Voltus_Ventus

A World War 2 RP

Yes there is but I've had no time to finish the OOC, I just about have enough time to post for my other RPs but otherwise I'm always out with the fam or on the road

The Sun Will Never Set (A Statisticless NRP)(It had a good run)

I would like to thank all those that put effort into this RP and hope that you all had a good time but unfortunatly it seems that the time has come for it to end. Thank you for participating and happy RPing.

Aether: Legend of the Crimson Dusicyon - Now Recruiting Crewmates!

The Previous Evening

Nikola

Nikola had never been askeed that question before and thus was never given the excuse to come up with an answer, not even for his own sake. He looked over at Dorkface and nodded, she indeed did not have a dorky face and he knew that beneath that animal head was intelligence far beyond what should be there. His mind went off track for a few moments beofre he openned his mouth, an answer had come to him out of the blue of his distraction and it seemed to suit the question quite nicely.

"You will have to forgive," he began, "My english is... Not good." he began to explain the origins of his pet's name.

Nikola came to know Dorkface when he was an adolescent, wandering the streets of his smokey, smoggy island looking for work. He was plonked on top of a crate, taking a break from his job searching, when a small furry creature romped over; it sat infront of the crate, on it's hindlegs, and looked up at him. As a young boy going through rough times he had only one thing to say to it.

"Go away! Dork face!" to add insult to injury he spat at the little rodent and it seemed to have gotten the message as it instantly scurried off. After that day the little creature popped up constantly and again an again he had to get it to leave by yelling the same phrase, as his english was bad and he didn't know anything else to call it. Eventualy he grew use to having the animal around and with no thought of naming it, Dorkface kind of stuck.

Sometime Later

Dorkface had not slept because Nikola had not slept, the prior night she had followed Nikola to his bed room thinking that it was time to sleep but it seemed that Nikola had other things in mind. From it's position leaned up against the wall, he hefted up a sheet of glass and plonked it down on top of his desk, it had grid lines all over it and upon brushing his hands over it a white light glowed on it's surface beofre a hologram projected upwards. It was a map of Tirbetha; from what he assumed, black beard still had a ship and after scanning the city over he decided that there would only be a few locations that it would be. Why was he intersted? Parts.

He estimated that the ship did not have long left before the engines would break down to the point they could not be repaired, scrap parts would no longer do as they only seemed to last a few months, he kept teling himself that at least, the truth was that the ship was running dangerously low on scrap and with prey fewer and farther between, it was becoming harder to maintain the engines.

Nikola sighed and looked down at the grated cat-walk beneath his feet, there the engine purred soundly, not knowing the fate that would befall it if parts were to run out; Nikola's heart reached out to it, he wasn't going to let anything happen to his baby.

The Present

Nikola could not wait and hear what Gerlach had to say, he needed to speak with the captain immediatly. Ducking out of the cafeteria, Nikola rushed to the elevator with a small, frightened Dorkface on his shoulder. 'Why is he in such a hurry?' as she was rocked around, letting out a silent sigh of relief as he stepped into the elevator and punched a button to take them to the officer's area, 'Going Down.' she thought as they whizzed downwards.

The doors to the elevator whooshed open and Nikola was hit by the gentle draft of an air-conditioned room, it felt like he was being kissed by thousands of tiny mouths; he looked down to see Dorkface licking his chin.

"My captain?" he hissed, looking around for their one-eyed leader.

Point of Departure: World War II

I'll take the silence as a no and take my leave.

Bye all, good luck with the RP.

Point of Departure: World War II

I posted my NS on the last page I think.. Was it ok?

Point of Departure: World War II

Ready to be looked over!

The Sovereign Dominion of Newfoundland

+Nation Name:  The Dominion of Newfoundland

+Leader: Priminister Lawrence J. Young (Formal head of state: King George VI)

