deviantART: Popular Soviet Russia Zero

++ APH:: Hetalia SOVIET Meme.

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 16:44:20 PDT

SO UHM YEAH.
~MisakiTanaka TAGGED ME.
You can steal it if you want.
/needs to stop doing crap!art memes

1. Yeah. Technically there are 15 FSU states, and Poland had lost some of its lands [legs lols] to Ukraine and Belarus... it also had a committee that was for the intention of creating a Polish SSR. Hungary was a short lived Soviet Republic, along with Bavaria who wished to break away from the Weimar Republic. Bulgaria also asked to be an SSR but was rejected. xD; Old East Prussia became the Kaliningrad Oblast, a district of Russia, so like [also with the whole Berlin thing. xD;] ...This is a meme, I'll stop ranting now. xD;

2. YES, I DO HAVEA RUSSIA COSPLAY. And French is sexy, too. [ /wants to see Soviet!France ohohohhhhh ]

3. UHM YEAH THIS IS MY OTP MUCH GAAAAH -dies-

4. Russia x Latvia, surprisingly... xD; I dunno why. 8D ~~-likes seeing shota boys get tortured-~~

5. IT'S THE RED PHONE~ I know. Hell, I'm Canadian, I'm allowed to pick Russia's side goddamnit, we're commies anyway xD

6. I do think seperation from Russia by Ukraine would have been... not too happy. Quite serious indeed.

7. I THINK MAN!BELARUS WOULD BE JUST AS ELEGANT. Less scary though, more like a clingly fanboy. xD

8. I LOOKED FOR ANY KIND OF RELATION... THEY SERIOUSLY HAVE ZERO. NO EMBASSIES, MISSIONS, NOTHING. xD The mot I could find was a youtube video saying "Kenyan children say hi to Lithuania" and it wasn't even, like... xD;; Plus, from what I've extrapolated about Kenya's personality, I really don't think... they would work. At all. xD ~~and it's het lol~~

9. THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY HEADCANON. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING.

10. I have no idea why I tried it in Fairly Oddparents style, by the way. xD;; It's not like I'm a fan of the show or anything. xD

11. ON TO OTTAWA!~ Seriously though. If you know this, have my babies. fdkgdfkvgfdvg maple sickles ftw. /also loves how Canada showed up TWICE in this SOVIET meme ahahahaaaa

12. Seriously, steal it plz.

Original Meme Here:: [link]

Time:: I dunno? 30minutes? xD;
Media:: Easy Paint Tool SAI.

All Depicted Characters (C) Hidekaz Himaruya.
Man!Belarus Design -> ~ephemeralDELUSiON.
Fairly Odd Parents (C) Uhm... Nickelodeon?;;;
ME (C) ~ephemeralDELUSiON LOLS.

ISR: Dividing by zero

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 02:08:13 PST

Ok so this one doesn't make as much sense as it should, but I don't care! Hahahahaha! Ha!

PROTIP: Don't divide by zero.

In Soviet Russia! 0 - STAMP

Thu, 03 May 2012 23:59:16 PDT

IN SOVIET RUSSIA, STAMP LICKS YOU!
A play on the age old situation reversal in Russia.

Mother Russia

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:44:38 PST

Had a fantastic female model again in figure drawing she was wearing this great sort of Russian Cold War outfit, and couple of hours later I got the whole image done. The las was done in about an hour minus a few touch ups. Finding the tone and background decisions took the longest. Along with trying out some new techniques. Peace.

Zero

Mon, 03 Jan 2011 18:42:58 PST

In Soviet Russia ZERO divide by YOU.

In Soviet Russia The Lightsaber Uses You

Fri, 17 May 2013 22:40:55 PDT

What if Kalinka should be a Playable Character?!

She could have the Same Skills as Zero from the megaman X Series(Except the Walljumping and the Rekkouha)

Kalinka Cossack is (c) to Capcom

Pic 100% Drawn by Me

Your Future is My Past

Fri, 13 May 2011 06:49:45 PDT

Though the night was freezing, a calm mood filled the streets of Angel Falls. While Bardak monitored the city from a 3 story building, he couldn't help but notice the streets were beginning to fill up with soldiers from all branches of the armed forces on leave for the holidays. Memories of his past began to fill his mind as he saw soldiers returning to their family and friends.

"Just because youre now a General, doesn't mean you can't see your family every now and then, or must I schedule an appointment, Mr. Big Shot?

"Ha, its good to see you too father." Bardak replied when he first became a General.

Good work Bardak; you just might be officer material.

Thank you, Sergeant Bardak replied as a young cadet.

"Sir, permission to maliciously injure everyone into a coma who dares to take a bite of the surprise dish I created for this occasion."

Bardak chuckled as a young captain, "Permission granted, Anuna."

Though he came back to reality after he sensors detected someone approaching he position.

Olga noticed the black armored figure of Bardak from her nightly patrol. His silhouette was quite unmistakable given his distinctive looking helmet. She touched down on the roof of the building he was standing on, her boots crunching on the frozen gravel beneath her. From here she could see the General's breath so she knew it must be quite cold out, not being able to register the temperature properly by herself. The process that had created her into the Soviet super-weapon made her all but invulnerable to only the most extreme forms of heat or cold. Olga smiled warmly as she made her way over, the General himself having turned to see her.

"Greetings Comrade General. It is a cold night da?"

"Greetings Olga. My sensors indicate its 15 degrees Fahrenheit out tonight, though my armor has been designed to withstand extreme cold temperatures. May I ask what are you doing here?" Bardak replied

"Just on patrol really. Your armor may keep you warm, but is rather distinctive looking Comrade General. Making sure that the troops are making it in safely?" she said motioning to the disembarking soldiers below.

"Indeed, these soldiers put their lives on the line to protect this country. They earned some shore-leave for the holidays." he said while watching over the soldiers reuniting with their family.

"By the way, how are things going with Maia and you?" Bardak asked while looking at Olga curiously.

"Things go quite well Comrade General. We have found it best that we avoid speaking of politics at home and that makes a big difference. She shows me how to use something called the Tee-Vo and I cook for her some authentic Soviet dishes. It is working out very much well." Olga said smiling as she thought back to their first and last political battle. She would rather face a horde of Fourth Reich super-soldiers than go through that again.

"I'm glad hear things are going so well for you too" Bardak said smiling with a warm tone. As he turned back to the street, he stop smiling and let out a low sigh.

The former Russian farm-girl frowned noticing her friend's obvious change in demeanor. "What is it Comrade General? Something troubles you da?"

"Its nothing really...its just..." Bardak was soon interrupted when his BTR was going off. After getting out his BTR and entering his codes, he was shocked to see what was on his screen. He then transferred the message and coordinates to his helmet then looked at Olga.

"Olga, I just received a distress call from a transport plane on its way to Angel Falls. Its been hit by a severe hail storm. Two of the aircraft's engines have been heavily damaged and there running low on fuel. By my estimates, the plane will crash in 37 minutes."

The woman known as the Soviet Superwoman met his grim expression with one of her own. She involuntarily began to hover in the air, her boots lifting off the ground a few feet.

"Which direction General, I will meet you there!"

"No need, we'll get there together" Bardak said as he got out his BTR. After typing in a few commands, he stood close to Olga, and then pressed two buttons on his BTR. A bright light suddenly engulfed both of them and they appeared on the bridge of Bardak's ship.

After a moment of being disoriented, the Soviet juggernaut looked around the bridge of the General's command vessel. It was a bright, highly advanced command center with smooth and highly durable bulkheads and holographic user interface devices expanding out of console tops. The General moved quickly, sitting down at the helm and began to rapidly type on one of the holographic panels. Olga looked out the main-viewer to see they were already on approach to the injured Lockheed C-130 Hercules. Smoke was belching out of both of its starboard engines as it was pelted by the vicious hailstorm. The doomed plane was descending towards the ocean at a staggering rate of speed.

"There," Bardak said as he continued to lock in commands, "I've jammed all communications and radar in a 10 mile radius. I'm going to move alongside it and focus on it with my ship's tractor beams. I'll need you to fly over and help me make sure those engines don't explode."

Olga nodded, clenching her fingers tight into her gloves as she watched the crippled military aircraft.

He then flew the Helios directly over the Hercules, protecting the aircraft from the falling hail, and then engaged his tractor beam. Once the Hercules was secure in mid-air, Bardak entered the codes to open one of the Helios's air-lock. As fast as a bullet, Soviet Superwoman flew out of the air lock and flew towards the two burning starboard engines. Smoke, engine debris, and flames clouded her sight while limiting her breathing; but that didn't stop her. She then grabbed both engines, unaffected by the intense heat, and then completely ripped the engines from the plane. While holding the engine over her head, the Helios tractor beam suddenly suspended the broken engines in mid-air along with the Hercules. Knowing the Hercules was safe; Soviet-Superwoman immediately flew towards the side hatch of the plane.

The Soviet Superwoman flew alongside the hatch and tapped on the steel door several times. A few seconds later a pair of soldiers slid the door open and let her aboard, quickly slamming it shut behind her. As Olga looked around the plane she could see it was packed with combat veterans returning home from active duty. They were all strapped in tight and bracing for the worst. Upon seeing her board the plane though they immediately began to cheer and looked visibly relieved. Having her here meant the chances of them plummeting to their deaths in the ice cold waters off of Angel Falls shot down to zero. At the moment, none of them were thinking about how the plane was being held steady as she was in front of them. A few of the passengers were injured, but it didn't look like anything too serious to her untrained eye.

"Everyone remain calm please she said in a loud, clear voice, "you will be putting down in Angel Falls in a matter of moments."

She then moved towards the cabin at the front of the plane to discuss things with the pilots. While Soviet-Superwoman made her way to the cockpit, Bardak opened a channel with the pilots.

"C-130 Hercules, this is General Bardak commanding the U.R.S.S. Helios, what is your status?"

"Unknown, sir! Our starboard engines are completely gone yet we're not in the ocean. Also, Our port engines are active and we have the throttles at full but we're not moving, sir" one of the pilots said with confusion.

"I have you in my ships tractor beam; you'll be towed to the nearest airport. Soviet-Superwoman is currently on-board assisting the passengers. Please give her your full cooperation."

Both pilots were shocked to hear such news but replied in unison, "Yes, sir!"

After he ended the transmission, Bardak thought revealing his ship to the people at the airport could cause a great amount of chaos. He then entered his command codes into his helm, transporting multiple holo-emitters around his ship.

The muscular Slavic woman entered the cockpit just as the General was finishing his transmission. The entire flight crew turned around to see her, the once fear in their eyes transforming into hope. Two of Angel Falls Alpha level superheroes were helping them get through this. Where once death was a certainty now they had more than a fighting chance to live.

"I removed the malfunctioning engine. Now the risk to the plane is very low with the General's tow beams engaged." she said in a confident sounding voice.

The pilot nodded. "When the engine ripped away we all thought that was it."

"I apologize for the scare comrades. I will remain aboard as the General takes us in to make sure that no other disasters befall you."

"Thank you ma'am, said the rattled co-pilot, "and can I say we are all honored to have you aboard."

Olga smiled "Thank you sir. There was a time when my presence on a United States military vessel would not have been as such."

Meanwhile on Bardak's ship, more of Bardak past suddenly filled his mind. He began seeing images of events from his past.

"Sir, there is a Chtranqua warship on an intercept courseits charging weapons. " said Bardak as a young ensign at the helm

"Bardak to Dr. Shaeki...prepare to receive incoming patients. Bridge to transporter room 5...beam all injured Horians directly to the medical bay." Bardak said while typing commands in his control panel as the captain on board the U.R.S.S. Solomon

Bardak quickly came back to reality as he heard a proximity alarm going off, informing him they are 5 minutes from visual range of the AF airport. Bardak then entered his command codes into his helm, activating all the holo-emitters placed all over his ship. The emitter projected a wide photonic field around Bardak's ship and tractor beam, disguising his ship as a Lockheed aircraft and his tractor beam as multiple grappling hooks.

Both Bardak's ship and the crippled aircraft landed on a commercial runway, away for the arriving and departing planes. Already fire trucks and ambulances were racing across the tarmacs to greet them. One of the soldiers in the back of the plane deployed the emergency landing slide and the returning military personnel were evacuating the downed transport. Olga made sure that the injured were helped off the plane. The flight control team each shook her hand as they made their way off and when the plane was completely empty the Soviet Superwoman descended to the ground outside. Luckily, the media had not yet arrived, but it would only be a matter of time. She gave a thumbs up signal to the General to let him know that everyone was off before making her way back over to his camouflaged vessel.

As soon as she entered, Bardak closed the hatch and was preparing to take off. Knowing it would raise a lot of suspicion and confusion if he took off without using the runway, Bardak steered his ship to an empty runway and used it to take off. He then entered a course to take them back to their original location.

Olga was quiet as she watched the General maneuver his magnificent airship. Something about him seemed different to her though. He seemed tired looking, the lines on his brow furrowed as if he were in deep thought or deep concentration. His hands worked. At first Olga thought he was simply coming down from the previous excitement, but there was something else there. She waited a long few moments before she spoke, breaking the awkward silence that had enclosed them both together.

"Comrade General, Is everything alright?"

Bardak looked away, knowing she sensed something was wrong with him. Knowing she might understand what he is going through, he activated the auto-pilot, and then he sat up straight and turned to her.

"I'm sure you already went through what I think I'm going through. I guess after all this time; being trapped in this dimension, my memories decided to re-appear at random times and its starting to make me feel homesick for the Republic and while reminding me of times I want to forget."

Olga nodded slowly, letting him read her emotions as her answer.
Coming to Angel Falls had not at all been of her own design and it had been sudden and violent. Everything she knew, her entire world had been burned away from her like ash and she was left in a strange, futuristic place. A parody of the world she had known her entire life. Up was down and black was white. It had taken her a few years to simply acclimate to the new time and place let alone fall in love, marry and have any semblance of a social life, but all the while she was haunted by what was happening to her home. Were they victorious despite her loss and driven off the alien invaders...were they suffering and struggling still...or was it already over long ago and nothing remained of her homeland but skeletons and charred husks of buildings in the landscape. Most of the time these thoughts were kept far away by the day to day situations here in Angel Falls but every once and awhile they would grow huge in her mind and bear down on her as if they did not want to be forgotten. She knew more than anything what Bardak was going through emotionally.

"When you first arrived in Angel Falls...How did you react to everything being more advanced than you own time period? Bardak said curiously.

"Well, it was very disorienting... Dizzying. Everything was so very confusing but at the same time I was curious. You must also remember that it was not just the technology but the way people talked and dressed...the openness was staggering. It was nothing like I had ever experienced. It was all so overwhelming and at times I still do not think I understand the simplest things. The most interesting thing in retrospect was likewise how much people were interested in me, like I was an antique or link to the past. Is that how it felt for you, like you were looking at the antiques of the past?"

"Well sort of... At first, I thought I crashed on another planet in one of the farthest reaches of the galaxy. For hours, I tried to contact any Republic outpost, ship, even headquarters itself; but I didn't get any response from anyone or any signal from any form of starships. I wasn't until I picked up some ancient Earth radio frequencies that haven't been used in over 90 years that I realized I had to be on Earth. After I scanned for the nearest city, which was the city called Angel Falls; I disguised my ship and headed for the city. I traveled for days on those primitive concrete roads and was constantly being bombarded by the loud honking noise made from those "cars" when they got near me. When I arrived at the city, I was surprised to see everything all chaotic, primitive, and disorganized. Though after a few days, I quickly adapted and accepted the fact that I was in a different time period. How long did it take you to adapt?

"It was more difficult than just a few days. Everything had changed. The world as I had known it was completely gone. A computer more powerful than anything at all in my universe could now be held in the palm of your hand. News from around the globe could be yours to read or watch instantly. It felt smaller...but it also felt less personal. I do not enjoy saying this but I was afraid, Comrade General. All I wanted to do was go back home, the one thing I could not do. It would seem you had the easier time acclimating."

Bardak lightly chuckled, "Well if you put it that way, I guess I did have an easier time, but that's only because I had some help adjusting to this primitive version of my world."

"Well this world is very fortunate to have you, your selflessness and your abilities Comrade." Olga smiled.

Bardak arched his brow and smiled, "Aren't we the modest one?"

"I am telling you nothing but the truth as I have seen it. Dwelling on one's past is something I have had to struggle with for a long time. A personal demon. Let us instead look to the future and the great goods that we can both accomplish da?"

Bardak chuckled, "Well, you could say I'm already a part of that future and what you see around you is one of the millions of great goods humanity as accomplished...at least they will eventually. Thank you Olga, it feels nice knowing there is at least one person in this dimension or the next that can understand what I going though. "

"Likewise Comrade General." Olga said smiling. "If I might ask a favor? Since we are already aboard such a magnificent vessel and your capabilities are much faster than my own, could we perhaps make a detour to France? I have something in mind to purchase for my Возлюбленная, if is not too much troubles."

Bardak smirked at her request, nodded and entered a new course into his helm."

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First a major thanks to for coming up with this collaboration and then commissioning this amazing piece of art by our good friend , who has mastered both of our characters perfectly. His images are full of mood and atmosphere and I appreciate all the time and careful thought he puts into them.

is an exceptional author and the creator/owner of General Bardak. Please stop by his page and read more of his tales with this inventive and original character. Working on this story with him was, as always, a delight.

Soviet Superwoman is my creation and property.

This co-written tale takes place in

The Downunda Zero Team

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 05:26:58 PDT

The Downunda Zero Team (DZT)

Magellan Zalinski (Harebit - "ZORRAN")
Magellan is the eldest son of “Captain” Anandeus Zalinski, manager and owner of the DZT Rock/Country Music Band.

Like the Z-Stacks Leader he represents, Magellan is cold, calculating and tough, but he has a gentler side that is rarely shown in the critical public eye. He’s loyal to his crewmates and doesn’t suffer fools gladly, though sometimes he just can’t help himself.

He’s grown up quite self-critical and dispassionate about where it is he stands in the world, and tends to be quite vocal about his likes and dislikes. He never fails to be called the ‘domineering bastard’ of the DZT, but this is only an observation from those outside of the team colours. Magellan’s relationship with his father is virtually non-existant, having died with his beloved mother, Kara-Ma fifteen years back. His father, after learning of his mother’s sufference from cancer, promptly sought out another woman, his mistress – the shrewy Kalin-Da – who eventually married Anandeus and bore him a son, Mathew, Magellan’s younger stepbrother. Neither brother likes the other, and to that end, Anandeus treats Mathew more as his son than he does Magellan – a sore point between the Zalinski Family to be sure.

Magellan has kept his physical abuse at the hands of his father quiet, telling not even his own crewmates of how it is he’s managed to ‘injure himself this time around’, but his teammates have been getting suspicious over time, especially his best pal and ‘brother’, Morton Duvall; and his rival, Vee-Jay Hedgehog too has her suspicions that Anandeus Zalinski is doing more than just verbally harrassing his eldest son.

Magellan takes his role as “Zorran” pretty seriously – if there’s one thing he shares the tug’s dislike of, it’s the Star Fleet!

Morton Duvall (Grey Fox - "ZEBEDEE")
Morton is Magellan’s best friend, and is very much the guy’s brother after all they’ve been through.

Morton takes the role of Zebedee, Zorran’s righthand tug, and in doing so has made the complicated role his own; taking care of Magellan’s fleet-based concerns, worries and ungrounded fears like any 2IC would to a leader. He bears Magellan’s personal criticisms well and solidly. Someone’s got to put up with the ‘domineering bastard’, don’t they?

Morton’s been around since the very early days, even before the band started. And in having known Magellan for this long, he’s become wise to all his little quirks and flaws – and knows that something else is going on. Every week or two, Magellan comes home sore as hell and won’t explain where he got his aches and pains from. Morton is growing suspicious, and often alleviates his private fears with Magellan’s rival, the Star Fleet leader Vee-Jay Hedgehog. They are both dear friends to the older harebit, and seeing him like this often makes things that much harder to deal with.

Morton comes from a farming background and still sends his paycheck home to his folks every month end or so. He cares very deeply for his teammates, but his opinion on Mathew, Magellan’s stepbrother, is one of intense hatred. Morton hates very few people in his life and to have gotten on the bad side of someone so trusting and loyal is very serious indeed…

Marcus Langley (Malamute / Timber Wolf - "ZAK")
Marcus Langley is very much the opposite side of the scale to the Z Stack he represents, Zak. Whereas Zak is ruthless and calculating, Marcus tends to be more shy and less willing to take part in a humiliating prank. That’s not to say he doesn’t like playing the occasional prank however!

Like Morton, Marcus has been with the band since the very early days – his role as the crew’s electric guitarist stemming from having been ‘discovered’ by Magellan and his mother at age ten. He’s not as close to Magellan as Morton is, but they’re best buds nonetheless. Marcus is often the other half to the songwriting duo and his ability to weave a story out of simple rhyming words has always been one of the many hearts of the DZT over time.

Marcus is watchful and protective – being part wolf and part dog, his loyalty is unquestionable. He’s got a very laid-back personality and tends to be quite the slacker, which is probably why Magellan often has to kick his rear into gear! Marcus avidly enjoys X-Treme sports when he is up and moving, and airboarding is one of his favourites.

He’s been noticing an odd change in Magellan’s behaviour of late – his friend is becoming withdrawn, less interested in running the battle of the bands than he was before. He misses the harebit he used to know – the one who always used to have to twist his arm in order to do something crazy, like surprise paintballing the DSF or something. It worries him that Magellan is hiding something of important magnitude away from the rest of them, as if he doesn’t trust them. For Marcus, his friends come first rather than the ideals of money and position that Captain Zalinski states are the founding elements of the DZT.

He is the least likely to give a turkey if something happens to him – but if something happens to one of his mates and you’re responsible, good freakin’ luck getting Marcus off your arse!

Mikael Zacharov (Hedgehog - "ZUG")
Mikael is an exchange student from Soviet Russia, a family by-product, as he calls it, of rampant decadent communism. He may not look much like a Russian boy but his thick accent speaks volumes. Ten years with the DZT and he still hasn’t managed to lose it.

Mikael is one of the younger teammates in the crew, besides Melanii and Maximillian-Michael, and as such, he usually handles acoustic guitars and keyboards. He is a talented classical instrument player on top of that, oboe and clarinet being amongst his favourites. Like the others, he’s greatly suspicious of Mathew’s intentions for the DZT and is one of the few who voices his distaste for Mathew’s presence. Being Russian and of a rather volatile temperament, Mikael tends to be more physical than verbal – something he’s had to learn to control under Magellan’s careful watch.

He’s been quite a ladies man since he’s been part of the DZT, and it’s kinda weird seeing Mikael with a trio of beautiful ladies on his arm rather than it being Magellan as the one with the femme escort! Despite this, he gets along well with his CO, and has learned, through trial and error, to control his somewhat verbal backlash tactics a lot more than he did in Mother Russia.

The one thing Mikael isn’t is Jewish – he’s a lavish spender, and sometimes having his paycheck docked is the only way to get the hell through to him! And like the others, he’s a fiercely protective friend and companion of Magellan. You don’t want this hedgehog going homicidal on you, that’s for sure…!

Maximillian-Michael Crush (Striped Squirrel / Skunk - "ZIP")
Maxmillian-Michael, or “Zip” as his crewmates call him, is a happy-go-lucky, fiesty and adventurous young man. He’s been a part of the DZT for twelve years, and as such, knows his way around the place pretty much like he owns a section of it.

Like his namesake, Maximillian does suffer from the occasional bout of shyness and nervous disposition, but mostly, he’s a very open, loyal and trusting friend. Like Marcus, he does share a love of X-Treme sports, and apart from airboarding, skyboarding tends to give this young man a thrill like no other. He’s a fantastic engineer too, being responsible for maintaining the DZT’s private jet on more than one occasion and is studying to take over from their current pilot.

Maxie, as Magellan affectionately calls him, is a pretty darn good cook too, responsible for keeping the guys well-fed on-tour when going out to a nearby restaurant involves getting mobbed by fans. He has his own share of attraction with the ladies, but keeps his personal life out of the media. He hails from a broken home – Mother a drug addict and Father an abusive drunk – and looking at him now, it’s amazing he remained the same even throughout that hell that was his family life.

He’s very chirpy of a morning and never fails to brightens the others’ spirits. He’s not so clueless as to not notice the seething hatred between his Captain and his Leader, and is often around right when Magellan needs him. He’s not blind to seeing a family deteriorate under duress, his own having done it at a crucial time for him, and so can only hope he’s around when Magellan finally decides to talk to the others in the crew.

Maximillian-Michael doesn’t have a mean streak or bone in his body. He’s a lovely, generous and thankful youngster that holds the record for the most smiles in one day.

Mickey Darnell-Smith (Echidna - "ZERON")
Mickey is one of the newer members of the DZT, and as such hasn’t been around that long to know Magellan inside out like the others do. However, he’s not blind to the niggling things, like the harebit’s consistent injuries, and is smart enough to know that the Captain is responsible for them.

He’s the representative of one of the newest Z Stacks, Zeron, Captain’s Zero’s first Ocean Tug. Like Zeron, Mickey is quiet, determined and can be misconstrued as cold and ruthless, but really, he’s a gentle giant of an echidna with a good, strong heart. He’s the crew’s drummer, and enjoys his job very much. He holds great rhythm and timing and does like the occasional cutting loose on stage – when he can get away with it, that is!

He’s the eldest and the tallest member of the DZT, standing 7”1, even higher than Magellan’s ears at their very tips (6”8), and does tend to ‘look down’ and ‘stoop’ sometimes, but hey, it’s better than walking into the door frame, isn’t it! Unlike other echidnas, he has smallish fangs which seem to add to his ‘nastiness’ at representing Zeron sometimes. Really though, he’s veritable eye candy for the various female fans that attend their concerts and partially, he secretly enjoys all the attention he gets. In reality, Mickey is very down-to-earth and tends to stay grounded amidst all the glitz and glamour.

Like Maximillian-Michael, he keeps his personal life out of the hawk-eyed media by choice. There’s no point in being part of a band without keeping some secrets away from the spotlights, isn’t there? He and Magellan are on good terms, but Mickey would like to be closer to him than just “his drummer” or just “one of the guys”. He likes Magellan and is protective of him like all the others, but is worried that the harebit isn’t letting anyone in due to the abuse he’s suffering.

Magellan truly does worry him to the point of brotherhood, and Mickey is doing whatever he can to alleviate those worries. But he is angry – not at Magellan, as the Harebit has misconstrued, but at the Captain he’s supposed to trust as the Fleet’s Manager…

Melanii Lu Ming (Giant Panda / Red Panda - "ZARIK")
Melanii hails from a very strict family whose social and familial traditions involve jobs like being a doctor, a lawyer or a therapist. Music is treated as a pasttime, a hobby rather than a full-time career, so when she announced that she intended to pursue her dreams to be a singer, there was a political uprising amongst her traditionalist family surroundings.

Melanii is the newest member of the DZT, replacing Mathew Zalinski as Captain Zero’s seventh tugboat, the switcher named Zarik and has fallen in as Magellan’s ‘little sister’ more than anything. She, in all manner of the word, has broken through the older harebit’s protective shell, drawing out the person the older DZT’ers remember from the very beginning of the band. Magellan invited her to come along for the ride after hearing her perform at an audition held to find new DZT members (which failed dismally with Mathew leading as Zorran). Melanii has been grateful to rub something in her stern parents’ faces – like a first paycheck thrice as much as her older siblings’ paychecks as doctors, lawyers and herbal therapists!

She’s been linked to rival Vee-Jay Hedgehog’s representation of the Star Tug, Ten Cents, the loyal little switcher that leads Captain Star’s fleet – she too is a girl representing a boy tug – and in some ways, Magellan has seen his rival shining there in her eyes. Melanii’s personality is caught somewhere between shy and gentle and loud and proud – she opens up a whole different ballgame out on the stage and her voice is strong and clear, yet doesn’t outshine Magellan’s. She adores her new ‘big brother’ in a similar way to how Thomas Colloute loves his big sister Vee-Jay Hedgehog – they’ve become extremely close in a very short amount of time.

Melanii’s family is huge and extends out across four continents. When Captain Zalinski was ousted as their Manager, Melanii took the boys to the Lu Ming Summer Home, Lu-Maharajah, located in Beijing, where her extended family welcomed the DZT with open arms. Melanii prides herself on being a family girl, and like Maximillian-Michael, tries to keep the fleet going even in the bad times. She’s been called a very warm, adoring and loveable girl, and it shows in many ways.

~**~

The other side to the Downunda Star Fleet are their rivals, the Downunda Zero Team. Every good underdog's got to have a villain though, right?

Magellan's life was not explained when I started the DSF/DZT relationship - he was a willing foil to Vee-Jay's arrogance and oftenmost the more "I could hit you so hard!" side of her cocky demeanour. I've since then tried to humanise these guys to a point where they're more believable - both to myself as the artist and writer and also to you, the viewer.

Magellan's unaware that the rest of the crew have become suspicious of him coming home "from a run" and limping so badly he needs to to be helped up the stairs.

Here, it looks like everything is normal, but Magellan's usually devilish grin is forced - he's not at ease with this picture being taken - his disposition has gone through the wringer. His father, Anandeus, was always a bastard and now, with the band failing repeatedly to make the impact it used to, he's taking more drastic measures against his eldest son (it's gone from mental abuse to physical abuse in a very short amount of time).

His stepbrother, Mathew, has escaped the abuse simply because he is his stepfather's "favourite son" and has been chosen to replace Magellan before long. A cause of unimaginable friction to a young man who has lost the passion for his trade.

Unfortunately, Anandeus doesn't realise the rest of the crew haven't been blinded by fame enough to not notice the change in their lead singer's behaviour. The friend they know and love as a brother is missing, and they're NOT pleased about it. But what can a crew of misfits do to get the person they know is hidden under all that abusive treatment to resurface?

Anything and everything wherever possible...

Besides my beloved DSF, the DZT, like them, have come from humble beginnings and long journeys. To me, they are a more physical representation of the fandom I'm so proud to still be a part of.

That and I'm still fleshing them out. I love fleshing and humanising my characters. It's just so much bloody fun!

The Downunda Zero Team / The Downunda Star Fleet belong to , 1991 - 2009

r e d . m i s e r y

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 01:05:15 PDT

_{_{Please download, it'll look better that way}

THE FAMILY

Ivan Braginsky- The boss of the Russian Mafiya, feared for his mental instability and ruthless methods. He leads the family with a firm hand, having little tolerance for failure and insubordination. Seemingly cold and flat on the outside, he is severely battle-scarred on the inside. Despite possessing a frigid and threatening presence that seems to freeze the atmosphere of wherever he walks, the boss has a soft and vulnerable side to him that he shows to only a select few.

Toris Laurinaitis- The right-hand and second-in-command of the Mafiya. He's well-admired for his kind demeanor and forgiving attitude, but often looked upon as incompetent for the same reasons. Despite his age, he possesses plenty of experience on the field of battle and remains unmatched at his talent for martial-arts, though he dislikes fighting. For unknown reasons, the Boss keeps his Right-Hand off the front lines as much as possible. However, when he is seen on the field, those that are smart enough know that things are about to go down.

Natalya Alfroskaya- The cold and ruthless assassin of the Mafiya, and the best marksman in the family (aside from maybe the Boss himself). She strikes down every one of her targets with terrifying efficiency. Those who are observant enough can see that she has her eyes on the position of the right-hand, determined and perfectly capable of doing anything to achieve her goals, even if it means removing all obstacles from the picture completely. However, the current holder of the position is strangely unconcerned for his safety.

Yekaterina Braginskaya- The spy of the Mafiya, and adoptive sister of the Boss. Despite her mild dislike for the job, she is surprisingly talented at it with the help of her innocent looks and other... developments. Being the maternal-figure of the family, she expresses great concern for every member of the family, making sure none of them does something stupid under her nose. However, her protectiveness of her brother rises all above the rest, so she has zero tolerance for any harm meant towards him. _{I spelled her name wrong in the picture OTL}

Feliks Łukasiewicz- The hitman of the Mafiya who totally hates his job to the max. Because of his extreme dislike for fighting on the front lines and getting his figure splattered with muck, he is often underestimated for his fighting skills. He's known for his initial shyness, but totally hates it when no one takes him seriously. Even though he does receive his fair share of respect for his experience and raw skill, there are rumors flying around the entire Mafiya claiming that he wants nothing more than to seize the title of the Boss and get his hands down the Right-Hand's pants, but everyone knows those are just rumors, right?

Eduard Von Bock- The overseer/briefer of the Mafiya, known for his surprising charisma and ingenuity. He's oddly protective of the family's messenger, since they are mildly-distant relatives. In addition, he seems to be the only one who is aware of his distant relation to the Mafiya's Right-Hand. Maintaining good relations with every family member (save for the Assassin, but no one is really on good terms with her, except for the boss whether he likes it or not), he is fairly admired and respected for his ability to create and execute plans with hassle-free efficiency.

Raivis Gallante- The timid messenger of the Mafiya. Even though his fighting and self-defense skills aren't on-par with the rest of the family's, he is still perfectly capable of holding his own. Despite being severely underestimated (though, sometimes overestimated in some cases), he has the amazing ability of not getting killed, even in the most seemingly-hopeless situations.

x x x x x x x x x x x x x

Arrrgh, I dont even know how to catagorize my Hetalia fanart anymore ;n; and I apologize for my probably-inaccurate translation of Russian.}

This took a while to complete! Kudos to ~Zel3DMe for letting me borrow her tablet to finish this picture (mine is currently broken. If anyone knows how to fix it and is interested in buying it, then please drop me a note). Except for Russia, Poland, and Lithuania, this was my first time drawing any of these characters ever. I hope they're acceptable |D though I've heavily edited everyone's face and pose and what not.

Life has been fairly busy for me, and I haven't even started school yet. I'm lagging behind in my drivers ed because of my procrastination, and who knew that AP classes gave you homework over the summer :T (Okay, maybe everyone, but I didn't). I'm falling behind Lamentia as well, I seriously need to pick up the pace. Please bear with me |D

EDIT: =ryounkura created a companion piece to this, and frankly, it's effing aweseome.

_{Hetalia © Himaruya
Art by me}

Mr. Trololo Victory Portrait SFZ3 Style

Fri, 29 Jun 2012 23:00:31 PDT

Mi last drawing about Mr. Trololo in Street Fighter Zero/Alpha style. Enjoy

The other two portraits of Mr. Trololo:

[link]

[link]

Trololo pixelated:

[link]

And this is a special one:

[link]

A Great Day

Sun, 06 Jan 2013 11:45:30 PST

Please disseminate widely, thank you! This does not give permission to alter or claim credit for this re-mixed work, for which I retain all copyrights. The original illustration is in the public domain.

If you disagree with the views expressed here, please be sure to read my Policy Statement BEFORE you post: [link]

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) reports that in 2012 the United States spent $711 billion on defense, or, 41% of the world's total defense expenditures. That's roughly five times the amount spent by China, and ten times the amount spent by Russia.

America has more than 700 overseas military bases (the Pentagon cannot provide an exact number); the Russians have 11, 10 of which are located in former Soviet republics; the Chinese, zero.

Ground Zero: Part 3

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:00:45 PST

Here is my third Chapter of Ground Zero Antarctica. I have been working on this chapter for so long and i rushed it. So there might be many mistakes but at least i have it done. I will have other Chapters done as soon as i can i hope.

See yawl next time

DO NOT COPY IN ANYWAY FOR ANY REASON, THIS STORY BELONGS TO ME SO DOES THE CHARACTERS. Except for the creatures and other things....they belong to the rightful video game and movie companies.
THE NEWEST CHARACTERS BELONG TO MANY OF MY FRIENDS AT SCHOOL. CRIMSON BELONGS TO *CrimsonFang-desu.

Code Geass: Lelouch of the Cold War: 1962

Wed, 19 Sep 2012 07:47:59 PDT

Here the finished map showing what would happen had the world and events of Code Geass([link]) for reasons unknown transpired in the same time period (aka "atb 2017-18)...but in our world's version of that era (which translates to AD 1962-63). All beginning with a strange disturbance just as the Britannian Empire ([link]) fully occupies "Area 11"...in our 1955, during the days of the Cold War.

Consider this a logical conclusion of sorts to those -inspired ASB scenarios. Also, I thought of trying something different before getting back to fic-writing. In any case, this is not a political/ideological propaganda screed at all. This is a work of fiction so feel free to critique it to your heart's content.

Also, thanks to for allowing me to use this map ([link]) as a basis for some of the details. You may also notice something vaguely lurking in the map as well.

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On the 10th of August, atb 2010, the Holy Britannian Empire invaded the island nation of Japan, allegedly over resources and ideology. Within a month, the country crumbled before the advanced might of the invading forces and their army of war machines called Knightmare Frames. The defeated Japanese were subsequently deprived of their rights, identity and even their name as the newly conquered/colonized land was designated Area 11.

All that happened in AD 1955, seven years ago in another version of our world. The strange anomaly known simply as the Event that transpired soon after had not only brought to light such knowledge but had also displaced elements of that reality into this one. But while the initial chaos and signing of the so-called Goodwill Armistice have long since passed, the times have definitely changed.

Of note is Britannia itself. The result of a world and history different yet oddly similar to our own, the Empire is in ways a warped mirror of Great Britain and the European powers of old, right down to a powerful if bloated aristocracy. Though little is really certain, it seems to follow what could be described as a strange mix of Social Darwinism, Absolutism and Feudal Imperialism, all embodied by its omnipotent Emperor. At the same time, Britannians are a paradox. Full-fledged citizens enjoy considerable rights, liberties and standards regardless of race or even gender. While Numbers, conquered locals residing in the Areas are purposefully ghettoized and deprived of those comforts lest they choose to become honorary Britannians. And despite the socio-cultural strangeness, they are nonetheless technologically advanced, possessing devices and weaponry (such as the Knightmares) generations ahead of even the pre-Event superpowers. It is also in part to this that they were able to integrate a recently evacuated South Korea and parts of an unstable Mexico despite the Armistice.

