Jotunn Draugr

An Era of Devastation (NATO pls)

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Inb4 Brazil calls me a massive hypocrite for supporting the Kurds over the Kebabs.
Then again, Commies > Kebabs any day.

@PolishKing

If it makes you feel better, you've made my flag very happy.

An Era of Devastation (NATO pls)

I see Error ghosting this thread a lot, so we should expect some action from the UK shortly.

Yah I'm calling you out Error! Come fight the Red Terror with us! It'll be fun!

431 BCE - An NRP of the Peloponnesian War

Hey, if no one else has claimed it yet, could I hop in as brave Thespiae of the Boeothian League?

The Cries of Terra – 2350 C.E.

This looks pretty cool, but how strict are you about providing portraits for our characters? I'm not much of an artist, and I don't know about pulling up a stock photo to represent someone I'm trying to create from scratch.

Also, are people forced to associate with X group? For example, would I be able to play a Norwegian vessel, that wanted nothing to do with Europe, for whatever reason?

First timer, looking for a low-powered 1v1 or 2v2

While somewhat experienced in RP, I've never seen arena/battle RP quite like this, till coming here. This looks awesome and somewhat confusing. If someone more experienced has the patience to walk a beginner through the process, you'll find a grateful and enthusiastic new member of this community.

An Era of Devastation (NATO pls)

Hey guys, thought it would be a fun idea to do a little mockup of the political climate in map form. Just a rough idea to give a bit of structure to the RP.



Something like this?

An Era of Devastation (NATO pls)

Lviv, Ukraine

December 6, 2015

A light rain falls on the streets of Lviv. The sun is only peeking over the horizon, and the air is cool and crisp. Few cars are on the street. A grim figure stamps through sidewalk puddles in a long wool coat, holding his black umbrella close. Giving a quick glance over his shoulder, the man veers sharply down an alleyway to his right. He throws another glance behind him, breathing heavily, and hastens his pace further. Ahead and to his left, he sees a faded wooden door, with a soiled drunkard sprawled on its step. Approaching the drunkard, he gives a final glance out of the corner of his eye.
Suddenly, a gunshot is heard, echoing down the alley. He swings around to see a man stumble from behind the corner, before falling to the ground, dead. Two grizzled bums, with long dirty beards and weathered winter coats, stand over the body, and give a nod to the man. The drunkard glances up from the ground, and stares into the man's eyes.

"Area secure", the drunkard reports. "Welcome sir."

Rising from the ground, the drunkard raps his knuckles against the door several times. The door swings open, revealing a six foot tall man in a blue suit, silenced pistol in hand. He steps aside to allow the other two entrance inside. As the door is closed behind them, a thump is heard as the two "bums" toss the body into a nearby dumpster, before resuming guard.

"Zhuk?", the suited man grunts.

"Melnyk.", the other responds.

"Ah, this way.", the guard gestures down the hallway behind him, to a door on the right.

Melnyk steps past the guard, and down the hall. The drunkard stumbles outside again, and slumps to the ground, resuming his post. Entering through the right door, Melnyk finds a room with no windows, and a large conference table in the middle. Around that table are President Poroshenko, Prime Minister Yatsenyuk, Chairman Yolodymyr Groysman, and other stone-faced government officials. They stare up at him blankly, with sleepless eyes.

"Good", Yatsenyuk mutters, "now we can begin."

"What about Zhuk, and Levchenko?", Groysman asks, "Shouldn't we wait for them before commencing this meeting?"

"There's no time. We can't afford to wait for them.", Yatsenyuk replies, "Tell them the meeting has been cancelled."

"Alright", sighs Groysman.

"So,", Poroshenko begins, "Russia has made it very clear, that there is to be nothing gained from further association with them. The filthy snake has risen from hiding, and is ready to strike. And this new... Moscow Pact, they're calling it... is troubling to say the least. I don't suppose we'll ever see our country united again. Thankfully, we may yet hold on to what remains of our Fatherland."

"So the UN has agreed?" Melnyk inquires excitedly.

"France has agreed. The UN will follow shortly.", Poroshenko explains, "This is enough to act. Preparations are already underway. The lock-down is coming, and soon. Arseniy."

"Yes?"

"Are we ready for the refugees?"

"Completely,", Yatsenyuk states, "The beds are ready and waiting."

"And the men?"

"Cold blooded, and in position."

"Excellent," Poroshenko sighs, relieved. "The rest of you, brace yourselves for the coming storm. Karpenko, I need you in Poltava, with the first regiment. Wait for my signal. Suprun, Donetsk. Melnyk, Mykolaiv. Volodymyr, I need you in the bunker. When the Russian assassins come, and they will, I need you alive to keep our government running. Samshur!"

