The Last Ship (With a Twist?)

[AYoungWarthog]

So, my friend introduced me to this new show/book called the Last Ship. Pretty interesting. Here's the premise:

After a new global pandemic kills or sickens possibly over 90% of the world's population, the crew (consisting of 217 men and women) of a lone unaffected U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer, the fictional USS Nathan James (DDG-151) on deployment in the arctic for weapons testing, must now try to find a cure and stop the virus in order to save humanity.

I have a few interesting ideas for how to put a little bit of an original twist on the story, ranging from zombification to a much more advanced, yet... Secret... Twist.

Who'd be interested in sailing under the banner of the US Navy? :D

Positions Needed

OPEN SPACES: 10

Commanding Officer (CO) (Captain)
Doctors (x2)
Executive Officer (XO) (Commander)
Tactical Action Officer (TAO) (Lt. Commander)
Command Master Chief (CMC) (Master Chief Petty Officer)
Leader of Naval Mountain Warfare Unit (SEAL Team) (Rank of LT)
Other Assorted

USS Nathan James

Length: 509ft (155m)
Beam: 66ft (20m)
Draft: 30.5ft (9.3m)
Installed Power: 3 x Allison AG9140 Generators (2500kW each)
Propullsion: 4 General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines each generating 29,500 shp (22,000 kW) coupled to two shafts, each driving a five-bladed reversible controllable pitch propeller; Total output: 118,000 shp (88,000 kW)
Speed: In excess of 35mph (30kn)
Range: 4,500 nautical miles at 20kn
Boats Carried: 2 Rigid Hull Inflatable Boats
Sensors and Processing Systems: AN/SPY-1D 3D Radar, AN/SPS-67(V)2 Surface Search Radar, AN/SPS-73(V)12 Surface Search Radar, AN/SQS-53C Sonar Array, AN/SQR-19 Tactical Towed Array Sonar, AN/SQQ-28 LAMPS III Shipboard System
Electronic Warfare: AN/SLQ-32(V)2 Electronic Warfare System, AN/SLQ-25 Nixie Torpedo Countermeasures, MK 36 MOD 12 Decoy Launching System, AN/SLQ-39 CHAFF Buoys
Missiles: 96 cell Mk 41 VLS with: BGM-109 Tomahawk, RIM-66M Standard medium range SAM (has an ASuW mode), RIM-161 Standard Ballistic missile defense missile for Aegis BMD, RIM-162 ESSM (4 per cell) SAM, RUM-139 Vertical Launch ASROC, RIM-174A Standard ERAM
Guns: 1 × 5-inch (127-mm)/62 Mk-45 mod 4 (lightweight gun), 1 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS, 2 × 25 mm M242 Bushmaster cannons, and 2 × Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes
Aircraft: 1 x MH-60R Seahawk LAMPS III with a hanger below deck with room for two.

[Rare]

There's a show about the book, it's on TNT. It's good and I might give it a shot.

[AYoungWarthog]

AYoungWarthog said
So, my friend introduced me to this new show/book called the Last Ship.

I know. :p

[AYoungWarthog]

bump

[Heyitsjiwon]

Interested.

[Kentsukan]

Eh, never mind. Good luck to you all.

[Spartan023]

I'm in

[AYoungWarthog]

Bump. Anyone else? We've got four people, we're gonna need a little bit more!

[ulsterwarrior]

Would it be acceptable to be a Marine Officer assigned to the James? Most Naval ships have a small marine contingent assigned to them, so I wasn't sure If i could be one. If not, I would like to be the Tactical Action Officer, if that's alright.

[AYoungWarthog]

Most Marines on the water are on Amphibious Assault Ships, not destroyers. Destroyers more commonly deploy a SEAL Team, like the James.

[thatguy]

Im interested, and I love the show. Though id perfer no zombies because you could simply kill them off that would be the end of that.

[Kentsukan]

Changed my mind again, sorry. Is there room for one more?

[Kentsukan]

Is this good to go?

[TranscendentalDreamer]

I'm interested. I'd either be interested in one of the doctor spots, maybe a virologist, maybe an evolutionist?

[Kentsukan]

TranscendentalDreamer said
I'm interested. I'd either be interested in one of the doctor spots, maybe a virologist, maybe an evolutionist?

An Evolutionist?

[TranscendentalDreamer]

You know... I do realize now why it wouldn't make any sense for an evolutionist to be present.

[Kentsukan]

TranscendentalDreamer said
You know... I do realize now why it wouldn't make any sense for an evolutionist to be present.

Your medical professional could certainly believe in evolution. I would recommend a pathologist, but I don't know why would be on a ship instead of a lab. I was personally planning on making a psychiatrist.

[TheMadAsshatter]

I'm interested, but I sincerely hope you do a better job with the story than the boneheads at TNT. I love the premise, but the show, quite frankly, has shitty execution with overused cliches, character interactions that make me want to throw up, and a pretty fucking unrealistic set of conflicts. Maybe I'm blowing it out of proportion, but the show does rub me the wrong way. It's not terrible, but as it stands, it needs improvement before it garners my full interest.

I will be more than happy to join this RP if you can do better, and I call dibs on SEAL Team Leader.

[Kentsukan]

Maybe a SEALs medic?

[TranscendentalDreamer]

Maybe I will be Vladimir Putin. That just seems like a good option.