want to make you one. You'll exercise due diligence, you won't take stupid risks, you'll shape up - but you are NOT a god damned paper-pusher, and it's not in you to become one. (She is NOT going to like hearing this.)

>>44673470
We'd need an escape plan first

何にしますか?

>>44673438
Because if you look at her history SHE IS.

She the Willie Ds of Battleships.

>>44673380
None of them. They're all too busy trying to pry PT-109 off of Kaga's leg.

>>44673016
>[ ] ... it might be best to get it out in the open. Raise the issue of her putting you on a pedestal. Others have sacrificed more than you, and there will be more and greater in the days and weeks to come - she has to get her perspective right before then, or it'll tear her apart when you finally DO lose a shipgirl... or you.

I hate all three options

>>44673013
>[ ] ... it might be best to get it out in the open. Raise the issue of her putting you on a pedestal. Others have sacrificed more than you, and there will be more and greater in the days and weeks to come - she has to get her perspective right before then, or it'll tear her apart when you finally DO lose a shipgirl... or you.
>[ ] Challenge her about hitting Naka - put HER on the defensive to start with. That wasn't right, and she damn well knows it.

>>44673016

[X] ... it might be best to get it out in the open. Raise the issue of her putting you on a pedestal. Others have sacrificed more than you, and there will be more and greater in the days and weeks to come - she has to get her perspective right before then, or it'll tear her apart when you finally DO lose a shipgirl... or you.

[ ] ... it might be best to get it out in the open. Raise the issue of her putting you on a pedestal. Others have sacrificed more than you, and there will be more and greater in the days and weeks to come - she has to get her perspective right before then, or it'll tear her apart when you finally DO lose a shipgirl... or
you.

It's been a while since I've read the Nattle of L.A., so let me just confirm. Settle was KO for most of it, right? Most he did was order that strike after the CGC made to ram, and the PR made him and Hate the heroes to keep the public happy, right?

[ ] Challenge her about hitting Naka - put HER on the defensive to start with. That wasn't right, and she damn well knows it.

Bad enough Naka's depressed. Ari probably just fucked up the situation more.

>>44673460
>>[ ] Explain flat-out who and what you are - not a rear-echelon motherfucker, no matter how much they want to make you one. You'll exercise due diligence, you won't take stupid risks, you'll shape up - but you are NOT a god damned paper-pusher, and it's not in you to become one. (She is NOT going to like hearing this.)

I'm changing my vote to option 1 and 2

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>>44673585
With how things are I believe settles ancestor demonstrates our path rather well.

>>44673016
>[x] ... it might be best to get it out in the open. Raise the issue of her putting you on a pedestal. Others have sacrificed more than you, and there will be more and greater in the days and weeks to come - she has to get her perspective right before then, or it'll tear her apart when you finally DO lose a shipgirl... or you.

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>>44673543
>needing an escape plan when encouraging Arizona to wear Soviet red.
>>44673548
先輩馬鹿です。

>>44673612
>It's been a while since I've read the Nattle of L.A., so let me just confirm. Settle was KO for most of it, right? Most he did was order that strike after the CGC made to ram, and the PR made him and Hate the heroes to keep the public happy, right?
Not quite. He was conscious for most of it- except for the aftermath of the bridge hits- but he definitely was in that uniquely frustrating position of having to COMMAND.
That is, Trusting the people under you to do their jobs with some instruction from you but they were the ones who did the real work and they're all the ones who died.

>>44673016
>[ ] ... it might be best to get it out in the open. Raise the issue of her putting you on a pedestal. Others have sacrificed more than you, and there will be more and greater in the days and weeks to come - she has to get her perspective right before then, or it'll tear her apart when you finally DO lose a shipgirl... or you.

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Wow thread is heading to depression levels...time to post cute ships.

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While we wait, have Yamato's thoughts on her class.

>>44673702
That's a very western style of art.

>>44673621
Input nope picture here cause I am to terrified of yours to find one.

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Awaiting further Nice Things.

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>>44673729

>>44673733
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zuBSUJfpBk

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>>44673708
silly yamats
your tits aren't useless
they're full of japan's hopes and dreams

HOKAYDOKE VOTES CALLED

>>44673764
>they're full of japan's hopes and dreams
If they were then she'd be as flat as a board.

>>44673620
>I'm changing my vote to option 1 and 2
>my vote to option 1 and 2
>option 1 and 2
>1 and 2

anon plz

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>>44673702
BINGO BANGO BONGO YOU CAN'T SINK THE KONGO DESS!

>>44673708
I agree with this guy >>44673764

Besides, Yamato is definitively not useless (especially if we can get some fairies to do some god-damn engineering work and tweak that engine to not need half the earth's reserve of fuel every voyage). She was just used badly.

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ITS TIME

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>>44673787
>>44673764
If we're going for FULL OF HOPES AND DREAMS, then we should go with the actual character who said it.

