Re: [OT] Starship Troopers

In message <3C74530C.6633B1BD@intercomltd.com>
	  Edward Lipsett <translation@intercomltd.com> wrote:
> Glenn M Wilson wrote:
> > 
> > On Wed, 20 Feb 2002 10:42:29 +0000 Jeremey Claridge
> > <jeremy.claridge@kcl.ac.uk> writes:
> > >
> > >> Don't think they're in-built, IIRC; they're _weapons_ -- y'know,
> > >> tool-users and all that? <g>
> > >
> > Why would I *want* my bugs (Hordes of the Things) also armed with
> > effective weaponry?  I can't win with plain old HTH bugs!
>
[re-ordered]
>
> In the CG series  (Roughnecks; I'm just DVDing it now with the kids),
> the bugs only use a very few biological weapons, but basically just
> swarm. 
> Very effective, actually. The trooper weapons take out bugs very
> quickly, but there are always a LOT of bugs, and continuous shots of
> hundreds of bugs converging on our 6-man hero squad which is running
out
> of ammo...
> 
> =====
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> - Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
> =====
> Edward Lipsett
>
IIRC among the 'ranged weapon' bugs in Roughnecks there were:

The big plasma bugs from the film - usually used as artillery or
anti-ship.
'Rippler' improved flying bugs, could 'spit' an acid-coated serrated
blade that could penetrate mobile suits.
'Blister' bugs that had a short-range acid spit.
'Blaster' bugs, looked like the blisters, but spat a long-range 1000
degree fireball, they also generated a 'heat field' that acted as a
counter-missile defence!!!!!
And of course the souped-up 'tank' bug, that was IIRC virtually
grenade-proof :-)

Charles