>A Junk Dealer. You scavenge parts from the remnants of battles between Vultures, or from abandoned military facilities from the War, selling what you find for profit. You start with one Sand Buggy for transportation, one Handgun for security purposes, and one MS Field Repair Toolkit, stowed away in your Sand Buggy.
>>[Bonuses: Charisma Lvl.1 (+3 bonus to Diplomacy checks. You're a fairly smooth talker, and know how to get the best prices for your wares.) | Mechanic Lvl.1 (+4 bonus to Engineering checks. You know your way around mobile suits, and can make field repairs, provided you have the right tools and parts) | MS Pilot Lvl.1 (You know the basics of piloting a mobile suit, and do not suffer any penalties to MS combat on Earth. You not as skilled piloting a Mobile Suit in space or underwater, however, and suffer a -2 penalty to MS Combat in underwater and zero gravity environments.)]

>A Vulture. You're a leader of a group of mercenaries who travels across the land, salvaging equipment and parts, and taking odd jobs to help keep your food stores stocked, your water supply full, your MS compliment in tip top shape, and provide your hired help with a somewhat steady income. You start with one Handgun, a fully stocked and armed Land Battleship, a full crew, and a trio of Mobile Suit Pilots under your employ. Remember to pay your pilots, otherwise they may just pack up and leave, looking for work elsewhere.
>>[Bonuses: Charisma Lvl.2 (+4 to Diplomacy checks. You are the captain of a Vulture crew, and it shows. Only the most aggressive or thickheaded of people would think to challenge your authority.) | MS Pilot Lvl.1]

(cont'd.)

>A Soldier. Even after the end of the 7th Space War, you still fight for [A faction of your choice(UNE or SRA)]. You are a cog in the machine that is war, and you follow your orders without question... most of the time, anyway. You start with a Handgun on your person, a Combat Knife, and a faction-specific Mobile Suit of your choice that is NOT a Gundam, belongs to an opposing faction, or has been manufactured after 0015 A.W.
>>[Bonuses: MS Pilot Lvl.2 (You are skilled at piloting mobile suits. You get a +2 bonus to MS Combat checks on Earth, and do not suffer penalties piloting in Space or Underwater.) | Combatant (You are skilled in armed and unarmed combat outside of a mobile suit. You get a +2 bonus to handling firearms and physical attack rolls.)]

>Are you a Male, or Female?
>What is your name?

>>27202373
David "Dave" West, Junk Dealer extraordinaire.

>>27202432
I like this and throw my support behind it.

>>27202432
Same here

>>27202432
sure i can live with this

>remember the other Gundam quest with a man called David as a protag

If this goes as far off the rails as zeonquest did i'd be amazed

>>27202432
Why not, let's try this out.

Junk Dealer is the best option for a character in my opinion. We lose the support of soldier and vulture, but benefit in many important ways.

Land battleships are awesome though.

>writing
>putting up a character sheet on pastebin

>>27202585
who said we couldn't acquire one later
>>27202592
ohboyherewego

>>27202373
>>A Junk Dealer.
Male,
David D. Davidson

>>27202666
>Greet all of our customers like "Can I call you Dave? Good."

>>27202698
No, no. We need a partner, someone who handles our shop/land battleship/warehouse while we roam the wastes for places to loot and salvage.
We need Crazy Hassan.

>>27202788
Soon. For now, we're running solo, just riding around in our Sand Buggy and bitching about the weather.

You are David "Dave" West, a junk dealer, specializing in mobile suits and mobile suit parts and accessories. You've been at this job for quite a few years, and are familiar with all the tricks of the trade. You're a smooth-talking, fast acting sonnuvabitch, and have earned the ire of many of your customers, yet they still buy your wares, simply because you always offer the better deal. You are a loner, and always have been; you only look out for Numero Uno; yourself. As such, you are slow to trust others, and prefer to pick the option that benefits you the most.

Recently you've come across quite the find; a GX-9900 Gundam X, left untouched in an old UNE military base. Though, since you lacked the G-Controller necessary to pilot the Mobile Suit, you've had to make due with marking the location on a map and saving up some money to buy a G-Controller, which you now have. Unfortunately, as fate would have it, the Gundam you'd taken great care to hide away has been stolen!

Well... not so much stolen as it was found before you could do a thing about it, but you digress. Still, all is not lost; there's some... -mostly- intact Daughtresses, and what's left of what you think is a Daughtress Command to salvage; maybe you can still make a profit out of this venture, even if you weren't able to get what you were after.

>Roll me a 1d20 for salvage

Rolled 13

>>27202913

Rolled 16

>>27202913

Rolled 4

>>27202913
Please don't kill me.

Rolled 4

>>27202913
Rolling.

Rolled 18

>>27202913
Capitalism HO!

>>27203013
just squeaked that good rool in there good job!

>>27203104
>rool
ahem roll

>>27203013
Good, now we just need a custom color scheme for our personal own personal Mobile Suit for in the future.

>>27203146
I'm thinking Black with Green trim.

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>>27203146
Something like this? Maybe just in another camo color, fitting for our environment.

>>27203146
Salmon Pink

>>27203203
Camo is too bland. You need something memorable and flashy. Like Blue, or Red, or something.

Actually a red with the proper accents would look good.

>writing

Rolled 17

>>27202913
ROLLAN

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>>27203228
Fair enough.

White with black and red?

>>27203254
>late and after the five rolls that would of been considered
GJGE

>>27203269
sounds good

>>27203228
Red with gold trim perhaps?

