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[Cynreth]

Greetings!
Long time lurker here that finally decided to sign up and starts a game right away...I understand that for some people this might be a reason not to join since those kind of guys usually disappear within 3 posts but I promise that this will not be the case here. Although English is not my first language I speak (and write) it quite fluently, still, please excuse any obvious grammar mistakes that might be present.

Now, if you clicked on the headline you are probably interested in the kind of setting described here, so I will say something about what kind of game thiis is going to be. Basically this will be a P&P style game with a heavy focus on Roleplaying based on the Mekton Zeta rulebooks, however, you won't need any of the rules for now and you won't need them later on aswell since everything you need for character creation is down below and I won't let you design your own Mech (yet).

As of the setting I decided to use the Gundam franchise as my basic outline of how mechs will look and act, but I will come up with a completely new storyline that has nothing to do with the others although it will play in the actual timeline of earth (A.D.) Mekton Z usually uses hexes for combat, but I will completely disregard that in favor of freedom of movement and actions for the players. You want to grab a large rock on the beach and throw it at another Mech? Well, cool enough for me to let it happen. As for my general style of doing things....if it's overly stupid and there's no reason for it you will die. If it's just stupid and your character has a very good reason I might let it happen. At least at the beginning your character are not going to be top notch gundam pilots or something like that, still, what would a Mecha RPG be without ridiculous maneuvers and characters throwing their life on the line for their ideals. Even though I'm going to use the Mekton Z rules to resolve combat and all that shit, I will fudge rolls to my liking depending on if I think it might add Drama, make the fight way much cooler or whatever, never will I simply kill of a character with a fudged role though, so that shouldn't be a concern.

Before you consider joining however, I'm european and as such I would like my players to be close to my timezone, or able to post in the european timezone. I will try to get updates out twice, maybe three times a day if it's a combat scene, as long as we are on base or something you can feel free to just post all the RP stuff you want. If the players are up for it I might even designate a certain date for us to meet in Chat and do some progress through IM- that's up to you though, will include a poll in character creation.

The last thing that I have to say is that I'm a GM that heavily relies on story. If there's a lock on the door in front of you and there is absolutely no limit to how long you can try to lockpick it- I will let you succeed because rolling for the heck of it is the most idiotic thing ever. If there's a time limit however it makes sense to roll since it makes the situation more tense, so stat's might not be as important as actual RP in my games.

So now that all of this is gone, let's head straight to the introductionary story.

We write the year 2282...mankind, although split into three large factions has expanded into space. Most of the former NATO countires have created the Earth Sphere Alliance (ESA) and were the first to reach out to other planets, however the People's Union (PU) spearheaded by the former countries of Russia and China and most of the East followed. Surprisingly though a third large force has risen quickly, the African Arabian Federation (AAF), mostly due to the fact that they have easy access to solar energy which is the main source of power in this new world. Fighting on earth has ceased 18 years ago with a peace treaty between the three factions, this peace treaty however only limited the use of weapons on earth's surface, and so the fight over mineral asteroids and colonies in space still rages on. These wars are fought with Mobile Suits...mechs in humanoid form, giant steel beasts armed to the teeth with whatever weapons their factions may provide. Arround earth several fragments have been found, the so called Technology Sparks, noone knows where they come from but the include the secrets to better equipment and so all of the three factions fight once one of them has been discovered. The way technology is right now ballistic weapons, missiles and melee weapons are still the common equipment for Mobile Suit's though. This is the time when a group of promising new teenagers completes their secret training...

Right. Story, done. Still reading? Great! Let's get to the character creation which is ripped straight from the Mekton Z rulebook with a few limitations. All of you will be playing 16 year old teen's at the start, however, sometimes it will require months or even years to get somewhere, so expect them to age rather quickly during the story. Everyone of those teen's had a tragic anime backstory...or not, that's up to you to decide. It's perfectly normal for 40% of parents on the planet to die, loose their children or simply disappear after all. You will fight for the army of one of the big factions in the beginning, which one is up to you, we'll do a vote on that stuff.


Character creation stuff

Alright, I will include the character sheet at the bottom of this post, most of the stuff should be pretty clear as far as the general things go such as name, hair colour, gender and so on. Keep the backstory within 7-8 sentences if possible, make sure it includes a completely anime reason to be in a promising military academy at the age of 16 though. Now that we are through this, let's get to Stats and skills

Statistics

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Alright, each of you will be given 50 stat points to begin with, each of your statistics must have a at least a value of 2 and may at a max be 10. I will give a quick description of what they are used for below.

Attractiveness [ATT]
Used for social skill and total kawaii appeareance.

Body Type [BOD]
Determines how much damage your character can take before he falls over and gives a dramatic long speech before he dies in the hands of (choose one) an ally, girlfriend, mentor, family or whatever the fuck may be important to that char. Also how big the damage is when you punch that idiot in the face who killed a friend, how much you can throw at him or how many rocks you can carry to him in the first place.

Cool [CL]
Is used for most leadership stuff, is also used in quite a lot of social interaction skills.

Empathy [EMP]
Having a shitload of cool might enable you to lead people, but if they don't like you they will still kill you. This stat determines how well you can put yourself into the head of another person and how likeable you are in general.

Intelligence [INT]
How smart you are, how much education you're character got in the first place and how long it will take you to come up with a concept for that totally cool new engine for your mech.

Education
Is a sub-stat of Intelligence, as a house rule of mine it can't be higher than your INT. It functions as a general knowledge skill and will also determine the amount of skill points you get.
Basic point values:
+1 = Grade school
+2 = High School
+3 = College
+4 = Bachelor's degree
+5 = Master's degree
+7 = Trivial pursuit master
+9 = Stephen Hawking

Luck [LUCK - duh]
You can use it to enhance rolls and do awesome shit that makes this stuff more anime. I will refresh it once in a while, I will tell you how to use it in the next post.

