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Queen's Blade

2018-12-24T05:34:05Z

2601:147:4300:1949:116D:6687:B872:1546: Queen's Gates crossover

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'''Queen's Blade''' is a series originating from Japan that is a perfect representation of how /d/ and /tg/ can get intermixed. The setting/series began its life as a Japanese spin-off to the Lost Worlds, an [[Old School Roleplaying]] game revolving around the use of "visual combat" gamebooks to depict battle between selected fighters. Queen's Blade took this basic idea and gave it an ecchi slant, creating a slew of characters who were all sexy women, and even a few [[monstergirls]], but still using the basic game mechanics.

This being released in Japan, it took off, and eventually inspired a series of novels, anime (serial and OVAs), manga and videogames.

==The Setting==
Being basically somebody's [[magical realm]] writ large, it's not hugely complicated to get the basic gist of it: the Queen's Blade setting takes place in an [[Amazon]]-themed world, where ruling is taken care of by powerful female warriors. Every four years, a grand tournament is held in which any warrior-women who wants to enter can compete; last woman standing gets to be queen of the world until somebody manages to kick her off the throne in a subsequent tournament.

There's more background to it - for example, the world used to be run by a conventional aristocracy, but they got themselves into a war so big and destructive that the gods themselves came down from heaven, slapped the shit out of them, and set up the Queen's Blade tournament that has ruled ever since - but the above paragraph is all you need to know going in.

One notable aspect is that the series is very much an ecchi shonen slant on the Sword & Sorcery style; as such, magic is portrayed as evil, with "real" fighters instead relying on semi-mystical fighting techniques and magical weapons instead.

==The Characters==
...Where do we even start? This series is crawling with girls from different story arcs and continuities, ranging from the fairly ordinary every-girl protagonist to lesbian elf mercenaries who wear trained snakes in lieu of panties to [[slime]]girls who disguise themselves as pink bunnygirls to perverted [[angel]]s.

Let's take it from the top, then...

'''Leina Vance:''' Middle daughter of the Vance family, who used to rule the world before the gods slapped them off of the throne and instituted the Queen's Blade program. Ran away from home hoping to become a strong warrior. Protagonist of the anime, mascot of the franchise as a whole. In the Hide & Seek manga continuity, she's not only aware of her sisters' incestuous desire for each other, but wishes they would actually get together.l

'''Claudette Vance:''' Eldest of the three Vance sisters, the problem is that she's Count Vance's bastard daughter and so prohibited from inheriting any sort of power. She wants daddy's love, but he treats her like shit, perhaps ''because'' she's the strongest of his daughters despite being illegitimate. She has incestuous lesbian desires for her youngest sister, Elina, which are more prominent in the manga "Hide & Seek".

'''Elina Vance:''' Youngest of the three Vance sisters, a sadistic, incestuous, lesbian who serves their father as an assassin. She wants to fuck both her sisters. Is human, but has a [[catgirl]] motif.

'''Nanael:''' A mischievous, lusty, arrogant angel disliked by others for both her trouble-making ways and her deformity of having assymetrically sized wings. Heaven ultimate tries to get her out of the way by sending her to Earth with orders to partake in the Queen's Blade tournament (which she mostly sees as an excuse to chase after handsome guys) and attempting to handicap her by demanding she carry & not spill a bottle of "Holy Milk".

'''Melpha:''' The "healslut" meme incarnate, this priestess from the capital city of Gainos is known for two things; her ''fuck-off-huge'' boobs and her use of "Holy Poses" as a combat mechanic, basically unleashing divine magic spells through sexually provocative stances and actions.

'''Tomoe:''' A female [[samurai]]-miko from the island nation of Hinamoto. Dresses quite sensibly (by this series' standards), and is incredibly pissed off by just how slutty everybody in the mainland seems to be, finding great offense in the skimpy clothes and sexual antics she's constantly surrounded by.

'''Shizuka:''' A rogue [[ninja]] who is Tomoe's best friend, despite being a busty girl who likes wearing skimpy clothes. She ends up getting herself killed in order to motivate Tomoe to fight harder in the tournament.

