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 The year is 3059 and, for the first time in almost 300 years, the Inner Sphere is united under the aegis of the Star League. Uniting their militaries as the Star League Defense Force, they are currently waging an ambitious campaign to wipe out Clan Smoke Jaguar. But this isn't a story about any of that. With any major campaign comes contracts to supply necessary items. Nashan Diversified's CEO, Duchess Margaret Doons, assured her board of directors that they had the bid locked down to supply the SLDF with Nashan Computers' newest noteputer. Marketing had already been drawing up advertising copy and branding components marketing next year's Nashan Baroness as "the First Lord of Noteputers." And that was when they got the news that the SLDF would be taking the contract with Matabushi Computing Equipment. The campaign needed to be thrown out and Duchess Doons was embarrassed in front of her board. This is a story about that. Nashan traced the web of personal ties from Matabushi all the way to intermediaries in the Free Worlds League and then back around to Independence Weaponry on Quentin. Your job is to make Independence Weaponry lose face with the Coordinator, and through them, have it ripple back to Matabushi. The plan? Steal two R&D projects from their proving grounds. The DCMS has been working on experimental weapons and is close to a breakthrough. Steal them. They were built with a combination of salvage from Operation: Bulldog and lab-built prototype gear, so it will be impossible for Independence to fabricate a replacement before the Coordinator's delivery date. NasDiv has reached out through underground channels to build a strike team. Normally this would be a job for the elite Black Guard security, but all teams are currently on-station protecting new projects for the Archon as she prepares for a follow-up offensive against the Jade Falcons. You might suspect your handler was looking for a deniable asset, but that's mercenary life for you. The team will be vetted separately and only meeting face-to-face at the rendezvous on Quentin. The formation of the Star League has made it much easier to cross the border and will not require a specifically Combine false identity. Compensation is in the seven figures per operative, but comes with the assumption of silence. You get the payload, you get paid, and you never talk about what happened here. If you do... Nashan Diversified will find out. ------- If you backed the BattleTech kickstarter, you got a new RPG rulebook yesterday. They're asking for feedback and I figured, what better way to provide it than run an actual campaign? I'm looking for no less than four and no more than six players to try it out. We will be playing a Regular-level game, because that's what the book recommends. You are all working under false identities, but you don't need to take Alternate Identity unless you are trying to pass yourself off as someone from a different faction than the one your character was born to. However, the false identity you are using needs to be from a Star League member state, which at this point is the five Great Houses, St. Ives, Free Rasalhague and ComStar, so if you wanna play a Taurian or something, that's your ticket. Also, even though the Combine joined the Star League, old hatreds die hard and I'm sure having anything but a Kuritan passport will get you extra scrutiny, so it's up to you whether you want to trust your fake ID or your disarming personality to help you stay unnoticed. The team will need a variety of skills, so when you're building your character, think of how they would fit into a black ops team. The mission will need need skills at combat, conversation, breaking and entering, computer systems and vehicle piloting, and that's assuming the plan of "find the hangar the weapons are in, break in, strap them to a truck and escape to a drop point" goes perfectly. And the easier time you have piloting what you find out of the base, the better. Defiance Industries fucked around with this message at 18:30 on Sep 21, 2019 |
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Count me in, I'm eyeing a couple possibilities for characters right now. I'm leaning Outworlds Alliance with a fake Combine ID.
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Sep 21, 2019 18:48
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Count me in as well, I wanna get some experience with this system.
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Sep 21, 2019 18:54
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I'm totally in. Probably as some sneaky SAFE type.
Pussy Cartel fucked around with this message at 02:34 on Sep 22, 2019 |
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Sep 21, 2019 19:05
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I'm confused as to whether this is only open to people who have the book or not. If the latter, then count me in.
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Sep 21, 2019 19:18
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I'm in. I have a couple of ideas right now. I have the book. I am leaning towards a St. Ives female technician. I am planning on currently being without a vehicle so I guess I get to drive the truck. 
