I said it landed its crew safely - at the point where you're trying to control an atmospheric descent, you're not talking about combat survivability, rather crew survival and salvage potential.Elheru Aran wrote:...if you're talking about the Invisible Hand, I would *not* call that a 'safe' landing. If you're referring to something else in Clone Wars, refresh my memory?Venator wrote: The biggest variable, IMO, is at what point fitting repulsors becomes too much of an expense or design compromise to be worthwhile. It's not like you need them for survivability - even a half-assed Separatist take on a cruiser can land it's crew safely while blown in half.
The trio on the bridge are shown leaning forward heavily in their seats as the IH slows to a stop; similar to a driver braking from track speeds. It certainly imdicates that crew seated/restrained properly would fare just as well.
Though the basic gait of that thing is repeated in a lot of walkers/mecha. Warhound, ShadowCat/Timberwolf all kinda have a similar layout.
