[OOC] Apocalyptica

[ApocalypticaGM]

Added a new character to the mix... When I'm not the last person who posted, I'll introduce them IC.

[Aweena]

Fallenreaper said
Mind if I bring the post to an end then?

Yeah, definitely. It's getting a little on the long side anyway, so it may be wise to end it now.

[Zombiedude101]

Alright, so I know this has been brought up before but I'm still kinda confused about Chico; how much of it is actually bordered off from the outside and converted into a safezone?

[Fallenreaper]

Aweena said
Yeah, definitely. It's getting a little on the long side anyway, so it may be wise to end it now.

I put the end bit up there and hope you like, just post it unless you need to make some changes when you're done.

Shon and Aweena, also I'm sending you two another pm.

[ApocalypticaGM]

Zombiedude101 said
Alright, so I know this has been brought up before but I'm still kinda confused about Chico; how much of it is actually bordered off from the outside and converted into a safezone?

You can expect that every haven on the West Coast is walled. I'd say every haven period, but I'm sure others that crop up will disprove that statement. Anyway, Evergreen had walls of rusted out shit cars, salvaged fences, a few watchtowers, and in general just things too frustrating and too dangerous to climb easily. I might be overstating the old defences, but with the 1007th there now maybe not a big deal. Knowing that they're an impressive example, we could probably expect Chico is less monumental in the layers of walls aspect and probably takes on a more city friendly approach. Chico is this mix of city and suburbia that's pretty packed in with the latter. Imagine houses reduced to a thick wall of brick and wood. Cars stacked in the streets of neighbourhoods thick and high street after street forming a solid mass blocking entry. Perhaps some houses are converted into two or three story watchtowers with gates crafted here and there for entry into the haven. It's a segment of Chico, now reduced from its original size, with as much within the walls maintained as possible, and some areas modified for survival. I imagine some areas may be better crafted and clean, while others might just be heaps of jagged metal that just so happen to point outward to skewer deaders too dumb to turn around.

I hope that helps. The haven is pretty big compared in terms of spread compared to Evergreen. You're free to imagine up an area as you please, just follow my rule of thumb and never speak for the entirety. If you describe a bit as hard 'check out this glorious image in my mind' you'll invite others to do the same, and so on, and so forth.

@Fallen: Looking forward to it!

[Aweena]

Zombiedude101 said
Alright, so I know this has been brought up before but I'm still kinda confused about Chico; how much of it is actually bordered off from the outside and converted into a safezone?

When I have time I can make a rough map of the area, I suppose. To be quite honest, I'm not so sure myself. The actual walls enclosing the Havens are never really specified, and perhaps that's best for creative freedom. But we can still figure this out if you'd like.

Alright, Fallen. The post is up. I just changed one little line where Abbie asked Sam and Trake where they'd been. That cliffhanger was really unexpected and I don't know what we'll do next, so I'm excited to start.

[Fallenreaper]

Aweena said
Alright, Fallen. The post is up. I just changed one little line where Abbie asked Sam and Trake where they'd been. That cliffhanger was really unexpected and I don't know what we'll do next, so I'm excited to start.

I have a idea but I have to ensure a fact first, namely if the 1007th occupied Chico yet or heading there for sure. I think it was mentioned before but I'm not sure.

[ApocalypticaGM]

Fallenreaper said
I have a idea but I have to ensure a fact first, namely if the 1007th occupied Chico yet or heading there for sure. I think it was mentioned before but I'm not sure.

As far as I know, the only 1007th presence in Chico right now includes the seven who just flew in with Simon and Remmy. Could change later though, ;).

[Aweena]

Fallenreaper said
I have a idea but I have to ensure a fact first, namely if the 1007th occupied Chico yet or heading there for sure. I think it was mentioned before but I'm not sure.

Yeah, the 1007th shouldn't have arrived just yet. If that foils your idea, I've got one of my own that I could recycle that still works just as well.

[Fallenreaper]

Aweena said
Yeah, the 1007th shouldn't have arrived just yet. If that foils your idea, I've got one of my own that I could recycle that still works just as well.

I vote for the recycle since my alternative solution after learning that was...well, something that would've sent everyone into laughter. :P

Also, the answer to one of your question from the pm is in the PM titled Apolcalyptica Character pm Aweena.

[Prometheus]

Alright, so I know this has been brought up before but I'm still kinda confused about Chico; how much of it is actually bordered off from the outside and converted into a safezone?

something like this, maybe?

I'd never thought about it too much, but Chico's kinda my thing.

Here's the old description, if that helps. It's not really pretty or formatted, but it's something.

