Galactic Soldier Troperion Brainstorm

Did we get a new planetary list yet?

You will by tonight.

What about a list of what all the special frame abilities do? Weapon/equipment lists? And can we get an omnibus link post to all the updated game info, since the wiki is hard to search?

Hydrall's domain; I'm not paid enough for it. or at all.

I think the only pages in the wiki directly made for the new version are these.

http://mythrilaces.wikia.com/wiki/Mythril_Aces_2.0_Guide

http://mythrilaces.wikia.com/wiki/Reunion_Frames

http://mythrilaces.wikia.com/wiki/Federation_Armed_Forces_(ReUnion)

http://mythrilaces.wikia.com/wiki/Centauri_Armed_Forces_(ReUnion)

For signups, can I suggest a slot for "How your character became a Knight/Ace" since it's now more difficult than just signing up for the AMF division of things. And also I've written half of the story for mine.

I've worked out a pretty solid idea of who mine is, too.

I've already decided mine it going to be another son/daughter of Atlantica! Jimmy's younger relative!

Mine's going to be a guy who grew up in Hobbes' colony.

Well mine isn't related to Roxy at all!

She's not related to Roxy because she is Roxy! She's taken after her Spitfire and become a transformer as well!

Roxy Bishop, Genki in disguise!

Roxy Bishop, more than meets the eye!

Centauri Commonweath

Here is a list of Cent planets, I'll list the Federation shortly. I've opted to write a short blurb on my ideas for them to give flavour but I'd be happy to sweep that part under the rug and just leave as is. Mostly, everyone ended up trying to make a "SPACE FRENCH"/"SPACE JAPAN" planet, so I've opted to try and narrow them out while giving the planets a bit of identity.

Sort of want to include a Polish/West Slavic Planet/System. But I might just chuck them in with the Neutrals.

• Nova-Centauri:
  • Eden: The first planet settled by the Centauri, it was hoped to be a religious utopia for all invovled. Inspite of some set backs, most would recognize it is a generally pleasant place to live. Of all the Cent planets, Eden is the greatest hodgepodge of cultures and the most influenced by old-world architecture. Georgian and other traditional European styles have been drawn on heavily for inspiration. The Italian and Greek populations are especially large on this planet and Nova-Roma is home to the Centauri's now only surviving Branch of Catholicism. A large part of the population has extended outwards and live on hospitable colonies in orbit of the planet.
  • New Jerusalem: Originally a station for the Centauri military, it is now home to a similar variety of cultures as the original Eden but with a more militaristic bend. Those keen on training their children into Knighthood from an early age will often move to New Jerusalem to make connections and acquiant them with military life early on.

• Ludovici:
  • Aube: Originally settled by the French colonists, it is now home to a significant West African, Arab and Jewish population, and has perhaps the strongest republican sentiments of the inner planets, though this is mixed with a staunchly traditionalist aristocracy. This leads to frequent strikes and riots, yet there is a sense of national unity throughout Aube regardless of class (though this often leads to pressure on smaller minorities and immigrants to adapt).
  • Domhan na nGael (Dowanegael): A small moon off a gas-giant in the Ludovici system, it was awarded to a Gaelic revivalist group who have remained largely rural and isolationist. Other minority groups who served as labourers on Aube were granted land here as well. Many who seek to leave the rural life enlist in the military.

