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What's Junk? (The Mech Touch)

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lost star said:
The shell traveled up the throat and into the mouth
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Single shot is pure suffering, it's insanely constricting. Even for just ambush, something like a 3-5 shell drum/clip would be a colossal performance boost purely because it'd let pilot take chancy shots and to keep threatening the enemy after firing.

Edit. QQ/net connection wouldn't let me edit the post forever for some reason, but also bears mentioning that spiky armor is a thing IRL as a way to dilute impact, so fur-like armor might not even be impractical defensively.
 
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Tavarokk said:
Single shot is pure suffering, it's insanely constricting. Even for just ambush, something like a 3-5 shell drum/clip would be a colossal performance boost purely because it'd let pilot take chancy shots and to keep threatening the enemy after firing.
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They couldn't afford the space. While more shots is a good thing, that still runs into the problem of not having the room to put in any more ammunition.
At least, not without skimping on the sensors some more, but the whole point of the mech is the sensors.

This isn't a weapon to take speculative shots with, it's a last resort. He should not be taking the chancy shot. The intent is to bark forth a cone of deterrence, drop a load of mines, then run away. As well, adding more rapid-fire capability would just encourage the pilots to go in and use it, and then likely get bodied by the actually combat-specced mechs they were going in on.

This is a force multiplier scout with a few defensive tricks more than it is an ambusher.
 
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