[quote=@Gisk]
[@Dynamo Frokane]

So the Northern Frontier is economically devastated, but physically largely untouched.

The two nations of the Western Coalition, meanwhile, were likely the main stage of the conflicts, and took the brunt of the beating.  But, as the Northern Frontier is starving, who has food and raw resources to sell?

Both factions have something to gain by keeping the peace, but it's bitter.  It sets a good stage.  

So the question here is, how did this conflict get started?  The power imbalance comes from their resources, those Elementus stones(let's get some more description on that, I think), but who struck first?  Perhaps one of the other nations couldn't pay a debt, and the Frontier decided to take what they were owed by force in the form of land.  The other saw the opportunity to join forces and the Western Coalition was born.

How does the Fourtune Region come in to play here?(Is that a typo?  Is it Fortune or Fourtune?)  I am imagining it as a sort of virgin territory in a war torn world, who is resisting the push by the other three powers to colonize it.  The other three, meanwhile, are probably fighting over this virgin land.

So what kind of mechs are we working with?  

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General bipedal?  

[img]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/97/94/e7/9794e722f9e759055a53aa98e7e240bb.jpg[/img]

Vaguely humanoid?

[img]https://a2ua.com/mecha/mecha-004.jpg[/img]

Basically humanoid?

[img]http://orig06.deviantart.net/60e3/f/2012/166/0/6/mecha_with_a_sniper_by_malcolxx-d53l6zm.jpg[/img]


Or like, various animals like zoids?

[img]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/c2/e7/9b/c2e79b48cca7f9a57d6083f89e35880e.jpg[/img]

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So just to clear up these minor issues:

It is spelled Fortune, and the truth is that they had very little to play in the conflict, with no centralised government, they couldnt hope to even make a difference in any conflict as the only ruling forces are indipendent mayors and village cheifs spread out across the reigon. They trade with all 3 other nations with the understanding that each settlement in Fortune can stay free from colonisation and neutral of any conflicts. The 3 larger nations have had nothing to gain from bullying this tiny civilastions so global relations are somewhat cool. But there has been growing fear of the amount of refugees from the other states following the war, and a few of the towns and villages are beginning to fear another possible military conflict brewing on their own state.


As far as mech design, all of the above, I'm open to a diverse cosmetic look of mechs with the understanding that unless stated they will all perform roughly with the same combat potential. Think of heavy gear meets armored core. Minus any laser sword technology. All melee weapons will be made of solid materials. Plasma/Laser cannons will be in their relative infancy in terms of weaponry.