Breaking Point (Mecha RPG)

[Caasicam]

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Female


Arsenal Walker Pilot/Second Lieutenant


Standing at about a meter seventy, though rarely reaches that as a result of less than ideal posture. Her build is slight enough to be somewhat obscured under her pilot’s uniform, moderately toned from an active lifestyle rather than any specific focus on form. Her features are angled, though smooth enough to prevent a sharp, gaunt look to them. Inky eyes peer out from her russet complexion, with dark freckles spreading out across her nose and cheeks. A mess of thick chin-length hair frames her face, stark white and silvery

A thin, pale scar traces down from her hairline to just above her left eye, and a similar scar runs along the underside of her forearm on the same side.


Laconic, though more quiet as a result of being more content to listen and watch than any sort of shy or antisocial tendencies. Quite the opposite, she prefers the company of others and tends to get antsy if left up to her own devices for too long. Enjoys testing herself, something which translates into a mild streak of competitiveness from time to time. Avid stargazer, prefers nighttime on Earth.


Intelligent and adaptive, great when thinking on her feet and works well under pressure; all traits which warranted her selection as a Walker pilot. As long as something’s got engines and a throttle, she can get it flying. While mechs the size of buildings aren’t exactly her forte, she’s catching on quick. Trained in combat


L7-S pistol. Federation Navy standard sidearm. Designed for use in zero-g and low gravity environments, works perfectly well in standard atmo at 1 g. Pilot’s kit and survival gear. A few extra personal tools.


Nova was born in the Lunar city of Tycho, one of the larger settlements on the Moon which had grown around a Federation naval base established in the location. Initially little more than a drydock and R&D facility, by the time her parents had arrived it was a thriving city in its own right, with a permanent population of nearly a million. Her father was an officer in the Navy, and her mother an engineer. Both extremely dedicated to their work, up to, and even after, her birth. This lead to a somewhat distant relationship with her folks from a young age, which they viewed as necessity rather than a disservice, and her early life was spent around all but strangers. Not that she minded all too much at that point, being fiercely independent.

Her father had retired from the service in her early teens, fostering a love of anything and everything that flew that she had inherited from both her parents. A combination of hard work for exemplary marks and a few strings pulled by her father got her accepted to the military academy a year early. She graduated with a degree in aerospace design, following in her still-absent mother’s footsteps, and was nearly completed training to be a navy pilot, specializing in deep space combat fighters, the same kind being developed at the military installation right in her home city. Her combination of qualifications on building and flying spacecraft landed her a position as a test pilot on the R&D department there, where she spent four years designing and flying the next generation of combat craft.

It was, of course, no surprise that she lept at the chance to pilot one of the Federation’s flagship pieces of technology. While her time in the cockpit of an Arsenal Walker, both real and simulated, was limited, the Raptor offered her a new challenge. She was only recently brought into the program, and transferred to the Earth-side city of Horizon, which has its own unique challenges for the Lunar-native.


Having lived nearly her entire life in the artificial and microgravity environments offworld, she can tend to be a bit clumsy on Earth. Has more experience flying in a vacuum than atmosphere, and the lack of freedom of motion leads to her alternating between piloting too cautiously, or forgetting and nearly ripping wings off of things.

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FAW-022


Carinae


Sleek, lithe, and very much the mechanical incarnate of the birds of prey the class of Arsenal Walkers were named after. In walker mode the Carinae has the same form as other Raptors, though the exterior plating has been slightly altered. The armor is comprised of flat plates that give it a faceted appearance. This, in addition to the saw-tooth pattern which some of the plates terminate to, greatly reduces the sensor signature of the vehicle, while still maintaining a comparable level of protection, however this comes at the cost of increased weight. The cranial unit has also been modified, the front end tapering to a trapezoidal end with a single blue sensor directly front. A secondary sensor sits above the first, further back. The while in its bipedal form the Raptor’s wings run in two pairs along its back, flanked by rows of thrusters, the engine ports inlaid with the surface of the paneling.

The craft has a broader, flatter silhouette than most Raptors while in fighter mode, with larger wing and control surfaces facilitating better maneuverability at dogfighting speeds, though at the expense of maximum achievable velocity.

The Arsenal Walker is an unpainted matte gray, with the blocky lettering and printed codes still visible from assembly.


Twin barrel 60 mm caseless autocannon, equivalent to a mech-sized rifle. Fires high velocity, low-caliber tungsten carbide rounds that are specialized in armor piercing via a detachable belt feed mechanism. In mech form this takes the shape of a compact bullpup rifle, the feed and ammo store located in the same arm. In jet mode it runs the bottom length of the fuselage, partially covered by body paneling, barrels located to the right of centerline.

Two 20 mm gatling guns, firing HE rounds for use in antipersonnel and point defense roles. They’re mounted on either side of the mech’s cranial unit in walker form, and just behind the canopy when in flight.

Able to carry up to eight long range air-to-air or air-to-ground missiles in covered munitions bays on the lower left and right of the hull, though the bays can fit nearly twice as many if smaller, short range missiles are used. Heavier missiles can be mounted to the underside of the wings, though this dramatically decreases the craft’s stealth capabilities and speed, in addition to preventing transformation to Walker mode until the warheads are fired.

A pared-down version of a Warrior’s standard heat blade is the Carinae’s only melee weapon.


As with all Raptors, it is lightly armored compared to most Arsenal Walkers, and has to rely on speed and agility to avoid damage. This, on top of its pilot’s relatively unfamiliarity to piloting anything with more than 0 legs can make life difficult for the mech and its pilot.


Nova Marcus

[Krayzikk]

Not addressing these completely in order, as some are easier to handle than others. Any verdicts rendered are also pending discussion with my Co-GM, in the event that he sees something I do not, but they're probably about 80% final.

@Caasicam has already talked to me, so barring any changes, you're good to go.

So this is my draft (and possibly final) sheet. I've taken a custom mech, so hopefully I've filled out that section to the GMs satisfaction.

If there's anything that's unclear, don't hesitate to let me know (really). I wrote the majority of this at about 3:00 am, and finished it at 1:40 am the next day, so it's absolutely going to have some things wrong.

Yeah, I know the RP official thread isn't up, but I just wanted to put this to the community as well

Colin Kitshin

Basic Info

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Name: Colin Kitshin
Age: 55
Sex: Take a wild guess
Appearance: Body wise, he's quite well muscled due to constant working. He's almost always covered in soot, steel shavings, grease, cuts, burns, and sweat. Unless he wants to make an effort, of course. His clothes are never polyester, because they'd melt and get ruined if they were. They're also almost never clean.

He has short brown hair that's beginning to go grey, a gruff beard, and sunken cheeks. His eyes are blue, but people have a hard time noticing that, because they're too busy noticing the soot all over his face.

Personal Info

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Profession: Mechanic/Engineer. He worked on a few early mech models, and as such has a very thorough understanding on how they work, and how they can be modified.
Personality: Colin is a bit of a loner, but only because machines take up the majority of his life. He tends to be rather carefree, until one of his machines are involved. He gets so overprotective of his machines that if you damage one, you can expect to pay for the damages in more than just money. He's calm, but not exactly collected. His mind is constantly wandering between ideas, unless he's actually making one. He attributes his mechanical skill to his overactive imagination, and can calculate the exact way to install most modifications in his head, without the help of blueprints. He will always use a blueprint though. Just in case.
History: He was born to a middle class family which has a long history of engineering through his mother's side. He likes to think that his mother was the one who brought him up to love steel and grease. In his teenage years he was building small robots for "Robot street fighting", and winning regularly. He dabbled in speedbuilding there, too. As he approached his 20s he started to take mechanics more seriously, and started working for the family mechanics business when he wasn't doing study for his engineering degree.

