[OOC] Across Broken Skies [Ace Combat inspired RP]

[Keyblade87]

My fingers are twitching at the keyboard in anticipation

[Rhona W]

Hello boys and girls - I just thought I'd take a moment of your time to advertise another RP I'm part-running and playing in. It's a One Year War Gundam RP: http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/59724/posts/ooc?page=1#post-1861285
We're eager to get some players for it. I don't know if any of you would be interested or not, but please take a look, or signal boost to any people you know who might like to give it a look. Thanks in advance!

Post coming shortly, too :)

[Rhona W]

Okay guys - you've all been intro'ed. Come save our butts!
There are also mysterious things afoot too... mawahahah

[nautilusmp]

So, is the first flight pulling away?

[Rhona W]

Yeah, the aim is to get out alive at the moment, with cover from 2nd flight as we do so.

[Freeshooter92]

How does the military feel about us all pimping our planes out like this? Don't get me wrong, I appreciate maximum bling, but...

[Freeshooter92]

So, a flight is two wings of two planes each, right? is one guy in a wing in charge of the other? Does one guy command the whole flight?

[Rhona W]

Freeshooter92 said
How does the military feel about us all pimping our planes out like this? Don't get me wrong, I appreciate maximum bling, but...

Well, the information on how it occurred is actually in the opening post, but to save you from the effort of reading it, I'll go over it again here ¬.¬
Because of the 'decapitation' strike by the anti-UN forces that took out most of the leadership, as well as the normal 'first response' or other standing forces, and the urgent need for the UN forces to deploy some form of counter-attack, the Avalon Institue, an R&D thinktank and advanced technology organization that had been working with the UN stepped forward to offer their expertise. Under an emergency order, the UN created the Excalibur squadron, equipped with whatever advanced technology could be fitted to whatever planes were available at the time, coupled with the experimental vessel Avalon had in their possession to act as a vanguard for whatever conventional forces could be organized afterward in the wake of the numerous and extensive attacks.

So, to answer the question, the military probably don't give a crap, as long as the job is being done and they've got enough breathing space to start organizing a counter-attack (the first of which is supposed to be subsequent to this mission), and the politicians can say to the people at large that they're actually doing something to protect them.

Freeshooter92 said
So, a flight is two wings of two planes each, right? is one guy in a wing in charge of the other? Does one guy command the whole flight?

A flight is a group of aircraft smaller than a squadron - it's not really a particular amount. It's more than one aircraft, but less than a squadron strength; the size of a squadron depends on the aircraft type. Heavy aircraft, like transports, tankers or heavy bombers tend to have less aircraft, so a flight will be smaller correspondingly.

What a wing is depends on where you're from in the world - if you're from the UK, or a Commonwealth country like me, then it's a group of 3-4 squadrons. If you're from the US or some other places, then a Wing runs the operations and administrative side of things, such as a base.

Regarding the question though, a flight will be commanded by whoever has the most experience and the highest rank. In theory, it should be the 2IC of the squadron, but because in-game the squadron weren't able to be drawn up together before being rushed into action (due to the attack earlier in the game), and also because of the RL fact of people dropping out unexpectedly and introducing new players, then Mihoshi, the 2IC, is with the current group you're coming to relieve. I'm not sure who's in command of the flight you guys are re in. I'm happy to let you work it out amongst yourselves.

[Keyblade87]

If we go by rank all i know is Jason is a Staff Sergeant. So he probably wont rank very high.

[Rhona W]

[Freeshooter92]

Silverwind Blade said
Lots of text.

I see. Alright.

Also, I derped, I meant wing and flight to be switched around.

[Freeshooter92]

Pastaed. Wingman get! TOMCATS STICK TOGETHER.

[Rhona W]

Freeshooter92 said
I see. Alright.
Also, I derped, I meant wing and flight to be switched around.

Sorry if that was 'a lot of text', but I get really, REALLY pissed off when people ask me things that are already explained in the OOC or as part of the game background. It's there to be read, and if people are 'too lazy' to read it, or 'can't be bothered', then they can fuck right off out of my game, because I don't feel like I should bother wasting my time on them either and answering their stupid fucking questions. IT'S A TEXT BASED GAME, reading is a big part of it.

But hey, you said it's alright, so that's good ^_____^

I'll get a post up today, as I'm heading off for the weekend to meet up with a friend who's moving out of the UK. I should have 'net access since I'll be staying with my folks, but it'll only be from my tablet, so expect hilarious predictive text mistakes if I do post.

[nautilusmp]

The video's broken before I could even watch it. It's the OOC post #550 that I'm referring to.

[Rhona W]

nautilusmp said
The video's broken before I could even watch it. It's the OOC post #550 that I'm referring to.

I wasn't sure if it might be. I think it's because I copy'pasta'd it from my facebook news feed. Let me see if I can find the native one on youtube and edit. Thanks for the heads-up.
Also, I think the coding for embedding a video is a bit wonky.

EDIT: It should work now.

[Freeshooter92]

Silverwind Blade said
Bloop

Hey, I really don't mind. I just replaced what you said with 'A lot of text' so there wouldn't be this giant blob of text we'd already read just sitting around in my post.

[Driving Park]

Finally got to post. It's shortish...but it's a post.

These next few weeks for me are absolutely diabolical schedule wise, so don't expect me to be able to be on here very often - much less post IC regularly. I let you know when it lightens up. Sowwy.

[Rhona W]

I'm back from my trip, and have been since Sunday. I've had trouble with motivation in getting a post up so far, and also I started a new job yesterday.
Anyhow, I will attempt to get a post up later this evening.

I will be taking a step back from the Guild for a while though, as at the moment it feels like it dominates all of my free time, and seems more like a chore than a pleasure. I also seem to have less time to spend on things I like doing otherwise too, and would like to devote more time to other hobbies.
As it is, this seems to have slowed to a crawl even with new players, so depending on how replies go to the next post, we'll see what happens.

[Driving Park]

Silverwind Blade said
I'm back from my trip, and have been since Sunday.

How was it?

I've had trouble with motivation in getting a post up so far

I know the feeling.

I will be taking a step back from the Guild for a while though, as at the moment it feels like it dominates all of my free time, and seems more like a chore than a pleasure. I also seem to have less time to spend on things I like doing otherwise too, and would like to devote more time to other hobbies.

I know this feeling all too well.

As it is, this seems to have slowed to a crawl even with new players.

Goodness yes. It's a bit aggravating...but it's also nice to know that I'm not holding anybody up when I can't get on at all.

I'm still extremely busy and will be until the end of October. Days often consist of waking up at 8 am, being solid booked all day (often not getting to eat it's so packed), and completing all my obligations at midnight or later and crawling into bed to start it all over again. But I will try to make a post with Miyoshi taking advantage of the Foxbat's ludicrous top speed to bug out when I can, especially since I seem to be one of the only active posters left.

[Keyblade87]

Im not entirely sure but is there any specific posting order?