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Heavy Object - Mecha, Weapons, and Technology

As the title suggests, the purpose of this thread is to discuss Heavy Object Mecha, Weapons, and Technology

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So anyone else think the 0.5 Object's design was a well thought out middle stage between modern vehicles and the 1.0 Baby Magnum?

I wanted to do this sooner, but I've been swamped the whole day with lessons and report.

Consider this as an archive of sort. In addition to Objects, there are also a number of fancy high tech gadgets that appears.

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http://i.imgur.com/ZHdf1GLl.jpg

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Originally Posted by Draco Spirit (Post 5716012)

So anyone else think the 0.5 Object's design was a well thought out middle stage between modern vehicles and the 1.0 Baby Magnum?

I don't know. True, it's a rather impressive first attempt at building an Object from an independent nation and could likely be a formidable foe against conventional weapons like tanks and aircraft. However, there's some details the anime skipped that make clear how inferior it is to a proper Object like the Baby Magnum, so it isn't that effective as a weapon as it may seem. Still, I agree that as a weapon it's between normal military vehicles and the Baby Magnum. If Oceania wasn't in the middle of being invaded maybe they could have perfected the design to reach the level of a first generation Object.

Spoiler for Volume 1 Spoilers about the Generation 0.5:

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Originally Posted by LazyHunter (Post 5716073)

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A lot of that probably has more to do with the material and fiscal limitations the Australians were operating under than anything else, particularly the armor. Also your point about the reactor not being on is absurd; there really is no need for further justification to keep it off. Assuming an Object reactor is outputting in the tens of gigawatts during operations, standby probably has to be at least one gigawatt. The reason you'd keep it going around the clock it to avoid having to provide the massive surge of power needed to get the hydrogen or helium fuel to start fusing; once you have some reaction ongoing, you can add fuel and dial up the containment fields to reach combat output.

However, if you're not running it for two years, the gigawatt worth of fuel will outweigh the start-up activation energy. Also, the gigawatt worth of heat that will eventually be produced will be a dead giveaway to any functional infrared satellite system.

Also, the point was about the quality of the design, not the final product. The invaders are using objects half a century more advanced; it's like comparing an Abrams to a Tiger.

ever wondering if the Tri-Core was piloted by three pilots for each of its core modules? considering to me it looks like three smaller objects glued together in terms of design, because of it, its also one of the objects having a crew on board to operate the thing much like a ship.

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Originally Posted by Global Sword 2 (Post 5716268)

I doubt it; it would actually be easier to operate than a normal object given that it's essentially a weapons platform and isn't built to engage in the sort of spastic maneuvering common to Objects.

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Originally Posted by Global Sword 2 (Post 5716268)

It was one pilot.

On of the perks of one pilot per object instead of multiple is the speed of decision making and reacting.

One person can decide and act quicker than three relying info between each other.

Unless they neuro-linked!!

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Originally Posted by Weather (Post 5716796)

Yeah, though any sort of analogue control system would be a serious limit; like with most mechs, there really isn't any way one person could command the entire system without a direct MMI unless it was almost completely automated.

The cost of one-man control is that you need a literally superhuman pilot, but at least making them a clinical sociopath is a tiny marginal cost.

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Originally Posted by Chaos2Frozen (Post 5716810)

Unless they neuro-linked!!

This is actually something I LOVE about Iron Blood Orphans; it's a coherent story (except for needing space-guides...) with a lot of realistic 'fiddly bits' thrown in; high-cost of suits being an issue, neural interface, the dangers of having a neural interface installed in a garage on a budget...

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The cost of one-man control is that you need a literally superhuman pilot, but at least making them a clinical sociopath is a tiny marginal cost.

Hence why Elites are conditionated to do just that.

I was actually thinking of Jaegers though...

Aircraft Carriers, Jets, Landing crafts and a big O Railgun to shoot spacecrafts out into space.

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Originally Posted by Chaos2Frozen (Post 5727671)

Aircraft Carriers, Jets, Landing crafts and a big O Railgun to shoot spacecrafts out into space.

It should be noted that the big advantage to a Mass Driver isn't getting this up to space, it's getting them going fast enough to stay there; seven to eight kilometers per second tangent to the surface below you in low orbit.

Therefore, a launch mass driver would be much closer to horizontal, both because a longer weapon, er, system allows a higher muzzle velocity, and because a long acceleration distance allows a lower acceleration per second, making it easier for a fragile warhead cargo to survive launch.

It should be noted that it would require an absurdly long railgun to make the launch survivable for humans; the advantage is that it can loft bulk cargo in greater volume and at lower cost than anything accept an actual space elevator (not to be confused with a laser launch 'elevator': the two are completely different).

Here's a little something to think about; the Object's power source, the JP-level MHD reactor. We know what the second bit stands for, but what about the first?

Japanese? The first object in the HO universe was made in Japan.

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Originally Posted by Weather (Post 5728298)

Japanese? The first object in the HO universe was made in Japan.

Most likely what it actually means, but the 'JP-level' seems to suggest something a bit more physical in the design; I'd guess 'Joint Primary', refering to plasma being drawn from the fusion coure and fed into multiple MHD generators, but that's just a WAG.

I've noticed one thing about the landing crafts in this episode- they have some kind of "Leg Anchors?" to help them onto shallow waters.

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Originally Posted by Chaos2Frozen (Post 5728361)

I've noticed one thing about the landing crafts in this episode- they have some kind of "Leg Anchors?" to help them onto shallow waters.

I think that's a consequence of their nature as hydrofoils: the presence of the foil below the keel would make actually landing difficult normally.