>>44673669
The bridge hit's the one where he got that piece of Shrapnel, right? (Only reason I remembered is 'cause it made me think of Venom Snake)

The question is, though, would they have done it if you hadn't told them? What would've happened if the Monitor (I think it was a monitor) didn't go down in the strike Settle ordered? Would Iowa have had a harder time defending LA when Higgins went DIW?

It's just me speaking here, but I think it takes a certain kind of person to give that kind of order, with several injuries, under pressure, and knowing that lives will be lost, but more will be saved.

Which brings me to another question. About the families of Settle's (former) crew (other than that girl Hate was dating. We all know how Hate is). What do they think of Settle? Do we have an idea of their opinion on the man who led their loved ones to their deaths and got praised for their efforts?

>Real Talk with Arizona wins by a landslide

oh my god

>>44673764
>silly yamats
>your tits aren't useless
>they're full of japan's hopes and dreams

Except her tits aren't even that big. She wears a Type-91 bra to pad herself out.

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>>44673855

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>>44673855

>>44673855
Problem? No I'm serious.

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>>44673855

>>44673887
It's planefag, he has lots of problems.

>>44673887
Anon has picked a mostly non horrible idea.

>>44673894
Does it involve a toilet glock?

>>44673894
I'm inclined to believe that actually.

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>>44673854
>It's just me speaking here, but I think it takes a certain kind of person to give that kind of order, with several injuries, under pressure, and knowing that lives will be lost, but more will be saved.
It absolutely does. I'm not saying that Settle was useless in that fight, but leadership like that is VERY EASY to feel like you could have done more, like you didn't do enough.

As for what everybody thinks about Settle, we don't know. He probably intentionally tries not to find out.
It's weird thinking that people like Mustin's skipper fought using lessons and tricks that his ship pioneered by fire.

>>44673855

>>44673756
Hopefully PSVR support is actual in-cockpit gameplay, not some stupid skydiving minigame.
And Project Aces have taken their lumps from Assault Horizon and make a proper Ace Combat game this time.

>>44673906
Yep. For once.

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POSTING SHIPS
German Königsberg-class cruiser Köln arriving in Danzig, june 20 1930
>>44673928
I'm a tripfag, you should not believe everything I say!

>>44673939
They oughta. They already did pretty well with Infinity, wallet wall aside.

The problem is the possible over-saturation of drones.

>>44673966
Ok fine, point taken.

>>44673961
And thus the Doom is coming. Signs of the Apoc and all.

>>44673564
Iowa's no slouch in the fuck-up department either, considering that she ran aground hard on her voyage from New York to Maine, July 16, 1943. Book I'm reading from also says her dimensions, including fuel tanks

>>44673973
Eh, I'm not too worried about AERIAL SWARM BOSS. The volumetric cloud gimmick is more worrying, if it's shoehorned in at all occasions rather than used sparingly.

>>44673934
So we can both agree that Settle has it rough and it will only get rougher. Poor guy.

Speaking of whom, whatever happened to Iowa? She's still in LA, right?

>>44673961
We're like an idiot savant when it comes to navigating the troubled waters of a shipgirl's heart. See: How we avoided getting murdered by Kaga/Hornet shanking Kaga/not coming off as a complete uppity foreign devil and planefag's amazement then

>>44673989
She didn't run aground quite as hard as Missouri, though. She ended up with the nickname 'Muddy Mo' after that one.

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On a completely unrelated-to-thread note, areo homo's favorite doujin got a new chapter

>>44674003
I'll wait to see it in action before I pass judgement.

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>>44674010
Still in LA, yup

>>44673854
Odds are anything to do with Higgins and that whole shebang are classified TOP SECRET EYES ACCEPTED AS PAYMENT BECAUSE YOU WON'T NEED THEM WHERE YOU'RE GOING.

So sadly the families of those who died probably got the standard heroes spiel.

So is it really okay to just leave Essex where she is without further instruction? How badly have America-Japan relationships crumbled while she's been unsupervised? Did she do some other kind of stupid thing we wish we'd been around to stop? I'm worried we're going to get a frantic call telling us to get our Yankee kanmusu under control before she gets blown out of the water on principle.

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>>44673729
Too bad, time for more SOON

>>44674022
Fair enough but point still stands. Hell, if she ever shows up and Willie gets sad, she could point that fact out to cheer her up.

>>44674062
Adm. Thomas aka GOD is there now.

>>44674066
Man, that image angle really makes it look like Whiskey is doing an amphibious assault, eh?

>>44674062
Thomas hasn't barged in to shout for our help yet, so presumably he and whoever the hell is on Blue Ridge were able to get her focused after the initial confusion of her arrival.

>>44674100
It does.

>>44673989
Don't forget Missouri. Muddy Mo. Somebody should write about that. I wonder how she'll react to the nickname.

Oh, and Intrepid. They called her Decrepit and Dry I 'cause she was always in the Dry Docks getting fixed. Maybe they can start a "Bad Luck Anonymous." Yukikaze can be their couselor.

