#Anti rotor

[chauvel]

Boomer: An expert at building deadly robots and weapons. Boomer often keeps to himself and his machines. Despite this, he's incredibly strong and shouldn't be underestimated in a fight.

In appearance I made Boomer slightly more pudgier than Rotor. And his arms and head attachments are removable.

Boomer doesn't like socializing but when called to, he will show up for the squad and work with them begrudgingly.

[boomstyle]

Distant Twin (sneak peek)

Anti Mobius Sonic (later Scourge the hedgehog) has just escaped twice from No zone prison after Zonic rearrested him for stealing spare parts of giant borg (sonic super special issue 10) and vandalizing the wall "Sonic is here" in the dimension of Litigopolis where J.U.D.G.E. ruled (sonic super special issue 14). Unhearthened by his Anti boom counterpart and Anti St John, Anti Mobius Sonic returned to his dimension, overthrow Anti Sally and kicked out St John. Anti Freedom fighters weren't willing for his return but at least its better than under Anti St John. At this point, they are running out of ideas since they lose against Freedom Figther and Anti Boom Team Sonic. Hence, Anti Sally suggested that they invade Mirror Boom world, Alternate boom world and Sonic boom world as they are weaker dimension. Plus, the border between Sonic Boom world and Anti Sonic boom world is less guarded. Hence, Anti Freedom Fighter managed to invade Mirror Boom world and Alternate Boom world. As Anti Freedom fighter reached Sonic Boom world, they defeated Team Sonic easily even go as far as strangling the leader. All hope was lost until Team Sonic's villain counterpart from Anti Boom dimension defeated Anti Freedom Figther. Zonic arrested Anti Mobius Sonic to zone cop again however give strict warning to other member of Anti Freedom Figther and confiscated their weapons for 2 months. Afterward, Zonic legalized the Anti Boom dimension invasion of Anti Green Hills as reward for helping Sonic Boom world after all Anti Green Hills zone is always part of Anti Boom dimension. However, Zonic knows the main reason Anti Boom Team Sonic helped its non antiverse counterpart is to prevent Scourge from taking over his dimension.

Timelapse

[hunter-husky]

Anti Rotors got some rules

Q:I don’t know why but after seeing Rotor in that leather daddy outfit, I could picture a pair of hands going straight for his nipples❤️ A: Leather jacket Rotor can be a little bit of a handful though so watch out

[hikingsuper]

Been rewatching Satam a bit ad I noticed something. Almost every post-pubescent Mobian Male on the show wanted to fuck Sally. She was such. an it-girl. Even Antoine and a random goat dude named Griff in an episode wanted to fuck her. The one of the very very few exceptions was Rotor, and that's probably because as the token fat "ugly" dude he knew his place.

Yeah they were fatfobic which is sad because begin Chubby or fat isn't ugly.

I'm Chubby myself and I consider myself and okey Girl; not ugly or beatiful. That's where my sister shines more than me by the way.

If I was the writers of that show I would have change It for admiration afterall how could the Young princess escape the evil claws of Robotnik and still getting away from him? That's something remarkable if we go by the context if the show

[radiantrookie]

SEGA Mandates explained with their exceptions (Old)

Edit: (Plan on remaking this with a better format and sources, along with ones I missed)

Edit 2: Here's the New One

Game characters cannot have family members unless they were established in the game canon (Because Archie went overboard).

Game characters cannot be killed off.

Sonic cannot cry or get too emotional.

Exception: Sonic Prime didn't follow this rule despite being canon.

The terms Mobius and Mobians are banned, during the early 2010s, Earth was called "Sonic's World" because they wanted to appeal to 90s Boomers who hate Sonic living on Earth without calling it Mobius, it died down later though.

Exception: Ian Flynn has stated SEGA recanonized Sonic Spinball, which takes place in Mobius, so it exists somewhere in game canon, Veg-O-Fortress even has a cameo in Sonic Origins, Ian also stated Spinball takes place in between Sonic 3 and Knuckles and Sonic 3D Blast.

The heroes must always win at the end.

Characters and elements from Non Canon media cannot be used, Cosmo and the Metarex were potentially allowed to appear but according Ian Flynn, they're off the table now, the Metal Virus serves as a replacement for Robotization, Eggperial City serves as a replacement for Robotropolis, Restoration serves as a replacment for the Freedom Fighters.

Exceptions:

Sonic liking Chili Dogs (90s Cartoons)

Eggman's "I hate that Hedgehog!" and "Snooping as usual" lines (Aosth)

Scratch and Grounder appear in Eggman's livestream in one of the covers for IDW 40

Sonic's "Let's do it, to it" line (Satam)

Sonic being referred to as the "Fastest thing alive" (Satam)

Sonic Spinball being canon again, somwhat canonizes Sally, Bunnie, Rotor, Muttski and Scratch, Ian Flynn has clarified they're just cameos for now but could be a backdoor to make them canon if SEGA chooses to (Aosth, Satam, Archie)

In one of the covers for IDW 31, Storm's mugshot mentions he was arrested by the Knothole Village Police (Satam, Archie)

Tails being afraid of lightning (OVA)

Knuckles's cowboy hat (OVA)

Vector's crush on Vanilla (Sonic X)

Cream's favorite show, the NEXT Show (Sonic X)

The Chaotix Office building appears in the Sonic Channel Comics (Sonic X)

Sticks the Badger appears in the Sonic Channel Comics and is mentioned in English Sonic Frontiers (Sonic Boom)

The Eggnet has been canonized in both IDW and the Games (Archie)

The GUN Commander's name, Abraham Tower (Archie)

Bark being mute (Archie)

Bean and Bark working with Fang as a trio, Sonic even calls them the Hooligans (Archie)

Sally and Bunnie cameo in one of the Sonic Forces prequel comics with their Archie designs (Archie)

Shadow's Chaos Spear being shaped like an actual spear that he can throw or use as a melee weapon (Archie)

Badniks from Sonic Mega Drive appear in Classic IDW (Archie)

The term, Super Badnik (Archie)

Male characters that aren't humans, can't wear pants.

