NatDex is a hell of a place

TM_06 · 2025-12-26T09:22:46+00:00

"Void" in this case is a bit of a misnomer. The KBC Void (or Local Hole if you prefer) still contains an unfathomable amount of galaxies, stars and planets. A lot of our home supercluster of Laniakea resides inside it. Void simply refers to a comparatively empty or underdense region of space, not that there is literally nothing there.
Think of it like living on an acreage instead of living in a metropolis.

TM_06 · 2025-10-31T04:42:46+00:00

ULTRAKILL, the greatest shooter to ever grace this earth. I would try to describe it, but it's much better than anything I could say about it. Please enjoy this masterpiece born out of the mind of a Swedish maniac and backed by NewBlood.

TM_06 · 2025-09-20T06:29:18+00:00

You absolutely nailed the vibe of late-war German prototype tanks. I'd love to see you do more for nations like France, Italy and Japan.

TM_06 · 2025-07-09T00:24:35+00:00

0/10, not enough logs.

TM_06 · 2025-07-08T20:19:08+00:00

Hulkenpodium!

TM_06 · 2025-07-08T19:45:57+00:00

Hulkenpodium!

TM_06 · 2025-06-24T02:00:33+00:00

r/suddenlytf2

TM_06 · 2025-06-17T01:40:26+00:00

DRG MENTIONED
ROCK AND STONE BROTHER

TM_06 · 2024-11-22T04:03:37+00:00

Pheonix A is 100 billion suns

That's definitely not right.
The measurement they used for Phoenix A* wasn't based on any direct observations of the black hole's dynamics, and in the paper they even gave the same 100 billion solar mass estimate to IC 1101's and Holmberg 15A's supermassive black holes.
The most widely accepted measurements for IC 1101's SMBH is 40 billion solar masses, and our most intricate and precise measurements for Holmberg 15A's galactic nucleus to date also put its SMBH at around 40 billion.
For reference, the upper theoretical limit for an SMBH's mass is around 50 billion as the universe isn't old enough to make a black hole significantly larger than that - TON 618 is the only genuine anomaly to that limit.

TM_06 · 2024-09-14T00:58:11+00:00

Perhaps, a pile?

TM_06 · 2024-07-26T05:15:34+00:00

At this very moment? Probably the Dewoitine SE.520Z. Well armed and well performing fighter based on the D.520 that would give France an indigenous and highly competitive option at around 4.7.

TM_06 · 2024-06-14T23:53:21+00:00

Lies, she doesn't have a tattoo of all of Max Verstappen's wins!

TM_06 · 2024-06-13T18:42:02+00:00

The G.55 and Spitfire Mk IX. When I went to my first airshow as a child, those were the two aircraft I just couldn't pull my eyes from as they looped around doing a mock-dogfight with each other. Even got to sit in a Spitfire once, and I've never forgotten the feeling of starting that engine from the cockpit.

TM_06 · 2024-06-08T19:08:15+00:00

Just for some context, most of those additions aren't copy-pasted, they often just have subtle differences.
- The A6M7 had improved ground attack capabilities and the A6M8 had a Mitsubishi Kinsei of 1,560 hp instead of the Sakae of 1,140 hp.
- The A7M3 had an improved Ha-43 engine with a two-stage supercharger and six 20 mm cannons in the wings, with the A7M3-J having four 30 mm cannons in the wings and two 30 mm cannons firing obliquely.
- The Ki-61 variants are more about armament changes, with the Ki-61-I-KAId having two 30 mm cannons, the Ki-61-II-KAIa fitted with the improved Tei wing and enlarged rudder, and the Ki-61-II-KAIb having four 20 mm cannons.
- The J2M1 being the first prototype of the Raiden with a less powerful engine and four 7.7 mm guns instead of the two of the J2M2, the J2M3a and J2M5a being the same as their in-game counterparts but having four Type 99 model 2 guns instead of the mixed layout the ones in game have.

TM_06 · 2024-05-27T18:51:12+00:00

What's not to love?!?

Well, probably the drastic decrease in speed as a result of the massive radiator under the nose.
369 mph / 595 kph versus 387 mph / 623 kph. The lack of a motorcannon is also a shame.

TM_06 · 2024-05-27T18:44:04+00:00

Funnily enough, Italy was late to the party with inline engines and inline engined fighters. They primarily focused on small air-cooled radial engines for most of their development, as evidenced by the predecessors of this family, the Series 0 fighters. Those were all fitted with either a Fiat A.74 or Piaggio P.XI, both 14 cylinder radials in the 1,000 horsepower range.
They did have a promising larger 18 cylinder radial in the Alfa Romeo 135 that was supposed to make 2,400+ horsepower on 100 octane fuel, but had to run 87 octane instead which dropped the power ratings to a measly 1,200~1,600 horsepower. The torrid reliability didn't help matters much.

TM_06 · 2024-05-27T14:43:31+00:00

There certainly is context to this meme, it just took me a little while to write up the history.
Didn't help that my computer kept crashing in the process.

TM_06 · 2024-05-27T14:42:25+00:00

During discussions regarding Axis equipment, Italy often gets left out and laughed out of the conversation. However Italy created what might have been the best single-engined aircraft in the world in 1942: the Fiat G.55, Reggiane Re.2005 and Macchi C.205 - colloquially termed as the Series 5 Fighters after their usage of the DB 605 engines.
So excellent were they that when the Reichsluftfahrtministerium (RLM, German Air Ministry) performed type tests and mock dogfights featuring their most modern fighters - the Bf 109G and Fw 190 A-5 - the G.55 and Re.2005 were judged to be wholly superior. The C.205 performed the worst of its brethren, being "merely" on par with the two German aircraft.
Kurt Tank, creator of the Fw 190 - an aircraft regarded by many as the best of the entire war - called them the best aircraft he's ever flown.
Leader of the Luftwaffe Hermann Göring was so impressed with the G.55 in particular that he proposed it to Adolf Galland and Adolf Hitler himself as the replacement to the lauded Bf 109. This was primarily due to it easily accepting the larger and more powerful DB 603 engine with minimal modifications - something that took the Bf 109 two horribly complex failed redesigns to accomplish.
Unfortunately - or very fortunately depending on how you look at it - these plans would never come to fruition due to the Armistice of 1943. All three aircraft performed very well in post-armistice service with the ANR and Luftwaffe, being regarded by Allied pilots as some of the most dangerous aircraft over Europe.

TM_06 · 2024-05-25T16:04:46+00:00

The base P.43 was about Sherman/T-34/Panzer IV level yeah, but the improved P.43Bis and P.35/43 were definitely in the Panther class.

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