I'm going to finalize my decision here and have a full background written up by tonight: Runihura Super-Soldier (enhanced reflexes)? Desert Outrider. Hit-and run Specialist. Above all: A Survivor. Leaning towards Assault Hacker/Demo Expert. Appear from the Desert sands like a howling wraith to weave in and out of combat, immobilizing TAGs and demo-charging the weak-spots. The bigger you are, the harder you fall. May look into Medical abilities for additional support?
@oldGregg sounds like it will fit in perfectly! Btw big fan of The Mighty Boosh and Titanfall is probably the second best pvp shooter (although I don't play those much).
I've gotten most of it done just need time to put it in words, etc., need to access a PC to transfer it from pen & paper to the character pdf. But I'll put the TAG down for now so we can discuss modifying/upgrading it. ---- Quality Imperial Productions private TAG model Yukishi user designation "Piker" Description: Designed off the famous PanO TAG Cutters, recreated with none of the original specifications. The immediate similarity is apparent in the replicated head and "wings". However even the visual similarities end quickly. The most noticeable difference (other than being visible) is the pilot's seat. The usually broad chest is raised and stomach elongated to allow room and protection for a cockpit, giving a "pregnant" or fat look to the TAG. While the chest is modeled after the Cutters the remainder of the torso is modeled after a predecessor to the Guija, a design that has been recreated and leaked many years ago. While the original specs are well below even the Anaconda after the Piker tagged along with Sam to the Minotaurs they massively overhauled it. The engineers found the Cutters designed components to be mostly superficial with the internals matching the retired chinese design of the cockpit. Replacing the frame with updated Guija components was simple. An additional shoulder mount was added similar to a Gecko, giving an asymmetrical look. The result is a military grade TAG not to be underestimated. Previously painted a simple USA style olive drab, the current color is at the mercy of Minotaur techs. A cheesy sheriff star previously affixed to the chest has mysteriously disappeared after the upgrade. The cockpit is missing the right arm. Sam's prosthesis is removable, revealing a node the connects in the cockpit internally; mental signals are sent to the controls using the same mechanism as his cybernetic arm. It controls the normally to Sam but another pilot would only be able to control the left arm. ---- Currently I have the stats and gear matching the Guija. The loadouts are as follows: Tesium Chopper (fashioned after a Tomahawk) Chain Rifle A Guided Missile Launcher (shoulder mounted) as in the core book but with the Guided trait. MULTI Sniper Rifle with the following ammo: Standard, Needle, T2 An Americolt Eagle (Revolver model) (from Ariadnan Supplement if you'll allow), an American sized heavy pistol: Range R/C, Damage 2+5, Burst 1, Unbalanced, Piercing 1, Non-Hackable, Knockdown, Vicious 1. Additionally if used with Brawn under 12 it gets Backlash 1 and +2 complication range, although a TAG is way above that. Eagle ammo is USAr manufactured. It has a massive charge and a tesium tipped AP bullet. It has Pierce 3 and Unsubtle. It can be fired from any Heavy Pistol but it adds the same penalties if used with Brawn lower than 12. I made it pretty heavily armed, obviously anything can be changed around to match setting/powerlevel.
Sorry to be a little behind. Last night I had to be Shift Coordinator at the ER, which meant I didn't have that free time between cases to roll the character. I'll have her ready tonight.
