[CHAR] Steel Dawn - Nightfall

[Skyrte]

Welcome to the Mechbay.
Here I will detail everything you will need to know about your mechs. You will also see your Squadron roster here.
Inspired by Battletech

The Pilots

Following a brutal training regimen, mech pilots are elite, skilled, strong. They are idolized by small children and adults alike. But with that reputation comes a cockiness only fighter and dropship pilots can match. There is a rivalry between the Mech Corps and the Flight Corps. Some call it friendly. Dropship pilots often drop mechs in hard to traverse locations, since mech pilots boast that their machines have the same agility as the human body. However in the end, both Corps have a deep respect for one another.
The entry program of the Mech Corps has some requirements. To be in good health and to have a particularly strong mental fortitude. The entry exam is not difficult, but the training is. Entire classes of trainees can drop out, while the best classes have an average drop out rate of 80%. One of the primary causes of dropping out is the mental strength required to become a mech pilot. To interface with a mech, the pilot needs to don a neurohelm. The neurological link between man and machine provides the pilot with a sense of balance, a sense of where the mech limbs are, etc. The neurohelm aids in piloting the mech itself, which is commanded through pedals, switches, joysticks and throttles.

The Mech

The Mech is a multi-ton, multi-meter machine of metal. Usually 20-100 tonnes, sometimes standing upwards 30 meters tall. The mech emulates the human body. A metal skeleton, covered by artificial muscle, then covered by armor. Mechs can vary in design, some stay true to the human body. Bipedal, with two arms and two legs. Other designs are more outlandish, some resembling birds, with beaks, weapon pods instead of arms, and digitigrade legs. Some mechs have hands. Others have claws. Others have no hands whatsoever, instead having large weapons where the hands would be. All mechs feature a gyroscope, an eject system, and a fusion engine, which powers the mech and its weapons.

Mech Weapons

Mechs can carry a wide variety of weapons and equipment. There are three primary weapon types. Laser, Ballistic and Missile.
Laser weapons are common for their ease of use and zero requirement of ammunition, using the mechs engine to power the weapon. The laser is a beam of light concentrated on a small surface area, using heat to damage its target. While lasers have limited range, depending on the environment, they are still popular due to their independence from ammunition and accuracy. Lasers are categorized into Small, Medium and Large lasers. Each one generating more heat, dealing more damage, having more range and being heavier than the previous type.

Ballistic weapons are used for their reliability and variation. Whereas the laser is an accurate, elegant weapon, the ballistic weapon is a crude, difficult to use in comparison, and brutish weapon. This makes it a much loved type of weapon. Ballistics range from machine guns, to 120mm Autocannons, to 460mm Autocannons, to even Gauss guns. These weapons requires the pilot to account for bullet drop, wind, target lead, ammunition count, but the pilot can load a wide variety of rounds into their cannon. Ballistics also have great range, however a mediocre effective range. With distance, armor penetration drops for solid rounds. An exception to this rule is high explosive, and shaped charge rounds, but the general rule is the greater the distance, the less penetration you are going to have.
You can generalize most ballistic weapons by giving it a designation like so, AC(#). Existing designations include AC2, a very fast firing, smaller caliber, cannon. The AC5, a larger, heavier, but still fast firing cannon. The AC10, a slower, heavy hitting cannon. And the AC20, the largest, heaviest, biggest cannon. Each AC deals more damage, has shorter range, and a slower faster rate than the previous AC. The AC20 being the shortest range, most damage dealing, slowest reload weapon. However you can still peg a guy at distance with an AC20, and still deal a huge amount of damage, if loading High Explosive and said target is not very well armored.

Missiles are the next type of weapon. Missiles are well liked for their effectiveness. There are a wide variety to missiles as well, although the type of missile is dependent on the type of launcher mounted. Long Range Missiles are as the name suggests, long range. They arc upwards to gain altitude, then fly downwards towards their target. LRMs typically require a lock on to be most effective, but their role as an artillery weapon is unmatched in the world of mech warfare. Dumbfire missiles are short range, no-lock on missiles used as a close range weapon. Dumbfires are small, fast, and dangerous, also called Short Range Missiles, or SRMs. In close quarters where they are most effective, a cluster of dumbfires can surprise an opponent, or deliver a powerful punch. All missiles are named by the amount of tubes they carry, for example an LRM-15 means that the missile module has 15 tubes, and can fire 15 missiles before requiring a reload.

