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Edel also does her best to help the effort digging through town hall.
Edel frowns as Katzuya uses her name over comms during an OP. She really didn't want the want to sacrifice the anonymity that the Zaku offered, but she brushed that aside before responding. +++Nothing so far Kraken-1, we'll keep looking. If I had to guess I'd say they're not going to try and take down the Zakus so they'll probably turn their attention to the evacuation. If they're making a move then it'll be against the civilians before their shipped out.+++
+++Roger+++ Edel motions for Roldy to join her. Once he's there she begins moving slowly through the area, sweeping for evidence of enemy combatants and additional traps.
I just work here, man. I really don't care for either sides ideology. I just need to get paid and not end up dead in the mean time.
Don't get too dogmatic - we blew up a fair number of buildings on our part.
+++Desperation, it seems. Sergeant Riliah have your men cover the remaining civilians as they evacuate and prepare to accept any wounded. Make sure they're searched, we don't need anyone else making martyrs of themselves. If you have any demo specialists have them on standby as well - if they're willing to throw away that many lives then they won't do it just once.+++ +++Kraken-3 to Kraken-1. Sir, the Zakus could be useful for digging survivors out of that rubble but we won't be able to secure the area in the meantime. What do you want to do?+++ Edel notices Kanoe moving towards the hospital and switches to squad channel +++Dammit rook, stay clear of that building. If it blows it's going to take you with it.+++
A guerrilla fighter wearing civie clothes isn't the same thing as a terrorist, but they're both very naughty.
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They're the ones putting their people at risk. As long as we don't go around executing civilians because they might be terrorists, then I won't be losing sleep over this.
++Copy that boss-man, Kraken-3 moving out.+++ Edel pushes the Zaku forward, careful to avoid stepping on uneven and shattered ground. She approaches the town with her shield raised.
When she's within reasonable range she flips on the Zaku loud-speaker system: +++Attention Naranbulag defenders: our forces are observing a temporary cease-fire to allow all civilians and non-combatants to evacuate this area. Any remaining defenders are advised to cease all resistance immediately. Consider the lives of yourselves and those around you. Non-compliance will not be tolerated and an armed response will be met with return fire.+++ Assuming she gets through the broadcast without getting shot, Edel hunkers down and watches the buildings for any sign of a response. If there is continued fire she'll immediately return the favor with the 90mm. Return Fire: If someone targets Edel
Katzuya's in charge so he makes the call. Seems like the infantry is already out of control here so I don't think there's much too salvage. We'll need to keep them on a shorter leash. For now we can work with the infantry and leave an avenue for civilian evacuation.
We're just standing around looking cool. Seems like the infantry is handling things just fine.
Sorry, are we supposed to make a TN 15 Notice test?
As a minor note: because Zakus only have Thruster 5 they can't fly, only "jump". I believe they are required to start and end their movement on the ground.
+++Kraken-3, on Overwatch.+++ Edel finds some high ground with her mobile suit and hunkers down, waiting for orders.
Probably to keep the cost and size down.
Any turn you use a 2H weapon you can't parry with anything besides the 2H weapon. The specific text: During any turn in which a two-handed weapon is used, you may not parry with anything other than that weapon (even if a Shield is mounted on your arm So you'd need to have a shield mated to the 120mm.
Edel loads up on the Gaw
I'd like to see the specific details, myself, if Warlord has the chance. Just to make sure how many Shots they have in the mag. I think it's worth the sacrifice of damage to keep the Parry from shield.
It does 1 less damage and has a slightly smaller magazine. It was posted over in the recruitment thread.
Edel sets up the 90mm in her own Zaku. Her arms were burning, but she'd just have to deal with it. She listens absentmindedly to the Lt. briefing, only speaking up to say "No ma'am" when asked for questions.
Normal Mekton doesn't have levels. Instead, characters receive experience points that they can directly use to upgrade skills/characteristics. The GM can probably explain it better since there are a few things that are already different than standard Mekton.
You'll probably want to invest in the Design skill. Remote control drones are pretty easy to build (though a little expensive) and there's some precedent for them in-universe so I can't imagine it'll be that much of an issue. You'll probably need to by Newtype though, since the examples I recall all used Newtype tech. You can also build a sneaky MS.
Oh, you can using MZ+ rules. I can't honestly say if the GM will allow it or not. However, he's been pretty strict so far with what we get to start out with and drones aren't a standard Zaku II feature. That's all I meant.
The infantry battalion we'll be working with can scout.
Do we have time to change the Zaku's loadout before launch? I'd like to run a 90mm and a shield.
