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Interest Check [Plot OOC and Recruitment] NSS Hobby

Fian

Fian

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That is an odd way to spell Francia, Fian.

The Pitch

The NSS Hobby is a single mission long experimental RP using the new Open RP forums. The plot premise is that the players are the improvised and inexperienced crew of a small multirole prototype ship composed out of 1 to 8 all Player Characters with no GMPCs during the Battle of Nepleslia. Once the action starts, expect to be up to your nose situations combat or otherwise. Success depends on how well the crew can creatively multitask and use the resources that are available. Estimated time to completion is around three months.

As per Open Forum rules, players are not required to write or submit a full character bio, but to make sure there is no extreme overlap in roles and to gauge interests, players are to post the name, gender and roles of their intended character here. However, to leave the option of making the events canon and graduating the succeeding plot to non-open RP status, I will be GMing to present events and moderate actions like a normal GM would.

Theoretically, an advantage in graduating an open RP character to a full character once this RP is over would be that you will be allowed more leeway in the character submission because there was prior RP. This is however assuming that the character is not dead in the conclusion of the mission and the player wants to carry the character over to the succeeding plot.

Players are not expected to know in detail the ship they are on, enemy ships or any ship, these will be explained by the GM sufficiently ICly and as such, players of any skill or experience are welcome.

The ship writeup is not ready. But the following roles are required for the plot to start. As previously mentioned, players are not required to have prior experience in these roles (But their characters are expected to have at least some skill in starship operations). All characters must be part of the Nepleslian Military.

1. Captain (Has to be at least a warrant officer in the Nepleslian Navy, expected to be the most proactive son-of-a-bitch in space)
2. Gunner
3. Pilot (Fighter pilot minimum, PA need not apply)
4. Sensor/Electronic Warfare Guy/Girl

The next list of roles are optional, and may even be filled multiple times and even by the same people of the above.

5. Engineer/Technician (Damage Control minimum)
6. Medic/Doctor (Paramedic minimum)
7. Marine/PA Pilot
8. Some dude that can fill in for 1 to 4 if they are dead/incapacitated

Assuming the minimum are met, RP will begin next monday 1st of October.

Edit: Special character development requests will be entertained ("I want my character to lose her pinky in this mission plz")

Extra Edit: There will be a timeskip of a few years between the end of this mission and the succeeding plot.

Super Edit: Source of ship name http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobelar

Mega Edit: Per Acadia rules, PC deaths are only by mutual consent or by sheer negligence despite warnings. Posting cycle to be 1-2 days.

WTF Edit: Plot and successor plot is not 18+, simply no space on the ship to ____ without everyone and high-command knowing.
 
Okay you clever dog, you. I'm convinced. I'll go for Captain of the ship, I suppose, if you'll have me.

Name: Maik Koenig
Nickname(s): "Ramirez", "Most Initiative Son-of-a-Bitch in Space!" (to his Officer School instructors).
Rank: Lieutenant Junior Grade
Gender: Male
Role: Ship Captain

Secondary Role: Most Proactive Son-of-a-Bitch in Space!
 
Count me in. I have to be in this.

Name: Jennifer McMillan
Sex: Female. (Duh)
Rank: The most awesome one aka Petty Officer. (Too bad there is no Chief Petty Officer in nepland Navy. Booooo!)
Job: Doctor officially.

Side-job: Technician and general badarse in a pinch. She is handy with cybernetics, pistol and a scalpel. ;) Also totally cool under pressure. Would have scottish accent if i knew how write one.

Specialty: Is a doctor!
 
This is like exactly what I wanted in a space plot.

Name: Vincent "Vinny" Gioni
Rank: Petty Officer First Class (No Master Chiefs? Dang that sucks.)
Gender: Male
Role: Engineer

Secondary Role: Supply "Requisition", and Gambling officer.
 
Placeholder for Aendri, who has expressed interest in filling the pilot role.

This leaves only the EW/Sensor slot open before minimum requirements are fulfilled.
 
I hereby open the betting pool on how long it takes to get this plot started :D

Up and at 'em, Fian. If you can make some of the older model PAs and warships appear and rock 'em, more power to you. Just no Uso ships.

Battle of Nepleslia
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Fian, you should the new players some background knowledge of this. Even i'm fuzzy on the events and specific timing of the Battle of Nepleslia (assuming you mean when the NMX invaded and killed the Senate, etc)
 
Hey, he's got some of us vets who know enough already. DON'T JUDGE US, SIGMA.

On that note...
Name: Solohan Coelho
Rank: Cadet
Gender: Male
Role: Pilot

Secondary Role: Layabout, jack-of-all-trades smartass.
 
I just realized this, but there is no XO position. I'm assuming that he / she will probably be an NPC?
 
On a ship this small, the XO would just be the next ranking soldier. Though, it would also be argued that there is no need for an XO, because the point of an XO is to help a captain manage the men, which isn't a problem when there are this few. In a squad, for example, you'll have the guy in charge of the squad, but no "XO", because the fire teams are directly under the CO, (usually a sergeant, if I recall).
 
Jarrow said:
Question: Can there be more than one pilot?
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Yes there can be, but make sure you are also either 5, 6 or 7 so you'll have something to do while the the other pilot is piloting.
 
Hey, if you still need somebody for the EW slot, I've got a character, and I've got time.

Name: Naomi Scroggins
Nickname: No-Nick; Smokestack
Rank: Corporal
Gender: Female
Role: EW/Sensors

Secondary: Marine/PA & Ship's CQC Instructor
 
Thanks for waiting for me, guys. It means a lot to me!

First post is up, assume everyone is in the room with different assignments and different orders to go somewhere (that they will never go in the end dohohohohoho!). Objects in RED can only be attempted to interact with, with the consequences narrated by the GM in the next post, for instance:

Fian tries to pull the lever.

Instead of:

Fian pulls the lever, opening the office to the hard vaccum of space and sending everyone outside in a spontaneous intergalactic field trip.

But of course, the GM can still send you guys on a spontaneous intergalactic field trip as a consequence of pulling the lever, if he likes. Objects not in red can be freely interacted with, with the consequence decided by the players, for example, the contents of the rations box.

Your first post should descibe your character for the benefit of the readers and other character, bonus points if you also attempt to use any of the red objects, extra bonus if there is interaction between characters. Expect a GM reply within two days.
 
Name: Puppetmaster Crydix Zero Six 06-93810-1948
Nickname: "Dixie", Crydix, Zero Six
Rank: Cadet Recruit
Gender: Male
Role: Combat Engineer/Drone Operator/Strange Geeky dude

Secondary role: Pilot if the first two die somehow. Not very probable but...
 
GM post up, sorry for the delay, was a bit sick. This type of GM-News exposition posts will go on for about 2 more posts before shit hits the fan.
 
Old Star Army player looking to get back into things on Open-RP side of the house... did you still have need of a crewmember for this idea? I believe I could fill a variety of roles well with a created character, depending on what is yet lacking in your lineup.
 
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