Project Warfighter: "Tier-One" RP Group, OPEN

[Military Democracy of Birtonia]

yassss let's do it

[Greater Soviet Ukraine]

The thing seems nice, but can you be more in-character, please? It seems like a factbook.

[North Arkana]

The thing seems nice, but can you be more in-character, please? It seems like a factbook.

Certainly, changes can and will be made. Though I'm waiting for a response from URA before anything major is changed yet.

[Oblaren]

I'm in.

[Democratic Chuguria]

Several questions: Is this group's tech set in stone, and does it strive for as much realism as possible so as not to ruin the fun?

[Oblaren]

I'll return in a week. My finals are starting.

[The United Remnants of America]

Several questions: Is this group's tech set in stone, and does it strive for as much realism as possible so as not to ruin the fun?

Aren't you Cus? O.o

I thought I heard someone say you were Cus.

And to answer your question, meh. I'm not sure exactly what you're asking. I've been going on a case-by-case basis as far as tech/realism goes, based on the people in this group. Just know that if you're planning on having mecha pilots or whatever, or Krogan or Space Marines or something, expect to not be accepted.

EDIT: To the rest of you... Glad I killed the meme/gif/pic thing quickly with Nicholas Cage. Cage always works. Not letting another one of those gif/meme/pic things happen on here. Ever.

Double fake EDIT: Ark, I'll read that right now.

[The United Remnants of America]

I'll return in a week. My finals are starting.

You're fine. A good-sized population of NS is Highschool-aged, so finals should be coming up for most of them.

And I expect that the highschoolers with finals coming in this group take a break and study and get good grades rather than post on here. Don't do what I did and throw your life away.[/fatherly voice][/hyperbole]

[Nova Sylva]

After many weeks or late nights, no fun, and a lot of studying, exams and Junior Year are finished. As such, I can now RP once again! Huzzah! Huzzah!

On another note, I'm supposed to "lead the school" next year as a senior. Though that's a different argument entirely.

[Greater Soviet Ukraine]

URA, you forgot the menu for the grill...

[Hurtful Thoughts]

I wasn't allowed to put gunpowder in the garrison-troopers' MREs anymore, so I did the next best thing.
-Soon, Monfrox will explain why an 23mm autocannon for an anti-material rifle is a horrible idea.

Kept using them mostly because... unlike rockets you can Leroy-Jenkins through a bunker full of hostile mechs without fragging your own team.
-Early low-order heat-shells used to have a habit of Newtonian "equal and opposite reaction" with the rest of the shell... return to sender.

They also came handy as long-range precision instruments.
-Plus, it just would not be nearly as cool if Boomer simply fired an AT4 at a target.

After about 20-40 shells, an anti-tank rifle comes out ahead of rifle-grenades and ATGMs in weight-per-kill.
-Just to give a perspective of how seriously lopsided most of my battles were, it was often deemed more practical to lug an autocannon than a literal ton of rockets when each soldier was expected to knock out a tank-platoon in close-quarters.

500 besieged soldiers vs 5 tank divisions.

[Monfrox]

Where most people think "Just because you can, doesn't mean you should."

Hurt thinks "Just because you can, doesn't mean you can't."

[New Emmerian Coalition]

Before we start a new Op can we finish Necropolis?

Several questions: Is this group's tech set in stone, and does it strive for as much realism as possible so as not to ruin the fun?

And... realism is one of the main points of Project Warfighter. How does this make it not fun? Why is it disappointing-- [/disappointedfatherlyrant]

@Hurti

YOU PUT THE GUNPOWDER IN THE EXPEDITIONARY TROOPER'S MRES?

[Hurtful Thoughts]

Where most people think "Just because you can, doesn't mean you should."

Hurty thinks "Just because you can, doesn't mean you can't."

Who else wants beer cheese soup?!

2007 was the Godzilla Threshold of International Incidents.