>>27203269
Sounds good to me.

>>27203269
I actually kind of like that. It even makes the horrible gold joins on the freedom bareable.

>>27203293
This sounds good too.

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>>27202913
>specializing in mobile suits and mobile suit parts and accessories

Did we just become Gundam's version of Hank Hill

Rolled 16

>Result: 18

Surprisingly enough, you manage to scrounge up enough parts between all of the Mobile Suits to get a single, working one, though you have no weapons. Parts of the armor are melted, pitted, and torn in places, exposing the inner workings of the suit. The severity of the damage to the mobile suits, along with the fact the Gundam X has gone missing, left you very few guesses as to what could have reduced them all into such a state.

Sighing, you pull out your field repair kit, and set to work cobbling together a new suit from all this junk.

>Roll me 1d20+4 to put together a Mobile Suit. DC is this roll.

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>>27203321
No, we're this guy.

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>>27203312
This better? No gold things on it.

>>27203293
We must be blond and wear sunglasses all the time if we're going with a red suit.

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>>27203363
Alright, let's do it.

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>>27203293
if it weren't for this guy stealing our thunder in series i could go for that

Our gundam must be a skeleton
God wills it

Rolled 5 + 4

>>27203363

Rolled 7 + 4

>>27203363

Rolled 3 + 4

>>27203363
Hoping for modular/variable MS

Rolled 19 + 4

>>27203380
or this time, if I can get my dice right.

Rolled 5

>>27203363
Rolling.

Rolled 15 + 4

>>27203363
Cmon Dice

Rolled 19

>>27203363
brace for suck

>>27203382
There's always a better looking Johnny Ridden to every Char.

>>27203403
Hah last roll is a 19

Rolled 18 + 4

>>27203363
Would we know that the damage was done with the Satellite Cannon, or do we just assume the damage was from its other weapons?

>>27203395
Saved!

As for our personal colours, I was thinking black for upper torso, white for main torso, black for legs and purple for trim.

>>27203395
>>27203413
i like your style friend, especially if you keep rolling like that

>>27203456
Cosgrove sucks the luck out of his own quests to inject into others.
Like a luck transfusion or something.

>>27203293
Black, the color all space battle mecha should be

>>27203395
Fuck, I hope you don't roll this high in PP Quest.

>>27203473
Hey, we did pretty well the other day when we were kicking the ass of Hobgoblin.

>>27203413
>>27203456
Yeah, but Johnny Ridden was a better piilot than Char, so if he was mistaken for Char by some Feddie ace he could kick their ass. We're a junk dealer. If we get mistaken for someone that you'd make a name for yourself by shooting down, we're fucked.

Rolled 19

>>27203447
>the damage is from the other weapons. Everyone and their grandma would have known if a Satellite Cannon had gone off. Shit's bright as hell, yo. Also, the military base would likely be nonexistent.

>>27203508
>ignore that roll. I forgot to get rid of the text in the email field like a dumbass.
>Also, writing.

>>27203484
Black absorbs heat. Space is a vacuum. Do the math.

Right, back to not raining on parades mode.

>>27203497
That may be true, but if we're going to be a high quality Junk Dealer- we need to have a personal mech that's got an impressive color scheme.

We need to be memorable so people will want to remember David West. Presentation is always part of the deal.

And red and gold are impressive and distinctive colors.

>>27203497
ther's also the fact that as far as i can remember the pilot of that suit and his brother were such giant dicks that we'd have to either be a living saint or a complete douchebag to upstage him

>>27203604
So basically we want to be toyetic?

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Never forget

>>27203508
Oh right, the Satellite Cannon wasn't fired for another episode. Silly me for forgetting.

>>27203586
It also radiates heat most effectively of all colors. That's why it's called blackbody radiation. A black mecha wouldn't show up on visual, but thermal scanning would see it from far off. On the plus side, increased cooling means we'd get better performance from our reactor.

>>27203629
Yes, more then usual. We have to push Gunpla, after all.

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>>27203629
Exactly

>>27203604
maybe we should constantly change paint jobs on the MS to avoid attention, if only for a brief while...

>>27203629
Well we can be toyetic and memorable- getting us clients and money- or we can be every other standard Junk Dealer with an uninspired color scheme- a forgettable mook who is likely to die when a gundam or ace pilot shows up.

I for one do not want that to happen.

Rolled 13

>Result: 19 + 4 = 23, DC = 16
>Success!

It takes most of the day, but you manage to throw together a decent-looking mobile suit from all the crap you managed to gather. You still couldn't find any weapons, and your armor's practically useless in its current state, but it moves surprisingly well for something you slapped together, and that's enough for you.

>Mobile Suit obtained! [Patchwork Daughtress]

Gently, you pick up your Sand Buggy, cradling it in one of your Daughtress' manipulators as you step outside in your new (in a manner of speaking...) Mobile Suit. Nighttime has fallen, so you have to be quick; bandits tend to roam during this time of day, and you don't want to be caught with your pants down.

>Roll me 1d20. DC is this roll.

Rolled 3

>>27203717
H-here I go

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Rolled 6

>>27203717
The idol of what we should strive to be shall guide my dice.

>>27203508
So there was only enough scrap and parts from all those defeated Daughtress and the command one?

Whatever is nessessary, see if you can salvage the head or communication systems of the Command model, since it's the only useful/different parts between them really.
White, black and red colors are too, common through dont you think? ?That's very gundam.

