Gundam 00P: The Solar Conflicts

I've been doing some thinking about what it would be like to be playing an RP that involved more the mass-production units from S1, instead of the super-powerful Gundams. Also possible variants on the MP units as well, to make things more interesting.
I also wanted to implement a sort of 'build your own MS' style system, where you're given a number of points to spend on arming/customising your MS.

The storyline would be during one of the Solar Wars prior to 00, maybe during the first half of 00P or a little earlier.

Sounds good. Though, I don't know much about the 00P time period to participate.

I'd have to read up on the info that is on Wiki or other sites. I keep waiting for a proper translation to come out.

There's some good stuff on the Gundam wikia about 00P.

Noone else is interested?

I'm in, I need a new escape

I'm interested as well, need some RP somewhere :3

All rightie, here's how the game will work.

Each of you guys pick a side - AEU, Union or HRL (I doubt very much anyone's going to go for the third one, lol). You'll all be given a low rank of some sort, in a particular unit for that side sent in to resolve a conflict that very quickly turns into a 3-way war. At the moment, I'm thinking that one unit is from PMC Trust representing the AEU, while another is led by MSWAD, and a third by the Tiangou unit, led by Ali, Graham and Sergei.

After a bit of thinking, this is what I have in mind:
AD 2306
A new Solar Conflict is arising in Africa, where African efforts are focused towards forming a fourth power bloc to the three. While Africa itself is considered a 'part' of the AEU, it is still on paper independent of the AEU, despite the fact that they built their orbital elevator in Africa.
Revolution in Uganda against the AEU protectorate, aided by rebels from the Union have meant that Union troops have had to be sent in to help stabilise the country, as well as help the country in asserting its national identity.
However, on the other side, in Congo, the HRL has been spurring on its own interests in the Congan governments, spurring them to take the Orbital Elevator construction site for themselves.
The AEU themselves, however, have hired mercenaries in the area to establish a perimeter around the orbital elevator construction site, to ensure that the money that they have invested into the orbital elevator project does not go to waste.

Now the question arises - who will be claim the orbital elevator in the end?

At the beginning, the AEU and the Union will both have access to Hellions and Realdos respectively, with a variety in weapon selection. As the Flag and the Enact btoh haven't been rolled out yet at this point, later on in the RP they will come in.
For the HRL, they have the Tieren, but only some of the versions will be available at the start.

I'll be following up with the lists of weapons and costs later on.

You forget the Anf/Fantong came BEFORE the Tieren, but hell you can do as you will. Just a quick question:

Are Realdo Hover Tanks allowed? If not I'm HRL. BUT, if they are allowed, I'm Union.

The Tieren has been the current HRL suit for about 6 years as of the current RP. I'll put it in for the sake of having options, but yeah, I was basing it on the standard MP units in use by each unit at the time.

Hover tanks will be a bit later on.
How I envision this working is that you pick a suit, and then you can pick weapons and equipment as well as optional 'add-on packages' like the Realdo hover-tank. That's how the majority of HRL suits will go. You grab the Tieren, and then you can pay points to upgrade to variants like the high mobility version or the long-range bombardment version.

Zero = HRL + Basic Tieren

Awesome, so we got an HRL taker then.

Sounds fun to me. Sign me up for the Union with a *shudder* Realdo.

Sign me up for the Union as well, sounds interesting, it'll take some creativity to fight in a Realdo :3

Sign me up!

I'll be HRL, since it goes in with Tsubine's past. Also, Is it alright to have a basic Tieren with a larger smooth-bore cannon and instead of a carbon blade, and with shield on the right leg as well as one on the left? If not, I'll take a standard Tieren.