Mech Equipment

Mech equipment is highly varied. Some examples are Upgraded Armor, Upgraded Sensors, Engine Upgrade. Jumpjets are also an equipment, however the mech itself must be jumpjet capable. Many light mechs are jumpjet capable, with diminishing numbers as the tonnage gets heavier.

Existing Mechs

RL-22 Journeyman, 30t Light

Name: Journeyman
Designation: RL-22 Journeyman
Tonnage: 30t Light
Height: Small, 8 meters tall.
Mech Speed: Fast, top speed of 98kph
Upgrades: Standard - No upgrades
Traits: No traits.
Combat Loadout:
Head - N/A
Center Torso - 2x Medium Laser
Left Torso - N/A
Right Torso - N/A
Left Arm - Hand. 1x Medium Laser on the forearm.
Right Arm - Hand. 1x Medium Laser on the forearm.
Left Leg - 2x Class 4 Light Jumpjets
Right Leg - 2x Class 4 Light Jumpjets
Lore: A venerable, well tested, and reliable mech. A common mech used across all of human space.
Mech Appearance: N/A

M55A4 Monarch-II, 50t Medium

Name: Monarch
Designation: M55A4 Monarch-II
Tonnage: 50t Medium
Height: Medium Height, standing at 10 meters
Mech Speed: Fast Speed, top speed of 81kph
Upgrades: Standard - No Upgrades
Traits: No traits.
Combat Loadout:
-Right Torso, 90mm AC2
-Left Torso, SRM4
-Right Arm, hand, 2 forearm mounted Medium Lasers
-Left Arm, hand, 2 forearm mounted Medium Lasers
Lore: A venerable, well tested, and reliable mech. A common mech used across all of human space.
Mech Appearance: NA

Rayman, 75t Heavy

Name: Rayman
Designation: MH12A7 Rayman
Tonnage: 75t Heavy
Height: Moderately tall height, standing at 12 meters
Mech Speed: Moderate Speed, top speed of 64kph.
Upgrades: Standard - No Upgrades
Traits: No traits.
Combat Loadout:
Head - 1x Small Laser
Center Torso - N/A
Left Torso - N/A
Right Torso - 280mm AC10
Left Arm - Hand. 1x Medium Laser on the forearm.
Right Arm - 3x Large Lasers.
Left Leg - N/A
Right Leg - N/A
Lore: A venerable, well tested, and reliable mech. A common mech used across all of human space.
Mech Appearance: N/A

Avenger, 90t Massive.

Name: Avenger
Designation: AV-744 Avenger
Tonnage: 90t Massive
Height: Tall, standing at 14m
Mech Speed: Slow, top speed of 54kph
Upgrades: Standard - No Upgrades
Traits: No traits.
Combat Loadout:
Head - N/A
Center Torso - N/A
Left Torso - SRM12
Right Torso - N/A
Left Arm - 2x Large Lasers
Right Arm - 1x 460mm AC20
Left Leg - N/A
Right Leg - N/A
Lore: A venerable, well tested, and reliable mech. A common mech used across all of human space.
Mech Appearance:

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Character Sheets

Name:
Rank: Using Naval Rank. Most will be Lieutenant, Junior Grade/Lieutenant, and one will be a Captain.
Age:
Equipment:
History:
Other: May omit/rename section. Example renaming - Existing Relations
Appearance:

Mech Sheet
Name:
Designation:
Tonnage: Weight Class. 20-35t is Light, 40-55t is Medium, 60-75t is Heavy. 80-100t is Massive.
Height: Really small to Really tall. Exact height not needed. 6 meters - 16 meters height range.
Mech Speed: Really Slow to Really Fast. Exact kp/h not needed. 48kph - 140+kph speed range.
Upgrades: All equipment is standard unless said otherwise. At most 4 upgrades.
Traits: Optional.
Exploration Loadout: The primary loadout we'll be using
Combat Loadout: For when there is a definite enemy we will be fighting.
Lore:
Mech Appearance:

