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Children of Atlantis - Uprising (Dieselpunk RP)

http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/37327/posts/ooc

This is what I ended up with. I apologize if it's not exactly what you all expected.

And with that, I'll let this topic die.

Steampunk, Airplanes, Pirates, Political Intrigue, War, and (perhaps) Magic? Yummy.

Everblight said
I don't want this to die as it seems to be my only RP at the moment haha so semi-bump.

It won't die! I'm working on it. Sorry, Memorial Day Weekend is kind of a big deal for my family (father served in Vietnam) and I had a job interview today, and my girlfriend began her Occupational Therapy field work today, so I had to be home for her emotional support (long distance relationships, ya know).

Gonna work on it for a few hours before my homework. I hope to get quite a bit done.

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Bunnita said
I will be staring at you until Monday. This bunny is watching you, GM. I sees you O,O! GMs keep running away from me. But not you. No, nononono. You are not gunna get away. Ever. Huhuhu... Ev. Ar. Huhuhu... EVAR!!!

Does this personality trait come out when you're writing in an RP, too? :)

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GravityFlux said
Nine now.I think we might be at the point of excess

I'm at home visiting family until Monday, I'll be working on this after.

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GravityFlux said
Brilliant, although I'd have intensely preferred maybe a political RP. But good enough. So, where do I fill out an app?

I'll have a more fleshed out interest topic next week, so I'll personally message each and every one of you to make sure you can find the topic.

Then, once we get 5-8 people, I'll go ahead and start.

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Voting for the RP--although I've already made up my mind ;)

Flagg: #3
Derren Krenshaw: #2
Bunnita: #1, #3
TheEvanCat: #1
Gravity Flux: #2
IInflex: #1
Everblight: #1

#1: 4
#2: 2
#3: 2

So there it is folks! However, those who wanted something else please do not fret. What I want to do is see how this first RP goes, and then build other RPs from there. I want to do the political intrigue RP next, but I feel that this is the best starting point. Another interest topic with ALL the relevant details will be making its way onto the General and Advanced interest boards, within the next week or two.

I present to you.... the first RP adventure in the world of Adam.

CHILDREN OF THE SKY: CARRION

The Carrion Fleet is near its end.

The Carrion Fleet was created nearly two hundred years ago, out of a necessity for the protection and cultivation of smugglers and goods from one area to the other. Seven merchant and mercenary companies abandoned their namesake to join The Carrion Fleet. However, soon they began to prey on their own customers, and became the very thing that they had once sworn to destroy.

The individual companies that made up The Carrion Fleet all took the monikers of birds -- Vanguards of the Zephyr took the signet of an eagle, and were arguably the best group of pilots around; The Maidens were an all-female group that excelled in smuggling of people, and theirs was the harpy; The Dead Hunt was a group of plunderers, their signet the vulture.

However, seventy years after the war that nearly consumed the world in fire, The Carrion Fleet, believed to be too large and powerful in the new world order, was targeted and nearly destroyed by force and political intimidation.

Only one company remains. The Night Stalkers, or The Owls (their mascot is an owl), is a company infamous for their use of rare, expensive and outdated petrol to run their planes, instead of the more cost-efficient Arcane Capacitor. The benefit? They can pilot at night. They have now taken up the roles of the other companies, and have become masters of their craft.

Now the world is on the brink of another war. The very nations that sought to destroy The Carrion Fleet are now turning to their help, as there are no limitations to the scope and abilities of The Night Stalkers.

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TheEvanCat said
Prop up a poll or something.

Yeah, sounds good. I probably will do this a bit later, have some errands to run all day!

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Hey all, quick update:

I'm about 1/3 of the way done. I'm worldbuilding like crazy (for good or bad) and revising the stuff I had last year.

The RP will be called, Children of the Sky. It will be a dieselpunk RP (without the diesel, read below). So far, I have not narrowed down a storyline, though it will involve a magi-terrorist who wants to overthrow a government, and our characters will be directly or indirectly a part of that. That's all I will say for now, I'm still trying to iron out the world, then decide which part of the world I want to set the RP in. Essentially, all I ask is that you stay in the city centralized for this RP. That's it.

