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Re: Rak'lon Heavy Space Tank
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lugnet.space
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Thu, 22 Aug 2002 04:17:36 GMT
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Hi. You got a cool vehicle there but it looks more like an armored car or
mobile artillery than an actual tank. I think it's because of the cockpit
and the fact that you used wheels. Just my 2 cents.
Fradel
In lugnet.space, Mike Petrucelli writes:
> Well I was disassembling and sorting when the building bug bit me. I wanted to
> build something that would work with a moonbase module, when I finnally get to
> build one. I also wanted to build a Space Tank that actually looks like a tank.
> (Do not misunderstand I think the space tanks most people build are really cool
> looking, I just wanted to make it so someone could look at it and know that it
> is a tank without needing to be told.)
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=23787
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> /Begin fictional specs
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> The Galactic Confederation's latest heavy ground unit the Rak'lon Heavy Tank is
> designed to defend moonbases from Mecha attacks. Like all practical military
> units it is recommended to operate this unit as part of a well rounded military
> group.
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> The Tank is designed for amphibious all-terrain use. In addition to floating,
> it has combination wheel/hover units to allow the Tank to move over ground even
> when hover units are inoperable due to jamming fields.
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> Armaments include; 1 HITBAD Cannon (High Intensity Tight Beam Aggregate
> Distortion Cannon- a 'directly away form the emmitter' assault weapon,) 2
> medium Xlazer (Xlazic Plasma Laser- an omnidirectional defensive beam weapon)
> nodes positioned for Anti-Air/Space, 4 small Xlaxer nodes positioned for
> Anti-Infantry, and 8 Swarmer missile launchers. (Each missile launcher has its
> own Nanoforge capable of manufacturing 1 missle per second, with a total
> storage capacity of 10 missles, and a fire rate of 10 per second. This allows
> one Tank to fire an initial salvo of 80 missiles with a sustained barage of 8
> missiles per second thereafter. Swarmer missles are effective against both
> air/space and ground targets.)
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> Power is generated by 2 seperate gravi-flux reactors. One reactor is in the
> drive section the other is in the turret section. Each is capable of powering
> the entire Tank.
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> /End fictional specs
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> -Mike Petrucelli
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| Actually, if you toned down its weapons then it could function as a security vehicle for the moonbase. However, I do like overall look of it. I also agree with Fradel it does resemble more of an armored car. Maybe you could make a module to house (...) (24 years ago, 22-Aug-02, to lugnet.space)
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| Well I was disassembling and sorting when the building bug bit me. I wanted to build something that would work with a moonbase module, when I finnally get to build one. I also wanted to build a Space Tank that actually looks like a tank. (Do not (...) (24 years ago, 21-Aug-02, to lugnet.space)
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