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Nevermore

Mon Jul 28 2008, 08:32PM

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[ Shas'vre ]

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Given the number of new suits that were mentioned in the fluff of the new rulebook, I think a new category in the lexicon is needed to list each of them and what is known about them. Off the top of my head I can come up with the following:

XV-15 older style stealth suit
XV-17 lightly armed but fast and/or agile
XV-22 Prototype command suit worn by Shadowsun
XV-25 new model stealth suit
XV-25 (mk 2?) fusion armed XV-25
XV-26 lightly armed but fast and/or agile
XV-8 standard crisis suit
XV-81 smart missile armed crisis suit
XV-84 crisis suit with integrated markerlight and target lock
XV-86 space going suit with "ablative integrated interface armor"
XV-88 standard broadside
XV-88-2 Variant Broadside
XV-89 crisis suit with heavier armor limiting jetpack move

Shas'O R'Myr's Unclassified suit

That's 12-14 different suits (depending on whether you count the Fusion 25 or forgeworld's BSs)

If we could add a list like this to the lexicon I think it would be pretty cool, especially if we can include pictures of the suits.

Anyone have anyidea what the heck "ablative integrated interface armor" means?

Also, the new book makes the claim that battlesuits are "piloted more than worn". that's what it says although the whole passage REALLY sounds like the author meant for that to be the other way around.

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Tau_devil

Tue Jul 29 2008, 12:40AM

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ablative integrated interface armor

is a truely interesting combination of words.

I really cannot fathom what the author meant by that.

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Coldwind

Tue Jul 29 2008, 03:03AM

[ Shas'ui ]

Joined: Sat Dec 01 2007, 02:43AM
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Best Guess.

ablative [ább lətiv]
(plural ablatives)
n
1. grammatical form: a grammatical form case that identifies the source, agent, or instrument of action of the verb in some inflected languages and affects nouns, pronouns, and adjectives
2. instance of ablative: a word or phrase in the ablative
However
ablator [ə bláytər]
(plural ablators)
n
heat shield: a heat shield on a spacecraft

Is what I think what were after this time...

1. combined or composite: made up of aspects or parts that work well together
an integrated communications system

interface [íntər fayss]
n (plural interfaces)
1. common boundary: the surface, place, or point where two things touch each other or meet
2. boundary between things: a common boundary between objects or different phases of a substance
an oil-water interface

3. point of interaction: the place, situation, or way in which two things or people act together or affect each other, or the point of connection between things
4. comput boundary across which data passes: a common boundary shared by two devices, or by a person and a device, across which data or information flows, e.g. the screen of a computer
5. comput linking software: software that links a computer with another device, or the set of commands, messages, images, and other features allowing communication between computer and user
6. electronics linking device: an electronic device or circuit or other point of physical contact between two pieces of equipment

armour [rmər]
n
1. military history protection for soldiers: protective clothing of metal or leather worn in battle by soldiers in former times
2. military protection for military vehicles: the protective layer of metal covering military vehicles, ships, and aircraft
3. biology covering on plants or animals: a protective layer covering a plant or animal
4. protection: something that gives protection or acts as a safeguard
5. geography gravel on river bed: a surface layer of gravel on a river bed preventing erosion of the material below
6. heraldry coats of arms: coats of arms, or the symbols and designs used on them

Heat Shielded Battle Suit?

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Nevermore

Tue Jul 29 2008, 09:44AM

Grand Celestial of the Shi'Kara Sept

[ Shas'vre ]

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That at least makes a measure of sense for a space going suit.

Ablative Armor generally refers to armor that looses integrity as it absorbs damage. Basically the armor starts strong and gets weaker as more of it gets shot off.

That doesn't make sense of a space going suit.

And what does the armor have to do with the interface? Unless the term is meant to refer to the whole thing as a suit of armor that the pilot interfaces????

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Coldwind

Tue Jul 29 2008, 03:27PM

[ Shas'ui ]

Joined: Sat Dec 01 2007, 02:43AM
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Well...
3. point of interaction: the place, situation, or way in which two things or people act together or affect each other, or the point of connection between things

Sounds like Battlesuit and pilot to me.

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