Description for Chico

Chico City Center: 39.72554 -121.80200
Oroville City Center: 39.50528 -121.54100
Orland City Center: 39.74507 -122.18456
Marysville City Center: 39.15757 -121.57146

DESCRIPTION: When the infection hit, most of California fell almost immediately. Los Angeles suffered from a meteor impact, and the infection was quick to overtake the Sacramento and San Francisco Metropolises, while San Diego was swarmed within a few days of L.A.'s infection. The military retreated from the West Coast immediately, leaving the residents to fend for themselves. But unknown to them, most of Central California was left relatively untouched, with Chico and it's surrounding communities having just enough time to begin building defenses. Chico was the most successful in this effort, erecting a 20 foot tall wall from local concrete resources and salvaged housing materials. The Chico haven soon expanded to smaller pods in surrounding communities, offering help to similar, smaller pods of survivors in Oroville, Orland and Marysville. Eventually the havens were interconnected by major highways, all of which are walled off by chain link fences but most protected by the relative countryside isolation. 
Chico, being the largest haven, holds most of the haven's population, it's center of commerce, and it's central government. Within it's walls, old houses and foundations were pulled up to grow small farms near the barriers, and within the city most of the inhabited houses sport vegetable gardens in place of lawns. It's city center and government building is the Chico College library, and it's trading center is the set of stores at the coordinates provided, at the very south of the haven.
Oroville is primarily responsible for the haven's abundant power and water resources. Being so close to the Oroville dam and lake, they were able to redirect most of the available water resources to Chico and the other communities, and hydroelectric power from the dam keeps the lights on in all four of the communities without trouble. Oroville is the smallest of the four communities, with it's few hundred members all being associated with the dam in some way, although it also sports a small farming community to it's west. It's city center is the former Oroville hospital, being one of the largest buildings in the entire town.
Orland is the agricultural center of Chico, with most of it's land inside it's walls being salvaged for farming, while the walls are constantly expanding and being added onto to provide more space. It's community lives mostly on these farms. It's city center is the former Mill St. School, chosen over the nearby city hall for the larger amount of space. A small amount of housing surrounds the center, but the rest has been demolished over the course of 5 years to make room for agriculture.
Marysville is the furthest south portion of the Chico haven, taking over an hour by driving to get there from Chico. It is the second largest residential center, and is also the most threatened of the four havens. It is continually threatened by a larger zed presence from Yuba City, as well as acting as a barrier between Chico and the rest of southern California. It is continually scavenging essentials from Yuba City and has a small agrarian community to the northeast, but for the most part it exists because Chico likes the security it provides. It's city center Marysville is a cultural center for the haven, and is generally considered one of the most luxurious spots to live on the West Coast, assuming you're comfortable having a hundred thousand zed pounding on the southern wall. It's city center is a former middle school, chosen for similar reasons to Orland's.

Chico is the only one of the central surviving havens to maintain a complete democracy. They even hold regular elections. They have the highest combined population of any haven, but also happen to be the most inaccessible. The landscape is beautiful, the food, water and power is abundant and there are thousands of people to welcome you back to a normalcy of life…if you can brave the countless hordes of zombie surrounding the area.

POPULATION: 50,000 

DEFENSE:
Chico is the most secure of the towns, sporting 40 foot high concrete walls coupled with a 20 foot deep moat to keep zed a comfortable distance away. The moat is flushed once a year to keep zed from piling up. The walls extend for about 2 miles to the northwest of the coordinates provided, making it the largest of the four parts of the haven.
Oroville is the least secure, but also the least threatened, of the four havens, with it's walls in some places being nothing more than a chain link fence, while in others it relies on old house fences or other makeshift wood boarding. It's barely 8 feet tall at it's highest point. It's hardly ever bothered, however, and the walls are constantly patrolled. The walls extend erratically around houses and roads, as Oroville in itself is fairly erratic in it's city planning.
Orland is similar to Oroville for security, as it's walls are being continually expanded to make room for more farms. But also similar to Oroville, it's rarely bothered by any heavy zed presence, and the borders are continually patrolled for safety.
Marysville ties Chico for the most secure of the four towns, with 30 foot high walls made entirely of concrete or steel, and a 20 foot deep moat to match it's rival town's. This moat is flushed closer to once a month due to zed constantly heading towards the city, and the Marysville Militia is Chico's primary military strength. Marysville is a stalwart defender of it's counterparts, and fills the role well.
In addition to the haven walls, the highways and roads connecting the towns are barricaded by fences and walls, and to the south, a line of "noisemakers" (an idea courtesy of Westley Jeromiah) runs for several miles parallel to Marysville, drawing any zed in the area west, instead of north.

