Wyatt the Odd  | 16 Nov 2009 2:40 p.m. PST |
Well, long-duration unmanned surveillance aircraft, but how can you pass up "battle blimp"? link Wyatt |
| Mardaddy | 16 Nov 2009 2:59 p.m. PST |
AHH! Bug! The question is, how would you game this in 28mm or even 15mm for use by a potentially suppressive government on their own population? Would it not matter because 20,000ft is too high to represent at that level of play? Would one need to go 1/144 scale or 1/285? And would modeling tin foil hats on your civilian population figures give them a saving throw? |
| adub74 | 16 Nov 2009 3:17 p.m. PST |
Nothing says air superiority quite like floating a billion dollar glorified weather balloon over a battlefield for days on end. |
| nycjadie | 16 Nov 2009 3:39 p.m. PST |
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| Only Warlock | 16 Nov 2009 4:16 p.m. PST |
ROFL, they should paint a big sign on the bottom saying "That's right, you were pOwned by a Blimp." |
| Garand | 16 Nov 2009 4:33 p.m. PST |
These things should get their own theme song! "Battle Blimps! A-aahh! They'll save every one of us!" Damon. |
| Number6 | 16 Nov 2009 6:06 p.m. PST |
For gaming it's one of those things you can have on a big stand on or near the board – but obviously at maybe 1/144 instead of your table scale. |
| Allen57 | 16 Nov 2009 7:17 p.m. PST |
dont see it on the table in a lard game. In an air game its just another target. |
| Mardaddy | 16 Nov 2009 11:18 p.m. PST |
"lard" game? You talkin to me? You gotta problem with my girth, there, buddy? lol |
| MacrossMartin | 17 Nov 2009 3:00 a.m. PST |
Brilliant. Hopefully, this might be the start of something worthwhile in lighter-than-air aviation. The difference between this baby and the Zeppelin NT is that this has been created as a solution to a problem, not just as a hopeful speculation. Now we just need to shut down Airbus! (Oh, wait – Airbus are doing that for themselves…) |
| Lion in the Stars | 17 Nov 2009 4:24 p.m. PST |
Not a completely useless system, at least in a place without any active anti-aircraft defenses. They could potentially have a really small RCS (nylon envelope is radar-transparent, and if you designed the gondola properly…), so the thing might even survive in a more hostile environment. In-game, it's just another UAV asset card, preventing those nasty insurgents from using hidden movement. The flip side of that: flying billboards, Blade Runner style. |
