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ooc: Wolfish here. I am accepting proposed story lines to RP for the password to this puppet nation.

Please provide a BRIEF submission - if I need more detail, I'll ask.

Story must : be present or near-future tech, not involve massive use of WMD, and be interesting.

Ideally, this nation will go to a good RPer who can use it as they see fit.

There is no deadline - I will review submissions until I find one I like. Multiple submissions welcome.

If you have questions TG Wolfish NOT Brass Rails.

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UN Category: Compulsory Consumerist State

Civil Rights: Good Economy:
All-Consuming
Political Freedoms: Rare

Location: Role Play University
The Republic of Brass Rails is a huge, economically powerful nation, notable for its compulsory military service. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 834 million are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

There is no government in the normal sense the word; however, a small group of community-minded, corrupt, pro-business individuals juggles the competing demands of Defence, Law & Order, and Commerce. Income tax is unheard of. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Gambling industry.

Employers may fire workers without giving any reason, organ donation is compulsory, the nation has opened its arms to an influx of refugees, and military spending is on the increase. Crime is crippling. Brass Rails's national animal is the Monkey, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the Smatter.

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the emperor is growing suspicious of all nation and feels the need to aquire allies he can fully and completly control, not just talk to but have dominion over, he has recently aquired swastikas and feels it is a good idea to aquire more nations of similar size

Emperor Finegold II paced back and forth through his imperial bedroom while hastily putting on his clothes. After buttoning up his jackets he ran outside and down some 20 levels. Upon reaching there he saw his Imperial War Room where his Chief of Staff, Erich von Manstein, and several other generals and politicians were awaiting him.

Manstein: Hello your majesty

Ignoring Manstein Finegold went straight to politics.

Finegold: What can we offer for this state?
Smitz: Sir, it might not be benificial for this transaction.
Finegold: Silence! I have made my decision! But, I am willing to pay up to 46.3 trillion sheckels (dollars) in a series of 25 years. Military action is not an option.
Manstein: Well, the military might be able to win if we build up allies...
Finegold:Manstein! I told you, NO MILITARY ACTION. We've mobilized 5 times already in two years and we are about to go under clandestine operations for smuggling. I will telegram the leader of this nation.

Finegold leaves and strides to the Imperial Communications Room and then sends a telegram to Brass Rails. In it the emperor outlines his offer... and the emperor awaits the response.

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the emperor is growing suspicious of all nation and feels the need to aquire allies he can fully and completly control, not just talk to but have dominion over, he has recently aquired swastikas and feels it is a good idea to aquire more nations of similar size

Check your tg's - but I'm still looking for someone to give me a decent story to rp the takeover of this nation.

OOC: Could it be a revolt against the current government that tries to install a monarchy? If so I would probably intervene and assist them. Or it could be a military coup where the military wishes to wrestle control away from the corporations.

OOC: Could it be a revolt against the current government that tries to install a monarchy? If so I would probably intervene and assist them. Or it could be a military coup where the military wishes to wrestle control away from the corporations.

Spell out your specific proposal please.

I am working on it right now.

To those that are tg-ing me - please post here. I'm getting a little swamped.

Ok, I wrote this on my other nation "Unleashed Darkness" Get your popcorn and enjoy. :wink:

It was a dark night. Two uniforms were out on patrol, their car read "Miska County Police". They were driving along having a conversation about, well, It was about a "Gentelmens Club" that they had recently visited. It was only 9:43, their shift ended at 10 and the precinct was only 2 minutes away so they decide to take a swing by the Miska County Harbor.

When they arrived, they were greeted with gunfire from an automatic weapon, then, two shadows could be seen hopping onto a boat. The uniforms jumped out of their car and began to take cautious steps toward the dock at which the invaded boat was stationed. They heard a piercing scream which stopped them dead in their tracks for a second or two. One of the men ran back to the car and radioed for help.

As they neared the boat, one of the shadow men was attempting to exit the 45 foot house boat. The uniform and the shadow spotted eachother. It was too late. The shadow with the automatic weapon was to much for the cop with the 9mm. He had about 16 rounds fired in him within seconds. The second man came out, dragging two bodies that were bound up by duckt tape. They started a conversation.

"What were you firing at?"

The Man pointed at the, now bullet pierced cop.

"Oh. Well help me with this guy will ya? Boss wasn't kidding when he said the president was a load."

"I think he meant load of shit, ya know, like a real politic."

"I'm aware of what he meant." the other man replied bluntly.

