>>37728176
Audrey selects a small area of the blueprint and magnifies it. “The brainwave receptors aren't included in the material: they ARE the material. Instead of working microscopic psycho-receptors into the frame, they managed to orient the crystalline matrix of the metal into the shape of billions of receptors, all stacked together like a three-dimensional frieze.”

“Impossible,” Rossweissee insists quietly, drawing a series of concerned looks.

“Sorry to say it,” Karen agrees, “but Rosse's right. We don't have the technology to do that.”

“You're completely right of course,” Audrey admits, facing her accusers. “That would take a level of technology beyond our scope: likely demanding intircate manipulation of localized gravity fields. But what we CAN do is this.”

On the screen a second image appears, courtesy of ALICE: a section of armor that explodes at her touch into a series of thin layers. You recognize the idea immediately, though the sisters beat you to it.

“Composite armor,” Carya observes. “Alternating thin layers of psycho-receptors with layers of Gundarium alloy.”

“Not just that,” Audrey corrects. “It should be possible to alter the metallurgical processes involved so that the psycho-receptors can be 'printed' out of Gundarium. Each receptor would be about the size of a thick quarter, stacked two deep in an overlapping pattern before being pressed between two layers of Gundarium gamma. The result is a frame that loses none of its structural integrity while incorporating an unprecedented number of psycho-receptors.”

“What're you calling it?” Haman asks with a satisfied grin.

Audrey nods, grinning back at her. “Gundarium-Psi”.

>Response?

>>37728261
>Response?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFJWrDCeOa0

>>37728176
>taking the X-Com route with alien technology

Sure you might comprehend how it works, reproduce it's effects and understand it's construction, but in the end it's still a damn black box that would make a Magos' cum oil. If the Ethereals/Eldar turn out to be hostile, they'll know every trick about the tech handed to us and will be capable of easily pubstomping our sorry species.

>>37728261
Do we have any reasonable estimate of the kind of performance we might expect with this?

>>37728360
>>>37728261
>Do we have any reasonable estimate of the kind of performance we might expect with this?
This and how long will it take to make it.

>>37728261
>Response?
I approve of the name. So how radically different would the application of this tech be compared to, say, our current psycommu systems or that Biosensor that's being worked on?

>>37728261
But anyway.

"I like it. Now incorporated that into a suit of Psionic boosting armor with the Nanofibers Nina cooked up. Increased survivability and reflexes over a Normal suit."

"What is the general consensus? Is it cost effective to outfit several suits with this? I'm thinking we'd have our very first Mobile Doll..."

>>37728261
What>>37728360
said but with an added amount of exasperation about the name 'Really? Sigh.'

>>37728487
>"What is the general consensus? Is it cost effective to outfit several suits with this? I'm thinking we'd have our very first Mobile Doll..."
Why would we make a mobile doll? This stuff will let us pull axis's shocks all the time.

>>37728510
>Why

Proof of concept. If it works, then we're one step closer to keeping valuable Newtypes off the field of battle entirely. In addition, it's far easier to replace a mobile suit than a psychic teenager. You keep the brat on the Moon while he drives the mech with his behind, sitting safely behind several meters of Luna Titanium.

>>37728564
>with his behind
>with his mind

Fucking autocorrect.

>>37728564
I think I'm against any form of mobile dolls being made. I can just see that leading to bad things. Like people not understanding how bad wars get.

>>37728649
Treize did nothing wrong.

>Writing

>>37728448
And also, add another question involving whether us and our Newtype crews would be able to cope with handling the mental stresses of piloting MS with this kind of tech down the line. Without, y'know, a chance of ending up like a vegetable or something.

>>37728674
No he didn't. In fact he's one of my favorite characters because his plan was to end wars. He also didn't use mobile dolls to my knowledge. That was his friend the char clone who's name escapes me at the moment.

>>37728649
Ah, well, it's not really a mobile doll. It's more of a psychic Predator drone. Except this drone is controlled by a NEET's brain in a subterranean Earth Federation bunker on the moon.

>>37728745
dude that is way to far away unless you are only using it to defend the moon

I can still see it leading to bad things. People experencing war it's self makes us less likely to go to war.

>>37728791
>that's too far away

>Syam POSSIBILITY.gif

>>37728801
That is a load of bullshit, when looking at actual history. Get your head out of your pseudointellectual ass.

>>37728745
Bit Mobile Suit and D.O.M.E..

>>37728876
>That is a load of bullshit, when looking at actual history. Get your head out of your pseudointellectual ass.
Are you talking about modern or ancient. You have to remember modern war is industrialized war. Which is extremely horrifying.

>>37728801
People can bomb another country and take no casualties themselves (AKA the middle east), incite a conflict by proxie, etc. I get what your saying but distancing yourself from the consequences and horror of war requires no automation. And much like today even if drones are used news sources showing the aftereffects are still a way to bring a war home, etc. Plus if you don't give a damn about your soldiers anyway the only people it affects are your constituents, who can be manipulated anyway.

>>37728261
There's no way you can lie about it: this is both the most exciting and terrifying technological development you've seen since this whole program began. The potential of this new material isn't intimidating because of raw power, or versatility, but because it's almost a complete unknown.

You can feel that those around you feel much the same way.

"So what kind of performance are we talking about here?" you ask quietly, trying hard to contain your excitement.

Audrey shrugs. "Honestly? All I can do is give you the numbers: each of our current-gen Lilium type machines carries four hundred psycommu receptors in and around the cockpit to pick up and translate Newtype brainwaves."

"And this design?" Catrina asks, her red eye glinting in obvious anticipation.

"For a full internal frame of the stuff? Around four million, give or take a few tens of thousands."

"And it only gets better," Rossweisse observes. "Advancing technology can only improve on the concept."

Haman nods. "This thing is dangerous... and it sounds like we're not the only ones who have the knowledge."

"How long?" Karen presses.

Audrey consults ALICE briefly, examining a manifest of the Nagato's equipment, facilities, and raw materials.

