(I know I told Bob that I was working on a story that starts in the Neptunian Trojans, but this plot bunny grabbed me...) apologies for the lack of actualconversational German in this story, I'm on my phone...
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Of particular historical note in the annals of handwavium repression is one simple fact: if you attempted to stop what a person considered awesome, they would do it anyway. The 2015 German sports reporters covered an interesting application of this...
- March 12, 2015 - A farm field somewhere in Germany.
"Drive me closer! I wish to hit them with my sword!"
"Jawohl, Commissar!" Came the youthful response from below the hatch.
Commissar Elena thought.
the german sports world was facing a terrible crisis.
the refurbished Sherman was sitting there, drawing a bead on the speeding Panzer IV.
Thundering machines marked the anarchy of gender-segregated sports. A most terrible crisis had graced Germany's schools...
*BOOM-CLANG!* the Panzer shook under the impact of a simulated HE round. Microsensors talked back and forth, noting hit location, force, and simulated blast. A decision was reached with the consul of Central Computing. A white flag went up. The Commissar screamed in outrage.
Teenage girls driving tanks.
2 kilometers away, a Hetzer crew chuckled as CC updated their confirmed kills. Two tanks to go and their school would be in the finals.
PANZER VOR!
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Ok, hammered out in... Checks clock... 15 minutes. What do you think? (Yes, this is Girls Und Panzer brought to life in FenSpace)
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Of particular historical note in the annals of handwavium repression is one simple fact: if you attempted to stop what a person considered awesome, they would do it anyway. The 2015 German sports reporters covered an interesting application of this...
- March 12, 2015 - A farm field somewhere in Germany.
"Drive me closer! I wish to hit them with my sword!"
"Jawohl, Commissar!" Came the youthful response from below the hatch.
Commissar Elena thought.
the german sports world was facing a terrible crisis.
the refurbished Sherman was sitting there, drawing a bead on the speeding Panzer IV.
Thundering machines marked the anarchy of gender-segregated sports. A most terrible crisis had graced Germany's schools...
*BOOM-CLANG!* the Panzer shook under the impact of a simulated HE round. Microsensors talked back and forth, noting hit location, force, and simulated blast. A decision was reached with the consul of Central Computing. A white flag went up. The Commissar screamed in outrage.
Teenage girls driving tanks.
2 kilometers away, a Hetzer crew chuckled as CC updated their confirmed kills. Two tanks to go and their school would be in the finals.
PANZER VOR!
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Ok, hammered out in... Checks clock... 15 minutes. What do you think? (Yes, this is Girls Und Panzer brought to life in FenSpace)