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EXERCISE OCEAN WAVE

This is a Role Play exercise open to all, based on a Navel training scenario and designed to encourage new Role Play ideas and skills. It is also a competition focusing on tactical knowledge and awareness. It is also suppose to be fun!

I started running this in my own regional forum a few years back and it was extremely successful, so I thought I would try it here for the best of Nation States RP'ers to have a go. I'm sure there are many out there who pride themselves on how good their nation's military is, well here is your chance to prove it!

I did say this was a Navel Exercise, that means ships that float on water, I wouldn't normally have to mention this except the last time I ran this exercise someone got confused! The exercise is also being run in the middle of an ocean, with no land mass to speak of, so don't bother.


How to Sign Up

Each nation that signs up is allowed three vessels (ships) with which to play... in your first post you will need to name your three vessels and what type of vessels they are. You can give any additional stats and information you wish. The vessels can be of any class and size from any era past present or future, it doesn't have any effect on the competition.

A list of all nations signed up with the names of their vessels and the status of each vessel will be posted and updated at the bottom of this post!


How to Win

As soon as you've signed up you can start firing on other ships. This really couldn't be more simple... Each nation that signs up has three ships... Destroy all other ships!

There are rules though:

You can only fire ONCE per post, and only at one target!
You CANNOT double post!

Each time you post please note which ship is firing and which ship you are targeting plus the target's nationality. This will help me keep track of the results.


Hitting a Target

As I've already mentioned you can only fire with one ship per post, only once and hit only one target. There are different ways of hitting a target though... Guns, Missiles, Torpedoes, depth charges and Air Strikes (Aircraft Carriers only) all count.
However they only count as 1 HIT regardless of size and yield!

There are also rules to this as well:

I said earlier that this exercise is designed to encourage Role Play skills, therefore:

Each of your RP posts must be over 50 Words long in order to record a hit... posts under 50 words will count as misses!

Pictures count as a thousand words, but must be accompanied with an explanation!


Destroying a Target

Each ship effectively has 3 lives... hit it 3 times and it sinks.

However anyone can hit it, but only the nation that sinks it records the kill. This means if someone else hits one of my ships twice, and you then finish it off with the third and final hit, you get all the credit and can go around telling everyone you sank one of my ships, while the other guy sulks in the corner!

1 Point will be awarded for every ship sunk.
10 Points for every ship that survives!


Plot Tips

Not sure what to write about in your posts... why not tell us about your ships, their crew and particularly the Captain, talk about tactics, inter-crew relationships, or what about that favorite of British pass times the weather!

Out of context questions and comments can be PM'd to me, please don't post them in the thread.


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NATIONS AND VESSELS

Lives - Name - Class


Fort Europe
0 - CS Safren CNB 21 - Battleship - Destroyed by Makaar
3 - CS Tanya CND 08 - Destroyer
3 - CS Antoinette CNS 54 - Submarine

Osteia
3 - HMS Invincible - Battleship
3 - HMS Hybrida - Battleship
3 - HMS Aries SSN-607 - Submarine

Makaar
0 - HMMS Paphlagonia CVN 22 - Aircraft Carrier - Destroyed by Fort Europe
0 - HMMS Cyracuse CA 65 - Cruiser - Destroyed by Gillfish
2 - HMMS Wasp SSN 49 - Submarine

The Civil Bodies
3 - CBS Blue Sky - Aircraft carrier
2 - CBS Devil Fish - Nuclear submarine
2 - CBS President Homsh - Battleship

Gillfish
3 - GFS Black Rain - Aircraft carrier
3 - GFS Swift Death - Cruiser
3 - GFS Silent Hunter - Submarine


JOIN NOW!

Don't forget you can fire your first shot when you sign up!

Because I am sure some of you are still confused as to how this works, I have posted my own ships first as an example.

Nation: Fort Europe
Ships:

CS Safren CNB 21 - Battleship
CS Tanya CND 08 - Destroyer
CS Antoinette CNS 54 - Submarine

CS Safren fires on A random piece of Driftwood, of no specific nation.

