Hello, everyone.
Many, many, many years ago - we're talking on the old version of the Guild - I ran a short-lived RP about modern armoured vehicles.
There's been a few murmurs of interest in resurrecting the idea, and I'm kind of interested in the same myself.
I have the idea of putting it into the existing setting I have developed for my fighter-pilot based RP, Shattered Steel; which I'm otherwise dubbing 'The Heavenfall Universe'.
The long and short of the setting, is that the Cold War didn't end in 1991, and instead continued throughout the 90s, with all that implies, such as an increased technological development, especially in the form of military technology.
This all came to an end when an asteroid travelling at a significant portion of the speed of light impacted Earth in the mid-00's. This resulted in wide-spread global devastation, at first from the impact - and the subsequent impact of follow on objects. The impacts caused massive geological upheaval, weather disturbances and massive tidal waves. Added to this the following deaths from the devastation itself, and the rising global sea level, and the end total amounted to almost one third of the global population dead.
The global axis of power shifted to the southern hemisphere, and the United Nations reorganised and reshuffled into the Neo (or new) United Nations, a more global government with a unified presence and military power, comprising much of the remnants of the old leading nations, and many of the current one.
As well as this, there was the rise of new global corporations, having survived the impacts and risen to prosperity by providing relief and supply in exchange for power and territory. Other groups and nations rose as well, changing the balance of power further.
With the N/UN spread so thinly, a radical action was undertaken; the legitimising and increase of global PMC's - private military contractors; mercenaries - acting under N/UN mandate to carry out operations and missions under oversight from advisors and to standards to deal with hotspots of trouble around the world.
Less legitimate PMCs arise in response or regardless; sponsored by the megacorps from nations less beholden to N/UN law, and allowing them, or other newly arisen and developed powers and governments to exercise their will and influence around the globe.
The PC's will taken on the role of armoured vehicle crews in one of the 'Armoured Fist' squads of Shattered Steel, one of the largest and most well-known of the PMCs in this new world, undertaking missions around the world.
As they undertake missions against a variety of enemies in a variety of places, their operations and activities will start to reveal powers working behind the scenes to influence global policies and events, and the dangers they represent.
The tech level is mostly modern, but with some sci-fi elements creeping in over time, as well as the existence of cancelled or abandoned tech from the Cold War made real, both by the divergence of history, and also the existence of mega-corps enabling such wide-scale and free development.
I am hoping for about 4-6 players minimum, who are happy to be in it for the long-term - I've had so many games die from people flaking out or just wandering off in the middle of things.
I am not looking for die-hard realists and sticklers for reality. The RP will be grounded, but with room for a level of 'enhanced' fantasy and excitement; something a bit more grounded than the Hollywood version of reality, but still with fantastical elements. However, of course, an interest in modern armoured vehicles and their technology, and a willingness to learn more is somewhat essential, given the subject matter.
Players do not have to command and crew a Main Battle Tank - MBT - as other kinds of armoured vehicles are available, but they must be some kind of vehicle crew, rather than infantry, pilots, etc.
Each player would be in control of as many characters as would make up the crew of their vehicle, e.g. three or four characters.
If wanting to use an APC or IFV-type vehicle, then the player will have control of a squad of Infantry, but they need not be all extensively detailed, and would likely be NPC's outside of combat and not really dealt with in depth, and considered supporting characters.
It will mostly be somewhat serious in tone, but with moments of levity, humour and even darkness, but the ultimate goal and feeling being that the players - and Shattered Steel by extension - are the 'good guys' of the setting on the whole.
There will of course be plenty of room for character development and interaction during and between combat as well, as that makes the heart an RP much more worthwhile and gives everything more stakes and interest than just fighting because you're ordered to.
If you're interested, please make a mention of it below, and once I have enough people, I'll get an int-check up.
Many, many, many years ago - we're talking on the old version of the Guild - I ran a short-lived RP about modern armoured vehicles.
There's been a few murmurs of interest in resurrecting the idea, and I'm kind of interested in the same myself.
I have the idea of putting it into the existing setting I have developed for my fighter-pilot based RP, Shattered Steel; which I'm otherwise dubbing 'The Heavenfall Universe'.
The long and short of the setting, is that the Cold War didn't end in 1991, and instead continued throughout the 90s, with all that implies, such as an increased technological development, especially in the form of military technology.
This all came to an end when an asteroid travelling at a significant portion of the speed of light impacted Earth in the mid-00's. This resulted in wide-spread global devastation, at first from the impact - and the subsequent impact of follow on objects. The impacts caused massive geological upheaval, weather disturbances and massive tidal waves. Added to this the following deaths from the devastation itself, and the rising global sea level, and the end total amounted to almost one third of the global population dead.
The global axis of power shifted to the southern hemisphere, and the United Nations reorganised and reshuffled into the Neo (or new) United Nations, a more global government with a unified presence and military power, comprising much of the remnants of the old leading nations, and many of the current one.
As well as this, there was the rise of new global corporations, having survived the impacts and risen to prosperity by providing relief and supply in exchange for power and territory. Other groups and nations rose as well, changing the balance of power further.
With the N/UN spread so thinly, a radical action was undertaken; the legitimising and increase of global PMC's - private military contractors; mercenaries - acting under N/UN mandate to carry out operations and missions under oversight from advisors and to standards to deal with hotspots of trouble around the world.
Less legitimate PMCs arise in response or regardless; sponsored by the megacorps from nations less beholden to N/UN law, and allowing them, or other newly arisen and developed powers and governments to exercise their will and influence around the globe.
The PC's will taken on the role of armoured vehicle crews in one of the 'Armoured Fist' squads of Shattered Steel, one of the largest and most well-known of the PMCs in this new world, undertaking missions around the world.
As they undertake missions against a variety of enemies in a variety of places, their operations and activities will start to reveal powers working behind the scenes to influence global policies and events, and the dangers they represent.
The tech level is mostly modern, but with some sci-fi elements creeping in over time, as well as the existence of cancelled or abandoned tech from the Cold War made real, both by the divergence of history, and also the existence of mega-corps enabling such wide-scale and free development.
I am hoping for about 4-6 players minimum, who are happy to be in it for the long-term - I've had so many games die from people flaking out or just wandering off in the middle of things.
I am not looking for die-hard realists and sticklers for reality. The RP will be grounded, but with room for a level of 'enhanced' fantasy and excitement; something a bit more grounded than the Hollywood version of reality, but still with fantastical elements. However, of course, an interest in modern armoured vehicles and their technology, and a willingness to learn more is somewhat essential, given the subject matter.
Players do not have to command and crew a Main Battle Tank - MBT - as other kinds of armoured vehicles are available, but they must be some kind of vehicle crew, rather than infantry, pilots, etc.
Each player would be in control of as many characters as would make up the crew of their vehicle, e.g. three or four characters.
If wanting to use an APC or IFV-type vehicle, then the player will have control of a squad of Infantry, but they need not be all extensively detailed, and would likely be NPC's outside of combat and not really dealt with in depth, and considered supporting characters.
It will mostly be somewhat serious in tone, but with moments of levity, humour and even darkness, but the ultimate goal and feeling being that the players - and Shattered Steel by extension - are the 'good guys' of the setting on the whole.
There will of course be plenty of room for character development and interaction during and between combat as well, as that makes the heart an RP much more worthwhile and gives everything more stakes and interest than just fighting because you're ordered to.
If you're interested, please make a mention of it below, and once I have enough people, I'll get an int-check up.
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