Plus Ultra Custom (D8 EE Event Hangars)

[GM Yuusha]

(Open to all. Optional)
At the Chief Mechtech's urgings, and with the CO's approval, a meeting is called in Kenna's office to decide something. Something important. The Militia sites had given the Angels various mech parts as salvage. Now that work crews were focusing on repairs and preparations for the attack tomorrow, Kenna was free enough to start a project he'd been keen on for years now. Not only that, but the parts for it were on hand. What did that mean?

Someone was going to get a custom mech!

It would be easy to argue with the here and now of it. However, the eccentric technician had somehow gotten Eric's thumbs up and it was happening. The only choices were to ignore it or to put in a proposal. Kenna had called a meeting to hear ideas and wishes from the lance leads. Certain others that wanted to speak in support of those wishes were also invited. The most persuasive yet achievable proposal would become something Kenna tried to make a reality.

This event is a chance for Combat Characters to customise their mech. The character who receives the most points, wins. You will be able to work with me to design a customised mech using your mech's existing chassis. Double heat sinks, ferro-fibrous armour and gauss rifles are available, along with certain additional weapons such as medium pulse lasers. I'll contact you with the specifics. In the event of a tie, the highest Ideas! roll will be the winner. If somehow still tied, I'll randomly determine the winner.

To get points there are two rolls, as below, that you can make. Non-Combat Characters may also participate and award half their points total (rounded down) to a Combat Character that is participating.

1) Ideas!
First, you need to pick out some good ideas such as improvements or performance issues to address. This is a Technician: Mechtech [Intelligence] OR Piloting: Battlemech [Perception] roll TN15. You may add your Rank (rounded down to the nearest whole number) to this roll. E.g. A 1st Lieutenant at Rank 3 would add +3 to the roll.

You receive 2 points for success and 1 point per successful raise. Gain a free raise on the roll for each of the following Advantages: Human TRO: Mechs, Gearhead, Great Destiny and Crafter.

2) Persuade!
You have an idea, but now you need to sell Kenna on it. You could speak from the heart or the mind. This is a Communication [Awareness] or Negotiation [Awareness] roll TN15.

You receive 2 points for success and 1 point per successful raise. Gain a free raise on the roll for each of the following Advantages: Good Communicator, Exceptionally Attractive, Forgotten Knowledge: Lostech and Natural Salesperson.

Connections:
Finally, characters can also ask a single Obsidian Angels Connection they have to support them. Gain bonus points equal to their influence.

[Yori Hakamada]

Yori brings her own fancy plans for Mech #4, imaginatively dubbed Mech #4.1. They're quite...extensive

Day 8 EE, Plus Ultra Custom, Roll 1 Ideas!, Piloting:battlemech/perception, free raise from inherited mech, calling two raises for TN 25, spending an edge point: 7d10o10k3+3 38

Of course, they're also in Japanese and some sort of code which the pilot does a terrible job of conveying.

Day 8 EE, Plus Ultra Custom, Roll 2 Persuade!,Communications/Awareness, calling one raise for TN 20, spending an edge point: 4d10o10k3 18

(( 5 points all up))

[Aleksandr Korolov]

Alek had plans for a fast but durable mech with upgraded armor and some devastating long range capability but it also had a Melee Specialization like its planner two durable powerful fists that could deliver punishment to any who came in close to avoid the long range punishment.

The plan was as unconventional as the person proposing it but the large and gregarious man delivered the idea with such Zeal and confidence people couldn't dismiss the idea outright.

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D8 plus ultra custom Piloting/per edge 1 cr tn 20: 7d10o10k3 36 1 fr from exceptional success total of 4 points

D8 plus ultra custom communication/awa edge tn 15: 4d10o10k3 22 2 points

Calling in connection with Monique for 1 point

Total: 7 points

[Alex Kovac]

Alex approached Cat and her friend. "Need some insight?" As Alex saw the blue prints for the alterations the Pengui gave out some opinions that may help the customization of the mech.