"Maybe a month for two machines," she replies. "Taking all non-essential personnel and materiel off of their regular duties and putting them to work on this one project. Otherwise, it could take as long as a year."

"We've gotta do it," Carya insists, suddenly rounding on you. "If Mars, the Remnants, and Titans have all been working on this, we may already be behind."

>It's Karen's ship (pass the buck)
>I agree. Karen? I think we need to do this.
>We may need to take it slow, not commit all our design capacity to one project.
>What else is going on that I should know about? Anything worth note?
>Other?

>>37728937
>>37728801
Just saying whether that would be a problem or not apathy exists today, its not a new development.

>>37728960
>I agree. Karen? I think we need to do this.
if we cant fight equally at least with possible enemies the influence we can exert to ending any conflict is reduced or nil.

>>37728960
>>I agree. Karen? I think we need to do this.

>>37728911
Modern war, considering the survivors of WWI instigated WW2, the Korean War, Vietnam, Algeria, Iran-Iraq, Yom Kippur, the wars between Vietnam and Cambodia even as they were genociding their own people, the Balkans, Afghanistan. And on and on. Perpetrated by people who survived other conflicts, other wars, and other ethnic cleansing.

>>37728960
>>We may need to take it slow, not commit all our design capacity to one project.

>>37728960
>I agree. Karen? I think we need to do this.

>>37729075
Perpetrated by politicians who rarely if ever go fight themselves.

>>37728960
>>What else is going on that I should know about? Anything worth note?

>>37728960
>building two machines stops all production of everything else
>we will not be capable of building new mobile suits or retrofitting our current suits

If our enemies have access to the tech, do our allies? Does Cima? Syam? Hell, we contact Gael-chan, contract out production of these two suits (canon production of Unicorn and Banshee ) while we build the Phenex ourselves. We don't haft to do it in-house when we have pilots without mobile suits.

>>37728960
>What else is going on that I should know about? Anything worth note?
Any possible capabilities besides combat that it may contribute for us? The psychic space lady that gave this technology surely didn't merely pass this onto us with only war in mind. If so, give the go signal to proceed.

Hmm, this might actually have the possibility to lead to toy versions of mobile suits being controlled by anybody in a shonen arena tournament setting for purposes of entertainment.

>>37728960
>What else is going on that I should know about? Anything worth note?
>We may need to take it slow, not commit all our design capacity to one project.

>>37729137
>>>37728960
>>building two machines stops all production of everything else
>>we will not be capable of building new mobile suits or retrofitting our current suits
>If our enemies have access to the tech, do our allies? Does Cima? Syam? Hell, we contact Gael-chan, contract out production of these two suits (canon production of Unicorn and Banshee ) while we build the Phenex ourselves. We don't haft to do it in-house when we have pilots without mobile suits.
Well this has my vote.

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>>37729146
>those spoilers

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>>37729137
I can see it already. Mass-produced Unicorns.

>>37728960
>>I agree. Karen? I think we need to do this.
>What else is going on that I should know about? Anything worth note?

>>37729121
A lot of the politicians were veterans themselves, who did fight in previous wars.
Your original argument was that the horrors of war would deter future wars. It has been shown that such is not the case.
It doesn't matter if the political or military leaders are fighting on the front line, since that hasn't been true of conflicts above the size of raids even during the Autumn Period of China.

>>37729269
What's scary is that our version will have two Newtypes minimal in the cockpit. Banana will have nothing on our teams' shenanigans.

>>37729269
Say, if we get Haman and Artesia to take control of Zeon again, can we use that color scheme on our units? Because that would be awesome.

>>37729361
That was a different anon. The politician argument was a lone post.

>>37728960
"I agree," you tell Carya before turning towards Karen. "I think we need to devote everything we can to this project so that we can be ready to face machines like this as soon as we can."

Karen bites her lip, apparently deep in thought. "Okay. I'll have Reiko and Catharine work out a schedule for the crew. We'll get you your new suits."

"Thank you. Haman? Audrey? What else have we got going on?"

Haman shrugs. "We have the trial version of the 'biosensor' interface ready for testing. All I need is your permission to install it in our machines."

>Yes
>No
>Only do it for one (which?)

>>37729459
>Yes

>>37729372
Fun fact, while we're already talking meta? The Unicorn was limited by pilot endurance to a run time of five minutes.

The current setup gives you three pilots.

>>37729459
>Yes
Newtype bullshit everywhere!

>>37729459

>Yes

>>37729459
"Only in the Twins' suit for now. If anything goes wrong, their foresight capability will be critical for finding faults in the system before they happen."

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>>37729459
>Yes

>>37729382
Sure. Might as well go full Cosmo Babylonia with style.

>>37729503
>The Unicorn was limited by pilot endurance to a run time of five minutes.
>The current setup gives you three pilots.

Excuse me, I have to go Laugh like a Madman.or a Jester.

>>37729459
>>Only do it for one (which?)
Our Lilium

>>37729382
I'll back it. We need more red in our color scheme anyway. Ridden can have his Salmon pink.

Should we call that faction "The Federated Zeonic Republic"?

>>37729503
That doesn't mean anything. Either you distribute the load off the pilot to increase operational time of the system or hook pilot and copilots up to boost the signal. There's no middle ground really. Endurance or power.

>>37729653
well we do have the red wolf nickname. still holding out for a wolf motif MS

>>37729743
Gundam Unicorn "Fenrir"?

>>37728649
>I think I'm against any form of mobile dolls being made. I can just see that leading to bad things. Like people not understanding how bad wars get.

Do you know how Sora/Suguri starts out? Because this is what happens, and then they start making flight-capable superhumans to make a decisive end to the civlization-rending war.

>>37729538
Give us a Jester color scheme. Dazzle Paint will make a comeback damnit.

>>37728707
I remember, it's Casval Aznable!

>>37729537
this, also fuck, I'm late.

>>37729538
The Red Wolf of Babylonia?

>>37729792
Never been a fan of the jester theme. Motley is a shit color scheme. The nickname is fine though.

