Occupational Hazard

[Songster Gecko]

War isn't just about the soldiers fighting the front. They do most of the dirty work, for sure, but you need people in the rear to make sure things don't go to shit once the front moves on. This RP won't have us playing the role of special forces working in the enemy rear, or even regular troops fighting on the frontlines. Rather, we'll all be rear-line troops working to keep the peace. Or to find a way to get out of doing work. Or just to avoid dying of boredom.

I won't be looking for too much seriousness in this RP. There won't be an overarching story, and rather this RP would focus on our characters interacting with one another and dealing with the problems that come with an extended deployment with minimal action. There will be the occasional military operation, but I'll do my best to keep this from becoming a bog-standard military RP.

Given the scale of this RP, I can theoretically have any number of people in on this, but for starters I'd like to fill up one section (one squad) of infantry, and then we can probably work from there. One section would include:

- Section Commander
- Section 2IC
- Support Gunner X2
- Grenadier
- Anti-Vehicular Gunner
- Rifleman X2

I'm open to having civilian characters as well, but for now I'd be happy having the above slots filled up.

[Bourgeoisie]

Count me in.

[Warpaint]

Colour me interested.

[Songster Gecko]

I'm still not sure how big of a group I'm looking for, though my current plan would allow for no small number of people. Heck, with my current plan, I could have one person roleplaying every important member on base. So far this is my list for the available slots:

Current roles

Infantry
Will not be SF or even proper combat infantry. Think gendarmes or military police. I'll have provisions up till sixteen full squads (One full company, essentially), and you can double if you want. Each squad will consist of:

Section commander (Assault rifle [AR])
Section 2IC (AR)
Support Gunner X2 (Infantry Automatic Rifle [IAR])
Grenadier X2 (AR + Grenade Launcher)
Heavy Gunner (Carbine + Light Assault Weapon [LAW])
Rifleman X2 (AR)

Armoured Cavalry
Not exactly tanks, but more of gun platforms. Think the Stryker or 2S25 Sprut. Fire support vehicles, essentially. I'm considering limiting it to four vehicles, but we'll see. The crew will depend on what kind of vehicle is decided upon, but I wanna try to keep it uniform. So far I'm thinking of either:

- Stryker
- 2S25 Sprut
- Rooikat 105
- AMX 10 RC
- VBC-90

Will have to decide on this later.

Civilian personnel
This'll keep this RP from turning into a full-on military op RP. The overarching mission of our characters is ultimately peacemaking/peacekeeping, but there's a hearts-and-minds component as well. Civilian roles can include:

- Doctors
- Teachers
- Volunteer workers

Will think of more, and any suggestions would be more than welcome.

Of course, if you have any suggestions, feel free to voice them. As it stands, this RP could potentially have as many characters as there can be, so in the long run I'll probably need some help running it. ><''

[Bourgeoisie]

Calling support gunner.

[Songster Gecko]

Updated the OP. Made it sound less wishy-washy.

[jumpadraw]

keep me posted. I'm interested.

[Starlance]

I'll bite. Any idea about the setting (where, who and when?)?

[Songster Gecko]

I'm still drafting out the background and everything, but I've got a pretty solid idea for the time and setting.

It'll be set in the near future, somewhere in Central Africa. Our characters will be part of a UN-sanctioned peacemaking mission, which came to be after a disastrous peacekeeping attempt. As rear-echelon troops, our characters will be soldiers drawn from the military police formations of the contributing nations.

As for who, that I'm still deciding on. On one hand, I feel like giving everyone free reign to choose the nationalities of their characters, but that would make our characters a little too different in terms of kit for them to be in the same squad. I could limit us to a specific nation, but that feels a little bit restrictive to me. Nonetheless, I'll see what I can think of.