Yam I Am

Falling Skies: Reboot (Mecha, Space Opera)

Ooh, an earthling, not a lot of those left.

@vietmyke

Yeah, centuries of wars, famines, plagues, and a whole lotta people having kids in space colonies elsewhere will really do that to a place...

All in all, I like the character, and I have no real criticisms of her as far as direction goes. I like the whole drop-out turned aspiring-ace sort of path set for her. Of course, no party is complete without a raging alcoholic I suppose- doesn't matter if you're in fantasy-not-europeland or space. I think she'll fit in just fine.

@vietmyke

Hey, who doesn't like to party every now and immediately after? Yeah, in case it wasn't super obvious, Lucina more just doesn't have a huge direction in her life. She's the type of soldier to go, "I fucking hate my job" and then in the same sentence re-enlist for another four-year tour. Of course, if you get to know her better and get her to open up (Or just buy her enough cocktails on Saturday night), you'll learn more about why she thinks and acts about things the way she does.

Beneath her pretty sarcastic and deflective surface, Lucina does genuinely care about a lot; But given how in general bleak things have gone for both her and how she perceives the events of the galaxy at large, it's given her a, "Well if I just expect things will be completely grimshit terrible, I can be happy when they turn out to be merely just bad" persona that she puts on. It's an attitude she got because - well let's face it - maybe she was a beacon of bright and shiny optimism at some point, but life just didn't really turn out the way she thought and she's seen things blow up in her face one right after the other to the point where she can't help being anything but.

Incidentally, I know it wasn't intentional but I found it amusing that on the character sheet her gear was labelled as 'standard for Imperial service'- The Imperial Service is the shorthand name given to the Royal Family's secret service/bodyguard unit.

@vietmyke

I totally 100% intended this pun to be made and it is in no way an accident whatsoever and Lucina is totally suited to be a bodyguard for the Royal family with experience and qualifications and a sunshine personality to match, yes sirree.

In regards to the mech, I'm actually quite happy you went and took one of the templated examples and built on it to make it your own through these moderate adjustments that still fit well into the established world.

@vietmyke

Yeah, I didn't think that for something like I wanted I needed to go out and make this super-special custom chassis. Hell, in Real Life^TM it's more common for a team of smartboys to just take a "good enough" preexisting chassis and just start tweaking things here and there about it until it fits the role they want it to have, and I thought that the same sort of thinking process would go into this as well. It helps a lot with logistics too - Getting replacement parts is easier, and you don't need a whole new technical manual to find out how to fix a UBL-053 when the PTX is everywhere.

Overall everything looks pretty well thought out and well designed. Bravo!

@vietmyke

Great, glad to hear it!

Falling Skies: Reboot (Mecha, Space Opera)

Also while there's currently a party going on in the Int Check, could I get some serious feedback for my CS? I like Hot Topic and Emo memes as much as any other RPer out there, but waiting for vietmyke to respond is giving me anxiety some additional opinions would be nice to see what I can fix/improve in the meantime.

Falling Skies: Reboot (Mecha, Space Opera)

@vietmyke so Mag would be 2nd Lt? I fell out after work yesterday so I didnt get a chance to work on anything but I will tonight. Definitely thinking about that plasma shotgun/grenade type thing too. Sill unsure about loadout.

@Arkitekt

If you need more ideas, here's a few I dug up from the melted bits of my brain before I have to go peddle drugs at the pharmacy:

• Overcharger Blade - Are hand-to-hand MAS's ruining your day? Do you need to fry every last bit of electronic wiring in something? It's easy; Just run a giant taser field around the blade of a sword, and as you're getting a good cut into something, activate the sucker and watch the sparks fly!
• Automatic Grenade Launcher - Might not be the greatest at handling the tougher armored opponents, but at least grenades are plentiful and can be outfitted with a lot of different payloads; An HE grenade might not do shit to a MAS suit, but everyone will be kissing your ass and singing to Baby Jesus that you bought Smokes you can pepper around the battlefield.
• Tether Pistol - Here's a fun one: What happens if you combine an electromagnetically-propelled harpoon inside a MAS pistol frame, and wired the cable directly to the suit? Everybody loves a good game of tug-of-war, and if you can land a solid tether on an opponent, well shit, a mecha can't move if their legs are constantly tripping over fifteen tons of tensile strength! Oh, and you could use it to like, ford rivers and shit too, I guess.

