Gundam EXCEL (Revived)

**This will be a very literate and probably detailed RP, please keep that in mind before signing up**

Plot
The year is 2435 AD or what is commonly known now as 42 MA (42 years After Mars colonization). Humanity has moved beyond the normal colonization of space through orbiting colonies and traveled onto Mars, where roughly half of the humans have already moved. Mars also has its own orbiting colonies for residents. A large gate was constructed in a joint effort between the Earth government and the Colony government. This gate allows passage between the Earth and Mars in a matter of hours but only a ship with proper shielding and plating can travel the stream. As a result, small private ships and mobile suits do not have free passage. The Earth to Mars gate is simply known as "Heaven's Gate", named as a ray of hope for humanity on their journey to Mars.

The Earth, unfortunately, is a mere shadow of its former beauty as it is now a dieing planet. Its fossil fuels and minerals have been mined to their limits and its effects have taken a visible effect on the planet. The deserts have spread across the majority of the equatorial countries and the north and south ice caps have began to spread from their poles reaching into what is currently souther South America and Africa and most of the northern parts of the continents such as Russia, Asia, and Canada. The only livable conditions for normal people seem to be just above and below the equator but even there, the people fear for their futures on the planet. The only ones left were ones who could not afford to move into outer space to the orbiting colonies around Earth or Mars. A large fraction of humans remaining on Earth are poor but a number of them still lead reasonable lives and use alternative power sources such as hydrogen fuels or solar energy. The countries of Earth united together to form the EUG (Earth United Government). This government remains ever strong, making sure their voice is heard with a very powerful military to back it up.

Mars has become a prosperous and technologically advanced planet. No longer known as "The Red Planet" it is full of plant life and vegetation and two large artificially created Oceans which cover roughly 1/2 of the planet with exception of the ice caps which remained in tact during the colonization of Mars. Mars contains 4 giant reactors from the early colonization which were used to create a breathable atmosphere these reactors are spaced equally across the planet's Equator, which constantly force recycling air in and out of the atmosphere and purifying it as to prevent another global warming. These reactors are crucial to Mars' ability to sustain life, if even one is destroyed or malfunctions, it could spell disaster if not immediately repaired. Mars is very civilized and is much like Earth was in its prime. The streets are clean and every one seems to get along with one another. Although the planet is so prosperous in its creation, the inhabitants of Mars tend to not want to share resources or money with Earth nor its Colonies. This creates constant friction between the Earth and Mars. Mars has a very powerful and technologically sound military which is capable of leaping into battle at a moment's notice.

The colonies orbiting either planet are in the neutral territory. The people of the colonies live in completely artificial environments where everything is regulated by the Head Master of the colony. Most colonists have never felt a drop of rain, seen a snowflake, or even felt a natural breeze blow across their face. Constantly overlooked, the colonies never get any respect during negotiations between Earth and Mars and are frequently bullied into completely ridiculous treaties through military threat from either Mars or Earth. The colonies are finally sick of getting bullied by the larger governments and got together in secret to form a plan. After 3 months of travel, the colonies met at the halfway point between Mars and Earth where no one travels anymore thanks to the construction of Heaven's Gate. In secret, the Earth Colonies and Mars Colonies created the secret organization called EXCEL to stand for the colonies finally moving up and being noticed.

Excel gathered materials for years and constructed mobile suits capable making sure they were the best of the best. Young pilots began training at the same time, so the mobile suits could be launched as soon as they were battle ready. Excel must execute its actions swiftly, and anonymously to prevent the colonies from being found out. As far as the planets are to know, is that the mobile suits are simply a rogue group with no affiliation. If captured, you know nothing of your mission or affiliation. With Mars and Earth constantly advancing their mobile suit technology, this could be the only chance for Excel to strike and gain the colony's independence. Knowing this, the pilots chose their mobile suits known as Gundams, and for future of the colonies, will begin their mission at 12:00 hours. And this is where you come in!

NPC's - More to be added as the story progresses.
Valera Campbell - Former female general of the Earth military and chosen commander of Excel. A beautiful young woman with long flowing blond hair and dark insightful brown eyes. She stays on Excel base most of the time, giving orders and floating in the solitude of space with the other scientists and operatives. Since Excel has no uniform,when on the command bridge Valera normally remains as clean looking as possible, wearing an average length brown skirt, A tight white tank top and brown suit coat over top with brown high heels. She is by no means soft spoken and makes sure her orders are heard and are final. She believes in the freedom of the colonies and will do anything to ensure this using the Gundams as her tools.

Genreral Raphael Stark- General of the Earth military deep space unit, and harsh man to say the least. Raphael is a heavily built older man in his mid 40's. He has closely buzzed flat top brown hair with signs of thinning and gray in it. His face is wrinkled and squinty from age and the obvious angry look frequently on his face. He wears his green Earth Military uniform which is highly decorated up and down with various war medals and ribbons. He is a fast paced and irrational man who will send out troops to any location at the blink of an eye. He never doubts himself and never goes back on his orders. He hates to retreat and longs to be on the field himself.

Commander Leonard Hale - The young commander of the Mars military, some say he is too inexperienced to control the fate of Mars' military. Commander Hale is in his mid 30's and has short brown hair which is always neatly combed and serious but soft spoken brown eyes which are complimented by thin glasses. He is a slim man he always looks official whether wearing casual dress up clothes or his dark maroon Mars military uniform with high black boots. Leonard cares deeply for his planet Mars and feels that since he was among the oldest generation born on the planet, then it is his job to defend it. He doesn't quite agree with General Stark's irrational behaviour but when it comes to his home planet, he will do whatever it takes.

Aezel Cerv – At age 24, Aezel has the personality of a grumpy 70-year-old man who's lost his dentures. Irritated by even the smallest things, Aezel loves perfection, often going to great lengths to achieve it. His own opinion of perfection doesn't quite meet at ends with other people's, but he holds himself in such high esteem that his opinion matters more than anyone else's. Though perhaps not your friendliest acquaintance, during the rare instances when he's not breathing fire over spilled milk, he's actually a very agreeable and cheerful person. An excellent pilot in his own right, Aezel has great pride in his aerial skills when it comes to practically anything, including mobile suits- though he has a tendency to avoid touching them as though they were the plague incarnated. His true interest lies in exactly what he does, day after day; Piloting the Halos. He never mentions anything about his past, mostly because he thinks it's embarrassingly boring.

