This is an RP I tried a couple years back, but I was inexperienced and made a lot of mistakes along the way that ultimately made it die an early death. I've learned a lot since then and I still believe the basic plot is sound, though, so I think I'd like to take a crack at it again.

Basically, this is set in a "Next Sunday AD" future where giant monsters of all sizes and shapes have begun to crawl from the oceans, descend from the skies, and emerge from the forests. Naturally these visits result in a huge amount of death and destruction. Because this is starting off in our modern day, big ol' mecha, death rays, and the like are not yet available- this is such a new thing that no one is really sure how to react yet. Military and police forces are still trying to work out the best response, scientists and engineers are trying to work out how to understand or fight the enemy. Not to mention the consequences for international trade and diplomacy- imagine what might come of a monster attack right on the border between North and South Korea, for instance.

This is where you guys come in. The United Nations (or some similar body) has gathered a small group of scientists, soldiers, pilots, engineers, firefighters, doctors, diplomats, all sorts of experts. Their job is simply to travel the world, wherever a kaiju attack is happening, and advise the local authorities on how to handle it. The people in the Godzilla movies who evacuate Tokyo, lead tanks into battle, and unveil some kind of new eleventh-hour superweapon? You're them. It's up to you to figure out how to react to this new threat and get the squabbling nations of the world to follow your lead. Eventually, depending on you in-game actions, you might be able to roll out big ol' mecha and death rays- your actions change the world around you.

There's something for everyone in this RP- military action, science fiction, interpersonal relationships, world travel, and so on. I want to realistically explore the consequences of giant monsters rising from the depths, but in a fun way.

Any thoughts? Questions? Comments? Suggestions? This is still mostly conceptual but I'd love to have your feedback and ideas!

Honestly it's interesting to see how we would start to fight giant monsters but word of advice don't use the word kaiju cause that suggests a pacific rim idea.

The word kaiju predates Pacific Rim by decades.

Sounds interesting. I'm down

I mean no offense in just saying when I hear kaiju I immediately think pacific rim

I'm sorry if I seemed snippy, wasn't my intent. Just saying that it's a general term and it doesn't make much sense to limit ourselves to a single work that happened to use it.

Fair point

@Polyphemus Ok, can I be a 'bad guy' and try to capture the kaiju and make them slaves/mind control them? Can I make a character who may want to help the kaiju? How many characters are allowed?

@Polyphemus Ok, can I be a 'bad guy' and try to capture the kaiju and make them slaves/mind control them? Can I make a character who may want to help the kaiju? How many characters are allowed?

Good questions! What I have in mind is all the player characters being on the same team, but that doesn't mean they all have to have the same ideas and opinions regarding kaiju. So to use the examples you bring up, there's absolutely no reason your character can't have ulterior or altruistic motives. You could easily be a mad scientist or a kaiju rights activist- both sound like great characters!

As far as character limit, hadn't really thought about it to be honest. I'm thinking I might cap it at three just to keep things from getting too unwieldy.

@Polyphemus Ok cool. I have a few ideas then.

A few suggested roles if people are unsure what kind of character to create. This is by no means an exhaustive checklist where every niche has to be claimed and filled, it's meant more to give people an idea of the kind of roles that might be helpful on a team devoted to countering giant monster attacks.

Military personnel- officers from land, sea, and air branches to coordinate with the locals and work out the best weapons and tactics to bring into play in combat. Keep in mind you'd have to work with what the country under attack has available- not every country can whistle up massive amounts of firepower. Some don't even have military forces.

Emergency management- Someone with experience in efforts like evacuations, putting out fires, treating massive numbers of wounded, digging survivors out of rubble, handling chemical spills, that sort of thing. Maybe they come from a large city's fire department or something like Germany's THW. Same issues as above, so quick thinking and improvisation are key again.

Biologist/ zoologist- Definitely handy if you want to understand these new animals. Analyzing behavior and functions of kaiju, a new science. This is far from a rear-echelon role, expect to get up close and personal with the beasts.

Engineer- The person responsible for building the tools to deal with this new threat. Don't expect to roll out Mazinger Z in a week, though- there's bound to be prototypes, testing, trial-and-error.

Hopefully that gets some ideas flowing!

Okay, cool. I was personally thinking of putting dibs on a biologist/chemist type role, if that's okay

Absolutely! We're not limited to just one person in any particular role, either, it's always good to have multiple ideas and opinions going around!

Coolio. I've got quite a few ideas stewing about then

If we can call spots note then I'd call engineer

Well, it looks like we got enough people to start with, so I'll start putting the thread together. Of course, the more the merrier, so if you're only just now seeing this we'd be happy to have you!

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Alright, guys, thanks for your patience. The OOC is now up.