Later in life he was hired to work on mechs, which he continues to do to this day. He works on other things, but mechs are a very good source of income. Services, modifications, and repairs rake in the majority of his income. And while he doesn't like to see a mech trashed, he loves to work, and he loves a pile of scrap steel.

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Equipment: Most of his equipment is top of the line powertools that he carts around in his ship. He believes in hand made quality, and currently owns a propane forge, a drill press, a linisher, a bench grinder, several welders (MIG, SMAW, and TIG) a drop saw, a steel roller, several handheld power tools (like angle grinders), and a 150 year old german style anvil which is still very solid and usable.

Other than his extensive range of tools, he also possesses his customised Bluecaster Cargo Jet, which is a one man cargo ship. It's fitted with a cargo hold, a bunk, a cockpit, and a leisure room. Its size allows it to get to smaller areas without an issue while carrying all the gear he needs to fix shit. As for weapons, it boasts a pair of custom artillery cannons that utilise automated tracking technology, and oddly large breech magazines. He also owns (and regularly plays) a sitar. He isn't Indian, but he enjoys playing this instrument.

On his person he rarely carries more than a water bottle, his info tablet thing, and his wallet. There just isn't any need for it.
Skills:

• Engineering, manufacturing, and mechanics are his main skills. He's worked as an engineer all his life, and even helped to finalise some of the mech models currently used today. He's really quite good at it, and does contract work to the highest bidder. He isn't famous as such, but is highly regarded within the engineering community. He has a slight focus on the practical side, but recognises that theory and planning are both incredibly important.
• Business and Finance: He's run his own business for 30+ years. He knows how this works to a passable extent.
• Piloting: By no stretch of the imagination is he a virtuoso at this. He can do it, though. Not particularly well, but not disgustingly badly either.
• Household upkeep: He figured that if he had to run his own life, he'd better do it well. He's an alright cook, rather tidy, and is sure to have a spare mattress around.
• Sitar: This West Asian instrument was very interesting to Colin. He liked it for how different it was, and its timbre. He plays it for about an hour a day if he can, and is rather good at it. He has a basic understanding of the music theory behind it, too.
• In-Mech Repair: He has his own small mech, which he has removed all weapons from in favour of tools. He has outfitted it with multiple custom tools for repairing other mechs, and in a way could be considered a mech medic.

Weaknesses:

• Lack of combat experience: He's had experience in repairing during combat, but hardly ever fights.
• Whimsical: He gets lost in ideas a bit too often. He zones out in non-stressful situations, which can cause some conversations to turn awkward.
• Unrefined: While the machines he makes are ornate, beautiful, and functional, he is very rough around the edges. He has no sense for manners, and can inadvertently put people off because of that.
• Recluse: He tends to hide from the outside world in his workshop, where he controls everything. He isn't totally oblivious, but frequently misses out on the small details.

MedMech

Base Model: A custom mech built by Colin himself. He considers it his magnum opus. It boasts a dual reactor, an elegant cooling system that was modeled off our very own ability to sweat, hand forged armour plates, twelve storage compartments, extra long leg pistons to allow for height gain, a set of overdriven leg pistons that allow for faster running, and no weaponry at all.

The Dual Reactor is to compensate for the overdriven legs. The cooling system uses thermometers and tubing to pump coolant to sections of the mech that rise above 30C. In the storage compartments he houses myriad grades of steel in different stock specifications. Lots of sheet stock to patch up armour breaches. He features an extra four pistons wherever he needs any pistons at all in the legs of the MedMech. These extras are powered by his spare reactor, unless he has only one reactor avaliable. If this should be the case, they are not powered and the spare reactor will route power to the main pistons instead. Because this mech is very short, it can gain extra height through its leg pistons. It can add 8 meters to its height with this method.

Within the cockpit, the pilot has access to a button and lever interface, with the more common controls in the center and the less common towards the side.
Armaments: None. He has fitted the mech with tools instead, to allow him to repair other mechs. The way they are mounted allow for three tools per arm, and these tools can be changed in the hangar. Usually he will go with a grabber on each arm, a welder, a belt sander, a grinder, and a cutter.

It does possess thick armour around the more vital regions, though. This was a deliberate choice from Colin to reduce damage, due to the fact that he can't shoot back. He has implemented a feature where he may close some of the armour plates together and render the mech partially invulnerable, with an extreme sacrifice to maneuverability. It also tends to use much more coolant in this mode due to the lack of 'vents' between the armour plates.
Weaknesses: The obvious one is the lack of fighting capability. The other big weakness is a small size and large mass, due to the spare steel he carries and his thicc armour. This causes it to eat slightly more power when it's moving, so it can drag that extra mass around. (it's worth noting that it's still lighter than a regular mech, but heavy for its size.)

Designation: He has fondly named it MedMech, and refers to it as Mac for no reason in particular.
Appearance: The MedMech is usually the shortest mech around, standing at a tiny 10m tall. It hasn't been painted, but Colin keeps it well poished, and it can look quite pretty and shiny in the sun.
Pilot: Colin Kitshin

@Strange Rodent

Looks good! Nothing I need you to change, just a couple of things to bear in mind. As, presumably, a civilian contractor for the Federation a bunch of what he touches will be buried under a mountain of nondisclosure agreements. And at fifty five, he's pushing the upper end of who you might see on a battlefield even with humanity's longer lifespan.

I like the MedMech. Just bear in mind that at that size its two reactors, while more then sufficient for it, are probably significantly smaller than what's in use on a Walker. As he developed it himself, it bears more similarity to civilian-use machines than Walkers. Which also means there aren't any issues with how it fits in the dev timeline, so you should be good to go.

Arno Gheorge

Name: Arno Gheorge [jee-YORG-eh]
Age: 20
Sex: Male
Profession/Rank: Engineer, Pilot, Billionaire-Playboy-Philanthropist
Appearance: WIP

Personality: A bit of a snarky bastard, Arno is confident, talented, and kind of full of himself. Having been raised on the praises of his talent and genius, Arno is a self-proclaimed prodigy of design, engineering, and even piloting. This makes him rather difficult to work with, his arrogance and eccentricities often rubbing everyone around him the wrong way. Still, underneath all the arrogance and snark there is genuine talent and potential to be found. Arno's ideas and designs are often quite brilliant but with the kid himself lacking the proper discipline and experience to execute them properly.

Skills: Designing and engineering. He might even be a good pilot too if he pulled his head out of his ass and trained properly.
Weakness: Arno is kind of an arrogant ass. That fact alone makes him hard to work with. Beyond that his family name has also earned him the hatred and ire of all the many enemies his family has accumulated.

History: Born to the ultra-wealthy Gheorge family, Arno was the very picture of a privileged life. Enjoying any and all luxuries his rather high class status afforded him, this made Arno grow from an entitled kid into an arrogant young man. It wasn't as if anyone was in any position to argue. Arno was the son of the famous (or infamous, depending on who you ask) Krim Gheorge, the current CEO and President of Asgard Industries, a well-known weapons manufacturer first founded by legendary weapon designer Sterkenburg Gheorge. Sterkenburg was a man who had a passion for the legends of gods and monsters, and that passion followed him into the founding of his company, which he even named after the kingdom of Odin himself. Asgard was producing weapons long before the advent of Arsenal Walkers, even as far back as the founding of Armstrong. For Asgard, AW's are just another market for them to dominate. They haven't officially produced any Arsenal Walkers of their own yet, but everyone knows it's just a matter of time before they do, and for now most people in the industry are simply watching and waiting to see what Asgard has in store for the Earth and the Colonies.

