>>1371367
>> Head off to work.
>Call the commander to ask to get the permits to dig there.

>>1371367
>Head off to work.

>>1371367
>> Head off to work.

>>1371367
>> Head off to work.

> Head off to work.

You pull on your hat, huffing. “Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to go to work. I have some things to take care of, people to talk to. Plus some permits to discuss as well.”

“Take your time, Ellie!” Winona nudges you with her elbow. “Don’t worry, we’ll be there to see you excavate it!” You smile at Winona. Aw, that’s sweet of her.

Right then, off to work then.

-

-

Admiral Nimitz naps on your desk when you arrive. Tessa, Athena, Hilda, and Mulcahy are already there working on their things. Denise takes your coat and your hat and sets it on the rack by the door. “How’s everyone doing?” you ask.

“We’re doing dandy,” says Athena. “You got practice today, right?”

“Practice and then I have to dig up a gold tank,” you say. Athena stares at you. “It’s a long story. I just need the permits, can-“

Tessa pulls the phone down from her ear. “I’m already in talks with some people to get the permits, don’t worry.” Oh, thanks, Tessa.

Right then. What to do then?

> Talk with a retinue member (Who?)
> Put Admiral Nimitz on your lap and relax a bit. Things have been stressful.
> Do your work. There’s not a lot but it’s work.
> Other

>>1371421
>> Talk with a retinue member (Tessa)
>> Do your work. There’s not a lot but it’s work.


Ask about the permits, can a scan or something?

>>1371421
>> Other
>Do EVERYTHING (and talk to Athena)

>>1371430
To clarify, put Nimitz on your lap, talk to Athena and do a little work.

>>1371421
Slow response today?

>>1371421
> Do your work. There’s not a lot but it’s work.

>>1371421
>> Talk with a retinue member (Tessa)
>> Do your work. There’s not a lot but it’s work.

>>1371508
Sorry, was delayed. Writing now.

> Talk with a retinue member (Tessa)
> Do your work. There’s not a lot but it’s work.

Before you get started on your work, you roll your chair over to Tessa. “Do you think you could get us some kind of listening device down there?”

Tessa nods as she writes some notes down on a notepad. “That’s what I’m discussing with the Captain right now. The issue is that we don’t want to break up that ground immediately right before labor day.” Fair point. “Though, if they can confirm something is indeed under the ground. They can certainly allow you and a team to excavate it.”

“Excellent,” you say. “How soon can they get it out there?”

“Today actually,” says Tessa. “The Captain is sending a survey team that way now.” Excellent.

Right then! You pick up Nimitz and place him down in your lap. “Right, I’ll get to work on stuff then.” Admiral Nimitz purrs loudly as you slide back over to your desk. Before you do so however…

“Ellie.” You turn your head to Denise. She holds a phone up, pointing to your’s. “You have Commander Caldwell on two.” Oh?

You pick up the phone. “Hello?”

“Say hey, Elodie Zumwalt,” says Lyra. “Word in the Command Tower is that you’re planning on excavating El Panzerado or something under the statue of the Marquis.”

“Yeah, word spread that fast?” you ask.

“Pretty much,” says Lyra. “Another thing though. I’ll be attending today’s practice too, with my own crew. I’ll be joining the NATO team for the tournament.” Really? That’s amazing! And… honestly, kind of frightening. Lyra is nice but only in small doses. You can tell she might get insufferable if you have to be constantly exposed to her. “I’ll take any tank that’s available though. Hope to see you there!”

> Boast
> Neutral
> Polite

>>1371592
> Polite

I look forward to you being there. Do any of your crew have experience? How big is your crew?

I have no idea what tanks we have available right now.

>>1371592
>> Polite
Tell her what tanks we have, we have like 3 right now.

Ask her if she has any preference.

>>1371592
>> Polite

>>1371592
> Polite

> Polite

“Hope to see you there too, Lyra. We’ll try and make the most of it, alright? Got any preference for tanks or anything?”

“Nah, I know you got some vacancies. I’ll take whatever Griselda assigns me,” says Lyra. “I mean, it’s not like she’s going to be picky with who gets to be part of the team anyway.” True enough. “Anyway, I should go. I’ll talk to you later.” With that, you hang up. Right, Tankery with Lyra. That will be something. Hopefully she’s not too smug. You can’t deal with that all the time.

Regardless, it was time to work. You start getting to work on your reports. There’s not a lot of it to do, but it may as well be done now rather than later.

-

-

> JOB COMPLETE
> + 5 CP

Tessa smiles at you. “Good news, Ellie!” Everyone is packing up to leave. “The survey team did find something under the statue of the Marquis. They weren’t able to confirm that it was a tank, but it certainly is the size of one. And the metallurgic construction does confirm solid gold.”