>>44674082
Nah, Admiral Thomas is just our boss, as head of 5th Fleet. GOD would be the CNO.

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Excellent. I'm here on time.

>>44674082
>Adm. Thomas aka GOD is there now.
You think Essex gives a fuck?
She seemed to not give a fuck that an admiral who knew what was going on in the operational space was telling her that American lives were being lost because she was mucking things up.

>>44674082
He's not Adm. GOD. If I remember correctly, that title goes to Adm. Greenert.

>>44674059
Yeah, no, not likely in the second-largest media market in the country, where the local TV stations have helicopters airborne constantly to be able to do live broadcasts of high-speed police chases. The Battle of Los Angeles would have been seen on national television just like 9/11 was, because there was no way to prevent live coverage.

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Biker Kanmusu when? I'd expect Shimakaze to have taken a liking to them for more SPEED

>>44674113
>GIVE ME RAMMING SPEED! WE'LL HIT NORFOLK WITH THE POWER OF A THOUSAND SUNS!

>>44674062
>is it really okay to just leave Essex
essex invaded japan once already, she knows how it works.
conventional fleet commander will sure be glad to dump the steaming pile on our desk tho

>>44674142
The 'almost got murdered by pt boats and got saved by jap helos' seemed to have put her in a more agreeable mood when last we saw her

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>>44674159
Screw that, buddhist bikers when?

>>44673928
If the IRC channels topic was anything to go by a few days ago, he has a yandere after his head.

And this time, it's NOT his sister trying to kill him.

>>44674100
You should see it in person sometime. You come around the corner of the building you parked at, and, suddenly, BATTLESHIP, two blocks away. Headed straight down the fuckin' STREET.

Yeah, it kind of takes you by surprise.

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>>44674066

>>44673855

I don't undestand if you're saying this is an awful idea of a good one. Context leads me to believe awful, but everyone else is patting themselves on the back for the great decision.

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>>44674215
Hmm if we post more dess will Kongou come back to the thread?

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>>44674253
>Context leads me to believe awful, but everyone else is patting themselves on the back for the great decision.
Welcome to KCQ.

>>44674119
It's kinda sad when you look at this history stuff to see just how fucked up these ships would be if they actually came back à la KanColle. Also, South Dakota had slightly bigger fuel tanks (7318.9 tons) than Iowa (7300 tons) while Alabama had significantly smaller fuel tanks (6974.9 tons)

>>44674262
Yeah. a slightly mild Kongou, who took our advice seriously and now has Goto after our heads for messing with his daily dosage of "BURNING LOVE!"

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>>44673855
We're not COMPLETELY worthless, Planefag.

>>44674253
>We're going to have a heart to heart with one waifu while the other potential waifu is a room over

This is a terrible idea. Watch. It'll be a routelock.

>>44673040
the cutest part of the franchise

>>44674314
So breast size differences?

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>>44673867
If you look at any of Yoshinori's promotional art you'll realize that's not true.
Example:

>>44674331
Watch all the other carriers try to pry a dog off, but one carrier is listening in at the door.

>>44674331
I dunno nothing is set in stone....though this is looking to be more of a...gentle turn down.
Captcha asks for boats...a sign?

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>>44674253
Oftentimes in battle there are no 'good' decisions. Just the 'best' decision is the one that has the best chance of accomplishing what you want with the least amount of harm to you and what you care about.'
Love is a battlefield.

>>44674154
Well anything to do with the HIGGINS I mean. From an outside tv helicopter perspective Settle is obviously responsible for missile massacring the coast guard cutter. But some of the other things like moving into torpedo range would not be so obvious. As far as the command decisions he personally made on the bridge that led to his crew's deaths those combat logs are likely classified under the bus at this point.

And even if that wasn't classified are you really going to tell families why they have to bury people in a shoebox and who pushed the button to make it happen? How much detail does the military disclose about that sort of thing? (I honestly have no idea).

Next update will be 15 minutes later than the usual lateness, gonna catch dinner real fast

>>44674314
Wouldn't make it any less amusing if the "Bad Luck Ships" formed a "Fuckups Anonymous" and had Yukikaze counseling them. Imagine Yukikaze trying to cure Missouri of her jazz about "Muddy Mo" by taking her to a spa, getting a mud treatment, and saying: "See? The mud is good for you!"

>>44674291
So what would one of those look like as a shipslut?

>>44674349
Perhaps. Unfortunately, the book only covers United states battleship history with dimensions and blueprints from 1935-1992. No details on Pennsylvania class battleships.

>>44674382
Ah so the Greek is hunting rats I take it?

>>44674385
Missouri had bad luck?

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>>44674379
Can love bloom, even on a battlefield?

>>44674402
I'm curious, what is this book?

>>44674395
Oompa-Loompa.
Or whatever the russian equivalent of a chihuahua is

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>>44674395
WIDE LOAD

>>44674424
Can love blam on the battlefield?

>>44674442
Iowa is fat.

I ran out of botes to post.

