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[GreatWyrmGold]

Dang. I was thinking of something like this, but with rules and (some) balance and stuff.

Spoiler: Imp-class Dragoon (click to show/hide)

Small Harrasser
Erect Tripedal w/digitigrade feet
Almost forgot the Hybrid Cold Fusion/Turbocharged-Diesel engine

Weapons:
Torso-mounted 41 mm (light) muzzle-break thermobaric chaff howitzer (what)
Shoulder-mounted 19.2 mm (heavy) detatchable incendiary-tracer MG

Armor: Combination K Composite

Other:
Mech Repair Module
Radar Stealth Plating
IR-Silhouette Stealth Plating
Souped-Up Engine
Anti-grav

[Flying Dice]

Actually, it might be a good idea to restrict specific fights to certain sizes (AKA Exo/Small only, Large/Huge only, &c.)

As it stands I expect and hope to be ganged up on. Or I could pull out that placeholder exo and use that instead. Or we could all roll steampunk machines for extra fun.

[Rolepgeek]

...Dejavu, just roll one up yourself. That's the one I rolled. The Russian Nesting Microwaves.

[Again_Dejavu]

...Dejavu, just roll one up yourself. That's the one I rolled. The Russian Nesting Microwaves.

Hmmmmph

I seriously can't right now. I don't have access to my computer

[tryrar]

Well, I'm going to say right off you can only attack one target a turn, so swarm tactics would be effective(if the dice cooperate). Things like recoil and computer assists do give a small bonus to attack rolls(and autoloaders and anything automatic can attack more than once, though still at only one target), and some traits and extras have a benefit(for instance, that Esoteric Power source you have, if you roleplay being hotblooded enough, fills up a gauge and when full, activates Overdrive Mode, where you can take two entire turns at once(including hitting two different targets!) until the gauge depletes. However, you incur damage to the machine every turn you have it active, and it can outright destroy your mech if you keep using it).

Though, you won't know what bonuses and stuff are until they come up

[Avis-Mergulus]

Spoiler: Tengri-khan (click to show/hide)

Type: Main Battle
Size: Large
Locomotion: Tripedal
Engine: Cold Fusion
Posture: Erect
Feet type: Anthropod
Armor type: AMAP composite
Supplementary defense system: Softkill ECM APS
Optics: Sonar imaging

Main weaponry:
Shoulder-mounted 70 cal. medium autocannon (Sanshiki Cluster incendiary ammo, limited traverse)
Arm-mounted 10 cal. heavy Gauss gun (muzzle brake)
Arm-mounted 60 cal. light howitzer (cassette autoloader, explosively-formed penetrator, APDS)

Secondary weaponry:
Shoulder-mounted 17 cal. automatic grenade launcher (computer-controlled, cluster ammo)
Torso-mounted 36 cal. recoiless rifle (computer-controlled, HEAT ammo)
Arm-mounted microwave emitter

Extra:
Water recycler
Ejection seat
Voice-activated computer system

Trait:
Heavily armed (+1 secondary mount)

I rolled this randomly and I don't know what half these words even mean. What is an APDS? What is a ECM APS?

[GreatWyrmGold]

I rolled this randomly and I don't know what half these words even mean. What is an APDS? What is a ECM APS?

Armor-Piercing/Discarding Sabot
Electronic Countermeasure...Anti-Projectile System, I think.
Google it.

[tryrar]

just about what GWG said. That ECM APS is gonna be helpful against anything guided....but not so much agianst dumbfire rounds

Also, added a rules section for clarification to the OP

[Avis-Mergulus]

'Kay, Googled it. Say, how will our optics systems affect gameplay? And does that ejecting seat option sign me up for a potentially hilarious game of "who brought a dude to a mech fight"?

[Rolepgeek]

APDS is Armor-Piercing Discarding Sabot.

ECM APS is Electronic Counter-Measures Active Protection System

[tryrar]

Well ejection seats allow you to survive destruction, and if you can go a couple turns without getting squashed you can get to a pickup zone and get a new random mech(or, you can attempt to hijack another person's mech, but expect a high failure chance of that!)
As for optics, they are mainly flavor, though some defense systems do help defeat some optics(up until they start shooting, of course!)

[flabort]

Can someone tell me if I did this right?