Exception: Tails Nine is allowed to wear pants.

Classic Era characters aren't allowed to appear in Modern Era and vice versa, during the 2010s there was the Two Dimensions retcon because of it, however they later removed it, Team Chaotix are also not allowed to appear in Classic because they considered Sonic Heroes to be their first appearance, however Knuckles Chaotix was recanonized in Tailstube, in the same episode, they acknowledge Mighty, Ray and Fang's Gang and teased a Modern Trip, recently, SEGA is considering retiring Classic Sonic after the disappointment of Sonic Superstars.

Exception: a Classic Froggy appears in various Sonic PICT artwork

Only one Metal Sonic is allowed, not multiple (They must really dislike Shard and Metallix)

Exceptions:

Metal Sonic 3.0 from Sonic Rivals 2

Chaos Sonic and Grim Sonic from Sonic Prime were allowed

Shadow: He has the most guidelines out of any character, most of them come from SEGA wanting Shadow to remain an Anti-Hero and not be too heroic, however SEGA has easied up on these with Shadow Generations

Knuckles: Knuckles is the only Echidna and only resident of Angel Island besides Chao and Baby Animals, (Ken Penders lol), Knuckles is also not allowed leave Angel Island without a reason now, prolly due to critiques with games like Heroes

Silver: Silver's Future is off limits, only SEGA can explore that, if they ever choose to

Super Forms: Male hedgehogs are the only ones allowed to go Super, this has been changed with Sonic Superstars and Otherworld Comedy.

Humans: Due to complaints from 90s Boomers, Humans besides Eggman weren't allowed until Shadow Generations

Romance: Characters can have crushes but they can't date or get married.

Money: Only Team Chaotix can talk about money

Rings: Ian Flynn was told Rings were no longer canon, however Rings appear in Sonic Prime and cutscenes in The Final Horizon, which Ian didn't know about

Special Stages: No longer canon and Fang's bio of living in the Special Stages is retconned

Off Limits Characters: These characters can only be used by SEGA/Sonic Team only:

Eggman Nega

Black Doom

Solaris (Mephiles and Iblis)

Infinite

[bekolxeram]

7x03 analysis part 1 — Everything Air Ops

I promised helicopters, so now we get helicopters. I want to look into how Air Operations work in the 9-1-1 universe, in comparison to its real life counterpart in this first part. Then, I will try to figure out the location and intensity of "hurricane Ethel" during the clandestine operation in the second part. And finally, I will prove how risky it is to fly a helicopter into a storm and why Tommy deserves every bit of his Medal of Valor.

Location

Real!LAFD Air Ops operate (Station 114) out of Van Nuys Airport (VNY/KVNY). It's not only one the busiest general aviation airports in the world, it's also smack dab in between major green areas of the city of LA itself.

This location makes perfect sense in real life. Air Ops might get the occasional highway car wreck or urban structural fire calls, but most of their missions still consist of wildfire suppression and rural search and rescue. Being based at Van Nuys makes sure they can respond to emergency in a timely fashion.

in the 9-1-1 universe, the LAFD Air Ops are based at "Harbor Station", or Station 217. (Harbor and 217 are the same station, Chimney especially asked if Tommy was still at the 217 in 2x14 when requesting air support, unless the 911-verse LAFD has 2 different air operation units, which I highly doubt.) Obviously it has to be at an airport, because that's where the hangers and helipads are, and going by "harbor" I can only speculate that it's in the Harbor Region of LA.

The only non-military airport in the LA Harbor Region is Long Beach Airport (LGB/KLGB), but it's quite a busy commercial airport, probably not a good one to run emergency services from. There's also the Zamperini Field (TOA/KTOA) nearby in Torrance, although not exactly inside the Harbor Region, it's coastal and close enough to the 2 LA ports I guess? Feel free to create a whole new airport using your imagination though, as you know 9-1-1 is set in an alternate universe where geography and physics work differently.

Helicopters

The LAFD Air Ops have 5 medium (FIRE 1-5) and 2 light duty (FIRE 6/7) helicopters, you've heard Tommy in 7x04. Everything applies to the real world counterpart, but the medium type that real!Air Ops operate is AgustaWestland AW139, the Italian-made medium sized twin-engine helicopter with a 5-blade main rotor primed for emergency response and off-shore oil rig transportation.

It has auto-pilot, an anti-icing system for harsh weather and even auto-hover suitable for hoist rescue missions. In a passenger transport configuration, it can carry up to 15 passengers in a 3 row seating plan. In an SAR (search and rescue) configuration though, the middle row can be removed for gurney space. It's big and powerful enough to transport multiple patients, but at the same time, light and agile enough to get into difficult terrain.

