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The morning mostly consists of paperwork.

Lots and lots of paperwork.

A few e-mails surface that catch your attention - a few notices that the requested intel briefs on the Yakuza groups you fingered are now available, but you'll have to pick them up in person and read them without taking them out of the secured area - which means they dug up some really good shit for you. Either that, or parts of the Trans-Pacific Trade Agreement are involved somehow. Then there's one from Jintsuu confirming that she can help with Hate's thank-you gift. The third is from the Air Force, letting you know that they've successfully gotten comms rigged up and that Hate will be live on the radio when he's ready to deploy. You really, really want to hear his voice when he puts it all together. The last one is a fabulously laconic one from Crab, informing you that all requested modifications and emergency repairs were completed on time and under budget, complete with links to dictionary.com to help government cocksuckers such as yourself remember what those words meant.

Lunch comes and goes without incident - you called for a ride *and* an armed escort today, two of which are still standing outside your door. You have your orders, and you're following them - but nothing is going to gloss over what you did to Arizona. You have plenty of time to find her, plenty of time to apologize - but even with a few eons to work with, you'll never think of anything you could say that could undo what has been done.

Time heals all wounds, they say. You hope a few days more will help.

Not that seventy-odd years at the bottom of Pearl did much for her, but, you know, a few more days.

Yeah. Sure.

Fuck.

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The designated hour is soon upon you - nightfall comes quickly, since it's winter in Java right now - and you're soon limping your way towards the conference-room-cum-CIC, sword-cane in hand and guardians flanking at a respectful, unobtrusive distance. The CIC is brightly lit for a change, and it looks twice as unimpressive in the harsh fluorescent light - even the tables look cheap compared to the big room with the built-in teleconferencing Goto was using yesterday.

But, hey. You go to war with the IT team you've got, right?

Your eyes gravitate to a strange thing in the middle of the room - it stands head-high, and appears to be a kind of... Christmas tree, or maybe a very very lazily made pinata, because it's nothing but garishly colored paper strips sticking out at odd angles; a veritable thicket of them. You creep close, honestly puzzled, poking it experimentally with your cane.

“Ow.”

“... Goto?”

There's a huff of breath, and Goto's mouth and eyes appear after a brief hurricane of confetti as it swirls away from his face. “Yes.”

“.... what the hell?”

>>45245121
>on time and under budget,
HA

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“KKKKKKKKKKKKOOOOONGO CANNNON!”

You turn just in time to hear the gunpowder report. The air fills with confetti, your vision blinded by a kaleidoscope blizzard of color. A second later, you blow your own face clear to find Kongou fairly bouncing near you, a big cardboard tube with a slightly scorched end tucked under her arm.

“GOOOOOOOOOOD AFTERNOON YANKEETOKU~” she singsongs. “CHEER UP, EMO KIDD!”

You turn to Goto.

“Why.”

He shrugs, confettin raining off him. “Naka wanted confetti, she gets confetti.”

“Naka,” Kongou giggles, “wanted PYROTECHNICS!”

“BUT KONGOU DOES NOT GET PYROTECHNICS!” Goto snaps, confetti fairly blowing away from him as he seems to swell with a most fabulous aura of authority.

“I've already got all the firepower I need!” Kongou boasts, holding her arms up to either side. “You don't need a membership for THIS gun club!” She flexes as best she can, her slender biceps barely making the silk of her outfit shiver.

“You sure make the sparks fly,” Goto grumbles.

“... why,” you repeat.

“Naka's concert,” Goto sighs. “It's coming up in a few days, and it's going to be a huge goddamn PR event, which means things cross my desk now. Like technically illegal pyrotechnics I've gotta sign off... and any time the kanmusu put into it, too.”

“A mere formality!” Kongou assures you. “Every waking minute of my life is devoted to my teitoku!”

“Yes,” Goto says dryly. “I noticed.”

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Hey planefag.

Do you like it hard?

>>45245179
>fairly bouncing
i think you mean bouncing all over the goddamn place, if you catch my drift

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“Oh, you've got some in your hair,” Kongou tuts, stepping to Goto's side and brushing her hand through his short-cropped hair. She manages to get it onto the back of his head before he arrests her attack with a single finger against her lips.

“Kongou?”

“Mmmmm,” she protests, pointing at his silencing finger.

“Heel.”

She pouts, but steps around to pout a little harder, just to the right of his shoulder and a few feet behind.

“... don't look at me like that,” Goto retorts. “It works!”

“Christ, why not put a leash on her while you're at it?”

“He tied me up with it,” Kongou mutters.

You blink.
“But-”

“And snuck out while I was waiting for the rest!” she fumes, stomping her small foot. Goto just gives you a small, cat-like grin.

“ADMIRAL SPLENDA!”

You rotate on one heel, fixing a deadpan look on your face.

“It's not Splenda!”

“Is so!”

“It's Subtle!”

“HA! He's lots of things but not subtle, Inazuma!”

“Was it... suckle!”

“That's lewd!”

“No it's not!”

“You'd know these things if you were an adult. Like me~”

“YOU DON'T LOOK ADULT WITH CAT EARS ON YOUR HEAD!”

“THEY'RE REAL ADULT, THEY'VE GOT EARRHAHALEGGO-”

“Hibiki it hurts aahahwowowoww-”

>>45245121
>The last one is a fabulously laconic one from Crab, informing you that all requested modifications and emergency repairs were completed on time and under budget

Court-martial Crab for lying to a superior officer.

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Desdiv 6 stands before you, two of them bent sideways by Hibiki, who's collared them by the earlobes. They're all wearing clip-on cat ears in their hair.

“Okay.” Hibiki nods at someone over your shoulder, and music starts playing in the room. “We're doing the show opener, Admiral Settle.”

“Uh, okay?” you reply.

“Please tell us how we do,” Hibiki says as the girls space themselves out - and then they begin to dance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OO3UZBwpCLM

[ ] ... Naka? Following this? It's going to be like a hand grenade stuffed inside a dead rat thrown into a Sunday Ice Cream Social. We have to get her out of this, somehow. Maybe scrape up a replacement act, or - or *something.*
[ ] There's no chance in hell Naka's gonna sing anything that matches THIS theme. You need something drastically different to open with, and you can keep the girls as a sweet stinger. God knows WHAT you'll use, though.
[ ] There's no way Goto hasn't noticed Naka's mood. Besides, she's thorough - she probably considered all this herself and addressed it already. But you could always ask.

ENJOY THIS MOMENT BECAUSE THE REST OF TONIGHT AND TOMORROW ARE NOTHING LIKE THIS WAHAHAHHAA

>>45245227
bow chicka bow wow

>>45245179
>“CHEER UP, EMO KIDD!”
>KIDD
Kongou.
Pls.

>>45245272
>[ ] There's no way Goto hasn't noticed Naka's mood. Besides, she's thorough - she probably considered all this herself and addressed it already. But you could always ask.

