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Ok, I'm gunna make a thread that is gunna do big things in the Confederacy, and it kinda revolves around you! So get ready all of you people out there with any interest in either the Blackhelm Confederacy or the Griffincrest Corporation, cause now you can change things without failed invasions! Ok, now since the Confederacy has been in isolation for the last three and a half years since the whole new Confederacy thing started, there won't be many foreigners in the country. If you have a reason to be here, and it has to be a legitimate reason, you can play one of the people you have here. If not, you can be anything from a Muslim in a concentration camp to a Griffincrest executive to a Confederate senator, and anyone in between. If your character is going to be armed, they can carry no more than two weapons at a time, a rifle or other larger weapon, and a sidearm. The rundown should look like this:

Name: Claudius Griffincrest
Place in Society: Griffincrest Oil Incorporated CEO
Armament: N/A
Physical Description: 72 year old male, average height, slicked back, thinning silver hair, pointy nose, gray eyes.
Brief Bio: Son of oil tycoon Julius Griffincrest, took command of Griffincrest Oil Inc, made company into an uber corporation during the plague, enjoys good food and gladiator fights, will do anything it takes to make more money.

Link to IC (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=513692)

I've 5 delegates you failed to even look for in the Fires of Change thread...
(The first one dissapeared long before in another thread, giving you plenty of time to worry)

For simplicity's sake, I'll assume 2 or 3 of them died during that little civil war...

Although I will accept the fact that the PROHT embassy has been abandoned.

And no, they didn't leave the embassy with any combat gear, though I wonder what I could expect them to have picked up during the fighting.

Dead communists can be rather, er, careless, with their weapons...

Chances are they ran across some friendly militants...
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Otherwise I'd like to apply to RP the communsist freedom fighters...

Name: "Smith" AKA: "Anybody he says he is"
Place in Society: PROHT backed insurgent
Armament: (Still trying to figure it out, most likely a WSP provided AK)
Physical Description: A 'Grey man' nondescript, tall, squat fellow, a chubby twig, darkish blonde hair... Young old guy.
Brief Bio: a "fire and forget multi-million dollar weapon", was dropped off as a 'delegate' and then managed to slip through the cracks and into 'regular' society, just in time fot a civil war, many of his companions have fallen during this operation, and his trust is begining to falter as the lines begin to fray. His grip on reality isn't much better...

I didn't say finding this guy would be easy. Though I guess it'd be easier to find than Mr. Bourne...

And no, this isn't the guy who killed the taxi driver, unless you want him to be...

I've 5 delegates you failed to even look for in the Fires of Change thread...

For simplicity's sake, I'll assume 2 or 3 of them died during that little civil war...

Although I will accept the fact that the PROHT embassy has been abandoned.

And no, they didn't leave the embassy with any combat gear, though I wonder what I could expect them to have picked up during the fighting.

Dead communists can be rather, er, careless, with their weapons...

They would have been all sent home safely, as when the Third Imperium came to power, things got eerily safe in Paradise City.

Name: Withheld for Security Reasons, goes by Johnnie
Place in Society: Mafia Liason to the Griffencrest Corporation
Armament: 1 Glorious Republican manufactured KF15C 'Fulcrum' Carbine Configuration, 1 Glorious Republican Manufactured Officer's Lighter
Physical Description: 1.98m Tall, mid 40s, dark green eyes, black hair, wears a fedora and trench coat, fedora has an unusual tendency to burst into flames, replaced often.
Brief Bio: Little about 'Johnnie' is known, though some suggest his last name may be 'Blood' though this may be a mistranslation. Judging by his intimate knowledge of the Elite Republican Guard, he is most likely a former Elite Guardsman, but due to his dated terms, he may have served before the second Civil War. The design of the lighter indicates he was high up in the chain of command.

Extremely paranoid, and suspicious, he is most distrustful of the hat he constantly wears. It has an unusual tendency to burst into flames. Talks to self, or imagined voices and chain smokes. Developed some semblence of friendship toward Claudius Griffencrest and his son Tiberius. Works very quickly and is quick to pull out his lighter then his rifle.

Eccentric to say the least.

Name: Withheld for Security Reasons, goes by Johnnie
Place in Society: Mafia Liason to the Griffencrest Corporation
Armament: 1 Glorious Republican manufactured KF15C 'Fulcrum' Carbine Configuration, 1 Glorious Republican Manufactured Officer's Lighter
Physical Description: 1.98m Tall, mid 40s, dark green eyes, black hair, wears a fedora and trench coat, fedora has an unusual tendency to burst into flames, replaced often.
Brief Bio: Little about 'Johnnie' is known, though some suggest his last name may be 'Blood' though this may be a mistranslation. Judging by his intimate knowledge of the Elite Republican Guard, he is most likely a former Elite Guardsman, but due to his dated terms, he may have served before the second Civil War. The design of the lighter indicates he was high up in the chain of command.

Extremely paranoid, and suspicious, he is most distrustful of the hat he constantly wears. It has an unusual tendency to burst into flames. Talks to self, or imagined voices and chain smokes. Developed some semblence of friendship toward Claudius Griffencrest and his son Tiberius. Works very quickly and is quick to pull out his lighter then his rifle.

Eccentric to say the least.

Excellent. Is he the same guy from the Griffincrest employee thread? I liked that guy.

Excellent. Is he the same guy from the Griffincrest employee thread? I liked that guy.

