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In hindsight, maybe we should've forced that helicopter to land at our airbase instead of just blow it apart. Assuming it DID have Desantos, he would've been more valuable alive. If it DIDN'T have Desantos, well, who knows who we just killed, but it'll probably bite us in the rear end.
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Quinntan posted:Lessons learned To address #3, I had a really strict prosecution area but all the planes still wanted to bomb that damned FOB. Normally this wouldn't be an issue but we were threading a needle there.
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Galaga Galaxian posted:In hindsight, maybe we should've forced that helicopter to land at our airbase instead of just blow it apart. Assuming it DID have Desantos, he would've been more valuable alive. If it DIDN'T have Desantos, well, who knows who we just killed, but it'll probably bite us in the rear end. If De Santos wanted to surrender he could have just stayed in his office. You fly in our skies you pay the price.
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paragon1 posted:If De Santos wanted to surrender he could have just stayed in his office. You fly in our skies you pay the price. Yes, but what will the public/UN think?
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Did we get it on tape? If so, "Holy poo poo, awesome!" If not, "Meh, whatever"
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Galaga Galaxian posted:Yes, but what will the public/UN think? they'll want some stairs real fuckin quick
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Galaga Galaxian posted:Yes, but what will the public/UN think? It's Angola so the public won't care and the UN will probably be a bit miffed at worst.
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Galaga Galaxian posted:Yes, but what will the public/UN think? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsN_M8KKBf0&t=27s xthetenth fucked around with this message at 04:39 on May 22, 2017 |
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Galaga Galaxian posted:Yes, but what will the public/UN think? I'll let Charles Barkley echo what the public thinks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NX1O2KO83Uw&t=4s The second part of the sentence will probably be different though depending on the person.
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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdT_CTmvwLQ I know it's not done uploading or rendering yet. But this way the night crew can get a look at it. Should be up in 2 hours or so. Spoiler time!  The new damage model worked splendidly. Two planes took severe damage and limped home while one did not. The SK60's danced with SU-30's. Fly my fragile little butterflies. Fly free!   The Chinese Carrier Group arrived in international waters 8 hours after we completed our ops. The Angolan Government as we knew it is gone. In it's place is the provisional government and they told to the Chinese not to venture into Angolan waters. A quick shuffle happened at the UN and the new ambassador, Joboco, delivered a stirring address to the UN Security Council. The Chinese halted in position right at the boundary. At the same time a pair of Apple registered Zumwalt's shadowed the Chinese but did not fire.  Dos Santos is dead. He departed in his brand new Bell 525 with a thousand pounds of diamonds. Even now the children of Luanda are scattering his bones trying to dig up diamonds. Blood diamonds nevertheless. With his death is the end of the Dos Santos family rule. Now Angola has the potential for a new era. The Free State has imploded. The council of three, the Triumvirate as they were known, have all abandoned the Free State and left with the $400 million or so that they were supposed to use to hire the Brazilians. I reached out and the Brazilians were never even under retainer. Even now refugees are flooding out of Cabinda and heading to sea as the DRC is sending troops in to restore order. Who ever would have thought that the DRC, of all people, would be restoring order in a country. The experiment that was the Free State was a pyramid scheme built upon the dreams and aspirations of a generation. But in a world of Randian dreams everyone awoke to a nightmare where a Waifu Shrugged. Mbeke is dead. His command vehicle rolled over a small mine in the outskirts of the city. I wish I had better news on that front but I received a broadcast from Von Hoff. Once I've gotten over the shock I'll put up a recording. But here is the synopsis. Von Hoff saw another strong man rising in Mbeke, a popular hero who would displace Dos Santos. So he did what he saw fit to do and had an explosive device planted in Mbeke's vehicle. As he said it, "Angola needs not old men or violent men, but statesmen." I am told that Von Hoff's body was found early this morning, a pistol in his hand. Yooper fucked around with this message at 04:52 on May 22, 2017 |
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Van Hoff you daft bastard
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And yet that all feels entirely fitting.
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Welp. This place is gonna be a mess. I'll tell the boys to start packing. The Road to hell...
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Tragic...Whelp that's enough damage done here for now , let's go.
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I think we can at least shell out to have a nice statue of von Hoff made and placed somewhere in Luanda. Plus a more private memorial for our own losses.
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 Well poo poo, looks like my image reply may have been accurate.
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Galaga Galaxian posted:Welp. This place is gonna be a mess. I'll tell the boys to start packing. I don't think anybody ever expected a Good End to an African civil war. Best we can do is not leave it any more hosed up than we found it, and hope the history books at least think we had the right idea.
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...we can only hope that Von Hoff left enough of a government in place to fix things. Rest in peace, you...strange man. And rest in peace Mbeke. You got done wrong, man.
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The Sandman posted:I think we can at least shell out to have a nice statue of von Hoff made and placed somewhere in Luanda. Statues are for heroes. We're just some guys who got paid to do a dangerous job and then did it. I say we leave only memories and burning wreckage. Let's console ourselves with the fact that we probably left the least bad option in charge of Angola.
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Time to get the gently caress out of here before it backslides back into civil war
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Quinntan posted:Time to get the gently caress out of here before it backslides back into civil war Yup. Time for some procurement, R&R, and a new adventure. Farewell Angola!
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Wow, Von Hoff was a massive dumbass in the end.
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To add to all this,  At China getting told off by Angola.
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Like serious talk, that is basically the absolute stupidest thing Von Hoff could've done.
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He chose to die a hero rather than live long enough to become the villain again.
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If I'd known our boss was that much of a selfish idiot I'd have voted to take the diamonds and leave.
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Night10194 posted:Like serious talk, that is basically the absolute stupidest thing Von Hoff could've done. I guess he didn't want to bet on Mbeke being a Washington instead of a Napoleon.
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Great. Let's get the gently caress out of here.
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A provincial government is in charge of most of the country and all the strongmen are dead. That's better than many nations have managed.
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They're basically headed back for civil war again, most likely.
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The Sandman posted:He chose to die a hero rather than live long enough to become the villain again. Except he's loving old. He wouldn't have the chance unless he went full Hitler
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It would be quite ironic indeed if Von Hoff's action leads to another civil war, one which they can solve themselves. Time for us to go to greener (and more profitable) places.
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Hey, I have a new idea for a mission: let's track down that redditor "triumvate" and beat them up for that 400 mil they ran away with.
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NewMars posted:Hey, I have a new idea for a mission: let's track down that redditor "triumvate" and beat them up for that 400 mil they ran away with. I second this motion.
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Hoff, you dumbass, you just started another civil war, a corporate takeover beyond Reddit's wildest fever dreams, or both. Oh well, let's take the money and go buy some new toys. I'm done with this shithole.
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Mycroft Holmes posted:People please, there's only one possible motto: Avion sans frontières 10/10. Not emptyquoting. Make it happen, Hayard-Gunnes Marketing!
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Man. What an end. Also, how much does an international assassin go for?
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