Steel Warrior Academy: A Mecha School RP Signups and Interest Check

[VitaVitaAR]

It is, but in terms of the scale I was thinking of I felt it would be about right. Not too big to still be thought of as real for one.

[0Zeroes]

Name: Jason "Jake" Li
Age: 17

Appearance: Click Me

Personality: Jake has always been friendly, nice to everyone he meets and tries to make a friend in everyone. Doesn't make enemies often, but when he does, they don't go away. Jake can easily adapt to anything and everything. He is a straight A student who trys to maintain high marks. His main issue is that he can't trust, although friendly, he can never truely trust someone.

History: Jakes parents were immigrants from China. They immigrated to Canada before he was born. Jake grew up a only child and in a lower middle class family. Both of his parents worked and had difficulty balancing work with taking care of him. The war never affected him, his father was a UEG mech factory worker. He would help create parts for the mech. Jake had an interest with this and would try to ask his father about it as much as possible. Finding out about the academy through his father he applied and got accepted into the academy.

Mech: UEG-Z0 or "Spectre"

Click Me *

The Spectre is a flight-based mech that is swift and medium to short ranged. Having weak armor and somewhat strong shields, using a sword and a semiautomatic submachine gun as it's main weapons.

Superheated Blade: Carries a medium sized SH blade that is strong enough to cut through shields and armor.

Plasma SM Guns: Accurate and quick, fires beams capable of tearing though mech armor. Carries two and dual-wields if not holding sword.

Wings/Jets: This makes the Spectre capable of flight. The entire fighting style of the mech relies on flight.

Personal shields: To make up for its weak armor, the Spectre has moderate shields but cannot withstand heavy, direct damage.

Automatic pistol with attached knife: For emergencies. Kept in a closed off compartment.

*For anyone who has watched Gundam Seed, I am using the strike freedom for its appearance, the Spectre will not be God like the strike freedom.

Side-Note: First bio written ever, pretty bad I know. If you want anything changed just tell me.

[kiya]

I can remove the missiles that can be guided through vision, however I thought it would be more balanced than seekers just due to needing so much focus to make them hit, an opponent could merely shoot at or use some kind of distraction technique to make her lose focus. ^^ But I'll judt change it to that they follow the the aim of the firing arm, like the infered rockets in half life 2 or the AT launcher in battlefield. ^^

[VitaVitaAR]

Okay.

That seem fine, but I slept in too much so it will be a bit before I look in-depth at anything. ^^;

[kiya]

Does that mean my characters been accepted? :)

[VitaVitaAR]

Yeah, it does. ^^;

@0Zeros: I think this is fine, so accepted.

[Asuras]

Name: Teshima Hiromi
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Personality: Hiromi is a picturesque pompous princess, expecting everything and often giving little in return besides further disdain. She carries herself with a subdued arrogance, seeming quite calm and serene one moment, and then shattering such notions as soon as she speaks. Her voice is contemptuous, prideful, but nevertheless high-class and well-versed; though she comes off as rude, it is simply through the incredible vocabulary she wields with an assassin's agility that others are put-off. She does so with intent, obviously attempting to come off as 'superior' in as many ways as possible.

Hiromi is easily flattered, and just as easily taken advantage of in this way. One would be wise to realize with their first interactions with Hiromi that a properly placed 'lady' or 'princess' in their dialogue can get them far. Though she is quick to call herself intelligent, wise, and witty, Hiromi ends up leaving herself at a level parallel to or lower than her peers; with a relatively short temper, she makes mistakes through frustration with an unfortunate frequency. In a graceful and focused state of mind, however, Hiromi proves herself to be a very dedicated and skilled individual. Honor can only be maintained if she does well, after all.

Even for all her seriousness, Hiromi appears quite content and happy with her life. She walks with purpose and a trained spring in her step, and is eager to take part in events near and far. Her maturity is maintained as a beautiful tapestry over the wall that is her energy. Despite the caustic nature of her interactions, Hiromi proves herself to be a cooperative addition to any team.

