>>22615341
Can't have them follow us in, too much turbulence. Follow em in, keep those girls safe.

>>22615341
[X] Follow the witches in, keep their tails clear.

Turbulence will mess them up, and this lets us prioritize targets better.

>>22615341
Follow 'em in, keep 'em safe, bring 'em home

>>22615341
>[]Follow the witches in, keep their tails clear.
Ladies first. We are an officer and a GENTLEMAN, after all.

Plus maybe that way we can use AMRAAMs to pick off any Soviet fighters that try to peel away and head home.

>>22615341
>[] Follow the witches in, keep their tails clear.
We don't want these girls getting Goosed.
>>22615271
>Now I am getting visions of AR-18s and 1911s as issue weapons. All of my boner.
I can make your boner bigger.
Japanese troops singing "Me Little Armalite" in fake Irish accents.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiLxqrMx8LE

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>>22615341

[x] Follow the witches in, keep their tails clear.

>>22615271
You mean "used to Irish bone", right?

[X] Follow the witches in, keep their tails clear.

Play a back up role.

>>22615341
>[] Follow the witches in, keep their tails clear.
This is their show. Look for clear lines of fire for the AMRAAMS.

>>22615341
[x] Follow the witches in, keep their tails clear.

>>22615412
No, I am a hoplophiliac.

>>22615341

[] Follow the witches in, keep their tails clear.

Also, at some point (probably after this furball) we really need to make it clear that we aren't fond of the nickname.

[x] Follow the witches in, keep their tails clear.

>>22615341
[x] Follow the witches in, keep their tails clear.
We were already told that witches don't like the turbulent wake of a jet.

>>22615341
>[] Follow the witches in, keep their tails clear.
And it's NOT AT ALL to get a look at their panties. Nosir.

>>22615341
>[] Have them follow you in! Show them what the 'eagle' can really do!

We're loaded to hell with AMRAAMs.

Those are first strike missiles.

We launch them then, everyone can get into the furball.

>>22615341
>[] Follow the witches in, keep their tails clear.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eCxSdOhY9E

>>22615455
But it's already a furball, and Merlin JUST SAID she can't get a track for an AMRAAM shot.

>>22615478

Jamming is down, you fool.

We're Radar-clear.

>>22615496
>“They're tangled up with the Japanese fighters. I'm sorry frank, I don't think I can separate the tracks enough for an AMRAAM shot.” She says.

Still can't shoot.

>>22615496
>>22615455

Do you have some reading comprehension problem?

>“They're tangled up with the Japanese fighters. I'm sorry frank, I don't think I can separate the tracks enough for an AMRAAM shot.” She says.

>>22615447
They're Japs. They wear fundoshi.

Or nothing, if they're in yukata.

>>22615496
Jamming may be down, but the furball is too much for Merlin to get separate tracks for the AMRAAM's.
>>22615341
>They're tangled up with the Japanese fighters. I'm sorry frank, I don't think I can separate the tracks enough for an AMRAAM shot.

Says so right there.

>>22615496

Reinforcing the previous post, she just said she can't track for the AMRAAMs. They're just weight for now. Radar clear or not, we can't get a good shot with them.

>>22615496
>“They're tangled up with the Japanese fighters. I'm sorry frank, I don't think I can separate the tracks enough for an AMRAAM shot.” She says
Reading comprehension much?

>>22615496
Read. The. Fucking. Thread.

You fool.

>>22615512
Fundoshi are traditionally worn by men, not women.

Guys, I just realized something. Japan never had to abide by the US's anti-pornography laws. This is not a country of perverted people obsessed with tentacles.

>>22615548
Dream of the Fisherman's Wife.

>>22615548
Still full of bearded badasses? This world keeps getting better.

>>22615548
Hate to break this to you, but it was a country of perverted people obsessed with tentacles long before US anti-pornography laws mattered there. Look up "Dream of the Fisherman's Wife" sometime.

>>22615548
Well, there'd still be tentacle porn.
But there wouldn't be as much of it; you're right in that regard.
Also less of an emphasis on panties, too, come to think of it.

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>>22615548

..what.

>>22615532
Yes, but they are pretty hot on women.

>>22615560
beat me to it. Although he is correct in that the mosaic-ing probably wouldn't be in effect, so not quite as many tentacle rapes

>>22615561
Bearded badasses and imperialistic as FUCK.

>>22615341
>[] Follow the witches in, keep their tails clear.

>>22615590
I still wonder if by 1989, Imperial Japan is only Imperial through name.

>>22615590

They still hold control over large parts of Korea (and considering the way they treated other asians during WWII, it's probably been a very bloody, morally-reprehensible occupation)

>>22615590
What would have happened to Korea in this timeline?
Split between a Russian North and a Japanese South?
Is mainland China split between Communist, Nationalist, and Japanese-controlled?
Is Vietnam still French Indochina?

What rank was Nixon when he served on the California.

>>22615614
>it's probably been a very bloody, morally-reprehensible occupation
With the Army GHQ getting a full Yamato broadside and the Navy being less fucktarded, as well as the Martian invasion, I'd imagine the occupation would be still bloody but less morally-reprehensible.

>>22615615
>What would have happened to Korea in this timeline?

Japanese are still occupying it, apparently.

>Is mainland China split between Communist, Nationalist, and Japanese-controlled?

Ghost hasn't been really clear on this.

>Is Vietnam still French Indochina?

No, the Vietnamese kicked the french out as they did in our timeline.