'''Melona:''' A [[slime]]girl who takes the form of a pink-haired bunnygirl. Speciality attack is squeezing her huge tits in order to spray gouts of corrosive slime at her foes from afar. She works as a spy and assassin for the Swamp Witch, the closest thing this setting has to a [[BBEG]], which is somewhat undermined by her being a huge attention whore.

'''Menace:''' A "[[mummy]]" who takes the form of a near-naked sexy girl. Originally the decadently hedonistic and self-centered lesbian queen of the lost kingdom of Amara, she was betrayed by her favored concubine, who worked with an outside force to topple her kingdom before throwing her into the palace's slave-pens, where she was beaten & raped to death. Revived by the Swamp Witch as a minion, she refuses to serve her, instead trying to rebuild Amara and pursue an unlife of eternal carnal bliss.

'''Airi:''' A soul-eating [[wraith]] who takes the form of a cute girl with a scythe who dresses in a [[maid]] costume. One of the Swamp Witch's main warriors.

'''Nowa:''' A perky, skimpily clad [[half-elf]] who refuses to let the contempt she is regarded with by most of the pure-blooded elves get her down. Decided to enter the Queen's Blade tournament just for kicks.

'''Alleyne:''' An elven combat instructor and veteran warrior.

'''Echidna:''' An elven mercenary, infamous for being one of ''the'' biggest perverts in the entire setting; it's not just that she's a shameless lesbian pervert, but she runs around completely bottomless, save for a trained snake that she wears coiled around her privates like panties. She's even been known to use this snake to rape other women.

'''Queen Aldra:''' A youthful seeming (but not [[loli]]) half-demon with a petrifying gaze attack, the current bearer of the title of Queen.

'''Irma:''' The scantily-clad head of Queen Aldra's secret police. Really hates Echidna, her former tutor and first lover, for just walking out on her without a word.

'''Cattleya:''' Perhaps ''the'' most infamous member of the Queen's Blade cast; an [[Amazon]]ian MILF with both [[musclegirl|rippling arms]] and the biggest tits 'n' ass in the series. A weaponsmith by trade, she joined the tournament to search for her missing husband Owen. Carries a "Giant-Killer" greatsword that [[Guts]] would find admirable.

'''Ymir:''' Daughter of the [[Dwarf]] King, who enters the tournament to prove the superiority of dwarf-made weaponry. Looks like a pointy-eared human [[loli]] with an extravagant twintail hair-style.

'''Risty:''' A busty female bandit who robs from the rich to help the poor.

'''Nyx:''' A peasant girl who once worked for Elina Vance. The experience drove her so insane with the need for vengeance upon her abusive mistress that she willingly partnered up with the sapient, perverted magical staff Funikura, which powers itself up by raping her with tentacles, so she could use its magic to destroy Elina.

==Queen's Gates crossover aka the version with characters you actually want to play==
This is the only reason any who isn't a horny obese otaku/weebs would even play Queen's Blade. As it has game books allowing players to use female characters from various video games and other franchises. Though some are nerfed compared to their canon versions. As the likes of Dizzy or Noel at full power would solo just about any scenario on their own.

[[Category: Weeaboo]] [[Category: Monstergirls]]

M113 Armored Personnel Carrier

2018-12-23T18:59:07Z

2601:147:4300:1949:116D:6687:B872:1546: /* IRL */

[[File:M113 Picture.jpg|300px|right|thumb|The Original Metal Box]]
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The M113 is an armored personnel carrier used by the United States Military. The M113 was the first vehicle armored entirely with aluminum, enough to stop small arms fire from turning the occupants into bleeding sponges, but not enough to stop anything serious. The M113 is armed with a single .50cal AA Machine gun, but the most powerful thing it carries into battle is the 11 mean, green fighting machines tucked away in relative safety inside.

Like a [[Rhino|certain vehicle]] in a [[Warhammer 40,000|particular miniature wargame]] the M113 has been adapted into a staggering number of variants to fill various different battlefield roles.

