SDNWorld Redux - Casting Call & Planning

Shroom Man 777 · Post by **Shroom Man 777** » 2008-07-21 05:22am

I might not be able to contribute much this round. Soon I'm going to have to do hardcore nursing school stuff, which will cut down my internet time. Real Life is starting to become Serious Business (SRS BSNSS) and... yeah.

Can I just put Shroomania in the game, contributing to the FASTA and the ISCA and stratellites and shit, but like, without me posting all the time?

Bluewolf · Post by **Bluewolf** » 2008-07-21 05:34am

Ok I am going to do this by points for now and if it calls for it I will adapt it for a budget system. Now I just hope I do not fuck this all up and somehow make a military inept for what I want it to be.

PeZook · Post by **PeZook** » 2008-07-21 09:06am

All right, I've posted my first maps. And I'm shamelessly upping my GDP to 1.2 trillion, and I'm ditching the "violent revolution" idea, seeing as my country is in a similiar place to the Technocracy in the pecking order. And I don't want to spend 10 years getting shit in order before shooting for the Moon.

I will, however, write a long-standing ideological rivalry between the two countries, seeing as PeZookia is going to stay a monarchy, and Stas is gonna be socialist

Fingolfin_Noldor · Post by **Fingolfin_Noldor** » 2008-07-21 09:08am

PeZook wrote:All right, I've posted my first maps. And I'm shamelessly upping my GDP to 1.2 trillion, and I'm ditching the "violent revolution" idea, seeing as my country is in a similiar place to the Technocracy in the pecking order. And I don't want to spend 10 years getting shit in order before shooting for the Moon.

I will, however, write a long-standing ideological rivalry between the two countries, seeing as PeZookia is going to stay a monarchy, and Stas is gonna be socialist

What? And I get to stand in between? Jeez, you want to make my life difficult don't you?

Not least, Shady wants to stick with socialism as well.

Is your map one of Poland or something less?

PeZook · Post by **PeZook** » 2008-07-21 09:13am

Fingolfin_Noldor wrote: What? And I get to stand in between? Jeez, you want to make my life difficult don't you? Not least, Shady wants to stick with socialism as well.

It's not going to be rivalry as in "We regularly bomb each other", but more like cordial antagonism between sports teams.

...sports teams who have tanks

Fingolfin_Noldor wrote:Is your map one of Poland or something less?

Slightly more "jagged" Poland, basically, but inverted

DarthShady · Post by **DarthShady** » 2008-07-21 05:59pm

PeZook nice maps.

Just don't start the game of by going to war with Stas. It wouldn't be nice.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2008-07-21 06:40pm

Fingolfin_Noldor wrote: Won't it be better to have UCAVs of the "jet engine + minimal airframe + bomb" type?

No. If I want a decent UCAV then I need an encrypted satellite communication channel (of which each billion dollar satellite can only provide a few) and some very advanced radios and communications gear in ordered to control the thing at any significant range and avoid the enemy taking over control and sending it back at me. This is a very serious problem with modern UAVs and UCAVs, but so far they’ve faced no one with any significant electronic warfare capability so you don’t hear much about it.

The Soviets never faced much in the way of US UAVs, but they did actually develop a way to turn off certain US satellites whenever they passed over Soviet territory. This was done by reverse engineering the control signals the US used from its own ground stations.

Compared to the potential disaster of my UCAV hoard bombing its own bases, a bunch of over enthusiastic fanatical youths flying T-6 trainers is a lot less risky and more reliable. So are cruise missiles, which are even cheaper then anything else.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2008-07-21 06:55pm

So anyone want to be my client state?

Fingolfin_Noldor · Post by **Fingolfin_Noldor** » 2008-07-21 09:09pm

The Yosemite Bear wrote:So anyone want to be my client state?

Don't want to be a client state, but certainly looking for opportunities to collaborate again.

TimothyC · Post by **TimothyC** » 2008-07-22 12:53am

The Yosemite Bear wrote:So anyone want to be my client state?

How much freedom would I have?

