U.C. The 260th MS Team (Inactive)

Game Master Deiros

Ok.. Kanoe's Call Sign is "SKY"... and that sells me on the Abstract Kraken... here's her personal emblem - SKY

This was the logo I had, but if you guys a different one, we will adopt that one.

Kraken

Personal insignia and colors of your mobile suits aren't available to you until you are an ace pilot.

What exactly qualifies one as an Ace Pilot?

You need several kills confirmed and recognized by Command. Basically time in service. There are very few ace pilots right now in all of the Zeon forces, most of you will be "Aces" half way through the war or a bit past half way through it.

That won't stop you from having better Mobile Suits as you continue to make a name for yourselves.

Zeon Brigade

LtC. Brenog mobile suit will be in the hangar for those curious enough later on if you wish to inspect it.

Yeah, in fighter's for WWI and WWII, it was I believe 5 enemy planes. However, I'm assuming it's more for this one. If I remember correctly, that's 5 full planes, so if you and your wingman both hit it, you both got partial credit.

What exactly qualifies one as an Ace Pilot?

Well by the Character creation rules you start getting ACE points with a skill level of 6 in a piloting skill.. I think the only one who qualifies for those is Faustus!

That's the problem with making a character not having access to the books. :( If I'd known it required 6 to start earning them, I'd have arranged my skills a bit more and put a 6 in it.

I just want to get my paws on that sweet 75mm vulcan cannon.

That's the problem with making a character not having access to the books. :( If I'd known it required 6 to start earning them, I'd have arranged my skills a bit more and put a 6 in it.

lol. I read about ACE points in the downloads the Warlord provided in PDF... I have not pulled a single Mekton Z book as I don't want to use something he is not using..like the INT+EDU+10 Skill points everyone is supposed to get.

If you want to get specific I believe we are actually using the Gundam Senkai rules which were officially produced for Mekton. ACE points are the same thing as having a Maneuver Pool. They're usable in about the same way that Newtype points are.

You should check out the books sometime, though. It's a pretty cool system.

hehe... yeah.. I have ALL the books.. from Mekton I all the way to Mekton Z-plus!

he bids you to wait as he enters the one on the left a small grey hare comes out

...What? I don't think I understood what just happened here.

A small grey hair.. I think that's the lieut. we were told she is small and a hardass most of the time..but sometimes she very girly...? I may be wrong but I "think" that is what is happening here...

We were not told she was old an especially old woman...

EDIT: Ok she's supposed to be a blonde with blue eyes... but were told not to be fooled by her appearance...

For your sake I hope so. Worst case scenario you just saluted a rabbit.

Grrr this IS freaking annoying...

But funny. :)

And somewhat Animeish. I get this 'I must be super perky and prove myself' vibe from Yashida. And in anime, I can see her being so overexcited she just turns when she sees motion and salutes... then there's those little dashed lines showing where she's looking at empty space, then her tilting her head down to see the rabbit, and her face turning red. :)

Given that it's truly unintentional makes the whole situation even more delicious. Maybe we'll start calling you rabbit?

[dice=MS Pilot]2d6+15-6 Do we put the MV penalty in on this skill?

Yes. The Maneuver Value 'MV' is the penalty applied against ALL mecha-related skills when piloting a MS. So Mecha Gunnery, Mecha Fight, Mecha Melee, Mecha Missile, Mecha Piloting... all take the penalty! In fact MR score is literally your 'Mecha Reflex' when doing anything in a mecha... Reflexes - MV 'Maneuver Value' = MR 'Mecha Reflex'. That is how your initiative Score is also figured... it is your Mecha Reflex.

I did expect that but wanted to have the cleared for future rolls.

My paizo stopping showing when there is new posts in the gameplay tread, but I hope it was just a minor bug this morning and not something that persists.

Don't forget, everyone needs a call-sign as a pilot. Zzed's using his call-sign as his 'name' since most people don't like his real name.

Damn it.. It's close to work time and I just know I'm gonna go and then there will be like 18 posts when I can post again... this sucks!

Lucky for me I can post from work. ;)

But yeah, I know the feeling. I went out last night for a bit more then an hour for some shopping and when I came back there was like 10 post in gameplay and in discussion for me to catch up to.

Well off to work.. please try to keep the post number low if possible? I'll be back to post at around 4PM Est.

Sure no problem....

Start making plans so that we get to page 5 in gameplay before 4pm est

Don't forget, everyone needs a call-sign as a pilot. Zzed's using his call-sign as his 'name' since most people don't like his real name.

Just realise that I skipped over your post. My bad :(

Not entirely sure about a call sign yet. Kraken-5 would do fine for my character for now. Beside, I always though call signs were like nicknames in the sense that it's the people around you that choose it.

And who are those "most people" that don't like your name? I feel like I might have miss something here in the translation... (English isn't my first language)

Yeah, I think Kraken-3'll be just fine for me.

