I think a better way to ask this is this: Would an airship be useful in a war, or what other use could you have for such a thing.
I don’t think there is any argument that an airship would be a huge problem as a combat vehicle, especially in this days of advanced missiles, helicopter gun ships, and incredibly powerful jet fighter planes.
Luckily, they are neither ninjas or pirates. They are, however, 80 years of malignant hate with an absolute disregard for life (including their own), usually with very ugly cybernetic appendages (drills, saws, guns, etc.)
The real question is; are they more dangerous because Dr. Science has weaponized the hell out of them or because they’re now elite zomborg Nazi supersoldiers? They “dead eyes” thing could mean that they’re just husks with hi-tech weapons.
Nazi zombie cyborgs! The only good thing about nazis is that they’re the “name brand” of evil. The only time when excessive force is not only acceptable but encouraged.
I didn’t intend this page to be goofy. “Stupid” was bolded because of Wissenschaft’s hate for the UN. Zomborg seems like a pretty good name for a zombie/cyborg.
In Scott’s defense, marketing courses are not considered “core courses” for a Mad Scientist degree. And besides, everyone knows that “Monologue 101-401″ and “Money Laundering and Discrete Fund Raising 101-302″ are the electives you will find the most useful.
On that note, if you have created an 80′ tall robot that can take out and entire super-team in 1.47 seconds, you could call it “Pretty Cinnamon Gumdrop Princess” and nobody would say a word about it.
I don’t think it is going to be an airship. At least, not in the form we’re all familiar with. Airships had gone out of favor as instruments of war in the early 1930s, as the advances in airplanes (and the Hindenburg disaster) made them impractical for anything except long range reconnaissance. They were deemed, even at the time, to be too big, too slow, and not maneuverable enough for any serious war fighting. And while they were certainly large, no one ever thought of them as giants, a term that conveys serious power, especially in the context Dr. W is using it in.
No, I think that, especially considering the good doctor’s specialty, some form of mecha is the best bet. Jet propulsion, most likely. Whether or not it is piloted, or zomborged, or whatever, I can’t say, but I’m definitely thinking some kind of flying war machine. The fact that it is kept underground like this would lead me to believe that it either VTOL capabilities, or the ability to shift from air to ground modes, or both. Afterall, needing a runway is a fairly obvious weakness in aircraft that everyone has been trying to deal with since the beginning of manned flight.
So there were giant Mechas 70 years ago? Sorry, but even without Scott acknowledging his library, that and the term ‘giant’ pretty much says ‘zeppelin’ (rigid airship).
And who says it’s going to be a combat aircraft? I can think of several ‘better’ uses:
A flying HQ like the SHIELD Helicarrier, complete with a compliment of combat aircraft
A platform for dispersing airborne chemicals.
A platform for some sort of (recoilless, I’d guess) superweapon.
Or all of the above. For all of these purposes, an airship beats any other flying vehicle hands down because it’s possible to operate it at low speed with good fuel economy.
Remember, too, the Hindenberg was designed to use helium, not hydrogen. The Nazis filled her with H because the major source of He was the U.S., and we wouldn’t give them any. They had to retrofit her for H. I often wonder what would’ve happened had the airship been filled with He as planned.
BTW, Scott, my guess is the greatest bane of an airship would actually be a helicopter gunship because of the speed jets have to operate at. That is, of course, in a world without metas.
Don’t tell he HAS got an airship there …….
Yep, I’m betting that’s what it is. But knowing the not-at-all-good Doctor, this is gonna be the airship from Hell…
I’m not sure airships are viable in the days of SAMs.
I think a better way to ask this is this: Would an airship be useful in a war, or what other use could you have for such a thing.
I don’t think there is any argument that an airship would be a huge problem as a combat vehicle, especially in this days of advanced missiles, helicopter gun ships, and incredibly powerful jet fighter planes.
Robot zombie nazi army! If they have ninjitsu training, JSII is toast.
