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Nonstandard Missile @attritionmaxxer.bsky.social · 24/03/2024

Everything will kill you, so choose something fun - Triskelan Naval Aviation FAU Trident MR.1 loaded for fleet defense, somewhere over the Inner Sea, exercise LINKEX 67

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Nonstandard Missile @attritionmaxxer.bsky.social · 24/03/2024

The altitude? A hundred cubits AGL. The speed? M 0.95. The opposition? Unaware. The weapons? Locked in.

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Nonstandard Missile @attritionmaxxer.bsky.social · 24/03/2024

Memories of shattered cities mined ports leveled airbases factories and craters and Iodine pills given to children, legacy of a fraying colonial order, bent but far from broken, uneasy new world order /// FAU Trident supersonic short takeoff combat aircraft 965

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Nonstandard Missile @attritionmaxxer.bsky.social · 24/03/2024

IN CASE THE MANEUVER WE ARE ABOUT TO PERFORM CAUSES UNEASE OR HORROR, WE WISH TO REMIND YOU OF THE FOLLOWING POINTS THAT THE ENEMY IS NOT LIKE US THAT YOUR BODY IS CAPABLE OF WITHSTANDING LOADS THE AIRFRAME CANNOT AND THAT SOME ELEMENTS WITHIN OUR TARGET SET MAY REQUIRE ONE-WAY FLIGHTS TO ADDRESS

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Nonstandard Missile @attritionmaxxer.bsky.social · 24/03/2024

IF EXTRACTION DOES NOT OCCUR PRESENTLY, YOU ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN IN SHELTER AND TEST ALL WATER AND FOOD BEFORE CONSUMING YOU CANNOT SEE THE DANGER DO NOT LOOK AT THE SKY

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Nonstandard Missile @attritionmaxxer.bsky.social · 24/03/2024

IN THE EVENT OF HULL LOSS, YOUR SURVIVAL KIT CONTAINS ONE (1) RADIO, (1) HANDGUN, THREE THOUSAND (3000) REALS IN GOLD BULLION, SIXTEEN (16) CONDOMS, A MAP OF EASTERN SERENITY AND A MONTH'S SUPPLY OF IODINE PILLS IF YOU ARE SHOT DOWN, SET YOUR RADIO TO SAR FREQUENCIES AND AWAIT EXTRACTION

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Nonstandard Missile @attritionmaxxer.bsky.social · 24/03/2024

WE WILL BEGIN OUR DESCENT IN THIRTY-FIVE MINUTES, BE MINDFUL OF DANGERS AND REMEMBER YOUR SAFETY COURSE

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Nonstandard Missile @attritionmaxxer.bsky.social · 24/03/2024

THIS IS YOUR CAPTAIN SPEAKING; TO YOUR LEFT YOU CAN SEE THE EKATONESE AND THE SHORES OF THE INNER SEA - WE ARE ACCELERATING TO INSERTION SPEED, PLEASE ENSURE THAT WHEN TIME COMES YOUR HELMET FILTERS ARE ENGAGED

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Nonstandard Missile @attritionmaxxer.bsky.social · 24/03/2024

BOMBER DESIGN TYPE-22 "RUSTLER" OF THE FEDERAL MIDLANDS MANDATE AIR FORCE FIRST RIDER FOR THE WORLD'S LAST BOMBING RUN TWIN WHINES OF AFTERBURNING TURBINE ENGINES, STERILE TANDEM COCKPIT (EXTRA SICK BAGS ARE STOWED DOWN AND ON YOUR RIGHT)

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Gestaltzerfall 🇪🇺 @gestaltzerfall.bsky.social · 09/02/2024

FROM THE GRAY SEA, THE LIGHTNING Designing a Shipgirl in the in the spirit of revolutionary french navy was quite a challenge, but honestly, I kind of like the flashy colours. Also Hello to all you new people here! Either way, another cocaineverse anime art entry for #cutiesaturday.

An anthropomorphized shipgirl of the FFG-47, better known as the the Sablecourt class Air Defence Frigatte from #cocaineverse.

