Mythril Aces Re(Union): A Rebooted Real Robot RP

Putting Armored Cores and Knightmare Frames together in my mind resulted in This◊ for some reason.

edited 8th May '14 4:08:36 PM by Zautse

I think every idea is a good one, except for the ones that are bad.

That is actually sort of how I pictured the Quick silver except more Metallic coloured.

Though I had this mental image from before 00 and I don't know from where. I'd have to see it again myself.

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Character

• Name: Rebecca "Becky" Quinn
• Callsign/Title: Rocket Girl
• Faction and Rank: Federation and whatever the lowest acceptable rank would be.
• Gender: Female
• Age: 19
• Appearance: Green eyes, long dark pigtails which reach below her waist, she's around five foot two and thin.
• Personality: Impulsive, friendly and an adrenaline junkie. (For reals this time!)
• Backstory: Rebecca grew up on Etxebarri in the Asilo system, where her family relocated after accusations arose that her aunt had been a Centauri spy. They persevered under the weight of suspicion as best they could and while her life was more difficult than it may have otherwise been, Becky maintained an optimistic and positive outlook on life. When she was nine years old and the latest uneasy peace between both factions had begun, a mysterious woman arrived at her home claiming to be Kennedy Quinn, the supposed spy who had disrupted all their lives. Kennedy's tale was long and not terribly relevant to Becky, but definitely very exciting and difficult to write. Kennedy finished her amazing life's story and invited her relatives to join her at an independent colony where they would want for nothing. Becky's family refused and pointedly told Kennedy to leave, that she'd already caused too much trouble, accidental as it may have been, and that they'd already had a difficult OH GOD THIS IS JUST GOING ON AND ON. Rebecca secretly spent time with Kennedy unbeknownst to her family and she became a super good frame pilot.
• How you became a knight/ace: Feeling a sense of duty to "make up" for Kennedy's short tenure as a Federation pilot, Rebecca joined the Federation Armed Forces, using the extensive personal training she'd covertly received to catch the eye of a talent scout and be inducted into the ACES program.

Frame

• Frame Name: Lightning Bug
• Frame Model: Quicksilver
• Weapons Loadout:
  • MARMAR 'Boiler'
  • Qiang swordy thing
• Appearance: The limbs are painted dark orange, the body bright blue. Rebecca has been told this is a terrible idea, but in her mind it looks really neat.

edited 8th May '14 4:54:07 PM by Satinel

I appreciate your dedicated to fleshing out your backstory, Sati. You will do well.

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• Name: Robert Mackenzie.
• Title: Vanguard
• Faction & Rank: Centauri, 6th knight
• Gender: Male
• Age: 20
• Appearance: 6 feet tall with a large build. Tends to wear an easygoing expression with a bit of hardness to it. Has wary blue eyes, with auburn hair of average length and a slight beard. He doesn't tidy his hair much when it is unnecessary.
• Personality: Robert was the fighter in his family and still pretty much is. He used to be more unruly and reckless, but his older brother David managed to calm him down considerably. As a person, he is rather simple, but he is known to be able to keep calm under pressure. Though he gets along fine with most, he tends not to trust them, particularly if they’re nobles. Trust can be slow to build with him, but those who do gain his earnest friendship will have a companion of the utmost loyalty and integrity. He is a very capable duelist both inside and outside of frames, with a good eye for the initiative. He has disliked bullies since his childhood and will often hop to the defense of those who are being picked on. He is rather proud of his beard, though being in the presence of greater beards will ire him somewhat. Above all else, Robert is devoted to his family.
• Backstory: Robert was born the second son of the noble house Mackenzie on New Tyne, a family of six children. In Robert's childhood, house Mackenzie was rather unpopular among other local nobles due to being a marriage between an English and a Scottish house; it was seen as both an upstart in terms of property gains and something of an intrusion in cultural terms. This situation was not much helped by Robert's parents dying in a car accident. With all the adults of house Mackenzie having died in the war, it was only the children that were left. To ensure the stability of the house, the eldest child David consented to have house Mackenzie adopted by house Vernon, allowing them to remain legally autonomous and relatively safe, but effectively rendered a vassal to Vernon. Shunned by most noble houses on New Tyne and sensing ambition about them, the children could only rely on each other and grew up close to one another. As they came of age, each of them contributed to the house's well-being in their own way. David, being the eldest, handled the aristocratic politics surrounding them. Aileen was arranged to be married off to house Vernon in order to cement their relations. Glenn studied for higher education in order to become a statesman, while Lindsey and Logan just kept working on growing up. Robert, having little else to offer besides dueling skill opted to train as a squire and become a Knight, to win honor and influence for his family.
• How Robert became a Knight: Trained as a Squire and passed to become a Knight. Robert enjoyed early success in his military career, being sponsored by House Vernon and noted for his valour and skill in combat. With this, he was recently promoted to a 6th.

