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Should we introduce more magic into the Imperial Army?

Yes make it quite common but not too strong on average.
18
23%
No, it doesn't make sense and would ruin immersion.
4
5%
Only very rarely, but have mages be more powerful.
37
48%
Have magic opponents, but not part of the Imperial Army.
11
14%
No for other reasons.
2
3%
Other (say your idea in the OOC)
5
6%
 
Total votes : 77

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Postby Kassaran » Thu Mar 30, 2017 12:48 pm

Nations United for Conquest wrote:
Kassaran wrote:Well, to be entirely honest, that's sort of one of the ulterior motives behind my character being present. He's got Ranger CQB training alongside his sniper expertise and training. His primary job is to do whatever the UN peacekeepers ask within reason, his secondary is to recover all lost or missing humans from the Special Region, and the final is to obtain intelligence regarding the enemy and how best to neutralize their offensive capabilities. In short, he's got limited license to kill if he feels a threat is endangering an American citizen of which there were about a dozen taken from Stockholm.

So he may or may not get along so well with Alois in some cases

How do you figure?
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Zarkenis Ultima wrote:Tristan noticed footsteps behind him and looked there, only to see Eric approaching and then pointing his sword at the girl. He just blinked a few times at this before speaking.

"Put that down, Mr. Eric." He said. "She's obviously not a chicken."
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Postby Nations United for Conquest » Thu Mar 30, 2017 3:55 pm

Kassaran wrote:
Nations United for Conquest wrote:So he may or may not get along so well with Alois in some cases

How do you figure?

The way he goes about his mission

I don't know, we'll just have to wait and see

Alois' sister, "Della Fischer" was also taken following the invasion
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Postby Reverend Norv » Thu Mar 30, 2017 7:16 pm

I'm going to have Paul take command and flesh out this operation a little bit. Once everyone has the chance to ask questions, if Bentus agrees, we can probably move to the column's departure.
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Postby Kassaran » Thu Mar 30, 2017 7:17 pm

Reverend Norv wrote:I'm going to have Paul take command and flesh out this operation a little bit. Once everyone has the chance to ask questions, if Bentus agrees, we can probably move to the column's departure.

I like the sound of it.

Where would the sniper and marksman go?
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Zarkenis Ultima wrote:Tristan noticed footsteps behind him and looked there, only to see Eric approaching and then pointing his sword at the girl. He just blinked a few times at this before speaking.

"Put that down, Mr. Eric." He said. "She's obviously not a chicken."
The Knockout Gun Gals wrote:
The United Remnants of America wrote:You keep that cheap Chinese knock-off away from the real OG...

bloody hell, mate.
that's a real deal. We just don't buy the license rights.

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Postby Reverend Norv » Thu Mar 30, 2017 8:09 pm

Kassaran wrote:
Reverend Norv wrote:I'm going to have Paul take command and flesh out this operation a little bit. Once everyone has the chance to ask questions, if Bentus agrees, we can probably move to the column's departure.

I like the sound of it.

Where would the sniper and marksman go?


Probably in one of the Ivecos, provided that he reassures Paul of his ability to be a team player.
For really, I think that the poorest he that is in England hath a life to live as the greatest he. And therefore truly, Sir, I think it's clear that every man that is to live under a Government ought first by his own consent to put himself under that Government. And I do think that the poorest man in England is not at all bound in a strict sense to that Government that he hath not had a voice to put himself under.
Col. Thomas Rainsborough, Putney Debates, 1647

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Postby Kassaran » Thu Mar 30, 2017 8:20 pm

Reverend Norv wrote:
Kassaran wrote:I like the sound of it.

Where would the sniper and marksman go?


Probably in one of the Ivecos, provided that he reassures Paul of his ability to be a team player.

Oh, he's trained to be a team player all right. It's kind of what allows him to be the most effective.
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Zarkenis Ultima wrote:Tristan noticed footsteps behind him and looked there, only to see Eric approaching and then pointing his sword at the girl. He just blinked a few times at this before speaking.

"Put that down, Mr. Eric." He said. "She's obviously not a chicken."
The Knockout Gun Gals wrote:
The United Remnants of America wrote:You keep that cheap Chinese knock-off away from the real OG...

bloody hell, mate.
that's a real deal. We just don't buy the license rights.

