Norik

Breaking Point

Hassan Ahmad

"I heard about that, something about jurisdictional clash. So you served in the legion ever since its formation?" Hassan couldn't really make out how old Eun Mi was, but guessing from her name, she probably served since that incident, and that meant she was older than she looked.

Natalie Martell

Natalie looked around for Beryl, and saw her waving from a balcony behind them. Squinting against the brightening glare of the early afternoon, she saw Beryl's attire.

"Harken? What have you been up to?" She called back, straining to be heard over the sound of the crowds.

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Hassan Ahmad

"Ah, I see." Hassan took a closer look and noticed Eun Mi's unusual uniform, now clearer under the lights that bathed the Jinn.

"Irregular Unit, from what I remember? How did you end up merged with the Federal Forces?"

Breaking Point

Hassan Ahmad

Hassan smiled and shook her hand.

"Captain Hassan. You can call me, err, Hassan.

"So, Captain too, huh? Served a few tours myself. You?"

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Hassan Ahmad

Hassan heard footsteps echo in the hangar as the diagnosis completed. Looking up, he saw a young pilot, just finished with checking hew Walker, a bright pink and purple unusual type, covered in elaborate interlocking armor plates. He waved back as she walked over.

"Haven't seen you around, you're new here? Came in to check your Walker like me, eh?"

Natalie Martell

Natalie smiled at Nova's comment. The few times she'd been required to do routine Walker refresher training, she'd seen Nova in her usual pod, rolling and rocking.

"Not sure about a good view, but I'd prefer someplace with more shade than this open street."

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Natalie Martell

The pilot looked up from her corndog at the sound of her name. Who was it?

She looked around and spotted the silver-haired Nova Marcus, another newly-transferred pilot to Horizon. She was new to the service too, as she had not even been assigned her own Walker, much less customised to her strengths.

Natalie manoeuvred her way through the crowd to greet the other pilot.

"Morning, Nova. I see you're taking the day off too?"

Breaking Point

Hassan Ahmad

While the rest of the base was out in the city enjoying their holiday, a lone pilot entered the hangar. Hassan strolled through the hangar, empty and quiet safe for the Raptors' section, where a skeleton crew of mechanics were prepping them for the flight display in the afternoon.

Why people would want to be out in the open in the Panamanian afternoon?! It's so humid! It's worse than Cairo. At least you don't end up sticky over there.

Hassan stopped just short of the Raptors, as he reached his Walker, a bronze and russet Warrior. The Jinn. In the absence of flood lights, it looked imposing.

Hassan ran his hands along the Walker's side.

"How are you doing Genie?"

The Walker didn't respond.

Hassan looked around and found the diagnostics panel, hooked up to the Jinn's docking bay. He moved over and booted it up, checking for any issues. The rookie mechanic they'd assigned for routine maintenance after training manoeuvres had screwed up, and with the help of an overly energetic ~~manic pixie dream girl~~ expert mechanic he'd fixed the Jinn up properly. He'd picked up practical knowledge on how to maintain Walkers, one of which was running passive diagnostics.

He waited as it booted up. He hoped it wouldn't take too long. He'd promised the on-site crew he'd whip up some of his signature kebabs.

Natalie Martell

Among the crowded, happy streets of Horizon, Lieutenant Natalie Adelaide Martell strolled along the streets on this a warm day.

Natalie didn't particularly enjoy such weather. It reminded her too much of her last posting, actively suppressing and combating a bellicose rogue state on another continent. It also brought back memories of why she transferred there...

No. None of that. This is a holiday. I need to... Need to let go.

Absentmindedly, she decided to buy a corndog. It tasted quite good. She began to relax and take in the sights.

I guess this place isn't so bad. I could enjoy this place... Someday.

OOC: both open for interaction.

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New guy

Mikhail Pyotr Nestor Brukhanov

Name: Mikhail Pyotr Nestor Brukhanov
Age: 23
Sex: Male
Profession/Rank: AW Pilot, 2nd Lieutenant, Historian, Farmer

Appearance: Standing at just below six feet, Mikhail sees the world through two cheerful eyes peeking it from under his messy mop of hair. Years working in his communal farm has darkened his skin and filled out his frame with lean muscle.

Personality: Raised in a commune sheltered from the outside world, Mikhail has learnt to be cooperative and understanding and, despite his years outside the Free Territory, still assumes others to do so as well. This has taught him the ability to make form friendly working relationships with almost all types of people. Hard-working and inquisitive, Mikhail views his service in the Federation Walker Corps as a necessary burden and an opportunity to learn more about the Federation.

