[CHAR] Nerves In Carbonox: A Roll-Your-Own Giant Mecha Roleplay

[Ariamis]

Character List

Frontliners:

Minerva, Framewerk: Argo
Ved 'Wrecking Ball', Framewerk: Reaver
Sanro Marques, Framewerk: Romulus

Backliners:

Zane Korrin, Framewerk: Goliath Buster
David Wright, Framewerk: Flag Bearer

Specialists:

Nero Marques, Framewerk: Remus
Rose, Framewerk: Senko-San
Elora Liu'un, Framewerk: Logic Diver

NPCs

Elora Liu'un

Pilot Name: Elora Liu'un
Gender: Female

Appearance

Pilot Type: Gifted Pilot
Background Potentials:
1. Humanity's Potential: Ever since her encounter with the Cruxi, Elora has felt like she was different from her fellow peers. She kept having strange dreams, and sometimes experienced strange things. It was these phenomena that convinced the Galactic Federation's local representative to refer for the program: she had yet to grasp what she was truly capable of.
2. Supporter: Elora is a dedicated support unit for the squad, sworn to do her best at intelligence gathering and application of the Data Analyzer System to benefit her allies.
3. Clairvoyance: Elora has sometimes seen strange visions. They started out as dreams, but eventually began to take place in the waking world as well. Usually they are muddied and make little sense...But the little glimpses she does get confuse her to no end. Why is she seeing these?
Perks:
1. Enhanced Uniform: Elora has a custom uniform she personally requested after she realized how loose the chest portion ended up on her. It seems Ritsu agreed, and took measures to ensure she got one that was as comfortable and useful as the nervous, self-conscious girl could have. It's still not great, but at least she got a new game out of it.
2. Memento: Elora has a heart-shaped locket with a picture of her parents inside. She sometimes opens it and looks at the picture to remind her of happier times..And a future she must fight for.
Age: 18
Personality: A shy and introverted girl, Elora has been shaken by the loss of her family back in her home planet of Verdigris, and has found it difficult not to burst into tears at the slightest provocation. Still, she has decided to do her best for the sake of her parents, and hopes to become stronger in the future...Unless the war destroys her spirit first.
Background: Elora's life growing up was fairly normal, if a bit lonely due to her introverted nature. But everything changed when the Cruxi arrived. The sky was filled with green fire, and hulking troopers marched through the streets, rounding people up and dragging them in chains back to their ships. It was only thanks to her father's sacrifice that she managed to escape, and his final words are something she won't ever forget. Now, after having been accepted into the Framewerk experimental pilot program, she hopes she can redeem herself for what she considered cowardice.
Notable Deaths or Missing People: Her family, consisting of her parents and younger brother, have disappeared. She hopes they are alive out there somewhere, and her memory of them keeps her going forward, no matter how hard it could be.
Additional information: Elora loves videogames, and tends to spend her free time playing games. Her favorite genres are RPGs and adventure games. They help distract from the war.

Logic Diver

Framewerk Name: Logic Diver

Appearance

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Weight Class: Light. Logic Diver is intended to support the other units by quickly reaching battle and beginning to scan for data. However, despite the use of the cloaking field there is still risk involved with the shorter ranges required for data gathering, so there is some better egg-shaped armor equipped in exchange for firepower.
Framewerk Type: Specialist. Logic Diver is a support unit dedicated to intelligence gathering and data analysis, and relaying useful information to the rest of the squad.
Primary Weapon System: Logic Diver is equipped with an Automatic Battle Rifle (ABR), that has a high rate of fire and low recoil for a kinetic weapon, making for an effective weapon to provide covering fire with. It is most useful against groups or low-armor enemies, but has poor performance against high-armor targets.
Secondary System: Logic Diver's main mode of operation is collecting battlefield data which is achieved with the built-in Combat Analyzer, including a cloaking field that can render the Frame undetectable by all but the most advanced tracking systems, but the system deactivates upon opening fire. The Combat Analyzer's main use is in scanning enemy data for possible weak points or other noteworthy intelligence for the pilot to analyze and then relay to other pilots during a mission using the specialized antenna Logic Diver is also built with. While Logic Diver can collect data from a distance in a reasonable time, the process is accelerated with closer distance to the enemy, putting pressure on Elora to keep close during combat despite having poor offensive capability, putting her at risk of being found out. However, given the support of other Framewerks, the tactical advantage given by the collected data is sure to aid the entire squad.

Lieutenant Ritsu Kaname

Gender: Female
Age: 25
The commanding officer of the Framewerk squad. She is a strict, no-nonsense officer, but is reasonable and level-headed. Beneath her hard exterior, she sometimes shows compassion and empathy to her troops, but masks it as simply being part of protocol.

Professor Lorenzo

Gender: Male
Age: 70
The cantankerous yet brilliant scientist who is responsible for the new generation of experimental Framewerks. He has been given unofficial reign over the Framewerk Project, and Fortress Ship Solaire by proxy. His capricious, erratic nature can be difficult to gauge as either genuine insanity or a mask to intimidate others. For some reason, he continues to wear an eyepatch despite having access to quality cybernetic replacements.

Admiral Cain

Gender: Male
Age: 35
The higher link in the Galactic Federation's chain of command, Ritsu reports to Cain both about Lorenzo, the state of the Framewerk Project, and of course about the pilots who have been gathered. While a stern man, he seems genuinely interested in the pilots, and how they will fare on the battlefield.

[Digmata]

Minerva

Name: Minerva (Olympus Subject 17)
Gender: Female

Appearance

Pilot Type: Skilled Pilot (Not Rolled)

Age: 21

Background Potentials (Not Rolled):

Clone: A creation of Olympus Program, Minerva’s base body is based from the genetic data taken from the corpse of Athena Rivera, a talented federation pilot who made her legend by giving the Cruxi’s their first sets of defeats through the combination of personal combat skills and ingenious tactics. Minerva felt inadequate when compared to this woman she never met.

Genetically Engineered: Aside from her original template, Minerva’s DNA is also mixed with genetic data from other heroes of the federation further breaking her sense of identity.

Perks (Rolled):

Enhanced Uniform: Minerva's Project Framewerk uniform is based on her Project Olympus uniform which in turn mainly uses nano-technology. This allows her to manipulate parts of her uniform into small objects or slowly regenerate any damage.

