Of Ships and Girls and Shipgirls - a KanColle-RP (OOC)

[Lunas Legion]

The base really doesn't need more battleships...

Yeah, we could do with some escorts. In a few days (7th November, to be precise), I'll be able to app for more characters than just Hydrus since I'm far less busy then.

[The Selkie]

That could be the case, that'd take a lot of coal though. Unless he has smokescreen tanks or something like that.

Eh, there's other ways, that was just the first one I thought of. Titanium tetrachloride was used to make smoke screens during WW2, so it's probably that.

One could heavy oil directly into the combustion chambers, thus creating thick, black smoke, with the disadvantages of ressource consumption (much, much oil is needed), toxity of the smoke, the smoke being lighter then air, thus disspitating quickly, so one needs quite a few vessels to actually make this happen in an effective way.
Another method of WW1-vintage was a smoke grenade, which used, amongst other things, phosphorous-compounds to create a gas... which was highly toxic and bloody expensive, thus not really useable for naval combat or larger-scale ground operations.
(Source.)
I find it ironic, though, that the method of the Americans to make smokescreens during WW2 was originally invented by a rum runner...

While that's going on, Stilly is using a method to divert/destroy incoming torpedoes I once heard of... as WW2-torpedoes were usually deeper then 10 feet, thus making shooting at them being wasted effort (unlike what's shown in the KanColle-Anime, btw), she drops a depth charge to explode closely to that depth in the hope to destroy or at least divert the torpedo with the boom - kind of the same way as a submarine is damaged by depth charges.
It's highly dangerous, thus her doing it with only one depth charge, and it's something I heard of in a conversation of speculation by amateurs on that topic, but it sounds... at least interesting to me.

Tag. I've been really short on time recently and some other RPs deserve my attention before I allow myself to get distracted - but expect a fast battleship app to come up

You'd be very welcome, Bentus, but I agree with North Arkana and LL - we have enough capital ships in general, not only battleships, to last a while. If you still want to go with a fast battleship, though, be my guest.

[North Arkana]

A depth charge will reach torpedo depth before the ship dropping it, especially at only 16 knots, can escape the blast area. Stilly is literally blowing up her own ass with that maneuver.

[Bentus]

Tag. I've been really short on time recently and some other RPs deserve my attention before I allow myself to get distracted - but expect a fast battleship app to come up

You'd be very welcome, Bentus, but I agree with North Arkana and LL - we have enough capital ships in general, not only battleships, to last a while. If you still want to go with a fast battleship, though, be my guest.

Tbh I wouldn't mind changing things up, but it'd have to be a ship class that keeps in line with the character I'm planning for her to be something of a brawler, wanting to get into combat close and quickly to start throwing punches. I'll write something up and if you guys could recommend another class I'll change it.

[New Antonalia]

I guess Prophet isn't worried about the torpedo or dive bombers about to attack him or the fighters currently strafing him?

[The Cross and Davids Star]

I guess Prophet isn't worried about the torpedo or dive bombers about to attack him or the fighters currently strafing him?

That post was rushed ill fix it when I can

[Regria]

Sorry I haven't been posting as of late.

--Have some drawings of a Tsukumogami character of mine that I've been meaning to draw for a while now as reconciliation.

>When you're 103 and still look in your prime

[The Selkie]

A depth charge will reach torpedo depth before the ship dropping it, especially at only 16 knots, can escape the blast area. Stilly is literally blowing up her own ass with that maneuver.

