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Region: The Confederacy of Free Nations
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#EvilKalsHenchman
It's a game. If he wants to have this kind of ship let him have those ships. Who said he will participate in RPs ?
Aldaur
The flak is for bombers and jets and stuff.
For the sake of this, let's say all of the launchers are loaded, about 4-5 launchers (five missiles each), missiles are at around maximum altitude and there are 10.
So, 5 times four is twenty, and that gives you a chance to miss half the attack, but get it with another.
Just did some rough math, and taking the assumption of the weaponry on it being four times as large millimeter-wise (It seems that one can fit four of the Iowa's barrels into one of that Dreadnought's), one can figure that the main guns fire a 1624mm shell.
To note, an AP shell for the Iowa weighed 2,700 lb, which would put the ammo of that thing at over 10,000 lbs.
With the assumption that the turrets are two barreled rather than three, that is over 100,000 pounds for just one broadside.
Do you see a problem with ammo that heavy being tugged around, because I can see at least three problems.
Except most cruise missiles don't fly high.
Most are sea skimming to avoid radar, and most are also supersonic.
Your analysis also avoids the possibility of being attacked on two sides, and misses the key flaw of each missile being laser-guided, in that, they need guidance.
It's a game. If people want to have a discussion about the realistic use of a battleship in a modern navy, than let them.
Aldaur
And if he does with a factbook full of Dreadnoughts?
Then I'm sure that'll be dealt with in that specific RP.
But you see, I was given free reign to talk of it right now, and it is better to have the flaws of something shown first, before one spends time or money is spent on it.
So, it's better to discuss and critique them now so any questions as to X, Y or Z about the ship are already answered by the time of RP.
If he does decide to participate in RP's with that, We may as well have guns like these: http://imgur.com/8KnQMXB
Aldaur
All of my soldiers now look like this now
http://i59.tinypic.com/ndps81.jpg
We also shoot lasers out of our eyes :p
Penguania And Antarctica
I want those ships only the size of the Iowa
And I would like to participate in the role play
But modern role play
You mean as in 2016 or like in 2020
Well.
On the bright side, it would be easier to maintain one the size of an Iowa class, but on the dark side, a fleet of two hundred battleships is a waste.
Also, are you retaining Iowa class weaponry, or trying to switch to the new one's guns? Because it still suffers from a lot of flaws related to BBs
Lavan Tiri
Meanwhile, I finally got around to making a rank system of the four core branches of the UCT armed forces :P
https://www.nationstates.net/nation=the_united_confederacy_of_texas/detail=factbook/id=710936
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
Why dont we do a platoon oriented RP? Like, we all make a person operating in Iraq or Syria or something.
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
New weapons butt I will split it in sub fleets and the marines need a few ships and my engineers will upgrade it with our own weapons and engine. We are also developing a new jet fighter bomber with stealth and space capabilities.
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, New Estaris
How do you get pictures in your fact book cause I just can't
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, New Estaris
Use [img] image link [/img] and replaced image link with the link to your specific image.
Lavan Tiri, Aldaur
So, go to imager or whatever you want, post the picture, then go to shareable links, then post it for forums.
Lavan Tiri
[img](insert image URL here)[/img]
Lavan Tiri
For the platoon thing:
One crew is rebels
another is soldiers
third is citizens (They wont have Mgs out the wazoo or artillery and stuff)
Lavan Tiri
Meh. I wouldn't be too interested in that personally, since it would likely require fairly detailed knowledge about military operations and military weaponry, which is an area I'm not really interested in. But, if others want to do it, be my guest.
Lavan Tiri, Aldaur
Hey hey hey y'all bitches. I made an RP. Check it out.
https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=392744&p=30206389#p30206389
Penguania And Antarctica
Guys, I must introduce you to the South African "kweef" music movement. You will not regret.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lRzFqW4Xh2k
Lavan Tiri
It's broken
Lavan Tiri
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swBoRZaCTPA
Why I saw this film again, I've no idea
#TexanCannibals #HashtagsAreSatansSpawn
Lavan Tiri
Looks like it's going to be another good 'un, Lavan.
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus
The mods fixed it.
New Estaris
God, I hope so. And danke.
New Estaris
Ay up cockers, what'd i miss?
Lavan Tiri
help
Lavan Tiri
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tiVu6foDOvI
Lavan Tiri
Im so confused to what that is...