>>44674484
And that's after she sucks in her gut to fit though the canal.

>>44674487
Post cruisers. Or CVEs.

>>44674484
Nah, Iowa just got dem hips.

>>44674484
>>44674506
Hate, tell your girl to exercise more.

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>>44674487
>>44674510

>>44674385
educate the ground-pounder. Wtf is this muddy mo busniess?

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Since it'll be a while yet before next post...have a short-haired Shoukaku in a bob cut.

>>44674430
Battleships: United States Battleships, 1935-1992 by William H. Garzke, Jr. and Robert O. Dulin, Jr. one of dads old naval academy textbooks. Has a brief section on battleship development prior to 1935, but it mainly focuses on the North Carolinas, South Dakotas, Iowa, and Montana class battleships. Has blueprints and dimensions for each ship of those classes along with hypothetical redesigns such as missile battleships and hybrid battleship carriers that the navy toyed around with in the 20's and 30's.

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>>44674484

>>44674561
Ah, I see. Thanks.

>>44674421
She got hit by a Kamikaze pilot (Supposedly, you can still see the dent if you visit her), and she ran aground. It was so bad, they started calling her Muddy Mo.

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>>44674487
navsource is an excellent repository for things like these

>>44674564
She's not Akatsuki!

>>44674546
One of the Iowa-class ships ran aground.

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How do shipgirls keep their bulkheads intact?

>>44674597
Essex got hit, too, but it seems to have merely given her brain damage.

>>44674546
From book: on 17 January 1950, while on a routine training mission, Missouri ran aground at the entrance to the Chesapeake bay. It took a month to free her from the shoals due to damage she had received to her fuel tanks.

>>44674610
Plenty of white, sticky glue

>>44674605
Ah, ok. And I know who Mo' is, I may be a grounder-pounder but I can still appreciate all that glorious fire power.

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>>44674605
>She's not Akatsuki!
Akatsuki you say!

>>44674538
Do Russians actually have BB sized ships loaded full of missiles?

>>44674639
Pretty sure she already had that.

>>44674655
They have the Kirov's, which are pretty dang big.

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>>44674549
This is unexpectedly good.

I still prefer long hair though.

>>44674640
This was despite several bridge crew telling the captain that THERE'S A FUCKING HAZARD RIGHT THERE.

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>>44674652
>Using Oowashi
>ever
0/10 would not save the Archangel with.

>>44674655
>Soviet dreadnaught shipgirl
>Allied drone carrier shipgirl
>Yuri Boomer shipgirl
Would actually like to see this done in art.

>>44674561
Get a copy of "U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History" by Norman Friedman, and you'll get the details on the pre-1935 classes. It doesn't have full blueprints, but it does get into the reasons behind the various design decisions for every class of US battleship from the original Texas and Maine all the way up through the Montanas and the various rebuild proposals of the 50s through 80s, plus the most exhaustive list of specifications I've ever seen for them, including detailed weight breakdowns and stability information.

>>44674683
Any good as a ship? In real life I meant. We all know Kirovs are godly in RA2.

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>>44674655
At one point, yes. Nuclear-powered too.

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>>44674684
I love all styles of Shoukaku
>>44674699
>>Using Oowashi
>>ever
>0/10 would not save the Archangel with.
It's Akatsuki with Gundam Akatsuki as her rigging.

Wait a second, how did Essex know how to meme if she was under the pineapple sea for 30 years?

>>44674718
Why does it need a tower that size? Is it trying to out-pagoda the Nips?

>>44674159
Interesting idea, but I'm focusing on naval operations at the moment. And uh, hypothetically, what is the maximum tonnage of vessel you could equip with hydrofoils? Does anyone know? Like, could a destroyer be outfitted with them? Hypothetically.

->>44674716
They've never been used in combat, of course. But they've got 20 P-700 Granits. Which are nasty-missiles.

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>>44674610
The pain and suffering of fairies.

>>44674699
Where is Yuri's magnetic tank to pull in all the ship girls onto land.

>>44674742
I know. I was referring to the particular backpack she's using. That's the Oowashi pack, the Akatsuki's atmospheric combat pack. It lacks the remote drones that the Oowashi pack uses.

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>>44674699
This is the only fanart I know of.

>>44674742
Jeseus those are nice bulges.

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>>44674655
>>44674683
>>44674716
Kirov Stronk!

In reality, they are somewhat underarmed in terms of offensive missiles compared to smaller modern vessels (though have shit-tons of SAM capability), and most of them are falling apart.

>>44674546
January 17, 1950. Missouri ran aground while sailing through Chesapeake Bay (if I'm not mistaken) and ran aground. She stuck in the sand/mud/silt/whateveryouwannacallit for two weaks before they got her out, and she had to be sent to dry docks for repairs, where they had to take out the hull of the incomplete Kentucky to accommodate her. Her captain was court martialed, stripped of his command, and basically, any advancement in his military career ended because he ended up beaching the last battleship to be completed by the USN that also happened tobe the ship where Japan signed the surrender.

