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As the title suggests, this is a sign-up and interest thread for an RP I'm looking to start. I'll have 4 or 5 open positions. Possibly more if someone proposes a character I really like the sound of. Acceptance will be first come, first serve. :)

Context: This will take place in the context of a cadet training camp for the Gaeltach military. It is an international program, involved heavily in cadet and officer exchange with the intent of creating more culturally aware military members. So there's your basics.

During the last phase of the training, senior cadets are broken into small teams and sent through a program called FTX, or Field Training Exercise. Details of the exercise are kept secret, though rumors of a SERE-like program are widely speculated. All the cadets know is that it will test their skills both in basic survival, and their ability to work as a team. SERE, by the way stands for Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape.

Once I have enough people to play the team members, I will select one of you to take on the role of team leader. This does not mean other people can challenge the role once they're out in the field... You may wonder what I will be doing if I'm not on the team or its leader. Well, I'll play their Instructor for one. The rest, you'll just have to wait and see. Nothing is what it seems.

So there you have it. If you're interested, just leave a short character description. You don't really need to come up with a bio or anything like that (unless you really want to), I'm just looking for the basics. I would like to see some sort of speciality, however. Exampes include navigation, tracking, etc. I don't care if it's all that original, just looking for a diverse team.

Interested.
Basics(tell me if you want more):
Name: Sasha LePol
Gender: Female
Age: 23
Eyes/Hair: Blue/Black
Height: 5'6"
Build: Lean/Wiry
Top Skill(s): Infiltration, Stealth, Hand-to-Hand
Worst Skill(s): Navigation, Heavy Weapons(Grenade Launchers/Machine Guns), Vehicular Operations

Perfect.



Oh, and before I forget. Please include a gender if your character's name doesn't make that obvious.

Perfect.



Oh, and before I forget. Please include a gender if your character's name doesn't make that obvious.
Done.

Bump for interest. I know there's people out there who like the military RPs.

Interested.
Will send one of our Marines, to make sure our training is up to international NS standards.

Interested.
Name: Cpl. Gorbechev (Gorby)
Gender: Male
Age: 25
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Greasy Red hair (looks anything between blck to brown to red)
Height: 6'2"
Build: Slightly better than average
Top Skill(s): Hand to hand, Marksmanship, Outdoorsman (tracking, navigation, survival), linguist/interpreter.
Worst Skills:Stealth, (more resistance orientated than survival)

Weapons classified to use: Shovel, Bayonet, spear, CM-16 (standard and Sniper), CM-249, RPG-7/29, and grenades, MMP-1 UAV Certified (a model plane with 2 wireless cameras and may carry 3 hand grenades, control unit essentially a laptop), and cavalry sabers.

Standard Weapons allotment:
Special:
MMP-1 Kit (2 planes, 1 control unit)

Grenades:
4 1 lb Fragmation grenades
4 1 lb Thermobaric grenades
2 5 lb Anti-tank hand grenades
2 1 lb WP Grenades

CM-16 PROHT standard Assault/Sniper rifle (fies standard 5.65 NATO ammo)
With
10 clips of regular ammo (300 rds)
2 clips 'K' bullets [Armor Piercing/sniper] (60 rds)

Tools
E-tool (may have been used as battle axe)
Bayonet, scabard, and sharpening stone.
Metal water canteen and mess kit.
Compass.

Survival kit:
Monofiliment fishing line and 2 hooks
Cigarret lighter
One Pack of cigarrets
5 'K' rations (energy bars)
Mylar Space Blanket

Excellent. For the purposes of the training, we'll have to treat him like a regular cadet, but the prior experience will end up being useful, I believe. I trust that's alright by you?

Fine by me, wo said we'd tell you he was already trained?

I would like to join this RP, however, I am not familiar with the armaments, etc. (like Hurtful Thoughts), so I don't know if I am qualified to join this RP. I don't know the equipment, etc.

Would that make me a poor choice for this RP?:confused:

After seeing Hurtful Thoughts' post, I think my char. would come across as a moron. I have no background in this, although I am interested...

What do you think, Gael? Too naive militarily? I can't name off types of rifles and grenades and ammo, nor planes for that matter...

