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We got SF to play Starship Troopers with jet packs to entertain JFK, so why not bring those back? I can't wait for the safety briefs and Article 15s for drinking jetpack fuel. Edit: sniped from midair 
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aphid_licker posted:That reminds me that during the cold war the Bundeswehr mulled the idea of a one-man courier heli that was meant to be attached at I think the company commander level and piloted by conscripts and probably would have killed more Germans than Zhukov Or at least since the F-104.
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Feb 13, 2020 22:17
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There was a Tom Clancy novel that ended with the Segway Special Forces attacking a
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Feb 14, 2020 00:19
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aphid_licker posted:That reminds me that during the cold war the Bundeswehr mulled the idea of a one-man courier heli that was meant to be attached at I think the company commander level and piloted by conscripts and probably would have killed more Germans than Zhukov How about a one man unpowered gyro-copter for scouting from a U-Boat? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focke-Achgelis_Fa_330
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Feb 14, 2020 00:32
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Vengarr posted:There was a Tom Clancy novel that ended with the Segway Special Forces attacking a Was that R6, ended with the jungle hideout destroyed after the pandemic plot was foiled?
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Feb 14, 2020 02:49
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Midjack posted:Was that R6, ended with the jungle hideout destroyed after the pandemic plot was foiled? No, it was literally a bunch of special forces on segways attacking the compound of a liberal politician who was also a terrorist
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Feb 14, 2020 03:14
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Vengarr posted:No, it was literally a bunch of special forces on segways attacking the compound of a liberal politician who was also a terrorist I think I remember that. The dude lived in a decommissioned missile silo? I want to say that was a Net Force thing. Some people smoke crack, I read bad military fiction. I'm not sure who is hurting themselves more.
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Feb 14, 2020 03:27
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Midjack posted:Was that R6, ended with the jungle hideout destroyed after the pandemic plot was foiled? No, that ending had them leave all the rich ecoterrorists naked on the jungle runway after they blew up(?) The facility in Brazil.
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Feb 14, 2020 03:30
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Feb 14, 2020 04:07
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bulletsponge13 posted:No, that ending had them leave all the rich ecoterrorists naked on the jungle runway after they blew up(?) The facility in Brazil. And the woman was glad to ditch her clothes? God he was a bugeyed weirdo
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Feb 14, 2020 04:31
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Milo and POTUS posted:And the woman was glad to ditch her clothes? God he was a bugeyed weirdo That sounds right. Clancy is famous for failing English at Loyola. I had three or four teachers who attended, and they all said that it's basically taught in the English department that he is a stain on the institution.
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Feb 14, 2020 04:50
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Midjack posted:Was that R6, ended with the jungle hideout destroyed after the pandemic plot was foiled? Ahh Rainbow Six, the only clancy novel that the good guys unequivocally lost
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Feb 14, 2020 04:52
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shame on an IGA posted:Ahh Rainbow Six, the only clancy novel that the good guys unequivocally lost You must have read a different Patriot Games than me
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Feb 14, 2020 04:53
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I tried explaining Rainbow 6 to my son, who loves the game, and asked if I had read the book. He looked at me like I was huffing glue and trying to make a time machine.
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Feb 14, 2020 05:39
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bulletsponge13 posted:That sounds right. Tom Clancy was an rear end in a top hat. I remember when the news was clamoring for 'experts' on 9/11, CNN got him on the phone and all he could do was talk about how similar the attacks were to the attack on the Capitol in Debt of Honor until they could find someone who wouldn't self-promote amidst a national tragedy. Then there was a friend of mine who worked at the MCX in Quantico when he was dropping by for a book signing. He had a rider that demanded he be provided cigarettes from the store's stock free of charge. He treated the staff like poo poo and it took months for them to get the smell entirely out of the carpet. Also, the last book he wrote - and that's honestly debatable - was The Teeth of the Tiger. All the series and books after that just had his name on them, were ghost-written, or were "with so-and-so." The last one I *tried* to read was The Bear and the Dragon, but could only get ~25% through before donating it to the local library system. BIG HEADLINE fucked around with this message at 06:17 on Feb 14, 2020 |
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Feb 14, 2020 06:06
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What is this miniature AK? omg so adorable
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Feb 14, 2020 07:06
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bulletsponge13 posted:I tried explaining Rainbow 6 to my son, who loves the game, and asked if I had read the book. It was incomprehensible when I tried to read it as a kid. When I went back as an adult I realized why. The book is garbage.
