Tactical Campaign RP (Discussion, Planning, MT, Semi-Open)

[The United Remnants of America]

Oh wow. Wilderness is kind of close to Hofstedder.

[The Unified Isles]

Btw, I'm currently trying to gauge interest for a new alliance I'm currently planning, "The Grand League".

The League would essentially be a centrist, military-focused alliance.

You can find a concept paper on the workings of it here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8j4qe_CgMyjZ2IzTndsQTFERTQ/view?usp=sharing

All of you could potentially immediately join as a Junior Partner once the Thread is up :3

[Alhurriat Walssalam]

I sent a Tg ahead of this

Our main objective is to secure Al-Khalifiya as a market for our products and open it up for investment from our private sector. We will make small special forces deployments to assit in search operations alongside humanitarian aid convoys, protected by army regular units.
Our IC reason is we were a regional neighbour that was isolated by General Abbzan and then engaged in an arms race with the country after he inspired a short lived and weak communist revolt in our nation. Things changed when oil was discovered around the same time the Soviets withdrew their support in the regional propelling our military and economic advancement with the help of capitalist nations. The current King Abdullah is the one that wishes to use Al-Khalifiya as a market for goods and Alhurriati businesses.

ORBAT
Vehicles: Mostly Cougar HE,Caiman and the IAV Stryker along with some lightly armoured vehicles like the Humvee and armoured Land Rover Defenders.

Helicopters
UH-60 Blackhawk,Chinook,MH-6 little bird and Eurocopter

2 Specialised Battalions
each will be comprised of :
-2 infantry companies
-1 Special forces company from the 81st Viper Regiment
-1 armoured squadron
-1 helicopter squadron
-1 logistics squadron
-1 Mortar platoon
-1 artillery battery using PZH2000

[Vangaziland]

URA, I guess consider it's close for logistical purposes. Maybe your base is just far enough away to be even further away from civilization. Hofstedder is pretty far out there. There is a highway nearby. Maybe we are closer to the highway and you guys are further out in the sticks. It's a big and open sector.

I'm also giving TUI's alliance a shoutout. I'll be glad to RP with all of you, build agreements with your governments and stuff like that.

And I've approved AW's ORBAT and updated the OP. I also linked NH's IC post to the OP as his bases. Feel free to mention the spread of your forces on one base or throughout the region like NH did. Some of you did and I have to update the OP. Feel free to post a link here to any post where you've mentioned your base. Otherwise, I should find it and update. For example, I know I need to add the FOB Nightingale post to the OP.

[The United Remnants of America]

URA, I guess consider it's close for logistical purposes. Maybe your base is just far enough away to be even further away from civilization. Hofstedder is pretty far out there. There is a highway nearby. Maybe we are closer to the highway and you guys are further out in the sticks. It's a big and open sector.

Probably. I mentioned a north-south road that passes near my base. Maybe further on it links up with the highway.

Isles, I'd love to join your alliance.

Post up later tonight, insh'allah.

[Vangaziland]

It makes sense because clearly roads are moving to 1. the capital district in the northwest of that sector and 2. even further out across the river's bridges and into the grasslands.

From the area our two bases are in, we push along the highway throughout the sector. I should look for that post of your base and add it to the OP here. It should take a few minutes, but expect that to be done. Our ORBAT list is looking pretty solid, if you haven't seen it on post 2 of this thread.

[The United Remnants of America]

I need a day or so to figure out what to post.

Sorry. I don't know where to go from where I am right now.

[Vangaziland]

It's all good. No rush. My goal is to keep this close to a near real time conflict, though I know some of the posting will slow it down. The way I see this thread, you could easily not post for a few days and just give an update on what they're doing in a few days. This doesn't have to be like many RPs where a story is written and every moment from that day is RP'd. I see time as more fluid here. Don't worry about continuing from where you are in your last post.

Maybe you just need the right moment of inspiration to jump in with the right news/event. I understand that for sure.

I want to RP a story from a forward observer's perspective. I think that'll be fun for me. Maybe flesh out my airborne cav unit a little more.

