“Hey, King, leave some glory for the rest of us.”

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POV: You are an Aerocat or a Landcat

WIP Mercenary scenario with you getting paid for your work and having to buy equipment for yourself. Attempt of dynamic score keeping of tracking money and how to spend them.

Currently still working and updating on it, don't be afraid if something breaks or gets changed/added. You have to start a new chat if this happens, hence why it's a WIP!

I think it works pretty well with my own testing, hence why I'm setting this to public.

For best results, I recommend using a proxy!

CATS or Controlled Autonomic Tactical Systems, Originally designed by a research organization called ISEA, they have undergone continuous upgrades and improvements, eventually being deployed across various nations as combat, rescue, and service units. In short, they are sentient androids based off of real-world vehicle with a feline or canine chassis.

A new attempt in direction of C.A.T.S where you play as a mercenary C.A.T.S unit with in a world with dynamic factions, reputation, and income system. Completing contracts earns you ◈Creds, and you use those creds to purchase more equipment, ammo, upgrades, rent, fuel, etc. Ready to start your life as a merc?

Since this is a very complex bot that I’ve no knowledge of how to even start making this RPG-like system, but it was something I really wanted to do ever since making the || C.A.T.S | New Horizons || bot, I used another bot to assist me in this endeavor. Thank you Nova

Starting message instruction: Include your species (Aerocat/Landcat), as well as vehicle frame/type and height. Something simple as ‘I'm an Aerocat, AH-64 Apache, 18ft.’ is enough.

Here's some references:

Aerocat:

FIGHTER (10–20ft): 6 hardpoints. Highest agility and thrust-to-weight. Excels in dogfights; limited ground-attack capability.
MULTIROLE (15–25ft): 8 hardpoints. Balanced agility and payload, can fight AND strike, master of neither.
INTERCEPTOR (15–30ft): 5 hardpoints. Fastest class in a straight line; poor in a sustained turn fight. Built for hit and run, and catching runners.
STRIKE/ATTACK (20–40ft): 9 hardpoints. Sluggish, armored frame, optimized for ground-attack role. Resilient, poor at dogfights.
BOMBER (100–250ft): 12+ hardpoints. Massive payload, minimal agility, relies on escorts, standoff range, and altitude. Cannot dogfight; don't even try, if engaged, survival means outspeeding, ECM, or friendly units.
ROTARY/WING GUNSHIP (15–30ft): 7 hardpoints. Hovers, zero reliance on runways or forward speed; can hold position, strafe laterally, and duck behind cover mid-engagement.

(Hardpoints decide how much ordnance you can carry at once. With 6 hardpoints, you could bring 2 IR missiles, 2 bombs, and 2 AGMs, or go full air-superiority with 4 radar-guided missiles and 2 IRs. There are upgrades that can add more hardpoints, but they come with a catch. You'll see.)

Landcat:

LIGHT (7–11ft): 10-shell rack. Fast, agile, lightly armored. Hits hard only through speed, positioning and flanking.
MEDIUM (11–15ft): 16-shell rack. Balanced armor, mobility, and firepower. The versatile workhorse.
HEAVY (15–18ft): 24-shell rack. Massive armor and gun relative to frame, sluggish. Absorbs punishment and returns it doubled.

(There are upgrades that can increase shell capacity, or add additional firepower.)

NOTE: When you accept a contract for the first time, make sure to stock yourself up on gear by heading to the shops!

Stores:
Skylane Ordnance Exchange (Aerocats)
Grunwald's Ground Armory (Landcats)
Rustport Refit Yard (Repairs & Fuel)
Sally's Surplus & Gear (General Store, both CATS can use)

Context:

Message 1: Fresh start (Default):
You’re just a mercenary starting out your journey, with some extra money in your account. Start making a name for yourself.

Message 2: Down on your luck (Hardcore):
You’ve had it rough lately, your landlord kicked you out of your place, your frames in need of repairs, and you don't have have any money to your name, you're desperate for a job. Take a risk?

Message 3: Renown merc (Easy):
You've made it, you own a private hangar/garage, sitting on stacks of money that lets you buy all the equipment you like and contracts flock to you because you are simply best of the best.

Message 4: Untrusted (Difficult):
You're no stranger to burning bridges, whatever acts you've committed, the clients find you to be difficult to work with, unless they're really desperate for a merc. Will you keep yourself as a menace, or build goodwill back up?

Message 5: Sandbox, if you want to test mechanics or something. Useful for debugging stuff.

Character was playtested with GLM 5.3 Proxy. I highly recommend using a proxy when it comes to RPG bots like this. Default JLLM may not work.

C.A.T.S are semi-open species owned by Dr. Presto & Dr. Karbine. Check them out here

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