With the loss of western North America and Hawaii, the United States had virtually lost much of its reach in the Pacific overnight. The remaining soldiers were withdrawn from much of Asia as frantic skirmishes between National Guard and Britannian forces raged along the new border. The mere fact that American soil was not simply being fought over but reduced served only to weaken morale, dissuading the military from resorting to atom bombs. If not for the Armistice, some claimed that the country would have suffered much worse against those damn tin cans. Still, the US has persevered as major world power. New York has once again become a cultural, financial and diplomatic hub. Thanks in part to Eisenhowers efforts and newly elected President Nixons Second Manifest Destiny, Americas strength across the Atlantic remains a strong deterrent against the Soviets through the Iron Curtain even as a new one against the newcomers continues to grow.

Meanwhile, the Event has brought an unexpected turn of events for their supposed counterparts in this world: the United Kingdom. The British, their Commonwealth and what remained of their own Empire saw in Britannia a distorted mirror image of themselves: showing both the heights they could have achieved and the excesses of their worst aspects. At the same time, the US retreat had left open an opportunity to reestablish their prominence in whats left of the free Pacific (and to a degree, Asia). Thus while efforts were made to aid Canada in the wake of the Armistice, an ambitious plan was put into motion. With public and royal support, it was announced that there is only one family of realms deserving of the name Britannia. And it shall rule the waves once more. Against the expectations of even their American allies, reforms were implemented to not only strengthen themselves but to become a Commonwealth deserving of their genuinely civilized ideals. In the process, they have emerged revitalized and poised to stand on more solid footing against their otherworldly rivals, although some still insist that this is the British Empires last hurrah.

The Soviet Union, while relatively unaffected at first, tried to take advantage of the sudden changes, with some success. With the American withdrawals, the Russians and their Communist comrades attempted to expand their influence in Asia beginning with Korea, only to find that the approaching Britannians were even worse. Many among the Politburo considered launching propaganda campaigns and even their atomic weapons against Area 11 by the time of the Armistice. Indeed, the focus put on dealing with the newcomers proved distracting enough that the unrest in the Warsaw Pact (beginning in Hungary) only settled down by the start of 1957. Their expansion into Americas doorstep on the other hand was more successful with the Socialists of Cuba and Nicaragua showing themselves willing allies to the Soviet cause, especially with the Anglo-American spheres increasingly hostile to them.

Elsewhere, the world continues to undergo change as a new status quo is setting in. In Europe, pan-Continental ideals and the threats posed by the newcomers are inspiring some NATO countries to consider a United States of Western Europe. Decolonization outside of the Commonwealth has more or less stabilized, with the French attempting to copy the UKs success with mixed results. Attempts by the United Nations to impose sanctions against Britannia have rung hollow. Technology meanwhile, while still behind the Empires standards, is catching up. Among others, efforts are made to reverse engineer and mass-produce the humanoid Knightmares that have made short work of conventional post-World War II tanks (which still seem to defy modern military thinking even now), while attempts are underway to replicate the efficiency of Sakuradite (called the Wonder-Rock in the American press) with diesel and nuclear power. Their success in turn has so far been limited even with the aid given by political prisoners who had escaped the Empire, which arent helped by rumors of a secret weapon known only to the CIA, KGB and MI6 as FLEIJA. All while the arms race continues to build up, the great powers simultaneously try to outdo each other and the world inches ever closer to war.

Such is the state of affairs in the present time of 1962, or 2017 in the Britannian calendar. And with reports of Area 11s Viceroy Clovis li Britannia murdered by a masked vigilante known as Zero, this could turn out to be an interesting year.

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I don't own Code Geass. All rights belong to its respective owners, such as Sunrise.

AKM

Mon, 01 Nov 2010 07:42:00 PDT

Cartridge: 7.62x39mm
Action: Gas operated, rotating bolt
Rate of fire: 600 rounds/min
Muzzle velocity: 715 m/s
Effective range: 100–1,000 m sight adjustments
Feed system: 20 or 30-round detachable box magazine, also compatible with 40-round box or 75-round drum magazines from the RPK
Sights: Rear sight notch on sliding tangent, front post
Weight 3.1 kg
Manufacturer: Izhevsk Machinebuilding Plant

Upd.21.02.2013: Remade AKM from zero.

AK-103

Fri, 14 Jan 2011 02:51:10 PST

Cartridge: 7.62x39mm
Action: Gas operated, rotating bolt
Rate of fire: 650 rounds/min
Muzzle velocity: 735 m/s
Effective range: 500m
Feed system: 30-round detachable box magazine, also compatible with 40-round box or 75-round drum magazines from the RPK
Sights: Notch rear on sight scale and half-globe post on front
Weight 3.4 kg
Manufacturer: Izhevsk Machinebuilding Plant

Please ask before use.

Upd.21.02.2013: Remade AK-103 from zero.

Hadou!

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:57:04 PDT

This week was mildly less crazy, so I should be a bit better caught up. Getting ready for a comic convention is no easy task! This piece is half of another piece that's part of an homage to SFxTekken. I'll post the second piece up Wednesday, but this pic also goes well with the next few SF tributes:

Also, blog about what I thought about Street Fighter x Tekken here: [link] New pics up at [link] if you just can't wait for me to post them during the week. The blog also has a quick piece on Moebius, if you're so inclined ([link]).

Mr. Trololo Portrait 2 SFZ3 Style

Sun, 10 Jun 2012 00:14:01 PDT

Time ago I posted an art of Mr. Trololo as if he were a SF Zero/Alpha 3 character. Well, that game also has another kind of portrait that is not the three-quarter view, so I decided to make another drawing. Also, this is an opportunity for me to make a homage to recently deceased Eduard Khil, R.I.P.

The other portraits are here:

[link]

[link]

Trololo pixelated:

[link]

And this is a special one:

[link]

Mr. Trololo Portrait SFZ3 Style

Thu, 07 Jul 2011 18:47:12 PDT

Mr. Trololo, a hidden character in Street Fighter Alpha 3? Only in my sick twisted mind!

Other portraits of Trololo in SFZ Style:

[link]

[link]

Trololo pixelated:

[link]

And this is a special one:

[link]

Mr Trololo SFZ Sprite

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 02:42:28 PDT

Ok, I'm going too far...

CnC Generals World Map -- 5 Years Later

Sun, 06 Jan 2013 14:52:29 PST

This world map is based in the universe of Command & Conquer: Generals and Command & Conquer: Generals - Zero Hour.

FIRST GLA WAR -- AKA WORLD WAR III

GLOBAL WAR: The conflict began in the year 2020 when the terrorist organization known as the Global Liberation Army (GLA) launched a devastating nuclear attack on Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China. China's response was swift. After driving the GLA from their soil, China invaded several pro-GLA countries in Central Asia. As retribution for the attack on Beijing, Chinese used a nuclear weapon to destroy the mountain GLA stronghold outside the capital city of Aldastan. When the GLA threatened bio-ICBM attacks on the West, the United States joined in the conflict on the side of China and crushed their weapons of mass destruction. However the GLA regrouped and launched a series of devastating attacks on American interests. First they stole an American particle cannon which they used to wipe out the US Mediterranean Fleet. Afterward, a GLA strike team raided a factory on the US West Coast. Greatly embarrassed by this breach of security added to the loss of their Mediterranean Fleet, the President ordered a total withdrawal from all overseas bases. The GLA forced the American retreat from Europe and destroyed the US Central Command in Germany. The People's Republic of China stepped in and helped the Europeans eradicate the GLA presence on the continent.

IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH: The war ended with the total defeat of the GLA at the hands of China. Most surviving GLA leaders were brought to trial. The United States had retreated back into isolationism to focus on Homeland Security. China and the European Union form the European Unity League. China is now the world's leading superpower.

POST-WAR PERIOD (Five years after the events of Command & Conquer: Generals and Command & Conquer: Generals - Zero Hour)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: For several years, the United States kept out of world affairs and concentrated on Homeland Security to assure another incursion never occurred again. When it was learned that neo-GLA sympathizers were attempting to take power in Mexico and Cuba, US President Alexis Alexander called on the leaders of both countries to take action. However when neo-GLA terror cells staged attacks on several US border towns, the President ordered the invasion and occupation of both Mexico and Cuba. This angered the Russians and Chinese who both condemned the invasion and demanded that America immediately cease their attacks and withdrawal unconditionally. China called an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council at the UN secondary headquarters in Geneva to discuss the US invasions of Mexico and Cuba. At the meeting, the Russians and Chinese called for sanctions against the United States and for America to be temporarily suspended the UN Security Council. The UN Security Council voted in favor of Russia and China's proposal. Even America's former allies France and Britain voted in favor due to several factors which included the fact they were under Chinese influence as well as the fact they were pissed off with America for abandoning them to the GLA. However the Russians and Chinese were unable to take any significant action to stop the US invasions due to the superior technology of the United States which included the particle cannon and other laser weaponry. While the US were still technically on the UN Security Council, America would no longer be able to vote or veto any proposals taken to the UN Security Council. The US President met with several Latin American leaders in San Diego, California where they signed a new alliance treaty. In 2023, Argentina was the first to benefit from this alliance during the Second Falklands War from which Argentina emerged victorious. In 2024, American-Israeli friendship was rekindled as Israel's petition to join the San Diego Pact was accepted much to the outrage of the Arabian Hegemony. Several members of the San Diego Pact not under UN Sanctions secretly act as intermediaries for trade between the United States and members of the Pacific Treaty Organization, bypassing the UN embargo.

RUSSIAN CONFEDERACY: Shortly after the end of the First GLA War, the Russian Federation joined the Eurasian Unity League and assisted China in the occupation of Kazakhstan. Later on, Kazakhstan became a member state of the new Russian Confederacy which consisted of Russian, Belarus, Azerbaijan, and now Kazakhstan. The Russian Confederacy remained a part of the Eurasian Unity League and took up the Russian seat on the UN Security Council. In 2024, the Russian Confederacy invaded and occupied the former Soviet republic of Georgia. The UN Security Council voted that Russia's occupation of Georgia was perfectly legal. The United States was against the occupation however as their suspension from the UN Security Council prevented them from being able to veto the resolution.

PACIFIC TREATY ORGANIZATION: With the end of America's superpower status, Australia and several other Pacific Island countries formed the new Pacific Treaty Organization. Indonesia and the new Union of Japan and Korea were quick to join PTO (South & North Korea reunified under Seoul after the Second Korean War sometime before 2020). Eventually even Canada and several Latin American countries with a coast along the Pacific joined. While the members of the Pacific Treaty Organization officially backs the UN sanctions against the United States for its latest aggression, they secretly trade with the Americans anyway, using San Diego Pact member states not under UN sanctions as intermediaries. In addition, Canada maintains the NORAD Agreement with the United States.

PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: China annexed territory from several occupied countries in Central Asia. Sometime later, China invaded, occupied, and annexed Taiwan since America was no longer involved in the defense of the latter. China is pretty much the de facto leader of the Eurasian Unity League with the Russian Confederacy as second, though both countries state the European Union has equal partnership as do all members. China's influence over Britain and France made it possible for the temporary suspension of the United States from the UN Security Council in response to America's invasions of Mexico and Cuba.

EUROPEAN UNION: A supranational union consisting of most of the European countries. For many years, the EU was based economics and politics. However that changed in 2020 when the so-called Global Liberation Army invaded Europe while the United States unilaterally withdrew from the continent. After China helped liberate Europe from GLA occupation, the nations of Europe decided to strengthen their unity. The European Union Force (EUFOR) was expanded to become the official military for the European Union. Each member state of the EU assigned nearly 2/3 of their armed forces to EUFOR while the remaining 1/3 would act as sort of a National Guard for their native country. The People's Republic of China officially replaced the United States as the largest foreign defender of Europe with the the Chinese and Europeans forming the Eurasian Unity League which officially replaced NATO. Resentment against America was extremely high with many believing the US had abandoned them to the GLA. This got even worse in 2022 with the US invasions of Mexico and Cuba. At an emergency meeting at UN secondary headquarters in Geneva, the Russians and Chinese pushed for sanctions against the US as well as their suspension from the UN Security Council. All European countries on the UN Security Council, including France and Britain, agreed on Russia and China's proposals.

SOUTH ASIAN UNION: EU-like organization consisting of India and several other South Asian countries.

ARABIAN HEGEMONY: Formed by the members of the Arab League seeking to rebuild after the destruction of the GLA.

UNITED AFRICAN STATES: The African nations (other then Arab) decided to unite for reasons I have yet to determine.

Disclaimer: I do not own Command & Conquer: Generals or Command & Conquer: Generals - Zero Hour --- Both games are owned by Electronic Arts (EA).

Note: Aldastan is a fictitious country that was formed by a union of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan sometime between now and the GLA War of 2020.

Mr and Mrs Jones Chapter 5

Thu, 06 May 2010 06:27:36 PDT

Chapter 5: Spy Game

Fred brushed his uniforms shoulders several times until it looked as good as new. His cleaning was interrupted by a tapping on his shoulder. So what did I get for my disguise? Daphne inquired. Her husband jerked his thumb in the direction of a long yet thin bag. The size of the bag gave Daphne pause before she jerked it off the bed, and took it with her into the bathroom. She emerged five minutes later with an angry glare.

I suppose you and Colonel Milton think this is pretty funny, she snapped angrily. Wearing a sleeveless black gown in the middle of RussiaI'm gonna get frostbite!

Fred did his best to suppress a grin. Uh, you lookreally great in that, he replied lamely.

Ill bet you think that, she said, trying desperately to appear angry, suppressing her own smile of triumph at her husbands words. And how do you propose that I keep from freezing my legs off in this dress, Mr. Jones? Without waiting for a reply, she launched herself at her purse, purging it of non-essential items. She pulled out a pair of black leggings and proceeded to stretch them over her legs.

Hey DaphVelma did point out that these trains are pretty warm for this place in the winter," Fred observed. "With all theseI don't knowwood burning stoves, maybe, you'll probably be the most comfortable of all of us."

Wellhave fun playing soldier, she said disdainfully, before departing the sleeping compartment. Fred shrugged, putting on his officers coat. Even though it was supposed to be a relatively short journey, it was going to be a long train-ride.

For the fourth time that afternoon, Velma caught herself nodding off. She had followed Malenkov, Khrushchev and Molotov into what resembled an American observation car. But given the lack of sight-seeing available across the snow-swept Russian landscape, the three degenerated into an extensive debate comparing Marxs theory with Lenins book Imperialism. Khrushchev seemed to admire the projection of power, while Malenkov focused more on the orthodoxy of Marxism. Molotov acted more the political realist, willing to make deals with capitalists in order to build up a military capable of challenging the West.with a start, Velma looked up. The three theoretical combatants had departed. How long had their tiring debate gone on? Embarrassed at her mental mistake, Velma sought to redeem herself by examining the site of their argument.

Among the three empty glasses, cigarettes and ashtrays was a partially opened matchbook. Inside, it simply said 4 a.m. Dining Car. Was it a clue? Could it reflect the timing of an abduction or assassination of the Supreme Soviet leader? And, if so, who left it? Though it wasnt much to go on, the girl with glasses pocketed the matchbook to share with the others.

<<And what is your name?>> the pretty Russian waitress asked in her native tongue.

Shaggy had to think. Hed have plenty of time to memorize three-quarters of every Russian food created, and a few everyday phrases a chef might use, but hadnt had much time to remember his alias. <<Uh, um, ah.NorvgorodGorky.>>

<<Norvgorod?>> Galina asked. <<Can I call you Norv for short?>>

If she only knew my actual nicknameShaggyor my real nameNorville, he thought. For the first time on a mission, he found himself attracted to someone. And she works in the field of foodshe could bring me borscht any day of the week.

<<And how long have you worked on our rail system?>> she asked, batting her eyes.

<<Ur.this is my first train trip in Russia.>>

She frowned. <<Then what did you do before?>>

<<IIworked for the Moscow School for the Culinary Arts.>> he offered nervously.

For a moment, her eyes widened. <<Comrade Davidovitchs coming. Hell have us fired if he catches us talking instead of working!>> She whispered quickly <<Maybe when it is time for break, we can continue our>> she grinned slyly <<conversation.>>

<<Of course Galina.and could you bring those tasty potato pieces you were serving to the guards earlier.?>>

Theyll never get me to confess, Fred told himself, no matter what tortures they use. But it was no usethe pain level increased. Its nearly intolerable, he told himself, but his enemies would not relent.

Then Fred shook his head. Instead of being locked in a Soviet prison or isolated in some gulag, he was in the bar and snack car of the train. As for how many vodkas he had, no one could say. Man, these Russian soldiers can sure drink a lot, he thought, trying to keep tabs on Bulganin, Moskalenko and Zhukov.

But the officers caroused freely with the enlisted men in an open manner. Fred thought he spotted Georgy Zhukov putting something into his drink. Was it the alcohol talking, or was he really seeing things as they were?

A moment later the three suspects rose and headed for the door. Fred gave a dismissive wave to the soldiers had been carousing with, then followed the suspects as rapidly as he could. It wasnt too hard, given that a number of junior officers were mobbing the door to the next car. As he elbowed his way past those of lower rank, the archaeologist felt that he was closing in on his quarry. But, as a first lieutenant jostled him, a sergeant spun him around. Suddenly he found himself face to face with.

Oh no.

Standing before him was the man with the mustache. the head honcho.the big guy himself though he wasnt so big in person. Suddenly, Fred sobered up fast as the papers in his hand were snatched by another captain and presented to the head of the communist party in Russia. Fred cringed. Those papers were Velmas briefing notes.

Thats itIm dead. Fred squared his shoulders and puffed out his chest. If he was to be shot, he wanted at least a little dignity.

The papers were thrust back on his chest. Nearly trembling, Dr. Jones glanced down that the writingthe Cyrillic alphabet was one of the few things he could decipher about Russia. It simply said Josef Stalin.

The small man with the mustache grinned, then moved on. Fred breathed a sigh of relief. Who knows what would have happened had the dictator bothered to see that the paper was written in English, or seen that it was an in-depth analysis of his inner circle.Fred breathed a sigh of relief, unconcerned that he had lost sight of Bulganin, Zhukov and Moskalenko.

Lets see, he had just headed down the corridor and turned into that last compartment, Daphne noted. Beria was a hard man to misshe walked with a flair and drama that showed a lack of concern in a country too scared to think.

Now where did he go? The intrepid reporter had seen him disappear, but not reappear.

Oh, well, time to figure out the answer to the mystery. She stepped toward the compartment. Suddenly a hand reached out and grabbed her wrist, pulling her inside the dark room. At the same time, a cloth was wrapped over her mouth, making her screams for help little more than muffled whimpers.

<<Solittle girlwhy were you following Uncle Lavy? Dont worry, Ill take good care of you.>>

Sometime, Ive got to write a column on why men feel the need to keep women gagged, she thought. She contemplated elbowing something vital, but was too frightened to act. You didnt strike the man who sent millions to their deaths without some sort of consequence.

<<Back off Beria!>> a mans voice boomed.

<<Shes mineI found her first!>> Beria snarled, still grasping her wrists tightly.

<<Youre drunkand if our dear leader found out the head of the countrys intelligence branch was drunk on the most dangerous night of this countrys existence, tying up some girl in his cabin>>

Berias cruel eyes remain fixed on his rival, but he backed away tenuously, inching his way to the door. <<Fine.you can have her then! But I shall remember this, doctor! One day, when you least expect it.>> He stomped out the door, having been thwarted in his latest conquest.

<<Thanks, doctor>> Daphne managed as he pulled off the cloth that Beria used to gag her with.

<<NyetI mean, my name is Dr. Nyet.>>

<> she said. <<And you.>>
He held a finger to her lips. On his finger was a pinkish-reddish ring, the same as hers. The man gestured toward the button on a cushion. She nodded in agreement.

<<You saved me from that brutemaybe we can go somewhere where we can talk some more.>>

He smiled. <<Agreed.>>

Thanks for the chai, Dr. Nyet. Daphne offered sweetly.

Think nothing of it, my dear, he said with a dismissive wave. And now, let ushow do you say talk turkey? She nodded intently, catching the flash of his ring.

We both work for The Shadow, he noted, pointing to her ring. I see that at one time, The Shadow saved your life.

The redhead gulped. I was kidnapped by Nazis in Mexico. He evidently helped me get loose.

You seem to have a habit ofhow do you saybeing a damsel in distress, he replied, and she blushed, remembering her encounter with Beria. All she could manage was You seem to understand the story of my life too well, she admitted.

What is this? he inquired, taking her hand in his.

II just got married. His name is Fred Joneshes an archaeologist she stammered nervously in the presence of a man most women would find very attractive, with his handome features, with his ability to exude confidence and power.

Let us not think of him, Dr. Nyet said, now standing slightly behind her, putting a reassuring pat on her shoulders. Instead, we must focus on our missionto rid the world of the worst monster to rule a country.

Daphne glanced up weakly. Now she owed both The Shadow and Dr. Nyet her life. She had to follow through with the plan, even though it meant deceiving her husband, friends and government. But she found her hatred of Stalin growing as she entered the domain of his tyranny.

I know you are doing this because of your ties to The Shadowand his organization, Stalins science officer whispered softly. But my interest in his demise iswellpersonal.

It was during the Russian Revolution, when my mother worked one of the few jobs she could findas a maid in the Czars palace. When revolutionaries stormed the grounds, Nicholas and his family were dragged away. The rest of the staff were nearly torn to pieces by the mob. My mother raced to the top of the tower, ahead of the crowd. Before the Communists could seize her, she leapt from the highest windowplunging her to her death, he said in a rattling voice as he finished his sad tale. But rather than tears, Daphne felt an anger welling up inside her.

I want to knowwhat I can help you do to kill this monster who unleashed this hell on Earth.

Is your husband herein Russia?

She gasped slightly. He probably knew; there was no sense in denying it. Yeah, hes here to protect Stalinfrom me. Hows that for irony.

Again, he stood behind her, softly rubbing her shoulders. But his touch was not seductive, but more like a father reassures a troubled daughter. Why nothes probably old enough to be my dad, she thought.

Are there others as well?

Two other AmericansVelma Dinkley and Norville Rogers, she added.

Dont worry, my brave friend.I will see to it that you, your husband, and your friends come to no harm from the Soviet Communists.

But whos going to do in Stalin?

Dr. Nyets expression darkened. For killing many in the Motherlandincluding my own mother, I will make Stalin and his evil cronies pay, with their own lives. If you can keep those whom you love away from the man with the mustache, I will deal personally with the so-called man of steel.

Normally, she would have felt that a weight had been lifted from her shoulders. But there was a little disappointmentshe wanted to be the one to administer the death blow to the man who had caused so much pain and suffering for so many. But for the time being, she had to distract her fellow Americanswhich would involve outthinking Velma and outplanning her husband.

Velma slumped on the couch, next to the stack of suitcases and coats muffling the bug designed to spy on anyone and everyone. Fred shook his head.

So you dont know who wrote itMolotov, Khrushchev or Malenkov? Fred said, inspecting the matchbook more closely. Youfell asleep on the job? he added, incredulous that an agent so professional could slip up.

WELL.you would have too if you had to keep tabs on such a boring debate on communism! she roared in response. Try keeping.

Sorry Velma, Fred said sheepishly. Its just the stress of this mission, the marriageI mean wedding

Speaking of the little lady, where is she? Velma inquired suspiciously.

Watching Beriaand Dr. Nyet, Fred replied, becoming a little unsure of himself. Where was she this evening. Dinner was long overdue and they were about to miss the last shiftand get word from Shaggy about Iron Lazar and comrade Dmitri.

You know, Fred, its not my place to comment, but

Fred turned on her. Now you listen to me. Yes, Daph and I have our differences. And sure, weve had a spat or two in the past about things like who left who tied up and in danger. But I love herId do anything for her.IdId DIE for her, he said.

Actually, I was going to point out something you might not have noticed. Look at this, she said picking up her briefing notes. Have you.wait, whats this? She glanced back at him. You got Stalins signature?

Fred glanced down at his shoes in shame. Good thing he didnt read these papers before you added him to your world leaders autograph collection, Velma growled.

The blond muttered something under his breath about his partner being a smug something-or-other, but she ignored his mumbled remarks. At any rate, notice anything odd about Dr. Nyet in this photo?

Looks about as suspicious as the other Russians, Fred remarked.

Nosee whats on his hand.

So hes wearing a ring, the archaeologist said disinterestedly.

Daphnes also wearing a ring, Velma pointed out.

I should knowI gave it to her, he laughed.

This one?! Velma replied hotly, indicating Nyets hand.

Fred looked again. Sure enough, with shock, he noted the same sparkling object on the doctors finger. He had taken the pink stoned object on her hand for a favorite girly trinket, but why would Nyet have one as well?

Thats a coincidence, he finally managed, earning him an arched eyebrow from Dr. Dinkley. Besides, hes not the only suspicious suspect, Fred said, changing the subject. While in the bar car, I saw Zhukov put a powder into his drink when no one else was looking.

Why would he Velma began, but was interrupted by the sliding door.

Daphne! Fred exclaimed, bounding to his bride, throwing his arms around her. What happened to you? he thundered, indicating the small rips on her black outfit.

It was that monsterBeria! she gasped. I swear he would havehaveabducted me if.

Tell me what happened, Fred growled, frantically searching his suitcase for his pistol.

I followed him until he disappeared into a compartment, then he grabbed me from behind

Fred, do you really think shooting the head of the NKVD is really such a good idea, Velma lectured.

The archaeologist bellowed for five minutes about defending the honor of his wife before the two women convinced him to put back his gun. But I say that his attack on Daphne makes Beria suspect number one in my book.

I agree, said Daphne.

Im thinking that Khrushchev, Malenkov or Molotov might be good bets, Velma insisted, showing the reporter the suspicious matchbook.

I guess we cant rule out Zhukov, Fred noted soberly, remembering the strange powder.

And what about Dr. Nyet? Velma asked, and the conversation came to a screeching halt. After a maddeningly long pause, Daphne dropped her eyes. Nothing, she finally managed. Sorry, but Beriasattack has me a little edgy. Maybe you could watch him, Freddie, she said, shaking her head. Im just not the kind of competent agent you are. She sounded as if she were about to cry.

Ill watch himlike a hawk, Fred snarled.

Velma, if you could keep Zhukov in your sights, Ill make sure Im the server for Molotov, Malenkov and Khrushchev, Daphne volunteered.

For once, youve got the plan, Daph, Velma grinned. Fred wordlessly pushed open the door, blew a quick kiss to his wife, then stalked off the right in the direction of Berias compartment.

I just hope Fred doesnt get us all arrested on some mad quest for revenge, Velma gritted her teeth. Say Daph, how did you get away from Beria?

Daphne did not meet her friends gaze, choosing instead to play with the black leggings. Wha-what do you mean?

I mean, if Beria grabbed you, what did you doslug him? Kick him in the

Look, I just dont want to talk about it, Daphne murmured.

But if it revolves around the success of the mission.

This stupid mission, Daphne groused. Its getting between me and my man.

Velma sat down next to her pal, putting her arms around the redhead. Its okay. You can tell me,

Its personal! the girl exploded in a pent-up rage, leading Velma to pull her hands away in shock, as if her friend had suddenly turned into a ten-thousand volt monster. Sorry, Velma, I didnt mean to take it out on you. Once again, I got to play the heroine in need of a rescue, and I

Daphne glanced at her watch. Its almost time for my next shiftI cant be late. Gotta run, Velms. Seeing her bespectacled friends surprised expression, the reporter added well do girl talk later, on my break.

Velma shook her head as her friend departed, and then took a closer look at the ring.

Before beginning her observation of Zhukov, Velma dropped by the dining car, where Shaggy was set to take his break. But instead of watching Iron Lazar or Dmitri, he was locked in on a beautiful young server. This girl was a brunette, and she seemed to have the gangly graduate student wrapped around her finger as she fed him bites from her plates.

<<And we call these herrings in a blanket,>> she cooed. <<Theyre herrings in a white sauce on a dish of juicy beets>>

<> Shaggy moaned. It was difficult to say what the object of his desire was.

<<And for dessert,>> she began with that same look that Daphne often gave Fredwhen they werent fightingor maybe the way she mustve gazed at Melbourne OReilly.

<<Comrade Davidovitch has need of you in kitchen,>> Velma offered in perfect Russian.

The waitress glared at the intruder with burning eyes. <<Yes, of course,>> she responded harshly in her native tongue. Then, to Shaggy, she added <> Her last word contained an angry retort for Velma, dressed as a conductor for duty. As Galina passed her, Velma heard <<Shouldnt you go collect some tickets or somethinghes mine, you know.>>

When the angry server was out of earshot, Velma opened the conversation with Why did you miss our last meeting in Fred and Daphnes compartment? Havent you been spying on Kaganovich and DavidovitchNorv?! she hissed.

Shaggy blubbered helplessly. Ive been watching Gal-I mean Iron Lazar and comrade Dmitri. They havent done anything unusual. I swear! Ive evenqueried members of the staff, but they havent noticed anything.

I can see youve at least interrogated one member, Velma snorted with mild contempt.
I expect you to

I promise, I promise I wontlet you down again, Shaggys head drooped in a hangdog expression that always softened up Velma, no matter how angry she was with him. It made her feel as though she just punished a young pup. Awwwthe poor guy, he was simply smitten with a Russian vixen.

Fred stormed down the first class sleeping car, looking for his quarry. When I get my hands on thatthat animal, Fred snarled. But as he approached the proper number, he heard voices coming from the cabin. Rather than kick down the door, the blond put aside his hatred and used his wits.

<> a mans thin voice stammered.

<<There are three strangers with that redhead, and you have the nerve to tell me that you havent learned the identities of these spies?!>> the other voice roared.

<<II>>

<<Comrade Igor, will you do the honors?>>

Cries for mercy came from the room, followed a loud howling sound. Then the original voice screamed, but his voice faded away and the hurricane-like sound ended abruptly. What had happened to the man? The attendant at the end of the car by the door continued reading his book, as if he had heard nothing. He must have heard that sound all too often, Fred thought grimly.

<<Comrade Ivar was obviously disloyal to Mother Russiaunable to follow orders vital to national security. I trust you will not make the same mistake, Comrade Yuri and Comrade Dmitri.>>

<<We will not fail you,>> said a voice that tried not to sound as though it were trembling.

<>

He had heard enough. Fred decided to depart as quickly as he could, before they discovered he had been eavesdropping. Now he had another clue. Not only did Beria attack Daphne, but he knew their identities as spies! He had just thrown one of his agents from the train merely for failing him, and was using Dmitri Davidovitch, another suspect, to act against themprobably for protecting Stalin. It had to be the butcher Beria! Now all he had to do was figure out how to eliminate Beria and Davidovitch before they succeeded in assassinating Stalin

Why wont you let me in on the plan? I owe my life to The Shadow! Besides, Id like nothing better than to see this killer get what he deserves!

Dr. Nyet shook his head. I cant have you risk being interceptedor abducted by Beria and his boys. Theyd get the truth out of you one way or another.

Im ready for Beria this time, Daphne snapped in a venomous tone.

Besides, what would you do if you found Fred Jones defending Stalin? What would you do, shoot your husband to kill the target?

Daphne paused, carefully considering her words. I wouldnt missthe real target.

Nyet scowled. Im sorry, but I cant take that risk. Any pause from you could ruin the entire plot. I will have to deal with Stalin personally.

Oh sure, Im just here to look pretty, perhaps beguile the old man while you administer the fatal blow, she snapped, clearly miffed.

If you insist on being useful, make sure Fred, Velma and Shaggy are out of the way. If you cant keep them away from the big meeting, have them search my quarters at 4am!
While you distract them, I can continue The Shadows work.

Daphne smiled surreptitiously. Sorry love, she thought, but General Donovan will just have to find himself another Soviet dictator to deal with.after tonight, Stalins going to be the one who gets purged.

The hunt was on as the predator sighted the prey. Closing the distance, the hunter got within feet of the target. Sure enough, Zhukov was reaching surreptitiously for his coat pocket. Now Ive got him, Velma thought. As he emptied the contents into his glass, she announced <<ticket, pleaseGeorgy?>>

Rather than looking shocked or upset at the intrusion, the Russian power-broker laughed, plucking a ticket out of his pocket, waving it at her while she pretended to focus on punching it. But in reality, she was zeroing in on the powder, which had now fully dissolved into his drink.

<<What is the powder for, if I may ask?>>

He shook his hand dismissively. <<Its for my headache, young woman.>>

<<But why so secretive about it?>> she pressed.

Instead of scowling, he grinned. <<Nikolai would never let me forget it if I was so weak as to let a little thing like this cause me such pain. Oh Georgyis that headache still bothering you. Are you going to swoon? Bah.Id almost rather have this headache than his joking. Do you want a sip yourself?>>

Velma smiled in return, shaking her head. Inside she was disappointedZhukov had seemed such a promising suspect, but he had done nothing that aroused her sixth sense.

She had been shadowing him for noth..

Wait.

Now she knew who the assassin was.

She ran from the bar car to the direction of the sleeping car Fred and Daphne occupied.

TW Villain: Helreginn

Thu, 28 Apr 2011 14:12:54 PDT

This is Helreginn, one of Thunder Woman's most prominent villains and archenemies, maybe even more than Hera.

Reinhardt Eisenstein was born in Germany, partly Jewish in descent. Possessed of an immense curiosity and budding intellect that outstripped his parents and small urban life, he left for university when he was still a teenager, graduating alongside much older gentlemen. This earned him a fair amount of notoriety, but an obstacle would come with the rise of anti-Semitism in Europe, particularly in Germany after the First World War.

Eisenstein was naturally a target of Nazi persecution as they began to rise in power. Many intellectuals fled to France, England, or the United States to avoid this, but Reinhardt went to a different place: Soviet Russia, itself a horrific hellhole thanks to Stalin's purges and economic policies. Under a psuedonym he worked in the universities at St. Petersburg. While the scientist had many, many specialities that he excelled at, there was one study he intently focused on: biology. Reinhardt wanted to know the secret of human life, and what made humans so special and different from animal life. In the process, he discovered the many facets of human DNA and other discoveries decades ahead of everyone else.

So impressed was Stalin by this research, that he approached Reinhardt for a special task: to discover the key to immortality. A daunting task to anyone else, Reinhardt welcomed the challenge. He was given his own gulag to run, and there he experimented on thousands of prisoners in his quest. The fact that he was killing and torturing people in the name of science didn't concern him. He steadily made progress, only interrupting his work when the Germans invaded Russia in Operation Barbarossa. The Nazis had their own mad scientists, and they fielded biological monstrosities, zombies, and cyborgs against the Russians. For most of the war, Reinhardt worked against his fellow Germans, giving the Russians their own beasts, their own unusual war machines to combat the Germans. And thanks to the Soviet lockdown, while the Allies discovered the Nazi concentration camps and laboratories, none were aware of the atrocities Reinhardt committed for the Russians in the war. Indeed, so hellish was his gulag that the German prisoners sent to him gave his laboratory a name: Hel, and the scientist Helreginn, the Ruler of Hel. Reinhardt, far from displeased, actually took to this, and toward the end of the war began to dress with a metal helmet around his head shaped like a skull; another nickname was Sensenmann, the Grim Reaper, or Totenkopf, Death's Head.

After most of Hitler's wunderwaffen and wunderkorps were eliminated, Reinhardt turned back to his research, and soon he produced a fully functional elixer of life. But there were problems: Stalin was becoming more untrusting of the scientist, who walked a narrow tightrope with the NKVD. Furthermore, there were rivals of Stalin who were fearful of what would happen if the totalitarian dictator became immortal. As a result, Reinhardt was the target of a conspiracy, and realizing his time with the Russians was up, drank the exiler himself, and fled Soviet Russia, the NKVD occupied with some leftover monstrosities of his creation.

Reinhardt arrived in the United States. There was no record there, no awareness he existed, and in this vacuum he set up shop. He continued his research in private, using animals as his subjects. These years were long and largely unfruitful, and soon he turned to illegal smuggling of kidnapped victims, as well as creating ever more deadly machines. He had an obsession with death, and for decades it was his only motivation. And yet for as long as he lived, he never aged.

The immortality exiler was not an option, as the formula had been destroyed in his escape, and Reinhardt didn't care; he was immortal, and he did not like the prospect of other immortals populating the world. Only he would survive, long after nations and rulers fell to the sands of time. And he would discover the secrets to everything.

Reinhardt would not discover a true motivation beyond this until he encountered a woman: Thunder Woman, to be exact. His illegal smuggling operations had been uncovered, but police could not touch the man, thanks to his technology. But Thunder Woman could; few of his devices or minions phased her, and she easily defeated him. For the first time, Reinhardt was imprisoned, unable to do his work, and he was enraged. Not that anyone noticed, as he remained virtually calm during his incarceration. But while other villains had to rely on chance or outside assistance to escape, the jailers of Reinhardt underestimated him. He was able to engineer his own escape, and returned to a backup laboratory. Thunder Woman wore an elaborate outfit, had a code name, and superhuman powers. If this was to be the nature of his new foes, he would respond in kind. He resurrected his old identity of Helreginn, crafted himself an armor that could stand up to superhuman foes, and became more elaborate and grandiose; he wanted Thunder Woman, not to kill her, but to study her, to unlock the secret of superhumanity and become something more than a man. This theme largely colored many of his projects and experiments, and he began to associated with supervillains on an increasingly common basis.

