<b>Bill, would you mind not quoting? In discussions, it's practical, but in RPGs it breaks down the flow of the game. Thank you <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' /><!--endemo--></b>
<span style='color:Chocolate'>*With a sudden jolt, JL wakes up from his sleep in front of his computer, his screen showing a internet forum. He looks at the system clock and realizes he woke up late*
"Nuts! Arrrgh! Shouldn't have stayed up too late playing games! I'm going to kill myself if I miss getting my license!"
*Hurriedly he puts on his walker pilot overalls, with a sand brown digital camo pattern and dashes out the door combing his hair with his hands. Suddenly he remembers he hasn't shut down his computer (he calls it Rincewind) yet and runs back into his room to shut it down. With that done, he runs out of the barracks to look for the rest of his squadron. He checks the hangar first. Seeing it empty save for the engineer, he quickly asks the engineer a question*
"Hey, I haven't missed my license have I?"</span>
<i>"Nah, you're not that late yet. The rest of your squad's over at the canteen. So, whaddaya want on your walker?"</i>
<span style='color:Chocolate'>"I'll get back to you on that later. I'll ge ask my squadmates first"
*Reassured that he's not very late, JL strolls over to the canteen to grab his breakfast with his squadmates*
"Hey" he mutters to his squad as he enters the canteen, his way of greeting them good morning.
*As he gets his breakfast of omelettes and ham, he overhears the conversation going on. He sits at the end of the table to eat his breakfast*
"Well you know guys, when they get hover tank technology working properly, I bet they could give our walkers a run for their money. As maneuverable as a walker with a jump pack, with a lower visual signature as compared to a walker. And even better, they'd be able to cross water without any problems either."
"By the way, what are the rest of you guys arming your walkers with? Just dropped by the hanger on the way here but I haven't asked the engi' to equip Blight yet. Wanted to coordinate our ordinance ya' see"
"Oh and Bill, if you're gonna be the brains of this here outfit, we are so doomed"</span>
"Not gonna happen, their lack of ground gives them a control delay. They'll be quite good for hit'n runs though, only they are focused mainly on the run part"
<b>*"the problem with Hover tanks is, if it doesnt have the Stabilsers at the back, when it fires it will just fly back and spin out of control." Grabs some Cheerios and pours them into a bowl.*</b>
Nuub your writing burns my eyes ! <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> Zero you need a new colour, it's to much like Xect's colour. Demi you have to read carefully as your starting to make silly mistakes, such as you going into a sim then comming out after 3 hours, thats controlling time which only i do, secondly we are talking in the canteen you said your by your mech cleaning so it's impossible for you to join in the convo
<span style='color:purple'>*Watches Zero walk in.* "Stop playing those games will you ! Your no use to us half asleep, well we got slugs, rifles, spray and pray guns but i guess another dual LMG would help out."
"The way i see it, tanks are equal to Walkers, they both have ups and downs, we will leave it at that shall we ? Shall we gonna see our Walkers ? But can hover tanks go up steep hills ?"</span>
<span style='color:chocolate'>"Well yeah, that's what I meant when they get them working. If they could be stabilised or something and had say omnidirectional thrusters, they could be just as maneuverable as a walker."
*Stuffs his face with food*
"Guess I'll grab those dual LMG's for Blight then."
*Walks off to the hangar, he see's Xect on the way to the hangar*
"Hey Xect", JL mumbles as he quickly walks past Xect, "Gonna go get Blight some dual LMG's."</span>
(This colour better? I'd have gone with a darker brown 'cept it'd be difficult to see with a dark skin)
<b>*"well Sa-800's are what i use, and i find them quite good, they allow you to deal critical Damage to other mechs before you are in their firing range. The Slugh Thrower needs to be basically on a mech with fast ability, because you have to get close before they are truly damaging. Finally the Double LMG's are the middle class, they work both long range and close range, so they are the All-rounder."*</b>
<span style='color:gray'><u>*gets up* "Well, noe if you excuse me gentlemen, I'll be outside" *goes near the exit of the base and looks outward* "Soon, I'll be out there" *sits down on a chair and starts throwing small rocks on small a piece of metal scrab by the hangar*</span></u>
<i>The day goes by slowly, you all find activities to occupy yourself with eventually after what seems like a decade the time reachs 2:30 P.M you all head back to your barrack to get ready.</i>
<span style='color:purple'>"Finally." He says while dressing himself in his pilot overalls. "200 hours and it finally pays off, well once we are all ready we better get going, don't want to be late." *He says while looking at JL.*</span>
<span style='color:gray'><u>*washes face with cold water* "Finally it is time to get my licence" *gets into the combat suit. throws a grey overcoat over* "I hate these clothes... too tight" *heads towards hangars and looks at the mech once again* "Today my friend, you shall be mine"</u></span>
<span style='color:chocolate'>"Well.. better not be late again."
