Mecha

"Mecha" is the term used by Japanese animators and fans to refer to the mechanical designs that appear in Japanese animation, or anime. A mecha can be a giant robot, a suit of powered armour, or a vehicle of some other sort, such as a spaceship, tank, submarine, or motorcycle.

Mecha 2d10 provides a means of describing all manner of mecha in game terms, and offers simple, playable systems for using them in adventures. Although its primary focus is on anime-style giant robots and powered armour, Mecha 2d10 can be used to create everything from sports cars to sky galleons.

Mecha Pilot Character Class

The character is a military Mecha Pilot in a modern military or paramilitary force. He or she might be a member of the armed forces, a SWAT team, or even a freelance mercenary, and could operate a giant robot, jet fighter, helicopter, or tank ... or a machine that transforms into each. Most Mecha Pilots consider themselves elite compared to infantry soldiers, patrol cops, or other "ground pounders."

Adventures

Mecha Pilots may fight for glory, honour, or even loot, but most are reluctant warriors, battling because they feel they have no choice. The enemy is coming, and they are all that can protect their loved ones their comrades, their country, or their world. Sometimes that war has already been lost ... and now they seek revenge.
Characteristics

Some Mecha Pilots are chivalrous, hot blooded, and confident, but most know war is not a game, whether the foe are criminal gangs, terrorists, or the armed forces of rival powers. They may ponder over whether to climb into the cockpit again — or even consider deserting — but when they actually get on the battlefield, they fight to win, using their superior firepower to reap lesser adversaries like wheat before a scythe as they smash their way toward their opposite numbers. The most famous Mecha Pilots — like fighter aces of the past — are renowned for situational awareness, the always preternatural "sixth sense" of keeping track of everything in the confusion of battle that lets them fight many foes at once.

Background

Some mecha are operated by steely-eyed professionals who graduated from a military academy, others by scarred veterans of a hundred battles, and a great many by angst-ridden 14-year-olds who've barely read the manual. In short, a Mecha Pilot can come from any class, race, or background.