CFProxy

[Cancelled]Our Darkest Hour [1930-40s Tech/Aesthetic]

@RangingWolf Glad to have you.

[Cancelled]Our Darkest Hour [1930-40s Tech/Aesthetic]

Photographic Identification: [Insert image here if applicable]

Personal Basics:
Name:
Date of Birth: [For simplicity we will use the same 12 month cycle. Alternative month names may come eventually.]
Gender:
Height:
Weight:
Hair Color:
Eye Color:
Civil Scars: [Scars obtained prior to enlistment]
Nationality:[Qual by default although foreigners are allowed. Until the names of other nations are sorted just put Foreigner if you would like to participate as an immigrant.]

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Military Basics:
Date of Enlistment:
[War began in 574 Leralis Etix. Volunteers were sent out until full escalation in 581 L.E. Massive losses began to occur in the Sixth month of 581 L.E. When leading faction nation of The Murvak Accord (named after the large Murvak river they shared) fell to opposing forces. Credit to massive losses has been credited to revolutionary warfare.]
Enlisted Rank: [What rank did they begin as? Was it the result of academy training? Desperate times? Or were they set as private?]
Rank: [Current Rank]
Battle Scars:
Sustained Casualties: [Times wounded from battle. You can add monthly dates if you would like.]
Status: [Active, Retired, WIA, MIA, KIA]
Training: [Pristine (0-1 Week),Basic (1-3 Weeks), Regular (1-6 Months), Operational (1+ Years)] [Veteran tag can be applied to those who has served in combat and have survived with the training they received. For instance: Pristine Veteran, Operational Veteran. However in most cases they will simply be addressed as veterans or as their rank. The latter is most likely.]
Military Branch: (Army, Navy, Airforce)
Unit Operation: (Infantry, Pilot, etc)
Division Name: [Although I've not gotten this far yet I am welcome to suggestions.]

Bio Summary: [Fill in backstory here although you are just as welcome to link a PDF of some kind.]

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Edit: Thanks to Conscripts for formatting.

@Sierra As promised.

I encourage suggestions if you think I've missed something or if I should edit something. This is very much WIP.

[Cancelled]Our Darkest Hour [1930-40s Tech/Aesthetic]

@CFProxy Concerning a charcter, I'd be interested in playing a junior officer in a infantry company (either in command of a platoon or a company).

@Oak7ree

That sounds fine to me. Might I ask what in particular you look forward to doing in the thread? Getting a general idea outside of what I have planned.

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@Raider Dog
Glad to have your interest.

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In response to the CS template... I feel dumb but I will create a character sheet template soon.

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@Oak7ree

Thanks for your interest, as promised I will work more on the map!

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@Conscripts
I'm glad to hear that you are interested. If you have any questions I'll be here to answer them when I can.

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@Sierra
A CS Template?
If you're talking about a file so you can manually edit the map then I'll inform you that I used Krita for this particular map.

[Cancelled]Our Darkest Hour [1930-40s Tech/Aesthetic]

"The war is lost. Our nation, the last beacon of hope in the region, will not last. We cannot expect reinforcements from other nations. Silence has driven the waves. The enemy will encroach upon us. Every man, woman, and child will fight to the last breath to defend what we have created. We will barter with nations, we will attempt to save what we can. All that we know and all that we love will come crashing down. I can only offer my sympathies to my people and promise them that the future will be bright when this will be the end of our reign. This is truly our darkest hour." - Leader Aralis Heinder speaking to his officials in the war room "Varalis", 583 L.E.

The premise is this: Our nation has fought in the great war which has torn the continent apart and our nation is the last of an alliance which has desperately been trying to reach out to a continent from across the seas to aide them in their time of need. The isolationist, however, does not wish to join arms.

Soldiers can be either gender and their age for conscription will gradually whittle down from 16 as the war continues to go downward. For reference, the conscription age started at 18 and has been lowering by 1 year with every projected major loss.

The nation we will be rping can be a number of ideologies although I will personally lean towards a nationalist oriented country. Preferred options include: Democracy, Monarchy, Republic, Autocracy, Custom (We will discuss how it works more or less.)

Note: Nationalism does not equate to fascism. Fascism is an extreme form of nationalism that is aggressive and abuses the spirit of the populist to garner support.

[edit] Forgot to include the map. Here it is. I may expand it out to a more world map or something but I'd like to get people first.


Q&A

General goals for RP:
1. Civilians RPers will assist the military where possible and live life best they can. They can also take on the roles of partisans.
2. Military RPers will keep the enemy at bay with the hopeless situation.
3. Diplomat RPers will attempt to negotiate a peace with the enemy nations as well as the neutral super power in an attempt to save the nation without sacrificing too much. They will always bring back information to the DM who will be rping the leader of the thread to discuss how to save it.

Do I need to know military tactics to roleplay as an officer?

No. As it stands the nation is conscripting people at a rapid rate and it is likely that you, as an officer, will be trained a bit better than your peers on how to use your weapon and general understanding of taking caution in battle but you are not a proper officer. You are given a uniform, a gun, and a book on how to be an officer in your own language. You could also have been promoted from the frontlines from something like a private because of how desperate they are for a chain of command with the best of the army mostly being eliminated in conflict and abandonment.

What kind of horrors?

