Steam Supremacy

[Zeroth Jupi]

Hello everyone! This is a reboot of my Kantai Collection RP called The Backup Crew which inspired by CCBubba's Darkest Hour and CV12Hornet's One Needs a Certain Darkness, like them this is set in modern times, but with my own little twist. We're going farther back in ship design than WWI and II warships, to the times of old where coal is gold, guns are everything, and iron, steel, and steam rule the waves. That's right, we're in the age of steamships, friends.

While there will be death in this RP, it won't be permanent. However, resummoning your character as an abyssal or vice versa means they will lose any upgrades gained over the course of the RP, it will also take time in-universe, at the very least until after the current mission has ended.

Combat will be stylistic, combat ranges will be shorter as a result but there will be more leeway on how attacks and maneuvers are done. You will also be able to quickly switch between a full hull and a rigging.

This is meant to be a relaxed RP where everyone has fun, enjoy yourselves!

My Co-GM this time around will be @UbeOne

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Rules:

1. Respect your fellow players
2. Listen to the GM and Co-GM
3. Please post OOC affairs in the OOC thread only
4. Don't try to be overpowered
5. Be Believable
6. Have fun
7. Ships picked must have a laid down date at or in between 1858 to 1900
8. 1 companion max; not required, though (must be controlled by the player if made)
9. If the class has one completed member, it's good to go.
10. Please try for a mix of nationalities
11. If your character should fall in battle, it does not necessarily mean the end, players will be given the option to continue using that character as an abyssal or vice versa
12. Players can play as abyssals from the start if given a convincing reason

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Spoiler: Template

Name:
Ship Class:
Ship Name:
Appearance: (Pictures are fine)
Personality:
Quirks:
Bio:
History: (optional)
Likes:
Dislikes:
Armament:

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[UbeOne]

Shipgirl or Abyssal? Abyssal
Ship Class: Holland-class protected cruiser
Ship Name: Flying Dutchman (but call me Davina)
Appearance:

Spoiler

The pupils of my eyes glow blue, an indicator of me being an Abyssal.

My rigging features four pairs of large, black tendrils connected to my back. They have glowing purple wavy lines and end with sharp serpent heads, each gaping mouth containing a naval gun. The two lowermost tendrils have the two 15cm guns, while the rest have a 12cm gun each. The four lower tendrils each have a 7.6cm gun mounted on top, while the four upper tendrils have a 37mm gun each, also mounted on top.

I also carry a pair of purple and black cutlasses, which can summon and lob 45cm torpedoes. My hull, meanwhile, does take the form of a Holland-class cruiser, but it is blackened and covered with barnacles, seaweed, and other encrusted marine life, its guns shaped like sea monster heads. It's also very much alive, animated as a living thing would be.

Personality: Usually the quiet, introverted type, but can get excitable (whether in a subdued way or not) regarding things I like. Tends to stay out of arguments, unless they affect me greatly. Can have a bit of a temper when sufficiently provoked, as well as a vindictive side. Likes visualizing things, imagining nice situations, and sometimes, I just want to lose myself in them. Has an interest in technology, especially that of cars, airplanes, tanks, warships and the like. Oh, and likes taking afternoon naps, too. Dislikes being interrupted at whatever I'm doing, which I find to be annoying at times. In terms of my way of thinking, I tend to be more straightforward than eccentric, more realistic than fantastical.

Quirks: Fear of dogs and fire.

Bio: Falls asleep one ordinary night, then wakes up as an Abyssal based on a legendary ghost ship. Uhh...

History:

Spoiler

- The Flying Dutchman is a ghost ship, her life story coming from a legend, of a Dutch sailing ship and her crew and captain who were beset by intense headwinds while trying to go around the Cape of Good Hope, and determined to sail through even if it took until the end of the world to do so.
- Even death couldn't stop her, but when she finally got out, she found herself as an Abyssal.
- She wandered the world, talking to the spirits of sailors and ships as she did so. Some of them needed help or consolation to move onward to the hereafter.
- Her hull and rigging were updated over time, trading the sails for steam, wood for steel and broadside guns for turreted and casemated ones.
- She didn't approve of the hostility of her peers towards humanity. She disagreed with taking out their grief on the world. When the other Abyssals struck, she freely sided with humanity and the emerging shipgirls who would protect them.