Meanwhile, Reinhardt crafted a new alias outside of his activities, using his inventions to create a tech company with which to fund and hide his operations. He became wealthy, buying large tracts of land and his own mansion. But he didn't care about possessions or wealth; that was for show. As long as it aided him in his quests, he used it.

He would clash with almost every superhero out there, but Helreginn's most common foe was Thunder Woman, their battles always incorporating a kind of chess game-esque pattern of outmaneuvering and outthinking the other; raw power was only a tool in these complex mind games. Helreginn would even team up with Thunder Woman on some occasions, particularly against Thunder Slayer and other foes who threatened both of them.

Helreginn also allied himself with other villains. For a time, he lead a grouping of Thunder Woman's villains as a kind of "revenge squad" against her, and his prominence as a villain was enough to grant him membership in The Ouroboros, an elite council of the most powerful or infamous supervillains in the world. Helreginn's relations with these men and women were mixed, as his priorities sometimes conflicted with their more cliche, materialistic goals. He made friends with Canadian villain Malphas, who like the German was a mad scientist of great intellect. Though the two would never team up, they did collaborate on occasion, offering advise on each other's plans or inventions. On the other hand, Helreginn lost no love for would-be world conquerors like Sovereign Sunder or Rex Regis, ruthless corporate rival Dredd Duvall, magical manipulators like Veles, machines like Revengine, or the power hungry, seductive femme fatales that often played the men as pawns, like Oudine or Shadow Mistress. However, the one villain he could not stand the most was Gruentod, the Green Death, a Nazi officer turned skeletal radioactive powerhouse. Whenever Gruentod has been given a role in the Ouroboros, Helreginn has left.

One of the more memorable teamups for Reinhardt was with the Greek goddess Hera, the only other person who rivaled him as an enemy of Thunder Woman. Hera intriguied the German villain, especially after she revealed her godhood to him and her plan for taking Thunder Woman down. He accepted her offer of an alliance, and they went about distracting Thunder Woman and the other heroes, all while gathering the tools and minions necessary for finally ending her. Hera thought of Reinhardt as nothing more than a tool, and that once things were ready, she could cast him aside. But he was onto her, and the tools they gathered were not for what she thought. By the time Hera realized she had underestimated her partner, it was too late; Reinhardt drained Hera of all her power, and casting Hera aside like trash. He continued with his plan, and launched an all-out assault on Thunder Woman. But Samantha had been warned by Hera, and was ready with all her friends at SHE and Herakles, and with the latter's assistance, found a way to relinquish Helreginn of Hera's godly power. But as always, Reinhardt slipped away, evading justice one more time.

Reinhardt has even had his share of victories against Thunder Woman. The one that gets to Samantha the most is his creation of Ranke. Though Helreginn had no idea, the woman he kidnapped and transformed into a biological supersoldier capable of subduing Thunder Woman was in fact one of her closest friends. Through this emotional and heart-wrenching ordeal, Reinhardt figured out the connection between Samantha and Thunder Woman, and confirmed it through further observation. However, he has yet to play his card yet. He has a plan, a goal to pour every ounce of his resources as a businessman and scientist against her; when he is done, he will be a god, and the earth a giant laboratory for him to play in, Thunder Woman his slave and concubine. How he intends to accomplish this monumental task, only he knows...

Reinhardt Eisenstein is a man of pure genius. Though not uber-talented in every single subject, his mind operates on a level few humans can imagine. He is an accomplished biologist, geneticist, physicist, engineer, businessman, and so much so. He has many, many inventions and minions to his credit, and decades of experience. His most notable inventions include a device that can drain the power from any magical or cosmically empowered being, and his powered armor. This armor includes a forcefield that can withstand even Thunder Woman's punches, powerful blasters that can hurt her, a zero-point device that can levitate matter, catch attacks, or paralyze opponents caught in its beam, and a levitation device that allows him to hover, arrest his movement in midair if thrown, and make great leaps, though no true flight; for long range transportation, he has a teleportation device built into the armor that allows him to made "jumps" over hundreds of miles, and he is crafty enough to use the portals temporarily created by this device as weapons in combat.

Furthermore, thanks to the elixer her drank, Reinhardt is functionally immortal; he is immune to disease, requires no food or air (though his body still acts as if he needs them; he has had to train himself to learn not to breath), though sleep is still necessary to retain his sanity. He is also immune to almost any poison and disease, and can recover from almost any injury given enough time; thanks to a healing chamber, he can accelerate this process much more quickly.

Reinhardt has also created a wide variety of monsters and minions to serve him, including biological clones of himself and other heroines, though it is still an inexact science even for him. His greatest success on this front has been Ranke, his loyal female lieutenant, lover, and living weapon against Thunder Woman and any other threat against him.

Helreginn, Thunder Woman, and all related characters are (c)
Created using Fabrica De Herois

Below Zero Part 1: The Plan

Sun, 26 Dec 2010 18:32:48 PST

Below Zero Continued! Here's part one!

Random Stuff I've Been Drawing

Fri, 26 Nov 2010 08:41:28 PST

Well I've seen other people do this, and I had a bunch of doodles I have on my Computer that aren't good enough to post separetly...so yeah. XP And these were all done on the computer, ok?

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1. A Picture of casual America and was done at my school.
2. Uhhh...bleeding!Canada...yeah I don't know why I drew this...
3. Just eye practice.
4. Fem!Yandere!Eye!Spain.
5. I believe this is the Evil Cow of Hell.
6. A doodle of Northern Italy done at my school.
7. A Waddle Dee doodle done at my school.
8. Crazy face sketch of Russia. As you can see, I neeed some more practice. XD
9. America VS Russia.
10. America drawing done at my school.
11. Tony the Alien. HE STARES INTO YOUR SOUL
12. Fire-breathing dino.
13. Crappy galaxies. Done at school.
14. Kirby VS Zero
15. France is very serious at England...
16. Poland been a fussy girl.
17. Practically the same as #16 but is smaller and faces the other direction.
18. Holy Roman Empire and Chibitallia. First Chibis done on the computer (That are full body).
19. I don't have a picture for #19 XD
20. South Korea doodle done at school.
21. Drunk!Naked!England hates you.
22. Soviet Russia done at school with SprayPaint Tool.
23. Dark Woods Circus done at school.
24. Northern Italy's face.
25. Chibi Russia done at school.
26. Done in photoshop. 8D It looks kinda' like doesn't it?
27. Poland's face.
28. Sealand doodle done at school.
29. Uhhhhhh.....topless person standing away from the door done with the Pencil Tool.
30. Crying Latvia...the poor guy...
31. A Romano tomato! (Haha, get it?)
32. Shirtless Russia koling his heart out~
33. Shirtless America...
34. Happy Child!Russia caught with red hands.
35. Romano tries to get his tomato from the floor.
36. Four wolves, I was trying out natural color schemes.
37. Russia's taking a shower...Playing with color schemes again.
38. Russia's smile from the side.
39. Me stretching~
40. REALLY OLD-a sketch of an OC I had in a Vocaloid RP.

I don't own Hetalia, Vocaloid, or Kirby!!!

I do own myself, the wolves, #5, #12, #13, #26, and #40!!

Escape

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:24:35 PST

I think I was in English class when I did this one. Probably from around last March or April.

I obviously wasn't listening to anything when I drew it, but this song came up on my play list when I was uploading it, and I think it fits pretty well...

Zero:

Edit: Well, okay, so apparently, in Soviet Russia, link malforms YOU. Anyway, the song's 'Zero' by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Check it out.

Below Zero Intro Page 1

Mon, 20 Dec 2010 08:07:53 PST

Okay page one of the intro to my fanfiction. Below Zero. In case if you haven't already figured it out,

Marker= America/Alfred F. Jones

Pencil= Russia/Ivan Braginski

The rest is explained by these two.
And I'm sorry about the marker bleeding through. America insisted.
Gosh, who created these stupid categories?!? ARGHH!!! * fume fume fume * Its a fake category, too.

MiG-29 FULCRUM

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:59:49 PDT

Meanwhile in the Exhibit hall...

Thu, 12 Jul 2012 23:30:40 PDT

Shhh I know this is similar to the photo from last year. We really had zero time before the convention to practice ANYTHING NEW AT ALL. We're lucky we got to cosplay this year with everything that went on.

I'm surprised this photo turned out well at all. Goes to show how awesome the photographer was. This was taken in the exhibit hall, we were stopped by a little girl for a photo and then other people took the opportunity to take our photo as well. We didn't mind, of course!

Belarus: Me!
Soviet!Russia: My Husband
Photography: Franklin Teng [link]

Mr Trololo Banner SFZ3 Style

Sun, 10 Jun 2012 14:58:38 PDT

Lol, now that I made the two arts, I can make this at last!

The two portraits that make this possible :

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The victory pose portrait:

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Trololo pixelated:

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Girl Power

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:32:04 PST

PHEW! It SURE was NOT easy! But I was able to finish this!!! XD

Here are all 10 OCs. Each one belongs to their respective owner:

~MrPr1993's Agent Blonde, the cartoonishly tall and buxom spy agent.

~Knucklesthegreat's Mika Phoenix, a pirate with the ability of the rainbows.

*bignasty4life's Nala Navilos, an orange long-haired woman who is a Carrier, someone who posses superhuman strength.

*Quicksilver78253's Zero Confidence, a female scientist who relies on experiments, and uses anyone and even herself as a test subject.

*Soviet-Superwoman's Soviet Superwoman, a superheroine hailing from Russia.

~AyumuHunter's Stacey, a green-clothed rubbergirl from a world where she fights monsters and bad guys.

*Ginzo25's Rubina, a red-clothed rubbergirl with mouse features and superheroine.

=Satsurou's Tidal, a fat superheroine who can get stronger by gaining weight.

~SamuraiBry's Star, a hammer-wielder Sumonian and heroine.

*hemisphere's Launa, a giant woman with feline features, who is also known as a trickster.

Thank you all for letting me draw your OCs.

AMERIKA 2012

Sun, 18 Mar 2012 22:43:58 PDT

OK, the exciting conclusion!

Nobody knows how exactly the warhead made its way from China to the hands of the Iraqi resistance. Rumors that it had been transported by a US nuclear submarine that had somehow remained on the loose for over fifteen years were later dismissed by the Soviets as paranoid fantasy. [1] However, it is known that it made its way to Moscow as part of a consignment of supposedly illegal drugs destined for high (and frequently high) Politburo members, with plentiful bribes and authentic-looking documentation on hand and cushioned in bags of the finest Afghan opium. Negotiations for the transfer of said narcotics were actually under way in downtown Moscow that afternoon of September, 2003, when the warhead went off, taking out a sizeable chunk of the city including the Kremlin and most of the Soviet leadership, the Politburo being in full session at the time. Central authority temporarily collapsed, and rebellion broke out all over Eastern Europe.

(The world did not burn in nuclear fire, since - unlike a couple decades earlier - there was no immediately obvious suspect, and soviet nuclear arsenals were not on hair-trigger alert. Still, the first few hours were pretty white-knuckle-ish)

Turmoil also broke out in the USSR proper, as several different people claimed that they represented the proper line of succession, and nationalist revolt broke out in the Baltic States, Iraq, Kurdistan and the Trans-Caucuses. (The careful and corrupt leadership of the Central Asian states carefully stayed immobile, as did the Mongolians unpleasant neighbors, you know). There was still no recognized government some weeks later when radiological scientists reported that judging from the fallout product, the weapon was most likely of Chinese origin: this did not prevent Mendeleevs Leningrad regime from making use of the missile bases under its control to blow up several of Chinas remaining cities, in spite of loud protestations by the government that it must have come from the Maoist Fundamentalist faction (still holding on in Qinghai and Sichuan). Pro-Soviet puppet regimes in America and Eastern Europe collapsed like a house of cards in most cases, although the hard man the Soviets had given the nod to replace Ceausescu managed to stay in power for a while through savage measures.

The Leningrad regime did not long survive, nor did the Kiev faction: by early 2004 an army-KGB alliance had taken control of the big cities and set about a flurry of purges. The absence of the head of the KGB at the time of the disaster has led to a great deal of paranoid theorizing, but Chairman Putin has always been a survivor.

The highly centralized economy pretty much collapsed with the destruction of the Moscow head, and only food aid from the European Community prevented large-scale famine as distribution systems fell into disarray (ugly rumors remain about deliberate starvation policies directed at rebelling Georgians and Azeris). Restoring the economy to some sort of functioning level took nearly two years, and large parts of the Soviet Empire were forced to work on an improvised barter system for lengthy periods. In the end, the pragmatic new leadership decided that a policy of nuke the US and Eastern Europe until they let us occupy them again would be more trouble than it was worth, especially since it gave them no incentive to avoid doing something like 9/7/03 again

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STILL NUMBER ONE

In 2012, the Soviet Union is still the dominant global power, but by necessity has been forced to diminish the scope of its planetary empire. It still has a wide constellation of allies, but a lot of them are principally Soviet aid black holes, and after fourteen years of economic reforms (with a two year time out for emergency measures) the Soviet economy is looking capitalist enough that it feels a bit silly to be supporting such determinedly old-fashioned Stalinists as the Koreans and the Indonesians. The increased dissonance between ideology and practice threatens to undermine social stability, and the government has been working hard to promote a Soviet nationalism to combat the attractions of local ethnicity. The government is presently located in Leningrad: supposedly it will return to Moscow when the rebuilding is done and the fallout dies back a bit more.

The economy is finally growing at a clip better than anything seen since the early 70s, in spite of the fact that the Europeans are no longer importing any gas or oil to speak of: Soviet industrial combines increasingly work like international corporations, seeking market share abroad (and quite often essentially control the economies of many Soviet allies, which is an increasing cause of resentment in Africa and Latin America). Government censorship has been relaxed, allowing for a bit of a cultural and entertainment efflorescence, but anything that looks like separatism or rebellion is brutally repressed.

Although Soviet global dominance is less open than it used to be, and weak nations no longer feel the need to loudly trumpet their socialist credentials, there are very definite limits: with the exception of the EC and India (which have few anyway) nobody is allowed to have nuclear weapons. The government has made it quite clear that any nuke-building will immediately be followed by a visit from Comrade Missile, and perhaps as an example, the Soviets are in the habit of ever now and then lobbing (non-nuclear, but quite ouchie) missiles at any suspicious Chinese structures the spy satellites spot. Space programs other than the ECs are forbidden (satellite launch capacity = ICBM capacity) except in partnership with the USSR, which essentially means you pony up the money and a satellite and they launch it for you.

China remains a Problem. After the government got back on its feet, there was an effort to overthrow the Chinese government in retaliation for the bombing (which the Chinese still insisted they had nothing to do with) but after a limited penetration into what turned out to be a pretty nasty wasps nest the Soviets established a new depopulated border zone and stood pat: there was talk of nuking China into oblivion, but besides looking bad in front of the Joneses by this point Chinese population and industry was so dispersed (and often underground) that bombing them back to the stone age would require so many bombs as to radioactively poison half the USSR and possibly bring on a nuclear winter (Soviet scientists had studies Sagans work with interest). So essentially China was let be, and used for occasional target practice. Contact with the outside world is limited, but from what is known the Chinese state is an insanely regulated totalitarianism designed for survival at all costs, and with an army comprising perhaps ten percent of the entire population.

Japan, where a more pragmatic political coalition replaced (with much Soviet prodding) the enthusiasts of the early post-US years, has mutated into an odd blend of state as corporation and Socialist dictatorship, with lots of patriotic singing and marching and everything planned by computer to maximize productivity (and robots). What somewhat worries the Soviets is that the Japanese system seems genuinely competitive the economy is now growing rather faster than the USSR. Of course, its possible they are just faking the numbers.

The Middle East is pretty much a wash for the Soviets, although they have retained much of their oil muscle with harsh measures. Afghanistan is actually fairly quiet nowadays, and has slowly made it out of the Middle Ages into the bright lights of, say, 1930s Turkey. Speaking of which, although the Soviet Union has not used force to restore a pro-USSR government in Turkey, the Straits are still under Soviet control.

EUROPES
The European Community is now 100% powered by local coal, solar and nuclear power (in spite of that unfortunate little incident in Italy). Cars are all electric. Its poorer than our Europe, but quite egalitarian, and somewhat smug about how civilized they are compared to the thuggish Soviets or the revanchist, perpetually pissed Americans. This to some extent covers a deep, nagging feeling of insecurity and a sense of shame at having survived by carefully kissing up to their neighbor to the east for years. Now there is little chance of the Red Army storming west, but a certain cringe remains. Many Europeans bombastically call for a New Europe, a Europe that Can Say No, a Europe capable of standing up to Leningrad. Other Europeans ponder the limited number of European nukes capable of hitting the USSR and the still huge Soviet arsenal and shudder and shake their heads in disbelief at the idiot. Economic ties with North America and Eastern Europe continue to grow.

The UK, always more geographically protected from Soviet non-nuclear forces, has taken a sharp turn to the right, and Margaret Thatcher has been rehabilitated to the point of getting a statue in Parliament. [2] Germany was officially united at last in 2006, after the EC (Germany most of all) paid some truly massive bribes (recovery aid) to the USSR (it had informally been united shortly after the nuking of Moscow, when the East German government collapsed like a bad soufflé).

However, the Soviets have nixed any expansion of the EC further east, so although the former Warsaw pact nations are now trading vigorously with the west (and sending loads of immigrants thataway) they remain politically nonaligned. Under Polish leadership they have formed an alliance of their own, the Prague Pact, including governments varying from the quite democratic Czecho-Slovak Union to the Greek Junta. Of the former enlarged Warsaw Pact nations Yugoslavia is an exception: the USSR having supported its challenge to Croatia re Bosnian borders when Poland, etc. would not, the Serbs have rediscovered their love for their fellow Orthodox Slavs.

REUNITED AND IT FEELS SO GOOD
The non-Soviet East European troops mostly joined the rebels or deserted when the news from home came in, and those from east of Poland mostly withdrew to their bases. The situation had not improved from 1997: although many Americans were willing to go along with the notion of trading national unity for normal economic and political conditions, such views were poorly represented among the actual rebels, which flocked to the new Heartland Republic in hopes of spoiling the new initiative. In spite of optimistic reports by local officials (if we fight them in the Heartland, we wont have to fight them in California), the movement of large numbers of troops from elsewhere led to the embarrassing takeover of Boise and the declaration of the free republic of Idaho. The 2001 nuking of the city temporarily dampened the rebellion, but pretty much blew any remaining legitimacy for collaborating governments, none of which lasted through the winter of 03.

In 2012, the United States is once again a nation. The Deep South and Texas rejoined with conditions, retaining certain local autonomies and the right of legal secession if the damn Yankees ever get pestiferous again: Hawaii has its own special arrangements. Total population is rather lower than OTL, immigration to the US being understandably lower during the occupation years, and children more expensive: the current total is about 267 million.

Relations with Cuba are even worse than OTL: Puerto Rico is Unredeemed Territory.

Living standards have grown rapidly with rapid post-unification growth as the US once again became an integrated economy. (In fact, Soviet statisticians have noted that US living standards once again exceed Soviet ones, something that is not reported to the general Soviet public). With the traditional political parties somewhat tainted by collaboration in the early years of the Occupation, there are now New Democrats, Truman Republicans, and five other political parties to confuse voters at the polls. Said politics remain turbulent, as people point fingers and try to prove their credentials as the most anti-Commie, resistance-fightingest, super-patriot ever. (Ironically, the economy is by OTL standards rather socialist: the reconstruction of the country and its infrastructure and the need to keep people employed means that the government does a lot of social spending, and employs rather more of the population than OTL).

New York City, having been governed separately from the rest of the NE Occupation Zone, decided afterwards it didnt want to rejoin a state whose government took more in taxes from them than they ever received in government benefits (and then told them to drop dead when they had a financial crisis) and formed its own state out of the Five Boroughs and a large chunk of Long Island. The now largely rural rest of the state is currently feuding with them over the name.

The US is forbidden by the USSR from developing nuclear weapons or space capacity, and the Soviets have made it clear that any efforts to, say, embargo the USSR would be seen as a hostile act; indeed, the Soviets are currently trying to pressure the US into paying off a huge debt the Soviets claim they owe for reparations due to losses when the occupation collapsed! Americans grumble, and curse, and some of them, in hidden places and in European labs, carry on with certain projects

OTHER NATIONS
To the south of China, most of SE Asia sticks close to the USSR for fear of the Chinese. The Singapore Pact nations are a small island of moderately successful capitalism in a Socialist sea, and trade vigorously with Europe and the few other functional Capitalisms. They have been trying to get Thailand to join up, but the Vietnamese have been rather cold to the idea. Burma/Myanmar is depressingly similar to OTL.

In Arabia, Rabi Bin Laden, inspired by his cousin Osamas heroic death in Afghanistan, became one of the leaders of the rebellion, initially based in breakaway N. Yemen, that overthrew the House of Saud, seen as compromised by kowtowing to the Soviets. The Islamic Union after the Soviets sliced away the Shia regions still has enough oil to pull it out of dirt-poor status, although the large proportion of dirt-poor Yemenis who have come north in search of jobs since unification are a source of internal stresses. So far, this world considers political Islam as more of a nuisance than a severe threat.

The Israelis have indignantly denied rumors of having developed a vast chemical and biological arsenal, and its true there is no serious evidence: but nobody knows just how deep down those tunnels under Tel Aviv and other Israeli cities go
(There are less than 3% Arabs within the borders of the shrunken Israeli state. The rest have been energetically encouraged to move to their country, unpleasant as many of them have found the one-party regime that rules it. Given their parlous situation, the only Jews who live in Israel are the, shall we say, highly dedicated ones).

South Africa continues to bleed. Africa is generally as screwed up as OTL, although some of the Soviet-backed Red regimes at least offer a bit more stability and more actual nation-building than the historical kleptocracies: unfortunately, Africa seems likely to actually fall behind ours as the globalization-aided boom that many African countries OTL have experienced in recent years is not being duplicated in this poorer, more socialistic world. The AIDS epidemic is also as ghastly as OTL, not helped by the fact that the poorer first world of this TL took nearly a decade longer to develop effective medications. At least in this TL there arent any international corporations trying to sue the makers of generics.

(The AIDS plague outside Africa is actually a bit more controlled: China due to relative isolation has avoided it entirely, and the Soviet medical establishment has done a better job of keeping it under control than the post-Soviet states of OTL).

Latin America is divided into a still red and pro-Soviet block and a more capitalistic (if still often a bit socialistic) block of nations edging towards closer ties with the market economies of the US, Canada, and Europe. The Soviet-aligned nations face difficult choices in terms of economic reform and often political turmoil: the dream of a unified socialist Latin America does not really reach beyond the political control of Havana, and people wonder if Castros brother and other political leaders can really keep the show on the road once Castro (currently on some good drugs) finally goes the way of all flesh.

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Technology is generally more backwards in this world than OTL: the US, Japan and other places have of course contributed less to progress since 1987, and a Soviet science establishment superior to that OTL post-1991 Russia does not make up for that. The Soviets have kept Mir in orbit and enlarged and modernized it, but with nothing to prove to anyone havent bothered to do any manned travel beyond Earth Orbit. They have developed a space shuttle, in fact a better designed one and a more reliable one than the OTL US one, but havent really done too much with it: Heavy Dumb Boosters remain the basis for putting stuff into orbit, and the satellite business is dominated by Soviet launchers, with a smaller EC effort ongoing. Computer science is also more backwards, as are consumer electronics: only in the last few years have European parents started to grumble about how much time their children are spending on the network.

The future still looks pretty Grimdark, and most people doubt the Soviets will ever allow a serious challenger to arise to their Top Dog position, but at least, most people say, were not going to have a nuclear war, right? The Soviets will never tolerate a new arms race

[1] Even more absurd were the rumors as to the identity of the mystery sub: after all, rather than return the stolen ship, the Americans had blown it up and sunk it. They had even shown the wreckage to Soviet divers, who reported that it was indeed the Red October.

[2] Yes, I know this was OTL

EPILOGUE: 2016
June 17, an unusually large science package was launched into orbit from French Guyana. A high orbit, and a geostationary orbit. One that put it in line-of-sight of all but the northernmost parts of the USSR.

This was unprecedented: various agreements between the EC and the USSR meant that each informed the other, in advance, about exactly what they were going to do with those ICBM-type things used to launch objects into space. The Soviets grumbled loudly, and turning telescopes on the science package and finding it unidentifiable, made noises about shooting it down.

The tiny folded piece of paper covered with tiny scribbles made its way by various hands through the Soviet Union, from there to East Germany, and eventually to Western Europe. It arrived in America in February, 1987: too late, for those into whose hands it was finally delivered neither understood it nor believed its brief appeal. By the time it came to those who could confirm its reality, time had run out. Despairing, the original author of the note committed suicide.

The US ambassador to the USSR at this point delivered certain papers to the Soviet government. Papers, he explained, relevant to the current situation.

The scribbles were soon copied more legibly. A small group of scientists in San Francisco studied them. Later a British businessman carried a copy of the paper and their additions back to Europe, where further work would be done. After 2005, the main area of activity would return to America, where the scattered biological components of what had been Sandia Labs returned to the looted shell of what had been one of the worlds primary research institutions. Stark Industries, a highly successful new high-tech startup, would prove a vital technological partner.

By 2015, the only thing needed was a means to put a large payload into orbit. Certain behind the scenes negotiations began.

Soviet scientists examined the papers with care and increasing alarm. An emergency session of the Politburo was called.

European and American scientists had substantially improved upon Ivan Vankos 1987 design: any Soviet missile launch would lead to the USSR being knocked back to the 19th century. For better or for worse, MAD was back.

01. Introduction

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:16:31 PDT

Science project? Zombie apocalypse? Building molecules? Internet trolls? Electrolysis? Dividing by zero? Chemical equations? Mudkip invasion? Ionic bonding? Soviet Russia? Isotopes? Friday? Radioactive decay?

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED

((drawn in science journal, thus the science refrences so my science teacher won't question it when he collects our journals >3>))
(((The shoulders look all wonky but i'm not going to fix it...)))
Drawn for the 100 Themes Challenge

APH - Spring is Coming p7 +RC+

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 15:32:33 PST

back to the beginning -> [link]
page 6 -> [link]
page 8 -> [link]

Disclaimer: Not mine. Characters borrowed from Axis Power Hetalia which belongs to Hidekazu Himaruya sensei

Warnings: wee bit of history refering to Sino-Soviet Split. This page refers to events in 1982? 1989? Both?

Media: A4 paper + 0.7mm black gel-ink pen

Characters/Pairings: RussiaXChina (Overall)

The seventh page. = ) I apologize for the wait!

I bloody hate those windows >.< when can I stop drawing them? I'm a shame to my ancestry, having zero clue how to draw ancient Chinese architecture... and yes, I noticed how my perspective of the windows is completely messed up...
Realized the story title is bloody lame long time ago, but now I'm completely sure it can not be lamer *face palm*, elementary school kids can come up with something better than this...

On this page:

Woopie! Ivan returns!
Ok, I know this "caught by the tree" thing came from nowhere, but my brain was too dead to think something else, I just think since Ivan's scarf defies any laws of physics, this could possibly happen...

General Winter Two like J.C Leyendecker

Fri, 06 Jul 2012 23:45:02 PDT

Another cold cold day here!!

I had a woman in mind in the freezing cold somewhere in Russia...

I used an illustration done by J.C Leyendecker as reference ([link]) and as well as two other photos as reference.

Enjoy!~

Ground Zero Chapter 6

Thu, 03 May 2012 20:02:01 PDT

I finally have Chapter 6 uploaded.......this means i can starts on Halo/TloS Crossover again and TBNB Books

I hope yawl like this major cliffhanger...what do yawl think is going to happen to the CiC and Hados and everyone else......Comment below on what yawl think will happen....

DO NOT COPY IN ANYWAY FOR ANY REASON, THIS STORY BELONGS TO ME SO DOES THE CHARACTERS. Except for the creatures and other things....they belong to the rightful video game and movie companies.
THE NEWEST CHARACTERS BELONG TO MANY OF MY FRIENDS AT SCHOOL. CRIMSON BELONGS TO *CrimsonFang-desu.
CWO Higgingbotham belongs to ~anyones.
Sergeant Major Evans belongs to a friend.

Mikoyan MiG-31 Foxhound

Sun, 23 Aug 2009 21:35:54 PDT

The Mikoyan MiG-31 (Russian: МиГ-31) (NATO reporting name "Foxhound") is a supersonic interceptor aircraft developed to replace the MiG-25 'Foxbat'. The MiG-31 was designed by the Mikoyan design bureau based on the MiG-25.[2] The MiG-31 was the most recent interceptor fielded by the Soviet Union before its dissolution.

Development

The MiG-25 'Foxbat', despite Western panic about its tremendous performance, made substantial design sacrifices in capability for the sake of achieving high speed, altitude, and rate of climb. It lacked manoeuverability at interception speeds, was difficult to fly at low altitudes, and its inefficient turbojet engines resulted in a very short combat range at supersonic speeds. The MiG-25's speed gauge was redlined at Mach 2.8, and pilots were instructed not to top Mach 2.5 in order to preserve the engines. Achieving the MiG-25's maximum potential speed of Mach 3.2 would result in the destruction of the engines.

Development of the MiG-25's replacement began with the Ye-155MP (Russian: Е-155МП prototype which first flew on 16 September 1975. Although it bore a superficial resemblance to a stretched MiG-25 (with a longer fuselage for the radar operator cockpit), it was in many respects a totally new design. Soviet manufacturing limitations forced the MiG-25 to use nickel steel for 80% of its structure. The Ye-155MP doubled the use of titanium to 16% and tripled the aluminum content to 33% to reduce structural mass. More importantly, supersonic speed was now possible at low-level altitudes. Fuel capacity was also increased, and new, more efficient low-bypass-ratio turbofan engines were fitted.

The most important development was the introduction of an advanced radar capable of both look-up and look-down engagement (locating targets above and below the aircraft), as well as multiple target tracking. This finally gave the Soviets an interceptor capable of engaging the most likely Western intruders at long range. It also reflected a policy shift from reliance on ground-controlled interception (GCI) to greater autonomy for flight crews.

Like its MiG-25 predecessor, the MiG-31 was surrounded by early speculation and misinformation concerning its design and capabilities. The West learned of the new interceptor from Lieutenant Viktor Belenko, a pilot who defected to Japan in 1976 with his MiG-25P. Belenko described an upcoming "Super Foxbat" with two seats and a capability to intercept cruise missiles. According to his testimony, the new interceptor was to have air intakes similar to the MiG-23 'Flogger', which the MiG-31 in reality does not have, at least not in production variants. While undergoing testing, a MiG-31 was spotted by a reconnaissance satellite at the Zhukovsky flight test center near the town of Ramenskoye. The images were interpreted as a fixed-wing interceptor version of a swing-wing fighter codenamed the "Ram-K". The latter was eventually revealed to be the Sukhoi Su-27 'Flanker', a wholly unrelated design.

Series production of the MiG-31 began in 1979, with operational models entering Soviet Anti-Air Defense (PVO) service in 1982. It was first photographed by a Norwegian pilot over the Barents Sea in 1985.

The MiG-31 was sought after for a variety of long-range missions. Following the collapse of the USSR, however, the budget for spares (MIG31 AOG desk was created to solve this problem) and maintenance collapsed, leaving many squadrons unable to maintain their complex aircraft. By 1996, only 20% of remaining aircraft were reportedly serviceable at any time; however, by early 2006, a stronger Russian economy permitted the return to service of around 75% of the Russian Air Force's (VVS' MiG-31s.

About 500 MiG-31s were produced, approximately 370[3] of which remain in Russian service, with another 30 or so in Kazakhstan. Some upgrade programs have found their way in the MiG-31 fleet, like the MiG-31BM multirole version with upgraded avionics, new multimode radar, hands-on-throttle-and-stick (HOTAS) controls, liquid-crystal (LCD) color multi-function displays (MFDs), ability to carry the AA-12 'Adder' missile and various Russian air-to-ground missiles (AGMs) such as the AS-17 'Krypton' anti-radiation missile (ARM), a new and more powerful computer, and digital datalinks. However, only very small number of Russian aircraft have been upgraded to the MiG-31BM standard, although others have been equipped with the new computer and the ability to carry the R-77 long-range missile as well.

The MiG-31 is likely that it will continue serving for years to come, depending on its upgrades and the growth of the Russian economy which has upgraded the plane recently.

[edit] Design

Like the MiG-25, the Foxhound is a large twin-engine aircraft with side-mounted air intakes, a shoulder-mounted wing with an aspect ratio of 2.94, and twin vertical tailfins. Unlike the Foxbat, it has two seats, with the rear occupied by a dedicated weapon systems officer.

[edit] Airframe and engines
MiG-31 'Foxhound' in flight

The wings and airframe of the MiG-31 are stronger than those of the MiG-25, permitting supersonic flight at low altitudes. Its Aviadvigatel D30-F6 turbofans, rated at 34,000 lbf thrust, (also described as "bypass turbojets" due to the low bypass ratio) allow a maximum speed of Mach 1.23 at low altitude. High-altitude speed is temperature-redlined to Mach 2.83 — the thrust-to-drag ratio is sufficient for speeds in excess of Mach 3, but such speeds pose unacceptable hazards to engine and airframe life in routine use.

Given the MiG-31's role as Mach 2.8+ interceptor and the sustained afterburning this requires, its fuel consumption is higher when compared to other aircraft serving in different roles, such as the Su-27. As a result, the aircraft's fuel fraction has been increased to more than 0.40 — 16,350 kg (36,050 lb) of high-density T-6 jet fuel. The outer wing pylons are also plumbed for drop tanks, allowing an extra 5,000 l (1,320 US gal) of external fuel. Late-production aircraft have aerial refueling probes.

Despite the stronger airframe, the Foxhound is limited to a maximum of 5 g at supersonic speeds. At combat weight, its wing loading is marginal and its thrust to weight ratio is favorable. However, it is not designed for close combat or rapid turning.

[edit] Electronics suite
MiG-31 'Foxhound' showing its Zaslon phased-array radar

The MiG-31 was the world's first operational fighter with a passive electronically scanned array radar, the Zaslon S-800. Its maximum range against fighter-sized targets is approximately 200 km (125 mi), and it can track up to 10 targets and simultaneously attack four of them with its AA-9 'Amos' missiles. It is claimed to have limited astern coverage (perhaps the reason for the radome-like protuberance above and between the engines). The radar is matched with an infrared search and tracking (IRST) system in a retractable undernose fairing. Up to four MiG-31s, spaced up to 200 km (125 mi) apart to cover a wide swath of territory, can coordinate via datalink.

The MiG-31M-, MiG-31D-, and MiG-31BS-standard aircraft have an upgraded Zaslon-M passive electronically scanned phased array radar (PESA) with larger antenna and greater detection range (said to be 400 km (250 mi) against AWACS-size targets) and the ability to attack multiple targets -air and ground- simultaneously. The back-seater's controls are replaced with modern MFDs. Its electronic countermeasures capabilities have also been upgraded, with new ECM pods on the wingtips.

[edit] Cockpit

The aircraft is a two-seater with the rear seat occupant controlling the radar. Although cockpit controls are duplicated across cockpits, it is normal for the aircraft to be flown only from the front seat. The pilot flies the aircraft by means of a centre stick and left hand throttles. The rear cockpit has only two small vision ports on the sides of the canopy. It is argued that the presence of the WSO (Weapon Systems Operator) in the rear cockpit improves aircraft effectiveness since he is entirely dedicated to radar operations and weapons deployment. This decreases the workload of the pilot and increases efficiency.

Both cockpits are fitted with zero/zero ejection seats which allow the crew to eject at any altitude and airspeed.

Some upgrade programmes have found their way to the MiG-31 fleet, for example the MiG-31BM multi-role version which includes upgraded avionics. In the cockpit this upgrade provides for the use of new weapons, a new multimode radar, HOTAS controls and liquid-crystal (LCD) colour multi-function displays (MFDs). Only a small part of the fleet, however, has been upgraded to this standard [4].

It has been claimed by Russian Federation Defence Ministry chief Colonel Yuri Balyko, that the upgrade will increase the combat effectiveness of the aircraft several times over. [5]

[edit] Armament
MiG-31 'Foxhound' armed with R-33 (AA-9 'Amos' missiles

The MiG-31's main armament is four R-33 air-to-air missiles (NATO codename AA-9 'Amos' carried under the belly. The R-33 is the Russian equivalent of the U.S. Navy's AIM-54 Phoenix. It can be guided in semi-active radar homing (SARH) mode, or launched in inertial guidance mode with the option of mid-course updates from the launch aircraft and switching to SARH for terminal guidance. A more advanced version of the weapon, the AA-X-13 'Arrow', which is the replacement for the older R-33, features folding stabilizers to reduce its stored size.

Other weapons include the old AA-6 'Acrid', originally deployed on the MiG-25, and the AA-8 'Aphid' or AA-11 'Archer' short-range IR missiles, carried on wing pylons. Currently the entire MiG-31 fleet is being refitted to carry the newer AA-12 'Adder' on the wing pylons.

Unlike the MiG-25, the MiG-31 has an internal cannon, a six-barrel, 23 mm GSh-6-23 with 800 rounds of ammunition, mounted above the starboard main landing gear bay. The GSh-6-23 has a claimed rate of fire of over 10,000 rounds per minute.

[edit] Variants
Russian Air Force MiG-31BM on display

A new version of the 'Foxhound' with upgraded avionics, the MiG-31B, was introduced in 1990. Its development was the result of the Soviet discovery that Phazotron radar division engineer Adolf Tolkachev had sold information on advanced radars to the West. Tolkachev was executed, and a new version of the compromised radar was hastily developed. Many earlier MiG-31s were upgraded to the new standard, designated MiG-31BS.

