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Re: Visualizing the Halo Universe: Round 16 *IMG*
By:General Vagueness
Date: 7/14/14 7:38 pm

: Hell, it seemed pretty straightforward to me.

: I like to think that the progression was driven by the need for power and
: protection. Mk. I required tethered power and was underarmored, so they
: bulked it up for Mk II. The second Mark still couldn't mount a large
: enough power source and the fuel to keep it running in the field, so the
: Mk. III was made larger to accommodate a wireless energy receiver. And
: since walking in the Mk. II was like walking in a fat suit with a saddle
: between your legs, they just made the Mk. III large enough to house the
: pilot in the torso.
: At which point an oversight committee saw the diminishing returns and mission
: creep coming and nixed the whole project.

If it hasn't been addressed already, I think that's a good explanation for the even more mech-like stuff-- they decided to fork the project, with the goals oriented around power armor going to Mjolnir and the mech-oriented goals going to the Mantis.


Messages In This Thread

Visualizing the Halo Universe: Round 16Postmortem6/30/14 12:31 am
     Visualizing the Halo Universe: Round 16 ExtensionPostmortem7/5/14 12:31 pm
           Re: Visualizing the Halo Universe: Round 16 ExtensQuirel7/6/14 1:51 pm
                 Re: Visualizing the Halo Universe: Round 16 ExtensPostmortem7/6/14 9:46 pm
     Visualizing the Halo Universe: Round 16 *IMG*TDSpiral7/10/14 5:50 pm
           Re: Visualizing the Halo Universe: Round 16 *IMG*davidfuchs7/10/14 6:32 pm
                 Re: Visualizing the Halo Universe: Round 16 *IMG*TDSpiral7/10/14 6:44 pm
                 Re: Visualizing the Halo Universe: Round 16 *IMG*Postmortem7/10/14 6:47 pm
                       Re: Visualizing the Halo Universe: Round 16 *IMG*Quirel7/10/14 7:23 pm
                             Re: Visualizing the Halo Universe: Round 16 *IMG*Postmortem7/10/14 7:31 pm
                             Re: Visualizing the Halo Universe: Round 16 *IMG*General Vagueness7/14/14 7:38 pm
                                   Re: Visualizing the Halo Universe: Round 16 *IMG*TDSpiral7/15/14 7:16 pm
           Re: Visualizing the Halo Universe: Round 16 *IMG*Quirel7/10/14 7:47 pm
     Summary will be up later tonight.Postmortem7/13/14 2:46 pm
           *Eagerly awaiting* *NM*Quirel7/13/14 10:17 pm
     I drew all of them. :)Postmortem7/13/14 10:32 pm
     Re: Visualizing the Halo Universe: Round 16 *IMG*TekkaCroe7/14/14 1:12 am
           Re: Visualizing the Halo Universe: Round 16 *IMG*TDSpiral7/14/14 5:43 am
           Re: Visualizing the Halo Universe: Round 16 *IMG*Quirel7/14/14 6:30 pm
     Round 16 SummaryPostmortem7/14/14 11:25 am
     I can't contribute directly to this contest...Quirel7/14/14 9:17 pm
           Re: I can't contribute directly to this contest...Postmortem7/14/14 10:06 pm

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