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Squadron Roster
Skyrte - Captain Zapka and The Aspis, 100t Noble Hoplite
GuessWho - Lieutenant JG. Freeland and The Raptor, 35t M59 Raptor-C
Barioth - Lieutenant Volkov and The Kazak II, 55t Volk WL1
The Irish Tree - Lieutenant Oberfield and The Daytona, 50t DYT-365/4

[Skyrte]

Captain Zapka and The Aspis

Pilot
Name: Conlan Zapka

Rank: Captain

Age: 42

Equipment:
-Ares Armories Model HS-524c, forged in the vast ironworks on Mars. Designed for work in and out of a mech on extremely hazardous planets and areas.
-Ares Armories L-12h, a reliable, heavy duty laser handgun.
-Combat Knife and Survival Kit, standard issue Mechpilot knife and kit. Survival kit includes compass, analog clock, rations, matches, etc. Survival kit also includes 'The Spider', a thick metal plate that when placed on the back, becomes a light exosuit with the legs assisting you.

History: Born on the colonies of Mars, Conlan was the child of Lord Frederic Zapka and Lady Irene Zapka, of House Zapka. A known Noble family with a long history stretching back before the Mars Independence War. Praised for their vast, efficient and ecologically friendly farms. They were amongst the second wave of colonists sent to the red planet, where they like many other colonists were overworked, forced to produce materials and consume Mars' natural resources at a rate far faster than its natural cycles could replenish. When the Mars Independence War was lit, House Zapka was one of the few groups with the people to man the mechs. The first conflict to see mech and mech warfare was long and brutal, with House Zapka's pilots becoming well known on both sides. When the conflict ended, House Zapka kept the mechs that their people had piloted, passing them down from father to son as heirlooms. Although their House settled down in a life of peace and agriculture many of their sons would join the armed forces of the United Human Alliances as mech pilots, then coming back to Mars to pass down the mech.
Like many other warriors of House Zapka, Conlan was a natural. Raised with becoming a pilot in mind, and his natural mental strength high, he quickly became a target of both praise and suspicion, as a Martian, and as a Zapka. However this didn't stop him from joining the ranks of the Mech Corps.
Just before he was reassigned to the 6th Exploration Command, he participated in the Ciprian Rebellion conflict. The Ciprian System discovered a strange alien artifact, then halted all communications and trade with the UHA. A rookie Mech Battalion was sent in to investigate, they went dark as well. The UHA pulled all stops and sent in a combined arms force, with Mechs included. The battalion that Conlan was attached to. When they arrived, they discovered that the alien artifact had enslaved the Ciprians and the rookie mech pilots to its will. A large, several month long conflict occurred, with both sides suffering tremendous casualties. It wasn't until an unknown fighter pilot, during a space battle over Ciprian Prime, broke through the rebel defense lines and strafed the artifact with all of his weapons. Out of ammunition, running out of fuel and lasers doing nothing, the fighter pilot turned off his reactor safeties and rammed the relic. Destroying it with a nuclear detonation.
The survivors of the combined arms force, Conlan included was folded into several other groups to form the 6th Exploration Command, where Conlan volunteered to be cryogenically frozen. The plan was to defrost them when the second generation of crew were ready, so they would have some veterans mixed in.

Other: N/A

Appearance:

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Mech Sheet
Name: Aspis
Designation: Noble Hoplite, NHP-2a
Origin: Mars Mechworks, Mars.
Tonnage: 100t
Height: Very Tall at 16 meters tall
Mech Speed: Slow at 54 kp/h

Upgrades: Upgraded Engine. Upgraded Heatsinks. Upgraded Skeletal Frame. Jumpjet Capable.
Traits: Semi-Sentient. Inspiring. Grim Reputation.

Exploration Loadout: The primary loadout we'll be using
Head - N/A
Center Torso - N/A
Left Torso - 2x Medium Lasers in 1 weapon turret. 1x Class 1 Heavy Jumpjet.
Right Torso - 2x Medium Lasers in 1 weapon turret. 1x Class 1 Heavy Jumpjet.
Left Arm - Hand. 1x Large Laser on the forearm.
Right Arm - Hand. 1x Large Laser on the forearm.
Left Leg - N/A
Right Leg - N/A