>>37729786
Stories can do whatever retarded shit they want to promote their writer's beliefs.
That doesn't make it any more likely to be true, however, no matter how well-written the story or how good the animation.

>>37729783
If it's three pilots wouldn't Cerberus be better?

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>>37729893
Dazzle Paint nigga. Look it up. We'll bring it back into style.

>>37729917
only if we had three heads and that would look dumb

>>37729970
that hurts to look at

>>37729972
Make the shoulder pauldrons heads.

>>37730000
o fuck no that would look even worst

>>37729909
woah woah, easy there on the edge.

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>>37729970
Fuck it, lets go Full Zipang and paint our suit red and gold with wolves painted on strategic places.

>>37729997
That's the entire point. Think lions and zebras. Except the lion is an U-Boat and the zebra is merchant shipping. The paint was to make it difficult for u-boats to accurately gauge speed and direction.

>>37730079
And it wouldn't do jack for mech fights except look like crap.

>>37730078
I would be cool with that if the gold is used for highlighting

>>37729459
"Go ahead," you nod. "We'll take it slow at first, but still... can we shut it off if need be?"

"You're thinking about the shield booster incident?" Haman asks as Audrey coughs into her sleeve. "Sure, that won't be too difficult to add."

"So," you continue, interrupting Audrey's fake coughing fit. "What else are we looking forward to?"

"New funnel designs are getting close to completion," she replies. "These "fin" funnels may be done around the same time as the new Lilium machines. We've got the folks we stole from Anaheim working on that. As for the other teams, there are a few tweaks and upgrades in the works. Nothing too major, since they performed well against the top-line Titans machines last time out."

Karen shrugs. "Hey, if you want something else to happen that's your business. You handle the mobile suits, I handle all the other shit."

>If you get any ideas, feel free to pull the personnel you need for them
>Focus on the psychoframe
>Consult me if you get a major idea, and we'll decide how Reiko and Catharine should reapportion personnel
>Other?

>Next post will be the last part of the technical discussion

>>37730140
>>Consult me if you get a major idea, and we'll decide how Reiko and Catharine should reapportion personnel

>>37730079
Only really works against optical coincidence rangefinders.

Against the IJN? Hell yeah it works. Against Titans? Probably not gonna do much.

>>37730140
>>Consult me if you get a major idea, and we'll decide how Reiko and Catharine should reapportion personnel

I would rather let king pick out what colors our suits are.

>>37730140
>>Consult me if you get a major idea, and we'll decide how Reiko and Catharine should reapportion personnel

>>37730140
>If you get any ideas, feel free to pull the personnel you need for them
Just consult Reiko and Catherine about it before hand, so we don't end up undermanned.

>>37730140
>If you get any ideas, feel free to pull the personnel you need for them
Let's trust her on this.

>>37730140
>I handle all the other shit

Contact Cima or Gael-chan. See if we can get their respective factions building one each. That'll make four in total plus Haman's ship she had commissioned with her contact.

>>37730119
>hating Razzle Dazzle

I'll fight you m8.

>>37730170
It's just a cool color scheme.

>>37730373
Oh, no doubt. And it's fun to do models in it.

>>37730373
No it really isn't. Black and white stripes are a terrible color scheme. Makes me think of a prison uniform.

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>>37730488
Would you prefer something more like this?

>>37730488
It's usually a series of irregular, intersecting bands of greys.

>writing

>>37730570
>Dekotora space fighter

Clearly, that is the best fighter ever.

>>37730140
"If you get any great ideas, or someone decides we need something done," you tell Audrey, "let me know. We'll arrange with Reiko and Catharine to change the schedules around to make it work."

Audrey nods. "So, last issue, then?"

"We're re-designing our machines again," Carya reminds you, picking up on Audrey's thoughts. "It may be our last chance to rework how we've got our piloting duties set up."

"We could spread our Newtype pilots out," Audrey explains, "but we'd still only have enough of this new material for two machines to be built with it. The others would be SOL."

"I like our arrangement," Rossweisse admits.

Haman nods. "And who knows? Having more Newtypes in once place could prove overwhelmingly powerful with the psychoframe behind them."

"The cost is that we'd be even more invested in the theory than we are now," Karen points out. "All our eggs will be in one basket. An enormously powerful basket, to be sure. But we'll be relying on pilot skill and design quality to an even greater degree."

>Thoughts?
>Keep the current setup going forward?
>Modify your piloting setup to spread your Newtypes out?

>>37730820
>>Modify your piloting setup to spread your Newtypes out?

>>37730820
If we're not going to contract out, then I'd say focus on constructing one as our ace-in-the-hole and lean towards improving and simplifying the current-gen Liliums for proper mass production. Remember, Christina still does not have a suit. When we've time later and have a better grasp of the technology, then we can focus on retrofitting our other Lilium.

>>37730820

Will the new suits have to be piloted by Newtypes?
Could it be possible to sub out one or two newtype pilots or will it have to be all newtypes all the time?

>>37730820
>>Keep the current setup going forward?
>Thoughts?

>>37731003
because If we could swap out to one newtype and two oldtypes, it would give off the impression that the unit isn't as strong as it could be if it was piloted by three newtypes... this allows us to give everyone false feedback about our new units power and abilities...
Especially if certain systems are 'locked' without a Newtype operating that particular system...

>>37731003
What, the ones with the psychoframes? Yes. They will. Even if an oldtype COULD use the system, the strain from mentally controlling an 18-20 meter tall robot capable of doing mach 2 in atmosphere would kill them.

>>37731091
Shouldn't the biosensor allow us to utilize our Oldtypes more? To make them almost-Newtypes?

We could probably work on some modular cockpit design. Just swap it depending on the roster - a cockpit with a biosensor for Oldtypes, a cockpit without one for the Newtypes.

Combine it with an eject system, so our pilots can safely escape by launching the entire cockpit instead of having to go out manually.

>>37730820
>Keep the current setup going forward?
>Yes.

