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The Genii Nation and I have an RP planned that basically starts out like this:

A traitor in the Rammsteinburg government leaks information to a foreign government on the testing of a new submarine with a state-of-the-art silent propulsion system (think along the lines of Hunt for Red October) built by Geniii Naval Industries. A foreign operative sneaks aboard the submarine and releases a short-lived nerve gas in the ventilation system while its at sea, rendering it free for the taking. After briefly battling with some other nations for possession of it (maybe), it is taken to a nearby island. When Rammsteinburg and The Genii Nation learn about it (the submarine fails to report back at a scheduled time), it is already too late. I'm not exactly sure where the RP will go from here. I'm thinking that I want it to mostly be an espionage RP, but I might want to do a significant amount of battle on the high seas, too. Once some people sign-up, we can work out the details.

One final thing: all events in the RP occur in one day. (Partially because I've been watching a lot of 24 lately, and partially because I am annoyed at how fast things can go by in RPs sometime).

Participants:
Rammsteinburg
The Genii Nation
The Battlehawk
Rechburg
Leistung

IC thread: http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=569581

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Can I take part?

Can I take part?

Sure. In what role?

We could use a few other potential buyers of the submarine who assist in its recovery.

Erm, not sure, I'd prefer to be on the Good guys side

Well, since my side isn't the one engaging in theft, I suppose that would make you with me, probably as a potential buyer.

Few things I think will be beneficial. All the nations can submit a small fleet, max 5 ish vessels, 2-3 subs. The Belligerent nations ( The nation who steals the ship and those who are on the "enemy" side ) Don't have to work together, and can "compete" for the prize.
The "Friendly" nations should work together in some form.


Spy's and spec-ops are not limited.

Few things I think will be beneficial. All the nations can submit a small fleet, max 5 ish vessels, 2-3 subs. The Belligerent nations ( The nation who steals the ship and those who are on the "enemy" side ) Don't have to work together, and can "compete" for the prize.
The "Friendly" nations should work together in some form.


Spy's and spec-ops are not limited.

That sounds good to me.

Ok sounds good, I'll send a small task force and send a spy and some Spec Forces teams in?

Rechburg will be in if you need another person.

I even have a bad guy if you need one, tho the Rechburg Government are not aware of the bad guy involvement they could be dragged in later as unwilling participants.
If you already have a bad guy no prob then I will maintain my lilly white status and be a good guy.

Ok sounds good, I'll send a small task force and send a spy and some Spec Forces teams in?

Remember that you're a potential buyer of a new submarine and aren't aware that it's going to be stolen. So, I'll say bring a few warships and some representatives from your navy.

Rechburg will be in if you need another person.

I even have a bad guy if you need one, tho the Rechburg Government are not aware of the bad guy involvement they could be dragged in later as unwilling participants.
If you already have a bad guy no prob then I will maintain my lilly white status and be a good guy.

That might work. Who would he be working for that wants the submarine?

The Provincial governor of Kunesdorf (part of the Duchy of Rechburg) Baron von Brunswick was going to try and take his province into a state of independence from the Duchy of Rechburg (A future RP project). I could RP that he either stole the submarine to attack a another country and let the blame on Rechburg thereby causing a international war or he stole the submarine and is either selling off the secrets or the entire submarine to help finance his attempt to force a break from the Duchy and to create an independent state.

Factbook and Map of rechburg - see Kunesdorf Province for the culprit.
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=14070805#post14070805

The submarine would be hidden on a island owned by the Brunswick family, it is well away from rechburg and prying eyes.

If this idea is acceptable I will try to get a thread going as soon as possible.

The Provincial governor of Kunesdorf (part of the Duchy of Rechburg) Baron von Brunswick was going to try and take his province into a state of independence from the Duchy of Rechburg (A future RP project). I could RP that he either stole the submarine to attack a another country and let the blame on Rechburg thereby causing a international war or he stole the submarine and is either selling off the secrets or the entire submarine to help finance his attempt to force a break from the Duchy and to create an independent state.

Factbook and Map of rechburg - see Kunesdorf Province for the culprit.
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=14070805#post14070805

The submarine would be hidden on a island owned by the Brunswick family, it is well away from rechburg and prying eyes.