Frame

• Frame Name: Claymore
• Frame Model: Clarent
• Weapons Loadout:
  • KND-R 'Kinder' BAR
  • WR-05 'Estoc'
• Appearance: Colored steel and navy blue. Not much else to say.

edited 27th May '14 5:51:52 PM by SonofMelonHead

"And then the dead man of the dead did dead things to all the dead people."-Two Best Friends Play Dark Souls

Oh jegus someone chose the Marmar. YOU BROUGHT IT ON YOURSEEELF

But you're approved, Sat! Just try not to get in your own way if PVP stuff ever happpens, y'know?

Child of Cantaloupe Face, you are approved as well.

Can't rabbit and I just go for each other's alts every time? :P

Re-purposed for the third time, hopefully with more to do this time. And remember, as always, speed is armor:

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• Name: Christine Hepner
• Callsign/Title: "Wolf Pup"
• Faction and Rank: Federation; 2nd Lieutenant
• Gender: Female
• Age: 23
• Appearance: With short hair, and a bit older. It gets in the way of the helmet. Christine is noticeably below average height.
• Personality: Christine is a proud person with a bit of a severe streak. She's not one to take or give an quarter in a confrontation. She has no qualms about speaking her mind to her peers, though will defer to authority as a good soldier should, even if they don't like what is going on.
• Backstory: Christine live almost her entire childhood on orbital stations and orbital space colonies in Angelpunkt, and very much identifies as a "spacer," and has a bit of a distaste for (natural) gravity. During her time in an high-school she became involved in a amateur-frame piloting competition, she developed an affinity for (stupidly) high speed frames. She applied to the academy after graduating, and eventually was asked to work with an engineering team to assist in the testing/development of a new high-speed assault frame.
• How you became a knight/ace: Christine was recommended to apply to the ACES after defending the RD facility against a (suspected to be) Centauri raid. She kept the Frame she was testing at the time, even though she was officially removed from the project once she started ACES training and duties.

Frame:

• Frame Name:
• Frame Model: Quicksilver-fb "Flying Fox"
• Notes : A testbed for the engines on a new model variable form Federation Frame, inspired by repeated contact a with a Centauri transforming spitfire. The new model rocket motors put a serious strain on the aging Quicksilver powerplant, preventing it from using energy weapons of any kind, but providing superior mobility (It's first and second AP spent on moving during given round provide a delta-V of 2 instead of 1). Many of the slots for extra munitions/auxiliary equipment are also removed (half normal capacity).
• Weapons Loadout:
  • 1x: LAM-2 Storm or LFR-B 'Little Brother'
  • 1x: Chanzhang
• Appearance: Painted in dark blue, with red optics. The "fox" come enhanced sensor suite with an increased sampling frequency, designed for better targeting at high speed, which looks like extra "ears."

edited 8th May '14 5:58:52 PM by zzzdragon

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Is this with its Dodge Boost ability or without? I am going to assume without - otherwise, you're not getting in at all. It's fairly similar to the Spitfire's ability as well, except it can do it twice per turn - the Spitfire gets melee bonuses, mind. It's not bad, but... Hmm.

