Russia went from being the second best military in the world, to being the second best militarily in Ukraine, to being the second best military in Russia.
Russia is too big to just call it West Alaska. You'll need to divide it up a little. You'll need: New Karelia, East Poland, North Ukraine, and West Alaska.
The Chronosphere was a mass teleportation device developed by the Allies during the Second World War. An improved version was used to decisively end the Third World War and was used further until the end of the Psychic Dominator Disaster. Albert Einstein was a notable contributor to the Chronosphere's design.
Albert Einstein was a notable contributor to the Chronosphere’s design.
"You know vat would be sick? Ein grosse Plasmakugel. Cover up how boring ze solid-state temporal destabilizers look. Vonderful efficiency, but mein Gott, have some showmanship."
Let’s make it smaller and put it into a backpack. We equip our soldiers with it and call them Chrono Legionnaires. They will be the most OP bull-fucking-shit units in the history of anything.
Yes, I’m still salty for getting swarmed by them that one time in multiplayer. Fuck you, whoever came up with this.
Yeah but you have to sneak them in close to the enemy base, otherwise they take their sweet-ass time rematerializing, and all 37 of them that you had spent several minutes of clicking to plan out who will attack what building get slaughtered without a single one firing their weapon.
And if you miss all the "poof.... Pooof.... Poof..." right next to your base... You deserve it. Send a bunch of grunts or dogs in wherever they gather and they'll all be dead long before you need to worry.
I legitimately don't like those units because they're so weak and specialized, I never really get a chance to utilize them right
This is 100% true. But I was a child. Those were my first steps into online gaming. Yes, I am aware it’s been over 20 years and I refuse to let go of the past.
Even better if you put them in IFVs - extra armor, faster movement and I think longer weapon range, and when the IFV eventually gets destroyed you still have a Chrono Legionnaire.
Don't hit me back after I hit you. After I hit you repeatedly. And after I killed your families. And after I destroyed your infrastructure and mined your country.
Pretty much how every war has started since forever. But a lot of this "hitting back" is coming from the deep pockets of the NATO coalition, dumping all their spare hardware into Ukraine's back pockets. This is the textbook definition of a proxy war.
But then everyone gets a little blood on them and we see another round of hitting back. More Russian bombs landing in Ukraine's west. More Ukrainian villages encircled and civilians fled down south. More angry Ukrainians eager to hit back again.
Another year of pointlessly shed blood across Eastern Europe by people that seem to have learned nothing from the brutality of the last 30 years of wars.
I mean yeah you can say it's just a proxy war, but if a large nation supporting a small nation during a time of war makes it a proxy war, then the American Revolution was a proxy war between Britain and France. Proxy wars can still be liberatory, just like this one, where Ukraine is literally fighting for it's freedom and survival.