*Shuts down Rincewind and mumbles something about Julian all mighty Spark to himself. He zips up his overalls all pulls on his gloves, locking his fingers together to make them fit snugly*
"See ya ladies at the court yard."
*Strolls out of the barracks and stops by the hangar to check on his walker.*
"She check up all right engi? Wooooweee... Blight looks real sweet now that she's packing heat"
*Privately he thinks to himself "man, this thing better not be my coffin. That'll suck more than being bubba's plaything". Giving it one last gaze, he walks out into the hot desert sun and towards the gathering court* </span>
<b>* comes out of the Cafe and into the barracks where he puts on his best clothes to the Cermony. He comes out, startes at his mech one more time and mumbles"Soon Ashwinder, Soon" The Mech seems to Grumble.* </b>
<span style='color:red'>*Lift my head out of my brekfast.* "Sorry I'm narcoleptic," *Pulls a neddle out of my pocket injects a clear fluid into my thigh.* "Dex anphetimines. Keeps me awake and increases my reaction times." "I can get a 'lil twichy sometimes though..."</span>
Hey the forums are back up <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--> But why wasn't I informed!?! <!--emo&:angry:--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/mad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='mad.gif' /><!--endemo-->
PS. Some colours are too hard to see. We need to sort it out.
<span style='color:green'>"Time to show them that you can teach an old dog new tricks..." *I check over my mech* "I think its OK..." *Climbs in and starts the systems up* "Moment of truth, man. Moment of truth." *I check the movement of the limbs* "This feels good... I'm ready to rock and roll"</span>
<span style='color:purple'>"All we gotta do is pilot our mech to the gathering court, dismount and recieve our ID and certifacte and we get a mission afterwards as training." *He climbs up to his mech and closes the hatch, it's dark inside save for a green light, he presses and watches the cockpit come to life, his screen flickers before a view of what's going on outside appears in the main screen, a screen displaying the mechs status switches on aswell as the ammo counter and counter-measures. He smiles like a child on xmas and wraps his hands round the joy stick and sets it into 1st gear, it slowly starts walking out of the garage and into the open.</span>
<i>The gathering court is a large concrete ground with a stand at the top and seating on the sides leaving one side for the mechs to enter, portable ladders standby ready for the mechs.</i>
Is it just me or does the concept of gears not make sense in walkers? Kind of the whole point is their ability to move independent of mechanic limitations (Strafing, accellerating to run quickly, leaning)
<span style='color:Chartreuse'>*After walking the mech to the gathering court, Jack starts setting up the controls. Prepares the gun handles, setting up the mobility pedals and makes sure to have a clean overview of the mechs advanced repair system.</span>
Well thats how i think a walker would be like, you do your own idea. Jeez some of you have such poor imaginations <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Poor imaginations? Sure, just trying to find out how one would control a bipedal machine in order to take advantage of the bipedal structure <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' /><!--endemo-->
<span style='color:gray'><u>"That's it? What a lame exam" *enters the elevator towards the entrance* "Oh well, that way money will come soner" *a cylindrical pod come out of the head of the mech, and a door opens. Inside, it is well lighted with an orange light. I sit down in my seat, put my belt, and press a button. A metal bar comes from the top to act as another safety precaution. My leg is locked, from my thighs to my ankles, only allowing my feet to move upwards and downwards, so I can accelerate with the pedals when I'm not walking normaly with the two 'limbs'. Two control sticks appear next to my hand. The whole cylinder begins to flick, and finally, I get the view from outside. It seems I'm floating in air. A liquid begin to enter, but is halted by button pressed by me.* "Not now. I'll need to leave soon anyways." *A microscopic needle enters my spine, without me feeling it. It allows a better control of the mech. A screen appears to my left, where I see sparks and Xect* "So we just go to the court and exit the mech?"</u></span>
<b>Think it resembles Evangelion <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->. Sparks, can you tell me if this is way too advanced or not, cause I'll just change it then.</b>
<span style='color:green'>*I pilot the mech out of the hanger and follow spark*</span> I'd go for a Direct Neural Interface. An inplant into the spinal cord hijacks the sensory input and feeds it data from the mechs sensors. You stop piloting the mech and you start becoming the mech. This would also explain why mechs are can be better than tanks, as the tank is too foreign a shape to control. Either that or a frame which translates body movements to the mech.
Do we get WP smoke in the countermeasures? It blocks thermal vision but not RADAR. Flares for when you still want to see, and chaff for RADAR guided missles? Anti radiation missles? Anti-missle LASERs?
