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SERIES NAME? Mekton Zeta: Headhunters
BASIC SERIES INFORMATION PREMISE? Mercs/Security/Explorers/Combat Archaeologist
GENRE? Mecha Sci-fi
LIGHT, MEDIUM OR SERIOUS? Medium
REALISM? Reasonable realism maybe a little on the hardcore sci-fi.
TECH LEVEL? Superconductor but no AIs
STARTING YEAR? 4000
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY? Full healing, not brain swapping or full clones
NEW TECHNOLOGIES? Artificial worm holes speculated
SPECIAL RULES? No “Let’s Activate” and “Ninja Leap”
PLAYER CHARACTER INFORMATION ROLE OF THE PCS? PCs are the some of the few who can operate frames due to their genetic heritage.
RANDOM, CONCEPT OR CINEMATIC? Cinematic, competent 70 pts
REQUIREMENTS? Minimal mecha ops/piloting required.
LIMITS? No hackers
PROS & TEMPLATES? no forbidden skills, no ‘The Kid’ template
ESPERS? Yes
ESPER PCS? No PCs
ESPER POWER LEVEL? low level at best
FREQUENCY OF ESPERS? rare, tied to a genetic gift
ALIENS? No active alien races, but there have signs in the past
HOW COMMON? Rare to extinct
ALIEN PCS? None
GOVERNMENT & CULTURE INFORMATION GOVERNMENT? Given 4,000 AD, no Earth government is present.
CULTURE? Human diaspora and post singularity
PLANETS? Yes, mostly single systems
SYSTEMS? Hundreds before the collapse
LANGUAGES? National/native language at 8+ for free and ‘trade speak’ can be bought.
MECHA TECHNOLOGY SUPERHEROIC OR MILITARY? Military
ROLE OF MECHA? Military/Security units are direct link, civilians use mechanical linkages
AVAILABILITY? Rare, as expensive as construction equipment, military more-so
REQUIREMENTS? Most mechs use fuel cells or battery power
WEAPONRY? All ballistic, rocket, and missiles. Beam weapons are clip or battery operated.
No energy melee weapons, shock weapons or EMP possible.
MTS SYSTEMS NOT AVAILABLE? Stupid Mekton Tricks and abusesive systems will be limited to GM approval.
WEIGHT EFFICIENCY LIMIT? -20% max
SPACE EFFICIENCY LIMIT? -20 spaces max
STANDARDS? Striker sized frames are the most common
SPACE TECHNOLOGY STARSHIP AVAILABILITY? None
SPACE TRAVEL AVAILABILITY? On a per world basis
SUBLIGHT DRIVE? Torch drives exist in some systems.
SPACE ENVIRONMENTS? satellites, moons, colonies, habitats, etc.