>>22615615
France got pretty well buttfucked in SWQ canon, so French Indochina has probably followed real life pretty close. Manchuria would probably be Japan's crown jewel in overseas possesions. Coal, iron ore, trace minerals. All of the things that the islands themselves lack.

>>22615646
>France got pretty well buttfucked in SWQ canon
Oh, right, with the Martians using unrestricted chemical warfare on all of France.

So were there Korean and Vietnam Wars for the US in this timeline?

>>22615646
>Coal, iron ore, trace minerals.

And oil, remember. They found some there in the '50s, IIRC

>>22615685
Dunno about Korea, but I'm sure that Vietnam happened in this timeline. I think Frank's dad is a Vietnam vet.

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>>22615641

Yamamoto may have been the better of the two, but don't think that means Imperial Japan would suddenly start respecting those other asians in the 'co-prosperity sphere'.

And, after all, many of the worst atrocities were already well underway when the martians invaded.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_731
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_of_nanking
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comfort_women

>>22615693
Both of Frank's parents are Vietnam vets.

[x] Follow the witches in, keep their tails clear.

>>22615693
It must have went better than it did in our timeline as his father appears to be every normal, not the proto-typical messed up Nam Vet.

>>22615712
To be fair, not every vet went full PTSD.

>>22615696
It was mainly the IJA responsible for that, and their main command was shelled under the cover of the invasion and then thrown under the bus by the Emperor.

>>22615712

Fronk's dad is made of stern shit.

Not only was he a 'nam vet, he was of The Walking Dead.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Battalion_9th_Marines

>>22615696
I said less morally-reprehensible, not to imply that the occupation would not have been morally reprehensible at all.

Though Unit 731 does tangentially bring up the question of the SS in a post-Hitler Nazi Germany. Could they have separated their elite fighting status from their politics and simply become just another branch of the armed forces after the concentration camps came to light?

>>22615728
My impression was that the reason some of them wound up that bad was because of the US's attitude towards them: Scorn or indifference.

They Fought (some died), suffered and for what? For people to hate them and for the political/ideological pissing contest to be basically lost anyways?

>>22615738
Probably a *lot* of quiet, aggressive purging and hush-hush.

>>22615738
In PBS they're still Nazi fanatics though fanatical over what may never be known

Dunno how canonical PBS is to the overarching universe though

>>22615729

I'm sorry, I don't believe you.

Just because the place got put under slightly more competent management, doesn't mean that the atrocities stopped happening. This wasn't happening just because some asshole at the top was ordering it, it was the result of an entire cultural attitude.

>>22615796
A cultural attitude that was much more at home in the IJA than the IJN. I'm not saying it didn't happen, merely that the Army was much more into it than was the navy (at least at the beginning of the war)

Naval officers were generally viewed as more cosmopolitan IIRC

>>22615341

>Outside, a witch in a dark flight suit and a pair of mottled strikers waves

I just noticed...

This witch has Xray vision?

Our canopy is strictly one way. It's a COFFIN Mk.1

>>22615738
Depends on how loyal they were to Hilter as the SS were selected for their loyality as well as ability, though I suspect it was Loyality then ability.

I don't recall many notable Germans in WW2 being SS.

>>22615793
It's canon, as is just about most other writerfaggotries.


>>22615796
More like the culture of the IJA. Also it's what Planefag says and who am I to argue with word of god?

>>22615796
Having aliens invade and promptly begin genocide would have the indirect effect of changing attitudes, including the cultural variety.

>>22615833

Or more likely the hardliners got killed off bazaiing.

>>22615793
All of the writefag works you find in the archive are 100% canonical to the universe.

>>22615844
>>22615821
Good to know. In that case, there are still at least some SS guys that haven't redirected themselves towards the alien menace and are instead still going full Third Reich

>>22615860
And they end up "performing treason" against humanity. I don't think their tale has a happy ending.

Rolled 267, 65, 254 = 586

test post

>>22615821
>>22615810

Again, they didn't go through and systematically purge the armed forces (which is what probably needed to happen), they killed off the top guys and installed themselves. And 'more cosmopolitan' my ass:

http://www.ourcivilisation.com/smartboard/shop/banzai/seakill.htm

>>22615860
I wonder if those stupid zealots are going to try and kill Young in order to keep Minna's witch bloodline ''pure''.

>>22615896
Why are you arguing against word of god? Are you some sort of grimderp?

>>22615920
>Implying one of them didn't already try

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[x] Follow the witches in, keep their tails clear.

“I'll follow you ladies in.” You say, drifting back. “Wouldn't want anything to happen to our new friends!”

“Indeed.” the other witch says, drily. “Can you keep up with witches, pilot?”

“Hasn't been a problem before.” you say, noting the F-14 model strikers these two have.

The two witches dive in with a skill born of relentless training- but limited practice. You yourself saw it early in the fights out of Elmendorf- and abandoned it just as quickly.

Still, the soviets, now having lost the carrier, it's whole witch compliment, all it's fighters, and both it's escorts, are in no mood for a fight, it seems like. Still, they fight on gamely, costing the Japanese air element a pair of tomcats.

The witches are new, but, critically, not unskilled. Katsumi, using one of Japan's new type 89 rifles, claims a pair of fighters with ease before she's attacked by a Mig from out of the sun.

The mig, diving on her, slings a stream of tracers by her before she turns tail and runs- not calling for help, but defensive, regardless. You're rolling in behind the mig almost without a thought, trusting in Merlin and Katsumi's unnamed compatriot to keep you safe long enough for a shot.