>>45245121
>on time and under budget
And you say Crab is not a mary sue.

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>>45245272
>[x] ... Naka? Following this? It's going to be like a hand grenade stuffed inside a dead rat thrown into a Sunday Ice Cream Social. We have to get her out of this, somehow. Maybe scrape up a replacement act, or - or *something.*
>[x] There's no way Goto hasn't noticed Naka's mood. Besides, she's thorough - she probably considered all this herself and addressed it already. But you could always ask.

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>>45245230
>brings out bongo shenanigans AND desdiv6
aw shit, here comes the suffering nut punch

>>45245272
i hate to ask, but how long have you had this hanging around

>>45245272
>[ ] ... Naka? Following this? It's going to be like a hand grenade stuffed inside a dead rat thrown into a Sunday Ice Cream Social. We have to get her out of this, somehow. Maybe scrape up a replacement act, or - or *something.*

>>45245272
>[ ] ... Naka? Following this? It's going to be like a hand grenade stuffed inside a dead rat thrown into a Sunday Ice Cream Social. We have to get her out of this, somehow. Maybe scrape up a replacement act, or - or *something.*

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>>45245272
>[ ] There's no way Goto hasn't noticed Naka's mood. Besides, she's thorough - she probably considered all this herself and addressed it already. But you could always ask.
Doesn't hurt to ask?

>“Christ, why not put a leash on her while you're at it?”

>“He tied me up with it,” Kongou mutters.

>You blink.
“>But-”

>“And snuck out while I was waiting for the rest!” she fumes, stomping her small foot. Goto just gives you a small, cat-like grin.


Goto, I didn't know you were into THAT~

>>45245272
>"I question the effectiveness of this plan."

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>Kongou in charge of explosives

>>45245272
>[ ] There's no way Goto hasn't noticed Naka's mood. Besides, she's thorough - she probably considered all this herself and addressed it already. But you could always ask.

>>45245230
>[X] There's no chance in hell Naka's gonna sing anything that matches THIS theme. You need something drastically different to open with, and you can keep the girls as a sweet stinger. God knows WHAT you'll use, though.

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THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM

>>45245230
Oh my~

>>45245272
>[x] There's no way Goto hasn't noticed Naka's mood. Besides, she's thorough - she probably considered all this herself and addressed it already. But you could always ask.

Do not second-guess the Naka lest she make you a baka.

>>45245272
>[X] There's no way Goto hasn't noticed Naka's mood. Besides, she's thorough - she probably considered all this herself and addressed it already. But you could always ask.

>>45245272
>[ ] There's no way Goto hasn't noticed Naka's mood. Besides, she's thorough - she probably considered all this herself and addressed it already. But you could always ask.

>>45245272
>[x] There's no way Goto hasn't noticed Naka's mood. Besides, she's thorough - she probably considered all this herself and addressed it already. But you could always ask.

Let's make sure that the emotionally compromised ship-girl is stable enough to do a live gig.

>>45245272
>[ ] There's no way Goto hasn't noticed Naka's mood. Besides, she's thorough - she probably considered all this herself and addressed it already. But you could always ask.

>>45245121
>Hate
Wasn't he getting a promotion? What ever happened to that?

>>45245366
Seriously, though...
>>45245272
>[ ] There's no way Goto hasn't noticed Naka's mood. Besides, she's thorough - she probably considered all this herself and addressed it already. But you could always ask.


We do not know the ways of show business.

>>45245272
>[o] There's no way Goto hasn't noticed Naka's mood. Besides, she's thorough - she probably considered all this herself and addressed it already. But you could always ask.

This is Naka's concert, she has an eye and ear for this stuff, let her make the big decisions.

>>45245272
[ ] There's no way Goto hasn't noticed Naka's mood. Besides, she's thorough - she probably considered all this herself and addressed it already. But you could always ask.

changing vote to
>[X] There's no way Goto hasn't noticed Naka's mood. Besides, she's thorough - she probably considered all this herself and addressed it already. But you could always ask.

>>45245324

Just taking credit for the few poor bastards actually working at his direction.

He may be enlisted, but he can learn from example!

>>45245272
Shigure and Poi did it better
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGVEue8ogwE

>>45245435
>Wasn't he getting a promotion? What ever happened to that?

what

>>45245435
No, he's getting a Silver Star - honestly I'd say he deserves a Navy Cross for his action but whatever.

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It's all gone horribly wrong, your decisions have led to a catastrophic failure and Admiral Thomas has removed you from your post for sheer flailing incompetence. Before you leave though, you have one trick up your sleeve--a briefcase with the coordinates locked in and numerous shiny buttons--a red one standing out.

Options:
>PRESS THE BUTTON
>SLAM YOUR FIST ON THE BUTTON
>Gingerly mash it a couple times.

>>45245435

...he got the promotion before the goddamn quest. He just refused to acknowledge it.

>>45245450
But Shiggy is in no condition to go up on stage.

And Yuudachi is too busy brewing up plans for Crab to have an unfortunate accident some time in the future.

>>45245272
>[X] There's no way Goto hasn't noticed Naka's mood. Besides, she's thorough - she probably considered all this herself and addressed it already. But you could always ask.

>>45245486
>>SLAM YOUR FIST ON THE BUTTON

>>45245272
>[x] There's no way Goto hasn't noticed Naka's mood. Besides, she's thorough - she probably considered all this herself and addressed it already. But you could always ask.

Not our realm of expertise, lets not interfere.

>>45245472
That would explain it.

When?

[X] There's no way Goto hasn't noticed Naka's mood. Besides, she's thorough - she probably considered all this herself and addressed it already. But you could always ask.

VOTES CALLED

THE BATTLE OF SUNDA STRAIT BEGINS

>>45245486
Ohh, is that prior to the battle of LA?
also
>SLAM YOUR FIST ON THE BUTTON

>>45245486
>PRESS THE BUTTON

>>45245518
Nope, that's a Naka.

>>45245486
>>SLAM YOUR FIST ON THE BUTTON

>>45245486
Well... this can't be good.
>>SLAM YOUR FIST ON THE BUTTON

Hope it's dropping a nuke on RFV.

>>45245518
I see Naka. Or one of the Sendai sisters.

>>45245506
Not 100% sure just yet.

>>45245272
>[ ] There's no way Goto hasn't noticed Naka's mood. Besides, she's thorough - she probably considered all this herself and addressed it already. But you could always ask.

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>>45245486
>PRESS THE BUTTON
I'll humor you, faggot.

>>45245272
>[x] There's no way Goto hasn't noticed Naka's mood. Besides, she's thorough - she probably considered all this herself and addressed it already. But you could always ask.

smile and nod. gosh isn't it cute. what the fuck is wrong with this nation?

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>>45245513
Oh boy.

This has been a long time coming.

>>45245486
>Using Naka as bait to gather the enemy fleet into a single point for nuking.

>>45245272
>>45245513
I WAS PROMISED BATTLE, GORE, BLOOD AND DEATH.