Her uniform is played close to the spiritual source, the revolutionary french navy. Hence the flashy colors and single epaulet of Lieutenant. Double epaulets are reserved for Captains and Admirals, or BBs and CVs respectively. She holds a SCANFAR lightgun for Air Defence and carries a nuclear tipped Kingfisher Emerald missile for home defence.

Unsurprisingly it is a USS Longbeach analogue, so she wears her big goofy scanfar like a big goofy hat, with an illuminator mimicking lighthouse iconography. The lighthouse being the rallying emblem of those that opposed the military coup of the general staff. Likewise her large belt knot is a nod to constitutionalist gatherings in the 800s.

Read more about it here:
https://cocaineverse.wordpress.com/2023/04/04/from-the-gray-sea-the-lightning-the-sablecourt-class-air-defense-frigates/

#illustration #shipgirl #art

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Gestaltzerfall 🇪🇺 @gestaltzerfall.bsky.social · 06/02/2024

Now that bsky is open, I ought to make a big flashy hello post Now that I have 25 followers, I ought to make a big flashy follower special Now that I think about it, I ought to announce my worldbuilding project with big flashy bang So much to draw! In the meantime here's Haunt and Mackie together

A 3d render of two different types of boxes. One depicts the HMS Haunt, a fictional submarine. The other depicts the BB-61 Maquoketa, a fiction warship.

The boxes vaguely resemble real life model kits, but are entirely made in 3D software.

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Nonstandard Missile @attritionmaxxer.bsky.social · 18/01/2024

Deterrent Patrol - one of the Strategic Air Command's B-33TM "Super Moonflower" long-range strategic bombers climbing while loaded with two BOLIDE STIGMA nuclear-tipped air-launched ballistic missiles

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Nonstandard Missile @attritionmaxxer.bsky.social · 18/01/2024

Hello There - an I-2C of the IAF's 294th Separate All-Weather Interceptor Wing tailing a Sunseter B-33T-P1 Maritime Patrol Aircraft over the Northern Sea, circa 961

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Doc Vivi Leandra【 VTC 】- Real-Life Scientist VTuber 🧬🖥️ @docvivileandra.bsky.social · 29/11/2023

something about the Used Car Salesman For Scale in this image of Prototaxites is cracking me up Imagine time traveling back to the Devonian and this dude is just there trying to sell you a fungus-tree

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Nonstandard Missile @attritionmaxxer.bsky.social · 13/11/2023

Long Lance - KAM-14A Divine Contender II dual-seeker medium range missile

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Nonstandard Missile @attritionmaxxer.bsky.social · 10/11/2023

Passing Through The Danger Zone - SLR CA-34 Asphodel strike fighter in National Guard Tactical Air Command livery circa Jagir Emergency, 976 #cocaineverse

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Nonstandard Missile @attritionmaxxer.bsky.social · 08/11/2023

And over 5000 km in practice, counting the range of the missiles themselves, then return to base, although the nature of the nuclear stalemate in the post-war era meant that the A-29s would be unlikely to find bases to return to in case of conflict

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Nonstandard Missile @attritionmaxxer.bsky.social · 08/11/2023

The large amount of fuel, along with extremely clean aerodynamics and the extremely efficient CHI T33 engines equipped with specially-designed large-diameter propellers, allowed extreme endurance, being able to patrol for over 24 hours, then strike a target over 3000 km away

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Nonstandard Missile @attritionmaxxer.bsky.social · 08/11/2023

The A-29 was the crowning achievement of Imperial aeronautics in the wake of the Great War, being the largest aircraft ever designed in Serenity when it first flew in 952. Every plane could carry six "Fire Lance" nuclear-tipped cruise missiles, eight "Blue Duck" decoys, along with 185 tons of fuel

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Nonstandard Missile @attritionmaxxer.bsky.social · 08/11/2023

Deterrent Patrol - A-29B "Passionate Witch" of the Imperial Air Force's 73rd Bomber Wing, loaded with Fire Lance cruise missiles and escorted by two I-262Ra patrols the air bastion over Quintana county, deep within Serenity's heartland yet ready to strike against the Sunset Lands if called upon

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Nonstandard Missile @attritionmaxxer.bsky.social · 08/11/2023

