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Yooper
Apr 30, 2012


Dark_Swordmaster posted:

What're the rules on owning the game and loving around? I don't mean recreating loadouts or running trial missions, but maybe doing some scouting and mock order/zone placement.


I'm cool with that.

Once I build the area I can release that as a .scen for anyone to run tests with. The actual hostile loadouts, composition, and behavior will be different.

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ZombieLenin
Sep 6, 2009

"Democracy for the insignificant minority, democracy for the rich--that is the democracy of capitalist society." VI Lenin


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I would play CMNAO more if there was a campaign exactly like this.

chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

Thefluffy posted:

Greenpeace with an airforce? What is this, strangereal?!

So I'm doing a Let's Read of Wingman, an awful Mack Maloney pulp series that takes place in an alternate history where WW3 causes the United States to break up into warring factions and PMCs. It predates Ace Combat and Crimson Skies by about a decade, but this campaign reminds me way too much of the books, especially the first one where entire chapters are dedicated to the protagonist wheeling and dealing to buy Korean War and Vietnam War vintage aircraft to assemble into a hodgepodge air force. Most of the enemies are mercenaries and air pirates who work for the bad guys, and the good guys hire their own mercs to bolster their numbers.

It's lovely and Mack has no clue how aircraft or weapons work despite cumming all over the F-16, but it's unintentionally hilarious at times.

Davin Valkri
Apr 8, 2011

Maybe you're weighing the moral pros and cons but let me assure you that OH MY GOD
SHOOT ME IN THE GODDAMNED FACE
WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?!

Thefluffy posted:

Greenpeace with an airforce? What is this, strangereal?!

Would that we could be so lucky! Better Strangereal stories than creepy nationalist craziness!

chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

Davin Valkri posted:

Would that we could be so lucky! Better Strangereal stories than creepy nationalist craziness!

*gently kisses American flag in flight suit pocket*

Edit: We should have gotten the F-16s so I could do a Hawk Hunter cosplay in this game.

Crazycryodude
Aug 15, 2015

Lets get our X tons of Duranium back!

....Is that still a valid thing to jingoistically blow out of proportion?


If Space Case dies I've got dibs on THE WINGMAN in an F-16

Stago Lego
Sep 3, 2011
Honestly if Greenpeace had an airforce I'd join them.

Yooper
Apr 30, 2012


Davin Valkri posted:

By the way, what's a "retainer"? Is it travel expenses or an up-front bonus?

This is to cover initial expenses, travel fees, wages, and, most importantly, to insure our services. If the customer backed out for whatever political reason then we still get some payment. It also prevents us from playing all the sides, they are retaining our services.

LostCosmonaut
Feb 15, 2014

Put me in as Gemini, and I'll drop another vote for Tibet/India.

Also, just a personal opinion, but I think it'd be cool if we grabbed some Mirage F1s in the future.

JcDent
May 13, 2013

Give me a rifle, one round, and point me at Berlin!
Tapco votes for Tibet via India in hopes of getting to fly a MiG-21 Bison some day.

After that, I'd start mercilessly lobbying to put an AESA radar on it.

Jobbo_Fett
Mar 7, 2014

Slava Ukrayini

Clapping Larry
Crusader online and looking to fly a Ground-Attack aircraft

Area #1 - India

Yooper
Apr 30, 2012




As of right now we have a significant majority voting for Tibet - India. I'm not going to call it yet, but I'd say you can probably pack short sleeves and sandals.

Once we've made our decision on Mission location I'll allow you to vote for our support specialist. We've only got room on the roster for one. I think you'll have a hard time deciding between our extraordinarily competent candidates.

chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

Is this system grognardy enough to simulate air pressure and oxygen requirements? I know Tibet is pretty loving high up, to the extent that commercial planes don't really fly in the country due to the added risk during accidental depressurization.

LostCosmonaut
Feb 15, 2014

chitoryu12 posted:

Is this system grognardy enough to simulate air pressure and oxygen requirements? I know Tibet is pretty loving high up, to the extent that commercial planes don't really fly in the country due to the added risk during accidental depressurization.

This post synergizes well with your av quote.

As to the answer to the actual question, I dunno.

Yooper
Apr 30, 2012


chitoryu12 posted:

Is this system grognardy enough to simulate air pressure and oxygen requirements? I know Tibet is pretty loving high up, to the extent that commercial planes don't really fly in the country due to the added risk during accidental depressurization.

I don't know if it's much of an issue for fighters as most engagements happen at 36,000 feet. It's extraordinarily groggish in many details, but not sure how much of an impact oxygen or pressure has. Usually if a plane takes that sort of damage it's just dead.

HannibalBarca
Sep 11, 2016

History shows, again and again, how nature points out the folly of man.
Slot me in for a CAS/Ground Attack plane whenever there's an opening, callsign Murphy, as in the law thereof.

Yooper
Apr 30, 2012




Well folks, Hired Goons is off to India. Our employer is UN backed NGO's and the Indian Government. Already the TLA has denounced us as a destabilizing force and consider us to be "merchants of death" to be dealt with accordingly. China has kept quiet on the matter.

