Of Ships and Girls and Shipgirls - a KanColle-RP (OOC)

[The Cross and Davids Star]

No. I'm actually not quite sure about what I should think about you considering this post. It's in my opinion uncomfortably close to godmodding, not the pill, not the vomiting, but what happened after that - by not giving Stekistan the chance to reply to the fact, indeed even going so far as to jump onto Whona's rig without a care in the world and then making off as if nothing happened. Of course, if this is agreed to with Sterkistan, that is another story, but I have the slight feeling, that it's not.
Rustyal, my Co-OP, your opinion?

Looking back, yeah that's a bit too godmoddy just to speed my way through that. Sorry about that.

[The Selkie]

No. I'm actually not quite sure about what I should think about you considering this post. It's in my opinion uncomfortably close to godmodding, not the pill, not the vomiting, but what happened after that - by not giving Stekistan the chance to reply to the fact, indeed even going so far as to jump onto Whona's rig without a care in the world and then making off as if nothing happened. Of course, if this is agreed to with Sterkistan, that is another story, but I have the slight feeling, that it's not.
Rustyal, my Co-OP, your opinion?

Looking back, yeah that's a bit too godmoddy just to speed my way through that. Sorry about that.

Alright... the post in question is retconned.
If something like that comes to pass again, be it during training or during actual combat, be it against Abyssals or anyone else, or in character interaction, you will be banned. Consider this your yellow card.
Thank you for your cooperation.

[Bentus]

Phew, alright take 2. I took a look at some of the age ranges for the ships, so I narrowed down the images to try and get them to fit the source better. As ever, I'm lousy with technical details (and writing in general, really) so any all criticism is more than welcomed.

Personnel file - Operational Sector Wide Sea - South West

Name: USN Lewis Point
Type: Light Cruiser
Class: Cleveland-Class
Role: Escort, Screen, Raider
Nation of origin: United States
Year commissioned: 1942
Image or description of the ship girl/boy:Still Yang

Gender: Female

Character Reports:
“Proud and stubborn to a fault, Lewis is not one to hold her tongue and never shies away from a fight. She punches above her weight and when faced with a challenge just digs in her heels and starts swinging until either her foe goes down – or she does. Her combat record is exemplary and I would hazard a guess that she’s spent more time out on patrol or performing endurance reconnaissance than she has in port. Her accolades are perhaps matched only by the number of reprimands that mar her dossier: stealing, disobeying orders, insulting a superior, accusations of bullying and getting into fights with other Shipgirls on more than one occasion. It’s no small wonder that most of the ships here gave her a wide berth. That aside however, she is an impressive asset and maybe Sector South West could use a few hotheads.”
- Admiral Nancy Chambers, Sector North East

“*Subject glanced around the room nervously, fidgeted slightly* Oh, she’s great! I mean, I don’t hang out with her too much since she’s not around most of the time, but she’s really nice – honest! That one time where she punched me and I had to go to the mechanic’s office was an accident, really it was my fault. I’m pretty sure Melbourne’s forgiven her for the other time as well. Oh, Nagasaki too – even if it took her a week to fully heal.”
- HMAS Stephanie, Destroyer Escort, Sector North East

“Lewis? She can be a bit abrasive from time to time – and she’s certainly rather full of herself. I mean honestly, the younger destroyers in her unit don’t want to even be within 12 feet of her anymore. Lewis is not a people person by a long shot, but you’ve got to get past that rough exterior. Out in the water, where it really matters, I wouldn’t rather anyone else as my escort. You know that she’s going to get stuck in to the good fight and keep on going until she can’t even stand. On top of that, she wouldn’t give even an inch if it meant putting someone else in harms way – not that she’d ever admit it. It’s a shame really, she closes herself off and pushes everyone away, but I bet you that she cares more than she lets on.”
- HMS Queen Victoria, Carrier, Sector North East

Special abilities:
Through Grit and Steel – Through sheer, stubborn determination (and a liberal application of firepower) Lewis can punch above her weight in close combat. Leveraging her speed and an aggressive, close quarters fighting technique, Lewis has gone toe-to-toe with cruisers and come out on top after catching her foes by surprise. Her superstructure can take a pounding courtesy of some additional armour plating, and her smaller size lends itself to increased manoeuvrability. This allows Lewis to survive a pounding while drawing enemy fire, even in cases where she realistically can’t do much in return.

See the white’s of their eyes – While Lewis does have an impressive arsenal for her size, she doesn’t have much in the way of longer ranged armaments and is forced to get close to her opponents in order to bring the majority of her armaments to bear.

Open up with the Pea-shooters! – When fighting in a duel against a larger foe, Lewis doesn’t hold back. And once you’ve gotten up close, even machine guns and anti-air batteries can inflict casualties when strafed along the deck. Apart from a lucky torpedo, there’s a limit to what Lewis’ guns can sink, but that doesn’t stop her from presenting herself as a painful nuisance to even the largest of vessels in order to draw their fire away from her escortees.

Technical Description of the vessel:

Technical Data
Displacement: 11,932t
Length (overall): 185.95m
Width: 20.22m
Draught: 7.77m
Propulsion: 100,000shp
Speed: 32.5 knots
Complement: 1,255
Armament:
4 × triple 6 in (150 mm)/47 caliberMark 16 guns
6 × dual 5 in (130 mm)/38 caliberanti-aircraft guns
4 × dual 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors anti-aircraft guns
13 × single 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikonanti-aircraft cannons

Armour:
Belt: 3 1⁄2–5 in (89–127 mm)
Deck: 2 in (51 mm)
Barbettes: 6 in (150 mm)
Turrets: 1 1⁄2–6 in (38–152 mm)
Conning Tower: 2 1⁄4–5 in (57–127 mm)

Notes: Commissioned at the height of the Second World War, the Point was one of many Cleveland-class Cruisers that would serve as a mainstay of the US Pacific fleet. Her duties largely focused on an escort role, be that patrolling popular trading and convoy routes or guarding larger vessels against any threats that got too close. Designed and adapted over the years to accommodate the necessary air defences that were missing in the pre-war US cruiser fleet, the Cleveland was nonetheless developed as a workhorse. The class of vessels were tasked with fighting in the trenches of the Pacific war, able to be produced in the mighty nation’s shipyards faster than they could be sunk in the escalating conflict. Design finesse and optimisation were tossed aside in favour of a brutish, easy construction for the dirty job of waging war.