>>44674744
Essex wasn't under the pineapple sea for 30 years. She was sitting in the shaving goods aisle of a Wal-Mart in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, for thirty years.

>>44674716
>>44674718
Issue is that is a LOT of eggs in one easily-targeted basket. Trust me, I would LOVE to see battleships make a comeback, but it's just more cost effective to have 4-5 missile destroyers, rather than one bigass ship.

Of course, I wonder what'd happen if we got the fairies to fit the girls with nuclear power systems?

Guys, nuclear reactors, or hybrid engines? Which'd be better? Honestly, my money's on the hyrbrid batteries; they're less of a hazard in combat. How're modern ships powered anyhow? Still oil-burners?

>>44674762
Make them big enough, and you could. We couldn't give you a planing hull, though--you're too long, you'd never get enough speed to get up on the step.

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>>44674602

>>44674744
Radar benefits from tall masts too. That's why planes are so good at the job.

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>>44674784
Hmm good point...here's my rebuttal.

>>44674798
>Allied destroyer shipgirl
>The osprey is an actual osprey, acting as the destroyer shipgirl's familiar
I approve of this idea.

>>44674777
Hah, I use that cheat all the time.
LET'S SEE YOU FLOAT ON LAND YOU SWINGING SHIPS!

>>44674744
She didn't. It was entirely by coincidence or accident.

>>44674820
Gas turbines, for the most part. Diesel in the slower ones, and most, if not all of our carriers are nuclear-powered at this point.

>>44674820
You'd be surprised how dangerous hybrid batteries can be when their damaged.

>>44674820
Gas turbine engines--basically, lots and lots of jet engines geared to turn the shafts.

>>44674862
Your average laptop battery has the explosive potential of a frag grenade!

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>>44674847
>Shiranui Backpack
>It's just Shiranui directing the remote bits
Keke

So... Whats the bet that something on Iwo Jima interrupts everything

>>44674806
Two weeks? That's how long it took for the FIRST attempt, which failed because an unknown shipwreck had skewered three of her fuel tanks. It took another three days before they finally worked her off of it and had her repaired.m same book, also describes Alaska class battlecruisers

>>44674893
I'm willing to bet the piece-of-crap bicycle laying at the side of my house.

>>44674820
A Kirov only carried 34 attack missiles, apparently.
And then like a hundred SAMs because russia.

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>>44674762
LArgest was the HMCS Bras d'Or, at a mere 240 tons. You'd have great difficulty getting something Destroyer-sized up to planing speeds. Maybe if you stuck a nuke plant in there and crammed it full of pumpjets.

>>44674862
Surely less so than a nuclear reactor though? It's one thing to have them on carriers, as they're not expected to be in range of anything, or stop anything before it gets through to them, but on an armoured cruiser or battleship?

>>44674880
>>44674860
Huh, I guess that kind of makes sense. Still, there has to be a more efficient way to move the fleet than fossil fuels? There must be?

>>44674881
Okay, that HAS to be bullshit. I know if you crack a battery's casing it can be bad, but they wouldn't sell something THAT dangerous, surely?

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>>44674806
>last battleship to be complete by the USN
Why does everyone forget Wisconsin?

>>44674898
So her fuel tanks took a hit. Huh. Imagine a returned Missouri asking Admiral to give her a massage 'cause her fuel tanks are sore.

>>44674920
>because russia
Very cute and sex?

>>44674927
Lithium batteries are normally quite stable. If you overload them, they become significantly less stable. This is very hard to do, by the way.

>>44674950
British shipgirls bullying Russian shipgirls when?

>>44674942
Because Wisky was completed before Mo, even if Mo had her keel laid down earlier.

Why is our next DD as big as a BB?

>>44674927
>Okay, that HAS to be bullshit. I know if you crack a battery's casing it can be bad, but they wouldn't sell something THAT dangerous, surely?
Same amount of energy stored, but a grenade releases it in microseconds whereas a battery on fire will burn for seconds.

>>44674977
all those growth hormones in the beef nowadays

>>44674942
Because nobody likes the Packers

>>44674977
Because it performs the same mission as a BB, and then some

>>44674977
Why were the Des Moines-class cruisers over 700 feet long?

>>44674950
Because Russia cannot carrier. Since they din't have planes for fleet defence, they needed ALL THE SAMs instead.

>>44674971
>>44674942
Why are you namefagging?

>>44674809
>Truth or Consequences, New Mexico,

Please tell me that is a real place.

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>>44674969
I doubt the Limeys have enough girls to spare.

>>44675006
What do you men?

>>44675015
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_or_Consequences,_New_Mexico

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>>44675024
Get out.

>>44675015
That reminds me that over here there's a town called Better Than Nothing.

>>44675024
lurk moar

>>44675024
He means why are you using a name? There is no purpose for it.

I'm going to take a hazard of a guess that this is your first time of 4chan am I right?

