Its in Texas. Meaning its Texan, it has been for several months. Its does not originate from Texas however.
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by Zelent » Thu Nov 23, 2017 12:02 am
by Ralnis » Thu Nov 23, 2017 12:30 am
by New Minahasa » Thu Nov 23, 2017 1:52 am
by Ralnis » Thu Nov 23, 2017 9:29 am
by Turkducken » Thu Nov 23, 2017 4:46 pm
Faction/Nation Name: New Branch Davidians
Faction/Nation Territory: All of Waco, Texas
Population: 5,400 New Davidians
Capital City/Faction HQ: New Jerusalem (A bunker built beneath Shepherd's Rod Seventh Day Adventist Church)
Government: Absolute Authoritarian Theocracy
Leaders: The Prophet of Christ/The Lamp/David Reborn
National/Group Ideology: The teachings of New Branch Davidianism. To keep it brief the beliefs and practices can be summarized as "The World has ended. We are in Hell. Let us save as many Gentiles as we can."
Military: The original founder of New Branch Davidian collected weapons to prepare for the end times, and amassed a sizable arsenal in the bunker of New Jerusalem. Training is Ad Hoc and remains very informal, with most Davidians growing up with weapons for self defense.
Major Towns or Locations: (Do you have other major towns or installations outside of your capital or faction headquarters for your nation or group respectively? All of them should be placed here and why they're important.)
History: (How did your nation or group come to be?)
by Waztaskio » Thu Nov 23, 2017 7:16 pm
Rygondria wrote:So what is open ?
by Zelent » Thu Nov 23, 2017 10:34 pm
by Zelent » Fri Nov 24, 2017 1:01 am
Faction/Nation Name: The National Commonwealth of Texas (NCT)
Faction/Nation Territory: The MSA of Houston as labeled on the map, with some degree of influence and presence in surrounding areas.
Capital City/Faction HQ: Downtown Houston
Population: Some 259,000 Citizens in the borders of the NCT.
Government: The structure of the government and the way it is formed can largely be traced to the writings of Founding-Father and 1st President Eugene Stone. Stone was very concerned about the inefficiencies and failures that most Republican Democracies faced, and aimed to completely rectify the system of democracy to something tenable, with a powerful executive that if not for the rights of the citizenry, would be considered an autocrat. The Executive Branch is checked only by the power of the National Court and its 6 Supreme Justices, and in theory by the voting and militant power of the citizenry, who do elect the President, (Along with their local mayors and judges.) The President then appoints various experts to the respective cabinet positions, who determine more specific objectives or policy directives in line with Presidential Decrees. For example, the President might decree the rebuilding of a road, it would be up to the Ministry of Infrastructure to see to it. There is a reason the government is like this, Stone believed that the workings of a representative democracy were far too slow and vulnerable to corruption to stand the tests of the Post-Apocalyptic world, instead a single, powerful executive branch led by a competent autocrat can better manage the tests of the new era, with speed and scientific precision that would otherwise become lost in the language of complicated senatorial bills and the sluggishness of the voting process.
Leaders:
President Rocco "Mad Dog" Maddox
National/Group Ideology: Believes inherently in its natural predestination to expand it's self until satiated, given its belief that the NCT has designed the most efficient system of government in the post-apocalyptic world, it can do a favor both for it's self and outside settlements by expanding, and bringing them into a commercially successful powerful state, free of banditry, corruption and inefficency, with safety and productivity for all.
Military: The Military consists of a 4 branches, with 3,410 citizen troops total, 94 robots and 200 mercenaries supplementing the ranks.
• The National Army, with 3,000 total troops is the bread and butter arm of the Commonwealth. 2,500 troops are spread into 5 different Infantry Battalions of about 500 men each, each soldier equipped with either combat or leather armor and operating a 5.56 chambered assault or service rifle, each consisting of four Infantry Companies (100 men or so), a command squad of 8 men, , a medical detachment of about 12 men, and a reduced sized Weapons Company of about 80 men wich includes a mortarunit, a couple machine gun teams a reconissance squad, and a sniper squad. There is another battalion, the Logistical Battalion which handles all rear line and supply duty's. It consists of:
A command squad, three supply,ammunition and kitchen companies which assign their platoons to infantry battalions, a horse-drawn artilllery battery consisting of two restored pre-war artillery guns, one a artillery howitzer and the other a small Anti-tank gun, a security platoon that tasks troops to work with supply trains and the artillery battery as security, and finally a Communications Company which assigns troops to units to act as Comms Officers. Support troops are typically equipped with leather armor and a .357 Cowboy repeater.
• The Commonwealth Navy, consists of a small task force of 50 men, who operate a small fleet of two armored and weaponized tug boats with multiple LMG's and a 360 degree rotating terminal operated missile launcher, and a collection of three leisure craft with LMG's mounted to the bow and stern, they operate off of a repaired dock in Galveston. However, the Navy can expect great things coming its way, the Commonwealth is in the process of repairing a pre-war cargo ship, but work has been on and off over the last few years.
• Robotics Corps: Consists of 60 Repairmen and the 94 Robots, a random number of Gustys, Handys, Assaultrons, Sentry Bots and a couple E-bots. These troops serve as mostly autonomous assistants to fill various roles for the Army.
• Mercenary Battalion, the Mercs who serve in specialized combat teams to carry out strategic battlefield objectives or fill some technical role alongside regular army troops.
• Ranger Battalion, 300 troopers in a command squad and three companies that serve as special forces troops, part commando and part assault. Good at frontline infiltration and harassment tactics, they will coordinate with frontline troops to attack or harass enemy supply lines and their rear right in the middle or leading up of a frontline assault. Also, largely experts at nigh-time operations.
