Watch Grash start a third run while still not having completed the other two!

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Most of you will already know which kind of game this is.


Gotta thank these people for making it possible.


Also a buttload of copyrights.



And thus I say welcome to my SRW J run.

"Wait, don't you have an EO3 run and a 7th Dragon run to do?"

Yes, yes I do. Though I'm feeling a little burnt out of those games right now. I figure I could do a third one to have some sort of cycle going on. Or something.

ANYWAYS LET'S GET TO IT!

Mankind has expanded beyond the bounds of Earth, entering an era of space travel and spreading their way of life as far as Mars.

However, humanity is still plagued with problems, struggles, and quandaries they have yet to find an answer to.

There are the genetically modified humans known as the "Coordinators". The ruins of an alien civilization deep within the seabed called "Orphan". And finally, mass emigrations to a terraformed Mars.

Many expected such drastic changes to usher in the dawn of a new age, but with those changes came misunderstanding, dissent, and strife.

The Coordinators, gifted with faculties suited for life in space, constructed research colonies known as "PLANTs".

Nonetheless, those remaining on the surface grew jealous and paranoid of their genetically altered brethren, and the rift between "Natural" and "Coordinator" eventually erupted into racial violence.

In the midst of all this, those calling themselves "Reclaimers" suddenly entered and established permanent residence within Orphan. Their existence is oft-rumored, but rarely ocumented.

Then, in the 69th year of the Cosmic Era... They arrived from Jupiter suddenly and without warning.

A mysterious force of unmanned, robotic weapons invaded Mars, eventually defeating the United Earth Federation Army in a protracted battle.

The Federation was left with no choice but to abandon the Martian colonists and remove its military presence.

The invaders, now termed "Jovian Lizards," then dispatched numerous devices known as "Tulips" across the Earth Sphere, each capable of deploying a seemingly endless supply of unmanned weapons to anywhere in the region.

The world was plunged into a constant state of warfare against these mysterious foes.

With the conflict escalating daily, numerous terrorist groups and shadow organizations opted to seek profit from the chaos, furthering their own illicit causes in the process.

Meanwhile, the PLANTs pushed for independence in the name of self-defense, but faced opposition from the Natural-led Atlantic Federation, whose representatives demand the forceful imposition of sanctions upon the space colonies.

Now, in year 70 of the Cosmic Era... The Jovian Lizards, as enigmatic as ever, continue their conflict... Tensions between the PLANTs and the Federation rise...

...And Nergal Heavy Industries finishes construction on a new model warship, dubbed the "Nadesico". It is here our story begins.

And now we get to choose our protagonists. The protagonists are as follows:


Touya Shiun.

Student at Jindai High School, he's been living a boring life after his uncle passed away, when the Jovian Lizards suddenly attack, right after a mysterious robot crashes down into the school.


Calvina Coulange.

Former military officer, retired due to an incident in her past traumatizing her. Scouted by Prospector of Nergal Heavy Industries to act as combat strategist for the Nadesico crew.


After picking our character, we then "pick" the mech the character will pilot. The choices would be as follows:


Bellzelute: Ranged evasive robot. Strictly real type.


Coustwell: Melee hybrid robot. Hybrid super type.


Granteed: Hybrid super robot. Strictly super type.

However, we're not picking any of these. Instead, the mech we pick will be


The Vorlent. Usually unlocked by having three playthroughs in a single file, I'm using cheats to unlock it cause haha fuck that



After picking the protagonist and robot, we now get to pick three favorite series. Favoriting a series means they get extra bonuses from killing enemy units, and they get more upgrade bars for their mechs. The list of series is as follows:


Mobile Fighter G Gundam
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
Blue Comet SPT Layzner
Brain Powerd
Martian Successor Nadesico
Space Knight Tekkaman Blade
Full Metal Panic!
Mazinger Z
Combattler V
Voltes V
Dancouga
Hades Project Zeorymer
Banpresto Originals

And now we get to the fun part. Vote for which protagonist you want me to go with, and which three favorite series to pick.

And with that, I personally place my votes on:

Touya

Banpresto Originals
Zeorymer
Mazinger Z

Now get voting.

Clarifying edit: Vote by post.

Edit 2: Shitpost votes will be disregarded.

[Archer]

Calvina
Banpresto
G Gundam
Mazinger

[Nick Soapdish]

There is no way that this crowd would pick the guy.

Calvin Coolage
Tekkaman
Mazinger
lol Gundam Seed

[The Mysterious Gourmet]

Calvina/Coustwell
Mazinger Z
G Gundam
Tekkaman

Touya's definitely not going to be voted for.

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Calvina/Coustwell
Mazinger Z
G Gundam
Tekkaman

Touya's definitely not going to be voted for.

Coustwell

However, we're not picking any of these. Instead, the mech we pick will be


The Vorlent. Usually unlocked by having three playthroughs in a single file, I'm using cheats to unlock it cause haha fuck that

[Mentle]

Calvina

Mazinger Z
G Gundam
Banpresto

[Gam]

I have to vote apperantly. HAH.

Touya
Gundam SEED
Gundam SEED
Gundam SEED

[Leo E.]

Calvina

Full Metal Panic
Gundam Seed
Banpresto

[Aboithagameboi]

The girl
Gundam SEED
Gundam SEED
Gundam SEED

[Scept]

>Implying anyone would vote for the guy
G Gundam
Mazinga
Voltes

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Votes end in 35 minutes.

