Of Ships and Girls and Shipgirls - a KanColle-RP (OOC)

[The Selkie]

Don't beat yourself up over it. OPing is not easy work, I am glad that you are sticking with it even though it's challenging. If you continue to learn from where things go wrong, you can streamline things so they are easier to do in the future. Keep up with the good work.

Thank you very much. I already have a few ideas concerning that, the addition of a flagship and the establishment of squadrons being one of them... as is not meeting every patrol and trip with an engagement that has everyone scramble...
I believe, that this was the most grievous issue, there never being a moment away from 'group activities' to interact with other characters.

Friendly reminder that Tokai is a cruiser while Ko is a carrier

But the apps say, that Tokai is the carrier and Kokai the cruiser... and which one is burning?

[New Antonalia]

Sorry I wasn't able to get a post up today, things were a tad bit hectic around my place. I'll try to get one up tomorrow.

[North Arkana]

I'm thinking of making my fourth character a seaplane tender, so I can get the Mk5PBAs into action...

[Higher Japan]

Actually i've forgotten at this point, might have to kai one of them and pull a Italia to fix this. give me a minute while i calibrate my thoughts.

Yeah, apparently i've mixed them up, permission to do a kai aka remodel and change the name for the sake of convenience.

The cruiser is burning is all i can say at this point.

[Novaya Equestria]

2 x 10.5 cm (4.1 in) SK C/33 guns
2 x 3.7 cm (1.5 in) SK C/30 guns
2 x 2 cm (0.79 in) SK C/30 guns
4 x 5 in/38 caliber guns
2 x quad 1.1"/75 caliber guns
12 × .50 Cal machine guns

These number of guns is the result of the Novayan Confederation Admiralty thinking what would happen if they attached naval anti aircraft guns into the Novaya. The result is this.

[The Selkie]

Sorry I wasn't able to get a post up today, things were a tad bit hectic around my place. I'll try to get one up tomorrow.

It's no problem - RL is more important.

Actually i've forgotten at this point, might have to kai one of them and pull a Italia to fix this. give me a minute while i calibrate my thoughts.

Yeah, apparently i've mixed them up, permission to do a kai aka remodel and change the name for the sake of convenience.

The cruiser is burning is all i can say at this point.

Okay, just give me the new numbers and equipment, basically the app's statblock, again for after the upgrade(s) and you can basically consider them approved - barring, of course, if there's something seriously wrong with them.
I'll also change my post in a moment, if you don't mind.

2 x 10.5 cm (4.1 in) SK C/33 guns
2 x 3.7 cm (1.5 in) SK C/30 guns
2 x 2 cm (0.79 in) SK C/30 guns
4 x 5 in/38 caliber guns
2 x quad 1.1"/75 caliber guns
12 × .50 Cal machine guns

These number of guns is the result of the Novayan Confederation Admiralty thinking what would happen if they attached naval anti aircraft guns into the Novaya. The result is this.

NE, are these the numbers in addition to what is already mounted onto the boy or the new complete armament? Because if it is in addition, Novaya should consider moving into the Cruiser Dorm - if it is a his new complete armament, then he needs a buff to his AA-capabilities.

While we are talking about upgrades and remodels...

Please keep in mind, that this is not yet official, but a proposal. As such, it might be subject to change, especially with the input from you guys.

A few general things first:

Even when upgraded, the technological limitations are still in place. Everything, that was in service by 1950 or in prototype status (for example aircraft having flown for the first time, but not yet in service), is permitted as upgrades. However, please keep it reasonable. Still nothing nuclear, though.
Major remodels, that change for example a battleship to a fast battleship, are permitted, but will consume a lot of time and ressources. Despite any wishes by destroyers, though, a destroyer can not turn into a battleship, so please keep it reasonable.
Please keep in mind, that remodels may change the personality of a character - they don't have to, but they can.
To apply for a remodel or upgrades, you need the permission of the flagship, whoever that will turn out to be, on the IC-thread AND have to give your proposed upgrades for peer review here. It's not an application process, like at the start, but a small review. Upgrades and remodels are voluntarily and can not be ordered.

How will it work?

I mentioned ressources. Those will be gathered by expeditions, which may find ammunition, steel, bauxite, fuel and "equipment modules" (for example 40mm AA-guns) and items (such as Instant Repair Buckets and Repair Buckets) - this is, what we need for running operations as well as for upgrades and remodels. Step one, therefore, is finding them.
Stept two is assessing the costs of an upgrade/remodel. These are comprised of ressources needed as well as equipment modules needed. Let's say, for example, that an upgrade entails more AA-guns on a vessel, so we'd need a few AA-guns and a small amount of ressources.

