The year is 2087, and man has conquered the last frontier, with the invention of the hyperburst FTL travel system, the forces of earth traveled through their stars, crushing less advanced species under their mighty dreadnaughts. That was 20 years ago, now- governments and faction rules over planets and artificial space stations, trade and blockades, war and peace. But if the average space travels beyond the borders of these nations and factions he/she would exposed to a more...unconventional sector of civilized space, the outer rim. A ring of 'unclaimed' space that surrounds the posh hive-cities of Mars and the toxic atmosphere of paradise worlds-turned-factories, the outer rim is where the corporations and other esteemed business institutions gather, they wage war, they build colonies, but most importantly- they harvest resources. United Titanium Works Co. (UTWc) is one of those corporations, holding a decent amount of colonies, working away at harvesting iron and other minerals and resources for the growth of their corporation, and their fleets pf agile destroyers and might battleships sailing through the void, expanding into the very outer reaches of the quadrant, until they discover the planet that will seal UTW's future
It was a perfect planet, a paradise, they call it, the only one in the system, beautiful yellow dwarf sun, a moon seeming attracted to the planet just by it' looks, the fleet lands on the planet, and establishes the colony of Santa pierra, and naming the planet Gaius. Two years later, UTW's other mining planets were running low on natural resources to mine, and it was decided A prospecting ship will head to Gaius and scan for any resources located there, the ship arrived at orbit, scanned the surface, and found a jackpot of minerals below the surface of Gaius, after recieving the news, corporate quickly decided to designate Santa pierra as a mining colony, and became one of the top exporters of natural resources to UTW.
However, things were not as happy and raises as it seemed to corporate, as mining on Gaius proved to be difficult (as the ore and such was positioned ver deep into the crust), and deadly (as tunnels frequently run the risk of collapsing), And after a large tunnel collapse that killed a considerable number of miners, the people decided that it would be better to rule the planet on their own, and overpowered the underequipped and understaffed Defense force guarding (now a city) Santa pierra, UTW' security forces from other sectors of their territory would be responded to the coup, but with UTW on the brink of war agianst neighbouring corporations, they were ordered to hold, leaving the planet in it's own devices, the system under a quarantine, and UTE being forced to look for other planets rich in minerals.
Five years later, after a cold war and the eventual dissolution of UTW' srivals, corporate was consolidating their assets, reviewing what they had left after the struggle between the two powers, when the word Santa Pierra popped up on the Board of director's radar. Apparently- during these past years, Gaius was under the rule of a isolationist dictator who calls himself "the director" a few days ago, rumor began to spread that the director has perished, and Gaius, including the megacity of Santa pierra- was in turmoil.
This was a good opportunity to retake the planet, they needed a extra mining colony or two nowadays, but corporate still needed their fleets to reinforce security forces in their other resource processing plants and mining colonies to in another sector of their territory, and so- the desicion was made, the majority of UTW security fleets will be heading towards the colonies awaiting reinforcement, and a small carrier battlegroup will wait at port for 'special assistance', Mercanaries.
These people always serve the highest bidder, and with the Director imposing economicly regressive policies, Gaius was under no position to contract mercaney groups to fight, UTW took advantage of that, and began recruiting ragtag and organized groups of mercenaries, young or old, big or small, rookie to veteran- to come foward, join the fleet, and get rich, and many mercenaries, some commanding destroyers, some fighter squadrons, some marines, answered the call, and rallied at the battkegroup's position, and now, under the carrier flagship Ennis, the pilots onboard both security force and contracted, prepares for battle. Some of those pilots are of the 15th merchantile attack squadron, squadron name: "Excalibur", and they were offered a document, whose name will other ring in the bells of history in the years to come, or become a obscure piece of garbage that nobody really cares about, this document's name....
Contract-857
And you, were handed that document.
OOC
A break from the RPG format, and a dive into more interesting things, welcome all, to Contract-857, where players will Rp as the infamous 15th merchantile squadron, who forged their legacy during the campaign to retake the Paradise planet of Gaius from rebel hands, or die pathetically, either way, expect some ace combat-ty stuff, briefings, Dialogue and whatnot, enjoy!
