Astro Cross: Flashback 1942 (was naming alien ships)

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WRT the Kreigerraketes - there is actually a point to the whole "torture-machine cyborg" thing - the process makes the pilot/subject more willing to spread their sense of self into the mecha frame due to the only real places they have sensation being at he extremities, away from the constant pain at the center, so even the ones who could barely use a ground unit normally are capable of operating the (relatively high-performance) variable rocket, but can also be adjusted so the more powerful top-enders are too distracted or too damaged to be dangerous to their handlers. It's sick and twisted but also highly effective and has a kind of genius that would be amazing if not for the part where it's morally, ethically, and viscerally abhorrent, much like the OTL medical experimentation that was performed.
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