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Postby Dayganistan » Thu Mar 30, 2017 9:48 pm

I was going to ask about an attack helicopter, but I realized the mission is going out of radio range. I'm not smart.
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Postby Bentus » Thu Mar 30, 2017 10:57 pm

Reverend Norv wrote:I'm going to have Paul take command and flesh out this operation a little bit. Once everyone has the chance to ask questions, if Bentus agrees, we can probably move to the column's departure.


Sounds like a plan to me. If I'm back at a computer by the time you guys head out I'll write something up else feel free to rp the departure yourselves if you grow impatient.
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Postby Kassaran » Fri Mar 31, 2017 3:42 am

Got plenty to write now. Expect a post later today.
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Zarkenis Ultima wrote:Tristan noticed footsteps behind him and looked there, only to see Eric approaching and then pointing his sword at the girl. He just blinked a few times at this before speaking.

"Put that down, Mr. Eric." He said. "She's obviously not a chicken."
The Knockout Gun Gals wrote:
The United Remnants of America wrote:You keep that cheap Chinese knock-off away from the real OG...

bloody hell, mate.
that's a real deal. We just don't buy the license rights.

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Postby Malshan » Fri Mar 31, 2017 6:17 am

I'll post my introduction when the column leaves the base camp. Probably a mile or two from the Gate.
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Postby Nations United for Conquest » Fri Mar 31, 2017 7:26 am

Kassaran wrote:Got plenty to write now. Expect a post later today.

Same
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Population - 325,581,223
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Roleplay Information
OP Gatelord - [OOC]
The Coming Storm - PLANNED
TBA FE RP - PLANNED

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Postby Second Helghan Empire » Fri Mar 31, 2017 4:31 pm

Operation Forward until Dawn: UN Personnel File

Required Information


Name|Rank|Role:
Martin Karev, Specialist, US Army Airborne on Loan to UN Forces, Communications Specialist and Support Rifleman, Air assault and Airborne operation trained

Age|Height|Weight:
25, 6 ft 3 in, 198 lbs

Allegiance|Character Class:
United States, Earth, Comm specialist/linguist and rifleman

Magic Sensitivity:
null

D.O.B|Birthplace|Nationality
1992/07/05 Callville, Iowa, United States

Sex|Sexuality:
Male Heterosexual

Appearance Image & Description:
Image

He has black to dark brown hair cut short on the sides and a bit longer on top, his eye are a dark bluish green and his skin is an olive tan tone. He has a large muscular appearance but is less bulky than many of his fellow soldiers with a more lithe appearance. He sports high cheekbones and a roman nose.

Biography: Growing up in a large household with multiple generations crowded together into several nearby farm houses, Martin was rarely ever alone. He spent large amounts of time with his mother's parents and father's grandparents, the former immigrants of Germany and latter of Russia, Martin like most of his siblings and cousins was multilingual. He furthered this by learning additional languages in school something his parents encouraged believing it would ensure a promising career in any field. In school he balanced his education and sports well, and while not the best player he earned himself a full scholarship between his academics and sports applications. Going to Iowa State University he completed his education on French and Spanish and eventually graduated with a degree in linguistics and with minors in communications technology and anthropological study.

However after graduating college Martin found himself rather lost in the world. To help give himself stability like he had become accustomed to with school he signed up for the United States Army shortly after his Twenty-third Birthday. With his athletic skills and academic history he excelled, however he turned down the opportunity of Officer Candidate School funneling him into a Communications Specialist Position. He spent a year training and learning the ins and outs of his new role. He learned how to care for and operate his equipment and upon his first Deployment to Northern Iraq in 2016 he performed admirably in his role and made himself known to his superiors.

While not a special forces member Martin's skills and education have made him an easy pick to be sent on this operation. Not fully a member of the UN and wearing US uniform and equipment he does carry a UN blue and white armband to wear on his left bicep.

Personality: Martin is a very slow and deliberate person and is very straightforward with his words. He has a curiosity that often makes him try whatever he can to understand something and is a very calm and patient individual. He is adept at communicating with others and almost always wears a smile on his face believing it to be necessary to properly engage with new people.