Luckily, they are neither ninjas or pirates. They are, however, 80 years of malignant hate with an absolute disregard for life (including their own), usually with very ugly cybernetic appendages (drills, saws, guns, etc.)
The real question is; are they more dangerous because Dr. Science has weaponized the hell out of them or because they’re now elite zomborg Nazi supersoldiers? They “dead eyes” thing could mean that they’re just husks with hi-tech weapons.
Nazi zombie cyborgs! The only good thing about nazis is that they’re the “name brand” of evil. The only time when excessive force is not only acceptable but encouraged.
Zomborgs? And pronounced, no doubt, as Tsomborgs?
If they’re anything like Hellboy‘s (the film, not the comic) Karl Ruprecht Kroenen, Spire City’s in for it. Drat Synn for bungling the seizure.
Call of duty got nothing on Zombie Nazi Cyborgs. Stupid Nazi Zombies. Those pathetic losers are just cheesy compared to this super evil.
But in all seriousness, I saw Dr. W. as a bit of a joke. Now I see him as a very formidable adversary for the heroes of spire city.
I can’t get over how goofy this page looks.
Why did you italicize STUPID? Between that and the word zomborgs, I had to stop and laugh.
I didn’t intend this page to be goofy. “Stupid” was bolded because of Wissenschaft’s hate for the UN. Zomborg seems like a pretty good name for a zombie/cyborg.
In Scott’s defense, marketing courses are not considered “core courses” for a Mad Scientist degree. And besides, everyone knows that “Monologue 101-401″ and “Money Laundering and Discrete Fund Raising 101-302″ are the electives you will find the most useful.
On that note, if you have created an 80′ tall robot that can take out and entire super-team in 1.47 seconds, you could call it “Pretty Cinnamon Gumdrop Princess” and nobody would say a word about it.
Not for long anyway.
I don’t think it is going to be an airship. At least, not in the form we’re all familiar with. Airships had gone out of favor as instruments of war in the early 1930s, as the advances in airplanes (and the Hindenburg disaster) made them impractical for anything except long range reconnaissance. They were deemed, even at the time, to be too big, too slow, and not maneuverable enough for any serious war fighting. And while they were certainly large, no one ever thought of them as giants, a term that conveys serious power, especially in the context Dr. W is using it in.
No, I think that, especially considering the good doctor’s specialty, some form of mecha is the best bet. Jet propulsion, most likely. Whether or not it is piloted, or zomborged, or whatever, I can’t say, but I’m definitely thinking some kind of flying war machine. The fact that it is kept underground like this would lead me to believe that it either VTOL capabilities, or the ability to shift from air to ground modes, or both. Afterall, needing a runway is a fairly obvious weakness in aircraft that everyone has been trying to deal with since the beginning of manned flight.
Actually, airships were once called ‘giants of the air.’ Sad, but I have an insane library of books about them.
So there were giant Mechas 70 years ago? Sorry, but even without Scott acknowledging his library, that and the term ‘giant’ pretty much says ‘zeppelin’ (rigid airship).
And who says it’s going to be a combat aircraft? I can think of several ‘better’ uses:
A flying HQ like the SHIELD Helicarrier, complete with a compliment of combat aircraft
A platform for dispersing airborne chemicals.
A platform for some sort of (recoilless, I’d guess) superweapon.
Or all of the above. For all of these purposes, an airship beats any other flying vehicle hands down because it’s possible to operate it at low speed with good fuel economy.
Remember, too, the Hindenberg was designed to use helium, not hydrogen. The Nazis filled her with H because the major source of He was the U.S., and we wouldn’t give them any. They had to retrofit her for H. I often wonder what would’ve happened had the airship been filled with He as planned.
BTW, Scott, my guess is the greatest bane of an airship would actually be a helicopter gunship because of the speed jets have to operate at. That is, of course, in a world without metas.
It’s a hangar full of zombie robot nazi panzers and/or Nazi UFOs.