I don't know if you can kill him. He might be like that rediculous monster in Cloverfield that 120mm depleated uranium rounds just bounce off or that 2000 lb bombs from B-2s just knock over for a few seconds.
The funny thing here is that "Cloverfield" was inspired by the Godzilla movies, and the Godzilla movies spring almost directly from Japan's fear of atomic weapons stemming from Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Which takes us back to WWII and thus to Chief Petty Officer Shun. The philosophers are perhaps right, everything is connected...
Or we could just take the low road and look for "Godzilla vs Shun" from Toho Studios, coming soon to a theater near you.
Location: 400 miles northeast of Lunga
Course: Northeast
Attached to: TF 4
Mission: Air Combat
System Damage: 1
Float Damage: 0
Fires: 0
Fuel: 217
Orders: Return to Kwajalein
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The New Caledonia campaign is over. The transports, with several destroyers as escort, go their own way while the main Japanese fleet returns to Kwajalein. There they will refuel and rearm and wait for whatever orders they are to receive next.
Whether or not the campaign was a success seems likely to be one of those questions that will be debated by historians and enthusiasts for years to come. On the one hand the Japanese fleet suffered no losses while sinking a number of enemy ships, including a light cruiser. The evacuation effort went well and the 4th Division was rescued largely intact.
In the overall strategic sense, however, the Allied forces achieved their objective. Their losses were not serious, and soon the large airfield at Noumea will be repaired. This will spell an end to Japanese air power in the New Hebrides and bodes ill for the relatively small garrisons at Efate and Luganville.
Most telling, perhaps, is the fact that the Japanese ships are returning to Kwajalein to await the next move by the Allies. The Japanese are reacting, not acting, and the initiative in this huge conflict is now firmly in the hands of their enemies.
But the force of which Hibiki is only a small part is still a powerful one. As long as it remains intact the enemy’s options are limited. The sailors and aviators of this force are skilled and confident, and until they are met and defeated in battle the road to Japan will remain closed.
Location: 540 miles southwest of Kwajalein
Course: Northeast
Attached to: TF 4
Mission: Air Combat
System Damage: 1
Float Damage: 0
Fires: 0
Fuel: 179
Orders: Return to Kwajalein
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“Sir, may I speak with you?” asks Midshipman Konada. Lieutenant Miharu nods.
“I was just going to the wardroom for some tea,” he says. “Why don’t you join me?’
“Yes sir, thank you,” replied Konada. The two men make their way to the wardroom. Ensign Izu is already there, reading a book. He has made some tea and the lieutenant pours himself a cup. Konada declines any and seats himself stiffly opposite Miharu at the table.
Izu looks up. “Shall I leave?” he asks after taking in the situation. Lieutenant Miharu looks inquiringly at Konada.
“No, sir, please stay,” Konada says. “I would appreciate your advice as well.”
“Very well,” says Miharu, “what’s on your mind, Konada?”
“Sir, as you know a couple of days ago I found a fish in each of my shoes,” says Konada. Miharu nods.
“I heard something about that, yes,” he says.
“Well sir, this morning I rose early to get in some extra study before assuming my duties,” says Konada. “I decided to put on a clean uniform, but when I went to open my duffel I found that someone had placed a seagull inside. Alive! It had made a great mess of things, sir, and even worse it got loose and I had a very difficult time capturing it.”
“How…odd,” says Miharu, his face carefully neutral.
“Sir, all my uniforms must be cleaned! How am I to represent this ship properly in…in…this condition!” he bursts out. The other two officers look, but can find little fault in his current uniform. Konada addresses both officers. “Sirs, I understand that as the junior officer on board I should expect to be the object of a certain amount of pranks, but this is intolerable! What should I do?”
Lieutenant Miharu leans back. “Well, Midshipman, I think I agree that putting a seagull in a fellow officer’s duffel is certainly going a bit too far,” he says. “I will make inquiries and see if I can learn anything. What do you think, Ensign Izu?”
“This is shocking behavior on the part of someone,” Izu agrees. “I too will keep my eyes open.”
“Thank you, both of you,” says Konada. He stands and salutes. Lieutenant Miharu nods in dismissal, and Konada departs. After he is gone the lieutenant takes a sip of tea.
“Ensign Izu,” he says without looking around.
“Sir?” says Izu.
“I know what a tempting target he must be,” says Miharu, “but ease up on him, will you?”