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@Yam I Am Oh no is Jorgenson gonna be the grandpa friend?

@Jarl Coolgruuf

When he joined the 101st, Jorgenson thought that being in the HTR team meant "High Threat Response" team.

Turns out, he was joining Hot Topic Representative team.

Falling Skies: Reboot (Mecha, Space Opera)

Lucina: "Jorgenson, you are the daddy issue."

Jorgenson: "oh"

@Jarl Coolgruuf

Hey, Lucina wouldn't tell 'em it's all bad.

Jorgenson can even take her to Hot Topic and they can listen to the new All Time Low album together.

Falling Skies: Reboot (Mecha, Space Opera)

<Snipped quote by Jarl Coolgruuf>

She looks like she wore a choker in middle school because she got hot and bothered after reading a wattpad fanfic about her favorite anime characters playing 2 man couch hockey and now thinks hair pulling is BDSM.

@Jarl Coolgruuf

I said "roast me", not "state the obvious".

Falling Skies: Reboot (Mecha, Space Opera)

I'll be around offering critique as people complete their character sheets! I'm liking what I'm seeing so far.

@vietmyke

Alright, here it is, shiny and complete. Roast me.

Lucina Ionescu

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___________________________________ Lucina Anișoara Ionescu ________________________________________________________________________________________ 24 | Bucharest, Romania, United Earth Empire ___________________________________ [+] ▼ E X T R A I N F O R M A T I O N ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ► DOB - March 9 ► Height - 5'7" / 170cm ► Weight - 152 lbs / 69 kg ► Hair Color - Red ► Eye Color - Emerald ► Callsign - "DJ" ► Confirmed Kills - 21 -

D E T A I L E D A P P E A R A N C E If you were to stumble upon Lucina on the street - or more likely, at the bar or the nightclub - the immediate impressions she gives is that she has remained 16 for the past 8 years. With once-jet black hair now a perma-dyed crimson red, an active physique, and a full sleeve of tattoos with another in the works, it's clear that she went to college to party and hasn't abandoned that ideal since. So, all that considered...Lucina's a fairly typical army girl.

---_{P S Y C H E V A L}

Prone to impulsive behaviors, Lucina is the type of girl to get paid on the 1st and go broke by the 3rd. She lives fast and hard, and doesn't bother asking a lot of questions along the way, unless it's a snarky snide about why somebody seems so lame or boring in her eyes. All of the answers to life's many (annoying) mysteries are located at the bottom of a bottle, Lucina's very vocal about the fact that the booze along the outer worlds are as cheap as they are. And as soon as she gets approved for time on leave, she's rounding up the posse, hitting the town, and more than likely won't come back for a few weeks. Typically, that's how members of her regiment tend to meet her, for she's always the first one to ask who's down for drinks after a mission.

When asked about her personal life, Lucina tends to refract the question, either by giving all-too-honest of an answer, or by presenting a sardonic response. Lucina is an open book; That book just happens to be written while the author was on their two-week bender after a messy divorce. She's all too happy to recite it. She just doesn't see an overwhelming reason put on a show about it whenever she isn't asked.

---_{B I O G R A P H Y}

The wondrous love-child of an Imperial lieutenant on his vacation and the fated desperate woman he picked up at the bar, Lucina spent most of her childhood bouncing between the less-than-glamorous Bucharest metropolis and wherever it was her dad happened to be stationed during the few weeks a year he got custody over her. Having to adapt to new faces and circumstances all the time, Lucina was constantly dragged between worlds. Whether upon the mountains of Carpathia or among the stellar colonies a long ways from home, Lucina had little time to develop lasting friendships, often having to leave them behind as soon as they were made.

