Setting:
This RP will take place in an Alternate Universe of the beloved world of One Piece. Aside from the Legendary Roger, who will be mostly irrelevant beyond his influence in starting the Pirate Age, there will be no Canon characters present. Aside from what’s noted here, the setting is largely as you are familiar with from the series proper.
The Tech:Before Roger became the King Of Pirates, the black liquid was found in the new world, and was soon taken hold off by the World Government and a few other factions, thus beginning an industrialization of the world that changed many things. The world has it’s fair share of machinery most could not even have imagined, engines that transport the biggest ships, making it possible to sail even when there is no wind at all, and factories that can create weapons en masse.
Not to mention the more luxurious items, such as motorized personal vehicles. Single person vehicles, such as motorcycles are the most common, but trains that run off of oil or coal are not unknown in bigger and richer kingdoms.
The New WorldThe second half of The Grand Line, The New World is the final frontier of the world, where the strongest of the strongest duke it out to try determine who is top dog. It is absolute chaos at times, yet at other times can be deceptively calm, allowing civilians to live out their lives just fine on many islands. Many islands in the New World that sustain life are kept as territory by one of the powers that be, whom protect their keep. But in the tumultuous New World, entire kingdoms can be toppled overnight simply because some forces decided to throw their weight around, leaving nothing but destruction in their wake. Due to the harshness of The New World, the first half of the Grand Line is often called “Paradise” when comparing the two, making this sea a Purgatory.
It is ruled by the three strongest Pirates in the world, the Emperors, fighting for territory between one another, all of them trying to grasp the One Piece, Roger’s treasure. The World Government also has a rather powerful presence here, though, due to the inflammatory relationship between the three Emperors, the world government rarely finds it necessary to send in heavy troops into The New World, instead focusing on keeping newer pirates out, by keeping them in Paradise.
The NavyMarineford, the Headquarters of the Marines is located in the middle of the Grandline, an almost impenetrable fortress, and since the 5 year war, following Roger’s Death, they have had control over the only two main entrances into The New World, due to them having control of Fishman Island, that is located directly under Marineford. Due to them achieving control of Fishman Island, they keep a lot of newer Pirates out of The New World making it into kind of a quarantine for the worst of the worst to duke it out, only sending in heavy troops to handle massive threats.
The G5 The G5 are a special force within the Marines, they are one of the few bases permanently placed in the New World, and is as such supposed to comply with many duties, such as scouting and tracking pirate activity, letting HQ know if anything is worth their concern, considering the danger of the sea, that would be very frequently. G5 is Four battleships, plus one base located in the New World, the four ships are each commanded by a Vice Admiral, and the Base is commanded by yet another Vice Admiral, who’s job it is to direct the four ships and to mobilize forces, calling for backup or other such tasks. G5’s got a reputation for being the roughest men and women of the Marines, some even say that the only difference between a man aboard a G5 ship and a pirate vessel is the colors they fly. This is mostly rumours, but they hold some meaning, especially in the 2nd Patrol due to the lax supervision of their Commanding Officer.
Since your character will be of the rather infamous G5, you should have this in mind when creating your character. Those assigned at G5 are typically too rough, rambunctious, or otherwise ill-fitting for a typical division, pissed some higher up off, or just weren’t liked enough to be placed under the command of someone who wanted them, slipping through the cracks to be posted in the worst sea in the world. G5 is where the idealistic glimmer in the eyes of young Marines who believe in Justice is lost to the utter chaos and despair those in G5 face every day. Where each day, the men and women of the base fantasize back to better times where it felt like the Marines were all powerful, so far removed from the cruel reality they face in the New World.
Races There are many different races present in the New World, however, humans are the most common once. Though, Fishmen are more and more common, since the Marines took over Fishman island, several of the Fishfolk have fled to the New World, and those that couldn’t have been essentially stripped of their rights. Many Fishmen are made conscripts into the Navy, and those that make poor Marines, or turn to crime are often punished either through cruel public beatings, imprisonment, or sometimes even execution. The Slavery of the Fishfolk is something that’s causing a lot of divide between the Marines. Other than the Merfolk, Giants are not unheard off, neither are Dwarfs, Minks, Skyfolk, or the other races in the Grand Line. However, due to the relative unpopularity of the World Government in the nonhuman communities, they aren’t as common in the forces of the Marines as Fishmen.