“Wait, you’re kidding.” Athena walks up. “There’s a solid gold tank under the statue!?”

Hilda slides up, determined. “I say we get it and melt it down for ingots. Maybe LGA might need an emergency reserve of gold.” You roll your eyes. “What? You don’t keep emergency gold with you?”

“I was raised poor, Hilda. Gold is like mithril to me,” you state simply.

“Fair point,” she says back.

> Deploy the excavation team.
> Head to the hangar. Might as well get practice out of the way first.
> Go find your crew.
> Other

>>1371683
>> Deploy the excavation team.
EXCAVATION ASSEMBLE!

>>1371683
>> Deploy the excavation team.

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>>1371683
>Deploy the excavation team.

Sierra Madre! Here we come!

>>1371683
>> Deploy the excavation team.

> Deploy the excavation team.

-

-

The team of fifty girls were ready and at your disposal, and behind them the vehicle they would be using to excavate the tank as well. They salute you. At the forefront were your XOs for the operation, Hadley Carver and Athena Kotsiopoulos. “We’re ready to go!” says Hadley.

“Good, good.” And at your side was a very happy and enthusiastic Perrine Hobart. “Um, Perrine. Could you clarify something for me?” She tilts her head as you point out the vehicles. They were Jagdtiger with a giant drill attached to its front. “Why did you stick a drill on a Jagdtiger again?”

“It was an Unlimited experiment, cheri,” she explains. “Surprisingly, it was actually very effective if you ever got ambushed by it. But we could never figure out how to use it properly. So we use it in excavations like this! I’m happy to loan it off to you all!” She pulls her goggles down. “I’ll drive though!”

Fair, you might as well let the crazy one drive the crazy tank.

Hadley says, “We can’t drill inside the courtyard though. What the Captain told us is that we have to tunnel our way under the school then pull it out ourselves.”

“And for that!” One of Hadley’s crewmembers holds up a canary in a cage. “We have this!”

“What’s that?” you ask.

“It’s a canary! If the canary dies while we’re tunneling, we’ll know the tunnel is cursed.”

You squint a bit. “Um.” You look to Athena. She shrugs in response. You’re not entirely sure how to respond to this.

> “Scrub the canary. Just start digging.”
> “Fine, I guess you can take the canary.”
> Other

>>1371771
> Other

If it lives, you have to take good care of it. If it dies, you have to perform the rites to lay its soul to rest.

>>1371771
>> “Fine, I guess you can take the canary.”
"...if you bring canary, i take you also bring some respirator or something in that effect too?"

>>1371771
> “Fine, I guess you can take the canary.”
> Other
Double check the plans for the carrier and hope we don't hit anything important on the way down and up.

And considering the lack of documentation on LGA, we'll damn well hit something anyway.

>>1371771
>>1371783
>>1371789
Supporting this.

I don't want no cursed birds in our school.

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>>1371797
>cursed birds

I don't think that's how it works, but I can't disagree with the sentiment.

> “Fine, I guess you can take the canary.”

“Fine. You can take the canary, but take good care of it. I don’t want it dying and all of you deciding to run out of the tunnel right before we hit the jackpot.” They salute, understanding. “Right, let’s go then!” You clap your hands. “Chop, chop! Perrine, fire up the drill!”

“With pleasure!” Perrine climbs, then spins up the drill. With a pit already pre-dug for it, it dips down. With a loud of the engines, the drill starts spinning up, whining and screaming. Everyone stands back a good distance as Perrine guides the drill downwards. And in a few short seconds, earth and dirt gets thrown up and around the drill, smashing through the earth. You cover your hands with your ears.

“Quite loud, isn’t it!?” yells Athena.

“That’s how you know it works!” Hadley shouts back. “Right, let’s get the support columns ready!”

Once the drill had managed to carve a good sized tunnel beneath the school and dug a good distance towards the Marquis, you had to carve things out by hand. There were a couple of troubles. For one thing, you had to tunnel quite far down to avoid collapsing the basements. And according to the survey scans, the tank wasn’t that deep down. So at some point, you’d have to dig upwards. That’ll be a safety hazard.

Secondly, time. You had practice later today. But you hadn’t figured out if you’ll be able to make it in time considering the scale of labor for digging this tank out.

Hm…

> Call your crew to practice without you. They might not learn as much, but at least they’ll learn.
> Have your crew skip out on practice today. Everyone or no one.
> Have Griselda delay practice until you get there.
> Other

>>1371925
> Have Griselda delay practice until you get there.
Or rather, ask her politely if she can, as long as it looks like we'll be 30 minutes or so late, not 3 hours. If it's the latter, just go with:
> Call your crew to practice without you. They might not learn as much, but at least they’ll learn.
and hope we can make it there for some of it.