While you're unable to get an agile shot- amazingly enough, given the new guidance package in this version- your twin 25mm Guns have no such trouble, breaking the Mig's back easily, sending it spiraling out of control to crash in the sea far below.

1/2

>>22615954
Pretty sure that was a Russian Assassin.

The remainder of the fight is over almost before you know it. The remaining soviet jets flee the airspace- opening them up for AMRAAM shots that cost them a further four of their number, which you can accept for the expense of the dozen missiles. Should have been more, honestly, but it is what it is, you think.

The Amagi- along with her escorting group and that massive battlewagon- is headed south east, towards Adak. The remaining ships of the Kitty Hawk's battlegroup are steaming at speed to join up with the Japanese fleet.

The two witches circle the carrier as the imperial Japanese navy fighters land aboard their carrier, and Katsumi looks back at you, frowning.

“I think it would be better if we were to land at your island base. It is not to far to make for you, is it?” She says, indicating the crowded deck of the carrier.

“Merlin?” you ask.

“We have enough to make it, but only just.” She says. “Not much wiggle room.”

[] “We're pretty low on gas. We'll recover aboard the Amagi.”
[] “We've got enough fuel to make it if you ladies are up for the trip.”

>>22615974
[] “We've got enough fuel to make it if you ladies are up for the trip.”

>>22615974
[X] “We've got enough fuel to make it if you ladies are up for the trip.”

>>22615974
Hmm, we could go on the Amagi to be safe, but dunno if the Wyvern can actually land on it...

>>22615896
Given the way the IJA got its shit kicked in every time it met somebody who wasn't either Chinese or poorly trained, armed and motivated colonial troops, I suspect that the Martians took care of pretty much the entire junior officer corps of the pre-war IJA.

The IJN would have been slightly more pragmatic about their atrocities, mainly because they knew just how incredibly dependent they were on other people for their resources. They were still fucktards, of course, but slightly less fucktarded than the IJA.

This also means that Koreans probably were able to gain some vague degree of equality post-war, what with virtually the entire IJA dead fighting Martians in China and the decimation of the Japanese merchant marine leading to millions of deaths from starvation in Japan itself.

>>22615896
you...do realize that the Japs weren't the only people machine-gunning survivors in lifeboats, right? Plus, even if they're genocidal assholes, purging a military in the middle of an interplanetary war is not a good idea.

>>22615974
[] “We're pretty low on gas. We'll recover aboard the Amagi.”
Don't want to leave our entire squadron on the carrier while we bug out back home, do we?

>>22615974
>[] “We've got enough fuel to make it if you ladies are up for the trip.”

>>22615974
[x] “We've got enough fuel to make it if you ladies are up for the trip.”
ghost
make them carry us
please

>>22615974
>[] “We're pretty low on gas. We'll recover aboard the Amagi.”

I believe is what our girls did, so we should join them. If I am wrong, head back to base.

>>22615974
>[] “We've got enough fuel to make it if you ladies are up for the trip.”
We've done this before.

>>22615974
[X] “We're pretty low on gas. We'll recover aboard the Amagi.”

Let's not risk this super valuable prototype of ours and our lives.

>>22615974
[x] “We're pretty low on gas. We'll recover aboard the Amagi.”
Not a lot of wiggle room, and we don't want to take too many chances with this plane.

Besides, we haven't done a carrier landing with the Wyvern before, I think.

>>22615974
>[] “We're pretty low on gas. We'll recover aboard the Amagi.”

Our girls are on the Carrier.

LETS DO THIS.

Also YES to meeting IJN witches.

[x] “We're pretty low on gas. We'll recover aboard the Amagi.”

Better safe than sorry.

>>22615974

[x] “We've got enough fuel to make it if you ladies are up for the trip.”

>>22615920
If they try, they're going to get the Ace of Spades after their asses.

>>22615974
>[] “We've got enough fuel to make it if you ladies are up for the trip.
Modify flight pattern to save fuel. Call ahead in case we need more gas.

>[x] “We're pretty low on gas. We'll recover aboard the Amagi.”

Don't want to test out the Wyvern's underwater capabilities with the Bering Sea, now.

>>22616004
A group of retarded macaques with ADD and anger issues could have run a war more effectively than the real-world WWII Japanese did, so I'd say that purging their high command would make them more effective by default.

>>22616051
>purging their high command
That they did. With 18-inch cannon fire. I meant a large-scale purge in medias res would be disastrous

>>22615974

>[] “We're pretty low on gas. We'll recover aboard the Amagi.”

Time to make History!

I don't think the Company Executives are gonna be happy letting the Japs take a very close look at the Wyvern.

>>22615974
[X] “We've got enough fuel to make it if you ladies are up for the trip.”

I don't think our bosses, or our bosses bosses will be happy if we let the Japs get too close a look at the Wyvern.

>>22616071
They're just going to have to suck it up. It's either this or we risk something bad happening to this plane on the way back.

>>22616004

I wasn't suggesting that as something they should have done in the middle of an interplanetary war, just what they would have needed to do to stop atrocities from being committed.

And they went a lot further than just machine gunning survivors in lifeboats; my point being that they were also a bunch of assholes, they just had fewer opportunities to commit war crimes.

The fact that they're still occupying Korea *at all* in '89 supports this fact.

>>22616096
>The fact that they're still occupying Korea *at all* in '89 supports this fact.
Do you even Empire? Speaking of, what is the status of the British Empire in this timeline? Seems to me they would've lost it much the same, but I don't know

>>22616067
And I'm saying that the Japanese high command was just so goddamn incompetent that purging it at any possible point could only have improved their war effort.