All right, character sheet time.
I would like for each of you fill in a character sheet with the basic statistics for your character:

Name
Age
Height
Gender
Faction
Appearance
History (optional)
Rank (Up to 2nd lieutenant, but please have some common sense in terms of age and rank)
As well as any other details you feel you want to add

You are each given 10 points with which to spend on arming your mobile suit, including the cost of the actual suit itself. Please read through the glossary so you have an idea of what things do what, and what equipment and weapons are available to your faction.
Each piece of equipment in the Defence, Combination, Melee and Ranged Weapons category take up 1 Hard Point (HP), which represents points on the mobile suit's frame for mounting weaponry and equipment. You cannot exceed the maximum amount of hard points given on a mobile suit, unless you have taken the extra HP upgrade or a shield.
When writing out your mobile suit, please follow the following format:

Mobile suit model number and codename ie SVMS-01 Flag
Mobile suit: (the base frame you have chosen)
Upgrades: (all things from the upgrade category is listed here, as well as any extra equipment listed in that mobile suit's entry)
Equipment: (all things from the Defence, Combination, Melee and Ranged categories are listed here)
Package: (Any optional package that is taken)
Pilot: the name of the character piloting it

So for instance:
VMS-15G Realdo Graham Custom
Mobile suit: Realdo
Upgrades: Medium E-Carbon armour and transformation ability
Equipment: smoothbore rifle (left forearm), defence rod (right forearm), 2x knife (small close combat weapon; 2x arm cavities)
Pilot: Graham Aker

MSJ-06II-CSG Tieren High Mobility Type Smirnov Custom
Mobile suit: Tieren Ground Type
Upgrades: medium E-Carbon armour, air foils, gliding wings and jet thrusters
Equipment: Halberd (large close combat weapon; rear waist)
Package: High Mobility Type
Pilot: Sergei Smirnov
10p spent

AEU-05/92 Hellion Initium Saachez Custom
Mobile suit: Hellion Initium
Upgrades: heavy E-Carbon armour
Equipment: Defence rod (left forearm), close combat weapon (left arm cavity), smoothbore rifle (right forearm)
Pilot: Ali Al-Saachez
10p spent

Advanced Eropean Union
AEU-05/92 Hellion Initium – 3 HP (2x elbow, 1x arm cavity) – 2p
AEU-05/00 Hellion Medium – 4 HP (2x elbow, 2x arm cavity) – 4p
AEU-05/05 Hellion Perpetuum – 6 HP (2x elbow, 2x arm cavity, 2x knee) – 6p
AEU-Y09 Enact - 4 HP (2x forearm, 2x arm cavity) – Unavailable

Human Reform League
MSJ-04 Fantong – 3 HP (1x nose, 1x arm, 1x rear waist) – 3p
MSJ-06II-A Tieren Ground Type – 6 HP (2x forearm, 1x rear waist, 1x knee, 2x shoulder) – 4p
MSJ-06YII-A Tieren Kyitwo
- 6 HP (2x forearm, 1x rear waist, 1x knee, 2x shoulder) – Unavailable

Union of Solar Energy and Free Nations
VMS-15 Realdo – 4 HP (2x forearm), 2x arm cavity) – 4p
SVMS-X01 Union Flag - 4 HP (2x forearm, 2x arm cavity) – Unavailable

Defence
Defence rod – 2p
Shield – 3p
Capture shield – Unavailable

Weaponry
Melee
Small close combat weapon – 1p
Close combat weapon – 3p
Large close combat weapon – 4p
Sonic knife – Unavailable

Ranged
Smoothbore rifle – 2p
High ROF gun – 3p
Sniper rifle – 3p
Missile launcher/pod – 4p
Artillery – 5p
Linear rifle – Unavailable
Linear launcher – Unavailable

Combination
Smoothbore gun-blade – 5p
Linear blade-rifle – Unavailable

Upgrades
Light E-Carbon armour – 1p
Medium E-Carbon armour – 2p
Heavy E-Carbon armour – 4p
Extra-heavy E-Carbon armour – Unavailable
Heat-seekers – 2p
Extra HP – 1p
Weapon combination – Unavailable
Weapon combination – Unavailable
Conductive flight – Unavailable

Mission packs
Tieren anti-aircraft package – 5p
Tieren long-range cannon package – 3p
Tieren high-mobility package – 2p
Realdo Hover-Tank package – 3p
Shell Flag package – Unavailable
Agrissa Type 7 package – Unavailable


