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no worries man

Advise, DaWoad, that no one knows who the invaders are, no one sees anyone preparing for war, and at this time (7:30pm), they're not even moving in yet. I suggest you change Hawk's source of information from seeing the invaders on satellite scans, to hearing about it on PD news channels and getting worried about Lewis's safety.

sounds good . . . or I can just hold off on that post till later? I mean It'll fit in right up until the invasion actually begins

Yes, you can hold it off. Go ahead.

I am not gonna lie, this sounds like a really fun rp.
Is it still open to join?

FUS, I am very curious to know. What are you doing?

FUS, I am very curious to know. What are you doing?
um...defending honor?

the rapier is costume, meaning it's blunted...little more than a fencing erm...practice-thingie (forgot term for it)

he's fourteen, so sue him [shrugs]

Foil. Fencing foil.

And it's not his future financial health I'm that worried about, but okay.

Foil. Fencing foil.

And it's not his future financial health I'm that worried about, but okay.
oh yeah, the armed students. well, it can be a scuffle like Sarah's was, or it could be less/more. whatever...

It is kinda weird, but this got me thinking... you know, even if Dylan was armed, Marcus isn't a noble. Dylan's appropriate response to dealing with Marcus challenging him to a duel would be having his servants flog him with canes. Or with his own sword. I need to have some overzealous peasant challenge an Ohanite aristocrat.

aw hell . .. too slow lol

It is kinda weird, but this got me thinking... you know, even if Dylan was armed, Marcus isn't a noble. Dylan's appropriate response to dealing with Marcus challenging him to a duel would be having his servants flog him with canes. Or with his own sword. I need to have some overzealous peasant challenge an Ohanite aristocrat.
marcus' family has claim to the Mitgarian(FUS) throne. if that's not noble, idk what is...

I did not know that. I'll edit Dylan's response immediately.

dude why are you dropping out FUS?

FUS, stay. Things went too hectic too quickly for me to keep track of, and I didn't mean to imply I was going to beat up Marcus. Besides, I doubt two soccer players could beat him up, sword or not, and I know Dylan couldn't. My whole RP in this thread is that Dylan is a bastard with a yellow streak whose good qualities are very, very deeply buried. No OOC offence was meant.

ok...waiting for the re-edit before i post, though, ok? i'll delete the other one.

Edited.

Perimeter, is Sarah going to respond to Blackwell?

Second, dueling rules very from nation to nation. In the United Duchies Dylan would be in serious trouble.

Alcona: I'm sorry. I'm mo'fo-ing hopeless. I've been scanning the thread up and down for your post but I never detected it until you mentioned it. I'm sorry! T____T

Folks are telling me to sleep, but first thing tomorrow morning I'll have a post for you! Promise! T__T

i all so asked where she was,as i'm waiting for her to be free to greet her

Ah...explains all...of course I was a bit tardy in responding myself so egg on my face I suppose as well.

ooc: so, did she completely ignore marcus, then?

No, she waved him and his apology off, being somewhat too angry to reply otherwise. Hope that clarifies. :)

Perimeter Defense seems to be the place to send the scions of noble families...
I have three nobles at current count...

Next someone is going to tell me that Sarah is the Duchess of Smith and Wesson.

you never know

I actually thought there were more people than that who were related to their country's nobility.

(Oops, I originally was going to say more than three people, but changed halfway through, but left the additional 'than' in. Should make sense now.)

Gehenna...I just can't parse that statement

Some of Sarah's somewhat-distant relatives are rich and live in an Enterprise-class aircraft carrier.

Oh yeah. If you haven't noticed, most of the character names that I use in this thread are actually Intel microarchitecture codenames.

Sarah Allendale: 65nm core, die shrink on Conroe, has 2MB L2 cache, 200MHz quad bus. Basis of Intel Core 2 E4xxx series.

Conroe MacKenzie: 65nm core, 4MB L2 cache most of the time, 266MHz quad bus. Basis of Intel Core 2 E6xxx series.

Lucy Kentsfield: 65nm core, 2x Conroe, 8MB shared L2 cache. Basis of Intel Core 2 Q6xxx series.

James Yorkfield: 45nm core, 2x Wolfdale, successor to Kentsfield. Basis of Intel Core 2 Q9xxx series.

And let's not forget:

Sandy Bridges University: Planned 2010 architecture, 32nm fabrication process.

One more day before we advance time two hours. Please finalize interacting for now :)

No, she waved him and his apology off, being somewhat too angry to reply otherwise. Hope that clarifies. :)
ah, i see...poor marcus. he really is still a kid, ya know, lol

Yeah - she's just really independent, hates being treated like some delicate flower, and really doesn't want to be associated or deal with all the frou frou bits that go along with wealthy or high-born families. Can be a right pain in the butt. :$

One more day before we advance time ten days. Please finalize interacting for now :)

i'm still waiting for when Sarah free and finished talking with Marvin,then butt in

Whoa. I meant advance time two hours. Sorry.

Yeah - she's just really independent, hates being treated like some delicate flower, and really doesn't want to be associated or deal with all the frou frou bits that go along with wealthy or high-born families. Can be a right pain in the butt. :$
just fyi, he's really taken with her, though i hope that's evident in my posts, lol hence his overreaction to dylan's insult.

Perimiter I think it would fit with my character to develop a completely platonic friendship with an intelligent, slightly amazonian girl like Sara...

Nothing like being a teacher's pet...

Alcona: Sounds okay.

Also, I made a mistake. There is still one more day left for interaction-closing.

2 hours and 22 minutes left :P

EHhh, late response. All posts from now on shall either take place at 9:30pm, or will have a combination of a flashback from 7:30pm and a transitional to 9:30pm. We are advancing time two hours (student bands) and are now in "Act 2." Invasion is closer than ever.

so when can Fall talk to Sarah ?

Well, all the character positions will be reset when we advance to 9:30pm. Start anew. Maybe he can talk to her there.

it's probably Scarlett that your guy is sitting with, PD. depending on how/when Nathi posts, Elly might have left and wandered off back to res. near enough to still participate, but still out of the crowd, so to speak. :)

Okiedokie. Will be fixing.

Yo, 'Cona, what're the contents of that envelope?

Blackwell's re-activation orders...I'm assuming he is still an Alconian citizen and therefore would be in the reserve officer corps.

I just had a civil war start....

Dread Lady Nathicana why don't you look again at my post seeing Sarah sitting with her friends while talking to Kat as well as Fall ,who not hitting on anyone

Technically the whole thing is off since Nani is still at 7:30 (I beleive) and Fall and Sara are at 9:30...

But isa, her character mischaracterizing Fall's actions is perfectly legit...

Technically the whole thing is off since Nani is still at 7:30 (I beleive) and Fall and Sara are at 9:30...
great now that make working out who at what time fun
But isa, her character mischaracterizing Fall's actions is perfectly legit...
no was clearing that up for all

Your character established himself as creepy early on - its perfectly legit to have Natti try to send Nice Guy off to talk to her instead. Besides, this isn't about you - surprise. ;)

i know just didn't know if you know he not the only one there

He's the only 'creepy guy' there - which was the point. Quite capable of reading, even if the material is sometimes difficult to decipher.

Now wait - is Marcus leaving? And where is he going?

Psst FUS (lol typed Marcus on accident) you need to re-read my post

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=14605739#post14605739

because I edited it because I totally forgot that I had something in mind to tell you


loledit
http://angelicpretty.jp-stores.com/goods.cgi?act=goods_view&shop_id=we60157&goods_id=3675&cn=7&p=2&cname=

Miri's headbow. (Just making sure I have all the clothes that I will mention)

hey all my comp died on me, (a note .. . deleting the userinit file in the system32 folder is a terrible terrible idea . . .. ) can someone give me a rundown on whats happened?

We have advanced to 9:30PM. You can restart your character's interactions.

wheeee thanks man

FUS: Can't help but notice the ic sulking there - there is a whole thread of characters to interact with, sorry things didn't pan quite the way you were thinking with mine. Thought I outlined a little bit and was illustrating the personality in my writings, but ... apparently I've come up short or something.

There's lots to do. Do something. :)

hey all my comp died on me, (a note .. . deleting the userinit file in the system32 folder is a terrible terrible idea . . .. ) can someone give me a rundown on whats happened?

yes messing with that oddly named folder is not a good thing

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last time i saw happy flowers, was on a kids show while changing channels and they looked stoned

FUS, you totally missed Eden attempting to make conversation with your character.