The AW139 is designed to be flown by 2 pilots, flying solo is also possible, but only under VFR (Visual Flight Rules), with an additional certification, which LAFD pilots can and do. To fly it under IFR (Instrument Flight Rules), it always requires 2 pilots according to the FAA last time I checked.

The light helicopter type real!LAFD flies is the Bell 505 Jet Ranger X, a single engine twin-blade made in Canada. It's an relatively new airframe, set to replace the aging Bell 206, which the LAFD used to operate. It's quite a bit smaller than the AW139, it can only fit 1 pilot and 4 passengers.

While it's perfectly capable of carrying a Bambi bucket to assist with aerial firefighting missions, it's mainly used as a training aircraft for new pilots and HLCO (Helicopter Coordinator) when there is a major catastrophe that requires on-the-site air traffic coordination.

These are all brand new and sophisticated aircrafts that a mere TV channel can't get their hands on without a government budget. So for 911!LAFD Air Ops, ABC went to their usual helicopter service company for prop aircrafts.

Helinet Aviation provides all sorts of helicopter services from aerial journalism, medevac, delivery to regular chartering. All the 911!Air Ops scenes in 7x03 and 7x04 are naturally filmed in the Helinet hanger, for convenience's sake, at VNY, just a runway across from real!Air Ops.

911!Air Ops

Helinet hangar Street View

I believe I've identified all the helicopters shown in 7x03 and 7x04, but let's get the 2 in the background which probably do not belong to 911!Air Ops out of the way:

N72EH, a Sikorsky S76C++, still in its Boston MedFlight livery. Sold to Helinet in 2022, possible used as a medevac vehicle currently? Unlikely to have anything to do with 911!Air Ops, probably just happened to be in the background to make it seem like there were many helicopters.

The one Tommy flies Eddit to Vegas in is N67TV, an Eurocopter AS350B2 Écureuil (aka squirrel). No fire department would ever let employees take their expensive equipment out for a joy ride so it's likely that in universe, Tommy rented it from somewhere outside of the station. IRL though, according to this forum post, it's used as a backup helicopter for all its customer news stations, but also any TV or film production purposes outside of journalism.

Now, for the one seen in the hangar, therefore explicitly belonging to 911!LAFD:

N29HD, also an AS350B2, also a news helicopter. According to this reddit comment, it used to be shared between CBS and FOX, but now it seems to be configured as a dedicated aircraft for ABC7.

The one the who cares gang stole to rescue Bobby and Athena though has a fake registration number on it:

You just have to look up Helinet's fleet, and you will see this is obviously a DHL livery, and it's quite easy to find out that this is actually:

N211FN, an AS350B1 (so an even older variant than the previous two), operated on behalf of DHL for package delivery service.

Don't get me wrong, the AStar (how the AS350 is called in the US) is a versatile and reliable aircraft. It the 4th most produced rotorcraft in the world, someone even managed to land one on top of Mount Everest. But it's kind of small? It can seat only up to 5 passengers with 1 pilot, and there is hardly room left for any gear. There is also no space for stretcher, so anyone they rescue would have to sit upright. It's just not very realistic.

I have no idea what medium duty helicopters 911!Air Ops operate, we're unlikely to see them in the future. There is this Bell 205 in 4x12 Treasure Hunt, but it clearly says L.A County Rescue on the tail.

Pilots

Real!Air Ops pilots wear beige flight suits, it's the aeromedics who wear blue, and helitac crews wear orange. I'm not complaining too much though, Tommy looks good in blue. (I think the chief pilot wears dark blue, but I'm not sure.)

Helicopter pilots in general usually wear helmets, in case a particularly strong pocket of turbulence slams you against the body of the aircraft, or a bird decide to fly through the windshield into your face, but I get that it gets in the way of the camera, so I'm just gonna enjoy Tommy's beautiful face.

Real!Air Ops pilots work on a 24/48 shift schedule just like any platoon firefighters. Due to the danger of pilot fatigue on aviation safety, they do try to limit their continuous flight time to 6 hours before taking a prolong break.

There are 5 levels of pilots: pilot I (trainee), pilot II (probational), pilot III (full pilot), pilot IV (lead pilot) and pilot V (chief pilot). The chief pilot oversees the entire Air Ops and work on a 10 hour per day, 4 days a week schedule. The rest of the pilots are put into 3 shifts, each shift with a pilot IV, 2 pilot IIIs and 2 trainees/probies, together with 4 aeromedics. (Can't find the most updated version, the lastest one I can get my hands on is from 2022, so good enough?) Therefore Tommy's Bobby would not be a captain, it would be a lead pilot.

I've already explained in detail the timeline of Tommy's career as a firefighting pilot, but here is the short version of it: Once accepted into the LAFD pilot training program, he would have to train with the LAPD for 180 hours then back to the LAFD for 200 hours, that takes around 2 years, and by then he would be a probie. After that, he would have to slowly build up flight hours then train and certify for all types of missions on the medium duty helicopter, that would take another 2-3 years, and after that he would be promoted to a pilot III, which is probably the rank he holds now.

We can see from the form Hen submitted in 7x03 that she initially asked for Lucy as their pilot, as she's forgotten that Tommy also worked there. Fortunately Chimney called Tommy, as Lucy most likely would've still been a probie if not just a trainee.

