CYOE IV: Poll Now Open

[Korva]

I'm currently working on my first ever legit lineart (I'm doing a super heavy grimdark NS tank so I can get a bit of practice doing a variety of different things on a single piece without drawing something too serious) and I was wondering, in JG scale how many pixies roughly would 40cm be? Also, when drawing tracks, any tips?

EDIT, also, any tips on drawing sponsons?

1 pixel : 2.54 cm

Track tips: drink early and often because tracks suck

[Elektrograd]

Lol, thanks .

How long did that take you?

Two hours or something.
GIMP is awesome piece of software.

[Celritannia]

Lol, thanks .

How long did that take you?

Two hours or something.
GIMP is awesome piece of software.

Ah GIMP, Makes sense.

[Celritannia]

Also:



A logistics transport vehicle

[Bratislavskaya]

Now the holidays have begun, I got back to work on my not!AR-15.This is it so far. Still got to do a bit on the receiver, the furniture, and the mag. Nearly done though.

[Paragania]

Something for military police.

[Kouralia]

Something for military police.

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Sw4g, though the windows are :<

needs more Mastiff and Ridgeback

[Paragania]

Sw4g, though the windows are :<

needs more Mastiff and Ridgeback

Thanks Kour!

Well, the soldiers inside can see through the windows, despite the RPG caging.

Here's something sort of Mastiff:



Or, I have a real Mastiff right here:

[Elektrograd]

Too much awesome realistic stuff. Time to break it up a bit.



Tags: franscale bandwagon

[Korva]

Sw4g, though the windows are :<

needs more Mastiff and Ridgeback

Thanks Kour!

Well, the soldiers inside can see through the windows, despite the RPG caging.

Here's something sort of Mastiff:



Or, I have a real Mastiff right here:

stop being so good ໒( •̀ ╭ ͟ʖ╮ •́ )७

[EsToVnIa]

Too much awesome realistic stuff. Time to break it up a bit.

(Image)

Tags: franscale bandwagon

All of my yes

[Bratislavskaya]

I did two variants of my for export not!AR-15:
A1 Style Variant
A2 Style Variant
Which is better? I might just add rails to the A2 Variant, and scrap the current hanguard on it.

[The Corparation]

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Overview:

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In the ever expanding battlefields faced on NS-Earth, the need for the ability to transport large numbers of troops and equipment over long distances has always been seen as a must. Sadly this has always been a slow task, aircraft can only carry a limited number of troops, few can carry more than one or two pieces of heavy equipment and all require multiple refuelings to reach the farthest battlefields. These drawbacks mean that the use of ships is a must when transporting military forces across the world. Unfortunately transport vessels can take months to reach a combat zone, which places limits as to a nation's response to the rapidly changing modern day battlefield. In order to alleviate this problem, and provide a means to rapidly transport large numbers of troops and equipment world wide, Polaris Aerospace started The LRNSA Project.(Long Range Nuclear Strategic Aircraft). Based on earlier design studies such as the Lockheed CL-1201, the goal of the LRNSA Project was to create a super-heavy aircraft capable of rapidly transporting large amounts of men and equipment over extreme distances. The ultimate result of the project was the Model AN5K "Roc". The AN5K is a massive super heavy transport, and is built to be able to deliver approximately 2000 metric tons of cargo anywhere in the world on short notice. To this end the AN6K utilizes the latest in nuclear propulsion technology in the form of a two thousand megawatt reactor powering 4 massive Dual-Cycle High Bypass Turbofan engines. The engines are dual cycle, using conventional jet fuel for take-off and landing, and switching to nuclear for cruise power. The use of nuclear power while cruising means that the range of the aircraft is such that the primary limiting factor when determining the aircraft's range for a mission is the amount of consumable supplies used by the Aircraft's crew and passengers.

