Darwin's Soldiers 3 Discussion

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #400 on:** April 03, 2010, 03:37:49 AM

James, Stern, Shakila, Dr. Landon, and Hans all have the chip in them now. The chip will not do anything until they fall asleep and wake up in the morning. When they wake up, as Shelton said, they should be really disoriented. He'll coach them on using it in the morning.

Feel free to take your time reaching morning, however, since due to some unexpected guests I'm not sure how much time I will be able to spend online tomorrow night. I'll see if their place has internet access, and if so I can participate, but if not I might be a bit late in posting.

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #401 on:** April 04, 2010, 10:06:21 PM

I'm back! Thanks for waiting!

MrDrake · **Reply #402 on:** April 04, 2010, 10:07:25 PM

Wait! You're back!? Oh noes! *hides*

Sorry, could not help that XD

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #403 on:** April 05, 2010, 01:04:55 AM

This post is mainly for Serris, but I just found out that you can link to specific posts in threads by clicking the white underlined Posted: next to the date of threads. I'm going to go through the TV Tropes and start providing links to specific posts when I mention tropes in them. It'll be a bit of work, but it gives me an excuse to flip through the last two RPs

MrDrake · **Reply #404 on:** April 05, 2010, 03:39:35 AM

I've been thinking of something, well, a team of three or four that works for Trinity you know, thinking of the name "Terror Squad" you know, to provoke fear, hatred and what have you into everyone around them.

But it's just an idea I'm getting together, do have an idea for three of the members, but not sure about a fourth member, I mean, there might be a fourth member in there as well, but so far, I have three thought of.

Probabally would introduce them when the group reaches Lab 101, as in, would be mentioned through, say, a sound file that Shakila could come across, left behind by Subject 16 sort of thing, as in, one of the diary things that he mentions, that trinity is putting together a team, but of course, he would have vague knowledge on what the team is for and all.

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #405 on:** April 05, 2010, 04:58:13 AM

I had a similar problem when designing DS-1 for the story I'm writing now; namely, what role should every character play? Since the team already existed, I needed to include six differentiated teammates with different roles. At the same time, they needed to have different personalities, which bounced off each other.

Here's what I came up with, maybe you could use my team layout as a starting-off point:

I have a leader, a medic, an engineer, two hired guns, and a rookie. The leader is weak-willed, giving the team a sense of freedom to do as they please. Of the men, two keep their minds on the mission and keep the plot on track, two are disobedient, impulsive and cause the team problems. The rookie is the straight man for the audience to relate to.

A group like this allows me to tell almost any story or throw any problem at them, and I'll have my bases covered. I can further the plot, slow down the plot, and introduce intra-group conflict easily.

MrDrake · **Reply #406 on:** April 05, 2010, 05:05:42 AM

Ah okay, cool. Cause what I have in mind is the leader of course, another one who uses heavy weaponary and a sniper for the third member, however, I am still thinking of a fourth member, yet, I'm not sure on what role said person will play you know. Perhaps a demolitions expert, like....a mad bomber

Actually, that sounds fun already, and it could some how work out as well by the sounds of it. Already have the idea for the leader in mind too on the name of the leader and what the leader actually specializes in. And yes, the leader is going to be a female too, as I do have a fair amount alreay buzzing around in my mind, but there is still time to work on them of course before actually introducing them sort of thing.

MrDrake · **Reply #407 on:** April 05, 2010, 11:21:36 PM

Just some information on Terror Squad, Hailey is the leader, she's a Vulpine whom is also an expert at hand to hand/weapons as in, sword combat sort of thing, as well as being trained in firearms. Icarus is a Raccoon, whom is an expert sniper. Rhino is, well, a Rhino who uses heavy weapons, like a minigun for example, however, he does have exceptional strength, most of him being rebuilt with mechanial parts and then there's Marcus, an African-American human, his stature, think like Michael Clark Duncan, he's basically, the expert in computers and communications, but is also trained in using firearms, having a pistol for himself.

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #408 on:** April 11, 2010, 06:16:35 PM

Just added a bunch of links to the first RP on the TV Tropes page. I'd appreciate if anyone could go through and double check that the links all work, and sometime in the future I'll do the other RPs, and the expansion stories

MrDrake · **Reply #409 on:** April 11, 2010, 07:00:11 PM

Clicked on one and it does work, however, it was a post later that it went to, had to scroll up one post to see the reference.

It's the Shelton not being American trope, just so you know.

Only one I really checked, but I think I'll take your word and say that the rest of them work as well XD

Serris · **Reply #410 on:** April 14, 2010, 03:13:34 AM

Two things:

Which members would fit in the 5 man band?

The Hero ó Dr. James Zanasiu
The Lancer ó Zachary
The Smart Guy ó Dr. Rudyard Shelton
The Big Guy ó ???
The Chick ó ???

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Also, background info on the Schutzhund.

See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schutzhund

In real life, Schutzhund is "a dog sport that was developed in Germany in the early 1900s to test whether German Shepherd Dogs exhibit the traits necessary for police-type work, rather than simply evaluating a dog's appearance. Today, many breeds other than German Shepherds can compete in Schutzhund, but it is a demanding test for any dog and few are able to pass successfully."

There are 3 "tests": Tracking, Obedience, Protection

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In the Darwin's Soldiers universe, Schutzhund is basically a military-themed competition. It is open to all species but was originally restricted to canines who were military personnel. Then it was opened to military personnel of all species. Then finally to civilians. Competitions are graded and segregated according to species.

It should also be mentioned that many Schutzhund competitions exist throughout the DS 'world; the Culeston event mentioned in the RP is just one of many. Not surprisingly, many of the champions are active duty military personnel.

The 4 tests are tracking, practical shooting, "obedience" and protection.