+Allegiance: Allied Powers

+Government: Constititional Monarchy

+History: In the alternate history of this universe, Newfoundland was given the status of Sovereign Dominion in 1907, making it no longer governed by the united kingdom and thus when financial troubles hit Newfoundland, their own autonomy was too far gone for them to be federated into Canada. During 'The Grear War', as a British dominion it was required to commit to the war effort against the German Empire, it did so and sent the First Newfoundland regiment as well as a small fleet of cruisers; During the war the Navy discovered the capability of German U-Boats and thus they started their own U-Boat programme which turned out to be a success. At The Battle of The Somme, the Newfoundland regiment was consistently the first to throw themselves over the top of the trench, this was done voluntarily by the troops and they ensued heavy casualties; however due to their gallantry, in a 1927 appeal to the Judicial Committee of The Privy Council, Newfoundland was given Labrador (just as in the actual world), along with the then sparsely populated islands of Prince Edward, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and coastal portions of Quebec, much to the detest of Canada. With the islands securely transferred to Newfoundland, their economic situation began to improve as mining operations began and more trade passed through them to get to mainland Canada, the population also increased due to more arable land and now sits at just under a million.

+Culture:

The Newfoundlanders are gung-ho about pretty much everything but especially about serving the crown, they are essentially the Austrilians of North America in that respect. Among that they are very patriotic, almost to the point of being jingoistic which doesn't mesh well with their conservative Canadian neighbors. They are also very British, practically on par with the UK and much more so then their North American Neighbors, if one were to walk down the streets of a Newfoundland town they would find it oddly reminiscent of towns in the UK, same architecture and lots of Union Jacks and Newfoundland Flags, highlighting how patriotic they are. Though the only thing that they do not retain is the British accent, they have a watered down version of it that some might say is more pleasant to listen to.

+Military:

Army

Newfoundland practices mandatory conscription of all males upon reaching the age of 18, this is due to the fact that the population is small and in the event of an invasion, woefully undermanned to do anything about it, however most of these conscripts are demobilized. She however maintains a standing army of twenty regiments of a thousand men each, situated in two ten thousand man brigades, though with the out break of the Second World War the garrison at home was increased by ten thousand and an additional thirty thousand volunteered to join the expeditionary forces bound for Europe.

The smallest sized unit in the Army is a squad of ten soldiers of mixed composition, generally having one machinegunner, two grenadiers and seven riflemen of which one is a radio operator and one is a medic; however depending on terrain and the strength of opposition, the composition and gear carried can vary. At the moment the army is using Lee-Enfields as main rifles, Sterling Submachineguns and Brens as Light Machineguns, however a rearming programme is taking place where the Lee-Enfields will be replaced by Semi-Automatic versions of the Sterling but progress is slow as they are trying to re-chamber the Sterlings for .357.

Current Infantry Weapons:

Lee-Enfield  Carbine  

Sterling Submachinegun 

Bren Gun - 

Hi-Power 9mm Pistol

Semi-Automatic Sterling (5% deployed)

Maritime Forces (Navy)

The Navy does not practice mandatory conscription, it is a completely voluntary force due the nature of it's vessels, though this does not mean that the Navy is understaffed it employs fourteen thousand seamen. However the one thing that makes the Newfoundland Navy completely different to most other Navies is that it consists almost exclusively of U-Boats. The only other vessel type in the navy is battleship, of which there are only two employing a thousand men each, the rest crew the 240 U-boats that make up the bulk of the Navy, having a crew of fifty each. U-Boats can be produced fairly rapidly and completed within six months, this is dude to the fact that the ship is built in parts and the parts assembled in dry docks; theoretically Newfoundland could make 48 Subcaps a year and 20 Subprefs but that would hurt production of other wartime gear.

The Navy has two U-Boat classes: Subcap and Subpref, 'Submerge  Capable' and 'Submerge Prefered' respectively. 

Subcap: These make up the bulk of the fleet, numbering at 190 of them. Subcaps tend to stay on the surface and use submerging as a tactic to evade enemy ships; for this reason they carry less torpedoes then Subprefs and can only remain submerged for a maximum of 12 hours. However, they have faster dive rates then Subprefs, being able to dive a staggering 5 meters a second and are armed with guns on the deck.  The deck guns are so: a 9cm naval gun on the forward deck, a 40mm gun on the rear deck and two anti-aircraft machine-guns at the top of the conning tower. Some variants give up more torpedoes so they are able to carry two small Gyrocopters in the front, they are stored below deck and are raised up when surfaced by hydraulic lifts, there are 60 of these so called 'AE' variants. 'AE' variants only carry 7 torpedoes, whereas the standard carries 14; they have a maximum speed of 17.7 knots (surfaced) and a maximum range of 16,000km at 10 knots when surfaced; They have a maximum dive depth of 300m.