Just returned from the Job Interview for some potentially useful Graphic Stuff Works that will also give some good Contacts, so that went good. . . @loricus. . . Generally the basic premises of the T.A.G. are Good and not so exhaggerated, will see about properly balancing everything. . . The "Graphic Idea" of a "Piloted Cutter" is very cool and also os nice the touch about the Artificial Arm interaction with the Command Software. . . So instead of a "Rifle Sniper" then You will go for a "Missile Launcher"; I recommend to have the Missile Launcher as an "Hand-Held Big Rifle" rather than a Mounted Weapon, so that You can easily swap if needed for Mission Parameters; a Pump Action version with an Oversized Revolver-Drum Ammo Clip, even if made with the relatively "Primitive Ariadnan Gunsmith Tech" will also allow You to cycle between different Missile types (many Missiles are each "Reload 1" for the Rules, so this will anyway help You choose between different flexible stuff, much like an Oversized "Riot Grenade Gun" !). . . The Chain-Rifle and Multi-Snipergun (combined together ??) I imagine them mounted in the "Vambrace Gauntlet" (Wrist + Forearm) section of the T.A.G. Arms; should the need arise and the Character is forced to go on feet, You could detach one of them and brace it as an Oversized Machinegun (much like @inane.imp could do with the L.M.G. Spitfire + Drum Grenadier of its Mecha Suit) The Pistol while powerful seems not so much absurd, and the Teseum Tomahawk too; while the T.A.G. will effortlessly wield them in a single hand, when on "Human Feet" You could employ them with STRENUOUS Effort and a firm TWO Handed Grip. . . Essentially if Your T.A.G. is not much more than a Big, Cumbersome "Armoured Walking Platform" without too much "Bells & Whistles" (apart from some Enhanced Target Aquisition Systems) will be adequately balanced with the "Tricked Geckos" with all their "Fancy Stuff" but rather far more fragile and less powerful in terms of pure brute strenght. . . I eagerly await the Character Sheet and the Backstory / Fluff / Background. . . @Danger Rose. . . Don't stress overmuch; write the Character and Roll the Life Events when You can. . . It is important to have a P.C. that is entertaining and amusing for You to play. . . I will take care of all the shehanigans of the "Invisible Gecko" to properly balance it with the other Players; I just recommend a Weapon Loadout (BOTH for the T.A.G. and the Humanoid Character) NOT ONLY centered on "Purely Flamethrowers" (very effective weapons, but with severe "Tactical Limits") but also consider various kind of Shotguns and Grenade Launchers as they could easily employ "Dragonsbreath Slugs" (Phosporous Incendiary Ammo for Unrifled Slugthrowers that exists yet in our R.W. !!) on top of many other versatile kind of Ammunitions. . .
@stevenart74 the Missile Launcher is different than on the tabletop. It is a munitions weapon like the Panzerfaust, taking a reload per shot. That makes it unable to be used as a primary weapon so I was thinking to have it attached in addition to my sniper. To balance it we could limit the ammo (since it must be auto-loaded) to 2 shots, basically making it a bigger Panzerfaust. It could also require the "brace" action to fire without penalty. The idea is just to support allies by allowing them to target enemy armor and make use of the guided trait, not to treat it like a primary weapon. I would probably never use it direct fire (we could even limit it to requiring a Lock On). If that's not good I'd like to find something other than the Panzerfaust, the MSR is too similar. I'd like something that gives tactical flexibility rather than just a bigger shot. Maybe you should give a size limit to a shoulder mount? At least 1H and Unbalanced.
I kind of like the idea of, for example, @oldGregg being able to target something and call in a missile. Maybe we could make a new, weaker guided weapon than the ML. It has the Traktor Mul weapons in the Ariadna book I can check there. edit: nothing useful there
Another alternative: Light Grenade Launcher with a 6 round rotating clip. Cannot be loaded while the TAG is piloted, so you would need to choose the loadout before, e.g. 2 incendiary grenades, 2 teargas, 2 goonades. That would give me a cool gadget I can pull plans off with or load out for specific missions.
Why not take 2? One with each Combi Rifle (which are loaded with AP or Shock Rounds). ;) That's my planned load-out. I'll probably run mostly EM2 Grenades, or Goonades for non-lethal applications. Goonading a rioting crowd seems amusing :) Frag and Smoke seem like the beat idea for anti Antipodes duty. Needle Ammo in a MSR has the Guided trait (or at least can have it) . So it you go MSR + Pistol + Chopper then we can Spot + Needle/Spec Grenade things that we don't want to just TAG to death.
:p I do, so stop taking my ideas [emoji14] MSR with T2 + Guided Needle can do that: and it'll give you the range I lack. You could even potentially go 2 for more variety in loadout.
Guided needle would be pretty cool I'm just a bit weary of mixing ammos. Maybe we could give it Munitions as well to make sure I can't spam it. edit: Maybe the shoulder could just have an Advanced ECM. I really like shoulder weapons.
TBH I thought that Needle was Guided and Munition due to the the fluff description. "Needle Ammunition: Needle rounds are anti-armour micromissiles designed to penetrate and destroy heavily armoured targets without collateral damage. " But I was wrong :'(
Panzerfaust is the most basic Needle weapon and that's munition so that's not surprising. But MSR take take Needle or SaboT as a Heavy MULTI, so 1 Burst but no munition cost. Pretty cool. I could have it fire Dancer ammo instead of T2 for the Medium MULTI but, meh. Also I'd rather have my main ammo be Ariadnan tech based instead of PanO.
You could - with permission - modify its 'Normal' mode to fire a special ammo as well: so rather than Normal/Medium Multi/Heavy Multi you run Special/Medium Multi/Heavy Multi. That would let you run B2 Dancer / T2, B1 Needle. Perhaps at an increased Complication range? Or run Dual shoulder mounted MSR. Normal / T2 / Needle Normal / T2 / Dancer* *I'm fairly sure that you can run Special instead of Heavy in the Heavy Multi 'slot'.
