====== Machina Areios Scratchpad ======
  * Genre
    * Mecha
    * Grounded War Mystery
    * Character Driven
  * Setting
    * Practical Sci-Fi Tech
    * Planet-side
    * Nuclear Fusion-level Technology
    * Colonies on inner planets/gas giant moons
    * Terrestrial Terraforming
    * Ruined Mars terraforming project - mystery as to why it went wrong
    * Ruined Earth - retaliation by Mars colonists
    * Disunited Mars/Earth
    * Mechs converted from civilian use somewhat recently
    * Local research into military mech use
  * Themes
    * Freedom
    * Friendship/Unity (keeping things stable)
    * Resisting Descent into Anarchy
  * Tone
    * Scrappy
    * Sombre
  * Player Faction - Freilict
    * Dome City on Mars - Frelictdom
    * Area of marginal homesteads hanging on after terraforming collapse, seeking protection from dome city
    * Germanic Culture
    * Democratic Republic
    * Defense Force to patrol/protect homesteads
    * Old terraforming drone hub, re-purposed into a general heavy industries/mech R&D
  * Player Squad - Freilicht Defense Corps, 1st Mech-Armored Company, 4th Jaeger Lance 'Red Teutons'
    * Playbook - Recon
    * Direct Superior - Hauptmann Hans Bonheoffer
      * Archtype: [[https://gundam.fandom.com/wiki/Andrew_Waltfeld|Andrew Waltfeld]] (gamer?)
    * Reputation - Resourceful
    * Upgrades
      * Training Prowess
      * Hidden FOB
      * Quarters
      * Geographic Intel
      * Storage
    * Supply: 0
    * Material: 1
    * Personnel: 0
    * Reputation: 3
  * Pilots
    * Technician (Nick)
    * Hacker (Wes)