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Sep 21, 2019 19:22
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I'll give it a go if book ownership isn't a requirement. If it is, then I'll just watch with interest. 
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I'd be interested as well, but I'm also in the no book crowd! An alternate way to play mechfights without tabletop sounds intriguing!
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Count me in with the no book crowd, but I'm interested to see how this goes either way. 
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Sep 21, 2019 20:28
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Tentatively in, have backed
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Proposed Character: 1: Dirt Poor Capellan Technician trying to get ahead. (Song Lin) 2: Capellan 3: Regular 4: Strength 1 Reflexes 2 Intelligence 3 Willpower 1 Charisma 2 Edge 2 (Extra edge due to being dispossessed) 5: Skills piloting 1 computers 3 streetwise 2+1 (+1 due to life module) technician 3+1 (+1 due to life module) Stealth 2+1 (+1 due to life module) Project Management 1 6: Traits Positive Trait Tech Empathy +1 to tech rolls Negative Trait Poor only 1 weapon, 2 inventory, half hardware (zero because I am dispossed) 7: Life Modules 0: Liao 1: Street 2: Technical College 3: Covert Ops 8: Armor - Concealed Flak Armor 9: Weapon - Hold out pistol 10: Inventory Noteputer Deluxe Toolkit 11: Hardware - None 12: Cues Run away to infiltrate another day I can fix it You need that for what? Actions require a plan. Success requires contingency plans. Something doesn't feel right about this. Wonder what they are hiding? I wish I had a.................. 13: Background Age: 25 Height: 4 ft 11 inches Weight: 85 lbs History Song Lin was born in 3034 on St. Ives in a family of poor factory workers with way too many kids. She managed to get into technical school on a military scholarship and after graduation server her tour of duty being assigned as a technician supporting covert ops since she was naturally inconspicuous. After her tour of duty ended, she has tried getting various well paying jobs but has not had much luck since she can't talk about what she did with the St. Ives military. In frustration, she was approached by her handler for the trip to Quentin. She is fully aware she was selected because she could be made to disappear without anyone caring but she is getting desperate after a life of poverty for a chance of something different. Leith Maclaine fucked around with this message at 15:35 on Sep 22, 2019 |
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Another proposed character: Druhv Singh Background: Bitter former SAFE operative Attributes: STR: 2 RFL: 2 INT: 2 WIL: 2 CHA: 2 EDG: 1 Skills: Acting: 2 Athletics: 1 Disguise: 2 Gunnery: 1 Melee: 1 Negotiation: 1 Perception: 1 Piloting: 1 Protocol: +1 Small Arms: 2 Stealth: 2+1 Tracking: +1 Traits: Sixth Sense (+1 bonus to Perception Tests to avoid being surprised or ambushed.) Bad Reputation (SAFE): –1 penalty to CHA-based Tests involving someone who knows your character) Life Modules: 0: Free Worlds League 1: White Collar (+1 Protocol) 2: Intelligence Operative Training (+1 Tracking) 3: Covert Operations (+1 Stealth) Weapons: Needler Pistol Carbon-Fiber Fingernails Armor: Infiltration Suit Inventory: Disguise Kit Micro-Recorder Laser Microphone Holomap Cues: Things weren’t supposed to go like this! Why not three impossible things before breakfast? Never underestimate human stupidity. I will not die hungry. Hardware: STG-3R STINGER (If we can convert stuff not already in the book, may request some other Light deathtrap) Background: Born to a moderately prosperous family of merchants on Regulus, Druhv left behind a comfortable life as member of his family's import/export business to join the Marik intelligence apparatus. Recruited with the promise that his work would help the entire Free World's League, Druhv instead found himself embroiled in regionalist bickering, mired in backbiting office politics, and subject to an organizational nightmare that got men killed on the field and off. He's been involved in half a dozen major SAFE operations...all of which ended poorly, whether from insufficient groundwork, poor prior intelligence, or simple awful luck. Determined not to die in the next disastrous SAFE mission or go crawling back to his family, Druhv has pulled together all the resources at his disposal to get himself an opportunity like this: a big score that will let him settle somewhere far outside of Marik space, in the sort of luxury that will let him try to forget the life he's squandered in the League's service.
