View Full Version : Anybody interested in a B-17 thread under these conditions?
I always have fun running the B-17 threads, but real life hasn't left me time to run it recently and I never did get back to finish up the last thread I started.
So, would you all be interested in a B-17 thread under these conditions:
1) We start a new thread from scratch, starting with Mission #1.
2) I run one mission each weekend, posting the results on Monday.
I would be able to keep up this way (though I can't promise with absolute certainty that I won't miss a weekend from time to time.)
I'm not sure whether once-a-week missions would still be fun, or if that much delay between missions would cause everyone to lose interest.
If you do want to try it, feel free to sign up. Post which position you'd like to take on the plane. If there's enough takers, we'll give it a try.
Pilot: Kalel21
Co-Pilot:BudPalmer
Bombadier: CurBludgeon
Navigator: hail eris
Engineer/Top Turret Gunner: JKLantern
Radio Operator:Shadow40
Ball Turret Gunner: JackAssterson
Port Waist Gunner:GroovyBoy
Starboard Waist Gunner: JOH2005
Tail Gunner: BigDaddyHub
RESERVES: Thawmus, AlienFlanders, Charlesx, DocDoom187, Space Jawa
If you haven't played before, search the Arcade for past B-17 threads and read through one to get the idea. Mostly, you just sign up, then wait to hear whether or not you've died a horrible, painful death.
BudPalmer
08/06/2009, 14:46
I'm in. I think I was the pilot in the last one so I'll put in for that duty again!
JKLantern
08/06/2009, 14:48
I've never played one of these before, but I admit, with the other shenanigans you run, I am a little curious...
I'm in. I think I was the pilot in the last one so I'll put in for that duty again!
I'M the pilot, gosh blast it!!! I put you in as co-pilot.
I've never played one of these before, but I admit, with the other shenanigans you run, I am a little curious...
Pick a spot on the plane from the list in the first post if you wanna play.
BudPalmer
08/06/2009, 14:50
I'M the pilot, gosh blast it!!! I put you in as co-pilot.
Cripes, we're all dead!
JKLantern
08/06/2009, 14:51
Top Turret Gunner. The Cantankerous Top Turret Gunner.
Cripes, we're all dead!
Considering how past B-17 threads have gone, we're all dead anyways.
hail_eris
08/06/2009, 14:59
I'll take my old navigator's chair!
CurBludgeon
08/06/2009, 15:03
In for Bomba-bomba-bomba-dier!
BigDaddyHub
08/06/2009, 15:58
I demand VENGANCE...and ice cream...sign me up.
I demand VENGANCE...and ice cream...sign me up.
Sign you up for WHAT POSITION???!!!!????
It's not rocket science here, guys. :cool:
JKLantern
08/06/2009, 16:16
Sign you up for WHAT POSITION???!!!!????
It's not rocket science here, guys. :cool:
He wants ZUUL! ZUUUUUUUUUUUUL!
BigDaddyHub
08/06/2009, 16:18
For MAXIMUM VENGANCE and ice cream, I demand to be the TAIL GUNNER!!!!!!
'cuz that was one of my favorite games back in the 80's.
Shadow40
08/06/2009, 16:19
Unless I overlooked someone else signing up for it I want to be...the radio operator.
hail_eris
08/06/2009, 16:21
It's not rocket science here, guys. :cool:
Indeed. Since most of them were German anyway, I'm fairly certain that it's our job to *bomb* the rocket scientists.
JKLantern
08/06/2009, 16:24
Indeed. Since most of them were German anyway, I'm fairly certain that it's our job to *bomb* the rocket scientists.
Rockets make big booms, yes?
:laugh:
Life is good...
GroovyBoy
08/06/2009, 16:48
Reporting for duty, sir!
GroovyBoy
08/06/2009, 16:49
What is the name of this game again? I want to see if I can find a copy at GenCon...
BigDaddyHub
08/06/2009, 16:57
Isn't it called B-17 Queen of the Skies? I used to play it when I was in high school. I got really depressed the day I took a hit in the bomb bay and lost my crew...
JackAssterson
08/06/2009, 17:22
I'm in! Ball turret!
<3 <3 <3
!
:m-dolphin:
JKLantern
08/06/2009, 17:23
I'm in! Ball turret!
<3 <3 <3
!
:m-dolphin:
:m-dolphin:
*High Five*
One with the least kills buys the drinks?
I want the radio operator again!
JackAssterson
08/06/2009, 17:26
:m-dolphin:
*High Five*
One with the least kills buys the drinks?
Ok. And we should also have a special prize for the person with the most heroic witty comment.
Like if we were bombing a glue factory and we bombed the glue factory and the glue factory blew up and someone said "We really stuck it to them" and we all laughed because it was a factory that made glue, which is sticky, then that would count as a heroic witty comment worthy of a prize of some sort.
:a-fist:
JKLantern
08/06/2009, 17:28
Ok. And we should also have a special prize for the person with the most heroic witty comment.
Like if we were bombing a glue factory and we bombed the glue factory and the glue factory blew up and someone said "We really stuck it to them" and we all laughed because it was a factory that made glue, which is sticky, then that would count as a heroic witty comment worthy of a prize of some sort.
:a-fist:
The witty comment contest can go out to the whole plane, since the whole plane can do that. What should the prize be?
:a-fist::a-fist::m-dolphin:
JackAssterson
08/06/2009, 17:30
The witty comment contest can go out to the whole plane, since the whole plane can do that. What should the prize be?
:a-fist::a-fist::m-dolphin:
An all expenses paid round trip flight to Europe?
JKLantern
08/06/2009, 17:32
An all expenses paid round trip flight to Europe?
A no class all expense paid round trip flight.
EmperorNorton
08/06/2009, 17:32
Unless I overlooked someone else signing up for it I want to be...the radio operator.
I want the radio operator again!
:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:
JKLantern
08/06/2009, 17:36
:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:
I think Nort wants to be the Radio Operator, guys!
It's such a rare occurance to see Nort laugh, that I'm not sure if I should be heartened or depressed.
Sign me up for whatever gun is open. If all else fails, just put me in the back, and dump me out as part of the payload. If the bombs miss, I'll clean up after them.
JKLantern
08/06/2009, 17:45
It's such a rare occurance to see Nort laugh, that I'm not sure if I should be heartened or depressed.
Sign me up for whatever gun is open. If all else fails, just put me in the back, and dump me out as part of the payload. If the bombs miss, I'll clean up after them.
I think both Port/Starboard Waist Gunners are open.
You, me, and JackA on three of the Guns, with Kal piloting and Bud co-piloting? This plane is going down!
AlienFlanders
08/06/2009, 20:06
I'll sign in, my liver has almost recovered...
charlesx
08/06/2009, 20:07
I'll sign in, though no signs of liver recovery are imminent!
Jackofhearts2005
08/06/2009, 23:16
As everybody else stands aimlessly around the plane, I jump into the starboard waist turret. :p
JKLantern
08/06/2009, 23:17
As everybody else stands aimlessly around the plane, I just into the starboard waist turret. :p
Jack Thawm, Woo-oo! [/Blatant DuckTales Theme Ripoff]
Best. Plane. EVER!
JackAssterson
08/06/2009, 23:32
Jack Thawm, Woo-oo! [/Blatant DuckTales Theme Ripoff]
Best. Plane. EVER!
Sitting tight is sure a pain
A-bove Ber-lin
Nazis guns and aeroplanes
Bomb-ing Dres-den!
Might come back safely
Or blow up quickly!
Jack Thawm. WOO-OO!
Every day we're up there shooting
HOT SHELLS Woo-oo!
Pilot's lost and everyone's gone
QUITE PALE!
N-n-n-nazi lurks behind us!
Get the tail gun to protect us!
What to do? Just shoot their wings and
THEIR TAILS! WOO-OO!
Every day we're up there shooting
HOT SHELLS! WOO-OO!
Ball turrets need landing gear or
THEY FAIL! WOO-OO!
Not Marine tales or Navy tales, they're
OUR TALES! WOO-OO!
JKLantern
08/06/2009, 23:47
Sitting tight is sure a pain
A-bove Ber-lin
Nazis guns and aeroplanes
Bomb-ing Dres-den!
Might come back safely
Or blow up quickly!
Jack Thawm. WOO-OO!
Every day we're up there shooting
HOT SHELLS Woo-oo!
Pilot's lost and everyone's gone
QUITE PALE!
N-n-n-nazi lurks behind us!
Get the tail gun to protect us!
What to do? Just shoot their wings and
THEIR TAILS! WOO-OO!
Every day we're up there shooting
HOT SHELLS! WOO-OO!
Ball turrets need landing gear or
THEY FAIL! WOO-OO!
Not Marine tales or Navy tales, they're
OUR TALES! WOO-OO!
Jack and Lantern: The Face and Phanan of the B-17.
GroovyBoy
08/07/2009, 00:12
To add to my earlier enlistment, give me the tail gun. I like to watch rears...
DocDoom187
08/07/2009, 00:43
I'll take the other turret.
Ya know, to keep JoH company...
JKLantern
08/07/2009, 00:48
I'll take the other turret.
Ya know, to keep JoH company...
Thawm already took that I think.
Kal's gonna have a butt of a time fixing this up when he gets to work tomorrow.
Space Jawa
08/07/2009, 05:38
Jack and Lantern: The Face and Phanan of the B-17.
Props for the reference!
The question you have to ask yourself now is who's Face and who's Phanan.
Also, I want in on whatever spot's left open, if applicable. Otherwise, put me in the reserves.
