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NCQuest - A Mecha RP: The Defense of Darwin (BeeNCQuest)

A collaborative post between @Metatrooper and @Selvariabell

Maria Leonora "Len" Trillanes

Marianne Solenn "Maman" Trudeau

Cody Ang

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Cody stared at the newcomer, and to say the least, she was setting off some red flags. Perhaps it was just that she was more cheerful or childlike than most others, or maybe it was the way she talked, he couldn't really pinpoint what. Nevertheless, when she held out her hand to shake, he returned the gesture, he should at least give her a shot. "Alright." he said, "Welcome to the squad." He would then start walking away from Anna and towards the door, planning to go back to his quarters to finish his meal.

This is when he crossed paths with Len, still happy with the new NC and wedding proposal. Unfortunately, her mood changes when she sees Cody.

"Well hello there, Judas? How are you doing?", she greeted him with a passive-aggressive sarcasm.

He would look up to see a woman he didn't recognize at first. But after she hurled a passive insult at him, he recognized the voice as the pilot who was assigned to cover him earlier on during the mission. He would then let out a sigh before replying: "Pilot Trillanes, what do you want?"

"I'm just wondering, why would you betray your fellow Chinese? You are basically at the top of the Red Star hierarchy.", she asked, and then continued, "Or could it be that you didn't betray them at all?"

She has her hand on her holster, ready in case of a betrayal.

Cody gave her a cold, dead stare through his helmet for a few seconds before maneuvering around her and walking towards the exit, staying silent. Seeing her hand moving towards her holster, he knew what she was trying to do, and didn't want any part of it.

"Is running away really what you Chinese do when chips are down?", Len asked as she lets go of her gun.

Fortunately for Cody, Maman also just walked in the corridor. As a veteran officer, she is aware of such drama uncovering. She promply intervenes.

"Stop bullying your comrade, Lieutenant.", Maman warned with an uncharacteristic seriousness.

"Comrade? I am no comrade to a traitor. A Chinese will always be a Chinese.", Len replied with a serious tone, trying to suppress her rage.

"Sacre bleu, Lieutenant! You don't judge people by their race or ethnic origin. Every person has their own opinion, own will, regardless of where they came from. Is this not clear with you?", Maman replied with a more serious tone.

Cody turned to face the woman who had just arrived and scolded Len. Though he did not recognize her as well, he was grateful that someone else had arrived. He then said: "Thank you pilot, but you do not need to waste your time trying to convince her. I can tolerate her presence, unless she would rather resolve this violently.", looking back at Len as he does so.

"Non mon ami, it is my moral duty to make sure that everyone would settle their differences. I have seen myself how bitter rivalries tear apart the morale and cohesion of a unit, up to the point of sabotaging their own comrades to their deaths. I don't want to see that tragedy be repeated again.", Maman replied.

"Anyways, may I ask your name, mon ami?", Maman asks Cody.

"I am pilot Cody Ang. May I ask what yours is ma'am?" He replies.

"Marianne Solenn Trudeau, but you can call me 'Maman' instead.", she replied with a smile.

"Now shall we talk it out, and apologize to monsieur Cody, mademoiselle Len?", she turned to ask Len.

"Why do you have to be like an overbearing mother? It is quite annoying to be honest.", Len replied bluntly.

"And there is no way in hell will I ever compromise with a Chinese. Have a good day, ma'am.", Len continued before leaving.

Cody turned back to Maman as he watched Trillanes walk away and said: "I thank you for your efforts once again Pilot Trudeau, but you should not waste your time with her. Good day." He would then walk past her and head towards the exit. Cody knew that people like Len, who possessed seething hate that they couldn't help but express, couldn't change their ways. But he didn't care, as long as they didn't shoot him, they could do whatever the hell they wanted.

"Have a good day as well, ma cherie.", Maman smilingly replied before parting ways.

NCQuest - A Mecha RP: The Defense of Darwin (BeeNCQuest)

Maria Leonora "Len" Trillanes

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Haven Base

Len is not happy with the result of the battle. The battle has been a mess, their team leader lost, her NC wrecked, and the troops are on the retreat. While she is happy to hear Red Star defectors joining the ranks, she is still weary of their true intentions.

She looks at her comrades, she looks at their facial expressions. She tries to voice her opinions, but her shyness takes her aback. All she can really do is nod at the drunken Adam.

