#Mobile Missile Launchers

[thejewishlink]

Russia Launches Drills of Its Nuclear Missile Forces

MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian military conducted drills of its strategic missile forces Wednesday, deploying mobile launchers in Siberia in a show of the country’s massive nuclear capability amid the fighting in Ukraine. As part of the drills, the Yars mobile missile launchers will maneuver across three regions of Siberia, Russia’s Defense Ministry said. The movements will involve measures to conceal…

[unicornheadnebula]

Cruise missiles and ballistic missiles

Cruise Missiles and Ballistic Missiles. How do they compare with other types of large ammunitions since and during their creation? Cruise missiles and ballistic missiles are two prominent types of missiles used for military purposes, with distinct characteristics and applications. Cruise Missiles Cruise missiles are guided weapons that travel at low altitudes, usually under radar detection, to…

[hasmadara]

Some Beast Wars redesigns!! Annotations below :3

Edit: wow mobile quality is terrible, i hate you tumble

INFERNO

I went very heavy with the knight imagery, serving his rrroyalty!! Went with a mix between a trapjaw ant and turtle ant because I wanted a shield. He has dual flame-throwers on his back/shoulders connected to the ant-butt because might as well add another mix with the yellow crazy ant, that sprays acid (in this case flammable liquid) through it's rear!

Being grabbed by those extremely strong, extremely fast mandibles of the trapjaw ant before being blasted by a flamethrower to the face sounds like a wonderful time <3

RATTRAP

Rattrap I wanted it to feel like an Italian mobster, I think I went a little too on-the-nose but, I like it! He has a fedora-type helmet, with a lovely cigar alongside some hidden suspenders and I tried to make the rat head have a tie - on his wrists he has tools such as lockpicking devices, torch, other things ;)

In my continuity he's primarily infiltration and sabotage, with a heavy preference for explosives

RAMPAGE

Rampage was fun, I stuck heavily to his BW design but I wanted the mutant freak part of him to be more emphasised. So, the crab has teeth. And 6 legs? I gave him extra arms because it would be quite hard to grab things with those mega pincers, but also extra arms are cool as fuck. He also has spurs and leg-guns because, again, cool as fuck. I love how his biolights turned out!

I didn't want to spend time drawing massive guns but he does still have his rotating grenade launcher thing - it has all sorts: hellfire missiles, acid bombs, napalm grenades, and other nightmares <3

DEPTH CHARGE

Depth Charge was very fun also, I wanted his colouring to be extremely opposite to Rampage's so he has very muted cool tones while Rampage is blindingly bright. He has twin remora-shotgun things on his shoulders, and I wanted the manta to be more manta, less metallic. I enjoyed doing the gold highlights to add a bit of grandeur and elegance to him.

In my continuity his primary weapon is the Blades of Chaos from GoW :'))

[theoldbloomingroots]

A poster for my mecha-like replika unit is finally finished!

SCHUHSCHNABEL (Shoebill)

BEWEGLICH-PLANETARE-VERTEIDIGUNG-REPLIKA (Mobile planetary defense replica)

Schuhschnabel type replika is primarily used in active battle zones, its main objective is to intercept enemy spacecraft entering the atmosphere, using its powerful missile launcher, in an effort to deny enemy reinforcements and supplies.

The launcher can also be used against ground targets, for the purpose of neutralizing enemy planetary defenses, landed spacecraft or heavy fortifications.

This replica is also equipped with a versatile sidearm, a short barreled autocannon capable of firing a variety of ammunition types, mainly high explosive shells for countering infantry and light armored vehicles and HEAT for medium armor targets.

It can also punch people.

[splatsvilles-fashionista]

Assorted small changes I'd make to Splatoon if Nintendo let me.

Your sprinkler no longer disappears if you get splatted (so that it's less terrible on aggressive weapons that actually want to fight in the front lines)

Toxic Mist's radius increases by up to 50% over the course of its duration (it's MIST, it should spread out as it disperses!)

