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Mecha Design Quest

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CuriousRaptor said:
[] Gen. Prioux
-[]Our Mech is expensive, but it's an investment. Rarely will replacements be needed with how tough it is, and it's simplicity means anyone can pilot it meaning you can build a mecha operator corps easily. It's ease of supply and direct fire capabilities make it so it can put down almost anything in the same bracket easily as well. It is a mech designed not just for the now, but for the future as technology and experience marches on.
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*rubs chin*

That's a good start.

[] Our Mech is expensive, but it's an investment. Rarely will replacements be needed with how tough it is, and it's simplicity means anyone can pilot it meaning you can build a mecha operator corps easily and the pilots will love its toughness. It's ease of supply and direct fire capabilities make it so it can put down almost anything in the same bracket easily as well. A mech designed for the now, and for the future as technology marches on.

How's this you think?
 
BungieONI said:
*rubs chin*

That's a good start.

[] Our Mech is expensive, but it's an investment. Rarely will replacements be needed with how tough it is, and it's simplicity means anyone can pilot it meaning you can build a mecha operator corps easily and the pilots will love its toughness. It's ease of supply and direct fire capabilities make it so it can put down almost anything in the same bracket easily as well. A mech designed for the now, and for the future as technology marches on.

How's this you think?
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Even better honestly. Though you might want to fix the run on sentence with the pilots loving it. Also be aware of the 80 words limit.
 
@7734 what happened to our mech that didn't finish the course?

BungieONI said:
[] Our Mech is expensive, but it's an investment. Rarely will replacements be needed with how tough it is, and it's simplicity means anyone can pilot it meaning you can build a mecha operator corps easily and the pilots will love its toughness. It's ease of supply and direct fire capabilities make it so it can put down almost anything in the same bracket easily as well. A mech designed for the now, and for the future as technology marches on.
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Do you think it might be a good idea to mention the new cockpit design?
 
Prioux or Moers, since the 'you only have to buy our mecha once, and not buy any of the others and three replacements' argument might work on the latter too. Also point out our 75mm can be a direct fire and indirect fire weapon in a pinch. So one less additional type of mecha to buy!

[] Our Mech is expensive, but it's an investment. Rarely will replacements be needed with how tough it is, and it's simplicity means anyone can pilot it meaning you can build a mecha operator corps easily and the pilots will love its toughness. It's ease of supply and direct fire capabilities make it so it can put down almost anything in the same bracket easily as well. A mech designed for the now, and for the future as technology marches on.
 
BungieONI said:
[] Our Mech is expensive, but it's an investment. Rarely will replacements be needed with how tough it is, and it's simplicity means anyone can pilot it meaning you can build a mecha operator corps easily and the pilots will love its toughness. It's ease of supply and direct fire capabilities make it so it can put down almost anything in the same bracket easily as well. A mech designed for the now, and for the future as technology marches on.
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Looks good, but I would specify how much of our internals are things that are going to be standard issue to cut down on costs than mentioning it's toughness. That was pretty well demonstrated in the demolition testing. Maybe something about large stocks of existing 75mm cannons and the standard 13.2 mm HMGs.

Edit: There's nothing wrong with emphasize the toughness more, but the strength of our armor scheme is far easier to pick up on in the tests than the fact that all our weapons inside are things that are already common, so it might be better to swap the emphasis of our points.
 
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7th Hex said:
Looks good, but I would specify how much of our internals are things that are going to be standard issue to cut down on costs than mentioning it's toughness. That was pretty well demonstrated in the demolition testing. Maybe something about large stocks of existing 75mm cannons and the standard 13.2 mm HMGs.
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We have only 80 words max unless someone wants to right a multipage long letter in French anyways.
 
[X] Gen. Prioux
-[X] Our Mech is expensive, but it's an investment. Rarely will replacements be needed with how tough it is. It's simplicity means anyone can pilot it, so you can build a mecha operator training corps easily. It's ease of supply and direct fire capabilities make it so it can put down almost anything in the same bracket, and in a pinch can be used for indirect fire. A mech designed for the now, and for the future as technology marches on.

I'm not sure how to fit in the internals are replaceable in terms of the guns, though that's partly covered with ease of supply. I'll be going with this for now.
 
[X] Gen. Prioux
-[X] Our Mech is expensive, but it's an investment. Rarely will replacements be needed with how tough it is. It's simplicity means anyone can pilot it, so you can build a mecha operator training corps easily. It's ease of supply and direct fire capabilities make it so it can put down almost anything in the same bracket, and in a pinch can be used for indirect fire. A mech designed for the now, and for the future as technology marches on.
 
[X] Gen. Prioux
-[X] Our Mech is expensive, but it's an investment. Rarely will replacements be needed with how tough it is. It's simplicity means anyone can pilot it, so you can build a mecha operator training corps easily. It's ease of supply and direct fire capabilities make it so it can put down almost anything in the same bracket, and in a pinch can be used for indirect fire. A mech designed for the now, and for the future as technology marches on.
 
