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TheSpaceJawa Since: Jun, 2013
#3051: Sep 18th 2013 at 12:44:52 PM

[up][up][up] I'm not going with Chuck because I'd like to run with the assumption that Striker is still alive and operating out there somewhere.

Besides, if I were to go for one of Strikers pilots, I'd be searching for Herc Hanson instead. You want a boss pilot, I'd say that if Pentacost isn't around anymore, Herc is by far the best pilot still out there. Even if Pentacost is still alive and kicking, Herc's still the best pilot who can climb into a Jaeger without dying after a single run.

Dude's been around since the beginning, piloted very class of Jaeger, and I certainly hope he's still down in Australia kicking butt with Chuck inside of Striker Eureka.

edited 18th Sep '13 12:46:07 PM by TheSpaceJawa

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#3052: Sep 18th 2013 at 12:47:38 PM

How about instead of looking for a movie character, we look for potential pilots with the skills we want for our second Jaeger? I'm thinking melee ability and agility, since those are Ronin's weakest stats. So kendo champions, basically.

Badwolfwho She is a brutal war machine from Stardust Road Since: Aug, 2009
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#3053: Sep 18th 2013 at 12:50:24 PM

I'd disagree on Raleigh being the better pilot. Chuck's killed more Kaiju, didn't pilot the first Jaeger to be destroyed, has more experience, managed to fight a Cat V in its element to the degree it needed to call for help and demolished at least one Cat IV flawlessly. The only reason he and Herc didn't solo Leatherback and Otachi was that Leatherback was designed specifically to stop Striker.

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#3054: Sep 18th 2013 at 12:50:28 PM

This a bit out there, but what drift abilities would an ex marine now priest and a professional driver have?

Fun ones.

How about instead of looking for a movie character, we look for potential pilots with the skills we want for our second Jaeger?

Busting open their file won't earn you the pilot. It'll just tell you where you might find them.

Currently the only known drift-compatible pilots in all of Tokyo are Jenny Jacobs and Anne Fiammetta.

edited 18th Sep '13 12:53:01 PM by ShirowShirow

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TheSpaceJawa Since: Jun, 2013
#3055: Sep 18th 2013 at 12:52:25 PM

We can search a single pilot for a free action - let's take advantage of that for the moment. Unless you happen to know of any pilots specifically that should still be alive and specialize in the kind of stuff we'll want for Jaeger #2.

Next turn, then - or when we get closer to building our second Jaeger - we can take a dedicated action to look through all the pilot files if we want, and then maybe we can see if someone else out there might work better.

Kosjurake The Wildest of Ronins from Tokyo LOCCENT Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
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#3056: Sep 18th 2013 at 12:53:46 PM

And yet when Chuck and Raleigh fought, Raleigh kicked Chuck's ass.

I'm not saying Chuck is bad. He's still damn good. But I'm of the opinion that's more because Striker Eureka was the best jaeger ever built.

Edit: Do we already know the status of Ronin's original pilots? Cause if they are still alive maybe we can look them up?

edited 18th Sep '13 12:54:43 PM by Kosjurake

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TheSpaceJawa Since: Jun, 2013
#3057: Sep 18th 2013 at 12:54:43 PM

Plus, he was fighting as a Jaeger team with Herc, and Herc is without doubt a badass.

EDIT: [up] Actually, that's not a bad idea.

One moment...

edited 18th Sep '13 12:55:13 PM by TheSpaceJawa

TheSpaceJawa Since: Jun, 2013
#3058: Sep 18th 2013 at 12:56:18 PM

Plan No Time To Mourn, We’ve a Rescue To Perform (AKA Plan Big Damn Heroes)

  • Repair Wild Ronin, replace her Plasma Cannon with the Plasma Mortar during the process.
    • Free: Investigate PPDC ranger files of Wild Ronin's original pilots
  • Build 10 Ninja Attack Drones for 2500.
  • Upgrade Wild Ronin’s Evasion to 5 for 1500.
  • Upgrade Wild Ronin’s Ranged Skill to 6 for 1500.
    • Free: Send 2 Ninja Attack Drone flights to recon Sano and confirm that the city still stands and that Horizon Brave is still operational.
    • Free: If Horizon Brave is still operational, deploy Wild Ronin alongside all 10 Ninja Drone Flights, the Ugly Stick, and 2 Tank Squads to provide Sano and Horizon Brave with some much-needed military support.
    • Free: If necessary, use 1 Jaeger Part Set to repair Wild Ronin
  • Research Mk II Railgun Bunker – primary research focus: Longer Firing Range, Greater Damage, and an integrated advanced power system (so that we don’t have to build those separately)
  • Construct Project Eraser Rigging for 2000

edited 18th Sep '13 1:04:40 PM by TheSpaceJawa

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#3059: Sep 18th 2013 at 1:00:51 PM

Wild Ronin is a shooty type. We really should be looking up pilot files on someone more fitting the type of robit our next jaeger is going to be.

