Fleet Command. Discussion Thread. (All spots Filled.)

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**Darkvoidof40k**

ineptus astartes wrote:oh? so I could join?

As the person not in charge, I hereby say you can.

**ineptus astartes**

I will post a char sheet and hope lord Harrab lets me join then...

**Darkvoidof40k**

ineptus astartes wrote:I will post a char sheet and hope lord Harrab lets me join then...

Don't call him "lord" - we all know that Harrab's actually a homeless person. *kick it*

**ineptus astartes**

I take it that we cannot use battleship/carriers as our flagships darko?

**EagleArk**

ineptus astartes wrote:I take it that we cannot use battleship/carriers as our flagships darko?

Meh, dark had a battleship but then he broke it.

**Darkvoidof40k**

ineptus astartes wrote:I take it that we cannot use battleship/carriers as our flagships darko?

How d'you mean? We only get one ship anyway..

**Darkvoidof40k**

EagleArk wrote:
ineptus astartes wrote:I take it that we cannot use battleship/carriers as our flagships darko?

Meh, dark had a battleship but then he broke it.

**ineptus astartes**

I was under the impression that only the firs two players could have battleships or carriers

**Lord Harrab**

ineptus astartes wrote:(I am under the impression that there are no more spots. are there any left?)

[european federation? someone has been playing Endwar!]

Indeed you may join, now is probably a good time actually.

Make up a sheet post it here so i can check it over, and i'll provide you with an opening.

And yes, I've played endwar, its by far my favorite RTS game on console.

**ineptus astartes**

are Battleships an available class?

(made the bio already)

(personally I prefer spetsnaz guards... "Drop a thermobaric bomb on them!")

**Lord Harrab**

Yep, the now absent Horizon was Battleship class and with its absence a Battleship class slot is available, i'm afraid i cannot allow you to use an experimental system just yet, as i need to make sure you understand how the game works, but i'll relax that rule once i've seen you RP for a bit.

Oh, and try to keep your rank in line with the others, just to avoid incidents.

EDIT: Yeah the SGB and EFEC are my two factions, i used to bounce between them whenever i got bored, and the SGB WMD was a fuel air bomb, which i thought was hilarious, 'You want fuel? here, have an ICBM full, express delivery."

Although Europe's orbital laser was awesome too.

**lord commissar klimino**

im here,i posted a tiny lil bit,cause all i needed to do was say i got mah stealth and then wait for mr.space potato to show up.

**ineptus astartes**

Name: Norman McKnight

Age: 27

Gender: male
Personality: Norman is an easygoing personality, with the stoic personality of a
former US ranger who is unfazed by the confusion of combat, and takes the
smallest opening in an enemy’s tactics as a wolf takes a sheep, and seeks to rip
into it
Nationality: Amarican (Maryland)
Rank: Officer Cadet/ Lt Commander
Appearance: a fleet uniform is usually saved for dress parades and Norm prefers to wear his old army fatigues and a flak helmet when he can get away with it. His hair is jet black in color while his eyes are a deep brown, his skin is naturally tanned due to his half Pakistani heritage and has camels written all over it. But when he opens his mouth, he has a DC accent so thick you could float rocks on it
Bio Norm joined the US army rangers at age 17 and rose to the rank of lieutenant fairly quickly he went on two tours of duty ion the Persian gulf, where he proved received a purple heart from a bullet wound to the stomach when he was trapped in a small city block for a week along with 100 other rangers. Assuming command of the and managing to not only break ot to the LZ but complete his mission of capturing the insurgent high brass officer. This proved him apt enough for a colonels position. He instead declined. And was given an honorable discharge. He then looked to the stars. Wich he had wanted to roam even as a small boy…

Ship Name: Lucid Voice
Class: Battleship
Appearance:

Hardpoints:
Two point Defence.
One launch bay (strike fighters)
Two ion cannins
Two heavy cannons
One torpedo tube

Bio: (can be newly constructed or an old vessel) a large battleship of the relatively new 'Bellicose' class, the Lucid Voice was meant to be a Ship-Of-The-Line, that specialized in taking down ships in space but providing little orbital support

**lord commissar klimino**

ide loose the flak cannons,point defenses are better IMO.

**ineptus astartes**

done

**lord commissar klimino**

also whats in the launch bay? you need to state what from the options.

**ineptus astartes**

wait, is a torpedo any good?