Yes

Lets go out for drinks, have an assassination attempt and watch as first a lighter beans the guy in the head followed by 30 6.5mm Caseless Rounds.

They would have been all sent home safely, as when the Third Imperium came to power, things got eerily safe in Paradise City.

I was reffering to this crazy guy (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=11722868#post11722868) who was on the loose since the "Again they strike" RP.

Since I don't recall ANY attempts to find him or the other 4 missing employees working at my embassy.

But you raise a good point with your police state policies... It would be somewhat difficult to take Griff's head...

I'll also note I gave a decent recap of those same events on the first -or second- page of the 'Fires of Change' thread.

bump

Yes

Lets go out for drinks, have an assassination attempt and watch as first a lighter beans the guy in the head followed by 30 6.5mm Caseless Rounds.

Sounds good to me!
Mostly I'm doing this to wrap up the last of my 'loose ends' in BC.
Which I'm sure BC wants me to do as well.

I really don't care if I succeed or not.
Does an "officer's shovel" and 'board with a nail in it' count as a weapon?

We need more folks, folks.

Does a shovel and board with a nail in it count as a weapon?

That can be a sidearm...I guess?

I can play other characters...

Name: Cerulean T. Farnsworth II
Place in Society: Confederate Senator
Armament: 1 personally purchased Walther PPK, a Swiss Army Knife
Physical Description: An everyman with a well-tailored suit. In his late 50s, his hair has long turned white and his youthful vigor is dying out. He is secretly a Muslim sympathizer and will attempt to covertly sabotage government efforts to up the staff in camps and some consider him 'soft on Muslims'.
Brief Bio: Elected in a landslide during the last election, this will be the 3rd time he has come to office. His populace is disillusioned and he only receives votes from older people whom he caters to as 'one of them'.

He is slightly paranoid that one day the government will find out what he is doing and come for him. That is the reason he purchased the PPK.

Name: "Lancaster"
Place in Society: Corporate Mercenary of the Griffincrest Corporation
Armament: 1 XRB-1 Weapon-tech incorp assualt Rifle with Shotgun attachment- twain blades infront
Physical Description: 6 foot 5 in. with mid to heavy build. His fixation with body building has left him beefy and intimidating. He is also heavy on the used of skin-tight black assualt gear. His face clean cut and hair is well groomed.
Brief Bio: " Lancaster " is a man who has placed himself into the Griffincrest Mercenary force by years of loyal service. His time with them has brought about many memories of death and terrorism. He placed his full consentration in making sure he was friends with the Griffincrest Executives. But Lancaster has other objectives. Soon his plans.... Or his newest empployers plans with be carried out. Lancasters qualifications leave him as stand up fighter. Strong and brutal he is relentless with his attack. not stopping till his mission is complete.

Name: Aziz Alhaji
Place in Society: Muslim detainee in a concentration camp
Armament: None.
Physical Description: 22 year old Arab male, unkept, tortured.
Brief Bio: Aziz was detained in a concentration camp due to his Arab heritage and Muslim faith.

Good...good

I take it my guy is in the RP?

Yep

Name: Cornelius Pureheart
Place in Society: Confederate Senator
Armament: N/A
Physical Description: 64 year old male, 5'8, average build, blue eyes, white hair.
Brief Bio: One of the first Senators to vote in favor of the nuclear strike on Clandonia Prime. Son, Julius, is a coordinator for the Griffincrest Corporation. Distrusting of Lucius Blackhelm. Supporter of the "Purge".

Cool. I Have another guy... An insider for a group of weapons smugglers.


Name: Billy Maston
Armaments: what ever is in reach as well as a silenced 9mm with a hand stablizer and flash supressor.

Short Bio: Billy is a street wise guy knows that a good pay is in for anyone whos got guns to sell. A weapon smuggler by nature he knows where to get weapons. From a weapons company.

Cool. I Have another guy... An insider for a group of weapons smugglers.


Name: Billy Maston
Armaments: what ever is in reach as well as a silenced 9mm with a hand stablizer and flash supressor.

Short Bio: Billy is a street wise guy knows that a good pay is in for anyone whos got guns to sell. A weapon smuggler by nature he knows where to get weapons. From a weapons company.

You messin' with me ese, I'll cut you if you move in on my turf.

LOL... This guy plans to help you. He doesn't like fighting unless it will get him more weapons to sell.

LOL... This guy plans to help you. He doesn't like fighting unless it will get him more weapons to sell.

If you'll sell for me on the streets that'd be swell. Drugs too. We'll have a meeting then.

If he is selling guns he should probably not leave the Paradise City slums. Anywhere else he would probably get sent to Vik.

Name: Sleth Garang
Place in Society: Military rep from the Kingdom of Ancient Shadows, SpecOps (KASSO)
Arms: .9mm Glock pistol, KAS short sword.
Description: 26 y/o, 6'8" 242 lbs., long grey hair/grey eyes, chin beard, expert marksman/stealth trainer.

Thread sounds like it could be really cool. Like the idea of assassination attempt.

Name: Sleth Garang
Place in Society: Military rep from the Kingdom of Ancient Shadows, SpecOps (KASSO)
Arms: .9mm Glock pistol, KAS short sword.
Description: 26 y/o, 6'8" 242 lbs., long grey hair/grey eyes, chin beard, expert marksman/stealth trainer.

Thread sounds like it could be really cool. Like the idea of assassination attempt.

