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

[The Assorted Saharan Outposts]

So I haven't been in the roleplay much. Sorry.
We're retreating now?

No problem - and Wafa is sending her destroyers away, putting herself up as a bait to hold the kanmusu off for a bit before her inevitable demise, because she knows, that she is outgunned. If Comet wants to retreat, now would be the time.

Ah, 'Kay. Post will be up in a bit.

[Parcia]

My two OC still alive?

[Novaya Equestria]

Added in a random <10mm for the armour and some AA weaponry based off of the Atlanta and the Cleveland - though I'm wondering if I should drop the 5in guns.

Hm... when you said "5in guns in Single turrets, optimised for Anti-Air fused rounds", you meant these, right?
Other then that, looks good. I have no objections, so far.

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Hm... we could take her prisoner, if you allow that, of course. What do the others think?
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I'm ok with Re getting captured.

Alright, then prepare for her to eat a boot to the face. ; )

That'd be lovely.

Alright... So, Summary of Day 2, from your last post onwards:

- The Novayans, in their efforts to cheer their carrier up, go completely bonkers and overboard, dragging a wild Ozelot into his face or proposing to establish a harem of Abyssals for their carrier, before they are reigned in by one of their own numbers. Shinosaki, the only sane adult amongst them (for a given definition of the term), reports them to Coriolanus.
- Meanwhile, after Stilly suffered from a small breakdown, sleeping after crying herself to it, Dia's meeting with Sergei doesn't go as planned for either of them, with Miss Dia left crying - and Stilly comforting her.
- Prophet is brought to the Scrap Shed by Rhiannon and manages to build a movie projector for reels, with the SDF-Cruiser in question thanking him in her own, unique way: She washes his face. During that, she begins to think about him as more then just a comrade and decides, that she likes him very, very much. The two hook up soon after, have to deal with the accusation of infidelity (apparently, some Novayan fairies thought, that she and Novaya were an item for some reason), which are quickly dispelled (mainly due to the fact, that Rhi and Novaya were not an item).
- Baylee and Gibson Grover rescue a bunch of SDF-Navy Torpedo Boats belonging to Amy, who quikcly arrives to take them back - and who decides that Gibson is not guilty of any misbehaviour towards her boats, so she decides to reward him for his heroic deeds by putting her duty as destroyer tender on display, feeding the crew of the helicopter carrier.
- Coriolanus finds the stocks of wine, which is unknown to anyone ICly.
- Lanza Blanca arrived in the Operational Sector, waited for the night and made her way towards the base. She felt hunted by a large force of Abyssals (the supply convoy of the Abyssals), driven to spend her last fuel reserves and then, as she sits ducks, begins to make her last stand, firing at the convoy. A small part of the screening force, under the Prince Comet, is dispatched to deal with the offender, who calls for help. The call is heard, a relief force sets sail, although the battleship gets support a but sooner: Hashi and the two submarines, Nevlamas and Whitney, engage the force, scoring more then a few hits and sinking a few vessels. Prophet tried to sortie as well, to drag the battleship, but that failed, as the weather conditions do not allow for flight operations and Coriolanus thought him to be too vulnerable, his fairies spending themselves in a brawl. The Novayans deploy as well, but are called back, their carrier stopping midway. The Abyssal Destroyer Flotilla in the centre holds its own surprisingly well, but they are going to retreat (spoiler for my next post ; )).

Did I miss anything important?[/quote]
Yes. You forhot that Novaya is crying due to thinking of the same thoughts and memories.

[The Selkie]

Ah, 'Kay. Post will be up in a bit.

Take your time.

My two OC still alive?

Yep, to my knowledge, they are. And I'd be happy to have you back with both of them!

Yes. You forhot that Novaya is crying due to thinking of the same thoughts and memories.

My apologies. It will be edited in.

[Mestovakia]

Ah, 'Kay. Post will be up in a bit.

Take your time.

My two OC still alive?

Yep, to my knowledge, they are. And I'd be happy to have you back with both of them!

Yes. You forhot that Novaya is crying due to thinking of the same thoughts and memories.

My apologies. It will be edited in.

Posted.

[Rustyal]

f-ck

Well. Guess I won't be hopping in for now, looks like everything's under control. Neither Cath or K-591 can effectively contribute to plot at this point, so I'm just gonna leave it to you guys for now. I'll draw ships, and RP on discord until my hands spontaneously combust.

[Kraicia]

f-ck

Well. Guess I won't be hopping in for now, looks like everything's under control. Neither Cath or K-591 can effectively contribute to plot at this point, so I'm just gonna leave it to you guys for now. I'll draw ships, and RP on discord until my hands spontaneously combust.