"Yes sir?", responds Ambassador Oleh Samshur, stiffly.

"In one hour, you're catching a plane back to Paris, with this letter."

"Yes sir!", Samshur repeats.

"And Oleh...", Poroshenko pauses.

"What is it?"

"Whatever they want... If they request 100,000 men, promise them 100,000 men. If they demand the moon, give them the moon. I want you on your knees, if it suits them! Do I make myself clear?", Poroshenko hisses.

"Perfectly... sir."

"Finally, the rest of you!", Poroshenko booms, "I need you in Donetsk. You'll find a full Ukrainian military occupation within a week of your arrival. The Russians have been aiding terrorists within our boarders, and we can't abide any longer. If suspects are found to own a Russian flag, if they sympathize with Russian intentions, if they've immigrated within the last five years, I want them captured and interrogated. If we find anything that ties them to the Kremlin, or to the terrorists, imprison them! We have no time left for mercy. Do I make myself clear?"

"Sir!", Melnyk speaks up, "The Ukrainian people won't tolerate such a show of totalitarianism!"

"You underestimate the pride of this republic!", Yatsenyuk jumps in, "We're making contact with every news outlet in the country as we speak. We're entering a national state of high alert. We shall no longer refer to the terrorists as anarchists within our boarders. Does the west speak of it's conflict with ISIS as simple suppression of local radicals? NO! IT'S A WAR! From this point on, we are at war with Luhansk and Donetsk. These are heartless monsters, who murder innocent civilians. It shouldn't be hard to convince the Ukrainian people that enough lives have been lost already. As bombs fall on ISIS, so shall bullets rain on the LPR and DPR."

"Of course, within this larger picture, this is a necessary action.", Poroshenko continues, "The day is fast approaching, when we will need to hold the line against the imperial hordes. If there are already armed Russian forces on either side of the wall, before the siege has even begun, we've already lost. Once our country is secure from within, we can properly protect ourselves from the forces without. Now, time is moving quickly. This meeting is concluded. God protect you men. Now hurry!"

To France

Dear Mister President,

It is with the utmost gratitude, that I write this letter. On behalf of the Republic of Ukraine and her people, and with full consultation of our Prime Minister and Parliamentary Chairman, I graciously accept your support. The country is fully open to France's military, and the forces of any other UN country that, with your approval, agrees to protect Ukraine's independence. At such a time as you have confirmation, that another country is prepared to occupy Ukraine, please contact me personally, so that I may properly accommodate them.

That said, it is the opinion of our government, having assessed the threats at hand, that 15,000 ground troops may not me enough of an initial force. We respectfully request the presence of French aircraft and ground vehicles. All French jets are free to land at, and reside within, Boryspil International Airport, Ukraine's largest airport. All necessary preparations are underway to accommodate. Likewise, artillery can be stationed in Lviv, until such a time that war is declared.

Finally, and perhaps most importantly, you must be made aware of how grim the situation has already become. By now I'm certain you're knowledgeable of Russia's plans to unite eastern powers, and enact force upon the West. What makes this situation far more dire, is the presence of LPR and DPR radicals within Ukraine's borders. These are violent, armed, pro-Russian insurgents that currently occupy Ukraine's eastern cities of Luhansk and Donetsk. Worse still, we have every reason to believe that the Kremlin is already providing support to these forces, in the form of weapons and even additional soldiers. We cannot secure a border against Russia when we have militant Russian forces already inside the country. Nonetheless, these are terrorists, and Russia will not be able to call our fight with them an act of aggression. In short, we require your compliance and aid as we pursue the most serious military action, to stamp out this insurgency.

Regards,
Petro Proshenko

To Russia

Mister Putin,

I regret to inform you that the Ukrainian people find your offer distasteful and disrespectful. As such, we are unable to sign any such agreement or pact at this time. Our initial offer still stands, on the non-negotiable condition that you march the totality of your forces out of rightful Ukrainian territory, posthaste.

Further still, we request that you cease your illegal aid of the terrorist groups known as the Luhansk People's Republic, and the Donetsk People's Republic. Once our intelligence agencies are confident that you are no longer aiding murderers that seek to overthrow our government, and throw our country into chaos, we will reconsider your offer of helping us neutralize terrorists.

Given that Ukraine is one of Russia's main suppliers of food, iron, and oil, I would hope you'd be sensible enough to see the harm that would be done to your economy, were we to end all trade. On behalf of the Ukrainian people, I warn you that further disrespect to the independence of our nation will be met with punishment.

Regards,
Petro Poroshenko

(Edits made to tone down the flavour text, please consider updated, calmer version, as of 12/15/2015)

Time's a Changing - a Steampunk NRP set in a Psuedo-Earth

And as a clarification, technology is probably late WW1. Although of course, mechs, tanks, and planes are far more reliable then they ever were in this time period compared to the real word.