Why not a more neutral brown with saches/joints of yellow. We're a junk dealer, kinda want this to look/act as a construction-heavy lifting rather than a combat designated model. It'd at least make people underestimate or overlook it.

Rolled 20

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>>27203687
Something like this?

>>27203761
WELP

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Rolled 11

>>27203761

>>27203687
Well put. Being visually distinctive means we'll get at least an episode before we get killed off. We should also say at least one line that would go viral among the fans. That will get us enough time to develop our skills, provided we don't go too far and reach quirky miniboss status. Then we're doomed.

>>27203661
Yeah, a second protagonist in a Gundam quest named Dave...
Now all we need is a guy with an afro and we're ready to wreck shit.

>>27203687
I wasn't trying to diss it or anything, I just thought that 'toyetic' basically summed it all up in one word.

>>27203717
Don't know much about the older gundam series besides the Zaku and GM, will we be seeing those since they were very mass-produced or in a junkyard somewhere?

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>>27203717
Rolling

>>27203451
How subtle.

>>27203761
I think we just tripped over an unpiloted Belphagor.

>>27203795
Nope, this is Gundam X. We've got Daughtress and Jenice instead.

>>27203824
RIP in pieces Zaku

>>27203795
Neither of those.

We get these:
http://gundam.wikia.com/wiki/DT-6800A_Daughtress
http://gundam.wikia.com/wiki/RMS-006_Jenice

>>27203845
The Jenice is close enough to one.

>>27203751
emulating jewdough is a fine goal but pulling it off is going to be a bitch

>>27203866
Jenice looks extremely bulky but i guess thats a grunt unit for you

>>27203880
We should start by stealing a Gundam and then absconding to Jupiter.

>>27203866
>Jenice
Oh hey, it sounds like a Jenner, so it must be fast!
>IT'S A ZAKU!
dammit.

>>27203880
No, it will be. I agree- but I strive to be a higher class of Junk Dealer- besides somebody Jacked our gundam- well the gundam that would have been ours.

We need to step up our game.

>>27203792
Its cool- I like the term, wasn't trying to be confrontational or anything.

>>27203866
I think I like our GM grunt thingy better, the Jenice looks fugly

>>27203914
you forgot about finding a roux Louka expy to share our trip to jupiter with!

>>27203795
Not quite. After War Gundam X isn't in the UC continuity, so we'll never see those. But you generally see pretty close analogues of those two units in alternative continuities. In this case the Daughtress is a GM clone, and the Zaku's equivalent, the Jenice, is quite common. There are also parallel units for the Dom, Rick Dom, Gelgoog, Acguy and pretty much every other mass produced Zeon unit.

>writing

>>27203928
You want fast?

http://gundam.wikia.com/wiki/NRX-007_Correl

Problem is, it dies like the Kampher.

>>27203928
>>27203957
Well, duh, the GM clones look better.

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>>27203978
We should put all our efforts into finding the equivilant of a Rick Acguy!

>>27203964
Can't we just be Dozle Zabi levels of huge though?

We should probably try to use the Daughtress as a portable shop.
Throw a giant canister on it's back, load it with stuff we're selling, and we can wander the wasteland in our giant mobile suit shop.

>>27203997
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIwAtyT3a5A

I mean, just look at it's speed. It's ridiculous.

>>27203997
What the fuck? I didn't know Mobile Suits could be anorexic.

>>27203761
Well now..

>>27204011
There's bandits out here though. And traveling the wastes puts unnecessary wear and wear on our Daughtress- the armor has holes in it and we don't have spare parts. The filth of the wasteland will mess it up something fierce.

>>27203997
Outa my way, I gotta practice my Stabbing
Heyaaa Hyaaa!

>>27204011
The only problem is that the suit itself would make us into a huge target for bandits, Vultures, and other Junk Dealers.
And we have no weapons.
Don't forget that: WE HAVE NO WEAPONS. Not even head vulcans.

>>27204076
Did we salvage anything good from that command Daughtress?

>>27204090
>No weapons.

We've got a hand gun.
And a buggy. Though we probably still have three payments left on it.

>>27204037
Sorta reminds me of berserker mode when they just drop all the plating and weapons and just fuck them up with the beam knife
Im a huge sucker for MC's going berserker mode

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>>27204062
You can find more like that in 00. Here, have best Wing MS combined with best 00 MS.

Nacht-Jenice.
You know you want it.

>>27204121
> Those legs.
O-oh my...

>>27204106
Yeah, but it gets killed by HEAD VULCANS. Nothing gets killed by head vulcans. Totally not worth the risk. If we want a super mode, there are other ways to have short-term enhancement.

>>27204148
Im already hard thinking of it

>>27204121
I hope that thing is space only, because it looks like its legs would crumple on the earth.

>>27204090
Should have been a vulture.

>>27203604
I just meant maybe don't take the paint scheme of somebody already famous. This actually goes double if we're aiming for brand recognition. People didn't remember Johnny Ridden, they remembered Char Aznable, even when Johnny Ridden was right there screaming at them that he's not Char.

>>27204167
I dont think you understand what berserker mode means friend
it means pushing your suit past its recommended limits and doing all thats possible to kill the other guy
its not supposed to be safe

>>27204104
I'm talking about MS weapons, not a handheld pistol.
Only Tobias Aronax is good enough to take down an MS with an infantry weapon.

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>>27204167
>HEAD VULCANS
Chest vulcans, actually. High calibur chest vulcans.

>>27204160
More, sir?

>>27204174
Regular Flag came out fine on Earth.

>>27204204
...Garrod took one down with a flashbang, pistol and grappling hook.

