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From: Danyel N Woods <9604801@********.AC.NZ>
Subject: Re: Aztech Armoured Troopers
Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 16:34:22 +1200
Quoth MgkellyMP5 (0922 21-5-98):

>Reminds me of an article I saw in Shadowland a couple years ago about
Acers.
>It was an Armor Control Rig allowing a character to use a set of power
armor
>(and it was damn expensive, but real effective). I let a character in
one of
>my games have an ACR as a field test and it worked out pretty well.
It's sort
>of like jacking into a Antropoid drones, in a way. It just gives you
more
>control and better performance. Also, there wasn't any way for a Rigger
to use
>a set of Acer armor, or for and Acer to rig vehicles.
>I'll try to dig the issue out if anyone wants more specifics.

Please do search out that article, mister Machine-Gun. Power-armour
might be interesting, if only for curiosity's sake; it'd certainly
explain how people can actually function in Military-grade armour that
weighs what, 20+ kilos by itself? Between that and the other gear
they'd have to pack, power-armour would be about the only way they could
*move*!

Danyel Woods
9604801@********.ac.nz
'Are you deliberately trying to drive me insane?'
'The universe is already mad. Anything else would be
redundant.'

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