Online Chat [Open RP for all]

**MM007** · February 7, 2010, 05:17 PM

Out of Character: In this RP, there's an online forum anyone and everyone can access either openly or anonymously. People who are normally enemies might not know each other online, there's no coordinator or natural revelation unless the user wishes, etc.

Yaichiro has finished his duties for the day, and returned to the barracks...after a shower and changing into some lighter clothing, the Private opened his laptop and momentarily navigated the desktop clutter before finding his internet browser.

Connecting to a General Discussion forum and chatbox, the soldier logged in and posted. Other than age, gender, IM, and e-mail; he had listed no data on the site.

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Aiyaiyai says:

Just got back from work and finally got cleaned up. I think I finally got all the sand out of the stuff I found on the beach. Did anyone around Orb's beaches see that hang glider slam into the beach?

Also, is there any new news out there? I've heard that the EA and USSA are in an interesting situation, but I don't know all the details...

Is anyone doing anything interesting today?

**liubei013** · February 11, 2010, 12:53 AM

Out of Character: Hmm...interesting idea. I'm also assuming these interactions are also non-canon?

Demetrius yawned and stretched as he went into his quarters. It was a long day. Even with his duties, rest was just as important as the effort taken to perform one's tasks. Still, he decided to indulge as he booted up his laptop on his neat desk.

He logged in and noticed someone (also from Orb) made a post, so he decided to reply. [Only age, gender, and secondary e-mail listed in his profile]

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Paragon_D replies:

Oh, you were there? I was wondering what was going on; I saw a crowd gather at the beach, but I was too far away to have seen the glider.

Out of Character: He was on a Combat Air Patrol.

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As for the situation regarding the USSA and EA, as far as I know, the USSA government approved of a joint-EA inspection team to enter the country and that several EA vessels were approaching the USSA territorial waters.

NOVA seems to be keeping tabs on the situation, though there were premliminary news reports about a situation brewing in the Kingdom of Scandinavia as well.

As for anything interesting otherwise...Lol, I wish. But it's just mostly work, rest, then work again another day. However, it is rewarding in its own way.

**BrightBlurr** · February 12, 2010, 12:56 AM

It was still around 0900 hours when Akarui placed her dishes in the sink within the kitchen of her apartment, and turned the water on. As she scrubbed the dishes clean with the usual dishwashing soap, and placed them neatly on a rack to dry, she remembered her emails from friends normally arrived around such a time. She had enough free time to check them, and then go out to buy herself some groceries. The fridge lacked enough food, and she had run out of rice to cook for dinner later on that evening.

Once the dishes were complete, Akarui made sure to wash her hands clean, and not soil her black yukata with the soap and other germs that contaminated dishes. She had then slipped into her bedroom to turn her laptop on. Once the desktop page had loaded, she noticed a small blinking flash along the bottom of the taskbar. “A new post on that forum, huh? Maybe I should check it out,” she mumbled. Clicking on the screen, she also noted that she needed to enter her password and things of the like.

Out of Character: Only her username, age, secondary email, and gender were listed on the page, mainly to avoid squabbles with privacy.

Entering the username ‘Bright’, she proceeded to open up the page that displayed the ongoing thread. She would have thrown it aside at once; the title was boring and highly unentertaining. But when she noticed the words ‘ORB’ and ‘Beach’, she immediately had this urge to check. Only the second part of the actual post truly interested her. She planned to ignore the ORB situation entirely.

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Bright replies:
Although I’m not too active among things occurring in USSA, Paragon_D was correct in pointing out that NOVA is keeping tabs on the things occurring there. If EA are, indeed, going to ORB, then we should assume things aren’t going well. As for exciting, I have been reviewing the different mobile suits of ZAFT. The CGUE seems presentable enough among the mass-produced models.

Sighing, she shut the screen off and turned to look to the side. Watashi wa tsukaremashita*, she thought, as she closed her eyes for a moment. What else was there to do today? She did recall having to review a few things she had to do for training after her shopping.

** Watashi wa tsukaremashita = I am tired.

**MM007** · February 12, 2010, 05:48 AM

Yaichiro read the messages which the other two had left, and typed up a response. He found the situation USSA situation quite interesting...he felt he'd revealed his nationality though, so he decided to post something to disarm suspicions to a degree.

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Aiyaiyai replies:
Yeah, a lot of people from various nations and even the PLANTs go to Orb to see the beaches, so some odd things happen. The person with the hang glider was from the PLANTs, for example. Since gravity as a function of altitude works very different in a PLANT than on Earth, maybe he misjudged something?

Anyway, so the USSA consented to the EA entering their territory? While that makes it seem a little less dire, it still puts me on edge. It may have been over a decade since the second Bloody Valentine War, but the entire Earth Sphere is still a power keg waiting to blow from the slightest thing.

The Kingdom of Scandinavia has been a bit of an odd situation for a while. I find the displacement of the eldest son and the aftermath to be more than a little strange, and have expected something to happen for a while as a consequence -- but I have no idea what.

As for the CGUE, yes, it does seem to be a decent Mobile Suit, at least in as far as the pre-beam technology era is concerned. My favorite part of that unit is probably the 28mm vulcan that's stored in the shield. I've always been a fan of composite shields, and that may have been the first one ever designed on a Mobile Suit. It looks more like a large electronic Gatling gun than an actual "vulcan" though.

**liubei013** · February 17, 2010, 05:09 AM

To his dismay, Demetrius read his itinerary and found that tomorrow was another day where he would have to spend more time on political functions rather then military. He sighed as he sat back. Then he went to check the thread and noticed additional responses...

