LANCER Lore: GMS | Space Walmart

Hi hello, let's chat about the space Walmart of the megacorps. The one brand you'll see on the oldest core worlds, farthest diasporan dirtballs, to even the trade baronies. General Massive Systems or GMS for short. You now the full phrase of jack of all trades? Jack of all trades master of none. Better than master of one. GMS portrays that in spades. To the largest, oldest, and most affordable megacorp.

Of our Chassis Line Up we have:
Everest - [Entry Missing]

CHAPTERS
00:00 - INTRO
00:10 - GMS?
01:50 - GMS AND UNION
03:12 - GALACTIC STANDARD
04:09 - FIRST MECH
04:53 - EVEREST
06:18 - GMS EQUIPMENT
09:47 - WHY PICK GMS?

There are some other generalist GMS frames that will be brought up in their respective supplements.

From Cradle to the stars, GMS: assured quality, universal licensing, total coverage.

[brianhykes]

One thing to note:

Saying "GMS sets the standard" isn't just a saying based upon ubiquity, it's the honest truth. GMS standards are the reason why Lancer mech chassis are as customizable as they are in game. All the other Corpo States and even Horus have to work within those standards if they want their designs to be even halfway accepted. Think of it like Apple being forced to adopt the USB standard for charging cables thanks to EU rules.

[Skipper]

Singlehandedly making me want to dive headfirst into LANCER man, please keep up the amazing work

[popelite]

"You can use any picture and still be canonical"

Armiger and Crisis suit: "allow us to introduce ourselves"

[Landmassorussia]

GMS is basically the human fighter of the corps. Maybe a little bland, but undoubtedly super effective when it's needed

[TashdacatGaming]

I adore that the developers put the time in to make the Everest such a utilitarian thing that it's statline and endless customisability means you can 100% take an Everest as your main mech well into the mid to late game. I makes it feel like every other mech isn't a direct upgrade, but more a sidegrade into the specialisation you want. It takes so much time and effort to do that and it was well worth it

[ThePhantom]

Good ol GMS, anything more is premium, anything less is unacceptable! Honestly with how deeply intertwined GMS and Union government are, it can be hard to tell where the government ends and the company begins. Some people will even argue they're one and the same, with GMS effectively being a Union-run megacorp.

[go]

I think the most interesting part for me about gms is in the core rule book where you get to the part about the corpo states and how they could work in your campaign, as friends or enemies and gms just… isn’t there. Like it’s so massive and everywhere that you can’t fight it, cause really what could one lancer group possibly do to even put a dent in general massive? Like taking a cup out of an ocean kinda deal.

[bartendingcrow]

Smiled so hard at that 11dragonkid feature...

[kat_stark]

I've played Everest through to LL12 and it remains absolutely incredible at all tiers of play. Solid statline, good mounts, gives you an edge in the action economy, and its core power is one of the best in the game. The fact that you have access to the Everest (and its siblings, the Sagarmatha and the Chomolungma) right out of the gate is such a brilliant design decision.

[gozillabk]

Technically there is one art for the Everest where is looks like a GM from Gundam, but since the Everest has so many local variations that have the same stats it could look almost like anything. If you are wondering what art I'm talking about look at Solstice Rain on about page three.

[BoisegangGaming]

GMS, when the "galactic standard and absolute minimum people will accept" is, in fact, so good that it still gives specialized equipment a run for its money.

[ursoanonimo]

For Lancers, GMS is the corporation that wants to give you as many guns as possible.

[ApothecaryCrow]

Made me want to run a lancer campaign, thanks dude!

Edit: IT'S

[rudinipl]

If you'd ever get bored of TitanFall footage... Phantom Brigade exists and is cool. You can sorta customize you mechs to fit an estetic, but it requaiers a lot of work.

[svenabel]

The Everest honestly has a lot of in common with DnD 5e's Fighter. Tons of weapons, pretty good at combat while not realy being that flashy, baby's first class, and Action Surge

[seerai-]

Basically, Everests are just Armored Cores with the amount of modularity they have… neat!

[KOkami]

Just to note, there has been official art of Everest (for the Union's look for one) released in the supplement, Solstice Rain. It looks like most generic Infantry Mobile Suits from Gundam.

Also, there have been two variants of the Everest released in supplements:
Sagarmantha, the older bulkier, tankier, and slower version of the Everest.
Chomolungma, which is more geared towards Hacking.
All of which are named after Mt. Everest's name in other languages.

[beetee]

"How many Goblins fit in a Minotaur?" "Fellas is it weird to smooch an NHP?"

[lividcanadian]

you are making me want to rope all of my uninitiated friends to try lancer for the first time

[theghostinthemachine]

I feel like such a glorious dork that I was able to identify the universe -and often exact cutscene- all those cut aways were from. Though the spheroids + ARGO Dropships made those ones easy for the BATTLETECH game.