Increase Angle Shooter's damage from 40 to 45 (so that a single sub of Sub Defense doesn't stop its combos from working, this thing is already hard to hit as is and it's very rarely particularly rewarding)

Reduce Curling Bomb's Ink cost to 55% and max damage when uncharged to 70 (let's face it, Curling Bomb isn't really a bomb, it's a mobility tool, and I think it's better off if balanced accordingly)

Bombs explode immediately upon flyfish missile launchers (so that the game's physics doesn't randomly decide to punish you for doing exactly what it tells you to do in order to splat flyfish)

The salmonids that spawn during tornado waves are now dazed for half a second upon landing, during which they don't move or attack (I've died way too many times to a cohock landing on top of me mid-melee attack and it's really annoying)

Will expand this list as I think of more things

[athena-gunpla]

HGUC 1/144 E.F.S.F Mass-Production Locality Specialization Type Mobile Suit RGM-79D "GM Cold Districts Type"

More GMs!!! I had a lot of fun with the old 2001 GM, the new 2023 'The Origin' GM Missile Pod, and the GM Sniper II, so of course I had to continue the collection.

The GM Cold Districts Type is a suit that briefly appears in the opening scene of the OVA "0080: War in the Pocket". It's a pretty basic redesign of the classic GM, with the large star removed from the shield, and extra vents added to the face (resembling the GM Sniper II from the same series) and shoulders, and an antenna added to the back of the head.

This kit in particular is from 2003 and reuses a lot of the moulds from the 2001 GM kit. However, this kit seems to have a lot of drawbacks as well. While the shoulders have been competent redesigned in a manner that resembles more contemporary kits (and makes them much more secure), the actual shoulder joint is a peg directly moulded into the torso rather than being a ball joint or hinged peg like most other kits. This gives the shoulders very limited range of movement.

The kit also has the disappointing old solid plastic beam saber, with the hand itself moulded into the saber hilt as well! This is a really bizzare choice even for 2003, so I discarded the beam sabers that came with the kit and re-used a spare from my Origin RX-78-2 alongside a beam effect, which looks a lot better.

I spent a lot of time detailing this kit. I used the old waterslide decal sheet for the 2001 GM rather than the limited foil stickers that came with the kit. I also tried a weathering method @radiofreemagica told me about where i sponged on black onto the sharp angles and high points, then drybrushed over the top with gunmetal. I also sponged on Vallejo pale brown and light rust in key areas to accentuate the weathered effect.

This was my second time using the Tamiya weathering set D on gunpla as well. I used the orange and blue on the gun to give a heat blueing effect, and the "oil stain" pigment worked great over rust areas to even out the light grey plastic.

I think the overall effect worked especially nicely on the darker torso and shield. I also had to paint the face vents, rear camera, back of the shield, and shoulder vents, as well as the yellow waist V logo and the grey border on the bottom two chest vents, so be aware if you're not a fan of colour correcting kits. Also, as always for UC kits, I did the inside of the booster jets in red.

This kit comes with limited hand options, with a single left open hand, left open fist, and right pistol grip, which was a little disappointing as I'm used to at least one open fist for each hand.

It also comes with a really neat machine gun with a large side magazine, triangular stock, and open bolt detail like a Sten MK II, but with an additional underslung grenade launcher.

Unfortunately the stock placement and large square forearms make posing the gun rather difficult, and there's only really one pose that works.

Overall I had a lot of fun building and weathering this kit, and I think I've really improved in making it look less plasticky. I think it's a great kit to round out anyone's collection, although I can't recommend it to gunpla beginners.

Thanks again to @radiofreemagica for the weathering tips!

[blogtaculous]

I really want to give a shout-out to the Mobile Frame Zero community for the really, really cool work they’ve done since the following work was made possible by their efforts.

So, I watched all of Evangelion and was like “wow, mechs vs monsters is so sick like for real”

So my next Lego project is going to be mechs vs monsters in a micro city, thus continuing my trend of projects that stretch my collection instead of building on it.