Development of a more comprehensive advanced version, the MiG-31M, began in 1983 and first flew in 1986, but the collapse of the Soviet Union prevented it from entering full production. Since 1991 and especially since 2000, most of the existing aircraft have been upgraded to the MiG-31M standard, also adding some additional features like Global Positioning System (GPS) and GLONASS receivers, and three colour CRT MFDs in the rear cockpit.[6] (In the VVS, aircraft designations are often repeated through the years; for example, the Su-35 'Flanker-E' and Su-37 'Flanker-F' are both designated "Su-27M".)

It was the heaviest interceptor in the world, with a maximum takeoff weight on 56 tonnes.[citation needed] It was even heavier than a commercial Tu-134 which has a maximum takeoff weight of 49 tonnes.

Several other variants have been developed, including a dedicated anti-satellite missile carrier, the MiG-31D; a similar satellite-launching aircraft, MiG-31A; a proposed multi-role version, MiG-31F; and a downgraded export version, MiG-31E; but most have not been built in any quantity, if at all.

[edit] Operators

Current operators
Kazakhstan

* Kazakhstan Air Force has 33 in service, 10 to be refurbished.

Russia

* Russian Air Force 286 in service, 100 in reserve.
* Russian Naval Aviation

Future operators
Syria

* Syrian Air Force ordered 8 MiG-31E aircraft in 2007.[7][8] However, the order has been suspended in May 2009 reportedly either due to Israeli pressure or lack of Syrian funds.[9]

[edit] Former operators

Soviet Union

* Soviet Anti-Air Defence
* Soviet Air Force aircraft passed on to Russia and Kazakhstan in 1991.

[edit] Specifications (MiG-31)

Data from Great Book of Modern Warplanes,[2] MiG-31E data[10]

General characteristics

* Crew: Two (pilot and weapons system officer)
* Length: 22.69 m (74 ft 5 in)
* Wingspan: 13.46 m (44 ft 2 in)
* Height: 6.15 m (20 ft 2 in)
* Wing area: 61.6 m² (663 ft²
* Empty weight: 21,820 kg (48,100 lb)
* Loaded weight: 41,000 kg (90,400 lb)
* Max takeoff weight: 46,200 kg (101,900 lb)
* Powerplant: 2× Soloviev D-30F6 afterburning turbofans
o Dry thrust: 93 kN (20,900 lbf) each
o Thrust with afterburner: 152 kN (34,172 lbf) each

Performance

* Maximum speed:
o High altitude: Mach 2.83 (3,000 km/h, 1,860 mph)
o Low altitude: Mach 1.2 (1,500 km/h, 930 mph)
* Combat radius: 720 km (450 mi) at Mach 2.35
* Ferry range: 3,300 km (2,050 mi)
* Service ceiling: 20,600 m (67,600 ft)
* Rate of climb: 208 m/s (41,000 ft/min)
* Wing loading: 665 kg/m² (136 lb/ft²
* Thrust/weight: 0.85
* Maximum g-load: 5 g

Armament

* 1× GSh-6-23 23 mm cannon with 260 rounds.
* Fuselage recesses for 4× R-33 (AA-9 'Amos' or (for MiG-31M/BM only) ×6 R-37 (AA-X-13 'Arrow' long-range air-to-air missiles.
* Four underwing pylons for a combination of:

* two R-40TD1 (AA-6 'Acrid' medium-range missiles, and
* 4× R-60 (AA-8 'Aphid' or R-73 (AA-11 'Archer' short-range IR missiles, or
* 4× R-77 (AA-12 'Adder' long-range missiles.

* Some aircraft are equipped to launch the Kh-31P (AS-17 'Krypton' and Kh-58 (AS-11 'Kilter' anti-radiation missiles in the suppression of enemy air defenses (SEAD) role

The Reaper - Prototype - WIP 2

Fri, 19 Nov 2010 16:03:06 PST

Another Work In Progress!
this is my ppsh-41 prototype, made in 3ds Max 2010.

now, a new design feature of this futuristic re-imagining of the weapon is the coil wrapping the barrel. The coil is a cooling mechanism designed to freeze the barrel during extended use (the compound within the coil tubing could be nitrogen, i am not yet sure). However, despite this keeping the barrel from overheating, it does make it lethal for the user; their hands will suffer from the sub-zero temperatures. a way around this is to either wear gloves, or attach an under barrel grip, providing accuracy, safety and comfort.

Chem Trooper

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 05:38:32 PST

For those of you who have Counter-Strike (1.6) at home, and want to play as a chem trooper, feel free to download this model!

As you can tell, it's a reskin of the SAS model from Condition Zero. My first ever 3D project - I had a lot of fun doing this, especially the helmet - I found it kind of difficult to put the little red star on it, so I gave up completely.

Store in your cstrike-> models-> players-> (faction) and rename it to the same name as the faction you want to replace!

BUT FOR CHRIST'S SAKE, DON'T FORGET TO MAKE BACKUP FILES.

If you can't remember the chem troopers: [link]

The Red Star's Tanks Arsenal

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 08:33:29 PST

These are some tanks used by a fictional army based on Soviet and modern Russian army in my fictional Military universe.

T-116 Main Battle Tank - Is a standard tank, It's well armored with reasonable firepower and speed, It's an important backbone of the army.

Weight: 56 Tons

Armaments:

-125mm Smoothbore gun

-12.7 mm Heavy Machine Gun

Top Speed: 65 Km/h

T-130 Heavy Tank - Is a highly advanced heavy tank designed to operates in ground zero conditions or any area contaminated with toxin or radiation, the T-130 is a very durable tank with a strong firepower. armed with massive 152mm Cannon, It's capable of defeating any western MBTs with ease, the T-130 also has four tracks which provide better weight distribution than typical tank design with two tracks, increased its cross country performance, despite being a Heavy Tank its maneuverability is very good.

Weight: 75 Tons

Armaments:

-152mm Smoothbore gun

-30 mm autocannon mounted on smaller turret

Top Speed: 55 Km/h

T-148 Super Heavy Tank - is the second most powerful and heavily armored tank used by the army after the Armageddon MK V [link] It's a multi turreted heavy tank, also armed with two Battlefield range ballistic missiles which have a maximum range of 50-70 Kilometers.

Weight: 216 Tons

Armaments:

-2 X 125mm Cannon on smaller turrets

-1 X 152mm cannon on the Main turret

-2 X Short range Ballistic missiles

Top Speed: 35 Km/h

the description may be screwed up at the moment but i may updated it later

Kamov Ka-50 Black Shark

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:10:36 PDT

Kamov Ka-50 Black Shark

The Kamov Ka-50 Black Shark (NATO reporting name: "Hokum A") is a single-seat Russian attack helicopter with the distinctive coaxial rotor system of the Kamov design bureau. It was designed in the 1980s and adopted for service in the Russian army in 1995. It is currently manufactured by the Progress company of Arseniev.

During the late-1990s, Kamov and Israeli Air Industries developed a tandem-seat cockpit version, the Kamov Ka-50-2 Erdogan (Turkish for "Born Warrior"), to compete in Turkey's attack helicopter competition. Kamov later designed another two-seat variant, the Kamov Ka-52 Alligator (NATO reporting name: "Hokum B").

Design and development

The Ka-50 was designed to be small, fast, and agile to improve survivability and lethality. For minimal weight and size (thus maximal speed and agility) it was -- uniquely among gunships -- to be operated by a single pilot only. Kamov concluded after thorough research of helicopter combat in Afghanistan and other war zones that the typical attack mission phases of low-level approach, pop-up target acquisition, and weapon launch don't simultaneously demand navigation, maneuvering, and weapons operation of the pilot; and thus with well-designed support automation a single pilot can indeed carry out the entire mission alone. However, it is still an unanswered question whether in practice the rank and file of Black Shark pilots would nevertheless suffer from excess fatigue from this combined workload.

Like other Kamov's helicopters, it features Kamov's characteristic contra-rotating co-axial rotor system, which removes the need for the entire tail-rotor assembly and improves the aircraft's aerobatic qualities -- it can perform loops, rolls, and “the funnel” (circle-strafing) where the aircraft maintains a line-of-sight to target while flying circles of varying altitude, elevation, and airspeed around it. Using two rotors means that a smaller rotor with slower moving rotor tips can be used compared to a single rotor design. Since the speed of the advancing rotor tip is a primary limitation to the maximum speed of a helicopter, this allows a faster maximum speed than helicopters such as the AH-64. The elimination of the tail rotor is a qualitative advantage because the torque-countering tail rotor can use up to 30% of engine power. Furthermore, the vulnerable boom and rear gearbox are fairly common causes of helicopter losses in combat (as proven in Vietnam); the Black Shark's entire transmission presents a comparatively small target to ground fire. Kamov maintains that the co-axial drive assembly is built to survive hits from 23mm ammunition like the other vital parts of the helicopter.[citation needed] The zero native torque also allows the aircraft to be fairly immune to wind strength and direction, and to have an unsurpassed turn rate in all travel speed envelopes.

As the single seat configuration was considered too revolutionary to be discovered by NATO, false windows were painted on the first two prototypes.[1] The "windows" evidently worked as the first western reports of the aircraft were wildly inaccurate. According to the Air Force Magazine Soviet Aerospace Almanac 1989, the "DoD states that this helicopter has not been observed carrying antitank guided weapons. Instead, it is thought to have a primary air-to-air role (an assessment that is not universally accepted)... Like other combat helicopters, 'hokum' has a crew of two, in tandem, with an elevated rear seat."

For improved pilot survivability the Ka-50 is fitted with a NPP Zvezda K-37-800 ejection seat, which is a rare feature for a helicopter.[1] Before the rocket in the ejection seat kicks in, rotor blades are blown away by explosive charges in the rotor disc and the canopy is similarly jettisoned.

The first Ka-50 prototype was nicknamed "Werewolf", however Kamov's official name for the type is "Black Shark". As the Soviet Union's collapse vastly reduced military spending before Ka-50 could go into full-scale production, a relatively small number of these aircraft have been built. Reportedly Ka-50's development took place in record time, as Kamov had the forethought of placing liaison engineers at major component suppliers and systems subcontractors.

The Ka-50 and its modifications have been chosen as the special forces support helicopter while Mi-28 has become main army's gunship. The production of Ka-50 was recommenced in 2006.

[edit] Ka-50-2 Erdogan

In 1997, Israeli Air Industries (IAI) in cooperation with the Kamov bureau entered a Turkish design competition for a $4 billion contract for 145 (later changed to 50) combat helicopters. The helicopter designed for the competition became the Ka-50-2 Erdogan, a tandem cockpit twin-seater variant of the Ka-50 that featured a modern, Israeli-made "glass cockpit" avionics and a turret-mounted side-folding (for landing clearance) 30mm cannon as opposed to the fixed cannon of the Ka-50. (A similar Italian turret is also offered as a modification to the Ka-50.) The Erdogan beat the Eurocopter and Apache helicopters, but lost to an improved version of AH-1 Cobra. At the end the contract went to the Italian A-129 Mangusta.[2] Kamov is still looking for a buyer, since the Russian military doesn't have the funding to purchase it themselves.

[edit] Ka-50N and Ka-50Sh

Because of limited night-time capability of the original Ka-50 "Shkval" TV sighting and targeting system, modified versions of single-seat Ka-50 were built. They were named Ka-50N ("Nochnoy", rus. "Night") and Ka-50Sh ("Shar", rus. "Sphere" - because of spherical FLIR turret). Many variants were tried, on some original "Shkval" was supplemented by thermal imaging system, while on others - completely replaced by "Samshite" day-and-night system (also used on Ka-52), including French SAGEM or Thomson thermal imagers. None of those entered mass production so far.

[edit] Ka-52
Ka-52 "061", Zhukovski, 2001
Ka-52 "061", Zhukovski, 2001

The Ka-52 is another modification of the basic Ka-50 design. It features a two-place side-by-side cockpit and is designed to detect targets and redistribute them among supporting Ka-50. In comparison to the original Ka-50, it has a somewhat "softer" nose profile due to the wider cockpit, reduced cockpit armor, and large nose-mounted radome. Equipment includes radar with two antennas - mast-mounted for aerial targets and nose-mounted for ground targets, and "Samshite" day-and-night TV/thermal sighting system in two spherical turrets (one over the cockpit and second under the nose). The Ka-52 retains the side mounted cannon and six wing mounted hardpoints of the original Ka-50.[2]

The fall of the Soviet Union prevented the Ka-52 from going into full scale production. Currently only a handful of them exist. Twelve "Ka-52" are planned for purchase to 2015.[3]

[edit] Design

[edit] Weapons

The aircraft carries a substantial load of weapons in four external hardpoints under the stub wings plus two on the wingtips, a total of some 2,300 kg depending on the mix.

The main armament are the twelve laser-guided Vikhr anti-tank missiles with a maximum range of some 10 km. The laser guidance is reported to be virtually jam-proof and the system features automatic guidance to target enabling evasive movement immediately after missile launch. The fire control system automatically shares all target information among the four Black Sharks of a typical flight in real time, allowing one helicopter to engage a target spotted by another, and the system also can input target information from ground-based forward scouts with man-portable target designation gear. The integrated 30mm cannon is semi-rigidly fixed on the helicopter's side, movable only slightly in elevation and azimuth. The aircraft's agility allows the weapon control system to turn (the entire helicopter and) the cannon at the target acquired in the pilot's helmet sight about as fast as the cannon turret of the Apache or the Mi-28 turns. The semi-rigid mounting improves the cannon's accuracy, giving the 30mm a longer practical range and better hit ratio at medium ranges than with a free-turning turret mount.

[edit] Operational history

In January 2001, the Ka-50 saw its first combat operation, as it fired on enemy positions in Chechnya. Later, it would undertake several missions inside that war zone, although not as much as the more numerous Mil Mi-24 which is perhaps better suited to the more anti-guerrilla-type operations undertaken there. Because of lack of combat-ready Ka-52 (which was intended for target detection and coordination of Ka-50 attacks), a modified Ka-29 aerial command post was used, with reconaissanse and targeting equipment installed. Ka-50s have shown excellent manouevrability in mountain environment.

[edit] Operators

Flag of Russia Russia

* Russian Air Force - 32 in service as of september 2007

[edit] Specifications

Data for Ka-50, differences for Ka-52 noted.

Data from Ka-50 page,[4] Ka-52 page,[2] Aerospaceweb [5]

General characteristics

* Crew: One (For Ka-52: two)
* Length: 13.50 m (44 ft 3 in)
* Rotor diameter: 2x 14.50 m (2x 47 ft 7 in)
* Height: 5.4 m (17 ft 9 in)
* Disc area: 330.3 m² (3,555 ft²)
* Empty weight: 7,800 kg (17,200 lb)
* Loaded weight: 9,800 kg (21,600 lb)
* Max takeoff weight: 10,800 kg (23,810 lb)
* Powerplant: 2× Klimov TV3-117VK turboshafts, 1,660 kW (2,226 shp) each
* For Ka-52:
o Loaded weight: 10,400 kg (22,930 lb)

Performance

* Maximum speed: 390 km/h (204 knots, 242 mph) in dive
* Cruise speed: 270 km/h (146 knots, 168 mph)
* Range: 1,160 km (720 miles)
* Combat radius: 460 km ()
* Service ceiling 5,500 m (18,000 ft)
* Rate of climb: 10 m/s (1,970 ft/min)
* Disc loading: 30 kg/m² (6 lb/ft²)
* Power/mass: 0.33 kW/kg (0.20 hp/lb)

Armament

* 1x 30 mm Shipunov 2A42 cannon
* A variety of payloads including 23-mm gun pods (240 rounds each), 12xAT-16 VIKhR ATGM, Vympel R-73 (NATO: AA-11 Archer), S-8 rocket pods, S-13 rocket pods, High caliber missiles, 4x 500 kg (1,100 lb) bombs, 500 l (130 US gal) external fuel tanks

MiG-31 Foxhound

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:34:41 PDT

Mikoyan MiG-31

MiG-31 "Foxhound"
Type Interceptor aircraft
Manufacturer Mikoyan
Maiden flight 16 September 1975
Introduced 1982
Status Active service
Primary users Russian Air Force
Kazakhstan Air Force
Syrian Air Force
Number built 500
Developed from

The Mikoyan MiG-31 (Russian: МиГ-31) (NATO reporting name "Foxhound") is a supersonic interceptor aircraft developed to replace the MiG-25 'Foxbat'. Designed by the Mikoyan design bureau, the MiG-31 was the most advanced interceptor fielded by the Soviet Union before its dissolution.

Development

The MiG-25 'Foxbat', despite Western panic about its tremendous performance, made substantial design sacrifices in capability for the sake of achieving high speed, altitude, and rate of climb. It lacked maneuverability at interception speeds, was difficult to fly at low altitudes, and its thirsty turbojet engines resulted in a very short combat range at supersonic speeds. The MiG-25's speed gauge was redlined at Mach 2.8, and pilots were instructed not to top Mach 2.5 in order to preserve the engines. Achieving the MiG-25's maximum speed of Mach 3.2 would result in the destruction of the engines.

The MiG-25's radar was also powerful enough to burn through the electronic countermeasures (ECM) of enemy aircraft.[citation needed] The radar's power system operated on vacuum tubes, which may seem odd to Western observers, but their use was very practical for the Soviets and served them well, including reduced susceptibility to damage from the electromagnetic pulses generated by nuclear explosions. Nonetheless, the Foxbat proved to be more useful in the reconnaissance role than as an interceptor, and by the mid-1970s a replacement was being developed.

Development of the MiG-25's replacement began with the Ye-155MP (Russian: Е-155МП prototype which first flew on 16 September 1975. Although it bore a superficial resemblance to a stretched MiG-25 (with a longer fuselage for the radar operator cockpit), it was in many respects a totally new design. Soviet manufacturing limitations forced the MiG-25 to use nickel steel for 80% of its structure. The Ye-155MP doubled the use of titanium to 16% and tripled the aluminum content to 33% to reduce structural mass. More importantly, supersonic speed was now possible at low-level altitudes. Fuel capacity was also increased, and new, more efficient low-bypass-ratio turbofan engines were fitted.

The most important development was the introduction of an advanced radar capable of both look-up and look-down engagement (locating targets above and below the aircraft), as well as multiple target tracking. This finally gave the Soviets an interceptor capable of engaging the most likely Western intruders at long range. It also reflected a policy shift from reliance on ground-controlled interception (GCI) to greater autonomy for flight crews.

Like its MiG-25 predecessor, the MiG-31 was surrounded by early speculation and misinformation concerning its design and capabilities. The West learned of the new interceptor from Lieutenant Viktor Belenko, a pilot who defected to Japan in 1976 with his MiG-25P. Belenko described an upcoming "Super Foxbat" with two seats and a capability to intercept cruise missiles. According to his testimony, the new interceptor was to have air intakes similar to the MiG-23 'Flogger', which the MiG-31 in reality does not have, at least not in production variants. While undergoing testing, a MiG-31 was spotted by a reconnaissance satellite at the Zhukovsky flight test center near the town of Ramenskoye. The images were interpreted as a fixed-wing interceptor version of a swing-wing fighter codenamed the "Ram-K". The latter was eventually revealed to be the Sukhoi Su-27 'Flanker', a wholly unrelated design.

Series production of the MiG-31 began in 1979, with operational models entering Soviet Anti-Air Defense (PVO) service in 1982. It was first photographed by a Norwegian pilot over the Barents Sea in 1985.

The MiG-31 was sought after for a variety of long-range missions. Following the collapse of the USSR, however, the budget for spares and maintenance collapsed, leaving many squadrons unable to maintain their complex aircraft. By 1996, only 20% of remaining aircraft were reportedly serviceable at any time; however, by early 2006, a stronger Russian economy permitted the return to service of around 75% of the Russian Air Force's (VVS' MiG-31s.

About 500 MiG-31s were produced, approximately 370[1] of which remain in Russian service, with another 30 or so in Kazakhstan. Some upgrade programs have found their way in the MiG-31 fleet, like the MiG-31BM multirole version with upgraded avionics, new multimode radar, hands-on-throttle-and-stick (HOTAS) controls, liquid-crystal (LCD) color multi-function displays (MFDs), ability to carry the AA-12 'Adder' missile and various Russian air-to-ground missiles (AGMs) such as the AS-17 'Krypton' anti-radiation missile (ARM), a new and more powerful computer, and digital datalinks. However, only very small number of Russian aircraft have been upgraded to the MiG-31BM standard, although others have been equipped with new computer and the ability to carry the R-77 long-range missile as well.

It is not yet clear when the Russian Air Force will phase out the MiG-31, but judging by its importance to the VVS and with no clear successor in line, it is likely that it will continue serving as late as 2010, depending on its upgrades and the growth of the Russian economy.

[edit] Design

Like the MiG-25, the Foxhound is a large twin-engine aircraft with side-mounted air intakes, a shoulder-mounted wing with an aspect ratio of 2.94, and twin vertical tailfins. Unlike the Foxbat, it has two seats, with the rear occupied by a dedicated weapon systems officer.

[edit] Airframe and engines
MiG-31 'Foxhound' in flight
MiG-31 'Foxhound' in flight

The wings and airframe of the MiG-31 are stronger than those of the MiG-25, permitting supersonic flight at low altitudes. Its Aviadvigatel D30-F6 turbofans, rated at 34,000 pounds thrust, (also described as "bypass turbojets" due to the low bypass ratio) allow a maximum speed of Mach 1.23 at low altitude. High-altitude speed is temperature-redlined to Mach 2.83 — the thrust-to-drag ratio is sufficient for speeds in excess of Mach 3, but such speeds pose unacceptable hazards to engine and airframe life in routine use.

Given the MiG-31's role as Mach 2.8+ interceptor and the sustained afterburning this requires, its fuel consumption is higher when compared to other aircraft serving in different roles, such as the Su-27. As a result, the aircraft's fuel fraction has been increased to more than 0.40 — 16,350 kg (36,050 lb) of high-density T-6 jet fuel. The outer wing pylons are also plumbed for drop tanks, allowing an extra 5,000 liters (1,320 gallons) of external fuel. Late-production aircraft have aerial refueling probes.

Despite the stronger airframe, the Foxhound is limited to a maximum of 5 g at supersonic speeds. At combat weight, its wing loading is marginal and its thrust to weight ratio is favorable. However, it is not designed for close combat or rapid turning.

[edit] Electronics suite
MiG-31 'Foxhound' showing its Zaslon phased-array radar
MiG-31 'Foxhound' showing its Zaslon phased-array radar

The MiG-31 was the world's first operational fighter with a passive electronically scanned array radar, the Zaslon S-800. Its maximum range against fighter-sized targets is approximately 200 km (125 mi), and it can track up to 10 targets and simultaneously attack four of them with its AA-9 'Amos' missiles. It is claimed to have limited astern coverage (perhaps the reason for the radome-like protuberance above and between the engines). The radar is matched with an infrared search and tracking (IRST) system in a retractable undernose fairing. Up to four MiG-31s, spaced up to 200 km (125 mi) apart to cover a wide swath of territory, can coordinate via datalink.

The MiG-31M-, MiG-31D-, and MiG-31BS-standard aircraft have an upgraded Zaslon-M passive electronically scanned phased array radar (PESA) with larger antenna and greater detection range (said to be 400 km (250 mi) against AWACS-size targets) and the ability to attack multiple targets -air and ground- simultaneously. The back-seater's controls are replaced with modern MFDs. Its electronic countermeasures capabilities have also been upgraded, with new ECM pods on the wingtips.

[edit] Cockpit

The aircraft is a two-seater with the rear seat occupant controlling the radar. Although cockpit controls are duplicated across cockpits, it is normal for the aircraft to be flown only from the front seat. The pilot flies the aircraft by means of a centre stick and left hand throttles. The rear cockpit has only two small vision ports on the sides of the canopy. It is argued that the presence of the WSO (Weapon Systems Operator) in the rear cockpit improves aircraft effectiveness since he is entirely dedicated to radar operations and weapons deployment. This decreases the workload of the pilot and increases efficiency.

Both cockpits are fitted with zero/zero ejection seats which allow the crew to eject at any altitude and airspeed.

Some upgrade programmes have found their way to the MiG-31 fleet, for example the MiG-31BM multi-role version which includes upgraded avionics. In the cockpit this upgrade provides for the use of new weapons, a new multimode radar, HOTAS controls and liquid-crystal (LCD) colour multi-function displays (MFDs). Only a small part of the fleet, however, has been upgraded to this standard [2].

It has been claimed by Russian Federation Defence Ministry chief Colonel Yuri Balyko, that the upgrade will increase the combat effectiveness of the aircraft several times over. [3]

[edit] Armament
MiG-31 'Foxhound' armed with R-33 (AA-9 'Amos' missiles
MiG-31 'Foxhound' armed with R-33 (AA-9 'Amos' missiles

The MiG-31's main armament is four R-33 air-to-air missiles (NATO codename AA-9 'Amos' carried under the belly. The R-33 is the Russian equivalent of the U.S. Navy's AIM-54 Phoenix. It can be guided in semi-active radar homing (SARH) mode, or launched in inertial guidance mode with the option of mid-course updates from the launch aircraft and switching to SARH for terminal guidance. A more advanced version of the weapon, the AA-X-13 'Arrow', which is the replacement for the older R-33, features folding stabilizers to reduce its stored size.

Other weapons include the old AA-6 'Acrid', originally deployed on the MiG-25, and the AA-8 'Aphid' or AA-11 'Archer' short-range IR missiles, carried on wing pylons. Currently the entire MiG-31 fleet is being refitted to carry the newer AA-12 'Adder' on the wing pylons.

Unlike the MiG-25, the MiG-31 has an internal cannon, a six-barrel, 23 mm GSh-6-23 with 800 rounds of ammunition, mounted above the starboard main landing gear bay. The GSh-6-23 has a claimed rate of fire of over 10,000 rounds per minute.

[edit] Variants
Russian Air Force MiG-31BM on display
Russian Air Force MiG-31BM on display

A new version of the 'Foxhound' with upgraded avionics, the MiG-31B, was introduced in 1990. Its development was the result of the Soviet discovery that Phazotron radar division engineer Adolf Tolkachev had sold information on advanced radars to the West. Tolkachev was executed, and a new version of the compromised radar was hastily developed. Many earlier MiG-31s were upgraded to the new standard, designated MiG-31BS.

Development of a more comprehensive advanced version, the MiG-31M, began in 1983 and first flew in 1986, but the collapse of the Soviet Union prevented it from entering full production. Since 1991 and especially since 2000, most of the existing aircraft have been upgraded to the MiG-31M standard, also adding some additional features like Global Positioning System (GPS) and GLONASS receivers, and three colour CRT MFDs in the rear cockpit.[4](In the VVS, aircraft designations are often repeated through the years; for example, the Su-35 'Flanker-E' and Su-37 'Flanker-F' are both designated "Su-27M".). it was the heaviest interceptor in the world. With a maximum takeoff weight on 56 tonnes, the equivalent of 3.1 MiG-29s, 3.2 MiG-23ML and 6.3 MiG-21bis. It was even heavier than a commercial Tu-134, which has a maximum takeoff weight of 49 tonnes.

Several other variants have been developed, including a dedicated anti-satellite missile carrier, the MiG-31D; a similar satellite-launching aircraft, MiG-31A; a proposed multi-role version, MiG-31F; and a downgraded export version, MiG-31E; but most have not been built in any quantity, if at all.

[edit] Operators

[edit] Current operators

Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan

* Kazakhstan Air Force has 33 in service, 10 to be refurbished.

Flag of Russia Russia

* Russian Air Force 386, 286 in service 100 in reserve.

Flag of Syria Syria

* Syrian Air Force has 8 MiG-31E on order.[5]

[edit] Former operators

Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union

* Soviet Anti-Air Defence
* Soviet Air Force aircraft passed on to Russia and Kazakhstan in 1991.

[edit] Specifications (MiG-31)

Data from Great Book of Modern Warplanes,[6] [1] [2]

General characteristics

* Crew: Two (pilot and weapons system officer)
* Length: 22.69 m (74 ft 5 in)
* Wingspan: 13.46 m (44 ft 2 in)
* Height: 6.15 m (20 ft 2 in)
* Wing area: 61.6 m² (663 ft²
* Empty weight: 21,820 kg (48,100 lb)
* Loaded weight: 41,000 kg (90,400 lb)
* Max takeoff weight: 46,200 kg (101,900 lb)
* Powerplant: 2× Soloviev D-30F6 afterburning turbofans
o Dry thrust: 93 kN (20,900 lbf) each
o Thrust with afterburner: 152 kN (34,172 lbf) each

Performance

* Maximum speed: Mach 3.03, 3,255 km/h (2,112 mph) at 13,000 m (42,650 ft)
* Combat radius: 720 km at Mach 2.35 (450 mi)
* Ferry range: 3,300 km (2,050 mi)
* Service ceiling 20,600 m (67,600 ft)
* Rate of climb: 208 m/s (41,000 ft/min)
* Wing loading: 665 kg/m² (136 lb/ft²
* Thrust/weight: 0.85

* Maximum g-load: 5 g

Armament

* 1x GSh-6-23 23 mm cannon with 260 rounds.
* Fuselage recesses for four R-33 (AA-9 'Amos' or (for MiG-31M/BM only) six R-37 (AA-X-13 'Arrow' long-range air-to-air missiles.
* Four underwing pylons for a combination of:
o two R-40TD1 (AA-6 'Acrid' medium-range missiles, and
o 2x2 R-60 (AA-8 'Aphid' or R-73 (AA-11 'Archer' short-range IR missiles, or
o 2x2R-77 (AA-12 'Adder' long-range missiles.
* Some aircraft are equipped to launch the Kh-31P (AS-17 'Krypton' and Kh-58 (AS-11 'Kilter' anti-radiation missiles in the suppression of enemy air defenses (SEAD) role.

Kamov Ka-50 Black Shark Hokum

Sat, 27 Mar 2010 03:41:07 PDT

The Kamov Ka-50 "Black Shark" (Russian: Черная акула, NATO reporting name: Hokum A) is a single-seat Russian attack helicopter with the distinctive coaxial rotor system of the Kamov design bureau. It was designed in the 1980s and adopted for service in the Russian army in 1995. It is currently manufactured by the Progress company in Arsenyev.

During the late 1990s, Kamov and Israeli Air Industries developed a tandem-seat cockpit version, the Kamov Ka-50-2 "Erdogan", to compete in Turkey's attack helicopter competition. Kamov also designed another two-seat variant, the Kamov Ka-52 "Alligator" (Russian: Аллигатор, NATO reporting name: Hokum B)

Development

The Ka-50 is the production version of the V-80Sh-1 prototype. Production of the attack helicopter was ordered by the Soviet Council of Ministers on 14 December 1987.[4] Jane's Information Group reported that the helicopter was under development in 1989.[5] Following initial flight testing and system tests the Council ordered the first batch of helicopters in 1990.[4] In September 1990 the first unclassified photograph of the helicopter was published in Jane's Defence Weekly, although it was identified only by its NATO codename 'Hokum'. The attack helicopter was first described publicly as the "Ka-50" in March 1992 at a symposium in the United Kingdom.[4]

The Ka-50 was designed to be small, fast, and agile to improve survivability and lethality. For minimal weight and size (thus maximum speed and agility) it was - uniquely among gunships - to be operated by a single pilot only. Kamov concluded after thorough research of helicopter combat in Afghanistan and other war zones that the typical attack mission phases of low-level approach, pop-up target acquisition, and weapon launch do not simultaneously demand navigation, maneuvering, and weapons operation of the pilot; and thus with well-designed support automation a single pilot can carry out the entire mission alone. However, it is still an unanswered question whether in practice the rank and file of Black Shark pilots would suffer from excess fatigue from this combined workload.[citation needed]
Kamov Ka-50 "Black Shark" on display

Like other Kamov helicopters, it features Kamov's characteristic contra-rotating co-axial rotor system, which removes the need for the entire tail-rotor assembly and improves the aircraft's aerobatic qualities - it can perform loops, rolls, and the funnel (circle-strafing) where the aircraft maintains a line-of-sight to the target while flying circles of varying altitude, elevation, and airspeed around it. Using two rotors means that a smaller rotor with slower-moving rotor tips can be used compared to a single rotor design. Since the speed of the advancing rotor tip is a primary limitation to the maximum speed of a helicopter, this allows a faster maximum speed than helicopters such as the AH-64. The elimination of the tail rotor is a qualitative advantage because the torque-countering tail rotor can use up to 30% of engine power. Furthermore, the vulnerable boom and rear gearbox are fairly common causes of helicopter losses in combat; the Black Shark's entire transmission presents a comparatively small target to ground fire. Kamov maintains that the co-axial drive assembly is built to survive hits from 23 mm ammunition like the other vital parts of the helicopter.[citation needed] The zero native torque also allows the aircraft to be fairly immune to wind strength and direction, and to have an unsurpassed turn rate in all travel speed envelopes.

The single seat configuration was considered undesirable by NATO. The first two Ka-50 prototypes had false windows painted on them.[6] The "windows" evidently worked as the first western reports of the aircraft were wildly inaccurate. For improved pilot survivability the Ka-50 is fitted with a NPP Zvezda K-37-800 ejection seat, which is a rare feature for a helicopter.[7] Before the rocket in the ejection seat deploys, the rotor blades are blown away by explosive charges in the rotor disc and the canopy is similarly jettisoned.

The first Ka-50 prototype was nicknamed "Werewolf", but Kamov's official name for the type is "Black Shark", this codename came from the appearance of the 5th prototype in the movie "Black Shark" ("Chernaya Akula"). As the Soviet Union's collapse vastly reduced military spending before the Ka-50 could go into full-scale production, a relatively small number of these aircraft have been built. Reportedly the Ka-50's development took place in record time, as Kamov had the forethought of placing liaison engineers at major component suppliers and systems subcontractors.[citation needed]

The Ka-50 and its modifications have been chosen as the special forces support helicopter while the Mi-28 has become the main army's gunship. The production of Ka-50 was recommenced in 2006. It was announced in late 2008 that only five more Ka-50s would be produced, and that production would be reconfigured to make exclusively the more adaptable and advanced Ka-52s.[citation needed]
[edit] Ka-50-2 Erdogan
Ka-50-2 "Erdogan"

In 1997, Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) in cooperation with the Kamov bureau entered the Ka-50-2 Erdogan (Turkish for "Born Warrior") in a Turkish design competition for a $4 billion contract for 145 (later changed to 50) combat helicopters.[8]

The Ka-50-2 is a tandem cockpit twin-seater variant of the Ka-50 that featured a modern, Israeli-made "glass cockpit" avionics and a turret-mounted folding (for landing clearance) 30 mm cannon instead of the fixed cannon on the Ka-50. It features combat proven avionics and advanced anti-tank guided missiles for a high level of combat effectiveness. The helicopter has excellent flight performance, and high combat survivability due to its coaxial rotor technology. It is equipped with IAI's flexible modular avionics suite, which can be readily tailored to meet the TLF's operational requirements and provides growth potential.[8]

IAI and Kamov successfully completed demonstration flights of the Russian helicopter with IAI's Core Avionics. These demonstration flights demonstrated the helicopter's "glass cockpit" with multifunctional displays and Control & Display Unit (CDU) driven by centralized Mission and Display computers, flight navigation and the operation of the Helicopter Multi-Mission Optronic Stabilized Payload (HMOSP) targeting system. The demonstration flights included night mission capability demonstrations, utilizing Night Vision Goggles (NVG) and the day/night targeting system.[8][Copyrighted text]

The Erdogan, Eurocopter Tiger, AH-64 Apache, AH-2 Rooivalk and A129 Mangusta helicopters, lost to an improved version of AH-1 SuperCobra. In the end the contract went to the A129 in 2007.[9] This outcome was due to several technical and contractual problems with the proposals.
[edit] Ka-50N and Ka-50Sh

Because of the limited night-time capability of the original Ka-50 "Shkval" TV sighting and targeting system, modified versions of the single-seat Ka-50 were built. They were named Ka-50N ("Nochnoy", rus. "Night") and Ka-50Sh ("Shar", "Sphere" because of the spherical FLIR turret). Many variants were tried, on some the original "Shkval" was supplemented by a thermal imaging system, while on others completely replaced by "Samshite" day-and-night system (also used on Ka-52), including French SAGEM or Thomson thermal imagers. None of those have entered mass production so far.[citation needed]
[edit] Ka-52 "Alligator"
Ka-52 "061", Zhukovski, 2009

The Ka-52 is another modification of the basic Ka-50 design. It features a two-seat side-by-side cockpit, and is designed to detect targets and redistribute them among supporting Ka-50s. In comparison to the original Ka-50, it has a somewhat "softer" nose profile due to the wider cockpit, reduced cockpit armor, and large nose-mounted radome. Equipment includes radar with two antennasmast-mounted for aerial targets and nose-mounted for ground targets, and "Samshite" day-and-night TV/thermal sighting system in two spherical turrets (one over the cockpit and second under the nose). The Ka-52 retains the side mounted cannon and six wing mounted hardpoints of the original Ka-50.[10]

Development of the Ka-52 began in 1994 in Russia. Economical and political problems prevented the Ka-52 from going into full scale production. Currently only a few exist. Serial production of the Ka-52 was started in autumn 2008.[11]
[edit] Design
[edit] Weapons

The aircraft carries a substantial load of weapons in four external hardpoints under the stub wings plus two on the wingtips, a total of some 2,300 kg depending on the mix.[citation needed]

The main armament are the twelve laser-guided Vikhr anti-tank missiles with a maximum range of some 8 km. The laser guidance is reported to be virtually jam-proof and the system features automatic guidance to target, enabling evasive action immediately after missile launch. The fire control system automatically shares all target information among the four Black Sharks of a typical flight in real time, allowing one helicopter to engage a target spotted by another, and the system can also input target information from ground-based forward scouts with personnel-carried target designation gear. The integrated 30 mm cannon is semi-rigidly fixed on the helicopter's side, movable only slightly in elevation and azimuth. The aircraft's agility allows the weapon control system to turn the cannon (and the entire helicopter) to point at the target acquired in the pilot's helmet sight about as fast as the cannon turret on the Apache or the Mi-28 turns.[citation needed] The semi-rigid mounting improves the cannon's accuracy, giving the 30 mm a longer practical range and better hit ratio at medium ranges than with a free-turning turret mount.[citation needed]
[edit] Operational history

From December 2000 until January 2001, the Ka-50 saw its first combat operation, where two Ka-50s fired on enemy positions in Chechnya.[12] Later, it undertook several missions in that war zone, although not as many as the more numerous Mil Mi-24. Because of the lack of combat-ready Ka-52 (which was intended for target detection and coordination of Ka-50 attacks), a modified Ka-29 aerial command post was used, with reconnaissance and targeting equipment installed. Ka-50s have shown excellent manoeuvrability in mountain environments.

