LostDeviljho
Flame Dragon Princess
- Location
- The glorious Pacific Northwest
- Pronouns
- Any
As long as it's not stopping the project I've been nursing for three threads now, I ain't fussed.
Tacit Ronin: The Power of Three
- Thread starter Fyrstorm
- Start date
Nixeu
Lord of Madness, Harbinger of Llamas
- Location
- Your nightmares.
I'm less offended, and more concerned about not making Fyr worry too much. Especially since the build I'm currently working on has HtH 4 and Ran 3. It'd be Ran 4 if I could manage it. I feel like a build that just doesn't care what range it engages at has a much higher likelihood of being broken. I mean, I dumped Agi, so it has poor mobility, but still.
Fyrstorm
Gun Waifu Extraordinaire
- Location
- 'Straya
- Pronouns
- He/Him
I'm giving Shogun a pass on the HtH rule because he was the first, and also I assume he is gonna get at least HtH 1 during his early Mark upgrades, if only to improve his gun-kata abilities and knife wielding defenses. The more "balanced" long range setup seems to suggest that Shogun would receive some form of melee proficiency.
Of course, I might be wrong, but HtH 1 requires very little investment to provide a clear benefit.
Also, @BungieONI gets my seal of approval for giving Vixen Gold a point of HtH from the get-go, as well as some big ol' melee hands. That's what I like to see on my ranged jaegers.
Nixeu
Lord of Madness, Harbinger of Llamas
- Location
- Your nightmares.
So...how do you feel about Roman legionnaires with electrified gunlances and nearly equivalent Ran and HtH? Because my next planned build is named Storm Legate for a reason.
Edit: The gunlance is replacing the left arm from the elbow down, BTW.
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Fyrstorm
Gun Waifu Extraordinaire
- Location
- 'Straya
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Nearly equal attack stats are fine; that's basically been KRAUN's design policy for the most part. The only inherent issue I can see is in having only one functional hand, but if that's part of the flavour I certainly won't argue, and it's not like one-handed jaegers don't exist (see; Titan whatever and post-refit Bracer Phoenix).
Smithsguild
The third monkey...
- Location
- Somewhere 'near' Atlanta Ga
For the record Titan Redeemer.
(I take my fanboy duties seriously).
Nixeu
Lord of Madness, Harbinger of Llamas
- Location
- Your nightmares.
I thought you meant Titan Exalt for a second there. And I mean, if I though it was feasible, I'd make it like a Plasmacaster. But a massive lance with a gun mechanism ain't exactly easy to collapse.
- Location
- Somewhere over the rainbow
so i had a crazy idea that wouldn't get itself out of my head:
Blazon Butterfly
Class: Mark II
Motivation: To Dance On A Bigger Stage
Pilots:
Stats:
HtH 2
Ran 1
Str 0
Tou 1
Agi 4
Dex 4
Core Concept: Melee Parkour expert, almost Black Widowish, but minus guns and possibly even weapons.
Preferred Defense: Dodge/Parry
Primary Weapon: Legs. Sharp legs.
Secondary Weapon: Fists
General Aesthetics: Lanky, rounded, and sky blue.
Stat priorities: AGI = HtH > Dex > Tou > Str >>> Ran
Gear breakdown:
Primary need is a need for feet and legs that kick well, considering that's the primary intended method of attack (plasma foot sheathe would be RAD AS HELL). Almost equally as necessary for the general aesthetic is a Dex-Agi converter, to allow BLAZON BUTTERFLY to have ridonkulous Charging, Dodging, and Parrying Abilities.
GAPAS is pretty much required. Hyper Vascular High Mobility Mods would probably be appreciated.
Might also carry some grenades as ranged options and a way to have presence after needing to be somewhere else yesterday; high Dex will also enable this style.
If a flight system can be enabled, HAHAHAHAHA yes please, gimme those sweet wings.
Class: Mark II
Motivation: To Dance On A Bigger Stage
Pilots:
Stats:
HtH 2
Ran 1
Str 0
Tou 1
Agi 4
Dex 4
Core Concept: Melee Parkour expert, almost Black Widowish, but minus guns and possibly even weapons.
