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Author Topic: Shattered Union 2: An Civil War With Better Story, Better Creativity, And Chaos  (Read 11305 times)

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Hello, this is an experiment on a mostly non- minimalistic RTD. I had found this in the back of the board. But it is interesting. For me at least. So here are the copy-pasted rules of it:

Quote from: Political Repuation

    All factions start off with a Political Repuation of 0. It decreases if you commit war crimes, do collateral damage, destroy important mouments, etc. It increases when you attack nations with negative Political Repuation, and overall act as a good-doer. This basically represent your relationship with NPCs. NPCs are more likely to be friendly to those with high Political Repuations and shun those with low Political Repuations.


Like in most "Roll To Dodges", you are allowed to do anything.

Backstory (C+Ped from Wikipedia):
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    In 2009, following George W. Bush's eight year term in office, David Jefferson Adams is elected the 44th President of the United States of America following a disputed election and a tie vote in the Electoral College (and subsequent tie-breaker by the United States House of Representatives), becoming the most unpopular president in U.S. history. A dramatic amount of civil unrest and rioting springs up all throughout the United States, resulting in domestic terrorism. In response, President Adams uses the Homeland Security Act and declares martial law on many areas of the country.

    During the election of 2012, the Supreme Court disqualifies all the presidential candidates from holding office, effectively awarding Adams with a second term. The public reacts violently when incumbent Adams accepts his next term.

    During the Inauguration Day in Washington, D.C. on January 20, 2013, a low-yield nuclear weapon is detonated, destroying the city, killing Adams, his cabinet, and most of the US Congress. The United States plunges into chaos.




Factions (Don't get intimidated by the small blurb that describe what the Faction is, I translated most of that stuff to something easier to read anyway.):
*California Commonwealth (Gold):
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    The California Commonwealth is primarily made of the former states of California, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah. Though wealthy in natural resources, the population is mostly clustered on the Pacific coast. Californians are viewed by the rest of the country as shallow, but with an eye for color; however, they are also creative and resourceful, dangerous as enemies and not hesitant to employ rather controversial tactics, such as the Jackson flamethrower tank.

Hippies.

*The Confederacy (White):
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    The Confederacy is made up of the former states of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee, and Kentucky. To the Confederacy, the war is an attack on tradition, and the acts of all other factions are treasonous. Though viewed by the rest of the factions as backwards and stubborn, the Confederacy is actually quite progressive, employing highly advanced armaments like the energy-focused Lee tank, and has little in common with the first Confederacy, apart from geography.

Rednecks.

*Federation of the Great Planes (Yellow):
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    Made up of all or parts of the former states of Minnesota, Ohio, Michigan, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Wisconsin, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota, the farmers and herders of the Great Plains banded together in an attempt to preserve the integrity of the U.S. heartlands. Though generally viewed as ultra-conservative dirt farmers with a stubborn streak a mile wide, the members of the Federation are generally more tolerated and tolerant than any other faction, as they were often familiar with or members of them. The Great Plains faction's special unit is the FCS Grant 400mm self-propelled howitzer.

Angry Ultra-Conservative Farmers.

*New England Alliance (tanish bluish):
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    The NEA is made up of parts or all of the former states of New York, New Hampshire, Ohio, West Virginia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maine, Vermont, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. Members of the Alliance are driven and feel a strong sense of purpose in the war. Though only comprised of three territories, the NEA has one of the highest population densities in America, and possesses a lot of industry, producing such powerful units as the Bragg rocket tank. Prior to the secession, New Englanders felt that they were not given a strong enough vote.


The traditional Elite Liberals.

*Pacifica:
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    Made up of parts or all of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado, Pacifica came into being when refugees from San Francisco were forced from their homes by Californian militia. With nowhere else to turn, the region formed a defensive pact. Pacificans are often viewed as tree-hugging technophiles with no grasp on reality. However, the Pacificans see the war as a struggle against aggression and have put their technology to use in units like the Stuart gatling tank, preparing themselves to fight to the end.


Your average eco-terrorist/LCS member.

*The Republic of Texas
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    Some people argue that the Republic was just an excuse away from forming since Texas joined the union. Made up of parts or all of Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Missouri, the Republic is ferociously independent and a step away from anarchy. Though regarded as beer-swilling cowboys and gun toting rabble, Texans are also known to live by no-nonsense rules and take a dim view of traitors and bureaucrats. The Texans see that this is the only chance to remain the lone star state. Texans are surprisingly advanced as far as technology goes, employing such weapons as the monstrous Hood plasma-cannon tank and experimental cybernetic infantry.


Your traditional Arch-Conservative.

*European Union (Dark Blue):
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    The breakup of the U.S. compounded the growing instability in the world due to the loss of such a large and prolific goods market. In a rush vote, the E.U. sent in a "peacekeeping" force to reestablish the union of states before the chaos spreading across America spread into the rest of the world. The E.U. peacekeeping force now resides in a single territory made up of parts or all of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, but American resentment has grown since the E.U. decided to expand its role in the war. None of the units employed by the E.U. are the same as the American units, though their purposes are little different.