>>44674927
blast a shell hole in a pebble bed reactor and some hot water comes out.

poke a lithium battery with a .22lr and you get a fire that burns underwater, emits clouds of bone-meltingly toxic gas, and can only be extinguished by flooding the compartment with halon, killing any crew who didn't skedaddle.

>>44675024
if you weren't a newfag you would know. we already have enough cancerous namefags and tripfags shitting up the thread. fuck off and lurk more.

>>44675024
sb get out reeee

>>44674927
>>44674966
>>44674984
>>44674881

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-xPHopebiE


Now imagine one the size of a truck.

>>44675020
>the RN
>running out of ships
OK, so we suck /now/, but that;s due to the MoD's strict cross-service "we can't have nice things" policy.

Oh for fucks sake are we really going to start about namefags again?

>>44675100
EXACTLY.

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So, as a little update to our campaign, we got through the first mission all right and wiped out all the Abyssals. Some highlights:

Spee and Alabama totally failing some critical social checks, resulting in Bama princess carrying a naked Spee across our carrier mobile base for the whole crew to see.

Victorious becoming our de facto leader and dropping spaghetti EVERYWHERE. The high point (or low, depending on your point of view), is when she accidentally faceplanted into an ammo crate, spilling bullets everywhere, which somehow got recorded and went viral on youtube.

Hoel obtaining shit tons of ammunition for the fleet by literally ripping the shells right out of poor Abyssals.

Tashkent causing an Abyssal to faint by literally circlestrafing it to death. (pic related)

Vetehinen stabbing everything. EVERYTHING.

>>44675110
It's a day ending with y right?

>>44675110
it wouldn't be a problem if normies would get out reeeee
or bothered to lurk for ten fucking minutes

>>44675091
I don't recognize the username, he isn't from SB. Maybe TVCancer?

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>>44675104
Poor limeys.
Welp, should've invaded the mainland US back in Napoleon's time then!

>>44675003
Is that still true?

>>44675110
>>44675110
Lurk more newfag.

>>44675020
Damn straight. Which, along with >>44675006 reminds me that I need to get back to writing, lest I catch Planefag-itus

>>44675083
So the answer is thorium reactors, just like in most other situations. Wonderful! Now we just need fairies to get on it! Speaking of which, I'mma get back to work...

>>44675104
I actually plan to partly address that in my writefaggotry. Isn't it FUCKING AMAZING how the imminent threat of destruction and horrific fates worse than death can reverse 30-something years of military fiscal policy!

>>44675119
>Hoel obtaining shit tons of ammunition for the fleet by literally ripping the shells right out of poor Abyssals.
If the abyssals were people then that would be a war crime.

But they are not so who gives a fuck?

>>44675049
Thank you America.

>>44675149
>Should have gotten buttfucked by napoleon then

>>44675150
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft_carriers_of_Russia_and_the_Soviet_Union

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I'm not going to insist PF includes this ship/girl in the quest, because I fully understand he's trying to fend off character bloat. But that doesn't mean I can't let you all know how goddamn awesome this ship was.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Borie_%28DD-215%29

Check out her final fight.

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>the namefag spark is lit
And things were going so nicely, too

>>44675167
>But they are not so who gives a fuck?
A bunch of anons in Merc's quest.

>>44675135
A quick Google search brings up the Kancolle wiki page. He's even more cancerous than a tvcancerfag.

>>44675119
I like her decision to call it Cyka

>>44675189
namefag fire doesn't even rise, it's just low-key shouting at autists

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>>44675186
USS not appearing in this quest

>>44675074
Not really. I've been here a few times, but this is my first time participating in a thread. I always seemed to miss the updates until now.

Anyway, is something wrong with me using a name?

>>44675189
honestly namefag bitching is one of the better forms of shitposting

>>44675164
Just one thing to note, according to BAe, the UK could pump out at least one type 45 destroyer in 6-8 months at a full wartime footing (having people working 24/7). So the UK should also be able to produce at least one Queen Elisabeth class carrier in 12-14 months.

I was planning to exploit that but seeing as my work is ruled as non-canon then what's the damn point in keeping the info to myself?

>>44675189
Namefags ruin everything if they're not contributing or shitposting.

>>44675228
Yes.
Fuck off.

>>44675228
>Advancer231
Lurk more you stupid shit stain or at least go google the fucking culture.

>>44675228
>still namefagging
Fuck off and lurk more newfag.

>>44675228

It's generally viewed as deliberately calling attention to yourself, which is frowned upon when you haven't actually DONE anything (run a quest, draw things, write things, etc).

>>44675228
Anons get assblasted when people try and differentiate themselves. God knows there's been enough bitching at others in this quest.

See
>>44675246
>>44675252
>>44675256

>>44675228
It's generally frowned upon unless you're contributing/have contributed something to the thread. 4chan is a largely anonymous board and they get upset if it looks like you're hunting for attention.

I largely get a free pass because a) I have contributed something http://pastebin.com/ttZY8BxE and b) I fully admit I'm a faggit. If you can't laugh at yourself, don't post here, pal.