• Virginis:
  • New-Tyne: A smaller planet towards the inner system, it has a large population of various British groups including Welsh, Manx, Irish and Scots. Other groups are comparatively small, although there is a notable Hindi community. A complicated system of nobility has been established to keep the peace between the rival British groups, though many turn towards the military as a way to improve their station.
  • Thames: The planet Thames is a bustling planet, perhaps rivaling Eden in production and prestige; it is heavily urbanized and most of its food is grown in small but efficently spaced Greenzones. It is home to one of the largest Muslim populations (second only to Aube) in the Commonwealth though only a small percent of its nobility have retained this faith, most Muslim contenders opting to adopt Christianity in order to blend in. It is a highly metropolitan planet; Bantu, Metis, Indian and Australian Aboriginals have settled in various provinces and cities, having risen to promenance and earnt Thames a reputation as a highly developed and diverse urban planet. Still, many seek an escape through the army as a means to escape the stagnant heirarchy of the factory.
  • Atlantia: Another smaller rural planet, it trades in food with Thames. It was originally settled by a handful of American separatists who disliked the Aristocracy of Thames. A rather large and mixed population of Metis similarly set out and were followed by several other North American First Nations groups. Most notably, it is home to a rather large Apache and Pueblo populations, both of which have their own Duchies. Atlantica is, like Aube, a rather Democratic planet and often voices opposition to the less meritocratic forces. However, many nobles have settled into large estates and while renouncing political power, they maintain large and wealthy estates.
• Leon:
  • San Teresa: A small, highly religious planet. San Teresa is a major center for military training in the Centauri Commonwealth.
  • Nueva Castilla: Nueva Castilla is the smallest of the four major Centauri Planet, it is a proud and traditional planet but has lagged behind economically.
  • Sant Jordi: Sant Jordi is home to many of the smaller minorities who once lived in Nueva Castilla to escape the dominant Spanish nobility, amongst them are Quecha, Catalan, Galician and Portugese groups, as well as many others. It is also home to a surprisingly large Welsh population.

• Arkhangelsk:
  • Neosellada: A colony with a large Greek population, it is largely independant from Mishi and is home to a large Orthodox population. They lean a little more on Eden in order to keep themselves independant from Mishi's influence.
  • Mishi: The first planet settled, Mishi is still considered a frontier world, but this is more a preferance than a statement of reality; it is in truth a highly industrialized and powerful planet with a population to match. However both the population and nobility are highly independant and considered as backwater and regressive by some Cents. Several smaller settlements and colonies are maintained.
  • Nevskiy: Populated in large part by Ukrainians and other Slavic groups including Poles, it was briefly lost to rebellion during the previous, Nevskiy is a slightly more liberal world which draws on some influence from the Federation, especially after its brief occupation. Since reconquest, it has continued to distance itself from Eden and Mishi while moving towards Republicanism, however it is wary of the Federation as well, prefering isolation and when necessary, trade with Aube.
• Kuroi:
  • Atarakyo: Colonized relatively recently, Atarakyo is home to a large Japanese and East-Asian population. Further, as a frontier planet, there are many settlers from other groups who seek out opporunity far from the more regulated inner systems.
• Helmkeenna:
  • Addis Ababa: Another recently colonized system, Addis Ababa is named after the old Capital of Ethiopia and the new home of the small Ethopian Orthodox Church. Other groups have come due to the relatively lax regulation in some respects and a popular perception of Addis Ababa as a freer system, however in many ways it is remarkly conservative and even regressive, even compared to Eden itself. This has lead to some tension, however as there is a great deal of growth potential still, mosth groups are too content with their rate of growth to really feel the need to crack down on eachother.

Federation

Federation

• Sol:
  • Venus: Within the Sol system Venus is a relative newcomer, having only sustained human life for a couple hundred years. Only in the aftermath of the last war has it really stepped up to be a major colony. It is still seen a bit of a rough frontier world, where many criminal syndicates on earth have established off planet safeholds. However outside of these syndicates, many colonists have moved to Venus hoping that it will serve as a chase at prosperity that is difficult to achieve on Earth.
  • Earth: Humanity has grown out of its cradle and it is worse for wear. Those who remain inhabit a very tightly populated and highly industrial planet, with some scars from wars of old. As the birth place of humanity, it is the most diverse and remains the hodgepodge of cultures which it always was.
  • Luna: Luna is home to a few small colonies which is maintained by terran ressources for use as a military training center, though some consider it a more permenant home as they feed and support the Terrans training for military service.
  • Mars: Mars is home to a great population and is largely industrialized. Many of the Federation's oldest companies call Mars home, while Chinese and American colonies maintain their historic space rivalry for influence and control over these companies.
  • Europa: A small moon, Europa has never held a large population. None the less, primary source of Mythil in the system and the only one on a habitable planet; it is because of the discovery of Mythril on Europa that Humanity was able to escape the grips of old Sol. Now, most of the population are either miners, farmers or dedicated to supporting them.