Type: 53: Artillery (All Main Mounts all have the Shoulder location)
Size: 15: Exoskeloton (Reroll if Artillery) 61: Large (2 main mounts, 2 secondary mounts, 1 SD, 3 Extras, 1 Trait)
Locomotion: 60: Quadropedal
Endgine: 5: Diesel
Posture: 72: Erect
Feet Type: 22: Plantigrade
Armor Type: 98: Multilayer Composite: 23, 74: Rolled Titanium//Roketsan Composite
Suplementary Defense: 32: Nonexplosive-Reactive Armor
Optics: 63: Computer assisted Digital

Main: (auto) Shoulder: 24: Missile-Launcher Smoothbore (71+80 Calibre, C30: Computer-Assisted Gyrospoially-stabilized, S75: Beehive Flechette Ammo)
Main: (auto) Shoulder: 73: Oxygen Iodine Electrolaser

Secondary: 94 Head: 71: Recoiless Rifle (91+20 Calibre, C87: Enlarged Ammo Storage, S5: HEAT ammo)
Secondary: 81 Head: 69: CIWS (42/10+10=14 Calibre, A50: Detachable, R39: Tracer ammo)

Extras:
74: Customized Sound System
87: Jump Jets
44: Active Camoflage

Trait:
97: Variable form: 3: Aircraft

I don't know what much of this means, but it sounds very cool.
Waitlist if I'm too late, of course.

[flabort]

(double post, pardon me)

Just rolled another for the fun of it... and holy crud. Can I save my first one as backup, and use this one first?

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Type: 84: Harrasser
Size: 1: Exoskeleton (1 Main, 1 secondary, 1 SD, 1 trait, Bipedal)
Locomotion: (auto) Bipedal
Engine: Suped up 93 Hybrid: 72, 69: Nuclear Cold Fusion (Perpetual motion? Hah! awesome)
Posture: 61: Erect
Feet: 63: Ungulate
Armor: 92: Buckypaper-Reinforced 100: Multilayer Composite 77 97: Liquid Armor Multilayer Composite 45 28: Depleted Uranium Cast Titanum (Holy. Crap.)
Supplementary Defense: 7: Slat Plates
Optics: 53: Sonar Imaging

Main: 20 Arm: 8 Medium Autocannon (47+20 calibre, A53: Limited Traverse, S13: HESH ammo)

Secondary: 97 Head: 9: Melee Weapon: Spur/Horn (piercing) 62: Chain-bladed

Extras:
none

Trait:
55: Intimidating (No kidding, with armor like that!)

[Beirus]

Just rolled up a mech for the waitlist, but I'm surprised how the rolls worked out. Not sure how good it is, though.

Spoiler: Mech for waitlist (click to show/hide)

Name: Zapper
Type: 44: Main Battle (+1 Main Mount)
Size: 15: Exoskeleton (1 Main Mount (total 2), 1 Secondary Mount, 1 SD, 1 Extra, 1 Trait, Bipedal)
Locomotion: Bipedal
Engine: 82: Anti-matter
Posture: 58: Erect
Feet Type: 11: Digitigrade
Armor Type: 74: Roketsan Composite
SD: 9: Slat Plates
Optics: 16: IR Night Vision
Main Mount 1: 63: Torso- 77: Deuterium Fluoride Laser
Main Mount 2: 3: Arm- 100: Quad- 95- Quad HZE Ion Gun
Secondary Mount: 40:Shoulder- 93: Microwave Emitter
Extra: 98:Esoteric Supercharge Source-96: Reverse-engineered Alien Tech (Prototype Trait)
Trait: Prototype

I don't understand most of the weapon and trait parts, but I hope the mech will last longer than 2 turns if I get off the waitlist. Still not sure how I would fit a Quad HZE Ion Gun on an arm mount, but the dice seem to think it works.

[Rolepgeek]

Just rolled up a mech for the waitlist, but I'm surprised how the rolls worked out. Not sure how good it is, though.

Spoiler: Mech for waitlist (click to show/hide)

Name: Zapper
Type: 44: Main Battle (+1 Main Mount)
Size: 15: Exoskeleton (1 Main Mount (total 2), 1 Secondary Mount, 1 SD, 1 Extra, 1 Trait, Bipedal)
Locomotion: Bipedal
Engine: 82: Anti-matter
Posture: 58: Erect
Feet Type: 11: Digitigrade
Armor Type: 74: Roketsan Composite
SD: 9: Slat Plates
Optics: 16: IR Night Vision
Main Mount 1: 63: Torso- 77: Deuterium Fluoride Laser
Main Mount 2: 3: Arm- 100: Quad- 95- Quad HZE Ion Gun
Secondary Mount: 93: Microwave Emitter
Extra: 98:Esoteric Supercharge Source-96: Reverse-engineered Alien Tech (Prototype Trait)
Trait: Prototype

I don't understand most of the weapon and trait parts, but I hope the mech will last longer than 2 turns if I get off the waitlist. Still not sure how I would fit a Quad HZE Ion Gun on an arm mount, but the dice seem to think it works.

That entire side of the mech is dedicated to wielding that weapon. It says 'arm-mounted' but it's really more like 'hip-mounted-arm-controlled'.

Also you need to roll the mount for that microwave emitter