Critical Strikes calculate the total damage, then double for the final amount.
Talking is a free action, but monologues are not.
battloid/destroid: A non-transformable mecha developed from Earths limited understanding protoculture and Robotechnology. The Destroid are giant, 45 to 80 feet tall, robot suits, and vital to the Robotech Defense Force. The Battloid (smaller cousins of the Destroid) are usually 27 feet tall and are used mainly by the Armies of the Southern Cross.