I sorted through everyone's posts and requests as best I could. Here's the starting crew:
Pilot: Kalel21
Co-Pilot:BudPalmer
Bombadier: CurBludgeon
Navigator: hail eris
Engineer/Top Turret Gunner: JKLantern
Radio Operator:Shadow40
Ball Turret Gunner: JackAssterson
Port Waist Gunner:GroovyBoy
Starboard Waist Gunner: JOH2005
Tail Gunner: BigDaddyHub
RESERVES: Thawmus, AlienFlanders, Charlesx, DocDoom187, Space Jawa
Anyone else can sign up for the reserves at any time. We'll need lots of reserves, because as sure as little green apples--we're all going to die.
OUR FIRST MISSION WILL BE FLOWN THIS WEEKEND, WITH RESULTS POSTED ON MONDAY.
Our first mission--bombing the German airfield at Abbeville. It SHOULD be a milk run--a relatively short hop over the Channel, then back home again. But it only takes one strafing run or AA shell to send us all to Hades.
TOUR OF A B-17F
We begin by pulling ourselves up through a hatch into the Nose compartment. The tip of the nose is made of clear plexi-glass. Both the Bombardier and the Navigator are stationed here, along with their respective equipment (including the top secret Nordon bomb site). The Nose Machine gun is mounted at the tip of the compartment--this is the Bombardier's weapon. Two "Cheek" machine guns--pointing out from either side of the compartment to cover our port-front and starboard-front areas, are the Navigator's responsibilty. During combat, he jumps back and forth between these two weapons as needed.
Moving back through the plane, we come to the Pilot Compartment. The Pilot and Co-Pilot sit here. Directly behind them is the Flight Engineer, who stands with his head and upper body in the plexiglass Top Turret. This turret sports a twin-barrelled .50 cal machine gun. Able to rotate 360 degrees, it's one of our most important gun positions.
Next, we come to the Bomb Bay. No crewman is stationed here--just our bombs and the rubber raft to be used if we ever have to ditch in the channel.
Next is the Radio Room. The Radio Operator is the sole occupant. Aside from working the wireless, he also mans a machine gun mounted in the ceiling that is angled to fire at anything coming at us from the upper rear.
Next is the Waist Compartment. First, we come to the hatch in the floor that leads to the very uncomfortable Ball Turret. This plexi-glass death trap mounts a twin-barrelled machine gun. The gunner is crunched up inside it, spinning around 360 degrees to fire in any direction. As with the Top Turret, it's a very important position.
Farther back in the Waist Compartment, we come to the Waist Gunner positions. These each sport a single machine gun, pointing out through an aperature in the side of the plane. The two gunners stand back-to-back to man the guns. If one of the gunners goes down, the other is able to move back and forth between the weapons quickly.
Finally, we come to the Tail Compartment. The gunner here is on his knees for the entire flight, manning a twin-barrelled weapon that protects our rear. Since an enemy fighter coming in from the rear can rake us for a lot of damage, this is another of our most important positions.
Also, of course, there's our wings. Our plane has four engines and, consequently, four fuel tanks located on our wings. Any hits to the wings probably stand the greatest chance of doing fatal damage to the plane.
After reading over the last page, I am extremely interested in a character named "Jack Thawm".
We have started a revolution.
AIR FORCE (1943) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3t1tLpapiGo)
B-17 footage (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pe36UMRkRbk)
B-17 belly landing (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jfoxq4q4J84&feature=related)
BudPalmer
08/07/2009, 13:14
Are we dead yet?
Jackofhearts2005
08/07/2009, 13:18
All my bags are packed
I'm ready to go
I'm standin here outside your door
I hate to wake you up to say goodbye
JKLantern
08/07/2009, 16:14
All my bags are packed
I'm ready to go
I'm standin here outside your door
I hate to wake you up to say goodbye
My brain is a little scrambled. Someone help me out: Is this a lyric to what I think it is? :laugh:
My brain is a little scrambled. Someone help me out: Is this a lyric to what I think it is? :laugh:
Yes, yes it is. :p
GroovyBoy
08/08/2009, 03:22
Looks like I'm drinking port and shooting a gun from my waist...
Ignatz_Mouse
08/10/2009, 07:20
Put me in the reserves, please!
We’re off to bomb the German airfield at Abbeville. It’s expected to be a milk run, with escorting Spitfires coming along with us for the entire mission.
Zone 1: We take off
Zone 2: Over the Channel—no enemy fighters appear
Zone 3: Over our target. But several things go wrong.
First, it turns out the boys in meteorology were wrong about having clear weather over the target—there’s heavy cloud cover of the airfield.
Second, the cold at high altitude is more severe than usual. Three of our machine guns—the Nose gun, the Top Turret guns and the Starboard Waist guns—all ice up and jam.
Fortunately, the Spitfires drive away all attacking enemy fighters.
We drop down for the bomb run, but the cloud cover makes targeting the airfield difficult. The bombs miss, slamming into the nearby Miss Collette’s School for Young Ladies instead.
We turn for home.
Zone 3: JackofHearts2005 manages to clear his weapon, but the Nose and Top Turret guns remain jammed. A wave of ME 109s move in for the attack. The Spitfires chase away two of the them, but the other two attack.
hail eris fires at one with the Starboard Cheek gun, but misses. The 109 misses us in turn and flies away.
It’s the other 109, coming in at 3 o’clock high, that brings tragedy. The Top Turret would normally be able to fire at it, but the guns there are still jammed with ice.
GroovyBoy fires an extended burst to drive the enemy fighter off, but now HIS machine gun jams. Unimpeded, the 109 fires a burst that drills into our starboard wing and the waist section.
The wing hits prove to be superficial, but several machine gun slugs hit JOH2005 square in the back, killing him instantly. GroovyBoy is also hit, but only slightly wounded.
The Spitfires chase away the 109 before it can come around for another attack.
Zone 2: Back over the channel. No enemy fighters appear.
Zone 1: Back to England. The weather over our home field is clear and we land without incident. GroovyBoy visits the medics, where he’s quickly patched up and returned to duty.
JOH2005 is buried in the nearby cemetery—his short career as a crewman ended before he even had a chance to fire a shot at the enemy.
Thawmus is randomly chosen from the reserves to take over as Starboard Waist gunner.
Next week’s mission: A return to the airfield at Abbeville.
Pilot: Kalel21
Co-Pilot:BudPalmer
Bombadier: CurBludgeon
Navigator: hail eris
Engineer/Top Turret Gunner: JKLantern
Radio Operator:Shadow40
Ball Turret Gunner: JackAssterson
Port Waist Gunner:GroovyBoy
Starboard Waist Gunner: Thawmus
Tail Gunner: BigDaddyHub
RESERVES: AlienFlanders, Charlesx, DocDoom187, Space Jawa, Ignatz Mouse
SUCCESSFUL MISSIONS: 0
ENEMY FIGHTERS DOWN: 0
KIA: JOH2005
JackAssterson
08/10/2009, 09:35
This mission was a great success!
For the Nazis.
Iron Crosses all around!
GroovyBoy
08/10/2009, 09:52
Purple Heart, b****es!
Alright, I'm in!
*licks up JoH's blood for powah*
Get ready, nazis! I'm gonna WAIST ya!
Get it? It's a pun! :laugh:
BudPalmer
08/10/2009, 12:13
Um, he kinda died so I'm not sure you want that power. Still, better you than me so... :devious:
Um, he kinda died so I'm not sure you want that power. Still, better you than me so... :devious:
Hey, it doesn't matter what the fuel grade is, it's the engine you're fueling that counts. :cool:
*Tries not to think about that he's talking about licking up blood*
BigDaddyHub
08/10/2009, 12:33
JoH,
You were my bestie. We went through gunnery school together. We shared every meal for the past three years together. We would dream on the runways in the starry nights about the nights after the war, me goin' back to the farm in Kentucky and you heading to the factories in Chicago. Now you are gone. And all I can say is...
... better you than me Jack! Siyanora SUCKA!!!!
t8lgnnrz RUL3!
Jackofhearts2005
08/11/2009, 09:57
*Thawmus gains the proportional strength and speed of a me*
*which probably doesn't help*
*Thawmus gains the proportional strength and speed of a me*
*which probably doesn't help*
It'll help when I combine it with the strength and the speed of others. I'll start throwing bullets instead of shooting them.
BigDaddyHub
08/11/2009, 12:01
It'll help when I combine it with the strength and the speed of others. I'll start throwing bullets instead of shooting them.
NOT MY BLOOD!!! NOT MY BLOOD!!! NOT MY BLOOD!!!!
NOT MY BLOOD!!! NOT MY BLOOD!!! NOT MY BLOOD!!!!
Level 9 PAPER FLURRY!
*Throws a stack of papers at BDH*
Cmon...get a paper cut.... :devious:
CurBludgeon
08/11/2009, 15:57
The bombs miss, slamming into the nearby Miss Collette’s School for Young Ladies instead.
For the record, I was informed that the bomb bays were filled with roses and poems of a tastefully amusing nature. Who'da thunk "bomb bays" meant "place where bombs are stored'?
JKLantern
08/11/2009, 16:57
For the record, I was informed that the bomb bays were filled with roses and poems of a tastefully amusing nature. Who'da thunk "bomb bays" meant "place where bombs are stored'?
Wait...that's where I was storing the whiskey! :o
Wait...that's where I was storing the whiskey! :o
And all of my awesome furniture (http://www.bombay.ca/home.php?NO_COOKIE_WARNING=2&ti=4d19df231af35f14e5d153124fd48a67)!!
See what you miss when you're gone for a week? Of course I'm in the reserves, and I'm manning the bar until they drag me into the plane, kicking and screaming!
Shadow40
08/14/2009, 15:03
See what you miss when you're gone for a week? Of course I'm in the reserves, and I'm manning the bar until they drag me into the plane, kicking and screaming!
