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>>1953006
AWAKEN MY KESTRELS!

>>1953006
>[Be Cool 10]

>>1953011
Let me shrug off the food coma from turkey day. Even for a family that large, that was simply too much.

>>1953006
Hi Wong, how ya doing?

>>1953011
Hey Brazil, I gave you a bunch of weapon designs in the last thread.

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>>1953006
Oh yes, it is finally the best time of the week!
I Found this and thought of you guys

>>1953019
>Turkey day
Its October

>>1953019
I don't know if I should be sorry or happy for you...
>>1953025
Yep, I saw it, I'll get to update the pastebin during this night.
>>1953030
Are you trying to surpass me on the skill of upsetting Wong?

>>1953046
He's Canadian.

>>1953054
That's even worse.

>>1953058
let the fucking leaf be~

He is already cursed by the land of his birth

>>1953058
Turkey is also a disgusting meat with an unpleasant texture.

>>1953046
And yet I still get turkey, and apple cider.
>>1953048
I am used to a tight budget when it comes to food. Don't usually have big meals unless it's the family getting together.
>>1953066
That is true.

>>1953067
your a disgusting meat with an unpleasant texture

>>1953084
Some people on the deep web would disagree with you.

>>1953084
Not if I'm cooked properly. Then I'd be indistinguishable from pork.

>>1953107
now pork is tasty

>>1953115
So too is long pork

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>>1953117

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You want to stare at the planet, you want to rub your nose against the window and ogle it. It's beautiful. A pure, green world with big, blue oceans. Mars has its habitable parts, but a good amount of the planet is barren red wasteland, and Jupiter is a gas giant. The Avalonian capital world of Lorien, though, looks almost like the paradise of mankind's homeworld, Earth. The blue is a bit more scattered out, and the shapes are different, but something in it just...calls to your soul. To the part of you that remembers evolving on a world much like this one far before humanity's frantic flight into space. The sight of lights scattered like stars across the half of it currently experiencing nighttime...real nighttime, not a scheduled darkening of a colony's internal lights...makes your heart soar.

“Sir Gaius.” The Duchess' voice cuts like a whip, “I realize you are new to knighthood and civilized behavior, but when your lady is talking you would be well-advised to listen.”

“Teacher, please. He's spaceborn.” The Countess interjects.

“You've always been headstrong, Tabitha, but as a noble it is your duty to lead, just as it is his to follow. Regardless of his feelings, even laudable ones like awe at the sight of our planet, it is his role to serve.” The Duchess doesn't give an inch, “An impressive display of combat prowess does not grant carte blanche for disrespect.”

You bow your head, “My apologies.”

You envy Dame Grey, taking the next shuttle down. Lorien's space elevators are magnificent, but it would be better if you could just enjoy this one in peace. The battleships themselves are not landing on the planet, as you expected, but remaining docked at an orbiting colony for maintenance and repairs.

“There is no harm in it, Sir Gaius.” Tabitha Roosevelt speaks firmly, ignoring the Duchess' obvious displeasure. “So, do you understand what I told you about Dwakim?”

“Lots of sand, caves, a brutal struggle for survival, and they escape it with some big fantasy MM-sim.” You shrug, “Not to be mean, but aren't they pretty backwards for thinking that's some great technological achievement?”

“We agree that it's silly, who could spend all of their leisure times playing games like some spoiled child?” The Duchess nods.

The Countess shakes her head, “No, no. It's not like that. The Isekai of Dwakim is...” She struggles for a word, “Alive.”

“Which is why the Lady is willing to aid them.” The Duchess chimes in, “Because it interests her or she has some use for its data.”

You shrug again, “So Monbash, where we're overthrowing someone unpleasant. Dwakim, where we're fighting to protect this Isekai and their planet's Supreme Leader. What about the third one, Thann?”

[Continued]

You know, I was thinking, some of us seem to really like creating new mechs... Maybe we could do something useful about that by creating a pastebin of mecha suggestions, which could get an use like the tesla did if Wong got a liking to them, even if only for inspiration.

Or that could be just a stupid idea.

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>>1953205
So... When the voices inside Roarke's voices trails off about food they think of hamburguers and pinneapple on pizza.
The voices of Ceasar's head, however...

>>1953179
Hey Cali, how have you been doing?

>>1953234
RENDER UNTO CEASAR

>>1953160
>You want to stare at the planet, you want to rub your nose against the window and ogle it. It's beautiful. A pure, green world with big, blue oceans. Mars has its habitable parts, but a good amount of the planet is barren red wasteland, and Jupiter is a gas giant. The Avalonian capital world of Lorien, though, looks almost like the paradise of mankind's homeworld, Earth. The blue is a bit more scattered out, and the shapes are different, but something in it just...calls to your soul. To the part of you that remembers evolving on a world much like this one far before humanity's frantic flight into space. The sight of lights scattered like stars across the half of it currently experiencing nighttime...real nighttime, not a scheduled darkening of a colony's internal lights...makes your heart soar.
This is probably the most beautifull thing I read all day.

>If you leave me a widow on my special day, and possibly a mother on top of that, I will never, ever forgive you. Ever!
So Fatima is potentially pregnant.

>>1953267
Pretty sure they are all pregnant at this point. Roarke has been pretty active.

>>1953279
Birth control is a thing.

>>1953267
After that night, I doubt that there is even one of them who isn't pregnant.

Rolled 1 + 20 (1d10 + 20)

Give me a 1d10+17

>>1953282
Perhaps, but birth control always has a chance of failing.
Also, this is Roarke. Pretty sure his sperm can void fist anything blocking their path.

Rolled 2 + 17 (1d10 + 17)

>>1953292

>>1953160
>The Countess shakes her head, “No, no. It's not like that. The Isekai of Dwakim is...” She struggles for a word, “Alive.”
That thing is either a mandrake(or some sort of plant-thing) or a net of humans connected to give it suficient processing power, I'm calling it out now.

Rolled 9 + 17 (1d10 + 17)

>>1953292
Crit time

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>>1953292

Rolled 6 + 17 (1d10 + 17)

>>1953292
2 luck to confirm our safety

>>1953279
>Sam is pregnant
Well... This was unexpected...

>>1953298
Well I hope this wasn't important.....

>>1953298
>>1953301

Good, cinematic result.

>>1953309
>inb4 terrorist attack.

>>1953313
Scared

>>1953315
That is a horrifying terrorist to have a natural 20.

>>1953350
>inb4 we discover that Avalon has Narnian Christians who use kebab tatics against the Lady.

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The Duchess smiles coldly, “Dealt with. There is not a single chance in this galaxy that their culture will permit rebellion, especially if the rider of the Gerard does not violate their property rights further. By their laws, they are now his to command, the solar aborigines would have to launch an outright war rather than playing puppeteer to retake Thann. The new Gerard is extremely capable, we were very fortunate to discover him.”

You still wish she wasn't here so you could speak openly with Countess Roosevelt, but at least you're learning things. You speculate further about the Isekai, your money is personally on it being some sort of plant thing because Avalon is full of plant things. The shuttle finally lurches to a halt, in the midst of tall, elegant buildings whose pale exteriors and colorful roofs remind you of some medieval town...aside from the space elevator and how large some of the buildings are...and from there, you are led to a magtrain, whisked like a bullet across the landscape. With civilians around, the Duchess seems disinclined to further discuss military operations, which is good for you and Tabitha. Although the Duchess also seems strangely unwilling to leave the two of you alone, continually finding excuses to go with you wherever you go. Bizarrely, she doesn't seem at all suspicious of you. It's just a hunch, but it's more like she's worried about Tabitha.

Tabitha seems uncomfortable too, and eventually, she excuses herself to go find some tea. The moment she does, the Duchess firmly closes the door, checks to ensure that her pupil has gone, and leans towards you, her expression deadly serious, “Sir Gaius, there are a few things you wish to make clear.”

“Yes, your grace.” You hope you look attentive behind your helmet. You know that nobody out here will recognize you, but you like wearing your armor, in its own way it makes you feel stronger, taller, more mysterious, and helps you get into the role you're trying to play.

She smiles. It's a serious smile, but a little sad, “First, I like you. On a personal level, you seem brave without being brash, and I suspect a streak of kindness in you. Losing Sir Magnarus was a great blow, but from what I can tell Tabitha's other retainers value you highly, even Dame Morgan Gray, who is difficult to impress.”

[Continued]

>>1953357
So you could say these people are Young Lions then?

