Well, our battlemech program is over budget

"CB" (jrcb) 01/23/2017 at 13:00 • Filed to: Canadalopnik, Satire

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Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > CB 01/23/2017 at 13:06

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SHHHHHHHH NOBODY’S SUPPOSED TO KNOW ABOUT OUR WEAPONS TECH YET. DON’T YOU KNOW TRUMP READS OPPO?????

crowmolly > CB 01/23/2017 at 13:07

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Wow, they missed an opportunity:

CB > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 01/23/2017 at 13:07

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To be fair, if we’re over budget, I’d hate to see what the American’s program would cost.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > CB 01/23/2017 at 13:10

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I’m guessing that they also misfired on having these units work with existing facilities, and all military support Tim Horton’s locations will have to have their drivethroughs and lots redesigned.

CB > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 01/23/2017 at 13:11

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Well that’s half the issue. Last time I checked, drive thrus are limited to about seven feet high, which is difficult for a 500 foot mech to fit in. I think they’re just planning on having Double Double machines installed in the cockpits.

TheHondaBro > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 01/23/2017 at 13:12

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BattleMech program very overfunded. Costing taxpayers billions per hour. Sad!

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > TheHondaBro 01/23/2017 at 13:13

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YUGE

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > CB 01/23/2017 at 13:14

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As long as the syrup tank warmers aren’t too hard to service.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > CB 01/23/2017 at 13:19

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Summoners? How do we have Clan Tech already? I would’ve preferred Cataphracts, myself...

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > crowmolly 01/23/2017 at 13:19

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I was kind of expecting a Megas XLR kind of thing only with a Mountie theme and an Acadian as the control center.

unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins) > CB 01/23/2017 at 13:22

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No, we ditched that idea and are going forward with the Spartan II program and power armor.

CB > unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins) 01/23/2017 at 13:24

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Of course the Americans go for the plan that involves abducting six year olds and telling their families they died (or did they replace them with clones that then died? I can’t remember), training them hard for years, and then pumping them with enhancement drugs that kill and disable most of them.

And then most of them die/end up in a micro Dyson sphere. Good move, folks.

unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins) > TheHondaBro 01/23/2017 at 13:26

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Loser Canadians wish they had our new ship, The Pillar of Autumn. Its bigly tremendous spaceship. I guarantee it.

unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins) > CB 01/23/2017 at 13:29

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But you get the warthog and us saving you from the firing of Halo. Also aliens.

CB > unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins) 01/23/2017 at 13:32

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You’ve got me there.

CB > unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins) 01/23/2017 at 13:34

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The Pillar of Autumn was an older ship, if I remember correctly. Pretty damn reliable when it came to getting shot due to the honeycomb structure.

MrDakka > CB 01/23/2017 at 13:56

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They’re only raising a fuss about the sword because of the lead image in a leaked design study about the role of melee weapons in Mech combat

unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins) > CB 01/23/2017 at 13:58

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At least we didn’t design a computer to control our nuclear weapons program.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins) 01/23/2017 at 14:03

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But doesn’t the US nuclear arsenal still use 8 in floppy disks?

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > CB 01/23/2017 at 14:06

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I don’t see how a 15 story fusion powered robot that can go completely invisible won’t help gather intelligence or take out individual terrorist operatives. Cost and practicality be damned.

Chariotoflove > CB 01/23/2017 at 14:29

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This is good Oppo.

AfromanGTO > CB 01/23/2017 at 14:45

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But where’s my Gundam??????

user314 > CB 01/23/2017 at 16:07

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Could be worse; the Japanese plan involves implanting a human soul (usually the mother of the pilot) into the mech, then screwing the kid up so badly they’ll only bond with that mech (which is really a cyborg based on the aliens we’re fighting, but whatever...).