MouseKing

Walking Dead - Miami, Florida

Brant clambered up onto the stone wall between two crenelations. His hands grasped the bars of the fence tightly as he strained his neck to look back, there were three freaks following him in hot pursuit, snarling and flailing there are arms as they came forward. Putting both his arms atop a crenelation, Brant hoisted his body up, kicking his legs, to get on top of the wall. The tube fence was still in the way but now he was safe from the freaks on the ground.

The monstrosities came crashing into the stone wall below, not paying much heed to its existence. They pushed up against it, snarling at him, reaching for him, looking at him, there rotted faces were disgusting and Brant looked away quickly. From his tall tower he surveyed the inside of the fence. There was a ten foot wide walkway between the outer stone wall and the inner wire fence. Past that fence the round continued to a roundabout circling a small dead garden right in front of the veranda and entrance. There was no sign of the monsters one the ground leading towards the building, which gave Brant some relief, he was safe in his own personal castle.

Brant took off his bag, and slid it between the bars of the fence, placing it on the other side but still atop the crenelation. He did the same with his sledge. He was unsure how he'd climb over this fence, spear points atop made it seem dangerous. He figured that if he just climbed up and tried to roll over he wouldn't suffer too much. And so he did try to roll over the top, and it went almost as planned, except for a long scratch down his arm from one of the tips. He cursed at this, and the sight of the blood seemed to incense the three freaks down below on the other side with more rage and hunger for his flesh.

He put his backpack back over his shoulders and grabbing his sledge he jumped from atop the crenelation, bending his knees as he landed in the walkway. He figured climbing the tall and barb wired topped fence would be far more dangerous than climbing the decorative exterior fence, and saved that as a last resort option. The gate house at the entrance seemed a far more reasonable approach. It was a small adjacent to magnificent main gate, he figured such a thing was opened electronically, and was probably now locked, and without power moving it would be a task. This was good, as the exterior fence needed to hold off the freaks. But the inner gate was a plain chain link fence locked with a padlock. The padlock being on the outside gave Brant the idea that the sight was abandoned, another good sign, looks like he'd been dealt a good hand, forgetting that he was also dealt the apocalypse. The door to the small gatehouse was locked, but Brant broke in easy enough, he smashed a window with his sledge and cleared out the glass. He peeked his head in first to see if there were freaks inside, and fortunately there weren't.

He crawled through the window, it was a small room, there was an old timey chandelier dangling from the roof, which obviously didn't work There was a swivel office chair, and an intercom and electronic switch system for use at the gate. A small closet was in one side of the room. Going to it he tried to open it, expecting it to be locked but it wasn't. Pulling open the door, there was a guard uniform hanging, a bucket and some some janitor's supplies, and a set of keys dangling from a a large nail put into the wood. Brant snatched them and climbed back through the window into the open world.

There were many keys on the ring, and he spent a few minutes trying to obtain the right one for the padlock, but eventually found it when the lock opened and the gate gave way. He closed it behind him, now locking the fence, but with the padlock on the inside, a dead give-away to any other survivor investigators that there would be someone inside, perhaps alive, or perhaps now dead.

He strolled down the lane passing the dead garden and came under the veranda and up to the main gate. Once more he fumbled with the keys until he found the right one to open the main doors, being extra careful to not make much noise. Behind one of the pillars was a corpse, lying back against the wall, it wasn't stirring but Brant didn't want to take any chances.

Entering the psychiatric hospital it was dark, light came through the windows, but not much illumination was provided. It was getting late, and Brant's adventure's all day had worn him out. He was standing in the main hall, directly in front of him was a long dark corridor leading to cells he surmised, and definitely not the direction Brant wanted to go. There doors to his left and right, and he took the one to the right, which lead him to a staircase. There was a door though, with the title "Parlour" on it. He approached and opened it slowly, it creaked and screeched, he swore, if there were freaks in there they had just heard that. As the door opened, there was no smell coming from the room, a good sign that no rotting freaks were inside. He noted a small desk, a TV, a few couches and chairs, a dead plant, a coffee table and some books. But no freaks. Brant entered, he did a thorough search of the room, satisfied he lay down on the couch and slept.

His sleep was rudely interrupted by shouting, and yelling, and screaming and gunfire. Brant took up his sledge and ran from the parlour into the stairwell, into the hall and looked through the doors on the window out onto the veranda. There was a dead freak, a bitten and bleeding man, and a man standing over it all with a gun in his hand. Then he heard it, a stirring in the building, the sound of movement, of feet, many feet trudging along the corridor leading to the cells, and their moans and howls and snarls.

Brant threw open the door to the outside world and yelled at the man "Leave him, get in here!"

Steam and Magic: The War

Those Islands be mine.

Walking Dead - Miami, Florida

I'm still here. but like Svenn my Course Culminating Activites are all due this week or next and then after that its exam time so things are kind of busy. I started a post on lunch break today but it isn't finished yet.

