Willy Vereb

Age of Rebirth 2 (Post WW3)

Personally I just take a look at US military numbers and multiply them with a percentage (so I am effectively dividing it).
The ratio would depend on many factors.
For example drone weapons would be actually more numerous in Neo Hungaria than what the US currently has because we are in the future. Yet actual aircraft numbers are about the third of US.
Same with the rest. For example I compare my population to current USA and use that ratio for the number of my troops.
I compare to the USA because Neo Hungaria spends similar amount on defense.
You can take other nations's militaries as an example if those fit your nation's style more.
I wouldn't advise Germany though because those numbers are the results of long periods of peace, not something we have here.

Age of Rebirth 2 (Post WW3)

Alright, since there was a certain confusion over this in the previous RP, I list a few plausible technologies which may as well be common for this RP:

Carbon Nanotubes

- Carbon-nanotubes: Their diverse properties make them potentially the building block of all near-future technology. They can be cathalists for various reactions, electrodes and the heart of computer systems (replacing silicon chips). They are also rather light yet strong which makes them important for buildings and vehicles. Cost-wise they'll be only marginally more expensive than steel if all costs are cut back with its massed use.

Energy-storage

- Energy Storage: CNT-based batteries and supercapacitors will be smaller for the same stored power which is already a boon. In addition CNT makes fuel cell tech viable, somewhat expensive but a possible option for anything that consumes a lot of power. If larger energy densities are needed then they can use antimatter storage but such methods would be obviously expensive and only used in the most expensive cases. Think of the latter as this RP's equivalent of nuclear reactors. Basically you should be able to design storages with the capacity of a car battery but size as small as an ammo clip. Fuel cells can also allow you to substitute typical fuels for electricity if you want to.

Fusion Reactor

- Fusion Reactors: At last this technology would be plausible during this RP. The question is about the scale. Neutron radiation hazard may also limit how small we are willing to build these (since you need some distance and shielding to avoid that issue). So nuclear-powered tanks might be an unlikely scenario still.

Energy Weapons

- Directed Energy Weapons: They won't be anywhere as convenient as shown in sci-fi. They fail as effective conventional weapons compared to guns. On the other hand they could be cheap (when compared to ordnance, not to handheld firearms) and certain types of radiation would require special protection. As such it'd be effective at disabling electronics or affecting soldiers regardless their protection. The question is whether radiation-weapons would be considered humane enough to avoid it being internationally banned.

Electromagnetic Guns

- Railguns, coilguns: Oh yes, these will be there. Electromagnetic propulsion will be on the rise. Of the two designs railguns have more potential at smaller scales. With the advance of electronics though I'm not sure whether rails or coilguns are more efficient at large scales. It's up to you. Anyways, railguns with sufficient money and sophistication can replace any firearm we have. The difference would be important yet far from OP.

Powered Exoskeletons

- Mechs, Walkers, Power Armors: Yeah, with some decades of sophistication and the energy issues solved you can start thinking about your walking vehicles and cool powered armors. Don't think you can build anything like the Gundam, though. Your soldiers may carry more with powered exoskeletons but they are no Ironman, either. Walker vehicles also have several issues in general but I think our nice and benevolent GM would make bits of allowances so long it isn't anything OP.

Antimatter

- Antimatter: The immense energy densities of antimatter would be necessary for certain technologies (especially the nukes). To get this you'd need colliders and particle accelerators designed for this purpose and even then the process would be very wasteful in energy so antimatter would remain expensive. Though you don't need too much of this to begin with. As for storage either electromagnetic traps (ie: Penning Trap) or using fullerenes/CNTs and their electron-dense structure to keep anti-protons. The latter would have a nice potential because you can store the mix as an inert black powder and can "activate" it by just burning it, which is amazing. This makes the "antimatter powder" simple to use and can be even an alternative for space rocket fuels.

Pure Fusion Nukes

- Pure Nukes: By either using lasers or bits of antimatter it's possible to start fusion without leaving behind nuclear fallout. In addition this makes it plausible to scale down nukes to almost any size, especially with the "antimatter powder" idea from above. All you need is a well-designed bomb casing, some explosives, tiny amounts of "antimatter powder" and tanks of liquid hydrgogen or other material you use for fusions. These methods also save up weight compared to older designs so a strategic warhead may even weigh below a ton.

Age of Rebirth 2 (Post WW3)

Thank you!
This also gives people a chance to do some wanton destruction in the past. For example we can say that many of the largest cities were nuked during WW3. This helps to make this "collapsed world order" thing going as places that were claimed to be the center of the world would cease to exist.

