On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 03:12:46AM +1300, Rupert Boleyn wrote:
>On 18/01/2014 23:33, Onno Meyer wrote:
>>The question is how much tactical, VTOL flight is worth in a suit? As much as
>>50% more armor? As much as doubling RoF and ammo?
>I'd be inclined to say "some, but not as much as more survivability
>and shooty", for the standard issue suit. Flying is a fairly
>unstealthy thing to do, and a suit isn't going to be optimised for it
>if it's a primarily ground-based armoured and powered suit, so it
>seems to me that it's a good way to become a target. Leave it to the
>drones and fly-boys.

I could see an add-on jump pack, though it would probably be used for
initial deployment (replacing fast-roping) than for ground mobility.
And a parachute system might work better.
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