Steam and Magic: The War

My sheets up there, I just figured this was dead since there was no responses for about a week.

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Might have gone a little overboard with pictures. But it's okay I guess. Resumbmitted as per Demogorgons request.

My Nation

Name of Nation: United Revolutionary Socialist Republic of Seratenland

Flag:

Demonym of Nation: Seratens

Race Description: Human

List of Race Perks and Nerfs: Negligible

Nation Location:

Description of Nation: The last Great War saw the destruction of many old empires, and gave rise to many new states. The advent of the wide use of steam technology was brought about having proven its effectiveness in the last Great War. Old ideas, and traditions were questioned, the ordinary man began to question why feudal lords, aristocrats and kings were the rulers of the lands. And the oppressors of the common folks. There were many that argued that the people themselves should rule, and that the people should be equal. There would be no hereditary privilege, no oppression by the supposed "betters". Every man would be a member of the state, and every man would labour for the state, and every man would receive from the states the means with which to subsist for himself, and for his family.

The fall of a great militaristic, and aristocratic state, the Grand Empire of the Seraten, located in the heartland of the western continent at the end of the last Great War led to a period of anarchy. A crippled government of lords retreated from its position of power, and the streets of the homeland were torn asunder by fighting. Brothers of this once great nation fought against one another, spilling each others blood in the name of their chosen ideology. This great nation could trace its heritage back to the founding of the great capital city, of Seraten, many thousands of years ago. The nation had gone through many phases, first a small republic, then an empire, a period of cataclysm, a reduced empire, and so on, until the founding and eventual fall of the previous administration. The nation had long been an esteemed international player, a place where a many great ideas, and people had been born, and from this nation spread. But that long and prosperous history was forgotten, as the beleaguered state collapsed, into a period of civil war.

Every part of the nation was engulfed in the civil war, the people had to chose whom to back. The Blue Faction Coalition, a group who argued for the re-establishment of the kingship, and old traditional values which had brought the nation this far. Directly opposing the Blue Faction Coalition were the Revolutionary Unity Party of the People of Seratenland. Caught in the middle of the conflict was a pro-democracy organisation. Their in-between stance, left with the least followers, with the Communists and Loyalist forces appealing to people the most.

The civil conflict lasted 6 years before the Revolutionary Unity Party of the People of Seratenland finally won the conflict. They had captured the capital, and controlled almost half of the original state. They executed the main generals and commanders of the Blue Factions forces, and having captured part of the royal bloodline, and many other aristocrats put on great show trials, condemning the entire bloodlines and all their ancestors for their horrible crimes against the peasantry, followed by gruesome executions of the worst kind. With this stage of the conflict come to its end, the Party declared the new state of the United Revolutionary Socialist Republic of Seratenland.

But in the fighting many different peoples who had once been under the thumb of the Imperial Rule, had broken away. The great nation was composed of many ethnicities and various religions. Some had taken the period of disorganisation to establish their own independence, or to join other nations whom they felt more aligned with. But that desire for empire within the heartland has not changed, even though the government has.

Government of Nation: Revolutionary Socialism

The nation is a one party state, with the only legal political party being the Revolutionary Unity Party of the People of Seratenland. Though being a one party state, it is nominally democratic. The smallest subunits of government (town, district) elect directly their Representatives. These smaller subunits are organised into larger subunits all the way up the latter to largest Region based Council's which make up the government. Each Region Council is largely independent and self operating. Though the nation operates on the principal of democratic centralism.

Principality Councils --> District Councils --> Regional Councils --> National Council

The National Council is the highest form of the legislative, judicial, and executive branches of the Government. From the members of the National Council, the President of the United Revolutionary Socialist Republic of Seratenland is chosen.

Capital of Nation: Seraten

Population of Nation: 65 Million

Economy of Nation: Market-based Socialism, Syndicalism, Collectivism

The state doesn't control the means of production. Businesses, corporations and factories are owned in equal parts by all workers by law. All workers of any business share in the division of profits, but wages are not always entirely equal. Regional Councils make the laws regarding the how wages are operated, and benefits given to those who perform the higher order tasks.