[x] “We've got enough fuel to make it if you ladies are up for the trip.

[x] “We're pretty low on gas. We'll recover aboard the Amagi.”

>>22615974
[X] “We've got enough fuel to make it if you ladies are up for the trip.”

You aren't getting at this bird that easy.

>>22616140
To be fair, it's not like Imperial Japan really had a chance to win anyways. Sure, they did a lot of damage and shit, but the outcome was clear to everyone, and that's not taking the USA into account.

I see people are risking the whole bird and Merlin over the matter of some japanese taking a look at it.

tl;dr: /tg/'s being idiots yet again.

>>22616174
We've got a somewhat temperamental bird and trying to land on an extremely crowded carrier seems iffy. Merlin said we have enough fuel to make it to the island.

>>22616174
1) We HAVE enough fuel
2) You do NOT land your superadvanced fighter on a foreign carrier

>>22616174
Can't have the Japanese stealing ideas, and risk giving them another advantage.

>>22615974

>[] “We're pretty low on gas. We'll recover aboard the Amagi.”

Not leaving Ice alone on that carrier.

Also landing to get drowned in IJN witches.

>>22615974

[x] “We've got enough fuel to make it if you ladies are up for the trip.”

>>22616202
She said just enough, which in terms of flying a plane means, we're screwed if anything goes wrong.

>>22615974
[x] “We've got enough fuel to make it if you ladies are up for the trip.”

If push comes to shove we can try calling for a midair refuel.

>>22616174
Plus, this timeline japs aren't America's irradiated buttbuddies.

they're still an Empire, with all the oh-fuck value that entials in dealing with them.

>>22615974

[] “We've got enough fuel to make it if you ladies are up for the trip.”

>>22616212
1) If nothing goes wrong
2) Allied carrier actually, besides they aren't going to get shit in the amount of time it'll take to refuel.

>>22616226
And knowing this is a quest, something going wrong is more a certainty than not.

>>22616232
Assuming much? Considering how Young got along rather well with two IJN witches, with one as a nigh-adopted little sister.

>>22616242
It doesn't MATTER if they're allies. How naive are you?

>>22616244

>implying one pilot's interpersonal relationships defines the entire cold war geopolitics of the US and Japan

lol

>>22616244
He got along with two teenage girls.

That does not speak for the conduct of the rest of their armed forces, or their command.

>>22615974

[x] “We've got enough fuel to make it if you ladies are up for the trip.”

>>22615974
>[] “We're pretty low on gas. We'll recover aboard the Amagi.”

Time to test carrier operations for this fighter.

>>22616269
No, no, you misunderstand me, I was just making a note that technically, it's not a Foreign ship, but an Allied ship.

How naive are you to think that nothing will go wrong on the way home?

It'd be rather ironic if we were to accidentally kamikaze their carrier, wouldn't it?

>>22616316
Pfff, that mental image is hilarious.

>>22616313
Realpolitik, my friend.

>>22616313
Just because they're now allies doesn't make the ship magically not foreign. Although I do agree that it's a risky proposition flying home on almost bingo fuel while our squadron is on a Jap carrier

>>22616332
I only see that "Honor before reason"

>>22616316
Merlin 'accidentally' crashes the plane?

>>22616339
>Realpolitik
>honor before reason
You're thinking of IDEALpolitik.

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[x] “We've got enough fuel to make it if you ladies are up for the trip.”

“We've got enough fuel to make it, if you ladies are up for the trip.” You say.

As much as you'd like to land on the carrier- and be with the rest of your Squadron again- you just can't square that with putting this still very secret prototype fighter on the deck of an IJN carrier. Allies or no, part of your job is to make sure this thing doesn't fall into anyone else's hands.

The flight back is kind of hairy, but the base, oddly enough, is clear for a change, with no weather. Your wheels kiss ground right as you drop down to less than a hundred pounds of fuel- not a moment too soon, by any means.

The witches land behind you, and are directed into a different hangar, adjacent to yours, but still separate.

Your ground crew helps you deplane- your legs still feel weak after sitting so long, and the withdrawal of the adrenaline has left you feeling completely exhausted. The loss of the crew of the Kitty hawk- 5600 sailors gone, just like that- also weighs heavily upon you, but what could have really done? Maybe going after the dreadnaughts would have helped, but you'll never know.

The two witches greet you outside of the hangar doors, both looking around the base.

“Well,” you say, looking at them. “I'm going to guess neither of you had overnight bags hidden in those strikers?”

They both look at you, and you laugh.

“Well, we've got plenty of spare room up at the house.” You say. “And I don't suppose the Amagi will be in very soon, so we can't just wait for the boss to show up.”

Inside, the place is pretty much like you left it- cleaner than when Maverick and Slider were running amok.

[] “So, we never really did get introduced.”
[] “Kitchen's downstairs, lounge is upstairs. Empty bedrooms to the left. Make yourselves at home.”

>>22616332
And in realpolitik you still call ships belonging to a foreign if seperate power an allied ship, rather than a foreign ship. It's more polite and causes less political incidents.

Besides, Fronk should be more worried about Murphy and Mother Nature right now.

>>22616354
[X] “So, we never really did get introduced.”

>>22616354
[x] “So, we never really did get introduced.”

Might as well know them.

>>22616354

>[] “So, we never really did get introduced.”

Also not landing on the Amagi.

Goddammit.