Alright - I'll accept you, but if that six-momentum-per-turn thing is too overpowered, I won't hesitate to strap a lead brick on your frame and slow you back down a bit. Got it?

edited 8th May '14 6:17:22 PM by Hydrall

• Name: Oliver Xing
• Callsign/Title: Tachyon
• Faction and Rank: Federation, Lieutenant
• Gender: Male
• Age: 21
• Appearance: Oliver stands at 6 feet, and has a muscular, if a little slender, build. His jet black hair and dark eyes show his Asian descent. At the same time, his fair skin color as well as his accent reveal the English in his family.
• Personality: Lazy, egotistical, yet strangely charismatic at times, Oliver's goal in the military essentially amounts to getting as high up the ladder as possible doing as little as possible. Generally has a small opinion of the military, but he had a very good reason to join. And while he may complain about it from time to time, he secretly enjoys piloting the frames, but he'll never admit that. He's good with words and has a habit of breaking into speeches.
• Backstory: Born and raised on Zhi Nü, his father was Chinese and his mother was English. His father, Jin Xing, was the wealthy CEO of a large weapons manufacturing company known as Starlight Industries. From a young age, Oliver was pressured to succeed the company, and suffered much abuse in his father's attempts to mold him into a fitting successor. However, Oliver was able to find solace in the arms of his mother, Catherine Xing. While his mother showered him with affection, his father beat him down with insults. This made him come to resent his father. What also didn't help was the fact that his school life was also filled with misery. As a victim of bullying, it seemed Oliver just could not catch a break. Growing up with nobody on his side but his mother, Oliver developed a self-serving attitude. When he finally became old enough, he enlisted for the Aerospace Corps right away, if for no other reason than to give a gigantic middle finger to his father. Throughout his service, he only had one confirmed kill. However, he had something else going for him; an impressive track record of completed missions. While his ability to work with others left a little to be desired, his superiors recommended Oliver for the Aces with a little bit of convincing.
• How you became a knight/ace: "My ego isn't the problem here, sir. The Federation needs Aces. Aces who can get the job done, no matter the cost, and that's exactly what I have been doing. Liking each other doesn't complete missions, skill does, and I believe I have managed to display that. If I wanted to get along with others, I would have picked a job as a teacher. But that's not what I'm looking for, sir. What I'm looking for is a war to fight, and what the Federation is looking for are Aces to fight it."

• Frame Name: Mizael
• Frame Model: Quicksilver
• Weapons Loadout:
  • Qiang
  • Chanzhang
  • Grenade x5
  • Repair Kit x6
  • System Restore Kit x2
• Appearance: Colored black with glowing red and purple highlights reaching up its arms and neck. Both shoulder areas are outfitted with small emblems with matching color schemes.

edited 8th May '14 7:13:29 PM by TehStanman

"Why does everything have to loop back to YGO?" -Guy who ruined YGO

@ Hydrall, what if we dropped endurance and damaged dealt by 20% due to low armor and available power for weapons?

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Then you would be useless! No, keep it as it is for now.

Jesus christ, we have a lotta Feds... Oliver, you're accepted, but I'm probably gonna close fed signups sooner or later. I know we have at least one or two more reserved...

I am going to die.

Don't die Hydrall, we need you!

Who's gonna do all the work for us?!

"And then the dead man of the dead did dead things to all the dead people."-Two Best Friends Play Dark Souls

@Melon Head the Second: A Musingly enough, "Vanguard" was the callsign of Fed pilot who was killed in Mythril Aces: Aeris Gaiden by a Centauri Uno Knight.

Your legacy shall drift away, blown into eternity, like the sands of the desert.

Really?

What happened?

edited 8th May '14 9:26:36 PM by SonofMelonHead

"And then the dead man of the dead did dead things to all the dead people."-Two Best Friends Play Dark Souls

Honestly, nobody knows.

