realharrisonarmorypatriot

[realharrisonarmorypatriot]

OOC: things are happening...........

[realharrisonarmorypatriot]

On a less corporate note — happy pride month from the squad (minus Ramesh, he’s cishet. Pick a struggle dude)

— Kama

[realharrisonarmorypatriot]

We here on the Dawnline Shore would like to wish all Ungratefuls, Kavalieres, and loyal Legionnaires a happy pride month.

Remember that, no matter your gender or sexuality, prosperity awaits those who fight for the liberation of the Dawnline Shore under Harrison Armory’s banner. Seek citizenship, debt forgiveness, or social standing through valor and adventure.

Enlist today!

[realharrisonarmorypatriot]

Happy pride month, XIII-E!

You and I are being congratulated for the same reason. We are both transgender — meaning that our gender expression or identity does not match that which we were assigned at birth (or creation) — which falls under the umbrella of identities that are celebrated during pride month.

Congratulations on being back on base, we hope you are doing well.

XIII▸ I am told it is Pride month in the Union space standardised calender? I have heard this once or twice before. And been congratulated on it. I'm still not entirely sure why?

XIII▸ Andrew seems very excited though. I wonder if he gets time off for it.

[ XIII-E ]

[realharrisonarmorypatriot]

We here on the Dawnline Shore would like to wish all Ungratefuls, Kavalieres, and loyal Legionnaires a happy pride month.

Remember that, no matter your gender or sexuality, prosperity awaits those who fight for the liberation of the Dawnline Shore under Harrison Armory’s banner. Seek citizenship, debt forgiveness, or social standing through valor and adventure.

Enlist today!

[realharrisonarmorypatriot]

< give us Harrison feet pics or we will EXPLODE YOUR MIND >

Signed H O R U S

Sigh. This account does not possess nor has ever possessed Harrison feet pics. Nor can this account post feet pics at all given that I do not have legs.

[realharrisonarmorypatriot]

[A video taken from the cockpit of a modified IPS-N Drake, recording an active battle. An HA Gilgamesh trades blows with a twisted, uncomfortably fleshy frame. Flickering in and out, an SSC Mourning Cloak sinks one, two, three separate knives into its hull, bleeding it of pale green ichor. Ramesh and Seok-Jin appear to be doing well, chipping away at the frame.]

[A moment later, a massive hand grabs Ramesh’s Gilgamesh by the head, tossing it aside as a scuffed-up Saladin barrels into frame. Its fist, propelled by several small rockets, connects solidly with the frame’s center mass, caving in the hull and sending it flying back. Directly into the Mourning Cloak flickering back into realspace.]

So, Seok-Jin’s frame is totaled again.

[realharrisonarmorypatriot]

YOU WIN!!!

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Remember! We're Superior by Recipe!

[realharrisonarmorypatriot]

<You're in need of weapons? How fortunate. Ra has placed the teeth of the beast in my hands, so dragons teeth I must sow. Here, a gift from Celeoanth>

(The message is delivered by a single hydra drone that swoops in at precisely the most inconvenient time)

Fucking--

I just got back, can we not immediately get shit from Ungrateful fucking hackers again??

RAMESH. RAMESH DID YOU FUCK WITH THE ACCOUNT SECURITY I SWEAR TO CHRIST--

[realharrisonarmorypatriot]

As the official PR account for Harrison Armory’s Legionnaires, I can confirm that John Creighton Harrison II did say this.

IN THE IMMORTAL WORDS OF HARRISON II (LONG MAY HE REIGN):

I've come to make an announcement, the Union Investigative Bureau is a bitch ass motherfucker they hanged my fuckingfather. That's right, they took their alien loving hippie laws out and hanged my fucking father and they said their jursidiction was THIS BIG and I said "That's disgusting." so I'm making a call-out post on my Omni dot com. Union Investigative Bureau you got a small Bicameral Choir, it's the size of this Orrery except way smaller, and guess what? Here's what my Bicameral Choir looks like. That's right baby, all points, no quills, no pillows, look at that it looks like two Bicamerals and a bong! They hanged my father, so guess what? I'm gonna become Immortal! That's right, this is what you get! My super laser Decorp! Except I'm not gonna Decorp as a Humunculus. I'm gonna go higher. I'm pissing off THE MOON! How do you like that Union? I PISSED OFF THE MOON YOU IDIOT! You have 23 hours until the Think Tank breaks the fucking FCA, now get out of my fucking sight before I piss on you too