Subpref: 50 of these are in service with the navy, each also housing a crew of 50. The Subprefs are advanced U-Boats that were specifically designed to remain underwater for a prolonged period of time, having the ability to remain submerged for three days before rising up to recharge battery cells. It also has a more hydrodynamic shape that allows for faster submerged movement compared to the Subcap and faster descent rates (7 meters per second), coincidentally, the shape also gives it a smaller sonar profile making it harder to spot. The Subpref has three sets of engines: diesel, electric and silent running electric. The diesel engine is used when surfaced due to oxygen requirements, however this is only in open ocean when enemies are not near; the electric engines run off banks of batteries and are recharged by the diesel engines, the Subpref only needs to rise to periscope level to recharge as a snorkel on top feeds oxygen to the engine; the silent running motors produce very little noise and help make the ship stealthier when in enemy waters, however they are massive power drains. Is armed with 24 torpedoes; has a maximum speed of  16 knots surfaced and 17.7 knots submerged, with a maximum range of 30,000km at 10 knots surfaced; has a hydraulic torpedo loading system so is very quick to fire.

Airforce

Newfoundland has a small airforce to complement the fact that they have no carriers, it is mainly incorporated as part of the navy though as most of the aircraft are AE-Subcap Gyrocopters. They do however have 40 airplanes guarding Newfoundland airspace, most of which being American made P-38 Lightenings, they are working on acquiring rights to produce the plane in Newfoundland as they are impressed by it's speed, range, armament and ability to fill the place of fighter, escort and fighter bomber, the other dozen or so airplanes are Lancaster bombers retrofitted for recon and paratrooper insertion. A small carrier is in the middle stages of being built and negotiations are taking place with the UK to procure more ships.

Territory: http://i.imgur.com/3H3qUc4.png

Vampire Hunters: Purge in the North

Zoltan held his spear in a tight grip as the skirmisher tried to ride his horse though the sea of gnashing fangs and furry death. Without warning, a wolf from the pack that thronged Jorn stood still and looked down the hill at Zoltan, for but a moment their eyes met before the wolf barred it's yellowed, dripping fangs and charged down the hill. He stood unwavering as the beast romped down the hill towards him, it was fairly high up, giving Zoltan time to plan and predict how to fight it.

Soon it was upon him, the wolf, bounding closer and closing the yards between him and it; Zoltan made the first move. As it leaped at him, he swatted it away, swinging his spear side long and smacking it with it's shaft. The wolf reeled back, it's mistake, and Zoltan thrust forward; the blade cut past the side of the beast's muzzle and severed the muscles holding it's jaws, making it's lower jaw hang loose. Once unable to bite, he took the risk to advance and once more thrust forward, this time catching the creature in it's eye while it was recoiling from the previous attack. The head of the spear was completely sunk within the skull of the wolf and it's face flickered with emotions and expressions as the blade destroyed it's brain; finally it settled on one, anger.

It lunged forward in a vain attempt to kill the man who skewered it's head, Zoltan met this by simply pushing forward firmly and twisting the blade. The wolf jolted to a stop and let out a high pitch whimper as it's knees buckled beneath it; it dropped into the snow, dead leaving Zoltan panting. Time on the road hadn't dulled him, the beast was dead in seconds.

He looked down at the dead body of the animal and sighed, he'd have to skin it later. Zoltan started to ascend the hill, though keeping his distance from the main pack and instead keeping his eyes on the two in font of him, Azalea and Cateline.

Point of Departure: World War II

This is the proposed territory for The Soverign Dominion of Newfoundland:

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Though I'm comtemplating taking even more out of Quebec, namely that thing flopped over New Brunswick.

Point of Departure: World War II

<Snipped quote by Voltus_Ventus>

Go ahead. But remember you are still technically under the authority of the British Empire (in theory), as a Dominion.

@Iluvatar

Not quite, as a Sovereign Dominion Newfoundland has complete self-governance, however in times of war they are obliged to support the United Kingdoms, though with complete control over there own troops unless they expressly say otherwise.

Point of Departure: World War II

Started work on a Navy tab and completed the army.

Also *facepalms* I thought I was done with Kataylabinsk, Yamatia and those damn elves...