Edel's too tired to do much else tonight, so I'm fine skipping forward. {What the f&$# is wrong with a yes or f~!+ing no? And I STILL was not actually given a direct Order to drop it! An answer or an order were all I was looking for...} Context clues.
Edel does her best to keep up with the exercises while supporting Kanoe.
Edel slumps her shoulders at the moments reprieve and sighs. She moves over to Kanoe and gets down on her haunches, nestling her chin into her palm. She leans in to speak so as not to carry the conversation too far "I hope you take this to heart, rook, so listen close: you've got a lot of spirit, and I admire you for it. A little tempering and you'll go far but right now you're too damned head-strong for your own good. You've got a lot of fight in you, but what's there to be fighting for right now? You need to find your focus before you end up dead. 'Till then, remember that you're a part of a team and I'm relying on you. I need you to be a soldier, kid - not a martyr. Now, c'mere..." and Edel grabs Kanoe and pulls one of the girls arms over her shoulder (against her will if need be, Edel is way past the point of caring). With a grunt she pulls the both of them - herself and Kanoe - to their feet. "Kraken squad is ready to continue, ma'am." she says.
Post incoming
I wont be able to post my dialogue for a bit. If you need to skip over me then feel free. Itll be 3-4 hours
Edel watches Kanoe run the routine. By the end she can do little more than roll her eyes and groan. She rolls onto her stomach and from there gets up to her feet. As she returns to parade rest she speaks up: "Lieutenant Dahvana, permission to speak freely, ma'am?"
Edel only just manages to keep up with the push ups. She had wanted to visit the annex at some point to get some exercise but then Kanoe had fixed it with her. She curses the damned rook under her breath. Was this how it was going to be from now on? Kraken squad as the ass-end of the joke? By the end of the punishment Edel is panting violently but doing her best to remain composure. Best not give the Lieutenant any more fodder she reminds herself. G*!&%~ned rook...
I don't recall the GM ever saying that Dahvana is in charge of the base...My guess is that she's the wing/platoon commander and our direct superior, that's it. This may be better hashed out IC as an opportunity for interaction between our characters, but do you realize that these sort of actions put our entire squad at risk? Especially speaking on behalf of Katzuya who's already declined a promotion. Maybe it's just me, but I don't like sticking my neck out anymore than necessary when it comes to bureaucracy. And I DO know that ensign is a Navy rank and Sergeant is an enlisted army rank. You find me any real world Army Sergeant who will take orders from some Navy Ensign and not tell him to go stuff it, he's not in the sergeant's chain of command! How would promoting an Ensign to a Lieutenant Junior Grade help in that case? Besides, even though we are all O1s we shouldn't go around with our dicks out acting like we run everything. Even though we outrank NCOs, they'll still have more experience in their roles than us. We're all basically fresh out of training school. Just like USAF pilots, it seems MS pilots are all recruited out of Officers School. It seems to me that we're just normal pilots and Dahvana is our commander. Katzuya is just being given temporary command during this mission (and however many missions that follow) because she's not deploying with us. Saying we're all the same rank is a little misleading given the context of the situation.
Kanoe how much do you know about military rank? We're all O-1 2nd Lts. Commissioned officers. We outrank all NCOs (Seargents, etc.) by that alone. Really, calling for a field promotion is a long shot. We're all about the rank where we should be assuming that we are the equivalent of tank commanders or fighter pilots (O-1) and Lt. Dahvana is the platoon commander or squadron commander and a 1st Lt (O-2). To be fair, none of us have actually bothered to check how many bars Dahvana has but I'm fairly confident that she's an O2. In fact, she may even be under-ranked for her role (can't really say, MSs have a weird place in structure)! Katzuya is our acting squad commander and it's our responsibility to give him the respect that entails. He doesn't really need a promotion, because there's no actual gap in the overall command structure. Also: Corporal would be a demotion.
Edel pinches the bridge of her nose and mutters "Oh my god..." as Kanoe interrupts the briefing for her tirade.
Edel rubs her chin as she continues to think "What's the effective range on the 150mm cannons?"
"What effects do Sturmfaust rockets have on the Guntanks armor?"
Im fine with time skipping.
Now till fourteen hours from now.
Fortunately they produced like a billion designs during the One Year War. Seriously, it's like they pump out a dozen MS and then randomly switch off to the next project.
Edel kicks her feet while sitting on the edge of the examination table. Her examination passes with little incident: she answers questions, gives samples, and even has time to make small talk with the staff. It's only when she gets the results that she frowns. It hadn't occurred to her that she would spontaneously "gain" two dozen pounds when she got to earth. The inflated number hurt her self esteem a bit and she ended up leaving the med bay in a sour mood.
Right, and we're using the Gundam Senki rules, correct?
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).
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!
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