• Bastion:
  • Ark: A small inner planet dedicated to defence training and military production, the Ark is and has served in the past as a fortress against extra-solar aggression.
  • Beacon: The first Federation colony, it was conquered shortly after the TEU was founded. The population of the planet is largely descended from Americans, including the original settlers. It has largely been assimilated and sees itself as a powerful contributor to the Federation, perhaps one of the strongest systems outside of Sol.
  • Crucible: Located on the edge of the inner planets in the Bastion system, Crucible is home to a valuable mythril mine and manages several more smaller asteroid mines along the system`s main belt. A rich mineral base, it also serves as an outer perimetre against assault.
• Angelpunkt:
  • Midgard: Once one of the largest Federation worlds, with a large Scandinavian population (alongside sizable minorities of American, Scottish, Korean, and Bantu populations), Midgard withstood a long and protracted invasion from the Centauri-common wealth bringing with them even more Settlers (Largely French). The fight is remembered as perhaps one of the most brutal and costly ventures in the most recent war between the powers and has greatly reduced the population and productive capabilities of this once proud planet. Once the last treaty was finalized, the settler population was granted some autonomy and in exchange for recognizing Federation authority but tensions remain.
  • Himmel Rand: A smaller outer planet with a largely Swedish and German population. Originally German, it was largely abandoned save as a supply depot during the last conflict; those German returning to it have spent the previous seven years in exile and are eager to retake the land which they abandoned to the Centauri and even their own government for the sake of survival.
  • Skallen: The Ymirbein asteroid field, named by the Scandanavian settlers of Midgard, lies on the farthest verges of the system. The field was of little concern to anyone until Federation forces surveyed it as a possible location for the supply depot that was eventually built on Himmel Rand instead, but the survey teams discovered the field to be incredibly rich in useful minerals. After Midgard's liberation, the Federation established a mining operation based on Skallen, the moon-sized asteroid at the field's center. In the last decade, Skallen has developed into a full-blown colony drawing most of its population from Midgard and become the Federation's leading producer of titanium, as well as producing great quantities of other metals.
• Altair
  • Hamal: Designated largely as a religious reserve during the ban, Hamal remains the largest religious area in the Federation and is mostly Muslim, though a large minority of Christians and Jews who fled repression else where have also ended up here. They are rather isolationist and distrustful of the Federation and often believed to have Commonwealth sympathies, though some are willing to fight to prove both themselves and their faiths to the Federation.
  • Baqi: Named "Eternal" this was the first Arabic settlement off of Earth. It rose to promenance after the previous conflict due to a convient position for resupplying and stationing soldiers. It has since risen to promenance as one of the more powerful Federation planets.
  • Fajr: A smaller outer planet, Fajr is where most of the industrialization of Baqi has been concentrated. Rather small and dependant on Baqi, it is a powerful industrial planet which has been cordoned off to preserve the environment of Baqi.
• Vega:
  • Zhi Nü: The largest Chinese colony off the Federation, Zhi Nü is competing with Beacon for the most powerful planet outside of the Sol system in the Federation, though some would argue that they have long eclipsed them. Zhi Nü is a strange and rather dualistic planet, but nothing if not efficient; some choose to live quiet rural lives, in a manner unchanged over the millenia with little to no electricity. Those farmer supply and maintain the heavy industrial areas which envelope the designated urban areas, some designed around single productions and enveloped in smoke. Many investors both see and fear the potential of the Zhinians.
  • Kuan Kung: A Cantonese colony, Kuan Kung has moved to rival Zhi Nü and establish itself as an alternative to the Han Chinese in the system. This has led to it being seen as more friendly both toward smaller cultures and foreign investment, causing it to pick up large Hindi, South East Asian and European populations along with their investment money. Though still far from a rival, Kuan Kung has a become a success story and is known for both dedication to work and to a lively nightscene in many of its largest cities.
• Asilo
  • Prosperidade: A smaller colony, Prosperidade is largely a small dependant on Hy Brasil, designed and operated largely as a tourist trap to avoid the sprawl of Hy Brasil. They have imported many endangered species of Earth, even [with some success] trying to reclone several species which have been extinct for centuries on Earth; such as the Panda.
  • Hy Brasil: A large planet which was only recently settled, Hy Brasil drew in a large Portuguese and Hispanic population from several nationals. A booming economy and a light hearted attitude has won them a great deal of attention and support from throughout the Galaxy. However, the sprawling urban life only barely conceals the difficult conditions of those who run it as many area as the 'have-nots' have been allowed to fall behind. A strong sense of class conciousness has begun to sweep over planet causing new tensions, which both sides hope to resolve with the right kind of influence in the military.
  • Etxebarri: A booming rural planet with a mix of many groups, it has been hailed as a socialist haven away from the cities of Hy Brasil, however both old ethnic rivalries and illegal activities have a strangle hold over urban life some of which has even spilled deep into the farmlands. For the natives, it is not so bad though many hope for stronger law enforcement but outsiders much watch their step.
• Sejong
  • Shunshin: Still young, Shunshin is a small Korean colony first settled for the Mythril in the region. It has already grown into a somewhat powerful colony, through rapid industrialization and its natural wealth of mythril but this has left it in a rather precarious position that it cannot afford to much increase its output without endangering the rather delicate environment of the region.