Glossary
Mobile suits
AEU-05 Hellion
A first-generation, transformable mobile suit
Mounts medium E-Carbon armour and a transformation ability
Due to the complexity of the transformation mechanism, it takes one post to transform from MA form to MS form

VMS-15 Realdo
A first-generation, transformable mobile suit
Mounts light E-Carbon armour and a transformation ability
Due to the complexity of the transformation mechanism, it takes one post to transform from MA form to MS form

MSJ-04 Fantong
A previous-generation, mass-production mobile suit
Mounts medium E-Carbon armour

MSJ-06IIA Tieren Ground Type
A second-generation, mass-production mobile suit
Standard, mounts heavy E-Carbon armour
Has several different configurations

Defence
Defence rod
A small, aerodynamic, defense designed to work in conjunction with the MS computer to deflect shots
Able to protect against most small arms fire
Very limited use against close combat weapons, and heavy weapons

Shield
A plate of E-carbon designed to ward off blows
Shield has a hard point that can mount other equipment on it, except another shield
Able to protect against most blows, but wears out with use
Can protect against weapons, but stronger weapons wear out the shield quicker

Capture-shield (unavailable to HRL and Union)
A shield that is able to generate either a repulsive or an attractive magnetic field, either pushing things away or pulling them in closer
However, upon activation of the capture shield, no other equipment is usable until deactivation of the shield. Activation/deactivation takes one post to do, and one cannot do both in one post
Takes up 2 HP

Melee
Defence rod
A small, aerodynamic, defense designed to work in conjunction with the MS computer to deflect shots
Able to protect against most small arms fire
Very limited use against close combat weapons, and heavy weapons

Shield
A plate of E-carbon designed to ward off blows
Shield has a hard point that can mount other equipment on it, except another shield
Able to protect against most blows, but wears out with use
Can protect against weapons, but stronger weapons wear out the shield quicker

Capture-shield (unavailable to HRL and Union)
A shield that is able to generate either a repulsive or an attractive magnetic field, either pushing things away or pulling them in closer
However, upon activation of the capture shield, no other equipment is usable until deactivation of the shield. Activation/deactivation takes one post to do, and one cannot do both in one post
Takes up 2 HP

Ranged
Smoothbore rifle
Fires long, dart-like penetrator bullets.
Easily penetrates light E-Carbon armour
Can penetrate E-carbon shields and medium E-Carbon armour with some effort
Cannot penetrate heavy and extra heavy E-Carbon plating
Deflected by defence rods

High rate-of-fire weapon
A weapon that fires bullets at a high rate
Easily penetrates light E-Carbon armour and wears out E-carbon shields quickly
Can penetrate defence rods and medium E-Carbon armour with some effort
Cannot penetrate heavy and extra heavy E-Carbon plating

Sniper rifle
A long-ranged rifle that is able to penetrate most defences
Easily penetrates light E-Carbon armour and defence rods
Can penetrate medium E-Carbon armour with some effort
Has difficulty penetrating heavy E-Carbon plating and does not wear out E-carbon shields very quickly
Has much difficulty penetrating extra heavy E-Carbon armour plating

Missile pod/launcher
A pod that mounts dumbfire missiles that travel in a straight line. Can be upgraded to carry heat-seeking missiles
Easily penetrates defence rods, light and normal E-Carbon armour
Can penetrate heavy E-Carbon armour with some difficulty
Has much difficulty penetrating extra heavy E-Carbon armour plating

Artillery gun
A long-ranged weapon that launches large artillery shells at its target
Easily penetrates defence rods, light and normal E-Carbon armour
Can penetrate shields and heavy E-Carbon armour with some difficulty
Has much difficulty penetrating extra heavy E-Carbon armour plating

Linear rifle
A weapon that electromagnetically propels a slug forward at its target
Easily penetrates shields, light and normal E-Carbon armour
Can penetrate heavy E-Carbon plating with some effort
Has much difficulty penetrating extra heavy E-Carbon armour plating
Deflected by defence rods

