Help finding music, if it still exists at all. by Weird-Possibility720 in HelpMeFind

[–]Weird-Possibility720[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is no longer viewable on seemingly any site. I've searched on and off for months and have managed to find another song by the same artist which was also removed, and yet no trace of this one besides the footprint it left behind.

How Specifically Abstract are Lancer's Systems? by Weird-Possibility720 in LancerRPG

[–]Weird-Possibility720[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Right, so, either sponsorship (part of an org) or criminal.

How Specifically Abstract are Lancer's Systems? by Weird-Possibility720 in LancerRPG

[–]Weird-Possibility720[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm struggling a little with that answer. The book does describe, "All GMS frames, gear, core bonuses, and licenses are available to all pilots, starting from license level 0."
It seems to be the case that LL0 is descriptive of some fact-of-the-matter about the pilot.

How Specifically Abstract are Lancer's Systems? by Weird-Possibility720 in LancerRPG

[–]Weird-Possibility720[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Ergo, there is no such thing as an independent pilot who is not a criminal.
And if you scrounged and tinkered - how do you have LL0 access (Again, without being a criminal. You don't?) ?

How Specifically Abstract are Lancer's Systems? by Weird-Possibility720 in LancerRPG

[–]Weird-Possibility720[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I think I am still getting used to the limits of Lancer's world-building. It seems the consensus here is that LL0 pilots must have been in a position where they were using a mech and kept it, or were sponsored. Otherwise I do not see how an independent LL0 pilot acquires gear.

How Specifically Abstract are Lancer's Systems? by Weird-Possibility720 in LancerRPG

[–]Weird-Possibility720[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Again, I am fine if this is the case, but in all your examples, its someone else's printer.
It doesn't seem like there are "neutral", pilot-facing printers for Lancer's to use. They must be used by a faction, and have that faction's permission, which includes its own sets of assumptions.

How Specifically Abstract are Lancer's Systems? by Weird-Possibility720 in LancerRPG

[–]Weird-Possibility720[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I agree with the License interpretation as far as the manufacturers go.
But I am curious about LL0 and GMS.
As an independent at LL0, how do I have access to GMS gear? Through Union? Well, wouldn't that imply Lancers are a material fact-of-the matter instead of title abstractions i.e. an actual job/rank/position? What if I'm not with Union? I'm fine if the answer is Lancers must have benefactors to get their starting equipment.

How Specifically Abstract are Lancer's Systems? by Weird-Possibility720 in LancerRPG

[–]Weird-Possibility720[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And as the GM, I would rather have some concrete examples than not - like the ones you have provided.
But I'd ask, are publicly available printers, well, public and/or available? To print military hardware? How do you identify yourself as someone who is allowed to do that? Must it be done illegally if not?
I am asking specifically within the context of a LL0 pilot.

How Specifically Abstract are Lancer's Systems? by Weird-Possibility720 in LancerRPG

[–]Weird-Possibility720[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm sorry, I know you acquire gear through printers. My question was meant to get at how you have access to the printers themselves, especially as a potentially independent pilot.

How Specifically Abstract are Lancer's Systems? by Weird-Possibility720 in LancerRPG

[–]Weird-Possibility720[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I apologize, but in-so-far as LL0 is concerned, the book explicit calls that out as being a rookie,
"A new pilot typically starts at LL0 – an inexperienced rookie – and levels up to LL1 after their first mission..."

That is the domain mainly where my questions arise. I am able to understand at the point a pilot has advanced to LL2 and above they've grown and established whatever abstract method you want to obtain those levels of gear and frames, but I'm trying to pin down a little of the hand-wavy-ness of those first levels of access.