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Belated Battleships (KanColle) [REHOST]

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This thread and the Changing Destiny thread need warning labels. New readers will pull all-nighters reading them just to get up to date. ;)
 
I think the amount of pages alone would be a warning, BelBat alone is almost 400, after all.
 
Got inspired, and decided to write an omake. After all, Akron and Macon were both brought via loopholes...
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Crowning scratched his chin as he looked down at the three waterlogged animals in front of him before turning to Gale, who was also soaking wet. "You okay?"

Nodding, Gale grunted before she took a towel from Wash and began to dry off. "Yeah, I'm okay." A shiver from the cold ran through her before she shook it off and looked at the newest summonings. "... Okay, I'm stumped, what the heck did we get this time? I mean... we tried the 1812 Overture and we got..." With another glance, Gale just blinked in confusion. "... Several wolverines that sank to the bottom of the pool as soon as they were summoned."

For his part, Williams just grunted. "Quick thinking there with using Wash's anchors to drag them up..." He then gave the shivering Yeoman a look. "However, next time perhaps you won't go diving into the water."

Wigging a finger in one ear to get the water out, Gale just shook her head. "They were drowning and we needed to get them out of there as soon as possible..." Then she furrowed her eyebrows. "Though what I don't understand is why they sank as soon as they were summoned anyways."

Distracted slightly by how Gale's wet clothes clung to her, it took a few seconds for the question to register with Wash before she blinked and looked at the wolverines herself. After a few moments, she tilted her head with a thoughtful expression on her face. "Perhaps it's because they're not ships?"

That bit of information caused everyone to pause and turn toward her with Crowning raising an eyebrow. "Not... ships?"

Slowly, Wash shook her head as she walked around one of the wolverines which gave her a gimlet eye. "No, they're not ships. I see wheels on them and in fact..." Crouching down, Wash narrowed her eyes a little bit in confusion. "They look like trains, I think."

Once more, everyone paused before Williams turned to one of the Wolverines and frowned as it summoned it's rigging which took the form of a metal box with a massive cannon sticking out. "... Wait a moment... I think I know." Turning thoughtful, the Admiral slowly nodded. "Back in World War One, the Navy manned several large railway guns mounted in carriages. They used Battleship cannons to fire on the Germans, I think... these are some of them."

Gale pretty much summed up all their thoughts on it. "What."
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Yes, this is a real thing:
14"/50 caliber railway gun - Wikipedia
 
Pffft. Jerries had the Paris Gun. Aprroximately 238mm. Check it out. Paris Gun - Wikipedia

EDIT: And then, there were Lord K's Hitler's wunder waffles. The Schwerer Gustav was 80 cm, or 31 in, for us Americans.Schwerer Gustav - Wikipedia

Then, at the height of silly artillery designs, this was born. It was another 80 cm gun, with secondaries. :facepalm:
 
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The guys at Forts Worden, Case and Flagler are gonna either be ecstatic or cursing Crowning's name.

"Heavy guns in the Triangle of Fire are great sir. But they keep shooting every damn bear that wanders on base and the SeaBees are getting tired of filling in the craters."
 
MagisterAurelius said:
The guys at Forts Worden, Case and Flagler are gonna either be ecstatic or cursing Crowning's name.

"Heavy guns in the Triangle of Fire are great sir. But they keep shooting every damn bear that wanders on base and the SeaBees are getting tired of filling in the craters."
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Could be worse. They could shoot at every buckeye that they see... :whistle:
 
Got a quick question for you, the JMPer. For the airship girls (not the cats), do they float on their own or do they have zeppelin rigging that handles that? Just curious how you are handling it since I'm thinking about it for my own fic *grins*
 
MagisterAurelius said:
The guys at Forts Worden, Case and Flagler are gonna either be ecstatic or cursing Crowning's name.

"Heavy guns in the Triangle of Fire are great sir. But they keep shooting every damn bear that wanders on base and the SeaBees are getting tired of filling in the craters."
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just bring in some Dachshunds to keep them in line... wolverines are in the same family as badgers so it should work.
 
Harry Leferts said:
Got inspired, and decided to write an omake. After all, Akron and Macon were both brought via loopholes...
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Crowning scratched his chin as he looked down at the three waterlogged animals in front of him before turning to Gale, who was also soaking wet. "You okay?"