History: Prior to the Casvalan War, the Teshima family owned and operated one of the largest defense industry companies in the East, supplying the UEG with a number of modified Mechanical Frames for their military. While originally of a young and ambitious company, Teshima Arms grew into a worldwide megacorporation with deep pockets in countless Earth governments, even supplying technology to the Casvalan Feifdom before its uprising... which inevitably hurt their reputation once the war had finally broken out. Former deals with the UEG's enemy brought about great suspicion, especially after it was determined they had multiple factories located in UEG space territory just beyond the Casvalan's, two of which went "silent"

Though rich and prosperous, Teshima Arms was investigated and suffered significant stock losses due to the distrust in their business operations. With a heavy focus on the usage of MF frames in the Casvalan War, morale was a thing dependent on the fame of models and makes; an MF's company spearheaded its popularity and effectiveness on the battlefield, and subsequently its love amidst the populace. When an MF succeeded on the front lines, it was well-known in the homes of billions on television. While Teshima Arms MF models were not seen being used by the Casvalan's, UEG citizens and news agencies still initially portrayed them as "questionable", spurred on by competitors to do so.

Only when a long streak of astounding wins on the battlefield did Teshima Arms' models fame rise again -and substantially so. A series of five marches on a Casvalan-controlled colony spearheaded by a battalion primarily made up of Teshima Arms MF's was met with incredible victories and low losses. The event was glorified back home, and stocks skyrocketed for Teshima Arms, lifting it up to a level of power matching its former pre-war glory.

Still, distrust was rooted in the market, and continued rhetoric between it and other MF-producing companies eventually caused an event that would send a young Hiromi into the MF academy. During a rather large party attended by prominent industry figures, Hiromi's father was taunted for multiple reasons, one of which infuriating him the most. At the time, not a single member of the Teshima family had pledged their lives to the UEG and marched to war. The Teshima head was called a coward, and the insult extended to his family. The man was competitive, and it was easy to see him get quite angry over the subject.

Hiromi bore witness to a fit of rage when he had returned home, and the young girl understood completely her father's disappointments in himself and hate for others attending the party. Hiromi, being quite ambitious herself and dedicated to the Teshima's cause of honor and success, spoke before her father with absolute conviction.

"I will pilot a Teshima Mechanical Frame into battle, and bring honor to our name."

Of course, being so young and destined to manage the company, her father responded with an initial reluctance; he desired fame as much as anyone else, but the thought of sending his little girl into the war frightened him. Sensing the dedication in his older sister, Hiromi's brother pledged to take her place with fervor and hard work should she fail to return. It was a grim consideration, but it satisfied the Teshima head, and he allowed Hiromi to enroll into the Tsukino-Danvers Academy, bringing with her a custom-made MF of Teshima design with her.

The Teshima family would be represented both in steel and in blood from then on.

Mechanical Frame: TS-59HX "Sarin Nova"

Appearance

Description: Sarin Nova is a custom-built and specialized MF designed and forged for Hiromi and Hiromi alone. The very software and hardware recognizes only her various biological signatures, and sports a seating arrangement perfectly formed to her size and preferences. It suffices to say little money was spared in constructing it for her. Despite its custom make, Sarin Nova is still of the TS-59 lineage, built as a combat-role MF with a secondary but large focus on electronic warfare upgrades and capabilities. The TS-59 sports light-weight armor, though its internal mechanisms are built of a much stronger and heavier material than other MF's. The light armor serves as mediocre protection for its internal chassis, but helps in the end. TS-59's are thus built with survivability in mind, rather than defensiveness; damage taken to the actual internals result in much less severe results than in other MF models. Redundant mechanisms and an advanced mechanical correction system allows for wounded limbs to maintain a semblance of effectiveness even after being stricken. This has led to the TS-59 being known as the "Guardian Angel" of MF models on the front lines. Countless pilot's lives were saved thanks to the ability of the TS-59 to take a severe hit and remain capable of retreat for repair.

With lighter weight armors, energetic weapons cause severe issues for the TS-59, and so it employs countermeasures against such projectiles as plasma bolts and lasers. A layer of fine "Plastiglass" coats much of its armor, serving to bend certain amounts of light away from the metal underneath, lending to decreased stopping power in laser weapons. Liquid-coolant heat sink pathways course just under the armor plates, which act as heat dissipators to hold up against plasma weapons. The fragility of these systems however make them vulnerable to simple kinetic weaponry.

