OK, I'll work on a British or German officer who may have reached the rank of Major in their nation's army and took a job as a Platoon Leader for this Role Play.
I'll skip the Pole on this one.
I'll skip the Pole on this one.
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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)
Gunthers Cast of Hooligans
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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@Gunther has a squad leader background.
Me personally or my character? Brian Park does have the background to serve as SL.
Personally, I do have this experience as well as Platoon Leader and Company Commander. I can write from the perspective of some experience, translating it into the setting HeySeuss has set for us here.
@HeySeuss I have a Polish character I can bring in for the RP. I'll work him up for this. My French SAS guy could work, but I'll do something different. You sure I can't bring my Swede in?
Name: Brian Park
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Ethnicity/Nationality: Korean American
Former Unit: Served 16 years in the US Army. Started as an (11B) Infantryman, attended Ranger and Airborne schools at Ft. Benning, GA and Special Forces Qualification Course (SFQ) at the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center (JFK-SWC), Ft. Bragg, NC. Last held MOS was 18B40 - Senior Light Weapons Specialist (Primary) and (Secondary) 11B40 - Infantry Platoon Sergeant. He held the following positions as members of the following units:
- Squad Automatic Weapon (M249) gunner, B Company, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry (1-27), 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
- Grenadier, C Company, 1st Battalion, 75th Rangers (1-75), Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia
- After being promoted to Sergeant, Brian attended the US Army SFQ at JFK – SWC.
- Special Operations Weapons Sergeant, Special Operations Detachment Alpha, A Co. 1st Bn, 1st Special Forces Group (SFG), Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM), Tacoma, WA
-Brian left he military with the rank of Sergeant First Class (E7).
Role: Squad Leader
Physical Description:
Skillset:
History:
Psychological Profile:
Equipment:
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Ethnicity/Nationality: Korean American
Former Unit: Served 16 years in the US Army. Started as an (11B) Infantryman, attended Ranger and Airborne schools at Ft. Benning, GA and Special Forces Qualification Course (SFQ) at the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center (JFK-SWC), Ft. Bragg, NC. Last held MOS was 18B40 - Senior Light Weapons Specialist (Primary) and (Secondary) 11B40 - Infantry Platoon Sergeant. He held the following positions as members of the following units:
- Squad Automatic Weapon (M249) gunner, B Company, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry (1-27), 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
- Grenadier, C Company, 1st Battalion, 75th Rangers (1-75), Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia
- After being promoted to Sergeant, Brian attended the US Army SFQ at JFK – SWC.
- Special Operations Weapons Sergeant, Special Operations Detachment Alpha, A Co. 1st Bn, 1st Special Forces Group (SFG), Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM), Tacoma, WA
-Brian left he military with the rank of Sergeant First Class (E7).
Role: Squad Leader
Physical Description:
"The Riddler" stands 5'11", and weighs 195 Lbs. He is of Korean American descent. Brian Park is in excellent physical condition with very short hair; maintaining a standard High and Tight haircut. He has a scar on his left shoulder that is 7.62mm in diameter. A larger exit scar on his back is roughly 3 centimeters in diameter. Brian wears jeans and a T-shirt when not working and a pair of running shoes or hiking boots. He also wears a Boston Red Sox baseball cap and sunglasses.
Skillset:
- Served as a Squad Automatic Rifleman, Grenadier, and member of a Special Operations Alpha Detachment.
- Airborne School
- Ranger School
- Special Forces Qualification Course, John F Kennedy Special Warfare Center, Ft. Bragg, NC
- HALO (High Altitude Low Opening) qualified
- Jumpmaster qualified
- US Army Physical Fitness Score: 300 of 300.
- Expert with his primary weapon, hitting 40 of 40 targets at his last Range Qualification
- Proficient with all available small arms weapons on the planet.
- Leadership
- Land Navigation
- Small Unit Tactics
- Battalion/Brigade Operations (Heavy/Light Mix)
- Speaks English, Korean and Chinese
- Airborne School
- Ranger School
- Special Forces Qualification Course, John F Kennedy Special Warfare Center, Ft. Bragg, NC
- HALO (High Altitude Low Opening) qualified
- Jumpmaster qualified
- US Army Physical Fitness Score: 300 of 300.