Almost the same limitations for me as for Hyper-can't-spell-that-name.
Though I would really like to re-animate a char similar to those I used as Northern Germany.

But inventing a char is fun, so I'll just do it:

Name: Unteroffz.(Sergeant) Alexander Kosinsky
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Eyes: Light blue (like Peter O'Tool)
Hair: Black
Height: 6'1''
Build:slender but muscular
Top Skills: Interrogation, Scouting, Camouflage
Worst Skills: Hand-to-Hand, everything that requires more technical knowledge than "don't put your finger into the socket"

Hype and Earth II (long time no see, btw, how's everything?)

You guys will be fine with no knowledge of weapons, armaments and all that. HT is using a char with prior military experience, so its natural for that char to know all that stuff. However the training camp is sort of like a Basic Training course, so you're not necessarily expected to know everything yet.

And like I said, I'm looking for diversity, so characters with very little military experience are not a detriment to the RP.

Cool... I'll come up with something tomorrow... I hope. :D

I'm interested just give me some time to build a character. :)

Name: Sgt. Lucian Vanderline (Vandy)
Gender: Male
Age: 26
Eyes: Hazel
Hair: Short cut, dark brown
Height: 5,7"
Build: Very muscular
Best Skills: Demolition, Engineering, Guerilla warfare
Worst Skills: Marksmanship

Equipment: Semi-Automatic Shotgun, various and numerous explosives ranging from syntax to incendiary grenades, Colt .45, shovel, trip wire, combat knife, tools (vague engineering equipment).

Let me know if that works.

Name:Private Dexter Grif "Grif"
Gender: Male
Age: 20
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Blond
Height: 5'11"
Build: Lean
Top Skill(s): Heavy Weapons, Vehicular Operations, Medical Training
Worst Skill(s): Infiltration, Stealth, Hand-to-Hand, Interrogation, Scouting, Camouflage

Equipment: M249 Squad Automatic Weapon, M79 grenade launcher, Desert Eagle, Metal Water Canteen, Mess Kit, 5 MREs, Mylar Space Blanket, Medic Kit (bandages, scissors, needles, syringe, morphine, plaster)

Here is your instructor.

Name: Captain Bríd Leahy
Gender: Female
Age: 29
Eyes: Green
Hair: Dark brown
Height: 5'7"
Build: Athletic
Classification: Tactical communications officer
Reason for program assignment: All Captains going before the Major selection board must have training experience IAW Gaelic Armed Regulations.

(everything's fine, thank you)

Alexander is looking forward to the course (as long as any officers are in the room. When he's alone he doesn't stop cursing.)

Ok, I'm happy with the numbers thus far. The RP can be considered semi-open now. I may allow 1 or 2 more chars.

But I'll start putting together the real thread, and should have it up in a day or thereabouts.

Remeber that Hyperslackovicznia has one of the spots.

Standard Weapons allotment:
Special:
MMP-1 Kit (2 planes, 1 control unit)

Grenades:
4 1 lb Fragmation grenades
4 1 lb Thermobaric grenades
2 5 lb Anti-tank hand grenades
2 1 lb WP Grenades

CM-16 PROHT standard Assault/Sniper rifle (fies standard 5.65 NATO ammo)
With
10 clips of regular ammo (300 rds)
2 clips 'K' bullets [Armor Piercing/sniper] (60 rds)

Tools
E-tool (may have been used as battle axe)
Bayonet, scabard, and sharpening stone.
Metal water canteen and mess kit.
Compass.

Survival kit:
Monofiliment fishing line and 2 hooks
Cigarret lighter
One Pack of cigarrets
5 'K' rations (energy bars)
Mylar Space Blanket

It took me months to figure out the equipment allotments for the average PROHT soldier, and I'm still pretty sure I can make it better. (haven't figured in food yet for example, though I alredady figured out the uniform, check embassy link in sig) OMFG I forgot a flashlight!!!! :headbang:

Yeah, I have her covered, Can.

It took me months to figure out the equipment allotments for the average PROHT soldier, and I'm still pretty sure I can make it better. (haven't figured in food yet for example, though I alredady figured out the uniform, check embassy link in sig)
I'm lazy. I just use what I know from my own limited training.:p

Hyper, just try and you'll do fine, in the meantime, if you have any knowledge ofthethe following, jot it down. under- skills.

vehicle and heavy weapons training will be almost useless, since you'll have to hike most of the way.