Frenchies.

Russia (Not Shown On Map, Only Controls Alaska):
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    Early in the war, the Russian Federation militarily annexes Alaska, using the expanded operations of the European Union as an excuse. The invasion is personally led by President Nicholai Vladekov, an ex-general and former Soviet hardliner, claiming that Alaska was never really part of the United States and that Russia was merely reclaiming its former territory.

    Later, INTERPOL reveals the results of its investigation regarding the Inauguration Day bombing. President Vladekov had been dealing weapons on the black market for several years and masterminded the DC bombing so Russia could regain its military dominance and more easily control Europe. Protests throughout Russia force Vladekov to declare martial law in Moscow.


Ex-Commies.

Zarathustran Commonwealth (Not Shown on Map, Controls Puerto Rico):
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    Based on a combination of Nietzschean philosophy and Marxism-Leninism, the Zarathustran Commonwealth believes that everyone is born with no true purpose other than to serve and progress the whole of the human collective.  Those who are incapable of this are unworthy of life or freedom, and they make frequent use of work-camps and re-education facilities rather than execution or imprisonment.  The Zarathustran Commonwealth has a power base in Puerto Rico, the Caribbeans, and Florida, thanks mostly to financial and military assistance from the Cubans.


Commies.
« Last Edit: December 12, 2013, 06:30:10 pm by poketwo »
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Re: Shatterd union 2
« Reply #1 on: December 12, 2013, 05:55:41 pm »

Looks like this RTD is based on what would happen if a Libertarian won the presidential seat.

...Snide political remark? Where? I don't see it.

Anyways, I'm joining this, checking out which faction is the coolest...And now I have.

LONG LIVE THE FACTION OF THE GREAT PLANES!

I noticed that we're sharing Ohio with the New England Alliance. Is Ohio split in two or something?

Also, just a suggestion, fix the title to "Shattered Union 2", and maybe a cool sequel subtitle for it too if you're being creative. I think doing that would help you get more players.
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Re: Shatterd union 2
« Reply #2 on: December 12, 2013, 06:15:00 pm »

I choose THE CALIFORNIA COMMONWEALTH.
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Re: Shatterd union 2
« Reply #3 on: December 12, 2013, 06:31:40 pm »

I choose THE CALIFORNIA COMMONWEALTH.

Suggestion for anyone using bright colors, like yellow as myself, or gold, or pink, etc.

When writing in your color, apply the 'Glow' button to it, like I did. It makes it way easier to see on the normal lighting setting, which most people on the forum are on.
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Okay.
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2 is the obvious minimum of people to join, please post actions. 
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Well, some questions:

-What rank are we in our respective factions?
-What is our goal?
-What exactly do we have to work with here?
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2 is the obvious minimum of people to join, please post actions.

Can you post a map of the country color-coded into the appropriate sections? Would help out a bit.

And my question about Ohio still stands.
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Your goal is to take over the united states. and you are in total control of your factions. here is the map:

the wikipedia link is here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shattered_Union
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Commander Oblivion looked out the window onto the Californian coastline. The world was gonna change, and he was going to be at the head of these changes. He was going to make it all happen.

And he was going to be the ruler of them all. One king to lead them all.

"Give me a report of all of our available resources, as well as our members and member states," Oblivion ordered to the men of his cabinet.

Request.
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Federation Great Planes President Amanda Grant turns to her cabinet, everyone eagerly awaiting to here their leader's instructions.

"We've got a long struggle ahead of us, make sure you know that. This won't be a walk in the park, we've got crazy motherfuckers on all sides of us. Now's the time we act if we want to accomplish anything. If you have a memo in front of you, please check it out."

The members of the cabinet with a folder in front of them open them up, sliding a piece of paper from each.

Chancellor Of the Economy: Give me a quick overview of the economy. What are our chief resources? What are we manufacturing? Who are our trade partners? What are we importing? What are we exporting?

Minister Of War: Give me the numbers on our troops by division: Infantry, Artillery, Land Vehicles, Air Vehicles, Naval Vehicles. How are we compared to our neighbors in terms of technology and skill? I want a border patrol on our exposed flanks.

Lord Of Agriculture: Are we making enough food to sustain ourselves?

Chief Of Diplomacy: What is our relationship with each of our neighbors? What about international relationships: Canada? Mexico? Russia? Europe? Anyone else that feels positive or negative about us in the world?

Regent of Information: Send out some polls, how much do the common people support us in general? Which groups support us most? Which groups support us least?

12 Knights of Justice: How is the crime rate overall right now? Which types of crime are most rampant? 
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Commander Oblivion looked out the window onto the Californian coastline. The world was gonna change, and he was going to be at the head of these changes. He was going to make it all happen.

And he was going to be the ruler of them all. One king to lead them all.

"Give me a report of all of our available resources, as well as our members and member states," Oblivion ordered to the men of his cabinet.

