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- Location
- Earth
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Well, good thing I just got over my couple of weeks of writer's block then
Another One Into the Frying Pan (PA/multicross SI)
- Thread starter Ramble
- Start date
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- Море песка, солнце огня и множество злых сарацин
I did re-read Little Fish, incidentally, and best I can tell I did read either to the most recent chapter or maybe 1-2 chapters earlier. (Watched just in case, incidentally.)
(Also, that most recent chapter was a real cliffhanger.)
Up to chapter 21 on Limit Theory (and can't recall reading it before). Would've been further on but got seriously distracted due to troubles in the browser.
(Also, that most recent chapter was a real cliffhanger.)
Up to chapter 21 on Limit Theory (and can't recall reading it before). Would've been further on but got seriously distracted due to troubles in the browser.
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Notable Unit: The Barebones Division
- Location
- America
Notable units
2nd Expeditionary Infantry Division: The Barebones
Commander: Lieutenant General Hitomi Sato
General Hitomi Sato was one of the earliest Waifus ever constructed. She was originally a lieutenant, but had proven herself an her unit during the Insurgent War. She built up a reputation as a hard charging, hard drinking badass who survived almost any engagement, seeking out and destroying the enemy with extreme prejudice. In reality, it was because the 2nd Waifu Infantry Division, now renamed the 2nd Expeditionary Infantry Division, was generally tasked with actually going out and rooting out insurgent cells rather than simply being dragged around between various cities to defend against insurgent attacks. Thus, the 2nd Division actually sustained relatively minor casualties while gaining the most experience due to striking hard enough and fast enough that other insurgent cells were unable to concentrate in great numbers.
As the ranks of the army swelled, she was soon promoted all the way up to General, and from there it was off to the races.
Her most notable aspects are her brilliant strategic mind, her hoarding and kleptomaniac tendencies, and her quietness in any situations unrelated to her work. The first is natural, but the second arises from the fact that generally, the Barebones is the last of the ten divisions to receive reinforcements and supplies including food, hydraulic fluid, spare parts, engineering supplies, and other assorted knick knacks with ammo only not being a problem because of ammoforge protocrafters carried around by the combat sustainment battalions. This has lead her promoting a hording and scavenging culture among the division.
Such a culture manifested during the Insurgent War as packing more helicopters than strictly necessary to a raid and after clearing out an area, would spend 30 minutes to an hour (depending on where enemy reinforcements were) looting anything and everything of value and packing it into the helicopters before exfiltrating themselves. As a result, those who are part of the division normally maintain a large stock of trophies and knick knacks, with the remainder being catalogued and placed into storage.
General Hitomi's quietness on the other hand is mostly because outside of command situations, she generally doesn't know what to say, leaving her hopelessly lost during any politicking. Several blunders during her time as a lieutenant taught her that if she doesn't know what to say then just say nothing.
Notes on General Hitomi Sato:
-> Is a big fan of sandwiches. During her times in the field, she usually didn't have much time to sit around and enjoy a good meal and in the office, her considerable workload prevented her from going to the mess to eat properly. Thus it is normal for her to eat five or six sandwiches of various kinds rather than eat three meals. She keeps a party platter in her office to offer to any visitors and also generally offers them to her officers and subordinates during meetings, the logic being that rather than falling asleep, any bored officers would stay awake by eating.
-> She is the proud owner of a badass looking scar across her nose that she likes to claim that she got in CQB with a platoon of insurgents. In reality she got it as a lieutenant on vacation in Japan. The then Sergeant Jensen had been preparing dinner and had forgotten to get out the spices which were located in a cupboard in the kitchen. Lieutenant Sato had popped in to check in on her friend when Jensen opened the door in her face.
-> As a general in the armed forces directly subordinate to Commander Ramble, she is protected by a CIA bodyguard. She is actually a faster gun than her bodyguards but has since found that even while taking aim and in a comfortable position, hitting the broad side of a barn at 100+ meters was a lost cause.
-> Her quiet demeanor has given her something of a reputation outside the service as a Kuudere, an Ice Queen who deigns only to speak when commanding subordinates and no more. This is amplified by a deliberate aura to her motions, the tendency to stare at people, as if she were offended that they were in her presence, and accomplishing tasks in her own time and nobody else's. The rest of the 2nd division knows her as earnest, awkward, and something of a klutz when trying to multitask too much.
