"The war is lost. Our nation, the last beacon of hope in the region, will not last. We cannot expect reinforcements from other nations. Silence has driven the waves. The enemy will encroach upon us. Every man, woman, and child will fight to the last breath to defend what we have created. We will barter with nations, we will attempt to save what we can. All that we know and all that we love will come crashing down. I can only offer my sympathies to my people and promise them that the future will be bright when this will be the end of our reign. This is truly our darkest hour." - Leader Aralis Heinder speaking to his officials in the war room "Varalis", 583 L.E.

The premise is this: Our nation has fought in the great war which has torn the continent apart and our nation is the last of an alliance which has desperately been trying to reach out to a continent from across the seas to aide them in their time of need. The isolationist, however, does not wish to join arms.

Soldiers can be either gender and their age for conscription will gradually whittle down from 16 as the war continues to go downward. For reference, the conscription age started at 18 and has been lowering by 1 year with every projected major loss.

The nation we will be rping can be a number of ideologies although I will personally lean towards a nationalist oriented country. Preferred options include: Democracy, Monarchy, Republic, Autocracy, Custom (We will discuss how it works more or less.)

Note: Nationalism does not equate to fascism. Fascism is an extreme form of nationalism that is aggressive and abuses the spirit of the populist to garner support.

[edit] Forgot to include the map. Here it is. I may expand it out to a more world map or something but I'd like to get people first.


Q&A

General goals for RP:
1. Civilians RPers will assist the military where possible and live life best they can. They can also take on the roles of partisans.
2. Military RPers will keep the enemy at bay with the hopeless situation.
3. Diplomat RPers will attempt to negotiate a peace with the enemy nations as well as the neutral super power in an attempt to save the nation without sacrificing too much. They will always bring back information to the DM who will be rping the leader of the thread to discuss how to save it.























---

Now Will be the part where I discuss any quesitons you might have regarding the thread.

You have my attention. I'll be keeping an eye on your progress. You will receive a more formal interest from me when a CS template is available. ;)

@Sierra
A CS Template?
If you're talking about a file so you can manually edit the map then I'll inform you that I used Krita for this particular map.

Oh, I am definitely interested in this one. I'm particularly interested in playing the officer role. I'll be keeping my eyes on this one as well

@Conscripts
I'm glad to hear that you are interested. If you have any questions I'll be here to answer them when I can.

I'm also interested.

@Oak7ree

Thanks for your interest, as promised I will work more on the map!

In response to the CS template... I feel dumb but I will create a character sheet template soon.

Looks cool, I'm interested.

@CFProxy Concerning a charcter, I'd be interested in playing a junior officer in a infantry company (either in command of a platoon or a company).

@Raider Dog
Glad to have your interest.

@CFProxy Concerning a charcter, I'd be interested in playing a junior officer in a infantry company (either in command of a platoon or a company).

That sounds fine to me. Might I ask what in particular you look forward to doing in the thread? Getting a general idea outside of what I have planned.

color me interested

Photographic Identification: [Insert image here if applicable]

Personal Basics:
Name:
Date of Birth: [For simplicity we will use the same 12 month cycle. Alternative month names may come eventually.]
Gender:
Height:
Weight:
Hair Color:
Eye Color:
Civil Scars: [Scars obtained prior to enlistment]
Nationality:[Qual by default although foreigners are allowed. Until the names of other nations are sorted just put Foreigner if you would like to participate as an immigrant.]

---

Military Basics:
Date of Enlistment:
[War began in 574 Leralis Etix. Volunteers were sent out until full escalation in 581 L.E. Massive losses began to occur in the Sixth month of 581 L.E. When leading faction nation of The Murvak Accord (named after the large Murvak river they shared) fell to opposing forces. Credit to massive losses has been credited to revolutionary warfare.]
Enlisted Rank: [What rank did they begin as? Was it the result of academy training? Desperate times? Or were they set as private?]
Rank: [Current Rank]
Battle Scars:
Sustained Casualties: [Times wounded from battle. You can add monthly dates if you would like.]
Status: [Active, Retired, WIA, MIA, KIA]
Training: [Pristine (0-1 Week),Basic (1-3 Weeks), Regular (1-6 Months), Operational (1+ Years)] [Veteran tag can be applied to those who has served in combat and have survived with the training they received. For instance: Pristine Veteran, Operational Veteran. However in most cases they will simply be addressed as veterans or as their rank. The latter is most likely.]
Military Branch: (Army, Navy, Airforce)
Unit Operation: (Infantry, Pilot, etc)
Division Name: [Although I've not gotten this far yet I am welcome to suggestions.]

Bio Summary: [Fill in backstory here although you are just as welcome to link a PDF of some kind.]