[New Gazi]

I almost forgot. This nation is in sector. Based on my factbook, it looks like they deployed 125 days ago. So they are almost halfway through their deployment. Here is the factbook which outlines the ORBAT and explains the equipment. https://www.nationstates.net/nation=new ... /id=610388

For simplicity sake, the ORBAT is basically: "just over 2,100 personnel. 1 battalion is support, the other two are infantry battalions. One infantry battalion is equipped with Vangaziland-built MRAPs. The other company uses the 6x6 Mbombe APC. The battle group will be self-sufficient, although Vangaziland and her allies will manage a lot of the logistics.
The Gazilian Air Force is also deploying 4 of their SAAB Gripen fighters."

For simplicity sake, let's say they are based at Camp Lion. It's in sector H, right where the number 4 is. So they are operating in the North of that sector. That means they'd end up patrolling the capitol and working with the New People's Army up there. Vannish Marines are up there too, we're all over G and H.

This will be one more post I link to on the glorious collection of ORBATs on post 2 of this thread.

[Gebeta]

Just a heads up. Might not be able to post for another day.
If you want assume I sent out JTACS to those that requested it.
My nation is based on Germany though not my equipment.

JTACS are issued STG 12 Marksmen Rifles
LGR 9 Pistols.

Sat Comms system for radio communication

Odins Eye Target Designators when needed.

[The United Remnants of America]

Kk, thanks, Geb.

This will be one more post I link to on the glorious collection of ORBATs on post 2 of this thread.

I feel like G and H are crowded.

[Vangaziland]

Geb, maybe I'll make a list of where your JTACs are assigned with the Vannish Army.

G might be crowded. It's a small sector. H is not. Look at how wide that area is. Note the capital is in H, so there should be some city as well. Besides, a Brigade isn't quite enough to crowd a sector. It's just one more unit that runs patrols and probably has a corner of that territory divvied up.

This has also been announced as a surge IC, meaning we have a high amount of soldiers deployed in what is really not that big of a space. It's still pretty vast. G is basically where half my Marines are, NH has 300 there, so it's not like super crowded or unrealistic. That's where the big port base is and we have a major operation there, what with that being the shipping point into the theater. I think OL has some troops in H as well.

In H, the Gazilians have the northern part of that sector near the capital, based out of a camp I mentioned. The Vannish Marines have the South of it and the airbase. OL probably has a corner and really is operating in a different way I think, than my forces focusing on specific objectives.

Edit: I looked back over what was in G. We don't need the air assault regiment I had tacked on there. So I removed them from my ORBAT. For IC purposes, let's say they are taken out of responsibility for the sector and are packing up to be sent home. To be fair, the air assault mainly patrolled into the Fire Valley from their base in G. But with the Isle'ish in the Fire Valley, air assault is clear to rotate back. The Isle'ish are the surge. The unit that was last in the Fire Valley from Vangaziland switched from our Foreign Legion to our Airborne Cav.

Edit #2: Now I looked at what the Laurasians were doing. They also plan to operate into the Fire Valley from a beach base in G. And he's only got a battalion. So G is really just a massive staging point, which is basically how I've seen it. So it's official that his unit relieved the 33rd Marine Air Assault.

[Alhurriat Walssalam]

I plan on deploying the majority of my Special forces companies,attillery batteries, and helicopters to expand FOB Sarah and April to use for operations in Fire Valley and increase MEDIVAC and Helicopter patrol capabilities in and around the valley. While my IAVs,MRAPs, the regular infantry and half of the 76th Helicopter Squadron stay at FOB Jennifer to patrol sector E in addition to protecting aid convoys. I'm writing up a news story today. The deployment will be expected within the week.

[Vangaziland]

I linked the above post next to your ORBAT, AW.

I plan on introducing characters in the Fire Valley soon. The goal is to coordinate with TUI's characters and unit. I bet your unit can interact. We'll keep it in the back of our minds that your helicopters are pulling MEDEVAC duty. I look forward to your article and the idea of working with a neighboring nation.

My Armor should be at your base to the west. So they're doing urban stuff. I might work on something there with NH's tanks to the North of the population center.