I've kind of been wanting to call Zzed "Zero" or something IC. Zzed is hard for me to pronounce out loud!

Zzed is pronounced like Zed, which is pronounced like Head, but with a Z. It's just spelled with two Z's to make it different from his brother, Zed Omega.

Back! Thanks for waiting.. posting Now!

People won't know unless you tell them ;) Military loves messing up peoples names... I has to get used to answer to about 5 variations of my name, and it's annoying at first later on you just get used to it.

Same with you all having some minor experience with skirmishes in space hence why the "Veteran" skills. In her eyes you all probably privates, as you still hold the lowest officer rank that is fresh from the academy or little time in service.

Just don't over do it, or you might get duly noted in not the best way.

Image of Lt. Dahvana

Zzed's Personnel Jacket : (For those who manage to sneak a peak, and the GM of course)

And who are those "most people" that don't like your name? I feel like I might have miss something here in the translation... (English isn't my first language)

High Command, Psychologists, Bureau of Personnel, Fleet Intelligence Command...

She didn't bother reading the files yet, it's just annoying paperwork. Once you guys finalize in-procesing and she has to sign off she will find your folder a bit to thin.

Yep, I forsee a lot of hate/like/hate on her part and indifference on Zzed's part.

"I'm sorry Ma'am, I can't answer that, it's classified..."

"I JUST ASKED YOUR FATHER'S NAME!"

"I'm sorry ma'am, I can't answer that, it's classified..."

:)

Awe.. its Dana Sterling from ROBOTECH..as a Zeon Officer! How Cute!!! :)

Lol yes pretty much

Not Dana Sterling, just a look-a-like :)

Maia Sterling is better. Fite me

I'd post again.. but I'm kinda waiting on the Lt.s answer to Kanoe's question.. or did she ignore her?

What a shame I just now found this while casually perusing the boards. I spent last month looking for a pbp gundam mekton zeta game and gave up the idea not too long ago. Funny to see one pop up under my nose.

Have fun everyone, I'll be watching to see how it goes. (Sieg Zeon!)

Sure Galorit.. enjoy the show.. and don't despair.. if there is ANYTHING we all know about Gundam is it has a plethora of characters.. once our GM has gotten into the 'feel' of how to run a Mekton pbp.. perhaps we'll have an additional opening? I hate to see ANY fan of Mekton system and GUNDAM not get to play.. game will be a blast! :)

Guess the Lt's IS ignoring Kanoe's question{s}... so I'll move on along...

Don't go away Galorit, enjoy the fun, we will see if something develops, like a recurring enemy for the characters you could play :) and RP as needed.

Don't go away Galorit, enjoy the fun, we will see if something develops, like a recurring enemy for the characters you could play :) and RP as needed.

Oh now that sounds delightful. Everyone needs their Charr Aznable.

A warning I have no mekton zeta experience or books, just interest, but I can learn just about any system thrown at me.

I noticed you posted some documents in the recruitment thread, I'll look them over later and see what I can learn in terms of combat and such.

It goes without saying but I'm sure everyone would be happy to help. Post here if you end up with questions, or just PM somebody directly!

^ what she said!

I wish we had a pdf showing the stats of conventional Armor, like Zeon and Federation Tanks and armored vehicles...

What's the names of the actual rule books we are using? I might see if I can find a PDF at one of the sites for sale, or an old copy of the book at the 10 used bookstores near my house.

Also, I'll be going to work in NY tomorrow, so will be unable to post most of the day.

I was hoping now that I'm home Warlord would be posting.. but I don't know the time schedule of where he lives...

I'll try to find the names of the Fedy and Zeon armor vehicles...

Gundam Senki. Never published in english, only Japanese.

The files I gave you is the translated parts from Japanese without all the fluff and pictures, that is all I was able to find. If your google-fu is better give it a try.

Kanoe all the information about Mobile Suits, Armors, Cruisers, and vehicles can be found Principality of Zeon On top of uniforms, ranks, and other tid bits.

I saw a copy of it for sale at my flgs...20 years ago.

Wow. Time flies.

Yes it does.

Now, the wiki provides info on vehicles so if I mention one you can see it there and probably all the specs if any.

Edit: Will let people roleplay their medical testing and long waits at HQ for in-processing, etc...

You can choose top fast forward, I just like people to develop their characters with normal things.

We are using a game called Mekton Zeta and possibly the update for it, Mekton Zeta Plus. There's also a third book, Gundam Senki, that uses MKZ's system, but it has no US release. However, Ben Wright, one of the co-writers for Mekton, released a series of rules for running gundam. They're notably different than what we are using.

After some googling I'm fairly confident we are using a fan translation of Gundam Senki. However, I have not want nor will to make a Gundam Forums account to download the files and confirm. Plus, I think The Warlord may be withholding some information so we can't metagame.

For the GM: if you've already posted everything you could find check out this thread. It seems like there's a lot more being translated by Mendou (including stats for the Guntank).