Good olde Ketrin may be good for the final battle in the future of this RP. Or, for s***s and giggles, may get involved in shenanigans at the base outside of combat.

[The Selkie]

Well. Guess I won't be hopping in for now, looks like everything's under control. Neither Cath or K-591 can effectively contribute to plot at this point, so I'm just gonna leave it to you guys for now. I'll draw ships, and RP on discord until my hands spontaneously combust.

Good olde Ketrin may be good for the final battle in the future of this RP. Or, for s***s and giggles, may get involved in shenanigans at the base outside of combat.

Oh, now that we found our beat again, I plan to have larger fleet actions as well, not a few small skirmishes - Caty will be of use in them. As for K-591, she's smaller and faster.
And, of course, shenanigans around base. I can imagine, that Amy would take quite a liking to K-591. ; )

Also, expeditions and other sorties a.k.a. missions. If Legatia/Coriolanus agrees, I would like to start with them as well.

[Legatia]

Posted assuming Re's complying. I'll be attempting to clear the Novaya situation up before moving back to Re. After that ties up, we'll be able to move onto offensive operations the next day.

In response to missions, I plan to begin rather major outward offensives so side missions aren't my priority. If anyone has ideas, feel free to submit them, though.

[Sleet Clans]

Huh, seems I've missed a little bit. Post will be up soon

Edit: Le postman haz arrived!

[The Selkie]

Posted assuming Re's complying. I'll be attempting to clear the Novaya situation up before moving back to Re. After that ties up, we'll be able to move onto offensive operations the next day.

In response to missions, I plan to begin rather major outward offensives so side missions aren't my priority. If anyone has ideas, feel free to submit them, though.

Alright, sounds like a plan - if you need anything from me, feel free to ask.

As for side mission, there is a supply convoy coming in on Day 3. Not sure, if that would count as a side mission, but... well.

Also, which might be of interest to everyone: The increase of the character limit to 6 characters, which I mentioned here, did so far not find any objection, but to add to that, I would like to add a few small things to that.

Amendment 2017-12-08: The Character Limit is lifted to six (6) characters. Of these six, at least two (2) must be escort vessels and one (1) a support vessel, all of any kind. All other rules concerning characters (including the ban on capital ships (capital ships being defined as Heavy Cruisers, Battlecruisers, Battleships, Aircraft Carriers (of any kind) or variations whereof) in the near future) are still in place.

Any objections?

[Bentus]

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I'm just playing Devil's advocate here and throwing up my $0.02: how easy are we going to make it for Abyssal craft to flip sides and join the Kanmusu? Looking at the recent arc with Re, it's looking to me like the goal is to have her defect to the good guys (though I could be misreading things :3 ). Personally I don't feel like there was enough buildup/cause for her to abandon her allies and if she flipped just because she wasn't happy with the Abyssal command structure then it raises the question of why more of their fleet don't spontaneously decide to go AWOL. It also raises the issue of the capital-ban, since a way around it would be to apply as an Abyssal capital ship and then quickly have the character change sides to the Kanmusu.

Again, these are just some thoughts I wanted to air and I don't feel especially strongly one way or the other

[The Assorted Saharan Outposts]

Is the Discord still a thing? I can't seem to join it.

[The Selkie]

I'm just playing Devil's advocate here and throwing up my $0.02: how easy are we going to make it for Abyssal craft to flip sides and join the Kanmusu? Looking at the recent arc with Re, it's looking to me like the goal is to have her defect to the good guys (though I could be misreading things :3 ). Personally I don't feel like there was enough buildup/cause for her to abandon her allies and if she flipped just because she wasn't happy with the Abyssal command structure then it raises the question of why more of their fleet don't spontaneously decide to go AWOL. It also raises the issue of the capital-ban, since a way around it would be to apply as an Abyssal capital ship and then quickly have the character change sides to the Kanmusu.

Again, these are just some thoughts I wanted to air and I don't feel especially strongly one way or the other

And they are very important questions, so thank you for bringing them up.
I personally think, that even with Salvation we should not make it easy - quite on the contrary. I personally would like to a see a bit of a build-up as well, but that's just the storyteller in me (; )). Also, it will not be without consequences, as the Abyssals, as soon as they realize, that one of their own defected, will give us plenty of reason to try and end it quickly.
As for it a being a way around the capital ship ban... I got nothing. That is indeed an important point, that needs further thought.

One thing is for certain, though: The Abyssal Main Characters, like for example Comet or the Armoured Cruiser Hime, are Princes/Princesses - those will not be allowed to defect. Might become an amendment, if there is no opposition.

