Only One Can Win The Eurasian War! Axis IC Thread

they have computers but its shitty early computing we have transistors though so we can skip straight ahead to more or less early modern computers after getting digital computing....

I mean almost all forms of computers outside of that one tape based THING they used early cold war that was huge, unyielding and did next to nothing outside of being a computer.
 
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they have computers but its shitty early computing we have transistors though so we can skip straight ahead to more or less early modern computers after getting digital computing....

I mean almost all forms of computers outside of that one tape based THING they used early cold war that was huge, unyielding and did next to nothing outside of being a computer.

For all we know, they had more lucky rolls than us that let them catch up or even get ahead of us.
 
so we have a HUGE martyr in paris which frankly can be used to massively increase socialism in france, if anyone is intrested in getting nationalist socialism in france id use paris's events,
 
im not pokeing it myself im just saying what someone could do.
 
Let's limit our actions in the UK and France to reducing the influence the allies have on them, which probably means backing up the Nationalists that are just as against us, and focus the actions to bring people into our direct 'sphere of influence' on the Italians, Greeks, Hungarians, Romanians, Polish, Spanish, Danish, Norwegians, Swedish and Finnish, if they are still around.
 
Social Action :
The restrictions of the Versaille treaty greatly interfere with the German attempt at rearmament, and rebuilding it's economy. Though we can afford to ignore the treaty for things that are easily hidden like Submarines, naval surface vessels will not escape such scrutiny. On the other hand, despite these restrictions, the Versailles treaty has already failed in it's intentions, which were to restrict Germany to a coastal defense navy. Superior German engineering (as well as cheating on the official tonnage forms) has allowed the construction of the Deutschland class Panzership, a fast and highly armed vessel.
The upcoming launch of the Deutschland in May, as well as the Drakan invasion of Japan, seem to be an optimal time to renegotiate the naval restrictions upon the German fleet. Officially, the tone will be that Germany is willing to accept restrictions to it's offensive capabilities, in exchange for the removal of economical sanctions and the permission of increases to it's defensive capabilities.

The proposes agreement would remove the current restrictions emplaced upon Germany :
- Limits in tonnage and number of vessels
- Limits in max crew
- No submarines
- Economic repayments

And instead it would implement the following restrictions :
- Total tonnage no greater than 25-45% of British Navy
- All German ships divided in 2 categories :
---- Coastal Defense ships
----------- No restriction on armament, tonnage or speed
----------- Range extremely limited. Defense only of the European coasts , including mediterrean
----- Oceangoing vessels
----------- No restriction on armament, range or speed
----------- Tonnage restricted to 5000 tonnes.
Arguments to convince Hitler :

- VK negates all the restrictions
- We get to build big ships again
- We get to build submarines
- We get more money
- We get to train more sailors

Arguments to convince the British :
- The Coastal defense force will be completely inferior to the core of the British fleet
- The coastal defense force can not evade the British fleet, being to short ranged to get past the Mediterranean.
- The Ocean going vessels are too small and too lightly armored to effectively attack British escorted convoys (Unlike the Deutschland class, which can do that...)
- Both are strong enough to be a major hindrance against the Draka.

Result: Success!

The British And Hitler agree to the changes to the Versailles Treaty in regards to Naval armaments, much to the displeasure of the French who make it a point to sail their battleships in full view of Germany's North Sea ports.

Since VK will be a key component to future naval warfare strategy, due to the VK-Steel being essentially invulnerable to harm unless VK is employed in opposition, the restrictions on tonnage both for ships in general and total naval numbers means that the Panzerschiffs may become necessary in the coming days due to their being technically legal even under this relaxing of the Versailles Treaty in regards to naval production.

(British agree to revised naval restrictions.)
(French pissed off at Germany and Britain.)


