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MasterSqueak

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This will be my first RP.

With tension building all over the world, and more and more powers stockpiling weapons, Earth is rapidly approaching a new Dark Age. With Canada and America signing a pact to form the North American Coalition, Europe dividing into several factions, and Asia threatening to be swept away in a brutal conflict between China and Japan, World War III may not be far off. Noone knows how it started, and everyone fears how it may end.
RULES

No controlling others characters without permission.

No godmoding.

No explicit content, but cussing is fine.

This is a modern-ish RP, no lasers or spaceships.

No killing off other characters without permission, PvP battles will be handled by me.

If you are leaving, kill off your character or put him/her up for adoption.
Name:

Age:

Gender:

Faction:

Occupation: *Either a Military one such as Marksman or Corpseman or a Political one like Diplomat*

Appearance:

Personality:

Background: *Try to fit it in with your chosen occupation*
Name: Bjørn Haakonsen

Age: 24

Faction: Norway, EU

Occupation: Military, Naval Ranger Command

Rank: Fenrik (OR-1, equivalent to second lieutenant)

Bio: The child of two RNoN sailors, he grew up with his now deceased grandparents in Norway while his parents were sailing aboard the "RNoN Uredd" submarine. At the age of 15 his parents and their vessel were recorded MIA after a "Training mission" in the North Sea (Only later did he discover that they were spying on the United European Nations). He was devastated and for nearly a whole year he shut himself off from the outside world. He did not recover before his grandfather (an old commercial diver) took him out diving, hoping that perhaps the sights of the marine life and the splendor of the sea would cheer him up.
Diving became his new passion, and at the age of 18 he was conscripted into the Navy and was quickly relocated to Marine Jeger Kommandoen (Naval Ranger Command) Norway's best Special Forces.
He decided to enlist after his national service and was granted the rank of Fenrik.
Description: At 6,2 foot tall, 170 lbs, he's a rather tall and slim. He has a great deal of strength, but his strong suit is his stamina. Has short brown hair and a well trimmed mustache, his face is weathered and he has a slight tan.
Wears green combat fatigues, field cap, a black bulletproof vest w/ green cover up and a green combat harness. Still has the RNoN anchor, and MJK pins pinned on his cap and shoulder.

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Name: Serjei Vasilyev

Age: 30

Gender: Male

Faction: Russian Protectorate

Occupation: Military, Squad commanding Officer

Appearance: Clean shaven, with very short brown military stile hair and blue eyes. He is 181 cm (5' 11") tall, with a strong muscular build. He has a small scar across his left cheek.

Personality: Outgoing, very competitive, he's a born leader, and can keep cool and think straight even in situations of extreme pressure. He is also very ruthless with his enemies.

Background: He was born into a very patriotic family with a proud military tradition, with his grandfather being one of the soldiers that defended Leningrad in WW2, while his father served on a submarine during the Cold War. Because of this he joined the military as soon as he could. He has very strong nationalistic feelings and is very bitter towards America and it's Western allies. He would love to see Russia re-gain the power it had during the times of the Soviet Union.

Edit: Decided to add badass pic that will rapresent my character:



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Name: Marco Jaimes

Age: 24

Gender:M

Faction:North American Coalition, America

Occupation: Marksman

Appearance: 6ft tall, brown eyes, Hispanic, not very muscular but fit.

Personality: A jokester that's very quirky and smart likes planning everything out.

Background: Came from a poor family, Joined the military as a last ditch plan when he graduated because of this decision most of his family has cut off all contact with him. After his first four year he decided to stay in the military as a career choice. He's strongly opposes the war but will serve his country to the fullest

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Name: James (Jimmy) O'Connell AKA New guy

Age:21

Gender:M
Faction: EU, Ireland

Occupation: Military, Private.

Appearence: 6ft 4", tall Blue eyes, Averagely Muscualar

Personality: Good humored. All the men love him.

Background: Came from a middle class family living in a smal seaside town in Co. Dublin. Went to Trinity College for 3 years but dropped out to join the army. He did well in training but has yet to prove himself in combat.

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Name: William TroisMots

Age: 22

Gender:Male

Faction: European Union (English)

Occupation: Diplomat

Appearance: Tall, thin, medium length brown hair and piercing blue eyes.