>>1371925
>> Call your crew to practice without you. They might not learn as much, but at least they’ll learn.

>>1371925
>>1371937
Supporting this

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>>1371925
This Anon >>1371937 is wise in the way of training. I support this.

Because soon the gold will be MINE! ALL MINE! AHAHAahahh....ours. all ours, i mean.

> Have Griselda delay practice until you get there.

You call up Griselda, leaning on one of the support pillars as the girls get to digging their way to the tank. “Yeah, listen. I might just be an hour or maybe 30 minutes or so away from getting a gold tank. So if you could delay practice today for a little bit…?”

“No, sure, that’s fine,” says Griselda. “I need to do something with Salome today anyway, she just showed up. She wants to paint me apparently. Hopefully it’s not anything lewd.” You roll your eyes. “Your crew though wanted to go over and see how you were doing, so they’ll be on their way.” Oh, right. You forgot about them. Darn it. “Anyway, see ya, Ellie.”

Right then. You fold your arms. “How’s the canary?” you call out.

Hadley holds up the cage. The canary tweets happily. “She’s all good, Commander!” Perfect. At least there’ll be no tank of a cursed-

A body suddenly falls from the ceiling. “AAAHHH!” Everyone screams at the blackened, dirty, body that just fell in their midst. “IT’S A STIFF!” You stare at it. Oh. It’s a fucking dead body. Um. You should probably call the Hall Monitors, uh…

“Wait a second.” Athena steps up, then taps it. “It’s just a mannequin.” You all look at it. Yeah, it’s dirty, rotted, old mannequin.

“Who buries a mannequin under the school!?” yells Hadley in fright.

“Someone with a sick sense of humor probably,” says Athena.

“Hey!” One of the girls calls out, then rips something from the wall. She holds it up, revealing a very worryingly bomb-shaped object. “It’s a bomb!”

…

Okay. Definitely call the Hall Monitors.

-

-

“Hey, Ellie!” Winona, Ingrid, Stack, and Josephina step into the tunnel shaft you’ve created. “Wow! Look at all this!” says Winona. With everyone taking pickaxes and shovels to the dirt, you might find that tank in good time.

“ELLIE!” Kathy Wheeler has shown up. She bursts through the tunnel entrance, looking to you. “Have we found it yet!? Is the tank good!?”

“Hold your horses,” you say. You gently push her away to a more comfortable position. “We’re looking for it now. We’re close. We might even-“ You hear a loud banging noise. You all look over to see Hadley striking her pickaxe.

“I think I hit something!” she says. You all run over to it. Hadley, Athena, and Denise brush and scrape away at the surrounding Earth.

And shining through now was something beyond your wildest imagination. “… get the shovels,” you mutter. Everyone starts digging all around it. It takes no more than ten or fifteen minutes to unearth it.

But now before you was something you never thought existed. A solid gold Sherman M4A3 tank.

[1/2]

>>1372137
[2/2]

…

Dear God. “It’s beautiful,” says Kathy. She grins madly. “Ohohoho! If Gertrude Pool had found this a couple of years back, she wouldn’t have needed to save LGA! Wow!” Kathy places her hands on the golden hull. The gold is still quite shiny even after all these years of being buried. “Oooh… it’s so pretty, so shiny!”

“It’s also property of the United States government.” You all turn around to see Hall Monitors O’Keere and O’Keefe, backed up by a familiar man from way back when. “Agent Muldoon, I represent the US government.” He holds up his official badge, flanked by more Hall Monitors and special agents. “We’ve come to reclaim the tank. Thank you for doing the hard work for us. We’ll have NDAs shipped in-”

“NOOOO!” Kathy slides in front of the tank, shielding it with her body. “You’ll never take this tank from me! NEVER! First the Nuke, but not this!”

“There was a nuke!?” shouts O’Keere.

“No,” says Agent Muldoon. “Listen. That tank has a high dollar value attached to it. We can’t just simply let you have it.”

Winona looks over at Ingrid. “Do you know what’s going on?” Ingrid shrugs, no.

> “Kathy. It’s US property. Let them have it.”
> “Agent Muldoon, perhaps we can discuss ownership of the tank?”
> “The tank is ours! We found it, you weren’t going out looking for it!”
> Other

>>1372143
>> “Agent Muldoon, perhaps we can discuss ownership of the tank?”

>>1372143
> “Agent Muldoon, perhaps we can discuss ownership of the tank?”
Letss get the cash to buy the tanks we need.

>>1372169
You guys better not wuss out like you did with the nuke.

I'm still salty that you guys didn't barter better because muh government.

>>1372176
I didn't wuss. Believe me I wanted more. We're getting cash for this.

