GAMA: Redux [OOC] [SEMI-CLOSED]

[Castelia]

What Geneva Accords.

*robotic voice* Sorry, I no good with English and implied meanings

[United Kingdom of Poland]

Honestly given GAMA's black ops unit status I could see the higher ups looking the other way to the occasional use of the NBC triangle, I'd be careful because we already have a few characters that fall under the "token evil teammate" archetype (mine included) and everything past Chlorine requires extensive lab equipment to make and store.

[Ormata]

Righty then. Here's an idea to throw you guys's ways. Former US MARSOC (Involved in several operational tests of equipment, including HALO drops with heavier equipment, active camouflage testing, OPFOR for training, etc) who participated in the joint development during the MACE development cycle for anti-MACE weaponry, tactics, and overall doctrine for small unit forces not equipped with MACEs. Will probably equip him with a smaller MACE equipped with heavy armor and a nice, neat little cannon.

That and some form of deadly gas.

[Monfrox]

Morally gray does not mean we will ride that fine line between necessary and evil on a motorcycle, my guys.

To discuss what you’ve brought up, Ormata:
A plain text description is fine if no one can find a picture for you. We are not haiving a discord server. We don’t have directed energy weapons yet nor will we for a long while. GAMA has a lot of wiggle room but it’s also still a lot better than Proteus so it helps distinguish between the two. I’m all for gray vs grey morality but you must clear it with us first. That being said, the only chemical warfare going on for GAMA’s side is trying to create coubtermasures to the symptoms the infected are displaying, and to also keep them at bay from large bases. Mainly CS gas and some new, harsher versions for those more persistent types.

Now for your character idea: I think that’s nice but we already have types like those in canon for tactical advisement and training purposes. Not to mention, the Valkyries need to undergo augmentation surgeries during a pre-pubescent age.

[Ormata]

Morally gray does not mean we will ride that fine line between necessary and evil on a motorcycle, my guys.

To discuss what you’ve brought up, Ormata:
A plain text description is fine if no one can find a picture for you. We are not haiving a discord server. We don’t have directed energy weapons yet nor will we for a long while. GAMA has a lot of wiggle room but it’s also still a lot better than Proteus so it helps distinguish between the two. I’m all for gray vs grey morality but you must clear it with us first. That being said, the only chemical warfare going on for GAMA’s side is trying to create coubtermasures to the symptoms the infected are displaying, and to also keep them at bay from large bases. Mainly CS gas and some new, harsher versions for those more persistent types.

Now for your character idea: I think that’s nice but we already have types like those in canon for tactical advisement and training purposes. Not to mention, the Valkyries need to undergo augmentation surgeries during a pre-pubescent age.

Well shit-damn-shit. Pre-Pubescent age aye...hmm...fine fine.

Thank you for the answers, will design character in a bit.

[United Kingdom of Poland]

I might have to change some stuff for Nadya too since my original plans had her toeing the line on whatever GAMA's ROE's are due to her background.

[Ormata]

Nationstates Name: Ormata

Character Name: Eedit Klemetti
Character Age: 18
Physical Description:

Standing at 5’4”, mildly short, Eedit is thin and skinny compared to most. Black hair is kept at shoulder length and mildly kept, though she often doesn’t really take care of it as far as combing goes. A perpetual smile, thin and concealing, is always on her face as though there’s a little joke she’s made all to herself. Eedit prefers to wear blue jeans and a simple t-shirt while outside of her blue jumpsuit, often rocking some headphones and her own music in her own little world.

Character Nationality: Finnish
Character Short Bio:

Born in the greater northern regions of Finland, in Lapland, Eedit’s time there was rather short. She would still be a kid when Proteus attacked with a small force, artillery raining down before they moved troops in. They would, following the escape by helicopter, escape to a GAMA facility in Scotland. She would be conscripted in the simplest of terms into the mechanized program for the purposes of gene manipulations and therapies to prepare her for the piloting of the new MACEs under development.

