Post by Carlos on Sept 18, 2012 0:17:41 GMT -6
Ardashir Sassanid stood in his power armor. It was handed down in his family. Though kept up to date as best as they could.
The armor was very form fitting. Not bulky at all. It had a cone like helmet with a half sphere at the top. To what purpose it served, no one knew, at least not outside the family. Though it was armor plated. It had a chain mail neck guard over the armor. As well as chain mail that formed a skirt around the waist. The greaves and forum guards are extra armored. A solid shield with a kinetic dampener was mounted on the left forearm.
It had a selection of weapons. One was odd by the standards of the day. A bow of sorts. It had motors built into the frame of it that propelled the arrow forward faster then conventional arrow string. As well as a magnetic accelerator from where the arrow shot forth from. Not as powerful a rail gun though. Just meant to enhance it further.
Another weapon is a medium handle short axe. The blade of the axe is super high density carbon that weighs a great deal. It is mounted on pressure pile mechanism designed to deliver the blow with even greater force. Furthering adding to it and offsetting the weight are micro thrusters behind the blade and around it.
A more common weapon it has is a high cycle particle edged sword. Particles are cycled at near light speed to give it incredible cutting power.
Everyone was watching from nearby stands. Shielded by kinetic dampeners. With various floating camera recording the even and feeding it over the open wifi.
A sound could be heard not to far off, it grew louder and louder, until something came down. A red power armor landed hard, it's feet digging deep into the hard soil, several verniers firing to counter the force of the landing.
It slowly adjusted it's posture to turn to the Sassanid power armor. The exact opposite to it's opponent. Bulkier with a greater level of armor. It was segmented with motors to make it more flexible. Several verniers were located about the armor. In most cases Power Armor use ion based verniers because they have great fuel economy and stability. However the Sacanus power armor has powerful plasma thrusters. That aren't as stable, so they aren't as accurate in their thrust distribution, but generate more powerful maximum thrust. Likely the reason for this is simply given the weight of the unit.
One of it's primary weapons is a light machine gun. With a large magazine drum. Carried behind the left shoulder when not in use. It uses explosive plasma rounds, which has a varying level of effectiveness, as the explosions aren't terribly big or the plasma very much. But it's something the Sarcanus have had in development for many years and hope to perfect.
A curved short sword with a wide blade is the primary melee weapon. The blade is made from a composite of some of the rarest minerals, some of which can only be found on Sahacarn's largest moon, and forged at a facility located as close to the sun as technology would allow. The special conditions yield a fine blade. But of course it uses a particle accelerator track to give it incredible cutting power.
Rounding out the power armor are small sticky grenades, particle edged knives, and of course it mounts an energy dampening field. A small buckler is also mounted on the forearm, it has a high compression dampener, however it's power consumption is great and isn't run off the generator. Instead using batteries that can be replaced mid battle if need be.
The red helmet whirred as four long bolts unscrewed. Carefully removing it, Patriel regarded the Sassanid opponent with his sword, then placed the blade of his chest and bowed slightly. The Sassanid opponent did the same.
Replacing the helmet on his head. The heads up display engaging. He waited for the Instructor supervising the duel to signal the start.
The armor was very form fitting. Not bulky at all. It had a cone like helmet with a half sphere at the top. To what purpose it served, no one knew, at least not outside the family. Though it was armor plated. It had a chain mail neck guard over the armor. As well as chain mail that formed a skirt around the waist. The greaves and forum guards are extra armored. A solid shield with a kinetic dampener was mounted on the left forearm.
It had a selection of weapons. One was odd by the standards of the day. A bow of sorts. It had motors built into the frame of it that propelled the arrow forward faster then conventional arrow string. As well as a magnetic accelerator from where the arrow shot forth from. Not as powerful a rail gun though. Just meant to enhance it further.
Another weapon is a medium handle short axe. The blade of the axe is super high density carbon that weighs a great deal. It is mounted on pressure pile mechanism designed to deliver the blow with even greater force. Furthering adding to it and offsetting the weight are micro thrusters behind the blade and around it.
A more common weapon it has is a high cycle particle edged sword. Particles are cycled at near light speed to give it incredible cutting power.
Everyone was watching from nearby stands. Shielded by kinetic dampeners. With various floating camera recording the even and feeding it over the open wifi.
A sound could be heard not to far off, it grew louder and louder, until something came down. A red power armor landed hard, it's feet digging deep into the hard soil, several verniers firing to counter the force of the landing.
It slowly adjusted it's posture to turn to the Sassanid power armor. The exact opposite to it's opponent. Bulkier with a greater level of armor. It was segmented with motors to make it more flexible. Several verniers were located about the armor. In most cases Power Armor use ion based verniers because they have great fuel economy and stability. However the Sacanus power armor has powerful plasma thrusters. That aren't as stable, so they aren't as accurate in their thrust distribution, but generate more powerful maximum thrust. Likely the reason for this is simply given the weight of the unit.
One of it's primary weapons is a light machine gun. With a large magazine drum. Carried behind the left shoulder when not in use. It uses explosive plasma rounds, which has a varying level of effectiveness, as the explosions aren't terribly big or the plasma very much. But it's something the Sarcanus have had in development for many years and hope to perfect.
A curved short sword with a wide blade is the primary melee weapon. The blade is made from a composite of some of the rarest minerals, some of which can only be found on Sahacarn's largest moon, and forged at a facility located as close to the sun as technology would allow. The special conditions yield a fine blade. But of course it uses a particle accelerator track to give it incredible cutting power.
Rounding out the power armor are small sticky grenades, particle edged knives, and of course it mounts an energy dampening field. A small buckler is also mounted on the forearm, it has a high compression dampener, however it's power consumption is great and isn't run off the generator. Instead using batteries that can be replaced mid battle if need be.
The red helmet whirred as four long bolts unscrewed. Carefully removing it, Patriel regarded the Sassanid opponent with his sword, then placed the blade of his chest and bowed slightly. The Sassanid opponent did the same.
Replacing the helmet on his head. The heads up display engaging. He waited for the Instructor supervising the duel to signal the start.