"Effective range" is entirely subjective in those terms... it depends on what the established norms for combat range are in space based on the technology available at the time. As technology improves, those ranges will likely increase, much as how the advent of rifling increased the effec...

Technically speaking, its range will be inferior to the kinetic round because the kinetic round will continue moving at speed until it either hits something or enters a gravitational field intense enough to trap it in a decaying orbit. It's a problem not often discussed, but actually did get a ment...

It depends on the setting, really. In real world terms, yes... particle beams travel much faster than any conventional projectile but that's basically their only significant advantage. Damage is all about the quantity and transfer time of kinetic energy, so to deal significant damage a particle bea...

Considering the concept of a Railgun dates back to 1917, it hardly seems like it was too new of a concept to appear in earlier works. It might be a harder concept to work with in space settings, however in that case Beam Weaponry shouldn't be able to work either. Beam works because they travel much...

Seto Kaiba wrote: ↑Thu Mar 09, 2023 4:56 pm
(Of course, since Thunderbolt is its own thing largely separate from the UC proper we'll likely never know due to a lack of continued exploration of that alternate UC setting.)

Yeah, where'd they find a ball that small in the torso? Even the SP-W03 is bigger than that.

isn't that because that beam rifle is just really powerful? iirc it needs to be hooked up to a large external generator right? While it can be really powerful, it is not necessary to hook up an external generator. That rifle was originally designed and seen on RGM-79SP GM Sniper II, without an exte...

Note that the Zeon Remnants are surprised by the range of Atlas' railgun. IIRC, the dialogue suggest that sniping from that distance is impossible with beam weapon (under atmosphere, I guess, it should be doable in space). Of course, it's Thunderbolt. So it might doesn't matter at all... 08th MS te...

I don't know it seemed to work pretty well for Scirocco and Kamille. In supplemental material it doesn't seem very useful, the Delta Plus mentions having one but it not doing a whole lot. I'm so sure about regular sensors picking up Psycommu waves, the Psycommu is a large bulky system specifically ...

Ah gotcha, yeah I'm familiar with all the main beats there I just didn't know if Gihren or perhaps had any specific propaganda regarding Newtypes, since Newtypes themselves were treated as something of a superstition prior to and during the OYW. I suppose awareness of Newtypes was limited just to t...

When it works, anyway. The Cyber-Newtype process was/is extremely hit-and-miss when it comes to producing candidates who are mentally stable. For every Gyunei Guss or Full Frontal, there are several unstable and often unpredictable "failures" like Chara Soon, Four Murasume, Rosamia Badam,...

Very interesting, I'm curious how much new information will be in the EXAM Master Archive and how many potential retcons it will have. I know the reboot manga has already changed a few things, along with a plethora or new MS variants to sell model kits. As for why don't we see Anti Newtype weapons ...

Not EFF and not canon, but in REON you get Gundam Zephyr Phantom Mk-II "Reon" equipped with Anti Funnel System that can disable funnels, making the AI onboard able to overcome NTs in combat. This story follows the timeline of Masafumi Matsuura's Outer Gundam and Moon Crisis (There's anothe...

Seto Kaiba wrote: ↑Sun Feb 19, 2023 4:40 pm Gundam as "shiroi yatsu"... localized variously as (White Devil) and such.

"Shiroi yatsu" is "white guy/dude/thing"
"Shiroi Akuma" is "white devil"
both used in the story but iirc white devil is only used after Solomon.

Yes indeed, the Sentinel Kai variants are better suited for carrying MS. Do you recall where you read that the Magellan Kai is the only Magellan with maintenance / repair capabilities? As I recall the original Magellan had internal storage space and I had thought it was repurposed as a Hangar for b...

Seto Kaiba wrote: ↑Wed Feb 15, 2023 10:27 pm It'd look cool on parade, but it'd be a terrible idea in wartime.

Nothing worse for your life expectancy than "Shoot here, I'm an officer!".

famous last words: "should have painted my machine like the old rusty trash from the junk yard."

Mark did a post on how MS Capacity has varied on different tabletop games along with some discussion regarding other sources. It's an outstanding thread and I refer to it often when I'm curious on the carrying capacities of the various UC Warships. You can read it here: https://www.mechatalk.net/vi...

i know this post is like 4 months old but heres what id say the decoration is for. id say that the decoration is simply a status thing. though it would be cool if the MS gets decorated more for every battle its been in. Cool but impractical. making decorations takes more resources and time, while y...

basically this: https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg- ... c0c3826-lq
Soldiers booby trapping guns and helmets left behind.

Seto Kaiba wrote: ↑Wed Feb 15, 2023 1:02 am

MythSearcher wrote: ↑Wed Feb 15, 2023 12:26 am Also he was never a producer.

He does have one Sunrise producer credit... on CROSS ANGE: Rondo of Angel and Demon.

Ok, I guess Creative producer is a kind of producer, I was thinking of your regular producer where they have to go find budget for the project and talk to the sponsors.

Fukuda is most definitely a Sunrise employee, producer, working form the ground up from setting production [...] In point of fact, he's been a Sunrise employee since 1979. He joined Sunrise right out of high school. He became freelance after Dragonar. (i.e. no longer Sunrise's regular employee) Tho...