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Nah, I say the more the better! I was just one of the last to post in the old thread so I'm waiting for others to post first.
It was all of fifteen minutes before the entire Moon hex had been scoured by its inhabitants. There was zero bio-metal, or "scrap", anywhere. It was clear that patrols would have to branch out to other hexes if they hoped to gain any bio-metal. It could certainly have been worse, as the Black Dogs were already decently equipped. They were a small squad within the NSDF, though, barely filling up the old Eagle's Nest One outpost. However combat proficient they were, their numbers were small. As the last corners of the hex were explored, Grizzly One, piloting the only Tank currently in the outpost and the Black Dogs' Commander, sent out the order for all units to return to base. From high above the planet it would have looked like ants returning to their colony. Once everyone was there, a course of action was determined. Working with only ten offensive units (and only Razors at that), six would stay at base and patrol/defend while four + Grizzly One would scout the desert to the northeast. Turrets were redeployed at the base entrances as the Gun Towers were not yet online, and the Scavengers were told to stay at the base. Soon the task force left the safety of Eagle's Nest One and thrustered towards the desert.
At 25 meters per second the group reached the southwestern edge of the desert in minutes. Slowing to 10 m/s, the group scanned their pulsing radar systems for bio-metal, terrain, objects, or anything other than flat desert. It was not promising some white squares appeared, representing unknown stationary objects. Soon a small town came into view. The spectacle of five hovertanks floating into a desolate ghost town in a desert would be quite a sight normally, but in this patchwork world it wouldn't get a second look. As the task force examined the town, they discovered that, in the midst of everything abandoned, there was a refrigerator still emanating power. No source of electricity could be found, but the fact that the electricity was there caused a radio back to base.
*BEEP* "Eagle's Nest One, this is Grizzly One. We found a ghost town in the desert and it still has electricity somehow. There's also a water tower that still appears to be full of water, for what it's worth. Anything that can help us?" *BEEP*
*BEEP* "Grizzly One, this is General Collins. I don't think -- "
The General's voice cut off, but came on again moments later.
"I'm just been informed by the scientists here that it may be possible to use the electricity and water to fuel a bio-metal generator. We have a single Tug at the base that is en route now to retrieve the electricity source and water tower. Maintain position until they arrive. Collins out." *BEEP*
Grizzly one ordered his wingmen to establish a perimeter around the outpost. Soon, Razor Two got on the comm.
*BEEP* "We have bio-metal generators? Since when?" *BEEP*
Then Razor Four: "I heard that it was an experimental thing being developed for moons with low scrap supply before we got 'relocated'."
The speculation continued until the Tug soon arrived. It made short work of its task, uprooting the water tower and collecting the refrigator, both held in the clutches of the tug's hold, and heading back to base. Nobody questioned why the refrigerator was still generating its own power even when it arrived at Eagle's Nest One, and it and the water tower were dropped off to be examined by the scientists in the outpost. The base had been, predictably, uneventful since the search party had left, and now it was at its (current) full capacity. If a bio-metal generator was successfully built, it could blossom into its real full potential. For now though, the hovertank pilots retired to their Barracks...those who weren't on watch, anyway.
At 25 meters per second the group reached the southwestern edge of the desert in minutes. Slowing to 10 m/s, the group scanned their pulsing radar systems for bio-metal, terrain, objects, or anything other than flat desert. It was not promising some white squares appeared, representing unknown stationary objects. Soon a small town came into view. The spectacle of five hovertanks floating into a desolate ghost town in a desert would be quite a sight normally, but in this patchwork world it wouldn't get a second look. As the task force examined the town, they discovered that, in the midst of everything abandoned, there was a refrigerator still emanating power. No source of electricity could be found, but the fact that the electricity was there caused a radio back to base.
*BEEP* "Eagle's Nest One, this is Grizzly One. We found a ghost town in the desert and it still has electricity somehow. There's also a water tower that still appears to be full of water, for what it's worth. Anything that can help us?" *BEEP*
*BEEP* "Grizzly One, this is General Collins. I don't think -- "
The General's voice cut off, but came on again moments later.
