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Story Of The Skies (Warplanes, Sky Warriors Universe RP)

A-ah, well fighting mechs is cool too...

Nah, no worries, I'm fine with it. Alright, let's get to work on making this great! I'll read through the Baroness' character sheet and see what pops into mind.

Story Of The Skies (Warplanes, Sky Warriors Universe RP)

Okay so yeah, handwaving aerodynamics and technology you can have planes from the 1910 from 1970 as they have all been fitted with the same technology and can be piloted just as competetively as each other. I made this rule more for asthetics. Some Warplanes just look to damn cool and I want them to be able to be used along more modern fighter jets. Basically choose the plane that looks nice, dont worry about performance too much.

I'm thinking we actually make it a brief prequel, I want it to take place a couple months before the Alibion Avengers seek out Roland for help going to new haven.

If you want to add some sort of large event to the canon thats very doable, I've created a world that has all sorts of wars and catastrophes going on.

I was going to focus this RP on the Red Baroness, and her putting together a team to hunt down powerful targets across the world and offering large bounties to the players who will join her. This contrasts nicely with Roland's more heroic mission.

It'll be like TAKE DOWN THE 6 BOSSES ACROSS THE GLOBE, each nemeisis will be powerful and initimidating in their own way, shadow of the colosuss style accept with scary mechs, military might and rival warplanes.

Obviously Id want to allow personal motivations to play into the story and aims as well but that would be the starting point.

@Dynamo Frokane

Did you just say mechs? Mechs and warplanes, together? Mmmmmmmmmmmmphhhhhhhhph

muh face

OK, understood for the warplane tech, and I have to say I very much like the idea of which side we'll be taking. It'd be very cool if we could set the stage for the actions of Albion's Avengers later on. As for a large event, we'll have to discuss it, but I'll idea-storm. Ideally, we should try to find something that explains why the Red Baroness is going on this crusade against the six bosses, and perhaps some of these bosses aren't really so bad, and the characters could be lead to question their allegiances. Sounds a bit generic for now, but we'll work on it.

Story Of The Skies (Warplanes, Sky Warriors Universe RP)

Ace Combat is love, Ace Combat is life. Literally my favorite series ever, I kept my PS2 just to play 4, 5 and Zero.

OK, so I have a few questions. What range of planes can we see? What's the technology level? I read through the entire OP in the OOC of Sky Warriors, and it said in the range of WWII to 1970, about, are we sticking to that?

Perhaps we should have a big event to break off from the original Sky Warriors story, like a super natural disaster (I know, I'm just picking excuses to nick the Ulysses Disaster from Ace Combat ), a major war or battle? Will it take place around the same time?

As well as that, we'll have to choose who to focus on. We could do a prequel or sequel and keep the Albion's Avengers, but I think a Muv-Luv Schwarzesmarken style of deal would be cool as well, focusing on another important squadron in this universe in a different place, time...

I think Sky Warriors has a lot of potential to have a very detailed and cool universe, as a matter of fact. We can do a lot with it, because from what I read, it looks to be a very flexible setting, as well as quite interesting.

Shine City 3: Summer Sequel (Always Accepting)

<Snipped quote by Ophidian>

Thats an attractive man, we should think about making an interest check to discuss it though, Its not fair to talk about other RP ideas in Shine City even if I am the GM of both its should be seperate.

In case anyone is wondering of me and ClocktowerEchos' story, basically even though my lead in Sky Warriors character was canonically gay (yes Roland) I took a massive liking to Clocktower's character Nishizawa IRL and foolishly FOOLISHLY assumed that Clocktower was a girl....Clocktower then found my weakness for traps, and few dozen PM messages later....well I'm sure you can figure out the rest....

THERE ITS OUT IN THE OPEN NOW, IT CANT BE USED AGAINST ME!

I SHIP NARCOITC DOLLIE AND BOZO IRL, IDGAF ITS SUPER-CUTE AHHHHHHH I HAVE NO CHILL!