While Brikwars shenanigans continue I have been building the mechs.

Here they are, a handsome little collection.

I wanted to write this post to expand on the lore of each machine but also to give credit to the excellent mech and frame builders I copied from. I think I have a real talent for castles and landscapes but machines and space builds still don’t feel right, so I’m thankful for others who have paved the way.

From left to right:

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W-024 “Ancient Ode” is one of the original War Class mechs before the expansion of their battlefield roles, and is now one of the last to operate. It owes its longevity to numerous upgrades given its stellar combat record across conflicts and operators. It keeps its original colors, an homage to the Army it used to serve.

This one is based on principles from Josh's Super Chub Marines, though I've multiplied the legs and made some significant changes to the arms and shoulders. This mech was originally going to be a melee focused machine, but the super chub legs have some balance problems when posing, and I was frustrated by the lack of articulation in the ankles.

The solution came to me in a dream (Armored Core VI). I doubled the legs for a quadrupedal design, inspired by the success I had using them against Sea Spider. Now it stays upright effortlessly and I could also use more sand green (one of the best Lego colors). In general, the four legs allow for beefier body parts and the back-mounted rocket launcher.

“W-class” refers to a time when mechs were first used for warfare instead of construction or manufacturing. Today, Ancient Ode would be referred to a BL-Class (Battleline), but owing to its service record the original classification sticks. Ancient Ode is the Ma Deuce of battle mechs. I enhanced the build with stickers from the Avatar sets, though I was disappointed when the sand green on the stickers clashes with the brick color.

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A-094 "Distant Oath" was one of the first artillery class mechs produced, as such the it was outfitted with a now-obsolete shoulder-mounted heavy cannon. While heavy cannon mounted in this manner such as the LM-15 Ultra Sonic have gone out of fashion in favor of much larger cannon or shorter range missile pods (a precursor of which is mounted on the right shoulder), it has been impractical to repurpose A-class mechs like Distant Oath.

Distant Oath is heavily based on the MF0 frame Uhlan Marine by skroberto on Flickr. I had to figure out most of it from his photos and other resources on the MF0 Facebook page. It's a great frame, but I made some internal changes to make it suitable for physical construction. Unfortunately, it is the least stable mech in the collection because the “knee” joint is a round tile using opposite anti-studs to hold the legs together.

Given the stability problems and its size I decided it would be an artillery piece. I added some stickers from a Mindstorms set, and the “A” in “A-class” was derived from the stickers. The cannon has one that says “Ultra Sonic” so that’s the name of the cannon. Distant Oath was almost a shade of blue, but I was using Orange while I designed it and decided I loved it too much to change.

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S-62-2 “Wild Eyes” is a strike/support class mech designed for air superiority missions. These machines are among the newest frames produced, with boosted legs for softer landings and a lighter exoskeleton to let the booster engines really shine. They are useful for sustained flight and boosting directly into engagements.

This is a combination of concepts from -SuspendedAnimation-'s Rigel II and Andromeda MFO frames that use their X-11 core.

Wild Eyes is a strike/support class because I’ve decided that machines that are smaller and more mobile can have so many different roles that it would be impractical to classify them all different. The color chosen for the only soft blue that includes the chest piece and the shoulder bricks. Wild Eyes is a little lanky after I modified the arms to be more posable and it looked very “flight” to me so I gave them a real set of boost engines designed to fly around and harass.

I used more mindstorms stickers since they are transparent, but I was able to find some for the fund that say “Danger, Jet Blast” in a Marvel jet I could cut apart to fit.

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S-973 No Survivors is a strike/support class mech designed for sustained ground operations. It's outfitted with stronger than standard armor and a booster engine for mobility to offset the additional weight. Additionally, it's equipped with a utility launcher for tactical munitions or a short range pile driver. Often, this style of S-class mechs carries a melee weapon, and No Survivors wields an RES (Rapid Energy Sword).