"I'm just been informed by the scientists here that it may be possible to use the electricity and water to fuel a bio-metal generator. We have a single Tug at the base that is en route now to retrieve the electricity source and water tower. Maintain position until they arrive. Collins out." *BEEP*
Grizzly one ordered his wingmen to establish a perimeter around the outpost. Soon, Razor Two got on the comm.
*BEEP* "We have bio-metal generators? Since when?" *BEEP*
Then Razor Four: "I heard that it was an experimental thing being developed for moons with low scrap supply before we got 'relocated'."
The speculation continued until the Tug soon arrived. It made short work of its task, uprooting the water tower and collecting the refrigator, both held in the clutches of the tug's hold, and heading back to base. Nobody questioned why the refrigerator was still generating its own power even when it arrived at Eagle's Nest One, and it and the water tower were dropped off to be examined by the scientists in the outpost. The base had been, predictably, uneventful since the search party had left, and now it was at its (current) full capacity. If a bio-metal generator was successfully built, it could blossom into its real full potential. For now though, the hovertank pilots retired to their Barracks...those who weren't on watch, anyway.
Sorry for the lack of posting...last week was a nightmare. This week doesn't look like it'll be much better either, but I'll to try to post when I can. I like the class idea, it'll give us some direction.
TheLastRunaway said
*coughs* I'm an asshole. I just.. don't feel like RPing anymore. I'm sorry.
We'll keep it running for you if you eventually come back. :D
I have also been under the weather regarding RPing recently, but I don't plan to quit. I just need to get out of this writer's block and then a post will be up.
When the sky turned red, all of Eagle's Nest One noticed. It of course could not be attributed to any atmospheric condition, as it is hard to change sky color when there is no sky in the first place. Welcome to the Moon - and now we're leaving it again. When the red sky receded, gone was the emptiness of space. The Black Dogs were now sheltered under an atmosphere, and there was even water in the distance. Up in the Command Tower, things were hectic (as if the rest of the base wasn't). "Sitrep!" barked General Collins. "What on Earth just happened?" His subordinates were frantically at their posts working the sensor arrays - nobody could figure out where they were or how they got there. Radioing other outposts brought only static, and the wireframe displays shown on units' radar screens indicated very unorthodox terrain all around them.
The Black Dogs, used to confusing situations like this one, quickly went to work. Razor scout crafts idle on the base got to work fanning out to search for other notable land features. Soon it was known that most of the base was surrounded by water, with one island closeby, more islands distant and part of the Moon base connected to a larger desert land mass. Scavengers that had been sitting at the base began searching for bio-metal and finding none. This world, it seemed, had never been hit by the Cthonian bio-metal shower of 1952. Determining a way to claim bio-metal on a scrap-less world was immediately placed on top priority for the scientists on the base, and all further unit production had to be halted temporarily until this could be solved. The most curious thing about this world - all the "pieces" seemed to be perfect hexagons. There wasn't a soul in the base not utterly confused by what had just occurred, but they had learned over years of fighting the CCA to expect the unexpected...and this was definitely unexpected.
The Black Dogs, used to confusing situations like this one, quickly went to work. Razor scout crafts idle on the base got to work fanning out to search for other notable land features. Soon it was known that most of the base was surrounded by water, with one island closeby, more islands distant and part of the Moon base connected to a larger desert land mass. Scavengers that had been sitting at the base began searching for bio-metal and finding none. This world, it seemed, had never been hit by the Cthonian bio-metal shower of 1952. Determining a way to claim bio-metal on a scrap-less world was immediately placed on top priority for the scientists on the base, and all further unit production had to be halted temporarily until this could be solved. The most curious thing about this world - all the "pieces" seemed to be perfect hexagons. There wasn't a soul in the base not utterly confused by what had just occurred, but they had learned over years of fighting the CCA to expect the unexpected...and this was definitely unexpected.
