A while ago, I hosted my first serious RP... And it failed horrifically in the first chapter due to a few things, from a lack of commitment from my RP-ers, my inexperience with running an RP, and a huge amount of inability to handle my ambitions for its behemoth story...
Well, I am pleased to announce that that RP is about to be re-delivered, in a more thrilling and faster paced manner, ladies and gentlemen, I bring you:
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This RP is for 7/8/9 people all of which have to be committed, intelligent, and good writers! I?m afraid I have to be really picky with this one, so please act your best with your sheet, and in the RP.
For those scratching their heads in confusion, I provide this Codex for reference to the story, technology, and people of this parallel world.
If you have at least read the overview, then you might want to consider signing up!
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PM me with any queries! And as a note, this is a linear RP, not a free roaming fare, there are different ways to do the jobs and enjoy the ride, but the story is plotted tightly, and yes, I expect this RP to last around two/three months, so think if you?ll be able to do this before rushing out your sheets.
Ciao!
Well, I am pleased to announce that that RP is about to be re-delivered, in a more thrilling and faster paced manner, ladies and gentlemen, I bring you:
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Deathless Ideal
[/HEADING] This RP is for 7/8/9 people all of which have to be committed, intelligent, and good writers! I?m afraid I have to be really picky with this one, so please act your best with your sheet, and in the RP.
For those scratching their heads in confusion, I provide this Codex for reference to the story, technology, and people of this parallel world.
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This RP is set in an alternative present, where due to a blunder in the Second World War, the USSR was able to expand with no limitations over Afro-Eurasia, and proceeded to conquer the Americas. The story itself revolves around our characters being drafted into the International Liberty Seeker?s Alliance (The ILSA), and their war against the state, both a philosophical and emotional journey into Communism?s ?Deathless Ideal?.
The RP begins in a Personnel displacement train in the middle of Siberia, where a variety of people are being transported to the town of Svobodny from Leningrad station, but their passage is... interupted.
The RP begins in a Personnel displacement train in the middle of Siberia, where a variety of people are being transported to the town of Svobodny from Leningrad station, but their passage is... interupted.
The players will have to be a part of the ILSA, this list is just for reference purposes.
The ILSA is a Libertarian terrorist group, determined to topple the USSR. The group was founded almost immediately after the conquest of the Americas by the enigmatic and messianic figure, known only as Fat Dog, it?s funds come from illegal businesses, and funding donated to them by citizens, and the Government of the former US. ILSA bombs, coerces, assassinates, and steals from the state, with a goal of crippling the Soviet?s infrastructure, it has a policy of never targeting civilians; however, civilian deaths are unavoidable to any terrorist, this has led to them being branded as murderers by the state, although the people are starting to question that. The ILSA costs the USSR approximately one sixteenth of it?s Gross domestic product, and spans the entirety of the planet, it has a growing following amongst the peoples of the world, especially youths.
The Soviet Union has expanded greatly since the Second World War, now covering three quarters of the world?s landmass, and still having a Stalinist way of governing. The USSR calls itself ?A Marxist socialist state, with a love of all of its people, possessing a desire for unity of all peoples?, but the USSR is really a true tyranny by the majority, those who are seen as non-productive, dissidents, and people who do not pay the 98% income tax rate are punished with death, however, the leading politicians of the Grand Soviet Cabinet, headed by Nicolai Lynovsky, seems to be above those rules. The aforementioned Grand Soviet Cabinet decides upon population control, military strategies, technological progress, and propaganda issuing. Kind people indeed.
This Nazi (Leiterlude is German for Leader's people) faction, who regard Adolf Hitler as the reincarnation of Jesus Christ, has existed since the entirety of Germany was annexed by the Soviets in 1948, the end of the Second World War. They are relatively small when compared to the ILSA, however they give the German province of the Soviet military a fair amount of trouble.
This radical Islamist group has no formal structure, it is simply a union of Muslim people who desire liberation from the ?heretical? ways of the Soviets, unlike the ILSA, however, they tend destroy anything they don?t like, including civilians. They are concentrated around the chaos that is the Middle East.