Nightmares, PTSD/Shellshock, death of friends, loss of cities, more or less the tragedies of war and while we will include the ideas of the more disgusting atrocities we will not directly RP them or imply them too often as the focus is not there and it is distasteful. We will probably not focus too much on the atrocities and more on the defeat for the general purpose of keeping things on a lighter tone but I am not against the atrocities being something that your character keeps in their head or acts out on. People are human and they have their limits.

How many rpers do you need?

In reality I could function with a 1x1 but the preference would be to have at least 2 people outside of myself and probably a maximum of 8 rpers outside of myself. The ideal is probably 4-6 without Co-DM.

Co-DM?

If we have enough people and someone seems passionate enough with the right ideas on how I'd want things to go. I'd more or less be talking with you in PMs on things and you could direct how one group's direction will go. I will be relying on you for that kind of thing as well as discussing stuff like world building and map making more frequently.

Will you work more on the map?

Absolutely, but I'll probably want a minimum of 3 rpers to join before I consider doing that.

Can I RP someone from an opposing/neutral nation?

I would want to keep this as a no unless we exceed a number of players. The point of the thread is to keep things focused on the tragic defeat of the nation and having too many people on the winning side at once is not particularly favorable towards that theme. I know that there are ways to incorporate such things from the enemy's perspective but this thread is focused primarily focused on telling the story of this nation from its perspective.

What is the name of the nations or even the continents?

There is no given name yet because I don't want to invest so deeply into the thread if nobody wants to join.

Discord Server?

Not until we've got a minimum. This would be the preferred method of communication, however.

When will the war be lost?

I'll put up an estimation every once in a while based on events and days that pass.

Will there be any victories on our end?

Yes. Your group might even have many. However, remember that by the end of the thread the war will be lost. If diplomacy ends in peace without total loss of land then performance will lessen the losses of territory but the group will only affect so much of this percentage.

Technology?

We will discuss that here but I'd say everything you saw in the second world war is up for use.

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Now Will be the part where I discuss any quesitons you might have regarding the thread.

The Die Laughing Squad - An Inglorious Bastards-esque WW2 alternate history RP IC/OOC

Kristups Grawert WIP CS

Name: Kristups Grawert

Rank: Colonel

Age: 44

Gender:M

Nationality: German

Appearance:



Favored Weapon(s): (Wehrmacht) MP40, FN M1922.

Skills and Talents:
-Close range specialist
-Discrete information broker
-Commando (Survived behind enemy lines)
-Decent cook (Well the kitchen won’t set fire anyway)
-Peircing Step (Takes a while to learn how to properly march)
-Baritone vocalist

Squad Role:Stormtrooper

History:
[Youth]
Born in Konigsburg, Kristups lived his life in military tradition with a family that followed suit of their past. Proud of his Prussian heritage and willing to fight for the Kaiser of Germany he trained from youth to participate in war before joining the first world war in 1917 to join the fight in the east. Having lived to watch his fatherland beat back the Russians out of East Prussia he was filled with fervor that would last until the last few months of the war where he would crumble to defeat as Germany declared that it could no longer fight onward, leaving a bitter mark in the young man’s life.

[Devestation – 1920s-1930s]
Despite living in the conditions of a lost Second Reich Kristups kept faith in the idea that Germany could restore itself but with the Polish taking what he believed to be rightfully Prussian he could only feel disgust as even Danzig was claimed for the “filthy Polish.” Being surrounded by the remnants of Prussian territory he wept with his father who was devestated by such a loss. With the country in a state of eternal debt Kristups did the only thing he could and that was hope and help those who he could, but even he put his family and their needs first over other families.

[Adolf The Great - early 1930s]
While uncertain of Hitler at first, the recovery to the economy and the spark in hope across all of Germany lead to a spread of passion within the state. Nationalism left over from the previous war exploded and with time brought joy to his heart as well. Love for the new leader grew and spiked after the recapture of old Prussian territories and with the Polish eliminated spirits were high.

[Nazi Regime – early 1940s]
With the success of German military the experienced stormtrooper and quickly rising officer (due to deaths about and his own merits) began to notice the inhumanities of the Reich when he took a trip to Auschwitz to see what the mess was for himself. Since that day he paid mind to the politics in Germany and became more worrisome. Unable to do anything about the camps himself he moved to focus on the war in the west before being shocked with the realization of war with the Soviet Union in 1940. When 1941 hit, the Prussian began to pray that the Reich would not fall again. He believed the resources should be better spent controlling the United Kingdom, but war with the Soviets did not worry him at first until Stalingrad.

[1944]
With his many years in service and his rank as colonel the man stands as a decorated Wehrmacht officer that has worked in intelligence since 1940 and has made plans to overthrow the Austrian in charge since 1943. Knowing that the Reich faces invasion from both sides the hope that some intelligence can be restored to the powers above dangles so violently above him. If Hitler is allowed to hold onto the Third Reich then the possibility of defeat is not only possible but inevitable. At the very least, the hope is that the war can end with Germany restored to the territory of the Second Reich if not more.

Personality:
Rather serious but friendly with fellow officers and soldiers. He is a military fanatic that adores the strength of Germany’s military. He is quite informative at times but is usually blunt and honest. He is often calm and collected in the thick of combat and enjoys a cigarette with beer both on and off the battlefield but the beer is usually kept to just public drinking areas.

Other Info: N/A

The current version awaiting approval. I will likely add more for flavor later. The role can also change due to his amount of experience in different fields but combat wise he was a Sturmtrupp.