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Recent content by lost star

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    What's Junk? (The Mech Touch)
    Threadmarks: i079

    The Haunted Battleground had given everyone a year before it officially started. This was due to a combination of many factors. Mostly to motivate interest and make the appropriate preperations. The sector's political landscape also needed to be taken into account. The war between the Friday...
  2. lost star

    What's Junk? (The Mech Touch)
    Threadmarks: M213

    Bolt had a commission now! An interesting one at that. His wife wanted a mech built exclusively for her little project. He didn't actually need to do it, but the idea itself was interesting enough that he had no problems doing it. Amplifying the 'spook' factor of the surrounding area was...
  3. lost star

    What's Junk? (The Mech Touch)
    Threadmarks: M212

    Being an expert meant a lot of things. One of the most important of those things was that there was always a core of burning willpower inside you. You could use it for a lot of things, though Lilly had found that most experts typically just used it in piloting and instinctive actions. It was...
  4. lost star

    What's Junk? (The Mech Touch)
    Threadmarks: M211

    Lilly did strange things to keep occupied sometimes. The revival of the Rat tradition of providing fights for people was an interesting method of keeping herself from getting bored was more unusual than normal he had to admit. Bolt wasn't quite sure why she'd chosen that particular method, but...
  5. lost star

    What's Junk? (The Mech Touch)
    Threadmarks: I078

    No one really liked politics. Sure some people liked wheeling and dealing. Some liked talking. Those people didn't really like the core part of politics. The parts where you had to bow your head and take a bad deal because everything else was worse. The parts where you had to near grovel to...
  6. lost star

    What's Junk? (The Mech Touch)

    It occupies a very, very weird area. It can field a small number of Second Rate mechs. It can also field a large number of Third Rate mechs. It is however contained to one planet. Right now people consider it one of those exotic tourist destinations in the boonies with a weird culture and...
  7. lost star

    What's Junk? (The Mech Touch)
    Threadmarks: M210

    As a Senior, it was Bolt's duty to mentor more designers. It was also his best available method of further advancement. To his understanding this was an intentional feature of the entire system. (He was pretty certain he had a bit more information than most Seniors.) Right now he had Sami...
  8. lost star

    What's Junk? (The Mech Touch)

    I don't plan on either. I'm just losing enthusiasm occasionally, which is 100% normal.
  9. lost star

    What's Junk? (The Mech Touch)

    It's not really that I'm feeling bad, it's more that there comes a point in time that you hate your own work and don't wanna write anymore. I get it when the fic goes past a certain point. It's something I know about as a write and am at peace with. Not my first long fic, won't be my last...
  10. lost star

    What's Junk? (The Mech Touch)

    I typically write it all in the morning and review it like 2 or 3 times. I did a single pass here. The two releases was just because I didn't do the previous chapter yesterday by accident. As is, I'm in a bit of a downslump, but that's normal for me and long projects.
  11. lost star

    What's Junk? (The Mech Touch)
    Threadmarks: I077

    The MTA didn't publicly state what they did with masterwork mechs. They simply purchased them when they occurred at a markup just short of mind-boggling. A singular Third Rate masterwork was enough to make a family rich for life, and the price only increased as you went up in tiers. With that...
  12. lost star

    What's Junk? (The Mech Touch)
    Threadmarks: M209

    They'd gone with First Trumpet as the mech name. It was a name that held several meanings. The most obvious and official one that Ves and Bolt were going with was that it was the First mech of a small line that one or both of them would work on in the future. As a Second Rate mech it wasn't...
  13. lost star

    What's Junk? (The Mech Touch)
    Threadmarks: M208

    Designing a mech with Ves was probably a rather frustrating experience for other people. Bolt had been able see why in their first session and could see why as they continued. It was like trying to design something that connected to a pipeline you couldn't see and the creator kept obscured...
  14. lost star

    What's Junk? (The Mech Touch)
    Threadmarks: I076

    Bolt had to bow out of further designing after they'd dissolved the construct. Ves hadn't even been aware that it was possible to strain spiritual power enough to display the symptoms the man had been displaying. The affects did look rather unpleasantly harsh, and it made him very aware of his...
  15. lost star

    What's Junk? (The Mech Touch)
    Threadmarks: I075

    Working with Bolt was different than Ves had expected. The man had absolutely no ego in designing. He would poke and prod at your design certainly, but he would easily concede to any changes if you explained them. It was one of the most alien attitudes he'd ever encountered. Even his wife...
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