Skills: Mikhail is a crack shot with most categories of guns oven some time to familiarise, having picked it up from his time hunting what little wild game survived in the Free Territory post-war, as well as, more relevantly, driving off armed intruders sent by enemies of the Territory. He is also possessed of a wealth of historical knowledge and agricultural experience picked up since young.

Weakness: Growing up in an environment where his peers were taught to cooperate and work together, Mikhail is too trusting of strangers, and finds difficulty in forming close, exclusive friendships with others. With no real combat experience he is also the definition of a greenhorn.

Biography: Born in the Free Territory of the Ukraine, Mikhail was raised in an agricultural anarchist commune, one of dozens dotted around the Ukrainian plains, grouped together with nearby worker-run industrial centres following Syndicalist principles in a mutual assistance pact in the form of the Free Territory. Having existed informally since the devastation of Russia's western border in the Third World War, Mikhail was born barely a decade after the Free Territory was recognised as an independent polity, separate from both of the Ukrainian States, by the Federation. In return for recognition and protection from the two Ukraine's, the Federation required only regular deliveries of industrial goods and the crops the region was famed for being able to produce in large numbers.

Mikhail grew to be a precocious young boy, eagerly learning the history of the region and the sociological framework that set the Free Territory apart from its bitter neighbours. Learning to work with his commune in bettering their lives, Mikhail realised that while he was satisfied with working in the farms, his real passion was that of history, to understand the historical forces that brought his home into being, and agricultural research, to better increase the efficiency of the Earth's dwindling arable land and make the essential agricultural work of his commune more efficient. He resolved to gain entry to the region's premier university in order to pursue these passions.

But the world was not so indulging. As he left home to experience the outside world, the two Ukraine's began to discuss ways of brining the Territory under their control, one of very few points of matter they agreed on. In a scant few years, the Federation Parliament, pressured by the Ukraine's and their respective powerful backers, passed higher and higher quotas on the Territory, giving them the option to forego the higher quotas if they could afford other expanded obligations to "better reflect the development the Territory had undergone in the past decades". One of these was the option for residents to join and aid the Federation's administration, including its military, mirroring the higher militarisation rate the Federal Armed Forces were undergoing in other regions in anticipation of possible armed conflict with the Ark Union.

It was in this climate that Mikhail, deciding to put the good of his home over his short term desires, volunteered for a term of service with the Federation's AW Corps after graduating from university, hoping to prove to the Federation that the Free Territory was able to pull its weight not just in agricultural production, but also in bodies for its military. Besides, he wasn't going to be dramatically changing the lives of his fellow communards anytime soon, or so he reasoned. Now recently commisioned, Mikhail hopes to make a name for himself in the coming years...

Equipment: AW pilot suit, small pendant containing pictures of his family and home, several history and agricultural engineering books

Tachanka

Base Model: FAW-007[G]

Designation: KR-01 Tachanka

Appearance: The green and coral Tachanka is a long range sniping unit, armed and assisted by systems that dimrive this mission profile. A redesigned version of the old "Cyclops" head module is the first notable difference, as opposed to the standard "Knight" heads, using the mono-channel sensor cluster to great effect to focus targeting on single targets. Additional targeting sensors on the XC-01 Campion Rifle and the torso of the Tachanka help to triangulate data. Anticipating possible counter-artillery suppression the Tachanka is noticeably bulkier than the average Warrior, and is armed with a shoulder shield to deflect incoming tank shells or medium fire while firing downrange. Thrusters mounted underneath the greaves and on its backpack allows for the Tachanka to attain limited jumps and hops across terrain, ideal for setting the Walker up in hard-to-reach sniper nests.