Movement Allowance [MA]
How fast you are, how high you can jump and all that other stuff related to doing shit fast while looking cool. (Includes freerunning)

Reflexes [REF]
Used for quite a lot of combat skills, no matter if it's about punching your enemy, dodging his shots or delivering a load of laser beams to his face.

Technical Ability [TECH]
How good you are at repairing mechs, figuring out how they work or putting that new engine into the body that the scientist of the group just developed just to find out that the pilot driving the mech is not emotionally ready for this and as such it won't work. Logic.

Skills

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All right, skills are slightly more complicated, the amount of skill points you get is your INT + Education + 22, I've added 5 points to the usual amount but you MUST use these 5 points on non-combat skills like first aid, repairing, singing, personal grooming, photography etc.

Skills range from 0-10, if a skill is at 0 it doesn't mean you can't do that certain thing at all, it simply means you are not really good at it. For every point up to a value of 5 you have to spend 1 skill points, for every additional point you will require 2 skill points. Example: Alex wants to raise his Dodge skill to 7, he needs to pay 5 points to get up to level 5 and then another 4 (2x2) to get up to level 7.

Skills with an H beneath them cannot go higher than level 5 for starting characters.

You only have to list skills that you take on your sheet, here is the list:

Attractiveness

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Personal Grooming
Hair styling and all that stuff that makes you look better than you actually do.

Wardrobe & Style
How good you are at picking the right clothes and appeareance for certain events and everyday life.

Cool

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Interrogation [H]
How well you can get information out of people's mouths if they aren't willing to give it to you.

Intimidate [H]
Getting poeple to do certain things by fear.

Persuasion & Fast Talk [H]
Talking other people into doing what you want, or making them believe what you say.

Resist Torture/Drugs [H]
Pretty self explanatory, while under drugs you might still be able to control yourself.

Streetwise
How to talk to criminals, find and get out of a bad neighbourhood and how to find the nearest blackmarket.

Empathy

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Acting
Impersonating another person or appearing in front of huge crowds.

Human Perception
Detecing lies, emotions and other stuff from other humans.

Interview
How to get the officer you hate into telling you all about his illegimate son and the stolen sportscar that he still owns.

Leadership
Leading and convincing people to follow you
IMPORTANT: Leadership can be used with EMP or COOL, it does not matter. If you use it with EMP people follow you because they like you, with COOL because they know you will win the upcoming battle.

Seduction
How likely you are to get a NPC to engage with you in a relationship, or how good you are at getting that quartmeraster to give you a certain object by other means than simple trading.

Social
How good you are at judging social environments and the proper manners. (For example at +5 you can talk with nobles and statesman without problems)

Intelligence

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Awareness/Notice
How well you can spot hidden items, clues, shadows and other stuff.

Compose/Write
Writing books or musical pieces (+4 would be a respected piece, +8 and your book/music will be commonly known on earth)

Disguise
How to use make-up and acting to your advantage if you want to appear as somoene else than you actually are, be it a mere civilian or a VIP.

Expert
Choose a suspect, you know now a lot of shit about it. This is how hard science (chemistry, biology, botany) is bought. +3 is a local expert, +6 has written a few books on the subject and a +8 might know more than anyone else about it. This also includes stuff like poststamps, mechas and so on. It may be taken multiple times for different areas.

Gamble [H]
How to figure out odds and play a game of chance succesfully. +6 would be a proffesional poker player, +9 would win every tournmanet he participates in.

Know Language
The knowledge of foreign languages in general. At +2 you can roughly tell what language people arround you are speaking and quickly learn the basic interaction, you also know up to 2 other languages than english. +5 means you know up to 4 languages and can quickly figure out how other languages work in terms of grammar and at a +8 you are a complete genius and can learn languages in a matter of weeks.

Programm [H]
Programming, hacking and repairing the software side of computer systems.

Shadowing/Avoid Pursuit [H]
Following people and how not to be followed by others.

Survival
How to survive in the wild, +3 would be a average military or boy scout, +6 a green beret and +9 bear gryll's himself.

Teaching [H]
How to share your knowledge with others if you have a higher skill than the student. +3 would be a high school teacher, +6 a professor and at +9 the learning institutes of the whole world would do anything just for a single speech at their unviersity.

Reflexes (Personal/Non-Mecha combat)

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I guess I don't have to explain much in those.

Automatic Weapon

Blade

Dodge & Escape

Handgun

Hand to Hand

Rifle

Reflexes (Mech-Combat)

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Mech-Fighting [H]
Punching, kicking or grappling your opponents while in a mech.

Mecha Gunnery [H]
How to fire 50mm automatic cannons, plasma guns, beam weapons and all the other stuff

Mecha Melee [H]
Using physical and energy melee weapons, is used for throwing stuff in mech combat, too.

Mecha Missiles [H]
Being the missileboat that sits back and laughs as all the rockets rain down on their targets.

Mecha Piloting [H]
Actually flying the damn thing you are in, also used for delicate maneuvers like picking up people with those large metal claws.
+1 means you can go from place to place
+3 is your standard military pilot
+6 is a veteran pilot and
+9 a gundam pilot that is known for his superb skill and outdone by none.

Reflexes (Non-combat)

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Aircraft pilot [H]
The skill to piloting aircraft and shuttles. May be used for Mobile Suits that can transform into planes, or your mecha piloting skill, whichever is higher.

Athletics
Throwing stuff arround, climbing walls and balancing yourself.

Dance
How not to put shame on yourself while lots of people watch you spinning arround solo or with another person on a dancefloor. +4 could dance for payment in small clubs, +6 is a proffesional and +9 might compete for the world championship.

Driving
How well you can handle vehicles and race in them. +3 is a very proffesional "civilian" driver, +6 lets you participate in proffesional races and at +8 you might participate in the Formula 3000 GT. This also allows you to drive tanks because why the fuck would you have an extra skill for that.

Stealth [H]
Moving silently without being seen by guards and whoever may try to spot you.

Swimming
Diving and swimming in open waters.