>>22616354
And after all that argument, an uneventful flight home. I feel the hue overtaking me

>[] “So, we never really did get introduced.”
Might as well make nice with our guests

>>22616354
[] “So, we never really did get introduced.”
Lets see who we are dealing with

>>22615974

Landing a on a non-US carrier with an experimental craft still so classified WE haven't been told anything other than how to use it? WHAT COULD GO WRONG! Also, I haven't played Ace Combat, but this does not look like a carrier rated plane. Do we even have a landing hook?

[] “We've got enough fuel to make it if you ladies are up for the trip.”

I would like to be with the rest of the 'Jammers, but this is not the place for this bird. As long as we have an escort, we should be alright. We just cleared the only thing keeping the Reds afloat in the region.

>>22616354
[X] “So, we never really did get introduced.”

Can't be rude to our guests.

[x] “So, we never really did get introduced.”

Wow nothing really did go wrong.... for once.

>>22616388
Somehow I can't help but to think: Once again Goose gets screwed out of screen time.

>>22616399
It is a carrier-rated plane in Ace Combat, actually.

>>22616354
[x] “So, we never really did get introduced.”

>>22616354
[x] “So, we never really did get introduced.”

>>22616354
>[] “So, we never really did get introduced.”
>>22616364
You only use that phrasing because you don't wanna piss the other guy off. You still don't TRUST them. We are flying the single most advanced airframe in the world right now. Do you REALLY wanna risk it's specs getting out to even more people, meaning even more potential security risks? Keep in mind that our bird being on the bleeding edge gives us an edge in combat. The moment everyone else starts catching up that edge goes away.

And just as I predicted, we made it home fine.

We could probably ask the witches about their country if we're still curious about their country.

>>22616423

I bet you predicted we'd save the Kitty Hawk too.

>>22616412

Huh. Good to know I suppose. The build screamed "land runways only" to me, but I am still trying to come up with a justification for the W wing. Don't get me wrong, it is sexy. I just think the stresses and loads opening and closing in flight and cringe. There is a reason the Tomcat's wings were swept the other way.

>>22616489
>I'm a petulant child who can't take being wrong

>>22616354
>[] “So, we never really did get introduced.”
Make introductions, get a soda pop.

>>22616475
I'm still curious about what happened to China.

>>22616475
ask them about more books like robotech for Merlin

>>22616354

[x] “Kitchen's downstairs, lounge is upstairs. Empty bedrooms to the left. Make yourselves at home. I'm Frank, by the way, and this is Merlin, my amazing RIO.”

>>22616547
Do you really want to piss them off? As Harmony Gold basically managed to rip off Big West/etc like no one's business.

At best, they might not know about this.

>>22616584
Actually, the court case you're talking about hadn't happened yet in '89.

>>22616584
They probably might not know at all anyway.

>>22616489
>>22616512

Eh, there was probably not a perfect scenario either way (unless we got really creative). Our mission was to take out the carrier. If we had gone for the Dreads first, we probably would have had to use our heavy weapons to take them down. Keep in mind the other fighters AND the Kitty were pounding this thing and it was still in the air. We probably would have gotten it, but then we are left with weaker ordinance needed for the primary target. So we would have saved lives, but may not have been able to take down the carrier. This would have prolonged the war in North America. Here we took down the carrier, but it cost us the Kitty.

Ghost seems to be a fan of sticking us between a rock and a hard place. No one decision is always right. That's my opinion anyway, I am not going to put words in the author's mouth. Some are better, some are worse, some are HUE, but war is messy. We can't always be the hero that saves everyone, as much as we want to be. And the one theme that keeps popping up is that our decision have consequences, regardless of intent.

>>22616660
that's a shift from SWQ where there are ways to take "third options" that have no downsides.

Sort of makes things in 89 look a bit worse at least, suggesting a decay in the stock of man.

>>22616732

SWQ was pretty shitty,

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>>22616747

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>>22616660
>our decision have consequences, regardless of intent.
Do you feel like a hero yet, /tg/?

>>22616747
Asinine at times, but still fun.

>>22616732
While I am a fan of third options, those can and should have consequences as well. If you note too, people are picking the options handed to them by Ghost. If you want a third option you have to write it in and convince enough people or samefag enough to follow you. If you take one of the options the GM gives you you can't complain about where it takes you.

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>A wild drawfag has appeared!
>Drawfag uses mimic Deculture
>It isn't very effective

>4Chan uses distraction!
>It is super effective!
>Drawfag stops drawing and passes out!

Going to call it a night. Thanks for the thread Ghost. I'll finish this up later.

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>>22616763
oh god, that game, that fucking game. this was the only time in a video game i have ever not wanted to kill something, the only time when i felt truly shitty about a decision i made. great now im depressed

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[x] “So, we never really did get introduced.”

“We never really did get introduced.” You say to your two guests. “I'm Lieutenant commander Frank Bishop. Call me Frank. This here.” you say, grabbing Merlin by the shoulders and pulling her from behind you to stand in front of your guests.

“This here is Lieutenant Samantha Wells, callsign Merlin. Say hi, Merlin.” Merlin, for her part, squeaks something unintelligible.

“She's pretty shy, really. Nothing personal, I promise.” You say, as Merlin retreats behind you again.

The older of the two Introduces herself first. “I'm Ogawa- wait, it's family name second, isn't it? First lieutenant Ayumi Ogawa, imperial Japanese navy air forces.”

She looks over at her companion and sighs.

“That is her Imperial Highness, the princess Katsumi.”

You involuntarily stiffen, shocked. Imperial family is a big, BIG deal to the Japanese. Like, you could offend her and cause a major political incident, big.

