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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Allister McLaren wrote:
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Of course you are correct. Plausible or not though, they are much more fun to
build out of lego. I’ve never felt the need for realism to dictate any
limitations on my models, but that’s just the .SPACE in me :)
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Fair enough, but we do all make certain levels of “realism”
necessary in our creations, be they space suits for all little
spacemen, enclosed cockpits, engines, or even making sure there
are wings on our Galaxy Enforcers. :D
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If realism, or even plausibility is your bag, then more power to you, but
from a Lego building perspective, the sculptural and engineering challenges
in bipedal mecha are far more interesting to me than a traditional tank
design, or even a hover tank. Whether or not power armour or mecha have a
viable future in real life is irrelevant - they are fun and challenging to
build, and that’s what counts to me.
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Well, fair enough. It also is important, even for the “realists,” to understand
that just because raw Darwinian calculations of idealized combat efficiency is
currently the rage in modern human militaries predicated on the idea of
knock-down, drag-out WWII style combat, that doesn’t mean that all civilizations
(human or alien) must prioritize the way we do. They may have religious,
cultural, historical, or simple aesthetic reasons for preferring bipedal
walkers, or tripods, or giant samurai warriors on bicycles. Who knows what
factors will go into future and non-human militaries, or even that combat will
involve a dedicated military? That’s half the fun to me--devising the little
quirks and seemingly strange choices that make their own sense in an alternate
reading of the universe.
regards
LFB
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