Linear launcher
A weapon that electromagnetically propels a large slug forward at its target
Easily penetrates light, medium and heavy E-Carbon armour, as well as shields
Has difficulty penetrating extra heavy E-Carbon armour plating
Deflected by defence rods

Combination
Smoothbore gun-blade (unavailable to AEU and Union)
A weapon that mounts a smoothbore rifle between two razor-like blades
Rifle easily penetrates light E-Carbon armour
Rifle can penetrate E-carbon shields and medium E-Carbon armour with some effort
Rifle cannot penetrate heavy and extra heavy E-Carbon plating
Rifle shots are deflected by defence rods
Blade easily cuts through light E-Carbon armour and defence rods
Blade can cut medium E-Carbon armour and shields with some effort
Blade has much difficulty cutting through heavy and extra heavy E-Carbon plating

Linear blade-rifle (unavailable to HRL)
A prototype weapon that combines a linear rifle with a sonic knife bayonet
Linear rifle easily penetrates shields, light and normal E-Carbon armour
Linear rifle can penetrate heavy E-Carbon plating with some effort
Has much difficulty penetrating extra heavy E-Carbon armour plating
Linear rifle fire is deflected by defence rods
Sonic knife easily cuts through light and normal E-Carbon armour and defence rods
Sonic knife can cut shields with some effort
Sonic knife has difficulty cutting through heavy E-Carbon armour plating
Sonic knife has much difficulty cutting through extra heavy E-Carbon armour plating
Plasma blade easily cuts through light and normal E-Carbon armour and defence rods
Plasma blade can cut shields and heavy E-Carbon armour plating with some effort
Plasma blade has difficulty cutting through extra heavy E-Carbon armour plating


Upgrades
Light E-Carbon armour
Light and thin E-Carbon armour, designed for use high mobility mobile suits
Mobile suits with light E-Carbon armour move faster, but can take damage more easily

Medium E-Carbon armour
Mobile suit mounts E-Carbon armour able to weather some fire, but at the same time still light enough to maintain a degree of speed, mobility and agility
Mobile suits with medium E-Carbon armour move at a normal speed, and can take more damage than light E-Carbon armour

Heavy E-Carbon armour
Mobile suits mounts heavy E-Carbon armour plating, granting it thickened armour plates
Mobile suits with heavy E-Carbon armour plating can take a lot of damage, but move at a slower pace as a result

Extra-heavy E-Carbon armour (unavailable to AEU and Union)
Mobile suit mounts extremely thick E-Carbon plating granting it close to the ultimate in defence.
Mobile suits with heavy E-Carbon armour plating can take an insane amount of damage, but move at an extremely slow pace as a result

Extra HP
An extra hard point for the mobile suit to mount another piece of equipment on
Limit one per mobile suit

Weapon customisation
Able to add one extra feature to a weapon. Limit one customisation per weapon

Weapon combination
Able to combine two weapons together into a single weapon which has the functions of both weapons. Limit one combined weapon per mobile suit

Heat-seekers
An upgrade to the missiles carried in the missile pods that allow them to seek track heat sources, following their target after a short lock-on period (1 post to lock) prior to firing rather firing in dumbfire mode

Conductive flight (unavailable to HRL and AEU)
An upgrade to the linear rifle/launcher that generates an aerodynamic field around the nose of the MA mode, granting it a rise in agility

Packages
Tieren Anti-Aircraft Cannon Type
Mounts four high-RoF guns that are able to penetrate heavy E-Carbon armour with sustained fire, 4 anti-air missiles, high-RoF gun with bayonet, smoke launchers
Cannot equip any other weapons

Tieren High Mobility Type
Mounts medium E-Carbon armour
Replaces standard shields with air foils and mounts gliding wings and jet thrusters

Tieren Long-Range Cannon Type
Mounts a long-ranged, heavy artillery cannon with the following properties:
Easily penetrates defence rods, light, normal and heavy E-Carbon armour
Can penetrate shields and extra-heavy E-Carbon armour with some difficulty
Takes up 1 HP

