Re: [GZG] FMAS: Combining Movement with Shooting

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On stabilized personal weapons:

1)  According to the Deluxe Edition Laser Disc (yes I'm old enough to
have LDs), the smartgun rig was a steadycam rig adopted for use by the 
actors.  And if you think about it, the sighting monocles, cameras 
transmitting to the HQ vehicle, and hard body armor were pretty accurate
 predictions of the Land Warrior program.

2)  The Raytheon's DARPA-funded exoskeleton project looks to be pretty 
successful; as of the Modern Marvels 2008 feature just needing 
independent onboard power.  A stabilized mount on 1st generation
powered armor suit might not be out of the question in the next 20 
years, let alone 100 or 200.

The Vachead's POV:

  The best way to deal with zombies (or bug-eyed aliens, mutant 
monsters, trans-dimensional invaders, or etc.) is to return to the ship
and 
nuke/beam/kinetic-strike/grav-bomb them from orbit.  At first, this
might seem 
like a move-then-shoot action, but once aboard the ship you are in fact 
shooting-while-moving as you orbit the target err...planet :)

J

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