The Lucifer Effect: How Good People Turn Evil (MT/KY/OOC)

[Palmyrion]

Palmyrion Presents...

A deep dive into how good people turn evil...

THE LUCIFER EFFECT

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Or, how good people turn evil.

This is not me locked up with you...you are locked up with me.

In 1971, Stanford University professor Philip Zimbardo launched an experiment now known today as the Stanford Prison Experiment. 24 subjects, all without criminal backgrounds, psychological impairments, or medical problems, were randomly assigned as "prison guards" and "prisoners" for a one-week experiment. It quickly went awry, as the prison guards started mistreating the prisoners; on the sixth day, the experiment was stopped.

Eight years later in 1979, the Ancorians invaded the Royal Commonwealth, sacking the fertile lands of the Federal Republic of Cagayan until they were repulsed and driven back to whence they came from in 1982. Men, women, and children were all brutalized by the Ancorian horde, stopped only in their southward advance by the Sierra Madre Mountain Range, the city of Tuguegarao at the delta of the Cagayan River, and by the countless brave Palmyrians who laid their lives in defence of the Royal Commonwealth. The Cagayan Valley region, once Palmyrion's prided breadbasket and the regional pinnacle of the food industry, never fully recovered, the area still plagued by Buddhist, Catholic, and Communist rebels.

It is now the year 2022. The geopolitical situation looks dire, with masses of troops at both sides of the Palmyro-Ancorian border. The Royal Commonwealth faces northeast in anticipation of an Ancorian invasion, as they clear the area of Buddhist insurgents and Communist rebels. Stability in the region is now teetering at the edge of a precipice, and it seems there is no peaceful way to defuse the situation.

Faced with financial problems about funding her stay in medical school, a young woman was left with no choice but to join the military in perhaps the least violent role she could possibly serve in: as a combat medic. Two years on in her service, would she learn to reconsider her obstinate abhorrence to violence? How would she swallow the harsh reality that sometimes protecting a life can be at the expense of another? Last but not the least, would she soon embrace - and relish - violence?

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Greetings, NS, it is I, Palmyrion, bringing you a roleplay that features a deep dive into one of humanity's biggest questions about moral attitudes: how do good people turn evil?

As per the intention of this RP, it would revolve significantly around character roleplays, but at the same time would also feature your classic roleplaying of troop movements. Your character RPs would revolve around the perspectives of your individual characters, but don't forget: at the end of the day, this is still a military RP, so please roleplay the movement of military assets such as divisions, brigades, what have you.

Here's the application for the RP. This application is mostly for archiving and tracking purposes.

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[b]Name of RPer:[/b]
[type here] [state or non-state actor?]

[b]A rough description of your in-theater assets (ORBAT optional but recommended)[/b]
[type here]

[b]What is your state or non-state actor doing here?[/b]
[type here]
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[b]Name of Character:[/b]
[b]Sex:[/b]
[b]Date of Birth:[/b]
[b]Place of Birth:[/b]
[b]Height:[/b]
[b]Weight:[/b]
[b]Blood Type:[/b]
[b]Curriculum Vitae[/b]
[b]Loadout:[/b] (optional)

[Svadyetsk]

Name of RPer:
The United Soviet States of Svadyetsk/Rebel militia group Name TBD State/Non-State

A rough description of your in-theater assets (ORBAT optional but recommended)
Special Purpose Unit 'Vikhr', Spetsnaz GRU of the People's Armed Forces

> Vikhr 1- Captain Alexei Mishkin, unit commander. (Rifle w/ UBGL, pistol, knife, garrotte, grenades)
Team 1
> Vikhr 2- 2IC/Leader, Team 1. (Rifle w/ UBGL, pistol, knife, garrotte, grenades)
> Vikhr 3- Machine Gunner. (SAW, pistol, knife, grenades)
> Vikhr 4- Machine Gunner's assistant. (Rifle w/ UBGL, pistol, knife, grenades)
> Vikhr 5- Rifleman. (Rifle w/ UBGL, pistol, knife, garrotte, grenades)
Team 2
> Vikhr 6- Leader, Team 2. (Rifle w/ UBGL, pistol, knife, garrotte, grenades)
> Vikhr 7- Grenadier. (RPG-7 equivalent, carbine PDW, knife, grenades, demolition charges)
> Vikhr 8- Rifleman. (Rifle w/ UBGL, pistol, knife, garrotte, grenades)
> Vikhr 9- Rifleman/Medic. (Rifle w/ UBGL, pistol, knife, grenades)
Sniper Team
> Vikhr 10- Security. (SAW, pistol, knife, garrotte, grenades)
> Vikhr 11- Sniper. (Sniper rifle, pistol, knife, garrotte, grenades)
> Vikhr 12- Spotter. (DMR, pistol, knife, garrotte, grenades)
Spare kit: 2x DMR, 1x Sniper rifle, spare explosives/ammo