Tracking: competitor has to find and disable a simulated explosive device within a certain time limit. Scoring is dependent on how fast the competitor finds said device. "Setting" off the device or running out of time is an automatic failure.

Practical shooting: competitor has to negotiate obstacle course that has 15 targets (some may be "penalty targets"). They have to shoot the targets as fast and as accurately as possible with a given amount of ammunition. They may use any firearm they see fit (they may carry a long gun and a pistol if they wish to or a single pistol or a single long gun). Scoring is determined by how fast the course is negotiated and accuracy. Points are lost for shooting penalty targets or missing. Running out of ammunition is an automatic failure.

"Obedience": the competitor is paired up with a two other partners and they are to "clear" a building of "hostiles". They are given simulated ammunition for their weapons. Points are awarded on accuracy, efficiency and team work. Points are lost for shooting "hostages". Friendly fire is an automatic failure.

Protection: the competitor is assigned a "VIP" to escort through a hostile area. The competitor is given simulated ammunition. Points are awarded for "hostiles" neutralized and speed. If the VIP "dies", that is an automatic failure.

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Whew! There, that is how I modified a real world dog sport into something that makes sense (IE does not invoke furry confusion) in a world where dogs are anthro.

Critiques or comments welcome.

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #411 on:** April 14, 2010, 03:24:58 AM

Hans has always played the role of the Big Guy, kinda. all he seems to do is shoot stuff and lift stuff. Al would be an obvious choice but I wasn't sure if you were talking about the first RP or the whole thing; he's not in the 1st RP. And Dr. Joe is the most important Chick to appear in all three RPs and a couple expansion stories.

For the whole thing, you'd need like 5 people in each category:

The Hero: James (Okay, except this one)
The Lancer: Zachary, Werner, Neku, Jayden,
The Smart Guy: Shelton, Bailey, Kerzach, Shakila,
The Big Guy: Hans, Alfred, Stern, Hawkeye, Cobalt Squad
The Chick: Dr. Joe, Snow, Aisha, Aimee

And about Schutzhund...Are the characters going to participate in one or something? because Shelton would fail at the Schutzhund so bad...

MrDrake · **Reply #412 on:** April 14, 2010, 03:35:59 AM

Wait, Shakila being a smart....guy? Sounds a bit odd there, but I know what you mean by that, which would suit her as well, unless of course there was something called "The Smart Girl" trope instead.

Granted, I don't know much about tropes myself, but I do like to have a look at the TV Tropes page in general, especially from going from the Dawrin's Soldiers page sort of thing....which is what I like to do you know, learn about the tropes sort of thing.

I wonder if Terror Squad could be included as some sort of trope although there are the four of them, unless you count Trinity as the fifth, since she is technically the one that commands them, higher command than Hailey you know.

As for that Schutzhund thing, I could so imagine Subject 19 taking part of it....getting pissed off at things that would go wrong and fail in the end

Serris · **Reply #413 on:** April 14, 2010, 12:31:21 PM

The 5 man band encompasses the whole RP.

The Schutzhund may lead them to a clue (have not decided what clue is).

Only Neville, Cobalt Leader and Spc. Crota will participate (nearly everyone else lost their weapons).

Some of the other players' characters can participate as well.

Nick22 · **Reply #414 on:** April 14, 2010, 05:09:52 PM

You guys forget Dr Landon, i'm put him in the "smart guy" section..

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #415 on:** April 14, 2010, 08:19:33 PM

Update on my two stories I'm writing!

Ship of State was finished today, but I need to type it up; I do all of my writing in journals. It explains what happened to anti-Hans and anti-Werner from my previous story Card of Ten. I've already received f-22's permission to write this story.

However, we've picked up several new users since the time I wrote that, and while I still think they could enjoy the story, it won't be very familiar, and it's also not really applicable to this RP.

That's why I'm writing a second story, currently titled Nietzsche's Soldiers 2:Supermen, which is halfway done. It stars DS-1 (the Dragonstorm team we fought when I jumped back into the RP) in a pre-3rd RP story, where they travel to Alaska on a Dragonstorm assignment which goes wrong.

Once both stories are finished, typed up and ready, I'll be updating both at the same time, alternating which story I update each day. Should be happening any day now; I'm averaging about 3 pages written a day. That's pretty good.

Serris · **Reply #416 on:** April 14, 2010, 10:46:55 PM

Cool! I am finishing up Fool's Gold.

Also about the Schutzhund competition: Neville, Cobalt Leader and Spc. Crota will participate (along with other characters if so decided).

I am foreseeing that the competition goes off without a hitch but they find a clue (not decided what it will be).

Serris · **Reply #417 on:** April 15, 2010, 02:33:19 PM

Does Dumb Muscle fit Alfred or not?

Yeah, he is no Genius Bruiser (Hell, I am not sure if Zachary is either. Kozlov and O'Neill definitely are) but he is not a total idiot either.

Spc. Crota and Sgt. Masters got slotted into The Big Guy category despite them being literally one of the smallest of the cast.

Neville... I want to slot him into the Sixth Ranger but The Big Guy fits because well, all he does is fire support but again...he is not really massive.

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #418 on:** April 15, 2010, 02:41:00 PM

The sixth Ranger would work for characters who showed up late to the party and don't really fit the other categories. Vic was late in showing up to the 1st RP, as was Jayden and Ethan (Belmont's character) in the third. And maybe Lockdown, if he counts as a main character.

Would Oli from the first RP count as a sixth Ranger for the Five Bad Band?

Serris · **Reply #419 on:** April 15, 2010, 03:06:19 PM

Pvt. Ethan Garner and Vic work for the Sixth Ranger.

Oli as the evil counterpart of Sixth Ranger... Not really.