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After these public tests WCG decided to ban some applications in sale and manufacturing. | After these public tests WCG decided to ban some applications in sale and manufacturing. | ||
Thought experiment: Factory owners try to rationalize. They replace "human resources" with robots. At the end you have a factory full of robots that | Thought experiment: Factory owners try to rationalize. They replace "human resources" with robots. At the end you have a factory full of robots that only belong to the factory owners. And repairs of robots are carried out by other robots. In that scenario the capitalism would itself rationalize to death. Therefore SLDs should only be given tasks that are extreme dangerous or not "system threatening". Think of jobs that only few wants to carry out or where androids are a more reasonable choice: activities at atomic/biologic/chemical dangerous sites, decontamination, astronauts, mining, soldiers, safeguard jobs, nursing. | ||
The WCG is trying to reform education and job market towards more ''creative'' directions. But that endeavor doesn't proceed as quickly as it would be necessary. | The WCG is trying to reform education and job market towards more ''creative'' directions. But that endeavor doesn't proceed as quickly as it would be necessary. | ||
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'''Project Checkerboard''' | '''Project Checkerboard''' | ||
To minimize effects of organized | To minimize effects of organized crime and terror attacks, the WCG founded the checkerboard project. | ||
The | The chess game serves as analogy whereas the board stands for the battle ground and black and white figures for destructive and counter-distructive forces. | ||
The androids lay dormant until an incidence occurs. They can counteract in an instant and reduce death tolls. | The androids lay dormant until an incidence occurs. They can counteract in an instant and reduce death tolls. | ||
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===Shinatama's escape=== | ===Shinatama's escape=== | ||
[...] Shintama could have uploaded her mind to the Internet with the help of Pensatore. I guess this can continue with [[Shinatama#Hikari|Owldreamer's stuff]]. | [...] Shintama could have uploaded her mind to the Internet with the help of Pensatore. I guess this can continue with [[Shinatama#Hikari|Owldreamer's stuff]]. | ||
==Mechs== | |||
[[Image:OniBattle.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Iron Demon by Craig Mullins]] | |||
Why a mech when you can have a tank? | |||
A realistic bipedal robot couldn't be very fast and requires a fair amount of computing power just to accomplish stable and smooth locomotion. Also it is prone to take damage from stumbling and falling. The surface-volume-ratio is worse so that it increases weight spend for armor. | |||
So what could be the advantages of a mech? | |||
'''Area of operation''' | |||
Terrain-wise mechs could literally go where tanks couldn't: stone deserts, mountains, deep wilderness. But also in urban warfare mechs could show off by operating inside of buildings if they aren't too big. Compare with Land Mates, Apple Seed. | |||
'''Properties''' | |||
Basically a tank transports firepower from place A to place B. But nowadays tanks are easy targets and need air support. | |||
Same would be true for 10-meter mechs or bigger. | |||
If you take two-legged mechs, you must maximize their advantages by keeping them small and fast. | |||
From here on let's mix in more fiction. | |||
In order to prevent falls or minimize damage from such, mechs shouldn't be GUNDAM-sized and they need a superb movement. Buttons and levers won't do. You need either a '''neuro-linked pilot or an AI'''. So, in a sense, mechs in Oni could be '''over-sized SLDs in a full-body armor'''. The mechanic cells of SLDs and '''graphene shields''' would allow them the regenerate damaged parts right on the battle field. | |||
'''Combat''' | |||
Now, how about some martial art? Our mechs (Iron Demon class) are engulfed in armor, heavy weapon would reduce their mobility. Fully packed with sensors they could detect incoming RPGs and missiles. They would have two options: destroy the threat with [[Heavy_weapons#Metal_Storm|Metal Storm]]-like defense or perform a computer-aided evasion maneuver. Missiles can home in on moving targets but those don't change direction. As faster the missile is and as closers it gets to the target the more difficult it becomes for the missile to adept direction. A well-timed evasion could prevent a full hit whereby are remaining damage (blast and shrapnels) are absorbed by the regenerative armor and body. | |||
If the Iron Demon isn't equipped with considerable firearms it should be at least capable of disarming an enemy tank by ripping off its cannon or doing other nasty things to it: | |||
* The ID could climb on the tanks back, grab and pull the cannon until it reaches the maximal angle and break the joint, then ripping it off. | |||
* A "locomotion transfer throw": the ID sprints and grabs the cannon. The ID's inertia bring the tank into motion. After mass and velocity and combined, the ID touches ground with his feet and puts more power into his throw. He swings the tank around to crushes it into a wall or into the ground. Elite Strikers do that as a disarm move but without the running part. (Ever tried this in PE ... without the final throw?) | |||
* IDs can crash land on a tank after jumping out of a window or from a not too high roof. We are talking here about 2050's military state-of-the-art materials and mechs not bigger than 5 meters, so this should be okay. | |||
* IDs could be equipped with a sword (taser included) or their legs and arms would be a sharp edge. Fast strikes and kicks enhanced by running (more kinetic energy) could cut though a detected weak spot and damage sensors and outside equipment. | |||
* If the tank is too big: pump graphene gas into the interior and taser the crew and the electronics. | |||
Anyway, the main target shouldn't be tanks but enemy infantry and light-armored vehicles or other mechs. (Yay, close combat action. Here we go.) | |||
In a nutshell: '''c'''lose quarter '''c'''ombat SLD '''m'''echs (CCM) gain a lot from martial art. Their body is their weapon, and their mind is their damage and self-damage reduction. | |||
The CCM cells are capable of showing various color pigments so the mechs blend into the landscape and reach a near-perfect camouflage as long as they don't move. | |||
===WCG=== | |||
The Iron Demon seen in pre-beta content shouldn't be considered as a piece of serial production. Maybe an old develop version, a prototype, a proof of concept, yada yada. Something Griffin used in a crazy emergency? | |||
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