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WCDT Strips 3031-3035 (24th to 28th August 2015
BenRG:
--- Quote from: Truec on 24 Aug 2015, 23:32 ---I took it at face value, as the suggestion that the armor isn't useful because anyone who wants to kill her would just use an, apparently legal,anti-tank rifle.
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My understanding is that Faye was asking Bubbles why she would wear armour when her chassis' basic structure was already tough enough to need an illegal weapon to damage it. Faye was pointing out that the armour had no practical utility for Bubbles as she wasn't fighting.
Akima:
I too read Faye's remark as meaning that Bubbles' external armour was only necessary to protect her from anti-tank rifle rounds, a threat she would not face in Massachusetts . According to her spec. sheet, it can resist up to 30mm APFSDS rounds :-o so anti-tank rifle bullets would just bounce off. I imagine she must have a helmet tucked away in a cupboard somewhere.
TinPenguin:
Or an alternate head she can screw on.
katsmeat:
I find it a bit odd that Bubbles has a military chassis at all. I mean we know AIs can change chassis reasonably easily. We've met one who has done so - the shop assistant who is an ex-submarine,
A chassis is expensive, a military one octuply so. I can imagine the army offering a standard civilian model as part of a demobilization benefit package. But this is a bit like a retiring real-world soldier being allowed to keep their rifle and their Humvee.
The only explanation I can think of is that her chassis is an obsolete model that was being retired when she mustered out. She decided she wanted to keep it for her own reasons and whoever was in charge thought "Whatever... why not?" In fairness, this does seem to accord with what we know about her character.
osaka:
It seems as if Bubbles is missing the point I made on a QC Captions panel and on earlier threads. Anti-tank armor might not protect you from The Rage of the Pugnacious Peach (tm) (R) (C)
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