@LetMeDoStuff Yeah, I intend to make his father one of those in Italy (he died of course), and he had been taught Russian ever since he entered school (I still remember Russian being a common second language to be taught when the Russian influence was still strong, until English came). He is one of the resistance member against the Japanese in 1942. (Assuming the French kicked them out soon) After the operation, he volunteered to be transferred to the Russian front due to no surviving family. Known for his great bravery during several battles, which he inherits from his father, Squad 914 conscripted him to test out a new experimental mine that prove to be extremely dangerous for the user, something which nobody in the Reserve Squadrons have the courage to use.
By the looks of it, you will be the only other person that has the combat experience, as well as myself.
Thank you so much! That cleared every wonders I currently have about my character. So now instead of being half Russian half Vietnamese, I can make him full Vietnamese. And his lore would be more interesting than the previous sketch that I have in mind. And that mine I talked about, it will be fun. Again, love the effort you put into these
He'd most likely be one that was taught Russian at a slightly younger age, up to today, meaning that maybe a family member of his may of been sent off to Italy to fight. Would you say he'd be a volunteer for the Reserve Division or conscripted randomly to join Squad 914 without any introduction?
I like the concept, I will hopefully have a support soldier heading your way soon.
Great to hear! Can't wait.
@LetMeDoStuff So I've picked a picture for my character, and he holds the exact equipment that I wanted to show (Well, not really but its my biggest inspiration). It's from a Vietnamese FPS shooter game, so he is Vietnamese. So I wonder if I can make my character a half Russian half something else. Sure it's a Soviet based RP, but I think having a half Russian half Vietnamese soldier might be fun. I'll make sure to handle with the background to make it plausible
You can, actually. I have multiple lore figures surrounding the different communist countries around the country. For your sake, this is Veitnam's story.
In 1926, the Vietnamese signed a contract to allow Russian teachers to come into their country and form extended linguistic teaching in the hopes the two countries could become allies in an expected worldwide war to come.
Whilst the French regained its control of Vietnam early on in the War, it also became the place of regrouping after the French and capitulated. They spent two years preparing a mass invasion for Italy, gaining the help of the Volunteers from Saigon and Hanoi. The invasion force grew to be 632,000, 421,000 of those being French military personnel. On August 7th, 1945, the fleet began their journey towards Italy. Here, became one of the greatest disasters of the war, The Naval Engagement at Sicily.
The combined French and Vietnamese military, though with many differences in the past, strongly headed for the beacheads of Sicily and Southern Italy. Both fleets headed straight into a blockade of three Spanish and Italian fleets, where a colossal Naval battle emerged. Many of the Vietnamese and French soldiers were killed and drowned before they even got a chance to fire their guns.
In the midst of the Chaos, the F!set scrambled their landing craft and headed for their rendezvous points. A total of 54,000 of the original force managed to make it, and two French destroyers managed to escape the naval battle.
Both landing parties were dropped in the midst of the chaos, suddenly trapped and forced to fight as they sought out to survive. Amongst the two weeks these soldiers had to survive, three only managed to return to the homeland alive.
Sih Bao, an credited fighter of the Invasion Fleet, was the only Vietnamese soldier to survive. The two Frenchmen, before committing suicide for their failure, told officials in Vietnam that Sih was incredible in managing Street combat. His urban warfare stories published everywhere.
Sih, being a hero in many eyes, caught the attention of the Russian allies. After the two countries had allied a decade ago, designated towns were built in Russia to accommodate Vietnamese migrants. They recruited Sih as a Urban Specialist and advisors, eventually pushing him onwards to train additional units. He attracted thousands, who ended up making a Viet-Russian division for Russian speaking Vietnamese men and women, who were deployed for urban combat. An reserve division of the same name were also deployed.
Eventually, Sih Bao was pulled from his position, and entered as a training instructor for the programme "Squad 914".
WIP Character sheet. Experimental Gear section is pretty much done though.