Melton

I have no idea who he is.

I can sort of see his badge says "firefighter"? At real!Air Ops, everyone wears a flight suit as uniform, so that they can hop into a chopper in an emergency. I don't know what a dude in a regular uniform with the regular LAFD patch on his arm doing there.

Tommy's arm has the Air Ops helicopter patch on it.

Real!Station 114 though do have a crash unit staffed with regular firefighters, maybe Melton is with them? But then, why is he doing with Hen's helicopter requisition?

[sreegs]

the problem is no one these days wants to work. no one wants to climb up and start the rotors on the anti-mass spectrometer. no one wants to get away from the beam

[starstabberzirc]

Swapping out the knife in favor of other weapons seems to be a ways off from my programming skills just yet, but I'm toying with some concepts for other weapons you can use against the evil hordes (all names pending):

Summon the Doss: a huge friendly statue flies through, destroying any enemies or obstacles in her way. (The statue in question is the Dame of Saint-Sernin, a Neolithic menhir or kurgan stelae of unknown significance because the French hadn't invented writing when it was carved around 3000BC)

Bell: ring it with your knife and it shoots in random directions

Eyeball Friend: this one's been with us since the earliest concept art, just your standard shmup assist shield

Knife Halo: standard video game invincibility powerup, just in the form of a spinning ring of knives

Friendly Spikeball (distinguished from other Spikeballs by its gold spikes and Zirc-teal body): poke it with the knife and it bounces away from you, hurting enemies and destroying obstacles

Good Soda Bottle: break it to release a splash of Anti-Enemy Juice (yes this does imply the existence of Evil Soda Bottle, a hazard that is harmless unless your knife or an enemy projectile breaks it, releasing a similar splash of pink Anti-Zirc Juice)

Kiwanocopter: seems to be a normal if stupid enemy until you stab its propeller off, then it falls and damages enemies underneath. Wait helicopters have rotors on top not on the side, this needs a new name

Cool S Storm: collect enough Cool S's and summon a storm of enemy-damaging Cool S's in random spots around the screen. BTW I checked and no the Cool S is not connected to clothing brands, Superman, or Nazis as various urban legends have tried to say; technically it is trademarked by a guy named Mark May but he says he just secured the trademark to prevent some big corporation from getting it first and then suing kids about it and that he's not planning on stopping anyone from using it. Guess we'll find out

[usafphantom5]

3 March 1953. First flight of the Bell XHSL-1 (Model 61). American anti-submarine warfare (ASW) helicopter built by Bell Helicopter company; the only tandem rotor design designed by Bell.

@ron_eisele via X

[cyborgpuppyofficial]

Uh oh! Another yap post!

Hello everyone! Since I don't have any cool art or videos to post at the moment, I bring forth a hot take post about The Freedom Fighters. I've been growing an appreciation for all of them as of recently, except for one... Purple Elephant in the room... Let me explain why I don't like Rotor Walrus very much. Side note before we begin, if you like this guy that's fine! This is just my opinion, and explaining why I don't include him in most of my projects. Please be respectful if you wanna comment your thoughts. ^^

One nitpick I have about him that I have before getting into actual issues I have with him as a character, is his design. And how it got worse overtime. I hate how buff they made him in later issues of the comic. Bro is a WALRUS, one of the blubbery big boy animals of the entire animal kingdom. If any character is to be plus sized, HE would be the one to be! And he used to be in older panels. I love little details about his chunky belly, freckles, and slight tufts of hair. His newer design, even when not in 3D, looks kinda bland to me.

Here comes the issues I have with him as a character I've only watched Sonic STAM one time, but even so, I can remember important moments that most of the characters did. Like Sally helping Sonic with the final fight, Bunnie getting an entire episode dedicated to her, and being a big sister to Tails, and Antoine being ANNOYING AS FUCK. But for Rotor, I forgot he was there 90% of the time. That includes him next to other characters like Tails or Nichole who had significantly smaller roles. I had to LOOK UP if he did anything important to the show, that's how forgettable he was in the show. His design is great, but his personality falls completely flat for me. The most I can say about him in the show, is that it's cute that he gets a little flustered around the girls. It shows off a shy side that I wish we saw more of. Although one thing I regrettably remember about him in the show, is that he's responsible for the WORST episode in the entire show! Yippee Rotor, you left one impact on me at least...

If you don't know the episode I'm talking about, it's that one where he builds the ugly robot on the second photo, and it sexually harasses Antoine. Man I hate him in this show too, but he didn't deserve that.

Now to give him some credit, he had some great character moments in Archie, including a really well done and cute design. As well as fighting and standing up for others like in the pictures shown above. But other than those two moments, I can't think of anything notable he really does. I guess that's the point of a character who stands by the sidelines and all, but all his moments are usually overshadowed by another character in the Archie Comics. I also think his character development isn't as strong as someone like Antoine, who I went from HATING, to actively loving when I saw him in later issues. And even though Sally's arcs are a bit all over the place, she still changes significantly Pre-Reboot. His personality really doesn't change from the cartoon Pre and Post Reboot, which sucks! I feel like Manic from Sonic Underground, was a more complex and interesting version of him. I do find Rotor's backstory in Archie to be absolutely carrying him from being the worst character there.