Isa, have you never watched someone do something that you consider stupid and ask someone else why they think the person is doing it? I was trying not to have Eden turn around to Fall and ask him why he was attempting something stupid and basically accusing him of being an idiot.

so what my life got to do with how i'am RPing Fall ?

FUS: Can't help but notice the ic sulking there - there is a whole thread of characters to interact with, sorry things didn't pan quite the way you were thinking with mine. Thought I outlined a little bit and was illustrating the personality in my writings, but ... apparently I've come up short or something.

There's lots to do. Do something. :)
They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts.

-Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586)

Isa, I was trying to explain Eden's actions. I thought you might have done something similar yourself so you could see why she did what she did. I guess you haven't.

sorry then

an yes i have watched and asked why and been the reason for someone asking that samething

As a note, it shouldn't be immediately obvious who has the silly string - dressed simply with face covered after all, but whatever. :)

Not only is everyone prepubescents who are capable of designing jet fighters in high school (despite such a thing being patently impossible--unless using off-the-shelf parts and the end result may just barely work but not particularly well), but they're psychics too. No big.

I don't recall having Eden refer to Natti by name as the raider. I don't even think I mentioned her name in any of the posts, but if I did, it would be for reference to where she was looking. So, not everyone is psychic.

And on a other note, Eden can barely make a paper plane, let alone a real one. :D

And on a other note, Eden can barely make a paper plane, let alone a real one. :D
You were not the particular silliness to which I was referring. ;)

I know, but I couldn't resist. :)

are u referring to me, per chance? O_o

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmaybe.

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmaybe.
um, mind being a bit less vague?

Summary: Given the precautions taken, no one should automatically know who the silly string person is, like your character seems to. Previous claims of a teenager creating a working jet have been called into question by a real life aerospace engineer as a humorous aside after said apparent psychic-ness were commented on. Is that less vague?

oh, i didn't get the part where she was concealed. i assumed my char could just recognize yours.

This is why we read other's posts and don't make assumptions. ;)

This is why we read other's posts and don't make assumptions. ;)
ok, seriously, did you have to answer like a right b%$#?

buh-bye

FUS, you've come this far and the invasion is going to be starting shortly. Don't leave before the finale.

FUS, you've come this far and the invasion is going to be starting shortly. Don't leave before the finale.
I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted and I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people and I expect the same in return.

I hope you change your mind. It's been fun RPing with you.

But I can understand if you don't.

Um ... I wasn't being a bitch - sorry if you think I was. I'm not the one who's made assumptions in this rp. I'm not the one who's taken liberties. I'm not the one who's gone out of their way to get in snarks because I didn't get my way with something. Had I meant it to be offensive, believe me, I'm quite capable of being deliberately so. You used the word 'assumed' in your post, so I replied in kind, with no blatant rudeness intended. Text, as I'm sure you realize, does not have the benefit of facial and tonal clues to back it up. No need to start taking shots at anyone over it.

I'm sorry you've taken offense at things being pointed out to you, and I'm sorry that you don't feel up to the task of continuing a friendly supposedly for fun rp.

That's your choice.

I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted and I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people and I expect the same in return.
I haven't seen you wronged, you're the arbiter of whether you're insulted or not, and... won't be laid a hand on?

Seriously?

Did someone just walk up beside you while you were typing and slap you upside the head or something?

I'm all for a flair for the dramatic, but that's just a bit silly. If "This is why we read other's posts and don't make assumptions" is going to set you off, you're going to have a rather hard time on the Internet--just saying.

Woah, this got out of hand really fast, I see.

First off, it’s necessary to acknowledge that paying attention to detail is very important, especially in character RPs. Separating IC and OOC knowledge is sometimes very, very difficult, and sloppy attention to detail can make that much worse.

Secondly, it’s necessary to acknowledge that keeping track of all the details is sometimes quite difficult, particularly in threads with a larger number of characters involved in multiple interactions.

Now, originally, it looks like Nathi was offering a suggestion to help you, FUS, and Scolo, being who he is, made a joke. Perhaps a joke in poor taste, but a joke. Gehenna perpetuated it slightly, and Scolo kept dragging it out by being evasive in his replies. Nathi made another suggestion that appears to have been taken in the same irreverent context as the joke, which it wasn’t meant to be.

You lost your cool, Nathi got upset in response, and everything went straight to Hell. That seems unnecessary and a complete overreaction.

Why don’t we all just play nice, possibly apologize for anything that might have been taken wrongly and words said in anger, and get along happily until the bombs show up?

Just keep her and Scolo away from me and I'll rejoin.

Begging your pardon, but I'm not the one who's been continually 'stalking' and commenting in thread. I don't see what your problem is, but fine and well - consider yourself effectively ignore unless you interact with my character, that way you don't have to worry.

Hope that makes you happy. Again, sorry to see you can't manage to get along with people in a simple role-play.

No further commentary forthcoming from my corner.

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We're kinda in the same thread, that'll be somewhat difficult. Will you settle for trying to keep mutual sensibilities unoffended?

don't think our chars have even met...why can't we keep it that way?

Um, because your character is mildly overpowered what with being 14 and a trilingual swordmaster with two martial arts under his belt and my character is a budding journalist who has been established as tending to watch the most interesting footage? In a relatively small group of people who are about to go through something extremely stressful together?

Although, to be most brutally frank, if you're so delicate that you think your character is going to be maligned by an AV nerd named Dudley maybe it is for the best that Marcus stay outside.

Oi, people, come on. Let it die.

It has nothing to do with the rp. I just don't feel like rping with you.

I say one thing about a character and I say one other thing about oversensitivity... :rolleyes:

Sure, fine, the camcorder has a Google Street View function that automatically blurs out the faces of androgynous youngsters with swords. No one will even know it's you. That work?

Weeeelll, I suppose this answers quite succintly how long I can go sleep-deprived before devolving into a raging ass (don't feed on that, please?).

back OT...when is the attack happening? I kinda thought it'd happen a lot sooner...

Ah, don' worry 'bout it kid, happens to the best of us. We get tired, we get cranky, we get sensitive (and I'm just a jerk, ask anyone). Truce?

Rumor has it the attack starts tomorrow/today-ish.

invasion starts now! Do not reply in main rp thread until invader does!

can at less wrap things up with others like,i'm waiting for Gehenna Tartarus so i can have Fall ask about a girl from the cheerleaders team

oh so you know Fall can see in the dark

Alright, just so there is no confusion, the missile strike did not destroy the gym. But it came very damn close, hitting the front wall a few feet below the level of the roof at an odd angle. The other three walls are essentially intact, and the front wall is still recognizable as such, but missing the top fifteen feet or so.

A more precise description of the damage is as follows:

Anyone outside the main entrance is more than likely dead – the explosion combined with burning shrapnel from the façade.

Anyone on the roof is dead – the roof is gone.

The roof shattered into flaming debris. Most of it fell in to the gym, though a small but significant amount was blow outward by the explosion. The majority of the NPC population attending the dance is automatically dead. Snowy told me there were between 600 and 800 people in attendance. I would estimate 90%+ casualties.

And by casualties, I mean, dead or soon to be. Given the burning roof just fell in, everyone should be injured to some degree, varying from shaken up with minor flash burns, scrapes and bruises to broken limbs from falling steel and concrete to third degree burns where a piece of burning stuff fell on you.

It should be possible to leave the gym into the school by the rear doors, but exiting through the outside entrance is probably impossible.

As for the school itself, the area of it furthest from the gym was struck by a second missile, igniting it on fire as well. Given the fact that most schools contain an enormous amount of flammable material, no doubt this will eventually consume the entire building. Remaining in the school long term is undoubtedly not safe. Most of the hall lockers should be accessible, as should the gym locker rooms and the armory, given their location underneath the gymnasium. At least, for now.

Outside the high school, the rest of campus is in flames. Most of the dorms should be wrecked, the Mall should be totaled, and larger classroom and student gathering buildings were probably hit, including the student center. On the other hand, the main university gymnasium and the stadium would have been left alone to be used as gathering points later on.

The city beyond the university grounds should be horrifically wrecked. 72 ultra-modern strike aircraft can do a horrible amount of damage in a very short time, particularly when their primary objective is to cause chaos in a primarily civilian area.