My favorite way to do it would be a Guided ML on the shoulder limited to 2 reloads and maybe change ammo type to DA+AP or just reduce damage to Panzerfaust levels. I like the idea of a cinematic moment of targeting PSHOOOO and BOOM, and it gives the credit to teamwork which is always fun.
Amastan Ag Brahim, born of Asikh Ag Brahim in the Gabqar Region of Bourak. This Region, was most of you know is famed for being the sole source of SILK known to the Human Sphere. Amastan's mother is a Hunza hunting guide, and they make their home in the mountains. It is not always comfortable, but his father, a manager of SILK production in nearby Khiva Kala makes enough money to ensure his family is cared for when times are rough. (Middle-class). (Frontier-life). When Amastan was young, his mother often let him wander the desert and mountain passes, so long as he practiced staying hidden, and promised not to get eaten by the fearsome Sakht Taqdeer. One day, during his wanderings, the boy discovered a body half buried in the sand, far from any traveled roads. After poking the dried out corpse, Amastan discovered it was alive! The large man was riddled with bullet wounds, and looked as though he belonged to one of the biker tribes of Kum-Dag. The child had quick wits, even at such a young age, and scurried to gather local vegetation, chewing up a salve that he pasted over the wounds of the biker. Satisfied, he rushed home to his mother, and together, they were able to save the man's life. (Youth Event: Found a body). It was shortly after this, that Amastan began a more formal education. Children from all across the mountains would gather to learn the combined wisdom of Taureg and Hunza elders. Even Daylami children would attend for a short time, before sending deploying to some battlefield. Though he learned much, Amastan had developed a bond with the man he had saved in the desert. The bike turned out to be a relatively powerful Sum Chieftain, and had repaid the boy with a bike of his own. He would often skip out on lessons to spend time with the bikers he had befriended, learning how to customize his bike and ride is as though he were born in the saddle. (Rural Education, Adolescent Event). Amastan soon proved an excellent long-distance racer, capable of outpacing some of the most veteran Kum in the entire region. The chieftain he had saved began training the boy as his heir, teaching him all the dirty tricks he knew. As the boy's skills grew, so did the attention given his adoptive gang. And when a gang receives attention, violence follows. For 11 long years, The Ayyūbidiyun (Amastan's Gang, Bōsōzoku/Kum) fought and killed their rivals, using every dirty trick and backhanded tactic they could to survive. Amastan underwent several medical treatments during this time. Initially, he said it was to make a little extra cash to help his mother through a hard hunting season, but it soon became obvious to those around him that the boy (now a young man) had been selected by a bio-enhancement research team of some sort. Likely tied directly to the Haqqislamite government. Amastan soon began showing signs of these bio-enhancements, moving like fluid lightning in combat. (Total Reaction, Martial Artist). He even seemed to posses enhanced mental capabilities. (Hacker). In one particularly large scrum, he immobilized a veteran biker before planting a D-charge on him and blowing the rival straight to hell. Soon enough, the attention started becoming too much for the Ayyūbidiyun, and they have been forced to flee Bourak, seeking refuge with The Minotaurs on Dawn. _____________________________________________ So here's the final draft: Amastan Ag Brahim Haqqislam: Bourak (Gabqar) [Physician] Middleclass, Frontier Life Bōsōzoku (Kum) 11 years Gear: Stillsuit (Nav suit) w/Camo (TO would be cool, but whatever you want) Armored Clothing Survival Kit Survival Rations x3 Kindjal (knife) Pistol: Viral or AP x6 reloads D-Charges x4 ADHL w/Adhesive grenades x3 reloads Motorcycle - geared for long-distance scout/hunt missions, Camp paint/netting + any armor/toys you want to give me. I was thinking a FO device of some sort after what @loricus mentioned with missiles. A tow cable would be neat, if the bike has enough torque to snare a TAG. I want to play control/support. Lastly, the Hacking bit. Could the Runihara have done something to internalize hacking programs while increasing BTS/firewalls due to the biochemical nature of humans? I know its typically super-jump/immunity stuff, which I'm also fine with. I could always try to get my hands on/start with a hacking device? I want to do two things with Hacking. Stop! TAGs, and KILL HACKERS! ____________________________________________________ Sorry for the long wait! I hope you enjoyed the background.
Yup, no doubt. I think I just need to finalize gear and programs. What do you think, any other adjustments?
Your gear will probably change/upgrade from becoming a Minotaur but as far as Backround goes I think you're good.