Armaments:

United Armaments XC-01 "Campion" 84mm Sniper Rifle - The Campion Rifle is a limited production sniper rifle, the first of a new series of dedicated sniper weapons built for Arsenal Walkers. Built from the base up to be a sniper's weapon, the Campion was first planned to be a smaller version of the standard 150mm Gunner Railgun, possibly utilising coilgun technology instead. However, Federation GHQ decided to fast track the production of conventional chemically propelled AW snipers as a stopgad measure until they could acquire efficient miniaturised coilgun technology. This resulted in the creation of the Campion, now recently assigned to pilots with notable accuracy

GAL H-18 Vibroblade- A standard medium blade slightly longer than the length of an AW's forearm. It is capable of slicing apart armoured vehicles and most types of AW armour

Tajcorp iS-3a Ballistics Shield- Standard AW-sized shield mounted on the shoulder. Capable of folding along its central pivot to cover portions of the Tachanka from different angles of attack

Shoulder-mounted spikes- Intended for close range defence the spikes are a last resort intended for AW-to-AW combat

2x General Engineering M79 Pisces 20mm Cannons- Standard head-mounted autocannons provide close range defence from missiles, infantry or vehicles in close range combat

Robco LR-313 55.6mm SMG- An AW-sized rapid fire, close range firearm, the LR-313 is intended to complement the Pisces cannons and H-18 of the Tachanka to fend off close range opponents

Weakness: Built for long-range combat and short-range defence, the Tachanka is not ideal for conventional AW mission profiles, especially hypothetical close range AW-on-AW combat, a contingency that might become an eventuality too soon...

Pilot(s): Mikhail Pyotr Nestor Brukhanov

Breaking Point

Hassan Bin Ahmad

Name: Hassan Bin Ahmad

Age: 30

Gender: Male

Occupation: AW Pilot, Captain, resident kebab chef

Appearance: Usually seen with a smile on his face, Hassan stands at an average six feet tall. Hassan's black hair is usually cropped short due to regulation standards. Regular exercise has given him a slightly muscular frame, and his light brown eyes compliment his darker skin.

Equipment: FAW-007[G] Unit V-2, pilot suit, kebab recipes

Skills: AW Pilot, Kebab-making(and the many variations thereof)

Personality: Friendly and easy-going, Hassan is always willing to help younger pilots, make new friends or cook up some food if the situation calls for it.

Bio: The eldest sibling of Levantine migrants, Hassan was born in Cairo. His father, and his father before him, made a living selling Kebabs at the roadside. Through a combination of friendliness and their secret recipe, the family made enough money to move to the tourist-heavy parts of the city and rent a storefront.

Hassan, despite inheriting his father's joviality, did not inherit his disinterest in the outside world. On the contrary, Hassan wanted to travel the world, maybe even visit one of the space colonies one day. Knowing that neither his family nor his lack of lucrative prospects could afford such a lifestyle, he resolved to enlist in the Federation military, which was a respectable occupation given the Federation's success in its efforts to protect the hard-won stability in his homeland and the region.

Thus, Hassan became an AW Pilot after graduating from Basic and made a tour of duty, serving in hotspots across the planet(and picking up recipes of local variants of kebabs). After several tours of duty, Hassan was wounded in battle and pulled from the front. Although he has healed from his wounds, his back muscles occasionally seize up if too much strain is put on them.

Hassan was then transferred to Horizon, a strategically-valuable location that was nonetheless far from any hotspots, as a reward for years of faithful service. Accompanied as ever by his guardian Genie, Hassan is ready to kick back and enjoy garrison duty, far from all the fighting...

Weakness: Hassan is not always able to take things seriously, even when he should. He also has a bad back that can strike at the worst of times.

Jinn

Designation: V-2 Jinn (sometimes affectionately called the Genie)

Appearance: The bronze and russet Jinn looks similar to the base FAW-007, with its notable differences being its head. It is equipped with an old head and sensor package, replacing the faceplates of a base FAW-007 with a rounded mask appearance, including a sensor module that emits light from the centre of the face, giving the Jinn a cyclopean visage. In addition, the new head is equipped with a transmitter in the shape of a "fin" extending backwards. The transmitter is used to send targeting data to other friendly Arsenal Walkers to aid in combat. In addition, the back thrusters of the Jinn is shaped in the form of wings with a narrower exhaust outlet.



Armaments: The Genie is armed and armoured like a typical Warrior, with slight variations in its weapons and targeting systems.

- 2x General Engineering M79 20mm Pisces Cannons- Two head-mounted autocannons provide the Jinn with close-range defence against missiles, infantry and fighter craft.

- Federation Ballistics K3(p)- Double-edged vibroblade, the K3(p) is heavier than most vibroblades and relies on that to crush armour and stop targets dead in their tracks.

- Tajcorp iS-2 Ballistics Shield- Standard AW-sized shield mounted on the Jinn's shoulder. If pointed to the front, the shield covers the head, arm and chest of the Walker. Can br detached in combat to fit on either shoulder.

