I've been planning this for awile, and I've decided to take a break from my usual zombie RPGs. With the US Economy down, and our debt expected to reach 100% of the US GDP by early August, the economy is forefront on all American minds.
So I decided to play out a few scenarios of what would happen. This RPG is based on one of the more extreme ones I could come up with. Its based slightly on the downfall of the Roman Empire, and the USSR.
This has been a big project for me as I wrote out the rather long story portion of the OP. I set it for slightly in the future, around 2014 or so. I hope you enjoy it. -Mav _________________________ The Story
March 11th, 2012 New York Stock Exchange, New York City, United States
(Commissioner takes the floor and halts trading)
"In light of recent events, and in order to preserve the world market, I must close the NYSE at 11:17 this morning. The Economic Crisis currently faced by the United States has grown to such a point that the continued buying and selling of shares in this market would only serve to decrease the economic stability of our great nation."
"I now declare that this days' trading is closed.
*solemnly rings closing bell*
March 15th, 2012 British Broadcasting Corporation, London, England
(Female TV Anchor)
"This is a Breaking News Update"
"In a surprising move today, OPEC has announced that it will halt the sale of Oil to the US. Masoud Mirkazemi, the Iranian Chair of OPEC, released in a statement today that the main reason for such a stance is the US' inability to pay adequately for oil.
"Already, foreign holders of the US' debt are calling for payments on their loans. The fear that the US will be unable to operate and pay off existing loans has driven the international community into a near frenzy.
"The ramifications of this are only just appearing, though many experts aggree that nothing good can come from it.
March 17th, 2012 Formal White House Press Conference in the Rose Garden, Washington D.C., United States
(President Obama walks up to the podium)
"Good evening. Before I take your questions, I'd like to make a few remarks about the current struggles our nation is facing."
"OPEC has recently announced that it will cease the sale of petroleum products to the US. This will give the US one of the greatest hurdles we have ever faced.
"With the funds given to Green Energy, and the reserves our Nation has established for times of Emergency, I hope to ease the burden that the American family will have to bear in these harsh times.
"Last night, I signed into law legislation that will prioritize oil and petroleum consumption to our military and national services. A rationing program will be put into affect in the near future, and will limit the weekly consumption of oil by consumers.
"I hope that together, American know-how and that American spirit can come together and help us get through this. I will now take your questions...
*Not his usual long-winded opening statement, but I figured no one wanted to read too much. :P
---------- 2 Years Later ----------
This is where our story takes place. The United States of America, in a Soviet-style collapse, found itself over extended and under-funded, declared bankruptcy several months after the OPEC situation formed. President Obama declared bankruptcy, and fled to Sweden, where he remains the de-facto President.
China and Russia, in the name of preserving the humanitarian rights of the American peoples, declared a resolution to take control of the former United States. Such an action was denounced by the rest of the Security Council, accusing both nations of imperialistic motives. The International Community then watched in horror as Russia forcibly annexed Alaska in a surprise assault. The oil-deprived forces stationed there were quickly overwhelmed, and Russia took back what it sold in the 19 century.
China took a bolder step: an all-out assault on the West Coast. Again, the military units avaliable were unable to operate efficiently, as there was simply no oil to fuel their war fighting machines. China quickly took the West Coast, before making it past the Rockies and setting up permament lines where the Rockies and the great plains met. In order to counter China's militiristic actions, the UN launched a peace-keeping Expeditionary force led by the UK. It too was met by American-Resistance (crazy yanks :P) and set up oposite postions to the Chinese where the Appalacians and the Plains met.