Research action : Electrojet [Codename : DONAR]
VK offers opportunity for aircraft designs, which will be needed, given recent Draka aviation innovations. The Electrojet takes advantage of the production of electricity as well as the production of heat by the VK reactor to create a powerful, versatile engine design, that's not as volatile as it may seem.
At it's base, the engine uses a toroidal VK Core. Air passing through the core is heated by the intensity of the reaction, greatly expanding and thus providing thrust as it's expelled through the back of the aircraft. This is the jet-part of the electrojet. The electric power meanwhile is used to drive a ducted fan in front of the core, which compresses the air entering the engine (greatly improving the jet's efficiency), as well as providing thrust on their own.
The entirety of the engine is clad in VK-steel. While this makes it heavier than if VK-aluminum had been used, the steel is both far more tolerant to the extreme temperatures that are reached in the core, and provides the needed protection to avoid catastrophic malfunction that would result from any damage to the actual core.
The Codename (Donar, the German God of Thunder) refers to the result of one of the earlier tests. The engines were tested separately in a stationary configuration, and appeared to perform well. However, as the engine was being held at maximum power for an endurance test, the electric fan failed. Airflow through the core dropped rapidly as the compressor fan stalled leading to rapidly increasing temperatures. The air became ionized, shorting the core and leading the engine to spit lightning before melting itself into slag.
Analysis of the incident showed that if this failure were to occur in flight, the speed of the plane should result in sufficient airflow to prevent such a catastrophic overheating.

Result: Nat 100!

The Donar is a masterpiece of advanced VK-Technology Engineering when the first complete test model is prepared for the first activation since the prototype's disastrous failure that gave the engine it's name.

The Toroidal VK Core is joined by an improved frictionless compressor fan array where multiple fans compress the air in stages before the resulting compressed air is fired through the center of the Toroid. As designed, the air rapidly superheats, expanding with incredible force and pressure, creating a vacuum effect that with the multiple fans, will keep forcing them to spin and draw more air into the Toroid, preventing overheating and ionisation.

Interestingly, particulate friction while the engine is in operation creates a very unique phenomena while in operation, a small halo of electrical energy, essentially a ring of lightning, forms at the thrust aperture at the rear of the engine, steadily remaining a set distance away from the engine itself and increasing or decreasing in intensity based on engine power.

At full power, the engines emit a powerful, throaty roaring and based on total output could potentially allow an aircraft to fly at Mach 1 or possibly higher, if the aircraft was made of VK-materials as conventional airframes would likely tear themselves apart using this engine.

But the real prize comes from tests to scale up the technology; the engine can be scaled up to possibly power some form of super-heavy aircraft, likely a bomber, and with the kind of thrust power behind it this super-heavy bomber could carry over 300,000 pounds of munitions, maybe double or triple that based on size and cargo capacity.

But the real problem is expense. The Donar is fairly affordable but the size of the VK Toroid and the need for specialist machining and maintenance, particularly when it comes to being near the super-heated exhaust, as well as the fact that any craft using this engine would require VK-Steel at a minimum to safely handle the stress of the engine's output.

Such aircraft would, at this current point in time, be exorbitantly expensive to manufacture in all but the most limited numbers. But the fact that you can even manufacture such aircraft now speaks of the hard work and dedication done to restore Germany.

(New Technology Unlocked: 'Donar' Electrojet Engine)
(New Research Unlocked: Super-Heavy Aircraft)


Design Action :
The success of Germany relies on keeping everything secret for as long as possible. For that, the creation of the Super-Enigma will be considered top priority. Super-Enigma is an advanced electromechanical analog computer that executes an extremely complex polyalphabetic substitution cipher.
Miniaturization using VK transistor technology has allowed for the introduction of 8 substitution wheels. Each wheel substitutes each letter of the alphabet for another letter, in an encryption that's build into the wheel itself. Varying the initial positions of each wheel (26 in
total), resulting in great variance (208 billion positions).
The order of the wheels can also be varied, changing the cypher and further increasing complexity. As there are 40 320 possible orders, this makes figuring out the order of any one wheel extremely complex.
In addition, the Superenigma utilizes a steckered keyboard. This means that any of the input letters can be transferred to another letter, vastly increasing the amount of possible combinations once more. (~billions,IIRC)
In operation, wheel and Stecker order are gleaned from the codebook. The initial wheel position however, is determined by the operator at the start of each message. A small randomizer (a set of 8 26-sided dice) are included for this purpose. Operators set a machine up for the settings of the day, roll the dice, transmit the result, look up the resulting configuration in their codebook, and send the message using that code.
The superenigma also aims to correct some flaws of the original enigma. For one, unlike the normal enigma it will sometimes replace a letter with itself. Enigma's inability to do so was a major flaw that allowed it to be cracked easily. This does however increase complexity quite a bit.
Superenigma is set up to be secure even if the wheel lettering is known. However, if it's not known, then the amount of possibilities are multiplied by a further 7*10^212. In order to allow for that to take as long as possible, different services operating different enigma networks will utilize different rotor designs.

