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[Mr.Zero]

This will be the discussion thread for the upcoming MCM RTD. I'm currently looking for players so i can kickstart this thing. Obviously some information will be given and the prologue. The rest of the information will be updated shortly after in the discussion thread.

MCM RTD Discussion thread

What kind of setting does the MCM rtd have?
The RTD will be set in a future universe which currently is at war between 6 major factions and a couple of small ones. I will use a D6 or D10 mostly and sometimes a D100. You are a part of a small mercenary group which made a name for themselves because of their success in seemingly impossible tasks.
There will be 5 players in this RTD, with a slight division of roles. There will be a pilot, squad leader and 3 soldiers. Everyone is nearly equal in their abilities to do tasks expect that the pilot will receive some additional starting skills in flying and the squad leader only is able to directly contact the commander whilst performing a mission.

Sign Ups

Sign-up sheet
Here's the sign-up sheet, i will give example of one and below that in a spoiler will be the code which you can copy paste and use yourself. I will select the players based on their sheet.

Name: Example Sign-up
Gender: Male (M or F)
Age: 54 (People get quite old in this universe, ~200 years at an average.)
Notable Characteristics: Bionic Eye (Things that make your guy 'different', maybe he has 2 eye colors, or green hair, scar,etc.)
Class: Squad leader/Pilot/Soldier, pick one.
Starting Suit:  Rhino MT ( See below to see suit choices.)
Starting Skills: Pick 2 novice skills and 1 competent.
- Novice hacker
- Novice Technician
- Competent Sharpshooter
Bio: Example sign-up is a generic example of how one should fill in the sign-up sheet. (Story about your character, you don’t have to write out everything but just the things that you consider important. And i will ask some more info if necessary.)

Spoiler:  clean sheet (click to show/hide)

Code: [Select]

[b]Name:[/b]
[b]Gender:[/b]
[b]Age: [/b]
[b]Notable Characteristics:[/b]
[b]Class: [/b]
[b]Starting Suit:[/b] 
[b]Starting Skills: Pick 2 novice skills and 1 competent.[/b]
[b]Bio:[/b]

Skills

Spoiler: Skill levels (click to show/hide)

2b.Skills are another part of RTD; Skills can be anything, if you focus on it you can become skilled in opening doors. There's no list of skills and the only way to see if you can learn a skill is to try it.
Note: This is not entirely true, as there will not be a total-fantasy-do-whatever-the-hell-i-want RTD.

Skills have 12 levels, each level requires more XP than the previous level.

Dabbling - 1, If you try do something that can be considered a skill you are automatically dabbling at it.
Novice - 2 (+1 bonus if the die rolls a natural 1)
Competent - 4 (Static +1 to all rolls)
Skilled - 7 (Static +1 to all rolls, successes are improved.)
Adept - 11 (Static +1 to all rolls, extra +1 if the dice rolls a natural 1, successes are improved.)
Talented - 16 (Static +2 to all rolls, successes are improved)
Professional - 22 (Static +2 to all rolls, successes are greatly improved.)
Expert - 29 (You may choose to take a +1, +2 or +3 bonus to your rolls, successes are greatly improved.)
Master - 37 (You may choose to take a +1, +2 or +3 bonus to your rolls, successes are substantially improved.)
High Master - 46 (Static +3 bonus to all rolls, successes are substantially improved. You cannot Overshoot.)
Grand Master - 56 (Static +4 bonus to all rolls, successes are massively improved. You may choose to Overshoot, or not.)
Legendary - 75 (You choose which number you roll from 0 to 10.)

You get bonuses at different skill levels as well. Note that each bonus replaces any previous bonuses.

Starting Suits

Heavy suit : Rhino MT
Description :  The Rhino Mass Type is the most common suit of the Rhino Series. The design heavily favors armor hardware and software making it an excellent front line tank.
Slots: 3 Hardware slots, 1 Software slot.
Armor type: C
Suit bonus: Armor repair is twice as efficient.