Once finished with primary school, Lucina was strongly encouraged to off to university, to which the University of Targovista Mars would be her institution of attendance, opting to pursue a degree in communication. At UTM, her academic performance was...notably torpid, seeing as she had channeled her newfound freedoms to entrench herself into UTM's vibrant social life instead of towards life as an intrepid scholar. Unsurprisingly, within her first semester she was placed on academic probation, and by the end of her freshman year, UTM had suspended her due to her frequent absences and poor marks. Faced into the prospect, Lucina withdrew before her sophomore year could begin, and began looking for other opportunities.

At that time, the UEE was recruiting around Mars for new candidates for its recently revamped Mobile Armor Suit program, and faced with options which seemed only barely less desirable than whatever could come from a life of being shot at, Lucina threw caution to the wind and signed on with a recruiter. While looking through her academic records, many of her superiors - her recruiter included - cast serious doubts over her capabilities for MAS training, citing her history of poor reliability and lack of discipline as the foremost concerns. They had attempted to dissuade her on many occasions, instead offering up positions in Military Police or Chemical Warfare, yet every time she turned down their offers and told them to, "Let (her) join the damn MAS." What her superiors did not know, much to their amazement, was that when Lucina took to something, she took off. Beyond exceeding their (admittedly very low) expectations, the instructors within her unit were thoroughly impressed by the aptitude scores, and after some "initial suspicions" were ruled out, Lucina was cleared for training and induced into the 101st Legion at the age of 20.

Her performance so far has certainly been commendable, and Lucina has so far gained a reputation for being a dependable and capable pilot. During her first few years alone, she has managed to score (some of her accomplices prefer the term "stole") a good number of confirmed kills, for her ambush-driven style of combat has led her to shine in the attritional conflicts of the current era. She eagerly pushes herself towards attaining ACE status as a MAS pilot, and with her performance and experience only honing with time, Lucina just may attain the coveted status sooner rather than later, if only for lack of any other perceivable goals...

---_{E Q U I P M E N T}

Standard MAS pilot equipment for Imperial service.

---_{R E L A T I O N S}

None at the moment.

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___________________________________ Umblător Blindat de Luptă 053 - Modelul C ________________________________________________________________________________________ Medium Mech | ROMARM ___________________________________ [+] ▼ E X T R A I N F O R M A T I O N ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ► Height - 36ft / 11m ► Manufacturer - Brasov ROMARM ► Role - Infiltration Assault ► Chassis - Medium -

R O L E A N D P U R P O S E Internally designated (and widely recognized) as an offshoot of the venerable PTX-051, the UBL-053 was designed as a stopgap between a heavier assault MAS and more lightly-armed reconnaissance vehicles. Intended first and foremost as an ambusher, the "Ileane" was created as a thorough breakthrough unit, where it would infiltrate enemy lines with the support of infantry and wreck havoc upon an unsuspecting enemy while still possessing respectable firepower. Notably, the Ileane is designed to be incredibly survivable, with the idea that even a disabled Ileane might be abandoned and its pilot resume the infiltration assault with the support of its accompanying infantry.

---_{W E A P O N S S Y S T E M S}

- M57 Light Support Weapon (Heavy): Developed as an LSW variant of the reliable M90 30mm Autocannon, the M57 most notably includes the replacement of its standard barrel with a fluted, chrome-lined barrel to improve cooling and long-burst accuracy, and the replacement of the fire control group with a fully-automatic firing selection. Feeding from either standard 100 round magazines or from 400 round drums, the M57 is able to provide accurate suppressive fire, pinning down threats at great ranges while the operator's unit maneuvers.

- MR553 DMR (Primary): A turbolaser designated marksman rifle intended for a counter-sniper role. While its energy retention doesn't quite come close to that of a true laser sniper, the MR553 is capable of disrupting many of the electronic systems many sniper MAS units rely upon.

- Pm.64 Multiple Launch Rocket System (Primary): The Pm.64 MLRS is a laser-guided micro rocket system with multiple payload options, ranging from antipersonnel to anti-armor to anti-aircraft. Capable of firing multiple rocket salvos in rapid succession, the Pm.64 is intended to provide ample explosive power, although the older-fashioned laser-guided system leaves a bit to be desired in terms of accuracy.

