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[MacabreDerek]

Let's see what I can come up with off the cuff.

Name: Barret Sender
Callsign: "Poison"
Age: 45
Alliegence: Black Widow Company (Off-shoot of Wolf's Dragoons)
Mech: VND-1R Vindicator

Known for ruthless efficancy, Barret followed closely behind Natasha Kerensky in several operations. He is a battlehardened warrior who know's who he is, what he is, and where he comes from. He's taken his reputation to heart, and revels in putting people in their place, which is often underneath the foot of his VND-1R Vindicator. It's often said of Barret that he enjoys killing too much, and if not for being kept on a tight leash, this sociopath would be just as much a danger to his unit as he is to his enemy.

What is not known to many is Barret is a trueborn clan warrior, who's blood comes from the Clan Widow Maker's absorbtion into Clan Wolf. He harbours resentment towards the Brothers Wolf, as well as Clan Wolf, but has learned to bend his way of thinking to that of a true mercenary, making him a fallen-angel in the eyes of his freeborn comrades. Though he abides by clan law (For as much as the Wolfs Dragoons can under their guise), he is quick to find little exploits that really do formulate his Mercenary status.

Still, his skills can not be denied, even among his peers. He would follow Natasha Kerensky into the void and beyond should she hint at the inkling to do so, who he views as a fellow Clanswoman of Widow Maker.

[Hanyit Greyhame]

Joe Davion 86, on 06 April 2012 - 06:31 PM, said:

I'm in brother,

Joe "DirtNap" Kurtz

Age: 26
Preferred 'Mech: Heavy Lights (Jenner, Raven) or Strike Mediums (BlackJack II, Enforcer)

As much as I love that mech meself, the BJII doesn't come into production until after the clan invasion.

[Highlighter]

Okay, here's some more information. With Durgan's help, we've decided on a more concrete direction where we'll take this story.

Era: 3044
Employer: Federated Commonwealth
Mission: Attacking Periphery pirates

Merc Unit:
The Blue Suns were created in 3040 in the wake of the War of 3039 by war veteran Felix Maan of the Federated Commonwealth. With a company of BattleMechs and supporting elements, the Blue Suns are adept at fast raids and headhunting missions. With this specialization, the mercenary unit is currently employed by the Federated Commonwealth and posted in the Periphery March, where their orders include hunting down and destroying several marauding pirate bands.

We'll begin the story with a briefing in a Dropship/base, which will give everyone the chance to introduce his or her character. We'll assume that most everyone has been in the unit for a little bit of time, so no one should be a total stranger.

Additionally, if you've listed several preferred Battlemechs, go ahead and choose one. I'm not too picky, though I'd like to see swift and agile designs that can foster the idea of a fast-striking force. (Atlases need not apply... )

I am planning on starting the IC thread next week or so. Real Life has been busy, what with my company losing a key contract because of politicking.

[MacabreDerek]

Sorry to hear about the RL troubles. Glad you're focusing in on the RP setting and tone though

Blue Suns, Mass Effect refrence?

[guardian wolf]

Okay to further the bio on Chris, he is also with Mac, on loan from the Black Widow company until further notice, though he is actually a Wolf, as for mechs, e pilots a Warhammer 6R, and though he is from Wolf, I think Mac and I can get along just fine.

Edited by guardian wolf, 07 April 2012 - 08:41 AM.

[Beorht]

Name: Ashin "Rev" Varanin
Mech: Rifleman 5D (2 large lasers, 2 ER PPCs, 2 medium lasers)
...and if I had more time, I'd provide more. But I'm in.

[Joe Davion 86]

Hanyit Greyhame, on 07 April 2012 - 06:25 AM, said:

As much as I love that mech meself, the BJII doesn't come into production until after the clan invasion.

edited my previous post to reflect this lol

Edited by Joe Davion 86, 07 April 2012 - 05:03 PM.