Our HR department has forwarded me three dossiers. We can pick one of these fine folks to be our operation asset for this deployment. It seems that outsourcing the HR duties to a guy named BobTheHippie2944 on Fiverr.com might not have been the best idea. But these all look quite talented.







  • Jack offers high level intel, procurement bonus, and a connection on the pulse of world opinion.
  • Jimmy is a man on the ground. Live intel. Attacks. Blunts.
  • Zack offers a chance at satellite time, drones, and "mad haxxor" skills.

Yooper fucked around with this message at 19:42 on Apr 3, 2017

Tetraptous
Nov 11, 2004

Dynamic instability during transition.
I continue my NATO bias and recommend we hire the honorable Jack Abramoff.

gradenko_2000
Oct 5, 2010

HELL SERPENT
Lipstick Apathy


Jimmy!

ManifunkDestiny
Aug 2, 2005
THE ONLY THING BETTER THAN THE SEAHAWKS IS RUSSELL WILSON'S TAINT SWEAT

Seahawks #1 fan since 2014.
Let's Trust The Process and Moneyball this poo poo into the ground by hiring Zack

Hell, worse case scenario with him is we carpetbomb Buckingham Palace in support of freeing Northern Ireland

Crazycryodude
Aug 15, 2015

Lets get our X tons of Duranium back!

....Is that still a valid thing to jingoistically blow out of proportion?


I detest everything about Zack as a person, but he's useful so gently caress it let's bring him on board. If we're gonna be taking down CVBG's in the name of Gaia we'll need cutting edge tech and/or hordes of disposable drones to soak up the AMRAAMs

HannibalBarca
Sep 11, 2016

History shows, again and again, how nature points out the folly of man.
Jimmy, of course.

gradenko_2000
Oct 5, 2010

HELL SERPENT
Lipstick Apathy

Crazycryodude posted:

If we're gonna be taking down CVBG's in the name of Gaia we'll need cutting edge tech and/or hordes of disposable drones to soak up the AMRAAMs

IRL, the USN no longer uses Phoenix missiles because F-14s have been retired and Hornets are the primary carrier fighter, right?

Good Dumplings
Mar 30, 2011

Excuse my worthless shitposting because all I can ever hope to accomplish in life is to rot away the braincells of strangers on the internet with my irredeemable brainworms.
Have to go with Jack, the CIA couldn't escape a paper bag without losing half of the operatives. Plus those defense attorneys he knows might come in handy if there's any complications?

chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

Jack it up.

Davin Valkri
Apr 8, 2011

Maybe you're weighing the moral pros and cons but let me assure you that OH MY GOD
SHOOT ME IN THE GODDAMNED FACE
WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?!
Uuuuugh, why couldn't you get someone...reputable? Fine, bring on Jack as work release.

pthighs
Jun 21, 2013

Pillbug
Jack - I like the idea of more strategic advantage.

Friar John
Aug 3, 2007

Saint Francis be my speed! how oft to-night
Have my old feet stumbled at graves!
Hired Goons have to be down with the clown.

CirclMastr
Jul 4, 2010

I definitely know that Goons Don't Know Jack but hopefully will soon.

Cathode Raymond
Dec 30, 2015

My antenna is telling me that you're probably wrong about this.
Soiled Meat
Gotta go with the most evil option, which is the lobbyist in most cases but always the lobbyist if Abramoff is the lobbyist in question.

Jobbo_Fett
Mar 7, 2014

Slava Ukrayini

Clapping Larry
I don't know Jack

Thefluffy
Sep 7, 2014
JACK

C.M. Kruger
Oct 28, 2013
Abramoff, in a RPG you should always pick the a level or two in the vendor discount perk.

Dark_Swordmaster
Oct 31, 2011
In attempt of getting a Faygo sponsorship, Jimmy.

Agean90
Jun 28, 2008


as much as i like zacks last name, ill have to go with Jimmy because having a man on the ground is always helpful

JcDent
May 13, 2013

Give me a rifle, one round, and point me at Berlin!
Well, since we're ever so slightly pissing into NATO's cereal, let's take Jack to sort things out and disappear in a puff of sulfuric smoke and unearthly laughter.

Good Dumplings
Mar 30, 2011

Excuse my worthless shitposting because all I can ever hope to accomplish in life is to rot away the braincells of strangers on the internet with my irredeemable brainworms.
Also good luck resolution associates!!!



JcDent
May 13, 2013

Give me a rifle, one round, and point me at Berlin!
:swoon:

Zaodai
May 23, 2009

Death before dishonor?
Your terms are accepted.


Drones and missiles? Can't go wrong with Zack.

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Soup Inspector
Jun 5, 2013

Good Dumplings posted:

Also good luck resolution associates!!!





I think we've found our head of marketing and public relations. :perfect:

Although it took me longer than it should have for me to realise that it said "Hired Goons". :downs:

And let's have a Jack attack.

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