>>37730820
>Keep the current setup going forward?
I like the way we're doing things. If anything, I'd want us to be able to combine the Lilium and Viola together to get all six of us in one machine. But that's not really practical. Still, we've had good success with our multi-pilot system.

>the Purus are still stuck piloting Tusche Schwarz's
>we won't get Quebeleys until after Gryps if we go down this route

It hurts.

>>37730820
>Thoughts?
I'm leaning towards agreeing with Rosse on this. Our setup has been working fine so far, and Emma's team and the Purus are keeping it together.
However, I am not averse to giving the Purus a chance to swap out as back-up Newtype co-pilots (ideally, if either Rosse or Audrey needs a breather) from time to time or if they ask (probably on minor sorties?). It would also depend on how used to the Tusche Schwarz our main team is. We'll see.

>>37731186
You're thinking of the biocomputer, not the biosensor. Biosensor does nothing for Oldtypes.

Are we completely stripping down the Lilium and Viola or are the Psycoframe suits new builds?

>>37731307
That's actually a thought. Building the new suit specifically for the Purus. A three-seater Quebeley. They'd work extremely well together in that setup as they share a psychic bond on the level of Dom and his waifus.

I can dig it.

>>37731313
Right, my bad.

Still, an ejectable cockpit would be a nice thing. Considering how we're dependent on our Newtypes for everything, as well as that we have up to three in one machine, making sure they survive is our top priority.

>>37731398
I think they are already a thing at least in Z they were

>>37730820
You shake your head. "No, we're already devoting so much of our effort to putting alien technology into these new machines. Let's not make this even more complicated."

"We can always change up who's teamed with who, if it gets boring," Catrina points out. "But yeah, the combining fighter forms thing has worked well for us so far. I'm not really inclined to fuck around either."

"That's it then," Audrey concludes, clapping her hands together. "I'll let Nina and Lucette know what the plan is, and we'll meet again when it comes time to approve the final thruster and armor layout, weapons, that sorta thing."

"Make it so," Karen grins, pointing your team out the door.

>Taking a short break to eat/collect my notes before the next series of events unfolds
>Be back in ~20 minutes, feel free to discuss tech development and meta while I'm gone

>>37731442
I don't think we have those. We're more focused on using the ability to separate into two units than ejecting cockpits.

>>37731475
Hey, KoP, do we have ejecting cockpits?

>>37731270
Just wait.
Give it time, and we'll get a Quebeley or three...with Psychoframes.

>>37731571
No we don't. The coreblock is just that for both the torso and legs, a block. It's not a corefighter.

How are we doing for ballistic weapons? I-Field defenses are only going to get more common as this goes on. I recall that Ross and I think Audrey, too have semi-automatic grenade rifles. And we have machine cannons in the chest, I think. Is that going to be enough to deal with heavily armored suits with I-Fields?

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>>37731655
Something worth going over, then?

Maybe we can make something like the Sazabi's psychoframe cockpit, to save our pilots if shit hits the fan.

>>37731475
> feel free to discuss tech development and meta while I'm gone
Well, alrighty then.

Regarding the psycoframe tech the psychic alien lady passed on to Dom (eerily reminiscent of wraithbone based on the description, for that matter), I have a hunch that it might be one factor for unscrewing the deteriorating environmental conditions on this UC Earth. After all, what's the point of winning the battles and Earth's humanity is still gonna be gone within a few generations anyway?
Think of Master Asia's intended purpose for DG Cells (minus the whole corruption thing) and apply to a device that can essentially warp physical reality, and you'll have what passes for a Cosmo Reverse System.
The downside being that it's probably gonna take a very unified human consciousness to get it to work properly. It's still way down the line though and most probably won't crop up within the quest proper, but it's an entertaining thought.

>>37731909
You have a variety of physical and explosive options. While your beam weapons will almost always be more powerful you have enough versatility to deal with I-Fields. It all comes down to skill and luck.

>>37731571
This guy has it >>37731655

The combination systems rely on the Core Block. You can separate into two "fighters", and ejection IS an option. But it's one area where your designs are currently behind the curve.

>writing

>>37732103
It's kind of redundant to build a secondary ejection system when both the torso and legs are their own ejection systems. It overcomplicates the suit and increases material costs. Now, if the suit was a single-seater, then sure. It's feasible.

>>37732178
>You have a variety of physical and explosive options. While your beam weapons will almost always be more powerful you have enough versatility to deal with I-Fields. It all comes down to skill and luck.
Alright. I'm just having horrible visions of the Titans having already completed the Psycho Mk.II. I want to make sure we can hurt that thing when it comes around.

>>37731475
September 23, UC 0084.

The Nagato has now put in at Pensacola, Florida. True to your agreement, you've come here looking for fighter jets that could elude the Titans' Minovsky Wave Searcher.

You're going, as are Karen and the sisters. Karen is your senior ranking officer, and both yourself and Carya are the only pilots on the Nagato with any real experience flying an atmospheric fighter without fly-by-wire technology.

Antiques, really, but in a way they're much more "pure": less computers and more jet fuel.

Who do you want to come along?
>Just three. Keep it tight and unassuming.
>Bring a few more people whose technical expertise may be needed.
>Bring a full security detail in addition to the above.
>Other?

>>37732356
>>Bring a few more people whose technical expertise may be needed.
maybe we can play the tourist-y group at first?

>>37732356
>Bring a few more people whose technical expertise may be needed.
Who among our technical team would know century-old aeronautical engineering? Well, I'm sure we have someone, it's a big ship.

>>37732356
>>Bring a few more people whose technical expertise may be needed.

>>37732383
And still present yourselves as active-duty military?

It could work, but the curators may not take you seriously at first.

>>37732356
Ask the eggheads if they have experience working with 20th/21st century aircraft or knowledge. We may know how to FLY, but we sure as hell don't know if the fuselages are airworthy

>>37732429
I don't think we could pull that role off, anyway. We did kind of show up in a kilometer-long flying battleship. Most tourists don't have that.

