#// SSC isn't going to hatecrime you Slipshod - they wouldn't want to get their patent-leather gloves filthy with grease stains

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Ooh, I got a good ask for the squad.

What's each of your favorite mechs from each manufacturer.

// Ooh - good ask! Let's see...

IPS-N: I feel I'm biased towards IPS-N since I grew up around so many of their mechs on Pyxis, but I gotta say Raleigh. Love me a good gunslinger mech; would have chose one of those over my Dusk Wing if I hadn't taken so well to sniping. (Kidd is a close second; I enjoy how much their pilots commit to the pirate theming.)

SSC: Dusk Wing. Hands down. 10/10 mech, only thing I have against it is how fragile it is. Being invisible most of the time is all well and good, but I don't think it would kill them to give it enough armor to survive more than one solid hit before dying.

HA: Eugh. Do I have to? ...fine, fuck it, Sunzi. Not because blink tech is cool (which it is, I'll admit), but because los Voladores have some serious stones on them for keeping it out of the hands of HA for so long, and even then they held onto most of their secrets.

HORUS: Hmm. Bit torn on this one, but I'll have to go with the Calendula. Dislike for the Baronies aside, their alt frames have some really nice aesthetics, and the concept of a melee-oriented Minotaur that can banish people to the ether is really fun.

my turn next! let's do this...

IPS-N: lancaster, my absolute beloved. as a mechanic myself, we love and appreciate a dedicated support mech in this house. ours will be a spring wedding (provided we find a planet where spring actually exists as a season, that is)

SSC: y'all might think I'd say mourning cloak on this one, but you'd be dead wrong. that ugly hunk o' junk is only one of many of their HORUS-wannabe frames. (besides, liches and calendulas do the whole teleportation thing so much better, PLUS they don't fucking get lost in the void for all eternity if it goes wrong.) where it's really at is the white witch. ferrofluid armor that's activated by damage AND hurts people? sign me the FUCK up

HA: easy question. tokugawa. been my mech of choice for years now, and I don't plan to change that anytime soon. decently speedy, high damage, hits harder when it's close to exploding. what more could you possibly need (well, besides a ramjet)?

HORUS: so many good choices, so little time. gotta say I'm a real fan of the kobold - we respect the Ungrateful cause in this house. real cool of the HORUS cells out there to donate such a bangin' print code entirely for free - usually you gotta bribe someone for an entirely new mech like that. it does its intended job really fucking well, plus it's out there for literally anyone to download off the Omninet for free. solid mech, no notes, definitely earned its spot on my list

> Last, but certainly not least. Hmm...

IPS-N: While I do enjoy my current Caliban, my true preference among the IPS-N frames leans more towards the Tortuga. It's a solid all-rounder that can deal and take hits with equal ferocity, and truly excels at its role as a defender.

SSC: Agility-based mechs have never been my forte, I'll admit. If I must choose from their lineup, it would be the Monarch. Missile systems have always fascinated me - I am a rather hands-on combatant, both by preference and by nature, and the idea of playing an artillery role for a change is novel to me.

HA: Given my recent interest in adding explosives to my mech's arsenal, the Iskander has caught my attention as of late. The ability to turn a battlefield into a minefield is one very few mechs capitalize on, and a few well-placed explosives can turn the tide of battle very rapidly. Plus, the ability to repel both your own and enemy explosives to protect yourself and allies is incredibly useful. (That being said, its history as an anti-guerilla minesweeper during the Orrugi Occupation is not to be ignored. It is first and foremost a tool of brutal colonization, just like every other Armory mech on the market.)

HORUS: ...I dislike HORUS mechs. Greatly. I shall choose the Gorgon out of posterity, only because its intentions are honest from the moment it enters the battlefield: protect its pilot at all costs, even if it means obliterating all that surrounds it.

-- Angel, Slisphod, & Lockbreaker