It's A Wonderful Life: An Imperial Guard/Navy (WH40K) RP [Seeking Recruits!]

[Agent B52]

One point of note: As gunner @Sarpedon you're gonna technically be under my command. While Jack as it stands is a fairly laissez-faire he does remain steadfast in certain respects (mostly pertaining towards heresy, inter-crew bullying in any form, and poor cooking).

[Sarpedon]

@Agent B52 That's how gunners work, yup. You get the fancy joystick that overrides the gunner joystick and I mostly sit there and scream at the loader to load sabot rounds faster and shoot things when you're more interested in hitting them with your sword. And if the loader is busy I take over radio duties while he does whatever the hell. My character is pretty good about not being a heretic, likes getting along with others, and cooks well enough when informed that it's his turn. However he's also hard of hearing and yells a lot as a result. I'll see if I can pull together a character sheet real quick...

Do you have a name for your Armoured Regiment? Can I randomly make some shit up about it?

[Jb]

@Agent B52@Sarpedon

Note for the both of you, two in fact...

The first being that you'll actually be spending less time in your pride-and-joy than you think, as most of our tasks will be more person-to-person and therefore not require a hulking mass of death-dealing and tracked metal. Sorry.

Secondly, you'll be shoved into a composite regiment, along with others from different planets, similarly decimated regiments and so forth.

You'd best start believing in the power of foot-slogging infantry regiments, boys, you're in one!

[Sarpedon]

@Agent B52@Sarpedon

Note for the both of you, two in fact...

The first being that you'll actually be spending less time in your pride-and-joy than you think, as most of our tasks will be more person-to-person and therefore not require a hulking mass of death-dealing and tracked metal. Sorry.

Secondly, you'll be shoved into a composite regiment, along with others from different planets, similarly decimated regiments and so forth.

You'd best start believing in the power of foot-slogging infantry regiments, boys, you're in one!

@Jbcool

I am totally okay with that. I'm not okay with Infantry Regiments, though, especially Light Infantry Regiments. Mechanized Infantry is the only acceptable infantry. The rest of them just have bad times... I'm going to assume I still get the plasma gun and keep writing my adhoc character sheet

[Jb]

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I am totally okay with that. I'm not okay with Infantry Regiments, though, especially Light Infantry Regiments. Mechanized Infantry is the only acceptable infantry. The rest of them just have bad times... I'm going to assume I still get the plasma gun and keep writing my adhoc character sheet

@Sarpedon

I don't mind you not being alright with infantry, in fact I'd say it should add interesting mechanics to the RP; feel free to carry on with the improvised profile.

When not in your tank, you'll likely be armed as the 'base regiment' of your regiment is, this could mean you'll be given a las-gun and bayonet...who knows?

[Agent B52]

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I don't mind you not being alright with infantry, in fact I'd say it should add interesting mechanics to the RP; feel free to carry on with the improvised profile.

When not in your tank, you'll likely be armed as the 'base regiment' of your regiment is, this could mean you'll be given a las-gun and bayonet...who knows?

@Jbcool

Acquisitions and 'acquisitions' are both things in the IG as far as I'm aware of. Hell pointed questions as to where he even got the thing might make for an interesting plot point.

@Agent B52 That's how gunners work, yup. You get the fancy joystick that overrides the gunner joystick and I mostly sit there and scream at the loader to load sabot rounds faster and shoot things when you're more interested in hitting them with your sword. And if the loader is busy I take over radio duties while he does whatever the hell. My character is pretty good about not being a heretic, likes getting along with others, and cooks well enough when informed that it's his turn. However he's also hard of hearing and yells a lot as a result. I'll see if I can pull together a character sheet real quick...

Do you have a name for your Armoured Regiment? Can I randomly make some shit up about it?

@Sarpedon

Okay. Best to make the chain of command very clear before it causes drama IC or OOC.

As for the armoured regiment, they were based on the current Dutch Royal Army: Relaxed and easy going during down time, professionally morose and dedicated when on the clock. There are two subtypes in the regiment: Those who volunteered for a life in the IG and conscripts drafted to make up numbers and meet the demands of the tithe. Volunteers are generally seen as nutcases on their peaceful agriworld home, they are adventurous, bold and prone to sick practical jokes. Conscripts tend to be more grounded and practical with a penchant for lazing about if the opportunity arises.

Training consisted of two years of on-world prepatory training, then the standard IG 'en-route to the hellhole training'.

Regiment specific history is fairly loose: Other than that one tank engagement in Jack's Bio I don't have anything set in stone. Feel free to go nuts.

[Sarpedon]

When not in your tank, you'll likely be armed as the 'base regiment' of your regiment is, this could mean you'll be given a las-gun and bayonet...who knows?

@Jbcool

I shotgunned the plasma gun though! XD

Acquisitions and 'acquisitions' are both things in the IG as far as I'm aware of. Hell pointed questions as to where he even got the thing might make for an interesting plot point.

@Agent B52

This guy gets it. "Acquisitions" are the best kind of acquisitions. Unfortunately, it usually means blowing someone in supply...

Also: I re-wrote some stuff to keep it simpler and more ambiguous, at least for now. Once I know more about what is going on, I might rewrite it. We'll see what happens...

[Jb]

Okay, let me lay it out for you;

The RP will begin pre-formation of the new formation - that'll be the one our characters come together to create later on. At the beginning we are nearing the end of an Imperial crusade against the Greenskins in an overrun system of Imperial space, the regiments we are currently part of will be folded together to create a mixed/composite regiment of varying peoples, fighting types and so forth.

That's pretty much all you need to know.

[Agent B52]

This guy gets it. "Acquisitions" are the best kind of acquisitions. Unfortunately, it usually means blowing someone in supply...

@Sarpedon

Another option is to take the British Squaddie approach and make/claim it buckshee.

[Sarpedon]

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Another option is to take the British Squaddie approach and make/claim it buckshee.

@Agent B52

I didn't know there was a word for that. I like it! Now to make it catch on in Canada!

[WardenCelestine]

/officially informing all of you of my interest in this RP.

[Jb]

@Sarpedon

Aye, we got a lot of interesting words from across our Empire, of which Canada was (and remains) a beloved ally.

@Andromedai

Your soul is MINE!

[Sarpedon]

@Jbcool Fuckin' right! Canada! Fuck yeah!

[WardenCelestine]

@Sarpedon

Aye, we got a lot of interesting words from across our Empire, of which Canada was (and remains) a beloved ally.

@Andromedai

Your soul is MINE!

@Jbcool

To late, already sold it =/

[Sarpedon]

To late, already sold it =/

@Andromedai

This is going to turn into some kind of spongebob shit, I'm sure...

[Jb]

Right then, we need one more...then, we can begin.

[jbeil]

Looking forward to staying behind the front line as far as the commissar will let Khalid and praying the grenade launcher doesn't blow up in his hands - I'm thinking he'll have been one of the lucky members of a forlorn hope regiment who mostly got eaten, shot, stabbed, run over, or simply warped out of existence.

Isn't the Imperium lovely?

[Jb]

Isn't the Imperium lovely?

@jbeil

There is no better place in all the galaxies in existence, and anyone who says otherwise is a damned heretic!

[Sarpedon]

the sort of grenade launcher that explodes in your hands is the sort of grenade launcher that wasn't maintained properly...

Also, I believe I've got my characters hashed out, I'm just not sure how much detail you want on these people...

[Jb]

As detailed as you like! I'm all for finding out more about personalities, history and the like in-character though, so feel free to gloss over that.

Right, I'll get an OOC thread up soon.