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[Jack A T]

Table of Contents
Update 1: Revy Lives
Update 2: Fighting Crime
Update 3: Where FRAPS Acts Up
Update 4: In Which the Series is Rebooted
Update 5: ARR!
Update 6: Henchmen.
Update 7: Stat increase!
Update 8: Why does everyone hate us?
Update 9: More stuff explodes.
Update 10: Monetary Schemes and Big Missiles
Update 11: Corporal Revy
Update 12: A New Ally
Unlucky Update 13!
Update 14: Open Air Cockpit (Minus the Air)
GearHead 2 is a free/open source roguelike game about giant robots blowing each other up.

You can find the game here:
http://www.gearheadrpg.com/

In GearHead 2, you are the pilot of a giant robot (which blows things up), who ends up being shoved into a big randomly generated main quest (blowing stuff up).  You also probably work for some group which wants you to blow things up.

Also, things explode.

So, I'll be going through a semi-interactive Let's Play of this game.  Let's start with character creation.

We need:
*a gender (take a wild guess)
*an age (anything from 16 to 30, older characters have more starting XP, younger characters have more money)
*a hometown (changes joinable factions)
*a profession (changes faction, skills)
*a faction (factions give more jobs, usually only one faction will be available, tell me if you want one)
*stats (I'll get random stats)
*skills (I'll choose these, as many are required to actually get anywhere)
*a talent (I'll choose, as some are extremely useful while others...aren't)
*a robot (I'll take a random one)
*a thing that is important to the character (friends and family, having fun, the character's reputation, mecha, or hobby)
*a goal (adventure, enlightenment, fame, knowledge, love, power, revenge, wealth, world peace, or nothing)
*a name.

Yes, quite a list.

Hometowns:

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*Athera Spinner (major cultural location)
*Cayley Rock (long-dead mines and ore processing)
*Cesena Spinner (Silver Knights HQ)
*Emerald Spinner (Bank and lots of stores)
*Fuchal Spinner (Food!)
*Galconde Spinner (Tech!)
*Gaos Spinner (Tourists!)
*Kosaka Spinner (Capital of Free Commerce States)
*Maquise Spinner (Large, powerful)
*Rishiri Spinner (Trading!)
*Theles Spinner (Wretched hive of scum and villainy)
*Tohru Spinner (damaged manufacturing spinner)
*Wagner Spinner (Police HQ)
*Xianzai Spinner (Trading!)
*Yatate Spinner (Rocket Stars HQ)

Professions:

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[Creamcorn]

Female! Thief! 16! Money is the most important thing!

[Boksi]

Female, 16 years old, Theles Spinner, Thief, having fun, wealth.

I dunno about a name. Maybe call her Creamcorn?

Also, I suggest picking either the Heavyfoot Buru Buru or something silly, like a Shard.

[Creamcorn]

I dunno about a name. Maybe call her Creamcorn?

Creamski!

[Boksi]

I dunno about a name. Maybe call her Creamcorn?

Creamski!

What, like Creamcorn M. Creamski?

[Spartan 117]

How about a female pirate named Revy?

[Creamcorn]

How about a female pirate named Revy?

Revy? What's the significance? I'll go with Revy Creamski if that fits.

[Spartan 117]

It was a Black Lagoon reference.

[Josephus]

There are no giant space robots in Black Lagoon.

[Boksi]

How about a female pirate named Revy?

Keep yer gawdamn animoo out of mah animoo-inspired gaem!

But in all seriousness, Revy's a pretty decent name. Two glitter pistols, then?

[Spartan 117]

There are no giant space robots in Black Lagoon.

We can take on giant mecha, all we need is a PT boat!

[Creamcorn]

How about Creamski, the 16 year old pirate chick who loves money and fun! It's practically the same thing!

[EuchreJack]

As an avid GearHead 2 fan, I'm glad to see somebody finally doing an LP!  Thank You!

So many misconceptions, most people think it is still unplayable to completion.  But it is very playable to completion.

I'd suggest picking up Science and building lots of Robotic lancemates, named after forum goers.  Perhaps even letting players chose parts from a list for their robot, and allowing them to spend X amount of dollars on parts, armor, and weapons for the final robot.

I'd say Revy for the main character, with the agreement that the first human lancemate be renamed Creamski (should be acquired in the first three episodes, or you can always hire a Merc).  Human lancemates are semi-rare and limited, so this seems fair to me. 

Plus, we can all laugh when Creamski perma-dies without losing the LP!  Bonus!

[Josephus]

In that case, go with Revy Creamski, Bounty Hunter from Theles Spinner.

Are you going to go with the Buru Buru types, or one of the other ones?

[EuchreJack]

Oh, and I heartily recommend downloading and installing JD's mechapack.  It adds lots of variety and surprise to your mecha selections.  It provides real motivation to shop around for your next mecha.