Likes: Cars, planes, traveling, food, weapons, video games

Dislikes: Violence, misery, early death, politics, bullying, "kicking the cat", bigotry

Armament:
- 2 x single 15cm/40 SK main guns
- 6 x single 12cm QF guns
- 4 x single 7.6cm QF guns
- 4 x single 37mm QF guns
- 2 x single 45cm torpedo tubes
- 2 x cutlasses

Extra Notes:
- Speed: 20 knots
- Armor: Harvey Nickel steel, armored deck
- Range: 4,500 nmi at 10 knots
- Sensors: Coincidence rangefinders, gunsights, searchlights
- Fire control: Manual
- Propulsion: Triple-expansion steam engines, coal-fired boilers, two shafts
- As the Flying Dutchman, a ghost ship and an Abyssal, I will be exhibiting supernatural, ghostly properties. Examples include being submersible and nearly transparent, levitating, briefly phasing through things, generating fog, communing with spirits, summoning tendrils, things like that. My cannon shots and torpedoes look like purple spectral blasts.

 

[SeismicGuide]

Ship Class:Nelson-Class Armored Cruiser


Ship Name: HMS Nelson

Appearance:

Spoiler: Huge

Personality:Enjoys the peaceful times, Laid Back, can be impatient.


Quirks:

•Reads history often
•Uses a stick to wack others who are being silly, no-one knows where she obtained/gets the stick, or the fact that it's a recent addition to her personality, she's always had the capability and ability to, just never did
•Has a sweet tooth.
•Is nationalistic for The US, and picked it up for Britain, and Scotland after becoming a Scottish-Brit armored cruiser
•Doesn't like seeing friends upset.
•Acts like a destroyer, in some regards.

Bio:Just a teenager who went to sleep after talking to a group online, and woke up in the body of an Scottish-British protected cruiser, launched a hundred and twenty six years, and twenty eight days before he was born


History: (optional)


Likes:
•Books
•Food
•Sailing
•Games(Of the Board and Video varieties)
•Music


Dislikes:

•Standing still
•Her obsolete-ness compared to her Fleet Mates
•Super-super sour things
•Getting into verbal conflict

Armament:

4 × 10-inch (254 mm)rifled muzzle-loading guns(RML)
8 × 9-inch (229 mm)RML guns
6 × 20 pdr guns
•Officer's Sword

Armor:
•Belt:6in-9in with 13in-10in wood backing
•Bulkheads:6in-9in
•Decks:3in-2in
Conn Tower:9in
Speed:Economical 14knts

 

[Ash19256]

Ship Class: Unique

Ship Name: USS Olympia (C-6)

Appearance: 5' 0", black hair, dark green eyes. Relatively lithe, swimmer like build. Wears the uniform of a Lt., Junior Grade, in particular their summer dress uniform (the uniform on the far left).

Personality: Professional, but tends more towards behaving in a manner akin to a drill sergeant towards lighter vessels. Towards those she trusts, she is more open, and genuinely cares for those she is working with.

Quirks:

• Is fairly bad at expressing the fact that she cares about people.
• Has a awkward sense of humor
• Is very focused on remaining professional and sticking to the rules
• Has what is basically Captain America's "readjusting to the modern world" notebook. Makes notes frequently.

Likes: Classical music, peaceful cruises, the United States, pie

Dislikes: Obscure references, electronic music, rap music, getting shot at

Armament:

• 4x 8"/35 Mark 4 guns (2x 2-gun turrets)
• 10x 5"/40 Mark 2 guns (10x 1-gun casemates)
• 14x 6-pounder Driggs-Schroeder guns (14x 1-gun sponson mounts)
• 6x 1-pounder Driggs-Schroeder guns (6x 1-gun deck mounts)
• 6x 17.7" above-water torpedo tubes (firing Whitehead Mark 1 torpedoes)
• 4x Gatling guns

 

[TheFictionAddict]

Name: Theresa Leys
Ship Class: Unique (scaled-down version of the Imperator Aleksandr II-class battleships)
Ship Name: Russian coast defense ship Gangut

Appearance: (Pictures are fine)
Is a bit on the shorter side in terms of height, no matter how much she is an adult dammit!
Rigging is...odd-looking, seemingly put together wrong in a way, though cpnsidering her history is no real surprise...
Personality:
Quirks: Absolutely in love with a certain show *cough*KamenRiderobssession*cough*, Terrified of sharp rocks when at sea, drinks tea steeped from teabags, though now with added alcohol...
Bio: Went to sleep far too late..and woke up like..this. Welp.
History: (optional)
Likes: Reading, Drawing, Listening to Music, Swimming...Watching Anime and Tokusatsu..Internet Forums
Dislikes: Bullies, Cruel People, Rocky shores, THE GULF OF FINLAND
Armament:

