[hider=Nova Marcus] [color=lightcyan][hr][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/JJxPBX1.png[/img][/center][hr] [img]https://i.imgur.com/jKwb94Z.png[/img] 24 [img]https://i.imgur.com/SDbqZhp.png[/img] Female [img]https://i.imgur.com/cvuWdxo.png[/img] Arsenal Walker Pilot/Second Lieutenant [img]https://i.imgur.com/IqW4k5r.png[/img] Standing at about a meter seventy, though rarely reaches that as a result of less than ideal posture. Her build is slight enough to be somewhat obscured under her pilot’s uniform, moderately toned from an active lifestyle rather than any specific focus on form. Her features are angled, though smooth enough to prevent a sharp, gaunt look to them. Inky eyes peer out from her russet complexion, with dark freckles spreading out across her nose and cheeks. A mess of thick chin-length hair frames her face, stark white and silvery A thin, pale scar traces down from her hairline to just above her left eye, and a similar scar runs along the underside of her forearm on the same side. [img]https://i.imgur.com/rQ0l6JM.png[/img] Laconic, though more quiet as a result of being more content to listen and watch than any sort of shy or antisocial tendencies. Quite the opposite, she prefers the company of others and tends to get antsy if left up to her own devices for too long. Enjoys testing herself, something which translates into a mild streak of competitiveness from time to time. Avid stargazer, prefers nighttime on Earth. [img]https://i.imgur.com/c0wQoEA.png[/img] Intelligent and adaptive, great when thinking on her feet and works well under pressure; all traits which warranted her selection as a Walker pilot. As long as something’s got engines and a throttle, she can get it flying. While mechs the size of buildings aren’t exactly her forte, she’s catching on quick. Trained in combat [img]https://i.imgur.com/T5QWqLx.png[/img] [url=https://cdnb.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/000/350/051/large/kris-thaler-sta19-hq-v1p.jpg?1418309063]L7-S pistol.[/url] Federation Navy standard sidearm. Designed for use in zero-g and low gravity environments, works perfectly well in standard atmo at 1 g. Pilot’s kit and survival gear. A few extra personal tools. [img]https://i.imgur.com/J7PzL7f.png[/img] Nova was born in the Lunar city of Tycho, one of the larger settlements on the Moon which had grown around a Federation naval base established in the location. Initially little more than a drydock and R&D facility, by the time her parents had arrived it was a thriving city in its own right, with a permanent population of nearly a million. Her father was an officer in the Navy, and her mother an engineer. Both extremely dedicated to their work, up to, and even after, her birth. This lead to a somewhat distant relationship with her folks from a young age, which they viewed as necessity rather than a disservice, and her early life was spent around all but strangers. Not that she minded all too much at that point, being fiercely independent. Her father had retired from the service in her early teens, fostering a love of anything and everything that flew that she had inherited from both her parents. A combination of hard work for exemplary marks and a few strings pulled by her father got her accepted to the military academy a year early. She graduated with a degree in aerospace design, following in her still-absent mother’s footsteps, and was nearly completed training to be a navy pilot, specializing in deep space combat fighters, the same kind being developed at the military installation right in her home city. Her combination of qualifications on building and flying spacecraft landed her a position as a test pilot on the R&D department there, where she spent four years designing and flying the next generation of combat craft. It was, of course, no surprise that she lept at the chance to pilot one of the Federation’s flagship pieces of technology. While her time in the cockpit of an Arsenal Walker, both real and simulated, was limited, the Raptor offered her a new challenge. She was only recently brought into the program, and transferred to the Earth-side city of Horizon, which has its own unique challenges for the Lunar-native. [img]https://i.imgur.com/CluaHft.png[/img] Having lived nearly her entire life in the artificial and microgravity environments offworld, she can tend to be a bit clumsy on Earth. Has more experience flying in a vacuum than atmosphere, and the lack of freedom of motion leads to her alternating between piloting too cautiously, or forgetting and nearly ripping wings off of things. [/color] [color=azure] [hr][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/BFsX7u8.png[/img][/center][hr] [img]https://i.imgur.com/mUPmFFu.png[/img] FAW-007[Ex IV] Essentially a late model FAW-007[u][[/u]S] frame build from the ground up for use as a testbed for the experimental thruster pack which later evolved into the FAW-022. The thruster pack itself was deemed inefficient and the concept was abandoned in favor of the Raptor design, though