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I have nowhere near enough time/mental energy for my existing commitments.
I'll join this, seems interesting enough.
I'll vote for WWI, but if that has no chance of winning, WWII.
I'll vote for WWI, but if that has no chance of winning, WWII.
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GM note: Voting is in and the final vote was:
Space: 4
World War I: 2
World War II: 4
The two people who voted for World War I will have to re-vote for another Scenario but if it is still a tie there will be GM override.
Space: 4
World War I: 2
World War II: 4
The two people who voted for World War I will have to re-vote for another Scenario but if it is still a tie there will be GM override.
GM note: Final vote is:
Space:4
World War Two:6
Introductory update possibly tomorrow but in the meantime post your character, their bio, and their position. Don't forget to vote on the Second in Command and Captain as well, the Captain can only be the Captain while the Second in Command can be one other position.
Space:4
World War Two:6
Introductory update possibly tomorrow but in the meantime post your character, their bio, and their position. Don't forget to vote on the Second in Command and Captain as well, the Captain can only be the Captain while the Second in Command can be one other position.
Conan C. Campbell, Former Captain (now chef)
Born in 1897 to a prestigious naval family, Campbell began his own naval career in 1917, shortly after graduating from the academy, in the midst of the First World War; in this environment of constant fear of being torpedoed, the young man was left a paranoid, dysfunctional wreck. However, being the son of an admiral (and the grandson of one, and the great-grandson of one, etc.), the Navy was stuck with him.
Despite his obvious incompetence, and his inability to inspire a cat to chase a mouse, the powers that be decided that he should be given a ship of his own to command; enter the Blue Lagoon, a small cruiser built in 1921. Only two months into his command, the crew had almost mutinied twice, provisions were running low (due to his insistence that he have a dinner party with the officers every night), and the ship was dangerously off-course (it had been the simple mission of transporting some supplies to the Midway from San Diego). Several months behind schedule, the Blue Lagoon finally reached its destination… and promptly crashed into the U.S.S. Red Sea, leaving both their crews marooned for almost a month.
Immediately following his removal, he was sent to act as a military attaché to a British captain in Egypt; Sir Osis of the River (a ship aptly named, due to its mission of patrolling the Nile). Even in this capacity Campbell failed miserably; the British officers, and crew, were both horrendously offended by the man’s lack of etiquette (he always drank his tea with the wrong hand). Removed from that position quickly and quietly, Campbell languished in bureaucratic positions for over a decade, when, in 1934, he was again (for some stupid reason) given command of his own ship; to no one’s surprise, the ship, often derided as Campbell’s Sloop, ran aground only one month after he took command (after the navigator of the ship was sent to the brig (what Campbell called his private bathroom) for criticizing Campbell’s command).
Now, in World War II, Campbell is back, though not in command (…yet); in his official capacity, he is the ship’s cook (command believed that due to his enormous girth and large appetite, he must be somewhat good at… something to do with food…).
Born in 1897 to a prestigious naval family, Campbell began his own naval career in 1917, shortly after graduating from the academy, in the midst of the First World War; in this environment of constant fear of being torpedoed, the young man was left a paranoid, dysfunctional wreck. However, being the son of an admiral (and the grandson of one, and the great-grandson of one, etc.), the Navy was stuck with him.
Despite his obvious incompetence, and his inability to inspire a cat to chase a mouse, the powers that be decided that he should be given a ship of his own to command; enter the Blue Lagoon, a small cruiser built in 1921. Only two months into his command, the crew had almost mutinied twice, provisions were running low (due to his insistence that he have a dinner party with the officers every night), and the ship was dangerously off-course (it had been the simple mission of transporting some supplies to the Midway from San Diego). Several months behind schedule, the Blue Lagoon finally reached its destination… and promptly crashed into the U.S.S. Red Sea, leaving both their crews marooned for almost a month.
Immediately following his removal, he was sent to act as a military attaché to a British captain in Egypt; Sir Osis of the River (a ship aptly named, due to its mission of patrolling the Nile). Even in this capacity Campbell failed miserably; the British officers, and crew, were both horrendously offended by the man’s lack of etiquette (he always drank his tea with the wrong hand). Removed from that position quickly and quietly, Campbell languished in bureaucratic positions for over a decade, when, in 1934, he was again (for some stupid reason) given command of his own ship; to no one’s surprise, the ship, often derided as Campbell’s Sloop, ran aground only one month after he took command (after the navigator of the ship was sent to the brig (what Campbell called his private bathroom) for criticizing Campbell’s command).
