Invictus

Operation Phoenix Down

Loving the ghost recon Sauron.

Talk to some others stitch. I don't want to make you change but let's remember this is a zombie apocalypse so going in alone to clear for others is a bad idea.

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Stitchblades said
For the Happy/reluctant thing thats a characteristic took from myself in rl, I'm happy talking to people but i'm always reluctant too haha xD Well what could happen is Badwolf gets dropped in first to make sure the DZ is clear (as paratroopers do ) then gives the all clear or whatever for the rest of the team to join him?

Kk for the bio. Hmmm....I'm reluctant to go for that idea. Paratrooping is clearly visible from....but then again so is a helicopter. I feel like you would need to go with at least one other person if you got dropped in if you got dropped first. Um, idk....idk. Also a few of the missions will be by naval insertion.

Thoughts everyone?

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Sauron The Dark Lord said
If we're in 2030 then I want to update my appearence.

Go for it

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Stitchblades said
Name: Andy Jackson (alias) Callsign: Badwolf. Appearance: Rank: Sergeant Operation: USAF Age: 34Gender: Male Personality: "Badwolf" is Your bog standard get in get the job done get out sort of guy, He will follow the mission brief to the letter or improvise to reach whatever target the mission states. As for social skills Badwolf is your silent type, though will happily engage with conversation with others he will seem quite reluctant to talk. He wants to believe No man gets left behind but he knows full well that is impossible. (see Bio for why) he is really loyal to his causes and will not falter on what he believes is right and what he believes is wrong Bio: Badwolf, was Born in the UK But moved to the US After His Father was Transferred from the British SAS to International Terrorist prevention Operation that consisted of 5 Countries. During School Badwolf was your typical High School Jock. Taking part in American Football and Several Self Defence sports. He maintained the highest grades in sports and maintained just below average in all his other subjects. As soon as he could he signed up with the Army completing basic and then two tour of South korea. Upon his return he was selected to Try out for the Paratroopers core, undergoing some intense training both of body and mind. As part of the training he has knowledge in Parachuting and wingsuit insertion and well as rapling (either from helicopters buildings and natural structures) Class: Paratrooper Weapons: Primary: M249 With folding stock and 3.4 X Acog Sight. Secondary: M26 Modular Accessory Shotgun System with folding stock and Red Dot sight. Gear: C4 And Beaching charges Other: Depending on deployment. Parachute/wingsuit and climbing/rappelling gear

Ok two things I notice right off the bat. "happy and reluctant?"
2) I like the idea of a paratrooper, but the team will mostly be dropped off and move together. Idk if I didn't specify, Phoenix is the operation we are currently under. We will be the primary strikeforce for Phoenix. Get in, collect, protect, exterminate. yada yada. Thoughts?

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Sauron The Dark Lord said
Understood, I will now perform an edit.

Thanks Sauron. Ima vote yes for accepting you, but we'll still let other people comment.

And remember everyone, if you want to work on the piratepad so we can all help eachother, links at the top.

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GravityFlux said
The Medal of Honor is the United States of America's highest military honor, awarded for personal acts of valor above and beyond the call of duty. The medal is awarded by the President of the United States in the name of the U.S. Congress to U.S. military personnel only.HIGHESTPeople will ever get ONE, and thats HUGE.

This is what I want! Everyone gets input and it will be acknowledged....I'm thinking gravity's right this time. I've only a heard of one person that's ever gotten two...and I think he was fictional.

The Mage said
Question: What year does this take place, and can we have secondary characters? I was thinking of having my second being a pilot and my first a ex-FORECON

I don't really care about the year. Maybe 2030, it would give us the possibility for tech advancements that we can scavenge much later in. As for secondary characters, I'm cool with you creating them but we might make them available to everyone to use. So make sure their personality and behavior are well thought out and explained. Read above for the former and yes for the latter.

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Sauron The Dark Lord said -snip

Cool. I'm glad you did team leader, I hate playing lead when I'm the gm. Just be forewarned, I am controlling Overwatch and Operational command, so I may randomly have them radio you with orders. You lead the team in the field, I control the missions and such (not as Vex.)

Also just realized I need to explain the ranking system. I'm thinking of following the marine or navy ranking system...idk.

GravityFlux said
How the HELL did he get TWO medals of Honor?