You might already noticed, that I differed between "Upgrades" and "Remodels". That is with a reason, as they are two different things. Upgrades are small modifications, for example additional AA-guns, new radar and so on, they are cheap, easy to do and relatively fast. Remodels, on the other hand, change the ship boy or girl completely, are expensive, extensive and take a lot of time, as the entire vessel is, in fact, remodelled to fit a new role and type, for example a carrier wanting to try out being a battleship for whatever reason would be such a remodel.
Once the requirements for ressources and modules are collected, the process can start. During that time, your character is free to interact with other people, but he or she will not sortie for that time. Upgrades will be done within an afternoon, but the more complex a remodel is, the longer it will take. That is step three.
Step four is profit.

So... thoughts?

[Parcia]

Awww, So I cant have monty mounts 30mm CWIS and VLS tubes?

Depending on how you react, this may or may not be a joke.


And I had a post detailing the 203s attack run on the Ta...but my interwebs failed it got deleted. So, you know...fuck me.

[The Selkie]

Awww, So I cant have monty mounts 30mm CWIS and VLS tubes?

Depending on how you react, this may or may not be a joke.


And I had a post detailing the 203s attack run on the Ta...but my interwebs failed it got deleted. So, you know...fuck me.

Shite, that's bitter... if you want, though, and someone volunteers, we could have a friendly fire incident.

And I'm afraid, that there'll neither be VLS nor CIWS. I looked around a bit, and I am afraid, that I can't even offer you arm launchers... out of interest, though, where would the VLS-tubes go? Replacing the turrets?

[Parcia]

Awww, So I cant have monty mounts 30mm CWIS and VLS tubes?

Depending on how you react, this may or may not be a joke.


And I had a post detailing the 203s attack run on the Ta...but my interwebs failed it got deleted. So, you know...fuck me.

Shite, that's bitter... if you want, though, and someone volunteers, we could have a friendly fire incident.

And I'm afraid, that there'll neither be VLS nor CIWS. I looked around a bit, and I am afraid, that I can't even offer you arm launchers... out of interest, though, where would the VLS-tubes go? Replacing the turrets?

No, the turrets would remain the same, the modification would be similar to the ones done to Iowa and Missouri during the Gulf War

[The Selkie]

Shite, that's bitter... if you want, though, and someone volunteers, we could have a friendly fire incident.

And I'm afraid, that there'll neither be VLS nor CIWS. I looked around a bit, and I am afraid, that I can't even offer you arm launchers... out of interest, though, where would the VLS-tubes go? Replacing the turrets?

No, the turrets would remain the same, the modification would be similar to the ones done to Iowa and Missouri during the Gulf War

Ah, Armoured Box Launchers - I see. Thank you for the information.

[Parcia]

No, the turrets would remain the same, the modification would be similar to the ones done to Iowa and Missouri during the Gulf War

Ah, Armoured Box Launchers - I see. Thank you for the information.

I did eventually create something like this https://afterskies.deviantart.com/art/W ... -368612697

[The Selkie]

Ah, Armoured Box Launchers - I see. Thank you for the information.

I did eventually create something like this https://afterskies.deviantart.com/art/W ... -368612697

Something like Pharthan's Warhorse? A vessel of that kind is a statement wherever it is parked...

[North Arkana]

TFW Horizon, Leopard, and Abgrund are basically already remodeled vessels.

[The Selkie]

TFW Horizon, Leopard, and Abgrund are basically already remodeled vessels.

I figured as much, but for example Rhiannon, as well as, by the looks of it, Novaya, Tokai and Kokai can be upgraded and/or remodeled. Many of the vessels we already have on base are rather late on the timescale.

[Parcia]

Monty would get remolded, his AA would be cut down from the fuck huge mounts of 40mm bofors to a mix of long range 127mm duel purpose, and radar guided 30mm guns that Addy fits.

Engine upgrade from wilcox boilers to domestic made Imperial M7s, which would push him to...idk, 31 knots?

An upgrade to the torp belt as well, and maybe some streamlining to the reloading of his main guns as well as a new model search radar and better fireing computer.


I might just mount some torps on his sides as well...because fuck it.