I have some brief blurbs for most of the Federation planet but I want to know if people want the vague pre-flavouring of the Cents first.

If not, I can retract what I have written and let players both new and old do their own inventing for what these worlds should be like. Even with what is up for the Cents, there should be a great deal of freedom though and it gives a general idea of what the

edited 23rd Dec '14 7:41:28 PM by Fauxlosophe

I'll get the equipment lists and ability specifics together sooner or later. If I can burn through the essays I've gotta write, maybe even get the signup sheet up tonight (or at least mostly written and posted tomorrow).

... Do you all have any idea how hard I had to try not to say 'eventually' there?

I am still stumped on abilities for the Magellan and Clarent, though. Something that helps them in multirole anti-frame duty without being too OP... Hmm.

One thing I was thinking of in general was a change to the equipment - Assaults get two weapons of their weight class or below, supports get a primary weapon and a 'tool' for their ability, and Specialists get a primary and a secondary weapon. Assaults and Specialists could swap out one or both for a lower weight weapon and dual-wield them, et cetera. This'd allow Medium Assaults to carry both an assault rifle and missiles, for example. Or Light Assaults to dual-wield swords (which are probably going to be the only thing they can dual-wield) for extra spikyness. Dual wielding having the effect of both weapons firing for 1 AP - which is why you can only do it with a lower weight value.

It would also let a medium specialist dual-wield light sniper rifles, which would be hilarious.

"It would also let a medium specialist dual-wield light sniper rifles, which would be hilarious."

Worst comes to worst they can use them as bats.

Is the moon a bunch of domed cities?

And is Aeris now Midgard?

I like planets having little blurbs, as long as people don't think their character needs to be from a specific one due to their heritage.

Yeah, that would be worth noting. I want to emphasize that none of these are a Single-Biome Planet; if someone wants to be either from a large minority group or even a small continent on any of these with X culture, it works. I just tried to make a nice home for all the major cultures in the last game [and a few that would be just by the power of numbers]. I feel like limiting the planets but opening up what can be done with each one would lead to richer world building.

I wasn't looking for a direct descendant of Aeris, but the Angelpunkt could work in that role pretty well.

edited 5th May '14 7:38:42 PM by Fauxlosophe

On second thought, I have another idea. I'll bring it back up later.

edited 5th May '14 7:44:57 PM by Wryte

Once we do get the sign-up started, I suggest we also make a new Discussion thread. Fresh start, less intimidating for new players, and won't have an artifact title. Plus we'll have an editable first post to link to relevant threads and pages.

Yep, planning on that much, with links to the old ones.