She wants to confront Cody, as she sees him as not contributing much, as well as her doubts about his loyalties due to his ancestry. What's worse, she mistakes Cody's more optimistic behavior to being happy with the result, further reinforcing her suspicions of him being a Red Star spy.

She wants to apprehend Cody, to confront him, but she was unable to gather her strenght to do so, nor does she want to make a seen. She left the room leaving an angry stare at the man.

Haven Base Hangar

Len looks at Charlemagne, or at least what remains of it, without a doubt it is a complete wreck. Beside her is her boyfriend, Cecilio Castoldi.

"She's an utter wreck, isn't she?", Len sighed.

"Don't fret about it, she can still be fixed, although given the wartime logistics, it will take some time. Nevertheless, it is still repairable.", Cecilio optimistically comforted her.

"I am sorry you have to see your own creation this broken, my dear.", Len apologized.

"I couldn't blame you, mi amore, war is war, and machines fail. What is important is you're still alive.", he smiled as he kissed her forehead.

"And besides, I have a surprise for you.", Cecilio continued.

He snaps his fingers.

"Turn around, mi amore.", Cecilio said.

Len turns around to see a golden NC. She is speechless at the exquisite NC in front of her.



"What you see right now is Gilgamesh, we've designed and built this in secret for some time now.", Cecilio introduced.

"This is not an NC, it's an art!", Len gasped in surprise.

"My better half deserves only the best.", Cecilio kneels.

He presents an exquisite ring made of Tshwane diamond and gold.

"I know this is long overdue, but will you marry me?, Cecilio proposed.

Tears of joy rolled Len's face.

"Yes! Yes, I do!", Len answered at the top of her lungs.

She hugs the kneeling Cecilio tightly, she's been waiting for this moment for a long time.

Both shared a long, passionate kiss.

The passionate moment quite predictably caused a commotion in the hangar, as people gather around in applause. While this would usually embarrass Len, the couple didn't care.

This is their moment, and the world can wait.

NCQuest - A Mecha RP: The Defense of Darwin (BeeNCQuest)

NC Character Sheet

Code-name: Gilgamesh

Appearance:


Body Type: (Bipedal, Hover, Tank-Tread, .etc) Bipedal-Hover

Type of NC: (General-Purpose, Interception, Assault, .etc) Assault + Utility (Scout/Attack Drones)

Equipment & Armaments:

• 1x Harfouch GmbH Panzerschützenlanze Mk.7 "Ea" 88mm Positron Rifle/Lance - Paragon's response to the Fairbank's Rhongomyniad, the Ea fires a powerful positron beam, capable of penetrating through armor. Like the Rhongomyniad, it has a helical mass-driver, but it is configured like a conventional rifle unlike its Fairbanks counterpart, which is configured inside-out. This configuration, while simpler to make and maintain, is only capable of firing in single shots due to the risk of overheating.
• Federal Dynamics GAU-18 40mm Vulcan - A versatile CIWS using a 40mm multi-purpose round for self-defense.
• 4× Israeli Aeronautics Industries "Enkidu" Multipurpose Retractable Chains - Basically Slash Harkens that can be used for defensive, offensive, and non-combat roles.
• GDOTS Advanced Countermeasure System - Designed to combat anti-air systems, the GDOTS ACS is a state of the art protection system designed to better protect the steep investment that is the NC. Alongside standard decoy and smoke launchers, the GDOTS ACS also includes a short range ECM pod and a counter-launcher- essentially a miniature missile launcher, that detects oncoming heat signatures and launches guided munitions to counter and neutralize the oncoming threat.
• Israeli Aeronautics Industries "Enuma Elish" Active Inertia Canceller - A system designed to negate the inertia of a moving mass that gets close to the NC's defensive perimeter. In simple terms, it stops the movement of any object the pilot and/or the NC deems as hostile. Its weakness is that its range of effect depends on the total area its user can concentrate on; in other words, it is weak against multiple foes.
  

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• Assault Prism Drone Launcher System - Based from the Hisn-ul-Ghayma's drone system, the APDLS is more streamlined and compact than the VDLS, at the cost of versatility.
  