This one is a modified version of -SuspendedAnimation-'s Comanche core. I changed the shoulder and elbow assembly because I don't like how fragile modified tiles and taps are, something I also did for Wild Eyes and Ancient Ode. The rifle is their design as well.

Once again, the mech’s numerical designation is derived from the stickers. This one uses several unmodified from a Marvel jet. Like Distant Oath, No Survivors has last resort munitions in the chest. The RES isn’t a static blade like a lot of other mech settings, as that would be impractical when trying to fight in between buildings. It operates a little bit like a lightsaber, activating when necessary, and the energy isn’t all that stable. It explodes out from the handle and is closer to a giant lighter than a true sword.

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I’m excited to get the city built for the mechs to romp around in. I have a few buildings mocked up already, but I don’t have space for more until I can block out the roadways. I love how AC6 cities are laid out and will be taking lots of inspiration from there. I also want to do some retractable structures like Tokyo-3.

Anyway, have a good day, thanks for checking out my work.

[zvaigzdelasas]

21 Oct 23

President Joe Biden is making a new case to the American public for shipping arms, ammunition and other military supplies to the wars in Ukraine and Israel. His argument: many of those supplies are made in America — and that’s good for American jobs.[...]

That argument — which namechecked 2024 battleground states Pennsylvania and Arizona — comes as Biden makes a reelection pitch centered on his efforts to create jobs and revitalize domestic manufacturing in sectors such as clean energy and semiconductor fabrication. [...] And now that message includes arms manufacturing. The administration is pushing to ramp up the defense industrial base to pump out more artillery shells, missiles and other weapons for the U.S. and allies. The newest aid proposal, released Friday, includes $61.4 billion for Ukraine, of which $30 billion is for direct Ukrainian military aid.[...]

For Democrats who have been eager to see Biden more actively selling the war supply effort to weary voters, the made-in-America angle is a welcome sign of political vigor. They acknowledge, though, that it is not a sure-thing political wager. “To anybody that actually wants to, in good faith, make the decision, it’s certainly a really important and, I think, persuasive argument that this is about American jobs. It’s about helping actually bolster our entire defense manufacturing enterprise,” said Rep. Pat Ryan (D-N.Y.). “But I fear, and past behavior has shown, the MAGA extremists aren’t actually making this decision in good faith. They’re making it based on Russian propaganda that’s been propagated by Trump and everybody else.”[...]

While Biden’s message might resonate with some voters, it’s not getting much traction with House Republicans who oppose more aid [to Ukraine] at least not yet. Interviews with House GOP lawmakers on Friday showed that even those who feel Ukraine aid is justified aren’t buying Biden’s argument.[...]

Ukraine has been striking Russian logistics hubs using Lockheed Martin’s Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System, or GMLRS, that are partially made in Lufkin, Texas — a city of 34,000 people that saw its paper mill and foundry close over the last two decades.

It’s represented by Republican Rep. Pete Sessions, a Ukraine aid supporter, who said Friday that the U.S. has an obligation to protect Ukraine under its post-Cold War security commitments. [...]

The U.S. has awarded hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts for the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System launchers that fire GMLRS and are made in Camden, Ark., a town of about 10,000 people that’s 100 miles south of Little Rock. Republican Rep. Bruce Westerman, who represents Camden, said critics of government spending can be surprised to know some of that spending is going back to communities like his. “I actually had some constituents text me last night and say $100 billion is a lot of money to give away, and I made the point that a lot of that equipment is made in my district,” Westerman said. [...]

A bigger driver for House Republicans to back Ukraine aid may ultimately be whether they can extract border security concessions from Biden and Senate Democrats. Biden’s supplemental request includes $13.6 billion for security efforts at the U.S.-Mexico border. Republicans are also seeking border policy changes from the administration, and see a Ukraine funding request as an opportunity for leverage. “I’d be really surprised if Republicans wanted to let Russia win more than they wanted our own border secure,” Crenshaw said. “So I think that is the grand bargain that needs to happen.”