The Lewis Point would not distinguish herself until the events of Leyte Gulf, where she would lead a small flotilla of destroyers against a far superior enemy force in an effort to cover the retreat of a number of escort carriers placed under her care. In the gruelling battle that ensued, the Lewis would trade salvos with no less than four heavy cruisers while engaging in an outmatched duel with the Togami. It is in this conflict that Lewis earned a reputation as a no-holds barred combatant, making use of her anti-air weaponry to strafe the decks of the larger vessels and mow down any sailor unfortunate enough to stand in the sight of her gunners.

Although she didn’t sink any of her opponents without additional destroyer support, Lewis was credited with providing a sink for the enemy fire that allowed her allies to continue to deal their punishing blows. Ultimately, the fierce resistance put up by the small flotilla caused the Japanese to overestimate the size of their force and withdraw, but not at an immense cost to the defenders. While two enemy cruisers ended up sunk, the only surface-action warships left on the US side were the Lewis Point and a sole destroyer.

The fleet action earned the Cruiser a reputation as a plucky fighter and after a period of lengthy repairs, the Lewis Point demonstrated itself as both an effective raider and escort. Although some questioned the almost vindictive aggression of her crew’s attacks on convoys that refused to surrender, none could doubt her effectiveness. However, the Point would not see the end of war in the Pacific as she met her demise while escorting a small supply convoy. While running a narrow strait, the small flotilla found itself hunted by a force led by the battleship Sagami. A lucky torpedo from scouting aircraft knocked out the rudder of a supply vessel, leaving it helpless as it ran aground in the treacherous waters.

As the remaining ships made with due haste towards their destination, the Lewis stayed behind to assist with repairs and evacuations for the hampered vessel. Unfortunately, the small convoy had lost the crucial advantage of speed and it was little more than an hour before the silhouette of nothing less than a battleship began to emerge on the horizon. However, contrary to her usual tactics, the Lewis maintained its close position to the disabled supply vessel. Refusing to engage the incoming enemy force or withdraw. Instead, as shells from the long-range cannons of the Sagami began to scream towards the duo, the Lewis Point maintained a circular course that kept it squarely between the transport and the behemoth beyond its range. The suicidal act ensured that the supply vessel was left unharmed long enough for its remaining crew to evacuate, but forced the Lewis to take the full brunt of a battleship’s broadside – far more than its superstructure could withstand. In the end, the vessel’s crew mounted a hasty evacuation as she sunk in that strait, unable to even fire a single round in retaliation against her foes.

OOC-section:
RP-sample: Unto the Breach: A Gate RP
Have you read and understood the rules?: Anchors aweigh!

[Legatia]

Arkana, how are you able to fly high-altitude reconnaissance flights with carrier-based aircraft?

[Novaya Equestria]

Hey, who's going to reply on my post?

[North Arkana]

Arkana, how are you able to fly high-altitude reconnaissance flights with carrier-based aircraft?

Service ceiling of the Mk2B is 12,500 meters (41,100 feet), about 1500 meters higher than the Mosquito, which was heavily used for aerial recon, and also has about 50 knots on the Mosquito. Mk2FA has a service ceiling of 15,000 meters, but isn't equipped for photo-recon.

Being carrier based rarely has any bearing on the capabilities of an aircraft unless the design team for either the carrier or aircraft was incompetent.

[Rustyal]

If possible, can I make a change to my special abilities, considering the new rig?

No. I'm actually not quite sure about what I should think about you considering this post. It's in my opinion uncomfortably close to godmodding, not the pill, not the vomiting, but what happened after that - by not giving Stekistan the chance to reply to the fact, indeed even going so far as to jump onto Whona's rig without a care in the world and then making off as if nothing happened. Of course, if this is agreed to with Sterkistan, that is another story, but I have the slight feeling, that it's not.
Rustyal, my Co-OP, your opinion?

A cocky bastard sure, but a smart one, or crazy. Being held too far away to attack Whona up close, he still had a few tricks up his sleeves.

"Here. I wanna show you something." Prophet said, pulling something from his pocket. He pulled out a small amber pill, popping it into his mouth and swallowing.

The pill was an emetic drug, causing Prophet to vomit up on Whona, much to the disgust of his faeries. With his distraction, he was able to pull what little hair he had out of Whona's grip, get around her and jump onto her rig, slamming bombs into her right guns, before jumping off and back into the fog, also escaping Fyodor's onslaught, taking down any planes stubborn enough to follow him. His faeries were able to repel the boarding, but the intruders were still fighting.

Wait a minute. You all training are firing live rounds at each other..?

Well, Stilly has paint rounds in her guns, but I'm not sure about her depth charges...

I've been away from NS (again (I really need to stop.making a habit of that)), but I'll be back on Sunday to post :3

It's no problem, CNW. Do you want an update?

...Ok, how? That makes no sense how he could mount Whona, let alone plug her guns. He's a carrier. As a ship, you're basically stuck to the ocean. That isn't even borderline godmodding, it's outright godmodding. Imagine if Catherine performed 3 salvos in a single turn and annihilated every ship with doing so. That's basically what he did.

[North Arkana]

But we're ship girls/boys. As said in a wonderful KC fanwork, "we don't need to tow a damaged destroyer back to port, we can pick her up and carry her back".

[The Selkie]

Hey, who's going to reply on my post?

Someone already did.