Sorry, we took the bar, the booze, and the waitresses. Reason we did so poorly on our mission. Our plane is way over the maximum weight limit. ;)
We'll be flying our next mission (a return to Abbeville) this weekend. I'll post the results on Monday. Which means some of you may be dead for a day or two before you are officially informed of the fact.
BigDaddyHub
08/14/2009, 15:16
We'll be flying our next mission (a return to Abbeville) this weekend. I'll post the results on Monday. Which means some of you may be dead for a day or two before you are officially informed of the fact.
What you mean to say is that I will be a hero a day or two before I hear about it!
BudPalmer
08/14/2009, 15:16
If I had a nickel...
JKLantern
08/14/2009, 15:21
If I had a nickle...
What does a tropical bird have to do with anything?
Sorry, we took the bar, the booze, and the waitresses. Reason we did so poorly on our mission. Our plane is way over the maximum weight limit. ;)
I blame the haul of IV bags we have as well...THOSE ARE NOT FOR BINGE DRINKING!!! :angry:
BudPalmer
08/14/2009, 15:24
What does a tropical bird have to do with anything?
It's a funny story. You see this one time when I was in St. Barts...
You know what? Never mind, just shut up! OK? :nervous:
JKLantern
08/14/2009, 15:27
It's a funny story. You see this one time when I was in St. Barts...
You know what? Never mind, just shut up! OK? :nervous:
Actually, I just felt the need to look up the term nickle, and you know something?
That damn book of lateral thinking problems I was forced to read as a child lied to me! A "nickle" isn't an exotic bird at all! It's a ####ing woodpecker!
BudPalmer
08/14/2009, 15:29
Could be worse! It might have been a duck!
JKLantern
08/14/2009, 15:31
Could be worse! It might have been a duck!
*Twitch* *Twitch*
They're up to something. Oh yes. They're up to something. Especially the Wood Ducks.
BudPalmer
08/14/2009, 15:37
For the last time wooden ducks are not up to anything other than maybe getting eaten by termites!
Everyone calm down and stop bickering. Remember, Bud and I are flying the plane. What could possibly go wrong?
JKLantern
08/14/2009, 15:38
Not wooden ducks! WOOD ducks! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_Duck)There is a difference!
BudPalmer
08/14/2009, 15:41
Not wooden ducks! WOOD ducks! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_Duck)There is a difference!
Yeah! Wood ducks have way better hair!
JKLantern
08/14/2009, 15:42
Yeah! Wood ducks have way better hair!
Yes! Exactly! Any duck with hair that good is CLEARLY up to something evil! FINALLY you understand!
BudPalmer
08/14/2009, 15:46
But so far the worst they've done is chase you. That doesn't seem all that evil to me.
JKLantern
08/14/2009, 15:53
They followed me throughout an entire zoo. And you can see it in their eyes...they're planning something... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFK2Xq2RyiU)
charlesx
08/14/2009, 18:20
Wait...that's where I was storing the whiskey! :o
No worries. I moved the whiskey out of the bomb bay and into my foot locker when no one was looking. The whiskey is safe, old chum. For now. :cool:
charlesx
08/14/2009, 18:22
Yeah! Wood ducks have way better hair!
How much wood would a wood duck duck, if a wood duck would duck wood? :laugh:
JKLantern
08/14/2009, 18:26
No worries. I moved the whiskey out of the bomb bay and into my foot locker when no one was looking. The whiskey is safe, old chum. For now. :cool:
How much wood would a wood duck duck, if a wood duck would duck wood? :laugh:
Gentleman, it's worse than we thought. They're smart, they're organized, they have an infiltrator...AND THEY HAVE OUR BOOZE!!!!
BudPalmer
08/14/2009, 18:36
According to that link you gave they'll sleep with your wife too!
JKLantern
08/14/2009, 18:40
According to that link you gave they'll sleep with your wife too!
I was single, last I checked. Of course, that could be what the ducks want me to think...:noid:
Command is sending us back to Abbeville for another try at the air base there.
Zone 1: We take off
Zone 2: Over the Channel—no enemy fighters appear
Zone 3: Over our target. Gee whiz, the weather guys were wrong AGAIN—the cloud cover over the target is thick as pea soup.
Four FW 190s zip up out of the clouds to attack us. Our escorting fighters drive away one, but the remaining three hit us from three directions.
GroovyBoy on the Port Waist gun manages to damage one of them, while Thawmus on the Starboard Waist gun drives off another with an extended burst. But the damaged fighter gets his licks in before limping home, while the third FW avoids fire from CurBludgeon and JKLantern and also scores some hits.
The starboard wing and pilot compartment are riddled, but the damage is superficial. Hits to the nose, though, destroy the bomb release controls (forcing us to work the bomb bay doors manually) and knock out CurBludgeon’s suit heater. He starts to get really cold really fast.
Also, the Starboard Waist gun takes a hit, knocking it out of action and leaving Thawmus with nothing to do put sketch out funny pictures for the rest of the flight.
The undamaged fighter whizzes by, but BigDaddyHub in the Tail Turret manages to hit it with a burst as it flies past, exploding it for our plane’s first kill.
We drop down for the bomb run. Anti-aircraft fire is light and we take no hits. But both the cloud cover and the necessity of cranking open the bomb bay doors mean there’s no chance of hitting the target. Miss Collette’s Finishing School for Young Ladies takes another pounding.
We turn for home.
Zone 3: A command decision must be made. If we stay in formation, we place CurBludgeon at risk of getting frostbite. But if we drop down to a lower altitude, we’ll almost certainly get swarmed by multiple waves of fighters. Since we are close to home, the pilot opts to remain in formation.
Unfortunately, CurBludgeon does indeed get frostbite.
In the meantime, three ME 109s attack. The Spitfires drive away two of them. The other avoids our defensive fire, but misses us as well and flies away.
Zone 2: Back over the Channel. The Germans are persistent today—five FW 190s attack. The Spitfires only manage to chase away one of them.
The other four attack us. BigDaddyHub on the Tail guns damages one of them. The other three fighters score mostly superficial hits, but a machine gun bullet cutting through the Nose section seriously wounds hail eris.
The fighters come around for another attack, but neither our defensive fire and their strafing runs result in any more hits.
Zone 1: Back over our home field—BUT THE WEATHER HAS GONE BAD HERE AS WELL. Someone needs to have a talk with the boys in Meteorology. Despite the cloud cover, Kalel21 and BudPalmer bring the plane in for a safe landing.
hail erie is rushed to the hospital and patched up. He makes a quick recover and stays with the crew.
But CurBludgeon’s frostbite is serious and results in the amputation of… well, a certain part of his anatomy. He’s invalided home to brag about his combat exploits to the girls at the malt shop.
Ignatz Mouse is randomly chosen from the reserves to take over as Bombardier.
Next week’s mission: We’re going out to bomb the aircraft factory at Meaulte.
Pilot: Kalel21
Co-Pilot:BudPalmer
Bombardier: Ignatz Mouse
Navigator: hail eris
Engineer/Top Turret Gunner: JKLantern
Radio Operator:Shadow40
Ball Turret Gunner: JackAssterson
Port Waist Gunner:GroovyBoy
Starboard Waist Gunner: Thawmus
Tail Gunner: BigDaddyHub (1 kill)
RESERVES: AlienFlanders, Charlesx, DocDoom187, Space Jawa, Grinner
SUCCESSFUL MISSIONS: 0
ENEMY FIGHTERS DOWN: 1
KIA: JOH2005
INVALIDED HOME: CurBludgeon
BigDaddyHub
08/17/2009, 08:55
Wewt!!!! Score 1 for the Tailgunners!!!!
And Kalel, that took some balls to decide to stay in formation....specifically CurBludgeon's.
Ignatz_Mouse
08/17/2009, 09:37
I resume my post as Bombardier... sorry about the frostbite, CurB.
Didn't keeping me from frostibite in that spot cost us the whole plane one time?
JackAssterson
08/17/2009, 10:42
Dear Flyboys:
Thank you very much for another mission well flown. A few more like that and we'll win this war early!
Sincerely,
A.H.
PS: The Reich Meteorology Department thanks you for taking our exchange students!
JKLantern
08/17/2009, 13:40
I think with two less than successful missions under our belt, we're clearly ready to assault Berlin!
I drove someone off with an extended burst from my waist.
If I had a nickel for every time that happened... :(
CurBludgeon
08/17/2009, 14:50
Miss Collette’s Finishing School for Young Ladies takes another pounding...and results in the amputation of… well, a certain part of his anatomy.
Stay away from those girls! "I've never done this before" my ###. :angry:
Also, sign up my rapskallion cousin, CarBludgeon, for the reserves.
hail_eris
08/17/2009, 15:00
I think with two less than successful missions under our belt, we're clearly ready to assault Berlin!
Hey, they killed one of ours, we killed one of theirs - we've broken even!*
*Dead French orphans and boarding school students not included in this calculation.
JKLantern
08/17/2009, 15:57
Hey, they killed one of ours, we killed one of theirs - we've broken even!*
*Dead French orphans and boarding school students not included in this calculation.
The French aren't people!**
**I'm going to Hell.
JackAssterson
08/17/2009, 17:22
The French aren't people!**
**I'm going to Hell.
*** French Hell
JKLantern
08/17/2009, 17:25
*** French Hell
Let's see...
French Hell...Fictitious Holiday Hell for Pastramikah and the Delistein...Pequot Hell (many legitimate reasons)...Texting Hell (Recreating the "Bloobity Bloobity" scene from "Good Burger" via text, even for a good cause, still gets you a one way ticket)...still feel like I've forgotten one...
hail_eris
08/17/2009, 18:37
*** French Hell
Which, if we're to believe Sartre, is "other people."
