Kyuria wrote:Bollocks I say!
1- There shouldn't be too much of a problem with it if ya just used a bit of ingenuity and critical thinking. In fact, I dare say that it is its own nerf. Consider this:
Kinetic weapons would be pretty much useless for an effective system, and light weaponry only somewhat more effective. The problem is, the system is designed to bend outgoing fire. The difference the direction makes is huge. In order to really explain it, I'd have to go into far too much detail I simply am too lazy for and involves a lot of mathematical concepts. In short though, in order to do anything with these fields, there is going to have to be a lot of calculating on the part of both the operators and attackers. This means you're not going to be seeing snap second reactions, even with advanced computers. Essentially, attempting to deflect incoming fire is going to be very hard, because it'd require knowing the attacks' vectors (velocity, direction, etc.) and then figuring out how to alter the field to account for these factors.
Plus, it would be nigh impossible to use actually,... the field would only be able to perform one action, defend or attack, at a time since it has to be altered differently for either action. Even if there were multiple fields in play at once, again, they still must each individually be devoted to offense or defense. Attempting to do both would result in failure for both actions, and probably massively screw the thing up in the first place.
We also can't forget our friend physics! Sure, you could bend light around the hull and form pretty shapes all day long, but if a sufficiently large enough object with a large enough mass and a high enough inertia comes sailing at you, even at a snails pace, it'd be a nightmare even trying to knock it off course, let alone actually deflect the thing.
2- Can anybody say awesome sauce? I know I want to say something about it, but right now my brain is too crapped out to think of what!!
3- Understandable of course, but I only meant for the shifting idea to be employed as a sort of,... well, hell, I don't really know. It'd be more of a passive/defensive thing, being able to alter the structure and shape of the craft. For instance, if a wing were to be sheared off, the remaining wing could be reconstituted to provide just enough lift/drag to make it to the ground without slamming into it full peal. The same general idea for holes put in the fuselage. I didn't mean to suggest you make them fully amorphous, especially considering that actual rigid components would likely fare better than ones not created specifically for such stresses and intense usage. I also highly doubt the material could really be usefully applied to mechs in any logic way, or really, anything other than fighters actually. It's a technology that simply could not work on any large scale outside of a specific environment, and even then,...
And you do paint a quite hilarious mental image. XP
YAY, gravitic fields it is then. You shall all fear my bending, twisting beams of death and pain.
EDIT: Welp, I'm off to hell... Commonly known as work. Later.