- United Armaments XB-20 60mm Assault Rifle- The Jinn's main weapon is its arm-mounted Assault Rifle. Its ammunition is internally stored in the rifle, which removes the need for reloading. This, however, makes the XB-20 more vulnerable to jamming and overheat, hence, its standard operating rate of fire is lower than that of other comparable magazine-fed Rifles. It is also directly connected and interfaced with the AW, granting it increased accuracy.

- Robco M-5x 30mm Sidearm- A standard AW sidearm.

- 2x Leg-mounted Pratt Corp. C12 Missile Launcher- Missiles are arranged in a 2 by 2 square and can be toggled to fire all at once as suppression fire or one at a time with greater accuracy. The missiles are standard Pratt Corp. ML-17 missiles. A fast reload system allows for the Jinn to carry 4 extra missiles in battle.

Weaknesses: While the Jinn has a shield equipped, it is usually arm-mounted, and not built for hand held blocking. The Jinn is thus forced to rely mostly on parries and blocks with its heavy vibroblade to ward off mêlée attacks. In addition, its weapons configuration and technical specifications is entirely average and unspecialised, leaving the Jinn behind in performance in certain fields versus specialist Mecha.

Pilot: Hassan bin Ahmad

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Natalie Adelaide Martell

Name: Natalie Adelaide Martell

Age: 25

Gender: Female

Occupation: AW Pilot, Lieutenant, engineer

Appearance: Petite and mousy, Natalie tops out at five and a half feet, which makes the cockpit of an AW rather comfortable to move in. Her caramel hair is kept short for regulation reasons, and her stormy grey eyes give off the impression of a rather hard personality, which isn't entirely accurate.

Equipment: FAW-007[G] Unit G-8, AW Pilot suit and helmet, standard sidearm and knife.

Skills: AW Pilot, trained engineer

Personality: Cold and reserved, Natalie tends to keep to herself and her research on modern machinery, reading up and honing her understanding the Federation's enemies so that none may have to go through what she did

Bio: Born into a poor family on the fringes of the Western European DMZ, Natalie had admired Arsenal Walkers and their pilots since a young age. Living in a small town near the unstable border, the sight of the gigantic sentinels that guarded, and occasionally entered battle for, the Federation against bellicose rogue states and warlords filled Natalie with a desire to join these knights of metal and protect the poor and huddled masses still under the thumb of those who would not let the past go.

To that end, she worked hard in school and managed to obtain entry into university, before joining up in the Federation Armed Forces, her engineering degree opening up an AW career. Following a rather average career for an AW pilot, she was commisioned after AW training and given her AW certification.

Her first posting was back home near the border and she saw little action, simply patrolling the border and occasionally being attached to the rear echelons of a counter-attack in a wider battle. It seemed that garrison duty would constitute the rest of her career, a fact she resented.

However, a year into her tour of duty her home village was caught in one of these border skirmishes, and although most of her village survived the attack, her family was not among them.

Finding it too painful to stay with the memories, she requested a transfer to a unit that was anywhere else but home. Natalie was transferred across the globe to another 'hot' zone and distinguished herself in battle with her zeal, bravery and willingness to charge into battle, drawing on her hate of the enemies of the Federation.

Despite her acts of bravery and skill, her CO noted her almost self-destructive tendencies and, once the region was pacified, put in a transfer request for her to a safe and quiet garrison: Horizon.

Although resistant at first, it has been a year since then, and Natalie has managed to settle into her new, more peaceful life. Time will tell if that situation will continue.

Weakness: Although a trained soldier, Natalie is far from being proficient in hand-to-hand combat, nor is she particularly physically resilient. In addition, she is not the best in communication and is not proactive in communicating vital information in battle, usually focusing only on the fight she is in.

Valkyrie

Base Model: FAW-007[G]

Designation: G-8 Valkyrie

Appearance: Painted in teal and grey, it is the job of the Valkyrie to charge into the thick of battle as quickly as possible and stay in it for as long as possible, being more focussed on mêlée combat. As a result, it is more heavily-armoured than the standard Warrior, with additional armour plates layered over the areas most likely to get hit in battle and weak spots.

In addition, the rear thrusters can be boosted to vastly increase the speed of the Valkyrie in order to be the first to engage hostiles. This is why the rear thrusters take on the shape of extended 'wings' or 'fins' in order to increase forward propulsion by narrowing the exit area of exiting gas.



