Star Citizen 2024 Forecast

[NaffNaffBobFace]

At the scale of Mech they are looking at, and the interior of ships, caves and bunkers we have, Mechs don't have much utility. To work they have to be, about, man sized, which makes them power armor.

I'll take powwr armour. The Retaliator might be able to get a Power Armour Dropship moduel, the Starfarer now it has removeable tanks could be a lifter for 6 of what ever power armour goes up to that size plus a little bigger with the balance that it is exposed unprotected cargo.

 

[Mudhawk]

Ah!!!
I finally see where all this is going.
They'll take the system-jumping out of the small ships.
So jump cappable ships need to be docked at and used as taxi.
(We are talking Port-Olisar Class Jumpships here buddy)
Then there will be mechs.
Mechs can't fly so they need dropships.
Mechs are expensive in upkeep and so most owners will be forced to work in packs (or lances) as mercenaries.
In the bloody wars that will wreck the systems around and including earth.
Let's name them the Inner Sphere for convenience.
Then, an invasion of even bigger, better ships and mechs occurs and it turns out it's a once exiled military force that has come to regain what they consider is rightfully theirs.
Let's call them Clans.
An even greater struggle will break out.
And the the Word of Blake shall be heard!!!
Well, either that or they will simply change the most common crash notification to 40K.
Because of them Space Marines...
I think I actually might prefer that.
WAAAGH!!!

 

[NomadicHavoc]

All this talk of mechs makes me want to play Titanfall. That was a really fun game! They nailed the excitement of mech combat.

 

[Sky Captain]

I listened to the video and largely heard it as 'more of the same'.

Nothing there on some of the potentially more-transformational game play items. Still no sight of NPC crew, the range of their uses, and their customization, for example.

Regardless, Jared still does a nice job making it all sound interesting.

 

[Richard Bong]

I'll take powwr armour. The Retaliator might be able to get a Power Armour Dropship moduel, the Starfarer now it has removeable tanks could be a lifter for 6 of what ever power armour goes up to that size plus a little bigger with the balance that it is exposed unprotected cargo.

External, something like this?

 

[NaffNaffBobFace]

External, something like this?

Seems like something with pofential, that. Why risk the fat ass 'Farer when you can drop dudes from orbit.

 

[Richard Bong]

Seems like something with pofential, that. Why risk the fat ass 'Farer when you can drop dudes from orbit.

There is a long tradition of dropping people from orbit. Blame it on Robert Heinlein's Starship Troopers (The book). Since then it has been a staple of Military Sci-Fi.
I'm more surprised they are talking Mechs but not Drop Pods.

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