Jade Wildsong

Counting the cadets, there happens to be just enough pilots to create a full party (8 players, 2 tank, 2 healer, 4 dps normally split between 2 melee, 1 caster, 1 physical ranged) so thats the route i ended up going with.

I picked classes less on what weapons they already use via voltcom and more on their personalities/what would resonate with a soul crystal (the thing that lets you be a certain job in ffxiv) Tanks (Real quick on this one, we are getting an offical split in the tanks between off tanks and main tanks, but i elected to ignore that)

Lance - Gunbreaker (GNB) - Straight up he just reminds me of our resident local main side character GNB Thancred. Lance's relationship with Daniel mirrors Thancred and his ward Ryne in a lot of ways I feel. While Keith is the leader I feel like Lance is the one who is more likely to put himself in danger so the rest of the team won't get hurt. Him being picked for a "Leader" role over Keith makes for fun. And also he gets not just a gun, but a gun attached to a sword, and thats pretty cool.

Larmina - Warrior (WAR) - Larmina was hard to pick something not because I couldn't think of anything but because there was so many jobs she could have been. I was leaning towards Ninja or Monk for her at first, but then I pivoted after remembering how early in the show she talks about not wanting to fly, wanting to fight for and protect her people on the ground, and then when Wade and Lotor are both attacking Arus she jumps over the castle wall to start fighting as soon as she see's her people in danger. That was some tank behavior. Warriors unleash a lot of hard hitting, brutal attacks with their axes, do a lot of damage and self healing, some of their attacks is just them straight up just punching the enemy. Theres a whole thing in the job questline about learning to control their inner rage through love to be stronger. Healers

Allura - White Mage (WHM) - I don't have much for this pick to be honest. Allura was another hard pick and I needed a regen healer. White Mages are all about living in harmony with the elements of the woods. Allura is always talking about unity in the team, diplomacy, ect. It's a boring take but it's also the most in line for her.

Vince - Sage (SGE)- Vince was also rough. I ended up going with Sage because A:the team needed a shield healer and B:its probably the most techy magical job the game has, and vince is the technology magic cadet. It isn't the best reasoning but I couldn't really see any other job fitting him. And also I just kinda see him being a healer idk. DPS Keith - Dragoon (DRG) - I almost put keith as a paladin, and then I also gave him Viper. But I kept coming back to how he went off solo when Wade first decommissioned the lions, how he was going to originally go in alone in Wanted and Unwanted. Man is just always trying to go off alone, just like the Dragoons in game are always doing. Plus, tanks are normally the "Leaders" of the party, and the idea that Keith wasn't selected for that over Lance leaves room for some really funny shenanigans.

Daniel - Viper (VPR) - Daniel was a tough one, but then I remembered Viper exists. Vipers are hunters who's whole thing are being swift and fast in order to take down some of the deadliest monsters who roam the land, as well as the fastest feeling job in the game right now. It lines up pretty nicely with daniels need for speed and always wanting to be in the thick of the action

Hunk - Machinist (MCH) - Hunk likes to destroy, but Hunk also likes to build, as seen in The Hunkyard. Machinists get access to a wide variety of machinations to use as weapons: Flamethrowers, automatic crossbows, chainsaws, you build/summon a robot queen, they also just attach bombs that the more hits the enemy takes before it goes off the bigger the explosion and damage....yeah its a physical ranged job with its base weapon being a gun but like, cmon, this just sounds like Hunk.

Pidge - Black Mage (BLM) - My logic for this actually comes more so from final fantasy 11, where black mages like Shantotto are more the scientific minds, delving into magical research. And I think this is what would cause pidge to get selected to be BLM And for bonus, I also did Sven and Chip since I know people love them Sven - Reaper (RPR)(Melee DPS) - Reapers tie themselves together with pacts to entities from the void known as voidsent in order to increase their power. This seemed like it would tie into his haggarium infection nicely

Chip - Scholar (SCH)(Shield Healer) - The scholar quest line is all about an ancient city of scholars who fell to an illness that turned them into tonberries and took away their memories. If that doesn't sound like the plot to Brains idk what does