As for Arno, as a boy he at times could very bright eyed and full of ideas. So much so that Krim would practically give the boy free reign to sketch those ideas into what would later become the blueprints of Asgard's next generation of weapon designs. However, Arno was not Krim's only son. His elder son, Dorian, was by birthright the actual heir of the company. And yet Krim could not deny Arno' greater talent for design, and so while he groomed Dorian to take control of the company's business affairs he groomed Arno to become its chief designer and engineer.

As the anniversary of Dyson's founding draws near, the two brothers have been sent to Horizon in the hopes of brokering a business contract between Asgard Industries and the Earth Federation. In truth, Dorian is the one slated to do all the talking and negotiating. Arno's presence is merely to help pitch some of their latest designs, and Arno himself may or may not also be using the trip as an excuse to enjoy a vacation of sorts. It is Panama, a rather nice vacation spot after all.

Equipment: WIP

@Double

A WIP, I know, but I don't have any issues so far.

Liam Zachery

Name: Liam Zachery.

Age: 24

Sex: Male

Profession/Rank: Pilot, combat specialist and Lieutenant within the Federation.

Appearance:



Personality: Liam is a rather stubborn man who has a strict way of living seeing as how his whole life has been within a military type of lifestyle. On duty he follows orders and protocol to the dot and rarely questions them as he has found it to be much easier to do so. He is a determined and loyal soldier of the Federation that will do almost anything to secure victory. He is very attached to his fellow pilots and has found a strong brotherhood within the ranks. Though they joke about his cold attitude and uncaring appearance he still enjoys his time with them.

Off duty he is surprisingly more approachable as he lets his strict military appearance lower enough to relax. Though he does spend a lot of his off time to train his skills and do a bit of work on his Walker and has been labeled by some to be a workaholic. When he isn’t working on himself or his Walker he mostly just sleeps or talks with his fellow pilots.

Skills: Combat specialist, excellent pilot, surprisingly decent cook, intel extractor (A.K.A expert in torturing people for information.) and finally a good reputation within the ranks of the Federation. Thanks to his decent reputation he adds a good moral boost to his fellow soldiers of the Federation. He is even trusted with certain missions from the higher ups that require skilled soldiers.

Weakness: Is blindly loyal to the Federation and would follow any orders given to him, even if they are not morally correct.

History:
Liam was born through the flames of conflict, well not literally, but that’s what he was told as he reached a certain age of learning to talk and walk. Liam barely remembers his life before, but it never mattered to him as he simply focused on surviving within the harsh mercenary group known as Venom. He was raised by the youngest pilot, Jackson. Liam remembers him fondly as an excellent soldier and teacher. Though most would consider him a rough father seeing as how he personally taught Liam through brutal trainings that on a few occasions have nearly taken Liam’s life. As it was a hard start in life, Liam always finds a smile on his face as he thinks back on it.

As he grew within the group he witnessed many questionable deeds committed by the mercenaries. Raids, kidnappings and even plain mass slaughter. It has always given him an unnerving feeling in his gut as those memories returned to him, but he simply shrugs it off and tells himself there was nothing he could do. As he reached the age of twelve he was finally given his first job within the group. The assassination of a corrupt businessman that had went back on his deal with Venom. It was a simple job for Liam really. All he did was bribe his targets bodyguard and have him escorted to a rather shady part of the city. As they reached the location Liam revealed himself and gunned him down. After that the targets now ex-bodyguards simply reported to be caught up within a gang related shooting. Liam never really thought much of it, but all he knew he had gotten the job done.

Though he could only enjoy the feeling of a job well done for a brief moment. As he was returning to his Venom he was not welcomed with acknowledgement for a mission well done, instead he was welcomed by chains and beatings. He had been sold to a rather rich buyer within the human trafficking business. He fought with all his strength to resist and even called out to Jackson, a man he admired as a father, but felt his heart drop as he saw Jackson simply accept the payment from the buyer and give an uninterested glance his way before turning away. Defeated and sold as cargo Liam felt his world crumble before him as he was stuffed away in a cell. It looked like he was going to be just another slave, but before the ship he was on could reach its destination it was attacked by a Federation battleship. After what felt like hours of fighting a blast freed Liam from his cell and with a burst of energy he made his escape.

Sadly his escape wasn’t as simple as he would have wished for and was greeted by a group of slavers. With his training and instincts he snatched up a sharp piece of metal that had been blown away from the blast that freed him and charged his captors. Liam still can’t remember what happened after that as he blacked out and regained his senses standing above several slavers corpses. Luckily the Federation was able to capture the ship and found a bloody Liam sitting on a corpse, waiting for them with an expressionless face.

He was quickly taken in by the Federation and after he had revealed his past and skills a few of the higher ups decided he would make a fine addition to their forces. From there he was trained and treated as any other soldier. It took him awhile to get use to things, but now Liam serves within the Federation proudly and with a whole new sense of purpose. His hard work and determination has earned him a name within the military and has even gained the trust of his fellow soldiers. It is clear to Liam now that this will always be the place for him.

Hound

Arsenal Walker:

Base Model*: FAW-007[G] Warrior with a bit of weight added to it. An extra layer of armor has been added to the more vulnerable parts of the Walker and more room as been made to store additional rounds.

Designation: Hound.

Appearance:

Hound

Armaments: Standard battle rifle with armor piercing rounds, a desert eagle like pistol named “Show Stopper”, a thick and heavy survival knife and finally a heated machete.

Weakness: Is heavy and slow due to an extra layer of armor and equipment.

Pilot: Lt. Liam Zachery.

@Raider Dog

No issues with the Hound, and just a couple of things with Liam. Bear in mind that the Federation has been at peace for nearly a hundred years. Small skirmishes with nations that refuse to join, of which there are a few, but nothing large scale. Anything undertaken while he was a mercenary would mostly be in those sorts of areas, and almost certainly of the extremely illegal variety.

Unless he went to college, he'd be enlisted or an NCO. Yuna's a good example, or depending upon duration of service he may have made it up to NCO as a Warrant Officer.

Tweak that a little bit, remember to bear in mind the political climate for his history, and you should be good to go.

Lt.Travis Ryder

"If it's worth blowing up once, it's worth blowing up a lot."

Age: 42

Sex: Male

Profession/Rank: First Lieutenant

Personality: Travis is a courageous, if not reckless, soldier who's more comfortable around his allies than operating solo. A cheerful man who enjoys encouraging his teammates or regaling tales of glorious combat in his down time, especially with the new recruits. As much as he is openly happy and friendly, he also has a bad side which you really only see if you've pissed him off. He hates uptight people, and especially those that are so far up themselves that they get a constant view of their rear end. A strong, capable man who stands by his allies' sides no matter the dangers. The only thing he doesn't go out of his way for is being a dick. Other than that, he'll always protect his comrades and always try and cheer up those who are down.

Skills: Travis is not only a strong pilot but is physically strong too, always helping with the heavy lifting of equipment and machinery, which is a surprise considering his age but he keeps this up with regular training, sheer determination and pure motivation. Being from a military background, he's also well versed in infantry weaponry in case he's ever caught out of his mech in a combat situation. Outside of his professional work, he's unbeaten at arm wrestling among the personnel.

