Super Robot Quest
- Thread starter Basarin
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Okay so based on that, this is my head-canon.
There are two tv series', the first is centred around Valiant and Mercury V as they fight the Kaju. With it switching between the two groups each episode. There would probably be one team up/switched opponents episode as well. At some point background events start happening that point to the existence of the DFRI and the Kausen, like news reports talking about power plants going dark or the events from @DaLintyGuy 's meltdown at Manila being shown.
The second series premieres after the super robot show hits 2070 and focuses on the Legion as they fight the Free Brothers, learn about earth and try to stay hidden. At the same time the audience will slowly be introduced to a secret group (DFRI) through vague meetings and ominous images like a robotic hand making a fist or something like that.
Then the mid-season fight happens and the DFRI smashes onto center stage, saves Cavalier and Jessica and then starts going all in on the HAM!
At this point the two shows sync up with one show showing off super robot fights and being the heroes and the second showing just how much work goes into building a super robot and the Legion fighting the Free Brothers with less worry about being attacked by the Earth Union.
The Season finale would probably be two double length episodes that ends with the DFRI stepping into the spotlight by saving a city from the incoming Kaju, the Kausen conflict drawing the FR corps into the fight, the Valient just barley beating back a Free Brother attack and Mercury V being almost hijacked by the Westphalia.
How's that sound?
Theunderbolt
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We really should put a warning sign for Max shenanigans...
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@Marty7928
I like the sound of it. Just keep in mind that the Kaiju tend to stick to the Pacific, and only very rarely go as far as Europe (those incidents can be counted on one hand).
Also, I consider Valiant, Mercury V, and the Legionnaires as their own individual series...at least to start with. Like I said, you all share a multiverse. You and the Legion just happen to be very strongly bound into each others' stories at the moment.
I like the sound of it. Just keep in mind that the Kaiju tend to stick to the Pacific, and only very rarely go as far as Europe (those incidents can be counted on one hand).
Also, I consider Valiant, Mercury V, and the Legionnaires as their own individual series...at least to start with. Like I said, you all share a multiverse. You and the Legion just happen to be very strongly bound into each others' stories at the moment.
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Do we need to?
The last update which discussed this states the killswitch is unusable.
Like, someone uses dynamite to blow up a car, but oops turns out technician was able to efficiently salvage the car. Now, the guy wants to blow up the car a second time, but he can't because he already used up the dynamite.
I mostly stuck with two shows because I am mentally exhausted.
I might try and figure out how it would work if the super robots had their own show some other time.
There would of course be one crossover episode though.
And I guess we would be in the Kausen show for the first season and break out into our own show in season 2 I guess.
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I'm working on that. Forgot to put in that an interlude was following!
LinkOnScepter
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They Called It Mad!
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0900, 26 June, A.D. 2071
Landing Pad, Pegasus
You are by now convinced that your staff and your allies are sandbagging you.
You blink. "This was just a set of engines a month or so ago," you say quietly.
Architect nods. "Quite. Very inefficient engines at that," he agrees. "Made improvements. Much more efficient. Can even utilize Shards."
"Dug up all the defects inside, too," Wilde chimes in. "Runs better than new, even, Sir!"
"It'll get you where you need to," Henry says. "Though we did have to hide the Kausen mods a bit. Doesn't make sense to advertise that part just yet."
"And the armor?"
"Zirvitium," Max says nonchalantly. "All connected with K-Circuitry."
"And the best K-Class Science can provide," Sam chimes in.
"The bridge design-?"
"The girls insisted," Ignatov says with a wry smile. "They claim they'll be able to do more good if they can stream directly into the ship's consoles and databanks."
You finally turn your attention to Sasaki herself. For a woman who cultivates a no-nonsense personality, she seems entirely too pleased with herself. "I'm assuming the Energy Blaster setup was your idea?" you say sourly.
"This has at this point become a flying corvette, Sir," she says, completely unapologetic about the whole thing. "A broadside turreted configuration was the only real option to take."
"Just..." you hang your shoulders in defeat and sigh exasperatedly. "Just admit it, Sasaki. You had them design it this way because it looks really cool."
"...most of it actually was done without my input," she admits. You just stare at her. "It is true!" she insists, crossing her arms as she defends herself. "I only insisted that it retain an acceptable carrying capacity, firepower, mobility, and provide battlefield communications!"
"Not that you are complaining about the end results, Captain," Architect says in a sly voice.
"Absolutely unrelated," Sasaki answers with a straight face.
You...honestly have no room to complain, what with how the Command Center was set up. Yet, you do have to admit: the team really outdid themselves.
The newly created Pegasus, you can say with confidence, has no equal that exists in the world yet, and certainly none within its class in the EUDF. Originally intended to just be a mobile command and control center with old legacy features from the Stork-class, your team had gone completely overboard when presented with the opportunity to create something unique and new.
The result was a hull that greatly resembled a flying heavy cruiser of the twentieth century. With a structure full of harsh angles that a Naval Defense Force sailor could appreciate, the rather massive dropship still had a menacing profile to it. With overlapping plates of zirvitium and K-Scale encasing the hull in its entirety, closer examination would give the impression of a scaled creature plowing through the air in an impatient effort to close with the enemy. From its belly were the loading and launch bays, all for the purpose of supporting and bringing to the fight the Super Robot and its subordinate support units.