Her unarmoured arse, I might add, but both blast area and damaging effect depend on the size of the depth charge. You'd be surprised how relatively small WW2 Depth Charges could be, 90kg of Torpex being the minimum stated for those in use by the US during WW2 (by the way, Torpex was used by the Americans from 1942 onwards, being too expensive before that, so, for the depth charges Stilly uses from her 1920s rack, you can assume a weaker explosive).
Also, the effectiveness of a depth charge highly depends on the depth of the explosion, namely, the deeper the explosion, the more destructive said explosion being. In short, from my understanding of the process, the explosion creates a gas bubble, which expansion creates the shock wave, which does the actual damage - now, due to the differences in pressure, the pressure bubble extends upwards, the sooner it gets into contact with the atmosphere, the less effective the whole thing gets. I don't know the exact formulas, but roughly 3 metres under the surface (the depth at which RL-WW2 torpedoes usually ran, of course pending Sleet Clan's specifications of Nevi's torpedoes) might not the most effective depth for damaging anything, least of all the ship dropping it.
Furthermore, as you most likely know, 16 knots are approximately 29.63 km per hour, or approximately 8.23 metres per second. Let's assume a sinking rate of 1.5 metres per second to a detonation depth of roughly 3 metres (we're talking about 1920s depth charges here, please remember that), thus giving Stilly a whopping two seconds to escape her own blast, she's roughly 16.46 metres away from the point on the surface, under which the depth charge explodes (as we have no current there, unlike in the ocean, it won't really drift).
Added with the previous factors, and adding in, that she isn't a squishy little human but a (albeit unarmoured) warship, I believe it'll shake her and shower her in a lot of water, not much more, mainly because she's basically skating on the surface. It also made her loose her lock onto Nevlamas, but that's most likely just her.
It is still not a very good tactic, to say the least, I do not doubt that, but the more important question is: Would it be effective at what it is intended to do? Namely, either throwing off the torpedoes with the shock wave, damaging or maybe even destroying them (although I admit the last two that being highly unlikely)?

One thing's for certain: It'll me more effective then shooting with the guns at the torpedoes - like they do in the anime.

EDIT: I adjusted the units to metres and added a small clause.

You'd be very welcome, Bentus, but I agree with North Arkana and LL - we have enough capital ships in general, not only battleships, to last a while. If you still want to go with a fast battleship, though, be my guest.

Tbh I wouldn't mind changing things up, but it'd have to be a ship class that keeps in line with the character I'm planning for her to be something of a brawler, wanting to get into combat close and quickly to start throwing punches. I'll write something up and if you guys could recommend another class I'll change it.

Alright, I look forward to it!
From that short description, namely a brawler, wanting to get into combat quickly, throwing punches quickly, I'd say, that fast battleship isn't the only option. It all depends on whether she's supposed to stay in combat for long.

Sorry I haven't been posting as of late.

--Have some drawings of a Tsukumogami character of mine that I've been meaning to draw for a while now as reconciliation.

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>When you're 103 and still look in your prime

No problem, Regria. Charlotte looks like a vivid lassie of 103 and, to be quite honest, I would estimate her to be around 25. I like the drawings!

[Legatia]

Tag. I've been really short on time recently and some other RPs deserve my attention before I allow myself to get distracted - but expect a fast battleship app to come up

Oh hey Bentus.

Are you still keeping up with GATE, as well?

[Rustyal]

So, what exactly IS happening in the IC threat with all the combat nonsensery? I've been inable to figure out what exactly is happening with such drama.

[The Cross and Davids Star]

So, what exactly IS happening in the IC threat with all the combat nonsensery? I've been inable to figure out what exactly is happening with such drama.

Combat practice, Prophet shot paint into Dia's eyes, and now he's trying not to die from an angry Whona.

[New Antonalia]

So, what exactly IS happening in the IC threat with all the combat nonsensery? I've been inable to figure out what exactly is happening with such drama.

Combat practice, Prophet shot paint into Dia's eyes, and now he's trying not to die from an angry Whona.

Not to mention you kinda annoyed Fyodor with that bombing run

[Bentus]

Tag. I've been really short on time recently and some other RPs deserve my attention before I allow myself to get distracted - but expect a fast battleship app to come up

Oh hey Bentus.

Are you still keeping up with GATE, as well?

I hope so Today's that nice sweet spot when you had a couple of projects and exams due so none of the Profs have gotten around to assigning more.

[Legatia]

Oh hey Bentus.

Are you still keeping up with GATE, as well?

I hope so Today's that nice sweet spot when you had a couple of projects and exams due so none of the Profs have gotten around to assigning more.

Glad to hear it. Looking forward to RPing with you, here and there.

[North Arkana]

You'd be very welcome, Bentus, but I agree with North Arkana and LL - we have enough capital ships in general, not only battleships, to last a while. If you still want to go with a fast battleship, though, be my guest.

Tbh I wouldn't mind changing things up, but it'd have to be a ship class that keeps in line with the character I'm planning for her to be something of a brawler, wanting to get into combat close and quickly to start throwing punches. I'll write something up and if you guys could recommend another class I'll change it.