SUPPLY: Chico will never go in want in regards to supplies. They are abundant in just about everything, but there's always room for another salvager looking to hawk his wares in Chico's commercial center, or an adventurer looking to join the Marysville Salaveger teams.

OVERALL RATING: 8/10 

[Firecracker_]

As I got out of bed for the second time today, I slammed my pillow down, determined to write something and roleplay today. This, oddly enough, really got me into the writing mood. Anyone gonna be on today?

[Proser]

I'm trying to iron some stuff out, but by/around this weekend I think I'll finally have the CS up and hopefully if it's cool and I'm let in I can get in on posting IC.

[Fallenreaper]

Firecracker_ said
As I got out of bed for the second time today, I slammed my pillow down, determined to write something and roleplay today. , oddly enough, really got me into the writing mood. Anyone gonna be on today?

I'm usually on late at night.

@Shon and a bit of Aweena, I'll get up Remmy likely by end of this week. As well as edit the CS in the pm I sent as soon as possible, I got to figure out a few things and likely rewrite a lot of it.

[ApocalypticaGM]

Heard, Fallen.

How is everyone doing? I don't see our OOC super lively, but our IC always seems strong. I swear you all scare me sometimes.

Oh, and I'll just leave this here...

RPGN 3/14 said
Tough Mudders
These are the RP's that kept going through the Guildfall; some of them have been around for years, and we're giving them a special recognition, because it takes dedication as well as talent to keep one of these going this long -- and the patience of a saint. These RP's are establishments within the Guild, and a little thing like Guildfall isn't keeping them down. (Note: Because of Guildfall, we;'re also recognizing sequels, since we know a lot of stuff was lost.)

Old Guild Survivor RP's
- Naruto: The Rise of the New Generations - GM: New Generations
- Star Wars: Coruscant Sacked: Aftermath - GM: Ellri
- Apocalyptica - GM: Aweena
- Legend of Zelda: The Templar Crusade - GM: ColonelCaboose
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List goes on, but are we one of the few RPs there not based off a show/game?

[Fallenreaper]

ShonHarris said
Heard, Fallen. How is everyone doing? I don't see our OOC super lively, but our IC always seems strong. I swear you all scare me sometimes.Oh, and I'll just leave this here... List goes on, but are we one of the few RPs there not based off a show/game?

I find it ironic that two of my rps that I'm in have made it on that list, something which I'm happy about. Though I hope this help SW in getting more players though, we could use them. XD

[Firecracker_]

Alright guys, I added most of you guys to a Google Doc of new story I'm working on, that will tie into an RP that I hope to put out somewhere in the future. The ideas are still rough, but I'm hoping you guys can go to the Doc and just help out or give ideas, but I don't expect or really want you guys to write anything for me. It's post-apocalyptic, as usual, but not zombies, but a take on the 'natural disaster' mixed with 'disease' and I guess maybe a mixture of a few other things. Hope you guys enjoy!

[ApocalypticaGM]

Firecracker_ said
Alright guys, I added most of you guys to a Google Doc of new story I'm working on, that will tie into an RP that I hope to put out somewhere in the future. The ideas are still rough, but I'm hoping you guys can go to the Doc and just help out or give ideas, but I don't expect or really want you guys to write anything for me. It's post-apocalyptic, as usual, but not zombies, but a take on the 'natural disaster' mixed with 'disease' and I guess maybe a mixture of a few other things. Hope you guys enjoy!

See, I saw this and was asking myself if it was related to some job posting I responded to, then realized the name looked very familiar. I'd love to help along with the ideation process! I have a commissioned piece to write (could earn me stable work as a freelancer) first, but I'll definitely pop on.

[Aweena]

ShonHarris said
Heard, Fallen. How is everyone doing? I don't see our OOC super lively, but our IC always seems strong. I swear you all scare me sometimes.Oh, and I'll just leave this here... List goes on, but are we one of the few RPs there not based off a show/game?

I think that's nice that they had that little moment of recognition for all of the surviving RP's. I always think back on how long this has been running for and am amazed it's still going. Not just this latest run but the RP's history overall as well. It's been, what, five-six years now?

Sorry about my inactivity. I've been a little busy the past while and I always kept thinking, "I should get back to Apocalyptica." Of course I get those thoughts while working or nowhere near a computer. Then when I'm at my computer I totally forget and have Youtube binges of hit songs from the early '00s.

[Zombiedude101]

I'm still here, I've just not been posting so much while I've been away. Sorry.