Weakness: For starters, his recklessness. It's a godsend that his mech is so resilient. If he can make it, he happily blocks shots for his allies. While it's brave, it's stupid too. He puts himself in unnecessarily risky situations because of his desire to protect everyone. The marks show on his mech. He also can't stand being alone. Loneliness is an unsettling feeling for him, and would rather be socialising with friends than being solitary.

History: Travis was born in a military family, with both of his parents having served in the army. It was only a matter of time before Travis would join too. From an early age, Travis was taught how to use firearms in a safe, controlled environment. More importantly, he was taught the moral weight of actually using a gun and how it's a tool for evil as well as protection. It was part of the reason he managed to get fairly decent with guns and respected their power equally. His upbringing was fairly normal until he entered college. His athletic ability managed to get him a scholarship in American Football, while he studied Criminal Justice as well. Travis was most noted for his work-horse ethic, both in Football and his studies.

However, as soon as he graduated, Travis enlisted in the Earth Federation Army. Truth be told, he only went to college on his parents' recommendation so he could move up the ranks a bit easier. He made it through the training very easily, however, in psychological evaluations, it was noted that Travis was headstrong and first to jump in to danger. However, passed he did, and he spent the next 6 years as part of the infantry division. He had to learn the hard way for getting over his initial recklessness. Making a charge in the battlefield, his fellow squadmates followed and they were cutdown. Only Travis made it through the charge, and when he looked back, he saw all of his allies dead on the ground. It was the first time Travis felt truly alone, and he realised that he couldn't just barge his way through every problem anymore.

He got his head straight and became a lot more responsible in his duty as a soldier. The sudden turn around earned him merit to rank up to Lieutenant over the years. However, he's turned down every promotion since. He was adamant on staying on the front line, no matter how. His boots on the ground experience and determined mindset made him a successful candidate for the first iterations of AW's. Over the next 15 years, he got to see the evolution of Walker technology and pilot them. With this experience, he's now a paragon of pilots in the Federation and sets the bar in what it takes to be determined.

Equipment: He keeps his dog tag around his neck from his days of being a part of the infantry. He's almost always has a pistol at his hip and a carton of cigarettes.

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Base Model: FAW 016 Gunner

Designation: Guerrila

Appearance: As specified in the picture above, apart from a few aesthetic differences. The color is the same but Travis managed to get
decals put onto it as a special request. There's a skull right on the chest, as well as a tally on the left arm shield panel which is counting the number of HVTs he has destroyed.

Armaments: The modular design of Guerrila allows Travis to pick his loadout from mission to mission. However, he's usually boasting the impressive twin railguns on either shoulder to blast enemies with 150mm rounds. As well as this, Travis prefers to take the rotary gatling gun to shred apart hostiles. However, he's able to use the 25mm rifle or a 550m missile launcher. It all depends on the situation. Travis ensured that the hands were outfitted with spiked knuckles for hand to hand combat if the situation arises, as well as the deployable leg armour which he can choose to bring or not

Weakness: The Guerrila is a very slow moving Walker. With the impressive armour and weaponry it carries, it has to compensate for all that weight somehow. It would never keep up pace with a Raptor or a Scout. This immobility can be quite the drawback, but it's Travis's style. Also, while the modular design is helpful for adaptability, the Guerrila can't change it's style on the fly so it's locked into what it brings with each deployment.

Pilot(s): Lt. Travis Ryder

@GingerBoi123

Looks good, my man. Only thing to tell you is a reminder that as infantry, he would've mostly handled some skirmishes if he was assigned to a more contentious area. As a Walker pilot, there haven't been any Walker-to-Walker combat scenarios yet. For real. Plenty of sims and practice skirmishes, just nothing that has seen real world application yet.

Yuna

Name: Yuna Matsuo

Age: 23

Gender: Female

Occupation: Enlisted, Sergeant

Appearance: Short and small would sum up Yuna's physical features, at just a hair under 5' 2"(157cm), she certainly doesn't size up to most. This small size belies a well-trained body that's surprisingly dense and strong. Black hair and brown eyes complement a round face that almost doesn't seem to match with her body.

Equipment: Standard sidearm pistol, combat knife, comlink, a camera, and Kenkaku(her Walker).

Skills: Hand to hand combat skills tested high, and she enjoys photography when she's not on duty (and sometimes when she -is- on duty as well). Aside from that, she loves to play sim games (in which she's ironically a better shot than in her real job.)

Personality: Upbeat, and generally unworried about anything in particular both on and off the battlefield, Yuna embodies going with the flow, tending to be more reactive than proactive in her life. she's outgoing and charming, if a little too forward at times, but it's hard to find her without a smile on her face.

Bio: Born in Japan, but having lived most of her life in West Coast America, Yuna doesn't fit culturally in her boundaries. Her family went to America to try and raise her without some of the more restrictive societal norms of her home country. As such, she's grown up knowing a bit of both lives, and doesn't fit one established culture or the other. Which suits her just fine.

Weaknesses: Her tendency to move in to attack at close ranges has left her with lacking skills in ranged combat, and her devil may care attitude has resulted in her Walker taking heavy damage more than once, to the dismay of the techs in charge of keeping the machine running. This attitude has also made some relationships falter due to her partners not feeling particularly connected to.



AW Profile:



Base Model: FAW-007(G) Warrior

Designation: Kenkaku

Appearance: Kenkaku is a walker heavily modified at the behest of Yuna to do one thing very well: Attack. To this end, the Walker has been modified to be faster and stronger than it's regular counterparts, at the expense of armoring. The frame is as aerodynamic as can be made of the humanoid form to reduce drag when sprinting, with heavily upgraded thrusters on it's body and heavier, stronger servos, Kenkaku can get in, hit hard, and get out in a very short amount of time. Its primary sensor array is helmet-like, harkening back to the Sentai series of years past, and with it's brilliant white and blue coloration, it fits the look. Draped from the shoulders is an immense machine-woven piece of flexible material, resembling a scarf. Yuna claims this long attachment draws the eye and distracts an opponent long enough to get in close. Whether that's true hasn't been tested, but the adornment hasn't impeded the Walker's ability to function in any way, so it's been allowed. For now.

Armaments: One heat upscaled horseman's axe. One downsized buckler-type shield. One Shotgun with slug and scattershot ammunition. Two high capacity smoke grenades.

Weaknesses: The stripped armor leaves Kenkaku nearly as lightly armored as a Raptor, and its lack of true ranged weaponry means that anything able to keep Yuna at a distance will very likely leave her defenseless.

Pilot: Yuna Matsuo

@UltimoScorp

Looks fine. Same reminder as everyone else, Walker-to-Walker hasn't happened for real just yet.

Hider

Character:

Name: Eun Mi Steinbach
Age: 60, looks like in her 20's thanks to anti-aging enhancements
Sex: Female
Profession/Rank: While officially just a Captain, She is the right-hand and wife of Arthur Steinbach, leader of the Steinbach Legion, a former mafia organization turned legitimate and autonomous mercenary arm of the Earth Federation Walker Corps (something like the French Foreign Legion).
Appearance: Eun Mi is half-Asian, half-White, that appears to be in her 20's thanks to anti-aging enhancements.