Result: Nat 100!

Konrad Zuse is more than happy to participate in the upgrading of his original Enigma machinery, and before long, based on the technology you have provided and his own insights and experiences, the 'Enigma-U' or Uber-Enigma, is created. The size of a large suitcase, powered by a miniature VK Power Core or plugged into a generator, the Enigma-U is designed to be fully contained with everything from the codebooks to the dice which come with a handy cup and bowl for rolling without spillage.

As the new system is distributed and put into operation, the effects are immediate. High-level military and intelligence communique's are rendered impossible to decrypt and you theorize that even if the enemy possessed an electronic or digital computer at this point in time, they would be unable to decrypt the Enigma-U system in any meaningful timeframe and the new system means that even if a case is captured it will still take a great deal of work to properly decode intercepted transmissions.

(New Technology Unlocked: Enigma-U Encryption System)
(German communications are unbreakable!)


Production Action
The following units will be produced
- 3 Generic Infantry
- 2 Generic Artillery
- 2 Tiger I
- 2 Type VIII Submarine Squadron's

Result: Success!

The new forces are brought online within days as streamlined training programs created as an independant Heer initiative quickly find purchase over the older, clunkier training programs.


Military Action : Naval Exercises
With the vast majority of the British fleet on it's way to Malaysia, the North Sea is relatively quiet. One type VIII Submarine Squadron will profit from this lapse in attention to hold exercises and tests. In order to cover up the existence of the submarine squadron, the convention German navy will partake in the exercises, and at least of paper will be the center of attention.
Things tested will be the standard performance tests, weapon performance (torpedoes fired from the destroyers against prepared targets), infiltration tests (crew will be told to be on the look out for British subs, which they're supposed to mention the existence of to their superiors. They're not supposed to act against them in any way) and equipment endurance.
None of this should be against Versailles, though the British may consider the German navy prancing around on their frontdoor a personal affront anyway.

Result: Minor Success!

The Naval Exercises go ahead smoothly, and the submarines perform excellently, but the British and French quickly make their presence known, and apparently the British kept some forces in reserve, one of those being their flagship.

At 65,000 tonnes, mounting no less than twelve massive 16-inch guns, the Empress Victoria is the largest vessel on the water to date and the most impressive, a grand lady suitable to be the flagship of the Royal Navy, and following not far behind her is the Marine Nationale flagship, the Charlemagne, and both have small escort fleets including carriers in attendance.

Their presence is clearly a show of force, a reminder to Hitler and Germany just who the dominant European powers are and while the Naval exercises are considered a success, Hitler is incensed at the insult paid to him by the British and French.

(Kriegsmarine morale increased.)
(Valuable naval data acquired, particularly for submarine warfare.)
(Hitler is angry at the British and French.)


Covert :
VK is what'll win the war, and Germany's hold on it's only supply is tenuous at best. While the base is defended, the location and strategic considerations make holding it an almost impossible affair. As such, until the base can be reinforced or relocated, security should be gained through obscurity. Covertly, many different alternative trails for the origin of VK should be created, ranging from stories about a Sorcerer's stone, to locations in the Pacific, Artic, Asia, Japan, Africa, Australia, US and South America.

This should hopefully make it extremely hard for anyone to figure out the real story.

Result: Auto-Success!

With the new Oxen Heavy Cargo Submarines introduced, absolute secrecy for supplying the Antarctic base and delivering VK back to Germany is assured. Even so, a false paper trail is laid, just in case.
 
Seriously, all it takes is a few torpedoes or airstrikes to sink any of those mammoth battleships...
 
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On a side note, Hitler is going to order us to make a battleship after this, isn't he?
 
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I'm thinking of our navy set-up as something like this:

- Carriers as centerpieces
- Destroyers as multirole surface warships and escorts
- Submarines as escorts and sneak attackers
- Patrol torpedo boats/fast attack craft as skirmishers
- Landing craft/amphibious craft/hovercraft for shore landings.
 