I'm glad you will deliver. Khorne is pleased.

Here's to hoping Harder manages to pull off an heroic rescue.

>>45245513
>I'm away from my CMANO computer
Fuuuuuuck

>>45245486
>that teeny little blue light under the waves
Nice touch.

>>45245486
>>Gingerly mash it a couple times.

>>45245562
>Skip?
>What is it, Naka?
>I'm scared, sir.
>Me too, Naka.
>We're doing the right thing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DRvhgNvH6Y

Let's get some music going, shall we?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHcht3RMBNI

>>45245272
Did Hibiki forget the yaoi?

>>45245486
What are the coordinates?

>>45245486
[x] Gingerly mash THE BUTTON a couple times WITH YOUR FIST.

Going with the fish was a stupid choice clearly.
>Street names
>essex street
Bad captcha
[ ] There's no way Goto hasn't noticed Naka's mood. Besides, she's thorough - she probably considered all this herself and addressed it already. But you could always ask.

>Naka intends to die in battle so she doesn't have to concert

>>45245594
Ah, that one. I have it in a playlist titled "BOHICA"

>>45245594
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7Qj9IE9_sI

>>45245513
TOMORROW ON DEAD GIRLS QUEST

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>>45245513
hooray

>>45245625
MEMEBOAT WILLIE

>>45245486
>>Gingerly mash it a couple times.

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>>45245486
>Sit on the button so no one can see the briefcase until it's too late.

>>45245593
Hell, that was a great scene.

Houston and Perth when.

Captcha is boats

>>45245593
Man, that game was great

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Check, check... radio's working, good.

To the CLadies that are sallying forth to defend the innocent, the weak, those that cannot protect themselves - this is for you, in case you didn't catch the first tribute.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKhTk0IynHM

Keep safe out there.

>>45245272
>[ ] There's no way Goto hasn't noticed Naka's mood. Besides, she's thorough - she probably considered all this herself and addressed it already. But you could always ask.

>>45245693
>>45245730
>They'll remember us for this.
>Eagle Nest, Eagle Nest, this is Naka
>They're coming at us with pre-dreads, torp boats and cruisers
>I see subs coming in from shoal to shoal as well
>This must be the big push
>I lost third division and most of second division too

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While Goto commands what is left of the Combined Fleets, hastily resolving your disgustingly terrible strategies that led to many deaths--you walk over and type in the codes Parker decrypted--bless that man. The screen hums to life and displays the current arsenal of kick-ass you plan on unleashing. Tense minutes pass, and you hide your machinations from any reasonable being in the CIC. After gazing at the confirmation screen for several seconds, you open the plastic housing and slam that shiny red button. A loud klaxon blares from the suitcase and draws a horrified look from everyone in the CIC--particularly Goto. Pinned in the CIC at gunpoint, you direct their attention to the UAV screen, buying time through ranting of your drunken exploits on base. Finally, a flash fills the screen. You've done it.
____
Yeah, that's just a joke. Had some inspiration from past posters.

>>45245272
>[ ] There's no way Goto hasn't noticed Naka's mood. Besides, she's thorough - she probably considered all this herself and addressed it already. But you could always ask.

>>45245486
>Gingerly mash it a couple times.

Sometimes it's about technique not brute force.

>>45245272

I hate you and this scene, as well as your fucking mood. when do I get to kill shit?

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>>45245809

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>>45245797
That mushroom

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>>45245797
...

>>45245797
So... what just got Naka-nuked?

Lightly salted we didn't get to talk to Hornet like we were promised, but you know what? Screw it, let's get this show on the road.

>>45245816
>when do I get to kill shit?
When you figure out how to tactically wield a Corgi.

>>45245855
No, but she'll come back to base while glowing another color.

>>45245865

I can get crab to tactically weld a corgi. Is that fucking close enough?

>>45245864
A planefag doesn't make promises, he only hints at things he wants to write.

>>45245881
No. You have to use a corgi like a rifle.

>>45245797
Well...

You can't say it wasn't a sunny day.

>>45245797
>from when anon wanted to nuke abyssal's
the real question is did it kill them

>>45245870
Meant what did Naka just introduce to a can of Oppenheimer's light?

Hey Planefag,
I checked the archives and this weeks thread has the same number (#112) as last weeks thread

>>45245881
Hate, are you going to weld a Corgi to your doom gun?

>>45245881
Depends on whether the corgi is pointed at the enemy or not.

As mentioned I'm away from my desktop, but some geography to bear in mind for the coming battle:

The southern opening to the strait is about 40 NM across. That widens up a bit and then closes back down by the time you've reaches Krakatoa and the islands surrounding it.

The two open passages to the north and south of Krakatoa are roughly 20 NM apiece.

Krakatoa is volcanically active, and has a 3km warning zone around it in real life. Parker mentioned it was acting up recently too. I'm not EXPECTING an eruption or anything but, you know, better to know than not.

The final stretch of the strait itself is about 13 NM across, and 200 feet deep.

The south-eastern coast of the strait is sparsely populated- temples and farmers. Up until the city at the strait itsslf, which has a major steel refinery and shipping facilities.

The north-western coast has one smaller city tucked deep out of the way to the north in a bay, and the province's capital in a bay roughly north of Krakatoa.

There's a big basin in depth to the east of the krakatoa group in the inlet.

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>>45245865

>>45245892
With a cannon like he's been working on, I'd be less surprised if he figured out how to use one as a bullet.

>>45245881
Sure, we'll send him in on the frontlines.

>>45245898
ALL HAIL OPPENHEIMER'S LIGHT!

>>45245900

Fuck no that's fucking stupid. Fenrir has more firepower than one of those little shits anyway, why the fuck would I want one?

>>45245797
>>45245562
>>Using Naka as bait to gather the enemy fleet into a single point for nuking.

I actually expected Naka to get nuked too, though.

>>45245898
Oh right, read your post wrong.

>>45245919
That's a Dachshund, not a Corgi.

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>>45245929
AA, torpedoes, and that cute widdle face is why you should do it.

>>45245915
You think they've evacuated the coastlines just in case?

>>45245959
German equivalent.

>>45245959
So, E-Boot then.

>>45245915
... So, we could actually get nuked by the Krakatoa?

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>>45245915
>krakatoa
soon to be rechristened nakatoa

>>45245929
>Fenrir

May you be forever blessed, Lieutenant.

Are you ever intending to produce another one - from one of Iowa's guns, perhaps? Go into battle dual-wielding them, blazing righteous vengeance upon your foes with the combined power of both America's and Japan's mightiest big-gun warships?

>>45245978
>>45246000
When was the last time Anak Krakatoa erupted anyway?
I'm talking about the new Krakatoa, not its 1883 equivalent.

>>45245963

I hate you and everything about you. Everything you ever fucking loved or stood for, I hate those things.