From the bridge of the newly commissioned Shadow Class battleship, the Commonwealth Ship Safren, the view across the calm waters that had been designated for this exercise was something to be admired. The sun, just breaking over the horizon cast a spectacular orange hue over the softly rippling water which Captain Ty Cavarez could not pull his eyes from as he stood in admiration of natures true beauty. Unfortunately he had a job to do and he would soon have to return his mind to the task at hand, though he knew the executive officer was more than capable of handling a simple firing practice on her own.

The fourth watch had spotted a large piece of driftwood that would be perfect for such a practice ahead of the live training exercise that was about to commence in these very waters and would keep the crew on their toes which never did anyone any harm. From his viewpoint on the gleaming new bridge Ty could see on the port flank the sleek shape of the Commonwealth Ship Tanya, a Daring Class destroyer which had served with distinction in the Commonwealth's last war against the oppressive Makaarian regime, while some way off on the starboard side he could just make out the faint outline of the Commonwealth Ship Antoinette as the small Swift Class submarine bobbed up and down between the waves.

"We're ready to fire Captain." The XO said, pulling Ty from his revere. Ty picked up his binoculars and scanned the water for the piece of driftwood. When he spotted it he focused in for a few moments then barked the order to fire .From one of the ships sixteen massive deck guns, which had already been rotated and elevated to the correct angle, came an almighty sound and the vessel rocked slightly with the ferocity of the weapon as it recoiled. Ty kept his gaze firmly on the target, watching as the huge shell struck the driftwood and erupted in a tall column of water. Ty grinned to himself then turned round.

"A direct hit, good work people. Now lets go find ourselves a real target to blow up!"

OOC: I might jump in this rp....give my navy a little space to stretch their sea legs hehehe....im gonna see what ships i have free..

Ok, here it is...i have the following...

HMS Invincible (Iowa class battleship)

Stats:

General Characteristics
Displacement: 45,000 tons
Length: 887 ft 3 in (270 m)
Beam: 108 ft 2 in (32.9 m)
Draft: 37 ft 2 in (11.3 m)
Speed: 33 knots (61 km/h)
Complement: 151 officers, 2637 enlisted
Armament: 1943 9 16 in (406 mm) 50 cal. Mark 7 guns
20 5 in (127 mm) 38 cal. Mark 12 guns
80 40 mm 56 cal. anti-aircraft guns
49 20 mm 70 cal. anti-aircraft guns
1983 9 16 in (406 mm) 50 cal. Mark 7 guns
12 5 in (127 mm) 38 cal. Mark 12 guns
32 BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missiles
16 RGM-84 Harpoon Anti-Ship missiles
4 20 mm 76 cal. Phalanx CIWS



HMS Hybrida (Indiana class battleship)

Stats:

General Characteristics
Displacement: 35,000 tons
Length: 680 feet
Beam: 107.8 feet
Draft: 29.3 feet
Speed: 27 knots
Complement: 115 officers, 1678 men
Armament: nine 16 inch guns, 20 five-inch guns, 24 40 mm cannon, 16 20 mm cannon,
4 20 mm 76 cal. Phalanx CIWS



HMS Aries (SSN-607)

Stats:

General Characteristics
Displacement: 3070 tons surfaced,
3500 tons submerged
Length: 278 feet 5 inches (84.9 m)
Beam: 31 feet 8 inches (9.7 m)
Draft:
Propulsion: S5W reactor
Speed: 15 kt surfaced (28 km/h),
28 kt submerged (52 km/h)
Depth: 700 feet (200 m)
Complement: nine officers and 76 enlisted men
Armament: 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes



Commanded by Admiral Winifred Haliburton

Ships:

HMMS Paphlagonia CVN 22 - Aircraft Carrier
HMMS Cyracuse CA 65- Cruiser
HMMS Wasp SSN 49- Submarine

Commanded by Commodore Alan Wilson

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HMMS Paphlagonia launches an air strike on CS Safren (Fort Europe)

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As the bell rang out across the ship indicating the presence of a target, the pilots of the Makaarian F-44s burst onto the flight deck and ran for their aircraft. As the crews helped them into their aircraft and made the final preparations for take-off, the F-44s began to take off from the huge aircraft carrier.

