"Now that is a Big Frakking Gun." - Some Imperial, probably.
My gut says it's going to augur into the ground when the pilot hits the gas. My brain says it's going to pitch into the sky.
That would be a terrible idea, do you know how long it takes to grow a Starcrystal the size of a cockpit pod for the main focus crystal? Those things are expensive! sure they're not exactly fragile, but they're not exactly the sort of thing you should be smacking into metal either!
Most of the heavy bits are in the back; dense power-generators, life support plant machinery, the actual Grav-shields, and of course the engines; that kind of thing. They do tend to 'nod' when the pilot floors it from relatively low speed, but it's not like the things are relying on aerodynamic lift like some kind of primitive---That matters only if you're flying low enough that smacking the chin turret into the ground-clutter or something is a potential issue.
Ah, so it is the Forbidden Technique. Chat shall keep our silence.
Personally, I prefer a more Biologis route. Full cyberization is too simular to the Asuryani paths for my liking as both have a tendency to focus people down to their societal functions. If we were Asuryani, I would like this idea more. Since we are not, I don't.
I think it's more the size than anything. Technicals and guntrucks look like, well trucks with guns on them, and not comically oversized ones either. You generally don't see artillery pieces just strapped into the back of a lorry like this.
It's always satisfying to see ideas take form.
Those are a bit small, really, think more "10in naval rifle on one of those really big flatpack semis that have a rear driver", comparitively.
Fatecaster Rifles might be mechanically heavy weapons for, well, mechanical reasons (there's a few other things that have similar restrictions) but they're sized like longarms, and therefore would look a bit comical mounted alone opposite a vehicle scale weapon, so the flank turrets just have the Fatesever Cannons in them and both the Fatecaster Rifles are in the chin turret. (The Starcarver and vehicle Starlance, meanwhile, are in the forward turret opposite the pilot/commander's pod, since those didn't look silly when paired.)It's always satisfying to see ideas take form.
Though now I'm wondering how cursed it would look if that Dual Starblade design I cooked up had won if one Starblade is already such an tight fit.
I did notice one thing though, there is a tiny little twin-linked chin gun under what I presume is the cockpit.
Looking at the Star Anvil plan
Aside from the Starblade it's got the following:[X] "Vaul's Anvil" Superheavy Grav-Tank (Revamped)
-[X] Heavy Grav-Vehicle Chassis.
-[X] 1x Starblade (Superheavy Slot)
-[X] 1x Starlance (Vehicle Slot) 1x Fatesever Cannon
-[X] 2x Fatecaster Rifles (Heavy Slot) 1x Starcarver (Heavy Slot).
-[X] 1x Vehicle Holo-Field, 3x Grav-Shields
-[X] Trade in 2 Ranged Slots -> 1 System Slot.
-[X] Trade in 9 System Slots -> 1 Vehicle Slots + 1 Heavy Slot
-[X] 1x Fatesever Cannon (Vehicle Slot).
Those should all be accounted for with one Vehicle and one Heavy type weapon per turret so I'm curious what that chin gun is?
- 2 Fatesevers
- 1 Regular Starlance
- 2 Fatecasters
- 1 Starcarver
"Now that is a Big Frakking Gun." - Some Imperial, probably.
I mean, you will probably design a new superheavy vehicle chassis at some point, simply because there's a whole bunch of things that doing a properly militarized chassis gets you, but you might not get to that for some time, and they're definitely a Good Enough For Right Now™ design. And of course, just because you phased a vehicle out, doesn't mean you don't still have them sitting in a vault somewhere for a rainy day.
