Character Prioritization
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If she attended a military school, other than Mithril, then there's no chance it could have been like Mithril. Most military schools wouldn't even touch most of the crap they bother teaching and enforcing at the academy, so there's nothing like it. Think of Mithril Academy like the 'Full Metal Jacket' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_Metal_Jacket) of military schools, while the rest of them are more like 'Cadet Kelly' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadet_Kelly) in comparison. That's just how different this place is. They won't bother not teaching something because it's seen as too dangerous or risky, because the kids attending are meant to be recognized as mercenaries ready for hire upon graduation. Like we said, it's fine if you want her to have past military involvement of some kind, and having her be the only survivor of a tragedy from it, but it won't have been at any school like the academy, because there is none.
MikaMika- G.O.D.
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In which case I'm going to once again put forward my earlier idea of having what happened to Yui's friends happen while she was enrolled in Mithril. The stuff the place has their students doing is certainly dangerous enough for something like that to happen. But I kind of doubt that's going to fly, since as was noted by both Misha and myself, having a group of cadets get killed in action would have caused the academy big problems. That was actually the whole reason I'd even been thinking of doing Yui as a transfer student in the first place.
Some sort of military prep school would fit well with Yui's background in some respects, but the problem there is that its would be hard to see a student who is currently attending a place like that ending up on a real battlefield. (And Yui is definitely someone who has been shaped by experience on a real battlefield.) Plus I guess if we're playing things completely realistically, I doubt Japan has any military prep schools period.
Some sort of military prep school would fit well with Yui's background in some respects, but the problem there is that its would be hard to see a student who is currently attending a place like that ending up on a real battlefield. (And Yui is definitely someone who has been shaped by experience on a real battlefield.) Plus I guess if we're playing things completely realistically, I doubt Japan has any military prep schools period.
Darthtabby- Posts : 37
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Actually, taking the idea that Yui lost friends while she was at Mithril and running with it a bit... what if for the most part the academy actually did pretty well in that mission? What if despite the customer vastly misrepresenting the mission's true threat level (and someone on the customer's end leaking info to boot) Mithril managed to extract most of the students involved okay... with the exception of one small team of about four or so who ended up in a particularly bad spot.
Now granted, that's still means three students were killed on a mission. But from Mika's saying here, there's a certain acceptance that what the academy does is dangerous. And the mission would show that while it can't guarantee no one will get hurt, Mithril provides its students with sufficient training and backup to get most of them out of even really nightmarish situations.
Or is that still not workable for you guys?
Now granted, that's still means three students were killed on a mission. But from Mika's saying here, there's a certain acceptance that what the academy does is dangerous. And the mission would show that while it can't guarantee no one will get hurt, Mithril provides its students with sufficient training and backup to get most of them out of even really nightmarish situations.
Or is that still not workable for you guys?
Darthtabby- Posts : 37
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The problem with that idea is that there's something called 'Survivor's guilt.' The school would not allow someone to continue to be in an actual squad leader position after something like that. Doesn't mean they'd be pulled out of the leadership program, but they wouldn't be in an actual command position since the school would want to do a LOT of observation and therapy
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Well we don't exactly have much in the way of options for squads she could take command of anyway. Something like that could actually explain why she's in a squad led by a leadership cadet in a lower year than she is.
Also I'd been thinking that incident happened near the end of the year and that she missed the next year because of it. So among the current students only the third and fourth year students would actually have been around at the time the incident took place. Thus there are definitely going to be other students who know what happened to her, but its something first and second year students might or might not know (well, aside from her squad leader, who would presumably have been informed).
Also I'd been thinking that incident happened near the end of the year and that she missed the next year because of it. So among the current students only the third and fourth year students would actually have been around at the time the incident took place. Thus there are definitely going to be other students who know what happened to her, but its something first and second year students might or might not know (well, aside from her squad leader, who would presumably have been informed).
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As long as she's not a squad leader, I have no problem with the event happening. Mika may have other things to say, so wait until her response in case there's anything I didn't think of that she does.
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If this was the case, then the school would most likely have her monitored as much as possible to make sure she wouldn't freak out and have a flashback, similar to those men that had bad experiences in Vietnam. Survivor's Guilt can manifest in a lot of different ways, and sometimes cause one to be far more anxious of the happenings around them than they would have normally, or over-react to simple events because of a similar experience that lead to the horrific death of a teammate.
