From Iron Blood? I'd say mercenary group. Depending on the status of Mars, they could be fighting Earth for Mars independence, or if Mars is independent, could use the funds from their jobs to assist Mars groups. Provide cheaper escort for Mars affiliated convoys, freighters, etc.
CORELINE (D20 Modern/D20 BESM Setting).
marcoasalazarm
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Mars is independent but allied to Earth.
Yeah, I've been binging IBO on Netflix recently. Heck, guess "the Iron-Blooded Orphans" is Tekkadan's unofficial nickname.
Yeah, I've been binging IBO on Netflix recently. Heck, guess "the Iron-Blooded Orphans" is Tekkadan's unofficial nickname.
I could see them funding orphanages on Mars, probably running rescue ops around Mars space, and orphans created by any pirate attacks or other conflicts in the area would be picked up by them and either given to an orphanage or inducted into their ranks.
marcoasalazarm
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Well, the question becomes how much people would dig "Human Debris". Like, it's outright inevitable that there's going to be kids in any conflict in Coreline, considering how much media utilizes the "teens with attitude" trope, but how much people would feel right with Tekkadan using kids as frontline soldiers? (maybe they would be more accepting of them being in admistrative or rear-guard stuff.... but Gundam villains, to point in a specific direction, surely don't care about anybody having a "non-combatant" status.)
Huh.... "Human Debris".... okay, thanks to OrionPax09 there's a term for things from other universes that pop up in the Core Timeline: "Universe Shrapnel". But that is for things.
I guess that there's people who have started to use the term "Human Debris" for the people who have Emerged, and it's as insulting to apply it in this fashion as it was to apply it to orphans used as soldiers in the IBO-verse.
OK, so Tekkadan has been reborn and regained its hero status (anybody who has Cartoon Network in its cable package knows about Rustal Elion's lies by now -- even with the absolute lowest lowball, we are still talking at least a few million people. There is probably a lot of arguing about whether or not to utilize his Human Debris Abolishment Treaty in any way -- it's like finding out Abe Lincoln was more sleazy than Jimmy Saville). Sounds okay.
Heh... the Mobile Workers shouldn't be hard to stat up, I guess.
Huh.... "Human Debris".... okay, thanks to OrionPax09 there's a term for things from other universes that pop up in the Core Timeline: "Universe Shrapnel". But that is for things.
I guess that there's people who have started to use the term "Human Debris" for the people who have Emerged, and it's as insulting to apply it in this fashion as it was to apply it to orphans used as soldiers in the IBO-verse.
OK, so Tekkadan has been reborn and regained its hero status (anybody who has Cartoon Network in its cable package knows about Rustal Elion's lies by now -- even with the absolute lowest lowball, we are still talking at least a few million people. There is probably a lot of arguing about whether or not to utilize his Human Debris Abolishment Treaty in any way -- it's like finding out Abe Lincoln was more sleazy than Jimmy Saville). Sounds okay.
Heh... the Mobile Workers shouldn't be hard to stat up, I guess.
If Tekkadan uses children as soldiers, they'd have all kinds of child rights groups/organizations on their butts.
But if we go with the they're reborn, and children they induct are put in admin, engineering, IT, services (food, laundry, running deliveries on base/in ship, etc) to give them a leg up if they want to enter the workforce outside of Tekkadan, they'd probably be paving the way in human rights, especially if they also pay those kids in those fields.
I can see a hero version going on hunts for groups that use 'Human Debris' (orphans) or slave labour in general, possibly waging a private war against slavers, kidnappers, etc. Heck, they'd probably wage a private war against the First Order if they found out they abducted children and trained them to be soldiers.
Probably have running fire-fights with the Hutts as well when they're in the same areas.
But if we go with the they're reborn, and children they induct are put in admin, engineering, IT, services (food, laundry, running deliveries on base/in ship, etc) to give them a leg up if they want to enter the workforce outside of Tekkadan, they'd probably be paving the way in human rights, especially if they also pay those kids in those fields.
I can see a hero version going on hunts for groups that use 'Human Debris' (orphans) or slave labour in general, possibly waging a private war against slavers, kidnappers, etc. Heck, they'd probably wage a private war against the First Order if they found out they abducted children and trained them to be soldiers.