Actually, Sartre himself is tooling around in Paris right about now. We're too late to head off Being and Nothingness, but a stray bomb could certainly interrupt the rest of his writing career. And thus, we would create an alternate reality in which insufferable first-year philosophy students have to dig a bit deeper to find a muse that truly speaks to them.
JKLantern
08/17/2009, 19:21
Which, if we're to believe Sartre, is "other people."
Actually, Sartre himself is tooling around in Paris right about now. We're too late to head off Being and Nothingness, but a stray bomb could certainly interrupt the rest of his writing career. And thus, we would create an alternate reality in which insufferable first-year philosophy students have to dig a bit deeper to find a muse that truly speaks to them.
Anyone want to make my dad's boss's son retroactively owe me a favor?
BigDaddyHub
08/17/2009, 19:34
Which, if we're to believe Sartre, is "other people."
Actually, Sartre himself is tooling around in Paris right about now. We're too late to head off Being and Nothingness, but a stray bomb could certainly interrupt the rest of his writing career. And thus, we would create an alternate reality in which insufferable first-year philosophy students have to dig a bit deeper to find a muse that truly speaks to them.
Gas up the bomber, boys. I gotta plan...
JackAssterson
08/17/2009, 19:35
But we're not due to bomb Miss Collette’s for another week!
BigDaddyHub
08/17/2009, 19:36
But we're not due to bomb Miss Collette’s for another week!
Hush up, boy! We're bombin' a reel-life muse...
AlienFlanders
08/17/2009, 20:47
Flying all that way to get bombed at Miss Collette's? No wonder CurBludgeon's fell off.
We're off to bomb the aircraft factory at Meaulte this weekend. Results will be posted on Monday.
Who will live?
Who will die?
Who will need to relieve himself at an inconvenient moment?
The suspense builds.
Who will need to relieve himself at an inconvenient moment?
I'm a waist gunner. You do the math.
GroovyBoy
08/21/2009, 14:58
Can't we just pee in our pants? Or pee on the waist gunner?
BudPalmer
08/21/2009, 15:00
I just pee in the pilots canteen.
Ignatz_Mouse
08/21/2009, 15:02
We're off to bomb the aircraft factory at Meaulte this weekend. Results will be posted on Monday.
Who will live?
Who will die?
Who will need to relieve himself at an inconvenient moment?
The suspense builds.
Gives a whole new meaning to my bombadier role. ;)
MISSON #3:
Command is sending us Meaulte to bomb the aircraft factory located there.
Zone 1: We take off
Zone 2: Over the Channel and the enemy immediately hits us hard. Five FW 190s swoop in to attack us.
But the RAF is on the ball today. Our escorting Spitfires drive off three of the 190s. Thawmus on the Starboard Waist gun takes time off from his sketchbook to drive away one with an extended burst, while JKLantern in the Top Turret shoots down the remaining enemy plane.
Zone 3—Over the target and the weather is FINALLY clear. But once again, five FW 190s attack.
And, once again, the RAF shoos away three of them for us. Thawmus damages one of the remaining two. The remaining plane weaves through our defensive fire and scores a very scary hit on our still-full bomb bay. But fortunately, the damage is superficial. The Spitfires chase the German away before he can attack again.
We drop down for the bomb run.
Incredibly, there’s no flak. Ignatz Mouse lines the target up in his Nordon bomb site and plasters the aircraft factory with 60% of our bombs. Assembly lines shatter and half-built Messerschmidts are blown apart.
We turn for home.
Zone 3. Two waves of enemy fighters attack. The first, consisting of 2 ME 109s, is driven off by our escorts.
The second wave consists of three FW 190s. Our escorts account for one, while JKLantern gets his second kill of the day by shooting down another.
Thawmus damages the remaining plane, which then misses us and limps away.
Zone 2: No enemy activity.
Zone 3: Gee whiz, just when we thought the boys in meteorology were getting the hang of it—there’s heavy cloud cover over our home base. But I and BudPalmer bring us in for a safe landing regardless. Our first successful mission is complete.
Next week’s mission: We’ll be going after the rail yard at Amiens.
Pilot: Kalel21
Co-Pilot:BudPalmer
Bombardier: Ignatz Mouse
Navigator: hail eris
Engineer/Top Turret Gunner: JKLantern (2 kills)
Radio Operator:Shadow40
Ball Turret Gunner: JackAssterson
Port Waist Gunner:GroovyBoy
Starboard Waist Gunner: Thawmus
Tail Gunner: BigDaddyHub (1 kill)
RESERVES: AlienFlanders, Charlesx, DocDoom187, Space Jawa, Grinner, CurBludeon II
SUCCESSFUL MISSIONS: 1
ENEMY FIGHTERS DOWN: 3
KIA: JOH2005
INVALIDED HOME: CurBludgeon
I drove one off, and damaged two others? Why is my waist so busy???
JKLantern
08/24/2009, 11:15
Bang Bang J.K.'s sledge-o-matic came down upon their heads...
Actually, I'm not allowed to make that joke anymore. It creeps out my friends too much.
Ignatz_Mouse
08/24/2009, 11:17
Booyah! 60% you ratzis!
JackAssterson
08/24/2009, 11:21
And the evil of Miss Collette's is left to grow unchecked.
JKLantern
08/24/2009, 11:29
And the evil of Miss Collette's is left to grow unchecked.
Maybe Kal will make that bonus content. If we survive that long.
I vote we destroy a brewery next. To destroy Nazi morale!
BigDaddyHub
08/24/2009, 11:39
***wakes up****
Huh? we flew a mission??? Well, I got a nice nap in the back.
Hey! Who put this "kick me" sign on my back?
JKLantern
08/24/2009, 11:40
***wakes up****
Huh? we flew a mission??? Well, I got a nice nap in the back.
Hey! Who put this "kick me" sign on my back?
What? That was supposed to say, "I'm carrying cash!" Who screwed up?
And the evil of Miss Collette's is left to grow unchecked.
Yeah, I'd say we've had 1 UNsuccessful mission, and 2 successful missions.
Depending on what the objective is, here. I keep sleeping through the briefings.
hail_eris
08/24/2009, 11:51
I vote we destroy a brewery next. To destroy Nazi morale!
We're still hitting France at the moment. If we bombed a French brewery, the Germans would likely award all of us the Iron Cross for ensuring the purity of decent beer within Fortress Europe.
BigDaddyHub
08/24/2009, 11:53
Then we need to bomb the Iron Cross factory. Kalel...set your course. BudPalmer...make it so.
Then we need to bomb the Iron Cross factory. Kalel...set your course. BudPalmer...make it so.
You forgot "Engage!"
JKLantern
08/24/2009, 14:07
You forgot "Engage!"
*Loads the photons into the Top Turret*
This is gonna be a big boom, lads.
*Loads the photons into the Top Turret*
This is gonna be a big boom, lads.
*loads Phaser Cannons onto his waist*
Trick...or....TREAT, BABY!!!
JackAssterson
08/24/2009, 14:10
(while flying a mission)
Cap'n! There be Wales here!
HA!
JKLantern
08/24/2009, 14:14
(while flying a mission)
Cap'n! There be Wales here!
HA!
The rate our missions tend to go, not for long.
However, there will be a great amount of colorful metaphors.
BigDaddyHub
08/24/2009, 14:47
Phaser? I don't even know her!
Shadow40
08/24/2009, 17:06
Sweet! I knew we could finally have a successful mission.
charlesx
08/24/2009, 19:16
Still waiting in the officers' club, downing 5th after 5th, waiting for my turn to ride the burning skies!
BigDaddyHub
08/24/2009, 20:00
Um...Charles, you should probably let a doctor check on that "burning skies" thing. A little penicillin and you should be set.
JKLantern
08/24/2009, 20:10
Um...Charles, you should probably let a doctor check on that "burning skies" thing. A little penicillin and you should be set.
Depends on which "burning skies" he has, and whether it's his first case or not...
charlesx
08/24/2009, 20:53
Depends on which "burning skies" he has, and whether it's his first case or not...
Geez, fellas! I said "burning skies" not "burning thighs"!
Good ole Whiskey keeps them cooties away, don'cha know!
JKLantern
08/24/2009, 21:01
Geez, fellas! I said "burning skies" not "burning thighs"!
Good ole Whiskey keeps them cooties away, don'cha know!
Well, we do stock the good stuff...
Swarticus Prime
08/24/2009, 21:47
HUB, please let me know that you got my message.
Geez, fellas! I said "burning skies" not "burning thighs"!
Good ole Whiskey keeps them cooties away, don'cha know!
What the heck are you doin' pouring good whisky down there?
charlesx
08/25/2009, 06:44
What the heck are you doin' pouring good whisky down there?
It's purely for medicinal purposes. :cool:
JKLantern
08/25/2009, 13:37
It's purely for medicinal purposes. :cool:
Wait, do we have a doctor, or a corpsman, or something?
Wait, do we have a doctor, or a corpsman, or something?
There'd be a small hospital on our base with one or two doctors and a small staff. And, of course, there's be countless military hospitals of all sizes scattered about England.
JKLantern
08/25/2009, 15:24
There'd be a small hospital on our base with one or two doctors and a small staff. And, of course, there's be countless military hospitals of all sizes scattered about England.
Which one said he could dump the hooch down his pants?
You know, one application of hooch, I understand. But when you have to daily apply it, I'm wondering if maybe you should be sent home.
We're off to bomb the rail yards at Amiens this weekend. Some of us may not live to see the sun rise on Monday morning.
We're off to bomb the rail yards at Amiens this weekend. Some of us may not live to see the sun rise on Monday morning.
Yeah, some of those bar brawls are gettin' nasty, what with someone wasting all the whiskey...
charlesx
08/28/2009, 17:42
Yeah, some of those bar brawls are gettin' nasty, what with someone wasting all the whiskey...
