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Flare
Veteran knight
Age : 23
Joined : 14 Apr 2008
Posts : 271
Location : Iraq.
 |  Subject: Re: Transportation  Tue Apr 15, 2008 4:09 am | |
| I can see one problem with mechs.
To a Silver Succubi, it could be a meal in a can. Not to mention all the metal means a nice lightining rod for those with the right elemental bearing. |
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observer88
valiant swordman
Age : 19
Joined : 10 Dec 2007
Posts : 216
Location : Romania
| | Subject: Re: Transportation Tue Apr 15, 2008 9:56 am | |
| I'd go for something relatively light and fast, such as a hover vehicle, an ATV, dirt bike, or even a bicycle.
By rail is my favourite mode of transport, but Malahite is certainly right. It's impractical in a place such as Felarya.
Tunnelling machines such as a Nod Subterranian APC can avoid the wall of scale trick that nagas like to use on travellers, though who knows what dangers lie underground.
Also, 'jets' aren't very maneuvrable, unless they're VTOL, I'd suggest something along the lines of an ORCA fighter, Venom scout craft, or Reaper gunship. |
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Malahite
Felarya cartographer
Joined : 12 Dec 2007
Posts : 1402
Location : Old World
| | Subject: Re: Transportation Tue Apr 15, 2008 7:10 pm | |
| Problem is, if you can make a Mech capable of traveling Felarya in a fast, safe manner, you already have the technology to create better means of transportation. They can be good, yes. But that's like saying tanks are a wonderful mean of travel, and then providing a Bolo Mark XXXIII as an example.
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Pendragon
Felarya cartographer
Age : 19
Joined : 09 Dec 2007
Posts : 1546
Location : Inside an armored war machine.
| | Subject: Re: Transportation Tue Apr 15, 2008 7:17 pm | |
| | Malahite wrote: | | Problem is, if you can make a Mech capable of traveling Felarya in a fast, safe manner, you already have the technology to create better means of transportation. They can be good, yes. But that's like saying tanks are a wonderful mean of travel, and then providing a Bolo Mark XXXIII as an example. |
Meh. Still, it's all a matter of taste. Some mechs just have that homely feeling to them, and can keep you safe in a pinch.
I still prefer them to tanks, really.
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Malahite
Felarya cartographer
Joined : 12 Dec 2007
Posts : 1402
Location : Old World
| | Subject: Re: Transportation Tue Apr 15, 2008 7:24 pm | |
| | Pendragon wrote: |
I still prefer them to tanks, really. |
And for everyone else, discussion ends here. I don't want this to become the, what, 4th debate thread?
Anyways, I still support the "Underground" tunnel system most of all ideas.
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| EarthScorpion wrote: | Imagine a baby hamster. It's still blind, cute, wriggly. It puts its nose against something, hoping to get its first drink of milk.
That something is a fruit blender's blades. It is activated.
This is what you have done to the Star Wars galaxy. |
"Litany of Fury" |
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Mentalguy
Seasoned adventurer
Age : 21
Joined : 09 Dec 2007
Posts : 134
Location : Clovertuckey, Ohio. 10 points for anyone who can find where I live.
| | Subject: Re: Transportation Fri Apr 18, 2008 9:27 pm | |
| I would choose a fast offroad vehical, an ATV or dirtbike. maybe a light troop transport a Humvee, Jeep or an off road truck. those have the mobility and speed to manuver in the Felaryan jungle. I would not use an aircraft as they are noisey and I prefer the cover of the jungle.
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Malahite
Felarya cartographer
Joined : 12 Dec 2007
Posts : 1402
Location : Old World
| | Subject: Re: Transportation Sat Apr 19, 2008 4:27 pm | |
| | Mentalguy wrote: | | I would choose a fast offroad vehical, an ATV or dirtbike. maybe a light troop transport a Humvee, Jeep or an off road truck. those have the mobility and speed to manuver in the Felaryan jungle. I would not use an aircraft as they are noisey and I prefer the cover of the jungle. |
ATV and Dirtbike seem the best to me out of the ground ones you listed, as they are pretty fast and can pretty much be manually moved over some obstacles better than a Humvee or Jeep. Sacrifice cover in return, though.