<span style='color:chocolate'>*Climbs into the cockpit of his mech and seals the hatch. The cockpit is lit by the glow of the control panels, getting brighter as the startup sequence brings more of the controls to life. Running through the startup checklist, JL turns a few dials and punches in the verification code.
Ensuring that the secondary controls are working, JL secures his helmet and plugs it into the control panel. The steroscopic display unit inside the helmet suddenly switches to the cameras mounted on top of his walker, allowing him a 3D view of the world around him. His virtual HUD is drawn around him, surrounding him in a holographic ring, presenting him with battle infrormation quickly.
Looking around the hangar, he see's a few walkers still in their docking bays and Bill, Justin, Khan and Xect's walkers moving out the court yard. Wrapping his hands around the control interfaces, he walks his mech towards the courtyard, while activating his comms link*
Yes you will be equipped with flares, chaff, smoke screen and WP smoke. But no lasers, we aren't that high-tec. Also all of your descriptions are fine it's good to see creativity here.
<span style='color:purple'>"Dunno about you guys but i'm sure as hell going now." *He exits the hanger and starts walking to the gathering court.*</span>
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"Nuts! Arrrgh! Shouldn't have stayed up too late playing games! I'm going to kill myself if I miss getting my license!"
*Hurriedly he puts on his walker pilot overalls, with a sand brown digital camo pattern and dashes out the door combing his hair with his hands. Suddenly he remembers he hasn't shut down his computer (he calls it Rincewind) yet and runs back into his room to shut it down. With that done, he runs out of the barracks to look for the rest of his squadron. He checks the hangar first. Seeing it empty save for the engineer, he quickly asks the engineer a question*
"Hey, I haven't missed my license have I?"</span>
<i>"Nah, you're not that late yet. The rest of your squad's over at the canteen. So, whaddaya want on your walker?"</i>
<span style='color:Chocolate'>"I'll get back to you on that later. I'll ge ask my squadmates first"
*Reassured that he's not very late, JL strolls over to the canteen to grab his breakfast with his squadmates*
"Hey" he mutters to his squad as he enters the canteen, his way of greeting them good morning.
*As he gets his breakfast of omelettes and ham, he overhears the conversation going on. He sits at the end of the table to eat his breakfast*
"Well you know guys, when they get hover tank technology working properly, I bet they could give our walkers a run for their money. As maneuverable as a walker with a jump pack, with a lower visual signature as compared to a walker. And even better, they'd be able to cross water without any problems either."
"By the way, what are the rest of you guys arming your walkers with? Just dropped by the hanger on the way here but I haven't asked the engi' to equip Blight yet. Wanted to coordinate our ordinance ya' see"
"Oh and Bill, if you're gonna be the brains of this here outfit, we are so doomed"</span>
<span style='color:Chartreuse'>"Hover tanks? Hover tanks outmanouvering walkers?"
*Laughs*
"Not gonna happen, their lack of ground gives them a control delay. They'll be quite good for hit'n runs though, only they are focused mainly on the run part"
*Begins walking towards the mech hanger*</span>
Zero you need a new colour, it's to much like Xect's colour.
Demi you have to read carefully as your starting to make silly mistakes, such as you going into a sim then comming out after 3 hours, thats controlling time which only i do, secondly we are talking in the canteen you said your by your mech cleaning so it's impossible for you to join in the convo
<span style='color:purple'>*Watches Zero walk in.*
"Stop playing those games will you ! Your no use to us half asleep, well we got slugs, rifles, spray and pray guns but i guess another dual LMG would help out."
"The way i see it, tanks are equal to Walkers, they both have ups and downs, we will leave it at that shall we ? Shall we gonna see our Walkers ?
But can hover tanks go up steep hills ?"</span>
can we have our lisences yet?<!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif' /><!--endemo-->
*Stuffs his face with food*
"Guess I'll grab those dual LMG's for Blight then."
*Walks off to the hangar, he see's Xect on the way to the hangar*
"Hey Xect", JL mumbles as he quickly walks past Xect, "Gonna go get Blight some dual LMG's."</span>
(This colour better? I'd have gone with a darker brown 'cept it'd be difficult to see with a dark skin)
I think...
"Well, noe if you excuse me gentlemen, I'll be outside"
*goes near the exit of the base and looks outward*
"Soon, I'll be out there"
*sits down on a chair and starts throwing small rocks on small a piece of metal scrab by the hangar*</span></u>
<span style='color:purple'>"Finally." He says while dressing himself in his pilot overalls.
"200 hours and it finally pays off, well once we are all ready we better get going, don't want to be late."
