Quote:They wouldn't have been able to take it aboard the Blackbird... Upon which they blew a good portion of their seed money. ^^;
why not give them a spider tank too?
Quote:Flying, no. But there's bound to be a decomissioned frame somewhere that was being used as a show-piece. You see, at that time frame, the airframe itself is all you'd want because you're gonna want to equip it with modern powerplants and such. As for the frame itself... Let's just say that the good old Blackbird was ahead of her time and proved, over decades of service, to be rock-solid reliable. And let's not forget the immortal words of Dr. Brown: "If you're gonna build a time machine, why not do it with style?"
Still, while hypersonic aircraft are well established in canon, they can't possibly be cheap, and would -certainly- be hard to hide... to much infrastructure, ne? And this is thirty years in our future, remember - not a chance in hell that there'll still be one of the original Blackbird airframes still flying.
It would indeed be expensive and quite conspicuous to operate such a peice of machinery. Answer: the Team is operated by an Aerospace Technologies group that is the ancestral remnants of the Skunk Works and all the other outfits that used to work on the old Black Projects of the US. They have the technical clout to remain just a step or two ahead of GENOM, and thus, out of their greedy grip. They operate out of Groom Dry Lake where all sorts of experimental craft are in use, so the idea that an old Blackbird flies in and out of the place doesn't exactly attract attention from the locals - in fact, it's played off as being the Boss Man's Big Toy(tm).
Or you can go one step further and just come out and say it: they protect the interests of this aerospace group (Which I'm starting to think of sticking the "Black Aeronaut" lable on). This way, they don't need to be paranoid-secretive like Sylia is, just quiet instead. While it does tend to make them a target for litigation, it also lends them a bit more flexability. Just a thought, though. Whatcha think?
Quote:Personally, I feel that overkill is what you make of it. These people aren't overkill - they're the equalizers. Think about it - most combat bumas have PBC's built into their mouths (oversimplification, I know). To say that the two heavy-hitters of this group are similarly armed is not out of the question. Which brings me to...
They seem somewhat overwhelming. The sabers are supposed to be beyond the bleeding edge of technology, What you have there feels more like a unit of Skyknights and Twisters.
Quote:Yeah, the heavy weapons people are definitely gonna be on the chunky side. As I said before, there's gonna be nothing subtle about those two.
The team make-up is reasonable, as, for the most part, are the power levels, so long as one makes the assumption that not all the suit designs being produced from this technology are as sleek as Sylia's.
Quote:EMP Generators for everyone then. Still provides the nice Danger Level in that it not only knocks out your own suit, but anyone else's in the area.
I don't think that the 'thorn system' you describe would be feasible given either the current state of nanotech or what can be deduced from the 'fusion' ability some boomers show.
Quote:Perhaps not. I knew this was gonna need work.
Finally... At some point or other in the past, human beings have tried just about every possible edged means of dissassembling each other. 'Blades all over the place' never panned out well enough to be worth recording.
Quote:One thing I've always wanted to see applied in power-armor is something I like to thing of as a "Sling Blade." It's a wide, single-edged, tanto-tipped tapering blade that, in it's folded position, functions as a good elbow spur. But it can swing, pivoting at the wrist, and lock into position over the knuckles, providing a good gladius-length vibro-sword. Not so long it gets in the way, but certainly enough to give most opponents something to worry about.
although the idea of a hardsuit with a longsword amuses me quite a bit.
I'm already starting to draw up a cast of characters... And unfortunately for you guys, they're all from Battle Angel Alita.
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Sniper Unit: ... Dare I?
CQC Unit 1: Jashugan
CQC Unit 2: Alita
HW Unit 1: Sechs
HW Unit 2: Zappan
ECM Unit: Lou Collins
Combat Adjunct: AMEE
Handler: Murdock
Cyber Physicians:
Dr. Daisuke Ido
Kayna
Hardsuit Technicians:
Prof. Desty Nova
Jim Roscoe
Shumira (She's a savant)
Pilots/Drivers:
Pam Collins (changed name so she could be Lou's sister)
Nola Defarge
Koyomi
Hugo
This page has info on all the characters listed here, but not pictures of all, unfortunately. Bear in mind, their back stories are all gonna be different to make them fit, of course. ^^
If the idea of an SI makes yall wanna hurl, then I'll make Jashugan the Sniper Unit, bump Alita up to CQC 1, Sechs to CQC 2, and then stick Figure Four in as HW 1.
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