Nodding, Gale grunted before she took a towel from Wash and began to dry off. "Yeah, I'm okay." A shiver from the cold ran through her before she shook it off and looked at the newest summonings. "... Okay, I'm stumped, what the heck did we get this time? I mean... we tried the 1812 Overture and we got..." With another glance, Gale just blinked in confusion. "... Several wolverines that sank to the bottom of the pool as soon as they were summoned."

For his part, Williams just grunted. "Quick thinking there with using Wash's anchors to drag them up..." He then gave the shivering Yeoman a look. "However, next time perhaps you won't go diving into the water."

Wigging a finger in one ear to get the water out, Gale just shook her head. "They were drowning and we needed to get them out of there as soon as possible..." Then she furrowed her eyebrows. "Though what I don't understand is why they sank as soon as they were summoned anyways."

Distracted slightly by how Gale's wet clothes clung to her, it took a few seconds for the question to register with Wash before she blinked and looked at the wolverines herself. After a few moments, she tilted her head with a thoughtful expression on her face. "Perhaps it's because they're not ships?"

That bit of information caused everyone to pause and turn toward her with Crowning raising an eyebrow. "Not... ships?"

Slowly, Wash shook her head as she walked around one of the wolverines which gave her a gimlet eye. "No, they're not ships. I see wheels on them and in fact..." Crouching down, Wash narrowed her eyes a little bit in confusion. "They look like trains, I think."

Once more, everyone paused before Williams turned to one of the Wolverines and frowned as it summoned it's rigging which took the form of a metal box with a massive cannon sticking out. "... Wait a moment... I think I know." Turning thoughtful, the Admiral slowly nodded. "Back in World War One, the Navy manned several large railway guns mounted in carriages. They used Battleship cannons to fire on the Germans, I think... these are some of them."

Gale pretty much summed up all their thoughts on it. "What."
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Yes, this is a real thing:
14"/50 caliber railway gun - Wikipedia
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these are the second most ridiculous things I've seen on a train operated by America.
 
LordSunhawk said:
Got a quick question for you, the JMPer. For the airship girls (not the cats), do they float on their own or do they have zeppelin rigging that handles that? Just curious how you are handling it since I'm thinking about it for my own fic *grins*
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Depends on what they feel like at the moment. Akron likes to sleep in the corner of room near the ceiling.
 
Breakaway25 said:


Yes that is a Peacekeeper missile in a train car, no it was never actually fielded.
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That would partially explain why Holloman AFB used to have a dedicated rail line that started right in the middle of town. By which I mean, it turned off the standard rail line, with a shack next to the turn with a sign "Property of the US Air Force." For all we know, they never fielded it. Moving right along, @theJMPer, will J be using some of the more exotic (not Katies) ammo the Iowas had? Like the Anti-personnel round that distributed hand grenade-sized explosives across several acres.
 
Burning Baron said:
That would partially explain why Holloman AFB used to have a dedicated rail line that started right in the middle of town. By which I mean, it turned off the standard rail line, with a shack next to the turn with a sign "Property of the US Air Force." For all we know, they never fielded it. Moving right along, @theJMPer, will J be using some of the more exotic (not Katies) ammo the Iowas had? Like the Anti-personnel round that distributed hand grenade-sized explosives across several acres.
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Jersey: *Uncontrollable giggles*
 
Burning Baron said:
That would partially explain why Holloman AFB used to have a dedicated rail line that started right in the middle of town. By which I mean, it turned off the standard rail line, with a shack next to the turn with a sign "Property of the US Air Force." For all we know, they never fielded it.
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Several of the cars were built, the infrastructure was implemented, but the cold war ended before they were deployed.
 
You want uncontrollable giggling and "Challenge accepted" shouts? Show the Taffies the 8"/55 Mk71 gun mount. :rofl:

Or even worse, let them watch a few episodes of Street Outlaws, and then they'll be trying to get Sammy B to chug nitrous and race Shimakaze.
 
MagisterAurelius said:
The guys at Forts Worden, Case and Flagler are gonna either be ecstatic or cursing Crowning's name.

"Heavy guns in the Triangle of Fire are great sir. But they keep shooting every damn bear that wanders on base and the SeaBees are getting tired of filling in the craters."
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I don't know, I just got the amusing image of them liking to hang out with Gale with people stating they feel her as a kindred spirit... :p
 
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