[Xinaoen]

I'm perfectly happy in a WLF-1 Wolfhound if a Black Knight's 64.8 is too slow. I'd be just as happy using the BK's advanced comm equipment and BAP to run rear-support, though. Your call.

Edited by Xinaoen, 07 April 2012 - 09:24 PM.

[Wil Scarlet]

I think i'd like to get in on this if you all still have room and a desire. like what i've read so far. just give me some guidelines and i'll see what i can come up with...

Character Name is:

Saeria (no last name)
Nick: Shinkicker
Gender F
Age: 26
Height 5'5.5"
Weight 128 lbs
Hair Blue, short
Eyes blue (some call them ice blue but the license says blue)
Race Caucasion

Prefer'd Mech is a Panther, with PPC and SRM4, with an extended sensor array (sorry if i get the exact wordage wrong) and JJ's

Saeria is originally from A tiny out of the way planet in the fringes of Davion Space, her mother was a mech pilot of very little renown in terms of combat but was very good with scouting and reporting back to her lancemates on how to attack incoming foes.. This is where Saeria learned how a good scout can turn a whole battle, to that end when her mother retired and she came of age she got her mothers Panther. Saeria never bothered to 'name' her mech like others did for theirs. Her mother always telling her that tools don't get names. Secretly she wants to name it but hasn't found the right one as yet. Saeria has a decent amount of money and is looking to make a name for herself so that she can get into a good Merc Company or maybe even a House Army. Relatively naieve she's making her way with her family friend who also happens to be her Mech Engineer/Mechanic. he's older, well versed in the universe and isn't the greatest mechanic but he knows THIS mech inside and out bolt by bolt and every inch of armor. He views it as his baby.. and doesn't like it coming back with damage... not because of the cost.

Edited by Wil_Scarlet, 08 April 2012 - 08:18 AM.

[Janitor101]

Have we got a signup sheet? If not I can whip one up?
I think I may go with a Cyclops modded for additional speed, to provide fire support and the like, unless someone else wants to run an Assault mech?

[Highlighter]

I'm going to put together a roster for this thread after work today. I'll give everyone a few more days, probably until the end of the week, before I start this thing up. Sorry everyone, I've just been quite busy with Real Life and work, as well as some other projects.

Janitor, if you'd like, you can consolidate a roster of those who've posted bios. I'll then use that as the basis of mine, if you don't mind.

Edited by Highlighter, 10 April 2012 - 03:00 AM.

[Charles Martel]

Mind if I use one of my, odd characters?

Might keep things interesting with having a couple of "cub scouts from hell" along.

[Janitor101]

Not what I meant by Character sheet, but okay, since I'm collecting the roster, I want people to sound off with preferred combat style and pick a Mech, then I'll formulate suggested Lances for Highlighter based on mechs and how people want to fight and what mech they got. Then Highlighter can look at what I put together for roster and pick Lance Commanders and finalize Lances.
Be sure to think up useful combat roles, we'll need some flexibility.

If anyone wants to, feel free to use the char-sheet I used for my char.

CHARACTER:

Spoiler

Name: Kurt Mauser
Callsign: Shade
Role: Long/Medium Range Support (secondary: brawler *if need be*)
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: 3008
Planet of Birth: Tharkad
-Appearance-
Picture: IMAGE
Height: 6‘ 1“
Weight: 211 lbs
Hair Color: Brown
Hair Style: Neatly trimmed mutton chops, extremely short Mohawk.
Eye Color: Brown
-Mech-
Mech Class: Cyclops
Mech Type: Assault
Weapon Loadout:
R Arm: Rotary AC/2, Medium Laser
R Torso: Hypervelocity AC/2
L Torso: LRM15
L Arm: Rotary AC/2, Medium Laser
Mech Modifications:
Guardian ECM Suite
Searchlight (mounted in torso)
Engine souped up, providing 1/3 additional engine power
Background: Kurt was born to a long line of MechWarriors stretching back to the collapse of the Star League. Kurt’s great grandfather was a well off mercenary who lost his entire company and almost all the valuable mechs and equipment to a massed ambush. For nearly thirty years since then the Mauser family has fallen on hard times, time and time again, scraping what they could salvage from the battlefields they frequent to keep their few Mechs operational enough to continue to the next job and employer.

