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Flying Tiger -> RE: Epilogue (6/21/2010 1:30:26 PM)
quote: You my friend have turned yourself into a master storyteller. If we were all in the same room now, you would recieve a standing ovation from all of us present. i'll second that! Well done. Again.

Flying Tiger -> RE: Epilogue (6/21/2010 1:36:13 PM)
quote: it does look as though "Small Ship, Big War" will be published in book form, one way or another. There's a good chance, anyway. I will post details when and if they become available. and....?

veji1 -> RE: Epilogue (7/2/2010 3:40:11 PM)
Same question !

Ikazuchi0585 -> RE: Epilogue (2/4/2011 11:24:52 PM)
just finished reading. 2 thumbs up [&o]

BigDuke66 -> RE: Epilogue (2/5/2011 12:06:24 AM)
If this story really makes it into a book form I would like to see the 2 last months covered more detailed. I think these months give room for many side stories, just think of the families of all the major & minor Hibiki Chars, they must have had a hard time and to swing the spotlight to them would give an interesting view of Japans "Downfall". Maybe a look into some high rank discussion on how the fight in these last months. And something about the atomic bombs and the speech that the Japanese emperor Hirohito held("Jewel Voice Broadcast") would also spice things a bit up.

SireChaos -> RE: Epilogue (2/20/2011 9:34:32 PM)
There... I just finished reading the whole story for the third time in two years, beginning to end. Cuttlefish, you are truly one of the best.

Smoky Stoker -> RE: Epilogue (3/25/2011 1:04:01 AM)
The NavWeaps discussion board sent me here, and I only regret that I am now out of story. I suffered from a bad case of "read instead of..." which included "working" and "sleeping"for a week, a condition that strikes every few years when something truly outstanding comes along. I am still ambivalent about the ending, though. It somewhat interfered with my willing suspension of disbelief. You gave every one of them a happy ending because you care about them and you could. No Ira Hayes* here. But we all want it to be that way in the real world. We just know it will not happen. * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_Hayes

Capt. Harlock -> RE: Epilogue (3/26/2011 1:19:09 AM)
quote: I am still ambivalent about the ending, though. It somewhat interfered with my willing suspension of disbelief. What can we say? Hibiki always was a lucky ship.[;)]

Cuttlefish -> RE: Epilogue (3/27/2011 9:42:15 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Smoky Stoker The NavWeaps discussion board sent me here, and I only regret that I am now out of story. I suffered from a bad case of "read instead of..." which included "working" and "sleeping"for a week, a condition that strikes every few years when something truly outstanding comes along. I am still ambivalent about the ending, though. It somewhat interfered with my willing suspension of disbelief. You gave every one of them a happy ending because you care about them and you could. No Ira Hayes* here. But we all want it to be that way in the real world. We just know it will not happen. * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_Hayes I will have to plead guilty as charged here. Once the ship had survived the war, against all my expectations, I didn't have the heart to do ill to any of the characters in the epilogues. I could argue that there almost certainly were some negative stories to come out of the post-war years. I just didn't chose to tell any of them. There were a fair number of crew who didn't appear in any tales beyond the end of the war and it is almost certain that some met with misfortune. Having endured all that they had endured, these were men who were not likely to be daunted by lesser challenges. But life is not always kind, or fair, and not all endings are happy ones. All I can say, looking back, is that at the time it felt right to do it the way I did it. I was reluctant to say goodbye to the characters who had come so far with me and I wanted to leave them on something of a note of grace. I suspect many readers felt the same way. It wasn't necessarily realistic, but it seemed fitting.

Karsten -> RE: Small Ship, Big War (11/17/2011 6:08:23 PM)
I found this thread by change 3 days ago after i reinstalled WiP-AE on my new computer. Since then i got addicted to the small ship in the big war. 152 pages and still going strong ....[sm=00000613.gif]

Borys -> RE: Small Ship, Big War (10/30/2012 9:01:17 AM)
Sent over from warships board. I can only write: Thank you for the moving story. And for the happy ends too :). Borys

Mongol_Horde -> RE: Small Ship, Big War (10/27/2013 4:12:35 PM)
bump. Just can't have this drop through the default setting of one year.

rjopel -> RE: Small Ship, Big War (9/22/2014 6:13:50 PM)
Bump. See above

Mongol_Horde -> RE: Small Ship, Big War (10/9/2015 11:14:20 AM)
bump

rjopel -> RE: Small Ship, Big War (5/1/2016 2:38:16 AM)
Bump

rjopel -> RE: Small Ship, Big War (10/24/2016 3:30:03 AM)
bump.

Ardi -> RE: Small Ship, Big War (3/20/2017 9:36:40 PM)
I got a bit interested in WitP couple months ago, and read a few AARs since then. I must say that I never truly liked narrative AARs, but seeing this one with more than 5000 posts, I've got interested. Since it was Friday evening and I was bored, I decided to read a few pages. And guess what, it's 0:30 AM Tuesday here, and I'm finally done with this magnificient stuff. Spent almost all my free time during last three days reading the adventures of Hibiki, and if I ever buy and play WitP it will be because of this outstanding tale of struggle of the little ship and its crew, surviving battle after battle, despite being plug in any barrel. Thank you so much, Cuttlefish, for those wonderful hours that I spent reading this story, thanks to you this was by far my best weekend this year.

Zecke -> RE: Small Ship, Big War (11/18/2017 6:41:37 AM)
Thats what WITP did�; making good times For all of us�,, still playing and reading about THE PACIFIC. https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hibiki_(1933)

Balou -> RE: Small Ship, Big War (5/20/2018 5:44:27 PM)
The story would have made a great ww2 book.

nashvillen -> RE: Small Ship, Big War (8/29/2018 9:27:20 PM)
Bump. [&o][&o][&o]

Mike Solli -> RE: Small Ship, Big War (10/1/2018 2:13:37 PM)
I found a little info on LTC Ishii at this site: http://archive.is/MiSf#selection-1437.0-1485.143 Ishii Hagumu Eta Jima Class 52 (class ranking unknown) Promoted Midshipman - 24 July 1924 Promoted Ensign - 1 December 1925 Promoted Lieutenant (j.g.) - 1 December 1927 Promoted Lieutenant - 1 December 1930 Promoted Lieutenant Commander - 1 December 1936 Commanding Officer, Uzuki - 15 December 1938 - 15 November 1939 Commanding Officer, Yayoi - 15 October 1940 - 10 September 1941 Commanding Officer, Hibiki - 25 September 1941 - 13 August 1942 Commanding Officer, Ikazuchi - 13 August 1942 - 27 August 1942 Promoted Commander - 1 November 1942 Ishii was KIA at some point during the war, but I don't know the circumstances or the date. In any event, he was posthumously promoted Captain.

nashvillen -> RE: Small Ship, Big War (2/19/2019 8:37:06 PM)
Been five months. Bump!

rjopel -> RE: Small Ship, Big War (12/1/2019 10:42:33 PM)
Bump, can't let this thread disappear.

BigDuke66 -> RE: Small Ship, Big War (8/17/2020 3:22:04 AM)
Indeed! BUMP

rjopel -> RE: Small Ship, Big War (12/13/2020 1:15:02 AM)
New bump to keep alive.

Mobeer -> RE: Small Ship, Big War (5/19/2021 3:28:08 PM)
Bumping a classic!

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