>>45245272
>[x] There's no chance in hell Naka's gonna sing anything that matches THIS theme. You need something drastically different to open with, and you can keep the girls as a sweet stinger. God knows WHAT you'll use, though.

>>45245929
I assume Fenrir is the name of your 18' rifle?

If so, excellent choice. Though I'm unsure if Odin would approve.

>>45246008
Probably not, considering how much harder it is to replace one of Iowa's guns.

>>45245978
From what I'm seeing the current volcanism and eruptions are of the more gentle kind, but, you know, if somebody's gotta beach themselves pick a different island.

>>45246014
>The island is still active, with its most recent eruptive episode having begun in 1994. Quiet periods of a few days have alternated with almost continuous Strombolian eruptionssince then.

>>45245978
How much firepower would one need to set Krakatoa off prematurely?

>>45246014
>Anak Krakatoa
>Anak
>nakA

wut

>>45246000
I should really start playing DF again

So... Merc's running his quest. Right now.

So planefag is having NOTHING BUT WAR.

And Merc is having you HUNT DOWN GHOASTS.

This is... wierd.

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“... wow,” you say after they finish their energetic gyrations. “That's-”

All four fix you with the biggest, widest, most vulnerable-looking eyes they can possibly muster. Even Hibiki's usual blank expression seems more pensive and observant than normal.

“It was amazing,” you say with a nod.

The girls hug each other and squeal while doing little bunny hops, looking to Goto and Kongou for confirming nods. They do little happy dances as they're broomed out of the room by Kongou.

You check your watch. Late evening - the sun set on Java at least a half-hour ago.

“Where are they?”

Goto picks up a remote and turns on the LCD screens. They hum a little as they warm up, the familiar sterile colors of CIC computerized plots filling the wall. A few feeds are still coming on-line, and the personal go-pro cams aren't on yet. Goto turns the dimmer switch down, and once again you descend into the gloom of your accustomed battle station.

“Pull up a chair?” Goto suggests.

“Nah,” you reply. “Always preferred to stand, if I could. These chairs are too short, anyways.”

“Suit yourself,” he replies, reclining in the nearest one and putting his shoes up on the table.

“Teitokouuuuu~” Kongou whines. “I can't get this opeeeen~”

You look over to find Kongou tugging on a bag of chips, her eyes screwed up in effort. Goto has already looked back at the screens with an air of complete disinterest.

“Teitoookuuuuuuuuuuu~”

“You don't even have to get all steely to open *that,*” Goto grunts. “Don't try to fool me.”

“But I have to eat first,” she complains, “and to do that I've gotta open it. It's a catch-33!”

“22.”

“Hmph!” she says, crossing her arms.

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TWO FOUR SIX EIGHT

WHO'S GONNA WIN AT THE SUDA STRAIT?

NAKA NAKA CAN'T BE BEAT

SHE'LL KNOCK THOSE DEMONS OFF THEIR FEET

EVEN THOUGH THINGS ARE LOOKING BAD

YOU CANNOT LOSE TO SALTY HAGS

WITH YOUR SISTERS, YOU WON'T BREAK A SWEAT

YOU'LL GO BACK TO MAKING HARDER WET!

TERRY BETTER WATCH HER BACK

BECAUSE SHE'S THE NEXT BITCH WE'LL ATTACK

AFTER THAT, THERE'S JUST NO WAITING

WE NEED A CL AND SUB TO DO SOME IMPREGNATING

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Hate just chases anything he can find with the largest set of magazines and biggest stern.

Prove me wrong, protip you can't

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The Go-Pro cams start coming on one at a time, but voice feeds are still out. Position plots start firming up as the computers fine-tune the ever-growing stream of telemetry data. Icons begin showing up on the screen, showing your forces moving in from the East, following the north coast of Java. Close to the North, the ASEAN forces are moving to join up - both you and they have interpreters manning the radios to ensure there will be no communication difficulties.

Goto hands you a small legal-pad sized clipboard. Tilting it to catch light from the screens, you see his clear, crisp handwriting detailing the assembled firepower in bold ink:

>>45246097
I just want to see Naka punch an abyssal

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Fast Attack Force:
5x Spica-M PGM (Missile Gunboats:) 40mm Breda, 57mm Bofors, 4x Exocets. (MALAYSIA)
5x Elco PT Boats (Corgis,) + Angry Marine (Hate)
2x F-25 Kasturi (Type FS-1500) Corvette: 100mm gun, 2x30mm, ASW rockets, 57mm Bofors, 4x Exocets.

Light Surface Group:
Type 025T FFG: 5-inch gun, 2x30mm guns, 8-cell VLS/32 ESSM, 8x Harpoons (THAILAND)
Formidable-Class FFG: 3-inch gun, 2x25mm guns, 32-cell VLS/32 ASTER-15, 8x Harpoons (SINGAPORE)
1.
Center Force:
IJN Ooi (40x torpedoes)
IJN Kitakami (40x torpedoes)
IJN Tatsuta
IJN Tenryuu
IJN Jintsuu
IJN Naka
IJN Sendai

Air Cover:

Indonesian F-16s with iron bombs.
Malaysian BAE Hawk 208s with iron bombs and drop tanks.
Flare support provided by SOCOM C-130 Combat Shadows/Talons.


“Damn. They got the corvettes?”

“Yeah. Their newer ones, too. Heavier gun armament, ought to come in handy. They're vectoring additional assets at top speed, but a lot of their surface forces are pretty worn down; they're likely to risk putting themselves out of action if they push their plants too hard. Still...”

“Any contact yet?”

“No. I told our Ops people to scream if they heard so much as a whisper, but so far - nothing.” He looks back at the CIC screens tracking the steady progress of your ships towards the Strait. “But I'd say we don't have long to wait.”

You suspect he's right.

[ ] Staggered formation - light forces in front to scout, light cruisers behind them, the missile frigates in the rear.

[ ] Mixed formation - light cruisers in front to scout and make first contact, with light forces hiding behind them, positioned to rush in and attack once the enemy line is engaged.

[ ] Aggressive formation - missile frigates in the front to bring their firepower to bear quickly, light cruisers and light forces behind them to move in and swarm anything they pin down.

>>45246097
I wonder if she brought her sword along

SOMETHING'S SINKING TOMORROW AND IT'S NOT OUR DEPRESSION

>>45246097
>Naka Harder Babby

God imagine what a CL's pregnancy cravings would be.

>>45246008

No, she's already got a rifle I fucking want.

My fucking M-14. You know how much I had to fucking fight to hang on to that bastard after I got transferred to the west fucking coast?

>>45246131
>[ ] Staggered formation - light forces in front to scout, light cruisers behind them, the missile frigates in the rear.

>>45245929
>Fenrir
You made it with Yamato's gun, at least use the local language.

>>45246152
In previous discussions, there was a semi-agreement that the result would be a hunter killer submarine.

But who knows.

>>45246131
>[X] Staggered formation - light forces in front to scout, light cruisers behind them, the missile frigates in the rear.