The overall doctrine of the Commonwealth Military could be described as concerted efforts to wear down the opposing force with overwheliming superiority and to use specialized units to accomplish certain individual battlefield objectives while regular troops break through and intimidate the enemy force into collapse in rapid, over reaching assaults, fallowed by regroupings and lulls to make the enemy unable to predict the Commonwealth troops next move and create uncertainty in the enemy ranks.
Major Towns or Locations: Sugar, Woodlands, Galveston, Conroe, Pasadena
History: Back in 2177, Vault 45, a control vault opened up and let out its inabitants, who formed a community in and around the Vault located in Conroe, just north of the city of Houston. This community swelled in size, accepting in inhabitants who could provide and help with wasteland skills like farming. 20 Years went by, with this community becoming a major and prosperous settlement in the region, its GECK was used to make the land around it fertile and lush. In the year, 2198 however, things took a turn for the worse. Prosperity attracts bad things too, and the community came under threat from raiders. Enter Eugene Stone, Stone had a troubled and interesting background, that produced a very wise, ambitious and resilent man of opportunity. His entire life, he never spoke much of his origin, all that is known is that he was born far away, in Chicago in the Enclave, some events led to his orphaning and seperation from the Enclave at six years old, and at some point he ended up in Missouri for unclear reasons, where he became the chief of a band of tribals, who he built up into a respectable fighting force and brought them on a campaign southward, accumulating more followers until he had built a small army, upon reaching Louisiana he brought his force westward moving down the Gulf of Mexico. It was in Texas that they kept going southwest, gaining in power and experience until they reached the troubled settlement in Conroe. Stone had seen opportunities like this before, but stopped from seizing upon them. Stone offered his services to this settlement, he'd destroy the raider army for them, in exchange for fielty. With this, he led his tribals against the raiders, he had taught them well, and at this point in this trans-nation crusade he had developed a powerful fighting force well equipped and prepared for a fight such as this.
Alas, the raiders proved numerous and fierce, this raider army was routed, but not without losing atleast 65% of Stones own troops. He came back to Conroe, angry with the results but ready for this next stage in his life. The people of Vault 45 fallowed through on their promise, and crowned Stone their Overseer. He scoffed at this, but used it anyway temporairly. He raised them up, and led them on a new journey, conquering much of the region around Houston and annexing eager tribes and settlements. In 2200, Stone decided it was the perfect time to declare a new nation with a new system of government, and the National Commonwealth of Texas was formed, a powerful force in the region that prospered economically and had run off bandits from its lands. It soon came to largely surround the city of Houston, before quickly encroaching inwards. Every five years, Stone was reelected, and he continued to build his life-long mission upwards, in 2206 the Capital was moved to Houston it's self.
By 2210, the NCT largely looked from a map as it does today, with small expansions made over the next thirty years. Stone turned over to his social ambitions, aiming to create a large but corruption free government that used experts who paid attention to minutiae details to make a scientifically managed and successful bureaucracy.
In 2218, Stone passed away from Pancreatic Canncer leaving a permanent legacy as a man of greatness who led his people lovingly and sought nothing more than the Commonwealths success, and was replaced for the next two years by his life-long right hand man, Fredrich Althammer. President Althammer, however declared that he would not run in 2220, in interests of making certain that the Commonwealth not become a monarchy. The 2220 election was the first with any sort of legitimate race with political party's spawning. The Peoples Party, a socialistic faction championing government subsidies for medical treatment and a income tax system with the lowest tax bracket at 1% for most common laborers and sharecroppers to 8% for the welathiest citizens. In these next ten years, under TPP, infrastructure was built up in areas and crime became rare under the creation of The Commonwealth Police, a Federally administered national police force. TPP lost in 2230 to the Right-Wing Conservative Party of Oliver Fist, they continued the popular single-payer medical services policy, while edging taxes downwards as much as the budget would allow, and downsizing the government bureaucracy in certain areas. They famously attempted to expand the power of the Commonwealth Police to near authoritarian levels, but were struck down in the courts.
Oliver First lost the presidency in 2245 to the centristic populist party, The Eagle Party, who's president Henry Damer led until his resignation before the election of 2250 because of his retirement, but during his time pursued policies of economic building, repaving many important roads and encouraging business stimulation through tax breaks for R&D and for increasing production of key goods. Damer was followed by James Depperd, who stepped down in 2265, but had largely followed Damer era policies of economic boom. Depperds left office in 2265, and here comes Rocco Maddox. Maddox proposed expansion as a means to ensure the economy was not expanding too quickly for its own good. Maddox for the first year of his presidency largely continued with traditional Eagle political values, ensuring the commercial success of the nation, however the Department of Defense together with the Department of State could expect much work in the next couple years.
by Theyra » Fri Nov 24, 2017 1:19 am
Faction/Nation Name: South Plains Council
Faction/Nation Territory: Lubbock and the surrounding area, Map
Capital City/Faction HQ: Lubbock
Population: 25,370
Government: A council led republic which the council is made up of the seven major groups of the nation which is led a by a Chief Councillor. The seven are voted by their groups to best represent them on the council and the best to led the nation. The council members usually serve for life even ghouls. However the first chief councilor who was a ghoul resigned voluntary after a 150 years on the council. The another ghoul council member at the time followed suit and started new tradition for ghoul council members to resign after lifetime has passed. The council votes on who will be chief councilor and citizens can vote if the council can not decide.
Leaders: Chief Councillor Emma Underhill
Councillor Conway Wells
Councillor Gabriela Correa
Councillor Forrest Moruga
Councillor Ezekiel Fairchild
Councillor Hammond Wakefield
Councillor Joanna Bell
National/Group Ideology: Expanding throughout the South Plains region. Due to ghouls having a major impact on the SPC and have a seat on the council. The SPC are open-minded about ghouls joining the SCP as long as they follow the rules like everyone else.
Military: SPC Army: The army is the main force of the SPC and is both properly trained and is well equipped. With the standard armor being light combat armor and uses primary assault rifles. They regularly patrol the major trade routes and kept a small force in the major settlements. The Army is numbered at 700 strong.