==In Team Yankee==
===USA===
[[File:M113 Stat Card.jpg|300px|left|thumb|The Stat Card]]
The M113 is one of the best transports in Team Yankee with decent armor, good transport and a useful main gun. The M113 can carry 3 teams of infantry (4 less than the marines overgrown version the [[AAVP7]], but one more than almost every other personnel carrier and two more than the British Spartan). The front armor of 3 is the strongest of any APC on the field (though don't go taking on Main Battle Tanks in this thing). The side and top armor are rather standard though at 2 and 1 respectively.

The M113 is armed with a .50cal AA machine gun, which can be used to deal with enemy infantry, BTRs, and helicopters. However, you can sacrifice some of your Mech Platoons M47 Dragon teams and mount the Dragon Missiles on the M113s, turning it into a stopgap tank hunter (which is somewhat situational due to the reduction in damage output). However, the main selling point of the M113 is its 5+ firepower. While inferior on the move compared to other NATO transports, the FP buff means that statistically, they perform twice as well against entrenched infantry due to the doubling in FP passes. The potential to hit targets beyond 16" is a welcome bonus, if a little situational. Expect to use these things as IFVs; their decent AT value can engage softer armored units like BTRs but their ideal task would be destroying infantry with the same efficiency as autocannons.

You cannot take M113s alone, only as transports for your [[US Mech Platoon|Mech Platoons]]. For 4 Points you get 3 M113s, 2 M47 Dragon Teams and 3 M249 SAW/M72 LAW teams. For an additional 2 points, you get one more of each, for a total of 4 M113s 3 M47 Dragon Teams And 4 M249 SAW teams. In both cases, you may purchase an additional Dragon ATGM team for one point.

The best way to utilize the M113 is to support the infantrymen it just dropped off. Use them to draw fire away from your soldiers and cover them with machine gun fire. If you're rocking the Dragon, take out the tanks that pose the most danger to the troops, like AA autocannons or other transports. Also never EVER leave the infantry behind.

===West Germany===
[[File:TG126.jpg|300px|left|thumb|Das ''Deutsche'' Stats]]
Since German homemade transports are a bit on the expensive side and take a while to manufacture, the West Germans purchased thousands of M113s to equip their panzergrenadiers.
The rules for these machines can be found in the Panzertruppen Pamphlet.

Unlike the All American model, the German M113 mounts a 7.62mm MG3 machine gun instead of the M2 .50 cal. The MG3 has an improved moving ROF over the .50, letting the M113 roll three dice after moving compared to 2. Unfortunatly the AT rating and Firepower are not as good, at 2 (down from 4) and 6 (down from 5+) respectively. In addition, you cannot sacrifice one of your Milan Teams to mount their missile onto the M113 like you can with the other two German transport options (not that you should given the West German's tiny unit size). This means that the German box's offensive capabilities are strictly Anti-personnel as the high ROF can cut through infantry formations, but is useless against their transports or armor support.

The German M113 also has one less capacity than the American Model, at the rather standard 2 passenger limit. While sufficient to transport the tiny West German units, if you lose a vehicle suddenly you have a lot of ride-less infantry, while if this was the American model, you could just pile them into the rest of the transports. German commanders must be a lot more conservative with their support as if you lose a M113, you've lost almost all of the mobility of their infantry.

4 points will get you a pair of M113s, a pair of MG3/Panzerfaust Teams, and a pair of Milan teams, and for an addtionaly 3 points you get one more of each.

===Canada===
[[File:M113 Canuck.jpg|300px|left|thumb|The 'Nuck Box Stats]]
Almost identical to their american counterpart, but with a better skill value, it lacks any night-vision or the ability to take an optional ATGM. However, the lack of AT, AA and general firepower potential isn't as detrimental as one might think, as the Canadians have options for these things elsewhere in their list. This all cements the [[Canadian Mechanized Platoon|Canadian Mechanized]]'s role as a highly agile stopgap for pinning other infantry and preventing the enemy from maneuvering their own tanks around the board as they please. The M113, in turn, serves in a cursory support role, being relatively cheap and fairly well-armoured. Rush them forward as fire magnets or rush them forward and use the wrecks for bulletproof cover.

