"We were hired by Russia when their colony, Gagarin 7, was occupied by the Red Guards. It such was a huge legal clusterfuck that we have to be incorporated to the Russian military to avoid criminal proceedings. We were eventually transferred over to the Federation military due to our multi-cultural background, a lot of us don't even speak Russian." Eun Mi replied.
The group were indeed a diverse bunch. Initially recruited from German and British veterans, the company grew up, recruiting reformed pirates, dishonored mobsters, romantic thrillseekers, and of course, freed human traffic like herself. While the Steinbach Legion did recruit Russian regulars into their ranks, the clash of conflicting military cultures really pushed the Kremlin to transfer the legion to direct Federal control. @Norik
"It is a pleasure to meet you, Hassan. Not blowing my own horn here, but I am one of the original members of the Steinbach Legion.", Eun Mi replied.
If Hassan would look closely at her officer uniform, he can certainly see that it is not the regular single-breasted Federation cut, but rather with a double-breasted cavalry cut (imagine Zaft uniform), the same cut used by the Richthofen and Churchill Corporation, albeit replacing the flashy British red with the Federation blue-gray. Such uniform is reserved only to the members of the Steinbach Legion. @Norik
"Yep, my walker is a capricious one, just like her pilot.", Eun mi replied.
"By the way, I'm Captain Eun Mi Steinbach. But you can just call me Eun Mi, or even Eunice, I'm not into being called by rank. How about you?", She introduced herself. @Norik
Age: 40, looks like in her 20's thanks to anti-aging enhancements
Sex: Female
Profession/Rank: Captain
Appearance: Eun Mi is half-Asian, half-White, that appears to be in her 20's thanks to anti-aging enhancements.
Personality: Cunning, Capricious, Calculating, Manipulative, yet at the same time, Charismatic, Humanistic, Romantic, and Open-Minded. Often compared to P.T. Barnum. Eun Mi is a person of gray morals, growing up from a gritty childhood, some say she is crazy optimistic, but if you grew up from a desolate childhood, dying in the battlefield is nothing more than a romantic ticket to immortality. She has a penchant of proving the booksmarts (military traditionalists) wrong with her streetsmarts, and stick it to them. Her charismatic charms allows her to recruit societal misfits, and turn them into loyal and efficient soldiers.
Skills: She is a distinguished pilot, leader, businesswoman, and negotiator. While she has extensive skills from her old trade, she had long turned her back from such practices, using them only when necessary. Weakness: She is a capricious and a fraudulent liar, while such were essential for her street smarts, it is a liability in the military.
History: Eun Mi's story is in a nutshell, a "Cheng I Sao in Space" story, kidnapped and raised as a prostitute by the Markhov Syndicate, a mafia organization, from a young age. With her body re-engineered for such specific purpose, it seems like she has no opportunity for growth, but that changed when she met Arthur Steinbach, leader of the Richthofen & Churchill Corporation (named after the decommissioned long-range patrol vessels, Manfred von Richthofen and Winston Churchill, and the precursor to the Steinbach Legion), a PMC. She was rescued by Steinbach, who saw potential for her as his accountant and organizer, the brain to his brawn, something she is surprisingly very good with, and helped make the organization grow as one of the private military companies in the known universe. The two became lovers, and were eventually married.
Meanwhile, a pre-treaty break-away communist faction called Red Guard Commune, took over a Russian colony, which unfortunately includes a few Russian walkers. The Russian Army tried to take back colony, but the Russian conscripts are inexperienced with space warfare, and were held back by the determined Red Guards even without using the walkers other than psychological weaponry. To avoid further political fiasco, the Kremlin decides to hire experienced mercenaries to do the dirty work, calling in the Richthofen and Churchill Corporation. The PMC had exploited one weakness of the Red Guards' walkers, their pilots, one cannot master piloting walkers overnight, let alone without a professional trainer. Using this weakness to their advantage, as well as using tried and tested tactics, the corporation had successfully defeated the Red Guards with brutality, so much so that it got the attention of the Earth Federation, to avoid facing criminal proceedings, the corporation is absorbed to the Russian Army Walker Corps, and so the Richthofen and Churchill Corporation has now become Steinbach Legion, keeping the captured walker to themselves. Eventually, the Legion is transferred to the Earth Federation Walker Corps. The Legion flourished as a Federation asset, whose brutality and efficiency made them one of the most elite divisions in the Federation's armed forces.
