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Gundam Aerial Rebuild from Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury

"To be completely transparent, her deal is that she used to be a child who died from the stresses of living in space [ADMIN NOTE: See next poll], and to save her her mother uploaded her into a mobile suit. In contrast to her original form (Gundam Aerial), this form is a lot less "sporty" and a lot more… agressive? Where her original form looks like a sports mech as I said, this one is much more obviously a weapon of war. One more thing I forgot to mention; as her show takes a lot from The Tempest, she's supposed to be Ariel (a wind spirit). Therefore, her binders in the back look like wings."

I was trying to find the distinction for the Main Battle part of MBTs and just kept getting results about the ww1 origin of the term tank.

Main Battle Craft is pretty good, MBC still has a nice psuedo military feel to me

The Dark Lord Emperor isnt even fucking dead?

Fuck my baka life

Well your honor that’s pretty simple, the military doesn’t treat the pilots like living things. They’re mech equipment with specialized care needs.

Oh shut the fuck up you sanctimonious asshole, you’re just pissed off Im being direct about it.

You look at any modern military and pilots are treated like equipment, for fucks sake- sorry your Honor- but for christ sake pilots get listed along with their mech, the combat frame, in the cargo reports.

We never had a pilot retire because we run em until they break and just hope that breakdown is more pointed at the enemy than it is at us.

So no there was never a plan for Pilot Jackson to retire in the case that he survived his combat injuries. I made the simple choice of where to allocate resources your Honor.

A single bullet is a hell of a lot cheaper than full reconstructive surgery and physical therapy.

--- DISTRIBUTION: ALL ACTIVE HANDLERS --------------------

--- RE: PREEMPTIVE TERMINATION PROTOCOL --------------

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handlers are reminded that preemptive termination of a hound suspected of defection is considered morally neutral and operationally ethical.

standard method: single round, back of skull. clean. efficient. recommended.

the foundation acknowledges that many handlers prefer to elicit a fear response prior to termination for the purpose of sexual gratification. this is permitted.

ensure the subject is securely restrained before proceeding with extended methods. the foundation will not be held liable for injuries sustained due to handler negligence or underestimation of the subject's physical capabilities.

your methods are your own.

we are not watching.

The Rookie: A brand new Handler who got brought into this program for her psychology knowledge, but is immediately horrified at what she sees. Very easy to subvert; when given the nearest opportunity, she will ride in the copilot seat with one of the main Handler's Hounds for 'close-up analysis', only to cut comms and tell the Hound to book it. Generally well received by Rebels, due to strong sense of morals.

The Grief Stricken: This Handler used to be at the top of her game, until she fell in love with her prized Hound. Then that Hound either died or was permanently crippled. Now she wants out, but is stuck due to countless eyes being on her due to her status. May defect if given a definitive opportunity, especially if it means that her crippled hound(s) get a better home.

The Paperclip: This one defected out of the sheer incompetence of her superiors, and figured that if the Imperials didn't value her efforts, then maybe the cute little rebels would. Is she still a piece of shit and very fascist? Oh 100%, but the rebels need her expertise to win the war. When this war is over, then they can discuss consequences.

The Burnout: This one was already on rocky ground, always being too invested in the lives of her Hounds. After witnessing fifty deaths too many, always pointless so that some military officer could get another shiny medal for her sacrifice, she's about had enough. Similar to the Grief Stricken, but is more likely to shout Carpe Diem and breach her way out in a stolen mech.

The Broken: This Handler was captured by her former Hounds, now turned rebels. She is no longer a Handler, or a person for that matter. She exists as a warning to the Imperial Handlers, used as an example of what will happen to Handlers if they even consider joining the rebellion, much less give their Hounds kindness. These warnings often fail because Imperials are legit just that shitty to everyone, including their Handlers, that many just chance it anyways.

The General-rank Handler stares with disbelief at her underlings as they try to explain how the basis of her command structure actually looks like.

"I didn't know! I point places on a map and things happen!"

They hand her the handlerbook.