The year is 2025.
The Korean border has heated up, and the North Koreans have made a surprise attack into the DMZ. In a thrusting push into the Southern Lines, they have completely encircled Seoul. In an instant, over half a million troops began to move in, clearing building after building for the Glorious Leader.
[SOMEWHERE OVER THE KOREAN SEA, 1500 HOURS]
A helicopter flies at full speed over the water. They weren’t expecting it to happen so early, but the operation must go on.
“Are we ready?” A figure shouts over the helicopter’s chopping noises.
“All clear, prepare for drop!”
On the horizon: Seoul.
[THE HEART OF SEOUL, 1535 HOURS]
North Korean troops are preparing to storm the Capital building of Seoul. Although everyone has already evacuated to the remote city of Busan, it would still be a symbolic victory for the Northerners. The sound of gunfire rings in the distance.
In the sky, a single parachute. The helicopter is long gone.
Kylie Jenner lands on the ground. In her hand, a single ice cold Pepsi.
She hands it to a Korean Soldier, and the entire unit is instantly pacified. The Capital is safe.
The ad ends with a fade in of the Pepsi logo as the gunfire slowly fades into cheesy music.
You wonder to yourself why they’ve played this same overly dramatic, outdated, and cheesy ad for the past 6 years before every news broadcast. No matter what ads were played, this one always managed to make it's way into the program.
Nonetheless, the Yalta All Girls’ College local morning news broadcast begins shortly after, addressed to the students of the academy, all students in any form of class being railroaded into watching it by default. A lot of the time the broadcasts were monotonous, but other times they introduced exciting events such as homecoming parties, potential field trips and the like-- so while most students somewhat tuned it out, they did pay at least some mind. The typical morning announcement of certain clubs was made, before the anchors stated that they had some incredible news, for every branch of the school-- not only the middle, high schools, or the college. For a long time, this school had not been the greatest when it came to the international sport of Tankery-- the sport which inspired all the core tenets of femininity seen in those who practiced it, but they also hadn’t been the worst. Their high-school team, while not the greatest, was at least fairly competent, especially for a school which launched only 18-ish years ago and had next to no experience. Those who wished to pursue professional Tankery graduated to any of the other colleges or universities in the fleet, but it didn’t really matter, for Yalta All Girls’ College already had enough income to spare for the school to be counted as profitable and remain afloat.
...The same couldn’t be said for Outback Combined University however. Consecutive losses over and over in the sport of Tankery, and having a very flimsy source of income, experts in the fleet already predicted only a year after it launched that it’d be the first of the current fleet to bankrupt itself and as such cease to exist, and according to the broadcasts, that is precisely what happened as they were distributed amongst the rest of the schools, most transferring to Avalon’s Academy of Women. As such, the Worldwide Tankery Association found itself in a panic, as they now not only had an odd amount of schools, but not enough to perform their next grand tournament that they were planning for the past 15 years. Arguably this was the most important event in modern College-level Tankery, for it was a tradition that was done since the schools at this level begun partaking in the sport. They couldn’t cancel it for fear of public backlash, and they couldn’t just remove 7 of the schools in order to have a neat matchup, for that would also cause public outcry. As such, with the tournament only a good four months away, there was only one option.
Yalta All Girls’ College not only had a competent high school tankery course, but they also had formerly dabbled in the art of college-level tankery, but aside from Outback Combined University and Sheng Fong Women’s Academy, they had the worst team and it ended up being a net loss, so they cut funding and sold all their tanks in storage, or at least, that’s what most students heard of it. This being said, the Worldwide Tankery Association had no time to construct an entirely new school, supply it, offer courses, uniforms, supply it with a self-sustaining population and train a competent team within this interval would be nothing short of impossible, so they had to resort to this one. Grasping at straws, they offered incentives to both the school and students of Yalta All Girls’ College, as the anchors would begin to speak of these incentives.
If somehow this school were to win this grand event, the Worldwide Tankery Association would not only bestow the honor of the champions upon the school, but also exempt the school from three years of tax, and EVERY student, not just the ones in the Tankery team, regardless their situation, would have all their tuition costs and student debt from loans paid off if they had any-- no strings attached. Even the news anchors-- college students themselves seemed surprised speaking of this, as the students presumably around you would all have similar expressions of shock and wonderment. Free tuition, No debt. Was this a dream? Did they even have a chance? Murmurs and conversation would begin to stir all across the school grounds, as even the teachers were left there, shocked. The Anchors would then state that if they were interested, they should sign up at the college’s main office, and visit the old College tankery hangars after classes the next friday. Silence follows on the broadcast, as the loud conversations continued amongst the students. After a good minute or so the anchors would snap back to attention, beginning to play that same Tankery presentation video that every school with tankery was forced to go through whenever they were introducing it.
...Many students likely weren’t going to join out of various factors. Studies, physical limitations, anxiety, work, amongst other factors, but you? You were different. Whether it be motivated by the desire to get free tuition, pay off student loans, earn that Tankery degree, join for the sake of joining College-level Tankery, or merely to have fun, you wished to shoulder the hopes of the school, and should you choose to admit it, you’d likely become the talk of your building, looked up at as a martyr and being admired for your selflessness and bravery should you choose not to contest these claims.
Was this what being one of Tankery felt like?
RULES:
1) OP is your glorious leader! Co-OPs are his trusty commissars, we have final say on everything.
2) Please don’t powergame. Sure, this is Girls Und Panzer, but you won’t triumph every match.
3) Have fun, be creative, be brilliant! These are the most important rules!
4) NS rules apply.
5) No one-liners unless in a specific circumstance detailed later.
6) Please don’t fight too fiercely amongst yourselves. IC is fine, I love good banter but OOC fights are just nasty and lead to chaos.
7) Before one joins, there is something that this RP will do that is a bit different from most. While it will be hosted on Nationstates, combats will be dealt with Discord-side in order to sustain a quicker pace. That being said, in order to participate one must also be active on Discord, or just the RP’s one in general. Any non-combat interactions are to be completely dealt with here on NS however. In these cases of discord-side combat RPs, one-liners may be tolerated if it is all that one can deliver to move it along quicker.
Here’s the link for our server: https://discord.gg/CATtRKR
So, what IS this roleplay, anyways?
Obviously it’s a Girls Und Panzer RP, but instead of High School, it’s College/University level-- with their respective tanks being of a cold war era!
Okay, but what exactly do you mean by Cold War?
Any tank that was in service or had an example constructed between the years of 1950-1991 may suffice! That seems fairly broad, but all scopes are covered regardless.
Does this mean I can apply as a Leclerc or a M1A1 Abrams crew?
Unfortunately, no. Whilst awesome in capabilities, tanks such as those would be considered exceptional for the time period laid out, with next to no equals in any regard. Since we are essentially noobs to the College Tankery scheme, we would be perhaps only slightly more equipped then Oarai was in canon relative to the others.
Then what CAN I use?
Generally speaking, one may apply for any tank with an example produced before 1985, though if the tank can be considered ‘excellent’ overall such as a Leclerc or M1A1, they must possess a defining flaw which could become a hassle at some point. Remember Leopon team? Yeah, think Leopon team. Be creative, though. Aside from that, depending on the tank, it may have no fault or may even be buffed significantly!
...Also, paper tanks are allowed in extremely specific circumstances. They must all be run through me before being used.
EPISODES:
Episode 1: Fahren wir vorwärts! - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=461789
THE FLEET OF TANKERY
If you have any further questions, please address them to me and I shall answer in the best way that I possibly can! Now, without further ado...
Panzer Vor!
