If you remember, a Tachikoma is quite fragile, very agile and very mobile. It's purpose is reconnaissance and special operations. Barely a tank at all.Like a tachikoma
It is designed to follow PCs around to provide fire support against enemy armor.
It needs an AI because it is not piloted or externally controlled. I'm annoyed you're asking a question with such an obvious answer.Why does this actually need an AI?
As stated on the stats page, the armor is designed to work with a team of armored infantry. The TASHA is not designed to be cute; it is designed to do its job well.Does it assist normal armor or work in a group or is this rule-of-cool-I-liked-tachikoma-and-want-that-cuteness-on-my-plotship?
Cargo capacity is about 1.5m by 1m and 0.5m tall.Elaborate on the cargo capacity.
No it isn't.DR9 is excessive. DR10 is ridiculous.
The armor varies by location. The top/forward area is the most heavily armored.Pick a damn number - too vague.
Its armor is already listed on the page.What on earth grants it the right to survive this kind of strike? What technology other than fancyanium plating that can be struck to shatter the interior systems or even blown off entirely?
The mini-arms are built into the "forearms" of the regular arms and only emerge when Tasha is doing delicate work. The armor has two main "arms," both with cutting torches.Four mini-arms is excessive. Two frontal claws, two human hands and a multi-function arm and a cutting-tool arm seem sufficient.
The purpose of this unit is stated in the stats. The unit has basically no history at this point.What is the history or purpose of this unit?
This is not a standard armor.Why are you not even following the basic armor template you yourself established?
The Tasha is not fragile; it is not built for recon or special ops, but for everyday fire support. It is armor in the modern sense of the word (like Abrams tanks).If you remember, a Tachikoma is quite fragile, very agile and very mobile. It's purpose is reconnaissance and special operations. Barely a tank at all.
But this is already what it is - a main tank for use in environments including urban.What you really want to do with this is turn it into some kind of Main-Battle-Tank. It's ideal for urban combat
While that may be true, the TASHA lacks a way to get to an enemy starship (no space STL/FTL) and would be too large to enter a hole it cut or to fit in starship corridors. A smaller unit with an engine section would work much better. Boarding is a different job for a different armor.even give a starship hassle in a zero-G environment because it can latch onto a hull and refuse to let go because of it's arms: like a tick -- and cut.
The TASHA already has such claws on its front two legs.Why not set zesuaium/yamatium tipped claws onto the feet that can unfurl and grip into surfaces to stabilize it when firing it's big gun (regardless of the surface - even a starship's hull or concrete)?
This doesn't really relate to the TASHA so I'm not going to comment on it.When you're saying "this thing is a bitch for armor pilots to kill" go by what other nations use: The Mindy is not a standard armor and therefor not an ideal bench-mark.
Mindy is special-issue equipment when it has zesuaium armor. Otherwise, it is a fairly normal but highly agile (if not slightly plain) powered armor.
The DR rating is appropriate for the toughness and materials used.A lot needs addressing. Keep at it but you need to bring something fresh and SARP relevant to the table without just using your Yamatai-Fu to make it psudo-invincible by giving it an inappropriate DR rating.
The armor isn't slow, though. Tasha is agile enough to kick, stomp, fling, or grapple any PA that gets too close. Multiple hits is the rule with this tank.It should be slow but immune to melee weapons and strike with immunity: getting up after being knocked down and refusing to die in a single hit.
I went with a common reference, going for familiarity over accuracy.Also, it's a lot closer to that big badass tank that chewed out the Tachikomas, tbh.
This is the core reason for me creating this. Armor and infantry work best in when supported by one another. The old BW-6 tank was not ideal for the power armor battlefield; the TASHA is here to fill the gap.The fact it's disposable also makes this ideal because it WILL be used if people know losing it doesn't cost them a character and it creates the proper look of a group: Soldiers working alongside a tank that supports them, carries their food and heavy weapons. A sort of symbiosis.
At this time, I think one version is sufficient, but would consider a much smaller spinoff for boarding. As for being a packhorse, the packhorse of the Star Army is the STV; the TASHA's cargo capacity is not very large.Final thoughts:
...Then again: Why not make three varients? Mass-produced, defense (badass quasi-invincible scary "oh shit! RUN AWAY!" thing) and packhorse for Mindy armors?
The entry is concise and to the point.Your entry is vague and confusing to read.