Navigation and Stealth are keys to escape/evasion. (don't want to double back into enemy base)

Infiltration and Marksmanship usefull if in a skirmish

Medical skills, Lingusts and interogators are usefull after a raid

you never know. plus that's why my also the medic.

you never know. plus that's why my also the medic.
Oh ye of little faith. :p

Hype's my girl. In a strictly platonic, non-possessive sort of way.

you never know. plus that's why my also the medic.

Yeah I was worried because no one was being a medic.

Name: Master Lieutenant Atticus Konovski
Gender: Male
Age: 26
Eyes/Hair: Hazel, dark brown hair
Height: 6ft.
Build: Muscular
Top Skills: Demolisions, heavy weapons, vehichles, survival
Worst skills: Stealth

Redo your top skills. We already have people with those skills.

except a demolitions expert, perhaps slightly deaf.

Redo your top skills. We already have people with those skills.
Doesn't mean there can't be repeat/overlap.

Would like to see some sort of speciality, however

Then what is his speciality?

We don't have a deaf Demolitions expert

Hmmmm, deaf, mind if I ponder my guy's history, such as perssanal experiances, events, injuries, family etc. ?

Then what is his speciality?
They can overlap. I never said they needed to be unique.

We don't have a deaf Demolitions expert

Hmmmm, deaf, mind if I ponder my guy's history, such as perssanal experiances, events, injuries, family etc. ?
Haha, if you want to, feel free.

When nearly everybody here adds equipment, then I'll do the same (again just because it's fun to do it) (and Google saves the day)

Name: Unteroffz.(Sergeant) Alexander Kosinsky
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Eyes: Light blue (like Peter O'Tool)
Hair: Black
Height: 6'1''
Build:slender but muscular
Top Skills: Interrogation, Scouting, Camouflage
Worst Skills: Hand-to-Hand, everything that requires more technical knowledge than "don't put your finger into the socket" (nothing changed)

Equipment:
USP Tactical .45 Auto + silencer and 5 clips of ammo (60 rds)
G36 KV Assault rifle (5,56 mm NATO) + 15 clips of ammo (450 rds)
6 Frag grenades
Combat knife
Secondary kombat knife

IEA standard combat dress or chilli suit
Cevlar vest
Sleeping bag (doubles as body-heat concealing cover)
Shovel
Polymer water canteen and mess kit
Compass
Videocamera
face paint (greene, black brown)

Small medi kit
Four days rations (taste: ugly)
Fishing line and hooks
matches
Small pocket lamp
A small packet with drugs for interogations (nobody should know this :D )

Name: Sergeant Constantine (Con) Romanovicz
Gender: Male
Age: 27
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown
Height: 6'4''
Build:Quite muscular
Top Skills: Trained in Special Ops... Stealth, Expert Sniper, Survival under extreme conditions, hand to hand combat, strategy, linguistics, navigation.
Worst Skills: Heavy armory (tanks, etc.)

I can't seem to find equipment... So this is what I have in less than layman's terms:

Sniper rifle, lots of armor piercing sniper ammo, grenades, stun bombs (or whatever those are called), several pistols capable of sniping, knives, parachute if necessary, maps, Kevlar vest, tablets for purifying water plus a canteen, compass, Mylar space blanket... (sorry, stole that one!), several lighters and lighter wands, matches, pens, satelite cell phone. :D

Is this OK?

Ok, the thread is up, and you can find it here: http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=474913

Enjoy!

RHIP stands for Rank Hath Its Privilages.

If there are no objections...


Name: Simon Jheryn
Age: 26
Height: 5'11"
Build: Slim, muscular

Nationality & Home: Imperial Faith Union (Isam Nation, Tol Judaine: Parish Leviticus)
Religion: Imperial Faith (Baptised: Tol Judaine: Parish Ezekiel)
Organisation: Army of the Faith, Section Six (6th Army of Isam)
Rank: Convict, Corporal. Absolved. (Former criminal, accepted Conscription into the Seventh Army instead of facing prison sentence, completed time and chose to remain with the Armies of Isam).

