AT-AJ Concept

Crix Dorius · Post by **Crix Dorius** » 2003-01-23 03:44am

AllTerrain-AttackJumper

No Weapons or Equipment yet...
Just the Chassie...

Pcm979 · Post by **Pcm979** » 2003-01-23 04:01am

Cool.
Which walker did you base that on? I've seen a few cockpits like that...

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-01-23 05:21am

Wow, it looks like some of the smaller walkers from Dark Empire.

SPOOFE · Post by **SPOOFE** » 2003-01-23 06:06am

Nice.

About how big is this? And are the weapons going to be mounted on those side pods, exclusively, or anything slung under the main chassis, like the AT-ST?

Post by **Kuja** » 2003-01-23 09:47am

Jumper? You mean this thing'll be bouncing around the battlefield? *chuckle*

I like it!

Crix Dorius · Post by **Crix Dorius** » 2003-01-23 10:27am

Have you ever seen Macross ?!?

Post by **Mr Bean** » 2003-01-23 10:42am

So it jumps?

Give it four legs then

Crix Dorius · Post by **Crix Dorius** » 2003-01-23 10:46am

No no...
Than it locks like a Frog

It has powerful Repulsors and Thrusters to get a high'n'wide Jump
and a smouth landing...

Utsanomiko · Post by **Utsanomiko** » 2003-01-23 11:01am

Hmm, sounds inefficient.

And a speeder or a repulsor sled, or a Chariot Lav wouldn't do the same job better because...?

meNNis · Post by **meNNis** » 2003-01-23 11:36am

and i cant see the pic... because....?

Utsanomiko · Post by **Utsanomiko** » 2003-01-23 12:10pm

meNNis wrote:and i cant see the pic... because....?

...You're notoriously and admittedly moronic? More likely it's some browser issue in this case.

Post by **Rob Wilson** » 2003-01-23 04:23pm

Crix Dorius wrote:No no...
Than it locks like a Frog

It has powerful Repulsors and Thrusters to get a high'n'wide Jump
and a smouth landing...

What military application makes jumping better than running? It would actually suit the role of an up-armoured AT-ST (it certainly appears to have more rear space in the cabin and much thicker armour). If it got rid of the glow in its slit and pushed the front plate forwards to remove the overhang around the "face", it would be a natural replacement for the old AT-ST with better survivability (effectively removing the main defects in the present one).

Post by **Rob Wilson** » 2003-01-23 04:37pm

Rob Wilson wrote: It would actually suit the role of an up-armoured AT-ST (it certainly appears to have more rear space in the cabin and much thicker armour). If it got rid of the glow in its slit and pushed the front plate forwards to remove the overhang around the "face", it would be a natural replacement for the old AT-ST with better survivability (effectively removing the main defects in the present one).

Just expanding on that, if you mount the chin guns of the original on one of the side turrets and say a slightly larger grenade launcher on the other side, you could mount Anti-personnel blasters in two small turrets under the chin (think the blaster that popped out of the MF in Hoth base before it escaped - but twin barrels on each turret), that means that your Anti-vehicle/area suppression weapons are set on your axis, and your Anti-personnel light blasters can harrass troops off-axis and totally independantly. In every Company of 10 you could have 2 that have the Guns from the King Raptor mounted on their tops (scaled so they don't overhang too much) and they could be the heavy back-up firepower for that Company of vehicles (though their troop carriage capacity is reduced with the mags for those big guns).

Andrew J. · Post by **Andrew J.** » 2003-01-23 07:02pm

Very interesting.

Utsanomiko · Post by **Utsanomiko** » 2003-01-23 07:24pm

Rob Wilson wrote: What military application makes jumping better than running? It would actually suit the role of an up-armoured AT-ST (it certainly appears to have more rear space in the cabin and much thicker armour). If it got rid of the glow in its slit and pushed the front plate forwards to remove the overhang around the "face", it would be a natural replacement for the old AT-ST with better survivability (effectively removing the main defects in the present one).

What military application makes jumping better than hovering, for that matter? Anything that flies could cover the height/terrain issuse that might make jumping useful (asides from parking on Mimas, anyway).

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2003-01-23 07:26pm

Useful for getting over pesky barricades. Also, a sort of 'strafe jet' maneuver would be useful in firefights.

The Dark · Post by **The Dark** » 2003-01-23 07:39pm

Crix Dorius wrote:Have you ever seen Macross ?!?

Ah, something based off the Glaug Officer's Battle Pod. I thought it looked familiar. Someone have a little Khyron fixation?

Post by **Rob Wilson** » 2003-01-23 07:39pm

DPDarkPrimus wrote:Useful for getting over pesky barricades. Also, a sort of 'strafe jet' maneuver would be useful in firefights.

Someones been playing a lot of Quake3.

Seriously though, the clearing obstacles part is great, but having the whole concept revolve around the jumping seems silly, having it able to jump when neccesary is fine though, and I suspect the original AT-ST could manage something similar (though I doubt it would win many High-Jump medals

).

Whatever he decides to do with it, it looks like it should have a slightly wider body section (the part the legs are attached to) and stance, it's seems too narrow as is.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2003-01-23 08:55pm

Rob Wilson wrote:
DPDarkPrimus wrote:Useful for getting over pesky barricades. Also, a sort of 'strafe jet' maneuver would be useful in firefights.
Someones been playing a lot of Quake3.

I was thinking more along the lines of Steel Battallion.

Post by **Rob Wilson** » 2003-01-23 09:39pm

DPDarkPrimus wrote:
Rob Wilson wrote:
DPDarkPrimus wrote:Useful for getting over pesky barricades. Also, a sort of 'strafe jet' maneuver would be useful in firefights.
Someones been playing a lot of Quake3.
I was thinking more along the lines of Steel Battallion.

Or the Jump jets in the MechWarrior series (which don't require a remortgage to buy a controller to play the game

). I had an idea what you meant, but I couldn't get the image of Quake3 players jumping around out of my head and the AT-AJ in their place just made too funny a mental image.

Crix Dorius · Post by **Crix Dorius** » 2003-01-23 09:42pm

Yez...

It is more like a Mech with Jumpjets...

They only jump when it must...

Over walls, seas, or whatever...

Post by **Rob Wilson** » 2003-01-23 09:46pm

Crix Dorius wrote:Yez...

It is more like a Mech with Jumpjets...

They only jump when it must...

Over walls, seas, or whatever...

Sea's?

[yoda] Hrmm, Powerful Jumpjets, are these.[/yoda]

Crix Dorius · Post by **Crix Dorius** » 2003-01-23 09:53pm

Uhhhps...

Sorry...

Wrong translated

I mean lake's... not sea's...

Post by **Rob Wilson** » 2003-01-23 10:01pm

Crix Dorius wrote:Uhhhps...

Sorry...
Wrong translated

I mean lake's... not sea's...

Don't worry, you're posting in a foreign language, so you're doing better than I would. Plus you gave me an oportunity to make a silly joke, so it's all to the good.

Now get back to slaving over a graphics package so we may look at more prety pictures of destructive hardware.

Post by **Kuja** » 2003-01-23 10:51pm

Crix Dorius wrote:Have you ever seen Macross ?!?

Actually, no I haven't. I've been trying to get my paws on a copy for years...