USN style light cruiser in that case. Anywhere from 12 to 15 6-inch guns, all capable of firing on either side for a full armament broadside, capable of firing at 10 rounds per minute per barrel sustained (for the 12 gun ships, the 15 gun ships "only" had an 8 round per minute per barrel sustained rate. Add in the usual secondary armament of 5-inch guns capable of firing at 15-20 rounds per minutes, and USN light cruisers were unmatched for sheer dakka power. Each 6-inch shell weighs 59(!) kilograms, more than 10 kg heavier than the normal 6-inch shell of other nations, and had more than double(!) the armor penetration performance of the previous USN 6-inch gun, which could pierce 51mm of armor at around 12.5 km.

[Bentus]

Edit: Oh, forgot to mention, I wound up basing her off of an RL vessel since Bentus is really PMT/FT (jeez, can't even remember the last time I used my nation's backstory though).

Personnel file - Operational Sector Wide Sea - South West

Name: USS Lewis Heermann (Almirante Brown – prefers to go by Lewis)
Type: Destroyer
Class: Fletcher-Class
Role: Escort, Screen, Raider
Nation of origin: United States
Year commissioned: 1946
Image or description of the ship girl/boy:
Yang Xiao Long
One of her arms is replaced by a prosthetic from an earlier engagement.
Gender: Female

Character Reports:
“Proud and stubborn to a fault, Lewis is not one to hold her tongue and never shies away from a fight. She punches above her weight and when faced with a challenge just digs in her heels and starts swinging until either her foe goes down – or she does. Her combat record is exemplary and I would hazard a guess that she’s spent more time out on patrol or performing endurance reconnaissance than she has in port. Her accolades are perhaps matched only by the number of reprimands that mar her dossier: stealing, disobeying orders, insulting a superior, accusations of bullying from other destroyers and getting into fights with other Shipgirls on more than one occasion. It’s no small wonder that most of the ships here gave her a wide berth. That aside however, she is an impressive asset and maybe Sector South West could use a few hotheads.”
- Admiral Nancy Chambers, Sector North East

“*Subject glanced around the room nervously, fidgeted slightly* Oh, she’s great! I mean, I don’t hang out with her too much since she’s not around most of the time, but she’s really nice – honest! That one time where she punched me and I had to go to the mechanic’s office was an accident, really it was my fault. I’m pretty sure Melbourne’s forgiven her for the other time as well. Oh, Nagasaki too – even if it took her a week to fully heal.”
- HMAS Stephanie, Destroyer Escort, Sector North East

“Lewis? She can be a bit abrasive from time to time. Full of herself, and a bully. I mean honestly, the younger destroyers in her unit don’t want to even be within 12 feet of her anymore. Lewis is definitely not a people person by a long shot, but you’ve got to get past that rough exterior. Out in the water, where it really matters, I wouldn’t want anyone else to be my escort. You know that she’s going to get stuck in to the good fight and keep on going until she can’t even stand, and she wouldn’t give even an inch if it meant putting someone else in harms way – not that she’d ever admit it. It’s a shame really, she closes herself off and pushes everyone away but I bet you that she cares more than she lets on.”
- HMS Queen Victoria, Carrier, Sector North East

Special abilities:
Through Grit and Steel – Through sheer, stubborn determination (and a liberal application of firepower) Lewis can punch above her weight in close combat. Leveraging her speed and an aggressive, close quarters fighting technique to give herself a chance to punch through thicker hulls, Lewis has gone toe-to-toe with cruisers and come out on top after catching her foes by surprise.
See the white’s of their eyes – While Lewis does have an impressive arsenal for her size, she doesn’t have much in the way of longer ranged armaments and is forced to get close to her opponents.

Technical Description of the vessel:

[box]Technical Data
Displacement: 2,050 tons
Length (overall): 114.76m
Width: 12.09m
Draught: 5.41m
Propulsion: 60,000shp
Speed: 35 knots
Complement: 329
Armament:
5 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 cal. guns
10 × 40 mm AA guns
7 × 20 mm AA guns
10 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
6 × depth charge projectors
2 × depth charge tracks

Armour:
Notes: Commissioned at the height of the Second World War, the Heermann was one of many Fletcher-class Destroyers that would serve as a mainstay of the US Pacific fleet. Her career was largely uneventful, with her few engagements against either aerial foes, performing limited shore bombardment, or against far smaller foes. That is until the Battle of Leyte Gulf.