>>45246131
>[ ] Mixed formation - light cruisers in front to scout and make first contact, with light forces hiding behind them, positioned to rush in and attack once the enemy line is engaged.

Also, I'm assuming Hate has Fenrir on him. If so, there's battleship grade artillery in this fight after all.

>>45246131
Conventional logic would state...

[X] Staggered formation - light forces in front to scout, light cruisers behind them, the missile frigates in the rear.

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>> Aggressive formation

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>>45246131
>[ ] Staggered formation - light forces in front to scout, light cruisers behind them, the missile frigates in the rear.
Staggered file, men. Move out!
Fleet, break off into schutzendoodle.

>>45246131
>[X] Staggered formation - light forces in front to scout, light cruisers behind them, the missile frigates in the rear.

>>45246154
Can't you call Iowa up and ask for it back? Or is this one of those 'one must retrieve it in person' things?

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>>45246097

>>45246165

Fuck no. The local language is fucking stupid and overly fucking flowery. I'm just gonna convert Yams into being a longship/sheildmaiden. Fucking pro status. She needs a dragonhead prow, though, we gotta work on one of those.

>>45246183

Remember the leveling effect. In this case it'd be the equivalent of putting your heavy gun power in the van.

>>45246131
>[ x ] Mixed formation

IIRC, that's the standard for battles like this.

>>45246131
>[O] Staggered formation - light forces in front to scout, light cruisers behind them, the missile frigates in the rear.

Lets find out what we're facing before we engage with the main body of our force.

>>45246131
It's far too late for me to think about this. Maybe I'll just need more caffeine.
Someone please explain our tectical situation in small words in whatnot.

All I can really tell is that it's 'defensive formation' vs 'neutral formation' vs 'offensive formation', no clue which one is best.

>>45246131
>[ ] Staggered formation - light forces in front to scout, light cruisers behind them, the missile frigates in the rear.

My suggestion stands to use Krakatoa as our line in the sand. It's the narrowest gaps except for the straight itself, it covers the major cities behind it, allows for terrain masking for us and a wide open shooting gallery against them.

Picket forces to the southwest of the gaps

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>>45246183
FUCK
YOU
EUZETH GET OUT REEEEEE

>>45246131
>[X] staggered formation

Let's do this smart, avoid causalities, and get good info.

>>45246131
>[ ] Staggered formation - light forces in front to scout, light cruisers behind them, the missile frigates in the rear.

use the small craft to harass and report

use the cruisers as our stand off force

use the missile boats as our battleships

Surigao 2.0 here we go

>>45246131
>[ ] Staggered formation - light forces in front to scout, light cruisers behind them, the missile frigates in the rear.

>>45246131
>[X] Staggered formation - light forces in front to scout, light cruisers behind them, the missile frigates in the rear.

>>45246131
>[ ] Staggered formation - light forces in front to scout, light cruisers behind them, the missile frigates in the rear.

Let's take this nice and slow--with how tight it is in these shallow waters things are gonna get muddled up really fast once the action starts.

>>45246131
>[x] Mixed formation - light cruisers in front to scout and make first contact, with light forces hiding behind them, positioned to rush in and attack once the enemy line is engaged.

>>45246097
NAKA NAKA DO YOUR BEST

EVEN IN DEATH THERE IS NO REST

NAKA NAKA DON'T DESPAIR

ALL YOUR PAIN WILL END DOWN THERE~!

>>45246131
[x] Aggressive formation
We have the drop on them if we did this right, which we have to assume considering this is an analysis-based op. We need to push that advantage as much as we can.

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>>45246131
[x] Mixed formation - light cruisers in front to scout and make first contact, with light forces hiding behind them, positioned to rush in and attack once the enemy line is engaged.

squishys stay behind the CLs. oxygen torpedos have no concept of 'friendly'. a whole swath of ocean will temporarily be no-man's land.

>>45246131
>[ ] Mixed formation - light cruisers in front to scout and make first contact, with light forces hiding behind them, positioned to rush in and attack once the enemy line is engaged.
YES

>>45246193
They have better naming sense than the americans, at least.

>>45246193
... I can literally FEEL Odin and Thor looking down proudly on you from Asgard.

That's amazing.

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>>45246131
[x] Staggered formation - light forces in front to scout, light cruisers behind them, the missile frigates in the rear.

>>45246193
Yams in Valkyrie armor when?

>>45246131
> [x] Mixed formation - light cruisers in front to scout and make first contact, with light forces hiding behind them, positioned to rush in and attack once the enemy line is engaged.

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>>45246188

>>45246131
>[ ] Mixed formation - light cruisers in front to scout and make first contact, with light forces hiding behind them, positioned to rush in and attack once the enemy line is engaged.

>>45246256
Fuck off

we still haven't really figured out what to name carriers after

>>45246131
[ ] Staggered formation - light forces in front to scout, light cruisers behind them, the missile frigates in the rear.

>>45246199
>putting your heavy gun power in the van
Wow I have no fucking idea what is this supposed to mean.

>>45246248
We'll intern her in a dreadnought.
Even in death she stills serves!

Blood Ravens colours would work great.

Wait, planefag, did we lose the incoming SOSUS contacts? Are we just still not able to pin down a range? Did nobody task a P-8 to drop some buoys along the suspected track?

>>45245890
he has a comically bad record with promises.

>>45246131
>[X] Staggered formation - light forces in front to scout, light cruisers behind them, the missile frigates in the rear.

>>45246264
Odin and Thor are still upset he committed the sin of gluing horns to his helm, the unintelligent oaf. THAT WAS NEVER A THING, AND IF YOUR AUTHENTICITY WAS AS STRONG AS YOU THOUGHT IT WAS YOU'D KNOW THAT, JACKASS.

>>45246301
I know that feel, Anon. I know shit about Naval tactics, I'm just along for the ride at this point.

>>45246271

NOT FUCKING SOON ENOUGH.

Right now we're trying to squirrel away enough damage control gear to help her out, and I've been talking to fucking Arizona and Hornet about that, but it's like... fucking teaching your white bloodcells to be general contractors. Shit ain't fucking easy.

We'll figure something out, though, even if we have to like, cover her in fucking strike plates or whatever.

>>45246305

Yes, you have. Plus, the current network is optimized for the deeper waters and they're well into the littorals now.

But they're still coming. You know that, for sure.

>>45246304
>>45246248
>Venerable Dreadnought Naka
12 inch gun upgrade? Power Fist?
CHAINSWORD?

>>45246342
Mm, kk. I don't suppose we've gotten any frantic warnings from the volcanologists?

>>45246301

van == front. Put your heavy hitters up front. Sometimes you want that. Sometimes you don't.

>>45246349
>Chain microphone

>>45246349
>Taking mortally damaged shipsluts
>Building them into giant walking/sailing fortresses

...I have no idea how this would work, but it sounds vaguely awesome.

