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Sky Warrior Stories: The Blood Wing Requiem

Name: Hilda Rickman 'The Red Baroness'
Age: 18
Height: 5'3
Weight: 109
Pilot Class: Ace
Nationality: English/German
Appearance:

Bio: Born in England to a military scientist father and a homemaker mother, Hilda was always obsessed with her heritage. With her father she investigated their family tree when she was only 7, fascinated by all the men and women in her ancestry, they went all the way back to the 1900s and they found someone very interesting Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen Also known as The Red Baron Hilda and her father both became pilot enthusiasts, and she enrolled in junior flight school as early as she could, they had a picture of the Red Baron hung almost everywhere in the house. Hilda's father was working on a present for his daughter a reconstructed version of the Red Baron's famous craft, but built with modern technology and capabilities, it became his obsession and he wanted only the best for his daughter. Sadly he would never get to present it to her, he was killed in an assassination by the west europe coalition for unknown reasons, everyone knew about it, but nothing could be done. No justice could be taken.

But Hilda wouldn't except that, she finished flight school at the top of her class with vicious determination. And on her 16th birthday she investigated her fathers death only to find his secret garage where he hid it, the Red Baron Masterpiece, with her eyes filled with tears she jumped in the craft and took off, angry and wild, she is now known as a demon of skies, one of the best pilots on the planet deadly and unpredictable attacking pilots everywhere, now with a twisted sense of duty to become the Red Baron reincarnated.

Theme Song:

'Reincarnation'

PLANE:

The Red Bloodline

Name: The Red Bloodline
Description:
Plane Type: Biplane Custom
Extra Aircraft Notes: This is one of the most deadly aircraft in the skies, the agility of the craft is almost unmatched and is perfectly flown by the pilot. The Machnine guns are extremely high caliber and chew through most planes like paper, if the shots land true enough. The plane also has a 'Warp drive' like ability to escape from any encounter in a blink of an eye, truly a demon worthy of mythology.
Weapons Descriptions:
4 Red Firebombs
2 Limited use flame jet cannons
2 Mini Sticky Mines
An Extra forward facing machine gun (one on each wing)
Weaknesses: None Recorded So Far
Past Encounter: (Optional, give a description of a note worthy mission/battle/adventure that this Frame has been on)

Story Of The Skies (Warplanes, Sky Warriors Universe RP)

@Dynamo Frokane Can I just throw mine in the char tab?

@bluetommy2

Yeah but only cause ive looked him over, everyone else will need to be approved

Wastelanders: The Dystopian Convoy

@Ghost Queen two things about your character though. One when I say nationality I mean the country hes from not his ethnicity so I'm guessing he would be American?

And Top Speed is Catergory for points not MPH, and firepower might come in handy later if you are to find weapons for your car...

Also more flavour text on where the car was found, maybe an encounter it had been used in etc

everything else looks fine.

Wastelanders: The Dystopian Convoy

I guess I choose the Crowbar and Battering Ram.

@Ghost Queen

okay cool got you dibs on those

Story Of The Skies (Warplanes, Sky Warriors Universe RP)

@Skepic@Slypheed@6slyboy6@Verdaux@boomlover@Ophidian@Section@bluetommy2

OOC is up, we still need to figure out the setting and plot but just get your characters down in here and check out the rules for now
http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/115948-sky-warrior-stories-the-blood-wing-requiem/ooc

Sky Warrior Stories: The Blood Wing Requiem

Original Sky Warriors RP

BRIEF
The Red Baroness is one of the few shocking cases in a truly broken and cynical world. The terrifying combination of pure flying talent mixed with an almost demonic rage and desire for glory, all mixed up in an 18 year old girl. Entire Squadrons are being struck down and legendary pilots are being killed left and right. This child is not motivated by money or territory. She is motivated by insecurity, rage and distrust.This story takes place 3 months before the main Sky Warriors storyline and documents the Red Baroness and her newly formed squadron, the blood wings. Although usually a dangerous loner, a series of events has lead her to seek out some help with her biggest task to date. She seeks to destroy The Big 4, a group of individuals who are not only linked to a her past but her destiny. She is not a noble pilot, and this is not conquest for justice. The Blood Wing Squadron she is building are people looking for adventure and to build a legacy by flying with the most feared pilot who ever lived.