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With Calvina being a clear winner out of the protags, let's tally up the votes for the favorites!

Banpresto Originals - 4
Mazinger Z - 6
Zeorymer - 1
G Gundam - 4
Tekkaman Blade - 2
Gundam SEED - 2
Full Metal Panic - 1
Voltes V - 1

There we have it. Just a little longer and the first stage will be here.

[Nick Soapdish]

Hey but we have 8 votes for Gundam SEED!

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: Should, by chance, my efforts be in vain...

: Do you believe you can change him?

: ......

: The Converted lies beyond the reach of your pleas. I spoke with him. Reasoned with him. It is almost certain he will not return...

: Everything's moving into place. We cannot stop what's already begun at this point. That is why I must ask for your permission. If he refuses to come back, milady, should I...

: You mean to ask if I want the Converted killed in that case, correct? Would you follow orders to kill someone so respected?

: I am a Knight. I will carry out my duties, as is expected of me. Many of our brethren have vanished into oblivion, but we must move forward, at the expense of our lives if necessary, for the cause and well-being of our people. That is our mission, as you already understand so well, milady.

: Indeed... I am all too familiar with your code. Within my veins flow the hopes of my parents who granted me this flesh, and the convictions of my brethren.

: ......

: Even if we were to reclaim that which we have lost, we would remain divided. What kind of destiny awaits us, I wonder?

: ...A curious question indeed.

I jolt awake from my nightmare. A glance at my surroundings reminds me of my hospitalization.

That same dream again. And with it, the same caustic, horrifying emotions.

It's not a nightmare, though. No. For me, it is reality.

It's been a full month since, but I still dream of that fateful day. It serves as a reminder that I'll never see him again.

I was taking part in live-fire testing for Ash'ari-Kreutzer Corp.'s weapons development division.

A secret domed installation on the Moon housed us. At least, until Jovian Lizards pinpointed our location.

In an instant, the dome was attacked and completely obliterated.

The staff, the trainees, the equipment, the data, the unit... all wiped out. Except for me.

He was a co-worker of mine. Army liaison, he said. He asked me to leave the army. I obliged.

I knew then. We were always going to be together.

That was until I woke up in this cold hospital bed. That was until they told me I was the sole survivor.

Grief-stricken, I try to remember the sound of his laughter. I envision his clear eyes, and lose myself within...

Pre-stage dialogue:

[Nick Soapdish]

I wouldn't call Ruri the first waifu. First loli waifu I'd agree with though.

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Stage 1:

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Post-stage:

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Say hello to the Intermission Menu. This is where you upgrade units, improve pilot stats, add parts, etc.


But we are doing this first.



Puzzle Robo is pretty much what it sounds like. A puzzle game inside SRW J. Every unit has set accuracy at 100% unless a spirit command is involved. It gets pretty convoluted, but it starts out easy enough.


For this one, you move Sayaka here...


And defend.


This lets Sayaka survive, thanks to the superior defense bonus of the mountain.


Victory!


Now let's go over pilot training. With every level a pilot gains, they get a bonus stat they can assign to any stat they wish.

You may see that Akito's name, and unit, is in red. This means that Akito is a forced deployment in the next stage.


I tend to give real type pilots a small boost in skill (ability) before dumping it in the highest stat of their priority (In Akito's case, melee, as his finisher is melee based)...


...While super type pilots get a boost in accuracy, before I do the attack stat pumping.


Transfer actually means Pilot Switching. This means that you can switch around pilots within their respective series (A lot of them are unit locked though)


First thing I do is assign Ruri as the main "captain" of the Nadesico.

Yurika has higher base stats, but Ruri has IFS, meaning once she gets going, her stats end up higher than Yurika's stats.

This is good because


let me tell you about the motherfucking Nadesico

This very battleship is one of the game breakers in this game, and you get it right off from the start.


It has 1-5 range post-movement missiles with plenty of ammo, along with its finisher, the Gravity Blast, which is EN based (40 for single target, 60 for MAP).

"Oh, isn't that a little expensive considering 280 EN?" Let me tell you why you are wrong.


See that

See that EN Regeneration S

That means it recovers 10% EN every turn. Which means at base it regains 28 EN every turn.

It also has Distortion Field, which means it can tank for days and still not run out of EN thanks to that EN regen.

The Nadesico is also a 5-man battleship, meaning it can throw out plenty of spirits to assist itself with.

Yurika's very first spirit is Daunt, a tremendously helpful spirit which lowers the enemy target's will by 10. Of course this is expensive now, but by the end of the game, bosses will barely have any will to fight us.




First things first, I give both the Nadesico and Combattler a notch in armor and energy, while the Blue Earth gets a single notch in armor. I would have gone for mobility, but with support defends in mind (and lack of funding) Armor was the better choice for me.

I should probably explain the upgrade system screen. The max upgrades a unit can have is 10 notches in each stat (HP, EN, Mobility and Armor). This, in effect, Increases HP, Armor and Mobility by 1.5 times, and doubles EN. Upgrading a unit costs money though, and we don't want to waste that too much.


You can also upgrade weapons, but they're a lot more expensive to upgrade than unit stats. I usually don't bother too much with it.


Parts are equippable items that can improve a unit statistically or support them when needed. All we have now is a Propellant Tank and a Cartridge, a full EN and Ammo heal respectively, but gone forever once used. I usually never bother too much with them.

And with that, I'd say we're done for now. Time for...

Pre-stage dialogue:

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