LordOfTheNight

The Iron Crusade: Under Construction & Accepting

Marksman Kit is posted!

@Hawthorne

The Iron Crusade: Under Construction & Accepting

I will be posting ranks in a jiffy. If you can't wait, what rank were you thinking?

@Jamesyco

The Iron Crusade: Under Construction & Accepting

I will be posting the other weapons ASAP with photos and descriptions. As far as equipment goes it depends on what you have in mind. I'm not done adding kits yet though. Sniper, Anti-tank troops, Engineers, Storm Commandos, and troll classes as well. You can have any skills you like so long as they make sense and are useful. As far as face claims though it is all fair game so long as you are showing a face and not a set of armor you thought looked cool. If you can keep it real people, awesome. If not, no worries. Descriptions are perfectly fine as well

@Hawthorne

The Iron Crusades: WW1 Dieselpunk Meets Fantasy

Ladies and gentlemen, I introduce you to our Official Thread! Still hammering out stuff as I go BUT it is functional now AND we have a character sheet up

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@Hawthorne@Saltwater Thief@MalkavianFluke@sassy1085@W0lf d3m0n@Jamesyco@EnterTheHero@redbaron1234@Jarl Coolgruuf@CleanBreeze@ONL@TyrannosaursRex

The Iron Crusades: WW1 Dieselpunk Meets Fantasy

There is! Lowest officer rank is an officer cadet, fresh out of the academy. No combat experience whatsoever. As far as empty roles we need standard infantry, assault, support, scouts, pilots, armor. Still pretty early on so probably a good idea to focus solely on infantry units, not armor or airforce unless we get more

@ONL

The Iron Crusades: WW1 Dieselpunk Meets Fantasy

Closest thing we have is air cav and armor. WW1 combat sort of made calvary change/obsolete

@TyrannosaursRex

The Iron Crusade: Under Construction & Accepting

Lieutenant Johnathan Bailey

s p e c i e s Human

a g e 38

h e i g h t / w e i g h t 6'1" / 154 lbs.

g e n d e r Male

Infantry

r o l e Platoon Leader, Former Storm Comnando

s k i l l s

• Officer Training - Johnathan has trained in the Commonwealth's Officer Academy and is trained to effectively lead his lead troops and dispense battlefield justice when necessary
• Hand to Hand Combat - Johnathan is trained to fight with a sword but combined with his training as a Storm Commando, Johnathan is a truly deadly fighter
• Survival Training - As a Storm Commando, Johnathan is trained to survive behind enemy lines or in catastrophic situations

k i t Officer Kit - A minimal kit designed for commanding officers that contains the following:

Hider

• Standard Uniform x1
• Smith-LeMat Burst Pistol x1
• Pistol Magazines w/ Ammunition x8
• Shotgun Shells x16
• Storm Commando Broadsword x1
• Journal x1
• Pencil x1
• Binoculars x1
• Pigeon Carrier w/ Pigeon x1
• Bedroll x1
• Backpack x1
  
  • Canned MRE x3
  • Canteen x1
  • Matches x12
  • Weapon Cleaning Kit w/ Spare Parts x1
  • Cloak x1
  • Compass x1
  • Serrated Knife x1
  • 30ft. Paracord x1
  • Sharpening Stone x1
  • Flare Pistol x1
  • Flares x3

I n f o

h i s t o r y Johnathan does not speak much of his past before joining the Browncoats. From what can be gathered, John joined up on his 21st much to the disappointment of his father. "It's beneath you, Johnathan! Only the poor and the ignorant storm off to fight at such a young age! You are neither!" he'd always say. John didn't care. If anything the fact his father disapproved only emboldened him to make the choice. He laments that now that he looks back on it, it was a foolish choice made by a foolish boy who wanted to see war....

Upon joining up with the Browncoats, Johnathan demonstrated an aptitude in both armed and unarmed combat. He also showed an ability to think independently and creatively solve problems. His superiors recommended he join up with the storm commandos, possibly join the Officer's Academy even. John however was just fine joining the commandos. By age 24, John was a graduate of the storm commando training program and off to see the world.