Phew, alright take 2. I took a look at some of the age ranges for the ships, so I narrowed down the images to try and get them to fit the source better. As ever, I'm lousy with technical details (and writing in general, really) so any all criticism is more than welcomed.

Personnel file - Operational Sector Wide Sea - South West

Name: USN Lewis Point
Type: Light Cruiser
Class: Cleveland-Class
Role: Escort, Screen, Raider
Nation of origin: United States
Year commissioned: 1942
Image or description of the ship girl/boy:Still Yang

Gender: Female

Character Reports:
“Proud and stubborn to a fault, Lewis is not one to hold her tongue and never shies away from a fight. She punches above her weight and when faced with a challenge just digs in her heels and starts swinging until either her foe goes down – or she does. Her combat record is exemplary and I would hazard a guess that she’s spent more time out on patrol or performing endurance reconnaissance than she has in port. Her accolades are perhaps matched only by the number of reprimands that mar her dossier: stealing, disobeying orders, insulting a superior, accusations of bullying and getting into fights with other Shipgirls on more than one occasion. It’s no small wonder that most of the ships here gave her a wide berth. That aside however, she is an impressive asset and maybe Sector South West could use a few hotheads.”
- Admiral Nancy Chambers, Sector North East

“*Subject glanced around the room nervously, fidgeted slightly* Oh, she’s great! I mean, I don’t hang out with her too much since she’s not around most of the time, but she’s really nice – honest! That one time where she punched me and I had to go to the mechanic’s office was an accident, really it was my fault. I’m pretty sure Melbourne’s forgiven her for the other time as well. Oh, Nagasaki too – even if it took her a week to fully heal.”
- HMAS Stephanie, Destroyer Escort, Sector North East

“Lewis? She can be a bit abrasive from time to time – and she’s certainly rather full of herself. I mean honestly, the younger destroyers in her unit don’t want to even be within 12 feet of her anymore. Lewis is not a people person by a long shot, but you’ve got to get past that rough exterior. Out in the water, where it really matters, I wouldn’t rather anyone else as my escort. You know that she’s going to get stuck in to the good fight and keep on going until she can’t even stand. On top of that, she wouldn’t give even an inch if it meant putting someone else in harms way – not that she’d ever admit it. It’s a shame really, she closes herself off and pushes everyone away, but I bet you that she cares more than she lets on.”
- HMS Queen Victoria, Carrier, Sector North East

Special abilities:
Through Grit and Steel – Through sheer, stubborn determination (and a liberal application of firepower) Lewis can punch above her weight in close combat. Leveraging her speed and an aggressive, close quarters fighting technique, Lewis has gone toe-to-toe with cruisers and come out on top after catching her foes by surprise. Her superstructure can take a pounding courtesy of some additional armour plating, and her smaller size lends itself to increased manoeuvrability. This allows Lewis to survive a pounding while drawing enemy fire, even in cases where she realistically can’t do much in return.

See the white’s of their eyes – While Lewis does have an impressive arsenal for her size, she doesn’t have much in the way of longer ranged armaments and is forced to get close to her opponents in order to bring the majority of her armaments to bear.

Open up with the Pea-shooters! – When fighting in a duel against a larger foe, Lewis doesn’t hold back. And once you’ve gotten up close, even machine guns and anti-air batteries can inflict casualties when strafed along the deck. Apart from a lucky torpedo, there’s a limit to what Lewis’ guns can sink, but that doesn’t stop her from presenting herself as a painful nuisance to even the largest of vessels in order to draw their fire away from her escortees.

Technical Description of the vessel:

Technical Data
Displacement: 11,932t
Length (overall): 185.95m
Width: 20.22m
Draught: 7.77m
Propulsion: 100,000shp
Speed: 32.5 knots
Complement: 1,255
Armament:
4 × triple 6 in (150 mm)/47 caliberMark 16 guns
6 × dual 5 in (130 mm)/38 caliberanti-aircraft guns
4 × dual 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors anti-aircraft guns
13 × single 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikonanti-aircraft cannons

Armour:
Belt: 3 1⁄2–5 in (89–127 mm)
Deck: 2 in (51 mm)
Barbettes: 6 in (150 mm)
Turrets: 1 1⁄2–6 in (38–152 mm)
Conning Tower: 2 1⁄4–5 in (57–127 mm)

Notes: Commissioned at the height of the Second World War, the Point was one of many Cleveland-class Cruisers that would serve as a mainstay of the US Pacific fleet. Her duties largely focused on an escort role, be that patrolling popular trading and convoy routes or guarding larger vessels against any threats that got too close. Designed and adapted over the years to accommodate the necessary air defences that were missing in the pre-war US cruiser fleet, the Cleveland was nonetheless developed as a workhorse. The class of vessels were tasked with fighting in the trenches of the Pacific war, able to be produced in the mighty nation’s shipyards faster than they could be sunk in the escalating conflict. Design finesse and optimisation were tossed aside in favour of a brutish, easy construction for the dirty job of waging war.

The Lewis Point would not distinguish herself until the events of Leyte Gulf, where she would lead a small flotilla of destroyers against a far superior enemy force in an effort to cover the retreat of a number of escort carriers placed under her care. In the gruelling battle that ensued, the Lewis would trade salvos with no less than four heavy cruisers while engaging in an outmatched duel with the Togami. It is in this conflict that Lewis earned a reputation as a no-holds barred combatant, making use of her anti-air weaponry to strafe the decks of the larger vessels and mow down any sailor unfortunate enough to stand in the sight of her gunners.

Although she didn’t sink any of her opponents without additional destroyer support, Lewis was credited with providing a sink for the enemy fire that allowed her allies to continue to deal their punishing blows. Ultimately, the fierce resistance put up by the small flotilla caused the Japanese to overestimate the size of their force and withdraw, but not at an immense cost to the defenders. While two enemy cruisers ended up sunk, the only surface-action warships left on the US side were the Lewis Point and a sole destroyer.