Royal Haeote – A mischevious mechanic, Royal keeps Halos in "tip-top" shape. A young girl who isn't afraid to show her assets, Royal's low-cut low-rise clothes are usually backed up by the black and orange bathing suit she wears underneath- "Just in case". Hailing from Colony C2-0034, Royal can't operate a mobile suit or ship to save her life- but she can certainly fix it and make it the meanest lump of metal in space. She couldn't care less whether people know who she is and what she's done, and is an extreme feminist, often bossing around any male on board the Halos like a slave (while threatening to tinker with a precious object, such as the Gundams for pilots and Halos for Aezel, who is the most frequent victim of her harsh ways, if they don't do as she says,) while often going out of her way to make the stay more comfortable for the female's. Valera Campbell is her number one hero, though she can't find it in her to dress in the same crisp way.




Other Machinery

Halos - The ship used as the main base for the Gundam EXCEL operations. It is a dominantly white ship with streaks of red. It is constructed of the suped up remnants of 5 old discarded naval carriers from Earth, the USS Halberd, the UGX Armada, UB Legacy, UJN Opherion, and the USS Slate, forming the ship's name H.A.L.O.S. in remembrance of the ships who formed it. It is a very sturdy reinforced ship, and is very angular in design. It contains 6 Vernier engines mounted in groups of 3 on the top and bottom of the rear of the ship. The cockpit is actually housed on the very tip of the front of the ship, leaving a massive expanse of visual below and above them which the pilot's sight see far off into space. The Halos is piloted by a single pilot suspended above the glass with a bridge for commands behind them. The Halos itself is not very maneuverable due to its heavy armor. It can gain extremely high speeds but does take a while and consume a lot of energy, utilizing all 6 engines at once. Inside contains basic living needs complete with bedrooms and other things necessary to live along with a de-briefing room. It has a single cargo hold where it holds every mobile suit. The cargo is a rear door in the back of the Halos in between the two sets of thrusters. The door folds open, letting the suits simply leap backwards to exit the ship and immediately begin fighting.

UMN-1264 - "Sovereign": typically called "Sovs", they are the standard Mars mobile suit and military pride of the planet, issued for every basic Mars mobile suit pilot. They are mobile suits which achieve incredible agility and perform at extremely high specs in space combat, giving them the advantage when fighting near Mars. although when put in atmospheric conditions, they perform like basic mobile suits. They are nothing to be toyed with in zero G combat. They are jagged and small mobile suits which contain a basic beam rifle with a somewhat powerful kickback. Their model is based off of the "Taurus" suit used many years ago.
Reference:http://www.gundamofficial.com/www_ac/gw/mecha/mecha_oz_taurus.html

XEUN-1600 - "Raptor" The standard issue Earth Military mobile suit. A suit clearly made for defensive purposes and meant to overdue things. They are based off of the lost mobile suit data contained about the mobile suit, the "Virgo". They have 4 plates which generate powerful shields and multiple units can combine their plates to create more powerful shields. In addition to these heavy defensive aspects, they also use the power of mini buster cannons which when charged, fire powerful blasts of energy. They are capable of firing from the inside out of the barriers making them the best when it comes to group defense. The raptor, despite their names, are ironically slow and are basically sitting ducks in space combat when it comes to mobility. That being said, they are more prepared for ground combat and will provide complications when faced on Earth.
Reference: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d1/Oz-02md.jpg

Rules
- DO NOT UBER YOUR GUNDAM!!!!
- Follow the basic RP rules
- You may use minor control on NPC's but the Excel missions will be decided by me. You are free to PM mission suggestions or talk about it on the OoC thread when it is made.
- Do not character control unless you have been given permission
- Relationships are of course allowed and encouraged...if we get female pilots... just don't let it get in the way of the story too much please :)
- STAY ACTIVE PLEASEE!!
- HAVE FUN! its Gundam!

Application
Pilot Name:
Preferred Nickname:
Gender:
age:

Home Colony/Home planet/Country:

Pilot Appearance:

Brief History:

Personality:

Additional Information:

Gundam Name:
Gundam Nickname: (If you want)

Gundam Appearance: (basic appearance and color. Most likely will reflect your choice of weaponry)

Gundam Equipment: (Make it within reason!)

Special Capabilities: (Special equipment of your Gundam no others would have... like airplane mode transformations. Solo Atmosphere re-entry, Radar Cloak, Operational Underwater. those are just examples, be creative!)

RP Sample:(provide a small sample of your best writing. you can write a new one about this RP or post one from a previous RP)

My Character
Pilot Name: Ian Strife
Preferred Nickname or codename: Braver
Gender: male
age: 21

Home Colony/Home planet/Country: Colony MX1-002 orbiting Mars.

Pilot Appearance: Ian stands about 5'9 and weighs around 150 pounds. He has light Caucasian skin and is of average build and size. He has sleek, neck length, dark brown hair with bangs that swoop over his right eye. Ian's eyes tend to be narrow mysterious with a strange yellowish brown tint to them. His voice is very pleasing and calming to the ears and easy to listen to giving a feeling of comfort when speaking with him. His civilian clothes consist of a tightly fitted black long sleeve turtle neck shirt and light blue tight fitted blue jeans topped with white tennis shoes. His pilot outfit is a tight fitting body suit typical of mobile suit pilots. It has dark blue on the legs and arms with a thick black streak going down the middle. It has various gadgets on the wrists for monitoring foreign conditions when outside of his mobile suit.

Personality: Ian enjoys space and his colony. He frequently stares off into space lost in thought as he gazes at far off stars or at Mars' partially formed atmosphere while sipping a cup of coffee or a well mixed drink from the bar. He is a quiet person but not a shut off from the world. He enjoys conversation , but just is not very excitable and very soft spoken. He is rather intimidating when one first comes in contact with him but the sound of his voice seems to sooth them and make them feel comfortable. Speaking to Ian often gives people the warm feeling that 'everything will be alright as long as he's around'. Ian doesn't change this while in the heat of battle, he always keeps his composure and never loses is cool. He has spent extensive time with his suit and therefor knows the full extent of his gundam. His cool, collected attitude never impedes his ability to kill, which can surprise many people. Ian knows when the time calls for pulling the trigger. He isn't one to stray off of mission specifications but he will however find loop holes in orders if he does not find them in good taste.

History: Ian was born and raised on his orbiting colony by his two loving parents. He became very knowledgeable and interested about the political system around the age of 10 and didn't like what he saw. His home, which was the most important thing in his life, was tossed around like a toy with no respect from any planet. The other colonies were too busy with their own problems to worry about the other colony's well being. "This isn't how it should be" He thought to himself. Through his teen years he began working with his father as a freight ship pilot. They pulled heavy cargo and supplies from colony to colony and back and forth between colonies and the Mars surface and sometimes to mining asteroids off in the distance. Ian became very knowledgeable about the perils of space and began piloting at an early age, all the while harnessing his deep anger for the mistreatment of colonies. Ian finally was presented the opportunity to make a difference when he received underground news of the colonies working together to create the weapons that will earn them the respect they deserved as human beings.

