Valkyria Chronicles - Changing of the Guard

[Jeep Wrangler]

@LetMeDoStuff Also, are we sticking to one sole country, or will this be more of a multi-national effort?

@Sola

If it's the Atlantic, it'll be a multi-national effort. So there could be Gallian volunteers, or people from Edinburgh/Other Atlantic nations listed on the wikia.

[FalloutJack]

I'm not super-duper knowledgeable of VC. I've been told a few things and I've seen the anime. Nevertheless, I'm curious. Let me know when the character sheet is ready. I'll see if I can come up with something inventive.

[Conscripts]

I'm back boys! The pedantic lover of historic battles.

[Jeep Wrangler]

I'm not super-duper knowledgeable of VC. I've been told a few things and I've seen the anime. Nevertheless, I'm curious. Let me know when the character sheet is ready. I'll see if I can come up with something inventive.

@FalloutJack

Hopefully tonight or tomorrow I'll get the OOC up, which'll have the CS in it and you'll be informed of such. Can't wait to see you there. The knowledge doesn't need to be on an expert level and simply seeing the anime should be enough to cover the basics. Everything else can be explained by me or on the wikia.

I'm back boys! The pedantic lover of historic battles.

@Conscripts

Oh damn. He's back

[Rigmarole]

I'd like to enlist. Also, I've got scans of the VC1 to VC3 artbooks with all that good world lore, if anyone's interested in them.

[FalloutJack]

@Rigmarole It couldn't hurt. Share! Share!

[Jeep Wrangler]

I'd like to enlist. Also, I've got scans of the VC1 to VC3 artbooks with all that good world lore, if anyone's interested in them.

@Rigmarole

Even better!

Note for everyone, this is a bit of a basic information if you want to start thinking of characters.

It will start in 1914EC. The characters will be between 16-19 and will be open to different classes to that of the Second Europan War. You will have access to Rifleman, Sapper, Gunner, Marksman (Which is limited) and Shocktrooper (Which isn't a SMG trooper, it's a rifleman with grenades and bombs specialised for trench warfare). During 2EW, the classes will be more like the original game's, but there will be changes

[FalloutJack]

Will there not be tanks involved? Or is that part of the 'classes to be available later' portion?

[caliban22]

I would assume not, least until late first war. Though I may be wrong.

[Carlyle]

Will there not be tanks involved? Or is that part of the 'classes to be available later' portion?

@FalloutJack

Tanks weren't really a thing until WW2. There were tanks in WW1, but they were limited in number (unless you're France--looking at you, Renault FTs) and none really existed at this point of time (1914) outside of prototypes.

[FalloutJack]

I don't know how much our world diverges from theirs. It's why I asked.

[Jeep Wrangler]

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Tanks weren't really a thing until WW2. There were tanks in WW1, but they were limited in number (unless you're France--looking at you, Renault FTs) and none really existed at this point of time (1914) outside of prototypes.

@Sola

You mention the Renault FTs but NOT THE BRITISH MKIVS?!?!?!? HERESY!

LANDSHIPS ARE MAGNIFICENT AND BROKEN CREATURES!

Will there not be tanks involved? Or is that part of the 'classes to be available later' portion?

@FalloutJack

We will be able to "encounter" a tank or two towards the end of the First Europa War segment, but when the Second Europa War comes around we are going to have to face a lot of tanks.

I'm going to get the OOC up tonight. Watch out for the next hour or three!

[Conscripts]

Well, first tank was deployed in 1916 for the British, and the French 1917. It is a possible option, but I don't think we'll be in one in EW1.

[Jeep Wrangler]

Oh. And a link to the discord channel is here. Just @Sola and tell her to add you to the Valkyria channel.

[mickilennial]

I like biplanes.

[Jeep Wrangler]

Well, first tank was deployed in 1916 for the British, and the French 1917. It is a possible option, but I don't think we'll be in one in EW1.

@Conscripts

We won't be "in" one, but we'll definitely have to fight one or two towards the very end.

[Jeep Wrangler]

I like biplanes.

@Inkarnate

If it isn't a Sopwith Camel then you have the right to remain silent.

[mickilennial]

Wow, that's some bad taste in biplanes.

[Jeep Wrangler]

@Inkarnate@Conscripts@FalloutJack@caliban22@Rigmarole@Mister Thirteen@AdmrlStalfos19@Ambra

Our OOC is now up for business!

[Rigmarole]

@FalloutJack
@LetMeDoStuff

VC 1 Design Archive - the big one, lots of dev notes and lore. VC1 is set in the Gallian theater of the Second Europan War (EW2). It includes the most info about the First Europan War (EW1), too.
mediafire.com/file/5ciw3mcp0thrp9q/Va…

VC 1 Artbook - mostly duplicate stuff from the VC1 Design Archive, but get it if you're curious.
mediafire.com/file/4pq7jbei8mh1hwi/Va…

VC 2: World Artworks - VC2 is set after the end of the Gallian theater of EW2, but before the war in Europa ends.
mediafire.com/file/jbbnbkrctf3qzwa/Va…

VC 3: Complete Artworks - VC3 takes place at the same time as VC1.
mediafire.com/file/81aqrayhji8c2y7/Va…

@FalloutJack@caliban22@Sola@Conscripts
This game aside, in the VC world tanks are definitely a thing in EW1. The East Europan Imperial Alliance fielded them first, but Gallia also had a tank corps by the time of EW1. Belgen Gunther, the father of Welkin Gunther of VC1, was first noticed for his abilities as a tank commander during the Imperial invasion of Gallia in EW1. The Edelweiss, developed with cutting edge technology by Belgen Gunther and Theimer shortly after EW1, is comparable to late-WWII tanks. The VC world picks up tanks faster than the real world does, in part because of the existence of ragnite. Ragnite, processed into ragnoline, allowed for smaller, more powerful, more efficient engines than the real world had at the "same" time.

It's a good rule of thumb to assume that land military tech, at least, for any given year in the VC world is a few years ahead of where it would be in the real world. One example of that is that everyone is using semi-automatic rifles as their main service arm by the time EW2 starts (1935), down to the town guard of a small corner of Gallia called Bruhl.

EDIT: Another hint to the widespread use of tanks in EW1 is that everyone, by the time EW2 rolls around, has lots of Lancers -- that is, troops using infantry-portable anti-tank weapons. This suggests a reaction to EW1 tank tactics, that the average infantry formation was expected to encounter enemy tanks. EW2 armor doctrine also hints to it's widespread use, as tanks are assigned to formations as small as infantry platoons as organic armor assets.