>>1372143
>> “Agent Muldoon, perhaps we can discuss ownership of the tank?”
"Or at least... there should be some REWARD for recovering this tank, right? And since we... have to do a lot of thing to recover this, we expect something... better than our last... 'transaction'

...Also, can we put this on display for a time?"

>>1372143
> “Agent Muldoon, perhaps we can discuss ownership of the tank?”
Technically LGA probably has mineral rights to its own soil.

>>1372189
If it weren't for that freakin non-disclosure I would have used that over her head.

She's a fan? Thats nice, so she better not rip us off again. Threaten to go to wikileaks.

>>1372176
We didn't 'barter better' because it was a radioactive weapon capable of glassing a city, that is not the kind of thing you get cheeky about or bargain over. Golden tanks on the other hand are perfectly reasonable to be cheeky about and/or bargain over.

>>1372232
In a schoolship of all places.

> “Agent Muldoon, perhaps we can discuss ownership of the tank?”

“Perhaps we can discuss this, Agent Muldoon?” You walk up to him. He looks down at you, looking skeptical at the idea. “I know this isn’t how you imagined spending your days taking things the US government forgot about, but this is something LGA could have and the US Government could benefit from too.”

“How so?” he asks.

“Well.” You shrug. You look over to Kathy. “Kathy. This golden tank was used as a publicity stunt to help drum up support for the US Military. That’s a piece of history right there. And what would the US government plan on doing with this tank?”

“Melt it down for ingots,” he states.

“Oh. We had the same idea too,” says Hilda. Athena elbows her, quietening her down.

“Regardless, don’t you think a piece of history like this deserves better?” you ask. “I know it’s insanely valuable, but it’s not like anybody’s going to try and rob us. We’re a schoolship! We’re not going anywhere fast, we have the Hall Monitors, we have the US Navy escort, nobody’s going to steal this thing.” Agent Muldoon rubs his chin, thinking on it. He motions for his agents to huddle around him for a talk. They start whispering to each other.

Kathy pulls you close. “What are you planning?” she asks.

“I think what we can do is hope we get the tank to display and a finder’s fee,” you say.

“Not good enough!” says Kathy. “I want every cent this tank is worth! Think about all the things we could buy with the worth of this tank! I could probably own half of LGA!” She gasps. “Imagine me, owning half of a schoolship!” She starts dreaming wistfully of it. “Oooohh, so many girls and doggies!”

Agent Muldoon turns around. “We’ve decided on a compromise.” Oh? “We’ll compensate the school, and your NATO team, for finding the tank. And we will allow personally oversee the display of the tank on LGA itself, at the discretion of the Captain and the Senior Class President.”

“How much money?” you ask.

They stare at you, then quickly turn around to discuss again. After a few seconds, they say, “Thirty million dollars.” WHAT. “Of course, that’ll have to be taxed, it’ll be divided amongst your schoolship’s class treasuries as well…” Muldoon takes his phone out, pulling up a calculator on it. “Your NATO team personally stands to gain a sum of around 750,000 dollars.”

Kathy glares at them. “And what do I get!?”

“What do you mean?” asks Muldoon.

“Me and Ellie have been finding all the treasures here on LGA, risking our necks out!” she says. “I think I deserve a little personal compensation.”

Agent Muldoon folds his arms. “You help curate the museum here on LGA, yes?” Kathy nods. “I’ll see to it that the US Government see about renovating the place out of pocket to modern standards.” Kathy blinks at that.

Kathy pulls you aside. “It’s a good deal, but I don’t buy it. I feel like they’re extorting us.”

> “I think we should just take it, Kathy.”
> “You’re right.” (Better deal?)
> Other

>>1372345
>> “You’re right.” (Better deal?)
Wait, aren't they underaged? They don't get taxed and also isn't this international waters as well?

and not to mention the compensation of the girls who worked on this as well. And the the good will we did not bargin on the nuke as well.

A bigger cut, or help restore the panther tank or give us a U.S. tank from their armory.

>>1372362
Schoolships are considered sovereign territory of whatever country they belong to, sort of like floating embassies.

>>1372345
>Your right...
"Muldoon, we both know that this vehicle is worth far more than your offer. I am willing to accept on the condition that you make note of our cooperation and provide the school with considerations in the future."

>>1372345
>>1372373
All the more, isnt there some stater of limitation of property of the U.S. military?

Not to mention she still owes us for that nuke.

>>1372345
> “You’re right.” (Better deal?)
I don't what I'd ask for though.

More equipment maybe? I don't feel like asking for more dollars. 30 mill is already a huge sum.

>>1372409
we are only getting 750,000 thousand.

Considering we have to make out own repairs, and we have a debt still (but manageable) it won't last.

>>1372440
So what? We get more but the rest of the carrier can go bite it?