SPC Militia: The militia is only called upon in emergencies when the SPC is severely threaten. The militia though hastily trained and mostly uses poor equipment. They know how bad the situation has to be if they are called upon and fight with determination. The highest number that can use call upon is a force of 1,000.
SPC Council Guard: The Guard are a veteran force who guards the council from all threats. The Guard receive better training along with their new armor. The Guard uses modified riot gear and are 200 strong.
SPC Sentinels: The Sentinels are a small elite force that is part of the army. The Sentinels are made up of best the army has and has access to the few salvaged power armor that the SPC has recovered. Due to their low numbers, they are kept in reserve unless their presence is needed. They numbers are always at 200.
The SPC has recovered some artillery consisting of five howitzers. However they are for the defense of Lubbock.
Major Towns or Locations: Levelland- the second most populated settlement in the SPC and is the location of a major army base.
Brownfield- A important trade post that that deals with traders from New Mexico and is the first stop for them in Texas.
History: The founding of the SPC would start decades after the Great war and when a ghoul name Roland Underhill convinced the seven major groups of the city to came together under one banner. Roland was a survivor of the bombs but, unlike his family he got a large dose of radiation that turned him into a ghoul. In the years after, Roland would become a leader of the one major groups and while they were surviving, it was just that. After seeing increasing bandit activity and the aftermath bad tornado. Roland knowing the state of the other groups in the city, decided that the best way to survive in the city was for everyone to work together. He called for a meeting of the six major groups and though some were reluctant at first. They came around and Roland managed to convince the groups to work together under a council. The first council members were elected by their groups and Roland for his efforts was elected as the first Chief Councillor.
The SPC wasted little time to bring the smaller groups into the fold and forcing bandits out of Lubbock. When Lubbock was firmly under the SPC control and was when talks of expansion started. Some of the council did not use to expand beyond the city while others wanted to expand outwards. Roland was the tie-breaker and sided with expand the SPC pass Lubbock. Roland thought that is was best for the SPC to expand in order to last. One city can only last so long by itself, more so in the Texan wasteland Roland thought. Under Roland the SPC had the goal of expanding and eventually occupy the South Plains region. The SPC slowly expanded to the surrounding area and convinced the nearby settlements to join them. Preferring to expand peacefully or by settling rather then by force unless bandits are involved.
Roland after being Chief Councillor for 150 years, he resigned and gave up any chance of being on the council again. He thought about being leader for much longer due his increased longevity. But, he knew deep down that the SPC should grow without him and his time has passed. Presently, the current Chief Councilor is Emma Underhill who is his descendant.Though there were claims that she was elected to Chief Councilor due to her family's legacy then ability. Regardless, the SPC is still expanding in the South Plains region and shows no sign of stopping.
by Waztaskio » Fri Nov 24, 2017 2:29 am
Theyra wrote:Faction/Nation Name: South Plains Council
Faction/Nation Territory: Lubbock and the surrounding area, Map
Capital City/Faction HQ: Lubbock
Population: 25,370
Government: A council led republic which the council is made up of the seven major groups of the nation which is led a by a Chief Councillor. The seven are voted by their groups to best represent them on the council and the best to led the nation. The council members usually serve for life even ghouls. However the first chief councilor who was a ghoul resigned voluntary after a 150 years on the council. The another ghoul council member at the time followed suit and started new tradition for ghoul council members to resign after lifetime has passed. The council votes on who will be chief councilor and citizens can vote if the council can not decide.
Leaders: Chief Councillor Emma Underhill
Councillor Conway Wells
Councillor Gabriela Correa
Councillor Forrest Moruga
Councillor Ezekiel Fairchild
Councillor Hammond Wakefield
Councillor Joanna Bell
National/Group Ideology: Expanding throughout the South Plains region. Due to ghouls having a major impact on the SPC and have a seat on the council. The SPC are open-minded about ghouls joining the SCP as long as they follow the rules like everyone else.
Military: SPC Army: The army is the main force of the SPC and is both properly trained and is well equipped. With the standard armor being light combat armor and uses primary assault rifles. They regularly patrol the major trade routes and kept a small force in the major settlements. The Army is numbered at 1,000 strong.
SPC Militia: The militia is only called upon in emergencies when the SPC is severely threaten. The militia though hastily trained and mostly uses poor equipment. They know how bad the situation has to be if they are called upon and fight with determination. The highest number that can use call upon is a force of 1,500.
SPC Council Guard: The Guard are a veteran force who guards the council from all threats. The Guard receive better training along with their new armor. The Guard uses modified riot gear and are 200 strong.
SPC Sentinels: The Sentinels are a small elite force that is part of the army. The Sentinels are made up of best the army has and has access to the few salvaged power armor that the SPC has recovered. Due to their low numbers, they are kept in reserve unless their presence is needed. They numbers are always at 200.
The SPC has recovered some artillery consisting of five howitzers. However they are for the defense of Lubbock.
Major Towns or Locations: Levelland- the second most populated settlement in the SPC and is the location of a major army base.
Brownfield- A important trade post that that deals with traders from New Mexico and is the first stop for them in Texas.
History: The founding of the SPC would start decades after the Great war and when a ghoul name Roland Underhill convinced the seven major groups of the city to came together under one banner. Roland was a survivor of the bombs but, unlike his family he got a large dose of radiation that turned him into a ghoul. In the years after, Roland would become a leader of the one major groups and while they were surviving, it was just that. After seeing increasing bandit activity and the aftermath bad tornado. Roland knowing the state of the other groups in the city, decided that the best way to survive in the city was for everyone to work together. He called for a meeting of the six major groups and though some were reluctant at first. They came around and Roland managed to convince the groups to work together under a council. The first council members were elected by their groups and Roland for his efforts was elected as the first Chief Councillor.