Nation's Major Exports:

Basic Resources: Coffee, Tobacco, Opium, Spices, Dyes, Fruits, Grapes (domestic), Fish, Crab, Whales, Pearls, Goat (Wool & Meat), Ox (Wool & Meat & Milk), Horse (Transport & Military & Milk), Gold, Copper, Salt, Sulphur, Iron (low yields & low quality)

Industries: Glass (Domestic), Wineries (Domestic Glass & Domestic Grapes), Ammunition (Domestic Sulphur & Domestic Copper), Fertilizer (Domestic Sulphur), Explosives (Domestic Sulphur), Cloth & Textiles & Fabric (Domestic Wool & Dyes), Jewellery (Domestic Gold & Domestic Pearls)

Nation's Major Imports: Grain, Iron, Steel, Coal, Machine Parts, Small Arms, Artillery, Naval Supplies, Aeroship Supplies

Nation's Military Description: The Armed Forces of the United Revolutionary Socialist Republic of Seratenland are charged with, in the constitution, "protecting the populations of all ethnic Seratens, the territorial integrity of the United Revolutionary Socialist Republic of Seratenland, the civil liberties of the citizens of the United Revolutionary Socialist Republic of Seratenland, and aiding the cause of Revolutionary Socialism."

Total Strength: 1 000 000 professional soldiers in the standing army. 50 000 aircrew and sailors in the Navy and the Air Force.

United Revolutionary Army: The ground forces of the army, these combine infantry, armoured, mechanized, artillery, pioneer, and cavalry units. The army is divided into 20 Army Corps of 50 000 men. These Army Corp are further subdivided into smaller and smaller operation units to maintain strategic mobility and flexibility. Corp-->Division-->Brigade-->Regiment-->Battalion-->Company-->Platoon-->Squad

Infantry of the URA are armed with bolt-action rifles, some proto-type submachine guns, semi-automatic rifles, standard military uniforms, hand grenades, a side arm, bayonets, signal flags, prototype mobile radio's for petty officers, and a sabre for all officers, petty officers and above. 10 cm Mortars are attached to Company's for use as the commanding Captain or Major see fit to distribute them. Heavy Machine Guns are likewise attached to specific Company's for use as the commanding Captain or Major see's fit to distribute them. Shoulder mounted anti-tank rockets and anti-tank rifles (the latter being far more common) are likewise attached to a specific Company for the use as the commanding Captain or Major see's fit to distribute them.

Pioneer's are equipped in a similar regard, but take on the role of combat engineers. They have other explosive devices and tools useful for the set up of defensive fortifications, or the destruction of enemy fortifications, or other strategic assets such as a bridge or building. There are entire Pioneer Regiments, but are seldom seen as a whole. Usually attached in smaller units to sub-units for minor battlefield fortifications. The entire regiment will only operate as a whole when there is a specifically large demolition or defensive task at hand.

Armoured
Armoured Regiments of the URA are made up of steam tanks. Steam tanks are used as mobile fortresses and gun platforms to break enemy positions, and move over enemy lines. Breaking stalemates and swarming enemy positions en masse is where they are best utilized. These beasts can also be used to support infantry positions. As a highly pro-industrial state, as is one of the tenets of Revolutionary Socialism, the state is a firm believer in the ability and use of steam tanks for warfare. The near constant civil war saw the Armoured Regiments show their dominant position on the battlefield in the hands of both the Socialist and Monarchist factions. Now that the war is over, the Revolutionary Socialist Regime has all the tanks produced by both sides


The Mark I. Light Tank, a steam powered tank. Faster than the heavy tanks but not packing as much armour, this tank boasts a rotating turret and two 30mm Autocannons. It sports several machine guns machine guns to take out squishy targets. Best used for supporting infantry pushes.


The Mark I. Heavy Tank, a steam powered tank. Slow, heavily armoured, with a big gun. Main gun is a swivelling 88mm Cannon. The two side guns are 47mm cannons, and it has a top mounted heavy machine gun for improved defence.

Artillery
Artillery Batteries operate on the same level as their infantry counterparts, a company. They are assigned by the Lieutenant Colonel of their Battalion, and their Captain makes on the ground strategic decisions for them. Crews are generally armed with bolt-action rifles, side-arms, and bayonets to defend the Battery should it come under assault. Batteries are outfitted with significant signal flags for the reception and dispersion of information. Horse teams are used to carry around the weapon systems.


The 15cm Type I Multiple Rocket Launch System is the URAs premier siege equipment. On the defensive these weapons can deal terrible damage to enemy infantry pushes, movements, or charges using convential explosive round or air burst ammunition. And when being used to support the URAs own infantry can be used to same effect on the enemy defenders. When loaded with High Explosive rockets, these systems become capable anti tank systems.


The 155mm "Revolution" Type IV Howitzer. These are the big guns of the URA, used for their sheer power. Specifically useful for besieging heavily fortified positions, and assaulting dug in defenders. These weapons are capable of doing these jobs from a distance as well. Up close in a more personal position to the battlefield the guns can be used with good effect to attack enemy infantry, cavalry, tanks etc..

Mechanized

The 10cm Type 1 Mobile Flak/Anti-Personnel Gun. Attached at the company level. These guns are used by the Captain or Major to lay smoke to cover movements, fire flak shells at airship targets, or use 10cm explosive rounds as an anti-personnel weapon.