Single handedly killed 200 terrorists. Mostly realistic though, but I'm not the only one who clears characters. Everyone gets a say, I just get final judgement.

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Operation Briefing Room

Operational Facilities

Phoenix

Classification: Refitted Offshore Oil Platform. Designation-Scientific and Research

Personnel:
Total-130
Maintenance and rig crew-25
Phoenix Scientists-40
Stationed Military Personnel-45
Miscellaneous Personnel-20

Schematic:(If anyone could find a nice schematic of an Oil rig that'd be great. I couldn't find anything of use so basically it's as follows. Main deck and Oil drills in working order. Coastal side has the helipad and guard checkpoint. Atlantic side has the scientific facilities with the armory and crew quarters in the middle. Lower decks are for drill operations and contains water desalination and the main generators.)

Operational Orders: Act as base of operations for science personnel as they research the origins an possible cures for the outbreaks sweeping across the mainland. Currently secondary priority, operation will have command of a strike squad that will act as a protective detail for scientists and obtain samples for further investigation.

Current Status: Operational, fully self sufficient. All facilities in working order.

Neptune

Classification:Refitted Spar Rig. Designation: Staging and Rearmament.

Personnel:
Minimal crew, barely operational. Mainly staging for returning and outgoing teams.

Schematic:
Crew quarters, minimal. Armory, substantial. Team quarters, minimal. Minimal drilling facilities.

Operational Orders:
Staging for incoming and outgoing strike teams.

Current Status: Operational, minimal crew with larger military presence, well equipped armory and medical bays.

Eagle

Classification: Largest offshore oil platform. Designation-Off duty, family, officer quarters. Headquarters

Personnel:
Working crew, families, and officers.

Schematic:
Crew quarters. Operational drilling facilities. Generator and desalination facilities. Extensive family quarters. Natural gas drilling facilities. Large military presence and quarters. Main briefing rooms. Several guard checkpoints. Two helipads. Lowerable docking platform for seafaring operations.

Operational Orders:
Home Base, headquarters, family facilities. Major drilling structure.

Current Status: Operational. Population at half capacity. Major energy production.

Available Resources

Overwatch:
With the new terrorist threats in the early 21st century the United States Government created a new program to deal with the threat. As part of Project Oversight, Overwatch is a manned orbital satellite system that was deployed in 2018. The orbital system rotates the earth providing surveillance and “Overwatch” for forces on the ground. Satellite imaging and extrapolation by trained tactical and strategic specialists; giving the troops an advantage and top information whilst in the field. Drawbacks include the 12 hours that the orbital system is out of range of the rig system. Mainland relays are down, damaged during bombings and the outbreak. Every five years the crew on board need resupply and every eight the crew is replaced by another. With the current destruction of the Oversight base in Texas and the severe lack of crew capable of using the orbital base in the next two years, the current crew will need to return home in a maximum of six months.


((more things will be added as we find them/activate them))

Field Research

Infected: Infected, simply put the enemy. Operational orders stand as destroy or collect for research. Current common use term is Undead.

Walker or Shambler:

Common Undead. Slow, but dangerous. Though not uncommon to be found on their own, these creatures normally move in packs ranging from four to thirty. No special characteristics.

Runners:

Not uncommon. Fast, easily matching if not exceeding the speed of a normal human. Agile and deadly. Mainly seen in groups of 1-3 though it is not uncommon for a larger group to join a pack of Shamblers.

Screamers:

Uncommon if not rare. Normally move ahead of or away from large groups of the undead. Current theory is noise hurts them. When hunting or threatened Screamers let out horrible screeches, normally attracting any near by undead. Considered dangerous, kill on sight, but use caution.

Brutes:

Rare and extremely dangerous. The reason for viral behavior in these creatures is currently unknown. One does not have to be bitten by a brute to become one. Days after infection the body begins to shutdown, foregoing the normal progression. Once the body is "shutdown" the virus begins to recreate the muscle systems. By the end of the month the body is complete and the "Brute" awakens, with brand new muscles in places before. Unlike Shamblers and Runners, these creatures act with rage and hatred. They don't bite to feed or infect, they rip body's apart with their bare hands. Bestial rage is common in these creatures. Considered a threat to everyone. Engage with caution.