Fortunately, in a turn of luck, the Mauser family discovered some old Mechs in an iced over base on a little rock of a world in the periphery, Kurt claimed the barely functional Cyclops and has spent nearly two years returning it to full operational status. Kurt has taken the assault mech and joined the Blue Suns in mid 3042, to make some additional revenue so his family can repair some of the other recovered mechs.

[Xinaoen]

Nice character sheet, Janitor101. Here you go!

CHARACTER:

Spoiler

Name: Xinaoen
Callsign: Exile
Role: Heavy Scout / Skirmisher
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: Unknown (Approximate age: 30)
Planet of Birth: Unknown (Nationality: Kuritan)
-Appearance-
Picture: http://img52.imagesh...227/xinaoen.jpg
Height: 5‘ 8“
Weight: 180 lbs
Hair Color: Black
Hair Style: Short, neatly parted hair; trimmed beard
Eye Color: Brown
-Mech-
Mech Class: WLF-1 Wolfhound - http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Wolfhound
Mech Type: Light
Weapon Loadout:
-1x Large Laser
-3x Medium Laser
-1x Medium Laser (rear-mounted)
Mech Modifications:
None.

Background: Little is known about the man known only as Xinaoen. He appeared on the scene late in the Fourth Sucession war, and shortly thereafter began to forge a reputation as a capable mercenary. Records concerning his activities prior to that time are conspicuously absent - as if they had been deliberately destroyed. A more savvy observer might take note of Xin's passing physical resemblance to a particular fugitive from the Draconis Combine, where the individual in question is wanted (under various aliases) for crimes including high treason.

Xinaoen is a consummate professional, both on and off the battlefield. He approaches every task with intelligence and precision; unfortunately, he can also be an insufferable smartass. He has difficulty hiding his contempt for those who he sees as sloppy, undisciplined, or incompetent - a fact which may lead to friction with more free-spirited lancemates. Regardless, Xin refuses to let personal feelings interfere with the mission; in particular, he will always respect the chain of command (regardless of whether he respects the individual). When placed in command himself, Xin is calculating and methodical; he values input from his lancemates, but will tolerate no insubordination once an order has been issued.

[Hanyit Greyhame]

Alright, here is my character sheet in accordance to your format:

Spoiler

Name: Hanyit Greyhame

Callsign: Gopher

Role: Long/Medium Range Support (With Brawler/Skirmisher tendencies when needed)

Gender: Male

Date of Birth: 3015

Planet of Birth: Brundage

-Appearance-

Picture: No Data Available

Height: 6‘ 3“

Weight: 160 lbs

Hair Color: Brown

Hair Style: Buzz, no facial hair

Eye Color: Ice Blue

-Mech-

Mech Class: BlackJack BJ-3

Mech Type: Medium

Weapon Loadout:

R Arm: Ceres Arms Smasher PPC

R Torso: 2 Medium Lasers

L Torso: 2 Medium Lasers

L Arm: Ceres Arm Smasher PPC

Mech Modifications:

Searchlight (mounted in torso)

Background: Hanyit Greyhame is a freebooter and floater, looking for his “Big Chance.” Not the most savory of characters, he is nonetheless very loyal to those he thinks he owes, his friends, and his corp-mates. A kuritan ideology born of service to Davion. This ideology is in face one of the reasons why he has become a freebooter. No one will associate with what they think is a Kuritan plant. As such, he has been taking odd jobs in order to support the repair and upkeep of his family BlackJack, captured from the Capellans, hoping to find a group that will take him and his skills.

[Highlighter]

MacabreDerek, on 07 April 2012 - 06:56 AM, said:

Blue Suns, Mass Effect refrence?