Before the Iron Crown declared war on Thaejhal, John was deployed to various fronts around the world. In some instances, he was deployed to intervene in several civil wars and deployed to break up particularly nasty riots in countries transitioning into the Commonwealth. John fought valiantly regardless of the soil he was on. John was a model soldier and would have served longer until he took a chunk of shrapnel in the face, leaving him half blind and unable to fight for some time.

Wounded and unable to fight, Johnathan was left with time to reflect on the things he'd seen and done. The friends and allies he'd watched died, the people he'd killed. Constant movement and fighting kept John from thinking of such things but time made him realize that boys went searching for death, men knew not to go looking for the Angel of Death. It was that moment, half blind and angry that Johnathan realized what he needed to do.

John enlisted in the Officer's Academy despite many feeling a former storm commando with only 1 good eye wasn't up to the task. John persevered despite such negativity, stating it was his duty to ensure that soldiers went home on their feet, not in a box. True, a doctor could save a wounded soldiers life but a good leader could save dozens, hundreds, even thousands of lives....

The Iron Crusades: WW1 Dieselpunk Meets Fantasy

Sounds good to me!

For the moment, the Iron Crown controls about 4/6ths of the waters and islands surrounding Thaejhal. Thae don't have the power to sink dreadnoughts of any kind thanks to their immense size and firepower. As far as air superiority, the Commonwealth and Thae are holding their own thanks to the thae themselves.

The thae have an airforce of sorts but use the Thasor rather then planes like the humans. They can fly as fast as any plane and have superior maneuverability, not to mention they can hover in place and are much smaller targets then a plane. At one point they would have employed dragons but humans hunted them into extinction.

Armor consists solely of large beasts like Syr and creatures like Stone Golems and trees animated with magic. For the most part they can hold their own but they are have weaknesses and limitations. A particularly persistent syr can tear a tank apart if it isn't gunned down first
@Hawthorne

Our first mission will be involving the 115th storming the beaches of an Iron Crown controlled island that will create a point of insertion in the southern region of Thaejhal that will relieve pressure on the frontlines and create pressure for the Iron Crown by making them fight on two fronts
@CleanBreeze

I may have to look into that
@Jamesyco

The Iron Crusades: WW1 Dieselpunk Meets Fantasy

As far as the world is considered it's basically the same as Earth. As far as maps go I am looking for blank maps that fit the mental image I have of Thaejh but at the moment I am not too concerned about it. As far as Thaejhal is concerned, it's a hilly continent roughly the size of Greenland with lots of fair sized islands around it. Lots of dense forest and lots of rain during the spring.

The Commonwealth has been dealing with the Iron Crown since before the alliance that formed the Iron Crown existed. The five houses that comprise the alliance have all been attempting bring the Commonwealth under their thumb for years also fighting the thae and each other. As far as counter-attack, nothing is on the table yet considering the war is basically at a bloody stalemate. As far as the global view of the war itself, other nations are divided into three categories. Some are willing to support the Commonwealth for fear of the Crown, some support the Crown out of old allegiances to the Last Emperor, and then some nations simply don't care because it doesn't effect them at the moment

No worries. I have no problem answering questions. It helps clear up any confusion and in some cases helped me develop the plot and setting in meaningful ways so I always encourage asking questions

@Hawthorne

The Iron Crusades: WW1 Dieselpunk Meets Fantasy

You would be correct in your presumptions. Before our current era, magic was completely nonexistent for humans. Nowadays however, it's being discovered that many humans have a sensitivity to magic. That being said though, magic in the Commonwealth is very much in it's infancy. Humans are still learning the rules and learning the basic fundamentals of magic. Those who are able to use it are amateurs at best. At best, they're able to start a small fire. At worst, they're simply able to detect other magic users and don't even realize it. In regards to war mages, yes. The Commonwealth has begun enlisting the aid of thae mages in aspects all across the army itself. Storm mages who can conjure brutal lightning storms in the Artillery division, healers within the infantry, the Thal have even developed a form if sympathetic magic to repair vehicles and push them past their normal limits.

As far as the Iron Crown is concerned, no one is certain of their magic use. Since they landed on Thaejhal, they have been gunning down its inhabitants indiscriminately. Sort of hard to learn magic when you're shooting down the people who can teach you. As far as the Commonwealth knows however, the Iron Crown employs zero mages and they would rather it stayed that way given how they abuse science and technology

@Hawthorne