Specialist skills: Infiltration, close-quarter (hand-to-hand, pistols), security systems, navigation
Significant weaknesses:
- Inherantly lazy despite indoctrination by Isamite army. While in service is diligent, trustworthy and an exemplary soldier, but when not being watched tends to revert to old ways.
- As with many Isamites he can be blind about religious matters, preferring to stick to a narrow view rather than consider other religions as legitimate.
- Insecure and uncomfortable without the trappings of religion, which dominate every aspect of life in Isam, including military. He tends to pray a lot - not really a weakness, but unlikely to endear him to those trying to focus on something.

Background:

Convicted aged sixteen of theft, grevious assault and attempted murder, Jheryn was offered the standard choice granted to those in his situation - a long prison sentence, or enlistment into the Seventh Army (at the Judge's discretion). Convict-Private Jheryn served seven of a ten-year sentence in the Seventh Army, managing to escape death while gaining distinctions in what is easily the least safe of the Seven Armies - mostly as it is largely considered expendable by the Hierarchy.

Upon being granted release due to exemplary behaviour, Jheryn opted to remain in the Armies of Isam rather than try and civillian work - despite knowing that any record of his crime would be expunged records accessible by companies (once a crime is paid for, it is as if it never occurred, unless the convict commits another crime, when it will count against them). He was brought into the Sixth Army to service in putting down the occassional rebellion.

[[More to follow, along with equipment etc. tomorrow. Let me know if it is acceptable/whether you want him]]

What are we supposed to be carrying aside from a knife? I ooc'd this on the IC thread, but I'm a bit confused... Do we all have water, and, what?:confused:

Hey my character just dropped off all the stuff execpt a metal canteen and a medic kit. Also one of us should have a knife I thought.

Hey my character just dropped off all the stuff execpt a metal canteen and a medic kit. Also one of us should have a knife I thought.

I believe we all have a knife, but do we have anything else? Do the rest of us have water?

Well it depends on what you dropped off in your locker. I just dropped off some rations, a mess kit, and my weapons. I looked back and one knife for all of us.

Well it depends on what you dropped off in your locker. I just dropped off some rations, a mess kit, and my weapons. I looked back and one knife for all of us.

I'm pretty sure it was one knife each. We'll have to wait until Gael is on to find out.

Exact quote

Now if you will follow him to the armoury, you are expected to lock up all of your weapons prior to departure. As a group, you will be issued one survival knife. This will serve as your sole weapon for the duration of the training.

Who has the knife? I want it!!!! Can I call it?:p

Con gets the knife~!!! :D

Who has the knife? I want it!!!! Can I call it?:p

Con gets the knife~!!! :D

That choice is left to the squad leader *sticks tongue out*

But he sternly insisted on carrying his bayonet, shovel, and canteen, along with his sewing kit and a clip of ammo, but not his gun.

So, does, my guy have ANY of these then?

He shouldn't have those items, as far as I know...

How about a box of cigarrets, lighter, canteen, stick deoderant, and a sewing kit?

I know my guy had a parachute, he does have a chute, right?

He must have one. I don't thing that we've got something to put his pancaked remains in, do we? Anyone willing to sacrifice his or her jacket?

How about a box of cigarrets, lighter, canteen, stick deoderant, and a sewing kit?

I know my guy had a parachute, he does have a chute, right?
Yeah, that stuff's fine. I'd prefer if you didn't have the bayonet, but all this stuff is OK. The lighter will be cheating on the survival part a bit..

K. I'll skip Bayonet and replace lighter with matchbook.

So can we all have some other things as well?

And again, is that one knife for the whole group? If that's the case, I want to be carrying my own, plus a few other items like H.T.'s char.

One knife for the entire group.

If you want other stuff, I need to know what. Afterall this is supposed to be survival training... meaning you learn to survive WITHOUT tools or weapons. In the real SERE school, I don't think you even get a knife, so I was being a bit generous there. You get either a sleeping bag or a field jacket, and that is pretty much it. Period. No ruck even, if I recall correctly.

If I recall corect (I might be wrong)

SERE trainees for US army Rangers get 2 matches, a knife, and BDU each (per person), no map, compass, or such. Something about a dead rabit too.