*He says while looking at JL.*</span>
"Finally it is time to get my licence"
*gets into the combat suit. throws a grey overcoat over*
"I hate these clothes... too tight"
*heads towards hangars and looks at the mech once again*
"Today my friend, you shall be mine"</u></span>
"Well we best be going to the gathering court soon."</span>
*Shuts down Rincewind and mumbles something about Julian all mighty Spark to himself. He zips up his overalls all pulls on his gloves, locking his fingers together to make them fit snugly*
"See ya ladies at the court yard."
*Strolls out of the barracks and stops by the hangar to check on his walker.*
"She check up all right engi? Wooooweee... Blight looks real sweet now that she's packing heat"
*Privately he thinks to himself "man, this thing better not be my coffin. That'll suck more than being bubba's plaything". Giving it one last gaze, he walks out into the hot desert sun and towards the gathering court*
</span>
*begins to walk towards the court*
"Any ideas on how this is gonna be?"</u></span>
</b>
*Wearing a leather jacket, a worn shirt, a loose pair of jeans and a headset, Xect mounts the mech*
"Ok, let's do this thing"
*Starts moving the different parts of the mech around. Arms, legs, guns, piloting view*
"Woo, this thing is smooth."</span>
"Sorry I'm narcoleptic,"
*Pulls a neddle out of my pocket injects a clear fluid into my thigh.*
"Dex anphetimines. Keeps me awake and increases my reaction times."
"I can get a 'lil twichy sometimes though..."</span>
Hey the forums are back up <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
But why wasn't I informed!?! <!--emo&:angry:--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/mad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='mad.gif' /><!--endemo-->
PS. Some colours are too hard to see. We need to sort it out.
*I check over my mech*
"I think its OK..."
*Climbs in and starts the systems up*
"Moment of truth, man. Moment of truth."
*I check the movement of the limbs*
"This feels good... I'm ready to rock and roll"</span>
"So, are we going?"</span>
*He climbs up to his mech and closes the hatch, it's dark inside save for a green light, he presses and watches the cockpit come to life, his screen flickers before a view of what's going on outside appears in the main screen, a screen displaying the mechs status switches on aswell as the ammo counter and counter-measures. He smiles like a child on xmas and wraps his hands round the joy stick and sets it into 1st gear, it slowly starts walking out of the garage and into the open.</span>
<i>The gathering court is a large concrete ground with a stand at the top and seating on the sides leaving one side for the mechs to enter, portable ladders standby ready for the mechs.</i>
<span style='color:Chartreuse'>*After walking the mech to the gathering court, Jack starts setting up the controls. Prepares the gun handles, setting up the mobility pedals and makes sure to have a clean overview of the mechs advanced repair system.</span>
*enters the elevator towards the entrance*
"Oh well, that way money will come soner"
*a cylindrical pod come out of the head of the mech, and a door opens. Inside, it is well lighted with an orange light. I sit down in my seat, put my belt, and press a button. A metal bar comes from the top to act as another safety precaution. My leg is locked, from my thighs to my ankles, only allowing my feet to move upwards and downwards, so I can accelerate with the pedals when I'm not walking normaly with the two 'limbs'. Two control sticks appear next to my hand. The whole cylinder begins to flick, and finally, I get the view from outside. It seems I'm floating in air. A liquid begin to enter, but is halted by button pressed by me.*
"Not now. I'll need to leave soon anyways."
*A microscopic needle enters my spine, without me feeling it. It allows a better control of the mech. A screen appears to my left, where I see sparks and Xect*
"So we just go to the court and exit the mech?"</u></span>
<b>Think it resembles Evangelion <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->. Sparks, can you tell me if this is way too advanced or not, cause I'll just change it then.</b>
I'd go for a Direct Neural Interface. An inplant into the spinal cord hijacks the sensory input and feeds it data from the mechs sensors. You stop piloting the mech and you start becoming the mech. This would also explain why mechs are can be better than tanks, as the tank is too foreign a shape to control.
Either that or a frame which translates body movements to the mech.
Do we get WP smoke in the countermeasures? It blocks thermal vision but not RADAR.
Flares for when you still want to see, and chaff for RADAR guided missles?
Anti radiation missles?
Anti-missle LASERs?
Ensuring that the secondary controls are working, JL secures his helmet and plugs it into the control panel. The steroscopic display unit inside the helmet suddenly switches to the cameras mounted on top of his walker, allowing him a 3D view of the world around him. His virtual HUD is drawn around him, surrounding him in a holographic ring, presenting him with battle infrormation quickly.
Looking around the hangar, he see's a few walkers still in their docking bays and Bill, Justin, Khan and Xect's walkers moving out the court yard. Wrapping his hands around the control interfaces, he walks his mech towards the courtyard, while activating his comms link*
"Let's get this show on the road!"
</span>
<span style='color:purple'>"Dunno about you guys but i'm sure as hell going now."
*He exits the hanger and starts walking to the gathering court.*</span>