  • ADR-180S Stealth Recon Drone - Dedicated for scouting, the ADR-180S, just like it's predecessor, is a lightly-armed drone containing advanced sensors and avionics. Armed only with an anti-personnel SAW, this drone sacrifices firepower for range and sensors. Aside from its compact size, another improvement from the ADR-150X is the extensive use of stealth technology found on Hisn-ul-Ghayma's sensor relay drones, minimizing its infrared and radar signature.
  • ADM-240 Advanced Repair Drone - An improvement from the ADM-210 Repair Drone applies stolen Volkov nanotechnology, making it more efficient repairing mechs on the fly. Enabling allies to fight even longer.
  • APSD-1 "King's Treasury" Shield Prism Drone - Combining Fairbanks' hardlight technology reverse-engineered from La Maman with mirror prisms made from smuggled Tshwane diamonds. The hardlight prism beam fires at the drone's business end, a retractable concave diamond mirror arranged like an umbrella, enabling the drone to create a hardlight force field. Like the APOD-1, its strenght multiplies when APOD-1s fire at its receipient prism (just like the Prism/Spectrum Tower in the Red Alert series, but with Athena cannon's Aegis shield as the chain receipient), making it effective in covering allies.
  • APOD-1 "Gate of Babylon" Hardlight Beam Prism Drone - The Charlemagne's primary offensive weapon, the APOD-1 is the APSD-1's offensive twin sister, replacing the retractable mirror "umbrella" with a series of diamond focal lenses, much like a telescope. This configuration makes a concentrated beam. Its offensive power multiplies when other APOD-1s fire at its receipient prism (just like the Prism/Spectrum Tower in the Red Alert series).

NCQuest - A Mecha RP: The Defense of Darwin (BeeNCQuest)

OOC: Pls ignore this due to post revision.

NCQuest - A Mecha RP: The Defense of Darwin (BeeNCQuest)

Maria Leonora "Len" Trillanes

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"Yes ma'am!", Len salutes with affirmation to Zahra's order.

Len rushed to battlestation upon hearing the alert. Like Chelsea and Zhara, she would like to have a word with the Quebecois, but that would come later.

She quckly gets into her g-suit, powers her Charlemagne. It only took a while for the cockpit to glow with numerous lights and displays. Len has no disillusions on her NC's capabilities, fighting the more maneuverable Red-Star NCs in melee is suicide. It is best to fight at a distance, using her drones to her advantage. She is now thinking what her drone loadout would be. She opts for a balanced approach as she will test the enemy's abilities, see which drones are more apt for the mission.

As the Charlemagne moves, her attitude also changed, gone is her shy aura, replaced with that of a cold person seeking revenge.

"About time we bring these Godless Ch*nks to the depths of hell.", Len said in the comms with a cold calm.

@Andre Valias@Scribe of Thoth@Letter Bee@Sgt Vandingo@Landaus Five-One@Senhara@Stern Algorithm

NCQuest - A Mecha RP: The Defense of Darwin (BeeNCQuest)

Maria Leonora "Len" Trillanes

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Len smiled at the compliment, but it also made her feel proud of her beloved Cecilio Castoldi, an exiled noble from Paragon, or at least he claims. Cecilio had a hand in making Charlemagne, adding a touch of Paragon romance in an efficient and reliable Haven frame.

"I am confident that Charlemagne will do it's best. It hasn't failed me once, nor will see it fail.", she guaranteed.

She looks at her surroundings, and noticed Maman greeting the newcomers. Len assumes she's a commanding officer by the way she address herself. While she likes her maternal aura, she doesn't like is her possible parenting approach. Based on her impression, Maman is more intrusive than a surveillance drone, something she doesn't like. Nevertheless, she straightens up and salute in attention.

"Second Lieutenant Maria Leonora Trillanes reporting for duty, Ma'am!", Len salutes in attention.

@Andre Valias@Scribe of Thoth@Letter Bee@Sgt Vandingo@Landaus Five-One@Senhara@Stern Algorithm

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Marianne Solenn "Maman" Trudeau

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Maman reciprocated the reactions with a smile. She is honestly surprised with a snappy reception from the newcomers, particularly Len, who might have mistaken her for a commander.

"At ease, ma cherie, I am not your commanding officer.", Maman puts Len at ease.

She then turns to Chelsea, her informal response reminds her of her daughters. She replies to her cheerfully.

"I feel absolutely fantastique, ma cherie. Anyways, how should I address you, dear?", Mamam replied to Chelsea.

Maman noticed Zahra raising her eyebrows. She asks her on what's bothering her.

"You seemed bothered, is there anything that I can help you, ma cherie?", she asked Zahra.