Wa'chu need?
Lavan Tiri
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton_(musical)
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
Hello friends.
[spoiler=Today are:]
Today are:
- Azad Kashmir Day (Pakistan)
- Independence Day (Zambia)
- Labour Day (New Zealand)
- National Bologna Day (United States)
- National Food Day (United States)
- Shmini Atzeret/Simchat Torah (Judaism)
- Suez Day (Egypt)
- United Nations Day
- World Development Information Day
- World Polio Day
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 69 - Second Battle of Bedriacum, forces under Marcus Antonius Primus, the commander of the Danube armies, loyal to Vespasian, defeat the forces of Emperor Vitellius.
- 1260 - Chartres Cathedral is dedicated in the presence of King Louis IX of France; the cathedral is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- 1590 - John White, the governor of the second Roanoke Colony, returns to England after an unsuccessful search for the "lost" colonists.
- 1641- Sir Felim O'Neill of Kinard the leader of the Irish Rebellion issues his Proclamation of Dungannon justifying the uprising and declaring continued loyalty to Charles I
- 1648 - The Peace of Westphalia is signed, marking the end of the Thirty Years' War.
- 1795 - Partitions of Poland: The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth is completely divided among Austria, Prussia, and Russia.
- 1851 - William Lassell discovers the moons Umbriel, and Ariel, orbiting Uranus.
- 1857 - Sheffield F.C., the world's oldest association football club still in operation, is founded in Sheffield, England.
- 1861 - The first transcontinental telegraph line across the United States is completed, spelling the end for the 18-month-old Pony Express.
- 1901 - Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
- 1911 - Orville Wright remains in the air nine minutes and 45 seconds in a Wright Glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.
- 1917 - Bolshevik Red Guards began takeover of buildings in Russia, among the first events associated with the October Revolution.
- 1926 - Harry Houdini's last performance takes place at the Garrick Theatre in Detroit.
- 1929 - "Black Thursday" stock market crash on the New York Stock Exchange.
- 1931 - The George Washington Bridge opens to public traffic.
- 1943 - The Provisional Government of Free India formally declares war on Britain and the United States of America.
- 1944 - World War II: The Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku and the Japanese battleship Musashi are sunk by American aircraft in the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
- 1945 - Founding of the United Nations.
- 1946 - A camera on board the V-2 No. 13 rocket takes the first photograph of earth from outer space
- 1947 - Famed animator Walt Disney testifies before the House Un-American Activities Committee, naming Disney employees he believes to be communists.
- 1949 - The cornerstone of the United Nations Headquarters is laid.
- 1960 - Nedelin catastrophe: An R-16 ballistic missile explodes on the launch pad at the Soviet Union's Baikonur Cosmodrome space facility, killing over 100. Among the dead is Field Marshal Mitrofan Nedelin, whose death is reported to have occurred in a plane crash.
- 1964 - Northern Rhodesia gains independence from the United Kingdom and becomes the Republic of Zambia (Southern Rhodesia remained a colony until the next year, with the Unilateral Declaration of Independence).
- 1975 - In Iceland, 90% of women take part in a national strike, refusing to work in protest of gaps in gender equality.
- 1977 - Veterans Day is observed on the fourth Monday in October for the seventh and last time. (The holiday is once again observed on November 11 beginning the following year.)
- 1980 - The government of Poland legalizes the Solidarity trade union.
- 1990 - Italian prime minister Giulio Andreotti reveals to the Italian parliament the existence of Gladio, the Italian "stay-behind" clandestine paramilitary NATO army, which was implicated in false flag terrorist attacks implicating communists and anarchists as part of the strategy of tension from the late 1960s to early 1980s.
- 1992 - The Toronto Blue Jays become the first Major League Baseball team based outside the United States to win the World Series.
- 1998 - Launch of Deep Space 1 comet/asteroid mission.
- 2003 - Concorde makes its last commercial flight.
- 2005 - Hurricane Wilma makes landfall in Florida resulting in 35 direct 26 indirect fatalities and causing $20.6B USD in damage.
- 2008 - "Bloody Friday" saw many of the world's stock exchanges experience the worst declines in their history, with drops of around 10% in most indices.