Additional Information: Ian always carries a small black pocket knife inside his sleeve that was given to him by his father. It has MX1-002 engraved on the front so he never forgets his family and what he is fighting for.

Gundam Name: Unit CXI-0001
Gundam Nickname: Havoc Gundam

Gundam Appearance: Havoc gundam is a relatively small gundam built for speed. It is painted black on its main body and knee caps with silver feet, thrusters, fists and limbs with a combination of the two colors on the head. Over its chest plate it has two large jagged panels that fold over it from the its shoulders. The panels are a bright reflective alloy that are almost like mirrors. These panels conceal Havoc's main weapon, two large jagged swords made from Gundanium. The Panels flip open at amazing speed and after the swords are pulled from inside of them, the flip backwards almost like wings.

Gundam Equipment: Havoc's main weapon are its two concealed Gundanium swords under its front panels. These swords are heat blades and can be internally super heated to slice through any of the hardest materials. For backup and mid ranged fighting, it has a standard mobile suit rifle it keeps in 2 pieces along its right leg. Havoc's speed is its best feature, it boasts the fastest speed of any mobile suit when traveling in a straight line with its 3 powerful rear thrusters. The rotating panels help for maneuverability during close combat when turned backwards.

Special Capabilities: Havoc Gundam's reflective panels aren't just for looks. The reflective panels prevent Havoc from being detected by long and close range radar. Unfortunately this is the opposite for visibility with the naked eye. It sticks out like a sore thumb in plain sight. Havoc Gundam performs about the same in Space or Atmospheric conditions.

RP Sample: i wrote the RP!

Accepted Pilots(8 Max)
Kansas
Loki
Niwa
Animadversion

Pilot Name: Ezekiel Anon
Preferred Nickname: Analog Osiris [He goes by this name solely, as he dislikes getting personal with others.]
Gender: Male
Age: 19

Home Colony/Home planet/Country: Mars

Pilot Appearance: With unruly cornsilk blonde hair that flips and curves in all directions, and pale, almost sickly skin, Ezekiel is one of the last people who might be pinned a Gundam Pilot. His clear baby blue eyes, soft features, and innocent gaze give him an oddly feminine look. However, his determination to keep up and stay in shape give him a lean muscular build, which would put off the feminine assumption, if only it weren't for his the clothes he wears as a regular civilian almost constantly covering him up. He wears a plain black long-sleeve shirt under a black fitting T-shirt, the loose sleeve's a shade lighter than blood red, spattered with black grungy spots. His thin black knee-length shorts look as though they're swimming trunks with too many pockets- and that's exactly what they are. This strange combination of clothes is usually set off by the red belt he wears to keep his shorts up. On his feet is a pair of black ankle-high hiking boots, and two blank dogtags hang around his neck. When dressed in his pilot suit, Ezekiel's build is easier noticed in the form fitting fabric, keeping most any mistaken assumptions that he's a girl out of the thoughts of people around him. The white torso is lined in black, his arms and legs red in color. His helmet is white and red, with a red-tinted protective cover.

Brief History: Born on Mars, Ezekiel was highly uninterested in mobile suits as a young child. He was more interested in guns, feeling that swords were a useless aspect in mobile suits. However, his focus maintained on computers and technology, rather than war and politics. In fact, that seemed to be all he existed for. After awhile, his parents chose to move to one of the colonies, his father hired as a mechanic consultant in regards to mobile suits. It was here that his interest in hacking and computer programming changed to mobile suits. The guns that they harnessed, cannons, big weapons that just went 'bang' in general. Ezekiel proved to be a prodigy of sorts when it came to marksmanship, and knew every nook and cranny of the mobile suit's cockpit, thanks to the endless lectures his father gave at dinner about this malfunction, or that complaint a pilot had filed about inconvenient placements. Unknown to his family, the plain, quiet, and awkward Ezekiel was already training to become a mobile suit pilot at this point in his life. Though he was already working with EXCEL, he cared very little about the colonies' fate- cared even less about his home Mars, or his home planet's enemy, Earth. Ezekiel cared only that he was going to pilot an amazing mobile suit that surpassed anything he'd ever seen with his own eyes.

Personality: Unimposing and uninteresting at first sight, Ezekiel seems like your average, shy and timid boy. He harbors no real hatred for anyone or anything, and can only be focused on his own interests and goals. It's not rare for people to wonder whether Ezekiel is really suited for his job, as he seems to be easily frightened and has horrible reflexes. Time is of the essence to Ezekiel, and thus, sometimes to save time, he appears to be clumsy, for example, dropping a stack of dishes because he didn't want to take two trips. This could also be relabeled as lazy, and on his time off, it's nothing short of true. The only motivation for him to get physically active is in the morning hours, when he's still trying to wake up. If it weren't for the fact that he wants to be able to resist as much strain to his body as possible, then Ezekiel would surely leave all the work for his metabolism. A horrible morning person, Ezekiel's strange sleeping tendencies often make him look utterly comical in the morning. His half-asleep half-awake state of mind often leaves him doing things he never remembers when he finally wakes up all the way, or falling asleep in the strangest places, depending on how tired he is. His expression is usually blank, and he never shows much emotion in excess, except to certain people, to whom he can be extremely childish and innocent. Ezekiel is extremely driven on missions, disliking it when the orders are strayed from for any reason.

Additional Information: Ezekiel never takes off the blank dogtags around his neck, no matter what. He's admitted that they really have no sentimental value, and that he merely feels weird without them.

Gundam Name: Unit LRA- 00102
Gundam Nickname: Vestal (VEST-all)

Gundam Appearance: Vestal is mainly white in color, however the traditional secondary color is of course Ezekiel's favorite color, red. The build is of the standard size, though it has extra plates to hide the multiple guns and artillery on it's body, causing it to look bulkier than most. Its legs are reinforced as well, to help better absorb the recoil when Vestal shoots its larger guns, or the small cannon on its back. Most often the gundam crown on its head it pulled down. Vestal, though its pilot highly dislikes the weapon, does have a beam sword in tow on its left hip, along with a regular, smaller sword on its right hip, both of them hidden under red covers, making Vestal seem like a long-range only Gundam.