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Design:

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The AN5K's primary identifying feature, other than its massive size, is its unique tail-less blended wing-body design. The design allows for both increased lift and decreased drag resulting in a superior lift to drag to ratio compared to a conventional layout. The design also allows for increased interior volume and increased fuel efficiency when the engines are running on conventional jet fuel. The aircraft is divided up into 5 decks, split at the back by the main reactor. The lower two decks are devoted to carrying cargo or other mission gear, with the upper three decks devoted to crew and passengers. Due to the blended wing body design, these upper decks extend out into the wings allowing for increased space. Aft of the reactor on the upper decks are service and storage areas.

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Crew:

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The crew of the AN5K LRNSA is split into one of three operational areas depending on their role, Flight Operations (FO), Maintenance Crew (MC) and Payload Specialists (PS).

Flight Operations crew members are responsible for flying the aircraft, operating the reactor, and defense systems. The Flight Operations Crew operate the AN5K from the flight deck and an aft control room for the reactor. The flight deck crew consists of the Pilot, a Co-pilot, a Navigator a Radio Operator, 4 Defense System Operators and, 4 Flight Engineers (3 Propulsion, 1 Electrical). The rector control room is manned by 5 crew, a Nuclear Flight Officer (NFO), 2 Nuclear Flight Engineers (NFE) and 2 Airborne Reactor Operators (ARO). In total 17 crew members are required to fly the aircraft. Due to the extreme ranges involved in the aircraft's operation the Flight Operations crew operate on 18 hour days and are assigned to one of 3 six hour watches, giving a total Flight Operations crew of 51.
The aircraft is commanded by the pilot of the first watch, with the Executive Officer a the pilot of the 2nd watch. The aircraft's third in command is the Senior Nuclear Flight Officer who is assigned to the third watch.

Maintenance Crew are responsible for maintaining the aircraft's systems in flight. While not assigned to a specific watch, these crew perform any an all repairs capable of being done in flight. The crew consists of 2 Nuclear Systems Technicians and 4 Nuclear Systems Mechanics, who are responsible for any inflight repairs of the nuclear propulion system that can be performed in flight. In addition 6 additional mechanics are carried to repair the other aircraft systems.

Payload Specialists crew are responsible for the aircraft's payload. For the base transport model this crew consists primarily of load masters, responsible for cargo,stewards, responsible for the passengers, as well as the galley crew members.

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Flight Deck:

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Located at the forward most point of the top deck, the Flight Deck is the brain of the AN5K The AN5K's flight deck features a full glass cockpit, with each of the 12 crew stations having multifunction LCD displays.

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Payload:

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The primary mission of the AN5K is as a strategic airlifter. To fulfill this task, the aircraft is built to carry a whopping two thousands metric tons of cargo. The main cargo bay of the AN5K stretches 74 meters long, 4 and a half meters high. It starts out 13.5 Meters wide before expanding outwards to 26 meters meters across towards the center of the aircraft. The aft cargo bay is somewhat smaller only stretching for roughly 35 meters and 15 meters wide. The Aft and forward Cargo bays are separated by the craft's main reactor, however two smaller cargo bays measuring 18 meters long by 7 meters wide x 4 by meters tall connect the two main bays. In addition to the main cargo deck, there is a secondary cargo deck above the main cargo deck in the forward area of the aircraft. Connected to the main cargo deck via a ramp that lowers to a point just aft of the main cargo bay's loading doors as well as a small 2 1/2 ton lift just forward of the reactor, the upper cargo deck stretches over 60 meters long. from near the nose of the aircraft aft to the main reactor The upper cargo deck width varies from 16 meters in the forward section of the aircraft, to over 36.5 Meters near the center of the aircraft. Combined the cargo bays offer nearly 17,000 cubic meters of cargo space.Cargo can be loaded onto the main cargo deck via both a front loading ramp in the nose, and a secondary ramp at the tail.The aft boarding ramp can be opened in flight to allow for the airdropping of troops and supplies. The upper cargo deck can be loaded via an internal cargo lift, a lowering ramp the comes down just aft of the forward cargo ramp, and via opening side doors.