I think if they met, they'd be total besties though. >w<

Another pro I'll give him is that his Anti Counterpart is really cool. Being a mad scientist kinda, and doing anything to keep creating his inventions. And also, using Rotor's Beta Name as his full name is a neat touch. I think his design is really ugly though, and I haven't found an excuse to make him a model for TMOM because he's so unappealing to me. His concept gave me the idea for Blue Prism, and Adams as a character. So thank him for Adams' creation lol.

Overall, I'm not a huge fan of Rotor. Compared to the other Freedom Fighters, he often leaves my mind due to the lack of cool moments, character development, or personality traits that make me remember he's a part of the squad. He kind of falls into that "Genius Boy" trope, but does nothing to make him stand out from the others in that trope from any other show. He's so inoffensive, that he's not even notable enough for me to call him "White Bread" like I do with other character's I think are boring. Maybe I'll gain more fondness for him if I rewatch SATAM again? But I kinda doubt it. I don't hate this guy, but I don't love him either. And that makes him my least favorite Freedom Fighter.

Hey thanks for reading my yap session! If you guys have your own thoughts, be sure to tell me in the comments, or ask me more about it in my Ask Tab! What other characters should I give my thoughts on? Anyways, I'm gonna get back to video work now. ^w^

[nervouspiratedragon]

I was playing around with the idea of evil Queen Sally either banning the Internet from her kingdom or having Rotor or Nicole heavily censor it(blocking anti acorn/pro democracy sites). You see the internet allows people to exchange ideas/messages in a blink of an eye, and she can't have the peasants getting ideas or see anti-acorn receipts ...

[genshingorlsrevengeance]

AL-12, M4A1, and SPAS-12 reacting to their Pilot S/O who should be in the infirmary recovering from an injury suddenly pulling them out of a tight spot!

(GFL) AK-12, M4A1, and SPAS-12's S/O saving them

THIS IS FIREBRAND, WE'RE IN THE PIPE FIVE BY FIVE CENTRAL, THIS IS BIG SKY. STRIKE TEAM IS TOUCHING DOWN NOW. STANDING BY FOR YOUR ORDERS THIS IS PEQUOD, ARRIVING SHORTLY AT LZ

...Sorry, had to get all those references out of my system.

12 hears the unmistakable noise of Griffin's Black Hawk approaching her location.

Her glowing pink eyes glance over to the distance and indeed see extraction was coming in hotter than expected.

(AK-12) "Clear the LZ. Anti-Air threats are to be taken care of first."

The other members of DEFY comply with her orders and take down the enemies surrounding them with startling efficiency.

Their ride out of the area doesn't even get a chance to touch down before everyone quickly hops on and nail every single gunner attempting to shoot them down.

Finally escaping and getting out of the combat zone, 12 turns back on her emotional processors, her eyes closing and a smile returning once the mask goes back down onto her neck.

Seeing who the pilot was made her mood all the better.

(AK-12) "Well now. Not that we don't appreciate the lift, but you should be back in base."

S/O chuckled as the bandages on their arm slightly shifted.

(S/O) "Not without you girls. Figured I could do one last fly before I take a well earned break."

12 and RPK-16 chuckled at that, AN-94 simply nodded while AK-15 sighed.

(AK-15) "Taking influence off her, I see."

12 ignored her comment and gently caressed their injured arm.

(AK-12) "Thank you, S/O. I'll make sure we put in a good word for you.~"

She sits herself in the co-pilot seat to help out, the Black Hawk escaping into the moonlight.

(S/O's Voice) "M4! Coming in hot!"

(M4A1) "What?!"

Hearing the unmistakable noise of the Black Hawk's rotors, M4 turned to the rest of the AR team.

(M4A1) "CLEAR THE LZ!"

The four of them pin their enemies down with concentrated fire, making sure they couldn't aim at their extraction.

After getting on, they continued to open fire until they were out of immediate threat range.

Finally getting a breather, ST AR-15 and M16A1 closed the doors as M4 approached S/O, realizing their leg had makeshift bandages.

(M4A1) "What are you doing?! You could have been hurt worse than before!"

(S/O) "Thought I'd take a page out of your books and try a suicidal rescue. Commander gave me the green light, if it makes you feel any better."

M4 opened her mouth, but quickly found she had no retort. Admittedly, AR Team did have a tendency to do that.

She put a hand on their shoulder as she nodded in defeat.

(M4A1) "...Fair enough. Thank you, S/O."

S/O put a loving hand on hers before returning their attention back to the controls.

(SPAS-12) "THANK GOODNESS, RESCUE'S HERE!"

Using her shield to take the oncoming gunfire, she and the rest of her echelon backed further into cover as the Black Hawk came in, letting them all hop on.

Her shield acted as a makeshift barrier, as some of the other T-Dolls fired back, using SPAS as cover.

She had no issue, her shotgun would be ineffective at this range anyway.

Once her scanners indicated they were out of the combat zone, she breathed a sigh of relief.

(SPAS-12) "Whew, thanks for getting us ou-...S/O?!"

(S/O) "Hey, SPAS. Glad to see everyone's doin' well."

Her eyes immediately saw their head which had a bloodied bandage still on.

(SPAS-12) "You're not, the heck are you doing?!"

(S/O) "Heh, don't worry. I'm not gonna crash, autopilots helping pull the weight too."

(SPAS-12) "B-But you can't just!...You might have gotten-"

Before she could say anything else, S/O gave them a gentle smile before pulling out a bag of chips, enough for the echelon.