-> Cooking is a skill she has never mastered
-> Has a phobia of any sort of swinging door located at head height.
-> Is openly lesbian.
-> Is happily married to Agent Charlie Jensen (Railrunner 1-1) and looking to adopt.
-> She is usually quite disgruntled that she is never given the first priority for resupply, usually having to break downstolenacquired materiel for field manufactory feedstocks.
Subordinate Units
2nd Division Headquarters Battalion
12th Mechanized Infantry Brigade
-42nd Mechanized Infantry Battalion
-43rd Mechanized Infantry Battalion
-108th Combat Sustainment Battalion
-44th Armored Battalion
-333rd Combat Engineering Battalion
-58th Field Artillery Battalion
->4 companies (3 batteries per company, 6 guns per battery)
14th Infantry Brigade
-57th Infantry Battalion
-58th Infantry Battalion
-109th Combat Sustainment Battalion
-42nd Armored Battalion
-339th Combat Engineering Battalion
-69th Field Artillery Battalion
->4 companies (3 batteries per company, 6 guns per battery)
15th Air Defense Artillery Brigade
-59th Infantry Battalion
-1st Air Defense Artillery Battalion
-2nd Air Defense Artillery Battalion
-3rd Air Defense Artillery Battalion
-201st Combat Sustainment Battalion
-338th Combat Engineering Battalion
Other organic units
-2025th Dragoon Battalion
-2026th Dragoon Battalion
-Delta Development Group A42 (Reds)
-SEAL Development Group C28 (Blues)
-CIA Special Operations Team (Railrunner)
-CIA Airborne Special Tasking Unit (Roadrunner)
-Special Vehicles Unit 2
If a situation develops that means the division is not numerous enough to accomplish the tasks at hand, the general also has the authority to formulate various auxiliary units on site from volunteering indigenous populations. Appropriate construction facilities are also authorized for construction to arm and equip these units. These units are automatically slotted into the division's command structure under the catagory of Organic Auxiliary Units. Field Commanders are also authorized to enlist the help of indigenous persons on a temporary basis. In extreme circumstances, the General is also authorized to construct various robotic units including UGVs and un-piloted Mechs to pad the numbers quickly.
Each of the Combat Sustainment Battalions carry mobile kits which build humanitarian supplies including food and medicine from organic feedstocks, allowing the division to embark on humanitarian efforts without compromising effectiveness. Additional supplies must be constructed in factories.
2nd Expeditionary Infantry Division: The Barebones
Commander: Lieutenant General Hitomi Sato
General Hitomi Sato was one of the earliest Waifus ever constructed. She was originally a lieutenant, but had proven herself an her unit during the Insurgent War. She built up a reputation as a hard charging, hard drinking badass who survived almost any engagement, seeking out and destroying the enemy with extreme prejudice. In reality, it was because the 2nd Waifu Infantry Division, now renamed the 2nd Expeditionary Infantry Division, was generally tasked with actually going out and rooting out insurgent cells rather than simply being dragged around between various cities to defend against insurgent attacks. Thus, the 2nd Division actually sustained relatively minor casualties while gaining the most experience due to striking hard enough and fast enough that other insurgent cells were unable to concentrate in great numbers.
As the ranks of the army swelled, she was soon promoted all the way up to General, and from there it was off to the races.
Her most notable aspects are her brilliant strategic mind, her hoarding and kleptomaniac tendencies, and her quietness in any situations unrelated to her work. The first is natural, but the second arises from the fact that generally, the Barebones is the last of the ten divisions to receive reinforcements and supplies including food, hydraulic fluid, spare parts, engineering supplies, and other assorted knick knacks with ammo only not being a problem because of ammoforge protocrafters carried around by the combat sustainment battalions. This has lead her promoting a hording and scavenging culture among the division.
Such a culture manifested during the Insurgent War as packing more helicopters than strictly necessary to a raid and after clearing out an area, would spend 30 minutes to an hour (depending on where enemy reinforcements were) looting anything and everything of value and packing it into the helicopters before exfiltrating themselves. As a result, those who are part of the division normally maintain a large stock of trophies and knick knacks, with the remainder being catalogued and placed into storage.
