Quote:Dude it's a f-ing giant robot, it doesn't need a point.Besides you can dogfight,and in fenspace giant robots are probably among the beter ones, being good at grapling and all that (since ranged weapons are pretty much out). You just need the computer to zoom in on the enemy, becuase the speed is high, but if the usual standof range is something on the order of a lightsecond you still have plenty of time to react. You will lack effective long range weapons (but so will your opponent, unless they are reavers), true, but you are looking at this from the wrong angle.
Don't forget there's got to be more than few fen or groups of fen out there attempting to build Gundams or the equivalent (*cough*). And, really, what's the point of a giant robot if you can't dogfight with it?
You are boarding an enemy ship, would you like to have a giant robot backing you up?
also I imagine giant robots would be quite good at cathing the other ship, being small (and therefore fast) and able to grab the other ship. I bet the reavers use a large amount of giant robots.
Of course now I expect the arms race to shift to mech carriers. *sigh* As a caveat lets say that all non-reaver mechs are unique and there is a limit to how cool your mech can be. Handwavium shouldn't lend itself well to mass production.
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