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phongn wrote:

MKSheppard wrote:

phongn wrote: See, Shep? Constructive criticism good

Urk, I came up with a way for Mechs loaded with Gauss rifles
and autocannons to penetrate tank armor at long range, despite
being unable to penetrate the frontal glacis of the Merkavas in reality...

PLUNGING FIRE

Oooh, nasty. Don't let the Great Leader hear of this treachery, though!

Great Leader?

Sea Skimmer has styled himself as HAB's Great Leader, much in the guise of the DPRK.

I kinda guessed that.

For a board of libertarians and social liberals, this place has it's share of people with authoritarian fantasies.

Considering that..... hmm..... anyone here want to be a glorious defender of Armand Giuseppe and his New Order?

And now I realize I have to rewrite the scene at the beginning of the thread anyway, because I forgot about the size of neurohelmets. The neurohelmet would have deflected the debris that killed the warrior. Damn.

Hmm........

*begins thinking*

Steve wrote:And now I realize I have to rewrite the scene at the beginning of the thread anyway, because I forgot about the size of neurohelmets. The neurohelmet would have deflected the debris that killed the warrior. Damn.

Hmm........

*begins thinking*

The Clan mechwarriors have access to much more compact neurohelmets than their Inner Sphere counterparts, so it really isn't that big a problem.

Patrick Ogaard wrote:

Steve wrote:And now I realize I have to rewrite the scene at the beginning of the thread anyway, because I forgot about the size of neurohelmets. The neurohelmet would have deflected the debris that killed the warrior. Damn.

Hmm........

*begins thinking*

The Clan mechwarriors have access to much more compact neurohelmets than their Inner Sphere counterparts, so it really isn't that big a problem.

Yes, but I've seen the Blood Spirit helmet, and it covers the neck. I think the difference in bulk is that it doesn't cover the shoulders nor the chest and back quite so much.