It happened like two feet in front of my character, and I don't even remember it.

I am become Death, Destroyer of Miniputts.

Everybody knows but you Rena.

She was part of the Sharks squad and our Regiment got blindsided while we were moving through the wilderness to another base by an Uno Knight and it's two wingmen and the Uno Knight just sort of one shot her while everyone ran.

Your legacy shall drift away, blown into eternity, like the sands of the desert.

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13041212910A30014400&page=22

This is where it happens, the page before is where the battle starts.

Your legacy shall drift away, blown into eternity, like the sands of the desert.

• Name:Maria Blackfield(Subject 005)
• Callsign/Title:Orchid
• Faction and Rank: 7th Centauri Knight
• Gender:Female
• Age: 20
• Appearance:Giant canon not included.
• Personality: Maria is very cool headed, and is reluctant to show her emotions to those she isn't close to, however she is very polite to everyone she meets, almost disturbingly so. She doesn't know very much about normal society, which often leaves her surprised or lost when something she doesn't expect happens. Despite this though, Maria loves the Commonwealth, and would do almost anything for its protection. Besides The Commonwealth there are two things she holds close to her heart: flowers, and comic books. She loves to fill her room with flowers, her favorites being ones from the Orchid family. When she's not gathering floral arrangements she can be found with her nose deep in the latest issue of Night Owl and Batboy.
• Background:Before she was even conceived the Blackfield family had given her to science. The goal was to create a human that was optimized for life in a low to zero gravity environment. From childhood she underwent many tests and training, rarely ever getting to leave the facility. She often would succumb to anxiety mostly out fear for her own life. For those subjects that failed were executed, and cremated, their existence erased completely. She found comfort, though, in one Dr. Whittoct, the researcher spearheading her particular project. As a friend of the Blackfeilds Whittoct grew attached to Maria, and would often promise her that he wouldn't let the same fate befall her. Maria did indeed fail and faced erasure, but thanks to Whittoct's protection, she was not given up on eventually became one of the few successes. She shows acute spacial awareness and orientation when in a zero gravity environment, however this means that she has low stamina when it comes to being on a planet's surface. The good doctor did even more for Maria than just protecting her, he guided her, and acted as a father figure for her. He was brimming with patriotism, which bled over into her. Whittoct also introduced her to two his hobbies, collecting comics and and tending flowers. They both proved effective getaways from the stress of the experiments. The scent of the flowers was comforting, and the stories in the comic books were engrossing and produced a childlike glee in her. However the day soon came, that the Centauri Military took note of the project, and would select subjects to be trained for Military use. Maria was one of them.
• How she became a Knight:Maria's physical skills were not impressive compared to normal person, though it was mitigated slightly by strength training. However her real value came out in her ability to easily navigate a Zero-G area without any kind of assistance. This proved valuable for space missions. She was also very compliant, following orders to the letter without any qualms or complaints. All this combined, made her superiors want her in the Knights, and award her the rank of 7th.

• Frame Name: Aerides
• Frame Model:Clarent
• Weapons Loadout:
  • JAM-150 Ionized Laser Rifle
  • WR-05 Estoc
• Appearance: Aerides has painted a deep blue, with the smaller plates painted white with a purple gradient. On the left shoulder is the symbol of the Centauri Commonwealth, and on the right is a stylized shape of an orchid blossom.◊

edited 9th May '14 11:35:59 AM by Azure

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@Rider: Actually, they were Trios and 4ths, if I recall. The standards were different back then however and by current rules they would likely be Unes/Unos. In the original RP, even 7th Knighthood required 5 kills. 4th and Trios needed crazy numbers, like 50+. An Uno present would have ended in a DBZ style fight against some hotshot Ace for the fate of Aeris.

