RE: [DS, SG] Walker and Power Armor Agility (was: daleks (All Wal kers)(prone))

You have never seen a person on their stomach firing a rifle? 

Also I have seen sharp-shooting contests. Often the shooter will lie on
his
back to fire.

Part of it would be how the Walker is designed. If it has the weapons in
the
arms/hands or as a handheld weapon, it should work wonderfully (examples
would be the Robotech Valkyre, Battletech Phoenix Hawk, Stinger, Wasp,
etc.). If the walker has chest mounted weapons it would not work as well
(just as hull mounted weapons cannot be fired from a tank that is hull
down). If the walker has shoulder mounted weapons, they could be
designed to
swivel back on the back for firing prone (Battletech Shadowhawk). If it
is
crab/dog like (Battletech Scorpion, AT-AT).

Another part of it would be how maneuverable/agile the walker is and how
much dexterity it has. I envision them as overgrown powerarmor. As fast
as
the human inside of them. Others picture slow, plodding, monoliths
(Mechwars, Star Wars AT-ATs). If it is agile, it should be able to do
almost
anything a human in power armor could do. If it is plodding, then it is
good
only for a fire-magnet. DS2 states that Combat walkers are as fast as
Fast
Tracked or Slow GEVs (12"). But speed is not the same as
agility/dexterity.

Another question is how maneuverable/agile is Power Armor? For speed,
DS2
has Power Armor (does not differentiate between Slow and Fast Power
Armor)
as not quite as fast as Slow Tracked. SG2 has Slow Power Armor move at
the
same rate as standard Infantry and Fast Power Armor move as fast as
Vehicles. How dexterous are men in power armor? Obviously, anything
requiring small fingers could not be used. But if tools/controls were
scaled
up, would a person wearing Power Armor be able to do the same manual
tasks
that an unarmored person would be able to do?

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Brian Bell
bkb@beol.net	  
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Geoffery R [SMTP:geofferyr@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2000 7:42 AM
> To:	gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
> Subject:	RE: [DS] daleks (All Walkers)(prone)
> 
> I find it hard to believe that a prone walker or mech could still fire
at 
> full effect prone.
> 
> Buck
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