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Salutations, I am Nonpareil.

I can't wait to see what sort of capers you get up to.

The Magnificent Seven with mecha pilots(now without the fandom elements).

Oh, and if it interests anyone, for funsies I was writing up a bestiary of alien animals on the planet.

The Magnificent Seven with mecha pilots(now without the fandom elements).

So, I have two principle problems with this, but one of them I will actually solve by adding a new category to the mecha CS.

The energy shield really is more utility than weapon, but I think I didn't give us enough options for what our mecha are armed with. So I'm actually going to add in "Last Stand." Er, I may come up with a better name for that. This would be your ultimate ability, it should be a big deal, something that uses a lot of your mecha's resources all at once. So your Feral Stalker would fit in there.

The other thing is, I really feel like this should just be classified as a Light mecha. The categories are there for a reason, different sized mecha are more suited to different roles. I think a machine with lighter weaponry, that is generally lankier, and uses stealth should be light, not medium.

Lastly, I just want to clarify, but I'm imagining that its hand attacks are using like bladed claws?

The Magnificent Seven with mecha pilots(now without the fandom elements).

@Dealdric
It is.

Titanfall mixed with The Magnificent Seven.

Oh, and let me actually address the simulacrum question.

I hadn't accounted for it, but it's been established that true, human-like intelligence in an AI is an emergent phenomenon. It's not designed or created, but comes about "naturally" as a result of their ability to learn. It takes about the same amount of time as a human for an AI to be fully "developed" and "mature," so around twenty years, give or take depending on the individual.

An android pilot would never be made deliberately, but it's definitely feasible that a combat or security droid would outlive its original purpose and gain some level of independence and freedom. The frontier is a wild place, anything can happen.

Titanfall mixed with The Magnificent Seven.

@Dealdric
Please note the post above yours.

There was a lot of interest, but(other than you, now) none by anyone who had played the games, so I dropped the fandom element. It's the same premise(elite soldier/mecha pilots playing the role of the seven gunslingers in the movie), just in an original world.

The style of mech and of the pilots is pretty much the same, so feel free to use the games as inspiration(I don't even mind in the slightest if you use actual Titanfall/Titanfall 2 art).

The Magnificent Seven with mecha pilots(now without the fandom elements).

Cool, feel free to either make a CS, or if you like, just kind of run it by me here in simple text.

The Magnificent Seven with mecha pilots(now without the fandom elements).

@Jinxlynx
Glad to here it!

I forgot to tag @eemmtt when I replied to them in the other thread, but I just directed them here so I’ll do it here.

So how are all the people feeling about what’s gone up so far? Is everyone still around?

Month late edit: I cannot believe nobody pointed out that I said here instead of hear.

Titanfall mixed with The Magnificent Seven.

Sweet! Here’s a link to the other thread, it’s gotten more replies. There’s a CS there that you can feel free to fill out.

Now, we have dropped the Titanfall, it’s an original world with a similar premise now. There were a lot of people who liked the giant robot western, but weren’t familiar with the games.

The Magnificent Seven with mecha pilots(now without the fandom elements).

It's a frontier colony world, our town happens to be an old mine, but there's other settlements, they're just scattered. We can get up to 99.9% the speed of light, but there's no warp or hyperdrive yet, so we still can't break that limit. Earth is some ten lightyears away from it's closest neighbor, so pretty much anything that goes out to colonize space is going out there to stay. There are worlds closer to Sol than Actaeon, and more densely populated. Though it's been about sixty years or so since Actaeon was first colonized, it's still very much in its infancy as a populated world(Though, I am considering if we want there to be a primitive culture of native sentients). Some groups did come here for business, like AMI, but just like any frontier a lot of people come out just to find a place of their own. Some even come specifically to get away from bigger government influence on more populated worlds. The people of McDonough's Rest are among this second group.

I don't think mecha(I've kept calling them titans, but I want a different name for them) need to have a specific origin. It's enough to assume that they are the evolution of war machines such as tanks. It could be said that they are particularly useful out in the frontier, where there's less infrastructure, and a weapons platform that can walk across any terrain, and even climb etc is invaluable.

A form of AI was necessary to keep the mech's movements stable, and auto pilot was developed so that they could fight with or without a pilot(though they have always shown to be more effect with with a pilot). They were developed to be smarter, to obey verbal commands and relay tactical information to their pilot. These constant advancements, and a built in ability to learn created a sort of emergent intelligence. A new titan is smart, but bland. The older they get, the more their personality develops, and is shaped by their experiences with humans. Some pilots form close bonds to their titans, anthropomorphizing them as humans often do. By treating them as almost people, the pilots feed into the emergence of their personalities, and almost help to create them.

Some pilots, however, don't care for this messy personality business, and will periodically factory reset their mecha's AI to maintain the professional, tactical machine that was originally built. It has been argued that this creates a less effective AI, but there are no conclusive statistics on that.