Memento: The only piece of clothing that is not nanotech in Minerva's clothing is a bright red hair tie she wears when piloting her framewerk. It is the first and last gift she received from the researcher.

Networking: While Minerva is not the type to initiate connections, her unique background puts her in the eyes of people who knew or personally worked in Project Olympus. Due to this her words are given more weight in exchange for higher expectations on her.

Personality: Minerva takes the role of a cold, mission oriented pilot who is always found working on her framework or training to improve herself due to her upbringing. This is to hide her fears of failing to meet the potential represented by the source of her genetic data.

Despite this, she has been making steps to connect with other people in order to understand the actions of her former handler; she is still having trouble at taking the initiative though. Due to being raised to be an obedient soldier, most of her knowledge aside from the ones related to military or combat are lacking. This led to her being fascinated by things that are common knowledge to other people.

Background:

Project Olympus is humanity’s attempt at creating the next generation of warriors and heroes by creating the perfect warriors from the genetic material of humanity’s greatest defender combined with the latest advancements in genetic engineering. Olympus sample #17 christened as Minerva is one of these created warriors, who like her siblings will spend her entire childhood being forged into the perfect soldiers of the Federation. Unfortunately the ambitious program was cut short when an internal sabotage left the normally secured and secluded facility to an invasion of an unknown fleet leading to massive casualties on clones and researchers alike.

Minerva is one of the few survivors of the attack and the only clone that is found in the aftermath. With the Olympus project now disbanded, she worked at various branches of the military before being selected to pilot the experimental frameworks.

Notable Deaths or Missing People:

Before the project fell down, there was a weird researcher who took the role of being her handler. She is awfully chatty and is always asking how everyone is including the ‘tools’ like her and her siblings. She will never admit it but she misses her even if she doesn’t know her name.

The pilot who serves as Minerva's template had perished a long time ago, yet her name is still being whispered as a legend.

Additional information: Minerva is teaching herself how to cook, finding the current rations subpar. While her attempts are deemed passable, she still has a lot to learn about the art.

Framewerk Name: Argo

Argo

Weight Class: Medium

Framewerk Type:

Frontliner: Your Framewerk is a spearhead for your squad, first to reach the enemy, and the first to see the lights of their eyes (if they have eyes, that is). As a pointman, you engage most directly, whether it is it at medium ranges with machinegun and shotgun-style weapons, or up close with a superheated laser blade or rocket-powered hammer. You also deal with enemy attacks, drawing attention with a speedy Frame or absorbing damage like a shield.

Bonus to weapon damage equal to two lower or higher levels of weight class when fighting at closer ranges.

Primary Weapon Systems:

Multiform Rod: A specialized energy rod that can form into one of several forms: a powerful naginata-like weapon with considerable slashing and piercing power, a pair of dual short-swords that have a higher attack speed at the cost of some attack power, or a powerful energy spear that has lower attack speed in exchange for an increase of offensive capabilities and nearly unstoppable piercing power. It has two energy modes: regular mode, which gives the weapon energy a silver color, and disruption mode, which colors the energy red. While regular mode is most effective against physical targets compared to disruption mode, the latter has the capability to jam electronic systems. For example, it can be used to disable stationary weapon systems or disorient mechanical enemies. Modes can be changed once per turn. Use of disruption mode has a two-turn cooldown.

Missile Launchers: Shoulder-mounted arrays of missile launchers that can deliver various payloads including armor-piercing, high-explosive and incendiary missiles. Automatically lock on and track targets based on heat signature. Can launch up to eight missiles at once, 4 per shoulder

Secondary Systems:

Muscle Memory Operations Recall Precision Generator (MMORPG): An augmentation system based on an onboard computer that saves and stores data on maneuvers, and calculates variations on maneuvers as well. These are triggered when the pilot begins a maneuver, removing latency and allowing the Framewerk to move far faster than should be feasible. Observers might mistakenly think that the Framewerk itself possesses reflexes. Because of the importance of reading the pilot's intentions, there is a complex control system within the Framewerk that gives the pilot 'free' movement, though still restrained by a harness system. The actions of the pilot internally are replicated by the Framewerk, with internal shock sensors that prevent the pilot being thrown around during maneuvers and combat. The system self-improves through simulation and repetition, which allows it to gather more data on the same movement pattern ahead of time to the point of master-like precision.

Utility Drones: Your Framewerk's shoulders are enlarged and capable of releasing one drone each. While not as efficient or numerous as other types of drones, these drones can fly swiftly and perform a single role of your choosing including fire support, repairs, protection, surveillance or data gathering, and are equipped to serve that role. The two drones can have different roles.

Power Engine: Mounted on the Frame's back, it is a power-increasing device that increases speed equal to one lower level of weight class, and power equal to a level of higher weight class. It also improves carrying capacity, allowing the Framewerk to lift up and carry ally Framewerks as a free action for that turn. The device needs to recharge for one turn before it can be used again.

[Duthguy]

Pilot Sheet

Pilot Sheet

• Name: Zane Korrin
• Gender: Male
• Appearance:
• Pilot Type: Gifted pilot
  
  Age: 20
• Background Potentials:
  Metal Mind and Synchronized Agility: Zane has always been better with machines than with people, even able to perform minor modifications or repairs without any training. However these skills really seemed to manifest when he got his own Framewerk. Zane was not only able to add a new function to his unit but despite being given a slow long range Framewerk is able to control it with more grace than it was designed for.
  Humanity's Potential: Zane has weird things happen around him his entire life. At first it was believed to be just coincidence but it happened often enough that combined with his family connections he was chosen for the program.
• Perks:
  Memento: Zane wears a crystal around his neck that is capable of projecting a hologram of each of his family members of the past three generations
  Networking: The Korrin's are for the most part a military family. While no one is pressured into it it's expect that everyone will in some way involved with the armed forces whether it is behind the scenes or in the frontline
• Personality: Zane has always been Agoraphobic and awkward around people but also determined to keep up the family tradition. He would have preferred to do it as a mechanic rather than a fighter, but he understands how important the program is and is fully willing to give the war his best effort.
• Background: Growing up in a military family isn't easy for anyone but Zane's other issues certainly didn't help. His parents were supportive but he could always tell they were somewhat disappointed by him. As a result he has grown a desire to prove himself.
• Notable Deaths or Missing People: Zane's uncle on his father's side. A mechanic that shared his nephew's love for machines. He died when the Cruxi destroyed the military base he worked at.

