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Whiskey's recent updates in a nutshell:
Mandat de l'impératrice des Cieux - Imperial Princess Troubleshooter Space Opera Quest
- Thread starter Whiskey Golf
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Whiskey Golf
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I mean, more like I thought "ah it'll be okay" without doing the math first. <.<
Or actually even completing the equation.
Or actually even completing the equation.
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I really, really hope you never go to Airborne School.
As someone distantly related to House Lancaster, and read up enough on how it fell apart, いいサイン. Tactics are going to play strongly in the next quest update.
Doh, that's that. Tally up them questions cadets.
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Whiskey Golf
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Prompting for questions is closed at this point, and I'm writing the next update while juggling stress and work from home memes (i always get slammed throughout the middle to end of the month), along with some feelings of ennui and the sinking thought that my lack of judgement has killed my quest, all my readership has fled, nobody wants to risk encountering porn in their politics, y'know, that sorta stuff. <.<
...i confess a certain temptation to just killing the main story and perpetually writing Salt Admiral and Salt Foxwife's salt thirst sides.
>.>
<.<
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I can speak only for myself, but I do enjoy the quest and the world that you have so lovingly built. Reading about these characters learning and growing and changing as people is extremely rewarding, and I hope that it's rewarding for you to write as well. And yes, most of the sidestories do push toward that overall goal, reminding us of human emotions, human failures, and human (fox-person) vulnerabilities.
Yeah, you fucked up and stepped over the line once, but that doesn't render void all which has come before, and all that I certainly hope to see in the future. You've got something really nice here, and I don't want you to think that any of this changes that.
Whiskey Golf
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Ngl I'm actually the happiest writing Johnny and Maggie's Slice of Salt Thirst sidestories. ^_^;
I feel that while Yui has the better overarching metaplot, Johnny and Maggie have the better personal storyline - or at least one that I find more compelling. Salt gives flavor - Yui's a pure cinnamon roll with no issues, while Salt Admiral and Salt Foxwife are pillars of salt.
But if I killed the quest now to reboot it and focus on them, I'd lose all my readership, plus I mean, 2 years sunk cost fallacy lol. Fingers crossed i should be able to update by next week - hopefully. My department has a meeting with the CEO tomorrow. We're pessimistically expecting to be out on furlough or fired. :/ Fingers crossed.
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I would like you to continue writing this. The politics of a interstellar empire and the thriller aspect are excellent.
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- Farther than you think, closer than you expect.
To be perfectly fair, had I been here at the quest's beginning, I would have voted for Salt Admiral Quest: The Saltening. And how in the hells did Yui end up with no issues, especially being a heartbeat away from the Imperial throne for much of her life? Perhaps we simply have yet to see them, or find what triggers them?I feel that while Yui has the better overarching metaplot, Johnny and Maggie have the better personal storyline - or at least one that I find more compelling. Salt gives flavor - Yui's a pure cinnamon roll with no issues, while Salt Admiral and Salt Foxwife are pillars of salt.
Not trying to say that she should have issues, but even when baking cinnamon rolls, a little pinch of salt can make things more flavorful.
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Resonant
Procrastinator Supreme
Just found this little nugget of gold while browsing and wanted to chime in that there are still some of us who are interested in space empire politics mixed with anime flavor and kitsune. I heartily approve and hope this doesn't get dropped, because I can feel the effort put into the world-building and the cast's personality.
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Whiskey Golf
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I woke up today in a bit of a reflective mood. One of the things I was trying to do with the Kana side trilogy (Andante, Crescendo, Diminuendo) was to show a little bit of the Prince Consort's ardor for his Empress. We're told that he loved her very much, that he loved his wife more than his daughter so he killed himself to follow her in death... I wanted to show that, a little bit, with how much he's still into her despite them pushing 40, despite having known her since college: he's still as into her as before. Maybe even a bit more. And also maybe drop some hinting that perhaps he also enjoys giving Kana the humiliation and degradation she wants (it's just that his dial goes up to 11 while Kana's dial goes all the way to 69 
).
He likens making love to Kana to be worshipping his Goddess, which I feel has interesting implications when we recall that Hagoromo-no-Kaneo-no-Mikoto, the First Empress, the Divine Founder, was deified after her death. (Or maybe I was too caught up in feeling clever lol)
I might as well explain some of the references I threw in as well:
Note the bottom middle image that i've noted with the red border btw. (also here: Limited edition Patreon supporter-only Crisis Troop Red patches)
Young-joon's kit - red t-shirt, black plate carrier, jeans, red circle patch with a black eagle - is the aesthetic worn by Assault Troop Ember in the upcoming Series 4 of Black Powder Red Earth, which follows an American PMC that's been contracted by the Ministry of the Interior of a North African nation to provide training and advisory services to its rebuilding security forces, in the wake of a bloody civil war. Ember is part of the Crisis Troop , a specific unit of Cold Harbor operators serving as a replacement Tier-1 SMU until the host nation can rebuild its organic SF capability.
It's also got a companion game that's basically Modern Warfare meets Sekiro interpreted as a turn-based tactics game.
The other shout out was this:
"Hello, Sparrow. Good to see you. Taking care of you is also part of my job."
"Let the games begin."
Which is more or less quoting Kamen Rider Psyga's introduction from Kamen Rider 555: Paradise Lost.
(I just couldn't fit the whole "Standing By, Henshin, Complete" bit. Maybe in a different Kanaside with different cosplay.)