[North Arkana]

Personnel file - Operational Sector Wide Sea - South West

Name: ANS Ahrgen Point
Type: Seaplane Tender
Class: Prominence-class Seaplane Tender
Role: Large Seaplane Tender
Nation of origin: United Federation of North Arkana
Year commissioned: 1942
Image or description of the ship girl/boy:

Gender: Female
Character: Ahrgen is a more laid back than typical shipgirl for someone hailing from the Arkanan Naval Defense Force. She views her contingent of Mk5PBA amphibious patrol bombers as being akin to her children and is intensely protective of them, carrying our near obsessive maintenance of them if she suspects they've been damaged in any way.
Special abilities: Being a dedicated seaplane tender of none to inconsiderable size, Ahrgen is capable of servicing her own aircraft faster than most any other, and is entirely capable of handling an additional workload of smaller seaplanes which may need replenishment.
Technical Description of the vessel: The Prominence-class seaplane tenders were developed in concert with the Mk5PBA amphibious patrol bomber, to serve as the forward operating point for small groups of the aircraft. With an expansive rear deck, the class was capable of carrying two partially disassembled aircraft entirely on deck, with a third and fourth further broken down into parts below deck. Two large cranes, one aft and one amidship, served to assist in assembling each aircraft, as well as in placing them and recovering them on the water. The class served well into the 80s, but lost their seaplanes and deck cranes along the way, trading them in for helicopters which made good use of the large, open, rear deck.

Technical Data
Displacement: 15,000 tonnes
Length (overall): 170 meters
Width: 22 meters
Draught: 6.8 meters
Propulsion:

4 Naval Technical Institute boilers
2 NTI turbines
2 shafts
11,190 kW (~15,000 shp)

Speed: 20 knots
Complement: 1200
Armament:

2 x single 127mm/54 DP guns
4 x twin 76mm/50 automatic cannon

Armour: splinter protection around armament, machinery spaces, and bridge
Notes:

capable of operating 4 x Mk5PBA aircraft

General characteristics
Crew: 9 — pilot, co-pilot, nose gunner, flight engineer, radio operator, navigator, two waist gunners, tail gunner
Length: 19.5 m
Wingspan: 31.7 m
Height: 6.15 m
Wing area: 130 m²
Empty weight: 9400 kg
Max. takeoff weight: 17,000 kg
Powerplant: 2 × Aerial Technical Institute Mk92 radial engines, 1119 kW (1500 shp) each
Performance
Maximum speed: 210 knots
Cruise speed: 110 knots
Range: 3000 nmi
Service ceiling: 4500 m
Rate of climb: 5.5 m/s
Armament
Guns: 4 x flexible mounted 20mm Mk31 cannon (one in nose, one in tail, one each on left and right waist blister positions, capable of firing above and below the aircraft)
Other: 2500 kg of bombs or depth charges; torpedo racks were also available

OOC-section:
RP-sample:
Have you read and understood the rules? WeiAnchor

[Sterkistan]

Sorry, didn't end up posting. Life's just a bt hectic at the moment. I'll see when I can get a post up.

[Sleet Clans]

So, where exactly will I come in? After this sortie?

[The Selkie]

Personnel file - Operational Sector Wide Sea - South West

Name: ANS Ahrgen Point
Type: Seaplane Tender
Class: Prominence-class Seaplane Tender
Role: Large Seaplane Tender
Nation of origin: United Federation of North Arkana
Year commissioned: 1942
Image or description of the ship girl/boy: (Image)
Gender: Female
Character: Ahrgen is a more laid back than typical shipgirl for someone hailing from the Arkanan Naval Defense Force. She views her contingent of Mk5PBA amphibious patrol bombers as being akin to her children and is intensely protective of them, carrying our near obsessive maintenance of them if she suspects they've been damaged in any way.
Special abilities: Being a dedicated seaplane tender of none to inconsiderable size, Ahrgen is capable of servicing her own aircraft faster than most any other, and is entirely capable of handling an additional workload of smaller seaplanes which may need replenishment.
Technical Description of the vessel: The Prominence-class seaplane tenders were developed in concert with the Mk5PBA amphibious patrol bomber, to serve as the forward operating point for small groups of the aircraft. With an expansive rear deck, the class was capable of carrying two partially disassembled aircraft entirely on deck, with a third and fourth further broken down into parts below deck. Two large cranes, one aft and one amidship, served to assist in assembling each aircraft, as well as in placing them and recovering them on the water. The class served well into the 80s, but lost their seaplanes and deck cranes along the way, trading them in for helicopters which made good use of the large, open, rear deck.