- S11 PEMS (Secondary): The S11 Personal Electromagnetic Shield is a combat shield intended for use on a medium-chassis MAS. While its composition offers a fantastic weight-to-protection ratio, it is not optimized for intense firefights, and sequential barrages will break its defense.

- M15 Combat Knife (Secondary): The standard combat knife of Imperial MAS units.

---_{A U X S Y S T E M S}

- DS-3 Linear Frequency Deliminator (Auxiliary): By using the concepts of Linear Frequency Modulation, the waveform detection capability of radio detection (RADAR) systems can be substantially improved by increasing the duration of a transmitted pulse. Conversely, reducing the duration of a pulse improves the range resolution of the radar. Thus, Linear Frequency Deliminator is a versatile, wide-range jamming system, meant to scramble enemy detection systems via "bouncing" signals and returning back erroneous wavelength and pulse frequencies. The result is a capable Electronic Warfare system which can effectively disrupt enemy communications. However, a Linear Frequency Deliminator requires both good timing and coordination to use effectively, and requires frequent readjustment as not to be countered by enemy signalers who catch on to the interference.

- P3 Active Camouflage System(Auxiliary): A camouflage generator attached to the back of a MAS, it projects a field of particles over the MAS, effectively making it invisible to the human eye, as well as optical scanners, and tracking modules. The generator does not however shield the user from all scanners, and the generator unit itself dumps large amounts of heat upon deactivating. Camouflage generators are also notorious for consuming large amounts of energy, and the standard Active Camouflage generator can only continuously produce particles for a single hour before beginning to massively drain the power reserves of the MAS.

- P13M3 Active Defense System (Auxiliary): Created by Industria Imperială din Cluj, the P13 Active Defense System series is a proven and effective production copy of more common MAS countermeasure systems. The M3 variant boasts an improved starter agent and more refined aerosol composition to aid against heat and laser-guided tracking systems. Countermeasures do not take up a utility system slot.

-A Template by Load Wraith

Falling Skies: Reboot (Mecha, Space Opera)

Definitely going to revise weapons after work. Looking for a loadout that is suited for infantry and armored vehicles as well as MAS CQC. Possibly an automatic grenade rifle, automatic hpk pistol (not sold on that), could probably use a few suggestions.

@Arkitekt

Well, if you wanna do equal parts CQC and "Blowing shit up", what i'd recommend is a modified plasma gun with a wide stabilizer. Since most plasma weapons would travel along a guided laser beam before transferring the superheated hydronium particles to the face of its intended target. If you removed the stabilizer and made the laser a lot less focused in frequency, you could have a plasma weapon that'd be like a shotgun with dragon's breath rounds, except more...energetic. And deadly.

Falling Skies: Reboot (Mecha, Space Opera)

To help everyone out, here are the MAS roles/designations we have so far:

- Fire Support / Heavy Assault Gun (Type 22 / Apple)
- Rapid Response / CQC (SOC / Raven)
- Infiltration Assault / Electronic Warfare (UBL-053-C / DJ)
- Rapid Response / Reconnaissance ("Insert Name Here" / Zoom)
- Transport Ship (Riverman / Styx)

Falling Skies: Reboot (Mecha, Space Opera)

Posting my WIP. Will more than likely have it done by tonight.

WIPs

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___________________________________ Lucina Anișoara Ionescu ________________________________________________________________________________________ 24 | Bucharest, Romania, United Earth Empire ___________________________________ [+] ▼ E X T R A I N F O R M A T I O N ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ► DOB - March 9 ► Height - 5'7" / 170cm ► Weight - 152 lbs / 69 kg ► Hair Color - Red ► Eye Color - Emerald ► Callsign - "DJ" ► Confirmed Kills - 21 -

D E T A I L E D A P P E A R A N C E If you were to stumble upon Lucina on the street - or more likely, at the bar or the nightclub - the immediate impressions she gives is that she has remained 16 for the past 8 years. With once-jet black hair now a perma-dyed crimson red, an active physique, and a full sleeve of tattoos with another in the works, it's clear that she went to college to party and hasn't abandoned that ideal since. So, all that considered...Lucina's a fairly typical army girl.