Stalkers:
Rare and Dangerous. More common in dense city streets or forests. Stalkers are small and agile, but extremely strong. Their hind legs have greatly increased muscle mass, giving them the ability to leap large distances. They have gecko like feet, allowing them to climb vertical or even horizontal surfaces. Very difficult to spot when they are stalking you. They make stalk their prey for days until they make their move. Currently the top priority for sampling because of their odd behavior an characteristics. These creatures do not decay without a source of food and they don't kill to eat. Their long incisors allow them to puncture though most body armor. They hunt to infect, rarely seen feeding. Moving in groups of three or four discourages attacks.

Spore Carriers:

Spore carriers reside under a different classification than the others. As far as our scientists can tell, the means of contamination is an airborne spore, though it is not uncommon for a Spore to bite a victim. Noticeable fungal growths on all victims. Standing orders are to kill then sample, the creatures are considered too dangerous to research. The fungal spores can contaminate a room without noticeable particles. All teams are equipped with the proper protection masks.

Standing Orders:
Eliminate or sample all specimen. Once the body enters shutdown humanity is lost. Research is being conducted to eliminate the further infection not to save those already turned. Execute and dispose or sample and return.

Phoenix Strike Team

Name:
Callsign:
Appearance:
Rank:
Operation: (Seal? Taskforce? Other (maybe))
Age: (really unimportant, but make it reasonable)
Gender:
Personality:
Bio: (optional, but I think you guys can have some fun with it. I’m not requiring a whole story like I normally write because I realized its kinda useless, but if you want to do it. I applaud you.)
Class: (this is just a rough thing, like does your guy run around with a sniper rifle, or are you a demoman? A scientist? A doctor? A crazy Mother….Seal from hell?)
Weapons: (Up to you, but make it reasonable. I don’t want any Gauss Rifles….yet/ever Depending on the situation you will be allowed to change your weapons when at base or in the combat zone if you find something.)
Gear:
Other:

Character sheets will be moved to another page when I can get the time.

Invictus

Name: John Bishop
Callsign: Vex
Appearance: ((without the rifle)
depending on the situation

Rank: Lieutenant
Operation: Shanghaied from the Military Police and Marines.
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Personality: (Working on it)
Bio: He lead a normal life, following his brother’s path he joined the Marines after college. Passing basic with flying colors he was pulled into the officer program. Before he could finish, he was selected for Military police where he served for two years. He was reassigned to the Taskforce a year before the outbreaks.
Class: Specialist
Primary- Tavor with reflex sight, two stage trigger. Removable suppressor.
Secondary- 1911 Tactical Custom II with suppressor and switch-red dot.
Melee- Tactical Kukri
Ammunition: Two standard thirty round magazines for the Tavor, one thirty round red tracer magazine. Two magazines for the 1911.
Gear: Wearable forearm tactical device (Arm computer) ((gps system as part of it, when it works), two white phosphorous grenade, three flares, rations, Long Range coms device, tactical gas mask. (Still thinking)
Other:

First Lieutenant John "Vex" Bishop(Invictus)

LT.Col. Joshua "Hawkeye" Rauser(Sauron The Dark Lord)

Sergeant Andy "Badwolf" Jackson (Stitchblades)

Sergeant Rebecca "Juggernaut" Mannock/Mancock(Wernher)

Major Roy "Doc" Evans(melkor)

PO1 Harry "Legion" Disraeli(GravityFlux)

Corporal Jakob A. "Draugen" Eisenhauer(The Mage)

Captain Tony "One-Shot" Hart (dadrummer676)

First Lieutenant Jorge "Destroyer" Lopez (DragonBeastMode)

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Thanks for the pictures guys. I'v got most of the ooc done, just reading through once more. Checking if I forgot anything major....
Making a few things clear:
If you want me to elaborate on or explain anything you do or do not see, let me know.
I know Taskforce is supposed to be two words, as is shutdown. Deal with how I'm spelling them.
Yada, yada. Should be up soon.

OOC

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Sounds good everybody. I'm about halfway done with the OOC, but my brain is starting to shut down so ima go to bed and finish up tomorrow. Also if anyone can find some cool pictures of zombies. Specifically Runners, screamers, brutes, and/or stalkers(hunters) I'd be much obliged.