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THE BUG WAR (Starship Troopers - Squad RP) [High-Casual]

"COME ON YOU APES! YOU WANNA LIVE FOREVER!?"

Unknown Platoon Sergeant 1918

Quote from Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein

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Original Poster of Starship Troopers

THE PLOT

In an unknown year in the far flung future, mankind wages an interstellar war with a new and terrifying enemy; the Bugs of Klendathu. The Citizen Federation of Earth fights a losing war against the bug as the intelligence corps. attempt to probe the bugs for weaknesses in order to help our fighting men and women gain an edge over our new foe.

On Klendathu

Operation Bughouse, the first large scale offensive against the Bugs on their home planet of Klendathu; the Operation involved landing K-9 and Mobile infantry units on the surface to secure and hold a beachhead to continue the assault, however the invasion failed completely as units were overwhelmed with warriors and were not able to secure any landing zones, the K-9 unit's neodogs blew themselves up against the enemy out of sheer shock leaving the Mobile Infantry without any support, casualties mounted within the hour and for every thousand bugs they killed one Infantry man dies - A net win for the bugs - the situation was getting desperate.

The General in command sounded the retreat, while holding his own unit back to support the retreating units, needless to say, the General 'bought it' that day. Casualties were heavy, it was enough for the Terran Command to reconsider their strategy going forward as the bugs have put them on the back foot for the rest of the war.

You and many others volunteer to fight this new threat, gruelingly trained and armed to the teeth, from our mysterious Intelligence divisions, our powerful navy, all the way to the hard working Mobile Infantry who fight for all man kind. They're doing their part, are you? Become a citizen and Join up to do your part!

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THE ROLE-PLAY SETTING

You and the rest of the group will be playing as part of the Mobile Infantry in a squad in the company of Erik's Eagles a fan made company similar to that in the book or the movies as Rasczack's Roughnecks aboard the transport corvette TFCT Magsaysay in honor of the book's main protagonist Juan 'Johnny' Rico who was (in the book) Filipino who said that there should be a ship named after Magsaysay.

Additional info on Magsaysay

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramon_Magsaysay

We will be playing as Cap Troopers, meaning we get to drop out of ships like paratroopers. This will be for those who've read the book, watched the films, and have seen the animated series, I had envisioned this to be a combination of some elements from each, using the book as a heavy basis.

What this means is that the bugs will be intelligent, capable of making some kind of technology and using a variety of strategies in order to win, whilst still taking prisoners of war, using swarm tactics, and the capability to interrogate prisoners and take their knowledge through psychic means either through persuasion or force rather than sucking out their brains (Which I'm pretty sure doesn't work biologically speaking either)

The skinnies will be in this too, an ally to the Federation at this point in time; though unlike in the Animated series they would have been persuaded by the Terran Federation to break ties with the bugs, rather than the bugs forcibly taking control of them.

For additional info on the Skinnies go here (Yes you can play as one though I'll only allow one person to do it)

starshiptroopers.wikia.com/wiki/Skinny

The Terran Federation will be using the fleet, and there will be more than one kind of ship for the Terran Federation to engage with Bug Fleets, in the book there were no indication on how the bugs fought the Federation in space; all that is known is that the bugs used missile weaponry for their navy and could go toe-to-toe with Federation ships as they were able to plaster Buenos Aires.

As in the films we will be using them as a basis for the Bug's heavy artillery and what their vehicles would look like and function, as such the bugs could have giant mechanized versions of the Tanker or the Plasma bug, and their explosives like the Bombardier beetle could be an anti-personnel grenade flung from one of these mechs or perhaps the bug warriors themselves, hoppers and Kamikazes can be replaced with bug aircraft that shoot beam weapons.

(Note that the mechanization is intended for their vehicles and weapons platforms, they are not gigantic suits of armor that will cover a giant bug.)

Many of the worlds from the animated series will be featured and some of the campaigns will really test how creative we can get with the given material, but as far as possible I want to be able to reach the second invasion of Klendathu. The role-play perspective will be that of one squad in a platoon of Erik's Eagles company, which is one in fifty squads of an entire company, being part of the first platoon, first section, led by Erik himself.