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Passenger Accommodation:

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Located above the foreword cargo bays is the main crew and passenger area. These areas are located almost exclusively in the foreword half of the aircraft as a means to reduce the amount of shielding required for the reactor. The area is primarily split up over 3 decks. The uppermost deck is restricted to the flight crew and contains the Flight Deck and Reactor Control Room as well as the Flight Crew's living accommodations. The other two decks are dominated by passenger cabins. The exact layout of these cabins varies between An5K variants, however the standard layout is 237 Enlisted passenger Cabins,24 Cabins for Senior NonComs and 10 rooms for officers. The Enlisted Cabins each seat 8 troops in 2 rows of 4 chairs facing each other. The chairs on each side fold into two beds and another bed folds down above each of those, forming a total of 8 bunks. The Noncom Cabins seat 2 rows of 4 facing each other and have 4 bunks. Officer Cabins are laid out similarly to the Noncom Cabins, however they only seat two and one set of bunks is replaced by a desk. In total between all of the cabins there are berth for 2,012 passengers, enough for a full regiment of combat troops. In addition to the cabins these areas contain the main galley, passenger mess and passenger lounges.
The upper of the two main passenger decks contains the main officer's Club, located at the nose of the aircraft, immediately below the flight deck as well as the main galley and mess. In addition 131 of the enlisted cabins are located on this level. Twenty one of them are located between the forward boarding area and the Officer's Club in 7 rows of three, the other 110 are located aft of the boarding area stretchering back to the mess area. Located near the front of the wing roots on either side are two small passenger lounges. The mess area located to the aft of the passenger cabins is the primary dining area aboard the AN5K and has the galley and a small bar.
The mess area is also the location of the main stairways between the passenger levels and the crew area. The lower of the two passenger decks contains both the remaining enlisted cabins, as well as the officer and non-com cabins. The Officer's cabins are located in the nose and partially encircle a small common area for the officers. Aft of this are the 24 Non-Com cabins located in 6 rows. Moving further back is the main stairwell to the other levels and two lounge areas in the port and starboard wing root. Around each are 14 enlisted cabins. To the rear of these lounges are the remaining 90 enlisted cabins. Aft of these cabins just forwards of the reactor is a small lounge area.

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Landing Gear::

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The massive weight weight of the AN5K is borne by 112 landing wheels. The main Landing gear of the AN5K is consists of two sets of wheels, each one mounting 32 wheels in 8 rows of 4. The Nose gear has a further 16 wheels in 4 rows of 4. The reminder of the wheels are mounted on the undersides of the massive wing in sets of 8, 6 or 2.

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Defensive Systems:

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lulzy-radars comparable to that of an AWACS. Sh*tloads of AAMs, Chaff, Flares, possibly a few autocannons because I ran out of f*ks when I made my Orion.

28 Payload bays each with a 9 Missile Rotary Launcher allow the AN5K to carry 252 Air to Air Missiles for self defense.

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Reactor:

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The AN5K is powered by a Model 3-1.8G-AC (Gen 3 Reactor, 1.8 GW, Aircraft). At over 10 meters in diameter not including support systems the spherical shaped 3-1.8G-AC generates over 1800 Megawatts. The reactor is a circulating molten salt design utilizing uranium tetra-fluoride fuel suspended in a mixture of Sodium-fluoride and Zirconium-fluoride salts (Designated in service as JF-N-1). The use a of a circulating fuel design allows for the AN5K's reactor to be easily refueled on the ground for servicing, greatly simplifying maintenance and ground handling.

During operation the fuel mixture is first pumped into the reactor core, entering the core with an initial temperature of approximately eight hundred Kelvin. Inside the reactor core are numerous channels through a beryllium Oxide lattice for the fuel mixture to flow through. As part of the lattice the beryllium oxide surrounding the channels serves as a neutron reflector, reflecting neutrons back into the fuel mixture thus causing the fuel to go critical. A number of control rods are located within the lattice between the fuel channels. These control rods are also manufactured primarily from beryllium oxide serve as neutron absorbers. Reactor power can be governed via the insertion and removal of these control rods. During operation the control rods are mostly retracted allowing the reactor to operate at full power. The resulting increased rate of fission heats the fuel mixture from the initial eight hundred kelvin to over one thousand degrees kelvin prior to it leaving the reactor core.