If this idea is acceptable I will try to get a thread going as soon as possible.

It's a pretty good idea. Not what I was originally thinking, but I like it. But one of the things I wanted for this RP was to already have spies in place, and one of them is a double agent who leaked the info about the testing of the submarine. So we could say say that the Rechburg government was already suspicious of von Brunswick and that you enlisted the help of the Rammsteinburg government. If this sounds good to you, then your idea is fine by me!

Yep the idea of a double agent is a good one.

OCC
I will report all progress in Diary style (Daily), so everyone knows where events are placed and in what sequence. If I run foul of where anyone intends someone to be or does just let me know and I will correct it. I need to know some distances,

Distance between Rammsteinburg and Genii
Distance between the above two and Rechburg.
The names of surrounding seas and oceans.

Names of some characters. I will add them to the list if you let me know of any characters you wish involved. Obviously the list will be progressive as the story unfolds.

Rechburg Character List

Duke Leopold - Ruler of the Duchy of Rechburg
Governor Alexi von Brunswick - Governor of the Province of Kunesdorf.
General Mathew During - Commander of Research Department 717 (State Security and Intelligence Operations).
Ambassador - Ken Pullman - Ambassador to Rammensteinburg
Ambassador - John Eddings - Ambassador to Battlehawk
Ambassador - Andre Evans - Ambassador to Genii

Fletcher Limestone Company - A International mining Company - subsidery of Brunswick International


Republic of Battlehawk
Conrad Holger. Holger had been CEO of Diamond technologies - gone missing.

Independent Characters
Brig Gen Lew Watson - famous mercenary leader

Rammensteinburg
Agent Reading - On a joint operation between Rammesnsteinburg and Rechburg - Investigating suspicions from Duke Leopold that Governor Alexi Brunswick may be plotting a coup.

IC
Day 1

The Rammsteinburg - Genii joint project submarine "Red Dawn" has gone missing. Public relations offices from both Rammsteinburg and Genii are stating to the world at large that the submarine is experiencing "technical difficulties".
The neigbouring nation of Battlehawk has offered assistance.

Officially both nations have instituted Naval and air searches.

Rechburg, this is an OOC thread, mate. Forgot to mention it in the title, but I figured one could guess it. Anyway, just move your IC stuff to the IC thread I'll be making in a bit.

Anyway, as for the distance between Rammsteinburg and Rechburg... Well, that depends on where you consider Rechburg to be in the world. Rammsteinburg is cluster of islands in the South Pacific.

Here are the main characters I'll be using in this RP:

John Katzenbach - Rammsteinburg Ambassador to Rechburg
Klaus O'Brien - Rammsteinburg Ambassador to The Genii Nation
Captain Eddy Papst - Rammsteinburg Navy liasion to Genii Naval Industries
Rear Admiral Reinhard Queeg - Commander of Submarine Forces, Home Fleet
Agent Tobias Fletcher ("Agent Reading") - With Rammsteinburg Special Intelligence Service. On a joint operation between Rammesnsteinburg and Rechburg - Investigating suspicions from Duke Leopold that Governor Alexi Brunswick may be plotting a coup.
Commander Vogel - Working with Agent Fletcher. Member of Rammsteinburg's Special Commando Unit, nation's most elite and elusive special ops. group. CO of group deployed to Rechburg.
First Lieutenant Gutenberg - Vogel's XO.
Other members of Vogel's team: Master Sergeant Hoch, Sergeant Pole, Corporal Stuben, Master-at-Arms Second Class Lichten.

I'll integrate the character lists and other vital info into the original post.

Any other info I should provide?