Appearance

Personality: Cunning, Capricious, Calculating, Manipulative, yet at the same time, Humanistic, Romantic, and Open-Minded. Often compared to P.T. Barnum.
Skills: She is a distinguished pilot, leader, businesswoman, and negotiator. While she has extensive skills from her old trade, she had long turned her back from such practices, using them only when necessary.
Weakness: She is a capricious and a fraudulent liar whose real loyalty is money.
History: Eun Mi's story is in a nutshell, a "Cheng I Sao in Space" story, kidnapped and raised as a prostitute by the Markhov Syndicate, a mafia organization, from a young age. With her body re-engineered for such specific purpose, it seems like she has no opportunity for growth, but that changed when she met Arthur Steinbach, leader of the Richthofen & Churchill Confederation (named after the decommissioned long-range patrol vessels, Manfred von Richthofen and Winston Churchill, and the precursor to the Steinbach PMC), a rival mafia organization. She was rescued by Steinbach, who saw potential for her as his accountant and organizer, the brain to his brawn, something she is surprisingly very good with, and helped make the organization grow as one of the largest crime organizations in the known universe. The two became lovers, and were eventually married. Unfortunately, Arthur Steinbach was captured, and was rumored to be hanged, by the Red Guard Triad, the largest crime organization of the time. As his right-hand, Eun Mi took over the organization, and vowed vengeance. To achieve this revenge, she has to team up with the Earth Federation, the Federation agreed on one condition, she needs to legitimize from a criminal organization to an autonomous mercenary arm of the Earth Federation Walker Corps, and so the Richthofen and Churchill Confederation has now become Steinbach Legion. It didn't took long for her to achieve her vengeance, as the Legion and the Federation thoroughly destroyed the Red Guard Triad. Much to her surprise, Arthur Steinbach is apparently still alive, and is soon back in charge of the Legion, now named after him. Afterwards, the Legion flourished as a Federation asset, whose brutality and efficiency made them perfect in cracking down pirates and criminal organizations alike, yet surprisingly gentle and more disciplined compared to other mercenary groups.
Equipment: (Sorry, I'm a noob, I don't know what to put here)

Arsenal Walker:

Base Model*: FXW-035[G] Nellis Prototype (Federation Experimental Walker-035), based from the FAW-022 Raptors chassis, but without the transformation ability. While considered a downgrade from the Raptors, it does make it more affordable, plus it is not as restricted as the Raptors in weaponry.
Designation: Steinbach Mk.II
Appearance:

Steinbach Mk.II

Armaments: 120mm L/55 Sniper "rifle" (It is really a smoothbore tank gun with a rifle stock), Pistol, Heatsword, 2x Vibro-Kukri
Weakness: Glass cannon, maximizing maneuverability and stealth over protection and survivability, very capricious just like her pilot.
Pilot(s): Eun Mi Steinbach

@Selvariabell

I tried to be soft-touch with this, and if that resulted in a lack of clarity that's on me. But to be perfectly honest, it feels as though you had a character concept in mind that you tried to tweak for the setting without necessarily checking the details of the setting. Taking it from the top, at sixty Eun would be far from the front lines. Even with the increased life expectancy, someone at sixty just isn't keeping up with the rigors necessary for piloting. She would have hit either a desk job or mandatory retirement by now. Mandatory retirement age in the modern USAF is 62, and no one at that age would still be piloting a fighter jet. And that's a pretty solid comparison for the physical requirements of piloting a Walker. On the same point or order, managing to appear twenty at sixty is... A bit much. Health care will no doubt have advanced, but I'm not quite sure it's something that would have gone that far.

Personality and skills are both fields a little lighter on details than I'd really like them to be, but that's a small matter. The real meat of the issue comes when we start to get into History. In the simplest terms possible, you're treating criminal organizations like paramilitary forces. Smugglers exist, yes. Criminal organizations, as well. Both of these are innately human, and aren't likely to go anywhere. But that doesn't make them military powers. Criminal organizations in developed areas project their influence through soft power; remaining in the shadows, using influence to help remain hidden. Information, not firepower. They would never be allowed to get to the point where a single organization needed to be on the military's radar, and not the police's. Not when keeping the peace has been the primary focus for decades. A gathering of ships along those lines would be exceptionally conspicuous. Nor would the Federation have any reason to require another criminal organization's help to crack down on a separate one.

Nor, unfortunately, would they need a mercenary organization for cracking down on criminal organizations. Again, this is where I think you overestimate the extent of criminality in the setting. Such PMCs especially would not be used in the place of regular Federation forces, nor is it standard anywhere for such an entity to operate autonomously from the chain of command.

And this is where the last major issue comes into play; Federation Walker frames are not accessible to entities outside of the Federation military. The Ark Union farmed out development, but even so they're not letting private organizations just have military grade Walkers. At the very least not legally, and such things would be cracked down on hard if they were known. The Raptor, especially, is very new; there are no variants, let alone anything developed anywhere but Federation R&D. The Raptor Program is only just starting to actually roll out full production models, and was completing field testing of the unit up until recently. A private entity never would have laid hands on the technology.

I don't have any suggestions on how to tweak to fit the setting, yet. I've been giving it some thought, and will continue to give it some thought.

[Athol]

Capt. Moss-Davies

Captain Isla Moss-Davies

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Name: Isla Moss-Davies
Age: 28
Sex: Female
Profession: Pilot
Rank: Captain

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Appearance

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Personality: Like any pilot, Isla can be brash and confident bordering on blinding arrogance, after all when you know your good it has a tendency to affect how you act; that said, lessons taught to her by her parents at a young age do their best to temper those impulses. “No matter how tough you think you are, there will always be someone bigger.” Or words to that effect at least…it was many years ago.

Underneath all that bravado though, is an intensely loyal comrade-in-arms and die hard Federation patriot. She believes deeply in what the Federation stands for and is willing to put all she has on the line to defend those ideals.

Skills: Isla is a Top 20 graduate from the Federation’s Walker Flight School, specializing in precision counter-Walker operations. In her (limited) free time she draws, and is quite good despite not getting to practice as much as she’d like; that said she’s made a decent bit of money on the side with various artistic commissions, but it is still very much a hobby to her. Mostly as a defence against questionable quality of most military Mess’, she found herself to be a fairly decent cook.

Weakness: Like any pilot, mech or otherwise, Isla is very sure of herself and her skills; a fine thing while on the job, but it can be more than a little irritating to pretty much anyone else who isn’t a pilot. She’s also got a rather uncompromising, and narrow, view of the people of the Ark Union.

History: Isla was born in a base hospital, and hasn’t ‘left’ the military since. Both her parents have served in the Federation Military, her mother retiring as a full Colonel in the Infantry, while her father is a serving Brigadier-General in the Judge Advocate General corps. Growing up on bases all over, it was almost a forgone conclusion that she would enlist once she reached the age of majority, what was surprising was the career path she chose.

Her intention as a child had been to follow in her mother’s boot steps, but that was only until she saw her first vid on the new ‘Arsenal Walkers’ that were slated for service; after that point everything she did was with the goal of becoming a Walker pilot. Other than the usual disruptions of a military family, her early life was average, and upon her eighteenth birthday she enlisted, telling the recruiter her goal was to become a Walker pilot. With a career path locked in, she tore through Basic Training, finishing with top marks in her class, before being moved on rapidly to the Officer Training School; her high marks and the militaries own need for new Walker pilots gave her a direct path to where she wanted to go.

After OTS, where she once again placed in the top of her class, she was sent off to begin pilot training. Once again distinguishing herself, she graduated from the pilot’s academy just after her twenty third birthday. From there, she joined the ‘Second Wave’ of new pilots that were coming in to replace the older ones as they got moved up to senior command and instruction positions. Two years ago she was transferred to an experimental program to test a ‘Sniper’ variant of the FAW-014 in extended real world conditions.

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Equipment

Flight suit and survival vest.
PDW
Survival Knife
Aside from her issued ID ‘dog tags’, she wears one of her mother’s for luck and one of her uncle’s as a memorial; he uncle was one of her favorite people as a little girl but sadly he was killed in a training accident about ten years ago.