She sighs. “I really wish you wouldn't do that, Ayumi. Now they're going to be terrified of a misstep. Hardly proper, given their hospitality so far.”

She looks at you. “Really, I do have to be proper in front of the cameras, and at family gatherings. But I much prefer the camaraderie of my squadronmates. Which, right now, consists of little Samantha, you, and Ayumi. Please, for now, at least, don't worry about formality. Now,” she says, smiling. “Where should we sleep?”

[] “There's a few empty bedrooms on our hall, you can have one of them.”
[] “There's an empty hall off to the left, pick any room you want there.”

>>22616766
Not meaning to bag on planefag

But hell, even Kotters writes a better quest.

SWQ proper could be best summed up by shenanigans and guest historical figure of the week.

>>22616800
You are still a good person.

>>22616805
[X] “There's a few empty bedrooms on our hall, you can have one of them.”

>>22616790

I love it! you drawbros are fucking awesome, all of you!. Night dude.

>>22616814
>>22616800

What game?

>>22616732
Well, that's mostly because Young is fracking insane so he can do some pretty crazy shit and he really has no right to survive some of the stunts he pulled.

>>22616805
>[] “There's a few empty bedrooms on our hall, you can have one of them.”

>>22616805
>[] “There's a few empty bedrooms on our hall, you can have one of them.”
>>22616823
SpecOps: The Line
You should know NOTHING going in. Do NOT read about it, simply know that this game will make you feel shit, and play it through.

>>22616805

Oh HELL, we actually got the princess. I was wondering if we might have been her since she knocked on our windscreen.

>[] “There's a few empty bedrooms on our hall, you can have one of them.”

Ghost, is this her portrait?

http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/1135250/animal_ears-commentary-katana-legs-long_hair-ogits

>>22616823
Looks like Spec Ops: The Line.

>>22616805
[x] “There's a few empty bedrooms on our hall, you can have one of them.”

Welp, imperial family. Also, dat SuWQ reference.

>>22616814
i remember when the "tips" got weird and creep, especially the one that said
"you wouldn't be here if you were a better person" that one got to me
>>22616823
spec ops the line

>>22616747
sure things weren't all roses and sunshine, but there were men that did impressive things at the same time. One of those impressive things saved Sanya's life (and likely a tale Katya was told)

>>22616763
Sometimes, though at times like this, I feel more like a failure of a hero.

>>22616783
I meant that in a figurative sense, though with how the readers are, I can only predict more failures in the future due to how stupid they can get.

>>22616805
>Ogawa

OH....

[x] “There's an empty hall off to the left, pick any room you want there.”

Suggesting this in case they don't want to get dragged into whatever Slider or Maverick have cooking up.

>>22616805
"There's a few empty bedrooms on our hall, you can have one of them. If you'd rather a wider selection, there hall off to the let is all empty."

>>22616836
I've been meaning to pick that up for a while, heard good, generic things about it.

How old is fronk?

>>22616847

You know she wants in.

>>22616805
[X] “There's a few empty bedrooms on our hall, you can have one of them.”

Let's play some pool to pass the time.

>>22616863
FUCKING BUY IT, RIGHT NOW, PLAY IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH TONIGHT

>>22616890
It's 3:30

I'll check steam.

>>22616847
>don't want to get dragged into whatever Slider or Maverick have cooking up.
>implying you don't want to see the Princess do something that would be considered a SHAMEFUR DISPRAY by her family.
>>22616845
Best "feels" scene for me was after Lugo got lynched. I spent the rest of the game in a blind fucking rage, literally screaming at my TV, up until you get to Konrad.
>>22616863
Generally, people can't SAY much detailed about it because the great parts are all spoiler territory. It plays like a rather generic cover shooter, if a reasonably well executed one. Play it for the story.

>>22616805
[x] “There's a few empty bedrooms on our hall, you can have one of them.”
>princess
WE DIPLOMATIC INCIDENT NOW

>>22616900
Fuck

I mouse over spoils on instinct.

>>22616839

that's her younger sister

>>22616823
Spec Ops: The Line, considered by many to be the best takedown of the dudebro shooter yet made.

Half decent FPS to boot.

>>22616805
>political incident
Come on Ghost, you can trust us! Right collective Anons?

Of course, this princess is a bit to old to raise, so what can we do with her?

>>22616863

Heart of Darkness. 'Nough said.

>>22616873

I always assumed post-college. I could see him being as young as 19-20 though if he went in right after High School. I thought fighter pilots tended to be college grads in the modern military though. Not really my area of expertise, so I may be talking out of my ass.

>>22616907
Oh shit. I KNEW I should have just hinted at it. Sorry man.

What's the jap equivalent of a shotgun marriage?

>>22616908
Ghost, Ghost.

Merlin and Ayumi/Katsumi bonding together...through animu.

>>22616873
According to the pastebin, he seems to be in his late 20's

>>22616921
He's a Lt. Cmdr.

That's at least, at least three years in grade,

>>22616826
I was referring to some other characters as well. I wonder how many boys that grew up on Martian War tales join the military and end up disappointed that they won't be a hero but rather a cog in the war.

>>22616873
mid twenties at least.

I wouldn't get too attached to these two, they might be temporary characters.

>>22616900
This is Frank, not Young we're talking about. He isn't one to let a guest get dragged into those two's stunts.

>>22616908

So no portrait then, damn.

>>22616921
While it takes inspiration from Heart of Darkness, it's not just a straight "Heart of Darkness in setting X" like Apocalypse Now or Far Cry 2.