Battlehawk Main Characters

- President Daniel Clark
-Admiral Christina Billing (Battlehawk Navy)
- Captain Liiam Dale (BHN)
-Commander James Nond (BHN)
-Agent Thomas Bauer (Battlehawk Intelliece)
-Flt Lt Shaun White (CO flighy wing RBS Intrepid)

Poss more

Battlehawk Main Characters

- President Daniel Clark
-Admiral Christina Billing (Battlehawk Navy)
- Captain Liiam Dale (BHN)
-Commander James Nond (BHN)
-Agent Thomas Bauer (Battlehawk Intelliece)
-Flt Lt Shaun White (CO flighy wing RBS Intrepid)

Poss more

OCC

re no prob regarding moving stuff to IC when it appears, I just wanted to get some basics down before we took of in dozens of directions.
I have more "stuff" but will wait for IC

Mind if I join? I'd be RPing as a single Leistungi SSN operating to destroy the sub entirely and remove the risk of having the sub fall into the wrong hands. Expect me to say "CON, SONAR, CRAZY IVAN!!!" at least 15 thousand times.

Mind if I join? I'd be RPing as a single Leistungi SSN operating to destroy the sub entirely and remove the risk of having the sub fall into the wrong hands. Expect me to say "CON, SONAR, CRAZY IVAN!!!" at least 15 thousand times.

Sure thing! Just wait until the right moment to act (that is, after catching the Rechburgians boarding the submarine).

Oh, and when a Rammmsteinburgian sub does a 'Crazy Ivan,' it's called a Crazy Kraut. ;)

IC thread up!

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=569581

Oh, and when a Rammmsteinburgian sub does a 'Crazy Ivan,' it's called a Crazy Kraut. ;)

lol, nice. I'll appoint out finest captain, Shawn Konnery...:D

lol, nice. I'll appoint out finest captain, Shawn Konnery...:D

Nice. :tongue:

Reminder: This RP takes place entirely during a single day.

Gotcha. My first IC post will be of the crew of the BMS November undergoing a patrol mission near Rammsteinburg. Just setting the scene.

Forgot a character: The double agent, Captain Hans Uhlrich, RMC, one of the SCU members in Rechburg. He operates under the cover name of Franz Harrison.

Some Random events that may be leads.. These can be Rp’d out or they can be ignored - some will lead to other clues, others will be dead ends. I will attempt to do justice to any suggested investigative route whether listed below or other.

Intelligence Snippets.

1- The day the sub went missing, the weather was very rough, except between 9.00 pm and 11:30pm when there was a relatively quiet period between storms.

2 - On the day the sub went missing a coastguard officer recalls hearing a radio message that simply said “May….”

3 - The Duchy of Rechburg undertakes its annual military exercises, this year they are 2 months later than usual. The Duchy as issued a warning to all shipping and air travel to ensure they remain on traditional navigation routes as wandering off these may result in danger to any craft or vessel. These warnings are annual standard procedures issued by most military forces during exercise periods.

4 - Word in the mercenary circles is there is someone hiring mercenaries for a special job.

5 - A Battlehawk Police detective who was investigating the disappearance of one Conrad Holger radioed his headquarters that he needed urgent help from Military intelligence, before he could give a location his radio went dead. The detectives body was found washed up on the coast.

6) Agent "Reading" an intelligence officer from rammensteinburg on a joint intelligence operation for the Rechburg Research Department 717 and Rammsteinburg intelligence service reported that Governor Baron Alexi Brunswick had been holding meetings with "high level" naval personal from several countries, he was still continuing his investigation.
There had been references to "Jade" it is unknown what "Jade" is, whether it is a operation or person etc.

7) A fishing boat in the South Sea area, reported “something “ smashing one of his deep sea nets. His crew reported a possible submarine.

8) A ship belonging to Rammsteinburg Shipping lines reports being buzzed by a light plane,
The captain observed what looked like an armed man in the back

9) On the day the sub went missing, satellite overheads report a steam ship in the supposed test area, however due to bad weather it was too difficult to identify. When the next satellite pass went over the area 3 hours later, the ship wasn’t seen. No ships reported sinking or in difficulty.

10) A retired Rammsteinburg admiral - Rear Admiral Josef Albrecht died in Rechburg this week, he was visiting an old friend there Governor of Kunesdorf Baron Alexi Brunswick. His death was caused by heart failure. His body is being returned to Rammsteinburg by Rechburg Military flight.

