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8 hrs ago
Current My Milkshake brings all the boys to the yard, and I'm like, I drink them! I drink all your milkshakes!
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4 days ago
Goodness. No inspiration or activity for me on here for months (even years!) and now all at once, I have ideas for multiple RPs!
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4 days ago
Started a new RP, and I'm excited for it, for the first time in a while. I hope it's a success!
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11 mos ago
Man, I can't wait to roleplay as Teak Root Furniture. Sounds wild.
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11 mos ago
As Eddie Izzard once said, "Americans say 'Urbs' English people say 'Herbs', because there's a f*cking 'H' in it"

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I've been roleplaying in one form or another since the late '90's. I've played as many tabletop games as I have online ones, and the quality of both has varied wildly.
I have an active imagination, and I love immersive, descriptive roleplaying. My genres of choice are sci-fi, and modern-day (with a sci-fi twist). I like RP's that mix reality with fiction, and throw an unusual and exciting twist into an otherwise normal setting - something like Stargate SG-1 would be an example, or Battle: Los Angeles. An almost recognizable world, but with some sci-fi twists.
I'm a fan of military and action-based RP's that do this especially, and they are easily my favourite - though I rarely see any that appeal to me enough - all the military RP's are too 'plain', and anything else modern day is usually fantasy or fandom.
I have a lot of fandoms, but I don't really like fandom RP's - or at least, the ones that come up. I often find them a bit lacking in ideas, or too far away from what actually makes the thing I'm a fan of enjoyable.

I don't play in free, as I find the short posts and bad spelling and grammar infuriating.

I'm 43 years old, and live in the UK, so I may not be on all the time.
I also like playing non-human characters, especially anthro ones. I dig giant robots, and I love military aircraft. I'm also a very dedicated and proud Brony and furry.

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Hey, going to have to delay this a bit, I've not been feeling very well and I just don't feel up to posting an adequate OP tonight. Sorry! It'll probably go up in the next two days.


Hope you feel better soon!
Whats this? Silverwind be back with a new check?

Am interested.


Yus, I thought I'd take the plunge and give it another try.
Always thrilled to have you aboard!
So, with some trepidation and anxiousness; I return to running RPs, or at least, the thought of doing so.

I have a great and undying love for modern military aircraft, sculpted heavily by movies of the 1980's and early 90's - my childhood - countless hours of building (and modifying!) plastic model kits, and, most heavily for the relevance to this RP idea, the Ace Combat series of video games.

This also overlaps greatly with my love of science fiction, and combining the two, well, that's a given, and a great root for an RP idea.

The basic premise I have in mind - and will be hugely expanded upon should this (pun intended) get off the ground, is that following an apocalyptic war against alien invaders, Earth's society has fragmented somewhat. Sea levels have risen and the geography has changed, some areas are rendered uninhabitable, and the world is a changed place. The United Nations have become a global government, with various independent nations, powers, and so on, rising up from the ruins as the world rebuilds from the earlier war.
Struggling to meet treaty obligations and enforce peace and safety, and with what little 'standing' military it has otherwise stretched thin, the UN draws upon heroes and heroines of the previous war and their descendants to act as peacekeepers. Popular culture and public opinion has romanticised the notion of fighter pilots following the extensive use of airpower in the war, and the mythos of pilots as cool, heroic, and dashing 'sky knights' has become a strong one.
The composite UN squadrons have adopted the name for this new approach of 'troubleshooting' pilots and their aircraft, sent to hotspots of trouble around the world.
Especially, as rising powers have started to adopt reverse-engineered alien tech in their efforts to resist UN power and seize resources, territory and power for themselves, with old enmities and hatreds rising in the wake of the destruction.
The UN has likewise employed reverse-engineered technology on their own craft, refitting tactical combat aircraft with new systems, weapons, and other equipment to give them an 'edge' as a measure to try and curb this rising power.
And in the background, something bigger is stirring...

The idea being that the players will pilot 'modern' to our time, and maybe even a little older - i.e. Cold War - aircraft with retrofitted gadgets against sci-fi enemies and tech, in a post apocalyptic, but still organised and civilized enough setting, so that you can reliably have hi-tech weapons and vehicles around, and some places to enjoy that aren't dirt holes in the ground plagued by roving cannibal bondage gangs, and instead have modern conveniences and a semblance of civilization.

Not looking for a huge group, and I'll elaborate more fully on the setting and specifics if I get enough interest for an OOC. Although, happy to answer questions, if people have them.
At the moment, I'm still spitballing ideas as well.

I've put it as 'advanced', but that's because I like to go into a lot of detail with background and story.
You needn't know scads of information about fighter jets or the military to be involved, but a willingness to learn and at least some passing knowledge would be required.
Equally, I'm not going to be slavishly adherent to the real world procedures, technology and minutiae of things; that just gets boring and cuts down opportunities for dramatic story-telling and exciting moments. Or encourages people to show off their knowledge, which just comes across as kind of... mm, 'bragging' or 'smug' sometimes.
A healthy middle-ground is what's wanted, like the aforementioned Ace Combat, or something similar, like the Area-88 anime and manga.
'Fun, but with a semi-real twist' is what I'm aiming for.
Really, as long as you can write well enough and sensibly, and put together at least a few lines with decent spelling and grammar, then that's good enough for me, regardless of the 'category' it comes under.

Players will take on the role of pilots in one of the Sky Knights squadrons, so will be somewhat experienced pilots, and chosen because they're skillful, and meet the requirements of being capable and good at working together and meet the right goals and markers. So being a psychotic, anti-social, anti-authority borderline feral maniac wouldn't be one of them. i.e. no edgelord overpowered Mary-Sue characters. And no super-skilled teenagers.

@Senhara: This is always something I have a bit of a hard time putting into words. ^^;

While I'm not yet finished with my second playthrough of AC6, I think Sixth gen isn't a bad comparison overall.


I haven't played an Armoured Core game since Armoured Core 2 on the PS2, so 'Power Levels' of ACs mean nothing to me as it is.
Is there a comparison from another franchise, or a more universal description?
I figured the idea would be all of our stuff was about the same, generally speaking, so there's an up to go as the game developed.
Here's my attempt at a character!


This is the Wild West era of the franchise


Literally!

I'm going to start work on my character sheet ASAP! I'm quite excited for getting into this. I've never done a Star Trek RP before, but I love the idea of playing in that universe, especially if we're not desperately beholden to the canon as well.
I will also join the Discord as soon as I can.

Hmm, I might be interested in this. I've never played a Star Trek RP, despite being a fan of the franchise for... well, all my life. I've been especially enjoying Strange New Worlds and Lower Decks lately, and SNW has really given me a new appreciation for the TOS-era, with the way it's modernised the look of things while keeping it somewhat faithful (those new versions of the uniforms look a lot better than the old pyjamas, imo!)

Room for a female Caitian tactical officer in the roster?


@Silverwind Blade: okay sorry for the delay, I think this is acceptable now.


No problems at all; thanks for letting me know and glad that it's okay!
Also, sorry for my overly long reply previously ^^;;
I am sometimes quite... wordy!
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