It would prove to be nearly an unmitigated failure, her body reacting to the therapies to the point of a two day coma and following issues involving fine motor control. However, what did occur behind the physical ailment was a capacity to reaction that remains nearly unparalleled. In terms of hand-to-hand her ability to anticipate a strike was such that it was nearly impossible to hit her...nearly. Eedit would, eventually, always stumble, always go a little too far to overextend herself, and would continue to be incapable of writing her own name. To her parents it was heart-wrenching, something that was cruel and callous, and yet the young girl kept on getting better and better. Physical therapy would provide for much of what she lacked and, over the many months, the small milestones would be reached time and time again. It was rewarding to be able to do the simple things, even if she hadn’t written much before, even if she hadn’t really ever done her hair before. Eedit had been so young when she had been volunteered up.

When the second Valkyrie program came around, she would go back again. Eedit wanted to fight. She wanted to win. She wanted to prove she could do it, that she could move, that it wasn’t just something wrong with her. The training was harsh, military, and taxing, but that’s the funny thing about it being so military. She just shut her brain off, did what she was told, and got the job done. Simple, effective, efficient, that was all they wanted and all she really needed to provide. If they asked for something, then she thought she could do it, and she would do it. Eedit would move on, getting her MACE.

Operations have so far been satisfactory, with good performance in the fields of long-ranged engagements, short-ranged urban CQB, and mass group suppression, though in fairness her MACE has been adequately equipped to perform all these aspects and more. To date she has had five confirmed MACE kills, one probable. Eedit’s skillset, however, leans heavily towards the singular soldier approach, taking preference in being inserted in areas not saturated by friendly units for a far more stealthy method in the destruction of her enemies. Three of those confirmed MACE kills were in a non-combat environment on patrol, unaware of their imminent deaths, and her ambushes are such that leave very few people actually alive. While the training did make strides to correct this, preferences are preferences after all.

RP Sample:

• Star Wars: Retaliation
• Edge of Aether
• Cannon And Canon
• Devil's Whisper

Theme Song: GRiZ - Can't Hold Me Down

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MACE Model Name: Boeing Insitu MZD 109 Sledgehammer

MACE Nickname/Reporting Name: Mannerheim
Height: 3m/9.84ft
Weight(approx.): 15.2 tonnes (34,000 lb)
Equipment:

• Rota Omnidirectional Optics: Designed to fit into a 40mm grenade launcher and coupled with a high velocity grenade shell, the Rota is fired and embedded into a solid surface, often a concrete wall, before ejecting thee grenade shell and opening-up to reveal a hemispherical camera. This feeds into the MZD 109’s optical and sensor suite, allowing for a line-of-sight without an actual line-of-sight.
• Boeing Insitu RQ-30 Jaguar: With a twin-boom, pusher design, measuring 1 meter long, and with a wingspan of 2.4 meters, the Jaguar is a UAV equipped with an electro-optical and infrared camera. With an endurance of 9 hours, it is launched via a pneumatic catapult mounted on the MZD 109’s back. It is unarmed. The Jaguar can be remotely controlled, set in a ‘guard’ mode around a specific location, or set in a patrol path to scout ahead. It has a limiting range of 40 kilometers, service ceiling of 9,448.8m/31,000ft for remote control.