The fleet action earned the Cruiser a reputation as a plucky fighter and after a period of lengthy repairs, the Lewis Point demonstrated itself as both an effective raider and escort. Although some questioned the almost vindictive aggression of her crew’s attacks on convoys that refused to surrender, none could doubt her effectiveness. However, the Point would not see the end of war in the Pacific as she met her demise while escorting a small supply convoy. While running a narrow strait, the small flotilla found itself hunted by a force led by the battleship Sagami. A lucky torpedo from scouting aircraft knocked out the rudder of a supply vessel, leaving it helpless as it ran aground in the treacherous waters.

As the remaining ships made with due haste towards their destination, the Lewis stayed behind to assist with repairs and evacuations for the hampered vessel. Unfortunately, the small convoy had lost the crucial advantage of speed and it was little more than an hour before the silhouette of nothing less than a battleship began to emerge on the horizon. However, contrary to her usual tactics, the Lewis maintained its close position to the disabled supply vessel. Refusing to engage the incoming enemy force or withdraw. Instead, as shells from the long-range cannons of the Sagami began to scream towards the duo, the Lewis Point maintained a circular course that kept it squarely between the transport and the behemoth beyond its range. The suicidal act ensured that the supply vessel was left unharmed long enough for its remaining crew to evacuate, but forced the Lewis to take the full brunt of a battleship’s broadside – far more than its superstructure could withstand. In the end, the vessel’s crew mounted a hasty evacuation as she sunk in that strait, unable to even fire a single round in retaliation against her foes.

OOC-section:
RP-sample: Unto the Breach: A Gate RP
Have you read and understood the rules?: Anchors aweigh!

Accepted, Bentus, welcome aboard!
I like the idea with the character reports instead of a description of the character.

[...]

...Ok, how? That makes no sense how he could mount Whona, let alone plug her guns. He's a carrier. As a ship, you're basically stuck to the ocean. That isn't even borderline godmodding, it's outright godmodding. Imagine if Catherine performed 3 salvos in a single turn and annihilated every ship with doing so. That's basically what he did.

Thank you, Rustyal. I'd agree, but for a slightly different reasoning, but CDS showed insight, so I let him off with a yellow card and the post was retconned.
In the future, such things will directly be counted as a sliding tackle ending with injuries (I don't like to translate Blutgrätsche as 'dangerous sliding tackle') and dealt with accordingly.

[Regria]

So, yesterday I designed a whole new character unrelated to any lore right now, being a hypothetical DnD/Tabletop RP character, though I've been thinking of using her elsewhere. The first drawing was by me, while the second was my sister's attempt (though she made me draw the sword).

My drawing:

Sister's:

[Bentus]

Phew, alright take 2. I took a look at some of the age ranges for the ships, so I narrowed down the images to try and get them to fit the source better. As ever, I'm lousy with technical details (and writing in general, really) so any all criticism is more than welcomed.

Personnel file - Operational Sector Wide Sea - South West

Name: USN Lewis Point
Type: Light Cruiser
Class: Cleveland-Class
Role: Escort, Screen, Raider
Nation of origin: United States
Year commissioned: 1942
Image or description of the ship girl/boy:Still Yang

Gender: Female

Character Reports:
“Proud and stubborn to a fault, Lewis is not one to hold her tongue and never shies away from a fight. She punches above her weight and when faced with a challenge just digs in her heels and starts swinging until either her foe goes down – or she does. Her combat record is exemplary and I would hazard a guess that she’s spent more time out on patrol or performing endurance reconnaissance than she has in port. Her accolades are perhaps matched only by the number of reprimands that mar her dossier: stealing, disobeying orders, insulting a superior, accusations of bullying and getting into fights with other Shipgirls on more than one occasion. It’s no small wonder that most of the ships here gave her a wide berth. That aside however, she is an impressive asset and maybe Sector South West could use a few hotheads.”
- Admiral Nancy Chambers, Sector North East

“*Subject glanced around the room nervously, fidgeted slightly* Oh, she’s great! I mean, I don’t hang out with her too much since she’s not around most of the time, but she’s really nice – honest! That one time where she punched me and I had to go to the mechanic’s office was an accident, really it was my fault. I’m pretty sure Melbourne’s forgiven her for the other time as well. Oh, Nagasaki too – even if it took her a week to fully heal.”
- HMAS Stephanie, Destroyer Escort, Sector North East

“Lewis? She can be a bit abrasive from time to time – and she’s certainly rather full of herself. I mean honestly, the younger destroyers in her unit don’t want to even be within 12 feet of her anymore. Lewis is not a people person by a long shot, but you’ve got to get past that rough exterior. Out in the water, where it really matters, I wouldn’t rather anyone else as my escort. You know that she’s going to get stuck in to the good fight and keep on going until she can’t even stand. On top of that, she wouldn’t give even an inch if it meant putting someone else in harms way – not that she’d ever admit it. It’s a shame really, she closes herself off and pushes everyone away, but I bet you that she cares more than she lets on.”
- HMS Queen Victoria, Carrier, Sector North East

Special abilities:
Through Grit and Steel – Through sheer, stubborn determination (and a liberal application of firepower) Lewis can punch above her weight in close combat. Leveraging her speed and an aggressive, close quarters fighting technique, Lewis has gone toe-to-toe with cruisers and come out on top after catching her foes by surprise. Her superstructure can take a pounding courtesy of some additional armour plating, and her smaller size lends itself to increased manoeuvrability. This allows Lewis to survive a pounding while drawing enemy fire, even in cases where she realistically can’t do much in return.

See the white’s of their eyes – While Lewis does have an impressive arsenal for her size, she doesn’t have much in the way of longer ranged armaments and is forced to get close to her opponents in order to bring the majority of her armaments to bear.

Open up with the Pea-shooters! – When fighting in a duel against a larger foe, Lewis doesn’t hold back. And once you’ve gotten up close, even machine guns and anti-air batteries can inflict casualties when strafed along the deck. Apart from a lucky torpedo, there’s a limit to what Lewis’ guns can sink, but that doesn’t stop her from presenting herself as a painful nuisance to even the largest of vessels in order to draw their fire away from her escortees.