>>37732481

Sirocco does... he bought his way into a War...

>>37732356
>Bring a few more people whose technical expertise may be needed.
Maybe someone with skills that can be used to eavesdrop on any comms to track Titan activity? So that we can try to bypass any sort of encounter/combat while in the air.

>>37732403
>century-old
That gives us one candidate at least, but I don't think Doc will be able to physically handle the trip.

>>37732429
ah, I forgot about the active duty military part. nevermind me, then.

>>37732356
>Bring a few more people whose technical expertise may be needed.
Maybe Audrey or the doc for technical knowledge.

Might as well ask the doc about his other experiences with the aliens.

>>37732356
You decide against the full retinue of security and technical personnel: no need to spook anyone more than necessary. Instead you select four people based on what you're likely to need advice on during the outing: Audrey, the Doctor, Reiko, and Nina Purpleton. Although Kou tries to turn it into some kind of bizarre double-date, Nina shoots him down almost immediately.

Instead you and your little group of experts find yourselves in front of the museum of Naval Aviation in Pensacola, on a warm and muggy afternoon, attracting a few stares from tourists passing by. Your typical leather jackets have been abandoned in favor of your equivalent of summer uniforms: tan shirts with your distinctive tartan. Yours however is in the form of a sash at your waist rather than a skirt or a kilt.

"So, where to first?" Nina muses, looking around at some of the exhibits.

Behind her mirrored sunglasses, Audrey gives you a little grin. "I dunno. Dom's the fighter lover here."

"We could probably use our military status to attract a curator," Carya suggests. "Ask a really technical question maybe. Something a regular docent could never hope to answer."

"Or we could go straight to the top," Karen offers. "Barge in and pull rank... it's gotta be worth something."

"There's an info desk," Reiko points out.

>Ask a technical question to attract a curator
>Barge in and demand the staff's attention/cooperation
>Just ask for directions already
>Other?

>>37733029
>Just ask for directions already
Damn it, Reiko, why'd you have to point out the sensible answer?

>>37733029
>>Just ask for directions already

>>37733029
>show up in a 1km super battletanker to tour the flight museum

I don't know if I should facepalm or laugh at the audacity. Just play tourist until someone recognizes us. I mean, we are the de facto figurehead of the Grim Guard here. Videos are going to be up all over Space YouTube.

When the curator of the museum most certainly shows up to welcome such prestigious guests, then you ask him or her if there is any working fighters.

>>37733029
>Ask a technical question to attract a curator
Got a feeling their curator might be bored to tears.
>"Retro jets never get any love nowadays. It's just all about museums for 'Zeon mobile suits' this or 'One Year War era machines' that."
Also has an added benefit of being able to segue into asking about the airworthiness of said planes.

And as an aside, here's to hoping someone had the foresight to bring a couple of homo avis gliders just in case. Way better than regular parachutes.

>>37733029
>>Just ask for directions already

>>37733029
>Ask a technical question to attract a curator
We're here as civvies, for now. Act like it.

>>37733029
"You know, let's just ask them," you mutter. "Weird, only Reiko ever seems to consider trying that. Maybe she's onto something."

Reiko gives you a little smile as you walk your group towards the information desk.

"Commander O'Hara, EFSF. Looking for a curator," you tell the startled-looking brunette behind the desk.

"I... I'm sorry, Commander," she begins haltingly. "I... I'm afraid our curators... are busy. Quite busy. They told me... they told me not to disturb their restoration work today."

"What're they doing that demands that sort of attention?" Catrina scowls.

"Something... avionics!" the receptionist recalls. "They're wiring replacement avionics in a... inna... in an F-16, I think... they're much too busy to deal with visitors today. I'm sorry!"

Damn is this woman ever jumpy.

"Well," you tell her insistently, resting against the counter. "It's a good thing we're not here to see the exhibits."

The receptionist's eyes widen. "You... you're not?"

Catrina grins wickedly at her. "Nope. See, sweetheart, we're going to need to talk to your superiors: officers to civilians."

>roll me 3d10. DC is 6.
>Also specify whether you want to intimidate or persuade

Rolled 6, 2, 2 = 10 (3d10)

>>37733677
Persuade. Dominic is a charming devil.

Rolled 4, 2, 5 = 11 (3d10)

>>37733677
Persuasive, of course.

Rolled 2, 3, 1 = 6 (3d10)

>>37733677

Rolled 2, 4, 2 = 8 (3d10)

>>37733677
"You wanna go for a ride in my robot?."

Chicks dig giant robots.'

>>37733706
>>37733710
>>37733729
>>37733759
Jesus Christ, what the fuck dice?

>>37733817
Well, we passed, just barely. Let's just take what we can get.

Rolled 7, 10, 8 = 25 (3d10)

>>37733817
We've gotta start carrying swimsuits and tickets to public pools. They give us a Diplomacy bonus.

>>37733891
Clearly. Just mentioning them improves our rolls.

>>37733869
Did we?
I thought we needed to roll high? In which case, only one roll was a six or over.

Of course, I may be confusing it with something else.

>>37733869
You didn't pass. The best you got was one success, which in a 3d10 system is a regular failure.

>writing

>>37733991
Ah. Well, then fuck you too, dice gods.

>>37733677
"Well," you tell the clearly frightened receptionist, "really what it comes down to is I just need a minute or two of their time. Nothing nefarious. Can you contact them for me?"

The woman shakes her head. "N... no! I can't do that! I'm sorry!"

Meanwhile, one of the security guards in the museum's lobby seems to have overheard the secretary's raised voice. He cuts a slow, but deliberate path towards your team before coming to a halt. He's a rather large black man, receded hairline and a strong jaw, and what looks like a fair bit of muscle still present under the layer of flab. You reckon by his general poise and his short-cropped hair that he's a war veteran, but not an important one. A grunt, kicked out of the EFF and back into civilian life after Earth no longer required his service.

"There a problem here, Cap'n?" he asks in a slight drawl, correctly identifying Karen as your commanding officer.