India issued a request for proposal for 22 attack helicopters for the Indian Air Force in May 2008.[13] The Kamov Ka-50 along with Mil's Mi-28 and Eurocopter's Tiger were the front-runners for this order as of October 2008.[14]

Jordan is negotiating for the purchase of Ka-52 helicopters in 2010.[citation needed]
[edit] Operators

Russia

* Russian Air Force operates 15 Ka-50s[1] and 10 Ka-52s[2] as of late 2008.[15]

[edit] Specifications
Kamov Ka-50 Hokum graphic.gif
Kamov Ka-52 on display

Data for Ka-50, differences for Ka-52 noted.

Data from Ka-50 page,[16] Ka-52 page,[10] Aerospaceweb[17]

General characteristics

* Crew: One (for Ka-52: two)
* Length: 13.50 m (44 ft 3 in)
* Rotor diameter: 2x 14.50 m (2x 47 ft 7 in)
* Height: 5.4 m (17 ft 9 in)
* Disc area: 330.3 m² (3,555 ft²)
* Empty weight: 7,800 kg (17,200 lb)
* Loaded weight: 9,800 kg (21,600 lb)
* Max takeoff weight: 10,800 kg (23,810 lb)
* Powerplant: 2× Klimov TV3-117VK turboshafts, 1,660 kW (2,226 shp) each
* For Ka-52:
o Loaded weight: 10,400 kg (22,930 lb)

Performance

* Maximum speed: 390 km/h (204 knots, 242 mph) in dive
* Cruise speed: 270 km/h (146 knots, 168 mph)
* Range: 1,160 km (720 miles)
* Combat radius: 460 km (286 miles)
* Service ceiling: 5,500 m (18,000 ft)
* Rate of climb: 16 m/s (52.5 ft/s)
* Disc loading: 30 kg/m² (6 lb/ft²)
* Power/mass: 0.33 kW/kg (0.20 hp/lb)

Armament

* 1x mobile semi-rigid 30 mm Shipunov 2A42 cannon (240 rounds, dual feeding AP or HE-Frag)
* A variety of payloads on the four under-wing hardpoints, including 23 mm UPK-23-250 gun pods (240 rounds each), APU-6 9K121 Vikhr anti-tank missile racks, Vympel R-73 (NATO: AA-11 Archer) air-to-air missiles, 80 mm S-8 rocket and 122 mm S-13 rocket pods, Kh-25 semi-active laser guided tactical air-to-ground missiles, presumably S-25/S-25L high caliber rockets, 4x 250 kg (550 lb) bombs or 2x 500 kg (1,100 lb) bombs, 500 L (130 US gal) external fuel tanks. Reportedly, twin Igla light air-to-air missile launchers under each wingtip countermeasure pod (total 4 missiles). Maximum total payload 2,000 kg.
* Two pods on the wingtips with flare and chaff countermeasure dispensers, 64 cartridges each (total 128).

Yakovlev Yak-130

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:19:53 PST

The Yakovlev Yak-130 is a Russian subsonic two-seat advanced jet trainer/light attack aircraft that first flew on 26 April 1996.

History

The Yak-130 was designed in response to a 1990 Soviet government issued requirement for 200 new advanced pilot trainer aircraft to replace the L-29 and L-39 in both VVS and A-VMF service, with a carrier-based version demanded by the latter service. Five OKBs responded to the request with designs. Yakovlev OKB's offering was a particularly advanced (though subsonic) trainer designated UTK-Yak. Though unknown at the time, it was later announced that the whole program was in partnership with Aermacchi of Italy, a country that had also recognized the obsolesce of its own jet trainers. The Aermacchi version would become the M-346.
[edit] Development

Secretly paired with Aermacchi of Italy, a partnership occurring at the same time as Yakovlev's pairing with Lockheed-Martin in development of the Yak-141 VTOL fighter, Yakovlev chose to pursue a high-subsonic trainer aircraft with programmable longitudinal stability, from positive to slightly negative. Early drawings suggested an aircraft similar to the Dassault Rafale, with engine inlets below the cockpit. In 1993-1994 this was changed, with the inlets moved to the sides of the fuselage. MiG-29 style auxiliary inlets were added along the top of each duct, and spring loaded doors along the upper surface of the wing. In the rear the engine nozzles were submerged into the sharply tapered rear fuselage.

The twin engines are mounted under extended wing roots, which reach as far forward as the windscreen. Originally the AI-25 engine was selected, but this was later changed to the Klimov-modified RD-35M rated at 2,200 kg (4,850lbs) thrust each. The airframe is part metal, but with extensive use of composites, giving it a projected lifespan of 15,000 hours and 25,000 landings.

The wing has tall winglets. Its delta shape has a 31 degree taper on the leading edge. All flight control surfaces are fully powered. Internal fuel capacity is 2,060 litres (454 gallons), with an optional 700 litre (154 gallon) conforming belly tank.

The undercarriage uses Yakovlev's trademark low-pressure tires for operations from unpaved runways. The steerable nosewheel retracts backward, while the main units retract into the engine duct fairings.

The large canopies are sideways hinged, and there is a large, curved forward windscreen. The cockpit is pressurized, and both positions have two (in export versions three) multi-function displays, along with a heads-up display (HUD) for navigation and weapons aiming. Both seats are equipped with Zvezda K-36 zero/zero altitude ejection seats.

A wide range of weapons can be carried on the aircraft's seven external pylons, including guided missiles and gun pods.

The First Yak-130 has already entered service in late July 2009[citation needed] and, will be showcased at MAKS-2009 airshow on August 18 - 23 near Moscow.

Itar-Tass announced on the 4th of January 2010 that 2 of these aircraft were already in service and another 10 would be delivered in the coming year.
[edit] Testing

The unflown first prototype was first exhibited on 30 November 1994. It was then that the announcement was made by Yakovlev that the whole program was partnered with Aermacchi of Italy. This aircraft was again exhibited at the Paris airshow in June 1995. It finally flew on 25 April 1996 at Zhukovskii. Shortly after the first flight the partnership of Aermacchi and Yakovlev ended when neither side was able to reach an agreement on the final design requirements. Yakovlev continued development of the original Yak-130 design, while Aermacchi developed a slightly revised version designated the M-346, using all western components, and a slightly higher speed but with reduced range. The M-346 has been ordered by the Italian Air Force and United Arab Emirates, and has been marketed to numerous other European and Middle Eastern nations, while the Yak-130 will be operated by Russian forces and their partners outside of NATO.

In 1998 the Russian government announced that the Yak-130 had won the competition, and a production order for 200 aircraft was placed. The first series production aircraft first flew on 30 April 2004, after protracted development hindered by a lack of funds.
[edit] Characteristics

The Yak-130 is able to provide quality training for student pilots, enabling them to learn in a short time how to fly on any 4, 4.5 or 5th generation fighters, including the Su-30, MiG-29, MIG-35, SU-35, Mirage 2000, kfir C.10, Eurofighter, JAS 39 Gripen, F-15, F-16, F-22 and F-35. It can perform maneuvers typical of these aircraft since it possesses 4.5 generation characteristics such as fly-by-wire flight control system with redundancy factor of four for increased flight safety and superior combat control.

Combat training suite on the Yak-130 includes simulated and real firing systems with air-to-air and air-to-surface missiles, bomb dropping, gun firing and on-board self-protection systems. The instructor can set and control "target behavior" from its seat in the aircraft. It has an automated on-board diagnostics and control system which makes the aircraft easy to operate and maintain. It has an improved airframe with a design lifetime of 10,000 flight hours and 20,000 flight cycles during a calendar lifetime of 30 years and can operate from unpaved airfields.
[edit] Cockpit

The Yak-130 is the first Russian aircraft to have all digital avionics. The Yak-130 has an air-conditioned and pressurised two-seat all-glass tandem cockpit.
[edit] Engines

The Yak-130 has two Klimov/Motor Sich AI-222-25 turbofan engines, The export version or future variants can be fitted with the L'yulka Saturn Al-55 engine if chosen by the buyer.
[edit] Variants

* Yakovlev Yak-130 - Basic Dual seat advanced trainer

* Yakovlev Yak-131, Yak-133 and Yak-135 - for single seat light attack aircraft/recon/4 seat VIP transport [3]

[edit] Operators

Russia
150 orders, to be delivered in 2009-2015[4] First production aircraft received in late July 2009. Russia has a total requirement of 200 aircraft[5]
Algeria
16 ordered, and yet to be obtained.[6]
Libya
6 on order[7]

[edit] Specifications (Yak-130)

General characteristics

* Crew: 2 pilots
* Length: 11.49 m (37 ft 8 in)
* Wingspan: 9.72 m (31 ft 10 in)
* Height: 4.76 m (15 ft 7 in)
* Wing area: 23.52 m² (253.2 sq ft)
* Empty weight: 4,600 kg (10,141 lb)
* Loaded weight: 6,350 kg (14,000 lb)
* Max takeoff weight: 6,500 kg (14,330 lb)
* Powerplant: 2× Klimov-Motor sich AI-222-25 turbofan, 21.58 kN (4,852 lbf) each

Performance

* Maximum speed: 1,050 km/h (644 mph)
* Cruise speed: 887 km/h (551 mph)
* Stall speed: 165 km/h (103 mph)
* Range: 2,546 km (1,582 miles)
* Service ceiling: 12,500 m (42,660 ft)
* Rate of climb: 50 m/s (10,000 ft/min)
* Wing loading: 276.4 kg/m² (56.60 lb/sq ft)
* Thrust/weight: 0.68

Armament

Nine hard points for a mixed load of all types of Russian and western air to air (short to medium[citation needed] range) and air to ground dumb and smart bombs [8]

Mitsubishi A19 Tengu

Sat, 04 Dec 2010 14:57:38 PST

Country of Origin: Empire of Japan
Role: Interceptor/Fighter
Designer: Mitsubishi
Crew: 1
Other Users: Iran, China (captured models)

Armament:
1x Type 112 20mm Cannon
2 to 4x Short Range IR AAMs
4 to 6x Medium to Long Range AAMs

In the late 1970s the Imperial Japanese Navy sought out a new carrier based interceptor. Requirements for the new fighter included a heavy missile load, high speed, and variable geometry wings. The Soviets, Americans, and Europeans had all fielded or begun fielding aircraft with this ability (MiG-23/F-14/Tornado). Mitsubishi created of the famous A6M Zero, won the contract over Nakajimas prototype. The first production models reached IJN pilots hands by 1980. It was given the name Tengu, part bird and human.

Smaller than the American F-14 Tomcat the plane was just as fast and maneuverable. It was far superior to anything in the Soviet and then Russian arsenal. Pilots loved its high speed. At the front of the Tengu was the powerful radar system which allowed for searching for targets up to a hundred miles away. Airborne refueling and drop tanks could extend the Tengus range. Working with airborne radar off the Giga carriers the Tengu was an excellent interceptor, volleying its long range missiles. A major disadvantage of the Tengu though was the ability to fire and forget missiles. All the medium and long range weapons used by the IJN were semi-radar homers, requiring the Tengu to keep its own radar on the target (unlike the AIM-54 Phoenix). To make up for this problem the Japanese deployed excellent ECM and jamming systems in their carrier air groups. Shorter range combat was conducted with IR all aspect targeting missiles. Normally a Tengu would carry four heat seekers and four radar guided weapons. However the arsenal varied depending on the mission. Combined with Nakajima Sea-Wing bombers, Acihi fighter bombers a Japanese carrier wing had as much striking power as an American one, and far more than a European wing.

The Tengu achieved its first kills in the hands of Japanese pilots during an incident with China. In June of 1981 the Republic of China was conducting naval maneuvers south of the Japanese controlled island of Formosa. The carriers Akagi and Kaga of the 1st Carrier Division were part of a Japanese force off the island. Six Chinese MiG-23s were harassed by a pair of A19 Tengus. One of the ROC pilots fired and the battle began. One Tengu was lost and the other called for back up. In the resulting air battle all six ROC Floggers were lost; along with three MiG-29 Fulcrums that joined the action. Japanese reinforcements consisted of two more Tengus, just three A19s shot down nearly an entire squadron of Chinese planes. Over the 1980s several more incidents occurred between Japanese planes and Russian and Chinese ones. In nearly every case the Tengu came out ahead.

The Tengu went to actual war on June 22, 1990. The Kido Butai (Japans carrier fleet) launched its first air attacks against the Russian Pacific Fleet bases at 5:03AM. Squadrons of Tengu fighters covered the approach. The initial opposition consisted of nearly obsolescent MiG-23s which the Tengu fighters handled easily. As the Russian forces recovered the Far East command sent in more elite Su-27, MiG-31 and upgraded MiG-29s. The resulting air battles ended in an 8:1 kill to loss ratio for Japanese. The Russians lost control of the airspace above the Far East and Japanese forces moved on their objectives.

Japanese aircraft also lead the attack against the Philippines shortly after it was discovered that the Americans were giving covert assistance to the Russian Republic. Here they faced U.S. aircraft for the first time in combat. Due to the surprise attack, the F-15s based at Clark AFB were at a disadvantage and suffered heavy losses to the Tengu. The first clash of the F-14 Tomcat and Tengu occurred during the Second Battle of the Coral Sea. Task Force 77 from the U.S. 7th Fleet moved to cover the transfer of Australian troops to New Guinea. USN fighters provide CAP for the Australian/American force. The F-14s had the advantage at long range with the Phoenix missile. Although designed to kill Russian bombers the missile preformed okay against fighters as well. At closer ranges however the Tomcat and Tengu were evenly matched. In the end the Second Coral Sea was an Allied victory. The K/L ratio was in favor of the USN but only at 3:1.

The Tengu would continue to fight for the remainder of the Pacific War. However the plane did not fail the Empire, but the system to support it. Japans pilot training program had not been forced to operate under the stress of a full blown war. Even during Japanese participation in World War II, the losses never exceeded the pool of experienced pilots. The Pacific War, with its fronts in Russia, the Philippines, Dutch East Indies, and then the Indian Ocean as the Europeans joined the effort exhausted the Japans core of experienced pilots. One of the most critical losses was the Battle of Guam. Four of the Kido Butais carriers and a supporting invasion force moved on Guam. Admiral Shiradas goal was to draw out the U.S. 7th Fleet and destroy it.

Russian intelligence however uncovered the Japanese battle-plan. This information allowed the Americans to stage an ambush. The Japanese strike groups moving to bomb Guam were suddenly confronted not with the bases own fighters, but the fighter power of three USN carriers. Countless Tengus, Nakajima Sea-Wings, and other IJN planes were shot down. In the resulting battle Admiral Shirada was lost along with three of the four Japanese carriers. With these ships and planes went the elite of the IJN aviators. Japan would never recover from the lost of these men. In the following battles of the war, Japans pilots were less and less experienced. By the end of the war the USNs K/L ratio was 20:1.

With the end of the Pacific War, Japan has been banned from having any carriers for an undetermined time. The remaining Tengu A19s are all based on land and part of the Naval Aviation component of the JMSDF. Other users of the Tengu include the Islamic Republic of Iran. The IRIAF has an entire fighter wing of Tengus know locally as the Falcon. American and European intelligence sources cannot determine how many of the aircraft are still flying. The Republic of China had captured quite a few Tengus on Formosa (modern day Taiwan) following their invasion of the island. Of these examples only two squadrons remain flying today.

The Candid

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 10:18:18 PST

Armed Assault 2: Operation Arrowhead Screenshot

The Ilyushin Il-76 (NATO reporting name: Candid) is a multi-purpose four-engined strategic airlifter designed by Ilyushin design bureau. It was first planned as a commercial freighter in 1967. Intended as a replacement for the Antonov An-12, the Il-76 was designed for delivering heavy machinery to remote, poorly-serviced areas of the USSR. Military versions of the Il-76 have seen widespread use in Europe, Asia and Africa, including use as an airborne refueling tanker or as a command center.

The Il-76 has seen extensive service as a commercial freighter for ramp-delivered cargo, especially for outsized or heavy items unable to be otherwise carried. It has been used as emergency response transport for civilian evacuations and to deliver humanitarian/disaster relief aid around the world, especially to undeveloped areas due to its ability to operate from unpaved runways. A water-carrying version of the plane has been effective in fire-fighting. There is also a model used for zero-G training.

First aircraft were delivered to the Soviet Air Force in June 1974. Next it became the main Soviet strategic transport aircraft. From 1976 it was operated by the Aeroflot lines.
Between 1979 and 1991, the Soviet Air Force Il-76s made 14,700 flights into Afghanistan, transporting 786,200 servicemen, and 315,800 tons of freight. The Il-76 carried 89% of Soviet troops and 74% of the freight that was airlifted. As Afghan rebels were unable to shoot down high-flying Il-76s, their tactics were to try and damage it at take-off or landing. Il-76s were often hit by shoulder-launched Stinger and Strela heat-seeking missiles and large-calibre machine-gun fire, but because the strong airframes were able to take substantial damage and still remain operational, the aircraft had a remarkably low attrition rate during the period of conflict. Building on that experience, the bulk of the Canadian Forces equipment into Afghanistan is flown in using civilian Il-76. In 2006, the Russian Air Force had about 200 Il-76s. Civilian users in Russia have 108.
Il-76s sitting on the ramp at the Tripoli Airport were bombed by USAF F-111s during Operation El Dorado Canyon in April 1986.
The Il-76 is also in use as an airborne tanker, otherwise known as a refueller (Il-78, some 50 were made), and a waterbomber. Its airframe was used as a base for the Beriev A-50 'Mainstay' AWACS aircraft (some 25 were made). Still more applications have been found in Antarctic support flights and simulated weightlessness training for cosmonauts. Beriev and NPO Almaz also developed an airborne laser flying laboratory designated A-60, of which two were built, although little is known about it, as the project is still classified.

Sukhoi Su-30 Flanker-C

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 23:30:29 PDT

The Sukhoi Su-30 (NATO reporting name "Flanker-C") is a twin-engine military aircraft developed by Russia's Sukhoi Aviation Corporation and introduced into operational service in 1996. It is a two-seat, dual-role strike fighter for all-weather, air-to-air and air-to-surface deep interdiction missions; closely comparable to F-15E Strike Eagle.

The aircraft is a modernized version of the Su-27UB and has several variants. The Su-30K and Su-30MK series have had commercial success. The variants are manufactured by competing organizations: KnAAPO and the IRKUT Corporation, both of which come under the Sukhoi group's umbrella. KnAAPO manufactures the Su-30MKK and the Su-30MK2, which were designed for and sold to China and later Indonesia. Irkut makes the long-range, multirole Su-30MK series. The series includes the Su-30MKI developed for the Indian Air Force and its derivatives, the MKM, MKA and MKV for Malaysia, Algeria and Venezuela respectively.

Development

[edit] Su-27PU long-range interceptor

While the original Su-27 had good range, it still did not have enough for certain air-defense tasks required by the PVO Strany ("PVO" or Protivo-Vozdushnaya Oborona "Air Defense") whose requirements spanned the need to cover the vast expanse of the Soviet Union. Hence, development began in 1986 on the Su-27PU, an improved-capability variant of the Su-27 capable of serving as a long-range interceptor or airborne command post. The two-seat Su-27UB combat trainer was selected as the basis for the Su-27PU, because it had the performance of a single-seat Su-27 and long-range missions require two crewmen. A "proof-of-concept" demonstrator flew 6 June 1987, and this success led to the kick-off of development work on two Su-27PU prototypes. The first Su-27PU flew at Irkutsk on 31 December 1989, and the first of three pre-series models flew in 14 April 1992.

To adapt the Su-27UB to its new role, the aircraft was fitted with a retractable in-flight refueling probe to increase range; the probe is offset to the left side of the nose and, to accommodate it, the IRST was offset to the right. The aircraft's avionics were changed, fitting special communications and guidance equipment to command formation flights of single-seat Su-27 interceptors. The rear cockpit received a large CRT display which provides the formation leader with tactical information regarding targets and interceptors. The navigation and fly-by-wire systems were also upgraded. It was fitted with an updated NIIP N001 radar, providing some ability for air-to-ground attack and to track and engage multiple aerial targets simultaneously.

Sukhoi offered the Su-27PU to be used as a "fighter controller", a sort of mini-AWACS, with the back-seater using the radar and data links to control other fighters. However, the PVO was not interested in buying the Su-27PU. All five Su-27PUs, with the new designation of "Su-30", ended up in PVO service in the training role. Deliveries to the 54th Interceptor Air Regiment at the advanced training base at Savostleyka began in 1996.

A Su-30M two-seat multirole variant was proposed for Russian use and a few may have been built in the mid-1990s for evaluation.

Sukhoi proposed an export variant, Su-30MK, where "MK" stood for "Modernizirovannyi Kommercheskiy" (Modernized Commercial). Sukhoi displayed a Su-30MK demonstrator at the Paris Air Show in 1993. A much more optimized Su-30MK demonstrator, rebuilt from the first production Su-27PU, was displayed in 1994.

[edit] Design

The Su-30 is a multi-role fighter. It has a two seat cockpit with an airbrake behind the canopy.

[edit] Highly flexible multi-role fighter

The Su-30MK is capable of accomplishing a wide variety of combat missions at significant distances from the home base, in any weather conditions and in severe jamming environment, both by day and by night.

This multirole aircraft is adequately fitted for the entire spectrum of tactical and operational combat employment scenarios, varying from counter-air tasks (ie. gaining air superiority, air defense, air patrol and escort) to ground attack, suppression of enemy air defenses, air interdiction, close air support and maritime attack. Additionally, the Su-30MK can perform ECCM and early warning tasks, as well as exercise command-and-control over a group of aerial combat assets performing joint missions. With 9 g load maneuverability.

[edit] Angle of attack

The Su-30MK's aerodynamic configuration is an unstable-in-longitude triplane (see relaxed stability). To increase lifting effectiveness and enhance maneuverability of the aircraft, canards are installed. They are deflected automatically to ensure controlled flight at high angles-of-attack. Canards, however, are installed only in some Su-30 variants like the Su-30MKI.

[edit] Pugachev's Cobra maneuver

The integrated aerodynamic configuration, combined with the thrust vectoring control ability, results in unprecedented maneuverability and unique takeoff and landing characteristics. Equipped with a digital fly-by-wire system, the Su-30MK is able to perform some very advanced maneuvers. They include the well-known Pugachevs Cobra and the Bell. This allows the aircraft to rapidly strip airspeed, causing a pursuing fighter to overshoot.[1] While performing a somersault maneuver the aircraft makes 360-degree turn in the pitch plane without any loss of altitude. In the Controlled Flat Spin maneuver the aircraft performs several full turns in the horizontal plane, with zero forward speed, virtually on the spot.

[edit] Powerplant

The aircraft's power plant incorporates two Saturn AL-31F afterburning low-bypass turbofan engines. Two AL-31F turbofans, each rated at 12,500 kgf (27,550 lbs) of full afterburning thrust ensures Mach 2 horizontal flight speed, 1,350 km/h speed at low altitude, and a 230 m/s climbing rate.

With a normal fuel reserve of 5,270 kg, the Su-30MK is capable of performing a 4.5-hour combat mission with a range of 3,000 km. An in-flight refueling system increases the flight duration up to 10 hours with a range of 5200 km (3231 miles). at cruise altitudes of 1113 km.

The long range significantly increases deployment options. The missions vary from prolonged patrols and escorts to long-range intercepts and air-to-ground strikes.

[edit] Diagonally 2D thrust vectoring control

Differential ±15-degree deflection of the engines' asymmetric nozzles (with turn axes positioned at 32-deg angle to each other) enables pitch/yaw thrust vectoring control. Depending on the maneuver to be performed, nozzles deflections can be synchronized with or differ from the deflections of horizontal tail planes.

[edit] Two-member crew

A two-member crew configuration contributes significantly to enhanced combat capabilities, due to rational distribution of workload between crew members. While the first pilot flies the aircraft, controls weapons and performs manoeuvring dogfight, the co-pilot employs BVR air-to-air and air-to-ground guided weapons in long-range engagements, monitors tactical environment to ensure situational awareness, and performs command-and-control tasks in group missions.

[edit] Avionics

* Radar: Either a N001VE or Phazotron N010 Zhuk-27 or an N011M BARS pulse Doppler passive electronically scanned array radar. Capable of detecting and tracking up to 15 air targets, while concurrently attacking four of them. The N011M BARS radar (featuring a 20-m (65.6 ft) resolution) ensures detection of large sea-surface targets at a distance of up to 400 km (248.5 mi), and small-size ones at a distance of up to 120 km (74.5 mi).
* Other avionics include an integrated optronic sighting-and-navigation system with a laser gyro navigation system; helmet-mounted displays, a head-up-display, multi-function color LCDs with image mixing ability; and a GPS system (GLONASS/NAVSTAR compatible).
* IR and laser sighting pods to detect and engage small-size ground targets are available for installation. The aircraft is provided with an ECCM facility intended to subvert hostile electronic and electro-optical countermeasures.
* The aircraft features autopilot ability at all flight stages including low-altitude flight in terrain-following mode, and individual and group combat employment against air and ground/sea-surface targets. Automatic control system interconnected with the navigation system ensures route flight, target approach, recovery to airfield and landing approach in automatic mode.

[edit] Unit Costs

* A standard Su-30K is estimated at US$34 million.[2]
* A Su-30MKK variant is estimated at US$53 million.

[edit] Variants
File:F-15 Su30 Mir2000.jpg
Indian Su-30K with Mirage 2000 and USAF F-15 during Cope India '04 exercises

Su-27PU
Long range interceptor based on two-seater Su-27UB trainer. Later renamed Su-30.
Su-30
Testbed fighter with canards added.
Su-30K
Commercial version of the basic Su-30.
Su-30KI
Sukhoi proposal for upgrading Russian AF single seat Su-27S. Also proposed export version for Indonesia, 24 was ordered but subsequently cancelled due to the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis,[3] the only single seat in Su-30 family.
Su-30KN
Upgrade for operational two-seat fighters, the Su-27UB, Su-30 and Su-30K.
Su-30M
Basically an upgraded Su-27PU, first real multi-role aircraft in Su-27 family.

Su-30MK of the Indonesian Airforce

Su-30MK
The commercial version of Su-30M first revealed in 1993.
Su-30M2
Upgraded Su-30MK with canards and TVC.
Su-30MKI
MKI stands for "Modernizirovannyi Kommercheskiy Indiski" meaning "Modernized Commercial India". Jointly-developed with India's Hindustan Aeronautics Limited for the Indian Air Force. Includes Thrust Vectoring Control (TVC) and canards. Equipped with a multi-national avionics complex sourced from Israel, India, Russia and France.[4]
Su-30MKK
Export version for China. MKK stands for Modernizirovannyi Kommercheskiy Kitaya or Modernized Commercial China.
Su-30MKM
Based on the MKI, a highly specialized version for Royal Malaysian Air Force with the same platform includes Thrust Vectoring Control (TVC) and canards but a French, South African and Russian combination of avionics. It will feature head-up displays (HUD), navigational forward-looking IR system (NAVFLIR) and Damocles Laser Designation pod (LDP) from Thales Group of France, MAW-300 missile approach warning sensor (MAWS), RWS-50 RWR and laser warning sensor (LWS) from SAAB AVITRONICS (South Africa),[1] as well as the Russian NIIP N011M BARS PESA radar, electronic warfare (EW) system, optical-location system (OLS) and a glass cockpit.[2] Others include Goodrich lights and communications suite from Rohde & Schwarz of Germany.
Su-30MKV
Export version for Venezuela is most likely to be similar to the Su-30MK2. This is based on the presence of two such demonstrator models (No. 0460 and No. 1259) from the KNAAPO facility that took part in July 2006 national day parade in Caracas. The latest news confirm that the Su-30 purchased by Venezuela are indeed Su-30MK2.
Su-30MK2
Su-30MKK with upgraded electronics that enabled support for anti-ship missiles
Su-30MK2V
Su-30MK2 variant for Vietnam with minor modifications.
Su-30MK3
Su-30MKK with Zhuk MSE radar and Support for Kh-59MK anti-ship missile.
Su-30MKA
A specialised version for Algeria is similar to the MKI, but will principally be equipped with French and Russian avionics. It will feature head-up and multifunction displays from the Thales Group and Sagem of France.

[edit] Operators
Military operators of the Su-30
Sukhoi-30MKI, Indian Air Force, Aeroindia 05.

Algeria

* Algerian Air Force operates 18 Su-30MKA fighters[5] with 20 on order as of November 2008.[6]

People's Republic of China

* People's Liberation Army Air Force operates 76 Su-30MKKs. The PLAAF was already operating the Su-27. The first batch of 38 were delivered between December 20, 2000 and the end of 2001. The second batch of 38 were ordered in 2001 and thought to have been delivered by 2003.
* People's Liberation Army Naval Air Force operates 24 Su-30MK2. They were ordered in January 2003 and delivered by August 2004.

India

* Indian Air Force, after years of negotiations, decided to purchase 50 Su-30 aircraft and acquired the licence from Sukhoi and Russia to manufacture an additional 140 Su-30MKI aircraft. The Indian Air Force has received 98 Su-30MKIs as of July 2009.[7]

Indonesia

* Indonesian Air Force received two Su-30MK2 out of the six on 26 December 2008 and another due to be delivered at 2009.[8] The Indonesian Air Force has 2 Su-30MKs and 3 Su-30MK2s in service as of early 2009.[3]

Malaysia

* Royal Malaysian Air Force after a close visit to India's Su-30MKI, signed a deal to purchase 18 of Su-30MKM (M for Malaysia) in May 2003. The first 2 Su-30MKMs were formally handed over in Irkutsk on 23 May 2007, later arrived in Gong Kedak airbase on 21 June. Full squadron of 18 aircraft will be operational by the end of 2008. As part of the deal, the Russians will send a Malaysian astronaut to the ISS. Has 12 Su-30MKMs in service with 6 on order as on November 2008.[6]

Russia

* Russian Air Force (VVS) operates some 100 Su-30s.[citation needed]

Venezuela

* Venezuelan Air Force and the government of Venezuela on 14 June 2006, announced the purchase of 24 units of the Su-30MK2 aircraft. The first two Su-30MK2s arrived in the first week of December 2006 while another 8 were commissioned during 2007, fourteen more units have arrived in 2008 with the last 4 being delivered in August.[9][10] Has 24 Su-30MK2s in service as of early 2009.[3]

Vietnam

* Vietnam People's Air Force operates 12 Su-30MK2V version. 12 more Su-30MK2 are on order with first deliveries to start in 2010.[11][12]

[edit] Specifications (Su-27PU/Su-30)

Data from KNAAPO Su-30MK page,[13] Sukhoi Su-30MK page,[14] Gordon and Davison[15]

General characteristics

* Crew: 2
* Length: 21.935 m (72.97 ft)
* Wingspan: 14.7 m (48.2 ft)
* Height: 6.36 m (20.85 ft)
* Wing area: 62.0 m² (667 ft²)
* Empty weight: 17,700 kg (39,021 lb)
* Loaded weight: 24,900 kg (54,900 lb)
* Max takeoff weight: 34,500 kg (76,060 lb)
* Powerplant: 2× AL-31FL low-bypass turbofans
o Dry thrust: 7,600 kgf (74.5 kN, 16,750 lbf) each
o Thrust with afterburner: 12,500 kgf (122.58 kN, 27,560 lbf) each

Performance

* Maximum speed: Mach 2.0 (2,120 km/h, 1,320 mph)
* Range: 3,000 km (1,620 nmi) at altitude
* Service ceiling: 17,300 m (56,800 ft)
* Rate of climb: 230 m/s (45,275 ft/min)
* Wing loading: 401 kg/m² (82.3 lb/ft²)
* Thrust/weight: 1.0

Armament

The Su-27PU had 8 hardpoints for its weapon load, whereas the Su-30MK's combat load is mounted on 12 hardpoints: 2 wingtip AAM launch rails, 3 pylons under each wing, 1 pylon under each engine nacelle, and 2 pylons in tandem in the "arch" between the engines. All versions can carry up to 8 tonnes of external stores.

* Guns: 1 × GSh-30-1 gun (30 mm caliber, 150 rounds)
* AAMs: 6 × R-27ER1 (AA-10C), 2 × R-27ET1 (AA-10D), 6 × R-73E (AA-11), 6 × R-77 RVV-AE(AA-12)
* ASMs: 6 × Kh-31P/Kh-31A anti-radar missiles, 6 × Kh-29T/L laser guided missiles, 2 × Kh-59ME
* Aerial bombs: 6 × KAB 500KR, 3 × KAB-1500KR, 8 × FAB-500T, 28 × OFAB-250-270

TUGS OC Sprite sheet

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:22:53 PDT

Heres a TUGS sprite sheet containing fan characters, the reason why I added the OC's on a seperete sheet from the characters from the TV series, is becuase I wanted the main TUGS sprite sheet being like Zexions Thomas and Friends sprite sheet, anyhow, I better tell you who the OC's are.

Star Tugs:

Jasper: My TUGS-sona, Jasper was bought from Cunard Line by Captain Star, he is the seconed tug in Bigg City port to have a fire hose, and the only tug to have a radio, the reason for him having a radio is because all cunard Tugs have to be fitted with radios so they can contact Cunard's Ocean Liners, he is Star Tug number 8.

Mayflower(AKA May): May is Captain Star's fourth switcher, and so far his only female tug, she was mistaken as a guy by Sunshine when he first met her due to her condition, she then had a make over to make her look more feminine, Ten Cents has a crush on her, but he dos'nt want to admit it just yet, she is Star Tug number 9.

Z-Stacks:

Zera: The only female Z-Stack, at first, you would think Zera to be rude and mean like the other Z -Stacks, but shes freindley with both Star Tugs and Z-Stacks, Captain Zero would get rid of her, but tugs for sale don't grow on tree's, she's Z-Stack number 7.

Zephyer: The second ocean tug in Bigg City port, Zephyer is Hercules's main rival when it comes to getting coastal contracts, he's willing to do anything to gain coastal contracts for Captain Zero, even if it means he has to knock unexpecting vessels on to the rocks to distract Hercules, he is Z-Stack number 8.

Other Tugs:

Lucky: a switcher who works at Lucky's Yard, Lucky is named after the founder of the yard, he's often seen towing in ships that need repairs, he acts in charge of Lucky's when the manager is away.

Max: Max is a tug built with a crane arm that is designed for lifting parts around Lucky's Yard, he can be a bit clumsy due to his design, he is close friends with Lucky

Kaiser: Kaiser is a German Ocean Tug who was sent on a mission to Bigg City Port during World War I, his mission was to sink the troop ship HMT Comet, however his plan backfired when he was found out by the Star Tugs and Hercules(Who was still a part of the Navy then), he tried to escape, but he got cought in the path of the Comet, and the liner-turned troopship sliced his hull open, preventing his escape, he was then captured, and sentenced to be used as target practice, but he escaped the day before his execution and returned to Germany, only to get dicharged from the navy as punishment for his failed mission, he blamed Hercules for losing his job, and he spent 10 ploting his revenge, he then returned to Bigg City Port, and he Tug-napped Zip and May in order to lure Hercules into his trap, but that plan failed too, and he ended up being arrested

Vladimir: Vladimir is a tug working for the Soviet navy, he was known for being sent out to assasinate tugs who Stalin wanted to be at the bottom of the ocean, he came to Bigg City port to assasinate Yuri, but he was caught after getting damaged in a pile up involving Warrior, Zebedee, Zack, Izzy Gomes, Nantucket and several barges'

Yuri: Yuri works for the White Ruby Towing Co. in Bluewater City Port, he was originally worked in Russia as part of the Tsar's privite fleet, he was sized by the Communists during the Russian Revolution, and he was fitted out as a gun boat, he was involed in a plot to assasinated Joseph Stalin, but the plot falied, he made a run for America, but his acccomplists where executed, he joined the White Ruby fleet after he came to America, but he can't relax at day and night because he knoes that Stalin wants him dead

Otto and Fritz: Otto and Fritz accomponied Kaiser during his mission to sink the HMT Comet, they where caught by the Navy when the mission falied, unlike Kaiser, they where sentenced to spend 5 years in prison, by they escaped, during they escape, Otto got hit in the face a shell fired by a gun boat, which gave him a scar under his eye, they now work as mercineries.

