Shireling
A Servant of King and Country
By 1943, Nazi Germany's offensive in Russia is stalling, the air campaign over England has failed, and German forces have been routed from North Africa. With enemies closing in on every side, the Führer turns to ever more desperate measures.
High in the Austrian Alps, Dr. Johann Hanszel, an Austrian national and the world's premier expert in neurology, is approached by the Gestapo with a simple offer: develop a superweapon for the Nazis or die. Hanszel reluctantly agrees to work for Hitler, and for a year and a half toils for long hours to complete his lifelong pet project, the psychic control node and ansible, a device that would allow him to control the motor cortex and biochemical processes of the living and recently deceased. However, the good doctor has bidden his time, and by the time the technology is perfected, the Allies have driven straight on to Berlin.
Hanszel, worried about the technology falling into the hands of the Allies, brokers a deal with Heinrich Himmler in January of 1945 to have the technology smuggled to a more secure location as Hanszel's castle is days from being overrun by American soldiers. Though not a Nazi, Hanszel was worried that if the Americans or Russians seized his invention, he would not be able to manipulate them to his own ends. A small squad of SS agents smuggled the ansible and node in pieces across enemy lines to a secret research center in Tibet where the order was carried down to begin manufacturing replications with the assurances of the staff that the weapon could save Germany and Hitler from ruin. Meanwhile, Hanszel began to cultivate his own military cult from SS and Wehrmacht deserters who he was able to convince that by following him they could reestablish the Reich.
With his castle overrun, Hanszel and his soldiers fled to Spain and began grooming dictator Francisco Franco's favor while attempting to have themselves smuggled to Tibet. By 1946, with the war well over and the Allies partitioning former Nazi holdings, Hanszel and his men left Spain aboard a passenger ship for Mumbai where they then undertook a grueling three month journey, by rail and on foot, to the research center in Tibet.
Upon arrival at the secluded facility, Hanszel was awestruck at the strides the researchers had taken with his technology. They had developed a long-range ansible, capable of exercising psychic control over an entire city, and nodes that could be implanted via specially-designed injectors. The stage was set for Hanszel to realize his dreams of world conquest. He declared himself the new Führer and dispatched agents into all countries, to cultivate followers and begin building an army both of living and dead thralls and fanatical officers to control them.
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On May 7th, 1955, on the tenth anniversary of the German surrender, Hanszel's men released a scourge upon Mankind. Emerging from sewers, old factories, and warehouses the thralls descended on the populations of the major cities of the United States and Russia, crippling the world's two superpowers in a matter of hours. Confusion and general panic set in quickly as news agencies around the world attempted to make sense of the debacle. Hanszel put out a worldwide broadcast the next day, stating simply: "I am the Führer, and the New World Order cometh."
Several days elapsed, and the armies of the world were overwhelmed as Hanszel expanded his sphere of influence across North America and Europe. Victories for the former Allies were few and far between. Nowhere did the battle rage more fiercely than in the streets of New York City, where police and Army reservists did their best to hold back ever-increasing waves of thralls. But the city would have fallen if not for the heroism of Private James Ghant, who luckily stumbled upon the ansible used to control New York's horde and destroyed it with satchel charges. With the bulk of their forces in ruin, Hanszel's men retreated from the city. Similar victories have been won in a few other cities, but the scattered and chaotic battlefield is slanted in favor of the mad doctor, who controls the entire invasion force from his stronghold in Tibet, calling himself the Emperor of the Auferstanden Reich (Resurrected Empire).
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In this RP, the players will assume the roll of squad members in the Office of Strategic Service's Killteam program as part of Killteam 66. Pulled from the various branches of the armed forces, the Killteams have access to the best weaponry and are tasked with the toughest jobs in the war. Players may be male or female (social restrictions against women serving are looser than in the real-life 50's) and can be anywhere from 20-50 years old.
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Playable Ranks: Private, Private First Class, Corporal (Subject to Promotion)
Playable Classes: Rifleman, Grenadier, Demolitions, Medic, Engineer, Heavy Weapons
Weapons:
Rifles- M1 Garand, M1 Garand Carbine, Springfield M1903, M1917 Enfield Rifle
Shotguns- Ithaca 37, Winchester 1912, Winchester 1897
Automatic- BAR, Thompson SMG, Grease Gun
Machine Guns- Brownings M1917, 1919
Grenades and Launchers- M62 Fragmentation Hand Grenade, Mk. 2 Fragmentation Hand Grenade, M7A1 Grenade Launcher Attachment for M1 Garand, M9A1 "Bazooka"
The events of the RP begin a month into the so-called Third World War. The armies of the world are scattered, but beginning to mount resistance against the Führer's army. The characters have been recalled from their posts or from the front-lines, or recruited from the ranks of various government agencies within the last week and have been assembled at a military base known simply as Fort Haven, somewhere in the Mojave Desert. There, they have undergone extensive PT in preparation to be assigned to an officer and split into squads. They are told that they will be instrumental in the defense of the United States and the liberation of the world.