Preferred Defense: Dodge/Parry
Primary Weapon: Legs. Sharp legs.
Secondary Weapon: Fists
General Aesthetics: Lanky, rounded, and sky blue.
Stat priorities: AGI = HtH > Dex > Tou > Str >>> Ran
Gear breakdown:
Primary need is a need for feet and legs that kick well, considering that's the primary intended method of attack (plasma foot sheathe would be RAD AS HELL). Almost equally as necessary for the general aesthetic is a Dex-Agi converter, to allow BLAZON BUTTERFLY to have ridonkulous Charging, Dodging, and Parrying Abilities.
GAPAS is pretty much required. Hyper Vascular High Mobility Mods would probably be appreciated.
Might also carry some grenades as ranged options and a way to have presence after needing to be somewhere else yesterday; high Dex will also enable this style.
If a flight system can be enabled, HAHAHAHAHA yes please, gimme those sweet wings.
Fyrstorm
Gun Waifu Extraordinaire
- Location
- 'Straya
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Yes, that one.
Honestly, I was thinking more externally forearm mounted, like a fangblade or something. That way, you still have a working hand on the limb, but can attack easily with the spear.
Approved, but its power move needs to be "sawblade pirouette" or something.
Also, finally, I've decided on how your nat 1 sight test is gonna go down (for the record, the seeing eye plane thing only just succeeded, so you've got rough guidance); because the sensors have just completely given up the ghost for the duration of your turn, Tacit is only able to make a normal Move Action, not run (since running without any firsthand sensory data of the outside world is a surefire way to trip over something). Maybe a bit harsh, but sometimes things don't work out the best, and I'm still trying to fix bits of this system as I go. And in any case, you stop being blind at the end of the turn, so...
- Location
- Somewhere over the rainbow
can it be "plasma pirouette" instead plz?
Fyrstorm
Gun Waifu Extraordinaire
- Location
- 'Straya
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Neo-Seattle:
Seizing hold of Jackal with their other hand, the Uemuras drive their talons further into the hybrid's gut, eliciting a spray of blue fluids, and pull the clawed fingers downwards. Vibrating blades slice through soft tissue and mechanisms like butter, flesh and steel giving way without any hint of resistance as Phenom quite literally disembowels its foe!
Free Attack!
Hit to Pelvis! Destruction Wound!
Jackal Indigo takes 5 Strikes! Legs Disabled! Destruction Wound Incapacitates!
A mess of tubes, coolant, musculature, hydraulic fluid, and blood spills out, the ryoushi's visor flickering out as it spasms in pain. The plasma saws grind to a halt, their flames extinguished, as chunks of heavy metals tumble from Jackal's innards. The reactor hasn't been breached, thankfully, but its safeties have cut in, dropping it down to minimal output as a cautionary measure.
Mark III Ryoushi, Jackal Indigo has been Defeated!
Phenom Sable retracts its hand, shaking off the luminous fluids coating it, and turning towards the other fight.
[---]
Unable to properly orient herself, Jagdhund throws out a particularly sloppy kick, which completely fails to hit Elysium.
Dodge!:
(11)
(1)
The enemy jaeger barely even needs to move to avoid the attack-- but rather than throw a counter, freezes up momentarily, as it sees its comrade torn open by Phenom Sable.
[---]
Deep in the Ryoushi's conpod, its pilots hang doubled over in their harnesses. The feedback's nearly overwhelmed them, let alone the effects of the actual damage to their mech. As is, the hybrid's effectively mission-killed, if not permanently out of action. Their frame's been damaged, and most of the mechanisms and components carried in the lower section have just been eviscerated by Phenom's claws. Their contribution to the fight is done, that's for certain.
But then Jackal's visor re-ignites.
Metamorphic Escape System engaged!
A series of shaped charges detonate around the ryoushi's collar and shoulder blades, splitting the ceramic armour open along subtle seam-lines in the plates. Moments later, a blue-green cloud of smoky fluid sprays out in a smokescreen, temporarily blinding the Mark II-- before some long and twisting thing erupts out of Jackal's back, its four wings trailing behind it like a cape.
