Well shit that's a lot of activity. Was I really knocked out that long? Anyway,
@Boomlover, if you do join you'd start out with your own mech. Depending on your backstory, you can have either a 'junky' one (The wessex is a great example), or if you're a semi-independent or full independent like me, you can have an Apollo, my NC.
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@Cassowarysaur, it was just awesome to me, I didn't say shit about others geeking out about it did I? :P Anyway, you should change your characters' basic archetype a little to make it fit more and whatnot of course. Only reasonable, NCQ is very different.
Still, really anticipating using that little Koehler/Yeshua dynamic again, shit was awesome.