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- From: tfpayn01@ulkyvx.louisville.edu
- Subject: Re: Realism vs. Mechs
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- Message-ID: <1992Dec24.082441.1@ulkyvx.louisville.edu>
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 12:24:41 GMT
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- References: <1992Dec20.173113.1343@samba.oit.unc.edu> <1992Dec23.001954.9921@u.washington.edu> <1h9carINNot5@darkstar.UCSC.EDU>
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- In article <1h9carINNot5@darkstar.UCSC.EDU>, saruman@cats.ucsc.edu (Nicholas Patrick Popoff) writes:
- >
- >>In article <1992Dec20.173113.1343@samba.oit.unc.edu> Jesse.Taylor@launchpad.unc.edu (Jesse Taylor) writes:
- >>>
- [..]
- >>>would give the pilots every bit as good a reaction as the 'warriors.
- >>>
- >
- > Hmm...I have a question that has little to do with this topic,
- > but came from Jesse's question above, and here it is: If the IS can
- > build 100-ton stomping battle machines, why the hell cant they just
- > make some missiles that actualy beat 20th century tech, that will actualy
- [..]
- > hover technology, that would be gone. Tanks would have much better armor
- > and payload capabilities, with no weak spots like the dozens of joints
- > and such things that come with a human shape.
- > I realize that nitpicking realism isnt a bit important in most
- > games, but I was just wondering if there was a logical reason behind
- > btech rules and robots and such, besides the fact that auto-aiming weapons
- > would be booring as hell.....8-)
- >
- > -nick
- >
- > AKA Major Tick, C.O. 2nd Royal Guards, House Steiner
- >
- >
- Well, Major, sir, you might wanna reference some of the background
- histories of your region of innerspace!
-
- We have the technology to build new 'mechs, and even some research
- being done (NAIS, etc.), but we haven't been able to match the "lock-on"
- ability of some of our clan counterparts. Though we can build some 'mechs,
- even going as far as producing new variants, this is accomplished by modifying
- 300-year-old molds and production facilities. Yes the targeting computers we
- use can't seem to maintain the necessary locking procdures to stop a 45-50mph
- 'mech! Oh, for the old days when our 'mechs could hit whatever we looked at!
-
- NAIS researchers have discovered that the Clans (especially Wolf)
- utilitze a "neural port" on their pilot's heads. It is a receptacle implanted
- on the skull, which, when attached to a computer link, will give the pilot the
- same input/output as our bulky neurohelmets. And MUCH faster and more
- responsive, as the link is direct. Unfortunately, most Clan pilots who are
- either captured or killed will not disclose the secret of these implants, so we
- are left in the dark.
-
- Lt. Sable Reaver, Nightmare Prowler Regiment, New Avalon.
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