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Strike Witches: The untold story of The 509th "Weary Witches"

Dragonruby said
Huh, WW2 never happened? I was under the impression that WW2 did happen, and that the neuroi just kinda interrupted it. Well either way, I'll get a character up soon, currently debating what role he's going to be, as in infantry, tanker, engineer, etc. Any recommendations would be readily accepted.

I would recommend engineer if you want your character to live long. And I would heavily heavily suggest you read the wiki for Strike Witches just to get a better idea of what's going on in the world.

Strike Witches: The untold story of The 509th "Weary Witches"

Lost! What the hell are you doing over here in the OOC!? Get yur ass over to the IC! XD I jest I jest

Strike Witches: The untold story of The 509th "Weary Witches"

Rin said
Basically this. I... Honestly think that fandom RPs should remain faithful to the original works, because otherwise you may as well just make your own original thing based on it if you start changing big things. And I honestly don't really like the idea......Been having difficulties coming up with a post since I've been feeling sick over the past couple of days, but... We'll see. Depending on how things go, should hopefully have one out by the start of the weekend but we'll see.

*sigh* Jeez, never thought this was going to turn into a big deal..... Okay, I'm not diverging from Canon in the sense that suddenly regular troops become effective, I just want to have fun with the notion that instead of what they did in first season and essentially "shun" the other staff of the base because Minna was being all weird about it, we can actually have a much more characterized community of both witches and regulars. I'm not making any "big changes" to alter the Canon, just our wing commander isn't Minna and is a hell of a lot more laid back about troop-witch interaction than Minna was. That's it. I think it was quite obvious from the beginning of Strike Witches that the real reason behind the typical shunning and absence of other base staff was to fully encourage and/or make sure that the viewer gets that this is a yuri focused show when it comes to relationships.

Anyway, I'm not messing with anything major in the canon settings, I'm just saying that Alivia isn't Minna, and it may be interesting to have a played character be a regular, though I do want to see the CS first before I make any final decisions. Besides, I think there was a misinterpretation of Aleranicus post. Of course, correct me if I'm wrong, but I read it as this RP doesn't stick to canon story, and that you guys are free to have fun with items that may have not been fully covered or explained in the show. The canon setting is the dough of the jelly donut, and we're just switching out the fillling (or however that's suppose to go XD) Just have fun guys!

And hey, rest up and and I hope ya feel better! Looking forward to when you can post Rin.

Strike Witches: The untold story of The 509th "Weary Witches"

Aleranicus said
I dunno. I'm of the opinion that, since absolutely nothing we're writing will be canon, we should feel free to explore outside CERTAIN boundaries set by our fearless leader/GM.

Strike Witches: The untold story of The 509th "Weary Witches"

VitaVitaAR said
Um, I feel like I should point out that the reason regular soldiers don't do much in Strike Witches is because they're not very useful against the Neuroi and it would kind of be a waste of life to send them out there to try and fight them all the time. Sometimes planes and ships act as support for the Witches but that's not very common because the Neuroi can take them out very quickly.That said there were engineers and stuff, just not direct combat personnel hanging around all the time. People in charge of technology and stuff were still around.A 'regular' war effort doesn't really work against the Neuroi, which is why the Witches are used like they are. They don't want to just get people killed.Also, WWI and WWII did not happen at all in Strike Witches. There were no huge armies ready to kill each other because the circumstances in Strike Witches' world were very, very different. Everything you see in the show was developed to be anti-Neuroi, and even then it was only the Witches who proved to be effective against them. Any non-Witch effort to fight the Neuroi kind of goes terribly terribly wrong.Um, just felt like I should point that out. ^^;

Yes, we've covered well how the grunts in the series were fairly ineffective against the Neuroi. But you'll see how I'll play it out in the RP once everyone has gotten in their first post (Rin and Lost Cause). Like I said before, I would be more than happy to see the potential of this unknown story being told from the view point of the regular supporting soldiers of the 509th. Also, apparently through reading the some of the light novels and the opening to the movie, the writers seem to imply that the Neuroi have been appearing again and again through history. Sooo yeah.