- 2014 - The China National Space Administration launches an experimental lunar mission, Chang'e 5-T1, which will loop behind the Moon and return to Earth.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 51 - Domitian, Roman emperor
- 1632 - Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch biologist and microbiologist
- 1763 - Dorothea von Schlegel, German author and translator
- 1838 - Annie Edson Taylor, American stuntwoman and educator
- 1862 - Daniel Swarovski, Austrian glass cutter and jeweller, founder of Swarovski
- 1868 - Alexandra David-Neel, Belgian-French explorer and author
- 1915 - Bob Kane, American author and illustrator
- 1927 - Gilbert Becaud, French singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor
- 1931 - Sofia Gubaidulina, Russian-German pianist and composer
- 1932 - Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1936 - Bill Wyman, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (The Rolling Stones and Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings)
- 1939 - F. Murray Abraham, American actor
- 1947 - Kevin Kline, American actor and singer
- 1953 - Christoph Daum, German footballer and manager
- 1962 - Dave Blaney, American race car driver
- 1966 - Roman Abramovich, Russian businessman and politician
- 1981 - Tila Tequila, Singaporean-American model, actress, and singer
- 1985 - Wayne Rooney, English footballer
- 1989 - Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg aka PewDiePie, Swedish web-based comedian and video producer,
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Quote of the day
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.
- Thomas Edison -
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Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus, Confederacy Of Free Nations
cyanide flavored clorox bleach
Lavan Tiri
How was your holiday?
Lavan Tiri, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus
It was Lush thanks, though there were some things i found that i didnt expect, i will compile a list later haha.
Lavan Tiri, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus
Oh dear, how come?
Lavan Tiri
That's cool. I found out over the break that I'm getting my own house next month.
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
Jesus, pick a region and stick with it. We've got some French revolutions going on over here or some sh*t.
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus
Oh coolio, how come?
Lavan Tiri
I signed up to the housing list last month. They are now offering me a place. I was supposed to be moving in with a friend but he chickened out so now I'm moving in alone.
Lavan Tiri
Oh, hi.
Lavan Tiri
Awesome, is that like Council housing or something?
Lavan Tiri
Yeah. In the place I wanted most as well. And they are being remodelled so it's going to look great. Sadly I wont be staying there long. Since my friend wont move in with me, the property will be underoccupied, meaning the housing will shift me to a one bedroom house at some point in the future.
Lavan Tiri
Oh thats cool, its a shame you'll have to move though. it surprises me that you got a place, where i am its only women and single mums that get places and even then, i'd hardly call it 'Housing'.
I was extremely suprised by how quickly they offered me a place. Usually families and single mothers are prioritised but I think it's because I was very flexible with them. I was not choosy about where I wanted to live and in what kind of house. Plus, the high flats have a high turnover rate. So I am extremely lucky.
They say the white doves are tired.
Too long away from the skies.
They've sit there sadly and have been quiet,
With heavy wings and blinded eyes.
But still the mighty hawks are rising,
Stronger than they were before.
And from the skies I see them smiling,
And day by day there will be more.
But all the white doves,
Don't fly no more.
Nuremgard
At least the revolutionaries stayed in France instead of moving to Italy. This is more like Moses wandering in the desert for 40 years
Aldaur
How's everyone today ?
Not bad. How are you?
Eh, I'm somewhat okay. Could be better. But it's good to hear you are alright.
I hope you feel better. :) Liebe aus Schottland.
Penguania And Antarctica
That made me smile. :)
Nuremgard
Glad I could make you smile, mein Deutsche Freund.
How's life going ?
Decent. Back at college so busy with classes and homework. Exams and assessments are approaching. Will be moving out soon. So things are active. You?
About the same. Semester started 2 weeks ago. New classes, annoying experiments, a bunch of new stuff. Oh and hyperactive teachers.
Sounds like fun. Hey, how is the UK perceived over in Germany right now? Like how is it portrayed in the media and what do ordinary Germans think?
That they are lucky to be out of this dreaded 4th reich?
Easy on the Reich talk. There is a resident German here.
Aldaur
Picks up a photo of Napoleon, holds it up in front of himself, points directly at the depiction, and says "Napoleon".
New Romnesia, Aldaur
Does History and reality offend the German?
The EU is not the Fourth Reich. Stop being dramatic.
