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2015/10/28 18:08:53
Subject: Billion Dollar Blimp goes missing!
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Crazed Bloodkine
Baltimore, Maryland
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So I can see this thing from my work (usually) but today around 1200, it took off for greener pastures apparently. He's trolling twitter too, but I don't have a link to that, unfortunately.
Its floating over Pennsylvania at the moment, possibly heading north to defect to Canada. More details to follow!
http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2015/10/28/report-military-blimp-came-off-tether/
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"Sometimes the only victory possible is to keep your opponent from winning." - The Emperor, from The Outcast Dead.
"Tell your gods we are coming for them, and that their realms will burn as ours did." -Thostos Bladestorm
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2015/10/28 18:11:26
Subject: Billion Dollar Blimp goes missing!
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Member of the Ethereal Council
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So, the guy didnt steal it. It just became untethered and he is trying to pilot it now?
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2015/10/28 18:12:15
Subject: Billion Dollar Blimp goes missing!
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Legendary Master of the Chapter
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I wasn't aware the pentagon was doing zeppelin research
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 Unit1126PLL wrote: Scott-S6 wrote:And yet another thread is hijacked for Unit to ask for the same advice, receive the same answers and make the same excuses.
Oh my god I'm becoming martel.
Send help!
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2015/10/28 18:15:58
Subject: Billion Dollar Blimp goes missing!
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Crazed Bloodkine
Baltimore, Maryland
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 hotsauceman1 wrote:So, the guy didnt steal it. It just became untethered and he is trying to pilot it now?
Its unmanned, homie.
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"Sometimes the only victory possible is to keep your opponent from winning." - The Emperor, from The Outcast Dead.
"Tell your gods we are coming for them, and that their realms will burn as ours did." -Thostos Bladestorm
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2015/10/28 18:17:28
Subject: Billion Dollar Blimp goes missing!
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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So Canada is stealing our blimps, now!?
fethers!
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DA:70S+G+M+B++I++Pw40k08+D++A++/fWD-R+T(M)DM+
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2015/10/28 18:21:35
Subject: Billion Dollar Blimp goes missing!
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Member of the Ethereal Council
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Oh, The Twitter thing threw me off......
Wait, our blimps canoperate twitter?
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2015/10/28 18:29:49
Subject: Billion Dollar Blimp goes missing!
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Crazed Bloodkine
Baltimore, Maryland
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hotsauceman1 wrote:
Oh, The Twitter thing threw me off......
Wait, our blimps canoperate twitter?
Yes, they can operate twitter. Or folks online can create a silly account and use the opportunity for humor.
I personally believe the blimp was struck by lightning and gained sentience. Johnny 5 is alive!
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"Sometimes the only victory possible is to keep your opponent from winning." - The Emperor, from The Outcast Dead.
"Tell your gods we are coming for them, and that their realms will burn as ours did." -Thostos Bladestorm
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2015/10/28 18:32:05
Subject: Billion Dollar Blimp goes missing!
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Keeper of the Holy Orb of Antioch
avoiding the lorax on Crion
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Lost, broken cable full of high tech gadgets.
Yeah not somthing you want to loose.
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Sgt. Vanden - OOC Hey, that was your doing. I didn't choose to fly in the "Dongerprise'.
"May the odds be ever in your favour"
Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:
I have no clue how Dakka's moderation work. I expect it involves throwing a lot of d100 and looking at many random tables.
FudgeDumper - It could be that you are just so uncomfortable with the idea of your chapters primarch having his way with a docile tyranid spore cyst, that you must deny they have any feelings at all. |
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2015/10/28 18:41:40
Subject: Billion Dollar Blimp goes missing!
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[MOD]
Anti-piracy Officer
Somewhere in south-central England.
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How can it be recovered?
Will they have to follow the blimp and be ready to grab the end of the painter and climb up to the gondola?
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2015/10/28 18:45:51
Subject: Billion Dollar Blimp goes missing!
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Monstrous Master Moulder
Rust belt
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Looked out the window... No blimp spotted in western pa
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2015/10/28 18:49:11
Subject: Billion Dollar Blimp goes missing!
