Japan to launch military space force

[Askold]

I think that this is a good idea, space junk is a serious problem for satellites and future plans for orbital activity.

...But if they start recruiting teenagers with attitude to pilot their mechs it is time to get worried.

Proper mech pilots aren't recruited, they just fall into the cockpit or happen to be the sole person around when the base with the super prototype is attacked.

Proper mech pilots are vat grown from the bloodlines of the mightiest heroes of their clan.

...Or they are angsty teenagers who happened to be born at the right time.

[niam2023]

Kira Yamato: Or they just learn some catchy Ubermenschian phrases, have a charismatic singer girlfriend, and the blessings of eight layers of plot armor!

[ironbite]

Oh god Seed.  Just...no.  BAD NIAM!  BAD BAD BAD!

[niam2023]

Or, alternatively, Pilots Who Espouse Modern Politics / Gundam Unicorn!

Banagher Links: Responsible Progressivism!

Full Frontal: Reverse Racism Back on to the Racist Oldtypes!

Martha Vist: There is no status quo not worth conserving nonsensically!

[starseeker]

Oh god Seed.  Just...no.  BAD NIAM!  BAD BAD BAD!

Still better than Destiny.

[ironbite]

SEED LED TO DESTINY!

[Canadian Mojo]

Maybe they can raise the Yamato and refit/rebuild her for space operations. Her existing armament should be adequate to deal with most orbital debris but they should probably augment it with a monstrously large fixed position beam weapon in the bow just in case.

[lord gibbon]

Every single one of you is forgetting that the best way to train a mech pilot is to give them a drill and shout dramatic speeches.

(btw, am I the only one here who liked SEED?)

[Svata]

Every single one of you is forgetting that the best way to train a mech pilot is to give them a drill and shout dramatic speeches.

(btw, am I the only one here who liked SEED?)

But to that you'd have to make an underground colony, and have it sustain itself for long enough they forget there IS a surface.

[Iczerfour]

i wonder when the Zentradi will appear?

[Art Vandelay]

And for all their hyper-advanced tech, it's unlikely Japan will ever be able to protect their schoolgirls from the omnipresent threat of an amorous kraken or house plant.

[Ironchew]

Every single one of you is forgetting that the best way to train a mech pilot is to give them a drill and shout dramatic speeches.

I thought the best way to make a mech pilot was to utterly break them psychologically and turn them into a misanthropic wreck.

We must be thinking of different giant robot shows...

[RavynousHunter]

i wonder when the Zentradi will appear?

I wonder when the Zeravire will start wreaking havoc.

[ironbite]

I wonder when we get scantily clad giant women falling in love with our micro selves.

[Stormwarden]

So long as we don't end up having Space Elves trying to conquer us with threats of blowing out our atmosphere...