Is the Discord still a thing? I can't seem to join it.

As far as I know, yes, but I'm not on it, so I might be wrong.

[The Assorted Saharan Outposts]

Yeah, I don't want Comet to defect, to be fair.
sort of want to give him a little ship assistant that he bosses around but eh

[Legatia]

Make no mistake, I have no plans to woo Re. The most important thing she has is information, and Cori will be getting it or she'll be getting a battleship-sized pile of scrap material.

I'll get a response to movie night up, but I recommend we move on to Day 3 soon. I have plans for fleetwide offensive operations, which may or may not include a relocation to a Truk Island-esque locale sometime in the future.

[Rustyal]

Well, just bring me up when you need me. Neko loli and resource wh-re dispenser is on standby.

[Suoji]

Are you guys still accepting more people?

[Legatia]

Are you guys still accepting more people?

Always are.

[The Selkie]

Yeah, I don't want Comet to defect, to be fair.
sort of want to give him a little ship assistant that he bosses around but eh

You never gave many details about Comet's Battlegroup, so he could have a little assistant to boss around. That would be entirely possible.

Make no mistake, I have no plans to woo Re. The most important thing she has is information, and Cori will be getting it or she'll be getting a battleship-sized pile of scrap material.

I'll get a response to movie night up, but I recommend we move on to Day 3 soon. I have plans for fleetwide offensive operations, which may or may not include a relocation to a Truk Island-esque locale sometime in the future.

Sounds like a plan. And what do we do, once she has spilled all the beans she has to spill?

Okay, and I agree - we really should get a move on.

Well, just bring me up when you need me. Neko loli and resource wh-re dispenser is on standby.

Will do - and sorry, that we don't have more things for them to do...

Are you guys still accepting more people?

Legatia is right, we always accept and welcome new players.

[The Assorted Saharan Outposts]

Yeah, I don't want Comet to defect, to be fair.
sort of want to give him a little ship assistant that he bosses around but eh

You never gave many details about Comet's Battlegroup, so he could have a little assistant to boss around. That would be entirely possible.

Make no mistake, I have no plans to woo Re. The most important thing she has is information, and Cori will be getting it or she'll be getting a battleship-sized pile of scrap material.

I'll get a response to movie night up, but I recommend we move on to Day 3 soon. I have plans for fleetwide offensive operations, which may or may not include a relocation to a Truk Island-esque locale sometime in the future.

Sounds like a plan. And what do we do, once she has spilled all the beans she has to spill?

Okay, and I agree - we really should get a move on.

Well, just bring me up when you need me. Neko loli and resource wh-re dispenser is on standby.

Will do - and sorry, that we don't have more things for them to do...

Are you guys still accepting more people?

Legatia is right, we always accept and welcome new players.

Yeah, never did go into much detail. Mostly because my lack of ship knowledge, but I can go into more detail if you want.
Do you want me to fill out a form for any of them or naah? I'm just wondering because it could be a bit fun.

[Suoji]

Personell file - Operational Sector Wide Sea - South West

Name: Jinji
Type: Battleship/ Super Battleship
Class: Nijura-class
Role: Flagship or Long-range Battleship-destroyer
Nation of origin: The Free People of Suoji
Year commissioned: 1948
Image or description of the ship girl/boy: Tall, rather thin build, accompanied by plain, dark blue jacket and trousers. Short, black hair that is usually neatly combed, but can get very messy when it isn’t washed. Dark blue eyes and a small nose make up his rather small face.
Gender: Male
Character: Quiet and shy, a stark contrast to his outgoing sister the Nijura. However, he is calm and calculating in the midst of battle, but can get angry and worked up when it’s not going in his favour. He’s very slow to make friends, and always feels like he has to assess them before becoming friends with them. But once he makes friends, he stays very loyal to them, but can sometimes get a bit obsessive over them.
Special abilities: The small, 75mm guns on his side can double up as anti-ship and anti-air guns.
Technical Description of the vessel:

Technical Data
Displacement: 69,000 tons
Width: 60 metres
Draught: 7.5 metres
Propulsion: 2 x Sukozawa 35000hp boilers
Speed: 20 knots
Complement: 2,600
Armament: Frontal -8x Nakano 280mm guns, 3x Nakano 250mm guns, 4x Nakano 150mm guns
Side - 8x Zado 200mm guns, 20x Nakano 75mm Anti-ship/Anti-air guns, 4x Zado 105mm guns, 15x Kurosawa 60mm Anti-air guns
Rear- 12x Nakano 100mm guns, 6x Nakano 150mm guns
Armour: 400mm of armour all round the ship
Notes: The Jinji was known as a revenge weapon by the Suojians, revenge for the sinking of the Nijura in 1948. Whilst 50 metres shorter than the Nijura, the Jinji carried much more potent weaponry, and was more than enough to defeat the remnants of the Japanese-controlled Suojian Navy. The Jinji set out on its maiden voyage in May, 1950, two years after being commissioned. Whilst sailing, it encountered five Kai-class cruisers from the Japanese-controlled Suojian Navy. It sunk them all with ease, with only a few scratches on its armour. It was here the Suojians saw how potent it was.