Zero G
How well you can maneuver in SPAAAACCCEEEE. If you don't have it thats a -4 for all rolls in those environments, +2 is a -2 roll and +3 is no penalty. +8 and above means you are so good that you get a +1 for all movement and combat in SPAAAAACEEEEE.

Technical Ability

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Basic Repair
Repairing and building simple mechanical devices like TVs, cars, PCs and all that other stuff. +3 means you can do basic repairs on cars, at +6 you can build most things and at +9 you could developd a race car engine.

First Aid
How good you are at treating injuries in the field. At +1 you have a basic military training which includes wrapping band-aids and throwing in Aspiring, at +5 you can deal with minor gun wounds and at +8 you can remove almost any shrapnel from a body.

Jury Rig
How good you are at fixing things in a matter of seconds. At +3 you can make almost anything work temporarily work with duct tape, at +6 you can get that engine to run for a moment and at +9 you can have a whole ship functioning with half the components missing.

Mecha Design [H]
How good you are at designing new mechs, +3 means you can come up with a basic design, at +7 you have a well known reputation for coming up with innovative new designs and at +9 you have the knowledge to create mechs that outperform even the best of military technology.

Mecha Tech [H]
How good you are at actually repairing and building new mechs. At +3 you can build a basic suits, although it will be nothing exceptional, with a +6 you are considered a capable mecha mechanic and at +9 the government offers you your own giant mechbay to build their newest designs for them.

Medical [H]
How good you are at performing surgery and similiar stuff. A +4 is a regular doctor, +6 a surgeon and at +10 you could replace somoene's brain without a problem.

Musical instrument
With a +4 you could professionally play at gigs and concerts, at +7 you are well known for your songs and works and at +10 you are the most important musician on the planet.

Paint or Draw
A +3 is good enough to have a living by drawing stuff, at +6 your art might even be shown at exhibionts and similiar stuff and with a +9 other artists study your style and you can live really well off a few paintings.

Photography and Film
With a +2 you can make some decent home movies, at a +4 you might win some amateur contets and at a +8 you will be internationally known for your work.

Pick Lock [H]
Breaking into stuff.  +3 breaks most simple locks, +6 means you can get most safes and electronic locks open and at a +8 you are widely known in the scene and famous.

Pickpocket [H]
Picking pockets without being noticed.

Sing
At a +4 you are a proffesional singer and with a +8 you may be recognised on the streets and internationally known.

Character sheet

Code: [Select]

[b]Name:[/b]
[b]Age:[/b] (16-18)
[b]Gender:[/b]
[b]Born in:[/b]
[b]Hair colour:[/b]
[b]Eye colour:[/b]
[b]Skin colour:[/b]

[b]Background:[/b]

[b]Health/Hitpoints[/b] (Will be filled out by me)
Head:
Torso:
Limbs:

Additional effects:

[b]Stats[/b]
Attractiveness:
Body type:
Cool:
Empathy:
Intelligence:
Luck:
Move Allowance:
Reflexes:
Technical Ability:
Education:

[b]Skills[/b]
(List them in any order you want, although I fould favor one by skills or alphabetical)
Not them in this fashion: Skill name is the name, LvL the value of the skill, XP for keeping track of level ups for that skill and TOTAL is your skill + the stat it belongs to. So if you have Mecha Piloting on 3 and Reflexes on 8 then your TOTAL is 11
Skill Name / LVL / XP / TOTAL


[b]Equipment[/b]
-Regular military uniform
-Service pistol
-3 basic items of choice (2 must be stuff like a first aid kit, a repair tool or something like that and 1 shall be a personal item like the father's ceremonial sword, the ring of a loved one and so on)

[b]Weapons[/b]
(If your personal item is a weapon then I will come up with stats, stats will be explained in the second post.)
Service pistol / +1 WA / 15/50m / 2D6 / 15RND



And the last thing to do is a basic vote:

1. Which faction do you want to play for?
A) The ESA
B) The PU
C) The AAF

2. Would you want to have a certain date for doing RP through means of a chat? (Most likely Roll20 or similiar) This would be additional to the regular gameplay and a summary of the actions would be posted by me afterwards.
A) Yes
B) No
C) I don't care.

As for mechs, I will come up with a few basic designs and will post them, you will be able to choose the one you want when we start!

[Cynreth]

Quick action list

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MOVE
You move up to 1/2 your MA at no cost, you move at your full MA at the cost of one action.
1 MA may be spent to turn 180° as often as required. (It is perfectly fine to turn, shoot, and then turn again. You can spend your MA any way you want inbetween and arround your other actions)

DRIVING, SWIMMING, FLYING
You move up to 1/2 your MA at the cost of a single action, you move at your full MA at the cost of two actions.

SHOOT
Fire any single or linked group of weapons at the cost of one action

THROW
One throw per action

STRIKE
Attack with any melee weapon once per action you spend

CLAW, BITE, PUNCH
You may execute these actions twice for every point you spent.

KICK
Once per action

FIGHT
Grapple's, knockdowns, and body blow's count as one action.

EVADE
Evade rolls are done whenever you are shot at no cost

ESCAPE (from a grapple etc.)
One attempt per action

PARRY
Whenever you get attacked by a melee weapon

GET UP
One action

TRANSFORM
One action

ENTER VEHICLE/BAIL OUT (SAFELY)
One action

LIFT OR CARRY
One action

REPLACE/RELOAD WEAPON
One action, however this is only the case when you put the weapon away, if you simply throw it off and grab a new one then it does not cost an action

PERFORM NONE COMBAT SKILL ROLL
If you want to roll for awareness or similiar things during combat then that costs an action.

