Jury: Yastreb
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Jury: Yastreb
Yastreb, we were talking on Discord yesterday (interested parties welcome on https://discord.gg/MhKy8XY ). Would you mind serving as a judge in the war? Doesn't mean you have to stop writing awesome stuff, of course.
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Re: Jury: Yastreb
This has my support, if Krasniy is willing.
All this has happened before, and all this will happen again.
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It has been communicated to me that the war will not be working strictly off an established ruleset, rather it would be up to me to rule upon anything considered narratively ridiculous on a case-by-case basis and allow anything short of that to proceed in good sport. If this is the case, I accept. If it is not the case, I accept but with a lesser degree of enthusiasm. Considering the cringeworthy degeneration of so many previous recwars into pissy OOC barratry, and the fact that we're all a bit older and more mature these days, I think a more organic mode of judgement would be appropriate - the organ in question being my brain and the intangible muses who occasionally take it hostage, these apparently being deemed suitable for the task despite - or pehaps because of - this being my first official recwar since Cranda v. Baracão back in '03 (notwithstanding the Shirekeep cabbage business).
The industrial and logistical buildup to this war across various fora and the MicrasWiki, as opposed to the days when brand new nations rustled up modern fully-equipped formations of army group size out of nowhere, leads me to be cautiously optimistic that things will be approached with something resembling a sensible attitude from all parties and keep my workload manageable. I would stress that the best way to assure this in others is to lead by one's own example.
The industrial and logistical buildup to this war across various fora and the MicrasWiki, as opposed to the days when brand new nations rustled up modern fully-equipped formations of army group size out of nowhere, leads me to be cautiously optimistic that things will be approached with something resembling a sensible attitude from all parties and keep my workload manageable. I would stress that the best way to assure this in others is to lead by one's own example.
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Yes, sounds about right. Please keep us from suddenly vaporising a million of the opponents' soldiers and move a whole fleet from one side of the world to the other side in the blink of seconds.rather it would be up to me to rule upon anything considered narratively ridiculous on a case-by-case basis and allow anything short of that to proceed in good sport.
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Indeed. I think we are more interested in a plausible narrative rather than strict adherence to "the rules" (that weren't designed for a scenario of this scale in any event).
All this has happened before, and all this will happen again.
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Very well - if you insist on giving me absolute power, it's a deal
Within and beyond a general spirit of narrative credulity, I would wish to institute a handful of purely practical ground rules, to the effect that:
1. For ease of analysis, the summary of a combat unit's action includes a basic description of their size and asset composition in generic terms (e.g. two battalions of mechanised infantry and a battery of self-propelled artillery pieces) or alternatively a link to the relevant part of any pre-existing orbat or TOE in which they feature. That way the enemy, the casual observer and most importantly myself can better understand the implications of a given unit's presence without having to trawl through some archive or rely on guesswork. Basically if you want a unit to make a name for itself, it's your job to 'sell' it in concise terms. Keeping clear figures to adjust for combat losses etc. would also be appreciated. Naturally for any huge strategic offensives of the Barbarossa/Bagration scale, the smaller subunits would not need listing in great detail unless they distinguished themselves in battle.
2. Each movement/offensive of a combat unit allows at least 24 hours for an enemy response before moving again (this being an established custom I probably don't need to remind you, but just in case there are questions).
3. Any units not deployed in the prelude phase are understood to be located in their home garrison/port at the beginning of the active phase or, where no home base is assigned, they are considered to originate in their native capital city (or its nearest sea port).
4. Participants wait to suffer a first strike by a tactical WMD (<1000km range) before it releases any strategic WMDs or space-based weaponry. Space-based surveillance assets can of course be used without restriction.
5. Such futuristic assets as gravimetric armour are used responsibly out of consideration for those operating on a 1950s Asian or 1990s Yugoslavian tech level. Again I like to think this doesn't need mentioning.
6. Any occult warfare is conducted under the maxim that magic is essentially a game of alignment and probability entirely outside materialist notions of cause and effect, therefore highly unreliable with results that are never entirely tangible.
7. I am allowed to draft such other rules as may be required mid-war to maintain the participants' enjoyment.
I will also offer to log and validate secret moves by participants via PM.
The next order of business, I feel, is to establish whether the active participants (by whom I mean the the Kingdom of Coria, the Florian Republic, the Jingdaoese Empire, the Khanate of Krasnarus, the Nova English Trading Company, the Imperial Republic of Shireroth, the nation of Srbozemlje and whatever's left of Xhusovo at this point) are yet ready to begin the shooting phase or require more time to assemble their forces. I would reserve the right to arbitrarily speed things along if stragglers/prevaricators are causing other participants to lose interest, but I would like to hear from some of the non-Shireithian/Jingdaoese participants before I draw up a timetable.