Now this is not to say that a Flak 88 can't take out a Neuroi, it's just a hell of a lot harder when its being crewed by soldiers and in a fixed or less mobile position.

Strike Witches: The untold story of The 509th "Weary Witches"

Dragonruby said
Hello, this RP caught my interest, and I'd like to make a request. I understand that this may not exactly fit what you're all trying to do here, so if you feel this idea is disagreeable, I'll simply pack up and leave. I'd like to play as a character/characters without magic.Now, I never really got into Strike Witches. I tried watching it once or twice, but it never really caught my interest. One question I always had when watching it though, was 'where the hell is everyone else'. I mean, short of the beginning scenes where they're on a carrier, you don't really see too many men running around, and this is WWII, or at least a sort of continuation of it. This was pretty much the largest war the world's ever seen, and all sides had massive armies of men ready to murder each other, and now everyone's working together in the face of an alien invasion and... they never really show up. Perhaps they showed up later, during the majority of the series which I didn't watch, but at least from what I've seen, Castle Barin looked really empty. I think striker techs were shown, like... once? So, I found this RP here, and thought, 'hey... this seems like a good place to play out all that stuff that I imagine happens offscreen, with the more 'regular' war effort.Like I said before, I completely understand if this doesn't fit into what you guys are trying to do here, and there won't be any hard feelings or anything if you say no.

Actually, funny enough, I was going to have some more involvement with the regulars of the base the 509th is stationed. Most Strike Witches wings distance themselves from regulars because usually those massive armies your talking about get brushed aside by the Neuroi pretty swiftly and brutally (not to say conventional weapons are entirely useless). But yeah, the soon to be tour of the base was going to include both the introduction of a few key regular characters and the bigger ideal that we are all in this together, witch and regular soldier alike.

So! I'm going to say post your character and I'll see whether it fits in nicely or not.

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Vash said
I haven't updated the barracks in a while.My bad.We are accepting...ish. You two will be the last for a while.PLEASE TAKE YOUR DAMN TIME in making your CSs. We're in a mission, your character will NOT be introduced until the mission is over.

*waves hand dismissively* I hear ya I hear ya. I read through that big ole first post. CS will come in time. :)

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Lucius Cypher said
That's the plan. Post it into the OOC so we can check it out. If you want my advice, I'm thinking that this Stealth Suit could be a Mk III that combines specs from the Mk II and the Y-17 Trauma Override Harness. But you know, since it's designed by those Think-Tanks, the prototype obviously has some problems. You know, I'm also thinking we need some Aliens. That would be fun, fighting Aliens.

Yeah, in terms of actual stats for the Mk III, it was going to be, like you said, very similar to the Mk II and very very problomatic (I mean as if being bonded to the suit for life wasn't bad enough, a powerful enough EMP could also kill her!)

Oh and aliens would be fun

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Vash said
Mmm, we already have somebody that has a lot of experience with the big empty. My Co-gm and I discussed it and we would like to see her fleshed out first.

Alright, so you want me to go ahead and make the CS so you can get a better feel for the character?

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Lucius Cypher said
Ayayayaya? A challenger appears? Interesting. From what I remember, the Courier has taken the technology of the Big Empty for his own purposes. But perhaps not all is lost... This could be a new Stealth Suit. Stealth Suit Mk III, a recreation of the Mk II after it left the facility. But with some issues, namely that issue on how your character cannot live without it. The Stealth Suit Mk III was suppose to provide a certain constant regeneration to it's wearer, enhancing the wearers blood or whatever, but in the process made it impossible for the wearing to live outside the support of the suit, due to the effects on it's body. You character could be a recent discovery by the Enclave, who have withheld her from the current mission to do further research on her and see how her suit holds up in Eagle Claw training.Also, this wouldn't happen the be the image you have in mind?

Exactly! That's what I was thinking of in terms of her suit.

And yes, that's the image that inspired the character. It's pretty awesome if you ask me. I guess it also came from when I played that DLC and got the suit. "Please take this. I don't want you to die." Nothing else in that game has ever motivated me to such a realistic level self preservation than that suit, XD