Working on weapons at the moment - I'll probably just be vague for the moment as far as power and stuff goes, because I haven't finished it all myself. Nothing is final, everything is unbalanced.

"Flux!" Victoria saw the flight lead's frame take a heavy hit through the static of interference covering her screens, before they blanked out entirely.

"-'m disabl-" his voice barely made it through to the rest of the squadron. "Fi- the -mer!"

The targeting sensors were last to fail, showing too many enemy blips to handle even if they'd continued to work. She heard Charles uselessly trying to contact their carrier again. Everyone else remained silent as they cast about for their attackers... More importantly, for whatever was causing the electronic interference which had quickly turned this assault into a slaughter.

Her Clarent shook from a glancing strike and she moved aimlessly to avoid the incoming fire. The enemy frames were cautious, using hit and run tactics to stay out of sight and wear them down. Victoria slammed her fist against the side of the cockpit. Without Dimitri's eased confidence leading them, the rest of the team was going to be picked apart one by one.

"Everyone spread out," she shouted over the channel. "Locate that jamming bastard with your own two eyes and take it down!" She flicked a switch, shifting a larger section of the cockpit transparent, just in time to catch the flash of another frame coming in for a pass. Desperately she brought up her sword, the blade barely affecting her opponent's strike. The front of her AMF caved in from the impact and she felt a stabbing pain through her abdomen. She moved to counter, to try and take the other frame down with her, only to find it already gone; darting out of sight once more.

"Here!" Holly's voice chirped in excitement. "This has to be the culprit." Her triumphant tone was cut off with a cry of terror.

"Stray!" Oleg's deep voice boomed over the comm.

"Granite, Stray, take it down! Now!" Victoria snapped. She winced as her vision blurred, one hand clutching at bits of metal protruding from the front of her flight suit.

"No, it has Holly! I can't risk hitting her."

"Pipes, pulling back." Charles interrupted. "If I can get far enough away to contact-" His voice cut out, a shock of light telling Victoria it wasn't the interference which had silenced him.

"Stray. Detonate."

"Un... understood." Holly's voice only wavered for a moment.

"No!"

"Oleg I always-" The void lit up.

The Clarent's displays flickered once and returned to normal, showing less than a third of the hostiles it had been intermittently displaying during the jamming. A warning sounded, one of them was coming in from behind on another collision course.

"Come in, Bastion... we need retrieval." Victoria flipped her frame head over feet to to counter the attack, thrusting her sword forward. Her instincts were sound, but not her reflexes. The blade of the enemy hit first, ripping into the Clarent's head before her sword connected with its midsection and drove clean through it.

"... on our way." The voice of the captain barely registered to her ears. She no longer recognized the unending roar that was Oleg's, frames detonating all around him, forced to bear his rage.

Beyond the struggling AMF impaled on her blade, Victoria could see another firing on Dimitri's crippled frame. Her head spun, she tried to sit up straighter and screamed out in pain, desperately clutching her controls. Her Clarent shoved away the initial attacker, letting the sword go with it. She barreled forward, reaching out to try and grab at the rifle which was now turning to point in her direction. She was nowhere near to reaching when it fired.

Victoria opened her eyes.

Everything was white.

Blurry.

She blinked slowly.

"Sorry to disturb your slumber," came a voice from her right.

"Dimitri," she murmured. Her mouth felt like it was full of cotton. She turned her head slightly, finding her neck incredibly stiff.

"The same," the flight lead smiled thinly. He was in full dress uniform, looking impeccable save that his left eye was covered by a dark lens. "The new eye is still adjusting," he explained, clearly following her questioning gaze. "Although Simone recommended I do without it. Something about an eyepatch being dashing."

"Did anyone else...?"

Dimitri's smile melted away.

"I'm here direct from a memorial for Holly," Victoria winced. "The rest of the squad was well enough to attend, aside from yourself. Charlie even played a tribute, likely the only song he's finished without someone threatening to put his bagpipes out the airlock."

"They must hate me."

"Whether they do or not, they're alive to have that luxury. Thanks to your efforts."