Framewerk Sheet

Framewerk Sheet

• Framewerk Name: Goliath Buster
• Appearance:
• Weight Class: Very Heavy.
• Framewerk Type: Backliner +2 higher level weapon damage. Goliath Buster's lack of speed means it's hanging back behind it's allies so it comes with plenty of powerful ranged weaponry and even support functions in the form of its markers and repair drones
• Primary Weapon Systems:Marker Light: An experimental laser rifle that operates in two modes: Combat Mode and Marker Mode.
  Combat Mode: fires damaging laser shots. These rounds are light neon blue in colour and effective against barriers and energy-based protection.
  Marker Mode: fires non-damaging rounds that leave radioactive markers on whatever it hits. Marked targets emanate a unique signal that Framewerks can track, improving accuracy of all attacks against the target and preventing cloaking and other forms of stealth for three turns. Drones and other autonomous weapons also receive a damage bonus against the target. Both rifle modes are effective at medium and short ranges.
  
  Heavy Assault Gun: A slow-firing, semi-automatic ballistic system notable for its reliability and effectiveness given its weight and caliber class. This weapon's main strength is its ability to deliver effective and accurate firepower at long range in conjunction with the Framewerk's advanced fire control systems.
  
  In the case close quarters combat where the weapon system is difficult to operate effectively, a secondary autocannon system of much smaller caliber and less specialized construction is fitted on a separate appendage underneath the main gun and which can be used for manually sighted shots. The autocannon subsystem is fed with an internal belt that alternates 1 armor-piercing shell per 5 high-explosive shells. Its limited service in more conventional, non-Framewerk weapon platforms has shown it to be an excellent tool against enemy infantry and other soft targets.
  
  The main weapon system features a variety of shells which can be used to engage most targets effectively. These shells are:
  
  A.) APFSDS-A - Armor-Piercing Fin-Stabilized Discarding Sabot - Adamantinite. These super-heavy shells are made from an ultra-dense Adamantinite alloy. Through sheer kinetic power and penetrative ability, a regular target hit by these shells, even by a glancing blow, is sure to stagger. If they are not destroyed by the first shot, then subsequent, swift discharges will most likely destroy the target before it is able to recover completely.
  
  B.) HEFRAG-TF - High-Explosive Fragmentation - Timed Fuse. These shells are the system's main weaponry against soft and/or multiple targets. These shells use a substantially smaller cartridge, resulting in a lower muzzle velocity and therefore slightly more complicated aiming. However, this has given the shell itself more space for its high-explosive and fragmentation payloads. Its configurable timed fuse allows it to be detonated precisely in the midst of the foe and in mid-air, allowing for the most effective culling of enemy hordes through a combination of high-explosive shock and fragmentation shards. This shell can, as a last resort, be used to combat enemy air-or spacecraft by using it like a traditional time-fused anti-aircraft shell, although its low muzzle velocity makes it unsuited to the task.
  
  C.) SMOKE - Smoke rounds. Self-explanatory. These are used to provide cover on the battlefield for the Framewerk and nearby allies comrades. However, they are limited to a total of four uses per event.
  
  The Heavy Assault Gun has a fire rate of 15 rounds per minute. Combined with the accompanying advanced fire control system, it allows for all of these shots to be effectively aimed against an unobscured but erratically moving target the size of a standard 10-ton freight hauler up to 30 kilometers away using APFSDS-A shells, and up to 8 kilometers away for HEFRAG-TF shells. The weapon system is also able to provide limited artillery support up to 60km away with its HEFRAG-TF shells, although it is primarily a short-to-medium-range direct-fire weapon and is not suited for this role.
• Secondary Systems: Repair Drones, Tank Treads, Kattai
  
  Since Goliath Buster is unlikely to be the center of attention its creators decided to give it repair drones so it can help repair damaged allies, tank treads to better distribute its weight and even the ability to combine with other suitable Framewerks for extra power. Zane also modded Goliath Buster's torso to be able to rotate 180 independently from its treads.

[Goblininamech]

Ved

Name: Ved 'Wreking Ball'
Gender: Male
Appearance: 7'9 340 lbs of raw muscle

Pilot Type: Skilled

Age:30
Background Potentials:
Indomitable Will: You're a bastion of fortitude, capable of withstanding even the most relentless and deadly of onslaughts, and keep standing. Once per event, you may resist damage or a status condition that would incapacitate your Framewerk or you outside of it. However, you are also reckless and foolhardy, and tend to question the authority of your superiors, even at risk of punishment. The Man can't keep you down all the time.

Freight Train: You possess the ability to direct your will into your Framewerk, as if you were channeling your body's energy through it, allowing it to perform a devastating charge or leap. Twice per event, you may make a move or jump with a speed and range equal to three levels lower than your Weight Class. This move will damage targets caught in the path and knock medium-sized ones down or stagger larger ones. Can be aimed to shoulder tackle a single enemy, resulting in critical damage. You can also charge and jump with similar might outside your Framewerk, should you wish to do so. However, you are also bullheaded and stubborn, easy to anger and slow to placate unless given an outlet to vent your frustration, such as an arm wrestling contest or hitting the gym for some gains. Then you're happy as a clam, and laughing about it over a mug of beer.

Perks:
Athletic: You're a pinnacle of human physique, capable of running a marathon or wrestling a bear. You may even have competed in sports, earning gold medals. Your Framewerk piloting also gets some benefit, like increased speed of a lower weight class and stronger melee attacks of a heavier weight class.

Signature Move: Wreking Bomb-he jumps high into the air before coming down on a mech with all the wight of his plus the force of his thruster's.

Proficient: CQC.

Personality: Ved is a simple man with simple wants, good food, good beer, good friends and a good fight. Despite his size and love of a good scrap Ved is actually quite a jovial man and you will rarely see him without a smile. He loves animals can be found helping out in shelters on some of his days off. He is quick with a smile and even quicker to offer aid. He can be a bit reckless and a lot stubborn but he'll always be the first one in and the last one out.