The SPC wasted little time to bring the smaller groups into the fold and forcing bandits out of Lubbock. When Lubbock was firmly under the SPC control and was when talks of expansion started. Some of the council did not use to expand beyond the city while others wanted to expand outwards. Roland was the tie-breaker and sided with expand the SPC pass Lubbock. Roland thought that is was best for the SPC to expand in order to last. One city can only last so long by itself, more so in the Texan wasteland Roland thought. Under Roland the SPC had the goal of expanding and eventually occupy the South Plains region. The SPC slowly expanded to the surrounding area and convinced the nearby settlements to join them. Preferring to expand peacefully or by settling rather then by force unless bandits are involved.
Roland after being Chief Councillor for 150 years, he resigned and gave up any chance of being on the council again. He thought about being leader for much longer due his increased longevity. But, he knew deep down that the SPC should grow without him and his time has passed. Presently, the current Chief Councilor is Emma Underhill who is his descendant.Though there were claims that she was elected to Chief Councilor due to her family's legacy then ability. Regardless, the SPC is still expanding in the South Plains region and shows no sign of stopping.
by Theyra » Fri Nov 24, 2017 6:13 pm
Waztaskio wrote:With that population, you cannot have an army bigger then 1,015. So the military will need to be adjusted.
by Waztaskio » Fri Nov 24, 2017 6:59 pm
Theyra wrote:Faction/Nation Name: South Plains Council
Faction/Nation Territory: Lubbock and the surrounding area, Map
Capital City/Faction HQ: Lubbock
Population: 25,370
Government: A council led republic which the council is made up of the seven major groups of the nation which is led a by a Chief Councillor. The seven are voted by their groups to best represent them on the council and the best to led the nation. The council members usually serve for life even ghouls. However the first chief councilor who was a ghoul resigned voluntary after a 150 years on the council. The another ghoul council member at the time followed suit and started new tradition for ghoul council members to resign after lifetime has passed. The council votes on who will be chief councilor and citizens can vote if the council can not decide.
Leaders: Chief Councillor Emma Underhill
Councillor Conway Wells
Councillor Gabriela Correa
Councillor Forrest Moruga
Councillor Ezekiel Fairchild
Councillor Hammond Wakefield
Councillor Joanna Bell
National/Group Ideology: Expanding throughout the South Plains region. Due to ghouls having a major impact on the SPC and have a seat on the council. The SPC are open-minded about ghouls joining the SCP as long as they follow the rules like everyone else.
Military: SPC Army: The army is the main force of the SPC and is both properly trained and is well equipped. With the standard armor being light combat armor and uses primary assault rifles. They regularly patrol the major trade routes and kept a small force in the major settlements. The Army is numbered at 700 strong.
SPC Militia: The militia is only called upon in emergencies when the SPC is severely threaten. The militia though hastily trained and mostly uses poor equipment. They know how bad the situation has to be if they are called upon and fight with determination. The highest number that can use call upon is a force of 1,500.
SPC Council Guard: The Guard are a veteran force who guards the council from all threats. The Guard receive better training along with their new armor. The Guard uses modified riot gear and are 200 strong.
SPC Sentinels: The Sentinels are a small elite force that is part of the army. The Sentinels are made up of best the army has and has access to the few salvaged power armor that the SPC has recovered. Due to their low numbers, they are kept in reserve unless their presence is needed. They numbers are always at 200.
The SPC has recovered some artillery consisting of five howitzers. However they are for the defense of Lubbock.
Major Towns or Locations: Levelland- the second most populated settlement in the SPC and is the location of a major army base.
Brownfield- A important trade post that that deals with traders from New Mexico and is the first stop for them in Texas.
History: The founding of the SPC would start decades after the Great war and when a ghoul name Roland Underhill convinced the seven major groups of the city to came together under one banner. Roland was a survivor of the bombs but, unlike his family he got a large dose of radiation that turned him into a ghoul. In the years after, Roland would become a leader of the one major groups and while they were surviving, it was just that. After seeing increasing bandit activity and the aftermath bad tornado. Roland knowing the state of the other groups in the city, decided that the best way to survive in the city was for everyone to work together. He called for a meeting of the six major groups and though some were reluctant at first. They came around and Roland managed to convince the groups to work together under a council. The first council members were elected by their groups and Roland for his efforts was elected as the first Chief Councillor.
The SPC wasted little time to bring the smaller groups into the fold and forcing bandits out of Lubbock. When Lubbock was firmly under the SPC control and was when talks of expansion started. Some of the council did not use to expand beyond the city while others wanted to expand outwards. Roland was the tie-breaker and sided with expand the SPC pass Lubbock. Roland thought that is was best for the SPC to expand in order to last. One city can only last so long by itself, more so in the Texan wasteland Roland thought. Under Roland the SPC had the goal of expanding and eventually occupy the South Plains region. The SPC slowly expanded to the surrounding area and convinced the nearby settlements to join them. Preferring to expand peacefully or by settling rather then by force unless bandits are involved.
Roland after being Chief Councillor for 150 years, he resigned and gave up any chance of being on the council again. He thought about being leader for much longer due his increased longevity. But, he knew deep down that the SPC should grow without him and his time has passed. Presently, the current Chief Councilor is Emma Underhill who is his descendant.Though there were claims that she was elected to Chief Councilor due to her family's legacy then ability. Regardless, the SPC is still expanding in the South Plains region and shows no sign of stopping.
by Waztaskio » Sat Nov 25, 2017 12:41 am
Theyra wrote:Faction/Nation Name: South Plains Council
Faction/Nation Territory: Lubbock and the surrounding area, Map
Capital City/Faction HQ: Lubbock
Population: 25,370
Government: A council led republic which the council is made up of the seven major groups of the nation which is led a by a Chief Councillor. The seven are voted by their groups to best represent them on the council and the best to led the nation. The council members usually serve for life even ghouls. However the first chief councilor who was a ghoul resigned voluntary after a 150 years on the council. The another ghoul council member at the time followed suit and started new tradition for ghoul council members to resign after lifetime has passed. The council votes on who will be chief councilor and citizens can vote if the council can not decide.