Just to have some idea of priorities:

First strike:
12 aircraft assigned to destruction of radar facilities (Wild Weasel/ARM strike)
12 aircraft assigned to destruction of power transformers (stand off missile attack)
48 aircraft assigned to destruction of in-city military targets (stand off missile attack)

Second strike (two passes over the city):
12 aircraft assigned to suppression and destruction of anti-air defenses
20 aircraft assigned to destruction of police stations
20 aircraft assigned to destruction of fire stations
8 aircraft assigned to causing havoc in mid- to upper- middle class neighborhoods
4 aircraft assigned to drop cluster munitions all over the city
4 aircraft assigned to wreck the airport facilities but leave the operational areas intact
4 aircraft assigned to destruction of Sandy Bridges University

Responses should begin at or after 2210 Hibernia Standard time. The missile strike was a minute or two earlier.

In case you need some ideas, injuries could consist of:

Minor:
Various headwounds – messy but not particularly dangerous
Broken digits – painful but not debilitating
Small wounds of varying types – small punctures, large gashes, missing ear
First degree and small second degree burns
Sprained wrist

Significant:
Concussion
Large skin lacerations
Sprained ankle
Larger second degree burns

Major:
Broken limb
Dislocated joint
Third degree burns
Significant puncture wounds, particularly through the abdomen, chest, or a limb

all that for a lame school really just mazing they see it a a big threat

Isa, how does Fall see in the dark?

And how did Fall get outside with Marcus without even moving? Just saying I didn't reply does not make your character move miraculously. I was waiting on FUS to take his turn in replying and then have not had time to post since all the misunderstanding from yesterday.

At a guess, the same way he can jump to the rafters of the gym without any obvious means of external propulsion. Or survive the ROOF FALLING ON HIM without being hurt. Or teleport outside as if continuity had no meaning.

guess what it too late the attack happen so you Gehenna Tartarus or i can't reply to FUS or one another and i wasplaning of him going any how

Scolopendra all readly said how by saying Far Cry Instincts

Yeah, but you should have RP'd him moving away and walking through the gym, not just saying you were planning on having him do something and then be doing that some thing. It's hard to RP if people do not action their characters properly and show their movements.

It makes it very hard for me to rp a response that includes your character's actions if he didn't make any. We all like to be in the action but you cannot just jump to where you want to be without some explanation.

i alreadly ask if we can warp things up but No answer

if we can i guess a jump back in time be called for

Don't worry about it. It's done now.

But just because something happens, doesn't mean you can't use some catch up in your post to cover how you got to your new position. Just makes things easier for everyone if your character travels rather than just appears.

We are all trying to write this together and it's hard without all the facts, is all I'm saying.

can someone please reply in the ic thread, then?

FUS, the only person who is near you at the moment is Isa, so it's not like you need to wait for anyone else before you reply to him.

My post will be up once I've written it, but as Eden is inside the gym, her actions are not going to have any effect on what you are doing at the moment.

Gehenna Tartarus i was going to have Fall ask Eben who was the cheerleader girl who kept looking and waving at him

she was going to be the part of why he left

ok I'm back is there a map of the university anywhere? So we have ageneral idea of where things are happening and what would be defensible now that the gym and major dorm have been trashed?

Alright, I can see there’s already some issues arising.

1) Assuming Fall and Marcus were, in fact, outside, at the time of the attack, they should be alone. Pretty much everyone else who was outside near the gym is dead or dying thanks to multiple FAE weapons as well as the actual strike against the school. Unless they were having a private party outside, under enough cover they didn’t get strafed, cover that doesn’t exist, there shouldn’t be a bunch of them. Maybe one more person.

2) No one can use the front doors of the gym. They’re blocked on BOTH SIDES by flaming debris and dead bodies. If you want to get in or out, you’re going to have to wander through the now burning school itself.

3) There’s no way to see out of the gym. All of the walls are still intact to a point significantly over people’s heads. And as it’s a gym, there are no windows.

4) The dorm is DESTROYED. Whatever gear you had there is gone as well unless it happened to be in some sort of fire-proof, shock-proof safe. A safe which is now buried under tons of burning rubble.

5) The campus immediately around the school is trashed, flattened, and filled with dead and dying college students. Oh, and burning debris. The smell of burnt hair and skin. Blood. Voided bowels. That kind of thing.

6) Huge chunks of campus are burning and wrecked. The city beyond is beginning to look similar.

7) For those of you outside, beginnings of scattered gun fire should be heard in the distance, more than likely.

8) I was under the impression this was a modern tech thread. If smart nanofabrics and bioengineering are modern tech, can you please tell me where to stand in line for mine?

9) When the lights went out:
Marcus: Outside
Fall: Outside
Sarah: With Scarlett in Gym
Eden: Mysteriously abandoned by her conversation partners
Charles: Talking to NPC people in Gym
Lewis: Talking to NPC people in Gym
Natti: Attempting to bust out doors from security
Elle: Pranking
Miri: Pranking
Scarlett: With Sarah in Gym
Dudley: Filming the pranking
Dylan: Talking to NPC people in Gym

10) There are no immediately apparent defensible structures for large numbers of people besides the main gymnasium and the stadium.

11) Survivors: There are no survivors obvious outside the gym when Marcus and Fall get up. There will be intensely limited survivors inside. All survivors should be wounded in some way, even if it’s just a headache and possible light concussion from being thrown into the ground hard. Or cuts and bruises. Survivors should be in groups inside because openings in the falling debris are the only chance they’d have of actually, well, surviving.

Also, can we let more people wake up before we move on too far?

Alright, I can see there’s already some issues arising.

1) Assuming Fall and Marcus were, in fact, outside, at the time of the attack, they should be alone. Pretty much everyone else who was outside near the gym is dead or dying thanks to multiple FAE weapons as well as the actual strike against the school. Unless they were having a private party outside, under enough cover they didn’t get strafed, cover that doesn’t exist, there shouldn’t be a bunch of them. Maybe one more person.

2) No one can use the front doors of the gym. They’re blocked on BOTH SIDES by flaming debris and dead bodies. If you want to get in or out, you’re going to have to wander through the now burning school itself.

3) There’s no way to see out of the gym. All of the walls are still intact to a point significantly over people’s heads. And as it’s a gym, there are no windows.

4) The dorm is DESTROYED. Whatever gear you had there is gone as well unless it happened to be in some sort of fire-proof, shock-proof safe. A safe which is now buried under tons of burning rubble.

5) The campus immediately around the school is trashed, flattened, and filled with dead and dying college students. Oh, and burning debris. The smell of burnt hair and skin. Blood. Voided bowels. That kind of thing.

6) Huge chunks of campus are burning and wrecked. The city beyond is beginning to look similar.

7) For those of you outside, beginnings of scattered gun fire should be heard in the distance, more than likely.

8) I was under the impression this was a modern tech thread. If smart nanofabrics and bioengineering are modern tech, can you please tell me where to stand in line for mine?

9) When the lights went out:
Marcus: Outside
Fall: Outside
Sarah: With Scarlett in Gym
Eden: Mysteriously abandoned by her conversation partners
Charles: Talking to NPC people in Gym
Lewis: Talking to NPC people in Gym
Natti: Attempting to bust out doors from security
Elle: Pranking
Miri: Pranking
Scarlett: With Sarah in Gym
Dudley: Filming the pranking
Dylan: Talking to NPC people in Gym

10) There are no immediately apparent defensible structures for large numbers of people besides the main gymnasium and the stadium.

11) Survivors: There are no survivors obvious outside the gym when Marcus and Fall get up. There will be intensely limited survivors inside. All survivors should be wounded in some way, even if it’s just a headache and possible light concussion from being thrown into the ground hard. Or cuts and bruises. Survivors should be in groups inside because openings in the falling debris are the only chance they’d have of actually, well, surviving.

Also, can we let more people wake up before we move on too far?

1)fine with me
2)got that
3)how so? multiple missile strikes +shockwave= goodbye brick walls (yes you were aiming for the roof and machinegun fire wouldn't have destroyed the wall but multiple missile strikes are bound to have.
4)but we don't KNOW that (ic'ly)
5)sounds bout right
6)see above
7) see two above
8)sorry your right. I'll switch that too kevlar if thats ok
9)looks right from where I'm sitting
10)both of which are trashed. looks like large scale defense might just be outta the question. fortunetly there aren't large scale numbers of people anymore.
11)works for me
and works for me

Dudley was stated to be in a corner of the gym; there is thus a fifty percent chance (01-50) he is adjacent to the missile hit. Roll result: 39.

