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[Kommisar]

Praetorians, on 05 June 2012 - 04:04 PM, said:

... a mech over 100 tons it the ground itself would not be able to support it efficently and the mech would fall all the time as rock crumbled under 13 tons per square foot of presure

Actually, on most bedrock, you would be just fine with 13 TSF. I have regularly designed foundations on limestone bedrock with allowable bearing capacities in excess of 100 ksf (50 TSF). That is allowable, not ultimate. Soil, though. Soil would start to be a problem for mechs. And that is what they would have to walk on across most inhabited planets. Common residual silty clay soils you can expect to be able to support around 1 to 1.5 TSF. If your vehicle of choice is going to exceed 1 TSF of ground pressure, you will have problems as a flexible military vehicle. This is why the late WWII concept of the super-heavy tanks never went anywhere.

But, again, it's always messy and fruitless when you mix Battletech / Mechwarrior with real physics and engineering.

[Barghest Whelp]

Gendou, on 05 June 2012 - 04:10 PM, said:

I guess you haven't seen the Omega, a 150 ton Word of Blake Design from the Jihad.

Yes, I was wondering when abouts we can expect this MC only mech to appear in the game. 5 gauss ultimate alpha of doom? Yes please!

[LordBraxton]

THE Leo, on 05 June 2012 - 03:47 PM, said:

When you think about it, why the hell has no one ever tried creating a Mech over a 100 tons? It would mean more firepower, more space, and more awesomeness. Of course that would also mean even less maneuverability, even less speed, and even less response time.

Imagine feeling like a badass in your atlas thinking 'oh yeah i am a freaking boss' and then BAM! you come up to this Mech that makes you feel like crawling into bed and hiding beneath the blankets (like we all know that helps, ha!)

So a 100+ ton Mech huh?...... hmmmm... earthquake possibilities anyone??

Well if you think about it, since we have access to fusion engines, you could just build an engine big enough to power 1000+ ton mechs

and if you think about its size\armor, an atlas should probably weigh more like 500 tons...

so its best to not think

Edited by LordBraxton, 04 April 2013 - 11:42 AM.