Birds of Prey - a pair of I-105 Broadhead high-altitude interceptors flying patrol at high altitude over the Rugajmontoj peninsula in late 939, a few months before the beginning of the Great War

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Nonstandard Missile @attritionmaxxer.bsky.social · 07/11/2023

It's not very well known but the discretionary budget of the average fantasy fief is so small that even a single instance of elvish child support can bankrupt it

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Nonstandard Missile @attritionmaxxer.bsky.social · 05/11/2023

The weapon was tracked optically by the bomber, aided by a pyrotechnic flare in the tail assembly, and manual guidance corrections were issued through radio link. Very accurate, esp. compared to normal high-altitude bombing, but requiring constant training for best effect.

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Nonstandard Missile @attritionmaxxer.bsky.social · 05/11/2023

Type-classified as GAB-55, the weapon was rated to penetrate up to 100 cubits (44 m) of earth or 10 cubits (4.4 m) of reinforced concrete, destroying the target either with direct impact of its 1200 kg high-explosive warhead, or by camouflet undermining in case of a near-miss

Digital artwork of mine, SE, heavily edited

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Nonstandard Missile @attritionmaxxer.bsky.social · 05/11/2023

SAC B-23D bomber on a night sortie dropping a 2750 kg radio-controlled penetrator bomb on Imperial shore forts during the amphibious operations ancillary to Operation Stablehouse, spring of 940.

Digital art of mine, heavily edited Solidedge render

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Nonstandard Missile @attritionmaxxer.bsky.social · 05/11/2023

A National Guard Sea Command missile frigate (likely the Tempest-class SCS Noreaster) fires a KAM-3J Divine Patriot surface to air missile during the opening phases of the Battle for the Northern Seas in 949

Sauce of original picture unfortunately unknown

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Nonstandard Missile @attritionmaxxer.bsky.social · 05/11/2023

nowadays her hull sits at a slight list (less than 25°) and at the center of a rather tight (around 150m) scatter field, having become an artificial reef, making her final resting place and wreck a beloved spot for advanced scuba divers @gestaltzerfall.bsky.social thank ya for coming to my ted talk

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Nonstandard Missile @attritionmaxxer.bsky.social · 05/11/2023

as for the HIMS Haunt herself, she sunk shortly after the evacuation had been completed, settling under ninety-eight meters of water, twenty-six kilometers offshore

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Nonstandard Missile @attritionmaxxer.bsky.social · 05/11/2023

All of the seventy-eight men aboard managed to abandon the stricken HIMS Haunt and were rescued by Imperial Navy seaplanes after almost seventeen hours spent on life rafts under rapidly worsening weather conditions

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Nonstandard Missile @attritionmaxxer.bsky.social · 05/11/2023

evading several attacks, she was finally hit while shallowly submerged near the Polillo shallows; her skipper called for emergency blow and managed to surface the boat thanks to swift action and the sturdiness of the H-class design

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Nonstandard Missile @attritionmaxxer.bsky.social · 05/11/2023

the final two missile boats, Halcyon and Hale, survived the war HIMS Haunt was the only submarine of the class lost in combat - returning to Graton naval base after successfully mining the Turballe inlet, she was located by a Republican maritime patrol aircraft and attacked with acoustic torpedoes

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Nonstandard Missile @attritionmaxxer.bsky.social · 05/11/2023

deemed necessary due to the large missile tubes in the casing and their effect on seakeeping. of the six minelayer boats, Hunter, Heron, Harrier and Hind saw the end of the war, while Haboob was gravely damaged by a bomber raid at the Holylake submarine pens and judged as a constructive total loss

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Nonstandard Missile @attritionmaxxer.bsky.social · 05/11/2023

with them being the only ones among the Imperial Navy hulls capable of mining distant, heavily-defended ports, they saw intense use, but at the same time they enjoyed an enviable reputation for safety - a combination of their very concept of operations and their high reserve buoyancy, which had been

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Nonstandard Missile @attritionmaxxer.bsky.social · 05/11/2023

as for the H-boats, their destinies were varied; eight were built before and during the war, with only two completing their careers as AShM boats, the others serving with distinction as minelayers