- Expert with his primary weapon, hitting 40 of 40 targets at his last Range Qualification
- Proficient with all available small arms weapons on the planet.
- Leadership
- Land Navigation
- Small Unit Tactics
- Battalion/Brigade Operations (Heavy/Light Mix)
- Speaks English, Korean and Chinese
History:
Raised in the Boston suburb of Brookline, Massachusetts. His father works as an Otolaryngologist (Ear, Nose and Throat Doctor) at Newton-Wellesley Hospital. Brian's grandfather served as an officer in the Republic of Korea Marine Corps rising to the rank of Colonel. Brian entered the Army right out of High school.
As a boy, Brian’s father also named Brian often took his son to Fenway Park to watch the Red Sox play baseball. Brian loves baseball and the Red Sox. The elder Park did not have a lot of time to entertain with his son, but when he did, he often made it grand, going to baseball games, football games, the Super Bowl, Disney World and even the occasional Carribean Cruise.
As a teen, Brian took to sailing, engaging in the sport off the coast of Cape Cod near his family’s summer place in Harwich, MA. Brian and his father as well as the occasional friend would take their 42’ Clipper offshore and sail to Nantucket Island or Martha’s Vineyard. Brian had become an accomplished sailor by the time he graduated from Brookline High School. Brian also played both baseball and football for BHS, playing Safety in Football and shortstop in baseball. He did quite well in both, but not enough to continue these activities in a semi-professional level.
Brian served as Squad Automatic Weapon gunner, B Company, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry (1-27), 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii; and Grenadier, C Company, 1st Battalion, 75th Rangers (1-75), Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia before attending JFK-SWC. After being promoted to Sergeant, Brian attended the US Army Special Forces Qualification Course (SFQ) at the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center, Ft. Bragg, NC (JFK - SWC) and has been assigned as Special Operations Light Weapons Sergeant, A Detachment, A Co. 1st Bn, 1st Special Forces Group (SFG), Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM), Tacoma, WA ever since.
As a boy, Brian’s father also named Brian often took his son to Fenway Park to watch the Red Sox play baseball. Brian loves baseball and the Red Sox. The elder Park did not have a lot of time to entertain with his son, but when he did, he often made it grand, going to baseball games, football games, the Super Bowl, Disney World and even the occasional Carribean Cruise.
As a teen, Brian took to sailing, engaging in the sport off the coast of Cape Cod near his family’s summer place in Harwich, MA. Brian and his father as well as the occasional friend would take their 42’ Clipper offshore and sail to Nantucket Island or Martha’s Vineyard. Brian had become an accomplished sailor by the time he graduated from Brookline High School. Brian also played both baseball and football for BHS, playing Safety in Football and shortstop in baseball. He did quite well in both, but not enough to continue these activities in a semi-professional level.
Brian served as Squad Automatic Weapon gunner, B Company, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry (1-27), 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii; and Grenadier, C Company, 1st Battalion, 75th Rangers (1-75), Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia before attending JFK-SWC. After being promoted to Sergeant, Brian attended the US Army Special Forces Qualification Course (SFQ) at the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center, Ft. Bragg, NC (JFK - SWC) and has been assigned as Special Operations Light Weapons Sergeant, A Detachment, A Co. 1st Bn, 1st Special Forces Group (SFG), Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM), Tacoma, WA ever since.
Psychological Profile:
Brian Park is serious about his work. He knows that survival is dependent upon his ability to pay close attention to detail and to insure those personnel he is charged with preparing for combat take their training seriously as well as the preparation requirements for combat. When in combat, Brian Park is "Serious as a Mother Fuckin' Heart Attack" and that is what he will tell you. When he is not on an operation, not training, or not on duty, Brian Park is a fun-loving soldier with a great sense of humor. His sense of humor earned him the sobriquet of "The Riddler".
