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A concept which would later be refined by the US Aerogavin.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/2874d013-f1e8-49aa-bf3b-27392054e32f.jpeg

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https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/d3a5d340-e8a3-4dba-b593-ecaba2deb4e8.jpeg

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Yes. I always thought it looked like the Cooler B-Wing.

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I know of at least a few EU works that various uglies showed up. TIEs were widespread surplus that were low cost to modify after the Empire fell, and a lot of them ended up in use by criminals and planetary defense forces.

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Damn kids these days.

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We used to have a market where I live that had shelves that low until a few years ago. It was a shock when they installed the tall ones.

USS Monitor (lemmy.world)

The USS Monitor was an ironclad warship used by the Union Navy during the US Civil War. It was a radical design that sat low on the waterline to present a very small target, and had a revolving turret rather than a broadside battery. The turret traversed with steam power, being about to make a full rotation in just under 23...

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Thanks. I guess that’s what I get for putting this together on the go. I’ll fix it when I can sit down properly and look it over.

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Looks like the original “floundered” was correct. The ship struggled, which is the meaning. Wording taken from Wikipedia as well.

“Foundered” doesn’t have any meaning close to that which I see on a quick google glance.

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Floundered is still a appropriate use of a different word (struggled in water) in the context. I’m done making edits.

I appreciate all the input.

CSS Virginia (otherwise known as the Merrimack, Merrimac, or "Rebel Monster") (lemmy.world)

CSS Virginia was the first, but not last, steam-powered ironclad warship built by the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War. It was constructed from the original lower hull and engines of the scuttled steam frigate USS Merrimack. CSS Virginia famously took part in the Battle of Hampton Roads, opposing the...

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You get almost no comments but I wanted to say I always appreciate reading these. Thanks for all the daily posts.

1995 San Diego tank chase (lemmy.world)

In 1995, Shawn Nelson, a former Army tank commander drove into a National Guard armory and stole an M60A3 tank. He drove the tank out of the armory, and onto residential streets where he began crushing things in his path. He drove the tank onto a highway and was pursued by a number of San Diego Police Department cars....

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Wikipedia says the hatch was combat locked, but there is really no way that I can see to attack the hatch with bolt cutters. I suspect (and this is entirely speculation) that the true detail missing on Wikipedia may be that one of the hatches was locked from the outside with a padlock, which is a common way of securing other military vehicles when they are in depots. If the lock was cut and the hatch was not locked from the inside, that would be the way police got access.

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Tanks have more than one hatch. (IIRC a M60A3 has two on the turret and a driver hatch in the hull). He was mentioned has having cut padlocks on a few tanks, which supports the supposition they were locked in that way.

Once inside, he may have combat locked the hatch he had broken into, but not combat locked the other hatches, which would still have padlocks on the outside.

Again, that’s all speculation but based on the way combat locks work I have trouble picturing police somehow cutting the door itself open.

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He tried starting two other tanks before driving off in the one he stole. National Guard maintenance in shambles.

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By the way, this art appears to be signed “Markus” but I can’t find the name in the credits of the book, or by any quick searches of Star Wars comic artists. If anybody knows for sure the artist is greatly like to credit them.

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Good. And I will definitely go with the controller. My quick test flying around with mouse and keyboard was pretty terrible. I can get used to an unusual button layout I hope.

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