Traveller's Cafe 3: Brainstorming, discussion, tea, advice

[Agritum]

Again, war is far too wide spread and massive in terms of logistics and scale of consequence. You have to factor in everything in terms of economic impact to individual management of nearly countless resources. South America would likely be best, and in doing so, making yourself the General instead of CiC would also likely be best because in reality, the CiC has a Cabinet and chiefs of staff to discuss these things because he can't possibly know everything happening, but his CoC can. On that note, again a counterinsurgency operation means you can quite literally choose any climate you desire to fight in and likewise you're going. To have to decide how many troops you're going to be using and whether or not this will be a Combined Arms match involving the extensive use and support of various branches of the military or not.

How about a neo-nazi group in Brazil formed from the Nazis that fled there?

Godo God.

[Australian Antarctica]

How about a neo-nazi group in Brazil formed from the Nazis that fled there?

Godo God.

[Agritum]

Godo God.

In a bad sense. It's so implausible it frankly hurts and kills the suspension of disbelief.

[Australian Antarctica]

In a bad sense. It's so implausible it frankly hurts and kills the suspension of disbelief.

I agree, it is pretty stupid now that I think about it.

[Agritum]

In a bad sense. It's so implausible it frankly hurts and kills the suspension of disbelief.

I agree, it is pretty stupid now that I think about it.

Also, you're never going to pull off that magnitude of operations you're planning. It's already hard in arcade-y grand strategy games like Wargames or Hearts of Iron, and it's literally impossible to do on a text based medium.

Maybe you should join some RP and get experience.

[Australian Antarctica]

I agree, it is pretty stupid now that I think about it.

Also, you're never going to pull off that magnitude of operations you're planning. It's already hard in arcade-y grand strategy games like Wargames or Hearts of Iron, and it's literally impossible to do on a text based medium.

Maybe you should join some RP and get experience.

It has never been attempted before, therefore, you do not know how it will work out. It may be a horrible failure or an amazing success, it is nearly impossible to tell.

[Agritum]

Also, you're never going to pull off that magnitude of operations you're planning. It's already hard in arcade-y grand strategy games like Wargames or Hearts of Iron, and it's literally impossible to do on a text based medium.

Maybe you should join some RP and get experience.

It has never been attempted before, therefore, you do not know how it will work out. It may be a horrible failure or an amazing success, it is nearly impossible to tell.

But I've seen people attempt it, and it quickly turned into godmodfests, or they just died because, frankly, plotless military RPs are kinda sterile and boring,

[Australian Antarctica]

It has never been attempted before, therefore, you do not know how it will work out. It may be a horrible failure or an amazing success, it is nearly impossible to tell.

But I've seen people attempt it, and it quickly turned into godmodfests, or they just died because, frankly, plotless military RPs are kinda sterile and boring,

Show me an example.

[Agritum]

But I've seen people attempt it, and it quickly turned into godmodfests, or they just died because, frankly, plotless military RPs are kinda sterile and boring,

Show me an example.

Look, I can't be bothered to remember the name of some short-lived nation RP (it's not my kind of stuff), but you can easily trawl back in older threads and see how many RPs like that failed.

[Australian Antarctica]

Show me an example.

Look, I can't be bothered to remember the name of some short-lived nation RP (it's not my kind of stuff), but you can easily trawl back in older threads and see how many RPs like that failed.

This will not be a nation RP.

[Agritum]

Look, I can't be bothered to remember the name of some short-lived nation RP (it's not my kind of stuff), but you can easily trawl back in older threads and see how many RPs like that failed.

This will not be a nation RP.

But it's certainly not a character one, I guess?

[Australian Antarctica]

This will not be a nation RP.

But it's certainly not a character one, I guess?

It is almost a faction RP. It is it's own type.

[Australian Antarctica]

Does anyone know the size of the 3rd Infantry Division?

[The Orson Empire]

Would anyone be willing to do a space RP involving factions?

What do you mean? Since watching Interstellar, I've had a bit of a hankering

Exactly what it says- it's based in a single galaxy, and you would be allowed to create a faction that controls a portion of that galaxy.

It is somewhat similar to that History of Empires roleplay we were both in, except it's in space.

[Cylarn]

HALP ME!

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What do you need help with: I am developing a sea monster-fishing RP, and I would like assistance in brainstorming what kinds of gear we'd be using, along with the many types of aquatic cryptids that infest the oceans.
Links, if requesting someone to look into your RP's IC/OOC: The Link.

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[Nazi Flower Power]

RP INTEREST AND FEEDBACK REQUEST

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Please provide as much detail as possible.
RP's Overarching Concept: A city in a barely inhabitable desert is struggling to survive and having a Nazi problem.
Genre/s: Sci-fi
Character or Faction Based: Character-based.
Detailed Description: 26th century setting on a planet called New Saxony that is hotter than Earth. Many racists, political extremists, and religious fundamentalists have established colonies far removed from Earth where they will not be bothered by modern notions of political correctness. The planet was originally colonized and somewhat terraformed by neo-Nazis. Later, it was invaded by neo-Confederates. In keeping with the neo-Confederate concept of "states' rights" Confederate states are allowed a high degree of autonomy. Genetic engineering and cybernetics are common, but some Christians believe that genetic engineering distances people from God and there are a few who go so far as to teach that genetically engineered people do not have souls. For these sects, it is very important to remain isolated and not interbreed with outsiders. Interbreeding with outsiders poses the risk of polluting the gene pool with artificial genes. These people have founded their own state, New Eden, where they can separate themselves from genetically engineered people. Most cities in New Eden are sealed behind airlocks to protect them from both foreign genes and the local climate.

