And the bunnies keep on hopping...

[Black Aeronaut]

Duane Peters wrote:

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blackaeronaut wrote:

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Colt Government? *looks it up* Holy spazz! A little thing like her with a beast like that? Skuld's sake, man! Start her off with a nice little
nine-mil! Anything but .45 ACP!


Imagery for the curious: http://home.comcast.net/~...ovt_Left_Slim_Grips2.jpg

As someone who uses both, if I didn't have a .22 to teach someone to shoot with, I'd much rather try to teach someone to shoot a .45
than a 9mm. Recoil on the .45 is slower and much less difficult to control than the sharp, quick impulse of the 9mm, at least for me.

In that case, then I'd probably start out Yukari and the rest of the girls with a Calico M110 Pistol. This is from a practical standpoint:
Calicos are known for handling recoil capably due to their design characteristics. Also, the M110 Pistol is chambered for .22 LR, so it won't send poor
Yukari flying. From there, we can graduate to the M950, the M110's 9mm cousin, so Yukari can get a feel for the heavier ammo before finally upgrading to
Calico's planned-on .40 chambered weapons.

I'm choosing Calico Pistols for several reasons. For one, there is the possibility of dealing with hostiles in space. All is not wine and roses up there,
even after the primary boskonian threat has been dealt with. Also, as I mentioned before, the Calicos are good at managing recoil. Finally, more gun -
Calicos have very large magazine capacities: 50 or 100 round mags. And we all know that the person that wins a gun fight is usually the one with more ammo
(given a roughly equal proficiency in marksmanship).

To keep the weight down, I'd send them up with the pistol model with two 50 round mags (to keep it compact and so they have a better idea of how screwed
they are, which is pretty bad if you gotta use the other mag). For safety's sake, the weapons will be carried in Condition 4 (safety on, magazine not in
place, bolt lacked to rear, chamber empty). If the possibility for trouble exists, then the girls will be instructed to place their weapons in Condition 3
(safety on, magzine in place, bolt forward, chamber emtpy). At the first sign of trouble, though, Condition 1 will be ordered (safety on, magazine in place,
bolt forward, round in chamber).

In addition to marksmanship training, I feel that the girls will also need training in free-fall combat so that they will be well aware of how firing a gun
affects them in orbit and some basic hand-to-hand techniques. Panzer Kunst will be indispensible here as all Panzer Kunst training begins in null-G

Duane Peters wrote:

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Bob Schroeck wrote:

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ECSNorway wrote:

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Goop + Spray Paint = Spray-on camoflage. As in, it sprays on in the multi-colored patterns, just like the paintbrush in the old Wile E Coyote cartoons.

It also extrudes various extensions and shapes appropriate to the kind of camouflage, in order to break up the silhouette of whatever's
being painted.

And when painted on walls, it makes doors or tunnel entrances, as appropriate.

I like the idea of this. We should include it in everybody's emergency kits. What are the quirks, or should this be relatively quirk free?