yogurt’s random ideas

nothing more to it i just post the ideas i randomly have for like five minutes, do with them what you will

[koboldfactory]

Oops. I kinda forgot tumblr existed ngl. I’ve been very overwhelmed and stressed lately. I’ll get back to uploading my art here soon. I just have a lot of stuff to do atm.

[yogurtbluesideas]

possible idea for you all to use: scifi ship fleet that develop their own internal culture

maybe they’re not able to communicate well with the planetary internets while in transit, so most fleets are self sufficient for most issues and problems that might occur. As a result these fleets get REALLY BIG over time. So what do you get with self sufficient communities and little outside communication, new galactic society.

Differences could go from slight language slang to an entirely independent ship structure for each fleet, with some shipyards specializing in these making custom crafts for all the fleets in the sector, with these shipyard worlds building off of the fleet culture in different ways, maybe it’s how the system gains power, if all the fleets moving things around come to them specifically they make themselves pretty important to the galactic economy even if that’s all they do.

i’d say the shipyard-fleet dynamic has each custom ship being paid in trade goods rather than money, for obvious reasons this would be easier and more efficient for everyone involved but i could be wrong.

if you have any ideas on this feel free to share them here or something.

[yogurtbluesideas]

a mech pilot team that is never seen apart, like there’s 30 of them and no one else on the ship have ever seen them apart from eachother. They walk into the hanger in formation, go to get food in formation, literally everything is don’t in a set lineup and grouping. This was seen as a boon for the fleet hiring them though because they cost far less than 30 individual pilots combined so the others just have to deal with the hivemind defense force.

[dragonessmiralis]

Best Mecha control scheme?

Fighter Jet Joystick(s)

Goop Tank

MoCap Suit

Direct Neural Interface

Partial Neural Interface (BattleTech / G-Witch)

Inverted Porcupine of Manifold Devices

Pretentious Buttons (pipe organ controls)

Miscellaneous Esoteric Schenanagins

Guitar Hero Controller

Being Built Directly Into the Machine

Steering Wheel

Don’t Worry About It™

Voting ended onMay 20, 2025

[yogurtbluesideas]

i’d say it really depends on what what the mech is built for, long range and melee would probably have different consoles and controls

[yogurtbluesideas]

i think the concept of one of those “hound trained pilots” getting lost in paperwork and put with a yes man lieutenant instead of an actual handler could be interesting, like they both follow orders with enthusiasm but it’s very different overall, like if you put a camp councilor coded person with a feral cryptid.

“hey assistant do this”

*hound does the thing instantly*

“wonderful our boss will be SO proud of us”

like you know you could have these two bumbling about with their boss who’s also just as goofy, like they are really just what the corporation could scrap together for some tax stuff, mostly giving them the most boring jobs in the industry that “matter”, they are guarding their post with a whole lot of fervor for a group of people sent to guard the company’s food supply chain. The safest vegetables in the galaxy right there

[yogurtbluesideas]

This is going to sound odd but i fell down the horse race test rabbit hole and without much outside interference i came to the understanding that jovial merryment became some mix between racer x from speed racer and godot from ace attorney if that makes sense? i dunno he seems very “masked champion who hides their fucked up face due to shame and self loathing due to his own failure” coded

very this but in orange

[yogurtbluesideas]

i think art mechs need to be more of a thing, i’m putting the art mechs in the group worldbuilding project now because free will is non-fictional and the idea of a mech being made for no other reason then some fuck wanted a cool walking aid and had the money is good enough for me.

[blazing-butterfly-inactive]

Alright mechposters, what've you got for civilian mecha? I'm talking mecha in construction, agriculture, transportation, wilderness navigation, mining & salvage, emergency services, disaster response, etc. What exactly are they used for, what's it like to pilot one, how is it different from a combat mech?

If you want a more substantial prompt: a former combat pilot adjusting to a new job as a civilian pilot.

[yogurtbluesideas]

i’m thinking a drone based mech used for surveying large mountain terrain, with the mech part being a stylistic thing as well as a way to get the antenna higher when needed, using taking the form of a wand or staff type deal

we got the mechs that work more like those submarine/jet skis people use at the beach for fun, with large water jets on their arms and legs and an airtight tank the is only used for underwater stunts

the “this is a work of art” mech where it has drones in the shape of floating stained glass and crystal, it has a “gun” but i’m not counting the flair as a weapon, mostly for formal events and parties

i got the one that it’s just a bunch of winches so it can make those human canopy webs faster, with a lot of different types of rope going in all directions at once

we got the other art mech that emits colored fog and bright lights, far less expensive and more durable, but still mostly the upper class or professional performers use it

we got the “this is just an exosuit that gives hugs,” it is very cheap but also highly modular and is a common folk favorite, lots of small businesses having a cast of these guys as mascots

i have more so if you want anymore information about them ask, i’m using a lot of them for another project that has the mechs start out as alien civilian implements due to living underground coupled with another species going all in on cybernetics, i have a few more aliens specific designs but im still figuring them out myself

[blazing-butterfly-inactive]

I'm glad people like my mechposting, but it takes so much self-control for me to not just shrink the mecha smaller and smaller until they're reduced to human-sized power armors and combat cyborgs because I just like those even more

[syntheta-ac]

Do it! Seriously, go for it! I love the hell out of the 10m+ class, I always will, but I think we'd all deeply enjoy ficlets in your style about (just as a silly example) whatever the hell Master Chief has going on with his Spartan Armor. Does he take it off to sleep? If so, does he kiss it goodnight on the visor? If so, does it kiss him back? If so, does it feel like he's kissing a part of himself? If so, does-

[yogurtbluesideas]

nah fuck it, do it anyway, it’s what i’ve been leaning towards recently

[yogurtbluesideas]

yall ever ship of theseus an au so much it just becomes its own thing? feels both powerful and strange

[lordsalissoon]

I do this all the time. Soometimes with @inky-beasts or @elementrysweet. Sometimes alone

I have so many ship of theseus stories I can't even count anymore!

