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You have the only copies, and sole authority to use them. If any biometrics are involved, then whatever agency provided you with th3 football has seen to that as well.Tribble wrote: 2018-03-13 03:33pm Does this mean I am the only one who can use the codes? That I have the only copy of the codes, but usual rules over use apply? Or do I have just one copy of the codes, while the us government still has their copies?
If it's the ladder I'll just shred my copy and forget I ever had them.
Fine. After telling Russia, China etc what to expect, I use all the nukes to wipe out the US and its western allies - both their militaries and their civilian populations. Now no one can blame everything on them since they won't be around anymore! Everywhere else will quickly become a paradise! Problem solved!U.P. Cinnabar wrote: 2018-03-13 03:39pmYou have the only copies, and sole authority to use them. If any biometrics are involved, then whatever agency provided you with th3 football has seen to that as well.Tribble wrote: 2018-03-13 03:33pm Does this mean I am the only one who can use the codes? That I have the only copy of the codes, but usual rules over use apply? Or do I have just one copy of the codes, while the us government still has their copies?
If it's the ladder I'll just shred my copy and forget I ever had them.
He'd likely dismiss it as fake news. But I like where you're going with this,Eternal_Freedom wrote: 2018-03-13 03:53pm Hmmm...if it was the codes to everyone's missiles, I'd be tempted to fire them up into space and away from Earth, or use them to hold the various asshole world leaders to ransom and force disarmament of all the other nukes.
Since only the Yank's stockpile, I dunno. Probably keep quiet about it. Tempted to say contact the White House, tell them I have them and demand a big fat salary for not telling anyone, but I doubt that would work with President Cuckoo Bananas in charge.
Could you rig up a dead man's switch?Crazedwraith wrote: 2018-03-13 05:17pm Okay what happens when I die? Do the codes revert to their rightful owner?
Letting anyone know I have them is a fully paid trip to Guantanamo Bay or the morgue.
i am suddenly reminded of the SCRAMMing Up! threadSimon_Jester wrote: 2018-03-13 07:06pm I have been handed a large red button that says "DO NOT PUSH OR ELSE."
I do not push the large red button.
I thought this thread was supposed to be speculative fiction — that belongs in the "becroggling but genuinely plausible" category.U.P. Cinnabar wrote: 2018-03-13 03:38pm You can always tell them you switched cases with Trump the last time you were at Mar-a-Lago. Not that it will fly, but...
Yes. They'd go back to POTUS. Until the next RAR!Crazedwraith wrote: 2018-03-13 05:17pm Okay what happens when I die? Do the codes revert to their rightful owner?
Letting anyone know I have them is a fully paid trip to Guantanamo Bay or the morgue.
It would take some doing, from someone who knew he was doing, but, yeah.Tribble wrote: 2018-03-13 05:33pmCould you rig up a dead man's switch?Crazedwraith wrote: 2018-03-13 05:17pm Okay what happens when I die? Do the codes revert to their rightful owner?
Letting anyone know I have them is a fully paid trip to Guantanamo Bay or the morgue.
You would ultimately have to provide a demonstration of intent if you threaten to launch. That's the trouble with big sticks.Eternal_Freedom wrote: 2018-03-13 06:00pm I don't see why not.
As for getting Trump to believe me, well I can always fire a warning shot...just off that Mars el Largo place he's so bloody fond of. Or Pittsburgh, because why not.
Actually I probably wouldn't even need to launch to get them to believe it. Just send launch orders, then withdraw them shortly afterwards. The Pentagon will pitch a fit even President Orangutan will listen.
IIRC, Trump did leave the football unattended during one of his vacations to Mar-a-Lago.SpottedKitty wrote: 2018-03-14 02:46amI thought this thread was supposed to be speculative fiction — that belongs in the "becroggling but genuinely plausible" category.U.P. Cinnabar wrote: 2018-03-13 03:38pm You can always tell them you switched cases with Trump the last time you were at Mar-a-Lago. Not that it will fly, but...
Not just Trump, but also Pence(who's threatening Savannah with a visit to the Saint Paddy's parade), Ryan, Pompeo, Sessions...The Romulan Republic wrote: 2018-03-13 06:10pm Stay very, very quiet. Maybe chuck them into the bottom of the ocean or something.
At any other time, I'd be tempted to give them back, even if I'd probably end up in prison. That's not a responsibility I want to have.
But if I was blessed with the power to keep the nuclear launch codes out of Trump's tiny hands, I don't think I could live with myself if I gave them back to him.
I am still, in my heart of hearts, MILDLY DERANGED PHYSICIST.Eternal_Freedom wrote: 2018-03-13 07:12pmi am suddenly reminded of the SCRAMMing Up! threadSimon_Jester wrote: 2018-03-13 07:06pm I have been handed a large red button that says "DO NOT PUSH OR ELSE."
I do not push the large red button.
KAMIKAZE SPACE PILOT approves. Now he RETURNS to PLOTTING to OVERTHROW ALL NATIONS. Because why the fuck not?Simon_Jester wrote: 2018-03-14 02:07pmI am still, in my heart of hearts, MILDLY DERANGED PHYSICIST.Eternal_Freedom wrote: 2018-03-13 07:12pmi am suddenly reminded of the SCRAMMing Up! threadSimon_Jester wrote: 2018-03-13 07:06pm I have been handed a large red button that says "DO NOT PUSH OR ELSE."
I do not push the large red button.