An RP idea...

[M1A2Tanker]

Actually it's not really an idea...it's already ongoing at another forum that Goku and I frequent.  RBL plays a part in the story that I'm working up, and frankly...I'm overdrawn on my workload.  Lots of characters, lots of development...and personally I think it wouldn't hurt if I just took the part that RBL plays and bring it over here for everyone who wants to play in to do so. 

What do you think?  Need to know more first?

[Acehigh]

this sounds interesting mate.....................I'd like a bit more info but you may have a LT on your side lol

[M1A2Tanker]

I'll post some more details later on, probably tomorrow since I have work tonight almost right after class.

[Fireyone233]

im with ace on this one.

[Acehigh]

I tend to get more into RP sessions when I'm not currently helping the cause with any online gaming.  Right now would be one of those times as even I have grown tired of the "two high and mighty" clans taking all the fun out of xvt and xwa lol.  and I think my comp would fry itself if I tried galaxies so this is a great way for people in my situation to stay involved and contribute to the group.  Once I see those details my interest is peaked....

[Man53]

Wow even I could contribute with this, its a good idea, lets see if we can get more info

[M1A2Tanker]

Alright, here's the details...

Story is a three part series called the Cries of Havoc.  First part is complete already.  The second part is a buildup of forces and hunting and so on. 

RBL's part in this is to be air/space support.  Now I've RPed for most of the folks already up to a point (as in very general, mentioning names and having Zara give a briefing with the other admirals and such), with Goku helping out for his own character. 

The Plot:  T2, the duplicate of Tank, has gone to the Dark Side, and (as already played out in the first part of CoH) has made a coordinated attack on Tank's store, the RBL Store, located on Earth.  Casualties were high as was damage.  T2, now calling himself Darth Char, is consolidating his strength with the stolen high-tech equipment along with some of his allies, and is poised to begin a process of conquering the whole planet, and possibly beyond.

Tank is calling for assistance to combat this threat from all directions.  A group on the planet is searching for Char's base, while another is searching out for one of Char's allies in the city that the RBL Store is in while Tank goes to talk to the world's leaders to warn them of the threat to them (Char has access to a very large portion of the planet's nuclear weaponry).

RBL Squad has already been informed, and is currently beginning simulations for doing CAP and ground support missions (as they're not sure what exactly they're up against).  The simulations make use of Yuuzhong Vong enemies, as they are the toughest.  Fight the strongest opponents you can to be ready for anything kinda thing.

If you guys are up for it I'll copy and paste the parts relevant to RBL here so that everyone's on the same sheet of music.

You'll all love the final part of the series though. 

[Fireyone233]

ount me in Me and the Black fury are ready to go (MY ARC from galaxies) along with the Blazng star 4 (my X-wing in galaxies) LET GET IT ON!

[Acehigh]

Sounds good to me but I have a few questions. 

1.  What are the restrictions we are working with?

2.  Even though we will be on Earth, anything star wars is fair game?

3.  Will we need to update our "usual" RP characters or can we proceed as we would goofing off here at the station?

4.  Since we're on Earth....can we call in Master Chief and Sgt.  Johnson for the cavalry???

*S*

Ace  out

[M1A2Tanker]

1.  Basically, remain around the RBL Station and be yourselves lol.  You guys won't show up until the Third Episode of Cries of Havoc for the actual combat phase.  Goku will be the only one who'll be sent to get some actual info from Tank, which he would stop posting in here for.  It'll give the feeling of him actually having gone somewhere.  Then he'll return after a time and post his 'info' for the squad.

2.  This is today's Earth that we're involved with.  Basically a kind of wormhole of sorts has allowed anything Star Wars, some Star Trek, SG1, and some other elements to be involved in modern day Earth.  Tank sells Star Wars and some Star Trek gear at the RBL Store on an island called Neko Neko (don't ask...it IS another forum after all), in the city of Felicity, but he is very particular about what he sells and to whom. 

3.  Update for time really, as this takes place after the New Jedi Order seires of novels are over.  So if you don't know much about the Yuuzhong Vong, nows the time to ask questions and find out details (or better yet, go read the books lol).

4.  Unfortunately, the Master Chief won't be joining us in this.  But I'll lay out what WILL be involved in the Final Battle later on.  It's going to be a HUGE.

[Fireyone233]

Ok who is this Yuuzhong Vong and iim able to update my self to what man is Sith master dude (who uses his powers for good)?

[Acehigh]

Ok Tank ya got your Top Ace figther pilot, Lieutenant, a jedi master, and R2Vader to help out.  I'm assuming from the other info that the station is on the ground in this alternate earth?  So I'm guess my SSD Incenerator is out.  Any chance I can use my mechs for ground combat?  Ohhhhhh wait you said fly boys only for us didn't ya.  My character is good to go as I basically set him up in the NJO era and backtracked to get the history in my profile.  So I'm good to go. 

