Kremistan wrote:Greg is from 1883, it's too much of a pain to have conflicting time periods.
And thanks for the tactics, now a few more questions.
-If an airship is shot from the ground, will that still change the ROE to allow any airships to be destroyed?
-In your mind, will this RP be predominantly air engagements, or will there be a land campaign as well?
-How are the people in the area responding to the escalation of conflict? Are they aiding pirates or RAS?
-Does the RAS have a foothold on the islands, or will allied forces need to fight for a beachhead?
-Is this a 'peacekeeping' or 'peacemaking' operation?
Hopefully I'm not making you think too much!
- Interesting question. I actually forgot about "flaming onions," the primary means of surface-to-air defense. It's different from the German lichtspucker from WWI, but the idea is pretty similar. Basically, a flaming onion is a sticky, flaming ball of pitch covered in tar and launched into the air by either a special cannon or a sort of giant slingshot. As one would expect, they are primarily used as defensive weapons and are generally not used when friendly ships are in the area because of their inherent inaccuracy. When enemy ships are fired upon from the ground, general practice for friendly ships is to get the hell out of dodge, but yes, once ships are destroyed by AA fire, all bets are off and it's every ship for itself.
- I was thinking more air combat, but land battles are sure to happen and sea battles are likely if anyone would prefer a seafaring vessel. Note of interest: the gondolas of many ships on both sides are shaped like the hulls of ships and can be set down in the water in an emergency once the envelope is shed.
- The people of Dehui are pretty evenly split down the middle. The Royalists (those who support the crown) generally side with the RAS, while most of the criminals and the political dissenters side with the Confederacy. Those who actually aide the Confederacy, however, generally must do so in secret if they are still living amongst the Royalists.
- The big island is still technically under RAS control, though their de facto area of influence is only the area north of the Naquit-Medo line. Due to the volatility on the big island, the RAS' main base of operations is in Port Vetreni on Helvet Island.
- Peacemaking. Think US vs. NVA/Viet Cong
Maurepas wrote:I was planning on incorporating a fondness for antique weapons into his character, to give him something unique, weapon-wise, although I do like your Gun model,
Thanks! I was just making sure you were aware.
San Cristofer wrote:Right, I'll go with the 1876 instead, same length, which would presumably increase power whilst sacrificing range and accuracy?
If that's ok, then awesome!
Cool beans; you're good to go! Yeah, I guess accuracy would suffer a bit with the larger caliber, but they were accurate enough to kill buffalo with. Accuracy will suffer a bit with a shortened barrel, though.