[X] Gen. Prioux
-[X] Our Mech is expensive, but it's an investment. Rarely will replacements be needed with how tough it is. It's simplicity means anyone can pilot it, so you can build a mecha operator training corps easily. It's ease of supply and direct fire capabilities make it so it can put down almost anything in the same bracket, and in a pinch can be used for indirect fire. A mech designed for the now, and for the future as technology marches on.
 
Here is my write up for focusing on supplies more than our armor:

[X] Gen. Prioux
-[X] Our design is more expensive up front in terms of money costs, but is far easier on production logistics. Both weapon systems are ones that are already considered standard and have existing supply lines to cut down production costs. The toughness of our armor will reduce loss by attrition too. Not to mention its ease of fire on rough terrain and the morale boost for our troops as it shrugs off enemy fire. An investment yes, but a worthy one.
 
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I tried to chart things out:
General Prioux - Wants something cheaper and with good cross-terrain performance
Expected favorite - Christie-Ford
Expected ok-ish - Workshop 1, Renault
Expected disapproval - Workshop 3 (expensive), FCM

General Duchevel - Wants something that plays nicely with logistics
Expected favorites - Workshop 3, FCM
Expected ok-ish - None (single-issue?)
Expected disapproval - Christie-Ford, Workshop 1, Renault

General Zeller - Wants something that won't step on supporting infantry and fixes easily
Expected favorite - Workshop 1
Expected ok-ish - Christie-Ford, Renault
Expected disapproval - Workshop 3 (small, wild steps to aim), FCM (exposed rocket pods have issues with fire)

General Moers - Wants a different sort of mecha, or failing that, something that works as fire support
Expected favorite - None
Expected ok-ish - FCM, Renault (in this case the poor off-road course doesn't sink it the same way)
Expected disapproval - Christie-Ford, Workshop 3 (expensive and doesn't like the role it is built for), Workshop 1

I speculate the Mecha pulled off the table will be in the following order:
Renault - easiest to drop without strong support, the cross-country test was not kind to them
Workshop 3 - Duchevel likes it, but the high cost makes it awkward to argue for keeping
FCM - removed for being slow and unsuited for
Either Workshop 1 or Christie-Ford is selected - I suspect Workshop 1 because the mortar makes it more acceptable as a support weapon and it appears to have gotten better off-road scores.

Getting Moers' support would be good because of his focus on costs. I doubt that's possible, as our design leans into a role he doesn't think should be used. General Zeller is my next pick, if we can sweet talk him into favoring our design we have a decent shot at picking up the contract. Not a good shot as our Mecha is exactly what Moers wants to torpedo.
 
[X] Gen. Prioux
-[X] Our Mech is expensive, but it's an investment. Rarely will replacements be needed with how tough it is. It's simplicity means anyone can pilot it, so you can build a mecha operator training corps easily. It's ease of supply and direct fire capabilities make it so it can put down almost anything in the same bracket, and in a pinch can be used for indirect fire. A mech designed for the now, and for the future as technology marches on.

w34v3r said:
I have a question: What the hell happened to these mechs?
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They got put through a likely intentionaly hellish hazardous long march to show what faults pop up.
 
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kelllogo said:
I tried to chart things out:
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From what I can tell Prioux is only looking at terrain. It's just that of the good terrain mechs, our is by far the most expensive. Also Zeller seems to be explicitly indifferent on us rather than actively disapproving.

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TimEd said:
They got put through a likely intentionaly hellish hazardous long march to show what faults pop up.
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I just want to know what took off the Renault's arm.
 
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Silversun17 said:
Ya if Moers got some of the 13th killed for the sake of his pet peeves and pet projects the 13th may frag him in a "testing accident"
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I doubt anyone is going to be fragging a general, but I doubt the other three will be giving a good impression of him to everyone else they work with which probably won't do well for him in the long run.
 
[X] Gen. Prioux
-[X] Our Mech is expensive, but it's an investment. Rarely will replacements be needed with how tough it is. It's simplicity means anyone can pilot it, so you can build a mecha operator training corps easily. It's ease of supply and direct fire capabilities make it so it can put down almost anything in the same bracket, and in a pinch can be used for indirect fire. A mech designed for the now, and for the future as technology marches on.
 
I don't think anyone died, that'd have been important enough to have been mentioned. What probably happened is that it got downed, loaded up on a truck and is being carted back.
 
I think it got missed because they look the same due the the word limit, but I put down another version of our letter focusing more on the internals, if someone could please look it over and give me feedback I'd greatly appreciate it.

7th Hex said:
-[X] Our design is more expensive up front in terms of money costs, but is far easier on production logistics. Both weapon systems are ones that are already considered standard and have existing supply lines to cut down production costs. The toughness of our armor will reduce loss by attrition too. Not to mention its ease of fire on rough terrain and the morale boost for our troops as it shrugs off enemy fire. An investment yes, but a worthy one.
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