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[X] Chompevsky has more stick time on this particular model of mecha, and more experience with heavier mecha in general. Let her take the lead.
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BungieONI
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That's a really tight pack of Christie, Us, FCM. I'm very interested with everything they've done, and again we seemed to have hit the heaviest armored entry. We should account for bias in our labeling, and we were only barely edged out by Christie.
I wonder if the FCM had Fatal Wobble problems, and the rocket idea is interesting but seems to send the ground guys up a creek a bit.
Between the two. They're both calm and level headed pilots, but Ignacio has had statement of not wanting to immediately get into the test bed when Montrove died for sensible reasons.
More experience with this model vs more biped experience in general. That heavier mech experience in general is the tipping point. I think?
[X] Chompevsky has more stick time on this particular model of mecha, and more experience with heavier mecha in general. Let her take the lead.
Steely personality, specific mention of terrible terrain in temperamental machines, longer stick time, and more general experience in heavy mecha.
I wonder if the FCM had Fatal Wobble problems, and the rocket idea is interesting but seems to send the ground guys up a creek a bit.
Between the two. They're both calm and level headed pilots, but Ignacio has had statement of not wanting to immediately get into the test bed when Montrove died for sensible reasons.
These are the two of them. Terrible terrain, harsh conditions.
More experience with this model vs more biped experience in general. That heavier mech experience in general is the tipping point. I think?
[X] Chompevsky has more stick time on this particular model of mecha, and more experience with heavier mecha in general. Let her take the lead.
Steely personality, specific mention of terrible terrain in temperamental machines, longer stick time, and more general experience in heavy mecha.
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7734
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I mean, yes, but considering how absolutely nasty the quad/hex transition is to get to biped, it's not nearly as good as you'd think initially. After all, most of France's designs are still hexapodal, and the ambulance mecha in question was a concept for the Araignée that never quite panned out.
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Ohhhh. Hmmm that's important to know.
Gonna think up some pros and cons.
| Ignacio | Chompevsky |
| Pros -More biped experience in general than Chompevsky. -Experience with finicky machines in harsh conditions. Bipeds? -Good with a soft touch. -Generally pleasant. | Pros -More experience with heavier mecha in general than Ignacio. -More stick time with this model specifically than Ignacio. -Experience with temperamental mecha in terrible terrain. -Steely personality. |
| Cons -Flatly refused to climb into 0-2 immediately after Montrove's death, so he might be uneasy in this mecha. No mention of this when he climbed into 0-3 during the engine test. | Cons -The transition from hex/quad to biped is a nasty bitch. -Temperamental mecha in terrible terrain experience is primarily hex or quad. -Heavy mech experience is primarily in hexes/quads? Not sure how significant this is? |
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BungieONI
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[X] St. Ignacio has the most experience in handling bipedal mecha, send him in.
You know what since he seemed fine during the engine test and sprint test, I'd say stick him in, I think he has less potential cons than Compevsky and he's literally meant to just drive the bloody thing.
E: Thoughts about the destructive testing coming up, the bias will probably hit the most badly there. It mentions that ideally our cannon resistance from heavy armor should come up, but that the bias in the officer convention is mentioned in the context of that. They may not look very favorably on any fuck ups we have in the destructive testing.
You know what since he seemed fine during the engine test and sprint test, I'd say stick him in, I think he has less potential cons than Compevsky and he's literally meant to just drive the bloody thing.
E: Thoughts about the destructive testing coming up, the bias will probably hit the most badly there. It mentions that ideally our cannon resistance from heavy armor should come up, but that the bias in the officer convention is mentioned in the context of that. They may not look very favorably on any fuck ups we have in the destructive testing.
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Spectral Waltz
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[X] St. Ignacio has the most experience in handling bipedal mecha, send him in.
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God damn Yanks.
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The Spirit of Dakka is within them. There is no Stop, only Shoot.
Wonder how fast it is in a sprint and how it does in destructive testing.
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[X] Chompevsky has more stick time on this particular model of mecha, and more experience with heavier mecha in general. Let her take the lead.
This mech is digitigrade which is a bit outside the norm so I would rather take the pilot that has more actual experience with this mech.
This mech is digitigrade which is a bit outside the norm so I would rather take the pilot that has more actual experience with this mech.
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[X] St. Ignacio has the most experience in handling bipedal mecha, send him in.
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[X] Chompevsky has more stick time on this particular model of mecha, and more experience with heavier mecha in general. Let her take the lead.
Yeah I'm wondering that too and what the hell is Christie Suspension like in this universe considering the Man it's named after was like.
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BungieONI
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Oh that sounds like a story, care to expand on it?
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Christie was a tank designer who wanted to build sports cars.
His suspensions big thing was you could drive it with out tracks on just the road wheels and it would actually be faster.
Actual tanks did have it mostly soviet tanks like the BT series and the T-34 had a version of it also.
7734
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The last US mecha to use the Christie Leg/Hip Actuation Method goes out of service in '86 when they finally replace it with a fully integrated digital computer controlled electromechanical system. In the civil world and third world powers, it will stick around until the absolute end of quest.
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[X] St. Ignacio has the most experience in handling bipedal mecha, send him in.
I wonder what the root of that bias is. Isn't the soixante-quinze supposed to lead to a positive bias thanks to the preference of the artillery branch?
I wonder what the root of that bias is. Isn't the soixante-quinze supposed to lead to a positive bias thanks to the preference of the artillery branch?
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So, the tests. We just finished Fire/Manoeuvre, so the others are:
2 - Road March; going by the Contest 1 version, this is going to be over comparatively smooth terrain, and the biggest thing is going to be longevity; this is an endurance race.
3 - Destructive Testing - fairly self-explanatory.
4 - Field Manoeuvre - basically an obstacle course. @7734 does "known terrain" mean we and/or the pilots know the route ahead of time then, or am I stupid? Not that it matters, we don't get to pick pilots for that one anyway.
[X] Chompevsky has more stick time on this particular model of mecha, and more experience with heavier mecha in general. Let her take the lead.
My thoughts are that she's probably more suited to this specifically, since as I've said before an ambulance driver is probably most suited to know how hard they can push the mech and balance speed and care - in this case, not blowing up anything important by gunning it too hard.
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The source of the bias is that they had to basically convert their quiet base to house our test crew and they ain't happy about that.
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....wow considering how in real life the fate of Christie suspension... Is the system and designer just as insane as in real life?
7734
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Yeah, and if you look real closely you'll find someone from Artillery Branch in Brest looking at the coastal batteries. Until then you're sitting with 13e Regimenté de Dragons, so have fun with the Cavalry Branch.
It means they get a map.
Moreso, mostly in that the core system behind the Christie Suspension is even more useful on a mecha than on a tank. Using heavyweight bellcranks for force redirection means that a lot of bullshit related to passive load handling and motive governance can now be handled entirely organically, versus needing more complicated redundant straight interfacing. For reference? On the balance of design scales, the Christie System is about as important as hydraulic limb actuation.