Rules
*No godmodding, obviously
*refrain from performing not so familly friendly things
*Respect the OP/COOP's word, it's law
*NATO/US brevity codes, use them, know them https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multise ... evity_code
*All kills will be determined by the OP/COOp, if you have any concerns of Bias, contact the OP via telegram
*All kills will be recorded onto a public google spreadsheet, no need to record it yourself in a seperate topic
*have fun
Application
- Code: Select all
Name:
Sex:
Appearance (picture optional):
Bio:
Strengths :
Flaws:
Select starter aircraft-
AdF-15 "dominion" ( )
Daak-10 "gunner" ( )
UTaS-67 "rooker" ( )
By signing this, you agree that United Titanium works incorporated is not held responsible for any war crimes or collateral damage during the contract, and thus, will not be distributing legal fees for merchantile personnel accused of War crimes or crimes agianst humanity.
Map
Over the past few weeks, UTW's millitary intelligence branch has launched several UAVs to scan Gaius' surface, most of them never returned, but they were able to get a general locations of points of interest, please note that there might be more areas and points of interest than the UAVs have pointed out
Red indicates the location of the Santa pierra megacity
Yellow indicates industrial centers/mining/agricultural facilities
Green indicates millitary complexes
Blue indicates Anti-orbital batteries
Black indicates Abandoned areas that used to (at some capcaity) contian civilians or millitary personnel.
Aircraft
The stars of the show, UTW requires each mercnary pilot to at least have one available aircraft if they wish to join the campaign, however, they're not totally heartless, and will provide a Starter tier aircraft of any kind to pilots without one
S-tarter tier baby's first plane!
AdF-15 "Dominion" aerial superiority fighter
ARMOR: [☆] [☆] [ ] [ ] [ ]
MANUVER: [☆] [☆] [ ] [ ] [ ]
SPEED: [☆] [☆] [☆] [ ] [ ]
HARDPOINTS-
*2× internal
*4x external pylons
R. JAMMER- Y
DaaK-10 "Gunner" Heavy attack aircraft
ARMOR: [☆] [☆] [ ] [ ] [ ]
MANUVER: [☆] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
SPEED: [☆] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
HARDPOINTS-
*1x internal
*4× external pylons
COUNTERMEASURES- Y
UTaS-67 "Rooker" Universal trainer, advanced speed
ARMOR: [☆] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
MANUVER: [☆] [☆] [ ] [ ] [ ]
SPEED: [☆] [☆] [☆] [ ] [ ]
HARDPOINTS-
*2x internal
*2x external pylons
COUNTERMEASURES- Y
I-ntermediate Tier getting serious, eh?
HShM-5 "Breacher" High speed high maneuver
16,500 credits
ARMOR: [☆] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
MANUVER: [☆] [☆] [☆] [ ] [ ]
SPEED: [☆] [☆] [☆] [☆] [ ]
HARDPOINTS-
*3x internal
*2x external pylons
PSM- Y
HaLD-8 "highghost" Hi-agillity low detect
17,000 credits
ARMOR: [☆] [☆] [ ] [ ] [ ]
MANUVER: [☆] [☆] [☆] [ ] [ ]
SPEED: [☆] [☆] [☆] [ ] [ ]
STEALTH: [☆] [☆] [ ] [ ] [ ]
HARDPOINTS-
*2x Internal
*2x external pylons
*1x bomb bay (5 bombs max)
R. JAMMER- Y
MRSI-29 "guardian" Medium Range Saiga Interceptor
20,500 credits
ARMOR: [☆] [☆] [ ] [ ] [ ]
MANUVER: [☆] [☆] [☆] [ ] [ ]
SPEED: [☆] [☆] [☆] [ ] [ ]
HARDPOINTS-
*2x internal
*6x external Pylons
INT. PULSE- Y
DaaK-25 "Wyvern" Special Long Range Fighter
25,000 credits
ARMOR: [☆] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
MANUVER: [☆] [☆] [☆] [☆] [ ]
SPEED: [☆] [☆] [☆] [☆] [ ]
HARDPOINTS-
*1x internal
*8x external Pylons
COUNTERMEASUERS- Y
E-xpert Tier the serious stuff
HCMA-08 "Ranker" High capability, Mutirole aircraft
30,000 credits
ARMOR: [☆] [☆] [☆] [ ] [ ]
MANUVER: [☆] [☆] [☆] [ ] [ ]
SPEED: [☆] [☆] [☆] [ ] [ ]
HARDPOINTS-
*4x Internal
*12x External Pylons
EMP PULSE- Y
HCG-1 "firestarter" High capacity Gunship
45,000 credits
ARMOR: [☆] [☆] [☆] [☆] [☆]
MANUVER: [☆] [☆] [ ] [ ] [ ]
SPEED: [☆] [☆] [ ] [ ] [ ]
HARDPOINTS-
*4x Internal
*14x external pylons
*1x bomb bay (2 bombs max)
EMG. AFTERBURNERS- Y
SAC-48 "dart" Small Aerial Attack Craft
50,000
ARMOR: [☆] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
MANUVER: [☆] [☆] [☆] [☆] [☆]
SPEED: [☆] [☆] [☆] [☆] [☆]
HARDPOINTS-
*1 internal
*4 External pylons
PSM- Y
Lighter and more agile aircraft like the HsHM-5 is light armed and armored with no countermeasures, but their high speed and maneuverability, along with their capability of performing PSM (Post Stall Manuvers) makes them able to doge missles and evade a enemy lock.