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Paragon_D replies:

Regarding the hang glider incident, that is possible. I have read news clips where similar incidents occurred where Moon or PLANT-based vacationers have gotten into incidents due to some miscalculation of the Earth's gravity.

The USSA did consent, however with specific restrictions, including having OMNI vessels remain at a certain distance away from the shoreline and probably a cap at mobile suit escorts.

As for the CGUE, it is a decent 'classic' design. The technological progression of ZAFT suits would seem to follow from the GINN as a baseline, but then they shifted over to opt for versatile base suits augmented with various packs, similar to what OMNI suits have done with their Dagger and Windam series.

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Alicia sat back as she wiped her long, raven-black hair with a towel. Steam from the shower continued to seep out of the bathroom as she booted up her computer. Today's unarmed combat training session was satisfactory considering she got to kick around a few other 'feeble' mercenaries within the organization. Of course, it would've been a lot better if she faced off against someone who approached to her equal.

She glanced through the thread and decided, just for the heck of it, to post as well.

[Only age, gender, and secondary e-mail listed in her profile]

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PyroQueen replies:

Para has a point about the whole gravity thing. Even with LaGrange points and genetic enhancements, humans still seem to have this urge to set their feet down on solid Earth. Still, it's funny to see people fall flat on their faces.

I couldn't care less about the situation @ the USSA, but then again, the tensions between the A.Fed and them has always been there ever since the annexation and the subsequent war of independence. Don't be surprised if some "weapon malfunction" occurs during the inspection.

As for the CGUE, it isn't all that impressive, even for its time. Sure, it's an improvement to a standard GINN, but the fact that ZAFT quickly shifted to the GuAIZ rather than continue beyond limited production doesn't seem to show much faith.

@Aiyai: Speaking of that, don't forget that the GuAIZ had a pretty 'fun' twin beam claw shield. But even with that, all the major powers don't seem to utilize composite shield technology all that much, at least regarding their mass production lines.

**Techi Zinphio** · February 17, 2010, 06:56 AM

Having been bored, Techi had curiously gone to his bookmarked forum, managing to log in during a nice tech conversation. Making sure his internet was properly working before typing, he logged in and began typing. He didn't know much about that situation, so he decided to just focus on the GuAIZ/CGUE discussion. Sure they were ZAFT suits, but they were suits nonetheless, even if they weren't as good. Techi thought as his bias began to show.

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Techi replied:

I thought the Composite Shield was a fantastic idea, although I am disappointed that it had such a short deployment type. It was pretty cost efficient, and it allowed some pretty interesting tactics. As for the CGUE, I payed no attention to it, it just seemed like an updated version of the GINN that didn't really make any difference.

Relaxing a bit from his boring day at work, he added a little to his message.

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Just think, somebody's got their beam saber sending sparks across your shield, you push them back and BAM! Suit impaled upon two beam claws. Although I have to admit, having ALL of your primary weapons on one arm is a little stupid. Plus you can't only lose a weapon keep the shield, or the reverse. Nonetheless, I'd have loved to see some newer suits have some Composites. Like...Maybe some new variant of the Windam.

**MM007** · February 17, 2010, 07:14 AM

Out of Character: Sorry I didn't see your question, liubei. As of now it's non-canon, though a certain faction leader seems to have shown interest in it becoming canon. I don't know how it'll end up, though.

Yaichiro saw the replies, and found the discussion to be getting quite interesting. MS technical discussion was something he enjoyed! He typed in another reply...

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Aiyaiyai replies:
I hope that OMNI respects the USSA's terms for cooperation then, though if there's that much bad blood, it's a powder keg worth watching.

Regarding the CGUE, I don't think it was a lack of faith that contributed to its lack of mass production, but the sudden injection of new technologies created by the early G-Weapons combined with the fact that the Alliance eventually began to field beam weapon and Striker Pack-equipped Daggers. Whether you like the Alliance or not, it can't be denied that the technology they developed and the mass production of it completely changed the design and armament of Mobile Suit technology in and after that war.

I suspect that if the Alliance had developed more traditional machines, or if ZAFT had not gained access to Alliance technology, the CGUE may have had a far longer production run. Though it's easy to overlook, it did spend about a year as the most advanced Mobile Suit ever designed, and for good reason.

As for the GuAIZ' shield, I haven't forgotten about it. It is an impressive design, though composite shields in general seem to have seen very little use. I actually like the concept if, as Techi pointed out, the weapons coverage of the suit isn't full of blind spots because of it.

The Windam, however, DID have a composite shield to a degree. If I remember my specs right, it had a pair of missiles it could launch from under its shield. Those spikes on the bottom of the shield don't look like they were just for show, either.

**liubei013** · March 1, 2010, 04:55 AM

After reading several invoices for mobile suit components, Alicia decided to check back on the board. She grinned at several responses and couldn't help but respond...

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PyroQueen replies:

@Techi: That prospect was certainly exciting, too bad such tech isn't widely adopted. And I agree that the typical MS loadout seems rather archaic and inefficient, with a primary weapon on the 'dominant' side and a shield on the other. Perhaps it's due to right/left-hand dominance; or using MSes as oversized troops, where most carry one primary and one secondary firearm.

I think either composite shields or some sort of modular versatile container system built into an MS would shift out of the previous paradigm.

@Aiyai: No, I did not forget about the Windams shield. However, it seemed to be 'tacked' on as its utilization was limited at best. I heard some pilots completely forgot about those missiles and focused more just on their primary and pack-mounted armaments. This in turn may be related to pilots being stuck in the old paradigm of the basic loadout.