Cavalry
Cavalry are attached at the Battalion level, meaning there are Cavalry Company's. Used for fast movements to capture strategic objectives and to support infantry with rifle fire and constant mobility on the battlefield. Routed enemies or breaks in enemy positions can be used by these troops speed, to deliver charges to break the softened enemy positions, or to push through and force a reposition.

United Revolutionary Navy: A large portion of the Grand Empire's fleet was destroyed in the Great War. The post-war period was tumultuous period, culminating in a civil war and regime change. During this period there was little funding or significant work done to improving the navy. The current navy is composed of smaller, lighter, faster vessels, that the Revolutionary Socialist Regime captured after defeating the old order. There are a number of steam powered frigates, galleys, and ironclad warships. These vessels number 49 vessels in total (not including merchant ships) and are primarily meant for patrolling the territorial waters and the inland seas that the Seratenland is on. More recently these ships have been used for some oceanic exploratory voyages. The URN is a smaller navy, and not a particularly powerful. It currently gets the job done, but the Revolutionary Socialist regime believes it needs to expand its navy to become a global power.

United Revolutionary Air Force:Similar to the navy, the Air Force of the URSR of Seratenland is very weak, in fact it is almost non-existent. The crushing defeat the Grand Empire of Seratenland suffered at the hands of its enemies during the Great War left in such a state of disrepair that it was unable to spend time building up an air force. There are only 4 prototype airships in the hands of the URAF. These vessels were constructed by the Grand Empire just after the end of the Great War, as the administration had seen the potential air superiority held, as it had been instrumental in allowing the enemies of the empire to win the war. However as it became apparent resources were needed to combat problems at home, and that building an expensive airship fleet was not a pressing issue; the funding was halted indefinitely. Now that the Revolutionary Socialists have won the civil war, they intend to make it a priority to modernise the airship fleet in order to protect the sovereignty of Seratenland, and to protect the regime from its many potential enemies, as well as to attain great power status.


Heavy Airship of the URAF. Dubbed the "King" after the deposed monarch, but officially designated Heavy Class Multi-purpose Aero-ship Model I. There is only one of these vessels in the Air Force. The front guns are twin 360mm breech loaders. There are 2 twin breech loading 133mm cannons along the top, and 2 more twin breech loading 133mm cannons on the sides of the vessel. There are five of the 40mm Flak Autocannons, one located on the top, one on the back, one on the undercarriage, and two on the sides. The undercarriage also has a bomb bay, for attacking ground targets.


The other 3 prototype vessels of URAF are the "Workers" Class Light Aero-ship Model I. Armed with one twin breech loading 133mm cannon along the top of the dirigible. The rotating turret at the bridge sports a 20mm Autocannon. The undercarriage sports a bomb bay, and small 20mm cannon. These ships are lightly armoured, but are quite fast. Their large and powerful steam engines combined with the light weight give it an edge in speed and mobility over other airships. Whether that speed and mobility will be a deciding factor on the battlefield, or whether the future or Aero-ships in heavily armed and armoured vessels remains to be seen.

Walking Dead - Miami, Florida

Tearstone said
If you read what I said later, I do expect post lengths to shorten up. I am well aware that intro/beginning posts usually have to cover long periods of time.

I know you know. I read it, was just trying to confirm from myself to you.

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Was bored. Made map, with potential territorial compromise between Novgrod and Arkil. Added potential territory for Denzgraad. I believe that this is the position that was wanted.

Punk - Fantasy Steam/Clockwork Punk RPG

Took me about 20 minutes of puzzling to realise that you can't put hider in hiders. Much sadness.

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Meeky said
I'd probably just put "Disputed" over that region until the two parties came to an agreement were I in your shoes. Or a simple "?" would do the trick, too. Oh, and remember that the regions overlapping between Qalimeq and Arkil are being conceded to Arkil.EDIT: Hmm... I wonder if Denzgraad and Qalimeq have had any large wars in the past. Maybe that's why Qalimeq's navy is so small now, considering the vast size of Denzgraad's.

I did read that, the only problem is in paint if I erase your borders to try to make things nice (not that my paint skills are capable of such) then it also erases the actual map layer underneath. I suppose I'll just start from scratch with a clean map? But the territorial overlap of Arkil and Novgrod is still unresolved.

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I like it, Mother Russia.... er.... I mean Mother Denzgraad.

And, I was trying to compile the Arkil Federation and mine own nation as best I could on the map that Novgrod and Meeky's Qalimeqi are on so we could have one map with all the nations, but there is quite a bit of overlap between land claimed by Novgrod and Arkil.

Done to the best of my ability in paint here it is compiled. As far as I could tell there were some overlaps between Arkil and Novgrod, and Arkil and Qalimeqi. I put down what I would life to have as the URSR of Seratenland's land. And I'm assuming Denzgraad will be to the south and east of me based on description but I didn't want to be put anything down for you Demo.