Agent B52

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

Er, @Jbcool I have time for only one RP at the moment. What would you rather have, me in this one or on the other one? I'd prefer this one all things considered.

Just realized the Leman Russ doesn't make any sense... How are you supposed to fit a gunner in that turret? And how are you supposed to get anyone to load that cannon? No wonder the imperium is having trouble with conquering the galaxy...

Now I have to go read that! *grumble grumble grumble*

@Sarpedon

I did not mean you actually had to go read the entirety of the AGP, I just wanted to see if you were familiar with the story .

"The Gol'Kut Crusade!" - A Large Scale RP of the 42nd Millenium (WH40K) (CLOSED)

@mattmanganon

Heavy weapons captain: He knew that some people believed they could outsmart him. Maybe, maybe. The captain had yet to see anyone outsmart a bolter shell.

"The Gol'Kut Crusade!" - A Large Scale RP of the 42nd Millenium (WH40K) (CLOSED)

Still wondering if I could expand the Greater Good?

@LordZell

"The Gol'Kut Crusade!" - A Large Scale RP of the 42nd Millenium (WH40K) (CLOSED)

Fuck me this is a fair bit larger in scale than what I first signed up for.

Good. I can get more tanks.

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

@Agent B52 We'll be part of a larger unit, but will each be playing a singular character or a squad of them at most AKA We'll have plenty of NPC's to do the dying for us! That, and I'm looking at infantry because, well, a Leman Russ is not much use on a close-protection job...or an assassination...or a recon into hostile territory...or...well, you get the picture.

Nevertheless, if you wish to take a Leman Russ, I'll let you have it.

@Jbcool

A Leman Russ is perfectly capable of assassination! It will just not be very subtle about it.

If we have a vehicle with a turret on it, I wanna be the gunner, otherwise, I want the plasma gun!

@Sarpedon

Sure, sure, fine Tink.

ANYWAY:

Sergeant Jacques 'Mad Jack' De Vries

HISTORY

As implied by his nickname, Jack is considered to be a bit messed up in the head due to always volunteering for scout duty. Cheerful and a great singer his tank is always in the front, leading the charge or reconnoitring the terrain ahead.

Initially recruited from the agriworld Nendardel, his experience with racing on tractors (based off the Leman Russ chassis) made him a great tank driver right off the bat. He truly rose to fame during a short but intense conflict with a group of Chaos raiders on the agriworld of Chion VII. During a battle for one of the provincial capitals his Russ had the turret blown off killing both the commander and the gunner and leaving Jack in charge of the tank. Rather than retreat from the unseen tank destroyer or panic he slammed down on the throttle forward and used a dip in the terrain to hide his now much smaller tank. From there, coordinating carefully with the remains of his unit, he managed to sneak into the enemy back lines where, armed solely with a hull mounted lascannon and sponsoon bolters he proceeded to sow utter chaos among the lines of the heretics. Either annoying targets enough so that they would expose vulnerable rear armour to other imperial tanks and blasting important looking objects with the hull mounted cannon. When asked to comment on his highly successful if reckless run, he reportedly shrugged and replied with 'it was great fun and I'd love to do it again?'.

Soon after, he was promoted to commander of the Leman Russ 'Cearbannog', the tank he has commanded ever since. He and his surviving comrades from Nendardel are best known for two things. The first is their relaxed easy going attitude off duty, being tolerant of quirks of people from other worlds rather than annoyed. Secondly the crew share a small portable garden of plants from their homeworld which can be smoked as a replacement for normal Lho sticks. For obvious reasons this makes them quite popular on extended campaigns.

WEAPONS:

Leman Russ standard pattern Main Battle Tank 'Caerbannog'.
- 1x Battle Cannon (turret)
- 1x Lascannon (hull mount)
- 2x Heavy Bolter (sponson)

Lascarbine

Combat knife

Well-sung battle hymns

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

Ah we are supposed to play as one or at most a squad of characters. I mistakenly inferred we would be playing as our own platoon (given the life expectancy of a single guardsman a not entirely unreasonable chain of thought).

Is a Conqueror variant acceptable? Otherwise I will take a vanilla Russ.

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

Hammer of the Emperor represent!



Also no Commisar I will not drive you closer, if you wanted to hit them with your sword join an Ogryn unit.

((Gonna wait a bit before I decide which variants of Leman Russ I'm going to roll with, I want to see what suits the group better. Only thing I'm sure of are some plain old vanilla Leman Russ variants.))

Star Wars - The Force Awakens (spoilers should be hidden)

It is good, it is Star Wars. Those two important, oh so incredibly important goals are what the movie nailed.

That said it does have flaws. There are moments that the film harkens back to the original trilogy a bit too much.

Overall verdict: A proper Star Wars film that has a low enough entrance barrier even someone who never saw any of the previous movies can enjoy it. 9/10 would watch again.

Notice me, Sentai! A High School, Romantic, Magical Person roleplay!

Progress update: It's going, but it is slow going. Japanese culture with respect to law enforcement, and detective work especially is vastly different than I anticipated and it forced me to rewrite Shizuka (the detective girl I am creating) a fair bit.

Lastly, a shout out to the lovely Madam Kitten for helping me out with character number 3, working name 'Nigirikobuchi'.

Notice me, Sentai! A High School, Romantic, Magical Person roleplay!

Not dead, still working on the two extra CSheets. I already have one near completion that I expect to finish tomorrow that will feature a girl who can find anything but I am unsure of my third pick. I am debating between The Great Forky One (aka that batfuck insane paranoid that somehow got through basic), a badass normal police inspector who now may or may not have to deal with a child who hates him and has superpowers or Magical Teenage Mom (I seriously doubt if I have the writing ability to pull this one off with the needed amount of tact and delicacy given the seriousness of the subject matter).

Edit: To clarify I am looking for some creative discussion for inspiration. Anything from 'no they are all horrible toss them out and begin again' to 'I love that one, more please' to a full fifty page detailed analysis is fine, but no answer just gives me the feeling I am speaking to a brick wall. Which of these gives either of you ideas? Which of these would you like to interact with and influence IC? Which concept feels bland or stupid and why?

I am not asking that any of you write the CS for me, just that I can bounce some ideas off of you.