>>45246193
You know it's really sad how you keep clinging to the whole viking bullshit when you barely know better than hollywood

>>45246131
[o] Staggered formation - light forces in front to scout, light cruisers behind them, the missile frigates in the rear

>>45246365

Nothing at all.

This time, it looks like they'll have to play fair.

>>45246367
When our heavy hitters have literally no armor and standoff weapons, I'm leaning towards "don't"

>>45246301
it means putting your big guns in the front, which is bad because that means they get shot at and fucked up first

you use light units to confuse enemy DD and cruiser attacks, while distracting the larger enemy vessels from the big boys

protip, it doesn't take a lot to ruin a battleships day, so the less they get shot, the better

>>45246131
Somebody should be on ASW. In tight quarters of we have to try and dodge toro salvos we'll end up ramming each other.

>>45246367
Ah, I see. Thanks a lot.

>>45246349
[Spoiler]strap on, harder seems to be into that sort of thing [/spoiler]

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>>45246188
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVkD4lgXTEU&feature=youtu.be

Just remembered what you promised.

>You will never. NEVER. Be one of them.

You can make everyone promise too. You can get revenge for everything that the Voice Below and her servants have done to you and those you care about.

All it takes is a single song.

Or you can just sing something cheerful to improve morale. You did figure out how to sing without the whole mind control thing, right? Because I'd love for Bones in the Ocean to be a song Naka sings at her next concert. Would be a nice fuck you to the Abyssals.

I'm pretty torn between staggered and aggressive - anyone wanna give me a rundown on their reasoning for voting one or the other?

>>45246389
Either that or extra unfair.

>>45246301
avant garde -> vanguard
van: the front.

heavy guns don't really need to be in the front.
they have huge standoff range and they can shoot over the tops of little boats because their heavy shells have the ballistic droop of a decelerating space colony

>>45246396
It's really shallow, except for that one inroaching basin from the inlet.
Does anybody have that pic from a thread or two ago that had the topography?

>>45246331
I think having the biggest damn battleship in History dedicated to them would forgive a multitude of sins.

>>45246371
>This quiet offends Naka

You know all that Make up Naka uses to cover up her abyssal part is going to wash away in the water.

The only advantage is it's doubtful that Light Cruiser Oni would wear orange.

>>45246131
>[x] Mixed formation - light cruisers in front to scout and make first contact, with light forces hiding behind them, positioned to rush in and attack once the enemy line is engaged.

Like >>45246178 and >>45246207 say, let's find out what we're dealing with before we get too gung-ho. But by the same token, putting the PTs and light stuff out in front is asking for fratricide. I'll get my vote in now and explain further in another post.

>>45246131
[x] Staggered formation - light forces in front to scout, light cruisers behind them, the missile frigates in the rear.

No sense putting our main ships in the scout line when we don't have a lot to fall back on.

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>>45246432
>"Sister... what are you doing? I-it's me..."
>"Not anymore"

>>45246131
>[ ] Mixed formation - light cruisers in front to scout and make first contact, with light forces hiding behind them, positioned to rush in and attack once the enemy line is engaged.

>>45246413
This. This song can describe so much within this quest. Also:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fhop5VuLDIQ

You guys know who else suddenly turned super white like Naka?

Michael Jackson.

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>>45246131
You forgot our plan B

USAF B-2 with 1.2 Megaton B81 nuclear bomb

>>45246469
We should just get a fucking playlist for the quest.

>>45246424
>talking about Yamato like an object to decorate and offer

Either way, for all that Hate and anon love to pretend otherwise, I'm pretty sure Yamato still holds enough national pride to reject this kinda shit.

>>45246418
Staggered plays to our forces' strengths. Light craft are fast and nimble and better able to escape engagement after making combat. Our 'heavy hitters' have the standoff of a battleship with none of the armor, so they need to hang back. Our CLs are nimble enough to advance from the middle or draw back, and have the biggest guns.

>>45246481
Yes.

My main concern with a mixed formation is that if the enemy leads with some CA's or even CL's
OUR CL's are in deep shit. at least the MTBs and Missile boats have the speed to run if seriously outmatched.

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>>45246479
>post Operation Crossroads
>thinking nukes are good against naval targets

>>45246479
We've been over this, Anon.

Crossroads shut that shit down.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dfc_-Pmwabk

Kantai Collection has a pretty nice soundtrack.

>>45246476
And he was a pop singer too...

ALL HANDS ABANDON SHIP.

>>45246482
One word anon cosplay.

>>45246131
>[ ] Staggered formation - light forces in front to scout, light cruisers behind them, the missile frigates in the rear.

>>45246131
>[X] Staggered formation - light forces in front to scout, light cruisers behind them, the missile frigates in the rear.

>>45246454
>Meanwhile at the abyssal fleet
"Where shall we kill leader!!!?"
Naka: ...

>>45246512
One thing's cosplay and another is discarding one's identity like the shitters here are trying to do.

>>45246482

You fucking say that like she wouldn't at least try it out.

Want to know what she'd fucking say? "Sure, I guess. I can take it back off anyway later."

>>45246509

Abyssals dancing to thriller

>>45246131
>[ ] Mixed formation - light cruisers in front to scout and make first contact, with light forces hiding behind them, positioned to rush in and attack once the enemy line is engaged.

>>45246442
It's cold, but the missile frigates will soak up a little bit of fire, giving the DDs and CLs time to get in and keep the enemy guessing.

>>45246502
Yeah, till we know enemy force composition, we shouldn't risk our main battle group as scouts.

Loosing some corgi's to friendly fire is much better than loosing one of our primary combatants.

>>45246479
Let's remember crossroads was not a 100 megaton device like the Soviets have or precision guided tactical weapons like the US has. I'm not saying nukes are a good idea - but nuclear weapons have come a long way since crossroads. A nuclear bunker buster would likely make a mess of an abyssal.

>>45246454
Naka time writer already torpedoed that end. Her sisters know what's going on with her. They're being encouraging especially seeing as she'll likely die in this battle. She's still not healing well, and she was never that great of a warship to begin with...

>>45246509
>>45246476

So the Voice Down Below is actually Michael Jackson?

>>45246535
She will be taking it off after you get it dirty with your lewd advances on our Yamato sama you gaijin marine piggu!!!

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>>45246535
>Yamato wanting a ram bow like some...PRIMITIVE AMERICAN dreadnought

kek

>>45246574
As long as one lives, hope survives.

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>>45246503
>>45246507
Hence the Plan B part. Or do you want to just sit around and watch helplessly as a massive abyssal fleet attacks Japan if our girls don't come out ahead?

>>45246564
>hundred megaton
You mean HAD. There was only the one, and even then it was a act of dickwaving more than it was a viable weapon.

>nuclear bunker buster vs ship
Oh never mind. You're actually retarded.

>>45246564
>A bunker buster nuke used at sea.

A depth charge to end all depth charges.

