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So are any of you guys good at near-future military technobabble? I'm in a mecha RPG right now and I'm not great at this stuff.
I'm not too sure how joint business ventures work. Boeing and Lockheed-Martin have worked together to make satellites, but I don't know specifically how that came to be.
I'm not too sure how joint business ventures work. Boeing and Lockheed-Martin have worked together to make satellites, but I don't know specifically how that came to be.
It's basically a rough draft for a mech background.
Frames, as they're called in this RPG, are armored, bipedal vehicles; they're heavily based off of Armored Trooper VOTOMS, if you're familiar. Mine in particular is a first-generation military frame that came about in a joint venture between Orris Aeronautics and Volk Defense International. Consider them to be like smaller versions of Boeing and Lockheed-Martin, if you want a comparison. The former company built the predecessor to the BMV-M -- a civilian frame intended for industrial use -- while the latter is an established defense contractor which is primarily known for its improvements to military radar tech.
Basically, years prior to the start of the game, somebody decided to strap a 20mm autocannon to what was essentially a walking forklift and sent it off to the front lines. It kicked ass, and suddenly every modern military in the world wanted an assault forklift or fifty. Corporations everywhere raced to produce these new combat frames and sell them to the armed forces of the world. Orris was already producing a rugged, modular frame, but the company didn't have the knowledge, or resources to make it viable for use in a combat environment. VDI wanted to expand into weapons systems, but had no outlet to do so with conventional military vehicles. It was pretty much a match made in heaven.
So the two organizations brought their greatest engineers together and produced the Bipedal Mechanized Vehicle, Military-use -- the BMV-M. Though it was praised at the time for being extremely reliable and flexible in its applications, it unfortunately found little success on the market. Because while the BMV-M was well-suited to the harsh conditions of war zones, it lacked the speed of fast-attack craft and the armor of heavy assault vehicles. The project was ultimately deemed a failure, and was cancelled, having only produced thirty BMV-M units.
Ironically, the balance of speed and armament that the BMV-M possessed would later become the standard, as frames on the battlefield evolved from their role as force multipliers into more versatile units. Had Orris/VDI debuted their frame some twenty years later, it would have likely been a monumental success. As it happened, however, the thirty BMV-M units produced mostly fell into the hands of mercenary organizations, where it was well-suited to the then-unorthodox tactics used.
Frames, as they're called in this RPG, are armored, bipedal vehicles; they're heavily based off of Armored Trooper VOTOMS, if you're familiar. Mine in particular is a first-generation military frame that came about in a joint venture between Orris Aeronautics and Volk Defense International. Consider them to be like smaller versions of Boeing and Lockheed-Martin, if you want a comparison. The former company built the predecessor to the BMV-M -- a civilian frame intended for industrial use -- while the latter is an established defense contractor which is primarily known for its improvements to military radar tech.
Basically, years prior to the start of the game, somebody decided to strap a 20mm autocannon to what was essentially a walking forklift and sent it off to the front lines. It kicked ass, and suddenly every modern military in the world wanted an assault forklift or fifty. Corporations everywhere raced to produce these new combat frames and sell them to the armed forces of the world. Orris was already producing a rugged, modular frame, but the company didn't have the knowledge, or resources to make it viable for use in a combat environment. VDI wanted to expand into weapons systems, but had no outlet to do so with conventional military vehicles. It was pretty much a match made in heaven.
So the two organizations brought their greatest engineers together and produced the Bipedal Mechanized Vehicle, Military-use -- the BMV-M. Though it was praised at the time for being extremely reliable and flexible in its applications, it unfortunately found little success on the market. Because while the BMV-M was well-suited to the harsh conditions of war zones, it lacked the speed of fast-attack craft and the armor of heavy assault vehicles. The project was ultimately deemed a failure, and was cancelled, having only produced thirty BMV-M units.
Ironically, the balance of speed and armament that the BMV-M possessed would later become the standard, as frames on the battlefield evolved from their role as force multipliers into more versatile units. Had Orris/VDI debuted their frame some twenty years later, it would have likely been a monumental success. As it happened, however, the thirty BMV-M units produced mostly fell into the hands of mercenary organizations, where it was well-suited to the then-unorthodox tactics used.
Yes, I understand. So you have like MechWarrior thing going on there. Gotta have that sweet spot of speed and firepower... Recon is quite important in war. Shame about the BMV-M's. It's hard to build a fast heavily armored unit, but perfectly understand why it's desired.
I'm no expert, but I strongly believe you have the 2 corporations down, and very detailed. Your military 'techno babble' makes sense also. It's not just random words. Although it may seem like it to non-military personal. (Aka Nice vocabulary)
I'm no expert, but I strongly believe you have the 2 corporations down, and very detailed. Your military 'techno babble' makes sense also. It's not just random words. Although it may seem like it to non-military personal. (Aka Nice vocabulary)
Hybrida":37oy9yov said:The brick? Ha.
Below is a Quad pedal heavy assault bot also called "the brick".
The robot is about 70 meters tall. It features a heavy disintegration pulse cannon. This is a Cybran unit from a game called Supreme Commander.
Ah Supreme Commander, loved the shit out of that game, even the sequel which, at the time wasn't as great, since they dumbed it down a lot and stuff, but it meant it was easy enough for my friend to pick up, so I had someone to play it with... haven't played it in years though and apparently it's had some pretty "game changing" updates, might have to try it out at some point...
Managed to get some C code to compile into a GBA ROM with clang (using Android's NDK clang version).
When my digivice restoration project comes to an end, I'm considering restoring my original model GBA (and installing an SP back-lit screen into it).
On my list of cool software projects I'd never actually do (which includes a gameboy emulator) is a port of Doom for GBA that takes advantage of everything the GBA has to offer (basically make a better version of the official Doom/Doom2 ports).
When my digivice restoration project comes to an end, I'm considering restoring my original model GBA (and installing an SP back-lit screen into it).
On my list of cool software projects I'd never actually do (which includes a gameboy emulator) is a port of Doom for GBA that takes advantage of everything the GBA has to offer (basically make a better version of the official Doom/Doom2 ports).