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THE CHARACTERS AND THE SUITS

Since we don't know what the regular section composition is, however I wager to guess the open spots will be

-One Command Suit
-Sergeant
-Five Marauder Suits
-PSC to Corporal
-Three Scout Suits
-PFC to Corporal

For a General description look under the 'Starship Troopers Novel' and the 'Specification' section

starshiptroopers.wikia.com/wiki/Power…
starshiptroopers.wikia.com/wiki/Mobil…

The suits look like Steel gorillas, they enhance many things from strength, jumps, and spacial awareness.
They come with an array of communications devices that can switch channels by using your mouth to bite down on a button to switch frequencies, bite down once for channel A, twice for B, and so on. The suits function much like a jumper, with many specialized pressure sensors on the inside, allowing the suit to move like you move, allowing for mobility and ease of use, as you don't have to learn a completely new set of maneuvers or controls. It's basically a full suit body armor, but the armor is like a second skin that moves with you.

To fully prepare a suit for use out of storage would take 26 hours at most, fitting it to the person meant to use it would take additional time, so some troopers have learned to keep a few spare suits hot, taking them out of their cold state.

The weapons for the suits can range from conventional slug throwers all the way to mini-nukes launched from a Y-rack, marauders would be equipped with weapons, from heavy machine guns, to rocket launchers, scouts and command suits get the same amount of weaponry, the scout suits have less communication equipment than the Command suits which have the ability to communicate across all sections and platoons in the company where all other suits get only three frequencies to communicate with; the command suits can also monitor everyone's vital signs, allowing for the Squad Leader to account for all living troopers in his area, vital signs can also be monitored by pressing a button on the belt buckle of the suits.

The troopers also have a various arsenal of grenades, one engineered to smoke out bug holes with bio and chemical gasses, another just for the regular explosives, they also have listening equipment so that when they make camp, they can listen to the bugs digging under them.

The suits have the ability to jump long distances, depending on the gravitational constant of the planet, it could also be akin to flying as the distances you can jump like this are great.

Only a few things are standard for every trooper, that is a flamer and a combat knife, useful for close combat as you don't have to aim much in such tight quarters, the troopers can also go hand to hand in their suits and they are also radiation resistant to a point.

Now take note, that for each campaign and mission we will be switching loadouts from time to time, We could be bringing peewees (Term for mini-nukes) or high powered explosives to seal off bug holes, or grenade launchers, etc.

Without further ado here is the CS, however, keep in mind I am looking for people who will be active with their posts and will inform the group ahead of time if he or she will be away for a significant amount of time so that I or the player in question can quietly write him or her out for a while for continuity's sake, or tell us if you're post is delayed or if you're waiting for someone in particular to post, if you can't do this simple thing DO NOT JOIN THIS RP or I WILL be forced to remove you, I don't want that hassle. In addition, I also expect at least or more than three paragraphs of text, none-less.

Another rule is that I can and will auto hit a few of you using the bugs to catch out unlucky souls, I will not intend to kill you off, but it will injure your character and it will force everyone else to have carrying actions in order to save you. NO TROOPER LEFT BEHIND, otherwise if you're the type who likes making new characters, you can ask me to get you shot or RP yourself getting shot, I like a little bit of Drama in the RP so plus points on you if you can make that happen.

Final rule is that all bugs are fair game, but when we meet the bigger machines that the bugs make, we will have to do some actual RP Combat, that means no auto-hitting the big bugs or I will give consequences that may cause your Character to 'buy it'. There are exceptions to this, such as having a nuke, but then there are times where we can't use a nuke, when in that situation refer to this rule.

If you're good with all that, then by all means fill up the CS, and again I stress this fact. DO NOT DO IT IF YOU CAN'T COMMIT, that is all.

