Now then... do we need machines that can change forms during combat to meet a wide variety of situations, or would it be better to simply outfit a mech with all kinds of options to do the same thing?
Wasn't it the hospital?
It's not something people hear about.
In almost every situation you will find it cheaper to make hardware that does one thing very well, rather than trying to design one machine that does several things very well.
Not that it's impossible, but there are better ways to spend money.
Win.
Tanks will always be cheaper in a mecha universe.
Does anyone remember that thread where Kennatsu and some other retards started arguing with Bloodsage that mechas should be in use in the army now?
Does anyone remember why we didn't lynch him last time?
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A sleep deprived Mr. Parcelan stammered:
Kenn, are you aware that you bring out the worst in people?Does anyone remember that thread where Kennatsu and some other retards started arguing with Bloodsage that mechas should be in use in the army now?
Does anyone remember why we didn't lynch him last time?
Led.
And because that thread was fucking hilarious.
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There was much rejoicing when Snoota said this:
Led.And because that thread was fucking hilarious.
Amen to that.
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Snoota's account was hax0red to write:
Led.And because that thread was fucking hilarious.
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Kennatsu has funnier quote texts than me:
For this thread, assume that the problems with making and fielding mecha have been solved to the point that they've become as common (if not more so) as other fighting machines.Now then... do we need machines that can change forms during combat to meet a wide variety of situations, or would it be better to simply outfit a mech with all kinds of options to do the same thing?
JUST STOP
"Don't want to sound like a fanboy, but I am with you. I'll buy it for sure, it's just a matter of for how long I will be playing it..."
- Silvast, Battle.net forums
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Fazum'Zen Fastfist probably says this to all the girls:
I think we should all just go back to fighting with swords and what not because technology is expensive and boring as fuck.
Baron Munchausen: What's this?
Vulcan: Oh, this is our prototype. RX Intercontinental, radar-seeking, multi-warheaded nuclear missile.
Baron Munchausen: What does it do?
Vulcan: Do? Kills the enemy.
Baron Munchausen: All the enemy?
Vulcan: Aye, all the enemy. All their wives, and all their children, and all their sheep, and all their cattle, and all their cats and dogs. All of them: all of them gone for good.
Sally: That's horrible.
Vulcan: Ahh. Well, you see, the advantage is you don't have to see one single one of them die. You just sit comfortably thousands of miles away from the battlefield and simply press the button.
Berthold: Well, where's the fun in that?
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This one time, at Katrinity camp:
Vulcan: Aye, all the enemy. All their wives, and all their children, and all their sheep, and all their cattle, and all their cats and dogs. All of them: all of them gone for good.
Baron Munchausen: Wait, how are we saposed to rape and pillage if you FUCKEN BLEW THEM UP AND MADE EVERYTHING THEY OWNDED RADIOACTIVE!
"I don't know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered patriots. This is one nation under God."
-- George Herbert Walker Bush
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Tarquinn had this to say about Tron:
You even posted in the god damn thread you fucking lazy bastard.
"Don't want to sound like a fanboy, but I am with you. I'll buy it for sure, it's just a matter of for how long I will be playing it..."
- Silvast, Battle.net forums
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Snoota thought about the meaning of life:
You even posted in the god damn thread you fucking lazy bastard.
Where the fuck you been.
It's not something people hear about.
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Fazum'Zen Fastfist got served! Fazum'Zen Fastfist got served!
Haha, OtakuPenguin.
That was his mantra: "HAVE AN OPEN MIND! INDULGE AND VALIDATE MY CHILDISH FANTASIES, LIKE MY MADE UP GIRLFRIEND!"
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith
"Don't want to sound like a fanboy, but I am with you. I'll buy it for sure, it's just a matter of for how long I will be playing it..."
- Silvast, Battle.net forums
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith
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Karnaj said this about your mom:
I just did a search and, while I didn't find that particular saying, I found a bunch of gems wherein the idiocy flowed like wine. Like this:
Mother of God.