She pouted but took the chips and smiled back.

(SPAS-12) "We're having dinner after we get you back resting in the medbay. Got it?"

(S/O) "Deal."

[crazycurly-77]

Bob (24/24)

This is written in the style of the series 24.

Events occur in real time.

Hour 24 of 24: 09:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

09:03:32 p.m.

Aft deck of the yacht:

When you arrived at the helicopter, Tony and you were still laughing and cuddling. According to the plan, Gibbs should show up here any minute and then every second would count.

At that moment he came around the corner and suddenly his behavior changed from reserved to raging with anger.

“I knew it!” he yelled loudly, walked quickly towards the two of you, threw himself at Tony and knocked him to the ground with a well-aimed punch.

But DiNozzo recovered quickly and hit Gibbs in turn.

The men who were supposed to guard the helicopter initially just watched the fight.

The investigators continued to hit each other while you climbed fortunately undetected into the helicopter quickly, put on your colleague's helmet and then waited until the two of them had climbed in.

You sighed inwardly, because you had imagined the first test of this new development to be different.

However, immediately after takeoff you had to activate the newly developed and as yet untested whisper mode so as not to attract even more attention than you probably would have already.

At first the distraction didn’t seem to have the desired effect. But luckily the guards decided to intervene and end the fight.

But things didn't go as the guards had intended, because as soon as they reached the two fighters, DiNozzo and Gibbs attacked the men and knocked them unconscious after a short time.

The investigators then quickly climbed into the helicopter, you started the machine and immediately activated the whisper mode.

You all hoped that the machine's silent mode would give you enough time until take-off speed was reached.

And you were lucky, because the machine started up very quickly, but the other guests, startled by the sounds of the fight, were already running over.

There was great indignation when they saw that the rotor blades were moving faster and faster and the machine was ready to take off. They didn't like the fact that their new acquisition was literally about to disappear and so they ran towards it.

John, who had also rushed over, was horrified for a different reason. He couldn't believe it when he got to the landing platform as he saw who was getting into the plane.

"Those are NCIS agents!" he shouted loudly, blowing their cover.

Don saw the whole thing completely differently, because he was completely astonished when he saw the helicopter take off and could only mumble: "I knew I knew that Kitty. That's Y/N Y/L/N. I didn't know she could look so hot..."

Admiral Connelly, or Bob for that matter, was furious, because he was in danger of losing his money if the chopper took off. He had to prevent that with all his might.

He stormed onto the bridge and shouted at the crew on duty there:

"Arm your weapons, they mustn't escape!"

09:10:34 p.m.

In the helicopter:

The engine was now running at full speed and the rotor had reached the speed required for takeoff when Gibbs and Tony jumped into the helicopter.

“We have to get off the ship as quickly as possible, everything is about to blow up!!!” Gibbs yelled and you took off.

But as soon as you lost contact with the boat, you three saw machine guns and an anti-aircraft gun emerging from the deck of the yacht.

“Go, go, GO!!!” Tony shouted now too.

Under fire you climbed and climbed into the air. The helicopter had some secret new developments, but unfortunately it was not bulletproof, which is why you were hit several times.

Due to the range of the guns on the boat, however, it was difficult for you to escape without being shot down first. So you activated the on-board guns, armed the missiles, aimed at the yacht... and fired.

It was a direct hit and the boat was destroyed with a huge bang in a large explosion.

The large fireball and the pressure wave of the detonation hit the helicopter, which you were able to intercept quickly.

Relieved to have survived, you said: "Let's get home now," pulled the throttle lever and you flew away at top speed.

Fortunately, you didn’t encounter the FBI's F-18 Super Hornets on their way.

09:45:12 p.m.

Stillwater, Pennsylvania:

Since the helicopter was obviously not housed in a particularly secure location at the Quantico base, you flew to a completely inconspicuous location where there were more than enough opportunities to hide it until better accommodation was available.

In fact, you landed outside Gibbs' hometown of Stillwater and you put the machine in a disused mine there.

To be on the safe side, you activated stealth mode and called in NCIS internal guards.

After Gibbs, Tony and you had secured everything, you decided to rent a car in the nearby small town for the trip back to Washington, D.C.

You set off and walked silently next to each other for a while. Then Tony and you started talking about the past 24 hours.

A lot had really happened. And there were many developments that no one had expected.

In the middle of this conversation, Gibbs suddenly intervened and said: “That was a good job, Y/L/N. NCIS has a new job for you. Report to headquarters tomorrow morning at 08:00 a.m.”

You looked at him confused and replied: “Yes, sir.”

“Don’t call me ‘sir’,” he reprimanded you, grumbling.

You nodded. Then he turned to you again and grinned mischievously: “And as soon as we arrive in Washington, I’ll invite you to dinner so we can get to know each other better.”

You looked at him in amazement. What was he planning?

At that moment, DiNozzo spoke up enthusiastically: “Wonderful idea! I suggest we go to the new restaurant in…”

He didn’t get any further because he was rudely interrupted by Gibbs:

“You’re not invited, Tony. There are only two of us going.”

Poor Tony stopped and gaped in amazement. He looked like a fish.

Gibbs instead hooked your arm through his, walked with you towards his hometown and maybe he would introduce you to his father while he was there. 