@duck55223

Alright, thanks Duck & Alf for the clarification. Good to know what we have to work with.

Really looking forward to this one.

Time's a Changing - a Steampunk NRP set in a Psuedo-Earth

@Jotunn Draugr
I'm playing with the idea of moving into Siberia, with the excuse that there's blue coal there. If I do, however, it'll play second fiddle to further expanding further into the pacific. I am, after all, playing as Japan. It'd be wrong to not use my Navy.

@Keyguyperson

Haha, happy to hear it. Don't make things too easy for me ;)

Hey how would you feel about marking out our main cities on the map, to make the world look a bit more detailed, complete, and clear for each other?

Time's a Changing - a Steampunk NRP set in a Psuedo-Earth

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The whole "Split empire" thing probably won't work out for me, since I've still kept the Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane Kamikaze storms in Japanese history. So the Not-Mongols didn't make it to Japan save for some captured sailors. The only way for my Emperor to claim the throne would be to have one of those sailors have been one of the Khan's or their son, and they would have had to have married a princess... so claiming the throne would wreak political havoc. A big part of my Not-Japan's nationalism is that they claim their dynasty has ruled for almost 2,500 years straight. While obviously complete and absolute BS, claiming to be the legitimate Emperor of... well, the bit of Eurasia that isn't past Poland or so would make it clear to the world that the claim is absolute BS. I've decided to use the excuse of "Protecting Asia against western imperialism". You know, by being imperialists.

I do have a general backstory for my nation (Which is called Akitsukuni, thanks to Wikipedia telling me all the obscure historical names for Japan) which developed similarly to real Japan, but with a stronger Imperial tradition. They've been a unified state ever since Emperor Suizei (here being someone who 100% existed, and not a potentially mythological character) took the throne around the same time he did in real life (or the myths pertaining to it). This is because I decided that having Emperor Jimmu (whom also existed in this timeline, fathering Suizei because well DUH) be the first emperor wouldn't be cRaZy enough. According to what the government says, Akitsukuni has never had a dynasty change since then. Though it definitely has, nobody really says anything like that. Just like how a bunch of Europeans assumed that the Ming Dynasty was some kind of ancient and mystical regime while in reality it was just the latest in a long line of dynasties. It went through an event that almost perfectly mirrors the Meiji Restoration, but with a connected, large push for industrialization. Which is my excuse for having factories, of course.

Also, yes, you can totally have Taiwan. Most of my plans center around the fact that the Emperor has the lucky of Henry VIII and only has a daughter, whom the Imperial Diet and military assumes nobody will accept as the leader, thus leading to a bunch of political intrigue centered around a brewing Civil War and who gets to be the next ruler. So I never had any plans for it beyond "I'm pretty sure Japan owned that at some point, dibs!", and land should go to the person with better ideas for it.

And that sounded like something a fascist dictator would say as an excuse for invading a neighboring country.

I'll have to remember that if some Army general ends up on top after it all.

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I'm not privy to all the supahsekretsmartypants planning that goes on behind the scenes, but airships are a thing. As far as I can tell, the limit on guns is set at about the middle of WWI, what with the maxim guns and bolt-actions I've seen mentioned. Cars-if they exist-are probably steam-powered, since we haven't had time to figure out gasoline and diesel and probably won't do so until we run out of blue coal, at which point there will be a bunch of wars fought over it with vague excuses revolving around speculation on weapons capabilities and government structures, as well as a debate over whether or not drilling for oil harms the environment and/or pollutes drinking water.

@Keyguyperson

Awesome! Thanks for the clarity. Well this certainly looks like an interesting political climate. Alright, let's say there wasn't a Khan Empire, but historical trade routes formed all the same. Besides, a Mongol-less world opens up the possibility of claiming that my dynasty directly descends from the Chinese rulers of 5000 BC, making my bloodline 6,860 years old! Bring it, mister 2,500!
"If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit."

Japan did own Taiwan for a long time, but that was before and after China did. In between all that, Taiwan has identified itself as an independent nation, with it's own race. A buddy of mine is an ethnic Taiwan native, with a direct bloodline from before the Chinese and Japanese ruled over the island.

Japan and China have always, and are currently, fighting over multiple island claims, so I'm looking forward to our upcoming sea battles ;)



BTW, if you don't mind me asking, where are you planning on expanding first? Indonesia/Australia, Alaska/Siberia, or Mongolia/Russia? Historically, the Japanese empire went for Indonesia and the Pacific islands, which could secure you a path to California. Or is this TBD/confidential?