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“You know there's a but coming, don't you?” She shakes her head, “But I cannot let you get too close to Tabitha. She has been hurt before, and as much as I believe you are a good man, if it comes to it I will do something I personally consider dishonorable.”

“Like what?” You ask, but she's already moving. There's no time to dodge, so you throw your shortsword into the way of the combat knife lunging at your throat. Metal clashes against metal, but there isn't any force behind her blow. Despite her weapon being awfully close to your throat, you easily dash it away.

She smiles sadly. The knife is a plain combat knife, standard issue rather than the more fancy one you'd have expected a noble of Avalon to have. “So beautifully talented, yet I have more reason than most to know that a talented subordinate can, in the end, fail and cause more harm than good. Listen to me, Sir Gaius. The lady you serve is your mistress, your commander, your Paladin. Not your woman, as lonely as she might be. She is as far above you as the atmosphere is above the planet's surface, destined for a Paladin or a noble, no one else. Forget that and shame her, and I will kill you, and lie to her about what happened to you. I will grieve, earnestly, with her and light a candle to your memory, but I will kill you without hesitation. Am I understood?” She flips her blade around and tucks it back into its sheath at her belt.

>[Yes]
>[No]
>[But why?]

>>1953361
OHHHH BOY, SHE IS GOING TO GIVE HIM THAT TALK.

The one about red knights and countesses.

>>1953377
>>[Yes]

>>1953377
>[Yes... But why?]

>>1953377
>[Yes]

>>1953377
>>[Forgive me, my lady. But why?]

More information required. Remove helmet, look her straight in the eye.

>>1953361
>Losing Sir Magnarus was a great blow
...Is Magnarus that important?

>>1953377
>>[Yes, But why?]
This is a honest question. Tabitha is a nice girl, and understanding is important. Still, she is a person of respect as a commander and a friend. We wouldn't do her harm, but trying to avoid the worst without knowing why could lead to it anyways.

>>1953377
>[bhu-whut?]

>>1953377
>[Yes... But why?]

End with "I understand my lady. I will redouble my efforts. To be raised to that of a noble so that i can stand beside her."

>>1953377
>>[But why?]

>>1953408

He was popular and well-liked and had a bright future ahead of him.

>>1953426
Paladin potential?
Also, what about his family? Are they of any importance?

>>1953377
>>1953424
Yes. That last bit.

>>1953434
Ohhhh boy, you're playing with fire here.
We barely know the two of them, is it really time to tell this to the Duchess?

>>1953430

Probably not and not really, it's just that among TABITHA's forces he was good for morale and slated to get a Cavalier.

>>1953424
Honestly that's a bit too far.

>>1953424
Yeah, I would rather show results than be cocky about it. Being cocky causes trouble in this situation and draws attention.

>>1953424
Yeah, no.

>>1953451
Got it.
What about that thing about Victor being from the Duchess lineage, do they know each other? Is her his great great aunt or something?

>>1953463
Plus the fact we're still here to save Naomi, deciding that we want to be with Tabitha before we even see Naomi just feels wrong.

>>1953472
BR-Chan I you are doing that thing where you machine gun Wong with not immediately important questions while he's writing

>>1953377
>[Yes]
She's made herself clear, whether we obey or not is on us.

>>1953480
Sorry, I will stop now.

>>1953472
The tourney characters are not important to the story stop trying to make them important.

>>1953474
Fair enough. Honestly, I do see her as a friend even in this situation. She has had every chance to rat us out now. Even if it's not romantic, she's a good buddy to have. Pally or not.

>>1953492
Having her as a friend is fine, its the people jumping the gun to waifu her that are acting ooc. Like just wait till we get Naomi, hell Caesar himself shouldn't even be trying to do anything considering how dedicated he is to Naomi.

>>1953485
Not really trying to, I don't have that power, just trying to get some info on vague details. Its the same impulse someone has when min-maxing a mech, but with lore. Never know when some little detail can give you a advantage, no matter how small it is, in some highly specific situation.

>>1953492
Backing Thunder here, its too soon to start going out about having intentions on waifuing Tabitha, it seems that the Duchess is worried about Tabitha's falling in love with Gaius, but she doesn't seem to be suspecting Gaius for already having feelings for his liege.

>>1953377
>>>[Yes]

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“Yes, but...” You're still reeling from the fact that she just drew a knife on you and nearly did the whole putting-a-blade-to-your-throat thing. Yes, you parried it, which she's being remarkably calm about, but you didn't know that was a thing actual people did in real life. You have your helmet on, so you're less worried than you otherwise would have been, but still, it's scary, “Forgive me, your grace, but why? Why go to such lengths to persuade me?”

She smiles sadly, “Take off your helmet, young man.”

You take it off, and she pats your head, “Because you're a good boy.” She tells you earnestly, “One who might think too well of people to believe how serious I am about this.”

“No, um.” This is disconcerting, “Why is it so important to you?”

The Duchess sighs, “Later I will sorely regret opening my mouth and not just ordering your obedience even if you are most certainly not one of my vassals, but rumors being what they are you will hear sooner or later and it would be best for Tabitha's sake if you heard from someone sympathetic. When she was younger, a mere girl, she developed a passion for one of her father's knights. She was, as I said, a mere girl, but very strong-willed, and I personally have always believed she pursued him rather than the other way around. Well, she caught her quarry, and there was an affair...which was discovered by her cousin, my other pupil, now lost. Now, perhaps Countess Kennedy would not have revealed it normally, but there was politics involved, there was a great deal of doubt as to whether poor Loriette was physically fit to rule her lands and as her closest cousin Tabitha was the logical person to assume governance of them.”

“No other family?” You question.

The Duchess smiles bitterly, “Plague. Even with modern medicine, occasionally diseases resistant to every pill and injection come to light, and while they are usually cured rapidly nonetheless this one managed to take the entirety of the Kennedy clan barring a clubfooted daughter who seldom left her room. Both girls were too stubborn to compromise, naturally. The shame the affair brought upon her father was unbearable, the knight in question was his strongest sword. To cleanse it, he volunteered to be the chief negotiator with the Jovian contingent despite the danger, with the knight in question as his second. The negotiations ended in mutual slaughter, and Tabitha's father and lover alike were among the dead. It's thought that one party betrayed the other, seized an overwhelming advantage, and the losers detonated the mining facility they were using as a neutral meeting site in an act of mortal vengeance. Only the one you know as Turpin escaped, a servant and diplomat from the Solar System. The Lady took her in, and I believe the display of kindness had some great effect on her. Turpin threw aside her old name and became who she is now."

[Continued]

>>1953567
>Turpin is the lone survivor and the voice for the Lady.
Not liking this development.

>>1953581
This was already revealed.

>>1953567
Turpin is made of ulterior motives. I never trusted her, but I am now convinced she is actually malicious.

>>1953588
The voice bit yes, not this bit specifically. We knew she was there, but not that she was connected to the event. Honestly thought it was first mate.

>>1953594
We already knew that a pink haired girl was the sole survivor.
There isn't a lot of pink haired girls defecting to avalon.

>>1953591
Maybe she even detonated the place herself for gains.

>>1953567
>Plague
My Narnian's sense blames the Lady.

>>1953598
She might've sabotaged the negotiations to play both sides off each other.

If she did, she might be the direct reason for the war starting, even if that wasn't necessarily her #1 intention.

I am now incredibly paranoid.

>>1953611
She was also workinng for the Terrans.

Just you wait.

>>1953602
That's what I'm starting to think. A severe, localized plague suddenly appearing and taking out everyone in a noble family but a cripple? Sounds like bullshit

>>1953611
AROUND PINK HAIR
ALWAYS BEWARE

>>1953366
Sorry? I really didn't get the reference.

>>1953611
Really wouldn't surprise me. There seems to be a third interest in this war.
>>1953633
It's one term used by terrorists for those who do those suicide killing runs I believe. Also, Aslan, a major Narnia character is a lion.

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The Duchess shakes her head, “The point is, one unwise affair left Tabitha with a massive burden on her shoulders, and sharing a deep, mutual hatred with her own cousin. One that for many years twisted her tighter than a spring. Believe it or not, there were assassination attempts, particularly since they were elevated to Paladinhood shortly after the incident and for a while Loriette still had trouble walking...”

You try to imagine Tabitha assassinating someone and wish it wasn't so easy to visualize. She is quite pragmatic for one of the Paladins, even if you're friends with her, “I see.”