@Andre Valias@Scribe of Thoth@Letter Bee@Sgt Vandingo@Landaus Five-One@Senhara@Stern Algorithm

NCQuest - A Mecha RP: The Defense of Darwin (BeeNCQuest)

Marianne Solenn "Maman" Trudeau

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Maman enters the coffee house with a smile and glow of a proud mother. Maman always have a motherly aura, a trait inseparable from her, as if she is hard-wired for such. She goes ahead and greets her "children".

"Bonjour mes chers alouettes, I see new faces here, oui?", Maman greets the newcomers with vibrant hospitality.

Maman has a habit of affectionately addressing her "children" as alouettes, it is a matter of habit back from her squadron in Fairbanks.

"Where are my manners? Anyways, I am Marianne Solenn Trudeau, or you can just call me Maman. Oui, from hereon out, I'll be your maman, so if there's anything you need, I am here to help.", she introduced herself.

@Andre Valias@Scribe of Thoth@Letter Bee@Sgt Vandingo@Landaus Five-One@Senhara

NCQuest - A Mecha RP: The Defense of Darwin (BeeNCQuest)

Character Sheet - Marianne Solenn "Maman" Trudeau

PC Character Sheet

Name: Marianne Solenn "Maman" Trudeau

Appearance:


Age: 60 (Though she looks like a woman in her late-20's thanks to anti-aging)

Personality: There is a very good reason why she is called Maman, as she projects a motherly aura. Caring, protective, and generous with life advise, coupled with her maternal instincs, she is without a doubt the mother of her group.

But being maternal also have their setbacks, her hands-on approach in parenting could be annoying, even parasitic. This, coupled with her insistense of her seniority and "I am more experienced than you" attitude, makes her a handful to work with.

Backstory: Born from the prestigious Trudeau family from Montreal, Fairbanks, Maman was educated, indoctrinated, and enrolled to Fairbanks' military academy at an early age to uphold the family honor, as her older brother was killed in the Alaskan War with Denver-Vegas. As she grew up and graduated from the academy as part of the top-ten of their batch, Maman is assigned to the elite 1st Guards Division, 7th Quick-Response Squadron (17^re Division de la Gardes, 7^e Escadron d'Intervention Rapide), a squadron known for their transforming hard-light NCs. Her rise to the top of her squadron, while not meteoric, is steady, building connections with her comrades, and eventually subbordinates, making her the mother of her squadron.

Unfortunately, Fairbanks is an objectivist faction, and as such, is not fond of such emotional attachment. This came to a head when Fairbanks' top brass ordered her squadron to a scorched-earth mission, she outright refused, citing the targets being her "children's" hometown. She was relieved of her position. She would have chosen to face court-martial and execution, if it wasn't for her daughters, Amelie and Marie forced her hand to defect. The two prepared her NC, and the three defected out of Fairbanks. To avoid capture, they separated ways, Marie defected to Paragon, Amelie defected to Tshwane, and Maman defected to Australia, an island recently declared independence from the Red-Star. Unbeknownst to her, Australia is home to a new superpower, Haven. While initially weary, Maman had gained the trust of Haven by proving herself both in and out of the battlefield.

Tactical Preferences and Skills: An old-fashioned fighter, Maman prefers to fight close-in, hit fast, and hit hard with close-quarter hit-and-run tactics. This tactical preference is reflected by her choice of weaponry.

The same tactics are applied outside the NC, but as by age, she is increasingly more cautious, and is getting more and more into mid-range.
As a mother and housewife, she is reliable in housechores, and her cooking is hearty and commentable.

Fond of giving advice, Maman tends to make long speeches before the battle, as if she was a Volkov commissar. But unlike a commissar, she is not going to shoot wavering or routing allies, rather leading by example.

Notes:

• Maman is mainly a Francophone, so expect her heavy Quebecois accent and gratuitous usage of French.
• Maman is Pansexual.
• Maman is politically center-left.
• Maman is divorced with two biological daughters, one defected to Paragon, and the other to Tshwane.

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NC Character Sheet

Code-name: La Maman (last letter is silent in French)

Appearance:


Body Type: (Bipedal, Hover, Tank-Tread, .etc) Bipedal-Transforming, Semi-Hardlight body.