I blame Kalel for not sending me up to fly some missions.
I also blame everyone on the plane who has not had the courtesy to get shot and give up their place to a fellow flyboy. :cool:
MISSON 4
Command is sending us back to Abbeville for another try at the air base there.
Zone 1: We take off
Zone 2: Over the Channel—no enemy activity.
Zone 3—Over the target and the weather is clear.
Two waves of enemy fighters sweep up to attack. But other bombers in our formation drive off the first wave, while our escorting Spitfires take care of the next wave.
We drop down for the bomb run. Anti-aircraft fire is a little dense, but we take no hits. Ignatz Mouse plants 40% of our bombs on target, shattering switching stations and de-railing box cars.
We turn for home.
Zone 3: A wave of five ME 109s attack. Our escorts only chase away one of them. GroovyBoy on the Port Waist gun drives another off with an extended burst, but when Thawmus tries the same trick with the Starboard Waist gun, the weapon jams and becomes useless. (“That’s what she said.”)
The three remaining 109s all score hits. The Port Wing Aileron is shot up—something that could make landing more difficult if the Starboard Aileron also goes out. The Pilot Compartment window is partially shattered (once again—not dangerous unless another hit takes it out completely) and BudPalmer’s oxygen system is damaged but remains operable.
The three planes come around for another attack run. BigDaddyHub on the Tail Guns damages one of them and the others score no hits.
Zone 2: Thawmus manages to clear the Starboard Waist gun, but there’s no enemy activity.
Zone 3: I don’t believe it—our home base is socked in with heavy cloud cover. Fortunately, the skilled pilots manage to put the plane down safely. The damage is patched up and we’re ready for the next mission.
Next time: The shortest possible mission—We’re going after the German fighter plane base at Cherbourg.
Pilot: Kalel21
Co-Pilot:BudPalmer
Bombardier: Ignatz Mouse
Navigator: hail eris
Engineer/Top Turret Gunner: JKLantern (2 kills)
Radio Operator:Shadow40
Ball Turret Gunner: JackAssterson
Port Waist Gunner:GroovyBoy
Starboard Waist Gunner: Thawmus
Tail Gunner: BigDaddyHub (1 kill)
RESERVES: AlienFlanders, Charlesx, DocDoom187, Space Jawa, Grinner, CurBludeon II
SUCCESSFUL MISSIONS: 2
ENEMY FIGHTERS DOWN: 3
KIA: JOH2005
INVALIDED HOME: CurBludgeon
Ignatz_Mouse
08/31/2009, 10:59
Take THAT!
I love being the bombadier. I don't get to shoot guns as often, true, but dropping bombs is a blast.
GroovyBoy
08/31/2009, 17:47
What's a brother gotta do to get a kill?!?!?
BudPalmer
08/31/2009, 18:29
What's a brother gotta do to get a kill?!?!?
Try shooting someone, you twit! ;)
JackAssterson
08/31/2009, 19:31
Try shooting someone, you twit! ;)
Are you someone?
JKLantern
08/31/2009, 21:07
Are you someone?
Only one way to be certain...
JackAssterson
08/31/2009, 21:46
Only one way to be certain...
Fire at will!
BigDaddyHub
08/31/2009, 22:53
Will ducks to the ground...looks around...
"What did I do?"
We're off to bomb the German fighter plane base at Cherbourg this weekend. This is the last "milk run" mission--after this, potential targets farther into France are added to our list of possible missions and we'll no longer be guarenteed the best quality of fighter escorts.
So this mission will only be really dangerous rather than insanely dangerous.
you need a FAC
Financial Assistance Corporation?
First Aid Counter?
Free All Coyotes.org?
Firemen Ate Cheese?
CurBludgeon
09/04/2009, 14:45
Looks like you already have a Flippantly Answered Contributor.
GroovyBoy
09/04/2009, 16:48
Finding a copy of this game not in an eBay auction is friggin impossible!
BigDaddyHub
09/04/2009, 23:01
forward air control.
Funniest one yet!!!
All I know is, that jamming was just a farce. I just didn't feel that the enemy planes...."motivated" me enough for me to use my waist. So I just didn't, that's all.
*takes a pill*
What? :angry:
charlesx
09/07/2009, 00:05
Dude, port waist gun jamming is a given. I should know. Been there. Why do you think I am at the officer's club??
Dude, port waist gun jamming is a given. I should know. Been there. Why do you think I am at the officer's club??
Because the chicks are there, and not in the skies??
MISSON 5
Today, we’re going to plaster the German airbase at Cherbourg.
Zone 1: We take off
Zone 2: Over the Channel—no enemy activity.
Zone 3—Over the target and the weather is clear.
An FW 190 and a twin-engined ME 110 come up to attack us, but our escorts drive both planes off.
We drop down for the bomb run. The flak is light and we take no hits.
But Ignatz Mouse’s aim is off today. Our bombs miss the target, instead blowing up the pet puppy of the pathetic young war orphan Jean.
We turn for home.
Zone 3: Three FW 190s attack. The Spitfires drive away one and another misses us. hail eris slightly damages the last 190 with the Starboard Waist Gun, but it still manages to score a hit on our starboard wing’s outboard fuel tank. For a frightening moment, we are one unlucky die roll away from burning death.
But fortunately, the self-seal function on the tanks work and we keep going.
The damaged 190 comes around for another run, but Ignatz Mouse chews it up a little more with the Nose gun. It limps away for home.
Zone 2: Back over the Channel. No enemy activity.
Zone 1: Back home and the weather is BAD again over our base. Fortunately, the pilot and co-pilot are getting quite good at putting us down safely in foggy weather.
Next time, we go a little farther into France to hit the rail yards at Rouen. We’ll still be within our fighter escort umbrella for the entire mission, but there’s no guarantee that the fighter cover will be as effective as it has been during the first five missions. Our milk runs are over.
Pilot: Kalel21
Co-Pilot:BudPalmer
Bombardier: Ignatz Mouse
Navigator: hail eris
Engineer/Top Turret Gunner: JKLantern (2 kills)
Radio Operator:Shadow40
Ball Turret Gunner: JackAssterson
Port Waist Gunner:GroovyBoy
Starboard Waist Gunner: Thawmus
Tail Gunner: BigDaddyHub (1 kill)
RESERVES: AlienFlanders, Charlesx, DocDoom187, Space Jawa, Grinner, CurBludeon II
SUCCESSFUL MISSIONS: 2
ENEMY FIGHTERS DOWN: 3
KIA: JOH2005
INVALIDED HOME: CurBludgeon
JackAssterson
09/07/2009, 12:30
That puppy was a spy.
JKLantern
09/07/2009, 14:27
That puppy was a spy.
Brad Pitt told me to bring him a hundred puppy pelts.
JackAssterson
09/07/2009, 16:51
Brad Pitt told me to bring him a hundred puppy pelts.
And he WANTS his pelts.
BigDaddyHub
09/07/2009, 17:16
That puppy was a spy.
Yeah...OUR spy! Friendly furry fire!
JackAssterson
09/07/2009, 17:18
Friendly furry fire!
Sounds like a headline from an anime convention. One with substandard wiring and gregarious attendees.
BigDaddyHub
09/07/2009, 23:18
I AM A UNICORN AND I OWN MECHWARRIOR!!!!!!
Hey, next time we miss a target...let's bomb him!
That puppy was a spy.
Agreed. I saw a Sniper standing next to it the whole time, yelling, "Oy! That there poppy is a spuy!!!"
[/TF2 joke]
Ignatz_Mouse
09/08/2009, 10:03
I guess no more drinking in the air for me. Lucky thing that puppy was a spy.
We're off to bomb railroad tracks and The Little Engine That Could at Rouen this weekend. It's a little farther into France than any of our previous missions and there's no guarentee that the over-stretched Royal Air Force will continue to provide us with effective fighter support.
GroovyBoy
09/11/2009, 17:00
Okay, I finally have a copy of B-17, Queen of the Skies. Guess who's taking over when Kalel gets all busy?
BudPalmer
09/11/2009, 17:13
Okay, I finally have a copy of B-17, Queen of the Skies. Guess who's taking over when Kalel gets all busy?
Edgar Allan Poe?
Okay, I finally have a copy of B-17, Queen of the Skies. Guess who's taking over when Kalel gets all busy?
I'm guessing that after he reports the invasion of his privacy to the police, it won't be you.
MISSON 6
Today, we’re going to hit the rail yard at Rouen. And, by golly, it’s going to be a bloody one.
Zone 1: We take off. The increased number of bombers now being sent on missions has two effects. First, there are now high, middle and low squadrons. We get put in a low squadron this time, making us more likely to be attacked by enemy fighters. Also, the escorting Spitfires are stretched thin—they might not always be around when we need them.
Zone 2: Over the Channel—a few enemy fighters are present, but they’re driven off by other bombers in our formation.
Zone 3—3 ME 109s and a single FW 190 attack us. Our escorts are around this time and manage to drive off two of the enemy. The other two weave through our defensive fire, but themselves miss when they open fire on us.
Zone 4—Over the target—but the STUPID weather is STUPID cloudy again so we can’t see the STUPID rail yard!!! ARRRGGGGHHH—I hate my dice.
Three waves of enemy fighters come at us.
The first wave consists of one FW 190 and two ME 109s. There are no Spitfires in sight, so we’re on our own.
Thawmus on the Starboard Waist gun wracks up his first kill, taking out one of the 109s. The other enemy planes miss us and fly off.
The second wave consists of two 109s. One of them manages to score some hits, riddling the Pilot Compartment with machine gun fire. Brave and loyal Kalel21 is seriously wounded. BudPalmer in the Co-Pilot seat is lightly wounded, but manages to take control of the plane.
The 109 makes another pass at us, but misses.