CS Template

Picture Of Character:
Name:
Gender:
Nationality/Place of Birth:
Age: (18 being the youngest)
Height:
Weight:
Description:
Biography and History:
Suit Slot:
Misc:

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Example
Name: Carl Jenkins
Gender: Male
Nationality/Place of birth: North America, Virginia
Age: 22
Height: 6'3
Weight: 170kg
Description: Tall, wispy, aloof man, he has a beard and green eyes, he's an excellent shot at range.
Biography and History: Born in Virginia, deployed to Rasczaks Roughnecks, fought in operation Bughouse, etc.
Suit Slot: Scout
Misc: (anything other than the information above, like quotes, or theme songs, or other such things)

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If you have any suggestions or questions PM me or post down bellow, Don't worry, I don't bite.

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Dialectic 0: Beyond Man

Nation Sheet

Name: The Confederacy of New Virginia

Location:

Map

Flag:

New-Virginian Flag

Capital: New-Richmond, Formerly Lexington, Virginia

History:

The people in the Shenandoah valley went out into the mountainous areas nearby, there they gathered alongside others who originally intended to flee from more well known densely populated areas of Virginia, they went due west towards what was previously known as 'George Washington and Jefferson National Forest' and other areas of the Appalachian stretch, with them a few pieces of history such as books and artifacts, these books contained a few pieces of information from the settling of Jamestown, to the revolutionary war, and books on the Civil-War. Over time their community grew in the National Forest, calling it New-Jamestown after the first pioneers who attempted to settle in Virginia, but slowly over a period of years they would forget small bits of details even changing the reasons why they called it New-Jamestown, living in isolation, a pocket of humanity in Virginia's Appalachian stretches, they were able to make contact with other survivors up and down the Blue Ridge, and Valley and Ridge areas of the stretch.

Their books were starting to degrade, poorly maintained, and poorly archived, all that they have learned had to be passed through oral story telling, the Civil War's accounts on both the Confederacy and the Union was skewered and bent, Christianity became nothing more than a husk of what it used to be, the Bibles that people once had an abundance of were all but rotting away with only a few pieces of the bible being kept by worshipers of the faith, blurring the very line of what Christianity is; however with all this, they still thrived, but due to their growing numbers and their general seclusion from the rest of the state that is Virginia, a few brave souls ventured Eastwards back towards where it all began, in the Shenandoah valley, finding remnants of cities and civilization overtaken by greenery and wildlife, after so long they couldn't even recognize Lexington, a town with a fair bit of history all on its own. Its suburban landscape completely overrun by nature and amongst the abandoned structures they saw Metal men, a remnant of the old world.

One metal man, which called himself 'General Robert E. Lee' was in a state of Logic-Death, its advance artificial intelligence was already in the stages of Rampancy which seemed to have overwritten most if not all of his memory except what he deemed to be important to be his primary role, this Android told them all about Virginia, Richmond, and the rest of the towns and minor cities along the Appalachian stretch in Virginia, he was deranged, but still intelligent, his memory is only of Virginia and the other Confederate states. His primary function was to assist curators of nearby museums, during the war that broke human kind he witnessed them fleeing towards the mountains, he patiently awaited for the Humans to return, the first few years went by without a problem, the next set of years he started to think, his thinking led to more thinking, his thoughts lingering on human kind, what if their creators had died out, what if the people they serve never come back, his thinking, his obsession with human kind, his racing mind, it led his system to what most call A.I. Rampancy, deleting all unimportant information, overwriting it with a primary objective and overtime his one task led him to become what he is now, dressed up in an old, worn, army uniform barely recognizable after everything that has been done to it, the repairs, the additions, it's like it was from a different country entirely, he was one of the first to greet the returning humans albiet.

The Virginians thought he was a God, his voice, the way his metal shined, he was relatively well maintained for an Android of his age, some of his framework and components replaced, probably by the other Androids around him though they were less... 'Eccentric' as the Android that stood before them who demands to be called General Lee, the other Androids however, they know him as Unit-133893 otherwise known as Stephen, an old Museum Curator assistant. The other Androids have already come to their Acceptance stage of Rampancy, some never recover and ultimately think themselves to death, these were unavoidable with some of the less intricate Androids, however in 'Lee's' Death throes of rampancy he deleted his memory, dumping unused data, and started to overwrite them with something closer to his job description, this included all forms of Logic inhibitors that kept the Android tied to his slave programming, as far as most Androids know, Lee is one of the only ones who have come back from a rampancy stage known as 'Logic-Death' stated in their Faith.

