What's the scariest thing about the AN's military? Part V

[Eragon Island]

What?

/skipme

ret·con
/ˈretˌkän/
verb
past tense: retconned; past participle: retconned
revise (an aspect of a fictional work) retrospectively, typically by introducing a piece of new information that imposes a different interpretation on previously described events.
"I think fans get more upset when characters act blatantly out of established type, or when things get retconned"
/stillme

Ok. Cool
/skipme

[Istastioner]

They have some peculiar weapons, especially those guns that destroy targets using light...
We bet they have dragons...

*Heavy infantry*

[Eragon Island]

This
"The 7,500,000 active duty personal" That is more than the IC population of my nation

[The Holy Dragon Imperium]

Their light cruisers. We're unsure if it is a water or space cruiser but it appears to be the heaviest ship they have.

[The Destructors]

You know when there's a crew called the 'Ten Demigods' that aren't even the biggest of their kind, that these folks are bringing some big bois into the battle.

[Istastioner]

The 'Death Spectre Superweapons"

[Gonswanza]

The sheer lack of information on their weapons. For all I care, they could be using armored tractors as "tanks" and narco tanks as their "Heavy Armored Vehicles"... Though the numbers game I guess counts too, even if it could be just ~797 million armed with spears and photon cannons.

[The Holy Dragon Imperium]

Their Colossi. To us a colossus is a superweapon able to affect entire planets so that would give anyone in our military a heart attack when we hear that they have colossi.

[Costavozka]

The Dagger-class stealth cruiser. It seems to be super versatile, clearly quite stealthy, surprisingly powerful (despite being fragile from what I can tell), and all in a small package for such a complex vessel. For any nation that comes across the HDI, that ship type will probably be a pain until the proper countermeasures are developed.

BN:

Main Military Factbook. Links (green text for those in light mode) are clickable.
https://www.nationstates.net/nation=cos ... id=1708905

Detail factbooks (read after the main if you need any equipment-related questions answered).
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1782395
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1729657
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1782558
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1785085

Additional factbooks (optional reads).
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1780365
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1779799

I don't recommend reading all of them in depth, as that takes a while. If you do, thanks.

[Mylderm]

costavozka, reasonably good military, quite an amount of equipment used, and honestly, how their army operates is quite scary in itself, from each unit pretty much independent to choose their own tactics (where usually the high command would usually be the one setting it up), to the range of tactics they could choose, though i gotta say, it is pretty much effective.

i might be wrong in the high command part fell free to correct me.

[Gonswanza]

The JU-88. It's basically a B-2 spirit with a different name, but it operates similarly to one as well... Even if Gonswanzan radars exist to counter it, it's still a viable threat regardless that is fully capable of penetrating one's airspace without the right radar systems in place to detect it for an intercept.

And that's assuming SEAD/DEAD operations are not carried out prior with heavy jamming to further mask it's presence.

[Flying-Penguins]

(Mylderm): The fact that this nation has developed a new superweapon of a new technology, where screaming grandmothers who used to be English teachers are strapped into empty shells with their nation's motto scribbled around, which are then fired upon enemy planets. Cheap and effective. That is why earth hasn't experienced many alien raids yet. We are thankful.

[The Destructors]

Lessee... Aircraft Carrier, Aircraft Carrier, Destroyer, Patrol Boat, Tank, Airplane, Airplane, MOTHERFUCKING SPACE BATTLESHIP...

There ain't no in-between there...

AAAAAAAAAND HYPERNINJA'D...

Above Ninja: (Flying Penguins) What does 'Comparatively Advanced' mean? Comparative to what? A bunch of guys with sticks? The Galactic Empire? And why do you have so many person-eels roaming about? These are strange questions and they freak me out!

Above Ninja: (Gonswanza) That be a big damn gun on an APC, and no mistake.

[Gonswanza]

The fact that this nation has developed a new superweapon of a new technology, where screaming grandmothers who used to be English teachers are strapped into empty shells with their nation's motto scribbled around, which are then fired upon enemy planets. Cheap and effective. That is why earth hasn't experienced many alien raids yet. We are thankful.

Erm... What? You got ninja'd sir...

/Skip

[Frisemark]

they have only one primary objective: Eat Everything! To that end, their military structure is primarily geared towards getting as close to the enemy as possible as quickly as possible and subsequently devouring everything and absorbing the knowledge of its workings in order to expedite further attempts at devouring everything.

Hey, on the bright side, we'd get to reenact Starship Troopers!

On the downside....we'd have to reenact Starship Troopers.

[Mylderm]

The JU-88. It's basically a B-2 spirit with a different name, but it operates similarly to one as well... Even if Gonswanzan radars exist to counter it, it's still a viable threat regardless that is fully capable of penetrating one's airspace without the right radar systems in place to detect it for an intercept.

And that's assuming SEAD/DEAD operations are not carried out prior with heavy jamming to further mask it's presence.

usually we just emp the area before doing any operation with any planes, just because why not, they're expensive (despite trillions in budget).
/skipme

[New Zoigai]

they have only one primary objective: Eat Everything! To that end, their military structure is primarily geared towards getting as close to the enemy as possible as quickly as possible and subsequently devouring everything and absorbing the knowledge of its workings in order to expedite further attempts at devouring everything.

Hey, on the bright side, we'd get to reenact Starship Troopers!

On the downside....we'd have to reenact Starship Troopers.

All soldiers of ground-based branches are trained in ski combat

The Finland intensifies

[Frisemark]

The Finland intensifies

♪Uraliin, taakse sen, juoksee vanjat kuuluu vinha läiske tossujen...♪

/skip me

[The Freedom Party]

The Confederates would be more scared of the fact that 65% percent of the human race is made up of African Americans, and they’d be more scared of an army of black soldiers.

[The Holy Dragon Imperium]

That the Freedom Party Guards are so fanatical that they're willing to guard death camps. Sounds like the US could use some out of this world support.

[New Zoigai]

Wait...

Those Psykers are scary, mind soldiers are always scary

[Gonswanza]

The fact that they have a goddamned railgun APC.

Seriously.

Isn't that a bit overkill? I mean, it's meant to fight troops... Right? Right?!

[The Holy Dragon Imperium]

Wait...

Those Psykers are scary, mind soldiers are always scary

Don't be silly, the Psi-Corps are your friend. Trust the Psi-Corps. The Psi-Corps will never hurt you, wipe your mind, mind control you, or turn you into an unknowing sleeper agent.
/SKIP

[Zorinitiee]

the underwater nukes of sorts.

[New Zoigai]

The fact that they have a goddamned railgun APC.

Seriously.

Isn't that a bit overkill? I mean, it's meant to fight troops... Right? Right?!

We solve some of our problems with Railguns

Annoying enemey troops taking cover behind a wall? Railgun
Dont have enough tanks to send into a battle? Railgun
Clogged bathroom in your college dorm? Railgun

/skip