[OOC] Task Force Echo (A Special Forces RP)

[FourtyTwo]

Task Force Echo

A Background So Far...

In December 2015, a nuclear detonation rocked the Holmon Islands in Northern Sweden, it's cause unknown, it's source unidentified. Only one fact remained true- the world had seen what could happen if a nuclear device was in the wrong hands, and it's eventual tracing to a terrorist organization by 2017 in the Near East sent the point home. The use of chemical weapons in Grozny in December 2013, and the following terrorist attack which killed a dozen Danish shoppers in Copenhagen, with chemical weapons identified at the scene, suggested that the world had become far more dangerous than many had expected it to be. Conflicts in Syria, Ukraine, Libya, the world over, continued to rage, the fires of Geopolitical struggle continuing, as it had done for centuries before. Yet there was some change to be had.

Support on the topic of dealing with a newly growing terrorist threat, one willing to commit devastating attacks with little remorse in particular against massive civilian targets was resounding at the United Nations, and following the destruction of the dangerous TIAF group within eastern Turkey, popularity grew to continue to work against these resurgent terrorist groups, this including Non-Islamist factions. Russian, European, American influences all had a stake in the new world, one of which now could not sever itself apart, but had to bond to keep the peace. The OECD quietly organized a new specialist Task Force, in the shadows, outside of government influence and interference. Unlike Lima, this was an organization drawing from beyond NATO, hand picking specialists in their fields. The very best men and women, to serve and eliminate the threats of this new breed of terrorism. Task Force Echo was born.

The year is now 2020, and we now join a new breed of Special Forces warrior. Fighting the wars that you don't see on the nightly news, armed with the gear that still sits on drawing boards, putting fear back into the hearts of those who wish to do terrible things to good people. Oh, and with a fairly healthy dose of being pretty badass, I'd say. A group of operators capable of striking back at the very heart of the matter.

Welcome to Task Force Echo, ladies and gents.

Parts:
Prologue: Echolocation

Part One: Kører med Ulvene (Run with Wolves)

Part Two: Red Light

More Parts to be Announced

Roster of Characters:

(TO BE COMPLETED)

Squad Leader, Automatic Rifleman/Grenadier: Captain Merlin "Wizard" Bastion

Grenadier/AT: First Sergeant Nikolaj "Huscarl" Ørsted-Holl
Marksman/Pointman: Staff Sergeant Olivia "Empress" Yen

CBRN/Rifleman: Master Corporal Tyler "Blacktail" Crowstep
UAV/UGV Operator/Rifleman: Sergeant Richard Goldfarb

TACP/AT Rifleman: Warrant Officer Rainer Johnston
Combat Medic: Staff Sergeant Theis Davidsen
Breaching Specialist/Explosives Expert: Sergeant Dmitriy "Dima" Tarasovich Ungern
EOD/CBRN/Rifleman: Master Sergeant Aleksandra Alexeyevna "The Experiment" Volkov

Marksman/Infiltrator: Specialist Dominique “Duchess” Oakley
Ammo Carrier/Rifleman: Staff Sergeant Jaroslav Svoboda

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CS Template (to be posted in Characters tab)

Name:

Gender:

Age:

Appearance: (Picture and Description, or Detailed Description)

Rank: Caps at Staff Sergeant unless pre-approved officer rank (PM for details)

Role: (Can be joint, so Grenadier/Squad Lead as an example)

Weapon(s): (In the form of loadouts. This is flexible- so at the moment, I would recommend a generic one that fits your character, then keeping a couple in mind for different specific operative needs.)

Brief Background: A paragraph or two will suffice, more if you feel like it.

Equipment (Can be fused with Appearance in places)

[Grim327]

@WilsonTurner

Hey friend, I'm not the one accepting characters or anything, but I did feel like pointing something out in your sheet; You have a marine that had graduated from West Point. . . Sorry man, the only place you're going after graduating West Point is the Army. If you still want him a marine, then have him attending the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Michigan, if not then he should be a soldier in the US Army. Just a little tidbit to make it look better, :)

Sorry, one more thing; if he graduated from a military academy, he would be a fully commissioned officer, and not a warrant officer.

Again, just tidbits I thought that would help your character look even better.

[Bee]

We have two pointmen!

[ChaoticFox]

@kingkonrad Are we to PM you with CS's or do we post em here?

[FourtyTwo]

@WilsonTurner

Hey friend, I'm not the one accepting characters or anything, but I did feel like pointing something out in your sheet; You have a marine that had graduated from West Point. . . Sorry man, the only place you're going after graduating West Point is the Army. If you still want him a marine, then have him attending the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Michigan, if not then he should be a soldier in the US Army. Just a little tidbit to make it look better, :)

Sorry, one more thing; if he graduated from a military academy, he would be a fully commissioned officer, and not a warrant officer.

Again, just tidbits I thought that would help your character look even better.

@Grim327

This echoed.