Leaders: Chief Councillor Emma Underhill
Councillor Conway Wells
Councillor Gabriela Correa
Councillor Forrest Moruga
Councillor Ezekiel Fairchild
Councillor Hammond Wakefield
Councillor Joanna Bell
National/Group Ideology: Expanding throughout the South Plains region. Due to ghouls having a major impact on the SPC and have a seat on the council. The SPC are open-minded about ghouls joining the SCP as long as they follow the rules like everyone else.
Military: SPC Army: The army is the main force of the SPC and is both properly trained and is well equipped. With the standard armor being light combat armor and uses primary assault rifles. They regularly patrol the major trade routes and kept a small force in the major settlements. The Army is numbered at 700 strong.
SPC Militia: The militia is only called upon in emergencies when the SPC is severely threaten. The militia though hastily trained and mostly uses poor equipment. They know how bad the situation has to be if they are called upon and fight with determination. The highest number that can use call upon is a force of 1,000.
SPC Council Guard: The Guard are a veteran force who guards the council from all threats. The Guard receive better training along with their new armor. The Guard uses modified riot gear and are 200 strong.
SPC Sentinels: The Sentinels are a small elite force that is part of the army. The Sentinels are made up of best the army has and has access to the few salvaged power armor that the SPC has recovered. Due to their low numbers, they are kept in reserve unless their presence is needed. They numbers are always at 200.
The SPC has recovered some artillery consisting of five howitzers. However they are for the defense of Lubbock.
Major Towns or Locations: Levelland- the second most populated settlement in the SPC and is the location of a major army base.
Brownfield- A important trade post that that deals with traders from New Mexico and is the first stop for them in Texas.
History: The founding of the SPC would start decades after the Great war and when a ghoul name Roland Underhill convinced the seven major groups of the city to came together under one banner. Roland was a survivor of the bombs but, unlike his family he got a large dose of radiation that turned him into a ghoul. In the years after, Roland would become a leader of the one major groups and while they were surviving, it was just that. After seeing increasing bandit activity and the aftermath bad tornado. Roland knowing the state of the other groups in the city, decided that the best way to survive in the city was for everyone to work together. He called for a meeting of the six major groups and though some were reluctant at first. They came around and Roland managed to convince the groups to work together under a council. The first council members were elected by their groups and Roland for his efforts was elected as the first Chief Councillor.
The SPC wasted little time to bring the smaller groups into the fold and forcing bandits out of Lubbock. When Lubbock was firmly under the SPC control and was when talks of expansion started. Some of the council did not use to expand beyond the city while others wanted to expand outwards. Roland was the tie-breaker and sided with expand the SPC pass Lubbock. Roland thought that is was best for the SPC to expand in order to last. One city can only last so long by itself, more so in the Texan wasteland Roland thought. Under Roland the SPC had the goal of expanding and eventually occupy the South Plains region. The SPC slowly expanded to the surrounding area and convinced the nearby settlements to join them. Preferring to expand peacefully or by settling rather then by force unless bandits are involved.
Roland after being Chief Councillor for 150 years, he resigned and gave up any chance of being on the council again. He thought about being leader for much longer due his increased longevity. But, he knew deep down that the SPC should grow without him and his time has passed. Presently, the current Chief Councilor is Emma Underhill who is his descendant.Though there were claims that she was elected to Chief Councilor due to her family's legacy then ability. Regardless, the SPC is still expanding in the South Plains region and shows no sign of stopping.
by Plains Commonswealth » Sat Nov 25, 2017 11:26 pm
Name of Character:Richard Bonaparte Reginae Lee 3rd THE GHOUL
Age of Character: Appears 30, but is 224 years old
Appearance: 6'2 210 lbs, Dressed in army camo and thick black boots. Thick Red hair and beard covers up his rotted face. Strong arms and legs with a thick chest.
Gender: Male
Faction Alignment: No faction yet decided (Which faction are you aligned with if any.)
Character S.P.E.C.I.A.L:
S 8
P 5
E 8
C 6
I 4
A 2
L 7
(Scale of 1-10 with a max of 40 total for all SPECIAL. Refer to fallout ranks.)
Dirty army fatigues 0 0 0 3 12 — Strength +1 Agility +1 Yes
... Metal helmet 9 4 0 3 15
.44 48 28.8 6 119 66 .44 round 6
Ripper 4 21 Very Fast 40 0.7 6 50 8.3
Character Backstory: Great ect grandson of the famous military general. He wanted to redeem his family name and go against America, hopping that they would be weakened after the war with china. However just as his militia grew large enough to be a threat, the bombs fell. His house fell in around him, and the years until he was found built in a anger he had not known before. As terrible as the isolation was, the look he saw looking back from the mirror was even worse, but then he realized it wasn't him, it was the world that was wrong. He swore he would show all those that were non mutated whom was really the rulers of the wasteland. His journey through the wasteland to Texas he soon came to rest as the border town of Orange Texas. He thought back to how his family had his servants, they were little more then slaves... and it hit him. He salvaged what he could around and started to rebuild it the way he remembered. It took a decade but soon, he was home. The first group of raiders, he made sure none left. The youngest became his first slaves, but there leader. He made the boys gut there leader. He watched the fear in there eyes and he loved the power. It was a start but he had a long way to go. THE SOUTH WOULD RAISE AGAIN
by Waztaskio » Sun Nov 26, 2017 11:00 am
Plains Commonswealth wrote:Name of Character:Richard Bonaparte Reginae Lee 3rd THE GHOUL
Age of Character: Appears 30, but is 224 years old
Appearance: 6'2 210 lbs, Dressed in army camo and thick black boots. Thick Red hair and beard covers up his rotted face. Strong arms and legs with a thick chest.
