Ground pressure is the killing word to the armored war walker. Consider getting off the couch, strapping on a 100 pound backpack and going for a run. Now imagine you’re running through a patch of ankle deep sticky clay mud. Now imagine stopping or turning. DO NOT ACTUALLY ATTEMPT THIS, because you will BREAK A LEG OR POP A KNEE, fall face down in the mud, drown and die. This is what life will be like for a 20+ ton walker, every day, on all terrain.
The ground pressure that a 10t IFV exerts is less than a fully loaded infantry grunt.
Even if you imagine some spectacular future miracle technology or material that will remove some of the above problems, you’re still left with sky high ground pressure and I will use that same unobtanium to make better tanks and tank killing flyers that will make tin foil out of your walker.
Engineering is not about finding ways to make cool things work. It’s about solving problems at a lower fiscal, materials, logistical and manpower cost than current solutions. The purpose of a mechanized army is to take and hold territory by killing people and breaking their things. A force of armored walkers make this task harder, not easier.
You consider yourself a pretty well informed nerd, right? You’ve watched just about every geektastic movie and television show, and played every game there is. You have a certain level of pride in the time you spent earning your nerd cred. The things you do to attain your authoritative-ness demands respect. However, the embarrassment of being the last guy to the party is enough to shatter your world. It’s a situation we’ve all be in. Friends being all chatty cathy about something that you haven’t quite got into yet. They’re all really into it and your not. Damn friends making you feel all ashamed.
The only potential glitch in the Star Trek books came about because I couldn't figure out how to write a love scene where the protagonists called each other by their surnames. So I gave Mr. Sulu a first name, "Hikaru," which is from The Tale of Genji. I was blissfully unaware of the glitch till long after the fact; someone at Paramount objected to the idea of the character's having a given name, for reasons unclear to me. David had the good idea of asking Gene Roddenberry and George Takei their opinion, and both of them said "Go for it" or words to that effect. And so Mr. Sulu has a first name.
Beautiful day in the neighborhood a beautiful day for a neighbor that goes "wtf, is that kid in armor?!"
Thought I would put the Armor on to see how the sun would effect me within.
I kissed a nerd and I liked it
The taste of his acne-chapped lips
I kissed a nerd, can't describe it
I told my boyfriend to hike it
Taped-glasses on
Plaid pants so tight
I think I'm in love tonight
I kissed a nerd and I liked it
I liked it