Name
Age 18
Gender Female
Birth-date / Location April 11, 1930 / Perm, Russia
Appearance Describe what the image chosen does not; if not image is given then make this detailed highly
Personality Self-Explanatory
Relationships N/A
Classification Combat Engineer
Experimental Gear Weighing at roughly 1700 kilograms, the Object-342 is an eight foot tall mechanical armor with the goal of mobile fire support for infantry groups at the front lines. The project began in 1942 when a group of British Special Operations Executive Agents handed over a packet full of intelligence to Soviet agents. Among the many things in the package were early blueprints to the German Walking Tank. As Soviet scientists began working on their own armored bipedal unit, using these early blueprints as a base, Stalin ordered a group of engineers and scientists to create something that was original to the Russians. While the walking tank design was to make a tank walk, Object-342's group wanted to make a walking man into a tank. Six years later, the prototype Object-342 was finalized. The Object-342 is a single pilot operated machine, with the cockpit situated in the chest of the armor. A great deal of time went into developing the controls of the Object-342. Allowing for the pilot to more precisely control the limbs of the machine, letting it to move with more lifelike movements and pull off more complex maneuvers in combat. The armor is thickest around the torso where the cockpit is located, and the head where the optics, radio and most of the periscopes are in. The head also features an active infrared device, inspired by the German ZG-1229. The optics, also inspired by the Germans specifically their adjustable tank sights, allows for 2x to 6x zoom. The rear of the armor is where the power pack and engine is located, combined in a backpack with the ammunition. The armament of the machine is simultaneously impressive and unimpressive. On the right forearm are two modified RP-46 Medium Machine Guns, belt fed with detachable box magazines. Mounted under the right arm is a heavily modified 76mm M1943 Regimental Gun, with a cut down barrel, stripped of nonessential parts, and an added three round revolving autoloader. On the right arm is a single belt fed DShK 1938 Heavy Machine Gun, with all of its ammunition stored in the armors backpack. The backpack stores four additional RP-46 box magazines of 250 rounds, giving each RP-46 two reloads. The 76mm M1942 has an additional six rounds, and the DShK 1938 has a 600 round magazine in the backpack. While the sheer volume of fire is impressive from the three machine guns and the cannon, accuracy is highly dependent on the pilots skill as there are no sights to assist in the aiming of any of these guns. The short barreled 76mm M1943 also has very limited anti armor capabilities, as the cannon can only use the OF-350 Fragmentation High Explosive, O-350A Fragmentation and BP-350M High Explosive Anti Tank shells. The armor itself is fairly slow, at most it can keep up with an infantry mans jog. The slow speed coupled with the limited ammunition carry, and comparatively poor anti armor capability means that the Object-342 would only be useful in a small amount of situations, in defensive action or attached to unarmored infantry. Due to the small amount of information released, expectations ran wild amongst the military leadership. Generals dreamed of outfitting entire regiments of infantry with this suit, steamrolling anything the Germans had. Soviet Airborne leadership gossiped about finally having armored units being able to leap from planes. Soviet Naval officers spoke of suits that were fully submersible, letting their marines storm beaches without needing landing craft. When the prototype was featured to these officers, it was met with a mixed reception. "It needs further testing? Put it in Squad 914." they said.
Background The biography of your character. Keep fairly well made, making sure that enough is known about the character. Large details is optional. This can be updated as the RP develops on more.
Experience For those who are a previous reserve, that would only cover 'Military Training'. Myself and another user (Upon request) who have a little bit of fighting experience will add a tad more to it
Family Self-explanatory
Theme Song Just a bit of fun, really. Optional at most.
So far, it looks pretty decent. Can't wait for it to be completed fully. I'll start !making mine so it's easier to understand
A wintery chill diffused between the buildings of the streets, where the only sound were the footsteps of heavy duty boots made an appearance in the night. Slow and monotonous, it continued throughout the alleyways that shrouded the man in darkened shadows. From here, it made its way closer and closer towards a side-entrance of a great hall, built up of a thick concrete made to withstand even the heaviest of bombardments. On the inside, only a glimmer of light remained in sight, surrounding the doors the man went towards. A moonlight glisten broke through tiny windows.
Taking what he had, the man lit a few matches as he trekked around the circumference of the room. He lit the room on, bit by bit, candle by candle. Around the outskirts, the light began to fill the room slowly. It was a slow and patient process, but it had to be done at the given time. The man had pledged to take on such a duty in the respect of such a memorial. The years had passed since the events had unfolded, and whether or not the world was ridden of evil or not was uncertain. With hours like these and only a minute addition of pay, the task and duty seemed all but useless. But this man was old, withered and clocking up the end of his days. He had to give up his time to return the favour of those he sent forward into the fray of globalised conflict. These individuals were to be treated as heroes for not only the duty they had, but how they did it. It was a shame that he knew if any of them were still around to witness the statue granted in their own honour and achievement.
The candles eventually lit up the statue. It didn't show any figures, faces or bodies at all. Only an insignia was all that was needed to represent the story of these people. A project built off of hope, and only hope. They were the ones that tried the impossible. He just wanted to remember their faces once more, as if they were still under his command and able to reflect the impact they had...