Type of NC: (General-Purpose, Interception, Assault, .etc) Assault/Interception

Equipment & Armaments:

• Forseti Technologies X-0 "Rhongomyniad" Hardlight Lance - An experimental hardlight lance capable not only of melee, but also long range shots as the lance has a helical mass-driver, allowing it to make a concentrated long-range shot or a short-range burst fire. (Imagine the Valkyria lance in Valkyria Chronicles.)
• Montreal Electronics GAU-HL 27mm Hardlight Vulcan - A versatile CIWS using 27mm hardlight beams for self-defense.
• GDOTS Advanced Countermeasure System - Designed to combat anti-air systems, the GDOTS ACS is a state of the art protection system designed to better protect the steep investment that is the NC. Alongside standard decoy and smoke launchers, the GDOTS ACS also includes a short range ECM pod and a counter-launcher- essentially a miniature missile launcher, that detects oncoming heat signatures and launches guided munitions to counter and neutralize the oncoming threat.
• Hardlight Shield - To compensate Le Maman's thin armor, it is equipped with hardlight force field that covers the body and protects it from additional harm.
  

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• Variable Missile Launcher System - Each of the Le Maman' wings hold two hardpoints from which to launch munitions from, along with a hardpoint within a small munitions bay in the side fuselages, and two in the main bay within the fuselage- for a total of 8 hardpoints. The missiles vary and can be swapped out as the mission entails. Of its 8 hardpoints, only the two in the side fuselages can be used while in bipedal form.
  
  
  
  • HFM Mk.X Medusa Missiles - A common, but effective short-range missile launcher system used by Haven. Loaded in clusters of 3 missiles per hardpoint, these fast, highly maneuverable AA missiles pack a surprising punch, able to make sharp turns, and capable of knocking most aircraft out of the sky with a single missile. Like most short range missiles, the HFM Mk.X uses a continuous rod warhead as opposed to a traditional explosive charge- expelling steel rods in a wide circle upon detonating, effecitvely tearing aircraft apart. While not particularly devastating when compared to an AGM, these fast locking guided missiles are more than capable of crippling an aircraft's flight capabilities, essentially spelling death for other fliers. Against ground targets, it is rather lackluster in damage when compared to other heavier missiles as a result of its type of charge, but is still serviceable against soft targets. Medusa Missiles are impact safe, allowing them to be safely carried under the wings.
  • HFM Mk.21 Euryale Missiles - An advanced long ranged missile system designed to be used from beyond visual range used by Haven. Loaded as a single missile per hardpoint, these long range missiles lack the maneuverability of their smaller cousins, but are faster and more powerful. Easily capable of downing an Aerospace craft in a single hit- even a near miss can cripple a fighter. While its explosive charge is potent and can be used against ground targets, the lack of a shaped charge and a means to penetrate armor renders it ineffective against hardened ground targets. Euryale missiles are impact safe, allowing them to be safely carried under the wings.
  • HFM Mk.24B Gorgon Missiles - A robust Air-to-ground missile launcher system used by Haven. Loaded as a single missile per hardpoint, these powerful AGM missiles pack a mean punch and are designed specifically for targeting ground armor, enemy walkers and other ground based assets. Like Medusa missiles, the Gorgons are impact safe, allowing them to be safely carried under the wings.
  • HFR Mk.77 Stheno ground attack rockets - A simple, yet effective air-to-ground dumbfire rocket system used by Haven. Loaded as a hexagonal launcher sporting 12 rockets per hardpoints, these unguided rockets are designed to overwhelm enemy positions and defenses, softening them up for allies on the ground. While the explosive charge they carry is not enough to penetrate through modern armor, the rockets are still capable of disrupting or destroying external support systems, and even compromising said armor through continuous fire. The these rockets are impact safe, allowing them to be safely carried under the wings.
  • HFM Mk.99 Nergal Swarm Missiles - A limited deployment swarm missile system used by Haven. Loaded in a launcher unit sporting four missiles per hadrpoint, these short ranged, multi-purpose missiles are designed for a wide variety of targets, with varying effectiveness. The hornet missile is a high speed, highly maneuverable missile that splits into 4 micro-missiles upon reaching .5km of the target. These micro missiles fly in an erratic pattern, to avoid and confuse active point defense systems. The speed and number of the micro-missiles typically guarantees at least one or two of the warheads hit when faced with most traditional countermeasures- but is not infallible. Each individual warhead is has approximately 30% of the destructive force of a Euryale or Gorgon missile, and sports a small shaped charge and a tungsten penetrator. Like it's cousins, Nergal missiles are impact safe while not in use.

