Over the years, dozens of nations have tried to land on it. Dozens have failed. Throughout history, people of all races have tried to scrape out a living here. The Eskimos. A band of wayward Vikings. East Europeans. East Asians. If it was not the cold, it was the supply line. If it was not that, it was warfare. If it was not that, then it was the sheer desolation of the place. Loneliness does things to a man. The ground hides bodies, and graves can occasionally be found in the foot of the unforgiving, jagged slopes. There are too many to count. Different styles, too. Mass graves filled with rifles. Elaborate tombs with spoils of war within. "Dead huts" where the deceased meditates eternally. One section may be tagged, and yet another cluster of burial mounds would be revealed by an avalanche.
A small expedition of scientists from the Toishiman New Kikui University came to this island to conduct some small-scale research and experiments involving weather balloons and underground resonance equipment, designed to find ores and caves beneath the ground. While testing the equipment, however, the scientists discovered a large deposit of oil and what seemed to be a large amount of rare earth elements deep beneath the island, as well as a large, unidentified solid of some kind of metal deep beneath the frozen bay. Further investigations showed this object as a large meteorite embedded into the ocean floor, containing large amounts of iron and other unidentified materials within.
The Imperial Administration immediately attempted to buy the island, which had yet to be claimed by any world power and was sitting in international waters, uninhabited and untouched except for a single automated Solmaki weather monitoring post (that had been blown over by the strong wind and was nonoperational). This, of course, rose international suspicion, which was furthered by the Imperial Navy's sudden deployment of a carrier task force to the area. It was when one of the scientists absent-mindedly published the team's findings in an international geology journal that the other nations' suspicions were confirmed. The resources would interest many countries, and so would the spoils within the multitude of tombs painstakingly carved out of the icy ground.
As the international hawks circle overhead and the Toishiman government attempts to seize seize the island for itself, it all boils down to who would survive the brutal subzero temperatures of this ice-covered wasteland, where the wind itself tries to sweep you over and the ground tries to cling to your legs with every step, where the ice floes aim sharp spikes at incoming ships, as though the dead themselves are trying to ward you away.
Welcome to Shinhyoto. Treasure trove for the dead.
Welcome to my first RP in months! I haven't hosted an RP since several months ago (trust me, it was bad) and am trying my hand at it again. This is MT, as the title should tell you, and I'm trying to go for a cold weather military action RP here. Of course, if you're good enough with words you could try to win over the island through diplomacy alone.
As I'm trying to avoid the situation I had in my last RP, I require everyone to fill in a signup form...:
Also, note that I have school and my finals in a month's time, so I may not reply to your applications or to the IC thread (if I make it that far. Optimism!) very regularly.
If there is anything you need to clarify, post here or TG me. Constructive comments are welcome, to help me improve this RP in any way.
DISCLAIMER: This was inspired by this RP here.
