Superior to Power Rangers megabots super magical land "mechs".
>>14264168
>>14264177
>>14264186
>>14264192
>>14264203
How many of these threads do we need in a week?
>>14264238
As many as it takes. Obviously there are a large chunk of people who agree.
>>14264168
But the harder the sci-fi the more indistinguishable it becomes from even Getter Emperor or Demonbane.
Case in point, the Downstreamers.
>>14264238
> Obviously there are a large chunk of people who agree.
Three posters.
Me, You and >>14264238
A "large chunk" indeed.
>>14264238
As many as it takes to wring out peoples' (you)s.
Same thing with the VVV threads, the Getter threads, the Nagai threads, the West Vs. East threads, etc.
All shitty bait, this one is no different. There's been a couple of these, no big deal.
>>14266342
>Downstreamers
who?
>>14266486
Super intelligent super race of super ghosts from the super future.
They, among other things, taught a bunch of kids how to make a bomb that would turn a finite Multiverse into an infinite Multiverse. At some point in their distant pass, they had a spaceship called The CITY, which was as large as the universe and was mining supermassive blackholes.
The same author made a series called the Xeelee Sequence, which featured such lovely technology such as handguns which could cause stars to collapse in on themselves and armor made from condensed spacetime.
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>>14266521
....is that a photoshop?
>>14266537
No, it's obviously real. You can tell because of the pixels.
>armored core
>realistic
>>14264168
>Hard sci-fi realistic mechs
go kill yourself
>>14264186
>>14264168
>>14264203
>>14264168
>>14268476
I love everything about this.
>>14268476
>scopedog
That's a Fatty.
Further proof that realisticucks are the cancer killing /m/.
>>14266348
Haha I'm talking about all the threads, silly bean!
>>14269373
For something that has so many cancers killing it, /m/ is remarkably good at still existing for all these years.
>>14266504
Does he know battle universes were only supposed to be a joke?
>>14266567
>V/VD
>Not comparatively more realistic than the average
This is the most realistic mecha. This is what you want.
>>14264168
>realistic mechs
>>14271627
damn right I want that
>>14269736
They're all non-lethal cancers, they just keep everything in a state of deterioration.
>>14268476
Dat cape and shovel
>>14271640
That's not a mech, dumbass, it's a tank!
>>14271056
The ">realisticuck" cucks are just trolling our thread for replies. They obviously realize that the mechs in this thread are more realistic and they're just pretending they don't have shit taste.
(you)
>>14271678
Sounds like you're the one with the problem. I don't mind sharing a board with people who enjoy a more grounded/cultured anime mecha experience. If you like dragon ball z robots it's not that bad...just not cool or realistic. I know you'll agree with me.
>>14272792
I accept.
>>14264168
>Mechs
>Hard sci-fi
Nope. You can have robots with practical, industrial, military aesthetics dripping with verisimilitude, but robots ain't hard sci-fi or realistic even if you paint it brown or make it look like a tank or an aircraft.
>>14270859
Someone hasn't read the Lensman series.
I swear, if the war against Boskone had kept escalating, we'd have been reading about battle dimensions.
>>14272954
Yes they are lol. Im not seeing where you're coming from.
>>14272954
OP might be a giant faggot for posting his fantasy super robots with 100 meter long gattling guns but that doesn't mean there aren't REAL real robots out there.
![bobcat-loader-unmanned[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/JQ2p3EA.jpg "bobcat-loader-unmanned[1].jpg")
>>14275668
Urge to steal intensifies.
>>14275668
>RB-79 Cube
>>14275668
OP here. I do landscaping and always pretend I'm piloting a really outdated ms model when I'm in these things.
>>14275650
>build a mecha
>paint it in the ugliest possible color scheme with brown shit spots all over it
"""""""americans""""""""
>>14276107
>modify a construction vehicle
>call it a mecha
>paint said mecha
>with vomic colors
>completing the mecha
>immediately announce a dick measuring contest
>challenges another mecha
>be loud as fuck and waves the name of the nation like a joke while doing so
>challenge is accepted
>ask the public for funds to prepare for said challenge
the best one yet
>challenger requests melee
>neckbeard-tier posing with katanas in the American response video
sasuga amerikan
>>14271627
>mfw my girlfriend wont let me paint our Roomba in Gundam colors
>>14268476
>Will be ours written on the front
>Victory will be us written on the side
So close and yet so far. Looks great though.
