Shot Across the Bow
Your Mandarin would like to share with you this correspondence from Gormogon operative GD regarding the Iranian Navy post:
Also note: the C-803 surface-to-surface missile this thing sports is capable carrying of a nuclear warhead. If I were a burgeoning nuclear state, once I got my weapons program off the ground, step 2 would be figuring out how to deploy said weapons. Surface-to-surface missiles (and, potentially, nuclear torpedoes) are perfect for warding off those pesky CVBG’s (carrier battlegroups). Not to mention bringing an interesting glow to any target within 750km of a beach.
This is a very interesting and insightful observation.
As a reward for writing in you may have already received in the past an entry form for the Publisher’s Clearing House sweepstakes and an envelope stuffed with expired coupons for ladies “delicates.”
Hopefully prizes like this will incentivize you other slackers out there to take the time and write in. You never know, it may pay off, but I doubt it.
The Mandarin, whose real name is 吏恆, joined the order in 1309, and introduced the Gormogons into England during the 18th Century.
The Mandarin enjoys spending time with his pet manticore, Βάρἰκος, or Barry (who can be found in the Bestiary). When not in the Castle…well, frankly, nobody is quite sure where he goes.
The Mandarin popularized the fine art of “gut booting,” by which he delivers a powerful kick to the stomach of anyone that annoys him. Although nearly universal today, the act of gut booting or threatening someone or something with a gut boot is solely due to him.