Within and beyond a general spirit of narrative credulity, I would wish to institute a handful of purely practical ground rules, to the effect that:
1. For ease of analysis, the summary of a combat unit's action includes a basic description of their size and asset composition in generic terms (e.g. two battalions of mechanised infantry and a battery of self-propelled artillery pieces) or alternatively a link to the relevant part of any pre-existing orbat or TOE in which they feature. That way the enemy, the casual observer and most importantly myself can better understand the implications of a given unit's presence without having to trawl through some archive or rely on guesswork. Basically if you want a unit to make a name for itself, it's your job to 'sell' it in concise terms. Keeping clear figures to adjust for combat losses etc. would also be appreciated. Naturally for any huge strategic offensives of the Barbarossa/Bagration scale, the smaller subunits would not need listing in great detail unless they distinguished themselves in battle.
2. Each movement/offensive of a combat unit allows at least 24 hours for an enemy response before moving again (this being an established custom I probably don't need to remind you, but just in case there are questions).
3. Any units not deployed in the prelude phase are understood to be located in their home garrison/port at the beginning of the active phase or, where no home base is assigned, they are considered to originate in their native capital city (or its nearest sea port).
4. Participants wait to suffer a first strike by a tactical WMD (<1000km range) before it releases any strategic WMDs or space-based weaponry. Space-based surveillance assets can of course be used without restriction.
5. Such futuristic assets as gravimetric armour are used responsibly out of consideration for those operating on a 1950s Asian or 1990s Yugoslavian tech level. Again I like to think this doesn't need mentioning.
6. Any occult warfare is conducted under the maxim that magic is essentially a game of alignment and probability entirely outside materialist notions of cause and effect, therefore highly unreliable with results that are never entirely tangible.
7. I am allowed to draft such other rules as may be required mid-war to maintain the participants' enjoyment.
I will also offer to log and validate secret moves by participants via PM.
The next order of business, I feel, is to establish whether the active participants (by whom I mean the the Kingdom of Coria, the Florian Republic, the Jingdaoese Empire, the Khanate of Krasnarus, the Nova English Trading Company, the Imperial Republic of Shireroth, the nation of Srbozemlje and whatever's left of Xhusovo at this point) are yet ready to begin the shooting phase or require more time to assemble their forces. I would reserve the right to arbitrarily speed things along if stragglers/prevaricators are causing other participants to lose interest, but I would like to hear from some of the non-Shireithian/Jingdaoese participants before I draw up a timetable.
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Re: Jury: Yastreb
I was going to ask you about what handicaps to place on that particular example of wunderwaffen. Personally I think the fuel-cell lifespan and reliance on certain fixed logistical facilities might be enough to balance the range advantage. Really they end up being something between an all-terrain hovercraft and an armoured helicopter(and air mobile formations are by no means invulnerable)5. Such futuristic assets as gravimetric armour are used responsibly out of consideration for those operating on a 1950s Asian or 1990s Yugoslavian tech level. Again I like to think this doesn't need mentioning.
All this has happened before, and all this will happen again.
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Provided operational examples retain the orignal fuel cells and haven't yet gained their planned upgrades for unlimited range capability (refs DR&E Project 1653-001), I am content that they wouldn't ditch their support elements and embark on a Pattonesque dash for the Antya by themselves (if they had any sense, anyway. There's always the amusement value of a plucky attempt but I leave that in your hands ).
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Rest assured, the upgrade has been parked in development hell.
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Re: Jury: Yastreb
We shall happily blow them out of the sky if they try!Yastreb wrote: ↑Fri Nov 03, 2017 12:33 amProvided operational examples retain the orignal fuel cells and haven't yet gained their planned upgrades for unlimited range capability (refs DR&E Project 1653-001), I am content that they wouldn't ditch their support elements and embark on a Pattonesque dash for the Antya by themselves (if they had any sense, anyway. There's always the amusement value of a plucky attempt but I leave that in your hands ).
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Yeah. As if anyone would be that stupid.
*sullenly pushes folder marked "Operation Ryker" into shredder*
*sullenly pushes folder marked "Operation Ryker" into shredder*
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To the powers that be,
Any chance of me getting modship for this forum?
Any chance of me getting modship for this forum?