>>44675228
There is literally no reason to use one, and the ~culture~ here leans heavily towards anonymous posting as the norm, to give you the Straight Dick Real Talk.
Going out of your way to have a name comes off as attention-whoring if there's nothing you've done to need recognition- otherwise the only thing you become recognized for is seeking attention.
Lurk more faggot

>>44675169
the city changed it's name in order to win a radio contest for a game show.

'Murrica

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>>44675230
Better than the waifu wars.


What's going on with Akagi right now?

Writin, update done soon~

>>44675177
VILLENEUVE A SHIT, 1805 BEST YEAR OF MY LIFE

>>44675287
Eating a donut, probably engaged in some sort of sass battle with Hamp

>>44675228
Long story short, there's this whole thing about anons getting pissy if you use a name for no reason. It's like trying to add value to your statements when no actual value exists. Writefags and Drawfags have a free pass to namefag as long as they are active but that's about it.

So in short. Save us a bunch of trouble and please stop. Nobody gains anything out of you needlessly using a name.

>>44675241
>I was planning to exploit that but seeing as my work is ruled as non-canon then what's the damn point in keeping the info to myself?

And just who the fuck ruled it that, and when? I don't recall saying you were damned and excommunicate. Care to elaborate bro?

>>44675186
>>44675186
Where'd you learn about her? That's awesome!

>>44675209
shit, you weren't kidding

>>44675272
Get outta here, SB-fag

>>44675314
But you said exactly that. Repeatedly.

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>>44675220

>>44675269
Well, at least you were nice about it. Clearly, I have much to learn.

>>44675287
probably eating batleads food

>>44675351
>But you said exactly that. Repeatedly.

I said I'm not going to be writing krautboats in the main quest and that fluffbringer's stuff is double plus non canon. The fuck are you babbling about?

>>44675342
He's not on SB or SV. He is on roosterteeth, the kancolle wiki, the RvB wiki, fanfiction, and MAL. This is what happens when you use one name for everything and try to a attentionwhore on a Mongolian Sockpuppet Forum. :^)

>>44675372

Don't worry too much on it. Everyone was a newfag once.

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>>44675211
how do you know this WHO ARE YOU

>>44675315
Probably BelaBatt. She just showed up last update and tried to stab an abyssal dreadnought with a pocketknife after dumping a load of torps into it after Wash already opened it up.

>>44675411
something something it's SATURDAY NIGHT

>>44675314
A few threads back (roughly around the time when I posted my latest thing for my Bradford saga) a number of people started saying that you had ruled that my stuff was explicitly non-cannon (as opposed to the grey area where writefags usually exist) in the IRC channel.

So just to confirm, am I still in that grey starting area?

>>44675435
CYKA BLYATT PEREVESTI DANNYY GOOGLE TY TRAKHAYESH'

[SOVIET SHUTDOWN ENGAGED]

>>44675445

That was probably NAVY spreading his salt.

I ain't seen shit from Fap Angel saying you were noncanon, mate.

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>All this shitposting
>All this no updates

Truly, this is home.

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Your heart sinks into your gut as you grapple with the truth - the longer you skirt this issue, the worse it's going to get. A Captain's job is to lead people, to shape a fusion of minds and men that exceed the simple sum of their parts - and a big part of that is listening to the specialists who know their business better than you do.

And when it comes to women in particular, Naka has made a study of it you've neglected.

Now you just need to speak it aloud without choking in embarrassment.

“Arizona...”

With her gaze pinning you to the wall, it's not easy.

“Yeah, I was freaking careless, I know. That's on me. But-”

Her eyebrow raises a millimeter - oh do go on, Admiral, I'd love to hear the 'but' that gets you out of this one.

You draw yourself up to your full height, almost tucking your arms behind you like you're at parade rest before you catch yourself - that would be bad, very bad right now. But you need to be composed for this.

“I think-”

She tilts her head the barest fraction of an inch, eyebrow rising a little higher - *I didn't know you could.*

“I think you're overestimating my value a bit,” you decide.

Her eyebrows wrinkle as her expression shifts to an extremely dubious one - what *ever* gave you that idea, oh-blithering-moron-on-the-carpet-for-being-utterly-daft? You *do* bite your lip now, sucking in breath and holding it, trying to fill the hollow in your breast with air pressure before you take the plunge.

“Why did you spend that whole video looking at me instead of the screen?”

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Here's some no fucks given boat.

>>44675445
I vaguely remember the Portsmouth thing being ruled non-canon, if that's what you're talking about.

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Arizona's glower slides clean off her face, wide cornflower-blue eyes staring at you in complete shock. You hold eye contact, though every instinct tells you to give her privacy.

But god help you, you've got to press this one.

“Naka told me,” you say quickly and regret it instantly, but - “so it's not my imagination or my vanity, so spare me those retorts, okay?”

You could've saved your breath - the only retort she's offering is a a slight, stunned shake of her head.