Blood Wings Logo

Understanding the Pilot Class System:

I should not have to explain anything, if you don't know the basics you would have already been killed by now but even fodder needs to be herded in the right direction. As you obviously know its a cold nasty environment out there even for the most notorious skilled pilots, you will have to be shrewd and co-ordinated to stay alive, so even if you've been a lone wolf up until now, you will now have the chance to fly with me in the squadron which will round out the group as a whole and make you a force to be reckoned with. You will get to pick a Class and it will come with its own special abilities and weaknesses, because a team wont work if everyone is the same class there will be very limited spots for each class. It should be noted that apart from the Ace I knew very little about classes and I had to hack the Albion Avengers database for their descriptions. The Canadian Roland Shaw wrote the briefs.

Here's the line up of what you can be:

Pilot Classes

The Ace(2 Spot Available)
In my eyes, I'm the only true ace, but those who may want to attempt this title may consider themselves a somewhat feared entity of the sky. If you choose this class you will be able to inflict increased damage and have boosted agility when facing another single plane in a duel capacity (when two planes dogfight uninterrupted by teammates) and your title will also have a morale effect on lesser enemies who will be terrified of you and make mistakes in combat or flee when your plane is spotted.

The negative that most cant handle is that your infamy plays against you when less cowardly enemies are concerned. You will be targeted more often by default and will be challenged more often than not by other aces whenever they arrive. Also some minor enemies will decided to gang up on you in scrambles (large scale team battles) and you will be in a lot of danger against multiple enemies. Also you will do more damage against Non-aircraft 'boss enemy' weakspots but you will take more damage from the same 'large boss enemies' Choose wisely.

The Scanner(1 spots available)
With this class your craft will have a powerful on board computer scanner. When a scan of an enemy craft is complete it will pull up a profile of the craft will which will include a diagram and an overview of its capabilities along with possibly a pilot profile and weaknesses that the craft may have along with its dangerous strengths. After each successful scan all info will be updated to the Codex (OOC or Characters Tab). The Scanner also has complete immunity against all EMP or hacking based weapons.

Now the weaknesses, because the craft is more designed toward its tech capabilities, it will inflict reduced damage on all airborne enemies (but will do standard damage on ground and sea based units). Also in 1-1 duels the reduced damage is amplified (but having scanned info on an opponent can tip the odds in your favor, I speak from experience!).

Also while scanning you cant fire any weapons, the speed of the scan varies based on how rare or powerful the craft is, so against a death Mecha in the Atlantic ocean it could take a few minuites, that's when being a lone wolf may work against you.

The Rabbit(2 Spots Available)
This is the class of pilot that can pull off all the ridiculous somersaults, u-turns, death dives and make it look it easy. The Rabbit has superior agility and is basically a fighting stunt pilot, whos dizzying maneuvers make it a force to be reckoned with on the battlefield. The Rabbit is a cocky bastard and has a special taunt ability which can grab the attention of almost any craft and make them chase the rabbit through any loops and twists it wants by showing off and shooting insults over the intercom. This ability can also pull an enemy out of a duel situation and have him chase the rabbit too!

But beware, once actually in a duel the rabbit will not have its same super agility as this class likes to play to a crowd and when in a showdown the pressure throws the pilot off and robs him of his superior skills while the duel is happening. Also the Aircraft of this craft is almost completely built for the air, so the Rabbit will do less damage to ground units, and take more damage from ground and sea units, its a risky class, but isnt that why you wanted to be the Rabbit?

The Fixer(1 spot available)
This is role most knowledgeable about planes, and what it takes to keep them in the air, you are pilot and mechanic hybrid, and your team needs you to stay alive. The Fixer is able to keep his teammates aircraft running after they have sustained damage by offering expert advice over the intercom, this could be anything from how to patch an oil leak, to maintaining altitude after wing damage or diverting power from a faulty engine. Basically a 'healer' of machines and absolute wiz. On top of that the fixer has access to two Nano drones which are steadily repairing the craft after every hit the fixer takes. Keeping him airborne where other craft with the same damage would fail or crash. These Nano drones can be 'given' to other craft in emergencies but the fixer must maintain flight above the craft in need while drone makes the transition. Though note these drones will be lost forever if they are shot at during these transitions.
The other strength of knowing so much about keeping planes flying is knowing how to bring them down! you will do a slight boosted damage to all airborne craft.

