Organization Name: Lancaster Preservation Society
Type: Vulture
Established: AI 002
Base of Operations: Calban Tropics, Ganymede
Other Details:
Insignia:
Identifying Characteristics: Mobile Suits that have been captured by the group, are affiliated with it, or are sympathizers, are equipped with a simple red sash on their left arms, which identifies them as friendly.
Group Theme: History:
A traveling Vulture support group dedicated to the preservation, maintenance, and study of pre-war Mobile Suits and weapons. It also functions as a kind of mobile community center for Vultures, providing medical and counseling services to those in the wastelands, locating lost family, and helping those on the fringes to return to society, if they so choose. Despite being affiliated with the Vultures, officially, they are sometimes consulted by - and work alongside - MS Hunter organizations as well, on account of Otto Lancaster's long-standing connections to many independent warlords and current community leaders.
However, the services provided by the Society are accused by various Hunter groups of aiding and abetting dangerous criminal elements in the wastelands, as well as uncovering potentially dangerous technology. As a consequence, they have been declared as dangerous outlaws by various parties, earning them just as many enemies as allies, making it a roll of the dice whenever the group elects to move into new, uncharted territory.
Notable Members:
Name: Otto Lancaster
Age: 58
Gender: Male
Height: 6'5
Weight: 240lbs
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Gray (formerly red)
Ethnicity: Eastern European
Appearance:
Classification: Oldtype
Other Information:
Likes: T.W.F (Thunderclap Wrestling Federation), Apollo Reserve Rum, Reliable tools
Dislikes: Cheap oil, Cheaper cologne (allergic), Birds
Character Theme:
Biography: The famed, gregarious "Mr. Oldsmobile", Otto Lancaster spent most of his youth in the foundries of Io, learning his trade as a machinist. During the Insurrection War, he spearheaded the Oldsmobile Plan, refitting older machines and making them fit for service once more - a service badly needed by the remnants of humanity, and became well known for not only the time he spent in the forges, but also his peerless bravery on the battlefield, traveling out to the front to make emergency repairs to stranded units. He was even scouted by the Shuffle Alliance, but turned down their offer to join, preferring instead to lend his talents to the everyman.
In the aftermath of the Insurrection War, a rift began to rise between Lancaster and his peers regarding the use of various weapons utilized during the war. Lancaster believed they should be preserved, updated, and maintained in the event that they should ever be needed again, while his comrades wished for them to be destroyed, weary of war and constant bloodshed. He ultimately left the forge-cities for the planes of Ganymede, forming a Vulture group, where he could continue to work among those he had supported during the war. During this time, he eloped with a certain Hunter, and his daughter Estelle was born.
A doting father, his eccentric and sometimes pompous exterior belies a rich inner landscape, cultivated by years of experience in not only mechanics, but the arts of war, and the politics of power - yet Otto seldom speaks of his past, preferring instead to embrace his current life as a collector of antiques, and helper of Vultures across the Jovian Sphere. His attitude of helping even the most downtrodden individuals has on occasion returned to bite him - but he continues to give freely and generously, laughing all the while - for what is life, if not an adventure?
Mobile Weapon: MS-06R-AB Zaku Amazing
Combat Style: Kingfish
Strengths: A survivalist by nature, Otto prefers close combat, and his textbook knowledge of mobile suit systems and mechanics gives him uncanny insight into the workings of other Mobile Suits, making him difficult to catch unawares. He prefers a more straightforward approach to combat that involves blasting, crashing, and slashing whatever happens to be unfortunate enough to cross him - but he truly excels at giving direction on the battlefield, being able to put his analytical skills to the test in providing advice and strategy to those under his command.
Weaknesses: Otto is, at the end of the day, only human. Despite his knowledge of various systems, he has little capacity for any of them, and his straightforward approach leaves much to be desired in the ways of subtlety. It could well be considered the drawback of someone more used to fighting machines than humans that he is sometimes ill equipped to deal with the unpredictable, volatile behaviors of more vicious opponents, and it remains one of his primary weaknesses.
Name: Ester Lancaster
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Height: 5'5
Weight: 118lbs
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Strawberry blonde (dyed closer to pink)
Ethnicity: Mixed Eastern European/Middle Eastern
Appearance:
Classification: X-Rounder
Other Information:
Likes: Luxury goods, Handsome servants, Treasure Hunting
Dislikes: The hoi-polloi, Drudgery, Passe fashion
Character Theme:
Biography:
Daughter of Otto Lancaster who, unlike her Father, was raised in comparative luxury during the post-war period - the self-proclaimed "Vulture Queen". Ambitious and grandiose in her dealings, she was raised in the presence of all manner of Vultures from across the frontiers. whom she learned from under the watchful guidance of her father. Ever curious, the young Ester broadened her view of the world by indulging herself in their stories and legends of Pre-Insurrection Jupiter, of the fabled Earth, and planets of the Inner Sphere. She developed a strong sense of compassion for these individuals, and would spend considerable time ensuring that their needs were tended to for the duration of their contact with the Society.
