I'm not dead guys! I was a bit busy with a bunch of schoolwork (being a full-time college student can sometimes eat large chunks of time & motivation). I have had the chance to catch up on all the commentary made so far ... glad to see the interest. I believe we can fit everyone in however I will be closing it once everyone here gets character sheets in, at least for now. I will consider allowing a third squad in the future (I had plans to go up to 4 - a full platoon - but the 2 co-GM limit will cap it at 3 arbitrarily).

Thank you [@Aristo] for handling things so nicely in my brief absence. [@Ollumhammersong] Aristo basically nailed it. For everyone else, I purposefully did not define what the thing looks like for the reason that everyone can hold their own image of the mech in their minds and no one person is right or wrong. In regards to loadout, you've got the two standard plasma cannons as your arms and you can attach additional stuff. Mortar pods on the back for example, or some machine guns coaxial with the cannons. Non-weapon equipment is also cool if someone wants to pitch a sniper kit with active camo, I'll hear you out. Ollum, yes. I will be signing off on these mostly for balance reasons. Once signed off on, they do go into the list. However anyone can throw an idea out and unless it's egregiously too strong, I won't outright reject it.

I'm gonna be a bit metagame-y here and give you guys the heads-up as a GM that [i]you will need:[/i] an explosive ordnance indirect fire kit, something to put high-arc fire on threats entrenched behind terrain or fortifications that direct or low-arc fire cannot hit; an extreme-range precision direct fire kit, some kind of sniper/marksman build to deal with threats at very long range that other mechs cannot. I've been blocking out the first mission everyone gets dropped on and without these things, you will have a very hard time pressing the mission objective.

[@Thecrash20] [@Skyrte] See above about 'no one right image'. Basically it is what you choose it to be in your mind within a few basics. As for the bruiser-with-the-wrong-chassis-piece there (yes I recognize it), there's a couple of problems bringing that particular armament into this.

[b]EDIT:[/b] Aristo's pic is the closest to what's in my head personally. If there was going to be a definitive image of the Predator, that's definitely a strong contender.
Also I posted the character sheet in the zero'th of Characters tab. Have at it!