Probably have running fire-fights with the Hutts as well when they're in the same areas.
Lord Zack
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With how much of a crapsack world Coreline is, I don't see Tekkadan facing many consequences for using child soldiers. However, that doesn't mean they would necessarily continue to do so. The older members might continue to fight while hiring new recruits that are of age, or at least around their age. It's possible they may have a friendly rivalry with Serpent's Tail, the other major mercenary group of Gundam. On the other hand I could see certain versions of Tekkadan coming into conflict with Terminal/Celestial Being over such things as the use of child soldiers. The way Coreline is, you could even have different versions of Tekkadan fighting one another.
In addition to Mars as presented in Iron-Blooded Orphans, Mars also has roles in the Universal Century, being the headquarters of Mars Zeon, now the Mars Zeon Expeditionary Force. There are also the Martian Colonists from Mobile Suit Gundam SEED C.E. 73 Δ Astray. They have likely joined the Post Disaster Martian Government, bringing along their unique mobile weapons. Finally there are the Vagan from Mobile Suit Gundam AGE and the Mars Century following the After Colony timeline.
In addition to Mars as presented in Iron-Blooded Orphans, Mars also has roles in the Universal Century, being the headquarters of Mars Zeon, now the Mars Zeon Expeditionary Force. There are also the Martian Colonists from Mobile Suit Gundam SEED C.E. 73 Δ Astray. They have likely joined the Post Disaster Martian Government, bringing along their unique mobile weapons. Finally there are the Vagan from Mobile Suit Gundam AGE and the Mars Century following the After Colony timeline.
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marcoasalazarm
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Well, there's also other media that has similar factions (the Earthers, Gongen and Mavericks of Decipher's "WARS" card game (adapted by Mongoose as an RPG), respectively. Heck, they are so similar that I am pretty sure I could explain it to new players as "The Expanse, with aliens and pseudo-Force").
So.... really think we need to add stuff to this setting's slang list.
Well, the Expanse-verse Martians would dig the fact that (except for a couple of valleys) Mars has been totally terraformed (and it's pretty viable for farming, although I don't recall if the Griffon farm in IBO is using some kind of gene-modded corn or something). Don't know if the Martian Republic would dig some of its neighbors, but they wouldn't mind upgrading their ships any way they can (imagine how destructive a Donnager-class would be just by adding shields).
And there is the question of the Epstein Drive. Like, what do people think of it? Probably aliens go all "heh, human technology" but I wouldn't put it past one or two factions upgrading to it because it does a pretty efficient job. At least it would stay as a secondary for inter-solar-system navigation.
So.... really think we need to add stuff to this setting's slang list.
Well, the Expanse-verse Martians would dig the fact that (except for a couple of valleys) Mars has been totally terraformed (and it's pretty viable for farming, although I don't recall if the Griffon farm in IBO is using some kind of gene-modded corn or something). Don't know if the Martian Republic would dig some of its neighbors, but they wouldn't mind upgrading their ships any way they can (imagine how destructive a Donnager-class would be just by adding shields).
And there is the question of the Epstein Drive. Like, what do people think of it? Probably aliens go all "heh, human technology" but I wouldn't put it past one or two factions upgrading to it because it does a pretty efficient job. At least it would stay as a secondary for inter-solar-system navigation.
marcoasalazarm
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The question about Martian factions... how many of them would combine together and how many of them would remain divided? Like, would all of the Gundam Martian factions combine or would the Martian Congress from "The Expanse" combine with the SEED colonists because the technology to make Coordinators would probably help with some of the issues that being from a "realistic" sci-fi universe (read: Earth gravity sucks) brings? Or would they prefer to stand aside (because, say for example, they don't like Zeon)?
The OPA... I think they would really like to not answer to anybody. Even if they toss some of the guys who raised the most hell back home (like Marco Inaros) out the airlock. Fred Johnson is a nice guy, but yeah, Belt for the Belters.
The OPA... I think they would really like to not answer to anybody. Even if they toss some of the guys who raised the most hell back home (like Marco Inaros) out the airlock. Fred Johnson is a nice guy, but yeah, Belt for the Belters.
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The OPA might get long with, or tolerate the Space Colonies, particularly ones not in Earth orbit (although they'd empathize with their problems of how Earth has treated them in the past).
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