Paranoidude
Skeleton With Standards
I was thinking about creating a classic Mecha V Kaiju Nation Building RP/game. As one might expect, humanity has banded together to create an elite strike force against the invasion of coming giant monsters. The war is young, hopes are high, and legends are about to be forged. Three countries were able to finish crafting gods of metal, idols of human achievement against the first Kaiju scouts. Now the Kaiju know we won't keel over. Expect stronger resistance as we go on. This war won't be won through attrition. We'll have to get stronger as we go on.
The countries with active Mecha programs are the United States & Canada's Ares Program, China's Cangjie (仓颉) program, and the European Union's AH (Adeptus Hasta - Doom's Spear) Program. These three prestigious programs, as well as any up-and-coming programs, were merged into an entity referred to as UNITI - United Nations Integrated Technology Initiative. In essence, it's a badge to wave for deployment jurisdiction, a banner to funnel funding into, and a gathering place for the world's best scientists and engineers to gather. In the recent years, UNITI has been getting countries to adopt housing stations and bases for the current (and future) mecha projects. Rumors have it that Egypt and Japan have also made significant progress on creation of their own mech systems, but nothing solid has been proven.
I don't know how many people all in all I might want in the RP, too many cooks and such, but right now this is what I'm proposing. It's worth mentioning (and reminding anyone who's ever watched a Mecha Anime) that there are no small roles, only small actors.
Pilots:
Now, UNITI didn't get to be the awesome and powerful organization it is without strong leadership. While the pilots get to have fun in the sun, the UNITI staff are always making sure that their power remains absolute in the coming times of crisis, and this will manifest itself in many different ways.
UNITI Staff:
Proposed Roster:
--Team Ares--
Pilot
Gunner
--Team Cangjie--
Pilot
Gunner
--Team AH--
Pilot
Gunner
--UNITI Staff--
Commander
Chief of Staff
Chief of Combat Support
Chief Engineer
Chief Researcher
Please reply below if you are interested in any of the roles, have any questions, both, or have any suggestions!
The countries with active Mecha programs are the United States & Canada's Ares Program, China's Cangjie (仓颉) program, and the European Union's AH (Adeptus Hasta - Doom's Spear) Program. These three prestigious programs, as well as any up-and-coming programs, were merged into an entity referred to as UNITI - United Nations Integrated Technology Initiative. In essence, it's a badge to wave for deployment jurisdiction, a banner to funnel funding into, and a gathering place for the world's best scientists and engineers to gather. In the recent years, UNITI has been getting countries to adopt housing stations and bases for the current (and future) mecha projects. Rumors have it that Egypt and Japan have also made significant progress on creation of their own mech systems, but nothing solid has been proven.
I don't know how many people all in all I might want in the RP, too many cooks and such, but right now this is what I'm proposing. It's worth mentioning (and reminding anyone who's ever watched a Mecha Anime) that there are no small roles, only small actors.
Pilots:
The burden of gathering pilot candidates has been a tough one. The current method of controlling the active mecha of today relies upon a nerve-synth connection between the pilot, gunner, and mech. When both are in harmony with each other, they create an ultimate union with one another allowing for the simultaneous navigation of the mech as well as utilizing combat systems. The combination of pilot-gunner interface originated from China's Cangjie technology and was then utilized by the US and EU governments in their attempts to create a vanguard against the coming storm. Finding capable pilots who share mental and emotional loads in a positive way has proven to be quite the... set back. There is no science towards finding pilots capable of linking and successfully piloting mecha. To make matters worse, each mech has it's own OS and Neureosynth, so pilots capable of operating one mech would not be capable of piloting others. It should not even need to be said that pilots are worth their weight in gold. Pilots come from every walk of life, from beggars on the street to those living the high-life. The three governments' screening processes were thorough, even to the extent of being brutally efficient- candidates who showed promise were immediately ripped from their families to undergo further testing with other candidates with little to no say in the matter. Those candidates that didn't make the cut were often left on the side of the road with no compensation for their time, efforts, or medical coverage for any trauma brought on by the testing process. Those six special humans that showed the highest amount of promise - able to pilot the mecha as though they were extensions of their own bodies. Now that the pilots have been found, they will begin undergoing harsh military conditioning, extensive medical screenings (and tissue collection for experiments), and test scenarios with their mecha while UNITI lies in wait for the next Kaiju to strike. It has been a little over a year since their initial assault, their expeditionary legions should pour in at any moment.