“Perhaps, perhaps not. I don't want her to go through that again or imagine how much trouble she could bring down upon herself this time. Patience. If you truly care for her, and she truly cares for you, it will all work out in the end, won't it?” She smiles wryly, “Ironically, if it does, you may have one of my own failures to thank.”

You blink at her owlishly, “How?”

She laughs, “There was, early on, a plan for peace. Our agents in the solar system identified a boy for us, the Jovian leader's youngest son...”

You have to work hard not to react, you know Garret. He's one of your closest friends still.

“...This boy had a psychological profile indicating a high degree of skepticism for things he had been told rather than having examined himself, a curiosity and unwillingness to take things at face value that the Lady found useful. She believed that if she met him, if I brought him to her, she could persuade him of our righteousness, create a Paladin of him, and use him to convert his people to our cause.” She wrinkled her nose, “Forgive me, I'm a callous old woman and make everything sound terrible. She wanted him to serve as a bridge between our civilizations, proof that we could get along. The Jovians would receive a great hero, armed and armored by the Lady, as a gift, and together we would reforge the bonds the tragedy of our ruined negotiations had broken and move towards the future as friends and comrades. Unfortunately...”

“You were shot down. It was all over the news.” You save her from having to talk about that.

[Continued]

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>>1953611
>>1953647

>>1953658
May the era of narnian paranoia begin.

>>1953661
Lorien's moon was an inside job.
Pink hair can't melt steel beams.

>>1953672

It actually happened on Mordor, the second of three planets in the Avalon system and the closest to its parent star.

>>1953678
>Avalon
>Mordor

These names...

>>1953683
One can't simply name their planet Mordor.

>>1953678
Was the mining facility named moria

>>1953683

Lorien, Mordor, and the third planet whose name I keep bloody well forgetting are all drawn from Tolkien.

People name things for stupid reasons in real life, it would be unrealistic if everything had a cool name here.

Oh, I have to be up in the morning. Have fun you guys.

>>1953695
>it would be unrealistic if everything had a cool name here.
What are you implying about Tolkien-inspired names? If you ever listen to the humble anon, Wong, if there's ever an Avalonian dreadnought, name it for Ancalagon or Glaurang; Ungoliant if it's a supercarrier.

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>>1953672
How can you even trust someone who usurp the elven dinasty while having another elf as her second in command? And then proceeds to give him on eof the most important positions of the kingdom and send him on key missions where no one can follows his actions?

The revolution was just an elven inside dispute all along, genemoded are just all the same, even on their sense of superiority!

>>1953683
>>1953695
Plebiscites. Tolkien was and shall always will be a timeless classic.

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I accept narnian suggestions.

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She nods, “Yes, we overestimated the technology gap and underestimated how quickly Solar forces reacted to another real war, and battles on many worlds proved it. Offering the Jovians a Paladin? They created one of their own, even if the rider is...unimproved...they have compensated with their own devices. This Pirate King I keep hearing about, too, has a strider that might as well be a Paladin in its own right, and he has the mettle to compete with us on pure strength of genetics and will alone. One of the Paladins already is a convert from the Solar System, but he joined us shortly after the creation of the first and has little influence in the Solar System, there is still the desire for another Solar Paladin and...you have been suggested as a possibility to take Count Lucas Ford's place as Gerin in our holy order. I believe that you are well suited to serving our goddess, that you will indeed be able to bond with a mandrake and command a Paladin. With the addition of Bradamante as Anseis, even before her transformation is complete, the Paladins will once more be assembled fully and stronger than ever.” She tries to look cheerful, but sighs, “I will still miss Loriette. What a bright young girl she was, so cheerful.”

You ask something that's been on your mind, “If I may, your grace...why was she left behind? After all, she wasn't the only Paladin brought down.”

The Duchess laughs, “You've read my mind, dear boy. Why am I here and not her? I have no further students to mentor, after all, and of the four originals I've accrued the smallest amount of glory. I do not believe it is for failure that she was left there. Rather, I think this is part of some long-term plan. This may be hard for one raised in a culture of distant, fictional gods to understand, but everything the Lady does is correct. Everything the Lady does is for the bet. Believe and have faith, and in the end you see it for yourself. That is her way. Perhaps by planting the seeds of love between Loriette and the Pirate King that Duke Eustace de Rothschild-Beauchamps hinted at so unsubtly, she is creating a chink in the armor of the Solar System League that will someday be its undoing.” Her sincerity is blinding, a strange contrast to her usual manner, “Or better yet, its remaking. It is always better to take something intact than to shatter it and sweep up the pieces.”

“Speaking of Bradamante, I can't help but be a little curious...a mysterious woman with a mysterious transformation?” You prompt while she's feeling chatty.

[Continued]

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She smiles in a catlike way, “Our ultimate warrior. Her serving as Anseis is merely...training. A stepping-stone on the road to becoming the greatest hero of our civilization. The difficulty with gods, Gaius, is that frequently they are constrained from acting openly by fate, and such is the case with the Lady Bradamante is the breaking of those chains, the unleashing of the greatest warrior the Green Men ever knew, the peaceful blade of life, the Sword of Evolution. After that, our part in this may very well be over. ”

“Hey now, aren't you two finally being friendly.” Tabitha interrupts, returning with tea. She takes a seat and you pour everyone a cup, yourself last...and then nearly spill as something huge and leathery-winged flies over the train with a raucous, shrieking cry.

“It's just a wyvern, Sir Gaius.” Tabitha's smug little catlike smile would be hilarious if you hadn't just nearly poured hot tea on your lap.

“One of the Lady's many wonders.” Duchess Maria nods sagely.

Damned noble tarts.

Tabitha tells you all about the wyverns as the train ride continues over beautiful grasslands that sway like a mulled green ocean in the wind. She tells you how they are a miracle created by the Lady for the Queen, to prove a point during an argument on how large a flying creature could grow and still fly. She candidly admits that they are an almighty pest to cattle farmers and have to be carefully controlled, but is quite insistent that they were engineered to find the taste and smell of human disgusting and fear-inducing and that they have to be specially trained to kill humans if they do it at all. Eventually, you reach a station, where the Duchess takes her leave, and Tabitha goes from sitting across from you to sitting next to you. Once she's sure the Duchess is gone, she asks quietly, “Was she unpleasant to you? When she starts being deliberately friendly, it's a bit suspicious, did something happen while I was out?”

>[Yes]
>[No]

So, if we get to choose where we would be sent to... Would you guys prefer having Ceasar go to Monbash or Dwakim?

The Isekai thing seems to match his interests... But in terms of actual combat compabitlity, Moonbash seems to me like a better fit for him.

>>1953755
>>[No]

>>1953755
>[No]

>>1953755
>>[Yes]

>>1953755
>[Yes]

>>1953755
>>[No]
Nothing out of the ordinary.
>>1953756
I'd say Monbash myself. The thing is, we need good allies, and I do not like the idea of ANYONE getting a lotus eater machine.

>>1953755
>[No]

>>1953755
>She wasn't unpleasant, or at least it clearly wasn't her intention. She scolded me a bit about my duty as your Knight and told me a little about the past, her mission on Quil'r and what she thinks about the situation with your cousin... Nothing for you to worry about.
Be true, but vague.

>>1953765
Lotus eater?

Roll 1d10+14, Cool (at 10 currently) plus Fast Talk & Persuasion 4.

Rolled 8 + 14 (1d10 + 14)

>>1953778
TALLYHO!

Rolled 6 + 14 (1d10 + 14)

>>1953778
Uh oh
Im tempted to spend luck here
May as well
2 luck

>>1953780
The duke would be proud

So... Storm Dragon soundtrack for the Dwakim raid?
Or should we fight without music?

>>1953771
Lotus Eater machine. Old trope based on a story about people eating a lotus that sustained them completely. Didn't need anything else but the Lotus and it's root. This thing functions on the same level. It gives them a paradise where they have everything they ever wanted. These sort of things are bad news.

>>1953789
Here ya go BR-Chan
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MefgK9zysCk

Rolled 1 + 14 (1d10 + 14)

>>1953778

>>1953789
Caesar already has a mixtape
https://pastebin.com/BQ756VLe

>>1953789
I'm suggesting:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXUYZxsku-Q

>>1953800
I know, I meant creating one for the Storm Dragons, as it seems that they will lead the raid with Roarke staying in the belt.

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“We just talked, what are you so worried about?” You turn it right back on her.

