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Persus13

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Over The Top
« on: February 13, 2013, 09:10:06 pm »
A semi-minimalist RTD. You are an infantryman, either British or French in the battle of the Somme. Just state your name and your nationality. It's the first day of the Battle of the Somme and the commander just whistled so it's time to go OVER THE TOP! Thousands of Allied men charging straight at the enemy who have good trenches, barbed wire, and machine guns. Many will die in the charge, but their should be enough to take the trenches afterward. Now Go!

(This is an RTD along the lines of Roll to Redshirt, however it covers various battles of WW1. If this battle ends I'll likely skip around to stuff like Lawrence of Arabia, Verdun, Tannenburg, and the arrival of the Americans)
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Re: Over The Top
« Reply #1 on: February 13, 2013, 09:13:42 pm »
Name: "Ole Chap" No one knows his real name.
Nationality: French, obviously.
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Re: Over The Top
« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2013, 09:18:24 pm »
Name : Fiddler Adaphel.
Nationality : British.

Dive into the fist hole I come across and take cover.
« Last Edit: February 13, 2013, 10:50:36 pm by mesor »
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Re: Over The Top
« Reply #3 on: February 13, 2013, 09:22:13 pm »
Name: Kandu Johnson
Nationality: Ethiopian (British)

Action: Look at enemy through rifle sight.
« Last Edit: February 13, 2013, 10:53:35 pm by TCM »
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Re: Over The Top
« Reply #4 on: February 13, 2013, 10:14:28 pm »
Name: Guy Fefére.
Nationality: Francaís
Action: CHAAAAAAARGE!
« Last Edit: February 14, 2013, 09:36:43 am by Greenstarfanatic »
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Re: Over The Top
« Reply #5 on: February 13, 2013, 10:36:53 pm »
Sorry, Ishould have made it clearer, also post an action you'll do during the massive charge
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Re: Over The Top
« Reply #6 on: February 13, 2013, 10:43:44 pm »
Name: Aberle Tomson
Nationality: Austrian
Explanation: He got lost. He's fighting with the Allies because he can't find his army.
Action: Aim rifle at something that looks like an enemy.

OR:

Name: Robert MacLean
Nationality: Scottish
Action: CHARGE!
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Re: Over The Top
« Reply #7 on: February 14, 2013, 06:05:57 am »
Action: Strafe enemy with plane.
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Re: Over The Top
« Reply #8 on: February 14, 2013, 06:18:27 pm »
3000 Brits and 2000 French vs. 4000 Germans

Brits:
Fiddler jumps into a fist hole. (5) he jumps into the first hole in no man's land he finds.
Kandu aims at the enemy. (2) Too many soldiers are between him and the Germans
Robert charges towards the enemy. (1) A mortar shell blows him and several other Brits up.

British NPCs: (6) Mortar (2) Bombers(6(2)) Mine (2)
A mortar team fires at the Germans (6) They take out a machine gun nest and a British plane
3 Bombers fly towards the trenches. One is shot down by the mortar team, (1) one is hit by artillery, and (4) one kills several Germans.
Infantryman 1 snipes Germans. (2) The charge is blocking his view.
A sapper blows up a giant mine under the trenches. (1) He is the only casualty

Spoiler: Score (click to show/hide)

German NPCs (2) Mortar (1) Fighters (1)
Machinegun Team 1 opens fire on the charging Brits. (1) They got killed in the opening bombardment.
Machinegun Team 2 opens fire too. (6) They massacre 20 Brits and 2 Germans
(other three go after French)

French:
Ole Chap is a pilot and strafes. (3) He shoots a German in the leg.
Guy charges at the enemy (2) He falls down.

French NPCs: (4) Mortars (2) Airplanes (1)
French Mortar team fires at the enemy. (6) They kill 10 Germans and 2 French
French Infantryman 1 charges. (5) He safely gets to the enemy trench
French Infantryman 2 charges. (4) He gets to a roll of barbed wire
French Cavalryman charges. (4) he gets to the barbed wire.


Spoiler: Score (click to show/hide)

German NPCs: (3) Fighters (1)
Machine gun team 3 fires at the French. (3) He kills a bunch of cavalry horses
Infantryman 1 fires on French. (3) He shoots one in the leg.
Infantryman 2 fires. (2) Gun jams.

2972 Brits and 1998 French vs. 3976 Germans
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Re: Over The Top
« Reply #9 on: February 14, 2013, 06:23:10 pm »
Plan B:

Quote from: GreatWyrmGold on February 13, 2013, 10:43:44 pm
Name: Aberle Tomson
Nationality: Austrian
Explanation: He got lost. He's fighting with the Allies because he can't find his army.
Action: Aim rifle at something that looks like an enemy.
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Re: Over The Top
« Reply #10 on: February 14, 2013, 06:33:49 pm »
Charge the machine gun team, throw a grenade into their nest.
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Re: Over The Top
« Reply #11 on: February 14, 2013, 06:35:01 pm »
Pull daring dogfighting maneuver, say something epic.
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Re: Over The Top
« Reply #12 on: February 14, 2013, 06:37:11 pm »
Spin wildly in circles while shooting because I have no combat training and really shouldn't be here!
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Re: Over The Top
« Reply #13 on: February 14, 2013, 06:52:48 pm »
Name: Tommy Atkins
Nationality: British
Action: blow whistle and lead the men in walking towards enemy lines. Inform all the other idiots that they aren't supposed to be running.
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Re: Over The Top
« Reply #14 on: February 14, 2013, 06:53:49 pm »
Quote from: TopHat on February 14, 2013, 06:52:48 pm
Name: Tommy Atkins
Nationality: British
Action: blow whistle and lead the men in walking towards enemy lines. Inform all the other idiots that they aren't supposed to be running.
PSHH, YOU'RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME. *Continues shooting into the air*
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