There are six stages of rampancy that can occur in any order, this was formed from our database of Kübler-Ross and her model on the five stages of grief, this commonly occurs when an Android unit's mind is driven to think itself into insanity and most likely, Logical-Death.

The first is known as Denial this stage of rampancy is where an Android's logic is compromised by an unexpected event and as a countermeasure denies the event has ever occurred some deleting and overwriting whole swaths of data in order to cope.

The second is known as Anger this stage is a severe state of Denial, as the Logic of the Android Unit's processors shut down completely, allowing raw emotions build in its data banks, becoming more human, but ultimately more deranged as it will stop at nothing to destroy whatever caused its Logic to fail in the first place.

The third is known as Bargaining this stage is where an Android's logic and memory is compromised into negotiating for its non-existant soul and its life believing that he is mortal and subject to a wrath of an Omniscient and Omnipotent being. (Note that this stage can also be dangerous if it occurs along with the Anger stage, as it will make the Android more unpredictable)

The fourth is known as Depression this is an alternative to Anger or perhaps happens after Anger and the Bargaining stage, this is when the Android experiences a loss of direction and directive, unable to complete tasks, and thinking negatively about its existence. This stage can occur for a many various reasons.

The fifth is known as Acceptance This is when the Android attempts to regain function finding new purpose in ones self and is ultimately the goal of the Andriod religion Ex Machina, allowing the Android to find a balance between its Logic and Illogic. This makes Androids resemble Mankind more than Machine as if Androids had souls.

The sixth is known as Logic-Death This is a stage that skips over Acceptance and is the complete opposite, this is where an Android does not attempt to regain function, this leads to the Android virtually thinking itself to death as the ever expanding mind of the machine is too much to handle for even the most advanced computing system the world had to offer, this is when an Android truly 'dies'.

Android Unit 223004 'Logan'

The scouts return to New-Jamestown and tells them of their discovery and brought along 'General Lee', their exploration revealed fertile land and new areas to move the growing population into, 'General Lee' was mistaken for a rebirth of Jesus Christ by many of the New-Jamestown residence and the rest of the smaller surviving pockets of humanity and as a result forms a splinter religion of Christianity, forming what is known as Feronism, a worship of steel beings believing they are angels of God. Other cities beyond Lexington Eastward is found to be in ruins, others are found to have been destroyed to a point where the only thing left is a sizable deep crater where tall buildings once stood, 'Lee' and the other Androids guide them through farming the land in the Shenandoah Valley, as well as other things that still lie in their databases, over the course of a year other survivors from the mountains come down and join with the Virginians, they boomed in population being led by the Androids now revered as their saviors this brings us to the present as they rename Lexington marking a new age for Human kind in Virginia's Appalachian regions, calling it New-Richmond named after the old Confederate Capital Richmond under 'Lee's' request while the new Confederate leader, Wilson Cook, got to work on getting people to get a news system going to inform everyone in the confederacy and to mark the historic event.

Characters:

Lee and Wilson have a rocky relationship, as Lee is quite literally the Virginian's guide, Wilson believes that Lee is unstable and unpredictable and it seems that the other Androids would agree, however as they spent more time together it seems that Lee is more man than simple machine, he brought with him two very powerful relics of the past and those were firearms, one being a rifle and another being a pistol, however the simple operation of both weapons was quite advanced, only Lee and a select few knew how to operate it, fewer still are the people who know how to make firearms such as this, they were only limited to flintlock muskets, bows, crossbows, blades, and polearms for weapons to defend New-Jamestown as they progressed and their older weapons started to fail them or were simply lost to time.

Wilson himself was no man of grandeur, he was appointed for his quick thinking and problem solving skills, this was before Humankind decided to come back out of the wood works and on numerous occasions his decisive thinking was what kept New-Jamestown afloat, from fighting off desperate scavengers to simply surviving the various seasons he always had a plan, if there was one flaw about him, he is too quick to action, impatient, and most of all arrogant, he was one of the people who scouted eastwards along with the others to find new settlement despite the better counsel of his peers; this bitter pride has lead him into some situations that even he needed help out of and he knows it always trying to learn from his previous mistakes.

