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AWAKEN MY KESTRELS!

>>861833
Mecha Space Pirate Quest Banzai!

>>861833
Bloody martians, time and place for this sort of thing!

>>861833
>Speaking of the Martians, they're on the verge of becoming a problem as well. Most of their pilots may have gone to paradise after gloriously crashing their Scimitars into the Berenger, but the ship's MPs and crew are still at full strength, and the first thing they did upon arrival was confiscate a local dwelling to turn into a mosque, and you have heard rumors that the clerics accompanying them have been using rather stronger tactics to get the local Qu'liri to consider conversion to Islam than you, personally, are comfortable with. Worse still, with the local guards under suspicion, the Cicero has been reliant on the Martian troops to help keep order, which has spawned even further incidents. Captain Clearwater has been livid about it, and more than once you've caught him shouting at the Martian Captain over vidcomm.

what the fuccck

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>>861867
BANZAI!
>>861874
Try to tell this to any religious extremist...
>IT IS ALWAYS TIME FOR A CRUSADE!
>>861876
We already have heard the Qu'lir talking about the martians being worse than the jovians... Now we know why.

>>861876
The more things change the more they stay the same

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Speaking of officers, there's also the matter of your prisoners, Duchess Maria Carnegie and Dame Elizabeth Wayland. Normally, there would be no reason to keep them in Innsmouth, in the Cicero's brig, and they would have been transferred to a prison in the capital by now. However, General Bradley Oman wants to take the prisoners in himself and get them offworld, and seems to think whatever insurrection is brewing in Innsmouth could be just as bad in Celephais. He would have done so a week ago, but attacks by a raiding fleet led by another Paladin in the vicinity of the Tranalor system have kept him busy. He did, however, record his formal passing-out of promotions and have it sent to Qu'lir. You are now, officially, a Lieutenant. The white uniform still feels a little too crisp, and you're not used to being saluted so much, but you'll deal with it and Irina being so proud of you helps a great deal. Simon was bumped up to Ensign and Garret...Garret did something very few people would have expected. He turned down his own promotion to Lieutenant, stating very clearly that he didn't do anything to deserve it and that he wasn't going to get special treatment for who his father was. Nobody could really argue with him when he pointed out that his dad had become a war hero on his own merits back in the old days, but as an eventual compromise he was made an Ensign too. This has had a second effect, leadership of Squad C has shifted to you. This isn't as dramatic as it would be in certain other SOUL Squads, the three of you already work as a team of friends anyway, so it's worked out well thus far.

Asphodel, too, has been promoted. He finally made Captain, and has been assigned the Light Cruiser Suetonius, set to arrive three days from now with fresh troops. Although space combat has made the voyage hazardous, a few minutes ago you yourself witnessed a transport land on the same field as the other two ships.

"Huh, resupply?" You question, peering out the viewpoint of the room you and Irina now share. Maria's hat is hanging from a coatrack, and your old officer's sword is hanging from the wall. You've taken to wearing her knife and saber on the opposite hip from your plasma pistol.

"On paper." Irina semi-confirms, looking into her mirror and adjusting her hair. She's dressed up today, and seems a hair more on edge than usual.

"Ah, something I shouldn't ask questions about." You nod sagaciously, crossing your arms.

She grins at you over one shoulder, "You're a quick learner, but this time it isn't really a secret. Here they come now, I'm going to be late if I don't hurry." A small fleet of groundcars is emerging from the transport, "These are specialists, technicians, and general useless flunkies Bahamut Corportation is foisting on me for one of our projects."

You nod again, looking even more wise, "Ah, more people for you to bully. I thought you looked happy about something." You tease her.

[Continued]

Also, just for your knowledge... I don't know if you guys have heard of this, but things have gone crazy here in Rio, cops are on full scale war against the Druglords and they are kicking ass and taking no prisioners(when the midia or the poor population aren't looking).

This began last saturday, and it calmed down a bit since monday, but this battle is far from over as the police seems intent to bring justice for the 140 cops killed this year...

>>861928
really? not heard anything about this. not even a peep on /pol/. then again it is flooded with trolls and shills right now

>>861928
stay safe mate, dont stick your head out.

>>861917
>He finally made Captain, and has been assigned the Light Cruiser Suetonius

We should make sure to congratulate him before he ships off. He can be an ass, but he's a good officer.

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She laughs and hurls a paintbrush at you, the wooden end of the handle striking you right between the eyes, "I'm supposed to be escorting them to the facility...that hotel, you remember the one...where we'll be working on Simon's mech."

This startles you a lot more than Irina throwing things at you, "All of this is for SIMON?" You gesture at the groundcars.

Irina nods, "Project Squilla. See? I told you he was wrong to complain." She puts her earrings on, and does a little spin, "How do I look?"

"Like a goddess." You give her a kiss on the cheek, "Don't let them stress you out too much, I have to go too, morning patrols."

She smiles, presses her lips to yours for a few warm moments, then leaves with a smile, "Let's have dinner here tonight, I feel like painting and it's supposed to rain later."

You watch her go, admiring the view...and once again, spot your stalker down at the end of the hall, glaring at you while pretending to read something on her PC.

>[Call her out]
>[Ignore her]

>>861958
>>[Ignore her]
jealous pleb
also time for despair for Simon

>>861928

Please stay safe, Brazil. I hope your neighborhood is clean of violence.

>>861934
Yep, population is divided on the people who raging for the executions(There is this seven bodies from dealers goons that were found in a swanp near a favela that had all bullet entries on their necks for example...) and people who just wants the criminals to stop being so cocky and overconfident as they have been in the last years... Yeaahhh, emotions are running high.

Also, just in the first day, a police helicopter fell from the sky in mid of the initial "MEGAOPERATION(With all the police special forces storming the cidade de deus "City of God" at the same time)" of the police, and as the criminals started taking the glory for it... It seems that many cops went a little BESERKER because of this, and even if now they are saying that it fell because of a technical malfunction now it looks to late to fix the emotional damage that the men that losed their friends took...

>>861946
I was holed up in home he whole weekend, but i pass just in front of the main battlezone every day when going to college... But at least things are more calm now that the cops are occupying the place for now.
But if things get more heated again, i'm not going out.

>>861958
>>[Ignore her]

do not engage with the yan

>>861958
>>[Call her out]
We get it, you hate us! If you want to say you hate us forever, just do so already!

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>>861928
Would you say that shot down helicopter was a precipitating factor to the latest crackdown or something that just happened in the course of whatever is already going down? As horrible as it is to say the four casualties of the incident aren't out of the usual bounds of things to my uninformed outsider perspective but the fact it was a helicopter got front page international media attention (I saw that on the BBC website myself).
>>861917
Oh and hurray favorite quest! Hey Wong what would you say is the visual profile of martian vessels? I got a handle on the Joves and the Aves, but unsure how the other big(ish) player so far looks. Are there any other distinct style of vessel in another faction (other than pirate/belt ramshackle)?

>>861958
>>[Ignore her]
We have better things to do

>>861978

>>861964
Oops question already answered sorry

>>861958
>[Call her out]
>HEY!YES, YOU!Can you spare a moment?

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>>861978

Martian ships are actually quite distinctive, they tend to have an elongated "nose" and wings, in contrast to the flying brick design of Jovian ships. Think Klingon Bird of Prey or Gekko-go.

>[Call her out]

Tired of this shit.

