The Final Frontier... An Imperial Navy (40K) RP

[Jb]

I know there are those out there that dislike 'fandom saturation' - and to them, I do apologise - nevertheless I have decided to form a 40K quartet; to that end, I have decided that alongside my Imperial Guard RP I would start or at least see what interest I could generate with this RP.

In essence this is simply going to be Star Trek...but in 40K!

The players will be taking the roles of the bridge crew of a newly built Imperial Naval craft/vessel/ship, an experimental ship designed for deep-space exploration and opportunistic missions/raids/attacks without being part of a particular battle fleet or battle group of the Navy.

There will be specific roles that we need filling, such as Ships Commissar, Flag-Lieutenant, Sergeant-at-Arms and so forth but first we need people to fill them.

So, who is up for adventures in the inky blackness of the void?

P.S.

And, yes, again I realise I've got enough RPs already...just can't help myself. :(

[Flagg]

yeah. interested.

[Andreyich]

Interested. Fleet comissar, or Navigator (provided I don't killed by RNGesus) both sound interesting.

[Jb]

yeah. interested.

@Flagg

I could smell your interest a thousand leagues off...

Interested. Fleet comissar, or Navigator (provided I don't killed by RNGesus) both sound interesting.

@Andreyich

What's RNGesus?

[Andreyich]

You know, the chances of navigators going "pop" after staring too long into the warp, or going randomly insane, or basically the stuff psykers face but worse. RNG = Random number generator or something.

[boomlover]

@Jbcool yeah.... sign me the fuck up.

[Jb]

@Andreyich Aaaaaah, I've never actually heard of that; thanks for the information! :)

@boomlover You've got it, Godfather.

[Eisenhorn]

Well, this seems like a departure from my normal preference for Guard/Dark Heresy/Black Crusade shenanigans among other W40k stuff. Count me in.

[Jb]

Well, this seems like a departure from my normal preference for Guard/Dark Heresy/Black Crusade shenanigans among other W40k stuff. Count me in.

@Eisenhorn

Well, you are called Eisenhorn - little wonder that you share my own preferences when it comes to types of RPs. I too enjoy a good DH or OW role-play, but I thought I'd try something different.

A Naval RP is something I've seen a few people try on the forum, but so far I've not seen any of them get very far; I hope I can change that. We'll see.

[Eisenhorn]

@Jbcool You make good points indeed, seeing some good Naval action will be a nice change of pace, sure as sure.

[boomlover]

@Jbcool in all honesty. It would be like fifty times better if you went with rogue trader rp.

[Jb]

@Jbcool in all honesty. It would be like fifty times better if you went with rogue trader rp.

@boomlover

I personally feel that Rogue Traders can be somewhat overrated, although I'd not be adverse to doing another one (already went with two in the past, you see), I just think being aboard an experimental and deep-space vessel of what would essentially be a military-class and sanctioned ship could be different but also quite fun; no one seems to like the Imperial Navy, and I know it's because a Rogue Trader is more-or-less a blend of an Inquisitor mixed with a Naval and Guard commander.

I was thinking something more like Hornblower or Master & Commander, if that makes any sense to you.

@Eisenhorn@Andreyich@Flagg, what say you about this?

[boomlover]

@Jbcool Just that rogue trader offers you a slight more freedom rp wise in shit to do. and while epic battles in space are always on the imperial navy's menu. It lacks that freedom it has. Also can we all play as captians in a fleet? that would be goddam sweeeet !!

[Jb]

@Jbcool Just that rogue trader offers you a slight more freedom rp wise in shit to do. and while epic battles in space are always on the imperial navy's menu. It lacks that freedom it has. Also can we all play as captians in a fleet? that would be goddam sweeeet !!

@boomlover

Good question...

I'll wait to see what others have to say first though.

[Flagg]

@Jbcool Just that rogue trader offers you a slight more freedom rp wise in shit to do. and while epic battles in space are always on the imperial navy's menu. It lacks that freedom it has. Also can we all play as captians in a fleet? that would be goddam sweeeet !!

@boomlover

I would rather be navy than rogue trader. Captains in an imperial squadron would be cool if we could pull it off. With one of us (probably GM) as commodore or admiral on a flagship.

[Jb]

Okay, here is what I have to say on the 'everyone a captain' thing;

How large do we want the scope/scale of the RP?

Everyone aboard one vessel is just easier to control than everyone having their own ship - although maybe not - as well as what we intend to do I.E. More space battles and flying about over conversation and the like, just a bit harder to keep contacting one another aboard different craft.

'Too many cooks' argument is, of course, that too many Caps could either make it a bit more interesting or a lot worse for those involved, at least without someone even higher ranked at the top.

What I will say is that if we were each to command our own vessel, in an Imperial Navy setting, then it would likely be as one of a few that make up an Imperial 'Wolf Pack' of Escort-class vessels - much like the German U-Boats, and not as Captains of vast and hulking battleships.

Now I'll wait for other opinions.

[Jb]

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I would rather be navy than rogue trader. Captains in an imperial squadron would be cool if we could pull it off. With one of us (probably GM) as commodore or admiral on a flagship.

@Flagg

Got there before me, but I do agree, although it wouldn't necessarily be me as overall commander; in fact the overall command would likely be a distant and far-away figure off on a star-fort/battleship somewhere.

[boomlover]

@Jbcool well it would open up a political part of the rp. If we all played as captians we would all have our own personal goals. And that would be preatty cool.

[Ollumhammersong]

Not that I have the time to be joining another rp. But the idea of a battle fleet style rp where the players control smaller frigates instead of cruisers is definitely different. And not in a bad way

[Jb]

@boomlover If you can start spelling Captain as it is written, then you never know... :P I joke, but is English not your first language? It's not a problem, I'm just curious.

@Ollumhammersong Well thank you, Ollum - yes, I see you're dug deep into that Dark Heresy RP and others. Emperor's Blade seems like a cool cat, and thank you again for the moral support.