Technical Data
Displacement: 15,000 tonnes
Length (overall): 170 meters
Width: 22 meters
Draught: 6.8 meters
Propulsion:

4 Naval Technical Institute boilers
2 NTI turbines
2 shafts
11,190 kW (~15,000 shp)

Speed: 20 knots
Complement: 1200
Armament:

2 x single 127mm/54 DP guns
4 x twin 76mm/50 automatic cannon

Armour: splinter protection around armament, machinery spaces, and bridge
Notes:

capable of operating 4 x Mk5PBA aircraft

General characteristics
Crew: 10 — pilot, co-pilot, nose gunner, flight engineer, radio operator, navigator, radar operator, two waist gunners, tail gunner
Length: 19.5 m
Wingspan: 31.7 m
Height: 6.15 m
Wing area: 130 m²
Empty weight: 9400 kg
Max. takeoff weight: 17,000 kg
Powerplant: 2 × Aerial Technical Institute Mk92 radial engines, 1119 kW (1500 shp) each
Performance
Maximum speed: 210 knots
Cruise speed: 110 knots
Range: 3000 nmi
Service ceiling: 4500 m
Rate of climb: 5.5 m/s
Armament
Guns: 4 x flexible mounted 20mm Mk31 cannon (one in nose, one in tail, one each on left and right waist blister positions, capable of firing above and below the aircraft)
Other: 2500 kg of bombs or depth charges; torpedo racks were also available

OOC-section:
RP-sample:
Have you read and understood the rules? WeiAnchor

Note: Quote modified by removal of spoiler-tags.

Accepted, including the seaplanes. Would you mind putting them onto the roster of the base?

Sorry, didn't end up posting. Life's just a bt hectic at the moment. I'll see when I can get a post up.

It's no problem. RL is more important then any RP.

So, where exactly will I come in? After this sortie?

Basically, yes. You can appear by helping Rhiannon with tugging a burning cruiser, or helping NE's Novaya with picking up fairies (pending his approval), or entering the base by yourself, drawn in by the delicious smell of Stobhach made by Amy or... well, the options are quite a few.

EDIT: App was updated.

Personnel file - Operational Sector Wide Sea - South West

Name: ANS Ahrgen Point
Type: Seaplane Tender
Class: Prominence-class Seaplane Tender
Role: Large Seaplane Tender
Nation of origin: United Federation of North Arkana
Year commissioned: 1942
Image or description of the ship girl/boy: (Image)
Gender: Female
Character: Ahrgen is a more laid back than typical shipgirl for someone hailing from the Arkanan Naval Defense Force. She views her contingent of Mk5PBA amphibious patrol bombers as being akin to her children and is intensely protective of them, carrying our near obsessive maintenance of them if she suspects they've been damaged in any way.
Special abilities: Being a dedicated seaplane tender of none to inconsiderable size, Ahrgen is capable of servicing her own aircraft faster than most any other, and is entirely capable of handling an additional workload of smaller seaplanes which may need replenishment.
Technical Description of the vessel: The Prominence-class seaplane tenders were developed in concert with the Mk5PBA amphibious patrol bomber, to serve as the forward operating point for small groups of the aircraft. With an expansive rear deck, the class was capable of carrying two partially disassembled aircraft entirely on deck, with a third and fourth further broken down into parts below deck. Two large cranes, one aft and one amidship, served to assist in assembling each aircraft, as well as in placing them and recovering them on the water. The class served well into the 80s, but lost their seaplanes and deck cranes along the way, trading them in for helicopters which made good use of the large, open, rear deck.

Technical Data
Displacement: 15,000 tonnes
Length (overall): 170 meters
Width: 22 meters
Draught: 6.8 meters
Propulsion:

4 Naval Technical Institute boilers
2 NTI turbines
2 shafts
11,190 kW (~15,000 shp)

Speed: 20 knots
Complement: 1200
Armament:

2 x single 127mm/54 DP guns
4 x twin 76mm/50 automatic cannon

Armour: splinter protection around armament, machinery spaces, and bridge
Notes:

capable of operating 4 x Mk5PBA aircraft
Mk5PBA Amphibious Patrol Bomber
General characteristics
Crew: 9 — pilot, co-pilot, nose gunner, flight engineer, radio operator, navigator, two waist gunners, tail gunner
Length: 19.5 m
Wingspan: 31.7 m
Height: 6.15 m
Wing area: 130 m²
Empty weight: 9400 kg
Max. takeoff weight: 17,000 kg
Powerplant: 2 × Aerial Technical Institute Mk92 radial engines, 1119 kW (1500 shp) each
Performance
Maximum speed: 210 knots
Cruise speed: 110 knots
Range: 3000 nmi
Service ceiling: 4500 m
Rate of climb: 5.5 m/s
Armament
Guns: 4 x flexible mounted 20mm Mk31 cannon (one in nose, one in tail, one each on left and right waist blister positions, capable of firing above and below the aircraft)
Other: 2500 kg of bombs or depth charges; torpedo racks were also available

