Comments for The Art of the Fuze

The Art of the Fuze

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 09:43:45 -0600

(or, the Well-tampered Claymore)Greetings, mortals. ANGSGT Carborundum here. Yes, it is true that a good sandstorm, properly applied, can be used to keep Tuttle on the ground (plus it is nicely Biblical and the brass does favor tradition) but my job is by no means over then. He can get into trouble *anywhere*. My collected incident reports to date have their own section in the archives at ANGCOM, and boy do they complain when they have to add another bank of shelves just for me. (Scrolls. Tradition again. Yes we know about digital files but we've found that using computers...

Comment from Azariah on 2009-01-29

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:19:00 -0600

Y'know, I should ask Hananiah if Rodney could help you out with the local gravitational variation thing. He's done it once--problem is, the point was to destroy a planet, and it worked. I don't think Himself would take kindly to it happening more frequently. But if we're dealing with jihadis and not Replicators....

Comment from Sgt. B. on 2009-01-29

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:18:36 -0600

Used to play an RPG ("Space Opera", I think it was) where a fellow owned a portable hole. We'd be set upon by mass numbers of space beaties, and he would throw that sucker out and hop in, emerging after we had beaten back the hoard... Worked well for him until somebody sent a torq grenade (think very small nuke) whistling into the hole after him...

Comment from AFSister on 2009-01-29

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:55:07 -0600

dang it.
THROW them out... THROW them out....

Comment from AFSister on 2009-01-29

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:53:55 -0600

They don't need ACME rockets, Casey... they need the ACME Black Holes. Just through them out on the battlefield toward your enemy.. and they disappear into a giant tunnel and get crushed by a train.

Comment from Casey on 2009-01-29

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 10:52:12 -0600

What? Youse guys don't sell ACME rockets any more?