@Dynamo Frokane

Uhhhh... traps and foolishness aside (oops, did I just say those two together? >v<; ), we should definitely work on making an IC in the very near future, because I'm getting very excited, like crazily excited. I'm sweating. Plus, let's not drown Shine City in it.

The aviation RP, not my excitement sweat, I mean.

《Convalescence - A New World 》

Here's a revised, probably final version of the tank sheet, I'll have a CS up for Grisha tonight or tomorrow. Removed quite a few NPC's to make things more streamlined and added place for Gunther's characters.

Revised Tank Sheet

Czechoslovakian T-72M1 main battle tank, nicknamed “Ural”

Imported from a heavy military surplus retailer in the Czech Republic into the United States by a rich collector shortly before the collapse, this T-72M1 was found still crated up on the property of its would-be owner, complete with a small stock of ammunition, shells, tools and other equipment. Affectionately called “Ural” by its crew, it has served for the last three years as their home and transport.

Age: Manufactured in 1979, in Czechoslovakia.

Crew and passengers:

• Commander and scout: Gregory “Grisha” Bainbridge, 18 PLAYED BY SECTION
  Born in the last few years before the end, Gregory Bainbridge was left an orphan when his mother died in childbirth. As a youth, he lived among a small community living on the island of Bainbridge (which became his namesake), in the former state of Washington, but after developing a wanderlust in his teenage years, he decided to set out with his best friend, John Kawaguchi and head south. It was in the former state of California on the decimated property of a rich collector of military vehicles that they found their new, moving home, a T-72M1 main battle tank and since then, they’ve lived a nomadic lifestyle, picking up new members of the crew along the way. When on the move, he fulfills the role of commander of the tank and when it stops, he’s the main scout, looking for supplies, diesel fuel and making a plan of where to go next.
• Gunner: John Kawaguchi, 20 NPC
  John Kawaguchi, also born on Bainbridge, is Gregory’s best friend and almost like an older brother to him. A fanatic of old world relics, militaria and adventure, it was he who initially pushed Gregory to leave the relative safety of their community and see more of the world. He was the first mechanic and driver of the tank, giving it the name Ural after the Russian name for the initial model of the T-72 and oftentimes, conflict erupts between him and the rest of the crew over whether or not some little item that catches his fancy should be taken aboard or not.
• Driver and mechanic: Andy O’Keefe, 45 NPC
  A veteran of the last war the US Army ever fought, Andy O’Keefe is a proud Coloradan and used to be a crewman of an Abrams tank, which lead to him becoming the driver and mechanic of Ural when Gregory and John passed by his survivalist hermitage, conveniently when he was running out of supplies. A crude man, he’s never afraid to say what’s on his mind and his tales of life before the collapse are enjoyed by the rest of the crew (most of the time). Often argues with John about the tank, as he enjoys mocking it as the tank of his former adversaries, which the latter loathes.
• Passengers:
  -Raisa Feofilevna Pasternak, ex-scout and pseudo-chef, 16 TO BE PLAYED BY SECTION
  Born in Moscow, former Russia, Raisa came to North America in a group of migrants seeking to escape the anarchy of post-collapse Russia, where in the cold rubble of the cities, skirmishes were fought between looters, survivors and the remnants of the Russian Army and in the cold plains, few supplies could be found. Soon after their ramshackle boat arrived on the west coast from the Russian far-east, they were scattered by bandits and Raisa’s group steadily dropped until it was only her when she was found by the crew of Ural. She was for a long time the second scout of Ural, operating alongside Gregory (who she gave the diminutive nickname “Grisha”, which is jokingly used by most of the crew) or on her own, until she fell sick. Currently, she is still sick and survives on medicine found by Gregory on his excursions. Speaks English fluently with a rather heavy accent, but enjoys mixing Russian expressions and words in.
  