Non-Required Information


Past Occupations, Positions, Roles, Ranks and Achievements: While a native English speaker familial ties to immigrants has led to him becoming multi-lingual, able to speak fluent English, German, and Russian since childhood thanks in large part to his grandparents he has a gifted inclination towards language with a degree in linguistics and anthropological study. As an adult he is able to speak conversational French and Spanish he also has learned broken Swedish for this operation. His affinity for languages earned him his slot here and it is expected he will be invaluable in coordinating the UN forces and breaking the communication barrier with natives on the other side.

Equipment: Beyond a standard Infantry loadout excess ammunition has been sacrificed for the benefit of radio and communications apparatus While limited in range it is invaluable on the battlefield. He also carries a large translation book for Swedish as well as a ruggedized laptop with software to attempt to translate between natives and UN personnel by building an algorithm based on things learned as time goes on.
  • Default Main Weapon & Specials: M16A4 with five magazines
  • Default Sidearm: 1 M9 Beretta with two magazines
  • Additional Munitions: 2 M67 grenades
  • Uniform Model: Combat/patrol relax/work
  • Misc. & Other Stuff:large translation book for Swedish as well as a ruggedized laptop with software to attempt to translate between natives and UN personnel by building an algorithm based on things learned as time goes on. Lastly he has the tools to repair his equipment.

Moral Alignment: Tempered Good

Likes: Learning about other peoples, sitting and having a discussion, learning about new things, or speaking in other languages

Dislikes: Those who fear what they don't know, people who refuse to try new things, impatient people, damaged equipment, not knowing what course to take.

Theme Song: War Poetry

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By posting this application, I have made a great app, read the OP
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Postby Bentus » Sat Apr 01, 2017 1:07 am

Second Helghan Empire wrote:Operation Forward until Dawn: UN Personnel File

Required Information


Name|Rank|Role:
Martin Karev, Specialist, US Army Airborne on Loan to UN Forces, Communications Specialist and Support Rifleman, Air assault and Airborne operation trained

Age|Height|Weight:
25, 6 ft 3 in, 198 lbs

Allegiance|Character Class:
United States, Earth, Comm specialist/linguist and rifleman

Magic Sensitivity:
null

D.O.B|Birthplace|Nationality
1992/07/05 Callville, Iowa, United States

Sex|Sexuality:
Male Heterosexual

Appearance Image & Description:
He has black to dark brown hair cut short on the sides and a bit longer on top, his eye are a dark bluish green and his skin is an olive tan tone. He has a large muscular appearance but is less bulky than many of his fellow soldiers with a more lithe appearance. He sports high cheekbones and a roman nose.

Biography: Growing up in a large household with multiple generations crowded together into several nearby farm houses, Martin was rarely ever alone. He spent large amounts of time with his mother's parents and father's grandparents, the former immigrants of Germany and latter of Russia, Martin like most of his siblings and cousins was multilingual. He furthered this by learning additional languages in school something his parents encouraged believing it would ensure a promising career in any field. In school he balanced his education and sports well, and while not the best player he earned himself a full scholarship between his academics and sports applications. Going to Iowa State University he completed his education on French and Spanish and eventually graduated with a degree in linguistics and with minors in communications technology and anthropological study.

However after graduating college Martin found himself rather lost in the world. To help give himself stability like he had become accustomed to with school he signed up for the United States Army shortly after his Twenty-third Birthday. With his athletic skills and academic history he excelled, however he turned down the opportunity of Officer Candidate School funneling him into a Communications Specialist Position. He spent a year training and learning the ins and outs of his new role. He learned how to care for and operate his equipment and upon his first Deployment to Northern Iraq in 2016 he performed admirably in his role and made himself known to his superiors.

While not a special forces member Martin's skills and education have made him an easy pick to be sent on this operation. Not fully a member of the UN and wearing US uniform and equipment he does carry a UN blue and white armband to wear on his left bicep.

Personality: Martin is a very slow and deliberate person and is very straightforward with his words. He has a curiosity that often makes him try whatever he can to understand something and is a very calm and patient individual. He is adept at communicating with others and almost always wears a smile on his face believing it to be necessary to properly engage with new people.

Non-Required Information


Past Occupations, Positions, Roles, Ranks and Achievements: While a native English speaker familial ties to immigrants has led to him becoming multi-lingual, able to speak fluent English, German, and Russian since childhood thanks in large part to his grandparents he has a gifted inclination towards language with a degree in linguistics and anthropological study. As an adult he is able to speak conversational French and Spanish he also has learned broken Swedish for this operation. His affinity for languages earned him his slot here and it is expected he will be invaluable in coordinating the UN forces and breaking the communication barrier with natives on the other side.