I also wonder how would this change urban development and the citizens' thoughts about metropolises in general. I mean some nut can detonate a thermonuclear weapon and destroy a good portion of the city. Having a single big city with plenty of people is such an inviting target. This may even prohibit centralization attempts out of fear.

Conversely the use of nukes in population centers is going to be one of the worst war crimes to know in this setting. So an nation which cares about its international relations would avoid that at all costs. So ironically the chances of anyone doing this would be reduced considerably. Although there's a posibility that even terrorists can obtain pure fusion nukes which is indeed a scary thought.

Age of Rebirth 2 (Post WW3)

@MetalLoverWell, pure fusion nukes won't leave behind radiation. At least not in the classical sense of things. Typical nukes use nuclear fission which works by splitting the radioactive heavy atoms to smaller elements and the difference in energy is radiated out in the process. The split atoms are generally still radioactive elements and these decay slowly while releasing dangerous radiation at a constant rate.
Theoretically fusion doesn't have this drawback because the resulting element is stable. In effect currently we use fission nuke to produce the conditions for the fusion to occur so it's the same deal. Yet there are alternatives. One of them is to use an array of sufficiently focused and powerful lasers to heat up the fusion material. This method was already tested but unfortunatelly with current technology it's too cumbersome to be a viable alternative (for now). Granted in a setting with railguns we should have the technology to make the laser array far more compact. Another and perhaps more realistic alternative is the antimatter. Using the energy of pair-annihilation it'd be relatively easy to produce the heat for fusion reactions and thus we can build ridiculously compact nukes of practically any yield.

Both of the latter variations on fusion nukes can be called as "pure fusion" because they don't generate nuclear fallout. Sure, there'll be a burst of neutrons, x-rays and gamma rays but those come and go. Technically there shouldn't be any radioactive material spread by the explosion (unlike with fission nukes).

Anyways, I want nukes to be used with a bit of frequency during the war to change the world's view on nuclear power. It'd be interesting to play in such environment.

Age of Rebirth 2 (Post WW3)

Claiming Neo-Hungaria again.

Also can't we change this to have various nuclear exchanges still. I mean by 2040 we have clean nukes using pure fusion which doesn't leave behind long-lasting radiation. Also we already discussed how a nuclear war wouldn't destroy humanity to the extend Einstein "predicted" anyways.
Besides, by this point practically everyone would possess nukes. Pure fusion makes the nuclear control policy moot and the related technology are pretty much essential for these near-future societies.

[Ranked] Four Way: Convergence of Power

Alright,sorry for not warning you in advance I was away on a festival and thought I may have time to write during the mornings.
Well, I guess I was wrong.
Anyways, I'm still in the game. Just skipped this round for now.

Point of Departure: World War II

Well, Yllendthyr may side with the Axis later if their interests coincide. In which case America may be too busy with a certain pointed eared neighbor to support Europe.

Point of Departure: World War II

Canada wasn't super active in the war until 1943 and I could run NPC Afrika Korp so im not fighting myself in this

@mrambo90

Afrika Korps and Rommel was taken by Thang, actually.
He just also recently volunteered as a better alternative than NPCs for the Axis forces.

~ICE!~ ~The Intergalactic Collision of Entities, the next Science Fiction Nation Roleplay!

As I said before Warship apps are a sure way to turn off most players from this game.
I hosted games which had this and it was the cause of burnout.
Anyways, if you still wish to stick with this can't we make it simpler?

You only really need the name of the ship, its size, what it differs from the standard, what are its strengths/weaknesses and maybe a quick summary on the weapons.

I am also a little thorn on whenever it may be better to introduce "stats" so people can make quick comparisons. On one hand it really gives people a quick overview on things. On the other hand it may limit expression and creativity if it's strictly enforced.

Point of Departure: World War II

@Willy Vereb

So with your nation accepted, how far would you have explored by now?

@Monkeypants

Well, I have three different ideas:
1.) Blank Slate. I'm unaware of the new world and send out explorers.
2.) Blank Slate + time. I have scouted out the world a bit and may have made some minor contacts.
3.) Historical Insert. My nation would be known to anyone not living under a rock. So would my nation be aware of the others.

The first two may lead to some fun revelations and mistakes based on the lack of information. Downsides is that we're right in the middle of a war so exploring the world would be rather strange.
The third option skips this phase and would make Yllendthyr an active player in the war. Like I said before I always intended to see how fun would be my elves in an authentic WW2 setting. My only remorse about this plan that I'd be missing the confused expressions at seeing elves or Yllendthyr being shocked that Africa is only a host for minor third world countries (they were implied to have a role similar to Europe in my alternate reality setting).