Questions and Answers

[spartan129]

Jul 16, 2011 21:09:48 GMT -6 @hollowsaber said:

Game-wise? Well, look at where we are heading currently; Full body interaction, smarter AI in shooters, smarter consoles, faster multi-player. You'll looking at a place that today's gamer would call paradise... You're talking full blown, player-in-action gameplay; you ARE the character, you ARE the controller. Pull on a sleek, skin tight, sensor-suit that comes in all different colors, step into the designated zone, close your eyes, and lay back in our custom gaming pod. If you've played Assassins Creed(our time), think of it like a cryo-tube mixed with an animus, but without the cryo. Your own personal AI reads off the coding on the data-chips you've plugged in to the side, much like an SD card, and fills your eyes with your own style HUD.

Depending on what type of player you are, you may have Chess, you may have the racing game called "Sky-Jacker", or you may have the popular shooter.. Xeno. Which ever you pick, the AI will bring you directly into the game... You're the drive in the seat behind the wheel, you're the human on the battlefield against the invading Xenos (you can guess they'll be styled after the Covenant; propaganda), or you'll be the pawn... Along with other players across the Chessboard, moving right into the hands of the enemy... Or are you?

Not satisfied? Then throw everything out the window. Pull up your own sandbox area and build your own game. Supplied with ships, planets, landscapes, stars, universes, dumb-game AI, and ever players who are paid to suit your needs. Armed with your own personal helpers that have been hardwired into the system to give you a hand; you can create your own game. Keep it local, or go mainstream with instant recognition of top gaming companies who pay you to make a game for them. Work hard enough, and do it right, you could be sitting atop one of the thousand skyscrapers that have been built throughout the UNSC-held Space while you watch other players run around in your creation...

Why did I ask that question? Now I'm going to be drooling over these possibilities and traumatized that we don't have them yet...

[that1guy]

Where is the forum for applications? I cant find the outline for making a character.

Is there still Character tiers? ie: teir 1-2 are for newer players and are lowly ranked,and teir 5 requires a recommendation from another member to play as ship masters of capital ships or covenant field masters

[Jakob]

Jul 17, 2011 1:52:38 GMT -6 @that1guy said:

Where is the forum for applications? I cant find the outline for making a character.

Is there still Character tiers? ie: teir 1-2 are for newer players and are lowly ranked,and teir 5 requires a recommendation from another member to play as ship masters of capital ships or covenant field masters

Read announcements.

Also, tier five needs to be recommended from a moderator or admin.

[tincanhitman]

how is babby formed?

Let me rephrase that, are test tube babies more common?

[Jakob]

No test tube babies.

[tincanhitman]

Well dont they have them now? wouldn't they be more advanced by then?

[Jakob]

It all falls down to morality I believe. I do not think many people would tolerate the government making people from test tubes, not to mention all of the medical problems associated. But I can not be a spokes person for that so those are just my two cents.

[tincanhitman]

Wouldn't it be a lot like abortion? maybe certain planets allowed it?

[Jakob]

Maybe, but mind you even in the future, technology like that is not very wide spread. If they get past the price it would still have to go through the people. Seren made a good point about the morality of cloning a while ago, this is pretty much the same thing me thinks.

[tincanhitman]

I see, thank you for taking it as a question not a challenge i was worried for a bit.

[hollowsaber]

Actually; Yes, on certain planets test-tube babies would actually be growing. Genetic engineering for high-value clients would be popular. The buyers would most likely be pairs that could not conceive their own child, or just would rather have the "perfect child". high-class business men who wish to have a child, but aren't exactly around a lot to make one or just never settled, can just as easily go pay for one to be created.

[dusty]

Okay, so this is going to probably be a jumpy, sort of long multip part question. I'd prefer it Waffle responded, he seems sorta more informed than Jakob on these. No offense.

So first off, would there be a mortar?

I think its completely reasonable for the UNSC to issue mortars to its units, although I've never read anything about them.

I believe they're portable, and cheap enough to manufacture that they have advantages. The UNSC might not have time to set up thier fancy mobile artillery, get some test rounds out for accuracy, to engage the highly mobile Covvies.

Or thier forward position was destroyed, the UNSC is falling back, and the artillery positions were overran, or something.

Mortars would provide some valuable indirect fire support for units to use to maybe supress Covenant.

Just offering my 2 cents, and asking if they're in the rp.



Next question.

I'm not 100% sure how a platoon operates, but I'm lead to believe its supposed to be a largely self-sufficent unit in combat.

So, how is one organized?

I form a mental image of something like this.

1 Command squad (LT, and his fire team)
1 Support squad (A squad broken into 3 fire teams, consists of 9 men. A Lmg unit, an anti-tank unit, and a mortar unit)
1 Medical squad (The platoon medic, and his squad. Probably a fireteam and an aide or two)
3-4 Combat squads (Just some squads. Maybe a sniper in one of them)

I'm probably really really wrong, but I feel this makes a platoon able to, on paper, fight any force.

So yeah, Mortars and platoon orginization?

[Jakob]

I can actually answer that I think.
All militaries have some sort of mortar. I can not answer what we have but I know for a fact we do.

There are three to four squads. One of them has the LT attached to it, another has the platoon medic and maybe a helper and the rest are just squads. Most squads have a LMG gunner in them. I believe sniper teams are also just attached to a squad but that may be wrong.

