Muitzilbixli Type 00 "Mimi"

In June 1938, the Meermacht of the new combined Vinno-Maian government issued as a challenge a request for a brand new carrier-capable monoplane fighter. Kuertis, Boernier, Nordemmerien, and other usual suspects quickly responded. But then out of nowhere came a shock: the ruling elites and wealthy merchants of the ancient Maian city of Uucyabnal had put together something never before seen in Maian society: the Muitzilbixli Aviation Company. A sort of guild or primitive corporation, the entity would not only help keep the city's wealthiest elites busy and loyal to the city rulers, it would also help tie the small, resurgent city to the newly formed national government and prove their loyalty and ingenuity to the whole Reich.

 

The engineers assigned to the controversial and pioneering project nearly completely discarded traditional Maian conventions of designing structures or vehicles, and opted to look overseas for inspiration. Blasphemous as this was, they found it in the aircraft of both Fujou and Papillon, which they admired greatly for their beauty, elegance, and superb functionality. Despite outward appearances, however, the aircraft has many characteristics that still make it uniquely Maian.

 

By early 1939 the first prototypes were ready and would be flown immediately for the approval of the chiefs of the city. Blessed by the priests of the patron deity Kukulcan, the first prototype lifted into the sky with such great speed and vigor that the aircraft nearly fell apart and the pilot suffered an anyeurism. This was taken as a good omen, and the next few aircraft were painted blue in anticipation of a glorious sacrifice to the great feathered serpent. The great god received his offering when the pilot of the next test flight pulled nearly 15Gs in a high speed test of the aircraft's turn radius, sheering off both of the wings, breaking the fuselage in two, and--rather appropriately--sending the remnants of the airframe plummeting into a cenote. With the divine powers sufficiently satisfied, the city council deemed the aircraft a success--but the Reichsluftbuero wanted answers.

 

An inquiry revealed that not only was the aircraft essentially completely unarmored, everything possible had been done to conserve weight. The airframe was nothing more than thin sheets of aluminum and balsa wood held together with copper rivets and honey-glue. The fact that the aircraft could fly at all thoroughly impressed the federal agents.

 

When Muitzilbixli presented their case to the Meermacht, at first they were rather concerned, especially since Muitzilbixli finished their entry before anyone else. However, after some high ranking SS officers paid a lengthy visit to the office of the Chiefs of Staff, they eventually came to a decision. The Type 00, the first ever of a new generation of Maian aircraft, after months of evaluation and trial, was selected for Meermacht service and mass-production in December of 1939. The aircraft has become affectionately known as "Mimi," the Maian language's way of expressing the aircraft's designation, "zero-zero."

 

While some wary Vinnish pilots approach the new aircraft with a certain deal of anxiety and skepticism, all who have flown her, especially Maian aviators, know and love Mimi as the greatest, most wonderful, most beautiful aircraft to ever traverse the sacred blue skies.

 

 

PERKS & QUIRKS:

Speed: 560km/h (+1)

Range: 1000km (-1)

Agility: Wow! (+2)

Guns: 4 (+1)

Caliber: .50 (+0)

Tinfoil Monocoque Fuselage: -1

Unarmored: -1

 

Thanks to Awe-senpai for the venerable Sea Maelstrom that this was derived from.

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