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Running and Gunning - Higan Vs. The Magna Pater

Oh, also you spelled Higan's name wrong in the title ;D

How does that affect the perfectionist in you?

Running and Gunning - Higan Vs. The Magna Pater

@MelonHead

Yup, but keep in mind that it is like the Solid Snake of monsters. By the time Higen is on its trail (not that it leaves trails), it could be waiting miles away.

@Doc Doctor

That's just my explanation for why Higan is even in the area, though I've already thought of two or three methods by which the A.S.P could track your creature, particularly in light of its limited flight capabilities.

I'll start working on a post now, going to take a little while as I have to dig up a past fight with Higan and re-enter his mindset.

Running and Gunning - Higan Vs. The Magna Pater

Tier Level
6 or High Powered

Higan, A.S.P operator

Higan (pronounced Hee-gan)

Race: Ramor (prounounced Ra-more) a race with a number of similarities to humans, they are humanoid mammals with the same number of appendages. The only significant differences are that they are more tolerant to temperature extremes and can last for longer periods of time without water, oxygen, food and sleep. Essentially they are an all-round hardier race of people. Their skin is thicker than a humans, and regardless of climate always dark olive in complexion. The average height for males is 5ft and females slightly higher, and their eyes are somewhat larger on average than a humans. Their life spans range around 60-70 years, even with their modern medical technology.

Gender: Male

Age: 28

Height: 5ft 2”

Weight: 80kg

Appearance: Higan has the characteristic dark olive skin of the Ramor, with broad shoulders and a noticeably muscular body. His eyes are green and his hair is buzz cut and dark brown. He has wide friendly features with an honest looking face, though splashes of scarring tend to mar this image somewhat. The scars are small and livid, running across both of his cheek bones in a seemingly random pattern. They came from exploding glass. In his cockpit he wears a simple pilot outfit which is dark green in colour. The technology of the Ramor has allowed them to produce high-durability weave armour, so despite the seeming simplicity of his clothes they provide him with roughly the same protection as a Kevlar vest.

Personality: Course, honest, rough, determined, intelligent, witty, good humoured.

Physical Traits: Higan is physically impressive, though well within human capability. He can bench roughly 300kg and run at 15mph, his extensive endurance training allows him to remain fighting fit for extended periods of time. His senses are roughly similar to a humans, though he has slightly greater vision, especially in low light conditions.

Skills: Higan is a soldier of the 12th Division, a.k.a L.A.S light armour and support. He has been trained for roughly 10 years to become adept at a number of combat orientated skills, namely.
Hand to hand combat
Firearms training
Endurance training
Scout training/Survival training
Ranger/Sniper training
Demolitions
Artillery
Armoured Support Platform (ASP) piloting

Background: Higan is a member of the 12th division of the Grent Republic's Army, a militaristic state in an alternate earth torn asunder by war. He is unmarried, after recently breaking up with his girlfriend and fiancée of three years, he was born in the republic to an officer of the army and found his path marked out for him.

Equipment: A.S.P
14” Steel Combat Knife
.50 calibre revolver, 6 shot chamber, 6 additional rounds.
Survival Kit (first aid, GPS, flare gun, etc.)

Higan’s main combat capabilities are drawn from his A.S.P, or Armoured Support Platform, which is in colloquial terms a one-man mechanical unit with walker capabilities. It looks roughly like the image below.

Reference Picture

A.S.P (130)
The A.S.P is actually in Ramor terms relatively low-powered, serving in a support and scouting role alongside mainline forces.
Height: 12ft
Width: 5ft
Weight: 30 tonnes
Length: 4ft

Armaments: The A.S.P is equipped with primary, secondary and tertiary armaments for a number of different combat scenarios.

Primary: 105mm Rifled A.S.P Gun (basically a tank gun) capable of firing HEAT warheads (similar to 3BK-31) smoke canisters and anti-personel rounds (which fire multiple flechettes). Due to the relatively small storage space for ammunition on the A.S.P 130 it may only carry five of each of these rounds. It can fire roughly twice per minute. Rounds are ejected when spent underneath the barrel through an automatic sliding door.

