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There will be a new thread for Noble Arms: The ASEAN War, my Roleplay, for this new year.
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No worries! Post by post it is xD


Sure. I may be able to get a quick post up or wait for tomorrow so we can set up a Gdoc.
Sounds like a plan


Thanks, but might be busy for all of today, sadly (sudden engagements).
@WSilversun:

Woke up midnight. Gtg sleep again, but wanna collab later?
12/5/2024 - I added an update to the Rules:

9.) Once a PC/OC becomes an Arms Master, every other Normal Person OC gets an upgrade to their mech, jet, or ship that is equivalent to the Noble Arm the Arms Master manifests.
@Letter Bee Thank you so much. 😊


You're welcome.
@Hammy Chi, welcome!
Noble Arms: The ASEAN War - Thread Three, the Darkest Hour

It is 2022, nearly a century after the unintended consequences of one person's folly.

On the verge of Allied Victory in World War II, the British Scientist Alan Turing, one of the fathers of computer science, fed captured Nazi occult research into a prototype computer and accidentally made it work, leading to the manifestation of Noble Arms. These magical weapons are symbols of their user's inner selves, manifesting when a person undergoes great change and development in their lives, for good or for ill.

Taking the form of obsolete weapons and tools such as swords, spears, muskets, books, and even wooden ships, the Noble Arm can possess devastating powers that defy the laws of reality as we know it.

  • Many have the ability to manipulate the elements to the user's will.
  • A few can control forces that can reduce matter down to atoms in seconds.
  • The rarest have the strength to withstand the explosion of a nuclear missile.


The People's Republic of China, in its haste to recover from the Humiliation of 1988 against the smaller countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), has entangled itself in multiple, simultaneous, 'special military operations' against its neighbors, a state of affairs encouraged by the Downward Descent, a cult of Noble Arms Masters that believe Humanity's desire for progress and advancement is a lie that ignores its dark, but true, nature.

Now the PRC is suffering a death of a thousand cuts in a dozen warzones, with its greatest success being the defection of Laos and the northern parts of Cambodia to its side after a botched peace conference in Phnom Penh. However, this, as well as signs of increasing coordination with North Korea, Russia, and Iran has brought a reluctant United States into the war after two years of attempted withdrawal from the world stage.

You are part of Task Force Obsidian, a mix of Arms Masters, people who can manifest Noble Arms after surviving what changed their lives, and Normal People, who in turn have paid for their normalcy by lacking magic, but make up for that by being skilled in guns, vehicles, and aircraft, as well as primitive mechs.

Right now, you and the others of TFO are back in the Philippines, where the Chinese have resumed their attempt at invasion. You have been given housing in the evacuated ‘Trinidad Academy’, a School for Arms Masters and Normal folk whose students are either fighting the enemy on other fronts, fled, or are dead. There, you are either a veteran member trying to lick your wounds, or a new recruit who has been selected to fill up TFO's ranks.

Your commanding officer, the young Arms Master named Noel Alonso, has been kidnapped. Many of your comrades are missing or somehow inactive. China, once on the back foot, has resumed its offensive.

We all live in interesting times...

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All right; I've tried running Noble Arms, TheHangedMan's RP idea, several times now, and tried to add my spin on it once before. Now, I am trying again with my darkest RP yet.

This is a game where you play ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) or ASEAN-allied folk (US and European Volunteers) as OCs and China is the enemy. These OCs/PCs will be part of one group, Task Force Obsidian, whose goals are to act as one unit to engage in operations against China's People's Liberation Army and its assets while defending ASEAN's own.

There will be both adult and child soldiers as Noble Arms are not selective and the situation is just that desperate. You are not limited to Arms Masters; people who use their skills and technology (some of which can keep up with most Arms Masters) are permitted too.

And now, the meat of the lore.















OOC Discussion Discord

Background Lore Document
Appearance:
An old Korean man who is 5'7 inches tall and 80kg in weight, Admiral Yi Yeol keeps a finely-groomed white beard and mustache that accentuate his brown eyes, which can switch from friendly to stern in mere seconds. Lean, yet muscular, Admiral Yi Yeol bears the mark of many years practicing traditional Korean Martial Arts in his body language and his hand calluses, and his uniform is clean as per regulations; he is not ashamed of his increasing wrinkles.


Name: Admiral Yi Yeol

Age: 62

Nationality: South Korean

Jet or Mech: Neither; he has a Sejong the Great-class destroyer.

Preferred Armament: Guided Missiles, but he also uses the other IRL arms and ammunition of the Sejong the Great-class destroyer.