Armaments:

-2x General Engineering AS76 30mm Libera Cannons- Two head-mounted autocannons provide the Valkyrie with small but not insignificant close-range capability, carrying shells larger than the average autocannon calibre.

-Shoulder-mounted Kreuller Weapons Systems 120mm Schreiber Cannon- Mounted on the Valkyrie's right shoulder is a cannon for long and medium range attacks and suppression. While not as powerful as a Gunner's main armament, it is sufficient in laying down suppressive fire and damaging enemy assets before the Valkyrie closes in. After it does so, the cannon can retract into the mainframe to prevent it being an obstruction in close combat.

-Tajcorp S-4b Ballistics Shield- Armed with a Federation Ballistics battle shield capable of stopping and deflecting the majority of small arms fire or average Arsenal Walker projectiles.

-Federation Ballistics xK8(s) Angurvadal- The Valkyrie is also armed with a long, experimental vibroblade is the shape of a longsword. The sword can be activated for a short period of time in order to shift the vibrational frequencies of the molecules along the edge. This effect allows electrons to be excited along the edge and travel along it. In this mode, the blade's electric current shorts out any electronic system it touches and can cause mild to major shutdowns in the case of Arsenal Walkers. A side effect of the excitation of electrons is that light is emitted when they de-excite, hence the blade glows when in this mode.

-Krueller Weapons Systems MA-37 99mm Shotgun- Perfect for close-quarters combat, the MA-37 can be stashed on the hip of the AW when not in use.

Weakness:
Due to the Valkyrie's heavy armour, it is more heavy than the average Warrior and moves less nimbly than one. In addition, its standard operating speed is lower than that of other Mechs, except when boosting.

The vibroblade consumes a lot of energy from the AWs power cells when activated, and so can only be used in that mode for short periods of time.

Pilot: Natalie Adelaide Martell

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Mikhail Pyotr Nestor Brukhanov

Name: Mikhail Pyotr Nestor Brukhanov
Age: 23
Sex: Male
Profession/Rank: AW Pilot, 2nd Lieutenant, Historian, Farmer

Appearance: Standing at just below six feet, Mikhail sees the world through two cheerful eyes peeking it from under his messy mop of hair. Years working in his communal farm has darkened his skin and filled out his frame with lean muscle.

Personality: Raised in a commune sheltered from the outside world, Mikhail has learnt to be cooperative and understanding and, despite his years outside the Free Territory, still assumes others to do so as well. This has taught him the ability to make form friendly working relationships with almost all types of people. Hard-working and inquisitive, Mikhail views his service in the Federation Walker Corps as a necessary burden and an opportunity to learn more about the Federation.

Skills: Mikhail is a crack shot with most categories of guns oven some time to familiarise, having picked it up from his time hunting what little wild game survived in the Free Territory post-war, as well as, more relevantly, driving off armed intruders sent by enemies of the Territory. He is also possessed of a wealth of historical knowledge and agricultural experience picked up since young.

Weakness: Growing up in an environment where his peers were taught to cooperate and work together, Mikhail is too trusting of strangers, and finds difficulty in forming close, exclusive friendships with others. With no real combat experience he is also the definition of a greenhorn.

Biography: Born in the Free Territory of the Ukraine, Mikhail was raised in an agricultural anarchist commune, one of the dozens dotted around the Ukrainian plains, grouped together with nearby worker-run industrial centres following Syndicalist principles in a mutual assistance pact in the form of the Free Territory. Having existed informally since the devastation of Russia's western border in the Third World War, Mikhail was born barely a decade after the Free Territory was recognised as an independent polity, separate from both of the Ukrainian States, by the Federation. In return for recognition and protection from the two Ukraine's, the Federation required only regular deliveries of industrial goods and the crops the region was famed for being able to produce in large numbers.

Mikhail grew to be a precocious young boy, eagerly learning the history of the region and the sociological framework that set the Free Territory apart from its bitter neighbours. Learning to work with his commune in bettering their lives, Mikhail realised that while he was satisfied with working in the farms, his real passion was that of history, to understand the historical forces that brought his home into being, and agricultural research, to better increase the efficiency of the Earth's dwindling arable land and make the essential agricultural work of his commune more efficient. He resolved to gain entry to the region's premier university in order to pursue these passions.