Equipment: Beyond a standard Infantry loadout excess ammunition has been sacrificed for the benefit of radio and communications apparatus While limited in range it is invaluable on the battlefield. He also carries a large translation book for Swedish as well as a ruggedized laptop with software to attempt to translate between natives and UN personnel by building an algorithm based on things learned as time goes on.
  • Default Main Weapon & Specials: M16A4 with five magazines
  • Default Sidearm: 1 M9 Beretta with two magazines
  • Additional Munitions: 2 M67 grenades
  • Uniform Model: Combat/patrol elax/work
  • Misc. & Other Stuff:large translation book for Swedish as well as a ruggedized laptop with software to attempt to translate between natives and UN personnel by building an algorithm based on things learned as time goes on. Lastly he has the tools to repair his equipment.

Moral Alignment: Tempered Good

Likes: Learning about other peoples, sitting and having a discussion, learning about new things, or speaking in other languages

Dislikes: Those who fear what they don't know, people who refuse to try new things, impatient people, damaged equipment, not knowing what course to take.

Theme Song: War Poetry

Leave This In Your App:
By posting this application, I have made a great app, read the OP


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Postby Kassaran » Sat Apr 01, 2017 10:01 am

Hoping you don't mind that I do a little bit of advertising too.

I figure that we could get a Bravo team ready to start travelling in another direction while Alpha team takes the first direction?
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Zarkenis Ultima wrote:Tristan noticed footsteps behind him and looked there, only to see Eric approaching and then pointing his sword at the girl. He just blinked a few times at this before speaking.

"Put that down, Mr. Eric." He said. "She's obviously not a chicken."
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The United Remnants of America wrote:You keep that cheap Chinese knock-off away from the real OG...

bloody hell, mate.
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Postby Great Confederacy of Commonwealth States » Sat Apr 01, 2017 12:29 pm

Kassaran wrote:Hoping you don't mind that I do a little bit of advertising too.

I figure that we could get a Bravo team ready to start travelling in another direction while Alpha team takes the first direction?

Question: why would your character not be under UN supervision, while working from a UN FOB?
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Postby Nations United for Conquest » Sat Apr 01, 2017 12:31 pm

Great Confederacy Of Commonwealth States wrote:
Kassaran wrote:Hoping you don't mind that I do a little bit of advertising too.

I figure that we could get a Bravo team ready to start travelling in another direction while Alpha team takes the first direction?

Question: why would your character not be under UN supervision, while working from a UN FOB?


Because the UN is a USA puppet and his character is under contract from the CIA
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Capital - Gesno
Population - 325,581,223
Currency - Krot ($)
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The Coming Storm - PLANNED
TBA FE RP - PLANNED

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Postby Great Confederacy of Commonwealth States » Sat Apr 01, 2017 12:32 pm

Nations United for Conquest wrote:
Great Confederacy Of Commonwealth States wrote:Question: why would your character not be under UN supervision, while working from a UN FOB?


Because the UN is a USA puppet and his character is under contract from the CIA

If he is a military man, he should follow the commands of superiors. If he is there in a civilian purpose, he should not be there at all.

Also, the UN is very clearly not a US puppet. That shows a blatant misunderstanding of how the UN works.
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Postby Nations United for Conquest » Sat Apr 01, 2017 12:36 pm

Great Confederacy Of Commonwealth States wrote:
Nations United for Conquest wrote:
Because the UN is a USA puppet and his character is under contract from the CIA

If he is a military man, he should follow the commands of superiors. If he is there in a civilian purpose, he should not be there at all.

Also, the UN is very clearly not a US puppet. That shows a blatant misunderstanding of how the UN works.


That was sarcasm. I understand how the UN works

The CIA is shady place. How a contractor like him ended up on bases is anyone's guess. But if anyone is going to pull strings it'd be the US or Russia.

The expedition itself is already very NATO/US oriented, so I wouldn't be surprised if the CIA managed to throw around some of its weight and get that guy through the Gate
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Leader - Prime Minister Alaro Kuhn
Capital - Gesno
Population - 325,581,223
Currency - Krot ($)
Roleplay Information
OP Gatelord - [OOC]
The Coming Storm - PLANNED
TBA FE RP - PLANNED

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Postby Reverend Norv » Sat Apr 01, 2017 1:51 pm

Kassaran wrote:Hoping you don't mind that I do a little bit of advertising too.