Background: Ved had always been a big lad, even in school as at 8 he was almost as tall as his mum. This growth lead to him excelling at many forms of physicality like football, wrestling, boxing, shot put, and soo much more. This got the eye of the recruiters as when they visited his high school he blew through every test they had. It didn't take long before they convinced him and right after he graduated he joined the army. It wasn't until later that they found out about his talent with a Framewerk and after that the rest was history.

Reaver

Framewerk Sheet
Framewerk Name: Reaver
Appearance: Replace the legs with Tank treads.


Weight Class: Super heavy

Framewerk Type: Frontliner

Primary Weapon Systems:

Ripper Fists: These weapons are high-powered claw-like weapons with studded knuckles capable of both punching at meteoric velocity when closed or ripping through heavy armor with when opened. Reinforced joints and strong actuators alongside the arms complement the highly aggressive weapons. Specialized pistons are built into the Framewerk's limbs that, when used, pressurize the joint area at the moment of activation before letting the potential energy out as a quick burst. As a result, the Framewerk is capable of short but very quick bursts of movement. These can be used for close-ranged strikes and kicks. The system can't be activated rapidly enough to use properly for regular movement, but can still be useful initiating movement or to enhance it if used properly. Your enemies must feel doomed when facing these tearing terrors.

Slag Cannon: A shoulder-mounted weapon that fires superheated metal, for example tungsten, to melt through armor. The large amount of heat this generates limits the safe firing rate for the weapon to medium range, with close range risking damage. The weapon includes automated rapid loading and firing functions, allowing the first shot that hits a target to be immediately followed up with an additional shot with lesser power.

Shredder Shotguns: These twin-linked weapons fire high impact flak blasts with either incendiary or armor-piercing shells which chew up targets at the cost of a slow rate of fire. The ultimate close-range ranged weapons.

Secondary Systems:

Shield Generator: An energy shield system that works by making multiple layers of energy distortion around the Framewerk. The shield is broken into four sections: Front, rear, left, and right. Each section has it's own small independent generator, allowing the shield to be partially maintained even if one section is powered down or offline. The shield itself is projected via emitters built along the hull of the Framewerk. Each section can be reinforced by diverting extra power form the other sections to a single section. The shield provides balanced defense between energy and projectiles along with environmental hazards while it is active. The shield can be overpowered by enough damage. The shield requires two turns to recharge before it can be reactivated after failing. The shield is more effective on turns when no weapon attacks are made due to reduced energy usage.

Tank Treads: Your Framewerk's torso is situated on a sturdy base with grinding treads. This grants less speed and maneuverability when flying or in uneven terrain, but great speed and maneuverability on flat surfaces. You can also equip an additional Primary or Secondary System thanks to better load carrying capability.

[DracoLunaris]

Rose

• Name: She who ascended towards the heavens with grace and violence AKA Rose
• Gender: F
  
  
  
• Pilot Type: Experienced Pilot
• Age: 47
• Background Potentials: Alien (Rosnian Heavyworlder)
  
  • Third eye: Its ability to look in a different direction from the main pair increases ability to spot targets. While piloting, it is often overlayed with an IR camera-feed to give her sight beyond the visual simultaneously with traditional binocular vision.
  • Heavyworlder: Genetically engineered to operate on worlds with heavier gravity than their low-g homeworld, these Rosnians have human strength and durability compressed down into half the height, allowing them to hit fast and hard while also taking a beating. They are bad at long distance running and reaching countertops however.
• Perks:
  
  Networking: Rosnians are a species much reduced in number after the loss of their homeworld and core space, and so those that are still around tend to stick together. Notably many of her kind have managed to get themselves into her support crew, including her 2 surviving children (despite her attempts to keep them away from the war).
  
  Creative: A lifetime of piloting leaves you with lots of little preferences on how things should work, and two engineer kids result in picking up just enough know-how to make those tweeks without them finding out you’ve made them.
• Personality: In combat Rose leans into her species tendency to (vocally) come off as energetically excited at all times to humans in an attempt to keep morale up. Things might be going to be going to shit, but if this insane sounding little alien is still raring to go, maybe there’s still a chance. In actuality, war and loss have ground her down just as it has anyone, and she no longer has the fire she had when it began. There is no rage against the enemy, no love for the feeling of commanding a blazing fast and powerful machine from her youth as a race pilot. There is only the mission, and trying to make sure as many people get out of it alive as possible.
  
  Off of the battlefield, she still has the theaters of her remaining family holding her up, as well as the pride her kin have for her, though that is a bit of a mixed blessing. She does her best to help ‘raise’ the less experienced pilots, and the hole in her heart grows only ever larger with each one who falls. Yet she gets attached anyway.
  
  Despite having lost her own drive for it, she enjoys keeping up with what little racing is still done during the war, even if it is often virtual. Has gained a recent appreciation for speedrunning games as a result.
• Background: Born on Sapphire Shores, a water world and one of the Rosnian colonies founded adjacent to their homeworld, Rose became first a racer of sail ships, then planes, and finally spaceships. She toured the worlds, found love, settled back down on Sapphire Shores, giving birth to and raising 5 darling children.
  
  Then war came.
  
  Rose rose once more, so did her family, and her whole people, but it was not enough. Rose was one of the few pilots to survive the fight to punch a hole through the invaders forces so that an evacuation fleet could escape their doomed world. Her loves, and three of their children, did not escape.
  
  Once the exodus fleet had reached safe harbor, Rose turned right back around and threw herself back into the war with a vengeance, but not, like some who had lost everything, with a death wish.
  
  She still had two children to protect, and one to find, and so she lived to fight on another day again and again till someone took notice, and decided she’d make for a perfect framewerk pilot.
  
  As a rare representative of her kind among those legendary ranks, she’s become something of a hero for her species, proof that even in their diminished state, they still matter. That the war still matters. An important thing indeed, given the growing threat of a Rosnian exodus movement.
• Notable Deaths or Missing People: One of her mates and 2 of their children were killed during the failed defence of their home. A third child (an infant at the time) went missing during the invasion, along with Rose’s other mate and her own parents who were looking after them.
• Additional information:
  
  Rosnians

  • Biology: While universally hairless and sporting grey skin, an enlarged cranium, and a large third eye, Rosnians come in a variety of shapes and sizes as a result of genetic tampering. Their standard form is known as the homeworld variant, who are tall, slender, dexterous but rather fragile. However Humans are much more likely to meet the heavyworld form that was genetically engineered to operate in higher gravity (such as Earth), which sport large ears, a squat durable frame (roughly about half human height).
    