Vladimir Ivanovsky, a rogue GUVD agent.
>A disturbingly large cache of arms distributed around the Ancor-Palmyri border region, the locations of which are in the possession of Mr Ivanovsky.

Marianna 'Morn' Davies, a reluctantly reactivated asset of a GUVD black-ops programme.

What is your state or non-state actor doing here?
Over a decade ago, the State Directorate of Internal Affairs(GUVD) put into operation a plan to arm anti-government elements in Palmyrion in the event that the country posed a threat to the United Soviet States of Svadyetsk. Years after the operation's start, Major Vladimir Ivanovsky of the GUVD has become dissatisfied with the fact that the operation which he has dedicated years of his life continues merely to build up the clandestine arms stockpiles across Palmyrion, stockpiles which he believes the Soviet government will never actually put into rebel hands. So Ivanovsky will take matters into his own hands and do it himself.

And, of course, the Soviet government will try to stop him.

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Name of Character: Vladimir Alexsandrovich Ivanovsky (Michael Cox)
Sex: Male
Date of Birth: February 14th, 1970
Place of Birth: Sieverokholovsk, Kholovsk Oblast, United Soviet States of Svadyetsk
Height: 176 cm
Weight: 82 kilograms
Blood Type: A+
Curriculum Vitae
Commanding Officer, Operation Shattered Union, 2009-present
Major, Special Services Department of the State Directorate of Internal Affairs, 2001-present
Lieutenant, promoted as far as Captain, Foreign Intelligence Service of the State Directorate of Internal Affairs, 1983-2001
Graduate, Higher Education School of GUVD
Loadout: (optional)

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Name of Character: Marina Feodorovna Davidova (Marianna 'Morn' Davies)
Sex: Female
Date of Birth: September 3rd, 1993
Place of Birth: Yeremenko Memorial Hospital, Duovograd (Cover ID has forged birth documentation stating she was born in a hospital of little note in the Eulabian Union)
Height: 170 cm
Weight: 70 kilograms
Blood Type: AB
Curriculum Vitae
Primary School Teacher, (name pending), 2019-present
Bachelor of Education, Duovograd University, 2015-2019
(Cover ID has relevant forged educational credentials/qualifications from the Eulabian Union)
Project SPECTRE, GUVD sleeper agent programme, 2001-2014
Resident, Duovograd Institute for Juvenile Care 1997-2001
Loadout: (optional)

[Polish Prussian Commonwealth]

Soon.

[Palmyrion]

Name of RPer:
Palmyrion (state actor)

A rough description of your in-theater assets (ORBAT optional but recommended)
A mountain infantry division at the pass itself, plus two infantry divisions and two mechanized divisions ready to hold Cagayan Valley should the pass be breached. The Cordilleran Mountain Infantry Corps, comprised of three elite mountain infantry divisions, is situated in the nearby Cordilleran Federal Republic to the west. Army air defence assets include a strategic air defence regiment, alongside organic air defence assets situated in manoeuvre divisions. Air force assets in northern Palmyrion include eight wings of fighters, two strategic support wings, eight hunter-killer wings, and two spectrum warfare wings.

What is your state or non-state actor doing here?
I'm 1/2 of the equation that is Palmyro-Ancorian border conflict. Palmyrion is shifting to a "sustainable war" doctrine against Ancor, citing the need to keep Ancor actively contained while minimizing the risk of collateral damage.