The last wave has a single ME 109 coming in at us from 6 o’clock high. The Top Turret, Tail Turret and Radio Room gunners all blast away at this relatively easy target, but all miss. In return, the German plane scores hits on both our wings, knocking out the Port Aileron and damaging the Starboard Wing Root. (Too many hits there and our wing falls off.)
The 109 loops around for another pass. In an astonishing display of poor marksmanship, none of our gunners manage to score any hits. His fire chews up the Starboard Wing Root a little more.
He makes a third pass at us, but thankfully misses.
We drop down for the bomb run. The flak is light and we take no hits. But that darn cloud cover means we miss the target. Instead, our bombs wreck the home in which Sgt. Fury and the Howling Commandos were hiding out from the Gestapo after their last mission. Sgt. Fury takes a nasty eye wound that will eventually require him to wear a patch.
We turn for home.
Zone 4: Three more waves of enemy planes whiz in towards us.
The first wave consists of four ME 109s. Our less-than-superb marksmanship continues and we score no hits on them. Three of them get hits—much of the damage is superficial, but the plexiglass Nose section is perforated multiple times. Ignatz Mouse is killed and hail eris is badly wounded.
The planes come around for another pass. JKLantern in the Top Turret gets one of them, while GroovyBoy on the Port Waist gun damages another. But the damaged plane scores another hit on the Nose. Bullets slam into the unconscious hail eris, finishing him off.
The second wave contains 2 109s, but they score no hits against us.
The last wave of enemy fighters include a single twin-engine ME 110 as well as two more ME 109s. A Spitfire happens by and chases off one of the 109s. The remaining planes weave through our defensive fire, but score no hits against us.
Zone 3: A single wave of three FW 190s attack. A Spitefire chases off one of them. The Starboard Waist gun jams on Thawmus as he fires on another. It scores some hits on us.
JKLantern in the Top Turret is lightly wounded, but remains in action. But JackAssterson in the Ball Turret (whose alternate self once survived 25 straight missions) is killed when a 20mm cannon shell intersects with his skull. Very messy. Someone is going to have to hose out the turret after the mission.
Also, the tail wheel is shot off, making landing this kite a much trickier proposition.
The 190 comes around for another pass and scores a hit on the Radio Room, knocking out the heat. Fortunately, we have enough dead people on board to prevent this from being a problem—Shadow40 moves up to the Nose and plugs into one of the heating units there.
The 190 makes one more pass at us, but misses.
Zone 2: Thawmus pulls back the firing bolt of his gun repeatedly, but the jam will not clear. In the meantime, four FW 190s attack us. Our escorts drive away one, and GroovyBoy on the Port Waist gun scores a kill. The remaining enemy fighters miss us and fly off.
Zone 1: Back home and the weather is clear. BudPalmer manages to land the plane safely, leaving a trail of sparks behind us as the tail section drags along the runway.
BudPalmer and JKLantern are patched up, given Purple Hearts and sent back to duty.
But Kalel21 is too seriously wounded. He survives, but gets sent home. How you’ll all survive without his inspirational leadership is beyond me.
BudPalmer is promoted to Pilot. Our reserves are nearly depleted as Space Jawa is brought on board as the new Co-Pilot, Grinner is our THIRD bombardier, Charlesx takes over the Ball Turret and AlienFlanders is made navigator.
The plane is patched up and made ready for the next mission—a quick trip across the channel to bomb the fighter base at Abbeville.
Pilot: BudPalmer
Co-Pilot: Space Jawa
Bombardier: Grinner
Navigator: AlienFlanders
Engineer/Top Turret Gunner: JKLantern (3 kills)
Radio Operator:Shadow40
Ball Turret Gunner: Charlesx
Port Waist Gunner:GroovyBoy (1 kill)
Starboard Waist Gunner: Thawmus (1 kill)
Tail Gunner: BigDaddyHub (1 kill)
RESERVES: DocDoom187, CurBludeon II
SUCCESSFUL MISSIONS: 2
ENEMY FIGHTERS DOWN: 6
KIA: JOH2005, Ignatz Mouse, hail eris, JackAssterson
INVALIDED HOME: CurBludgeon,Kalel21
JackAssterson
09/14/2009, 00:17
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn_iz8z2AGw
:sleep:
JKLantern
09/14/2009, 00:19
Just like in real life, I'm too damn ornery to die.
JackAssterson
09/14/2009, 00:20
At least I got Fury before I went.
(He was a spy)
JKLantern
09/14/2009, 00:21
At least I got Fury before I went.
(He was a spy)
I thought Rock was the spy.
AlienFlanders
09/14/2009, 00:24
To paraphrase Dorothy Parker:
"Me109s seldom make passes at B17s flying high in formations."
JackAssterson
09/14/2009, 00:27
I thought Rock was the spy.
They're all in league with that puppy and Miss Collette.
JKLantern
09/14/2009, 00:29
They're all in league with that puppy and Miss Collette.
Those BASTARDS!
I'll bring some Nazi scalps to decorate your grave with. That's what they get for breaking up Jack and Lantern! NO MORE MISTER NICE MUTANT! :angry:
Ignatz_Mouse
09/14/2009, 00:54
hail's kid and mine can play together at the Widow's Luncheons.
I got a kill....I GOT A KILL!!!!
*LEVEL UP!* (http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002305)
BudPalmer
09/14/2009, 10:44
See, Kal, if you had just let me be the pilot, I'd be the one going home instead of leading the crew on the next mission. You totally blew it! :rolleyes:
See, Kal, if you had just let me be the pilot, I'd be the one going home instead of leading the crew on the next mission. You totally blew it! :rolleyes:
So you get to fly into deadly, horrible danger every day, almost certain to die a painful death or rot in a prison camp-- while I get to go home where it's safe and be admired as a wounded "war hero."
Yeah, I blew it all right.
:laugh:
BigDaddyHub
09/14/2009, 13:28
I now have PTSD after reading that recap.
I will now self-medicate with glue.
BudPalmer
09/14/2009, 13:31
Don't use a plastic bag this time!
Space Jawa
09/14/2009, 13:52
*Wakes ups, yawns, scratches, and stretches*
What's that you say? I'm in the co-pilots seat now? Guess I better prepare.
*Tosses a half-empty bottle over shoulder*
I think I should be safely sober by the time I take my first mission.
JKLantern
09/14/2009, 14:39
*Wakes ups, yawns, scratches, and stretches*
What's that you say? I'm in the co-pilots seat now? Guess I better prepare.
*Tosses a half-empty bottle over shoulder*
I think I should be safely sober by the time I take my first mission.
Want my Emergency Rum? I'm astonished that it survived the weekend and have no plans on using it*.
*This sentence is actually true. I had brought it back from a friend's room because we were pretty sure it would've "mysteriously vanished" while she was out of town, and my brother was coming to visit. Turns out he didn't want rum, so I got him a 12 pack of Newcastle and a pint of Sam Smith's Imperial Stout. As a result, he didn't touch the emergency rum, and it's sitting next to my laptop.
BigDaddyHub
09/14/2009, 16:37
.
*This sentence is actually true. I had brought it back from a friend's room because we were pretty sure it would've "mysteriously vanished" while she was out of town, and my brother was coming to visit. Turns out he didn't want rum, so I got him a 12 pack of Newcastle and a pint of Sam Smith's Imperial Stout. As a result, he didn't touch the emergency rum, and it's sitting next to my laptop.
This is at least 3X more interesting than any mafia games I have encountered.
JKLantern
09/14/2009, 16:45
He drank around two thirds of the twelve pack and all of the Imperial Stout over the course of Friday afternoon and night. Saturday, he got the Giant Mug over at the movie tavern. He was very happy.
EmperorNorton
09/14/2009, 17:16
He wouldn't be if he knew what Imperial Stout is actually made from.
JackAssterson
09/14/2009, 17:21
He wouldn't be if he knew what Imperial Stout is actually made from.
Stout Imperials?
No more bartending duty for me, then.
Although given the continuous cloud cover, do we really need a bombardier?
AlienFlanders
09/15/2009, 00:11
No more bartending duty for me, then.
Although given the continuous cloud cover, do we really need a bombardier?
We do if we want to hit on Miss Collette's spy school for puppies.
Space Jawa
09/15/2009, 12:37
We do if we want to hit on Miss Collette's spy school for puppies.
And just which one of those are you hoping you can convince to date you?
JKLantern
09/15/2009, 13:19
And just which one of those are you hoping you can convince to date you?
Which one makes a bigger explosion?
CurBludgeon
09/15/2009, 13:58
No more bartending duty for me, then.
Although given the continuous cloud cover, do we really need a bombardier?
My late balls would also like to ask that question. :cheeky:
charlesx
09/15/2009, 23:02
Yay me in the ball turret!! Woo hoo!!!
BigDaddyHub
09/15/2009, 23:20
Hey Charles...good luck.
From my mother's sleep I fell into the State,
And I hunched in its belly till my wet fur froze.
Six miles from earth, loosed from the dream of life,
I woke to black flak and the nightmare fighters.
When I died they washed me out of the turret with a hose.
The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner
by Randall Jarrell
TAILGUNNER FOR LIFE!!!!
GroovyBoy
09/16/2009, 17:42
W00t! A kill! My first of 17...
If new pilot BudPalmer hasn't misplaced the keys to the plane, you'll be flying off to hit the fighter base at Abbeville this weekend.
BudPalmer
09/18/2009, 13:01
Don't worry, I hid a set in a hide-a-key under the rear stabilizer!
JKLantern
09/18/2009, 15:24
Pretty sure that makes Bud a Brevet Captain, since I know my brother in law had to be promoted to Captain before being able to take the tests to become Aircraft commander.
So, Cap'n Bud, do we want to plunder anything?
