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Actually, it was seeing your picks and some of the other anime people that let me home in on my team. I was starting with the deadpan humour of Wes Janson as a pilot and building up from there, thinking about tossing in Master Roshi as a Martial artist and was having trouble thinking up a good recon man. Jim was always there for the mechanic, though I was trying to think of one with more demonstrated skill (I never thought of Dr. J, Otto, Howard or any of them, interestingly). Then I saw the Major, thought of Batou for recon, and it went from there.
I thought of Melfina as a pilot, but I’m not sure how well she’d do with any ship that isn’t the Outlaw Star. And though I have a demonstrated preference for Zechs, I had to go with Duo as the funniest of the Gundam Pilots. He also drives trucks and flies planes, so I figure he can handle most anything!
I kept trying to come up with a woman to put in who wouldn’t seem to just be in it for the boobs. I thought of Nancy from Read or Die (aka Mrs. Deep), but the fan-service was a bit much. Though Sean might have approved…