Gundam Equipment: Not created for close-combat, Vestal carries only two small last-ditch swords for close-range fighting, neither of these blades being particularly special, used only to damage the enemy enough for Vestal to escape close combat. It most often uses two beam pistols, which are usually operated with their barrels down and handles up- neither of these have enough power in them to cause enough recoil for Vestal to be required to be stationary when firing, causing them to be the suit's more mid-range attack due to the fact that it can't fire as far as the rifle. On its back is a white sniper rifle, while perched on it's shoulders are two small cannons with only four barrels each, both of which must be fired while stationary due to their long-range. The cannons require 3 minutes cool-down time after being fired, and then another minute of compressing the energy into the small, yet continuous beams.

Special Capabilities: N/A

RP Sample:


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Eh... I'm having connection problems, so I'll just reserve a spot for now. My experience and knowledge of the Gundam franchaise goes as far back as the original series, so I shouldn't have problems filling this out. I have quite a few ideas already!

Pilot Name: Kisala Marionette
Preferred Nickname: Kisa [Nickname]; Marionette [Codename]
Gender: Female
Age: 17

Home Colony/Home planet/Country:
Born and raised on Earth; currently lives on Mars.

Pilot Appearance:
With her age and overall appearance, it would be difficult to believe that Kisa was actually a pilot for the group that called themselves EXCEL. Kisa seems to be your everyday, run of the mill girl. Her hair is red and falls down nearly her entire back, although she wears it in two pigtails tie with a pair of hairties shaped like stuffes rabbit heads, the white ears sticking outwards from white balls. Hey eyes are large, and onyx in colour, which helps compliment her cute appearance. She wears a loose white t-shirt that overlaps a black, pleated skirt. Around her waist is a loose red belt that hangs off her waist, a golden cross charm on the far left side. Reaching from Kisa's feet to just a few inches below the skirt, she has a pair of thin, black, thigh high stockings, which are paired with two black boots that reach a third of the way up her lower legs. The boots have three belt-like fasteners instead of shoelaces. Finally, on her left arm, just below the t-shirt sleeve, she has a black armband with white lace wrapping around the edges. Her pilot suit fits her cute, small frame perfectly, and is a standard suit for female gender. The torso is the same shade of red as her hair, while the arms and legs are onyx in colour. Her helmet follows a similar colour scheme, being primarily onyx with a red line going vertically down the back. The protective screen is tinted black.

Brief History:
Kisala was born into an extremely wealthy and powerful family that had chosen to reside on Earth. Her father was a well known and respected military figure for the EUG, and because of this, a great burden of expectation was placed upon her back. Everyone expected her to join the military, to become a Mobile Suit pilot, and to become great like her father. She was introduced to Mobile Suits at the fairly young age of ten, and she was capable of utilizing the basic controls and techniques effectively by the time she was fourteen. After she overcame the hurdle of learning how to pilot a Mobile Suit, she was instantly pressured into joining the EUG by her father. Kisa had decided long before she learned to pilot that she wouldn't join the military, or fighting at all. Violence was stupid, pointless, and she had better things to do. However, when she would not join the military and live up to her parents expectations, her family sent her to Mars, and stripped her of her true last name - a sign that she was being disowned. When she arrived in Mars, nameless and homeless, she was taken in by a friend she had on Mars. Kisa took on the last name of "Marionette" to fill the void in her name, and that was that. She attended school at one of Mars' colonies, despite living on the planet itself, and came to comprehend the position of the people there over the four years she lived there. In the end, she decided the cause was justified enough for her to join EXCEL. Of course, she also had a hidden agenda in doing so. She hoped to prove to her parents that one could achieve greatness in this world without joining the military, even if that meant killing her own father.

Personality:
Despite having spent fourteen years of her life being pampered in an aristocrat's world, Kisala is surprisingly selfless and level headed. She is a kind hearted individual with a dislike for conflict, but these feelings are cast aside when it comes to actual combat. She has a thing for picking someone to constantly tease playfully, which more often than not gets her into quite a bit of trouble. She is also fairly sarcastic, and can be childish from time to time. For some reason, she has an obsession with collecting old items from eras long past. Clothes that went out of fashion decades ago, ancient furniture, ancient technology such as the original LCD television, those kinds of things can be found in her custody. This seems to be connected with her affinity for remembering. She carries a camera with her almost everywhere she goes so that she can take pictures, and she is a loyal diary keeper. In truth, she just wants to be known in the future, and not just thrown away as some nobody that was stripped of her last name. She is easy to get along with, especially in regards to people within two or three years of her own age, as long as you can tolerate her few personality quirks. Because of the fact that her Mobile Suit is not the type to take on solo missions, she is extremely dependent on her fellow pilots on the battlefield to have her back.

Additional Information:


Gundam Name: Unit MCH-000
Gundam Nickname: Arashi Gundam

Gundam Appearance:
The concept behind the Arashi Gundam is taken from the Hyaku Shiki, which was piloted by Char Aznable in Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ, and originally designed by Mamoru Nagano. I take no credit for the concept, but I will take credit for the modifications. Unlike the Hyaku Shiki, the Arashi does not possess the golden, beam reflecting armor. Instead, the armor takes on a dark green colour while the visible portions of the frame are dark brown. The bottom of the feet are black, and the symbols on the shoulders do not exist. The head takes on a different shape than on the Hyaku Shiki, more or less resembling the head of a green M1 Astray.

Gundam Equipment:
The cockpit of the Arashi, which is present in the chest, is only suited for one pilot and one pilot only. In no scenario would two people be able to fit in it. The light armor, made of gundarium alloy, is enough to deal with a couple of blows from a beam, but it is in no way made to withstand strong physical attacks. It runs on an ultracompact fusion reactor with an output rated at 1850 kW. It is propelled by four 18,600kg rocket boosters, which are located in the pack jutting out of the back. There are two 60mm vulcan guns that are mounted in the head. In the rear waist armor, two beam swords are hidden for surprise attacks, as the Arashi tends to attack using punches and kicks. A technicique Kisa has developed involves chaining punches, kicks, and sword slashes. The Arashi has an equippable beam rife that is only taken on missions that require it.

Special Capabilities:
Originally the prototype model for others in the MCH unit line, the MCH-000 is one of the few Gundams to prioritize speed. On the land, in the air, and in space, this machine is quick and difficult to keep a lock on. However, to gain such speed, attack and defense are sacrifices that must be made, since heavy armor and an array of large weapons tend not to help one move fast. Because of this weakness, the Arashi is better suited for short, close range operations where the battles aren't dragged out.

RP Sample: click

wondrous!