Get in line, my attempt is three threads in the making...
Well, actually about 5 threads to set up this moment...

Though I did fail the last 2 attempts...

And yes, the nail in the board is rusty.
Now which is the 'gun', the shovel, or the nail?

I guess I'll call my unmarked assasin 'Bruno', just cause I've never used that name.
Theough "John Bigbootai" was a tempting 2nd choice...

Well I hope BH makes the thread soon.

One or two more people and we can begin.

Shotgun!

Name: Gaius Orbochev
Place in Society: Toopoxican Organisation Griffencrest relations Officer
Armament: Tazer
Physical Description: Slick black hair with silver streaks, gaunt facial expression, mostly wears Navy Blue Organisation Uniform
Brief Bio: Raised as a Silinidj in the back streets of Volitaia, he managed to pay his way through education by stealing and pickpocketing, highly risky at the time, he was employed by the Organisation to negotiate deals with foreign nations before becoming relations officer to the Griffencrest Corporation.

Hope ye don't mind a foreigner, but it is a Toopoxican guy and we are like the closest of allies.

OOC: I don't suppose I could play as Maximus, that ex-Shadowman security advisor of Claudius's?

OOC: Griffincrest: Even though I have never roleplayed with you, would you mind if I already have the Red Tide Mafia there? If not, here is my character:

Name: Nevrosich Verissotvock Naterielus
Place in Society: RTM officer in charge of operations in Blackhelm Confederacy
Armament: 'Gyurza' 9mm pistol, he was also once a tank commander in a T-72BM Main Battle Tank, he still has one stored in a warehouse somewhere.
Physical Description: Average height, likes to wear sunglasses or a Soviet tank crewmans cap(not at the same time), brown eyes, blondish-brown hair, usually wears a really old looking mafia coat
Brief Bio: Once a tank commander during the days of the ownership of Red Tide by the Soviet Union, he joined the fledgling Red Tide Mafia almost as soon as he was forced out of work.

He was initially a hitman, but once he caught the eye of one of the 'Maf Bosses' his assention to a Mafia Officer was ensured. He was mostly put in charge of menial stuff inside Red Tide, but once things broke down temporarily in Griffencrest, he was sent there to sell arms to all sides.

He has some contacts with 'Johnnie' given the friendship between the Leafanistani Mafia and the Red Tide Mafia.
Personality: He seems a bit cocky, but thats just what he wants himself to look like. He is actually level-headed and knows when to keep a low profile and when not to. He loves golf.

OOC: Griffincrest: Even though I have never roleplayed with you, would you mind if I already have the Red Tide Mafia there? If not, here is my character:

Name: Nevrosich Verissotvock Naterielus
Place in Society: RTM officer in charge of operations in Blackhelm Confederacy
Armament: 'Gyurza' 9mm pistol, he was also once a tank commander in a T-72BM Main Battle Tank, he still has one stored in a warehouse somewhere.
Physical Description: Average height, likes to wear sunglasses or a Soviet tank crewmans cap(not at the same time), brown eyes, blondish-brown hair, usually wears a really old looking mafia coat
Brief Bio: Once a tank commander during the days of the ownership of Red Tide by the Soviet Union, he joined the fledgling Red Tide Mafia almost as soon as he was forced out of work.

He was initially a hitman, but once he caught the eye of one of the 'Maf Bosses' his assention to a Mafia Officer was ensured. He was mostly put in charge of menial stuff inside Red Tide, but once things broke down temporarily in Griffencrest, he was sent there to sell arms to all sides.

He has some contacts with 'Johnnie' given the friendship between the Leafanistani Mafia and the Red Tide Mafia.
Personality: He seems a bit cocky, but thats just what he wants himself to look like. He is actually level-headed and knows when to keep a low profile and when not to. He loves golf.

Johnnie is going to call you 'Nate'. Johnnie is also absurdly good at sports like golf if you give him the right numbers. Perhaps he is a mathematical savant, a good choice for the large and varied orders that the Griffencrest Corporation routinely places.

good you have more people can we started now?!

Yea, everyones in, threads goin up tomorrow! yay!

Yea, everyones in, threads goin up tomorrow! yay!


Excellent....looking forward to it.

its today...!!!!!

Its up

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=12185653#post12185653

(0.9 mm is 0.035" the same diameter as the wire used for GMAW... which is a little bigger than these dots......)

OOC: assuming the old upper class barricades would serve equally well making a ghetto for rounding up undesireable workers before shipping them out. Naturally, being a gravedigger gives my character papers to avoid being shipped overseas.

Also forgot the name of the city I gassed...

I also believe I overarmed my assasin, I'm considering the replacement of the greanades with Vodka bottles filled with 180 to 200 proof moonshine... Some Clove ciggarettes, two matchbooks, 4 rags, and a lighter... Oh, and a corkscrew, & 2 shot glasses...

I guess I'd also want a pair of black leather gloves, can't leave DNA or fingerprints now can we?

And no, I'm not going to go Matrix on the Griffencrest headquarters...

Paradise City isn't really that different, save for less Muslims. If you wanna talk about the upper class area from way back in the day you could be on the slums out skirts, but in the city now not much ruin has taken place. Communist rebels have been kept in the country side, riots have been brutally suppressed, and to the common Paradesian everything is good. More jobs, more room, more goods, cheaper labor.