>>1372345
> “You’re right.” (Better deal?)
Assuming it's actually solid gold, that tank is worth over a billion dollars, 30 mil isn't a very enticing offer in that context. At least double it so we can start haggling seriously.

>>1372481
https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=value+of+gold+in+august+2015

Value of gold in 2015 in august.

>>1372481
https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=how+many+ounces+in+a+ton

at its lowest a M4 tank is 31 tons.

31 tons is 992000 onces

and gold at August 17 2015 is $1117.66

So if you times that it equals to 110,8718,720

Three times in what she owes us

And this is low balling it. Sherman variants can go up to 38.1 tons.

Did you get that german! She owes us waaaaaaay more!

Or should i give you the calculations on the heavier version of the sherman!

>>1372555
i got it

also muldoon's a guy

>>1372499
Yup, times by 16 for value per pound, then times by weight of an early Sherman (62000 pounds, they got heavier later on), not a particularly precise assessment as a sherman made of gold would likely be substantially heavier than that but what you get is something like $1'116'704'320, minimum.

>>1372543
It's the 27th though, so the price has actually gone up from the price you used for calculations to 1125 an ounce.

>>1372580
And doing a super basic adjustment for gold instead of steel parts, that value more than doubles to $2'748'372'925.

>>1372580
So we are supposed to get over a two trillion dollars!

Fuck her!

that's 100,000 times then what she offered us (i'm spitballing)

>>1372580
Says it's a M4A3 Sherman. That's still a price in the ten digits.

>solid gold Sherman to promote recruitment
Wasn't making Captain America (preferably one that doesn't get HYDRA'd) cheaper and more useful?

>>1372620
That's 2.7 billion, not trillion.

>>1372621
The A3 is heavier, something like 66500 pounds, so you get ~2'881'440'000ish.

>>1372648
Oops, I slipped up, I'm sorry.

So close to 3 billion dollars.

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>>1372621
He is neither a cute girl, nor does he do cute things. therefore the gold sherman is more useful as it causes cute girls to do cute things.

> “You’re right.”

You turn around to Muldoon. “There’s no way the tank is worth just thirty million.” You fold your arms. “Surely we can get something better for that.” The special agents all frown, then quickly turn around to huddle up again.

Kathy blinks, looking at the tank. “How much would you say the tank is worth anyway?”

“How much is gold worth right now?” asks Ingrid.

Hilda says, “About 1.1k.”

“Yeah, about a couple billion dollars,” Ingrid states matter-of-factly wait what COUPLE OF BILLION!? You grab your chest.

“Ellie, are you okay?” asks Denise.

“I’m fine, it’s just-“ You take a deep breath. Sweet Jesus, that’s a lot of money.

Hilda pats your shoulder. “I know how it feels.”

The special agents finally stop their convening, then look to you. “Alright, Zumwalt. You drive a hard bargain. We’ll agree to bump it up to one-hundred million dollars.” Your eyes widen. “Along with everything else we said. We will also provide the NATO team some more benefits. I would say the addition of a tank from our museum which will be to Griselda’s choosing. And we shall pay the repair costs for the NATO team for the remaining year as well.”

You blink. That, that-

“That’s our final offer,” says Agent Muldoon.

> “Deal.”
> “No deal.”
> Other

>>1372735
> “Deal.”
The repair costs will be a godsend, and may even end up netting us more value than a lump sum.

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>>1372735
> “Deal.”

Time to crash tanks into things and make the government pay for it.

>>1372735
>> “Deal.”
Best deal we can get.

Though i do want them to restore our panther.

>>1372777
Gris is going to literally die when we get to practice and tell her we're getting a lump sum 2.5 mil for the team, a free tank and free repairs for the rest of the year.

>>1372660
Miss America, then. The America Chavez one, not the other one. Fittingly for this boat, she was a lesbian.

>>1372735
>"Deal."
Make it rain, bitches!

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>>1372825
I don't think lesbians are senshado legal to field.

>>1372861
Too OP pls nerf.

> “Deal.”

You shake his hand. “Deal.” Kathy smiles happily at that. “We’ll be glad to have the cash.”

“Indeed.” He turns around. “We should get going. We’ll see you later in the tournament, Miss Zumwalt. Don’t make us regret this decision.” With that, they leave. You grin a little, nervously. You managed to pull money out of the US Government! Awesome! Wow, you just realized you weren’t breathing back there, oh boy. Better take a breath.

Kathy hugs you. “Oh, we did it!” She kisses you on the cheek, then motions to the golden tank. “The Golden Tank is now ours! To think such a legend would prove to be true!”

You smile a bit. “Question is where do we display it.”