Jackal Indigo howls as it bursts free of the surface, the rudimentary air sacs acting as lungs sucking in a brand new breath of fresh air. Now reduced to a spine, power core, and conpod-- give or take a few tons of kaiju flesh holding everything together-- the Ryoushi now has but one purpose; escape.
And it doesn't plan to be the only one doing so.
[---]
"Elysium, eject! Now!"
"Wait, what? B-but-"
"No buts except yours being shot out of the conpod! We're retreating, and you're not staying behind to get torn apart! Now move it!"
[---]
Ejection:
(4)
Elysium Praetor ejects!
Small plates on the top of Elysium's head blow off, before a pair of metal pills launch out, the jaeger's visor and engine going dark an instant later. A cluster of whip-like threads lash out from Core-Jackal's 'chest', grabbing the escape pods midair and pulling them close before their velocity runs out.
Twisting around, Core-Jackal beats its wings furiously, hurrying off over the waves as fast as it can. The hollow shell that once held it has gone completely limp in Phenom's grip, while the pilotless Elysium Praetor just sinks towards the bottom of the bay.
Neo-Seattle:
- Phenom Sable is 63 west of the city, semi-engaged with Jagdhund.
- Jagdhund is 63 west of the city, semi-engaged with Phenom Sable.
- Murasames and Moray 17 units behind Jagdhund's position (Moray at Depth 01), all Missile Boats 19 units behind.
- Banshees are 28 west of the city.
- Main air force has arrived at SE sector! Detaining survivors.
- Aerial transport (superheavies, tanks, etc) will take about 5 more rounds to get to the SE Sector's DP.
- Railgun Battery has shifted to West sector.
Blue Stars:
- NW and SE Groups defeated & captured!
- Elysium Praetor is 63 units west of the city, with its pilots ejected and carried by Core-Jackal.
- Jackal Indigo/Core-Jackal is 77 units west of the city, carrying Elysium's escape pods, and 29/31 from the Navy. It is currently airborne.
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Everett:
Maybe it's the sudden rush of heat and radiation, or just bad luck, but it's at this point that the remnants of Tacit's primary sensors give up the ghost, and everything goes dark. Even the comms are a little muddled, the planes' voices indistinct and fuzzed by static. Noah catches something about 'taking off' and 'shed its plating', but nothing distinct. But whatever's happening, it can't be good.
(1)
(5)
Failure! Tacit loses all awareness this round! Limited guidance possible!
Tacit turns, nearly falling over as it tries to dash back, before the rangers catch themselves and slow down. With no firsthand data at all of the outside world, running's a dangerous prospect-- though it may waste time, they're going to have to stay a little slower to keep safe, at least until their systems readjust.
Tacit Ronin is no longer blind!
Of course, it's then that its secondaries kick in, and visual contact is restored-- just as Regent Abyss throws its engines to full throttle. The black and maroon machine roars into the sky, rolling to the west as the trail of smoke curves behind it.
- Tacit Ronin is 32 units from the perimeter, 31 from Regent Abyss.
- Banshees are moving to North. 1 round until arrival.
- Meganeuras are moving to North. 3 rounds until arrival.
Blue Stars:
- West and South Groups defeated & captured!
- Regent Abyss is 53 units north of the city, 31 from Tacit Ronin, and has taken off, at Altitude 1 and moving west (17 units west of its takeoff point).
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In summary; the attack has failed, the Blue Stars' units are all falling back (those who are still alive), and Neo-Seattle... um... now has a completely functional Mark II Jaeger in its possession.
This is either a great idea, or it's gonna loop back to bite me in the butt later. Possibly both.
Edit: fixed Core-Jackal's movement.
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- Location
- Somewhere over the rainbow
let's get the rest
(note how low the flight speed is; 6 Movement or so, way slower than if Tacit decided to step it up)
Highwind
To Rise From The Ashes
- Location
- Brazil
Jackal is 12 units away.
Jagdhund moves 7 units on a walk. The IE-10's Short Range is 6 units and its the Range Modifier for Short Distance on a Scatter gun is zero, so DC 5.
