re: i-Gun
Yeah I kinda figured it was like "shooting money at you". Treasure thats dangerous but its just there so you can sell it. But I gotta say I just love the concept behind it and the "nerf laspistol" like this is realistic stuff that civilians might have in those days. Sharp guys carry them, they're made of money, so they have the best toys civilians are offered. Reminds me of the dude from Firefly who had the laser pistol.
re: Pachyderm
So whats the story behind this thing, it says it has 400 fuel but that seems really low, also says it uses hellerium. I never understood the exchange rate between normal fuel craft and those that use alien fuel? Does the mileage mean every 50 miles is 1 fuel point? (so it can reach a target mission potentially up to 10,000 miles away?)
I loved the stats on the Pachyderm but I never bought one because I figured it wouldnt be able to get outside my radar range, just a thing to shoot things down before they reach my base.
re: Sell X-Grog and Chateau to the world.
yeah... now all that needs to be done is to be able to Purchase Apples from Jack's...
there's gotta be a fruit stand somewhere around that place, ill spend 1000 for an Apple...
I really just dont get enough apples in my diet out on those missions.
but without funding it means its harder to stockpile all the money you'll need to pay for all those expensive weapons, and for those really expensive buildings (I know from peeking that they go up into the 10s of millions at some point).
re: US Military being Middle Ages
Sadly the Navy Seals at least consider firearms to be a "Knife that can reach out 100+ feet". Their emphasis is on slashing necks from behind, if they can get up close and shoot somebody at point blank range with a pistol they would, a gun just gives them the opportunity to put them down at a distance more safely. They'd shoot somebody from 50 feet away rather than 300 if they can get up that close, because thats less chance they'll miss.
They carried the Stoner LMG for years because its lightweight and has a belt feed, but they'd also carry RPD for the same reason (and because it uses 7.62x39mm). Any pounds they could shave off their weapon were pounds more of ammunition they could carry. An M-16 was inconvenient because it had to be reloaded 6 times as often.
They actually dont do much in the way of long range Sniper work, those are the Force Recon guys. The navy seal sniper is abit of a misnomer - if he can hit a bottlecap at 60 yards with a suppressed smg thats all he needs to be able to do (but thats still quite a challenge). If they carry a sniper rifle its probably for armor penetration and firepower, the feat it can accomplish.
They are like modernized Spartans... if you took spartans from ancient sparta and educated them for a few years, and then taught them modern combat techniques, they would fit right in. So I think people get the idea abit wrong about what it means to be a navy seal.
Other special operations forces branches, depending on which branch it is are also often much different than people think they are. Green Berets do propaganda, gun running, and scapegoat missions.
getting "off the X" is also a major, major deal for the seals... if there's danger, you dont want to be there, if you can use your skills to get the job done in the least risky manner thats what you do (and working as a team increases those skills). Its nice to entertain thoughts about how a navy seal would handle being dropped into Silent Hill or Doom but rather than fight they'd actually hide as well as they could or they'd do their best to get out.
The russian underwater guns I believe are the most advanced in the world right now.