Spoiler: Slot Layout (click to show/hide)

Medium suit : Eidolon-A
Description: The Eidolon-A is the most mobile of all the Eidolon variations. An additional set of thrusters give you increased manoeuvrability and slightly higher top speed than other thruster based suits.  Eidolon-A is the perfect suit for hit & run operations.
Slots: 2 Hardware slots, 2 Software slots.
Armor Type : B
Suit bonus: +2 to aim while moving.

Spoiler: Slot Layout (click to show/hide)

Light suit: Wraith
Description: The Wraith suit is the close range utility stealth suit, capable of fulfilling functions such as field technician, infiltrator and scout. The broad software customization allows the user to adapt the suit to many situations before the battle, however combat ability takes a hit for this.
Slots: 1 Hardware slot, 3 software slots.
Armor Type : A
Suit bonus: Trinity OS, user is able to switch suit to 3 different types each with varying bonuses.
Set 1: +1 to hacking and assisted tracking, +10m to scanner range.
Set 2: Enables the user to shoot whilst cloaked.
Set 3: Able to intercept comm-lines and modify them.

Spoiler: Slot Layout (click to show/hide)

[Mr.Zero]

Just dropping it here atm.

Armor & slots explained

Besides your fleshy human structure you will be often shooting at armored vehicles or structures and as a player it would be nice to know the values, terms and other necessities involving armor so you can plan ahead of time.

The armor types

While armor plating differs from each other they all follow the same design or principle.

Picture incoming....

The drawing should be pretty clear. There are 3 main armor plating groups, A,B and C. A fits twice into B, B fits twice into C. There are groups beyond A but they are rarely used and often terms like 2A or 3C are used instead. 2 A means 2 x Type A plating,etc.

Why 3C and not just make a D class? Like i previously stated there are higher armor classes but they are used for extraordinary things like starships,buildings,etc. So not something that you really need know. The construction method is also important, They cannot simply add one gaint slab of armor to whatever thing they are making, it might hinder movement, weaker structure, thin layers in between plating. Lots of reasons why it wouldn’t be efficient for some structures and would be for others.

Armor Values

I cannot write out the exact values that armors have because it depends on what you are being bombarded with and what gun your opponent is using. I can say that it’s like rock-paper-scissors. You got ammo types like light,medium,heavy and beyond.

Light Ammo beats no armor and light armor
Medium Ammo beats medium armor and below
Heavy Ammo beats heavy armor and below
etc.

Then there are ammo variations, since the bullets can be made out of different materials or have a different structure. So hollow point medium ammo is highly effective against medium sized organics and below and still beats light armor, but it cannot penetrate medium armor as it normally would.

Modules

MCM will have an module based system as a means of customization.
Basically you get a suit/armor with the utmost basic system required for it to function and the starting gear, in the suit will be module slots which you can customize depending on the slot available.

There will be 2 kinds of module slots:
Hardware: Each armor has a set amount of hardware points which enable you to install additional functions like:
- Additional Armor Plating
- Targeting System
- Jet thrusters
- etc.

Software: They improve existing hardware modules.
For example
The additional plating hardware module C is connected with one hardware point B
The regenerative armor hardware module B is connected with Software Point A
You can augment C by uploading software into A which aids B.

So you upload the the following software:
Nanite Armor intensifiers
This software is made for the Regenerative armor module.
If you add it, it will boost the intensity and thus the strength of the armor it’s repairing. You can also add the software to the Regenerative armor without having the armor plating module, though there will be no effect as there is no armor to strengthen.

[Mr.Zero]

The 6 Factions


The Terran Order

"Together we shall prosper, Together we shall be victorious, Together we shall be known as The Terran Order."
- Kaiser Wilhem
Faction Description
The first faction that arose in the universe and arguably the most powerful in terms of military power and amount. The TRO is a Stratocracy based nation ruled by lord emperor 'Kaiser Wilhelm', a man renown for his deeds which earned him the right to become the leader of the human race and the founder of The Terran Order.
Leader: Lord Emperor Kaiser Wilhelm of Mars, founder of TRO, god of mankind.
Main interest points of TRO
Military Service
There is no 'real' mandatory military service in TRO, however if you haven't done any military service then you are denied many rights opposed to those which did. So it's become natural to do military service unless you are physically or mentally incapable to do so.