Basic Combat Rules

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In general I will do everything in the background, you just announce what you want to do and I will do the rolls needed. (because I have a cool program doing that for me) The reason I write the basic rules down here is so you know what's going on when I do this and how your stats influence things.
Alright, here we go. Every combat turn begins with an initiative roll by every participant. This is 1d10 + (Mecha) Reflex. Once that is done every participant recieves 2 actions and gets their turns by initiatve order and then gets to execute their turns in that order.
I will list all possible actions here:


Movement
Now, for movement I will only use a hex map if the scale of the fight is large, otherwise everything will be done through storytelling/imagination. Speed of mechs is still taken into effect as a slower mech may have a better initiative, but may need to use an action to catch up with the brawler of the team depending on the Mech MA. 1 Hex in Mecha scale is 50 metres wide, 1 Hex in human scale is 1 metre wide

Vertical Movement
In space 0 will simply be a fixed altitude, like the height of a starship or the one where you started the engagement so you can go into negative values, this is not possible on ground unless we are dealing with underground tunnels etc.



HOW ATTACKS WORK
1. Confirm you have LOS on the target and no obstacles block it
2. Attacker rolls attack, defender rolls his defense
3. If it's a miss, next action/turn
4. If it's a success a random hit location is rolled if it was not a called shot.

Parry's can always be attempted after the dodge fails, so if you get attacked in melee you can try to dodge and parry the attack. However, if an attack comes from the left side only a weapon or shield in the left side can parry, from the front both sides can parry and from the back parry's are not possible.

The Attack roll
(Mecha) Reflexes + Weapon Skill + Weapon Accuracy (WA) + 1d10

  SPPED PENALTY: Depending on how far /and fast) you already travelled this turn you will loose accuracy.

The Dodge roll (Mecha)
Mecha Reflexes + Mecha Piloting + 1d10

The Dodge roll (human)
Reflexes + Dodge + 1d10

Parry roll (Mecha)
Mecha Reflex + Mecha Melee +/- DA of parrying item

Parry roll (Human=
Reflex + Blade SKill +/- DA of parrying item

Range
A range of "2" indicates the amount of hexes it can fire from it's own position. (So two hexes way), in human scale this would be 2 metres, in mecha scale 100. However, this is only the regular "combat" range, the maximum range is the squared value( So 2^2=4=200 metres) If weapons are fired beyong their combat range they are at a -4 disadvantage.

AIMING
You can spend 1 action to increase your chance to hit by a value of 1, this may be stacked up to 4 times but units aiming may not move or do anything else while they do so or their bonus is lost. (This means you require a steady positon, too).

CALLED SHOTS
Called shots are made at a -3 disadvantage to certain body parts, -4 to weapons or thrusters within the mech tiself and -5 if aimed at sensors or other, small targets like small shields and other stuff. Melee attacks are automatically treated as called shots and may always aim for certain body parts if the target is not the eyes or a sensor

KICKS
Kicks to the legs suffer no penalty, kicks to the chest suffer a penalty of 1, head or arms is a penalty of -2, if the attack is succesful on the arms the target will drop the weapon it holds there, a thrust attack is made at a -3 but will throw the enemy back, a kick to the head is done at -4 but will deal huge amounts of damage.

AUTOMATIC WEAPONS
If your gun as a BV (Burst value) it can be fired in single shot or burst mode. If you fire a burst every point of your attack roll above the defense of your enemy denotes a single hit. (Example, a weapon with a burst value of 6 is fired, the attacker makes his attack roll and scores 3 points above the defense roll of his enemy so 3 of his bullets will hit.) Each hit is scored as a seperate damage roll and is done randomly. Weapons in burst fire mode can NOT call their shots. Bursts may be shot at multiple targets but those must be adjacent to each other or a few shots will hit nothing. Shots fired that way are split evenly and the leftover bullets are assigned to the first target. (Example: A machinegun is fired at 2 mechs with quite a bit of space between the two, it fires 7 bullets, 3 bullets will hit the first target, 2 the space inbetween, and 2 the second target.) Attack and Defense roles are resolved for each target individually.


FULL BODY ATTACKS
Full body attacks may be done at the end of a movement ACTION and do not cost extra actions to execute.
A Tackle is done at a +1 bonus but the victim will loose an action.  Attackers must have arms.
Ramming (mecha only) gives no bonus or penalty, damage is calculated based on the attacker's mass with +1 damage for every 2 hexes the attacker travelled. The heaviest unit will occupy the hex at the end of the attack.

KNOCKBACK
Since mechs battle each other with weapons delivering the power of a small car crashing into your frame it may happen that you get knockback effects depending on the damage you actually recieved. Even though evades nullify knockback, parry's still deliver knockback, although a lesser amount. You may loose actions, be thrown back or even loose your next turn depending on the damage you deal.

LUCK
Now what can you use those luck points for? Well, if an attack would only barely hit you, or your attack only barely misses the enemy then your luck points will make sure that you do actually hit. Since it is luck it is completely random when those points are used, but if you want you can tell me to only use your luck points for defense. If that is the case you can still do attacks with it if you announce them. (AKA: I shoot at Mech C with my Autocannon in the right arm and will use my Luck to hit if needed.)

PROJECTILE TRAVEL TIME
Beam weapons always hit instantenously, Missiles travel at 40 MA and projectiles at 30 MA every turn. For every turn that is required to hit your actual target you fire at a penalty of -2
 

[Cynreth]

Reserved for char sheets, mech designs and announcements.

Villen Minovsky

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Name: Vilen Minovsky
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Born in: Glorious [Whatever faction we're going with] Space Colony
Hair colour: Light Brown
Eye colour: Light Blue
Skin colour: Pale

Background: Vilen is the third son of a pair of poor Russian immigrants who left everything on Earth to start a new life in space. While never a smart kid he never let his lack of smarts bring him down and was always confident in what abilities he had. As he grew older he took many odd jobs around the colony to help earn money for his family, which toughened up his body, taught him how to move in Zero Gs and gave him the opportunity to learn a number of skills such as brawling and drinking. Sports also honed his reflexes and given his family's financial situation it was a no brainer for him to join the military since they would pay for his higher education.