• 1 × 305 mm (12 in) gun
• 4 × 229 mm (9 in) guns
• 4 × 152 mm (6 in) guns
• 14 × 37 mm (1.5 in) guns
• 6 × 15 in (380 mm) torpedo tubes

 

[Claytonimor]

Name: Karla

Ship Class: Kaiser Friedrich III-class pre-dreadnought battleship

Ship Name: SMS Kaiser Karl der Grosse

Appearance:

Spoiler

Personality: Lackadaisical and playful, Karla is something of an embarassment among the Kaiserliche Marine. She takes to any task with all the enthusiasm of a particularly lazy snail. Still, she feels no particular vitriol towards any nation, which makes her passable at being a social butterfly, a trait not often shared by her sisters in Germany. She does have something of a soft spot for Belgians, though.
Her only fear is, unfortunately, of metal cutters. This makes it relatively difficult to actually repair or upgrade her without distracting her with candy or a destroyer to fuss over.

Quirks:

• She's a big fan of sunbathing and will bargain ruthlessly for floaties.
• She wears the Imperial War Flag as a cape, and can often be found posing in front of a mirror with a suitably dramatic wind fluttering it. She will drag others into posing if she spots them.
• She has a sword. She claims it belonged to one of Charlemagne's paladins, but everyone is pretty sure she just ordered it from Amazon.
• She enjoys reading sci-fi.

History: (Will put down a synopsis at some point, I suppose)

Likes:

• Lazy days
• Sweets
• Target firing
• Destroyers

Dislikes:

• Welders
• Cutting torches
• Hard work
• Bad intel

Armament:

• 4 x 24 cm (9.4 in) SK L/40 guns
• 18 x 15 cm (5.9 in) SK L/40 guns
• 12 x 8.8 cm (3.5 in) SK L/30 guns
• 12 x 1-pdr guns
• 6 x 45 cm (18 in) torpedo tubes
• A Definitely Real And Totally Not Reproduction Sword

Armor:

• Belt: 300-150 mm (11.8-5.9 in)
• Deck: 65 mm (2.6 in)
• Conning Tower: 250 mm (9.8 in)
• Turrets: 250 mm (9.8 in)
• Casemates: 150 mm (5.9 in)

 

[Poteitoku]

Name: "Inaba" (Sean)

Ship Class: Truxtun

Ship Name: Whipple

Appearance:

Personality: Easily angered. Extremely loyal to friends. Brave to a dangerous (to self) level. Has some slight self-esteem issues.

Spoiler: Whipple's Personality

The voice of reason, opting to solve situations peacefully instead of Sean's usual strategies. Cautious, contrasting Sean's recklessness, and openly voices the importance of education to him. Not opposed to Sean's pranking, but advises him against it due to chance of punishment.

Quirks: Sometimes hears a voice in head. Sometimes forgets to take care of self. Would put self in danger for close friends. Extremely picky eater. Oddly intelligent, but physically weak. Has entomophobia. Hair becomes fire when angry. Has... a shovel?

Bio:

Spoiler: Please don't open it, anybody but the DM. It embarrasses me.

Sean, born in New Jersey, was considered a genius by many people he knew. In elementary and middle school, he consistently kept straight As, though he once got expelled from an elementary school. As he made the transition into high school, he started to lose focus on school and focus more on video games, causing his grades to slowly drop. In mid-October of his senior year of high school, he was walking home from playing Dungeons and Dragons. It was raining heavily, and he was walking next to a busy street. He got home safely, but woke up the next day in a weird place as a girl...?

Likes: Video games, very specific foods, playing pranks, TTRPGs

Dislikes: School, insects, manual labor.

Armament:

Spoiler: Armament

2 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber guns
6 × 6-pounder 57 mm (2.2 in) guns
2 × 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes

...The shovel!?