NCQuest - A Mecha RP: The Defense of Darwin (BeeNCQuest)

Character Sheet - Marianne Solenn "Maman" Trudeau

PC Character Sheet

Name: Marianne Solenn "Maman" Trudeau

Appearance:


Age: 60 (Though she looks like a woman in her late-20's thanks to anti-aging)

Personality: There is a very good reason why she is called Maman, as she projects a motherly aura. Caring, protective, and generous with life advise, coupled with her maternal instincs, she is without a doubt the mother of her group.

But being maternal also have their setbacks, her hands-on approach in parenting could be annoying, even parasitic. This, coupled with her insistense of her seniority and "I am more experienced than you" attitude, makes her a handful to work with.

Backstory: Born from the prestigious Trudeau family from Montreal, Fairbanks, Maman was educated, indoctrinated, and enrolled to Fairbanks' military academy at an early age to uphold the family honor, as her older brother was killed in the Alaskan War with Denver-Vegas. As she grew up and graduated from the academy as part of the top-ten of their batch, Maman is assigned to the elite 1st Guards Division, 7th Quick-Response Squadron (17^re Division de la Gardes, 7^e Escadron d'Intervention Rapide), a squadron known for their transforming hard-light NCs. Her rise to the top of her squadron, while not meteoric, is steady, building connections with her comrades, and eventually subbordinates, making her the mother of her squadron.

Unfortunately, Fairbanks is an objectivist faction, and as such, is not fond of such emotional attachment. This came to a head when Fairbanks' top brass ordered her squadron to a scorched-earth mission, she outright refused, citing the targets being her "children's" hometown. She was relieved of her position. She would have chosen to face court-martial and execution, if it wasn't for her daughters, Amelie and Marie forced her hand to defect. The two prepared her NC, and the three defected out of Fairbanks. To avoid capture, they separated ways, Marie defected to Paragon, Amelie defected to Tshwane, and Maman defected to Australia, an island recently declared independence from the Red-Star. Unbeknownst to her, Australia is home to a new superpower, Haven. While initially weary, Maman had gained the trust of Haven by proving herself both in and out of the battlefield.

Tactical Preferences and Skills: An old-fashioned fighter, Maman prefers to fight close-in, hit fast, and hit hard with close-quarter hit-and-run tactics. This tactical preference is reflected by her choice of weaponry.

The same tactics are applied outside the NC, but as by age, she is increasingly more cautious, and is getting more and more into mid-range.
As a mother and housewife, she is reliable in housechores, and her cooking is hearty and commentable.

Fond of giving advice, Maman tends to make long speeches before the battle, as if she was a Volkov commissar. But unlike a commissar, she is not going to shoot wavering or routing allies, rather leading by example.

Notes:

• Maman is mainly a Francophone, so expect her heavy Quebecois accent and gratuitous usage of French.
• Maman is Pansexual.
• Maman is politically center-left.
• Maman is divorced with two biological daughters, one defected to Paragon, and the other to Tshwane.

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NC Character Sheet

Code-name: La Maman (last letter is silent in French)

Appearance:


Body Type: (Bipedal, Hover, Tank-Tread, .etc) Bipedal-Transforming, Semi-Hardlight body.

Type of NC: (General-Purpose, Interception, Assault, .etc) Assault/Interception

Equipment & Armaments:

• Forseti Technologies X-0 "Rhongomyniad" Hardlight Lance - An experimental hardlight lance capable not only of melee, but also long range shots as the lance has a helical mass-driver, allowing it to make a concentrated long-range shot or a short-range burst fire. (Imagine the Valkyria lance in Valkyria Chronicles.)
• Montreal Electronics GAU-HL 27mm Hardlight Vulcan - A versatile CIWS using 27mm hardlight beams for self-defense.
• GDOTS Advanced Countermeasure System - Designed to combat anti-air systems, the GDOTS ACS is a state of the art protection system designed to better protect the steep investment that is the NC. Alongside standard decoy and smoke launchers, the GDOTS ACS also includes a short range ECM pod and a counter-launcher- essentially a miniature missile launcher, that detects oncoming heat signatures and launches guided munitions to counter and neutralize the oncoming threat.
• Hardlight Shield - To compensate Le Maman's thin armor, it is equipped with hardlight force field that covers the body and protects it from additional harm.
  