Russian winter survival training involved a greatcoat, a knife and a calm head. But no matches. It also lacked 'enemy' troops to worry about.

I base my knowledge on USAF SERE school, and a little on the Rangers.

Who has the knife?

I thought Vandy had knife, since he was leader and has the choice of who gets it. Don't say he dropped it!

I have it now.

What is POINT? ! And what is this stuff with a queen??? I'm not following any of this....

Never mind you wouldn't understand.

What is POINT? ! And what is this stuff with a queen??? I'm not following any of this....

It's in the thread in my last post.

You referred to "him"... being "whom"? It was a bit convoluted to me... What is missing?

A good website. http://www.training.sfahq.com/survival_training.htm

So will we find trash out in the wilderness?

So will we find trash out in the wilderness?

I would prefer if we didn't because this would bring up some issues on godmodding. Basically we'll find whatever the hell we want to find at any given moment. If we do have trash I want Gael to approve of what we find.

My going to use a wooden club.

Way ahead of you. Try flaming spear/club. Deoderant is VERY flammable. Especially if given a wick, such as parachute silk.
This I learned from a casual mistake.

Alright, Gaeltach is modeled after Ireland, only instead of NI, we have terrain similar to the Scottish Highlands, however it is better forested than you would find in many places. The Highlands are remote, and sparsely inhabited. Trash is highly unlikely. If you have ideas, I'm willing to hear them out, but don't expect a terrible amout of leniency on my part.

I was think about a wooden board with five nails threw it tied to a wooden stick. It would be tied together with some cloth.

An empty booze bottle? :p I'm only half kidding. A broken glass bottle would make an excellent weapon. Is that something I could find? Some sort of glass bottle?

How big is the SERE training facility, and where is the objective in relation to the facility's borders?

How big is the SERE training facility, and where is the objective in relation to the facility's borders?

My question as well...

Myth:
Tree Moss grows on the north side of trees.

False:
Moss will grow anywhere there is shade, doesn't matter what side of a tree it is on.

Therefore, Atticus is lost. This is a woodsman's myth, normall only used by hunters in desperation, and it generally gets them into yet more trouble. Try it sometime. Moss doesn't grow on the NORTH side of the tree, it grows and the DARK (and wet) SIDE of the tree. (hehe, star wars parady)

Thus Con will suggest using the sun as a compass... and the birds..

Way ahead of you. Try flaming spear/club. Deoderant is VERY flammable. Especially if given a wick, such as parachute silk.
This I learned from a casual mistake.
:eek: Some mistake! I'd love to hear how that one came about.

re: Moss - Yes, but the dark side is usually north unless you're in some sort of abnormal setting.. or below the equator, I suppose. It grows all over the tree, but should be thickest on the north side.

It's not really a facility. It's just a remote location in the Highlands. No civilization in this area, as it's designated as government land and used exclusively for this and other appropriate training conditions. Your destination is far, over hilly/mountainesque terrain.. for the sake of argument, let's say 25 miles.

:eek: Some mistake! I'd love to hear how that one came about.

re: Moss - Yes, but the dark side is usually north unless you're in some sort of abnormal setting.. or below the equator, I suppose. It grows all over the tree, but should be thickest on the north side.

It's not really a facility. It's just a remote location in the Highlands. No civilization in this area, as it's designated as government land and used exclusively for this and other appropriate training conditions. Your destination is far, over hilly/mountainesque terrain.. for the sake of argument, let's say 25 miles.

Is this heavily forrested over the terrain? I've never been to Ireland.;)

Maybe Vandy should make some suggestions about our further tactics. Do we stay at the river? Do we rest for the night or move on?
We should clarify that before more people get lost (and someone has to look for Gorby :P )

And why the hell do I post this OOC? Does anyone know?

Is this heavily forrested over the terrain? I've never been to Ireland.;)
Medium to medium-heavy. Clearings and the tops of the mountains have more heather than trees.

@Hurtful Thoughts

IIRC nobody ever said anything about staying at the river for a long time. In my opinion we only had a short rest to drink something and to orientate. Gorby dissapeared before anything else happened and didn't tell anyone. A list with suggestions isn't the same as telling the teamleader (or anyone else) that Gorby leaves the group. Thus we have to consider him lost.