I figure that we could get a Bravo team ready to start travelling in another direction while Alpha team takes the first direction?


While that would make sense, I think that one recon team will make for better storytelling and be easier for the OP. Bentus already has to juggle at least three sets of characters: the recon team, the on-base personnel, and the natives. Adding another storyline might slow things down way too much.
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Postby Malshan » Sat Apr 01, 2017 1:54 pm

Reverend Norv wrote:
Kassaran wrote:Hoping you don't mind that I do a little bit of advertising too.

I figure that we could get a Bravo team ready to start travelling in another direction while Alpha team takes the first direction?


While that would make sense, I think that one recon team will make for better storytelling and be easier for the OP. Bentus already has to juggle at least three sets of characters: the recon team, the on-base personnel, and the natives. Adding another storyline might slow things down way too much.


Plus it tends to make things a bit confusing as to what happens in which storyline. At that point, a new thread to contain the secondary storyline is almost needed.
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Postby Dayganistan » Sat Apr 01, 2017 5:08 pm

Operation Forward until Dawn: UN Personnel File
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Name|Rank|Role: Taline Yetarian|Senior Sergeant|Commander of a Russian special forces team

Age|Height|Weight: 30|5'6"|140 pounds

Allegiance|Character Class: Russian Federation|Special operations

Magic Sensitivity: Null

D.O.B|Birthplace|Nationality February 16th, 1987|Yerevan, Armenian SSR|Russian

Sex|Sexuality: Female|Hetero

Appearance Image & Description:
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Biography: Both of Taline's parents died when she was young and she found herself having to grow up in a Russian orphanage, becoming one of those unfortunate children who never gets adopted for whatever reason. Her life is relatively uninteresting until, at the age of 16, she learns that there are few opportunities for her in life. She enlists in the Russian Armed Forces in 2003 at the age of 16, lying about her age. She stated a desire to serve in either the Spetsnaz or Airborne Forces and was initially laughed at by the officers in charge of recruiting, but after a few days of her continuing to try, they allowed her to join the Airborne Forces.

With the war in Chechnya having subsided to a low level insurgency, her first few years of service were uneventful and she considered leaving the Russian military, only to remember there were no opportunities for her outside of the military. However, in the summer of 2008 she would participate in the invasion of Georgia. In Georgia, she was always the first to volunteer for the most dangerous tasks. She had nothing to go home to, so she felt the preserving her life wasn't exactly the most important thing. And if she could die so that someone with an actual family could go home to them, she didn't exactly care. She was awarded for recovering a wounded comrade under sniper and machine gun fire, although she was wounded herself in the process. Her willingness to take on the most dangerous tasks earned her an opportunity to transfer to the 45th Guards Reconnaissance Regiment, the elite Spetsnaz unit of the Russian Airborne Forces.

This became yet another uneventful post for a few years. The FSB occasionally came around looking for recruits for Spetsgruppa Alfa, the most elite special forces unit in all of Russia. Taline volunteered every time, but was almost always ignored by the FSB officers. Until eventually, in 2013, the FSB officers came looking specifically for her. Russia was gearing up for some major covert operations in the near future, and they needed someone who was willing to take on extremely dangerous assignments. After becoming a member of Spetsgruppa Alfa, her service records become highly classified, with only a few details known.

In the summer of 2014, she was involved in the Ukraine conflict, helping the Donbass resistance organize their campaign against the Ukrainian military. Again, always volunteered for the most dangerous assignments and seemed to have a complete disregard for personal safety. After assisting in getting the initial uprising, she was put in charge of a unit made up of both rebels and Russian soldiers tasked with hunting down and eliminating Ukrainian snipers and special forces.

After Ukraine, she ended up briefly in Syria, protecting Russian journalists and diplomatic personnel, as well as assisting Syrian government forces. Again, noted to volunteer for the most dangerous assignments. After rotating back to Russia, she volunteered for Syria operations whenever they came up. She ended up participating in the first liberation of Palmyra, and the final offensive to push the rebels out of Aleppo.