>>861963
In fact, in the first day the dealers from the Cidade de Deus were very cocky and started to claim that the part of the city i live in was now their territory because they shoot down the helicopter from the sky...
But they got their ass kicked so fast... It was almost a massacre, even if they were better armed than the cops '-'
Seriously, the difference between dozens of mooks with rifles and a dozen of highly trained men fueled by beserker rage is absurd, the guys didn't have a chance.

We still aren't certain of the number of deaths...

>it's a tie

AS EXPECTED

TEN MINUTES NEXT VOTE WINS IT OR I FLIP A COIN

>>861958
Call her out

>>862049
Call her out

>>861973
Well, reasoning expanded, we can't really afford more hidden shenanigans at this moment. We've already got the martians, the cat folk, a possible traitor, and Bahamut corp's eva thing. Last thing we need is another person acting in a way that could or could not cause trouble. We need to nip problems in the bud before they get worse.

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"HEY!" You have powerful lungs, just like your daddy and your daddy's daddy. Your voice carries, "Martha!"

She jerks as if slapped, and deactivates her PC, starting to turn away. Fortunately, your strides are longer than hers.

"Did I accidentally land on your dog or something when I got here? What gives?" You demand, falling into step behind her.

"Go away, pilot." She states in a clipped tone of voice.

"That's rich, considering you've been following me around. I have a girlfriend, you know, you should find some other man to bother." You don't have time for this nonsense.

She stops in her tracks, turns around, and jabs the end of her PC at your chest as though she wishes she was holding a knife, "Shut up! Keep your stupid voice down, you don't have to remind me!" You're not the most perceptive guy in the world, but even you could see she's on the verge of seriously losing her cool.

"I'll stop when you stop. The only reason I haven't said anything to Captain Clearwater is because you're Irina's friend or something. I haven't said anything to her, either, but if you don't knock it off...I will." You don't like making threats to noncombatants a full head shorter than you, but enough is enough. This is harassment!

She grits her teeth, "There's nothing you can say to hurt me that Irina hasn't said already. Go ahead, take your best shot if it makes you feel like a big man, just...just get off this planet and leave her alone. Go be a hero in the Solar System, this world and this ship don't need you."

You cross your arms, "I shot down a-"

"You got lucky and were using her masterpiece creation, a better mech than you deserve. Just like you're using her now. She's been through enough already with that...that asshole. It's not the first time a man has broken her heart in order to take credit for her genius, and it's not the first time I've had to hold her hand and let her cry on my shoulder and pick up the pieces afterward, either. You might have the Captain fooled with that big bluff farmboy act, but I know what you are, and the moment I have evidence of it...I'll bury you, I swear to Juno." She steps back, then starts to turn away, then abruptly whirls back towards you, "Do you even know how hard she tries to pretend it doesn't bother her, knowing THAT BOY is on this ship!? Having to see his FACE here? She does it for you, you know, and you don't deserve any of it. Nobody does. It's not just you, either, that stupid cat cunt Marilyn who's always whining at her for food does it as well. Even the Captain, he can't do anything by himself and is always asking her for help with every stupid little technical thing he can't get out of doing. But YOU, YOU are the worst of them all. I've put my job on the line for her more than once and...and..." Her shoulders shake, "I swear, if I was stronger, I'd..."

[Continued]

>>862030
Nothing like a good violent purge to bring down crime. Its a wonder there is nothing about this full on war in the news.

>>862146
Woooooo for Not!Gendo's fuckery dicking with us from the past.

>>862146
what guy

>>862146
Are all the lesbians in this story so unhinged in some way?

Wong, do you hate gay women? Is this your secret /pol/ agenda?

>>862179
>implying everyone isnt unhinged
Fucking space madness

>>862179
Let's be honest here, aside from wong, very few people are willing to make lesbians flawed in general. It's refreshing for a change since there's no real flawless being. Hell, even the protags are flawed.

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"Martha! Amos! Good to see you two finally talking!" It's the Captain, waving at you from down the corridor. Behind him is a large group of...wait, maids? They're all local Qu'liri, armed with cleaning equipment and trollies of supplies, neatly organized scrubbers and solvents all in a row. The Captain gestures for them to wait and practically skips over to you, "These girls are going to be giving the Cicero a clean-up in advance, I don't want my old bird to be looking frumpy when I get a picture of her next to the Suetonius." The Captain pats the corridor wall lovingly, "The unemployment rate around here has been bothering me a lot. Many of the richer citizens moved to Celephais, where it's safer, so workers in the service industry have fallen upon hard times. They came to me looking for work and...well..." He puts a finger to his lips, "I took pity on them just a little. Besides, it's good for morale, good for the ship, and good for our relations with the locals. Everybody ought to have a maid, ehh? Ehhhh?" He nudges you with a ginormous wink while Martha rolls her eyes.

"Sir, we could just have the pilots do it in there spare time." She suggests, "They have far too much time on their hands as it is."

Captain Clearwater frowns, "But look at them, they're so cute. Do you want them to go jobless?" He turns and waves at them.

One of them curtsies prettily at him, waving vigorously, "Thank you handsome Captain!"

Another one nods, "C-C-Captain, um, d-d-did you eat lunch already? I brought food from home, u-um...and I...I sort of made too much s-so..." Her tail swishes back and forth behind her as she looks nervously down at her feet.

"Nyo fair!" Another one pipes up, "I brought lunch to share with him first!"

A heated argument is about to break out, but fortunately Captain Matthias Clearwater is on the case. He holds his arms up to forestall a fight, "Girls, girls! I actually missed breakfast today, so I'm positively starving. I'll happily eat whatever you feed me." He gives them a radiant smile, then turns his head, "And that, Martha, is what we call 'conflict resolution', see...Martha? Blast, where did she go?"

You see the edge of her uniform whip around a corner down the hallway, and check the chronometer on your PC, "Sir, my squad is waiting for me, I should go."

"Dismissed, Lieutenant." The two of you salute each other, and he claps you on the back with a grin, "Don't let Martha bother you. She's overprotective of our Bahamutcorp representative and always has been. Apparently they've been friends for a long time and...well...you know how some people are. Martha and Brian...I should call him Captain Asphodel now, goodness me...broke up because of it, actually. He resents Irina for some silly reason and it would send Martha into tantrums and make being on the bridge really, really awkward. I was happy when they finally called it off. Anyway, you get to your patrol. Have fun, be safe, get back before the rain!"

[Continued]

>>862258
Damn it Clearwater, you both make me chuckle and worry about this sort of thing.

>>862258
So how many of these catgirls are going to be saboteurs?

>>862258
Show of hands, how many people think that there's an assassin among the maids?

>>862278
sucker's bet theres at least a spy in there.

>>862258
>Besides, it's good for morale, good for the ship, and good for our relations with the locals.

Did you vetted them Captain 'Second Coming of Zapp Brannigan'?? Do you want enemy saboteurs? Because that's how you get enemy saboteurs.

>>862278
at least one

>>862291
I can imagine him captured by the local cat eared insurgents, tied up, guarded, and fed by cat girls; and him thinking to himself, no regrets.

>>862277
At this point I'm more worried that Clearwater is the saboteur.

>>862309
If he is then one of the servants are going to be his contact and patsy if anything happens

>>862307
Considering at least some of the catgirls seem to like him legitimately, I'm wondering how long the insurgents could be around his well-inentioned bumbling before lapsing into spoiling their "captive", all the while with him never taking the whole "prisoner of terrorists" thing any more seriously than as if he'd been forced by custom to take his tea in a less than perfect restaurant.

Why does this idea amuse me so much?

>>862337
>arouse
ftfy

>>862348
I can be aroused AND amused.