“Yeah.” Kathy nods at that, rubbing her chin. “Oh well. We’ll find out soon. I think it belongs in a museum.” She looks to you. “Ellie, you’ve done me a great service being my lovely assistant! And for that, I am going to do you a solid!” She takes your hand, shaking it. “I’ll gladly join the NATO team! I’ll bring along my freshmen and we’ll tear the place up!”

> SUBQUEST COMPLETE
> If Adventure has a name…
> Kathy’s treasures have all been found. With that, Kathy has now joined the LGA NATO team as a full crew, along with now providing free repairs for the NATO team and a free tank as well.

“Oh right!” You gasp. “We have practice today! We better get going!”

“Out of the hole, let’s go!” Hadley leads the stampede of girls out of the tunnel.

-

-

You’ve severely lost track of time unfortunately. It’s around dinner time by the time you arrive. Though it doesn’t seem like Griselda has noticed. She’s busy talking with Salome and Dix. “Ha!” Dix huffs. “Painting and drawing’s easy! I could do it in my sleep!”

Salome looks down at Dix. “Oh, is that a bet?”

“Hmph!” Dix looks away, puffing and huffing. “I’ll show you.”

Griselda looks over at you. “Ellie. What took you so long?” You present a contracted sent to you by the US Government. “What’s this?” She starts reading it out.

…

She immediately falls backwards right into Dix’s arms. “Whoa, what, what!?” Griselda stares at the paper, unable to comprehend or even process the information.

You smile a bit. You knew she’d be excited for that.

What type of practice should you work on for today?

> Miss McPherson’s long range slugging.
> The Roberts’ sisters generalist strategy.
> Arisu Shimada’s brawling.

>>1373064
> The Roberts’ sisters generalist strategy.

>>1373064
>Miss McPherson’s long range slugging.
We have a few long range guns. Best to put them to good use.

>>1373064
>> The Roberts’ sisters generalist strategy.

>>1373064
>The Roberts’ sisters generalist strategy

We will become the Jacki of all trades for senshado

>>1373064
>Miss McPherson's...

>>1373064
>> The Roberts’ sisters generalist strategy.
As we have a variety of tanks anyway.

> The Roberts’ sisters generalist strategy.

-

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“Alright, ready!” The dirt berms have been placed up again. The lights have been turned on around the field, keeping things lit for your practice. “Go!” The key thing here now was to learn how to pop in and out of cover easily without compromising the stability of the gun. What’s taken for granted in modern tanks is being able to sight guns without having it be constantly thrown off target by braking or accelerating.

Now though, it was about coordination with the driver and the gunner. “Alright, Josephina, meter forward.” She propels forward around the berm. “Stop.” The tank halts. “Winona, traverse right.” The turret traverses right. “Alright, Josephina, slowly go.” You start cornering around the berm. “Stop. Backwards.”

A shot suddenly deflects off the berm. “Whoa!” Stack, who was watching from out of the loader’s hatch, ducks back inside.

“Keep going back,” you say. The tank backs up completely behind the berm. That shot came from Meryl Hoffmeister, who was helping the training along. “Alright, Lyra, Kathy, how are you two doing back there?”

Kathy, who took over the Swedish Stridsvagn m/42, was not doing so well. For one thing she had somehow managed to turn the tank onto its side. “Not good,” says Kathy. “The freshman somehow managed to drive us onto our side!”

“Ah shut up, Kathy!” says her driver. “I bet you think Cope was the guy who won the Bone Wars!”

“Oh, don’t you start about the Bone Wars!” says Kathy.

The gunner yells, “Yeah, you might spark a debate about dinosaurs SOMEHOW having feathers!”

“FUCK YOU! DINOSAURS DO NOT HAVE FEATHERS!” yells the loader. “If they have feathers than the T-Rex was a scavenger!”

… Interesting conversation.

Meanwhile, over in the newly completed Panther Ausf. D, things were going slightly more smoothly with Lyra and her crew. “Watch it, watch it!” says Lyra. They strike their barrel against the berm, causing the turret to creak as it grinds from the impact. “Ah, we struck the barrel against something!”

Stack leans out of the hatch again, shaking her head. “Poor newbies.”

“They’ll learn,” you say.

> + 5 TALENT TO ALL CREWMEMBERS

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Practice got itself out of the way smoothly. You all exit the showers. “Aaahh…” Kathy and her freshmen all wearily help themselves out of the showers. “Next time, I should drive!” says Kathy.

“You drive?” says Kathy’s driver. “You probably think electric cars were SUPPOSED to be the primary mode of power for cars if gasoline hadn’t suddenly taken over!”

You fold your arms, sighing. It’s a bit late. You should get an early rest for tomorrow since it is the showdown.

