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Mecha terminology (was: Mech terminology)
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Fri, 25 Feb 2000 20:01:36 GMT
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OK, here are a couple more I'm confused about (I know, I know, I gotta get
to a bookstore someday to check these out)...

On ColinG's page mecha page,

   http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Saturn/5559/mecha.html

he's got things like AW-42, AW-90, BA-100, BA-13, FAW-16, LGAW-20, and AW-32A.
Do the letters and numbers mean anything or is their purpose decorative?

BTW, I'm in love with the last photo on this page:

   http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Saturn/5559/cestus.html

(The minifig servicing the arm with the door-hatch open.  :-)

--Todd



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  Re: Mecha terminology (was: Mech terminology)
 
(...) That's a designation system I came up with for the BeltWars universe. Some are more obvious than others. I've been lazy about putting the explanations for these on my website. Standard: AW--Armored Walker BA--Battle Armor F--Fighter (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)

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Say, is there a good guide around anywhere to mech terminology, especially weapon types? One of the notations I've seen a lot of, for instance, is "SRM##", where the ##'s seem to be the count of rockets (i.e., SRM8 or SRM20). At this point, I can (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)

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