>>862326
Don't think he'd even need that. It's obvious enough that he has enough of a info leak to give the avalonians a long enough buffer to bury themselves in preparation of our arrival and knew our flight path. There's also the fact that the Paladin keeps getting information faster than we can. It did not take her long to get to the supply ship and start killing martians after we found out.

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Overprotective best friends and sisters who hate a girl's boyfriend's guts are a plague that has afflicted mankind since the beginning, one every man is intimately familiar with. You lucked out by being light-years away from Irina's sister, but it seems like her friend is an entirely different matter. Maybe you should bring this up with her, or maybe not. Good thing you're going flying, patrols always help to clear your head.

Garret gives you some shit for being late, but you don't really hear him. The hum of the Pumpkinseed II and the open sky help clear your mind, and eventually you decide that you'll pick a good time...and pray it really is a good time...and ask Irina about it. You don't want to cause problems for her, and frankly you don't want to cause them for Martha, either. You can understand wanting to protect your friends no matter the danger, no matter the cost, and you can only imagine how much harder it is as a bridge officer without much fighting experience or even a mech of her own. Being a jerk will only hurt you in the long run.

You hope Martha learns that before she loses a friend. You really, really don't want that to happen regardless of how she treated you.

"Garret, anything on the ASP?" You get your head back in the game. These patrols may be mind-numbing and frankly relaxing considering the pretty landscape and how there hasn't been even a peep of Avalonian activity in this region since the Berenger's advent, but you don't want to let your guard down.

"Finally, a response that isn't a grunt. Yo, Fearless Leader, I was just asking when our new frames are gonna get here." Garret quips, making a show of spinning the Warmouth's recessed head around.

[Continued]

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"With the Suetonius, I told you already. You're like a kid before a holiday." You grunt, on purpose.

"We don't all have the person making our SOUL mecha literally as close as the ends of our dicks, man, she's keeping you more updated than us. Don't let all this shit get into your head, fuck these people putting pressure on you. You can be chill with us." Garret pauses, then adds, "Right, sensors detect no unusual metallic concentrations...yeah, they're not pulling that river stunt on us again...an abundance of life signs, none of them overtly fleeing something huge and hidden, and one dude who needs to go drinking with his buddies tomorrow 'cause this guy's got a date tonight with Nedermeeeeyer." The Warmouth nudges Simon's Pumpkinseed II, nearly knocking it off course into the canopy.

"H-hey, we're just..." Simon protests.

Garret's mech shakes its head, and because it's a Warmouth, most of its upper body too, "There is no just, only do or do not. And you, my friend, should do Nedermeyer with the force of-hey, cool! Shooting star! Got a picture of it, this is going to look great."

"Why do they call them stars when they're almost the exact opposite of a star?" Simon tries to change the subject.

"Huh, it's...within sensor range now, and it's not burning up in the atmosphere. The fuck? Is it a piece of ship debris or something?" Garret notes.

"Whatever it is, we need to plot its course and be there first." Unfortunately the Mantas are in short supply and need enough maintenance that you don't have access to them every time you go on patrol. After all, your three mecha can attain gravity flight on their own, some of the weaker mecha on board aren't, and they have priority with the Mantas in non-emergency situations. The dorsal thrusters on your Pumpkinseed II flare up, reorienting you more horizontally in the air, before the leg thrusters kick on full strength and you speed up, "If it's coming down on a civilian settlement we'll need to destroy it midair, if not we can let it go."

[Continued]

>>862454
"It's sending out a transmission...the fuck is 'Operation Meteor'?"

>>862454
>it's the ship we're waiting for
>or another Paladin

>>862454
Report it back. If it's the Avalonians, maybe there's been intel reports from other theatres regarding stuff like this. Or maybe it's nothing.

>>862454
Little out of the ways to start the Colony drops Avalon. Can't find Australia?

>>862474
Would YOU want to drop a colony on Australia? Those fuckers would probably survive, and now they have a whole colony's worth of material to fuck you up with.

>>862470
> Or maybe it's nothing.
It's NEVER nothing, cmon man.

>>862485
Worked pretty well for Zeon. Gave Sydney a nice new bay to work with. Mind you Sydney WAS the bay, but minor details.

>>862495
I've actually just started watching the original Mobile Suit Gundam, thanks completely to Wong, but I've already gotten the impression from people here that Zeon could get away with a lot of shit that would never work for anyone else. I'll have to see if the series holds my theory true that wearing that mask gives Char the superpower "can actually succeed even though he's the villain".

>>862507
Watch origin.

>>862507
Nah, Zeon got away with a lot of shit because the Zabis were ruthless enough and most of the Feddies leadership were corrupt incompetents.

>>862524
origin?

>>862541
Gundam Origin. The prequel to Mobile Suit Gundam and most probably a test run for the inevitable HD remake of Mobile Suit Gundam.

>>862541
revised, redone version of MS: Gundam.

Less of the super robo, more of the real robo compared to the original airing.

It was also a manga first so give this a shot.

http://kissmanga.com/Manga/Mobile-Suit-Gundam-The-Origin

>White Base at Side 5 now comes with THREE Guntanks off the bat and they deploy. IN SPACE.

>>862507
Well, it's a mix of things really. Zeon's Operation British was meant to take out Jaburo, but due to interference from the navy went off target and hits the aussies. Mind you, Zeon lost the war in the end due to lack of resources, manpower, and their leadership hating one another and seeing who can do the biggest head shot, but Feddie casualties were staggering in the end. I honestly want to see them do a series where they delve into the what if of Garma not being killed.

>>862560
Um, didn't Wong say that anyone starting from scratch should just watch through the whole, original series?

>>862560
I always disliked how the guncannon and gun tank were dead ends of ms design.

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>862560
So I should read this instead of watching the OG anime? I'm already on episode 18

>>862610
keep watching the original. It's good to see the root of this sort of thing as opposed to the reimaging.

>>862571
I guess but to each their own. I've never actually watched the original but im familiar with the material.

>>862605

Well they do have their successors in late UC. Guncannon derivatives still persists.

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"...You know, the outer covering is burning off, it's losing mass rapidly, but now I'm getting more definite metallic traces." Garret reports, sending the two of you a course he's plotted out, "It's definitely not a meteor but..."

"Visual range confirmed." Simon notes, and a moment later you too spot the smoke trail among the clouds and a descending ball of fire. It's small, too small to be a crashed ship.

"This is Lieutenant Wedge, to the Cicero. Lieutenant Wedge, to the Cicero." You call it in.

"This is the Cicero, what is your situation, Lieutenant?" Martha's crisp voice responds, you can hear how annoyed she is...and apparently she's the comms officer, if she's responding and not the Captain.

"Investigating a suspicious sub-atmospheric descending extraterrestrial object." You report, "It doesn't seem like a normal meteor."

"What, you think that shooting star leads to a pot of gold or something? That's a myth, you know." She responds scornfully.

"That's...that's not even the right myth. You have to catch a tiny drunk man and rob him." You try to correct her.

"What? Why? That's just mugging someone!" Martha snaps.

"Don't blame me, I heard somewhere that it came from an ancient Terran nation, they'd look for small, drunk men and...oh wow, it really is an allegory for mugging. Anyway, no, it's suspicious and we're investigating it. I already have my pot of gold anyway." You can't resist.

"Savage." She growls, and terminates comms.

You continue flying, tracking the path of the object, "Hey, Garret, I think my girlfriend's friend hates me."

"Oi."

"No kidding? What did you ever do to her?" Garret asks, sounding intrigued.

"Oi."

"Nothing, that's the point." You explain.

"Oi."