She smiles, looking a little embarrassed, “It's nothing, nothing at all.” She sighs and leans her head back against the seat as the track the train levitates above crosses a long, narrow bridge from the mainland to the tip of a highland peninsula jutting out into a deep blue sea. You see small paths down through the cliffs, and here and there, scattered like treasures, little sandy beaches...but above it all looms a huge castle high on a hill, like something out of a storybook. “It's just that it's all hitting home how much danger we might be in. Listen, if you change your mind and want to get away the next time we encounter Jovian forces...”

You shake your head, “We both know we've come too far for that.”

She smiles at you, “I guess we have.”

The tracks arc out over the city and the train starts to slow, and as you gaze out the window, admiring the view...you see something that stands out. It's a head of pink hair. Specifically, Turpin's, sitting at a hillside cafe, on the backside of the building where she's invisible from the street but quite visible to you passing overhead. Beside her is...

Your blood runs cold, then hot. It's her. It's her. She's here. Naomi is right there, right in front of you. It takes an effort of will not to break open the window and jump for it. There are plenty of reasons why that's stupid besides the likelihood that even in heavy multipolymer plate armor you'd simply die. You force yourself to calm down. Naomi was smiling and chatting amiably with Turpin, she didn't seem to have any sort of restraints on her.

“...Gaius..? Caesar? Caesar!” You feel Tabitha's hand on your arm, shaking you, “You're muttering to yourself, what is it?” The train passes overhead, and Naomi is gone.

You force the location into your memory and begin creating a mental map from there to the next station, noticing landmarks, “It's her.” You say simply, your voice simultaneously hollow and full to bursting with emotion.

“Oh.” Much to your surprise, she's quiet, “I'd hoped we could see the castle together, but I understand if you need to go...if you're sure that's wise.”

True, Turpin is there and you have no excuse to just show up.

>[Go anyway, consequences shmonsequences]
>[Don't go, she can't avoid you forever]
>[Go but take Tabitha despite the possibility of that leading to unparalleled disaster in the form of catfighting]

>>1953822
>>[Go but take Tabitha despite the possibility of that leading to unparalleled disaster in the form of catfighting]
Its better cover then us just approaching them on our own. Say its was Tabitha's idea to come and join them.

>>1953822
>[Go but take Tabitha despite the possibility of that leading to unparalleled disaster in the form of catfighting]
Oh well this is about to escalate very quickly

>>1953822
>>[Go anyway, consequences shmonsequences]

>>1953822
>>[Don't go, she can't avoid you forever]
Play it smart. This can also serve as a way of knowing the good hiding spots and where they may keep her. We are playing the long con. The more time we have going under Turpin's radar, the better.

>>1953822
>>[Don't go, she can't avoid you forever]

>>1953830
We learned nothing from our fight at he prison if we jump in.

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>>1953822
>>[Go but take Tabitha despite the possibility of that leading to unparalleled disaster in the form of catfighting]
Better cover.

And with this I'll be leaving you guys for tonight.

Thanks for running Wong!

>>1953822
>>[Go but take Tabitha despite the possibility of that leading to unparalleled disaster in the form of catfighting]

>>1953822
>[Don't go, she can't avoid you forever]

>>1953822
>Ntr senses tingling

>>1953822
>[Don't go, she can't avoid you forever]

>>1953822
>[Don't go, she can't avoid you forever]

>>1953822
>[Go but take Tabitha despite the possibility of that leading to unparalleled disaster in the form of catfighting]

>>1953822
>>[Don't go, she can't avoid you forever]

someone needs to archive the last thread would do it myself but phone

>>1953877
Done

>>1953822
>>[Go but take Tabitha despite the possibility of that leading to unparalleled disaster in the form of catfighting]

>a tie between two incompatible choices!

I come back from my laptop doing a mad fuckup to see this. Five more minutes to vote, if it's still a tie then, the "go anyway" guy becomes the tiebreaker and you'll go with Tabitha.

>>1953877
>>1953920

Damn it guys, don't archive threads yourselves unless it's on page 9 and I'm nowhere around. If I'm here and active in a thread don't do it.

>>1953960
Go away

>>1953961

It's even formatted wrong and reveals the outcome and now I have no way to delete it. God. Damn. It. Not cool, guys, why didn't you ask?

>>1953968

This is the perfect response because it could be any of "go anyway" misspelled, "go away" (as in don't go), or telling me personally to fuck off. It's brilliant.

>>1953969
Sorry, Wong. Didn't know you usually archived them yourself.

>>1953975
It is pretty late. Think Thunderbird and BR are out for the time being and the early morning shitters/aussies are popping up.

>>1953980
I have a midterm and a final in 6 hours so yeah I'm out.

>>1953979

Yes, I do. It's a minor fuckup but it sticks out like a big gay thumb with the roman numerals in the archive and revealing how the fight ends. For anyone reading through the archives there's no tension in that whole scene now because they'll know Meridian gets void fisted. There's a reason why any time anybody but me has done it, like when my laptop melted down, they've kept details to a minimum. Why did you do it?

Well, I guess it's the final shit on that shitstorm. Quest done for the night, resumes tomorrow.

>>1953982
Honestly I wasn't really thinking at the time. Usually people reading through the archives can have things spoiled just as easily by glancing at the the description for the next thread.

I'll shoot an email at Lord Licorice to see if he'll change the title and change the description to "The hostage situation is resolved".

Once again, my apologies

>>1953982
Wong, you can email the suptg admin to request some changes. LL's usually a pretty good sport.

>>1953982
Alright. Get some sleep too, Wong.

>>1953996

I'm not going to sleep for a while yet, but it's too late to do more stuff.

>>1953993

Yeah, the guy who archived it is doing it apparently. It's all good, nothing that can't be fixed, either his email will go through or I'll look up their IRC and hopefully catch LL. It just hit my OCD and was so absolutely avoidable if my laptop hadn't been trying to shit itself in envy of biological life for half an hour, and I would have been checking the thread with my phone but...my phone is broken.

>>1954001
RIP wong. Need to replace both? What phone is it?

No, that reveals the ending too. Just "rules of nature". I'm being a bit harsh on you, but that's because archiving a thread with the guy who usually archives the threads right here (me) is such a silly move. Get the numbers fixed (98 instead of XCVIII) and change the description to "rules of nature", and we're good. Everything can be solved.

The real person to blame is the phoneposter. People who don't capitalize the first letter in their post are always subhumans.

>>1954003

This should link to >>1953991

>>1953995
Alright, Email sent.

I shall now commit sudoku to make up for my failure.

>>1954002

A Verizon droid. I'd been meaning to ditch Verizon for something else anyway, but...it's a pain with my new work hours.

>>1954006

DON'T BE SO HASTY YET AGAIN! Don't kill yourself! I didn't mean to call it a dick move, that's why I remade my post! >>1954003

Mistakes happen!

>>1954007

If you need something cheap nokia is relaunching a redone 3310.

>>1954009
It's too late Wong, the first numbers have already been written.

Farewell

>>1954003
Well that is me committing seppuku for the dishonour i have brought upon phone posters everywhere

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Hey guys I found a great picture for Karen when she was younger.

>>1954028
Damnit Thunder. Go to sleep. You have finals in the morn.

>>1953377
>She is as far above you as the atmosphere is above the planet's surface

So, right on top of us?

>>1953678
>>1953683
>In the Land of Mordor, where the Shadows lie...

>>1954028
>ShindoL
Edgy and Lewd at the same time...
Why am I not surprised?

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>>1954028
>tfw you realize that Thunder was ShindoL all along.
NOW EVERYTHING MAKES SENSE

>>1953975
>>1953968
I'm sorry Wong but damn that's funny. I was posting on my phone. I use one of those sweeping keyboards and it /should/ have typed out anyway. I just wrote, completed the captcha and put it back in my pocket

>>1954390
I won't believe it unless the next comic is space pirate or giant robot theme.

>>1954455
Nah, why would he reveal himself?

>>1954664
Because a person on the net told him too!
But in all seriousness, I have been working on the Pack idea a little bit. Rather than being big fancy things, I have been thinking of them as sort of.. one and done tools. Things designed to be thrown away once their job is done, like the bomb pod the Slayer had.
One idea I came up with is a heavy striker pod with an ablative shield. If it's a mirror type with the appropriate condition(anti range, anti melee, ant energy), with a quick swap thing to remove it from the mech, it's only 15 CP. Thats 40 kills of protection. Would make attacking ships easier for mechs like the Lightning, or breaking through blockades.