[yogurtbluesideas]

it’s over for people like us

[captain-303-deactivated20250911]

"In my restless dreams I see that Scinfaxi-class submarine, The Alicorn"

- Captain Matias Torres while looking for his exploded submarine

My friend drew James Sunderland from Silent Hill 2 as Captain Matias Torres from Ace Combat 7 for me! :D

Go follow her on Twitter or Torres will nuke your homeland

[syntheta-ac]

Fires of Raven au where Walter bucks up and hops in an AC much earlier. Snail is aiming the stun needle at 621 post-CEL and Walter just appears behind him like a fucking Stand.

Tag-teaming the ever-loving fuck out of Freud (probably causing him to make a mess in his cockpit in the process) and then Walter having to take a knee and just watch while you have your epic 1v1 with your buddy.

Ayre doesn't even sympathize with you this time around. She didn't just watch you lose one of your only anchors to reality, so all she has for you is wounded spite. You really are just an animal. All you know how to do is follow orders. I was deluding myself to think you were looking into the future alongside me.

She kills him in the half-health cutscene. "One last job, 621. For my fallen friends. For me-" A blade of pure Coral energy emerges from the front of his core. Ayre rends it upward and kicks the Armored Coffin forward, splattering the white raven Walter had painted on Loader 4's chassis with his blood.

[yogurtbluesideas]

which possible exosuit/mech flight system sounds more aesthetically pleasing, i’m gaming out both for something i’m doing and am intrigued by both concepts

which mech flight system is more vibes?

paramotor

hot air balloon system

Voting ended onMar 10, 2025

the paramotor flight system: originally used on earth has since become a way for sapients without flight capabilities to be able to fly with others for a number of purposes, with most of the mech stuff being in the legs and main body in the event of a crash, though more expensive models do have full coverage.

the hot air balloon system was adopted by the world of delkarn, usually used by their towns as a show of artistic skill, with intricate designs showing what town they represent, they normally do this to show off and advertise local products to others towns, often grouping together to better snag people’s attention in the sky

also if you have your own let me know so i can steal them for later

[yogurtbluesideas]

boss fight that has two targets, a great and magically capable dragon and a high tech sci-fi submarine, where you fight both on an oil rig or something.

The dragon is huge and specializes in summoning and lightning magic, only coming down to swipe you after you defeat their familiars.

The submarine is also big and fires missiles and drones to try to kill you as well, with it only rising to shoot you with a railgun.

they WERE supposed to fight eachother but you know, you killed all their friends so you’ve become top priority. so congratulations

[yogurtbluesideas]

yall ever ship of theseus an au so much it just becomes its own thing? feels both powerful and strange

[bornetoblood]

The fact all the Vespers ALSO have like... corpo admin jobs is endlessly funny to me. You think they work in an office? Sit at little cubicals and do their accounting or their logistics or their PR. And then every so often one of them gets sent out in their war machine to step on some unnarmed civilians. This feels like a sitcom set up to me.

[bornetoblood]

The fact we don't find out exactly what each squad is responsible for either.. thats very fun.. asigning them desk jobs based on vibe. Think V.VI is propaganda... V.VIII is comms...

[syntheta-ac]

I know in my heart that Rusty would have an actually useful job and be good at it too. It might even be propaganda actually, since he gives us the mission to "go make a bunch of cash and inspire other mercs to work for us" but... I so badly want him to just be the office prettyboy. Listen to him! He's pretty and maybe he plays a little bit of a ditz anyway to throw suspicion... if only.

[yogurtbluesideas]

rusty is the regional manager at the department store/manufacturing part of arquebus, it’s easier to recruit people when you have direct access to everyone below the important people, he’s always down there because snail and swinburne can’t be fucked to have a conversation with the lessers

[morgantheblue]

Some Mechposting Dynamics that Aren't "Sub Pilot/Dom Handler..."

Half-Feral Domme Pilot/Submissive Mech Repair Crewmember

Bed breaking hate-sex between rival pilots.

Psychosexual Relationship between a Pilot and their Mech's AI

Tender mutual unspoken understanding between Handlers and Pilots, both being the only people to truly know what the other is going through.

Dom Pilot/Sub Handler "You sent me into an ambush, I'm gonna fucking break you." (Bonus points for Bratty Handler)

Sub Pilot/Dom Implant Surgeon.

Feel free to add your own!

(And to be clear, nothing wrong with Sub Pilot/Dom Handler stuff, just thinking about other dymanics I'd find fun to write.)

[syntheta-ac]

On it