11) A Genii Politician Matt Bunning, suddenly announced his retirement, Mr Matt Bunning was one of the advocates of the new drive system in the submarine that went missing this week. It was in his engineering company that the first drive system was trialled, it was later completed by a competitor company “Blackburn Naval Engineering. His retirement follows accusations of corruption during the time the drive system was being finalised.
Mr Bunning describes his sudden increase of wealth as to being hired as a consultant to several nations interested in Naval engineering one of these seems to have been the Duchy of Rechburg.

12) Rumours coming out of Matra Naval yards in Kunesdorf (Rechburg) seem to indicate that Rechburg maybe developing a new type of drive system on a submarine, it has been suggested that this new system is not unlike that on the submarine that went missing recently.
Rechburg authorities have denied any such system exists in Rechburg.
A reporter from a Genii News Paper who was following the news was seriously beaten up in what looks like a vicious attack by drunken thugs. He is reported as being in a serious condition

I like ideas #1, #2, #4, #5, and #11. We'll see how we can integrate them.

Oh, but for #1, the times should earlier.

Hey, Rechburg, do you think you can RP the double agent?

Yep can do.
I assume you will RP his boss.

Well, one of his bosses, that is. ;)

Well, one of his bosses, that is. ;)

Dun dun duuuuuuun....

So how exactly is the submarine going to be boarded? Reverse rescue sub, or force it to surface and do it the old fashioned way?

Dun dun duuuuuuun....

So how exactly is the submarine going to be boarded? Reverse rescue sub, or force it to surface and do it the old fashioned way?

Well, first some people on board are going to release a short lived nerve gas into the ventilation system, killing the crew.

Some more intelligence snippets:

1) A Ministry of the Navy employee rushes into a police station, claiming somebody's out to kill him.

2) Reports come in of boats with armed men threatening people he come near an island 10 miles outside of Rammsteinburgian waters.

3) A Rechburgian embassy worker is shot on his way to work. The last person he spoke to claimed he had a letter to show the ambassador. Police did not find any letter in his possession.

So how exactly is the submarine going to be boarded? Reverse rescue sub, or force it to surface and do it the old fashioned way?

Well my original plan was scuppered when i realised I had half the worlds navy was on my back door before I even did anything, I am now working towards plan 3b. Diversions, diversions and more diversions.

Wow, this thread has been used a lot. :p

So, I think it's time to start planning how this RP is going to end. But first, I should mention that this stolen sub RP will lead into another RP involving the search, capture, and trial of Albert Eckhardt (the former member of the terrorist group that brought Rammsteinburg into a second civil war and the man most responsible for the theft of the Red Dawn).

Here are a few of my ideas for how this ends:

1) Unsuccessful in its initial mission, Red Dawn sneaks into Rammsteinburg Home Fleet HQ and tries to strike the battleship Rammsteinburg.

2) Red Dawn manages to reach Moir Island and a group of Rammsteinburgian spec. ops commandos try to retake the submarine.

3) Red Dawn is just sunk in the middle of the ocean after being discovered.

Another idea of mine is that after the men who steal Red Dawn fail in their initial mission, they become split over what to do next.

Any other ideas?

OCC

For your next RP is it necessary for the Red dawn to be captured, and as i have 3 harpoons flying do you need to use them on targets that will benefit your next RP. For example there could have been collusion between Brunswick and the revolutionaries, on the condition the Red dawn was used to attack certain Rammsteinburg Targets. If not I will continue with the myself.

It is not necessary to have Red Dawn as part of the next RP, so it can be captured, destroyed, or kept by the revolutionaries. And I don't need any specific targets in Rammsteinburg attacked, but if you want you can have one aimed at the nearest Rammsteinburg naval base/outpost.

ok, I will continue 2 onto the nearest naval base and 1 aimed at the your Government building ,Palace etc in the capital.
Its of no consequence to me if they strike or not, so I will leave that up to you.

Rammsteinburg's capital is New Ramm City, for the record.

I might let one strike its target. I'm not sure yet. I definitely like the idea of Red Dawn striking RNS Rammsteinurg, as its the pride of the Rammsteinburg Navy as the last battleship in the fleet. It can either be with one of the Harpoons just launched or it can be done later on. Probably later on.

Rechburg, do you think you'll be willing to participate in the hunt for Albert Eckhardt RP? You'd have good reason to want to find him, too.