High in the Austrian Alps, Dr. Johann Hanszel, an Austrian national and the world's premier expert in neurology, is approached by the Gestapo with a simple offer: develop a superweapon for the Nazis or die. Hanszel reluctantly agrees to work for Hitler, and for a year and a half toils for long hours to complete his lifelong pet project, the psychic control node and ansible, a device that would allow him to control the motor cortex and biochemical processes of the living and recently deceased. However, the good doctor has bidden his time, and by the time the technology is perfected, the Allies have driven straight on to Berlin.
Hanszel, worried about the technology falling into the hands of the Allies, brokers a deal with Heinrich Himmler in January of 1945 to have the technology smuggled to a more secure location as Hanszel's castle is days from being overrun by American soldiers. Though not a Nazi, Hanszel was worried that if the Americans or Russians seized his invention, he would not be able to manipulate them to his own ends. A small squad of SS agents smuggled the ansible and node in pieces across enemy lines to a secret research center in Tibet where the order was carried down to begin manufacturing replications with the assurances of the staff that the weapon could save Germany and Hitler from ruin. Meanwhile, Hanszel began to cultivate his own military cult from SS and Wehrmacht deserters who he was able to convince that by following him they could reestablish the Reich.
With his castle overrun, Hanszel and his soldiers fled to Spain and began grooming dictator Francisco Franco's favor while attempting to have themselves smuggled to Tibet. By 1946, with the war well over and the Allies partitioning former Nazi holdings, Hanszel and his men left Spain aboard a passenger ship for Mumbai where they then undertook a grueling three month journey, by rail and on foot, to the research center in Tibet.
Upon arrival at the secluded facility, Hanszel was awestruck at the strides the researchers had taken with his technology. They had developed a long-range ansible, capable of exercising psychic control over an entire city, and nodes that could be implanted via specially-designed injectors. The stage was set for Hanszel to realize his dreams of world conquest. He declared himself the new Führer and dispatched agents into all countries, to cultivate followers and begin building an army both of living and dead thralls and fanatical officers to control them.
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On May 7th, 1955, on the tenth anniversary of the German surrender, Hanszel's men released a scourge upon Mankind. Emerging from sewers, old factories, and warehouses the thralls descended on the populations of the major cities of the United States and Russia, crippling the world's two superpowers in a matter of hours. Confusion and general panic set in quickly as news agencies around the world attempted to make sense of the debacle. Hanszel put out a worldwide broadcast the next day, stating simply: "I am the Führer, and the New World Order cometh."
Several days elapsed, and the armies of the world were overwhelmed as Hanszel expanded his sphere of influence across North America and Europe. Victories for the former Allies were few and far between. Nowhere did the battle rage more fiercely than in the streets of New York City, where police and Army reservists did their best to hold back ever-increasing waves of thralls. But the city would have fallen if not for the heroism of Private James Ghant, who luckily stumbled upon the ansible used to control New York's horde and destroyed it with satchel charges. With the bulk of their forces in ruin, Hanszel's men retreated from the city. Similar victories have been won in a few other cities, but the scattered and chaotic battlefield is slanted in favor of the mad doctor, who controls the entire invasion force from his stronghold in Tibet, calling himself the Emperor of the Auferstanden Reich (Resurrected Empire).
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In this RP, the players will assume the roll of squad members in the Office of Strategic Service's Killteam program as part of Killteam 66. Pulled from the various branches of the armed forces, the Killteams have access to the best weaponry and are tasked with the toughest jobs in the war. Players may be male or female (social restrictions against women serving are looser than in the real-life 50's) and can be anywhere from 20-50 years old.
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Playable Ranks: Private, Private First Class, Corporal (Subject to Promotion)
Playable Classes: Rifleman, Grenadier, Demolitions, Medic, Engineer, Heavy Weapons
Weapons:
Rifles- M1 Garand, M1 Garand Carbine, Springfield M1903, M1917 Enfield Rifle
Shotguns- Ithaca 37, Winchester 1912, Winchester 1897
Automatic- BAR, Thompson SMG, Grease Gun
Machine Guns- Brownings M1917, 1919
Grenades and Launchers- M62 Fragmentation Hand Grenade, Mk. 2 Fragmentation Hand Grenade, M7A1 Grenade Launcher Attachment for M1 Garand, M9A1 "Bazooka"
The events of the RP begin a month into the so-called Third World War. The armies of the world are scattered, but beginning to mount resistance against the Führer's army. The characters have been recalled from their posts or from the front-lines, or recruited from the ranks of various government agencies within the last week and have been assembled at a military base known simply as Fort Haven, somewhere in the Mojave Desert. There, they have undergone extensive PT in preparation to be assigned to an officer and split into squads. They are told that they will be instrumental in the defense of the United States and the liberation of the world.
