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Angola working for Von Hoff Also, please assign glynnenstein to work in one of the SA-22 batteries if available.
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Apr 18, 2017 04:59
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Angola - Hoff Please sign "B-Tunes" up for literally any flight position.
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Apr 18, 2017 05:16
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Davin Valkri posted:While I agree with you that that's certainly an interesting story, I think after the Tibet debacle we deserve a story where at least one idealist means exactly what they say, no matter how much that conflicts with the rest of the world. If every campaign ends with "and then things got worse!", it wouldn't be very interesting, now would it? It's entirely possible to make things worse in general (by raising tensions or whatever) while helping out your local area. I doubt this LP is gonna end with "and then there was world peace" - it might be just that literally every major power despises us after we blow up all their fancy toys. If nothing else, remember that China has historically had a notable interest in Africa...
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Apr 18, 2017 05:16
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We need to build up plenty of good will so that we aren't immediately sanctioned/invaded by the UN when we establish Outer Heaven.
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Apr 18, 2017 05:31
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CirclMastr posted:We need to build up plenty of good will so that we aren't immediately sanctioned/invaded by the UN when we establish Outer Heaven. I thought the cynical path our future would take would be more World with No Boundaries, myself.
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Apr 18, 2017 05:34
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Davin Valkri posted:I thought the cynical path our future would take would be more World with No Boundaries, myself. World with No Boundries was incredibly lame, though.
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Apr 18, 2017 05:34
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CirclMastr posted:We need to build up plenty of good will so that we aren't immediately sanctioned/invaded by the UN when we establish Outer Heaven. I'm glad we bought SAMs. Since this thread has already spun off one mad grog LP, perhaps someone'll be inspired to LP SAM Simulator, somehow.
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Apr 18, 2017 05:36
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Angola - Dictator. Better pay, and we get to bomb angsty teenagers. Oh, and put Sparkmaster in for any position (including non-flight, if those ever come around). SAM battery commander, bartender etc.
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Apr 18, 2017 05:35
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if we are going to go diamond dogs we should change our coporate charter to be employee owned so we dont get other mercs sent after us so the stakeholder can try to recoup their investments we'll give militant socialism a new meaning 
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Apr 18, 2017 05:36
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Night10194 posted:World with No Boundries was incredibly lame, though. How dare you impugn the awesomeness that is Solo Wing Pixy?! Besides, last time I checked Big Boss's air Force consisted of a few helicopters, not multiple squadrons with support aircraft.
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Apr 18, 2017 05:41
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Agean90 posted:if we are going to go diamond dogs we should change our coporate charter to be employee owned so we dont get other mercs sent after us so the stakeholder can try to recoup their investments Welcome to the club, we meet in the empty hangar every Wednesday from 19:00-21:00 local time.
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Davin Valkri posted:How dare you impugn the awesomeness that is Solo Wing Pixy?! Also, top-quality special forces on the ground vs semi-competent boot camp dropouts.
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Davin Valkri posted:How dare you impugn the awesomeness that is Solo Wing Pixy?! Pixy was a terrible character obscured by the fact that the song when you fight him is the best song in videogames. 
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Apr 18, 2017 05:43
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Agean90 posted:if we are going to go diamond dogs we should change our coporate charter to be employee owned so we dont get other mercs sent after us so the stakeholder can try to recoup their investments I earlier suggested spending some our money on stock buybacks, both for this and in order to stop paying dividends to stockholders.
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Apr 18, 2017 05:54
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Dagon posted:ANGOLA - DICTATOR
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90s Cringe Rock posted:Or steal a nuclear deterrent. Holy smoke that would be an incredible spin off. EDIT: Hired Goons
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Apr 18, 2017 06:39
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gradenko_2000 posted:Holy smoke that would be an incredible spin off. Not grog enough.
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apseudonym posted:Not grog enough. My bad, I meant Sub Commander
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Apr 18, 2017 06:46
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Angola - The Count. The whole Angola situation vaguely reminds me of an Alt-Hist story where Ayn Rand tried to set up her own country in Katanga, especially with the Count/Rosen/Hammarskold connection and of course the pack of libertarians. Yvonmukluk fucked around with this message at 07:07 on Apr 18, 2017 |
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Apr 18, 2017 06:57
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Apr 18, 2017 07:27
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Angola - Libertarians Yooper if there's room when I'm up on the roster, can you put me in the ~*Prowler*~?
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Apr 18, 2017 07:38
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If nobody else has prior claim, I'd like to fly the C-130. I want to be the one who fails miserably when we try to Entebbe something. If someone has claimed freight dog status, I'll take the loadmaster position.
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Apr 18, 2017 08:11
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Angola and the Dictator, partially because gently caress colonialism and partially because I want to kill Libertarians and I suspect we'll have more opportunities to do that when we're defending the Lithium deposits.
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Apr 18, 2017 08:28
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Is it possible to order new stuff straight from the manufacturer, but we'd have to wait a while to get it?
