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====== United Defence Directive ====== | ====== United Defence Directive ====== | ||
- | The **United Defence Directive** is the standing defence force of the colonies throughout the [[society: | + | The **United Defence Directive** is the standing defence force of the colonies throughout the [[society: |
===== History ===== | ===== History ===== | ||
- | Having being around for as long as the Unity Protocol has been gathering wayward species and their ways of life, the United Defence Directive incorporates centuries of combined technological and strategic knowledge to create a defensive perimeter around the planet Traveller and its many colonies. In particular, the Defence Directive has been the first line of defence against hostile alien invasions on the colonies. They also serve as | + | Having being around for as long as the Unity Protocol has been gathering wayward species and their ways of life, the United Defence Directive incorporates centuries of combined technological and strategic knowledge to create a defensive perimeter around the planet Traveller and its many colonies. In particular, the Defence Directive has been the first line of defence against hostile alien invasions on the colonies. They also work with colony police forces to go after pirates. |
- | Recruitment | + | Recruitment |
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+ | The UDD currently employs 850,000 non-Unit personnel, patrolling Traveller and its moons . An untold number of [[species: | ||
===== Divisions ===== | ===== Divisions ===== | ||
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The UDD allows colonies to run a citizen' | The UDD allows colonies to run a citizen' | ||
- | ^ :!: For GMs | Consider UDD Militia to be the first responders to an alien or pirate invasion making landfall on a colony. They are often the first to get their noses bloodied, and report the news higher up the chain. | | + | ^ :!: For GMs | Consider UDD Militia to be the first responders to an alien or pirate invasion making landfall on a colony. They are often the first to get their noses bloodied, and report the news higher up the chain. PCs could be part of a militia on a backwater colony holding out for reinforcements against a pirate attack. | |
==== Army ==== | ==== Army ==== | ||
- | The ground force of the Defence Directive includes footsoldiers, | + | |"Why are we fighting these things? Because they' |
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+ | The ground force of the Defence Directive includes footsoldiers, | ||
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+ | ^ :!: For GMs | The mainstay of any UDD attack, the Army is present. An easy plot to run is as an Army Squad containing PCs doing an attack or a defence against giant insects in a nearby colony of Traveller. | | ||
==== Navy ==== | ==== Navy ==== | ||
- | tbd | + | The spacefaring force of the UDD, the Navy serves as the UDD's patrol through space, the first to see new arrivals. They employ mecha pilots and fighter pilots alongside the ship's crew and armoured boarding forces to defend Traveller' |
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+ | In addition, the Navy supports ground units with artillery blasts. Ranging from precision howitzer strikes to carpet bombing patterns, or orbital beams and rainstorms of lasers. The shows the Navy's artillery ships put on are nothing short of spectacular for those on the ground, and deadly for whatever is under the designator. | ||
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+ | ^ :!: For GMs | Ideally, the operation of the Navy should be unnoticeable to player characters who are only moving from place to place. Put detail into it if players are going to be helping the ship, will be undertaking their adventure there, or are its crew. | | ||
==== Emergency Assault Division ==== | ==== Emergency Assault Division ==== | ||
- | Currently disbanded in the wake of scandals involving | + | |" |
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+ | Currently disbanded in the wake of scandals involving EAD's assets | ||
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+ | With time though, the fast and loose approach to accountability and growing corruption from deep relationships lead EAD into being twisted away from its original intentions, with some of the EAD Commanders ordering troops to attack political or personal targets, disguising the missions by fabricating evidence. When the scandals came to light, the bulk of EAD's personnel was suspended pending trials and investigation, | ||
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+ | The following Code Names of former EAD members who have appeared or been mentioned in the Roleplay are as follows: | ||
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+ | * **Anchor** (Orok Nak-Riar), // | ||
+ | * **Buzzsaw** (Angela LaForge), // | ||
+ | * **[[character/ | ||
+ | * **Driver** (Dean Bodala) | ||
+ | * **[[location/ | ||
+ | * **[[character/ | ||
+ | * **Prewett** (Harry Torburn), // | ||
+ | * **[[location/ | ||
+ | * **Toymaker** (April Zanetti) | ||
+ | * **Wrack** (Colm Masterson), // | ||
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+ | ^ :!: For GMs | Many EAD units didn't put their gun down after leaving EAD, and work as roaming mercenaries, | ||
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+ | ==== Rapid Action Combat Command Attache ==== | ||
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+ | The current special forces unit of the Directive, RACCA is the commanding branch of ad-hoc units and teams called to action when needed for specific tasks. They have similar selection patterns to their predecessor, | ||
