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The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > The Sci-Fi Wi-Fi > Shittiest piece of garbage tech in science fiction
 
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Filthy Hans
Jun 27, 2008

by Fluffdaddy

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Cannon_Fodder posted:

I never understood the Y-Wing bomber.


Ok, so you've got a piddly gun that barely shoots out the front (your lowest profile) and you drop bombs out the bottom (your largest profile) as exposed to enemy fire as possible.


Just make'em torpedoes. Then at least I'd find it possible that they would make their way to the target.

it's because they're supposed to evoke ww2 light bombers and look cool

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Filthy Hans
Jun 27, 2008

by Fluffdaddy

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GD_American posted:

Is "light infantry" a tech? Because Starship Troopers. Just a bunch of easily punctured flesh dudes grabastically charging giant scything deathbugs and dying in droves. Sure would be neat if, oh, say, they were to create a powered suit of armor for these soldiers, maybe they should hire a sci-fi author or something

I'm probably walking into a :thejoke: trap but Paul Verhoeven was subverting the book and showing how little regard the government really has for enlisted soldiers, lovely equipment was a big part of that

they were all fodder

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