Crusaders RP [Deliberating]

- there are Generals for each three power's military force. I'm having all three be NPCs controlled by me, since me being them will be crucial to how this works

- There are three phases, Standby, Strategy and Battle

Standy Phase or Peacetime, in this phase, players can RP and go on about as they see fit. If a player was captured in the Battle Phase before, this phase is when allied players will be able to plan and execute a rescue.

Strategy Phase, this phase occurs once a battle has been established and is the planning phase before the Battle Phase. In this phase, players should refrain
from RPing in the thread itself and plan among allied players the battle plan for the upcoming battle through PMs or Skype chat.

Battle Phase, in this phase, players will RP and battle each other basically.

- Each player is recommended to consult their General about battle plans for upcoming battles.

- GM will manage and create battles for players to fight in, e.g., June 6th 2021 Orthodox invades VASA forces in Hamburg, Germany.

- Players are encouraged to PM or Skype chat with each other to discuss battle plans, consulting their generals when need be and addressing their battle plans to them. A battle will not be able to commence until both sides have addressed their battle plans.

- After both sides decide their battle plan, each are given pieces of the enemy's battle plan. They will not know which parts of their plans were revealed and are given time to revise their plans before the actual battle.

- At the end of the Strategy Phase, the actual battle will begin and players will RP. Players are advised to joint post with each other in order to make things fluid.

- During the battle, unaffiliated players are allowed to join as unlawful combatants. They will, however, need to notify the GM that they are joining the battle.

- When unaffiliated players join the battle, they need to inform the GM that they are joining and who's side they will be on if not acting independantly. When joining the battle independantly, they will not be given any information on either sides battle plan and will be treated as a hostile by both sides, however, both sides will not know that the player is joining the battle until they encounter said person.

If the player chooses to join the fight under the flag of one side, he/she will be given all known information from the Strategy Phase. The other side will not know of the player joining the battle.

- A battle will end if one side is forced to retreat, surrender or is heavily outnumbered. If players retreat, they will have a number generated for them between 1-3, if it is a 1, the player will successsfully escape, if it is a 2, the player will escape but will be wounded someway in the process and they'll sit out one battle phase, if it is 3 the player will be captured by the other side.

If a player surrenders, they'll be captured immediatly and stay captured until they are rescued or turned.

- Once the battle is over, players enter a Standby Phase where they can either rescue a player thats been captured or just enjoy peacetime how they see fit.

The length of a Standby phase can vary from a day to a week. At the end of a Standby Phase, the GM will announce a battle and players affected will go into a Strategy phase, players unaffected can choose to stay in Standby or join the battle on either side.
E.g. Orthodox and VASA are battling each other, players from the Protestant Knights can join the battle as an individual or side with one of them like an unaffiliated player.

- Players are given a set amount of money at the start and are continually paid by their generals every Standby Phase, this is the player's allowance money and is able to be increased/decreased depending on the player's successes and failures in battle.

Players can also earn money by doing side quests in the Standby Phase. Players also earn money by going into battle, the amount they earn is calculated at the end of the Battle Phase depending on their actions in battle. Unit replenishment is taken from this money.

Unaffiliated players do not recieve allowance because they are independant but are paid more than affiliated players when joining a battle on one of the sides. These players are given secondary objectives if they're fighting independantly in battle, the rewards aren't much but secondary objectives are simple and easy.

Money is used to customise your character and his/her unit's loadout. You can purchase equipment during Standby and change your loadout during the Strategy phase to suit the battle scenario.

- Players all have some form of rank, thereby giving them control over their own unit of soldiers.

Unaffiliated players do not control their own unit and are only given temporary command of a unit when they work with one force in a battle.

- Players can customise their units to their liking by customising their loadout, specialties and whatnot (i will not however allow individual NPCs that are part of the unit as that will conflict with the system).

- Player's unit will be equiped, at first, with standard issue weaponry (depending on what specialisation and force they are with)

- Players can choose three skills that their unit possesses and what their specialty is, e.g. Engineer unit, their specialty being that they are engineers. Skills are etc, etc, etc.

- While players control only a single unit, they can call backup from another allied player and the player can choose to respond or ignore. Players can also request reinforcements from their General, who is in charge of armour and air support.

- A player's unit will also have stats but as a single unit, no individual soldier in the unit will have their own personal stat besides the player's character. A unit's stat is divided into three fields, Manpower, Firepower and Mobility. There is also a Morale stat that will change frequently.

Manpower determines the size of your unit, ranging from the default 100 men (no stat points put in the field) to 500 men (maximun points in the field)

Firepower will determine how much damage they are capable of inflicting on another unit. Players can customise their units with stronger weapons to increase their firepower stat further than the stat limit

Mobility determines their speed and counters firepower. Players can customise their unit with armoured cars and other motorised vehicles to increase mobility further than the stat limit.

Stat limit for units is 5 points for each field. Units are given 8 stat points, no more will be rewarded. Players will be allowed to swap with a new unit and begin the customisation process from the start.

An unaffiliated player's temporary unit will have their stats and skill randomised but the player will be allowed to choose what the unit's speciality is.

- At the end of battles, player's unit casaulty count will be calculated depending on the outcome of the battle. Units are immediatly replenished during Standby Phases however this cost the player money, the amount depending on how many need to be replenished.

This will count for unaffiliated players as well but they also have their payment deducted for 'lend-lease' fees.

- The morale of units are affected by a player's actions, the casualties the units face and the player's charisma stat.

Units with high morale get a randomised stat boost in mobility and reduce the amount of casualties they have when encountering another unit.

Units with low morale get a stat deduction in both mobility and firepower. They also have higher casaulty rates and when encountering an enemy unit, a randomised number of soldiers will retreat.

At the beginning of each battle, units start off with neutral morale (0). The maximun morale points is 10 and lowest is -10.

- Players wield a primary weapon and a secondary weapon, your player will start off with standard issue weapons which vary depending on which power you side with.

Unaffiliated playes will start off with randomly chosen weapons, most likely using 5.56x45mm and 9x19mm rounds.

- Players can use their money to customise their loadout as time goes by, purchasing items from arms dealers or requesting it from their generals if they're trying to supply their entire unit with new weapons.

Unaffiliated players can only customise their own loadout due to the fact that they do not command any units and work independantly, meaning they cannot request items from generals either. The units that they have temporary control over will use standard issue weapons and cannot be supplied with new weapons.

- A unit can customise their specialty, i.e. Recon, Engineer, Anti-Tank, Anti-Air.

Units are also given three slots where they can select three seperate skills in which they possess. Each specialty has a default skill that they come with so technically you only have two customisable slots. The default skill slot will have two set skills to choose from depending on the unit specialty, i.e. Engineers come with Bridge Layers or Demo-Experts, Recon comes with Stealth or Sniper (note that these won't be the actual names, still got a ways to go before that happens).

The two customisable slots can be filled with Free Skills, which are skills available for all units no matter what specialty, i.e. Hikers will give a boost to their mobility, Sharp-shoot means they're more accurate, etc. (once again these are not official names.)