Combat Loadout:
Head - N/A
Center Torso - N/A
Left Torso - 2x Medium Lasers in 1 weapon turret. 1x Class 1 Heavy Jumpjet.
Right Torso - 2x Medium Lasers in 1 weapon turret. 1x Class 1 Heavy Jumpjet.
Left Arm - 1x 30mm Rotary Cannon. 2x Large Lasers.
Right Arm - 1x 30mm Rotary Cannon. 1x Gauss Rifle.
Left Leg - N/A
Right Leg - N/A

Lore: The Noble Hoplite, developed on Mars in secret just before the Mars Independence War, was the very first Superheavy Mech ever developed. Typical tactics revolving around mechs centered around mobility, with most mechs being light or medium class. When the war broke out the Noble Hoplite, supported by its Medium mech brother the Hoplite, spearheaded independent martian attacks. The Noble Hoplite proved to be extremely effective, shaking the core of mech tactics with its thick armor and overwhelming amount of firepower. During the war, the UEA destroyed the factory producing the Noble Hoplite and the blueprints of the machine. For the full 20 years of the war, the Noble Hoplites became feared opponents and awe inspiring allies. However as the factory and the plans were destroyed, the knowledge of creating the Noble Hoplite was lost. The remaining Noble Hoplites were kept by their pilots, never scrapped. Now, most Noble Hoplites are parade pieces, sitting in museums, destroyed in battle or time.
The reputation of the Noble Hoplite during the war has made it both famous and infamous to this date. It became the hero and the villain for many platforms of media, in simulation games, movies, shows, books and more.
The Aspis is one of the last operating Noble Hoplites in existence, it has been upgraded constantly to keep up with the development of new technologies. It is also one of the oldest still operating mechs in the UHA, having been first switched on over two hundred years ago. Due to its age, it has developed some 'quirks', as the Engineers call it. The basic intelligence that all mechs have has grown to a slightly more advanced intellect. Its previous pilot called it similar to a small animal in intellect, and it only allows Zapka pilots to operate it. Since Conlan Zapka, it's current pilot went into cryostasis, numerous other pilots have attempted to tame the venerable mech only to be 'kicked out' and being hospitalized with a case of neural shock.
Although the mech is equipped with jumpjets, it was too heavy to really take off when it was first introduced. This wasn't much of an issue, as common strategy with the Noble Hoplite included jumping off of a cliff or dropship and firing the thrusters to provide reverse thrust. Some creative pilots even used their jumpjets to scorch an enemy behind them. Current jumpjets are powerful enough to have the Noble Hoplite lift off, although by not much.

Mech Appearance:

[Guess Who]

Lt. Jr. Grade Tavin Freeland

Character Sheet
Name: Tavin Freeland

Rank: Lieutenant Junior Grade

Age: 20

Equipment:
Sidearm
Flight Suit

History: Tavin was born in a family of engineers, in fact his grandfather had been the Chief Engineer of one of the 1st Combat Fleet's dreadnoughts. It's because of this that, when Tavin’s grandfather retired, the Captain allowed him to keep one of the M59 Raptors that were being quickly taken out of service.

Tavin’s father, while not as exceptional as his father before him, was one of the many engineers in the Mech Bay and loved tinkering with designs. Both he and Tavin’s grandfather would spend hours messing with the Raptor, trying to improve the original design. By the time they were done, not even the ace pilots of the fleet could control the beast of a machine.

Tavin's mother had died giving birth to her son, leaving his father to take care of him on his own. No matter how hard he tried, he never seemed to be able to get his son interested in engineering. No, Tavin was more interested in piloting so he tried joining the 1st Vanguard at the age of 18. While his written test scores were passable, when it came to actually sitting in the cockpit the instructors claimed he took too many risks and saw him as a danger to himself and his wingmen.

Attempt after attempt, and still they wouldn't let him in. Tavin blamed the designers for not creating a Mech fast enough to match his reflexes and was moping around the Mech Bay when he found his father and grandfather’s pet project. Needless to say, he took out for a spin… right when the ship was passing through a sudden meteor shower. One of the instructors who had spotted the small white spot passing through the space debris with ease, decided that Tavin had potential and began to privately tutor the boy until he finally passed the entrance exams.