They must be bros.

>>27204204
Bitch, please. Master Asia took down a MS with a fucking SCARF.

>>27204261
We cannot begin to get close to the scale of Master Asia. Does your Horse have an MS? Didnt think so.

I always liked the Heavy Arms.

I like the design idea of "put as much weapons on it as fucking possible"

never saw X, Turn A, or 00.

>>27204293
>Horse mecha suit
WHAT
PICS NOW

>>27204198
No, I get it. But your mobile suit should never be in a situation where it can be destroyed by head vulcans. Those are meant for infantry suppression and anti-missile defense. To destroy an MS with it means that suit was the weakest machine ever built. Sacrificing defense for offense is fine. Completely sacrificing it is too far.

>>27204298
>All that dakka
>So much red
Heavyarms is a Gundam that'd make an orc proud.

I just want to give props to everyone in this thread for remembering that Gundam X actually exists. It does NOT get enough love.

Polite sage.

>>27204308
http://gundam.wikia.com/wiki/Fuunsaiki

>>27204309
Well it does flat out say that and that the only thing it can hold is a single beam knife

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>>27204308

>>27204328
to be fair, it's kinda hard for horses to hold and use guns...

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>>27204308
You do not know of the glory of Fuunsaiki, most amazing and ridiculous of all the amazingly ridiculous designs of G Gundam? Oh, you poor thing. Fuunsaiki is great. It isn't just horse shaped. It is actually PILOTED by a horse.

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>>27204308
Here you are.

>>27204320
That's very true.

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>Result: 20, DC: 13
>Great Success!

Thankfully, your trip back to town is decidedly bandit-free, though you do see something sticking out of the sand. Why the heck you didn't see it before, you have no idea, but you decide not to dwell on it as you come closer. When you finally reach the mystery object, it looks to be some huge-ass Heat Hawk. Not -quite- like the ones used by Jenices, but hot-damn, it's one hell of an axe. You could have sworn you've seen it somewhere before, though...

Your train of thought is derailed as your sensors pick up an energy signal, and before you can figure out where that signal was coming from, your answer comes in the form of a MASSIVE blast of energy off in the distance. Now, you aren't intimately familiar with the capabilities of the GX-9900, but any engineer worth his salt knew a Satellite Cannon blast when he saw one. If you were lucky, that might have been YOUR Gundam that fired that blast, but by the time you'd get there, if the pilot was smart, it'd be long gone. Still, it's worth investigating, at least, for the possibility of finding more junk to peddle. At least now you have a weapon to defend yourself with!

On the other hand, you don't want to risk running into any Vultures, especially since you've got your only other means of transportation sitting in your left hand, along with your field repair kit that's stowed in its trunk.

>Investigate the source of the energy reading
>Ignore it and return to town
>write in

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>>27204308
> tfw you'll never pilot a Gundam riding another Gundam
Life is hell.

>>27204331
>>27204324
Wow that is so fucking dumb
ITS FUCKING AMAZING

>>27204355
>Investigate the source of the energy reading

if only for more junk parts

>>27204355
Is that our MS? Jesus Christ but that's swanky.

>>27204355
>>Investigate the source of the energy reading

>>27204355
>Investigate the source of the energy reading.

Even if it is only salvage- we can find something of use- like more unruined armor. But- if anyone points a gun at us- We want to trouble.

>>27204355
Ok, so we've found Dozle Zaki's Heat Hawk.
We could A:Sell it and buy a land battleship.
or B: Own Dozle Zabi's Axe.

>>27204393
No, we're piloting a junky-looking Daughtress, the weapon it's holding is what we just found.

>>27204351
Fuunsaiki is pretty great, but let's not forget G Gundam has a Gundam mounted to a big rowboat as well as a Windmill Gundam. Neo America has a giant Statue of Liberty sticking out of it, Neo France was a giant bouquet of roses with a castle on top.

>>27204355
>go check out the energy reading
If worse comes to worse we can axe them a question

>>27204355
>Investigate the source of the energy reading
Potential customer that will need spare parts and repair services for their new GX-0099.
Though it might be prudent to put our buggy down first before investigating.

>>27204399
>B
Really? You actually considered otherwise?

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>>27204393
No, the Axe is similar but pic related is what we have.

Except you know... full of holes and stuff.

>>27204408
New mission: find the rest of that thing, acquire it.

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>>27204355
Dozle's Heat Axe?

Could he have survived Solomon? Nah.

>>27204369
You really won't like me when the Psychoframe activates.

>>27204298
say hello to the GT-9600 Gundam Leopard gundam x's answer to the heavyarms, though the chances of us getting it are slim to none

>>27204355
>Investigate the source of the energy reading
no junk no profit!

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>>27204441
forgot pic

>>27204437
dear christ man X universe is nuts

>writing

>>27204455
That's based off of Universal Century's Unicorn Gundam, actually.

Not from X

>>27204441
How about just a swanky Daughtress Weapon, 500mm cannon, and Axe Swag.

We're going to need to take the paintjob of the axe.

>>27204437
Please tell me it transforms.

>>27204441
Yeah. The whole point of the Freeden is that they've got pretty much the last intact examples of the Gundam-class machines. Though hey, maybe we'll manage to take over the Freeden. Garrod got onboard easily enough. We can just sneak into the hangar and steal the GX back. And grab the Airmaster and Leopard on the way, tow them behind us. We will have all the Gundams. All of them.