Con was thinking he went somewhere to rest and didn't find the group...


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Alternate plotline... (OK, stolen from Jacob's Ladder, kinda...) They eat what they think are safe mushrooms, but are some bizarre type and have hallucinogenic, violent, and paranoid effects on the team, thus pitting them against each other. :p

OK, maybe for a different RP. If I had any talent, or any knowledge whatsoever about the armed forces (Other than what I've learned from docu.s and from G. Gordon Liddy... :D ), and could ever start an RP, well, maybe in another decade...

Umm... I'm still overtired, illin', etc., so I'm goofy as it gets right now... :fluffle:

As it is we should have been captured a while ago for playing around by the river for a damn fortnight.

Vandy only came down with a fever because at the time I had one as well. So it would explain any mistakes or poor grammer. :)

Mushrooms you say?

<-- Game

I'm more concerned about moving out again though.

Luporum, I hear ya about being sick. I've been exhausted w/migraines and whatever the barbed wire salad did to my stomach. I can't do a lot online as I get tired fast...

Sheesh... if my char. felt like me, he'd be dragging a casket! :p :D

Most of your characters are bitching because there's no cohesion or leadership even though I gave the order to move across the river several posts ago. None of you followed.

I'm not sure what you guys think what happens in a squad but whatever the squad leader says goes, even if he's incompotent. Nothing is done without his request; so if I seem a little frustrated it's because all of you seem to do whatever the hell you want.

I'm done being squadleader, choose someone else. Hell have Hurtful do it since he's such an expert. btw it would be wise to keep ooc insults to a minimum especially with the mood I'm in.

Alright, alright, everyone chill. Take a deep breath and step back for a minute.

First, it is the role of team leader to motivate and bind everyone.

That said, it is the role of the team members to get over themselves and their own egos, and to attempt to work together.

I find it intersting that the same challenges to teamwork IRL occur here as well. When I went through my training, we all had to step back and realize that success depended on pulling together. Your characters must realize that, even if you as an individual do not yet. They always told us (now granted, we were being racked and stacked individually on leadership) that the role of the team was to make the leader look good. Help them out. Give them pointers, but realize they're in charge.

Most of your characters are bitching because there's no cohesion or leadership even though I gave the order to move across the river several posts ago. None of you followed.

I'm not sure what you guys think what happens in a squad but whatever the squad leader says goes, even if he's incompotent. Nothing is done without his request; so if I seem a little frustrated it's because all of you seem to do whatever the hell you want.

I'm done being squadleader, choose someone else. Hell have Hurtful do it since he's such an expert. btw it would be wise to keep ooc insults to a minimum especially with the mood I'm in.

We ARE walking across the river while we're talking, at least that's what I was thinking... convo as we cross....

Alright, alright, everyone chill. Take a deep breath and step back for a minute.

First, it is the role of team leader to motivate and bind everyone.

That said, it is the role of the team members to get over themselves and their own egos, and to attempt to work together.

I find it intersting that the same challenges to teamwork IRL occur here as well. When I went through my training, we all had to step back and realize that success depended on pulling together. Your characters must realize that, even if you as an individual do not yet. They always told us (now granted, we were being racked and stacked individually on leadership) that the role of the team was to make the leader look good. Help them out. Give them pointers, but realize they're in charge.

I think I was trying to do that... That was my intention anyway. :)

..anyone still out there?

Yep but I can't think about anything constructive to post. We're just walking down the river (*whispering and trying to make a song of it*)

I've been illin' and haven't slept, so if not tonight, tomorrow I'll post... or today if I missed a lot this weekend... I have to sleeeeeppp!!!

Nothing for me to add.

Pretty sure you'd hear those explosions though.

Hype dear, what wreckage are you talking about? No Helo crashed, and the C-130 is a good two miles downstream.

Sorry, I meant the C-130... I didn't know it was that far away... :headbang:

I'll be absent till tuesday. Alexander will follow the team.

I'm not getting any updates in my email! Anyone else have that problem yesteray?? Or today...

Dunno. I don't subscribe to email updates.

Cool, they just started working again. They save time... you don't have to check on the RP if you know nothing has happened...

