let OB cannon target dropships while they are in flight

General Acid Goop
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if a guy frags marines and the cadeline with missiles i should be able to BE (Blow thE fuck up) him

pilot leaves fob while its sieged while queen is nowhere near, dooming the marines? plab him with our cool cannon.

the fact that we cannot use the cannon to plab dropship nerds saddens me greatly

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I get that this is acid goop, but the PR where AA just outright killed the dropship was very cool.

Acidic Goop (AKA, Questions for the Void)

I get that the USS Almayer is heavily underfunded and should be in drydock for extensive repairs, but anti-aircraft missiles don’t exactly fuck about – by the date of CMSS13, the USS Almayer should only be ~20 years old. How are the anti-air systems mounted? Is it a missile based system or a kinetic system? Why doesn’t it require loading? Is the ammunition out of date? Is it a vertical launch system or is it something else? why does the missile system only knock the dropship off course? Why doesn’t the dropship space an area?

According to some events where missiles are used, there is an anti-missile gun that has to ‘spin up’. Does the USS Almayer have a mix of defensive weapons systems? Was this even thought about?

Also, Railguns-- whats the fucking service life of a railgun? Why can we activate an ARC but not the ships railgun system?

Who launches the toxic gas at LZs? Why doesn’t SOP dictate that marines carry gas masks- On that note, why don’t the gas masks work? Why isn’t the USS Almayer given at least basic MOPP gear? The CLF have been known use chemical weapons, right?

Why does ARES store neurotoxin in its vent system? With the condition of the USS Almayer, isn’t that an extreme hazard?

Why is the year stuck in 2182? Is the USS Almayer cursed? Are xenomorphs even real? How are we sure its not some freaky space magic?

On that note, what is the service history of the Almayer? Why are the ERT teams so quick to respond? Is the USS Almayer being followed by a handful of vessels? Do they warp? If they warp, whats the need for hypersleep?

Why IS the USS Almayer underfunded? Theres more threats in the outer worlds than there are in the core worlds-- sure, Xenomorphs are a new threat, but wouldn’t you fund a ship that is in a region of a novel enemy?

Why isn’t the Weyland-Yutani company responding to their own distress signals?

On the note of WY, its actually LORE INACCURATE to be called the ‘WEYLAND-YUTANI’ company, if we go by Alien (first movie), as its spelt ‘Weylan-Yutani’.

Why do broken bones only cause like, a quarter of pain damage? I broke my arm once and I was in a shittone of pain. Maybe I’m a cowardic person, but like, I’d reckon even marines would be in paincrit (ESPECIALLY when USING the broken arm – I couldn’t MOVE my arm without being in INTENSE PAIN)

On that note, why are stims handed out so easily? Do I have to get my House MD RP on (S7E21-21)

Spoilers for a show that ended nearly a decade and a half ago

House uses an experimental drug to try and regrow muscles, but it is then proven that said drug causes tumors in the muscle regrowth area, causing him to attempt to excise the tumors himself.

Why wasn’t the CDC contacted about the Polio outbreak? Why was there polio in space?

Why arent there any OWLF agents aboard? Why does the CMB do all the police work? Why don’t we get boarded more often by ICC personnel?

What even is VAISOs’ goal? Kill any corporate personnel and be back home in time for dinner?

Why can’t my rifleman have a bad leg? ‘too combat oriented’? pftsh.

I think that the USS Almayer is a shitty vessel that should be blown up.
Maybe we could at least have a better funded ship next time?

I think that marines SHOULD be able to end hijack (fuck hijack)

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This man never misses. Re-merge the altitude control PR so that we can make a 360 no scope on the incoming dropship with the OB cannon. Load cluster for maximum accuracy.

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You know what? Fuck it.

Replace the orbital cannon with a deck of cannons – The combat correspondent already gets one*. Grapeshot, Chainshot.

You know what? Why not partner up with multi-million dollar franchise Sea of Thieves? I’m sure that’d go do well.

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Thats a little joke for the PHOTOHEADS in the audience. Referring to a little known company called ‘Canon Inc.’, a japenese manufacturer of photography.

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Let COs OB people as a BE.

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Let MPs tie the condemned to an OB as a method of execution. Firing squads are boring.

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You gave me an idea. Instead of executing a marine you load em in the OB cannon with 6 fuel blocks and fire him to the colony as an alternative OB. The spot the hit will be a guaranteed gib while his bones will scatter around as shrap

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