Scout/Sniper AW

FAW-014 [H] ‘Artemis’

Base Model: FAW-014

Designation: ‘Artemis’ (The name along with a bow and arrow are painted on the cockpit hatch)

Appearance: The FAW-014[H]’s discernible differences over that of a stock FAW-014, are the additions of a 90mm hypervelocity chemrail cannon, and the larger power pack of an FAW-007[G], as well as the reduction to the Scout’s already light weight armouring.

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Armament

• Rheimetall 90mm Hypervelocity Chemrail CannonThe HCC-90 sits in a vertical centerline position on the FAW_014[H]’s back while not in use, and the transitions to horizontal mounting over the right shoulder during firing.
  • M934 Armour Piercing Fin-Stabilized Discarding Sabot The M934 APFSDS fires a 60mm ‘dart’ made up of a tungsten alloy, which travels at speeds great enough to cause catastrophic damage to any known AW platform through sheer kinetic transfer.
    
    Range: 7 000 m
    Muzzle Velocity: 2 970 m/s
    Penetration: 1 000mm @ 500m
  • M456 Antipersonnel-Tracer The M456 APERS-T is a ‘canister’ containing 89 10mm darts of the same material and shape as an M934 round. The darts spread out in a cone pattern, covering a 300 m area at 500 m. The M456 is most effective against armoured infantry and wheeled or tracked vehicles, though it can cause significant ‘secondary’ damage to an AW by damaging/disabling joints, optics and/or weapon systems.
    
    Range: 2 300 m
    Muzzle Velocity: 1 400 m/s
    Penetration: 500mm @ 100m
  • M453 High Explosive Squash Head The M453 HESH is a demolition round, primarily intended to engage and destroy fixed fortifications, using the high explosives to cause lethal spalling inside the structure, while at the same time weakening the outside dramatically.
    
    Range: 5 000 m
    Muzzle Velocity: 1 066 m/s
    Penetration: 800mm
• Bushmaster M404 Arsenal Walker Defence Weapon [AWDW]
  
  Calibre: 40 mm High Explosive Anti-Armour [HEAA]
  Range: 2 000 m
  Cyclic Rate: 700 rpm
• Gurkha pattern Thermal Blade
• GDOTS Mk.40 Mod 10 30mm Automatic Grenade System The Mk 40/10 AGS is mounted on a retractable powered mount in the FAW-014[H]’s left shoulder, and is used to deploy a mixture of both passive and active counter measures to protect the unit from enemy fire.
  • T60A Smoke Canister
  • T101 Infra-red Decoy
  • T702 Chaff Dispenser
  • AD-44 Burst Jammer

Weakness: Due to the increased power requirements of the cannon, the FAW-014[H] is outfitted with the same, larger, power plant as an FAW-007[G] and a high density capacitor bank. When firing, the pilot must direct up to 70% of the plant’s output to the cannon on top of the stored power in the capacitor bank.

Upon firing there is a massive EM spike on par with an FAW-016, which effectively removes any sensor masking that the FAW-014[H] maybe employing. With so much power required to operate the cannon, much of the stock FAW-014’s dynamic movement systems have been removed as well. This has left the FAW-014[H] significantly slower and more detectable than its conventional counter-parts, and lacking most of what armour it once had.

Pilot: Capt. Moss-Davies

[Double]

@Krayzikk Updated Arno's sheet. He's now only missing Equipment.

Also, the following are appearances for Dorian and Krim (brother and father respectively).

Dorian

Krim

[UltimoScorp]

Name: Ruby Cloutier

Age: 21

Gender: Female

Occupation: Walker pilot: Private

Appearance: Tall at 5'11"(180cm), Ruby stands heads over some of her fellows. Dirty blond hair drapes comfortably down her back almost exclusively in a neat ponytail, and her eyes are a dull green color. Her french heritage shows in her large nose and puffy cheeks.

Equipment: standard sidearm, mobile phone, class ring from high school, uniform, Miss Direction.

Skills: Markmanship, playing simulation games,

Personality: Generally upbeat and pleasant, Ruby finds her way through life fairly easily, and never hesitates to speak her mind, be that a kind word, or critisism about her CO's orders. She's thrilled about having her own giant robot. She's a bit of a slacker when it come to the day to day duties, but she's always on when it counts.

Bio: Young and seeking employment before getting fed up with the job market and joining the military, Ruby's life has been fairly uneventful, with a supportive family and a gender transition when she was 16. She doesn't talk much about that time as she doesn't see the point. She doesn't avoid the topic if brought up. her military life has been short, but she jumped at the chance to pilot an AW and couldn't be happier now to be a military woman.

Weaknesses: Her general inexperience often puts her at a disadvantage in combat, and her easy going nature does occasionally land her in trouble. Her noted apathy for basic day to day responsibilities has also impeded her progress.

Base Model: Gunner FAW-016



Designation: Miss Direction



Appearance: Unpainted, Miss Direction is an angular, tanky Walker with thick, boxy legs and a broad torso. Her joints are twice the strength of other walkers of her class, due to the heavy redundant armor plating on her torso and the massive shield. Her sensory head is something out of a scifi military game, sporting a broad, orange visor



Armament-

Upgraded joints, these double strength joints allow for Miss Direction to actually stand under the weight of her arms and armor.

Head: 2x 60mm Vulcan rotary guns, for AA.

Shoulders: 1x FAW-15 Railgun, requires stop and brace. Essentially a single, larger version of the now standard double Railguns, this older model packs twice the punch, but also is bulky, locked in a forward position, and nigh impossible to use in close combat, not to mention it's slow firing speed. Able to be detached to improve agility slightly in emergency situations.

Chest: 2x racks of 6 255mm missiles each. Carries 12 additional missiles, can be loaded with variable payload as mission dictates, but typically carries HEAT, but can be fitted with spreading micromunitions at the cost of not being able to lock onto a target. Requires one minute to fully reload after depletion.
1x Bulwark redundant armor system. This additional armor plating is an ablative type that fits over the existing standard armor of the Walker, significantly increasing it's survivability in combat.


Arm left: 1x Phalanx-class deployable cover shield, planted in ground, expands to cover a roughly 45 degree angle. Heavy.

Arm right: 1x Ares-class 100mm heavy machine gun, 130 round drum with attached vibro-bayonet for close quarters defense.

Weaknesses: SLOW. Even by Gunner standards, Miss Direction is painfully slow, due to heavy payload and increased armor. Can be quickly overwhelmed due to single pilot controls of Gunners being notoriously complex. Armor has weakpoints on the securing hardpoints of the detachable Railgun.



Pilot: Ruby Cloutier

[ArmorPlated]

@KrayzikkNo mention on JumpJets? I can drop a video if you need one.

[Krayzikk]

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JumpJets are intense short-burn thrusters that allow Battlemechs to "jump" through the air while inheriting horizontal momentum. sometimes they're able to vector thrust to aim for a landing spot, other times it's a blind leap and if you overshoot, that's it.

other uses are to slow falls to within safe(er) speeds, and to "poptart", or jump into the air to scout the surrounding area and/or to fire weapons from unexpected angles. the latter part is likely an unintended side-effect of making a glorified tank-combat game out of Battletech, but what can you do?

@ArmorPlated

Sorry, got sidetracked yesterday.

It might be feasible on something Scout sized, but for the most part Walkers are just too heavy for that sort of thing. Not a whole lot of air you're going to be able to catch in something Warrior or up. Even on a Scout you're not going to get a whole lot of verticality. A Raptor might be able to manage it, but they're also the lightest and most thruster-laden frame.

