Task Force Atlas: Project Warfighter RP Group

[Sha Mobutia]

Ralkovia and I are working out to make sure Operation Manchineel will be fun and enjoyable for the players involved. My team will likely participate in a tertiary sort of roll to take care of minor/secondary objectives to make sure that the other players can focus on the action and fun of the meat of the thread.

[Anowa]

Didn't we try to make an operation against Ralkovia? To rescue slaves or some shit...I have a good memory/

Yes. I don't recall it going well.

As in, we never did it because people got upset.

People got upset because -from what I can recall- a fairly large chance that most operators involved would either be killed out plain old enslaved.

[Vacif]

Yes. I don't recall it going well.

As in, we never did it because people got upset.

People got upset because -from what I can recall- a fairly large chance that most operators involved would either be killed out plain old enslaved.

When was this?

[Empire of Donner land]

Yes. I don't recall it going well.

As in, we never did it because people got upset.

People got upset because -from what I can recall- a fairly large chance that most operators involved would either be killed out plain old enslaved.

I didn't remember but that sounds about right.

[Nations United for Conquest]

People got upset because -from what I can recall- a fairly large chance that most operators involved would either be killed out plain old enslaved.

I didn't remember but that sounds about right.

So we sent Twenty something Spec Ops against half an army or so?

[Sha Mobutia]

These sorts of missions come with risks. Special operations teams are seldom ever sent into low-risk environs.

[Empire of Donner land]

I didn't remember but that sounds about right.

So we sent Twenty something Spec Ops against half an army or so?

well, no, we never did it in the first place.

These sorts of missions come with risks. Special operations teams are seldom ever sent into low-risk environs.

Isn't the point of us having and writing characters in these teams is that we control what they do? Even when they die?

[Sha Mobutia]

So we sent Twenty something Spec Ops against half an army or so?

well, no, we never did it in the first place.

These sorts of missions come with risks. Special operations teams are seldom ever sent into low-risk environs.

Isn't the point of us having and writing characters in these teams is that we control what they do? Even when they die?

And to a certain extent for the sake of realism you have to accept there are things your character would have against them.

I don't care how much I love my characters: the twelve members of my team against 200+ enemy soldiers in an open and conventional fight would turn into a quick and violent bloodbath as they were ganked by a human swarm.

[Empire of Donner land]

well, no, we never did it in the first place.


Isn't the point of us having and writing characters in these teams is that we control what they do? Even when they die?

And to a certain extent for the sake of realism you have to accept there are things your character would have against them.

I don't care how much I love my characters: the twelve members of my team against 200+ enemy soldiers in an open and conventional fight would turn into a quick and violent bloodbath as they were ganked by a human swarm.

If anyone else wants to do what's basically a hardcore permadeath video game I can't really blame them, but that isnt my thing, so whatever. I joined TFA because I liked the free reign.

[Anowa]

well, no, we never did it in the first place.


Isn't the point of us having and writing characters in these teams is that we control what they do? Even when they die?

And to a certain extent for the sake of realism you have to accept there are things your character would have against them.

I don't care how much I love my characters: the twelve members of my team against 200+ enemy soldiers in an open and conventional fight would turn into a quick and violent bloodbath as they were ganked by a human swarm.

Which is why we tend to choose our battles.

There's a distinct difference between fighting 200 undisciplined, untrained insurgents, and fighting 200 trained soldiers who have apparently been huffing meth for several days.

[Nations United for Conquest]

well, no, we never did it in the first place.

So we planned to send Twenty somethin Spec Ops against half an army? Well I'm glad someone caught that little error

And to a certain extent for the sake of realism you have to accept there are things your character would have against them.

I don't care how much I love my characters: the twelve members of my team against 200+ enemy soldiers in an open and conventional fight would turn into a quick and violent bloodbath as they were ganked by a human swarm.

Yeah, but no one wants an OP where we'd just watch all out guys get slaughtered. I mean if the info on Opfor says there's 200+ highly trained soldiers in an open field, and there's twenty of us, no one is going to volunteer for that shit.

[Empire of Donner land]

well, no, we never did it in the first place.

So we planned to send Twenty somethin Spec Ops against half an army? Well I'm glad someone caught that little error

And to a certain extent for the sake of realism you have to accept there are things your character would have against them.

