Vapor: A Steampunk RP Region (OOC v.4.0 -- INVITE ONLY)

[Sri Tschow]

Oh, Wirbel, don't forget to update the region page with the new OOC.

[Welgium]

I don't mean to be pushy but when will I hear if I am accepted or not?

[The knights of kings]

You could join the pact?

I thought that was more of a Easterner thing?

If I am accepted Sarmandar my nation would be right above you! Perhaps we could enter into a mutual protection pact?

[Cyprum Xecuii]

I don't mean to be pushy but when will I hear if I am accepted or not?

The process takes time since the OP has stuff to do in her life, as is the same for other members.

I wouldn't say not to join, but I'm sure there are plenty other RP groups to participate in. Our pacing (both IC/OOC) isn't always comfortable for everyone, so you gotta keep that in mind.



To Vaporites:

I propose we make a (spoiler'd) paragraph on the OP post to explain some of the more subtle aspects of the group (i.e. Examples of "Vapor quality" RP posts, etc.) that newcomers may not understand from attempts to make out what all the spoiler text says. That said, if newcomers don't read the spoilers in the first place, we shouldn't put too much trust into them. Perhaps we could each find a post that we each believe is neither our best nor our worst work, and put em all in a spoiler that says something along the lines of "Examples of Vapor quality posts". Then we'll just continue with the rest of the process to deny or accept the registrants.

[Sarmandar]

I thought that was more of a Easterner thing?

If I am accepted Sarmandar my nation would be right above you! Perhaps we could enter into a mutual protection pact?

Sounds great! If you're accepted of course (which I'm sure you will be).

If it helps, I'd just like to say that I've RPed with Knights many times before and he's excellent. He sometimes sees your nation even more vividly than you do.

[Cyprum Xecuii]

Fan, when you get the chance, could you delete the Co-ops I have for the alliances thingy?

[Fanaglia]

You guys may have noticed that I have switched our title over from "OPEN" to "INVITE ONLY." We were just starting to get closer to what we had earlier sort of agreed to be a sort of "perfect" number of nations (about 20) and we had to cap it off sometime. Maybe we'll reopen again soon (perhaps in a few months or so, if people start to go inactive). In the mean time, the three of you whose apps I haven't gotten to yet are still being considered and any senior member may still invite another nation to join (please reserve this right to senior members only).

Nation Name: Prinnia
Government type: Absolute Monarchy
Name and title of Nation Leader: Kaiser Graham Cray
Official language(s) (de jure):English
Commonly spoken language(s) (de facto):English, German, Italian, French
Est. land area:2,025,106 km
Est. population:58.5million
Proposed land claim (drawn on a map):

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RP Sample:I am a participant in all the Lost Age Fantasy groups.

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=277924
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TENTATIVELY ACCEPTED! I'm impressed by your RP samples and I approve of both the size and location of your land claim. Unfortunately, Sarmandar has just claimed almost that same area and he was here before you. Either find a new spot or talk to him about divvying up that spot so you two can share. Welcome aboard!

Fan, when you get the chance, could you delete the Co-ops I have for the alliances thingy?

Done.

[The knights of kings]

TENTATIVELY ACCEPTED! I'm impressed by your RP samples and I approve of both the size and location of your land claim. Unfortunately, Sarmandar has just claimed almost that same area and he was here before you. Either find a new spot or talk to him about divvying up that spot so you two can share. Welcome aboard!
Done.

I have revised my claim in accordance with Sarmandar already being there: (The nation above Sarmandar's claim.)

Thank you very much for having me! I will do my best here to make stories we can remember!

[Fanaglia]

Welgium is a steampunk nation as well. I like using sketchup when making my models.

(I am going to show some of them if you don't mind... )

The Carmen main battle locomotive

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Factbook entry

The Mutti gun locomotive:

(Image)

factbook entry

The Umbrella Anti-Air Landship:

(Image)

These are all however intended to be MT equivelant.If I were to be granted acces to your awesome RP I will be designing a few vehicles that are WW1 equivelant.