After returning from the battle of Aleppo, Taline was considering finally leaving the military and maybe becoming a private military contractor. But the Russian government had a different idea for her. With the opening of the gate in Stockholm, Russia found themselves interested in trying to harness what lay behind the gate, as well as investigate reports of Russian citizens who had gone missing beyond the gate. Because of her willingness to take on the most dangerous assignments, she was selected to lead one of the Russian special operations teams that would piggyback off of the UN operation.

Personality: Will develop in IC

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Past Occupations, Positions, Roles, Ranks and Achievements: Has served in various parts of the Russian Armed Forces, starting with the 7th Guards Air Assault Division, followed by the 45th Guards Reconnaissance Regiment. Last known assignment before service records become classified is the FSB's Spetsgruppa Alfa

Equipment:
  • Default Main Weapon & Specials: AS Val (Equipped with vertical foregrip, flashlight, EOTech sight, and flip magnifier)
  • Default Sidearm: SR-1M Vektor
  • Additional Munitions: ROP rocket flares, RGO frag grenades, RPG-26, coloured smoke grenades, AK-74 bayonet
  • Uniform Model: Smock style uniform in Specter-SKWO camo (Essentially this suit that a lot of Ukrainian seperatists wore in the early stages of the conflict).
  • Misc. & Other Stuff: Several packages of cheap cigarettes, lighter, chemlights, night vision goggles, Opscore FAST helmet, Defender 2 body armour, Tasmanian Tiger Mk2 chest rig, individual first aid kit, personal radio, several models out of date iPhone

Moral Alignment: Lawful neutral

Likes:

Dislikes:

Theme Song:

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Republic of Dayganistan | جمهوری دهقانستان

A secular, Tajik dominated state in Central Asia which has experienced 40 years of democratic backsliding. NS stats are NOT used.

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Danceria
Postmaster-General
 
Posts: 10715
Founded: Aug 13, 2015
Ex-Nation

Postby Danceria » Sat Apr 01, 2017 5:44 pm

Operation Forward until Dawn: UN Personnel File
**(Erase words in parentheses before posting finished app)**
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Name|Rank|Role:
Eric Conrad, armed Anthropologist

Age|Height|Weight: 24 (if I did my math right)

Allegiance|Character Class:
United Nations Expeditionary Force

Magic Sensitivity:
Null

D.O.B|Birthplace|Nationality
August 14th, 1993, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Sex|Sexuality:
Male, Hetro

Appearance Image & Description:
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(Straight forward. Gives you and the other players a way to visualize the character.)

Biography:The most recent of a long proud heritage of United Nations Peacekeepers, Eric was ever much the idealist and grew up travelling the furthest reaches of the world with his parents. Following in their footsteps, Conrad excelled at sociocultural anthropology and became the youngest recruit in his Peacekeeper detachment. He got a taste for combat during at the front lines of South Africa, successfully beating back . During this time he and the UN Provisional Command didn’t see eye to eye. After a certain incident involving a young girl, a grenade, and a massive amount of paperwork, Conrad was transferred over to the Manchurian Front.

Personality: While on the surface, he seems rather cynical and dismissive of both the authorities and societies of the UN and the other realm, and especially towards Boudewijn Davids and other UN higher-ups after a...particular incident. However, he is shown to be sociable and compassionate, and hasn’t gotten his degree by being an ass towards everyone. Just by being an ass towards those who don’t do what’s best for their people, regardless if they’re blue berets or a local warlord.

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Past Occupations, Positions, Roles, Ranks and Achievements: United Nations Peacekeeper Volunteer/trooper

Equipment:
  • Default Main Weapon & Specials: M4 Carbine
  • Default Sidearm: Beretta M9
  • Additional Munitions: Additional magazines for previous weapons, survival knife
  • Uniform Model: Similar to this guy
  • Misc. & Other Stuff: yPad with several audiobooks and music playlists, a Spanish Guitar, first aid kit, several notebooks and pencils (in case internet access is offline)

Moral Alignment: Chaotic Good, ENTP

Likes: Music, talking with people, people who uphold their own moral standards

Dislikes:Water (specifically, being under it), people who choose to ignore what is wrong or not correct it, the cold.

Theme Song: Story of who is right now,

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This is a WIP app
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Obligatory Quotes below
“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.” - William Shakespeare.

“Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.” - Mark Twain

“In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.” - Thomas Jefferson

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Novaya Equestria
Senator
 
Posts: 4137
Founded: May 01, 2014
Democratic Socialists

Postby Novaya Equestria » Sat Apr 01, 2017 6:00 pm

Hey, why is my character ignored?
READ BELOW!

I RP as Novaya, a Human militaristic nation (cuz anime) and an archipelagic country. I also RP as the Novayan Stellar Commonwealth, a FanFT/FanFFT nation.
Please refer to me/my nation as Novaya in both IC and OOC, NOT Novaya Equestria.

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Reverend Norv
Senator
 
Posts: 3819
Founded: Jun 20, 2014
New York Times Democracy

Postby Reverend Norv » Sat Apr 01, 2017 6:15 pm

Novaya Equestria wrote:Hey, why is my character ignored?


Kassaran already answered this question.

Kassaran wrote:I'm just going to point out, that the first thing tat would happen to the prince walking towards the UN base, is that at about five kilometers or so out, he'd start receiving a signal in the form of a flashing light. That light would be UN Peacekeepers using high power beams in the middle of the day to try and get him to stop. He'd be detained at that distance until the FOB could scramble a group of grunts and reps to move out towards the man. Approach wouldn't be easy either.

The next most major point to make note of is the presence of weapons. Any attempts to move closer would probably be greeted with the use of wide-flung ranging shots, smoke, or even potentially CS Gas. Fortunately, your character doesn't appear to have too many people with him, nor does he appear to be hostile, but he's not just going to be taken into the FOB to meet a Rep or Colonel. He'd still very much be treated as a definite security threat, and depending on what the UN forces have been debriefed on from the natives living within their walls... they could literally be expecting anything.

The next place he'd likely go, is into the back of a truck. He'd talk to a translator in the progress and likely be allowed to keep his guards. The truck would be open-topped, so his actions and the actions of his peers could be observed both near and far and in the event of a security threat manifesting... he'd be dealt with and suppressed immediately, most likely through lethal force. As soon as he was within the walls of the FOB, he'd become very much aware of the fact that it's not just a tent city and that many semi-permanent housing structures have been built. He'd likely see radio antennae of all sorts tied with a basic radar system for tracking any airborne threats... not that he'd know what any of it was.. he'd just see it.

Also, a UN FOB wouldn't just appear to be tents. It would have dozens of walls made of Hesco barriers. Cheap concrete barriers intended to stop the elements, mortars, and god knows what else from injuring what they protect. These can stack sometimes to over thirty feet, maybe even higher, and they definitely get stacked to at least a meter thick. The main roads would likely already be paved with asphalt while auxiliaries would have a sort of metal chain-link in place. Other more lightly trodden roadways would be host to the hundreds if not thousands of civilians and Peacekeepers and military Liaisons present. The FOB on Alnus Hill, being what it is would be significantly larger than what we saw in the original Manga or the Animated Adaptation, due to its multinational roots.

The presence of guns everywhere would be a thing, but professional soldiers on deployment are trained to keep their weapons on them at all times. They never leave their weapons and a missing weapon would lock down a FOB until it's accounted for. Attempts to steal such a weapon from a soldier would likely result in being immediately suppressed, with or without lethal force would likely be up to the situation itself.
For really, I think that the poorest he that is in England hath a life to live as the greatest he. And therefore truly, Sir, I think it's clear that every man that is to live under a Government ought first by his own consent to put himself under that Government. And I do think that the poorest man in England is not at all bound in a strict sense to that Government that he hath not had a voice to put himself under.
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Vahltunskhja
Chargé d'Affaires
 
Posts: 402
Founded: Oct 03, 2016
Democratic Socialists

Postby Vahltunskhja » Sat Apr 01, 2017 6:38 pm

Seems we've a few Character Apps today! Sorry for my absence, a few busy days of sleepless nights followed by booze and pizza doesn't do wonders for the immune system, so I'm a tad under the weather. Anyway, here's our medic.
Operation Forward until Dawn: UN Personnel File
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Name|Rank|Role: Grace MacIntyre | Lance Corporal | Combat Medical Technician Class 1 (CMT1)

Age|Height|Weight: 29 | 163 cm/5’4” | 64 kg/141lbs

Allegiance|Character Class: United Kingdom | Combat Medic

Magic Sensitivity: Null

D.O.B|Birthplace|Nationality August 16, 1988 | Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom | Scottish

Sex|Sexuality: Female

Appearance Image & Description:
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Biography: Born in Pollok on the south side of Glasgow, Grace was the youngest of four children and quickly developed an independent personality and a desire to leave the gang-culture and violence that permeated the lower income neighbourhoods she grew up in, though a lack of money for school prevented her from pursuing higher education elsewhere. Moving to London, she became involved with drugs and for three months lived on welfare, during which her attempt at studying nursing at a local college fell flat.

