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One of my CO's did his ROTC advanced training at Bragg. They did a Battalion drop for their version of the "Million Dollar Minute." One of the C-130 that was demonstrating LAPES with an M551 had the M551 get stuck, so he lifted the nose and it came out end over end. Losing vehicles like that...

Funny thing in 3.0.1 The Connie and the Tali are the same size. The Connie is faster, in a straight line, but, at least to me, feels heavier for maneuvering.

You better control the orbit before bringing it in. :)

Not a US Plan but the US did LAPES M551 Sheridans out of C-130s. The Soviet Union did parachute drop PT-76 tanks. Everything is air droppable, at least once. :)

There is room, but you have to load the forward bay from the rear and the rear bay from the front. Unload one bay at a time, or face a traffic jam. :) Also not something you can drive on in a hurry, it does take a little maneuvering to make the corner and line up.

LOL. Still not a good dropship, unless you are dropping the containers from orbit.

The Cyclone is 3 meters tall according to the specs. The Ursa is 3.5m tall. The current Spec sheet though has the Cyclone as 6 meters long and the bays are not long enough for 2, if that number is accurate. I was definitely not suggesting tanks, especially not the Tonk. LOL. The Tonk doesn't...

That was how it was described. However a major difference with the Retaliator, both bays will have to be emptied into the elevator area due to the gear placement and the intakes on the back of the Tali.

A Retaliator Cargo Bay is longer than an Ursa Rover and the forward bay should fit one of those. (I have driven one under my Tali.) The rear bay should be too narrow for an Ursa but wide enough for a Cyclone. Of course since the Tali has to be reworked before it can be made modular and the...

Just because there is no atmosphere does not mean there are not things there worth fighting over. The obvious being mineral resources. You can't always put a unit down right on the target either. Sometimes you have to maneuver to a target, which is likely to take hours, especially if you are...

Completely unrealistic, especially if you have to take into account suit breaches. No Military is going to accept that limitation on GROPOs.

HALO, really? Heinlein did it best. Drop pods and automated retrieval boats, dumping a platoon from the smaller ships and a Company from the bigger ships of the fleet. Oh and they were in Marauder Suits, or what CIG is talking about with "Titan Suits." Warhammer 40K has had their versions in...

Wait, you can do something else with a Mac?

I never said realistic drunk mechanic.

More bars, and a Drinking/Drunk Mechanic, at least.

Margaritaville stopped making these a few years ago.

When beer is as crappy as it is in the US you have to do something to improve the taste. :)

It is called a boilermaker. (Though any kind of Whiskey counts.) When it is Vodka it is a Depth Charge. Now if you use Baileys, Jameson and Guinness it is an Irish Car Bomb. If you add Pink Lemonade or Raspberry Lemonade plus Vodka to your beer (Usually served out of a big punchbowl or frozen)...

Yes please, but now I need a Bourbon to go with it.

Didn't help for me.