kongurous
08-26-2008, 8:01 PM
Humanity first began living in the heavens seventy-nine years ago with the foundation of the first cluster of colonies, known as Side 1, at Lagrange Point Five. Since then, at every Lagrange Point, at least one Side has been constructed, the Moon has been colonized, and there are even regular trips to mine the Jovian atmosphere for precious Helium-3. Indeed, all seemed well and even a new time-keeping system was devised upon the completion of Side 1. Known as the Universal Century, it was to mark the time when Earthlings finally began to live off of their home world. With the area of human influence known as the Earth Sphere, Earth herself united under the Earth Federation, and all of the colonies united as one, all was well and it was peaceful for a time.
Of course, there will almost always be conflict wherever you find people and in UC 0058, the colonies at Side 3 seceded from the Earth Federation’s control and declared themselves the Republic of Zeon. Although economic pressure was applied the Federation, Zeon was not persuaded back into the fold and developed its own National Guard unit shortly after independence. While their first leader, Zeon Zum Deikun, was a shrewd and kind ruler, he unexpectedly (in official circles) died in UC 0068, leaving no successor. In the power vacuum that followed, the militaristic Zabi family took over and rechristened the Side 3 the Principality of Zeon.
The new sovereign of Zeon, Degwin Zabi, rapidly expanded the National Guard unit into a full-fledged military with a navy and an army and harnessing the power of Minovsky Reactors, which used Helium-3 in an efficient reaction that produced immense amounts of power with a peculiar waste product known as a Minovsky particle, the Mobile Suit was invented with the deployment of the MS-05 Zaku I in UC 0075. Research into using Minovsky reactors in other fields was funded and soon, Zeon’s military might matched that of the Federation’s, with their new mobile suits and new lines of ships.
While the Federation did not consider Zeon a legitimate threat at the time, it did implement a series of rearmament plans once Zeon began to increase uncomfortably in both military and political power. Two new classes of capital ships were fielded, the mighty Magellan-class battleship and the versatile Salamis-class cruiser, and it was widely believed to all but Zeon that if war broke out, the Federation would achieve a quick victory as it vastly outnumbered the Principality both in size and resources.
Under the rallying speeches of the charismatic son of Degwin Zabi, Gihren Zabi, Zeon’s citizens were united against the Federation. Preaching that the colonists who lived in space, known to Zeon as Spacenoids, were far superior to the Earthnoid Elite whose ambitions and power were not restrained by the metaphoric gravity of Earth, war was declared on January 3, 0079 only moments before Zeon enacted the most devastating operation in human history upon Earth.
With lightning raids committed by the Zeonic Musai-class cruisers, which one-upped their Salamis counter parts by being able to transport three mobile suits at a time, and the new MS-06 Zaku II, the Zeonic military quickly attacked the colonies at Side 2 and completely wiped clean of life one of the colonies. In what was known as Operation British, Zeon opened up with unrestricted NBC warfare on Earth and used their sterilized colony as a weapon itself, dropping it on Earth with the intention of dropping it on the military headquarters of the Federation, Jaburo Base, in South America. Although it could not be destroyed in time, the Earth Federation Space Forces were able to damage the colony enough to make it break up on re-entry and the main portion fell short of Jaburo, instead impacting on Sydney, Australia, and completely wiping out the city. Debris landed all over the world, but mostly in the oceans, and tsunamis and seismic disturbances ravaged the ecosystems of Earth. Billions of Earthlings died during the first week of the war and all of the Sides watched in stunned awe as Zeon, the perceived underdog, had single-handedly crippled the Earth Federation in such a short amount of time.
Instead of surrendering, the Federation instead demanded Zeon agree to the Antarctic Treaty, which would outlaw the use of NBC agents and colony drops, as well as other rules of war. Reluctantly, the Principality agreed and then invaded Earth in full force. Despite being unused to fighting within an atmosphere, Zeon’s forces were able to take over Eastern Europe, North America, the ruins of Australia, and Africa. In Europe and South America, the Zeonic offensive was ground to a stalemate with the use of massed, if old, weapons and so the stalemate continued from late January to the middle of October, 0079, where little land was gained or lost by either side and there were few political deals between them.