• Name: Fergus Mac Morna
• Callsign/Title: Red Branch
• Faction and Rank: Centauri, Trio Major
• Gender: Male
• Age: 35
• Appearance: A relatively scruffy appearance, Fergus wears his hair down to his shoulders and occaisionally is seen with a bit of stuble. Average height and build, though a he is gaining a touch of weight, he has blue eyes which soften an otherwise relatively boxy face. He cleans up relatively well, but he puts little effort into grooming and as a result looks somewhere between rough enough that you don't want to get into a fight with him and washed out.
• Personality: He's a calm guy with a good clear head on his shoulders but he often hides this with his preference towards idleness and minimizing his work. When the chips are on the table, he's able to pull himself together for the task at hand. Though especially at these times he is known to take a Quick Nip when he suspects he won't be noticed. Most other times, he prefers to avoid work and commotion which is often done by looking either too incompetant to do it or otherwise using rank and seniority to avoid it.
• Background: Fergus was a different person 15 years ago, but Midgar has a way of changing people. Born to a wealthy family with a minor estate on Domhan Na nGael or "An gCloch Sean" as he calls it, Fergus was intelligent and showed an aptitude for strategy. As a means of avoiding the comfortable but very humble future which lay for him on Dowanael, he opted to join the military at first opportunity. Shortly after, he was stationed on Midgar. There, he found himself surrounded by warcriminals, traitors and generally awful people each of whom were plotting to stab eachother in the back. He held himself together and managed to rise in leadership over a squad, which [along with a couple others] he kept out of the great mess that eventually ensued. In recognition for his effort and successfuly counter-mutiny, he would eventually be awared the rank of Trio. However things had changed; little remained for him at his estate as marital trouble and an ambitious sibling had seen most of the estate gone to poor investments, lawyers and drink. He had friends in the army but over what was left of the campaign, he watched many disappear slowly. Out of the chaos that ensued, he kept to the army out of a sense of duty to those close but turned to the bottle as a means of comfort which slowed any further promotion. Now, his remaining friends largely rank above him and while both his record and his shows of competance when the chips are down keep him from demotion or discharge, he has largely stagnated where he is. He's content enough with this though he avoids discussing much about his past.
• How she became a Knight: Fergus was an immediate candidate for knighthood due to his background of Nobility.

• Frame Name: Shroud
• Frame Model:Hive
• Weapons Loadout:
  • UWL 'Farseer'
  • Shield Projector
• Appearance: Dark grey with white highlights and a Red hand on its shoulder, the Shroud has sloping pads prevent major damage to the systems in the arms and legs, with a slick design in the head. The body itself has a rather thick layer of armour, though no more than comes with the standard Hive.

edited 9th May '14 12:43:33 AM by Fauxlosophe

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Azure: We'll talk about the backstory, but the general idea is approved.

Faux: No Katyushas this time. Approved.

(Please be assured that your characters aren't obligated to know this guy's backstory or anything. I wouldn't have bothered to go into so much detail, except that I intend for it to be public knowledge in-universe, even if the memory of that knowledge has faded over the intervening years.)

Character

• Name: Duke Valentine G. Goldschmidt
• Callsign/Title: Tyrian Midas
• Faction and Rank: Centauri Lieutenant - Trio Knight
• Gender: Male
• Age: 25
• Appearance: 180 cm tall, gold eyes and fair skin with short, spiky, auburn hair parted to the side. Usually makes sure to have the motif of a golden wing outline - the family crest - added somewhere on all his clothing, even uniforms.
• Personality: A generally cheerful, good-humored, and happy-go-lucky type who's more than free with his vast fortune and more than just a little proud of it, Valentine is still smart and cautious enough in money matters to wisely invest and maintain his wealth. Though he sometimes covers it with the excuse of "noblesse oblige", he is absolutely dedicated to making sure none of his comrades die in battle, and will dauntlessly risk his life to make sure it's so. Nevertheless, he harbors certain... shall we say, deficits of character, apart from his indelible love of money. The first is his stubborn challenging of and tendency to rebel against most forms of authority outside of himself, save for orders which he agrees with - the reality of being as rich as he is also often leads him to feel that he is above the law and can do whatever he pleases within certain obvious limits. The second troublesome trait is that, in spite of his willingness to forgive minor infractions, he is an extraordinarily vengeful individual who holds very long grudges and usually exacts largely disproportionate retribution upon even the weakest of his enemies. Print or speak some off-color insults or pocket some of his cash? Well, that's alright, since it proves you're just an uncultured plebeian in comparison and it's to be expected. Attempt to seriously besmirch his name or that of a friend? Be prepared to have your life destroyed and the act made to look like an accident, no matter how elaborate or drawn out a plan may be required.