>>45246491
>
Makes sense to me - but that's kinda the problem. Everyone says that a staggered formation is what conventional wisdom would dictate...
buti n every battle we've had with the abyssals, they've pulled some bullshit that completely disregards conventional restrictions, making me think that the seemingly "safe" option is a trap.

>>45246502
Yep, that's why I voted like I did

>>45246582
Oh, look, another narrow-minded piggy to hunt down.

Do you not remember that night, otaku? The night of screams? Of pain?

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Let's see if Hate and co. can't retrieve some salvage we can tinker with.

>>45246622
In which case this option that has capabilty to disengage is still the most bullshit-resistant, so far as we can guess. We can only plan and guess so far

explaining my vote from >>45246442:

This guy >>45246251 makes a damned good point:
>squishys stay behind the CLs. oxygen torpedos have no concept of 'friendly'. a whole swath of ocean will temporarily be no-man's land.

Normally we'd want to put the PTs and such out in front to find trouble, report it, harrass it, and then pull back through our lines while we hit them with the second wave (the torpedo cruisers and such), then the heavies.
*BUT* this is a *night* battle (goddammit shut *up* Sendai!), and without visual ident it'd be *far* to easy to confuse friendly PTs falling back on the main body with enemies closing on our lines, leading us to shoot good guys and leave enemies to attack us unopposed.
No: we lead with the light cruisers, have them dump about half their torpedoes into the bad guys to break up their formation and start killing them early, and have them hold a line. Then we send the PTs in, passing through the CL line *behind* all those oxygen torpedoes, to exploit and aggravate the confusion, panic, disorder and disruption. Then, when the bad guys are properly SNAFU'd, *then* we commit the heavies and finish the job, with the cruisers joining them with their guns and remaining torpedoes.

VOTES CALLED

>>45246622
The problem with that form of thinking is that the abyssals are not constrained to one form of fuk-u-i-hax.

It's a lose/ lose situation. Doing it the conventional was gives us the highest probability of survival.

>>45246563
this isn't quite a knife fight in a phone booth, but it's a small busy warzone. like a gunfight across a city street or something.
so is there any actual scouting to be done?

>>45246681
is the music picked out yet?

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>>45246661
Indeed.

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>>45246492
This is probably pretty random, but this song gives me KCQ vibes. Not necessarily in the same way as a good Stan Rodger's song, but the words "The world we wish we knew; it's there in me, it's there in you" as well as "adrift, we nearly drowned, but faith we've finally found."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kymSZpfykBM

It's kinda what I hope the epilogue of the quest to be like thematically. Humans and ships starting the next phase of their symbiotic existence, onwards to a brighter tomorrow. With spaceship girls

>>45246524
>Light Cruiser Oni and Naka get knocked out during the battle
>battle results in a chaotic retreat by both sides
>Shipgirls grab CL Oni
>Abyssals grab Naka
>both girls wake up in hospital beds, to a group of people they were not at all expecting to be holding vigil during their recovery
>antics as both sides of Naka try to adapt to their new situation and try not to tip anyone off that something is wrong
>eventually they both get back on the right side, but they walk away with a new understanding of things. For CL Oni, doubt in the cause and wondering if the sacrifices were for a real cause or just to make a minority of strong sentient ships get their vengeance boner satisfied. For Naka, hope but some regret at the abyssals that have been killed and continue to be killed.

>>45246618
No, just thinking outside the box. The guidance system will work just fine on slow moving hardened targets. Again, not promoting nukes - but thinking outside the box is good.

>>45246661

Mon Hun: Kancolle Edition

Settle with Wo-cane bashing Yaks over the head.

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>>45246469
I'll see you and raise everything I feel when Dark Naka comes to play
https://youtu.be/jKaHcQ9F1NA?t=3s

>>45246704
We simply don't know, and scouting is a basic military strategy.

It's not perfect, given the issue with torps, but it seems to present the least risk of loosing forces in the first volley if they are taken by surprise.

>>45246547
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm22926149 at about 1:10.

>>45246738
>filename
tfw you are in superhero's body but you can't control their powers

>>45246747
A guidance system designed for stationery targets is not going to work on any sort of moving target.

How many nukes would we need to set off Krakatoa?

>>45246798
And even if it hit, what would happen?

HINT: it would go right through and not detonate.
Or, it would detonate, and since they aren't high yield weapons, would sink one or two ships.

Congrats. You just wasted a nuke.

>>45246761
Can... can we do that spoiler bit? Spoopy cane does less pen than sword cane, but has higher chance to damage components.

>>45246798
Depends on the guidance system.

There isn't a huge difference between "Shit I need to go left a degree because wind blew me off course" and "Shit I need to go left a degree because the target moved".
There's a giant difference between "Shit I need to go 8 feet left because wind blew me off course" and "Shit I need to go 8 feet left because a stationary target point moved"

>>45246840
two tsar bombas. The explosive force would be equivalent to 200 megatons.

>>45246661
This might be a good idea.

I would love to do the whole "capture an abyssal and rehabilitate" thing, but that's an argument starter.

Getting abyssal equipment and learning how to copy it or graft it onto a volunteer (Hey, Shigure) is something less controversial, however. Plus, now that we know Abyssals are sentient, maybe we could compare a recent corpse's equiptment with the equipment abyssals were using on day 1 at LA. See if Abyssals have an R&D team too, which would change a lot of things just as much as RFV changed things.

I don't think Abyssals are organized or numerous enough to have R&D, but who knows. Let's find out. If there is R&D, we need to know what's the latest equiptment. If there is no R&D and abyssals aren't changing their shit at all, then we should put more effort in upping our own advantage of ad hoc upgrades and potential modernizations.

>>45246844
If ANYTHING those flag rank motherfuckers hate more than waste it's waste that doesn't benefit them.

Launch all the nukes, don't give a single fucking bit.

>>45246469
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMXq7NvmScg

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>>45246883
>(Hey, Shigure)
Shigure sounds like a bad idea to me.

>>45246589
It actually makes the ship faster tho.

>>45246882
Really? Not that anon, but I think we'd need far more firepower to unleash Anak Krakatoa.

>>45246909
A bulbous bow is a protruding bulb at the bow (or front) of a ship just below the waterline. The bulb modifies the way the water flows around the hull, reducing drag and thus increasing speed, range, fuel efficiency, and stability. Large ships with bulbous bows generally have a twelve to fifteen percent better fuel efficiency than similar vessels without them.[1] A bulbous bow also increases the buoyancy of the forward part and hence reduces the pitching of the ship to a small degree.

Yamato needs no ram bow.

>>45246469
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbRQgrOnErc

I can't tell if this is a song that fits the Abyssals or Shipgirls.

Or maybe it's for those AWOL girls.

>>45246913
Your right. It would take four tsar bombas to equal Krakatoa. But it would also be a question of how much magma is in the volcano.

>>45246946
We'll have to take the fact that Krakatoa is dormant and intermittently active.