In the middle of October, the Federation’s V Project was revealed, with the deployment of the RX-78-2 Gundam, the RGM-79 GM mobile suit, and the Pegasus-class carrier to transport these units across space. Hundreds of GMs began to pour out of the Federation’s factories at Side 7 and with these new units, which were on-par with the Zaku II, the Federation began to win back lost ground at a stunning rate.
It is November, 0079, in Cairo, in the territory formerly known as Egypt. For 11 months, this area has been under control by Zeonic forces and the people of the area have gotten used to Zeon rule. Upstream along the Nile River, however, a column of Federation troops, tanks, artillery, and mobile suits are moving to take this valuable city from Zeon’s hands.
It is up to you, the proud soldiers of Zeon’s garrison forces, to ensure this does not happen. Fight with strength, strike with certainty, and above all, Sieg Zeon!
Technical details: First off, thanks for reading my first attempt at an RP story in a long time. I hope you’re still interested and if you aren’t, well, that’s fine too. As it said earlier, the players are soldiers of Zeon in Cairo. And you’re mobile suit pilots, but if you want to be a grunt on the ground, feel free to ask. And if you think I’m an unoriginal whore, get in line because a lot of people probably want to call me a myriad variety of names. And because of the inherent unoriginality in this entire thing, I'd love some sort of depth to your characters to compensate. Here’s your character sheet, too.
Name: (Self-explanatory.)
Age: (Self-explanatory but keep it reasonable. By that, I mean between the ages of 15 and 35 unless you ask to be older/younger.)
Rank: (Your rank in Zeon’s military. Pick something generically army sounding that isn’t too important, like Lieutenant or Sergeant or something. I’m not picky.)
Mobile Suit: (You can pick anything between a Zaku I and a Gelgoog. Custom units may be allowed if you’re special. http://mahq.net/mecha/gundam/msgundam/index.htm there’s a list of mobile suits and other vehicles used by both sides.)
Biography: (I don’t care how long this is as long as I know something about your character’s backstory.)
Of course, there will almost always be conflict wherever you find people and in UC 0058, the colonies at Side 3 seceded from the Earth Federation’s control and declared themselves the Republic of Zeon. Although economic pressure was applied the Federation, Zeon was not persuaded back into the fold and developed its own National Guard unit shortly after independence. While their first leader, Zeon Zum Deikun, was a shrewd and kind ruler, he unexpectedly (in official circles) died in UC 0068, leaving no successor. In the power vacuum that followed, the militaristic Zabi family took over and rechristened the Side 3 the Principality of Zeon.
The new sovereign of Zeon, Degwin Zabi, rapidly expanded the National Guard unit into a full-fledged military with a navy and an army and harnessing the power of Minovsky Reactors, which used Helium-3 in an efficient reaction that produced immense amounts of power with a peculiar waste product known as a Minovsky particle, the Mobile Suit was invented with the deployment of the MS-05 Zaku I in UC 0075. Research into using Minovsky reactors in other fields was funded and soon, Zeon’s military might matched that of the Federation’s, with their new mobile suits and new lines of ships.
While the Federation did not consider Zeon a legitimate threat at the time, it did implement a series of rearmament plans once Zeon began to increase uncomfortably in both military and political power. Two new classes of capital ships were fielded, the mighty Magellan-class battleship and the versatile Salamis-class cruiser, and it was widely believed to all but Zeon that if war broke out, the Federation would achieve a quick victory as it vastly outnumbered the Principality both in size and resources.