[Edit: Since "front corner" is all we have to go with, it could have been in a corner, it could have been in the center, and Dudley may not have been in exactly one of the two corners. Normal distribution suggests a 50% (01-50) chance of being in the most severe part of the blast. Roll result: 78]

Being immediately adjacent to the missile hit, [edit: but being far enough away that permanent maiming was at least assured,] and considering it's a surprise attack to right behind him, there is a 40% (01-40) chance of death, a 30% (41-70) chance of severe injury, a 20% (71-90) chance of moderate injury, and a 10% (91-100) chance of light injury. Roll result: 77.

Mechwarrior 3rd Edition hit location table (http://www.classicbattletech.com/downloads/Companion_CharacterSheet_Front.pdf) (D20 roll): 18, right leg. Lots of meat there, and had to miss the femoral artery, so...

Yes, there are in fact now enemy soldiers on the grounds of the University.

And some of them might even be shooting at people who are moving around on the Mall outside the gym.

Actually, some of them are. They might just not be shooting at you, yet. :)

Can we please remember that this is meant to be a thread about a group of gun savvy school kids dealing with an invasion situation, not military personnel?

If the people with military grade pupils deal with everything too quickly, the invasion will be over before most of us have even started.

deal with everything to quickly???? but yah my guys a halftraind ASD'ian trooper so are there issues with what I've posted?

DaWoad -

It's been maybe five minutes since Lewis woke up. So far, in that time, he's gotten a teenage girl he was dancing with to 1) recover from psychic shock, 2) address him as sir, 3) think independently as a trained soldier 4) discover the dorms are wrecked 5) go down a flight of stairs, 6) break into his gym locker which apparently had a full set of armor (and weapons?) in it(Ever seen a gym locker? They're small.) and bring it back up the stairs in a multitude of cases.

Military training doesn't include dealing with psychological issues with teenage girls. Nothing does. It's impossible.

Additionally, he's searched a significant chunk of the gym for survivors, and gotten dressed in said combat gear.

I'm not sure I can figure out how to explain it to you if you're not seeing the problem.

Sentient Peoples beat me to it. I was going to say almost exactly the same thing:

Other than the fact that your nation is on high alert, have texted your character a warning and practically know everything that is going on in minutes after the attack?

Or the fact that you have had a character go to the dorms, go to the locker room and manage to find everything she needed in the time that everyone else is waking up? Not to mention that he has already organised the set up of a casualty post in the basement at he same time?

No...no problem.

DaWoad -

It's been maybe five minutes since Lewis woke up. So far, in that time, he's gotten a teenage girl he was dancing with to 1) recover from psychic shock, 2) address him as sir, 3) think independently as a trained soldier 4) discover the dorms are wrecked 5) go down a flight of stairs, 6) break into his gym locker which apparently had a full set of armor (and weapons?) in it(Ever seen a gym locker? They're small.) and bring it back up the stairs in a multitude of cases.

Military training doesn't include dealing with psychological issues with teenage girls. Nothing does. It's impossible.

Additionally, he's searched a significant chunk of the gym for survivors, and gotten dressed in said combat gear.

I'm not sure I can figure out how to explain it to you if you're not seeing the problem.

gooooood point lol editing!

edit:EDITED *sorry* :(

dam DaWoad it taken Fall time to get his head together why the rush with Hawk

lol in all honesty i was bored . . . .sorry again guys and it has been edited

Casualty Report: Dylan has been concussed, has a broken wrist, a twisted ankle and might be bleeding internally. He has a large graze across his cheek which is deep enough to draw blood, and he's currently hysterical.

So, Elly is in shock and has a few minor scrapes, so she's lucky, but Scarlett is concussed, has lacerations on the back of her calves and thighs, a sprained ankle and cuts along her head and shoulders. Noooot so lucky, that one...

And damn Ro, telepathically stealing my idea before I could post!

The braced staircase-and-elevator set that leads to the armory is behind a pair of steel doors in the locker area. Anyone who gets there will see James Y. hooking up a generator and tapping in the keycode - which actually anyone would know.

Just so it's perfectly clear, Fall, Marcus, and anyone with them are now actively being shot at by soldiers who think they are trying to get to the two tanks parked out front.

Admittedly one has a large chunk of debris sitting on it, but the other is merely dusty.

Have fun.

Oh, and very soon, a full platoon of soldiers is going to be probing the school. Thank Snowy and her megaphone for that one.

Seeya later, folks. :P

Hawk's mostly ok. lacerations to the back of the hands and to the back of his head though niether are painful enough to have broken through the adrenaline high he's on.

Steph (npc) is unhurt physically but is in shock only minimally functional and only that much because she's doing something. The second she hit a snag she's gonna go to pieces.

sorry but i'm not buying there Tanks at the school as that just pushing it to far and turning the school into a Military Base

I... I apologise. Miri is mostly unhurt except for boatloads of spall and being smacked. Of course, now she has voices in her head. But... yeah.

Weapons preferred for Miri is a badass machete, and an HK 416 with a 14.5" barrel, with a red-dot sight and...

...

A quick Wikipedia romp tells me that the image on the website is exactly what Miri would use. (Except the image seems like a 16" barrel, not 14.5".)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/HK416.jpg

thats a good pick

isa, the sort of weapons in the armory = military base already. Perimeter Defense is known for citizens being able to buy any military equipment at all. Those tanks are privately-owned.

well then Ainulindalion dosen't really know where outside those Two are

as FUS or i haven't said they seen any tanks and Fall a soldier you think that he seen a Tank he would have said so don't you think

Eden has broken ribs and possibly a pulmonary laceration (she just thinks she's battered and bruised). She also has cuts and bruises, and is being sick. Plus she is suffering from shock. I think that covers it.

Alright, Isa, FUS, what the hell? My troops are NOT advancing on the school yet. Very much not advancing.

The squad that is closest to the school is involved in the recovery of the tank that Perimeter Defense told me was there. I mixed that up and did not realize the presence of the tank was not posted in the thread any where.

But you don't know where my people are, so please, don't assume the troops are advancing to create some sort of false time pressure on yourselves.

I'm not entire certain how you got back into the gym without walking past the people in the hallway outside, like Miri, Natti, Dudley, Elly and possibly an NPC or two. Additionally, to get to the armory, you don't need to reenter the disaster zone that is the gym - the armory is accessible from the hallway, down two flights of stairs. Follow James and Hawk. Or, since you're in the gym, find some NPCs that are actually, you know, alive, so that it's not a dozen kids trying to fight an entire damn army.

dose a Rear Door mean a thing and that they where outside no where near the hallway

oh, sorry. i was just following fall's assumptions.

and, since the gym was basically destroyed, i went through a hole in the wall. those things usually exist in an explosion...um, unless for some reason we weren't supposed to...

an i would think the gym be one hell of a mess so not like it going to be a cake walk

The walls are intact at ground level. I don't know how much clearer I can be about that.

The 'rear door' to the gym, being the one not blocked by flaming debris, leads into the hallway, and then into the school.

Was this not all described clearly enough?

The walls are intact at ground level. I don't know how much clearer I can be about that.

The 'rear door' to the gym, being the one not blocked by flaming debris, leads into the hallway, and then into the school.

Was this not all described clearly enough?
apparently not. and, have you seen a building bombed out? to think that the wall is completely solid ground-level isn't very accurate. even with PGMs you're going to have fracturing of some sort... i mean, we'll change it if needed, but seriously...

isa, I'm doing my best to understand your actions, and I just can't. So I'm going to ask you bluntly, in the sincere hope that through questions we may understand one another. What in the Sam Hill Johnson are you doing, slicing people's throats?

i was lead to think the gym has more then one door in case of fire

isa, I'm doing my best to understand your actions, and I just can't. So I'm going to ask you bluntly, in the sincere hope that through questions we may understand one another. What in the Sam Hill Johnson are you doing, slicing people's throats?
the guy was dying, so fall was going to mercy-kill him. considering isa's militaristic society, i wouldn't think twice about it. but, since my country is not, my char was obviously objected to the practice.

That's fine, FUS. But the wall most likely to have the damage wide enough to get through is also the one blocked by flaming debris, it being where the missile hit. That wall is also closest to the enemy soldiers. And the tanks. And the fact that the building isn't just gone argues that it wasn't a very big missile to begin with.