I don't care how much I love my characters: the twelve members of my team against 200+ enemy soldiers in an open and conventional fight would turn into a quick and violent bloodbath as they were ganked by a human swarm.

Yeah, but no one wants an OP where we'd just watch all out guys get slaughtered. I mean if the info on Opfor says there's 200+ highly trained soldiers in an open field, and there's twenty of us, no one is going to volunteer for that shit.

Raises hand
"Hello? Yes, I would like to commit suicide."

We didn't plan It, Ralk came here, presented the Idea to Ura, no one liked it, squabbled a bit, then didn't do it.

[Sarejo]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Jadotville

For reference.

[Forest State]

I'm going to jump into this a bit late. I technically could pump out a few posts, but with RL tying me up, everything I write is going to be better quality if I wait until after the weekend.

[The United Remnants of America]

- Tyranis, great post. Loved it.

- I liked the original Ralk idea, mainly because it was going to be a rescue mission, but then once more details were revealed, it became an untenable story for us to do. Basically, the island that's in the currently-proposed Ralk/Sha thread was going to be fully-staffed and full of Ralk's special operations soldiers. We had to sneak in, cause a surprise, and then try and get out while the entire navy surrounding the island descended upon us. It was an obvious suicide mission at that point, and IIRC, people weren't too bothered to have their characters get killed, but there was a heavy resistance to the idea that their soldiers could be enslaved. This current thread seems to be the same idea, except nobody's there, now.

- Sarejo, loved the movie.

- I should get on the second post, now, but some personnel profiles first, lol.

[The Federation of Colonies]

- Tyranis, great post. Loved it.

- I liked the original Ralk idea, mainly because it was going to be a rescue mission, but then once more details were revealed, it became an untenable story for us to do. Basically, the island that's in the currently-proposed Ralk/Sha thread was going to be fully-staffed and full of Ralk's special operations soldiers. We had to sneak in, cause a surprise, and then try and get out while the entire navy surrounding the island descended upon us. It was an obvious suicide mission at that point, and IIRC, people weren't too bothered to have their characters get killed, but there was a heavy resistance to the idea that their soldiers could be enslaved. This current thread seems to be the same idea, except nobody's there, now.

- Sarejo, loved the movie.

- I should get on the second post, now, but some personnel profiles first, lol.

Glad to be of assistance.

[Sha Mobutia]

- I liked the original Ralk idea, mainly because it was going to be a rescue mission, but then once more details were revealed, it became an untenable story for us to do. Basically, the island that's in the currently-proposed Ralk/Sha thread was going to be fully-staffed and full of Ralk's special operations soldiers. We had to sneak in, cause a surprise, and then try and get out while the entire navy surrounding the island descended upon us. It was an obvious suicide mission at that point, and IIRC, people weren't too bothered to have their characters get killed, but there was a heavy resistance to the idea that their soldiers could be enslaved. This current thread seems to be the same idea, except nobody's there, now.

I don't know what the previous mission was, he just proposed this to me with the idea that it would let the players encounter some "Oh my god they were using these on people." sorts of scenes, coupled with some combat with an idea planned for a suitable dramatic and cinematic exfiltration at the end. Again this is what it was sold to me as and the reason that I submitted it. The greatest risk posed to the teams sent in would be some Death Guard assets and the fact that they are in a CBRN-compromised environment which means that a suit puncture could lead to death or suffering for the operator in question if they are unlucky and the breakout of contaminants is bad enough (likely won't be a wholly contaminated environment because believe it or not even Ralk understands nobody enjoys party wipes).