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The trucks all arrived at their destination, ending the convoy's formation as they spread out into the clearing of the vehicle depot. The rear-doors were opened by whichever assistant posted in the depot during the early hours. From the back, a selection of men and women were unloaded out, brought forwards towards the centre of the depot. Directly in the middle, in front of where they were guided, a small podium was placed down in preparation for the welcoming speeches and what not.
A selection of individuals stood in the centre. Some of different nationalities, many of different backgrounds. Those with clothing similar to their military background, others with attire worn down by the years of conflict they'd been fighting. Some had attire of their own, loosely constructed from resistance cells or militia fighting grounds. Around the depot stood formally dressed officers and high-ranking soldiers, all here to witness the formation speech that would inform and release all the information about the project at hand. Many had no idea what they were getting themselves into. Some had a brief idea, but what their prize for turning up was could not have been anywhere near their knowledge.
Men and women, both from the frontlines and the reserve armies, all stood amongst one another. Some conversed between each other about why they were here, or introducing themselves to the likes of the others brought to this camp. In the centre of the USSR, this was the furthest some of them had been away from conflict, and others found it the closest they had been to it if they were in the Eastern Reserve divisions. Either way, some could guess the crucial importance of the project just by the location of the camp. Most Soviet soldiers were trained far closer to the frontlines. Stalin and his officers believed that they could prepare the waves of fresh faces by allowing them to hear the gunfire in the distance, the artillery bombarding either side out beyond the hills. In some ways, it was a successful method, but in preparing them for the sights, instead of the sounds, of war, it was sometimes seen as ineffective.
Suddenly, the officers surrounding the group stood to a sharp attention, as the crowd began to die down in their conversations. A man, tall in his stance, took up towards the podium laid out earlier. It was a short wait for him to arrive since the group's arrival. Eventually, he cleared his throat, beginning his speech. His voice was raspy, rough and toughened by the experience behind the uniform. His eyes glared down as if they'd seen enough friends, families and legacies destroyed by shrapnel bombardments. A dark beard sat around the dry mouth of his, like the symbolic fur of the bear; the nation's reputation itself.
"Before I make any formal introductions, all I can say is that I am glad to be finally meeting all of you." A deep echo rebounded off of the depot's walls, back down the throat it came out of. The voice rang out to the ears of his 'guests'. "My name, if you have not guessed, is Yuri Vychenko. I am your new Commanding Officer. I am your new superior. I am the reason you are all gathered here...all of these faces. Before me, I see those whose appearances speak to me and tell me who you are. I see, to name a few, a German defect, a seasoned fighter of the Vietnamese detachments, a veteran and Survivor of Leningrad...And many who are yet to face the Third Reich in person. You are all here to see yourselves as the future hope for the Soviet Union, for our regime and nation as we know it. And because of that, I cannot express the gladness it is to see you all together for once."
The Officer led his hand to the left of him, where numerous uniformed personnel lined up, documents all within their hands. None of them held welcoming smiles, but their posture and dress-code showed that they were proud to be seeing what might be the future of Russia, and the world, as they knew it.
"To your right, you will see an alignment of Officers, all of which you will encounter during your stay here for further training. Whilst I would love to introduce you more to the programme now, I'll have to save that to a more personal level later, as I have meetings to attend to. Get your documents off of these officers, my comrades, as they will direct you all to your own personal quarters, your selected designation as chosen by our processing and something a little more...special. Talk amongst yourselves after you've done so, head over to your barracks...Then all of you will report to me at 0900...Oh, and...Welcome to Squad 914."
World War II should've ended with the defeat of the Third Reich by the Soviet Union, and the dropping of two nuclear payloads onto Japan. That's how the world should've been left, where the course of the entire future of Earth would remain, changed forever to learn from its mistakes of mass war. However, this never happened. At least not in the way many expected.
The year is now 1948. The Third Reich and its Fuhrer have already defeated all but one single enemy. Germany was assisted by an array of much needed help given from the Spanish after their Civil War outcome left a Fascist ruler on top. By 1942, Germany, Italy and Spain amassed a large-scale invasion of Southern England. The Italians landed in Portsmouth, the Spanish invaded Norfolk and Germany desperately landed in London, causing a few desperate months of fighting that led to the surrender of Great Britain, now split into two halves: that of an installed German-governed area in the south, and a puppet government in the north. Before the Americans could make a move into retaking Germany, the Imperialist Japanese forces somehow sprung into action, landing thousands of troops onto several wide-spread landing zones on the West Coast of America, keeping them busy and at bay. As for now, all eyes rest on the Soviet Union, the last standing force against the Axis.