More noticeable than anything, however, was the firepower the Pegasus brought to the table. Along the top of the Pegasus, from stem to stern were concealed turret emplacements, all equipped with the new Energy Blaster packages. Sasaki was not kidding when she said this thing could bring a broadside to bear; it would not win a fight by its lonesome, but when supporting a Super Robot, you would not care to be on the receiving end of that supporting fire.
"...okay," you admit. "Okay. Fine. You can say it."
"I told you so, Sir," Sasaki says, dragging the sentence out with every sign that she was enjoying this.
"Yeah, yeah," you grumble. At least you have something substantial to show to Peters if she asks where the heck those resources actually went. It's a little hard to brief to a brigadier general, "We were constructing a flying drop ship of doom and destruction from discount parts because we could," but maybe she'll believe that when she actually sees it.
It'll make for one heck of a talking point.
Landing Pad, Pegasus
You are by now convinced that your staff and your allies are sandbagging you.
You blink. "This was just a set of engines a month or so ago," you say quietly.
Architect nods. "Quite. Very inefficient engines at that," he agrees. "Made improvements. Much more efficient. Can even utilize Shards."
"Dug up all the defects inside, too," Wilde chimes in. "Runs better than new, even, Sir!"
"It'll get you where you need to," Henry says. "Though we did have to hide the Kausen mods a bit. Doesn't make sense to advertise that part just yet."
"And the armor?"
"Zirvitium," Max says nonchalantly. "All connected with K-Circuitry."
"And the best K-Class Science can provide," Sam chimes in.
"SCIENCE!"
"The bridge design-?"
"The girls insisted," Ignatov says with a wry smile. "They claim they'll be able to do more good if they can stream directly into the ship's consoles and databanks."
You finally turn your attention to Sasaki herself. For a woman who cultivates a no-nonsense personality, she seems entirely too pleased with herself. "I'm assuming the Energy Blaster setup was your idea?" you say sourly.
"This has at this point become a flying corvette, Sir," she says, completely unapologetic about the whole thing. "A broadside turreted configuration was the only real option to take."
"Just..." you hang your shoulders in defeat and sigh exasperatedly. "Just admit it, Sasaki. You had them design it this way because it looks really cool."
"...most of it actually was done without my input," she admits. You just stare at her. "It is true!" she insists, crossing her arms as she defends herself. "I only insisted that it retain an acceptable carrying capacity, firepower, mobility, and provide battlefield communications!"
"Not that you are complaining about the end results, Captain," Architect says in a sly voice.
"Absolutely unrelated," Sasaki answers with a straight face.
You...honestly have no room to complain, what with how the Command Center was set up. Yet, you do have to admit: the team really outdid themselves.
The newly created Pegasus, you can say with confidence, has no equal that exists in the world yet, and certainly none within its class in the EUDF. Originally intended to just be a mobile command and control center with old legacy features from the Stork-class, your team had gone completely overboard when presented with the opportunity to create something unique and new.
The result was a hull that greatly resembled a flying heavy cruiser of the twentieth century. With a structure full of harsh angles that a Naval Defense Force sailor could appreciate, the rather massive dropship still had a menacing profile to it. With overlapping plates of zirvitium and K-Scale encasing the hull in its entirety, closer examination would give the impression of a scaled creature plowing through the air in an impatient effort to close with the enemy. From its belly were the loading and launch bays, all for the purpose of supporting and bringing to the fight the Super Robot and its subordinate support units.
More noticeable than anything, however, was the firepower the Pegasus brought to the table. Along the top of the Pegasus, from stem to stern were concealed turret emplacements, all equipped with the new Energy Blaster packages. Sasaki was not kidding when she said this thing could bring a broadside to bear; it would not win a fight by its lonesome, but when supporting a Super Robot, you would not care to be on the receiving end of that supporting fire.
"...okay," you admit. "Okay. Fine. You can say it."
"I told you so, Sir," Sasaki says, dragging the sentence out with every sign that she was enjoying this.
"Yeah, yeah," you grumble. At least you have something substantial to show to Peters if she asks where the heck those resources actually went. It's a little hard to brief to a brigadier general, "We were constructing a flying drop ship of doom and destruction from discount parts because we could," but maybe she'll believe that when she actually sees it.
It'll make for one heck of a talking point.
Created the Pegasus-class Dropship!
-Can carry 1 Core Unit (w/1 Combine Formation support) and 1 Support Unit for Free.
-Bigger Guns: Every three turns, the Pegasus may initiate a Heavy Weapon Strike. Automatically equips the most recent Heavy Weapon you have developed (such as the Energy Blaster) at no cost.
-Can remain mobile even while deploying units.
Sasaki and the staff are smugly pleased. You're never going to hear the end of it.
-Can carry 1 Core Unit (w/1 Combine Formation support) and 1 Support Unit for Free.