>>27204499
>Yeah. The whole point of the Freeden is that they've got pretty much the last intact examples of the Gundam-class machines.
Nope. There are others that keep getting dredged up. Like there was a second X, Leopard and Airmaster in Under the Moonlight, as well as a Belphagor. There was also a second Belphagor somewhere.
So it's possible for us to trip over another Gundam.

>>27204540
I was using hyperbole. I know there are others in the manga. But they're rare enough that the Freeden crew never encounters anyone else with their model of suits. Unless you count G-Bits, I guess. Actually, you can probably convert bit mobile suits into piloted ones without too much hassle, we should give that a try if it ever comes up.

Rolled 7

It takes you the rest of the night and then some, but by the time you reach the source of the energy reading, whatever caused it is long gone. Setting your buggy down, you take some time to observe the havoc wreaked by the Satellite Cannon blast. A large stretch of forest has been incinerated, mobile suits have been melted down into unrecognizable piles of slag, and you can see evidence that a land battleship's been in the area. Judging from the size, possibly an Alps-class cruiser. Whoever took your Gundam X has some friends, it seems... Not good.

You turn around, bending down to scoop your buggy up and eager to return to town. As you do so, you find yourself hearing whispers in your head, which only seem to get louder and louder. clutching your head, you attempt to drown out the voices, which seem intent on driving you crazy, knocking you unconscious, or both.

>Roll me 1d20. DC is this roll.

>>27204455
It's a gunpla kitbash of Fuunsaiki and Unicorn Gundam. Fanmade.

>>27204497
I wish it could too.

Rolled 12

>>27204606
We got this!

Rolled 14

>>27204606
Are we a Newtype?

Or is this desert full of dead Newtypes?

Rolled 4

>>27204606
Oh god, are we a newtype now?

>>27204606
Sounds like Newtype telepathy. Newtypes are almost all artificially created in the After War timeline. Are we a natural one that someone went unnoticed until now? Interesting.

Rolled 16

>>27204606

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Rolled 9

>>27204606
New Tyyyyypes!
>shakes fist from his cockpit
>Must... distract... with imagery of... Skeletons!
>Cant stop... The Shatner

Rolled 12

>>27204606
Rolling.

>>27204642
Alright, if the Frost Brother try to recruit us to kill the DX, run the fuck away in the other direction as fast you can. Either Garrod will kill us, or they will kill us.

Rolled 17

>writing

>>27204811
and ignore that dice roll.

>Result 16, DC: 7
>Success!

Grinding your teeth in frustration, you've just about had enough of this shit.

"SHUT THE -HELL- UP!"

And surprisingly, the voices comply. Freaky.

Exhausted from the attempted mind rape, you decide that it would be best to just head back into town, which should take most of the day, find a place to store your MS, and get some MUCH needed sleep.

The rest of the trip goes without incident, and you set your MS down in the back lot behind your shop, tossing a large tarp over it. You take inventory and find you have some parts lying around to make some more repairs to the Daughtress, thus fixing the issue with the armor, and have miscellaneous crap lying around. Among the aforementioned crap is a few magazines for a Daughtress' machinegun, (but no machine gun) most of a Septem's manipulator, a Juracg's giant snowboard, a Daughseat III's arm, and a monoeye camera. You don't know what MS it came out of, but hey, parts are parts.

You sigh, satisfied after a successful hunt. Locking up your shop, you head upstairs, where you proceed to get ready for bed.

>roll me a 1d20

Rolled 18

>>27205175

Rolled 6

>>27205175
Trolling

Rolled 13

>>27205175

Rolled 19

>>27205175
We could use that snowboard for armor.
That monoeye should be tested, maybe it has better sensors than what we have right now.

Rolled 16

>>27205175

>>27205185
Based

>>27205236
Nice

Rolled 6

>>27205175
...
A polar bears sledge can be used in snow, Or Other Irregular Terrain.

Like SAND. If we utilize the same techniques used to weatherproof the Polar Bear against snow, with sand terrain! BOOM, The West-Class (Damn right we're naming it after outselves) Surfer Daughtress!

Side note, are there any recyclers or something similar around here? We should eventually go back and pick up that slag and either sell it or use it for armor.

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>>27205236
We dont even to use it for armor. In this sandy area? Because it's irregular terrain, we can ride these dunes!

Rolled 16

>>27205175
We should look around to see if we have a copy of Dean's Electronics to read.

>writing

>>27205368
Can we make that thing fly around and we become the first Gundam surfing sky pirate?

>>27205481
We become a eureka 7 mech?
neat

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>Result: 19

You go to sleep almost immediately; for about 8 to 10 hours, you might as well be dead to the world. You're only awoken by what you can only describe as this incessant buzzing at the back of your mind, It's dull, but noticeable. Like a slight itch. Once you're dressed and had a cup of coffee, (black, no sugar, of course.) you head downstairs, where you see two raven haired gentlemen standing outside of your shop. Curiously, that buzzing seems to be getting more annoying the closer you get to the front door. Thankfully, neither of them seemed to notice you yet; they seem to be preoccupied just... standing there, not moving.

Creepy.

You walk towards the front door, keys in hand, and with a dull CLUNK, unlock it.

That noise seemed to catch their attention, as they stare in your direction. One of them, the older one, you presume, is wearing a black jacket over a dress shirt that is neither fully buttoned or tucked in, while the one you assume to be the younger one is wearing a purple jacket, and his pants so high, they've probably got a death grip on his balls.

>"Hello? how can I help you?"
>"Don't you know loitering is against the law? Beat it before I call the cops on your asses."
>write in

>>27205669
>"Hello? how can I help you?"

time for marketing! Full court press!