The End

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[rotorsexual]

I often see Mi-24s posted and being misidentified by the variant. So I put together a Hind variant guide for telling apart the major production models.

The first and most obvious is the Mi-24A Hind A/B. These were the earliest variant and had only a short production run in the early 1970s. Its easily identified by the "greenhouse" canopy design that was soon redesigned into the version found on all other Hinds.

Next is the Mi-24D Hind D. This one featured the redesigned cockpit mentioned above but shared a lot of the same technology of the Mi-24A. It entered service a year later in 1973.

The Mi-24D is often the most confused variant with the similar looking but upgraded Mi-24V Hind E that would enter service in 1976.

These two variants can be distinguished by the radio transmitter located under the nose on the portside. The earlier Mi-24D has a smaller and oblong shaped transmitter that is able to rotate left and right. The Mi-24V has a larger and more rounded transmitter that is fixed in place.

The change in design between these two transmitters is due to the change in armament between the two variants, specifically the guided anti tank missiles. These are usually mounted on the wingtips and are another way to tell at a glance which variant it is. The Mi-24A/D was equipped with the older AT-2 Swatter missile which sits mounted atop a guide rail and has four large stabilizing fins.

Mi-24V's were equipped with newer AT-6 and later AT-9 Spiral missiles which required a new guidance system, hence the redesign. These missiles are much narrower and contained in a tube prior to launch.

The Mi-24P Hind F is essentially a Mi-24V with the 12.7mm gun replaced with a twin barrel 30mm cannon mounted on the starboard fuselage.

The lack of a chin turret is fairly obvious to spot when identifying the Mi-24P. It also saw a reorganized front cockpit but that cant be seen from the exterior.

The final and most modernized Mi-35M is quite different from the earlier variants. It has new avionics and optics, a new 'X' tail rotor, shortened wings with only two pylons instead of the usual three, a new cannon mounted in the nose, and non-retractable landing gear.

Its nearly a new helicopter compared to the older V and P variants.

I'd also like to point out that there are Mi-25 and Mi-35 (not to be confused with the Mi-35M) designations thrown around too. The Mi-25 was essentially a Mi-24D that was produced with slightly different avionics and intended for export to allied countries outside the USSR. The Mi-35 is a Mi-24V intended for the same.

So as a quick summary. The Mi-24A has a greenhouse canopy. The Mi-24D has an oblong transmitter and AT-2 missiles. The Mi-24V has a round transmitter and AT-6/9 missiles. The Mi-24P has a 30mm side mounted cannon. And the Mi-35M has new sensors, short wings, X tail rotor, and fixed landing gear.

[skrooy]

Sonic Crack Ships

So lately I've been going through a Sonic phase though its mostly a Tails phase if im being honest with myself. I've been trying to watch all the Sonic media and read all the Sonic comics that I can while playing a few Sonic games here and there. So my messed up brain came up with this stupid idea. What if I put every version of every canon Sonic characters from all Sonic media into multiple rounds of the hunger games simulator until only ones left. So I did that and even though I literally did it yesterday I already forgot who won I just remember it was something stupid. I also did it with all the diffrent canon and AU versions of Tails I could find and the winner was actually Tails from Sonic Boom. But anyways im getting off track where im going with this is that today while I was doing nothing lying in bed my brain came up with an even more messed up idea. What if I put all the Sonic characters not including the humans into a random wheel picker on Google to form a bunch of crack ships. So I did it for every character on the wheel. I now have a list. And I have decided to post this list because I find it funny. And I dare people to draw a couple from this list together or make a short cute crack story about one of these ships. And if you do please send a link to me. Ill die laughing if anyone does this. Sorry if I misspelled some names. P.S. I tried to put pictures on here for each character but I couldn't figure out how. I already have a part 2 for this in the works with even more characters.

Rosy the Rascal x Dark Doom

Scourge the Hedgehog x Trip the Sungazer

Mephiles the Dark x Silver Sonic

Ray the flying Squirrel x Rouge the Bat

Espio the Chameleon x Whisper the Wolf

Sage x Metal Amy

Storm Beard x Tumble the Skunk

Tiara Boobowski x Duck Bill Platypus

Cat (from Sonic Freedom Fighters) x Sonar the Fennec Fox

Hangry x Johnny Lightfoot

Gaia (Light, Dark, or both) x Megan Acorn

Tangle the Lemur x Silver the Hedgehog

Thrash the Tasmanian Devil x Sails

Thorn Rose x Vector the Crocodile

Monkey Khan x Fang the Jerboa

Jack x Tikal the Echidna

Prim x Chip

Werehog Sonic x Blaze the Cat

Nicole the Holo Lynx x Catfish

Knuckles the Dread x Sonic the Hedgehog

Zector the Zone Cop x Metal Tails

Wave the Swallow x Morian Blackthorn

Infinite the Jackal x Mighty the Armadillo

Vermin the Cybernik x Super Mecha Sonic

Porker Lewis x Zails the Zone Cop

Geoffrey St. John x Nazo the Hedgehog

Metal Sonic 3.0 x Manic the Hedgehog

Rocket the Sloth x Eclipse the Darkling

Marine the raccoon x Metal Scourge

Sonia the Hedgehog x Red

Black Rose x Dingo

Metal Knuckles x Nine

Charmy Bee x Neo Metal Sonic

Zknuckles the Zone Cop x Knuckles

Vanilla the Rabbit x Ebony the Cat

Rusty Rose x Perci

Mecha Sonic x Jet the Hawk

Bark the Polar Bear x Emperor Metallix

Mangy x Amy Rose

Sally Acorn x Griff

Fleetway Sonic x Tails the Fox

Bean the Dynamite x Zonic the Zone cop

Nasty Hyenas (the whole group) x Sticks the Badger

Metal Sonic x Stripes the Tiger

Batten x Storm the Albatross

Fiona the Fox x Cream the Rabbit

Anti Tails x Shade the Echidna

Bunnie Rabat x Shadow the Hedgehog

Antoine x Zooey the Fox

Sonic.exe x Jules (yes I know this is Sonics dad in the comics)