Technical Description of the vessel:

Technical Data
Displacement: 11,932t
Length (overall): 185.95m
Width: 20.22m
Draught: 7.77m
Propulsion: 100,000shp
Speed: 32.5 knots
Complement: 1,255
Armament:
4 × triple 6 in (150 mm)/47 caliberMark 16 guns
6 × dual 5 in (130 mm)/38 caliberanti-aircraft guns
4 × dual 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors anti-aircraft guns
13 × single 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikonanti-aircraft cannons

Armour:
Belt: 3 1⁄2–5 in (89–127 mm)
Deck: 2 in (51 mm)
Barbettes: 6 in (150 mm)
Turrets: 1 1⁄2–6 in (38–152 mm)
Conning Tower: 2 1⁄4–5 in (57–127 mm)

Notes: Commissioned at the height of the Second World War, the Point was one of many Cleveland-class Cruisers that would serve as a mainstay of the US Pacific fleet. Her duties largely focused on an escort role, be that patrolling popular trading and convoy routes or guarding larger vessels against any threats that got too close. Designed and adapted over the years to accommodate the necessary air defences that were missing in the pre-war US cruiser fleet, the Cleveland was nonetheless developed as a workhorse. The class of vessels were tasked with fighting in the trenches of the Pacific war, able to be produced in the mighty nation’s shipyards faster than they could be sunk in the escalating conflict. Design finesse and optimisation were tossed aside in favour of a brutish, easy construction for the dirty job of waging war.

The Lewis Point would not distinguish herself until the events of Leyte Gulf, where she would lead a small flotilla of destroyers against a far superior enemy force in an effort to cover the retreat of a number of escort carriers placed under her care. In the gruelling battle that ensued, the Lewis would trade salvos with no less than four heavy cruisers while engaging in an outmatched duel with the Togami. It is in this conflict that Lewis earned a reputation as a no-holds barred combatant, making use of her anti-air weaponry to strafe the decks of the larger vessels and mow down any sailor unfortunate enough to stand in the sight of her gunners.

Although she didn’t sink any of her opponents without additional destroyer support, Lewis was credited with providing a sink for the enemy fire that allowed her allies to continue to deal their punishing blows. Ultimately, the fierce resistance put up by the small flotilla caused the Japanese to overestimate the size of their force and withdraw, but not at an immense cost to the defenders. While two enemy cruisers ended up sunk, the only surface-action warships left on the US side were the Lewis Point and a sole destroyer.

The fleet action earned the Cruiser a reputation as a plucky fighter and after a period of lengthy repairs, the Lewis Point demonstrated itself as both an effective raider and escort. Although some questioned the almost vindictive aggression of her crew’s attacks on convoys that refused to surrender, none could doubt her effectiveness. However, the Point would not see the end of war in the Pacific as she met her demise while escorting a small supply convoy. While running a narrow strait, the small flotilla found itself hunted by a force led by the battleship Sagami. A lucky torpedo from scouting aircraft knocked out the rudder of a supply vessel, leaving it helpless as it ran aground in the treacherous waters.

As the remaining ships made with due haste towards their destination, the Lewis stayed behind to assist with repairs and evacuations for the hampered vessel. Unfortunately, the small convoy had lost the crucial advantage of speed and it was little more than an hour before the silhouette of nothing less than a battleship began to emerge on the horizon. However, contrary to her usual tactics, the Lewis maintained its close position to the disabled supply vessel. Refusing to engage the incoming enemy force or withdraw. Instead, as shells from the long-range cannons of the Sagami began to scream towards the duo, the Lewis Point maintained a circular course that kept it squarely between the transport and the behemoth beyond its range. The suicidal act ensured that the supply vessel was left unharmed long enough for its remaining crew to evacuate, but forced the Lewis to take the full brunt of a battleship’s broadside – far more than its superstructure could withstand. In the end, the vessel’s crew mounted a hasty evacuation as she sunk in that strait, unable to even fire a single round in retaliation against her foes.

OOC-section:
RP-sample: Unto the Breach: A Gate RP
Have you read and understood the rules?: Anchors aweigh!

Accepted, Bentus, welcome aboard!
I like the idea with the character reports instead of a description of the character.

Nice, and cheers a bunch. What would be the best way to introduce her? Act like she's been there for a few days or have her arriving as an escort for a small resupply convoy?

[Legatia]

Accepted, Bentus, welcome aboard!
I like the idea with the character reports instead of a description of the character.

Nice, and cheers a bunch. What would be the best way to introduce her? Act like she's been there for a few days or have her arriving as an escort for a small resupply convoy?

Anything you prefer is fine. Whatever you think is the best way to introduce, though a lot of characters are acting in a training observation.

[The Selkie]

So, yesterday I designed a whole new character unrelated to any lore right now, being a hypothetical DnD/Tabletop RP character, though I've been thinking of using her elsewhere. The first drawing was by me, while the second was my sister's attempt (though she made me draw the sword).

My drawing:

(Image)

Sister's:

(Image)

I like her, but she should be careful with the sword in your picture. It's a bit too close to her neck...
But if I may ask, is that a fishtail?

Nice, and cheers a bunch. What would be the best way to introduce her? Act like she's been there for a few days or have her arriving as an escort for a small resupply convoy?

Anything you prefer is fine. Whatever you think is the best way to introduce, though a lot of characters are acting in a training observation.

Basically what Legatia said, but no convoy escort. We just had one and it didn't went too good and have no way of telling headquarters, that all supply ships were sunk.
However, if you want, I might have someone to accompany you. For peer review...

