Gundam ZX-99 Roleplay Interest Check

In the far future, when mankind has expanded and settled into the cosmos around it, creating space colonies in order to house an expanding population, the mobile suit has become emblematic of the age.

While there has not been a mobile suit war since the Gallis Conflict of Ten Years Ago, in which the rebel colonies of the Zeftes Coalition declares their independence and at the same time, their ambition to seize space from the governments of the Earth Federation.

The fame of the mobile suit type that "won the war", the "Gundam", is running high.

The Space Colonies have since the war regrouped into two distinct groups based on loyalties and allegiance to the Zeftes group. The Pallaean Federation is closer to the Earth Federation, and is composed of ten space colonies, and has a base on Mars. The Pallaean Federation is a strictly economically based Oligarchy, with the Ten Oligarchs controlling the society, and mandating policy. They are known as "The Aristocrats of Space".

Further out is the Kingdom of Jupitris, composed of twelve space colonies and a base on Jupiter's moon Io. While they are mostly uninvolved in politics between the Earth and the Pallaean Federation, the Jupitris' monarchs subscribe to the Zeftes philosophy and believe in a "Spacenoid Future". They base their government on a Meritocracy at its core, where those with the highest abilities are chosen for higher positions.

Amidst this, the "Newtype", a kind of individual with abilities beyond the norm, is in high demand. It is not at all uncommon for a colony to have a Cyber-Newtype Station, and to try to create these rare soldiers themselves. But as usual, Cyber-Newtypes are usually volatile, and usually not looked upon fondly.

Between these two powers - which often find themselves in mostly nonviolent opposition in certain matters - are two contested Space Colonies, which is where our story begins, on the Space Colony of Alta-Axis, where a young group of pilots at the Alta-Axis Mobile Suit Pilot Academy is getting ready for the most anticipated test of their young tenures as students; the Practice Sortie.

Hence, here we begin, as students at the Alta-Axis Academy. Alta-Axis, despite the name, is a mostly independent colony existing between the two spacial powers. It has been contested for a long time, the King of Jupitris says his family helped found it, while the Oligarchs of Pallaea say they funded its creation.

The test, being that old mobile suits are going to be deployed, and your characters must use the model of their choice currently in development, and prove their abilities.

Currently developed models on Alta-Axis

• Name: Diamand
• Model Number: AE-221
• Appearance: A very Zeonic looking machine, this machine has large, spherical shoulder guards, a gas mask like facial structure, and a triangular chest guard. Its legs end in feet with a cylinder obvious near the back, at the heel. This machine's arm guards are like gauntlets of an old knight, and are armed at two places at the forearm with small shields. It has a "backpack" armed at the back with four cylinders sticking out from the top. The color scheme is blue and black.
• Weapons:
  • Each of the cylinders on the backpack are beam sabers, though the blade is markedly a bit short.
  • This machine is armed with a "beam tomahawk", which is made to cut into tough armor.
  • Each of these machines comes with a "beam pistol", which fires a slightly weak blast, but with the ability of rapid fire.
  • This machine also carries four "Burst Grenades", powerful grenades capable of shredding armor on a direct hit, and launching shrapnel.
• Customization: (if you decide to stick with one machine, you can upgrade and customize it into an Ace Custom)
• Other: The two shields on the arms were made to repulse light beam fire.

• Name: Arma-GENA
• AEG-221
• Appearance: Based more on the popular design of the Gundam, the Arma-GENA is a more humanoid design, with the classic Gundam head appearance of an antenna and two eyes, with this one having a silver "mouth guard". Its shoulder guards seem themed on a "beak", and point down. The machine as a whole is compactly armored, prioritizing speed and power. Its arms have a pair of guards at the wrist. This machine has a skirt armor comprising four triangular pieces with two cylinders at the sides. This machine carries a long shield, and has a color scheme of white and green.
• Weapons:
  • 2x Beam Saber, held at the waist. A long saber suited for close range combat.
  • 1x Beam Rifle: A long barreled rifle held in one hand. It has a strong shot, but it takes a while to recharge.
  • 1x Shield-Launcher: In addition to functioning as a shield, the Arma-GENA's shield launches missiles that lock on to registered foes. The center of the shield opens up to use this function.
  • Head-Mounted Vulcan Guns: machine guns mounted on the head, at the sides of the head.
• Customization:
• Other: The shield is a resilient defensive option, and can be used offensively in some ways.

• Name: Deraga
• AE-222
• Appearance: Even appearance-wise, this machine looks difficult, but awesome. It has a tear drop shaped head, four visor-like spaces on the head in a square shaped array, a mono-eye in each one. It has rectangular shoulder guards that first extend out to the sides, and then a second pair of shoulder guards extend backward at an angle, ending in a spherical design There are numerous smaller spheres on the back facing guards with visible mounted beam guns. The arms are lightly armed at the top, but on the lower arm, the armor is stronger and protrudes backward. The hands are rather like talons of some sort. The main body armor has two upward facing "blades" from the front that go to either side of the head, and is quite powerfully made. The skirt armor is multiple piece, and is composed of octagon shaped guards that extend to the middle of the top of the leg. The legs are bulky looking, with two thrusters on the back of them.
• Weapons:
  • 10x Funnel: Each of the back-facing shoulder guards holds five funnels armed with a beam gun. These, however, cannot travel very far from the main mobile suit, and are very difficult to use.
  • 2x Palm Mounted Beam Gun: Each palm is armed with a beam gun. Not as strong as a beam rifle, but capable of firing more often.
  • 1x Beam Saber: held at the left portion of the skirt armor. Long blade type
• Customization:
• Other: The chest armor can activate a weak I-Field for twenty seconds. While it can repulse weak beam fire, beam rifle shots will tear right through. The recharge time is ten minutes. This machine was intended for powerful Newtypes and Cyber-Newtypes, but even for them its not easy to use.