General Hitomi's quietness on the other hand is mostly because outside of command situations, she generally doesn't know what to say, leaving her hopelessly lost during any politicking. Several blunders during her time as a lieutenant taught her that if she doesn't know what to say then just say nothing.
Notes on General Hitomi Sato:
-> Is a big fan of sandwiches. During her times in the field, she usually didn't have much time to sit around and enjoy a good meal and in the office, her considerable workload prevented her from going to the mess to eat properly. Thus it is normal for her to eat five or six sandwiches of various kinds rather than eat three meals. She keeps a party platter in her office to offer to any visitors and also generally offers them to her officers and subordinates during meetings, the logic being that rather than falling asleep, any bored officers would stay awake by eating.
-> She is the proud owner of a badass looking scar across her nose that she likes to claim that she got in CQB with a platoon of insurgents. In reality she got it as a lieutenant on vacation in Japan. The then Sergeant Jensen had been preparing dinner and had forgotten to get out the spices which were located in a cupboard in the kitchen. Lieutenant Sato had popped in to check in on her friend when Jensen opened the door in her face.
-> As a general in the armed forces directly subordinate to Commander Ramble, she is protected by a CIA bodyguard. She is actually a faster gun than her bodyguards but has since found that even while taking aim and in a comfortable position, hitting the broad side of a barn at 100+ meters was a lost cause.
-> Her quiet demeanor has given her something of a reputation outside the service as a Kuudere, an Ice Queen who deigns only to speak when commanding subordinates and no more. This is amplified by a deliberate aura to her motions, the tendency to stare at people, as if she were offended that they were in her presence, and accomplishing tasks in her own time and nobody else's. The rest of the 2nd division knows her as earnest, awkward, and something of a klutz when trying to multitask too much.
-> Cooking is a skill she has never mastered
-> Has a phobia of any sort of swinging door located at head height.
-> Is openly lesbian.
-> Is happily married to Agent Charlie Jensen (Railrunner 1-1) and looking to adopt.
-> She is usually quite disgruntled that she is never given the first priority for resupply, usually having to break down
Subordinate Units
2nd Division Headquarters Battalion
12th Mechanized Infantry Brigade
-42nd Mechanized Infantry Battalion
-43rd Mechanized Infantry Battalion
-108th Combat Sustainment Battalion
-44th Armored Battalion
-333rd Combat Engineering Battalion
-58th Field Artillery Battalion
->4 companies (3 batteries per company, 6 guns per battery)
14th Infantry Brigade
-57th Infantry Battalion
-58th Infantry Battalion
-109th Combat Sustainment Battalion
-42nd Armored Battalion
-339th Combat Engineering Battalion
-69th Field Artillery Battalion
->4 companies (3 batteries per company, 6 guns per battery)
15th Air Defense Artillery Brigade
-59th Infantry Battalion
-1st Air Defense Artillery Battalion
-2nd Air Defense Artillery Battalion
-3rd Air Defense Artillery Battalion
-201st Combat Sustainment Battalion
-338th Combat Engineering Battalion
Other organic units
-2025th Dragoon Battalion
-2026th Dragoon Battalion
-Delta Development Group A42 (Reds)
-SEAL Development Group C28 (Blues)
-CIA Special Operations Team (Railrunner)
-CIA Airborne Special Tasking Unit (Roadrunner)
-Special Vehicles Unit 2
If a situation develops that means the division is not numerous enough to accomplish the tasks at hand, the general also has the authority to formulate various auxiliary units on site from volunteering indigenous populations. Appropriate construction facilities are also authorized for construction to arm and equip these units. These units are automatically slotted into the division's command structure under the catagory of Organic Auxiliary Units. Field Commanders are also authorized to enlist the help of indigenous persons on a temporary basis. In extreme circumstances, the General is also authorized to construct various robotic units including UGVs and un-piloted Mechs to pad the numbers quickly.
Each of the Combat Sustainment Battalions carry mobile kits which build humanitarian supplies including food and medicine from organic feedstocks, allowing the division to embark on humanitarian efforts without compromising effectiveness. Additional supplies must be constructed in factories.
- Location
- Arizona
- Pronouns
- Him/His
Interesting. I look forward to more of these.