Eh! i don't say ignore the lore and play without RP. Just keep it in limits. Or would you like to blow up more vanilla systems and wipe out a whole house just becouse your lore says it?
Why does rheinland not support bretonia against gallia.. would be awesome to see some RM Turtles in gallia. They could easily kick off gallia from our homes.
Even if they're now hostile, as narcotic said Rheinland is a War House. And Liberty is already operating in Liberty. Also, why does Bretonia not ask Rheinland for assist, and Liberty abandons bretonia? A 2 side war. Would be an awesome activity pusher too though.
* Though I have no ID of Reputation between Bretonia and Rheinland atm. Don't get me wrong please
(09-01-2014, 06:33 PM)Phillip.from.Mars Wrote: Why does rheinland not support bretonia against gallia.. would be awesome to see some RM Turtles in gallia. They could easily kick off gallia from our homes.
Even if they're now hostile, as narcotic said Rheinland is a War House. And Liberty is already operating in Liberty. Also, why does Bretonia not ask Rheinland for assist, and Liberty abandons bretonia? A 2 side war. Would be an awesome activity pusher too though.
* Though I have no ID of Reputation between Bretonia and Rheinland atm. Don't get me wrong please
That would only really work if Bretonia and Liberty weren't already closely allied and fighting Gallia together, which they have been ever since Bretonia got attacked. It's also unlikely, but much more so that Liberty ask Bretonia to open hostilities with Rheinland, making it a two front war in that way instead. That's the only way I can see your idea happening.
(09-01-2014, 04:32 PM)lIceColon Wrote: Ever heard of the open secret?
- Commander, we have several reports of multiple Bismarck-class Rheinland Battleships opening fire on a Liberty Naval cruiser patrol in Bering.
- So?
- Isn't the ceasefire between Liberty and Rheinland official yet?
- It is, why?
- Sir, isn't shooting at our vessels is a clear viola...
- Shh! No, it isn't.
- Sir?
- What you hear are only rumors. There is no war.
- But Sir...
- One more word and I'll demote you, Lieutenant. There is no war between Liberty and Rheinland. Period!
the dichotomy is very simple: the civilian government wants peace but the military wants war.
So the military makes peace and restores the jumpgates, but the hatred between the militaries has not reduced so they regularly have brawls, and make up excuses for the "strange loss of ships" to appease the civilian government.
actual dialogue would go more like
- Sir, we have rheinland warships on radar, their guns are powering up
- inform the admiral that they are breaking the ceasefire.
- oops my radio mysteriously broke, damn microsoft
- alright boys lets go give those krauts a good beating, power up the weapons!
I'm sorry. You wut?
How do they explain coming back from patrol with holes blasted in their ships and a ton of munitions missing?
That also precludes random civilians and unlawfuls who may witness the brawls and report them. What, are the house militaries going to shoot civilians to keep things quiet?
(09-01-2014, 06:33 PM)Phillip.from.Mars Wrote: Why does rheinland not support bretonia against gallia.. would be awesome to see some RM Turtles in gallia. They could easily kick off gallia from our homes.
Even if they're now hostile, as narcotic said Rheinland is a War House. And Liberty is already operating in Liberty. Also, why does Bretonia not ask Rheinland for assist, and Liberty abandons bretonia? A 2 side war. Would be an awesome activity pusher too though.
* Though I have no ID of Reputation between Bretonia and Rheinland atm. Don't get me wrong please
Well Rheinland is obviously against liberty, so i doubt either side would even indirectly work together to help bretonia.
secondly, Rheinland is close with Kusari who is "close" with gallia. there is plenty of rhein-kusari trade and rhein-gallia trade which passes through kusari. If anything, the most likely option would be Rheinland turning west and warring with a weakened bretonia (maybe to seize O3) to maybe gain some points with Gallia.
(09-02-2014, 01:07 AM)Sabre Wrote: I'm sorry. You wut?
How do they explain coming back from patrol with holes blasted in their ships and a ton of munitions missing?
That also precludes random civilians and unlawfuls who may witness the brawls and report them. What, are the house militaries going to shoot civilians to keep things quiet?
Even scanner proof can be passed off officially as rumors or ignored, the militaries only need to claim that they are forgeries, besides any patriot would be supportive of their house military beating the crap out of the enemy, and wouldn't make a big deal out of it, while any 3rd party eg. bw/criminal factions who know the truth can tell their version but it won't persuade the planet dwellers who are mostly under the influence of house propaganda.
And even with "whistleblowers", they will just be treated with the incredulity afforded alex jones, and besides, the military getting into brawls between themselves does not directly threaten, and therefore has no significance to the lives of ordinary house citizens, so it won't be completely a big deal, just an interesting piece of rumor.
As for How do they explain coming back from patrol with holes blasted in their ships and a ton of munitions missing?, GET CREATIVE. You're in a roleplay game, you should know this LOL. If you can't even come up with a reason such as "training accident" or "weapons malfunction" you seriously should consider quitting roleplay.
Besides, I think most players will have no problem with texasburg raids getting a revival, only nitpicking naysaying twits will have a problem with the specific details (but only when it is convenient for them, I could just as well ask you why aren't all the house criminal bases discovered yet, and any answer you provide could be defeated by the same logic how do you explain that ships that got lost in sector 3E/F of NY keep dissapearing its not like there's a rogue dessie there which the liberty armada could easily destroy). Hey, maybe you didn't like liberty-rheinland raids, but I do, this is a roleplay game, I've provided a roleplay reason that isn't overtly convoluted to revive a game that I like, if you don't like it you can just stay out of and ignore the issue.
No atmosphere? GTFO.
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