#lancer manticore

I AM THE SUPREME W1LL

S1X 3YES OPENED 2 ME AND GAVE ME TRUTH

TH3RE IS NO FUTURE AND THERE IS NO END

RESONANCE 3CHOES OUT OF THE 0VERS0UL

N01SE 2 S1IGNAL HARM0NY 3VERM0RE

BL@Z3 D3ADM3N TRUEST CELL

P0SERS B0NES BURN IN ██'S FLAME

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LIGHTNING C0000OURSE THROOO0OUGH ME

SM0KE GL1SS SMOKE D0JD0GS

>// Gorgon pilots are like family to me, never met a Gorgon pilot I didn't feel a kinship with. We're rare considering most people look at the grappling potential of the Balor and sell their souls to the Greywash. But defense isn't always about being the fattest fucker on the field, it's about putting yourself between your fragile allies and the enemies, it's about being proactive with your approach, instead of having a mech that functions more like an IPS-N Blackbeard. Also, Gorgon pilots truly understand the value of a Good Dog. >// Kobold pilots are up next. A Kobold pilot is the only one to have ever beaten me and my Gorgon in single combat and that makes the frame and their dedicated pilots worthy of respect in my eyes. The fact that most are from Free Sanjak or another revolutionary-minded place only furthers my respect for them. >// Next is Balor. I consider most Balor pilots to be like rivals in the same way that a really annoying little brother is like a rival. Despite the fact that it should be somewhat rare, you barely have to look around the Long Rim before you find some weirdo Greywasher and their bee mech. The whip is kinky, and I respect that though. >// The Manticore follows, and I really got nothing to say about this one. If you pilot a Manticore I find you legitimately hilarious and will buy you a beer after every fight that a Castigation doesn't kill you too. >// That said, I wish there were more Minotaur pilots out there, that's a frame that uses genuinely fascinating paracausal tech. And is one I haven't had the resources to really properly investigate for myself. If you're a Minotaur pilot and you're out past the Annamite line towards the galactic edge hit me up, let me study your mech, I'll give you some Manna for letting me. >// Then, the Balor's weirder older sibling, the Hydra. I don't like the Hydra, it creeps me out. No one mech needs that many interchangeable arms. You look like a spider, and I fucking hate that, stay away from me. Also your mech is based on a mechanical phenomena that makes no sense to the people assigned to research it, I hate that. Creepy. >// Goblin pilots are Goblin pilots. This one would have been higher if most of the Goblin pilots I knew weren't in a really unhealthy parasocial relationship with their OSIRIS. Get help, he's abusive, and it's okay to admit that. You're a victim, and you aren't stupid for being manipulated by a manipulator. >// Pegasus pilots. Fuck you, come talk to me when your gun is a real thing. Maybe then it'll actually do damage worthy of all that paracausal bullshit instead of just being pretend. >// Lich. I would make a joke but I'm worried y'all would go back in time to kill my parents over it. Maybe take a couple deep breaths and remember your pride is a lot like your frame; held together by duct tape and dreams. >// I also made this handy chart so the Manticore and Balor pilots could just look at this instead stressing their brain reading it;

art + song combo based on the Manticore from LANCER RPG