Now, in World War II, Campbell is back, though not in command (…yet); in his official capacity, he is the ship’s cook (command believed that due to his enormous girth and large appetite, he must be somewhat good at… something to do with food…).
Character: Patrick Sean Sullivan
Bio: A man as irish as they come. Born 1901 in New York as second generation American, he had a quarrel with his father, since he did not want to spend his whole live in a shabby quarter but see the world instead. Along pops the Navy.
Within the Academy he distinguished himself in drinking, bickering and, most important, organizing. His instructors soon noticed his organisational skills and recommended him for a logistical position. When leaving the Academy, he was ordered to command a desk with lots of paperwork, until a serious debate with his superior. Then he was transferred to serve aboard ships.
Suddenly, when boarding a ship and spending time on the high sea, he became more relaxed and balanced. During his last commission aboard of CL-40 "USS Brooklyn" he was the Head Munitions and Armaments Officer and as such was now transferred to serve aboard an Aircraft Carrier.
I vote for MastahCheef as Captain and myself for Second in Command
Bio: A man as irish as they come. Born 1901 in New York as second generation American, he had a quarrel with his father, since he did not want to spend his whole live in a shabby quarter but see the world instead. Along pops the Navy.
Within the Academy he distinguished himself in drinking, bickering and, most important, organizing. His instructors soon noticed his organisational skills and recommended him for a logistical position. When leaving the Academy, he was ordered to command a desk with lots of paperwork, until a serious debate with his superior. Then he was transferred to serve aboard ships.
Suddenly, when boarding a ship and spending time on the high sea, he became more relaxed and balanced. During his last commission aboard of CL-40 "USS Brooklyn" he was the Head Munitions and Armaments Officer and as such was now transferred to serve aboard an Aircraft Carrier.
I vote for MastahCheef as Captain and myself for Second in Command
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Oh, very well. The dreadful WWII it is, then.
Character: Sid Arthur
Bio: Highly secretive and relentlessly professional, Sid Arthur always insists on being called on his surname, even if off-duty with those he has served with for years. He is deliberate, thorough and willing to get dirty if a component of the ship is not operating to his satisfaction. He has served on a diverse selection of ships, both civil and military, and, after he had had his glass of port, he may tell you to an anecdote or two from his service. This is, however, the most anyone could ever hope to hear of his past.
Position: Head Engineer
[Edit] This is an awfully small crew for an aircraft carrier. Perhaps if the ship were smaller and served a more...unconventional purpose. Then again, whatever bakerydog has in mind.
Character: Sid Arthur
Bio: Highly secretive and relentlessly professional, Sid Arthur always insists on being called on his surname, even if off-duty with those he has served with for years. He is deliberate, thorough and willing to get dirty if a component of the ship is not operating to his satisfaction. He has served on a diverse selection of ships, both civil and military, and, after he had had his glass of port, he may tell you to an anecdote or two from his service. This is, however, the most anyone could ever hope to hear of his past.
Position: Head Engineer
[Edit] This is an awfully small crew for an aircraft carrier. Perhaps if the ship were smaller and served a more...unconventional purpose. Then again, whatever bakerydog has in mind.
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Well keep in mind there were two different ships that I had in mind a Uboat and a Carrier in the pacific probably. If we wanted an unconventional ship we could always be a torpedo boat or some sort of Cruiser. Overall though the Carrier would see the most combat.
Of course we could go hardcore and open the game for 2.500 people, so every pilot and seaman is in. bakerydog will keep track of their votes. 
Character: Daniel E. Goodwin
Position: Commander of the Carrier Air Group, Fighter Squadron commander
Bio: Born in the States he has been in the Navy since 1937. He has served as a pilot on the USS Lexington, and following her loss, the USS Wasp. He has since been transferred to this new carrier to command the air group, and fly her fighter squadrons.
Position: Commander of the Carrier Air Group, Fighter Squadron commander
Bio: Born in the States he has been in the Navy since 1937. He has served as a pilot on the USS Lexington, and following her loss, the USS Wasp. He has since been transferred to this new carrier to command the air group, and fly her fighter squadrons.
