Murder Party Takes Over Themiclesia [OoC]

[New Frenco Empire]

Sorry, I never clarified this.

The things falling from the sky right now aren't fighters, they're Common Aero Vehicles loaded with guided air-to-air missiles. Programmed to unleash payload against the enemy fighters once in acceptable range.

[The Soviet League]

I'm just going to ignore all the n00b 1 paragraph posts.

I don't have time for NationStates alot. That's why I get on periodically and post 1 paragraph.

Problem?

[Themiclesia]

Sorry, I never clarified this.

The things falling from the sky right now aren't fighters, they're Common Aero Vehicles loaded with guided air-to-air missiles. Programmed to unleash payload against the enemy fighters once in acceptable range.

Although I personally doubt the accuracy of the accuracy of these vessels, I'd say they're perfectly acceptable.

[New Frenco Empire]

Sorry, I never clarified this.

The things falling from the sky right now aren't fighters, they're Common Aero Vehicles loaded with guided air-to-air missiles. Programmed to unleash payload against the enemy fighters once in acceptable range.

Although I personally doubt the accuracy of the accuracy of these vessels, I'd say they're perfectly acceptable.

I thought they would be, considering CAV bombing is an actual USAF project.

I just said this since all the posts pertaining to them in the IC seems to mistake them as more fighters.

[Transoxthraxia]

Although I personally doubt the accuracy of the accuracy of these vessels, I'd say they're perfectly acceptable.

I thought they would be, considering CAV bombing is an actual USAF project.

I just said this since all the posts pertaining to them in the IC seems to mistake them as more fighters.

Sorry to butt in, but don't they have the same function as fighters?

[New Frenco Empire]

I thought they would be, considering CAV bombing is an actual USAF project.

I just said this since all the posts pertaining to them in the IC seems to mistake them as more fighters.

Sorry to butt in, but don't they have the same function as fighters?

Meh, they're more like deployment vessels or oversized drones for me. I guess they could be mistaken for fighters if the radar picks them up.

[Transoxthraxia]

Sorry to butt in, but don't they have the same function as fighters?

Meh, they're more like deployment vessels or oversized drones for me. I guess they could be mistaken for fighters if the radar picks them up.

Well, they would almost certainly be mistaken as fighters, which would make sense ICly. But what are their actual function, as drop-pods?

[New Frenco Empire]

Meh, they're more like deployment vessels or oversized drones for me. I guess they could be mistaken for fighters if the radar picks them up.

Well, they would almost certainly be mistaken as fighters, which would make sense ICly. But what are their actual function, as drop-pods?

Pretty much. Glide towards programmed objective, release payload, and shut down. It's a one-time-use thing.

[The Soodean Imperium]

Well, they would almost certainly be mistaken as fighters, which would make sense ICly. But what are their actual function, as drop-pods?

Pretty much. Glide towards programmed objective, release payload, and shut down. It's a one-time-use thing.

Not to be the skeptic again, but wouldn't it be easier to simply fire active-radar missiles from long range, instead of delivering short-range missiles halfway to the target inside an expensive single-use UAV? Though I guess "rule-of-cool" applies here, and the fact that the US military considered it in the past means that it's feasible obscenely expensive but potentially possible given enough money and tech.

Either way, I'll RP as if my forces mistook them for fighters repeating the same climb-and-dive tactic you used on the Soviet League earlier on. Which means my tactic of dropping to low altitude is likely to backfire, given the massive top-down radar signature of Su-33s.

[Transoxthraxia]

Pretty much. Glide towards programmed objective, release payload, and shut down. It's a one-time-use thing.

Not to be the skeptic again, but wouldn't it be easier to simply fire active-radar missiles from long range, instead of delivering short-range missiles halfway to the target inside an expensive single-use UAV? Though I guess "rule-of-cool" applies here, and the fact that the US military considered it in the past means that it's feasible obscenely expensive but potentially possible given enough money and tech.