Personell file - Operational Sector Wide Sea - South West

Name: SDFS Searc.
Type: Light Cruiser.
Class: Cailleach-class Light Cruiser.
Role: Minelayer, fleet combattant, escort vessel and merchant raider.
Nation of origin: The Free Lands of the Selkie.
Year commissioned: 1934.
Image or description of the ship girl/boy: Including the ears.
Gender: Female.
Character:

SDFS Searc is a flirt like none other, mostly for her own amusement, her target being male and female alike, rarely having a sexual interest in anyone. Much like other SDF-Navy Shippersons, she is an honest person, a very good dancer (though not a good musician) and a fierce fighter. She also loves to help smaller and bigger ship girls with their love-problems. In her free time, she practices archery.

Special abilities:

I call this Close Combat - The farther away Searc is from her enemy, the more comfortable she is and the more precise her shots are. If things get close and personal, she her accuracy diminishes.
The better part of Valour - In emergencies, SDFS Searc can bravely run away with a speed of up to 40 knots.

Technical Description of the vessel:

Technical Data
Displacement: 5,500 tons standard
Length (overall): 176.2 metres
Width: 15.02 metres
Draught: 5.3 metres
Propulsion: 100,000 shp, two shafts, diesel engines
Speed: 34 knots, 40 during trials
Complement: 351 sailors, plus a landing force of 100 men
Armament:

9x 135mm guns in 3 triple turrets,
12x 40mm AA-guns,
12x 533mm Torpedo Tubes (4x3),
250 mines or depth charges

Armour:

Deck 25mm,
Magazine 30mm,
Conning Tower 20mm

Notes: Radar.

As the Heavy Cruiser Programme of the SDF-Navy fell due to budget constrains and failure to find a shipyard willing or capable of building said cruisers, the SDF-Navy decided to build a vessel intermediate between the sloops in service since the 20s and the Rhiannon-class Light Cruisers - these became the Cailleach-class Light Cruisers, six in total were built of nine planned.
The third ship of the class was SDFS Searc, named in honour of the Goddess of Love, as the trend was in the SDF-Navy of the day. Built as a flagship for sloop-squadrons, fleet combattant, minelayer, escort vessel and convoy raider, SDFS Searc was built with the most advanced technologies of the day incorporated into her, including a very early radar set (which was later replaced by more advanced systems), welded hull, a new armour scheme, more anti-air armament as aircraft began to play a bigger and bigger role in naval warfare, a more streamlined hull and powerful diesel engines to achieve her incredible maximum speed of 40 knots during trials. A very good sea boat, which did not suffer from lee helm like the Rhiannon-class did, she was also highly maneuverable.
Her service history was marked with patrols, and, in quite a few cases, collisions, "kissing" on average one ship every two years, mostly ending with damages to the paintjobs. This brought her the reputation of being the SDF-Navy's Number One Kisser. She was updated a few times during her career and put out of commission in the 70s, scrapped in the late 70s.

OOC-section:
RP-sample: Here.
Have you read and understood the rules? Anchors and aweigh!

[Regria]

-snip-

Well, you see, she's kind of a 'fishbrain', not the smartest of girls, though she isn't clumsy and is incredibly tough so any accidental cuts she'll probably be able to buff out.

Also yep, that's a fish tail. A salmon tail, actually. Don't try chopping her up or she'll dice you in two with that massive Zweihander of hers. :L

[The Selkie]

-snip-

Well, you see, she's kind of a 'fishbrain', not the smartest of girls, though she isn't clumsy and is incredibly tough so any accidental cuts she'll probably be able to buff out.

Also yep, that's a fish tail. A salmon tail, actually. Don't try chopping her up or she'll dice you in two with that massive Zweihander of hers. :L

Awesome. She sounds like the kind of girl, that tanks everything and anything, both in taking and in giving out the damage. The Zweihänder is a nice touch, you don't often see women armed with one (at least I don't see them, so it could just be me).

[Regria]

-snip-

Yup! She's quite the warrior, also she doesn't carry the sword in a sheath, rather literally drags it along the ground tip-first, as she's strong enough to casually hold it and says a sheath is uncomfortable.

--Also, did I mention she stole that Zweihander off of a pirate who was looking to cut her up? And she was unarmed too, while fighting him! That is, until she took the sword and killed him with it.

[The Selkie]

-snip-

Yup! She's quite the warrior, also she doesn't carry the sword in a sheath, rather literally drags it along the ground tip-first, as she's strong enough to casually hold it and says a sheath is uncomfortable.

--Also, did I mention she stole that Zweihander off of a pirate who was looking to cut her up? And she was unarmed too, while fighting him! That is, until she took the sword and killed him with it.

Yep, definately sounds like a nice lassie! What about the pirate's crew?
But the way to carry it is going to blunt the sword, if she drags it around and it's going to be hell for the streets in question. And rather noisy, too.

[Regria]

-snip-

Well, most of them perished. Those who ran were spared, though.

--And yeah, I know. She'd probably stop dragging it along stuff like roads if told to, but in the dirt and grass (where she's originally gonna be accustomed to) she'll just do it because it's simpler. otherwise, she'll probably try to hold it another way. And with that brute strength and the Zweihander's weight, I doubt it'd make any difference. Think Cleaver vs. Combat Knife (if cutting meat, that is).

[The Selkie]

-snip-

Well, most of them perished. Those who ran were spared, though.

--And yeah, I know. She'd probably stop dragging it along stuff like roads if told to, but in the dirt and grass (where she's originally gonna be accustomed to) she'll just do it because it's simpler. otherwise, she'll probably try to hold it another way. And with that brute strength and the Zweihander's weight, I doubt it'd make any difference. Think Cleaver vs. Combat Knife (if cutting meat, that is).

I see. It'll make a difference, though, especially on a Zweihänder, mainly because it indeed has the mass (which is, by the way, rather small compared to what one would expect from a 2 metre hunk of metal beaten into a sword-form) to hurt someone even when blunt, yes, but it's better at hurting people, when its sharp - especially at hurting armoured opponents, like those pesky Pikemen, and opponents normally out of reach.
Due to their length, though, the Landsknechte mostly carried their Zweihänder over the shoulder, like a pike, and not in a sheath, like a shorter sword. Granted, we're in the Renaissance here and not in the Middle Ages, but it's worth noting.