Though…

> Have a chat with one of the visiting commanders. (SGC, RHA, ZES, HGS, CG)
> Go visit Jeep Jockey at the hangar.
> Turn in for the night.
> Other

>>1373345
>Have a chat with one of the visiting commanders. (SGC)
Gold Sherman, bitches!

>>1373345
>Go visit JJ...

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>>1373345
>Go visit Jeep Jockey at the hangar.

We found an AWESOME THING! Look at it! Its awesomer than anything ever!

>>1373345
>> Go visit Jeep Jockey at the hangar.

I wonder if we should have bargained to get JJ a better plane?

>>1373345
> Go visit Jeep Jockey at the hangar.

>>1373430
SHIT! We're a bad friend.

>>1373430
JJ has to learn to bargain on his own.

>>1373496
on bended knee to Elodie

> Go visit Jeep Jockey at the hangar.

-

-

It was getting pretty late by the time you arrived at the hangar. Denise was kind enough to drive you and drop you off. She tried to insist on coming with you, but you told her to stay with the Kettenkrad. For now, you were just visiting. Yes, just visiting. “Jack.” You find Jack passing by. He smiles at you. “Jeep Jockey in?”

“Yeah, he’s in the hangar,” he says. “We just finished painting his plane up.” Oh, neato. He leans over to you, grinning smugly. “Came to give him a good luck kiss?”

“Eugh. As if.” You step past him. He snickers as he walks away. Hmph, good luck kiss. Jeep Jockey’s gonna have to earn a kiss from you. Not that you’re going to even consider or entertain the thought of it! He’ll never earn a kiss from you, the pathetic, vain, little mink.

With that though, you step into the hangar. And boy was the Buffalo painted out. No longer was it painted the navy blue. It was now painted steel grey, with the wings a bright yellow with white stripes running diagonally across their length. What really caught your attention though was the new decal painted by the cockpit.

It was you. Rather, it was you sitting on a puffy cloud, wearing some flowing white robes hugging your body and showing off the curves of your hips, breasts, and waist (without showing much skin in fact.) You have a gentle smile on your face. Around the decal was the title: “HEAVENLY BODY”. Wow, that’s quite weird to see yourself there on-

“Ellie!”

“AH!” You yelp, turning around to see Jeep Jockey. He yelps back, jumping back a little. He holds up his hands, still covered in paint flecks. “Ah! Don’t scare me like that!”

“Sorry, sorry!” he says. “Jesus Christ!” He runs his fingers along in a rag to clean them up. “Well, um. Nice to see you visiting before the showdown tomorrow anyway at least.”

“I figure I should, for moral support,” you state.

“Yeah, yeah.” He smiles a little. “Girl like you coming to visit a guy like me. I still don’t believe it myself.” He steps up to the plane. “You like it? Just finished painting it.” He looks to you, very expectant.

> Boast
> Neutral
> Polite

>>1373510
>shy

>>1373510
>Boast
Just like I asked for. Nice work Jockey!

>>1373510
> Boast

>>1373510
> Boast

Its perfect. A dignified painting for a gentleman's plane. As opposed to lewds for pervs.

>>1373510
>>1373519
Plus boast

>>1373510
>> Boast

> Boast

You smile. “I love it.” He grins sheepishly, rubbing the back of his neck. “You really caught my good side. And you didn’t really fall back on uh… needlessly exposing skin or anything lewd.”

“Oh, no, of course not,” he says. “I’m not like the other guys, I don’t ask girls for a painting then bare their tits out for the world to see. Not to say that- you know, whatever. It’s… you like it, yeah?” You nod, giggling a bit. “Good, good. But um, yeah. Tomorrow, showdown and what not!” He gives you two thumbs up. “Gonna be great, gonna be exciting!”

“You’re nervous.”

“Shitting myself, yeah,” he says quickly, his grin dropping. He turns around, pacing in place. “I mean, a showdown is one thing, a showdown in front of my team? Against one of the best flying aces in the sky? And in front of you too? Oh man.” He shakes his head.

“It’s alright to be nervous, I’m not expecting a knight in shining armor after all,” you say.

“Eh, you deserve one.” He places his hands on the wing. You cock your head. He what? “I mean… I can go up there, I can fly. But… these nerves are killing me, I-… it’s hard to stay calm. I’m tracking through all the possibilities.” He shrugs. “None of them involve me getting to shoot down the Beast.”

“Well, they should,” you say. “At least one should. Everything’s possible if you work at it.” He’s quiet at that, looking down.

> “No matter what happens, you're a good guy.”
> “I’ve gotten you this far, make me proud.”
> “Don’t be such a wuss. I don’t like wusses.”
> Other

>>1373604
>“I’ve gotten you this far, make me proud.”
Believe in the Elodie that believes in you!