Either way, I'll RP as if my forces mistook them for fighters repeating the same climb-and-dive tactic you used on the Soviet League earlier on. Which means my tactic of dropping to low altitude is likely to backfire, given the massive top-down radar signature of Su-33s.

Yes, yes it would.

[New Frenco Empire]

Pretty much. Glide towards programmed objective, release payload, and shut down. It's a one-time-use thing.

Not to be the skeptic again, but wouldn't it be easier to simply fire active-radar missiles from long range, instead of delivering short-range missiles halfway to the target inside an expensive single-use UAV? Though I guess "rule-of-cool" applies here, and the fact that the US military considered it in the past means that it's feasible obscenely expensive but potentially possible given enough money and tech.

Either way, I'll RP as if my forces mistook them for fighters repeating the same climb-and-dive tactic you used on the Soviet League earlier on. Which means my tactic of dropping to low altitude is likely to backfire, given the massive top-down radar signature of Su-33s.

ICly, we're trying to perfect direct small-scale missile bombardments from orbit instead of simply deploying a lot of drones in the sky to do the actual bombing. However, for actual use, the guided orbital missiles are a bit inaccurate, and the current shuttle models can't deploy as many as we like.

Hence, we just use a relatively inexpensive metal shell with a navigation and firing system. It's kinda meant as a nerf, since when the enemy catches on to what they are, they can be intercepted.

[New Frenco Empire]

Finished that last post. I think I'll focus more on ground stuff after this. The Black Guard has yet to destroy the fugitive smuggling ring, the fighting between Harrigan and the Soodeans is still going on. The Expeditionary Force is nearing the mobilizing soviets. Not to mention implied diplomacy.

[The Soviet League]

Didnt someone say they'll combat your expeditionary force?

[New Frenco Empire]

Didnt someone say they'll combat your expeditionary force?

SI implied he was getting ready for it, but youre much closer.

[Ardavia]

Oh, and from now on, I'll try to make longer posts. They won't be coming frequently, but they will come occasionally.

[The Revolutionary Fighters of Intel]

Do the islands under Themiclesian control have any military installations on them? Do they have any military advantge?

[Themiclesia]

Do the islands under Themiclesian control have any military installations on them? Do they have any military advantge?

Most islands are under Oale control.

[Floribbea]

Do the islands under Themiclesian control have any military installations on them? Do they have any military advantge?

I have control over one island.

[Oaledonia]

Do the islands under Themiclesian control have any military installations on them? Do they have any military advantge?

I have control over one island.

Which one?

[New Tyran]

I have control over one island.

Which one?

On the map. To my North West in that little body of water and the little speck of land mass in the middle. I don't know how he got there either.

[Konariona]

Konarionan forces advancing to Southwood today.

[The Soodean Imperium]

Konarionan forces advancing to Southwood today.

Here's an interesting idea: why don't you land in North Themiclesia, then engage New Tyran and Oaledonia on a separate front?

That way the war will be spread around more realistically, instead of becoming a mess where all sides pour millions of troops into a single battlefield. Plus, it would allow us to avoid the ongoing question of how to deal with TNL's vanishing army in Ludenwic.

(Not the OP, just putting an idea out there to make the war more realistic)

[New Tyran]

^ Agreed.

[Konariona]

Konarionan forces advancing to Southwood today.

Here's an interesting idea: why don't you land in North Themiclesia, then engage New Tyran and Oaledonia on a separate front?

That way the war will be spread around more realistically, instead of becoming a mess where all sides pour millions of troops into a single battlefield. Plus, it would allow us to avoid the ongoing question of how to deal with TNL's vanishing army in Ludenwic.

(Not the OP, just putting an idea out there to make the war more realistic)

That'd be a good idea- I'm going to say that those soldiers are still stationed there, a small bit of them, and then move the rest to North Themi.

[Themiclesia]

I'd try to get a huge post in within these few days.

Ah - the joys of university.