Just looking at the needs of a military if Mechs are a major threat out there, I'd want a missile system that I can give to a squad or strap to a pickup truck that could reliably kill one.A tier 4 weapon can be carried by infantry, it's just heavy/awkward/requires special consideration. A tier 5 weapon should be nearly prohibitively heavy and awkward but still possible. Tier 6+ I don't think should be possible by a single person. However, a T6 could probably be broken down and carried/used by two people. (Think sniper/spotter or heavy machine gun type thing)
Letting individuals outside of power armor use lightweight rapid-fire Tier 4+ weapons would drastically lessen the survivability of power armor within the setting - and I feel fairly confident when I say that such a thing would severely conflict with a core element of Star Army.
The SR2B is mounted, on a starfighter as a main gun, on a CIWS as a point defense gun, on a tripod as a similar role to Ma Duce, on a turret mount on a mobile gun truck or as a turret gun for a CROWS or other weapons system, and is a tier 6, firing T4 rounds at the same ROF and stable shot grouping as the SR2A to achieve the same 2 tier jump.while the 2B model of the second Storm RIfle version is mounted and, to the best of my knowledge
Just looking at the needs of a military if Mechs are a major threat out there, I'd want a missile system that I can give to a squad or strap to a pickup truck that could reliably kill one.
The training curve/price for giving Yusuke from the block an NLAW and a jeep is way lower than training a soldier in full power armor. And they'll do the killing pretty quickly and simplyYes, but at that point it's a team effort/a light truck not a single individual. In the setting, it's easier to just give people powered armor.
Fair enough, and I was going to reword that part you quoted once I got back to my dorm - as while walking back to said dorm I realized that it sounds rather⦠overconfident or arrogant.With the Homecoming thread, Shadow has proven that power armor, has its uses, but is not nearly as survivable as one may think, resulting in the deaths of sixteen player characters.
The training curve/price for giving Yusuke from the block an NLAW and a jeep is way lower than training a soldier in full power armor. And they'll do the killing pretty quickly and simply
The one critical thing to note about the Storm Rifle, and why I did restrict it to PA troops in the NDC, is that it breaks the conventions that other personnel-useable anti-PA or higher weapons abide by. It's not single-shot, it's not slow firing, and despite those two things it's not hard to move/crew served so there's no balancing factor. You pull the trigger as fast as you please and the gun fires off a burst every trigger pull.Also, the Storm Rifle is kind of exactly that. It's designed for the normal person to be able to pick up a power armor trooper or infantryman's gun and fight off an advancing power armor equipped force. Or, more professionally, a fireteam of basic, non PA infantry to survive and be able to defeat reliably, an encroaching PA squad or megafauna threat.
I actually disagree with this, they're different pieces of equipment with different upsides and downsides. PA's main benefit is that you can bring a tougher combatant anywhere that a normal infantryman can go, with weapons that a normal infantryman can't use for various reasons. A fighter or mecha's main benefit is chiefly in the concentration of firepower and its application on a per-soldier basis.And Mecha/Fighters are awesome, but still kinda a step down from Powered Armor in a lot of ways.
I understand this. It is noted in the article that it was originally designed to run off the power system of a Revenant, but when made wireless by using the nuclear battery pack, the idea changed to an infantry usable heavy or superheavy assault rifle. While it is still infantry usable, it's typically used by PA because it uses a 4lb magazine and only holds 80 shots. (Assuming you don't flip the damn thing to full auto and chainfire the whole mag in less than thirty seconds.) I imagine the main limiter is ammo weight, where a full combat load of even six mags is going to be gruelling for a standard infantryman.Plainly and simply, it's a power armor rifle that infantrymen can use, and that's a break from site convention, so I've tried to avoid causing problems by avoiding the situation of having to say "My non-PA infantry get to use PA rifles." That's why non-PA NDC infantry use the Sickle (aside from the fact that Whisper made us great art for it)
That's why non-PA NDC infantry use the Sickle (aside from the fact that Whisper made us great art for it)
I idea of someone picking up a light enough PA Rifle and firing it prone or supported somehow while trying to not hurt themselves doesn't bother me. It's the idea of someone that isn't heavily strength augment/skeletal reinforced or an ID-SOL going around using heavy Tier 4 weaponry like an M4 in a CoD match...I understand this. It is noted in the article that it was originally designed to run off the power system of a Revenant, but when made wireless by using the nuclear battery pack, the idea changed to an infantry usable heavy or superheavy assault rifle. While it is still infantry usable, it's typically used by PA because it uses a 4lb magazine and only holds 80 shots. (Assuming you don't flip the damn thing to full auto and chainfire the whole mag in less than thirty seconds.) I imagine the main limiter is ammo weight, where a full combat load of even six mags is going to be gruelling for a standard infantryman.
The fact that it's still useable by standard infantry is simply to allow someone to pick up a downed power armor trooper's weapon and provide the same heavy fire support.
Whisper also made the art for the SR2
Why I mentioned it. They are literally the only people (with maybe one other exception) that isn't an Eihei Neko that could pull acting like a faux Power Armor.I don't think an ID-SOL is Tier 0, so it's a bit diff.
But will they, though? What could you do to piss off a 300 year old man so much he picks up a weapon?The Senti Tricentarians also might be able to pull off being faux-power armor.
Only if he's a retired Sgt Major.Be on his lawn.
I mean outside of ID-SOL and neko's, androids and super soldiers would also be able to.I idea of someone picking up a light enough PA Rifle and firing it prone or supported somehow while trying to not hurt themselves doesn't bother me. It's the idea of someone that isn't heavily strength augment/skeletal reinforced or an ID-SOL going around using heavy Tier 4 weaponry like an M4 in a CoD match...
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