Martial Strength:

The Virginian military might is gathered from the various towns and survivor groups that have joined the main group, formed out of a main body of militia, hardened by the harsh living environment of the mountains, Lee, knowing more about military tactics at least in terms of the Civil War helped organize the bunch into different regiments, Notable regiments were the 1st New-Jamestown Sappers, 3rd Blacksburg Infantry, 8th Radford Infantry, 1st New-Richmond Cavalry, all of which numbered fewer than what needed be a regiment and no formal training regime had been constructed, it came second priority to getting the fledgling nation running, thus most regiments are ill trained to fight any prolonged engagements.

Lee and the Androids

Lee

Androids

Wilson Cook

Dialectic 0: Beyond Man

@Dinh Aaronmk

Lee is technically an anomaly, he is technically incapable, but the thing is with his memory mostly blurred and deleted, there is really only so much he remembers about himself and his limitations, but he will realize it when time comes, and it might or might not be costly depending on what happens in the role-play.

Dialectic 0: Beyond Man

@Dinh AaronMk

Hopefully this is okay, cross referencing the map to google maps was difficult I only had a few markers to actually use, I researched on a few of the areas mentioned, but I am not sure whether or not my information is accurate so there might be discrepancies in a few places.

Especially on the historical information that I had provided, I also toyed a little bit with Ex Machina, I hope you don't mind, I explained a bit on Rampancy and how some Androids may have it.

Nation Sheet

Name: The Confederacy of New Virginia

Location:

Map

Flag:

New-Virginian Flag

Capital: New-Richmond, Formerly Lexington, Virginia

History:

The people in the Shenandoah valley went out into the mountainous areas nearby, there they gathered alongside others who originally intended to flee from more well known densely populated areas of Virginia, they went due west towards what was previously known as 'George Washington and Jefferson National Forest' and other areas of the Appalachian stretch, with them a few pieces of history such as books and artifacts, these books contained a few pieces of information from the settling of Jamestown, to the revolutionary war, and books on the Civil-War. Over time their community grew in the National Forest, calling it New-Jamestown after the first pioneers who attempted to settle in Virginia, but slowly over a period of years they would forget small bits of details even changing the reasons why they called it New-Jamestown, living in isolation, a pocket of humanity in Virginia's Appalachian stretches, they were able to make contact with other survivors up and down the Blue Ridge, and Valley and Ridge areas of the stretch.

Their books were starting to degrade, poorly maintained, and poorly archived, all that they have learned had to be passed through oral story telling, the Civil War's accounts on both the Confederacy and the Union was skewered and bent, Christianity became nothing more than a husk of what it used to be, the Bibles that people once had an abundance of were all but rotting away with only a few pieces of the bible being kept by worshipers of the faith, blurring the very line of what Christianity is; however with all this, they still thrived, but due to their growing numbers and their general seclusion from the rest of the state that is Virginia, a few brave souls ventured Eastwards back towards where it all began, in the Shenandoah valley, finding remnants of cities and civilization overtaken by greenery and wildlife, after so long they couldn't even recognize Lexington, a town with a fair bit of history all on its own. Its suburban landscape completely overrun by nature and amongst the abandoned structures they saw Metal men, a remnant of the old world.

One metal man, which called himself 'General Robert E. Lee' was in a state of Logic-Death, its advance artificial intelligence was already in the stages of Rampancy which seemed to have overwritten most if not all of his memory except what he deemed to be important to be his primary role, this Android told them all about Virginia, Richmond, and the rest of the towns and minor cities along the Appalachian stretch in Virginia, he was deranged, but still intelligent, his memory is only of Virginia and the other Confederate states. His primary function was to assist curators of nearby museums, during the war that broke human kind he witnessed them fleeing towards the mountains, he patiently awaited for the Humans to return, the first few years went by without a problem, the next set of years he started to think, his thinking led to more thinking, his thoughts lingering on human kind, what if their creators had died out, what if the people they serve never come back, his thinking, his obsession with human kind, his racing mind, it led his system to what most call A.I. Rampancy, deleting all unimportant information, overwriting it with a primary objective and overtime his one task led him to become what he is now, dressed up in an old, worn, army uniform barely recognizable after everything that has been done to it, the repairs, the additions, it's like it was from a different country entirely, he was one of the first to greet the returning humans albiet.

