[OOC] Task Force Zero: A Special Forces RP

[ONL]

Erik Hvittfelt - Viking

Name: Erik Hvittfelt

Age/Gender: 30/Male

Nationality: Norwegian

Appearance:

Hider

Rank: Corporal

Preferred Role: Grenadier/Special Forces Operative

Brief Background: Born and raised on the countryside in eastern Norway, Erik was up for the compulsory military service of the Norwegian Armed Forced, though he was allowed to finish his studies in Maritime machine operator before being drafted. Once drafted, he was one of few draftees that enjoyed the military life and all it had to offer, and so he decided to stay. He soon found a longing for tougher challenges, and after serving in Afghanistan and peace-keeping operations outside the Somalian coast, he applied for the best the Norwegian army could offer: FSK, Forsvarets Spesialkommando. Everything about Erik afterwards was top-secret, even more so after his transfer to the so-called Task Force Zero.

Notes: (Any added info that doesn't fit elsewhere)

[FourtyTwo]

@ONL

My character is going to have beef with yours, you realize that? Both naval SF and shit? :D

Also, I saw that callsign slip in :)

[ONL]

@kingkonrad

But why? They're both creatures of the sea, they should be brothers :P

Oh what? I have no idea what you're talking about ;D

[FourtyTwo]

The nostalgia is coming back to me (from another RP) :P

Yeah, Krakens and all, I suppose. Mind you, I do think I'm going to enjoy playing Merlin and Edward, Merlin being the borderline psychotic, Edward being a crack shot but relatively green compared to the rest of the team. He's a Kiwi too, but that does entitle him to wear a boonie hat, all the fucking time when appropriate.

Merlin is finished, Edward is still a WIP.

[BigPapaBelial]

Well then.

hi there.

I was in TF Echo with King. And he just contacted me saying that it lives on.

I have a premade character from Echo would it be okay if I dropped him in here?

[Crossfire]

@ONL Excellent, accepted!

@kingkonrad All good on my end!

@Gunther Accepted, though out of respect for your service, I feel I should tell you that the vast majority my military knowledge comes from movies and video games, and the story we'll be telling will trend towards that rather than realism. Grounded in realism, yes, but at times, blown into full-on action movie proportions.

@Banana From what you have so far, seems all good!

@BigPapaBelial Yeah, that should be fine, there's a few slight differences between this and what I've read of Echo, but go ahead!

@Grey Rain Few small issues with your CS. I would prefer a real name to go with the nickname. Rank is higher than the limit of Staff Sergeant. And 'lone wolf' is not a role that would work well within the confines of this, seeing as we'll be very team-oriented.

That reminds me, I forgot a section of the CS- the Callsign AKA what we'll be referring to each other as on-mission, seeing as we're a unit that technically doesn't exist, we can't risk the possibility of names being known by the enemy force.

[FourtyTwo]

@Crossfire

Merlin's is Wizard. I honestly don't know how I can do better than that :P

[Gunther]

I feel I should tell you that the vast majority my military knowledge comes from movies and video games, and the story we'll be telling will trend towards that rather than realism. Grounded in realism, yes, but at times, blown into full-on action movie proportions.

@Crossfire

Thank you for your candor, but this is not my first Military RP on this site or any of several other sites. Years ago, I used to criticize other's posts, but stopped doing that a long time ago. I found that it only served to chase people away from the RP. Then I became frustrated because no one would RP in this genre with me. I will not criticize what anyone writes, nor will I tell someone what to do.

If someone has a legitimate question, please send it to me in a PM, I will respond to it there. I find a forum like this is too public and only serves the negativity rather than providing any productive resolution to a conflict.

I also am a gamer. I played Battlefield 2 when it came out ~10 years ago. I played PlanetSide many years ago. I have played many of the Call of Duty and HALO series of games on Xbox. In fact, I started a Military RP, similar in theme to what you are engaging here, but set a few decades in the future. My Alamo Scouts, Inc. RP, was based loosely on CAll of Duty; Advanced Warfare. I didn't get enough of a response to run it, so it died. I would love to do it some day. I see @ONL creating a Diver-type character. The first mission I was going to send a unit on would involve swimming to shore from a submerged submarine off the shore of the target city.

With that said, I would be remiss if I didn't allow my character to criticize the chain of command in character. But it might be only in thoughts rather than verbally. This is pure fiction. I get that. I am not attempting to outtype anyone and am fully prepared to kill my character if needed.

I do expect others and possibly myself to allow everyone else in the RP to perform simple actions like walking and shooting or taking cover as if the group were working as a team. Everyone in this RP has my permission to do this for my character. It only makes sense if we are attempting to replicate a teamwork environment.

[Crossfire]

@kingkonrad Yeah, I noticed a few of the applications had codenames already in there, just figured I'd make it an official part of the CS template for anyone else comin in.

@Gunther Yeah, well this should work out great. Just thought I'd mention it because I ran a military rp heavily based on the Modern Warfare 2 game that ONL and konrad were part of about 6 years ago on an old version of this site (sadly lost to time with no remaining archives) and someone came in to our OOC who was either a hardcore military buff or a former soldier who got really incensed at the tone of the rp, saying it wasn't realistic and that he wanted to join to 'correct our mistakes' or something. We turned him down clearly cuz we were just there to have fun and be action heroes like the video game characters, but anyways yeah, great to have you aboard! You might've noticed the Sci-Fi tag at the top, not to spoil anything upcoming but while this rp takes place in modern day (or near enough to it), its in an alternate reality where we may or may not stumble across some fantastic prototype technology later on

[FourtyTwo]

@Crossfire

Agreed. I've done everything from total insanity, arcade-like to relatively realistic. Should be a laugh, the right mixture of action-y fun and a little sanity should do it.

[Gunther]

@Crossfire May I submit a second character?

[BigPapaBelial]

Okay posted up a character then.

Please let me know if there is anything you need me to add or take out.

[Crossfire]

@Gunther Yeah, go right ahead and post him, everything seems good.

@BigPapaBelial All good, accepted!

Seems like we have enough to get started, I've got a second character to do up myself, and from there I'll get the first post going. Bit late here now, so I'll pick it up in the AM

[Grey Rain]

Master Sergeant is higher than Staff in the Polish Land Forces.

[Grey Rain]

@kingkonrad

Just don't shoot and throw at the same time.

[Gunther]

Yeah, go right ahead and post him, everything seems good.

@Crossfire

Romek Czerepusko added to post with Tyus Morse.

[Crossfire]

@Grey Rain Yes that's what I was saying, your rank is too high to start off, please lower it to Staff or lower

[Gunther]

@Grey Rain Yes that's what I was saying, your rank is too high to start off, please lower it to Staff or lower

@Crossfire

Rank is trivial in my experience. It is the guys at the bottom that do all the really cool shit. The officers just stand around with their thumbs tucked firmly in the rectums, observing.

[FourtyTwo]

Random comment- "Wolf" in Polish is "Wilk".

Seriously, two Polish characters in this RP, and they're not mine. You better do a good job of being Polish, or else I'll smash a bottle of Dabrowka vodka over your head. :D

(I'm a 3rd generation Polish person in the UK and speak it fluent)

[Crossfire]

@Gunther Interesting, I would've thought the lower ranked guys wouldn't be trusted to do much due to inexperience. Insert "The More You Know star" here I guess!

IC should be getting started tonight if all goes well, 2-ish hours or so.