**lord commissar klimino**

ineptus astartes wrote:wait, is a torpedo any good?

yes. while they can be shot down by point defenses just like strike craft they can slip past shields.

**ineptus astartes**

so taking a third heavy cannnon in favor of a torpedo would be good or bad?

**lord commissar klimino**

ineptus astartes wrote:so taking a third heavy cannnon in favor of a torpedo would be good or bad?

heavy cannons are the main weapon. it just depends on what you want. heavy cannons cant be stopped like torpedos,but they cant get past shields so it can take longer to kill. but then with torpedo sometimes they blow it up so you do no damage at all. but if they do hit they hit harder cause they ignore shields.

**ineptus astartes**

what works more for you?

**lord commissar klimino**

ineptus astartes wrote:what works more for you?

for me? im a small frigate without any defense against strike craft or torpedos. i think you should go look at the OP and see what everyone has,and fill the gaps were you think were lacking. also note that there have been some changes. like i have stealth instead of point defenses.

**ineptus astartes**

here is a better image for the Voice/Knight

**ineptus astartes**

Quote from an engagement on earth

trooper: "sir! sir, their shooting at us! the enemies are shooting at us!

Norm: "well, shoot back!"

**ineptus astartes**

do I writ as a new graduate, or as a captain coming to fill in the spots of the missing ships?

**ineptus astartes**

klimono? harrab?

**ineptus astartes**

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**ineptus astartes**

++edit posted my intro here whoops++
sorry. will not spam in the future

**Lord Harrab**

Dude, stop spamming the thread, this isn't an Instant Messenger, i'll get around to answering any questions you have when i can, repeatedly posting just fills my thread up with useless gak and gets me annoyed.

EDIT i see you've gone ahead and posted without me clearing you first and providing you with an opening, i need a final character sheet from you, before you can get stuck in so i can make sure your background doesn't have any conflicts with what i've written so far.

TL;DR: make sure your character sheet is what you want, and ask any questions you have. Then wait for my go.

**Lord Harrab**

Here's a few historical details so you can make changes Ineptus:

(these are from my extensive notes i've prepared for this.)

Background on PDF organization and responsibilities, the unification of Human Armed forces under a single mutual command. The Sword.

The Alliance Navy and Planetary defense forces.

Mankind has been unified for nearly two hundred years.

The Alliance Navy has full control over Mankind armed forces as a security measure to prevent its member states from attacking each other. Every nation and colony has a responsibility to meet recruitment quotas, but beyond gathering the recruits, they have no control over what those men and women do beyond having their council member vote on it in session. In essence, the Navy is from every country, yet belongs to none of them.

The Navy is not responsible for a planet's internal security, thats for their Planetary Defense Force, (PDF) these men and women are locally recruited and supplied by their homeworld, they operating as both a garrison and police force and are equipped with tanks, artillery, Police cars and what ever else they need to ensure security on ground operations. The many PDFs are separate from the navy and is mainly autonomous although in the unlikely event of a full scale invasion the Navy would have command authority due to their being the "real" millitary, and can provide Air Support with Strike craft, bolster defensive positions with marine fire teams and Harbinger dropships, not to mention they can annihilate hostiles from orbit if needed.

Transfers between the PDFs are uncommon, but could happen, but it'll be like teaching a fish to fly, or a bird to swim, they'd have little to base their training on, and sometimes it'll be too ingrained to bother replacing.

Example: a PDF fighter pilot thinks in "up" and "down, concepts that don't exist in Space, a PDF pilot would have to work extremely hard to overcome that, were as a Navy pilot is trained from a blank slate and can more easily adjust on the rare occasions they need to fly in atmosphere.

The Sword.

The Sword is given to a cadet who qualified from an Academy, those who earned their command via the XO path don't tend to have one, thus The Sword is a highly coveted a status symbol and only comes in one style, Longword, which is why it is so easily recognized throughout the Human Systems Alliance. If it came in different types, anyone could claim they'd gone through the hellish training and the symbol would lose its value. If an Officer earns distinction during their service, they may have the formal name of the event engraved on the blade.

Captains are not required to wear the sword at all times, only during formal ceremonies, but many like to keep a reminder of their achivements close.

Example: Sharpe successfully defended an entire planet with nothing more than a recently converted ore miner against a dreadnought class ship, so she has the Planet's name "New London" engraved on the blade.

If anyone has further questions, ask 'em and I'll answer.