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Imagine if you took Homer's Odyssey and applied it to a modern setting in the Middle East. A squad gets lost, separated from their unit, or otherwise find themselves in such a situation that they now have to try to find their way back to friendly territory. They could come across any number of things in the meantime. Hostile forces, friendly natives, a herd of camels, who knows? Hell, I might even throw in a couple of vaguely supernatural elements for shits and giggles. Regardless, their objective is simple. They just have to get out of no man's land and find their way back to friendly territory.

For the sake of this RP, I want to point out that I want to try to aim more towards realism as far as characters are concerned. For the most part, your characters aren't going to be super soldiers. You're just a squad of infantrymen; most of you probably won't even have any weapons besides either an M-16 or an M-4; maybe a sidearm. We'll probably have one machinegunner, a medic, possibly a grenadier, and MAYBE a designated marksman, but understand that most infantry squads are about 70% composed of your average, joe-blow rifleman and may or may not contain any of the above mentioned assets. That being said, I'm thinking the ideal size will be 8 people for this RP.

Obviously, this is pretty early in the planning stages, and I'm just feeling the waters. This is, after all, an interest check. So who would be interested?
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so the TV show American Odyssey?

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Oh, umm... yeah, kinda, sorta, probably, pretty much. (Fuckers stole my fucking idea!)
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I'd join this.

especially if there are some vaguely mysterious elements. i love that shit
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Alright, so we've got two takers as of right now? Anyone else gonna hop on?
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im still down. i would like to play a character similar to myself though; i did inventory and supply in Iraq. However, clerks still had to do guard duty and supply runs outside the camp just like infantry sometimes, so my character could just be attached to the squad for some clerical reason. or maybe he's on a mission with two escorts? if not, i can play a typical grunt
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Interested.
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Hey, are female characters accepted? However I'm basically referring to a skin head female character, rather male like and masculine, women are currently now allowed in combat roles within the U.S military. Just curious.
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just be a Marine.
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@Infamous Empath This would be an infantry squad. I suppose it wouldn't be unrealistic to have a unit that isn't strictly a combatant, and could make the RP interesting. I will be relying on your knowledge, because I myself am still a noob in the Air Force, and that being said, I am in the Air Force. Let's be honest, my combat knowledge is limited to basic weapons training, and whatever I've heard from my friends in Sec-Fo.

@Icepick They aren't? I think, if nothing else, you could be a medic, but I'll accept a female character regardless.

That being said, apologies for the lack of updates. I've been really busy this weekend. Glad to see interest pick up a little bit. I'm pretty tired right now, but I'm going to start working on an OOC thread, as well as a CS template. I'll try to have it up no later than tomorrow night. 5 people is a more than sufficient starting point, so yeah, let's get this train rolling.
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Is this still open? Colour me interested!
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sure. and i worked with some Air Force, Navy, Marine, and National Guard units in Iraq too. we're all in the same mess. (meaning crap, not dining facility).
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@Infamous Empath Kinda figured, lol.

@Dbird2 Absolutely. I'm working on an OOC and character template as we speak.
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I was an 0311 Rifleman in the marine corps 2006-2010, 2 combat pumps under my belt...I'm interested
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Hell, I might even throw in a couple of vaguely supernatural elements for shits and giggles.

>Implying this is not a surprisingly regular occurrence.

Digressing, this is a novel concept that I do not think I have heard done before on the Guild or even mentioned. If you plan on including some aspects of the unexplained, do inform me.
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I'm interested! However for the seasoned veterans in here I won't know the correct terminology for things... You know... Still interested.
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Absolutely interested. I'm a big fan of modern combat fiction, so this is right up there for me.

What branch of service is our group?
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I would say it might vary greatly depending on just who the group is, @Drazah. I would say thus far it seems to be half and half.
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im still interested, though my IC posts may be like once or twice a week
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@TheMadAsshatter, any word on if you still intend to proceed with this?
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