>>1955125
Could be really useful, specialy for Lightning types criting ships.
But I dont remember it being mentioned before... You were working in quick swap system packs for our mechs?
Don't forget to take weight in consideration too, the Lightning wouldn't have problems with some temporsry extra weight, but many of the tourney mechs would get -1MV

>>1955147
Hey BR, do you have an updated version of the Weapons Pastebin?

>>1955147
It was an idea I had last thread, the wizard packs alongside the backpacks for looting with the shinobi harpies. Rather than focusing on making stronger and stronger machines, side upgrades or means to bolster them for particular jobs could help tremendously.
As for weight, it might not be too much of an issue. The nightmare's shields seemed light, and for something like this, armoring it up would be counter productive.

>>1955247
Sorry, I've been sleeping early and yesterday I ended up forgotting about it while I fought sleep to be able to be here with you. I'll get on it this night, hopefully before I start falling asleep on the keyboard.
>>1955281
>Creating upgrade kits and focusing on modular mecha systems instead of creating stronger mechs.
WE'RE JOVIAN NOW.

>>1955367
Take your time BR. It's not urgent.

>>1955367
Not exactly. The pumpkinseed IIs were more a upgrade kit. Remove some features, add others.This is more a expansion pack. Rather than spending time fiddling with the machine, you set the magnetic clamps, make sure the pack is in place and there you go. Ease of use and can be added or removed just as easily as any weapon held by hand. Like how the Dutchman ripped off it's arm to do that bum rush assault on the Jaeger.

>>1955437
It seems that Psyche-16 just can't get enough of things to do, doesn't it?

Also, because we're already talking about mechs and you touched upon the Pumpkinseeds IIs upgrade kits, I'd like to mention that we could create our own custom for them, instead of spending more and giving money to have acess to the kits from the corps.
My suggestion would be to just give it a iskander rifle and use some of the spare cp to make it a little closer to the Lightning frame and turn the rapier into a double beam saber.
I did some math and it actually ended up being cheaper than the Blue Knight custom.
And I didn't even had to start going Tourney levels of minmaxing on it!

>>1955490
It's got plenty of room to grow and we got a good contract and a impressive bounty we cashed in on. If we play it right, Psyche would easily be the production capital to Auditorium's cultural capital.
Still, thats not a bad idea for the Pumpkinseeds. They don't need to be like the Deuce, and pirate variants have done well before with the Bluegill. There are certainly plenty of ways for us to improve them, but let's not make the workload too big.
Though, do you happen to have the blueprints for that one mech that was suppose to be the Phaeton Ace one? Had the fancy german knight name.

>>1955553
I know, there will be tons of pirate variants with time, but I ended up creating this one design in order to came up with a fast but reliable solution to upgrading the ones we already have without giving money to the corps but also without violating our terms with the jovians by producing our own kits.

Btw, here it is:

PUMPKINSEED LIGHTNING
Medium Striker Torso: C/S/K 8, 4 tons
Medium Striker Head: C/S/K 4, 2 tons
Heavy Striker L. Arm: C/S/K 6, 2.5 tons
Left Hand: 2 CP, 1 Space, 1 Kill, 0.5 tons
Heavy Striker R. Arm: C/S/K 6, 2.5 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:
Handheld Double-Ended Light Beam Saber: WA +1, 5K (only 2K of structure), Quick, EMW (treats SP as 4 less than usual), 9 CP, 6 Spaces, 0.5 ton
Arm-Mounted Active Shield: DA -1, SP 8, 17 CP, 4 Spaces, 4 tons
Handheld "IEW-11" Beam Rifle: Range 11, WA +1, 8K, Infinite Ammo, 15 CP (12+3), 6 Spaces, Fragile, 0.5 tons (Space Efficiency: 6)
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, 1 in shield arm and 2 on missile arm. Moves 500 meters per turn in flight, or can run 250m. 15 CP.
Total Weight: 39.5 tons
Total Cost: 139.5 CP

>Cheaper than the competitor
>Has arifle that can almost one shot a Pumpkinseed's head.
>Fullfill your need for being up to date with the new fad of double-ended swords.
>1/4 FASTER
>Better range.
>Has a gun that doesn't need luck or disproportional difference in skill with your opponent in order to be able to reach its full combat potential.
>Sturdier arms for a sturdier chance of survival.
>Better potential for doing Starwind's kicks.
>Based on the frame of famous tourney champion.
>DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF SWORDS.
That is what would be written on the ad for it.

>Phaeton Ultimate Ace
Wait.... From where did you get that? I don't remember it at all. But it sounds promising.

Bad news, I'm sick, and game will be Saturday hopefully instead of tonight. Same thread.

>>1955844
Get well soon wong! Rest up and play some computer games~

>>1955844
Best wishes to you Wong, may you get well soon.
>>1955877
I'm trying really hard to pirate Persona 5 today, its giving me a lot of work....

>>1955881

Play shadow of war.

I mean. Look at this:
https://twitter.com/oliverbcampbell/status/917848071484133381

>>1955890
>Orc Bard
Huh, thats new for me.

>>1955890
Don't play it. It's an abortion of a game that requires you to buy "lootboxes" with cash in order to access end game content in the single player.

>>1955936
Been watching some folks stream it. They still get good gear drops even after not playing online.
https://twitter.com/oliverbcampbell/status/918029002002108416

Frankly though, this is the biggest reason not to actually play online:
https://twitter.com/oliverbcampbell/status/918058407843819520

Besides, doesn't actually matter if one intends to pirate.

>>1955951
Yeah, no. Lootbox system that includes gameplay changing items is predatory, especially when accessible to children. Wanted to get BF2 if it weren't for their fucking 100% damage reduction Level 4 cards accessible via Lootbox

>>1956140
I was going to pirate the game anyways so this is all Completely irrelevant to me. I just want a bigger Nemesis System. Which I got. Now I just need a better computer.

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>>1954028
Beautiful, you Magnificent Bastard

>>1955738
I like it.

>>1955738
Techncally, that's an IEW-11B but I'm just being pedantic.

What if we removed an arm and mounted a Beam rifle on the shoulder instead?

>>1955738
Are we really going to call it a Pumpkinseed?

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>>1957747
Thank you, could we even use it, though? I don't know if we can still suggest designs to Psyche-16 at this point.

I wonder what James would think of it.

Irina would be mad at it, though.

>>1957931
I just copy-paste the rifle from the pastebin.

Also, I just noted that the real weight should be 39tons, not 39.5tons.

So it can ALSO carry more weight without getting slower or less maneuaverable than a Blue Knight.

Its an exotic suggestion, that one, but we need the arm spaces, and having only one arm would make it more vulnerable, even more so if the space reduced systems are all in one arm.

>>1957954
Should be a Custom to compete with the Blue Knight variant(as we don't wanna pay for the upgrade kit for them and can't pirate it anymore because of our alliance with the SSL).

We could just give it a tottaly different name, though, I just took this one as it uses the Lightning Frame and fits with the "Pumpkinseed Jager" style.

>>1955738
>Focus on making it cheaper
Literally why? We need to be making mechs that cost more than all others considering we need to offset the fact we have small numbers, and the way to do that is through better pilots and stronger mechs.

>>1958034
Its as powerfull as any 140CP, its only 0.5CP cheaper because at the end of it I didn't see any big use for it, and because a I realized telling people that "ITS CHEAPER THAN THE BLUE KNIGHT!" would get us marketing points over them in the case we get to sell it like in the Dutchman's case.
And while it doesn't make much of a difference to someone who will only buy one mech, 0.5CP make a real diference to someone who is buying dozens or hundreds of mechs.

We can just give it a Deluxe Anti-theft system or a cool paintjob like or other customs if you want, though.

>>1958058
Why are you focusing on being an arms manufacturer for other nations instead of actually building our army which we need?

>>1958034
Getting more bang for your buck is a basic principle of economics. If it's capable of matching up to other elite Mechs while being cheaper, it means we can make it even more powerful for a smaller cost.

>>1958065
I have no idea, I wasn't here when you guys started selling mechs, I'm just going with the flow.
My storm dragon instincts like it though.

We can just add a Stereo and a Deluxe-AntiTheft to our own version, man, it isn't a big deal, but I don't see why not to have some advantage over the Blue Knights just to spite the corps and maybe get to sell them.

Is selling mechs that bad? They are probably making it worthwhile, and while I agree that we should focus more on producing for our own army, there is a point where we would just be putting C-Crews that doesn't help that much to pilot them, so there is no problem in reaching a balance for maximum use of our resources.