>>27205669
>"Hello? how can I help you?"

>>27205669
>"Hello? how can I help you?"
Sound pissed off these guys just let themselves in where out precious scrap and mech were

>>27205729
No hostility.

>>27205669
Turn on the trader attitude.
"Gentlemen, I'd love to sell my wares to you, but it's the middle of the night and I'd like to get some sleep. If you want, come back in the morning and you can see what I have in stock."

>>27205818
>the middle of the night
>8 to 10 hours
Is it really the middle of the night?

>writing

>>27205669
>write in
"Customers! I'm sorry, we're usually not open for another hour, but I'd be a poor Junk Dealer to turn away business just because it's a little early! Now, what can I help you gentlemen find?"

>>27205818
>but it's the middle of the night
Dude, we slept for a good 8 to 10 hours, it's morning now.

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Creepy or not, they're two potential customers, so you put on your best smile and decide to work your magic.

"Hello? How can I help you two fine gentlemen?"

The older of the two smiles, and bows slightly.

"Hello," he says. "I am Shagia, and this is my younger brother, Olba."

"Pleased to meet you." replied Olba, smiling as well.

God, you hoped they would stop soon; it was -creepy- when they did that.

"Er... the pleasure's all mine, gentlemen. I assume you've come here in need of parts? Well look no further! Dave West's Mobile Suit Body and Parts Shop has whatever you could need in stock at the best prices for miles around!"

The two brothers go silent for a moment, glancing at each other. The buzzing in your skull returns, and you do your best to hide your discomfort.

"Yes, well..." begins Shagia, wearing that creepy little smile of his. "... while neither of us have any doubts in regards to the.... quality of your wares, they aren't why we are here."

"Oh?"

You raise an eyebrow. If they aren't here for parts, then why the heck were they even here?

"You see, Mister West..." said Olba, stepping forward. "My brother and I are in need of your services. we know what you are, and require your abilities to assist us in finding a certain girl..."

You say nothing as you are handed a photo of the girl in question. She can't be older than fifteen, and she hardly looks threatening.

"Her name is Tiffa Adill, and she is a powerful, and highly unstable Newtype." says Shagia, pulling out a picture of an Alps-class cruiser. "We believe that she is being held aboard this Land Battleship, though, for what purposes, we aren't certain. We want your help in finding her, and taking her into our custody."

You look at the photos you were given, and purse your lips in thought as you consider your options.

Do you...
>Agree to help the two brothers
>Tell you're sorry, but they'll need to find someone else to assist them
>Bluntly refuse
>Write in

>>27206316
>Ask 'what the hell's a Newtype?'
Huehuehue

>>27206350
This, also ask about payment

>>27206316
>Bluntly refuse
"We're a parts dealer, not a sentient compass."

>>27206316
"I'm a mechanic and a junk trader...

Doesn't that sound more like a job for the police? Or Vultures? I suppose i could refer you to some people, other customers." >NOPENOPENOPE

>>27206316
Oh look, the main villains with a history of betraying their allies! Whatever shall we do?

>>27206316
Well, If you require my services im going to need a mech,weapons,ammo,payment in order to find time in my busy schedule.
MILK IT
MILK IT DRY

>>27206379
>We're
I'm*, I guess I need sleep.

>>27206350
Newtype propaganda was pretty strong during the end of the 7th Space War. We'd know what one is, we just wouldn't believe anyone who told us they were one.

>>27206316
Hmm. Why exactly do they think a junk dealer would be a good fit for a recovery mission? I guess it's for any contacts we might have given our mercantile background. Do we have a reputation for being that well-connected?

>>27206316
>Tell you're sorry, but they'll need to find someone else to assist them

"I'm sorry but my equipment just isn't up to snuff as much I would like it to be. Customers only want the finest bits of salvage and I'd be a poor junk dealer if I kept the best for myself. So I'm afraid I must politely decline your offer at this time. Perhaps another time down the road?"

>>27206316
"Gentlemen, I can get you parts, repairs or ammunition- whatever you do with those re your own business- but I don't deal in human wares.

"And I'm not sure who or what you think I am- but I have no interest in any of it. I'm going to have to ask you to leave."

Then prepare for trouble.

>>27206445
>As a junk dealer, you are well connected, if a bit hard to work with. you don't play well with others.

>>27206445
Just because we've heard about newtypes doesn't mean we actually know what one is, and even if we do, it's plausible enough to force them to explain it anyways.

>if a bit hard to work with. you don't play well with others
Some soft trolling seems a reasonable response into being press-ganged.

>writing

>>27206316
> What's a Newtype?
> Refuse

"I am a junk dealer, not a mercenary, or one of those hooky men-in-black guys that run around looking for moonmen."

>>27206478
This. We're a junk dealer, not a professional soldier who mounts daring rescues or shit like that.

>>27206478
We don't want no trouble.

>>27206651
>I dun want no trabble!
Fixed that for you.

>>27206709
>Being a kindly gentleman
Well, you've found it!

You sigh. As sympathetic as the brothers' plight was, you had nowhere near well equipped enough to tackle such a dangerous request. First and foremost, you were a junk dealer; not a Vulture.

"Gentlemen, I can get you parts, repairs or ammunition- whatever you do with those re your own business- but I don't deal in human wares.

"And I'm not sure who or what you think I am- but I have no interest in any of it. I'm going to have to ask you to leave."

