The 1960s,
The time for peace, love and happiness in the West, also for the protesting of the Vietnam Conflict. However while US Marines battle it out with the NVA in the jungles of the Far East, the Chinese and the Russians border skirmishes heavily escalated and a full fledged war broke out between the two super powers. However calling the Chinese a super power was only in name. The irregular, obsolete Chinese military was utterly crushed by the might of the massive Russian military and their highly advanced forces. The war lasted little more than three months and found Russia to have taken nearly half of the People's Republic, securing vital resources and farmland for the Soviet cause.
NATO was stunned, such a very shocking display of Russian military might against the most powerful Asian nation made many Westerners second think their standing against the Eastern Bloc. This was evident in Western Germany, where the Communist Green Party took the majority of the Parliament and removed the Federal Republic, demanding all NATO forces to leave West Germany and then proceeded to reunite with East Germany, making the German Democratic Republic a true reality.
Along with this, the Eastern Bloc gained 7% of the world's steel output, a massive automotive industry and a very large nation to further their cause. With NATO losing their buffer state of West Germany, Western Europe began to question the resolve of simply not giving up to the Eastern Bloc.
The 1970s,
With Germany now a socialist nation and hundreds of thousands more troops added to the Soviet cause, Russia began to demand the capitulation of Italy and France. Millions of Eastern Bloc troops were pressed against the border of Germany, tanks fueled and engines running, awaiting to crush the weakened NATO forces in the two nations. As expected, the two nations gave in, hours into their announcement, whatever European nations that had not given into the USSR finally surrendered. All the nations, save for England, were now under the crimson and gold banner of Communism. This also brought forward the abolishing of the UN and NATO, leaving what few free nations left to fend for themselves.
Along with Europe falling, NATO dissolved, the American military left mainland Asia, faced with the possibility of a Soviet invasion of America via Cuba. They consolidated their power, removing their troops from many of their Pacific allies and building the United States into a fortress, a last bastion against the Soviet menace.
Fast forward,
For the last thirty years, the Soviet Union had done the same as the Americans. They withheld their expansionist policies to build-up their armies and economies, while the Americans began to fall into a depression and a serious falter of American military power. The United States lost their last European ally, England, in the 1990s when a Soviet invasion of the British Isle shattered the resolve of the British people, many fled to United States and Canada, swearing to return to their mother Isles again one day.
The American hold on Iceland also quickly fell apart, with American military spending slashed, the United States could only train a small force of Icelandics to defend their nation and leave. However only a few weeks into their departure, Russian Naval Infantry invaded and took the island, and with that taking more of the American oil supply from the Icelandic off shore oil fields.
January 1st, 2014,
While the Americans and Canadians huddle by fires, shattered by a crushing twenty year depression, an incompetent government, a Red Scare like that from the 1950s and a crime wave that seemed to be from the 1920s with massive organized units having more control than the government. The Russian navy entered American waters, the few seaworthy combat ships of the United States Navy were destroyed in port by Tu-22M3s and their massive long range anti-shipping missiles.
As the first few ships of the United States Navy began to fall sink, some only a few meters, into their ports, the aircraft of the United States Air Force began to engage the hordes of Soviet fighter aircraft. The battles were stunning, over many major US cities along the East coast people could see the aircraft mingle in the air as both sides fought to secure the air space. After, surprisingly, many losses, the Soviet Air Force won out of attrition and the skies were firmly in the hands of the Soviets.
The opening phases of the ground assault were launched by naval infantry, landing at many large naval ports across the northeast coast. These shock troops were met by, initially, very little resistance, however as tens of thousands of Soviet troops began to pour into the United States, their long besieged residents began to resist their Soviet occupiers. New York had been the focal point of Soviet landings, with thousands of troops landing in the city within hours. This would be were the Soviets would establish their GHQ, until it could be moved to another location at a different time.
It was also were the first organized resistance was met. With groups formed out of the scare of a Soviet invasion years before, these resistance groups were slowly building for the day the Soviets would invade. Many of these groups were centered in New York, and were slowly becoming very popular within the US.
However the sudden shock of the Soviet invasion jostled the groups response, and by the time the first groups had organized, Soviet troops were already marching down the streets of New York.
One of the most important groups in the American resistance was the AMerican LIberation Front or AMLIF for short. They are based in New York City, New York and operate in the sewers of the massive metropolis.
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tl;dr?
Eastern murricaland is now americaski but some americans still fight russians in gr8 groznny style shoot out
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Rules
1. No Godmoding, autohitting, etc. I will allow light brushing, stuff like that, however that should be just it. Godmoding is a very good way to piss me off very quickly.