>>1958065
We did promise to deliver 100 Dutchmen to the Pope.

>>1958073
Of course its just we should be making machines that cost much more will still getting the most bang for their buck.

>>1958074
We're doing one deal with the Moon we haven't just started our own corp.

>>1958077
Yes one deal

>>1958078
Man, if focusing a part of our facilities in producing for cash means that we are getting the money that would usually go for the Jovian corps, I'm 100% on that boat.

>>1958078
Starting small and building up is easier than making something big and trying to improve its Efficiency.

BR provided a great base for a mech that could be Phaeton's line mech. We can improve it further though.

>>1958074
As it is, we already got the major contract when it comes to Dutchman sales. The profit from it is quite immense so we don't need to dedicate more to selling for the near future. We do need to improve our own machines and get them up to snuff, along with fortifying our own colonies and their militias.
>>1958078
The issue is, as I said before, is that we have a limit to how good we can make them. We should also look into alternative ways to empower our mechs or make a better medium weight. One that can multi-role as well if not better than the Dutchman.

>>1958086
We have raiding for money, that's literally the reason we made them agree to it. And if we start selling these new mechs to everyone else then it just will become widely used and not a boon to have in our armies.

>>1958078
There is also the fact that it would provide us a steady source of income while we aren't getting raid money. Remember that now we have things like mission duration and Gate transport that can complicate things, and that we won't be raiding full time even in war zones.

>>1958093
I'm going to point out that raiding is not a sustainable means of income. It will last the War but not afterwards.

>>1958092
I get what you're saying, I'm not speaking about focusing on selling mechs, but it could be good for us to have a foot in the market even when the dutchman contract ends, it get money out of jovian corps, provide us with a steady source of income other than taxation and gives more credit to belt's name in industry.

We can still focus most of our production in our own mechs, no problem with it.

Also, it may not be so obvious, but the Pumpkinseed Lightning could be sold as a upgrade kit for Pumpkinseeds IIs, what would make them occupy even less of our producing budget.

>>1958110
Even during the war it will not be giving us setady deposits in our savings, there will be huge spikes of money getting in but we can't make sure that thre will be some decent raid every week.

There is also the fact that we may be limited by our allies presence, while we aren't led by them their presence can still get in the way of our raiding because they have their own strategies and planning that they won't just put aside to give us more opportunity for raiding every time we feel like it.

>>1958093
There is a reason people were not doing it before us, the Jovians work with sheer number and modularity, they prefer to have many cheaper mechs than few expensive ones.

The martians are a mixed bag sort, most of their production goes to Jets and Tanks that are cheap and mass produced, while they have 2XXish animal mechs to officers that may be even more common than jovians mechines in the same level.

There is no big deal with having people with mechs on our same brackets while we will still have usually more of them, it isn't as if they can't produce 140CP mechs, they mostly just doesn't want to.

The Pumpkinseed Lightning is a rare case in where it is cheaper than a Jovian Officer mech of the same level, but it happened as an expection of the Pumpkinssed IIs already being a mod kit for a cheaper unit that got ANOTHER mod kit because of extraordinary event and reached into our usual power bracket.

The thing here is that Jovians and their buyer doesn't have any reason to buy Tourney mechs from us, as they are just looking for upgrading the machines they already have to follow the times, but selling them a alternative mod kit that is cheaper, produced by a famous military force and that gives them options that the corps don't offer may be just enough for us to tap into that niche market for the moment.

Even if you guys decide to not follow into keeping a market presence, this seems like a good opotunity to tap into for the moment. Even if we just dedicate 10% of our production into it.

>>1958093
>>1958095
>>1958129

Admittedly, we haven't exactly looked into what the colonies Roarke owns actually do. Considering that it was enough for Fatima's father to build a pretty big financial empire, which Roarke inherited, we really need to take stock of what our income is.

Incidentally, do we own any properties on Mars?

>>1958163
>Incidentally, do we own any properties on Mars?
At least Fatima's Palace.

>>1958159
I feel we need a larger production base if we want to do that. Psyche-16 doesn't put out enough on its own.

>>1958159
> but selling them a alternative mod kit that is cheaper

Dude they have the resources to just flood the market if we try to undercut them like that.

We should go the other way and produce super high end customized mech by stealing all their disenfranchised talent and giving them free reign.

Also Karen.

They could easily drop the price, or put tariffs on our goods, or assume everyone using our mod kit is a pirate etc.

Whereas high end mechs can be limited in production, driving up the price with exclusivity if you're talking about having it based on famous mechs as well, and can be a political tool by agreeing to trade or nor trade with different groups.

Our Brand will be more valuable than the mech themselves really because like you said, it's not that they *can't* produce those mechs, it's that they don't want to.

Honestly it might be worth opening a "Starwind School of Hard Knocks" mecha academy where nobles and senators sons and Martian magnates can all come for a couple years of "polishing" their mech skills. Hobnobbing with each other is a rules light place with famous and powerful people and occasional personal lessons from the systems hottest aces, and access to mech customization from Karen.

Turn us into the Space equivalent of 1920s Cairo.

>>1958234
If its able to produce 100 Ducthamn per month, it has at least 10 lines.
10% would be 2 Upgrade kits per day.(Each cost 24CP)
1 more per each 12 day cicle.

Thats 62.5 Modkits per month, it isn't Ducthman's level, but is some amount of cash.

>>1958251
>Economy tatics
Drop the price won't work at every place as we have a low production cost than them, they would need to into losing money levels of dumping to do that, what would negate them the money they would get with it in places we don't reach just to undercut us in something that isn't even going to make us really go out of the competition forever.
Tarrifs is on governamental level, and the political momentum on the senate is on our favor, mainly because of Bucephalus corp who is eager to screw with their competitor, who doesn't seems really threatened by us joining their alliance and market(They're also happy to rub in everyone's faces that the Kaiser was a Throughbreed MP and etc...).
They could use their better structure and distribution to low the prices enough for getting a advantage over us, it would give them an amazing edge over the jovian sphere of influence, but that wouldn't be a 100% win for them, as there are people who would buy from us because the machines specs or our brand, and the Belt is now out of their main sphere of influence as it is under our political command, so we would get an edge here.
About the other... Martians won't care about both... Lunars could go either way... Venus and rich people everywhere would be glad to buy from us just for the novelty, style, diversity or liking for double-ended sabers.

>Higher Mechs.
Isn't a 100% safe bet either, they doesn't want to Mass Produce them, because there is not much market for that, but they still do it. Officer Mecha, Elite Guards and rich people's personal mechas are on our own bracket or even higher.
There is also the SOUL MP now, Jovian government won't buy from us. And going against the corps in the earth sphere will still be a fight. Where in the jovian sphere they can pull a lot of stuff on us by having better contats and social resources.

We aren't going to produce them from the start in any type of thing we do anon, Thunder already pointed it out in the discussion about recruit outer-system natives, the trick here to make money is to play Iskander on them and go at niche stuff, like weapons and upgrade kits, with the odd specialist mech or custom.

Look at the Lunar's example, they bought from us because of the Dutchman being a Lunar mech from the get go, and from it getting recognition as a tourney winner mech. The Pumpkinseed Lightning works in the same aspect, appealing for Double-Ended beam sabers, familiarity from not being much far from the original frame and brand name for being based on the famous lightning.
The other things are just nice touches to be blatantly reapeated by marketing teams and add on the holonet.

>>1958341
They have the money resources to lose though. They can just do it until we run out of cash and can't compete. Nintendo did it in the 1980s and it's actually illegal now.

Finally we wouldn't be selling to Jovian gov't anyways. That's not how government contracts work because they want standardization above all else.

We would be selling to individuals in the Government. Got a rich senators son who didn't get into SOUL? Get a Phaeton mech instead! Proven to outperform SOUL on a regular basis, with customized options available.

Need denial assets? Organize a proxy sale through one of the extra-Solar colonies.

Are you an extra-Solar colony? Purchase Phaeton high end mechs so you aren't dependent on Jovian production lines to maintain your forces. Quality of Quantity, plus prestige and the ability to commit snarled high visibility forces to the war instead of having a large portion of your population turned into troops who are mooks used as cannon fodder. Look good while remaining popular at home and having a reasonable excuse for limited contribution to the war that is still to valuable to refuse or claim it isn't sufficient.

> Look at the Lunar's example, they bought from us because of the Dutchman being a Lunar mech from the get go

Yep just like I said, our reputation and brand is worth more than the mechs themselves. It's how Trump got rich, by building that brand.

