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26 days ago
Current Summer break begins today!
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3 mos ago
I will continue to be one of the oldest members of this community in August.
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5 mos ago
If you are a fan of Warhammer 40,000 or Age of Sigmar, let me know. Maybe we can put together an RP. I play Ironjawz & Kruleboyz in AOS and Salamanders & Drukhari in 40K.
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2 yrs ago
Happy holidays, everyone!
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2 yrs ago
Summer break is almost over. Back to work/school and all that non-fun stuff.
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I am a veteran of the United States Army and the US Army National Guard. I spent three years on Active Duty serving in the 4th Infantry Division (Mechanized) at Ft. Carson, CO, and the 3rd Armor Division at Kirch Göns, West Germany. I spent 18 years in the Army National Guard with the 26th Infantry Division "Yankee" and 29th Infantry Division (Light), "The Blue and the Gray". I was deployed to Bosnia-Herzegovina with the 29th ID (L) in 2001 - 2002. I have also been reading military history articles and books since I was 10 years old. I do prefer Military Role Plays over all other genres, primarily because I have a vast knowledge of the subject including personal experiences. At the very least, my characters are always veterans.

I have been writing for pleasure for at least 35+ years but only got into forum-based Role Playing about eighteen years ago. I do enjoy Nation Role Plays and get into minute detail when designing my military. The only reason I enjoy excruciating detail in my militaries is because for me, it is fun. My education and experience on this subject afford me the insight to see the depth of the structure. It is not just a General and a large pile of soldiers. If someone wants assistance in designing an army, navy, or air force, please send me a PM. I will help. Please specify what level (echelon) or depth you would like me to go. When I say echelon, I mean Army, Corps, Division, Brigade/Regiment, Battalion/Squadron, Company/Troop/Battery, Platoon, and Squad/Section.

When I was a student in High School, I used to play Dungeons & Dragons. Recently, I have been DMing a 5e campaign of my creation for my son and his friends. 5e is so much less cumbersome than earlier editions of D&D. I do have an interest in Tolkien-esque fantasy-styled Role Plays as well. Time travel has always been a fun genre for me, but to do it well, one must have a firm grasp of historical facts.

There are only a few fanfictions I will participate in; Star Wars and Star Trek are two of them. I want to do an exclusively Klingon RP one of these days. I also avoid Canon characters.

I have real-world martial arts experience. I would love to write an RP about hand-to-hand combat, no fantasy magic chit, just hands elbows, knees, and feet. Maybe the occasional head butt thrown in to mix things up. I trained in Krav Maga for six and a half years. I earned a first-degree black belt in Krav Maga on 3 June 2017.

Krav Maga is an Israeli martial art form that employs practical self-defense techniques drawing forms & techniques from Muay Thai, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and Taekwando. It is very brutal, demanding, and aggressive. During the seven years I trained, I have bruised two ribs, sustained several muscle pulls, and various lacerations and bruises over my body. I have received a sprained ankle and a fractured wrist. Before the first black belt test, I received a bone bruise to my right shin; where my roundhouse kicks impact. Yet, I am stupid enough to continue training. [Regardless of the physical pain, it is more fun than any other physical activity I have engaged in. Fortunately, the bone bruise healed up prior to the third and final test. EDIT: I did leave the sport over five years ago. :(]

Over two years ago I completed my first novel, a science fiction set in the 24th century. It focuses on a Private Military Corporation solely employed by the earth government. I started a second book in November 2022 and hope to work on that this summer when I have more time.

Send me a PM for a Role Play or if you would like to see what sort of an army I could build for you.

--Gunther (AKA: Old School)



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Cool. the NATO troops are still unfucking themsevles. Takes a bit to move all that and then some. A lot of folks think moving an army is like packing up the minivan and hitting the autobahn. No so, at all. Most likely, they are railheading their tracked vehicles to some disembarkation point near the border or inside Ukraine. That requires timing on the part of the civilian railroads between all the Nations or origination and Ukraine. Wheeled vehicles can hit the autobahns, but even they won't be able to clock the same speed a BMW can make.



We used to railhead our tracks to Grafenwohr and Hohenfels once a year. It took the wheels 8 hours on the Autobahn and tracks about twice that, but it was more economical due to the cost and volume of fuel consumed. Besides, there is no threat when the units are passing through Poland and Slovakia. The closer units should arrive sooner. Note, that moving one Brigade could take one day, but hte size of the force moving is much larger than one Brigade. I believe we had FR and UK moving about a Division. The US is moving the 1st Armor from Germany to Ukraine and then the light units could be coming in by Air. They also would need at least a day or more.

When I said 5-7 days that was more for France and UK. Poland and Romania would certainly be in country sooner.
I assume, the Russians are encountering only Ukrainians for now. How many days into the conflict are we? It will take at least five to seven days before NATO forces reach the Western edges of Ukraine. Airborne units would reach the battlefields sooner and naturally NATO air. I ask for number of days simply to determine how far our units have traveled.
CS submitted by PM.
Off to bed. Good night, All!
Subscribed and beginning work on CS.
@Master Crim, Should we submit CS applications to you in a PM before posting on Character's Tab?
In their absence, let's continue toward teh objective. Rekaigan took a step forward.
...you can play as the team's Technical Expert. This position would have you basically as the team's hacker, and data miner. Your character would be the main go-to for retrieving not easily accessible files from encrypted drives, breaking through security, and technical support where needed (Cameras, light, doors, ect...). this position could put you in the field or helping remotely while working on other assignments to look into leads for your team issued from WT Dev...

This is what I was thinking of too. This looks like a good idea. In fact, I could see at least two field agents on the team with these skills as well as weapons familiarization and basic fire and maneuver training.

@Master Crim I'm very much interested in this! Just a question, would any of us be allowed to play as a hacker, as opposed to a member of the Crash Squad?


Welcome Wade. I initially asked the direct opposite of this question. I could see a place for both a hacker and an operator in this Crash Squad. Let's see what Crim says.
One day in kickboxing, I felt a fuzzy little thing at the back of my neck. I had no clue what it was. I pulled it off with my fingers, crushed it and tossed it to the ground. It was a bee and yes, it stung the back of my neck.
Master Crim, allow me to offer a suggestion. WT Development is the conglomerate that owns all the leading governments across the globe. More than likely, WTD owns a multitude of Multi-National Corporations (MNC)s that offer a wide variety of goods and services. Could one of these subsidiary corporations be Titanium Security Group? The agents who are our characters are employed by Titanium or TSG which in turn answers to WTD? We could even permit WTD to own my Alamo Scouts if you like. Then you could name the thread, Titanium Security Group. If Titanium is not the word you are looking for, what is another solid strong word to use? Medion, Ventris, Dominion, Citadel? Any other ideas? anyone?
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