Redemption was gassed, but recovered. The Confederacy has pretty good response methods to gas attacks after what happened in Divinity in the Exponential Civil War. If you want undesirable folk, the slums is where to be, 8 million people crammed into a twelve mile area, little to no police patrols, occasional military sweep. Divinity is a good choice as well.

Paradise City isn't really that different, save for less Muslims. If you wanna talk about the upper class area from way back in the day you could be on the slums out skirts, but in the city now not much ruin has taken place. Communist rebels have been kept in the country side, riots have been brutally suppressed, and to the common Paradesian everything is good. More jobs, more room, more goods, cheaper labor.

Redemption was gassed, but recovered. The Confederacy has pretty good response methods to gas attacks after what happened in Divinity in the Exponential Civil War. If you want undesirable folk, the slums is where to be, 8 million people crammed into a twelve mile area, little to no police patrols, occasional military sweep. Divinity is a good choice as well.

I naturally assumed the walled area around the upper class 'embassy row' was converted into a ghetto and all muslims had been herded inside. I guess that was only partly correct.

Either way, I'm in the slums, wherever that may be, and acquired a worker's permit and saved up a rather large amount of cash burying everyones' dead.

I'm not instigating any riots, I'm just getting by for now, as I haven't spotted my prey yet.

This slum, it is walled, correct?

My Senator, Johnnie want to have breakfast with Mr. Griffencrest.

Johnnie just likes to hang around and get free food. The senator wants to help the Muslims.

Lancaster is planning to make contact with the confederate troops in the old air base. He is planning to attack the hanger and take out the MiGs... if thats ok.

Lancaster is planning to make contact with the confederate troops in the old air base. He is planning to attack the hanger and take out the MiGs... if thats ok.

The airbase is kinda hidden. Its in a mountain.

The slums are kind of just blocked off by barbed wire.

Thats fine, I could have lancaster look for it with...support

bump.
See link on page one if lost.

This is the first character driven RP I've been in for a while. How am I doing so far?

Ok, I'm gunna make a thread that is gunna do big things in the Confederacy, and it kinda revolves around you! So get ready all of you people out there with any interest in either the Blackhelm Confederacy or the Griffincrest Corporation, cause now you can change things without failed invasions! Ok, now since the Confederacy has been in isolation for the last three and a half years since the whole new Confederacy thing started, there won't be many foreigners in the country. If you have a reason to be here, and it has to be a legitimate reason, you can play one of the people you have here. If not, you can be anything from a Muslim in a concentration camp to a Griffincrest executive to a Confederate senator, and anyone in between. If your character is going to be armed, they can carry no more than two weapons at a time, a rifle or other larger weapon, and a sidearm. The rundown should look like this:

Name: Claudius Griffincrest
Place in Society: Griffincrest Oil Incorporated CEO
Armament: N/A
Physical Description: 72 year old male, average height, slicked back, thinning silver hair, pointy nose, gray eyes.
Brief Bio: Son of oil tycoon Julius Griffincrest, took command of Griffincrest Oil Inc, made company into an uber corporation during the plague, enjoys good food and gladiator fights, will do anything it takes to make more money.


I could say the same too you, god rest your sailors unfortunate souls ;)

Only I give not such an opportunity. Enjoy the relative stability while it lasts.

I could say the same too you, god rest your sailors unfortunate souls ;)

Only I give not such an opportunity. Enjoy the relative stability while it lasts.

You can't play.

Don't even make a character. And don't post here anymore.

You can't play.

Don't even make a character. And don't post here anymore.

I demand critique of my character writing and positive reinforcement. :(

Big things are soon to come. Right now, everyone just get settled.

Leaf, I like your guy Johnnie. Only thing is if your in the slums, be ready for trouble.

Everyone tune in tonight at 8, 7 central, for the begining of the radical changes of the Confederacy.

name: well what do ya wan' me to fo' da job?
Place in society: mercenary, spy, and any other paying job he can get
Arnement: his favorite Remington LHP and any hard steel bar he can pick up
Physical description: if he doesent have a job he probally looks like a silver haired tall, muscular, black trench coated, man with a drawn face and a wicked snarl
brief bio: he grew up tuff and mean cause his dad beat him and his mom was missing. when he finally turned age for work he sold himself to the germans as a test, to see if they could make the perfect fighting machine. they failed and thew him onto the cold banks of the Chelyabinsk where he made his way to the city scathed with the russian lakes ferocious contamination
now:
"so boss i know i got here a lil' late but, ah, this (slides a thickly wadded bunch of counterfit across the table) might prove that i waz here since 1972!:sniper: :mp5:

name: well what do ya wan' me to fo' da job?
Place in society: mercenary, spy, and any other paying job he can get
Arnement: his favorite Remington LHP and any hard steel bar he can pick up
Physical description: if he doesent have a job he probally looks like a silver haired tall, muscular, black trench coated, man with a drawn face and a wicked snarl
brief bio: he grew up tuff and mean cause his dad beat him and his mom was missing. when he finally turned age for work he sold himself to the germans as a test, to see if they could make the perfect fighting machine. they failed and thew him onto the cold banks of the Chelyabinsk where he made his way to the city scathed with the russian lakes ferocious contamination
now:
"so boss i know i got here a lil' late but, ah, this (slides a thickly wadded bunch of counterfit across the table) might prove that i waz here since 1972!:sniper: :mp5:

name: well what do ya wan' me to fo' da job?
Place in society: mercenary, spy, and any other paying job he can get
Arnement: his favorite Remington LHP and any hard steel bar he can pick up
Physical description: if he doesent have a job he probally looks like a silver haired tall, muscular, black trench coated, man with a drawn face and a wicked snarl
brief bio: he grew up tuff and mean cause his dad beat him and his mom was missing. when he finally turned age for work he sold himself to the germans as a test, to see if they could make the perfect fighting machine. they failed and thew him onto the cold banks of the Chelyabinsk where he made his way to the city scathed with the russian lakes ferocious contamination
now:
"so boss i know i got here a lil' late but, ah, this (slides a thickly wadded bunch of counterfit across the table) might prove that i waz here since 1972!:sniper: :mp5:

sorry my computers messed up im sorry i got the mesage tripled!