---_{P S Y C H E V A L}

Prone to impulsive behaviors, Lucina is the type of girl to get paid on the 1st and go broke by the 3rd. She lives fast and hard, and doesn't bother asking a lot of questions along the way, unless it's a snarky snide about why somebody seems so lame or boring in her eyes. All of the answers to life's many (annoying) mysteries are located at the bottom of a bottle, Lucina's very vocal about the fact that the booze along the outer worlds are as cheap as they are. And as soon as she gets approved for time on leave, she's rounding up the posse, hitting the town, and more than likely won't come back for a few weeks. Typically, that's how members of her regiment tend to meet her, for she's always the first one to ask who's down for drinks after a mission.

When asked about her personal life, Lucina tends to refract the question, either by giving all-too-honest of an answer, or by presenting a sardonic response. Lucina is an open book; That book just happens to be written while the author was on their two-week bender after a messy divorce. She's all too happy to recite it. She just doesn't see an overwhelming reason put on a show about it whenever she isn't asked.

---_{B I O G R A P H Y}

The wondrous love-child of an Imperial lieutenant on his vacation and the fated desperate woman he picked up at the bar, Lucina spent most of her childhood bouncing between the less-than-glamorous Bucharest metropolis and wherever it was her dad happened to be stationed during the few weeks a year he got custody over her. Having to adapt to new faces and circumstances all the time, Lucina was constantly dragged between worlds. Whether upon the mountains of Carpathia or among the stellar colonies a long ways from home, Lucina had little time to develop lasting friendships, often having to leave them behind as soon as they were made.

Once finished with primary school, Lucina was strongly encouraged to off to university, to which the University of Targovista Mars would be her institution of attendance, opting to pursue a degree in communication. At UTM, her academic performance was...notably torpid, seeing as she had channeled her newfound freedoms to entrench herself into UTM's vibrant social life instead of towards life as an intrepid scholar. Unsurprisingly, within her first semester she was placed on academic probation, and by the end of her freshman year, UTM had suspended her due to her frequent absences and poor marks. Faced into the prospect, Lucina withdrew before her sophomore year could begin, and began looking for other opportunities.

At that time, the UEE was recruiting around Mars for new candidates for its recently revamped Mobile Armor Suit program, and faced with options which seemed only barely less desirable than whatever could come from a life of being shot at, Lucina threw caution to the wind and signed on with a recruiter. While looking through her academic records, many of her superiors - her recruiter included - cast serious doubts over her capabilities for MAS training, citing her history of poor reliability and lack of discipline as the foremost concerns. They had attempted to dissuade her on many occasions, instead offering up positions in Military Police or Chemical Warfare, yet every time she turned down their offers and told them to, "Let (her) join the damn MAS." What her superiors did not know, much to their amazement, was that when Lucina took to something, she took off. Beyond exceeding their (admittedly very low) expectations, the instructors within her unit were thoroughly impressed by the aptitude scores, and after some "initial suspicions" were ruled out, Lucina was cleared for training and induced into the 101st Legion at the age of 20.

Her performance so far has certainly been commendable, and Lucina has so far gained a reputation for being a dependable and capable pilot. During her first few years alone, she has managed to score (some of her accomplices prefer the term "stole") a good number of confirmed kills, for her ambush-driven style of combat has led her to shine in the attritional conflicts of the current era. She eagerly pushes herself towards attaining ACE status as a MAS pilot, and with her performance and experience only honing with time, Lucina just may attain the coveted status sooner rather than later, if only for lack of any other perceivable goals...

---_{E Q U I P M E N T}

Standard MAS pilot equipment for Imperial service.

---_{R E L A T I O N S}

None at the moment.

