
Taur Weapons System. Complex and powerful.
you might say she's a...Taurmurrnataur?
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Artwork copyright to AJ Silva, 2017
you might say she's a...Taurmurrnataur?
Character is owned by its respetful owner
Artwork copyright to AJ Silva, 2017
Category All / All
Species Unspecified / Any
Size 1280 x 853px
File Size 151.3 kB
Ah, its a Scifi tabletop RPG called HC SVNT DRACONES. Its also furries. In. spaaaace!
I think the main reason I think that is because, well, here's the cover art...
I think the main reason I think that is because, well, here's the cover art...
Hrmm. Good use of the stability of the tauric platform, especially as a system for a DEW-based weapons loadout (more mass to sink the waste heat into). Done right, using UV-actuated or low-amperage-actuated contractive polymer musculature, you can keep the native, motion-based heat low, saving the need for significant cooling for combat uses and relying upon an internal slush water reservoir and vapor-based heat sinks to dump combat-mode weapons heat into. I'd argue the tank-level capacity, though, since at that size unless she's also mounting some form of force field system, any significant anti-armor shell is going to do a number on her. Her best defense is smaller size and high mobility, so keeping the mass low is a good idea. I'm going to gather that the armor is likely multi-allotropic diamondoid, including inter-joint ares covered in flexible diamondoid as a lighter but still significant armoring. Highly effective against kinetics. I think you'd also want to cover it with a mirror-level finish and multiple layers of energy-ablative / blistering polymer to ablate away and provide some energy-weapon defense (this is assuming you're not eating power by use of some form of aforementioned force screen). Those two armorings would effectively protect against infantry-carried / man-portable weapons up to around 12.7mm or so, but above that you're looking at punch-through / penetration. I'd say also go with a distributed processing network instead of the traditional centralized CPU and have the processor network emulating the organic-base architecture in multiple with cross-processor error correction / checking. This way if she loses her head (literally) or takes a major hit, she'll still maintain processing and have a chance to squirt off a backup of her consciousness to an off-site safe point.
Glad to give ideas, if I have! I adore tech stuff, and I've read a metric ton of transhuman / posthuman ideas. While of course one HAS to make allowances for fiction, it never hurts to start from near-real-world starting points and continue from there. All of the stuff I'm mentioning is pretty near-term stuff (we're rapidly closing in on electro-contractive 3D-printed "artificial muscle", and UV contractive isn't a far step!).
I also adore giving a semi-analysis of things like this, as I adore tech, and love to look at and for alternatives to the "standard" in-the-box thinking on how to implement it. Your work is fantastic, both the mechanical and the organic aspects, so I rather enjoy being able to go over it this way (as well as look at it in general!). If you ever want to talk tech ideas, hit me up in a note and I'll shoot you my Discord! I tend to be kinda chatty there, especially on things like this!
Much love to you and many many thanks, hon!
I also adore giving a semi-analysis of things like this, as I adore tech, and love to look at and for alternatives to the "standard" in-the-box thinking on how to implement it. Your work is fantastic, both the mechanical and the organic aspects, so I rather enjoy being able to go over it this way (as well as look at it in general!). If you ever want to talk tech ideas, hit me up in a note and I'll shoot you my Discord! I tend to be kinda chatty there, especially on things like this!
Much love to you and many many thanks, hon!
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