[The United Remnants of America]

Task Force Atlas Personnel File



Name: Dominic Jaboda
Alias: N/A
Unit: Shadownian Navy
Role: Captain of the Valkyrie
Age: 46
Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 195 lbs.
Birthplace: Ridora, CSN
Biographical Information: Jaboda was born in Ridora, graduated from A+ naval school, served on board the Daevidz Ryustov as a XO, served on board the Krawedz as a XO but was on leave during its destruction, was the captain of the destroyer Priortzin for 8 months, went back to PW and became the captain of the Valkyrie.
Psychological Profile: Calm and collective, pays attention to detail.
Training: Urkut Naval Academy 1988-1993, graduated top of the class. Served as a high ranking officer on the aircraft carrier Wilkołak in 1995, became second to the fleet admiral Oswald Babiarz up until 2006. Became captain of the Wilkolak up until 2014 where he was promoted to rear admiral. He got an invitation to become an XO onboard the stealth destroyer Krawedz for Task Force Atlas and accepted it. When the Krawedz was sank by a nuclear detonation in Operation Mirror Force he was on leave. He served briefly on a destroyer before being recruited to become captain in Task Force Atlas for its LHD, the Shadownian-made Valkyrie.
Notable Experience: Operation Coyote (Africa, anti-terrorism,2000-2002), The Central Europe War (2010-2013), Operation Hidden Shore (2014), TFA (2014-now)
Typical Loadout: N/A
Theme Song: No Quarter - Led Zeppelin
Notes: N/A

[The United Remnants of America]

- I liked the original Ralk idea, mainly because it was going to be a rescue mission, but then once more details were revealed, it became an untenable story for us to do. Basically, the island that's in the currently-proposed Ralk/Sha thread was going to be fully-staffed and full of Ralk's special operations soldiers. We had to sneak in, cause a surprise, and then try and get out while the entire navy surrounding the island descended upon us. It was an obvious suicide mission at that point, and IIRC, people weren't too bothered to have their characters get killed, but there was a heavy resistance to the idea that their soldiers could be enslaved. This current thread seems to be the same idea, except nobody's there, now.

I don't know what the previous mission was, he just proposed this to me with the idea that it would let the players encounter some "Oh my god they were using these on people." sorts of scenes, coupled with some combat with an idea planned for a suitable dramatic and cinematic exfiltration at the end. Again this is what it was sold to me as and the reason that I submitted it. The greatest risk posed to the teams sent in would be some Death Guard assets and the fact that they are in a CBRN-compromised environment which means that a suit puncture could lead to death or suffering for the operator in question if they are unlucky and the breakout of contaminants is bad enough (likely won't be a wholly contaminated environment because believe it or not even Ralk understands nobody enjoys party wipes).

Understandable. I believe Ralk's original concept was just to make people squirm, so it seems he's come with with something we can actually do and have some fun doing. I wouldn't expect Ralk to pull punches, though. I think it could be a fun time, tbh.

[The Central Shadow Nation]

Task Force Atlas Personnel File

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Name: Dominic Jaboda
Alias: N/A
Unit: Shadownian Navy
Role: Captain of the Valkyrie
Age: 46
Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 195 lbs.
Birthplace: Ridora, CSN
Biographical Information: Jaboda was born in Ridora, graduated from A+ naval school, served on board the Daevidz Ryustov as a XO, served on board the Krawedz as a XO but was on leave during its destruction, was the captain of the destroyer Priortzin for 8 months, went back to PW and became the captain of the Valkyrie.
Psychological Profile: Calm and collective, pays attention to detail.
Training: Urkut Naval Academy 1988-1993, graduated top of the class. Served as a high ranking officer on the aircraft carrier Wilkołak in 1995, became second to the fleet admiral Oswald Babiarz up until 2006. Became captain of the Wilkolak up until 2014 where he was promoted to rear admiral. He got an invitation to become an XO onboard the stealth destroyer Krawedz for Task Force Atlas and accepted it. When the Krawedz was sank by a nuclear detonation in Operation Mirror Force he was on leave. He served briefly on a destroyer before being recruited to become captain in Task Force Atlas for its LHD, the Shadownian-made Valkyrie.
Notable Experience: Operation Coyote (Africa, anti-terrorism,2000-2002), The Central Europe War (2010-2013), Operation Hidden Shore (2014), TFA (2014-now)
Typical Loadout: N/A
Theme Song: No Quarter - Led Zeppelin
Notes: N/A

10/10

[The Federation of Colonies]

