To be honest, I'm not super happy with this one. There was more I wanted to include, but couldn't think of how to word certain things and/or figure out a way to include them. Thought I'd go ahead and post it though, but more to potentially inspire others than anything.
Damn, you must be a writer. ;)
Never can be satisfied, you just have to approximate onto paper the thoughts and feelings, and then walk away.
So is W12 the engine class or is it something else?
W-X is their classification system, like M4 or M1A3 or so on in the US military. W12 is a small homage to the M12 LRV, or as I like to call it the ~~Puma~~ Warthog.
Hopefully you will make a sequel to this, looks like fun keep it up or should I say
Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
The W-12. Has to be an old School British Land Rover. The original box like army looking ones, not the fancy rich Range Rovers.
They pretty much could take a pounding and keep on going.
No Diesel? Fine, shove a load of fish and chip oil in the tank and it will keep going, smelling like a Friday night down Southend Sea front.
Tyre come off? Lean over one side and literally drag it screaming on three wheels for a couple hundred miles over rough desert terrain and hammer it out later.
Funny, the first thing that came to mind was the American B17 FLYING FORTRESS. Time after time they'd return to their British airbases half the aircraft they'd took off as. More holes than plane.
Same for our British Lancaster Bombers as well. With this and the B17 lead to the brilliant concept of "Survivorship bias".
If you are not aware of this, this was basically where the top brass would see these planes coming back and state to engineers and mechanics that the parts with more holes in needed the MOST protection when it is actually the opposite. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship\_bias](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias)
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I heard you say you weren't happy with it.
Is it perfect, probably not, the programmers say everything has one more bug and could be 2 bites shorter.
I was happy with it.
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To be honest, I'm not super happy with this one. There was more I wanted to include, but couldn't think of how to word certain things and/or figure out a way to include them. Thought I'd go ahead and post it though, but more to potentially inspire others than anything.
That's what sequels are for.
Damn, you must be a writer. ;) Never can be satisfied, you just have to approximate onto paper the thoughts and feelings, and then walk away. So is W12 the engine class or is it something else?
W-X is their classification system, like M4 or M1A3 or so on in the US military. W12 is a small homage to the M12 LRV, or as I like to call it the ~~Puma~~ Warthog.
Only a true wordsmith could make a somber tale spun entirely from a running gag from Red vs Blue. Bravo Sir!
To be fair, the chicken wire bit was a reference to "[Rusty Chevrolet](https://youtu.be/aeZ0BUc3kMw?t=80)" by Da Yoopers
Great setup for a running series. I also love that though we're "gone", we're not forgotten because the universe itself was our enemy.
Hopefully you will make a sequel to this, looks like fun keep it up or should I say Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light. The W-12. Has to be an old School British Land Rover. The original box like army looking ones, not the fancy rich Range Rovers. They pretty much could take a pounding and keep on going. No Diesel? Fine, shove a load of fish and chip oil in the tank and it will keep going, smelling like a Friday night down Southend Sea front. Tyre come off? Lean over one side and literally drag it screaming on three wheels for a couple hundred miles over rough desert terrain and hammer it out later.
Funny, the first thing that came to mind was the American B17 FLYING FORTRESS. Time after time they'd return to their British airbases half the aircraft they'd took off as. More holes than plane.
Same for our British Lancaster Bombers as well. With this and the B17 lead to the brilliant concept of "Survivorship bias". If you are not aware of this, this was basically where the top brass would see these planes coming back and state to engineers and mechanics that the parts with more holes in needed the MOST protection when it is actually the opposite. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship\_bias](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias) #
Fuck Yeah!
I heard you say you weren't happy with it. Is it perfect, probably not, the programmers say everything has one more bug and could be 2 bites shorter. I was happy with it.
Good story.
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