"I suck at titles" edition.
Ladies and gentlemen. I just found a random mech generator (in pdf form). It is of highest quality, so I am presenting it to you. The ultimate goal being to run a game with it.
Here it is: Link (https://www.dropbox.com/s/mz44scij88koak4/Mech%20generator.pdf)
As you can see it is extremely detailed, with a wide range of possibilities and even a steampunk section.
A game based on it would most certainly be cooperative rather than competitive, as it seems unfair to pit a tiny exoskeleton mecha armed with naught but a pair of light autocanons, against a cold-fusion powered towering monstrosity boasting 25 nuclear warheads, a quad heavy railgun, a deuterium laser beam, an incendiary grenade launcher, a pair of gatlings, an energy shield, can turn invisible, transform into a fighter jet, and is overcharged by the power of friendship. Because both are totally possible.
I imagine that the ideal format would be something of an RPG, with a random team of mechs against hordes of other mechs.
The main problem would then be the potentially huge disparity between the players.
Otherwise it could be a wonderful ressource for anyone running a mech-based game, to generate opponents or whatnot.
Also feel free to post any mech you rolled in this topic.
Contributing with two mechs I rolled:
(everything besides the name originated from rolls on the generator)
Size: Huge
Role: Harasser
Posture: quadrupedal, plantigrade
Engine: antimatter
Armor: Chobham composite
Additional Defenses: slat plates, softkill ECM APS
Optics: radar imaging
Weaponry:
-Arm mounted MLRS, 22x 130mm missiles, IR guided Fire&Forget, mine and HESH ammunitions.
-Shoulder mounted 36mm light autocannon, enlarged ammo storage, anthrax biological ammo.
-Shoulder-mounted Large Microwave Emiter
-Arm-mounted 47mm light autocannon, limited traverse, HEI/AP ammo.
-Shoulder mounted 40mm missile, automatic targeting recognition unit, explosively formed penetrator.
-Head mounted 109mm recoilless rifle, enlarged ammo storage, discarding sabot HE ammo.
Extras: water recycler, voice-activated computer system, integrated tea kettle, ejection seat
Traits: Reliable, prototype, souped-up engine.
Size: Exoskeleton
Role: Scout
Posture: Bipedal, ungulate
Engine: cold fusion
Armor: ceramic-steel-nickel alloy laminate
Additional Defenses: electric reactive armor
Optics: radar imaging + hyperspectral imaging
Weapons:
-Arm mounted 40mm rotary cannon, casette autoloader, white phosphorus incendiary ammo
-Arm-mounted 17mm CIWS, hydro-pneumatic anti-recoil system, red phosphorus incendiary ammo
Extras: AR headset system, Jump Jets
Traits: intimidating
Naturally I rolled a test mech; the results were fairly interesting, but also display a handful of the above issues.
Large Tripedal Gasoline-Powered Main Battle Mech
Erect Posture
Elephant Semi-Plantigrade Feet
Liquid Armor
Light Explosive-Reactive Armor
IR Night Vision
Arm: Sonic Cavitation Emitter
Head: Deuterium Flouride Laser ("Head mounts reroll head location" haha no they don't)
Shoulder: 135(100max)mm Semi-Automatic Breech-Loaded Medium Mortar, Explosively-Formed Penetrator Ammo
Arm: 25mm Enlarged Ammo Storage Light Autocannon, Fin-Stabilized AP Ammo
Torso: 13.8mm Detachable Light Machine Gun, Armor-Piercing Tracer Ammo
Active Camo
AR Headset System
Multirole Grenade Projectors
High Manufacturing Quality
Harasser
Huge
Tripedal
Anti-Matter Drive
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Semi-Erect
Plantigrade
Main Mounts: Shoulder, Torso, Torso
Secondary Mounts: Torso, Shoulder, Head, Arm
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Armor: Rolled Titanium
Supplementary Defenses: Softkill ECM APS, Conventional Hardkill EPS
Optics: Computer-Assisted Digital
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Main Guns: 53 Caliber Medium Shoulder-Mounted Computer-Controlled Mortar firing HEAT, Light Torso-Mounted Chain-Autoloaded 65 Caliber Howitzer firing APCR and Cluster, Torso-Mounted Sonic Cavitation Emitter
Secondary Guns: Torso-Mounted 84 Caliber Multi-Stage HESH Missile, Shoulder-Mounted 17.3 Caliber CIWS with Enlarged Ammo Storage firing Armor-Piercing Tracers, Head-Mounted 112 Caliber Wire-Guided Thermobaric Missile, Arm-Mounted Detachable 50 Caliber Light Autocannon firing Guided AP
Extras: Ejection Seat, Jump Jets, IR Silhouette Stealth Plating, Active Camouflage
Traits: Amphibious (Wading), Heavily Armed
