Quote:They're nowhere close to that. Think Ben Bova's 'Moon' books. Which, y'know, is still head and shoulders above what any of the other nations have managed.
You say nanites. So, is one of the UTN's black projects codenamed 'Quicksilver'? *passes ball to CD*
And, yes, SpiderBots tend to have between three and seven legs - I'm thinking particularly of the Paranoid Drones from Gall Force, but I think something similar showed up being used by the aliens in Project A-Ko. Spiders are quite capable of adjusting their gait for various numbers of limbs - with practice, they can spare up to four without losing speed.
BTW, due to my own prejudices, all mecha are based on what Gryphon calls Type W or Type N controls.
I'd be more inclined to have a fuedalistic culture associated with the 'Gundams', actually, mostly because canon BT already has that sort of government. Also, battlemechs are a bit groundbound, ne?
And I very much agree that some culture of that sort is needed, although it bears noting that all the bad blood and history we remember in our world is still latent in the UTN.
OTOH, cute catgirls in giant fugly gun-happy robots is a very winning idea, and I entirely agree that the two should be connected.
For some reason, my mind is attracted to the idea of having the enthusiastic 'Up with the POWER OF YOUTH' faction be our other resident Wierd Ass Alien faction. With, y'know, tentacles. Just for the sheer WTF factor.
Ja, -n
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