[oshlet]

RX-75 Guntank, the first federation prototype mobile suit and arguably closer in design to a tank. Where the Gundam was more suited to close quarters engagements, and the Guncannon with medium range, the Guntank rounds out the trio as a dedicated long range fire support platform.

The primary armament of the machine is a pair of low recoil 120mm cannons that can be fired both directly for field battles and indirectly for striking at enemy installations. In each hand sits a 4 barrel 40mm missile launcher for short-medium range combat and air defence. Although heavily armoured with Luna Titanium, the reactor is primitive, preventing the use of energy weapons.

[jinxxangel13]

Phantom of the Night

Chapter 7:

Tw: blood, gore, minor character death, guns

~Masterlist~ ~Prev~ ~Next~

Recap:

“Contact!”

Phantom took cover behind some crates with Soap, losing eyesight of Ghost and the rest of their team as she focused on the AQ soldiers. She switched guns as fast as she could, double checking that she had enough bullets before going prone and aiming between the slits on the side of the shelves.

She was able to drop 2 people on the top floor, and one heading down the stairs before she had to take cover again. The AQ were now lighting up her hiding spot with bullets, so she had no choice but to dash to the forklift in front of her. It wasn’t a lot of cover, but it was good enough for her to take down a heavily armored soldier hiding behind an ammo crate at the back of the warehouse.

Phantom couldn’t see anyone else, but still waited for Ghost’s call.

“We clear?”

“All clear.”

Phantom shouldered her gun, rolling out her shoulder with a wince at the pain in her arm, but it could wait a bit longer at this point.

“Search it. Let's find what they were hiding…”

“Lieutenant. This warehouse wasn’t on the schematics. Got a bad feeling about this.” Phantom lowered her voice when she stopped near him. “Check the container.” 

Ghost gestured to the one in front of them, with her nodding in agreement. With the help of two other Bravo soldiers, they opened the heavy metal doors to reveal a computer system with lines upon lines of code flying across the screen.

“The fuck is this?”

Phantom's eyes widened as she stepped into the container, trying to decipher the letters flying across the screen before it clicked.

“It’s English.”

“It’s all in English.”

Phantom scoffed as Ghost mimicked her words without realizing and stepped up to the controls. Her fingers flew across the keyboard before she flipped a switch to the side, waiting a moment after she heard metal creaking above her before making her way out of the container.

“This isn’t good…”

Ghost, Soap and Phantom watched as something was raised out of the top of the container.

 “Steaming Betsy...:” Soap muttered, stepping back slightly.

“Ballistic missiles.”

“It's a fucking mobile launcher.” Phantom snapped, her fists clenching tightly. "Shit."

“Sir, these'll go 1,000 miles.” 

“At least…” Ghost huffed. 

This mission just went from bad to worse as the weight of what they found settled on everyone's shoulders.  Phantom snapped back to the present as she noticed Soap starting to climb up a nearby crate to get a closer look at the side of the metal.

“How the hell did Iran get their hands on this?” 

Phantom stepped closer to Soap, though she kept her feet on the ground this time.

“Could be anyone at this point. Trade, black market, stealing.” Phantom shrugged. This wasn’t the first time she had witnessed something like this happening.

Ghost called out to one of the other team members.

“7-6, get us through to Laswell.”

“Roger, stand by... Bravo 7-6 Charlie to Watcher-1, how copy?”

“This is Watcher-1, send traffic.” Laswell called over the radio.

“Laswell, this is Ghost, we got something.”

“Tell me you found Hassan…”

“Hey, Phantom, take a look at this…” Soap pointed something out on the missile, Phantom's eyes finally understanding what symbol was on it.

The American flag was etched into the missile.

“Ghost, do you have Hassan?”

“Negative. We found a weapons cache. Hassan's got missiles... they're American.”

“0-7-- This is Gold Eagle Actual, repeat that last.” It must be bad if General Shepherd answered.