Personality: Calm and persuasive, with a silver tongue and rapier wit, Will has all the traits of a good diplomat. He is slow to anger and quick to make friends, and has many connections around the world

Background: Born into a highly placed English family, William's future was never uncertain. He received excellent (and expensive) education at the best schools and university available, and enrolled with the British Consulate, and given still more training in every skill he would need to be a diplomat. He is soon to be sent out to an embassy in foreign lands

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Name: Brad johonston

Age: 26

Gender: Male

Faction: United Kingdom (England)

occupation: military, lance corporal.

Appearance: 5'11, large muscles.

Personality: humourous, does what it takes to win, hates losing. stuborn.

Background: Brad's family were rather poor and ill when he was 17. Brad had no qualifications in school and the army seemed the only door left open for him, ever since he went in the army he hasnt thought of leaving, he joined the army primarily to give money to his family, with them dead when he was 25, Brad now see's his squadron as his new family.
The North American Coalition. Canada, America.

European Union. Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, United Kingdom, Portugal, Italy, Norway, Denmark, Spain, Malta, Iceland, Ireland.

European Central Powers. Germany, Poland, Austria, Turkey, Greece, Romania, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Hungary, The Czech Republic, Slovakia, Georgia.

The Russian Protectorate. Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan.

The Baltic Defense Treaty. Sweden, Finland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia.

Neutral European Nations. Switzerland, Slovenia, Bosnia Herzegovina, F.Y.R. of Macedonia, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Albania, Kosovo.

Peoples Republic of China.

Japan.

Other Asian nations are neutral.

The factions you pick will decide which factions we follow.

This RP will have a political side as well as a military side. I will control the leaders of the nations, you will be either in a Military or a diplomat. I know it sounds complex for a first RP, but I have a good idea of where to take this.

Just post some characters, I will pick a character limit once I see some sheets. I'm going to try to keep it around 10 though.

EDIT: Here is a map of the European factions courtesy of Baldrek.


EDIT: Baldrek.

 

Shapsters

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HHmm... I might join, too late to make a sheet now, but I might in the morning.
 
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I don't think I understand how this will work, although I am interested. You should be more specific as in what nations are part of each European faction.

Also, the faction names are kinda "meh", maybe you could change some of them?
 

MasterSqueak

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The infamous SCAMola said:
I don't think I understand how this will work, although I am interested. You should be more specific as in what nations are part of each European faction.

Also, the faction names are kinda "meh", maybe you could change some of them?
It is my first RP, and I am open to ideas.

I was going to list the nations in the European factions, but there are a LOT of nations in Europe. Any help on that would be nice, as I want this RP to be the best it can be.

As for the names, again I will take any ideas.

The way this will pan out is depending on the favorite factions, I will follow the story with them. The RP will start with all factions neutral, but political tension will be high. The diplomat players will try to keep peace, but I will have the final say as the GM who controls the leaders of each faction.

If I decide the diplomats did a lousy job, a leader may get mad or have some other motive to start a war. This is when the military players will come in, be they Air Force, Army, or Navy. I have a plot outline, but it is flexible to account for the actions of the players.

Now that you mention it, I feel like I should fix up the Euro factions. I'll get on that, so any ideas would be nice.
 

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MasterSqueak said:
I was going to list the nations in the European factions, but there are a LOT of nations in Europe. Any help on that would be nice, as I want this RP to be the best it can be.
I'll help, I'm quite steady in politics, geography, and history.
Just tell me what to do by PM.
 
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MasterSqueak said:
My only problem is that the names seem to be a bit too generic and similar to each other.

The Eastern Europe and Russia one could be something like United Pro-Russian Republics.

And the British and European one could be like Western European Alliance.

I realize those are stupid names, but I'm just giving some suggestions here.
 

MasterSqueak

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The infamous SCAMola said:
MasterSqueak said:
My only problem is that the names seem to be a bit too generic and similar to each other.

The Eastern Europe and Russia one could be something like United Pro-Russian Republics.

And the British and European one could be like Western European Alliance.

