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Posted - 2015.05.11 21:16:00 -
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MINA Longstrike wrote:Cody Sietz wrote:Something I've wondered is weather these suits existed before clones were ever a though in the Amarr empires mind.
If so, then normal humans would have to be able to wear them.
My theory is that the sentinel and heavy suits were designed by the Amarr in the clones in mind making them super heavy(duh)
The Gallente also had a black Eagle Scout suit for its special forces(seems they were used before clones, thereby making them lighter)
The Caldaris assault suit seems like it could have been special order for clones(being that it's uncomfortable, I don't know if they would have wanted that on normal human soldiers who have to wear it for long periods)
And the Minmatar simply used a space welder's suit and duck taped some fighting stuff to it. The only conventional dropsuit that predates our clones existence is the amarr sentinel (and maybe the commando) and even it's undergone severe changes since our clones became a thing, it was used by the Khanid Cyber-Knights who were the 'best damn ground army in new eden'. Everything else is pretty new because they're built right into the clone.
As we know them Dropsuits never existed prior to the inception of the clone because of the possibility of the user suffering severe harm such as irradiation, broken limbs, and other maladies due to poor safety thresholds.
As Mina says I am sure some variations of combat armour that would closely resemble Dropsuits would likely have existed and perhaps more so likely in the hands of groups like the Cyber Knights or the Valklears who simply are dedicated and tough enough to handle that sort of thing.
Though I take issue with the "best damn ground fighters", especially if you sourced that information from a particular website which has the heading "The fictional content of this page has not yet been verified, and is not considered to be canon." because it runs into conflicting information that suggests Kamiera's are considered the most dedicated and skilled infantrymen the Empire, according to Mordu the most powerful military, can muster.
What source did you use for the Cyber Knight info?
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True Adamance
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Posted - 2015.05.11 22:09:00 -
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MINA Longstrike wrote:I had actually forgotten about the Kameira's. Cyber Knights were long considered the mainstay of the amarrian ground forces and were one of the better groups. Kameira's are elites that are a bit too small in number to make a massive army out of :(
It's like the difference between a great platoon and a great army. That platoon may beat the snot out of all other platoons, but it cant be compared to the actual army.
I know they certainly were considered one of the deciding factors of the conquest of Assimia when the Amarr were warring against the Udorian city states due to their strong militaristic background as skirmishers. However information on the Cyber Knights is hard to find so I'm curious as to where these little excerpts are coming from so I can go and read them.
As far as I can tell there is not information of cited sources of the Cyber Knights deploying en masse to the conflict they too seem like elite units as its seems like the investment in developing them would be too great to use a run of the mill frontline soldiers.
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And with strange aeons even death may die."
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