The major purchaser of our lower end mechs should be Phaeton itself, and they should still be of higher quality so that they can maintain that reputation.

Trying to compete with the big boys in outright mass production is a mugs game.

>>1958366
>They have the money resources to lose though. They can just do it until we run out of cash and can't compete. Nintendo did it in the 1980s and it's actually illegal now.
Exactly, but there is a detail you are forgetting here, as the objective of dumping is to eliminate competition, it just doesn't work on someone who can't run out of cash because they don't rely on the market. They would have to try dumping on everything we produce, and while we could just keep a stock and continue to produce for ourselfs and live on raid and taxes, our facilities would never run dry, while they would starve their profits in vain.
The thing is that they only have their products as a source of income, while we can still keep or structure working from robbery(be it raid, or be it taxing) alone, that stuff doesn't work in this case.
The best course of action would be to just try to kinda sweep us under the rug and alway from the spotlight using their connections, what they already try on Iskander.

In the rest I agree tottaly agree, I'm not trying to defend that we could mass produce better than them. I just said that one of details of the upgrade kit would be being cheaper, and that we should explore this oppotunity to use our brand and specs to appeal to those who are already searching to upgrade their Pumpkinseeds IIs.

To be true, I just made that mech as a suggestion for upgrade our own 6 Pumpkinseed II we have in store and that Wong said that we can't make into Blue Knights, the marketing just happened.

I think there are some legal complications with making and marketing an upgrade kit for a mech a separate corporation has made. Especially one that has such close ties with the Jovian government.

>>1958448
Maybe, maybe not, politics is a tricky thing.

>>1958448
>>1958455
Honestly, we should be focusing on the Dutchman then. It's the only one that has a radically Different frame with the whole Quick change mount thing.

>>1958448
It is, their designs are patented it would be easy to take us to court over it.

>>1958468
I support this. Also good publicity with Luna placing an order.I say 80% Dutchman, 20% exclusive customized mechs that are higher quality. We can also gift a couple out to say Officers that serve with us on joint ops if there's no propietary tech. Like no stealth systems.

Have we considered selling production licenses instead for lower end stuff?

>>1958468
I've never say to focus anything on the P.L. it was just I solution to the "Not being able to upgrade our PIIs" that seems profitable for more than that.
>>1958479
If I'm not mistaken, there is ton of companies who sell extra stuff compatible with things that they don't have the IP of, our upgrade kit can work on any medium striker, it we aren't even producing anything they have the IP of.
But true justice doesn't exist under the law of men, so it could go either way depending on the interests involved.

>>1958480
80% is too much when we have an entire crew specialized in stealth mechs, 50% Dutchman would be more reasonable.
Also, how do you guys plan on distributing the other designs? In which crew they would be more usefull?

>>1958546
I meant for foreign sales. We should prioritize internal production to bring our raiding forces up to spec so we can get as much benefit from that as possible.

Also there are other pirates in Phaeton. Just because we've only seen the 5 man band doesn't mean they don't have conventional forces too.

>>1958574
I agree with you on priotizing internal production, my point is just using a fraction of our totatl production power for a steady amount of money, thats all.

>>1958633
Haven't you always been going on about how you don't trust any other powers in the system. How do you think giving them access to our new troops and being able to look at the designs for weaknesses a good idea?

>>1958633
Considering we're about to enter the war and just got a massive paycheck from Rudolph, we're better off focusing on our own forces than trying to make 'unofficial' kits for rival corporation mechs.

Besides, we don't need to rely on upgrading other peoples mechs for cash when we just had a whole tournament to show off our upcoming production line. There's no better advertising for military hardware than competition.

>>1958677
Exactly, imagine taking the Dutchman and just giving it a 225cp limit instead of 140.

>>1958642
As if they won't get info on our mechs anyway.
And that doesn't really won't matter much, as it is a two way street in which pilots skill matter more than knowing down to minimal details of the wallpapers of your enemy's mech.

>>1958677
The Pumpkinseed upgrade time will pass, though, and even if we have money for today, this extra profit could make a difference tomorow.

But as I said, I did it the frame with upgrading our own machines in mind, as we have 6 Pumpkinseeds II in our possesion.

>>1958696
Dutch already did it I think, I remember a 225CP Ducthman.
I doubt that it will be MP before second gen, though.

>>1958480
Which licenses are you thinking of selling? Rocs and Shinobi Harpies?

>>1958766
>As if they won't get info on our mechs anyway.
You do this in every argument
>They can potentially invalidate whatever measures we put up so why even bother having measures
Its a shit argument.

>>1958771
>Worring about having locks when everyone has masterkeys.
Anyone that we can sell them to would be able of giving that info to them, heck, even any mechanic who quits his job could do it, what are we going to do, kill everyone who quits? Make them sign a disclosure contract? How we would even be able to tell who snitched on them? And even if they just don't got that info by other means?

Besides, we live in a universe where target analyzers are a thing, any officer could scan our mechs for full specs, and we will be flying alongside SSL personal many times.

Are you serious?

>>1958696
You have to take into account Production time and the cost of repairs. We're not exactly at the tech level where we can afford to equip every soldier with a 200+CP mech. Ensuring everyone is piloting some kind of Elite Grunt Suit is more doable.

>>1959009
I would like to mention while we are disscussion this mech stuff that we should consider that many of models we're made taking in consideration fighting jovians models in mind... the Dutchman's axe, per example, was made for being able to bisect a Pumpkinseeds Torso in one sweep.
That doesn't translate so well taking Knights or other frames in consideration, so we should check our armament option in order to know what would best fit as an enemy counter.

For example, let me put this question for you, for open combat against Knights, which loadout from which mecha would be more apropriate for general use?

>>1959051
Iskander Rifles remain a solid line weapon simply due to their high damage, no ammo cost, and relative cheapness. Very few machines are capable of shrugging off sustained 8K fire. EMWs invalidate the Knight armor bonus and the double-saber should make short work of most limbs, provided you get both hits in.

I like the mech you created. Just not fond of the name.

>>1959220
I wasn't talking about my mech, I was talking about our mechs in general.

I really like the Ducthman, seriously, I told this multiple times, But while I agree that it should be our main mech, I don't think that we should go as far as to make it more than half of our mechs... Its weapons specs may be really good in general, and optimized for certain machines, but we're going to face mostly another type of enemies though.

Do we even something with a ranged option that is able os doing 13K/AP or 16K raw damage?

>>1959307
What I'm saying is that the mech you built is pretty capable of handling Knights.

There's an Iskander beam sword that does 14K and another Iskander gun that does 14K as well. I think those are the highest damage weapons, followed by McClintock and Bodvarsson's swords and Mai's cannons.

>>1959339
>Mai's cannons

I didn't realize her boobs were that powerful.

>>1959339
We could make our PIIs into them with just 19CP.

But lets have Wong solve the mechapool and everything before taking this possibility serious.

>>1959396
>*Gently touches your head a few times in the fastest manner possible*

So, new mixtape maybe?

>>1959396
She's actually made multiple functioning 20K beam cannons out of nothing but model kits, paint, and magnets (because fuck gluing them together.)

Trust me, I made her.

God damn, between losing a job and getting a new one, I seem to have missed a lot.

So, we're on Avalon now?

>>1960737
Route Split. Caesar is playing secret agent on Avalon, Roarke is with the league.

>>1960751
Ah, I see.

So, what happened in Roarke route?

>>1960755
Short form; Roarke allied with the League, Fairchild had a very bad time, Caesar's dad is grand Marshal, and we killed the Cabot. Also there was fighting bluegill joe. Best catch up, a lot has happened.

>>1959879
What do you mean? An Avalonian themed one?

>>1961300
No, just want to add more songs to play during a fight. Maybe play it off as a gift from all the Wives to Roarke.

>>1961504
So, Waifu themed mixtape!
Alright, where is Thunder? We need our musicman here.

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Opinions?
>(Now with the logo)

>>1961619
He's waiting on approval from Wong first.

My suggestions for it are:
>Kickstart My Heart by Motley Crue
>Painkiller by Judas Priest
>Shoot to Thrill by AC/DC

>>1961947
Oh, and
>Only the Good Die Young by Billy Joel
For Fatima.

