[OOC] FRAMEs (Mech combat, political intrigue & corporate struggles)

[Slamurai]

<Snipped quote by Aristo>

What about aluminum alloys?
A lighter, maybe not quite as strong as steel metal that's more expensive, but you can bulk up a bit more with it to be more maneuverable and even more protected than before?
Probably gonna be over three times as expensive tho XD

@WilsonTurner

It really depends on what FRAME you've got; the "durasteel" our Zarugas and Handous have is a steel laminate armor, with aluminum plates sandwiched in-between. FRAMEs will have different compositions based on manufacturer and role.

[Darkspleen]

Sorry it too so long to get a post up. Been a few really busy days for me.

[Windicator]

I also started to wonder, if HG has a role in the base will we see striders or equivalents? (as in Damocles, Red bull and Sagittarius)

Not that I'm expecting players to get those (at least not solo)

@Windicator

@Aristo

1. It's a definite possibility - maybe not exactly the same vein as AC, but large 'super-FRAMEs,' landships, satellite systems, etc. might come into play down the road.

@Aristo

Oh. So that's what it is.

[DarkStar]

Hmm. Good to hear :D

[DarkStar]

Sarah Duncan

Name: Sarah Duncan
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Disposition: Sunny...Really sunny. Teetering on insanity this woman is a grade A lunatic. Her joy in damn near everything is annoyingly infectious. Joy in battle, joy in victory, joy in defeat. She is the kind of person who seems to have luck tattooed to her ass. Something she was told so often she actually got it tattooed there. Along with the rear end of her frame. Rarely taking things seriously she is a bit of a loose cannon. However an effective one at that. Almost always willing to go on a suicide mission. It means little to her the risks involved she'll do it. Money isn't what she seeks, it's the thrill, Thanatos. Born from years of cybernetic testing. She is a hardcore smoker. One of the few luxuries her social position grants her, it is also one of the only times a non factitious reply will leave her lips
Background: Born in the OSU to the great-great-grandson of one of the most respected engineers in the country Valantino Duncan. His company had for the last couple hundred years produced the best engineers for the motherland making everything from weapons to toys. This didn't last long once the Socialists rose to power and his company was absorbed into the party machinery, a corporation in name only. She should have lived a comfortable life. However hostile takeovers are a little more than minor nuisances when compared to the regular cleansing in the party. Especially with the heat against the Sodroyan League, her father's father having lost his position, his son only rose so far in the incredibly plutocratic nepotist government. Her mother having died in a raid in their country house by the league. Daddy began to get more and more consumed in his work especially within the fields of Cybernetics. His mind having been torn by the loss of his wife he began testing on her at an early age hoping to use her to get revenge for his wife. Using prototypes and brutal means of testing, she's not sure how much of herself is even left. Her mind was tortured every day of her memorable childhood as the OSU sought to catch up in the arms race. The poor girls ears were ripped out at the age of 10 to be replaced with a new model of acoustic drums. It was painful bloody and hard to get used to but she managed. Human guinea pigs were not off the table, she has many scars from the surgeries she was subjected too. The worst being the fractal scars going along the sides of her eyes when her eyes were gouged out by a rather sadistic test of loyalty. Just another ruse to be used against her to test the latest in OSU optics. Her eyes look real, but are as far from real as they can get. Her mind was addled with constant doublethink to the point where her mind finally accepted it. By means of being happy, extraordinarily happy with whatever the situation was, it was truly irrelevant to her what the situation was. Having finally seen through the cloud of rubbish propaganda she finally snaps, snaps, and snaps her way through neck after neck trying to get out the facility. Getting out and being penniless she makes her way through the underworld before finding a contact who can put her name out their to mercenary groups who might be able to pay her way out the OSU. Working for rather piss all money before proving skill with a FRAME, that she already had. Just not the funds to acquire one. Eventually a friend she made during her work put her in contact with the panthers leader, which is where you find her today.
Appearance: bar fractal scarring around the eyes, red pupils and a rather garish protrusion from the back of her neck, used for uploading information from her eyes and ears.
Inventory: Very little. She has a small pendant her mother gave her before she died and little else. She lives a fairly spartan lifestyle bar her cigarettes.
Funds: Non applicable? Soviet xD
Other: She is not stupid. No matter how frivolous or pointless her tasks may be.