Custom Modifications:
- Custom Computer Core capable of calculating and processing Occult Programming Language.
- OPL-based 'cheat codes' that reduce the effects of environmental hazards by 90%, allowing the ship to endure typhoons, tsunamis, blizzards, and extreme temperatures without being destroyed.
- OPL-based 'cheat codes' that make the ship's hull as tough as carbon-fiber armor without affecting its weight and maneuverability.

Misc Abilities: Taekwondo, Korean Swordsmanship, Archery, and Equestrianism. He is, of course, a competent and well-read Admiral who knows the capabilities of his fleet and that of the JSDF enough to be appointed the overall commander of the combined Japanese-South Korean flotilla.

Personality: An honorable man, known for his wisdom. A loving grandfather and father. An open-minded family patriarch who is capable of extending courtesy and politeness even to his enemies. Well-read, generous, and above all, willing to fight for his country within the bounds of reason and morality, a stance that has earned him the dislike of war hawks and doves alike, who see him as not taking a side. His response to that is that he has a side - The best interests of his country and its people, which are helped by hewing closely to Humanity as a concept.

*Likes: Beef Bulgogi, Books, Martial Arts, Learning.

*Dislikes: Bitter things, his own country's politicians and corporate goons, the suggestion of treachery.

Fears: The fall of his country and the international order he has helped prop up for decades.

Bio: Yi Yeol is a descendant of Yi Sun-Shin, one of the greatest naval commanders in history. For years, he endeavors to live up to that name, even pursuing a military career under the sometimes stifling pressure of his family. He had an arranged marriage; he had a wife and several children and he loved them dearly. His children were raised better than he was, with them being allowed to choose their own paths, for good or for ill. Some of them died before him; he took care of their children, his own flesh and blood. It was a mundane, boring life, one that grew his skills while keeping him away from Arms Mastery.

Then, the ASEAN War started with the People's Republic of China invading everywhere at once, emboldened by the US President's inexplicable withdrawal from world affairs. He was called up to lead the South Korean Navy; his predecessor had been assassinated by a North Korean Arms Master. Accepting the help of the Paragons of Science, he began coordinating with the Japanese Self-Defense Forces in preparation for when Russia and North Korea sent their fleets in support of China, anticipating that they would have to go through the Tsushima Strait. This was what happened sooner than he expected, and this November of 2022, he is ready to confront this unprecedented foe, and sink their ships to the bottom of the ocean!

*Current Goal: Defeat the Russian and North Korean fleet.

Military or Civilian Rank: Admiral.

*Optional
Noble Arms: The Normal People, an ASEAN War spinoff (Jets, Mechs, and Ships!)

It is 2022, nearly a century after the unintended consequences of one person's folly.

On the verge of Allied Victory in World War II, the British Scientist Alan Turing, one of the fathers of computer science, fed captured Nazi occult research into a prototype computer and accidentally made it work, leading to the manifestation of Noble Arms. These magical weapons are symbols of their user's inner selves, manifesting when a person undergoes great change and development in their lives, for good or for ill.

Taking the form of obsolete weapons and tools such as swords, spears, muskets, books, and even wooden ships, the Noble Arm can possess devastating powers that defy the laws of reality as we know it.

  • The ability to manipulate the elements to the user's will.
  • Forces that can reduce matter down to atoms in seconds.
  • The strength to withstand the explosion of a nuclear missile.


You are not one of them - You are a normal person who paid for their normalcy by giving up opportunities for the rapid development (good or bad) that could give you a Noble Arm and the great power, prestige, and responsibilities that come with it.

But being normal does not mean staying powerless; your normal life has grounded you and kept your mind clear, plus you are willing to use technology to even the playing field against Arms Masters. These include machines of war that run on the Occult Principles which make Noble Arms work.

What does that mean? You are one of these individuals, given access to cutting-edge technology developed by the Paragons of Science, a group of renegades that took knowledge of the Occult Programming Language that created Noble Arms out of Britain and America's secret vaults and began giving it to the world.

Fighter Jets that have unrealistic ammo storage and cockpits that negate G-Force. Mechs with railguns and plasma blades that can match an Arms Master and their Noble Arm one-on-one. All to save the world from its most recent crisis.

In the year 2022, this world is similar, yet different; bound to the history of another timeline yet struggling to break away and become its own thing.

The most immediate crisis is the war in Southeast Asia, where China has launched a special military operation against the ASEAN countries. In response, the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) countries, united by the threat of Chinese aggression, have fought back with a mixture of mundane grit and the strategic use of Arms Masters, applying supernatural force where it is most needed.