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Nonstandard Missile @attritionmaxxer.bsky.social · 05/11/2023

the O-class attack boats were succeeded by the similar-yet-improved U-class

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Nonstandard Missile @attritionmaxxer.bsky.social · 05/11/2023

the first F-boat was commissioned in 952 - by then, the war was two years ended, and the boat's utility in question. She was converted for the nuclear deterrent mission, lurking in the sea while loaded with nuclear cruise missiles aimed at the Sunseter heartland

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Nonstandard Missile @attritionmaxxer.bsky.social · 05/11/2023

the broader Admiralty mostly recognized they had been guilty of the sin of bad management, and placed much tighter, hands-on controls on following cutting-edge tech development programs

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Nonstandard Missile @attritionmaxxer.bsky.social · 05/11/2023

and resources they needed, while delivering very little in return (the cruise missile mining operations, while objectively very successful, were an unglamorous job, and one whose results were initially highly underrated)

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Nonstandard Missile @attritionmaxxer.bsky.social · 05/11/2023

the cruise missile submarine community felt like they had been promised everything and given nothing, then asked to both be grateful about it and also perform a very arduous job with tools that by then were almost obsolete the attack submarine community felt that the CMs had taken all the resources

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Nonstandard Missile @attritionmaxxer.bsky.social · 05/11/2023

more within the Imperial Navy's inability to capitalize on the hole blown through the escort screen by the submarine attacks? all in all, these discussions were important, and certainly to be had, but they left a sour taste for a long time

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Nonstandard Missile @attritionmaxxer.bsky.social · 05/11/2023

had instead come up earlier with the concept of a lengthened, missile-bearing O-class? or was the relative lack of success of the missile submarines to be ascribed to the limitations inherent in the Kinglet missile, even in its upgraded form? or, as some alleged within the INSS, the fault laid

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Nonstandard Missile @attritionmaxxer.bsky.social · 05/11/2023

This episode gave fertile ground to much speculation after the armistice; would have things gone differently if the missile boats had had the speed and freedom of movement that nuclear submarines enjoyed? would have things gone differently if the Admiralty instead of over-focusing on the F-boats

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Nonstandard Missile @attritionmaxxer.bsky.social · 05/11/2023

The cruise missile submarines of the IN acquit themselves well yet not enough to carry the day, sinking several escorting cruisers but ultimately failing to sink or put out of action any capital ship - an issue more of by-then obsolete doctrine and unfortunate positioning rather than lack of skill

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Nonstandard Missile @attritionmaxxer.bsky.social · 05/11/2023

confrontation with the National Guard Sea Command's own last sortie is inevitable; in what is nowadays known as the Battle for the Northern Sea, a series of engagement lasting almost a week, mostly in the waters around Cape Cavadron, the Imperial Navy fails to stop Republican amphibious operations

Sunseter frigate (likely the SCS Noreaster) fires a KAM-3J Divine Patriot surface to air missile during the opening phase of the battle for the Northern Sea

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Nonstandard Missile @attritionmaxxer.bsky.social · 05/11/2023

to support the Imperial Army's amphibious operations along the coastline, and to hamper the Republic's, all available forces are committed - victory or defeat, it is clear that neither side will be able to sustain further operations; thus, the stage is set for the last sortie of the Imperial Navy

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Nonstandard Missile @attritionmaxxer.bsky.social · 05/11/2023

It's the early months of 949, both Serenity and Sunset Lands are stressed to their breaking point - the eastern and southern fronts are by now silent, only the fight for the peninsula still matters - as both sides muster their remaining reserves for the final charge across no man's land

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Nonstandard Missile @attritionmaxxer.bsky.social · 05/11/2023

Note: the Imperial Court has been notified of the latter only in the most oblique way, because they know how they would answer i.e. not well, but the Admiralty knows that they need as many tubes as they can for the battle that is shaping up

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Nonstandard Missile @attritionmaxxer.bsky.social · 05/11/2023

So 949 rolls in; six H-boats are by now fully fitted only for minelaying operations, two are fully upgraded with modern antiship missiles, and the Admiralty also somehow managed to scrunge funds and yard time for fitting three C-class boats of the fourth batch with a plug-in missile hull section

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