While tasked with protecting transports and landing ships during the Allied invasion of the island, the Heermann and her allies were left to guard a few escort carriers as the main fleet went on the offensive. Unknown to command at the time, the main American fleet had been duped by a decoy and drawn away as the Japanese Centre Force made to assault the relatively undefended invasion force. On the dawn of October 25 1944, the attacking fleet of four battleships, six heavy cruisers, two light cruisers and eleven destroyers began to shell the small US fleet. With the displacement of the Yamato alone being greater than the entirety of Heermann’s task force, what followed would be a desperate struggle for survival.

Outgunned and outmatched, the fleet’s destroyers created a smoke screen in an effort to shield their carriers’ retreat and drew themselves up into a suicidal torpedo run against their foe. In the chaos of the smoke and the firefight, the force of escort vessels charged head-long into the superior fleet and engaged their enemies with everything from torpedoes to machine guns. The Heermann herself forced the Yamato to withdraw by trapping her between a spread of torpedoes and drew the fire of no less than three battleships. In the same engagement she would exchange fire with the Chikuma and Tone heavy cruisers and contribute to the sinking of the former, before emerging as the sole surviving destroyer that had run the gauntlet in the initial attack.

Heermann would go on to serve throughout the rest of the Pacific War and into the future, eventually being transferred to service with Argentina in 1961. By that point she was a decorated war hero and established a reputation as the survivor of the Tin-Cans’ Last Stand. However, time has worn on Lewis and sheer force of will can only carry you so far while the world spins around you. Secretly, Lewis is painfully aware of her aging systems and acts in no small part to hide her own fears. After seeing her brothers and sisters slowly succumb to obsolescence, she refuses to sit idly by and wait to be decommissioned. [box]

OOC-section:
RP-sample: Unto the Breach: A Gate RP
Have you read and understood the rules?: Anchors aweigh!

Tbh I wouldn't mind changing things up, but it'd have to be a ship class that keeps in line with the character I'm planning for her to be something of a brawler, wanting to get into combat close and quickly to start throwing punches. I'll write something up and if you guys could recommend another class I'll change it.

USN style light cruiser in that case. Anywhere from 12 to 15 6-inch guns, all capable of firing on either side for a full armament broadside, capable of firing at 10 rounds per minute per barrel sustained (for the 12 gun ships, the 15 gun ships "only" had an 8 round per minute per barrel sustained rate. Add in the usual secondary armament of 5-inch guns capable of firing at 15-20 rounds per minutes, and USN light cruisers were unmatched for sheer dakka power. Each 6-inch shell weighs 59(!) kilograms, more than 10 kg heavier than the normal 6-inch shell of other nations, and had more than double(!) the armor penetration performance of the previous USN 6-inch gun, which could pierce 51mm of armor at around 12.5 km.

Aw man, just saw this now. That probably would have fit a bit better than what I ended up going for Also, I've got no idea about technical details so could use a hand to make them fit the character. As it is, I just copy-pasta'd Wikipedia.

[Regria]

Expect a looooooooooong post tomorrow detailing Brightbell and the firing range. I've been busy for a while, but my schedule should clear up.

[Rustyal]

heresy

Care to explain why a busty adult looking character is playing a destroyer?
I mean, it REALLY bugs me that 1. Yang, 2. Destroyer?
Destroyers typically look 15 or younger my dude.

[Bentus]

heresy

Care to explain why a busty adult looking character is playing a destroyer?
I mean, it REALLY bugs me that 1. Yang, 2. Destroyer?
Destroyers typically look 15 or younger my dude.

Oh snap, really? Not too knowledgeable on the source material outside of an RP from yogs' years ago. Honestly the idea was shoe-horned from a Battleship to a Destroyer after I heard there was a shortage - would it be better to up her class size?

[Rustyal]

Care to explain why a busty adult looking character is playing a destroyer?
I mean, it REALLY bugs me that 1. Yang, 2. Destroyer?
Destroyers typically look 15 or younger my dude.

Oh snap, really? Not too knowledgeable on the source material outside of an RP from yogs' years ago. Honestly the idea was shoe-horned from a Battleship to a Destroyer after I heard there was a shortage - would it be better to up her class size?

Well, if you're going to keep Yang, then, absolutely. It's just off when you have a 6' destroyer alongside 4 to 5 foot DDs.