Jagdhund's attack with the IE-10 is a 1d10+6, but with a movement penalty that's a 1d10+3. But she still has the Emergency Overclock to bring that up to 1d10+5.
Alternatively, have Jagdhund stay put and fire now, from the IE-10 from the edge od its Medium Range. The attack would be 1d10+8 and the to-hit DC would be 7, which is slightly better, but leaves us in a worse position to try again next round.
We need exactly one point of damage to bring that SoB to the ground. Ladies and gentlemen, I think we have a plan.
Sir Plusse
Overly Vicious Quester
- Location
- Kansas
Well, it's irritating that the pilots seem to be escaping, but at least we got the main prize for Seattle, right? Only slightly damaged, even; I think we just need to fix up (or replace) a hand and it'll be good to go.
Also kinda proud of the fact that my roll basically tore the enemy command unit in half and damn near let us capture them on the spot just from the feedback. Too bad their builds basically lolnope'd any possibility of capture with that ejection system...
I am kinda mad that we weren't even given a chance to demand Elysium's surrender... but we'll probably just have to live with it, since I doubt we can do anything about the pilots at this point.
Also kinda proud of the fact that my roll basically tore the enemy command unit in half and damn near let us capture them on the spot just from the feedback. Too bad their builds basically lolnope'd any possibility of capture with that ejection system...
I am kinda mad that we weren't even given a chance to demand Elysium's surrender... but we'll probably just have to live with it, since I doubt we can do anything about the pilots at this point.
Fyrstorm
Gun Waifu Extraordinaire
- Location
- 'Straya
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Fixed. Core-Jackal should have been 14 away. Also, Jackal still has its Enhanced Reflexes, so any attacks are gonna be at an extra +2 Difficulty.
Given what I suspect you guys would have done with them, I can unabashedly say that I'm not sorry whatsoever.
Lone Courier 6
Devilish Fool
- Location
- United States of Quests
BungieONI
Seven gremlins in a trench coat
- Location
- Lickwidget
- Pronouns
- She/Her
*points up at Highwind's post*
[X] Plan REVERSE JAEGERBOMB Part 2! 0.1
-[X] Neo-Seattle
--[X] Main Airforce deal with rescue operations in SE.
--[X] Transports assist in rescue operations in SE sector.
--[X] Neo-Seattle Jaegers and Support Group
---[X] All Naval units should hold position, and aid in breaking through counter-jamming.
---[X] Banshees head back towards the Jaegers.
---[X] Phenom shield Jagdhund with Barrier.
---[X] Jagdhund fire the IE-10 at Core-Jackal.
--[X] NW Force
---[X] Continue to handle POWs.
-[X] Everett
--[X] Use Comms and Sensors to try and assist Tacit with its blindness.
--[X] Western Detachment
---[X] Continue completing previous tasks.
--[X] Main Force
---[X] Air Force try to intercept Regent, attempt to contact Tacit and assist Everett.
--[X] Tacit sprint after Regent to prep for Reverse Jaegerbombing as fast as your little legs can carry you.
I'm assuming @Fyrstorm that we can't perform the crazy leaping maneuver I have in mind yet because we're too far away?
Smithsguild
The third monkey...
- Location
- Somewhere 'near' Atlanta Ga
If we have a chance blow their shit out of the sky, subdual if possible, however flaming chunks are a satisfactory alternative.
If we have an intact Elysium check it for the hidden bomb that inspires such terror/loyalty.
If we have an intact Elysium check it for the hidden bomb that inspires such terror/loyalty.
Highwind
To Rise From The Ashes
- Location
- Brazil
What? You mean the Interrogation followed by incarceration, followed by leveraging Stockholm Syndrome in the long term to get them to spill any beans they didn't during the interrogation?
Fyr made a mistake and now they're 14 units away, and Jackal also has enhanced reflexes so that's a 1d10+5 on DC 9. Still worth a shot in my opinion.
You also need to add that we want to use her Emergency Overclock perk to that plan, otherwise we're shooting 1d10+3.
