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Ricky Lai (x-lai@uchicago.edu)
Mon, 20 Nov 2000 21:56:56 -0600
How about the Berga series from the Crossbone Vanguard? Their wing-like
trusters are detachable and separable, equipped with a beam gun on the tip. I
once came across a book on F91 that equates those devices with fannels. If I
am not mistaken, there should be a shot of them functioning as a decoy.
Mark Simmons wrote:
> Well, we do see a variety of remote weapons in the post-CCA time frame,
> just no funnels to speak of. (Only examples I can think of are the
> Elefante and Divinidad from Crossbone Gundam.) We see some mobile suits
> with one or two remote weapons - e.g. the Contio's wired shot claw, which
> is probably a variety of incom, and the Rig Contio's wireless shot claw.
> But mostly it's used to control support mecha, like the Zanneck Base, the
> Genagaozo's back engine unit, and the Gottrlatan's cannon. Since the
> technology is clearly still in existence, there must be some tactical
> reason why funnels are no longer used. Perhaps they're simply considered
> too wimpy in terms of firepower...
>
> -- Mark
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