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In-Character Combine and Collaborate (C&C) Group

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Combine and Collaborate (C&C)
"New Arrivals Welcome. Membership is Permanent - We Never Leave a Man Behind."

Headquarters: UNKNOWN

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Purpose: To provide "New Arrivals" to the city a guild to network, learn, and labor, with common access to a physical space, security, and legitimacy.

Are you bored? Can't find work? Just wander the city, because there's nothing to do? Combine with us, my fellow citizen. Combine, and Collaborate. We make sacrifices for the good of the Union, and serve the administration. Each Combine Dove below represents a member of our group who has fallen, and remains unnamed and disguised.

Doves of Fallen Operatives


Hans | "Fixer" | "John Smith" | "Hans" | "Doc" | "ATOL" | "And Gravy" |

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All Members are Workers. Volunteering Workers may become Operatives full time or part time, while also maintaining work as Workers (if you desire). Board Members are the policy makers of the group. All positions can be applied for. This group does not have an active leadership hierarchy. The Board makes policy, but events are led by members who take initiative and organize a given Operation. We have three basic operations: Black Ops, Gray Ops and White Ops. Apply for full briefing, additional information is restricted limited distribution with varying classification.

Basic Structure:
The Board of Trustees are not leaders. Operatives who create and manage operations are leaders. The Board, represented by the Chairman, create and decide group policy. Operatives and Workers may become board members if they desire, and demonstrate the necessary loyalty and aptitude.

Board of Trustees [POLICY MAKING MEMBERS]:
Chairman of the Board: The Frenchman​
Vice-Chair of the Board: [OPEN]​
Board Treasurer: Joe Wood​
Board Secretary: Alex​
Voting Board Member: Alex​
Voting Board Member: Abhi​
Voting Board Member: Joe Wood​
Operatives conduct group operations for the good of the Combine, the Administration, and for Fellow-Citizens.

Operatives [OPEN TO APPLYING MEMBERS]:
Recon Operative: Joe Wood​
Recon Operative: Alex​
Recon Operative: Abhi​
Recon Operative: "Lucky" Rowan​
Courier Operative: "Nevermore"​
Direct Action Operative: Mikhail "The Russian"​
Workers are led by a Worker Detail Leader, who provides manpower for Civil Protection units to perform public work details in absence of the CWU. Workers can also provide basic, rudimentary life-saving medical response in the absence of the CMU. Workers scavenge, collect, source, and build for the group to ensure we are sustained and functioning. Workers fight inaction by banding together and creating adventure and productive action for the good of the Union!

Workers [DEFAULT ROLE; OPEN TO ALL MEMBERS]:
Worker Alpha: Mikhail​
Worker Bravo: Abhi​
Worker Echo: "Frenchie" de Marque​
Worker Foxtrot: Joe Wood​
Worker Golf: Dmitry​
Worker Hotel: Elisabeth​
Worker Juliet: "O" K.​

Group Liaisons [MEMBER STATUS; BELONGING PRIMARILY TO ANOTHER GROUP]
Vortigaunt Resistance Liaison: "3-0-5-2-5"

About us: C&C began as an informal assembly of citizens with too much time on their hands, and not enough work from our benefactors to go around! Shopkeepers were over-hired or didn't want to pay for new labor, applications to the Civil Protection were closed or backlogged, the Civil Workers Union was not hiring work.... So we got together and made work. We assist the Combine in impromptu work detail when the CWU is not around. We provide security to innocent civilians in back alleyways when our benefactors are busy solving crimes and prosecuting dangerous criminals. We take on adventure. The organization gives us a headquarters element, support, legitimacy with the City Civil Administration, and opportunity to get involved.