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pre:STR 1 RFL 3 WIL 2 INT 2 CHA 2 EDG 1 Faction: Free Worlds League Childhood: Mercenary Brat (+1 Small Arms) Higher Education: Military Academy (+1 Tactics) Real Life: Covert Operations (+1 Stealth) Traits: Alternate ID (Rana Khalid) Attractive Sixth Sense Compulsion (Curiosity) Dark Secret (Siding with Heather Alexander against the Word) In for Life (SAFE) Skills: Acting 2+0+CHA +4 Communications 3+0+INT +5 Gunnery 2+0+RFL +5 Knowledge: ComStar/Blakists 1+0+INT +3 Perception 2+0+INT +4 Piloting 1+0+RFL +4 Small Arms 0+1+RFL +4 Stealth 1+1+RFL +5 Tactics 0+1+INT +3 Armour: Infiltration Suit Weapons: Laser Pistol Vibrodagger Equipment: Encrypted Personal Communicator Cover Documents and Effects Micro Reconnaissance Drone Noteputer Hardware: PXH-2 Phoenix Hawk Cues: Act natural. Don't forget the mission. Use every tool at your disposal. I'll keep an eye on things. Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer. That goes double for Blakists. Age: 22 Height: 1.75 m Weight: 60 kg Born in 3037 to mercenary parents on Calloway VI, her early years were marked by travel with her parents across Marik and FedCom space as part of Kristen's Krushers. She spent plenty of time with the unit's comm team out of boredom when she was younger, and when she grew older she applied for a spot at the Allison MechWarrior Institute. Before she could get assigned to a unit after graduating, she found herself transferred to SAFE. Now with one successful operation under her belt, she finds herself assigned by her commanding officer to something new: establish a strong cover as a mercenary, make a name for yourself, and get to where you can sign on with the Blakists. Pussy Cartel fucked around with this message at 01:02 on Sep 24, 2019 |
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There are rules for how to convert Mechs to Destiny using the Total Warfare stats. edit: and I'm done, finally pre:Holden Yelu aka Almonzo Grier Age: 31 Height: 6’1” Weight: 196 lbs Outworld's Alliance STR 2 RFL 2 WIL 3 INT 2 CHA 1 EDG 2 Skills: Escape Artist 2 + RFL (+4) Gunnery 3 + RFL (+5) Tactics 3 + INT (+5) Tracking 2 + INT (+4) Streetwise 2 + CHA (+3) Knowledge: Draconis Underworld 2 + INT (+4) Traits: Alternate ID Sixth Sense (+1 to Perception tests) Introvert (-1 to CHA related tests) Bloodmark Life Modules: Faction - Outworlds Alliance Childhood - Spacer Family (+1 to Zero G Operations) Higher Education - Intelligence Operative Training (+1 to Intimidation) Real Life - Covert Operations (+1 to Demolitions) Armor - Inflitration Suit Weapons: Silenced Auto Pistol Grenade Launcher Inventory: Micro-Recorder White Noise Generator Demolition Kit Stimpatch Hardware: Used points for 1 Edge and 2 Skill points Cues: I've been burnt before, and if I find him I'll gut him like a fish Loyalty is earned, everyone else is fair game. Don't bite the hand that feeds you, at least not until it stops feeding you. Background: Born to an unremarkable family on an unremarkable planet in the Outworlds Alliance, Holden Yelu enlisted in the Outworlds Alliance military. He didn't even manage to graduate basic training before being drummed out due to "personality and behavorial disorders that make him unsuited for life as a member of a team". However he had little issue qualifying with every weapon or physical challenge presented to him prior to his dismissal and was quickly approached by Outworlds Alliance Intelligence. He became part of ther Infiltration Division, but quickly became notorious for his approach to covert ops. Yelu had a tendency to make a lot of noise, his ops always had a much higher body count than average, it became quickly apparent that you didn't want him as your primary on a low profile operation. He was extremely adept as the backup plan, when poo poo hit the fan he had a way of making sure the job got done, it's just that with him around it became way more likely the poo poo would hit the fan. Faced with the knowledge that he wasn't going to face the prospect of promotion or accollades in his career, Yelu eventually began to sell information to the Davions and Kuritas. The vast majority of this information was about each other, however ocassionally he would have to slip some info relating to the OA to keep his contacts happy. This arrangement actually worked out quite well for a good while, until his Kuritan contact discovered his arrangement with the Davions and opted to burn Yelu with OA Intelligence. Yelu managed to escape OA space by the skin of his teeth and is currently operating within Combine space with a fake Combine ID, going by the name of Almonzo Grier. Always hoping to run into his former Combine contact and relieve the man of his pesky breathing habit. He is still wanted for treason in the OA, having been tried in absentia and sentenced to death. Q_res fucked around with this message at 20:44 on Sep 23, 2019 |