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Feb 14, 2020 07:20
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Look, it's not that difficult. Eco-terrorists hire a former member of the KGB
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Feb 14, 2020 07:26
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Nevermind the plot is awful
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Feb 14, 2020 07:26
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shame on an IGA posted:Ahh Rainbow Six, the only clancy novel that the good guys unequivocally lost How did they lose? I can't remember the particulars
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Feb 14, 2020 07:28
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UP THE BUM NO BABY posted:Look, it's not that difficult. Eco-terrorists hire a former member of the KGB Who then realizes theyre all hosed and immediately rats them out to the antiterror org he had been helping to distract and got the IRA to try and kill. Also i didnt really take it as the main characters lose in rainbow 6. They went into the amazon and merced all the eco terrorists and their super ebola never got deployed
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Feb 14, 2020 07:28
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Stravag posted:Who then realizes theyre all hosed and immediately rats them out to the antiterror org he had been helping to distract and got the IRA to try and kill. Also i didnt really take it as the main characters lose in rainbow 6. They went into the amazon and merced all the eco terrorists and their super ebola never got deployed Main characters != good guys
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Feb 14, 2020 07:35
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Stravag posted:Who then realizes theyre all hosed and immediately rats them out to the antiterror org he had been helping to distract and got the IRA to try and kill. Also i didnt really take it as the main characters lose in rainbow 6. They went into the amazon and merced all the eco terrorists and their super ebola never got deployed the planet's dyin' cloud
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Feb 14, 2020 07:43
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Oh i missed good guys, thought he says main characters my bad
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Feb 14, 2020 08:33
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My favorite part of R6 is where the sniper team deliberately takes a bad shot and gut-shots the child-killing terrorist so he can watch him die in agony pre-teen and teenaged me thought that was cool. It's very hosed up now.
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Feb 14, 2020 13:50
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The denouement of that book was the mil-fic version of “you decry society yet you live in a society! Checkmate libtard”
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Feb 14, 2020 14:18
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MA-Horus posted:My favorite part of R6 is where the sniper team deliberately takes a bad shot and gut-shots the child-killing terrorist so he can watch him die in agony Is that the same book where the ultra cool operator Chavez is super obsessed with his pregnant wife because ~*just Hispanic things*~ Clancy racial tropes? I read these in middle school and thought they were awesome. I can imagine how badly they've aged E: hahahahah 
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Feb 14, 2020 14:59
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Isn’t that the one with the awkward HJ?
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Feb 14, 2020 15:00
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The plot is straightforward. An environmentalist billionaire employs the resources of his biotech empire to develop a virus that will kill everyone who isn’t vaccinated, in order to reduce the world’s population and save the planet. He hires an ex-KGB guy to organize a bunch of terrorists attacks (which back then meant hostage taking), in order to raise awareness of the need for security, so that his buddy can get the contract for security at the 2000 Sydney Olympic. They’re planning to use the stadium’a HVAC system to distribute the virus at the closing ceremony so that everyone goes home and spreads the virus in their respective country. At some point in there though a shadowy parajudicial group starts offing freedom fighters.
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Feb 14, 2020 15:03
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Cyrano4747 posted:Isn’t that the one with the awkward HJ? My favorite weird Clancy sex thing is the cat fishing subplot in Teeth of the Tiger which is just... gross and pointless. Pedo terrorist cybers with a fat dude y’all.
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Feb 14, 2020 15:05
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Ken Bone Comeback posted:What is this miniature AK? That's a Norinco Type 79 in 7.62mm Tokarev. 
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Feb 14, 2020 15:44
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Scratch Monkey posted:The denouement of that book was the mil-fic version of “you decry society yet you live in a society! Checkmate libtard” Vous déniez la société et pourtant vous vivez dans une société!
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Feb 14, 2020 16:12
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MA-Horus posted:My favorite part of R6 is where the sniper team deliberately takes a bad shot and gut-shots the child-killing terrorist so he can watch him die in agony Didn't the terrorist actually build a rapport with the child, the latter not really fearing death because they had a terminal illness.
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Feb 14, 2020 17:06
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FrozenVent posted:The plot is straightforward. Wait that was supposed to be an evil plan?
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Feb 14, 2020 17:33
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FrozenVent posted:My favorite weird Clancy sex thing is the cat fishing subplot in Teeth of the Tiger which is just... gross and pointless. And sadly Clancy isn't all that gross compared to actual gutter tier patriot fiction.
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Feb 14, 2020 17:44
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Cyrano4747 posted:And sadly Clancy isn't all that gross compared to actual gutter tier patriot fiction. But you repeat yourself
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Feb 14, 2020 17:50
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If you think Clancy is bad go read some John Ringo. He makes Clancy look like the love child of William Shakespeare and Karl Marx.
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Feb 14, 2020 17:57
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Cyrano4747 posted:go read some John Ringo. Can you ban an admin for advocating self harm?
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Feb 14, 2020 17:59
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There's that Brad Thor guy who Fox kept pumping up as the next Salman Rushdie. Y'know despite the fact that Rushdie doesn't write milwank trash, and didn't set out to blatantly badmouth Islam.
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Cyrano4747 posted:If you think Clancy is bad go read some John Ringo. Woah. I just made the sign of the cross
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