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HOW TO APPLY!
Always feel free to approach our headquarters in Apartment RB 1 - 4. Membership is permanent. Feel free to take as much time to yourself as you like, as there is no pressure to be continuously active. To apply for a position, formally, reply to this group advertisement and submit an application with the below information enclosed:
1. Name OR Alias (Desired Codename):

2. [OPTIONAL] Loyalty Tier & Social Credit score:

3. Position you wish to apply, to include, but not limited to - Worker or any Operative Position (Recon, Courier, Direct Action), or an available Board position:

4. Please list previous employment history and your reason for applying to the above position. If none, or are a New Arrival from another city, please state "None," or "New Arrival." Please share as much biographical history about yourself as possible. The more we know about you, the better we can manage your talent.

5. Do you swear obedience to the Combine and to our Benefactors?

6. Do you acknowledge that we must all obey Civil Protection, and that working may include public work details for little or no compensation by the Civil Protection, but only for the eternal gratitude of loyalty and appreciation towards the Union?

7. Do you agree to keep the names of your fellow employees secret, not to ask too many question, to stay in your lane and do your job, but to also take the imitative when necessary? As well, do you agree to report as a crime any person found to be violating the law to Civil Protection, immediately?

8. Do you acknowledge that C&C equipment is not to be abused, distributed or mishandled as a requirement of your continued employment?

9. Are you willing to conduct legal, law-abiding, but potentially risk-prone work with no hazard-duty or extra credit pay?

10. We will conduct a background investigation. Do you consent to a lie-detection interview? Upon acceptance, you will be debriefed on your past life at headquarters, and be given a briefing with your new position. Upon briefing, your membership begins.

[LOOC] The Frenchman: DISCLAIMER. Understand that conducting a Black Operation (providing no metagaming knowledge to CP units to preserve "pure" Roleplay) may result in begin reported to an admin and that report being actioned? Being an Operative is not a requirement, and you do not have to apply. And even then, no one will force you to conduct a Black Op for the sake of "pure" Roleplay, where no chance of metagaming can occur. But, if you do, the group will serve as witnesses and fight for you on the forums. I, myself, have been banned. It is the risk we take for the greater good.

PLEASE SIGN THE FOLLOWING NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT WITH YOUR NAME:__________________________________________________________

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For the Union, For the Administration, For our Law-Abiding Citizens and Civil Protection Masters, We Combine and Collaborate (C&C).

FIGHT INACTION!


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[LOOC] The Frenchman: Please refer to the Willard Group Rules, and adhere to them at all times.

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Group Rules:
  1. Groups are not to advocate or attempt to push real life ideals onto players. Keep all ideals in character and relevant to the game world's current circumstance. Furthermore, modern politics should not be included at all. The world ended in 2001.

  2. Groups that are advertised on the forums must have a suitable amount of effort emplaced upon them. While not required to be all-encompassing, basic information such as; origins, operative strategies, basic lore, and current objectives should be included. Groups can be removed if deemed too dull.

  3. Groups must make sense within the in-server lore. No names which wouldn’t make sense during these times; such as OOC memes, that exist in 2021.

  4. If your group has 8 active members within the in-game group system; you can request your own sub-page on the forums.

  5. Groups should primarily exist as vessels to encourage roleplay both from within and without. Keep matters ICly as much as possible and avoid metagaming, as it will not be tolerated. Do not oppress other people's Roleplay above all.

  6. If a group carries any special assets or ‘property’ on the map or forums, members must maintain a degree of activity or forfeit these benefits.

  7. While antagonistic groups can form and even carry questionable ethics, be aware that groups must still abide by prior rules.

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[LOOC] The Frenchman: ABOUT US. Most of us in the group are veteran Serious HL2RP players, and we want to help new players, or even anyone interested in joining for the fun, or if you like to help new players explore and experience adventure, too! To prevent metagaming, our operations and several descriptions are redacted or not included on the forums, but I did leave one small clue on this advertisement, ICly! Membership is permanent. Consider us your Online Save Game feature. We are not a dictatorial or "Yes Sir / No Sir" style organization, although it is led by a real life Military Officer! Hope to see your application soon! Please feel free to contact me with any questions.

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There may or may not be a reference in that abbreviated name as to the nature of the group.

We certainly do our best to help and obey the Combine, and support the City Administration in order to prevent resistance fighters from creating lawlessness and disorder, like this:

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or this...