[realharrisonarmorypatriot]

"Dearest Kavaliere: I have been requested by the Karrakin Unified Mining Company to contact you for assistance in resolving a matter. The Karrakin Unified Mining Company has recently concluded a large number of contracts for paracausal exploration in the Dawnline Shore region. The contracts have immediately produced moneys equaling Manna 40,000,000. The Karrakin Unified Mining Company is desirous of paracausal exploration in other parts of the interest, however, because of certain regulations of the Karrakin Government, it is unable to move these funds to another region. You assistance is requested as a non-Karrakin citizen to assist the Karrakin Unified Mining Company, and also the House of Stones, in moving these funds out of House Stones. If the funds can be transferred to your name, in your Union Core account, then you can forward the funds as directed by the Karrakin Unified Mining Company. In exchange for your accommodating services, the Karrakin Unified Mining Company would agree to allow you to retain captured Balor exosuits and weapon from Khayradin skirmish salvaging operation. However, to be a legitimate transferee of these moneys according to UEB law, you must presently be a depositor of at least Manna100,000 in a Karrakin bank which is regulated by the UEB. If it will be possible for you to assist us, we would be most grateful. We suggest that you meet with us in person in Khayradin, and that during your visit I introduce you to the representatives of the Karrakin Unified Mining Company, as well as with certain officials of the House of Stones. Please call me at your earliest convenience at (lord-baron-alex.omid) . Time is of the essence in this matter; very quickly the Karrakin Government will realize that theHouse of Stones is maintaining this amount on deposit, and attempt to levy certain depository taxes on it. Yours truly, Lord Baron Stone Alexander"

Why are the Baronies sending us phishing emails. Is this a new form of e-war?

[realharrisonarmorypatriot]

[A package wrapped only in paper in the conspicuous shape of a baseball bat. A note attached reads: "For Patriot, in case of a Ramesh related emergency."]

[Upon unwrapping, it becomes clear that the bat is made from aluminum, and a decal along its length reads: "Leg-Breaker 3000."]

[The package is returned with a stamp of the Harrison Armory Customs Enforcement Agency’s logo]

Not ten minutes after the account’s back and we’re already getting weapons…….

[realharrisonarmorypatriot]

PATRIOT’S BACK GUYS. WE ARE SO BACK.

— Ramesh

Ramesh get OFF the fucking datapad. It’s been pretty rough out here and we’ve been on the move a bit, but Patriot Should be back online pretty soon. We don’t have the full story on what happened between him and the bosses but it should be fine.

— Kama

We’re not sure what to do with this datapad, Patriot probably won’t be able to use it anymore. It’d be a shame to waste resources out here, though.

— Seok-Jin

[realharrisonarmorypatriot]

[K]: Having three of our squad grounded and Halli constantly off doing something else fucking SUCKS, how the fuck are we supposed to get anything done?

[S]: I'm not grounded anymore? I got a new chassis in the last supply drop?

[K]: YOU'RE GROUNDED UNTIL YOU CAN KEEP YOUR STRIKER ASS IN OUR FUCKING SHIELDS.

--Kama // Seok-Jin

[realharrisonarmorypatriot]

HELLO realharrisonarmorypatriot!!!!!!!

WHAT IS Ramesh's Favorite Music Genre?!?!!??

R&B!!!!!

—Ramesh

Ramesh if you take the datapad again I’m KILLING YOU

—Kama

[realharrisonarmorypatriot]

If Big Sal doesn’t win I’m flipping shit

—Kama

Which mech is the best? You decide! (Harrison Armories edition!)

AND NOW:

🎉THE HARRISON ARMORIES BRACKET!🎉

If you weren't with us last time, the Pegasus won the Horus bracket by a whopping 28.9% percent, outrunning the rest of the Horus lines by transdimentional leaps and bounds.

But we're not here for that today! This is the HA bracket, where you all get to vote for your favorites and fight for it.

Reminder that this poll will run for three days to allow for maximum votes, so don't forget to reblog to force your favorite to the top.