For a more Flexible aircraft, Mutirole fighters like the AdF-15 and HCMA-08 are well-rounded, but capable aircraft, equipped with countermeasure dispenser, they are able to deny the enemy of their fire-and-forget strategy, and the AdF-15 with their on-board radar jammer, that fires off a pulse ofable to scramble any attempts of a radar lock on her, temporarily (15secs) immune to radar locks, with a recharging cycle of 5 minutes.
But if you want to bring the heat, The more heavier HCG-1 and DaaK-10 has enough armor and weapons to obliterate a small village, at the expense of your maneuverability and speed, The HCG-1 is equipped with emergency afterburners to temporarily increase your speed, and the DaaK-10 is equipped with your standard countermeasures.
Other, more interesting fighters, such as the HaLD-8 and the MRSI-29, use special technology to their advantage, The HaLD-8's more advanced radar jammers allows him to be hard to detect at medium-to-low altitudes, and the MRSI's interdiction pulse has a special avionics installed on the aircraft' nose, this will fire a pulse that somehow decreases the target's maneuverability and speed, making them easier to hit, but it can only be used once per sortie.
Note that you will only have ONE Starter tier aircraft and cannot acquire more for the duration of the RP
Armaments
UTW provides mercenary pilots with the arms they produce, fre of charge- all they need to have is the plane with the appropriate hard points
Missles
HARDPOINTS- external pylons
XAK-4 Mutiversal missle, active radar
AAMH-3 Air-to-air, passive radar
GSM-90 Air-to-ground, passive radar
GAR-D cluster, 4 target, air-to-air, active radar
Cannons
HARDPOINT- internal fittings
OA-6 "razor"
Munition- 55mm HEIAP rounds
Rate of fire- 2000 rounds/minute
OA-9 "highball"
Munition- Depelted uranium "Slug" rounds
Rate of fire- 500/minute
The OA-6 "razor" is your standard rotary cannon with a high rate of fire, the OA-9 however, fires Depleted uranium slugs, thus able to deal more damage to the target than the QA-6 despite it's low rate of fire.
Bombs
50 pounds, unguided
100 pounds, unguided
Deep penetrating, 150 pounds, laser guided
Compressed napalm warhead(CNW), 175 pounds, laser Guided
Anti-armor tungsten warhead, 190 pounds, laser guided.
Bounties
Along with rewards for a job well done, UTW also distribute extra rewards for each Rebel unit destroyed, these rewards are called "bounties"
Infantry (platoon)- 500 credits
Millitar infastructure (barracks, hangars, etc.)- 600 credits
Armored vehicles- 750 credits
Boats- 800 credits
Artillery peices- 1,000 credits
Frigates- 1,500 credits
Pillboxes- 2,000 credits
AA guns- 2,500 credits
SAM systems- 3,000
Destroyers- 3,500 credits
Fortifications- 4,000 credits
S tier aircraft- 5,000 credits
I tier aircraft- 7,000 credits
A tier aircraft- 10,000 credits
Orbital guns- 15,000 credits
Enemy ace- ??? credits
The records
Always open for Applications, come in in!