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That said, I do not want to start accepting/declining. Everyone has good looking characters so far, and I'm actually quite happy with the way some of them look- so Wilson, I actually dig that character's look, it doesn't seem too far-fetched believe it or not- though it is the upper bound, but I will say that when you see Merlin, you'll see something a little more conventional

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Right, I've had so much shit to deal with, I can barely keep in control who is doing what (I didn't do a great job of illustrating who had opted for what either, this is a failing on my part). So, I'm going to update it as follows, and put who has what already. First come, first serve unless you are really desperate to take something, in which case you mail the person who took it.

[FourtyTwo]

Okay, Chaotic, I will PM YOU. You're going to get an interview, then you're going to get sent onto a fellow RPer who will interview you- it's a formality, I promise :)

[ChaoticFox]

Not a problem.

[FourtyTwo]

PMs sent to anyone who needs to get interviewed, I think.

[WilsonTurner]

@Grim327
Fair enough- ask me about tanks'n'crap, I got shtuff covered, but not so much everything else.

[FourtyTwo]

That's fine- we can help you out if needs be if a few things are a little rusty. You seem to have the core, I am not asking for a whole breadth and depth, but at least the willingness to vaguely pick it up.

I have almost finished Merlin, he's going to be the very upper limit of a character's badassery that I would make, and has one hell of a reputation that precedes him. I wrote it inspired by some real life events and operators (see the Gurkha who beheaded a dead Taliban leader to bring back "proof" that the target was dead...I can link), he is a figure of whom will have this aurora in the team, definitely being the kind of person who fits the bill when you need to co-ordinate a squad of operators with more than just commands alone, distinct from my previous character in Lima. I will say that Nikolaj will be a far more normal character, and probably something that will be more atypical of the squad. There are Jamie Lannister jokes to be had at his expense though (for many, many reasons that will be sort of seen, if not already from the CS), because there are plenty of happy coincidences that I let loose.

[WilsonTurner]

@kingkonrad


Also, I think my guy's going to be relatively chill most of the time. He'll just be doing a rubix cube in a lawn chair while everyone else is working out and all that. :b
He'll still train, of course. He's just chill.

That should be one of my character's things...
He'll always have a rubix cube.

[StrangerDanger]

I'll be able to work on my character sheet a bit the next few days but in light of the holidays it's going to be a little slow for me. I'll keep you all updated!

[BigPapaBelial]

Made some huge strides with my character sheet. Doing quite well so far.

Anyone sees something wrong let me know.

[FourtyTwo]

Great to see people pushing on. It's a hell of a lot of work on my end, as I have barely finished Merlin and Nikolaj yet, and have a couple more interviews to finish off. One thing that I would say though- I do know that a lot of people have gone for the same role, and it's difficult to start filtering it through on my end, as I'm finding it hard. What I will say is, I would like for everyone to have a base loadout that involves an assault rifle, in whatever format, and from there, I can start to see what I can do for throwing out specializations towards people's way.

I have noted that there are a few overlaps, in particular with certain roles going over. This is predominantly my fault I'd think- I really didn't set out a basic brief of who had what, and in turn, it's sort of translated into people taking stuff that is taken, and so on. I have to apologise wholly for that aspect of things- the roles list is still a work in progress, and I think that once the last CSes are up, I will get back and make sure that if they do exist, they're practical for the squad's needs.

EDIT- make that I have now come very close to finishing Merlin and Nikolaj. I really wanted to drop it in with Nikolaj, that he is actually one of the operators that Jan shot. It's a hyperlink moment in two characters I have had, though I don't want anyone else following down in the same vein that I did there if that's okay with everyone- I do want to keep most of the RP separated from Lima, so this is purely for anyone who was in Lima's info. I will say that provisionally, Nikolaj will be the 2IC of the team regardless of ranks- this will change as we finish what will be the opening segment of the RP, and I will do that for what is basically convenience's sake, due to the workings of the start of the RP. I am looking forward to it, and will be effectively keeping most people in the dark on what it is as I really want to play a blinder with the events that will happen. After that, I will be in contact with any RPers and working away on the next part of the RP- I have a plot in mind, but anything that they'd like to develop in their own characters or add as a possibility.

[Antediluvixen]

Hey everybody, I'm joining the fun.

And yes, CS has been approved though it will continue to be refined.

[FourtyTwo]

My CS is done I think, I'll have this RP launched fingers crossed by Monday/Tuesday, if a little later then I'll bring any interviews/assessments of CSes finished by that point. For the love of God, if you make a CS like mine, you possibly have too much time on your hands as I found out. Once you start googling Surefire flashlights, you never go back....help plz :D

[WilsonTurner]

I'm just playing World of Warships.

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I wish we were doing a WWII D-Day instead now D:

[Antediluvixen]

@kingkonrad There was a time I spent six whole hours reading about terminal ballistics.

[BigPapaBelial]

I spent an hour refamilarizing myself with Wildcat ammo the other day. And it was only today when I was told, "Try it out." Seems it's all good.

[StrangerDanger]

I literally just got done firing a Mk.16 SCAR L rifle and a Sig P226.