[mrkaizer]

It depends on what kind of platoon it is. From IRL:

A rifle platoon will have three rifle squads of 13 men each, each led by a Sergeant, plus a headquarters element made up of the platoon commander (second lieutenant), platoon sergeant (Staff Sergeant) and a Navy Corpsman.

Evert squad is divided into three fire teams, each fire team has a
Rifleman: acts as a scout for the fireteam;
Team Leader (M203): also works as the grenadier,
Automatic Rifleman (currently M249 SAW, formerly BAR): also serves as second in command for the fireteam,
Assistant Automatic Rifleman: carries extra ammunition.

A weapons platoon will have three sections, one 60 mm mortar section, one assault section (rocket launchers) and a medium machine gun section. The platoon sergeant will be a Gunnery Sergeant in stead of the Staff Sergeant, due to the diversity of weapon systems used.

[hollowsaber]

Jul 18, 2011 18:49:41 GMT -6 @dusty said:

So first off, would there be a mortar?

Yes, there are mortars in the Ha.o Universe. Most militaries IRL do have them, but we probably won't be using them. Mobil Artillery and air-support would be the Grounds saving grave for now.

Jul 18, 2011 18:49:41 GMT -6 @dusty said:

So, how is one organized?

Platoons are organized much like you said. Even though we're in the future, only tactics have changed and what we fight with have. We probably won't exactly need to go to indepth with the platoons, but the basics will be supplied; medics, heavy gun support, several combat teams, etc...


Other than that, Mr.Kaizer summed much of it up. You all will be told what you will need to carry via PMs if you are unsure. Each squad will be given an objective they need to complete, and the best supplies the Brass can get them according to the specifications needed for the assault. All you guys need to worry about is getting the job done with what we give you.

[kartoffelfogel]

This raises another question.

Covenant Legions, Creches, and Lances; how do they work?

[dusty]

That was extremely helpful from all angles. Thank you all who responded.

[hollowsaber]

Jul 19, 2011 13:52:56 GMT -6 @kartoffelfogel said:

Covenant Legions, Creches, and Lances; how do they work?

Legions= Platoons

Creches: Never exactly heard...

Lances= Fireteams.

[dusty]

Wouldn't that leave Creches to fill the squad roll?

[hollowsaber]

Probably. Never actually heard the term before though. Always just called them squads.

[rom]

Jul 19, 2011 19:08:54 GMT -6 @hollowsaber said:

Jul 19, 2011 13:52:56 GMT -6 @kartoffelfogel said:

Covenant Legions, Creches, and Lances; how do they work?

Legions= Platoons

Creches: Never exactly heard...

Lances= Fireteams.

Umm excuse me, don't want to sound like I'm stepping out of place here, I'm not staff but there is no way that's anywhere close to being right.

Roman Legions, of which the Covenant is somewhat based off the orginisational structure numbers to about 6000.

Crèches are like legions, only for inexperienced warriors to earn the right to be placed into legions.

Lances are the Covenant equivelent of squads.

Files are the Covenant equivelent to Fire teams.

Sorry for overstepping my bounds, Waffle. But you weren't entirely sure yourself.

[Domoa]

I think Rom is right on this one.

[mrkaizer]

Jul 19, 2011 20:57:56 GMT -6 @rom said:

Roman Legions, of which the Covenant is somewhat based off the orginisational structure

Huh, I never knew this! Though, an Imperial Roman Legion, early empire that is, numbered around 5120 legionaries. However it was supported by an almost equal force of auxiliary troops, making the total strength of a legion around 11000. 15-16000 in those close to hostile borders.

[hollowsaber]

Well, there's your answer. Rom, dw about it. Just say it b/c that really made it seem like you meant to overstep your bounds. Say it simply and answer the question or just PM the guy.

Edit: The only two you guys are going to have to worry about are Lances and Files, the other two will never come up.

[kartoffelfogel]

Jul 19, 2011 20:57:56 GMT -6 @rom said:

Jul 19, 2011 19:08:54 GMT -6 @hollowsaber said:

Legions= Platoons

Creches: Never exactly heard...

Lances= Fireteams.

Umm excuse me, don't want to sound like I'm stepping out of place here, I'm not staff but there is no way that's anywhere close to being right.

Roman Legions, of which the Covenant is somewhat based off the orginisational structure numbers to about 6000.

Crèches are like legions, only for inexperienced warriors to earn the right to be placed into legions.

Lances are the Covenant equivelent of squads.

Files are the Covenant equivelent to Fire teams.

Sorry for overstepping my bounds, Waffle. But you weren't entirely sure yourself.

Um... I'm unsure about this too, but I think Lances are fireteams led by Elites with several Grunts, or fireteams composed entirely of Elite Minors with a Major in charge.

Files, I think, are groups of Unggoy or Kig-Yar that are led by an Grunt Major or Jackal Major, respectively.

[Daenerys Targaryen]

I got the same information off of halopediea and some profiles/people from this site.

[hollowsaber]

Files are led by Elite Minors, or higher ranking Unggoy/Kig-Yar.

Lances are Squads, led by a Elite Major, composed of several files.

[kartoffelfogel]

Okay.

[dementedspartan]

1. What would watches be like? Just like more advanced digital watches, or something holographic.

2. Would there be a civilian version of the TACPAD, or something else like a hand-held computer. I was thinking a DATAPAD.

[Jakob]

No need to reinvent to wheel, probably just a watch like we normally have except more resistant to things and more detailed. I doubt you would need to have a holograms coming out of your wrist to know the time. In fact I know one of the characters still has an old wind up watch he used. I believe most HUD's will also offer a clock.