March 20th, 1920. Winter is having its last show of force as the city of Novorossiysk is dusted with a light snow with the strong bora building up a storm in the distance. What's left of the Russian navy under White Movement control and various Allied ships are docked in the Tsemes Bay preparing to evacuate the vast majority of the White Army under General Anton Denikin. However a force is needed to be left to keep the Red Army at bay long enough for the full evacuation. The Red Army is staked out in the hills over seeing the city, watching like hawks waiting to strike the city, the ships a sign of weakness, meaning they could strike.
You are one of two things, you are either a member of a squad of brave volunteers who have offered to guard an the rear of the retreating White Army, or a member of the Red Army assigned to a special assault squad meant to help break the back of the Whites defense and to assault the whites as they lay vulnerable in the Port of Novorossiysk. The Volunteer Squad is set up a defensive line at the northern edge of the city, a Main Street between a small hotel and a large Orthodox Cathedral, the street blocked off by sand bags and a minor defensive position taken to keep the Reds at bay as the rest of the 20,000 Whites prepare to hold the city for the eight days it will take to evacuate the 40,000 soldiers, usually the young and more viberent of the forces.
The fate of this war rest on your shoulders, will you finally crush the Bourgeoisie army as it attempts to limp to safety? Or will you hold the line and allows the Whites to fight another day against the Red Menace? These two units have the ability to shift the war, they are now on a collision course to which will determine the history of a nation. How will you influence the battle?
OOC
A Red Winter is a squad based military RP. You will apply as a member of either a White Army squad tasked with holding a section of road which leads straight to the Docks. Or you will apply as a member of a Red Army assault squad bend on taking control of the road to more easily allow the advancing read Army to strike at the retreating whites. This will be a self contained story with the small one block or so area where the micro-battle will take place. I will lead the Whites while my Co-Op Grestin will be leading the Reds. This RP will seek to tackle the possibilities of combat in weather below freezing and the hardships inherent to the Russian Civil War. Hopefully our goal will be met with spectacular results.
Rules
I'll make sure to keep this fairly short and make sure to hit all the important points.
1: OP (myself) is the Judge, Jury, and Executioner in this RP. I reserve the right to not accept people for any reason I see fit and extend this right to my Co-Op.
2: Keep things Civil, disagreements with others should be taken elsewhere and everyone should be treated with respect.
3: Keep things realistic, I know there are a bunch of cool little weapons you would like to use, but please make sure that they are realistic and obtained in a realistic manner. Do a bit of research before doing your load out a make sure it all makes sense. Also before you say anything yes I know one of the guys in the banner has an AKM, I didn't make the banner and to be fair beggers can be choosers.
4: Divorce Players from Characters, I know with dealing with a very divisive time in history and with groups with vastly different political views. However if things start getting heated and political in the OOC I will break it up and I will take measures to clean up the issues.
5: This goes hand and hand with rule 3 but is different enough to warrant its own rule. Keep characters realistic, I don't want super soldier communist badasses nor Fascist Communist Exterminators. The people of the Russian Civil War fought for various reasons and had complex motivations, we should treat this with respect rather than pumping everything full of campy b-movie their characters. Your character is most likely hungry and cold to the bone. Treat them realistically.