Re: DS - OT - Cross Genre Designs

I meant to imply no reality beyond the specific
game universes I mentioned. As such a "real" mech
was simply a mech an inhabitant of the Battletech
universe would recognize. Likewise for say the
RL Liberator grav tank. I didn't mean to imply
that other versions of such devices were any less
"real" in any way.

--- "K.H.Ranitzsch" <KH.Ranitzsch@t-online.de> wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Griffin" <carbon_dragon@yahoo.com>
> > I've asked questions about the combat walkers,
> which
> > are like Battletech Mechs (sort of). The
> prevailing
> > opinion is that they are either easily hit units
> for
> > their cost, or expensive units for their combat
> power
> > (depending on how much stealth you take).
> >
> > Additionally, it seems that certain systems are
> > missing that a real mech would certainly want such
> > as jump jets, huge melee weapons for dealing
> > physical damage to tanks (Giant axes and the
> like),
> > death from above attacks (stepping or landing on
> > tanks), and armor which must be tougher than we
> > see in Dirtside.
> 
> Real Mech ? What is a "Real" Mech ? Any mech is, at
> present, fiction. As
> such, it's whatever the fiction writer/game designer
> makes it to be. DS II
> is, in concept, a 'hard-SF-game', that is,
> reasonably close to what we see
> as technically feasible and tactically reasonable in
> the future. In this
> context, the concept of tall humanoid combat walkers
> is tactically pretty
> dubious, and them engaging in melee even more so.
> How often do modern tanks
> ram each other ?
> 
> >
> > Renegade Legion grav tanks look like they can be
> > designed, but they seem to have restricted flight
> > modes. Real grav tanks can fly (though it makes
> > them vulnerable to bottom hits).
> 
> Same question here, what's a "real" Grav Tank ?
> 
> Greetings
> Karl Heinz
> 

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