Modern Ops Discussion

RP Thread

Signup Thread

Alright, everyone. All discussion related to the game itself can take place here. Sign-up related discussions should probably still be in the sign-up thread.

All players are members of a squad in whatever unit they chose at the start of the game. A player has the right to apply for a lateral transfer to a different unit, including attendance of any special selection courses or schools, at any time as long as they are not currently out on an op. An op, in this case, is defined as any mission or assignment that their character may be conducting at any given time, whether or not it involves combat. The transfer process itself may count as an op and a chance for Character Development, at the player's discretion.

Remember that, if ever these rules should conflict with the Role Playing Rules, the RP Rules always take precedence. Or, to paraphrase George Orwell, break any of these rules sooner than do anything outright barbarous*

Conducting Ops

When a player is out on an op, it will be monitored from time to time by the GM, his XO, or any of their appointed representatives. When the op is completed, the GM, his XO, or any of their appointed representatives may decide what impact, if any, the op had on the tactical, regional, or strategic picture of the game.

• Tactical: The op had consequences within the immediate battlespace. For example, a raid conducted within Sadr City, Baghdad, is very likely to have consequences within Sadr City.
• Regional: The op had consequences within your Area of Operations. A single op is unlikely to change this, unless it is part of a chain of operations with a specific goal in mind. The larger the scale of the operation, of course, the more likely it is that its effects will be regional.
• Strategic: The op had global consequences, directly affecting your country's national interests and foreign policy in your Area of Operations and the surrounding countries, possibly even the entire world.

After all players have completed their current ops, or a reasonable amount of real world time has passed, changes to the global situation will be reflected in a situation report (SITREP). The effects of your actions will not always be clear. Generally speaking, bigger strategic actions tend to have longer-term effects.

Joint Ops

Combined operations with forces from different countries are a fact of life in the modern age of low-intensity conflict. To avoid potential confusion (a process known as Deconfliction. Don't ask me why.), the player that proposes the op will be called the Ground Force Commander, meaning that their country and unit are taking the lead. Other players may freely jump onto an op at any time and it falls to players to work it out among themselves what role they will play, if any.

The Ground Force Commander is ultimately responsible for how the op goes because his commanding officer (or he, if the player IS the commanding officer) has overall command over allied forces in the area.

Roles and Responsibilities

As your GM, I promise to:

• Always monitor what is going on with this RP at least once a day.
• Prepare a SITREP with the most relevant and up-to-date information within a reasonable amount of time.
• Make timely decisions regarding any questions people might have about my RP policy.
• Not constantly assume direct control over NPCs.
• Not undercut or contradict decisions made by my XO or players unless absolutely necessary.

As my XO, I delegate the following powers to Paulie:

• To assume direct control over NPCs as necessary to make the game fun and interesting.
• To make and/or vet decisions about creative content, since this whole RP was his idea.
• To prepare SITREPs using his own judgment and initiative.

edited 3rd Dec '12 8:28:15 AM by HouraiRabbit

Thanks for the signup, mate.

I'll see if I can put up something.

I'll see what I can post tonight

Hey guys, anybody want to visit the Shinobi Forces base?

Not gonna happen with mine character though. Hourai's yet to approve Deadbeat's and his character has yet to show up anyway.

Okay. That is understandable.

I could see an American or British player character (basically either Hourai or Deadbeat) getting involved. I also have considered an attack on the Shinobi Forces's base.

Deadbeat's character is approved by Hourai, so he's good to go.

You guys should feel free to go on posting without me. Any characters I choose to play will probably not take a huge role in the fight unless I choose to lead an op. Incidentally, I put up a few guidelines in the OP, in the interest of giving this RP a little direction. It shouldn't be restrictive at all, I hope.