Fireyone the Yuuzan Vong are some really bad cats from the "unknown regions" of the star wars universe.  It is believed they are from another galaxy ect.  I've read all the njo books and am kind of a novice expert on the vong.  Basically you'll need to remember some very basic info. 

1.  Everything in Vong tech is bioengineered.  Ships, weapons, armor, implants, even ship interiors are all organic.  They interact with their tech through voice commands, a form of telepathy where they put on a sensory helmet, and their comms devices are called villips (fleshy devices that act like a com but mutate to look like the speaker)  Their are humanoid in appearance except that they are a little taller than the average human and ripped.  I mean really ripped.  They enjoy pain and suffering and use this system gather power and prestige.  Basically the more deformed and scarred a vong is, the higher in the chain of command he/she probably is.

2.  The Vong can speak basic but look at the beings of the Star Wars galaxy as infidels.  One thing to note is that they have a very hard time saying the word jedi.  It usually comes out jeedai.  They also live by the motto of kill first and ask questions later.  Their homeworld was destroyed and they began running short on supplies, so they took to space in search of new worlds to conquer hoping to find new resources. 

3.  They have been stripped of the priviledge of being "seen in the force".  This is described in some of the last books of the series and I don't remember the specifics of it exactly, but to a force user they appear as a void.  This puts the jedi at an almost disadvantage when fighting the Vong in hand to hand combat because they can't sense their thoughts or movements.  Also the Vong weapon of choice is the amphistaff.  A serpintile whiplike thing that also can be used as a spear.  The amphistaff can't be severed by a lightsaber and it requires a precise strike to the "head" to kill one. 

Feel free to ask me, tank, and goku anything about the vong.  There is alot to cover and like I said these three rules are just the basics. 

[Fireyone233]

OK then me and my sabers are ready to go!

[M1A2Tanker]

This is a very structured story guys, just so you know.  I have planned out how most everyone will interact in the story itself, with enough flexibility built-in to let people cast their characters as they normally are.

Let there be no mistake...you're running your characters only UNLESS you've worked something out with someone else beforehand. 

And I'm not being hypocritical here because I ran most of the characters of RBL over at the other forum.  It was part of the story and in reality I didn't actually write for that many other characters.  Zara mostly, with some Aslan and a bit of Azis.  That's about it.

No other Sith allowed in the story though I'm afraid.  You might have been Dark Jedi at one time, but you're either rehabilitated, or you're not Jedi.  Only two Sith in this story, and Darth Char takes up the Master position, with Darth Ka'on (run by another member) being the apprentice. 

It's nothing personal, but it would cause problems, and would probably grind things to a halt in the story.  Sith don't serve for the greater good.  That's just the way it is in the Star Wars lore, and this story follows Star Wars lore very exactly on everything, from tech to the Force.  RBL itself has been conforming more to it since we've mostly gone to Galaxies, what with Snoopy becoming Snoop'y the Bothan, and Aslan is now a Wookie. 

So let's hammer things down with those of you who have different types of characters (FO and Man53), and we can do some fleshing out of other characters. 

Where's Pyn when we need him eh? 

Oh and Ace:  Yes, the Incenerator would be out pretty much, as it would have been taken during the war with the Vong.  We still have the Intrepid, the Swift, and Vapor's Dreadnaught for capital ships.  Mechs....iffy on that, but most likely not as I'd like to keep RBL in the skies...(not that they have a choice in the matter... ).  The Earth that Tank is on isn't an alternate Earth.  It is OUR Earth, this present time.  The station isn't on the ground.  There's two RBL Stores, one on RBL Home, and one on Earth.  Tank stays at the one on Earth nowadays.  The RBL Store on Earth though IS a cut off pylon of a station.  It's basically the entryway for ships coming to Earth to trade, and with a Jedi Master on the ground at the only area where ships are capable of landing, it keeps them in line. 

The reason why RBL will train in sims against the Vong is to basically fight against the strongest opponents in space combat prior to facing off against an unknown enemy with unknown strength.  Fight the hardest opponent you can, and thereby you prepare yourself to better deal with anything else.  Believe me....it'll become very handy. 

I'll begin getting the other posts together for Cries of Havoc: Escalation ready.  I could link you folks to the first Episode so you can follow the story as it's progressed if you want.  It's a very fun read really, which I've been slowly working on putting up on FanFiction.Net.

Keep asking questions, the more RBLs involved, the better.  Would be great if we could get some of the folks who just play Galaxies involved too.

[Fireyone233]

ok then i'll go light jedi then if it sok cause i would like to be one (since im trying to be one in galaxies)