2. Minimal of 1 paragraph (5 sentences), there are exceptions to that rule. Consider this moderate to high-casual.
3. Equipment section is for AMLIF only, if Russian go by equipment list listed on here. If squad position differs from standard rifleman you're list in the 'Accepted Apps' will reflect your equipment differences. Like an Anti-Tank Grenadier will have an RPG-7V2 and an AK-104 instead of the standard AK-74M, PKM gunner may have just his PKM. So on. PM me if you want a different job in with the Russians. However control your weapons and ammo.
4. No Mary-Sues or John-Does please, they are very annoying.
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Application:
Username:
Character name:
Age:
Sex:
Appearance: (Call me old-fashioned, but I love it when someone can paint me a picture with words, not with a picture.
Allegiance (American Liberation Front (AMLIF), neutral, Soviet):
Weapons (Its highly illegal to own a firearm so guns (Death by firing squad) for AMLIF and Russians only. Check equipment guide below if Russian, ask if you want specialized equipment. If weaponry help needed just ask):
Equipment:
Bio: (Pretty much why you started fighting the Soviets/Got to America with the invasion)
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Equipment Guide based for the standard rifleman. Will advise if job equipment differs from this.
AK-74M Assault rifle (Can be fitted with optics)
Kevlar Helmet w/ Camouflage Cloth Cover
Sun/Sand/Dust Goggles
Kevlar Vest w/ Load Bearing Equipment System (Like US MOLLE)
Equipment Pack (On vest)
Tactical gloves
Water Proofed Watch
Knee + Elbow pads
Notebook and pen
Bayonet
Collapsible Entrenching Tool
x240 rounds of 5.45x39mm ammunition in 8 magazines (More can be carried)
x4 RGN Hand Grenades
x2 1-quart canteens
100oz Camelbak
Casualty Cards
Water Purification Tablets
Multivitamin Tablets
Compass
Flashlight
Chemlight
Individual First-Aid Kit
Earplugs
Communications Radio
Multitool
x1 24-hour Ration
Pancho
Pancho Liner
Spare undershirt
Spare batteries
x2 pairs of socks (More typically carried)
Polypropylene or silk long-sleeve undershirt
AK-74 Rifle Cleaning Kit
Personal hygiene kit
Rubber gloves
Rope w/ snap links
Spare RPG-7 Rocket
x1 100-round drum magazine for PKM machine gunner
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My app btw:
Accepted Apps:
DF name: Joshua15555
Character name: Chance Cunningham
Age: 37
Sex: Male
Appearance: Standing at 5'9 and weighing little more than 145 pounds, Chance is a somewhat small man who would be easily be passed on by people and not see him as one of the highest ranking commanders in the AMLIF. He wears a tattered BDU blouse with a stained (With both red and other colors) white shirt under it. His pants are a slightly newer looking pair of OD Green bottoms. He has one a pair of Russian combat boots taken off a dead soldier. He wears either an American garrison cap or a black balaclava. His face is of a normal white American of the time, an impoverished, however determined look. Always has his ALICE webbing on for the moment he needs it. His webbing typically is two canteens and a few other pouches for his ammunition and a small home-made medical kit
Allegiance: AMLIF
Weapons:
AK-74M
Bayonet
x2 Molotov Cocktails
Equipment (non-weaponry Items, only to be used by):
Lighter
ALICE Load-bearing system (Belt, suspenders)
x2 Canteen pouches
x2 1-quart cnateens
x6 medical kit pouches
x4 30-round 5.45x39mm magazines (120 rounds total)
Home-made medical kit
--x5 Russian Military-issue gauze pads (Sterilized)
--Pair of rubber gloves (Sealed)
--Quicklot Combat Gauze pad
--Adhesive Medical Tape
Bio: Was in New York City on a business trip when the invasion started. Like many Americans he partaked in the initial chaos and began looting. However he did not loot stores but instead he looted gun shops and acquired a number of rifles, both semi-automatic and bolt-action. As the chaos ended and the Russians began to exert control, he organized a small band of resistance members and fled into the sewers to take refuge from the Soviets.
They arrived to a large band of resistance members and were absorbed into the group. This new group, the AMLIF, began to harass and annoy the Russian invaders. Due to his rather rare commanding skills, Chance took a job as a high-ranking general of sorts. However instead of sitting underground, giving orders from a desk, he opted to lead strikes of enemy checkpoints, taking ammunition, medical supplies and whatever food they had.
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