History Roleplay / InvasionOfTheGempire

*** [[LoudOfWar The EDS]] [[LiteralMetaphor Banshee]], a Drednought that foregoes more conventional guns in favour of [[MakeMeWannaShout short-range sonic weaponry]].

* WeirdHistoricalWar: [[UpToEleven Two, in fact.]] [[spoiler:UsefulNotes/WorldWarTwo saw intervention on both sides from the gems; Homeworld supporting the Axis and the Crystal Gems throwing in with the Allies. Played with in that this was extremely minor and Homeworld realised the Tripartite Pact was run by incompetents and lunatics, prompting them to withdraw mere hours after Operation Barbarossa began. The Crystal Gems thus did very little in the conflict and fell out of the memory of Allied high command.]] [[spoiler:[[RealLife/AfterTheEnd The Bronze Age Collapse]] meanwhile was brought about by a mass migratory conquest originating in the [[UsefulNotes/{{Hungary}} Carpathian]] [[UsefulNotes/{{Romania}} Basin]] that swept south throughout the then civilised world. Similar invasions were coordinated against India and China but none were nearly as successful, and even with initial momentum once humans widely adopted [[ColdIron iron weapons]] it was all over. The next three thousand years saw monsterkind [[TheMagicGoesAway dwindle to effective extinction]], [[VestigialEmpire Ebottonia]] only surviving by [[ColdEquation cutting all ties with the larger empire]] and [[FailureGambit faking a war with the local first nations to raise the Barrier.]]]]

** There are of course the human tanks in circulation, such as the Russian T14 Armata, Challenger II and M1A1 Abrams, among others.

sasterMapGraphic progress of the invasion so far.]] Ebott has a glowing one of these as well serving the exact same purpose.

* AlternateUniverse: The entire roleplay is built around the idea that the Diamond Authority won't fold in on itself after their deluded genocidal [[GodEmperor god-empress]] has a quick chat with some dumpy little kid in sandals, and poses a genuine and terrifying threat to all life on Earth.
** More specifically, the Directorate of Ebottonia is based on a crossover of [[VideoGame/UnderTale Undertale]], [[VideoGame/HalfLife the Half-Life franchise]] and [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]].
* ANaziByAnyOtherName: The [[ScaryDogmaticAliens Gempire]], natch.
* TheBigBoard: TheWarRoom in the prologue has one of these in the middle, showing the [[SpreadingDisasterMapGraphic progress of the invasion so far.]] Ebott has a glowing one of these as well serving the exact same purpose.

* TheBigBoard: TheWarRoom in the prologue has one of these in the middle, showing the [[SpreadingDisasterMapGraphic progress of the invasion so far.]] Ebott has a 3D one of these as well serving the exact same purpose.

* GodwinsLaw: The very first lines out of the American representative's mouth are describing the landing in Tunguska as the biggest threat since Nazi Germany. Given what the invaders are like, he's more right than he knows.

* LargeAndInCharge: On the players' side, Director Asriel, clocking in at ten feet tall. On the Gempire's, the Diamonds. Even [[TheUnfavourite Pink]] is nearly twice as tall as Asriel, and White can reach [[{{Kaiju}} hundreds of feet in height.]]

* LargeAndInCharge: On the players' side, Director Asriel, clocking in at ten feet tall. On the Gempire's, the Diamonds. Even [[TheUnfavourite Pink]] is nearly twice as tall as Asriel, and White can reach [[Kaiju hundreds of feet in height.]]

* ScaryDogmaticAliens: You'd think they were more akin to a dictatorship than a theocracy, but the sheer reverence the Authority demands for the Diamonds

* JumpedAtTheCall: [[Webcomic/Homestuck John Egbert]] not only eagerly answered the call to action, but stuck on even after Director Asriel discovered he's [[ChildSoldier only thirteen]] and [[EveryoneHasStandards was suitably disturbed]] - to his chagrin.

*** [[KineticWeaponsAreJustBetter The EDS Bombard]], a [[TanksButNoTanks self-propelled artillery piece]] with an [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill enormous 1000mm]] [[BFG main gun]] that [[HyperspaceArsenal takes up most]] [[DownplayedTrope of the vehicle]].

* ShockingDefeatLegacy: The United States did not take losing tens of thousands of soldiers to a [[DeadlyGas gas attack]] when trying to invade [[UndefeatableLittleVillage Ebottonia]].

* Godwin'sLaw: The very first lines out of the American representative's mouth are describing the landing in Tunguska as the biggest threat since Nazi Germany. Given what the invaders are like, he's more right than he knows.

* Godwin's Law: The very first lines out of the American representative's mouth are describing the landing in Tunguska as the biggest threat since Nazi Germany. Given what the invaders are like, he's more right than he knows.

The story is divided into three arcs ([[WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants though this may be subject to change]]), each one centred around a particular Diamond (or two) in which the end goal is to defeat the invasion and reverse the damage done, though that's not necessarily the end of the struggles...

* LateArrivalSpoiler: The leader of Ebottonia is an alternate [[spoiler: Director Asriel who was rescued from his canon death by a [[TimeTravelTenseTrouble convoluted series of events]] which have yet to take place in this timeline.]]

* TankGoodness: Ebott has five different 'Dreadnoughts' in service, each far larger than a normal MBT (think a P.1000 Ratte but only slightly smaller) with their own function in their war machine:
** [[AwesomePersonnelCarrier The original]] [[TechnicallyATransport EDS Dreadnought]], the primary transport of the Director and specialising in [[TanksButNoTanks personnel carrying]] and testing advanced technology that could be useful when applied to the other vehicles.
** [[KineticWeaponsAreJustBetter The EDS Bombard]], a [[TanksButNoTanks self-propelled artillery piece]] with an [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill enormous 1000mm]] [[BFG main gun]] that [[HyperspaceArsenal takes up most]] [[DownplayedTrope of the vehicle]].
** [[LoudOfWar The EDS]] [[LiteralMetaphor Banshee]], a Drednought that foregoes more conventional guns in favour of [[MakeMeWannaShout short-range sonic weaponry]].
** [[MoreDakka The EDS Hailstorm]], a dedicated anti-air platform that exchanges transport capability for several flak batteries on its roof.
** [[KillItWithFire The EDS Inferno]], a flamethrower tank that uses [[HellFire Chlorine]] [[MadeOfIncendium Trifluoride]] to incinerate anything and everything.
* TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon: Homeworld, capital of the Gempire, and literally broken into pieces as is in canon.

* ShockingDefeatLegacy: The United States did not take losing tens of thousands of soldiers to a [[DeadlyGas gaas attack]] when trying to invade [[UndefeatableLittleVillage Ebottonia]].