Handou-”Mr.Bubbles”

Name: Mr. Bubbles
Manufacturer: Kelhei Manufacturing
Height: 4.3 meters
Weight: 6627 kg
Armor: 45 mm durasteel alloy
Speed (Walk): 42 kph
Speed (Skate): 72 kph
Sensor range: 2 km
Communication range: 10 km
Operating range: 500 km
Power: 140
Weight: 85

Armaments:
1x MG27 Light Machinegun
1x AFC-40/L Autocannon
1x LP-90 Light Rocket Launcher
1x MGR-2A Anti-tank Missile

600,000-221,590-30,000-21,000-12,000-1,000= 314,410 credits left
55-20-24-8-2=1 weight left

Sigh.... I've probably broken a few golden rules here but feel free to chastise. I need the advise. Been a long ass time. Anything glaringly wrong?

[Slamurai]

@DarkStar
Sorry, this is a no-go as is; Dreqs haven't been made available to us (...yet...). See the first post of the OOC for FRAMEs, equipment, etc. that you can purchase at the start. Each player gets 600,000c to buy from this list. Your options will expand over the course of the RP, as I add more things to it so you can splurge your hard-earned money and feel good about yourselves.
Do you understand how the weight/power system works?

I'd recommend (re-)reading all the hiders of the first OOC post and skimming over questions others have asked to get a better idea of how the systems work.

Can I ask for some clarification on Sarah's backstory? What does her father do/did and where did he work? It's totally cool to come up with new corporations for the setting, so long as they can fit. What sort of 'testing' did he do? & how did Sarah join the Panthers?

[DarkStar]

My bad. I was running with the idea presented to me by one of the others. I was just working on that concept. I forgot to ask about that. I was thinking since I was late to the team anywho it would be a nice way of working myself in. Being a Pakora security guard her mech can quite easily be trashed and dialogue started. :p. SO It's ok to come up with corporations? I was again unsure as you seemed to want to take the path of brutal communism with no private interests. I originally had written that the company was founded quite the few generations ago and that at some point in it's history it was "Hositlly" taken over a couple of well placed bullets and greasy palms, leaving the founding families out of it, by the time her father comes along he is simply a high level researcher with little/no control of the company. I was going to be in a different country too, hence why there is the vaugeness I was going to call the company, Duncan, Halliday and Duncan Inc who specialize in fiddly bits. Highly too spec requests in the fields of mechanical aspects of FRAMES, with interests in many many pies such as Cybernetics and weaponry. By testing I remember you said that brains were something few people messed with. I thought it funny if she was one of those souls who showed that it wasn't kosher to go there yet xD. Not bringing any perks with it mind, maybe just things like Toughened skin and the likes. My apologies for asking like this, brain is pretty frazzled TBH. If not all is easily changed. I thought I understood it. Weight was arbitrary based on the kind of mech you use and is filled according to the weight values in your weapons list, However I might be entirely wrong. The mech description was a mere placeholder as I didn't know exactly what you might want it to be in the scenario it was ok for her to turncoat. Hell I don't much care if it's destroyed and a new one has to be bought. As I said, just about fluid entry. No, "Oh yeah, I was late to the party and know everything I have to do xD", It would also account for lack of knowledge about the roleplay that has already been. As she wouldn't have been able to know the information.

[Windicator]

As I said, just about fluid entry. No, "Oh yeah, I was late to the party and know everything I have to do xD", It would also account for lack of knowledge about the roleplay that has already been. As she wouldn't have been able to know the information.

@DarkStar

I approve of this but as you probably won't get to the team on this mission so you could just tie yourself to run into the panthers anyway without necessarily needing to turncoat. I'm not one to say how one would really "just run into" panthers but it won't really change anything but the way you are introduced and possibly the Background.

