#(yes kiara's name is a pun of lock and key that is intentional)

[theurbanmechcomesforthee]

introductionslog.vid

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A lightly freckled face appears on the screen. She appears to be adjusting the lens of the camera, then mumbling "hold still, dammit" as she adjusts the stand below the camera and then lets out a tired sigh. "Good enough. Once more unto the breach."

Notably, this doesnt seem to be recorded in an office, but rather the inside of a mech. An Inner Sphere Hunchback, by the looks of the interior. She drags her deep-purple-tipped hair out of her eye, allowing her to once again clearly see the camera.

"Hello! I am Kiara Locke. Currently a member of the Graveyard Ghouls, an independant mercenary contractor, operating as a Mechwarrior, and sometimes service technician should the need arise. I... uh. Ahem. Mainly pilot Inner Sphere Hunchbacks, and have been so far assigned a custom model Hunchback 4N, who I will get to in a minute. But I have piloted other mechs, including a Mauler, several Urbanmechs on a notable amount of occurrences, a Stalker that one time, and... I believe... Ah! A King Crab. That was some fun."

She brings out a page and stares at it for a little bit, squinting at the fine print of what must be instructions.

"Talk about qualifications, service experience, talk about yourself, done, technically done, and... alright fine. " She sighs again, crumpling the page into a ball and throwing against the back of the cockpit.

"They wan' me to talk bout myself, fuggin, fine I guess. Okay. I can work and coordinate decently well with a lance, but I usually do patrols alone, since there's not much reason to send much more than a lone scout mech to sweep the place. But little known fact: I LOVE patrolling alone. 'Cause it lets me engage in my favorite hobby: music mixing. There's so much good music out here in this day and age, and I brought my music equipment into my 'Mech, so I can mix tracks on the fly. I mean, it's not like there's much else to do on patrol, other than stare into the sunset! That reminds me, there's some pre-spaceflight Terra bands that... uh. Okay, I'm getting sidetracked again. So for right now I'm here, just sticking to base and doing my daily patrols. It's simple, I get paid well, and I get to drive my favorite Mech."

She turns the camera to the side, towards the Hunchback's "hunch" and bangs the cockpit glass.

"Hunchback 4N variant, custom modified for little ol' me. Nicknamed it all sorts of things, but on record it's called the Skeleton Key. Don't like that name though, too edgy. Rotary Autocannon 5 replaces the little peashooter AC/5, but it has to mount Endo Steel and a light engine to compensate. Carries three tons of RAC ammo and two tons of LRM ammo, one of which is Thunder-Augmented warheads, introduced to me by some Liao pilots who decided to be dicks and surround me with landmines. Say what you will about Liao, but props: those things do hurt."

She shifts the camera back to the pilot seat and fully reclines into the chair.

"Anyway, that should be introductions wrapped up. I do occasionally like talking at length, so, uh, sorry if that was a bit long. Look forward to talking with all of you! Byyyyeeee!!"

The video ends. Another file contains specifications of the mech she pilots.

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(I should make an actual Battletech character that peeps can interact with so they can put a name to a...n urbanmech? Anyway. Character making commences now. Brb.)