[The Selkie]

Edit: Oh, forgot to mention, I wound up basing her off of an RL vessel since Bentus is really PMT/FT (jeez, can't even remember the last time I used my nation's backstory though).

Personnel file - Operational Sector Wide Sea - South West

Name: USS Lewis Heermann (Almirante Brown – prefers to go by Lewis)
Type: Destroyer
Class: Fletcher-Class
Role: Escort, Screen, Raider
Nation of origin: United States
Year commissioned: 1946
Image or description of the ship girl/boy:
Yang Xiao Long
One of her arms is replaced by a prosthetic from an earlier engagement.
Gender: Female

Character Reports:
“Proud and stubborn to a fault, Lewis is not one to hold her tongue and never shies away from a fight. She punches above her weight and when faced with a challenge just digs in her heels and starts swinging until either her foe goes down – or she does. Her combat record is exemplary and I would hazard a guess that she’s spent more time out on patrol or performing endurance reconnaissance than she has in port. Her accolades are perhaps matched only by the number of reprimands that mar her dossier: stealing, disobeying orders, insulting a superior, accusations of bullying from other destroyers and getting into fights with other Shipgirls on more than one occasion. It’s no small wonder that most of the ships here gave her a wide berth. That aside however, she is an impressive asset and maybe Sector South West could use a few hotheads.”
- Admiral Nancy Chambers, Sector North East

“*Subject glanced around the room nervously, fidgeted slightly* Oh, she’s great! I mean, I don’t hang out with her too much since she’s not around most of the time, but she’s really nice – honest! That one time where she punched me and I had to go to the mechanic’s office was an accident, really it was my fault. I’m pretty sure Melbourne’s forgiven her for the other time as well. Oh, Nagasaki too – even if it took her a week to fully heal.”
- HMAS Stephanie, Destroyer Escort, Sector North East

“Lewis? She can be a bit abrasive from time to time. Full of herself, and a bully. I mean honestly, the younger destroyers in her unit don’t want to even be within 12 feet of her anymore. Lewis is definitely not a people person by a long shot, but you’ve got to get past that rough exterior. Out in the water, where it really matters, I wouldn’t want anyone else to be my escort. You know that she’s going to get stuck in to the good fight and keep on going until she can’t even stand, and she wouldn’t give even an inch if it meant putting someone else in harms way – not that she’d ever admit it. It’s a shame really, she closes herself off and pushes everyone away but I bet you that she cares more than she lets on.”
- HMS Queen Victoria, Carrier, Sector North East

Special abilities:
Through Grit and Steel – Through sheer, stubborn determination (and a liberal application of firepower) Lewis can punch above her weight in close combat. Leveraging her speed and an aggressive, close quarters fighting technique to give herself a chance to punch through thicker hulls, Lewis has gone toe-to-toe with cruisers and come out on top after catching her foes by surprise.
See the white’s of their eyes – While Lewis does have an impressive arsenal for her size, she doesn’t have much in the way of longer ranged armaments and is forced to get close to her opponents.

Technical Description of the vessel:

[box]Technical Data
Displacement: 2,050 tons
Length (overall): 114.76m
Width: 12.09m
Draught: 5.41m
Propulsion: 60,000shp
Speed: 35 knots
Complement: 329
Armament:
5 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 cal. guns
10 × 40 mm AA guns
7 × 20 mm AA guns
10 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
6 × depth charge projectors
2 × depth charge tracks

Armour:
Notes: Commissioned at the height of the Second World War, the Heermann was one of many Fletcher-class Destroyers that would serve as a mainstay of the US Pacific fleet. Her career was largely uneventful, with her few engagements against either aerial foes, performing limited shore bombardment, or against far smaller foes. That is until the Battle of Leyte Gulf.

While tasked with protecting transports and landing ships during the Allied invasion of the island, the Heermann and her allies were left to guard a few escort carriers as the main fleet went on the offensive. Unknown to command at the time, the main American fleet had been duped by a decoy and drawn away as the Japanese Centre Force made to assault the relatively undefended invasion force. On the dawn of October 25 1944, the attacking fleet of four battleships, six heavy cruisers, two light cruisers and eleven destroyers began to shell the small US fleet. With the displacement of the Yamato alone being greater than the entirety of Heermann’s task force, what followed would be a desperate struggle for survival.