Appearance:


Mech Sheet
Name: Raptor

Designation: M59 Raptor-C

Tonnage: 35 Tons

Height: 8 Meters

Speed: Really Fast

Upgraded Equipment: Upgraded Thrusters, Larger Ammo Reserves, and Lots of Jump Jets

Exploration Loadout:
AC2 90mm
Wrist mounted, medium lasers

Combat Loadout:
AC2 90mm
Wrist mounted, medium lasers

Lore: The Raptor was built for speed and maneuverability over anything else. Pilots that were trained with these mechs learned hit-and-run tactics and were taught to only attack in groups. As newer and more customizable mechs were designed though, the Raptor became almost obsolete and most were scrapped. To this day though, almost no mech could keep up with it in a head-on race.

Mech Appearance:

[Barioth]

Lieutenant Volkov and the Kazak II

Character Sheet
Name: Maxim Volkov
Rank: Lieutenant
Age: 37
Equipment:
MS4-B Handgun- A vintage handgun well liked for its' reliability and ease of handling. The handgun boasts considerable stopping power for its size at close distances and offers accuracy at mid-range. Has a 10 round magazine and fires solid ammunition.

WL-Mk1 "Extreme Condition" Suit- The cutting edge result of many years of research at Wolf Labs located on Earth's moon. The suit's main goal was to offer absolute protection in the extremes of high and low temperature as well as in the vacuum of space while being compatible with pilot's who have received the ALPHA surgery.

ALPHA Cybernetic Enhancement- An exceedingly painful surgery that introduces a large amount of receptors within the body's nervous system and brain. Characterized mainly by 2 sockets below each shoulder blade, where a pilot is physically plugged into the machine, increasing the performance of the machine greatly at the cost of fatiguing the pilot the more stress he places on the mech.

History:
Since his earliest years, Maxim's life was almost completely intertwined with Wolf Labs, the private research facility located within one of the Moon's largest craters. His father, Anatoli Volkov, a very wealthy war profiteer, was the primary source of funds for the facility and kept it running for the sake of selling the newly developed technology to the highest bidder, be it colonist or earthling.
With the development of new weapons and technology comes the need of willing(or unwilling) human subjects, and it was in Maxim's bad luck that he was the unneeded 7th son at a research lab scarcely controlled by any law except his own father's. Since age 4, Maxim was raised as the designated crash test dummy should his older brother, the 6th son, ever bite the dust while testing a new weapon. It was an environment without hope of escape, but for Maxim who knew nothing else, it crafted in him a sense of fearlessness and a very accepting attitude towards risk. At around 7 years of age, his older brother finally died while testing a very early prototype of Wolf Lab's first ever venture into Mech engineering. The prototype exhibited great potential until its' main gun experienced catastrophic failure and turned the machine and Maxim's brother into another crater on the Moon's surface. The failure was attributed to the pilot's inability to pilot the machine. Research was put into human enhancement surgery and Maxim was put under surgery to enhance his compatibility with the mech.
After years of training and near-death escapes, Maxim had developed an iron will and rigorously learned piloting abilities. It was decided that field testing would be a necessary stage of development for the mech so Maxim was contracted to the Earth forces at war with the colonists as a means of gaining valuable data to improve the machine. For the 21 year old Maxim, he found the most difficult part of battle the taking of another life. His own life was not worth much but the lives of others was something he could not monetize like his own. It was a moral dilemma of his for many years as he stalked the outskirts of the Earth forces' encampments, combating flanking forces and hunting fleeing rebels.
By the end of the war he had accepted killing as a fact of life but he had no taste for it, and partook in it only for the sake of duty and his own set of moral principles. It had been decided that the first finished mech from Wolf Labs and its' designated pilot, Maxim would gather more data with the 6th exploration fleet. After joining the fleet, Maxim was placed with the 1st Vanguard Mechs, and was subsequently frozen, his machine preserved until he awoke.

Other: The fate of Wolf Labs is currently unknown with the dead communication to Earth.