Health/Hitpoints
Head: 6
Torso: 12
Limbs: 9

Additional effects: STUN 6

Stats
Attractiveness: 4
Body type: 7
Cool: 7
Empathy: 4
Intelligence: 3
Luck: 6
Move Allowance: 5
Reflexes: 9
Technical Ability: 2
Education: 3

Skills
Skill Name / LVL / XP / TOTAL
Resistor Torture/Drugs (COOL) / 2 / 0 / 9
Leadership (COOL) / 2 / 0 / 9

Awareness/Notice (INT) / 1 / 0 / 4

Dodge & Escape (REF) / 3 / 0 / 12
Hand to Hand (REF) / 3 / 0 / 12
Mecha Piloting (REF) / 3 / 0 / 12
Mecha Melee (REF) / 3 / 0 / 12
Mecha Gunnery (REF) / 2 / 0 / 11
Athletics (REF) / 3 / 0 / 12
Zero G (REF) / 3 / 0 / 12
Driving (REF) / 3 / 0 / 12

Equipment
-Regular Military Uniform
-Service Pistol
-First Aid Kit
-Extra Pack of Rations
-Picture of Family Back Home

Weapons
Service pistol / +1 WA / 15/50m / 2D6 / 15RND

Clair Keter

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Name: Clair Keter
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Born in: Mars Colony
Hair colour: Red
Eye colour: Red
Skin colour: Redbronzed.

Background: Born on Mars, Clair grew tall. Between her height and actions, she gained a small following(gang) almost the moment she started school. With her lack of morals and her growing ego, it seem that crime lord was going to be this young girl's future until she choose to attack a certain household that was home to a crazy cat lady.
Clair and her gang got their asses handed to them when the lady pick up a wooden sword. Despite the total defeat, Clair refuse to let such an 'old' lady get the better of her, so she attack again, and again, and again.
Strangely, instead of getting angry or calling the cops, the lady just kept smiling as every day, she wipe the floor with Clair. One day, the lady stood with two swords of wood. With the same annoying(to Clair) smile, she tossed the training blade to Clair "Now, try.".
One week later, Clair blocked the lady's blow "Good, now you're getting it."
One month later, Clair disarmed her. The lady smiled as she always did. Clair asked one question that was bugging her "Why?"
The lady told her "Because you didn't give up, you didn't see me as an impossible task and move to easier prey. You saw me as an challenge to over come. That is why."

As for her joining the secret training? That a story for another day.

Health/Hitpoints
Head:  5
Torso: 10
Limbs: 7

Additional effects: STUN 5, Melee DMG -1

Stats
Attractiveness: 6
Body type: 4
Cool:6
Empathy:7
Intelligence: 2
Luck:7
Move Allowance:6
Reflexes:8
Technical Ability:2
Education:2

Skills
Skill Name / LVL / XP / TOTAL
Wardrobe & Style(att)/2/0/8
Persuasion & Fast Talk(cl)/2/0/8
Leadership(emp)/4/0/11
Blade(ref)/5/0/13
Mecha Gunnery(ref)/2/0/10
Mecha Melee(ref)/3/0/11
Mecha Piloting(ref)/2/0/10
Dance(ref)/2/0/10

Equipment
-Regular military uniform
-Service pistol
-Longsword
-First aid box
-Gun repair kit(also hold cloth for cleaning sword)

Weapons
Service pistol / +1 WA / 15/50m / 2D6 / 15RND
Longsword / +1 WA / 2m / 2D6

Kallan Hardlock

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Name: Kallan Hardlock
Age: 22
Born in: Central USA
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Skin Color: Palish, as if he's not been outside much
Background: As a kid, Kallan has always been fascinated with computers and machines. at 12, he created his first bot out of his garage, programming it himself and winning several small tournaments. His interest came to the attention to the military, who financed his education in the fields of robotics and programming in exchange for service. After boot camp, it was discovered he was also a pretty good mech pilot, which fit perectly with his engineering skills, so he was assigned to mech combat.

Health/Hitpoints:
 Head: 4
 Torso: 8
 Limbs: 6

Additional Effects: STUN 4, Melee Damage -2

Stats
Attractiveness:2
Body Type:2
Cool:2
Empathy:3
Intelligence:10
Luck:4
Move Allowance:5
Reflexes:6
Technical Ability:8
Education:8

Skills
Wardrobe and Style(ATT) 2/0/4
Human Perception(EMP)3/0/6
Awareness/Notice(INT):5/0/13
Programming(INT):5/0/13
Dodge&Escape(REF):2/0/8
Rifle(REF):2/0/8
Handgun(REF):2/0/8
(Mecha Gunnery(REF):4/0/10
(Mecha Piloting(REF):3/0/9
Basic Repair(TK):3/0/11
Jury Rig(TK):3/0/11
Mecha Design(TK):3/0/11
Mecha Tech(TK):3/0/11

Equipment:
Jumpsuit
Normal Clothing
Toolkit
Laptop

Weapons:
Service pistol / +1 WA / 15/50m / 2D6 / 15RND
Service Rifle / +0 WA / 28/400m / 4D6 / 50RND / BV 5 /

Mike Springfield

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Name: Mike Springfield (Prefers Springfield)
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Born in: Colony X
Hair color: Dark Brown
Eye color: Dark brown
Skin color: Pale

Background: Springfield was the son of two normal colonist in a mildly prosperous colony. Of course, it was soon attacked by an unknown military, killing his parents and much of the town. While his memory of the events are fuzzy, he somehow managed to kill one of the invaders himself, or at least stand up to them. A retired soldier and neighbor saw his bravery, and helped him escape. The soldier then used his contacts and influence to help Springfield get into the military academy.