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Sep 22, 2019 21:19
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Hey if you don't have the book then I definitely don't have a way to disseminate it if you have PMs.
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Defiance Industries posted:Hey if you don't have the book then I definitely don't have a way to disseminate it if you have PMs. I certainly wouldn't be at all down with that with the PMs that I do in fact have. 
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I, too, am interested in this game... but I don't think I got any rulebook despite backing that Kickstarter. And I also have PMs.
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VolticSurge posted:I, too, am interested in this game... but I don't think I got any rulebook despite backing that Kickstarter. And I also have PMs.
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What kind of limitations are we under for the Hardware portion? Basically anything we can justify within the point cost, or procure on site only, etc? Mechs only? I'm working up a character and part of his usefulness would be a utility pilot. So he could fly a chopper (which would be my primary preference), but also more mundane vehicles like trucks and stuff. There's only one chopper in the book proper, but it looks like most of the other options for VTOLs would convert fairly easily. I just don't know how far up the ladder I can go as far as military hardware is concerned. It's not like even a fairly heavily armed light chopper is going to be anything unusual if we're getting Battlemechs on world.
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Sep 23, 2019 06:22
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Edit: Nevermind figured it out. I am a dumb
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Zaodai posted:What kind of limitations are we under for the Hardware portion? Basically anything we can justify within the point cost, or procure on site only, etc? Mechs only? NasDiv is willing to assist in getting key materiel on site. I'm down with any type of gear... within reason.
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Here is my guy: Tobias Fitzpatrick Age:27 Height:5'5 Weight:160 lbs. Faction: Federated Suns Childhood:Runt of the litter (+1 Stealth) Higher Education: Military Academy (+1 Leadership) Real Life: Former AFFS Leftenant (+1 Piloting:BattleMech) STR:1 RFL:3 WIL:2 INT:2 CHA:2 EDG:1 Skills: Leadership 2+1+CHA (+5) Piloting:BattleMech 1+1+RFL (+5) Stealth:0+1+RFL (+4) Tactics: 2+0+INT (+4) Technician:+1+0+INT (+3) Knowledge: Federated Suns: +2+0+INT (+4) Traits: Alternate ID (Brian Talbot) Guilt (-1 to CHA tests that involve AFFS characters) Combat Sense (keenly aware of the surroundings in combat) Enemy Armor: Concealed Flak Jacket Weapons: Fighting Knife Hold-Out Laser Pistol Inventory: BattleMech Repair Kit Binoculars Emergency Flares Sedative Patch Worn Photograph Hardware: SHD-2H Shadow Hawk Cues: You keep your dirty laundry to yourself, and I will do the same with mine. A hero is just an idiot with good PR. One thing I'm proud of? I'm not stuck piloting a Griffin. Pain's a good thing-lets you know you're still alive. This reminds me of boot camp. I hated boot camp. If he shows up... let me deal with him, my responsibility. Every time I think things can't get worse... they find a way. Don't laugh at the shorter gent. Your ghoulies are in kicking range. Background: Growing up on a minor world in Davion space, Tobias was the smallest of his siblings-the sons of the resident minor noble family. He quickly took to using his size to avoid fights with his larger brothers, often stealing food or other items from them when they were distracted with their squabbling. This rough-and tumble nature carried on to his teens, when he enlisted in a military academy-taking the family Shadow Hawk with him, his brothers choosing different paths in life. Despite his attitude, he quickly took to the training-eventually earning