What remained of the US Armed Forces, after abandoning their heavy equipment and their positions, settled inbetween the two giants. Joined by those more patriotic Americans, the American Resistance Army, or ARA (*coughIRAcough*) was formed. Hostile to both the Chinese and the UN, they just want their country back. _________________________ Registration
Name: (This is fairly obvious. If you need help on this...) Age: (Again, you shouldn't need help with this.) Allegiance: (PLA[People's Liberation Army], ARA[American Resistance Army, UN[United Nations] Class: (see below) ----- Health: 20/20 Level: 1 EXP: 0/100 ----- Primary Arm: (see below) Ammo: (see below) Secondary Arm: (see below) Ammo: (see below) Pack: 3 MRE, Canteen of Water ----- Head: Kevlar Helmet Chest: Flak Jacket Left Arm: T-Shirt sleeves Right Arm: T-Shirt sleeves Left Leg: Tactical-Cargo Pants Right Leg: Tactical-Cargo Pants Hands: Bare Feet: Boots
IF YOU PICKED CEF AS YOUR ALLEGIANCE:
Assault Class Primary Arm: QBZ-95 Rifle Ammo: 30/120 (5.8mm) Secondary Arm: Type 54 Pistol Ammo: 8/32 (7.62mm)
Close Quarters Primary Arm: QCW-05 SMG Ammo: 50/150 (5.8mm) Secondary Arm: Type 54 Pistol Ammo: 8/32 (7.62mm)
Name: Charles Maryson Age: 34.5 Allegiance: UN Class: Assault ----- Health: 14/20 Rank: Private First Class Level: 1 EXP: 120/250 ----- Primary Arm: SA80 Ammo: 00/30-90 (5.56 NATO) Secondary Arm: P226 Ammo: 8/12-24 (9mm) Pack: 1 MRE ----- Head: Kevlar Helmet Chest: Flak Jacket Left Arm: T-Shirt sleeves Right Arm: T-Shirt sleeves Left Leg: Tactical-Cargo Pants Right Leg: Tactical-Cargo Pants Hands: Bare Feet: Boots
You don't have 'nades yet.
You take aim at a clump of enemies, and begin to spray their group with your primary weapon. You wound several, and kill two (+20 EXP, -21 Rounds).
As you reload your weapon, the ARA begins to pull back while shooting at the UN positions. They're retreating into the center of the town to make their last stand. However, one group is hunkering down on the other side of the street in the buildings opposite yours.
What do you do? __________ Name: Jack Dunn Age: 22 Allegiance: ARA Class: P.I.G. ----- Health: 14/20 Rank: Private Level: 1 EXP: 130/250 ----- Primary: Silenced Mk 14 EBR Ammo: 00/10-30 (7.62 NATO) Secondary: M9 Ammo: 15/15-30 (9mm) Pack: 3 MRE, Canteen of Water ----- Head: Kevlar Helmet Chest: Flak Jacket Left Arm: T-Shirt Sleeves Right Arm: T-Shirt Sleeves Left Leg: Tactical-Cargo Pants Right Leg: Tactical-Cargo Pants Hands: Bare Feet: Boots
You de-chamber a few rounds (-4 Rounds), and throw them off to the side. Being in the forrest, it doesn't make that much noise...
You're reloading your weapon, and the PLA are still hiding. Your friends are too faraway to have noticed the few shots fired, and things are starting to get restless.
What do you do? __________ Name: Sam Grene Allegiance: ARA Class: Light Gunner ----- Health: 20/20 Rank: Private Level: 1 EXP: 35/100 ----- Primary Arm: M429 SAW Ammo: 80/200-200 (5.56 NATO) Secondary Arm: None Ammo: None Pack: 3 MRE, Canteen of Water ----- Head: Kevlar Helmet Chest: Flak Jacket Left Arm: T-Shirt sleeves Right Arm: T-Shirt sleeves Left Leg: Tactical-Cargo Pants Right Leg: Tactical-Cargo Pants Hands: Bare Feet: Boots
You hid behind the bodies of your fallen friends, and begin to lay suppressing fire on the bunker. Due to the angles involved, you're not actually hitting anything other than concrete, but the ricocheting bullets and splintering concrete is enough to keep their heads down (-40 Rounds).
Those in Charlie are either dead or wounded, so you're not getting any help from them. Delta begins to creep up, and manages to get even with the bunker. You cease firing, and they poke their guns in the gun port and let loose some lead. It kills everyone inside the bunker, and reveals another tunnel.
You could stay outside, or go indoors.
What do you do? __________ Name: Talow Rosine Age: 17 Allegiance: UN Class: Scout Sniper ----- Health: 20/20 Rank: Private Level: 1 EXP: 30/100 ----- Primary: Hunting Knife Ammo: N/A Secondary: None Ammo: None Pack: 1 Bag of Trail Mix, 1 Pack of Jerky, 2 Bottle of Water ----- Head: Bare Chest: T-Shirt Left Arm: T-Shirt sleeves Right Arm: T-Shirt sleeves Left Leg: Tactical-Cargo Pants Right Leg: Tactical-Cargo Pants Hands: Bare Feet: Boots
"Already on it. Lets head for that forest. Its got to be close now..."
