Derran Tyler
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Sakura plotship said:Meanwhile, the headless Mindy armor crawled along the outer hull of the Star Seeker until it could see the shape of the Sakura through its skin. Leaping off into space, it started to head back to the Sakura as lightning speed, heading for the armor bay. As it did, the light from the bay made a tiny twinkle that Kamiko could see out of the corner of her eye.
When Kotori detected the telltale signature of a CFS coming back online under the belly of the ship, she raised her aether rifle and fired shots between it and the ship, hoping to get it's attention as she and her nodes raced to intercept.
As the seemingly possessed power armor came silently screaming towards the armor bay to mow down the survivors, its grim appearance became more clear; it was tattered, bleeding, full of more holes than a slice of Italian bread. Lacking its rifle, it appeared to be trying to ram itself into the crowd around Hanako. It didn't have far to go. Luckily, Kotori's shots delayed it, sending the wrecked armor into to a spiraling defensive pattern.
Kotori said:Um, I have to agree with Doshii here. The Longinus doesn't match the range of the Mindy's aether rifle, but it's firing rate is insane in comparison. Also, SA and SMX mecha weapons rarely desroy a mecha in one hit. It can be done, but typically, a Mindy's armor can take quite the beating.
I thought the Phalanx already had a rather overpowered weapon with it's projected plasma having an 'indefenite' range in space. This is, balance-wise, pushing it.
I'll agree with Derran's last note. It's overpowered and doesn't really has it's place here. Not to mention it was sort of irrelevant with the subject it sprang out of : Skhaal's variable-size power armor. Frankly, since we're trying to tone things down a bit in the SARP, I don't think it has it's place.
Derran Tyler said:But wait - I don't think you're willing to go that far, are you? That's right, I thought so.
*eewwitt*
As far as the weapon goes, it tackles the greatest problem with the PHALANX: a lack of firepower to rival that of the Mindy. This actually tackles a gameplay issue, where the slightly larger characters have to use the PHALANX, and yet currently are underpowered given that they do not have the aether rifle.
Note: The extreme power of this weapon makes it unsuitable for some tactical situations (the rifle can melt or set fire to nearby objects when active), and it is not uncommon for the GM-05 to be replaced with another weapon on a per-mission basis. Since the armor has two mounting slots, sometimes the GM-05 is paired with a GM-06 Accelerated Plasma Rifle.
What does it look like when it fires?