Mecha Crusade recruitment

[Jarval]

ACH!! NOW I find my Polyhedron 154
Dammit, and I could have been the Yellow Jacket, or the Dragonfly...or the Mantis...or the, oh well. I'll keep checking, you never know when someone will bite the big Las-Cannon Blast and you may need reinforcements.

Well, unless The Black Kestrel posts soon, we may have an empty slot...

 

[Lichtenhart]

A-hem

 

[Jarval]

A-hem

We'll see if we can squeze you in as well, Licht

 

[Mitchifer]

It isn't really important, but normally this is how mechs in battletech were broken down on the unit levels...

A Star is your basic unit of mechs. This is 1-5 mechs, and they can be any size class.

A Binary is an army. A Binary has 2 stars.

A Trinary is a large army. A Trinary has 2 Stars.

There are larger formations... clusters and such... but flights are reserved for aerospace fighters. Any terminology is fine by me, and my memories could be incorrect, but I'm curious as to how you want units broken down.

Heya Creamsteak, I used to play Battletech too! (and still do to a lesser extent)

I'm not quite sure what kind-of unit structure Jarval is looking for. I just thought it would be easier to break them up into flights of three.

Thanks

--Mitchifer

 

[Mitchifer]

I like the ideas, Mitchifier. Let me make sure I've got this right. Mitchifier, you're going to take the Wing Captain position, right? So I can go ahead and finish fleshing out my Tank, right? Unless I hear otherwise, that's what I'll assume I'm doing. I like the idea of my Shock Trooper being an NCO, too. Are we using Army, Navy or Marine rankings or something else altogether?

Heya Mirthcard, go ahead with the Tank idea; it complements our "swarm" meta-bot. Just make sure it's big in melee, although I'm sure it will be. I'm sure you could have a NCO be a mecha pilot, considering he has high enough rank; I was making an assumption that officers (not enlisted) piloted mechas, but just ask Jarval about this. As for rank structure, I'm not sure what we're using either. When I was using the terms "lieutenants/captain" and "flight", I was assuming Air Force (I'm in AFROTC, so it's what I'm familiar with, and techincally it goes wing-group-squadron-flight...flight made the most sense). However, anything goes fine here too...we just need to hear back from Jarval (although wouldn't we much rather be "airmen" than "soldiers"? ...ok, I'm somewhat biased).

Also, I noticed that some of the characters posted have call signs, so it would be cool if all of them did.

Thanks, talk to you guys later

--Mitchifer

 

[Mirth]

Heya Mirthcard, go ahead with the Tank idea; it complements our "swarm" meta-bot. Just make sure it's big in melee, although I'm sure it will be. I'm sure you could have a NCO be a mecha pilot, considering he has high enough rank; I was making an assumption that officers (not enlisted) piloted mechas, but just ask Jarval about this. As for rank structure, I'm not sure what we're using either. When I was using the terms "lieutenants/captain" and "flight", I was assuming Air Force (I'm in AFROTC, so it's what I'm familiar with, and techincally it goes wing-group-squadron-flight...flight made the most sense). However, anything goes fine here too...we just need to hear back from Jarval (although wouldn't we much rather be "airmen" than "soldiers"? ...ok, I'm somewhat biased).

Also, I noticed that some of the characters posted have call signs, so it would be cool if all of them did.

Thanks, talk to you guys later

--Mitchifer

I used to be in AFJROTC waaaaay back in the day, but I guess I made the assumption that we would be ground forces and not flight teams (grunts not flyboys), so I was thinking more Army or Marines. Plus, Trek was based on a Navy model, so that came to mind also. My character just seems more like a big, gruff but lovable sergeant type to me, so that's where the NCO idea came from.

Regardless, I'm working on my Mech now, but I sure would like some feedback once I post it. This is the first Mecha game I've been in, so any informed criticism would be great.

Seems like the team is really coming together, though.

Jay

 

[Jarval]

I'm not quite sure what kind-of unit structure Jarval is looking for. I just thought it would be easier to break them up into flights of three.

I prefer the flights of three, since we've got six players. It makes it easier to handle than groups of five. OTOH, we could use the Battletech structure for the Earth forces.

...As for rank structure, I'm not sure what we're using either. When I was using the terms "lieutenants/captain" and "flight", I was assuming Air Force (I'm in AFROTC, so it's what I'm familiar with, and techincally it goes wing-group-squadron-flight...flight made the most sense). However, anything goes fine here too...we just need to hear back from Jarval...

I'm going with Air Force ranks, since as Mitchifer says, we're using Air Force terminology already. I was going to assign you all First Lieutenant rank, with the exception of the wing leader, who will be a Captain. Does this sound good with everyone?

 

[Uriel]

Well, if I get in, I'll be 'Yellow Jacket', always my fave wasp/hornets anyways...although they sure do pack a wollup when they sting you (We had them in our honeysuckle bushes where I grew up in Phoenix).

 

[Mirth]

I prefer the flights of three, since we've got six players. It makes it easier to handle than groups of five. OTOH, we could use the Battletech structure for the Earth forces.



I'm going with Air Force ranks, since as Mitchifer says, we're using Air Force terminology already. I was going to assign you all First Lieutenant rank, with the exception of the wing leader, who will be a Captain. Does this sound good with everyone?

Flights of three is fine with me (rhymes ). As I said before, I'd rather be an NCO (Non-Commisioned Officer) for my character, but I'm not dead set on it. If you want a refresher on enlisted ranks check out this link. I could either be a Staff Sergeant or perhaps a "Mech" Sergeant (instead of Tech Sergeant ), moving up from there. I would think that one or the other of these would be equivalent with a 1st Lt. in the enlisted ranks, but Mitchifier would probably know better. It's been years since I knew this stuff. It's been a busy day today, but I hope to have all of my stuff up tonight or tomorrow.

Jay

 

[Jemal]

So was there any position I could get in with? (PC/GM/NPC/whatever) I've got the mecha crusade polyhedron.