Double

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@Double@Dezuel Yes same, I've been playing Gundam Breaker 3 non stop lately. Also the SD Gundam generations game since it was on sale recently.

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AHHH yeah, sounds like our group officially has a close combat bruiser!

@Crimson Lion

The Metal Angel was sort of always meant to be a bruiser. It's just that that last round made me realize that the Titus is meant to be more of a hulking wrestler whereas I was wanting something that could deliver a speed-and-mobility-based beatdown. And thankfully, the Gundam Maxter basically does just that.

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Just had a kickass idea how I can overhaul the Metal Angel. Let's just say it's about to become kitbashed with a certain... American Mobile Fighter.

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And now this RP has got me dusting off my copy of New Gundam Breaker. I literally haven't touched it since the year it released, and... yeah the combat is still janky. But the Gunpla building is still fun, so who knows? Maybe I can use the game to build Gunplas for Riku? *shrug*

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@Crimson Lion

The outcome was... not surprising. Riku himself had all but predicted it moments ago with his remark about taking the Queen Mansa down with him. God Hand Mode was powerful, but it had a nasty side effect of burning through all his energy reserves. Even the gunpla itself hadn't escaped from this gambit undamaged. The increased stress created by God Hand Mode had caused some visual wear and tear, not to mention the heavy fall damage that came afterward. It was in rough shape. Scuffed and scraped all over, and one of its arms was mangled after having to bear the weight of the gunpla upon its crash landing.

"Still needs work." he whispered under his breath in a low voice. The Metal Angel had a lot of power to it, but severely lacked a good way to properly harness that power. Maybe it was the Titus model, unable to handle the stress of God Hand Mode? Or maybe it was just his own human limitation as a pilot that was holding the build back? Either way, the Metal Angel was far from perfected. And after this battle, Riku would even dare say it might need an outright overhaul.

"Hey!" he called out to Koga Kyo before she had a chance to leave yet, "Thanks for the fight, you were great out there. Battle me again sometime, won't you?" it wasn't often that he complimented his opponents, and even rarer that he would ask them to battle again in the future. He usually only did such a thing for the people who truly challenged him, and whom had earned his respect.

“Kusaka Riku right? My names Yukihiro Naoki and I’d like to talk with you, if you don’t mind that is.”

Uh oh. It was the staff member who had been giving the building classes. Had Riku broken a rule after all by switching his Gunpla? At the very least he could plead ignorance, "Is... this about my switching Gunplas? I didn't see anything in the rules against it so..." he said, attempting to explain himself.

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@Crimson Lion Is there any in-universe method for applying anti-beam coating to a gunpla? Is it just dependent on the specific model or is there special paint or spray one can use to apply anti-beam coating to any ginpla provided they access to the stuff? I ask because I'm intending for Riku to overhaul the Metal Angel and that might include anti-beam coating depending on your answer.

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@Crimson Lion WARS Format sounds like a grand old time, to me.

Gundam Build Fighters Imagine! [6/7]

@Crimson Lion However much damage the Queen Mansa took from my last post, I can tell you with certainty that the Metal Angel is definitely not going to be in much better shape by comparison. So don't be afraid to assume that it's heavily damaged (broken bits of armor, possibly even a broken off arm) after pushing itself with God Hand Mode AND taking a fall like that.

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@Crimson Lion

Sometimes, in battle or even in life, there is the "heat of the moment". A moment of time in which one cannot afford to think or plan, only able to act. To do, or not to do. This... turned out to be one of those moments. From the Mansa's perspective, the Metal Angel appeared to launch up after her. But in the process, the Gunpla's hands began to glow with a red particle-filled aura. Similarly, something appeared to project out of the Gunpla's shoulders: wings that matched the color of the hands. When it happened, the Metal Angel flew upward much faster than a Titus should have been normally capable of. Similarly, it's hands struck through the falling rocks and funnels almost effortlessly, again with much greater speed than the model was normally capable of. And it pursued the fleeing Queen Mansa like a bat out of hell.

From his perspective, Riku had had no time to think, only to act. He'd decided he was going to do everything in his power to defeat this opponent, even if it meant drawing on the power of God Hand Mode. It was a special customization he had given the Metal Angel. It's hands and shoulders were equipped with hidden particle emitters. By consuming extra particles from its energy reserve, it could take on the look it currently sported, and in doing so briefly fight beyond its normal capabilities. Some might compare it to the Trans Am System, or perhaps the Super or Hyper Mode employed by the God Gundam. And with the glowing hands, that comparison wouldn't be invalid.