“I say again- Hassan has missiles.” Ghost retorted back.

“They have fucking American missiles, General.” Phantom called through her radio.

She walked away from the crate in annoyance, not caring about what else was said at that point as the pain in her head and arm started to become debilitating. 

“Let’s clear out to exfil.”

Phantom was one of the last people on the plane when they picked the team up. She took the time to rewrap her arm tightly with the help of Alpha 0-2, who also used some antiseptic she handed him from her kit to try and clear her head wound-sans her helmet. She hissed in pain, knuckles whitening in her lap as she sat as still as possible.

“I know, kid, gonna hurt like a bitch.”

Phantom chuckled, tilting her head slightly to allow him easier access to the rest of the wound.

“Probably gonna need stitches.” She groaned, earning a small yet pained smile from the man in front of her.

[boinkingbattlemechs]

Trebuchet

The Trebuchet (also jovially referred to as the Trenchbucket) is a mainline medium weight BattleMech considered to be a fine blend of long- and short-range fire support for a unit of its size. Unlike many other pre-Clan 'Mechs, the Trebuchet was designed from the beginning to work as part of a lance instead of functioning as a stand-alone model. The TBT-5N features respectable firepower, ten heat sinks, seven and a half tons of armor and a top speed of 86.4 km/h for good mobility. The main drawback of the design is its endurance: since it was never meant to operate far from supply lines the Trebuchet has a limited amount of munitions for its missile launchers and once these ammunition bins have run dry the 'Mech must defend itself with only its laser weapons, where it is often outgunned compared to other 'Mechs when fighting independently at close range.

The Trebuchet first walked off assembly lines in 2780 for the SLDF in the final years of the Star League, between the liberation of Terra from Stefan Amaris and Aleksandr Kerensky's departure. With the onset of the Succession Wars the Trebuchet would become an almost exclusive staple of the Free Worlds League since its manufacturing site on Stewart fell within their territory. However the original TBT-3C models proved to be too difficult to repair and produce with the disappearance of advanced technology, and in 2799 Corean Enterprises went back to the drawing board to create the TBT-5N using less advanced technology.

The Free Worlds League Military often partnered the Trebuchet with the Archer, while lances consisting of an Archer, two Trebuchet's and a Centurion became a common configuration used for siege operations by the Regulan Hussars. However the design also found its way into the hands of the other Great Houses and served with distinction during the Succession Wars in nearly every major operation, with a number of variants created to fulfill various needs. The technological renaissance which swept through the Inner Sphere during the 3030s allowed first Kali Yama and then the Irian corporations to begin producing the Trebuchet as well, culminating in upgraded designs debuting several years prior to the Clan Invasion. As late as 3071 advanced Trebuchet variants would continue to be produced and found themselves used by new actors on the galactic stage, most notoriously the Word of Blake.

[hath-e]

RX-105-Π PsiXi Gundam,

An Anaheim attempt at adapting the Psycho Frame design of the Unicorn into a fully equipped Atmospheric flight suit, equipped with the NT-D system as well as a fully fledged Minovsky Flight Unit both integrated directly into the Suit,

This is both the most expensive and largest standalone Anaheim Gundam, while keeping the 26 meter height of the Xi Gundam, whenever the NT-D activates and the Psycho Frame fully extends the suit reaches over 28 meters in height.

As the base model of the Mobile Suit is the Xi Gundam most weapon systems remain largely unchanged with only the Funnel Missiles being exchanged for the more sophisticated Funnel Launchers, The Beam Rifle being swapped out by the Beam Magnum and the shield being upgraded into a Psycho based shield bit.

(Insert really cool art of the Xi mode and Destroy mode next to eachother)

(Also I had this idea that in Destroy mode the whiskers would fold into the head hiding the exposed frame bits and the lower part of the V-fin and the red forehead cover would slide down below the eyes)

The Suit itself was acquired by Alberto Vist due to his connections with Anaheim and later given by him to the Mineva Faction. Officially however it was marked as sold to a PMC as just a standard RX-105 Xi Gundam unit.

