Futuristic Devil Bats

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At the end of the 21st century,

An alien ship tried to colonize our world.

We defeated it, but at great cost.

Now, three decades later in the year 2126,

They have returned,

But this time...

We are ready.

To the people down below,

We are their guardian angels.

To the enemies we face,

We are the devils from hell.

And to each other,

We are brothers and sisters to the end.

We are Devil Bats

And for the salvation of Earth,

We give ourselves.



S'pretty straightforward. Aliens are trying to invade earth and you're going to be fighting them in spaceships. Specifically space fighters called Hellbats, hence the name Devil Bats.


To give you an idea of what you'll have at your disposal, a Hellbat fighter is generally equipped with energy shields, homing missiles and lasers for short range 'knife fights', but absolutely no bullets except for smart explosive munitions that'll explode within a certain proximity to Earth, due to the risk of hitting anything or anyone on it. Of course, the aliens will have no such compunction against doing just that, but then again that's what the Devil Bats are for.


The only time a Devil Bat's feet touches Earth is for a bit of R&R (rest and relief) or when they have not yet left the ground, in which case they'd be fresh recruits. The rp will begin with both new and experienced pilots awaiting to be shuttled off together to one of the defense stations in high orbit.


I have not yet thought up any details for the aliens, but when I do, I'll tack em on here.


So how's it all sounding so far?

 

[FloatingAroundSpace]

I like it and am interested!

 

[StoneWolf18]

Interesting...how advanced it technology? (In general, not for combat necessarily.)

 

[MorpheusDavol]

Defintielly interested. Will there be big Capital Esque ships as well that the Hellbats deploy out of? I'd love to make two characters a Pilot and Commander tbh because my secret guilty pleasure are military roleplays.

 

[Soviet Panda]

I don't like lasers, and I have science to back me up on why we could use ballistics in space without harming a thing on the planet's surface, but screw it anyways I'm interested.

 

[Enkerzed]

Thank you all for the show of interest. I'll get this thing started as soon as I possibly can.


@StoneWolf18 to answer your question, if you've ever seen Cowboy Bebop or Appleseed, then it's sort of like that. Robots, cybernetics, bioengineering and fusion power are all a part of everyday life with fossil fuels being a thing of the past, but stuff like teleportation, faster-than-light travel and true AI aren't quite a thing just yet. The setting's not too far ahead of the 21st century, so think our time except with hover cars.


@MorpheusDavol I know we already talked about it on Skype, but just so others here can see, no, there are no ships like that yet. There are however space stations and frigates that could easily host a crew of characters, which you are welcome to create if you want.


@Beowulf pray tell of this, I must admit that I'm pig ignorant of the physics of ballistics in space.

 

[Soviet Panda]

The biggest thing to worry about would be the recoil, which would push the ship around. How much depends on the size of the ship and the round, but the recoil can be countered. Anyways, the rounds would burn up in the atmosphere like so many astroids (I think that's what they're called, it's either that or meteor) before it.

 

[MorpheusDavol]

@Beowulf


@Enkerzed


I'm fine with ballistics, I believe Halo (I'm a halo nerd) used ballistics for their airships which honestly I prefer to be frank. I don't think we are going to get super deep into physics mid post but Beowulf is right about certain physics that need to be followed and just a general guide we should post as a... backbone for these space dog fights.

 

[Yang Xiao Long]

Interested. Will all the hellbats be the same or will they differ a bit?

 

[Enkerzed]

The hellbats will be the same and I've decided to replace their lasers with autocannons that use rocket propelled shells as ammunition. No need to worry about hitting anything on Earth as they'll easily burn up in the atmosphere.


Now, about the aliens... I'm actually a bit stumped here, guys. Dunno what they should look like, don't even know what to call em. At this point, I am very open to suggestions here.

 

[StoneWolf18]

The hellbats will be the same and I've decided to replace their lasers with autocannons that use rocket propelled shells as ammunition. No need to worry about hitting anything on Earth as they'll easily burn up in the atmosphere.
Now, about the aliens... I'm actually a bit stumped here, guys. Dunno what they should look like, don't even know what to call em. At this point, I am very open to suggestions here.