No one knows who he is, no one has ever seen his face, he has no known relatives, no home, no religion, and he is as unknowable as shadows themselves. Fat Dog is the founder, head, and strategist of the ILSA, and he is the most secretive person ever to exist on this earth, all in good reason, seeing as he is the most wanted man in the world. Fat Dog was first mentioned just before the end of the American Annexation, by the last President of the US- David Boaz. Boaz, recognizing imminent military defeat, turned over all the remaining cash in US?s treasury to Fat Dog, in the hope that the founding principles of the US might return to the world through this man, and his ideas. Exactly one week after the US?s fall, a message was sent to the Grand Soviet Cabinet from Fat Dog, that message was a declaration of war against the USSR, and the founding constitution of the ILSA. Fat Dog has since then spearheaded the ILSA?s campaign against the USSR, and has made the ILSA a functional organization through secretly opening thousands of secret private business?s, all profits off which go directly to the ILSA. Fat Dog is literally become a messianic figure amongst the ISLA?s members, many member?s even substitute his name for curse words!
The head of the Grand Soviet Cabinet, Nicolai Lynovsky is said to be a re-incarnation of Stalin himself, he treating people as an invaluable commodity. Lynovsky is a genius, when it comes to the domestic front, he, along with Leon Klonov being the reason for the USSR?s monopoly on the planet?s landmass.
Where Lynovsky is the domestic genius, Klonov is the military messiah. Klonov is a man without a conscience; he doesn?t cares for any life whatsoever, and will do anything for success and power. Klonov is often referred to as ?the architect of pure evil?. He serves as the Head of the foreign affairs, and Head of the security branch of the Grand Soviet Cabinet.
This insane woman is the leader of the Social Welfare sector of the Grand Soviet Cabinet- she, displaces 75 million people from their homes a year, and is responsible for approximately 45 million ?undesirable terminations? a year.
Pyrokev is in charge of the Cultural and political unification sector of the Grand Soviet Cabinet, due to him almost all works of art, from paintings to film have been eradicated. Due to him all artists need a license to make any work of art.
Lebeok runs the Provincial unification branch of the Grand Soviet Cabinet, his job is to tailor the needs of the state to the capabilities of the provinces.
Kiech is in charge of the Surveillance department of the Grand Soviet Cabinet, he is responsible for the vast amount of security cameras around the land, and has a huge amount of data and knowledge on every matter in the USSR, and person ever to take a breath in the Union.
So, how come the Soviet?s own the world? What separates our world from Deathless Ideal?s is a simple accident, a single mistake, which set off a domino effect, which made all of this happen. On September 1st 1940, Dr. Edward George 'Taffy' Bowen was on one of the most important missions of the war: The Tizzard Mission [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tizard_Mission]. The Tizard mission was a simple mission, an exchange of British technological marvels, from an essay on the feasibility of the Atom bomb, to the secrets of Radar. In our timeline, these secrets forged the Anglo-American alliance, which was the main reason for the Japanese bombing of Pearl harbour, which, as we all know, was the reason America became involved in the war. The Tizard mission had been given a green light by both governments, and Bowen was tasked with delivering them across the Atlantic. All of the secrets had been sealed in a small metal box, which Bowen took with him to Euston Station, for them both to catch a steamer to America, where the box could be presented to scientists. When he arrived at Euston station, however, a young porter immediately took the box from the cab Bowen had been riding in, to be put into the property compartment of the train. In our timeline, Bowen caught up with the porter, and got the box back. In this timeline though, a single accident happened which changed history. A young mother was walking in Bowen?s general direction, and her child saw fit to burp, the child temporarily distracted her, and she inadvertently walked into Bowen. This made Bowen lose his concentration on tracking the porter with the vital box, and he lost sight of him. The box was never seen again, and the Tizard mission was a dramatic failure.
Without the US?s support, Britain had to rely on Canada and Russia for help. The war was a massacre for Britain, and Canada had to pull out of Europe in 1944 as they had to focus on the Pacific campaign. The US continued as a silent observer to these events, and Britain lost almost four fifths of its male population in the war. Hitler?s soldiers were only driven back by the power of the Soviet army, and Britain suffered huge losses flanking them. Berlin was taken, Hitler and his posse were executed at the Nuremberg trials, and Germany was annexed. Japan later was crushed in 1949 by the combined Chinese and Canadian forces, but Russia was the only reason the allies had survived.
The Soviets were hailed as the heroes of the war, and as of such many countries, ignoring Stalin?s (Who died in 1968) atrocities, began to incorporate into the USSR, all of mainland Europe had become part of the Soviet Union by 1973, and in 1984 both China and India became official provinces of the USSR. Some countries, like Japan, the UK, and Australia maintained their sovereignty and ideals, but the USSR forcefully incorporated them into the union; indeed, one observer on the Soviet annexation of London (17th January 1985) was quoted as saying, ?All of the people stood still, unmoving, glaring at the Bolsheviks as they advanced through the streets, they looked at the Soviets quietly. They looked at them as a dead man would look at the lid of his coffin.?. With a few exceptions, including the Middle East and central Africa (Chaos reigns there to this day), and the corrupt and small Governments of a few provinces of the Americas all of Afro-Eurasia, and nearly all of South America belonged to the Soviets.