Health/Hitpoints
Head: 4
Torso: 8
Limbs: 6

Additional effects: STUN 4, Melee Damage -2

Stats
Attractiveness: 9
Body type: 2
Cool: 9
Empathy: 3
Intelligence: 8
Luck: 3
Move Allowance: 3
Reflexes: 4
Technical Ability: 2
Education: 8

Skills
Skill Name / LVL / XP / TOTAL
Wardrobe & Style (ATT) / 2 / 0 /11

Persuasion & Fast Talk [H] (COOL) / 5 / 0 / 14
Leadership(COOL) / 8 / 0 / 17

Rifle (REF) / 5 / 0 / 9
Mecha Gun (REF) / 5 / 0 / 9
Mecha Piloting (REF) [H]/5/0/9

Know Language (INT)/4/0/13

Equipment
-Regular military uniform
-Service pistol
-Shell case memento
-Service Rifle
-Personal Computer

Weapons
Service pistol / +1 WA / 15/50m / 2D6 / 15RND   
Service Rifle / +0 WA / 28/400m / 4D6 / 50RND / BV 5 /

Kyle Johnson

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Name:  Kyle Johnson
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Born in: Auburndale Florida
Hair colour: Black
Eye colour: Brown
Skin colour:  Farmer's Tan. He lives in Florida

Background:  Kyle lived in the boonies. No way around it really. that didn't stop his family from being close to technology even if Kyle would later go on to become a nurse. Kyle's father was an electrician and a carpenter while his mother worked for a major programming company. Kyle built his own PC when he was ten. Eventually though Kyle had to grow up. And grow up he did, he took college courses in high school which allowed him to finish his training as a nurse practitioner when he was 18.

Health/Hitpoints
Head: 6
Torso: 12
Limbs: 9

Additional effects: STUN 6

Stats
Attractiveness:  6
Body type:  7
Cool:  2
Empathy:  6
Intelligence:  6
Luck:  5
Move Allowance:  3
Reflexes:  3
Technical Ability:  7
Education:  5

Skills
(List them in any order you want, although I fould favor one by skills or alphabetical)
Not them in this fashion: Skill name is the name, LvL the value of the skill, XP for keeping track of level ups for that skill and TOTAL is your skill + the stat it belongs to. So if you have Mecha Piloting on 3 and Reflexes on 8 then your TOTAL is 11
Skill Name / LVL / XP / TOTALS
Field medic/6/0/13
Medical/6/0/13
Mechpilot/4/0/3
Language/5/0/11 (Languages are the most spokens ones other than english and if there is still space Latin)
Seduction/5/0/11
H perception/3/0/9
Interview/4/0/10


Equipment
-Regular military uniform
-Service pistol
- First aid kit
- Gun cleaning kit
-Revolver

Weapons
(If your personal item is a weapon then I will come up with stats, stats will be explained in the second post.)
Service pistol / +1 WA / 15/50m / 2D6 / 15RND
Revolver / +2 WA  / 16/130m / 4D6 / 6RND

Player faction mech designs

MS8a - Brawler type chassis V1

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Humanoid Mecha
64.7 Construction Points

CHASSIS
LOCATION+TYPE / COST / SPACE / HP / WEIGHT (T)
Striker Torso / 6 / 8 / 5 / 3 Tons
L Striker Arm / 4 / 6 / 3 / 1.5 Tons
R Striker Arm / 4 / 4 / 4 / 1.5 Tons
L Striker Leg / 4 / 4 / 4 / 1.5 Tons
R Striker Leg / 4 / 4 / 4 / 1.5 Tons

CHASSIS COST / WEIGHT: 22 CP/ 9 Tons


CHASSIS ARMOR
LOCATION+TYPE / COST / SP / WEIGHT
All parts, Striker armor / 5x3 / 3 / 5x1.5 Tons



CHASSIS SENSORS+COCKPIT
LOCATION + TYPE / COST / SPACE / HP / WEIGHT
Torso, Main Sensors / 4 / 1 / 2  / 1 Ton
Torso, Backup Sensors / 2 / 2 / 2 / 1 Ton
Torso, Main Cockpit / 0 / 1 / 2 / 1 Ton

ADDITIONS COST / WEIGHT: 21 CP/ 10.5 Tons


WEAPONS
LOCATION + TYPE / RANGE / WA / DMG / HP / BV / SHOTS / WEIGHT / SPACES / COST
Sword, Right Arm / - / +1 / 5 / 5 / - / - / 2.5 Tons / 4 / 4
Autocannon, Left Arm / 4 / -2 / 2 / 2 / 8 / 10 Bursts / 1 Ton / 5 / 6

TOTAL COST / WEIGHT: 10 / 6.5 Tons


FINAL COST / WEIGHT OF CHASSIS + SYSTEMS: 53 CP / 26 Tons


THRUSTERS
MA: 12 ( 3x4, 1 Torso, 1 each Leg)
Cost: 11.7
Speed: 302 KP/H
Capable of atmospheric flight: Yes


Ground MA: 5
Maneuver Value: -2
Mecha Reflex: Pilot Reflex - Maneuver Value

MS8b - Soldier type chassis V1

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Humanoid Mecha
65 Construction Points

CHASSIS
LOCATION+TYPE / COST / SPACE / HP / WEIGHT (T)
Striker Torso / 6 / 6 / 6 / 3 Tons
L Striker Arm / 4 / 4 / 4 / 1.5 Tons
R Striker Arm / 4 / 4 / 4 / 1.5 Tons
L Striker Leg / 4 / 6 / 3 / 1.5 Tons
R Striker Leg / 4 / 6 / 3 / 1.5 Tons

CHASSIS COST / WEIGHT: 22 CP/ 9 Tons


CHASSIS ARMOR
LOCATION+TYPE / COST / SP / WEIGHT
All parts, Striker armor / 5x3 / 3 / 5x1.5 Tons



CHASSIS SENSORS+COCKPIT
LOCATION + TYPE / COST / SPACE / HP / WEIGHT
Torso, Main Sensors / 4 / 1 / 2  / 1 Ton
Torso, Backup Sensors / 2 / 2 / 2 / 1 Ton
Torso, Main Cockpit / 0 / 1 / 2 / 1 Ton

ADDITIONS COST / WEIGHT: 21 CP/ 10.5 Tons


WEAPONS
LOCATION + TYPE / RANGE / WA / DMG / HP / BV / SHOTS / WEIGHT / SPACES / COST
Left Arm, Medium Beam Gun / 7 / +1 / 3 / 3 / - / - / 1.5 Tons / 4 / 5
Right Arm, Medium Beam Gun / 7 / +1 / 3 / 3 / - / - / 1.5 Tons / 4 / 5
ADDITION: Both weapons above are cross-linked at a cost of 2 CP meaning they both fire at the cost of one action.