But as pilot recruitment increased exponentially, the demand for experienced pilots to train and lead the green pilots forced the Federation to reshuffle her experienced units to lead and train the fresh units, and Steinbach Legion is no exception. While it isn't easy for her to be separated to her family (both figuratively and literally), Eun Mi professionally accepts her new assignment.
Equipment: ZAFT-style field uniform and flightsuit (except that red is replaced with night blue), 9mm pistol, knife, mission tablet.
Base Model*: FXW-035[G] Nellis Prototype (Federation Experimental Walker-035), designed as a more affordable alternative to the FAW-022 Raptors, it based from the standard Federation chassis, with liberal application of Raptors' technology. It's performance is equal to that of Raptors' walker form, sacrificing armor for performance. While considered a downgrade from the Raptors for its lack of transformation ability, it does make it more affordable, plus it is not as restricted as the Raptors in weaponry.
Designation: Steinbach Mk.II
Armaments:
Rheinmetall 120mm L/55 Anti-Armor "rifle" - It is really a smoothbore tank gun with a rifle stock. While single-shot, it has the ability the same rounds as with a tank, comes with a recoil mechanism.
Cockerill M90 57mm Pistol - Standard AW pistol of the Federation's Walker Corps. A versatile pistol using a 57mm multi-purpose round.
Federation Ballistics H6S Excalibur Heatsword - The standard double-bladed heatsword in the Federal arsenal.
2x Federation Ballistics K7 Vibroblade Kukri - Kukri-style vibroblades serves as backup weapon when all else fails.
Weakness: Glass cannon like the FAW-022 Raptors, maximizing maneuverability and stealth over protection and survivability, very capricious just like her pilot.
Eun Mi is in the hanger checking her walker Steinbach Mk.2 for any signs of wear and tear, her armament, a 120mm tank gun, while equipped with recoil mechanism, still produced powerful vibrations, putting excessive stress to the walker chassis. But in exchange with such damage, the gun provides unparalleled firepower against heavily-armored opponents.
She looks at her family holo-locket, the hologram shows her with her husband and her twin children, a son and a daughter. While she definitely miss her family, she had learned to toughen her resolve, coming from a mercenary company where families were built and torn apart like a family circus, she had to be. At least it is not as horrible of a fate as her comrade Roxanne Nellis, who saw her quintiplet sons, her only pride and joy, get disintegrated in front of her when their ship's hull got breached.
She goes ahead and starts to walk in the hangar, where she meets Hassan and his walker, which appears to be that of a Russian variant of the Warrior, as characterized by its cyclop visor, "rooster" antenna, and large Klimov thrusters, eerily similar to the older walkers. However, it's orange tint and custom Arabic livery suggests that it's pilot isn't Russian, which is not unusual since the Russian variant is very popular in the Federation thanks to their simple and cheap design. She gives a wave on the walker. @Norik
Anne arrives at the warehouse where the Black Faction is gathered. She observes the musty and disrepaired condition of the building. The walls are crumbling, the doors are unhinged, and the roof has a lot of holes. Anne wonders why they are gathered to such an unsecured place. What if someone else sees them? Will she have to reluctantly silence them? What if this is just a trap? While she may sound paranoid, her fears are not without solid ground, she is after all a Jew in Nazi Germany, behind enemy lines, and should she be found, it's all over for her.
"I have a bad feeling about this. Lancer, prepare for hostile attack.", Anne ordered her servant, Honda Tadakatsu, a Lancer-class. While she intended to summon a Caster, as with the traditional servant of choice of Jewish houses like the Franks, but her inexperience really got the better of her. Fortunately, her servant is no slouch, with good stats to boot, so she isn't complaining.