The Army presented a way out of a dead end life, and the day after one of her flatmates had been involved in a knifing incident in 2007 she showed up at her local recruiter's office. The paranoia and anti-social tendencies she had acquired through drug use soon gave way to her old confidence, ambition, and inquisitiveness as the army helped her thrive mentally and physically, completing the 14-week basic training course in Winchester before quickly achieving her Combat Medical Technician specialization at the Defence College of Healthcare and Education Training. She would later complete Battlefield Advanced Trauma Life Support training at the Defence Medical Services Training Centre in Aldershot prior to going to the Middle East.

Her deployment to Afghanistan in 2008 saw her conducting frequent patrols out of Lashkar Gah with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 5th Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland. Multiple tours through Helmand Province with the Jocks of 5 SCOTS, including a grueling seven-week siege in Nad-e Ali, saw Grace and the rest of her medical team excel at their responsibilities and earn the respect of their superiors. More than sixty-six causality evacuations and four killed in action only hardened her resolve to take care of the men and women in her units.

After the appearance of the Gate, Grace has been busy in the Forward Operating Base's trauma center, dealing with the influx of Imperial wounded and helping organize a crash course on treating wounds inflicted by medieval weaponry.

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Past Occupations, Positions, Roles, Ranks and Achievements: Trauma medic in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, Royal Army Medical Corps

Equipment: Cobra Plus helmet, PLCE webbing, Virtus Scalable Tactical Vest, 1 x knee pad, Personal Role Radio, PVS-14 night vision goggles, Revision goggles, tourniquets, collapsible stretcher, IFAK (Individual First Aid Kit), Emergency Trauma Bandages, Kerlix gauze, Hemostatic agents, IV fluids and tubing, FAST 1 intraosseous infusion kit, Catastrophic Bleeds Kit (haemostatic gauze, field dressings, 2 x abdominal field dressings, 2 x tourniquets, etc.), medical shears, SAM splints, duct tape, airway management gear (14 gauge catheter, Asherman chest seal, NPA nasal trumpet, Oropharyngeal Airway, King LTD, Combitube, Surgical Cricothyrotomy kit), Sharps bin, pulse oximeter, pelvic splints, tampons, heat blanket (Danish Army issue), Water Jel burn dressing, Combat Casualty Cards, (tell me if I'm packin' light).
  • Default Main Weapon & Specials: L85A2 5.56×45mm NATO assault rifle (SUSAT x4 sight, AG36, LLM01 Laser Light Module, Picatinny rails)
  • Default Sidearm: Sig Sauer P226 9mm pistol
  • Additional Munitions: L123A2 UGL 40mm underslung grenade launcher, 4 grenades, 2 L109A1 grenades,L3A1 bayonet, extra ammunition
  • Uniform Model: MTP Combat 95 uniform
  • Misc. & Other Stuff: Surefire EP3 ear-plugs, Aide-Memoire, spare batteries, mini-Chemlights, Surefire flashlight, Leatherman MUT, extra bandages, cravats, shemagh, Nitrile gloves, Band-Aids, extra tape, Coban, safety pins, Morphine, antibiotics, Narcan, Phenergan, epi-pen, Tylenol, ibuprofen, Naproxen, Benadryl, pseudoephedrine, Guaifenesin, Imodium AD, Pepto Bismol, Colace, spare water-proof socks, chocolate bars, shortbread biscuits, portable media player and headphones, disposable camera.

Moral Alignment: Neutral Good

Likes: Swearing, spot of tea, punk and rock music, cleanliness, old horror movies, Rangers F.C.

Dislikes: Rain, dust, smokers and smoking, hot brass down her collar, indecision, cold tea, no showers.

Theme Song: Silly Wizard - Hame, Hame, Hame

Leave This In Your App: By posting this application, I have made a great app, read the OP
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