And gyms are good sized buildings, and tend on the strong side for civilian structures.

I don't want you to change it, it's just try to be more careful. You guys should both put more detail in your posts. It's really difficult to tell what you think you're doing and where you are when you're doing it.

isa, I'm doing my best to understand your actions, and I just can't. So I'm going to ask you bluntly, in the sincere hope that through questions we may understand one another. What in the Sam Hill Johnson are you doing, slicing people's throats?

your were lead to think was it was going to happen take a closer look IT never did ,the boy head just rolled to the side and Fall left him as Marcus was watching the whole time readly to stop him

That's fine, FUS. But the wall most likely to have the damage wide enough to get through is also the one blocked by flaming debris, it being where the missile hit. That wall is also closest to the enemy soldiers. And the tanks. And the fact that the building isn't just gone argues that it wasn't a very big missile to begin with.

And gyms are good sized buildings, and tend on the strong side for civilian structures.

I don't want you to change it, it's just try to be more careful. You guys should both put more detail in your posts. It's really difficult to tell what you think you're doing and where you are when you're doing it.
actually, the blast would be projected forward and hit the opposite wall as well. that is why exit wounds are larger than entrance wounds, and explains the spherical hole in the pentagon on 9/11.

yes, gyms are strong, but to resist a bomb blast/missile strike considers something a bit thicker than rebar and concrete and steel (considering it's old enough to use steel). the walls would need to at least be several feet thick.

i'll certainly be careful. i again assumed something. i thought that, due to isa's post, a previous post had mentioned approaching soldiers.

oh, and i don't write essay-length posts. sorry, but i just don't have it in me...i try to post as well as i can in my short ones. i hope this isn't bad...


ps: this isn't meant as an argument, but merely an exchange of knowledge from what i know of ballistics.

No, you misunderstand. It's my fault, really. Let's try again. What, in the name of all that is good and holy in this or any other realm, did you think you were doing, planning, considering, contemplating, or even momentarily thinking of slitting the throats of students? Why would Fall even consider that for a moment?

think DaWoad posts all so mix things up too

No, you misunderstand. It's my fault, really. Let's try again. What, in the name of all that is good and holy in this or any other realm, did you think you were doing, planning, considering, contemplating, or even momentarily thinking of slitting the throats of students? Why would Fall even consider that for a moment?
he's from an uber-militaristic society. didn't you read my post explaining that?

No, you misunderstand. It's my fault, really. Let's try again. What, in the name of all that is good and holy in this or any other realm, did you think you were doing, planning, considering, contemplating, or even momentarily thinking of slitting the throats of students? Why would Fall even consider that for a moment?

dear god did you miss him saying you move him you kill him you take that bit of roof out of him you kill him dear good i all said the dam boy was bleeding alot and in alot of pain

Yes, I understand that. Se comprende, as they say. But I don't think we're getting anywhere with this line of questioning. Carry on.

has who every RPing as the teacher posted yet?

an is Hawk areadly set to fight a small war?

think DaWoad posts all so mix things up too

sorry :(

has who every RPing as the teacher posted yet?

an is Hawk areadly set to fight a small war?

nope i edited that post hawks actin alot more normally now

66% chance of coming out of psych shock this go-round. Result: 74%. Well, he won't be coming out of shock, because that's not how it really works except in movies and roleplaying games, but it'll shift from detachment to something else. He's this || close to being a proper psych casualty.

our first shellshock casualty

lol yah.

ok, gtg for now...also, are we really rolling stats for this? or is that just your thing, scolo?

I think it's only Scolo who is rolling stats. I know that I'm not.

DaWoad they still in the gym how about you spot them caming out an ask if he need a hand

which he will be

hawks general appearance
http://www.cssserverside.com/images/taskforce.jpg

DaWoad they still in the gym how about you spot them caming out an ask if he need a hand

which he will be

works for me editing now

Gehenna Tartarus seeing Eden head cheerleader can i ask if you can give the girl a name seeing Fall has no idea who she is

I have no problem naming her, but I think Fall's first concern should be making sure she gets medical treatment. Plus Eden is kind of wrapped up in making sure Charles is okay at the moment. But if he asks her later, she'll give him a name.

DaWoad, I hope he wasn't wearing that to the prom. :D

I have no problem naming her, but I think Fall's first concern should be making sure she gets medical treatment. Plus Eden is kind of wrapped up in making sure Charles is okay at the moment. But if he asks her later, she'll give him a name.
that what i'am doing he going to pull the rod out and Stitch the leg wound
an i'am guessing she going to yell when he dose

and so you know ooc right now his mother was a doctor

DaWoad, I hope he wasn't wearing that to the prom. :D

thats the way i went to MY prom whats the problem? lol

no he changed clothing :) (see post about 2 back i think)

I'm just joking with you, DaWoad.

Isa, hate to say this, but having Fall qualified to do everything is pushing the limit of belief. Because his mother is a doctor does not make him a surgeon. And I'm not sure that pulling out the rod and stitching is actually the right solution. It could cause her to bleed to death. (I've seen hospital shows lol).

I'm just joking with you, DaWoad.

Isa, hate to say this, but having Fall qualified to do everything is pushing the limit of belief. Because his mother is a doctor does not make him a surgeon. And I'm not sure that pulling out the rod and stitching is actually the right solution. It could cause her to bleed to death. (I've seen hospital shows lol).
:D

I figure a tourniquewt plus blood (or plasma if theres no blood on hand.) would do it to stabalize. If we're gonna yank the rod then stiching prolly isn't the way to go. best bet would be to pack the wound with something absorbative and then remove the tourniquet. painkiller would be a good idea but only if she hasn't lost way to much . . . .the fact that plasma is being hung makes that a poor idea actually. . . . so ya no painkiller. Oh gods thats gonna hurt.

let see with all the things in this thread that happen but would never happen in RL dose it matter and i think every one seen some doctor shows on tv

that what i'am doing he going to pull the rod out and Stitch the leg wound
an i'am guessing she going to yell when he dose

and so you know ooc right now his mother was a doctor

Right, yeah, okay. No. I'm sorry, but no. If you don't understand what is wrong with this, there is no help for you. And if Fall does try that, he's A) Going to kill her and B) Be guilty of aiding the enemy.

Which under the code of military justice means he should be shot.

The thing is Isa, we already are accepting that your character can see in the dark, has the ability to leap tall buildings. It's asking to much for us now to accept that he is also able to perform surgery because his mother was a doctor.

You have to give him some failings. The rest of us are managing to have at least relatively normal people in this thread. It's not too much for us to ask you to stop making Fall wonderful at everything.

they both have a point

Roania my nation not at war here or apart of it just like every one else so where this so could aiding the enemy

The thing is Isa, we already are accepting that your character can see in the dark, has the ability to leap tall buildings. It's asking to much for us now to accept that he is also able to perform surgery because his mother was a doctor.

You have to give him some failings. The rest of us are managing to have at least relatively normal people in this thread. It's not too much for us to ask you to stop making Fall wonderful at everything.

fine she bleed to death to a rod i never said how deep it was sticking in her that it need a dam ER for then

Roania my nation not at war here or apart of it just like every one else so where this so could aiding the enemy

Because he's killing someone on our own side. That comes under 'providing material assistance to the enemy.' However, I am not in any mood to argue with you about something that should be as obvious as all this, nor am I in the mood to bandy my usual witticisms. Okay? I am going to be very clear, and blunt, and speak directly to you.

Not only is this ridiculous, it is possibly the most ridiculous thing you have come up with in this thread so far. Yes, a lot of nonsense and unrealistic things have happened in this thread. I can think of three. Let's see... you bringing up feral abilities from Far Cry to a modern tech game, you somehow sneaking a special forces-trained teenager into a foreign school, you not having your character be wounded at all despite bombs falling from the sky.

Do you see the pattern here, isa? No, I don't think you do, and I don't care if you do, at this point. You. May. Not. Do. This. And god help you if you argue with me on this point.

Look Isa I think all you need to do is dumb down your character a little bro. He's already special-forces and thats fine (or at lest has been accepted by all here). The medical training was a little over the top though and, here's the thing, i think everyone here is trying to keep this as believable as possible (actually so far its been fairly normal with the sole exception of some idiocy i posted (sorry about that again) and then edited and the prolificy of guns here.) whereas fall is verymuch a videogame fantasy character. bring him to a more believable level and there wont be any issues.

go on , Roania do tell me what you do mm i really like to know


Dawood soldier at less get some little medical training i never said he was a dam doctor ever one else is i said his mother was a doctor as i planing on him tell how he lean the shit you lean in first aid and just just be courses i haven't said he been wound yet dosen't mean i have been planing not too

That is enough.