But the world was not so indulging. As he left home to experience the outside world, the two Ukraine's began to discuss ways of brining the Territory under their control, one of the very few points of matter they agreed on. In a scant few years, the Federation Parliament, pressured by the Ukraine's and their respective powerful backers, passed higher and higher quotas on the Territory, giving them the option to forego the higher quotas if they could afford other expanded obligations to "better reflect the development the Territory had undergone in the past decades". One of these was the option for residents to join and aid the Federation's administration, including its military, mirroring the higher militarisation rate the Federal Armed Forces were undergoing in other regions in anticipation of possible armed conflict with the Ark Union.

It was in this climate that Mikhail, deciding to put the good of his home over his short term desires, volunteered for a term of service with the Federation's AW Corps after graduating from university, hoping to prove to the Federation that the Free Territory was able to pull its weight not just in agricultural production, but also in bodies for its military. Besides, he wasn't going to be dramatically changing the lives of his fellow communards anytime soon, or so he reasoned. Now recently commisioned, Mikhail hopes to make a name for himself in the coming years...

Equipment: AW pilot suit, small pendant containing pictures of his family and home, several history and agricultural engineering books

Tachanka

Base Model: FAW-007[G]

Designation: KR-01 Tachanka

Appearance: The green and coral Tachanka is a long range sniping unit, armed and assisted by systems that dimrive this mission profile. A redesigned version of the old "Cyclops" head module is the first notable difference, as opposed to the standard "Knight" heads, using the mono-channel sensor cluster to great effect to focus targeting on single targets. Additional targeting sensors on the XC-01 Campion Rifle and the torso of the Tachanka help to triangulate data. Anticipating possible counter-artillery suppression the Tachanka is noticeably bulkier than the average Warrior, and is armed with a shoulder shield to deflect incoming tank shells or medium fire while firing downrange. Thrusters mounted underneath the greaves and on its backpack allows for the Tachanka to attain limited jumps and hops across terrain, ideal for setting the Walker up in hard-to-reach sniper nests.



Armaments:

United Armaments XC-01 "Campion" 84mm Sniper Rifle - The Campion Rifle is a limited production sniper rifle, the first of a new series of dedicated sniper weapons built for Arsenal Walkers. Built from the base up to be a sniper's weapon, the Campion was first planned to be a smaller version of the standard 150mm Gunner Railgun, possibly utilising coilgun technology instead. However, Federation GHQ decided to fast track the production of conventional chemically propelled AW snipers as a stopgad measure until they could acquire efficient miniaturised coilgun technology. This resulted in the creation of the Campion, now recently assigned to pilots with notable accuracy

GAL H-18 Vibroblade- A standard medium blade slightly longer than the length of an AW's forearm. It is capable of slicing apart armoured vehicles and most types of AW armour

Tajcorp iS-3a Ballistics Shield- Standard AW-sized shield mounted on the shoulder. Capable of folding along its central pivot to cover portions of the Tachanka from different angles of attack

Shoulder-mounted spikes- Intended for close range defence the spikes are a last resort intended for AW-to-AW combat

2x General Engineering M79 Pisces 20mm Cannons- Standard head-mounted autocannons provide close range defence from missiles, infantry or vehicles in close range combat

Robco LR-313 55.6mm SMG- An AW-sized rapid fire, close range firearm, the LR-313 is intended to complement the Pisces cannons and H-18 of the Tachanka to fend off close range opponents

Weakness: Built for long-range combat and short-range defence, the Tachanka is not ideal for conventional AW mission profiles, especially hypothetical close range AW-on-AW combat, a contingency that might become an eventuality too soon...

Pilot(s): Mikhail Pyotr Nestor Brukhanov

Breaking Point

Feel free to use the made-up armament companies I made up in my profile

Breaking Point

Hassan Bin Ahmad

Name: Hassan Bin Ahmad

Age: 30

Gender: Male

Occupation: AW Pilot, Captain, resident kebab chef

Appearance: Usually seen with a smile on his face, Hassan stands at an average six feet tall. Hassan's black hair is usually cropped short due to regulation standards. Regular exercise has given him a slightly muscular frame, and his light brown eyes compliment his darker skin.

Equipment: FAW-007[G] Unit V-2, pilot suit, kebab recipes

Skills: AW Pilot, Kebab-making(and the many variations thereof)

Personality: Friendly and easy-going, Hassan is always willing to help younger pilots, make new friends or cook up some food if the situation calls for it.