Technology has developed only for the war efforts, and the new inventions of both German and Russian war machines have excelled at an alarming rate. By late 1946, the German production line sought the first Wandertank, or 'Walking Tank', and the Russians retaliated with the first armoured bipedal unit.. Naval ships grow bigger by the day, and aircraft become faster, deadlier and larger than before. The German forces and Russian forces have clashed more than enough times to create a stalemate across the border, not too far from Moscow. With their dictator evacuated from the Capital and moved further East, the Russians hold for what seems to be a second rendition of Stalingrad, where Moscow stands on the brink of ending in a bloody siege that will drain the life out of both sides.
In a desperate attempt to both test newfound equipment and to cause a distraction across this Eastern Front, known now as the Final Front, the government conscripted those young and possibly considered fit enough to fight of both genders, hoping to create Squad 914, the 'Eksperimental'nyy otryad', experimental squad.
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This Roleplay focuses around an alternative outcome to the Second World War where the Fascist European and Imperial Asian nations became dominant. The Third Reich is only faced with a single enemy, the Soviet Union. Whilst Japan has to maintain its gains in both a broken China and the new front on United States soil, the European states face huge odds which clash out for years longer than the war should have. Russia held its ground, and still has, but has been pushed back from its borders, soon to make a stand in Moscow. However, with the war taking longer, newfound technology has shaped the battle to a more...interesting state.
The thread itself takes technological inspiration from things like Wolfenstein, where some gadgets are tested in the field from both sides. As I will explain later, the idea of experimenting with technology in a dieselpunk fashion is important for the roleplayers, as it will play a part for individualising their characters amongst the class system the Roleplay will follow. Now, more specifically, I must talk about the characters in question.
For this Roleplay, each player will take up one, or the option of a few side characters aside, leading role of a sole Russian individual. We focus on a group of individuals, of either gender, brought into the world of conflict via conscription or transfer. Several from the Reserves away from the combat, as well as a majority of fresh faces in the military, are brought together to train and fight for what the Soviet Union call their Black Project. A more informal term would be Squad 914. As previously discussed, this fighting group, whatever their final size, are dependent on the use of experimental warfare and equipment. Their mission, however, is to be eventually dropped into the heart of the Frontier's command zones, where they are told to draw attention away from the front lines to give the main Armed Services the breakthrough they need.
This Roleplay will be split into a few arcs. The only revealed arcs I can give are the Training Arc and the Battle of Moscow Arc. Past that comes the Beyond Arc, where the main objective of these soldiers and misfits will come into play.
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For the creation of the characters, there are a few things that need to be taken into consideration. These include: the characters themselves, the classification of the character and the specialised equipment. Firstly, the characters themselves would be looked at. This isn't anything special, just the regular Character Sheet you'd find in any other Roleplay. I do ask, however, for a moderately detailed description for the character, but all of that in particular will be explained and shown in the CS at the end of this section.
As for the classification of the Character, I'd need to introduce the character class system. These decide on the standard equipment and weaponry that they would face, also giving the individuality and abilities they would be trained under. Whilst most of them are given standardised weaponry and set pieces of equipment, primaries and secondaries can be changed depending on the experimental equipment assigned to the character. However, most of the equipment would likely be tertiary equipment, which will not result in the replacement of the standard weaponry. Any questions as to if they wish to change the assigned weaponry. Full-on realism isn't required for the weaponry, though, so some inaccuracies may occur to fit the dieselpunk setting.
Rifleman The common rifleman is the most frequent class of soldier throughout the entire Russian Army, however due to the diversity of Squad 914 they are not the bulk of the warfare group. However, what remains the same of this type of trainee is that they both use the same equipment and remain as one of the most adaptable of all the classifications chosen throughout their training. The Rifleman usually is issued the Mosin Nagant or SVT-40 if the resources are available. Like most, they are usually equipped with several explosives and a Tokarev TT-32 sidearm. Some grenades can be swapped out for the Diakonov rifle-grenade attachment.
Specialist Commonly known as the 'Specialist' throughout the authorities of Squad 914, this infantry unit follows tactics of adaptability, following orders of suppression, shock tactics and breakthrough movement in order to support their fellow comrades. A favoured unit throughout the Squad and their particular set of fighting skills, the Specialist provides all the assistance they can. Alongside the TT-32 sidearm, the Specialist is normally supplied with the infamous PPSH-41, which provides impressive firepower for one single unit. Though any soldier can provide makeshift versions, the authorities of Squad 914 supply specialists with conditioned Molotov Cocktails.