"Thanks to Holly's," she shook her head.

"Both of you," Dimitri held up his hand firmly. "Centauri needs Knights who can make sacrifices, even when that sacrifice is someone else. Yet you were still determined to become a martyr, running straight at an enemy with no weapon."

"He was firing on you," she ventured to point out.

"He was a fool, I'd ejected. And you were a bigger fool, taking command of the squad and then getting yourself concussed. At least the operation was a success, in spite of everything."

It felt like a lifetime ago that the briefing had been held. Recon had uncovered a facility of some sort which they believed was developing a new type of electronic warfare frame. It wasn't thought to be combat ready and they certainly hadn't expected it to be deployed when they began their attack.

"If we haven't stopped their development entirely," Dimitri was going on excitedly. "Arcon will at least be able to make use of the data for their new model. I told them exactly who made the capture possible, of course. You can go far, Victoria; and I feel Centauri would benefit from you doing so. However," his tone was strict, the voice of a friend suddenly replaced by the authority of her commanding officer. "If you find yourself taking charge of a situation again, you are not to rush into enemy fire. You protect the lives of your allies with your orders, not by shielding them with your body. Clear?"

"Crystal, sir."

Impressive writing there, Sat! Glad to see you haven't lost any touch in the downtime, heh.

You actually accidentally (or not) described almost exactly how the Shark's ability functions. :P

I've gotten a few Frames weapons lists written up (The Feddie lights) but they're not very specific and all that. I need to finish and get everything together tomorrow, when I'm less dead. Gotta finish all the weapons, blah...

That said, a not final nor mech-specific list for the Feds, just to give you an idea:

• Light
  • Accurate Pistol
  • 2x Burst Pistol
  • 2x Burst SMG
  • 3x Burst SMG
  • Accurate Rifle
  • Powerful Rifle
  • High-Ammo Rifle
  • Light Sniper Rifle
  • Long-Range Shotgun
  • High-Power Shotgun
  • High-Ammo Thermal Rifle
  • High-Power Thermal Rifle
  • Light Railgun
  • Precise Blades
  • Piercing Blades
  • Light Rocket
  • Physical Shield ('Buckler')
• Medium
  • High-Power Pistol
  • 2x Assault Rifle
  • Rifle
  • Long-Range Rifle
  • Accurate Sniper
  • High-Ammo Sniper
  • High-Power Shotgun
  • Spread Shotgun
  • High-Power Thermal Rifle
  • High-Ammo Thermal Rifle
  • Railgun
  • Medium Blade
  • Rocket Rifle
  • High-Power Guided Missiles
  • High-Radius Guided Missiles
  • 3x Guided Missiles
  • High-Ammo Lock-On Missiles
  • High-Speed Lock-On Missiles
  • 6x Rapid-Fire Lock-On Missiles
  • Physical Shield ('Kite')
• Heavy
  • 5x Machinegun
  • 8x Chaingun
  • Cannon
  • High-Accuracy Cannon
  • High-Power Cannon
  • High-Ammo Thermal Rifle
  • Supercharged Thermal Rifle
  • Railcannon
  • Massive Blade
  • Anti-Ship Rocket
  • Rocket
  • 2x High-Speed Rocket
  • High-Blast Rocket
  • 6x Grenade Launcher (KRAG)
  • Physical Shield ('Tower')
  • Shield Projector

edited 6th May '14 12:33:25 AM by Hydrall

Thank you! :D

I promise it was an accident. :o

Gotcha. Also, psuedo-list of weapons in my post, will elaborate once alive again. Also Cent weapons coming Eventually.

Feds: Bullets and railguns. Also lasers and EMP.

Cents: Plasma and beam weapons. Also lasers and nanomachines, son.

Rapid-fire also now works that you can spread your 'burst' (2x-8x or what have you) around as many enemies as you have shots. Each shot is weaker, but can hit a wider area. Or you can unload into one enemy as usual.

edited 6th May '14 12:34:21 AM by Hydrall

Ignore.

edited 7th May '14 1:16:37 AM by Fauxlosophe

I refuse