I tried to keep it simple, and relevant.
People
Emperor Boniface XII vai Centauri *
-Nominal ruler of the entirety of the Centauri Empire, and a direct descendant of the first family to colonize the Centauri homeworld of Eden. The actual political ruler is the appointed Prime Minister. Boniface has been ruler for 12 years, and is a widely liked figure.
Prime Minister Ehrich Kahlings
-Longtime PM of the Centauri Empire, first appointed by Emperor Alfonse II (Boniface's direct predecessor and father) as part of a widespread political reform.
First Commander Ignatius Locken *
-Commander of the Centauri army. [Centauri GM]
President Adrian Altwood
-President of The Federation, has been elected to three consecutive 5-year terms thusfar, plans to run again.
Admiral Hydrall
-Commander of the Federation Army [Federation GM]
Places
Eden/Centauri Alpha
-Centauri Homeworld, known to the Federation as Centauri Alpha, only recently has the Federation begun using the planets' name given by the Centaurians.
Earth
-Federation Homeworld
Mythrilen
-Neutral Planet on which the Mythrilen Conference takes place.
Mythrilen Global Capital Building
-The building in which the Mythrilen Conference takes place.
Events
The Mythrilen Conference
-The Truce Conference at which our adventure begins.
and that is what I have for now. All names are -obviously- negotiable, I decided to base our, ahem, "generals'" names off of their handles.
edited 24th Jul '10 6:28:34 PM by SpainSun
I spread my wings and I learn how to fly....Name ideas:
- Mechs of the Mythril War
- Aces of the Mythril War
- Lightspeed Frame
- Lightspeed Ace
- Frame Ace
- Callsign: Ace
- Bears A Resemblance To But Is Legally Distinct From Gundam So Please Don't Sue Us, We Have No Money: The FRPG
- Missing Frame: peace
- The Lightspeed War
- Callsign:_
- Mythril Frame
- Mythril Mecha
- Mythril Aces
- Burning Space: The Lambdadelta Conflict
- Centauri/Fed: The Lamdadelta Conflict
edited 26th Jul '10 2:07:57 AM by Wryte
... I like that one!
But seriously... Hmm, I like the name Mythril Aces, myself. Everyone else can weigh in too.
Ace Combat: But it's in space now?
Hmm.
Dammit, I'm not the only male Fed anymore! My dreams of a Pink Bishōjo Ghetto harem are up in smoke!
In seriousness, it's interesting that it did look like we were headed for PBG territory with the PCs there, for a while. I also notice all of a sudden that all the Centauri pilots have two-word callsigns, and all the Feds have one-worders. I do hope the Centauris get some more talkative members, though, or else combat banter is going to be really dull.
How many actions are we limited to during each of our turns in combat? For example, say I want to slip behind my opponent, shoot him with a missile, then charge him and attack with a beam saber. Can I do that all in one turn, can I only get as far as firing the missile, or can I only try to get behind him? If I can do more than one of those things per turn, how does the rolling work? Is there one roll to see if I clear the entire series of events, or individual rolls for each part?
How much game time is devoted to combat versus downtime? Is this pretty strictly combat, or will we have downtime between battles that focuses on R Ping more than fighting?
You might want to add "Age" to the character traits list in the sign-up thread.
edited 26th Jul '10 12:38:37 PM by Wryte
Oh yeah, good point... Age will be added.
As for actions... Each action will be rolled independantly, at least. We'll probably have to limit the number of actions taken each turn...
An AP system, maybe? Some actions take more 'time', thus giving the opponent a chance to react? But that would require the GMs to look at basically every possible reaction...
I don't know yet... That's why it says details are being finalized.
As for downtime vs. action, there will be both. It wouldn't really be an RP if there wasn't any roleplaying, would it?
Probably not, I only created a troper handle for myself a couple weeks ago. Pleased to meet you, I'm the dashing Federation pilot who'll be shooting you down on a routine basis once we get rolling here :D
I say the bit about combat banter because both you and Oneesamaurai put down that your character are the quiet types, which makes Scholastica's loudmouthed Jimmy the only talker on the Centauri side.
It's funny to think about how I'm already semi-consciously seeing us in terms of characterization and team tropes. The Centauris so far have a Stalker and two Spitfires, while the Feds have two Magellans and a Quicksilver. In a story-sense, this suggests the pilots of the two unique frames as the squad leaders, and the pilots of those two frames have characteristics that support this: the Stalker's pilot is royalty, and the Quicksilver's pilot is the oldest member of the squad by a fair margin. This then leads to seeing the pilots of the two paired frames as counterparts, which is also supported by both pairs being made up of opposite-gender pilots. I also see my character, based on his description, being the Team Dad even though I didn't have that in mind when I was making his profile.
I've watched too much anime and read too much TV Tropes....
I on the other hand...
Brb, re-customizing my frame to eliminate Scholastica in our first encounter....
Also, as long as I'm thinking about it, I'd like to throw in my vote for a Beach Episode at some point in the course of this RP.

About to go horribly wrong. It'll open with it.