The two brothers look at you, then to each other, and go real quiet. The buzzing returns again, and it's going crazy at this point.

"While I do regret I won't be able to assist you, I may be able to refer you to some people. Perhaps they would be more willing to assist the both of you in your endeavors?"

They look to you, and it feels like an eternity before Shagia speaks up.

"Very well. It's a shame we could not convince you, but we understand."

Olba seems incensed at this, and raises his voice.

"But brother--"

"That's -enough-, Olba. We're done here." interjects Shagia, still smiling.

Olba relaxes, and nods. "Of course, brother. Shall we be off?"

"Yes, we shall."

And just like that, the both of them exited your shop, leaving you alone with your thoughts. Something about their story didn't add up... you don't know what, but something seemed... off about those two, and it wasn't just their sense of style.

You groan in frustration. Why'd you have to wake up to THIS? You needed to take your mind off of things. You head out back to where your mobile suit, thankfully still under its tarp, is sitting, along with the rest of your inventory too large to fit into your store's shelves.

You'd been toying with the idea of modifying that MS-sized snowboard for use on sand and the idea certainly IS tempting, since you now have a Mobile Suit to test it with, though you also have to find some new armor for your Daughtress...

>modify the snowboard
>repair your MS
>Write in

>>27206955
>You WERE nowhere near
Gahhh.... friggin typos.

>>27206955
>repair armor
>Polish axe

>>27206955
>>repair your MS

get the bread and butter ready first

>>27206955
> Repair your MS.
In case there's trouble, we need to be ready.

>>27206955
[x]Modify Board
We Dune Rider now.

>>27206955
>Repair your MS- the armor is most important.

There's trouble going down- the weird buzzing in your head at them is puzzling- even worrying.

Also, look into the mono-eye camera- if that's a better camera than the ones your Daughtress has- some modifications might need to be made to get it installed- or we might have to look for a new head.

>Also, put out some feelers through your contacts on not only those guys, but Daughtress equipment.

>>27206955
>repair your MS
Can't be trying to push second-rate junk off on our customers; that would result in a bad reputation and diminished business.

>>27207070
>The Zaku eye
Oh yeah i forgot about that install that too

>>27207070
What's the inside of the Daughtress' cockpit like? If we're installing a superior sensor, we could probably add a panoramic view into the cockpit as well.

>>27207070
Let's see if we can get some Wise Wallaby/Fire Wallaby parts. It'd be faster for travel, and they're a good sturdy MS when not facing Gundams.
Also, totally put out feelers on the Frost Bros.

>>27206955
>repair your MS

>writing

>>27207177
A Daughtress Flyer would be the best to get, but I don't know where we'd pick that up. Would be nice, though. Though that would probably just get us into trouble, flying around and being a huge target.

>>27207070
Repairs first.

What we would like for the Daughtress?

The first order of business is to get high mobility parts from Vulture suits.

We have a Dozle axe to use as melee. Reinforced parts would help us lift it.

For our surfboard, I'm thinking Gundam F90II Intercept Type Jupiter Battle Specification.

>>27207244
Did After war have stealth tech?

Rolled 16

You put out a few calls in regards to some Daughtress parts, and ring up some of your... shadier contacts for info on those two freaks, Shagia and Olba. While there wasn't anything anyone could tell you, you were assured that any new info dug up on the two of them would definitely be run by you.

You gather your materials, which took a few hours of sorting through your wares, and you found enough materials to at least get your Daughtress looking like new again. Modifying the snowboard would have to wait.

>Roll me 1d20+4. DC is this roll.

Rolled 10 + 4

>>27207378

Rolled 16 + 4

>>27207378

Rolled 13 + 4

>>27207378

Rolled 12

>>27207378
Here we go.

Rolled 15 + 4

>>27207378

Rolled 17 + 4

>>27207378
How well can we fix it?

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>>27204369
G Gundam in a nut shell.

It's glorious.

>writing...

>Result: 16 + 4 = 20, DC: 16
>Success!

It takes some work, but you manage to patch up your Daughtress. All it needed now was a new coat of paint, and you could probably fetch a decent price for it. Of course, would you even WANT to sell this baby? So many ideas regarding how you can modify it for your own purposes, such as the idea of modifying the Juracg's snowboard, and maybe mounting that mono-eye to increase your sensor range.

>Keep the Daughtress for yourself
>Sell it for a profit

>>27208042
>keep it
We built the damn thing from scratch
its our baby

>>27208042
Uh, if we sold it, what would we even do then? Do we even have a working MS besides this one?

>>27208042
>Keep the Daughtress for yourself

for now

>>27208068
Sell it and buy a better model thats used/damaged
repair it, paint it, sell it, repeat

>>27208042
>Keep the Daughtress for yourself
It'll make salvaging other MS a lot easier, as well as moving them around in the warehouse and repair bay.

>>27208042
>Keep the Daughtress

If we get something better, we can still sell this after upgrades for a hefty price.

Still- we need to decide on a color scheme for us.

>>27208084
True...

Selling actually does seem rather intriguing when you put it that way. Though I find myself uncomfortable going without a working MS, civilian or not.

>>27208042
Keep it.

Can't very well sell your first.

>>27208042
Keep it. We can use it to show off our skill as a repair man.
Hell, if we upgrade it enough, we can sell it off as a custom model and get even more dough. Become the dude you come to if you need an unique suit.

>>27208091
EL MUERTE PAINTJOB
WE BROUGHT THIS FUCKING MECH FROM A PILE OF CORPSES OF ITS BATTLE BROTHERS

>>27208120
Do we always have to build our character from a miserable little pile of references?