The weakness is of the fixer is that the reliance on the drones and being healed is that the craft isn't as hardy as normal warplanes and will take more damage from all enemies than a standard craft and this weakness is almost doubled in a duel so be very careful. Also while giving mechanical advice over the intercom the fixer must concentrate so agility and reaction time will be reduced while keeping a teammate afloat. You are the lifeblood of the team.

The Hunter(2 spots available)

There was a time when these heavy craft were just called 'bombers' but have become somewhat more multipurpose since then. Scary large planes that can lay waste to and entire city and strike fear into any machine that happens to have the poor fortune of being at the full mercy of gravity.
The Hunter is always a somewhat larger plane than its teammates, and has 2 forward facing mini-guns
in addition to all of the normal custom weapons the Hunter holds 12 'bunker buster' bombs which will do significant damage to any ground or sea based target. Also the Hunter will do more damage in general to any ground based unit with all of its weapons. Last but not least the Hunter has better armor than any standard warplane and takes a lot of hits before it is brought down.

As for the weaknesses it should be the obvious but the armor and weight of the Hunter class aircraft makes it slower and less agile than normal warplanes. That's not to say it cant dogfight but will be susceptible to taking more hits in the fray. In a duel this sluggishness is amplified greatly and your craft will feel like an airborne tank in a showdown. Although your armor may keep an ace distracted for while although this is a last ditch strategy.

Lastly Hunter aircraft are usually older models that aren't quite as technologically advanced as most standard planes and are more subsceptiable to emp, computer and other gadget based attacks.

Blood Wings (unlimited spots)
We cant all be Infamous. This is the non specialized role which allows you to do normal damage to all enemies and in turn receive normal damage from all enemies you will suffer no penalties in duels and no boosts either. You are just a regular member of the team. But as a small bonus for choosing this less glamorous role you will be allowed 10 custom weapons to your craft instead of the regular 8

Understanding the info and codex system:
Info will also be added when you ask an Informed Person (NPC) something, but be smart with what you ask as even the friendliest of these guys will only answer a limited amount of questions before keeping quiet about anything more.

Scanning and Informed people will not only just work for pilots and planes but also about events and areas and important mission details, this will be added to this task codex right here (OOC) and its pretty empty at the moment so always be searching for more info, if we ever hope to accomplish any goals we will need every advantage we can get about our enemies, friendly factions, fueling stops, ambushes, and danger zones. I'm sure you can imagine.[/i]

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CHARACTER SHEET

You will have you CS in 2 parts, one for your Pilot and the Other for your Plane.
PILOT
Name: (Full)
Age: (15-65)
Height:
Weight:
Pilot Class: (explained above)
Nationality:
Appearance: (Text or Pic)
Bio: (Paragraph minimum, and I have left details of the world quite basic on purpose to give you more room to give a more freeform description, in short, the game's narrative builds around the players characters)
Theme Song: (optional)

PLANE:
Name: (Factory Names, Nicknames or mix of the Both)
Description: (Pic Only with text desrcription)
Plane Type: (Biplane,Dogfighter 1940s, Jet, Custom, Hybrid etc)
Extra Aircraft Notes: Anything else you want to describe about your plane (handling, weight, armor, speed)

Weapons Descriptions: (Detail which weapons you have and what they do,) All planese have a single forward facing minigun, AND 20 non homing standard rockets, any extra miniguns you hold will add to the weight of the plane and decrease agility, you may hold up to 8 missile/rocket/special gadget type weapons of any kind, for each one it will add to your weight)

Weaknesses: (you must have at least one moderate weakness for your craft)

Past Encounter: (Optional, give a description of a note worthy mission/battle/adventure that this Frame has been on)

I will leave an example CS in the characters Tab please don't post there until I've approved your character here in the OOC the 'example' CS I will leave will be a minor character in the prolouge of the IC.