Loki - Accepted after the changes we dicuss
Animadversion - Reserved, if you have that much knowledge on Gundam, i've got faith in you

If allowed to, I would like to reserve a spot considering the late time it is at the moment. As a fan of Gundam, I'm looking forward to this.

Pilot Name: Christopher Josalin
Preferred Nickname: Chris
Gender: Male
Age: 15

Home Colony/Home planet/Country: Earth

Pilot Appearance: Standing at the pathetic height of 5'5", Chris is very short compared to his peer's around his age. Although he may be "short", Chris take's pride in his obessive behavior over his physical appearnace, this is all in order to compensate for his slight height problem. Before even the sun rises Chris would be up in the early hour's in order to prepare his hair in a presentable manner, even if he isn't going anywhere. Combing his asymmetrical bangs that flip out from the end's of his auburn hair, he think's of his look as unique and a look that should be looked upon by everyone as "The best!". Chris is the type of person too take alot of interest in the clothing he wear's, this justify's his taste in clothing which some would say is remarkably tasteful. Bearing an open medium sized black jacket that ends around his waist, while the sleeve's extend to his wrist having the rather large dark silver cuff's that roll up cover most of his hand. Within the confines of the jacket is a silver shirt, Chris state's that this look should only be worn by the beautiful and nobel people but..no one really care's since he look's like an average citizen anyways. From his waist down he wear's a regular pair of black jean's with a pair of regular shoe's to match. Chris' piloting uniform has the side's of the shoulder's amber that lead all the way to the base of his foot, this color is boarded by black and that fill's out the rest of the uniform. As for the helmet portion, Chris' entire helmet is black while the len's is a very very light hazel color.

Brief History: The Josalin family quickly rose to fame and high stature in there surrounding's thank's to the effort's of the head's of the household, Mr. and Mrs. Josalin. These two genious professor's have always been infatuated with explosive's for as long as they can imagine. After continous experiements, countless hospital payments, and a few year's later, they struck a cord within the military who has been observing them for along time. After offering the Josalin's an oppurtunity to work for them, they quickley accepted the offer. After increasing the proficiency of the explosive power by 15%, money became flooding into the family...and seemed to drown there son into it's lush green ocean. Since Chris was a child whatever he desired or asked, it was brought to him and/or answered. This "trait" eventually led him to have the same feeling's about explosive's his father and mother have, the countless time's the child had asked his mother and father "What are you doing?" "What do you do there?" "Why does this do that?" "Is it fun?", inevitibly led to him along the same path of interest his parent's had. This resulted in Chris telling his parent's to take him with them to the base but obviousley there was no way of this happening, his parent's however bought him book's, old essay's they wrote, and used experiment's for the child to "tinker" with and increase his own knowledge of the subject even further, which it did a tremendous amount on this subject at least. The road of explosive's finally took him to the field of Mobile Suit's and the explosion they can cause if malfunctioned, this of course fascinated Chris and he required a Mobile Suit to test such experience's with and the "kick" that came from the after effect of exploding, of course Chris was required to take many courses' before even being able to purchase a Mobile Suit out of fear of him dying. Being in a Mobile Suit WHILE testing on other Mobile Suit's was the most logical way his parent's thought.

Though everything was luxurious and splendid, the dark time's finally came upon the Josalin home. Eventually Earth's military found other professor's that were better and more knowledgable in this field then the Josalin's and soon they were fired for inferior work. This turn of event's put an unusual dent into Chris life that has become so accustomed to the maid's, dinner parties, and everyone waiting on hand and foot for him, his world was falling apart in front of him. Looking for another source of income the parent's eventually stumbled upon information of a group calling itself "EXCEL", a group of colonies that intended to work together in order to ban against Earth and Mars. Mr. and Mrs. Josalin figured this was a perfect way for them to have another source of income, but how would they do this? The information on Excel also stated that Mobile Pilot's were needed and were being trained, this gave them the idea of sending Chris to work for Excel, not only was Chris already well trained to be a pilot from an early age, but he was also becoming a very good one at that. At first denying wanting to put effort into doing anything beside's learning about explosive's and playing various "mine" game's around the household, Chris eventually gave in when the Josalin couple said "If you don't cooperate, we will eventually lose everything!". Now with Chris' custom Mobile Suit fitted to his very own, as well as his families taste, he left to join Excel two years prior to the event's that now take place.

Personality: A snobby stuck-up brat with everything to lose, this is the young man we know as Christopher Josalin. Being the only child of a wealthy family, Chris often succumbs' to the treatment known as "spoiled", as like most kid's that are spoiled they all share the same trait, that trait is being a brat. If thing's don't seem to be going his way Chris will throw a slight tantrum arguing and fighting to try and make thing's turn around for his own signifigance., as if his height didn't make it seem he was young already! Whenever in the cockpit of his Gundam Chris see's it as a video game, not worrying about dying or living with just the thought of "Beating the game" in mind, he continue's to have a carefree time engaging other's in combat. Chris may seem like such a distasteful young man from what has been said, but there is a good qualities to him dispite everything else. Chris has the tendency to alway's be on time, a habit picked up having to attend various social event's, violin practice, family meeting's, etc., this could also reflect to his gundam's special abilities, he however find's it very irritable whenever he has to wait on other's.

Additional Information: Christopher has a gold pocket watch with his family name in bold letter's in the background of the watch behind the clock hand's.

Gundam Name: Unit BOM-911
Gundam Nickname: Bam-Uh

Gundam Appearance: Based on the RGM-89B model, there are a few variation's made to the Mobile Suit. The protounding metallic type wing's that come from the booster on it's back are no longer there. The missle's located on the waist are now also located on the thigh and ankles of the Mobile Suit each resembling the former type. The antenas are no longer present and is instead replaced of a dome type of helmet. The booster pack is no longer on the back, but is instead located on the feet with a higher powered engine making sure no power is lost, as well as thruster's on the back of the leg's. On the back is now a pack that is larger then the booster that was once there. The Mobile Suit now has a black and silver scheme then it's previous plain one. Revamped and resized from the RGM-89B model, this Mobile Suit is made too handle the weight on it's frame with it's bulkier build then average.

Gundam Equipment: To go along with his family's taste of explosive's it's only natural that they found there way onto the Mobile Suit's equipment. The pack located on the back is a larger then average claymore launcher that is able to shoot simultaneously. On the shoulder's are split missle pod's that launch when nesscarry and eventually break into QUITE alot of missle's. In one of the hand's of the Mobile Suit is a Clay Bazooka that is able to either immobilze the enemy, cause damage, etc. depending on the ammunition equipped. Because of the amount of weaponry located on the Mobile Suit, it has become extremley slow.

