Strike Command: Wait, is that a fucking laser?

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Warmachine: Jan 30, 2012

I mean, after the Twitter post, I really wish we'd gone with Broadstreet and made the mission a straight up attack run on the airfield. Shoot down the F-18?

Ah well, hindsight and all that. I know what I'm voting for when the time comes unless something more salacious than attacking the airfield comes up.

# ? Oct 1, 2019 16:47

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# ? May 17, 2024 02:20

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FrangibleCover posted:

The Impossible Intercept

I am disappointed that this isn�t called �The No-Op� but maybe that�s just my day job showing.

# ? Oct 1, 2019 17:36

Dance Officer: May 4, 2017; It would be awesome if we could dance!

Radio Free Kobold posted:

so how much does a terrible, awful, garbage-rear end F/A-18C (ex-Canadian?) cost?

e: doesn't Broadstreet have some of those? make a pakistani shell company, source some garbage hornets, then shoot 'em down for the fraud money.

Still cost more than $10m, unless you're getting them for scrap. And in that case they definitely can't fly.

# ? Oct 1, 2019 18:07

FrangibleCover: Jan 23, 2018; Nothing going on in my quiet corner of the Pacific.

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Dance Officer posted:

Still cost more than $10m, unless you're getting them for scrap. And in that case they definitely can't fly.

But we can blow them up and take pictures of the chunks, which is good enough!

# ? Oct 1, 2019 19:08

RandomPauI: Nov 24, 2006; Grimey Drawer

Hmm. What if we pretended to launch the Eagle late in the night at the same time that we launch our bombing raids? Then, later on, launch the eagle with a replenished escort?

# ? Oct 1, 2019 19:41

Radio Free Kobold: Aug 11, 2012; "Federal regulations mandate that at least 30% of our content must promote Reptilian or Draconic culture. This is DJ Scratch N' Sniff with the latest mermaid screeching on KBLD..."

maybe we're overthinking this. we don't need to shoot down a hornet, we need footage and radar tracks of a hornet getting shot down, and then wrecked hornet parts on site to prove it. can we recycle sensor footage from some of our old ops, in which we shot down hornets?

i like how "how do we defraud the pakis" is generating as much commentary as "how do we accomplish the mission"

# ? Oct 1, 2019 19:47

RandomPauI: Nov 24, 2006; Grimey Drawer

Wait, can we make defrauding the Pakistanis a part of the mission?

# ? Oct 1, 2019 19:58

Yooper: Apr 30, 2012

Just before everyone starts planning for this, the PIA is an invite only trade organization for Pakistani nationals involved in the local 3DP / PMC market. Unfortunately we're unable to become members.

# ? Oct 1, 2019 19:59

Radio Free Kobold: Aug 11, 2012; "Federal regulations mandate that at least 30% of our content must promote Reptilian or Draconic culture. This is DJ Scratch N' Sniff with the latest mermaid screeching on KBLD..."

Yooper posted:

Just before everyone starts planning for this, the PIA is an invite only trade organization for Pakistani nationals involved in the local 3DP / PMC market. Unfortunately we're unable to become members.

# ? Oct 1, 2019 20:52

Warmachine: Jan 30, 2012

Yooper posted:

Just before everyone starts planning for this, the PIA is an invite only trade organization for Pakistani nationals involved in the local 3DP / PMC market. Unfortunately we're unable to become members.

A minor setback. We need only find one who is... agreeable to our false-flag-fraud. Surely there is an enterprising PIA member that is interested in splitting the low-effort bounty with us.

# ? Oct 1, 2019 21:18

FrangibleCover: Jan 23, 2018; Nothing going on in my quiet corner of the Pacific.

This is the life. I'm just lying here in my hammock in Townsville, sipping a G&T.

I mean, I don't think there's any better plan than TheDemon's one so there's not much to do but attempt to defraud our opponents. Is anyone still working on a plan or intending to work on one or can we vote now?

# ? Oct 1, 2019 21:47

Yooper: Apr 30, 2012

FrangibleCover posted:

I mean, I don't think there's any better plan than TheDemon's one so there's not much to do but attempt to defraud our opponents. Is anyone still working on a plan or intending to work on one or can we vote now?

I'm going to do the vote tomorrow, unless someone states they need some extra time.

# ? Oct 1, 2019 23:35

Chunky Monkey: Jun 12, 2005; Kill the Gnome!

Just an FYI on the "bomb the runway" op, you're gonna want that Shackleton in the air sooner. WWII vintage planes don't climb fast and radar can only see to the horizon (aka the higher it is, the more it can see).

# ? Oct 1, 2019 23:49

TheDemon: Dec 11, 2006; _{...on the plus side I'm feeling much more angry now than I expected so this totally helps me get in character.}

Chunky Monkey posted:

Just an FYI on the "bomb the runway" op, you're gonna want that Shackleton in the air sooner. WWII vintage planes don't climb fast and radar can only see to the horizon (aka the higher it is, the more it can see).

