Super Robot Quest

1500, 1 June, A.D. 2072
Commandant's Office

Success begets more work. It's a sad fact of life, that if you show you are competent, more and more work will be poured onto you. Without really any regard as to if you're getting overburdened. You learned that lesson pretty early on as a lieutenant, and you learned to stay a little below the radar after that.

Unfortunately, you don't really get that option with this job.

You sigh as you stand in front of a whiteboard hanging on the wall of your office. As much as holotechnology and haptic feedback make things easier to manipulate on computers, you just get a much better feel for organizing things when you write it down.

But the sheer spaghetti chart that faces you makes you question that sometimes. To writ:

- An entire battleship wreck has gone missing.
- Bandit and his roving swarm of Drones continue to plague the North American District.
- Kaiju activity continues to run rampant, though thankfully it's being kept in check by Mercury V...so far.
- You are on the cusp of researching space faring technology. [Note to self: have Sasaki look into making this a second dropship option]
- The new AIs need to get some acclimatization going to settle in properly.
- More coffee.
- Dragon's Horn K-Fang complete; need to do something with it.
- More coffee.
- Marine Expeditionary Forces mustering for new formation soon. Must dedicate chassis' for new formation.
- Combination of Perseus. Progress? Look into it.
- More ALL OF THE COFFEE.

"Sir?" You glance over to see a concerned looking Katarina. "You...you can't have all of the coffee." She shrivels slightly as you just fix her with a look. "...can you?"

"Watch me."


Special Actions



A Friendly Visit - You have a...competitor of sorts. A competitor that you have had at least two years of headstart on, on an entirely different development track than what you have already developed. To your knowledge, they don't have anything remotely close to K-Class Materials, they certainly don't have the Super AI, and they're reverse engineering the Westphalian line of mecha.

BG Peters was rather irate about the whole thing, but there's no sense over antagonizing them outright either. Let the bosses above both of you have their turf wars. You at least want to see what's going on, and to see if you and your counterpart could come to some sort of understanding.


Well, since you're here... - Something is about to go down in the coasts of northern France, what with Anna and Ichiro scouring the area for...heavens only know at this point. That said, while there's no guarantee that they'll oblige you due to competing contracts and schedules, the European District is the area of responsibility of the Valiant. Why not reach out to them and see if they can't lend Anna and Ichiro a hand?

Anna's tunnel vision seems to have forgotten them, but that's your lot in life as a logistician...


Settling In - Charlie, Frankie and Iris are now the newest additions to the team. You've been letting them just explore the area while still in their Jackal frames, and letting the wider staff get acquainted with them. At the same time, some of the Legion have also been frequenting the grounds a little more when they're not busy with whatever it is Galbinus has planned for them - some are just legitimately curious about the newcomers.

Patch, of course, is a familiar sight as he worries over the mecha's health.

That said, they were developed with supporting the Perseus in mind, and the pilots of that very chassis are still in training. Even if you're not exactly going to field them as Jackals (Beowulf scale or not), there's an opportunity here.


After Market Scrounging - The old saying of 'it fell off the back of a truck' really doesn't work these days. Not with the advent of global trackers, inventory sheets with very specific serial numbers, and the dreaded word of accountability. Even the decommissioned stuff, as you found out with the Pegasus, can be guarded jealously like a mother bear watching her cubs.

But even today in the 2070s, people find a way.

For example, you're not sure why your staff is asking you for the old, really old, massive rocket engines used on space shuttles at the turn of the century. Nor do you understand the various laundry list of things they're asking for. Is it going to help? Or is this a case of the chuckles for the sake of Science?


After closing the window, you get your thoughts back on track. Logistician: Well, the bottom line is that you can reach out to people, but you still see this as having rather dubious return value. But you're not investing much into it, so...

[] After Market Scrounging
Cost: 1 RP
Duration: 1 Turn
Chance to find something useful (1d6, Threshold of ???)
One-time chance to make something out of old, decommissioned equipment - results will vary

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Defense Force Actions


Reaction Force - Now fully operational, and with a Super Robot ready to go, you are in a prime position to start scanning the world for any potential hotspot to intervene in. Brigadier General Peters has assured you that there will be no conflict of jurisdiction; you are only going to be diverted to an area which really needs a Super Robot that no one is going to complain.