“Yes sir,” says Izu, sounding chastened. Lieutenant Miharu turns and looks at him levelly. “Really, sir, I will,” Izu adds. Miharu nods and the two men sit in silence for a moment. The lieutenant sips some more tea.
Ensign Izu sighs. “I miss Ensign Handa,” he says at last.
As far as cloverfield went I was kinda pissed that they just carpet bombed the city. I think if a B-2 hitting it with all that shit isnt going to do anything you need a bit more.
I was waiting for a nice pan out and a bright flash followed by a mushroom cloud.[:D] I mean the newest AVP had one.[:D]
As far as cloverfield went I was kinda pissed that they just carpet bombed the city. I think if a B-2 hitting it with all that shit isnt going to do anything you need a bit more.
I was waiting for a nice pan out and a bright flash followed by a mushroom cloud.[:D] I mean the newest AVP had one.[:D]
Well, given the backstory, New York ceased to exist anyway, so...
Woulda been more fun to see a nuke though. I as president woulda nuked it as soon as the damn B-2 didnt work. If DU rounds arnt bringing it down you gotta melt the mother fracker.
As far as cloverfield went I was kinda pissed that they just carpet bombed the city. I think if a B-2 hitting it with all that shit isnt going to do anything you need a bit more.
I was waiting for a nice pan out and a bright flash followed by a mushroom cloud.[:D] I mean the newest AVP had one.[:D]
Well, given the backstory, New York ceased to exist anyway, so...
For visual effects, Day After Tomorrow is one of my favorite movies. I really think this city can be done better the second time around. [:)]
"Mighty is the Thread! Great are its works and insane are its inhabitants!" -Brother Mynok
I was half expecting a "The Patriot" reference, with the hapless Midshipmen walking away with an ink-stain around his mouth (from Izu putting ink in the tea).
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"It is obvious that you have greatly over-estimated my regard for your opinion." - Me
Whether or not the campaign was a success seems likely to be one of those questions that will be debated by historians and enthusiasts for years to come.
Sounds like time for another excerpt from Morris Eliott Samuelson.[;)]
Civil war? What does that mean? Is there any foreign war? Isn't every war fought between men, between brothers?
Location: 240 miles southwest of Kwajalein
Course: Northeast
Attached to: TF 4
Mission: Air Combat
System Damage: 1
Float Damage: 0
Fires: 0
Fuel: 140
Orders: Return to Kwajalein
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Petty Officer Okubo’s world view is a simple one. There are people on the ladder above you, and to them you bow your head. There are people on the ladder below you, and they can be kicked around at will. He dislikes things that he has to think too much about.
This is why the situation with that sap Shoji annoys him so much. The more Okubo thinks about it, the more convinced he is he did the right thing. If they had both gone into the water there would have been no one to give the alarm and they probably both would have died. So why does letting go bother him so much? He has even had dreams about it a couple of times, unpleasant dreams.
He doesn’t have an answer until he participates in a bull session about the mission just concluded. Someone voices the thought that even though the operation was a success it was dishonorable to have retreated. This is not the first time Okubo has heard such a thought. This time, however, it triggers a rare flash of insight.
That’s what we did at Noumea, he thinks. We let go, just like I did. It was the smart thing to do. But nobody likes it. They wanted us to hold on, even if it meant everyone would drown. Well, to hell with that. If the decision is good enough for Admiral Yamamoto then it’s good enough for Okubo. Let other idiots hold on and drown if they want to. I’m too smart for that.
He feels a bit better about things after thinking this through. He even feels enough like himself to bully sailors with some of his old verve the next day. He has found his place on the ladder again.
Terminus you gotta think about the future of the country. New York is lost carpet bombing has no prospect for success considering the B-2 already failed. The only option left is let those little things that cause people to blow up get off the island and the big massive creature as well. REsult destroyed USA. NY is already going to be destroyed so you set a nuke to a mid to upper air burst so that there is little to no fallout since the fireball wont hit the ground while there is maximum blast and heat effects, thus your best chance to melt the damn thing.
Vote for me in 2044. Destroying New York for a safer tomorrow. [:'(]
That’s what we did at Noumea, he thinks. We let go, just like I did. It was the smart thing to do. But nobody likes it. They wanted us to hold on, even if it meant everyone would drown. Well, to hell with that. If the decision is good enough for Admiral Yamamoto then it’s good enough for Okubo.
Man is a rationalizing animal, not a rational animal . . .
Civil war? What does that mean? Is there any foreign war? Isn't every war fought between men, between brothers?