Appearance:


Mech Sheet
Name: Kazak II
Designation: Volk, WL1
Tonnage: 55t
Height: Medium Height. 9 Meters
Mech Speed: Moderately Agile , 76 kph
Upgrades: Upgraded Weapons Systems, Upgraded Reactor Core, Upgraded Targeting Systems, ALPHA System- Wires in the cockpit plug into the pilot's back for even more intricate control
Traits: Mysterious, Rumor-surrounded, Cannot get up on its own if it falls on its' front

Exploration Loadout:
Upper Chassis - Side Mounted Brightlights for Dark Environments, Bottom Mounted 50cal Machine Gun for Anti-Personnel use
Left Upper Chassis - 2x Medium Jump Jets
Right Upper Chassis - 2x Medium Jump Jets
Left Arm - 1x Long Range Heavy Laser replaces Arm
Right Arm - 1x Long Range Heavy Laser replaces Arm
Left Leg - Side Mounted Grenade-launcher, fires a variety of tactical explosives
Right Leg - N/A

Combat Loadout:
Upper Chassis - Front Mounted Bayonet Tusks 7ft Each
Left Upper Chassis - 2x Medium Jump Jets
Right Upper Chassis - 2x Medium Jump Jets
Left Arm - 1x Long Range Heavy Laser replaces Arm, ***1x Utility Arm
Right Arm - **1x Very Long Range Scoped Rail Gun replaces Arm, ***1x Utility Arm
Left Leg - *2xSide Mounted Smart Missile-pod Casing
Right Leg - *2xSide Mounted Smart Missile-pod Casing
*Each Casing fires a large amount of small missiles that are connected remotely and guided by the Pilot. Very specialized weapon and not used often as it is not produced regularly
**Ammo feeds into loading mechanism connected to within the chassis, ammo has no chance of catching fire as the Rail Gun's power comes from kinetic energy not explosives
***Utility Arms are small and extend from the chassis below the weapons on both sides. Have a lifting ability of about 20t, they look like T-rex arms.

Lore:
The Kazak II itself has never seen combat, meaning the entire WL1 series has never been battle tested. The WL.95 was the predecessor that underwent field trials on Mars to develop the WL1, and what is known of the WL.95 is not very much. The fact that there has only been one of each generation created meant that any information surrounding the WL Models is few and far between. The only recorded documentation of the WL series' performance available currently is the mission records of a few operations during the Mars independence movement, where detachments were sent out as a flanking force and encountered the WL.95.
-It is noted that during the operation the activity of an enemy sniper who had taken position within a wide rocky outcropping in the terrain stopped the advancement of ground forces for almost 4 days until it is suspected he/she ran out of ammunition and retreated, leaving a body count of 3 mechs too damaged to continue the flanking maneuver and 4 unable to be repaired. Enemy sniper was using some sort of guided missile system to take out forces who tried to get close.
The rest are either rumors or just gossip about the odd machine gathering dust in the hangar of the 1st Vanguard Mechs. There have been stories of deserters who were picked off by some kind of dogged pursuer as they tried to leave the battlefield as well as stories of an illusion of a mech face down in the red sand of mars, the swinging legs glistening in the morning sun.

Mech Appearance:

[The Irish Tree]

Lieutenant Rodrick Oberfield

Pilot
Name: Rodrick Oberfield
Rank: Lieutenant
Age: 32
Equipment:
.44 Wendigo-17, Standard revolver manufactured by the Westburrough corporation, known for its unique revolving chamber's inner coating that makes it incredibly hard for the gun to jam, making it reliable and clean.

Jebediah Mk 6 Environmental Protection Suit (E.P.S.), fairly reliable suit designed to keep the elements out and keep the wearer alive. Known to be one of the better E.P.S. models for cold environments. Rubber insulation in the boots also helps when wading through water, or flooded areas.

History: Rodrick was born into a relatively lower-class family in a poor scrapper town on Pluto, though his childhood would be much what you'd expect. A couple of fights, some scrapped knees, but really none of that matters to understand where Rodrick came from. The best place to figure that out would have been the Circuit. The Circuit was an illegal underground racing track that was seldom spoken of in public, but when local thugs know someone owes them a debt, that person gets to become a "volunteer" to get strapped into a mech and run around underground for some rich pig's amusement. Unfortunately, Rodrick was one such volunteer.