The continued to drag the two bodies off the dock and into a forgien made SUV. They were un aware of the remaining police officer, who had heard the discussion about the president of UD being killed, along with his wife. They turned on the truck and spead off. Not 30 seconds later did the back up arrive. They were shocked at the site. One of their own dead.

The living uniform relayed the story about the two shadowy figures and the presidents murder. The police chief couldn't move. All he could think was 'Where was the UIA?'. That wouldn't help. After what had looked like a switch had turned off in the chiefs brain, he began to shout orders.

"Which way did this vehicle go?"

"East sir, down Miska Blvd."

"You two," he pointed at two officers that were sipping cofee, "Get your asses in the car and follow that vehicle."

"Of course sir," they mumbled as they tossed their cups carelessly to the ground.

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The following morning

The two cops that were sent after the assasins had managed to bring one of the men, the one that shot the uniform, into miska county jail. He was pushed out of the vehicle, so he was easy bait. He was interigated and finger printed. His files did not match any in the MCPD data base, the country data base, nor the USSUD data base.

The police now had the suspision that these men were sent from another country. But the question of what the president was doing on his yacht still troubled many. That question was answered when Miska County recieved a call from the UIA. They stated that the president likes to go out with his wife alone, and feel like a normal person. He was spending the night on his private yacht. When the idea about an assasin from another country was brought about, the suggestion that the UIA had a spy that was passing information to other countries.

The UIA and MCPD agreed that it would be better if no one found out about the presidents murder until it was solved. Think about it, if the country knew, there would be mass chaos. One officer was settling down at the station when he flipped on the news. The 7 o'clock news was on. He had been there since about 7 the previous night and he was wiped. He was awakend on what he saw on the news.

"Guys get over here! Look, Ohanson's on the news!" Ohanson was the uniform that escaped the shadows.

UDNNN (Unleashed Darkness National News Network)
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"So how did it happen again?" said a young, blonde reporter.

"I was out on patrol, with my partner," he paused, the tension seemed to flow over the electronic waves, "we were just cruising around and we heard shots come from the docks. They shot him."

"Who shot your partner?"

"The shadows."

"Who are they?"

"Thats the thing, we don't know. We think they are from an outside country, the killed the president."

"What the f---? The president is dead?"

"Ya."

"Do you hear that people, the nation is being threatened, pull out your arms, protect your children! We are under forgien invasion, I repeat forgien invasion!"
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The news cuts off. The men at the station were cursing. They phoned the UIA.
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Later on TV

A representative from the UIA steps up to the podium. He was tremeling, sorta'. He cleared his throut and ajusted the micraphone, prepared to deliver his speach.

"Citizens of Unleashed Darkness, do not fear. We will be ok."

That was was his speach. Thats all he could say, and even that was a lie. They wouldn't be ok, they did need to worry.

Rhubarb.

taria stepped to the console in the middle of his palace in arackal, looking over the readouts for the rebellion in brass rails, he handed a small piece of paper to a general waiting behind him bearing his seal
"give this to the rebel leader tell him that whatever money or weapons or troops he will need in the final battle he may count on us, and that freedom will be his."
"yes my lord."

taria smiled an evil smile, and thought to himself "soon, i shall be invincible, with the gaining of brass rails, i shall have an army of monumental proportions."

location: Brass Nails
Main players: Corporate forces of BN, Small group of highly trained assassins, Civl rights group(underground, of course)

Scenario:
A not so small(3 million ppl), and very underground, civil rights group, known as COOO(citizens for overthrowing our oppressors) is fed up with how things are going in Brass Nails. They want sme kind of representaion. The group is fed up is with the lack of political freedoms.

The heads of BR various corporations are staging a secret meeting somewhere in the country. They have decided that now is the time for masive expansion. They're going to develop relationships with weaker nations, exploit them, and eventually send in soldiers(with the latest tech, they're private armies not govt. troops) to finish the hostile takeover of nations.

A janitor at the secret installation where the meeting is to be held, who also happens to be a high ranking member of COOO, overhears parts of the plan. He doesn't get it all though and thus he thinks the corps are planning to become even more oppressive. He thinks they are going to install a puppet ruler, thus giving the people a false leader to put thier faith in. As well as removing free speech rights and forcing people to eat meat.

He tells his higher-ups and it's relayed to the top. The leader of COOO(who happens to be a fry cook at a burger joint and a little nuts) decides the only way to solve the recent issue is by killing alot of people. He has the group hire some highly trained assassinsthat are part of a terrorist group from an unspecified country(which could lead to more problems later) to kill as many corporation head as they can for $2 million. it's a desparate gamble based on false info and it drains the COOO's coffers completely.