BudPalmer
09/18/2009, 18:24
Yarrrr, not 'til tomorrow!
MISSON 7
Today, we’re going after the fighter base at Abbeville. We’re assigned to the low squadron again. What with our target being a FIGHTER base, that means we’re going to shot at a lot.
Zone 1: We take off.
Zone 2: Over the Channel. An FW 190 and a twin-engined ME 110 both move in to attack, but some escorting Spitfires wander by and chase them off.
Zone 3—Over the target and the weather is FINALLY clear. A single ME 109 dives down on us from above. He nails us, but the damage is superficial. He comes around for another pass, but both our defensive fire and his own fire all miss.
We drop down for the bomb run. The flak is light and we take no hits. Grinner, our new bombardier, has slightly wonky aim—but manages to plant 5% of our bombs on target, pock-marking a landing strip with craters. It’s good enough to rack this mission up as “successful”—providing the plane gets back intact.
We turn for home.
Zone 3: 2 waves of enemy fighters come up to attack us. The first consists of no less than five FW 190s. There isn’t a single escort in sight.
But BigDaddyHub on the Tail Guns scores his second kill by knocking down one of them. Groovyboy on the Port Waist gun drives off another with an extended burst.
Of the three remaining 190s, one of them scores hits. The radio is knocked out (which only as an ill-effect if we ever have to leave formation.) The Ball Turret is knocked out. Our new Ball Gunner, Charlesx, is unhurt, but he hadn't even gotten to fire a single shot yet.
The 190 comes around for another pass, but Grinner damages him with a burst from the Nose Gun, sending him limping home.
The second wave of fighters has three FW 190s. A Spitfire chases one away. The other two miss us when they attack.
Zone 2: Once again, a wave of five FW 190s gang up on us. Our escorts get one. Grinner damages another, as does Groovyboy. But one of the remaining 190s, coming in from our 6 o’clock, rakes us from stern to stem, scoring hits all along the plane.
One of these hits includes BigDaddyHub’s cardio-vascular system, killing him instantly.
The Port Waist gun is knocked out.
The bomb bay doors are jammed shut (A meaningless hit since our bombs are already gone.)
The control cables leading from the Pilot Compartment to the rudder are damaged.
The Norden bomb sight is destroyed. (Another bit of harmless damage at this point.)
The 190 comes around for yet another attack from our rear. Once again, he evades our defensive fire and scores multiple hits.
The tail wheel is shot off.
Another hit to the control cables snaps them completely Now BudPalmer and Space Jawa no longer have control over the rudder and elevators at the tail of the plane, forcing them to partially maneuver by revving up the engines at different speeds.
The Starboard Wing Root is hit. Enough hits there will cause the wing to rip off.
The flap on the Port Wing is knocked out, adding to maneuverability problems.
The #2 engine is hit and begins leaking oil.
The 190 comes around for yet another pass, but AlienFlanders damages him with the Starboard Cheek gun, finally causing the pesky plane to limp home.
Zone 1: We arrive home. The oil leak in the #2 engine causes it to shut down. But despite this and the other damage (control cables, tail wheel and flap) that all make landing a dangerous and uncertain proposition, BudPalmer and Space Jawa manage to land the plane safely.
DocDoom187 is brought out of the reserves as the new Tail Gunner. Once again, the ground crew work round the clock getting our badly damaged plane ready for another mission. Next time: We go after the shipyard at Rotterdam.
Pilot: BudPalmer
Co-Pilot: Space Jawa
Bombardier: Grinner
Navigator: AlienFlanders
Engineer/Top Turret Gunner: JKLantern (3 kills)
Radio Operator:Shadow40
Ball Turret Gunner: Charlesx
Port Waist Gunner:GroovyBoy (1 kill)
Starboard Waist Gunner: Thawmus (1 kill)
Tail Gunner: DocDoom187
RESERVES: CurBludeon II
SUCCESSFUL MISSIONS: 3
ENEMY FIGHTERS DOWN: 7
KIA: JOH2005, Ignatz Mouse, hail eris, JackAssterson, BigDaddyHub
INVALIDED HOME: CurBludgeon, Kalel21
DO ANY OF YOU DEAD GUYS WANT TO SIGN UP ANY IDENTICAL TWIN COUSINS OR ANY SONS TO THE RESERVES? WE'RE RUNNING LOW!!!
Am I the only one who feels that a bunch of us cheated death today????
Sorry about BDH, but criminey they shot the HELL out of us. :confused:
JackAssterson
09/20/2009, 22:56
John Collette Assterson, farmboy from Iowa with a dark secret in his past will join the reserves.
When (not if) I perish, my evil twin brother Sumwaht will be ready to board the plane and sabotage it.
I mean.......he'll board the plane and help out...
I honestly don't know what he'd do. :nervous:
BigDaddyHub
09/20/2009, 23:09
Ashes to Ashes...Dust to Dust...BigDaddyHub is no more
P-DiddyHub will join up to avenge his fallen mentor.
Whoo-hoo! The drunken bombardier actually puts some bombs on target *and* hits enemy fighters!
Space Jawa
09/21/2009, 00:45
Another hit to the control cables snaps them completely Now BudPalmer and Space Jawa no longer have control over the rudder and elevators at the tail of the plane, forcing them to partially maneuver by revving up the engines at different speeds.
Zone 1: We arrive home. The oil leak in the #2 engine causes it to shut down. But despite this and the other damage (control cables, tail wheel and flap) that all make landing a dangerous and uncertain proposition, BudPalmer and Space Jawa manage to land the plane safely.
Who 'da Men? We 'da Men! You know what they call successfully pulling off a piloting and landing job like that? Skills! :m-wing::m-dolphin-trans:
High Five, Bud!:a-duo:
GroovyBoy
09/21/2009, 03:17
If you guys think that was bad:
Since getting my copy of B17, I've started a campaign at home to learn the rules. I played my 7th mission this weekend, and - what do you know? - I went to bomb Abbeville.
We lost our radio and navigational gear, which may have been bad, considering how much we were getting our butts kicked in. With mostly poor and fair fighter cover, we flew into a nest of enemy fighters that managed to take out our top turret, port cheek, and tail guns. They also lightly wounded the pilot and bombardier, seriously wounded the starboard waist gunner, and killed the co-pilot and port waist gunner. Never mind the fact that a 109 almost blew up the bombs while they were still in the plane. By the time we made it home, we had the engineer acting as co-pilot, and the tail gunner and radio man manning the port and starboard waist guns.
The only thing that went right was planting 40% of the bombs right on target.
Man, those 7th missions are brutal...
BudPalmer
09/21/2009, 06:06
High Five, Bud!:a-duo:
We are pretty terrific! :cool:
JackAssterson
09/21/2009, 06:13
We are pretty terrific! :cool:
Famous last words. :eek:
BudPalmer
09/21/2009, 07:35
No, "I drank what?!?" are famous last words.
JKLantern
09/21/2009, 09:59
No, "I drank what?!?" are famous last words.
I personally think that, "They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist-" would be some pretty appropriate ones for this game.
hail_eris
09/21/2009, 11:26
I personally think that, "They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist-" would be some pretty appropriate ones for this game.
[ghostly voice]Well, only if we decide to start bombing the filthy Rebels down in Richmond. Thank you, General Sedgwick, for contributing that bit of fatal hubris to the annals of military history.[/ghostly voice]
[ghostly voice]Well, only if we decide to start bombing the filthy Rebels down in Richmond. Thank you, General Sedgwick, for contributing that bit of fatal hubris to the annals of military history.[/ghostly voice]
I like Captain Bucky O'Neill's almost-last words--from just before the Rough Riders charge up San Juan Hill:
'Sergeant, the Spanish bullet isn't made that will kill me.'
A few minutes later, a Spanish bullet hit him in the mouth and came out the back of his head.
DarkCorsair
09/21/2009, 13:43
I like Captain Bucky O'Neill's almost-last words--from just before the Rough Riders charge up San Juan Hill:
'Sergeant, the Spanish bullet isn't made that will kill me.'
A few minutes later, a Spanish bullet hit him in the mouth and came out the back of his head.
Well, in the words of Bucky O'Hare: "Let's croak us some toads!"
That can be loosely assumed to be me signing up to fight some Nazis.
We go up this weekend to bomb the shipyard at Rotterdam. Will we need all these new reserves afterwards? Or will we finally have a bloodless mission?
Oh, it's going to be a bloody mission. Oh yes, it will be bloody. MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Just who the hell DO YOU THINK I AM??? :angry:
MISSON 8
Today, it’s off to the Netherlands to hit the shipyard at Rotterdam. This time, we’re placed in the middle squadron—a relatively safe position as it reduces the number of enemy fighters that might reach us.
Zone 1: We take off.
Zone 2: Over the Channel. No enemy fighters encounters.
Zone 3—Still no enemy fighters.
Zone 4: Over the target and the weather is good. But two waves of enemy fighters come up to meet us.
The first wave consists of 5 FW 190s. We’ve got good fighter escort coverage today and the Spitfires chase off two of the enemy. AlienFlanders shoots down another with the Port Cheek Gun.
One of the remaining 190s scores some superficial hits on our port wing. The Spitfires drive him off before he can come around for a second try at us.
The second wave of fighters actually turns out to be an exceedingly rare Random Event. In this case, it turns out our squadron is flying in a particularly tight formation, reducing the chance of enemy fighters appearing even farther.
We drop down for the bomb run. Anti-aircraft fire is light and we take no hits. (Incredibly, I don’t think we’ve taken a single AA hit so far. Knock on wood.)
But Grinner is still new at his job and his aim is off. Our bombs miss the target, instead accidentally sink the small fishing boat belonging to Sven Svenson, who just got back from his father's funeral to find a Dear John letter from his girl, then decided to take his mind off his troubles by going fishing. Whoops.