Wow, it's been a while since I've been here.
Name: Lucius Martius
Place in Society: With the long friendliness between the Empire and Blackhelm, a contact is needed in Blackhelm in order to ensure fast and instant communication. Hence, Martius is the primary Ambassador.
Armanent: None. He does employ a bodyguard of 3 men, all armed with Desert Eagles and billyclubs
Physical Description: A posh, thin man with a moustache.
Brief Bio: Has worked here for the past 2 years. One of Tenarius's few personal friends and he is somewhat of a attraction among the upper-class members of the Blackhelm Confederacy, mainly due to his charm.

Hey! Demon! Come on in.

Other guy, you need a name.

okay since his name was erased from the world in the whole 'german secret weapon' thing we'll call him Joe Snipe

Leaf, Demon, check your TG's.

Um, what language was this...

"Muslim! Subsisto!"
"Adepto lemma! Iuguolo lemma! Improbus!"
"Velox vos duos! Secundum lemma!"
"Vos! Adveho in constituo."

Looks invented... Wouldn't a clandestine operative know his langauge, or is this some Griffencrest code to prevent people from dropping his name as a false refferance?
Best OOC aproxomation:
Subsisto (I subsist-most languages)
Lemma -(headward-Italian)
Vos (Ordnance-German, Fox-Dutch, You-Portugese)

Guessing OOCly:
Muslim! Subsisto!"= Muslims! Halt/die!
"Adepto lemma! Iuguolo lemma! Improbus!"= [Name/rank] ???! [Name/rank] ???!
"Velox vos duos! Secundum lemma!"= Go you two! Second ???!
"Vos! Adveho in constituo.= You! Get in line.

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Oh dang... the webcam... So much for getting off easy with the Leafansi mafia...

That is Latin my good friend. Minor changes in verb placement to make it alittle more Exponential. It is the primary language here. You are probably going to be hearing alot of it. Now for translation.

"Muslim! Subsisto!"= Muslim! Halt!
"Adepto lemma! Iuguolo lemma! Improbus!"= Get them! Kill them! Inferiors! (referring to the Muslims as inferiors)
"Velox vos duos! Secundum lemma!"= Quick you two! After them!
"Vos! Adveho in constituo."= You! Come into the station.

I must say that that was some damned good translating on your part though, I'm very impressed. I never knew that Vos was ordnance in German nor Fox in Dutch either. Ya learn something new everyday.

*Makes a note to either learn latin, or find someone who knows it*
Why did I study German and not Latin?*

*(Spoof of comical situations where someone studies dozens of langauges, but it all becomes useless, most notably: Latin and French...)

Found an online translator, it does pretty good going from english to Latin, but messes up at the opposite...
E->L (using your translation as a base)
Muslim! subsisto Adepto lemma! Iuguolo lemma! improbus Velox vos duos! Secundum lemma! vos Adveho in constituo.

L->E (Using above text)
Muslim! to stand (offers aternative 'Halt')
To obtain theme! To cut the throat theme! outrageous (Offers: 'Get', 'Kill' and 'self willed'/'infirior')
Fleet you two! Accordingly theme! (Offers: 'Quickly', but accordingly remains)
you To carry upon to set up. (Offers correct translation as alternitive)

Lemma becomes 'theme' when it should be 'them'.
It's not perfect, but it'll take 90% of the guesswork out of translating latin...

Hmmm, got it. I have to admit it, I'm a bit confused as exactly what you mean. Perhaps a bit of clarification?

Hmmm, got it. I have to admit it, I'm a bit confused as exactly what you mean. Perhaps a bit of clarification?

My OOC guess: Griffencrest faked his death... again...
IC perspective: Doesn't even know he is dead...

W00T! 2,250 posts exactly!

Oh, and after reading Demon's post, it is OOCly clear I'm either walking into a turkey shoot or a trap... I'm leaning for trap...
(It isn't often that a diplomat comes out of a manhole and grabs someone for a trip to the bar...)

*Writes "Paul's" death certificate*

If this is still open, i'd like to get my contact with griffencrest involved (lead and revitalized a unit of some sort). I haven't followed blackhelm events recently, so any idea what would have happened to him?

Claudius just got shot, things are pretty hectic. Check your TG's in like 2 minutes.

*(Spoof of comical situations where someone studies dozens of langauges, but it all becomes useless, most notably: Latin and French...)


ROFL, French hahahahaha

Well yea, using a translator should be good, as long as you can try and make things fit. They will most likely give you like direct translations rather than actaul usage, ya know what I'm talkin' about?

ROFL, French hahahahaha

Well yea, using a translator should be good, as long as you can try and make things fit. They will most likely give you like direct translations rather than actaul usage, ya know what I'm talkin' about?

