Battletech/Mechwarrior PbP: "Days of the Jackal" [closed]

[Douane]

Yeah, just over 18 was what I was thinking. But younger is doable. The family crisis (about 3-4 years ago? less?) would have hit him a little harder as he was still to enter, or was just starting Acadamy. I was thinking that he followed his father, who put him under the patronage of another, more successful family. Or something like that.

Well, my idea was the following:

The cornerstone of the Confederation's defense and its Elite are the "Warrior Houses", each of them living, detached form normal society, in its own micrcosmos. Quasi-religious orders, candidates for them are usually chosen at the age of the 12.

Now if your brother showed great aptitude it would be a shame if he got caught in the downward spiral of misfortune along with his family without any doing of his own. Especially in the Capellan Confederation that can't afford to waste anything. So it might have been arranged (either by your family using its last available connections and favours or a Housemaster who was made aware of his exceptional talent) to induct him into one of the Houses, perhaps even a little bit later than 12. (Though probably before you left in disgrace.)

[It might take a bit of juggling with the respective ages, but I think it would be worth it.]


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[Douane]

Is he a LAM pilot? That would be very cool, but very tough to repair and upkeep. If not that then a Savannah Master or VTOL pilot. Not much else is faster than a 3025 Locust.

I would really like to answer this, but I'm very, very busy fighting off Harmony Gold's thug squad right now!

 

[Shalimar]

Maybe its a dropship

Either way, what else do we need to get this off the ground?

 

[Radiant]

Either way, what else do we need to get this off the ground?

I think he still hasn't got my background
*hangs head in shame*
working on it right now...

 

[Douane]

Maybe its a dropship

Actually I thought that petition for a McKenna warship to be pretty convincing.


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[Douane]

Either way, what else do we need to get this off the ground?

Not much, and don't worry, I think I'm more anxious to start this than anyone else.

 

[Douane]

Because I had not previously qualified this, level 2 in SI/language gives you fluency in the language. (But nothing more, everyone can hear where you are from. )



Here's the final decision on "background" skills:

4 bonus skill points for everyone, to be spent on Career/ ... or Special Interest/ ... skills.


In case you want to acquire additional languages, here's the list to choose from:

Davion: French, German, Hindi, Russian

Kurita: Swedenese, Arabic, English

Liao: English, Russian, Scottish Gaelic, Hindi, Arabic

Marik: Spanish, Greek, Romanian, Urdu

Steiner: Scottish Gaelic, Italian, Swedish, English


But remember, everyone's got to have a hobby (or make that his job)!


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[Shalimar]

For McKenzie I'll run with
S/I: Inner-Sphere Politics 2 (6+) [They pretty much consumed her childhood]
S/I: Kurita BattleMechs 1 (7+) [Know thy Foe, knowledge picked up on Tamar]

 

[Radiant]

great, that Babel Fish translates into japanese signs. I knew I should have learned them

 

[Douane]

One more thing:

For everyone who attended an academy (well, everyone ), decide whether you went through Officer Candidate School (except for Shalimar and Urbanmech who had no other choice).