Gender: Male
Faction Alignment: No faction yet decided (Which faction are you aligned with if any.)
Character S.P.E.C.I.A.L:
S 8
P 5
E 8
C 6
I 4
A 2
L 7
(Scale of 1-10 with a max of 40 total for all SPECIAL. Refer to fallout ranks.)
Dirty army fatigues 0 0 0 3 12 — Strength +1 Agility +1 Yes
... Metal helmet 9 4 0 3 15
.44 48 28.8 6 119 66 .44 round 6
Ripper 4 21 Very Fast 40 0.7 6 50 8.3
Character Backstory: Great ect grandson of the famous military general. He wanted to redeem his family name and go against America, hopping that they would be weakened after the war with china. However just as his militia grew large enough to be a threat, the bombs fell. His house fell in around him, and the years until he was found built in a anger he had not known before. As terrible as the isolation was, the look he saw looking back from the mirror was even worse, but then he realized it wasn't him, it was the world that was wrong. He swore he would show all those that were non mutated whom was really the rulers of the wasteland. His journey through the wasteland to Texas he soon came to rest as the border town of Orange Texas. He thought back to how his family had his servants, they were little more then slaves... and it hit him. He salvaged what he could around and started to rebuild it the way he remembered. It took a decade but soon, he was home. The first group of raiders, he made sure none left. The youngest became his first slaves, but there leader. He made the boys gut there leader. He watched the fear in there eyes and he loved the power. It was a start but he had a long way to go. THE SOUTH WOULD RAISE AGAIN
Attempt 2
by Zelent » Sun Nov 26, 2017 4:13 pm
Faction/Nation Name: The National Commonwealth of Texas (NCT)
Faction/Nation Territory: The MSA of Houston as labeled on the map, with some degree of influence and presence in surrounding areas.
Capital City/Faction HQ: Downtown Houston
Population: Some 259,000 Citizens in the borders of the NCT.
Government: The structure of the government and the way it is formed can largely be traced to the writings of Founding-Father and 1st President Eugene Stone. Stone was very concerned about the inefficiencies and failures that most Republican Democracies faced, and aimed to completely rectify the system of democracy to something tenable, with a powerful executive that if not for the rights of the citizenry, would be considered an autocrat. The Executive Branch is checked only by the power of the National Court and its 6 Supreme Justices, and in theory by the voting and militant power of the citizenry, who do elect the President, (Along with their local mayors and judges.) The President then appoints various experts to the respective cabinet positions, who determine more specific objectives or policy directives in line with Presidential Decrees. For example, the President might decree the rebuilding of a road, it would be up to the Ministry of Infrastructure to see to it. There is a reason the government is like this, Stone believed that the workings of a representative democracy were far too slow and vulnerable to corruption to stand the tests of the Post-Apocalyptic world, instead a single, powerful executive branch led by a competent autocrat can better manage the tests of the new era, with speed and scientific precision that would otherwise become lost in the language of complicated senatorial bills and the sluggishness of the voting process.
Leaders:
President Rocco "Mad Dog" Maddox
National/Group Ideology: Believes inherently in its natural predestination to expand it's self until satiated, given its belief that the NCT has designed the most efficient system of government in the post-apocalyptic world, it can do a favor both for it's self and outside settlements by expanding, and bringing them into a commercially successful powerful state, free of banditry, corruption and inefficency, with safety and productivity for all.
Military: The Military consists of a 4 branches, with 3,410 citizen troops total, 94 robots and 200 mercenaries supplementing the ranks.
• The National Army, with 3,000 total troops is the bread and butter arm of the Commonwealth. 2,500 troops are spread into 5 different Infantry Battalions of about 500 men each, each soldier equipped with either combat or leather armor and operating a 5.56 chambered assault or service rifle, each consisting of four Infantry Companies (100 men or so), a command squad of 8 men, , a medical detachment of about 12 men, and a reduced sized Weapons Company of about 80 men wich includes a mortarunit, a couple machine gun teams a reconissance squad, and a sniper squad. There is another battalion, the Logistical Battalion which handles all rear line and supply duty's. It consists of:
A command squad, three supply,ammunition and kitchen companies which assign their platoons to infantry battalions, a horse-drawn artilllery battery consisting of two restored pre-war artillery guns, one a artillery howitzer and the other a small Anti-tank gun, a security platoon that tasks troops to work with supply trains and the artillery battery as security, and finally a Communications Company which assigns troops to units to act as Comms Officers. Support troops are typically equipped with leather armor and a .357 Cowboy repeater.
• The Commonwealth Navy, consists of a small task force of 50 men, who operate a small fleet of two armored and weaponized tug boats with multiple LMG's and a 360 degree rotating terminal operated missile launcher, and a collection of three leisure craft with LMG's mounted to the bow and stern, they operate off of a repaired dock in Galveston. However, the Navy can expect great things coming its way, the Commonwealth is in the process of repairing a pre-war cargo ship, but work has been on and off over the last few years.
• Robotics Corps: Consists of 60 Repairmen and the 94 Robots in the order of 24 Handys, 8 Sentry Bots, 22 Protectrons, 20 Gustys, 9 eye bots, 11 Asaultrons, . These troops serve as mostly autonomous assistants to fill various roles for the Army.
• Mercenary Battalion, the Mercs who serve in specialized combat teams to carry out strategic battlefield objectives or fill some technical role alongside regular army troops.
• Ranger Battalion, 300 troopers in a command squad and three companies that serve as special forces troops, part commando and part assault. Good at frontline infiltration and harassment tactics, they will coordinate with frontline troops to attack or harass enemy supply lines and their rear right in the middle or leading up of a frontline assault. Also, largely experts at nigh-time operations.