After hiking for a few more hours, you reach a fairly large hill. After cresting it, you are shocked to see nothing but open land. A few hills and scattered trees, but no forest. Not even a glen. Nothing.
"WTF? It was suppossed to be here..."
You're far from that town, and you have no idea where that forest is, or even if it existed. :/
Name: Aiguo Deming Li. Age: 19. Allegiance: PLA. Class: Light Gunner. ----- Health: 20/20 Rank: Private Level: 1 EXP: 0/100 ----- Primary Arm: QBB-95 LSW Ammo: 75/75-225 (5.8mm) Secondary Arm: Type 69 RPG Ammo: 1/3 (85mm Warhead) Pack: 3 MRE, Canteen of Water ----- Head: Kevlar Helmet Chest: Flak Jacket Left Arm: T-Shirt sleeves Right Arm: T-Shirt sleeves Left Leg: Tactical-Cargo Pants Right Leg: Tactical-Cargo Pants Hands: Bare Feet: Boots
You dive behind a burnt-out car, and manage to avoid getting hit by the hail of fire coming at you. A few others dive behind other peices of cover after being chased by a few rounds.
The constant firing indicates that you've been pinned down by a machine gun nest. To advance, you'll have to take it out.
What do you do? __________ Name: Charles Maryson Age: 34.5 Allegiance: UN Class: Assault ----- Health: 14/20 Rank: Private First Class Level: 1 EXP: 120/250 ----- Primary Arm: SA80 Ammo: 00/30-90 (5.56 NATO) Secondary Arm: P226 Ammo: 8/12-24 (9mm) Pack: 1 MRE ----- Head: Kevlar Helmet Chest: Flak Jacket Left Arm: T-Shirt sleeves Right Arm: T-Shirt sleeves Left Leg: Tactical-Cargo Pants Right Leg: Tactical-Cargo Pants Hands: Bare Feet: Boots
No, but theres a wise-*** laz0r next to you! ._.
Sorry is that was harsh.
You stay low, and aim your sights at the building across the street. Its a bricked up building with sandbags in the windows, so theres not really much to shoot at. The cunning usage of gun slits makes quite the fortress.
After a few moments, the men move up and begin to assault the building (the guys from the rubble, your leader, etc). You better hold your fire...
What do you do? __________ Name: Sam Grene Allegiance: ARA Class: Light Gunner ----- Health: 20/20 Rank: Private Level: 1 EXP: 35/100 ----- Primary Arm: M429 SAW Ammo: 80/200-200 (5.56 NATO) Secondary Arm: None Ammo: None Pack: 3 MRE, Canteen of Water ----- Head: Kevlar Helmet Chest: Flak Jacket Left Arm: T-Shirt sleeves Right Arm: T-Shirt sleeves Left Leg: Tactical-Cargo Pants Right Leg: Tactical-Cargo Pants Hands: Bare Feet: Boots
This one is going to be stupidly short. Next one will be epic, I promise.
You enter into the tunnel, and:
Two paths diverge in a darkend tunnel. And sorry I could not travel both, And be one soldier, long I stood, And looked down one as far as I could, To where it bent in the labyrinth.
