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Mecha Design Quest

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[X] Pierre Vans: Calm veteran of the Great War.
[X] James Colchanac: Desperate Irish Army expatriate
 
[X] Anna Petroyvina Chompevsky: Steadfast former ambulence mecha pilot.
[X] Yves Montessor: Seasoned German civil mecha operator

Yves might be a terrible idea but I am intrigued with the german with a very un-german name. Probably just a descendent of huguenot refugees to Prussia but might be more interesting.
 
KreenWarrior said:
A student isn't a pilot, though. This is a pilot, not a member of the design team, and for a tricky mech at that. @7734 does Fitzroy have any experience piloting? Do any of the examples have experience with bipedal mechs?
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If I remember correctly, he spends his time driving whatever horrific frankenmechs the madlads at the University conjure up. He should have decent odds of surviving just about anything we can turn out.
 
GAWR said:
Well he does have engineering experience so he could spot any hidden bugs with say the cockpit layout that pop up during future test drives
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We have multiple teams of engineers and are working with a specialist cockpit design firm. I'm not convinced a student, however enthusiastic, is going to outdo them.

Edit: I see he does have two years piloting experience, that's somewhat reassuring.
 
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[X] Anna Petroyvina Chompevsky: Steadfast former ambulence mecha pilot.
[X] James Colchanac: Desperate Irish Army expatriate

I've got a feeling that James will be entertaining and picked the other choice more or less at random.
 
[X] Anna Petroyvina Chompevsky: Steadfast former ambulence mecha pilot.
[X] James Colchanac: Desperate Irish Army expatriate

Changed my vote. I think an ambulance driver can give us a different PoV from what we normally get. And the Irish stays because he should be the most enthusiastic with the work.
 
[X] Anna Petroyvina Chompevsky: Steadfast former ambulence mecha pilot.
[X] Marc Fitzroy: Energetic engineering student
 
[X] Yves Montessor: Seasoned German civil mecha operator
[X] Anna Petroyvina Chompevsky: Steadfast former ambulence mecha pilot.
 
[X] Pierre Vans: Calm veteran of the Great War.
[X] Anna Petroyvina Chompevsky: Steadfast former ambulence mecha pilot.
 
[X] Yves Montessor: Seasoned German civil mecha operator
[X] Anna Petroyvina Chompevsky: Steadfast former ambulence mecha pilot.
 
[X] Pierre Vans: Calm veteran of the Great War.
[X] Marc Fitzroy: Energetic engineering student

I have the strangest little sensation that if we hire the german, he might turn out to be a spy. We are moving towards this universe' version of WWII after all...
 
[X] Pierre Vans: Calm veteran of the Great War.
[X] James Colchanac: Desperate Irish Army expatriate
 
[X] Anna Petroyvina Chompevsky: Steadfast former ambulence mecha pilot.
[X] Marc Fitzroy: Energetic engineering student
 
[X] Pierre Vans: Calm veteran of the Great War.

[X] Anna Petroyvina Chompevsky: Steadfast former ambulence mecha pilot.
 
KreenWarrior said:
We have multiple teams of engineers and are working with a specialist cockpit design firm. I'm not convinced a student, however enthusiastic, is going to outdo them.

Edit: I see he does have two years piloting experience, that's somewhat reassuring.
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Well his engineering skills might help with checking out the new cockpit layout which is pretty much a last minute addation for this project and having sombody with a macnical understanding of the mech is helpful for trouboshooting in genral.
 
7734 said:
While instrument developers might try and feed you a load about 'reading requirements off the main mecha stabilizing gyro', you knew intimately this was a load of horse shit. Each gauge would need its own, very small, stabilizing gyroscope. They didn't need a ton of stabilizing power if the gimbals were good enough- and gimbals were pretty easy- but they did need to be moving at a decent clip. Fortunately, there was already a Government Approved Supplier who made pretty much these exact instruments for the Service Aéronautique. Unfortunately, it meant developing a vacuum system.
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hmm...
Might this have been a benefit brought by our choice to personally check out the cockpit, thanks to both our gyroscopic knowledge and our EX bull**** sense?
 
Like the look of this quest a lot and glad we managed to start working out what was wrong with the Cavalry Mech.

[X] Anna Petroyvina Chompevsky: Steadfast former ambulence mecha pilot.
 
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