Realistic or Modern The Purple Hearts - A MGS Inspired RolePlay

[Captain Gabriel]

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Inspired by: Metal Gear franchise

• briefing
• OOC/More Info

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  BRIEFING. . .
  DATE: ██-██-2017
  LOCATION: ███.██ South from New Orlean, Headquarters, Mexican Gulf
  COORDINATES: 25.467581, -90.111467
  
  Look, if there was a word for not having time, right now would be the perfect opportunity for me to use it.
  You were chosen to join The Purple Hearts. More specifically, The Special Corps. Spies, snipers, assassins and all sort of slippery snakes. All of the units in the Special Corps have a very specific skill set and, through a certain regime of training, we will root it out of you.
  
  Our requirements are simple, yet comple (remember that you do NOT need to be a soldier to join. You can be anything ranging from a scientist to a pilot):
  
  Physical
  
  • Physical fitness test
  • Short-distance running
  • Uninterrupted performance of 80 push-ups
  • Uninterrupted performance of 100 sit-ups
  • 50-meter free stroke swim
  • Combat diving skill
  • Cross-country march (traveling 64 km [40 miles] in under 15 hours, carrying a 30 kg [67 pounds] backpack)
  Psychological
  
  • Mental recovery, concentration, endurance, self-control and the fortitude to overcome difficult situations
  • ESP expectancy score
  • Marksmanship
  • Recognizing and making decisions in emergency situations
  Intelligence
  
  • Foreign languages
  • Foreign geography
  • Knowledge of world events
  • Advanced technology
  • Medical procedures
  • Detonation operations
  • Stealth communication
  • Foreign weaponry
  After passing the selection courses, the recruits then partake in professional training exercises (also known as drills), which include:
  
  • Battlefield survival (14 weeks)
  • Shooting practice (must score at least 95% for a target at 914 m [3,000 ft], and 100% for a target at 548 m [1,800 ft])
  • Guard patrol
  • Mountaineering
  • Hand-to-hand combat
  • Border infiltration
  • Guerrilla warfare
  • Land navigation
  • Map-reading
  • Escape and evasion
  • Combat medical skills
  • Rebelling and Ranger practice
  • Weapons familiarization
  • Nautical vehicle control and navigation
  • Diving and underwater infiltration
  • Canoeing
  • Basic military parachute skills
    • Special operations freefall practice (High-Altitude, Low-Opening [HALO] and High-Altitude, High-Opening [HAHO])
    • 11 jumps carrying little to no combat equipment ("Hollywood")
    • 15 jumps with full combat equipment
    • 2 nighttime jumps
    • 2 mass-tactical strategic jumps
  • Intelligence gathering
  • Language and customs of the destination country (4 weeks)
  • Stealth techniques
  • Improvised explosive devices
  • Utilization of high-tech equipment
  • Communications
  • Medical exam
  
  I hope you'll feel at home, soldier. Now let me get back to planning to take over the world.
  
  Signed, Gen. ███████ "Dr. Bright" ██████
  
  
  
  
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  Inspiration & What to expectI was inspired by the MGS series, which I absolutely loved and still love to play nowadays. Regardless, this is not related and does not take place in the MGS universe.
  
  You can expect conspiracies, occasional humor, paranormal and supernatural events, patriotism, shootouts, and numerous other themes.
  
  Birdsie is my CO-GM.
  Character ProgressionAs the RP goes on, you can expect character development as with any other RP's, but characters will also get stronger.
  
  Over time, your character will earn DPs (Duty Points) and USD (US Dollars,) that they can spend to learn new skills and specializations; and purchase new equipment respectively.
  
  Your character can also go to the gym to get stronger, practice shooting, tighten bonds with other operatives, and The Colonel encourages all operatives and agents to make fake attempts on his life; offering 100,000 DPs and $100,000 to anyone that manages to take him out in combat. All moves are allowed and you may attack at any time of day except after 2200 to 0800. (The way that time is counted in the military, they do not use phrases like PM, or AM.)
  
  What will we be going against?There will be lots of stuff. Terrorist groups, other groups of interest, or even hunting rogue agents... all kinds of stuff that can come to mind. I will accept suggestions and openly hear out everyone that has any ideas. Once a squad of operatives (the characters) moves out of the base, they will be given a briefing with all the information needed. Remember this to write your character:
  THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND:
  
  • Try to write it as if you were writing a military report about your character.
    
  • The communication and management device (If you were playing a videogame: Imagine it as your menu, where you choose all the stuff, and access the map, etc.) used by the Death Platoon is called: Stealthcom. I advise to include it in Equipment.
    
  • Think of "Specializations," as your college majors. They are the stuff you are good at. Something that makes you distinct. You can have multiple specializations, but don't go overboard with it. Soldiers can also earn more specializations over the RP. Skills, on another hand are things your character is proficient with, but not a master of.
  • As the roleplay progresses, your character can learn new skills and specializations; you do that by requesting to learn them from the Colonel. Learning a skill costs 1,000 DP and a specialization; 5,000 to 50,000 DP depending on the skill. You can also order new equipment for a said amount of USD. After obtaining new skills, specializations, or equipment like that; mention it in IC, tag Birdsie and you have a green light to edit your CS to include it.
  CHARACTER SHEET, MORE INFORMATION ABOVE!
  
  (NOTE: Delete all brackets in the sheet after you're done, and delete any options that you didn't choose in your specialization. In other words: Clean up after yourself, soldier.)
  
  Real Name:
  Code Name:
  Gender:
  D.O.B.(Date Of Birth) and Age:
  Nationality:
  Appearance:
  
  Service Detail: (AKA Backstory)
  Psychological Detail: (AKA Personality)
  Diseases\Disorders:
  
  Specializations: (Note: You can only choose one specialization, such as "Explosives" however choosing "Explosives" doesn't mean that you can't perform hacking. It simply means your hacking is at very low levels, and that you are better off planting explosive charges to enter through a metal door, rather than hacking it.)
  
  • CQC (Close Quarter Combat) - (Examples: knife, sword, dagger, empty hand; among other close quarter techniques).
    
  • Firearms - (Examples: Pistols, machineguns, submachineguns, sniper rifles and other variations).
    
  • Technology - (Example: Hacking, explosives, vehicles, robots, machines, repairs and other things related.).
    
  • Supernatural - (Examples: Bio-camouflage, psychokinesis, shamanism, upon others that belong to the paranormal science or not-studied fields)
    
  • Transhuman - (Examples:
  • Strategy - (Examples: a capacity for leadership, instinct, influence upon others, torture, diplomacy, etc).
    
  • Stealth - (Examples: silent stepping, camouflage, environment mimicking, costume/acting and other skills to conceal your presence through studied fields or normal science).
  
  Equipment:
  Skills:
  
  Notable Deeds: (Something that got you noticed by the Special Corps. May list multiple.)
  Other:
  

 

[Damafaud]

*Peek in*

I'm usually not into military, but I might try~

 

[Birdsie]

Greato.

 

[The Omen of Death]

Color me intrigued, I like the idea here.