I realize those are stupid names, but I'm just giving some suggestions here.
The thing I need help with the most is deciding how to divide Europe between the three factions. I can work out the names later.
 
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MasterSqueak said:
The infamous SCAMola said:
MasterSqueak said:
My only problem is that the names seem to be a bit too generic and similar to each other.

The Eastern Europe and Russia one could be something like United Pro-Russian Republics.

And the British and European one could be like Western European Alliance.

I realize those are stupid names, but I'm just giving some suggestions here.
The thing I need help with the most is deciding how to divide Europe between the three factions. I can work out the names later.
The old cold war borders seem good enough for me.
 

ravensshade

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that'd only work if there were 2 europian faction not 3/4 (counting the neutral ones
 

ThreeWords

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Yo! Any spaces?

Name: William TroisMots

Age: 22

Gender:Male

Faction: European Union (English)

Occupation: Diplomat

Appearance: Tall, thin, medium length brown hair and piercing blue eyes.

Personality: Calm and persuasive, with a silver tongue and rapier wit, Will has all the traits of a good diplomat. He is slow to anger and quick to make friends, and has many connections around the world

Background: Born into a highly placed English family, William's future was never uncertain. He received excellent (and expensive) education at the best schools and university available, and enrolled with the British Consulate, and given still more training in every skill he would need to be a diplomat. He is soon to be sent out to an embassy in foreign lands
 
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Well, I'm going to post my character sheet now, it's my first time, so please be gentle (that came out totally wrong).

Name: Serjei Vasilyev

Age: 30

Gender: Male

Faction: Russian Protectorate

Occupation: Military, Squad commanding Officer

Appearance: Clean shaven, with very short brown military stile hair and blue eyes. He is 181 cm (5' 11") tall, with a strong muscular build. He has a small scar across his left cheek.

Personality: Outgoing, very competitive, he's a born leader, and can keep cool and think straight even in situations of extreme pressure. He is also very ruthless with his enemies.

Background: He was born into a very patriotic family with a proud military tradition, with his grandfather being one of the soldiers that defended Leningrad in WW2, while his father served on a submarine during the Cold War. Because of this he joined the military as soon as he could. He has very strong nationalistic feelings and is very bitter towards America and it's Western allies. He would love to see Russia re-gain the power it had during the times of the Soviet Union.

Edit: Decided to add badass pic that will rapresent my character:


That is all.

If there's anything you feel I should change, I will be happy to take suggestions. PM me as soon as this thing gets started.
 

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MasterSqueak said:
The infamous SCAMola said:
MasterSqueak said:
My only problem is that the names seem to be a bit too generic and similar to each other.

The Eastern Europe and Russia one could be something like United Pro-Russian Republics.

And the British and European one could be like Western European Alliance.

I realize those are stupid names, but I'm just giving some suggestions here.
The thing I need help with the most is deciding how to divide Europe between the three factions. I can work out the names later.
Alternatively, you could have the UK and the British isles as one part (Western Europe), Central Europe (France through Germany/West Germany) and Eastern Europe. Or you could break it up as Northern Europe (Scandanavian zones) Central Europe and then South Europe (which might need a bit of imagination, depending on how you draw the borders)
 

MasterSqueak

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UPDATE: Factions edited, please update your sheets. Thanks to Baldrek for the new factions.

ThreeWords said:
Yo! Any spaces?

Name:

Age: William TroisMots

Gender:Male

Faction: European Union

Occupation: Diplomat

Appearance: Tall, thin, medium length brown hair and piercing blue eyes.

Personality: Calm and persuasive, with a silver tongue and rapier wit, Will has all the traits of a good diplomat. He is slow to anger and quick to make friends, and has many connections around the world

Background: *I'll write one soon*
You can join, but please update your sheet with an age and specify which nation of the EU William is from.

The infamous SCAMola said:
Well, I'm going to post my character sheet now, it's my first time, so please be gentle (that came out totally wrong).

Name: Serjei Vasilyev

Age: 29

Gender: Male

Faction: Filo-Russian

Occupation: Military, Squad commanding Officer

Appearance: Clean shaven, with very short brown military stile hair and blue eyes. He is 181 cm (5' 11") tall, with a strong muscular build. He has a small scar across his left cheek.