The knowledge of the MS's full Psycho Frame capabilities was known only to a select few, and all relevant documentation of it's complete design was destroyed in order to uphold secrecy about Anaheim building new Psycho Frame suits.

Inspite of the fact that the suit was made to be used on the earths sphere due to the Minovsky Flight system utilizing I-fields to perpetuate flight it's one of the fastest known MS both in atmosphere and space.

The Funnel Launcher is a psycommune based weapon similar to the Funnel Missiles the biggest difference being is that the Funnel Launcher instead of itself being the missile it shoots out a timed warhead before returning to the Mobile Suit to reload.

The Beam Magnum is much similar to the Unicorns however it posses a more efficient E-Pak system allowing for a single "magazine" to hold 8 shots instead of 5 without affecting the size. Due to the integrated Psycho Frame the Mobile suit can fire the Magnum without suffering any damage.

The Shield Bit mimics the Shield of the original Xi Gundam, however it has been fitted with Psycho Frame material and is equipped with a single Beam gattling. It can be utilized as a full fledged Bit whenever the suit enters NT-D, otherwise it is equipped on the suits left arm.

Like the RX-0 series of suits, the RX-105-Π Psycho Frame also emits a glow which is much closer in coloration to the blue on the RX-0 Unicorn Gundam 03 Phenex then the expected of the Green glow that the RX-0 Unicorn possess.

As the Gundam is the original RX-105 used by Mafty at it's base that opts instead to integrate the Psycho Frame material into it's parts, it has become really important to the Mafty sympathizers in Side 3 awaiting the return of "the Just King of all the Prophets"

The combination of Anaheim Electronics 2 most powerful in class Gundam mobile suits, combing their 2 most advanced pieces of Tech and very far advanced Mobile Suit weaponry makes this Gundam lack any competition other than other Psycho Frame equipped machines piloted by powerful Newtype pilots. The cost and the risk of it's development however put Anaheim at significant deficit meaning that it's sister unit RX-104FF-Π was discontinued as the idea of a separately attached Minovsky Flight Unit seemed both irrelevant and too costly.

[deazmonius]

It’s been a good while since I have posted. I have that said have not been completely idle. I have several kits to up load. Going start with the ‘F/D-20 Zowort Heavy’ from the Witch from Mercury. This unit is verdant from the F/D-19 Zowort and is a heavy combat model. Sporting improved flight stability and allows for heavier armaments. Mounted on its back it has the AMMs (anti-mobile missiles) missiles launcher which chains 4 missiles. It has a High-output beam cannon for medium to long range combat. In addition to the back mounted weapons it also has beam Vulcans on the head unit. Two beam sabers stored on its forearms and carries a long beam gun/grande launcher as part of its standard loadout.

[retphienix]

The fact that the fascist as hell fallout 4 bos run by the shithead kid from fallout 3 who decided to stomp on everything the good-hearted fallout 3 branch accomplished created a fragile, stupid, illogical floating-fire-hazard base with the Prydwen blimp all so that Todd Howard could go "Isn't it SO COOL how it flies into view when you exit the building on that one quest????" instead of repurposing this design (which fucks gratuitously) from Fallout 3 proper ->

pisses me off.

Instead of creating an instantly recognizably "Bad idea" out of thin air and trying desperately to justify why it's totally fine and a good idea and a random raider with a missile launcher or a particularly giddy Super Mutant with a fat man wouldn't, you know, one shot the fucking thing and kill AN ENTIRE CHAPTER (still isolated as they are) OF THE BOS they could have just taken this Enclave rolling satellite base from Broken Steel and justified it FAR MORE EASILY.

"Oh we took the scrap and design docs from the wreckage and made it our own just like we did with liberty prime- you remember liberty prime, we sure do and plan on sucking him off more later in the game :) (to mediocre results)- we slapped a repair bay on top for Liberty Prime to stand on (which would have been better fan service tbh)."