Queen Raidne said
Driving Park - You're accepted! I may, however, decide to limit your base's capabilities/units, depending on how the RP goes - I'm simply concerned about starting everyone off on a roughly equal footing. I'm working on an IC initial post, so expect this RP to start up shortly.Weiss - I hadn't thought of single-character wanderers. I might let them in; that's neat.
Just let me know if you want the base smaller or tech limited (e.g. Recycler can only build basic units) and I'll edit the faction sheet to reflect that. I'd like to start small enough rather than have to lose most of my forces like everyone else seems to be.
Faction Name: National Space Defense Force Black Dog Squadron (aka the Black Dogs)
Universe: BattleZone (1998)/BattleZone: The Red Odyssey (1998)
Summary in a Sentence: Patriotic American alien hover tanks in space!
Description: The National Space Defense Force (NSDF) was a top secret organization co-founded with NASA that used a substance called Bio-Metal to create hover tanks to wage war (during the old War on Earth) against the Soviet Cosmo Colonist Army (CCA) on various moons and planets throughout the Solar System. Bio-Metal (colloquially referred to as "scrap") was found in a meteor shower in the Bering Strait and was discovered to have memory properties, as well as extraordinary strength - normal projectiles were totally ineffective against it. The NSDF Black Dogs were a special, elite squadron within the NSDF with upgraded vehicles that typically got the toughest missions. In the game, the NSDF and CCA fought on the Moon, Mars, Venus, Io, Europa, Titan and a fictional Uranus moon called Achilles. During that time the CCA experimented with alien relic technology they found, creating powerful saucer-like crafts called Furies that quickly became sentient and revolted against their creators, causing the NSDF and CCA to join forces to defeat them, destroying Achilles in the process. In the Red Odyssey expansion pack, the NSDF Black Dogs had a new foe, the Chinese, who discovered how to open portals to another dimension. The Black Dogs (and the NSDF as a whole) have had these two conflicts successfully wrapped up for a some time when they are dropped into the hex. The NSDF as a whole is a very war-hardened organization, not afraid to unleash deadly force at a moment's notice, but it also does not attack without reason and/or provocation. The entire "nation" community in the hex is simply the soldiers (usually tank pilots) when they are not out fighting.
Technology Level: Cold War ET-assisted sci-fi
Magical or other Supernatural Powers: use of and reliance on the alien Bio-Metal material
Other: An outpost named Eagle's Nest One is the area transported to the hex. Eagle's Nest One starred in and was the namesake of BattleZone's second mission, and was an important outpost on Earth's moon (Luna). In the universe the hex occupies, it has since flourished into a huge, sprawling base occupied by the Black Dogs and used as the center of all NSDF Lunar operations (so although the official faction is the Black Dogs for the sake of recognizability in the Hex, both Black Dog and non-Black Dog NSDF divisions occupy the base.
Important People:
+Name: General Collins
+Role: Leader
+Description: General Collins is the hardworking commander of all NSDF forces throughout the original game and was stationed in Eagle's Nest One when the warp to the hex occurred.
+Brief Bio: n/a
Hex Location: 5,5
Terrain Type: Hilly Cratered Plains (Lunar)
Important Terrain Features: artificial roads/platforms underneath much of the base (like so), large craters surrounding the base (there are two (north and south) main entrances into the base) that hide the base from external view
Important Structures: Command - where everything for the base and all Lunar operations are conducted. Launch Pad (no image) - where vehicles are launched into orbit to be transferred to another moon/planet.
Other: The base contains multiple Recyclers (the most valuable unit in the game, as it is essential to building any other units), Mobile Unit Factories (advanced offensive unit production), Armories (weapon deployment), and Constructors (base building). These are the four capital units in the game. There are also many Gun Towers, Cafeterias, Barracks, Supplies, Hangars, and so on. In short, the base is fully prepared to defend against or attack anything, but due to reliance on bio-metal the outpost is almost nonfunctional due to the severe lack of it on the hexes.