Service Records and other Organizational Junk

• Player: Paulie Romanov
• Character Name: Shogo Hasegawa
• Gender: Male
• Faction: Shinobi Regular Forces
• Rank: Private (OR-1)
• Current Unit: X Battalion
• Current AO: Afghanistan
• MOS: Infantry

• Player: Ominae
• Character Name: Takeshi Maehara
• Gender: Male
• Faction: Japanese Ground Self-Defense Forces
• Rank: Private (OR-1)
• Current Unit: 4th Platoon, 2nd Company, Japanese Special Forces Group
• Current AO: Afghanistan
• MOS: Infantry (?)

• Player: Deadbeatloser22
• Character Name: Jonathan Rose
• Gender: Male
• Faction: British Royal Air Force
• Rank: Aircraftman (OR-1)
• Current Unit: No. II Squadron, RAF Regiment
• Current AO: Helmand Province, Afghanistan
• MOS: Joint Terminal Attack Controller (?)

• Player: Hourai Rabbit
• Character Name: Ross Michaelson
• Gender: Male
• Faction: United States Navy
• Rank: Seaman Recruit (OR-1)
• Current Unit: Naval Special Warfare Group 2, SEAL Team 8
• Current AO: Unknown
• MOS: SEAL

• Player: NPC
• Character Name: Jackie Adams
• Gender: Female
• Faction: United States Army
• Rank: Specialist (OR-4)
• Current Unit: 3rd Company, 13th Light Infantry Battalion ("The Damned 13th")
• Current AO: Firebase Konrad, Afghan-Tajik Border
• MOS: Cryptologic Linguist

edited 3rd Dec '12 9:03:14 AM by HouraiRabbit

Thanks for the infodump, Hourai.

No thanks necessary. This is my job. It's what I do.

Hoping to see you do your GM skills since I just posted and I can't double post.

About Takeshi's MOS, he's special forces.

edited 3rd Dec '12 5:27:50 PM by Ominae

Made my second post, I hope it's improved from the first one

Yeah I'm just gonna ask if I have to RP the said Japanese VIP I have mentioned...

Go ahead and do it. Unless you want one of us to do it. Like I said, my main role is to figure out the effects of your actions on the game world. Depending on what you guys do, certain things may become simpler or more complicated and if things need to be complicated, I will insert the events that will make it so. I won't possess your NP Cs unnecessarily.

edited 4th Dec '12 4:48:42 PM by HouraiRabbit

Just checking Hourai. 'Cause I got a feeling that something may happen after the VIP is in Afghanistan.

Sorry I wasn't around yesterday. Real Army stuff is getting in the way, but that's just life I guess. By the way, has anyone seen Deadbeat around?

edited 6th Dec '12 3:20:07 PM by HouraiRabbit

Probably ain't got the time to do it since he's in other RPs. You can give him a PM shoot to see.

Yeah, I'm here and a bit stumped.

Ah see, what did I tell ya Hourai?

PS - Say Hourai, will you RP the bad guys since I plan to have the VIP caught in the attack?

Oh, sure.

Thanks.

If I want to use another character, do I need to let me current character die or be pre-occupied?

I have no problem with it if you guys don't. My one stipulation would be try to keep them separate so that we don't have metagaming issues.

I know this format is a little complicated but we'll work through it as we go along. Take my recent post as an example: I briefly described my character's role in an op from start to finish, nice and simple. Now, because it was a simple op and my character didn't play a huge role in it, it won't have much of an effect on the game world when I put the next SITREP up, but it may open up opportunities later for larger and more complex missions. It all depends on whether the guys the SEALs captured have any actionable intel.

Okay. Guess I'll post a signup to be formal.

And I'll post later after the next guy. Don't wanna spam it.

Thinking about it, I might do a bit of sheet juggling since I think I made a few bad choices in there.

Does anyone know if you can enter CCT training as an E-1?

EDIT: Wait, no you can't, since completing the indoctrination course for CCT or Pararescue gives an automatic promotion to Airman First Class.

edited 8th Dec '12 2:19:14 AM by Deadbeatloser22