himself an enrollment at an Officer Candidate School. He came out the other side eager as ever, eventually earning the rank of Leftenant as he quickly developed a rapport with the other soldiers in his lance. Things were looking up for him... until one mission went horribly wrong- during a routine patrol his lance got caught in an unexpected artillery bombardment. The end result was his Shadow Hawk emerging from the wreckage...two of his lancemates not being so lucky. The other survivor blamed him for their deaths, calling him a traitor.He fled in grief and disgrace as his former comrade doggedly began pursuing him,an old picture his only reminder of better times. A friend of his family was able to get him a false ID and he left Federated Suns space, then a man just... found him one day with a very tempting offer-his command skills,ability to evade pursuers and dogged stubbornness clearly getting the attention of SOMEONE important. OK guy is done. Now I'm gonna go have a nap- I spent most of the night making him, I will make any needed adjustments after I wake up.
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Here's my attempt at a character. He's basically an angry Russian ex-cop who's good at piloting vehicles and shooting people. I spoke with DI on discord for clarification on a couple of things, so they're not specifically to spec (notably the VTOL is actually 56 tons, so it's 1 ton over being a 2 pointer, but DI approved it since it's non-combat and just a single ton overweight), but I don't think there's anything gamebreaking. I just made something fluffy I thought would fit into a party.quote:Name: Ivashin "Ivan" Makarovich Zaodai fucked around with this message at 04:12 on Oct 1, 2019 |
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Sep 24, 2019 02:29
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Interested in this, but I have PMs and no PDFs. Alas!
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Sep 24, 2019 02:36
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If you're still working on a character, try to get it up today.
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quote:Tag: Dispossessed Mechwarrior hovering between despair and desperation, but too polite to show it.
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The following subcontractors have been forwarded a ticket to Quentin through the secure account associated with one of our Black Guard cutouts: 'Almonzo Grier' Druhv Singh Ivashin "Ivan" Makarovich Rana Khalid Kyoko Anderson Song Lin Arrive at your departure port promptly and be prepared for an extended burn to the JumpShip. Further details will be transmitted once you have made orbit. e: Thread is here https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3899826 Defiance Industries fucked around with this message at 02:46 on Sep 28, 2019 |
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In case I'm not the only one who is a bit special and caught DI's post before the thread was edited into it and then was awaiting an update, see his post above. 
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Hey Q_res, we're waiting on you, buddy!
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jng2058 posted:Hey Q_res, we're waiting on you, buddy! Oh crap, sorry. On it!
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Hey, since we've got this second thread, how's everyone feel about reserving this one for OOC posts and let the main one be purely IC story posts?
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That would be my preference. I am available to brainstorm on discord if that is an option. Song Lin should be able to pass the technical requirements for a factory job if the background check could be fudged.
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Is there a specific discord you want to use for brainstorming, or are we just shanghai-ing the General Kerensky channel in the Battletech one further?
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I don't know if I have access to the general kerensky one.
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Leith Maclaine posted:I don't know if I have access to the general kerensky one. It's just the SA Battletech discord. Given that there's no cost for them (beyond having one more server in your list), we could just create one specific if thats how we want to handle brainstorming. I'm fine with whatever.
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