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The Conquerer
Waiting for my shill money from Spiral Arm Studios
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 Kilkrazy wrote:How can it be recovered?
Will they have to follow the blimp and be ready to grab the end of the painter and climb up to the gondola?
They could deflate its balloons so it drifts to earth slowly.
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Self-proclaimed evil Cat-person. Dues Ex Felines
Cato Sicarius, after force feeding Captain Ventris a copy of the Codex Astartes for having the audacity to play Deathwatch, chokes to death on his own D-baggery after finding Calgar assembling his new Eldar army.
MURICA!!! IN SPESS!!! |
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2015/10/28 19:03:11
Subject: Billion Dollar Blimp goes missing!
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[MOD]
Anti-piracy Officer
Somewhere in south-central England.
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Perhaps they will hire Droneslayer to shoot some small holes in the gasbags.
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2015/10/28 19:09:49
Subject: Billion Dollar Blimp goes missing!
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5th God of Chaos! (Yea'rly!)
The Great State of Texas
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Kilkrazy wrote:Perhaps they will hire Droneslayer to shoot some small holes in the gasbags.
Indeed. Its the moment he was born for!
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2015/10/28 19:12:21
Subject: Billion Dollar Blimp goes missing!
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Where is ballon-kid when you need him.
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2015/10/28 19:15:48
Subject: Billion Dollar Blimp goes missing!
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Axe Cop.
Axe Cop will chop it down to size.
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DA:70S+G+M+B++I++Pw40k08+D++A++/fWD-R+T(M)DM+
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2015/10/28 19:26:50
Subject: Re:Billion Dollar Blimp goes missing!
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Crazed Bloodkine
Baltimore, Maryland
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Someone call the New England Patriots, they'll deflate it.
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This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2015/10/28 19:27:00
"Sometimes the only victory possible is to keep your opponent from winning." - The Emperor, from The Outcast Dead.
"Tell your gods we are coming for them, and that their realms will burn as ours did." -Thostos Bladestorm
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2015/10/28 19:34:20
Subject: Billion Dollar Blimp goes missing!
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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I think you meant to say New England Patriots Equipment Manager.
Allegedly.
:-)
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2015/10/28 19:37:56
Subject: Billion Dollar Blimp goes missing!
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Avatar of the Bloody-Handed God
Inside your mind, corrupting the pathways
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That is one fricking expensive blimp. Should have gone for the extra strong string and sailing knot rather than garden twine and granny knot.
But I guess that would have been a couple of million extra...
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2015/10/28 19:44:45
Subject: Billion Dollar Blimp goes missing!
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Crazed Bloodkine
Baltimore, Maryland
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 SilverMK2 wrote:That is one fricking expensive blimp. Should have gone for the extra strong string and sailing knot rather than garden twine and granny knot.
But I guess that would have been a couple of million extra...
The kicker is, it doesn't even work the way its meant to yet. There was a recent article about how much money was poured into this thing and the program was going to be dropped, but Senator Barbara Mikulski got the project stationed in her state, Maryland. Its pretty ridiculous, and this comical (and potentially life threatening) event only adds insult to injury.
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"Sometimes the only victory possible is to keep your opponent from winning." - The Emperor, from The Outcast Dead.
"Tell your gods we are coming for them, and that their realms will burn as ours did." -Thostos Bladestorm
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2015/10/28 20:24:48
Subject: Re:Billion Dollar Blimp goes missing!
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Stormin' Stompa
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How does a blimp get away?
Slowly.
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2015/10/28 20:56:37
Subject: Billion Dollar Blimp goes missing!
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Colonel
This Is Where the Fish Lives
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Yep. When I used to work at the Pentagon in the early 2000s, there were a couple of days when they had some tethered near the building. They were a lot smaller than this blimp and not that high from the ground (most likely due to the Pentagon's proximity to National Airport), but it was kind of weird seeing them when driving into work. It reminded me of this: 
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 d-usa wrote:"When the Internet sends its people, they're not sending their best. They're not sending you. They're not sending you. They're sending posters that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with us. They're bringing strawmen. They're bringing spam. They're trolls. And some, I assume, are good people."
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2015/10/28 20:59:18
Subject: Billion Dollar Blimp goes missing!