Yep

Charles Martel, on 10 April 2012 - 04:05 AM, said:

Mind if I use one of my, odd characters?

Might keep things interesting with having a couple of "cub scouts from hell" along.

I don't mind at all!

Heh, Janitor, that's fine, my fault for misreading Your help is greatly appreciated though!

This is the roster so far. I'm only including those who've posted a bio:

Hanyit Greyhame
Name: Hanyit Greyhame
Callsign: Gopher
Mech: Blackjack

Joe Davion 86
Name: Joe Kurtz
Callsign: Dirtnap
Mech: Blackjack

Guardian Wolf
Name: Chris Wolf
Callsign:
Mech: Warhammer 6R

MacabreDerek
Name: Barret Sender
Callsign: Poison
Mech: VND-1R Vindicator

Beorht
Name: Ashin Varanin
Callsign: Rev
Mech: Rifleman 5D

Wil_Scarlet
Name: Saeria
Callsign: Shinkicker
Mech: Panther

Janitor01
Name: Kurt Mauser
Callsign: Shade
Mech: Cyclops

Xinaoen
Name: Xinaoen
Callsign: Exile
Mech: WLF-1 Wolfhound


Did I miss anyone?

[Hanyit Greyhame]

Only that I pilot a BJ-3 BlackJack, my updated bio is beneath Janitor's, following his form

[Janitor101]

List of Mechs:
1 Assault
2 Heavy
3 Medium
2 Light

So far for combat styles I have myself and Hanyit who put Long/Med range support, and Xinaoen who put Skirmisher.

[Highlighter]

Hrmm...

Blackjack
Blackjack
Rifleman
Cyclops

Wolfhound
Vindicator
Panther
Warhammer

The second lance is lighter on armor, but all of those designs tend to be heavy hitters (with PPCs and the like) and the Wolfhound can easily act as a scout when need be.

I'm looking to toss an IC post up this weekend, I hope.

[Charles Martel]

Figured I'd check first, since it's a character that resulted from my pet TT players wanting some original "black ops" adventures, so I gave them a mindbender several decades long bit of insane fun. The fun part, it in no way savaged canon as no one would believe anything the PCs had to say after the Jihad, one even getting a permanent vacation in a Federated Suns mental hospital. Still might be a bit much, but I did love playing the character. And it'd poke the "cub scouts from hell" right in the genetic memory.

I guess one of the lances can be a reinforced lance?

Spoiler

Name: Cornelius Hollister
Age: 28
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 233lbs
Eyes: Green
Hair: Black
Callsign: Stag
Mech: Marauder MAD-3D

Bio: Cornelius is a total mystery. So far no records of any life before doing fill-in work for several mercenary outfits. His commanders noting that he's an extremely skilled mechwarrior, and tended to avoid unnecessary bloodshed, generally disabling opposing mechs to save time. He is very quiet, rarely speaking unless directly addressed or if he has something relevant to add. The only quirk of note is that he is very private regarding his personal items, including issuing a sound beating to another mechwarrior on one occasion for opening his duffel without his permission.

And now, the stuff your characters don't know.......

Cornelius is an agent for the Star League-in-Exile (aka Clan Wolverine) Intelligence Command in the Inner Sphere tracking down a rogue faction known as The Atrocis. The role of wandering merc gives him access to the various territories of the Successor States. He, and the SLiE IC are aware of the generalities of the true nature of Wolf's Dragoons and the machinations of the clans, they lack the resources, namely manpower for a direct confrontation, nevermind that discovery would result in an immediate clan invasion of the Inner Sphere to "finish the anihilation". Thus they mainly avoid the "Cub Scouts from Hell" when possible, and if not possible are cooperative for the sake of their mission, but standoffish, for their own honor's sake.

His motivation for joining this outing is to lay low for a bit after a mission where he killed a Com-Star adept who was an Atrocis agent.

Edited by Charles Martel, 15 April 2012 - 11:30 AM.