>>1373604
> “I’ve gotten you this far, make me proud.”
Channel the power of the thirst

>>1373604
>> “I’ve gotten you this far, make me proud.”

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>>1373604
> Other
Then don't think about them. Just go up there and fly.

>>1373616
No!
Believe in you that believes in you!

>>1373604
> “I’ve gotten you this far, make me proud.”
> Other
Maybe Jack was onto something, kiss on the cheek, for luck.

> “I’ve gotten you this far, make me proud.”

“I’ve gotten you this far, Jock.” You smile a little. “Make me proud, alright? If nothing else, put up a good fight.”

He looks down again, then nods slowly. “Yeah.” He takes a deep breath. “Yeah. Alright.”

“Feel better?” you ask. He pushes away from the plane then starts walking towards you. Hm? He keeps walking on over to you. Oh, Jeep Jockey. A little close now. You step back a bit. That is- that’s close. Too close. He grabs your arms. I- Oh God. Oh God! Is he going to kiss you!? Y- you’re not ready! This isn’t how you wanted your first kiss to be like! No, no, this isn’t- You don’t know how to kiss a boy! Wait, stop, stop! Time out!

He hugs you, tight.

…

Oh.

Ha. Okay. He just wanted a hug, okay. Hehe.

Your heart is going to explode.

“Thank you.” He sighs, holding you tightly against him. He probably feels how intense your heartbeat is right now. He pulls away from you, then looks at you, confused. “Ellie, your face is all red. Are you okay?”

“Y- yeah.” You cough, clearing your throat. “It’s just a little hot in here as all. I should get going. Good luck with the showdown. I’ll be there to see it.” He grins, then nods at you. “Well. Good night.” You turn around, then stub your foot against a toolbox. “Ow! Agh…” You keep on walking. “Good night!”

He waves goodbye to you. “Good night, Ellie!”

Yeah, yeah. Good night.

Oh… this is so embarrassing. You place your hands on your cheeks. Why is your face so red!? Ugh! Pathetic, pathetic!

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>>1373775
That's it for this weekend. Sorry for the lack of sessions lately, I'll try to get things under control once my new work schedule is figured out. Hope you all enjoyed.

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See you next time.

>>1373787
Good stuff, boss
JJ is best girl

>>1373787
Night boss, thanks for running!

>>1373787
Thanks for running boss, I'll get the pastebin updated in a few hours.

>>1373787
Thanks for the fun, boss.

don't sweat the sessions. we'll wait warmly while you get things settled

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Pastebin updated: https://pastebin.com/bUU2v0z8

Additionally, I've taken the liberty of shortlisting
some vehicles we can draw from Fort Benning's collection (which is where we'll be getting that free tank from) that I feel would be particularly good additions to our current lineup:

> M7B2 Priest (would require a downgrade to the B1 model or exemption from NATO as the B2 is a 1952 modification): We've been struggling with not having any counter-battery capabilities lately, so adding this to the lineup could definitely help aleviate that.
> A34 Comet: Not much to say, would give us a very, very scary fast-moving, hard-hitting flanking force between Oliver, the Challenger, the Hellcat and this, especially if/when we take Oliver to a Comet himself.
> M24 Chaffee: Similar appeal to the Comet, but it's squishier and less well armed witht he upside of being faster. Both are about the same level of sneaky (Comet's longer, but the Chafee's taller).
> Sherman (M4A4, M4A3 (76) W HVSS, or M4 105mm VVSS, probably others also available): Depending on which we pick we either get another solid medium tank or in the case of the 105, a weaker line tank that can also pull indirect/bombardment duties in a pinch, though it will be inferior in the role compared to the Priest. A4 has the benefit of being the right model for future Firefly conversion.
> Panther: 'Nuff said.

If you're wondering why no T29 or heavy tanks in general, I feel we have more than enough heavy tanks in the current roster and would be better off reinforcing the other aspects of the team. As for "why no Panther II?" the prototype at Fort Benning still has the Maybach 230 powering it so it's basically just a more heavily armoured but slower Panther, and see my previous sentence on heavies.

>>1374617
Given NATO rulings, could we get a better engine in the Panther 2 and if so, just how good would that engine be?

>>1374784
There was a proposed turbine engine that would give it an extra 400bhp iirc, but it would've had the problem of all German WW2 jet turbines, in that it would melt itself in pretty short order.

>>1374812
NATO rulings etc etc.

And if the govt is going to pay for all repairs then they can fork over the cash for a new engine after every match.

>>1374825
NATO rulings wouldn't allow a non-melting engine because if they did every tank would be run by infallible modern engines, and the issue isn't it wearing out post match but the chance of it self-immolating mid-match and mission killing the tank.

>>1371367
Stack is cute I say!
C U T E !!!!!!!