Aside: I'm looking at the following breakdown for my Air force:

1st. Fighter Squadron
24 F-110D Spectre (new avionics in an F-4 frame)

2nd. Fighter Squadron
24 F-110D Spectre (new avionics in an F-4 frame)

3rd. Fighter Squadron
18 F-106G Super Delta Dart (again new avionics)
6 F-106H (Two Seat variant)

4th. Attack Squadron
24 BAe Hawk Trainers (exact version yet ot be determined)

Other assets (C-130s ect. are in the works)

Bluewolf · Post by **Bluewolf** » 2008-07-22 09:30am

So you HAVE to be invaded in this game? I know that daclaring war on someone or joining someone in one is fair game but are you allowed to stay un-invaded? I guess de-militirizing would help though.

Just a query.

PeZook · Post by **PeZook** » 2008-07-22 09:31am

Bluewolf wrote:So you HAVE to be invaded in this game? I know that daclaring war on someone or joining someone in one is fair game but are you allowed to stay un-invaded? I guess de-militirizing would help though.

Just a query.

Uh, what?

Bluewolf · Post by **Bluewolf** » 2008-07-22 09:39am

Basically if you wish, can you not be invaded in the game as long as you do the same or would that ruin the RP?

Bluewolf · Post by **Bluewolf** » 2008-07-22 09:39am

Basically if you wish, can you not be invaded in the game as long as you do the same or would that ruin the RP? I don't mind either way.

Shroom Man 777 · Post by **Shroom Man 777** » 2008-07-22 09:42am

You'll have to beat them off your land if they try to invade. But most people here are pretty laid back... except for Sheppy-Pooh

Bluewolf · Post by **Bluewolf** » 2008-07-22 09:44am

From what I gathered in this RP so far I think Shep is going to be a bit of a "problem". Maybe I should try and stay out of the way.

Whatever happens though I will do my best. Guess there is nothing like trying.

PeZook · Post by **PeZook** » 2008-07-22 10:38am

Bluewolf wrote:Basically if you wish, can you not be invaded in the game as long as you do the same or would that ruin the RP? I don't mind either way.

Ah. Well, if somebody invades you, you will have to fight back.

Of course, most people will most likely take...issue with somebody invading you. If you sign mutual defence agreements with some power block or another, you should be good to go.

Bluewolf · Post by **Bluewolf** » 2008-07-22 10:40am

Thats fine. It works like real life anyway so it should not be too much of a problem. I don't know a lot when it comes to military and tactics but I should be able to pick it up and learn it from others.

Siege · Post by **Siege** » 2008-07-22 10:46am

You can also form an alliance with a bunch of other folk. That tends to scare off even Shep... At least for a small period of time

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Bluewolf · Post by **Bluewolf** » 2008-07-22 10:53am

Can someone sum up what Shep did in the last game and how he generally acts in this RP?

Fingolfin_Noldor · Post by **Fingolfin_Noldor** » 2008-07-22 11:05am

The MESS Is open to new alliance members, just so no one knows. You will be back by 10 over carriers, and plenty of firepower.

Of course, against Shep, we will start carting out all the nukes we can get.

Shroom Man 777 · Post by **Shroom Man 777** » 2008-07-22 11:12am

Join the Fungal Union of Nations. In SDN 1, it was an AWESOME alliance of many small nations under the banner of big funny silly Shroomania and a few other medium-to-heavy nations, all for fun and making peace and PROFIT and MONEY! MONEY MONEY MONEY!

In SDN 2, it will be an alliance of nations mostly formerly colonized by Shroomania, but will now be opened to new members! For FUN!

PeZook · Post by **PeZook** » 2008-07-22 11:15am

And if you join the FASTA, you will get +50 prestige points for having an astronaut on the team!

Fingolfin_Noldor · Post by **Fingolfin_Noldor** » 2008-07-22 11:16am

SiegeTank wrote:You can also form an alliance with a bunch of other folk. That tends to scare off even Shep... At least for a small period of time .

It doesn't. Shep would pretty much gleefully nuke the lot of us, even at the expense of himself. Which pretty much happened the last time.

PeZook wrote:And if you join the FASTA, you will get +50 prestige points for having an astronaut on the team!

About that. We should ditch the FCS for something that starts at 1000 TEU at the minimum. Things are a lot bigger now, and that means more cargo.

I of course, would gladly offer up to 22000TEU vessels.

Constantinople Shipping and Constantinople Shipyards aims to corner the market! (A la S. Korea/Japan/China)

Shroom Man 777 · Post by **Shroom Man 777** » 2008-07-22 11:26am

Sovereign Shroomanian Sea Shipping and the MacMillan Maritime Mercantile will have something to say about that