We turn for home.
Zone 4: Two twin-engined ME 110s attack us. Our escorts chase away one, while Charlesx in the Ball Turret blows the other out of the sky.
Zone 3: A single FW 190 screams down on us from above, but misses.
Zone 2: No enemy fighters appear.
Zone 1: Back home and the weather is fine. Bud and S. Jawa easily land the plane and the few minor holes in the port wing are quickly patched up.
That may have been the easiest mission yet, though we’re now only 3 out of 8 as far as actually hitting the target is concerned. Next time, we’ll head out to smash the aircraft factory at Meaulte. Only two more missions before targets deep in France and even in Germany itself opens up as potential missions—all far beyond our fighter escort umbrella.
Pilot: BudPalmer
Co-Pilot: Space Jawa
Bombardier: Grinner
Navigator: AlienFlanders (1 kill)
Engineer/Top Turret Gunner: JKLantern (3 kills)
Radio Operator:Shadow40
Ball Turret Gunner: Charlesx (1 kill)
Port Waist Gunner:GroovyBoy (1 kill)
Starboard Waist Gunner: Thawmus (1 kill)
Tail Gunner: DocDoom187
RESERVES: CarBludgeon, J.C. Assterson, Sumwath, P-DiddyHub, DarkCorsair
SUCCESSFUL MISSIONS: 3
ENEMY FIGHTERS DOWN: 9
KIA: JOH2005, Ignatz Mouse, hail eris, JackAssterson, BigDaddyHub
INVALIDED HOME: CurBludgeon, Kalel21
Stupid fighter escort. All I want is another 8 kills, and they have to keep the enemy planes away from me! :(
JKLantern
09/28/2009, 12:14
MISSON 8
But Grinner is still new at his job and his aim is off. Our bombs miss the target, instead accidentally sink the small fishing boat belonging to Sven Svenson, who just got back from his father's funeral to find a Dear John letter from his girl, then decided to take his mind off his troubles by going fishing. Whoops.
Well, at least we put him out of his misery. I count that as a success.
We fly Mission #9 this weekend, hitting the aircraft factory at Meaulte. I have a feeling I've cursed us by mentioning in the last mission report that we have yet to be hit by anti-aircraft fire. We'll see.
BudPalmer
10/02/2009, 13:11
Good! I'll go get dru... er I mean ready!
MISSON 9
Today, we hit the aircraft factory at Meaulte, in what will be both our most successful and most boring mission.
Zone 1: We take off.
Zone 2: Over the Channel. No enemy fighters encounters.
Zone 3—Over the target and the weather is good. Also, our fighter escorts perform superbly. 2 waves of enemy fighters attack, but not a single one gets through to us.
We drop down for the bomb run. There’s no flack at all and Grinner is able to plant an amazing 98% of the bombs on the target, shattering factory buildings and tearing apart assembly lines.
We turn for home.
Zone 3: Two ME 109s and a single ME 110 attack. This time, there’s no Spitfires nearby to drive them off. But two of the attacking planes miss us. The third is damaged by Grinner with fire from the Nose gun. His return fire manages to hit our Nose compartment before he pulls away to fly home, destroying the bomb controls. Since we’ve already dropped the bombs, this has no ill-effect.
Zone 2: No enemy fighters appear.
Zone 1: Back home and the weather is fine. The plane lands without problem. It was a largely dull and uneventful mission, but we managed to blow stuff up real good.
Next time, we’ll hit the rail yard at Rouen. This will be the last mission before the whole of Western Europe opens up as a potential target area. So only one more milk run to go.
Pilot: BudPalmer
Co-Pilot: Space Jawa
Bombardier: Grinner
Navigator: AlienFlanders (1 kill)
Engineer/Top Turret Gunner: JKLantern (3 kills)
Radio Operator:Shadow40
Ball Turret Gunner: Charlesx (1 kill)
Port Waist Gunner:GroovyBoy (1 kill)
Starboard Waist Gunner: Thawmus (1 kill)
Tail Gunner: DocDoom187
RESERVES: CarBludgeon, J.C. Assterson, Sumwath, P-DiddyHub, DarkCorsair
SUCCESSFUL MISSIONS: 4
ENEMY FIGHTERS DOWN: 9
KIA: JOH2005, Ignatz Mouse, hail eris, JackAssterson, BigDaddyHub
INVALIDED HOME: CurBludgeon, Kalel21
Shadow40
10/04/2009, 23:08
Way to go Grinner!
Wow. Did you roll all 6's this time around or something???
JackAssterson
10/04/2009, 23:21
98%?!?
OMG HAX!!1!
Seriously, that's like...wow. I applaud Grinner in the hopes that if I need to bomb someone someday, he'll be willing.
Grinner is able to plant an amazing 98% of the bombs on the target
:eek::eek::eek:
Holy Moley! I don't think I've ever seen those kind of numbers in all the times you've run this!
:eek::eek::eek:
Holy Moley! I don't think I've ever seen those kind of numbers in all the times you've run this!
I rolled double sixes on the bomb hit chart, which gives a "88% + 2d6" result. Then I rolled a 10, which gave us the monumental 98%. If I remember correctly, no other result on that chart allows more than 50% success.
JKLantern
10/05/2009, 10:54
Grinner, this round's on me.
Ignatz_Mouse
10/05/2009, 10:58
Awesome.
Tip o' the ghostly bombadier hat to you, sir.
So, does that mean the Nazis quit now? I mean, we can always bluff that we could do this any day we wanted to. That would stop them, right? :noid:
In what will be our last milk run before all of Western Europe opens up as a potential target area (and we start being sent out farther than our fighter escorts can fly), we head back to Rouen to bomb the rail yard there. Will we have another easy and successful mission--or will we all die horrible, painful deaths?
BigDaddyHub
10/09/2009, 12:18
Horrible Deaths!!! Horrible Deaths!!!
MISSON 10
Today, we hit the rail yard at Rouen.
Zone 1: We take off.
Zone 2: Over the Channel. No enemy fighters encountered.
Zone 3: Five FW 190s attack us, but the Spitfires are really on the job today and chase away three of them. The remaining two avoid our defensive fire, but miss us in turn. When one of the 190s whips by us, DocDoom187 blows him out of the sky with the Tail guns.
Zone 4: Over the Target and the weather is good. What’s more, other bombers in our formation drive off the enemy fighters before they can attack us.
We drop down for the bomb run. For the first time, we take a hit from anti-aircraft fire. Shrapnel rips into the Ball Turret. Charlesx is unhurt, but his guns are damaged beyond repair.
We drop down for the bomb run. But the shake-up we took from the AA hits spoils Grinner’s aim. Our bombs are all off target, instead badly damaging the recently opened Rouen branch of Miss Collette’s Finishing School for Young Girls.
We turn for home.
Zone 4: A single ME 109 approaches us, but our escorts drive it off.
Zone 3: No enemy fighters.
Zone 2: No enemy fighters.
Zone 1: Back home and the weather is good. We land safely. BudPalmer now has 10 missions under his belt as either pilot or co-pilot, making him an expert (which gives us a bonus on our landing rolls in the future.) The damaged ball turret is replaced, readying us for the next mission.
And the next mission will be going after the U-Boat pens at Brest. That’s 6 zones out—2 zones past the range of our fighter escorts. And U-Boat pens usually have particularly heavy anti-aircraft coverage.
In other words, there’s a good chance you’ll all be dead by this time next week.
Pilot: BudPalmer (expert pilot)
Co-Pilot: Space Jawa
Bombardier: Grinner
Navigator: AlienFlanders (1 kill)
Engineer/Top Turret Gunner: JKLantern (3 kills)
Radio Operator:Shadow40
Ball Turret Gunner: Charlesx (1 kill)
Port Waist Gunner:GroovyBoy (1 kill)
Starboard Waist Gunner: Thawmus (1 kill)
Tail Gunner: DocDoom187 (1 kill)
RESERVES: CarBludgeon, J.C. Assterson, Sumwath, P-DiddyHub, DarkCorsair
SUCCESSFUL MISSIONS: 4
ENEMY FIGHTERS DOWN: 10
KIA: JOH2005, Ignatz Mouse, hail eris, JackAssterson, BigDaddyHub
INVALIDED HOME: CurBludgeon, Kalel21
And the next mission will be going after the U-Boat pens at Brest. That’s 6 zones out—2 zones past the range of our fighter escorts. And U-Boat pens usually have particularly heavy anti-aircraft coverage.
In other words, there’s a good chance you’ll all be dead by this time next week.
Is there uh....is there any way we can...y'know? Not go? :nervous:
CurBludgeon
10/11/2009, 20:33
Is there uh....is there any way we can...y'know? Not go? :nervous:
Have you read Catch-22?
Ignatz_Mouse
10/12/2009, 05:06
One of my offspring would be happy to go in anybody's place!
One of my offspring would be happy to go in anybody's place!
Want me to add Milton Mouse to the reserve list?
Ignatz_Mouse
10/12/2009, 05:38
Please do! Marshall and Irving can sign up later if need be.
Whoo-hoo! Hit the Finishing School! Bonus pay from the OSS!
Gentlegamer
10/12/2009, 06:39
I retired after my spectacularly successful bombing run a while back . . . should I make a come back and tempt fate?
I retired after my spectacularly successful bombing run a while back . . . should I make a come back and tempt fate?
I can put you in the reserves if you want.
hail_eris
10/12/2009, 07:54
As we're likely to be seeing some bloody missions in the coming weeks, my royalist cousin "hail_sire" would like to join the reserves.
Gentlegamer
10/12/2009, 07:58
I can put you in the reserves if you want.I'm in! At the rate you go through volunteers I'll be back in the air in no time.
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