>>22616911
See if she can score us free Nintendo stuff. Free Gameboys for everyone!

>>22616911
...might pick it up someday then.

>>22616908
Ghost, can we get a definitive answer on fronk's age?

>>22616924
Katana marriage?

>>22616924
An honor killing.

>>22616962
Can't let a member of the royal famry grow up a bastard, can you?

>>22616952
Probably be a wakizashi marriage, though. Easier to lug indoors.

...though that would be more of a Obrez wedding, then.

>>22616947
Old enough to drink and smoke.

>>22616873
>>22616921
26 IIRC.

Also, I love you guys, I was just saying in the IRC that we needed a Japanese waifu and you're going to deliver. Yessss.

>>22616977
Dude.

We're not going to waifu her.

One princess per brother would just be too much.

>>22616977
>Implying she'd have a chance against the other girls.

That and possible TEMPORARY character

>>22616839
>>22616908
Soo... Are the eyebrows hereditary?

>>22616947

He's 26, now shut up.

>>22616977
Well, our big brother has Sushi, it's only fair that we get a princess, so we can show him up in yet another department. Is there ANYTHING he's better at us than?
>>22616987
>Implying Sushi route is not locked in for TW89

>>22616933
Which is of course quite funny, since many of those Martian War Veteran War Heroes like Young, Anders, Chuck etc... wished that they could go back to being a cog in the war. Hell, it's Young's new way of dealing with the stress.

>>22616994

Dude

You need to chill out.

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>>22616992
My (admittedly piddly) power level tells me yes, considering big eyebrows usually are.
And it pleases me.

At best we're going to be a chaperone, and at worst a bodyguard.

>>22617014
That's uncanny valley territory bro.

>>22617018
NAVY

We're an officer and a gentleman.

>>22616996
Football?

Commanding?

>>22617018
>bodyguard
>worst
Dude, the Japanese LOVE stories about bodyguard romances.

>>22616933

inb4 she assigns herself as liaison to us.

>>22616996

Keep the waifuing to the respective threads please.

>>22617028
>Football
Is irrelevant, we have a motorcycle.
>Commanding
Is something we don't even wanna do.

>>22616996

Delicious Sushi.

>>22617033
Worst meaning someone attacks.

>>22617018
>>22617026
Tell that to all the waifuing chucklefucks then.

I doubt she'll be along for long (remember what hapepned when people got too attached to Wittman in TW89 only for her to be a temp character?) Ayumi may stick around however.

>>22617035
It's times like this that makes me glad that the romance's finally getting resolved in SWQ. Could not take one more thread of shipping war.

>>22617045
If by "too attached" you mean "started making long term plans to get even with her for that bush league bullshit she pulled", then yeah.

>>22617045
Unfortunately I can see her using her pull to get assigned to our group, and remember Nixon was trying to get more people.

>>22617039
driving a tank?

Being bad with girls?

Fighting?

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>find out japanese pilot is princess
>waifustorm erupts

/tg/ - predictable as ever

i hate you all so much

>>22617070

Japan isn't part of NATO

>>22617075
>driving a tank
Dusenjager>Panzer it's a fact of life.
>Being bad with girls
So you're saying he's better at being bad at something? Whoa. That's deep man.
>Fighting
Which one of us dove headfirst into the great shitstorm of our time with no fucks given?

>>22617087
yet

Holy shit.

Are you guys, as an audience, having waifu wars over the protag?

>>22617105

What does the A in NATO stand for?

>>22617111
You're surprised?

>>22617116
America?(yes I'm joking)

>>22617111
As the guy who's shit-talking on Jake, I'm just standing in for Fronk in the traditional art of talking shit on your siblings.
I've also referred to Fronk as "kind of a dumbass" in TW89 threads.

>>22617059
It'd have been worse if not for the Minna Blitzkrieg.

>>22617065
I mean getting attached only to for her or the MC to be moved somewhere else.

>>22617084
the only thing that would have attracted them more would be if said princess had A) twintails and B) was a tsundere.

as far as Frank and Jake, I would say Jake is the better commander, but Frank the better comrade (Frank doesn't have his brother's women hating streak, which I think is the writer projecting a bit too much)

>>22617111
Are you saying that we're arguing over Frank instead of the girls?

[] “There's a few empty bedrooms on our hall, you can have one of them.”

Gotta wonder how Katya would react to the Princess...

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>waifu wars

>>22617111

>YouMustBeNewHere.jpg

Par for the course. Sadly.

>>22617045
>temp character
We have no evidence to suggest that the mission in Kuwait will be permanent.
>>22617111
Of course.

>>22617145
Hey man, this shit's inspiring. I can't help but sit here and laugh, and I start thinking of ways to stoke the flame.

Time to write yandere.

>>22617116

The whole things stands for 'North Atlantic Treaty Organization'.

>>22617116
Atlantic. North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

>>22617165

You have a pass? I do, and I'm having a blast because of it.

>>22617172
>>22617168

And what ocean(s) come to mind when you think of japan?

>>22617137
Hmm, yeah I never got why people called it the Minna Blitzkrieg, since I'm pretty it wasn't a fast deep strike into her ''route''.

>>22617180

Not the Atlantic?

>>22617168
>>22617172
The point being that Japan is in the Pacific.

>>22617191
What he's saying is that JP is never going to join NATO.

>>22617101
So then Jake is the older brother who's always surpassed by his little brother then? Poor guy.

>>22617204
Is there a third brother?