"Paphlagonia Flight Command, this is Scorpion One. I am in the air."

"Roger that, Scorpion One. Target is at grid 6578. Marked on your radar, please confirm."

"Roger that, target is marked, proceeding with caution."

As the fighters sped into the distance, the figures of the Fort European ships came in on the horizon.

"Paphlagonia, this is Scorpion One. We are in range of the target, requesting permission to engage."

"Permission granted, Scorpion One, you are cleared to engage with full force. Sink those bastards."

The pilot of the F-44 flipped the weapons safety switch to the off position, locked on to the CS Safren, and fired his Makaarian-made Poseidon missiles with the rest of his squadron, before turning away to avoid anti-air fire of the enemy fleet.

Fifty words is all it takes for a hit? This won't be about roleplaying, this will be about who can post the most. If you wanted it to be about roleplaying, you'd have put in a sensible minimum - five hundred or a thousand words - and follow it up by having a judge decide if something's good enough to warrant a hit.

OOC: I'm game, just give me some time to get my ships together and such.

OOC: McPsychoville, it's only a game. If you don't like it, then don't play. If you stick around though you will see that this has more to do with tactics than post count, and the RP part is just for the fun of story telling as it is in any RP.
Makaar, glad you could join in my old friend, the more people the better this will be.

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CS Safren returns fire on HMMS Paphlagonia.

The ship rocked violently with explosion after explosion as the missiles hit their mark. Captain Ty Cavarez looked around him as his people went to work with orders and shouts of fires and damage filled the bridge with noise. His ears still ringing, Ty pulled himself out of his chair and looked out over the bow at the mess below. The aircraft had come seemingly from nowhere, and were quickly returning to where they had come from.

"Sir," An young lieutenant called from his post, "I've located the enemy fleet, bearing zero one five at about four clicks."

"Excellent, bring the fore guns to bare and return fire on who ever the hell these b..."

"They're Makaarian Sir." The youngster replied before the captain could finish.

"For the love of... those insolent Makaarian cowards." Ty exclaimed reaching for his binoculars. "Blast them to hell!"

On the horizon he could just make out the outline of the Makaarian fleet. Lowering the binoculars revealed that the two forward turrets were already in position and taking aim, the eight massive forward guns providing the battleship with a formidable firepower. The guns fired in unison, rocking the vessel once again and the shells raced off to meet their target.

"Now would someone give me a damage report."

"Yes Sir," The XO, Commander Alysa Ryne said as she entered the bridge wiping a mix of blood and sea water from her forehead. "We took a direct hit midships, the UHF transmitters down and we've lost power to some of the lower decks. All fires have are under control and we've lost four crewmen with another six seriously injured."

The captain looked out in the direction of the Makaarian fleet and shook his head, by now their own shells would be hitting their target.

"Thank you Commander, resume your station. Lets go show these Makaarians why we won the Battle of Port Hughes!"

CBS Blue Sky-Aircraft carrier
CBS Devil Fish- Nuclear submarine
CBS President Homsh- Battleship

Fleet commander Rear Admiral Seria Deps


CBS Blue Sky data
Length: 896 ft.
Height: 500 ft.
Speed: 38 Knots
Armament: Twelve SkyHawk attack helicopters, fifteen ThyunderStrike attack bombers, Three SkyTrain Recon planes, ten 50. caliber Anit aircraft guns
Crew: 1,893

CBS Devil Fish data
Length: 347 ft.
Height: 105 ft.
Speed: 46 knots (on top of water) 33 (under)
Armament: Ten Opens seas torpedos, twenty trans continental missiles
Crew: 576

CBS President Homsh
Length: 1,907 ft.
Depth 687 ft.
Speed: 29 knots
Armament: sixteen 18" guns, twenty short range guns
Crew 2,783
Rear admiral Deps Flagship

OOC: Won the battle? If I remember correctly, you pulled out! Right, that's it, let's settle this here and now ;)

IC:

HMMS Cyracuse fires on CS Safren

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"Brace for impact," the war-grizzled Commodore said slowly. Raising the binoculars to his eyes, he caught the flash of weapons fire in the distance. Without reaching to steady himself, he felt the huge ship sustain the impact of a naval artillery barrage.