I have been looking for the next level in roleplaying for a while now. I know I would have to up my game a little but I want you to know I would be taking this very seriously.

English is not my native tongue but I will be doing my best to avoid grammar and spelling mistakes. My philosophy on RPing is that it is a combined "improv" effort of writing a great story together. I don't believe in competitive RP's and I am not out to have my nation and it's forces to be super awesome or anything.

In fact I was planning to have my nation be a rather large but inefficient nation.

I try to put some humor and a lot of imagination in my writings. I could tell you a bit about my nation but I haven't really thought out yet what my nation was like a 100 years or so ago. But first I would need to know if you guys would give me a try or not.

Oops. I already started. How about this?

http://i1218.photobucket.com/albums/dd4 ... 8c5358.png

Nation Name: Welgium/Novi Welgii
Government type: Absolute monarchy
Name and title of Nation Leader: King Martinus I
Official language(s) (de jure): Latin, English, German, Dutch
Commonly spoken language(s) (de facto): English and Dutch
Est. land area: 7,800,000 km2
Est. population: 7 million
Proposed land claim (drawn on a map): http://i1218.photobucket.com/albums/dd4 ... 8c5358.png
RP Sample: viewtopic.php?p=16591963#p16591963

At first glance, I'm impressed if only by your choice of a tiny nation, both in land area and population. I haven't had much of a chance yet to peruse your samples, but I've heard from some of the others that you seem pretty good. Promising application. PENDING

Well, I was a little worried when I saw the pics you shared because they looked far too advanced. Then I saw that you had said you would downgrade them to PT. I'm curious to see what you'll come up with (the ones you shared look great, btw). Anyway, after a quick look at your RP sample, which was honestly better-written than what most native speakers can produce, I'd say you're in. ACCEPTED!

Here is my app! Sorry, it's kind of rough around the edges, but aren't flowery words what the factbooks are for anyway? Also, I have been speaking with Fanaglia via TG and was given permission to have the power to create an island, so bow to me as I make mountains rise from the sea!




Perhaps to make it a bit more realistic on no major nations really having contact with Maashinia, we can say that the Maashinians had very limited contact/trade with the Yat’siminoli, choosing instead to sail away from the direction that they arrived from if that doesn’t create any problems? Or we can just ignore it all together and say nobody found me.

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Well, here's the thing. The Yat'siminoli are based loosely on the Seminole people (originally of southern Florida) and are fiercely suspicious of and openly hostile towards any and all outsiders, so it would be unlikely that your people would have any kind of friendly relations with them. Besides, thanks to unusual currents and blah blah blah, the entire continent of Oulen was not even discovered until 1692, with any real relations with the outside world not being notable until the late 18th century. And Fanaglia has had a small trading post on the coast of the Hacha Hatak (Cherokee) nation for some time; the Hacha Hatak also have friendly relations with Inoroth and Vitzenburg. So there goes your idea to use them to stay under the radar.

You could just quietly mind your own business Japan-style like you suggested; it would actually make more sense in this case and would be less of a cliche since you can justify it by being an island initially inhabited by misfits.

As far as your actual app goes and your land claim, I wholly approve. You just need to flesh out your recent history a bit better, methinks (I'd say dating back to the 1880s at least, even if it's just a rough outline), and you'll be good to go.

tl;dr: ACCEPTED!

TENTATIVELY ACCEPTED! I'm impressed by your RP samples and I approve of both the size and location of your land claim. Unfortunately, Sarmandar has just claimed almost that same area and he was here before you. Either find a new spot or talk to him about divvying up that spot so you two can share. Welcome aboard!
Done.

I have revised my claim in accordance with Sarmandar already being there: (The nation above Sarmandar's claim.)

Thank you very much for having me! I will do my best here to make stories we can remember!

