BUFF Replacement Proposal

tal , 4 hours ago

I think that based on past precedent, that’d make it the Navy’s department. I don’t think that the Air Force is going to hand the B-52’s mission to the Navy.

EDIT: Ah, you even put the Navy markings on it.

NakariLexfortaine , 5 hours ago

Blimps, dirigibles, rigid frame airship, I don’t give a fuck what you call it, I want big balloons in the air, and sky pirates raiding them.

CanadaPlus , 2 hours ago

Wow, how did I not think of the potential piracy aspect as these things come back into style?

tal , 1 hour ago

It’s pretty long in the tooth now, but I remember this:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimson_Skies

Crimson Skies is a tabletop and a video game media franchise created by Jordan Weisman and Dave McCoy, first released as a board game in 1998 and then as a PC game in 2000.

The series is set within an alternate history of the 1930s invented by Weisman and McCoy. Within this divergent timeline, the United States has collapsed, and air travel has become the most popular mode of transportation in North America; as a result, air pirates thrive in the world of Crimson Skies. In describing the concept of Crimson Skies, Jordan Weisman stated he wanted to “take the idea of 16th century Caribbean piracy and translate into a 1930s American setting”.[3]

Infynis , 26 minutes ago

You mean, my perfect setting has existed all this time??

NielsBohron , 4 minutes ago

I loved the setting for this game, if not the game itself.

Plus, doesn’t anyone else remember Tailspin? I swear this was a real show and not an elaborate fever dream from my childhood.

Thorry84 , 35 minutes ago

Biggest issue with them is they can hardly carry any weight. That’s why the proportions of them are always so weird, with a huge body and a tiny cabin in comparison. They are also slow and very easily taken down. So in reality they are pretty much bad at everything. Cool as hell though.

YourPrivatHater , 5 hours ago

Germany did it first!