From all of you.

There is nothing worth fighting over here, particularly not something that is supposed to be fun.

Now, I’m going to run down the points in order.

First off, to clear things up, no one is required to do any sort of stat rolling. Scolo likes to do things that way, and he’s only posting it so it’s transparent what he’s doing and it doesn’t look like he’s avoiding having bad things happen because he can’t stand to lose or look bad.

Second, Sentient Peoples clearly stated in his post that Charles waited until everyone had left the gym for Charles to confront the group. While it is possible someone stayed behind inside, doing so would have been nearly suicidal. It was requested that someone take the initiative to move the story along a little, and he did so.

Third, stop changing locations at random. I know there was a little confusion about posting order, but if you’re somewhere, STAY until you finish what you’re doing. Don’t relocate just so you can get in on something else that appears to be more active. That’s why there are Non-Player Character Students. We don’t have enough people for everyone to be everywhere. Pick a task and finish it, then move on.

Now, as to the cheerleader. Saving the cheerleader does not save the world.

Frankly, your attempts with the gear on hand are utterly silly. While I am aware that military grade field medical kits contain IVs as well as saline bags, they rarely contain much plasma. While some basic medical training might be expected, unless you actually go through corpsman or medic training (depending on branch of service), you don’t learn how to use the advanced gear. Even in Perimeter Defense it would make no sense whatsoever for such gear to be present when you’re not going to be taught to use it until after you graduate. This is still a high school. The Combat Readiness Program isn’t the Advanced Tactical School.

Now as to the nature of the injuries. There is very little possibility (read: none) of a steel rod only going partially in to someone’s leg when sent flying by an explosion unless they fall on it or it falls on them. If that was the case, when Fall moved the cheerleader, the rod would have been extracted immediately. Speaking of which, what kind of screwy medical training did his mother give him that said it was okay to move a critically injured person by slinging them on your back?

She would be bleeding severely, but frankly, anyone who can’t walk on their own is dead. Packing the wound, applying a tourniquet, cleaning it, those are all things that they should be capable of. Putting in an IV is a very specialized skill. My mother was an Emergency Room nurse for fifteen years. I know what I’m talking about. The further extent of their ability to apply first aid to people is going to be to hit them with a Morphine oneshot.

There is a limit to the suspension of disbelief, and this thread’s premise starts well on its way there. Adding in a special ability pushes it further still. Add in significantly advanced training in a single field and you’re there. Significantly advanced training in a second field breaks everything.

I’m going to put my foot down on a few things, as sort of a back up GM for Perimeter Defense in this thread. Posts need to start with a capital letter unless they’re starting with punctuation. Punctuation is to be used correctly. Spell check is to be used. Firefox has built in spell check. MS Word is widely available, along with a number of other programs with spell check. Basic words should never be misspelled. If you intend to introduce any more special skills or training for your character than what is already introduced in the thread, clear them with Perimeter Defense or myself.

This applies in the OOC thread as well as the IC one. Be polite and respectful.

Finally, PAY ATTENTION to what is going on around you. Continuity mistakes should not be happening. Read carefully. If you have questions, that’s why we have an OOC thread. Ask them. For example, if you want to move to another floor, mention using the stairs or the elevator. Don’t just appear.

Is this clear for everyone?

Roger dodger, miniboss. I just do the dice thing 1) because that's how combat situations are, stochastically random and 2) it's just how I roll. Pun intended. I don't like Hollywood (well, let's just make that "artistic") war and had no one intervened Dudley was just going to wander outside to "safety" and get himself shot for no reason and no affirming or touching death scene.

But that is not what happened, so onward and forward.

just went with steel rod at time as i didn't think to say shrapnel

can do sir! rrrr make that mini-sir

Imperial isa

Fall had took his time going down to armory where he spent a hour and a half gearing up,but now he was Dressed an going over the gasmask and helmet he all so had on

"checks out" he said as he pulled the strip before picking up the FN FAL to mount the bayonet he find with it

time to go Fill thinks as he picks up a bagpack packed with his gear and more ammo ,as well as a should bag full of M67 grenades, along with four AT4


Isa, can I just confirm that Fall took an hour and a half to grab his gear?

I want to make sure, as this will put him an hour and a half ahead of everyone else in the thread. This means that what everyone else rps will not include Fall and anything that Fall does will not be reacted to by any of the characters (except those that decide to fast forward with you).

no after Hawk told him to go and came up after Miri as she didn't see him near the doors to the lift or stairs

fact is i don't know what time we all on as we going down and caming back from the armory at different times

and all so Alcona and Hubrisn hasn't posted for sometime

We're currently dealing in minutes, not hours, of time passed. I think that's been made amply clear in most of the coherent posts.

*flail*

stupid work, life, and all that other stuff.

I'm usually not around sat-mon... so now i'm way behind. I'll post, I promise!

so it only take minutes to take care of wounded ,undress redress and find things dose it?

You saved the cheerleader in a matter of minutes, so I'm guessing...yes.

No one is saying we haven't moved on twenty minutes say, but no way would it take an hour and a half to get geared up from the point of Fall saving the cheerleader.

We don't really have an hour anyway. Troops are advancing on the school grounds and the gym and whatnot.

well a hour then to have a good look whats is down and to gear ?

We don't really have an hour anyway. Troops are advancing on the school grounds and the gym and whatnot.

ok then what a good time to have a good look to see what down there and to dress i'll change to what you say is good

The main problem is, you are moving forward without the rest of us. You need to keep in time with everyone else. Like I said previously, jumping ahead is not good. We know you want to get to the shooting, but one step at a time, huh?

And btw, what's happened to the cheerleader? You were fixing her up one minute and now she's vanished.

Well, how about you A) abandon the notion of building barricades and B) accept the fact that you can make a last stand if you want, but it seems like everyone else is going to run. How long it would take to look into a high school's armory? Probably about 10 minutes.

you have a look Fall fix her wounds and rest his back on a wall and Hawk told him to gear up while he was resting

Well, how about you A) abandon the notion of building barricades and B) accept the fact that you can make a last stand if you want, but it seems like everyone else is going to run. How long it would take to look into a high school's armory? Probably about 10 minutes.

so you leaving the wounded and we already read they not going to take POWs

So what is going to happen to her now then? Because Fall did not ask anyone to look after her. He's abandoned her and left her to get on with it herself?

Anyone who's wounded and can't get up on their own power, or was too much trouble to move, is probably going to die anyway. It's not easy... for the people making decisions. I'm not, obviously.

So what is going to happen to her now then? Because Fall did not ask anyone to look after her. He's abandoned her and left her to get on with it herself?

well read all the post i've seen it said there a number of poeple around taking care of the wounded

an i not going to abandoned her i'am still edting my last post as to have her in it, just not get it right


Roania i ask you one question dose any one know that help not caming or when and how after Enemy Troops are advancing

That's two questions, but I'll be generous. No one knows, but probably not any time soon, and the building is ON FIRE, so no one is staying. But, hey, Fall can do what he wants. Everyone else is leaving, it seems.

then really no one knows and it won't hurt that people have something to do then just worry their ass off and oh so far it only your group that your in who say anything about leaving there others still in this thread you know beside them

Despite what other people's posts say, you need to add information in your posts about what is happening to people you are RPing. If you want people to keep up with what is happening around and to Fall, you need to give them the information.

We saw what happened yesterday when you left out key details from your posts, like the extent of the cheerleader's wound, etc.

And you really need to stop Fall from popping here and there without actually moving. It is very hard to understand what is going on if you just have him appear out of the blue. First he was in the gym, then outside, then in the gym, then in the hall and then in the armoury, most times without even walking between places.

Description is the key.

You can barricade up if you want - no one is saying you can't. Some of us have other ideas.

Some of us are trying to detail what we're doing, some are not. Yes, it does take minutes compared to hours to do the minor patch-ups I've been describing, especially when people are trying to hurry - and we have a group of pc's and npc's to assist with the running things back and forth.

