What would be in your letter of last resort?

G-MAN2004 said:
You'd be pretty screwed if one of them decides to die of a heart attack or something just as they're running down the corridors to the safe. :p
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Just make it up, who's going to be around to reprimand you or say that the orders weren't whatever you've just done?

I'm not sure what option I'd go with, it's a hell of a responsibility for the PM and then subsequently the submarine commanders.
 
ojrules said:
what? so the trident system still relies upon bbc 4 transmitting? !! .. also, what makes the trident system so stealthy?/ submarines in general, or is that for a different thread....
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It sounds like more of a joke. That even in when Britain is getting destroyed BBC4 will not stop. :(
 
So if the letter is changed only when a new PM takes office who's to say that during a long tenure allies and enemies (as they're invariably do) change? Who exactly would the targets be?
 
Greenlizard0 said:
So if the letter is changed only when a new PM takes office who's to say that during a long tenure allies and enemies (as they're invariably do) change? Who exactly would the targets be?
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No, old ones are destroyed when a new PM takes power. I am sure the new PM can repalce the letter when he wishes should matters change.
 
Target every nuclear power station and wase storage facility we can in order of magnitude.


If we're going down we're going to actually make a nuclear winter :p
 
MrLOL said:
If it does theres a pre programmed backup transmitter offside which broadcasts a pre recorded tape of music or something.

It kicks in after x ammount of seconds of silence, believed it be about 30 or so.
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It might be 30 seconds now, but it used to be a shorter period of time. All BBC radio stations ahev a similar abckup system, as Mark and Lard found out one day to their cost on radio1, back when they did the
STOP!
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Carry on
business, one day thye pasued for too long and it took engineers a full 25 minutes to get actual radio 1 signal back on the air. Any noise will suffice, but some noise must be broadcast to maintain the feed. I thought it used to be around 15 seconds. Thus why the dull fat boy moyles fills his show with burps and other drivvel as his brain can't cope with converstaion for long enough to maintain the feed. Thank God for radio2's changed lineup. Now all they need do is replace Steve Wright and it'll all be sorted.
 
Greenlizard0 said:
So if the letter is changed only when a new PM takes office who's to say that during a long tenure allies and enemies (as they're invariably do) change? Who exactly would the targets be?
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It doesn't say only, it simply says when the PM changes they are destroyed.

I imagine they can be changed any time the submarine is in dock/a meeting/drop can be arranged at sea.
 
Tefal said:
Target every nuclear power station and wase storage facility we can in order of magnitude.


If we're going down we're going to actually make a nuclear winter :p
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I'd hit the hospitals and pharmaceutical factories, there will be enough fallout from other nations strikes to ensure getting rid of actual drug production would be beneficial to ending the human race in swifter fashion.

No stimpak production, no radaway.
 
Hikari Kisugi said:
I'd hit the hospitals and pharmaceutical factories, there will be enough fallout from other nations strikes to ensure getting rid of actual drug production would be beneficial to ending the human race in swifter fashion.

No stimpak production, no radaway.
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nah nukes don't release anywhere near enough radiation. (after all there have been over 2000 set off already with only immediate populations affected)

look what Chernobyl pumped out and that was basically just the smoke from the fire, a proper blast in multiple reactors all over the world would produce huge amounts of fallout that let you take every enemy and ally with you :p


Also it's a odd coincidence that France happens to have a lot of nuclear power stations.

Sounds like fate to me :p
 
meghatronic said:
The options are something like:

  • Retaliate with nuclear arsenal
  • Do not retaliate with nuclear arsenal
  • Use your own judgement
  • Surrender vessel to Her Majesty's AUS/NZ/CAN or US command
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Ive heard that before, with the last being the most preferable option.
 
Mine would simply read, "target the military and civilian centers to cause as much death as possible".

Then for a light-hearted sign-off I would write "smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast".
 
"Dear Admiral,

Please check that your radio antenna is correctly adjusted before taking any extreme action...

If it's not really broken and London has been nuked probably best to surface and see what the damage is like, see if you can any passers by who did the bloody bombing! Then bomb them back eh! Probably those pesky Ruskies.

Yours sincerely,
Prime Minister Me

PS. Seriously though, really do check to make sure it's not just the antenna because I will be bloody ****ed off if you launch your warheads at the nearest communists just because you can't receive the Today show..."

Really though... what could you say in that situation?
 
I rather think the following is quite suitable:

Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of their women!

(obviously you have to be able to do the accent when reading it aloud)
 
Hello Admiral,

Sadly, all of Blighty is gone. We are all dead and I'm rather afraid to say all of your family and friends are also dead. You lot are pretty much all that's left.

Nuclear war you see. Now listen up old boy what we'd rather like you to do is hold up for just a little while, have a cup of tea what, then travel back to Bighty at your leisure.

Now then, here's the rub, you're going to have to repopulate our little island, see? So what we'd like you chaps to do is get busy with all of the wrens on board just as soon as you can.

Not all bad after all now is it chap? STIFF UPPER LIP OLD BOY



My very best,

Prime Minister
 
Say you were the captain of the sub, and fulfilled your orders to turn Moscow into glass, what do you do after the missles have gone?


Personally, piracy would be a strong contender
 
Defcon5 said:
Say you were the captain of the sub, and fulfilled your orders to turn Moscow into glass, what do you do after the missles have gone?


Personally, piracy would be a strong contender
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what would you pirate? there's hardly any shipping going around.
 
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