• Note: There will be opportunities to Gundamjack both the conventional Super Prototype Gundams, as well as other "Ace" machines.

• Sign Up Sheet:
• Name:
• Gender:
• Age:
• Appearance:
• Type: (Newtype / Cyber-Newtype / Oldtype)
• Personality:
• Bio:
• Other:

edited 21st Oct '13 1:07:53 PM by NickTheSwing

Oooh. Looks cool. Sad it hasn't got much attention, I'll post my character later.

Yeah, thanks for the interest. I am going to post my character and hopefully kindle an interest in it.

• Name: Trey Alamis
• Gender: Male
• Age: 13
• Appearance: Trey is a rather effeminate looking young boy, easily able to be mistaken for one of the "Cyber-Newtype girls". He has somewhat long blond hair, going to his shoulders, and some bangs that he has to clear from his face before he can really pilot. He has bright blue eyes, a rather pale complexion, and a slight, wiry frame. He wears a black jacket with red trim and a black shirt underneath, black dress pants and boots, essentially a junior version of the soldier's uniform.
• Type: Cyber-Newtype
• Personality: At first, he seems to be one of the few Cyber-Newtypes who is not violently insane. He seems sweet, continuously nice, and devoted to an idea of the right thing to do. He feels his age and classification makes him seem like an outcast, mainly due to the perception of Cyber-Newtypes as insane battle-crazed pilots. While he does get quite more serious in the cockpit, he seems Naive But Skilled. A bit of a mobile suit nerd, Trey has definitely been looking forward to this for a very long time. He does have a minor Berserk Button in that he doesn't like it when people mistake him for a girl.
• Bio: Trey was born to a mother who didn't want him, due to her "profession", and he was left up to adoption. Of course, he was adopted by the wealthy scientist Dr. Alamis, who put him through the Cyber-Newtype treatments as soon as safely possible, and he was then adopted by the very same doctor. Dr. Alamis is a bit of a doting father, and for someone who creates supersoldiers and designs mobile suits, Trey feels his father is "a great big weirdo." For his part, Alamis has tried to make sure that Trey had as good a home life as possible, even though Alamis' wife left him years ago.
• Other:——

• Name: Sevan Edevane
• Gender: Male
• Age: 16
• Appearance: Sevan's appearance tends to match his personality- odd, yet somewhat endearing. He has very messy silvery-white hair, blue eyes, and fair skin. He's slim, and wears a dark green jacket over the standard uniform.
• Type: Newtype
• Personality: Sevan's a bit of an oddball, to put it bluntly. He's shy, easily flustered, and easily overexcited. But he knows mobile suits, video games and like the back of his hand. In a suit, he displays impeccable focus, letting nothing distract him from the battlefield. It wouldn't be a lie to say Sevan's an entirely different person when he's in a mobile suit.
• Bio: Sevan's parents were killed in the Gallis Conflict, though Sevan's already forgotten what their faces looked like. He was enrolled at the academy at a young age, and to him the academy is his home.
• Other: ——

edited 11th Nov '13 5:04:02 AM by fearjunkie

Finished the application.

I'm interested. I kind of want a Gundam that has Mecha Expansion Packs like the Strike/Impluse.

Will put character stuff later.

edited 11th Jan '14 12:40:31 PM by HeirophantsFool

That is very possible.

Accepted.

Name: Wen Biao

Gender: Male

Age: 17

Appearance: A dark haired, hazel eyed and pale skinned youth. Biao is quite the Bishonen. He wears a jacket which it's main color is black and the strip that goes down from the shoulders which is red, His pants are dark blue denim jeans. He wears grey and white sneakers.

Type: Newtype.

Personality: Is a stoic lad who really doesn't like being put on a pedestal due to his Newtype powers. He seems to dislike funnels due to the fact he can't directly control them. Biao's pretty quiet when he's with people but he seems friendly enough. When he's with superiors, Biao will try to be professional. And DO NOT talk about the Feddies in a positive light. Just don't.

Bio: A war orphan who had the 'honor' of seeing his parents die right in front of him due to some corrupt Federation forces invading his Zeftes allied colony. He did go to the academy for military training but when he finished his training the war was over. Upon hearing of Alta-Axis, he initally dismissed it as a complete waste of time. However, due to his foster parents signing him on anyways he had no choice but to go.

Other: Is a homosexual. He will be piloting the Diamand.

edited 12th Jan '14 3:01:09 PM by HeirophantsFool

Finished.

Sorry for the lag in response. But you are accepted.

Are we going to start soon? Or do you want to wait until we get more people?

edited 3rd Feb '14 5:04:28 PM by HeirophantsFool

Hm, I am thinking we could start soon. Everybody who posted ready?

Ready.

Well I got things started. Just remember, anybody else looking in here, sign ups are never closed.

Pardon me if I sound a bit hypocritical, but there's no Non-Newtype/Cyber-Newtype characters... >_>

In the words of Syndrome: "[And] when everyone's super, no one will be."

There will be a very major character who is an Old-Type.