"I think it's just because I'm dating her friend and she's..." You try to explain.

"Oi."

"A crazy paranoid bitch? That shit happens, man." Garret sighs.

"Oi."

"Sometimes it ends up alright, sometimes you have a gunfight with a woman in a bloodstained wedding dress in the rain on the rooftop of a cathedral." Garret reminisces.

"Oi."

"That has never, ever happened to you." You remind Garret.

"Oi."

"Yeah, but it would be awesome if it did, and then the sun peeks right through the clouds and casts a single beam down, and a flock of fucking doves or something flies past, and then..." Garret continues.

"Oi."

"Revolver?" You remember the name of the simflick he's referencing, "That was great, you guys want to watch it again sometime?"

"Oi."

"Yeah, sure. Jove's sake, Simon, what do you want?" Garret agrees.

"Oi."

"W-what?" Simon stammers.

"Oi."

You hear a drumbeat picking up, "Wasn't it you Oi-ing at us? Wait, is your music on, either of you?"

"Oi."

"No, why?" Simon sounds baffled.
"Nah." Garret does too.

"Oi."

"Because that's ACDC." You feel a sudden lump swelling in your throat as the fireball breaches the clouds, and now you see the huge, black parachutes streaming behind it as it vents pale mist that puts out the fires.

[Continued]

>>862507

You have to stick with it through the desert episodes, that was the hard part for me.

Char, interestingly, has a lot of character development for a villain.

>>862660
IT'S THE BLACK OGRE!

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>>862636

Go watch it.


>>862610

Keep watching it.


>>862605

Pic related

>>862665
CCA was out of left field though. The whole thing was an excuse for Char and Amero to have one final duel. Also kept hoping for Amuro to show up in Unicorn to wreck Full Frontal's shit while calling him an insult to the man he knew.

>>862660
Well, either the Pirate King is here, or an imposter's here.

>>862660
Leprechauns werent really drunk. Clurichauns were drunk all the time, but if you gave them a plate of whisky they would protect your wine cellar.

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>>862660
> TnT
Getting massive THPS flashbacks, bless you Wong.

>>862684
Its gotta be an impostor, why would Roarke even be here right now in the middle of bum fuck nowhere?

>>862692
Getting entertainment for the reception. He's going to be offering jobs to a whole lot of cat girls.

>>862697
I don't think any of our women would be willing to let him go unsupervised around that many catgirls. I mean, yeah, it's more Oda's thing than Roarke's, but you just know that weeaboo has shown Roarke a few adult images convincing him that catgirls are worth considering.

>>862715
Eh, for all we know it's Oda making him doing this. But seriousness aside, the thing is doing something never done before. It's using a reentry system. A very Jovian one. Don't think it can be a Knight or Paladin, but we will see soon enough.

>>862679
I like to think during the design phase for 00 S2, the lead mech designer was drunk as shit.

>>862679
GUNTANK ON THE BACK OF GUNDAM!!!

>>862750
GUNCANNON YA FILTHY PLEB!

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“Oi.”

You see limbs stirring beneath the stringy, doughy, khaki-tan stuff covering the falling object, something unfolding as if being hatched from an egg.

“Oi.”

Its head stretches the material. You see a face, a protruding Y-shape visible, glowing white. Great, clawed hands tear away the stuff away from its sensors to clear their view. A pair of huge, rectangular, shoulder-mounted projections, perhaps shields, flap upwards like wings, ripping the presumably heat-resistant substance into long shreds that dangle down around it like a cape. Its frame is black, the bright, glistening black of a beetle, with argent highlights. Its arms are huge, powerfully built, tipped with great clawed fingers and spiky knuckles. All in all, it's as big as most SOUL mecha are, if not bigger.

“See me ride out of the sunset on your
Color TV screen,”

Spikes of blue-green flame ignite as it compensates with its thrusters, slamming into the ground ahead of you and sending dirt flying high into the air. It's created a crater in the woodlands below, but rises up off its knees and takes off without hesitation, flying towards you.

“Alright, we-” You start.

“O-oh Jove...oh Minerva...” You can hear Simon's teeth chattering.

“Out for all that I can get
If you know what I mean,”

“Calm down, buddy. Garret, call it in.” You open hailing frequencies.

>[What say?]

>>862770
"BLACK OGRE. I SAY AGAIN. BLACK OGRE."

>>862743

Yes, but apparently the VA for Ribbons absolutely fucking loved Reborns Gundam and went around being smug to all the other VAs about how awesome it was and how it transformed.

To be fair, Reborns Gundam is fucking dope.

>>862770
>Roarke Starwind I presume?
Try not to shit your pants

>>862778

I should make it clear, you're addressing the newcomer. Garret's handling reporting this to base.

>>862784
Yea i realised that after I posted but I have to leave my shame up there.

And yes, the reborns gundam is amazing.

>>862780
Does it really transform or does it just turn around?

>>862770
"This Lieutenant Amos Wedge of the UJCIDF. Please Identify yourself and your intentions immediately. We will escort you back to base if friendly, but if you are who we think you are, then we're gonna have to protect the fine people of this planet from you."

>>862790

It turns around, the limbs switch orientation, the non-active head folds partially into the chest, and the things on its back...I believe...switch from huge cannons to smaller cannons on drones, I THINK. It's been a while.

>>862780
Fun fact, the VA for Ribbons was also Amuro's original VA.

>>862796
This is*. My grammar is pretty bad today.

>>862770
Well, ain't no rest for the wicked.

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"Pilot of the unidentified mecha, this is Lieutenant Amos Wedge of the UJCIDF. Please state your name and intentions immediately. Uh, you wouldn't be Roarke Starwind and that...wouldn't be the Black Ogre, would it?"

"Women to the left of me, and women to the right. Ain't got no gun, ain't got no knife...don't you start no fight" The black giant nods, flying directly towards you.

There's a voice over the comms, a little staticky but distinctly confident and male, sounding a bit older than you, "Better places than this to make an announcement, kids. Fight or don't, I'm coming through."

It's not stopping, it's not slowing down, and it's about a kilometer away. More pieces of dangling khaki goop slough off, but it's still enwreathed with the stuff and could do with a power cleaning.

>[Attack]
>[Don't]

>>862832
>>[Don't]
pursue and call for backup

>>862832
>[Attack]
>This is the Black Ogre we have to fight it, at least we can weaken it so the men back at the base can take it down
Feels like a very Amos thing to do

>>862832
>>[Don't]

>>862832
>[Attack]
Cant just let pirates rush up on your base.

>>862832
>>[Don't]
Oh Shit it's the Pirate King!? What is he doing so far from the belt?

>>862832
..Something seems off. The design feels older and there was no mention of the harpoon.
>[Don't]
Pursue and inform that you are following behind him, but do not directly attack. Inform the base and get people ready. If it is the black ogre, 3 of us facing it could end badly.

>>862832
>>[Attack]
What the fuck is even happening right now

>>862832
>Yeah but why tho?

>>862832
>>[Attack]

>>862858
got a feeling the navy just made mp kaisers as a scare tactic. A paladin deterrent.

>>862857
Ya I'm getting the same vibe, this feels like someone took the older design and did what they could to replicate it. Probably thought that no one would risk fighting Roarke

>>862879
Thats what I am getting at, but that parachute is new tech, no way about it. It's definetly designed for planetary entry, which is a rarity for Roarke since he operates in the belt. He'd come in with that big flag ship too, which would catch their eyes. Either way, the design is old but the tech is new. It can't be a pirate, and it's definetly not Avalonian.