From there, the Jinji was accompanied by the Nahago cruiser, which had previously accompanied the Nijura. However, in 1952 the Nahago was sunk. Fortunately, the Suojian Navy had been building two ships to accompany the Jinji in what they dubbed the “Suojian Fleet Two”. This fleet consisted of the Jinji, Jokosuka destroyer and the Jinsei pocket aircraft carrier. All of these ships survive today as museum ships, residing in the Suojian capital city of Sayato.

OOC-section:
RP-sample: I’ve never really participated in an RP like this before, so I don’t have anything to show you.

[The Selkie]

Yeah, never did go into much detail. Mostly because my lack of ship knowledge, but I can go into more detail if you want.
Do you want me to fill out a form for any of them or naah? I'm just wondering because it could be a bit fun.

Actually, a small ORBAT based on this list is completely sufficient. Please keep in mind, though, that everything listed under 'Bosses', be it ship or base, is off limits. Or you could indeed make them yourself, if you want, I'd only need a statblock and a few sentences as a technical description of their shipselves.
Which option you take is entirely up to you.

Personell file - Operational Sector Wide Sea - South West

Name: Jinji
Type: Battleship/ Super Battleship
Class: Nijura-class
Role: Flagship or Long-range Battleship-destroyer
Nation of origin: The Free People of Suoji
Year commissioned: 1948
Image or description of the ship girl/boy: Tall, rather thin build, accompanied by plain, dark blue jacket and trousers. Short, black hair that is usually neatly combed, but can get very messy when it isn’t washed. Dark blue eyes and a small nose make up his rather small face.
Gender: Male
Character: Quiet and shy, a stark contrast to his outgoing sister the Nijura. However, he is calm and calculating in the midst of battle, but can get angry and worked up when it’s not going in his favour. He’s very slow to make friends, and always feels like he has to assess them before becoming friends with them. But once he makes friends, he stays very loyal to them, but can sometimes get a bit obsessive over them.
Special abilities: The small, 75mm guns on his side can double up as anti-ship and anti-air guns.
Technical Description of the vessel:

Technical Data
Displacement: 69,000 tons
Width: 60 metres
Draught: 7.5 metres
Propulsion: 2 x Sukozawa 35000hp boilers
Speed: 20 knots
Complement: 2,600
Armament: Frontal -8x Nakano 280mm guns, 3x Nakano 250mm guns, 4x Nakano 150mm guns
Side - 8x Zado 200mm guns, 20x Nakano 75mm Anti-ship/Anti-air guns, 4x Zado 105mm guns, 15x Kurosawa 60mm Anti-air guns
Rear- 12x Nakano 100mm guns, 6x Nakano 150mm guns
Armour: 400mm of armour all round the ship
Notes: The Jinji was known as a revenge weapon by the Suojians, revenge for the sinking of the Nijura in 1948. Whilst 50 metres shorter than the Nijura, the Jinji carried much more potent weaponry, and was more than enough to defeat the remnants of the Japanese-controlled Suojian Navy. The Jinji set out on its maiden voyage in May, 1950, two years after being commissioned. Whilst sailing, it encountered five Kai-class cruisers from the Japanese-controlled Suojian Navy. It sunk them all with ease, with only a few scratches on its armour. It was here the Suojians saw how potent it was.

From there, the Jinji was accompanied by the Nahago cruiser, which had previously accompanied the Nijura. However, in 1952 the Nahago was sunk. Fortunately, the Suojian Navy had been building two ships to accompany the Jinji in what they dubbed the “Suojian Fleet Two”. This fleet consisted of the Jinji, Jokosuka destroyer and the Jinsei pocket aircraft carrier. All of these ships survive today as museum ships, residing in the Suojian capital city of Sayato.

OOC-section:
RP-sample: I’ve never really participated in an RP like this before, so I don’t have anything to show you.

I have three problems, or rather one note and two problems, with this one:

- Note: The RP-sample can be of any RP you ever participated in, not necessarily one like this. The point is, that it's somewhere, where I can see, how you interact with other players and how you RP - and we have many different styles here.
- Problem one: There's something very important of the OOC-section missing.
- Problem two: We're currently not accepting capital ships, like battleships, because we simply have too many of them and too little in the way of escorts. Very sorry about that.