Special Capabilities: The only ability of Bam-Uh has is the ability to release all of his ammunition at once in random direction's, this result's in immediate over-heating and requires quite a time to cool-down.

RP Sample:

"Gotcha' Taicho!" Responding to the instructions Captain Hitsguaya has just given them, Airan watched as all the Shinigami's made there way through the portal and eventually onto the other side, being the last one before the gate Airan paused for a moment to reflect. This was it. He quietly thought to himself, he was struggling just a tad within himself about 3rd Divisions situation. They can do it, no doubt. Otherwise they wouldn't be in HIS squad.. Turning towards the Senkaimon, a desicion was made, it was time to help a crisis at hand rather then look after a bunch of other Shinigami's. Glancing back towards the rather large squad 3 building as it loomed over others, Airan knew it was time to depart. Hastly making his way to the Senkaimon, he took one look back and then turned around towards the Senkaimon. Taking just a few steps forward, he stumbled into it!

"Ouch!.." Landing flat on his back on the recieiving end of the gateway, Airan rose and brushed himself off. Taking note of the scene he realized that today there was going to be quite a number of enjoyable battles. Looking around he noticed all the shinigami in action, also Akarui struggling with her Zanpakutou. "SO SLOPPY! Ha." Airan was laughing to himself at the sight, but soon turned away to look at the others in action. A shinigami from earlier was getting pretty serious and confident in his abilities, it was confidence to the point of him instructing the rest of us to fall back while he took care of them. Airan shouted in response in a playful tone "Hey BUDDY! Yeah..lets not and say we did." Smiling, Airan was now placing his hands onto his hilt "Ready little sis- whoa" A massive hollow launched himself at Airan without hesitation, this however, did not trouble him. With a sudden side step and a crushing hit to the Hollow's mask, it collapsed. "Geez! No manners or morales, wouldn't even let me finish talking or unsheath, thats what you get!" Sticking his tounge out at the Hollow that was now disinegrating, Airan resumed his pose.

"Lets try this again shall we!?" Grinning, he unsheathed the Zanpakutou without a moment's waste. Looking over at the creepy looking shinigami and his Zanpakutou, it was time for Airan to release as well. "Well since EVERYONE is doing it, why not??" Grinning again, Airan pointed to the sky and shouted "Supin Supin, Suchiru!" With the words spoken, the Zanpakutou started to take its shape. Shoving the sheath into the ground, Airan took a few steps away from it "Oi! Suchiru, you go ahead and hurry up with your changing okay?!" Airan adjusted himself, taking a pose which meant he was casting a Kidou. "Nimble sprite, jackrabbit's spirit. Strength my legs and help me reach the sky. Bougyoudo #25, Haneru!" With the glow that surrounded his legs, Airan was now ready for some serious combat. "Suchiru! Lets go!" Blinking would have missed the phenomenon that just took place. In a instant
Airan was at his current location, and next right beside Suchiru, which by the way was now released in its Shikai state. Yanking it out of the ground, the heavy spiked sphere at the end clanged against the ground.

What happened next could not be more described then a circus act. Equipped with the speed and jumping abilities the Kidou granted him, along with his own speed and jumping made Airan fight at a remarkable pace. Flipping from his current spot high into the air, he came down hard on a Hollow's mask, crushing its face into itself. Leaping from the Hollow, that was obviously crushed, Airan swung the Zanpakutou into the side of a nearby Hollow's arm, shattering the bones within it. As the hollow screeched in pain, Airan quickly made due with it by swinging the sphere once again, but this time threw it's stomach. Quickly moving, Airan took a jump into the sky too have a view of the current situation. "..Wow, there are quite a few Hollow's that are beginning to surround us! This makes it much more fun, hehe" Returning to the ground, Airan prepared himself for more combat.

I'd also like a reserved spot becuase I've got to go to school in a few minutes but I can start it.


Pilot Name: Slash Vorlex
Preferred Nickname: Andy
Gender:Male
age:18

Home Colony/Home planet/Country: Jupiter.

Pilot Appearance: Slash is a bout 6' 11". He's got jet black hair and eye color. His hair covers up his left eye. He normally wears a black shir twith 3DG on it and white cargo pants with random pockets. When Slash stands he kind of leans forward a bit so he usually isn't standing straight up.

Brief History:Slash was abandoned on the streets and lived as a street kid. He finally met a man that showed him Gundams and he got money for fixing broken ones and repearing damaged ones.

Personality: Slash is a fun loving 18 year old. He loves little kids. He can make friends or enemies pretty easily. He can be stressed out in a tight situation. He tries to not get in those situations.

Additional Information: Slash can repear and fix any type of Gundam.

Gundam Name: X-C- 1100. (He made it himself from scratch parts.)
Gundam Nickname: Havoc Rider

Gundam Appearance: Havoc Rider is a black gundam with a black sheild connected to it's arm that sticks out. He's got blasters connected to his hips and a sword connected to his wrist.

Gundam Equipment: It's got the sheild, blasters, and sword. It has ultimate radar that courses of every planet and area in the galaxy. It's got enough room in the cockpit that can fit another person.

Special Capabilities: It's got the speed of light. It can take down most Gundams before they see him.

sounds good then... so as it stands right now...

Loki - Accepted
Animadversion - reserved
Niwa - Reserved
SlashVorlex - Reserved

Try to finish your sign ups ASAP please.

I'd like to reserve a spot, please.

oookay SlashVorlex... To join one of my RP's your going to need A LOT more than what you have provided. Not to mention...YOU STOLE MY GUNDAM'S NAME!!!! I'm sorry - DENIED

Brad - Reserved: Don't let me down. I mean it

Finished Sign-up I hope that everything is up to par and good.

Niwa - nice, and i like your choice of frame for your Gundam to be based off :) looks like you'll be a much welcomed addition and you appear to have a considerable knowledge of the Gundam Universe. Exactly what i'm looking for. - ACCEPTED

On a side note. All applicants and accepted Pilots should know that I've updated a new section on the first post. I added an "Other Machinery" section, which will give information on suits that we wont be piloting. Keep an eye on that section and the others because i'll be adding more and more NPC's and equipment as the RP progresses and we encounter new things. It will be your reference in terms of detail for your posts to come. If you have any addition suggestions like new NPC's and new standard mobile suits (i need help with those still), then please feel free to PM suggestions to me!

I'll be accepting A FEW MORE PILOTS and the RP will probably begin shortly with the weekend fast approaching.

While my knowledge of Gundam is limited mostly to the Cosmic Era, with only some cursory familiarity with the Universal Century and Anno Domini timelines, I'd like to take part in this anyway.