>>862859

Please clarify since you're currently the tiebreaker.

>>862832
>[Attack]

Away with you, Pretender.

YOU ARE: Amos Wedge (Age 18)

Attractiveness: 7
Body Type: 10
Cool: 8 (Intimidation +3, Leadership +3)
Empathy: 6
Intelligence: 8 (Awareness +3)
[Education]: +3
Luck: 7
Movement Allowance: 7
Reflexes: 10 (Dodge & Escape +6, Mecha Fighting +7, Mecha Gunnery +7, Mecha Melee +7, Mecha Missiles +7 Mecha Pilot +7, Melee +4, Hand-to-Hand +4 Handgun +4, Stealth +3, Zero-G +3)
Technical Ability: 8

Rookie Bonus: Anime Hero

Luck Points 7 (refreshes at end of session), Maneuver Pool 2 (refreshes at end of combat, otherwise identical to Luck)

>>862920
Blast him?

I'm not sure what's going on, actually. I'm fucked right now.

>>862832
>[Attack]

Swore an oath and all that.

UJCIDF PUMPKINSEED II Amos Custom
Medium Striker Torso: C/S/K 8, 4 tons
Medium Striker Head: C/S/K 4, 2 tons
Medium Striker L. Arm: C/S/K 5, 2 tons
Left Hand: 2 CP, 1 Space, 1 Kill, 0.5 tons
Medium Striker R. Arm: C/S/K 5, 2 tons
Right Hand: 2 CP, 1 Space, 1 Kill, 0.5 tons
Medium Striker L. Leg: C/S/K 5, 2 tons
Medium Striker R. Leg: C/S/K 5, 2 tons

Armor: Heavy Striker (5 SP, 5 CP, 2.5 tons) on all locations

Main Sensors (Head): 4 CP, 1 Space, 2 Kills, 1 ton
Backup Sensors (Torso): 2 CP, 2 Spaces, 2 Kills, 1 ton

Options: Torso Cockpit with Environment Pod (2 CP, 2 Spaces), Torso Storage Module (1 CP, 1 Space), Liftwire (0.3 CP), Spotlights (0.2 CP)

Armament: Pumpkinseed IIs have a handheld Beam Rapier and an Active Shield sub-servo on their left elbow, in addition to the usual ranged options. They also each have a single Heavy Missile concealed inside the right forearm for emergencies and a second in the head.
Handheld Light Beam Rapier: WA +1, 5K (only 2K of structure), EMW (treats SP as 4 less than usual), 5 CP, 5 Spaces, 1 ton
Arm-Mounted Active Shield: DA -1, SP 8, 17 CP, 4 Spaces, 4 tons
Amos Custom Beam Rifle: Range 500m, WA +1, 6K (1K of structure), BV 3, Infinite Ammo, 24.5 CP, 5 Spaces, 0.5 tons
Arm-Mounted Heavy Missile: Range 1200m, WA +2, 12K, 1 rocket, 3 CP, 3 Spaces, 0.5 tons
Head-Mounted Heavy Missile: Range 1200m, WA +2, 12K, 1 rocket, 3 CP, 3 Spaces, 0.5 tons

Thrusters & Speed: 5 per leg, 2 in the torso. Moves 400 meters per turn in flight, or can run 250m. 12 CP.
Total Weight: 38.5 tons
Total Cost: 140 CP

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Alright, give me a 1d10+7 Initiative roll, and one other thing...

>[vote on which of your weapons you're opening up on him with]

>>862969
Got one helluva boost. Use to be 16 across the board. That Pally busting certainly helped. Still, this is going to end badly. If we are going to attack it, try for the disable, NOT the kill.

Rolled 7 + 7 (1d10 + 7)

>>862992
Might as well give him the missiles first of all. Possibly blow the maneuver pool on them.

Rolled 5 (1d10)

Rolled 1 + 7 (1d10 + 7)

>>862992
Open with the head mounted heavy missle

Rolled 1 + 7 (1d10 + 7)

>>862992
Use the burst rifle. It will do for a warning shot.
>>863002
DO NOT use the missiles!

Rolled 9 + 7 (1d10 + 7)

>>862992
Missiles

Rolled 6 + 7 (1d10 + 7)

>>862992
ALL OF THE MISSILES

Rolled 1 + 7 (1d10 + 7)

>>862992

>>862179
well, all the unhinged ones seem to have had contact with, or know someone who has had contact with, Gerrard Biggs.

You won initiative. Anyone against using the missiles, make your case in less time than it takes me to warm up this food.

Rolled 5 + 7 (1d10 + 7)

>>862992
beam rifle

>>863042
Alright, let's start with the fact that we are using and initiating combat with someone who looks like but doesn't seem to be quite the Black Ogre. It has used new technology of jovian make to get here and did not engage us but KNOWS where our base is. You want to hit it with our hardest missile right off the bat, likely killing him when he could very well be a friendly. No warning shots, no caution, no acting like a soldier and making preparations and doing things by the book. If he's piloting a prototype scare machine, destroying it would screw everything up. A warning shot from our burst rifle wouldn't crit or do anything more than superficial damage, but it'd get the point across.

>>863060
As far as we know this is Roarke and we should treat it as such. It would be better if we accidentally killed a soldier doing an operation we had no idea of and didn't warn us then let a man like Roarke go freely to our base

>>863067
still don't why we'd be here in the first place. Unless we're getting a catgirl for Oda

>>863073
No idea, but we're Amos now not Roarke. We have to do what Amos would do

>>863067
Except this is WAY out of his operating range and makes no sense. No back up, no news of the rhinehawk or kestrels using a gate, THE ONLY MEANS TO GET HERE FROM THE SOLAR SYSTEM, and being told we will be getting reinforcements. Not only that, but you want to solo the ace instead of initiating a pincer menuver with the men back at base and properly take him down. You aren't thinking like Amos, you just want to fight!

>>863076
alright, prepare to shoot down the Alpha-Chad

>>863081
>
well yeah, its Thunder. His two settings are "fuck it" and "kill it"

>>863081
Yup the guy who volunteered to go and play bait for a Paladin when he knew it was going to be a suicide mission would never try and stop Roarke from going towards his base

>>863081
We cant just let someone who appears and claims to be a huge pirate roll up on our base. Plus he has already threatened us.

If someone showed up in a tank and basically said get out of my way or I'll wreck you thats plenty of cause to shoot him.

>>863092
A suicide mission with several squads of pumpkinseed IIS and Palomino IIs with more than just 'lol just shoot' planned that ended that way due to luck. Now you want to face a known ace killer with just the three and no assistance fro mantas or other teams. So no, that does not add up.

>>863105
Initiative has been rolled. To me this means it is too late. The fight is on.

>>863114
The fight shouldn't have even been on to start with. This is a bad position to face Roarke in considering our machines and there was no thought in even trying to team up or get other teams here!

>>863122
You dont always get the opportunity to plan for an attack in the military.

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"On my mark." You instruct the others, reaching out for a joystick on the arm of your chair. There's a cap on a hinge at the top, which you flip open, arming the missiles. Targeting reticules swim across your viewscreen, centering on the oncoming Black Ogre.

"A-Amos watch out, I know all about how he fights. When he gets within five hundred meters, he's going to go horizontal and do a charging kick at you. If he comes closer than that and stops, you need to watch out because that means he's planning to grab you with the harpoon. T-that might actually be worse than getting kicked." Simon chimes in.

Your stomach clenches at the thought of those little Harpies getting crushed by this thing. This isn't the incomprehensible attacks of the Berenger, this is something as basic as a charging bear or gorilla, pure, unsophisticated savagery aimed directly at you.