Right... Or left? __________ Name: Jack Dunn Age: 22 Allegiance: ARA Class: P.I.G. ----- Health: 14/20 Rank: Private Level: 1 EXP: 130/250 ----- Primary: Silenced Mk 14 EBR Ammo: 00/10-30 (7.62 NATO) Secondary: M9 Ammo: 15/15-30 (9mm) Pack: 3 MRE, Canteen of Water ----- Head: Kevlar Helmet Chest: Flak Jacket Left Arm: T-Shirt Sleeves Right Arm: T-Shirt Sleeves Left Leg: Tactical-Cargo Pants Right Leg: Tactical-Cargo Pants Hands: Bare Feet: Boots
[/i]Do you want to rethink that? Your M9 wouldn't be too effective at that range. Sorry if I didn't make that clear.[/i]
Name: Talow Rosine Age: 17 Allegiance: UN Class: Scout Sniper ----- Health: 20/20 Rank: Private Level: 1 EXP: 30/100 ----- Primary: Hunting Knife Ammo: N/A Secondary: None Ammo: None Pack: 1 Bag of Trail Mix, 1 Pack of Jerky, 2 Bottle of Water ----- Head: Bare Chest: T-Shirt Left Arm: T-Shirt sleeves Right Arm: T-Shirt sleeves Left Leg: Tactical-Cargo Pants Right Leg: Tactical-Cargo Pants Hands: Bare Feet: Boots
"well if we go back to town we're likely to be spotted, but if we continue the way we're going, we may not find the forest... what do you think lavell..(or however you spell it)
Sorry if the post seem crappy as of late. My cousin made me this thing in Excel to calculate weapon's damage on the enemy (because they have differen't amounts of health) and some distance stuff. Its really important, especially to the sniper's, so I'm hesitant to do too much until my cousin can come over and fix it. I would try to do it myself, but I don't want to screw anything up. My cousin said he could be over in the next day or so, so it should be done soon. __________ Name: Charles Maryson Age: 34.5 Allegiance: UN Class: Assault ----- Health: 14/20 Rank: Private First Class Level: 1 EXP: 120/250 ----- Primary Arm: SA80 Ammo: 00/30-90 (5.56 NATO) Secondary Arm: P226 Ammo: 8/12-24 (9mm) Pack: 1 MRE ----- Head: Kevlar Helmet Chest: Flak Jacket Left Arm: T-Shirt sleeves Right Arm: T-Shirt sleeves Left Leg: Tactical-Cargo Pants Right Leg: Tactical-Cargo Pants Hands: Bare Feet: Boots
Oh, well in that case...
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Nah, just kidding.
You cease firing, and watch as they enter the building. Besides the noises coming from it, the town is strangely quiet. You hear a few explosions in the distance. Large explosions.
Something must be on fire, because theres some thick, black smoke rising up from somewhere else in the town. Its starting to drift towards you, and will block out most of your visiblility.
What do you do? __________ Name: Talow Rosine Age: 17 Allegiance: UN Class: Scout Sniper ----- Health: 20/20 Rank: Private Level: 1 EXP: 30/100 ----- Primary: Hunting Knife Ammo: N/A Secondary: None Ammo: None Pack: 1 Bag of Trail Mix, 1 Pack of Jerky, 2 Bottle of Water ----- Head: Bare Chest: T-Shirt Left Arm: T-Shirt sleeves Right Arm: T-Shirt sleeves Left Leg: Tactical-Cargo Pants Right Leg: Tactical-Cargo Pants Hands: Bare Feet: Boots
Lavell, so you got it right. Took it from some game developer from the text below every page.
"Possible capture, and death, if we turn back. Possible starvation if we go forward. So the choice is clear to me. Still, your call." __________ Name: Sam Grene Allegiance: ARA Class: Light Gunner ----- Health: 20/20 Rank: Private Level: 1 EXP: 35/100 ----- Primary Arm: M429 SAW Ammo: 80/200-200 (5.56 NATO) Secondary Arm: None Ammo: None Pack: 3 MRE, Canteen of Water ----- Head: Kevlar Helmet Chest: Flak Jacket Left Arm: T-Shirt sleeves Right Arm: T-Shirt sleeves Left Leg: Tactical-Cargo Pants Right Leg: Tactical-Cargo Pants Hands: Bare Feet: Boots
You go left.
The tunnel you're in is very level; it doesn't go up or down, just straigt back into the hill. You come up to a large, sturdy wooden door. You hear a lot of movement on the other side, though it could just be echoes...
Name: Aiguo Deming Li. Age: 19. Allegiance: PLA. Class: Light Gunner. ----- Health: 20/20 Rank: Private Level: 1 EXP: 0/100 ----- Primary Arm: QBB-95 LSW Ammo: 75/75-225 (5.8mm) Secondary Arm: Type 69 RPG Ammo: 1/3 (85mm Warhead) Pack: 3 MRE, Canteen of Water ----- Head: Kevlar Helmet Chest: Flak Jacket Left Arm: T-Shirt sleeves Right Arm: T-Shirt sleeves Left Leg: Tactical-Cargo Pants Right Leg: Tactical-Cargo Pants Hands: Bare Feet: Boots
I'll ask the others if they can see the machine gun firing on us.
Two paths diverge in a darkend tunnel. And sorry I could not travel both, And be one soldier, long I stood, And looked down one as far as I could, To where it bent in the labyrinth.
Lol. Our English teacher made us memorize that poem! The original, that is. Then took the other, just as fair And having perhaps the better claim For it was grassy, and wanted wear Though as for that, the passing there Had worn them really about the same