Around the equator is an uninhabitable desert. New Eden is in the Southern Hemisphere on the edge of the desert where very few plants (and no naturally occurring species from Earth) will grow on the surface and protective gear is required to go outside during the day. The climate is becoming less stable because the Confederates have not maintained the terraforming that was done by the original Nazi colonists, and New Eden's economy is floundering because their isolationist mentality hinders trade. Overcrowding and poverty make it difficult for cities to feed themselves and maintain their infrastructure. If a city suffers a power outage during an unusually hot day, the disruption of their air conditioning can cause crop failures, and in extreme cases people can roast to death in their homes.

There is one city, Mengele, which is open to outsiders. It is a leftover Nazi settlement from before the Christians moved in, but it has also taken in Christians who were exiled from their home cities due to fears that they might be genetically tainted, because they may have had sex with outsiders, or because they were exiled for political reasons. Some Christians also go to Mengele by choice if the hardships of life in New Eden make them question their anti-transhumanist faith. There are also people from other Confederate states, and a tiny number of people from the Northern Hemisphere and the moons.

There are a few isolated Nazi outposts in the mountains, but Mengele is the only place with a significant number of genetically engineered people.

On New Eden's northern border (i.e. further out in the desert) there is a very small independent country called the Weimar Republic, and an enormous sparsely populated country called Rommelia. The Weimar Republic and Rommelia are both predominantly Nazi because the land was too crappy for the Confederates to settle there after the invaded the planet.

To the East, West, and South are Confederate states which do not share New Eden's fundamentalist religion, but are technically part of the same country. The Confederate government protects New Eden from military invasion, and they have restrictions on travel from Rommelia, but they do not prevent civilians from Weimar from crossing the border. So doctors from Weimar have been distributing contraceptives and offering abortions in New Eden, even though this is against state law and religious teachings. They set up portable shelters outside the airlocks and people sneak out of the cities to buy condoms or pills or get an abortion. Most of these efforts are sponsored by a private company called Sendlinger & Schloss which is mainly a condom manufacturer and not a political organization. S&S is hugely successful and even exports to other solar systems. Hess Sendlinger and Doranne Schloss call their work charity or eugenics, but the people in New Eden call it genocide. Abortion is illegal in Weimar, and S&S would never offer back alley abortions in their own country like they do in New Eden.

My idea for an RP was that it would deal with local authorities and citizenry in a small Edenian city that is on the verge of collapse (food supply and cooling system both stretched to the breaking point) and has just found an S&S clinic on their doorstep. People could play both Edenians and S&S employees, both people who want to use the clinic and people who want to get rid of it. (People who visit the clinic risk being exiled if they are caught because they have been alone with outsiders and might possibly have had their DNA tampered with, or the women could have had sex with one of the Weimarer men.)

Need Help With: I've never used P2TM before, haven't RPed anywhere in years, don't quite know the best way to go about setting this up, and don't know if anybody would be interested in it.

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Nice to see you, NFP. Now this is quite particular setting.

I originally developed it with the idea that I would use it for a novel. I've used it for a short story, had another short story set about 150 years earlier in the North, and I'm working on a novel set in the North.

[Australian Antarctica]

I am looking for someone who is pretty much an expert in US military invasions. As in the Units that are involved, how long it takes to plan it, who leads it, ETC.

[Alleniana]

What do you mean? Since watching Interstellar, I've had a bit of a hankering

Exactly what it says- it's based in a single galaxy, and you would be allowed to create a faction that controls a portion of that galaxy.

It is somewhat similar to that History of Empires roleplay we were both in, except it's in space.

What tech levels?

[Tes Enger]

I've been thinking about doing a murder mystery RP.

[Alleniana]

I've been thinking about doing a murder mystery RP.

Detail?

[Tes Enger]

I've been thinking about doing a murder mystery RP.

Detail?

None are to be found. I just thought it up now.

[Rupudska]

I am looking for someone who is pretty much an expert in US military invasions. As in the Units that are involved, how long it takes to plan it, who leads it, ETC.

None off the top of my head, at least not in P2TM.

Ask F&NI, and try not to piss off the realwankers.

[Alleniana]

try not to piss off the realwankers.

heh

[The Tiger Kingdom]

I am looking for someone who is pretty much an expert in US military invasions. As in the Units that are involved, how long it takes to plan it, who leads it, ETC.

If you have any specific questions, TG me and I'll see if I can help.

[Altito Asmoro]

I am looking for someone who is pretty much an expert in US military invasions. As in the Units that are involved, how long it takes to plan it, who leads it, ETC.

None off the top of my head, at least not in P2TM.

Ask F&NI, and try not to piss off the realwankers.

Cylarn?