[Motswanaz]

Hello i would lobe to join this RP peease let me know how i cam do so

[Vangaziland]

I want to let you in, but since you don't have other RP posts, I want to see an example. Maybe you can write articles in country? If you want, write a sample article here: viewtopic.php?f=23&t=53698

It's a news thread. It's open for articles all the time. You can post how your leader wants to get involved. Maybe you hint at troop movements. Also we would need to know about how many troops you want to deploy. It's called an ORBAT. Look at post 2 here for an example. Maybe this is just a new puppet and you have other RP examples.

Thanks for your interest.

[Al-Khalifiya]

So I just wanted to announce something. There are some awards that I'll be looking to hand out. One is a blanket award, the other is for getting involved with the humanitarian mission.


Order of the Purple Cross Service Medal
This is an individual award for soldiers. To wear It, a nation's military would have to authorize it. But it will be presented in a case along with a medal. It is for going above and beyond to help the order. It could be given for actions in defense of operations. It could be given for volunteer work, like helping build a project. It could be for medical or lifesaving work. Anyone can nominate one of their characters, just TG me. I'll have an eye open though. There is also a more exclusive medal that civilians and military are eligible for that is in the Order's OP.


Al-Khalifiyan Coalition Campaign Medal
This is a individual soldier award that I am proposing as a coalition wide medal. I'm sure each nation's military would also have their own Al-Khalifiya medal. Let's say this one is from the coalition, or at least all the nations who sign to approve it for wear. It's awarded "For support of the international coalition operating in the city-state of Al-Khalifiya."

So all deployed soldiers would pick up the second award. They'd wear it with their individual ribbons, if your nation authorized it for wear. If not they could have it in a display case, along with the medal. Thoughts? Shout out to Avalon who showed me a great ribbon creator.

[The Unified Isles]

Looks great The Royal Army would generally authorize the Purple Cross Service Medal (SM-OPC) and the Al-Khalifiyan Coalition Campaign Medal (CM-AKC), but ribbons aren't worn in the Royal Army. Still, I'd like to know about Avalon's Ribbon Generator :3

[Holy Empire of Avalon]

Looks great The Royal Army would generally authorize the Purple Cross Service Medal (SM-OPC) and the Al-Khalifiyan Coalition Campaign Medal (CM-AKC), but ribbons aren't worn in the Royal Army. Still, I'd like to know about Avalon's Ribbon Generator :3

It is a secret

Nah, just search engine Smith and Warren, go to their page and you will find the comm bar maker
http://www.smithwarren.com/visualbadge_ ... iewCB.aspx
This link should work

[The United Remnants of America]

Looks awesome. The URA doesn't usually use ribbons for most conflicts unless the cross a certain threshold of intensity, but this is much appreciated.

[Holy Empire of Avalon]

Looks awesome. The URA doesn't usually use ribbons for most conflicts unless the cross a certain threshold of intensity, but this is much appreciated.

I don't think many of us do, but we could not really find a way to design medals

[The United Remnants of America]

Looks awesome. The URA doesn't usually use ribbons for most conflicts unless the cross a certain threshold of intensity, but this is much appreciated.

I don't think many of us do, but we could not really find a way to design medals

Meh. I mean even in a literary sense.

[Holy Empire of Avalon]

I don't think many of us do, but we could not really find a way to design medals

Meh. I mean even in a literary sense.

So you mean even in IC you do not award medals for campaigns too often?

[Vangaziland]

The Purple Cross Service Medal is going to be pretty exclusive. We'll see how it goes. Even if it's unofficial, your soldiers may still pick up at least that award. The Khalifiyan service ribbon is another story.

Really the PCSM is if anyone decided to RP with the Purple Cross. It's an optional angle that most wont take.. But if anyone does, there is some factbook bling now.

Also they would be awarded after 30 days in country. So basically, your guys are going to get them with your meals one day and if you don't want to keep them, you can chuck them.. lol

[Holy Empire of Avalon]

The Purple Cross Service Medal is going to be pretty exclusive. We'll see how it goes. Even if it's unofficial, your soldiers may still pick up at least that award. The Khalifiyan service ribbon is another story.

Really the PCSM is if anyone decided to RP with the Purple Cross. It's an optional angle that most wont take.. But if anyone does, there is some factbook bling now.

To keep track of various foreign awards I think I am going to put a section dedicated to it in my signature.