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Social Action: Veidt, using his new prestige and money will found the National Gewehr Verband. To help make sure he gets the support he needs, he"ll make sure Hitler, Himmler, Von Thaler, and other prominent members (Is Hans von Seeckt the informal leader of the Old Guard?) on its' many purposes:
1. Building community spirit.
2. It will unofficially act as a private militia that will help create a gun culture that Switzerland and America has. This is useful because...
3. It will give Germany a skilled reserve of manpower to enlist when the war comes. Anyone too young to enlist now will have months or years of training behind them by the time Germany has to fully mobilize for war. Should things ever get truly desperate, Germany can always use the NGV as a Volkssturm of those who are too old or unfit to serve in the Reichswehr.
4. Act as the institution for the purchase of military surplus equipment--particularly weapons--by any eligible German citizen. Since the Great War has come to an end, Germany has demobilized and many of these weapons will be replaced by emerging new technologies, this shouldn't be an issue. Veidt/the NGV will acquire the military weapons and they will then sell the weapons to any members at a discounted price.
5. With so many military weapons being bound to flood the civilians arms market, Germany will have plausible deniability if we decide to provide arms to any faction or ally.
6. Any increased ammo consumption by civilians will lead to the expanding of munition production through the beauty of free market capitalism. Should war break out, Germany will not have to strain as much to retool itself into a total war economy.

The fact a private citizen like Veidt is the leader of the new organization will help make it look less like a violation or loophole of the Versailles Treaty. Furthermore, Veidt will offer free food, beverages, alcohol (strictly after any shooting events) for free and even gift baskets for any special events or holidays, like the founding day of the NGV. The NGV will engage in sports such as skeet shooting, hunting, marksmanship and Multi-Gun/practical shooting, with heavy emphasis on the latter. Machine Guns and other heavier ordinance will occasionally be pulled out for the fun of it, and so members can get familiar with their use and operation.

Any prominent people of German high society will of course receive a letter invitation. Senior positions will be vetted to ensure no communist, Bleutzkreuz who engaged with foreign contacts, or any batshit insane member of the NSDAP (re: SS faction) get a senior leadership position. Recruitment will expand beyond the NSDAP (particularly into the DNVP), so long as they are not a strong supporter of the existence of the Weimar Republic, a communist or have had contact with dangeous elements like commies or Draka. So yes, even members of the SPD or more moderate parties can join, and of course so can the apolitical. Infact, Sigrid Von Thaler will be offered an invitation for a senior position--also as a subtle way to show women are allowed to join.To help keep people from thinking up sexist prejudices at the idea, we will publicly advertise the NGV as being family-friendly. This will help lessen any notions this is a workaround of the Versailles Treaty, train youth who are too young to serve and get females involved too.

Veidt will also try to mingle with various members of high society who join. With the Old Guard, Veidt will give some of his private thoughts on how he believes the Weimar Republic is an illegitimate, artificial institution and we should either return to the pre-Great War government system, or a more military, authoritarian one to help Germany get through these trying times. To those not formally part of the NSDAP, he will express his support for the return of the Kaiser from his exile, though begrudgingly admit there would be less backlash abroad and domestically if the Crown-Prince became the new Kaiser instead.

With the Von Thalers, we will quietly express our displeasure at the SS's latest actions and try to shift any blame to them instead.

Result: Nat 100!

The NGV program is a huge success! While some are leery about the creation of a national firearms association, any comparison to the American Constitution are stridently denied, and Hitler himself gives his approval, calling the NGV 'a means for the German People to regain the discipline and focus that once made them legendary' and he eagerly accepts a ceremonial leadership role in the organisation while Himmler views the NGV as a good way to bring together and study various rival political factions. The Von Thalers also accept offers of positions within the board of the NGV, particularly Sigrid who accepts it with gracious enthusiasm that doesn't reach her dead, blue eyes.

The NGV also helps with civilian morale; by having an outlet for the frustrations of the Weimar and being able to simply experience the advancing level of German technology, technology they helped build in the factories, or supply the food from the farms they worked.

Your political wheeling and dealing allows you to subtly prod the Blutkruez towards the SS while the Old Guard are given key hints that should prevent any marginalisation by the other factions.

