Your task is this: I require a working prototype that can be retrofitted to some of the existing EUDF hardware within four months. It can be of any vehicle that is workable or simpler for you, but I need one. It must reliably function, and it must have some form of armaments or utility that provides an advantage over its current default state.
[] Field Testing - CRX-02C - Good to their word, Wilde and Henry have prepared a test prototype for Captain Sasaki's pilots. This comes at a good time, as they are practically going stir-crazy. She fully plans on letting the pilots 'test the absolute limit of the Engineers' creations.' Durability, strength, reliability, agility - everything an operator could possibly want from a configured vehicle. The Engineers, for their part, are more than happy to provide.
[] Piloting Stress Tests - You now have a piloting candidate, 1LT Callaghan. Only problem: he wasn't a pilot to begin with. In line with Sam's requests for candidates of all types, a humble radar technical officer turned out to have enough psychic potential to tap into the eventual man-machine interfaces in the works by the Engineers. He can abstract piloting if given the MMI, but he's hopeless as it stands.
[] Expansion - Motor Pool - Sasaki is very happy with your current capabilities. But she is not one to rest content on her laurels. As unorthodox as the Duo's designs are, the Coyote prototype plans she sees is enough to convince her of the merits of Variable Configuration.
That, and she really wants to see a configuring armored personnel carrier. Is that too much to ask?
[] Dreaming of Robotic Sheep - The fact you discovered a sentient AI descended from a failed virus attempt from some shadowy figure possibly attempting world domination…
All answers Sam looks to answer over the course of a few months. The answers will likely make the ability of minor psychic abilities much more widespread among your staff.
Will choosing weapon loadout another research project?
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Speaking of: What happened with the "spy other super-robot groups" thing?
Just reminding everyone that Robo Jocks gives a bonus to Field Testing. Also it's a giant transforming robot cage match.
On the other hand leaving the AI we found to just sit and be ignored for even a single turn sits poorly with me. We can finish Robo Jocks in time since its pretty quick.Just reminding everyone that Robo Jocks gives a bonus to Field Testing. Also it's a giant transforming robot cage match.