Rhona W

Shadows of Steel (Space Fighter Combat RP)

Guys, I'm just going to point out - while you may have specific skills in your fighters, what they carry on their hardpoints into battle on a mission will be handled the same way as it is in the real world; you don't get to cherry-pick and choose what you fly equipped with. It depends what the mission we have handed to us is. You won't always fly with the same set up from mission to mission.

Plus I like negative relationships too, adds depth

They're great, unless they're the only thing in a game, and we end up with everyone just squabbling and not getting anywhere. But that shouldn't be an issue.
And besides, there'd only be a certain amount of tolerance for it within the military too - if it got to the point where the unit was too dysfunctional to actually do any kind of work because none of us could stand to work together, then there'd be serious questions raised about it's ability and reliability to perform any kind of mission, and the appropriate punishments would be handed out (punishment details, removal of privileges, reassignment, etc).

Also, if none the characters could bear to work with people they didn't like, then none of them probably would have got through any kind of basic training, let alone becoming commissioned officers and then fighter pilots on top of that.

Working on a section for the opening post of the OOC with some more details about military life and organization and the IC post will follow soon after.

Shadows of Steel (Space Fighter Combat RP)

Sorry for the delay in getting the post up. I'll try and get it done tomorrow evening instead. Apologies for this unexpected delay.

Shadows of Steel (Space Fighter Combat RP)

New IC will go up tomorrow, FYI!

Shadows of Steel (Space Fighter Combat RP)

@urukhai Bro... I don't think the ship is in hyperspace yet, I mean, the GM post noted it wouldn't be until another tswo hours.

@Natsucooldude

This is correct, the ship isn't due to make the jump until two hours. It has to transit to a safe spot to make the jump first.

sorry to just randomly pop up with a char without prior notice to everyone, but sometimes things just work out that way.

also, was not stalking the thread....

at all.

@HopelessIncubus

He was hiding in the bushes outside my flat, waiting to ask if I would let him into the RP ;)

Your character looks fine, though his picture is a lot more feline than Isorlai (which are Sergals, I just nicked the races' appearance for my own purposes :P)
No real need to change it especially though; I'd just imagine he has the same colouration and build, but is an Isorlai.

As for where to join in; you could have your character have boarded the ship on the same shuttle, but somehow become lost or otherwise not managed to meet up with the others until just now.

Task Force Echo (A Special Forces RP)

I'm still here, albeit a bit unsure what to do with my character to make it interesting for me right now. I'll stick around though.

Shadows of Steel (Space Fighter Combat RP)

Let the poor girl live. She said she'd been awake for 24 hours so naturally when you're laying down you're gonna fall asleep. But if you want to, she's probably just going to ignore the rant.

@RainDash

Not to mention goodness knows how all the time zones must be matching up travelling from planet to planet. It's bad enough on an international flight. Trying to concentrate and work hard after all of that would give anyone trouble.

Shadows of Steel (Space Fighter Combat RP)

1st lieutenant and 2nd lieutenant are still lieutenants, and would normally be addressed as such as far as I can tell. The mention of first or second wouldn't come up all that often, I don't think.
And you might be right regarding the command rank of major too, after a bit of looking into it.

Shadows of Steel (Space Fighter Combat RP)

I'll put something together and get it up within the next couple of days :)

Shadows of Steel (Space Fighter Combat RP)

I wouldn't worry about the colour coding system too much, it was mainly there for flavour rather than for anything that had to be remembered. Plus, I figured on a ship the size of the one our characters are on, something like would make a hell of a lot of sense. I mean, modern US aircraft carriers are already almost a 1/4 of a mile long, our starship is almost four times bigger than that. Some kind of help in knowing your way around would be vital. And I've seen similar things in hospitals, businesses and theme parks before too. It seemed like a clever, and low-tech thing to implement.

And if you want help with the military side of things, I'm always here to ask for advice. I've never been in the military myself, but I read a hell of a lot of reference material. I wanted to be in the Royal Air Force myself, but as I'm asthmatic and have poor eyesight, it was never going to happen. Roleplaying and writing is about as close as I can get. That and the occasional airshow or excursion to go airsofting.

I can always either add to the OP with some references to modern-day Naval Air Squadron/Air Force life, operations and lingo, or put a post up just with it in, if people feel it would help at all?

Shadows of Steel (Space Fighter Combat RP)

I made a few edits to the rules and the character sheet as notes regarding realism, following a re-read of a couple of things and the current situation IC, as I wanted to make sure that we're all on the same page regarding the 'feel' of the game. Namely, that DefCom is quite squarely close to a modern-day military and all that entails regarding training, discipline, rank, maintenance and general day-to-day life and organization/operations etc. as opposed to some of the more casual and laid-back militaries that are featured in fiction (like the rebel alliance, for example, where a farm kid who used to fly a space-cessna to kill small animals can be accepted as a fighter pilot on a vital mission).

I'm at work, so I can't respond quickly, but I'll also be sending PM's to a couple of people to address a few things.

EDIT: I also edited my IC post, as I realised from the way I'd written it, it makes seem as if Erien is giving the PA address, which is supposed to come from the ships' captain and not her.
I broke up the description of the tour around the ship as well, to make it easier to follow.