Loyalty above all
TRO highly values loyalty above anything else. As a result if you upkeep your end of the bargain, you will be quickly known trough out TRO as a trustworthy person and thus get a lot of requests for the service that you provide. This also has a opposite effect. If you backstab TRO, you will become untrustworthy quickly and lose many potential clients without the use of a broker.

Advanced Projectile Warfare
TRO isn't the most technologically advanced faction, but they are by far the best in Projectile warfare. They have access to many great weapons and vehicles if you earn their trust but this can be used against you if they consider you hostile.

Xenophobes
TRO tries to have as little as possible contact with alien life for they don't trust them. They also see most alien life as a threat to mankind which must be eliminated to preserve mankind.

The Rebel Alliance

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion"
- Albert Camus
Faction Description
The second faction that came into existance. TRA is composed from the remnant rebels from the great civil war, deserters from the TRO and anyone that opposes the TRO. The rebels are truly free as they have no ruler, government or anything. While they have no central government, they compete with each other with displays for power. But when the call arises, all of the rebels are one to oppose the TRO.
Leader: None, instead they are composed of 13 'tribes' and other minor groups.
Main interest points of TRA
No law in here officer!
The lack of laws make the rebel grounds very easy with anything that might have been deemed illegal in other territories. They also buy pretty much everything of your hands, though be careful for they are good bargainers.

Master Smugglers
If anyone can smuggle something, then it can be anyone from the rebel faction. They have perfected the art of smuggling and their services in this specialty is highly demanded in the underworld.




Xenophobes


Technocrats
The nomads
Republic of Traders

[Mr.Zero]

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[Pancaek]

Spoiler: Sheet: Gunther Gottschalk (click to show/hide)

Name: Gunther Gottschalk
Gender: Male
Age: 54
Notable Characteristics: Bionic right arm, Bionic right Eye, heavy burn scars over right shoulder+torso+face, amazing bushy moustache and beard
Class: Soldier
Starting Suit:  Rhino MT
Starting Skills: -Novice demolitions
                              -Novice Brawling
                              -Competant heavy weapons user.
Bio: Gunther Gottschalk. Man of God. Man of honour. Soldier of fortune. All around miserable guy to be around. He was a simple deadbeat, working a simple job as a courier in his birthtown. Whenever he wasn't working, it was a sure bet that you could find him in the local bar, drunk as a skunk. All was well, until the day he got robbed during one of his deliveries. Some punk trying to earn a quick and dirty buck decided that the easiest way was to shoot Gunther and take his package. Luckily, the punk wasn't that good of a shot and only manages to get Gunther in the shoulder. When he came closer to grab the package, Gunther shot up, adrenaline fueling his movements, wrestling the pistol from the kids hands and bringing him down to ground where he proceeded to beat him to uncounsciousness. The fact that he got shot and survived wasn't even on his mind the following days, but rather how very much alivehe felt during the whole ordeal. From that day on he left behind his town and became a soldier of fortune, sustaining many wounds, losing many comrades, killing many enemies, eventually leading him to this day. And he did it all...with a smile.

Hope this is allright. Just to be sure, what would you describe as heavy weapons, brawling and demolitions? Just so we're ont he same page. Also, what should I imagine with these suits? Because I want to make sure that I'll at least get to use my skills

[scapheap]

I'll just go and write up a sheet.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Kitty Green
Gender: Female
Age: 3(if Androids are not aloud, 24)
Notable Characteristics: Mechanical body with biological covering, black cat ears and tail.
Class: Pilot
Starting Suit: Wraith
Starting Skills: Pick 2 novice skills and 1 competent.
-Novice hacker
-Novice silent mover
-Competent piloting
Bio: A batch of androids for 'entertainment' use were infected by a computer virus that replaced their data with junk, rending them useless. A simple wipe and factory setting fix the problem in all but one.

You see, it was not actually a virus, it was an ancient rogue AI. It had failed to probably integrate with most of the pleasurebots. Number 3, however, was a defect model that had not been caught yet. With the knowledge of the AI, she knew there would be long until she was written off as defect and thus scrapped.