If you're still cool with knowing this and wanting to still go that route, then that'll be fine. We can work with that.
If you're still cool with knowing this and wanting to still go that route, then that'll be fine. We can work with that.
MikaMika- G.O.D.
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At the moment, its about the only thing I can think of that will make this work, so I think its what I'm going to try and roll with. Ideally though I'd like it if she wasn't so heavily monitored that its obvious to absolutely everyone. (Though people she has a lot of contact with could start to cue to the fact that something is going on.)
I was thinking that even if she's not a squad leader, she could still be hyper critical of mistakes made in training and have a very negative attitude towards anyone she thinks isn't taking things very seriously as a result of her experiences.
I was thinking that even if she's not a squad leader, she could still be hyper critical of mistakes made in training and have a very negative attitude towards anyone she thinks isn't taking things very seriously as a result of her experiences.
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I've got a partially complete profile for Yui done up, I thought I'd post it here for feedback.
Some points of note:
I switched her from Piloting/Leadership to Piloting/Engineering since I decided wanting to be a test pilot played a roll in her coming to the academy.
In TE, Yui is informally referred to as "Princess Yui" by some characters at Yukon Base due to her high social standing in her home country. I'm not sure whether keeping that is a good idea though.
I'm not entirely sure what to put for her physical description, my knowledge of hair terminology isn't great nor am I that good at translating anime pictures into real life weight and height figures.
The stuff on her likes/dislikes/fears is a tad spotty at this point. TE doesn't go into Yui's hobbies very much -heck, even the kendo thing is something I came up with because she's pictured with a katana in quite a bit of artwork.
I put down leadership under her skills despite her programs and the fact that she likely isn't overly well liked because she's the kind of person who can keep her head and take control during a crisis.
Yui's father seems to be dead in TE, but the anime version at least doesn't say much about how. I'm thinking of cutting this bit for the RPG version of her character since trying to give it much significance in her profile would make things complicated.
I realise the composition of the people Yui is close to doesn't reflect the ethnic diversity of Mithril Academy very well, but I was trying to make use of characters from TE whose loss affected Yui deeply.
Not really sure what to put for a RPG sample -is there anything you would like to see?
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- The Basics
Name:Yui Takamura
Alias/Nicknames:
Universe:Muvluv Alternative: Total Eclipse
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: Japanese
Program: Piloting/Engineering
Company: Merida
Rank: Cadet 3rd Class
Appearance
Height: ?
Weight: ?
Build: ?
Hair Color and Style: Brown and layered, with the longest parts reaching slightly past her waist at the back. There is a small pieces of white ribbon wrapped around a bunch of locks towards the front on her left side.
Eye Color: Purple
Skin (or other) Tone: Fair
Common Clothing and Accessories: Mithril Academy uniform
The "Real You"
Personality:Yui is a studious and highly disciplined cadet with an impressive degree of willpower and mental fortitude. In spite of this the loss of her mentor and two of her closest friends has affected her very deeply despite the strong front she puts up. Those who knew her before the death of her friends would find the current Yui’s attitude to be harsh and unfriendly in comparison to the diligent but generally sociable Yui of the past.
Likes:- Kendo
- Cooking
Dislikes:- Lack of Discipline
- Mistakes made in training
- Wastefulness
Skills:- Arm Slave Piloting
- Leadership
- Organizing
Fears:- Losing more comrades
- Failing on her chosen path
Where'd you come from?
Relatives:
Mother (alive)
Father (deceased)
Iwaya Eiji (Uncle, alive)
History:
Yui hails from a wealthy and well established family with strong ties to both the old Imperial Japanese Army and the modern Self Defence Forces. Her father, an engineer with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, and her uncle, an officer in the Ground Self Defense Force, both played significant roles in the development of Japan’s first domestically produced Arm Slave, the Type 96. This background led Yui to have an interest in AS development and ambitions of piloting one, preferably as a test pilot. It was because of this that her uncle, who had by then retired from the SDF and begun working for what he humorously referred to as a “Large Private Security Company” recommended she apply to Mithril Academy, as his new job had brought him into contact with several Mithril graduates and convinced him that the Academy’s AS related training was top notch.
