Falling Skies: PMC (Sci-fi, Mecha, Space-Odyssey/Opera)

[Alfhedil]

Considering my character's history, she would very likely not be bothered to see him dead in a pool of his own blood.

[vietmyke]

It could be just as likely that not many people know of Terin's military history- maybe he's changed his name since the war. I mean, most people in FEZ aren't concerned in something as insignificant as "history", but yeah, a few people here and there might be a bit iffy.

Sam has no particular loyalty to the UEE- moreso just his family.

[Athinar]

OOH. I just thought of something. Jamy's parents would be in their fifties/sixties by now, right? What if the Steel Hunters went up against the UEE Frigate they were on?

[vietmyke]

Eh, if the Steel Hunters didn't know they were aboard the UEE frigate, and the UEE frigate attacked them, well, Jamy would probably be an orphan.

[Athinar]

:c

Orphaned as a grown man.

[Hexaflexagon]

:c
Orphaned as a grown man.

@Athinar

Hey it's what happens to most people. I'd say its more sad in the reverse losing your kid when he is a grown man.

[Athinar]

@Hexaflexagon Ooh, right. Raise him, only for him to die? Ouch.

[vietmyke]

I had cut this out from the MAS building system because the extra variable made things even more complicated, but I had planned on introducing a currency system, so people could purchase additional weapons and parts as the RP goes on.

I plan on introducing this system after all, and the equipment will often weigh and cost less power than their standard counterparts (mainly to give incentive to change things up). As a non-military organization, I want this idea of continual customization and improvement by picking up and finding cool new parts and equipment to play a big part in this role play. And as we are a outfit motivated in part by money, it only makes sense that we'll be buying and trading.

I'll be going over character sheets again momentarily and will assign you some arbitrary number of funds based on how advanced your machine is, how long your character has been working, etc.

That being said, equipment degradation will be a thing in this role play. If you're weapon gets cut in half (which chances are will happen to at least one of you) you wont just have it at the start of the next battle, you'll have to spend funds to repair or replace said weapon.

[Athinar]

@vietmyke Sounds cool! I like that you are going another layer deeper with the customization. It makes sense that you wouldn't have this in the 7th's RP, because they're military hotshots, while we're rag-tag mercenaries.

Oh, also, is it okay if I create a NPC?

[vietmyke]

@Athinar For what purpose?

[Athinar]

@vietmyke To add to the squad, and flesh out the variety of the Steel Hunters, and not make it a big UEE house party.

[vietmyke]

Run it by me, I'll see how it goes.

[Athinar]

@vietmykeAight, I'll toss you a PM with it tomorrow.

[vietmyke]

Speaking of NPCs, here is our team leader for the time being.

Prowler, Seth

Name: Prowler, Seth
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Nationality: FEZ
Callsign/Codename: Miles
Kills: 38

A self-proclaimed man of agricultural origins, just how Prowler learned how to operate a MAS isn't something he typically lets on about- attributing most of his experience to mercenary work. Prowler has been Terin's right hand man since before the founding of the Steel Hunters PMC. A man of gruff, but generally friendly disposition, Prowler is a man of honor- and a highly skilled MAS pilot to boot.