Pilot Name: Michelle Nishikawa
Preferred Nickname: Azure Witch (pilot callsign)
Gender: Female
Age: 27
Home Colony/Home Planet/Country: Earth
Pilot Appearance: Judging from her general appearance, Michelle Nishikawa is anything but the hardened mercenary and vigilante she really is. Michelle is tall (at least for a woman of her ethnicity), slim, and leggy, standing at a full 5'10" and weighing in at about 120 lbs; while her bust is obviously something to be reckoned with (cup size: 36C), her long legs are easily her most dangerous physical feature, both in terms of attractiveness and in terms of the sheer amount of damage she can deal with a roundhouse kick to the face. Her hair is a subdued grayish-brown and drops down past her shoulders, though she usually keeps it tied back in a bun; her bangs cover most of her forehead. Her eyes are the same dull shade of gray-brown as her hair and appear flat, almost lifeless. She wears a black long-sleeved blouse with a red ribbon tied neatly around her collar and a red pleated miniskirt; a pair of black nylon stockings reach up to just a few inches below the skirt and are kept up by garters under her skirt. Depending on how she's feeling, she wears either a pair of pumps or a pair of knee-high boots, both of which are made from black leather and have 2" stiletto heels. Her pilot suit consists of a form-fitting Prussian blue jumpsuit with white armor plating on the chest and shoulders; the accompanying helmet is the same blue color as the unarmored portions of the suit and has a transparent visor with a retractable mirrored gold protective shield. While in civilian attire, she keeps her old service pistol, a SIG-Sauer P229 chambered in .40 S&W, in a thigh holster under her skirt; she wears this gun openly in a standard belt holster when in her pilot suit.
Brief History: Michelle Nishikawa was born into a Terran military family descended from colonial exiles. Her parents, who were both officers in the EUG, were assassinated by members of a pre-EXCEL colonial separatist movement when she was 10 years old; this incident led to a hatred of terrorists and motivated her to enlist in the EUG mobile suit corps when she finally came of age. She graduated at the top of her class at the EUG Military Academy and was placed in command of her own MS squadron, which she led admirably in various engagements with colonial separatists and the Martian military. However, despite her impeccable sense of duty, she found herself increasingly disenfranchised with the EUG and its doctrines concerning the colonies; after turning in her resignation papers, she made a new career for herself as a mercenary and vigilante, drifting between Earth, Mars, and the colonies in search of money to earn and terrorists to kill. She acquired the LRF-00086 Vengeance Gundam from an EXCEL-controlled storehouse about a year ago and used her earnings to modify it to suit her own needs. As one of the few non-colonials aware of EXCEL's existence, she has seen it fit to relay any and all information she comes across regarding the organization to Martian and Terran intelligence organizations (for a price, of course); working on tips from informants, she has also attempted a few disruption attacks against exposed EXCEL bases, with a very limited degree of success.
Personality: In her days with the EUG mobile suit corps, Michelle was a highly dynamic commander who did not care much for ceremony and was quite earnest in showing concern for the men and women under her command; while she was sometimes censured by her superior officers for her flippant attitude towards them, she was lauded by her subordinates for her boundless energy and compassion. These qualities have carried over into her career as a merc; while other mercs who have worked with her are quick to praise her leadership qualities, quite a few of her employers have taken a dim view of her personality and are thus reluctant to hire her again despite her demonstrated competence.

Another defining quality of Michelle is her hatred of terrorism. While she perfectly understands the reasoning behind the colonial sovereignty movement, she firmly believes that organizations such as EXCEL are poor tools with which to achieve independence; her reasoning is that the actions of EXCEL and other armed separatist groups will only serve to bring the combined military might of Earth and Mars down on the colonies, ultimately resulting in the colonies' destruction. She resigned from the EUG because she believed that its stance on colonial insurgency only served to foment additional violence. However, while colonials took the lives of her parents, Michelle harbors no ill will towards colony citizens in general; she makes it a point never to waste her wrath on innocent civilians, and she has also been known to donate some of her earnings to and volunteer at colonial hospitals, orphanages, and other charitable instututions.

Michelle's sense of humor also warrants some mentioning. An avid anime and manga otaku, she tends to view things in terms of tropes and plot devices, to the point that she could be considered extremely genre savvy considering her circumstances. However, most people think she's just a anime-obsessed Cloudcuckoolander and derive amusement from her seeming craziness, oftentimes at their own expense.
Additional Information:

Gundam Name: ECR-0135
Gundam Nickname: Maelstrom Gundam
Gundam Appearance: The ECR-0135 Maelstrom is an electronic warfare mobile suit that served for a brief period with the EXCEL mobile suit corps before its sudden retirement. Built on a heavily modified GAT-X1022 Blu Duel frame, it is equipped with two six-cell multiple launch rocket systems built into its shoulders, a pair of light Gatling guns in its head, a pair of beam sabers stored in its legs, and a heavy gundanium shield with a pair of integrated railguns; it can also accomodate a combination beam rifle/grenade launcher if needed. An array of blade antennas are mounted on the back for transmitting electronic warfare signals.

The Prowler's paint scheme is identical to that of the original Blu Duel. As a display of Michelle's offbeat sense of humor, a decal of Haruhi Suzumiya done in the same style as the "OBEY Giant" posters is displayed prominently on the right shoulder; the Kyoto Animation, Sunrise, and Bandai Entertainment logos are also stenciled on the shield and on the left shoulder, though not as prominently as the "OBEY Haruhi" decal.
Gundam Equipment:
Armor materials: Gundanium alloy
Powerplant: Ultracompact nuclear fusion reactor, rated at 1930 kW
Equipment and design features: Sensors, range approx. 11.3 km; integrated electronic warfare suite, maximum effective range approx. 11.3 km
Fixed armaments: 2 x 76mm multi-barrel CIWS, fire-linked, mounted in head; 2 x beam saber, stored in recharge racks in leg armor, can be combined into one sword, hand-carried in use; 2 x 6-cell 220mm rocket launcher, mounted in shoulders; shield, mounted on either forearm, mounts 2 x 120mm fire-linked railgun
Optional hand armaments: 57mm high-energy beam rifle w/ 175mm grenade launcher
Special Capabilities: The Maelstrom was designed with durability in mind; to that end, its gundanium armor is heavier than that of most other mobile suits. However, due to the sheer weight of the suit's armor and EW equipment, it has the handing characteristics of a lead brick; its relative lack of maneuverability was the reason given for its retirement by EXCEL, and even with upgraded thrusters, its speed and agility still leave quite a lot to be desired.