I don't remember what we already have, but lets give it a try:
>Push it to the Limit (Scarface)

Might I suggest:

> White Wedding - Billy Idol
> Princes of the Universe - Queen

NEVER ENOUGH ELO
ELO - Turn to Stone
ELO - Shine a little Love
ELO - Evil Woman
ELO - Mr. Bluesky
ELO - Overture 10538

I tried my hand on reverse engineering the Mustang from the instructions Wong gave some threads ago(too sleep to respost it now), and that is what came out of it:

MUSTANG
Medium Weight Torso: C/S/K 12, 6 tons
Medium Weight Head: C/S/K 6, 3 tons
Light Heavy L. Arm: C/S/K 8, 3.5 tons
Left Hand: 2 CP, 1 Space, 1 Kill, 0.5 tons
Light Heavy R. Arm: C/S/K 8, 3.5 tons
Right Hand: 2 CP, 1 Space, 1 Kill, 0.5 tons
Medium Weight L. Leg: C/S/K 7, 3 tons
Medium Weight R. Leg: C/S/K 7, 3 tons

(52CP and 23tons.)
Armor: Light Heavy (7 SP, 7 CP, 3.5 tons) on all locations (42CP and 21 tons.)

Main Sensors (Head): 4 CP, 1 Space, 2 Kills, 1 ton
Backup Sensors (Torso): 2 CP, 2 Spaces, 2 Kills, 1 ton
Advanced Sensor Package (Head): 10 CP, 2 Spaces

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), Deluxe Anti-Theft Code Lock (0.4 CP), Stereo (0.1 CP).

(114CP and 46tons.)

Handheld Light Beam Saber: WA +1, 10K (only 2K of structure), EMW (treats SP as 4 less than usual), 8 CP, 8 Spaces, 1 ton
Arm-Mounted Medium Heavy Shield: DA -1, SP 12, 15 CP, 1 Spaces, 6 tons

Choose One:
Handheld Beam Rifle: Range 550m, WA +1, 8K, Infinite Ammo, 14 CP, 8 Spaces, 4 tons
Handheld Rocket Launcher: Range 600m, WA 0, 12K, 10 rockets (can be fired singly or in a salvo), 14 CP, 8 Spaces, 4 tons
Handheld Rocket Pod: Range 450m, WA 0, 6K, 20 rockets (can be fired singly or in a salvo), 14 CP, 8 Spaces, 4 tons
Handheld Heavy Missile Pod: Range 1200m, WA +2, 12K, 4 rocket, 14 CP, 8 Spaces, 2 tons

(151CP and 57 tons.)

Thrusters & Speed: 7 per leg and 7 in the torso. Moves 500 meters per turn in flight, or can run 250m. 21 CP.
Total Weight: 57 tons
Total Cost: 172 CP base, 223.6 CP with additive systems (Active Cloaking)

>>1964511
Some notes to explain why I thought of it the way its written:
>I put 10MA because officer mechs and the like tend to be a little faster than their "just enough to fly" brethren.
>the ASP is there because they are supposed to act together and know where they buddies are.
>Have no idea about the shield though, I don't remember Wong saying anything about that, so I just applied the usual UJCIDF shield bonus to the heaviest shield it could use.
>The saber is what I deduced from "basic EMW" it has only the amout of kills equal to what the mech can hold in its hands.
>The range option just has the same basic amount of damage of the saber, I thought of making it 6K instead but it felt too low dmg when even the BKcustom has a 6K weapon.
>The range options are just 14CP range options of the same usual type as in the Pumpkinseed series.
>It can cloak, maybe its automated too, IDK.
>I think that the real one may be under 225CP too because of the fact they're supposed to be MP... But its just a bet.
So... This is my estimation of its capabilities...

Double-Ended saber would be more effective... But if I'm anywhere close to the real numbers... Bruce Kelly could be a monster with this thing.

The -5MV is sad, though.

I bet 100 credits that the "taking over Loriette's lands" plot will be trouble for Ceasar.

>be peasant
>be serving under Countess Loriette.
>She is the type of noble underdog that cares, or at least seems to care, about her people, and who knows the full backstory of anyone directly working under her.
>Her family ruling over the lands for generations.
>Countess doesn't come back from war.
>Bitch cousin who had tried to taken the lands before is now the new ruler.
>Rumors going on about how her first plan had failed because Loriette revealed her dirty secret to public.
>She suspiciously has a solar aborigine knight who is always at her side everywhere.
>Rules from a calculating and emotinally distant perspective, seeing peasants more like resources than people.

>>1958468

While I like almost all of the grunt mecha Phaeton uses, the Dutchman has a lot of neat points in its favor. It's very different in construction from the extant Jovian mecha in its size range, it has the quick change system, and it's designed for modularity. For example, let's say you really

One thing I'm honestly tempted to do, and it's part of the reason why I'm throwing money at you, narratively speaking, is to give you the chance to take your huge glut of Harpies and upgrade them all to Rocs, and build a bunch of Dutchmen. That way, you have squads of small, fast mecha that can use a variety of different weapons, and squads of larger, more powerful, more expensive, still QUITE fast thanks to the booster pods mecha that can also use a variety of different weapons. That gives you a good, two-tiered baseline, that leaves room for the various other mecha in your arsenals to appear in specialty roles. For example, the Yamato post-upgrade will have squads of Lightnings, Walkure, Bushi, and Wraiths. Plus Oda's new mech, the Osano-Wo...damn it, I forgot the weeb name he gave it post upgrade AND I lost the Masakado sheet before I had time to update it, so if anyone has that please re-link.

The neat thing about this approach is that between Dutchmen and your connections with independent garages you can basically make whatever you want in the Medium Striker range. Want to slap an Iskander rifle on a Dutchman, give it better sensors, and make a Sniper Zaku? Go ahead! Need close-combat Dutchies? Y&H had some decent melee weapons if you're determined to forego the IN MY OPINION excellent beam axe they come with by default.

The problem with the Pumpkinseed Lighting is that making more Pumpkinseed frames is Bahamutcorp's deal, though you can use ones you acquire or already own to upgrade into the various tourney mecha built from Pumpkinseeds, which might be a better alternative than the Lightning since, for one thing, Red Siren needs them to make Valkyries. Meanwhile you have de-facto Papal authority from Luna to manufacture Dutchman frames.

>>1967264
>Using our Deuces to make Tourney mechs.
That deals with it, let me just check which ones were made from Pumpkinseeds to see our options.

>It's very different in construction from the extant Jovian mecha in its size range,
What...? Its just a Medium Striker with Heavy Striker Armor, it isn't far from the usual size.

>Bushi
Are they copies of the original Osano Wo? You never confirmed what they are like.

>Wong's Health
Are you feeling better yet Wong? I've been worried about your dissapearance during the last days.

GANBARE WONG-SAMA! >.<

>>1964541
>The -5MV is sad, though.
No it isn't. It is, in fact, perfectly normal for a machine in the medium-and-change size category when you're not slinging disgusting amounts of weight reduction around. The original S-Slayer was -5 too, if I recall.

>>1967329

Game is tomorrow, I should be all set then, I meant to write a bunch of stuff out in advance but life and illness got in the way.

As for the Mustang, that's specifically a Mustang Commando SOUL MP, the Mustang and Bass are competing frames for the various SOUL mecha and the MP versions are just Mustang (Type) or Bass (Type), like Mustang Commando and Bass Trooper (which is more or less S-Swordtail, possibly with the tail shield switched for an arm shield).

>>1958028
>Pumpkinseed Jaeger picture
>its a gelgoog
reee

>>1967488
So... The one I stated is a Commando? So there is worse versions of that?
The ones with Fairchild were commandos then?

>>1967345
The Slayer is in the 3-Hundreds bracket, its compreensible that it has -5MV when it was 3 different ways of causing absurds amounts of damage and a reliable defense.
This thing is powerfull, but is still in the league of the Morgans and Warmouths customs, and if manage to bypass their cloaking (dodging the first attack in open space where there is no chance to recloak) they could be be shoot down by some 140CP with a high damage output because of the MV distance between them.

To give a better example... This is very similar to an original Osano-Wo, its just 2 Sizes bigger and with a cloaking system. In the future, updating our Bushi to something close to this would be a possibility.

>>1967264
You mean this? https://pastebin.com/0RWaqEhC
I could work on a medium weight mecha in the 225 range for our own Mustang. I like the Gerbana Tetra design for it though, hence why I was looking for the mech's name.

>>1967987
>No Sakura Petal(Smoke) bombs.
You're getting rusty at this senpai.

>>1968336
Its an old design and I wanted to fit in the rocket punch. Also it should have the sakura petal generators so it always has them for dramatic shots.