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Aye, I saw it eventually. It's been a long month ;)
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Tinadrin Chelnor wrote:Aye, I saw it eventually. It's been a long month ;)
I think we all know that feeling ALL too well.
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Seriously.
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How warship guns work. Don't know if true.

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It's heavily simplified, and it's a description of a dreadnought battleship's guns rather than those of modern warships, but it's basically accurate.
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Definitely simplistic. Majority of all of that is done by brute strength.
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Still, it is a cool pic.
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You mean the little yellow powder packs don't just fly through the air?
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I just read about this on Facebook.
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That is pretty awesome.
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That is fucking awesome.
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You guys are good. I had to be told what that was.
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I knew about Enterprise but it wasn't until I saw the Borg emblem on the back of the battleship that I noticed what it was. I was curious why the Enterprise was a small ship in comparison to other one.
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