TOTAL COST / WEIGHT: 12 / 3 Tons


FINAL COST / WEIGHT OF CHASSIS + SYSTEMS: 55 CP / 22.5 Tons


THRUSTERS
MA: 12 (6 in each leg)
Cost: 10
Speed: 302 KP/H
Capable of atmospheric flight: Yes

Ground MA: 5
Maneuver Value: -2
Mecha Reflex: Pilot Reflex - Maneuver Value

MS8c - Support type chassis V1

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Humanoid Mecha
66 Construction Points

CHASSIS
LOCATION+TYPE / COST / SPACE / HP / WEIGHT (T)
Striker Torso / 6 / 6 / 6 / 3 Tons
L Striker Arm / 4 / 4 / 4 / 1.5 Tons
L Hand / 2 / 1 / 1 / 0.5 Tons
R Striker Arm / 4 / 4 / 4 / 1.5 Tons
L Striker Leg / 4 / 4 / 4 / 1.5 Tons
R Striker Leg / 4 / 4 / 4 / 1.5 Tons

CHASSIS COST / WEIGHT: 24 CP/ 9.5 Tons


CHASSIS ARMOR
LOCATION+TYPE / COST / SP / WEIGHT
All parts, Striker armor / 6x3 / 3 / 6x1.5 Tons



CHASSIS SENSORS+COCKPIT
LOCATION + TYPE / COST / SPACE / HP / WEIGHT
Torso, Main Sensors / 4 / 1 / 2  / 1 Ton
Torso, Backup Sensors / 2 / 2 / 2 / 1 Ton
Torso, Main Cockpit / 0 / 1 / 2 / 1 Ton

ADDITIONS COST / WEIGHT: 24 CP/ 12 Tons


WEAPONS
LOCATION + TYPE / RANGE / WA / DMG / HP / BV / SHOTS / WEIGHT / SPACES / COST
Left Hand + Right Arm, Heavy Cannon / 9 / 0 / 9 / 9 / - / 10 / 4.5 Tons / 9 / 9
Torso, 10 additional Shots

TOTAL COST / WEIGHT: 9 / 4.5 Tons


FINAL COST / WEIGHT OF CHASSIS + SYSTEMS: 57 CP / 26 Tons


THRUSTERS
MA: 8 (4 in each leg)
Cost: 8
Speed: 144 KP/H
Capable of atmospheric flight: Barely

Ground MA: 5
Maneuver Value: -2
Mecha Reflex: Pilot Reflex - Maneuver Value

[tryrar]

Reserved, I've always had a bit of a passion for mechs. Bonus points if I get to (eventually) play one that has a WMG

Spoiler: Kallan Hardlock (click to show/hide)

Name:Kallan Hardlock
Age:22
Born in:Central USA
Hair Color:Brown
Eye Color:Blue
Skin Color:Palish, as if he's not been outside much
Background:As a kid, Kallan has always been fascinated with computers and machines. at 12, he created his first bot out of his garage, programming it himself and winning several small tournaments. His interest came to the attention to the military, who financed his education in the fields of robotics and programming in exchange for service. After boot camp, it was discovered he was also a pretty good mech pilot, which fit perectly with his engineering skills, so he was assigned to mech combat.

Health/Hitpoints:
 Head:
 Torso:
 Limbs:

Additional Effects:

Stats
Attractiveness:2
Body Type:2
Cool:2
Empathy:3
Intelligence:10
Luck:4
Move Allowance:5
Reflexes:6
Technical Ability:8
Education:8

Skills
Wardrobe and Style(ATT) 2/0/4
Human Perception(EMP)3/0/6
Awareness/Notice(INT):5/0/13
Programming(INT):5/0/13
Dodge&Escape(REF):2/0/8
Rifle(REF):2/0/8
Handgun(REF):2/0/8
(Mecha Gunnery(REF):4/0/10
(Mecha Piloting(REF):3/0/9
Basic Repair(TK):3/0/11
Jury Rig(TK):3/0/11
Mecha Design(TK):3/0/11
Mecha Tech(TK):3/0/11

Equipment:
Jumpsuit
Normal Clothing
Toolkit
Laptop

Weapons:
Service Pistol
Service Rifle

Background still being worked on

[tryrar]

Bump and dp: basic background in, waiting on setting specific details

[Cynreth]

Looks good so far.
Although Age was originally limited to 18 on purpose I think 22 is okay, especially considering the amount of intelligence your character seems to have. Waiting for at least 2 additional people, after I got those I will look at the stats and try to make 2 or 3 mech models that you will be using at the start which work with your skills and you will be able to choose between them.

[scapheap]

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Name: Clair Keter
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Born in: Mars? Good old England if being born on Mars is not allow/not common enough.
Hair colour: Red
Eye colour: Red
Skin colour: Redbronzed.

Background: Born on Mars, Clair grew tall. Between her height and actions, she gained a small following(gang) almost the moment she started school. With her lack of morals and her growing ego, it seem that crime lord was going to be this young girl's future until she choose to attack a certain household that was home to a crazy cat lady.
Clair and her gang got their asses handed to them when the lady pick up a wooden sword. Despite the total defeat, Clair refuse to let such an 'old' lady get the better of her, so she attack again, and again, and again.
Strangely, instead of getting angry or calling the cops, the lady just kept smiling as every day, she wipe the floor with Clair. One day, the lady stood with two swords of wood. With the same annoying(to Clair) smile, she tossed the training blade to Clair "Now, try.".
One week later, Clair blocked the lady's blow "Good, now you're getting it."
One month later, Clair disarmed her. The lady smiled as she always did. Clair asked one question that was bugging her "Why?"
The lady told her "Because you didn't give up, you didn't see me as an impossible task and move to easier prey. You saw me as an challenge to over come. That is why."