He looked round at the crew, who had all braced themselves, before looking out at the sea.

"We've lost the element of surprise. Get our planes back here and fit them with more missiles, and have the Cyracuse open up on them, all guns."

The radio operator spoke loudly into his mouthpiece as he gazed at his radar screen and watched his aircraft return. From the corner of his eye, the Commodore caught the flash of a gun as the Cyracuse fired a barrage at the Commonwealth flagship.

"Sir, we've got casualty reports coming in from the lower decks. There's flooding, two people missing."

"Close the emergency bulkheads!" the Commodore's second-in-command cried. "Seal that breach!"

The flash in the distance indicated that the shells had hit their target. The fighters were visible now, preparing to land on the carrier.

We might signup for this later...

OOC: Only becasue Laskon came back... You're right, lets finish this.

IC:

CS Antoinette fires on HMMS Paphlagonia.

"Mayday, mayday... Charlie November Bravo Two One, North nine four decimal seven five, West zero one nine decimal zero five, vessel heavily damaged, crew abandoning ship... repeat... Mayday..."

"Ma'am, it's the Safren, their listing heavily and taking on a lot of water. She won't withstand another hit."

"I can see that Lieutenant, I have eyes you know. Bring us along side and lets see if we can get her crew off safely." Captain Emma Konaria frowned, she had the enemy in her sights.

The daughter of retired Admiral Jack Konaria, Emma had risen through the ranks quickly, but had made a name for herself during the last conflict against Makaar with the Commonwealth's sixth fleet defending Port Hughes. As the CS Tanya turned away from their target to lend aid to the damaged Safren Emma caught a glimpse of an explosion in the distance, a column of water could be seen rising above the calm waters and the enemy fleet joined by smoke and flames.

"Ma'am, the Antoinette fired." the watch chief called. "they've hit that Makaarian carrier."

CBS President Homsh fires on HMMS Cyracuse
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As the sounds of battle drift toward the south the Civil Bodies fleet suddenly changes direction with thier flagship in the lead. As the other fleets come into view alarms ring men run to battlestations readying weapons aircraft and torpedos.

"Admiral there seems to be two fleets out there right now, both origins unknown."

The Admiral looks back and smiles "It seems one of those fleets is in trouble now doesnt it? Fire on that cruiser, ensign lets lend a helping hand for now anyway."

The young weapons officer looks up surprised he had herd of the Admirals spontanious actions before but this one went far beyond any stories he had herd before all he could do was nod and answer "Yes Ma'am." After all he enjoying his new career, it was far better then slaughtering cows all day.

When the weapons officer turned around the Admiral was staring intently to the north as the ship thundered and rocked slightly, a cheer was herd throughout the ship that made the Admiral smile again.

"One more thing Ensign get in contact with Captain Xavier of the Devil Fish tell him to scout the fleet we just saved."

"Aye Aye ma'am."

HMMS Cyracuse fires on CS Safren.

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"Fleet Command, this is Task Force 18. We have sighted Fort European fleets in international waters and have moved to engage. Paphlagonia, registry CVN 22, is heavily damaged. Crew has been ordered to abandon ship. We will need search and rescue at co-ordinates: North nine four decimal seven five, West one nine decimal four five."

The call went out as the crew of the HMMS Paphlagonia prepared to abandon their craft. The fighter pilots boarded their aircraft, but not to engage the enemy; rather, to salvage them from the seriously damaged ship. They would not partake in the battle again.