The TS-59 generally carries lighter combat weaponry, though defines itself as a medium-weight MF due to its internal materials. As an artillery unit, however, it does not suffer; long range combat is easily achieved (given relative immobility) thanks to the enhanced radar systems on board. The TS-59 sports a sinister array of electronic warfare packages that serve to harass enemy units from near and far. The TS-59 can deploy jamming pulses at close and short ranges which help mask it from guided weapons like missiles. The TS-59 is also equipped with a "Dead Zone" generator that Teshima Arms keeps classified. By engaging the device, communication to and from enemy electronic devices are impeded, reducing them to mere static. In this respect the TS-59 makes for an incredible fast attack surprise vehicle, preventing assaulted positions from calling for help. Its armor coating also employs radar-absorptive material made up of a mix of materials to maximize the range of frequencies it can neutralize.

Hiromi's MF model comes equipped with a pair of Woodward Impulse Engines mounted on its back, allowing for slow and low Earthly flight, but incredible maneuverability and agility in the vacuum of space. The tops serve as compartments as well, which can carry a single large weapon of Teshima design, or two small pieces of equipment.

Weaponry:

• HAGURE Anti-Material Trainer - An immense-range railgun sniper rifle firing specialized bullets that can identify targets beyond line of sight, and subsequently re-orient themselves to hit said target. Ramjets built into the projectiles cause them to pick up speed the longer they go, eventually reaching a maximum speed within a few seconds of travel. The projectiles can be loaded with varying payloads.


• Otent-6 - The Sarin Nova carries two of these semi-automatic laser rifles. The Otent-6 utilizes energy generated from the MF itself, rather than an independent battery, and so can degrade the available energy of the Sarin Nova to undergo necessary quick movements if used for a long, successive duration.


• Cursol Progressive Knife - A vibro-blade carried on the Sarin Nova's chestplate.

[Joytex]

Name:[B/] David Gulliver
[B]Age: 14
Gender: M
Appearance:

Personality:
David is someone you might describe as 'on-edge', he has quite a twitchy disposition, a slight nervousness about him and a habit of over-reacting, not to mention a bit of a temper. He's an intelligent guy, generally quite good for thinking up out-of-the-box solutions. Dave seems to pick things up naturally enough though he is definitely a pessimist in life, and shows it in his less upbeat moods.
History:
Dave Gullivan grew up wanting to become a computer programmer, a cushy life that he enjoyed far away from anything militaristic, when the war started though his father had other plans. A sharp contrast to the intellectual David, his father was a physical, proud sort of man, he signed his son up to Tsukino-Danvers Academy to learn how to pilot an mech and also put him into use some of the test variant D4 MF's so he could be the best he could be. Much to David's dismay.

Mechanical Frame: UEG D4 known as 'Whirlygig'.

Several months after Kantaku was retaken, the remains of what appeared to be a four-armed Mechanical Frame were discovered in the ruins of a factory; worried that the Fiefdom had developed a new advancement in MF the UEG did their best to reverse engineer the tech and rolled out a line of their own variants. The resulting D4's off-balance, poor accuracy and difficulty to control meant they saw little success and were not developed further, however some are being offered to new trainees in the hopes that learning the D4 from scratch may yield better results.

Appearance:

Spoiler

The D4 has two modes, one where its four arms are connected as two for better accuracy if slower aim, the second where it detaches into four separate arms each used independently. The other unusual feature is that the torso of the Mechanical Frame is able to swivel on top of the legs for quicker reactions.
Weaponry:
Whirligig generally uses two bolt rifles, a grenade launcher and a laser rifle, though it's often swapped out with a variety of wieldable guns.

[VitaVitaAR]

Well... Kantaku was never claimed by the Casvalans. It was just a failed colony. Basically it was a giant overgrown ghost town when the UEG came back to it.

I'm not quite sure about a four-armed mecha either.

[Joytex]

That's np, just testing the waters, give it an edit in a bit.

[Raineh Daze]

I have to add that your picture doesn't look 14 and is terrible quality. :p

[0Zeroes]

Think we should start soon, if we let any more in, it will be over populated.

[Sauron The Dark Lord]

Please, me...
I need to join this.

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Name:
Augustus Primus.