Karen's eyes narrow. "None you need to concern yourself with. This is military business."

The guard seems unimpressed. "With all due respect, ma'am: this isn't a military facility. If y'all can't reign in your dogs, I'mma have to ask y'all to leave."

>And I'mma 'fraid you need to turn your ass right around and pretend you didn't see nothin', old-timer
>Security? Good. You can escort us when we head back to the restoration area.
>This is bullshit, let's get out of here
>Newtype hax option (requires a roll)

>>37734250
>Newtype hax option (requires a roll)

>>37734250
>>Security? Good. You can escort us when we head back to the restoration area.
No need to be an asshole to a guy just trying to do his job.

>>37734250
>Security? Good. You can escort us when we head back to the restoration area.
This has gotten suspicious. Why is the receptionist so frightened? And why are the curators just by sheer coincidence working on the very thing we came here for? Something else is going on here.

>>37734250
>>Security? Good. You can escort us when we head back to the restoration area.

>>37734250
>>Security? Good. You can escort us when we head back to the restoration area.

Are we on the ocean? Because I smell something fishy.

>>37734333
Hmm... did the group ever get around to switching out their old Titans uniforms for EF uniforms, or did they just remove their insignias?

>>37734412
You've all removed your insignia. The uniforms you wore were atypical anyway, so now few people could pin them as formerly Titans-issue.

>>37734503
So the receptionist is worried because they look like Feddies, not because they look like Titans, eh? Definitely suspicious. Maybe some Zeon sympathizers had the same idea as Dom about using those planes.

>>37733891
Or start bringing Haman along as a good luck charm.

Rolled 8, 6, 4 = 18 (3d10)

>>37734250
Wait a second, Rakan is that you.

>>37734250
You nod, completely satisfied at this turn of events.

"Good. Then you can escort us back to the restoration hangar."

"That's not..." the man frowns as your group takes the hint and files around behind the desk and past the now-terrified receptionist.

"HEY!"

The guard reaches for a sidearm at his belt, only to have the Doctor's hand rest lightly on his wrist.

"Not smart, sonny boy," he cautions. "This ain't a fight you can win, so why don't you just follow the Commander for now? No harm, no foul."

"And before you complain," Catrina adds, her one good eye filled with mirth, "yes. That's an order."

Sure enough, there's a hallway behind the reception desk that leads past a set of offices and out into an alley that's chained off at both ends. On the other side of the alley is a corrugated metal hangar, with a metal door.

"This is the place, I think," Audrey announces, turning the handle. "You reckon they know who we are?"

"Probably," Karen replies. "I mean, millions of people saw Haman's uniform on live television at Dakar, and it's been all over the net."

Inside the hangar, you find more than you bargained for: an Me-262, in beautiful condition, sits next to an old F-16. The panels on the Falcon are partially removed, and a trio of men about the Doctor's age stand around it. One has his face buried in the fuselage, and the others seem to take no notice of you.

>Greet the curators professionally
>Nerd out over the Me-262
>Some combination of the two?

Write-ins are encouraged.

>>37734798
>Greet the curators professionally

>>37734798
>>Nerd out over the Me-262
Sturmvogell II get!

>>37734798
>>Some combination of the two?

>>37734798
>>Some combination of the two?
Greet professionally then after the bare minimum of introductions begin to geek out in earnest.

Rolled 3, 10, 6 = 19 (3d10)

>>37734798
>why do you want to borrow a plane?
>I want to bomb a Titans RADAR station
>that's suicide!
>I know
>then why do it?
>because I've lost control of my life

>>37734798
>>Some combination of the two?

>>37734798
>Other
Greet the Me-262 professionally.

>>37735013
Yes.

>>37734798
I'm going to take another 3d10 roll. Best of three.

You'll see how well you did when I finish writing.

Rolled 9, 2, 8 = 19 (3d10)

>>37735159

Rolled 3, 9, 7 = 19 (3d10)

>>37735159

Rolled 2, 6, 6 = 14 (3d10)

>>37735159
ME-262 squeeee

Rolled 10, 2, 6 = 18 (3d10)

>>37735159

>>37735182
Well damn.

>>37735182
Quite good.

>writing

>>37734798
The guard coughs loudly to get the old men's attention, but you couldn't care less. Despite their immediate protests, you walk straight by them and up to the Me-262 that waits for patiently... no, almost *seductively* at the far side of the hangar.

"Beautiful," you murmur to yourself, allowing your fingertips to brush against the cool, smooth paintjob. The underside color is expertly feathered into the topside camo pattern, an RLM 70/71 splitter pattern, if you're not mistaken.

"Absolutely perfect."

You finally turn your attention towards the restoration crew and your own bemused teammates, your hands never leaving the fuselage of the fine old Messerschmitt.

"This looks like it could fly this afternoon," you observe. "Must've been one of the few kept by the US military after the war... can't all be original, that's for sure."

"Hey, old man!" you call, singling out what looks to be the lead man on the job. "These aren't the old Jumo 004's, are they the later General Electric powerplants? The CJ610's, weren't they?"

The man's craggy face splits into an amused grin. "Sure are, Commander. Had to replace 'em the Jumos were kinda shit to start with. That's what you get usin' slave labor. How'd you tell?"

"Quality," you explain. "That, and I had a hunch the blades were a high-temp alloy. The Nazis had a good design, yeah, but they were no supermen."

The restoration crew laugh loudly as you finally tear yourself away from the Messerschmitt and extend a hand. "Commander O'Hara, EFSF."

"We know who ya are," the cheif tells you. "Robbie Kensington, former Zeon military."

"Thought so," Carya nods to herself. "That would certainly explain the welcome we got."

"I take it you an the Black Star ain't here on business, Mister O'Hara?" Kensington asks.

>Response?

Rolled 1, 6, 6 = 13 (3d10)

>>37735573
"We're here to borrow a plane to bomb a Titans RADAR installation."

>>37735573
Both pleasure (Me-262) and business (Me-262).