Richard: One of Sunshine's former team mates, Richard is the biggest and strongest tug in the Up River Slavage fleet, he was the first tug to be bought by the Salvage team, he's capeable off pulling a tramp steamer of a sand bank, and he reckens he can pull 5 ocean liners on his own

Police Tug: The Police Tug is the law and enforcement in the rivers that lead in to the heart of Bigg City, but he offten sails out into the port if he has too

Ocean Liners:

RMS Sapphire Comet: The Sapphire Comet is one of the most luxuerious ocean liners afloat, she was fitted out as a troop ship during World War I, during that time, she was a targeted by Kaiser, who was trying to sink her, but luckiley the plan failed, Based on the RMS Olympic

SS Rome: The SS Rome was an ocean liner that got jammed in pack ice in the great freeze of 1909, the crew and passengers abandoned ship incase the ice caused her to sink, but she didn't, she broke free from the ice before the crew could retreave her luagage which included a safe loaded with bars of gold, and she ended up drifting along the coast, she was breifley used by bandits to hide their explosives, she was found by Ten Cents and Sunshine 13 years later, the Z-Stacks tried to tow her in, but a spark from Zorrans stack lit the explosives, which blasted a hole in her hull and she capsised in the eustery, her wreck was later blown up by he navy, Based on the RMS Campania, story loosley based on the SS Baychimo

SS Red Star: The Red Star is an Ocean Liner that comes from Russia, she was the last Ocean Liner from Russia to dock at Bigg City Port before the port ceased trade with the Soviet Union, she was used to cover Vladimir's voyage to Bigg City on his mission to assasinate Yuri

Navy Ships:

USS Concorde: Concorde is the Navy's aircraft carrier, when he first came to Bigg City Port, the Z-Stacks tried to make the Star Tugs run him aground in order to get the Navy contract, but their plan didn't work, Concorde dislikes Bluenose due to the fact he was reponseable for the Krak A Toa being destoyed, he says if Bluenose go's anywhere near him, he'll open fire on him, he is based on the USS Lexington (CV-2)

Scout: Scout is a young Navy tug fitted with a machine gun on his bow, he is a part of the regimaent that Bluenose is in, but unlike Bluenose, he is more senceable, and is friends with the Star Tugs

Redwing: Redwing is a harbour tug who belongs to the Navy, he fought during World War I in the battle of the English Channel, after the War he settled down at Bigg City port to act as a security guard for the Navy to avoid getting sunk in the battlefront, he is fitted with a large search light, which allows him to see for miles at night

Ivan: Originaly a tug from the Russian Navy, Ivan was bought by the Royal/US/Canadian Navy before World War I, he was used by the Navy as a test bed for several new designs for their light armored boats, this includes a large gun turret on his bow that he calls "Sharlene", Ivan is also rather strong, possibley stronger than Big Mac, but despite this is not very smart, but he's not as dim as Zip or Warrior

Clifton and Charles: Clifton and Charles are the oldest tugs sill in commision in the navy, they where launched 4 weeks before the American Civil War began, they where built for a towing company at the Mississippi River, on their first days of service they both argued about who was better, when the war began Clifton joined the Union Navy, while Charles joined the Confederete Navy, after the war ended with the Union being the winners, Charles was sized by the Union Navy, he and Clifton made up with each other, and the two brothers continued to work for the navy, they are still in commision 60 years later, they wander why navy hasn't scrapped them yet, they are getting old and are now thinking about retiring to Up River, they where originally built as Paddle Steamers, but they we rebuilt as propeller powered tugs in the 1880's, they still wear their Civil era hats and flags because they want to remember not to chose opposite sides just because of an arguement

Nautilus: Nautilus is a submarine belonging to the navy, her was bought to Bigg City Port to replace Grampus, he hates Bluenose for the same reason that Concorde hates him

Other ships:

Tod Von Unten: German for Death from Bellow, Von Unten was originally one of the many U-Boats in Germany Navy, he turned Pirate after Germany surrendered at the end of World War I, he makes a living by sinking random ships and stealing their cargo, which he later sells to get money

Chracter veriations:

Navy Hercules

Cunard Jasper

Post-WWI Kaiser

TUGS(C) Robert D Cardona and David Mitton
Sprites(C) Zexion, Me
OC's(C) Me

Umbrella Corporation

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:46:45 PDT

The Umbrella Corporation is a fictional bioengineering pharmaceutical company in the Resident Evil universe. It is a major international player in a number of markets including pharmaceuticals, medical hardware, defense, and computers along with more clandestine operations utilizing genetic engineering and accused bio-weaponry. The company also has a more public face, producing cosmetics, consumer products and foods.

One of Umbrella's subsidiaries is a private military contractor with a highly-trained security force capable of rescue, reconnaissance, and para-military operations. The corporation uses the force to secure and protect its assets and high profile employees.

History
[edit] Formation

The Umbrella Corporation was founded in 1968 by Lord Ozwell E. Spencer, Sir Edward Ashford and Dr. James Marcus at the corporation's Raccoon City facilities while he maintained control over the company for the next thirty years. Soon Umbrella had multiple research facilities and various research being done on various viruses - G-virus, T-virus, Nemesis parasite, etc. - but it was the Arklay Research Facility that became the most prominent together with nearby Arklayonnel and also contained a cutting-edge laboratory installation. However, it was noted by researcher Albert Wesker that the military potential of the T-virus would never make up for the cost of research and production, and that the Arklay facility seemed to be deliberately placed in an area where any leak would cause an uncontrollable outbreak.

Spencer eventually grew distrustful of Marcus, as he was worried that the scientist, who had recently started to make a comeback with his research project, might endanger his position as the Umbrella Corporation's key figure. Spencer arranged for his assassination by Wesker and William Birkin in 1988. Birkin took over Marcus' research soon after and was credited as the inventor of the T-virus.
[edit] Decline

Umbrella's fortunes failed to improve after the Raccoon City incident. The US government was forced to take extreme measures to ensure the spread of the T-virus was stopped. "Mission: Code XX" was approved, and Raccoon City was annihilated by a nuclear missile strike (or by multiple high explosive ballistic missiles or by aerial bombing, depending upon which game ending is viewed).[1][2] Despite the apparent disastrous effects this would bring for Umbrella, Spencer used his immense wealth and assets in an attempt to cover up the catastrophe as the result of a government conspiracy.[3] Because most of the evidence of Umbrella's involvement had been destroyed by the strike, Umbrella managed to drag out the legal proceedings. Witnesses like Yoko Suzuki were called to testify against the company, but Umbrella still managed to evade conviction and endure for another five years.

Shortly after the Raccoon City incident, the US government began a formal investigation of Umbrella's business practices. Several further disasters virtually ensured Umbrella's eventual collapse: On Sheena Island, an Umbrella senior executive, Vincent Goldman, unleashed the T-virus on its citizens in a bid to cover up his business on the island that had not been accepted by Umbrella's executive board and emerge as the sole survivor of the incident, bringing vital research data regarding the new Tyrant project-- Hypnos T-Type --with him. However, an undercover investigator Ark Thompson, operating on behalf of Leon S. Kennedy, a survivor of the Raccoon City incident, succeeded in stopping Goldman's plans, resulting in his death and the loss of data regarding the new Tyrant type. Thompson emerged as a survivor of the incident along with two local children.

Shortly afterwords, Claire Redfield, sister of STARS Alpha team member Chris Redfield and also a survivor of the Raccoon City incident, broke into Umbrella's Paris facilities in search of her brother. She was captured and sent to Umbrella's facility on Rockfort Island. While there, she witnessed Wesker attack the island in search of the T-Veronica virus, another derivative of the T-virus. Escaping the island, she found herself trapped at the Antarctic Transport Terminal, another Umbrella Facility, where Edward Ashford's granddaughter, Alexia Ashford, awoke from a self-induced coma with a desire to establish a new world order. Alexia was eventually killed and the Facility destroyed by Chris and Claire Redfield.

In 2002, Morpheus D. Duvall, a former Umbrella researcher who Umbrella officially blamed for the incident at the Arklay Laboratory, stole vials of T-virus from Umbrella's Paris facility, then hijacked the Umbrella-owned cruise ship, Spencer Rain, upon which Umbrella had been trying to sell some of its latest BOWs to the highest bidder in a last ditch attempt to obtain financial resources for the company's continued survival. All passengers and crew on the ship were infected with the T-virus, and Morpheus also stole a sample of Umbrella's most powerful virus, the tG-virus, a blend of the T and G viruses. Morpheus planned to launch missiles containing the T-virus at American and Chinese cities unless the governments of both countries paid him excessive amounts of money. Due to the intervention of Anti-Umbrella agent Bruce McGivern, Morpheus was stopped and Umbrella lost the Spencer Rain and all research data and BOW specimens on it, as well as the remains of their waste disposal facility and secret underwater research laboratory on an unnamed island in the Atlantic Ocean.
[edit] The end

Due to the series of disasters plaguing the company, and the ongoing legal proceedings against them, Umbrella's stock prices plummeted. By the early 21st century, the Umbrella Corporation's ruin was nearly absolute. Umbrella retained one last major stronghold located in southern Russia. Following Spencer's disappearance, this facility was placed under the leadership of Sergei Vladimir, and now housed the UMF-013, a supercomputer containing all of the company's data.

In 2003, Umbrella's stronghold came under attack by special forces troops led by Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine, along with an unrelated attack by Albert Wesker. While the special forces secured the facility and destroyed the T-ALOS project, Wesker infiltrated the facility and assassinated Vladimir, stealing all the data from the UMF-013. Wesker then turned incriminating data over to the prosecutors working against Umbrella, and testified, under the guise as a friend of Ozwell. Five years after Raccoon City's destruction, Umbrella was finally found guilty on all charges of its involvement in that massacre and an international manhunt by the FBI and the FSS had started to bring Spencer to justice.
[edit] The Revival

In the year 2009 October 23 the Umbrella Corporation was revived by spencer's great great nephew Quantrell Joseph more information of Umbrella's current leader is unknown.
[edit] Paramilitary units

Throughout the Resident Evil series, several Umbrella-owned paramilitary units were introduced, driving the plot and providing new enemies and allies.
[edit] Umbrella Security Service (Special Forces)

The Umbrella Security Service (Special Forces Unit) (USS or USFU) were first introduced in Resident Evil 2. USS Alpha team attempted to steal a sample of the G-virus, causing the city-wide outbreak in the game. Delta team appeared in the prequel Resident Evil Zero; Delta team was sent in to blow up the Ecliptic Express after the trouble occurred, but was overwhelmed by the leeches and wiped out. Delta team was under the direct command of Wesker and Birkin.

Other games give further background for the Umbrella Special Forces. According to Code: Veronica, USFU agents are trained at the Rockfort Island facility.

One of the more notable members of the USFU, HUNK, appears first in a minigame in Resident Evil 2, where he is given the mission of retrieving the G-virus from the research facility under Raccoon City. Canonically, he is the only survivor of his squad's mission.

USFU agents are always depicted in solid-color grey fatigues, wearing protective vests and gas masks (except in Resident Evil: Apocalypse, where they are depicted in solid black fatigues, vests, and a type of enclosed helmet). They report directly to the highest ranking officers in Umbrella. Unlike the UBCS which performs more visible missions such as rescuing civilians, this unit maintains total secrecy and a small size. Also unlike the UBCS, this unit's personnel are not considered to be expendable. Members of the USFU are ex-military, highly trained, and dedicated to protecting Umbrella's various assets.
[edit] Umbrella Biohazard Countermeasure Service

The Umbrella Biohazard Countermeasure Service (UBCS) was introduced in Resident Evil 3. Numerous squads of UBCS soldiers are deployed to Raccoon City, supposedly to search for survivors and to help contain the zombie epidemic. In fact, they were deployed so that Umbrella could gain reliable combat data regarding their biological weapons—a fact known only to their supervisors (who never expected their forces to be wiped out). One of their members, Carlos Oliveira, is a main character in the game. UBCS members are also depicted in Resident Evil Outbreak-Files #1 and #2- and The Umbrella Chronicles.

The UBCS was founded by former Soviet Colonel Sergei Vladimir. The service is mainly composed of "nightmen", mostly former mercenaries and war criminals recruited by Umbrella and trained to deal with "problems caused by illegal products." In Resident Evil: Apocalypse and Extinction they are referred to as the Umbrella Biohazard Countermeasure Force.
[edit] Supervisors

The Supervisors are introduced in Resident Evil 3 and further fleshed out by documents in The Umbrella Chronicles, where they are referred as "Monitor". They are also known as "Observers" in the book Resident Evil: Archives. The Supervisors are part of an internal espionage organization within Umbrella meant to monitor suspicious activity among its own employees. Supervisors are usually placed throughout the corporation and maintain the image of normal employees in order to help them conduct their spy activities. Several Supervisors were placed among the UBCS, one of whom was Nicholai Ginovaef. Their orders range from spying on fellow employees and destroying evidence to cleanup operations, including assassinations if required.

Umbrella Trashsweepers unit

Resident Evil: Survivor includes a force known as the Umbrella Trashsweepers, also known as the Undertakers or Cleaners. Cleaners appear to have uniforms similar to those of Umbrella's Special Forces Unit, with body armor, gas masks, and gray battle dress uniforms. Their role is to destroy all evidence of a viral outbreak, including survivors.

TF Alterverse Voices

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:27:49 PDT

Going for more of a conceptual style this time
My adaptation of the fallen

[This story takes place 3-4 months after the last. The quote used was just a cliffhanger]

TF Alterverse Voices

Why is it when the mind cannot cope it lapses into void or derangement thought Wren as she reviewed the files from Taiya’s sleep cycle monitoring. What was keeping Taiya from achieving full REM in the middle of the night? All times centered on 4 to 5 Am and this puzzled Wren who knew that nightmares could only be seen in full REM; but hers weren’t. Why? Why? Why she thought. Her mind could not possibly be having nightmares at this time in her sleep. It was also bizarre that the machine would shut off every once in a while, but not from a command from Taiya to turn off but another source. Arkeville was not able to come up with an answer as well making it ever more important for Taiya to see Wren and Arkeville in the morning. But for now she needed stasis herself as she gawked over at the clock to see 2 am. As time clicked past at 4:00 the dreams of alpha leader were growing dark for yet another night. And Within the mind can lay the shadows of the past and a past is what one did not wish to see. As Taiya turned in her bed she could see a dark and fiery face calling over and over to her. Give me the allspark so that I may rise again. Give it to me please; before the Autobots get it. We must stop Prime before he can use it against us. Why won’t you help me? You can’t keep it secret forever you know. Together we will give it to Megatron. We can rise as one. Yet another night lost to the nightmarish sights as the clock read 4: 40 am. At least 5 hours she though as she went to the mirror to wash down her face. When she looked up she nearly had a heart attack as Cybertronian symbols riddled her face and her arms and torso. Feeling uneasy she grasped the sink side and almost as if rust covered her body she felt like the worst flu had struck her.

Across the Atlantic and over the hills of the great mountains a doctor is startled in a dream himself as a being of light approached him. It looked like a transformer angel thought Victor. He felt calm as it moved closer, but why? Who was this being and why did it make him feel contented?

Angel – ‘Victor Keys of the Seraphim’s. Beings of the Allspark I need your help.”
Victor – “Who are you?”
Angel – “My name is Primus, creator of the allspark and creator of the Transformers. I speak to you now with great haste.”
Victor – ‘ PRIMUS! I hear Prime and the other bots talk about you like you are a god. I must be dreaming.’
Primus – ‘This is not a dream, your mind is in another universe talking with me now. I am in a universe we call the well of the allsparks. A resting place for transformers. This place is like a heaven or after zone. I come to you for help. Please help me before it’s too late.”
Victor – ‘Before what is too late, is something bad coming?”
Primus – “The Fallen; they are trying to rise again. To take back Cybertron and the earth for themselves.”
Victor – “The fallen? Wait. . . NO NOT THEM!”
Primus – ‘Yes them. The Fallen is calling out to the one that took the allspark so that Nova’s machine can be reactivated.”
Victor – “Nova Primes machine? {Primus nodded} Prime told me that, that thing is called The Inter-Dimensional Transport Module, that giant machine they found in Egypt?”
Primus – “Yes that is the machine I speak of, Nova Prime placed it here hoping that the earth could bury it so no one could use it again. But the earth has failed as humans built it up.”
Victor – ‘Yes the Egyptians of the past built a pyramid around it. They worshiped it.”
Primus – “Yes they worshiped that dreadful thing and The Fallen. When Nova sealed it away the humans prayed that their God Ra would rise again to take back the Mediterranean.’
Victor – “Human archeologists have been unsuccessful in removing it. It seems rooted into the rock. ARE YOU SAYING IT CAN BE REACTIVATED AFTER ALL OF THESE YEARS?!”
Primus – ‘Yes, if the portal opens all hope is lost. If the Fallen come back my brother Unicron will awaken from his sleep and destroy Cybertron and any other planet he sees fit to destroy.”
Victor – “And all this machine needs is the allspark to run again?”
Primus – “Yes and if the Fallen figure out how to break Alpha Primes code on the machine it will be transformed into the largest weapon in the entire universe.”
Victor – “I have only heard rumors about it, what is it exactly?”
Primus – “It’s a sun killer. It will drain the energy of the sun to harvest energon.”
Victor – “But I thought Cybertron was where energon was.”
Primus – “The transformers are running out. That machine was to be used only in emergencies and as of recently it has escaladed into one. But if the allspark is found it can be used to transport the machine to another world where life wouldn’t be lost from the death of a sun.”
Victor – “And save both the humans and the Transformers.”
Primus – “Yes, you have to find the one with the allspark. I cannot contact the one that has taken it. The Fallen have prevented me from doing so. I can’t even give you a name to go by as each attempt at communication is seized. The Fallen will not stop until the allspark is in their hands. Please Keys find the one. Find it before its too late.”
Victor – “But why me Primus, why not someone else?”
Primus – “You have a special link to everything and everyone involved. I have faith in you.”
Victor – “Is there any way I can find the girl that took it?”
Primus – “Look for the one with the oldest Cybertronian.”
Victor – {rushed to catch up with Primus as he turned away} “WAIT WHAT CYBERTRONIAN!?”
Primus – “The one with the oldest symbols marked on her skin. That will be the key. Consult Prime he will help you.”

Victor woke up in a sweat and felt his face as a mark other then the scars left by Arkeville’s was indented in his cheek. He rushed to the mirror and saw a Cybertronian symbol on his face. A strange light from the window alerted him. He went to the window and all over the sky Cybertronian symbols littered the sky. Flashing in and out as if it were some aurora borealis. It was not just him that heard the voices; Sari, Maggie, Glen, Simmons, Sam, Mikaela, And ever single Sector 7 Agent who had been in contact with the allspark was approached by and ancient Cybertron in their dreams. They were all told the same thing as Victor and even they too woke up with marks on their bodies. The incident was not isolated either as all over the globe people were tagged. Something weird was going on as each person with a mark grew very sick. A bad time for the world as two missiles slammed into Chicago from Russia. They broke down the missile shields in Canada with several well targeted strikes. Mark McAlister was in the Pentagon quarters when he awakened with sickness as on his face was a burn mark. The same as the others; he stumbled back as pain wretched his back as it burned searing hot. He had to get up as the alarm was set off; but this wasn’t just any alarm, America had been attacked again! He put on his uniform and rushed to the war room to see feeds of the Sears tower falling down along with Hirohito Industries.

Several members of the defense council were clearly ill as he noticed they had marks like his. Mark told them all to get a grip and start an offensive and ordered S.O.L to be primed and ready for strike. First things first he thought, he had to pin down where the missiles had been shot from and then he would have his target. He got Taka on the phone and told her to get her best fighters in the air as they would be closer to engage any stray fighters breaking through the Russian border. German General Taka knew now was the best time to get a test run in on her new fighter. Russia wanted to play well then “let’s play” Mark fumed. The monitor started to blink red as another confirmed hit on American soil; only this time it was in New York! Horror struck the faces of the generals as the newly built freedom tower was totally destroyed. In McAlister’s mind he knew millions of lives were lost as calculations and figures ran through his head. The missiles had to be stopped and McAlister had to react fast.

Erandsen – “SIR! Drones picked up signature of the tail and are on vector to launch site!”
McAlister – “Good, any word on Taka’s team!”
Rothschild – “Sir they are enroute to local, further commands?”
McAlister – “Tell them to join up with out F-22 squadron and get THAT LASER UP AND RUNNING!”
Getty – “Sir NASA is ready to fire when you are.”
McAlister – “ALRIGHT LADIES AND GENTLEMAN PREPARE FOR FULL ASSAULT! Erasure, you ready up there?!”
Erasure – {aboard S.O.L } “Yes sir, level of fire?”
McAlister – “TAKE IT UP TO LEVEL 12!”
Erasure – “Sir that could destroy a city!”
McAlister – {Grew ever angrier} “DO AS I GODDAMNED TELL YOU TO DO ERASURE!”
Erasure – “Yes sir!”
{Two lower level generals came rushing in; they were 2 star army general Wallace and 2 star marine general Lockheart}
Lockheart – {one of the few girls’ in officer ranks} “Sir my men are ready when you are in the Yaganza flats.”
Wallace – “She may be ready sir but we are taking major hits along the N-USSR border! Permission to launch short range missiles into the Russian offensive!”
McAlister – “GO FOR IT, And WOULD SOMEONE WAKE O’HARA UP! SHE SHOULD BE UP!”
Agent – “Yes sir!” {The agent ran out of the war room and headed off to O’Hara’s house to get her up and into the war room}

As the generals got ready to take on W.W 3 drones zoomed through the air as fast as a tiny camera machine could fly to trail the smoke left from the missiles. Taka’s team was just getting on the tarmac when they saw the far greater F-22 Eagle Squadron whooshed over their heads. Taka put on her experimental helmet and prayed that her lack of sight would not hinder her ability to fly. She got in the cock pit and hooked up all of the wires to her neuro-active suit. All of her movements and commands would be governed by her own body. The large fighter rose into the air like a herrier jet and with one thought the plane kicked into Mach 3 almost instantly. The German fighters had a lot of air to cover as the F-22’s made more headland then they could. Short range missiles were loaded into missile launcher bearing tanks and men from the non Russian allied countries fell back to clear the shot. General Xi was on the ground and with one click the missiles were shot out; but not all of them went for the Russians and the general was taken aback by the sight of the missiles streaming off into the Baltic Sea. Why did his missiles not go to their acquired target!? He had to reload but several Russians saw the opportunity and launched their own tank killer missiles from Megs. The swooped in and destroyed several tanks; hitting one where Xi was hiding behind killing him as shrapnel bore through his chest. Taka’s plane detached its four sentinel units at the Megs the sentinels devoid of a human pilot could fly faster then any jet in action as the mach scale was shattered as the planes streamed through the sky flying so fast they shredded the Megs. Flying with the greatest of ease the moved like steadfast fairy through the air. While the Americans and Allied forces reloaded their missiles Taka saw it time to test out Vegnagun; a large pulse wave cannon. The four sentinel jets opened up the bottom hulls of their vessel’s and out came several transformer looking machines as each hinged onto one another and flew high into the air as circles and moving parts moved around the speeding up the firing mechanism. And with one thought from their pilot the machined fired a large blast that could only be summarized as a pillar of fire down at the Russians. Vegnagun moved around slamming into the NUSSR forces like a firewall. The sentinels detached and reassembled themselves with the host vessel. This line may have been secured but several remained over the hundreds of miles along the border. All of the allied forces knew that the only way to beat the Russians was to keep em pinned up tight and to not allow the border to be broken. Taka’s unit moved down the south as French and British fighters moved north. The Americans moved in from the front.

The drones moved in zipping in and out of fire like a star fox video game. Little did the public know but the best drone pilots grew up playing video games. And today the player known as MasterSamus117 was about to prove that he knew very well how to dodge enemy fire. With a joystick in his hand he maneuvered around bullets from Russian ground gunners. Pilot of the other drone was named Beast57; together the two were video game champs and with every single bullet dodged they playfully kept score over who was the better pilot. They got the lock on the target and sent it back to McAlister for verification. DOD’s satellites confirmed the sight and OK-ed the launch of S.O.L.

McAlister – “ERASURE YOU HAVE THE TARGETS!?”
Erasure – “Yes sir. Command at ready.”
McAlister - “S.O.L MAINFRAME FIRE AT VECTOR TARGET 4 TRIPLE ZERO!”
Mainframe – ‘Sir Command confirmed, Firing General McAlister”
McAlister – “Where is Whitmore? General Squall! Where is our commander and chief?”
Squall – “Sir President is being moved to a secure location in France. Bunker Isotol.”
McAlister – “Make sure we keep an eye on him, I have a feeling we are headed for a trap. Get my son on the line!”
{On the phone line 1 star General Bacharach took the call}
Bacharach – “Sir!”
McAlister – “WHERE IS MY SON!?”
Bacharach – ‘Sir Colonel McAlister left to search the area for Rashif Amod. We believe him to be still alive sir.”
McAlister – “I DON’T CARE ABOUT ONE TERRORIST, SECURE MY SON! NOW! WALSH! GO FIND MELVIN NOW!”
Bacharach – “YES SIR, Sending out troopers now.”
Walsh – “As you wish Mr. McAlister.”
McAlister – “EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THIS ROOM CONTACT YOUR IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS! I think we are headed into a hostage situation. General Lockheart get your marines ready to secure the families. Take them to Fort Roy to Bunker Bravo.”
Lockheart – “YES SIR!” {She immediately got on the phone with her unit to go find them as submarines broke through the American Navy and was headed for shore with their own troops like Navy Seals}

The Russians docked to the east coast 150 miles away from Washington D.C. They had to bend the generals to their weaknesses and what better to use then their own families. McAlister called it right as Russian forces made their way through the city very stealthy. They were stopped by the sight of armored trucks moving the families. It was up to the KGB to get their main target. Melvin McAlister was in his bathroom gawking at the strange scars on this face and back when Anderson rushed into the house.

Anderson – “MELVIN! SIR! WHERE ARE YOU!?”
Melvin – {coughing} “Yes! What the hell is it!”
Anderson – “Sir I have to get you out of here now! Your father’s orders!”
Melvin – {ran to his room to grab his suitcase and rushed down the stairs in a house coat} “What is going on Anderson?”
Anderson – {they both got into an SUV} “Sir New York City and Chicago have just been attacked. We have word of multiple strikes in Canada as our missile defense shield has been broken. I have strict orders to move you to a secure location immediately.”
Melvin – “Oh my god in heaven. The Russians attacked didn’t they?”
Anderson – “Yes sir. All sector 7 agents and employees have been ordered to take bunker in any safe location they can. We have a feeling this is a coordinated effort against the agencies. Cyber Security Secretary Madsen informs me of higher then normal attacks on our mainframe. Connolly was killed 12 hours ago in St. Petersburg square by KGB agents as a warning to America. We have managed to reformat most of our systems.” {Was interrupted by Melvin}
Melvin – “I KNOW THAT YOU DUMB ASS! Just tell me what my father is doing.”
Anderson – “Full assault sir. Air forces from all allied nations are joining in on an offensive along the N-USSR border while your father is governing other affairs.”
Melvin – “Is James okay? I hope nothing happens to him.”
Anderson – “He is being secured as we speak. S.O.L Has been initiated to take down missile launch sites.”
Melvin – “What of the Autobots?”
Anderson – “They are becoming less willing to help sir. Optimus does not want another faction war here on earth.”
Melvin – “I will talk to him, turn the SUV around we need to head out to Colorado.”
Anderson – “Sir I have direct orders from your father. I cannot.”
Melvin – “My patience with you agent Anderson is growing thin. Why can’t you just follow my orders like a good agent. After all I practically command Sector 7 now.”
Anderson – “Your command does not exceed your fathers. With all due respect sir you should be thanking me for taking the licking when you wanted me to shoot that boy. The agency still has me on probation.”
Melvin – ‘Yes Vladimir that sick Russian scum bag with MY GIRL! God help him if I ever see him again. Agent Bilko was most helpful in digging information on him. He is a wanted criminal in 15 countries. Bounty on his head is set pretty high 20 million dollars dead or alive. Vladimir Sarkov, 8 feet 4 inches, 31 year’s old born in Soviet Union. Gang leader of the now disbanded Gold Scythe Gang communist supporter group, and wanted for murder, theft, grand theft, obstruction of public property, and aiding and embedding enemies to the state. He is nothing if not worse then a Decepticon and as such I must act as a knight and slaying the evil dragon before he corrupts my princess.”
Anderson – “Sir isn’t it time to move on, she does not want to be with you and it is clear you two are never going to be. You should be paving your future as director of sector 7 instead of chasing skirts.”
Melvin – “The only skirt I chase is hers, and as for paving my future. What future could there possibly be without a fine woman by your side? I can mold her to be the perfect American princess. I will pave a future as I assist Keys in enslaving the cons and when Megatron falls to the McAlister’s feet I can free her and her brother from his tyranny. I will be her hero and all I need to do is slay a few dragons in the way, starting with Vlad. I have to pin him down to stop him.”
Anderson – “I see sir.”

The secret service was on the move in France to get the president and his cabinet to safety. The French prime minister was also being escorted out with them when snipers took down several of the agents. Autobot Nightbeat saw the trajectory of the shot and fired back as he assisted the secret service agents. With a swoop nightbeat took them out with the help of his headmaster unit Muzzle. The KGB operatives were little in comparison to the might of a transformer and Minibot. But time was what the Russians needed to have if the war would turn in their favor. They had to get the president now if they hoped of gaining the leverage they needed to win over the Americans. A Russian army soldier locked and loaded his rocket launcher and got it ready to deploy a cerbo silencer to halt the bots. He took careful aim and slammed the poor bot right in the middle of his eyes and within an instant the bot was brought down as stasis overtook his functioning. The soldier thought that this would be useful if it wasn’t so expensive. Each dart he fired cost about 88 thousand dollars. The headmaster Muzzle took note of this and tried his best to help keep the entourage safe but feel victim to the dart as well. Overall the quant street was totaled. Russian soldiers surrounded them and raised their guns. Major Johnson radioed in that they needed assistance now as the situation turned dire.

Another state of terror was on the Nemesis when all of the Humanicons woke up to find that they too had symbols on them. Taiya rushed out into the hall when she heard a loud scream. She saw Loren on the ground freaked out beyond reason about the new marks.

Loren – “Taiya please what is going on!?”
Taiya – “I don’t know.” {Allison feeling really sick herself cared not about her own state and rushed to see if her baby sister was okay. Rina always a half full optimist thought it was cool and Allison breathed a sigh of relief. They came out to see Taiya}
Allison – ‘Alright Leader got any clue what’s going on with us?”
Taiya – “Not a single one. “
{The others that were on board the vessel came out too}
Ana – “Taiya me and Zach were {noticing Rina opted to sugar coat the truth} cuddling and we both felt very very sick and we had these marks on us.”
Zach – “Ya vat is going on?”
Bartok – “I’ll tell you what’s going on, the end of the freaking world that’s what.”
Rina – {smacked him} “It is not silly, just a strange sort of crazy thing we got here.”
Marie – {Leaning on her door frame} “Guys I uh. . . don’t feel so well. I could use a sight able person if you don’t mind.”
William – {and his visiting girlfriend went to her aid}”Its okay Marie we got ya.’
Halley – “Yeah girl we got ya. Strange I don’t have a symbol like all of you guys.”
Kimi – {Karl’s girl} “I don’t have one either Halley, you think it’s jut them because they were chosen by Megatron?”
William – “That could very well be it Kimi. I can deduct that it won’t be just us that feel so lousy. I’ve got an intuition that this is bigger then us.”
Taiya – “We should go to Megatron right now.” {Taiya looked around} “Where are Rio, Claire, and Vlad?”
Demitri – “They are out on errands and such. I think Rio and Scrapper are out in Australia looking for a lost con. Claire and Scavenger are somewhere in South America doing the same, and Vlad. . . who knows with him. Long Haul is still here so it’s not a mission. I hope he gets back soon cause we got a big one coming up and we need to get ourselves ready.”
Taiya – “OH MY MATRIX! STEPHEN!! “ {She went to a video monitor and dialed in Stephens’s transceiver channel to Stephen’s house in Ireland. Stephen was getting ready for a big sabotage mission to Germany to disable Taka’s fighter jets}
Rumble – {came rushing out of the elevator} “GUYS IS EVERYONE OKAY! I WAS WATCHIN THE NEWS AND . . . Oh no not you guys too!”
Taiya – “Rumble what do you mean you too?”
Rumble – “I was up watchin the news cause I don’t really stasis well and the news is reporting of people all over the globe getting Cybertronian language symbols and gettin real sick and such.”
Stephen – “Taiya? {he came up on the monitor} you not feeling well too?”
Taiya – {shivering from a fever} “Yeah bro, you got it too?”
Stephen – “Yeah I am going to try and make it outta here to come back to the nemesis.”
Taiya – “Get dad to drive you. I don’t want you getting in a car wreak okay?”
Thomas – “Already ahead of ya sweetie.”
Taiya – “Hi dad.”
Thomas – “My guess is that you are all headed for Megatron right?”
Taiya – “Yeah pop. Word is that it’s not just us.”
Thomas – “Your aunt Elaine has it, she called me a few moments ago.”
Rumble – “What about you step-dadcon?”
Thomas – “No mark on me yet Rumble but I am not counting anything just yet.”
Rumble – “That’s good, I don’t have a good fellin about this ya know?”
Taiya – {remembered the nightmare got nervous} ‘Neither do I.”
Thomas – “I will have Stephen there ASAP. See you all soon.”

Together they went to Megatron’s quarters and to their surprise he was already awake. He told them all to come in and scalpel, Arkeville, and Trifecta were all there.

Taiya – “Megatron there is something going wrong with us.”
Megatron – “My alarms woke me up. I had a feeling you guys would head down here.”
Loren – “Megatron this is horrid! I look terrible.”
Marie – “Loren if it’s any compilation I can’t see so you look fine to me.”
Loren – “This is no time for jokes Marie!”
Taiya – “Alpha team quiet please we have business to attend to.”
Megatron – “Oh for sparks sake”{lowered his hand and told Taiya to hop on. He raised her up so he could get a good look at the marks} “I have never seen Cybertronian like this. Scalpel identify marks.”
Scalpel – {Crawled up and started to “ pick apart” Taiya} “Vis is very interesting my lord. These marks are far older then my knowledge allows. I cannot read them.”
Megatron – “The others?”
Scalpel – {jumped down and looked at the rest} “These I can read, it’s almost like hers are older and these are the standard.”
Arkeville – ‘How peculiar. Not something I in all my years have ever seen before.”
Brawl – {nearly broke the door down as he was brought out of stasis by Megatron’s message. Brawl being too anxious failed to realize the end of it that told him to go up to the common room} ‘MARIE! SUGARPLUM! ARE YOU ALLRIGHT!?”
Marie – {nearly fell down from trying to walk over to him. She was caught by Brawl and he would not stop fussing over her} “Brawl I think I am okay, it’s just a flu of some kind.”
Brawl – “I was sooooo worried.”
Megatron – “You dolt you were supposed to go to the common room, LIKE I ORDERED!”
Brawl - “Sorry Megatron. I over steeped my bounds but a con can get worried you know?”
Megatron – “I see. Trifecta Brawl both of you help get them up to the common room. Arkeville you go start taking notes and data on the other sightings. Scalpel devise cure.”
Arkeville & Scalpel – “Yes Sir!”
Rumble – ‘What do I do?”
Megatron – “You go get Frenzy and Soundwave to see how wide spread this phenomenon is.”
Rumble – “YES SIR!” {Rushed away}
Taiya – {feeling faint fell down in Megatron’s palm}
Megatron – “Come on Alpha Leader get a grip now.” {He chose to carry her up. He did not want to let the others know just how worried he was. He recognized what was going on and it made him nervous. He would have to speak to prime about all of this.}

Together the group went up to the common room while S.O.L was given a second round of being fired. The local of the missile launch site were close to Moscow and a tiny town called Rokenburgen. With a power setting of 12 the small town was completely obliterated. At this time Mark did not care about civilian casualties. With the president in danger and his son missing in action; mark was on edge. Overcome with rage he tuned out the sickness and kept his mind on the battle. GTNN was playing on a mute TV screen as Tara Wheeler broke the news to the world about the attacks on Chicago and New York. 9/11 was about to be overshadowed and new terrorists were made as the Russians held a clear indication of the lengths of the malice they had for America. A soldier ran in with a note sweating profusely.