The overall doctrine of the Commonwealth Military could be described as concerted efforts to wear down the opposing force with overwheliming superiority and to use specialized units to accomplish certain individual battlefield objectives while regular troops break through and intimidate the enemy force into collapse in rapid, over reaching assaults, fallowed by regroupings and lulls to make the enemy unable to predict the Commonwealth troops next move and create uncertainty in the enemy ranks.
Major Towns or Locations: Sugar, Woodlands, Galveston, Conroe, Pasadena
History: Back in 2177, Vault 45, a control vault opened up and let out its inabitants, who formed a community in and around the Vault located in Conroe, just north of the city of Houston. This community swelled in size, accepting in inhabitants who could provide and help with wasteland skills like farming. 20 Years went by, with this community becoming a major and prosperous settlement in the region, its GECK was used to make the land around it fertile and lush. In the year, 2198 however, things took a turn for the worse. Prosperity attracts bad things too, and the community came under threat from raiders. Enter Eugene Stone, Stone had a troubled and interesting background, that produced a very wise, ambitious and resilent man of opportunity. His entire life, he never spoke much of his origin, all that is known is that he was born far away, in Chicago in the Enclave, some events led to his orphaning and seperation from the Enclave at six years old, and at some point he ended up in Missouri for unclear reasons, where he became the chief of a band of tribals, who he built up into a respectable fighting force and brought them on a campaign southward, accumulating more followers until he had built a small army, upon reaching Louisiana he brought his force westward moving down the Gulf of Mexico. It was in Texas that they kept going southwest, gaining in power and experience until they reached the troubled settlement in Conroe. Stone had seen opportunities like this before, but stopped from seizing upon them. Stone offered his services to this settlement, he'd destroy the raider army for them, in exchange for fielty. With this, he led his tribals against the raiders, he had taught them well, and at this point in this trans-nation crusade he had developed a powerful fighting force well equipped and prepared for a fight such as this.
Alas, the raiders proved numerous and fierce, this raider army was routed, but not without losing atleast 65% of Stones own troops. He came back to Conroe, angry with the results but ready for this next stage in his life. The people of Vault 45 fallowed through on their promise, and crowned Stone their Overseer. He scoffed at this, but used it anyway temporairly. He raised them up, and led them on a new journey, conquering much of the region around Houston and annexing eager tribes and settlements. In 2200, Stone decided it was the perfect time to declare a new nation with a new system of government, and the National Commonwealth of Texas was formed, a powerful force in the region that prospered economically and had run off bandits from its lands. It soon came to largely surround the city of Houston, before quickly encroaching inwards. Every five years, Stone was reelected, and he continued to build his life-long mission upwards, in 2206 the Capital was moved to Houston it's self.
By 2210, the NCT largely looked from a map as it does today, with small expansions made over the next thirty years. Stone turned over to his social ambitions, aiming to create a large but corruption free government that used experts who paid attention to minutiae details to make a scientifically managed and successful bureaucracy.
In 2218, Stone passed away from Pancreatic Canncer leaving a permanent legacy as a man of greatness who led his people lovingly and sought nothing more than the Commonwealths success, and was replaced for the next two years by his life-long right hand man, Fredrich Althammer. President Althammer, however declared that he would not run in 2220, in interests of making certain that the Commonwealth not become a monarchy. The 2220 election was the first with any sort of legitimate race with political party's spawning. The Peoples Party, a socialistic faction championing government subsidies for medical treatment and a income tax system with the lowest tax bracket at 1% for most common laborers and sharecroppers to 8% for the welathiest citizens. In these next ten years, under TPP, infrastructure was built up in areas and crime became rare under the creation of The Commonwealth Police, a Federally administered national police force. TPP lost in 2230 to the Right-Wing Conservative Party of Oliver Fist, they continued the popular single-payer medical services policy, while edging taxes downwards as much as the budget would allow, and downsizing the government bureaucracy in certain areas. They famously attempted to expand the power of the Commonwealth Police to near authoritarian levels, but were struck down in the courts.
Oliver First lost the presidency in 2245 to the centristic populist party, The Eagle Party, who's president Henry Damer led until his resignation before the election of 2250 because of his retirement, but during his time pursued policies of economic building, repaving many important roads and encouraging business stimulation through tax breaks for R&D and for increasing production of key goods. Damer was followed by James Depperd, who stepped down in 2265, but had largely followed Damer era policies of economic boom. Depperds left office in 2265, and here comes Rocco Maddox. Maddox proposed expansion as a means to ensure the economy was not expanding too quickly for its own good. Maddox for the first year of his presidency largely continued with traditional Eagle political values, ensuring the commercial success of the nation, however the Department of Defense together with the Department of State could expect much work in the next couple years.
by Verore » Sun Nov 26, 2017 6:01 pm
Faction/Nation Name: The Kingdom of Odessa
Faction/Nation Territory: The Kingdom of Odessa is based in the city of Odessa and have recently taken over what remains of the neighboring city of Midland. Aside from these holdings, the minor settlements around Odessa and Midland are under it's forced protection. (Essentially Midland and Ector County with a tiny sliver of Martin County.)
Capital City/Faction HQ: The City of Odessa is the capitol and namesake of the kingdom.
Population: In total, there are 16,025 people that live in the Kingdom of Odessa but many of the citizens are slaves forced to labor in their settlements.
Government: The nation is a monarchy with various "lords" ruling over the settlements scattered throughout the Kingdom's territory. However, the position of lord is not hereditary with the role an elected position voted on by the free citizenry but the King can overrule the vote. The King holds absolute power over the nation and unlike the lords is a hereditary position however the Advisory Council, a group made up of prominent members of the Kingdom, make the majority of the decisions with the permission of the King.
