The gender question!

[Deadbridge]

I havent read any books about the mechwarrior world but Im very curious. Was over 70% of all pilots female :) Im not at all complaining about the nice looking chick and niether about the ugly one. Im just experiencing that it sometimes towards alot more female candidates.

Is this diffrent based on what house empire Im in?

This new plane I wnt to: one man and seven ladies.

[Jamie Wolf]

Not really much lore I'm aware of that calls out any gender split, just that both males and females serve in the armed forces and can be mechwarriors.

As for the game, it's just rng. Been a bit since I looked, but iirc there is a 45% chance for the game to roll a male pilot, 45% for a female and 10% for non-binary.

[wesnef]

RNG is RNG.

When I look for female pilots to hire, it feels like every planet is 4-5 guys, 0-1 girl. :)

[Bovril Brigadier]

Originally posted by Deadbridge:

I havent read any books about the mechwarrior world but Im very curious. Was over 70% of all pilots female :) Im not at all complaining about the nice looking chick and niether about the ugly one. Im just experiencing that it sometimes towards alot more female candidates.

Is this diffrent based on what house empire Im in?

This new plane I wnt to: one man and seven ladies.

Depends really on the House. Kurita is a bit of a sausage fest. Centrella are raging ♥♥♥♥♥. Davions could swing either way and you have no idea what you are dealing with.

[Valen]

Just say no to gender identity politics

[VipreRX]

"there is a 45% chance for the game to roll a male pilot, 45% for a female and 10% for non-binary"

Do believe that's correct. If you want to tweak it though Deadbridge there is a mod for that. Think I set my games at 59, 40, 1

[maerchen]

I honestly do not mind who is haemorrhaging my money as long as the person hits it target when it counts.

[wesnef]

Originally posted by maerchen:

I honestly do not mind who is haemorrhaging my money as long as the person hits it target when it counts.

I sometimes make themed groups. Like, the Holyhead Harpies merc company was all female. :D

But yeah, given that you can modify a lot of the random pilot details after hiring, it's not that big a deal. (I switch the voices on my randoms if there are any duplicates, so that every pilot sounds different, for instance.)

[JODEGAFUN]

As above it depends on house and time of course. Bevor Theodore Kuritas reformation female pilots are very rare in house Kuritas military. After that they were more common. But this was later and not in 3020 ties where this game plays. And of course Magistrat Canopus is a matriachy, so most of their military is female, at least all higher ranks.

[DasaKamov]

Originally posted by maerchen:

I honestly do not mind who is haemorrhaging my money as long as the person hits it target when it counts.

And I don't care who's hitting my targets as long as they're spending my money on wise weapon purchases and upgrades. :)

[Werecat101]

I must admit the constant trickle of people that worry about the genders of the pilots and having the non-binary people is less than sensible, people should have gotten the idea in the real world and in gaming that non binary people are allowed to exist and shouldn't be discriminated against.

[Bovril Brigadier]

Originally posted by Werecat101:

I must admit the constant trickle of people that worry about the genders of the pilots and having the non-binary people is less than sensible, people should have gotten the idea in the real world and in gaming that non binary people are allowed to exist and shouldn't be discriminated against.

Unless they're Liao.

[WillieSea]

They should also not be promoted just because they are male/female/binary.

It should not be about gender, it should be about skills as a mechwarrior. I don't care what the pilots believe, they can keep that to themselves. What I care about are my expensive mechs and how well you treat it on the battlefield.

[Boltergeist]

Lets do it reasonably like our glorious master has told us to follow blakes command

We scoop out the brains and put them in jars to pilot the mechs

[maerchen]

Originally posted by Boltergeist:

Lets do it reasonably like our glorious master has told us to follow blakes command

We scoop out the brains and put them in jars to pilot the mechs

oO

OK...

[Bovril Brigadier]

Originally posted by Boltergeist:

Lets do it reasonably like our glorious master has told us to follow blakes command

We scoop out the brains and put them in jars to pilot the mechs

A glorious fate for all Greek and Latin Teachers!