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AT-ATs don't make sense, but are super cool.
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Isometric Bacon posted:They need a movie which explains just how the gently caress those things are cargo carriers. Like they're tiny 2 person craft with lasers on the front and a spear on the back. Do they fire the speargun at cargo boxes and just pull them along at speed? Yeah they basically just slapped some massive loving laser cannons on a dumbshit cargo lift, which weirdly enough there's some precedent for. Ragtag militias in the middle east use converted two-seater cargo vehicles with massive cannons all the time, they call em "technicals" although I'll grant you most of them probably don't have harpoon tow cables. (maybe)
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The AT-ATs weren't designed for combat, they were for Palpatine's mega CBT stomp sessions and he accidentally ordered 10000 instead of 1.
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you say that op but have you considered how epic they look on a t-shirt?![]()
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zoux posted:Hey guys if you had to pick one sci fi movie battle as the most recognizable and famous battle scene of all time, what would you pick The flying monkeys attacking Dorothy
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Bluedeanie posted:Starship Troopers 3 has the best soundtrack too imo ![]() https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIsv1YOFNys
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They're war elephants op
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Asimov posted:e: as a young adult I remember reading a short story about an Imperial AT-AT pilot who developed the unorthodox tactic of kneeling down with his AT-AT when taking incoming fire, to minimize damage to the legs and increase stability. He got fired from his job because pointing out flaws is verboten in the imperial forces. Yep, one of the Tales From the Mos Eisley Cantina. I still have that book. That dude ends up being one of the troopers that shoots at the Falcon when it's taking off from Mos Eisley
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say what you like about George Lucas, i'm very glad he didn't care. if AT-AT's don't make it, it sucks.
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do they jave to assemble the atats on the ground?
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a.lo posted:do they jave to assemble the atats on the ground? There are a few conflicting sources, but this bit of artwork is my absolute favorite because it's hilarious ![]()
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1000 Brown M and Ms posted:Yep, one of the Tales From the Mos Eisley Cantina. I still have that book. That dude ends up being one of the troopers that shoots at the Falcon when it's taking off from Mos Eisley It's even dumber. He's the "Look sir, droids" guy. Also, he ends up sympathizing with Han/Luke/Obiwan trying to get away so he shoots his lieutenant or whatever in the back so they can get up the ramp and into the Falcon. It ends with him all ~~~I'm gonna help the rebellion from the inside~~~.
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PinheadSlim posted:There are a few conflicting sources, but this bit of artwork is my absolute favorite because it's hilarious All the stories I read had them just landing with a heat shield around their.
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zoux posted:Hey guys if you had to pick one sci fi movie battle as the most recognizable and famous battle scene of all time, what would you pick The dance-off from the end of the first Guardians of the Galaxy movie.
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Speleothing posted:All the stories I read had them just landing with a heat shield around their. the long legs are just so they can absorb the impact when dropped from orbit
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PinheadSlim posted:There are a few conflicting sources, but this bit of artwork is my absolute favorite because it's hilarious Me picking up my dog to put him on the bed.
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dudeness posted:Me picking up my dog to put him on the bed. ![]()
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AT-AT walkers would have made all the difference in dealing with those Ewok bastards.
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If at-ats are so dumb how come the rebels still lost at Hoth
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MikeCrotch posted:If at-ats are so dumb how come the rebels still lost at Hoth rebels objective on hoth was to escape with the majority of their dudes in one piece which they did, therefore they won ![]()
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Chillgamesh posted:rebels objective on hoth was to escape with the majority of their dudes in one piece which they did, therefore they won "“We must be very careful not to assign to this deliverance the attributes of a victory. Wars are not won by evacuations."
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These might be dumb, but they look cool, which means they are good
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Chillgamesh posted:rebels objective on hoth was to escape with the majority of their dudes in one piece which they did, therefore they won *pans over snowfield littered with rebel bodies and destroyed equipment*
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SolarFire2 posted:"“We must be very careful not to assign to this deliverance the attributes of a victory. Wars are not won by evacuations." Actually wars are won by saving what we love, which is kind of an evacuation.
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MikeCrotch posted:*pans over snowfield littered with rebel bodies and destroyed equipment*
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Pick posted:These might be dumb, but they look cool, which means they are good
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as a handsome idiot i can attest that this works
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Pick posted:These might be dumb, but they look cool, which means they are good My thought process every time I get back into Warhammer
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The dumbest part about AT-AT's is how much wasted real estate they have that could have been utilized. At the very least they could have had additional guns on the sides and/or especially an AA-turret on the top.
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Even a tiny laser .50-cal on the bottom to shoot at Luke's trying to get in would have been an improvement
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but an elephant doesnt have tusks in any of those places
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An elephant also isn't 80% leg, some stylistic departures are expected
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they're based on horses you fool
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a horse doesnt have tusks in any of those places either!!
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![]() So what do you call this then? Looks like a perfect place for an anti air turret to me.
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Up Circle posted:
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If an AT-AT has four legs and an AT-ST has two, does that mean there's some kinda like... AT-RT that has three legs or something? What's the naming convention on these things.
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Up Circle posted:Looks like a perfect place for an anti air turret to me. ![]()
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Beet Wagon posted:If an AT-AT has four legs and an AT-ST has two, does that mean there's some kinda like... AT-RT that has three legs or something? What's the naming convention on these things. Sorry but the AT-RT (All Terrain Recon Transport) has two legs. ![]()
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There's also the AT-RT (All Terrain Riot Control Transport)![]() Which, obviously should be the AT-RCT, but you know how the EU is Who What Now fucked around with this message at 04:25 on Feb 8, 2020 |
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