"This is your last warning, we will open fire. I've got a woman waiting for me at base, I'll die before I let you touch her." Your voice is deadly serious.

"Good, so do I. I wanted to demand the surrender of your ship where all of you could see and hear me clearly, but going there with hostages is fine too." The voice over the comms crackles.

>[Roll 1d10+16]

>>863129
His target is a known point with us on persuit. They could easily scramble machines to defend the base in this situation which has been done before and quickly. If they had mantas then the meet up would have been rather quick too.

>>863122

Garret called the Cicero already, so don't count out the idea of backup...but you are rather far from the Cicero.

Rolled 2 + 16 (1d10 + 16)

>>863134

Rolled 2 + 16 (1d10 + 16)

>>863134
Buddha pls

Rolled 9 + 16 (1d10 + 16)

>>863134
yea this ain't us, why would need to capture.....DAMN IT RED SIREN IF THIS IS JUST TO GET YOUR SISTER TO YOUR WEDDING!!!

>>863134
>"Good, so do I."
yeah, that aint Roarke. But he might fight like Roarke

Rolled 4 + 16 (1d10 + 16)

>>863134

>>863146
Buddha you fat fuck.

Rolled 6, 9 = 15 (2d10)

>>863143
>>863146

>>863143
>>863146
Why didn't you use Maneuver pool for your rolls?

>>863158
i didnt know,
iv just beeen reading lrking and this is the frist time iv been able to roll and vote
sorry if i missed up

>>863158

Against a 6 and a 9 it would have taken a lot of Maneuver, especially if there's an Active Shield involved. Which, if this is Roarke, there should be. If this isn't Roarke, who knows what defensive measures it's packing?

>>863170
That is true. Just feels weird to not throw everything at it. Garret going to try for the attack?

Rolled 4, 7, 8, 4 = 23 (4d10)

>>863181

>>863185
Good job garret, that looks like a hit for the second shot.

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>863185

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>863194

>>863169
No worries. Got heated up. Rule of thumb is to put a 1 or 2 in it if you are rolling for a important roll. Sometimes it helps, sometimes it doesn't, but maneuver rolls refresh after each combat.

>>863216
Amos has 2 maneuver.

>>863224
We also had two missiles which had our highest accuracy. Using a +1 normally helps, though we had bad luck with the rolls this time.

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"Ain't no rest for the wicked." You sigh.

"What?" The voice sounds confused.

"And money don't grow on trees. I've got bills to pay." You fire a missile, and he jukes out of the way, "Mouths to feed." Another missile, and he swerves the other way to avoid it, "Ain't nothing in this world for free." Fuck going down without a fight and double-fuck being a hostage. Your shots have led him right into Garret's range, and Garret fires at the first available opportunity. Your opponent easily dodges one, but the second...the second is a beautiful, clean hit that nearly takes his head off, shredding his sensor mask and leaving an exposed sensor core. You frown, disappointed, you'd been hoping to see the famous face of the Black Ogre.

Your comms hiss momentarily, then you hear the Captain's voice, "Lieutenant, we received your message. We've initiated the brass' anti-Starwind procedures."

"Anti-Starwind procedures?" You question, the barrel of your beam gun swiveling to track the Black Ogre as it dives into the trees below you.

"He's blocking my line of sight!" Garret hisses, although you still have a bead on your opponent.

"Yes, that's right!" the Captain insists, "By Jove, we're at full combat readiness, turrets are manned, and we're sending out every male pilot we have with the Mantas."

"Every male pilot?" You question.

"Yes. The brass was very specific, all female staff have been confined to quarters." He clarifies for you.

>>863260
they're learning...

Black Ogre is currently 600 meters away, just outside nominal range for your beam gun. You can fire on him (at 1d10+11 due to the distance), or move 400m closer to him. Vote away!

>>863260
>shredding his sensor mask and leaving an exposed sensor core. You frown, disappointed, you'd been hoping to see the famous face of the Black Ogre.

Sheeeiiiiiit this nigga ain't real.

>>863260
Well if we can see him back up into the sky and start shooting trees until there isnt any cover left.

>>863273
Shoot away, the longer he has to travel into melee the better. Whats garrets ASP say about him?

>>863260
You fools how can the woman folk flee when he brakes into the ship now?
Did you atleast give them arms to defend themselves or cyanide pills?

>>863278

He's still approaching, not fleeing, just coming through the trees to foul Garret's shot and maybe force you to cluster up.

>>863260
Clever girl.
>>863273
Ping him from range. Getting close puts us in 'IMMA KICK YOU' range, and if he rushes for a kick, we still have our own active shield.

>>863287
Yeah I read that wrong.

>>863273
Pew pew and hope for luck.

PEW PEW IT IS! Give me 1d10+11s.

Rolled 2 + 11 (1d10 + 11)

>>863302
Roger.

Rolled 8 + 11 (1d10 + 11)

>>863273
fire but to make him get into someone eils rang or line of sight

Rolled 7 + 11 (1d10 + 11)

>>863302
Pew Pew

>>863302

Rolled 8, 4 = 12 (2d10)

Rolled 8 + 11 (1d10 + 11)

>>863302
oops broke my dice

>>863306
>>863308
good shots mateys

Rolled 9 + 11 (1d10 + 11)

>>863302
Pew Pew motherfucker

Rolled 5, 1, 2, 8 = 16 (4d10)

And Simon's, boosted with Luck.

>>863316
Hmm, second dice is going to decide if this truly is roarke or not. Should be 15 or so for a Roarke dodge roll.

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>863321

>>863333
checked
also Brazilanon are you dead? did the cartels get him?

>>863340
God I hope not. Shit-talking Lori won't be the same without him.

>>863349
He'll be causing explosions in heaven, now.

>>863349
still surprised that /pol/ didn't have a single bit of news on the police raids. we love it when the hues go hard against the cartels.

>>863349
Threads would feel weird without him shilling for Avalon all the time

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You heave a sigh of relief, "Keep her safe, sir."

"You have my word." He promises.

You mentally start trying to calculate how many male pilots, exactly, the ship has left as you spray beam fire into the forest below. Trees light up like torches, but like a great black shark the Ogre below you seems to avoid every blow, twisting and turning through the underbrush. One shot is very close, but you're outside optimal distance. Simon drops down into his path, firing his magnetic grappling harpoon, but the Ogre ducks beneath it and then swings upward with the goo-covered rectangular projection on its shoulder to knock the grapple aside as Simon pulls it back.

>[Feed me 1d10+15s]

Rolled 3 + 15 (1d10 + 15)

>>863372

Rolled 9 + 15 (1d10 + 15)

>>863372
capture the impostor. Roarke would've grabbed the grapple and pulled him in.

Rolled 7, 10 = 17 (2d10)

>>863379
>>863380

>>863372
Foo, hope Simon can get behind him and grapple him. That or ram him and get him to drop an action.

>>863387
wow, lucky bastard

>>863393
This is one damn good fake. It's actually kind of worrying. Garret likely has a shot now along with Simon.

Rolled 1, 7, 1, 8 = 17 (4d10)

>>863412
Garret please..

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>863412

Rolled 6 + 10 (1d10 + 10)

Rolled 6, 4, 4, 9 = 23 (4d10)

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>863430

Rolled 2, 5, 5, 10 = 22 (4d10)

Oh, and just for kicks.

>>863445
>just for kicks
>a 10
Who's the lucky guy?

>>863450

Him.

>>863452
...well.