Bio: The eldest sibling of Levantine migrants, Hassan was born in Cairo. His father, and his father before him, made a living selling Kebabs at the roadside. Through a combination of friendliness and their secret recipe, the family made enough money to move to the tourist-heavy parts of the city and rent a storefront.

Hassan, despite inheriting his father's joviality, did not inherit his disinterest in the outside world. On the contrary, Hassan wanted to travel the world, maybe even visit one of the space colonies one day. Knowing that neither his family nor his lack of lucrative prospects could afford such a lifestyle, he resolved to enlist in the Federation military, which was a respectable occupation given the Federation's success in its efforts to protect the hard-won stability in his homeland and the region.

Thus, Hassan became an AW Pilot after graduating from Basic and made a tour of duty, serving in hotspots across the planet(and picking up recipes of local variants of kebabs). After several tours of duty, Hassan was wounded in battle and pulled from the front. Although he has healed from his wounds, his back muscles occasionally seize up if too much strain is put on them.

Hassan was then transferred to Horizon, a strategically-valuable location that was nonetheless far from any hotspots, as a reward for years of faithful service. Accompanied as ever by his guardian Genie, Hassan is ready to kick back and enjoy garrison duty, far from all the fighting...

Weakness: Hassan is not always able to take things seriously, even when he should. He also has a bad back that can strike at the worst of times.

Jinn

Designation: V-2 Jinn (sometimes affectionately called the Genie)

Appearance: The bronze and russet Jinn looks similar to the base FAW-007, with its notable differences being its head. It is equipped with an old head and sensor package, replacing the faceplates of a base FAW-007 with a rounded mask appearance, including a sensor module that emits light from the centre of the face, giving the Jinn a cyclopean visage. In addition, the new head is equipped with a transmitter in the shape of a "fin" extending backwards. The transmitter is used to send targeting data to other friendly Arsenal Walkers to aid in combat. In addition, the back thrusters of the Jinn is shaped in the form of wings with a narrower exhaust outlet.



Armaments: The Genie is armed and armoured like a typical Warrior, with slight variations in its weapons and targeting systems.

- 2x General Engineering M79 65mm Pisces Cannons- Two head-mounted autocannons provide the Ifrit with close-range defence against missiles, infantry and fighter craft.

- Federation Ballistics K3(p)- Double-edged vibroblade, the K3(p) is heavier than most vibroblades and relies on that to crush armour and stop targets dead in their tracks.

- Tajcorp iS-2 Ballistics Shield- Standard AW-sized shield mounted on the Jinn's shoulder. If pointed to the front, the shield covers the head, arm and chest of the Walker. Can br detached in combat to fit on either shoulder.

- United Armaments XB-20 100mm Assault Rifle- The Jinn's main weapon is its arm-mounted Assault Rifle. Its ammunition is internally stored in the rifle, which removes the need for reloading. This, however, makes the XB-20 more vulnerable to jamming and overheat, hence, its standard operating rate of fire is lower than that of other comparable magazine-fed Rifles. It is also directly connected and interfaced with the AW, granting it increased accuracy.

- Robco M-5x 123mm Sidearm- A standard AW sidearm.

- Pratt Corp. C12 Missile Launcher- Missiles are arranged in a 2 by 2 square and can be toggled to fire all at once as suppression fire or one at a time with greater accuracy. The missiles are standard Pratt Corp. ML-17 missiles. A fast reload system allows for the Jinn to carry 4 extra missiles in battle.

Weaknesses: While the Jinn has a shield equipped, it is usually arm-mounted, and not built for hand held blocking. The Jinn is thus forced to rely mostly on parries and blocks with its heavy vibroblade to ward off mêlée attacks. In addition, its weapons configuration and technical specifications is entirely average and unspecialised, leaving the Jinn behind in performance in certain fields versus specialist Mecha.

Pilot: Hassan bin Ahmad

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Natalie Adelaide Martell

Name: Natalie Adelaide Martell

Age: 25

Gender: Female

Occupation: AW Pilot, Lieutenant, engineer

Appearance: Petite and mousy, Natalie tops out at five and a half feet, which makes the cockpit of an AW rather comfortable to move in. Her caramel hair is kept short for regulation reasons, and her stormy grey eyes give off the impression of a rather hard personality, which isn't entirely accurate.

Equipment: FAW-007[G] Unit G-8, AW Pilot suit and helmet, standard sidearm and knife.