She was also trained to operate a Mobile Suit to a high degree of efficiency under various Vultures, and her self esteem has, in recent years, soared to almost incalculable heights - as well as her aggression. She frequently rails passionately against the unfair treatment of those in the wastes, and rather than her father's more passive attitude, would prefer to rally them to her side to begin a true "Revolution". Whether this is youthful arrogance and indiscretion is hard to tell - but the young woman's skill and fiery charisma is very much the real thing, and only time will tell whether her ambitions will bear fruit.
Mobile Weapon: xvm-zgc Zeydra
Combat Style: Firebrand
Strengths: Burning spirit overcomes all odds! Ester's X-Rounder abilities turn fiery aggression into spectacular displays of ability able to overwhelm even the most stalwart of opponents with flashy, crushingly powerful arts of war. She specializes in inspiring those around her to fight, and can always be found leading the charge into danger, forcing a breakthrough with death-defying heroics. Equally capable both up close and afar, she learned from the Vultures of the wastes that fighting fair is asking for an early demise, and will stoop to any low to win.
Weaknesses: Perhaps the single most easily provoked person in the entire world, Ester can be goaded into single combat with even the smallest of slights. Her desire to protect the Vulture community sometimes places her on the wrong side of a battle, and when her morale flags, she tends to beat a hasty retreat - meaning, that to demoralize her is the single best way to overcome the onslaught.
Name: Caleb Lancaster
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Height: 5'9
Weight: 151lbs
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Dark Brown
Ethnicity: Mixed, Unknown heritage
Appearance:
Classification: Human Debris
Other Information:
Likes: Clean bedsheets, Hot food, Training
Dislikes: Dentists, Stiff clothes, Manners Classes
Character Theme:
Biography: One of countless children orphaned by the Insurrection War, Caleb was brought up by the Red Vandals Vulture group, and subjected to the invasive "Whiskers" surgery at a young age. Surviving the initial surgery, he grew up alongside his fellows, working as a Mobile Worker pilot to ensure the predatory group was always comparatively well armed and supplied compared to its peers. During this time, he was covered in ritual scarring that marked him as the property of the Vandals, intended to prevent any who escaped from receiving aid, for fear of incurring the wrath of the Vultures. However, after a particularly nasty run-in with a Hunter group known as the Ebon Lotus that left the Vandals' manpower and resources badly depleted, he was made to undergo the surgery a second time, as his "owners" sought to create a trump card that could carry them to victory.
This time, however, the surgery failed, leaving Caleb crippled for life. The Vandals were subsequently destroyed, and he was left in the wastelands of Ganymede, on the brink of death, barely able to move. Dehydrated and starving, he was unexpectedly saved by the intervention of a stranger, who carried him to safety, and nursed him back to health. The man, an accomplished martial artist and master of Ki, was with the touch of a finger, able to restore Haleigh's ability to move. For several years after the fact, he trained with the man, relearning control over his body - and while he himself lacked the ability to control his Ki, he nevertheless became an accomplished pupil.
Three years after he was brought in, Caleb was formally adopted by "Mr. Oldsmobile" Otto Lancaster, a long time friend of the Master, who brought him into his family at the request of his daughter. Currently he serves as their attache, as a mechanic, bodyguard, and general dogsbody, tending to various odds and ends... and occasionally tearing through anything unfortunate enough to threaten his newfound stability.
Mobile Weapon: ASW-11 Gundam Dantalion
Combat Style: Scrapper
Strengths: Compared to others in his "family" Caleb is far more a combat pragmatist. He specializes in using the ebb and flow of battle to his advantage, his mastery of the "Whiskers" allowing for precision control almost on the same level as that of a mobile fighter. He'll tear off chunks of the enemy, breaking their joints or just outright bludgeoning them to death, and can make use of dropped weapons and debris to his advantage in the fight, master of an aggressive, up-close-and personal style akin to an alligator with its jaws locked on a foe.
Weaknesses: Letting go is not Haleigh's strong point - he fights with the mindset of the Human Debris - that he is, ultimately, disposable. As a result, he'll put his life on the line without a second thought if the situation calls for it. Even in a no-win situation, he'll defiantly fight on heedless of personal harm, which places him in more danger than he would otherwise need to. While a competent single combatant, he works best when he has someone to direct his actions, keeping him from getting too fixated on one target or another.