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Care to join?
 
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C&C UPDATE
1. Voting Board Member and Direct Action Operative "ATOL" was lost to us earlier this week. Rest in Peace brother.

2. Two new workers and direct action operatives have joined the organization after submitting in - character applications and passing review. Codenamed "And Gravy" and "Smiley" have joined the organization. Welcome.

3. For any members reading this post: Saturation operations are discontinued this upcoming week following the loss of "ATOL." Stability operations are the upcoming focus until the next update. Great work these past many cycles, and carry on.

4. For any prospective members, please feel free to submit an application here on the forums or in - game! We are always recruiting!

From the Office of the Chairman of the Board.

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Dunno why but this is giving me Ulster Defence force vibes

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(Me and the bois fixin to roll up on some anti-civil mfers)
 
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Group is big as shit, gottdamn

Well, membership is permanent. We don't purge people. Once you're in you're in, so you don't have to sacrifice irl issues to stay a member, or if you just want to take a break.

That's also why I keep the main post updated, and have started posting updates, so members can just come back and look on the forums real quick without having to dig around or find someone in game.

Everyone so far has applied in game. But once accepted, there's no pressure to play. Come and go as you please.

OOC, this also keeps any problems from arising. Having played HL2RP since HL2 servers pretty much came out, I've noticed that anytime players band together and try to make the biggest AND most active group, all at once, and do big things.... well other people start metagaming and find ways to bust it up and ruin the fun.

The poor Hoshi clan is the most recent example.

Dunno why but this is giving me Ulster Defence force vibes

I don't know what I did to deserve this compliment today. Thank you my good man.

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RIP "And Gravy." We literally accepted you the other day :cry:. Dove added to the main post. Would just like to reiterate to any members who happen to read this: I'd recommend focusing on stability ops rn, not saturation.

I swear, I'm banned for 1 week and people start dying in game.

Good luck gents.

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@toby I hope you get your "timeout" issue fixed in server brother. Been missing your coffee.

C&C Update:
  1. Both of our Hans died (one left the group after a month of WN inactivity and decided not to return to the server after it came back up).
  2. The gentlemen known to our members as The Frenchman has been elected by the Board to take over as Chairman, effective immediately.
  3. Following the death of one senior operative and leader of the group, and the death of one of our more covert operatives (LOOC: Departure), we are transitioning to security and sustainment operations. Briefings will be held at the headquarters to cover the scheme of operations for sustainment, given that we normally require operatives to be self-sufficient. However, the Board has decided to create a group / public reserve for supplies. Please do not add to our list of operative "Fallen Doves" throughout the next couple of weeks. That is all, thank you. Welcome back to the live server, and good hunting.
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C&C Update:
1. Our Headquarters exploded and burnt to rubble. We're working with the Vice Administrator of the District to have all the furniture and supplies reimbursed. Several Civil Protection units nearly died trying to fight the flames. Picture below is XRAY-06 dangling off the side of the headquarters apartment, seen engulfed in fire and smoke. Our room was the only one in the complex to suffer the explosion and we are investigating. Are headquarters is currently mobile and will not be re-established until the board reaches a decision and we are reimbursed for losses.

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2. We strongly condemn the recent spike in Anti-Citizen behavior across the district, seen below. These kind of actions that effectively and strongly undermine the safety of the Combine are not examples good, loyalist behavior.

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3. Following successful sustainment operations earlier in the week and the natural transition in-person to decisive operations, we will continue focusing on decisive ops with an emphasis on in-person recruitment! Please find those willing and able collaborators. Any board member can sign-of on recruitment, as long as you can vouch for the individual. Find people with interest and talent. Thank you, that is all.

[LOOC] The Frenchman: OOC applications are always open! Please refer to the template on the main page of this thread if you are interested! No restrictions, applications are open to all!

End of Message from The Chairman of the Board

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does this group allow OOC recruitment?
Yes it does! We have an application form on the main page of the thread!

Thanks for the Q Neonity, I updated the latest post to show that peeps can apply OOCly.
 
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