Ifrit x MinaMongoose

Rocket Metal Sonic x Tekno the Canary

Avatar x Big the Cat

Zantoine the Zone Cop x Gnarly

Chaos x Rotor the Walrus

Bunny Bones x Anti Sally

Zouge the Zone Cop x Zespio the Zone Cop

Denizen 1998 x Tails Doll

Mecha Knuckles x Honey the Cat

Rebel x Sleet

Knucks x Pseudo Sonic

Solaris x Zally

Nack the Weasel x Athair

Ball Hog x Carrotia

Grand Battle Kuku 15th x Lupe the wolf

Roxy the waiter x Lien-Da

Number 16 Speedy x Alicia Acorn

King Max Acorn x Bearenger

Lawrence x Burning Blaze

Elias Acorn x Fiest the Panda

Ari x Roller

Sallybot x Queen Aleena

Da Bearz (both of them) x Fockewulf

Julie-Su x Dr. Finitevus

Ms. Possum x Catty Carlisle

[thepartyponies]

Helicopter.

This idea’s been kicking around my head for a few weeks now so here it is so far. We’ll start with some context, as best I understand it (thought I might miss a few things).

The USA has had two main attack helicopters. The first of which is the Bell AH-1 Cobra, which borrowed its rotor systems from the UH-1 Iroquois. Both of these then got twin-engine versions (Twin Huey and SuperCobra):

There was a short-lived program called the AH-56 Cheyenne, which had small wings and a neat pusher propeller on the tail that made for interesting flight dynamics:

After that was the Army’s main attack helicopter, the AH-64 Apache:

The marine corps kept the AH-1W SuperCobra / AH-1Z Viper instead of switching to the bigger Apache. There was also the canceled RAH-66 Comanche stealth attack helicopter in the 00’s:

Both the Viper and Comanche use a 20mm 3-barrel Gatling cannon in a chin turret. These attack helicopters perform a variety of roles for the Army and Marines, including Close Air Support (CAS) of ground troops and anti-armored vehicle missions. The primary CAS aircraft for the US Air Force has been the A-10 Thunderbolt II (Warthog) with its 30mm GAU-8 Gatling cannon:

The A-10 has been very effective, but it’s been in service for decades and its gun is becoming less effective against the newest tank armor, and so it’s finally beginning to be retired. This led to my idea.

The US also has a number of other kinds of helicopters, including the CH-53K King Stallion cargo helicopter:

The CH-53K is powered by three 7500hp turboshaft engines and is the strongest cargo helicopter in the country.

My idea is to use the drive systems from the CH-53K in the same manner as the Cobra did the Huey, to create a Heavy Attack Helicopter/Airborne Artillery Gunship, an AH-53 if you will. Without the need for large internal volumes of cargo, the fuselage could be reshaped and streamlined, using a high-visibility tandem cockpit like the other AHs

The payload capacity could then be used for armor and large weapons, such as an anti-tank cannon. With the 30mm rounds of the A-10 becoming insufficient, something larger would be needed. The 105mm howitzer from the AC-130 comes to mind, but its weight, recoil, and slow rate of fire (10rpm) might not be ideal. So instead I’m going for the 57mm Mk110 Bofors L/70 autocannon:

I think it should be big enough without being too big. It uses cartridge shells and has a much faster 220rpm rate of fire. (Remember that Bradley vs T-90 video? Think of that but bigger.) There have even been shells developed for it that are actively guided for pinpoint accuracy. Lose the bulky turret mechanisms, just the gun. Have it integrated into the fuselage centerline under the cockpit, with a redesigned ammo feed system at the back with a few hundred rounds. Then as a bonus, include the 20mm rotary cannon from the Viper in a chin turret underneath for smaller targets that don’t need the big gun. Landing gear will probably have to be more like the Apache.

The larger airframe should also be able to support larger missiles, such as the AGM-65 Maverick or AIM-120 AMRAAM. This would increase standoff range and survivability. Or you could just carry a ton of Hellfires/JCMs and Stingers.

Loiter time on station probably wouldn’t be as good as a Warthog, but I bet you could fit some pretty big fuel tanks next to the ammo where the cargo bay used to be. Anti-ship and cruise missiles, even HARMs might be an option. And with three big engines you might be able to make enough electrical power for a laser energy weapon.

Maximizing parts commonality with the King Stallion would of course be helpful but I’m intrigued by the idea of adding a pusher prop on the tail like the Cheyenne, it sounds like a more stable shooting platform that way. And a stealth version like the Comanche might be possible, and increase survivability for such a big heavy craft, but idk how much in the rotor assembly would have to change for that to work.