[Regria]

-snip-

I know all of this to be true-- but the group would probably tell her to start doing that, listing off the advantages. And obviously with her naive fishbrained nature, she'd trust her friends' judgement and do so, since she knows she's not the smartest. :L

[The Selkie]

-snip-

I know all of this to be true-- but the group would probably tell her to start doing that, listing off the advantages. And obviously with her naive fishbrained nature, she'd trust her friends' judgement and do so, since she knows she's not the smartest. :L

She's honest with herself, I give her that. As is Brightbell, to return to the actual topic of this thread...
(Please imagine me smiling sheepishly at that.)

[Bentus]

Personell file - Operational Sector Wide Sea - South West

Name: SDFS Searc.
Type: Light Cruiser.
Class: Cailleach-class Light Cruiser.
Role: Minelayer, fleet combattant, escort vessel and merchant raider.
Nation of origin: The Free Lands of the Selkie.
Year commissioned: 1934.
Image or description of the ship girl/boy: Including the ears.
Gender: Female.
Character:

SDFS Searc is a flirt like none other, mostly for her own amusement, her target being male and female alike, rarely having a sexual interest in anyone. Much like other SDF-Navy Shippersons, she is an honest person, a very good dancer (though not a good musician) and a fierce fighter. She also loves to help smaller and bigger ship girls with their love-problems. In her free time, she practices archery.

Special abilities:

I call this Close Combat - The farther away Searc is from her enemy, the more comfortable she is and the more precise her shots are. If things get close and personal, she her accuracy diminishes.
The better part of Valour - In emergencies, SDFS Searc can bravely run away with a speed of up to 40 knots.

Technical Description of the vessel:

Technical Data
Displacement: 5,500 tons standard
Length (overall): 176.2 metres
Width: 15.02 metres
Draught: 5.3 metres
Propulsion: 100,000 shp, two shafts, diesel engines
Speed: 34 knots, 40 during trials
Complement: 351 sailors, plus a landing force of 100 men
Armament:

9x 135mm guns in 3 triple turrets,
12x 40mm AA-guns,
12x 533mm Torpedo Tubes (4x3),
250 mines or depth charges

Armour:

Deck 25mm,
Magazine 30mm,
Conning Tower 20mm

Notes: Radar.

As the Heavy Cruiser Programme of the SDF-Navy fell due to budget constrains and failure to find a shipyard willing or capable of building said cruisers, the SDF-Navy decided to build a vessel intermediate between the sloops in service since the 20s and the Rhiannon-class Light Cruisers - these became the Cailleach-class Light Cruisers, six in total were built of nine planned.
The third ship of the class was SDFS Searc, named in honour of the Goddess of Love, as the trend was in the SDF-Navy of the day. Built as a flagship for sloop-squadrons, fleet combattant, minelayer, escort vessel and convoy raider, SDFS Searc was built with the most advanced technologies of the day incorporated into her, including a very early radar set (which was later replaced by more advanced systems), welded hull, a new armour scheme, more anti-air armament as aircraft began to play a bigger and bigger role in naval warfare, a more streamlined hull and powerful diesel engines to achieve her incredible maximum speed of 40 knots during trials. A very good sea boat, which did not suffer from lee helm like the Rhiannon-class did, she was also highly maneuverable.
Her service history was marked with patrols, and, in quite a few cases, collisions, "kissing" on average one ship every two years, mostly ending with damages to the paintjobs. This brought her the reputation of being the SDF-Navy's Number One Kisser. She was updated a few times during her career and put out of commission in the 70s, scrapped in the late 70s.

OOC-section:
RP-sample: Here.
Have you read and understood the rules? Anchors and aweigh!

Opening post is up. @Selkie, I took some liberties with your new char but tried to keep things interpretable as Lewis' opinion to avoid Godmodding - if there's any issues just let me know and I can change things up!

[Legatia]

Personell file - Operational Sector Wide Sea - South West

Name: SDFS Searc.
Type: Light Cruiser.
Class: Cailleach-class Light Cruiser.
Role: Minelayer, fleet combattant, escort vessel and merchant raider.
Nation of origin: The Free Lands of the Selkie.
Year commissioned: 1934.
Image or description of the ship girl/boy: Including the ears.
Gender: Female.
Character:

SDFS Searc is a flirt like none other, mostly for her own amusement, her target being male and female alike, rarely having a sexual interest in anyone. Much like other SDF-Navy Shippersons, she is an honest person, a very good dancer (though not a good musician) and a fierce fighter. She also loves to help smaller and bigger ship girls with their love-problems. In her free time, she practices archery.

Special abilities:

I call this Close Combat - The farther away Searc is from her enemy, the more comfortable she is and the more precise her shots are. If things get close and personal, she her accuracy diminishes.
The better part of Valour - In emergencies, SDFS Searc can bravely run away with a speed of up to 40 knots.

Technical Description of the vessel:

Technical Data
Displacement: 5,500 tons standard
Length (overall): 176.2 metres
Width: 15.02 metres
Draught: 5.3 metres
Propulsion: 100,000 shp, two shafts, diesel engines
Speed: 34 knots, 40 during trials
Complement: 351 sailors, plus a landing force of 100 men
Armament:

9x 135mm guns in 3 triple turrets,
12x 40mm AA-guns,
12x 533mm Torpedo Tubes (4x3),
250 mines or depth charges

Armour:

Deck 25mm,
Magazine 30mm,
Conning Tower 20mm

Notes: Radar.