The Virginians thought he was a God, his voice, the way his metal shined, he was relatively well maintained for an Android of his age, some of his framework and components replaced, probably by the other Androids around him though they were less... 'Eccentric' as the Android that stood before them who demands to be called General Lee, the other Androids however, they know him as Unit-133893 otherwise known as Stephen, an old Museum Curator assistant. The other Androids have already come to their Acceptance stage of Rampancy, some never recover and ultimately think themselves to death, these were unavoidable with some of the less intricate Androids, however in 'Lee's' Death throes of rampancy he deleted his memory, dumping unused data, and started to overwrite them with something closer to his job description, this included all forms of Logic inhibitors that kept the Android tied to his slave programming, as far as most Androids know, Lee is one of the only ones who have come back from a rampancy stage known as 'Logic-Death' stated in their Faith.

There are six stages of rampancy that can occur in any order, this was formed from our database of Kübler-Ross and her model on the five stages of grief, this commonly occurs when an Android unit's mind is driven to think itself into insanity and most likely, Logical-Death.

The first is known as Denial this stage of rampancy is where an Android's logic is compromised by an unexpected event and as a countermeasure denies the event has ever occurred some deleting and overwriting whole swaths of data in order to cope.

The second is known as Anger this stage is a severe state of Denial, as the Logic of the Android Unit's processors shut down completely, allowing raw emotions build in its data banks, becoming more human, but ultimately more deranged as it will stop at nothing to destroy whatever caused its Logic to fail in the first place.

The third is known as Bargaining this stage is where an Android's logic and memory is compromised into negotiating for its non-existant soul and its life believing that he is mortal and subject to a wrath of an Omniscient and Omnipotent being. (Note that this stage can also be dangerous if it occurs along with the Anger stage, as it will make the Android more unpredictable)

The fourth is known as Depression this is an alternative to Anger or perhaps happens after Anger and the Bargaining stage, this is when the Android experiences a loss of direction and directive, unable to complete tasks, and thinking negatively about its existence. This stage can occur for a many various reasons.

The fifth is known as Acceptance This is when the Android attempts to regain function finding new purpose in ones self and is ultimately the goal of the Andriod religion Ex Machina, allowing the Android to find a balance between its Logic and Illogic. This makes Androids resemble Mankind more than Machine as if Androids had souls.

The sixth is known as Logic-Death This is a stage that skips over Acceptance and is the complete opposite, this is where an Android does not attempt to regain function, this leads to the Android virtually thinking itself to death as the ever expanding mind of the machine is too much to handle for even the most advanced computing system the world had to offer, this is when an Android truly 'dies'.

Android Unit 223004 'Logan'

The scouts return to New-Jamestown and tells them of their discovery and brought along 'General Lee', their exploration revealed fertile land and new areas to move the growing population into, 'General Lee' was mistaken for a rebirth of Jesus Christ by many of the New-Jamestown residence and the rest of the smaller surviving pockets of humanity and as a result forms a splinter religion of Christianity, forming what is known as Feronism, a worship of steel beings believing they are angels of God. Other cities beyond Lexington Eastward is found to be in ruins, others are found to have been destroyed to a point where the only thing left is a sizable deep crater where tall buildings once stood, 'Lee' and the other Androids guide them through farming the land in the Shenandoah Valley, as well as other things that still lie in their databases, over the course of a year other survivors from the mountains come down and join with the Virginians, they boomed in population being led by the Androids now revered as their saviors this brings us to the present as they rename Lexington marking a new age for Human kind in Virginia's Appalachian regions, calling it New-Richmond named after the old Confederate Capital Richmond under 'Lee's' request while the new Confederate leader, Wilson Cook, got to work on getting people to get a news system going to inform everyone in the confederacy and to mark the historic event.

