In 1943...
There were more than one thousand concentration camps in Nazi-occupied Europe. Death was around every corner. There were rumors that Hitler had a pair of super weapons that would turn the tide of the war. Thanks to the efforts of an experimental reconnaissance unit one of the super weapons, a massive artillery cannon called a V-3, was destroyed in the mountains on the German border. The unit was a special branch of the United States Army Air Force equipped with rocket packs; invented by none other than Howard Hughes years earlier. Mechanics, pilots, infantry, the group of misfits had a little bit of everything going for them. After the win in the German mountains the team would be sent into action once more to gather intelligence on the other rumored super weapon.
The other super weapon? Unknown to the Allies, Hitler was working on developing super soldiers. Where he got the means to do so remains unclear, however he has been known to dabble in the arcane as well as advancing technologies. The unit sent a scout to one of the two locations the super weapon was thought to be, and the Rocketeer never made it back to the rendezvous point. The missing teammate only presented another problem. The rocket-packs were not to fall into enemy hands. Years earlier the Nazi’s attempted to steal the prototype but were thwarted by the first man to successfully use the pack. A pilot in California came into possession of the rocket-pack and became the first Rocketeer, and would later train this team in aerial maneuvering and combat for the US military.
Can the rest of the unit function after losing a teammate? What, if anything, took the Rocketeer out of the sky?
Was a super-soldier already in the field?
Was a super-soldier already in the field?
The Rocketeer was always one of my favorite concepts and comics that invoked another era like no other ever had. I love the golden age of comics, and the WW2 themes in the Rocketeer always appealed to me. After seeing a piece of fan art I got super inspired to come up with something. The CS requirements for this will include a sample post with a theme so I can get an idea for how you're gonna write your characters. I'm going to give a few ideas for what characteristics I'm looking for in terms of skills, but aside from that I just want to be as honest as I can be in that I'm no expert on WW2 history and weapons and such.
I'm looking for a group of 5-7 players including myself to play as the unit of Rocketeers who already have one major victory under their belts. Aside from the Captain, most of us aren't very high up on the food chain. To say the least we're all expendable. The idea is we were all chosen last minute in and around an Army base in the southern United States by Captain Pierce of the USAAF, Howard Hughes, and the original Rocketeer Cliff Seacord. We were given a week to train with the original Rocketeer before boarding a plane to Europe.
CS requirements will be pretty standard aside from the sample post and skills sections. The skills I'm hoping to have among the group would include a foreign language enthusiast, a mechanic or engineer, perhaps a pilot, an infantry or explosives kinda character, maybe a medic. I'm thinking my guy will be a disgraced soldier in the brig willing to do whatever he can to get out, and a drunk. Booze will be what got him into trouble with the MP's.
If there's enough interest I'll post up the CS requirements in the next couple of days!
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