Something like this?


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[Enkerzed]

Yyyyyyyeah, let's not go with that, but I think I'll save it for a fantasy rp I might make in the future.

 

[Shanka DaWanka]

But this time... IM PLAYING TOOOO IF YOU LEAT ME

We are ready.

To the people down below,

We are their guardian angels.

To the enemies we face,

We are the devils from hell.

And to each other,

We are brothers and sisters to the end.

We are Devil Bats

And for the salvation of Earth,

We give ourselves.


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S'pretty straightforward. Aliens are trying to invade earth and you're going to be fighting them in spaceships. Specifically space fighters called Hellbats, hence the name Devil Bats.


To give you an idea of what you'll have at your disposal, a Hellbat fighter is generally equipped with energy shields, homing missiles and lasers for short range 'knife fights', but absolutely no bullets except for smart explosive munitions that'll explode within a certain proximity to Earth, due to the risk of hitting anything or anyone on it. Of course, the aliens will have no such compunction against doing just that, but then again that's what the Devil Bats are for.


The only time a Devil Bat's feet touches Earth is for a bit of R&R (rest and relief) or when they have not yet left the ground, in which case they'd be fresh recruits. The rp will begin with both new and experienced pilots awaiting to be shuttled off together to one of the defense stations in high orbit.


I have not yet thought up any details for the aliens, but when I do, I'll tack em on here.


So how's it all sounding so far?

 

[Soviet Panda]

Oohh, so close with that quote.

 

[ONI]

This seems quite interesting.


Possible Ranks for slight immersion

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(Flight Commander is just for looks, it's an unnecessarily high rank.)


O-4 | Flight Commander - 1FLT (In command of an entire six squadron assault wing)


O-3 | Flight Lieutenant - 2FLT (In command of a six fighter squadron, )


O-2 | Flight Officer First Class - FO1 (Second in Command of a six fighter squadron and a Senior pilot, if they're not 2IC of the Squadron they're just a Senior Pilot)


O-1 | Flight Officer Second Class - FO2 (The bulk of pilots in a squadron, all generally experienced or newly promoted)


O-1* | Flight Officer Junior Grade - FOJG (That Rookie who just graduated, after a while receives FO2)


(Ranks below are just for looks since nobody would be flying as any of them)


E-4 | Senior Flight Technician - FT1 (Senior qualified engineers who work on the fighters)


E-3 | Junior Flight Technician - FT2 (Experienced and qualified engineers who work on fighters and logistics)


E-2 | Airman First Class - A1C (Slightly more experienced guy who does stuff)


E-1 | Airman - Amn (New guy who does stuff)

 

[Enkerzed]

That's great, but I still don't what I want with the aliens. Until I can hash that out, this is still very much a half baked rp idea.

 

[ONI]

I think these Kig-Yar are pretty good base for the aliens.

Spoiler

Maybe these Covenant craft for Alien tech base.

Spoiler

Phantom, It's a troop transport.

Banshee, It's an in Atmosphere-fighter

Seraph, It's a Starfighter

Banshee Intercepter, It's the space fighting capable version of the Banshee.

 

[Enkerzed]

Eh sure why not, it's not like I have any better ideas. Everyone else cool with ripping off from Halo? I just wanna get this rp started already so I'm willing to settle.

 

[Soviet Panda]

At this point I don't care.

 

[loveclub]

Color me interested!

 

[Yang Xiao Long]

Still interested

 

[Yang Xiao Long]

Though I honestly don't believe we should rip off from Halo.

 

[Enkerzed]

Oh my genesis, I was just about to start the rp today. Why do you say that now? Alright whatever, I'm a hear you out. Do you have any better ideas for the aliens? Because I've been pretty much agonizing over that detail ever since I came up with this rp idea and I just can't decide what I want to do with em, so I really want someone to throw me a bone here.

 

[HouseOfCards]

I'm interested!

 

[Soviet Panda]

I usually create some avian race. Beaks, feaths instead of hair, etc. Ships I have no clue about.