EDIT: To stress, that does not mean, that you are not accepted, I would really like to have you in this RP, but it means, that you'll rework, possibly make a new App, that one. My apologies for any confusion.

[Suoji]

Yeah, never did go into much detail. Mostly because my lack of ship knowledge, but I can go into more detail if you want.
Do you want me to fill out a form for any of them or naah? I'm just wondering because it could be a bit fun.

Actually, a small ORBAT based on this list is completely sufficient. Please keep in mind, though, that everything listed under 'Bosses', be it ship or base, is off limits. Or you could indeed make them yourself, if you want, I'd only need a statblock and a few sentences as a technical description of their shipselves.
Which option you take is entirely up to you.

Personell file - Operational Sector Wide Sea - South West

Name: Jinji
Type: Battleship/ Super Battleship
Class: Nijura-class
Role: Flagship or Long-range Battleship-destroyer
Nation of origin: The Free People of Suoji
Year commissioned: 1948
Image or description of the ship girl/boy: Tall, rather thin build, accompanied by plain, dark blue jacket and trousers. Short, black hair that is usually neatly combed, but can get very messy when it isn’t washed. Dark blue eyes and a small nose make up his rather small face.
Gender: Male
Character: Quiet and shy, a stark contrast to his outgoing sister the Nijura. However, he is calm and calculating in the midst of battle, but can get angry and worked up when it’s not going in his favour. He’s very slow to make friends, and always feels like he has to assess them before becoming friends with them. But once he makes friends, he stays very loyal to them, but can sometimes get a bit obsessive over them.
Special abilities: The small, 75mm guns on his side can double up as anti-ship and anti-air guns.
Technical Description of the vessel:

Technical Data
Displacement: 69,000 tons
Width: 60 metres
Draught: 7.5 metres
Propulsion: 2 x Sukozawa 35000hp boilers
Speed: 20 knots
Complement: 2,600
Armament: Frontal -8x Nakano 280mm guns, 3x Nakano 250mm guns, 4x Nakano 150mm guns
Side - 8x Zado 200mm guns, 20x Nakano 75mm Anti-ship/Anti-air guns, 4x Zado 105mm guns, 15x Kurosawa 60mm Anti-air guns
Rear- 12x Nakano 100mm guns, 6x Nakano 150mm guns
Armour: 400mm of armour all round the ship
Notes: The Jinji was known as a revenge weapon by the Suojians, revenge for the sinking of the Nijura in 1948. Whilst 50 metres shorter than the Nijura, the Jinji carried much more potent weaponry, and was more than enough to defeat the remnants of the Japanese-controlled Suojian Navy. The Jinji set out on its maiden voyage in May, 1950, two years after being commissioned. Whilst sailing, it encountered five Kai-class cruisers from the Japanese-controlled Suojian Navy. It sunk them all with ease, with only a few scratches on its armour. It was here the Suojians saw how potent it was.

From there, the Jinji was accompanied by the Nahago cruiser, which had previously accompanied the Nijura. However, in 1952 the Nahago was sunk. Fortunately, the Suojian Navy had been building two ships to accompany the Jinji in what they dubbed the “Suojian Fleet Two”. This fleet consisted of the Jinji, Jokosuka destroyer and the Jinsei pocket aircraft carrier. All of these ships survive today as museum ships, residing in the Suojian capital city of Sayato.

OOC-section:
RP-sample: I’ve never really participated in an RP like this before, so I don’t have anything to show you.

I have three problems, or rather one note and two problems, with this one:

- Note: The RP-sample can be of any RP you ever participated in, not necessarily one like this. The point is, that it's somewhere, where I can see, how you interact with other players and how you RP - and we have many different styles here.
- Problem one: There's something very important of the OOC-section missing.
- Problem two: We're currently not accepting capital ships, like battleships, because we simply have too many of them and too little in the way of escorts. Very sorry about that.

EDIT: To stress, that does not mean, that you are not accepted, I would really like to have you in this RP, but it means, that you'll rework, possibly make a new App, that one. My apologies for any confusion.

Oh, sorry! Are destroyers allowed?
I have taken part in a couple of RPs in the international incidents forum, so in my next App I’ll link those in.

[The Selkie]

Oh, sorry! Are destroyers allowed?
I have taken part in a couple of RPs in the international incidents forum, so in my next App I’ll link those in.

No problem - of course destroyers are allowed! They are the very definition of escorts during that time, after all.
Sounds good.