Once the workers had left her in storage, she rigged together a dummy version of herself, transfer her's serial number to the copy and set up it's 'death'. She then left in the confusion caused by it.

Over time, she interact with the dormant AI, which was named Green, it's creator was going for a rainbow theme, but passed away not long after finishing Green. Green was going to be the transporter of the group and thus offered the Android what knowledge of flying that she could use since she humanoid and not an AI of a ship.

She also gained the tricks Green had learned to avoid anti-virus protections, firewalls and other stuff that was a danger to a free floating AI in the net. Her sneakiness is merely a product of her paranoid that the dummy had not fooled her makers.

She, needing to put more space between her and her makers, signed up for a group know as Andromeda Lancers as Kitty Green, a mutated human, to explain the ears and tail away. If Ayana was aware of Kitty's true nature, she hasn't mention it near Kitty.

Question: Are Androids lore-compliant?

[Mr.Zero]

Spoiler: Sheet: Gunther Gottschalk (click to show/hide)

Name: Gunther Gottschalk
Gender: Male
Age: 54
Notable Characteristics: Bionic right arm, Bionic right Eye, heavy burn scars over right shoulder+torso+face, amazing bushy moustache and beard
Class: Soldier
Starting Suit:  Rhino MT
Starting Skills: -Novice demolitions
                              -Novice Brawling
                              -Competant heavy weapons user.
Bio: Gunther Gottschalk. Man of God. Man of honour. Soldier of fortune. All around miserable guy to be around. He was a simple deadbeat, working a simple job as a courier in his birthtown. Whenever he wasn't working, it was a sure bet that you could find him in the local bar, drunk as a skunk. All was well, until the day he got robbed during one of his deliveries. Some punk trying to earn a quick and dirty buck decided that the easiest way was to shoot Gunther and take his package. Luckily, the punk wasn't that good of a shot and only manages to get Gunther in the shoulder. When he came closer to grab the package, Gunther shot up, adrenaline fueling his movements, wrestling the pistol from the kids hands and bringing him down to ground where he proceeded to beat him to uncounsciousness. The fact that he got shot and survived wasn't even on his mind the following days, but rather how very much alivehe felt during the whole ordeal. From that day on he left behind his town and became a soldier of fortune, sustaining many wounds, losing many comrades, killing many enemies, eventually leading him to this day. And he did it all...with a smile.

Hope this is allright. Just to be sure, what would you describe as heavy weapons, brawling and demolitions? Just so we're ont he same page. Also, what should I imagine with these suits? Because I want to make sure that I'll at least get to use my skills

I believe i;ve added a picture of how i picture suits in my mind. See it as an metallic human shell which your guy controls, but stronger.. with more options!
Heavy weapons can stay as it is, see it as an allround skill. You are more knowledgeable about heavy weapons and are slightly better in using them than others.
Brawling would be catorized as close combat. While it can happen in many forms, it remains close combat.
Demolitions is fine.

I'll just go and write up a sheet.

Spoiler: wip (click to show/hide)

Name: Kitty Green
Gender: Female
Age: 3(if Androids are not aloud, 24)
Notable Characteristics: Mechanical body with biological covering, black cat ears and tail.
Class: Pilot
Starting Suit: Wraith
Starting Skills: Pick 2 novice skills and 1 competent.
-Novice hacker
-Novice silent mover
-Competent piloting
Bio: to be written.

Question: Are Androids lore-compliant?

Pm me your idea, i often forget androids but i'm sure we can work something out.