But the most surprising thing to come out of this is a new recruit. A young woman, nearly at the right age to enlist in the armed forces (though likely not in a combat role as of yet), has caught your attention with her incredible marksmanship skills, skills that seem outright superhuman. How else could she make the kinds of shots she does with a Kar98 without a scope?

The name of this Nordic beauty is Angela Wolff, and you managed to secure a talk with her before Sigrid Von Thaler concerning her skills. While her face and eyes are like ice you manage to sense her excitement at doing something for the good of Germany. And something tells you that this girl, properly directed and trained, could be an exceptional asset.

(NGV is a huge success! Public morale boosted!)
(New Special Personnel Recruited: Angela Wolff)
(Angela can be further trained as either a Panzergrenadier Sniper or a Werewolf Sniper)


Research: With advances in radar and the invention of the transistor, Veidt Industries will look into developing portable radios and try to develop something at least as sophisticated as the "handie-talkies" of WW2, ideally with voice transmission.

Result: Failure

There's a critical flaw in the new radios that takes the rest of the month to find and prevents production; improperly designed connections would rapidly degrade signal quality over long ranges, and cause excessive drain of the batteries to transmit clearly.


Design: With the success of the G32 Rifle, Veidt Industries will focus on a series of variants based off the G32.
LMG/GPMG: HK21-based weapon chambered in 7.92x33mm and 7.92x57mm, using a drum magazine or belt-link
DMR/Sniper Rifle: MSG90/PSG1-based weapon chambered in 7.92x57mm; with a 18-inch barrel for the DMR and a 23.6-inch barrel for Snipers.

The LMG and GPMG would essentially be the same weapon. Swapping out the barrel, bolt and feed unit would convert the calibers between 7.92x33mm and 7.92x57mm, like the OTL HK21. When appropriate, the new DMR and Sniper Rifle variant will use smaller magazines to make it easier for a soldier to use them while prone.

If a good name isn't thought up, the LMG can retain its' current name and the DMR/Sniper Rifle can be called the Präzisionsschützengewehr 1932 (PSG32).

Accessories: Picatinny rails (called Veidt rails), various optics (from x1.5 to x4 and then ones for the DMR and sniper rifle) and a foregrip that can transform into a bipod. Should advances be made in lasers (and potentially LED if we can get laser weapons out of the research), Laser Sights and Red-Dot Optics would also be designed for the weapons.

We will emphasize to the Reichswehr the commonality of parts and the ease of training the German soldier if so many weapons are essentially the same design. The DMR will be used at the squad and/or fireteam level so they can counter-snipe and make up for any perceived deficiencies in adopting an intermediate cartridge. On the subject of a new submachine gun, we"ll point out it should be possible to make a submachine gun variant, or even one that fits somewhere between a carbine and pistol caliber machine gun. But we"ll quietly recommend they take the "Dakka" submachine gun, give it a vertical magazine and rename it the Maschinenpistole 32 (MP 32), as it would be cheaper to produce for roughly the same amount of performance and save R&D time. Like with the G32, this will be kept secret and have both VK and conventional variants produced.

Result: Critical Success!

The entire new range of equipment quickly impresses the Wehrmacht, especially on the issues of cost and parts commonality for maintenance, repair and resupply, and they quickly find their new niches.

The LMG and GPMG versions of the G32, named the G32 'Leicht-Sieger' and the G32 'Schwer-Sieger' respectively quickly oust the ancient MG08 machinegun at the platoon and squad level, allowing the MG113 to become a more dedicated fire-support weapon that has it's own dedicated squad of men to support it

15-round straight magazines are employed as standard issue for the DMR and Sniper versions, 'PSG32 Schutze' for the DMR and 'PSG32-H Bogenschütze' for the Sniper rifle, with potential for the weapon to be up-gunned to the 13mm TuF round for anti-material/heavy sniper work.

The original, failed, 'Dakka' submachinegun is given a more politically pleasing name and a vertical magazine, becoming the MP32.

All of these come with VK-Steel versions that will be issued to the Heer and other infantry forces, while the general public and any forces supplied by Germany will receive carefully modified conventional versions chambered for normal cased rounds; many soldiers joking that the conventional weapons feel 'soft' after training with the VK-Caseless weaponry which all have a noticeable kick to them.