After leaving the reactor core, the fuel mixture is pumped through a heat exchanger transferring the thermal energy to the coolant loop before being returned to the reactor. To save on space and reduce the amount of shielding needed, this heat exchanger is contained within a spherical shell surrounding the reactor. The fuel is pumped through channels in this shell and coolant is pumped through bundles of tubes passing through the channels. The coolant used is a liquid Sodium-Potassium Alloy (NaK) due to both its high thermal conductivity
and its much lower melting point compared to other metal coolants. The use of NaK as coolant allows for the coolant loops to be drained for maintenance much more easily as unlike other liquid metal coolants the NaK is liquid at room temperatures and does not have to be heated to be drained. From the heat exchanger the NaK is pumped to one of the 4 main engines where it transfers its heat to the air driving the turbines.

Startup & Shutdown:
Due to the 3-1.8G-AC's use of a Liquid fuel mixture, the refueling process is not unlike that of a conventional aircraft. The AN5K is moved to a special fueling area at its home base and piping is attached to a refueling valve located on the top of the aircraft. After the piping is secure, the JF-N-1 fuel is pumped into the reactor and the circulation pumps are started. During this period the Reactor's control rods are fully inserted and the fuel is not critical, however it is still circulated through the reactor and heat exchanger. While on the ground, the aircraft's coolant loops can be hooked to an external coolant systems to allow for ground testing of the reactor. To power up the reactor the control rods retract allowing the nuclear reaction in the core to reach criticality. This is usually done after takeoff, as the aircraft is reaching cruising altitude.

To shutdown the reactor, the control rods are reinserted, slowing down the fission and inhibiting criticality. The circulating fuel design allows for the reactor to easily be able to be shutdown and restarted in flight. The reactor is normally shutdown as the aircraft descends from crusing altitude for approach and landing. After landing, the aircraft's reactor is usually refueled. To defuel the reactor, the An5K is parked over a special defueling pit and piping is connected to a fuel drain valve on the bottom of the aircraft beneath the reactor. The valve is then opened, and the fuel flows down into an underground storage system. From this underground storage it can be sent to a reprocessing facility, where waste products are removed and additional fissile material is added.

Safety & Shielding:
The 3-1.8G-AC is designed to maximize crew safety and is equiped with multiple safety systems. The circulating fuel design is an inherently safe design with many features that incorporates many passive safety features. Chief among these is an inherent ability to quickly react to load changes, an important feature when the aircraft's engines rely on the reactor. Another inherent safety feature is a resistance to accidents involving voids forming in the coolant of the reactor, while in a normal reactor this can easily create problems, the use of fuel as a coolant in the circulating fuel design, means that these voids form in the fuel mixture itself, which in turn pushes fuel out of the core, lowering the amount of fuel reacting. Another important feature of the reactor is the relatively low operating pressures compared to more conventional reactor designs. The biggest safety feature, is the ability to completely remove all fuel from the reactor in an emergency. The dump valve for the reactor used to drain the fuel can, in an emergency be opened in flight. While this carries a large environmental impact through dumping nuclear fuel into the open air, it does mean that any issues with the reactor going out of control are stopped. Due to the environmental impact, this feature is only to be used as a last resort.

While the design incorporates many safety features, the design also has a few drawbacks. One of these is the ability for the NaKto become activated and present hazard to crew working on engines immediately after shutdown. While the reactor incorporates measures to minimize activation of the coolant, for crew saftey the Coolant should be Drained or allowed to decay for 5 days prior to working on the engines. In addition, as with all Nuclear Reactors, the 3-1.8G-AC emits radiation and as such must be shielded from the crew. To this end the entire reactor assembly is immersed inside a tank of borated water. This tank is further surrounded by layers of lead and plastic. Due to the heavy weight of radiation shielding, the crew and passenger areas are all located to the front of the reactor, with the exception of a few storage and service areas. By locating the crew and passenger areas in this way the amount of shielding required for the reactor is greatly reduced. Since personal will not be spending extend periods of time aft of the reactor, less radiation needs to be blocked to stay within acceptable exposure levels. This greatly reduces the mass of the shielding which means the aircraft can devote more mass to other systems and cargo.