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PALMYRIAN ARMY PERSONNEL FILE
CONFIDENTIAL - FOR EYES ONLY
SN 2020-893245617

; NAME: Evy Santillan
; KNOWN ALIASES: Eve, Effie
; SEX: FEMALE
; D.O.B.: 02/AUGUST/1999
; PLACE OF BIRTH: Pagadian, Zamboanga del Sur County, Province of Zamboanga, Islamic Republic of Sultan Osmalik
; HEIGHT: 155cm
; WEIGHT: 55kg
; BLOOD TYPE: B+
; RANK: Private First Class
; CURRICULUM VITAE:
  *Combat Medic, 1st Plt A Coy 2Bn, 897 Mtn Bde, 223 Mtn Div (2021-present)
  *INTARMED, UP Aragon (2018-2020)
  *Palmyrian Science High School - Sultan Osmalik Campus (2012-2018)
  *St. Theresa Elementary School (2006-2012)

ARMOURY PREFERENCES
; AR.101 - Standard Issue Combat Kit
   *Cherrytronic ISN-PEQ.10 ITPIAL Module
   *Cherrytronic PTO-M1 4x32 Combat Optic
   *Tiglao Arsenal Muzzle Brake
   *De Leon Two-Point Sling
   *Adhoc additions: makeshift grip tape, jungle-taped magazines

PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILE
; COMMON DESCRIPTORS: Pacifistic, meek, tenderhearted, energetic
; MORALITY: Strong, if obstinate, insistence on non-violence;
            abhorrence of violence used as a citation for assignment as combat medic;
            slightly less obstinate on other sociopolitically polarizing issues
; POLITICAL AFF: Commonly sympathizes with the Social Democratic Party.
; RELIGIOUS AFF: Roman Catholic
; STABILITY: Relatively stable, performed well in Care Under Fire and TC3 exercises.
; MBTI PERS: INFJ-A

[New Aeyariss]

Name of RPer: New Aeyariss
Non-Sate Actor - Dhoy People's Liberation Army - South

A rough description of your in-theater assets (ORBAT optional but recommended)
The entire strength of DPLA - S is about 5 000 men, split into 5 regiments, each attached to a specific area of operation. The regiments run their own supply and training.


What is your state or non-state actor doing here?: Fighting for Dhoy People's Independence from both Ancor and Palmyrion.

DPLA-S is led by Lt. Gen. Chaiyan Serk, a Ancorian-born man who wishes for independence of his people. DPLA - S is also famed for it's opposition against drug trade, having a custom of setting drug dealers on fire.

DPLA itself was found by Gen. Linn Zeyar in 1999, in wake of Ancorian government's cancellation of Dhoy autonomy and policy of "all Dai are one and Buddhist", as a response to forceful conversion of Dhoy people from Christianity to Buddhism. It was during that war that Serk, a former Ancorian army major, gained his fame as a man of both large moral compass and extremely skilled commander.

In 2003, the organisation was pushed out of Ancor, but managed to save itself by moving to rugged border areas. Increased involvement in Drug trade led to conflict with Palmyri government, as well as an internal split. In 2008, Gen. Serk refused to accepted Zeyar's command. DPLA then split into "Southern" and "Northern" factions. Guerilla war against the Palmyri state and inter-fraction infighting have been a norm ever since.

[Bashriyyan Arab Islamic Republic]

Name of RPer:
Palmyrian Loyalist Volunteer Legion (non-state actor)


A rough description of your in-theater assets (ORBAT optional but recommended)
200 mercenaries (former military) with weapons and explosives sourced from local sources, financed by over-seas supporters.

What is your state or non-state actor doing here?
To engage in acts of terror to radicalize the majority population against the various religious and ethnic minorities. To promote the ideology of Palmyrian supremacy and Enlightened Imperialism via agitprop and false flag acts of terror.

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Name of Character: Lt Colonel Migel Aquinas
Sex: Male
Date of Birth: October 25th 1950
Place of Birth: Aragon
Height: 5'7
Weight: 159 lbs
Blood Type: O
Curriculum Vitae Phd in Criminal Investigation, Phd in Political Science, Bachelors in Law, Decorated Psy-Ops officer in the war with Ancor. Successful businessman, thinker and innovator.
Loadout: Browning High-Power pistol, Krinkov assault rifle