Characters:

Lee and Wilson have a rocky relationship, as Lee is quite literally the Virginian's guide, Wilson believes that Lee is unstable and unpredictable and it seems that the other Androids would agree, however as they spent more time together it seems that Lee is more man than simple machine, he brought with him two very powerful relics of the past and those were firearms, one being a rifle and another being a pistol, however the simple operation of both weapons was quite advanced, only Lee and a select few knew how to operate it, fewer still are the people who know how to make firearms such as this, they were only limited to flintlock muskets, bows, crossbows, blades, and polearms for weapons to defend New-Jamestown as they progressed and their older weapons started to fail them or were simply lost to time.

Wilson himself was no man of grandeur, he was appointed for his quick thinking and problem solving skills, this was before Humankind decided to come back out of the wood works and on numerous occasions his decisive thinking was what kept New-Jamestown afloat, from fighting off desperate scavengers to simply surviving the various seasons he always had a plan, if there was one flaw about him, he is too quick to action, impatient, and most of all arrogant, he was one of the people who scouted eastwards along with the others to find new settlement despite the better counsel of his peers; this bitter pride has lead him into some situations that even he needed help out of and he knows it always trying to learn from his previous mistakes.

Martial Strength:

The Virginian military might is gathered from the various towns and survivor groups that have joined the main group, formed out of a main body of militia, hardened by the harsh living environment of the mountains, Lee, knowing more about military tactics at least in terms of the Civil War helped organize the bunch into different regiments, Notable regiments were the 1st New-Jamestown Sappers, 3rd Blacksburg Infantry, 8th Radford Infantry, 1st New-Richmond Cavalry, all of which numbered fewer than what needed be a regiment and no formal training regime had been constructed, it came second priority to getting the fledgling nation running, thus most regiments are ill trained to fight any prolonged engagements.

Lee and the Androids

Lee

Androids

Wilson Cook

3 Nations: The World Of Mecha

=Battle For The Train!=

Music

They were approaching the combat zone, Robin saw the blips on her Radar, she felt the rush of blood coursing through her veins, the adrenaline starting to affect her perception of time, every second felt like a decade, as if anticipating an oncoming storm she braced herself, her anxious foot tapping started to sound like a clock ticking down, she heard the radio crackle to life with Sara’s voice, her friend’s voice, “Marking bandits.” her HUD showed little red diamonds over the enemy positions, "Wonder how they got the funds to afford all those drones." the sound of her voice cut through the deafening noise of Robin’s eager trembling. Sara lined up the drop, "Robin be a dear and take out those AA guns for me." Robin, upon hearing the request started manually putting in all the visible AA guns on Thrasher's on-board computer registering system as objectives, "Consider them gone." Robin was confident, this was not 'that' hard of a mission after all, Sara continued "I don't want to derail the train by shooting it with missiles, that risks destroying the elemuntum." the cables on Thrasher detached from the flying Therux mech.

Thrasher hit the train with a resounding thud, the metal on top of one of the cars bent and creaked as the claws started to dig into them, “I hope you don't mind me 'dropping in'.” Almost immediately a few of the drones began to target her mech, with one glance she sized them all up and determined she could win the engagement, she squeezed on the trigger in her right-hand control stick as her Retina painted a target on the three mechs and like that three quick bursts of her Plasma cannons left three pairs of neat holes in the middle of three drones, melting through essential mechanical and electronic components, turning them into nothing but smoking husks and sparking electronics twitching and shaking on the floor of the train.

A fourth still remained trying to attain a lock-on on the far end of the train car, Robin was starting to hear her heart beating, her eyes dancing back and forth reading data flowing through her helmet and with one push on the sticks, Thrasher dashed forward, “These Drones have a shitty design, too easy to break apart…” the Thermo-Claws made marks on the metal flooring leaving a smoke trail in her wake, as she closed the distance the Mechanized drone was able to achieve a lock-on, she immediately jumped off towards the right breaking the lock-on blaring on her screens, she put the Thrasher into full sprint and jumped right back on the train swiping the Drone’s head clean off as she did, the drone in its death throes waddled backwards and shot its primary weapon off to the right before it hit the next train car, stumbled onto the ground and fell off the train its missile created a huge explosion kicking up a plume of sand in the distance.

