[quote=@WilsonTurner]
When I go with capital ships, I go with ships that are utilarian. Not space robots. God, I hate the term mecha- I love mechs, I see them as realistic sophisticated machines with guns, rockets, or missiles in reasonable quantity. I see mecha as giant multicolored human-bots that like beating the shit out of everything with metal fists. 

If someone can make a giant metal fist that holds together on impact to something else steel, then I want to use that fist as armor. 
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>mechs
>realistic 

The perfect oxymoron. 

[quote=@Forsythe]
Mechs > Mecha, yes, agreed. go Mad Cats and blood Asps :P
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Battletech is arguably even worse when it comes to realism.