As an aside, Crescendo has a bit where Young-joon's narration likens him exploding inside to a Penetration-Cum Blast round. This is actually a real thing, developed for India's Arjun tank:
https://www.drdo.gov.in/120-mm-penetration-cum-blast-pcb-and-thermobaric-tb-ammunition-mbt-arjun
(Okay, in all fairness, PCB is actually a pretty normal round, it's just the Indian special snowflake name for Armor Piercing High Explosive. Which was a jump in tank ammunition capability... in WW2. (Naval guns had been using APHE since the late 19th century, but, yanno, bigger guns.) These days, you want long rod KE penetrators for antitank work, and smart fused HE-Frag as a general purpose round. Alternatively, if you're America and you have a shitload of HEAT left over, you can do MPAT, which is basically HEAT with a frag liner: not as effective as a GP round compared to HE-Frag, but hey, you're using up your existing inventory.)
For academic purposes, the Kanasides have been rehosted in QQ's NSFW Creative Writing board, in the thread entitled "Touch Fluffy Tails."
).He likens making love to Kana to be worshipping his Goddess, which I feel has interesting implications when we recall that Hagoromo-no-Kaneo-no-Mikoto, the First Empress, the Divine Founder, was deified after her death. (Or maybe I was too caught up in feeling clever lol
)I might as well explain some of the references I threw in as well:
Young-joon's outfit said:
@Always Late : If you'd googled the full six words mentioned in the description - "Special Projects Group Adjunct Partner Unit" - instead of just "Special Projects Group", your first google result should have been the facebook page for Cold Harbor Special Projects Group - Asia, an airsoft/cosplay/milsim reenactment group slash fanpage for Black Powder Red Earth. Doing a Google image search, the first result you'd get should be the Black Powder Red Earth merch page, where you can buy tie in tactical patches for the graphic novel... unless the algorithm was being wonky in which case Onore Google.
Note the bottom middle image that i've noted with the red border btw. (also here: Limited edition Patreon supporter-only Crisis Troop Red patches)
Young-joon's kit - red t-shirt, black plate carrier, jeans, red circle patch with a black eagle - is the aesthetic worn by Assault Troop Ember in the upcoming Series 4 of Black Powder Red Earth, which follows an American PMC that's been contracted by the Ministry of the Interior of a North African nation to provide training and advisory services to its rebuilding security forces, in the wake of a bloody civil war. Ember is part of the Crisis Troop , a specific unit of Cold Harbor operators serving as a replacement Tier-1 SMU until the host nation can rebuild its organic SF capability.
It's also got a companion game that's basically Modern Warfare meets Sekiro interpreted as a turn-based tactics game.
The other shout out was this:
"Hello, Sparrow. Good to see you. Taking care of you is also part of my job."
"Let the games begin."
Which is more or less quoting Kamen Rider Psyga's introduction from Kamen Rider 555: Paradise Lost.
(I just couldn't fit the whole "Standing By, Henshin, Complete" bit. Maybe in a different Kanaside with different cosplay.)
As an aside, Crescendo has a bit where Young-joon's narration likens him exploding inside to a Penetration-Cum Blast round. This is actually a real thing, developed for India's Arjun tank:
https://www.drdo.gov.in/120-mm-penetration-cum-blast-pcb-and-thermobaric-tb-ammunition-mbt-arjun
....yeah. :/
(Okay, in all fairness, PCB is actually a pretty normal round, it's just the Indian special snowflake name for Armor Piercing High Explosive. Which was a jump in tank ammunition capability... in WW2. (Naval guns had been using APHE since the late 19th century, but, yanno, bigger guns.) These days, you want long rod KE penetrators for antitank work, and smart fused HE-Frag as a general purpose round. Alternatively, if you're America and you have a shitload of HEAT left over, you can do MPAT, which is basically HEAT with a frag liner: not as effective as a GP round compared to HE-Frag, but hey, you're using up your existing inventory.)
Also shame I wasnt able to read the previous side stories. For Academic purpose of course
For academic purposes, the Kanasides have been rehosted in QQ's NSFW Creative Writing board, in the thread entitled "Touch Fluffy Tails."
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Always Late
Lacking in coffee, sleep, and brains
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See, now here's the part that'll have you reaching for a certain RWBY meme:
I did get the airsoft page.
But my reaction was 'no, this can't be right. Why would Whiskey plug his local airsoft field as a loose cannon rapist PMC trooper? There has to be a meaning to that name, We Have To Dig Deeper.jpg' It never occurred to me that they were a fan group for a media franchise I never heard of. Seriously, Black Powder Red Earth is totally new to me.
Whiskey Golf
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Er..... they're in Japan. I'm in Malaysia.
They're definitely not my local airsoft field.
^_^;;
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pantherasapiens
you were always my best friend
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Whiskey. I blame you that my first read of this produced very wrong mental images.
Whiskey Golf
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It's not my fault, it's DRDO! They're the ones who chose the name Penetration-Cum Blast!
And then I just go right to Croix's line for his finisher:It's not my fault, it's DRDO! They're the ones who chose the name Penetration-Cum Blast!
The first one(how convenient)
MAXIMUM PENETRATION!
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This feels like it would be #1 right up Whiskey's alley, and #2 an in-universe music video. Enjoy!
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I'm 95% sure someone already posted it at Whiskey
Tails insufficiently fluffy~
Whiskey Golf
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Bold of y'all to assume that I haven't seen it yetI'm 95% sure someone already posted it at Whiskey
They've done that too.
This hasn't come up yet because it's not really relevant, but I will just say that Johnny and Maggie do have their own extra secure encrypted burner phones. Ostensibly these phones are for sexting and for Maggie to send Johnny tilting selfies, but something like 70% of their chatlog is mutual salting, shitposting, sassing, ranting about being surrounded by idiots and talking about what Johnny's gonna cook for dinner tonight, y'know, domestic stuff. And also bullying Johnny into doing his PT.