---

---

Edit: Thanks to Conscripts for formatting.

@Sierra As promised.

I encourage suggestions if you think I've missed something or if I should edit something. This is very much WIP.

@RangingWolf Glad to have you.

Photographic Identification: [Insert image here if applicable]

Personal Basics:
Name:
Date of Birth: [For simplicity we will use the same 12 month cycle. Alternative month names may come eventually.]
Gender:
Height:
Weight:
Hair Color:
Eye Color:
Civil Scars: [Scars obtained prior to enlistment]
Nationality:[Desti by default although foreigners are allowed. Until the names of other nations are sorted just put Foreigner if you would like to participate as an immigrant.]

---

Military Basics:
Date of Enlistment:
[War began in 574 Leralis Etix. Volunteers were sent out until full escalation in 581 L.E. Massive losses began to occur in the Sixth month of 581 L.E. When leading faction nation of The Murvak Accord (named after the large Murvak river they shared) fell to opposing forces. Credit to massive losses has been credited to revolutionary warfare.]
Enlisted Rank: [What rank did they begin as? Was it the result of academy training? Desperate times? Or were they set as private?]
Rank: [Current Rank]
Battle Scars:
Sustained Casualties: [Times wounded from battle. You can add monthly dates if you would like.]
Status: [Active, Retired, WIA, MIA, KIA]
Training: [Pristine (0-1 Week),Basic (1-3 Weeks), Regular (1-6 Months), Operational (1+ Years)] [Veteran tag can be applied to those who has served in combat and have survived with the training they received. For instance: Pristine Veteran, Operational Veteran. However in most cases they will simply be addressed as veterans or as their rank. The latter is most likely.]
Military Branch: (Army, Navy, Airforce)
Unit Operation: (Infantry, Pilot, etc)
Division Name: [Although I've not gotten this far yet I am welcome to suggestions.]

Bio Summary: [Fill in backstory here although you are just as welcome to link

---

---

I think this is more visible if you have some difficulties.

Also a few questions. Do you prefer or not prefer any types of pictures, because I know a few people don't want real life or anime-ish pictures in their CS? And the officer role. How far in the military rankings can we start with? Like I am thinking of either a company commander, with around 100 men, as a major, or if possible a battalion, 200 to 300 men, as lieutenant colonel (though I prefer the former, as it is easier to interact with other players)? What's the limit to that of an officer role?

I think this is more visible if you have some difficulties.

Also a few questions. Do you prefer or not prefer any types of pictures, because I know a few people don't want real life or anime-ish pictures in their CS? And the officer role. How far in the military rankings can we start with? Like I am thinking of either a company commander, with around 100 men, as a major, or if possible a battalion, 200 to 300 men, as lieutenant colonel (though I prefer the former, as it is easier to interact with other players)? What's the limit to that of an officer role?

That's actually a lot better in terms of formatting. Excellent work.

Picture Preference
I have no preference on what you use for a picture. You don't have to use one at all, you can use anime, realistic, any kind of art that isn't too out there. Because this isn't a real life thread hair color and all that don't matter as much although for military reasons they'd probably have your character have a shorter hair style or tied back while on the field for various tactical reasons.

Starting Rank
I would say that major is within reason. Lieutenant colonel is a bit high but it can be worked toward. The limit of interaction is based on the judgement of the individual officer unless otherwise directed by the superior that he is to operate under a certain standard. However, given how many are very busy or are being replaced due to various reasons, the freedom the officer has is much more loose. The fact is that the military is a mess at the moment and they're trying to reorganize and stabilize over time as nobody expected the war to last this long or to have even escalate to this level.

Edit: Although I have stated that major is within reason lieutenant is more towards what I would expect/prefer.

@CFProxy So uniforms, what look exactly are you looking for? German, U.S, ect.

@CFProxy So uniforms, what look exactly are you looking for? German, U.S, ect.

Uniforms are likely to be full dress for both genders. Practical stuff that is likely to be more simplistic as the war drags on as production costs will continue to catch up with the resources available.

All in all it will be similar to that of uniforms from the war and things like skirts will not be used on the field unless production costs are way too high/the war is on the brink of being lost.

Examples that I will be looking at mostly for uniform design will be Germany, United States, and United Kingdom. You can expect uniforms to start out more sophisticated for the common soldier but as we head towards the end they will likely be simplified to bare minimums.

We may even have militia which can be identified with a badge or arm sleeve of some kind rather than be given a full uniform but that's a decision which has yet to be reached and one that the players can potentially influence.

Military Branch

This is gonna split the players. Much as I like the idea of a pilot, you're gonna have a lot of players in different places not interacting. While my formal recommendation to nix this field will kill one of my prospective character concepts, I stand by that advice.