Line #50 Roleplay/UNMDFirstContact


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3	->''Space colonisation is a great idea, all things considered. Humanity will be able to survive even if Earth is destroyed, exploration will lead to new discoveries, and a whole host of other bonuses. However, space is a pretty hard thing to travel through; radiation and distance really screw it up.\
4	So, in the year 2025, when some bright spark discovered a way to create interdimensional wormholes, people were very excited. Why bother flying millions of miles when there are thousands of worlds just around the dimensional corner?\
5	Eventually, in 2030, explorers discovered what they thought was a pristine, alien planet, ripe for colonisation and filled with exotic resources. Several governments and organisation sent through colonists, hoping to secure themselves a piece of the pie. However, this new world was not uninhabited as thought. An alien civilisation lived there, one that didn't take too kindly to a bunch of freeloaders stealing all of their shit. They quickly took over one of the portals, located in Russia, with the assistance of large mechanical combat suits and massive biological weapons that quickly earned the nicknames 'Mecha' and 'Kaiju', after the first overtly offensive pair took a romp-a-stomp through Japan.\
6	Fortunately for humanity, the portal in Russia is heavily damaged, and the aliens did not develop interdimensional travel, leaving them with a single weak lifeline back to their home dimension. However, the facility is heavily guarded by weapons and fortifications often beyond human comprehension. However, some mecha and materials were salvaged from earlier conflicts, leading to the discovery and creation of titanium-70, advanced fusion reactors, and humanities' very own mechanised combat suits.\
7	That is where you step in, the pilots, as part of the recently formed UNMD (United Nations Mechanised Division), in control of your own mech. Your ultimate task is to push through the titanic Russian Defensive Line, and destroy the portal, ending the stream of invaders once and for all...\
8	But for now, you just need to hold the line.''
9	-->--'''The OOC thread's intro.'''
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11	''[[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=144192.0 United Nations Mechanised Division- First Contact]]'' is yet another Roleplay/{{Bay 12 Play By Post Game\|s}} hosted by [=smurfingtonthethird=], GM for ''Roleplay/RiseOfTheMagicGirls'' and ''Roleplay/NewDawnAcademy''.
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13	However, this time, his game has nothing to do with magic, instead taking place in a world TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture which attempted to colonise space through wormholes, getting invaded themselves by {{kaiju}} and alien HumongousMecha. The eponymous protagonists- the player characters- jobs are to keep them from destroying the earth and if possible, destroy the wormhole.
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15	It started in September of 2014 and fizzled out two months later.
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17	!!''UNMD- First Contact'' contains the following tropes:
18	* AcePilot: The protagonists, obviously, but Kara, Trevor, Justin, Luzia and Ao stand out:
19	** Kara was chosen due to having piloted several of the prototype mecha before.
20	** Luzia was chosen due to being an excellent pilot despite being a nurse before the events of the game.
21	** Justin, Trevor and Ao have all survived direct combat with the Kaiju, and Justin was a genuine jet pilot before he was in the UNMD.
22	%%* ActionSurvivor: Trevor- he survived the sinking of the battleship he was deployed on in the Navy.
23	%%* AnimalMotifs: Butterflies for Ao, wolves for Maria.
24	%%* {{Bifauxnen}}: Sam and Lethe.
25	%%* {{BFG}}: Basically, anything that ISN'T named 'Exalt' or 'ASR-066' will be primarily equipped with these, and the 'Exalt' even has this as its secondary armaments. The Thor, ADAMANT and Lone Wolf use these mostly, as well as the [[MacrossMissileMassacre Rabid Wolf]].
26	%%* {{BFS}}: The Exalt and ASR use them as their primary armaments.
27	* BlueBlood: Luzia and Trevor come from a landed German family and a rich American family respectively.
28	%%* CoolMask: Ao wears one.
29	%%* TheDreaded: The ASR-066 is this for the villains, and the Kaiju are this for the protagonists.
30	* {{Expy}}:
31	** Ao is very heavily influenced by [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Lucina]]- he consistently wears butterfly masks with a blue theme, his introduction is similar, appearing out of nowhere to kill kaiju, his ridiculous skill with a sword is touched on, he's heavily hinted to be a SweetPollyOliver and his mech's armaments even include an AbsurdlySharpBlade called the 'Falchion'. His mecha is even a LadyOfWar-like mech called the 'Exalt' with a circlet on top- and to top it off? Most of his philosophy is ScrewDestiny.
32	** Maria is [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Sniper Wolf]], and her mecha is Crying Wolf's suit.
33	** Luzia has obvious influences from [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Kusuha Mizuha]], such as her original dream of becoming a doctor, her cheerful and friendly personality, and working as a nurse before her piloting talents are finally recognized. As well as her sizeable bust. Her callsign, 'Blue Dragoon' is even a reference Kusuha's signature mech, Ryukoou.
34	%%* FantasyForbiddingFather: Trevor's.
35	* FunWithAcronyms:
36	** The ASR, Luzia's mech, stands for 'Awesome Super Robot'.
37	** The Exalt's designation, FE-013, could be interpreted as ''Fire Emblem'' 13, the game that Ao's inspiration came from.
38	%%* {{Homage}}: The setting is presumably one to ''Film/PacificRim''.
39	* HumongousMecha: The main draw of the game, although Luzia's [[SkullforaHead ASR-066]] stands out for being the largest mech used by the protagonists. The enemy is also utilising them.
40	%%* {{Kaiju}}: The other main enemies.
41	%%* LadyOfWar: Luzia. The Exalt is also designed by this aesthetic.
42	%%* MacrossMissileMassacre: The Rabid Hare loves inflicting these.
43	* MeaningfulName:
44	** ASR, both its designation and [[HauntedTechnology nickname, 'the Dreaded']].
45	** Ao has this twice over- his name means 'blue' and his call sign is [[ShoutOut Kamen]] [[CoolMask Rider]].
46	** Lone Wolf resembles a headless wolf, and Rabid Hare is certainly very [[MacrossMissileMassacre vicious]].
47	%%* MrFanservice: Kyle, [[RunningGag as usual]].
48	%%* MsFanservice: Luzia. Even her player {{lampshades}} it heavily.
49	* MysteriousStranger: Ao- nothing about him before his introduction charging a Kaiju with a tank is known.
50	* PosthumousCharacter: Trevor's fellow Navy men and Ao's brother, both killed fighting the Kaiju.
51	%%* RoyalRapier: The Exalt's Falchion.
52	%%* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Luzia and Trevor, again.
53	%%* SinisterScimitar: The ASR's unnamed sword.
54	%%* SuperRobot: The Exalt and ASR are both designed around this trope.
55	* UnusualEuphemism: [[BuxomBeautyStandard Luzia has excellent lung capacity. Her own personal floatation devices. Huge tracts of land.]]

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