I'm not here to say you can't do what you have done or such but just my 2 cents.

TL:DR
I like the idea of fluid entry but it won't change many things the way it's done.

Edit: Fixed the quote (how could I mess that up?)

[Slamurai]

@DarkStarThe problem with this scenario is the Dreq pilots we're scrapping with are members of the OSU military; professional soldiers. Very few of them, in their right mind, would deliberately surrender themselves to a mercenary company; especially one under contract from a corporation based in the nation they're in conflict with. For all they know, we'd be just as likely to kill them outright than to haul them off to the SL. And since they're military personnel, they can't up and leave the service and sign on with a company; it doesn't work that way. I guess if they tried, the OSU would just track their FRAMEs down and then we'd have the military breathing down our necks.

If you still want to go with an OSU angle, you could be a former soldier or employee who left before the start of the RP to join the Panthers - either a late-arrival trainee or a standing Panther member coming back from some personal leave.

[Foster]

Name: Marlene Abdelkadar
Age: 19
Gender: Female

Disposition: Sly, intolerably persistent, very emotionally invested and motivated.

Background: Hailing from war-torn USK/PU borderlands, unlike Leclerc, her unit was issued with second-hand FRAMES after the PU was already well-equipped to deal with the threat. Constant supply-problems and frequent breakdowns from skating across sand-dunes meant her squad operated under-strength in guerilla-warfare, often the pilots functioned as light infantry while the few remaining FRAMES provided much-needed fire-support to their guerrilla campaign.

On more than one occasion, civilian-FRAMES were pressed into service either just to keep a few more frames running, or retained simply because their smaller size was better suited to the sort of operations they conducted.

When the war ended, their independence secured, there was a massive draw-down and disarmament of their forces as USK focused its resources on rebuilding and caring for their people, an act that quickly highlighted the difference between the PU and USK. Marlene's unit was one of the first to be scrapped, handing in many of their converted FRAMES for economic development, while nearly all their best FRAMES ended up being conglomerated into a single centralized unit.

Angered by her new vestigial purpose in the military, sitting behind a desk, she quit and purchased a surplus FRAME and hit the mercenary-market.

Appearance

Inventory:
-AKSN-75U "Tanker's Krinkov" with infra-red scope and IR laser-sight/illuminator plus a 75 round drum because if she gets into a firefight out of her FRAME, it won't last long enough for her to get a chance to reload.

Funds: 312,410c

Other:

MP21-AC YASSIR

Name: MP21-AC Handou "Yassir"
Manufacturer: Kelhei Manufacturing
Height: 4.3 meters
Weight: 6627 kg
Armor: 45 mm durasteel alloy
Speed (Walk): 42 kph
Speed (Skate): 72 kph
Sensor range: 2 km
Communication range: 10 km
Operating range: 500 km
Power: 140
Weight: 85
Price: 221,590c

Armaments

Autocannnon: GSh-23 in UPK-23 pod
Manufacturer: Gryazev-Shipunov
Caliber: 23x115 mm
Effective range: 600 m
Penetration: 29 mm of vertical steel alloy at 400 meters (SAPHEI)
Rate of fire: 2,400 rds/min
Ammunition capacity: 200 rounds
Ammunition types: API, SAPHEI, APDS
Mount: carried, two hands
Weight: 6
Price: 6,000c

Fire-Support Package:
Rocket-pack: "Hailstorm" Heavy Rocket Complex
Manufacturer: Tiema-Honyan Heavy industries
Diameter: 122 mm
Effective range: 20 km (each rocket is nearly 3 meters long)
Penetration/Ammunition Type: Varies
Ammunition capacity: 40 rockets
Mount: Back
Weight: 30
Price: 40,000c

Sniper Package:
Cannon: 105 G1
Manufacturer: Gillette
Cartridge: 105x607R
Effective Range: 1.5 km
Penetration: 300mm at 1.5 km
Rate of Fire: 12 rds/min
Ammunition Capacity: 12 shells
Mount: 2 handed
Weight: 12
Price: 20,000c

[Windicator]

@FosterI'm not sure if it's I who is missing something simple but I believe none of your frame's weapons match the (currently) available weapons so you would want to fix it so it uses only those weapons (maybe even wait till post-mission for more expansive selection).
It's not my place to tell you what you do but just a heads up if you haven't specially agreed to this with @Aristo.
Otherwise, I welcome you to the Panthers on my behalf (if you make the cut) If I'm not mistaken that would make this RP full until further notice.