I'm aware, but any sooner and we give the game away. The enemy is almost certainly going to go on alert if there's an AEW in the air.

# ? Oct 1, 2019 23:54

FrangibleCover: Jan 23, 2018; Nothing going on in my quiet corner of the Pacific.

This is the life. I'm just lying here in my hammock in Townsville, sipping a G&T.

TheDemon posted:

I'm aware, but any sooner and we give the game away. The enemy is almost certainly going to go on alert if there's an AEW in the air.

What if we ferry it in from Bost and make it look like a civilian flight until it turns the radar on? Or just put it up and don't turn the radar on until it's go time.

# ? Oct 2, 2019 00:01

xthetenth: Dec 30, 2012; Mario wasn't sure if this Jeb guy was a good influence on Yoshi.

FrangibleCover posted:

What if we ferry it in from Bost and make it look like a civilian flight until it turns the radar on? Or just put it up and don't turn the radar on until it's go time.

It's awfully slow to be a civilian flight, isn't it?

# ? Oct 2, 2019 00:49

Chunky Monkey: Jun 12, 2005; Kill the Gnome!

FrangibleCover posted:

Or just put it up and don't turn the radar on until it's go time.

This is probably the best choice.

# ? Oct 2, 2019 02:51

Hexenritter: May 20, 2001

Radio Free Kobold posted:

i like how "how do we defraud the pakis" is generating as much commentary as "how do we accomplish the mission"

In the UK at least, abbreviating Pakistani that way is generally perceived as it being a slur, just a heads up so you don't get probated for racism.

# ? Oct 2, 2019 06:34

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xthetenth posted:

It's awfully slow to be a civilian flight, isn't it?

It could feasibly be a civvie prop plane. Lots of small passenger aircraft about.

# ? Oct 2, 2019 11:20

Tevery Best: Oct 11, 2013; Hewlo Furriend

In a similar vein, what kind of sensors do the OPFOR have? We know they have some radars, and a bunch of old planes. How would they detect and identify the F/A-18? If we have it keep within a certain performance envelope, could we make it look like one of our planes?

# ? Oct 2, 2019 11:28

orcbuster: May 17, 2017

Tevery Best posted:

In a similar vein, what kind of sensors do the OPFOR have? We know they have some radars, and a bunch of old planes. How would they detect and identify the F/A-18? If we have it keep within a certain performance envelope, could we make it look like one of our planes?

Should have gone for more hardcore recon then.

# ? Oct 2, 2019 11:36

FrangibleCover: Jan 23, 2018; Nothing going on in my quiet corner of the Pacific.

This is the life. I'm just lying here in my hammock in Townsville, sipping a G&T.

Tevery Best posted:

In a similar vein, what kind of sensors do the OPFOR have? We know they have some radars, and a bunch of old planes. How would they detect and identify the F/A-18? If we have it keep within a certain performance envelope, could we make it look like one of our planes?

As long as the sensors are off it'll look like any other fighter aircraft, but it's better that it doesn't look like anything.

# ? Oct 2, 2019 11:39

Yooper: Apr 30, 2012

We'll vote until Friday or so.

Back to you Hired Goons!

Yooper fucked around with this message at 14:51 on Oct 2, 2019

# ? Oct 2, 2019 13:08

Hexenritter: May 20, 2001

Door Knocker, let's start with a bang.

# ? Oct 2, 2019 13:26

slothrop: Dec 7, 2006; Santa Alpha, Fox One... Gifts Incoming ~~~>===|>; Soiled Meat

Back in the Saddle

It's simpler, and in my head, simple is better

# ? Oct 2, 2019 13:33

DesperateDan: Dec 10, 2005; Where's my cow?

Is that my cow?

No it isn't, but it still tramples my bloody lavender.

door knocker

# ? Oct 2, 2019 13:38

Mr Crustacean: May 13, 2009; one (1) robosexual
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Back in the saddle
Keep it simple, we're contracted to escort the fighter jet. Not to start bombing runways

# ? Oct 2, 2019 13:48

FrangibleCover: Jan 23, 2018; Nothing going on in my quiet corner of the Pacific.

This is the life. I'm just lying here in my hammock in Townsville, sipping a G&T.

Door Knocker

If literally everything else goes wrong and we lose our whole air fleet the Hornet still has a 95% chance of making it out alive because it's NoE on burners beyond the radar horizon. This is simultaneously the safest and coolest option.

And I really want HG to come back with a runway strike that is, by most measures, totally unnecessary.

# ? Oct 2, 2019 14:08

Night10194: Feb 13, 2012; We'll start,
like many good things,
with a bear.

Back in the Saddle

Bombing a runway we're not actually getting paid to bomb on hopes that headlines will up our later fees is the Mercenary equivalent of working for exposure.

# ? Oct 2, 2019 14:09