    While there is a great degree of mysticism surrounding the alien’s third eye in their culture, its main evolutionary advantage was to make species on its world better at looking up and spotting threats that took advantage of their world’s low gravity, as it is capable of moving independently from the two main eyes, and has better vertical vision.
    
    A lot of Rosnian emotion is expressed via the ears (ears up alert/excited, ears down sad, etc.) and the central eye’s state in relation to the rest of the eyes (closed = relaxed/trusting, staring into space = bored, searching the sky = nervous, all eyes focused on someone = seeing them as a threat) which can make reading humans difficult for them.
    
    In the reverse, Rosnians express little emotion vocally due to how blatant (to them) their body language is. Rather than sounding monotone, however, they tend to sound energized and excited in almost all situations, which can come off as unnerving when the tone is dissident to the circumstance/words. Some compensate by adding tone indicators to their sentences “We do it like this! /polite exasperation” although this can lead to its own problems when being too honest.
  • History: Assumed to be the source of at least some UFO abduction stories due to the actions of their former government, Rosnians are a species from a low gravity world who managed to get their start in space travel going a lot faster than humanity thanks to the more optimal thrust to fuel ratios their smaller homeworld provided. As did the presence of several asteroid moons, where with the equivalent of early 21st century human technology they began mining operations.
    
    This is where their species was also first united, specifically under the threat of weaponized ore delivery, under the rule of a privately owned corporation known as Sky Eye Initiative. Attempts were made to resist, but the corporation’s prior domination of satellite deployment allowed near complete control of low orbit space. War, considered bad for business, came to an end, and an age of prosperity began, only for it to slowly fade once more as more and more of the world’s wealth was captured by fewer and fewer Rosnians.
    
    During this time, extra solar probes were sent out, one of which discovered ww1 era earth. Sensing an opportunity to distract the masses, the Sky Eye Initiative began fear mongering about this war-like species, presenting them as a threat to Rosnian peace. Scout ships were sent out to research earth and gather more data. Humans were abducted and heavily biased and doctored experiments were performed to ‘prove’ they were remorseless monsters. Preparation for war was used to justify worsening conditions for the masses, a war that was always just on the horizon but never came because the preparations made were entirely fluff and no substance.
    
    This strategy worked perfectly until humanity almost destroyed itself. The population became split between those who wished to now strike at the weakened enemy, and those who had lost all appetite for war when shown what it had done to humanity. Tensions built, until extremists from the former group attempted to seize the weapon stockpiles prepared for the invasion, and found them to be entirely suitable for such a thing, the invasion fleet stalling out far before it could reach earth.
    
    Chaos broke out as the world united against the Sky Eye Initiative in a way it had failed to do when they seized power, and, in turn, unleashed hell upon Rosnian kind.
    
    In the end, the initiative was destroyed by an alliance of anti-war dissenters in the ranks and the return of the pro-war with humanity faction, but by then it was too late. They had been ravaged by orbital bombardment, and the orbit itself rendered unusable by kepler syndrome. By the time they’d started to get things in order, humanity had arrived on their doorstep, and the two war weary species united in the name of peace with surprising ease.
    
    Then war came for them both, and the Rosnian homeworld was right in the path of the invasion. Contact has been lost, and though some hope that their home might still be holding out, most assume it has fallen. There is still hope for some of the surrounding colonies however, resulting in the aliens either fleeing to preserve their species, or throwing themselves into the fight with great vigor.

Senko-San

• Framewerk Name: Senko-San
  
  
  
• Weight Class: very light
• Framewerk Type: Specialist +1 speed
• Primary Weapon Systems:
  
  • Marker Light (shot from the central ‘eye’ of the tripod): An experimental laser rifle that operates in two modes: Combat Mode and Marker Mode.
    Combat Mode: fires damaging laser shots. These rounds are light neon blue in colour and effective against barriers and energy-based protection.
    Marker Mode: fires non-damaging rounds that leave radioactive markers on whatever it hits. Marked targets emanate a unique signal that Framewerks can track, improving accuracy of all attacks against the target and preventing cloaking and other forms of stealth for three turns. Drones and other autonomous weapons also receive a damage bonus against the target. Both rifle modes are effective at medium and short ranges.
  • Shining Fingers (each tentacle counts as a ‘finger’): The weapon generates energy from the Framewerk's hands, allowing it to be fired as beams or wielded as a melee weapon, or even used defensively to repel attacks with parrying motions. The weapon has both high destructive potential and versatility. However, prolonged use of the system puts mental strain on the pilot.
  • Particle Cannon (created by weaving all 6 tendrils together to form the barrel of the cannon): A weapon with a trio of edged prongs circling the barrel. The weapon accelerates a payload of Tau particles while charging up to one million volts of energy along the prongs before the entire blast is released in a high-impact bolt. The weapon has great yield with adept stopping power. It's downsides include being slow to fire and difficulty with piercing through armor when uncharged. When given enough time to charge the cannon to after one or more turns, however, the shot is guaranteed to put at least a smoldering crater in most physical armor. In the event of a close-range hazard, the weapon's prongs are reinforced to act as an emergency melee weapon. Prolonged use is ill-advised, as damage may dramatically hamper the weapon's stability and risk further damage if fired.
• Secondary Systems:
  
  • Spider Legs: Your Framewerk is shaped like an arachnid, with multiple legs supporting a central body. You have less armor comparable to a single lower level of weight class. However, you have a bonus to accuracy for ranged weapons, better agility on uneven terrain, and access to an additional Primary Weapons System. You can jump up and extend your legs to initiate a hover mode. In hover mode, you can float in place and attack with the same accuracy as standing still while able to move at half speed.
  • Multiple Fire Control System: A suite of comprehensive software and hardware, and sensor arrays. Able to acquire targets using RADAR, LADAR, Infrared and traditional optical target acquisition. The Framewerk is able to freely and easily distribute power from its energy cells to the first three detection modes, allowing for great flexibility on the battlefield. If necessary, the modular nature of the system makes it possible to install active/passive sonar for marine warfare in less than five hours in a standard Framewerk berth.
    