Equipment:
Items carried on person: Current Army Combat Uniform (ACU), tan combat boots, black weight lifting gloves, a NCStar CBG2911 tactical back pack, color green, Night vision device (attaches to helmet), and Dragonscale Armor. Olive Green Combat Assault vest, two olive green canteens at the rear left and right along the waist, four pouches containing two each magazines for the HK416 Carbine, a tactical holster on the right outer thigh for the M1911A1, a first aid kit, a butt pack attached to the rear and a camel back hydration system. Brian has a Kevlar construction helmet shaped like the German Falschirmjager helmet of WWII. In his pockets he carries a lensatic compass, a green whistle, grease pencils, black ink pens, a small notebook, protractor, binoculars (7x50mm) and three rolls of black electrical tape. In his butt pack; one MRE (Meal, Ready to Eat) broken down, cleaning rag, weapons cleaning kit, Cleaner, Lubricant & Preservative (CLP) bottle. He has nine spare magazines that are all full, four magazines for the pistol. He wears a current state of the art communication system hardened to withstand EMP. When he is not wearing his helmet, he wears his US Army Special Operations Beret, Green in color. Attached to his helmet is a set of Goggles (Sun, Wind and Dust). Brian has a Gerber Mark II Survival knife attached to his assault vest, a Gerber boot knife at the top of his right boot & a Leatherman tool on his belt.
Items carried in his pack: Three MREs, one extra set of combat fatigues, foot powder, sunscreen, four empty magazines, five Black T-shirts in zip lock bags, seven pairs of wool socks in zip lock bags, wet weather poncho, poncho liner, four bungee cords with hooks, three rolls of OD green duct tape, two hundred feet of 550 foot-Lb parachute cord, one brown towel, a two-quart bladder canteen attached to pack, Entrenching tool (E-Tool) /with carrier, a climbing harness, locking D-ring, figure eight descender, various military snap links, four small spools of trip wire with four small nails inside each spool, Nomex hood.
Items carried in his pack: Three MREs, one extra set of combat fatigues, foot powder, sunscreen, four empty magazines, five Black T-shirts in zip lock bags, seven pairs of wool socks in zip lock bags, wet weather poncho, poncho liner, four bungee cords with hooks, three rolls of OD green duct tape, two hundred feet of 550 foot-Lb parachute cord, one brown towel, a two-quart bladder canteen attached to pack, Entrenching tool (E-Tool) /with carrier, a climbing harness, locking D-ring, figure eight descender, various military snap links, four small spools of trip wire with four small nails inside each spool, Nomex hood.
I have some ideas for a follow-on post. Nothing written yet, but I was waiting to see if @Lauder was going to post.
How about @POOHEAD189? Would you be interested?
You know me so well.
Boarders:
All pathways are now sealed, except between the bridge and the lower hangar (suspicious huh?) and the escape pods.
In the open passageways, a group of 15+ Stormtroopers (Red shoulder pauldron leading as a sign of rank)
Mercs will also be running towards the pods, trying to get through the doors as the abandon ship alarm will be going off.
Wonderful. Let's see if the Sappers brought any additional charges with them to breach locked doors.
Regarding the ratio of Rebel Alliance soldiers currently aboard the Majestic versus the mercenaries hired to defend it, I found this meme...
I await your "Go! Go! Go!" moment.
...and done. @Lauder and @CaptainBritton can do all the shooting now.
"Gizka"
Major Tavik heard the proword uttered by the SpecForces Commander on the ship’s command frequency to the CIC. The Majestic’s computers were spiked. Their weapons were down. The Keep was in position alongside the target ship. It was time to go.
Commander Tavik keyed the mic to transmit over the company frequency, “All Rancor elements, we are a go. Breach and Attack Now!”
Captain Karada, standing near the man when he uttered the words, yelled at the third section, “Go!”
Sergeant Shyam Hickens, a 25-year old Alderaanian NCO yelled for his soldiers to pick up the bridging tube and drag it into position between the two ships. Soldiers of Sergeant Paltoy’s Second Section jumped to help push the large tube in place. Once the magnetic seal locked the bridge in position, the infantry soldiers cleared away from it to allow the sappers to do their work.
Sergeant Jett Duron, the sapper section leader ordered Corporal Dev Martus to set the charge. The Corporal carried what appeared to be an oversized oval shield with a ring of explosives glued around the edge facing away from him. He ran into the tube, placed the breaching charge up against the hull of the Majestic, pushed a button causing a green light to flash and ran back the five meters out of the bridge. Corporal Martus took up a position along a wall to shield the blast. He looked at Sergeant Hickens and Captain Karada as if he were asking for permission. Both nodded emphatically with wide eyes, telling him what he wanted to know. The Corporal depressed the button on the remote detonator instantly sending a small piece of the Majestic hurtling rapidly inwards.
