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Zhou Tai An (kain@pacific.net.sg)
Tue, 21 Nov 2000 02:05:08 +0800 (SGT)
>One more time: General-purpose - Usable for most applications; standardized.
>
>Gundams by definition are unique, and there for are not standardized. And
>while they can be used for just about anything, they are in fact only used as
>testbeds or in unique high performance applications.
Hmmm...I'm not too sure of this. While it's true it's very rare to see a
Gundam outside in the field with regular units and not performing some
specialized task, I am pretty sure that given how well-rounded it is, it can
fulfill any role assigned to it. Standardized is something it is not, though.
>GMs by definition are common, and the standardized. They can do everything a
>Gundam can do in general, but without the high performance perks.
Well, I would think that only applies to the normal GMs and not variants
like the GM Sniper, Aqau GM and so on...in any case, they'd be able to do
most of the same stuff, but just not as well.
>> Well, they can follow in the Gundam's footsteps,
>> but they're going to be a lot less effective at doing
>> so.
>
>Which means what? What does effective have to do with overall use?
Simple. Let's say you have a machine that can swim, fly and go over
mountains. However, it does so at the rate of 1 mile per day. How useful is
that? ^_^
This is an extreme example, but it works.
>All I can find on it is from the Mecha Domain's listing of the RX-78, which
>has more unknowns than knowns in its description, and from the Gundam
>Project's Mobile Suit Classics listing, which states that the RX-78 was
>intended for close combat support work. The Gundam Project also states that
Intended for is one thing, but considering it's makeup, I believe it could
fulfill a variety of other roles as well.
>the RX-78-2 is an up-powered version of the RX-78, to provide the required
>power needed for its beam rifle (which must have been discovered during the
>RX-78's testing, which is most likely why the RX-78 was delayed, while the
>RX-75 and RX-77 were already completed).
>
>No where is it stated that any of the RX-78 series was intended for general
As I said, they were discovered to have been useful for work later. In any
case, it doesn't really matter, since Gundams are prohibitively expensive
and mass-producing GMs seems to work better.
Zhou Tai An (kain@pacific.net.sg)
"There is no one simple truth." - Rune Walsh
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