If you want to play on your own, feel free - just don't expect a response when its so very not clear what time you're at, where you are, or what you're doing one post to the next.

so it only take minutes to take care of wounded ,undress redress and find things dose it?
in field training, you get about 3 mins tops to transit from blues to bdu's so...

Because it's how I function: 2/3 (66%) chance of recovering from acute psych shock. Result: 38. So it is.

50% chance of immediately going into panic attack. Result: 19, so it's going to be a rather acute panic attack.

FUS is marcus moving out with hawk to do the whole patrolling bit or what?

FUS is marcus moving out with hawk to do the whole patrolling bit or what?
yes, sorry for not replying...i have school and work and air force filling up most of my time...hence my odd posting times and usually-short posts...

oh no no its all good man I totally understand

As a note, and in an effort to be helpful, knowing full well Ainulindallion or Snow will let me know if this is incorrect, here's a general idea of how the gym has been explained (no not showing all the debris, that should be understood) - hope this helps. And if not, well bugger. Effort was made. Perhaps people will have an easier time referencing where the frack they are.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v213/Nathicana/NationStates/Gym.png

MS Paint to the rescue!

That clarifies things a lot, I think. There's more to the hall then what's show, I would think, but that doesn't matter. yay!

thanks that does make more sense

Yeah, the hall connects to other parts of the school if I remember, like lockers and such, but we weren't really dealing with those parts so I just focused mostly on where most of us have seemed to be around. We'll see if it gets shot down or not. There's likely some bathrooms close, if memory of past schools is any indication, as well as other bits - anyways.

10% chance of something. Result: 63.

<_<

Alcona and Hubris's Character MIA or KIA ?

His character got a note in his last post, so he probably left to fight his war. He posted earlier in the OOC thread that his character had received call up papers, or something like that, to fight in his civil war.

i now recall the note and AH telling us what it was

but i don't recall seeing a post of him leaving which why i'am asked my question

He never posted anything after receiving the note, so I guess we can either assume he left the gym (pretty bad for a teacher to up and leave while chaperoning) or is safely in the hall/armoury etc or that he is buried in the rubble (unless A&H posts again, which seems unlikely).

I can't remember if the note came before or after the fast forward in time (which would give a definite location for him if it was after) and I can't be bothered to look this late at night.

Ainulindalion are the troops using AK47s or AK74s

They're using mean bang-bangs that ventilate people and make them not live anymore.

More logical question: what wall is getting sprayed with thirty mike-mike?

Using Nathi's plan-view diagram, with 1 being the wall where the missile hit (Front) and proceeding counter-clockwise from there, the shots were fired at a downward angle into wall 2, aimed towards wall three.

So they'll need to penetrate two walls and potential debris to hit the students in the lobby area.

Because I'm nice.

The enemy troops are using an as yet unidentified weapon that uses 7.62x51mm NATO rounds.

i asked as Fall know all to well the sound of 7.62x39mm bullet

Out of idle curiosity - what the heck difference does it make what sound the bullets are making? You're getting shot at by trained snipers, carefully, with ample lighting. I'd be more worried about the damage, not the freaking sound. :confused:

Also, just so its clear, the 30mm fire will probably go over the heads of anyone immediately outside the gym in the lobby, particularly if they're crouching, sitting, or laying down.

Again, because I'm nice.

And I could've just put a missile in the lobby, given there are obviously armed personnel in there.

That don't mean jack in case of spall versus soft targets! >:D

Not my fault y'all's scouts decided to sneak out in front of a burning building wearing all black in the middle of the night. After all, black hides you at night, right?

Be grateful I didn't just blow the whole thing away. It was difficult coming up with a justification to not just put a missile in there.

Out of idle curiosity - what the heck difference does it make what sound the bullets are making? You're getting shot at by trained snipers, carefully, with ample lighting. I'd be more worried about the damage, not the freaking sound. :confused:

the round and gun have their own sound that someone who know them well can give the heads up how close the firing is or that the safety just been taken off

so some documentaries would have you think

Lessee. My back of the envelope calculations are giving me ~100mm concrete penetration per round, so with the description given there is a small but not statistically negligible possibility that some rounds will make it to the far wall. Any impact can be expected to shatter the concrete and cause spalling, which means that there would be gravel-like bits of concrete zipping around here and there. Probably not lethal but the possibility still exists, and it's not going to be good times for anyone hit by concrete spall.

That being said, the likelihood of being hit by said spall is low enough that character shields should do fine, for those using such a thing.

And sound doesn't mean much to someone who's just been shot. Just saying, unless cloaking is also a feral ability.

No still working on active camouflage systems

an i only asked as Fall face ak 47s and other rifles using that round so i would have posted him saying something about them

You guys are really trying your best to get us all killed before we even get out of the building, aren't you? *sighs*

Are we having fun yet?

And isn't Fall still in the basement, Isa?

no Fall back with the cheerleader on top,but there are others down there and the time part was thrown out the window just haven't edit out

Low-high-low table. 25% chance (01-25) of complete psych casualty. 50% chance (26-75) of recovery. 25% chance (76-100) of psych overreaction. Result: 09.

Not the one I wanted, but the stochastic system has spoken.

the round and gun have their own sound that someone who know them well can give the heads up how close the firing is or that the safety just been taken off

so some documentaries would have you think

So you think you'd hear the safety going off when well, they're already live going into a fight ... with all the other noise going on out there? Booms? Fire? Debris caving in?

Seriously.

I'm confused as to just where your sense of 'reality' comes from.

wow it right there at the bottom that i said that some documentaries would have you think , No where did i say that i think that and how about you just worry about youself

1_3: curls up in a ball and cries
2_4: gets mad and lets him go
5_7: gets mad and goes after him
6_8: lets him go and gathers to get out

d8 was rolled and witnessed by others, 4 was the result - Dudley heads off, Natti gets pissed and figures 'screw you, I'm outta here'.

Alright, looks like y'all gonna be moving out soon. When you finally leave the school, I want detailed listings of the gear you're carrying in the OOC thread (That's this thread), including, but not limited to, type of body armor, primary weapon, secondary weapon, any accessories on those weapons, number of rounds of ammo for each weapon and anything else you're carrying.

Guesstimate the weight of the kit you're carrying. If it looks bogus, I'm going to call you on it.

Sarah got some Type IIIa armor, a G36K with five magazines @ 30 each, no sidearm, and an SRAW with two rockets.

Type IIIa armor: 6lb
G36K: 7lb
Magazine: 1lb x 5 = 5lb
SRAW: 14lb
Missiles: 2x 6lb = 12lb

Total: 44lb

one KM2000 combat knife

one 9mm handgun with one mag in gun and four spares
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=529968

one FAL FN one mag loaded with bayonet fixed

six mags on vest on top of dragon skin body armour and ten spares mags in bag

one PASGT helmet and gasmask

one canteen and one flask

12 grenades in shoulder bag

4 AT4 which he was going to hand out three and keep one

one girl

Still waiting for Gehenna to post. Dylan is going to be carrying whatever he's handed off.

rrrr . . . .wearing black? mottled grey actually for both Hawk and Marcus.

point two. You can see us? Then we can definitely see you why in the hells would you assume that Hawk and Marcus are just strolling out of a building ignoring a whole dmn platoon.

point three. ITS NIGHT! yes there is backlighting from the fire flickering lights etc. but that’s mostly at the front of the building, if anything YOUR platoon will be skylined while Hawk and marcus are moving in relative dark through rubble (cover and concealment both). We're moving from the back of the building outwards.

Your post was verging on godmod ish. You could have at least pointed out the fact that your platoon was there or spotted before assuming we're gonna stand there and get slaughtered. Now I'm gonna let this one go, take a few hits and pretend for god knows what reason that hawk was idiotic enough not to see you but don't do this again.

EDIT: no, you know what fuck that. You've got a fucking tank with a SPOTLIGHT. Hawk and Marcus would see that long before you could open fire.

equipment list
1 Hk 417 +ammo (10 mags)
1 ASD Combat pack
1 camelback water container
1 ASD Combat Helm
1 Set Class 4 dragonscale armor
1 urban Combat BDU
1 MeuSOC + Ammo (5 mags)
1 M112 c4 demolition charge.
2 MK3A2 Concussion Grenades
1 Ghille Blanket (Urban set)

You guys realize this isn't a war zone, its a school campus, there isn't tons of debris and hiding places - most of the debris is INSIDE, not out, the place is being watched and monitored - this has been posted, the students do not have the advantage here, I don't care how uber you think your character happens to be, and without an honest to god map of where everything is, its damnably hard to say 'here is this, that, the other, and us', and everyone needs to pay attention to whats being posted by others, and ask questions here in ooc for clarification if needed.