RP Sample: For every RP sample other people give you, I'll give you three: 1, 2, 3.

Jack, in advance before you complete your application too far i'm going to say that based off of what you have right now, i know Loki's Gundam is already based off of the Dynames model and a sniper. If you're going to take this route, be sure to clearly define differences between the gundam you're creating and Loki's already accepted Gundam.

um, fyi... I have never seen, read or watched Gundam, so i will not base mine of a preexisting model... if this is a problem, drop meh a PM.

Animadversion - just as expected, a wonderful signup Kisa will make a fine addition. ACCEPTED

As for the RP... it seems everything is falling in order. Are there any objections to starting tomorrow among the accepted?

Not at all, I've been pretty anxious myself to start to be honest

No objections here~! Can't wait, frankly. xD

Shall we have an OoC thread, or will we just keep OoC's on the DL here? As for the NPC's I made, everyone who's been accepted so far can control them as much as they like; I don't have any problems with that. xD

wonderful, i'll try to start it asap then. I'd like to request that future applicants post their sign ups in the OOC thread i just made and for everyone who's accepted... heres the OOC thread!

Go Thar!

Pilot Name:Centi Kenshin Centra
Preferred Nickname:Centi
Gender:Male
age:16

Home Colony/Home planet/Country:Mars

Pilot Appearance:A scruffy faced-curly-haired teen. Wears a dark black sweater with fur around the hood and the cuffs, the sweater is only zipped half-way, in which underneath he wears an extremely teared up black shirt. He also wears dark blue baggy pants and slick black army boots. He has a greenish-red colored eyes, and has deep bags under his eyes. He has a dark carribean-hispanic skin color, has alot of hair everywhere. His hair is extremely curly and long, almost like an afro, the color is a kind of brown creme.

Brief History: His parents dissapeared when he was only five years. He was adopted by a Gundam General, in which Centi joined the military. A prominant student at the academy, he graduated with all honors.

Personality:Very ecstatic, he he can never sit still and has a bad habit of jumping up randomly. At night he will go to a place by himself and cry himself to sleep as he has always wished to see his parents.

Additional Information:Has a deep secret wish to start or join a rebellion.

Gundam Name:UMN-1264
Gundam Nickname: Wealthy Wolf

Gundam Appearance: Primary color is black, yet the secoundary color is a dark neon green. Other than that it is a normal UMN-1264 Mobile Suite.

Gundam Equipment: Its left arm is a retractable claw, it conceals a red saber under its right arm, and has two cannons on its shoulders, and a beam pistol.

Special Capabilities: NA

RP Sample:Click Here

Centi - i'm sorry, you're not quite what we're looking for DENIED

For accepted Pilots, we will all be starting in the Briefing room. And don't forget to check out the OOC thread and at least post to subscribe to it

IC:

The Carrier, HALOS. Strong symbol of EXCEL, floats gracefully through the endless void of space. Usually a light atmosphere would surround the ship, casual joking and the occasional friendly conversation with the crew but today was a day of complete seriousness. The first mission to change the galaxy. The entire crew of the HALOS sat gathered in the small conference room, lined with couches and chairs all facing a single podium and white screen in the front of the room. The atmosphere was tense, as everyone was preparing for the long day ahead of them. The final member of the ship's crew entered the room, Valeria Campbell, tactical adviser and commander of EXCEL. She walked to the podium gracefully and cleared her throat to immediately begin.

"Hello everyone, as you know, today is the day for our first planned Sortie. Its been a hard time trying to find out how to announce our existence without causing too much damage, but intel has finally pulled through and given us something to work with. We've managed to pull up just out of radar range of the exit of the Earth to Mars gate. There is a small Mars mining operation being conducted near colony MX1-006. It used to be a mining asteroid owned by the colonies to create their own revenue but was forcefully taken from them by the Mars military roughly 5 days ago. This was the colonies only source of extra income aside from their own self stimulating economy. It appears Mars doesn't want the colonies to become a power in the galactic order just as we anticipated. So as you may have assumed, our mission is to liberate this asteroid for the colonists. It will have average defenses, probably consisting of Sovs and should not prove difficult for you all. But still be careful, as you all know, the Sovs can prove to be quite fast and powerful in zero-G conditions. Immediately following the completion of this sortie, please proceed to the mid-ocean base in the Ansig Ocean. You will resupply there and wait for your next orders. Is all of that clear?" She finished, abruptly and without doubt. Valera Campbell was a woman not to be trifled with.

Ian sat casually in the center of the room on one of the velvet red couches with one leg crossed over the other and his arms wrapped around the back of it. He was completely ready for this mission but definitely was thankful that it wouldn't be occurring near his colony. He knew he was suppose to be trained not to let emotions impose in his mission, but his family lived there. That being said, colony 006 was a considerable distance away from the asteroid in relation, it wouldn't be a hard mission. Him and Havoc could take anything. Upon Valera finishing her briefing, Ian immediately stood up, stretching wide. He was ready to get off of this stuffy old carrier anyways. Knowing she was finished, and without saying a word, he left the room, heading towards the docking bay. It took little time to arrive there and he wasted no time heading for his suit, the great Havoc Gundam.

"Havoc is all tuned up and ready to scream through space, Ian!" He heard from across the docks. It was their young mechanic, Royal Haeote, who was working last minute changes on one of the other Gundams. She had seemed to take an interest in Havoc, probably because of its shiny parts. Her interest wasn't entirely as cute as the previous encounter though, as Ian had been in many arguments with the girl when he walked in on her trying to modify it. At this memory he looked at her with a worried glance.

"Oh don't worry, I didn't add anything. He's just as you left him, promise." She said with a slightly annoyed and disappointed tone in her voice.

Ian was quite relieved to hear this and kept on moving towards Havoc.

"Thanks, Royal. You're the best" He said calmly with a slight grin. Even though he didn't appreciate her upgrades, she did always do a spectacular job of keeping his suit in top condition.

He walked up slowly to his suit, taking in all of its majesty before entering the cockpit. This suit was the embodiment of everything he stood for and everything he would be fighting for. It represented every emotion he housed inside of him and he was ready. He leaped into the cockpit, landing in his seat with a plop. He slid his hands over the controls, preparing himself mentally for the mission at hand. Leaving the cockpit open, he waited for the other pilots to take to their suits as well. He checked various targeting instruments and his monitors quickly and efficiently. He was ready to go, and now for the final change. When sitting in this cockpit, he was no longer Ian Strife... he was...

"This is Braver. All systems are clear. Ready to go."