Heavy Gear: The Road to War

Cynical Cat · Post by **Cynical Cat** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 7:56 pm

Deployable Pack Gun added to Fafnir. Now when my death ray runs through its measly 20 shots I will still be able to hurt people at range.

rhoenix · Post by **rhoenix** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 8:36 pm

Cynical Cat wrote:Deployable Pack Gun added to Fafnir. Now when my death ray runs through its measly 20 shots I will still be able to hurt people at range.

I cannot believe I forgot about the pack-gun. My character sheet has been fixed, and should now be final, pending approval.

Cynical Cat · Post by **Cynical Cat** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 8:46 pm

rhoenix wrote:
Cynical Cat wrote:Deployable Pack Gun added to Fafnir. Now when my death ray runs through its measly 20 shots I will still be able to hurt people at range.

I cannot believe I forgot about the pack-gun. My character sheet has been fixed, and should now be final, pending approval.

What? You think you'll kill more than 20 Gears an engagement? Oh wait. Heavy Panzerfaust is another 3 dead. 23 Gears an engagement?

rhoenix · Post by **rhoenix** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 8:50 pm

Cynical Cat wrote:What? You think you'll kill more than 20 Gears an engagement? Oh wait. Heavy Panzerfaust is another 3 dead. 23 Gears an engagement?

Gears themselves? Nah, that's a waste of shots, and a waste of salvageable material after the fact.

Gears' crew compartments, on the other hand...

frigidmagi · Post by **frigidmagi** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 10:43 pm

Thank God I'm driving a Strike Jag otherwise I would rapidly outshined by y'all.

Cynical Cat · Post by **Cynical Cat** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 1:04 am

frigidmagi wrote:Thank God I'm driving a Strike Jag otherwise I would rapidly outshined by y'all.

Please. No false modesty frigid. You have magi fury and are pure, unadulterated badassery distilled and concentrated in human form. You would be scary driving a limping, rusted out weaponless Hunter let alone Strike Jaguar.

Marcao · Post by **Marcao** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 6:14 am

frigidmagi wrote:Thank God I'm driving a Strike Jag otherwise I would rapidly outshined by y'all.

Bah! I concur with Cyncat's assessment. I feel like Bruce Wayne though, using money to compensate for my lack of natural talent. I wonder if Adrien can breathe in space....

Cynical Cat · Post by **Cynical Cat** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 8:01 am

Marcao wrote:
Bah! I concur with Cyncat's assessment. I feel like Bruce Wayne though, using money to compensate for my lack of natural talent. I wonder if Adrien can breathe in space....

Wait. You're comparing yourself to Batman and you're complaining? Get thee to a theater and watch The Dark Knight to purge yourself of such a vile heresy!

Marcao · Post by **Marcao** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 7:40 pm

Khayr Ad-Din
6:15 am

The alarm clock rang the sounds of the Southern Republicâ€™s anthem â€œO Fortunaâ€

LadyTevar · Post by **LadyTevar** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 8:04 pm

From the description, I'd say that officer frisks you twice as often as she can manage it. *wolf-whistles*

Hotfoot · Post by **Hotfoot** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 8:54 pm

Bi-Polar Protection and Intervention Experts (BiPPIE)

Owned by a trio of veterans of the War of the Alliance, BiPPIE is as odd as its founders. In reality, it is a loosely connected coalition of smaller mercenary groups that take missions across Terra Nova with a large degree of personal autonomy. Care is taken to prevent two teams from working against each other, but details of specific ops never come through. Over time, it has become common practice not to have two teams operate in the same theater unless they cede to joint control ahead of time.

The owners of BiPPIE are from each major sphere of influence of Terra Nova, which is partially why they are able to get contracts from every major power. Naed Kosnar is a United Mercantile Federation citizen who decided that his skills were best put to use stomping out Badlands Rovers who grew bold after the War of the Alliance, and who originally started the idea of making a mercenary group to his two life partners. His Husband, Kalvin Siluka, was a decorated member of the Peace River Defense Force who helped broker a deal for many of the companyâ€™s initial weapon supplies. Illyana deRouen is a cold, calculating woman of the Southern Republic who saw her husbandsâ€™ idea and decided to mold it to her own uses.

Initially the ideal of the company was to try and maintain the sense of unity that followed the war of the Alliance, but as the idealism chipped away at the return of the Judas Syndrome, Illyana brought her husbands around to the cold, hard truth that unity on Terra Nova was something that would almost certainly never come. As a result, for the last several years, the contracts have been much more mercenary in nature, and the teams have been more and more isolated from each other in order to preserve security.

The main team moves around frequently, and stays out of direct contact with the major polar powers, using the secrets theyâ€™ve gained over the years to preserve their â€œusefulnessâ€

Marcao · Post by **Marcao** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 9:06 pm

Nice Hotfoot. Nice. What lovely potential this whole little mess has.

*gives Adrien a guitar*
"Southern Boss Wo-maaaaan. Stay away from meeeee.
Ilyana named wo-maaan let me beeeheee."

rhoenix · Post by **rhoenix** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 9:13 pm

Oh yes, this could certainly become interesting fast. When's this whole thing going to start?

Hotfoot · Post by **Hotfoot** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 9:28 pm

This Weapon, most likely.

