[quote=GourmetItalia]I mean ... not that Chris' death was entirely his fault; Brovo ultimately froze up Jorick's character and afterwards, Melonhead's character just ate it.[/quote]

No, it was completely his fault. :lol Jorick's character locking him up saved him and I did that to stop Jorick from getting off'd in a tactical plan that lacked any kind of coherent thinking.

[b]Modern Military Tactics Never Ever Put Infantry Blindly Forward[/b]. Ever. [b]Ever[/b]. Sending infantry blindly forward, especially in small numbers, is tantamount to tactical [i]suicide[/i]. Especially against enemies who have unknown capabilities but who were powerful enough to take on a mechanized battalion and utterly annihilate it with seemingly few casualties on their part.

You send drones to scout ahead. You send tanks to push the front line. You use helicopters for the aerial view. You use radar, SATCON, intel, scouting squad armed with multi-vision scopes--anything but going blindly ahead. With just a shotgun.

The mistake was made abundantly clear when he fired his shotgun at close range and it didn't kill his target. What was Jorick's rifle going to do, irritate it? Locking up and then having the passive benefit of TITK was the only reason he survived that massive tactical ineptitude. What he should have done was listen to Kadaeux and stay behind the heavily armoured mech with intense duel wield flamethrowers and provide covering fire to ensure nothing could, say, jump on his mech's knee and start tearing through the armour to the cockpit like some shadow wolves ended up doing to Zed's mech before he could even get to the battle. Instead, Melonhead took his arena training to good use--run ahead blindly and get slaughtered by the unknown enemy, and all he did was [i]nearly take his ally out with him.[/i]

So, not to bash Melonhead or anything, but the guy has no concept of modern battlefield tactics, or spatial awareness, or basic survival traits. These things culminated to ultimately get Chris murdered.

It also didn't help that he kept doing several actions every post, which split his total alloted time up. So instead of getting to line up a shot carefully, in the same time he could have done that, he threw a grenade, dashed around a corner, and attempted to scout through the fog for the enemy, all within that time frame. (Again, though, lacking spatial awareness is the reason this happened. It's like giving an entire speech in the middle of a fight. It dumbfoundedly breaks spatial awareness and I use that to kill people off.)

[quote=Tempest]HALO – Heat and Alternate Light Optics – multi-function goggles with variable channels: Heat-source, low-light/nightvision, or protective film versus flash-bangs and welding torches.[/quote]

Will be added to R&D later.

[quote=Tempest]Micro-torch – Portable torch that can be held in the palm of one's hand with a small tank that can be carried in one's backpack. Meant for quick patch jobs or for cutting through thinner metals.[/quote]

Maybe. Let me think on it.

[quote=Tempest]Insulated Gloves – A simple pair of gloves with grips on them insulated to keep her from accidentally short-circuiting any of her equipment or setting anything off.[/quote]

? How will insulated gloves... ? I mean they might protect you but how will they stop things from going off?

[quote=Tempest]Remote Control Car – Simple remote control vehicle amped up with an extended range, better terrain capabilities and superior speed[/quote]

No. Either it's not useful or it's trying to nab the robot buddy passive from Pilots. Either way... :gray At least not right now.

[quote=Tempest]Toy Grab Bag – Various toys and knick-knacks Georgia carries about with her[/quote]

Approved, sure. lol

[quote=Tempest]Electronic Scraps – Various Electronic scraps that Georgia can rig in a pinch to facilitate whatever needs she might have[/quote]

Maybe. Yes, tentatively.

[quote=Tempest]Wrist-Mounted UI – Bit of like a personal computer. Able to connect to and download information from other computers, tracks ally locations, communicates with Tenzin and allows her to view local maps.[/quote]

Tenzin?

[quote=Tempest]Special Request –Freddie – Floating robotic scouting eye companion to be upgraded over time. At the moment, a salvaged bit of scrap that has been rebuilt to and programmed back to be able to do basic scouting parameters, able to identify and register friendlies based upon those programmed in at the start of a mission and added in with a command... With a command, will begin a scouting patrol and begin to mark those that it encounters which will be uploaded to Georgia's UI so that she can reference them. Also comes built-in with a handy dandy panic alarm and flashlight![/quote]

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At least, not right now. Maybe with the next wave of missions. Unless you took this as a unique of some sort.