As the dust and smoke cleared, it was obvious to all that the breach worked. “Go!” Yelled Captain Mosh Karada. Sergeant Paltoy’s second section pushed across the bridge and through the newly made hole. Captain Karada followed the section through, crouching near the breach point to observe the assaulting section’s progress and to insure the remaining sections came through the hole.
Meanwhile, Major Tavik listened as the other three platoons conducted their assaults onto the objective. Once, he was satisfied the entire company was moving forward into the interior of the Majestic, Major Tavik followed the First Platoon after notifying the ship’s CIC that the Infantry Company was aboard the target ship and moving forward. The plan for the sixteen sections that made up Rancor Company to fan out operating independently once on the inside. Rebel infantry sections of Rancor Company would have access to every region of the Majestic soon.
Captain Kruger listened to the Company radio as well as the ship’s command frequency. He followed Lieutenant Lomax and Senior Sergeant Feldron from the company’s sniper section across The Keep’s organic bridge; the one intended for the mammoth Juggernaut, which would not follow the two sections. The group of seventeen soldiers moved tactically forward heading toward the Majestic’s Landing bay, where they could hear laser fire coming from inside. The sixteen sections of Rancor Company were prepared to fight if the mercenaries aboard the target ship, put up a fight.
@Sep@CaptainBritton@Lauder@POOHEAD189
Major Tavik heard the proword uttered by the SpecForces Commander on the ship’s command frequency to the CIC. The Majestic’s computers were spiked. Their weapons were down. The Keep was in position alongside the target ship. It was time to go.
Commander Tavik keyed the mic to transmit over the company frequency, “All Rancor elements, we are a go. Breach and Attack Now!”
Captain Karada, standing near the man when he uttered the words, yelled at the third section, “Go!”
Sergeant Shyam Hickens, a 25-year old Alderaanian NCO yelled for his soldiers to pick up the bridging tube and drag it into position between the two ships. Soldiers of Sergeant Paltoy’s Second Section jumped to help push the large tube in place. Once the magnetic seal locked the bridge in position, the infantry soldiers cleared away from it to allow the sappers to do their work.
Sergeant Jett Duron, the sapper section leader ordered Corporal Dev Martus to set the charge. The Corporal carried what appeared to be an oversized oval shield with a ring of explosives glued around the edge facing away from him. He ran into the tube, placed the breaching charge up against the hull of the Majestic, pushed a button causing a green light to flash and ran back the five meters out of the bridge. Corporal Martus took up a position along a wall to shield the blast. He looked at Sergeant Hickens and Captain Karada as if he were asking for permission. Both nodded emphatically with wide eyes, telling him what he wanted to know. The Corporal depressed the button on the remote detonator instantly sending a small piece of the Majestic hurtling rapidly inwards.
As the dust and smoke cleared, it was obvious to all that the breach worked. “Go!” Yelled Captain Mosh Karada. Sergeant Paltoy’s second section pushed across the bridge and through the newly made hole. Captain Karada followed the section through, crouching near the breach point to observe the assaulting section’s progress and to insure the remaining sections came through the hole.
Meanwhile, Major Tavik listened as the other three platoons conducted their assaults onto the objective. Once, he was satisfied the entire company was moving forward into the interior of the Majestic, Major Tavik followed the First Platoon after notifying the ship’s CIC that the Infantry Company was aboard the target ship and moving forward. The plan for the sixteen sections that made up Rancor Company to fan out operating independently once on the inside. Rebel infantry sections of Rancor Company would have access to every region of the Majestic soon.
Captain Kruger listened to the Company radio as well as the ship’s command frequency. He followed Lieutenant Lomax and Senior Sergeant Feldron from the company’s sniper section across The Keep’s organic bridge; the one intended for the mammoth Juggernaut, which would not follow the two sections. The group of seventeen soldiers moved tactically forward heading toward the Majestic’s Landing bay, where they could hear laser fire coming from inside. The sixteen sections of Rancor Company were prepared to fight if the mercenaries aboard the target ship, put up a fight.
@Sep@CaptainBritton@Lauder@POOHEAD189
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