Outgunned and outmatched, the fleet’s destroyers created a smoke screen in an effort to shield their carriers’ retreat and drew themselves up into a suicidal torpedo run against their foe. In the chaos of the smoke and the firefight, the force of escort vessels charged head-long into the superior fleet and engaged their enemies with everything from torpedoes to machine guns. The Heermann herself forced the Yamato to withdraw by trapping her between a spread of torpedoes and drew the fire of no less than three battleships. In the same engagement she would exchange fire with the Chikuma and Tone heavy cruisers and contribute to the sinking of the former, before emerging as the sole surviving destroyer that had run the gauntlet in the initial attack.

Heermann would go on to serve throughout the rest of the Pacific War and into the future, eventually being transferred to service with Argentina in 1961. By that point she was a decorated war hero and established a reputation as the survivor of the Tin-Cans’ Last Stand. However, time has worn on Lewis and sheer force of will can only carry you so far while the world spins around you. Secretly, Lewis is painfully aware of her aging systems and acts in no small part to hide her own fears. After seeing her brothers and sisters slowly succumb to obsolescence, she refuses to sit idly by and wait to be decommissioned. [box]

OOC-section:
RP-sample: Unto the Breach: A Gate RP
Have you read and understood the rules?: Anchors aweigh!

USN style light cruiser in that case. Anywhere from 12 to 15 6-inch guns, all capable of firing on either side for a full armament broadside, capable of firing at 10 rounds per minute per barrel sustained (for the 12 gun ships, the 15 gun ships "only" had an 8 round per minute per barrel sustained rate. Add in the usual secondary armament of 5-inch guns capable of firing at 15-20 rounds per minutes, and USN light cruisers were unmatched for sheer dakka power. Each 6-inch shell weighs 59(!) kilograms, more than 10 kg heavier than the normal 6-inch shell of other nations, and had more than double(!) the armor penetration performance of the previous USN 6-inch gun, which could pierce 51mm of armor at around 12.5 km.

Aw man, just saw this now. That probably would have fit a bit better than what I ended up going for Also, I've got no idea about technical details so could use a hand to make them fit the character. As it is, I just copy-pasta'd Wikipedia.

Looks good so far, but Rustyal is right, the nice lassie is a bit too developed for her being a destroyer. There's even a chart (posted here for general amusement, not as a reference).
I'd indeed go either with a cruiser, if you want to keep her pictures (although more a heavy cruiser then a light one), but such a feisty girl as a destroyer would be awesome, too. It depends on you.

Expect a looooooooooong post tomorrow detailing Brightbell and the firing range. I've been busy for a while, but my schedule should clear up.

I look forward to it!

[The Cross and Davids Star]

If possible, can I make a change to my special abilities, considering the new rig?

[The Canadian North-West]

I've been away from NS (again (I really need to stop.making a habit of that)), but I'll be back on Sunday to post :3

[Legatia]

Wait a minute. You all training are firing live rounds at each other..?

[The Selkie]

If possible, can I make a change to my special abilities, considering the new rig?

No. I'm actually not quite sure about what I should think about you considering this post. It's in my opinion uncomfortably close to godmodding, not the pill, not the vomiting, but what happened after that - by not giving Stekistan the chance to reply to the fact, indeed even going so far as to jump onto Whona's rig without a care in the world and then making off as if nothing happened. Of course, if this is agreed to with Sterkistan, that is another story, but I have the slight feeling, that it's not.
Rustyal, my Co-OP, your opinion?

~snip~

A cocky bastard sure, but a smart one, or crazy. Being held too far away to attack Whona up close, he still had a few tricks up his sleeves.

"Here. I wanna show you something." Prophet said, pulling something from his pocket. He pulled out a small amber pill, popping it into his mouth and swallowing.

The pill was an emetic drug, causing Prophet to vomit up on Whona, much to the disgust of his faeries. With his distraction, he was able to pull what little hair he had out of Whona's grip, get around her and jump onto her rig, slamming bombs into her right guns, before jumping off and back into the fog, also escaping Fyodor's onslaught, taking down any planes stubborn enough to follow him. His faeries were able to repel the boarding, but the intruders were still fighting.

Wait a minute. You all training are firing live rounds at each other..?

Well, Stilly has paint rounds in her guns, but I'm not sure about her depth charges...

I've been away from NS (again (I really need to stop.making a habit of that)), but I'll be back on Sunday to post :3

It's no problem, CNW. Do you want an update?