Request.
We are very good at all fronts, but a blockade of the coast will cause serious problems, and our navy is not really good

Federation Great Planes President Amanda Grant turns to her cabinet, everyone eagerly awaiting to here their leader's instructions.

"We've got a long struggle ahead of us, make sure you know that. This won't be a walk in the park, we've got crazy motherfuckers on all sides of us. Now's the time we act if we want to accomplish anything. If you have a memo in front of you, please check it out."

The members of the cabinet with a folder in front of them open them up, sliding a piece of paper from each.

Chancellor Of the Economy: Give me a quick overview of the economy. What are our chief resources? What are we manufacturing? Who are our trade partners? What are we importing? What are we exporting?

Minister Of War: Give me the numbers on our troops by division: Infantry, Artillery, Land Vehicles, Air Vehicles, Naval Vehicles. How are we compared to our neighbors in terms of technology and skill? I want a border patrol on our exposed flanks.

Lord Of Agriculture: Are we making enough food to sustain ourselves?

Chief Of Diplomacy: What is our relationship with each of our neighbors? What about international relationships: Canada? Mexico? Russia? Europe? Anyone else that feels positive or negative about us in the world?

Regent of Information: Send out some polls, how much do the common people support us in general? Which groups support us most? Which groups support us least?

12 Knights of Justice: How is the crime rate overall right now? Which types of crime are most rampant? 

Chancellor: We don't have much for resources, we are manufacturing a majority of cars and other civilian products to sell and war items as well. Canada CAN give quite a lot of resources willingly but our small farmer dominated society basically wants little raw goods to be imported and exports little, if we want to get our full potential out of this, we will need to shift some focus away from them. 

Minister Saxon: Thank you, Stan, now we do have below average amount of infantry we make up with it with a surprisingly huge amount of artillery and an unsurprisingly huge amount of land vehicles, with a large amount of air vehicles. Our navy is Extremely massive but we need to take the eerie canal from the elitist liberals from the New England alliance. WE have low tech because of the conscripts we have and the low amount of production. But our real problem is skill, since these people are mostly untrained and even though they will fight to the end they aren't very smart at war and will believe anything their incompetent officers say.But the border patrol just gave me a great idea that will help give us time to prepare, we will heavily fortify the border with non man ones, but with mostly non- manned fortifications. This will save a lot of time for the troops to train. 

Lord Hoe: Thank you, and yes, we are making just enough food to sustain ourselves, I don't recommend that we expand our military that much right now. 

Chief Damian: Thank you, the EU has sent a "peace keeping" force to restore the bad old government, Russia has invaded and occupied Alaska, Canada likes us very much, Mexico is neutral, and the rest of the world treats us as dirt farmers that are very stubborn.

Regent Nam: The current government is extremely popular but it may change with some nudging, all groups support us

Knight Jon: We have low crime
Knight Netter: and its mostly petty things
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President Amanda reclined her chair. "Not a bad start. I've thought up some new policies to implement:"

Chancellor Of the Economy: See if we can start setting up a trade deal with Canada for resources, in exchange for our most profitable products such as cars.

Minister Of War: Send the army out to make those fortifications you were talking about. I'm not expanding the army, but I'm giving a plan to the Justice department about training them.

Lord Of Agriculture: That's fine for now. See if you can develop any ways to make farming more efficient; Even if we hit a surplus, that means we can trade excess food for imports.

Chief Of Diplomacy: I want Canada to be happy with us, send them some nice gifts. Also, make some videos about our universities and factories, and science labs and such. Release them online; that way the world will know we're more than some stupid farmers.

Regent of Information: The farmers might not like our trade plan with Canada. Make some propaganda to teach them how they'll benefit from it actually.

12 Knights of Justice: Since our crime rate is low, I'd like to devote some of our police force to training our Infantry. They don't need to be supersoldiers, just the basics: Proper shooting, ambushing, hand-to-hand combat, explosive use, etc. A massive army of basically trained soldiers is better than a tiny one of elites.


((Can we send PMs to you to do secret actions? Since we are rival countries, I imagine we'll be doing a lot of shady stuff.))
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I will take the European Union.

Open communications to other leaders, discussing possibilities of a peaceful alliance.
(The EU is here to try and make peace. If the US is shattered into several factions that remain peaceful, and manage to get good trade agreements up, that fulfills our goals with a minimum of fuss and bloodshed.))

Determine what the rules of this game are, how it works, and what economic/espionage/military/etc options I would have if they were needed.
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let me remind you guys, the EU wants the "legitimate government" of the US to be in power, I CAN roll for you, but it  will require an overshot for it to work, due to most of the EU leadership right now wanting the previously stated thing to happen, and most of the factions probably wont accept it. You should read the whole description, but maybe you did? I don't know. I'm just warning you, not forcing you to do something else. Also there wasn't much rules their, so I amuse anything goes? But their is political reputation, and if it gets to low, countries will start trying to invade you and overthrow you, revolutions, civil wars in civil wars, and other stuff.   


Also, every faction is at war right now.
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