[Monfrox]

Where most people think "Just because you can, doesn't mean you should."

Hurty thinks "Just because you can, doesn't mean you can't."

Who else wants beer cheese soup?!

>Southern Canada

Okay, let me just stop you right there and say that by that logic, the South is Northern Mexico.

[Hurtful Thoughts]

Who else wants beer cheese soup?!

>Southern Canada

Okay, let me just stop you right there and say that by that logic, the South is Northern Mexico.

New Mexico.

Also, America had to intervene in 1916 when Mexico insisted Texas still belonged to them.

[Monfrox]

>Southern Canada

Okay, let me just stop you right there and say that by that logic, the South is Northern Mexico.

New Mexico.

Also, America had to intervene in 1916 when Mexico insisted Texas still belonged to them.

I'm aware of those facts

[The United Remnants of America]

Nova Sylva: Good job, happy to have you back!

Ukraine: fek u m8. I rek u.

[Greater Soviet Ukraine]

[Organized States]

Alright, RP idea.
Operation Dawn Spear, Kazanjima, June 12th, 2023
Map
Background

The islands of Kazanjima are largely uninhabited, with the exception of the native Tseem People. The islands' sheer cliff faces and dark jungles had deterred settlement for decades. All until the 1940s were the islands uninhabited. That changed with the start of the Second World War. The islands became the site of horrific experiments upon the local Tseem people, by the Imperial Jipangunese Army's Unit 388, a weapons-development unit. The end of the war brought the end of the Japanese-Jipangunese alliance, with Imperial Japan surrendering to the Allies and the Jipangunese agreeing to an uneasy peace. They chose no alignment during the Cold War, instead effectively adding their own side, attempting to return to the Pacific to continue their conquest. However, Jipangunese Military leaders saw no further need for Unit 388 and instead focused their efforts upon nuclear weapons.

Conflicts between the Organized States of America and the Jipangunese Empire didn't end with the fall of the other Cold War power, the Soviet Union. Sometime in the Early 2000s, the dreaded Unit 388 was quietly revived with an entirely new directive, Engineer the most effective Weapons of Mass Destruction in Human History. The Unit quickly restarted their experiments on the Tseem. These operations did not go without American notice. The National Intelligence Agency gained wind of these developments on Kazanjima in 2002. However, at the time, the situation was ignored. Recent diplomatic thawing between the two nations had resulted in the lessening of tensions. The State Department, not wanting to jeopardize the warming relations, kept the accusations quiet. The situation was ignored, until November of 2022. An RQ-180 of the OSAF photographed a large Military buildup on the island, and the construction of a number of new facilities on the island. News began to leak out of the island of a new biological weapon and that the facility had stopped reporting to Imperial High Command. It was quickly determined that Brigadier General Hideki Nakamura, Unit 388's Commanding Officer, had rebelled against High Command and wished to unleash a new biological weapon, codenamed: "Burossamupesuto", against Major OS Bases in Japan and Japanese metropolitan centers.

Name of Nation: The Jipangunese Empire
Name of Unit: Unit 388
Leader/Commander: General Hideki Nakamura
Size: 3,500
Weapons/Equipment:
Type 99 Assault Rifle (Howa Type 89)
Nambo 20 (7.8mm Pistol)
Komatsu LAV
Type 97 APC
Eurocopter Dolphin
Appearance:
1
2

Leader: Chief Kapa'ia
Size: 15,500
Equipment:
Technicals
Captured Jipangunese Equipment
Bows and Arrows
Sling Stones
Appearance:
Tseem

I've constructed a culture for the Tseem (roughly based on a mixture of Micronesian cultures, primarily Chamorro). It's based upon this RP idea that didn't pick up any steam on P2TM, but that I've continued working on as a pet project. So, what do you guys think?

[Democratic Chuguria]

Several questions: Is this group's tech set in stone, and does it strive for as much realism as possible so as not to ruin the fun?