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#3060: Sep 18th 2013 at 1:01:12 PM

I actually already told you where Hajime and Kazuhiro where last seen: part of a delegation to argue that the PPDC needed continued funding and this whole "Wall of Life" thing was a bad idea.

Busting open their file might give you a hint as to what their drift abilities and such are though.

edited 18th Sep '13 1:02:03 PM by ShirowShirow

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Kosjurake The Wildest of Ronins from Tokyo LOCCENT Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
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#3061: Sep 18th 2013 at 1:01:13 PM

Looks good to me. Let's do this!

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Badwolfwho She is a brutal war machine from Stardust Road Since: Aug, 2009
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#3062: Sep 18th 2013 at 1:06:31 PM

Currently the only known drift-compatible pilots in all of Tokyo are Jenny Jacobs and Anne Fiammetta.

With this info I'd say we should look up one of these two. Since they're actually nearby.

I'd say one fight doesn't determine who's really better. Knifehead beat Gipsy but that doesn't mean she's worse than Cat II Is. On the his copilot was Herc front, I'd say that's says good stuff about his skills. He's good enough to be on par with both Herc and Pentecost.

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#3063: Sep 18th 2013 at 1:07:37 PM

And now I must go purchase dinner.

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TheSpaceJawa Since: Jun, 2013
#3064: Sep 18th 2013 at 1:08:33 PM

With this info I'd say we should look up one of these two. Since they're actually nearby.

You mean the two that are currently piloting Wild Ronin?

Badwolfwho She is a brutal war machine from Stardust Road Since: Aug, 2009
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#3065: Sep 18th 2013 at 1:09:37 PM

Oh yeah their names changed. I forgot about that.

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Kosjurake The Wildest of Ronins from Tokyo LOCCENT Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
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#3066: Sep 18th 2013 at 1:13:50 PM

Knifehead didn't beat Gypsy. Gypsy beat Knifehead. Knifehead just kinda crippled Gypsy in the process and killed one of its two pilots.

At worse you could call it a mutual kill.

edited 18th Sep '13 1:14:15 PM by Kosjurake

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Badwolfwho She is a brutal war machine from Stardust Road Since: Aug, 2009
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#3067: Sep 18th 2013 at 1:27:01 PM

I'm full of wrong today apparently.

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#3068: Sep 18th 2013 at 1:28:56 PM

We have leeches for that.

Did you know that wrong looks amazingly similar to blood?

edited 18th Sep '13 1:29:15 PM by Bocaj

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#3069: Sep 18th 2013 at 1:45:33 PM

No wait, that's blood.

Figures that we would pull off a CRITICAL Jaegerbomb while I was elsewhere.

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Garlak Since: Sep, 2013
#3070: Sep 18th 2013 at 4:03:49 PM

We should look up the pilots of Horizon Brave first. Since that's the closest Jaeger and (hopefully) we will be meeting them soon.

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#3071: Sep 18th 2013 at 6:06:04 PM

Put me behind plan no time to mourn.

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Kosjurake The Wildest of Ronins from Tokyo LOCCENT Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
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#3072: Sep 18th 2013 at 6:16:55 PM

[up][up]If we end up meeting them this turn there's no real point to looking them up.

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TheSpaceJawa Since: Jun, 2013
#3073: Sep 18th 2013 at 10:26:12 PM

The other alternative, if we wanted to change it yet at this point, would be to see if Mako Mori is in the database as a candidate. The movie mentioned she had several simulator runs (complete with several simulated kills) and it was pretty clear she was a potential for a while, so it might not hurt to see if there's anything on her in the records.

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#3074: Sep 19th 2013 at 5:34:10 AM

I'm pretty sure she's already part of Japan's shatterdome staff.

TheSpaceJawa Since: Jun, 2013
#3075: Sep 19th 2013 at 5:54:33 AM

[up] Right; wasn't that the reason we were thinking about trying to find Beckett? My thought is that we should maybe try looking at Mako's file too so that we can 'officially' have her under consideration as a pilot, especially since there are people who as it is are feeling hesitant about looking for Beckett when we have questionable reasoning for going to find him.


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