Forced to adapt to not crash and burn in his frame, Rodrick proved to be a surprisingly talented racer, slowly climbing the ladder to become one of the best young racers the Circuit had. But, even with his debt paid off, he was still a slave to the track. Regardless of what he'd accomplished, at that point he'd become a meal-ticket for the criminal betters, even being forced to take dives otherwise he'd find himself taking a 200 foot dive down a collapsed mineshaft. In a stroke of good/bad luck, a bust happened relatively around the time he'd turned about 29, a joint operation between the UHA Special Forces and Pluto Public Security. Despite the resistance a lot of people put up, Rodrick literally set his mech's position to be crouching and surrendered himself, tired of being a slave to a track. Answering their questions with an odd sense of honesty, he was about to get thrown in jail as well as the rest for illegal racing, but...for some reason, the caption of the UHA team offered him an ultimatum. In an almost stupid sense of irony, he would have to beat the captain of the UHA in ANOTHER illegal race, or be sent to jail. Figuring he had nothing to lose, he once again entering his DYT. Barely scrapping past the UHA in the finish line, he overcame the difference in experience with knowledge of his own machine's manueverability, and won his freedom...by that, the captain meant that he'd have him enlist for basic mech training. Or jail. Mech training sounded nice right about then.

At the age of 31, he volunteered to be cyrogenically frozen, figuring that if anybody knew how he'd basically ratted out the higher-ups in charge of The Circuit, he'd be put on ice permanently. Now he's in a new age where he's needed, ready to go out into a world where nobody knows him.

Mech
Name: Daytona
Designation: DYT-365/4
Tonnage: 50t, Medium
Height: 12 Meters
Mech Speed: 98 km/h, Fast
Upgrades:
-Upgraded Engine
-Jumpjets
-Lighter Skeleton
-Upgraded Stability

Traits: Hands, All Terrain, Fuzzy Dice

Exploration Loadout:
-Left Torso: AC5
-Right Torso: None
-Right Arm: 1x Medium Laser
-Left Arm: 1x Medium Laser
-L&R Legs: Jump Jets

Combat Loadout:
-Left Torso: AC 5
-Right Torso: Short Range Missles (SRM 4)
-Right Arm: Medium Laser (Hand Module)
-Left Arm: Medium Laser (Hand Module)
-L&R Legs: Jump Jets

Lore: The Daytona's peculiar humanoid-esque design is a leftover of the underground racing circuit they were requisitioned from on Pluto. Despite that they were actively used in what amounted to death races, quite a few were requisitioned due to their surprising usefulness in all terrain engagements and planetary exploration. Modified to be a highly mobile medium to long range engagement mech, the Daytona is suited for combat against lightly armored targets, but suffers a great deal against much heavier frames, having to rely on speed and attrition to win in most cases.

Mech Appearance:

[ShiningSector]

Lieutenant Garret Levi and the Ranger

Character Sheet
Name: Garret “Archer” Levi
Rank: Lieutenant
Age: 38
Equipment:
Combat/Pilot Suit
Tactical Machine Pistol
History: Growing up on one of several massive space colonies, Garret’s life seemed easy-going and of unremarkable quality. He had friends, had passions, and tended to drink more alcohol than he really should. After one booze-filled evening, he had found himself signed on with a one way ticket to a UHA boot camp, slowly remembering of a bet he had lost against one of his friends who joined in with him. It wasn’t till half way through training before they began to speak to each other once more.
It was at that point the Ciprian conflict broke out, pulling a sizable UHA force into the fray. While everyone who participated in the conflict saw their plentiful share of action and carnage, it was the infantryman of Garret’s company that got the unpleasant front row seat. Tragically during one fateful engagement, Garret’s childhood friend met a grisly end after pushing Garret out of the way an incoming of mortar round. The loss apparently changed Garret’s outlook on life and drove him forward with vengeful determination. Through months of long fighting, Garret had jumped through the ranks, usually ending up in different outfits, each one appearing even more mechanized with power armor and Mechs to boot.
After the conflict had been resolved, Garret had been hand-picked to live test the latest Mech from Allied Jupiter Engineering in the upcoming exploration mission he had also been selected to participate in. At first he was against piloting the machine but months of on-foot fighting and loss had took its toll on him and eventually agreed to test drive the Mech at his request for personal modifications. A year later, he agreed to be cryogenically frozen per mission parameters.
Appearance