Notable Assets:
Freeden Class "The Ivy"
Type: Vulture
Established: AI 002
Base of Operations: Calban Tropics, Ganymede
Other Details:
Insignia:
Identifying Characteristics: Mobile Suits that have been captured by the group, are affiliated with it, or are sympathizers, are equipped with a simple red sash on their left arms, which identifies them as friendly.
Group Theme: History:
A traveling Vulture support group dedicated to the preservation, maintenance, and study of pre-war Mobile Suits and weapons. It also functions as a kind of mobile community center for Vultures, providing medical and counseling services to those in the wastelands, locating lost family, and helping those on the fringes to return to society, if they so choose. Despite being affiliated with the Vultures, officially, they are sometimes consulted by - and work alongside - MS Hunter organizations as well, on account of Otto Lancaster's long-standing connections to many independent warlords and current community leaders.
However, the services provided by the Society are accused by various Hunter groups of aiding and abetting dangerous criminal elements in the wastelands, as well as uncovering potentially dangerous technology. As a consequence, they have been declared as dangerous outlaws by various parties, earning them just as many enemies as allies, making it a roll of the dice whenever the group elects to move into new, uncharted territory.
Notable Members:
Name: Otto Lancaster
Age: 58
Gender: Male
Height: 6'5
Weight: 240lbs
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Gray (formerly red)
Ethnicity: Eastern European
Appearance:
Classification: Oldtype
Other Information:
Likes: T.W.F (Thunderclap Wrestling Federation), Apollo Reserve Rum, Reliable tools
Dislikes: Cheap oil, Cheaper cologne (allergic), Birds
Character Theme:
Biography: The famed, gregarious "Mr. Oldsmobile", Otto Lancaster spent most of his youth in the foundries of Io, learning his trade as a machinist. During the Insurrection War, he spearheaded the Oldsmobile Plan, refitting older machines and making them fit for service once more - a service badly needed by the remnants of humanity, and became well known for not only the time he spent in the forges, but also his peerless bravery on the battlefield, traveling out to the front to make emergency repairs to stranded units. He was even scouted by the Shuffle Alliance, but turned down their offer to join, preferring instead to lend his talents to the everyman.
In the aftermath of the Insurrection War, a rift began to rise between Lancaster and his peers regarding the use of various weapons utilized during the war. Lancaster believed they should be preserved, updated, and maintained in the event that they should ever be needed again, while his comrades wished for them to be destroyed, weary of war and constant bloodshed. He ultimately left the forge-cities for the planes of Ganymede, forming a Vulture group, where he could continue to work among those he had supported during the war. During this time, he eloped with a certain Hunter, and his daughter Estelle was born.
A doting father, his eccentric and sometimes pompous exterior belies a rich inner landscape, cultivated by years of experience in not only mechanics, but the arts of war, and the politics of power - yet Otto seldom speaks of his past, preferring instead to embrace his current life as a collector of antiques, and helper of Vultures across the Jovian Sphere. His attitude of helping even the most downtrodden individuals has on occasion returned to bite him - but he continues to give freely and generously, laughing all the while - for what is life, if not an adventure?
Mobile Weapon: MS-06R-AB Zaku Amazing
Combat Style: Kingfish
Strengths: A survivalist by nature, Otto prefers close combat, and his textbook knowledge of mobile suit systems and mechanics gives him uncanny insight into the workings of other Mobile Suits, making him difficult to catch unawares. He prefers a more straightforward approach to combat that involves blasting, crashing, and slashing whatever happens to be unfortunate enough to cross him - but he truly excels at giving direction on the battlefield, being able to put his analytical skills to the test in providing advice and strategy to those under his command.
Weaknesses: Otto is, at the end of the day, only human. Despite his knowledge of various systems, he has little capacity for any of them, and his straightforward approach leaves much to be desired in the ways of subtlety. It could well be considered the drawback of someone more used to fighting machines than humans that he is sometimes ill equipped to deal with the unpredictable, volatile behaviors of more vicious opponents, and it remains one of his primary weaknesses.
Name: Ester Lancaster
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Height: 5'5
Weight: 118lbs
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Strawberry blonde (dyed closer to pink)
Ethnicity: Mixed Eastern European/Middle Eastern
Appearance:
Classification: X-Rounder
Other Information:
Likes: Luxury goods, Handsome servants, Treasure Hunting
Dislikes: The hoi-polloi, Drudgery, Passe fashion
Character Theme:
Biography:
Daughter of Otto Lancaster who, unlike her Father, was raised in comparative luxury during the post-war period - the self-proclaimed "Vulture Queen". Ambitious and grandiose in her dealings, she was raised in the presence of all manner of Vultures from across the frontiers. whom she learned from under the watchful guidance of her father. Ever curious, the young Ester broadened her view of the world by indulging herself in their stories and legends of Pre-Insurrection Jupiter, of the fabled Earth, and planets of the Inner Sphere. She developed a strong sense of compassion for these individuals, and would spend considerable time ensuring that their needs were tended to for the duration of their contact with the Society.