As for her joining the secret training? That a story for another day.

Health/Hitpoints (Will be filled out by me)
Head:
Torso:
Limbs:

Additional effects:

Stats
Attractiveness: 6
Body type: 4
Cool:6
Empathy:7
Intelligence: 2
Luck:7
Move Allowance:6
Reflexes:8
Technical Ability:2
Education:2

Skills4
Not them in this fashion: Skill name is the name, LvL the value of the skill, XP for keeping track of level ups for that skill and TOTAL is your skill + the stat it belongs to. So if you have Mecha Piloting on 3 and Reflexes on 8 then your TOTAL is 11
Skill Name / LVL / XP / TOTAL
Wardrobe & Style(att)/2/0/8
Persuasion & Fast Talk(cl)/2/0/8
Leadership(emp)/4/0/11
Blade(ref)/5/0/13
Mecha Gunnery(ref)/2/0/10
Mecha Melee(ref)/3/0/11
Mecha Piloting(ref)/2/0/10
Dance(ref)/2/0/10

Equipment
-Regular military uniform
-Service pistol
-Longsword
-First aid box
-Gun repair kit(also hold cloth for cleaning sword)

Weapons
Service pistol / +1 WA / 15/50m / 2D6 / 15RND
Longsword

[Cynreth]

Mars is completely fine. Do note though, if you really want a claymore I will not let you carry it everywhere without it bogging you down somewhat since those things are clumsy to carry arround.

[scapheap]

Mars is completely fine. Do note though, if you really want a claymore I will not let you carry it everywhere without it bogging you down somewhat since those things are clumsy to carry arround.

I'll switch it down to a longsword for 'practicality'.

[Cynreth]

Sounds good. One more and I will get to work on the mecha's when I come back home tomorrow. Any special wishes for weapons and style?

[Stirk]

In that case, reserved! I will just finish reading the character creation and finishing my design.

[Stirk]

Name: Springfield
Age:16 (...Didn't that say what we should all be?)
Hair color: Dark brown.
Gender: Male
Back-story: Springfield was the son of two normal colonist in a mildly prosperous colony. Of course, it was soon attacked by an unknown military, killing his parents and much of the town. While his memory of the events are fuzzy, he somehow managed to kill one of the invaders himself, or at least stand up to them. A retired soldier and neighbor saw his bravery, and helped him escape. The soldier then used his contacts and influence to help Springfield get into the military academy.

(Too long? Ill finish the stats after dinner.)
Its after dinner. Stat time!

Full Sheet:

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Name: Mike Springfield (Prefers Springfield)
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Born in: Colony X
Hair color: Dark Brown
Eye color: Dark brown
Skin color: Pale

Background: Springfield was the son of two normal colonist in a mildly prosperous colony. Of course, it was soon attacked by an unknown military, killing his parents and much of the town. While his memory of the events are fuzzy, he somehow managed to kill one of the invaders himself, or at least stand up to them. A retired soldier and neighbor saw his bravery, and helped him escape. The soldier then used his contacts and influence to help Springfield get into the military academy.

Health/Hitpoints (Will be filled out by me)
Head:
Torso:
Limbs:

Additional effects:

Stats
Attractiveness: 9
Body type: 2
Cool: 9
Empathy: 3
Intelligence: 8
Luck: 6
Move Allowance: 2
Reflexes: 7
Technical Ability: 2
Education: 2

Skills
(probably a totally ridiculous loadout since I didnt spread my skillpoints much, but I wanted to get this up as an example)
Skill Name / LVL / XP / TOTAL
10+22=32

Wardrobe & Style (ATT) / 1 / 0 /10

Persuasion & Fast Talk [H] (COOL) / 5 / 0 / 14

Leadership(COOL) / 10 / 0 / 19

Rifle (REF) / 5 / 0 / 13

Handgun (REF) / 5 / 0 / 13

Mecha Piloting [H]/1/0/8


Equipment
-Regular military uniform
-Service pistol
-Shell case memento
- (Can I have a service rifle?)

Weapons
Service pistol / +1 WA / 15/50m / 2D6 / 15RND

Kinda/sorta minmaxed, had to do it fast to get back to studying for an exam. Is that alright?

1. Which faction do you want to play for?
A) The ESA

Most logical. Started space travel, we have one guy from it and the other two would probably be related to it in some way.

2. Would you want to have a certain date for doing RP through means of a chat? (Most likely Roll20 or similiar) This would be additional to the regular gameplay and a summary of the actions would be posted by me afterwards.
B) No

I have a room mate who likes sleeping at the odd hours a European player like yourself is capable of chatting, and don't like using chats anyway. Play by Post is good for me!

As for Springfield's mecha, all I really hope for is kinetic weapons. Maybe a machine gun, on a standard frame. Maybe something small and quick, to get pass the low movement?

[scapheap]

Sounds good. One more and I will get to work on the mecha's when I come back home tomorrow. Any special wishes for weapons and style?

I would like the theme to be knight. And red.

[tryrar]

I'll go for any mech cannon of the beam variety, and would it be possible to have something like a remote hack drone?(IE it flies to a target, attaches itself, parasitically burrows a connector into the data systems of the target, and allows Kallan to override and control that mech).

As for style, dark colors would be fine

Edit: Oh and votes:

1)Need faction info before I'll vote

2)Meh, I'm with whatever everyone else decides. I can do RP here in thread and/or the chat. I'll suggest Mibbit for chat, it's free.

[Stirk]

I'll go for any mech cannon of the beam variety, and would it be possible to have something like a remote hack drone?(IE it flies to a target, attaches itself, parasitically burrows a connector into the data systems of the target, and allows Kallan to override and control that mech).

...If we have a drone that can control mechs, then why do we bother piloting them ourselves?