  ---

• Variable Missile Launcher System - Each of the Le Maman' wings hold two hardpoints from which to launch munitions from, along with a hardpoint within a small munitions bay in the side fuselages, and two in the main bay within the fuselage- for a total of 8 hardpoints. The missiles vary and can be swapped out as the mission entails. Of its 8 hardpoints, only the two in the side fuselages can be used while in bipedal form.
  
  
  
  • HFM Mk.X Medusa Missiles - A common, but effective short-range missile launcher system used by Haven. Loaded in clusters of 3 missiles per hardpoint, these fast, highly maneuverable AA missiles pack a surprising punch, able to make sharp turns, and capable of knocking most aircraft out of the sky with a single missile. Like most short range missiles, the HFM Mk.X uses a continuous rod warhead as opposed to a traditional explosive charge- expelling steel rods in a wide circle upon detonating, effecitvely tearing aircraft apart. While not particularly devastating when compared to an AGM, these fast locking guided missiles are more than capable of crippling an aircraft's flight capabilities, essentially spelling death for other fliers. Against ground targets, it is rather lackluster in damage when compared to other heavier missiles as a result of its type of charge, but is still serviceable against soft targets. Medusa Missiles are impact safe, allowing them to be safely carried under the wings.
  • HFM Mk.21 Euryale Missiles - An advanced long ranged missile system designed to be used from beyond visual range used by Haven. Loaded as a single missile per hardpoint, these long range missiles lack the maneuverability of their smaller cousins, but are faster and more powerful. Easily capable of downing an Aerospace craft in a single hit- even a near miss can cripple a fighter. While its explosive charge is potent and can be used against ground targets, the lack of a shaped charge and a means to penetrate armor renders it ineffective against hardened ground targets. Euryale missiles are impact safe, allowing them to be safely carried under the wings.
  • HFM Mk.24B Gorgon Missiles - A robust Air-to-ground missile launcher system used by Haven. Loaded as a single missile per hardpoint, these powerful AGM missiles pack a mean punch and are designed specifically for targeting ground armor, enemy walkers and other ground based assets. Like Medusa missiles, the Gorgons are impact safe, allowing them to be safely carried under the wings.
  • HFR Mk.77 Stheno ground attack rockets - A simple, yet effective air-to-ground dumbfire rocket system used by Haven. Loaded as a hexagonal launcher sporting 12 rockets per hardpoints, these unguided rockets are designed to overwhelm enemy positions and defenses, softening them up for allies on the ground. While the explosive charge they carry is not enough to penetrate through modern armor, the rockets are still capable of disrupting or destroying external support systems, and even compromising said armor through continuous fire. The these rockets are impact safe, allowing them to be safely carried under the wings.
  • HFM Mk.99 Nergal Swarm Missiles - A limited deployment swarm missile system used by Haven. Loaded in a launcher unit sporting four missiles per hadrpoint, these short ranged, multi-purpose missiles are designed for a wide variety of targets, with varying effectiveness. The hornet missile is a high speed, highly maneuverable missile that splits into 4 micro-missiles upon reaching .5km of the target. These micro missiles fly in an erratic pattern, to avoid and confuse active point defense systems. The speed and number of the micro-missiles typically guarantees at least one or two of the warheads hit when faced with most traditional countermeasures- but is not infallible. Each individual warhead is has approximately 30% of the destructive force of a Euryale or Gorgon missile, and sports a small shaped charge and a tungsten penetrator. Like it's cousins, Nergal missiles are impact safe while not in use.

NCQuest - A Mecha RP: The Defense of Darwin (BeeNCQuest)

Maria Leonora "Len" Trillanes

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Len smiles at Chelsea's hospitable nature. She likes her confidence, all this time she wished she is just as confident as hers. She replies with a smile, trying to emulate her confidence.

"My NC is called Charlemagne, my boyriend named it, it is a very simplistic utility NC, lacking the aesthetic curves of more sophisticated NCs, but so long as it is functional and does the job efficiently, it's fine for me.", she replied.

Len is planning to upgrade the Charlemagne in the future, hopefully replacing the gun-arms with actual hands. Her boyfriend insists she gets a newer, more streamlined NC, but she thinks of it as unnecessary for a utility NC.

@Andre Valias@Scribe of Thoth@Letter Bee@Sgt Vandingo@Landaus Five-One