Starboard Watch

Ares Solutions Inc. - A modern day PMC Roleplay

@Starboard Watch Good question. It's set in the modern day earth of 2020 C.E. although with the speed of posting we'll probably lag current events by +/- weeks, eventually months. There will however be fictional microstates, banana republics, etc. to play around in, as well as some fictional cities/towns/villages etc, but beyond that it is our real world that is the setting; I'll make sure to add this to the top of the thread. Cam I put you down as "interested"?

@Andreyich

Yes, of course.

Battle of Targus IV (Gunther/Starboard Watch)

I love it! It all looks good to me. By the structure of the Regiment, though, I meant more on the idea of it being more of a "parent" unit to subordinate battalions, which far exceed the normal structure of a US Army Regiment. Basically there being a bunch of battalions subservient to the Regiment which are operationally issued out to Brigade Fighting-Groups, and the Regiment itself subordinate to a Sector-based Division, which in turn is subordinate to a Regional Army.

Ares Solutions Inc. - A modern day PMC Roleplay

When is this set in, as in what year and all that? And is it set in an alternate world or something that is basically our own?

Battle of Targus IV (Gunther/Starboard Watch)

I like the idea of there being towed anti-tank weapons, perhaps of a railgun-type variety.

As for the vehicles, I think sticking with the Germanic theme would be interesting.

What do you think of my concept as the Regiments being more organized like the British Army?

Battle of Targus IV (Gunther/Starboard Watch)

I see what you mean. I was thinking more stylistically and poetically rather than what it organizationally actually meant. But I'll go ahead and amend it for you. I see your point.

What is your thought as far as the organization of the RPR?

Battle of Targus IV (Gunther/Starboard Watch)

It appears our characters are in the same armored car charging into battle together based on what you wrote and your response.

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@Gunther

Sorry I was confused. Initially I imagined Childebrand standing on the balcony of the ruined house, but now I see what you wrote and I like it a lot better.

You calling the Brigade 'CHILDEBRAND Brigade' reminded me of the German Kampfgruppen, and since we're working in that sort of "theme" I decided to have him call it that.

Also wanted to ask you what you thought of my concept on the Royal Panchalan Regiment being more along the lines of the large-style regiments of the British Army, with a lot of battalions organized under the basic Regimental structure, with Divisions being more for the Sectors? Like so we would have the 1st-90th Battalions under the RPR, which itself is under the Severacian Division, which itself is subordinate to the Army of the Sagittarius Arm.

This sort of regimental styles would only be for the remaining Pre-War regiments, who still preserve their traditions. The volunteer regiments, I think, would be smaller and ultimately operationally subservient to the RPR even if they are technically equals.

Battle of Targus IV (Gunther/Starboard Watch)

Brigadier Childebrand looked down into the armored car and could see the young driver, Gefreiter Dalfin, who was driving pedal-to-metal to get the front-leading officer to where his men were by now beginning their opening maneuvers. True to the custom of the Panchalans, and indeed the entire Empire, an officer would be required to lead from the front. Changes to the operation were always, as the doctrine taught to them said, better conducted in the direct field of fire.

He looked behind him and could see a convoy of armored cars, perhaps ten or twelve of them, likewise on a course to assist the infantry operations. The flag of the Royal Panchalan Regiment fluttered in the wind on each of their cars. Their part in the plan, an ingenious gambit that if it paid off would surely throw the Chasseurs in disarray but if it didn't would doom the defense to defeat, would be to smash through the weakest point in their lines and overwhelm the already occupied enemy infantry. It would be, in essence, like a cavalry charge of Old. Like when Procas cut apart the Tirolian lines on the Fields of Trantano.

"Lieutenant! Issue the codeword to the Brigade!" The Brigadier shouted down over the roar of the engines. The watch-word Ritterschaft would denote that the officers of the companies and battalions would begin their offensive operations, and to signal to the convoy that they would soon be breaking through the enemy lines, and to prepare for engagement.

Battle of Targus IV (Gunther/Starboard Watch)

Yes it does. I'll move him back to being a Brigadier General as he as previously and you can be the aide-de-camp.

Battle of Targus IV (Gunther/Starboard Watch)

History

Farewell, Fatherland
Remember us
Farewell, familiar faces
Not all of us will return

The Imperial Commonwealth is in flames.

After the death of Emperor Ignatius the Glorious, Prince Arnaud, Count of the Outer Stars, raised his banner in Rebellion against the rightful Emperor, his own brother, Honorius Norbanus Antius. The system of Alpha Centauri, one of the core systems of the Empire, was the first to support him as the Prince called the Galaxy to arms on the steps of the White Fort on Gelasia, the capital of the system. Soon, dozens of other systems would join the insurrection against the Emperor.

That was six years ago.

The Empire and the Rebellion have been fighting a grueling war across the stars for control of the Galaxy. The Empire is fighting to preserve the Union of Man which has persisted through other rebellions and threats for twenty centuries, to protect the Holy Kingdom that the Holy Procas had formed through sword and conquest in the ashes of the Deluge. The Rebellion is leading a Revolution, to totally cast away the chains that were forced upon man two-thousand years ago, to lead Man into a New Order of dignity and respect.

The Empire, at its height, controlled most of the Galaxy. It had grown so large, that out of the Terran Race grew many sprouting branches of different folks, spread out across the stars. Separated by custom, slight differences in language, and by the stars themselves, they were united by the Emperor and their shared racial heritage. Even the Martians, that Race of seven-foot copper giants, pledged their undying loyalty to the Emperor, who reigned simultaneously as the Universal Emperor of Man but also as the High King of Mars.

But the Revolution has set folk against folk, man against man, brother against brother. Originally intending, and still secretly, the Bloody Prince sought to claim the Rosy Throne from his brother, who he saw as an unfit Emperor. But the cost of the War has forced him to change the succession crisis into a Crusade against all that is Holy: Order, Aristocracy, and Truth. Lying when it suits him, telling the truth when it doesn't, Prince Arnaud has conscripted half the Galaxy in a quest for blood against his own family. Mobilizing them into an army of bloodthirsty beasts, he would strike at the very heart of the Empire and topple the false Emperor, and tear down the whole rotten system with him.

In the third year of the War, Commodore Simon d'Bocher (known to the Terrans as Simon the Butcher, and for good reason) led an Armada against the home system of the Terran Race. After a long and hardfought struggle, the Home Fleet of the Empire was annihilated and the twin worlds of Terra and Mars fell victim to the vengeance of the beasts. Terra was conquered ruthlessly, most of its cities reduced to ash, but Mars was not given such a treatment. The entire Martian Race was annihilated, their planet stripped of the atmosphere that Man toiled to build before the Deluge. What little of the Martians that remain fight in the ranks of the Imperial Army, fighting for revenge against their slain Race.

In this sixth year, the War has ground into a bloody stalemate across a widefront, stabilized relatively along the Galactic Axis. Trillions of men are locked in deadly combat across the Galaxy, on planets far from their home. Only a miracle can save the Empire, and only a miracle could bring the Revolution to deliver the final blow against their sworn foe.

Battle of Targus IV (Gunther/Starboard Watch)

Posted in quotes our discord discussions straight copy-pasted. If you wish I can write up some more elaborate lore. Moved the characters to Characters.

Sorry for lack of decorum!