Secondary: 40mm anti-material rifle, RPM 20, 100 rounds, can be separated from the Mech without breaking, but it weighs just under a tonne and can’t be fired by anything other than the mech.

Tertiary: Anti-Personnel Suppression, Chaingun, .50 cal, 300rpm, 1200 rounds.

Armour: The A.S.P 130 is constructed using plates of titanium sandwiching plates of depleted uranium with alumina tiles worked in (similar to Chobham armour). This gives it a relatively light-weight body while offering significant protection from anti-tank measures. The RHAe values for the armour are as followed.

Front: 800mm
Back: 400mm
Sides: 300mm
Arms: 250mm
Legs: 500mm
Optics: 100mm
Joints: 100mm
Top: 200mm

The Armour is specially designed to resist heat. It does not conduct electricity into the electronics or pilot area. Internal heating systems can adjust for extreme drops in temperature up to -100 degrees, at the cost of hydrogen fuel.

The A.S.P is also equipped with an Active Protection System, which, like modern day tanks, is capable of confusing heat-seeking and other guided missiles with large concentrations of infra-red.

Damage control systems: The A.S.P is equipped with a number of automatic systems similar to those seen in a modern day tank, ammunition is kept in self-contained storage spaces linked to their respective weapon, reducing chance of self-destruction. Fire is automatically fought by internal systems.

Filter System: The A.S.P is essentially a mobile bunker, filtering hostile elements from the air.

Optics: The A.S.P is augmented with an optical sensory unit with a 180 degree depth of view directly in front. This includes a zoom function of up to 60x, night vision, thermal vision, and electric vision. The main weapons are connected to this system and can target and adjust in 0.20 of a second. The pilot still has control over when to fire, and can over-ride targeting systems to manual control if they wish.

Computer System: Linked to Optics, the computer system on the A.S.P can provide the pilot with data based on a rough estimation of a target. It can estimate things like, thickness, speed and weapon calibres.

It has a backup system in place in the case of damage to main optics (which are located roughly where the head would be on a human.) where the armour peels back from directly in front of the pilot’s head, allowing him physical view of around 90 degrees in front through a bullet proof double paned window. This is obviously a major weakness, and is only to be used as a last resort.

Physical Traits:

Strength: The A.S.P only has one available hand unless it abandons its secondary weapon. Regardless, with just the one hand it can lift up to twenty tonnes of weight. The crushing grip of the hand can easily bent metal or destroy rock. The legs of the walker are significantly stronger, capable of lifting up to 50 tonnes of weight each. Though the machine can’t ‘kick’ it can jump up to fifteen feet into the air.

Speed: The A.S.P has been clocked moving at speeds in excess of 70mph, which is impressive for a walker, it is the fastest Armoured Support Vehicle in Ramor. Its acceleration is 7 seconds 0-70 mph.

Agility: The A.S.P is capable of manoeuvring in tight quarters, but regardless its size is still a limiting factor on its agility. Though far less cumbersome than a tank, it takes almost twice as long for an A.S.P to turn around than an ordinary human, it can however adjust its weapons incredibly quickly and its arms can move at roughly human speeds.

Speaker System: The A.S.P may project the pilot’s voice through external speaker systems on the chest plate.

Comm Link: The A.S.P has com links similar to those in use in the modern day military.

Power System: The A.S.P is fuelled by a Ramor speciality, hydrogen gas fuel canisters with an effective life span of 20 hours in active use. They are stored at the rear and bottom of the mech (obviously protected by the back armour) and are roughly 60cm in diameter. They will explode if hit. This fuel source can be detonated by a self destruct sequence if the Mech is rendered inoperable or the user does not wish to be captured.

Entry Points: The A.S.P is entered normally through the front carapace, the Mech kneels while in disuse and the driver climbs the legs to enter the cockpit. If the Mech falls on its front special procedures blast a hole in the back armour for quick escape.

Running and Gunning - Higan Vs. The Magna Pater

No problem, for story purposes I'm going to have Higan pursuing your character through a rift that had opened on his homeworld after it started preying on Ramor in the Grent Republic. That's the only reason I can think of for the conflict, is that fitting of your monster's M.O?