>>14275650
Why does it look like they took a big fat shit on it after they painted it?
>>14272954
Mecha in hard sci-fi are going to be technicals based on power loaders... Like the.... Avatar ones...
Can I hate the future for a couple of minutes?
>>14276490
Despair not.AOI SENKOU
Have a proper WM.
All of this is appropriate to this thread because we are obviously having a western mecha thread here.
>>14276107
>>14276188
Don't forget how they immediately began to make multiple kikestarters to get money for the "weapons" they wanted and which they wanted to add only after the challenge was issued.
>>14266569
hard sci-fi often features FTL travel. Which is leagues less possible than humanoid vehicles.
>>14276801
Is this from porn? It looks like it belongs in porn.
>>14264168
>Hard sci-fi realistic mechs
This is an oxymoron.
Also, pic not related?
>>14275650
>Every AC other than 4
>Super
Uuuhhh.....
>>14276188
They're really are the best of their nation
Actually, i even wonder are their mech... thing actually works?
>>14276909
yeah it has that Shintaro Kago vibe
'TAS-21 NEEDLE
The needle is an evolution of the guided cruise missile. Inserted behind enemy lines by sea, or by HALO air drop, the needle then advances on all fours to optimal vantage points whose coordinates are continuously fed by satellite observation. Once in place the Needle goes dormant and conceals itself until the designated target comes within range, at which point the cruise missile launches and the exoskeleton detonates to keep its technology out of enemy hands.
Key Features-
-Communications array extends from split rear bay.
-Initial targeting sensor paints the objective with a marker and feeds the information to the cruise missile’s internal guidance system before firing.
-Highly accomodating base and frame allow new cruise missiles to be retrofitted for use in the Needle.
-Fore feet can actually function as opposable digits to facilitate access to precipitous vantage points, and even climb trees and buildings.
-Small gas cannisters on side can emit obscuring smoke and chafe to buy time in the case of concealment being compromised to allow the Needle enough time to hastily fire and self-destruct.'
>>14264168
Infinity's TAGs are pretty good in this regard being both aesthetically pleasing and reasonably hard sci-fi.
They do seem to me to be about as big as a mecha could feasibly be.
My only complaint is that some of them do have really small feet.
>>14276801
That looks like the most uncomfortable thing ever.
>>14278164
>flying = super
Hue.
>>14278983
>Fliying mech with limited generator thrust and limited physic
>Still need repair
>Danger of loosing parts
>in future setting
>Super
Alright anon stop, i cannot handle this much kek-ing.
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>>14271640
I always thought that SPAAG turrets looked like Destroids and other gun walkers...
>>14280730
... Just imagine this with legs in place of treads
>>14280733
>>14280730
basically this is what it is.
>>14268476
Where can i find this or at least as close as it gets?
>>14280092
All common in SRs, newfag.
>>14264168
>>14276801
da....fuq?
>>14278164
>AC4
>any less "real" than 1, 2, 3, or V
Armored Core is a series where you get to build your own Gundam in a universe where everyone other than enemy aces is piloting a fucking Ball, except the poor saps who are piloting a Ball without a gun
Don't let the grunt-tier player ACs of V/D fool you, they're just Victory era Gundams, still vastly superior to any nonlimited MP unit in the game, and also capable of gespenst kicking motherfuckers so hard they explode, prancing across the battlefield like standard issue invincible MC machines
>>14283659
Fuck off SRWcuck
REALISM
>>14282931
>srwfag shows up
>"this feature is also same as us, so they're us!"
>not even play the game
Ahaha, holy shit
VD is basically a dumbed down of the AC in the universe, since its a apocallyptic mish mash project of leftover corporations. Its even need to team with other AC to fuck shit up. Its still fucked if bunch of mooks coming to get ya.
It doesn't even have a radar m8.
>>14283659
>4 is not more super than the other series
Yes it is, it can go 700 kph in normal, and 1500-2000 kph in OB, unlimited thrust (even it will charge much slower) when skating and fliying, radar that detect everything even if it basic, and also have armament of instant fuck you on its own (assault armor anyone).