 

[FairyMoon]

Ship Class: General Admiral Class armored cruiser

Ship Name: General Admiral

Appearance:

Her rigging places her smokestacks at her shoulder blades while the two larger masts drape off her arms. Her fore, aft, and smaller main mast merge together into a single cloak like structure hung off of a wood and metal "backpack" that represents the majority of her hull. Her 6" guns are mounted at her hips. Her 8" and 3.4" guns are mounted vertically on her backpack, seemingly in defiance of gravity. While these guns are normally stuck facing broadsides, the 3.4"s and the topmost 8"s can "reach around" General Admiral's body to face forward. The 3.4"s reach around her sides while the two 8"s poke over her shoulders. The pistol serves as a stand in for her singular torpedo tube.

Personality: Lethargic and apathetic by nature, General Admiral often prefers solitude and quiet to the hustle and bustle of a naval base. She doesn't speak much, and when she does, it's slow, soft, and almost hesitant. Her singing is another story altogether, though. She forms grudges somewhat easily, but is slow to act on them; any interpersonal conflict morphs into a toxin that slowly poisons the relationship.

Quirks:

• Often attempts to sneak out of the base to read or to simply be alone
• Will attempt to shift her sleep schedule to minimize interactions if left unattended long enough
• Any time she sings, regardless of the lyrics, music, or tone of the song, it always comes out as a mournful requiem.
• Enjoys reading, especially the works of Leo Tolstoy
• Dislikes talking to people. Will often attempt to use nonverbal forms of communication.
• Prefers to be called "General Admiral," but will respond to "Narova," "Dvadsatpyatavo Oktyabrya," and "Oktyabrya"

History: General Admiral has been around for a long time. Laid down in 1870 and launched in 1873, she graced the world as the first Armored Cruiser, a lonely title that would only be shared when her sister launched two years later. She didn't have the most visible career, but it was a lengthy one. She saw brief service in the First World War alongside her sister, and limited deployment as a minelayer in World War II after her sister was broken up. She eventually met her end as a breakwater off the Russian coast, falling into obscurity, just like she always wanted.

Likes:

• Reading
• Singing
• Being alone
• Watching the stars
• Ballet

Dislikes:

• Loud people
• Extroverts
• Parties
• Large groups
• Forced interactions
• Rap
• High temperatures

Armament:

• 6 × 1 - 8-inch (203 mm)/30 guns
• 2 × 1 - 6-inch (152 mm)/23 guns
• 4 × 1 - 3.4-inch (86 mm) guns
• 1 - 15-inch (381 mm) torpedo tube

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Ship Class: General Admiral class minelayer

Ship Name: Onega

Appearance:
Similarly to General Admiral, she has her smokestacks placed at her shoulder blades, but the poles which replaced her masts are placed on her right leg. Much like her sister, the majority of her hull is represented by a wood and metal backpack located above the exoskeleton. Onega's 8" and 4.2" guns are set up similarly to General Admiral's central battery, though only the 4.2"s are capable of reaching around Onega's body. Two of her 6" guns are mounted at her hips while the pouches at her waist serve as the mounts for half of her machine guns in addition to storing about a quarter of her mines within easy reach. The remaining three 6" guns are arranged in a loose triangle on the flat plate of her exoskeleton while the eight machine guns run down her legs, four to a side.

Personality: Bubbly and extroverted, Onega feels most at home within crowds of lively people. She has no real concept of personal space; it is not uncommon for her to get uncomfortably close to either give overly affectionate hugs or to simply be uncomfortably close. Onega will take any slight, no matter how small, to heart. Unlike her sister, she will show no sign of her growing antipathy. Everything will seem fine, up until the point where you push her too far. Then you wake up tied to your own bed, Onega looming over you, her smile taking on a much more sinister context as she cheerfully explains how your recent behavior was unacceptable and how you would be changing that in the future… right?

Quirks:

• Onega is somewhat prone to flights of fancy and will often try to drag those around her into her half baked schemes
• She loves her sister more than anything, and will often try to pry her out of her shell
• Mentioning her time as a mine storage hulk is the quickest way to infuriate her.
• She has a somewhat unnerving habit of staring you straight in the eyes and not blinking.
• If you talk to her for any extended length of time, she will start literally hanging off you.

History: (optional)


Likes:

• Her sister
• Being useful
• Talking to people
• Dark chocolate
• Heavy metal music

Dislikes:

• Pranks
• Being brushed off
• Being ignored
• Onions

Armament:

• 4 × 8 inch guns
• 5 × 6 inch guns
• 6 × 4.2 inch guns
• 16 × machine guns
• 700 naval mines