That Time I Became A Dictator Of A Small Asian Communist Nation
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Can be synced with via Bluetooth. Tigerfang? Bluefang?
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Hrrrmm gotta say my mind leaps immediately to to shape changing trickster figures messing with more physical brutes and also a good amount of playing around with prescriptive rules/roles and prophecies. Ala "no man of woman born" or "no man shall slay thee" etc etc.
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I mean, if you're willing to go metaphorical, that's just Drozd.
We have better electronics, so we could probably improve on the original Soviet design. Frnakly active protection systems woudl be particularly usefull for protecting mechs that can't afford to carry as much armor as a tank.
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Now imagine if we did it with lasers or electromagnetic fields instead of normal projectiles? Boom, energy shieldsI mean, if you're willing to go metaphorical, that's just Drozd.
We have better electronics, so we could probably improve on the original Soviet design. Frnakly active protection systems woudl be particularly usefull for protecting mechs that can't afford to carry as much armor as a tank.
, a future goal perhaps? Anyways, yeah, I concur about active protection systems, and with our electronics durability adding them shouldn't decrease the overall durability of an Iron Tiger by much.
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@HeroCooky, apparently the PRC recovered an American ADCAP topredo sometime between 1975 and 1985 and reverse engineered some of it's key components like Otto Fuel II, would this info be shared with Guangchou when we go to develop our own torpedo?
And is it a roll to determine if it's been butterflied?
And is it a roll to determine if it's been butterflied?
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If you have a positive CO, you'll get the information, mainly due to you being the main navy port of the Chinese, and them wanting you to have the data so you won't freak out when the Chinese Navy does tests, thinking the Americans are firing torpedos.
Also, d10 for year. 1975=1, 1985=10.
Edit: WELP.
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Hey, due to divergent tech, should we roll to see if projects like the Lockheed C-1201? Or would someone need to write an omake about the subject in order for a roll to be made? I'm mostly asking because if it does end up existing we could see the US fielding mechs from giant nuclear powered flying fortresses, and that appeals to me on a visceral level.
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The US would have to roll a natural 100 on their research/design action to make an airborne reactor viable. It's in the same tier as mechs when it comes to how plausible it is.
a airborne reactor would be like a nat 1000 on a d1000 lol
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It would really require some sort of unobtainium for radiation shielding/neutron reflection. Like, meta-stable metallic hydrogen would do it... if it existed.
I made a Guangchou Pintrest Board. It has pretty pictures of heavy machinery, for all your otaku needs.
edit: This is what I envision our Iron Tigers look like. THe baby-carrier cockpit seems like the most practical for leaving the pilots legs free enough to move.
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Bit smaller then the ones we built. I think it would be a 3 or 4 meter model.It would really require some sort of unobtainium for radiation shielding/neutron reflection. Like, meta-stable metallic hydrogen would do it... if it existed.
I made a Guangchou Pintrest Board. It has pretty pictures of heavy machinery, for all your otaku needs.
edit: This is what I envision our Iron Tigers look like. THe baby-carrier cockpit seems like the most practical for leaving the pilots legs free enough to move.
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Yeah, this is more of general idea of the layout I'm imagining.
Through we've moved to a mass rather than height based model since we started, to the IT is now... 3.3 meters tall (as a first order approximation, height is the cube root of mass).
Aren't the cockpits sealed though? I though @HeroCooky had posted some images of them earlier in the thread.
Edit: Yeah, they posted photos back here.
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*looks closer*
Huh. I thought the cockpit was just unsealed in the pic but there's no cover for the arms so I guess not.
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They're BASED on the pics, they're not exactly like the pics. Plus our first IT has SCARS. It's essentially a sealed environment to safeguard against any outside threats similar to chemical weapons. We got a 14 on d20 on that roll iirc, so it at least meets our minimum requirements.
Oh they'e sealed. We have SCARS for that. Theoretically, they work well. But that's only as far as trials go. We've yet to put them through actual combat, after all.
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What role(s) are the ITs built for?
IFV tend to hover around 20 tonnes, MBTs are 50+ tonnes, 8x8 trucks are probably the closest in terms of vehicle mass/payload ratio but the ITs are too compact to carry a similar degree of bulk.
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Mobile Heavy AT/I/A with broadly applicable combat-engineering added, if current modules are applied.
The Iron Tiger "Iron Tiger"-Line is modular, and as such can be used for whatever purpose you need, if you have the modules for such.
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I being Infantry and A being... Artillery?
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Anti-Tank/Infantry/Air. One of your modules is basically a tri-barrel 57mm AZP S-60, while you have a back-mounted auto-cannon capable of (limited, prototypical) automated/pre-planned fire with different ammunition types.
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So more of a tank destroyer in the AT role?
And we don't really have a way to compare how good they are in a role without making a traditional vehicle that ALSO uses IT tech and then running some wargames, right?
Question but are we sending advisors in Vietnam and if so I have a target that could help shift the war in the north's favor a lot faster than IRL.
1. Lang Vai special forces camp
Pros
-of the garrison of around 874 soldiers around 350 are lao soldiers with low combat capability and morale along with being located outside of the main defenses. due to having their both of the remaining 524 500 are a mixed group of ARVN and CIDG montagnard troops with the the remainder being US special forces
-the garrison lacks armored support and it's main force of reinforcements 2 marine companies from khe sanh won't be able to arrive in time
-most of the antitank weapons the garrison has are in short supply and a tendency to malfunction
-if taken/destroyed the US will have reduced interception/monitoring opportunities on the Ho Chi Minh trail and the path too Khe sanh will be unobstructed freeing up forces to attack Khe Sanh during the Tet offensive
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-the parts of the camp tat actually are fortified are very good at stooping infantry in addition were fighting vetern special forces troops on a fortified home ground
-unlike most of the non american troops here thae CIDG is trained by said special forces,well equipped and also has good morale and a good reason to fight with the US against the PAVN/us plus they coordinate well with special forces.
1. Lang Vai special forces camp
Pros
-of the garrison of around 874 soldiers around 350 are lao soldiers with low combat capability and morale along with being located outside of the main defenses. due to having their both of the remaining 524 500 are a mixed group of ARVN and CIDG montagnard troops with the the remainder being US special forces
-the garrison lacks armored support and it's main force of reinforcements 2 marine companies from khe sanh won't be able to arrive in time
-most of the antitank weapons the garrison has are in short supply and a tendency to malfunction
-if taken/destroyed the US will have reduced interception/monitoring opportunities on the Ho Chi Minh trail and the path too Khe sanh will be unobstructed freeing up forces to attack Khe Sanh during the Tet offensive
Cons
-the parts of the camp tat actually are fortified are very good at stooping infantry in addition were fighting vetern special forces troops on a fortified home ground
-unlike most of the non american troops here thae CIDG is trained by said special forces,well equipped and also has good morale and a good reason to fight with the US against the PAVN/us plus they coordinate well with special forces.
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Yes, thats right. Though, right now may not be the best time to spice things up with new weapon systems.
You are sending observers/volunteers to North Vietnam, though it is already 1974. and most people in the know are seeing the writing on the wall due to butterflies and rolls. Vietnam will win around a month sooner than OTL.
Also, you'd need to obtain such information before acting up such.
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TBF, we really ought to focus on upgrading our logistics and C4I first. A modular skateboard chassis and a transport aircraft would be good.
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Hey! It ain't our fault our mass transit program failed so explosively!