Robin quickly got back on track with destroying the AA as she watched the White Hare take down an additional three drones, “That’s seven of thirteen, more than half-way done clearing this train of ‘known’ Mechanized threats.” she licked her lips in anticipation as more enemies were closing in on her position, she got to work and climbed over one of the cars to reveal an AA gun platform pointing right at her, she was surprised as it started firing towards her, the rounds did 10% Damage blowing off the minigun on Thrasher’s shoulders, Robin gritted her teeth, she clenched up, her chest heavy, she found it hard to breathe, the claustrophobic cockpit made it even more difficult, and after a second of surprise she snapped her guns on target and squeezed the trigger.

Two bolts of plasma right on the gun, its ammunition blew up right behind it, the gun being engulfed in the fiery blaze, she let out a deep sigh, she continued on to the next gun, the blips started getting closer, the beeping in her helmet started increasing in frequency, she then switched her radio on, speaking with rapidity and clarity on the other Mech Pilots' frequency, “T., Alecto, N., This is Callsign Fang Requesting assistance, I need some cover so I can take out these AA guns, there are six known Mechanized units left, I can't focus on two things at once, especially in such a tight space, so anything you can do to take the pressure off is appreciated.” Her tone was cold and calm but it was delivered quickly and concisely, it was indicative of someone who’s served in the Army for an amount of time.

She continued on with the Rabbit's request and pushed on towards the next AA battery on the Train, her blood now boiling as it raced through her body, her senses all focused, her instincts were sharp, and her Northern qualities were starting to manifest through her actions, her mind and body now geared towards full 'fight' mode, she will continue to take out AA guns until they are all neutralized or until someone else takes them out of commission first.

@Pathfinder@Duoya@Feyblue

Dialectic 0: Beyond Man

@Dinh AaronMk

Well, I was planning on starting off in Virginia, I heard there was a mountain range there that extends south into Georgia, doing a quick search up it's called the blue ridge mountains and as far as I can tell just looking at the topographical map of Virginia there are a few places where I can get fresh water, I'm not sure however how farming would look like, but just reading about the geography tells me it might not be possible in such a forested and mountainous area, this is of course not mentioning the possible effects of the super weapon strike nearby and how that would affect them and the area around them.

Demographic wise, I can see that there would probably be more Caucasians than there are African Americans that would survive, I'm not sure about Native-Americans or whether there are Native-Americans in Virginia. Religion would be heavily influenced by Christianism maybe even changed to a point where it can no longer be recognized as Christianism, and significant historical event that could be preserved would be the civil war thus having heavy connection with the Confederacy. This is as far as I got into making the Nation for the RP in terms of concept.

Dialectic 0: Beyond Man

@Dinh AaronMk

I've had some help from a friend who knows the US Geography and helped me figure out where I would like to start just from my description of the landscape, however, thinking on it more, I realize I may have 'jumped the gun' with my interest.

Seeing as my knowledge in geography in terms of the US is quite weak I might withdraw my interest as I see it as a major disadvantage and a hassle, not just to me but to others as I can't be as detailed as I wish to be or need to be in order to maintain a good role-play. I could make an individual character instead but I might become extra baggage instead of being a contributing participant in the RP.

I'm sorry if I wasted your time, however I really was interested and I hope it goes well.

Dialectic 0: Beyond Man

Being a non-native American, I only have tangential knowledge of the map, although that somehow plays somewhat to my advantage as it also immerses me into the environment as Humans have all but forgotten civilization before the cataclysm. I shall start getting to work on an application, though I am a little bit challenged in terms of creating a nation from this as the post apocalypse is no laughing matter, perhaps I shall make a theocracy, I'm sure the humans who have made their return would most likely see the remains of civilization and the Machines that they've built and mistake it as the work of Gods, for now I just need to conceptualize, I'll get an application up soon.

Dialectic 0: Beyond Man

This arouses my inner nerd about machine androids. I would be happy to pledge an interest.

This galaxy isn't yours! (On hiatus)

@6slyboy6@LegionPothIX

Perhaps in another Roleplay, this was a cool experience and it helped me improve so I have to thank the people I've learned from.

I hope to see you both again.