At least, not as much as the Naval Defense Force asshats.


Pilot Training - The Pilot Exchange Program is sending back out its first set of graduates. All of whom have earned their certifications in the fiery hellpits of the DFRI's simulations. That said, you aren't entirely heartless (just mostly). You did give them about a week's worth of off-time before sending them back to their units.

Sasaki and Diana still weren't too impressed by the majority of the candidates.

2LT Zhang is also undergoing additional pilot training. She might be assigned as Tellison's co-pilot for now, but you want to know if she has any additional piloting talents that the earlier simulations haven't accounted for just yet.

You may choose one. If you have an investment project ongoing, you may still choose one and run concurrently.


Security Net – You really should find the time to rename this line of projects. With all of your investment, it will literally take the most overt, blatant and blindingly obvious army to come knocking at the doors of the DFRI. And with years of investment layered on top of it, some from the very first month of the DFRI's existence, along with the living terror that is Adriana [Thanks, chief! ^_^], there is practically next to no possibility of anyone infiltrating you.

Now? Now you supplement the Reaction Force Network. Now you go looking for trouble before it comes to find you.

This is understandably a large shift in priorities from what has been standard from the last two and a half years, but Sasaki and Diana assure you that they'll have something more specific lined up by next month.

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Engineering Actions


Variable Configuration – There is a lot of ground to cover here. Wilde and Henry have created all sorts of new designs, but they haven't exactly been tested properly yet. Before properly handing them over to the test pilots, they want to run some additional tests, and they certainly would like to see if they can come up with something new.

Wilde also has a few specific projects he thinks requires your attention and approval. Though the Beowulf is now fully online and active, it's still missing one feature, something they're not sure they can reliably activate just yet.

You may choose one, plus the specific projects listed below. If you have an investment project ongoing, you may still choose one and run concurrently.


Supercomputer AI – Still plenty to be done going around, but Novgorod Computing Solutions' workload has just lightened considerably with the completion of the Trio. They've since transitioned to just monitoring their mental wellbeings, and Ignatov is happy to take on additional work.

You may choose one. If you have an investment project ongoing, you may still choose one and run concurrently.


Experimental Projects – The sky's the limit with new, strange experimental projects. With the addition of what is being called the K-Fang class of kaiju materials by the engineers, all sorts of ideas are now being entertained. Of course, it's still up to you to approve them.

QM NOTE: I will allow you to add a preference towards which bit of science you want to lean towards as a preference, but that's no guarantee that the results will come out that way.

You may choose one. If you have an investment project ongoing, you may still choose one and run concurrently.

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Science Actions


ESP Theory - Sam is ecstatic, since Psychic Energy now has the potential to alter the composition of materials. Granted, it's probably a hell of a lot easier to do with K-Class for whatever reason than with standard building materials, but that gives Sam an idea.

So psychic energy, you've established, can already link with computer systems through the MMI. Heck, psychic energy interacts with standard materials ALL THE TIME anyway, but only if they're considered 'part of the wider machine' by the user. So what if you tried to alter some of the machine?

What if you wanted to try and supercharge the machine?

You may choose one, plus the specific project. If you have an investment project ongoing, you may still choose one and run concurrently.

Kaiju Biotechnology – The K-Fang addition to K-Class Materials is promising all sorts of new ideas. Sam literally has too many to filter out, and at this point he's happily 'throwing science at the wall and seeing what sticks.'

You may choose one. If you have an investment project ongoing, you may still choose one and run concurrently.


Xenotechnology Research - You're...not sure if pairing Zulu with Max was the wisest idea you've ever had. Zulu's deadpan nature contrasts and balances Max's more manic moments, and the chaotic spark that is her mind suddenly is a bit more grounded, and more directed.

Welp.

You may choose one, plus the specific project listed below. If you have an investment project ongoing, you may still choose one and run concurrently.