She was also trained to operate a Mobile Suit to a high degree of efficiency under various Vultures, and her self esteem has, in recent years, soared to almost incalculable heights - as well as her aggression. She frequently rails passionately against the unfair treatment of those in the wastes, and rather than her father's more passive attitude, would prefer to rally them to her side to begin a true "Revolution". Whether this is youthful arrogance and indiscretion is hard to tell - but the young woman's skill and fiery charisma is very much the real thing, and only time will tell whether her ambitions will bear fruit.
Mobile Weapon: xvm-zgc Zeydra
Combat Style: Firebrand
Strengths: Burning spirit overcomes all odds! Ester's X-Rounder abilities turn fiery aggression into spectacular displays of ability able to overwhelm even the most stalwart of opponents with flashy, crushingly powerful arts of war. She specializes in inspiring those around her to fight, and can always be found leading the charge into danger, forcing a breakthrough with death-defying heroics. Equally capable both up close and afar, she learned from the Vultures of the wastes that fighting fair is asking for an early demise, and will stoop to any low to win.
Weaknesses: Perhaps the single most easily provoked person in the entire world, Ester can be goaded into single combat with even the smallest of slights. Her desire to protect the Vulture community sometimes places her on the wrong side of a battle, and when her morale flags, she tends to beat a hasty retreat - meaning, that to demoralize her is the single best way to overcome the onslaught.
Name: Caleb Lancaster
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Height: 5'9
Weight: 151lbs
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Dark Brown
Ethnicity: Mixed, Unknown heritage
Appearance:
Classification: Human Debris
Other Information:
Likes: Clean bedsheets, Hot food, Training
Dislikes: Dentists, Stiff clothes, Manners Classes
Character Theme:
Biography: One of countless children orphaned by the Insurrection War, Caleb was brought up by the Red Vandals Vulture group, and subjected to the invasive "Whiskers" surgery at a young age. Surviving the initial surgery, he grew up alongside his fellows, working as a Mobile Worker pilot to ensure the predatory group was always comparatively well armed and supplied compared to its peers. During this time, he was covered in ritual scarring that marked him as the property of the Vandals, intended to prevent any who escaped from receiving aid, for fear of incurring the wrath of the Vultures. However, after a particularly nasty run-in with a Hunter group known as the Ebon Lotus that left the Vandals' manpower and resources badly depleted, he was made to undergo the surgery a second time, as his "owners" sought to create a trump card that could carry them to victory.
This time, however, the surgery failed, leaving Caleb crippled for life. The Vandals were subsequently destroyed, and he was left in the wastelands of Ganymede, on the brink of death, barely able to move. Dehydrated and starving, he was unexpectedly saved by the intervention of a stranger, who carried him to safety, and nursed him back to health. The man, an accomplished martial artist and master of Ki, was with the touch of a finger, able to restore Haleigh's ability to move. For several years after the fact, he trained with the man, relearning control over his body - and while he himself lacked the ability to control his Ki, he nevertheless became an accomplished pupil.
Three years after he was brought in, Caleb was formally adopted by "Mr. Oldsmobile" Otto Lancaster, a long time friend of the Master, who brought him into his family at the request of his daughter. Currently he serves as their attache, as a mechanic, bodyguard, and general dogsbody, tending to various odds and ends... and occasionally tearing through anything unfortunate enough to threaten his newfound stability.
Mobile Weapon: ASW-11 Gundam Dantalion
Combat Style: Scrapper
Strengths: Compared to others in his "family" Caleb is far more a combat pragmatist. He specializes in using the ebb and flow of battle to his advantage, his mastery of the "Whiskers" allowing for precision control almost on the same level as that of a mobile fighter. He'll tear off chunks of the enemy, breaking their joints or just outright bludgeoning them to death, and can make use of dropped weapons and debris to his advantage in the fight, master of an aggressive, up-close-and personal style akin to an alligator with its jaws locked on a foe.
Weaknesses: Letting go is not Haleigh's strong point - he fights with the mindset of the Human Debris - that he is, ultimately, disposable. As a result, he'll put his life on the line without a second thought if the situation calls for it. Even in a no-win situation, he'll defiantly fight on heedless of personal harm, which places him in more danger than he would otherwise need to. While a competent single combatant, he works best when he has someone to direct his actions, keeping him from getting too fixated on one target or another.
Notable Assets:
Freeden Class "The Ivy"
Attachments
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