the Walker still retains many of the secondary flight characteristics. The prototype was only used during controlled testing, though it is rated for combat. It only recently was pressed back into service. [img]https://i.imgur.com/M1PPLI7.png[/img] [i]Gallia[/i] [img]https://i.imgur.com/aXa9rkM.png[/img] To decrease overall mass and allow for flight capabilities the Ex IV stands somewhat shorter than a normal Warrior frame at only 21 meters. The modifications work to cut as much excess weight as possible without moving too far out of standard Warrior operating parameters. The Walker makes heavy use of composites and alloys to further decrease weight, particularly for the chassis and armor. Rather than the boxy, utilitarian design of a normal Warrior’s armor, whose reinforced plates are built to last, the [i]Gallia[/i]’s armor is molded and aerodynamic in shape. Resembling the smooth shell of a high performance supercar, the unpainted white armor wraps around the limbs and chassis of the mech. The armor is a silicon carbide composite, with larger plates covering vital areas toughened by ablative black ceramic tiles arranged in an interlocking hexagonal pattern. Air intakes are strategically placed around the machine, with the largest being sequenced pairs of triple intakes running down the torso. Twin short, ridge-like wings at an acute angle to one another run from the machine’s shoulders down to its hips. The control surfaces along their edges aiding in stabilization during high-speed maneuvers. While the flight pack is no longer present, the maneuvering systems are still in place. Augmenting the standard thrusters are a system of solid fuel booster blocks to provide bursts of strategically placed speed, the kind that would be used to complete tight aerial acrobatics. The exhaust vents are inlaid with the armor to preserve the aerodynamic shape, and are positioned both to amplify the standard thrusters and additional movements. Given the nature of the fuel, the thrusters are only fired in short, intense bursts, and only have marginal impact on flat out speed. Expended fuel cells are ejected from the boosters when depleted, with new ones loaded from internal stores. The [i]Gallia[/i] is unpainted, and is primarily just the stark white and black of its armoring, broken up by the dull grey of base mechanics and orange of the inlaid boosters. Its right lower arm is of a different make, more rugged in appearance, and a dull grey color. [img]https://i.imgur.com/FxHUTk5.png[/img] Though originally built to fit armaments for testing, the project never reached that stage, and weapon systems have only recently been added. [i]United Armaments XC-71 Carbine-[/i] Twin barrel 50mm bullpup rifle. Fed from a sheathed belt mechanism that leads directly into the right arm to reduce drag, the original limb replaced at the elbow with a dedicated version with the new loading system and ammo store. Loaded with HVAP rounds to penetrate most medium armoring. The belt feed can be detached and the compact rifle stowed on the Walker’s back. An undermounted side-loading launcher provides additional firepower, loaded with dumbfire HE grenades. [i]Federation Ballistics xK8(i)-[/i] A pair of wide, trapezoidal blades built into the top of the [i]Gallia[/i]’s forearms. The blades are superheated to cut through armor, and divided into three sections along their length. Explosive bolts are able to sever each section, leaving it embedded in targets to continue to melt through armor and critical systems. Magazines of new blades are positioned on the Warrior’s hips. [i]Tajcorp S-3a Ballistics Shield-[/i] Downscaled Walker shield mounted on the Gallia’s left shoulder. Just large enough to cover the machine’s upper torso and head when viewed face-on. The ablative layering is durable enough to defend against most light and medium caliber AP rounds, while the underlying composite can take the brunt of most explosive attacks. The shield resembles a stretched hexagon, and the surface is slightly convex to improve protection. [i]Tycho Dynamics L44 Autocannons-[/i] Twin 20mm revolver cannons mounted on either side of the Warrior’s cranial unit as CIW systems. Fires HE rounds at a slightly lower rate of fire than standard rotary cannons, though with the benefits of reduced mass and complexity. [i]Kreuller Weapons Systems iLDS 6 Projector-[/i] An incendiary weapon for close range anti-armor and asset denial. Mounted on the underside of the left arm, fires a short range blast of thermite from a flattened barrel. Firing the weapon generates a huge amount of heat, and a heat sink must be ejected from the weapon after a few shots. [img]https://i.imgur.com/jYeqz13.png[/img] The [i]Gallia[/i]’s lack of sustainable armor is its primary weakness, relying on the agility of the machine to avoid enemy fire. It can take a solid shot, but the ablative armor is designed to weather down over time, leaving it vulnerable to repeated hits in the same area. [img]https://i.imgur.com/mUDgjfO.png[/img] Nova Marcus[/color] [/hider]