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Re: Just a question
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Thu, 3 Jun 1999 00:05:49 GMT
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From the Essential Guide to Vehicles and vessels:
Walkers were designed to fill the need for a nonrepulsorlift heavy assault
vehicle
for armored platoons.While the emipre had countless repulsorlift vehicles,
drive
systems could be foiled by gravity fluctuations, unusual planetary magnetic
fields,
and other special conditions; the Empire needed a vehicle which could be
used
on the terrain of many different worlds.
The finished AT-AT walkers passed Imperial expectations. Almost
unstoppable
as a weapons platform,, they proved potent psychological weapons.
D Blomberg wrote in message <37545DCB.251E0019@netscape.net>...
> What I think is even more strange, is why do they model high
> tech armored vehicles after bipeds and quadripeds? They have spacecraft
> that can take off vertically, hover, and travel at light speed
> yet they have Imperial Walkers? Little furry, aboriginal ewoks
> can take these things down with vines and logs.
>
> Must be because of nepotism or illegal kickbacks.
> A relative of the Emporer must be in charge of the AT-XX manufacturer.
> Or maybe related to someone in purchasing.
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> Tom McDonald wrote:
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> > I have my own answers about this, but a friend of mine asked (and • genuinely
> > wanted to know) why, in such an advanced technology state in which most • of the
> > SW worlds live, do they still ride animals?
> >
> > Obviously for the love/fun of it is one answer. But what's up with
> > stormtroopers on dewbacks?
> >
> > -Tom McD.
> > when replying, canter your spamcake.
>
> -- dave
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| (...) Yeah, as long as the opponents don't have any spare rope laying around. Or wrecking balls to crush the 'armor plate'. Steve (25 years ago, 3-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)
| | | Re: Just a question
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| On Thu, 3 Jun 1999 00:05:49 GMT, John Bauman uttered the following profundities... (...) The irony of this discussion about repulsor lift vehicles.... The inventor of the hovercraft just died.... (25 years ago, 3-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| What I think is even more strange, is why do they model high tech armored vehicles after bipeds and quadripeds? They have spacecraft that can take off vertically, hover, and travel at light speed yet they have Imperial Walkers? Little furry, (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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