Considering its predecessor, which blew itself up so powerfully it collapsed, it's probably safe to assume the Anak Krakatoa also has the same amount of pyroclastic material inside.

Did the thread just slow down?

I think it did.

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>>45246564
>100 megaton device like the Soviets have
Had. As in "had one of 50 years ago"

>or precision guided tactical weapons like the US has
Actually true. Our nuke options are:

>B83-1
>type: Strategic
>Yield: 1.2 megatons (or 1200 kilotons)
>Accuracy: >600 feet

>B61-7
>Type: Strategic
>Yield: 340 kilotons
>Accuracy: >600 feet

>B61-10
>Type: Tactical
>Yield: 80 kilotons
>Accuracy: >600 feet

>B61-12
>Type: Tactical
>Yield: 50 kilotons
>Accuracy: >1 meter

>>45246940
Speaking of hydrodynamics, does anybody know what exactly makes Arizona so slow?
Is it the output of her boilers and turbines being too low? Is it the shape of her hull itself? The design of her screws and rudders?

>>45246994
She's just a fatass.

>>45246994
I always thought it was a combination of older hull design and disproportionate power-to-weight.

>>45246994
It would be both the hull shape and the power output of the engine.

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>>45246991
>implying the Russians haven't modernized the Tsar Bomba concept in secret

>>45246994
All of the above, unfortunately.

Standard types were meant to have that cruising speed, no more, no less.

>>45246991
>Had. As in "had one of 50 years ago"

How are you so certain that the Russians didn't build more?

>>45246994
>Arizona
>Installed power: 29,366 shp (21,898 kW) (on sea trials)
>Displacement: 29,158 long tons (29,626 t) (standard)

>Nagato
>Installed power: 80,000 shp (60,000 kW)
>Displacement: 32,720 metric tons (32,200 long tons) (standard)

I assume it has something to do with this. It's clear she wasn't design to be fast in first place.

>>45247034
>implying they could when they couldn't even maintain their boomers

>>45246991
So in other words, the only nuke with enough accuracy to hit an Abyssal has merely twice the yield of Op. Crossroads aka "Ships only sunk because lol, no DamCon"?
Yeah, that'll totally work. Totally.

>>45247034
No they haven't.
Because such a device would be impractically large with no use whatsoever.

And they'd also be crowing about it from the heavens.

>>45247034

They don't need the Tsar Bomba, they have tactical nuclear warheads for their AShMs and cruise missiles. Those are how the USSR planned to counter the USN carrier groups.

>>45246994
All of the above, I believe. The hull-form and screws are designed for certain cruise- and maximum-speeds, set partly by their own shape and partly by the power coming from the engines. Simply putting new engines into her without redesigning the hull and propellors probably wouldn't net you more than two or three more knots of top-speed, and there'd be all sorts of other changes in her performance.

>>45247048
Because bombs that large are effectively useless?

>>45246994
She was flat designed to only make 21 knots to match the rest of the battleships in the battle line, as was the design doctrine of her day and age. It has nothing to do with her being underpowered or overweight, it was the speed she was made to do, and she does it handily.

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>>45246991
For comparison the able shot of Operation Crossroads was 23 kilotons. It was air dropped and detonated at 518 feet. The circle on this map is 1000 yards wide, all the ships marked with an X sank.

>>45247123
>>45247117
But she couldn't run away from the truth~

>>45246886
Thank you for these wonderful radar systems. They fit perfectly inside my halo.

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Let's hope the moral keeps.

>>45247149
Holy fuck finally someone says 'Thank you Crab you did good!'

Looks like you don't just look like an angel.

>>45247123
Oh I know it's what she was designed for, just wondering how hard it is to surpass those design parameters

>>45247145
Not even Shimakrazy can run from the truth...

>>45247048
Had, the bomb was too big and impractical for anything but a dick waving contest

And it wasn't 100 Megaton it was 50 Megatons if it had been 100 a 5th of Russia would have been hit by fallout and the plane that dropped the bomb would have been incinerated in the fireball.

>>45247169
>replying to shitty rp poster
>implying it was you who actually made them

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>>45247166
Bright, you hypocrite, just look at all these morale-boosters that you have.

>>45245915
The most important part of this information is the edges.
How much grey area do our DDs have before their draft hits sand. On a good night the Akatsuki-class drew a little less than 11 feet
This info will be even more important to the CLs

Maneuver can bring victory

>>45247204
Rain.
What are you doing there. You're not even UC.
Rain plz.

>>45247176
Very hard, without a total refit to her propulsion system. We'd have to strip Arizona down and insert a new powerplant deep inside her

>>45247192
IIRC, the Russian scientists on the project toned it down by half so that exact outcome would not come to pass.

On the other hand, if it became necessary to use nuclear weapons, would it not be prudent to have the biggest bang possible?

>>45246661
We XCOM now.

>>45246913
The original Krakatoa explosion was 200 Megatons

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>>45247242
Abyssal meld experiments when?

>>45247241
Erm, no? We want to kill part of a fleet, not blow up the whole strait.

>>45247227
I think the art came out just as G Gundam and Victory were released.

>>45247241
No, because
TSAR BOMBA
WAS
NOT
A
WEAPON

It was a dickwaving tool. Nothing more, nothing less.

>>45247242

It's not XCOM until we see Settle in Bradford's sweater.

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I enjoy sterns that put pornstars to shame.

>>45247241
They actually revised their estimate for a maximum wield after the test detonation. Even with the limitations put into place, the detonation was bigger than they thought.

They promptly dismantled the second prototype, because an estimated 150 Megatons was too much even for dick waving.

>>45247091
>So in other words, the only nuke with enough accuracy to hit an Abyssal has merely twice the yield of Op. Crossroads aka "Ships only sunk because lol, no DamCon"?

I think you underestimate the destruction of a point blank nuclear blast. The largest piece of the baker shot target ship ever found 3 inches square in size.

Soooo....Write ups or no write ups tonight.

>>45247176
once you hit your hull speed you pretty much can't go faster.
throwing down more horsepower just lifts your bow and digs your stern in, it's like trying to motor up a mountain.
your energy is wasted raising a wake so retardedly massive that smallcraft follow you around the harbor surfing and doing ramp jumps.

>>45247322
all the good writefags left

I want stop and offer a prayer for any and all ships we lose this battle.

May they rest in peace and not be disturbed from their slumber by the assholes working for the Voice Below.

>>45247241
No missile could carry it and the plane that flew it had to basically have the entire inside of it gutted to fit the bomb.

The Russians wisely decided that instead of one super huge bomb that could be shot down that it would be fare better to fit missiles with MIRV warheads so they can simply fire a dozen smaller nukes to have the same effect with the bonus of redirecting targets if they wanted.

>>45247322
It would be a good cutoff point, as tomorrow/tonight would be dedicated to the battle itself.

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>>45247322
Sorry mate! Some unexpected delays to mine, at least.
>Implying people still read what I write