Our story starts in northern Syria (or Rojava if you ask the locals) in the summer of 2014. This is Kurdish territory, with the Kurds in the process of carving out a de facto state amidst the chaos of war. The Kurds and the Assad regime are in a state of cease fire, both sides finding common enemies in Al-Nusra and ISIS. After overrunning Iraq and seizing all sorts of high end American weapons from the Iraqi army, ISIS shifts their focus to Syria. With the Assad regime rapidly losing territory and controlling only a small amount of the country, the focus is on eliminating the Syrian Democratic Forces, a collection of Kurdish, Arab and Assyrian militias in northern Syria, lead by the Kurdish YPG and YPJ. The Kurds, their allies, and the foreign fighters who have come to join them are now about to be backed up against the wall as ISIS sets their sights on the city of Kobani, a Kurdish city right on the border with Turkey. With nowhere to retreat, you will either repel the invaders or die trying. Maybe one day you can push them back and take the fight to Raqqa. But for today, all you and your mixed group of local and foreign fighters can do is survive.
ABOUT
This is a semi-realistic RP, set during the Syrian Civil War. You will take the role of either a Kurdish fighter or a foreign volunteer who came to help the Kurds in their struggle against the Islamic State. The RP will follow real events to an extent, starting from the Battle of Kobani in 2014. However, all characters and player actions will be fictional and some fictional battles may be created for narrative purposes. This RP was created as somewhat of a departure from the war and military RPs typically found on P2TM, which tend to focus on elite special forces and other highly skilled warfighters. Instead, the focus is on guerilla fighters, a few of which may have had formal military training in the past but are mostly inexperienced and learning how to fight on the battlefield with minimal training beforehand.
RULES
Don't start dumb OOC arguments and just generally be respectful of your fellow RPers. Bigotry, racism, etc will not be tolerated in the OOC thread.
I understand the Syrian Civil War is a sensitive topic for some and some people have very strong views about the conflict. So if you find something about this RP offensive, I'm going to ask you to leave it to yourself. Do not come into this thread simply to argue.
In character actions should be somewhat realistic. While artistic liberty is fine, godmodding is not. This isn't intended to be a simulation of military life, but it's also not Call of Duty either. Feel free to dictate kills your characters gets as long as you're not single handedly killing battaltions and feel free to RP capturing enemy weapons as you wish.
OP/co-OP rulings are final.
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