So yes, commentary for all sides of this, not picking on any one poster in particular.

Anyways.

By the time we get things going, Natti will have:

Roughly 10 lbs of med supplies such as thus. (http://www.afmo.com/Adventure_Medical_Mountain_Medic_II_0100_0502_p/210-00065.htm) Likely stuffed into her backpack.
Something like this (http://www.bulletproofme.com/TACTICAL_Body_Armor.shtml#Blackhawk-Vest) as best I can figure for some body armor. Not sure how heavy, isn't listed, says lightweight - what, 8-10lbs?
Something like this (http://www.blackarmor.com/Vest/Helmet.htm) for her head if available - another 3.5lbs.
Camelback, approx 3L so another 6.5lbs
EDIT: FN P90 8x50 magazines = 400 rounds of ammunition.
9lbs - 3 days - of the First Strike type rations.


54lbs

So, if one references a typical d20 chart for encumbrance, even at a strength of 9-10, that's a medium encumbrance, though I realize armor doesn't always figure in quite the same, as its worn. Still.

Let me know if this works, or doesn't, so I can adjust accordingly.

You guys realize this isn't a war zone, its a school campus, there isn't tons of debris and hiding places - most of the debris is INSIDE, not out, the place is being watched and monitored - this has been posted, the students do not have the advantage here, I don't care how uber you think your character happens to be, and without an honest to god map of where everything is, its damnably hard to say 'here is this, that, the other, and us', and everyone needs to pay attention to whats being posted by others, and ask questions here in ooc for clarification if needed.

So yes, commentary for all sides of this, not picking on any one poster in particular.

Just to touch on the debris thing . . .the roof of the building apparently got hit with more than one missile strike, the dorms are blown to ground level ditto major buildings. Frankly there will be a WHOLE buch of debris outside and inside both. The gym alone would have had some fall outside and with the dorms gone its gonna look like a warzone or worse. In most warzones big buildings aren't as close together as you'd find on a university campus.

to touch on what dawoad said, last time isa mentioned spotting enemies, and he was soundly brow-beaten and told that ground troops were near, but nowhere near the school. so, was there an ic post or an ooc post that informed us of the approaching soldiers? if not, it seems like your men just appeared out of nowhere.

huh, maybe i should just kill of marcus and be done with it...

This is why I've repeatedly requested a simple map, because I've never envisioned the area we're in as being closed in by buildings, in fact, being near a big open space - the mall and all that? The dorms are off and away, to my understanding. The place the HS kids are at is adjacent to the university, but not in the middle of campus last I'd read. Hence, not loads and loads of debris all over, and not multiple missiles - one hit the front corner. Majority of debris inside from interior structure collapse, not a lot outside given it was, as stated, just the front corner. No walls down, no 'breaks' in the walls.

A simple paint pic could clear up a lot of questions - its clear we've all got different pictures in our heads of what we're dealing with.

wasn't there a post where the troops were making their way to the tanks,one would think clearing them they would make noise

Like Nathi, I did not think the buildings were close together. I imagined from the descriptions that the gym and dorms were away from each other. So the dorms being knocked down would not create debris near the gym.

And if the roof of the gym was hit from front top, there would be some debris lying outside (a few bricks, or whatever the gym is made of), but the majority would be inside the gym. Plus the front of the gym is on fire, so would not be a good place to hide for protection anyway.


Also, how could we not know there were troops nearby, when we have been hearing gun fire since the gym exploded. They would not have been right outside the gym at the time, because they could have been caught in the hit, but it's obvious in the time everyone has been fussing around inside that they would have moved closer.

And FUS, if you want to leave, go ahead. We've begged you to stay twice, now you are like the boy who cried wolf, and you know what happened to him.

to touch on what dawoad said, last time isa mentioned spotting enemies, and he was soundly brow-beaten and told that ground troops were near, but nowhere near the school. so, was there an ic post or an ooc post that informed us of the approaching soldiers? if not, it seems like your men just appeared out of nowhere.

huh, maybe i should just kill of marcus and be done with it...

Might help if you read the longer posts instead of skimming through them you know....

Saying this as an outside observer and a reader of the thread.

Might help if you read the longer posts instead of skimming through them you know....

Saying this as an outside observer and a reader of the thread.
sorry, but time constraints limit me to skimming a lot. i know this causes some gripes, but usually it can be avoided. i know i've missed a lot this week, but let's see you survive Hell Week by paying attention to an interneth forum...

seriously, though, i pay attention to A's posts and those of the ppl i interact with, and i hadn't seen mention of the approach.

mm how would we not heard over distance gun fire that Hind caming in ?

I don't think the gun fire was that distant, it just wasn't directly outside the gym.

And it's kind of strange that the people whining the most about the attacker's post are the people who have pulled more than their fair share of disbelieving events in this thread.

sorry, but time constraints limit me to skimming a lot. i know this causes some gripes, but usually it can be avoided. i know i've missed a lot this week, but let's see you survive Hell Week by paying attention to an interneth forum...

seriously, though, i pay attention to A's posts and those of the ppl i interact with, and i hadn't seen mention of the approach.

Some? Every complaint so far in this thread and every act of soldier-boy shenanigans seems to be coming from you two playing uber-duber G.I. Joe's. Somehow surviving barely scratched against a superior, outnumbering and better trained force.

You're kids, not SpecOps. Stop shouting out words like "Platoon" and goodness knows what else and demanding barricades be built [out of what? Flaming rubble?] Leave that in the other forum out of the way.

Remember you're 16-18 year old schoolkids. Not magical soldiers with magic camo and magic powers to leap around gym rafters at will. It's pathetic metagaming and makes for shoddy RPing.

Even if you did have martial training like that a lot of the drill training is often left out until you're properly enroled in the military, and why the heck would said military then send you on an exchange when it needs bodies in boots?

It's the same as ISA's Fail character somehow being calm under fire like a seasoned veteran while he's being shot at by a 30mm gun on a Hind.

Those things are fricken terrifying while turned off and sitting on a helipad, let alone when the turbo props are going and the gun firing. They make even a seasoned vet's stomach twitch slightly yet here he is playing RAMBO saving a girl and muttering witless one liners. It's genuinely stupid for you to pull this crap off, then complain because, admist the gunfire, regular fire, exploding electrical boxes, and goodness knows whatother sounds you missed the sound of a gunship.

Some? Every complaint so far in this thread and every act of soldier-boy shenanigans seems to be coming from you two playing uber-duber G.I. Joe's. Somehow surviving barely scratched against a superior, outnumbering and better trained force.

You're kids, not SpecOps. Stop shouting out words like "Platoon" and goodness knows what else and demanding barricades be built [out of what? Flaming rubble?] Leave that in the other forum out of the way.

Remember you're 16-18 year old schoolkids. Not magical soldiers with magic camo and magic powers to leap around gym rafters at will. It's pathetic metagaming and makes for shoddy RPing.

Even if you did have martial training like that a lot of the drill training is often left out until you're properly enroled in the military, and why the heck would said military then send you on an exchange when it needs bodies in boots?

It's the same as ISA's Fail character somehow being calm under fire like a seasoned veteran while he's being shot at by a 30mm gun on a Hind.

Those things are fricken terrifying while turned off and sitting on a helipad, let alone when the turbo props are going and the gun firing. They make even a seasoned vet's stomach twitch slightly yet here he is playing RAMBO saving a girl and muttering witless one liners. It's genuinely stupid for you to pull this crap off, then complain because, admist the gunfire, regular fire, exploding electrical boxes, and goodness knows whatother sounds you missed the sound of a gunship.
me? I haven't played any soldier-boy shenanigans, as you claim, and have never said my character is some uber-soldier. in face, since the attack, i've pretty much had my char shuffle along not knowing half of what's going on....

and i've never done any 'super' things like you claim.

I don't think the gun fire was that distant, it just wasn't directly outside the gym.

i said distant as if it was right out front yes we would have miss hearing a Helicopter, but seeing it wasn't how did any of us not hear a Helicopter flying around ? hell i know when i hear one i look up to see where it is

no shit Midlonia but i don't see any one else posting their Characters shiting themself