Ain't a hand axe and a tomahawk two different beasts? When I read "tomahawk", I have the ancient "stone-and-bone/wooden war weapon in mind. Not a modern steel and wood axe.discord wrote:geo: don't dis that hand axe, better melee weapon than the knife any day of the week, usually better thrown too....and a better infantry engineering tool as well, does wonders for cutting down small trees and going through annoying doors.
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From what I understand, tomahawks were steel-bladed weapons made by Europeans for trade; the Native American-made version was more of a club.
Current modern troops carry a variety of utility "weapons" such as knives, axes and shovels, and I suspect the Loroi would do the same; Stillstorm is wearing a knife. But the percentage of combat engagements in which such things actually get used as weapons requires a lot of decimal places.saint of m wrote:Would the Loroi still have any more "primitive" weapons to have on hand that are either there for tradition or as a secondary if they run out of batteries?
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Really? Didn't know that.Arioch wrote:From what I understand, tomahawks were steel-bladed weapons made by Europeans for trade; the Native American-made version was more of a club.
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and now you know and knowing is half the battle.
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Mind if I take a missile to it instead of a tomahawk?wasp609 wrote:and now you know and knowing is half the battle.
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id rather use the orbital friendship cannon.
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Do Loroi have the equivolent of "Red Necks" and what makes them so?
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Why do the Loroi where such tight fitting clothes?
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who cares, gives me a moral boost.
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I would assume they are vacuum suits that work by way of mechanical, rather than pneumatic, counter-pressure.CrimsonFALKE wrote:Why do the Loroi where such tight fitting clothes?
Here's a link to a similar, though much less advanced, technology : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_activity_suit
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I act have used those in my own fiction, I just didn't see it. I thought it was some type of specialized armor.
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I am not complainingwasp609 wrote:who cares, gives me a moral boost.
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Both sides have captured examples of enemy technology, as you would expect given 25 years of war.saint of m wrote:If the Loroi ever found a Umiak ship with damaged engines and a lack of a working self destruct ability, would the Loroi take the opportunity to board to go through enemy tech and databases?
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If it is a newer ship and they have time, there might be a cursory examination of it to see if there is anything new about it, but overall, it's probably blown in place, or melted down for scrap.
That being said, there will be many Umaik ships (intact or parts of) being examined to find out what machine the Umaik used to hide them from the farseers.
That being said, there will be many Umaik ships (intact or parts of) being examined to find out what machine the Umaik used to hide them from the farseers.
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For starters, it's Umiak.Zakharra wrote: That being said, there will be many Umaik ships (intact or parts of) being examined to find out what machine the Umaik used to hide them from the farseers.
Second, the Loroi of the 51st Strike Group only now became aware of the Umiak's ability to hide their real strength from the farseers, so won't have had the opportunity yet to investigate an Umiak wreck in Naam due to having to bail out in a hurry.
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I also noticed that the Humans have something similar to that "stealth" for lack of a better word.GeoModder wrote:For starters, it's Umiak.Zakharra wrote: That being said, there will be many Umaik ships (intact or parts of) being examined to find out what machine the Umaik used to hide them from the farseers.
Second, the Loroi of the 51st Strike Group only now became aware of the Umiak's ability to hide their real strength from the farseers, so won't have had the opportunity yet to investigate an Umiak wreck in Naam due to having to bail out in a hurry.
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GeoModder wrote:For starters, it's Umiak.Zakharra wrote: That being said, there will be many Umaik ships (intact or parts of) being examined to find out what machine the Umaik used to hide them from the farseers.
Second, the Loroi of the 51st Strike Group only now became aware of the Umiak's ability to hide their real strength from the farseers, so won't have had the opportunity yet to investigate an Umiak wreck in Naam due to having to bail out in a hurry.
Sorry about the letter mix up. As for my post though, that's why I said they will be many such ships pr wrecks being examined after the battles are over and the Umiak pushed back. They will want to know how the shells accomplished such a thing.
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Zakharra wrote:GeoModder wrote:For starters, it's Umiak.Zakharra wrote: That being said, there will be many Umaik ships (intact or parts of) being examined to find out what machine the Umaik used to hide them from the farseers.
Second, the Loroi of the 51st Strike Group only now became aware of the Umiak's ability to hide their real strength from the farseers, so won't have had the opportunity yet to investigate an Umiak wreck in Naam due to having to bail out in a hurry.
Sorry about the letter mix up. As for my post though, that's why I said they will be many such ships pr wrecks being examined after the battles are over and the Umiak pushed back. They will want to know how the shells accomplished such a thing.
Hopefully the shells won't have this tech in large quantities
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do the loroi heavy any land basic vehicles such as tanks or is it all space oriented.
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Sure, they have a variety of ground forces. That's discussed in a little more detail here:wasp609 wrote:do the loroi heavy any land basic vehicles such as tanks or is it all space oriented.
http://well-of-souls.com/outsider/forum_ground_war.html