It'd be a lot of tuning for not a whole lot of result.

[ArmorPlated]

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Sorry, got sidetracked yesterday.

It might be feasible on something Scout sized, but for the most part Walkers are just too heavy for that sort of thing. Not a whole lot of air you're going to be able to catch in something Warrior or up. Even on a Scout you're not going to get a whole lot of verticality. A Raptor might be able to manage it, but they're also the lightest and most thruster-laden frame.

It'd be a lot of tuning for not a whole lot of result.

@Krayzikk

You'd be surprised what you can do with "a little" in terms of movement you didn't have before. I also figured it wouldn't be viable past Scouts. JumpJets are rare outside of the Light classification, and even on heavier mechs, they're only really used to soften landings, so I can definitely see Raptors as the Lights and Scouts as Mediums.

Now that that's sorted, I'm going to continue working on my sheet. anyone got a list of common weapons for FAWs? kinda feel like everyone having their own version of an Assault Rifle would be sorta weird.

EDIT: Quick question, does the Federation have any colonies in it's sphere of influence, or no?

[Norik]

sign me up fam

[Raider Dog]

@Krayzikk Tweaked it with a bit more history. Is it all good now?

[Selvariabell]

Thanks for the feedback @Krayzikk, I am new here, matter fact, this is my first RP in RP Guild. I'm pretty sure I have a lot to learn.

Here's a revision based from your review.

Eun Mi Steibach 2.0

CHARACTER:

Name: Eun Mi Steinbach

Age: 40, looks like in her 20's thanks to anti-aging enhancements

Sex: Female

Profession/Rank: While officially just a Captain, She is the right-hand and wife of Arthur Steinbach, leader of the Steinbach Legion, a former PMC turned legitimate division of the Earth Federation Walker Corps (something like the French Foreign Legion).

Appearance: Eun Mi is half-Asian, half-White, that appears to be in her 20's thanks to anti-aging enhancements.

Appearance

Personality: Cunning, Capricious, Calculating, Manipulative, yet at the same time, Charismatic, Humanistic, Romantic, and Open-Minded. Often compared to P.T. Barnum. Eun Mi is a person of gray morals, growing up from a gritty childhood, some say she is crazy optimistic, but if you grew up from a desolate childhood, dying in the battlefield is nothing more than a romantic ticket to immortality. She has a penchant of proving the booksmarts (military traditionalists) wrong with her streetsmarts, and stick it to them. Her charismatic charms allows her to recruit societal misfits, and turn them into loyal and efficient soldiers.

Skills: She is a distinguished pilot, leader, businesswoman, and negotiator. While she has extensive skills from her old trade, she had long turned her back from such practices, using them only when necessary.
Weakness: She is a capricious and a fraudulent liar, while such were essential for her street smarts, it is a liability in the military.

History: Eun Mi's story is in a nutshell, a "Cheng I Sao in Space" story, kidnapped and raised as a prostitute by the Markhov Syndicate, a mafia organization, from a young age. With her body re-engineered for such specific purpose, it seems like she has no opportunity for growth, but that changed when she met Arthur Steinbach, leader of the Richthofen & Churchill Corporation (named after the decommissioned long-range patrol vessels, Manfred von Richthofen and Winston Churchill, and the precursor to the Steinbach Legion), a PMC. She was rescued by Steinbach, who saw potential for her as his accountant and organizer, the brain to his brawn, something she is surprisingly very good with, and helped make the organization grow as one of the private military companies in the known universe. The two became lovers, and were eventually married. Unfortunately, Arthur Steinbach was captured, and was rumored to be hanged, by the Red Guard Commune, a rebel communist colony. As his right-hand, Eun Mi took over the organization, and vowed vengeance. To achieve this revenge, she has to team up with the Earth Federation, the Federation agreed on one condition, she needs to disband the PMC, and absorb it as part of the Earth Federation Walker Corps, and so the Richthofen and Churchill Corporation has now become Steinbach Legion. It didn't took long for her to achieve her vengeance, as the Federation thoroughly destroyed the Red Guard Commune. Much to her surprise, Arthur Steinbach is apparently still alive, and is soon back in charge of the Legion, now named after him. Afterwards, the Legion flourished as a Federation asset, whose brutality and efficiency made them one of the most elite divisions in the Federation's armed forces.

Equipment: (Sorry, I'm a noob, I don't know what to put here)

Arsenal Walker

ARSENAL WALKER:

Base Model*: FXW-035[G] Nellis Prototype (Federation Experimental Walker-035), based from the FAW-022 Raptors chassis, but without the transformation ability. While considered a downgrade from the Raptors, it does make it more affordable, plus it is not as restricted as the Raptors in weaponry.

Designation: Steinbach Mk.II

Appearance:

Steinbach Mk.II

Armaments:

• Rheinmetall 120mm L/55 Anti-Armor "rifle" - It is really a smoothbore tank gun with a rifle stock. While single-shot, it has the ability the same rounds as with a tank, comes with a recoil mechanism.
• Cockerill M90 57mm Pistol - Standard AW pistol of the Federation's Walker Corps. A versatile pistol using a 57mm multi-purpose round.
• Federation Ballistics H6S Excalibur Heatsword - The standard double-bladed heatsword in the Federal arsenal.
• 2x Federation Ballistics K7 Vibroblade Kukri - Kukri-style vibroblades serves as backup weapon when all else fails.

Weakness: Glass cannon, maximizing maneuverability and stealth over protection and survivability, very capricious just like her pilot.

Pilot(s): Eun Mi Steinbach

[Norik]

Name: Hassan Bin Ahmad

Age: 30

Gender: Male

Occupation: AW Pilot, Captain, resident kebab chef

Appearance: Usually seen with a smile on his face, Hassan stands at an average six feet tall. Hassan's black hair is usually cropped short due to regulation standards. Regular exercise has given him a slightly muscular frame, and his light brown eyes compliment his darker skin.

Equipment: FAW-007[G] Unit V-2, pilot suit, kebab recipes

Skills: AW Pilot, Kebab-making(and the many variations thereof)

Personality: Friendly and easy-going, Hassan is always willing to help younger pilots, make new friends or cook up some food if the situation calls for it.

Bio: The eldest sibling of Levantine migrants, Hassan was born in Cairo. His father, and his father before him, made a living selling Kebabs at the roadside. Through a combination of friendliness and their secret recipe, the family made enough money to move to the tourist-heavy parts of the city and rent a storefront.

Hassan, despite inheriting his father's joviality, did not inherit his disinterest in the outside world. On the contrary, Hassan wanted to travel the world, maybe even visit one of the space colonies one day. Knowing that neither his family nor his lack of lucrative prospects could afford such a lifestyle, he resolved to enlist in the Federation military, which was a respectable occupation given the Federation's success in its efforts to protect the hard-won stability in his homeland and the region.

Thus, Hassan became an AW Pilot after graduating from Basic and made a tour of duty, serving in hotspots across the planet(and picking up recipes of local variants of kebabs). After several tours of duty, Hassan was wounded in battle and pulled from the front. Although he has healed from his wounds, his back muscles occasionally seize up if too much strain is put on them.

Hassan was then transferred to Horizon, a strategically-valuable location that was nonetheless far from any hotspots, as a reward for years of faithful service. Accompanied as ever by his guardian Genie, Hassan is ready to kick back and enjoy garrison duty, far from all the fighting...