>>863452
That seems to be the case. Dear gods, is this what it feels like to face Roarke and his dice blessed by the RNG?

>>863452
>Even Roarke's impostor won't job
Truly he is blessed by lady luck

>>863452
The Gods of Rock Blessed Roarke so hard even just the image of him shares the blessing of luck

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Plasma chews up the trees and sends columns of dirt shooting into the air, but this man...this man is absolutely no joke at all. He dodges your fire as if it's what he was born to do.

"I'm dirty, mean, and mighty unclean
I'm a wanted man," ACDC proudly proclaims, now that you're paying attention to the song again.

You see it happen almost as if in slow motion, as he rockets out of the trees, faintly tilting and orienting his body towards...Garret? But Garret is a good two hundred meters away.

"Public enemy number one
Understand?"

Simon's grapple lashes out and is yet again smacked away by a shield, as your opponent reaches up...under his shields...and rips one of them off. Cheap metal structuring and cloth crunch in its grip as it pulls out what's beneath. It's hard to describe, rolled up like it is. It looks almost like a human spine. The false shield pauldron drops away, and the long bar of jointed, flexible segments unfolds, revealing a razor-sharp double-bladed axe with a flexible haft, its edges glowing with heat. The thing casually, still in mid-spin, scrapes the edge along its remaining shield, peeling the goop off a fin-shaped shield patterned with white markings in the shape of scales, attached via a short tentacle mount to the enemy mech's spine. As the shield shifts into the dorsal position it reveals a second whip-axe, which the mech grabs. Its arms blur with speed as it lashes out. Eight times, four per arm, whirling them above and around each other with professional grace, the axes extending like long tentacles.

"So lock up your daughter,
Lock up your wife,
Lock up your back door,
And run for your life,"

The Warmouth's arms come clean off from successive vertical slashes, then equally effortless horizontal slashes divide its torso into thirds, clean and neat. Garret ejects, his cockpit ball careening safely off into the trees. The pieces of his mech explode. Against the backdrop of the burning forest, a mech that no longer resembles the Black Ogre very much at all turns to face you. "One down."

"The man is back in town
Don't you mess me around" ACDC warns you.

>>863495
yea that ain't us, 5 bucks on it being another pirate who operates outside the Sol system or a Paladin

Also somehow I forgot my [Continued] twice this thread.

>>863495
Fuuuuuuck

>and then the real Roarke comes down in an orbital dropkick because someone is tarnishing his name

>>863495
yup, that is most definetly a paladin.. question is, is he Belphagor?

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Momentarily, the music pauses, and you receive a vidcomm request. Out of curiosity, you accept.

The man sitting in the cockpit isn't Roarke Starwind, his short blue-black hair disqualifies him immediately, as does the Avalon-style armored flight suit he's wearing, but he's big and imposing enough for the job, "I'm sure that man will be greatly angered that I revealed my true form, but you aren't opponents I can simply ignore. You have my respect, warriors." The enemy mech tilts its head, more or less just an exposed sensor core by now, towards the horizon, "Your friends are already on their way." You hear a deep sigh of satisfaction, "Which means I've won." The black mech shifts its grip on its axes, "I'm betting one of you is going to try and attack me while the other rescues your teammate. So, who is it going to be?" It points its axe at Simon, "You..." It slowly tracks the weapon to point at you instead, "Or you?"

>[Attack the enemy]
>[Rescue Garret]

>>863522
also why he wants our ship. might want to capture something to use as leverage to get Lori back maybe?

>>863495
Holy shit. I just realized, the fish motif with the scales and similar stuff to Caesar's mech. Is this a military guy here to train us? Could it be a test? What if it's Caesar's dad?

>>863526
It's a trap!!! ambush force at our base!

>>863526
>>[Attack the enemy]
Shit, he's Hector. SHIT IT'S A 2 WAY ASSAULT. You better be ready to use some luck and maneuver pool, because this is going to go south fast. Inform the base that the enemy is a Paladin that disguised itself as Roarke!

>>863529
Nevermind, this is worse. I played the fuck out of that fire emblem. That dude is the Roarke of it.

>>863536
Its not Belegor, he's pure brawl just like us

>>863526
>[Attack the enemy]
Oh boy, this isn't going to end well

>>863536
>because this is going to go south fast

>one of our three is already out of the fight
>he's probably going to go for the one who goes to rescue him
>he outclasses us pretty handily

>go south

We're already south.

>>863536
>>863538
then Not!Eliwood is leading the ambush force probably

>>863538

So alpha he can seduce the designated yuri-tease character.

>>863526
>[Attack the enemy]

oh fug

>>863526
Well whatcha gonna do.
>[Attack the enemy]

>>863545
Well, further south would be us losing all our prototype soul machines and our girlfriend.

>>863550
Seriously, the motherfucker caught a falling Pegasus and it's rider and barely flinched. Kill bosses like it's nobodies business.

>>863550
He's the only actual lord that uses Axes. He crits like a berserker, has armor like a knight and hp like a fighter and actually pretty good skill, speed, and strength.

>>863526
Both rescue Garret and regroup? We have reinforcements on the way. He's just one dude.

>>863588
that's probably a Paladin, and our base is about to come under attack

>>863572
Yep. He's also so far from the norm of a traditional game main character. Practical and relatively even tempered. Not some emotional wishy-washy waif kid.

>>863589
Its most likely the Paladin's second in command

>>863589
It doesn't seem like he is, he seems to be under orders to act like Roarke until a specific goal has been met. He's also trying to goad us and divide our forces. Slow us down.

This decision is just for this turn, by the way, once you have Garret (if Simon can get him, which is the result of you choosing to be the one who attacks, there will definitely be a subsequent retreat vs stay and fight choice.

>>863590
Yup, then he dies like a bitch in the next game in the continuity. Which is a shame because he could probably kick the ass of the entire empire.

>>863590

You'd assume that Eliwood would fill that role, but Eliwood straight-up propositioned a private lapdance from a dragon and got it. Like a boss.

>>863598
He only dies because he chose a baller ass cursed axe and he knew it would cause his death. He was just too good a bro.

>>863602
Hector is still best main character though.

>>863602
Man, my eliwoods never turned out good. Lyn did, but never him. Then there is Roy and what a disappointment HE is.

>>863602
And also, I got no beef with Eliwood. All three main characters were pretty cool. Hector is just the first dude I picked and he wrecked everything. I don't think I even lost anyone.

Looking at the time and we're where at and what I know is upcoming, this seems like a good time to pause for the night. November 24, as you know, is Thanksgiving here in the states, so tonight is a night for family, not gaming. We'll resume Friday.

>>863615
Fair enough. Going to stay away from black friday then?

>>863608
>>863605
>>863603

Hector is just the best in general.

>>863615
See you then boss, have fun!

>>863620
and apparently the dice agreed with you the entire time.

>>863619

Yes, I probably am.

>>863615
Thanks for running boss! Time for more mechs in Titanfall 2!

>>863340
>>863349
>>863353
>>863365
You guys... I just fell asleep because of tiredness and you start theorizing about my death...
Got comments though, i feel honored by these words.
...And you aren't half wrong, for all as you knew i could be dead, but i don't live in the middle of the battlezone, just somewhat near it, what causes me to have to pass in front of it in my normal day-to-day life, so you shouldn't worry if i disappear in the middle of the night... Worry if i don't show up to the session.
>>863629
Thanks for running, Wong, even if i didn't was here for most of it, it is always a pleasure to be able to see how this story goes.

>>863526
Shouldn't we also comm to the base and tell them that "ITS A TRAP!"?