KI IS AT WORK, PEOPLE. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
Keep in mind that in some anime series, they explain why things transform. In Macross, it was because they anticipated having to fight fifty-foot-tall humanoids in close combat. In Transformers, it was to give the Cybertronians tool functions in addition to their humanoid modes. It was never asserted in either series that it gives them a superior battlefield advantage; just more choices. In the comic books, Transformers were constantly getting blown off at the knees and so forth. Some were better-armored at weak points, but their systems were often limited in some other way.
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GOD I WILL RAPE YOU ALL, ESPECIALLY LIAM.
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Mr. Parcelan wrote this stupid crap:
Mother of God.KI IS AT WORK, PEOPLE. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
MOG U CAN'T DISPROVE KI FADGE. HOW ELSE DO U EXPLAIN MONKS
"Don't want to sound like a fanboy, but I am with you. I'll buy it for sure, it's just a matter of for how long I will be playing it..."
- Silvast, Battle.net forums
Karnaj fucked around with this message on 08-11-2006 at 10:55 AM.
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
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Karnaj said this about your mom:
I just did a search and, while I didn't find that particular saying, I found a bunch of gems wherein the idiocy flowed like wine. Like this:
Holy shit. I actually said I believed in magic?
I think I've blocked that era of idiocy out of my psychi...psychee? Psychy? 
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Kennatsu was naked while typing this:
For this thread, assume that the problems with making and fielding mecha have been solved to the point that they've become as common (if not more so) as other fighting machines.Now then... do we need machines that can change forms during combat to meet a wide variety of situations, or would it be better to simply outfit a mech with all kinds of options to do the same thing?
First answer: No. No mechas. Ever. Working on a fixed wing aircraft is hard enough, what with ordering parts, waiting days to receive them, electrical and electronic woes, engine nightmares, and so on. I cant even imagine trying to keep all the moveable surfaces on a giant man-shaped robot from being corroded.
Not to mention all the weight on the joints would probably snap it at the knees just by trying to move.
But, to the question at hand: If, for some bizare reason some machine lke this was not stopped in its tracks, anything would be specialized. The military has dozens of different models of aircraft, which are then classified further into types. Example: An E2 is the original model. There is also an E2-A, an E2-B, and E2-C, an E2-C Nav Upgrade, E2-C Hawkeye 2000.
That is just one aircraft model.
The military is all about specialization. There's no point to doing several things satisfactorily, when you can do one thing well.
Besides. The sheer amount of electronics, mechanics, and power required to create a multi-mission piece of equipment is just cost prohibitive, and would probable fail before it ever saw the light of day. Azakias fucked around with this message on 08-11-2006 at 11:48 AM.
I think Kenn's brain works on a cycle. Brings up the same topics every few years one after the oth... OMG! KENN IS A ROBOT! 
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Karnaj.
MY DAD TALKS TO OUR CAT. AND IT UNDERSTANDS EVERY WORD HE SAYS AND TALKS TO US AND IT TELLS US OF THE SECRETS OF NEPHREM-KA, AS WELL AS THE HORRIBLE SECRET LYING BEHIND THE WANING, GIBBOUS MOON.
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Led got a good feeling!
I think Kenn's brain works on a cycle. Brings up the same topics every few years one after the oth... OMG! KENN IS A ROBOT!
so he's really asking "Do you guys think I need to transform on the battlefield" then? Gunslinger Moogle fucked around with this message on 08-11-2006 at 12:47 PM.
Disclaimer: I'm just kidding, I love all living things.
The fastest draw in the Crest.
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"Gambling for the husband, an abortion for the wife and fireworks for the kids they chose to keep? Fuck you, Disneyland. The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation is the happiest place on Earth." -JooJooFlop
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This one time, at Bloodsage camp:
Yeah, but think how much humor will go out of the world if we invent a cure for stupidity!
We have one, its called Darwinism!
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Azakias had this to say about Jimmy Carter:
First answer: No. No mechas. Ever. Etc.
If you're going to actually respond to the OP, at least read it.
And it's spelled p-s-y-c-h-e.
Hell, my HUMVEE gives me fits at times 
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Ja'Deth Issar Ka'bael got all f'ed up on Angel Dust and wrote:
Suck it up. Technology is getting MORE complex, not LESS complex. If we wanted LESS complex, then slapping someone with a glove would be an WMD
*gets to work on making a really big lever and iron glove.
There. Settled. 
