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Simon_Jester said:
That's mostly because very few battleships were built between about 1920 and 1935. By the time the '30s battleships were laid down, technology had advanced far enough that even if you restricted yourself to the 35000-ton limit, you could build a significantly superior ship compared to any of the old WWI-vintage designs, without having to make any major sacrifices.

But look at the Nelsons, which were designed immediately post-Treaty. While the British managed to make them effective fighting ships, they were in many ways a compromised design, and I doubt they would have enjoyed much performance advantage over the Colorados commissioned roughly five years earlier.

West Virginia:

"Girls?"

[hand signals]

[Glances at Dirtnap as the turboelectric buzzing fills the air again]

"Start running."

Standard Hivemind does not like battleship fat-shaming. :p
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I consider The North Carolinas and South Dakotas to be equal or superior to the Bismarck class, which was NOT considered a treaty ship.

Also since we keep talking about standards...
 
Archduke said:
I consider The North Carolinas and South Dakotas to be equal or superior to the Bismarck class, which was NOT considered a treaty ship.
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In terms of whether Treaty restrictions compromise battleship performance, it's mostly tonnage that counts. More tonnage gets you more of anything else you may want, be it firepower, range, speed, or armor.

The Bismarcks only have about five thousand tons' advantage on the North Carolinas. A lot of the qualitative difference comes from just how poor the WWII-era German design community was (having effectively no continuity with the WWI-era High Seas Fleet designers, among other things).

So basically you're looking at a comparison between a well designed ship of thirty-five thousand tons against a badly designed ship of forty thousand, of comparable design vintage.

This doesn't really say much one way or the other about the effect of the Treaty as such on the ship designs. The North Carolinas would have been considerably more capable if they'd been built to the same tonnage as the Bismarcks. And if the South Dakotas hadn't been dramatically tonnage-capped, well... they'd be Iowas.
 

I still have plans of having Sara visit Lexie, should she show up, BTW. :V
 
I am not sure why this hasn't been brought up before. But I cant help but wonder what Tenryuu's reaction to watching Samurai Jack would be. Easily the first 4 seasons can be watched with the rest of DesDiv6... though its practically a certainty that she wouldn't let em watch season 5. Maybe. I honestly don't know for certain but something tells me the Chunnimomboat wouldn't let her girls see death like that. I'm certain either way she'd love the series for the action it has.
 
Admiral_Corgi said:
I am not sure why this hasn't been brought up before. But I cant help but wonder what Tenryuu's reaction to watching Samurai Jack would be. Easily the first 4 seasons can be watched with the rest of DesDiv6... though its practically a certainty that she wouldn't let em watch season 5. Maybe. I honestly don't know for certain but something tells me the Chunnimomboat wouldn't let her girls see death like that. I'm certain either way she'd love the series for the action it has.
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Aye I'd think that Samurai Jack would be something that Tenryuu would watch. I am certain that should would attempt to use the fight scenes there as inspiration for her own fighting style.
 
Tenryuu: "Hey, could I get a machine gun leg like the Scotsman?"

Akashi: "...You already have a battery of 14cm guns bolted to your butt."

Tenryuu: "...uhnevermindright."
 
Oh great, now I can see Tenryuu going as Samurai Jack for Halloween. Though this makes me wonder who'd be the Scotsman... Jersey. That is , if Tenryuu can convince her to wear a kilt.
 
You know, remembering that Jintsuu has a Darth Vader Body pillow... that makes me wonder how she reacted to the ending minutes of Rouge One
 
"... didn't you wash that pillow, like... yesterday? Why is it in the washing machine?"

"Don'wanna talk about it."
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Just remember according to the Internet Guide to Yandere Love, when you aren't home the yandere stalking you is in your house defiling your pillows. Or even if you are home, she's under the bed under the guidance of the Divinyls' song "I Touch Myself".
 
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