"It's our mobile base- capable of rolling into the outskirts of wherever we are needed. You get to see it fucking demolish some buildings with a shredder or some shit on the front as we wheel it into position after you exit such and such building on such and such quest in Fallout 4- all while being escorted by a platoon of Knights in power armor- providing a fucking insane visual that makes new players, who don't yet know we fucked up the BoS writing 10 fold in FO4, get hype!"

"Since it's a ROLLING base it makes total sense that once we reach a location we "branch out" by sending some resources to occupy nearby places, having a weird ass space elevator situation with a blimp that stays perpetually in the sky but still requires we make much riskier resource transfers with like no cover to our local temp base setups would be stupid- why would we do that."

Like for fuck's sake, repurposing this from the finale of the Broken Steel DLC would have made complete sense.

We blow it the fuck up, then in 4 we find out they did what the BoS (all branches) always do, learn from, take ownership of, and generally repurpose old world tech- in this case the same fucking carrier they had to face in 3- it'd make so much more sense I hate the fucking blimp so much.

[girlactionfigure]

🔘 Mon morning - ISRAEL REALTIME - Connecting to Israel in Realtime

⭕ HEZBOLLAH ROCKETS and SUICIDE DRONES x4 rounds since our last report.

❗️including ROCKETS at Acre (northern city - north of Haifa).

❗️including ROCKETS at Kiryat Biyalik (just north of Haifa - the Krayot).

▪️RESCUED HOSTAGES CONDITION.. nutritional deficiency, emotional and psychological struggles, Stockholm syndrome, harsh treatment - evaluation of medical teams.

▪️ANTI-AIRCRAFT FROM HEZBOLLAH.. yesterday Hezbollah fired Iranian made and provided anti-aircraft missiles (multiple) at an Israel F-15.  The IDF responded by eliminating the anti-air launcher and squad.

▪️FRANCE WARNS LEBANON.. France has informed the government in Lebanon that Israel is preparing to launch a large-scale military operation against Hezbollah, which includes aerial bombing of vital targets throughout Lebanon, and ground entry into the area south of the Litani River.

▪️HAMAS WATCHES ISRAELI POLITICS AND SMILES.. The head of the political department of Hamas abroad, Sami Abu Zahari:  The military and political resignations are endless and prove the collapse of the Israeli political system.

▪️INFILTRATION - SDE EPHRAIM.. two armed terrorists wearing IDF vests infiltrated the Sde Ephraim farm, one lit the mobile home on fire, in which a couple who got married less than a week ago lives. Fortunately the couple was a Sheva Brachot (7 blessings meals with community).  IDF searching.

🔸DEAL NEWS - US SEC STATE BLINKED ARRIVES IN ISRAEL.. will meet with Netanyahu to try to advance the negotiations on the exchange deal before visiting Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.

▪️BODIES.. news rumors state 34 bodies were brought from Gaza for identification, checking if they are hostage bodies.  This has happened many times previously with only a few found.

▪️CONSCRIPTION LAW.. The vote on the Law of Continuity for the Recruitment Law (the transfer of the law from the previous Knesset to this Knesset) is expected to take place tonight. For now, the majority seems to be assured.

▪️PROTESTORS ARRESTED - JERUSALEM.. a small group of “Change Direction” protestors attempted to block the entrance to government buildings.  Police quickly arrested them.

▪️ECONOMY - THE MINUS.. (in Israel people have a “line of credit” on their bank accounts, allowing overdraft but at high interest)  Bank Discount exempted interest on the first NIS 2,000 of “minus” starting 2022, to draw new customers. It didn’t draw customers, Discount canceled the exemption - and now is increasing the rates on ‘minus’ - 12.5% for the first NIS 800.  Bank Leumi similarly increased their ‘minus’ interest rates. (Calcalist)

⭕ ANTI-TANK missiles from Hezbollah at Manor.

⭕ HOUTHIS hit a Swiss container ship in the Red Sea.