• Backstory: Valentine grew up on Eden as one of many scions of the famous and powerful Goldschmidt family of nobles, which rules over the Duchy of Östererzogtum (Capital: Neulinzs) on the same. Although it had later expanded to hold many other enterprises - such as the Celestial Tribune, one of the Commonwealth's largest news-providers and media conglomerates - rumor has it that the family's patriarch had made his initial fortune smuggling out and effectively stealing for himself some enormous store of precious minerals from a Federation planet during the long period of hot war, though nothing has ever been proven. His grandfather was the family's head, and his father was the third in line to inherit the family fortune, so he was relatively low on the pecking order, but it was hardly as if he was poor. Valentine lived a fairly average upper-middle class life typical of more minor nobility like himself, and even got along well with the rest of the extended family, though those directly in line to be family head quarreled often. Everything went to hell, however, when the patriarch was discovered dead during an annual family meeting seven years ago at the clan's isolated asteroid estate. With unforeseen circumstances trapping them at the estate and the suspected unnatural death of the family head, the rush to lay claim to the fortune spiraled into a nightmarish carnival of suspicion, intrigue, and death that ended with the entire estate exploding into little bits of space-rock, a murder-spree of which Valentine is the only known survivor. Subsequently, he inherited the entirety of the Goldschmidts' wealth and assets, as well as the title of Duke Goldschmidt.
  
  Naturally, this highly unusual circumstance drew a spectacular level of media attention to him and raised more than a few eyebrows, but an official investigation whose results were only scantly made public ultimately concluded that he had no role in the slaughter. Speculation continues to abound in some quarters, but in the end, only Valentine knows for sure what he saw during those days, and he's made very clear through numerous denials of interviews that he has no interest in sharing. The ravenous news cycle moved on eventually, however, and upon being left entirely to his own devices, the young Duke briefly indulged in an approximately two-year period of intense hedonism, holding extravagant banquets and parties of all stripes every week before completely burning out and shutting himself away from the rest of the universe. Casting about for something to do that would give his life more meaning in this dark period, he settled almost within the month upon drafting himself into the Centauri military...

• How you became a Knight: Although he was automatically eligible due to his noble status, Valentine didn't actually settle on pursuing Knighthood over any other branch of service until he discovered that he possessed a natural talent for piloting, an instinct he seems to have inherited from his late grandfather, who had also been a skilled frame pilot. Over the ensuing five years, he's thrown himself into the work and taken part in numerous raids on pirates as well as a few small skirmishes with Federation forces, averaging two kills per year. As it turns out, it's pretty easy to kill someone when you can sneak up behind them while stealthed and fry their cockpit with a plasma sword. Combined with his near-suicidal drive to brave heavy odds for the sake of making sure none of his teammates are left behind, this led to his promotion to Trio. Although a high-degree Knight, he has no interest in rising higher within the formal chain of command, dismissing that possibility as "way too much work".

Frame

• Frame Name: Sigrdrífa
• Frame Model: Stalker
• Weapons Loadout:
  • WR-04 Plasma Saber
  • Parma
• Appearance: A bright red Stalker frame, with a pair of gold wing outlines painted on its back.

edited 3rd Jun '14 2:53:20 PM by darksidevoid

GM of AGOG S4: Frontiers RP; Sub-GM of TABA, SOTR, & UUA RPs

Name: Charlotte van Owen
Callsign: "Circus"
Faction and Rank: Lieutenant, Federation
Gender: Female
Age: 31
Appearance: Short and somewhat plump, ponytailed auburn hair (often covered with a polka-dotted handkerchief—thank you Flanker), grey eyes.