What options? The only options are thermoptic camo (decided by captain/GM) and missile pods.Everyone will pick every option they can and have the best unit possible at all times because almost nobody ever wants to lose a unit (automated or not) because it's expensive and looks bad.
Already both.Make it mortal but make it smart.
The TASHA's mission isn't related to what armor material a Mindy is using (and the Tasha will likely work with Daisy or Daisy type armors anyway.Sorry to double-post but why do you need this when players all clamor for the zesuaium coated Mindy?
Call me ill-informed or perhaps even lazy but surely there's a lightly armored "for everyone including non-neko" Mindy, to give this thing cause?
The armor varies by location. The top/forward area is the most heavily armored.
Why not set zesuaium/yamatium tipped claws onto the feet that can unfurl and grip into surfaces to stabilize it when firing it's big gun (regardless of the surface - even a starship's hull or concrete)?
The TASHA already has such claws on its front two legs.
As with real-life tanks, it doesn't make sense to deploy them at all (or infantry) without first establishing air superiority. Obviously the tank is only a single piece in the Yamataian war machine but it is a helpful peace and that's why we need it.You should expect the other factions to almost immediately develop ways to completely obliterate this tank. They already have a few of them β starfighters could blast this thing to bits with well placed shots, starships could target them, considering how powerful and threatening they are, and though you state otherwise, I guarantee power armors will find methods that will quickly dispatch these tanks. That's just spurring the arms race.
The TASHA uses pre-existing systems...there's little development needed to create it; it's primarily just the design.Haven't we talked about stopping tech development for a while?
As mentioned earlier in the thread, calling it a Tachikoma isn't accurate and it is NOT a Tachikoma. It's not small, doesn't carry The Major (or any people), doesn't provide comic relief, and is much more heavily armed and armored. It's stupid to reject a legitimate SARP design on the basis of it being a tank with legs. Shirow wasn't the first to imagine legged tanks and he won't be the last. Legged tanks are not the exclusive concept of GITS, so that argument is invalid.You've made a Tachikoma and called it something else.
And this **** is downright insulting. While parts of Star Army draw inspiration from various sources (which I have mentioned), nothing has been "taken" from any published series.You've made a Tachikoma and called it something else. You've revealed that we've taken things from Star Trek, from Nadesico, from Bubblegum Crisis.
No it isn't. It doesn't even have electronics...I think the BW-6 is a better tank
It's no more original than the TASHA. If you think the TASHA really a Tachikoma rip-off, then the BW-6 is a rip-off of the Tiger IV or something.and it's much more original
That's where you're wrong. We don't need it. You need it. Have your players told you they need a Tachikoma following them around on the ground? Especially when, by your own admission, few plots actually happen on the ground? We've barely given the Daisy a chance to shine with the weapons it has, and you're already throwing a tankette into the mix.Wes said:As with real-life tanks, it doesn't make sense to deploy them at all (or infantry) without first establishing air superiority. Obviously the tank is only a single piece in the Yamataian war machine but it is a helpful peace and that's why we need it.
That still violates the spirit of the idea β stopping the arms race between the major factions and just focusing on roleplaying.The TASHA uses pre-existing systems...there's little development needed to create it; it's primarily just the design.
What was the first sentence of this very thread before you went and deleted it? "This is basically the SARP's version of the Tachikoma." Removing the sentence doesn't suddenly make it not true.As mentioned earlier in the thread, calling it a Tachikoma isn't accurate and it is NOT a Tachikoma. It's not small, doesn't carry The Major (or any people), doesn't provide comic relief, and is much more heavily armed and armored. It's stupid to reject a legitimate SARP design on the basis of it being a tank with legs. Shirow wasn't the first to imagine legged tanks and he won't be the last. Legged tanks are not the exclusive concept of GITS, so that argument is invalid.
Poor choice of words on my part. I'm not saying you plagiarized. But still, look at Nepleslian power armor β it's much more original than this. It's not drawing so directly from an established β and very popular and recognizable β work of fiction.And this **** is downright insulting. While parts of Star Army draw inspiration from various sources (which I have mentioned), nothing has been "taken" from any published series.
I smell the opportunity for a BW-7 or -8 then. Want me to get started?No it isn't. It doesn't even have electronics...
so that argument is invalid.
And this **** is downright insulting. While parts of Star Army draw inspiration from various sources (which I have mentioned), nothing has been "taken" from any published series.
But what role do the capacitor banks play at all if the unit's primary systems already tap directly from fusion power?
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