Maquis L 4 Character thread

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This will be a free form, no rules based rp. Since we will be having characters on different sides of a lethal conflict, here's how we will handle it. Unless you have arranged it per the OOC or pm with another character, you may not kill another character. You may, however, attack another character, within reason, either they or you will decide the result. With the vagaries of highvelocity projectile combat, lots of weird things could happen.

For example,

Pierre watched the German staff car roll down the lane towards him, at 50 meters he opened up with the captured German light machine gun.

(Then the German in the car could decide how badly he is wounded, if at all.

Or.

Nadine waited till the sentry passed by before stepping out of the dark and whacking him a good one with her black jack.

So general rule, the good and bad guys will probably live to fight another day, though of course NPC cannon fodder can drop like flies when the shooting starts. Remember, even when a tank gets hit by AP, often one or two crew members manage to make it out without much more than a scratch. (Though I doubt we will have armor duels for quite awhile.)

For character details, use descriptions more than numerical stats. Include name, sex, age, nationality, languages spoken, rank (if applicable) and back history or special skills. For example, Jean-Luc has been an avid bird hunter since he was fourteen, and is quite the shot with the rifle and shotgun, or Hans tried out for boxing in the 1936 Olympics, and made it to the Bavarian championships before being cut from the team.

Here's a template to copy and paste:

Name:
Sex:
Age:
Nationality:
Languages spoken:
Rank:
Special skills:
History:

I'll give it a little while to see what we get as a population for our RP, then decide what we need to fill things out. I may be the German commander in the area, or if someone else wants that role, I may just send him orders and dispatches from the regional CO in La Rochelle. Also, I may assume the role of the Maquis leader, or again if someone else wants that just have coded orders broadcast over the BBC. And Nakia, your call on whether the school is a convent one just for girls or otherwise.

Here are some acronyms that might be helpful:

FFI - Force Francaise de l'Interier (French Resistance)
SOE - British Special Operations Executive
OSS - U.S. Office of Strategic Services

LFC - Legion Francaise des Combattants (French Legion of Fighters) a PRO-German paramilitary group, in 1943 it turned into the
SOL - Service d'Ordre Legionaire

 

Name: Ademaro Habrel
Sex: Male
Age: 38
Nationality: Austrian
Languages spoken: German, sparse French
Rank: Sniper
Special skills: Sharp Shooter
History: Ademaro, which means glorious in battle, is a married man with two children, he is from a small town in Austria. His father fought in the first war, he somehow knew there'd be another, so he trained his youngest son in marksmanship. Adermaro didn't agree with the reasons of the war, but he realised he couldn't do anything about it. He fights to defend his family, not for Germany. He is a superbe marksman, but has the habit of closing his eyes before he fires on a man, it tends to make him wound the man instead of killing him. He was trasfered to the french town, because of his habit. He now sits on the highest officers roof or guards important buildings. He is quite short, being 5'6", and skinny. He has blonde hair and the classic blue eyes. He has been accused of missing targets on purpose, but it couldn't be prooved.

 

Name: Jean-Luc DuBois
Sex: male
Age: 47
Nationality: French
Languages spoken: French, English, some German
Rank: was a sergeant in the French army in WW I
Special skills: wine making, three years experience as an infantryman in the trenches of WW I
History: Jean-Luc inherited the bar Le Chene Vert on the square in Lucon from his father. He is a bachelor, and an alcoholic. He lost half his left hand in WW I and spent a year in a German POW camp, where he learned some German.

 

Name: Wülfgang Rutkowski
Sex: Male
Age: 28
Nationality: Polish-German
Languages Spoken: German, Polish, English, French.
Rank: Former Sergeant in the now defeated Polish army, currently part of the FFI.
Education: Full elementary school education as well as college education in chemistry. Completed boot camp and attended officer school, but failed the latter due to lack of dicipline.
Equipment: One Russian Mosin Nagant,(five-bullet clip, 7.62x54mm, bolt action, fifteen bullets in total) one Polish VIS wz35(eight bullets, 9.19mm ammo, twenty-four bullets in total), one Molotov Cocktail, one foldable bayonet, a pack of German cigars with a lighter, as well as a basic kit of making lesser explosives.

Info:
Born the second child in the small Polish village of Tuchola to a Polish father and German mother, Wülfgang was raised to be a catholic as well as follow in his father's, a decorated WWI veteran from the Polish-Russian war, footsteps as an army officer. At an early age his father took him out hunting and he proved to get to know the tools of the trade quite well.

After finishing both elementary school(during which time his father died from a horse-riding accident) and college, in which he finished with a Chemistry degree, he joined the army. He managed to achieve the rank of Sergeant before he turned twenty-six in '38, but failed the following officer courses due to a lack of dicipline.