Leaders:
King
Saul Turner
Prince
Joseph Turner
Advisory Council
Jonas Taylor
Thomas Reed
Davis Straton
Abigail Martin
Sophia Harris
National/Group Ideology: (What is your ideology of your nation or group? What are the goals, ambitions, etc.) The Kingdom believes in the absolutism and rightness of their monarch however they believe that some degree of autonomy is important to prevent the main government to be distracted. The goals of the Kingdom of Odessa, much like their ideals, are very straightforward and somewhat primitive. Survive and Expand.
Military: (I used Fallout: New Vegas for the basis of the army. Mostly because I never actually played much of the other fallouts and I liked how they did their equipment.)
The King's Army is divided into 3 main parts, The Knights, The Pioneers, and The Guardsmen. Weaponry is largely limited to firearms with energy weapons occasionally being used by various members of the three branches. The King's Army is a largely defensive force and relies on the Pioneers to delay the enemy from reaching the fortified settlements where Guardsmen and Knights are prepared to fight to the last man to make sure the enemy does not advance any farther. The fortified settlements play a critical role in defensive plans as they can be used to further slow or even halt the enemies advance by bogging them down in costly sieges. In addition to these scattered forts, the cities of Odessa and Midland have become walled fortress cities by turning damaged or ruined buildings into small forts scattered throughout the cities.
The Knights: These units are the heavy shock infantry of the King's Army and are used to halt the enemies advance in their tracks. Covered in reinforced metal armor and armed with hunting or riot shotguns these living tanks, while not as strong as men in power armor, are the best the Kingdom of Odessa has. Trained from an extremely young age up until their young adulthood, these men are given the important task of protecting the King and Lords during times of peace and during war they are a fearless soldier charging headfirst into the enemy. Only 50 Knights currently serve in the King's Army.
The Pioneers: The Pioneers are another unique element of the king's Army and are the main support and expeditionary units. The average Pioneer is armed with either a scoped hunting rifle or 9mm smg and a machete, are given leather armor for protection, and occasionally accompanied by dogs or horses. Trained to be able to survive large spans of time in the wilderness and communicating with the various tribes in the wastes as well as guerrilla warfare and sometimes horse riding or animal taming. When in combat operations they are the main unit of delaying actions by setting traps on major pathways and laying ambushes against the advancing enemy. Only 150 are available and many are wandering the wastes, looking for new settlements or areas to scavenge.
The Guardsmen: The standard unit of the army, made up of free citizens and slaves who have great combat potential are conscripted to make up the bulk of the army. Armed with battle rifles, and occasionally grenade rifles or automatic rifles, and protected by combat armor, they serve a strictly defensive role in the King's Army, being used as patrols and guards for the settlements. Even in combat they do not act as offensive units, instead they are used as a protective barrier of flesh between home and the enemy while the Knights and Pioneers break the enemies armed forces to give leverage for peace talks. 400 Guardsmen protect the Kingdom from the creatures and inhabitants of the wastelands where the Pioneers roam.
Major Towns or Locations: The only major location aside from the capitol city is the city of Midland. The second largest settlement in the Kingdom and a recent major addition, annexed after a dispute and series of skirmishes between Midland's Pioneers and the King's Army. The city is the main base of the Pioneers and home to a large portion of the population.
History:
The Founding
In the year 2196, a charismatic 36 year old man by the name of Arthur Turner had unified the city of Odessa under various tribes that swore their loyalty to him. Before he became the leader of Odessa, he was originally part of a tribe that operated out of the ruins of the city library, a cowardly group that was often robbed and harassed by the other tribes in the city. As he grew up, he began to read the various books and found himself making parallels between the wasteland and the Dark Ages. Eventually, he left the library to go and gather allies to help the meek tribe become a major power. Promises of prosperity and power helped him win support from the settlements outside of Odessa and after a brutal campaign against the tribes that resented Arthur's rise to power he had claimed the leadership position over his new kingdom.
Expansion
In the year 2218 an heir was born. The child was named Saul and would inherit the growing kingdom. The years before Arthur had been consolidating his power and reignited the feudal system. Though he managed to maintain control of the city and the settlements in the immediate vicinity many of the settlements outside of the city refused the idea of instituting slavery. Arthur began a campaign to reclaim the rebelling settlements and during this time he also expanded his sphere of control to other settlements that hadn't originally joined him. By this time the Knights began to form and display their battle prowess, being able to crush rebels lead by the veterans that helped Arthur come to power in Odessa. As the kingdom expanded,
they eventually came into conflict with the tribes of Midland, another ruined city relatively close to Odessa, in the year 2221. The tribes presence halted expansion to the east for fear of provoking a war with the tribes and in 2240 the sudden death of King Arthur Turner would mark an end to the kingdom's expansion while Saul Turner would ensure his control over the kingdom.
The years of Saul Turner
Having risen to power in 2240, the Kingdom's expansion halted as Saul ensured the loyalty of the lords. During this time, Odessa began to grow though the majority of the people was effectively slaves the end of tribal warfare in the city of Odessa ensured a small population boom. Expansion slowly resumed in 2244 but would be halted in 2246 by a surprise raid on Odessa by warriors from Midland. The following subsequent conflict was a 5 year span where skirmishes were fought between the Guardsmen and the warriors of Midland. Eventually a decisive victory was made thanks to the actions of a squadron of Knights, securing their class as the elite soldiers of the King's Army. The war ended with a peace where the city of Midland and surrounding settlements were annex by Odessa however leadership roles would largely be kept with the tribe leaders reorganized into lordships like the rest of the Kingdom. This conflict also brought the warriors of Midland into the King's Army and were organized into a mix of Guardsmen and Pioneers, a new unit formed out of the guerrilla fights of Midland. During the next 15 years Saul had a son with a Midlander he took as a wide and in 2253 he named the child Joseph Turner who he had raised in both the customs of Midland and Odessa to help bridge the culture gap between the two cities.
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