//D8 EE +Ultra Tech Mech TN 1CR+pts 20 FR+pts+rank: 8d10o10k3+2 35 2+1CR+1FR+1ER
D8 EE +Ultra Comms Awa TN 15: 6d10o10k3 24 2pts

7 pts total
Helping Cat out (Cat gets 3 points)

[Catherine Maia Hayes]

A custom Battlemech.

A custom Battlemech!

Uwah!

Catherine has an entire box full of ideas about that. Just about her own mech alone.

And that box is what she carries to the Hanger in order to throw it at the Chief Mechtech with great gusto. Just figuratively of course.

The Battlemech obsessed tomboy has been consuming technical readouts since childhood and has been fiddling with ideas since then. And there is so much that can be done with an amazing chassis like the Wolverine. To have the chance to fix its more glaring flaws is like a dream come true.

Double heat sinks! Lighter structure! More firepower! More range! More options!

Kenna may be a grumpy mechtech uncle and not always easy to work with, but if anyone can make it happen, he is the one that can do it!

Just to make sure, Catherine has asked her Captain and mentor Lakshmi for assistance in this endeavour. If her idea works out, Laks might get an even better custom mech for herself, with any new problems ironed out further.

Alex approached Cat and her friend. "Need some insight?" As Alex saw the blue prints for the alterations the Pengui gave out some opinions that may help the customization of the mech.

"Your insight would be very welcome, Alex." Catherine greets her friend with a quick hug. Her attention immediately returns to her design, excitedly considering the Pengui's advice.

Designing Battlemechs is heaps of fun and she could do that all evening, but doing it with friends is even better!
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1) Ideas! - Piloting: Battlemech [Perception] - 2R - TN 25: 42, +6 pts
2) Persuade! - Communication [Awareness] - 0R - TN15: 24, +2 pts
Connections: Captain Kaala, +2 pts
Alex's help and insight, +3 pts
Total: 13 pts

[Gianna Rains]

Gianna had attended the meeting as a (hopefully) engaged and supportive company commander. Well, really, she wanted some improvements to Gorgeous George to help keep both of them alive. But after Kenna's briefing, as she began to make some notes and then expand on them, Princess arrived to help. Well, to observe and hopefully learn something because she was feeling a bit bored and lonely.

Gianna's ideas were sound. But Princess kept nagging her - about how close Alex stood to Cat, how he might be looking at her, whether either of them talked about the other - and somewhere along the line, the truly inspiring sales pitch that Gianna made was for another member of Crusader Command, Lt. Hakamada's design. A shock, no doubt, to Cat. And Alex. And perhaps most of all to Yori herself.

Perhaps the real takeaway from the special meeting was to watch out for the Rains girls, because they were paying attention to what happened among the Angels.

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1) Ideas!
Piloting: Battlemech [Perception] roll TN15. You may add your Rank (A 1st Lieutenant at Rank 3 would add +3 to the roll): exceptional success. 3 points.

2) Persuade!
Communication [Awareness] roll TN15:
exceptional success. 4 points

Total 7 points - throwing at 1/2 rate to support Yori.
3 points to Yori.

[GM Yuusha]

Results

Some good ideas are thrown around and some interesting custom work is pitched. It all gets Kenna pretty buzzed.

"You mech jockeys actually do care about your mechs huh? Maybe you ought to spend some more damn time in here learning about them than goofing off in the break room. Y'all could learn a thing or two from him." He'd pointed to Alex.

Kenna had moved to look more closely at Cat's request after that, thanks in large part to Alex's support of it.

"Okay, this might be doable. Damn lotta work, but should be effective... If I pull this off, and it'll be weeks, so you better find another ride for the time being. But if I pull this off, then maybe I'll see about taking on another request."

(Catherine will have her Wolverine customized at some point in the near future. It will be undergoing work after day 9 causing it to be unavailable.

All other participants are now advantaged toward any character goals to customise their mech. Advantaged goals will be much more likely to succeed, cost less, be done faster, etc.)

The group is dismissed so Kenna can begin planning the work ahead.