I thought there was, marines right?

>>22617204
I know that feel...

>>22617214
A Chair Farce PJ, and there might be a fourth.

>>22617204
...Frank's the eldest.

>>22617226
The sister. Three boys and a girl in that family, the girl is the baby.

>>22617226
>might

Back ups in case of bad end?

PJ quest would be pretty rad.
If we fuck up hard enough, we may even get to meet him!

Course, PJ quest wouldn't be nearly as exciting as say, combat weatherman quest.

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[x] “There's a few empty bedrooms on our hall, you can have one of them.”

“Well, there's a few empty bedrooms on our hall, if you want. We keep the other halls closed up, mostly just so we don't feel like the building is too big for us, you know?” You say, leading them towards your bedroom wing. “Though, fair warning, if you end up staying around us, We’re all kind of crazy.”

“Anyone who earned the nickname 'the eagle' probably would have to be!” Katsumi says, laughing lightly.

You laugh yourself. “A little. The parts of that fight they got on TV didn't show everything- and you can barely see Katya in them. She shot down more of them than I did.”

“And you're too modest about it! Everybody, even admiral Nishizawa said it was an incredible display.” she says. “Face it, Frank- it was amazing.”

“I”ll quit before I seem like I'm being ungrateful.” You say with a smile. “This is our hall. The rooms on the right side are empty, the ones on the left are all ours, except that last one, that's empty too. The end of the hall has the showers and heads. Kitchen's open whenever, same deal with the lounge.”

Both witches nod and select the room closest to the hall door leading to the lounge, while you and merlin head down to your shared room. You're tired enough that you're barely able to drop out of your flight suit before you're asleep on top of the covers, curled into a little ball.

You dream of storms. It's somehow vaguely disturbing.

>>22617183
>Minna Blitzkrieg
I'm pretty sure it's because she mounted one on him.

>>22617235
Shit, really? I thought he was one of the younger ones.

>>22617214
Air Force Parajumper.

Dad has issues that none of his children joined the Corps.

OI GHOSTDIVISION! You're around for an Aussie nighttime run, Thank you so much for the Quest, It makes my day to get home from work and read it! THANK YOU SO MUCH!

>>22617247
I would pay the petty change in my pocket for Combat Weather Man Quest.

Anyone know what timezone GD is?

>>22617141
Depends on how much of an interest in Frank she has as I think Katya would be rather protective of Frank and the rest of the squad.

>>22617161
There's nothing say it isn't, and Sushi appears to be one of two permanent witch characters. Though it's funny how people waifu her when she seems to be Merlin's age.

>>22617183
From what I saw, it was pretty steady progress with only Trude fans slowing it down and once she got put on the bus, BOOM, game over.

>>22617235
The sister's something of a hellspawn, perhaps Jake's in-universe reason for his women issues.

>>22617256

Looks like she has a fair bit of interest.

This is gonna be interesting.

>>22617235
I could have sworn Ghost said Frank was the youngest.

and that's our threads for the night! As always, I appreciate you guys hanging around to participate, and I hope you had fun!

We'll be back next week at our regular time, till then, I"m in the IRC if you need me!

>>22617257
The events that happened after they hooked up does not count. That was Minna being Dom.

>>22617247
>PJ quest
>not exciting
I know this is a joke but shit man, how can you type that with a straight face?
>>22617271
She's a sniper, named her rifle Muramasa, and described Masamune as "a punk". She kinda just comes off as more "adult" than Merlin who is VERY little-sistery.

>>22617256

Shit. I hope the girls are safe and make it home ok.

>>22617271
Really? I remember it being kind of like the Minna fans dragging the rest of the voting base kicking and screaming.

Before you Squids go gettin' too full of yourselves, have a reminder of who the REAL top guns are.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch5z3DMC3RA

>>22617321
Still not quite right. planefag made his preference clear and put her in the way enough that we couldn't abscond from a scene without tripping over her. Add that, time and give her a scene where we hurt her and it's done.

>>22617309
One may differ on that but I won't go into it.

>>22617321
There's a voting base besides Trude? Then again she was one of the few NOT to get swept aside in said Blitzkrieg.

>>22617343
That's something I suspect but been meaning to look into, as railroading is rather underhanded, more so if it fails to prevent waifufaggotry.

>>22617343
Actually, having spoken with him about it before, he never actually had a preference immediately. It was pretty free. Not his fault that players went after the first thing with a vagina they saw.

>>22617343
Well, can't blame him, since from a narrative standpoint if there had to be a relationship, then Minna just made sense.

>>22617369
More like the first tsundere they saw. (the main thing that irks me so much about it. A Tsundere, really?), though during those times there were more /a/ posters. Even then how strong the push was meant some /tg/ers were retard for tsunderes.

>>22617369
Actually, I think the first thing with a vagina they saw was Yoshika.

>>22617384
>Minna
>Tsundere

That word. I don't think it means what you think it means. Her only problem with loving Young was her lingering guilt and feelings for her dead fiance.

>>22617369
I'm sure he says so, but given that his DnD wizard in Touhoe land had the main character enter into a relationship with a redhead in similar circumstances to MC Young with Minna and I start to suspect otherwise.

Also, >>22617258 and the rest of the responders I'm not bothering to quote, just asked GD and Rex-the-parajumper is the eldest, Frank is the next oldest. Frank is the oldest in the squadron, which is where I was confused.

Thanks Ghostdivision!

>>22617394
Well, she does have the traits of a classic tsundere. As it, dislike at first, but very loving once the last step is taking.