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Okay got some stuff done this weekend but the heat was enough to interfere with clarity and I did not get as much done as I was wanting to -- so posting my status since I was not able to fully address this one yet -- still I will be pushing it on my list as a gitter dun thing and I will thus gitter dun

Once I have the foundation set you will find that most of the time I will be able to respond post wise fairly timely (under normal circumstances).

So I thank you for your patience

That's nice. We're excited but do take your time :)

checking in. hope we are all still here

I'm alive.

Am still here.

I'm still around also

Still here.

still alive ;)

we still alive here? interest still alive?

Yep. I’m still here.

Alive.

Well I hope folks are still alive -- and would those still planning on playing please give a holler back and ratchet your character back to AL0 (or LL0) as I am planning a slightly different start as well as a minor adjustment to what defines you as a Lancer

Anyone familiar with the Pacific Rim movies -- if yes other than you not needing more than one pilot I am kind of going to run a bit with that aspect as to what separates Lancers from ordinary Mech Pilots -- that being said -- I would also like us all to start on the ground floor so-to-speak and move forward together with how things work so we can fix any kinks early on. Note getting advanced mechs and such is going to be handled differently so that is not going to be an issue at all... with the appropriate resources one just prints the ones they have Access to.

That being said I will be working in some rules to govern what it takes to print a mech as unlimited resources is not going to be available and as such part of what you maybe doing is gathering these resources.

Hmm did everyone lose interest ??

I'm still here.

You can borrow some of the Long Rim ideas, or make people find specialized resources. (I don't think printers are Engery->Mater replicators.)

In the campaign I am working up, there's a strict shortage of reactor materials from something mech-scaled, and the players have to acquire more for mech upgrades.

They do not say what the printers are and since I have experience with our current technology when it comes to 3-D Material Printers I am just going to view these Printers as simply more Industrialized versions of these BUT -- they require a qualified Tech to Plug-Into them and operate them -- and they only Print the Components -- the Tech still has to assemble these components into a viable Mech

And you are running a game using the same basic Guidelines?

Sorry, I opened the post, read it, and forgot to write a reply. I believe that the printers are just another way of saying that the setting is post scarcity. Can you be more specific about what kind of changes you are thinking of? I've watched Pacific Rim before, but I want to know what specific aspects of Jaeger pilots you were thinking of.

Basically I outlined it but I am guessing you missed it in that description -- and I am sort-of borrowing from it -- basically you are an Augmented Human -- and you can pilot a Lancer due to these augmentations -- and you literally become one with the Lancer -- further what makes you special is you survived the transformation process that turns you into a Lancer Pilot.

So the concept I am sort-of borrowing is the Drift but your not Drift without a secondary pilot as you are Drifting (or Merging) with the Lancer. Further your movements and actions within the cockpit operate the Lancer -- unlike other others piloting a Mech thus your reactions end up being faster than those of a Mech Pilot

As for the concept of Printing it still requires special materials to print some of the components of a Lancer and you can either get them from finding them or you can take a previous Lancer and scavenge it for the materials (and/or parts)

Any other questions or is that sufficient

Note the reason for the License Levels becoming Access Levels -- is that every Lancer Pilot is imprinted with all the knowledge they need to know about how to make the various components of a Lancer but due to the necessary amount of honing of ones mind the pilot is not allowed Access to certain components until deemed ready. This sets us up for what I plan to be doing game wise based on the original concept by the first GM

Okay that means we only need to hear from Eggellis in order to have all the original players check in -- which means I need to ask would you like a couple of more players to this game -- 2 with a maybe 3rd is okay but I think 5 would be nicer as that would reflect the small Unit for both Tanks and Planes -- 1 Leader and 2 sets of 2 -- I can fill in with NPCs but it might be nicer not to -- also do either of you want to be the Lieutenant of your outfit

That clarifies it a bit. I don't mind if more people join.