    The system also sports highly advanced target tracking and firing solution computation abilities owing to a specialized logic core that runs synchronous to the Framewerk's' own computer chipset. In proper conditions, only few types of enemies may outgun the Framewerk within medium range owing to the constant effective firepower provided by the system. In addition, the system may compile esoteric data on-the-fly into the standard communication packet format for transmission to any applicable friendly networks for their use and perusal in real-time. When activated, the user may make a weapon attack against as many targets in a single action as they can reach in medium range.
  • Stargazer (mounted in the large back pod): an experimental propulsion and defense system that uses extremely powerful magnets harvested from super-dense star systems. The system was originally designed for deep space exploration where fuel sources are scarce or non-existent. By aligning the magnets with bodies with greater mass like stars in the direction that the Framewerk is set to travel in, the Stargazer is then able to push and pull the Frame in that direction simultaneously. Similarly, the system is capable of pushing projectiles off of their course and away from the Frame or other targets, keeping them safe. Given enough time, the pilot can redirect attacks to specified directions to avoid redirecting the attack into an ally or even force the projectile to strike an enemy target. When used for space travel, it doubles the Frame's forward speed.

supporting characters

She Who Notices The Little Things In Life And Sets Them Right (Fixi): One of Rose’s surviving children, she was doing provisional training as a mechanic at one of Sapphire Shores spaceports when their world was invaded, and thus happened to be perfectly positioned to be evacuated. She personally carved Rose out of the wreck of her ship after her mother barely made back to the hanger of an evacuation vessel after covering its retreat, got rapidly promoted to fully fledged engineer due to the fleets lack of them, and then once they’d made it to safety, stuck with her mother as part of her support crew.

She by whose hands we will forge a new age of wonders (Val): followed in her mother’s footsteps and left her homeworld, though rather than to race Val did this to further her education, doing so as part of an student exchange program. As such she was not on Sapphire Shores when it was invaded.

She continued it even as the war drove on, though her priorities naturally shifted, resulting in her drafting a paper about the potential of blending Human and Rosnian tech for military purposes. This got her a military R&D position and, eventually, a posting to the Framewerk Project on the Fortress Ship Solaire. It is on her recommendation that Rose ended up there, though that recommendation was then thoroughly verified afterwards.

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Sanro & Nero Marques

Names: Sanro & Nero Marques

Gender: M (for both)

Age: 24 (for both)

Apperance:


Fundamentally, the Marqueses look the same. They are both the same height--just under six feet tall. They have roughly the same broad shouldered and athletic build--not bruisers, by any means, but perhaps sprinters or soccer players. Both have thick, blue-black hair that falls across their similarly colored eyes. Their defined jawlines, large hands, and short, upturned noses--all identical.

...Which is not to say that it's hard to tell the brothers apart. To begin with, they dress differently; where Nero tends to be meticulous about his uniform and his overall appearance, Sanro often neglects to brush his hair or make sure that his clothes are in presentable condition. Additionally, Nero's nearsightedness means that, while out of the cockpit, he chooses to wear reading glasses that double as an AR computer interface. Those details aside, the biggest differences between the two are in their bearings. Out of the cockpit, at least, Sanro bristles with nervous energy; he has a hard time sitting still, and is constantly tapping his foot, wriggling in his seat, or just moving around. Nero, by contrast, affects a calm and nonplussed demeanor; he's often standing at ease, hands clasped behind his back, looking straight ahead and seeming focused on the task at hand.

Type:
+ Sanro: Skilled
+ Nero: Gifted

Background Potential:
+ Twin Soul (They used to be triplets, but, well...)
Sanro
+ Synchronized Agility (Sanro is an athletic and coordinated person, and those skills have transferred almost too well to piloting a Framewerk; he's more comfortable in the cockpit than outside it)
Nero
+ Supporter (Despite not having practical piloting experience, Nero is determined not to be a burden on his brother, or on the rest of the unit.)
+ Awareness (Nero's greatest talent is pulling in a lot of data and making quick analyses; this turns out to transfer well to his role as the secondary pilot of Legionnaire)

Perks:
+ Memento (Necklaces; simple leather thongs, each with a third of a circle on them)
Sanro
+ Athletic (Sanro was always good at sports; his physical conditioning has only gotten better since enlisting.)
+ Networking (Sanro and Icaro were always well known and liked among their peers; since Icaro's death those same people who used to respect his brother do their best to show him kindness and sympathy, as much as he doesn't seem to want it.)
Nero
+ Book Smart (Framewerk Tactics and Tech - Nero has spent the last couple of years working in Framewerk R&D, and has a strong academic knowledge of their inner workings and applications.)

Personality: At first brush, the brothers are a study in contrasts. Where Sanro is anxious and impatient, Nero is calm and collected. Sanro tends to be dismissive of higher-ranked officers, to the degree he can get away with it; Nero always makes sure to show respect and use the proper address. Sanro is always moving, doing one thing or another; Nero is often content to sit and read or study for long periods of time.

However, the similarities run deeper than one might expect. For starters, once in the cockpit their demeanors seem to switch; Sanro becomes the collected, confident one, while Nero's mind goes off in a hundred directions at once. They both share a fundamental sense of responsibility, as well, that extends from the large--voluntarily enlisting to help defend mankind from the existential threat it faces--to the small--assisting their teammates in whatever way they can. While they both enjoy a good joke, they're also a bit on the serious side, and they can both get too wrapped up in their emotions when they feel like they--or worse, the other one--has been wronged.

Background: From the day they were born, everyone had high expectations for the Marques triplets. Their father was an accomplished government secretary; their mother had left her successful career as a soccer player to become a decorated military officer. The three young boys received the best education their parents could offer them, and were pushed into whatever extracurriculars they showed the least interest in, and to almost no one's surprise, they excelled in all endeavors.

Though all three showed an aptitude for whatever they tried their hand at, they distinguished themselves from each other at an early age. Nero was the academically-focused one. Sanro was drawn to sports and martial arts. Icaro excelled at both, and further surpassed his brothers by having an effortless sociability that endeared him to classmates and teachers alike. It didn't take long for him to become the "leader" of the three, and if Sanro or Nero resented him for that, you wouldn't be able to tell by the way the three stuck by each other.

