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Old 2008-03-10, 04:47   Link #865
arkhangelsk
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Originally Posted by AdmiralTigerclaw View Post
Not good enough, and I actually fired that one and it got shot down. Defensor is directional,
So aim its directionality at the ground! Have you tried that?

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and that doesn't remove the effects of going from 0 to 200+ in under a second and back down to 0 just as fast.
The main problem is that the barrier jacket is too thin.

Even if I grant the barrier jacket INFINITE strength, it isn't going to save Fate. The barrier jacket might be invulnerable, but Fate isn't. If that jacket hardens up in the fashion you suggest on impact, Fate's innards will be subject to even greater decelerative forces and become mincemeat even faster.

Her best chance, in fact, is distance. "Give", as they call it. It provides precious extra milliseconds to decelerate, decreasing the deceleration to a more human number. Exactly the kind of thing the relatively far from skin Defensor will give that skintight BJ field / barrier complex won't...
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