The Stars Blood Red|| Science Fantasy Mecha RP|| OOC

[Ralnis]

That can work, the ship is would have a crew in the thousands since I don't know the size of how ships can be for knights. So it should be enough for some retinue of what's left of Liam's house and the mech team to have what is needed to go around burning xenos sucm.

I doubt independent mercs or low level lords would have access to ships large enough to have crews in the thousands, though Ith can obviously overrule me a ship of that size would be the flagship of a fleet, not an independent merc or such.

Don't you dare mock me you weakling! I have been fighting xenos for years!

But that's fine, a crew of hundred should more than suffice for dropping in giant mechs to smack around xenos.

[The GAmeTopians]

I doubt independent mercs or low level lords would have access to ships large enough to have crews in the thousands, though Ith can obviously overrule me a ship of that size would be the flagship of a fleet, not an independent merc or such.

Don't you dare mock me you weakling! I have been fighting xenos for years!

But that's fine, a crew of hundred should more than suffice for dropping in giant mechs to smack around xenos.

Indeed - I would imagine such a force would probably have two dozen or so mechs, maybe as many as twice that if you're one of the larger players, which would probably mean a complement of less than a hundred mechanics, and the same for the actual ships staff. I can't imagine the ship's staff would be more than 300 at the largest. But hey, what do I know

[Ralnis]

Don't you dare mock me you weakling! I have been fighting xenos for years!

But that's fine, a crew of hundred should more than suffice for dropping in giant mechs to smack around xenos.

Indeed - I would imagine such a force would probably have two dozen or so mechs, maybe as many as twice that if you're one of the larger players, which would probably mean a complement of less than a hundred mechanics, and the same for the actual ships staff. I can't imagine the ship's staff would be more than 300 at the largest. But hey, what do I know

Actually that works more than well for my application since I've been trying to write a story about a knight that came from the border world of Florida that has repelled xenos because the world was just too weird.

[Union Princes]

WIP

The Imperial Registry

Name: Irene Himmel
House: The House of Himmel is a landed knight house sworn to House of Rosengard directly. Like their liege lords, the Himmels were of humble origins whose lineage can be traced back to a career soldier under Rosengard's command. Through their ancestors' continual service, the Himmels gained their knighthood, a title, and a Mech. The current ruler of the house is Sir Morgrim Himmel, a rather dour but shrewd patriarch. The House words are "Honor Our Virtues". The soldiers sworn to House Himmel are widely known for their honor and loyalty. They're widely known as the Blaulowen Rifles.
Age: 20
Personality: Irene's immense beauty is matched only by her sharp mind. Practically a workaholic, she strives to discover new and more efficient ways to get work done. This standard she holds to herself also extends to her peers and subjects, giving the impression of a distant but harsh tyrant in her home. But in reality, she does care for the people serving her house as she believes that no one regardless of social rank should live life mediocrity. Her coldness associated with Irene is mostly due to her professionalism and undivided attention towards her duty. The apparent rot in the empire further proves her belief.


Appearance:

Personal History:
The second-born daughter of Morgrim Himmel out of seven siblings, Irene would never consider herself the heir of Himmelsgate as her older brother was the star of the family. As a lady, she received the education of a steward since she would have married off and had to manage the household of her future husband. Given that she was growing up widely regarded as the most beautiful maiden in the North Sea Region, Sir Morgrim has the unprecedented luxury to ascend his house.

However, on her 16th birthday, her older brother took a vow of celibacy and joined a holy order, a process that would disinherit him from Himmelsgate. This threw a wrench in all his father's marriage plans, including Irene's. As the secondborn, Irene took on new responsibilities as the new heir: being the pilot of the family Mech and the ruler of Himmelsgate. She took on her training with equal determination and renewed enthusiasm equivalent to a corpse.

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Titles: Heaven's Daughter
Holdings: The Himmelsgate, Rockall
Heraldry: Honor Our Virtues
Holding History: The Himmelsgate is originally built upon the island of Rockall, near the waters of Old Britain. Through clever investments and diligent rule, the Himmelsgate is a thriving spaceport in the North Sea Sector, directing imports from over solar systems throughout the North Sea. What began as a home to a few dozen people has transformed the barren rock into a miniature hive city of 800,000 people with a bustling marketplace and several heavy industries. Given that the inhabitants get primary access to all the trade goods coming into Himmelsgate, the people enjoy a higher standard of living compared to the rest of the Sector. The poorest among them getting luxuries unobtainable in the hive cities elsewhere. Meanwhile, tolls remain the main source of income for House Himmel as it generates more than enough wealth for the family to invest in their Mech and themselves.