And Aircraft may be noisy, but it helps that they can travel faster than the speed of their passage.
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| EarthScorpion wrote: | Imagine a baby hamster. It's still blind, cute, wriggly. It puts its nose against something, hoping to get its first drink of milk.
That something is a fruit blender's blades. It is activated.
This is what you have done to the Star Wars galaxy. |
"Litany of Fury" |
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ConnorKCM
Naga food
Age : 14
Joined : 20 Apr 2008
Posts : 45
Location : Ask Me
| | Subject: Re: Transportation Sun Apr 20, 2008 11:03 pm | |
| | Sand Walker ><Chocobo Hmmmmm... i wonder |
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Malahite
Felarya cartographer
Joined : 12 Dec 2007
Posts : 1402
Location : Old World
| | Subject: Re: Transportation Sun Apr 20, 2008 11:11 pm | |
| Chocobo has only one advantage I can think of: Run out of supplies, you still have food.
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| EarthScorpion wrote: | Imagine a baby hamster. It's still blind, cute, wriggly. It puts its nose against something, hoping to get its first drink of milk.
That something is a fruit blender's blades. It is activated.
This is what you have done to the Star Wars galaxy. |
"Litany of Fury" |
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gwadahunter2222
Hero
Age : 24
Joined : 08 Dec 2007
Posts : 1074
| | Subject: Re: Transportation Sun Apr 20, 2008 11:29 pm | |
| | Malahite wrote: | | Chocobo has only one advantage I can think of: Run out of supplies, you still have food. |
I agree that's why I like travelling by using animals 
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Derilyct
Helpless prey
Joined : 15 Dec 2007
Posts : 15
| | Subject: Re: Transportation Thu Apr 24, 2008 5:42 pm | |
| Since Felarya is a crossroads between dimensions, many different peoples of varying advancements in technology could come about. Anything from Gundams to horseback could be modes of transportation in felarya, if chances permitted.
There seems to be a pattern, through the drawings of Karbo and the general fanfic, that technological advancement by attaching dimensions don't reach beyond the mid-21 century. |
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observer88
valiant swordman
Age : 19
Joined : 10 Dec 2007
Posts : 216
Location : Romania
| | Subject: Re: Transportation Thu Apr 24, 2008 6:15 pm | |
| | Derilyct wrote: | | There seems to be a pattern, through the drawings of Karbo and the general fanfic, that technological advancement by attaching dimensions don't reach beyond the mid-21 century. |
I think it's more a matter of preference. |
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Silent_eric
Veteran knight
Age : 17
Joined : 18 Feb 2008
Posts : 297
Location : Location Location
| | Subject: Re: Transportation Thu Apr 24, 2008 8:29 pm | |
| | Derilyct wrote: | | There seems to be a pattern, through the drawings of Karbo and the general fanfic, that technological advancement by attaching dimensions don't reach beyond the mid-21 century. |
Well, that's true, but I like to think that after a certain point of technological evolution, you reach extinction or enlightenment. Either of which would not go to Felarya. XD
But really, even though it's a horrible idea, I like the idea of a train going through Felarya. Surely there is a culture stubborn enough not to learn from their mistakes!
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Malahite
Felarya cartographer
Joined : 12 Dec 2007
Posts : 1402
Location : Old World
| | Subject: Re: Transportation Thu Apr 24, 2008 8:40 pm | |
| | Silent_eric wrote: | | Surely there is a culture stubborn enough not to learn from their mistakes! |
WOO! USA! USA!
Joking aside, there probably are. Sci-Fi is full of Empires that only are in existance because their oppossition is simply less intelligent.
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| EarthScorpion wrote: | Imagine a baby hamster. It's still blind, cute, wriggly. It puts its nose against something, hoping to get its first drink of milk.
That something is a fruit blender's blades. It is activated.
This is what you have done to the Star Wars galaxy. |
"Litany of Fury" |
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