Character: Big Fate
Character Position: Helmsman
Character Bio: Big Fate was born into one of the most richest and most powerful families in America and from an early age began showing signs of serious mental and physical defects. At the tender age of six Fate was confined to a mental asylum after he began hearing voices and burned down a Cathedral. For the next twenty years he languished in solitary confinement only leaving his cell to receive his daily cocaine treatment. After scandal erupted about the asylums unsavoury methods of treatment, it was close down and Fate was discharged as "cured" man.
With his new found freedom Fate was swept up in war fever and served French foreign legion during the great war as a Lieutenant. For his numerous insane orders, he was nicknamed the "Bad Lieutenant" and his Battalion became the laughing stock of the entire French army. Fate eventually deserted the army after killing his superior officer in an heated argument over whether they were fighting the Germans or the British and fled back to the United States.
There he joined the Navy and was immediately made captain of a Heavy cruiser. Everything seemed to be going smoothly until a fateful naval exercise. Believing that the military exercise was real and he was under attack, sunk every ship involved, including his own. Fate escaped as the only survivor, losing his right hand and his left eye.
For causing one of the greatest disasters in US Naval history, he was demoted to Helmsmen for the Yorktown and lost three days worth of pay. Now severely addicted to cocaine and alcohol, Fate is ticking time bomb, hearing voices in his head, a hook for a hand and ready to explode at any moment.
Character Position: Helmsman
Character Bio: Big Fate was born into one of the most richest and most powerful families in America and from an early age began showing signs of serious mental and physical defects. At the tender age of six Fate was confined to a mental asylum after he began hearing voices and burned down a Cathedral. For the next twenty years he languished in solitary confinement only leaving his cell to receive his daily cocaine treatment. After scandal erupted about the asylums unsavoury methods of treatment, it was close down and Fate was discharged as "cured" man.
With his new found freedom Fate was swept up in war fever and served French foreign legion during the great war as a Lieutenant. For his numerous insane orders, he was nicknamed the "Bad Lieutenant" and his Battalion became the laughing stock of the entire French army. Fate eventually deserted the army after killing his superior officer in an heated argument over whether they were fighting the Germans or the British and fled back to the United States.
There he joined the Navy and was immediately made captain of a Heavy cruiser. Everything seemed to be going smoothly until a fateful naval exercise. Believing that the military exercise was real and he was under attack, sunk every ship involved, including his own. Fate escaped as the only survivor, losing his right hand and his left eye.
For causing one of the greatest disasters in US Naval history, he was demoted to Helmsmen for the Yorktown and lost three days worth of pay. Now severely addicted to cocaine and alcohol, Fate is ticking time bomb, hearing voices in his head, a hook for a hand and ready to explode at any moment.
GM note: I have decided for the first mission I will be captain then voting will commence later on but for now the second in command is Stuckenshmidt.
This character WILL die on the first mission no matter what I roll. On another note until people post their characters there won't be an update.
This character WILL die on the first mission no matter what I roll. On another note until people post their characters there won't be an update.
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Character: Nikolai Vladimirovich Zateyev
Character Position: Watchmen
Bio: Zateyev was born in Aberdeen in Norther part of Scotland from Russian Father and local Mather. He was drafted into the British Navy in 1940, and studied in the Baku Naval Preparatory School. He passed the watchmen's course and was commissioned from the M.V. Frunze Higher Naval School in Edinburgh. In the late 1942 he joined the Black Sea Fleet and served on submarines first as watchman and then rose through the position of Higher Executive Watchmen Officer. For the excellent gunnery performance of his submarine he was rewarded by an early promotion by order of the Defence Minister. In 1944 he was transferred to the Northern Fleet and was given a rank of a Senior Watchman Officer on a *GM put the name of the ship here*..
Character Position: Watchmen
Bio: Zateyev was born in Aberdeen in Norther part of Scotland from Russian Father and local Mather. He was drafted into the British Navy in 1940, and studied in the Baku Naval Preparatory School. He passed the watchmen's course and was commissioned from the M.V. Frunze Higher Naval School in Edinburgh. In the late 1942 he joined the Black Sea Fleet and served on submarines first as watchman and then rose through the position of Higher Executive Watchmen Officer. For the excellent gunnery performance of his submarine he was rewarded by an early promotion by order of the Defence Minister. In 1944 he was transferred to the Northern Fleet and was given a rank of a Senior Watchman Officer on a *GM put the name of the ship here*..