... It's like a beam pinwheel. Or pizza cutter almost. But UE mobile suits have been very hard to damage, at least with commonplace weaponry, and the lance's design lets it add additional shearing to a hit. More than just getting slashed by a beam blade, the blade itself is moving as well, with another one coming behind it. It's a step up from the AGE-1's beam daggers at the very least.
And the DODS Rifle applies a similar idea to its beam too... having the beams have a spiral, drilling path... like rifling for a conventional gun even! It helps it stay focused and give greater penetrating power, and from what it could do to a UE suit even with a glancing blow -to say nothing of what it did to groups of Wulgaru machines-... it's a huge step up from a Genoace's beam spraygun.
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Date: 2014-05-08 04:54 pm (UTC)[Okay, out with it Flit.]
... It's like a beam pinwheel. Or pizza cutter almost. But UE mobile suits have been very hard to damage, at least with commonplace weaponry, and the lance's design lets it add additional shearing to a hit. More than just getting slashed by a beam blade, the blade itself is moving as well, with another one coming behind it. It's a step up from the AGE-1's beam daggers at the very least.
And the DODS Rifle applies a similar idea to its beam too... having the beams have a spiral, drilling path... like rifling for a conventional gun even! It helps it stay focused and give greater penetrating power, and from what it could do to a UE suit even with a glancing blow -to say nothing of what it did to groups of Wulgaru machines-... it's a huge step up from a Genoace's beam spraygun.
... Just a bit too expensive to mass-produce.