The new Veidt rails also are met with some enthusiasm, as these small accessories mean that a soldier can do more than just fit a bayonet to his rifle when the technology becomes available, and it becomes easier to remove or add the new optic systems.

(New Technology Unlocked: G32 Variant Weapons - LMG)
(New Technology Unlocked: G32 Variant Weapons - GPMG)
(New Technology Unlocked: G32 Variant Weapons - DMR)
(New Technology Unlocked: G32 Variant Weapons - Sniper Rifle)
(New Technology Unlocked: Combat Optics)
(New Technology Unlocked: Improved Sniper Optics)
(New Technology Unlocked: MP32 Submachinegun)
(New Research Unlocked: 13mm Heavy Sniper Rifle)

Production: x3 Bio-Fuel Plant.

Result: Success

Three new Bio-Fuel Plants come online, providing cleaner-burning diesel and petroleum products that will help with German's fuel woes.

(+600 Fuel per turn)


Military: We will introduce the Colonel to the idea of having sub-units to the squad-level, such as the fireteam and fire and maneuver team. As per OTL WW2 Germany, all soldiers will be trained to think quick on their feet and be trained for up to two ranks above their current rank. Should the variants prove to be successful, LMGs and DMRs will be provided at the squad and fireteam level, with Panzerknackers provided at the squad level. GPMGs will exist at the platoon level.

Result: Success!

Colonel Jaeger immediately compares the new system to how the Drakan Citizen infantry organise themselves, with the planned Fireteam and Fire/Maneuver Team roles taken up by the four-man 'Stick' which would perform the roles described. While he is initially leery of adopting such a similar notion, he agrees that at a tactical level this new system will allow for German soldiers to be more flexible in built-up environments and open field warfare and agrees to help draft the proposal.

(New Technology Unlocked: Fire-Team Infantry Doctrine.)

Covert: Building off his previous success, Conrad Veidt will continue his trips, focusing on France but making at least one trip to Italy, Greece, and Romania so as to not neglect them. France is where he will spend most of his time to ensure the French socialists are successful.

Besides meeting with local activists and politicians, Veidt will meet with various big-name businessmen of their respective countries, offering loans and pointers on how they could improve their own business based on the rapid changes ongoing through Germany....in exchange for them throwing their weight in supporting their local fascist, reactionary and nationalist parties. Or really, any party sympathetic to Germany and the agenda of the Council. For any capitalists worried about socialist rhetoric or anyone with an ex-socialist past (like Mussolini), Veidt will point to how well private industry is doing in Germany and all the fights against anarchists and communists within and out of Germany by their allies.

While visiting Italy and Greece, Veidt will try to encourage greater co-operation between both nationalities based on their shared cultural and ancestral heritage (many Southern Italians after all have Greek blood in them from colonizing that happened centuries and millennia ago after all).

Overall with each country, he will emphasize how Europe is threatened, surrounded by inhuman Pagan degenerates on one side and Communists who want to watch Europe burn on the other. He will emphasize that Europe can not afford another Great War that will soak our soil in blood, or the locusts from the south and east will storm in to turn our families into their "rightful conquests". That Europe needs to catch up to build its' industry and military. No one knows what's going on in the Hermit Kingdom and judging by what's going on in China, the Draka seem to think they have integrated their post-Great War territories enough for another expansion.

Besides the need of all treaties that hamstring our military might being done with, we must work towards a military alliance that will standardize procedure, terminology and technology. For example, Germany has already developed two new armored fighting vehicles that may be available to export, and with the brightest minds of Europe coming together, we could develop even greater equipment. To help make peace between each other, there should be greater economic co-operation between our countries. All of this will help build up our countries faster in these rapidly changing times that have upset the world order, and God willing, Europe will stand firm against her neighbors.

Result: Failure

You narrowly avoid arrest in France and other nations are too busy making sure that the French and British don't turn their attention to them, particularly ones who have fascist or socialist majorities in government.
 
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...Ouch.

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(Angela can be further trained as either a Panzergrenadier Sniper or a Werewolf Sniper)

I'm leaning towards having her trained as part of the Werewolves.

She could potentially be our version of the Finnish White Death.
 
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