Other AC however, can only go 350 at best, 600-700 at OB, even that has very limited thruster. Oh and know that the war mission in 3, you practically gonna fucked to shit by that pesky mooks if you don't control your movement wisely, even in upgraded AC.
>>14283891
Reminder that power level and specs do not factor into whether something is Super or Real
>>14283891
I'm not that guy, but super/real is not related to power, it's related to in-game justification of the mech's workings.
In the 4th gen games, Kojima engines are integrated into a lot of different machines and technology, it's not perfect, and it's explicitly explained why NEXTs are so great.
They're not super, they're simply more advanced.
Even then, not all ACs are in the same timeline so it's kind of pointless to compare, say 3 and 4.
The problem you always end up with these threads, is that there is very little room for plausible MILITARY Mecha. To have a mecha with a cockpit, (to distinguishes it from power armor) and also legs (what makes it not a tank) is going to going to result in a mecha that is at least 6-10 ft tall. But at this point, your an easier target than a tank, and can carry far less armor. All for leg based (usually bipedal) movement.
But the movement doesn't save your mech's plausibility either. A modern tank can hit 70 mph, and traverse all but the most rugged terrain. And in sufficiently rugged terrain to stop a tank, what you really want is infantry, which will be stronger in the close quarters combat that comes with such rugged terrain.
In the end, there really isn't a good case for hard-scifi military mechs, at least not as first line equipment in nations with proper militaries. There may be some room for industrial mecha, and in turn, there may be room to justify arming industrial mecha if a group doesn't have access to real military equipment, But Tanks are going to remain superior.
There is also plenty of room to argue for hard-scifi power armor, but that is another story.
Still, "realistic" looking mechs are great to look at, but that is separate from hard-scifi.
>>14284219
>Still, "realistic" looking mechs are great to look at
Not at all.
>>14284219
Well camouflaged guards with good 360° mobility and capes to keep From overheating and shovels to dig themselves out of dirt that had piled up after standing still so long like >>14268476
>>14284219
No es bueno?
>>14268467
Oh god that fucking thing, I love and hate it as that's the point the series just went full whatthefuck for me.
>>14264168
Realistic, realistic mechs are:
1) Glorified construction aids.
2) Going to resemble fast Supers a lot more than your beloved 'walking tanks', because the one and only reason you might want to have a bipedal machine is for increased mobility.
>>14284219
There's actually room available for a military mech to exist, and another guy once pointed it out to me. You basically have to think of a military mecha as a land-based helicopter. Something that isn't necessarily faster than a tank, but something much more agile than it.
>>14286964
A military with money would just use a helicopter. A military without money would use a technical or ATGM carrier.
>>14287040
What if urban warfare?
>>14286964
That makes little sense; especially as tanks are actually more agile than most vehicles on a battlefield; they're a little slower, but they can travel rough terrain faster and have a top speed usually of around 60mph or so which isn't slouching by anyone's standards.
>>14287043
Why would you bring a unit with a high vertical profile and little armour into urban warfare? When you're fighting in a built up area, you want to be tough and you want to be low. Or you want to be fast and have the standoff distance like a helicopter. Anything else is just an easier way to carry heavy weaponry and a technical can do that much cheaper and easier than a robot.
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>>14268476
awesome idea just needs a proper paint job
>>14276801
In a world....
Ma. K. reporting in.
loved this guy and the incredibly cool way it was animated
Why are there any mecha in this thread that are over 10ft/3m?
>>14287526
are tanks and fighter jets not allowed then?
>>14287549
Sorry, not realistic enough.
>>14280819
RIPip
>>14287549
No, its just anything human sized really would not work if it was over 10ft
>>14288057
Op never said anything about human sized
>>14288098
Sorry, I kent to say human-like.
Ya know, bipedal 2 arms n shit
>>14288098
>>14288111
Bipedalism does have it's advantages. Besides being quicker to turn it's control scheme can simply mimic the user's own legs. This makes it easier to train pilots
>>14278338
This is the type of mecha were it's more economic and practical to cover your target area in a few dozen cruise missiles.
>>14266348
there are more of us than you think.
>>14288779
I fucking love the little sub-arms
And everything else about D-Walker, really