Anne threads the warehouse with caution, ready to cast spells should trouble arrives. Much to her suprise, the floor seems frozen. She threads the compound slowly until she is in the same room as with the other masters and their servants. She observes the other masters, she is most intimidated with the churchwoman in armor, the Catholic church and the Jews have been bitter enemies for a very long time, and even with a common enemy, they still have mistrust at each other. The church vehemently refuse to provide protection to Jews, regardless if they are hunted by the Nazis, or by other masters in a Holy Grail War. If any, the church would only reply with a schadenfreude remark of "Serves you right, Christ-killers". The Franks themselves experienced this first-hand as the church not only refused them refuge, but also tried to snitch them to the Nazis. The Franks were only lucky to escape with their lives, thanks to the support of the Mage Association and the British government (House Churchill is one of the major Magi families in Britain).
She looks with other mages with suspicion, while she pretends that she is not a Jew.
Célestine Belmonte walked down a damp, empty street in the backwater neighborhoods of Berlin. She was going with purpose, determined to get somewhere only she and six- well, technically thirteen others knew about. At least, that's what she was guessing. One of them was close behind her, her Servant, a mighty Rider from long ago that history has misrepresented as a man. In fact, she was a woman, but no less of a conqueror. She made a good travelling companion, too, the voyage to Europe from America would've been hellish without company. The Frenchwoman turned down another side street, pulling a slip of paper from her coat pocket as she went. She looked at it briefly before dropping it back in and looking around for a street name. Soon, she nodded, confident that she was on the right track.
Several turns and straightaways later, Célestine and her Servant stood before a warehouse that had seen better days. Her better judgement demanded she turn around and pretend she hadn't just spent an hour searching for this apparent hellhole, but this was definitely the building described on the letter she had on her person as of right now. "Well Temujin, this could be the beginning of the end. I hope you're prepared," she said with a flat tone, a certain level of apathy in her words. Without waiting for a response, she stepped into the threshold.
While she walked into the flooded floor, she burnt a small amount of her magic to freeze the water underneath where she stepped, rendering her perfectly dry. While she found herself and her Servant somewhere to settle, she took a moment to examine the three others there. One was a a girl clad in plate armor, another had black and red robes that told of a mage of somesort... though the cross hanging from his neck was paradoxical in nature. Perhaps him and the armored girl were of the same faith, and one was Master and the other Servant. The odd one out was the young man in a blindingly white uniform, and she would've gone as far as to call him albino were it not for his blue eyes. Her stare lingered just a little too long before she wandered to an empty shipping container, then jumped up to it. She caught the lip with her hands then pulled herself up, after which she turned around and sat on the edge. She then beckoned for her Servant to join her. In a low tone, she addressed the Rider. "I don't like this, bringing seven Masters and Servants to one place can't end well." If she was nervous, her voice didn't betray her.
Team Black | Master - Célestine Belmonte
Temujin and her master had travelled a long course all the way to Berlin. While such long trips are normal for Mongolia's greatest Khan, being in such restrictive clothing makes her very uncomfortable, to hide her true identity as a servant, she is wearing a typical woman's clothing of the time. While inconvenient, at least it prevents her from sticking up like a sore thumb in the public.
Temijin observes the warehouse, contary to her master, she isn't engrossed at the at the level of disrepair of the building, she had lived in yurts all her life, this isn't any worse. What she agrees with is her is the shady nature of the this meeting. For all she knows is that the Holy Grail War is a battle royale, where only one will survive. But while Celestine is a bit pessimistic, Temujin is confident she can defeat them all with ease.
"Sending seven servants and masters in the same, enclosed space, only makes things easier for me to wipe out the opposition.", Temujin confidently replied.
She then looks at the other masters and servants. They appear to be very serious and tense as she far as she can tell, at least except to the armored master whose face is hiding behind an emotionless helmet. She looks at them with a smug in her face, confident that if something comes down, she is ready to counter.