They were just finished college when the true nature of the threat facing humanity was revealed, but all three brothers immediately followed in their mother's footsteps and enlisted in the armed forces. Icaro and Sanro were immediately tapped for the Framewerk corps, while Nero was pulled into R&D. Though separated for the first time in their lives, they sought to make the best of it.

Icaro and Sanro worked well together, but casualties against the Cruxi were always high, and fate plays no favorites. A sortie gone wrong left the two of them as the only remaining forces standing against a Cruxi incursion. Sanro's machine was too damaged to stop his brother from launching him back towards their retreating forces, and Icaro made the fatal last stand that allowed his brother to fight another day.

Just before his death, Icaro and Sanro had been chosen to pilot an experimental new Framewerk. Unwilling to reassign the duty, the brass instead pulled Nero out of the lab he was stationed in and reassigned him as his brother's co-pilot.

Notable Deaths: Their other brother, Icaro; died a few months ago in battle.

Pilot Bonuses Summary:
+ Sanro
- Increased chance to dodge (-1 Weight Class) [Synchronized Agility]
- Increased speed (-1 Weight Class) [Athletic]
+ Nero
- Free use of secondary systems to assist ally per turn [Supporter]
- Increased chance to dodge (-1 Weight Class) [Awareness]

Framewerk Legionnaire

Framewerk Name: Legionnaire
Appearance:


Remus forms an armor around Romulus; when combined, its cockpit sits behind and above the main cockpit of Romulus.

The wing is formed of Remus's attack drones, which are usually deployed; each attack drone looks like a needle shape that flies via passive antigravity and adjustment thrusters.

Weight Class: Medium
Framewerk Type: Specialist (+1 Weapons Damage, any range)

Primary Weapons Systems:
+ Shining Fingers
+ Arklight Thunder
+ Heavy Assault Gun

Secondary Systems:
+ Air Recon Drones
+ Attack Drones (x2)
+ Utility Drones (Configured as mobile shield generators)

Romulus

Framewerk Name: Romulus

Appearance:

Weight Class: Light
Framewerk Type: Frontliner
Primary Weapon Systems:
+ Shining Fingers
+ Arklight Thunder
Secondary Systems:
+ Support Drones (Remote Shield Generators)
+ Attack Drones

Remus

Framewerk Name: Remus

Appearance:
Framewerk Mode

Mobility Mode:


In Mobility mode, the integrated attack drones function as mounted, and the Heavy Assault Gun is mounted dorsally.

Weight Class: Light
Framewerk Type: Specialist
Primary Weapon Systems:
+ Heavy Assault Gun
Secondary Systems:
+ Kattai
+ Attack Drones
+ Air Recon Drones
+ Henshin (Can change to jet/mobility mode)

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David Wright, Steel Wall of Weybridge

Name: David Wright, Steel Wall of Weybridge
Gender: Male
Appearance:
Despite his body being past his prime, David still has an impressively built body. His muscles are not a hulking mass, but rather a sleek, athletic build that has efficient development of muscles. (And, the hulking mass he had shrunk as he gained age.) Still, his capabilities are far past an average soldier, sporting superhuman endurance mainly.
David has a rather bright skin tone, tanned from training days following the shape of his military standard t shirt from training days. He keeps his black hair in a clean buzz cut, with a beret on. He has green eyes.
Pilot Type: Experienced pilot

Age: 43
Background Potentials:
Supporter: You are an expert when it comes to providing assistance to others. While not flashiest role, you provide an essential duty, and become and anchor that the other pilots in the squad will rally behind when the going gets tough.
-You may receive an Additional Secondary System for your Framewerk.
-As a free action, you can use one of your Secondary Systems to assist one nearby ally once per turn.
-You may also perform a free reaction shot with your Primary Weapon at one enemy who performs an attack or move at medium range (think assault rifle range as a human equivalent).
However, you tend to brush aside or even forget your own needs, putting others before you, sometimes to a worrying degree.

Perks:
-Athletic: You're a pinnacle of human physique, capable of running a marathon or wrestling a bear. You may even have competed in sports, earning gold medals. Your Framewerk piloting also gets some benefit, like increased speed of a lower weight class and stronger melee attacks of a heavier weight class.
-Book Smart: You are knowledgeable and well-read in one subject of your choosing.

Personality:
David is, at his core, a numb person, in a figurative way. He feels it hard to attach to other people, be sympathetic and relate to their emotions genuinely, and put them before himself even for a moment. Having a hard time being genuine does not mean he doesn't do it, however- he tries his best to care, especially for his comrades. And if he tries hard enough, it becomes genuine.
Byrne's guidance, and his death, shaped David greatly. He learned to respect his colleagues and fight for them, regardless of whether he had a deep emotional link or not. He learned to try and care for them, and to put them before himself in the heat of battle. Byrne's character as a fearless commander and protector remains in David's mind as an idol-a figure to strive to be, despite the difference in nature he feels. Years of experience helped him shape himself closer to the hero he aspires to be.

Background:
Weybridge was a settlement near the outer rim, but now it is nothing but a name. Heroes were made and died on the colony when the Cruxi invaded, until humanity was forced to retreat with scarred minds and bodies. It is also where David began his journey as a soldier in a war against the Cruxi.
David was a selfish, prideful young ruffian who roamed the streets. His usual routine was picking on poor pedestrians, and use the change he took from them to get wasted for the day with food and alcohol. That was, until he happened to pick on a military officer-a framewerk pilot too, at that- and got what could only be described as comeuppance. But the officer did not end with just a beating. David was offered a chance of redemption, to use is brawn and brain for something better than getting drunk off of lunch money. David joined Weybridge's military, and with the officer's guidance, was able to advance both in rank and as a person, although it was slow. Then, the Cruxi arrived at Weybridge.
While the colony was relatively prepared, it was ultimately doomed to fall. When the statistics couldn't give them the sliver of hope of winning, command made a wise choice of evacuating the colony before lives were lost. The military forces did their best to hold the enemy off and secure as many people as they could, with a sacrifice. The officer that had recruited David was among them, who stayed back with a handful of other pilots to hold off Cruxi forces. David took on the mantle of continuing the fight, and fought until the last human left the surface of Weybridge. After his homeworld fell, David continued to contribute in the war against Cruxi-either in the battlefield or helping testing out experimental armaments, should the opportunity come. Countless battles were fought, whether he won or lost-but he survived, and so did the people by his side. With each battle, he gathered the necessary experience, and trained his capability as an unignorable presence in the battlefield.