Soldier – “SIR THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN KIDNAPPED!”
McAlister – “WHAT! BY WHOM! I THOUGHT WE HAD HIM SECURE!?”
Soldier – “Sir the Russians had a way to stop the Autobots, they had our teams outgunned and outnumbered.”
McAlister – “This just turned from bad to worse. What is Obama planning on doing?”
Soldier – ‘Sir we can’t find him, nor can we find speaker of the house Carrington. Sir as of the moment you are in charge.”
McAlister – “Soldier notify the media secretary and tell him to notify the public, tell them what has happened. Yoko go to FEMA tell them to start planning large scale assistance to both cities. Get the National Guard to assist in evacuation of New York and Chicago, send them to Cities z and v; our contingency plan we set up in the 60’s in case of nuclear war. Get Melvin on the line, tell him I need him for a special mission.”
{Everyone in the room all said Yes Sir and went about their duties}
Melvin – {on speaker phone to the war room} ‘Dad you wanted me to do something?”
McAlister – “Melvin yes, I need you to go and mobilize Sector 7. Tell them we are on high alert. We need to prepare for a move in case the Decepticons take this opportunity to strike.”
Melvin – “Yes sir! Anything else?”
McAlister – “Son, do you have a mark on you?”
Melvin – “You mean a Cybertronian symbol. Yes I do. Do you?’
McAlister – ‘Yes. Son I have to go now. I will brief you later is that understood?”
Melvin – “Yes sir.”{The line cut and mark had to contain a smile as his dreams were about to come to furison}
McAlister – “S.O.L Mainframe, confirm targets were neutralized?”
Mainframe – “Yes sir targets taken out. Shall I move on to similar targets in Neo Soviet space?”
McAlister – “Command confirmed move on to secondary targets.”
Mainframe – “Command accepted General McAlister.”
McAlister – {punched a few buttons} “Taka how are you guys doing?”
Taka – “Mark everything is going as planned. My team is ready for new commands.”
McAlister – “Looks like Operation Hellion Mark Two will be required for this threat.”
Getty – “BUT SIR IF THE RUSSIANS HAVE THE PRESIDENT WE SHOULD STOP ATTACKING!”
McAlister – “Right now I am your president! SO DO YOUR JOB AND SHUT THE FUCK UP!”
Getty – “Yes sir.”
McAlister – “Good. THAT IS A WARNING TO ALL OF YOU! RIGHT NOW I AM THE COMMANDER AND CHIEF! ALL DISOBEDAINCE WILL BE DELT WITH ACCORDINGLY!”
Taka – {was absolutely afraid now as she saw McAlister’s true face. But in all honesty she felt bad for the pressure he was under} “Mark you okay over there?”
McAlister – “That’s general McAlister to you Taka!”
Taka – “Orders General?”
McAlister – “Head back, we are going with Hellion now.”
Taka – “Okay, we will fall back”

ICBM’s were ready to be launched at a moments notice as mark sat back ready to bark more orders. He had to stop the Russians before the president was used as leverage. He ordered a search team to go find and bring back the cabinet before things got way out of control; but mark did not care if the president died. Honestly he liked it like this. The Autobots were put on high alert and were now being redeployed around the globe to help assist the Americans. Optimus Prime sat back saddened to see this little blue and green ball turn dark like his world. The earth as it seemed was Cybertron 2. Distraught he tried to keep himself together as he gave out orders to his bots. Sari ran into the room screaming something awful about seeing an old rusty bot in her dreams warning her about terrible things. Sam contacted Prime about what he saw. The other Human Bot supporter teams all radioed in their status. It became abundantly clear that this was the start of something bigger and something awful. The only good news came from cyber security as they kept up their firewalls in all levels of cyberspace; everything from the smallest app to the World Wide Web remained secure. The Chinese were helping seal the gaps on their end as well. The bot friendly nations all came in together to help break down the new Soviet Union. Megatron did not like the N-USSR steeping on his turf and set out some of the seekers after them along with space support from the spacecons. The enemy of my enemy is surely not my friend thought Megatron. The neo's wanted war; then fine for now he would help America only to destroy it later. For the time being the Humanicons needed help. Each owner sat down with their PET’s and each one of them was worried sick. Megatron still had Taiya as Blackout held Stephen and Thomas aided to calm down the “kids”. His fraternal instincts would not let younglings suffer while he was there. To help add a human touch to the team Kimi and Halley helped Mr. Dalton. Maire's mother came as Maries dad was sent off to help deal with the Russians. All service members were called back from break and leave to active duty.

Megatron – “You are all informed to the world’s current status and I am sorry to say that things have taken a downward spiral. I never could imagine such devastation in one evening. I have tried to contact Prime but he is not taking any of my transmissions. The fact of the matter is that this world is going through a transformation; no doubt an aftershock of the allsparks power unshielded by the dam it was in for the last 200 years.”
Bludgeon – ‘Sir if I may. I heard stories about the power of the allspark taking worlds and manipulating them to Primus’s original coding. I can translate all of these marks except for hers {the Decepticon warrior pointed to Megatron who was still holding Taiya in one arm} , hers are beyond even my understanding of ancient Cybertron.”
Onslaught – ‘NOT EVEN YOU CAN TRANSLATE THE MARKS!?’
Ana – ‘That does not fill me with confidence.”
Megatron – “So what is going on Bludgeon?”
Bludgeon – “The simple answer is that the allspark is splitting the human race into factions. Arkeville’s findings indicate the factions are as such, Autobot, Decepticon, Unicron, and I dread to say it.”
Thrust – “SPILL IT!”
Bludgeon – “The fallen. {All of the cons including Megatron grew fearful of that name} I don’t know why but I feel there is a stronger connection between the allspark and human race we have not anticipated.”
Megatron – “Are you telling me the allspark has shaped the humans?”
Bludgeon – “Yes at the same time the allspark fell to earth a critical evolutionary jump was made enhancing the human’s ability to think cognitively and think more logically.”
Thomas – ‘I SEE WHAT YOUR SAYING, We became more machine like in our minds. But
Wren – “The human body could not change like a machine as no significant source of metal was available.”
Stephen – ‘Are you guys trying to tell us we are children of the allspark as well?”
Bludgeon – “My guess is yes. Now don’t get me wrong my theories could be inaccurate.’
Dreadwing – “It’s the best we got for now.”
Bartok – ‘Was that an optimistic statement or am I just going hallucinogenic on you?’
Zach – ‘HA HA NOW HE IS HEARING THINGS!”
Blackout – ‘This is bad when the pessimist is being the optimist. Sir is that why we feel a sense of belonging on this planet and why our own personalities can be seen in humans?”
Megatron – “I think we just hit the nail on the head. Bludgeon it seems all your superstitious ways are coming in handy. “
Bludgeon – [took a bow} “Thank you sir. Shall I go consult the ancient files?”
Megatron – {nodded} “But before you go, what do the PET’s marks mean?”
Bludgeon – “Their back tells them their faction, all of the PET’s have Decepticon. And the mark that won’t dissipate is their code names oddly enough. I just wish I could read the ancient Cybertronian on humanicon one.”
Taiya – {wincing in pain reached up to tap Megatron} ‘Megatron am I going to die?”
Megatron – {not wanting to show his nervousness about not being prepared kept a scowl on his face} “No, you can’t die until I tell you; you can.”
Blackout – ‘I just can’t believe what is going on. Where in the nebula is Primus when you need him?”
Barricade – “Blackout we are Decepticons frag it! We don’t worship primus. Anyway he doesn’t care about us anymore as he seems to favor the bots.”
Hook – “The real question is, are the humans going through a transformation and if so when will it stop?”
Scalpel – {came crawling in} “My prognosis is that this will pass in a few days. The radiation from the allspark shall dissipate and all shall be well again. The humans are going through something similar to the flu.”
Flint – “SO NO ONE IS GOING TO DIE!”
Scalpel – “Nope.”
Flint – “hew, for a nanoclick I thought I was going to loose my new buddies.”
Trifecta – “How lovely is this. My poor spark was worried to fragmentation.”
Megatron – “Blackout can you handle both of em?” {Getting tired of not being able to move his arm}
Flint – “OOOO I’ll hold Taiya!”
Blackout – {sneered at him} “What was that Minicon?”
Flint – {had a look of fear} “Uh. . Wait. I CAN HOLD MY NEW FRIEND IF I WANT! She ain't your property Blackout.”
Megatron – “No she is not, she is my property as are all of you. And since you two can’t get along.” {He handed Taiya off to Trifecta}
Flint – “Aw.”
Blackout – “HA HA.” {}
Flint – “You are mean. . . . All I wanted was a hug.” -_- “I like hugs.”
Rina – {always full of energy glomped poor Flint} “You are sooooo adorable.”
Thomas – “But Megatron! Why haven’t all of the humans been affected?”
Scalpel – “The matter is of DNA I believe, no two humans go through the same sicknesses the exact same way. Each one of you has a tolerance unique to your programming.”
Megatron – ‘Okay Decepticons I think we are going to have a long few days. It is up to you to take care of your own PET. Is that understood?”
{Everyone nodded in agreement}
Megatron – “Blackout I think Taiya will need some extended treatment so if you don’t mind I will hand her off to Trifecta. Trifecta take her down to the stasis pods. Does any one else wish to be put into stasis during this pass of radiation sickness?”
Bartok – “I like it in those, it makes me feel like I am dead. So sign me up boss.”
Taiya – “Wait before I go, can someone make sure the others are okay. We have to make sure Vlad, Rio, and Claire are safe.”
Megatron – “Taiya as a leader you should be more concerned about yourself, but I see your point. Soundwave see if you can contact the others. Tell them to get their aft's back here pronto.”
Soundwave – “Yes Megatron.”
Megatron – “Taiya.”
Taiya – “Yeah?”
Megatron – “Get some rest, I have feeling you have a big mission ahead of you once this is good and gone.’
Frenzy – “About what?”
Megatron – {turned up the volume on the TV}

Tara – “This is Tara Wheeler with the most horrible of news [she coughed as she too feel to the sickness} Chicago and New York City have been bombed by missiles from the N-USSR. Death tolls are mounting as fire spreads through the cities. We can estimate here in GTNN that the toll is nearing tens of thousands. The strange aurora has not ceased as millions of reports from around the globe are pouring in about these strange markings appearing on peoples bodies. The symbols are coupled with flu like symptoms as I myself can tell you. With the current status of the war we are unable to contact the Autobots with a statement. We will keep you posted as much as we can. The National Guard will not allow any one into the fire zones. We are getting rumors that the president and his cabinet were abducted in France; leaving us with a new commander and chief. For the moment Mark McAlister, 5 star general of DOD has steeped up to take control. We pray for all of them. For the time being we are in our darkest hour. “ {She continued to talk and it hit Taiya what she had to do}

Megatron – “Looks like you are going to be his rescue party. Seeing as this government will not take the risk.”

As time ticked down things began to calm down. The Russians yet again had underestimated the force of McAlister and the military. The fighting halted as a video released from the N-USSR showed the president alive along with the VP and the Speaker of the house. They wanted the demolition of S.O.L for the president and his cabinet. McAlister planned to take the Russians down regardless of the lives of the cabinet. But his plans would be put on hold as Taiya thought of how she would save them. Finally she slept without a single dream or nightmare as ultimate fatigue and sickness settled in. Vlad showed up and he was in severe pain, he was helped by Long Haul to the stasis bay to heal. Scavenger thought Rio got poisoned and wouldn’t listen to reason as the other Constructicons pleaded with him. He and Rio were in Ukraine on a mission and when Rio got sick he was about to go on a slaughter. Claire was being absolutely spoiled by scavenger as he tended to her every need. Thrust and Scavenger both felt like they were on the same page for once. Loren was highly more demanding then Claire. Bonecrusher was not as nice to his PET as he told him to stop complaining and Thomas acting like the good father chose to help Demitri. Frenzy made him feel a lot better as he went to get him a few dozen sugar cookies. The one sure fire way to make his spirits lifted. Blackout was down in the bay with Stephen. Stephen chose to go under as his fever would not break. So sitting quietly blackout thought about what bludgeon had said and it worried him as the marks on his sparklet looked familiar to him. He wished it was just a coincidence as the mark on her back fitted the murals in Kanon; murals that depicted the worst Transformer to exist. The Fallen is what he thought it said. Blackout knew the stories well about the wretched monstrosity. It was said that the first transformers were all primes with the directive of continuing the race of TF’s in peace and prosperity. Their machine was said to be the largest transwarp generator in the entire universe. The Fallen were supposed to use it to find other worlds that had life and to better them. But the Fallen started to go against orders of their leader Primus and choose a different path; to concur the universe with hatred and malice. Alpha prime a second generation prime tried to stop them but was killed paving way for Nova Prime. Nova Prime was a bot all transformers respected as he fought for a universe of equality. Nova sealed the Fallen away using the great machine at the cost of his own matrix. Only the allspark could open it up again. And as for now it was contaminating the humans and altering the world on Primus's old programming.

Doctors all around the globe tried their best to make sense of what was going on. The bots were just as confused as the cons. As tensions mounted nation versus nation the faction wars were indeed on. There was a clear distinguises between hate and fear as many counties just chose the faction their enemy hated and many others choose the faction that they felt more safe and secure with. What few failed to realize that something indeed was going horribly wrong. The marks started to disappear after a few days and the PET’s along with every other human who had been tagged healed; all except Mark, Taiya, along with the Autobot human alliance team who had darker and deeper laden symbols. Mark tried to cut his off but found the next morning the lines were becoming darker. He consulted a plastic surgeon about having full skin grafts over the lines. As scalpel worked on Taiya.

Blackout – “Scalpel how is everything going?” {Blackout said with sad optics as scalpel poured a highly acidic solution over the marks}
Scalpel – “I don’t understand, it’s as if these marks are under her skin and even on her bones and machinery.”
Taiya – {in a bath of cryofluid to help her heal gripped the edge of it bearing through the pain} “Scalpel why aren’t mine going away!” {Tearing up}
Scalpel – “My deduction is that since you were in LA during the allsparks disappearance you may have been given a higher dose of radiation then the others.”
Taiya – ‘So were a lot of people.”
Scalpel – “Yes but you have had contact with the transformers for a long period of time. It is possible that they are emitting energy as well and are making it a compounded problem.”
Blackout – “Am I to blame?”
Scalpel – “Blackout you know I am a con of science, so I will tell you the truth. I think it is quite likely that you are to blame. But don’t worry Prime and Megatron will find a way to stop this rampant radiation issue. It threatens all that we work for.”
Taiya – “So what exactly are you doing to me doc?”
Scalpel – “I can’t explain it in general terms but this solution should help at least reduce the marks by causing the body to regenerate skin faster then normal, too fast for the lines to reappear.’
Flint – {Came running in and nearly stopped dead when he realized he came in at a bad time. Holding his head down he spoke} “It’s not just you Taiya who has this. Sam Witwicky, Mikaela Banes, Sari Sumdac, Victor Keys, Maggie Madsen, Glen, Mark and Melvin McAlister, and some others have the same problem.”
Scalpel – “Excellent news Flint. I will try to finish up here at least to make hers look like everyone else’s.”
Flint – {Being too forthright} “I don’t see why we have to change her at all, I think she looks pretty the way she is.”
Blackout – {picked him up, looked him dead in the optics} “Minicon, you asked for this.”
Flint – “ Please don’t hurt me!” {Curled his body in like fetal position}
Blackout – {threw him in the air and caught him by the ankle joint and flung him into a stack of empty energon cubes} “Fragging fancon! Taiya next time you want to kill someone else’s arch nemesis don’t.”
Taiya – {laughed} ‘Ha ha ha ha, ouch.” {Grabbed her tummy}
Stephen – “Don’t kill yourself on it Blackout cause he will grow out of it. The more you say no the more he will act up. Trust this incurable fanboy.”
Blackout and the others had a good laugh.

By the time a week passed since the first initial sighting the marks finally dum down to a bad sunburn or a light henna tattoo. One on the back the other on the face. All the while Humanicons prepared for the next set of missions.

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Taiya, Flint, Marie, Loren, Trifecta, Rina, Allison, Kimi, Halley, William, Karl, Vladimir, Demitri, McAlister Family, Bartok, Zach, Anastasia, Getty, Anderson, Erasure, Xi, Rothschild, Bacharach, Taka, Wren ( C ) ~Taiya001
Stephen and Thomas Dalton ( C ) ~Sketchfan
Tara Wheeler ( C ) :devcaughtara:
Victor Keys ( C) *victortky
Rashif Amod ( C ) ~DarkLordJadow
Reference used to devpals
Drone Pilots | |
G.S.G the gold scythe gang is fictions and all relations to real things are purely coincidental
GTNN is a parody of CNN
Transformers and All info ( C ) Hasbro
Whitmore ( C ) 20th Century Fox
Squall, Lockheart, Wallace ( C ) Square ENIX

MY PLAN IS TO TYPE UP AS MANY STORIES AS I CAN AND GET BACK TO ALL STORY COMMENTS WHEN SCHOOL STARTS AS I WILL HAVE MORE TIME THEN and as usual all comments and suggestions welcome

Four Fruits

Sat, 12 Jan 2013 04:25:29 PST

WARNING: THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE IN THIS SITUATION IN SOVIET RUSSIA.
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Banana fidgeted up against James in the bed they shared as the rising sun poured through the window and fought to wake her up and eventually succeeded in doing so. She held up her notepad to shield her eyes from the unforgiving brightness of the sun, but once her eyes adjusted to the light she put the notepad back down, lifted herself off the pillow, and sat up while still in bed. She looked over at James and noticed the sun didnt even faze him as he continued sleeping, which shouldnt be surprising considering the fact that his job and caring for Banana completely drained him. And yet Banana couldnt understand why he wasnt awake already, was something wrong? She thought to herself as she began poking him and nudging him, only to stop when she realized there was only one way to find out if he was truly okay, and with that in mind she drew a picture of an excited emoticon and began climbing on top of him. The mattress shook slightly as Banana crawled onto James and tuned so that her large and not exactly clean butt hung over his head, all while he remained asleep, enjoying the peace and quiet he found only in his dreams lately. That peace and quiet came to an abrupt end however when Banana fell full weight onto James head, letting her naked butt engulf it within its un-wiped crevice. Banana was taken over by the blissful pleasure she felt from the feeling of James head pushed in-between her plush cheeks and made that feeling known as she began rubbing James face against her butt pushing him further into the dark confines of her rear end, while wearing a goofy smile that melted down her face. James on the other hand was now fully awake and in shock as to what was going on, because even though his eyes were open he saw nothing but darkness and was now being ambushed by a strong shit-like smell. He began bucking when he finally realized what was on top of him, but Banana was enjoying herself way too much to simply let him go, and in her mind, she hasnt even gotten to the best part yet. *GGGLLBBBUUOBBLLE!* An exaggerated groan coming from Bananas stomach tried its best to warn her that more than just morning gas was bubbling within her, and it also made James heart race when he realized he was currently in the worst place he could be at the moment. *PPpphHHhrrttsss* Gas began squeaking out from under Banana as she felt completely relaxed on top of James, *BLUuurrRRTSsss*but in order to start releasing the bulk of her gas she began gripping her stomach and grunting as she pushed out bomb after bomb, with James pressed up against the source.
*PPLLLOOOooaaaAARPPVVVVVvvhhHHHhhhaarrRRT!*

*FFFRRRRrrruuUUUMMMmmvvvLLLOOOoorrrRRPPPT!*

*BBbbbLLLOOooaaAAVVVvvvMMMFFFFffRRrrppPPT!*

Hmm, bhmm, buhmm! James moaned and coughed as Banana introduced him to her patented way of waking him up, and the more he struggled and tried his best to yell while encased within Bananas now steaming butt crack, *PPpphhhHHVVvvuuuoooOOAARRPT!* the more Banana seemed to enjoy herself. It was like fighting against quicksand, and the more he struggled the deeper he sank into the growing smell that found itself between Bananas plush butt cheeks, all while the feeling of James rubbing against her just made Banana blissfully release more.
*BBLLLUUuurrRRRFFFFRRRrrraaaAAAPPT!*

*FFLLLOOOooaaaAARPPHHHhhhaarrRRT!* Banana now had her eyes shut as she no longer put any pressure on her stomach and simply let nature take its course. The air in the room was becoming increasingly slim as a fog of smell seemed to envelope the area, and the area James was currently in was undeniably ten times worse since he was at ground zero. The long and crude farts bursting from Banana seemed to get trapped under her encompassing rear end and even sunk into the very pillow James was still laying on, creating a much more compact but still fuming dutch-oven. And the heat that grew under Banana only added to her pleasure as she continued to wiggle her jiggling buns into the now warm pillow that was currently sandwiching James head. But as Banana continued having fun bombarding James, he was getting weaker from the god awful smell that hit him again and again, plus the generally short supply of fresh air was taking its toll, which wasnt good considering how wet Bananas farts were getting as time went on.
*SSSssppPPPPPPRRRRRrraaAAAAPPPPTTTT!*

*BBBBLLOOooaaaAARRruuUUMMPPT!* Shit started spraying and bubbling from Banana as she joyfully continued her onslaught, thankfully James body was starting to show him some mercy as he began to lose consciousness.
*PPpphhoooOOAAaassSSSHHhhPPT!*

*SSSsvvVVOOoooaaAASSSRRRRRrrppPPT!* And once Bananas bursts of waste completely covered the part of the bed that unfortunately found itself behind her, James once hostile body slowly went limp as his vision tunneled to black. For a couple more minutes Banana continued to sit her dead weight on top of James as a couple more bursts of gas bubbled from the shit that smeared her rear, and as her eyes slowly opened she took sigh deeply and decided to see how her friend was doing. At this point she noticed the fact that James was completely unconscious and unresponsive to her poking, prodding, *FFFVVVVvvoooaaAARRPPRRRaaappPPT PPHHHhhhooOORRLLUUAAaarrRRPPT!* and with one last blast of gas that sprayed some of the shit off of James and onto the beds headrest she realized shed have to try something else to wake up James. As she got up she took her notepad with her and drew a picture of a sleeping emoticon as she rolled her eyes and waved it in James face as if to call him a sleepy head, thinking that he simply fell back asleep in the middle of their fun. So with another sigh she piggy backed James into the master bathroom and brought him into the shower with her and began shaking him awake as the water sprayed down his face. Instantly he woke up, and in a surprised state that startled Banana a bit, he pressed up against the shower wall in a seated position breathing heavily as he welcomed the fresh air around him. But he eventually relaxed and enjoyed the feeling of warm water washing him off, and the sight of water cascading down Bananas voluptuous naked body wasnt a bad remedy to forgetting what just happened either. Banana blushed a bit as she noticed James staring at her body and crawled closer to him, making James swallow a lump in his throat and lock eyes with her as she moved closer and closer, their lips were now mere inches from each other, until something caught their attention. The water rushing below them suddenly went a dark shade of brown, and once they both looked over at what the water was hitting, they instantly got their answer, the shower was spaying down Bananas crack, finally cleaning it after days of dried up as well as new coats of crap. Banana than glanced back at James and smiled, knowing full well that the moment was lost, and James just rolled his eyes as he got out of the shower and grimaced at the site of the bed, choosing to ignore it for now. He had to get ready for work, but James had to take care of something before hand as he made a bee line for the spare room with Banana close behind, curious as to what he was planning to do, and she watched in horror as he took the database of the computer and put it in the drawer of a nearby filing cabinet and locking it up.
Im not gonna let you get anymore ideas from this thing, James scolded as he locked the drawer and held on to the key while Banana held up her arms in a confused manner as if to ask what did I do wrong. And as James walked by her she crossed her arms and pouted as if she was a kid getting grounded making him say, Hey, youre the one who pretty much destroyed the bedroom. I should be the one upset, not you, making Banana huff angrily in response.

Eventually James was ready to head to work, and as annoyed as she might have been with him, she still hated seeing him leave, and once again grabbed the back of his jacket to try and stop him, while holding up a begging emoticon on her notepad as if to beg him not to leave.
I thought you werent talking to me, James said, later realizing the irony in his words with a smirk considering the fact that she cant speak. Look I have to go to work, youre gonna have to get used to that, James said a bit bluntly as Banana sighed and looked around the empty house as if to ask what am I supposed to do?
Well, since you finally took a shower, kinda. How about you find some clothes you like in my closet, James said getting an unenthused shrug from Banana, not showing any interest in wearing clothes. Look, if you dont wear any clothes you wont be able to leave this house. So if you ever wanna explore the world outside this house youre gonna have to start wearing clothes, James said as he now got an excited reaction from Banana as if the idea of leaving the house never even crossed her mind. She ran so fast into the bedroom that the wind she caused blew some papers off the kitchen counter in a dramatic fashion. James saw this as his chance to head to work so with Banana now rummaging through his closet he left for work and was able to relax a little more with the knowledge that the computers database was under lock and key.

Eventually Banana ran out to the front door in order to model her new outfit for James, but he wasnt there, so with a defeated sigh she looked around the apartment to figure out what to do. She slowly took off the plaid flannel and cargo shorts she picked out after deciding that there was no point in wearing clothes if there was no one to see her in them. And as she unbuttoned the flannel, her eyes drifted to the kitchen as an idea popped in her head, which was, if James wasnt around that meant there was no one to stop her from eating as much as she wanted. After taking off her cargo shorts she threw them over her shoulder and walked up to the refrigerator as if it were her prey, licking her lips as she opened up the door and looking it over to see what she should start with. She had her hand in the refrigerator but froze when she heard a knock at the door, she was excited at first, thinking it was James, but looking back at the refrigerator she knew full well that he wouldnt let her gorge herself, and slumped her shoulders in response. As she walked to the door she thought to herself, why would James knock on the door to his own house, and with this in mind she started walking a little more cautiously towards the door. She opened the door a crack to see who it was, and in that moment the door swung open, breaking off the deadbolt on the door, and hitting Banana in the head, causing her to stumble back as she rubbed the place it hit.
Eppo! Whats wrong with you!? Banana heard a female voice yell, as Bananas eyes remained shut while nursing the bump on her head
Relax Pera, although her actions may seem mad, theres method behind them, Banana heard a more monotone yet still feminine voice say as Banana slowly opened her eyes as three clearly female silhouettes stood in the doorway.
Yea I got us in didnt I, the third mystery girl added, only to pause when she got the sense that she was being insulted. Wait Melanie, did you just call me crazy!? the red skin girl growled as they walked in, too busy bickering with each other to even notice Banana until she turned on the lights to the foyer to get a better look at her uninvited guests. The first woman to catch Bananas attention had similar curves to Banana, who had sizable breasts with two plush buns to match, and her skin was relatively close to a humans besides maybe the red hue to it and the leaf at the top of her head. The others bodies were much more exaggerated however, the taller one had enormous breasts that seemed to be fighting to bust out of the corset-like dress that she was wearing, but she did share an odd skin tone with Banana, except hers was green and she had long flowing bright red hair. And the last one had shorter, tan hair with yellowish green skin, but that all went unnoticed as Bananas eyes seemed glued to the boulder size butt cheeks that shelved themselves from the girls lower back. Banana thought these kinds of women only existed on the computer or drawn on the pages of her notepad, the fact that they were all standing in front of her made her mind race with what to do next, and there was only one think she could think to do, it was something she always wanted to do to the women she drooled over.

Oh my, the busty woman yelped as she was sudden hugged by Banana. Banana wrapped her arms around the torso of the more tall and busty of the three women and pressed her head up against the womans soft, warm, and inviting breasts while nearly sinking between them. And despite the sudden display of surprise, the woman Banana was currently pressing and rubbing up against didnt seem to mind, in fact she didnt seem to show any emotion at all, the only response Banana got was a tap on the head.
Um, although I appreciate your, maybe a bit unorthodox, welcome. I dont believe weve been properly introduced, the busty green woman said as she looked down at Banana, who reluctantly let go of her to introduce herself. But before Banana could act out the way she was created, like she did with James, the large chested woman stopped her and began examining her with squinted eyes as if she recognized her saying, Wait, white hair, yellow skin, curvy yet well balanced body-
Before she could continue listing Bananas traits as if she was reading them from a file, the red skinned woman interrupted her saying, Youre the one TAOF made years ago. Youre Banana! She said with excitement.
Banana than nodded her head yes, but was now as confused and startled by the fact that these strange women knew who she was, but that mystery didnt last very long as the tall big breasted woman took it upon herself to finally try and explain the situation.
Well, in a way. Since we were created and raised by the same person I guess you could say- until she was interrupted by the big bottomed girl this time.
Were sisters! the girl said nearly screaming in the red skinned girls ear, who put her finger in her ear to make it feel better while glaring at the big bottomed girl who screamed in it.
Kinda the tall one added before continuing to say, Anyway, my names Melanie, its nice to meet you finally, she said as she gave a faint smile, replacing her once emotionless expression.
Im Eppo, the red skinned girl said as she put her hands on her hips and waited for the third one to make her own introduction, but the room fell silent. Pera? Eppo said searching for her sister who seemed to disappear until they heard some noises from the kitchen and found her filling her face straight from the refrigerator with her big butt now prominently in view as she bent over. Banana was more jealous then angry as she watched Pera raid the fridge, from the look on the other girls faces as they nearly simultaneously licked their lips, they were most likely feeling the same way. Melanie was the first one to make a step towards the kitchen and then it seemed to be a free for all as the four girls practically ran into the kitchen, all fighting to get their fair share of food. For a little while all that was heard was a rustling of jars, cans, bags, and drawers until the entire kitchen table was piled over with weird combinations of desserts, meats, snacks, sauces, and rolls to pile them together with. But in the midst of the slightly chaotic display, the four girls did share a special moment once they all sat down to eat. They were in the middle of enjoying the buffet that they worked together to create and one by one they all made eye contact with each other, and whenever Banana locked eyes with one of the girls they couldnt help but shut their eyes and give a wide smile in response. Even Melanie who seemed to have some trouble showing emotions couldnt help but show the happiness she had while eating with her long lost sister, by smiling ever so slightly. Banana felt weird, but it was a good weird, she felt like she was having a family dinner, and for the first time she felt like she was home, *PFFFhhhHHLLLUUuurrraaAAAAppPPT!* or maybe it was just gas. Pera then began leaning to the side, feeling like Banana finally opened the door for the rest of them to let loose, but Melanie felt differently and didnt think it was appropriate to stink up someone elses house.
Pera dont- Melanie tried to yell but was too late as Peras wide behind completely unloaded the gas that she had pent up for all this time on to the poor chair that was already struggling to support her enormous booty.
*FFFFFFfffrrrRRRRRLLLLAAAAaaooOOOVVvvmmMMMPT!*
Cmon Pera, not while were eating, Eppo said before taking a big bite of her sandwich.
Were guests here, you should- Melanie tried to say, but once again was interrupted, as she sent her face into her palm.
Wait, hold that thought Pera said before she grunted and let go another bomb of gas that filled the kitchen with a greenish fog.
*PPPPpppooOOOAAaarrRRRFFFMMMmmMM BBBLLLRRrruuUUMMMmmvvVVVVPPPT!*
Phew, thats better, Pera said as she planted her butt back on the chair making the metal strain as it tried to support the shift in weight, What were you saying? Pera asked Melanie, but only got a sigh in response. Pera then looked at Banana and shrugged as if to ask what the big deal was, but Banana just responded with a shrug as well, and started giggling, finding their bickering hilarious.

Phew, that was great, Eppo said as she sat back in her seat with the rest of the girls, who were too full to do anything but nod their heads in agreement. And beside the occasional groan and rumble coming from the four girls stomachs the kitchen fell silent until Banana heard the door open and knew it was James, but she knew he wouldnt be happy to see that she had friends over while he was away.
Banana, what happened to the lock on the door? James yelled as he examined the broken lock, while Banana jumped out of her seat, and in an adrenalin rush she grabbed Peras and Eppos seats and dipped them into the now empty walk in pantry before they could even say anything. The confused Eppo and Pera tried to open the door to see why Banana was freaking out but the second they opened the door Melanies huge breasts took up their view as Banana pushed her in with them, making it a tight fit for the three of them.
Mmmhmm! Eppo tried to yell but her face was shoved between Melanies boobs.
Is that James? Melanie asked as Banana tried to shush her while nodding her head yes.
Aw, but I wanna meet him, Pera said as Eppo finally broke free from Melanies fleshy grasp, but before she could say anything Banana shut the door on them and leaned against it to keep it shut, as they fidgeted in the tight space.

Banana, are you okay? It looked like someone broke in, James said getting Eppos attention as she tried to put her ear up to the door.
What happened to your head? James asked as he moved the white hair from the small bump on her head.
Awwww, Eppo sighed as she seemed to swoon over James actions, only to snap back to her usual self when she felt Melanie and Pera looking at her in confusion. I mean As if I care that he gives a damn about Banana, and her wellbeing... Eppo said maybe a little louder than she should of, as she leaned against Melanie breasts, which didnt exactly agree with her cramping stomach.
*PPhhHHHOooaaAALLLRRrrmmMMMVVVPPFFF PPLLLOOooaaaAARRRrrrrmmmMMFFFPPT!*
*FFFFRRRRrrrrRAAAaappPPZZZzzzUummmMMMPPT!*

Melanie! Eppo and Pera whispered sternly as their tight space slowly filled with the stench of her gas.
Sorry, I couldnt hold it Melanie whispered sheepishly as she fidgeted to try but fail at getting comfortable, while shoving her breasts into Eppos face. Do you think he heard me? Melanie asked nervously.
What do you think? Im pretty sure the neighbors heard you. I just dont think he cares Eppo said while trailing off into silence as she tried to make room for herself, but only slipped out of Melanies breasts and into Peras gargantuan butt crack.
Hmmm, he doesnt seem to care about Banana being naked either, Pera said as the gears in her head started to turn. I wonder if that means I can be naked too, Pera asked herself as she began bending over to grip her panties and try pulling them off.
You barely wear any clothes as it is, Melanie said, poking fun at the fact that Pera barely wears anything more than panties and a tank top. But that didnt stop Pera as she bent over more and rammed her now naked encompassing booty into Eppos face, nearly swallowing it whole and engulfing it into her small valley of an ass crack. All her jostling seemed to irritate more than just Eppo and Melanie however as her stomach started to churn and cramp as she froze in her bent over position to try and sooth and massage it.

So what have you been up to? James asked as he made Banana an ice bag, and Banana wanted nothing more than to greet James with a hug and tell him all about her day, but she didnt want to leave the pantry door.
Look, I can tell you ate all the food from the mess you left, you dont have to try and hide it, James said thinking that Banana was guarding the pantry door to keep him from seeing the fact that she ate all the food.

Uh oh, Pera moaned knowing that she was going to blow their cover.
Hold it just a little longer Pera, Melanie pleaded in hopes that this wouldnt be the way they introduce themselves to James.
Hmm, bmm, Eppo tried to say but was incoherent and went unnoticed due to being trapped behind Pera, with Peras panties now around her ankles.
Sorry guys, was all Pera could say before she blasted the small space full of her gas.
*FFFFPPPpprrRRROOOooaaAAAHHHHUUUUuummMFFRRRRrraaaaAAAAAPPPPPT BBRRRrrooOOOmmMMVVVPPT!*
*BBbbrrRRRAAAOOOoorrRRRT PPPPPRRRRRrraaAAAAPPPPTTTT!*

The door clearly puffed out slightly despite Bananas attempts to keep it shut as a green plume of gas seeped from the bottom of the pantry door making James drop the bag of ice in surprise.
What was that!? James asked, as Banana sighed, unable to hide her friends forever and stepped away from the pantry door, causing them all to tumble on to the kitchen floor. Dont tell me James asked as he gripped the kitchen counter in fear as he thought back to the note he found in Bananas box, which hinted to the possibility of more, experiments. And coming from the fact that the girls had odd skin color and odd, but not exactly unattractive, body types told him that these were those girls.
Umm, let me be the one to apologize for my sisters actions, were just all excited to meet Banana, and its a pleasure to meet you as well, Melanie said trying her best to be polite after such a crude first impression.
Well, I appreciate your apology, but why are you three James began to ask but stopped when he noticed Eppo still stuck between Peras butt cheeks and decided to ask, Is she okay?
Who, her? Yeah, shes fine, shes a toughie, Pera said as she stood up and pulled Eppo from her still steaming butt cheeks, but Eppo just fell to the floor, clearly unconscious.

Eppo Are you okay Eppo echoed through Eppos hearing till she started slowly opening her eyes and saw a man looking down at her with concern and what she could only describe as adoration.
Am I dreaming? Eppo whispered to the man above her as her already red skin began to blush as he brushed the hair from her eyes with his fingers. But that dream came to a screeching halt as Peras face became as clear as day when it popped into her line of vision.
Hey shes awake! Pera said jumping between James and Eppo and knocking James over with her butt by accident. Oops sorry, Eppo said as she looked over her shoulder.
You should be more careful with that thing, Eppo said as she took the wet rag off her head and sat up from the couch she was lying on.
Ha! Speak for yourself, do you know how much you farted while you were asleep? We had to leave the room and let it air out, twice, Pera replied with a smirk.
I cant control what I do when Im knocked unconscious by someones big fat butt, Eppo said angrily as Melanie just sighed at how ridiculous their argument was.
Fat!? Pera yelled but before their fight could escalate, James stepped in.
Enough! James yelled, sick of being in the dark, as Banana ran behind him so that she was on his side. Are we just gonna ignore the fact that you broke into my house?
But we were invited, Melanie explained.
By who? James asked, but kinda already knew the answer.
I believe his words were, my name is none of your business, Melanie quoted.
*sigh* How can he invite you to a place, where he doesnt live? James asked, but only got a shrug from Melanie as she seemed to lose interest in the conversation, as James just hung his head when he realized that his worries became a reality. These girls may have their slight differences whether it be their looks or attitude, but they were definitely related to Banana, one way or another, and the last thing James was hoping for was three more girls like Banana. So Melanie you said that youre Bananas sisters, right? James asked
Well, those are Peras more simplistic words, but I guess you could say were related in a way, Melanie explained.
So I guess that means that you were all derived from fruits as well? James asked already knowing the answer.
Ooh, how astute of you to notice, Melanie said, a bit impressed with James eye for detail, and couldnt help asking, Can you guess where I originated from?
Water melon, James said not really needing any time to think about it.
Hmm, is it really that obvious? Melanie asked as she looked over her body and held up her breasts and then let them fall causing them to jiggle in the process.
What about me? Pera asked as she rubbed up against James and accidently pushed Banana away from him and onto the couch next to Eppo. James already knew the answer to her question, but he found himself stuttering as she grabbed his hand and slid it under her panties and pressed it against her plush butt cheeks.
Banana began getting flustered watching this, and in a jealous rage she started to stand up, but was pushed back down by Eppo who reassured Banana, Relax, Peras harmless. Although she might put on a good show, she actually doesnt know anything about well lets say, the birds and bees.
Um, a P-Pear, James stuttered as he finally answered her.
Ha! Good job, but I guess you cant figure me out, Eppo said as she smirked with her arms crossed.
An apple, James said, pretty sure of himself as Eppo looked at him a bit startled that he got it right.
But what gave me away? My name doesnt exactly sound like my fruit like the other two, Eppo explained as Melanie listened as well, once again impressed by James sharpness.
Thats true, but the red skin and leaf at the top of your head kinda gave it away, James explained as Eppo blushed and put a hand over her leaf and for a moment there was silence till Melanies stomach broke it.
*GGRRUUOOOLLLOORRMMBBLLE!*
Um do you mind if I use your bathroom? Melanie asked, sending a shiver down James spine as he thought back to what Banana is capable of, and multiplied it by four.
No, no ones using the bathrooms here, James said as he took his hand out of Peras panties and moved himself in front of the path to the upstairs bathroom, and tried to think of a solution. A solution to a problem that visibly got worse by the second as each girl started rubbing their stomachs in response to James statement.
Do you expect us to just hold it? Eppo asked in disbelief.
But we cant hold it forever, Pera said as she began to sweat, as Banana now stood on the side of her sisters and nodded in agreement.
Um, how about we go on a little trip, James said, distracting the four girls as all their faces went from discomfort to excitement as Banana jumped up off the couch and hugged James. She then began running into the bedroom, realizing that she left her notepad in bed this morning and when she got back she had an excited emoticon drawn on the page that she held up. And then she put on the clothes she picked out earlier, but once she got them on Pera had a few pointers for her new sister, she than unbuttoned a couple buttons on Bananas flannel and folded up her cargo shorts to show more leg.
You look good Banana, James said making Banana look down at her outfit and think about wearing clothes more often, but not for long, as she just shrugged and decided that shed rather be naked, but agreed to wear clothes for now. Alright lets go, James said as they all left and got into his car, with Banana in the front seat.