All in all, the M113 Transport is nothing special for the Canadians. Yet it's the only transport option you're given, and you need to get your infantry as close to the enemy as possible since their range is at times cripplingly short. So use that decent front armour to keep the hosers alive, use that .50 cal to cover them as they march forward into the breach. Worst comes to worst, it's free cover for your rifles.

The non-transport variants, on the other hand, are highly varied. These range from a multipurpose [[M113 Blowpipe|AT/AA MANPAD carrier]], a standard [[M150 TOW|TOW launcher]], an [[M113 OP|OP Carrier]] and an [[M125 81mm|81mm mortar carrier]].

===ANZAC===
[[File:TABX02-15.jpg|300px|left|thumb|'splish splash']]

The ANZAC M113 is a little different from the classic metal box. Instead of the the observation cupola and a pintile mount for a Machine Gun, the Aussie's have instead fitted an actual turret with not one, but two MGs, a primary .50cal and a coaxial 7.62mm. This translates to an extra shot at At 2 and a bare bones 6 FP on top of the regular .50 cal stats. You also loose the AA Ability because I guess the turret just cant turn fast enough to track helicopters and strike aircraft. Also it has a Infa-Red Scope.

Other than that treat the "Bucket" as the ANZACs call the M113, the same as you would any of the other transport. Support the Infantry and deal with other light vehicles and enemy soldiers. You can get the M113 T50 as transports for your ANZAC Milan Sections and ANZAC Mechanized Platoon.
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===Netherlands===
[[File:Dutch M113.jpg|left|300px|thumb|]]

The slightly less armed option for the prospective Dutch commander. Battlefront must have been high when they built it as the studio model for the Dutch M113 has the top hatch installed upside down on the box art.

The Dutch use M113s for their infantry platoons and IRL, formed the bulk of the transport fleet for the infantry. You will probably be taking YPR-mounted infantry in a Dutch list, but might choose to bring M113 mounted troops to defend your objective.

Like other M113s, it is a reliable transport that can weather a beating from the front and has a .50 cal that can punish entrenched infantry (when spammed) and punches through lighter armoured vehicles like BTRs. Losing the 7.62mm machine gun is less of an issue, since you lose only an additional shot.

The M113 is an option for your mechanized infantry platoons and costs 5 or 7 points depending on the platoon size.

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==IRL==
[[File:M113 Irl.jpg|300px|right|thumb|An M113 in Denmark]]
The M113 First entered service in 1960 and has remained in use ever since. Currently, over 6000 M113s are in use in the United States, with thousands more in other nations. The M113 is being phased out by the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle. A more up to date version of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle. Turns out removing the turret gives you a lot more space and options to work with. By "options" we mean things like extra space for more troops, medivacing wounded, mortars, longer ranged missiles or 30mm/40mm autocannons. America isn't the only nation replacing the M113 either. The AMPV is just the latest attempt and the only one that hasn't been canned by the US Army.

During the Cold War it has seen some repurposing as various support vehicles, such as [[M901 ITV|AT Missile]] [[M150 TOW|Carriers]], [[M106 Heavy Mortar Carrier|mortar]] [[M125 81mm|carriers]], [[M163 VADS|anti-air guns]], [[M48 Chaparral|Air-Defense]] [[ADATS| Missile]] [[Tracked Rapier|carriers]], and [[Lynx Reconnaissance Patrol|Recon]] [[M113 MRV|Vehicles]].
It also has mindless fanbois who call it the Gavin. A term made up by a drop out of both the USMC and Army Reserves. [[bullshit|He and his dumb ass followers believe that the platform is just as capable as the upgraded Bradley and superior to just about any wheeled APC.]] [[Fail|Never mind that its armor can be defeated by anti-material rifles,heavy machine guns, and possibly sustained fire from a LMG.]] Given its appearance, models of it from other company's make decent proxy's for 40k rhinos for players on the cheap or who want a different look.

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