TG Gael :D

Is Vandy hyper-allergic to the local thorns? Or is that just a bit of my first aid finally kicking in... Or am I just paranoid and blowing everything out of praportion? (I did do some crazy things in this RP)

Bump

Hope they didn't surender...

Sorry guys, I promise to post this weekend. I'm graduating in a week, so preparing for my finals has been kind of a bitch..

*hangs head in shame*

Congratulations Gael! :D

Going to do two things:
Internatioanl Morse Code:

_ . _

_ . _. /_ _ _ / _ . / _ _ . / . _ . / . _ _ / . . _ / . _ . . / . _ / _ / . . / _ _ _ / _ . / . . . XXX _ _ . / . _ / . / . _ . .

. _ . _ .

Hope you . _ .!

*Notes
/ has replaced 3 measures of silence (between letters), while XXX replaced 7 measures of silence (between words).

Going to do two things:
Internatioanl Morse Code:

_ . _

_ . _. /_ _ _ / _ . / _ _ . / . _ . / . _ _ / . . _ / . _ . . / . _ / _ / . . / _ _ _ / _ . / . . . XXX _ _ . / . _ / . / . _ . .

. _ . _ .

Hope you . _ .!

*Notes
/ has replaced 3 measures of silence (between letters), while XXX replaced 7 measures of silence (between words).

:D

Yes, I can :D too...

But do you understand it?

Yes, I can :D too...

But do you understand it?
I had to brush up on it, but yes. The typos were a little tricky (missing a /), but I get the gist. And thank you.

Nothing to be ashamed of. Congratulations Gael.

Oh, so now we're speaking in code? :p

Found Error between A and T.
Thank you and sorry.

Is the [Wait] the MC translation?

If you're having trouble translating the morse code, use this:
http://www.babbage.demon.co.uk/morseabc.html

I'm reading it as ASASAS, am I off base/missed something as that seems gibberishy to me.

Hmm, I've been using the World book encyclopedia, and the now dicontinued BSA Signals book.

. _ . . .
is the abbreviation of 'wait'

AS looks more like
. _ / . . .

(forums do not allow the necessary 3 spaces of silence between letters, there is also a 7 space of silence between words, a 'space' is equal to the time it takes for a dot to be transmitted, there is one space of silence between parts of a letter)

Better site, more comprehensive, closer to the code system I was using.

http://telecom.tbi.net/morse1.html

How about: *%@^*&#@$!!!!! :D

*%@^*&#@$
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*%^#

Quick(er) refferance chart
Alternate display of more common characters for the international code

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morse_code#Alternate_display_of_more_common_characters_for_the_international_code

It's upper level Quantum Mechanics... ;)

Is this RP over?????????:confused:

Is it?

It almost looks as if we have enough active participants, just that nobody is posting...

exactly...

Like I told Hype, I just graduated from college and commissioned into the Air Force, so my life has been quite unexpectedly busy lately. If you guys want to continue this, I'd be more than happy to oblige. (Especially since my life should be calming down here shortly =)

Like I told Hype, I just graduated from college and commissioned into the Air Force, so my life has been quite unexpectedly busy lately. If you guys want to continue this, I'd be more than happy to oblige. (Especially since my life should be calming down here shortly =)
Congrats, and I'm still up for it.

A bit of satire:

[everybody looks at person next to themselves]

collective thought:
"When is he* going to post"

*same as military manuals, he is used because it it much shorter to use he instead of he/she and more polite than "it". The manuals ironicly, also have a lengthy explanation at the end explaining this reasoning. And makes one wonder how much ink useing the word "he" actually saves.


At the very least it proves lawyers have a sense of humur too. Albeit a warped one at the expense of taxpayers. So you might as well get your laughs out of it, because technically you already paid for the entertainment.

Bump, I already posted my return to the main group, Vanderline has full permission to chew him out.

Is this thread intentionally dying or is it merely dissused?

We made it past the mountains and forests, 'Gorby' is back with the main group (and has very little idea of the local chain of command).

If possable, I would expect Vanderline to give a passionate speech of how stupid Gorby was running off like he did.

I would also like to ask if there is a way around the open field.

Lup/Vanderline just told me he's dropped out, so I'd say it's in the hearse.