As for Riku himself, he wasn't even entirely sure this would work. Sure, he was likely to deal a devastating amount of damage if he was able to get in any strikes while in God Hand Mode, but at what cost? He'd burn quite a lot of his energy reserves in order to do this. That meant that if this failed, he'd render himself a sitting duck for the Mansa to finish off. But there was no going back. Once God Hand Mode was activated it would be do or die, "You won't get away from ME!" Riku shouted into the comms, practically screaming as the Metal Angel launched it's initial powered up strike against the Mansa in the form of a blazing uppercut. From there, the Gunpla did its best to wail on the Mansa, punching and striking as fast and as strong as it could while in God Hand Mode. Riku knew his reserves wouldn't let him hold God Hand Mode for long. Indeed, the glow of the Gunpla's hands and it's particle began to diminish as its flurry blows reached its climax.

"Even if I have to drag you down with me!" Riku yelled into the comms. The Metal Angel made for another grappling hold on the Mansa just as it was running out of energy. If nothing else, gravity might take over and he could drag her down into what he hoped would be a final suplex attack to finish her off. If she survived all this though, well... the biggest drawback of God Hand Mode was that always left the Metal Angel with critically low energy, rendering it as almost a sitting duck.

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@Crimson Lion What exactly is her response to the grapple attack. Feels like you forgot about it unless I missed something in reading the post.

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@Crimson Lion

A full blown cavern, complete with waterfall and underground lake? Not quite what Riku had expected. Still, this would actually work out in his favor. The Metal Angel not only excelled in close range fighting, but even more so in enclosed places like this. It wasn't hard for him to decide that this place would end up being the Queen Mansa's tomb. Speaking of which, he saw the water of the lake bubble with activity as something rose up out of it. It was her. The Metal Angel appeared to stare down the Queen Mansa with unflinching resolve.

On his way to this location, Riku had once again brandished the DODS Rifle that his Gunpla now held in its hand. And then he heard the pilot speak again over the intercom channels.

“Heh heh heh, my my boy. I didn’t think you’d be so brazen.”

In response, music began playing from Riku's intercom system. Not over his earbuds, but on his speakers so that she would hear the song as well. Just as music could soothe a savage beast, the right kind of song could also strike fear into the heart of an opponent, "Don't blame me," Riku said over the comms, "you're the one who targeted me first. So you've only got yourself to blame for what happens next!" and without even a hint of warning, he fired off a shot from the DODS Rifle, aimed past the Queen Mansa at the cavern walls above. He intended to use another rock slide tactic.

However, Riku suspected this woman wouldn't fall prey to a rock slide as easily as Seo had in Round 1. But even if she avoided getting collapsed on, the same would likely not be said for her funnels. And really, that was Riku's aim anyway. As long as they were destroyed by the rocks or sufficiently distracted by shooting at them, it'd give Riku the opening he needed to close the distance. And close the distance, he did. Instantly, after the shot was fired, the Metal Angel dropped the rifle onto the ground and boosted full speed directly at the Queen Mansa. While the normal AGE-1 Titus model was known for being a bit on the slow side, the same was not true of the Metal Angel. In building it, Riku had used a combination of using slightly less armor pieces and increased energy output to allow it to move faster than it's official counterpart from the anime could. Riku's first move was to try and catch the Mansa in a frontal grappling hold.

Assuming the grab was successful, Riku would activate the beam lariats. Upon this, disc-shaped beam weapons ignited around the Metal Angel's forearms. Normally these could be used for a powerful close-line charge. But for this scenario, they were being used to create a grappling hold capable of causing devastating damage to an enemy Gunpla's body simply by having the Metal squeeze its arms inward while the beams were ignited. It didn't need to last very long. In fact Riku expected the Queen Mansa could and would break free in mere moments. But those moments were all Riku would need. As the brunt of the beam damage would be against the Queen Mansa's tail binder, hopefully rendering it unable to deploy any more funnels.

"Apparently you weren't watching what happened to the last guy who tried to fight me in terrain like this." Riku said. He was referring to Table B, when he completely crippled Seo's Alvaaron while piloting a mere Leo.