________________________________________________________________________***_____________ Name: Anne Frank Age: 10 Gender: Female Weight: 40kg Height: 153cm Elemental Affinity: Ether Alignment: Neutral Good ________________________________________________________________________***_____________ Magic Circuits Number: A Quality: E ________________________________________________________________________***_____________ Magecraft/Abilities: Being 10 years old, Anne knows only basic magic, the following are the spells she knows.
Magic Missiles
Familiar Summoning (Doves)
Magic Flashbang
But what she makes up for her skill is her abundant mana tank. While this is certainly makes her very dependent to her servant and allies, at least they can rely to her mana pool should there be a mana crunch. ________________________________________________________________________***_____________ Other Abilities: Data analysis, basic survival. ________________________________________________________________________***_____________ Mystic Codes/ Magical Items: Anne's mystic code is the Witch's Torah, a diary that allows her to counter anti-mage spells, which makes her an anti-anti-mage, handy when facing the Nazi and Italian Anti-Mages. ________________________________________________________________________***_____________ Weapons/ Other Belongings: Pen, prayer scrolls, bag with a lot of food. ________________________________________________________________________***_____________ Personality: Anne is a simple-minded child who wants a peaceful world without misery and hate.
Background: Born from the Frank family, one of the most powerful mage houses in Germany, on par with the Einzberns and Ygdemillenias. Anne is expected to inherit a great legacy, but the rise of the Nazis forced the Franks out of Germany. She and family moved to Britain, where they were under the protection of the Mage Association. Anne wants a peaceful world, and so, even without advance magical training, Anne joins the Holy Grail War out of her volition. ________________________________________________________________________***_____________ Wish/Reason for Being in the War: To end persecutions and world peace
Servant CS
True Name: Temujin Aliases: Genghis Khan Lily Class: Rider Gender: Female Height: 172cm Weight: 57km Alignment: Chaotic Good Wish for the Grail: To unite the world with a common law; to create a good and just world without sin.
Personality: Temujin is a jolly fellow, who wish to conquer the world for the good of the world. She likes to socialize a lot, and is very charismatic and caring to her people. While Borte is he first and only true love, it is undeniable that she is a bisexual polyamorist with a lot of lovers, both male and female alike.
While a friendly person, testing her patience would be a big mistake, as her weakness is her wrath, she never forgives her transgressor, if you wronged her, you might as well be dead. (Her Chaotic Evil Alter Form is a Berserker class)
Background: The legendary Mongolian ruler, that is believed to be the greatest conquerer in history. While portrayed as a man in history, was Temujin in reality a woman. Born with a blood clot in her hands was it clear that she was destined to be a leader, despite of her gender. Later in her life was it clear that she was a military prodigy, as she lead her army to victory in all their battles, conquering land after land.
But before she became the great khan, Temujin is nothing more than a simple girl. Born as the daughter of Yesugei, a tribal chief, and Hoelun. As a daughter, Temujin is supposed to be a mere political token, if not for the for a Shaman who had forseen her destiny as the greatest khan of the world, and was therefore raised as a man, hiding her true gender to the world. The only person outside her family to know her secret is her blood-brother, and secret lover, Jamukha.
To keep her male facade, she was setup in an arranged marriage with the daughter of chief from an allied tribe. Her name was Börte. It didn't took long for Börte to know her secret. But rather than back down, Börte accepted Temujin as her (secretly) lesbian lover, and became her confidant along with Jamukha. At the age of nine, Temujin was sent to work in the service of Börte’s family to prove her worth, earn her future wife and show that she had what it took to become a great leader. However, Yesugei was killed by his in-laws on his way home. Temujin's tribe, not wanting to be led by a mere child, decided to abandone her and her family.
For the next several years, life was hard, but manageable thanks to Hoelun, who taught her everything that she needed to know to survive, both in the wilds and in the world at large. It is from her mother that she learned about the intricacies of politics, the importance of loyalty and brotherhood.
