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[Radio Controlled]

Could add forcefield armor, it's high weight to protection ratio would be ideal. Expensive though.

Could also add arbiter-like crowd wires.

[Nunzillor]

Could also add arbiter-like crowd wires.

+1

[Aigre Excalibur]

Also bells, whistles and glow-in-the-dark neon paint, cos you can't go wrong with spectacular, right?

On another note, what do we have in the way of anti-manip defenses?

[Nunzillor]

Traditionally, auto-manips were used against manips.  Now... move erratically, stay out of line of sight?

[renegadelobster]

That's what the extra maneuvering rockets are for. This thing isn't supposed to move in a straight line. Could also add the AoT maneuvering pack to quickly change directions unexpectedly.

[Execute/Dumbo.exe]

Oh, I have an idea, what about portable cover? Take a semi-circle of fragplate backed with gauss assisted pistons (for stability!) and a light layering of blast resistant material to help you survive when the fragplate inevitably gives out and direct the explosion towards you enemies, make it segmented so you can fold it inwards into a rough cylinder, then cover it in an airtight seal of tough plastic, for simple deployment and protection in rough enviroments!

[renegadelobster]

That could work. Ready made cover and easy to set up

[syvarris]

((Forcefields are pretty much too expensive to be useful for any form of armor.  BS Plate is vastly cheaper, by token-to-protection ratio.  Also, I think it would be extremely difficult to have a forcefield strong enough to protect you to any decent degree, while remaining weak enough that it has a controllable blast.))

WE CAN TINKER AGAIN?!  CAN I?!  PLEASE?! 8D

1.Take the Heavy Robotic Body, and strip off the layer of hex composite (=cost of 2 battlesuit plate layers).  Also, remove the kin. amps.  Add the largest Solid Light Matter Generator it can carry, and a Solid Light Protection Field, too.  Beef up the manuevering systems somewhat, so that it maintains excessive mobility.  My intention is to make a more practical melee variant suit, specifically for Uncon people.

2.Rough cost estimate?  I know the solid light stuff hasn't been priced yet, but is it tech that's nearly as expensive as the suit itself, or more economical than that?

Sibilus:

3.The below is meant to be answered entirely without you checking any of the wiki pages or anything.  I specifically want your gut reaction, so that we can measure power creep.  This is important--it's for an argument I was having a little while ago.

4.Remember the Sibilus?  It's the hybrid rocket/gauss rifle that Pyro designed.  Milno's gauntlet ate one, and he sometimes uses it.  I want to VR-shoot a milnoplate armored person with one shot.  What happens?

5....Then one overcharged shot. (3x gauss coils firing at once).  What happens?

6....Then one super overcharged shot. (3x gauss coils overcharging at once).  What happens?

7.Please don't hurt me.  I'm just an addict.

@Radio

((Hey, can you and the council look at the Doctrine yet?))

Hey, council people, you took over weapon statistics and pricing, right?  I figured I could post the information on the Doctrine (shard weapon between testament and PSL), since it's not doing anything PW hasn't approved.  It's just miniaturizing the PSL less.

If this is okay, then please vet it.  If not, that's fine.

Spoiler: Armory entry (click to show/hide)

10? | 'Doctrine' Shard Autocannon
    Description: The midpoint between the Testament and the Piezoelectric Shard Launcher, this weapon is optimized for use against vehicles and other moderately armored targets.  While less damaging than the full-size PSL, the Doctrine is much more efficient against targets softer than battlesuits.
    Ammo: Tank. 18 shards worth of fluid. 1 token per tank. Can use a PSL tank, which contains 81 shards worth of fluid and costs 4 tokens.
    Stat Restriction: exoskeleton?
   Designed by syvarris

Spoiler: Mechanical explanation (click to show/hide)

Fires a shard 10x the volume of a Testament shard, or 1/2.7x the volume of a PSL shard.  Can fire in semiauto, 3-round volley, or automatic* modes.

Damage: Single shards should probably be lethal to milnoplate level armor and below.  (Testament 9-volley is only lethal to milnoplate on a very good shot, and fires 90% of the mass in a stream.  This fires more in one shard.)

3-Volley should probably be somewhat weaker than a PSL shard.  It's firing more mass, but in a stream rather than one cohesive shard.  PSLs can one-hit battlesuits on a good shot, so hopefully this can two shot them, if both shots are good.

Automatic, is, as always, stupid and should not be used unless this is vehicle mounted.  As such, the version sold in the armory requires a handi roll to modify it into allowing automatic fire.  I'm not sure about that, but I think it would be interesting.

Spoiler: My intentions with this (click to show/hide)

My intention with this is mostly to just make the PSL more efficient.  The PSL is only efficient (for a shard weapon) against battlesuit-tier enemies, and even then it could stand to be a little larger.  Most of the enemies targeted by a PSL are far weaker than that, so you end up wasting ammo most of the time.

The Doctrine is intended to be more ammo efficient against moderately armored targets, and still be capable of killing battlesuits (although with less efficiency than a PSL).

[Execute/Dumbo.exe]

((Well, there is the weight problem, with battlesuit plate, you can't just carry it around very easily.))

[Unholy_Pariah]

I know im on mission and all but... general questions can slip through that crack right?

when are the new items coming in?

can we change the shape and size of the dimensional door connected to our pocket dimensions, and if so can we do it more than once?

[NAV]

Are we tinkering again now? Even on mission? Cool. If it's okay for mission people to tinker then tinker the following.

Project name: Heavy Exoskeleton
-It is just an exoskeleton, upgraded to the same strength as a synthflesh body. Simple.
-Aim for 7-8 tokens
We need something to fill this strength tier since synthflesh is unavailable.

Project name: Heavy Armoured Exoskeleton
-Take the heavy exoskeleton and add armour. That is all.
-For armour, a thinner version of assault suit armour.
-Aim for 10-12 tokens.
This is intended to fill a niche between assaultsuit and standard exoskeleton. Provide lots of protection but still lets the wearer move freely indoors, and doesn't require getting your head chopped off. Sort of like an updated and militarized version of Auron's mining exosuit.

[Unholy_Pariah]

NO.  BAD NAV.

NO TINKERING ON MISSION.

[Nunzillor]

Hmm, I have a pretty bad idea.  It's essentially a jetpack strapped to your back, but it increases your horizontal speed as opposed to your vertical speed.  It can fire left and right as well as propel you forward, looks kind of like an RCS thruster.  Aux, should be pretty cheap, I think.

[Unholy_Pariah]

you mean like a mk III without the vertical thrusters?

[Nunzillor]

I think so, but without any protection or medical systems.  Cheaper and very dangerous.