>>37735573
Well, how would you gentlemen like to help me fuck over the Titans?

>>37735573
Wait, he recognized CC?

Explain the plan to use the planes to fuck with the Titans and get Artesia and Haman off-Earth.

Depending on how they react, we could offer them a chance to work with us aboard the Nagato or something. We could use someone to help us with MS designs (or at least working on the core fighters).

>>37735754
...
Is it wrong that I kinda want to design the next Core a Fighter model to look like a 262?

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>>37735838
Absolutely not.

Or we can just start designing the proto Gaia Gear.

>>37735838
Not in the slightest.

>writing

>>37735573
"Sadly, it's always business these days. We came to inquire about a potential way to disable a Titans tracking facility. It can't detect internal combustion engines, just fusion ones, so we were hoping we could borrow a plane or two? Only for a little while, just long enough to do a bombing run. I'd like to promise that we won't get such beautiful machines damaged. But I'd be a liar if I said I could guarantee that, so I understand if you don't want to risk them. That said, this would help us a lot, we'd be very appreciative."

>>37735573
"Well," you begin, scratching your head gently. For a moment you consider holding some information back from them... but then you figure it probably doesn't matter. They know you already.

"So you know we're kinda in a tight spot with Titans, right? And that they really don't want us leaving the planet?"

"After that stunt at Dakar," Kensington replies, still grinning, "your head'd have to be pretty far up your own ass not to know about the Grim Guard. We know who you are and who you've got with you."

You sigh. "Truth is, there's an advanced sensor array that's gonna be able to track us breaking atmosphere, and we need to destroy it."

Kensington eyes you warily. "An yer here... why?"

"Because it only picks up Minovsky particle emissions."

A look of dawning comprehension spreads across the old man's tired features. "Hot damn... I thought you were a crazy bastard, but now I know."

"Can you help us?" Karen presses.

"Lady," Kensington chortles. "Your pal here just offered me the chance to help Lady Artesia and Miss Haman while simultaneously dicking TItans over."

"You may think you're asking us a favor, but truth be told I think you just made my fuckin' day."

"I like these guys already," Reiko offers.

Kensington gestures widely to the cavernous, open space of the hangar.

"Whaddya need, young man?"

>Response?

>>37736174
"Whaddaya got?"

>>37736174
"Something fast and with good countermeasures. Payload capacity doesn't have to be too high, we're using E-Cap warheads, real high energy density. I'm more concerned about getting shot down. You got anything?"

Rolled 5, 9, 3 = 17 (3d10)

>>37736174
"Simple. We load a plane with enough rockets to saturate the area. A plane capable of supersonic flight or close. Must have the fuel capacity to reach and return with one drop-tank, or barring that, to reach the RADAR array for a kamikaze run. Extraction can be arranged later."

Idea. Remember how the doc used E-caps to blow up his old house?

Can we equip some of those on conventional missiles to increase their damage output and increase our chances of success?

>>37736389

I believe that's been the plan from the get-go.

>>37736174
How hard would it be to rig a psycommu receiver to control one of these planes? We have the range for it, and being able to remote pilot these would take a lot of worry off my mind.

>>37736389
We've actually been doing that for a while, now. Anything big enough to carry an E-Cap warhead has been. It's why our psychomines are so deadly.

>>37736174
"A couple of planes for starters. Something fast, preferably a two seater, and relatively common enough so the Titans would have a hard time tracing the source of said planes back to you. And maybe some homo avis gliders."

I personally got a couple more ideas, but they might have some small flaws.
>Amuro Plan: Generic transport. Basically, replicate what Amuro did when he busted out on canon Zeta.
>Beltorchika Plan: Inconspicuous civvie plane.
Of course, both are pretty slow compared to jets so there's that.

>>37736412
>>37736427
Alright then, my bad. The psycommu planes aren't a bad idea.

We haven't used that psycomine thing in a while, we could maybe rig these things for some kamikaze action or something if shit goes south.

Sorry, lost my internet there for a bit.

>writing

>>37736174
"Something fast, maneuverable, and capable of carrying and dropping bombs."

>>37736174
"I'm not gonna lie," you tell them. "We need planes. And we might not be bringing them back."

Carya nods in agreement. "Something fast, with a high service ceiling and good range."

"Payload isn't an issue," Audrey adds. "We'll be using e-cap warheads, so even just two apiece would probably do the job."

Karen eyes the Me-262 thoughtfully. "And I'd prefer not to put something priceless at risk, or use something that's too obviously one of yours."

"About that," Carya mutters to you in a low voice, "I know I'm tolerant about a lot of things, but you can't have her. Putting my foot down."

"Anyway," you cough, "you reckon you have something that'd serve our needs?"

The Doctor, who's joined one of the old restoration crew in rewiring the F-16, points over his shoulder at a book shelf. "Saw when we walked in you got some inventories."

"Good eye," Kensington laughs. "Let's see what the good book says..."

You have to peer over Kensington and Nina to see the blue prints and parts lists as the old man flips through page after page of nearly illegible notes...

>3d10, best of three

Rolled 6, 6, 7 = 19 (3d10)

>>37736756

Rolled 6, 1, 8 = 15 (3d10)

>>37736756

Rolled 2, 10, 1 = 13 (3d10)

>>37736756

Rolled 8, 4, 6 = 18 (3d10)

>>37736756
A C-130 Gunship.

Maybe we'll find a Mig-31

>>37736802
>>37736804
>dem 1s
If it wasn't for the fact that high rolls are mixed in, I'd say we got the Good Year dirigible.

>>37736955
Fokker DR1.

>>37736955
>"It's a replica of the Hindenburg!"

>>37736955
>Good Year dirigible
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiETI5-Pvw8
Let's do it!
RIP

>>37737030
>>37737037
Well, they're both crazy enough to pull it off.

The problem would lie in the speed of those things.

Rolled 7, 7, 4 = 18 (3d10)

>>37737118
With our luck, it'll be an A3D or another flying coffin.

inb4 ball with a conventional rocket booster on the back.

