Tearstone

Firefly-Type RP

Shiny. I've got the Firefly RPG materials. I could have some fun floatin' 'round the verse in a ship with a plucky crew.

To Break Physics (Open-World Spaceship RP; Ender Quintet AU)

With the Ansibles, you're basically talking about a version of quantum entanglement, correct?

I could get into this RP some.

Dying Light

I'm still around.

Just been waiting for things to get ready to start before I subbie a character, just so that way I know all the changes and updates are done.

Are they?

Extraction (Run and gun horror)

Nice. good format. There are incoming updates for the weapons. Magnetic sights are something I hadn't considered.

Extraction (Run and gun horror)

Oh! I know, Battle: LA meets Dead Space... or Resistance: Fall of Man

Extraction (Run and gun horror)

Heh, that's kind of my point when talking about the M96. I was seeing it as a bigger bore version of the Barret M92A1 or Barret 105 rifles. They have recoil compensation that normally should make your shoulder want to fall off. Its still not fun to fire for extended periods, but its not inconceivable to have immediate follow-up shots on multiple targets at mid-ranges like 800 meters, and can reach out easily to 1500 meters and beyond. That's present day military capability.

Nobody said anything about smoozing and romance or anything, but each element I mentioned, like having civilians being extracted with the team changes the tactics of the unit. Instead of running and gunning, in a continual fallback exercise, they'd have to arrange more cover fire, be more careful... and how long would it be until one or more of those civilians turned on them? They wouldn't have the MOP/NBC gear to protect them from the spores... most of them anyway.

It's all good stuff, and I'm just throwing things out there to think about, to add or discard, or things that might be cause and effect. This is an idea that's got such possibility and potential, I could write a novel or movie script off of it. It's not often I find an idea on the Guild that I want to take the time to put some creative energy into it... to try to help flesh it out.

Honestly the whole thing feels like it takes from multiple sources and genres, everything from Black Hawk Down and Doomsday to the Halo Series, to Last of Us, to Left 4 Dead, Resident Evil (movies), to Battle Los Angeles, and more. But that's what we call research! XD I think this can very well be a great game/rp/scenario. Please don't take my comments or messages as being nitpicky or what have you. I'm just pointing out things I see, and trying to offer suggestions or advice, or ideas. I know it's the GM's world.

Also, nobody said anything about an offensive. The city is already lost. This is a retreating action under close quarters combat. Ugh... an M96 fired down a hallway would be nasty. (How far do you think it would over-penetrate soft targets?) My earlier posts were in mention of what I would have done if I were a commander and for some reason I thought using ground troops for anything besides containment was a good idea. We're waaaaaay beyond that now.

I more than understand the parameters of the scenario. --- It was more about something that could have been done better, and possibly why it played out the way it did. Unless that was exactly the tactic selected at first. (never mentioned). Our boots on the ground could even have gripes or complaints about how their forces were deployed. You know soldiers and marines, they'll gripe and gripe, but they'll do their job.

Extraction (Run and gun horror)

How come this spore hasn't overrun the planet before? - What is there in the environment, plant or animal, that is the counter-balance? Or is there?

Has the planet been overrun before? Is this an alien contagion or naturally occurring?

More thoughts.

Also, I just realized what this reminded me of - Halo series - The Flood!

Extraction (Run and gun horror)

See, my original thought, Geoffrey was "Somebody in command screwed up. they should have sealed off the first few levels of several buildings, and put riflemen in every window, while forward observers called in incendiary/white phosphorous artillery/cannon strikes to set the infected and spores on fire... or be coordinating napalm/thermite plasma drops down the streets." -- Bad command decisions happen for one reason or another.

But if the situation had already spun out of control, they probably should have just sanitized the city with neutrino waves (if they could do them) or other means and been done with it.

Where is Patient Zero, and how did they become infected? - I'd love to not only play the current scenario out, but also run another related situation where a different team is trying to find out what really happened, and so on.

Also, how far would the spores be carried on the wind? How long until they started another infection/infestation somewhere else? Any killed high up on high rise buildings might send their spores far... ... sorry I keep thinking of stuff. This could all turn out to be really good stuff.

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I will say this 180 rounds per minute is a little slow for a belt-fed 7.62 mm LMG. However, from the feel I get, I bet its rounds hit like a Mack truck and a 3 round burst does horrible things to the infected.

Also... Would there be marine units deployed with plasma ejectors/flame throwers to destroy the spores?

What about incendiary grenades? Also most squads (10-15 men) usually have two grenadiers or guys equipped with grenade launchers. Any chance of them or their gear being in the unit. Everybody would be trained on them, but only the best with those weapons would be carrying them at the time. Also, any sidearms in the unit?

I do like the M96 rifle. It's actually a freaking huge round, bigger than a .50 cal. Basically it.s a .787 cal. 800 yards seems a little short, but I blame that on a scope that's less advanced than the current US military's ACOG site. But then again in an urban environment, I don't suppose you're going to need to reach out and touch targets farther away than that, unless you're on a specific fire mission for a specific target. For something like that you'd probably need a spotter, ballistics/targeting computer, and a good flight corridor. I know that the CheyTac M200 Intervention is currently delivering sub-MOA accuracy at 2300 meters, with reports of hits at two and a half miles. However, I think by what you've laid out this weapon is designed for precision delivery of maximum materiel damage, and the biggest temporary wound cavities you can afford in a sniper weapon platform. Loud, but will probably blow most targets in half if they're fairly big. May rip a small man to pieces.

Overall, I think the M96 works, but think it is capable of a lot more with the right things, and the right situation.

What about secondary gear, such as Kabars, water, rations, medical supplies, short range radios, smoke, survival items (like ferro rods), NVG's, NBC/M.O.P. or Environmental gear?

Also, instead of being pure marines in the group... perhaps we might have a few civilians to evacuate with us?

Extraction (Run and gun horror)

Well, if the numbers don't get too high, I would be up for running a squad/fireteam rather than just an individual character.

Also, I might bug a couple of people I know who like military type action.