Changing Destiny (Kancolle)
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Skywalker_T-65
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Heh.
Well, being able to see her would certainly be a start, that's for sure.
Huh. But yeah, Halsey's reputation is going to go through the roof once more people figure out what is going on. Same with Thompson, considering he was 'the first one to see them'. Ignoring the fact no one knows he's from the future, of course.
While I haven't shown it (lots of characters can create problems) at least a few of the cruisers and DDs have been told what's going on. No reason not to bring them in on it.
Pretty much. I don't have a choice but to touch on it in detail myself, because of the way it's going to throw everything out of whack. No matter what way one looks at it.
Hm.
obssesednuker
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Messing with history is fun in all sorts of ways.
Exterminatus
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Well, I could certainly see why when the USN warships alone make for a large cast. (And that's before one takes into account the swarm of flush-deckers, Fletchers, and Clevelands).
Did Thompson ever mention the possibility of defective torpedoes when talking to the DDs and the Omahas?
FTFY, She see Hasley as her father.
chocolote12
A Penguin Flailing Against The Keyboard Of Life.
There is in 1941.There's no reason she can't have two daddies.
Exterminatus
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Relevant?
Old Iron
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...That makes me sad.Relevant?
Skywalker_T-65
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I'm fairly certain you need a heart of stone for that not to make you sad.
I had also forgotten about that image...hm.
I had also forgotten about that image...hm.
chocolote12
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No, it's the Aircraft Carrier from 1941 that you've got to convince.
Sadly once Halsey can actually talk with Enterprise, his health might get worse than in the OTL from the additional stress.
Unless Thompson manages to shorten the duration of the Pacific Front with his future knowledge.
Unless Thompson manages to shorten the duration of the Pacific Front with his future knowledge.
Dirtnap
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At the same time, it's both more and less stressful once he can see and talk to her. She'll be able to tell him, take care of your health dammit! And he will whine and moan and go do it because E's his girl.Sadly once Halsey can actually talk with Enterprise, his health might get worse than in the OTL from the additional stress.
Unless Thompson manages to shorten the duration of the Pacific Front with his future knowledge.
Old Iron
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E: You go lie down! You've had that cough for a week now.
Halsey: I have things to do, dammit!
E: Don't care! I will lock you in your quarters if I have to.
Halsey: . . . *grumbles as he obeys*
Dalek Ix
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Something something married couples
Speaking of which...
Skywalker_T-65
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Don't worry, I have ideas!
Unsinkable Yorktown was never meant to be just one snip.
Unsinkable Yorktown was never meant to be just one snip.
Exterminatus
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Huh, didn't know Halsey was friends with Hart. Talk about a small world in the US Navy.
Old Iron
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You realize that would make the transfer to Jersey quite hilarious if it still happened.Something something married couples
She took out three carriers before succumbing to her accumulated wounds, and damn near almost survived that too. I think what finally pushed her over the edge was the underwater shockwave from Hammann's depth charges detonating all at once.
Depends on how Little E takes it.
Skywalker_T-65
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It was. That's where the 'Unsinkable Yorktown' idea came from. Had Imuya not been there, she would have been salvaged. Damn near needing a full rebuild, but survived.
SaltyWaffles
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...what?
That's now what happened at all.
Firstly, Yorktown took out Soryu. Enterprise's dive bombers took out Kaga and Akagi all by themselves. Then Hiryu counterattacked Yorktown with two waves (the first being dive bombers with escort fighters, IIRC, and the second being torpedo bombers with escort fighters); this crippled her, and given the threat of enemy battleships steaming eastward, they couldn't afford to stick around; furthermore, they didn't know if there were more carriers out there or not. They left Yorktown with a couple of destroyers with orders to scuttle her if the enemy approached, and waited until sunrise to see if she was still afloat. Lo and behold, she was. Cue salvage efforts, which were literally on the verge of succeeding (she was even being towed at something like 2 knots), with something like ten destroyers circling around her, listening for subs, when a submarine somehow slipped through the cordon entirely and planted a spread of torpedoes into her and the destroyer providing her power.
Yorktown's surviving bombers and fighters landed on Enterprise and Hornet. Enterprise launched an attack at Hiryu, which did include some Yorktown bombers, but was mostly Enterprise bombers, and they promptly took out Hiryu.
So the kill tally was 3 fleet carriers for Enterprise (with a quasi-assist from the grave for Yorktown on one of them), one fleet carrier for Yorktown, and literally jack-fucking-shit for Hornet, which managed to lose a good chunk of her air group to inept leadership and subpar coordination.
Only VT-8 was lost to enemy action; everything else was the Hornet's CAG (a guy named Ring) leading the air group in the wrong direction (despite being warned by VT-8's squadron leader that it was the wrong direction) for far too long, resulting in them getting scattered, lost, and some of them running out of fuel in the middle of the sea (a bunch of the rest ended up landing at Midway, while some made it back to Hornet). When Hornet's air group got another shot, they arrived late and Hiryu was already doomed, so they attacked a battleship...and missed every bomb.
Yorktown wasn't doomed by depth charges; she was ultimately hit by multiple torpedoes which, on top of the other torpedo hits she had taken and the sudden loss of all power (which means no pumps, no lights...), meant that she was just too damaged to salvage anymore. Hammann's explosions might have started fires on Yorktown--I'm not sure--but if they did, they were just another nail in the coffin. Between rescue efforts for Hammann's crew and the lack of a sufficiently large crew for damage control and salvage operations, plus the time it would take to get another destroyer in position and hook it up to provide power...it was just no longer feasible.
*looks over article again*
Yeah, that's me derping out. Sorry.
I'm not so sure on that-