Only North America was free from the hold of the Soviets, the US and Canada had adopted a relatively low profile after the war, and had prepared for the eventuality that they would be invaded. Unfortunately there was no way they could fight the overwhelming Soviet army that descended upon them in the August of 1992, and due to the fact that only the Soviets had the secrets of the Atomic bomb, America and Canada quickly fell, but not before their savings had been transported into hands unknown. The Soviets began by quickly taking Alaska, then overwhelming Canada, province by province. The US was deadlocked between the incorporated Mexico to the south, and the annexed Canada to the north, the US had no options other than surrender or a suicidal campaign, it wisely went with the first. The US was incorporated into the USSR.
These years are marked by insurgency against the USSR, from the ILSA to the Soldiers of Allah, the Soviets faced not men in these fights, but martyrs. This time?s other main feature is the formation of the Grand Soviet Cabinet after the death of Stalin?s successor, Prakov Lebedelk. But minus the relatively small annoyances of some terrorists, there was really no fear by the bureaucrat?s of Moscow, until a routine civilian displacement train is taken by a certain group...
The ILSA has many bases spread out across the world, all of which act on their own account, employing strategies against local Bolsheviks to further the general effort of the ILSA. The only times they act for a greater power is when they receive orders from the Epsilon Compound. The Epsilon Compound is the strategic headquarters of the ILSA, setting the organization?s targets, housing the alliance?s best military personnel, and rumoured to be the only known place Fat Dog will be, which is very occasionally. The ILSA is careful to keep the location of the ILSA secret, only members that have been recognized for great service to the ILSA are allowed to go there... even most of them don?t know where they are. The ILSA is careful not to place too much hope in the Epsilon compound, however, and has made hundreds of contingency plans if it is compromised.
This is essentially what we would call the internet, but it is heavily monitored and controlled by the Bolsheviks.
Everybody in the RP speaks Russian, okay? But don?t type in Russian characters! Type in English, and we?ll say it?s Russian. Of course your character can be fluent in another language, but just say that in English, after saying: X said in Y...
The fall of Australia, Japan, and finally North America led to a huge influx of people into New Zealand, mainly Right-Wingers and Libertarians. New Zealand, with its huge amount of wildlife and food stock combined with its easily defendable size made it a haven and a fortress for the Non-Soviets. New Zealand funnily enough, is not a nation any more; it is simply a large area of land populated by approximately 120 million people. It is an Anarchy, a land of do as you please- Which is ironic as there is almost no crime there. Around 70% of New Zealand?s inhabitants are part of the militia, a perfect, and well-armed deterrent against any planned Bolshevik incursion.
New Zealand serves as a recruitment haven for the ILSA, the organization drawing in thousands of recruits every year from the place, to be secretly shipped around the globe to combat the USSR/
New Zealand serves as a recruitment haven for the ILSA, the organization drawing in thousands of recruits every year from the place, to be secretly shipped around the globe to combat the USSR/
All goods are state made, and as of such always carry the prefix ?Gloriously made State...?. They usually cost pennies to make, and are inferior to black market goods.
I have had to put these in, after some have tried to do these things, although I thought they would be self-explanatory.
1. No controlling other characters.
2. Do not try to advance the plot without obvious permission.
3. Do not create NPCs.
4. Do not control NPCs unless I have given you permission.
5. No Trench-Coating/Mary Sue-ing
1. No controlling other characters.
2. Do not try to advance the plot without obvious permission.
3. Do not create NPCs.
4. Do not control NPCs unless I have given you permission.
5. No Trench-Coating/Mary Sue-ing
If you find something lacking in the Codex, please PM me, and I?ll amend it!
If you have at least read the overview, then you might want to consider signing up!
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Chapters
[/HEADING]Part 1: Insoluble Colossus [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/362.161152#4152529]
Part 2: Epsilon [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/362.161152?page=7#4208601]
Part 2: Epsilon [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/362.161152?page=7#4208601]
PM me with any queries! And as a note, this is a linear RP, not a free roaming fare, there are different ways to do the jobs and enjoy the ride, but the story is plotted tightly, and yes, I expect this RP to last around two/three months, so think if you?ll be able to do this before rushing out your sheets.
Ciao!