Support Whilst the term 'Support' is very widespread amongst all military branches, Squad 914 designates their Light Machine gunners and suppression units as Supportive units, where they cover and pin down as many forces as they can. The most common weapon for this unit would be the DP-28 LMG, alongside a standard TT-32 sidearm. When it comes to equipment, sometimes the Support is categorised for those whose experimental weaponry acts as a heavy primary, replacing the DP-28. Support specialists sometimes use small amounts of fragmentation grenades to clear out rooms and advantaged areas in order to gain the perfect emplacement position. Support members can also be different by using Anti-Armour weaponry, such as the PTRS-41.
Combat Medic The Combat Medic does exactly what it says on the tin. It fights, and it heals. Being given different types of medical equipment, some experimental, these crucial members are aimed towards caring for their comrades with both compassion and determination, however that isn't a fixed trait for them. Squad 914 treats Medics as VIPs, where they are to be swerved away from the most dangerous path. That doesn't mean they join their comrades up on the front, as they need to be there when they need to do their job. A standard Combat Medic in Squad 914 contains a AVS-36 rifle with an automatic configuration, as well as the standard TT-32 sidearm. Their experimental equipment sometimes varies from being supportive to weaponised, depending on what the superiors of Squad 914 decide.
Marksman The Marksmen of the Soviet Union military are granted by all for their skills in taking out the oppositions. Squad 914's training staff hope to create a marksman who can adapt to both long-ranged and close-quartered firefights, where they can support their team without having to sit miles away from them (Though that tactic still can be done). Depending on their choice of scouting equipment and attachments, the Marksman would genuinely have a Mosin-Nagant retrofitted with optics or the semi-automatic SVT-40 rifle, which is preferred to most closer marksmen. Their sidearm consists usually of the Korovin Pistol for its concealment size.
Combat Engineer The Combat Engineer is what makes the weaponry work. Each chosen Combat Engineer is trained and given all the details for each experimental weapon or gadget prior to their first deployment in Moscow. This is to give them a sharp knowledge of how to maintain these equipment pieces if they were to become faulty out in their deployment, without the need of the designers or production teams themselves. This is what allows everything to work perfectly. They are treated similarly to Combat Medics by their comrades, or at least are told to be treated in such a way. They are armed, usually, with the compact PPS-43 and the TT-32 as a sidearm.
These classes will not restrict the characters completely of their abilities in combat, as the physical and mental capabilities of the characters will mostly effect how they act and function both on the frontlines and behind the lines of their enemy. Now, for the Character Sheet. I ask for you to at least get all of the necessary details, which you should be able to identify, down into your CS, but the rest you can customise, decorate and add to with good intention. I intend to allow character relationships to be an important factor in this alternate and dieselpunk historical setting. The relationships between each character will need to be tracked as the Roleplay goes on, making sure that the characters' ability to survive will depend on how they like, love, dislike or hate another comrade.
*An image of some sorts may be helpful, if not, go for a description of the character's appearance later on in detail.*
Name Self-explanatory
Age Between 17-21, as the conscription process for the Squad was restricted to
Gender Male or female. Sexually identifying as an Attack Helicopter is forbidden in the USSR
Birth-date / Location Self-explanatory
Appearance Describe what the image chosen does not; if not image is given then make this detailed highly
Personality Self-Explanatory
Relationships This can be simple as each character eventually interacts with them, but this will be updated more in detail as the RP goes along.
Classification What classification does the Soldier fall under? Include equipment or add its own section for it
Experimental Gear This will be thoroughly checked by me to see if it is plausible, but you can be creative with what you see. Requests for tweaks in its design may be asked for. Provide an image if possible, if not a good description of it.
Background The biography of your character. Keep fairly well made, making sure that enough is known about the character. Large details is optional. This can be updated as the RP develops on more.
Experience For those who are a previous reserve, that would only cover 'Military Training'. Myself and another user (Upon request) who have a little bit of fighting experience will add a tad more to it
Family Self-explanatory
Theme Song Just a bit of fun, really. Optional at most.
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And that, ladies and gentlemen, is the roleplay at most. If there are any questions as such regarding the lore, the equipment, the dieselpunk technology or the general roleplay, please feel free to ask me. I may elect or request for a co-GM or two to assist in helping the Roleplay. They will be tasked with suggestions and management assistance, making my busy life a little bit more easier. Either way, I thank you for reading this, and for those interested who have not already stated, get yourself in my radar before any drastic decisions or events happen, just so we can include you. I may be accepting players throughout the Roleplay.
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