Talk:Column Like You See 'Em/@comment-39272804-20190716175816

An idea surfaced in my head while I played this. Here it is.

Engineer #1: *walks up to general* Uhhh, we have a problem.

General: What is it?

Engineer #1: Our radar is picking up a lot more troops heading to Al-Qaeda than expected. They’re about 5 hours away, and our defenses won’t be enough. We need much more powerful weapons than we thought. There’s not enough time to create enough mortars and we don’t have enough bombs.

General: What if we created 5 mortars at a time, and had machinery do all the work for the barrier? I’ll order a supply drop of 10,000 bombs.

Engineer #1: Oh, yeah! That works.

4 hours and 55 minutes left

Engineer #1: Alright, guys. We need to manufacture 100 mortars, and they need to be done 5 at a time. Also, we need to build a new barrier, with steel instead of aluminum.

Lead Engineer: Alright.

4 hours and 30 minutes left

Assistant Engineer #1: Alright, the 13th mortar’s done.

Engineer #2: *heads over to the lead engineer* We’ve got 13 mortars done.

Lead Engineer: Good.

Meanwhile, outside...

Engineer #3: *drills nails in*

Engineer #4: *using power tools to connect 2 blocks of iron*

3 hours and 15 minutes left


 * plane flies over base, dropping large crate*

General: Oh, good, the bombs are here.

3 hours left

Lead Engineer: All the mortars are done.

General: Excellent. *takes mortars outside, where the barrier is still being built*

15 minutes left

General: Good. The barrier is finished.

Soldier #1: *standing in watch tower* I can’t see ‘em yet, but on my radar, they’re gettin’ closer.

General: How much time left?

Soldier #1: About 15 minutes.


 * 5 minutes left*

Soldier #1: I can see ‘em.

General: How much time left?

Soldier #1: Five minutes.

''Five minutes later, gunshots are being heard. The bullets begin colliding with the barrier, making noises.''

General: Alright, START FIRING!

Mortars are fired, and explode on the other side

Enemy Soldier #1: They’re using bombs! FIRE BOMBS BACK!

Soldiers with bazookas begin firing missiles, but get hit by bombs from mortars

General: We’re doing great!

A bullet punctures the barrier, hitting the helmet of a soldier

Soldier #2: Uh, they’re breaking down the barrier!

General: That’s no good.


 * An explosion blows up part of the barrier*

Soldier #3: Things aren’t looking goo-

Enemy soldier #2: Wave goodbye to your head, wanker. *fires bazooka at soldier*

Soldier #4: Retreat, RETREAT!!!

All the soldiers run through the door, and it gets locked.