To be expanded.

Simplified Diagram of a Fireball Style Test Reactor of the same configuration as the 3-1.8G-AC

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Propulsion:

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The AN5K is propelled by 4 NT-214-D High-bypass Turbofan Engines. (Nuclear Turbofan-2014 Dual Cycle), each NT-214-D generating over 556 KN of thrust during flight Among the largest jet engines ever built, each engine features main fans measuring over 12 Meters across and the entire engine stretches over 20 meters long. The heart of these engines is their unique dual-cycle core. Whereas other nuclear powered aircraft may rely on separate conventional engines for takeoff and landing and relying on their reactors only for cruise, or posse a possible health hazard by using only a reactor for power thus requiring the use of nuclear power during takeoff and landing, the AN5k is unlike any other aircraft in service in that it's NT-124-Ds are not constrained to a single source of power during flight and are able to operate using both conventional jet fuel and the thermal energy delivered by the coolant from the AN5K's 3-1.8G-AC reactor. During takeoff and climb to altitude, the NT-124Ds burn jet fuel. Once the aircraft is at cruising altitude the reactor is powered up and the coolant begins to heat up and begins to transfer heat to the engines. As the reactor powers up the amount of heat delivered to the engines by the coolant increases and reduces the amount of Jet Fuel needed to maintain cruising power. As a result of this the engine's conventional fuel injectors automatically decrease the amount of fuel being used, ensuring that the engines deliver consistent thrust during the reactor start up. Prior to descent for landing, this process is slowly reversed.

One important operating consideration for the NT-124Ds compared to the engines of other aircraft, is that the pilot does not always have direct control of engine power during the entirety of flight. While the aircraft is taking off and landing, the engines are throttled like any other jet engines, and as such can be directly controlled by the pilots. However, during cruise mode due to the engines drawing power, all increases in thrust require an increase in reactor power. To this end while the aircraft is operating in cruise mode, the throttle is switched from direct controlling the engines, to instead providing "requests" to the crew in the reactor control room, who in turn increase reactor power, and by extension the engine's power. While this does create a delayed response between a pilot's wish to increase thrust, and the thrust increase, it is seen as an acceptable tradeoff for the long ranges which the nuclear power mode provides. In an emergency, the pilots can re-enable direct thrust control of the engines by using jet fuel to increase engine power.

Technically it's a f*cking Hybrid so pro-environment hippies can suck it.

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Specifications:

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Flight Operations Crew:
3 Watches each with:
1 x Pilot
1 x Copilot
1 x Navigator
1 x Radio Operator
4 x Defense System Operators
1 x Electrical Systems Engineers
3 x Propulsion Engineers
1 x Nuclear Flight Officer
2 x Nuclear Flight Engineers
2 x Reactor Operators
Total: 17 per Watch
Total Flight Operations Crew: 51


Maintenance Crew:
2 x Nuclear Systems Technicians
4 x Nuclear Systems Mechanic
6 x Systems Mechanics
Total Maintenance Crew: 12

Payload Crew:
Varies based on mission.
Total Payload Crew: 15-20

Total aircraft crew: ~80
Passengers: 2,012

Length:160 Meters
Height: 17.6 Meters (45.7 Meters to Tail)
Wingspan: 350 Meters
Power: 1 x Model 3-1.8G-AC 1,800 Megawatt Reactor
Propulsion: 4 x Type NT-214-D Turbofans ( 556 kN of thrust each)
Cruising Speed: 1000 km/h
Empty Mass: ~3,000,000 kg
Payload: 2,000,000 kg
MTOW: 5,400,000 kg
Range:
-Jet Fuel : 10,000 km
-Nuclear : 60 Day Enduranc (~1.4 Million km at cruising speed)
Cruising Altitude: 10,000 Meters