[Slamurai]

@Windicator@Darkspleen@WilsonTurner@Commodore Robot@Sophrus@EmptyArmor@OppositionJ@Cerberov@Silverwind Blade

It's break time! Sorry for cutting the combat short, if you still planned to partake. I thought I'd move us along, since we might be taking on new players and out of concern the op might drag on longer than necessary.
We're now in the fabulous city of Hamarr, equal parts steel and neon. I'll add some new gear y'all can go wild on very soon. All the purchasing is done here in the OOC, for convenience. We can assume in-between IC posts, your characters are exploring like kids in candy stores. I've got another FRAME scenario ready to go after our little intermission and some R&R!

Feel free to make up some NPC interaction; give some names and personality to the Samigina's crew. You'll be working with the mechanics quite a bit, after all. We can assume they're tinkering with your machines while you're out, too (if you choose to go out).

[Slamurai]

@FosterWindicator's right; you'll have to select from the list that is available on the first page of the OOC. Seeing as I'm in the process of adding new gear to represent the goods Hamarr's got to offer, you might consider holding off your FRAME sheet until the lists are updated.

Otherwise, I'm happy to have Marlene tag along! Will she be a new addition or a Panther returning from leave?

[WilsonTurner]

@Aristo

AU8 Avenger that can be bought and slowly repurposed?
Remote drone controls?
Drone launchers?
Drones?
3-D holographic mapping (this would have to be heavy on CPU and weight, otherwise EVERYONE could have it and that'd defeat the purpose of a combat controller... >.>)?

Oooooooh, 30mm Phalanx CIWS gun, modified for mech use?

[WilsonTurner]

@DarkStar
Heheh
My cheery character and your insane one should get along just fine :b

[Windicator]

I'll look at the wares and posting at IC tomorrow, I shouldn't really half-ass it. (still waiting for them striders, have to stock up on heavy weaponry.)
On side note, are we to buy our own ammunition, is it provided by panthers or is it for all intents and purposes "infinite" as long as we "respect" it?

[Slamurai]

I'll look at the wares and posting at IC tomorrow, I shouldn't really half-ass it. (still waiting for them striders, have to stock up on heavy weaponry.)
On side note, are we to buy our own ammunition, is it provided by panthers or is it for all intents and purposes "infinite" as long as we "respect" it?

@Windicator

Ammunition can be handwaved. The Samigina has plenty of stock to replace rounds here and there, and we can assume the weapons themselves are bought with it. I was thinking of having more decisive, tech-heavy weapons, like missiles, needing to be bought, but it would be easier on everyone not to worry about replenishing them. You can always re-purchase weapons that are destroyed, lost, used up IC if you really want to, but I honestly won't be scrutinizing sheets if you don't.

[Commodore Robot]

Well alrighty, I am officially in the stage where all I have to do for school is study for Finals in a few weeks. Consider me an active member of the game once again!

[DarkStar]

I believe that is in order?

[Foster]

Otherwise, I'm happy to have Marlene tag along! Will she be a new addition or a Panther returning from leave?

@Aristo

Likely a newcomer, due to how recent the Kamdeshi revolution has been.
-It is being implied that Marlene has seen combat in the last three years of that war; not as experienced as Leclerc, though.

As for weapons, I'll wait. Was hoping for a small autocannon and a large autoloading tank-gun (literally ripped the specs off an AMX-13's turret). The rocket-pack was likewise, the tubes from a BM-21-1 ripped right off the truck and bolted onto the FRAME.