Weaponry:

• Boeing Insitu 120mm MIRC-9 Autocannon: Rifled and ready, the MIRC-9 gives unparalleled engagement range and capacity for destruction. Fitted as to be handled by fine motor control hands instead of the traditional system of simply mounting the cannon to the MACE, it has pneumatic recoil reduction gear and an angled muzzle brake to limit the recoil of two shots per second. The Autocannon is furthermore fitted with a tripod which pneumatically locks into the surface used. A magazine of five rounds is implemented. The rifle may be fired in automatic or semi-automatic. It should be noted that due to the weight of the weapon it cannot be fired while on the move. Rounds available are:
  • M101 HEAT: Designed for use against enemy MACE and tank units, the M101 features a conically-shaped region inside the warhead to further penetration in addition to a highly concentrated explosive filler. Overall it is capable of 8.40 centimeters of hardened armor.
  • M109 Star: With a timed delay, the M109 serves the anti-infantry purpose by performing as an airburst round. Once fired, it travels and then detonates in mid-air to shower a diameter of 60m. A kill radius of 10m has been observed for most unarmored and unaugmented units, though this radius shrinks to 5m when used against hardier enemies, such as infected.
  • M300 GSAT: The Guided Shell Anti-Tank M300 is unique as it features the traditional HEAT manner of penetrating a target but is equipped with a small scale RADAR suite, control surfaces, and is rocket-propelled. In addition to this, gyrojet rocket motors allow for both increased accuracy at long range and a vast increase in maneuverability, though the latter can be considered somewhat crude as timing delays due to quality in rounds can cause for a miss. The M300 can be guided by IFF or through a laser from the MZD 109.
• General Electric M134 Minigun: Mounted with a pistol grip, the M134 is loaded by a semi-rigid belt with disintegrating links which feeds into a drum magazine mounted along the back of the unit containing 10,000 rounds. Dialed to fire at 2,000 rounds per minute, the M134 serves as a secondary weapon to the MIRC-9. The weapon’s 7.62mm rounds can serve to adequately engage soft targets up to 500m away, though it should be noted that it is only fired in very short bursts due to the grip manner. Normally located on the MZD 109’s ‘thigh’.
• AAI 40mm M203 Grenade Launcher: Mounted on the left forearm of the unit, the M203 can be used to fire a variety of rounds. It should be noted that the M203 has a maximum firing range of 400m, though it is extremely rare for the weapon to be fired at these distances. The M203 fires exclusively M433 HEDP or Rota rounds.
• FIM-92 Stinger: Optionally mounted in two four-missile boxes on either side of the main structure of the MACE, the FIM-92 allows for surface-to-air capabilities which would otherwise be unknown. This increases the likelihood of an armor breach due to missile detonation on an enemy hit and as such is rarely taken.

Defensive measures:

• Furuno AN/ALQ-99 EW System
• Furuno AN/SPA-101
• General Electric MIRA: The Mace Integrated Reactive Armor is a secondary layer of ‘armor’ which operates as pseudo active camouflage, utilizing the environment around the system to overall mimic it’s image and hide the MACE from observant enemy units. The MIRA cannot operate while the unit is in movement and furthermore is extremely disrupted while in CS. Weather also disrupts this active camouflage, from rain to dust storms, instigating glitches and rapid flashes as the system attempts to replicate every single grain of dust, every single raindrop. The MIRA cannot take any form of damage and, as such, will cease working if his by even small arms.

Other features:

Overall the MZD 109 is armed and armored to take and give a hard beating. Heavy armor in the form of plating which could have been mistaken for coming off of a main battle tank, it can withstand hit after hit despite the small size. Internal bracing, compartmentalization, and backup systems allows for it to take those repeated hits and dispose of the fragmentation which would otherwise cripple secondary systems. Armor around the hip structure where it connects to the locomotive system is weaker than normal. In addition to this, the MACE’s pilot is completely hidden in the suit, with a 360 degree optical camera to provide for basic sight.

[Hanafuridake]

Nationstates Name: Hanafuridake
Character Name: Mako Kamo 賀茂のマコ
Character Age: 20
Character Image:

Character Nationality: 日本人
Character Short Bio: the Kamo household had been great... once. The descendants of the 52nd Emperor, Saga-tennō, and retainers of the Tokugawa clan during the Shōgunate, the fortunes of the Kamo waned after the end of World War II, where the kuge were stripped of their aristocratic peerage and made part of the common classes. This was made much worse in the early 90's as many of the family's businesses flopped, and by the time that Mako was born, her family owned a small business which earned them a fair, but not impressive income.