Realdo Hover Tank
Permanently locked in MA mode
Mounts heavy E-Carbon armour, but can move as though equipped with medium E-Carbon armour, and also mounts an artillery cannon with the following features:
Easily penetrates defence rods, light, normal and heavy E-Carbon armour
Can penetrate shields and extra-heavy E-Carbon armour with some difficulty
Takes up 1 HP 

Shell Flag
Mounts a heavy defence rod that can deflect close combat attacks and heavy E-carbon armour plating, but can move as though equipped with medium E-Carbon
Permanently locked in MS mode
Takes up 1 HP

Agrissa Type 7 package
The mobile suit is mounted to a mobile armour, which is armed with with two large close combat weapons, and a plasma field, with the following properties:
An EM field that stuns the mobile suit and shocks the pilot
While it is active, the unit inside the plasma field cannot take any other action, but neither can the unit producing the plasma field

Any questions, just post up and ask.

I have one. What ranks are there under 2nd Lieutenant? I'm kinda not into the whole Military thing so having this info would be helpful to me.

I'm basing it on the USAF.

Enlisted men (in ascending order)
Staff Sergeant
Technical Sergeant
Master Sergeant
Senior Master Sergeant

Officer
Second Lieutenant
1st Lieutenant
Captain
Major

We do post our characters here, right? Also, I am using Tsubin, but since Tsubine is a Lt. Col. right now in the main storyline, about what rank would he be around this time?

Yeah, you do post your character here, can be a new one unrelated to the big forum RP or a younger version of the character in your forum RP.
The best way to think about it is I suppose to consider this a totally separate RP from the forum one.

I can't find Tsubine's character sheet, but I am guessing maybe he'd start at 2nd Lieutenant.

(I looked at the Gundam Wiki and it says Sergei was 43 in 2307 and a Colonel. Tsubine would've been 42 in 2307 and an unknown rank. Right now, Sergei is 48 and still a Col. and Tsubine's 47 and a LT. Col. So, I am wondering, would Tsubine have that much time to change his rank? Also, it seems that the soldiers here are US Army ranks, and not USAF. I thought I might want to point that out before I post my application)

Name: Tsubine Zanifir Zarkonheinz
Age: 41
Height: 5'11"
Gender: Male
Faction: HRL
Appearance:
Rank: 2nd Lieutenant(?)


Mobile suit model number and codename: MSJ-06II-A Tieren Ground Type
Mobile suit: Tieren Ground Type
Upgrades: Tieren Long-Range Type
Equipment: Smoothbore Rifle, Small Close-combat weapon
Pilot: Tsubine Zarkonheinz

Maybe Tsubine might have made some enemies in the bureaucracy in the HRL that held back his ascendance until now.
Otherwise, looks good.

Name: Kang Shichan (Usually called Tristan or Rampage)
Age: 27
Height: 5'8"
Gender: Male
Faction: HRL(Korea)
Appearance:
Kang and his HOES!
Rank: Staff Sergeant

MSJ-06II-A Tieren Ground Type
Mobile suit: Tieren Ground Type
Upgrades: None
Equipment:
1x Smoothebore Rifle(Right arm)
1x Small close combat weapon (Carbon Blade)(Rear skirt storage)
1x Shield(Right Knee)
Package: standard
Pilot: Kang Shichan/Rampage/Tristan

Can I make another guy in the Union or can I only have this one guy?

Looks good Zero.

For now, the limit is one character per player. Depending on how faction distribution goes, I may allow a second character in a different faction to try to even out the numbers.
Still, I'm surprised at how popular the HRL is - two characters already, and no other factions in play.

you forget AEU is the unpopular of the 3.

1) they use Flag and Realdo imitations, therefore Union has bigger numbers cause like Katanas, Flags are just BETTER!

2) HRL has the mono-eye Zaku/Leo type MS with bulky armor and better weapons for the most part

3) what unique thing do the AEU have? Only good MS are the Agrissa and that combo weapon Ali used in his only Enact(Again FLAG = BETTER!)