Rhona W

Shadows of Steel (Space Fighter Combat RP)

Hokay, post is up - mainly it's a short one addressing what's going on in the hangar bay to begin with. As soon as I get a reply, I'll also add mine with a bit more to go on for everyone else too. I'll have Erien also talk to Nyx separately too in another post :P

I've added a new link in the opening post of the OOC in the game information section which has a lot of background info on the kind of training fighter pilots undergo, the kind of missions they perform and what their day-to-day routine is. It's based heavily on modern-day fighters pilots for reference (as that's all we really have to go on!) and I've used links to assist where necessary. Hopefully that'll help with understanding how DefCom functions, and what our duties and way of life in character will be like, and the kind of things our characters should know about and be aware of in their role.

Shadows of Steel (Space Fighter Combat RP)

Erien had kept up a dialogue with her craft's crew chief as they worked on the adjustments to her fighter. The Syreen adjusted the seat, setting it correctly for the tall and lithe Isorlai's posture and build. Were it not correctly fitted, not only would her fyling being distinctly below par, it'd also be massively dangerous should she need to eject. Additionally, the stick and throttle were adjusted for the reach of her arms, and the displays and holographic touch-screens set for her particular build and reach.
With so many races involved in the League, the introduction of adjustable and modular cockpit fittings had been a necessity; it was more cost-effective than trying to fit separate cockpits for all of the different races, given the wide range of body shapes possible for any pilot. It did mean that a particular fighter ended up being assigned to a particular pilot for a whole tour of duty, but the ease with which the cockpit could be re-set meant that the 'spare' for any squadron could rapidly be set up if need be too.
Much like Nick, she noted with a great deal of appreciation that the Sabre was as responsive as could be. She hadn't had a chance to view her particular crafts' log yet, nor those of any of the squadrons' craft, but she'd known they weren't new machines and had come back from a depot-level rebuild. The crew had done wonders though, reassembling them from crates. Everything was trimmed and tweaked as close to the wire as possible, with only the last-minute fixes being what they'd needed assistance with.
More than satisfied, the Isorlai climbed down from the cockpit and exchanged thanks with the Syreen chief, who nodded in approval, and got back to supervising the last of the work. As she turned around, Erien witnessed the exchange between Nyx and Gurjan. Unsure of how it had started, but not willing to let it go on any longer, she headed in a beeline for the fighter at the center of the scrape, a stormy look on her face.
As she was nearly there, she saw the human female dart away, heading for the female head. Barely suppressing a snarl, she made up her mind to deal with them one at a time, instead singling out Gurjan.
As she stepped up, she drew herself up to height and eyeballed the other Isorlai with a thunderously cold and stony glance, flicking her eye sideways to Elik as well, before she spoke in a clipped, flint-hard voice.
"Lieutenant Wallon, Please explain to me why in the coldest pit, you are kicking Chief Grayson's tools around the hangar deck, and why Lieutenant Miles is currently hiding in the Head. And I want the truth, mister. No bullshit; we seriously do not have time right now."
She glanced aside to Elik and gestured sideways with her head. "Hel'kayik, go and see to your fighter. I'll speak to you later on."
She looked at the other Isorlai and waited for him to explain himself. She didn't tap her foot, didn't raise an eyebrow. Instead, she stood, arms folded and expression fixed with her eyes riveted to his face.

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 :)