Sir_Braazmiir
Tiefling Paladin
- Location
- Wherever I am
Am I correct in assuming you mean Graf Spee? Brcause there's only one other ship with the title of Graf in the Kriegsmarine, and she never sailed. That I know of.
Changing Destiny (Kancolle)
- Thread starter Skywalker_T-65
- Start date
- Location
- State of Denial
No, I am indeed referring to Graf Zeppelin, the carrier who Kancolle allows to partake in the night battle phase due to her CL grade weaponry.
Sir_Braazmiir
Tiefling Paladin
- Location
- Wherever I am
Mistake on my part. I thought you were referring to this story, not the game.
- Location
- In the depts of despair.
I'm guessing the Tommy is to remind people that she got those horrible, almost (but not quite) as bad as the 25mm, 1.1"/75 caliber guns, better known as the Chicago piano. I do wonder if a posterior remodel will eliminate the Tommy and give her some Olerkions to replace them.
Burning Baron
This position needs more entrenching.
- Location
- In here, not out there.
If anyone is ever going to get a Kai and Kai 2, American carriers are a definite yes.
- Location
- Pacific Northwest
Personally, not NO but HELL NO!! I mean who would want a 33,000 ton carrier, even with her 8-inch guns and battlecruiser armor, take part in a surface action, when she's carrying so many thousands of gallons of avgas and so many tons of munitions?
The whole idea of the cruiser main battery was as a last ditch defense if she's caught alone by opposing surface forces. This is from the time when there were doubts about carrier aviation as both an offensive and defensive weapon.
thor8797
Canadian Sterotype
Pretty sure he(?)'s still taking about KanColle where game mechanics force carriers to join the battle line right along side all the other ships.
Sir_Braazmiir
Tiefling Paladin
- Location
- Wherever I am
Yeah, Star_Trekker was talking about KanColle.
- Location
- State of Denial
Yeah, I was talking about the game itself.
On a side note, KC!Sara is shown to launch her planes with a flight deck made to look like a Thompson sub machine gun, while the main protagonist in Sky's fic here, and Saratogas admiral, is named Thompson. Hrm...
pjmoyer
Terrapin Corps
- Location
- Maryland
When Admiral Thompson gets back to Sara after the refit, he finds that she's wearing a spiffy cap with classy suit dress and carrying said gun because "it felt right"? Even though she still has a bow and quiver?
Richardson
CAN YOU HEAR THE PEOPLE SING?
- Location
- Yes
Classy suit, yes. As far as I can remember, she has not carried a weapon in the fic because she is still 'enshippened', and therefore has no rigging yet. Though now it becomes a question as to whether or not Thompson will manage to summon a sunken Kammisu after Pearl or another battle.
- Location
- New York
Or given the way the fanart has been going, he'll return expecting to find Sara and find Marilyn Monroe instead.
Dirtnap
Kanmusu Affecionado
IIRC, the refit Sara is going in for is the one that removed her 8" guns and replaced them with twin 5" mounts instead, in addition to removing the chicago pianos and replacing them with orelkions. plus basic overhaul maintenance stuff.
Edit: nvm, those didn't get replaced until Jan 11 1942.
From 6 January to 15 August 1941, Saratoga underwent a long-deferred modernization at the Bremerton Navy Yard that included the widening of her flight deck at her bow and the installation of additional antiaircraft guns and a CXAM-1 radar. The ship began a refit a few days later that lasted until late November, further revising the anti-aircraft armament and added a FC radar.[54]
this is the only thing i can find prewar.
Edit: nvm, those didn't get replaced until Jan 11 1942.
From 6 January to 15 August 1941, Saratoga underwent a long-deferred modernization at the Bremerton Navy Yard that included the widening of her flight deck at her bow and the installation of additional antiaircraft guns and a CXAM-1 radar. The ship began a refit a few days later that lasted until late November, further revising the anti-aircraft armament and added a FC radar.[54]
this is the only thing i can find prewar.
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- Location
- Europe
Looks more like a fancy crossbow or so, to me, what with that deck elevator lifting the too be launched plane onto the deck.
That plane almost looks like the bolt of a crossbow.
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Nicholas
No longer teaching battlethings on a battleship
- Location
- Ashore again
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Another neat detail regarding the layout, since it looks like this thread hasn't noticed it yet:
The way that Sara's flight deck and the gun beneath are arranged, when she holds it to fire, her head (and its stack) is positioned right where the ship's island was IRL.
The way that Sara's flight deck and the gun beneath are arranged, when she holds it to fire, her head (and its stack) is positioned right where the ship's island was IRL.
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HolyDragoon
Call Gespenst!
- Location
- Portugal
Nah, that fore grip and magazine/trigger assembly pretty much give away the whole gimmick.
Of course, it would work better if the deck was along the size of the gun, instead of looking like a strapped on ironing board.
Of course, it would work better if the deck was along the size of the gun, instead of looking like a strapped on ironing board.
Dirtnap
Kanmusu Affecionado
Dude. The Lexingtons were long.
All the Japanese carriers have their full flight decks, even the magic using ones.
Personally I feel Yoshinori was inspired by both the Thompson SMG and the M1 Bazooka
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SKsniper128
22050 kg of ordinance per minute
I would have found it hilarious if they just gave her a Bazooka with different rockets being her aircraft.
Nothing says American more than excessive use of ordinance on single targets.
-SK
Nothing says American more than excessive use of ordinance on single targets.
-SK
- Location
- Pacific Northwest
It's also interesting that she holds it in a left handed manner.
Burning Baron
This position needs more entrenching.
- Location
- In here, not out there.
There's a level of ambidextry with Chicago Typewriter Thompsons. Which worked out well for gangsters on car running boards, since they could be on either side.
- Location
- Pacific Northwest
Normally I'd agree, but this particular one has to be held left handed.
At least she won't get hit in the face with the hot ejected cartridge casings.
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Burning Baron
This position needs more entrenching.
- Location
- In here, not out there.
Makes sense. That is where her island and smokestack would be located.
Does this count as world building?
Dirtnap
Kanmusu Affecionado
Not really since Skywalker already said he's sticking to WSG!Saratoga.
- Location
- New York
Would be more appropriate for Lexi Quest since KC!Sara uses a Thompson 1928 while in WWII she would be using a Thompson M1A1 and wouldn't have drum mags.