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___________________________________ Umblător Blindat de Luptă 053 - Modelul C ________________________________________________________________________________________ Medium Mech | ROMARM ___________________________________ [+] ▼ E X T R A I N F O R M A T I O N ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ► Height - 36ft / 11m ► Manufacturer - Brasov ROMARM ► Role - Infiltration Assault ► Chassis - Medium -

R O L E A N D P U R P O S E Internally designated (and widely recognized) as an offshoot of the venerable PTX-051, the UBL-053 was designed as a stopgap between a heavier assault MAS and more lightly-armed reconnaissance vehicles. Intended first and foremost as an ambusher, the "Ileane" was created as a thorough breakthrough unit, where it would infiltrate enemy lines with the support of infantry and wreck havoc upon an unsuspecting enemy while still possessing respectable firepower. Notably, the Ileane is designed to be incredibly survivable, with the idea that even a disabled Ileane might be abandoned and its pilot resume the infiltration assault with the support of its accompanying infantry.

---_{W E A P O N S S Y S T E M S}

- M57 Light Support Weapon (Heavy): Developed as an LSW variant of the reliable M90 30mm Autocannon, the M57 most notably includes the replacement of its standard barrel with a fluted, chrome-lined barrel to improve cooling and long-burst accuracy, and the replacement of the fire control group with a fully-automatic firing selection. Feeding from either standard 100 round magazines or from 400 round drums, the M57 is able to provide accurate suppressive fire, pinning down threats at great ranges while the operator's unit maneuvers.

- MR553 DMR (Primary): A turbolaser designated marksman rifle intended for a counter-sniper role. While its energy retention doesn't quite come close to that of a true laser sniper, the MR553 is capable of disrupting many of the electronic systems many sniper MAS units rely upon.

- Pm.64 Multiple Launch Rocket System (Primary): The Pm.64 MLRS is a laser-guided micro rocket system with multiple payload options, ranging from antipersonnel to anti-armor to anti-aircraft. Capable of firing multiple rocket salvos in rapid succession, the Pm.64 is intended to provide ample explosive power, although the older-fashioned laser-guided system leaves a bit to be desired in terms of accuracy.

- S11 PEMS (Secondary): The S11 Personal Electromagnetic Shield is a combat shield intended for use on a medium-chassis MAS. While its composition offers a fantastic weight-to-protection ratio, it is not optimized for intense firefights, and sequential barrages will break its defense.

- M15 Combat Knife (Secondary): The standard combat knife of Imperial MAS units.

---_{A U X S Y S T E M S}

- DS-3 Linear Frequency Deliminator (Auxiliary): By using the concepts of Linear Frequency Modulation, the waveform detection capability of radio detection (RADAR) systems can be substantially improved by increasing the duration of a transmitted pulse. Conversely, reducing the duration of a pulse improves the range resolution of the radar. Thus, Linear Frequency Deliminator is a versatile, wide-range jamming system, meant to scramble enemy detection systems via "bouncing" signals and returning back erroneous wavelength and pulse frequencies. The result is a capable Electronic Warfare system which can effectively disrupt enemy communications. However, a Linear Frequency Deliminator requires both good timing and coordination to use effectively, and requires frequent readjustment as not to be countered by enemy signalers who catch on to the interference.

- P3 Active Camouflage System(Auxiliary): A camouflage generator attached to the back of a MAS, it projects a field of particles over the MAS, effectively making it invisible to the human eye, as well as optical scanners, and tracking modules. The generator does not however shield the user from all scanners, and the generator unit itself dumps large amounts of heat upon deactivating. Camouflage generators are also notorious for consuming large amounts of energy, and the standard Active Camouflage generator can only continuously produce particles for a single hour before beginning to massively drain the power reserves of the MAS.

- P13M3 Active Defense System (Auxiliary): Created by Industria Imperială din Cluj, the P13 Active Defense System series is a proven and effective production copy of more common MAS countermeasure systems. The M3 variant boasts an improved starter agent and more refined aerosol composition to aid against heat and laser-guided tracking systems. Countermeasures do not take up a utility system slot.

-A Template by Load Wraith