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09-15-2017, 11:06 AM | #22231 |
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That would be an awesome story LowTech.
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09-15-2017, 03:54 PM | #22232 |
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...On the topic of ninjas and SEALs, I’ve sometimes thought that there was a missed “pirates vs ninjas” opportunity, pitting Shipwreck, Deep Six, Cutter, the SEALs and other nautical Joes against the Red Ninjas, possibly out on some remote Pacific atoll, fighting over some ancient relic.
Plus, the ninja would just hide and kill you from cover. You'd never even know it until you were dead. That's kind of the point of being a ninja. Last edited by seaneley; 09-15-2017 at 06:46 PM.. |
09-15-2017, 04:51 PM | #22233 |
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My only problem with that is it's somewhat unrealistic. (Yeah, I know how funny that sounds with this property.) If you are a martial artist who trains his whole life in many forms of unarmed combat, are you really going to be taken down by someone who hasn't. Sure, S.E.A.L.s are the toughest-of-the-tough, but most have not trained their whole lives at being that. I've always had a problem with the "Unbeatable U.S. soldier" can take down a life-time warrior. Oh well... heh... That's just me...
Plus, the ninja would just hide and kill you from cover. You'd never even know it until you were dead. That's kind of the point of being a ninja. And then there's the whole guns vs swords issue . . . |
09-16-2017, 03:51 PM | #22234 |
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anybody with a gun that fires bullets 350 feet at 3,600+ feet per second is going to kill a dude in pyjamas waving a bloody sword around.
Honest to God, I have considered writing a story where the Night Creepers come after two SAS Force characters on vacation, they get to an armoury for the local equivalent of the National Guard and tool up with guns and then proceed to slaughter the ninjas. LMGs, flash-grenades, frags, then after they empty the LMGs, they swap to ARs and cut down more before pulling out akimbo M1991A1s and capping the last few at like ten to twenty feet. The Night Creepers never lay a finger on them. |
09-16-2017, 04:50 PM | #22235 |
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The only time I want a ninja on my side is when I've been captured and forced to fight in a group hand-to-hand cage fight where mixed martial martial arts training will come in handy.
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09-17-2017, 03:50 PM | #22236 |
Commando
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Krav Maga 101: go for the weak spots; knees, throat, back of the neck, crotch, eyes, nose.
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09-17-2017, 08:42 PM | #22237 |
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anybody with a gun that fires bullets 350 feet at 3,600+ feet per second is going to kill a dude in pyjamas waving a bloody sword around.
Honest to God, I have considered writing a story where the Night Creepers come after two SAS Force characters on vacation, they get to an armoury for the local equivalent of the National Guard and tool up with guns and then proceed to slaughter the ninjas. LMGs, flash-grenades, frags, then after they empty the LMGs, they swap to ARs and cut down more before pulling out akimbo M1991A1s and capping the last few at like ten to twenty feet. The Night Creepers never lay a finger on them. |
09-18-2017, 01:58 PM | #22238 |
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I've watched all of Marvel's Netflix shows ;)
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09-18-2017, 03:55 PM | #22239 |
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09-18-2017, 04:34 PM | #22240 |
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I agree with your "unbeatable U.S solider" comment, but getting back to the comic-verse for a moment(!), several of the Joe SEALs have extensive martial arts backgrounds themselves, which could even the odds. And the red ninjas wear . . . red . . . which doesn't offer the best camouflage for killing from cover. Nor does white. This documentary proves it:
And then there's the whole guns vs swords issue . . . On the flip side, I never thought about it before, but we have a white guy in a white outfit; he's hooded with only his eyes showing; and he's mowing down foreigners who are different than he is. I seem to recall a story about that somewhere... Hmmm. White guy. White outfit. Hooded... Hates foreigners... Where have I seen that before? (JK!!! ) |
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