Weakness: Hassan is not always able to take things seriously, even when he should. He also has a bad back that can strike at the worst of times.

MECHA

Designation: V-2 Jinn (sometimes affectionately called the Genie)

Appearance: The bronze and russet Jinn looks similar to the base FAW-007, with its notable differences being its head. It is equipped with an old head and sensor package, replacing the faceplates of a base FAW-007 with a rounded mask appearance, including a sensor module that emits light from the centre of the face, giving the Jinn a cyclopean visage. In addition, the new head is equipped with a transmitter in the shape of a "fin" extending backwards. The transmitter is used to send targeting data to other friendly Arsenal Walkers to aid in combat. In addition, the back thrusters of the Jinn is shaped in the form of wings with a narrower exhaust outlet.



Armaments: The Genie is armed and armoured like a typical Warrior, with slight variations in its weapons and targeting systems.

- 2x General Engineering M79 65mm Pisces Cannons- Two head-mounted autocannons provide the Ifrit with close-range defence against missiles, infantry and fighter craft.

- Federation Ballistics K3(p)- Double-edged vibroblade, the K3(p) is heavier than most vibroblades and relies on that to crush armour and stop targets dead in their tracks.

- Tajcorp iS-2 Ballistics Shield- Standard AW-sized shield mounted on the Jinn's shoulder. If pointed to the front, the shield covers the head, arm and chest of the Walker. Can br detached in combat to fit on either shoulder.

- United Armaments XB-20 100mm Assault Rifle- The Jinn's main weapon is its arm-mounted Assault Rifle. Its ammunition is internally stored in the rifle, which removes the need for reloading. This, however, makes the XB-20 more vulnerable to jamming and overheat, hence, its standard operating rate of fire is lower than that of other comparable magazine-fed Rifles. It is also directly connected and interfaced with the AW, granting it increased accuracy.

- Robco M-5x 123mm Sidearm- A standard AW sidearm.

- Pratt Corp. C12 Missile Launcher- Missiles are arranged in a 2 by 2 square and can be toggled to fire all at once as suppression fire or one at a time with greater accuracy. The missiles are standard Pratt Corp. ML-17 missiles. A fast reload system allows for the Jinn to carry 4 extra missiles in battle.

Weaknesses: While the Jinn has a shield equipped, it is usually arm-mounted, and not built for hand held blocking. The Jinn is thus forced to rely mostly on parries and blocks with its heavy vibroblade to ward off mêlée attacks. In addition, its weapons configuration and technical specifications is entirely average and unspecialised, leaving the Jinn behind in performance in certain fields versus specialist Mecha.

Pilot: Hassan bin Ahmad

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Name: Natalie Adelaide Martell

Age: 25

Gender: Female

Occupation: AW Pilot, Lieutenant, engineer

Appearance: Petite and mousy, Natalie tops out at five and a half feet, which makes the cockpit of an AW rather comfortable to move in. Her caramel hair is kept short for regulation reasons, and her stormy grey eyes give off the impression of a rather hard personality, which isn't entirely accurate.

Equipment: FAW-007[G] Unit G-8, AW Pilot suit and helmet, standard sidearm and knife.

Skills: AW Pilot, trained engineer

Personality: Cold and reserved, Natalie tends to keep to herself and her research on modern machinery, reading up and honing her understanding the Federation's enemies so that none may have to go through what she did

Bio: Born into a poor family on the fringes of the Western European DMZ, Natalie had admired Arsenal Walkers and their pilots since a young age. Living in a small town near the unstable border, the sight of the gigantic sentinels that guarded, and occasionally entered battle for, the Federation against bellicose rogue states and warlords filled Natalie with a desire to join these knights of metal and protect the poor and huddled masses still under the thumb of those who would not let the past go.

To that end, she worked hard in school and managed to obtain entry into university, before joining up in the Federation Armed Forces, her engineering degree opening up an AW career. Following a rather average career for an AW pilot, she was promoted to E-3 and given her AW certification.

Her first posting was back home near the border and she saw little action, simply patrolling the border and occasionally being attached to the rear echelons of a counter-attack in a wider battle. It seemed that garrison duty would constitute the rest of her career, a fact she resented.

However, a year into her tour of duty her home village was caught in one of these border skirmishes, and although most of her village survived the attack, her family was not among them.

Finding it too painful to stay with the memories, she requested a transfer to a unit that was anywhere else but home. Natalie was transferred across the globe to another 'hot' zone and distinguished herself in battle with her zeal, bravery and willingness to charge into battle, drawing on her hate of the enemies of the Federation.

Despite her acts of bravery and skill, her CO noted her almost self-destructive tendencies and, once the region was pacified, put in a transfer request for her to a safe and quiet garrison: Horizon.

Although resistant at first, it has been a year since then, and Natalie has managed to settle into her new, more peaceful life. Time will tell if that situation will continue.

Weakness: Although a trained soldier, Natalie is far from being proficient in hand-to-hand combat, nor is she particularly physically resilient. In addition, she is not the best in communication and is not proactive in communicating vital information in battle, usually focusing only on the fight she is in.

MECHA

Base Model: FAW-007[G]

Designation: G-8 Valkyrie

Appearance: Painted in teal and grey, it is the job of the Valkyrie to charge into the thick of battle as quickly as possible and stay in it for as long as possible, being more focussed on mêlée combat. As a result, it is more heavily-armoured than the standard Warrior, with additional armour plates layered over the areas most likely to get hit in battle and weak spots.

In addition, the rear thrusters can be boosted to vastly increase the speed of the Valkyrie in order to be the first to engage hostiles. This is why the rear thrusters take on the shape of extended 'wings' or 'fins' in order to increase forward propulsion by narrowing the exit area of exiting gas.



Armaments:

-2x General Engineering AS76 80mm Libera Cannons- Two head-mounted autocannons provide the Valkyrie with small but not insignificant close-range capability, carrying shells larger than the average autocannon calibre.

-Shoulder-mounted Kreuller Weapons Systems 155mm Schreiber Cannon- Mounted on the Valkyrie's right shoulder is a cannon for long and medium range attacks and suppression. While not as powerful as a Gunner's main armament, it is sufficient in laying down suppressive fire and damaging enemy assets before the Valkyrie closes in. After it does so, the cannon can retract into the mainframe to prevent it being an obstruction in close combat.

-Tajcorp S-4b Ballistics Shield- Armed with a Federation Ballistics battle shield capable of stopping and deflecting the majority of small arms fire or average Arsenal Walker projectiles.

-Federation Ballistics xK8(s)- The Valkyrie is also armed with a long, experimental vibroblade is the shape of a longsword. The sword can be activated for a short period of time in order to shift the vibrational frequencies of the molecules along the edge. This effect allows electrons to be excited along the edge and travel along it. In this mode, the blade's electric current shorts out any electronic system it touches and can cause mild to major shutdowns in the case of Arsenal Walkers. A side effect of the excitation of electrons is that light is emitted when they de-excite, hence the blade glows when in this mode.

-Krueller Weapons Systems MA-37 130mm Shotgun- Perfect for close-quarters combat, the MA-37 can be stashed on the hip of the AW when not in use.

Weakness:
Due to the Valkyrie's heavy armour, it is more heavy than the average Warrior and moves less nimbly than one. In addition, its standard operating speed is lower than that of other Mechs, except when boosting.

The vibroblade consumes a lot of energy from the AWs power cells when activated, and so can only be used in that mode for short periods of time.

Pilot: Natalie Adelaide Martell

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We have an OOC. I believe everyone from the Interest Check has moved over, but just in case posting it here.