Notable Deaths or Missing People:
Commander Byrne, nicknamed "The Mountain", was the one who taught young David a lesson and helped him better himself. He died on Weybridge, motivating David to personally try and continue his legacy as an unbreakable pillar of his colleagues.
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Flag Bearer

Framewerk Name: Flag Bearer
Appearance:
Flag Bearer is a heavyweight weapon of war, designed to be an impressive presence in battle that simply cannot be ignored, working as a core support framewerk with its hulking mass and the sheer amount of systems it can mount thanks to the base design.
The torso of the chassis, donned with a standard generator for its weight class, and an additional power engine on the back that works as a platform that powers the artillery mortars attached to the sides. Instead of having the standard transforming barrel, it has the barrel of each firing mode separately, additional manipulators attached to load shells to the appropriate receiver-aligned like a pair of crammed wings. Additionally, there are anchors mounted around the waist, in case the legs have to detach from the torso in battle and it has to stand by itself. (same goes for parts of the legs where they can detach)
On the shoulders of Flag Bearer are its Utility Drones, designed to look like gargoyles mounted onto the hulking bastion that may come to life when need be to provide extra support to the battlefield.
The general physique of the Flag Bearer resembles that of a thick, chunky charicature of a muscular knight rather than a hollywood actor style eight-head-figure framewerks people may think of- It was intentionally built that way, to give the image of an unbreakable force keeping its allies rallied.

Visual Inspirations

Framewerk Physique: Barbarossa from Lancer RPG

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Artillery Mortars formation: Noblesse Oblige from Armored Core 4
Think similar to this, but less spread out and more crammed onto the back of the framewerk.

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Weight Class:
Very Heavy
Framewerk Type:
Backliner: Your Framewerk is all about ranged superiority, and taking the enemy out before they can reach you.
You may receive a bonus to your armor equal to two lower or higher level of weight class when fighting at longer ranges.

Primary Weapon Systems:

Dual Acid Cannons

These cannons fire detonating rounds that cause wide-spread, highly explosive acid damage. The corrosive payload can melt through armor and cause notable damage over time. Combined with the weapon's high rate of fire, the weapon is most effective against multiple targets.

Artillery Mortars

Cannon weapons mounted on the shoulders that fire explosive shells with high destructive yield. The weapon includes a projectile flight path calculation system that predicts the arcing paths of shells before they are fired from the weapon, improving accuracy. Weather and the movement of enemy units is not taken into account by the system's calculations. The weapon is intended devastation in a large are of effect. The cannon barrels are also modified to extend or shorten in length to allow better control over operational range. Includes several modes.
During "Artillery Mode", the cannons are both extended and angled within 45 degrees from horizontal over the shoulders to allow for long-range bombardment.
During "Mortar Mode" the cannons are shortened and within 45 degrees of being vertical to allow for rapid bombardment at medium ranges.
Finally, during "Direct Mode" the cannons are angled almost entirely horizontal over the shoulders to allow for direct fire at shorter ranges. The weapon includes an assortment of shells available for use that can be switched out by pilot commands. Both mode and ammunition changes can be done once per turn.
-HEFI Shell: High-Explosive Fragmentation Incendiary shells, shortened to HEFI, are more dangerous to use at shorter ranges due to the fragmentation and incendiary effects of the shells. These shells have a more pronounced arc, and are recommended for use in either Artillery or Mortar Mode.
APHE Shell: Armor-Piercing High-Explosive shells are designed for short to long range engagements. These shells have a less pronounced arc that allows for greater range, and are especially effective in Direct Mode due to possessing a smaller explosion radius.
-HYDRA Shell: Specially designed shells that break apart and separate in midair, releasing a swarm of explosive capsules that carpet bomb over a targeted area. Recommended for use in Mortar Mode, cannot be used in Direct Mode. These shells must be carefully loaded, and therefore require more time to be loaded.
-Titan Shell: Shells fitted with with large-yield conventional explosive warheads, resembling the detonation size and strength of a Massive Ordinance Air Blast (MOAB). Recommended only for Artillery Mode, as the explosion radius is large. Cannot be used in Direct Mode.

Secondary Systems:

Bastion

A portable wall capable of expanding and digging in to the ground to protect two adjacent ally Framewerks of Heavy weight class or smaller at each side. It is made using Carbonox and other advanced alloys, and highly resistant to plasma. In it's folded form it can be used as a battering ram or as a protecting armament against flanking opponents.

Energy Wings

Detachable energy fields that can take a multitude of shapes and block incoming strikes and projectiles. These can be used to guard the Framewerk from a variety of incoming attacks. However, they can travel a short distance away from the Framewerk and protect an ally as well.

Utility Drones

Your Framewerk's shoulders are enlarged and capable of releasing one drone each. While not as efficient or numerous as other types of drones, these drones can fly swiftly and perform a single role of your choosing including fire support, repairs, protection, surveillance or data gathering, and are equipped to serve that role. The two drones can have different roles.
-Turtle: Gargoyle drone in the shape of a turtle with a dragon head. It is up armored and can provide limited protection for friendlies. Turtle drone has one Energy Wing (and an appropriate energy source to keep it running) so it can work as a point of origin remote from the framewerk itself.
-Tiger: Gargoyle drone in the shape of a winged tiger. It is built with low profile thrusters to provide surveillance data.

Segmented Recombination

The Framewerk's construction is uniquely divided, with every single segment beyond the core, where the cockpit is located, capable of splitting off the core, and subsequently reattach with ease using magnetic forces. The divided parts can operate autonomously with inbuilt computer systems. As a result, the pilot can adapt to the increasing damage that the Framewerk can sustain during battle.

Power Engine

Mounted on the Frame's back, it is a power-increasing device that increases speed equal to one lower level of weight class, and power equal to a level of higher weight class. It also improves carrying capacity, allowing the Framewerk to lift up and carry ally Framewerks as a free action for that turn. The device needs to recharge for one turn before it can be used again.