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I have every intent to make it more interesting if I ever get around to expanding it!It's just an outline, but it is....
Eh, I'm not terribly impressed. It's just the current system with more people to worry about and with an experience bar added.
For a mech, you only need the pilot (Again, citing battletech. Maybe different here, but still) since the cockpit holds all the controls and the pilot is hooked-up into the machine itself. No ned for additional crewIf there's a direct neural uplink, perhaps. If, and perhaps. Otherwise, the pilot's going to be busy enough with dodging and not falling over that he'll need someone else to handle the missiles, guns, or whatever.
In, Blue. I'll spawn as Medic with a Crusader's Crossbow, a Medigun, and the Ubersaw.
She nods, inclining her head. "It will be dangerous, for everyone involved.""You got that right, hun."
"Tch. I'm here. Anything causes problems we just kill it."
Selina keeps hugging for a few minutes before pulling back with a relieved and slightly teary smile, a couple going down her cheeks.Her attempts to pull back from the hug are interrupted by Nuriel dragging her and Yuri into a group hug.
"I... I... I... Thank you... I'll tr-try to m-m-make always m-make you happy..." Selina looks so happy and relieved!
My monitor is acting up, and holy crap is that terrifying. It's half a grinning face, laughing, orangish-in-tint and grainy, surrounded by an abyss of black.
Also a bit scary, but not nearly so much as the laughing half-face from Hell.
Ignacio looks kinda like a pasty yellow thing. A bit odd, certainly unusual for Ignacio, but not particularly scary.
Another creepy one. Another grinning face, this one with shoulders and clasped hands visible, still tinted that disturbing orange, still surrounded by darkness.
Aw come on. There has to be a counter for a prototype-equipped Ace :cThere isn't in mecha anime. Mechanime?
Cost, chance of success. That kind of thing. It'll either be really powerful or completely useless.How about the ability to capture enemy mechs/Aces, or to salvage Research Points towards some technology or another when a higher-tech empire's mechs get smashed in your territory?
Also, they would have to be in your Unit Pool, since it'd be hard to convert them on the front lines.Oh really now? You just need a quick engineer and a lot of...okay, you'd need an Ace engineer and some good spare parts.
Kaia calms down slightly. I... I understand, but can I at least see my Dad before you take us all off somewhere? he's in the ER at the moment, he touched me after the meteor hit and got electrocuted somehow... I just want to make sure that he's alright.""That would be fine. While I'm thinking about it, all of you look underaged. You should probably explain to your parents what happened."
After taking a few moments to relax, Kaia calmed enough to be able to think relatively clearly again. With her panic under control, she focused her attentions back onto the conversation at hand."This is...a tough situation. Imagine for a moment that each an every one of you in this room had the potential to be a terrorist, concealing some sort of weapon in your body, a weapon capable of leveling a city. What would we do then? We'd arrest any who didn't come willingly, until they were cleared. That is essentially what we are doing here. I don't like the solution, but...one of the women who was affected by the meteor has been leaving a trail of destruction in her wake. A couple of buildings with walls taken out. Uncounted deaths and uncountable injuries. Our expert assures us that that's only the most obvious of potential issues.""Essentially all of that is either unknown or classified. More the former, but when we're somewhere secure and you have been checked, we'll tell you what we've determined so far."Kaia began to nod her head in agreement to this, but after a moment her eyes widened as the full import of his words became clear.
"Wait a minute, a secure location? I thought you were just going to ask us a few questions or something, but now you're going to take us away somewhere first? Do we even get a say in this!?"
"Yeah, whether you want a blindfold or not." Kimiko slowly stands up, "Alright, where's this facility? Let's get this over with.""We're waiting for the last of the newcomers."
"BUSY WITH WHAT?""NOT IMPORTANT! GO AWAY!"
Kimiko sighs, "Look, what's this job you're offering?""Depends on what you can do and what the superiors say."