Universe: BattleZone (1998)/BattleZone: The Red Odyssey (1998)
Summary in a Sentence: Patriotic American alien hover tanks in space!
Description: The National Space Defense Force (NSDF) was a top secret organization co-founded with NASA that used a substance called Bio-Metal to create hover tanks to wage war (during the old War on Earth) against the Soviet Cosmo Colonist Army (CCA) on various moons and planets throughout the Solar System. Bio-Metal (colloquially referred to as "scrap") was found in a meteor shower in the Bering Strait and was discovered to have memory properties, as well as extraordinary strength - normal projectiles were totally ineffective against it. The NSDF Black Dogs were a special, elite squadron within the NSDF with upgraded vehicles that typically got the toughest missions. In the game, the NSDF and CCA fought on the Moon, Mars, Venus, Io, Europa, Titan and a fictional Uranus moon called Achilles. During that time the CCA experimented with alien relic technology they found, creating powerful saucer-like crafts called Furies that quickly became sentient and revolted against their creators, causing the NSDF and CCA to join forces to defeat them, destroying Achilles in the process. In the Red Odyssey expansion pack, the NSDF Black Dogs had a new foe, the Chinese, who discovered how to open portals to another dimension. The Black Dogs (and the NSDF as a whole) have had these two conflicts successfully wrapped up for a some time when they are dropped into the hex. The NSDF as a whole is a very war-hardened organization, not afraid to unleash deadly force at a moment's notice, but it also does not attack without reason and/or provocation. The entire "nation" community in the hex is simply the soldiers (usually tank pilots) when they are not out fighting.
Technology Level: Cold War ET-assisted sci-fi
Magical or other Supernatural Powers: use of and reliance on the alien Bio-Metal material
Other: An outpost named Eagle's Nest One is the area transported to the hex. Eagle's Nest One starred in and was the namesake of BattleZone's second mission, and was an important outpost on Earth's moon (Luna). In the universe the hex occupies, it has since flourished into a huge, sprawling base occupied by the Black Dogs and used as the center of all NSDF Lunar operations (so although the official faction is the Black Dogs for the sake of recognizability in the Hex, both Black Dog and non-Black Dog NSDF divisions occupy the base.
Important People:
+Name: General Collins
+Role: Leader
+Description: General Collins is the hardworking commander of all NSDF forces throughout the original game and was stationed in Eagle's Nest One when the warp to the hex occurred.
+Brief Bio: n/a
Hex Location: 5,5
Terrain Type: Hilly Cratered Plains (Lunar)
Important Terrain Features: artificial roads/platforms underneath much of the base (like so), large craters surrounding the base (there are two (north and south) main entrances into the base) that hide the base from external view
Important Structures: Command - where everything for the base and all Lunar operations are conducted. Launch Pad (no image) - where vehicles are launched into orbit to be transferred to another moon/planet.
Other: The base contains multiple Recyclers (the most valuable unit in the game, as it is essential to building any other units), Mobile Unit Factories (advanced offensive unit production), Armories (weapon deployment), and Constructors (base building). These are the four capital units in the game. There are also many Gun Towers, Cafeterias, Barracks, Supplies, Hangars, and so on. In short, the base is fully prepared to defend against or attack anything, but due to reliance on bio-metal the outpost is almost nonfunctional due to the severe lack of it on the hexes.
And you're one of the very few I've already RPed with in this thread. :P Sasha isn't doing anything...have any free characters?
Anyone still on?
It seems like everyone's been really busy. Good, I'm not the only one. :P I felt bad because I didn't have time to even open RPG let alone post in here this weekend, but I'm glad I haven't missed much. Runaway, no worries! I was waiting for you to make a post but wasn't impatient or anything. After all, I would've been too busy to post anyway. This coming week is pretty crazy so I may not be able to post much but I'll get one in whenever I can, guys. I'll try to be better about posting when I'll be busy for a while, but it usually comes up last minute so there's not much I can do.
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