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+ | However, the relative youth of the unit and the amount of exerted control compared with its predecessor casts a shadow over its effectiveness. The unit has green and untested personnel to work with as most of the former EAD personnel were charged or went into hiding, while the additional layers of bureaucracy for the sake of ' | ||
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+ | ^ :!:\\ For GMs | RACCA has some large shoes to fill, and they' | ||
==== Bashkarl-Altiers Mobile Force ==== | ==== Bashkarl-Altiers Mobile Force ==== | ||
- | The elite force for piloting mecha between twelve to eighteen metres tall and higher, Bashkarl-Altiers Mobile Force serves as UDD's best and brightest for large scale mecha combat in space, and urban environments. Named after the piloting | + | The elite force for piloting mecha between twelve to eighteen metres tall and higher, Bashkarl-Altiers Mobile Force serves as UDD's best and brightest for large scale mecha combat in space, and urban environments. Named after the mech pilot duo who stopped an orbital |
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+ | ^ :!: For GMs | Yes, they are BAMFs, and they wear it on their sleeves. They' | ||
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+ | ==== Section Beta ==== | ||
+ | |"Just as planned." | ||
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+ | The UDD's intelligence and analysis division, staffed primarily by Units, and computer-oriented Oddbodies and Mindeyes who are able to keep up with their peers. They rarely see direct combat involvement, | ||
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+ | ===== Equipment ===== | ||
+ | With the diverse array of equipment available due to how many civilisations have contributed their knowledge and armaments to the Defence Directive, equipment is split into broad groupings. | ||
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+ | ^ :!: **This section is incomplete! There is lots more to come!** | ||
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+ | ==== Weaponry ==== | ||
+ | The UDD's arsenal requires a vast amount of logistics to keep organised and supplied adequately. | ||
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+ | * **Handguns** | ||
+ | * **[[weapon/ | ||
+ | * **Submachine Guns** | ||
+ | * **Snapshot PDW** - A T-shaped machine pistol boasting a compact, robust stamped steel receiver and body, and a telescoping stock. Often employed by shieldbearing troopers and vehicle crews for its handy size and mobility. | ||
+ | * **Assault Rifles** | ||
+ | * **Service Rifle System** - A highly modifiable conventional rifle system, chambered in a 6.8mm cartridge. The standard main-arm of the UDD fighting force, deployed in battle rifle, rifle, carbine, and ' | ||
+ | * **Battle/ | ||
+ | * **Spotter' | ||
+ | * **Shotguns** | ||
+ | * **Jaguar Claw** - A semi-automatic cousin to the [[weapon/ | ||
+ | * **Grenade Launchers** | ||
+ | * **Rocket Launchers** | ||
+ | * **Missile Launchers** | ||
+ | * **Melee Weapons** | ||
+ | * **Survival Axe** - A light hatchet, with a hollow portion, a rubber handle, and a spike behind the axe blade. Useful for cracking through armour, or getting by in the wild. Can be turned into a makeshift torch. | ||
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+ | ==== Apparel ==== | ||
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+ | * **Riot Shield** - A five to six foot tall slab of metal and ballistic fibre, these are ideal for blocking bullets. In addition, the frontal portion of the shield is coated in a fine, energy-weapon dispersing mesh, allowing it to remain effective against lasers and electric weapons. The peephole can be covered with a hardened, transparent [[material/ | ||
+ | * **War Shield** - Built much like the Riot Shield, this round shield is two to two and a half feet in diameter, and intended for use by more mobile troopers. Some are fitted with a sharpened edge, proving the best offence is a good defence. | ||
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+ | === Uniform === | ||
+ | | :!: Image coming soon. | | ||
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+ | This fatigues of the UDD are reasonably comfortable, | ||
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+ | It is made out of a cotton/ | ||
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+ | //Colours and patterns are still being figured out.// | ||
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+ | ==== Vehicles ==== | ||
- | ===== Weaponry | + | * **Picket Jeep** - A diesel fuelled off-roader jeep suited to the outdoors. A low centre of gravity ensures the vehicle won't roll on tight turns. They make excellent reconnaissance or scout vehicles, |
- | tbd | + | * **Palisade Armoured Transport** - A six wheeled, heavy-framed urban response vehicle with a light autocannon mounted to the top. Performs admirably off-road as well, and can carry eight troops in the back with a driver and a gunner. Also great for cargo. |
+ | ==== Spacecraft ==== | ||
+ | * **Space Patrol Fantail** - The lightest of the UDD's space presence, this combat-ruggedised [[spacecraft/ | ||
+ | * Fitted with two beam lasers, and an autocannon on a turret mount - all forward facing. | ||
+ | * Can mount dumbfired rockets or point-defence systems. | ||
+ | * For how lightly they' | ||
+ | * Sometimes fitted into ultralight troop transports. | ||
===== Ranks ===== | ===== Ranks ===== | ||
- | tbd | + | The UDD has the following Rank structure. |
====== OOC ====== | ====== OOC ====== | ||
UDD! UDD! | UDD! UDD! |