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RP Idea/Signup Thread

Malkyer
02-09-2005, 01:05
This is an idea I had awhile back, and I decided to see what other people thought about it.

Background:
In Malkyer's Civil War, the Royal Army was decimated fighting rebel militias, foreign armies, and rebel factions within itself. Because of this, Malkyer is in a relatively weak position, given the fact that the rest of the military also suffered.

In order to bolster the ranks of the army, the Ministry of Defense puts forth the idea of a unit comprised of foreign nationals, essentially a reworked version of the French Foreign Legion. Parliament votes to allocate funding for this new branch of the military. And the RP picks up from there.

The Foreign Legion wouldn't engage in wars alongside the Royal Military, but would rather exist to fight wars that Malkyer wouldn't want to involve itself in politically (i.e. helping a fascist dictatorship put down a communist rebellion). Also, politicians would attempt to use the Legion for their own ends, which would add an interesting element to the RP.

Basically, I'd like to know about how many people would be interested in particpating.

IC Entrance Criteria:
The Legion is open to any foreign national meeting the following conditions:
1) Applicant must be fluent in English.
2) Murderers, rapists, known war criminals, and deserters from allied armies not accepted.

The Legionnaires will be foreigners, while the officers will (at first) be Malkyeri. Naturally, Legionnaires will be promoted. During the RP, you will RP your Legionnaire (or group thereof), and should they gain a commission, the troopers under them. I will handle the Legion as a whole, but input from other participants is of course welcome.

Poll up in a second...
Otares
02-09-2005, 03:52
I think I saw you looking for sign ups in NS before this.

I am interested, as I was then but my schedule was a bit more hectic, in playing a couple of characters.

To be frank I think that my repressive country, which trains every citizen in the armed forces, would probably be a decent source of recruits for something like this and while I don’t feel the need to out do Tolstoy and run so many characters I would like to run say,… three?

I’m thinking a disgraced nobleman, social faux paus nothing terrible, as well as two commoners. This will let me do a bit of character conflict within the trio as one tries to get around the fact that he is no better or worse than those around him, while the other two basically enjoy the fact that they are getting some freedom.

As an aside this could lead into another interesting RP where the crown gets peeved at you for taking in so many of my nationals, we want them to keep labour prices down.