Their lifeboats headed towards the Cyracuse, which would be a safer option for them than remaining in the sea. The ship named for the destruction wrought by the Fort Europe-sponsored terrorist group, the Holy Avengers, upon the Makaarian city of Cyracuse, would now be the ship to fire the death blows to a Shadow-class ship, the pride of the Commonwealth navy.

As its guns fired off the shells that would finish the huge ship, another volley came in from another side. As shells hit the water around the small vessel, the crew could only watch as the shots finally found their mark midship, severely damaging the armour and sending the ship rocking dangerously to port. It was only the will of all those on board that kept it the right way up.

CS Antoinette fires again on the HMMS Paphlagonia

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Screams and shouts filled the air as the great Battleship rolled onto it's side and slowly began to break up as water filled the vessel deck by deck. The Safren was going down quickly and crews from the CS Tanya struggled to pull survivors to safety amidst the burning wreckage. Meanwhile benieth the surface the CS Antoinette released a second deadly torpedo into the water, her captain watching intently through the scope as the warhead powered it's way towards the striken Makaarian carrier. He looked up.

"Direct hit, bring us about, we'll go for that cruiser next." The captain called out, expecting hear a chear go up from his crew. There wasn't one however and he looked around.

"The Safren Cap, she's gone. The Makaarian zatoasten got her, she's going down fast." The XO said through cletched teeth. The captain knew many of his own crew had friends who served on the CS Safren, theirs would be avenged.

"Damn them, damn them all!.."

"Cap, there's another fleet coming in" A crewman looked up from his workstation. "origin unknown but the've fired on the Makaarian cruiser."

Meanwhile, on the upturned hull of the Safren, Captain Ty Cavarez helped the last few survivors of his lost battleship into a life raft before hauling himself in as well, he hoped it would not be long before they were fished out by the CS Tanya.

CBS Blue Sky fires on HMMS Cyracuse
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As the Devil Fish surfaces next to the sinking CS Safren nearly knocking over a life boat or two, Captain Xavier climbs onto the conning tower with a mega phone

"This is the Federation of the Civil Bodies Ship Devil Fish, i am Captain Xavier of the High Seas Fleet now how may i help you?"

Back on the President Homsh the Admiral turns around and barked "Status report ont the other fleets!"

"Ma'am one ship from each fleet are sinking, seems they don't like each other ma'am."

"That's a start, Davids contact Blue Sky i want eyes in the sky now."

Commander Bushnell never did like the Admiral only because she was endangereing needless lives and also very expensive equipment.
As he gave the order for the pilots to take off he knew this was going to be a long day.

The ThyunderStrike planes were a wonder to the pilots that flew them fast agile and very deadly the planes were on the enemy cruiser in a matter of minutes the only warning had before the planes dropped off their five hundred pound bombs was a tip of the wings from the leader.
When the planes payload was delivered they all streaked across the sky to reload and have another go.
Except one SkyTrain Reconnisence plane slowly circuling far above the cruiser sitting and waiting.

HMMS Cyracuse fires on CBS President Homsh

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The crew of the HMMS Paplogonia, including the commodore, watched as the ship took another hit. Though it would not sink due to the closure of the emergency bulkheads, it would no longer be serviceable; the flight deck was full of holes, the bridge was scattered across the ocean, and the hull was taking in so much water that the ship was barely able to stay afloat. In rougher weather, it would be in two halves.

"Fleet command, this is HMMS Cyracuse. We have assumed command of Task Force 18. Have been engaged by unknown fleet, apparently aiding Fort European navy. Severely outnumbered and outgunned and taking damage, please recommend a course of action."

"Cyracuse, this is fleet command. Set course for Makaar. Reinforcements are too far away but we can have rescue boats there within a day. Get as close as you can to Makaar and keep firing."

Gillfish signing up:

GFS Black Rain - Thunderstrike class aircraft carrier
GFS Swift Death - Viper class cruiser
GFS Silent Hunter - Stalker class submarine

new to this but i'll see how it goes

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GFS Black Rain launches an air strike on HMMS Cyracuse - Makaar cruiser

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The commander of the fleet, Moriar Narman, stood on the bridge of the aircraft carrier Black Rain, surveying the scene before him with a Professional air and listening to the report coming in to him from the GFS Silent Hunter before turning to face his second in command.