Yui thrived during her first two years at Mithril. Not only was she one of the top students in her year, but she also developed several close friendships with other students such as Izumi Noto. She even managed to become close friends with Yamashiro Kazusa, another first year girl who initially viewed Yui as her rival.
It was during Yui’s third year at Mithril that tragedy struck. Shortly before the end of the year the academy was contacted by the government of a small country, which was looking for help in dealing with a rebel encampment located in a remote area. The intelligence provided by the customer indicated that the mission was fairly low risk, so the Academy agreed to a plan that would see three AS teams provided by the academy neutralize the encampment’s heavy weapons so that government troops could move in and secure it. Yui, Yamashiro, and Izumi were among the students who volunteered to participate in the mission, and were placed in the second of the three AS teams under the command of Kyoko Takatsukasa, a fourth year student whom Yui greatly admired.
Unfortunately the intelligence provided to the academy significantly understated the enemy’s strength, and a later investigation would conclude that the rebels had most likely been tipped off about the raid. The Academy’s AS teams were ambushed by RK-92s and anti-tank weapons shortly after the mission began, with several units being knocked out of action almost immediately. With the instructor leading the operation incapacitated and the first and third AS teams in disarray, Kyoko took charge of the situation and ordered Yui, Yamashiro, and Izumi to supress the enemy while the other AS teams recovered the pilots of the disabled machines and began to fall back. Once this had was accomplished the four attempted to retreat in a direction that would lead any pursuers away from the other teams, but Kyoko was wounded when her unit was hit from long range by an anti-tank missile. Yui wanted to stop and try to rescue her wounded team leader, but Kyoko ordered Yui to prioritize the safety of the other cadets and leave her behind.
After reluctantly leaving Kyoko behind, Yui, Izumi, and Yamashiro were pursued by rebel RK-92s, which they were eventually forced to engage. The three cadets managed to destroy or disable all their pursuers, but their own machines were so heavily damaged in the process that they were forced to abandon them. Yui did not find Izumi quickly enough to save her from being killed, but did manage to reach the injured Yamashiro. She would spend the next two hours trying to get her fellow cadet to safety while evading rebel search teams. The arrival of one of the academy’s helicopters on scene eventually convinced her to risk setting off a signal flare, which revealed her position to both friendly and enemy forces. The response from Mithril was swift, but arrived too late to prevent Yamashiro from behind killed by a rebel bullet, and Yui herself ended up being injured when one of her rescuers was forced to engage rebel troops that were in close proximity to her position.
Due to her physical and psychological injuries, Yui was unable to complete her third year. In fact she missed the start of the next year as well, and many doubted she would return to the academy. But to the surprise of many, Yui insisted on returning to the academy the following year –even if she had to repeat her third year from the beginning. Even Yui’s uncle –who found himself deeply regretting his decision to recommend she attend Mithril -found himself unable to convince her to give up on her goal. After a thorough physical and psychological evaluation Yui was allowed to return to the academy that most of her friends had already left. But she wasn’t the same person she was before.
Sample:
Must be of this character, to give idea of grasp on the character - Kendo
Some points of note:
I switched her from Piloting/Leadership to Piloting/Engineering since I decided wanting to be a test pilot played a roll in her coming to the academy.
In TE, Yui is informally referred to as "Princess Yui" by some characters at Yukon Base due to her high social standing in her home country. I'm not sure whether keeping that is a good idea though.
I'm not entirely sure what to put for her physical description, my knowledge of hair terminology isn't great nor am I that good at translating anime pictures into real life weight and height figures.
The stuff on her likes/dislikes/fears is a tad spotty at this point. TE doesn't go into Yui's hobbies very much -heck, even the kendo thing is something I came up with because she's pictured with a katana in quite a bit of artwork.
I put down leadership under her skills despite her programs and the fact that she likely isn't overly well liked because she's the kind of person who can keep her head and take control during a crisis.
Yui's father seems to be dead in TE, but the anime version at least doesn't say much about how. I'm thinking of cutting this bit for the RPG version of her character since trying to give it much significance in her profile would make things complicated.
I realise the composition of the people Yui is close to doesn't reflect the ethnic diversity of Mithril Academy very well, but I was trying to make use of characters from TE whose loss affected Yui deeply.
Not really sure what to put for a RPG sample -is there anything you would like to see?
Darthtabby- Posts : 37
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