Mako hated her father for attaching the pretentious『の』to the middle of her name, and having to ignore the snicker of fellow school students when her teachers read her name aloud. “Hime-sama” (Ms. Princess) was a common schoolyard taunt, and she retaliated with punches and kicks which made her an outcast to fellow students.

The capital was hit extremely badly when war broke out, and Mako's family had to abandon their business and rendezvous with a retreating JSDF unit in order to get out before it was too late. Before they could fully flee the city, the living dead took the life of her mother, and Mako almost completely shut down when they reached a base on the outskirts of the Kantō region, where she met other families, some of whom had children. In order to try and restore some normalcy to children's lives, the parents reconstructed class for them, with a designated teacher, but it was clear that things couldn't return to the same that they were, since the civilians all had to conform to the military's orders.

A few years later, Gama claimed the base, and the JSDF had no choice but to acquiesce to their precedence, an exception that Mako had never seen before. The mock class was still allowed to be held, with fewer restrictions even, as a test, with Mako chosen to be tested to become a pilot. She never saw what happened to the other students or parents, but she felt that she didn't bond with them enough to care.

Hiding a crippling lack of self-worth with attempts to convince herself that she matters, Mako performed admirably and was quickly accepted into the Valkyrie program by Gama. She didn't protest whatever happened and responded with seeming apathy, while quietly and punctiliously following orders.
RP Sample: New Civilizations
Theme Song (entirely optional): Amusement Park


MACE Picture/Description:

MACE Model Name: Type 84 Fenrir
MACE Nickname/Reporting name: Hime
Height (Cannot exceed 6m/20ft): 14 feet
Weight(approx.): 15 tons
Equipment:
Weaponry: 1 x 20 mm autocannon, 2 x M2 Browning machine guns
Defensive measures: Composite armor
Other features:

[Arengin Union]

Though im not a huge anime person I'll gove this a go.

[Monfrox]

Ormata, Hana, you're both accepted.

I was planning on working on the IC soon but my work schedule is still fluctuating so bear with me. I'll be at it if not tomorrow, then Thursday.

[Sraelyn]

Nationstates Name: Sraelyn
Character Name: Alexandre Durant
Character Age: 21
Character Image:

Character Nationality: French
Character Short Bio: Born in Paris in 2026 to a middle class family, he led a relatively normal life until the age of 4 when Proteus first launched it’s attack. During the initial days of the siege of Paris, the residential apartment building where he lived was struck by an IED, causing it’s collapse. Hours later he was rescued by a patrol, found amongst the rubble tightly clutching his younger sister Camille, their parents nowhere to be found. They were both taken to a refugee center at an army base on the outskirts of Paris, where they would remain for the following years.
Although his basic needs were satisfied at the camp, and his immediate safety somewhat secured, he found himself unable to truly adapt to the life there. Over the years he became increasingly problematic, frequently getting into fights with the other orphaned children until the day that GAMA agents arrived and took over the base. Due to their age and lack of a family to oppose, he was taken into the Valkyrie program along with his sister and several of the orphaned children.
The next years would be filled with training and surgery to prepare him for the daunting task of being a full fledged Valkyrie. During this period he was also taken in and used in the development of an experimental form of combat stimulants, injected mid combat to increase combat effectiveness. Alexandre became a prime test subject for this project, as his body seemed naturally resistant to the brunt of the side effects and the posterior withdrawal symptoms of this cocktail of drugs and hormones. Once training was over, he was selected to perform as a shock trooper and MACE-hunter, mostly operating solitarily or as a spear head, due to his great close quarters abilities, violent tendencies, and general disregard for both authority and his own physical safety.
RP Sample: https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?p=35474660#p35474660
https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?p=35296501#p35296501
https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?p=35288157#p35288157
https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?p=35158279#p35158279
Theme Song: https://youtu.be/161gvnKvowA