Skills: AW Pilot, trained engineer

Personality: Cold and reserved, Natalie tends to keep to herself and her research on modern machinery, reading up and honing her understanding the Federation's enemies so that none may have to go through what she did

Bio: Born into a poor family on the fringes of the Western European DMZ, Natalie had admired Arsenal Walkers and their pilots since a young age. Living in a small town near the unstable border, the sight of the gigantic sentinels that guarded, and occasionally entered battle for, the Federation against bellicose rogue states and warlords filled Natalie with a desire to join these knights of metal and protect the poor and huddled masses still under the thumb of those who would not let the past go.

To that end, she worked hard in school and managed to obtain entry into university, before joining up in the Federation Armed Forces, her engineering degree opening up an AW career. Following a rather average career for an AW pilot, she was promoted to E-3 and given her AW certification.

Her first posting was back home near the border and she saw little action, simply patrolling the border and occasionally being attached to the rear echelons of a counter-attack in a wider battle. It seemed that garrison duty would constitute the rest of her career, a fact she resented.

However, a year into her tour of duty her home village was caught in one of these border skirmishes, and although most of her village survived the attack, her family was not among them.

Finding it too painful to stay with the memories, she requested a transfer to a unit that was anywhere else but home. Natalie was transferred across the globe to another 'hot' zone and distinguished herself in battle with her zeal, bravery and willingness to charge into battle, drawing on her hate of the enemies of the Federation.

Despite her acts of bravery and skill, her CO noted her almost self-destructive tendencies and, once the region was pacified, put in a transfer request for her to a safe and quiet garrison: Horizon.

Although resistant at first, it has been a year since then, and Natalie has managed to settle into her new, more peaceful life. Time will tell if that situation will continue.

Weakness: Although a trained soldier, Natalie is far from being proficient in hand-to-hand combat, nor is she particularly physically resilient. In addition, she is not the best in communication and is not proactive in communicating vital information in battle, usually focusing only on the fight she is in.

Valkyrie

Base Model: FAW-007[G]

Designation: G-8 Valkyrie

Appearance: Painted in teal and grey, it is the job of the Valkyrie to charge into the thick of battle as quickly as possible and stay in it for as long as possible, being more focussed on mêlée combat. As a result, it is more heavily-armoured than the standard Warrior, with additional armour plates layered over the areas most likely to get hit in battle and weak spots.

In addition, the rear thrusters can be boosted to vastly increase the speed of the Valkyrie in order to be the first to engage hostiles. This is why the rear thrusters take on the shape of extended 'wings' or 'fins' in order to increase forward propulsion by narrowing the exit area of exiting gas.



Armaments:

-2x General Engineering AS76 80mm Libera Cannons- Two head-mounted autocannons provide the Valkyrie with small but not insignificant close-range capability, carrying shells larger than the average autocannon calibre.

-Shoulder-mounted Kreuller Weapons Systems 155mm Schreiber Cannon- Mounted on the Valkyrie's right shoulder is a cannon for long and medium range attacks and suppression. While not as powerful as a Gunner's main armament, it is sufficient in laying down suppressive fire and damaging enemy assets before the Valkyrie closes in. After it does so, the cannon can retract into the mainframe to prevent it being an obstruction in close combat.

-Tajcorp S-4b Ballistics Shield- Armed with a Federation Ballistics battle shield capable of stopping and deflecting the majority of small arms fire or average Arsenal Walker projectiles.

-Federation Ballistics xK8(s)- The Valkyrie is also armed with a long, experimental vibroblade is the shape of a longsword. The sword can be activated for a short period of time in order to shift the vibrational frequencies of the molecules along the edge. This effect allows electrons to be excited along the edge and travel along it. In this mode, the blade's electric current shorts out any electronic system it touches and can cause mild to major shutdowns in the case of Arsenal Walkers. A side effect of the excitation of electrons is that light is emitted when they de-excite, hence the blade glows when in this mode.

-Krueller Weapons Systems MA-37 130mm Shotgun- Perfect for close-quarters combat, the MA-37 can be stashed on the hip of the AW when not in use.

Weakness:
Due to the Valkyrie's heavy armour, it is more heavy than the average Warrior and moves less nimbly than one. In addition, its standard operating speed is lower than that of other Mechs, except when boosting.

The vibroblade consumes a lot of energy from the AWs power cells when activated, and so can only be used in that mode for short periods of time.

Pilot: Natalie Adelaide Martell