Task Force Atlas Personnel File

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Name: Dominic Jaboda
Alias: N/A
Unit: Shadownian Navy
Role: Captain of the Valkyrie
Age: 46
Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 195 lbs.
Birthplace: Ridora, CSN
Biographical Information: Jaboda was born in Ridora, graduated from A+ naval school, served on board the Daevidz Ryustov as a XO, served on board the Krawedz as a XO but was on leave during its destruction, was the captain of the destroyer Priortzin for 8 months, went back to PW and became the captain of the Valkyrie.
Psychological Profile: Calm and collective, pays attention to detail.
Training: Urkut Naval Academy 1988-1993, graduated top of the class. Served as a high ranking officer on the aircraft carrier Wilkołak in 1995, became second to the fleet admiral Oswald Babiarz up until 2006. Became captain of the Wilkolak up until 2014 where he was promoted to rear admiral. He got an invitation to become an XO onboard the stealth destroyer Krawedz for Task Force Atlas and accepted it. When the Krawedz was sank by a nuclear detonation in Operation Mirror Force he was on leave. He served briefly on a destroyer before being recruited to become captain in Task Force Atlas for its LHD, the Shadownian-made Valkyrie.
Notable Experience: Operation Coyote (Africa, anti-terrorism,2000-2002), The Central Europe War (2010-2013), Operation Hidden Shore (2014), TFA (2014-now)
Typical Loadout: N/A
Theme Song: No Quarter - Led Zeppelin
Notes: N/A

Hmm. Sea based operations.

Approved.

[The United Remnants of America]

Task Force Atlas Personnel File




Name: Leonard Stachowski
Alias: N/A
Unit: Shadownian Navy
Role: Executive Officer of the Valkyrie
Age: 43
Height: 5' 11"
Weight: 185 lbs
Birthplace: Lozonets, CSN
Biographical Information: Born in the small coastal town of Lozonets, Stachowski wanted to join the Shadownian Navy as a child. Once he was old enough, he signed up and hasn't looked back since.
Psychological Profile: Stachowski is one of the most relaxed people you could ever interact with. Has a charismatic gift when interacting with others, especially with the crew aboard the Valkyrie.
Training: Naval Surface Warfare School, Served as a surface warfare operator aboard the Priortzin, before becoming a deck officer aboard the Wilkolak. Finally transferred to the Valkyrie under Captain Jaboda.
Notable Experience: The Central Europe War (2010-2013), TFA (2014-now)
Typical Loadout: N/A
Theme Song: Paradise City - Guns N' Roses
Notes: N/A

[The United Remnants of America]

Eh, I just added the other names to the OP, of the pilots and whatnot. I don't feel like doing 5 or 6 more of those for minor NPCs.

[The Federation of Colonies]

Eh, I just added the other names to the OP, of the pilots and whatnot. I don't feel like doing 5 or 6 more of those for minor NPCs.

Fun

[The United Remnants of America]

Introducing, the Valkyrie. Once a Shadownian amphibious assault ship, it's been... "liberated" to assist Task Force Atlas as their mobile headquarters, supply corner, and free-time. A ship is one of the best ways to hide, as it can constantly be on the move. And resupplies can come in the form of quick docking stops or a friendly nation taking pity with a supply stop from a VTOL. Either way, this will be TFA's home away from home, dodging both terrorists and nations that want to see TFA stay dead.

Sadly, not everything could be liberated with the ship, so some things are missing like vehicles and some aircraft. And the crew isn't all Shadownian, now working on a skeleton crew of many nationalities of people who've been contacted over the years to man the ship and keep it running, preparing for the eventual return of TFA. Some stats below will reflect this.

Class and type: Arkady Krysiak class LHD/AAS
Displacement: 15.5 Tons, 19.2 fully loaded
Length: 695 Feet
Beam: 29 Meters
Propulsion: 3x Kolomna diesel engines
1x General Electric LM2500
2x Azimuth thrusters
Speed: 22 knots
Range: 9,090 miles
Capacity: Normally 200 Soldiers, Max 730 in short range. Up to 65 vehicles, currently 1
Complement: 215 Sailors, 50 Marines
EW & Decoys: TK-25E-5 ECM, Mursky STR V6, Mursky SLDS Mk.1
Armament:
2x Mursky Mk1PR
4x M-2 Brownings
1x AK-130
2x Mursky HSM-8 Skua anti air missile platform
Aircraft carried:
2x M-2 Pirate VTOL's
2x Ka-52's
1x Ka-27
1x SH-12J