Huh, is anyone still here? Did you see the "Iron Kestrels Special Calendar" plan that was being discussed in the last thread?
"January - Roarke, risqué pilot suit
February - Mo, fluffy robes with his hair showing maybe a small fluffy animal with him
March - Richard in workout clothing
April - Oda, Fundoshi also cherry blossoms
May -
June - Group swimsuit shot
July -
August - Caesar in Roman style clothing
September -
October -
November -
December - Group Christmas shot

>>864024
Yeah I was the one who kept reposting it, Richard wasn't completely agreed on for March and in workout clothes, it was just an idea I had. We're missing Avi, Basil, Pierre, Flint and not!Harlock.

>>864204
I think Flint would be better for march, maybe while doing a Mars cosplay erotic military cosplay.

>>864225
>or erotic military cosplay*

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>>864227
So like this?

>>863620
I was always a fan of Ike, though its a pity that His and Elincia's romantic subtexts got axed in the sequel. What was the reaction to Rorarke's actual interview?

>>864414
Which is odd considering if you got a S rank with soren in the last game, it's further expanded upon in the next one. Would like to see Irina's reaction too, but that requires everyone getting out of this alright. I can only hope the Martians are able to help keep everyone safe and not screw things up.

>>864454

That's because Ike is a bargain-brand Hector who tries too hard and one of the devs clearly shipped him and Soren together.

Granted, a bargain-brand Hector is still more than alright.

>>864523
Well let's be honest, Soren isn't a bad companion for Ike and they did know each other for quite some time, even if Ike doesn't remember much for the most part. Mind you, neither had the best theme song in the game. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pIEGHSE_1k What a glorious fat bastard he was.

By the way, a quick rule of thumb for distinguishing between Paladins, Cavaliers, and Knights.

Knights have a Heavy Striker frame. Most use the standard stats you've seen, some are slightly customized. Avalon generally has less of these than Jupiter and Mars have of their various light mecha (except Pumpkinseed IIs and Palomino IIs, which are new), but they're also generally stronger. Knights have a distinguishing feature, they all have both Wheels and Treads systems in their feet (giving them +100 mpt when walking and not suffering any slowdown from moving through rough terrain on foot). This is a rather old-fashioned and crude solution to mobility problems, Cavaliers and Paladins often simply lack these.

Cavaliers are larger than Knights but smaller than Paladins, using a Medium Weight frame. On average, they cost a bit less than a SOUL mech and a bit more than a standard UJCIDF officer's mech like a customized Warmouth (the Osano-Wo and Master Harpies are good examples of this price level despite being pirate mecha). Not all Avalonian aces have Cavaliers yet, but all Cavaliers are piloted by Avalonian aces that aren't one of the Twelve Peers. As dangerous as they are, they're like Knights in that they have a slightly baroque, antiquated feeling about them.

Paladins are bullshit. Every single Paladin is bullshit. Complete and total bullshit. Their CP cost is bullshit. Their weapons systems are bullshit. There is nothing fair about them, because you'll still fuck them up. Note that every Paladin so far has been an optional boss fight. Paladins start at the Light Heavy frame size and at least one is Medium Heavy. Even younger, arguably weaker Paladins like Loriette and Tabitha are fairly bullshit. Paladins are seldom similar (although they may have overlapping specialties), but they all have a few traits in common. First, Weight Efficiency. Being handmade by the Lady, they're extremely light and artistically engineered. I'd have to look it up, but the Anseis is -3 or -4, and despite being slender it's heavier than an S-Slayer or Black Ogre Mk. II. Second, they have living cores, each mech is essentially alive. They also all have multiple weapons systems, and a bare CP minimum of 300 that none of the ones I've actually statted have been anywhere close to. Each Paladin's pilot has been genetically altered and attuned to their mech, although the details of this are scant so far. There might be just twelve, there might be more.

>>864638
Then that puts this machine in the Cavalier level. Medium Weight frame thats been customized and given it's own crazy gear. It's pretty scary considering how it's handling us, but it's a ace machine with an ace who's Hector. Even Roarke had some issues with his cavalier.

>>864638
Huh, i thought that the Chevaliers were stronger than this, in 190~230 level.
But seriously... Ehat is the concept behind the Knights? They don't make any sense, why did they choose a "bound to the ground" concept when most of their enemies mecha are capable of flying?Why do the choose to make their weaker mech a Heavy Striker level when they can't have problem to match with a officer level mech and get outnumbered by Bluegills anyway?

Also... Now you made me wonder about what Lori would say about a unusual mech like the Walkure... Huh, would that make any bizarre artistic sense to an avalonian? Or the exagerated artistic choices and exotic weapon set would turn it completely barbaric to their senses?

>>864720
Can anyone explain to me why we can't let Garret cockpit in the ground while we go Two-on-one with the Not!Roarke?

>>864532
Hahaha, from where is this from?

>>864939
Because this guy just combo'd Garret to defeat and if we lose BOTH our suits, we give the enemy 3 very valuable hostages and make things worse for everyone. Not only that, but his weapons have range to them. At least 4 spaces of it. Melee units are going to be chewed up.

>>864939
>most of their enemy mechs are capable of flying

Pumpkinseed Is and military Bluegills aren't.

>>865019
>http://pastebin.com/E9ZcDLfG
Why they don't turn them into pirate versions?

>>865070
because merchandizing and Bahamut corp being greedy dicks like that. Remember, the reason they didn't improve the bluegill is because they wanted to sell pumpkin seeds.

>>864939
IMO, it's a difference in combat doctrine. Seems to me, the SSL is using mechs as its core fighting forces. That's why one Wels class can hold a system on its own with its large mecha complement. Whereas Avalon have more of a separate space and ground combat doctrine. Gunships are the mainstay fighters in space whereas mechs mostly fight planetside. Paladins and Chevaliers are exception to this because Paladins are the Commander of both Space and Ground forces of Avalon and Chevaliers are the pally's bodyguard/sub-commander.

>>864024
June/November - Pierre in red wrestler tights and combat boots in a wrestling ring.
July - Colonel Stern sipping tea
October - Richard with a Viking cosplay outfit

>>864638
There could be a reverse Twelve Peers. We know that Eustace was a substitute Paladin. This could infer that the Twelve Peers have replacements waiting in the wings while the Lady was growing the Pally's and that means whenever a Pally gets decommissioned through combat or natural causes, Avalon doesn't have to wait for a replacement.

>>865218
The Queen probably has a paladin tier mecha, if only for ceremony. Also, given that Lori thought that we could make paladin, presumably either she was willing to give up her spot or there is provision for expansion.

>>865204
I doubt that Colonel Stern is joining us any time soon.

Also, please copy and paste the list when doing modifications

Like this:
January - Roarke, risqué pilot suit
February - Mo, fluffy robes with his hair showing maybe a small fluffy animal with him
March - Richard in workout clothing
April - Oda, Fundoshi also cherry blossoms
May -
June - Group swimsuit shot
July -
August - Caesar in Roman style clothing
September -
October - Richard with a Viking cosplay outfit
November - Pierre in red wrestler tights and combat boots in a wrestling ring.
December - Group Christmas shot

>>865081
Why the UJCIDF do it for itself? They must have at least some mechanics that aren't from bahamut, and they are the state man! What could Bahamut corp do against them, sue them?

>>865278
>UJCDIF doesn't do it*

>>865278
UJCIDF must have a exclusive contract with Bahamutcorp for maintenance of its Bluegill mechs, of which one of terms forbid illegal modification to its mechs without approval from Bahamutcorp.