Looks good to me. Just run it by Sarmandar and Italian Mafias (Averi on the map) to get their approval, since you'll border them. I'm speaking for Inoroth right now because he is taking an extended leave of absence.

[Welgium]

Welgium is a steampunk nation as well. I like using sketchup when making my models.

(I am going to show some of them if you don't mind... )

The Carmen main battle locomotive

(Image)

Factbook entry

The Mutti gun locomotive:

(Image)

factbook entry

The Umbrella Anti-Air Landship:

(Image)

These are all however intended to be MT equivelant.If I were to be granted acces to your awesome RP I will be designing a few vehicles that are WW1 equivelant.

I have been looking for the next level in roleplaying for a while now. I know I would have to up my game a little but I want you to know I would be taking this very seriously.

English is not my native tongue but I will be doing my best to avoid grammar and spelling mistakes. My philosophy on RPing is that it is a combined "improv" effort of writing a great story together. I don't believe in competitive RP's and I am not out to have my nation and it's forces to be super awesome or anything.

In fact I was planning to have my nation be a rather large but inefficient nation.

I try to put some humor and a lot of imagination in my writings. I could tell you a bit about my nation but I haven't really thought out yet what my nation was like a 100 years or so ago. But first I would need to know if you guys would give me a try or not.

Oops. I already started. How about this?

http://i1218.photobucket.com/albums/dd4 ... 8c5358.png

Nation Name: Welgium/Novi Welgii
Government type: Absolute monarchy
Name and title of Nation Leader: King Martinus I
Official language(s) (de jure): Latin, English, German, Dutch
Commonly spoken language(s) (de facto): English and Dutch
Est. land area: 7,800,000 km2
Est. population: 7 million
Proposed land claim (drawn on a map): http://i1218.photobucket.com/albums/dd4 ... 8c5358.png
RP Sample: viewtopic.php?p=16591963#p16591963

At first glance, I'm impressed if only by your choice of a tiny nation, both in land area and population. I haven't had much of a chance yet to peruse your samples, but I've heard from some of the others that you seem pretty good. Promising application. PENDING

Well, I was a little worried when I saw the pics you shared because they looked far too advanced. Then I saw that you had said you would downgrade them to PT. I'm curious to see what you'll come up with (the ones you shared look great, btw). Anyway, after a quick look at your RP sample, which was honestly better-written than what most native speakers can produce, I'd say you're in. ACCEPTED!

Great! Thank you very much!

Now for me to join your RPs, am I suppose to join your region?

[Pavlostani]

At first glance, I'm impressed if only by your choice of a tiny nation, both in land area and population. I haven't had much of a chance yet to peruse your samples, but I've heard from some of the others that you seem pretty good. Promising application. PENDING

Well, I was a little worried when I saw the pics you shared because they looked far too advanced. Then I saw that you had said you would downgrade them to PT. I'm curious to see what you'll come up with (the ones you shared look great, btw). Anyway, after a quick look at your RP sample, which was honestly better-written than what most native speakers can produce, I'd say you're in. ACCEPTED!

Great! Thank you very much!

Now for me to join your RPs, am I suppose to join your region?

It's not necessary, but you can if you want.

[Vitzenburg]

[Welgium]

Great! Thank you very much!

Now for me to join your RPs, am I suppose to join your region?

It's not necessary, but you can if you want.

Yay!

If it is okay with you I'll create a new puppet, Novi Welgii, which population will be capped at 7 million. It will be a former colony of Welgium (which is a rather large nation.)

I have plans for this new nation and Welgium already has a different map and borders on nations not belonging to this region.

[Ardkonia]

You're sorta being my neighbor! Cool! We'll get down to bond our histories and etc.

[Welgium]

You're sorta being my neighbor! Cool! We'll get down to bond our histories and etc.

Kewl.