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Keeper of the Holy Orb of Antioch
avoiding the lorax on Crion
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 ScootyPuffJunior wrote:Yep.
When I used to work at the Pentagon in the early 2000s, there were a couple of days when they had some tethered near the building. They were a lot smaller than this blimp and not that high from the ground (most likely due to the Pentagon's proximity to National Airport), but it was kind of weird seeing them when driving into work. It reminded me of this:
Those where to deter Dive bombers i think. long steel cables and all making the beach a dangerous area to fly low
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Sgt. Vanden - OOC Hey, that was your doing. I didn't choose to fly in the "Dongerprise'.
"May the odds be ever in your favour"
Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:
I have no clue how Dakka's moderation work. I expect it involves throwing a lot of d100 and looking at many random tables.
FudgeDumper - It could be that you are just so uncomfortable with the idea of your chapters primarch having his way with a docile tyranid spore cyst, that you must deny they have any feelings at all. |
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2015/10/28 21:29:41
Subject: Billion Dollar Blimp goes missing!
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[MOD]
Anti-piracy Officer
Somewhere in south-central England.
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No, they were to help maintain troop morale. Everyone likes a jolly balloon.
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2015/10/28 21:31:55
Subject: Billion Dollar Blimp goes missing!
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The Conquerer
Waiting for my shill money from Spiral Arm Studios
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Kilkrazy wrote:No, they were to help maintain troop morale. Everyone likes a jolly balloon.
Indeed. The black and white photos don't show it, but they were painted in cheery colors.
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Self-proclaimed evil Cat-person. Dues Ex Felines
Cato Sicarius, after force feeding Captain Ventris a copy of the Codex Astartes for having the audacity to play Deathwatch, chokes to death on his own D-baggery after finding Calgar assembling his new Eldar army.
MURICA!!! IN SPESS!!! |
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2015/10/28 21:37:59
Subject: Billion Dollar Blimp goes missing!
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Giant bag of hot air worth a ton of money just floating around doing what it wants and causing headaches for everyone else?
That thing is going to out-trump the Trump!
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2015/10/28 21:38:23
Subject: Billion Dollar Blimp goes missing!
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Colonel
This Is Where the Fish Lives
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 jhe90 wrote:
Those where to deter Dive bombers i think. long steel cables and all making the beach a dangerous area to fly low
Indeed, they're called barrage balloons.
I don't think the ones around the Pentagon served the same purpose, but it's definitely what it reminded me of. 
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d-usa wrote:"When the Internet sends its people, they're not sending their best. They're not sending you. They're not sending you. They're sending posters that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with us. They're bringing strawmen. They're bringing spam. They're trolls. And some, I assume, are good people."
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2015/10/28 23:19:54
Subject: Billion Dollar Blimp goes missing!
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Krazed Killa Kan
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I envision a daring, High Altitude Paratroop drop to gain access to the blimps control compartment
then.. the movie of the week!
Blimp-nado!
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2015/10/28 23:31:57
Subject: Re:Billion Dollar Blimp goes missing!
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The Conquerer
Waiting for my shill money from Spiral Arm Studios
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Apparently it has been caught.
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Self-proclaimed evil Cat-person. Dues Ex Felines
Cato Sicarius, after force feeding Captain Ventris a copy of the Codex Astartes for having the audacity to play Deathwatch, chokes to death on his own D-baggery after finding Calgar assembling his new Eldar army.
MURICA!!! IN SPESS!!! |
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2015/10/28 23:49:11
Subject: Billion Dollar Blimp goes missing!
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Avatar of the Bloody-Handed God
Inside your mind, corrupting the pathways
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 porkuslime wrote:I envision a daring, High Altitude Paratroop drop to gain access to the blimps control compartment
So not a stealth bomber sneaking Segal onboard to defeat the evil terrorists? 
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2015/10/28 23:55:52
Subject: Billion Dollar Blimp goes missing!
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Member of the Ethereal Council
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SilverMK2 wrote: porkuslime wrote:I envision a daring, High Altitude Paratroop drop to gain access to the blimps control compartment
So not a stealth bomber sneaking Segal onboard to defeat the evil terrorists?
Theater Segal or Direct to VHS Segal?
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