CMS-110 Gowser

Designation: CMS-110 Gowser C (Custom)
Role: Assault
Chassis: Medium
Engine: Improved Quad Core Engine 25 Power
Operating Time: 16 Hours
Description:
A civilian grade MAS designed by the Coalition based company H&K, the Gowser is a rugged and reliable civilian unit, highly customization and able to be outfitted for a variety of roles, from construction and heavy lifting, to deep space mining and large scale construction. This Gowser has been militarized and is heavily armed and armored, and is capable of holding its own against military grade machines.
Systems:
Type-35 40mm Autocannon 4 WT 2 PWR. - A Coalition built 40mm Autocannon, it is a more streamlined version of the common Type-3 Autocannon. The Type-35 fires 40mm shells out of a 250 round magazine and fires at a rate of 650 rounds per minute. It has semi-automatic and 5 round burst modes. It also comes with a built in alloy bayonet for close combat.
Argos Arm mounted 30mm Autocannon 3 WT 2 PWR - Argos industries arm mounted autocannon fires 30mm rounds out of twin linked autocannon barrels at 400 rounds per minute each, for a total of 800 rounds per minute. The weapon has a 400 round magazine
Class 2 Shield: 5 WT 5 PWR - A class 2 military grade shield 'appropriated' from a fallen UEE Sentry
E110 Energy Saber: 1 WT 3 PWR - The Gowser utilizes a of high powered energy saber deployed from stored in its hip. The blade length can be adjusted, but due to the saber using its own power capacitors, the operational limit of the blade is 3 hours. As such, pilots are often encouraged to limit their melee time.
Hybrid Armor Plating 5 WT - Because of its nature as a general purpose construction unit, armor plating is often necessary to provide protection against the elements. This custom Gowser has additional plating on its shoulder and chest to provide better equipment.
Smart Target AI 3 PWR - By improving the standard MAS AI with a Smart Targeting AI, MAS's can now acquire multiple targets simultaneously, and can now track up to 40 targets, including missiles, and other MAS's, instead of the standard 5..
Upgraded Targeting Suite External 1 WT 1 PWR - Built into the Gowser's custom visor, an enhanced targeting solution improves its overall accuracy at all ranges.
Enhanced Radar Suite External 1 WT 1 PWR - Built into its custom visor unit, the Gowser's radar range has been effectively doubled.
Steel Hunters Specialization +5 PWR
Counter Measures

[vietmyke]

Just waiting for @Alfhedil's character before we start. No rush though.

Also, while we still haven't started, does anyone have anything they'd like to see happen, or are you all fine settling in for my planned plot?

[Alfhedil]

@vietmyke Apologies, things have been a bit rough elsewhere, and I ended up scrapping my original CS because it felt lacking Dx

I should hopefully have something better up by tonight, though as I said in PM, don't feel like you have to wait on me. I'll catch up :D

[StrangerDanger]

I assume it's still closed to interest?

[vietmyke]

Indeed. We are no longer accepting further interest. In further news, I'll be writing the IC tomorrow- tonight's for studying.

[StrangerDanger]

Indeed. We are no longer accepting further interest. In further news, I'll be writing the IC tomorrow- tonight's for studying.

@vietmyke

Thank you for your reply, I'll still keep tabs on your story! Good luck everyone!

[vietmyke]

Alright everyone, here's some information about money! So, the "currency" we will be using is known as GC - or Galactic Credits - Further shortened to plain Credits. These Credits represent arbitrary numbers, and you will not be required to keep track of credits spent on supplies like food and water (it can be assumed that these costs are negligible and can be easily be paid for with anywhere from a fraction of a credit to a few credits)

Don't ask me to equate credits to any real world currency, because I honestly have no idea what amounts would be appropriate.

Regarding Funds and Cuts:
@Hexaflexagon/Terin - Currently has 10,000 Credits, and receives a 40% cut of all Missions - Which is then used to pay maintenance costs/salaries, etc. Money won't be very important for Terin mainly for simplicity's sake. @Whoami's paycheck is included within the Salary costs- since you use an Ultra-Light you don't actually count as one of the Sirius' 12 MASs.
@Oxenfree/Alexander - Currently has 500 Credits, receives a 4% cut of all missions
@EnterTheHero/Adrian - Currently has 200 Credits, receives a 5% cut of all missions
@Athinar/Jamy - Currently has 800 Credits, receives an 7% cut of all missions
@Aristo/Alice - currently has 200 Credits, receives an 6% cut of all missions
Myself/Sam - Currently has 400 Credits, receives a 5% cut of all missions

All confirmed kills on enemy MAS's earns a 100 Credit bonus per kill.

Funds in pocket were decided by me rolling a D10. Cuts were determined by a character's experience, combat training, out-of-combat utilities, as well as other factors. If you're wondering why everyone's cut percentage is below 10%, keep in mind that there are 12 pilots on the Sirius, and Terin takes 40%, so 60% is left to be divided up by the 12 pilots.