Sir Plusse
Overly Vicious Quester
- Location
- Kansas
Hey, you make it sound like we're a bunch of monsters, Fyr. I, for one, would've advocated something along the lines of "supervised mandatory retirement" for Elysium's pilots. Yes, I know, that sounds almost exactly like "house arrest" but... well, I was thinking putting them to work in a less stressful, less sensitive, and most of all less military career after (humane) interrogations. I mean, it's not like they seemed to be really cut out for fighting, and even if they could've gotten better without Jackal's pilots to harass them continuously I doubt anyone would trust them anywhere in the Shatterdome, let alone piloting their Jaeger.
Of course, Jackal's pilots would probably get executed as traitors to humanity, since they seemed to be in charge of this whole stunt, but you gotta expect pilot death when you send Jaegers into combat, right? It's just that most pilots die in their conpods, rather than by firing squad or whatever.
Of course, Jackal's pilots would probably get executed as traitors to humanity, since they seemed to be in charge of this whole stunt, but you gotta expect pilot death when you send Jaegers into combat, right? It's just that most pilots die in their conpods, rather than by firing squad or whatever.
I think it was just that Jackal was bigger, stronger, and piloted by a couple of blatant lunatics. I mean, it's fairly common for someone as meek as Elysium's pilots seemed to be to comply when threatened by the local jock, right?
Smithsguild
The third monkey...
- Location
- Somewhere 'near' Atlanta Ga
When you can fight the Hurricane and win? you're no longer likely to remain meek.
IMHO threat of the big shiney red button of doom is more likely to keep you in line.
[X] Plan REVERSE JAEGERBOMB Part 2! 0.2
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BungieONI
Seven gremlins in a trench coat
- Location
- Lickwidget
- Pronouns
- She/Her
[X] Plan REVERSE JAEGERBOMB Part 2! 0.2
-[X] Neo-Seattle
--[X] Main Airforce deal with rescue operations in SE.
--[X] Transports assist in rescue operations in SE sector.
--[X] Neo-Seattle Jaegers and Support Group
---[X] All Naval units should hold position.
---[X] Banshees head back towards the Jaegers.
---[X] Phenom shield Jagdhund with Barrier.
---[X] Jagdhund fire the IE-10 at Core-Jackal using Emergency Overclock.
--[X] NW Force
---[X] Continue to handle POWs.
-[X] Everett
--[X] Use Comms and Sensors to try and assist Tacit with its blindness.
--[X] Western Detachment
---[X] Continue completing previous tasks.
--[X] Main Force
---[X] Air Force try to intercept Regent.
--[X] Tacit sprint after Regent to prep for Reverse Jaegerbombing as fast as your little legs can carry you.
-[X] Neo-Seattle
--[X] Main Airforce deal with rescue operations in SE.
--[X] Transports assist in rescue operations in SE sector.
--[X] Neo-Seattle Jaegers and Support Group
---[X] All Naval units should hold position.
---[X] Banshees head back towards the Jaegers.
---[X] Phenom shield Jagdhund with Barrier.
---[X] Jagdhund fire the IE-10 at Core-Jackal using Emergency Overclock.
--[X] NW Force
---[X] Continue to handle POWs.
-[X] Everett
--[X] Use Comms and Sensors to try and assist Tacit with its blindness.
--[X] Western Detachment
---[X] Continue completing previous tasks.
--[X] Main Force
---[X] Air Force try to intercept Regent.
--[X] Tacit sprint after Regent to prep for Reverse Jaegerbombing as fast as your little legs can carry you.
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Fyrstorm
Gun Waifu Extraordinaire
- Location
- 'Straya
- Pronouns
- He/Him
That's what research actions are for!
Unless you can spontaneously Charge 31 units, I'm afraid that's gonna be a no.
"Cake is for talkers."
Well yeah, they're the ones I was talking about. If I let you guys capture and execute enemy pilots, how am I supposed to have the recurring antagonists for the Blue Stars' side plot? Think of the plot! I mean, Regent's pilots sure as hell aren't villain material!
Also, the whole pilot death thing? That's exactly the reason why both you and the Blue Stars have some pretty detailed conpod tech. The metal is replaceable-- the meat, a little less so.