Bringing back an old Sci-Fi Military RP Idea

[Lord Coake]

So my idea was for an RP in which we played the crew and marines of a large military starship, patrolling Humanity's various colonies to protect the United Earth Star Alliance from various rebel factions that seek independence. I'm looking for a larger group, around 6-8 players minimum, as I want to show the different events in the RP from different crew aspects, like have the engineering officer and a Marine Sergeant both RP their views of the current space/planetary battle going on. The key to this setting, is that as of the start of the RP, humanity is still unaware of any non-earth-based Sentient life, so no aliens yet. I just want to see if there's any interest in this before I make up a CS.

Lord Coake

The United Earth Star Alliance consists of Earth, and every colonized moon and planet known to humanity. In the past decade or so, political strife and turmoil has run rampant through the Outer Colonies, and spurred rebellion movements all over UESA space. The UESA Armed Forces, consisting of the Navy and Marine Corps, have begun to militarize and respond to the threat to peace and stability. One of the newly commissioned ships in the Fleet, is the Mayweather-class Destroyer, the Convergence of Destiny. Equipped with the latest in both ship-based weaponry and technology, and ground engagement technology, she is one of the most powerful ships in the fleet. Headed by the Highly-Commended Captain Nicholas Stirling, the new crew and marine compliment are ready to engage the rising number of rebel forces. But who knows what else lurks in the icy void of space....

So, the premise of this RP, is we play the various crew, bridge officers, and marines stationed aboard the Convergence of Destiny. My plan is to have a wide variety of ranks and roles being played, so we can capture the events of different battles, as told by different parts of the ship's crew. For Ranks and Chain of Command, we will use the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps ranks, mainly since they are the easiest to find and look up. Links for the ranks are as follows:
http://www.militaryfactory.com/ranks/navy_ranks.asp
http://www.militaryfactory.com/ranks/marine_ranks.asp

Feel free to post any questions you may have regarding the RP here, or PM me.

Lord Coake

So I want to bring this idea back from the dead, as for the short time it was alive, I found it to be a very fun RP. Go ahead and post here/PM me if you're interested or have any questions, and if we get enough people to feasibly start, then I'll go about rebuilding the OOC

[Austronaut]

I think i played in the original version of this and it died way too young. Id love to play a marine officer if that is available. A lightly seasoned lieutenant?

[POOHEAD189]

I'm in

[Lord Coake]

@AustronautGood to have you aboard, and that should be fine.

@POOHEAD189Glad to hear it.

[Macro]

I'd be interested!

[Lord Coake]

@MacroThat's great to hear! Welcome aboard!

[WilsonTurner]

@Lord Coake
I'm sort of interested, but...
I dunno, it seems sort of overused/stale

I mean, there's the one faction, UESA, whose name doesn't really... fit humanity, so to speak, without any sort of external threat to be the cause for such unity. No, I don't think there'd be a 'united earth' unless there was an imminent threat, and even then, I doubt the nations would get along.

Every nation on the planet would be hesitant to cede control of any of their assets to anyone else. More likely, groups of nations would band together in alliances, still individually, but would help each other out in times of need.

[Lord Coake]

@WilsonTurnerWell, it's more that an alliance of nations conquered, subjugated, or annihilated the remaining nations to solidify their rule, then spread out among the stars. The UESA is not by any means a paradise or utopia, more of an oligarchy run by a council on Earth that makes decisions that really only benefit Earth and a handful of other planets, but severely impact the majority of the other worlds. This leads to the internal strife that has resulted in hundreds of rebellion movements on the Outer Colonies, which are now in the past decade or so gaining significant momentum and spreading like wildfire. This isn't some happy-go-lucky Star Trek universe, more like some dark blend of Pre-Covenant Halo and Warhammer 40k.

[WilsonTurner]

@Lord Coake
Yeeeaaaah.

The name doesn't really make sense, and it'd be unlikely that one nation, or group of nations, would be able to conquer everyone else. Not in the modernday.

[Lord Coake]

Made some mockups of uniforms to give you guys an idea of what they look like generally.

Base Uniform

Marine Combat Uniform

Fighter Pilot Uniform

Standard Dress Uniform