Pera, move your big butt! Eppo yelled in the backseat, as Peras butt and Melanies breasts took up most of the space.
I cant! Not with Melanies boobs in my face, Pera complained, as James just sighed and shook his head, feeling as if he had a car full of kids. But the thing that made the whole ride enjoyable was watching Banana blissfully watch the windshield and everything going by, being so easily amused by the simplest thing. The amazement in her eyes faded however as her stomach groaned and churned as it fought to support the mound of food in her stomach *BBUUBBLLOORRGGLLE!* making her grip her stomach and lean forward, catching everyones attention.
*BBBLLLLOOoooorrRRRRAAaaappPPPT!*
*FFFFFFRrrrRRAAAaaapppPPPVVvvLLUUUuummMMMFFFFT!*

Banana! The three girls yelled as her fog like gas seeped into the backseat before anywhere else, but unfortunately for them she wasnt finished and continued letting gas burst into the warm and now slightly wet passenger seat.
*PPPPRRRRrrruuuAAAOOOOoouuUUUMMMMPHHT!*

*BBBLLLLOOoooouuUUURRRRrrrFF FFFFRRRrraaAAAPPPPPPZZooOORRRT!*

*PPHHhhuuuUURRRrrrssSSPPLLLAAaaarrRRRRPPT!*

I gotta *cough* pull over, James gaged, and found an entrance to a parking lot in order to get off the road and more importantly out of the car that Banana slowly turned into her gas chamber. And once James found a spot, he parked and stumbled out of the car as the other girls followed, with Banana leaving her fart soaked seat and now fanning her butt as she got out of the car. Well it looks like well have to stay the night here, James said, not having anything in mind when it came to the trip to begin with, and knowing that giving his car some time to air out wouldnt be a bad idea.
Wow this place looks nice, Eppo said as they all looked up at the beautiful hotel in front of them. Pera then looked at Banana, and as if Banana knew what she was thinking she held up a picture of a smirking emoticon and grabbed James arm. Pera then followed suit as they both ran into the hotel with James in their grasp along with Eppo and Melanie rolling their eyes and following close behind. Once they entered, thankfully the lobby was pretty empty, but everyone that happened to be there couldnt keep from pointing and staring at the odd skin toned women who sported incredible figures. James did his best to act as though everything was normal and walked up to the front desk to purchase a room, and to James surprise they apparently already had a room ready and paid for. At first James thought there was some kind of mistake, but after everything thats happened today he just figured that this was just the universes way of giving him a break.

But when they entered the room he noticed a note taped to a buffet of food in the middle of the living area of the pretty lavish hotel room, and knew that more than just the universe had something to do with this room. And as the four girls dived into the buffet James tore off the note and read what it had to say
Hello James,
Thank you in advance for taking care of those three as well as Banana. Youre as big of a pushover as ever I see. I mean really, these three break into your house and you treat them to a five star hotel? You dog, you Anyway, since you now possess the scrotum to finally put your foot down and refuse Banana the computer, as a reward Id like to introduce you to the three lovely women in front of you.

James then took a break from reading the note left for him to actually look at the three women currently devouring the table of food left for them. Stacks after stack of empty plates of food were made as they barely even took the time to chew the food they were eating and only paused to occasionally lean to the side and fart.
*FFFfffvvvVVVRRROOOAARRRrrmmMMPPHHT!*
Eppo! Can you not do that while sitting next to me, Melanie said as she covered her face and fanned the air while Eppo simply shrugged and kept eating.

5 bucks says one of them just farted. Now! As for who and what these women are, drum roll please. Im serious, drum on something. Do it, Im watching. Fine, dont drum, but it wont be as dramatic. The tallest of the three that gives the term, over the shoulder boulder holder, a literal meaning is named Melanie. Im sure youve found out by now but shell be the most level headed of the four and a good source of intellect, so keep her close if you dont want the others driving you insane. And surprise! Shes a watermelon, I guess that fact lost it shock after living with a Banana. Well anyway, next on the list is my provocative pear shaped pretty, Pera. She might seem like a handful but I assure you that shes harmless, her bedroom knowledge ends at the door if you know what I mean. Shes another reason to keep your internet chained up though, because if she learns what actually GOES ON in the bedroom God help your lower extremities oh yeah, and she was a pear, but i think thats blindingly obvious. Finally, the apple of my eye. Get it? Because she used to be an apple. Youll laugh later. Well shes a little more complex than the others, lets just say, like any apple, under the tough, bitter outer skin is a sweet center But she doesnt want anyone to see it. Anywho, Each one of them is special in her own way, and after I saw the home you gave Banana, I hoped youd give them nothing less than the same. Im not exactly the best influence, but you! You are the kind of guy I can trust to show them the good in people... Anyway, as always take good care of them or you will involuntarily stop living, you know that whole thing.

James combed his hand through his hair as he tried to figure out how his life ended up here and sat on the couch as he watched the girls finish up their meals. And thats when he noticed something wrong as he counted the girls in front of him, One, two, three, wait. Melanie wheres Banana? James asked sweating a bit after reading a note that threated his life over the safety of these girls.
Phew, Melanie sighed after finishing her second meal, and paused as she looked around and then said, I think she went to the bathroom.
James then began looking around the large hotel room, but he didnt have to look very hard as the sounds of volcanic blasts that nearly shook the floor he was standing on, lead him to the bathroom door.
*PPLLLUUuuaaaAARPPHHHhhhaaooOOrrRRT SSssppPPLLAAAARRT!*

*SSHHLLOoouuURRcchhh BBBBLLOOooaaaAARRruuUUMMPPT!*

*SSSssppPPPPPPRRRRRrraaAAAABBBBLLLUuurrRT pplloouush - ZZzzrrRRUUUUUuuaaAARRRrrpppPPPT!*

Banana, thats not our bathroom! James yelled outside the door as he heard her pummel the poor unsuspecting porcelain victim below her. At least remember to flush! James yelled as he stopped banging in the door, and got his answer in the form of a drawing that slipped under the door, which was a drawing of an emoticon drooling with relief. The picture made him hang his head in distress, knowing for a fact that the toilet was a goner, but James was snapped back to reality by a tap on his shoulder.
Umm, is she gonna be done soon? I still gotta go, Melanie said as she was now massaging her stomach, which still remained slim despite the amount of food she put away, clearly a trait the three girls shared with Banana.
*SSSPPppllLLOOOoorrRRRT PPPpphhHHRRRRraaooouuUUSSSSssrrRRRRPPT!*

Banana then took it upon herself to answer Melanies question herself by dumping what sounded like a bucket of waste into the already hurting toilet.
Oh man, was that Banana? Pera said as her and Eppo walked up to Melanie and James.
There goes that bathroom, Eppo said with a defeated sigh.
Dont worry theres still one more bathroom left, Melanie said as she casually draped her arm over James shoulder and smirked for the first time since James has known her, and although that hasnt been very long it still sent a chill down his spine. How about we play a little game called five minutes in heaven? Melanie said as she gripped James even tighter and pressing him against her breasts.
Umm wait, how are those two things connected? James said weakly but went unnoticed.
I think Im going to need more than five minutes though, Eppo said as she punctuated her thought with a wet bubbling fart. *BBBbbLLOOooaaARRPPT!*
Hmm, yeah me too, Melanie admitted as she lifted a leg and let go of a fart of her own. *PPLLUUuuvvVVAASSssrrRRRPPT!*Causing James to thrash a bit as their gas started to mix with the unholy smell seeping from under the bathroom that they were standing in front of.
How about we all go in at once, that way we can play fifteen minutes in heaven, Pera said as they all locked eyes and seemed to agree.
Wait I dont-Mmmf James began to say but was cut off when Melanie ran to the nearest closet and hugged James between her breasts in the process.

Hurry up Melanie, I dont know how much longer I can hold it, Pera said as Melanie responded by pulling James head out from between her breasts and tossed him into a small walk-in closet. James then looked up at the three girls as Melanie slowly removed her panties found under her dress and seemed to show a little excitement while doing so. And as Eppo shut the door, the only source of light started to get cut off, but before the closet went pitch black the last thing James saw was Melanie lunging towards him, with her visibly steaming panties in hand. Once the door was shut James didnt need light to tell that she was resting her enormous breasts on his head as she sat on his chest, and when she finally lifted her heavy chest off of him he felt some kind of soft fabric pressed against his face. Then he heard a giggle, but it didnt sound like Pera, or Eppo for that matter, so that means it must have been Melanie, and he confirmed the fact that it was Melanie once James realized what was strapped to his face. The smell was heinous and made him buck under Melanies heavy frame, and the mix of its smell, soft cotton touch, and heat emitting off its center told him that it must have been her panties. The same panties that had a full day of sweat and gas poured into it, as it soaked up as much as its weak cotton fibers could hold. James quickly fought to try and blindly get them off his head and eventually succeeded as Melanie lifted off of him long enough to free an arm, but she dropped back down on him in a new position. James was soon introduced to a new level of stench as his face was shoved into Melanies firm butt, and was introduced to a how it felt to actually be Melanies panties rather than just be forced to smell them. And after wiggling and getting comfortable on top of James, all it took was a single sigh of relief and Melanie began unloading on James.
*FFffrruummMMVVRRRruuUPPP BBBbbbBLLLOooaaAARRrrpPT!*

*PPHHhhhrrRRAaaoobbBBBBBbbLLLOOoorrRRSSSSsspppPPPHHT!* More than just gas began spewing from Melanie as James was now hit with the fact that he was going to be their second bathroom.

*SSSSSSSsssLLLAAaarrRRSSsshhHHHHHTTT!* Shit started bursting from Melanie as she completely relieved herself, and began pounding the back of the closet wall with the crap that flew freely from her. But as she relieved herself the other two girls were starting to get desperate as they tried their best to hold back the impending doom.
Alright your turn is over, Eppo yelled as she shoved Melanie off of James only to pull down her shorts and introduce him to her own form of relief. And James was teased as he felt Melanie lift off of him only to be replaced by an even bigger behind that nearly hugged his entire head as it sank deeper into her still fuming butt crack.
*BBBOOOooaaAARRRSSSSssZZZZzzLLRRRRRPT!* Oh yeah! Eppo moaned as she let all her weight fall on to James and began letting loose.

* PPPHHHhhhuuUUUUurrrrRRRRRLLLLLLLOOooppPP ZZZZZzzrrRRUUUUUuuRRSSSLLAApppPPPT!* And as Eppo began unleashing an entirely new level of hell on to James, she was much more vocal then Melanie as she moaned and groaned on top of him.

*FFFFAAAaavvVVUUUSSSSLLLOOouurrRRRRT PPPLLLooOOUUuuurRRRRSSSHHHAaarrRRRT!* Wooh! So good, Eppo continued to yell in pleasure as she finally got the relief she was looking for.
But then Eppo felt someone shoving her, and later found out it was Melanie when she whined, Hey, I still gotta go. Melanie then started pushing Eppos butt off of James only to replace it with her own as it continued to burst with waste, propelled by the gas thats been built up from two meals. James was now on the worst end of a buddy dump as they both completely covered James and the wall behind them in a slew of crap.

And while this went on past the fifteen minute mark that was mentioned before, Pera couldnt hold it anymore and tore off her panties as she yelled, Thats it! Get out of the way before all three of you become my toilet. Her more serious tone caught Eppo and Melanie off guard as they scooted to the side and made room for Peras gargantuan booty that shook as it released the first of many explosive blasts.
*PPPPPRRRrrrruuuUUUMMMmmmzzzzsssSSSSSPPPppLLLLAAARRRRPPPPT!*

*FFFFFRRrrrRRRrrrrzzzZZZZLLLOOOOooRR SSSPPPHHhhhhrrAAAVVvvvvppPPT!* At first Pera was standing over James as she gave her sisters a chance to get out of the way, but as relief took her over, her knees went weak and her encompassing rear-end came crashing down onto James head. James tried to fight but it was no use, not only did Peras colossal butt crack seal off most of his sources of air, but any small amount of air he got was horrifically polluted with the humid, indescribable smell that filled the closet to its capacity.

*SSSSSSSPPPPPPPPPpppprrrRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAaavvVVVVVVLLLLOOOOooorrrrrRRRRRrraaAAPPPPPT!* Pera let everything shes been fighting to hold in go and couldnt help but let a big goofy grin drip down her face as the mounds of shit that bubbled within her was finally let loose. Her arms hung at her sides and no longer had to grip her stomach as she let nature take its course as it burst and bubbled beneath her and right into James. Eventually James was shown a little mercy in the form of losing consciousness as he started to go numb to the sounds, smells, and worst of all, tastes of the brown cascades of waste that pummeled him over and over again.

James Are you okay James James heard echo through him as he saw an angelic figure looking down at him.
Hey! Hes awake! Eppo yelled as James vision cleared as he saw Eppo smiling down at him, and noticed that he was in a bathtub, while still in his boxers, and in a bathroom that he assumed was the hotel rooms bathroom.
Oh good, I called for room service to bring up some tea, Melanie said as she walked in with a tray that held a steaming cup. Here, drink, itll bring back your energy. But be careful its hot, Melanie said, taking on the role of a mother as James complied and had a sip.
What happened? James asked as he held his head as if treating a hangover.
Um, we got a bit carried away, Pera said as she peeked into the bathroom.
Please forgive us, we honestly didnt mean to hurt you, Eppo said clearly apologetic as Melanie and Pera agreed and hung their heads down low.
Um yeah, I guess James said not sure what else to say while getting treated like a king by these three, and Eppo couldnt contain her joy as she leapt over and hugged him.
Realizing her out of character display of love she instantly let go of James and while blushing she yelled Put on some clothes! as she started walking out.
But Im in a bathtub, James responded, confused by her bipolar actions.
Whatever! Eppo yelled, no longer in the bathroom.
Aw, she likes you, Pera said as she took Eppos place next to James. But before James could say anything he saw Banana in the doorway and in that instant she ran into the bathroom and practically jumped into the tub with him. She then snuggled up with James as he just sighed, now trapped under Banana, as she slowly turned the water brown with her shit smeared rear. She then caught everyones eye as she began leaning to the left until *BBBBLLLAAaarrrRRRUUUVVvvLLOOooaaRRT!* bubbles rose from her behind and popped right below James face.
Banana, get out of the tub! Melanie and Pera yelled as Banana refused and wrapped her arms around James and stuck out her tongue, making James once again sigh in defeat.

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People of Earth!!!
Well i thought you may be interested in this story....
The sequel of "Banana" Tell me what you think!

Story (c)

In Soviet Russia...

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:47:23 PDT

Zero Wing....good times.....someone set us up the bomb!!

This is wallpaper. Enjoy. Don't steal. Love it, share it, give credit if put on a wallpaper site or ANY SITE AT ALL. Much love, the Corporal.

TRANSLATION:

In Soviet Russia,

All Your Bases
Belong To Us.

Make Your Time.

Homeworld 2 Badge Pack

Sun, 24 Apr 2011 13:01:23 PDT

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Homeworld 2 Ultimative Badge Pack

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Additional Badge Pack HERE

Description:

Wanna fly your Hiigaran / Vaygr Ships under different Flags? Do you want to fight your favorite fractions and countries? Do you want to get Command & Conquer, Emperor, Freelancer, Ground Control, Homeworld, O.R.B., various Corporations, Countries, Military, Star Wars, Stargate and X-universe get involved into the Homeworld 2 game?! Well, here's the solution! With the entire collection counting over 200 Badges for all kind of games and all kind of fractions you get the ultimative Homeworld 2 Badge Pack!

How I came to this?

Honestly, I was very upset not to find proper Homeworld 2 Badge Packs in the vast internet. I wanted to fight GDI against NOD in space, wanted to destroy the EA Empire by the hands of the WESTWOOD Rebellion! Leading back the Northern Star Alliance from their exile to avenge the fall of the Virons on Morningstar Prime through the evil Terran Empire! Exterminating the soulless Xenon-Terraformers, which brought death and pain to the X-Universe!

However, there was none. At least none Badge pack counting over 30 Badges. By then I didn't knew there was a way to make custom badges. Later I get to know about it. So I started to create my own Badges - and there were many, many badges I wanted to create! In the end, it took two days, to gather all the symbols, logos and images of my favorite game-fractions.

Here's the result: About 227 Badges representing 17 different Games, as well as the Stargate Series included and several corporations, from Acer to Windows. Also flags of various countries all around the world and of course, it's military. (Some of them let guess you where I come from^^)

And recently I reworked old badges, colouring them and adding some cute Homeworld Ship Tans to the collection. Explanation follows down there.

Installation:

Just copy and paste the .tga-files to your homweworld2\bin\profiles\badges directory and enjoy!

Make own Badges:

Best thing is to use Paint.NET (freeware).

Make a .tga-file with the size 64x64, set it to 32-bit and DEACTIVE compressing! Then save it into the folder mentioned above.

Note: Do not name your file too long, otherwise it cannot be used!

Preview

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Content

(If you ask for the name in front of the .tga file: They are for navigation, because the badges in HW are listed alphabetically!)

Command and Conquer

- Tiberian Dawn:

GDI (C&C 1 GDI.tga)
NOD (C&C 1 NOD.tga)
Gold (C&C 1 GOLD.tga)
GDI new (C&C GDI New.tga)
NOD new (C&C Nod Logo New.tga)

- Tiberian Sun:

GDI (C&C 2 GDI.tga)
Twisted Insurrection NOD (C&C TI NOD.tga)
CABAL (C&C 2 CABAL.tga)

- Tiberium Wars:

GDI (blue) (C&C 3 GDI blue.tga)
GDI (yellow) (C&C 3 GDI yellow.tga)
NOD (C&C 3 NOD.tga)
SCRIN (C&C 3 SCRIN.tga)

- Red Alert:

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J-20 Black Eagle

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 03:35:59 PST

The J-20 Black Eagle is the newest Chinese warplane, and was a showstopper when it made it's media debut. It flew for the first time, only a few days later.

It's a 5th Generation Air Superiority Fighter, just like the US F-22A Raptor and the Russian T-50. The significance of this watershed event cannot be understated. Not only does it mean that Chinese military aviation has finally achieved parity with USA and Russia, but also means that Stealth, Supersonic speed without Afterburners, super-long ranges, and state-of-the-art avionics are now available to any Threat Country who has the cash for the J-20.

Remember from past examples of Chinese weapon exports that China sells anything to anyone, advanced weapons included (e.g., the basis of Pakistan's Nuclear Weapons Program). Everything we know about Aerial Warfare is obsolete... and the J-20 is going to re-write the book, just like the Soviet Mig-15 Fagot did at the dawn of the Cold War.

Of course, unlike with the short-ranged Mig-15, any outlaw nation operating J-20s can load-up their wings with drop tanks, fly a dozen of them them right over here to the US, and destroy whatever they want to with total impunity --- or perhaps you believe that US airspace is secure from a wing of 5th Generation fighters, when only 180 F-22s were built? Now add tanker and AWACS support to those J-20s, some NBC weapons, and... well, you get the idea.

There's little solid data on the J-20's performance and attributes, so most of the specs here are estimates;

===== J-20 Black Eagle Data =====

Role: Air Superiority Fighter
Unit Price: ~$50 Million
Crew: 1
Size(LxWxH): 75x45x16ft
Wing Area: ~800ft2
Empty Weight: ~40000lbs
Internal Fuel: ~15000lbs
Payload: ~15000lbs
Max. T/O Weight: 80000lbs
Wing Loading: ~50lb/ft2
T/W Ratio: ~2.0
Fuel Fraction: ~27%
Range: ~2000 miles
Ceiling: ~60000ft
Cruise Speed: Mach 15
Top Speed: ~Mach 2.35
Climb Rate: ~50000ft/min
Initial Turn Rate: ~30 degrees/sec
Continuous Turn Rate: ~20 degrees/sec
Max. G-Load: +9/-3
Sensors: Unknown AESA Radar, IRST, RWR
Scan Range: ~150 miles @ 45 Degrees (15 miles @ 45 dergrees for IRST)
Look Down: Yes
Shoot Down: Yes
Propulsion: 2x Shenyang WS-15 Low-Bypass Turbofan w/44000lbs Military Thrust, 80000lbs/AB
Thrust Vectoring: No
Weapon Stations: 1x Type 23-2 23mm cannon w/200rds, 2x Internal Bay w/4000lb Capacity, 2x Auxillary Bay w/1000lb Capacity, 2x Underwing Hardpoint w/3000lbs, 4x Underwing Hardpoint w/1000lbs
ECMs: Chaff/Flares (30/30rds), ASPJ, Plasma Ejectors
FBW: Yes
RCS: 5ft3(?)
Stealth: Yes
Tailhook: Unknown
Catapult Hitch: No
Drag Chute: Yes
AAR: Yes
Other: Single-piece Polyuerothane Canopy, HOTAS, Zero-Zero Ejection Seat, Contoured Seat, LCD 3-screen MFD, Oxygen Generator, HMD, Laser Altimeter, LRF

Elleander Morning

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:21:30 PDT

A world based on Jerry Yulsman’s “Elleander Morning”
( [link] )

It’s 2009, in a world where Hitler died early and WWII never took place. The Soviet Union, during the internal unrest following Stalin’s 1947 assassination, was attacked by Japan: this expanded into a general war, ending with the fall of Germany’s first two atom bombs on Moscow and Leningrad in 1950.

Given Stalin’s rep as the Century’s Worst Human Being, few people call themselves Communists nowadays, but socialism has survived, successfully disassociating themselves from a regime which died early on rather than serve as a disastrous model for nearly a third of humanity. (Indeed, Stalin has been dead long enough for Communist Russia to have developed an oddly romantic aura in many people’s minds). Some countries are more leftist than OTL, others more right-wing: it generally balances out. There are some one-party “hard-left” socialist regimes here and there, generally former colonies, but first-world Socialists generally refer to this as an infantalist disregard for the stages of historical development.

Technology is a bit behind OTL, the stimulus of WWII and the Cold War lacking, with computer tech nearly a couple decades and biotech a decade behind, save in some agricultural areas: space travel is a bit of an exception, having developed as a national muscle-flexing exercise in the late 70’s rather than the 50’s. The Japanese, the Germans and their allies, and the US and the British Union have been to the moon, and there are several manned space stations in orbit, but as OTL, realization of the ultimate expense and the barrenness of the solar system have, at least for now, put a damper on things.

It’s a multi-polar world, and a fairly peaceful one: there are international rivalries, but not enough to drive a nuclear arms race as intense as that of OTL. (However, people do worry. The US and Germany and Japan and Russia may have fewer nukes put together than the USSR or US of OTL, but besides them, there are 8 more known - 10 if you count arsenals under Australian and Canadian control as separate from those of the UK - and several more suspected - nuclear-powered states in this world.)

The USA, which recovered more slowly from the Depression sans the stimulus of WWII, has taken a more leftish path in politics, and a three-way balance currently exists between the social democrats, the republicans, and the remains of the old democratic party, which is still large enough to swing the balance one way or the other. Energetic government support for local industries and infrastructure have provided jobs for the poor, but hurt competitiveness somewhat and worsened pollution. The country is a bit less populous than OTL, the conditions of the baby boom having not been duplicated, and the country was slower to swing the door to immigrants wide: it’s still the world’s largest economy, but not by as massive a margin as OTL.

It’s a more blue-collar, working-class place than our US: also a somewhat more racist one, with slower decolonization and no USSR making the problem of the black underclass seem less pressing. American blacks did eventually gain full civil rights, later than OTL, but they are less well integrated, less present in popular culture, and have developed some powerful collectivist organizations, which have some positive achievements to their credit, such as superior policing and crime suppression of black neighborhoods, but also contribute to a continued worse than OTL habit of suspicion between minority and majority. The US has become moved away from it’s traditional isolationism in the last few decades, supporting League of Nations initiatives and joining forces with the British in building up a strong aerospace industry.

Since nobody was willing to spend the money or the time on a genuine reconstruction of Russian society after the war, democracy never really stuck, and the country is presently run by a right-wing one-party regime, with the Orthodox church playing a major role in a state that might be described as “clerical-fascist.” A sizable industrial base and exports of oil and minerals make for a Russian standard of living that although poor by European standards, is not really third-world: however, there is still a lot of poverty, especially in its still rather peasanty countryside: with fewer overall deaths in their “Great War”, religious opposition to birth control, and more of its population in the countryside rather than in teeny urban apartments, Russia has more people than OTL and a birthrate still above the replacement level, although dropping. Russia is not a superpower, but is a major regional player: it has nukes, and makes most of its neighbors nervous.

Afghanistan is a poor military dictatorship with the current generalissimo having inherited his job, and the three ex-Soviet states to the NW are increasingly a center of contending influence between the Chinese, the Russians, the Iranians, and the Germans and their Turkish allies. A new Sufi movement, with a strong emphasis on spiritual self-improvement, has sprung up in the Kazakh-Kyrgish state and spread to various parts of the middle east, where there having already been some nasty clashes with Wahabbists and other fundamentalists. Tibet is an Indian satellite, and the ruling party is threatened by angry nationalists, which in turn are supported by the Dalai Lama, who hopes to return to power from his internal exile (the Potala palace and its environs have a similar status to the Vatican city OTL).

The Pakistan-India split took place, but it was a more gradual and less disastrous process than OTL: there is still a sizeable Hindu community in Pakistan, for instance. Pakistanis and Indians still growl at each other every time an Indian Muslim or a Pakistani Hindu gets mugged, but nobody is building nukes, so far. East and west Pakistan held together until 1985, when the shaky democratic government in the west was overthrown by the military. India turned to a more capitalistic economy earlier than OTL, and Pakistan has thrown less money down military rat-holes: both are wealthier than OTL, if not spectacularly so. India has some fairly close economic ties to Japan, and the more paranoid politicians in the Chinas have begun muttering about a Japanese-Indian “axis” dominating Asia.

After the Japanese finally gave up and pulled out in the face of a collapsing economy at home, the Chinese got back to work on their civil war. Thanks to foreign support (including quite a bit of under-the-table military aid from the Japanese), the reconstructed Guomindang survived, and was eventually able to push the hard-left successors of the old Communists to the less populous regions of the north and west (Mao failed to survive the longer Japanese incursion, and Chiang ended up in US exile): they probably would have finished the job eventually, but the Socialist People’s Republic managed to get nukes of their own in the late 70’s, which has led to a lot of finger-pointing. (The most popular suspects are the Japanese and the Russians). Manchuria has been essentially independent from Japan since the Reconciliation Treaty of ‘69, and there is much interest in rejoining China (aside from the large portion of the governing class that might be prosecuted for collaboration in that case), but since union with _either_ of the two southern Chinas might mean a disastrous war, Manchuria continues to exist, and Pu Yi’s family still lives there, although the imperial title failed to pass on after his death.

Vietnam, to the south, is a left-wing dictatorship slowly reforming, oddly similar to OTL, but with fewer bodies decaying into the jungle soil. Cambodia is crowded, corrupt, and full of sweatshops, while Thailand is fairly poor, the particular set of circumstances which allowed its fast growth OTL not having been replicated. Burma, although the same political party has help power since 1957, is actually fairly prosperous in spite of the impressive corruption, and attracts a lot of Japanese investment. As a result of Dutch attempts to hold on through “divide and rule”, they ended up with multiple bloody independence movements, and although there have been efforts to organize a federation, poor crowded Java, Islamic fundamentalist Java, Hindu Bali, and the rather successful center of offshore banking with it’s capital in the Celebes really don’t get along too well. Malaysia is a wealthy but politically turbulent Japanese economic colony, and Singapore retains close ties to the British Federal Union.

Japan is having trouble with Korea: Taiwan has been fairly content with autonomy so
far, but the Koreans want independence, not limited self-government, and the country is
as full of terrorists as the proverbial fruitcake is full of nuts. The Japanese can still find
enough collaborators and people who just want to make a living to maintain a basic level
of order, but it is increasingly starting to look as if Japan may at best get favorable
divorce terms. Japan is well integrated into the global economy, and the old fears that
drove the move to “autarchy” have faded, but national pride makes it very hard to give
up on one of the few substantial gains in Japan’s short-lived drive to empire.

Japan is less export-oriented than OTL, with more of it’s economy driven by a large
internal market (even without its external territories, the country is somewhat more
populous than OTL) - for one thing, they’ve never really broken into the more
protectionist US market of this TL. They are poorer than our Japan, but still a first-world
country, with nukes and satellites and a nuclear space plane too radioactive to launch
from anywhere but northern Siberia. Japan has become rather more democratic since the
30’s, but who is in charge, between the giant zaibatsu, the political parties, the military,
and the still powerful imperial bureaucracy, is often hard to tell from an outside
perspective. Japan produces the worlds safest nuclear reactors, confusing art films, and
well made but not-particularly-popular-with-foreigners cars.

Germany, which includes Austria, is the major power in Europe, and has created a free
trade block and alliance system which rivals the US as a center of the world
economy. Nonetheless, there is a feeling of having been left behind by history, of diminishing possibilities. The German-Polish moon landing of ‘92 is seen as sort of the end of an era: more populous and resource-rich countries will dominate the future, and the cultural influence of the English-speaking countries still surpasses Germany, even in their own central European stomping grounds, as the German Ministry of Kultur struggles against the influence of British and US movies, television, and popular music. As debates rage over how much wider to open the gates to immigration (already way too many Slavs, Italians, Jews and even some Turks, conservatives grumble) as birthrates decrease, there is a certain amount of cultural gloom and doom. The army is powerful, but not too relevant in the era of nuclear weapons: German science is top-notch (but Germans are not as good at making it into saleable products as Americans or Japanese): German music and art is cutting-edge (and therefore not too popular): even the trade surplus with the US fails to thrill.

France, which returned to its democratic roots in 1979 after 15 years of military dictatorship (the Colonial Wars had been…unpleasant) has liquidated its empire and energetically cleaned house. The economy has grown greatly (thanks in part to cushy trade deals with the Commonwealth and the German block, which were happy to see the back of a bellicose nuclear-armed regime friendly to Russia), and the French have been accustomed long enough to a rising standard of living that they have started to grumble about France’s loss of a global role. People grumble about the “abandonment” of the empire to US, British, German and Japanese interests, and the government plans a “cultural offensive” abroad. There has already been a reestablishment of close ties with some parts of the old French empire, and the British Union grumbles about ties between France and separatist groups in Quebec.

Italy had a nasty little civil war after the Fascist regime collapsed in the late 80’s, and is currently divided into a leftist northern regime friendly to France and a right-wing south allied to Germany. The north is poorer than OTL, and the south is poorer still, although they have won some praise for their vigor in stomping out the Mafia. There is bad blood between the conservative current pope and the rather anti-clerical Milanese regime: he has been grumbling lately about relocating to Spain, although nobody takes this too seriously.

The UK was more successful in OTL in making something substantial about the commonwealth before the empire broke up entirely, and the citizens of the British Federal Union (the British “F.U.”, American wags have it), although proud enough of their own countries, still take pleasure in being part of a global power extending from the Canadian Arctic to Tasmania and beyond. The UK is still a major industrial power (if less productive than Germany or the US), and with its allies a major force in the League of Nations. The states of the Union coordinate economic, military, and space exploration issues through the Union capital in scenic Vancouver, although London remains the real hub of the economy. The Union has a major aerospace industry, but the sheer expense of space exploration has led to a cooperative effort with the US to develop near-Earth space. (A Mars shot has once again been put off as scientists argue about how to go about landing). The British film industry is rather larger than OTL, and rather more competitive with Hollywood.

Sub-Saharan African independence was delayed by about a generation, but came all the same: without the zero-sum game of cold war competition, there was less of an ideological rationale for holding onto unprofitable and increasingly restless colonies, and the “they are too backward to rule themselves” argument was holding increasingly less water by the 70’s. Due to later European withdrawal and different colonial arrangements and reorganizations, the borders of the African nations are a bit different than OTL: they are also a bit less screwed up than in our TL, but whether that is because they haven’t had as much time to screw up remains to be seen. (The eastern bits of the Sahel Union have already broken away). In any event, the developed nations are no more enthusiastic than OTL to spend big bucks to help third-world countries modernize. AIDS, which showed up in what were still colonial times, was to some extent held in check by vigorous prevention and education campaigns, and at least new governments knew about the problem and what was needed to fight it from the start: there have been bad outbreaks in some countries, but nothing on the apocalyptic scale of OTL - at least, not yet. Some minor local notes of interest are the energetic dictator of the Congo, which recently sized control of the former French Congo (to considerable international apathy, although there has been quite a kerfluffle in the League of Nations), and claims to be a champion of African unification: Liberia, which has recently seen order restored by mercenaries paid by black American organizations: and the odd alliance between the Boer rump state and the Zulu republic.

The Middle East is a mess, alas. A fragile peace has been restored to the Federated Cantons of Palestine, and there are enough League of Nations sponsored troops keep it for a while, although the record of the last 45 years since the British gave their blessing to the “unified” Arab-Jewish state does not exactly give great grounds for hope. The Saudis are approximately as annoying as OTL, although the best known Bin Laden is the one on the popular TV show “Saturday morning with Ahmed and Abdullah.” Egypt has successfully grabbed Libya after the collapse of Fascist rule: the Libyans have found expressive (explosive, even) methods of showing their displeasure. Iraq has had a nasty Sunni/Shi’a throw down without the benefits of US meddling, Lebanon is smaller, mostly Christian, and has close ties to France, while the “Algiers Free State” created by massive expulsions of the Arab population during the period of military rule is almost as bad a thorn in the Arab world’s side as OTL Israel, and a perpetual embarrassment to France, which wishes the Pieds Noir would just go away, but on the other hand can’t exactly countenance a French-speaking state right across the Med being overrun by the thoroughly unpleasant Algerian dictatorship, either. Iran, after regaining its “traditional territories” around Baku, is now saddled with an Azeri separatist movement, which the current republic is so far proving even more incapable of handling than the monarchy it replaced. (OTOH, you can drink a beer in public in downtown Tehran). The Kurds are still screwed, and Islamic fundamentalism is on the rise, although it’s weaker in an Egypt which has avoided any humiliating lost wars and has a somewhat healthier economy.

The Balkans, long a German economic sphere, are increasingly globalized as Japanese and US firms compete. Yugoslavia has broken in two, with the Bosnian Muslims, as usual, getting it from both sides. Greece is a leftist democracy, while Albania, long an Italian puppet, is one of the few Fascist states left (and are also somewhat Italianized in other ways. You can get pretty good Italian food in Tirana, and most educated people used to be able to speak Italian, although they are increasingly switching to German or English). Bulgaria is a placid, conservative place, while the long aftermath of the antimonarchist coup of the 60’s has left Romania a hotbed of radical politics. Hungary is prosperous, and gets along with its supposed Romanian partner in the MittelEuropan economic union about as well as NATO “allies” Greece and Turkey do in OTL. To the north of the Balkans proper, Czechoslovakia has devolved into a loose federation of German, Czech, Slovak, and Ruthenian provinces: the Germans nowadays try to keep the place united, fearing the effect on the central European economy if one of its richest states falls messily apart.

Poland is a major power nowadays, more populous than France or the UK, and has somewhat mended its ways with respect to minorities (they even ceded some territory to the Ukrainians in the early 90’s), although the current backlash against the “ungrateful” Belorussians is getting a bit nasty. Polish aerospace engineers are among the world’s most innovative, Warsaw is one of Europe’s leading cities, and church attendance is almost as low as in France. Jewish Yiddish culture is on the decline: some assimilate, others emigrate to the US, the Commonwealth, or Germany. After all, a Jew, especially one who doesn’t work to become an ersatz Pole, doesn’t feel as safe in Poland as they do in Germany, you know? The Ukrainians, as politically turbulent as the French third republic, are close German allies, nuclear armed, and one of the most loudly nationalistic people in Europe.

Latin America is politically variegated, with regimes varying from one-party socialist to fascist: fascist Brazil has recently set off a nuclear weapon, leading to an acceleration of socialist (but democratic) Argentina’s own bomb project. A US less worried than OTL about the Red Menace has generally confined its meddling to overthrowing Central American governments too blatantly hostile to US business interests. Relative to the rest of the world,
Latin America is a bit richer than OTL: whether this has anything to do with the fact that the place is a bit pinker than OTL, or because of the different structures of trade and international finance, is hard to tell. The Columbians and Venezuelans a couple years ago joined into a federation, and the arguments about who gets the top bunk and so on have already started. The Haitians, perhaps with an eye on Liberia, recently expelled a number of African-Americans who they claimed were planning to overthrow the government. The latest round of the Pan-American Common Market negotiations involved a walkout by the Brazilians, and the Guatemalan representative made a two-hour speech castigating the ills of US economic imperialism and exploitation of native cultures (in other words, it went better than usual). Meanwhile, Cuba is its own rich, partying self, the jewel of the Caribbean.