Breakdown Of the Rules

1. GM is God, GM is law, argue with me and you'll be no more.

2. Commitment is important I need you engaged and posting regularly, if anything comes up where you need to drop out or not post for a while LET ME KNOW PM or say something in the OOC it only takes 5 seconds.

3. When in Combat with enemy aircraft, the battles will be conducted like 'Arena' style combat so no Auto Hitting, you can only fire your weapons at the enemy but you cant hit or damage them unless the GM reacts to the attack as them being hit. For example you can say 'Tommy fired his machine gun at the bandit's wing' but not 'Tommy riddled the opponent with bullets and the bandit exploded' until After the enemy (GM) has confirmed the hit/damage. BUT as the GM I can occasionally auto hit you, if I feel the battle calls for it or if I think you cant realistically dodge the attack that my enemy aircraft are making.

4. Because of different posting speeds, I'll need to sometimes puppet you guys mainly just to keep the plot moving, I try to do this as little as possible and mainly to hurry on past basic travelling or flavour text interactions. But if you aren't posting then prepare to be puppeted and maybe even Shot down in the next encounter.

5. One of our players brought up a good point and I thought I'd cover this here, this is an unrealist future arcade video game like fighting pilot game. Air craft specs and hyper realistic flying physics take a backseat for 'the rule of cool' and 'flashy starfox' manouvers. Not to say this is a FREE level Roleplay its still high casual-low advanced. But the game mechanics put in by the class system are governing the style of gameplay 'at least for fights' that we have such as the dueling system and damage boosts etc. Ive done this to make the game more accessible and fun and I've allowed use of ALL types of warplanes 1910s-1970 to compete on the same level for aesthetic purposes, its the rule of fun. But the RP is mainly about the story and the interaction of the pilots working as a team and surviving.

Wastelanders (Cars Mutants, and Convoys Fallout and Mad Max inspired)

@Penultimate_Pi@Ghost Queen@Zetsuko@flightless-angel-castiel@Bourgeoisie@Chronothesis@AtlasRedfox

Suit Up, Time to play!

Wastelanders: The Dystopian Convoy

Theme Song

FAQ

WHAT'S GOING ON?
This is not what you asked for, I certainly didn't but my convoy was wiped out in our last raid. No surviors, those mutants and bandits didn't let anyone escape, because they knew would come back. But I got out, and I am coming back. But I cant do it alone.

WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO?
The mission? one trip to Phoenix, Arizona. I'm based in Florida so it will be a long trip but I'm offering 50,000 credits to each of you who are able to join me. I dont need to tell you its dangerous, and I don't need to tell you that my team were some of the most powerful sons of bitches I've ever encountered but the last leg of the journey still was too much for them. We are going after the Oil Refinery, the chief of the settlement here in Jacksonville, Florida is offering an insane amount of money as his city needs oil badly, and they have exhausted nearly all the sources here in his own county. I need you guys to become a new convoy, get the oil and bring it back here.

WHO ARE WE?
You guys are Wastelanders, basically skilled mercenaries, outlaws, adventurers, assassins, and hopefully bad-asses of the post apocalyptic world. None of you are killing yourselves working in the mines or on the skyscrapers 15 hours a day. You've decided to take the more exciting path in this crappy world. I've put out an invitation to all of you to meet me at my garage in florida, as soon as you are all here we leave for Arizona.

WHAT ARE WE CAPABLE OF?
Well as you may already know there are almost no guns anymore. Ammunition is ridiculously scarce so we rely on different ways of killing each other now. I take it you all know how to fight, otherwise you wouldn't be alive right now. Your martial arts and whatever melee weapons you've salvaged are probably going to be your greatest weapon here in the wasteland. Also you have a car, or at least what most people will accept as a car these days. This is your other weapon, no real ballistics but with some sharp driving and hard chassis youll be able to fuck up the rival vehicles we will encounter on the way. My favourite is to PIT manouver a car and drag the driver out and beat him to death. But I'm sure you all have your preferences.

3 simple steps

WHO ARE YOU?
My name is Mick Mercer, and I'll be following the convoy in this....

The Mantis

..Looks like crap right? well dont worry I didn't build it, I stole it, and its one of the only flying machines left in the south so dont laugh. It'll allow me to oversee your convoy and give you up to date info on your surroundings. Think of me as mission control just a few feet above you.....so are you you ready?