Aldaur
Well, to be honest there aren't many news about the UK. It's portrayed from different sites. But as far as I can tell most people think the UK made a mistake with leaving EU. I think the most people think: "It's their decision. They should know what's the best for them. But they shouldn't come to us afterwards complaining." Furthermore a lot of people think that the UK goverment prolongs the official request for leaving. It's been more than 3 month since the referendum took place and when I got it right there will be no official letter to the EU till march 2017. There was a documentary on TV about British people for and against the Brexit. Was quite interesting.
Nuremgard, Aldaur
The reason the government is delaying leaving is because they don't have a damn clue what they are doing.
Aldaur
At least there is a Department for Exiting the European Union.
I have family in Detmold and from what they say its the opposite, he's always talking about how the country is falling apart and how the EU is taking its toll on the people and German culture. I have to say when i was in Italy, it is so run down its almost sad, so much money is being sapped away to pay for stupid things that it's hurting the countries.
Europe under the thumb of a right wing German?
We won't end up leaving the reff is meaning less, the Gov nor the PM have to listen to it and im sure we will come up with some loophole or wait so long that we just stay in anyway, the rich and corrupt always get what they want and the working peoples voices get ignored as usual.
Well, I can't speak for the whole German people.
Merkel is right wing. She's not a Nazi. If Merke is a Nazi then so is Theresa May.
Yes, because the working class voted en mass for Brexit and the "rich" voted en mass to remain. There was no variations whatsoever.
Aldaur
there was variation but on average more poor people voted to leave and vice versa.
i didnt say she was a Nazi, just that the EU almost resembles a 4th reich.
That's your opinion.
lol what?
*points more vigourously*
"Napoleon"
Au Minbo, Aldaur
In what ways?
http://i.imgur.com/ttlxfS8.png
"Claymores"
Lol they wish. Perhaps if it was then it would be run more efficiently. The EU is worse than anything the Nazis could conjure up in a bureaucratic sense.
Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus
On this day, October 24th 2016, Ald and CC agree.
On the last point specifically, but historic nonetheless.
Aldaur, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus
I'll take the European bureaucracy over the Westminster bullsh!t any day.
Aldaur
Twice in a single month.....perhaps we should reassess our friendship :p
It's rather Byzantine either way :p
Continental Commonwealths
12% of my people killed by murder? That isn't very nice! Gordon told me murder is when you end someone's life with no good reason. Why do people murder?
And 19% of my people killed by 'Acts of God'? Why does God hate my people? Am I on his naughty list?
Penguania And Antarctica
That's Santa Claus, Percy. Not God.
Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
[I]Or is it?[/I]
Au Minbo, Continental Commonwealths, Maoa
Well, I guess if you think about it, God might have something like a naughty list, but I imagine it's a lot less literal and more complicated than Santa's version. Plus, if you're on Santa's naughty list you get coal; if you're on God's 'naughty list', you get a trip to Hell.
Vista Major
Pretty sure Hell runs on coal, what with all the fire
Santa must be God's supplier
Jaslandia
Perhaps, but where does Santa get his coal? Does he have some elves mine coal at the North Pole? Does Santa have some sort of deal with the world's biggest coal companies?
I run on coal too! Does that mean Santa is gonna give me coal for Christmas?
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Sure, if that's what you want.
Hooray! That would be lovely.
Jaslandia
If Vista and Jas team up, I think you guys could write one hell of a theology masters thesis with this theory of yours.
Jaslandia, Au Minbo, Aldaur, Penguania And Antarctica
Or finally come to terms with the repressed feelings we've had all along. Romeo and Juliet thought they were star-crossed? They never knew the story of the fascist and the libertarian against the world.
Jaslandia, Aldaur
Dank
I'm pretty sure the elves can make coal out of our magic. They can conjure up anything else
#Caldaurnental
Aldaur
I can see it now: Santa Claus and God: What's the difference?
Elves can conjure stuff? But elves are always depicted making toys by hand. Why can't elves conjure up the toys and save a whole lot of work? Heck, if toys didn't take so long to make, and elves could just poof them up, maybe Santa could make Christmas twice-a-year instead of once-a-year!
Aldaur
Lol
That's all I can say :p
Continental Commonwealths
the latter is but the first is a fact.
Man I gotta love my university. We had the first Parazitology class and our proffessor is a blast. :D
Iloiada
Can I please be a Capulet then? :P
I'm not gonna lie, that ship name causes me to feel a literal pain inside of my spine, you are literally killing me Vista :P
Aldaur
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