Called in to aid its Chinese ally, the Russian Pacific Fleet, bolstered with ships, ammunition, and Arms Masters from North Korea, is maneuvering south to the Tsushima Strait, entering Japanese waters in a deliberate act of war. In an unprecedented move, Japan and South Korea have set aside historical enmities to form a fragile alliance, determined to halt the Russian advance - Your group is key to doing so; you may lack the supernatural abilities of the Arms Masters, but you have the tactical minds and will to fight back.




This is an interest check for a Side RP/Spinoff RP of Noble Arms: The ASEAN War (link here), where the goal is to expand on the setting and elements that receive only mentions or exposition in the Main RP, as well as affect key elements in said RP, including if the JSSDF will show up to help the protagonists in that Main RP.

You are restricted to Normal People at the start of the RP, but depending on your personal development, you can gain a Noble Arm of your own.

Antagonists need special permission from all three members of the GM Council (Being Recruited).

You can find the Lore in the Noble Arms Lore Thread and the relevant lore for playing a character, plus the Character Sheet Skeleton, is below.




Relevant Lore
















Character Sheet






Rules



OOC Discussion Discord
Appearance:
An old Korean man who is 5'7 inches tall and 80kg in weight, Admiral Yi Yeol keeps a finely-groomed white beard and mustache that accentuate his brown eyes, which can switch from friendly to stern in mere seconds. Lean, yet muscular, Admiral Yi Yeol bears the mark of many years practicing traditional Korean Martial Arts in his body language and his hand calluses, and his uniform is clean and immaculate as per regulations; he is not ashamed of his increasing wrinkles.


Name: Admiral Yi Yeol

Age: 62

Nationality: South Korean

Jet or Mech: Neither; he has a Sejong the Great-class destroyer.

Preferred Armament: Guided Missiles, but he also uses the other IRL arms and ammunition of the Sejong the Great-class destroyer.

Custom Modifications:
- Custom Computer Core capable of calculating and processing Occult Programming Language.
- OPL-based 'cheat codes' reducing the effects of environmental hazards by 90%, allowing it to endure typhoons, tsunamis, blizzards and extreme temperatures without being destroyed.
- OPL-based 'cheat codes' making the ship's hull as tough as carbon-fibre armor without affecting its weight and maneuverability.

Misc Abilities: Taekwondo, Korean Swordsmanship, Archery, and Equestrianism. He is, of course, a competent and well-read Admiral who knows the capabilities of his fleet and that of the JSDF's enough to be appointed the overall commander of the combined Japanese-South Korean flotilla.

Personality: An honorable man, known for his wisdom. A loving grandfather and father. An open-minded family patriarch who is capable of extending courtesy and politeness even to his enemies. Well-read, generous, and above all, willing to fight for his country within the bounds of reason and morality, a stance that has earned him the dislike of war hawks and doves alike, who see him as not taking a side. His response to that is that he has a side - The best interests of his country and its people, which are helped by hewing closely to Humanity as a concept.

*Likes: Beef Bulgogi, Books, Martial Arts, Learning.

*Dislikes: Bitter things, his own country's politicians and corporate goons, the suggestion of treachery.

Fears: The fall of his country and the international order he has helped prop up for decades.

Bio: Yi Yeol is a descendant of Yi Sun Shin, one of the greatest naval commanders in history. For years, he endaevored to live up to that name, even pursuing a military career under the sometimes stifling pressure of his family. He had an arranged marrriage; he had a wife and several children and he loved them dearly. His children were raised better than he himself was, with them being allowed to choose their own paths, for good or for ill. Some of them died before him; he took care of their children, his own flesh and blood. It was a mundane, boring life, one that grew his skills while keeping him away from Arms Mastery.

Then, the ASEAN War started with the People's Republic of China invading everywhere at once, emboldened by the US President's inexplicable withdrawal from world affairs. He was called up to lead the South Korean Navy; his predecessor had been assassinated by a North Korean Arms Master. Accepting the help of the Paragons of Science, he began coordinating with the Japanese Self Defense Forces in preperation for when Russia and North Korea send their fleets in support of China, anticipating that they would have to go through the Tsushima Strait. This was what happened sooner than he expected, and this November of 2022, he is ready to confront this unprecedented foe, and sink their ships to the bottom of the ocean!

*Current Goal: Defeat the Russian and North Korean fleet.

Military or Civilian Rank: Admiral.

*Optional
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