Age:
17.

Gender:
Male.

Appearance

Personality:
Augustus is a person with a great tactical and strategical insight, often thinking of himself as a 'rare asset', in school he's amongst the best students there could be, without much doubt his grades are proof enough.His behaviour is that of a strategist, he isn't a person to be befriended, and is mostly avoided during off-time, he is an example to the class he's in and maintains such a status. Other than a great student, he is also a great chess player, he looks upon people as discardable, but he also knows when to engage, but most clearly: When not to engage the enemy.

''People call me ''Weird, crazy and unnatural'', well... There's a war raging on, and I'm not here to make friends, I am here to fight a war. I envy you people, because you're so clueless of the real situation.''

History:
Augustus, a member of an incredibly successful line of lineage to the very core of military service. The Primus family holds it's palace like home near the center of Italy, just outside of Rome. Alexander Primus, Augustus' father was one of the more important figures in the military business and Augustus greatly looked up to him throughout his junior education. Augustus wasn't challenged by the school system and therefore Alexander tought him when he was home from military service, always going back after his tours were done with a single response from the undying cries of Josephine Primus, Augustus' mother. ''I can't leave my brothers and sisters to die on the frontlines when I am here, with my family.''

One day, of course it was expected, but it was shocking nonetheless. Alexander was slain in battle by a formidable foe, not even the body was left after his selfless sacrifice which only ended up being in vain. Augustus was changed when he experienced a burrial ceremony for nothing, he turned cold, distant and uncaring for even his own mother, mostly isolating himself into his sleeping chambers, only coming out to attend education.

Through his life of isolation he had self thought himself everything he'd known and awed his teachers and fellow students alike.
It was his own choice to attend the Tsukino-Danvers Academy, one of the most popular, and surely the parent to many great MF pilots. Of course he wasn't without aid in his adventures, the grades weren't a problem and through a life of solitude, yet connection to everything there is he'd gathered powerful allies, giving him the only obstacle he had to join the Academy.

An MF.

Mechanical Frame:
MF0017-MX ULTR ''Overlord'' ''The Emperor''

Info:
The heavily modified MF0017-MX ULTR is the prototype amongst next gen, heavily modified machines, taking in great agility and very light armour. The MF0017-MX ULTR is an all 'rounder equipped with powerful weapons of all abilities as well as sensory equipment so that the information can be gathered and distributed amongst others on the team The MF0017-MX ULTR is made to turn the tide, with the highly angular and stealthy mechanics it cannot be detected on the radar, with it's omni-directional thrusters it can also go quite fast and quite far, whilst the machine itself is hidden to radar, it is however 75, instead of the regular 60ft tall, making it a large target, the mechs weakness is heavy but slow, long range weaponry. It relies on it's agility and damage, as well as ability to deal with the problem quickly, rather than a prolonged engagement.

Whilst the machine is invisible to radar it's external heatsinks makes it vulnerable to heatseekers.

The strain on the pilot is immense, therefore the pilot risks life if performing maneuvers most pilots would be able to perform with strain, this is simply because of the power behind the thruster engines and jump jets, capable of jumping high. This machine is able to perform limited maneuverability in flying a flying state.

Appearance

Weaponry:
- P.A.S.A.U.
The new support artillery unit developed by HawX Dynamo to exclusively equip the next gen MF0017-MX.
This unit is able to perform precision and supportive shelling anywhere needed within a 56km radius, the artillery supports currosive, infernal, explosive and chemical rounds capable of any sort of situation, it can even fire GPS/Laser guided munitions.

- A.S.H.C.L.A.W.
An All Situations High Caliber Large Assault Weapon, equipped with a vibrant cutter and a high caliber weapon at the same time, this thing can shoot currosive and explosive munitions, again: can also use GPS or Laser guided munitions.

- R.C.U.
The handheld rail cannon is a weapon that requires massive amounts of energy, but it fires a rod beyond the speed of sound. The disadvantage and advantage is the fact that the rod only goes in a straight line, there is no fall until it's too late. Whilst the rod itself isn't explosive, the physical power it holds is more than good enough.

