[center][b][u]OPTEVFOR Joint Divisional Fleet 1[/u][/b]

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(Operational Test and Evaluation Force)[/center]

In the interest of joint divisional cooperation within OPTEVFOR, JDF-1 was recently formed to be a total-fleet testbed for ship designs, fleet composition, and tactics for the United States Navy. New ideas, eccentric captains, odd ship designs, and unusual missions are par for the course. So are equipment failures, poor interpersonal and intership discipline, crew nobody else wants, really bad plans, and utterly banal missions. Everything from untested submarines to not-quite-crazy-enough to discharge captains to combat airship test platforms are now quietly shoved into this fleet and left to hang themselves.

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This is a ship-based fleet RP. You will roleplay an entire ship in conjunction with the other players (and their ships) to acheive the mission objectives given to you by COMOPTEVFOR. There's a twist, though - your ships are experimental. They should (mostly) be based on real-life or concept ships, as that makes it much easier to fill out the dimensions, speed, and other fields on the ship sheet. Additionally, the RP is set in the modern day, real-life Earth, so no hyperlaser mecha ships that transform into crabs and can walk on land. Acceptable breaks from reality might include an anti-missile laser ship, though, as the military (as far as I know) is at least testing that technology. As a general rule, if a modern military is testing, using, or used the technology, then it's probably okay. If you'd like to make an airship, that's fine, too - but I'll only allow one airship in the RP (first come first serve).

[u]Combat:[/u]
What do you guys think? Numbers, RP, or combination? I could go in any direction here.

[hider=Some ideas that I had]
(Feel free to steal these)
Perfectly normal ship; crazy captain
Drone warfare carrier airship
Electronic warfare command and control airship
Slightly faster and more maneuverable, but significantly less well-armored cruiser
Stealth ships
Anti-missile sea-based laser system
Perfectly normal actual US Navy ship, no frills[/hider]

[hider=Ship Sheet]
|Ship Name:
|Ship Class:
|Ship Hull Classification Symbol: (See [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hull_classifications]Here[/url], or [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hull_classifications#Z]Here[/url] for airships. Make one up if you can't find it.)
|Ship Role:
|Armament:
|Dimensions: (Length x Beam x Height; Draft)
|Speed:
|Crew:
|Motto:
|Other:

|Captain's Name:
+Appearance:
+Personality:
+Bio:

|Name:
+Rank:
+Role:
+Appearance:
+Personality:
+Bio:
[/hider]

[hider=Example]
(okay, I skimped out on the crew part)
[img=http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/aircraft_carriers/john_f_kennedy-cv_67/ship/cv67_001.jpg]
|Ship Name: USS John F. Kennedy
|Ship Class: John F. Kennedy
|Ship Hull Classification Symbol: CV-67
|Ship Type: Aircraft Carrier
|Armament: 2 × GMLS Mk 29 launchers for Sea Sparrow missiles; 2 × Phalanx CIWS; 2 × RAM launchers; 80 x aircraft
|Dimensions: 1052ft (length) x 252 ft (beam) x 192 ft (height); 32 ft draft
|Speed: 34 knots (63 km/h)
|Crew: 3,297
|Motto: Date Nolite Rogare (Latin for "Give, be unwilling to ask")
|Other: Modified for strictly drone warfare; no manned aircraft

|Captain's Name: John Phillips
+Appearance:
[hider2=Picture][img=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/thumbnail_570x321/2013/05/tom_hanks_captain_phillips.jpg][/hider2]
+Personality: Entirely too friendly
+Bio: A former tugboat captain, Captain Philips was promoted via clerical error. It was a happy accident, however, as he's done such a remarkable job that the Navy kept him as captain (although they also quietly reassigned him to Upsilon task force and demoted the clerk that made the error).

|Name: Ron Swanson
+Rank: Commander
+Role: XO
+Appearance: Brown hair, chiseled face, mustache, thick body (from muscle, not fat), though not very sculpted
+Personality: He's a manly man, and won't hesitate to be direct and to the point
+Bio: At some point he realized that he didn't feel like enough of a man, so he joined the Navy.[/hider]

Anybody interested? I'm also open to constructive criticism and questions.