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A tin can sub vs a more modern sub? ShrooM?

I don't care! It's awesome!

And for the hell of it, let's assume the Zorians gave those nutters a nicer submarine.

PeZook wrote:Shroom, dude...didn't Zorians seize that sub?

The Zorians released them (after converting them to the Norse faith, as evidenced by Shroomcocks' brainwashing and apparent insanity) to combat the Jihadi submariners.

EDIT: Also, is good MP Moonbeam going to have trouble with his political career?

Hrm. Not really. Unless he's caught with a viking helmet, waving an axe around. But Shroomanians are silly by nature, so he's got a lot of leeway for dickeries.

Shroomania is a multicultural and tolerant place!

I've a bunch of stuff planned for Captain Mohammad and her crew first, but after that we can do a sub duel, sure . Of course the mujahedeen are actually experienced and competent submariners, not nutjobs running a boat full of kids, so I'd give them a fair chance of blowing that silly u-boat straight out of the water.

SiegeTank wrote:I've a bunch of stuff planned for Captain Mohammad and her crew first, but after that we can do a sub duel, sure . Of course the mujahedeen are actually experienced and competent submariners, not nutjobs running a boat full of kids, so I'd give them a fair chance of blowing that silly u-boat straight out of the water.

With a far more modern sonar and fire control system and weapon system? It will be such a piece of cake that I could do it sleeping!

Blah, details!

PEZOOK:

I think this recent spat of religious nuttery is the PERFECT time for Miranda Moonbeam to go insane in space!

Shroom Man 777 wrote:Blah, details!

PEZOOK:

I think this recent spat of religious nuttery is the PERFECT time for Miranda Moonbeam to go insane in space!

She already did and almost got Shroompard killed, hence my question

Shroom Man 777 wrote:PEZOOK:

I think this recent spat of religious nuttery is the PERFECT time for Miranda Moonbeam to go insane in space!

Except for that little detail where, you know, she already has.

Wait, what? Where's the post! LINK MEEEE!!!!

Here ya go

I'm not quite sure if it meets your standards of Shroomanian crazyness, though

That was brilliant! Oh, Miranda, you utter fucknut!

I wonder why the Zorian wanted to leave her in space to die.

That was genius! Minister Moonbeam might still keep his position, but he'll be a total joke for the fellow ministers and dudes in the House of Commons, and the House of Lords.

Man, the shame! The disgrace! The utter awesomeness! Miranda!

She should be a celebrity!

Oh, I'm sure she will be.

Uh, I have over a thousand posts now. Do I get to up my GDP?

Ryan Thunder wrote:Uh, I have over a thousand posts now. Do I get to up my GDP?

No.

Beowulf wrote:

Ryan Thunder wrote:Uh, I have over a thousand posts now. Do I get to up my GDP?

No.

Aww.

How can I improve my GDP, anyways?

Ryan Thunder wrote:How can I improve my GDP, anyways?

Let's say that you'd better sell lots of arms.

You get a normal, reasonable percentage increase in real GDP each year. Amounts to 2% or so. Just like the real world.

Beowulf wrote:You get a normal, reasonable percentage increase in real GDP each year. Amounts to 2% or so. Just like the real world.

Ah, thanks. I'll take that into account, then. You guys mind if I randomize it a bit? It should vary by +/- 10% from the previous year. Of course, I'll adjust it every now and then based on what's going on, or if it starts spitting out ridiculous numbers like >2.5% or whatever.

Coiler wrote:

Ryan Thunder wrote:How can I improve my GDP, anyways?

Let's say that you'd better sell lots of arms.

Considering some of the more recent events, would anybody be interested in buying a "bomb-proof" public bus?

The concept I have in mind would have mesh windows to avoid overpressure (and they would be some kind of plastic to avoid them becoming shrapnel themselves), and some metal plates between seats to minimize shrapnel spread.

The idea is to minimize potential casualties from a bus-bombing...

Ok, so some clarification from Coiler please...

Have you publically admitted to sinking the Kida or did you just talk to the shipping company and perhaps request them to keep it quiet? On the one hand you admitted it to the company, who might go public. On the other hand you're not sending the sub captain to a hearing just so it doesn't go public and become a circus. So how is that playing?

I ask because if it is not widely known, the attack on the Kida could be blamed upon (or at least suspected to be) other Jihad submarines out there...and they're not just going after Zorian shipping (or they just fucked up). So I kinda need to know how public your admission of guilt is to see about a possible response to this commerce raiding going on.

And no, SiegeTank I don't intend to sink your sub until you're ready. They'll just have to deal with more naval assets than just the Zorians around Eastern Velaria, however.

My navy just talked to the company, offered them compensation for the lost them, and requested that they keep it quiet.

Coyote wrote:"I won't argue that," Tenn said, "Especially since it is a volatile connection. A ship goes down-- like those Coilerburg nutbars going off their rockers and sinking the wrong damn ship-- or a war that limits our shipping can make a lot of trouble for us."

That's supposed to be NOT public knowledge, dude. And if your Ministers somehow know about it, then it stands to reason my government knows about it, otherwise we look kinda stupid. And if it is known to governments, then that changes things.

So yeah, what's the deal yo? Did you not read OOC or something?

Shroom Man 777 wrote:I don't care! It's awesome!

And for the hell of it, let's assume the Zorians gave those nutters a nicer submarine.

I still don't know why the Steve Shroomwin is described as a Foxtrot, yet depicted as a Type VII U-boat. Same thing happened with Karmic Knight's Black Barracuda project, with the first prototype resembling a Type VII despite being derived from the Sturgeon class SSN.

As for a nicer submarine that the Zorians could give to Shroomcocks for his privateering efforts, personally I'd suggest either a Yūshio or a Kobben, in keeping with Zoria's Japanese-Norse motif.

RogueIce wrote:

Coyote wrote:"I won't argue that," Tenn said, "Especially since it is a volatile connection. A ship goes down-- like those Coilerburg nutbars going off their rockers and sinking the wrong damn ship-- or a war that limits our shipping can make a lot of trouble for us."

That's supposed to be NOT public knowledge, dude. And if your Ministers somehow know about it, then it stands to reason my government knows about it, otherwise we look kinda stupid. And if it is known to governments, then that changes things.

So yeah, what's the deal yo? Did you not read OOC or something?

Last I saw in-story he was going to publicly admit it.

Curses! Get thine stories straight!

Welcome back, Shroom and Shady!

It's gotten too serious here. We need more fun stuff, like elephant secret agents.

And Zor is going to pave Veleria before we can get the dionosaurs on there! Bah!

Odds are that even if the company itself agrees to keep quiet, someone will leak it to the press for whatever reason.