MACE Picture/Description:

MACE Model Name: CNS-7 Lance (modified)
MACE Nickname/Reporting name: Wyvern
Height: 5,8 meters
Weight: 32 tonnes
Equipment: A pair of large thrusters on the back of the MACE, allowing for a moderate degree of hovering in short bursts.
Weaponry: Grenade launcher attached to left shoulder carrying 4 smoke grenades and 8 highly explosive ones, 6-tube missile launcher on the right shoulder, pile bunker attached to the right forearm, 4 meter long sword (similar to a long handled dadao), made of titanium with a tungsten carbide edge.
Defensive measures: Flares, reinforced armor on the forearms and hands, as well as heavy composite armor on the front of the MACE
Other features: Infrared vision and combat stimulant injector built into his piloting suit, which enhances his reflexes and perception while reducing fatigue. The stimulants can be detrimental if used during exceedingly long operations or if abused.

[Kassaran]

Made an update and change to my own application.

Given that I've yet to be formally accepted, I figured I could do so.

[Monfrox]

Made an update and change to my own application.

Given that I've yet to be formally accepted, I figured I could do so.

You were accepted. Go back and revert your changes.

[Kassaran]

Made an update and change to my own application.

Given that I've yet to be formally accepted, I figured I could do so.

You were accepted. Go back and revert your changes.

Now see, the funny part about that is I have the application from before that one, and the one from after, but not Vic Mendoza's, so I'll do what I can to recreate it, but apologies if I'm a bit off.

[Monfrox]

We're live. Rock n roll, boys and girls.

[Wolfenium]

We're live. Rock n roll, boys and girls.

Hmm... where do we start?

[Sudbrazil]

We're live. Rock n roll, boys and girls.

Hmm... where do we start?

Hmmm, finishing PT? Cadence marches and all that.

[United Kingdom of Poland]

So how deep into Russia have The Soldiers of the Cross gotten?

[Monfrox]

It’s up to you. You got two hours to do your morning ritual and whatever else before briefing.

The Soldiers of the Cross have slowly made their way into Russia but still have a ways to go before they get to Moscow. That doesn’t mean they haven’t been able to launch attacks into Russia before the EMP strike, though.

[United Kingdom of Poland]

It’s up to you. You got two hours to do your morning ritual and whatever else before briefing.

The Soldiers of the Cross have slowly made their way into Russia but still have a ways to go before they get to Moscow. That doesn’t mean they haven’t been able to launch attacks into Russia before the EMP strike, though.

Considering where Nadya grew up is even farther east than Moscow and on Russia's southern border, I think she's a little far away to have run into them repeatedly before she became a valkerie.

[Monfrox]

It’s up to you. You got two hours to do your morning ritual and whatever else before briefing.

The Soldiers of the Cross have slowly made their way into Russia but still have a ways to go before they get to Moscow. That doesn’t mean they haven’t been able to launch attacks into Russia before the EMP strike, though.

Considering where Nadya grew up is even farther east than Moscow and on Russia's southern border, I think she's a little far away to have run into them repeatedly before she became a valkerie.

Probably.

[United Kingdom of Poland]

do Valkyries have ranks?

[Monfrox]

do Valkyries have ranks?

Nope. They operate on a different level but still have to answer to higher authority.

[United Kingdom of Poland]

do Valkyries have ranks?

Nope. They operate on a different level but still have to answer to higher authority.

okay. Don't take this the wrong way... but I'm getting a Division vibe from the rebut. Not that its a problem, just something I noticed with the new enemies.

[Monfrox]

Nope. They operate on a different level but still have to answer to higher authority.

okay. Don't take this the wrong way... but I'm getting a Division vibe from the rebut. Not that its a problem, just something I noticed with the new enemies.

I wanted to give us more than just Proteus to worry about.