[UA] Videomancers taking advantage of Iron Man

[Russell Rayburn]

Maybe more like a minimum of 8 years away from a prototype that
doesn't require a tether ;)

Also, I'd think battery technology ( or portable energy generation )
would have to improve significantly before this becomes viable.  That
would be a significant advancement all on it's own.

Still, in UA terms a mechanomancer version wouldn't be subject to
those limitations.

On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 3:35 PM, Foster Ranney <foranney at vassar.edu> wrote:
>
> So ... what you're telling me is that we're eight years away from space marines?
>
> "Heavy boots of aluminum" doesn't have quite the same ring that Sabbath's version did, I'm afraid.
>
>  - F.A.R. out
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Russell Rayburn" <rusrayburn at gmail.com>
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> Sent: 15 May 2008 15:31:26 o'clock (GMT-0500) America/New_York
> Subject: Re: [UA] Videomancers taking advantage of Iron Man
>
> On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 3:19 PM, Kris Taylor <mrkhtaylor at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>> Saw these 2 videos posted a day apart on the BBC.
>>
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7351399.stm
>>
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/7402016.stm
>>
>> My thoughts are either the occult underground is at work here or that the US
>> military is putting together some weapons to help against 'supernaturals'.
>>
>> The scary part is that the infomancer I'm playing has already had ideas on
>> the same line and was trying for similar effects. At least now my GM has
>> less reasons to say 'no' (sorry Ollie! ;-P )
>> .
>> I really now see how good UA is at being based on reality. These kind of
>> prove that 'truth is stranger than fiction'.
>>
>> Kris
>>
>
> The US military has been working on increasing the endurance ( read:
> carrying capacity ) of infantry for a while now.  All the
> cra^H^H^H^H^H useful gear a soldier has to carry these days can lead
> to heat stress an fatigue in short order.  Hum vees have their place,
> but then they're fuel hungry.  Not that it stops the military from
> using them, but that's one more thing to add to the supply chain.
>
>
>
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