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Changing Destiny (Kancolle)

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[X] Italy

It won't win, it's clear at this point, but I'd rather make my opinion known than seeing Italy lose by one vote, in case of a miraculous turnaround develops.
 
In completely unrelated news:

The high school is discarding old library books. Some of these are ones from a series I read in middle\high school. Always had at least one checked out.

It's going to be a pain (literally in this case...) to carry them around, but I'm not leaving 'these' books in here for someone else to take. Heck, I'll go to the library and ask about the rest of the series.

These books aren't great, but they're literally my childhood.
 
Much as I want to see what's happening with the pastas, I think I have to vote:

[X] Britain

This would presumably be an interlude revolving around the time FDR and his special naval advisor met with Churchill and his introduction to shipgirls. It will give us a good picture of just where the British will be standing regarding the whole shipgirl issue, and let you set the stage for how they are likely to react going forward once the tenative Kriegsmarine connection comes to light.
 
[X] Britain

Instead of "The Whale Has Wings" we'll have "The Whale Has Legs". But don't tell any of the shipgirls that unless you want to get rekt for calling a girl a whale.
 
SisterJeanne said:
This would especially be true if it was using the Enigma settings that Gneisenau and Scharnhorst were using during their last sortie together, which both would have access to, along with their screening ships, like perhaps Blucher or another CA.
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In fact, assuming that a 'free' shipgirl like Utah and presumably Gniesenau has her gear as installed at a certain point (Date of launch? Date of sinking? Dunno) as part of her rigging, Gneisenau should have her Enigma code machine and rotors/rotor settings from that day.

Those would be a matter of record on a file someplace that Schreiber or Scharnhorst could check and use for transmissions to her. Probably Bismarck or Scharnhorst, thinking of it, since they could get into the code room at 0300 and send a message, then replace the rotors/settings that they used. Assuming that they were smart about it, it would be tough to crack, since while the KM could read their message given the right rotor settings, they would have no reason to if it was not addressed to them and for even more fun it might involve Gneis's code books from that day which would necessitate an archive dive in Berlin to find. The Brits might or might not have cracked that code, probably not, since naval codes were tough for them historically until 1943 and they would not have a lot of surface ship codes to listen in on, and even then they would have a low number of messages to use in breaking the code.
 
HolyDragoon said:
So, how will the old bulldog make up for Gallipolli?
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Probably D-Day honestly. Gallipoli was a bungled amphibious operation (in their defense this was literally the first time anyone had done anything like this so the technology, communications, and doctrine they used was horribly flawed). D-Day was not bungled nearly as bad (the major problems cropped up at Omaha thanks to intelligence missing the 352nd Division), and there was a fair amount of lessons learned from Gallipoli in it's planning and execution. Things like ship to shore communications, naval fire support to deal with strong-points encountered, airborne drops to secure the flanks and block reinforcements (which was what screwed the Gallipoli landings, especially ANZAC and then Suvla Bay), and reinforcing success with the goal of the landings to be to spread inland fast versus hold and secure a bridgehead for more methodical advances.

The main thing she could probably fault Churchill for, honestly, was that he picked Admiral Carden (in poor health) with Admiral de Robeck his XO, and de Robeck was a pretty poor and ultracautious commander. Hindsight being 20/20, Keyes should have been the one to lead the attack on the Narrows, you want aggression in an attempt like that, although Keyes at the time was junior. General Hamilton was Kitchener's man, and God help him if QE runs into him, since he was directly responsible for most of the disaster in the land campaign.

Also looking at QE's wartime record, she got withdrawn from the Dardanelles after the Turks managed to sink an old pre-dread and then missed Jutland due to being in drydock for maintenance at the time. So not pulling her out at the first sign of trouble would be a good way to get on her good side, and it would be poetic for her to wind up in Tokyo Bay, since the High Seas Fleet surrendered on her deck in 1918.

TL;DR: This time around he selects some officers to run the big operations that are aggressive without being totally reckless and makes sure that the big operations are planned and supported right. I think also she's upset at the state of the Royal Navy circa 1939 and wants more resources to go to the ships.
 
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I mean, I'll show the French again. Eventually.

Right now, Riche and Jean Bart are in no condition to sail and fight. And the rest of the ships of any real note are either smol botes or demilitarized hulks.

Or Vichy and rusting in Toulon.
 
wildredlifer said:
I'm personally Praying very hard that Germany doesn't have shipgirls when D-day happens.
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A. against the fleet the British and americans sent there (nevermind airpower) a few shipgirls would be a speedbump at best.
B. Your also assuming Schieber would send them to attack the invasion force in the first place.
 
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wildredlifer said:
I'm personally Praying very hard that Germany doesn't have shipgirls when D-day happens.
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They already have them, just right now Schreiber and his inner circle are the only people we have seen interacting with the girls. Same with Japan, with Zuikaku listening in to her Captain and XO discussing the attack on Pearl harbor as she launches the first wave. Nagato listening to Yamamoto's soliloquy on her bridge as well, where she can observe but not act or interact yet.

To be honest, assuming that matters proceed more or less as they did in OTL, by the time June 1944 rolls around, the Kriegsmarine will be a massive nonfactor when Normandy gets invaded. Seriously, you could darn near walk across the Channel with the historical D-Day armada as it stood, and it's worth noting that the bulk of the USN was preparing to invade Saipan at that point in time.

Spectre said:
A. against the fleet the British and americans sent there (nevermind airpower) a few shipgirls we be a speedbump at best.
B. Your also assuming Schieber would send them to attack the invasion force in the first place.
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Exactly.
 
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I imagine that when the whole 'shipgirls exist' news (and proof) reached both Roosevelt and Churchill, some words may have been exchanged regarding Hood and her treatment (or neglect) under the RN and on how the Americans would treat her / what they would do to/for her.


As for votes,
[x]Italy

Because Turbine hits all the 'adorable' buttons. Hopefully that engineer of hers survived, if only for hugs and headpats.
 
Skywalker_T-65 said:
In completely unrelated news:

The high school is discarding old library books. Some of these are ones from a series I read in middle\high school. Always had at least one checked out.

It's going to be a pain (literally in this case...) to carry them around, but I'm not leaving 'these' books in here for someone else to take. Heck, I'll go to the library and ask about the rest of the series.

These books aren't great, but they're literally my childhood.
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Yeah, My senior year the library 'discarded' the books I would read over and over and asked if I wanted them. I still have them, even if I don't have room for newer books....
 
Functionally speaking, the best counter to a "real" shipgirl is gonna be another shipgirl.
 
ex143 said:
And you do remember that anything at or above an Admiral Hipper can fight as infantry... and there are roughly less than a few dozen tanks on any of the beaches on D-Day eh?
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except that would change nothing. MSSB can do a lot of things, but turning a human rifle into an AT gun isn't one of them, and the girls would likely make piss poor infantry given their complete lack of training.
 
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