Arena Chat Thread

That sounds interesting, a war of attrition would certainly be a good tactic against Higan. In a short paced high intensity firefight he'd come out on top, but a long battle would wear down his incredibly finite ammunition.

Alrighty, you can set the scene if you wish and also because it makes sense, considering your character's habits Higan would be going to it. If you keep its location in a wider geographical sense vague that would be excellent, as it fits into Higan's personal story. He's hunting down anomalies that have entered the world of the Ramor and killing/capturing them. If you plan to make serious adjustments on Shashe let me know so I'm aware I'm fighting roughly the same character.

Arena Chat Thread

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Whomever you want to fight Shash with is fine, tier doesn't matter.

@Doc Doctor

Well, I'd prefer to fight with Higan for story reasons, but he'd be a difficult opponent for your character particularly as one could argue walker mechs in a fantasy setting are pretty much designed as a counter to scary organic monsters. If you think you can scale your monster appropriately to face down the ASP then we can go with that, in the current format the Clockwork Man would probably be a fairer fight (In his weaker form, First Arc) but not necessarily one that would make sense, as neither character would have all that much interest in the other.

Also, I'm fucking excellent with the Clockwork Man, which is worth considering. Probably my best character in regards to my preferred play style.

To be fair though, I am a little hazy on what biological properties your bat-snake-xenomorph actually has. Does it have organs, bleed, breathe? Or does it literally just have to be blown to pieces in order to die?

Arena Chat Thread

I'd fight Shash with Higan in his ASP or the Clockwork Man (first arc or second arc, up to you). I wouldn't fight it with an organic though, few of my organics would stand a chance against a slimy bastard like that except Fury, who is somewhat above its tier level.

http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/79934-people-trapped-in-a-giant-melon/ooc

The Black Mountain (open tournament)

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Ok, thanks. It's somewhat easier for me to get revved up if it's a follow-up to someone else's post that i'm typing, so expect no more dawdling from me.

@Vordak

Thread is up now and I've done my intro, up to you now.

Black Mountain Tournament: Sigurd vs Gigue

The Northman hunched just past a great stone gate that bared signs of recent activity. The snow was immediately sparser beyond the door which had stood as an impasse to his progress before his battle on the Windswept Cliffs. Blood dripped onto the ground as he carefully cleaned his blade with a piece of cloth from his knapsack. There was a look of forced concentration on Sigurd’s face as he worked, the look that often marked those who worked to forget. Sighing, he applied snow to the meagre burns on his left leg, noting the damage to his boots and leggings with a shrug. It would be of little consequence, or so he believed.

Hefting his Dragon-scale shield the tall man stood resolute once more. He slid slightly marked steel back into its scabbard and resettled his belt, the axes resting there jangling as if eager for use. Time for business then, the path ahead meandered further up the mountain yet the snow was thinning. To a man accustomed to such climes it had the edge of magic to it, the snow should grow thicker and icier, more compact and unforgiving. Yet as his long stride carried him forward dirt and moss prevailed under foot, he climbed higher, his purpose burning in his breast.

The Stoneheart was starting to see patterns in the path he walked, though one would perhaps think it unlikely if they gazed upon the loutish horned helm of the warrior that an observant mind was contained therein. The path ahead was narrowing, forcing him into another combat, to shed the blood of another unfortunate who climbed the great mountain. Almost forced to turn sideways to push through the narrow entry point due to the bulk of his iron and leather armour. With one last effort he stumbled onto soft mud and moss, and it was as if he had entered another world. His eyes lit up in rare enjoyment as he took in the impossible forest around him. It was quiet, serene even, and it shouldn’t be there. His lips turned in a smile, before the reality of the situation once again dawned upon him.

He stood awaiting a foe who would match him, test him, and perhaps even slay him if the gods demanded it.

Black Mountain Tournament: Sigurd vs Gigue

I'll have Sigurd start at position 1, unless you particularly want to post first I'll have my intro up sometime today.