And on your left, see the JoeTech Clairvoyant Mark VI, pride of the Imperial Assault Corps. This hunched beast, weighing in at a massive 476 tons, is employed for fast-moving heavy support. Though its design may look unconventional, sporting a three-legged "grasshopper" model chassis atop which rides the massive tilting pillar of the machine's main complex, the Clairvoyant is highly speedy and versatile for its size, due in part to the inclusion of state-of-the-art Icarus IX tactical leap thrusters and an overcharged anti-matter drive core normally reserved for warp-capable cruisers. In addition to this, the Clairvoyant's rolled-titanium plating is heat-shielded and carries active cloaking systems to help avoid detection from long ranges, though the loud operation noises limit its stealth range to about a kilometer. The Clairvoyant VI is outfitted primarily for long-range bombardment from its innovative "Tower of Destruction" guidance system. A "Stubby" class sponson mount astride the left turret side houses the 53 Calibre Prophecy IV anti-material mortar, a computer-guided fire-and-forget platform firing powerful HEAT shells, while a smaller "Chip-on-the-shoulder" mount houses a light 17.3 Calibre "Nuke-Away" brand CIWS which allows for easy missile damage prevention and rangefinding with its AP tracer rounds, and with an extra-large ammo supply, whether it's one missile or a hundred you can feel secure. Meanwhile, the chassis's twin spread front legs provide a convenient location for an under-slung Restraint XI 50 Calibre light Anti-Personnel Autocannon firing Computer-Guided AP, in case someone manages to get a bit too close for comfort. The autocannon is also easily detachable in case you want to travel fast. The pillar itself, however, houses the Clairvoyant's most destructive armaments yet. Its three "Window" hull mounts carry a top-floor, top-of-the-line, top-dollar Herald V Sonic Cavitation sound system, perfect for playing relaxing music on a long deployment, for you and anyone else who might happen to be within the two-kilometer effective radius, a bottom-floor Summoner II chain-autoloaded 65 Calibre Howitzer firing APCR cluster shrapnel, and a mech-busting 85 Caliber Premonition XVI multi-stage orbital HESH rocket for tactical strikes. The crowning piece, however, is the unique "Headbanger" cockpit-mounted Revelation IV 112 Calibre Wire-Guided Thermobaric warhead. Fear not, though, for despite featuring a gargantuan missile strapped to the cockpit, the Clairvoyant sports Joetech's patented Robin MCLXI high-velocity escape chair. Taking a cruise out to the beach, but concerned about getting your ride wet? Fear not, for the Joetech Clairvoyant is water-sealed and fully amphibious, so you can drive to the other continent's beach! The Clairvoyant VI heavy support platform, another unparallelled product of JoeTech Industries, your friend in the interstellar age!
Size:Large
Role:Scout
Locomotion:Ungulate Octopedal Pillar Erect
Engine:Diesel
Armor:AMAP Composite
Optics:Sonar+Local Network IR Nightvision
Supplementary Defense:Non-explosive reactive armor
Main weapons:
Arm Mounted 10mm computer-assisted gyroscopically stabilized Light Gauss Cannon
Shoulder Mounted 136mm Heavy Smooth-bore Cannon with Enlarged Ammo Storage
S:HESH ammo
Secondary Weapons:
Arm Mounted Shield
Arm Mounted 18mm AA-capable heavy MG
R:Incendiary tracer ammo
Extras:
Customized Sound System
Fuel Cell Generator
Solar Cells
Jump Jets
Trait:
Amphibious(wading)
Size:Small
Role:Artillery
Locomotion:Erect Digitigrade Octopedal
Engine:Turbocharged Diesel-Gas Turbine
Armor:Rolled Aluminum
Supplementary Defense:Slat Plates
Optics:Local+Satellite high power adjustable
Main Weapon:
Shoulder mounted 50mm AA-capable light autocannon
S:Incendiary ammo
Secondary Weapon:
Arm mounted 57mm computer assisted gyroscopically stabilized recoil-less rifle
S:Beehive Flechette ammo
Extras:
Laser Designator
Jump Jets
Trait:
Intimidating
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Type: Huge Artillery
Quadrupedal
Diesel Engine
Pillar-Erect Posture
Arthropod Feet
Armaments:
3 Main Shoulder Mounts
2 Secondary Head Mounts
1 Secondary Shoulder Mount
2 Supplementary Defenses
4 Extras
2 Traits
Defenses:
MEXAS Composite Armor
Heavy-Explosive Reactive Armor
Electric Reactive Armor
Optics:
Hyperspectral Imaging
Main Weaponry (all shoulder mounted):
5-calibur Chain-Autoloader Light Railgun
89-calibur Muzzle-Break Recoil-less Rifle firing Guided AP rounds
Sonic Cavitation Emitter
Secondary Weaponry (head-mounted)
8-calibur Detachable Light Machinegun firing AP Tungsten rounds
95-calibur Computer-Controlled Light Howitzer firing HE Bombardment rounds and Gyrojet AP Standard rounds
Secondary Weaponry (shoulder-mounted)
Microwave Emitter
Extras:
Climate-Controlled
Touchscreen Controls
AR-Headset System
Radar Stealth Plating
Traits:
Loud
Reliable
Pretty fun!