- A.R.S.O.U.360.
The 360 degree sensory equippment that gathers situational data from all around using classified mechanics whom then split the information amongst the team so that the entire squad has the best possible sense of information and situational overview. Can also be turned to not share the information with others, it could even pump fake data to others. The others have to agree with the data transfer, however.

- H.O.S.U.
A back mounted UAV used for precision and long range information gathering.

[VitaVitaAR]

It's still open. ^^;

[Sauron The Dark Lord]

Updated my post with my CS, please tell me what you think.

[Dblade26]

Name: Jack Yatagarasu

Age:9

Gender:Male

Appearance: The face of a serious and competent mecha pilot, totally

Personality: Jack is hyperactive and energetic in the extreme and basically believes himself to be a "Soldier of Justice!" and "Warrior for Peace!" among many other things, all of which require an exclamation point when spoken. While he's not quite naive enough to think of war as a game, he insists that being a Mechanical Frame Pilot requires things like coming up with names for your attacks and maneuvers that you can shout out during battle, talking to your mecha like it's a living thing and boldly announcing your arrival, preferably accompanied by a theme-song or a cool nickname. Regardless, he puts a lot of attention and time into caring for his mecha and training for battles and is not quite as dense as he seems. Most of all, he longs to make friends, having often enough given up the chance in the past in order to focus on piloting.

History: For as long as Jack or anyone who has known him can remember, he has been obsessed with giant robots in general and Mechanical Frames specifically and though his ideas on what it meant to be a pilot were a little strange his hunger for the subject allowed him to advance rapidly through school as long as he could keep mechanical frames in focus, though other areas of study barely held his interest. He immediately volunteered to be a Mechanical Frame Pilot in any way he could and practically begged until he was admitted to a pilot school despite his youth and inexperience.

Mechanical Frame

Appearance: Lots and lots of gun

Weaponry Jack's Mechanical Frame is a unique customization meant to function as an anti-armor or anti-artillery Hunter-Killer, with most of its' systems designed for that role, though it also can be used for mid-to-long range fire support or skirmishing against enemy Mobile Frames.

Laser Rifle- one of Jack's main armaments, this high-powered laser rifle is designed to melt through artillery emplacements and heavily armored mecha with equal ease and the ability to focus its' beam means its' effective at a variety of ranges.

Gatling Piercer-This shoulder mounted weapon flips forward when in use and launches large armor piercing projectiles very rapidly. The intense heat it generates necessitates additional external heatsinks.

Multi-Missile Launcher-A second shoulder mounted weapon capable of firing up to seven missiles at a time.

Heat Breaker!-A secondary function to the mecha's external heatsinks that Jack has dubbed 'Heat Breaker'. the Mechanical Frame can focus all of the stored-up heat from its' weapons and core and vent it into a powerful, incinerating stream. While it's effective only at very short ranges and was initially meant as an emergency measure against over-heating, Jack often uses this unusual feature to compensate for his mecha's complete lack of close combat weaponry.

Assault Rifle-Jack's sidearm is a mecha-sized assault rifle capable of firing in single-shot, burst or fully automatic.

Sensor Array-The horn on Jack's Mecha's head is actually a sensor antenna capable of sending out scans in a wide range to find potential enemies and sync with Jack's weapon systems for more accurate targeting. It is even capable of using its' sensors to see through obstacles to prevent ambushes or hit through concealment.

Jack's mecha actually has no real armor and shielding in order to make it maneuverable enough to outflank heavier mechas and get inside the blindspots of artillery emplacements despite its' heavy payload. Other than Heat Breaker, it has no close combat weapons.

[VitaVitaAR]

@Sauron: Um, just as in real life, it's Italy rather than Rome now. Also I think your mecha is a bit overpowered but at the moment it's a bit to late to outline why I feel that way.

@Dblade: Accepted.

[Asuras]

Updated my CS. Tis finished now. :3

[Sauron The Dark Lord]

I am aware that it's Italy rather than Rome, however the capitol of Italy is Roma, or Rome.
I'm impatient because this seems to be something I could enjoy greatly.

[VitaVitaAR]

Okay, um, I'll look at everyone in a bit... but to start with, Sauron, your mecha seems to just state that it has good armor, which isn't really a glass cannon.

And I was confused mostly because he has a Latin name and is described as Roman, which threw me off.