[quote=@Silverwind Blade]
I'll get mine up by Friday at the latest. I've got a concept for a recon/scout using a light FRAME at the moment. Probably a slightly older female, as I like to play older characters with more experience. Late 30's, maybe even early 40's; starting to move out of the peak of her performance and with a lot of stories under her belt, but still not found that one thing she feels like she 'should have' done with her career. Maybe with a divorce behind her, and a tragdy around that too. 
Not really thinking of the sniper archetype, more along the lines of sensors, commo, etc. Maybe a forward observer type role; a snub-nosed autocannon and a pod of rockets to cause some chaos while disengaging 'with prejudice', and adding my firepower to the main assault once everyhing's scope out. 
Are there any extra sensors, comms, ECM/ECCM or such I can get for my machine to add to that role? 

Also, re: the Strangereal-esque world; would it also be like Ace Combat in the way that various recognizable brands/companies are still in existence, and should we take the same pop-culture as existing too, and a broad similarity in history? (i.e., there have been world wars in the past, for example). Just getting a feel for some of the aspects of the world we're playing in. 
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There'll be an assortment of options available after the 'trial' mission so you can specialize your FRAMEs further. Also, some FRAMEs will automatically come with additional equipment (the Zaruga has ECM off the bat). It's sort of like the Panthers is using the first mission as an evaluation of its new pilots, and after their acceptance, they're free to specialize and go nuts. Veterans will have to play along, just to keep it balanced.

The corporations and brands in this world aren't necessarily based on any real names, though some may be similar. Most similarities will be coincidence. However, there are parallels in history, pop-culture and so on: (the Emarran Council's conflict with the UKE and ISS is very, very loosely grounded in WWII; NSU and SSU are vaguely like North and South America, but only in geography and name, etc.).