Raven_Operative

Valkyria Chronicles: Lions of the South

What I said was a little bit misleading. I got access to a rather large eigenface database for my computer vision course and decided to compute the average of all the faces. That was the result. Also it's in greyscale thats another factor.

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Hey guys, wanna know what the average face looks like? I bet you do.

Here:


Apparently that's what the average person looks like.

Edit: Well, rather the average north american person.

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Lilly's Post

"Alright, everybody out. Go Go Go!"

As Harald shouted his order, Lilly joined the tide of soldiers spilling out the back of the APC. This is it... Here we go. *static* *crackle* No, Lilly. Hold it together! You can do this! To her relief, they had not yet been assaulted by sweeping barrages of machine gun fire and actually had a few moments to organize. When she ran over to Harald, Bons and Fairglaive, she took note of the terrain they would be fighting in. It was still mostly open but unlike the farmer's field before, there was a fair bit of scrub, brush and long grass to provide concealment. Not much cover besides the occasional tree, but if she dove into the grass, she might be able to avoid detection... *crack* *Pheeeew* A sniper bullet whizzed by the squad, causing Lilly's heart to jump and begin to race. It begins... She ducked on instinct and began following her group as they began their approach. *crack* *crack* *rattatattatat* The coach house started to light up with muzzle flashes as the imperial defenders opened up at the two squads. Squad 9 (who was receiving the majority of the attention) began to return fire and with that, the battle was on. I just pray we make it through safely...

Evan's Post

"All this scrub brush is gonna slow the APC down a little..." Evan muttered to himself as he surveyed the battlefield, before turning back to PFC Ariella. "Well? You ready girly? Hope you're quick on the reload because heeere weeee gooooo!" Evan pressed down on the accelerator and the APC lurched forward. He quickly guided it into a position where it shielded the rest of squad 4 from incoming fire, before reducing the speed so that the rest of the infantry could keep up. *Pling Clank Piiing* A few bullets bounced off the APC's armour as a some of the riflemen in the coach house spotted their squad and fired. Evan scowled as he kept their speed even and continued advancing on the coach house's flank. He and Ariella were supposed to be acting as a shield for the infantry, much like an infantry support tank. ... But unlike a tank, they had only a fraction of the armour and protection to do it with. He trusted that imp lancers would be focused more on squad 9's actual tank, but having to give up their one advantage - speed - left a bad taste in his mouth. Behind him, he heard Ariella loading a shell into the APC's gun, and he shouted back to her. "If ya spot any imps outside the house, fuck 'em up! But watch where you're firing those HE rounds. We wanna capture the house, not level it!"

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I'm fantastically busy right now, but I'll try to post on the weekend.

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Should post a thread in the graphics sub-forum, lennon. Your artistic skills are without peer. Surely you would be overwhelmed with requests!

:D

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Ah, @Kitsune's still alive. Been busy lately?

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Decided fuck it and took @Write's character anyways. If she decides to come back, she can join write in (heh). If not, well, I needed a name anyway.

And yes. In my head cannon, "Born to be wild" exists in this time period. Co-gm fiat.

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Evan's Post

You know, just once I'd like to be told 'Sure, Evan. Take private x.' instead... As the tank from Hoek's squad started up, Evan finished his inspection of the APC (everything was in order) and hustled over to their group. Snagging one of the trailing engineers before they finished mobilizing, Evan spun the girl around. "Yo. You look like an engineer, and we're short staffed. I need someone to man our APC's gun. Mind helpin' us out, Private... Sorry, PFC Ariella?" Evan quickly stole a look at her name tag as he spoke. When the girl protested, Evan pointed back to the tank (which had already started rolling forward). "Well I'd love to get permission from yer sergeant, but he seems like he's already movin out. Come on. We're going to be down a vehicle if I don't have someone on the gun." It took a moment (the girl clearly was not convinced by this), but eventually she agreed. "Alright! That's the spirit, Girly. Hop in the back and we'll get rollin."

A few minutes later, Evan was back behind the wheel of the APC and starting it back up. "Alright everyone! All aboard!" As squad four piled into the back of the APC, Evan yelled back to the group "Ladies and gentlemen, please give us a big hand for PFC Ariella. She's on loan from squad nine, and will be helping me to provide fire support for you sorry bastards on the ground. Make her feel welcome, would ya?" Once Sergeant Harald had climbed into the seat beside him, Evan pulled the APC back onto the road and began following the tank. "Ya ready for this, Darcsen? We got a whole 'nother squad with us this time. Should be fun." Evan's eyes had a fierce gleam to them (clearly the previous battles hadn't had much of an impact on him), and he was in a phenomenally good mood now that he knew that they would have a second squad with them. Best of all: A proper tank was helping in the assault! As they drove along, Evan started tapping the wheel and singing. "Get your motor runnin... Head out on the highway! Lookin for adventure... And what ever comes our way!" This continued (or rather would continue) until he was told to shut up. He was looking forward to this battle. With two squads attacking simultaneously, what could go wrong?

@Lennon79

Lilly's Post

Lilly was relieved to hear that they would be splitting up (especially since she wouldn't have to storm the house). "I understand, Sergeant." Nodding, she stepped back and let everyone else ask their questions. Despite this, though, she was still very nervous. It might be easy for the muscular gentleman driving their APC to remain calm (he wasn't the one dodging bullets), but it certainly wasn't for her. As she piled into the back of the APC with the rest of her comrades, Lilly kept herself distracted by focusing first on the scratches in her rifle, then on the people she was sitting next to. By sheer chance, she had landed beside Hunt and Sykora. Looking from side to side, she spoke. "Good luck to the both of you. I wish you well in the coming battle." Lilly forced a smile as she want back to examining her rifle. *static* Her nerves were going insane, but she had to focus. Once she got into battle, she would need to shove all that fear out of her mind and act without any thought or doubt. At least if she was fighting from a distance, she had confidence she could hold her nerve; close combat was what really got to her...

@Zarkun @Slypheed

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I'll post wednesday. Scrambling to study for my midterms ATM. Enjoy the reading week, they said. It'll be relaxing, they said... 50+ hours of homework later, I think they were lying.

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Hoooooly fuck, didn't expect to see you back here Skeptic. Welcome back!