[center][h1][b]DIP[/b][/h1]
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[sub][i]“Those who fail to learn the lessons of the past are doomed to repeat them.”[/i] –Winston Churchill, paraphrasing Jorge Santayana[/sub][/center]

The acronym stands for Die in Place…
[right]...may God have mercy on the soul given the DIP Mission.[/right]

The United States Army doctrine mentions the use of a Detachment Left in Contact (DLIC) also known as the [i]Dee-Lick[/i]. This is the unit that must remain and face the enemy while the rest of the army retreats or moves to a new location in order to either fight another day or attack from an unexpected location. Units assigned the task of being a DLIC are often aware of their limited future prospects for breathing air.

Your character is a warrior reincarnated over time. Each chapter covers a different life or period. A round of posts introducing our characters, a second round setting up the battle we are about to engage in, and then we post for several rounds until our characters die. The next chapter has time skips that will extend several years to allow your character to be old enough or young enough to fight in the next battle in their next life. We always begin and end as adult warriors. We don’t need a background story or even a character name to begin. We can tally the names we call ourselves as the roleplay evolves—adding them to our character sheets as we go. Our characters do not remember their past lives just like you don’t remember yours [i]if[/i] the theory of reincarnation is true. Due to the consistency of our personalities, the lessons of our past lives we are doomed to repeat may have a subtle impact on your character’s personality in the future, but they don’t know why.

We will begin the roleplay in Ancient Greece as Spartan Warriors at Thermopylae sent to stop the Persian Army in the 5th century BC. If you are familiar with that engagement, you must be aware that everyone perishes.

The next and successive chapters will be decided by the group. I will use the 0th post above the OOC OP to list the battles or time periods we are going into in successive chapters. Anyone in the Roleplay can suggest where we end up next. Most of us should agree.

[u][b]Leadership[/b][/u]
If you want to be the leader in the next battle, please let us know and we’ll share leadership. One person doesn’t need to be the NCO or officer in charge of the unit every single time.


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- FIRST LAST
[sub](The Battle of PLACEHOLDER)[/sub]

[center][i]You're memory's a bit hazy of your past lives...[/i][/center]
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[center][i]You can't seem to remember the tricks you once knew...[/i][/center]
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