-Bigger Guns: Every three turns, the Pegasus may initiate a Heavy Weapon Strike. Automatically equips the most recent Heavy Weapon you have developed (such as the Energy Blaster) at no cost.
-Can remain mobile even while deploying units.
Sasaki and the staff are smugly pleased. You're never going to hear the end of it.
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meganeshounen
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Quick question!
Does it have electromagnetic catapults like the Archangel and the Ptolemaios?
Or does it have normal launch bays?
Or both?
EDIT:
Upon thinking about it more, catapults are more useful if we want to launch any of our Mecha in their Humanoid forms, especially from mid-air. The normal launch bays are better for normal "TRANSFORM AND ROLL OUT" deployments because they're nearer to the ground.
Does it have electromagnetic catapults like the Archangel and the Ptolemaios?
Or does it have normal launch bays?
Or both?
EDIT:
Upon thinking about it more, catapults are more useful if we want to launch any of our Mecha in their Humanoid forms, especially from mid-air. The normal launch bays are better for normal "TRANSFORM AND ROLL OUT" deployments because they're nearer to the ground.
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Darik29
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Ya know, seeing as all the other series around are in there mid to late seasons, I gotta wonder about us...
We're like that side rumor heard by the pilot and/or mentioned in a news report that people gloss over, until suddenly out of nowhere a new Super Robot just pops out and saves the first Bot, and then demonstrates all kinds of incredible abilities, with support from conventional forces, and being a Government unit...
If people watching the other series in this verse Don't think we're secretly a Big Bad, I will eat my hat.
We so perfectly fit the stereotype of overly helpful yet secretly evil givernment villain, I wouldn't be surprised if we get infiltration attempts from the other Super Robot teams. Or something like that...
We need a Fauxchan post about this, desperately. Or a Negaverse omake where one of the other Super Robot teams heads about the Jackal, and the mysterious DFRI that's pumping out look quality Super Robots.
They're reactions would be Golden.
We're like that side rumor heard by the pilot and/or mentioned in a news report that people gloss over, until suddenly out of nowhere a new Super Robot just pops out and saves the first Bot, and then demonstrates all kinds of incredible abilities, with support from conventional forces, and being a Government unit...
If people watching the other series in this verse Don't think we're secretly a Big Bad, I will eat my hat.
We so perfectly fit the stereotype of overly helpful yet secretly evil givernment villain, I wouldn't be surprised if we get infiltration attempts from the other Super Robot teams. Or something like that...
We need a Fauxchan post about this, desperately. Or a Negaverse omake where one of the other Super Robot teams heads about the Jackal, and the mysterious DFRI that's pumping out look quality Super Robots.
They're reactions would be Golden.
meganeshounen
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1) We're a government establishment, so we automatically can't be trusted at first glance. No matter how stereotypical that is.
2) As of the moment, we're the most secretive of all Super Robot groups, so another point towards "cannot be trusted".
Theunderbolt
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Poor guy needs a vacation...
Behind that face of absolute stoicism lies the beating heart of a mecha otaku who got a life long dream fufilled.
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LinkOnScepter
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Don't forget we also have a bunch of really eccentric personnel, are fully willing to create sentient AI to assist us, and have been able to get our hands on things the rest of the military is struggling to obtain.
Darik29
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And! We have MULTIPLE Super Robots!
AND! We are allied with the EVIL ALIUM ROBOTS!!!
AND WE HAVE A KICK ASS FLYING BASE WITH GIANT WEAPONS, THAT CAN AIRDROP OUR SUPER ROBOTS DIRECTLY INTO THE FIGHT!
Edit: We're too cool to be good guys in a Super Robot genre series. Too cool!
AND! We are allied with the EVIL ALIUM ROBOTS!!!
AND WE HAVE A KICK ASS FLYING BASE WITH GIANT WEAPONS, THAT CAN AIRDROP OUR SUPER ROBOTS DIRECTLY INTO THE FIGHT!
Edit: We're too cool to be good guys in a Super Robot genre series. Too cool!
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@meganeshounen
Mixture of both, honestly. The catapults are reserved for aerial units such as the V-33s in jet fighter configuration. The ground based units just roll out, though the Pegasus will fly low enough for the ground vehicles to just slide off the ramp and hit the ground running.
Sleep is now taking a priority, so tomorrow morning the next turn will open up!
Mixture of both, honestly. The catapults are reserved for aerial units such as the V-33s in jet fighter configuration. The ground based units just roll out, though the Pegasus will fly low enough for the ground vehicles to just slide off the ramp and hit the ground running.
Sleep is now taking a priority, so tomorrow morning the next turn will open up!
Theunderbolt
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Mid-air transformation when?
LinkOnScepter
The One who Strangles Concepts to death
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Gives us all the more reason to defy convention and become such loved Super Robot creators, we get our own spin off series!
With Captain Sasaki
meganeshounen
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Well, I do hope someone gets the bright idea (like Sasaki's AI aide) of using the heavy-duty catapult for launching not just aircraft.
Launch Catapult + Tough Super Robot + RAMMING SPEED + Altitude = "Isaac Newton is still the deadliest bastard around"