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OOC [Yamatai] Orochi Squadron - Classic SARP Spacey Action!

paladinrpg

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After extensive research and discussion with Wes, I now have the go ahead to form a plot based around fighting NMX raiders fleets. :)

Yes, that's right, that annoying quiet around the universe with no evil squids sowing terror everywhere is about to come to an end in a blazing action oriented plot with classic Mindy PA wings in space doing what they do best. Newbie friendly, too!

The Story:
While the sleepy Jun mining system is preparing for their end of year celebrations, a several-ship strong fleet of NMX Pillager cruisers sneaks in using the Great Southern Nebula as cover and also their volumetric projection systems posing as light freighters to pick up ores at the planet. By the time the small SAOY frontier starport garrison realizes their true nature, they are quickly overwhelmed and the settlement falls into chaos as the Mishhuvurthyar invaders hurriedly begin seizing as many colonists as they can can grab and load them into their prisoner cells and vehicles. And smash a few Yuletide trees along the way just to be extra evil!

But, all hope is not lost. Upon hearing of the distress call before all the Emerys Satellites in orbit were destroyed, Taisho Shizuka Endo of 8th fleet quickly mobilizes a portion of Valentine's system defense garrison to fold over to Jun and respond immediately to the crisis. These 8 venerable Irim-class Heavy Gunships, the Orochi Squadron, led by the YSS Orochi and the battle-tested Shosha Hachimitsu Mikoto, are tasked with interdicting the NMX's raiding fleet before it can escape the Jun system and back to southern space with its ill gotten gains of people and treasure. Will they be able to make it in time, or will the Mishhu really have stolen Xmas?

The Theme:
This plot's feel aims to capture the classic SARP action of yesterday, when PA combat was the focus of any space engagement. Think of like an arcade shooter action with your Mindy versus swarms of battlepods, while two massive fleets fight in the background dramatically! Reach the enemy vessels and cut a hole in them to board and disable them, and rescue as many prisoners as possible! Make Mishhuvurthyars and their Neko & human thralls eat aether, even some ground cleanup action afterwards, it's all here. :)

The player characters will preferably all be basic starter Neko infantry members, and as such newbies to SARP are highly encouraged to apply. This would be a great introduction to some of the most dramatic elements of the setting, and as an Open RP, you don't even need a full character sheet to jump into the action. Don't worry about death due to inactivity either, as I will be very forgiving in this regard seeing how its oriented for folks who may come and go. That is not to say you will get out of a fight without taking some nice hits for dramatic effect, though. ;)

If you are a SARP veteran, I do need at least one experienced Mindy pilot to be our squad's NCO. Established canon characters are fine, too. Other positions are available too, though understand that if you want to be support personnel the amount of screen time you'll have is much lower considering it's PA combat-focused.

For now, please respond if you'd be interested in this idea, and I will get a more formal signup going in a few days...
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@FrostJaeger I'd have no problem with a Kodian medic 'sempai", as long as you are okay with likely being stuck in the ship medbay most of the time. However, with the amount of battle going on, you're definitely not going to be bored patching everyone up...

@Primitive Polygon I'd love to have you aboard, as you seem to be well-versed in infantry stuff already with characters like Tsuguka. :) Also, this is most definitely not my first time wearing a GM hat... did it for almost a decade in IRC.
 
Sorry, but I'm more of Nepleslian guy. I'm currently fixing up the description of my character. However, if I ever decide to join up the Yamatai and create a character for them, I may join. I am an anime lover myself, but I have always been a bit more of "Humanity, Fuck Yeah!" kind of guy. That and the Nepleslians remind me of the Imperium of Man from Warhammer 40k. Thank you for the offer though.
 
@Grey Library There's a huge amount of unused Santo Hei infantry Neko characters out there on the wiki to adopt if you wish, and it makes things a lot easier. I may actually be doing that for some of the recurring NPCs if this becomes canon, as I have one already that is under my control that may appear as an NCO in the plot (Kurosora Kim).

The way I see it, GMing is really just about two things: lots of practice and lots of patience! (especially on SARP)
 
https://wiki.stararmy.com/doku.php?id=plot:orochi_squadron

Official plot thread is up! Now going to get a little more serious. :)

If you are interested in playing as a basic Nekovalkyrja or Minkan Infantry pilot, I only need a character name and a simple description text of her/him posted in this thread (the rest we can work out as we go along). More complex ideas, support personnel requests, etc... please PM me and we'll work it out. Adoptions or new canon character submissions, please flag me to the post in Characters forum and I will review it as soon as possible.

Since this is technically a holiday-themed plot at least for the opening episode, I want to get rolling ideally by the end of this week. After that, there will be plenty of times for others to join in the action.
 
I just wanted to make a quick update:

Considering the scale of the combat involved (100 PA infantry alone on the Orochi itself), I am open to people playing as NCO characters that instead of acting only on their own are the higher ranking leaders of small squads of NPC infantry. This would be a slot reserved for those who seek adoption of older characters to be upgraded in rank to Nito Heisho, like what I've done with the NPC Kurosora Kim. Consider it an incentive to go dredge up some old underappreciated NH-29 Nekovalkyrja and get them back into the fight. :)
 
I. I was not certain what I would do relating to this thread.

I was intending on just writing up a brief profile for here for my 99 Day Neko and that would be that. I'd tag along for the mission, have some fun. Y'know good times. Fate had other plans.
 
Okay, another update -- we're just waiting to see if @Grey Library gets his adoption approved (which I expect he will), so end of this week I will definitely begin the plotline. Got to get moving before the holidays get too close!

For those who want to plan a bit, the opening scene is going to be the setup of the Mishhu kidnapping before communications go out, and then we are cutting right to the Irim squadron folding into the system. The Shosha is giving all the pilots and infantry assembled in the YSS Orochi launch area a briefing on what they expect to find in system and what she expects of them (although it's very short because intelligence is largely lacking and you're first in). Then it's an "okay get ready to launch" moment, as they immediately detect the fleeing NMX raiding fleet and everyone gets scrambled/shot into the battlespace.
 
Just a little addendum, it seems I may not be able to get things moving by the end of this week as some obligations and last minute work will take up more of my time than expected. Is everyone okay with officially starting the week following Christmas, but before the New Year arrives, at least with initial posts? (roughly the 28th of Dec).
 
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