A. We've reached a point now where if you've been doing sub missions there's a good chance several of your female pilots will have developed feelings for someone else in your team.
Relationships are similiar or pretty much exactly the same as the original SRW passive friendship and lover bonuses except you need to work for them though that work needn't be difficult, sometimes they'll call upon personal sacrifice.
Relationships will provide a bonus to the characters they involve and are never negatives but are oneway buffs. Character A might think highly of Character B and gain the benefits of relationship but Character B might be indifferent to Character A and receive no benefits. In this example Character B is Character A's focus.
Mechanicswise characters benefit when they're within 2 squares of their relationship focus. A basic rank one relationship will earn that character a tempoary +5 morale for the duration they remain in range. This tempoary morale can exceed a character's limit.
A rank two relationship increases from +5 morale to +8 morale so there might be a morale curve to the ranks. We won't know until much later.
As we all know morale factors into pretty much every single equation performed in this game, from evasion values, accuracy percentage, damage mitigation and maximum damage calculation. Relationships boost EVERYTHING so it's a good idea to keep an eye out for them anywhere you can.
Q. "But S.E.R.I.K.A, how do I tell who's recieving what from a relationship?"
A. I just noticed the relationship's one-wayness during simulator tests and so haven't factored that in so let me just clear that up now.
Where I mention a relationship boost with a character and no one else is mentioned assume it's a one way boost with Anderson as the focus.
Where I mention a relationship boost with two character names and describe it as shared the characters become each other's focus.
Where I mention a relationship boost with two character names and say nothing more on the matter assume that the first character is benifitting and the second character is the focus.
Q. "Why not just use the term 'focus' in all relationship related posts from now on?"
A. Good idea voices inside my vast neural cybernetic cerebrum. It'll make things much more clearer. I'll update the other posts when I get around to scanning for horribly murdered english.
Q. "Any other gnarly benefits from relationships?"
A. The game will call upon a relationship check in certain situations. Sit back and keep an eye out. I'll mention it where I can.
Q. "Last question. What kind of 'relationships' are these? Love? Tell me it's love."
A. I hope so. As that would mean Emma's winning Anderson's affections easily whilst Jean and Natalie could be potential experimenting lesbians. Though they're probably more admiration based and burning hot flames of eternal friendship.
...nobody loves S.E.R.I.K.A
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