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Author:  CyberShadow [ Fri Dec 23, 2005 3:00 pm ]
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Getting closer to the real thing now... Check out the 'Landwalker':

http://www.plyojump.com/exoskeletons.html

(The guns dont work!)
Author:  Cuban Commissar [ Fri Dec 23, 2005 6:30 pm ]
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Technology advances....

Of course Legion 4 would clearly tell us what would happen to one of those against a motivated squad of grunts.... :D

The body exoskeletons are intresting.  Power Armor baby!!!!

But I have a had time imagining what the advantage of a large walker would be.  

And I am a CBT fan.
Author:  primarch [ Fri Dec 23, 2005 10:33 pm ]
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Hi!

Weaponry and defenses go in cycles. I dont doubt we'll at one point be back in armor... power armor!

Primarch
Author:  Heresiarch [ Sat Dec 24, 2005 12:30 am ]
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DARPA has actually had a RFP or Request for Protoype out for Powered Armour and/or Exoskeletons out for about five years now under the Exoskeletons for Human Performance Augmentation (EHPA) name:

http://www.darpa.mil/baa/baa00-34.htm

No takers so far that I'm aware of.
Author:  Tas [ Sat Dec 24, 2005 1:53 am ]
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But I have a had time imagining what the advantage of a large walker would be.  


They look very kewl in the holo-docs about the war!
Author:  Legion 4 [ Sat Dec 24, 2005 6:55 am ]
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Wow ! ?Sci-fi & reality meet ! ?Sentinals and Power Armor anyone ?! :D ? But of course C/C is correct ... that would be my response ! :laugh: ?Remember what that unit of Grunts from the US 10th MTN Div. did to that Tripod once it's shields went down (in Tom C's WotW !!) ...  BOOM ! ?:;):  :devil:
Author:  primarch [ Mon Dec 26, 2005 9:17 pm ]
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Quote (Tas @ 23 Dec. 2005 (19:53))
But I have a had time imagining what the advantage of a large walker would be. ?


They look very kewl in the holo-docs about the war!

Hi!

Combine a mech with energy shield technology and it could be effective.

Primarch
Author:  Dwarf Supreme [ Tue Dec 27, 2005 4:12 pm ]
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I don't doubt that in the not-too-distant future we'll see power armor. Of course, let's not forget about the civilian applications. Think of Aliens and the hydraulic loaders.
Author:  Lion in the Stars [ Tue Dec 27, 2005 7:54 pm ]
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There's already a couple prototype exoskeletons being tested in Afghanistan.  It can carry something like 2-300 pounds, and the operator feels 20-30.  The problem is the limited fuel load (one hour's operation).
Author:  primarch [ Tue Dec 27, 2005 10:04 pm ]
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Quote (Lion in the Stars @ 27 Dec. 2005 (13:54))
There's already a couple prototype exoskeletons being tested in Afghanistan. ?It can carry something like 2-300 pounds, and the operator feels 20-30. ?The problem is the limited fuel load (one hour's operation).

Hi!

Thats a limitation for a lot of stuff. Once we get small cold fusion generators we'll see a big boost in tech development.

Primarch
Author:  Dwarf Supreme [ Tue Dec 27, 2005 10:18 pm ]
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Quote (Lion in the Stars @ 27 Dec. 2005 (18:54))
There's already a couple prototype exoskeletons being tested in Afghanistan. ?It can carry something like 2-300 pounds, and the operator feels 20-30. ?The problem is the limited fuel load (one hour's operation).

I wonder if battery power has been tried, or something else besides an internal cumbustion engine.  ???
Author:  Lion in the Stars [ Tue Dec 27, 2005 11:59 pm ]
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It may not have been an internal combustion engine (in fact, I don't remember what it used for a power source), but I remember the 1 hour limit clearly.

The best idea I've ever read was using some exotic spring material, where strength varied with the amperage applied to the springs.  It works very well with a running motion, but notably less well in a slow crawl.
Author:  Heresiarch [ Wed Dec 28, 2005 10:33 pm ]
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I think my all time favourite Power Armour vs Giant Robot quote has to be from the hellaciously complicated power armour combat rules set called Living Steel.

Weismyer (Giant Robot Jock): My robot's bigger than your robot.

Prescott (PA Jock): It'll just make a bigger divot when it falls over.
Author:  Legion 4 [ Thu Dec 29, 2005 6:15 am ]
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Power Armor would have made my life a lot easier back then ... :D
Author:  Lion in the Stars [ Thu Dec 29, 2005 5:37 pm ]
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Living Steel?  Wow, what a blast from the past!  I think I've got a copy of the basic rules someplace.  They were ungodly complicated, and probably unnecessarily so (looks at his 1st edition Heavy Gear rules).

L4, have you read any of the old Iron Man comics?  Can you imagine a platoon of 'light' Iron Man suits in Southeast Asia?
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