"Order the pilots to their jets - the information Silent hunter is recieving points to there being three fleets of unknown origin in the area. The cruiser of one fleet is badly damaged so make that there target." barked Moriar, smiling to himself as his second hurridley obeyed his order.
Twenty years after being press-ganged into the service of the navy of Gillfish he was one of the most feared naval officers in the navy and with good reason. He sensed all eyes on the deck stray to the pistol he wore round his waist. He was well known to execute those who dissapointed him.

The sound of jet engines taking off wakened him from his reverie as the squadron of Dark Blade fighter-bombers flew off towards their target destination. It took them scant seconds to close the distance into the range of their formidable Dark Lance anti-ship missiles. As one they let fly, before excecuting a fast turn and racing back to the carrier to re-fuel and re-arm. The missiles straked off towards the listing cruiser, their contrails following them like the tails of a comet. The missiles imapcted onto the deck of the cruiser, puncturing into the body of the ship before their delayed timers detonated them, blasting apart the ship from within.

A mighty roar went up from the deck, and Moriar permitted them a few seconds of joy before quietening them with a wave of his hand and the words, "Now lets see how they react."

one question? can you use boarding actions AS an attack?

edit: damn! I meant as an attack and thank you for the answer

OOC: Welcome Gillfish. You can use a boarding party as an attack, but not a defencive action... and it would still only count as one hit in order to keep things fair.

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CS Tanya fires on the CBS Devil Fish

"Where did that come from?"

The exclamation from Captain Ty Cavarez was matched by the surprised looks on the faces of the other men in the flimsy life raft. Two other rafts were overturned as the large black form of a submarine surfaced between them and the Tanya which was collecting the Safren's survivors. It was clear that the vessel wasn't the Antoinette or any other Commonwealth vessel known to be in the area and this much was confirmed when the appearence of a man with a loud hailer started shouting something in a foreign language.

Ty didn't wait long enough for anyone else to respond, pulling his side arm from it's holster benieth his life jacket he fired off several rounds. None of which came close to their target though as the small craft rocked back and forth on the waves. The starboard deck gunner on the Tanya however was far more accurate, straffing the conning tower and foredeck of the unknown submarine believing it to be Makaarian. As it turned out the submarine belonged to the Civil Bodies fleet who had come to lend help to the rescue effort, unfortunately the crew of the Tanya had been fighting the Makaarians for far too long to take any chances.

CBS Dvil Fish fires on HMMS Wasp
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As several men on the deck of the Devil fish was cut in half the rest made it to safety of the conning tower scrambling down the latter.
"Dive dive faster! Im guessing they dont like us to much, get on the horn to the Admiral tell her we might have a little problem."

On the President Homsh

"INCOMING!" three seconds later shells from the unknown fleet smacked the pride of the fleet rocking the ship violently.

The weapons officer gets up and looks at the Admiral "Ma'am?"
"Damage reports, seal all water tight doors and will someone please-"
"Ma'am another unknown fleet has just sunk that cruiser."

Suddenly a crackling sound was herd over the comm, then "Admiral this is Captain Xavier our friends didnt like us t much i have five dead three wounded waiting for orders."

"Damnit, lets finish off that fleet we first saw, we'll come back to our friends later, whats left of that fleet anyway?"
"Looks to be a submarine, heading away fast and very noisy easy to track."
"Then what are you waiting for Xavier is waiting for orders."

Captain Xavier slams the phone into the reciver "Looks like we have a subamrine to sink, and get us the hell away from here before they start droppong ash cans."

"Read tubes one through four i wanna make sure this guy is dead."
"Sir contact half a mile straight ahead."
"Wait just a little bit closer."
"Sir five zero zero yards closer?"
"No ,fire one, fire two, ready two missiles lets make sure our friends get a treat."