As a result, he was sent to the 27th Infantry Division to help guard his hometown Tuchola in case of a German offensive into Poland.

The war came, and he fought well together with his unit. It wasn't until the Battle of Bory Tucholskie, or as it was also known the Battle of Tuchola Forest, that the unit suffered it's heaviest losses. Many died, even more were captured, but some, Wülfgang included, managed to flee into the Russian-controlled parts of Poland and from there get funds and a means to escape to France.

He managed to make his way to Lucon in France, where he worked as a stableboy in order to defend himself. As the Germans attacked there as well he joined the FFI in order to help damage the German War Effort with the aid of his experience and chemistry expertise.

[ January 28, 2007, 21:00: Message edited by: Register ]

 

Name: James (Jim) Alixe

Sex: Male

Age: 21

Nationality: English

Languages spoken: English, French, German

Rank: Captain in the RAF (Royal Air Force)

Special skills: Unskilled with a rifle but a dead shot with a pistol

History: James was in one of the very first supply drops by the British in an attempt to aid Poland at the start of the war. Known as a flying ace, he was shot down by German AA guns but was able to escape notice by German soliders and flee to France. However he was unable to contact his superiors before France was invaded.

Currently: he is in a bar in Lucon, trying to figure out how to get word to the British officers in northen France...

Edit: Thanks Register

[ January 28, 2007, 10:22: Message edited by: The Magister ]

 

Name: Mother Marie Therese, TSoSF
Sex: Female
Age: 42
Nationality: French
Languages spoken: French, Italian, Latin and maybe understands some German and then again maybe she doesn't Also, a little heavily accented English.
Rank: Mother Superior of the local Convent
Special skills: Teacher and administrator
History: Born in the south of France near the border with Italy. Her childhood was a happy one and she always felt a calling to be a Religious. She went to s special lycee for girls interested in joining an order. At 18 she enter the Order and has never regretted it. She is devoted to God, the Virgin Mary, St. Francis and the Little Flower. She loves children and teaching. She speaks quietly but with authority. She is an excellent leader and her subordinates are very loyal to her.


There will also be others Sisters as NPC's and some lay sisters. I may have to toss in an occasionally brother or priest. Then of course there is the Bishop but I'll let Scot handle that one unless he wants me to or we get a volunteer. Scot and I have agreed that the Bishop is a German sympathizer.

[ January 28, 2007, 22:00: Message edited by: Nakia ]

 

The Magister:

England never bombed Germany during the Polish invasion. However, they airdropped supplies, so he could have been an escort fighter instead.

Just sayin', in case ya wanna keep up with historical accuracy.

 

Did they have any medium bomber raids on German forces during the French invasion? If so, that's another possibility of where he could have been shot down.

 

Name: Rene Couteret
Sex: Male
Age: 44
Nationality: French
Languages spoken: French, English and limited German
Rank: Spy in the French Military during WW1
Special skills: Basic training, Map reading, Recon
History: As a young man in the French military it was found that Rene made an excellent code breaker. So he was pulled from a ground troop and put into code breaking. He was successful until the building he worked was bombed and he was left injured but alive. Now of his time drunk and fighting in Jean-Lucs bar. He has small dealings with the FFI, but nothing special.

 

Scot: No, no bombings really, the Luftwaffe had complete air superiority. It wasn't really until they lost the Battle of Britain the English started to send out pilots of British, French, and Polish origin in the American planes to take out the German strongholds.

And even when they did, no fighter crafts went with them, as they barely made it over the English channel and back.

So, my reccomendation is that he was either an English or French pilot flying for the miniscule French Air Force before they were pretty much annihilated, or he flied one of the few Polish aircraft in the beginning of the war.

 

Name: William Marchelle
Sex: Male
Age: 24
Nationality: English/French
Languages spoken: French, English and German
Rank: Captain, SOE
Special skills: SOE training, good shot with Welrod pistol and Silenced Sten
History: Of mixed French/English nationality, William, or Guillaume as he is known in France, was a prize catch for the SOE. Educated in an English boarding school, and a French University, his English and German is accentless, while his French is tinged with the Provencal accent of his mother. Filled with an urge to rid his mother's homeland of the German invaders, when asked by SOE, he joined whole-heartedly, and is committed to removing the Germans from France.

 

A note about the Silenced Sten:

The silencer wore out after only a few clips, three if one were lucky. They were the first mass-produced silencers, so they had some hefty faults.

Also, they were prone to jamming, taking the gun with them in the process.

 

Didn't they overheat as well?

 

Yeah, try to empty the entire clip in one burst and the **** is gonna overheat, becoming too hot to both use and remove.

 

Yup, as as the Silenced Sten I'll be using is a MkII, it'll be heavier and more likely to jam. Fun for all!
Oh, I also forgot that I'll obviously have a radio of sorts for chatting with the boys back home.