07-30-2015, 06:40 AM
(07-30-2015, 06:33 AM)SCN-3_NULL Wrote:A standard Tecarian rifle would be an M108 AMAR, which is chambered in 13.2mm, HMGs are a more common metric for heavy anti-infantry.(07-30-2015, 05:33 AM)Surge Wrote: So I did some thinking, and Scavs, the vicious apex predators on Linerta that are responsible for dozens of Tecarian deaths yearly on account of being dumb enough to attack them, tough enough to shrug off HMG fire, and strong enough to tear steel, would stand no chance in a straight fight against a Vulcan without the element of surprise...well by HMG I think it's anything below or near 12.7mm(.50cal for you imperialist) which I think tecarian should be already able to wield 20mm machine guns already, also still steel armor? dont they have something better being a space capable race, like infantry chobham armor?
Hold on I need to revise some of Linerta's "pest control" protocols.
For the record Tecarian HMGs are only 12.7mm, as they exist to offer suppressive fire more so than stopping power.
The Tecarians use a variety of highly exotic and unique alloys in their armor, but again steel is a common metric, and even so weight constraints mean that a steel plate could easily be made that offers more protection than infantry droid armor, the thing is that while the infantry armor offers less, it is significantly lighter and stronger than a steel plate of IDENTICAL thickness, which tends to be fairly thin, again for weight reasons.
In other words, a Tecarian infantry droid has better armor than steel, it just has very little as any more would simply get in the way.
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