As she reached the ripe age of 16, she married Börte, but soon afterwards she was kidnapped by a enemy tribe. Fortunately, Temujin managed to rescue her thanks to Jamukha's help.
Soon, Temujin and her blood-brother became famous across the plains of Mongolia as they conquered tribe after tribe, gain soldiers after soldiers and generals after generals. It appears that she was poised to become the leader of all of the Mongol tribes. Little does she know, her biggest obstacle in her conquests would turn out to be Jamuka. While they share the same goals, or maybe because of it, the two had a a falling out as their conflicting ideologies becomes too apparent to ignore.
It appears this world ain't big enough for them, and a clash is inevitable. (And of Lily's story)
Stats: (These range from E-A. EX is if they're somehow off the chart. For example, Hercules would have an A in strength. But because he had bad luck in life his luck may be closer to D.) Strength: C Endurance: B Agility: C Magical Energy: C Luck: B Noble Phantasm: EX
Class Skills:
Magic Resistance: C While she didn’t encounter mages too often, was it enough for her to develop a resistance against magecraft. Temujin is unaffected by spells requiring a chant that has two verses or fewer.
Riding: A The Mongols rode on horse back with extreme skill, firing arrows from them with great accuracy. Temujin can ride any animal with great skill.
Personal Skills:
Divinity: A Temujin wasn’t born through the unification of a human and a Divine Spirit, but was granted her Divinity from being proclaimed a representative of Mongke Koko Tengri, the Mongol supreme god.
Charisma: A+ Even if her divine status wasn’t real, was the effect on her army and people so. Her new status acted like a curse on them, as going against her would be equivalent of going against God.
Military Tactics: B Temujin was a tactical genius that lead her armies to victory against all that fought her army and conquered the lands between Japan and Iran.
Eye of the Mind (True): B+ While her military tactics was a big part of her conquest' success, was her ability to see through her opponent's strategy and finding a counter to it was what truly made her successful. As well as knowing how the opponent would react beforehand. She can calmly analyze all conditions, regardless of pressure, and quickly deduce the best course of action to turn around a situation. No matter how small the chance of comeback will she find a way to get closer to victory.
Combat Capabilities:
Noble Phantasms:
Name: Ayanga uur Khilen Rank: B Type: Anti-Unit Description: It is said that the Mongols feared thunder, as there was no cover on Mongolia's great steppes against the sky’s fury.
In her final battle against her blood-brother Jamukha released the sky its fury on the two armies, striking fear into all of them. But while all other cowered and ducked in fear, stood Temujin unaffected by the lightning that rained down around her. This inspired her soldiers, and they stood up by her side once more. This show of courage and loyalty made the sky spare her army, forcing Jamukha's army to surrender.
This Noble phantasm takes the shape of several lightning coated arrows that she can fire from her composite bow. The arrows are both physical and magical in nature, and can therefore even damage those with the highest ranking Magic Resistance, just without the lightning doing any damage. Dodging the arrows will be hard for any but the fastest Servants, each arrow traveling with A++ speed through the air.
Name: Chinggis Khan Rank: EX Type: Anti-Army Description: A conquerer is nothing without their army, the same goes for Temujin. This Noble phantasm allows her to summon her loyal soldiers to fight by her side once more.
By choosing a location of land as a kind of Workshop can she summon her soldiers by using the mana in the location, the World itself acting as an anchor for them together with Temujin.
For each soldier that is summoned this way will Temujin feel very slightly exhausted. This isn’t a big problem, as it takes about a hundred of them before she starts to notice that she is tiring a bit easier. Also if a soldier were to die would she feel a backlash, and the mana used to summon them will be unavailable to her for about six hours. It can also be used to summon the horses of her armies, granting them great mobility and the favor of their favorite tactic.
The soldiers have mid/low-tier servant stats and possess the skills: Clairvoyance: D, Riding: B, Military Tactics: C and Eye of the Mind (True): D.