Armament:
-Up to 252 x Long Range AAMs on 28 Rotary launchers

Variants:

AN5K-L Super heavy Transport
AN5K-E Airborne Command Post
AN5K-AC Airborne Aircraft Carrier, Carries 24 Parasite Fighters
AN5K-AMC Cruise Missile Carrier, Carries 24 SLAMs




Cutaway View:
Orange: Flight Deck & Reactor Control Room
Yellow: Reactor and Propulsion Systems
Green: Crew Areas
Brown: Cargo Bays
Gray: Consumable Storage
Red AAM Bay w/ Rotary Launcher
Purple: Landing Gear Bays


Passenger Cabin Floor Plan
Blue : Enlisted Cabins
Green : NonCom Cabins
Gold : Officer Cabins
Purple : Restrooms
Grey : Stairwells
Red : Reactor compartment
Brown : Galley
Crew and Service Areas not shown.

[Ardavia]

Too much awesome realistic stuff. Time to break it up a bit.

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Tags: franscale bandwagon

All of my yes

and a few of my yes

[Nirvash Type TheEND]

Too much awesome realistic stuff. Time to break it up a bit.

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Tags: franscale bandwagon

ay yo mane das gucci but where dem world eaters at mane?

[Korva]

Too much awesome realistic stuff. Time to break it up a bit.

(Image)

Tags: franscale bandwagon

ay yo mane das gucci but where dem world eaters at mane?

worshiping khorne is pretty gauche

[Nirvash Type TheEND]

ay yo mane das gucci but where dem world eaters at mane?

worshiping khorne is pretty gauche

ew

remove nurgle from premises.

[Ardavia]

worshiping khorne is pretty gauche

ew

remove nurgle from premises.

these antibiotics shall cleanse the unpure

hail anti-nurgle

[Mefpan]

Is there anyone except me who goes 1px/1cm? Why's it always the strange uneven numbers that are popular?

[Ardavia]

Is there anyone except me who goes 1px/1cm? Why's it always the strange uneven numbers that are popular?

because 'imperial system lol'

also, I usually like to work with 1px/1cm too


even if I am a horrible artist

[Kolintha]

Is there anyone except me who goes 1px/1cm? Why's it always the strange uneven numbers that are popular?

1px/1cm master race!

[Mefpan]

Is there anyone except me who goes 1px/1cm? Why's it always the strange uneven numbers that are popular?

because 'imperial system lol'

Nonsense. I'm sure the Imperium uses some kind of different, superior measuring system. Not some pre-unifaction rubbish.

[Ardavia]

because 'imperial system lol'

Nonsense. I'm sure the Imperium uses some kind of different, superior measuring system. Not some pre-unifaction rubbish.

I'm not sure about that.

It's the Imperium, they tend to be unnecessarily obstructive and complicated in everything.

They'd probably use a 38 000 year old system just for the tradition value.

[Mefpan]

Nonsense. I'm sure the Imperium uses some kind of different, superior measuring system. Not some pre-unifaction rubbish.

I'm not sure about that.

It's the Imperium, they tend to be unnecessarily obstructive and complicated in everything.

They'd probably use a 38 000 year old system just for the tradition value.

Well, if the Imperium uses the Imperial measuring system as we know it, then screw all I'm ditching you for the Heretics and their metric superiority.

[Ardavia]

I'm not sure about that.

It's the Imperium, they tend to be unnecessarily obstructive and complicated in everything.

They'd probably use a 38 000 year old system just for the tradition value.

Well, if the Imperium uses the Imperial measuring system as we know it, then screw all I'm ditching you for the Heretics and their metric superiority.

Chaos?

They probably have something even weirder.

It's Chaos, why would they use anything that's linear and regular?