I made my first

Hybrid Combat Tractor Mrk I

Type: Halftrack
Place of origin: Novi Welgii
Service history
In service 1885 -
Used by: Novi Welgii
Wars: None yet.
Production history
Manufacturer: Schnitzenhalter & Wesserschwinzen
Unit cost: 45,000 drachmas per hull
Produced April 1884 -
Number built: 32
Specifications
Weight 16 metric tonnes
Length 4.75 m (15 ft 7 in)
Width 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)
Height 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in)
Crew 5 (Driver, commander/gunner, loader, machine gunner, engineer)
Armour 10 mm
Main armament: Miehrkhnall 37 mm
Secondary armament: Schnehlsgiet 8 mm
Engine: Wivrehn Stomenmachiennern NW 40 C
Ground clearance: 40 cm
Fuel capacity: 185 kilos
Operational range: 120 km
Speed: 40 km/h

vehicle.

It is not OP for this group/region, is it?

[Servoth]

Kewl.

I made my first

Hybrid Combat Tractor Mrk I

Type: Halftrack
Place of origin: Novi Welgii
Service history
In service 1885 -
Used by: Novi Welgii
Wars: None yet.
Production history
Manufacturer: Schnitzenhalter & Wesserschwinzen
Unit cost: 45,000 drachmas per hull
Produced April 1884 -
Number built: 32
Specifications
Weight 16 metric tonnes
Length 4.75 m (15 ft 7 in)
Width 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)
Height 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in)
Crew 5 (Driver, commander/gunner, loader, machine gunner, engineer)
Armour 10 mm
Main armament: Miehrkhnall 37 mm
Secondary armament: Schnehlsgiet 8 mm
Engine: Wivrehn Stomenmachiennern NW 40 C
Ground clearance: 40 cm
Fuel capacity: 185 kilos
Operational range: 120 km
Speed: 40 km/h

(Image)

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vehicle.

It is not OP for this group/region, is it?

No. It actually seems to be one of the most realistically designed tanks in Vapor. By the way, FIN will love you.

[Mishmahig]

Kewl.

I made my first

Hybrid Combat Tractor Mrk I

Type: Halftrack
Place of origin: Novi Welgii
Service history
In service 1885 -
Used by: Novi Welgii
Wars: None yet.
Production history
Manufacturer: Schnitzenhalter & Wesserschwinzen
Unit cost: 45,000 drachmas per hull
Produced April 1884 -
Number built: 32
Specifications
Weight 16 metric tonnes
Length 4.75 m (15 ft 7 in)
Width 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)
Height 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in)
Crew 5 (Driver, commander/gunner, loader, machine gunner, engineer)
Armour 10 mm
Main armament: Miehrkhnall 37 mm
Secondary armament: Schnehlsgiet 8 mm
Engine: Wivrehn Stomenmachiennern NW 40 C
Ground clearance: 40 cm
Fuel capacity: 185 kilos
Operational range: 120 km
Speed: 40 km/h

(Image)

(Image)

vehicle.

It is not OP for this group/region, is it?

No. It actually seems to be one of the most realistically designed tanks in Vapor. By the way, FIN will love you.

*Slaps Servoth's knuckles with a ruler*

No recruiting! Or hints at recruiting! Or anything!

Actually, let's just never mention FIN, HC, or the Alliance again.

[Ardkonia]

JOIN THE ALLIANCE! THEY WILL USE YOU TO FULLFILL THEIR EVIL IMPERIALISTIC DREAMS!

[Mishmahig]

JOIN THE ALLIANCE! THEY WILL USE YOU TO FULLFILL THEIR EVIL IMPERIALISTIC DREAMS!

*Slaps Ard's knuckles with a ruler too*

@Inesea, post is trickling in. Expect edits.

[Marsisian]

I'm joining HC. I have a substantial HC following, second only to the Orthodox followers.

[Servoth]

*Slaps Servoth's knuckles with a ruler*

No recruiting! Or hints at recruiting! Or anything!

Actually, let's just never mention FIN, HC, or the Alliance again.