Under the rallying speeches of the charismatic son of Degwin Zabi, Gihren Zabi, Zeon’s citizens were united against the Federation. Preaching that the colonists who lived in space, known to Zeon as Spacenoids, were far superior to the Earthnoid Elite whose ambitions and power were not restrained by the metaphoric gravity of Earth, war was declared on January 3, 0079 only moments before Zeon enacted the most devastating operation in human history upon Earth.
With lightning raids committed by the Zeonic Musai-class cruisers, which one-upped their Salamis counter parts by being able to transport three mobile suits at a time, and the new MS-06 Zaku II, the Zeonic military quickly attacked the colonies at Side 2 and completely wiped clean of life one of the colonies. In what was known as Operation British, Zeon opened up with unrestricted NBC warfare on Earth and used their sterilized colony as a weapon itself, dropping it on Earth with the intention of dropping it on the military headquarters of the Federation, Jaburo Base, in South America. Although it could not be destroyed in time, the Earth Federation Space Forces were able to damage the colony enough to make it break up on re-entry and the main portion fell short of Jaburo, instead impacting on Sydney, Australia, and completely wiping out the city. Debris landed all over the world, but mostly in the oceans, and tsunamis and seismic disturbances ravaged the ecosystems of Earth. Billions of Earthlings died during the first week of the war and all of the Sides watched in stunned awe as Zeon, the perceived underdog, had single-handedly crippled the Earth Federation in such a short amount of time.
Instead of surrendering, the Federation instead demanded Zeon agree to the Antarctic Treaty, which would outlaw the use of NBC agents and colony drops, as well as other rules of war. Reluctantly, the Principality agreed and then invaded Earth in full force. Despite being unused to fighting within an atmosphere, Zeon’s forces were able to take over Eastern Europe, North America, the ruins of Australia, and Africa. In Europe and South America, the Zeonic offensive was ground to a stalemate with the use of massed, if old, weapons and so the stalemate continued from late January to the middle of October, 0079, where little land was gained or lost by either side and there were few political deals between them.
In the middle of October, the Federation’s V Project was revealed, with the deployment of the RX-78-2 Gundam, the RGM-79 GM mobile suit, and the Pegasus-class carrier to transport these units across space. Hundreds of GMs began to pour out of the Federation’s factories at Side 7 and with these new units, which were on-par with the Zaku II, the Federation began to win back lost ground at a stunning rate.
It is November, 0079, in Cairo, in the territory formerly known as Egypt. For 11 months, this area has been under control by Zeonic forces and the people of the area have gotten used to Zeon rule. Upstream along the Nile River, however, a column of Federation troops, tanks, artillery, and mobile suits are moving to take this valuable city from Zeon’s hands.
It is up to you, the proud soldiers of Zeon’s garrison forces, to ensure this does not happen. Fight with strength, strike with certainty, and above all, Sieg Zeon!
Technical details: First off, thanks for reading my first attempt at an RP story in a long time. I hope you’re still interested and if you aren’t, well, that’s fine too. As it said earlier, the players are soldiers of Zeon in Cairo. And you’re mobile suit pilots, but if you want to be a grunt on the ground, feel free to ask. And if you think I’m an unoriginal whore, get in line because a lot of people probably want to call me a myriad variety of names. And because of the inherent unoriginality in this entire thing, I'd love some sort of depth to your characters to compensate. Here’s your character sheet, too.
Name: (Self-explanatory.)
Age: (Self-explanatory but keep it reasonable. By that, I mean between the ages of 15 and 35 unless you ask to be older/younger.)
Rank: (Your rank in Zeon’s military. Pick something generically army sounding that isn’t too important, like Lieutenant or Sergeant or something. I’m not picky.)
Mobile Suit: (You can pick anything between a Zaku I and a Gelgoog. Custom units may be allowed if you’re special. http://mahq.net/mecha/gundam/msgundam/index.htm there’s a list of mobile suits and other vehicles used by both sides.)
Biography: (I don’t care how long this is as long as I know something about your character’s backstory.)