Aren't you Cus? O.o

You're mistaking it for somebody; it's New Aeyariss. I'm Giga ._.

[North Arkana]

Alright, RP idea.
Operation Dawn Spear, Kazanjima, June 12th, 2023
Map
Background

The islands of Kazanjima are largely uninhabited, with the exception of the native Tseem People. The islands' sheer cliff faces and dark jungles had deterred settlement for decades. All until the 1940s were the islands uninhabited. That changed with the start of the Second World War. The islands became the site of horrific experiments upon the local Tseem people, by the Imperial Jipangunese Army's Unit 388, a weapons-development unit. The end of the war brought the end of the Japanese-Jipangunese alliance, with Imperial Japan surrendering to the Allies and the Jipangunese agreeing to an uneasy peace. They chose no alignment during the Cold War, instead effectively adding their own side, attempting to return to the Pacific to continue their conquest. However, Jipangunese Military leaders saw no further need for Unit 388 and instead focused their efforts upon nuclear weapons.

Conflicts between the Organized States of America and the Jipangunese Empire didn't end with the fall of the other Cold War power, the Soviet Union. Sometime in the Early 2000s, the dreaded Unit 388 was quietly revived with an entirely new directive, Engineer the most effective Weapons of Mass Destruction in Human History. The Unit quickly restarted their experiments on the Tseem. These operations did not go without American notice. The National Intelligence Agency gained wind of these developments on Kazanjima in 2002. However, at the time, the situation was ignored. Recent diplomatic thawing between the two nations had resulted in the lessening of tensions. The State Department, not wanting to jeopardize the warming relations, kept the accusations quiet. The situation was ignored, until November of 2022. An RQ-180 of the OSAF photographed a large Military buildup on the island, and the construction of a number of new facilities on the island. News began to leak out of the island of a new biological weapon and that the facility had stopped reporting to Imperial High Command. It was quickly determined that Brigadier General Hideki Nakamura, Unit 388's Commanding Officer, had rebelled against High Command and wished to unleash a new biological weapon, codenamed: "Burossamupesuto", against Major OS Bases in Japan and Japanese metropolitan centers.

Name of Nation: The Jipangunese Empire
Name of Unit: Unit 388
Leader/Commander: General Hideki Nakamura
Size: 3,500
Weapons/Equipment:
Type 99 Assault Rifle (Howa Type 89)
Nambo 20 (7.8mm Pistol)
Komatsu LAV
Type 97 APC
Eurocopter Dolphin
Appearance:
1
2

[spoiler=Tseem]Leader: Chief Kapa'ia
Size: 15,500
Equipment:
Technicals
Captured Jipangunese Equipment
Bows and Arrows
Sling Stones
Appearance:
Tseem

I've constructed a culture for the Tseem (roughly based on a mixture of Micronesian cultures, primarily Chamorro). It's based upon this RP idea that didn't pick up any steam on P2TM, but that I've continued working on as a pet project. So, what do you guys think?[/spoiler]

Well... I for one am glad to see other ideas for a second RP for those not in Legion, but you'll need to clear it with URA.

[Monfrox]

Alright, RP idea.
Operation Dawn Spear, Kazanjima, June 12th, 2023
Map
Background

The islands of Kazanjima are largely uninhabited, with the exception of the native Tseem People. The islands' sheer cliff faces and dark jungles had deterred settlement for decades. All until the 1940s were the islands uninhabited. That changed with the start of the Second World War. The islands became the site of horrific experiments upon the local Tseem people, by the Imperial Jipangunese Army's Unit 388, a weapons-development unit. The end of the war brought the end of the Japanese-Jipangunese alliance, with Imperial Japan surrendering to the Allies and the Jipangunese agreeing to an uneasy peace. They chose no alignment during the Cold War, instead effectively adding their own side, attempting to return to the Pacific to continue their conquest. However, Jipangunese Military leaders saw no further need for Unit 388 and instead focused their efforts upon nuclear weapons.