Vehicles Explained
Each vehicle performs differently and for this game we have to keep it fair. So for your performance I'm giving you 55 points to spend however you wish on you vehicles stats. You can choose to be balanced or specialized....at your own risk.

The Categories Are

Firepower:(the damage your weapons can do other vehicles.)
Frame:(The durability of your vehicle, also increases ramming damage)
Grip:(The Handling and stability of your vehicle on the road)
Acceleration: (How fast your vehicle gains speed.)
Top Speed:(The maximum speed your vehicle can reach)

So for example if a car with 34 firepower shoots a missile a car with 4 Frame, it will probably be obliterated on the spot. And if a car with 29 frame rams a care with only 9 grip, its probably going to send it spinning out of control.

These are all things to take into account when building your vehicle.

Character Sheet

Name: (Full)
Age: (15-65)
Height:
Weight:
Nationality:
Appearance: (Text or Pic)
Fighting Style: (whatever martial arts or description of hand to hand techniques)
Specific Skill: (only one, something like lockpicking, medicine, explosives, mapmaking, cooking....anything useful in the wasteland)
Bio: (Paragraph minimum, and I have left details of the world quite basic on purpose to give you more room to give a more freeform description, in short, the game's narrative builds around the players characters this should also explain what the character plans to do with the money should he/her succeed)

Theme Song: (optional)

Vehicle Sheet

Name: (nickname and/or model)
Apperance: (pic would be nice)
Firepower:
Grip:
Frame:
Acceleration:
Top Speed:
Flavor Text: (Optional background about the car and how it was acquired)

THE WAR CHEST:

So basically as you might notice you aren't carrying much if anything. Which is fine, its the nature of the wasteland, we all travel light and things break and get lost, deal with it. But I gathered some junk from the city which might be useful to all of you, so here's the deal, you may take One Person Item and One Driving Item Each. This is first come first serve and I only have on of each. But even if you don't get the item you wanted, don't worry you'll pick up plenty of cool shit in the desert this is just to start you off.

Items

Person Items

Sawn Off Shotgun (1 shell)

Crowbar
Barbed Wire Bat
1970s Sniper Rifle (2 rounds)
Prison Shank
Brass Knuckles
Stab Proof Vest
4 Sticks of Dynamite

Compass

Driver's Item

Border Spikes (Attach to Car to keep off hood jumpers)
Barbed Tire Wire (To grind against adjescent vehicles)
Road Spikes (2 Caches to drop)
Hood Rocket (Single use, forward facing, anti-car weapon)

Hood Gatling Gun (forward facing low calibre machine gun, 30 rounds)
Rear Mounted Flamethrower (mostly empty fuel tank)

Grappling Hook and Winch (Only as strong as the car pulling it)
Battering Ram (increased Ramming Damage)

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No fighting over these guys...

Story Of The Skies (Warplanes, Sky Warriors Universe RP)

@Section sounds great, maybe you could give me a rough draft of your character here? I was simaltanelously writing up this manipulative brit and I want to see if they can slot together in any way.

Story Of The Skies (Warplanes, Sky Warriors Universe RP)

@Dynamo Frokane
On the history note, perhaps this could be some hunt for an ultimate cache or treasure? Some prewar bunker filled with all sorts of amazing supplies. The Red Baroness, coming from a serious heritage, has some sort of family legend or story that tells of such a place? The Baroness, with the desire to dig deeper into her father's tragedy and leave behind some sort of legacy. Perhaps this treasure story is the reason why her father died in the first place?

I don't know, there plenty of paths and potential plots that could be extracted from her background that could serve as foundation for the main plot. From conspiracy to adventure!

@Skepic

So you mean like ONE PIECE BUT WITH PLANES!!!!



GONNA BE KING OF THE PILOTS!

Sorry I had to.

Even better, I think there will be a manipulative supporting character (i'm thinking of a sociopathic rapier weilding british young gentleman) who tells Hilda of this treasure and convinces her to focus her efforts by building a squad. @Section me and you could actually all be the pivitol characters in this RP. As we GM it if you are interested.