Myomer Is Made Real

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  1. MagnusEffect

    MagnusEffect Administrator Staff Member Jarl SC Huscarl

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    Oh my.... now it's just a matter of figuring out how to do fast response versions.
     
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    but a battlemech would never be used. mechs that are far smaller (like the size of a heavy gear) sure. But not at the size battlemechs are at. Too large of a target. still cool.
     
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    MagnusEffect Administrator Staff Member Jarl SC Huscarl

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    The point was not arguing how viable a battlemech is. Just saying "myomer" is a thing now.

    That being said, being able to lift 12,600 times its own weight is insanely strong. That's actually many times MORE powerful than stats cited for myomer in Battletech. If meshed with s better high density alloy skeleton and armor to match... who knows? At the very least, power armor is not out of reach. Remember too that Battlemechs were first construction vehicles for many years before they were weaponized.
     
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    For every other application it would be used alot. Probably mostly industrial and medical (prosthetics and maybe cybernetics). Various military stuff.
     
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    I could see this enhancing current robots so that they are more articulate, weigh less, and more life like
     
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    really depends entirely on cost to manufacture, if it's not cost effective it'll only see use in niche markets and the military (because when the government says 'spare no expense' they aren't joking) but even that would be only for highly specific equipment, mechs would really only become a thing if it was cheap enough to afford losing in the field. Size of course would depend on the armor available and the size/weight of the armaments they want it to use. Keep in mind a sixty ton battlemech wouldn't necessarily need to be between twelve and fourteen meters tall, honestly that's probably going to be a bit on the extraordinary size since a 6 meter long truck can carry that much weight, too.
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    Also I highly doubt we'll see bipedal at any point. I mean in a practical sense, not in a can't be done, as obviously we've already seen two in the American/Japanese duel. The advantages gained by being bipedal as a machine are frequently outweighed by the simple stability and redundancy of a quad, and the tripod design can be just as nimble as a bipedal under most circumstances.
     
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    Quads would also allow for a lower profile. But bipedal you probably only see heavy gear size (4-5 meter) height at most. Which would essentially be large power armor. Also the m1 Abrams is about 8 meters long and 60 tons. That is where most people are going off dimensions for if a battle mech ever became reality. I think most MBTs are similar dimension. Not to mention a tank can have more armor then a battle mech.

    But I still see the largest use of myomer being in industrial/manufacturing/construction.
     
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    MagnusEffect Administrator Staff Member Jarl SC Huscarl

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    speaking of advancements in armor:


    and robotics:
     
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    But now in the back of his mind...


    He will always know he’s jerking some other dudes dick.

    Also that’s a flesh transplant not a mechanical object that you can’t feel anything from.

    Besides stompy robots


    Could also lead to better future sexbots


    Or something along the line of the chobits anime
     
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    MagnusEffect Administrator Staff Member Jarl SC Huscarl

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    Offer's still open for that Las Vegas trip, Haki. :glee:

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