Conflicts between the Organized States of America and the Jipangunese Empire didn't end with the fall of the other Cold War power, the Soviet Union. Sometime in the Early 2000s, the dreaded Unit 388 was quietly revived with an entirely new directive, Engineer the most effective Weapons of Mass Destruction in Human History. The Unit quickly restarted their experiments on the Tseem. These operations did not go without American notice. The National Intelligence Agency gained wind of these developments on Kazanjima in 2002. However, at the time, the situation was ignored. Recent diplomatic thawing between the two nations had resulted in the lessening of tensions. The State Department, not wanting to jeopardize the warming relations, kept the accusations quiet. The situation was ignored, until November of 2022. An RQ-180 of the OSAF photographed a large Military buildup on the island, and the construction of a number of new facilities on the island. News began to leak out of the island of a new biological weapon and that the facility had stopped reporting to Imperial High Command. It was quickly determined that Brigadier General Hideki Nakamura, Unit 388's Commanding Officer, had rebelled against High Command and wished to unleash a new biological weapon, codenamed: "Burossamupesuto", against Major OS Bases in Japan and Japanese metropolitan centers.

Name of Nation: The Jipangunese Empire
Name of Unit: Unit 388
Leader/Commander: General Hideki Nakamura
Size: 3,500
Weapons/Equipment:
Type 99 Assault Rifle (Howa Type 89)
Nambo 20 (7.8mm Pistol)
Komatsu LAV
Type 97 APC
Eurocopter Dolphin
Appearance:
1
2

[spoiler=Tseem]Leader: Chief Kapa'ia
Size: 15,500
Equipment:
Technicals
Captured Jipangunese Equipment
Bows and Arrows
Sling Stones
Appearance:
Tseem

I've constructed a culture for the Tseem (roughly based on a mixture of Micronesian cultures, primarily Chamorro). It's based upon this RP idea that didn't pick up any steam on P2TM, but that I've continued working on as a pet project. So, what do you guys think?[/spoiler]

Well... I for one am glad to see other ideas for a second RP for those not in Legion, but you'll need to clear it with URA.

This is also what the bar thread is for...

[The United Remnants of America]

North Arkana: I like it, but I'm guessing the official OP will be fleshed out just a tad more, eh? Maybe with a in-character story starter? If you can put an Operation Name to it, I'll put it on the thread list as an under construction title.

OS: I like it. If most people like it, and it's simple enough to work with, I'll add it as another planned title.

Emmy: Your outcry has been heard. One IC at a time.

Vancon: What do you think about multiple ICs or finishing Legion first?

Everyone: We've got several ideas in the mix as well, but I'm liking the UGC that's coming out of this group.

Just remember, UGC-makers. We've come to a conclusion through evidence that there needs to be two main facets to a succesful IC.

First, there has to be as little intro/brifing as possible. While it's great for character development and whatnot, it's proven to literally kill the thread, as can be seen in Dark Sun and a couple other threads. That's why character development, if needed, can be done in the bar and grill, now. Thank God.

Second, there needs to be flexibility and ability for player-choice. As we've seen in Caesar, where the first rule was abided by, there still needed to be too much direction by the OP, and if the OP isn't that active, the thread dies quickly. So there needs to be an ability for the story to go on without the OP, as we've seen in the success of Necropolis and Legion(for now, though it's slowed). That doesn't mean the OP can't keep it the thread on the proverbial "old car ride," but it needs to be free-form enough so the thread survives if the OP goes AWOL.

Alright. Work tomorrow. Night.

EDIT: And post in Necropolis, for God's sake! Unless you're working on finals, then you're excused.

[Vancon]

More ICs mean more posts that need to happen if one person is in both ICs. Sure it may be nifty to be in two stories, but it may prove difficult and I can foresee it dividing our group.

I'd finish Legion up and go with the next most popular one.