Mech Sheet
Name: Ranger
Designation: AJE/M-88
Tonnage: 46t Medium
Height: 12 meters
Mech Speed: Fast - 90kp/h
Upgrades:
-Applied armor panels and skirt to protect fragile joints
-Mounted magazine racks
-Improved Jump Jets
-Improved HUD and visual sensors
Traits: Untested, Reliable, Stealthy, Posable
Exploration Loadout:
-Head: N/A
-Backpack Center: 4x Jump Jets
-Backpack Left: 1x SRM4
-Backpack Right: 1x SRM4
-Left Arm: N/A
-Right Arm: N/A
-Left Leg: 2x Jump Jets
-Right Leg: 2x Jump Jets
-Handheld: Rotary AC/2, Heat Knife (2 Meters in length)
Combat Loadout:
-Head: N/A
-Backpack Center: 4x Jump Jets
-Backpack Left: 1x SRM4, 1x Light Gauss Rifle
-Backpack Right: 1x SRM4, 1x Light Gauss Rifle
-Left Arm: 1x Small Pulse Laser
-Right Arm: 1x Small Pulse Laser
-Left Leg: 2x Jump Jets
-Right Leg: 2x Jump Jets
-Handheld: Rotary AC/2, Heat Knife (2 Meters in length)
Lore: The Ranger is a newer model combat Mech adapted to utilize newer technologies and tactics. Designed by Allied Jupiter Engineering as a competing Next Generation multi-role platform, the Ranger excels through the participation of reconnaissance missions, counter-insurgency and special operations, and urban warfare. Developmental focus on the Ranger is heavily geared towards an integrated neural interface and response system, promoting quick reliable and notably organic movements manifested through a more artificial muscle and biomechanical based chassis. Additionally, an experimental camouflage artifice applied to the Mech's hull armor shifts colors and patterns based on the surrounding environment to further reduce the Ranger's profile at the expense of stagnant armor tonnage.
While proving very successful through initial trials and simulations, the AJE/M-88 however has yet to see its baptism of fire in an actual live combat situation. Unfortunately due to a late technical oversight with the previously established neural input system which would have presented side-effects against its pilot, the Ranger was held back from official deployment just weeks before the Ciprian rebellion erupted. Now free of any systematic curses, the Ranger has now been fully entered into mass production.
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Lieutenant Jace Lorin and the Hunter

Name: Jace Lorin
Rank: Lieutenant
Age: 27
Equipment:
Tactical Elemental Protection Pilot Suit (TEPPS)
Designed to protect the wearer from the outside, and, to some extent, assailants, TEPPSes are also designed to be somewhat comfortable. NOMAD Ballistic Pistol
A ballistic projectile firing sidearm, it isn’t always the best in close quarters, due to its long barrel, but that is fixed through replacing the barrel with another, shorter one.
History: Jace always wanted to be a mech pilot, as did his brother. It was the latter that was supposed to join. That idea went down when he had an accident while playing with Jace. He was paralysed from the neck down. So, Jace took his place. The training course didn’t know his brother’s first name, or appearance, or anything other than his gender and surname. Everything went well for Jace, not so much his brother, who eventually grew to resent Jace. Once, confronting him with two armed men, he demanded that Jace leave the program. Jace killed his brother and the two men that night. He never spoke of him again. Eventually finding his way onto the 6th exploration command, Jace had achieved his childhood dream, at the cost of his innocence.
Appearance: 6’, medium build, light blue eyes, short black hair.


Mech Sheet
Name: The Hunter
Designation: Stalker II
Tonnage: 35t
Height: Very small, 6 metres
Mech Speed: Really fast
Upgrades: Upgraded engine, muffled servos, muffled engine, jumpjet capable
Traits: Very quiet
Exploration Loadout:
Head: N/A
Centre Torso: N/A
Left Torso: Medium Laser,
Right Torso: Medium Laser,
Left Arm: MG 20mm
Right Arm: MG 20mm
Left Leg: 2 light jumpjets
Right Leg: 2 light jumpjets

Combat Loadout:
Head: N/A
Centre Torso: N/A
Left Torso: Medium Laser
Right Torso: Medium Laser
Left Arm: MG 20mm, AC2 50mm
Right Arm: MG 20mm, AC2 50mm
Left Leg: light jumpjet, medium jumpjet
Right Leg: light jumpjet, medium jumpjet

Lore: Originally designed for ambushes, the Hunter has been built to the specs Jace requires, and has served him well. Preferring mobility over straight up strength, Jace designed the entire thing himself, based off the Stalker II class mechs.
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