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Apr 18, 2017 10:01
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ANGOLA - DICTATOR The Dictator's forces are better equipped, better funded and he has the world's tentative backing. Also any of you guys notice that only the count has infrastructure destruction as a mission goal? It looks like the count is going with the old have to destroy it to save it belief.
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Apr 18, 2017 11:35
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Angola-Von Hoff It's the most interesting storyline, plucky upstart mercs working with revolutionaries trying to depose an African dictator is a storyline that practically writes itself. We do face a fair amount of risk going up against a well funded dictator and his mercs and there's always the risk that China could funnel some assets his way, but it's so much more interesting than simply squashing rebels without air cover.
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Apr 18, 2017 11:41
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Angola, support the Dictator. We just posed off china, we can't piss off everyone else too.
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Apr 18, 2017 12:15
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We only need an infrastructure building sim that we could spin off this thread - that way, Hayard Gunnes could take all the newly-minted Angolan lithium-marks for the rebuilding of everything we blew up. Rebuild it better, stronger, more audacious! *a bridge in the background bursts into flames for no reason* Kønstrüktion Gûnnes: Hayard help, premium quality
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Apr 18, 2017 12:51
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Something to bear in mind, Angola is currently China's second biggest African trade partner. If we work for O Presidente, we will get sold out, it'd just be a matter of time.
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Apr 18, 2017 13:05
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Quinntan posted:Something to bear in mind, Angola is currently China's second biggest African trade partner. If we work for O Presidente, we will get sold out, it'd just be a matter of time. And by working against him, it's only a question of time until they send some "volunteers" to help Presidente "restore order". That said, Angola - Count
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Apr 18, 2017 13:28
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Nuramor posted:And by working against him, it's only a question of time until they send some "volunteers" to help Presidente "restore order". So we'd get another opportunity to get them on the ground is what you're saying?
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Apr 18, 2017 13:30
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Working for an arbitrary dictator seems like a good way to get killed. Let's do Angola for Von Hoff, instead.
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Quinntan posted:Is it possible to order new stuff straight from the manufacturer, but we'd have to wait a while to get it? Unfortunately no. Procurement kind of works like the three tiered alcohol system.
That way everyone is happy. The manufacturers get to make cool planes with no moral qualms, the government gets to make the taxpayers happy by both buying cool stuff and selling it to drop taxes, the suppliers make a nice cut, and we get cool jets. Seriously? How is this not already happening? Voting is looking awesome guys, I'm expecting a few statements today from the Indian BBC and our delivery guy. Stay tuned! Here is a link to our Master Sheet This is also in the OP. It is a mirror of the working sheet. All pilot requests are on there, plane assignment, budget, links, you name it. If I hosed it up, please let me know. Yooper fucked around with this message at 14:40 on Apr 18, 2017 |
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Voting Angola - Count! Didn't see myself on the list so, please sign me up as Anta. No real preference, but the rustier the bucket I fly, the better.
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Yooper posted:Here is a link to our Master Sheet This is also in the OP. It is a mirror of the working sheet. All pilot requests are on there, plane assignment, budget, links, you name it. If I hosed it up, please let me know. At the risk of screwing myself out of a pilot slot, the Tornado is a two-seater like the Phantom.
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I think by backing up the Count, we actually do have the potential for putting down some roots - maybe training a new Angolan Air Force wouldn't be that bad of a retirement plan down the road... The Dictator might be the currently-recognised government of Angola, that doesn't mean they like him. I mean, maybe the Chinese are still trading with them (like they are IRL), but we've already gotten those guys mad at us, I'm not sure they can actually get any angrier. The count does seem to have backers, both overseas and (going by the apparent high motivation of his forces), real local support. If we tip the scales, I'm sure that people will come around. We should keep in mind the potential opposition we might be facing. I'm predisposed to backing the count, so I'll just put forward my thoughts on that position. I think there are likely 3 factions we might wind up fighting against. 1) The Regime's own air force. These guys apparently fly F-16s. 2) Mercenaries hired by the regime or the Free State, probably both. These are likely to be wildcards, both in tactics and equipment. 3) Chinese 'volunteers', probably flying in support of the regime. We already have a pretty good idea of what they are packing from Tibet. I don't think China, in its current state, would be able to send forces halfway around the planet to hunt us, but I could see them bankrolling the regime to hire additional pilots to go up against us, or materiel. I mean, if were backing the dictator, all we're up against are probably other mercs, Chinese volunteers (although supporting an unrecognised regime might be going a bit far for them) and a potential backstab from the regime itself. If we back the free state - well, that's more or less the exact same set of opposition as if we backed gthe Count, only without any popular support. I dunno what we might be up against in the Bering Sea. Presumably other mercs? I don't know if there are any governments actively involved in that conflict. Backing AngerPEACE seems like it would bring in governmental opposition very, very quickly. This is obviously all broad strokes stuff, mind. I'm not really an expert in the nitty-gritty.
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Quinntan posted:At the risk of screwing myself out of a pilot slot, the Tornado is a two-seater like the Phantom. And the Prowler is a 4-seater.
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Angola, Dictator Some dogooder swooping in and fixing up the place has literally never worked.
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