This story imagines that NATO decided to build a very ambitious super carrier capable of conducting warfare in an an entire theatre.
This is part of the science fiction fantasy super hero comic story about the Black Cat.
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Years ago the internet had copies of the United States Navy’s ideas for the CVN-21 or super carrier project. I can no longer find the summary descriptions or artist renditions. If anyone has copies or knows where to find them, please forward to me.
The U.S. Navy ended up building the least expensive, least ambitious version, which was just a slightly bigger version of what they already had.
Among the 12 proposed ideas were an aircraft carrier so large that it was as big as a modern airport (which could handle even the largest land-based aircraft) and a submersible aircraft carrier.
This story imagines that NATO decided to build a very ambitious super carrier capable of conducting warfare in an an entire theatre.
Everyone was shocked when the captain simply exploded. Forensics indicated a ternary, or three-part, explosive. Triethyl luminate and trioxygen hydrogenic were laced in his food, with his own stomach providing the hydrochloric acid that set off the ernary explosion.
Someone seriously did not want the ship launched.
Field Marshall Damya Boadicea is much vilified as commander of the doomsday ship, but I think she was awesome. Yes, I am biased because I was her personal assistant in those troubled days, but I still think she was awesome.
My first experience with Marshall Boadicea was when she interviewed me as a candidate for the job of her personal assistant shortly after her promotion ot Field Marshall for he upcoming command of the doomsday ship and its extensive combined NATO military command structure.
I found her office in Andover surprisingly feminine for such a straight-laced and decorated military combat veteran.
Her first question was “Why the heck would a senator’s privileged daughter be of any use to me?”
“Because I am my own independent person with my own fucking independent identity, something you of all people should appreciate. I have passed every one of the candidate trials on my own merit. I have a masters degree in archaeology and ancient studies and have a natural affinity to learn languages. I know 20 languages fluently, about 50 reasonably well, including every official language of a NATO member nation, and having passing knowledge and ability with more than 50 additional languages. I know your command will include many skilled translators because of its expected diplomatic role, but nobody else will be able to directly speak with everyone under your command and effectively schedule your appointments and follow-up on your commands.”
“How many of your fluent languages are dead languages?”
“About one third. And a substantial number of my languages are Native American. But none of your official translators will be able to handle special circumstances such as speaking to Egyptian mummies or ancient Roman zombies or translating the instructions for the Ark of the Covenant if the Americans ever find where they stored it after Indiana Jones turned it over to Army Intelligence.”
“I like your moxie. But how much of a liability would you be taking care of yourself in a war zone? Almost all the other candidates defeated you in the candidate trials.”
“I have black belts in aikido, taekwondo, shaolin-do, and tahtib stick fighting. I am one of only two purely civilian candidates. All of the others have extensive military and combat experience. If you look at the candidate trial results, you will see that although I was defeated, I lasted longer against almost every other candidate than anyone else who was defeated. I can hold my own, thank you very much.”
Note that the original is in English and the other language translations are computerized and may have flaws.
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Created: August 17, 2014
Last Updated: August 17, 2014
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