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Mech Appearance: Clausewitz
Mech Type: Mechanical
Weapons/Systems Info:

• Two 30 mm GAU-12 Defender Autocannons. Gatling guns capable of 4,200 rpm, blasting AP rounds that would shred tanks, infantry, and even air units out of the sky.
• Two triple-mounted dual-purpose 100 mm cannons. While not as fancy as a railgun or a plasma cannon, there is still some satisfaction in demolishing the enemy with artillery shells. With up to six barrels aimed at the enemy, it's a rare sight to see a target be left standing after a barrage.
• Two heavy flamethrowers mounted sideways on the Defenders. Their purpose is to burn out bunkers or infantry that come too close to the mech.
• Two S4 Titan Daggers. Short yet thin blades mounted underneath the defenders are mostly used for stabbing opponents.

As for the body, Clauswitz lacked a shield system as the emphasis was placed on physical protection. Taking inspiration from tanks and armored vehicles, Clauswitz had thick but sloped armor to increase the chance of deflection from ballistic projectiles. While not as fast nor agile as its counterparts, the mech of Himmel is especially sturdy and capable of enduring heavy punishment. Its weapon systems are constantly updated to give the best tracking for its main armaments to prevent ammo from being wasted too eagerly.
Mech History/Quirks in the machine:
Given the combat doctrine of Clausewitz, the mech, as well as House Himmel, earned an unflattering reputation for being a cowardly design since ranged firepower was placed over melee combat. Indeed, the whole design was merely a concept made physical with Clausewitz combining the results gained from the first and second-generation prototypes. However, before Clausewitz was scrapped, the machine was rewarded to the newly knight Gotthard Himmel for his service to House Rosengard. While a chivalrous man, he also knew the wisdom of superior firepower and quickly saw the future potential of the mech. Over time, the machine would get upgrades to its armor and weapons to increase its combat effectiveness and while the other nobles would scoff at the idea of resorting to melee in desperation, the firepower of Clausewitz is undeniable.
#keepthishereoryouwillautofail

[The United Remnants of America]

Don't you dare mock me you weakling! I have been fighting xenos for years!

But that's fine, a crew of hundred should more than suffice for dropping in giant mechs to smack around xenos.

Indeed - I would imagine such a force would probably have two dozen or so mechs, maybe as many as twice that if you're one of the larger players, which would probably mean a complement of less than a hundred mechanics, and the same for the actual ships staff. I can't imagine the ship's staff would be more than 300 at the largest. But hey, what do I know

Meanwhile me over here with my ship of like a couple dozen crew and staff.

[Skaldia]

Indeed - I would imagine such a force would probably have two dozen or so mechs, maybe as many as twice that if you're one of the larger players, which would probably mean a complement of less than a hundred mechanics, and the same for the actual ships staff. I can't imagine the ship's staff would be more than 300 at the largest. But hey, what do I know

Meanwhile me over here with my ship of like a couple dozen crew and staff.

You'll get there. =P

[Union Princes]

Do I have to find a different player to serve under? The Rosengard player hasn't responded yet

[The United Remnants of America]

Do I have to find a different player to serve under? The Rosengard player hasn't responded yet

You can join me in a semi-holy but completely righteous crusade against the aliens by protecting the frontier colonies.

[The GAmeTopians]

Do I have to find a different player to serve under? The Rosengard player hasn't responded yet

You can join me in a semi-holy but completely righteous crusade against the aliens by protecting the frontier colonies.

You can join me in probably also doing that, but for entirely pragmatic rather than religious reasons.

[Ithalian Empire]

IC is up. Sorry for the writing quality, I am kinda rusty at this it seems.

[The Empire of Tau]

This still open?

[Northern Socialist Council Republics]

Do I have to find a different player to serve under? The Rosengard player hasn't responded yet

...what am I supposed to be responding to?

[Union Princes]

I'm wondering what relationship pur two characters would have with each other? I read that the North Sea Sector has a couple universities. And also what kind of Holdings I would have under the Rosengards

[Northern Socialist Council Republics]

Introductory IC post up. Do tell me if you enjoyed reading it; I always appreciate commentary on my IC posts! :)

Lads, lassies, and cool people, heeeeeere's Cassie! Here to aggressively relocate behinds and study personal nomenclature.

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I'm wondering what relationship pur two characters would have with each other? I read that the North Sea Sector has a couple universities. And also what kind of Holdings I would have under the Rosengards

If Himmelsgate means what I think it means, being the Knight of Rockall might be a suitable position. IRL it's a tiny and barren island, but my worldbuilding is that there's a thriving Spaceport there that connects the North Sea Sector to outer space.

As for the relationship between our two characters, probably nothing personal; just a prominent member of the retinue that Cassandar can call to arms in times of crisis.

[Union Princes]

I can live with Rockall then but also, what is the Rosengard capital holding?

A shame the two aren't well acquainted with each other. I figured they would have studied together somewhere.

