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Project Knight [Mecha Design Bureau]
- Thread starter Verisaimilitude
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- Original Sci-Fi Fantasy
Well, we poked around in the cockpit division, and we sure found a lot of problems. I wonder what would have happened if we'd left it alone.
[ ] [Link Style] Neural Helmet (Partial Possession)
Put on the gaming helmet and give us that sweet sweet Combat Potential. I think it's too late in the project to try and compensate for a lot of penalties, and I'd also rather not make the pilot interface the experimental part.
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[ ] [Link Style] Neural Helmet (Partial Possession)
Put on the gaming helmet and give us that sweet sweet Combat Potential. I think it's too late in the project to try and compensate for a lot of penalties, and I'd also rather not make the pilot interface the experimental part.
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[X] [Link Style] Neural Helmet (Partial Possession
[X] [Link Style] Cybernetic Plug Implant (Partial Possession)
The tank will make this not passible with a lot of our customers. Too many negatives.
[X] [Link Style] Cybernetic Plug Implant (Partial Possession)
The tank will make this not passible with a lot of our customers. Too many negatives.
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I think we are halfway through so it is more about what we can comfortably take, what actively helps, and what can be worked around. I found that the Cybernetic Immersion Tank to be one we can take and work around. We really need to get that skeletal agility and power control up, and Tech Simplicity can be built back up to C-.
@Verisaimilitude would we be able to improve upon the Cybernetic Immersion Tank later even if we do not pick it for this mech? I want to fill it with water that can read your nervous system through your skin.
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Yes, you'll have opportunities to invest in, improve, and unlock new cockpit techs in the future. The solutions listed in this vote are ones Project Twilight was already feasibly able to imagine and achieve, so they won't magically vanish if you don't pick them.
Hmm, I do agree that the tank has a lot of potential, I'll vote for it now though it's unlikely to win. Maybe we can use it in the next design. I also think a more "full-body" experience would be better for bipedal mechs, whereas on this one with just the helmet, there's less learning how to act like a quadruped.
[X] [Link Style] Cybernetic Immersion Tank (Full Possession)
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My vote is not just based on mechanics but i also based it on what i would be willing to trust if i was one of the eventual pilots and that really limited what i could bring myself to vote for.
The tank freaks me out, the full body harness makes me worry about ejection and the more invasive implants make me worry about a bad hit ripping the plugs out of me.
The tank freaks me out, the full body harness makes me worry about ejection and the more invasive implants make me worry about a bad hit ripping the plugs out of me.
Reqd the requirements for Cybernetic Immersion, and tell me how little or much you think that's going to kill pilot recruitment. Especially in the 2nd line nations we're selling to.
You are making expensive, invasive cybernetics that breed an extremely dangerous form of psychosis a fundamental requirement for a cheap "everyone gets one" Mech.
In other words, Absolutely Not. Not this round.
I'll be happy to do it after we've let it cook some more.
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[X] [Link Style] Neural Helmet (Partial Possession)
[X] [Link Style] Cybernetic Plug Implant (Partial Possession)
NOPE. Time to trim the fat.
[X] [Link Style] Cybernetic Plug Implant (Partial Possession)
NOPE. Time to trim the fat.
if magic users have been technophobes to this degree so far the company might be able to make a big profit off turning that software our computer techs cobbled together into an actual program for the company to offer as a product.
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I am with you here 100%. We want to sell these in bulk. Having ten million mechs doesn't do you any good if you only have 1,000 pilots. The Neural Helmet feels like the most accessible option. Improving Crew Protection is very important. This isn't Third Succession Wars Battletech. Compared to training a decently skilled pilot mechs are cheap. Being able to point at the unit and say 'WHEN you take a crippling hit you have a much better chance of walking away' is a key selling point.
[X] [Link Style] Neural Helmet (Partial Possession)
[X] [Link Style] Neural Helmet (Partial Possession)
[X] [Link Style] Neural Harness (Full Possession)
[X] [Link Style] Neural Harness (Full Possession)
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That's a good point.
Heck, maybe our big money-maker is going commercial with the Neural Helmet technology before Zaibatsu does. Position ourselves as the subcontractor for, say, Zanzibar Metalworks with their next industrial mech.
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[X] [Link Style] Neural Harness (Full Possession)
[X] [Link Style] Neural Helmet (Partial Possession)
[X] [Link Style] Cybernetic Plug Implant (Partial Possession)
K.I.S.S.
Crown is right out as it limits pilots pools. For a general use mech? Not an option.
The tank is likely more expensive and it's going to take up a LOT of room, which we might not be able to afford. It also torpedos our Tech into E tier which is going to be VERY difficult to make up into the Cs if we want to make the Amazonian happy, as tech simplicity usually requires some loss of functionality to make back.
The Harness gives agility, which we want, but also makes endurance worse, which we don't. I don't think it's worth it on a second line mech, at least not yet.
That leaves the two simpler options, and while I'm not crazy about one option requiring surgery to use, it does at least boost the power control which we still need to make the SCC happy.
[X] [Link Style] Cybernetic Plug Implant (Partial Possession)
K.I.S.S.
Crown is right out as it limits pilots pools. For a general use mech? Not an option.
The tank is likely more expensive and it's going to take up a LOT of room, which we might not be able to afford. It also torpedos our Tech into E tier which is going to be VERY difficult to make up into the Cs if we want to make the Amazonian happy, as tech simplicity usually requires some loss of functionality to make back.
The Harness gives agility, which we want, but also makes endurance worse, which we don't. I don't think it's worth it on a second line mech, at least not yet.
That leaves the two simpler options, and while I'm not crazy about one option requiring surgery to use, it does at least boost the power control which we still need to make the SCC happy.
I think the magic one would be for the high end mechs. They will be expensive so there will be less. So magic for the high end mechs.
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[X] [Link Style] Neural Helmet (Partial Possession)
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That's pretty much the prevailing theory yeah. I'd iamgine the homegrown Zaibatsu mechs have them.
1/50 is not a bad ratio... For a mech that isn't designed as bottom of the barrel mook.
[X] [Link Style] Neural Helmet (Partial Possession)
[X] [Link Style] Neural Harness (Full Possession)
If we were making something that wasn't intended to be a T-34 of a mech, a little bit shit but simple enough to export on mass, Maybe I would feel fine with the magi-tech option. For our corprate security force, Or similarly small but elite, or just elite in general mechs, maybe, but not for this and not for now.
[X] [Link Style] Neural Helmet (Partial Possession)
[X] [Link Style] Neural Harness (Full Possession)
If we were making something that wasn't intended to be a T-34 of a mech, a little bit shit but simple enough to export on mass, Maybe I would feel fine with the magi-tech option. For our corprate security force, Or similarly small but elite, or just elite in general mechs, maybe, but not for this and not for now.
bit nit-picky but I would draw more comparisons to the Renault FT than the T-34 (real or meme).
Renault FT - Wikipedia
A lot has been said about going bigger on the next project, but I think it would be fun to go smaller instead. If we're making the FT of mechs now, let's make the AK47 next. Metal that spreads across the galaxy!
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bit nit-picky but I would draw more comparisons to the Renault FT than the T-34 (real or meme).
Renault FT - Wikipedia
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Our mech is nowhere near revolutionary enough in its time to be compared to the Renault Ft. If you look at the contemporaries of the FT and the tanks that came after, theirs a big old delineation, because a lot of people took a look at the renault FT and realised, ya, that how ya do it right.
Our mech is simple, logistically great, a good reliable toolbox, but it not going to redefine anything except what 2nd world nations can afford to field on-mass.
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