  -Joseph "Joe" Filion, 47 + Joseph Filion Jr., 21 + Theresa "Terry", 22 PLAYED BY GUNTHER
  {See CS}
  
  -Franklin “Frankenstein” Scott, camp guard, 26 NPC
  An African-American hailing from Chicago, Frank is a gentle giant of a man, standing at nearly two meters tall. With immense strength, he was once a bouncer at a nightclub, but during a fight with a drunken man, he was left with mean wounds in his legs which give him a gait and keep him from running. Thus, he serves as the guard for the camp when Ural runs out of fuel, as well as the strongman for carrying supplies. He’s a close friend of Andy and often helps him with maintenance on the tank. Was once married, but lost his wife to disease, making him very sympathetic with Raisa. In general, he is well-liked among the group.

Description: While once found in mint-condition, over the years, the T-72M1 has received a lot of wear and tear, missing some rubber side-skirts on both sides and the coaxial machine gun has been long removed and replaced with a make-shift viewport. As well as this, the spotlight has been shattered and broken. The single round for the main-gun has been loaded into the auto-loader and in the place of the shell-racks, the most important supplies are kept, such as medicine, exhaustible foods, and some weaponry for the crew. On the exterior of the turret, the extra caterpillar tread pieces have been taken off and used and in their place, tarp bags containing tents, sleeping bags and blankets have been attached, protecting the sleeping arrangements of the crew and in various bags and suitcases attached to the sides of the tank, personal possessions, food and other supplies are kept. The most important equipment for keeping the tank in working condition is kept in the turret bustle box. Another important feature behind the turret is a reloading press tied to the back, belonging to Joe Filion. The once green paint has started to wear and tank itself has rust in areas and especially dirt, mud and dust. The three main crewman sit inside the tank, whereas Raisa and the Filion's are seated behind the tank, near the engine compartment and on the sides of the turret. Franklin mans the NSVT 12.7 mm machine gun, seated on top of the commander’s hatch. Finally, behind the engine compartment, a fuel tank hangs, along with a few jerry cans tied to it.

Equipment Summary (at the beginning of the RP):
One 125mm HEAT-FS round (High-Explosive Anti-Tank Fin-Stabilized)
One-hundred-twenty rounds of 12.7x108mm API (Armor-Piercing Incendiary)
One smoke grenade left in turret launcher.
Enough food for a week and a half of very modest eating.
Enough collected rainwater for a week of very modest drinking.
Enough blankets for the crew, three tents.
Various camp-making and survival supplies.
One Mosin-Nagant bolt-action rifle with seven 7.62x54mmR rounds (emergency weapon, carried by Franklin in any situation where the NSVT might not work anymore).
Two Makarov pistols, one broken (belonging to Raisa) and the other kept inside the tank in case of emergencies, seventeen 9x18mm rounds.
Basic first-aid kit.
Tanker helmets for the crew.

Notes: To be added to.

Shine City 3: Summer Sequel (Always Accepting)

Hey no instead of making two different RPs lets come together to make one Awesome one.

@Dynamo Frokane

Let's see where we get with Sky Warriors, then I'll see about my own thing MUCH later on (like, in months), OK? That way we can work on something awesome, and then have even more awesome later. Double awesome.

Anyway, PM me with thoughts, I'll be reading through Sky Warriors for now!

Shine City 3: Summer Sequel (Always Accepting)

We should talk, I was thinking maybe another sky warriors RP set in the same universe but a different story, maybe set around the Red Baroness and her squad. It would follow the same awesome rules and mechanics from my last RP but you could Co-GM it.

@Dynamo Frokane

I would love, absolutely LOVE to co-GM it. I might set up my own RP on the side and you'd be perfectly welcome to join as well! Send me a PM, or maybe I'll send you a PM and we can chat about it all.

Shine City 3: Summer Sequel (Always Accepting)

@Section
Sky Warriors was where I first met
Verdaux and ClocktowerEchos

As you'll read it youll see how awesome their two characters are to the overall story.

@Dynamo Frokane

Actually, out of curiosity, would you be interested if I started an aerial combat focused RP? You would still be able to focus on GMing Shine City and it might help you get your warplanes fix. I still haven't thought of much, but I'm kind of craving some warplanes now after reading some parts of Sky Warriors and maybe even a bit of mecha, it all remains to be seen.