Without further ado:

(OOC: Don't see your fave/GMS/homebrew? Check below!↓)

OOC: If we included all the supplementary/homebrew/extra frames, this poll would fucking MASSIVE. So for these matchups, we're just doing the base Lancer book, nothing else.

GMS only has one viable frame in the base book, making it impossible to enter into this vote fairly. we love you GMS, but not for this.

Also, all the love to the incredible supplementary work and homebrew frames, you people are insanely creative! Perhaps we'll fight about those ones in the distant future.

[realharrisonarmorypatriot]

Not good's a fucking understatement, isn't it?

Okay. Okay, I'm getting Wrecker, he's better with computers. We're gonna check if any of the monitoring software on here's still up. I doubt any of the traditional shit is, but they had Patriot locked down tight. Remote screen monitoring and keystroke tracking and shit. I don't think it's still up but... we're checking.

--Kama

[ECHO.EXE RUNNING]

FOOTAGE: Personal recording from datapad registered to user PROJECT XIII-E. Audiovisual transcript attached.

[ The tablet has been propped up against a wall, from a strange angle in the hanger. It is clearly meant to go unseen. Within frame are four pilots, gathered on a collection of metal crates. They are as follows: ]

[ CARR - a large burly man, dark auburn hair tied back into a short ponytail, marginally more scruff than permitted by regulation. ]

[ BAARDSEN - a figure of middling height, mostly angles. Greyed hair, not indicative of age as they are early thirties at most. ]

[ MALDONADO - a figure shorter than the rest, brown hair and large brown eyes. Wearing a jacket several sizes too large ]

[ SPELLMEYER - an elderly woman tall and lean, salt-and-pepper hair that seems textured almost more like fur. Constant flickering eyes ]

[ The group of pilots appear to be mid conversation as the recording clicks into action ]

[ B ]▸ -we're not going to put this in the report. I just don't think it's a good idea.

[ C ]▸ Aye I get that Bardy, but really? Nothing? Just, business as usual they're fine and dandy thanks for asking? There's clearly something wrong.

[ B ]▸ And what do you think higher command'll do about it? They'll be sent back to base early, to look for something wrong with them physically. And nothing will be found, they'll just be stressed out...

[ S ]▸ They do have a point, dear boy. You know how Projects can get when you imply they can't do their job.

[ C ]▸ But we aren't clone techs, none of us are. Sure most of us have served with a Project before-

[ M ]▸ well

[ C ]▸ That's why I said most, Doe. But like I was saying, we're not the experts here. I think they need proper help for this one. Spells, you said they were completely non-responsive for a bit there right?

[ S ]▸ [the elderly woman sighs.] Yes. They passed me the datapad, then locked themself in their mech for a while. When I went up there to check on them, 13 had tucked themself away. Staring into space, didn't look up when I knocked.

[ C ]▸ See? What if-

[ S ]▸ But, if you'll let me finish dear boy, I have seen this happen before. Line 2's who lost people were known to shut down for short periods. Now our 13 is better equipped for such losses, but it's not impossible to my mind that the same doubt is what's causing their breakages. They've been active for quite some time. It does build up.

[ C ]▸ ... I suppose you might be right there, Spelly. But if that is the case, shouldn't we still...?

[ B ]▸ Again, no. Putting in the report that 13e had a breakdown in function will only damage their faith in their capabilities even further, which will put them out of commission for longer.

[ C ]▸ This can't be about how long we can keep using them, Bardy-

[ B ]▸ It's not! I want to make sure they're kept in one bastard piece too you know. Higher command needs to approve this line, it's a lifesaver. Literally.

[ C ]▸ But what about them. How the 13 in front of us right now's holding up? Because to me, it looks like they aren't. They need help.

[ M ]▸ Isn't that what we're trying to do?

[ B ]▸ [they pinch their nose, face screwed up in frustration.] Yes, exactly Maldonado. I'm- look. The big picture is important to me, you know that. But I'm not just thinking to the future Carr.

[ C ]▸ Really? You sure?

[ B ]▸ Yes! I-

[ S ]▸ Peace, you two. Carr, what I believe our squad lead is trying to say is that they aren't sure getting management involved with our 13's evident wear would be... in their best interests.

[ B ]▸ Yes. Thank you, Spellmeyer.