Personality: Charlotte's normally shyly quiet, strait-laced, and sweet-natured, an experienced bush pilot and a responsible adult teaching younger pilots how to fly (she's a lot more assertive then), with a sweet tooth and a soft spot for struggling pilots, a different kind of intense quiet when "in the zone" as so many pilots are—normally. However, there are the occasional stories about her going around with a curiously intent look, humming "When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again", muttering about "Communist fluoridation" and "denying them my life essence", carrying a golf bag, and all while being oddly fascinated with electronics communication and encryption gear. (She usually snaps out of it when reminded that said gear cannot actually launch nuclear weapons, so go the stories. She's also quite reticent about what's in the golf bag, although a wooden handle's been seen peeking out.) Luckily, such episodes are apparently quite rare, and the psych tests do come back clean. Just don't ask what the metal file is for.

Backstory: Charlotte's career in aviation began on Zhi Nu, flying short-haul cargo planes and personal VSTOL birds as a private pilot, until a corporate conflict involved her. Her contract with a corporation extended into nearly full-time service, beginning with routine cargo-hauling and the odd less-than-legal run (which she found exhilarating). She soon found her specialty in nighttime flights, especially as the corporate dispute turned into a shadow war.

The turning point of the dispute came when her mission was to perform a low-altitude "industrial sabotage action", against a newly-identified field of aircraft belonging to a PMC working for the opposite corporation; it was to be carried out on New Years' Eve where the fireworks would cover the noise. The strike was successful, but not all the warbirds were caught on the ground, and the next two hours were the most terrifying in Charlotte's life as she ducked into terrain features, building gaps, and especially clouds of bursting fireworks to evade the furious attention of two much faster and heavily-armed aircraft against her own unarmed craft. She eventually managed to shake them off and nurse her own aircraft home with forty-six holes in the airframe, the portside landing gear sheared off, and a remarkably small degree of property damage in her wake (except for her targets, which burned for six hours before they got the blaze under control).

Ace Service: That feat of flying, and the amateur videos of her unmarked aircraft twisting and diving through exploding fireworks, subsequently earned the nickname of "the Flying Circus", whence she acquired her callsign. The blaze of publicity put a damper on the corporate war, and Charlotte did well enough out of it to earn some official patronage, and the attention of one of her drinking buddies, an Ace officer, who got her a position in the Frames following some unspecified skill demonstrations. She accepted, and for the last five years has been training on spaceflight as opposed to atmospheric aviation.

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Frame nickname: none, not attached enough to it to nickname it, yet
Frame model: Shark
Frame armament: light railgun MLW4, jammer, lots of flares and Prism Clouds.
Frame appearance: a standard Shark in night-black camouflage, as per usual. Only custom is a pilot roundel—a silhouette of a red circus tent.

edited 11th May '14 4:38:30 PM by SabresEdge

Charlie Stross's cheerful, optimistic predictions for 2017, part one of three.

Darksidevoid: All alright, though that backstory's more morbid than I thought it'd be. Now, a 25 year old trio knight's a bit... Young? I dunno, early thirties might be better. It's not like people stop existing when they get over 26 years old, people. That said, your Frame... Light specialists can't dual-wield blades. You're needlessly leaving yourself with no options here. You can carry two swords if you want (you can be disarmed, after all) but there's no particular benefit other than having a sword in reserve.

Sabre: Hm.

Well, first off: The Jammer takes up a weapon slot. MLW 4, Jammer, or Katat: Choose any two.

But for the rest of it... We'll talk in skype about it, hard to get a conversation going here. For the moment, though, you aren't accepted.