Shine City 3: Summer Sequel (Always Accepting)

And for everyone else who knew Nick Weston I just wrote up his final post.

The feels are real.

@Dynamo Frokane

Geez, I don't even know him and I felt sad reading that! Phew!

Anyway, I'm reading through Sky Warriors as I write this, I'll be enjoying it in between studying this afternoon and honestly, I wish I had been around when it was going. It looks absolutely awesome! I'd be totally stuck to it.

Shine City 3: Summer Sequel (Always Accepting)

As it turned out, Operation Regicide was not going well.

It had been over fifteen minutes since she started playing and though she had gone through about eight opponents, each asking for a rematch, she still hadn't faced the adversary she hoped for. And now, she was starting to slip. A missed block had one of the better opponents launch into a combo and Noel lost half her health before Eidel ordered her into a ruthless attack on her opponent, juggling him in a ruthless series of hits when he tried to start the same combo over again. In the rematch, she had a nearly perfect win, but clenching the controls and breathing shallowly, she was starting to get dizzy. At some point, she started confusing the characters and cursed herself when a red-colored Jin made her think she was fighting Ragna and mess up. Plus, she was running out of opponents. And those who were left were actually starting to make bets. This was not helping her steadily mounting stress. Finally, in between a shift between players and an exchange of quarters between the boys, with some landing on her controls as part of bets she hadn't really agreed to but certainly wasn't against, she turned in a fury towards the cabinet directly behind hers. To Eidel's fair amount of shock, it was empty.

Instead, the woman who had been playing before was now leaned against the wall and watching her. "Damn it, stop gawking and actually play, I need an actual challenge!" she almost wanted to yell. Instead, she found herself glaring. Sometimes, despite her not being especially good with dealing with people at times, she could still find herself being impatient and very, very, very wroth. Still, she wasn't going to explode, not here. Instead, she looked down her last opponents and noticing the small tower of coins on her cabinet, she sighed. I guess subterfuge was not the way to go, she muttered inwardly. Still, she had fun, she supposed and smiling, and adjusting her seat to make her butt a little less sore, she decided to at least finish this pseudo-tourney and then maybe she'd challenge her, fair and square. Even a friendly match of StreetBrawler could be fun, Eidel was garbage at it, finding it slow and sluggish with not enough movement compared to Arc System Works' titles, but since she was already being spectated, there was no point making a show of her skills by playing a game that she was good at.

Soon enough, an Astral Finisher, with Noel dancing around her opponent, Hakumen, and firing enough bullets to make an A-10 Warthog nervous, she had ended her last opponent and after standing and shaking the sweaty, damp hands of the boys, she stood up, stuffed the pile of quarters into her blouson's pocket and let the cabinet fade back into the anime opening of Continuum Shift as she courteously took a tissue from one of her pockets and wiped down the stick and buttons on both sides. She tossed it into a rubbish bin as she walked away towards a vending machine and bought herself a pair of cold drinks. Not knowing what her hoped-opponent would want, she decided just to get a bottle of water and some Fanta for herself. Reflecting on the story she had heard of Fanta being invented in Nazi Germany as she returned to the older style cabinets, she found the girl still at the same spot as before.

Eidel stopped for a moment and wiped her brow with yet another tissue, then adjusted her hair, which proved quite useless as her style never really needed much adjustment. She had chosen it precisely for that reason, after all. Something shocked her, however. Why am I being so bold? she realized, even if she was shaking a tiny bit. She thought it over for a moment, hesitating and doubting herself, but eventually she just decided it was adrenaline or a winner's rush and kept walking. Standing near her as she watched another game, at an angle which hopefully wouldn't startle her too much, Eidel made a point of entering her field of view slightly and waved with a friendly, if a little weak, smile.

"Hellooo. I saw you watching my game and I saw yours earlier. I'll treat you to a game if you want?" She gestured to a small pile of quarters in her free hand and offered her the water bottle. "Of course, if you don't want to..." Eidel doubted herself anyway and trailed off.