“It's-” you shake your own head now, trying to sort the words through the fine mesh of professionalism. “I wouldn't say a damn thing if it didn't matter, but it does. I'm a Captain, Arizona. Not an Admiral. They can pin a star on me, it doesn't give me some ability I didn't have before. I threw a goddamn tantrum in the CIC when I thought Hornet was doomed, I-” you force the words out - “I'm not handling the burden of command very well. I was raised and trained to believe in leading from the front. Never asking someone to take a risk I wouldn't myself. But I'm not a desk jockey, Arizona, I just ain't. And even if I never go to sea again - I'm not sure it'd matter.”

She shakes her head again, violently, hands making a wave-off motion, to what you don't know - and you wouldn't heed it anyway.

>>44675487
'ERE WE GO

>>44675220
Like I said, I know and fully understand that.

>>44675315
As >>44675413 guessed, through "Belated Battleships", a KC fanfic centred on the battleship USS New Jersey. (Who is portrayed as a brash, foul-mouthed, straight-talking love-letter to the '80s who hates decaf and mornings.) Borie was brought up about a week ago, and she was just written into a piece dealing with USS Washington's adventures on the West Coast.

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“Abyssals mindfucked Goto right over the phone. Attacked us directly. So on, so forth. They don't play by the rules, and I've given them plenty of reasons to want me dead. Nobody's really safe, you know? You can't...” you sigh, and now you *do* close your eyes, unable to meet her raw, wide-eyed expression of woe a moment longer. “You can't go making life and death decisions when you're wrapped up emotionally with... certain people like that. I've been doing it myself, I... I know.”

She remembers to breathe and starts making up for lost time, rapid respiration bordering on hyperventilation. You deem it safe to look at her shoes. You don't know what to say next, and the sound of her possible panic will soon twist your heart right of your chest.

[ ] She's young - or in a young body. There's no limit on the life she could have once the abyssals are defeated - she could have anyone. Hell, if she outlives humans, then - she needs to wait.
[ ] This would be a good time to get the fuck out before you put your foot in your mouth.
[ ] Remind her that the buck stops with you - it's your *job* to take responsibility for things, and given the nature of current hostilities, that means you're in the line of fire one way or the other. You can't do your job right if she gives you special treatment. For both your sakes...

>>44675466
Eh, I've got no idea wha was going on there. Navyfag seemed to be posting normally right up until the thread before last, then suddenly he is SALTLORD, LORD OF SALT and has been shitposting anonymously for weeks? Makes no goddamn sense. Fucking IRC drama leakage.

>>44675487
>looking at me instead of the screen?
because she's stealth kongou

>>44675196
true they do bitch about "'muh abyssal rights" and "inhumane shit way to much"

>>44675445

Bro, I honestly don't even know what you've been writing. There's so many writefags for KCQ now that I have a hell of a time keeping up with the ones that directly effect the main quest. You're gonna have to help me out here.

>>44675525
>[x] This would be a good time to get the fuck out before you put your foot in your mouth.

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>>44675525
>Shut up and wait for her to get it together

>>44675516
not a guess, I follow it too and have seen you in thread

>>44675525
>[ ] This would be a good time to get the fuck out before you put your foot in your mouth.

>>44674840
>>44674923
Aaaaaaand another idea in the trashbin. At this rate, maybe I should just eat some engine components and see if my crew can't rebuild my engine to something more awesome.

Also, Willie keeps saying she wants to buy me a sarong, whatever that is. Sounds slow.

>>44675525
>Shut up and wait for her to get it together

>>44675525
>[ ] This would be a good time to get the fuck out before you put your foot in your mouth.
ARIZONA ROUTELOCK GOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGO

>>44675525
[x] Keep quiet and wait for her response.

>>44675492
I want to wear out her rifle barrels.

>>44675525
>>Shut up and wait for her to get it together

I like this idea.

>>44675525
>Shut up and wait for her to get it together

>>44675525
>Shut up and wait for her to get it together

Sounds like a plan

>>44675470
>planefag said he was grabbing dinner
>just said he was back and writing
>updating not a minute later

what now, anon?

>>44675525
>[ ] Remind her that the buck stops with you - it's your *job* to take responsibility for things, and given the nature of current hostilities, that means you're in the line of fire one way or the other. You can't do your job right if she gives you special treatment. For both your sakes...
In for the penny in for the pound.

>>44675539
I wrote the Portsmouth thing (as this anon >>44675498 remembers). Modern British cruiser getting blown the up by abyssals?

Do you want me to put in the pastebin link to jog your memory a bit more?

>>44675525
>>44675581
This. Wait for the response.

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>>44675525
>[ ] This would be a good time to get the fuck out before you put your foot in your mouth.
We don't know what we're doing.

>>44675525
>[ ] This would be a good time to get the fuck out before you put your foot in your mouth.

>>44675525
>>Shut up and wait for her to get it together

>>44675525
>Shut up and wait for her to get it together