OOC-section:
RP-sample:
Have you read and understood the rules? WeiAnchor

[North Arkana]

Personnel file - Operational Sector Wide Sea - South West

Name: ANS Ahrgen Point
Type: Seaplane Tender
Class: Prominence-class Seaplane Tender
Role: Large Seaplane Tender
Nation of origin: United Federation of North Arkana
Year commissioned: 1942
Image or description of the ship girl/boy: (Image)
Gender: Female
Character: Ahrgen is a more laid back than typical shipgirl for someone hailing from the Arkanan Naval Defense Force. She views her contingent of Mk5PBA amphibious patrol bombers as being akin to her children and is intensely protective of them, carrying our near obsessive maintenance of them if she suspects they've been damaged in any way.
Special abilities: Being a dedicated seaplane tender of none to inconsiderable size, Ahrgen is capable of servicing her own aircraft faster than most any other, and is entirely capable of handling an additional workload of smaller seaplanes which may need replenishment.
Technical Description of the vessel: The Prominence-class seaplane tenders were developed in concert with the Mk5PBA amphibious patrol bomber, to serve as the forward operating point for small groups of the aircraft. With an expansive rear deck, the class was capable of carrying two partially disassembled aircraft entirely on deck, with a third and fourth further broken down into parts below deck. Two large cranes, one aft and one amidship, served to assist in assembling each aircraft, as well as in placing them and recovering them on the water. The class served well into the 80s, but lost their seaplanes and deck cranes along the way, trading them in for helicopters which made good use of the large, open, rear deck.

Technical Data
Displacement: 15,000 tonnes
Length (overall): 170 meters
Width: 22 meters
Draught: 6.8 meters
Propulsion:

4 Naval Technical Institute boilers
2 NTI turbines
2 shafts
11,190 kW (~15,000 shp)

Speed: 20 knots
Complement: 1200
Armament:

2 x single 127mm/54 DP guns
4 x twin 76mm/50 automatic cannon

Armour: splinter protection around armament, machinery spaces, and bridge
Notes:

capable of operating 4 x Mk5PBA aircraft

General characteristics
Crew: 10 — pilot, co-pilot, nose gunner, flight engineer, radio operator, navigator, radar operator, two waist gunners, tail gunner
Length: 19.5 m
Wingspan: 31.7 m
Height: 6.15 m
Wing area: 130 m²
Empty weight: 9400 kg
Max. takeoff weight: 17,000 kg
Powerplant: 2 × Aerial Technical Institute Mk92 radial engines, 1119 kW (1500 shp) each
Performance
Maximum speed: 210 knots
Cruise speed: 110 knots
Range: 3000 nmi
Service ceiling: 4500 m
Rate of climb: 5.5 m/s
Armament
Guns: 4 x flexible mounted 20mm Mk31 cannon (one in nose, one in tail, one each on left and right waist blister positions, capable of firing above and below the aircraft)
Other: 2500 kg of bombs or depth charges; torpedo racks were also available

OOC-section:
RP-sample:
Have you read and understood the rules? WeiAnchor

Note: Quote modified by removal of spoiler-tags.

Accepted, including the seaplanes. Would you mind putting them onto the roster of the base?

I can't edit that to put it on there... I think?

[The Selkie]

Note: Quote modified by removal of spoiler-tags.

Accepted, including the seaplanes. Would you mind putting them onto the roster of the base?

I can't edit that to put it on there... I think?

You can't, but I can, which raises the question if I should... what I meant to ask, my apologies for any confusion. English is not my mothertongue.

[North Arkana]

I can't edit that to put it on there... I think?

You can't, but I can, which raises the question if I should... what I meant to ask, my apologies for any confusion. English is not my mothertongue.

Can ANS Leopard get onto the roster too? She's not on it yet, I think.

[The Selkie]

You can't, but I can, which raises the question if I should... what I meant to ask, my apologies for any confusion. English is not my mothertongue.

Can ANS Leopard get onto the roster too? She's not on it yet, I think.

She is, in the Destroyer Dorm, Room 1.

[North Arkana]

I'm getting increasingly triggered by the lack of links taking you to the actual apps...

Here, use these, please, it bothers me.

Horizon
Leopard
Abgrund
Ahrgen Point

[Higher Japan]

Armament changes:
155 mm cannons switched with 203 mm cannons, classification still the same.
Seaplane catapult added, depth charges now removed and 1 scout plane carried (Type 0 recon seaplane)
Two long range air radars added, meaning that he will now have a headband that covers his ears

Note that after this remodel, and it should be him since he's the one currently stuck so apologies, he will then be called 'Higashikawa' so that it will be easier for identification.