UNITI Staff:
The Commander is the most superior officer of all of UNITI. His decisions are like broadstrokes, generally determining what must be done, but not how to get there. Mostly though, his roles is to provide as the tactical officer of UNITI and to provide whatever tactical instructions that he can to the pilots should they need them.
Ah, what is any outfit without a chief of staff? The CS is superior to all other officers save the Commander himself. His duties are to, essentially, lead the ground forces of UNITI, provide pilots with adequate training and supplies. In this, it is up to the CoS to assign the budget of UNITI between Mecha maintenance, operating costs, research funds, and the costs for whatever the engineers dream up.
The Chief of Combat Support might be the most under-thanked position in all of UNITI. The CoC has the job of stalling Kaiju with volley after volley of artillery, tank shells, minigun rounds, and whatever else the UN can scrape together. However, what most people don't see about this position is that they are directly involved with the evacuation of civilians, kiting the Kaiju (if they are clever enough, of course) and prioritizing the locations of engagements with Kaiju threats.
The Chief Engineer's job is pretty straight forward. The CE's job is to prioritize avenues of development for weapons, hulls, forcef- well... Let's not spoil anything just yet. But don't think the Engineer's job doesn't extend to combat either! Their input on the read-outs of the Mecha will be crucial! For instance, if a Kaiju tears off part of a rocket-pod, you'll want to know if activating it will blow the Mecha to smithereens or launch nominally!
The Chief Researcher is fairly similar to the CE's job... but with science! Before the Engineers can get their grubby little wrenches on those Mecha to start swapping out parts, it's important for scientists to determine if things like multi-rocket-pod-ejecting shoulder mounted launchers are even possible. Unlike the Engineer though, they don't only monitor the read-outs of the Mecha, but that of the Kaiju as well, looking for responses to weaponry, any chinks in it's armor, energy build-up, etc.
Ah, what is any outfit without a chief of staff? The CS is superior to all other officers save the Commander himself. His duties are to, essentially, lead the ground forces of UNITI, provide pilots with adequate training and supplies. In this, it is up to the CoS to assign the budget of UNITI between Mecha maintenance, operating costs, research funds, and the costs for whatever the engineers dream up.
The Chief of Combat Support might be the most under-thanked position in all of UNITI. The CoC has the job of stalling Kaiju with volley after volley of artillery, tank shells, minigun rounds, and whatever else the UN can scrape together. However, what most people don't see about this position is that they are directly involved with the evacuation of civilians, kiting the Kaiju (if they are clever enough, of course) and prioritizing the locations of engagements with Kaiju threats.
The Chief Engineer's job is pretty straight forward. The CE's job is to prioritize avenues of development for weapons, hulls, forcef- well... Let's not spoil anything just yet. But don't think the Engineer's job doesn't extend to combat either! Their input on the read-outs of the Mecha will be crucial! For instance, if a Kaiju tears off part of a rocket-pod, you'll want to know if activating it will blow the Mecha to smithereens or launch nominally!
The Chief Researcher is fairly similar to the CE's job... but with science! Before the Engineers can get their grubby little wrenches on those Mecha to start swapping out parts, it's important for scientists to determine if things like multi-rocket-pod-ejecting shoulder mounted launchers are even possible. Unlike the Engineer though, they don't only monitor the read-outs of the Mecha, but that of the Kaiju as well, looking for responses to weaponry, any chinks in it's armor, energy build-up, etc.
--Team Ares--
Pilot
Gunner
--Team Cangjie--
Pilot
Gunner
--Team AH--
Pilot
Gunner
--UNITI Staff--
Commander
Chief of Staff
Chief of Combat Support
Chief Engineer
Chief Researcher
Please reply below if you are interested in any of the roles, have any questions, both, or have any suggestions!