LadyTevar · Post by **LadyTevar** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 9:29 pm

(He means 'weekend'. Don't worry, just a Freudian slip he gets)

frigidmagi · Post by **frigidmagi** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 3:01 am

So that's who we worked for? Cool, we'll chat about it tomorrow.

Hotfoot · Post by **Hotfoot** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 5:23 am

Experience (XP) and Genre Points (GP):

XP will be awarded at a flat rate for the entire party over time, most commonly after each mission or major encounter. XP can be used as "Emergency Dice" to increase a skill by one level per XP spent for one die roll. These XP are not entirely lost, but rather they are considered used to help pay for the skill that was boosted.

Each player will start with a set amount of GP, determined by a series of factors. GP are a refreshing pool that will automatically refresh with each XP cycle. However, GP can also be refreshed by doing things that are particularly impressive roleplaying-wise. A clever or unusual plan, an action which is harmful to the character but would make sense for him to do, etc. Something above and beyond the usual can result in the gaining of an additional permanent GP. GPs can be spent to re-roll a failed check, add two emergency dice that do not go towards skill advancement, or to take an additional action at no penalty. Each of these uses allows the GP to regenerate normally.

The final use of Genre Points is to avoid instant death. If anything that would normally result in instant death for the player (Overkill damage), a GP can be permanently sacrificed to avoid death. Note that this does not result in a player being able to dust off a Heavy Railgun shot to the crew compartment smelling like roses, but the character will survive that particular instance.

Current player GPs:

Marcao: 3
CynCat: 3
Rhoenix: 3
Frigid: 5

Hotfoot · Post by **Hotfoot** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 5:07 pm

A rough map of Khayr-Ad Din

A brief note on the power structures of Khayr-Ad Din

TerraNovan Trans-Rail (TNTR): Owners and operators of the Maglevs that connect Terra Nova. While they have to play a fine game of diplomacy to keep the lines open in both the Northern and Southern States, in Khayr-Ad Din they get to set their own demands, as much of the city's lifeblood depends on keeping the Gamma Maglev open.

Saddik "The Spider" Jahmoon: The current "boss" of Khayr-Ad Din, he was the primary force that allowed the city to become a center for dueling. Lately, he has sunken deeper and deeper into depression, allowing his lieutenants more autonomy. None dare move against him, however, as his personal bodyguard is a Morgana-Class GREL. Xavier Cross and Hektor Tran are the lieutenants in charge of mercenaries and duelists, respectively.

Mother Superior: The resurgance of an old rival gang to The Spider, once called the Priest after their mudered leader, they treat their criminal activities like a religious calling. Most people stay away from the Mother Superior and her lackeys, with good reason.

Jarlson's Freelancers: A relatively small mercenary company, the Freelancers are still rather dangerous foes to cross. They are currently mired down in the growing gang struggle between The Spider and Mother Superior, and rumor has it that they are considering leaving the city soon.

EDIT: While the linked page has some useful things to it, it's best to ignore certain things, like any reference to KADA.

Cynical Cat · Post by **Cynical Cat** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 1:14 pm

Yo frigid. Hotfoot said you can add Haywire to melee weapons.

Cynical Cat · Post by **Cynical Cat** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 2:59 pm

So our boss. Cast iron or stainless steel bitch?

Hotfoot · Post by **Hotfoot** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 5:49 pm

Your immediate superior

Name: Janos Capac
Age: 50 Cycles (36 Years)
Height: 165cm (5â€™5â€

Hotfoot · Post by **Hotfoot** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 7:59 pm

I edited the Duelist Maneuvers slightly, Expert Handling and Alpha Strike are slightly more useful now.

Hotfoot · Post by **Hotfoot** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 5:17 pm

One last thing, before we get started. Timekeeping on Terra Nova is a little odd, since it is another planet. Minutes and seconds are the same as on Earth, but hours are 62 minutes long. Days are 36 hours long, and the year is 168 days, with that split into four 42 day long seasons (6 weeks). Winter is the first season of the year, then Spring, then Summer, then Autumn.

In the Badlands, the day is usually split up into two 18 hour half-days, with six hours of sleep at mid-day and mid-night each. The rest of the world tends to sleep 10 hours at night and nap for another 2 during the day.

Average life span on Terra Nova is 60 years or 85 cycles.

Edit:
For reference, I'm not going to be anal about timekeeping during the day, I'm just going to have six general time codes, Early Morning, Late Morning, Midday, Early Evening, Late Evening, and Midnight.

Hotfoot · Post by **Hotfoot** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 6:02 pm

Game Thread has started, gentlemen, begin your posting.

For those of you wondering, the team is as follows:

Support:
Janos Capac (Manager)
Monza Nessen (Chief Engineer)
Kane Richards (Engineer)
Oiku Eoi (Engineer/Technical Specialist)

Combat:
Adrien Orsat (EW Specialist/Fire Support)
Gunnar Maximillian (Sniper/Marksman)
Marcus Chang (Striker/Forward Observer)
Alex Runner (Dedicater Striker)

rhoenix · Post by **rhoenix** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 3:43 pm

Sorry guys - I'm going to edit and recreate my opening post, now that I have a little better grasp on the game universe.

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