Here's a brief description of what I aim to do with this RP, thematically:

This is a Dieselpunk fantasy RP set in an alternate world where airplanes, zeppelins, and gunships fight wars, and magic exists but at a very reduced faction. Essentially, this is inspired by World War I and II, with all the goodies you would expect from such a time. Smugglers, pirates, political intrigue, massive aerial battles, and a dallop of the supernatural create this world.

Being a dieselpunk RP, there isn’t much diesel actually being used. The aesthetics of the dieselpunk genre interests me, that is, the timeline and the thematic elements present in this genre take center stage. Almost everything is powered by wind turbines and the recent advent of The Arcane Conductor, which converts turns turbines via solar energy (solar panels! Yay!) This planet is separated into multiple fragments or continents that float in the sky, so actual use of diesel doesn’t make sense (no ground to drill). Water is collected by clouds and reservoirs still remaining on these continents. Yay! This is a perfect world, right?

Nope. In all actuality, the most valuable asset for these countries is food. There is limited resources and space for food. People are starving across the world of Adam, everywhere you look. Too many people for the food output. In order to get land, you need military strength. In order to get military strength, you need resources such as metal. The world is short on both food and resources for war. Therefore, they wage war, both politically and physically.

Magic in this world is heavily reduced. People with magic affinity hail from a tiny continent obliterated by war. Over generations, this affinity dwindles, and their power diminishes. Only those who have inbreeded for generations keep their magical affinity in tact, but that comes with a price.

I hope some of you are still interested.

Steampunk, Airplanes, Pirates, Political Intrigue, War, and (perhaps) Magic? Yummy.

TheEvanCat said
So I guess what you're referring to is this:

Yes, exactly.

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Dinh AaronMk said
A -Punk genre? Airplanes? Piracy? Political intrigue and war? AND maybe magic? I can't help that all it needs is the kitchen sink.

I know, right!

Derren Krenshaw said
Color me interested. Of your options, #2 catches my eye, but in general it sounds like you have a neat little world you're developing here, so I'm up for any storyline that lets us play around in it.

I think option #2 can be tweaked a bit. I'm thinking of focusing on one, centralized location, such as a city-state or something, that within resides political intrigue and violence and stuff. Not sure about the magic, still deciding.

TheEvanCat said
How does one physics a steam-powered aircraft?

It's not completely steampunk. I lied. I apologize. Here's the description of technology in this world from the last RP (SUBJECT TO CHANGES)

TECHNOLOGY

My Spoiler

Technology in Adam is most basically subscribed to our version of WWI and some WWII models of transportation and weapons. The steam punk only comes into play for some elements of the story, most of the energy gained from the world is through air turbines, that when turned produce energy. This technology was first pioneered by the people of ----- and was after taken and used by other countries as time went on. Fossil fuels are used, otherwise, to provide lift to planes and to help power the auxiliary units on gunships. Though fossil fuels are sparse so weak and poor economic centers, like ------- and -------, lack a complete and traditional air force, but make up by having strong and powerful land forces.

There are trains and horses that help travel within nations. In The Cloudwall small zeppelin-like vehicles taxi and carry people from one place to another.

Weapons include anything from the musket rifle, to the semi-automatic pistol and rifle and small sub-machine guns. Also, technological advances have allowed for steam-powered gauss weapons and power weapons, which are essentially electrically ran weapons that cause devastating damage to whatever they are used on. So far gauss weapons are only outfitted on people, and are range-to-range weapons, though are not entirely reliable. Missiles and rockets are used in very finite quantity, and instead bombs and armor piercing bullets are used to take down personnel or other aircraft. Gunships and the like, that cannot be penetrated by small arms, must instead be boarded and conquered or fired upon by other gunships, which use large and powerful cannons to deal damage (rail guns, maybe?)

Elevators are common and so are radios and radio systems. There are no televisions and cameras are outdated and barely beginning to catch on, though are coming at a very quick rate.

Gunships fly using a multitude of massive rudders, propellers, and massive helium filled sacks beneath their impenetrable armor, as well as other similar mechanics. They move incredibly slow though, and can take months to travel from one place to another.