Pretty sure, I'm just hoping the German grammar I learned will be sufficient...

It wasn't called the Holy Roman Empire for nothing... though the Ghauls did give those legions a number of problems... Then there were the Franks, the only guys in Western Europe wearing pants at the time...

Yep, the french were different from the rest of the world even in ancient times...

OOC: Check your telegrams.

the bump with whipped creme on top

so am i in or knot

:mad:

name: well what do ya wan' me to fo' da job?
Place in society: mercenary, spy, and any other paying job he can get
Arnement: his favorite Remington LHP and any hard steel bar he can pick up
Physical description: if he doesent have a job he probally looks like a silver haired tall, muscular, black trench coated, man with a drawn face and a wicked snarl
brief bio: he grew up tuff and mean cause his dad beat him and his mom was missing. when he finally turned age for work he sold himself to the germans as a test, to see if they could make the perfect fighting machine. they failed and thew him onto the cold banks of the Chelyabinsk where he made his way to the city scathed with the russian lakes ferocious contamination
now:
"so boss i know i got here a lil' late but, ah, this (slides a thickly wadded bunch of counterfit across the table) might prove that i waz here since 1972!:sniper: :mp5:

Not convinced.
*slides wad of fake money back to whence it came, the recycling bin...*
Do you have any reason to try influencing BC? Or are you looking for a good thread?

Blackhelm, i'm not sure who that is, since i've been out of the game for quite some time. Can you give me a brief history (either in TG or in this thread) about where my character (i forgot his name, i'll have to look it up) would be at this point in time?

:mp5: :sniper: :mad:
i come froma place where ya don' throw money away and any big corp. has at least 10 big enemys bringin' it down, thats where i come in, i kill off da bosses of the enemys, whether they ar' anythin' fro' a escaped slave to a beggin' C.E.O. that would give me twice da money you pay just not to hur' he.
fu don wont my services i'll go to the C.E.O. think his name is John Watt, head of 'Merican Oil. ive alredy visited an' he woulda paid a hunred jus for me not to come here.
jus so you kno' tha wasn' couna fit it was jus a buncha Bahrain dinars which you thought of counterfit beacause you've never dealt with them.
"het stomme hoofd, gaat doden zelf en liet me aan de grote kaas spreken!"

"het stomme hoofd, gaat doden zelf en liet me aan de grote kaas spreken!"

is that Dutch, i'm a little rusty but does it say something like "had silence ..., ... dead ... ... ... me and the large ... speaking." Am I right?

Um, Zonon, clean up your spelling.
And one of the fundamental rules here: do not use those gun smilies wantonly
(Hell, why do we even have those gun smilies- they're just noob smilies that idiots use 10,000 times per post)
That said and all, let's continue.

is that Dutch, i'm a little rusty but does it say something like "had silence ..., ... dead ... ... ... me and the large ... speaking." Am I right?

no i think it was "stupid head go kill yourself and let me speek to the big cheese! if it wasn't that it was something in that area

now step down, or show that you are Claudius Griffincrest's other nation.
thow i dought Claudius would name himself smith
(Toopoxia and demon 666 this is not directed at you)

no i think it was "stupid head go kill yourself and let me speek to the big cheese! if it wasn't that it was something in that area

Dumbkopf! tötst du! Mir wollen sprochst zu die uberlaut!!! Ach es ist nicht gut, wir hat nicht thema, In meiner meinung nach wandern an thema ist nicht so gut, so yes, I havn't posted in a while, I'm finding it hard to get a hook, BC, any help?

your german is a bit rusty too what you just said was (in german):
Dumbkopf! toetst you! Me want sprochst to uberlaut!!! Oh it is not good, we has not topic, in my opinion after moves at topic is not so good

così confederacy di Blackhelm se vostro ascoltare, mi dice se sono dentro oppure no! ciò è in italiano:confused: :confused:

your german is a bit rusty too what you just said was (in german):
Dumbkopf! toetst you! Me want sprochst to uberlaut!!! Oh it is not good, we has not topic, in my opinion after moves at topic is not so good

così confederacy di Blackhelm se vostro ascoltare, mi dice se sono dentro oppure no! ciò è in italiano:confused: :confused:

This guy's cool, can we keep him BC??? Please, pleasepleasepleaseplease!!!!

lolol

Yeah enough of the insanity and translations....... BC same question again...

si no more translations my modems overloading:p
BC AM I IN OR NOT YES OR NO TELL ME PLEASE! !!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!

fine i'll just go and my caracter will be no more

OOC: Sorry I am late, what did I miss?

OOC: Sorry I am late, what did I miss?
Not much.
Claudius Griffencrest is dead, don't look at me like that, I had nothing to do with it...

And my assasin is in a bar having drinks with Johnnie the weapons dealer as he laments over Griify's demise... All the while thinking he is a member of BC's special forces...

Zonnon 2/8/1 is going nutty waiting for BC's permission to RP in the IC thread, and is using his 'literacy in multiple languages' as evidence to why he should be allowed in. I hope his latin is better... as he failed to translate 'Toten' to 'dead/die' or 'Uberlaut' to 'Overlord', or to compensate for word order, something I learned before the end of German 3...

"That arranged can be..."

I couldn't find Toop's character...

I couldn't find Toop's character...

Gaius Orbochev...

He's not been doing much except sitting in his office crapping his pants over letters from the Organisation.

