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Message no. 1
From: Carsten Gehling <alvion@****.UNI2.DK>
Subject: Sv: New military armor ?
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 15:32:33 +0100
> Fra: AirWisp <AirWisp@***.COM>

> > Aura extends to a certain distance of an individual. When someone =
is

[snip]

> Cobra, this would be kind of nice except for one thing (and I know =
people will
> carp me or thwap me for saying this), it throws game balance out of =
the window

Oh God... There he goes again, ranting about "game balance" - will =
someone please stop him? >:]

[Thwarp mode off]

Anyways I would say, for small living entities (i.e. fat-bacts) to =
"cover" the aura of a very large entity (i.e. the human body) it would =
require A LOT of small entities - thereby requiring a lot of liquid. Now =
who would want to run around in a body armor with 3 or 4 gallons of salt =
water? Kind of slows you down, doesn't it?

- Carsten

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Message no. 2
From: William Gallas <wgallas@*****.FR>
Subject: Re: Sv: New military armor ?
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 15:45:19 +0100
>Anyways I would say, for small living entities (i.e. fat-bacts) to "cover"
the aura of a very large entity (i.e. the human body) it would require A
LOT of small entities - thereby requiring a lot of liquid. Now who would
want to run around in a body armor with 3 or 4 gallons of salt water? Kind
of slows you down, doesn't it?

Could be... But gas weights a lot less.


Cobra.

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Message no. 3
From: John E Pederson <pedersje@******.ROSE-HULMAN.EDU>
Subject: Re: Sv: New military armor ?
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 10:21:49 -0500
Carsten Gehling wrote:

> Oh God... There he goes again, ranting about "game balance" - will
>someone please stop him? >:]

Really. Like 'game balance' has any sort of place in a discussion of a
game. Jeez, Mike, what were you thinking? :):)

> [Thwarp mode off]
>
> Anyways I would say, for small living entities (i.e. fat-bacts) to
>"cover" the aura of a very large entity (i.e. the human body) it would
>require A LOT of small entities - thereby requiring a lot of liquid.
>Now who would want to run around in a body armor with 3 or 4 gallons of
>salt water? Kind of slows you down, doesn't it?

Well, let's see... straight H2O is about 8.34 pounds to the gallon... D'oh!
I was going to convert, but just remembered the specific density is 1 (or
close enough) kg/L. There's about 4 Liters per gallon, so... I dunno, do
you enjoy walking around with an extra 12 or 15 kilograms (about 25 to 30
pounds) in your already heavy armor?
:)

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Message no. 4
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: Sv: New military armor ?
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 12:18:13 +0100
John E Pederson said on 10:21/19 Jan 98...

> Well, let's see... straight H2O is about 8.34 pounds to the gallon... D'oh!
> I was going to convert, but just remembered the specific density is 1 (or
> close enough) kg/L.

That used to be the definition of a kilogram, yes :) You can always go the
roundabout way and convert from gallons to liters and pounds to kilograms,
if you like...

> There's about 4 Liters per gallon, so... I dunno, do you enjoy walking
> around with an extra 12 or 15 kilograms (about 25 to 30 pounds) in your
> already heavy armor? :)

No, thank you. If you have powered armor it shouldn't be too much of a
problem, and you could even add some kind of fire-retardant to the water
to give it a dual function, but otherwise IMHO not many people want that
kind of extra weight. Hell, even partial heavy armors are very heavy if
you really look at the numbers.

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