>>27208042
Keep it!

>>27208143
for our first mech? sure other than that we can go nuts

>>27208091
White and blue with yellow highlights?

>>27208143
What is a protagonist? A miserable little pile of references! But enough talk, HAVE AT YOU!

>writing...

Well, how about Silver with red accents, then?

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>>27208216
Sounds alright.
How about dark blue with silver parts?

>>27208216
How about we do the sensible thing and actually give it camo?

>>27208264
>Jesta Cannon

Are you me? Done. I'll go for that, easily.

Just- we need, when we have the time, to fix the head of the Daughtress- make it a mono-eye or standard gundam head.

>>27208315
>standard gundam head

Feels like we're looking for trouble this way.

>>27208306
No- there's probably already too many beige/non-distinct mobile suits out there- a lot like how we found ours.

Camo doesn't help giant robots- you might as well be destinctive- that way friend or foe can properly identify you.

Furthermore- its easier to identify stolen stuff from us that way- its our distinctive colors- which gives validity to our claims.

>>27208393
It was an example. Just an example. I personally don't like the Daughtress's head.

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>>27208315
A mono-eye sounds fine to me.
What we should probably do is go for maximum modularity - add hardpoints where we can attach various weapons and systems that can be easily replaced if the need arises. Make the unholy hybrid of the AGEs and the F90s.

You shake your head. Sell it? Why the hell would you do that? You built this thing IN A CAVE! WITH A BOX OF--

Yeah, okay, maybe not in a cave, but you certainly did cobble it together from nothing but scrap and junk. You can't just sell it, not after spending so much time on it already. Besides, you were thinking it'd look nice with a new paint job... something with dark blue and silver, or maybe white and blue, with yellow highlights... but first and foremost; modifications now; paintjob later.

>Mount the Mono-eye
>Modify the snowboard
>Search your store inventory for more parts
>write in

>>27208415
Paint the inner side of the skirts, knees, shoulders and armor pieces with a specific pattern that may or may not spell out something.

>>27208453
>Search your store inventory for more parts

May as well go diving.

>>27208453
>search your store inventory for more parts
>in specific- programs or hardware to upgrade the daughtress- especially ones that don't sell but could prove useful.

>Mount the monoeye

>>27208453
See how the monoeye handles. If it's better than what we have, install it.
Also, see if we can cobble up a panoramic display - being able to see in all directions without having to turn around is a nice thing.

>>27208453
>Search your store inventory for more parts

>>27208491
agreed, modify my post >>27208489
to that for the mono-eye

>>27208453
>Search your store inventory for more parts

>Mount the Mono-eye
>write in
try to rig up an back up cam system, something akin to vid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSGBU8sTdpw&t=1m45s

>>27208453
>Search your store inventory for more parts
Also
>Mount the Mono-eye

>>27208453
I'll be frank: I'm not even sure what the value of the snowboard -is-. For the sake of an informed decision, could ya lay out the options, please, OP?

>>27208393
How about a Welltall head? The mechanical designer for most of the After War mobile suits also worked on Xenogears. You can really see it when you look at some of the suits the Frosts send after the Freeden. A head like that could probably be sculpted out of the existing contours of the Daughtress head, and could look pretty cool.

>>27208453
>Modify the snowboard

We shall become the Landshark.

>>27208453
>Search your store inventory for more parts
>Mount the Mono-eye

>>27208550
Improved movement in hard terrain. We're planning on turning it into a sandboard that'd allow us to move across this goddamn desert more easily.
That, and I think we have a servoarm nearby - we could combine those two and have a sandboard/shield that's capable of turning around independently of our arms.

>>27208550
It's a hovercraft. Floats a short distance above the surface. Designed for terrain that's relatively smooth but that is easy to sink into, like snow or sand.

>writing

You decide to figure out a way to mount that mono-eye onto your Daughtress. It's high performance; better range than the Daughtress' for sure, but you can't exactly fit a square peg into a round hole... or in this case, a round monoeye into a square casing.

So, you decide to go diving for more parts to see if you can't rig something else up, and after a few hours of searching, you think you have something. By taking the casing of what you assume is a GX Bit's torso, specifically where its breast vulcans would be mounted, a blowtorch, and some creative thinking, you'll probably be able to convert the mono-eye camera into some sort of long range chest-mounted sensor, or "Search Eye", as you've decided to call it.

>Roll me 1d20+4 for modifications. DC is 18.

Rolled 4 + 4

>>27208805

Rolled 1 + 4

>>27208805

Rolled 17

>>27208805
Rolling.

>>27208840
Well, this doesn't look good.

Rolled 6 + 4

>>27208805

>>27208840
Aw man.

Rolled 12 + 4

>>27208805

Rolled 14 + 4

>>27208805
C'mon

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We got to be careful guys. Owning a mobile suit in this setting is akin to painting a target on your back for anyone who wants to make a quick buck

Fucking Garrod himself, the most competent protag this side of Tobia Arronax, refused to keep the mobile suit he aquires at the start of episode one, cause it just wasn't worth the risk.

Remember, we don't have any real backup at the moment, so lets be discreet and not try to show off our new suit, no matter how rad it is.

Rolled 2

>>27208974
Well, we won't have a Gundam. We'll have a custom suit made from dozens of other suits that's pimped out like a mofo.
We're a junk trader first and foremost, so I guess our Daughtress has to stand out a bit to catch the eye and get us some new customers.

We're going full orky on this baby.