>>37737145
It'll be an M3 Lee with wings.

Rolled 7, 5, 6 = 18 (3d10)

>>37737225
>Lee

Say what you want about the Lee, it was a good tank even considering how shit it was. Now the I-go. That was a piece of shit. Plane and simple.

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>>37736756
"Ah," Nina gasps slightly, "can we have that one?"

"No, no," Kensington replies, shaking his head. "Too temperamental."

Audrey points to a second option. "How about this one?"

"Too slow," the old man insists. "You'll be sitting ducks... oh. Oh yes, that'd be real good."

"Found one?" you ask.

"Oh yeah. Take a looksee?"

Kensington leads your group out of the hangar and onto the tarmac, where two jet aircraft sit side by side.

"The T-38 Talon," he introduces with a wave of his arm. "The only supersonic trainer the US ever really invested in. Had a resurgence in the late AD's with wealthy flight enthusiasts and film special effects studios."

"Looks good," you admit. "And you think it'll pass for civilian long enough to strike?"

"Probably," Kensington nods. "Avionics are a bit outdated, but you'd stand a better chance getting there on the quiet than in the F-18 your blonde friend wanted, and a better chance getting back than in that damned Goshawk."

>Got something big and slow that could pass for civilian more easily?
>Got something a bit faster? I feel the need.
>That seems fine to me. Miss Marseille?
>Other

>>37737285
Debatable. The Brits loved it. The Russians hated it. I think it's ugly as sin.

But yeah. Most of the Japanese tanks were junk.

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>>37737225
Anything but that

>>37737350
>That seems fine to me. Miss Marseille?
A T-38? It'll be okay. I'd rather an F-5 though.

>>37737350
>That seems fine to me. Miss Marseille?
>Other
"Sounds perfect. It's not too obscure, though, is it? Like I said, we'd hate for this to bring any heat down on you if it got traced back."

>>37737350
>That seems fine to me. Miss Marseille?
That thing is lovely. We could probably fly at subsonic speeds until we deliver the payload, then leg it out at supersonic speeds.

Idea. Can we patch Alice into the museum's systems? Maybe have her fake a test flight data, so that when the planes fly off, the Titans think it's just another scheduled flight instead of us going after them?

>>37737350
>>Got something a bit faster? I feel the need.

>>37737350
>>That seems fine to me. Miss Marseille?

>>37737285
>>37737359
They had much the same issue that their fighters, warships, and infantry weapons had: great for the interwar period and decent to good by early war standards, but they couldn't replace their losses fast enough or field effective new mainstay designs.

>>37737350
>>That seems fine to me. Miss Marseille?

>>37737350
"I was hoping for something a bit faster," you admit, "but I guess these'd work well enough. What're you thinking, Miss Marseille?"

Carya shrugs. "I guess I can give this thing a shot," she replies. "Can we get a crash course?"

"Well, hopefully not a 'crash' course," Kensington replies, wincing at the choice of words. "But yeah, we'll get 'em fueled up and get you introduced to their systems."

"I'll see if they can be fit for remote flight," Nina offers.

It seems things are starting to move forward, and the beginnings of a plan are starting to come together...

Rolled 10, 10, 9 = 29 (3d10)

>>37737535
The I-go was garbage all around though. It was only good for putting down peasants with pitchforks. The Lee was shit, but it at least served it's function as a stop-gap until the Sherman rolled out.

And yeah. That too.

>>37737721
And that's going to be all for tonight. Thanks for showing up, and hope to see you tomorrow for the actual fighting!

Archive is up, and as always I'll hang around to discuss stuff until I pass out.

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>>37737752
Thanks for running man. See you next time.

Woundwort when?

>>37737752
Thanks for running.

>>37737752
Thanks for running, Hearts. This is going to be a fun pair of threads. I didn't think of it before, but that last line made me realize that we're basically the Universal Century's equivalent of the A-Team right now.

"In UC0085, a crack mobile suit team was betrayed by the corrupt regime that had taken over their military. These women (and one man, the lucky bastard) promptly escaped into the Side 6 underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire...the Grim Guard."

Rolled 2, 10, 10 = 22 (3d10)

>>37737851
Better question, GM-III when? One of the reasons I wanted to get started on simplifying the Liliums for mass production. Add more weapon hardpoints on the thighs and skirt armor. Make the backpack interchangeable for the mission at hand and we're golden.

>>37737985
So a GM-III meets the Victory, Strike and AGE? We going for maximum modularity here?

>>37737851
The MkII in this timeline is more like the Hazel, so possibly soon-ish.

Rolled 9, 2, 6 = 17 (3d10)

>>37738072
Why not? The endgoal is the Woundwort anyway. The GM-III is a good jump-off point after we've finished cutting out the fat from the cutting edge Liliums.

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>>37738097
Sweet.

Once the Psi-enhanced Lilliums (Lillium-P?) are finished, is it possible to work on a separate, specialized MS or mobile armor?

For the past few threads, modularization and being well rounded has been the trend, but I wish we could get a machine that does only a few things.

But it does those few things extremely well.
Not to mention that those things aren't very nice.

>>37739070
You want to give it gundarium claws?

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>>37739070
Do we still have the Val Varo?

We could upgrade it. Imagine if we add some psycoframe to it and turn it into a mix of the Val Varo and the Shambloo.

>>37739367
Actually, the "we got Spiral Power now" comment from the last thread bothered me a bit.

Get a big enough mobile armor (or heck, the Valkyrie itself), line its walls with the Gundarium-Psi, put all of the Newtypes in there with Dom as the center, and some Axis Shock-level psyco shennanigans, then bam.
Newtype Valzacard.

Or even worse, a Newtype TTGL. That glows green.

I'll stop now, since I know crossovers are frowned upon here.

>>37739651
>Newtype Tengen Toppa Gurren LaGundam.
I'm not even mad. That is an amazing mental image.
Do you think it'd look like one of the Lilium or would the collective unconscious of humanity make it look like the RX-78?