The year is 198X.
The beautiful blue orb of Earth is under threat.
It comes not as an invader from beyond the celestial sphere.
It comes not as an unstoppable plague, leaving rotting life in its wake.
It comes not as the collapse of humankind, their recklessness bringing about their own doom in the fires of nuclear devastation.
Instead, it is the planet itself that seeks to sate its hunger with the blood of the innocent.
Monstrous creatures, strange flesh and warped with metal, have risen from the very depths of Planet Earth.
They spread death and destruction in their wake, walking disasters seeking only one goal.
Humanity's utter extermination.
Under siege by these mysterious leviathans, and their glorious works crumbling into the dust before their eyes, there was no recourse for mankind but to band together, grovelling and scrabbling in the dirt for anything that could give them a chance to survive the terrible onslaught.
They found their salvation in the man, Higini Somporn.
A man of great wealth and philanthropy, it was he who learnt of these monstrous presences on an biological expedition funded by him in the name of furthering science. It was he who, upon the realisation of the true extent the creatures' immense threat, was tasked by humanity's leaders to unite the greatest scientific minds that Earth had ever known, whether they be from the 1st World or the 2nd World or even the 3rd World, to find a way to save mankind.
Sweat. Blood. Tears. So much was expended upon this seemingly insurmountable goal, but the breakthrough came from the unlikeliest of places.
The monsters themselves.
In the aftermath of their rampages, a strange substance was discovered. A substance possessing incredible qualities, of energy beyond anybody's wildest beliefs. It was small in quantity, but the potential was too much to ignore. So under his leadership, his assembled brightest of humanity - known thereupon as the organisation of MAX FIRE - began to gather as much of this substance as they could, hoping that it would help them in their quest.
And through the power of the substance, deemed the Etherion, they built a guardian.
[ROBOT NAME HERE]
Humanity's greatest weapon. The guardian against the evil that seeks to strike them down.
Maintained at MAX FIRE'S Great Scientific Fortress of Vaucanson (name pending) in Japan, the [ROBOT NAME HERE] will fight these beasts wherever they appear, and with their destruction, seeks to bring true peace and safety to humanity.
No matter what it takes.
Yo, so you might have come by and noticed the weird title, read the above passage, and wondered: "what the hell is this?". The answer to that question is simple: this is a giant robot RPG.
A giant, combining robot RPG.
A giant, combining robot RPG where you fight against giant monsters that want to kill humanity. Simple stuff, yeah?
Anyway, you may also be wondering why there's so little specifics to everything. Why there's so many (name pending) things floating around and a complete lack of description on what the titular giant robot actually looks like and does.
Well, if there was a giant combining robot, we'll need the players of the robot components to actually work together to plan out how they want their robot to be and what it can do, right?
I wanna give more freedom to any players interested in this. The folks who want to be robot pilots can talk over how many components the combiner has, its special attacks, what it looks like, and what not. And you guys will deploy from the Great Scientific Fortress of Vaucanson (name pending), which I also want to work on with all of you guys to get a general idea of the aesthetics going.
That is, of course, not to say you have to be a pilot for the robot. Giant robots have always needed support crew - all the scientists working at the Fortress, the operators on the bridge giving warnings and making sure things are going swell, the mechanics, the chefs, a backup pilot or two who do other odd jobs when not filling in, and the Chief Scientist in charge of commanding the fortress (yes, I want a player to play them, because you guys would feel more actively trying to murder me and the monsters I throw at you for justice).
Essentially, give you guys more freedom to craft things out in your fight against the monsters.
And if all goes well, maybe more, but for now, I wanna see who's up for something like this?