[Northern Socialist Council Republics]

what is the Rosengard capital holding?

Nominally, the capital city of the North Sea Sector is Soundstead (which I imagine as an overcrowded urban conglomerate encompassing the entire Copenhagen-Malmo-Lund area), but Cassandar is countryside born-and-bred, hates the overcrowded hive cities, and therefore generally prefers to hold court in one of the Rosengard family estates in north-Norway somewhere.

[Union Princes]

Interesting indeed, I looked up where Rockall was and wonder if I could be closer to the Rosengards.

[Northern Socialist Council Republics]

I still don't have access to my usual image editing program, but I did try sketching out my character's heraldic achievement on paper... then I promptly realised that it looked absolutely terrible and changed some of the colours to be less of an eyesore.

Heraldry: A Castle Black upon a field red, behind a sun rises blazoned red.

I just noticed this, reading over other people's applications, but leaving asides the small detail of your design violating the rule of tincture, the two of us are the only people so far using "traditional" heraldry designs.

[Ithalian Empire]

Introductory IC post up. Do tell me if you enjoyed reading it; I always appreciate commentary on my IC posts!

Lads, lassies, and cool people, heeeeeere's Cassie! Here to aggressively relocate behinds and study personal nomenclature.

Looks pretty good to me.

I still don't have access to my usual image editing program, but I did try sketching out my character's heraldic achievement on paper... then I promptly realised that it looked absolutely terrible and changed some of the colours to be less of an eyesore.

Heraldry: A Castle Black upon a field red, behind a sun rises blazoned red.

I just noticed this, reading over other people's applications, but leaving asides the small detail of your design violating the rule of tincture, the two of us are the only people so far using "traditional" heraldry designs.

I meant to say the sun was blazoned yellow. Its was pretty late for me when I wrote that.

[The United Remnants of America]

You can join me in a semi-holy but completely righteous crusade against the aliens by protecting the frontier colonies.

You can join me in probably also doing that, but for entirely pragmatic rather than religious reasons.

But religion is good for the soul.

[Northern Socialist Council Republics]

I meant to say the sun was blazoned yellow. Its was pretty late for me when I wrote that.

Gules, a castle sable, in chief a roundel Or?

arghhh blazoning is a skill that I don't have, and I never thought I'd be looking it up for a NationStates roleplay of all things. XD This is only slightly less weird than that time when I had to buy an Intro to Swedish book for realism in another P2TM RP.

Of course, the usual abbreviations and structure of blazons don't apply at all to the non-traditional heraldic achievements that the other characters in this RP have, so I'm not even going to try for those. :p

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But religion is good for the soul.

Superstitious barbarians! - Cassandar, probably

Actually, that raises a point, which is that the OP didn't tell us very much about the, shall we say, minutiae this setting. I'm more used to faction-based RP than character-based, so I'm in the habit of asking after the various social, economic, technological, and demographic details of the settings of RPs I join. Feels a bit weird trying to worldbuild without having those general guidelines.

I'm guessing that the population of a well-developed colony planet is in the low billions, so I'm guessing the population of the North Sea Sector is at 2~3 billions - about 20 times of the equivalent today IRL. Assuming that the internal proportions didn't change much, that would give New Albion 200-ish million people and Soundstead about 50 millions. Cassandar is probably being uncharitable by calling these "hives" IC'ly, but this is a relatively sparsely-populated corner of the globe that, IRL, only has one city (London) of considerable size and a lot of under-sea real estate to expand into; the way I imagine it, there probably are cities on Earth nearing a billion people, and those would undeniably be human hives of the science fiction kind.

What does a typical military in this setting look like, and how big do they tend to be? That's a point that will become very relevant very quickly. I actually didn't think about spaceships/space forces at all when I was worldbuilding the NSS, which leaves me a little bit behind now that some people have started discussing that point.

[Union Princes]

I'll get my Heraldry posted soon. What population would Rockall have?

[Northern Socialist Council Republics]

I'll get my Heraldry posted soon. What population would Rockall have?

I don't really mind; you can have a bit of creative freedom with this one. Rockall Spaceport could be like Bangkok Suvarnabhumi, a major port built adjacent to the major population centre it is intended to serve, or it could be like the Port of Piraeus, a major port in a tiny city that's intended to serve other large cities in that region.

It's definitely not going to be a megacity, though, so no more than 10 million people ish.

[Union Princes]

Oh wow, 10 million. And I thought 1,000 was a lot. My character can definitely raise a small army of her own with 10 million

[Northern Socialist Council Republics]

Oh wow, 10 million. And I thought 1,000 was a lot. My character can definitely raise a small army of her own with 10 million

Earth as I imagine it is, borrowing heavily from science-fiction tradition dating back as far as Asimov, an overpopulated, stifled, bureaucratic nightmare.