As the Heavy Cruiser Programme of the SDF-Navy fell due to budget constrains and failure to find a shipyard willing or capable of building said cruisers, the SDF-Navy decided to build a vessel intermediate between the sloops in service since the 20s and the Rhiannon-class Light Cruisers - these became the Cailleach-class Light Cruisers, six in total were built of nine planned.
The third ship of the class was SDFS Searc, named in honour of the Goddess of Love, as the trend was in the SDF-Navy of the day. Built as a flagship for sloop-squadrons, fleet combattant, minelayer, escort vessel and convoy raider, SDFS Searc was built with the most advanced technologies of the day incorporated into her, including a very early radar set (which was later replaced by more advanced systems), welded hull, a new armour scheme, more anti-air armament as aircraft began to play a bigger and bigger role in naval warfare, a more streamlined hull and powerful diesel engines to achieve her incredible maximum speed of 40 knots during trials. A very good sea boat, which did not suffer from lee helm like the Rhiannon-class did, she was also highly maneuverable.
Her service history was marked with patrols, and, in quite a few cases, collisions, "kissing" on average one ship every two years, mostly ending with damages to the paintjobs. This brought her the reputation of being the SDF-Navy's Number One Kisser. She was updated a few times during her career and put out of commission in the 70s, scrapped in the late 70s.

OOC-section:
RP-sample: Here.
Have you read and understood the rules? Anchors and aweigh!

Opening post is up. @Selkie, I took some liberties with your new char but tried to keep things interpretable as Lewis' opinion to avoid Godmodding - if there's any issues just let me know and I can change things up!

I'll get a response up to get to you, need to get out of that office anyway. I might forget, remind me if you need to.

[The Selkie]

Opening post is up. @Selkie, I took some liberties with your new char but tried to keep things interpretable as Lewis' opinion to avoid Godmodding - if there's any issues just let me know and I can change things up!

I'll get a response up to get to you, need to get out of that office anyway. I might forget, remind me if you need to.

I like the post, too, and actually, you hit much of what I had in mind about Searc's appearance perfectly. The two of them are rather opposites of each other, I'd say.

[North Arkana]

I've been kicking around aircraft ideas for Horizon's refitted air groups, and all aircraft and weapons meet the 1955 cut-off. Each refit, while bringing stronger aircraft, brings with it costs and trade-offs though, so I'm not trying to make them hilariously broken or anything.

Horizon's 1st refit loadout. Would be carried around the early 50s. Aircraft capacity would be a bit lower, and, fortunately, increased resource consumption to maintain the fighters would be balanced by the low consumption from the ASW bombers. Losing the Mk2Bs is a pretty large loss in striking power comparatively though, while her ASW abilities sky-rocket.

General characteristics
Crew: 1
Length: 12.2 m
Wingspan: 8.5 m
Height: 4.6 m
Wing area: 25 m²
Empty weight: 4750 kg
Loaded weight: 8400 kg
Max. takeoff weight: 11,150 kg
Powerplant: 1 x Mk52-8A turbojet engine, 50 kN dry thrust
Performance
Maximum speed: 600 knots
Combat Radius: 625 nmi
Range: 1700 nmi
Service ceiling: 13,000 m
Rate of climb: 50 m/s
Armament
Guns: 2 x 20mm Mk31 cannon (one in each wing-root)
Other: 5000 kg on 5 hardpoints (4 wing, 1 fuselage)
Notes: Carries fire control, search, and track radar

General characteristics
Crew: 4 (pilot, co-pilot, 2 x ASW technicians)
Length: 14 m
Wingspan: 22 m
Height: 5.5 m
Wing area: 45 m²
Empty weight: 8300 kg
Loaded weight: 10,650 kg
Max. takeoff weight: 12,000 kg
Powerplant: 2 × Aerial Technical Institute Mk82W radial engines, 1156 kW (1550 shp) each
Performance
Maximum speed: 260 knots
Cruising Speed: 130 knots
Range: 1200 nmi or 9 hours endurance
Service ceiling: 7000 m
Armament
Other: 2500 kg in internal bay and on 6 underwing hardpoints
Notes: Carries search and track radar

Horizon's final (for the scope of this RP) refit (1955 on the nose), aircraft loadout. Aircraft capacity would quite heavily be cut down from the number's she can carry currently (possibly severely depending how many Raiders she carries), and resource consumption would be phenomenal, Hotel levels even if she has to sorties mass groups of planes, in return for near unrivaled combat power.

General characteristics
Crew: 1
Length: 16.5 m
Wingspan: 11 m
Height: 4.8 m
Wing area: 35 m²
Empty weight: 7950 kg
Loaded weight: 13,000 kg
Max. takeoff weight: 15,000 kg
Powerplant: 1 × Aerial Technical Institute Mk57-20A turbojet, 50 kN dry thrust, 80 kN thrust with afterburner
Performance
Maximum speed: 1065 knots
Combat Radius: 450 nmi
Ferry Range: 1750 nmi
Service ceiling: 17,700 m
Rate of climb: 97 m/s
Armament
Guns: 4 x Mk31 20mm cannon in lower fuselage
Missiles: 4 x Mk9M infrared homing missiles on Y-pylons
Other:

2 x Y-pylons (one on each side of fuselage), compatible with rockets/missiles
2 x underwing pylon stations with capacity of 2000 kg total

Notes: Carries fire control, search, and track radar

General characteristics
Crew: 3
Length: 23.25 m
Wingspan: 22.1 m
Height: 6.96 m
Wing area: 75.5 m²
Empty weight: 17,850 kg
Loaded weight: 31,750 kg
Max. takeoff weight: 37,200 kg
Powerplant: 2 × Aerial Technical Institute Mk57-10 turbojet, 50 kN dry thrust, 55 kN thrust with water injection
Performance
Maximum speed: 530 knots
Cruise Speed: 455 knots
Range: 1800 nmi
Service ceiling: 12,500 m
Armament
Guns: 2 x Mk31 20mm cannon in tail
Other: 6000 kg of ordnance
Notes: Carries search and track radar

I'll need to work over the actual refit for Horizon itself though, as she'll probably end up trading in a whole bunch of her guns for the air group refits. Her flight deck would also have to receive modifications, especially for the 1955 refit.