Zonon is in, I thought that I said that before but I guess not.

PROHT,te spectis would translate to you see in english, "Te spectis lemma?" would come out to "Do you see them?"

Zonon is in, I thought that I said that before but I guess not.

PROHT,te spectis would translate to you see in english, "Te spectis lemma?" would come out to "Do you see them?"

Hmm, your answer makes more sense...

Bumpage

That or I'm just looking way too deeply into this, especially with the chest shot comment ICly...

Bumpage

That or I'm just looking way too deeply into this, especially with the chest shot comment ICly...

Aren't we all?

Probably not, but I think the main thing your guy would be thinking is, "I shoulda listened to Johnnie's advice about not getting close."

Aren't we all?

Probably not, but I think the main thing your guy would be thinking is, "I shoulda listened to Johnnie's advice about not getting close."

*looks at page 2*

Hmmm, I must have completely missed that post, nicely done...

Tell me if the following woud make any sense if it was found etched on the intiorior of your car:

HELP, PAUL
PAUL, HELP

O02R, 911Q
018Q, N16E

OR02, 0081
NE16, 9Q11

RA9G, AP2R
BAQT, QLRH

R9GA, QRHL
A2RP, BQTU

Just wondering...
Basic cypher coupled with the 10 and Q codes, with the prefix '10' omited.
Took me less than 15 minutes to code and cypher that message...

uncyphered, the message reads (omiting redundancy)
"1011, 0ON98, 8261, 0REQ, 29QR, ARBQ, RGTH, PAUL"

UNCONDENSED:
10-1, 10 on 98, 82 6 10 req 29 QRA-RB QRG-TH. PAUL.

Decoded:
Poor reception. Fight in progress/Negative on task completed. Have captive-Fight/negative. Request permission to use force. What ship-Distance? What line are you-location?

Bumpage

That or I'm just looking way too deeply into this, especially with the chest shot comment ICly...

Aren't we all?

Probably not, but I think the main thing your guy would be thinking is, "I shoulda listened to Johnnie's advice about not getting close."

Irony...

...
From behind the group, Claudius Griffincrest came from behind another curtain.
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"And finally, CEO Claudius Griffincrest, Chief Executive Officer of the Griffincrest Oil Corporation."

Claudius then approached Johnnie and reached out his hand.

Especially if Johnnie recalls that chest shot quip...

I guess it's time for me to wrap up that pesky snag in BC's well made plan.
OOCly it was pretty convincing...
Unless one remembered the 'traditional' attempts to kill Griffencrest...
And how that would affect any real shooter...

Such as the explosive bullet shooting and the massively over-protective bodygaurds...
Plus his paranoia...

Yep, 3 assasination attempts back I had the assasination of Griffencrest planned out to the smallest detail...

I'm guessing BC finally saw the movie 'F/X (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F/X)'.
Plot was pretty much the same.

Special effects master choreographs the fake death of a mob-boss in police custody.
Guy gets double crossed and hunted down as the mobster makes a run for Europe.

Ends with a dirty cop with an empty Uzi superglued to his hands and kicked out the front door... Right in front of the police...

Rollie Tyler: [Rollie is riding in a backseat] Why is there plastic on the seat?
Lipton: To avoid stains.
Rollie Tyler: What stains?
Lipton: [points a gun at Rollie] Sorry Rollie. No loose ends.

Rollie Tyler: [Mason grabs the Uzi Rollie has just set down] In this hand; the ammo for the gun. And in this hand; Krazy Glue. A thousand and one uses. Now, a thousand and two.
[Shoves him out the front door]

Blackhelm, if its not a problem, mind if I throw in a new Deathshead Intelligence guy pursuing his own agenda? No background should be required, since the man would, by necessity, not exist. Unless, of course, the thread is over (presuming that this is the Call of the Confederation thread).

I never did see F/x. Honestly I never heard of it.

And Mer, this is kinda winding down.

I never did see F/x. Honestly I never heard of it.

And Mer, this is kinda winding down.
Which makes this even more entertaining...

Could my satalites have seen those Confederate tanks firing upon the muslims?

And is my spy just going to rot in that trunk or do you plan on interogating/executint him any time soon?

This thread hit overtime...
Though inserting Mer at this time would be a bit clumsy...

Which makes this even more entertaining...

Could my satalites have seen those Confederate tanks firing upon the muslims?

And is my spy just going to rot in that trunk or do you plan on interogating/executint him any time soon?

This thread hit overtime...
Though inserting Mer at this time would be a bit clumsy...

Uh..I've been waiting for your shovel to do something cool actually, thats why I made sure to say we threw it in there. This entire time I was waiting for you to break out and do what spies do.

Uh..I've been waiting for your shovel to do something cool actually, thats why I made sure to say we threw it in there. This entire time I was waiting for you to break out and do what spies do.

While all this time I've been waiting for Griffencrest's goons to do whatever it is they do best...

That or just use that silenced pistol in leu with the shovel...

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True, I could easily pop the trunk with the knife/shovel/pistol, or hack my wha through the back seat.

But that would leave my character in a precarious position, plus, he's got no clue what is waiting for him outside of that trunk.

But he knows by now he's going to be executed, eventually...
And they'll need a grave dug for the body, and by chance/irony, he's a particularilly good gravedigger by reputation...

It would make sense that they order him to dig his own grave...
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After that, I'll think of the rest...
And yes, he is quite good at CQB /w/ that shovel.

