Gameplay Rules

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Glossary
I- Mobile Suit Hangar RPG
II- Getting Paid, Buying MS, and Research
III- Character Creation
IV- Combat
V- Capturing and holding territory
VI- Newtypes



I- Mobile Suit Hangar RPG
Mobile Suit Hangar RPG is a strategy-based role playing game. It is a text based, turn based Mobile Suit Gundam game. but there is much more the the MSHRPG than purely combat. there is sabotage, diplomacy, even guerrilla tactics!

II- Getting Paid, Buying MS, and Research

Every friday at 1:00 am (-5GMT) each factions leader gains money equal to all their territorys added up. The leader divides the money up, and posts in each players profile how much they are receiving. that player may then spend that money any way.

Buying MS-There is a list of MS and other units for purchase in the Shops board. put the names into a list like the example below, and paste that list, along with the total cost in your profile. subtract the total from your current cash ammount.

Cash total- 20,000
x4 Bunnys- 400ea
x2 Kittens- 200 ea

20,000
- 2,000
18,000 Total Cash

Research-
In order to research units, your faction must have built, or control one Mobile Suit Test Facility. the cost to build a Mobile Suit Test Facility is $20,000. a Mobile Suit Test Facility takes 24 hours to build, and a Mod will create a sub board for each Mobile Suit Test Facility. a Mobile Suit Test Facility also counts as a city, and may be captured, but be careful, it can also be destroyed.

***Mobile Suit Test Facility***
Cost: 20000
Income: +8000 (While not producing a unit)

How to research:
In order to research you must dream up a ship, vehicle, or MS with the following:

Name: (of the unit)
Cost: (to make each unit)
Weapons:

Example:
2x Machine Gun 3 shots

Hanger:
# of Mobile Suits
# of Other units

And be careful, If it's a little to strong I will edit it, if it is unbeleivable, it will either cost an exorbanant ammount of money, or will not pass my inspection.

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III- Character Creation

Character creation is the most important tool of the entire RPG. Your "Character" is the person that you are in the great story of "Mobile Suit Hanger RPG". It may or may not relate to you, and does not even have to be the same gender.

Each player controls his or her main character, the Commander of their squad. It is highly reccomended, but unnecessary to create an NPC profile for each of your squad members. for this, post them in another topic labeled "Your name's Squad". We do this because ALL of your purchases, transactions, and battles will be recorded in your Main Profile.

This is the template you should use for any character creation:

Image: (not required)
Name: (Self Explanatory)
Age: (you must be 18 years old to enlist, however Amuro was 16, be creative *wink*)
Birthplace: ( the place your character is born)
Ethnicity: (spacenoid, or ethnicity on the earth, a spacenoid cannot be "chinese" or any other nationality, because Spacenoid is a nationality.)
Position: (Will be Assigned Later)
Biography: (The story of your characters life, not required for NPC's)

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IV- Combat
Combat can be very confusing, so the best way to learn combat is to read other players posts.

You can find a mock battle here: here

Who attacks first:
The person that initiates the combat is the person that gets to attack first. for example if a player has their squad sitting in the city of Stockholm, and you begin to invade, you may post the details of moving toward the base, and begin to fire.

Minovsky Particles:
All large ships can generate minovsky particles. while minosky particles are being generated, noone can be detected on radar, and homing weapons WILL NOT work. also, a player using Minovsky particles ALWAYS attacks first. if both players have Minovsky particles scattered, then they roll dice to see who goes first. if a defender has scattered Minovsky particles in anticipation of an attack, they may fire the first shot. if the invader does not notice the Minovsky particles, their turn is completely void.

attacks:
Each move and attack is role played. the attacker says what unit is firing where, and the one being aimed at decides whether or not it will hit. (mods can overrule unfair decisions)
First off, each player starts with a list of each mobile suit and ship in the battle. next to their names is the number of each unit. DO NOT modify posts, in the next move you may update the damage, and role play the hits to your own suits and ships, and THEN you may respond. if specific ships or suits are not targeted by the attacker, the defender may determine what shots hit what suits and or ships.

EX:
Zaku II fires Machine gun at target GM.
The GM Jumps to the side, narrowly avoiding the Zaku's rounds.

Dodging:
Normally, NO unit can dodge. however, a select few called newtype may take a newtype check. depending on their level, and their abilities, they roll a dice to see if they have dodged an attack. enless in a MA they can only dodge one attack.

After Post actions: If your character has an effect that needs you to roll a dice after your turn, post that at the beginning in (( parenthesis)) and then put <c> at the end of your post.

Weapons of Mass Destruction:
Weapons of Mass Destruction are against the Anarctic Treaty. this does not mean they will never be used, hence many of the storylines of GUNDAM. a weapon of mass destruction generally yeilds no chance to dodge, yet there are often chances to counter attack. WOMD's are considered, and not limited to:
Nuclear Missles, Colony Drops, Colony Lasers, Solar Cannons, and Colony Gassings(g3)

As of now, the Antarctic Treaty is not in effect.

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V- Capturing and Holding territory

In order to capture territory, you must first destroy (or capture) all mobile suits in use in OVER half of that territory. You must have controlled those territories for at least 24 hours. For example:

www.mshangar.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=na
North America has four man cities. if you capture three out of four of those cities, you may claim North America as your own.

Territories and money-
Each territory adds to your paycheck whatever it says on the board.

VI- Newtypes

Newtypes are very important in tipping the scaled of a war, both Cyber Newtypes, and Natural Newtypes.

Becoming a Newtype-
Cyber- A Cyber Newtype can be created in a Newtype lab, which I will post prices for when it is created. both DOZ and EFF may purchase these (After all, DOZ did it fist) Each facility will be able to make 1 newtype (can make another if they die) or 2 if it is upgraded.
A character must remain in the lab for 1 month to become a newtype

Natural- A Natural Newtype must have been born in space. they do not realize their potential right away, but constantly become better. each person may have only 1
newtype. exceptions may be made for cyber and naturals. (example: Char and Lala situation)

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VII- Gundarium Alloy

Gundarium alloy is used to make Gundam like units. in order to research Gundams you must first build the Gundam. the gundam costs
$10,000, 5 alloy, and takes one week to complete. after the Gundam is complete you can research any existing gundam, or create your own within reason. Admin will determine length of tmie to produce, and the cost.

in order to build a custom Mobile Armor, all of the factions Mobile Armors in the series must be built.