I am not recruiting, I have no idea what you are talking about. I am just expressing FIN's love for creative engineering design. Which brings me to this-

So, Welgium, how much would it cost for FIN to procure the designs, manufacturing rights, and/or buy these HCT M.1s?

JOIN THE ALLIANCE! THEY WILL USE YOU TO FULLFILL THEIR EVIL IMPERIALISTIC DREAMS!

This, however, is recruiting. Just straight out and blatant.

[Ardkonia]

Satirical depiction of your hints, guys.

[Maashinia]

Here is my app! Sorry, it's kind of rough around the edges, but aren't flowery words what the factbooks are for anyway? Also, I have been speaking with Fanaglia via TG and was given permission to have the power to create an island, so bow to me as I make mountains rise from the sea!




Perhaps to make it a bit more realistic on no major nations really having contact with Maashinia, we can say that the Maashinians had very limited contact/trade with the Yat’siminoli, choosing instead to sail away from the direction that they arrived from if that doesn’t create any problems? Or we can just ignore it all together and say nobody found me.

Well, here's the thing. The Yat'siminoli are based loosely on the Seminole people (originally of southern Florida) and are fiercely suspicious of and openly hostile towards any and all outsiders, so it would be unlikely that your people would have any kind of friendly relations with them. Besides, thanks to unusual currents and blah blah blah, the entire continent of Oulen was not even discovered until 1692, with any real relations with the outside world not being notable until the late 18th century. And Fanaglia has had a small trading post on the coast of the Hacha Hatak (Cherokee) nation for some time; the Hacha Hatak also have friendly relations with Inoroth and Vitzenburg. So there goes your idea to use them to stay under the radar.

You could just quietly mind your own business Japan-style like you suggested; it would actually make more sense in this case and would be less of a cliche since you can justify it by being an island initially inhabited by misfits.

As far as your actual app goes and your land claim, I wholly approve. You just need to flesh out your recent history a bit better, methinks (I'd say dating back to the 1880s at least, even if it's just a rough outline), and you'll be good to go.

tl;dr: ACCEPTED!

You make a valid point on it not being so unrealistic that my people would remain isolationist, considering most likely their employers/owners of their vessels probably weren't exactly enthused that they never came back; I just felt lame pulling the whole "Yo, my people just decided to be relevant" card.

As for my history in the app, that was just a quick something I came up with as a skeleton for my idea. I'm beginning to work on something similar to the factbook that is linked in my signature, but relevant to what this new nation will be, and with much more history, major political/social figures, locations, miscellaneous details, etc etc as I enjoy creating those, it's one of my favorite parts of RPing actually, making the nation's backstory. Also, I'm planning on having my tech to be behind what the technology of probably a majority of the more established nations is considering I've been alone on my island for so long, just like how Japan's technology was behind that of the European traders that arrived there (anyone want to exponentially increase their arms manufacturing sector ). Ah, anywho, I'm rambling, but I am quite excited to begin my Vapor endeavor.

[Servoth]

Satirical depiction of your hints, guys.

I am purely interested in the tank designs. Welgium as a nation at the top of the world, far away from anyone else, having no other neighbors and small population contributes nothing to FIN's strategic or economic value. The collection of his technology, however, is an entirely different thing.

It has worth we will kill for, I am willing to collect, either legally or illegally the designs. Otherwise, all FIN can do is maybe sign him on as a satellite state, or under protective watch, but joining the Union is practically out of the question.

[The Holy Dominion of Inesea]

Satirical depiction of your hints, guys.

I am purely interested in the tank designs. Welgium as a nation at the top of the world, far away from anyone else, having no other neighbors and small population contributes nothing to FIN's strategic or economic value. The collection of his technology, however, is an entirely different thing.

It has worth we will kill for, I am willing to collect, either legally or illegally the designs. Otherwise, all FIN can do is maybe sign him on as a satellite state, or under protective watch, but joining the Union is practically out of the question.

I wonder if he's interested in Inesea's Aerosani plans.