But any sensable gutless spy knows better than to parade such lethal skills in the middle of a parking lot.

Regarding the massive welding set your centaurion is using:

for comparative purposes, the standard industrial oxygen tank is pressurized to 2200-3,000 PSI, and acetylene reaches tempratures of 3500 degrees Celsius. An FAE has a peak overpressure of 430 PSI, and has a peak temprature of 3000 degrees. Then keep in mind that the chain holding it down only limits movement so much and the tank only wieghs 300 pounds. Meaning a 1" square hole would give a thrust to whieght ratio of 10:1, that baby tends to fly like an overinflated balloon... Then remind yourself that the thing wieghs 300 pounds as it hits you upside the head, and you generally wiegh 150 pounds... It might as well be an 18" APBC shell... Pressurized fuels tend to BLEVE (Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion) when punctured, an oxygen rich atmosphere would only exasperate this... Then remind yourself that the industrial acetylene tank wieghs 250 pounds... A ready made 250 kg FAE with two 18" shells for shrapnel...

Hence why Paul is reluctant to empty his clip into the centaurion...

Internet Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_welding
(Wich I'm not really using, just that it lists many of the same points as my second and firsthand experiance with gas and arc welding units suggest)

Regarding the massive welding set your centaurion is using:

for comparative purposes, the standard industrial oxygen tank is pressurized to 2200-3,000 PSI, and acetylene reaches tempratures of 3500 degrees Celsius. An FAE has a peak overpressure of 430 PSI, and has a peak temprature of 3000 degrees. Then keep in mind that the chain holding it down only limits movement so much and the tank only wieghs 300 pounds. Meaning a 1" square hole would give a thrust to whieght ratio of 10:1, that baby tends to fly like an overinflated balloon... Then remind yourself that the thing wieghs 300 pounds as it hits you upside the head, and you generally wiegh 150 pounds... It might as well be an 18" APBC shell... Pressurized fuels tend to BLEVE (Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion) when punctured, an oxygen rich atmosphere would only exasperate this... Then remind yourself that the industrial acetylene tank wieghs 250 pounds... A ready made 250 kg FAE with two 18" shells for shrapnel...

Hence why Paul is reluctant to empty his clip into the centaurion...

Internet Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_welding
(Wich I'm not really using, just that it lists many of the same points as my second and firsthand experiance with gas and arc welding units suggest)


I was thinking he would be carrying a smaller, hand held type welder...

Blowlamps/blowtorches don't weld.

They solder and are used to keep pipes from freezing in the winter...

Plus, having the gas tank fixed directly to the torch may not be a good thing in CQB..

There are also 'hobbiest size' oxy-MAPP torches, and the tanks are about the size of camp stove propane tanks (the size and approxamate shape of a thermos). These are suitable for light welding applications.

Luckily, the tanks are separated from the torch by a hose in that case.

Still, a bullet through those tanks would likely kill them both. And fiddling with the gas valve isn't the smartest thing to do when you should be watching your foe...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blowlamp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propane_torch
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAPP_gas

Note: MAPP gas containers can be sold in tanks heavier than 3 Kg, as I walk past what I'd estimate to be a 15-30 Kg tank [3' x 18"] of MAPP gas almost daily.

Also note the differance in descriptions of what MAPP gas smells like in the MAPP gas link and the MAPP gas description in the gas welding link.

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Sorry about jumping to the conclusion that it was an industrial grade welding torch down there. And the massive tirade of how it isn't the tool of choice for CQB.

Though I did learn that they managed to make Oxy-Gasoline cutting torches work...

2.5 gallons of petrol = 250 pounds of Acetylene in performance...

Yea, I guess I was thinking of a blowtorch than, I was thinking the little ones. How do you know so much about torches?

Yea, I guess I was thinking of a blowtorch than, I was thinking the little ones. How do you know so much about torches?

I weld, braze and solder. Recently I've started welding.

I also have a rather large collection of gas torches in my basement.

Used a handbuilt torch head for soldering a high school project.

It involved a copper affixed to the end of the gas nozzle, thus, it was constantly heated, the downside is that the exhaust went out 3 vents at right angles, and could easily burn a hole through my hand... When in use, it looked similar to the muzzle flash of an M-16 with MILES gear affixed...

At the tech I had to cut 3/4" mild steel plate with an Oxy-fuel cutting torch, then a plasma arc cutter, then Air Carbon Arc (which I became frighteningly proefficient at), along with welding MiG, TiG, stick, and FCAW. SAW doesn't seem available.

And recently, I hammer forged and hardened a chisel; using an oxy-fuel torch.

Plus there was all the fun I had in high school with blowtorches and bunsen burners... Don't burn a full box of mothballs in class, they'll either mistaken it for a gas leak or a terrorist attack...

I've also taken Physics, Biology, chemistry, and metallurgy classes, along with AP comparative polotics, Military history, and sociology, just in the event that stuff like ths happens.

3 (maybe 4) years of drafting, arcietecture, small engine repair (school lacked an automotive wing), engineering, debate, and metalwork also come in handy from time to time.
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Anyways, enough about myself.

I'll have to adjust myself to the fact that the fuel tanks are much smaller now.

IC actoions would remain unchanged regardless.
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One wonders why Johnie would care so much for a person who he had been perfectly willing to empty a full clip from his carbine into on the ride up to the mansion...

Bumping

Also taken up studying Latin...