Re: Infantry Walkers
From: Nyrath the nearly wise <nyrath@c...>
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1998 07:49:30 -0400
Subject: Re: Infantry Walkers
Noah Doyle wrote:
>
> While I agree that traditional mecha/walkers have severe combat
limitations
> (to the point of uselesness), I can see a place for Infantry walkers,
given
> a few assumptions. Within the framework & style of the GZG universe,
these
> don't seem to outrageous:
>
> Infantry walkers are at least as mobile and dextrous as Powered Armor.
> They would not have to accomodate human limbs inside their limbs -
this
> would allow a great range of motion.
Have you ever seen the cute article THE WARBOTS by Christopher
Todd(?)
( collected in POWERED ARMOR ed by Joe Haldeman (?))
The first warbots were essentially as you describe them.