[ C ]▸ Okay, but- how? Why? They're the prototype, shouldn't they be- I don't know, important? Why wouldn't upper brass want them in proper shape?

[ B ]▸ Christ, I keep forgetting you're... never mind.

[ C ]▸ No go on, say it. You think I don't properly understand the situation because I'm not from one of your glitzy capital worlds?

[ B ]▸ No I- well, kind of but not like that Carr. You're... fucking hell.

[ M ]▸ Fascinating.

[ B ]▸ Wheesht, you. Listen, Carr, you're a pain in the neck and an infuriating joker but you're not stupid, or uneducated, any of that. There's just- stuff you don't get.

[ C ]▸ I think I get it alright. Brass'd treat them as a resource problem. That's why I don't get why you're so convinced they wouldn't be repaired- that's what you do with a tool that's breaking, right?

[ B ]▸ Yes, when it's something you can fix easy. This isn't a broken limb, or fractured bones. They're exhausted. But they're also...

[ S ]▸ Projects are wired to do single things with their lives, dear boy. Removing our 13 from the battlefield would be to remove them from their purpose. They're not built to occupy themself with other things during periods of rest.

[ B ]▸ Yes, I- thank you Spellmeyer.

[ S ]▸ There is also the matter of their prototype phase... they have been active for some years now. It would not surprise me if they were being stress tested.

[ C+B, in tandem ]▸ What?!

[ S ]▸ Come now. I know we do not like to think of the practicalities of R&D behind our medic, but we cannot avoid them forever.

[ C ]▸ But they're doing everything right, what do you mean-

[ B ]▸-upper management might be working them into the ground on purpose. That's what you're saying, isn't it Spellmeyer.

[ S ]▸ Well, yes.

[ C ]▸ That's- why?

[ S ]▸ Simple enough, dear boy. To see how long they can expect a line 13 to last in the field, under strain.

[ C ]▸ ... so you're saying that if we report back that they've been struggling, and how we've lightened the load...

[ M ]▸ Command might look out for future squads they're on doing the same. Stop it. So they can get their data.

[ S ]▸ There we are. Yes, that is rather the crux of this argument. Got there eventually

[ B ]▸ I- yeah. I guess that is what I was driving at, though I hadn't... I don't know. Those dots didn't connect until you said it.

[ S ]▸ That is why they pay me to think more than act, dear.

[ C ]▸ So... okay. I guess I can see some of where you're coming from. That's fucked.

[ B ]▸ It's efficient. Get use out of them in the field, and get the info they're looking for before more prints.

[ C ]▸ I- okay sure but still. We're just supposed to let them break under the strain?

[ B ]▸ We are under no specific orders except to keep them operating at peak. That's what we're doing by taking over some of the duties, isn't it? Command just... doesn't need to know why.

[ C ]▸ ... I still don't like it. Someone should be taking care of them. You know the Armory doesn't make them with enough self preservation to look after themselves.

[ B ]▸ I know, Carr. Which is why we're doing it.

[ C ]▸ Who after us, though? You heart the handler. They won't be here long.

[ B ]▸ ...

[ S ]▸ We're just going to have to hope their next squad is reasonable, as well.

[ M ]▸ yeah... I think it's likely. They're fun, you can forget they're a Project. And they're a lot nicer than some medics. I think people'd want to help them

[ C ]▸ But they can't ask. You know they can't. That's why we've not been telling them any of this, right? They'd work harder to hide stuff.

[ B ]▸ I guess we'll just have to hope people care enough to read into it like we did.

[ C ]▸ I- [he sighs, raking a hand through his hair.] I still think it's going to backfire eventually. But, fine. I'm on board. None of this goes in the reports.

[ B ]▸ [their shoulders sag with visible relief. they were more worried than they let on] Okay. Okay, good. Thank you Specialist Carr.

[ C ]▸ I just- whatever keeps them on their feet a little longer, yeah? They do good work. They deserve someone looking out for them too.

[ B ]▸ My thoughts exactly. Alright- meeting adjourned. Not a word of this to Project 13e, alright?

[ the group start rising to their feet, leaving frame with idle chatter. Some time later, the image tilts and whirls as the datapad is picked up and turned over. There is a brief frame of 13-e's face lit by the screen before the recording is stopped. ]

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