Personality: Outgoing, very competitive, he's a born leader, and can keep cool and think straight even in situations of extreme pressure. He is also very ruthless with his enemies.

Background: He was born into a very patriotic family with a proud military tradition, with his grandfather being one of the soldiers that defended Leningrad in WW2, while his father served on a submarine during the Cold War. Because of this he joined the military as soon as he could. He has very strong nationalistic feelings and is very bitter towards America and it's Western allies. He would love to see Russia re-gain the power it had during the times of the Soviet Union.

That is all.

If there's anything you feel I should change, I will be happy to take suggestions. PM me as soon as this thing gets started.
That makes three, with Shaps undecided. Tell me if you like the new factions.
 
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MasterSqueak said:
That makes three, with Shaps undecided. Tell me if you like the new factions.
It's pretty nice.

I still don't think I've got the hang of it though. Will each player control a faction? How many other players are we going to have to wait for?
 

MasterSqueak

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The infamous SCAMola said:
MasterSqueak said:
That makes three, with Shaps undecided. Tell me if you like the new factions.
It's pretty nice.

I still don't think I've got the hang of it though. Will each player control a faction? How many other players are we going to have to wait for?
I control the factions, the players are diplomats and soldiers. Diplomats will try to keep peace by engaging in diplomacy with foreign diplomats and leaders. Depending on how good the diplomat is, I will decide the results of his actions. If it comes to war, the soldiers will show us the war and effect its results.

As for players, it depends on the speed at which sheets are posted. I'm hoping for at least 10 though.

Also, the most popular factions are the ones we will focus on in the beginning. The others will be brought in later.
 

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Name: Marco Jaimes
Here's my character sheet if you have any more room and feel free to advise on any changes i should make.
Age: 24

Gender:M

Faction:North American Coalition

Occupation: Marksman

Appearance: 6ft tall, brown eyes, Hispanic, not very muscular but fit.

Personality: A jokester that's very quirky and smart likes planning everything out.

Background: Came from a poor family, Joined the military as a last ditch plan when he graduated because of this decision most of his family has cut off all contact with him. After his first four year he decided to stay in the military as a career choice. He's strongly opposes the war but will serve his country to the fullest
 

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slevin8989 said:
Name: Marco Jaimes
Here's my character sheet if you have any more room and feel free to advise on any changes i should make.
Age: 24

Gender:M

Faction:North American Coalition

Occupation: Marksman

Appearance: 6ft tall, brown eyes, Hispanic, not very muscular but fit.

Personality: A jokester that's very quirky and smart likes planning everything out.

Background: Came from a poor family, Joined the military as a last ditch plan when he graduated because of this decision most of his family has cut off all contact with him. After his first four year he decided to stay in the military as a career choice. He's strongly opposes the war but will serve his country to the fullest
Canadian or American?
 

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MasterSqueak said:
slevin8989 said:
Name: Marco Jaimes
Here's my character sheet if you have any more room and feel free to advise on any changes i should make.
Age: 24

Gender:M

Faction:North American Coalition

Occupation: Marksman

Appearance: 6ft tall, brown eyes, Hispanic, not very muscular but fit.

Personality: A jokester that's very quirky and smart likes planning everything out.

Background: Came from a poor family, Joined the military as a last ditch plan when he graduated because of this decision most of his family has cut off all contact with him. After his first four year he decided to stay in the military as a career choice. He's strongly opposes the war but will serve his country to the fullest
Canadian or American?
American sorry about that
 

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Name: James (Jimmy) O'Connell AKA New guy
Age:21
Gender:M
Faction: EU, Ireland
Occupation: Military, Private. (I don't know what the technical name is for just a normal soldier but that's what he is.
Appearence: 6ft 4", tall Blue eyes, Averagely Muscualar
Personality: Good humored. All the men love him.
Background: Came from a middle class family living in a smal seaside town in Co. Dublin. Went to Trinity College for 3 years but dropped out to join the army. He did well in training but has yet to prove himself in combat.

Most of that is based on me, but tell me if you want anything changed. (Btw thanks for seperating Ireland from the Uk. We're not the same damn country!)