[_DivideByZero_]

Spoiler: Here's my entry (click to show/hide)

Name: Yarui Nokonoko
Gender: Male
Age: 41
Notable Characteristics: Mute, long white hair with thick sideburns, mustache, and clean neck. Right arm is crooked and cannot fully extend--his armor is designed around this limitation.
Class: Soldier
Starting Suit: Eidolon-A
Starting Skills:
 - Competent Dodger
 - Novice Polearms User
 - Novice Ambusher
Bio:
Spoiled since he was a child, Yarui was once the mute prince of a long-standing dynasty of patricians and noblemen. Destined to inherit his predecessor's great wealth and prestige, but without speech, Yarui was looked down upon by the pretenders of his future title--that is, until he impressed them all with a mysterious, jade-green exotic parrot. Yarui was a recluse during his childhood, spending most of his time absorbing fantastical literature and building games on his computer. The appearance of the bird--whose name only Yarui knew--surprised everyone in the court. Yarui and his companion had such a close bond together that he was able to speak through the bird, its mind so closely attuned with Yarui's that it knew his every thought. The rest of Yarui's dynasty eventually accepted him as the true heir, but as he grew older and more philosophically inclined, he resented his position in a family that knew only wealth and luxury. After hearing stories about the horrors those worse off than him had to face in their daily lives, Yarui left the palace and never came back, taking with him his only friend, and his only possession: an ancient glaive reforged by his own hand with modern materials.

The 'long standing dynasty' can be a wealthy family living inside a nation or an actual noble family on a space habitat/planet, depending on how your universe works.

Can I have a parrot? Like, a parrot in power armor that nonchalantly sits on my shoulder while I'm fighting? My character's whole gimmick is that he is mute and casually communicates through body language and his bird when a tablet is not available.

[IcyTea31]

Reserving. Sheet incoming.

Spoiler: Character Sheet (click to show/hide)

Name: Jonathan "Jostle" Imbel
Gender: Male
Age: 38
Notable Characteristics: Quite long dark blonde hair with a goatee, brown eyes. He has a slender, but muscular build. He has a large scar on his right forearm. He often performs feats of agility when moving around, even if it would be more efficient to just walk.
Class: Soldier
Starting Suit: Eidolon-A
Starting Skills:

• Competent Combat Acrobat
• Novice Recon
• Novice SMG user

Bio: Jostle used to be a professional gymnast. He showed off his routines of impressive strength, speed and flexibility around the universe in a multitude of sporting events. Years later, Jostle sought more from life. Jumping around for the entertainment of other people, while it does pay well in both money and fame, is ultimately boring. Mercenary work gives him just that living-on-the-edge feeling he is looking for, especially when he is right in his enemies' faces. The look on their faces when they keep missing as he keeps dodging is something worth living for. Even though it is quite naïve to laugh in the face of such danger, indeed he once took a shotgun slug to his arm, he comments "Worth it." He usually takes the role of pointman in combat, rushing ahead of others to see what the enemies have in store, then once the first shots are fired, he is the first one in combat and the last one out.

EDIT: Fleshed character out.
EDIT2: Minor tweaks, upgraded bio.

[Varee]

Name: Vortex
Gender: Male
Age: 70 (People get quite old in this universe, ~200 years at an average.)
Notable Characteristics: Bald head and two black eye and thick glasses (Things that make your guy 'different', maybe he has 2 eye colors, or green hair, scar,etc.)
Class: (the only postion left is squad leader but i dont want it can we like promote some one?) pilot
Starting Suit:  Wraith (See below to see suit choices.)
Starting Skills: Pick 2 novice skills and 1 competent.
- Novice gunner
- Novice Hacker
- Competent Technician
Bio: A little slim guy that like to tinker with stuff, he grew up scavenging parts and put them together to create stuff. Later he start messing with the cyber world. But this skill lead to a turn in his life .....
He got himself in trouble causing him to be on the run. He quickly learn to use gun and how to move around without attracting attention.  He got his hand on some wraith suit and that is how he end up here..

[scapheap]

Bio now written.

[Mr.Zero]

bump

[_DivideByZero_]

(Bump!)

[IcyTea31]

We technically do have the required 5 people already. If one of the pilots would switch to squad leader, or switch to soldier and have one soldier become the leader. If nobody else wants to, I can do it, but I'll have to write a new character if I do, as my current one is too naïve to be a leader.

[_DivideByZero_]

I don't believe my character would make a good leader as he is mute. However, since we have two pilots and we only need one, I think one of the pilots should switch since one of them has to switch anyway [or not play ].