The meeting is three months off(the one piece of info the janitor got right). the terrorists are en-route. The COOO has started a quiet boycott of all things consumable, partly to try and cripple the corps(ha!) and partly because they're so broke from hiring the terrorists. What is going to happen 'til then??

if you want another idea let me know. these are easy.

location: Brass Nails
Main players: Corporate forces of BN, Small group of highly trained assassins, Civl rights group(underground, of course)

Scenario:
A not so small(3 million ppl), and very underground, civil rights group, known as COOO(citizens for overthrowing our oppressors) is fed up with how things are going in Brass Nails. They want sme kind of representaion. The group is fed up is with the lack of political freedoms.

The heads of BR various corporations are staging a secret meeting somewhere in the country. They have decided that now is the time for masive expansion. They're going to develop relationships with weaker nations, exploit them, and eventually send in soldiers(with the latest tech, they're private armies not govt. troops) to finish the hostile takeover of nations.

A janitor at the secret installation where the meeting is to be held, who also happens to be a high ranking member of COOO, overhears parts of the plan. He doesn't get it all though and thus he thinks the corps are planning to become even more oppressive. He thinks they are going to install a puppet ruler, thus giving the people a false leader to put thier faith in.

He tells his higher-ups and it's relayed to the top. The leader of COOO(who happens to be a fry cook at a burger joint and a little nuts) decides the only way to solve the recent issue is by killing alot of people. He has the group hire some highly trained assassinsthat are part of a terrorist group from an unspecified country(which could lead to more problems later) to kill as many corporation head as they can for $2 million. it's a desparate gamble based on false info and it drains the COOO's coffers completely.

The meeting is three months off(the one piece of info the janitor got right). the terrorists are en-route. The COOO has started a quiet boycott of all things consumable, partly to try and cripple the corps(ha!) and partly because they're so broke from hiring the terrorists. What is going to happen 'til then??

if you want another idea let me know. these are easy.

At least get the nation's name right. lol

I'm still looking for something that strikes me as interesting.

Let me throw out some ideas for others to build on...

1. You RP the role of the President's aid - who secretly desires power and has a plan to rule the nation.

2. A Brass Rails General has been building his own forces loyal to him with plans to battle for control of the nation.

3. A religious group grows powerful and the country attempts to stiffle their growth - which results in civil war.

4. ??? [Still accepting interesting ideas]

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And we'll bump.

Suggested Plot:A high ranking Brass Rails intelligence operative stumbles upon a broad conspiracy to overthrow the government. A shadow-war is waged with both sides striking against one another through a series of "accidents" and assassinations until the agent ends up in total control of the government, even though the original appears to remain in place from the public viewpoint. Even years later the public doesn't know what really happened, even though there are some indications.

OK.. hmm. Basic storyline skeleton: Brass Rails is an economically powerful nation with a history of corruption and political instability. The people are angry and discontented by high crime rates and massive poverty among the working class. The armed forces are similarly angry; so much money in the government coffers is being syphoned off to corporate projects and private bank accounts that large amounts of infantry haven't been fully paid in months. Reports of corporate scandals are piling up, even though the government controls the media with an iron fist.

The spark that ignites the rapidly accumulating kindling is the simultaneous assassination the president and a top commander of the armed forces. Riots break out in the streets as police move to impose martial law, and several divisions desert and begin a guerilla war against the government in the countryside. Thus the opposition is divided two ways: the urban radicals and revolutionaries with differing views but essentially desire a socialist system, and the rebel military who simply want government reform, an end to corruption and a paycheck in their pockets. Most of the Navy and Airforce remains loyal, being made up primarily of the upper strata of Brass Rails society, posing an interesting logistical problem for the opposition forces.

Suggested Plot:A high ranking Brass Rails intelligence operative stumbles upon a broad conspiracy to overthrow the government. A shadow-war is waged with both sides striking against one another through a series of "accidents" and assassinations until the agent ends up in total control of the government, even though the original appears to remain in place from the public viewpoint. Even years later the public doesn't know what really happened, even though there are some indications.

I like it. Are you a puppet or a main (just so I know).

You have the lead.

*Bows* Glad you like it. This would be my main nation.

One last bump.

Rough sketch: (although I like kotterdam's idea)

The president's aide has been lusting after the seat of power for a long time, but he isn't too bright and hasn't been able to do much about it. Another country (either Fluttergork or one of it's puppets) discover's the aide's discontent and kidnaps him. They brainwash/hypnotize/bribe him to go along with a plan that involves the poisoning of the president and framing someone else in the government with the crime. It'll be the aide who discovers the "murderer" hence giving him public support for his own election campaign.