RE: [HOE] Unity Spoilers in Lost Colony

["Clint Black" <cblack@ohtinc.com>]

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>Ok if you want me to relate it to things that are forty years post war I
can
>do better I can relate back to the Wierd west where a bullet proof vest has
>AV:2 now It might just be me but I think that with the time between 1876
and
>the 2040s they can come up with armor for the internal walls of a building
>since that's what the unity basically is with better AV than a 160 year old
>bullet proof vest. As for demons just having claws I think that in hell
>there are definately going to be things scarier than demons with claws
since
>Hell is supposedly part of the hunting grounds where magic comes from I
>think it is safe to say that some of these demons are going to have magic
of
>some kind or another which would probably go through AV:3 I mean 3D6 damage
>will go through AV:3 and most spells do much more damage than that so I ask
>again why would such an advanced and powerful ship built by the mastermind
>of mad scientists have the equivalent armor of a Steam Wagon. I will say
>again It doesn't make any damn sense. Which leads me to another topic that
>has been eating away my sanity since hell on earth came out. Why has
>technology not advanced any from the late 90s to early 2000s I mean cars
get
>the same mileage and look the same computers havn't advanced medicine
hasn't
>advanced, nothing has advanced except for things that revolve around the
>hunting grounds which I admit mad science would advance faster but hell on
>earth would have made mush more sense if you'd based it around the 2020s
>rather than 2090s because the even though it wouldn't advance as fast
normal
>science is going to advance eventually and it isn't goin to jsut stay at
the
>same level for almost 80 years.

In the Weird West, a bulletproof vest is made using mad science, an
inherently unstable method.  As you say yourself, Hellstrome is not stupid.
While he may be the original "mad scientist," Hellstrome is more of an
occultist that *uses* science.  He would not depend on such equipment
against his true foes.  Also even claws that did 3d6 would be reduced to Str
+ 1d4 against AV3.  Even something with immense strength would be
hard-pressed to get through the Unity.

As to demons having magic of some sort or another, it has not been shown
that the majority of them do have these abilities.  And those that do seem
to have powers related to fire of some sort which the Unity has additional
resistance to.  Remember, Hellstrome is going to one, specific area of Hell
that he has been to a few times before.  He knows the opposition, and the
Unity is built to handle it.

And to reiterate, weight *is* an issue here.  It may not have any major
"game mechanic" associated to it, but AV3 starship armor that weighs a tenth
or less of AV3 steam wagon armor is a huge improvement, especially for
Hellstrome's uses.

As to your assertion regarding the advancement of technology in HOE, I can
only assume you haven't read some of the sourcebooks.  There are
descriptions of advanced medications, hoverbikes, miniaturized computers,
and if you recall, ComSat is an AI.  In my opinion, I'd be rather surprised
if we had a fraction of the advanced technology described in HOE in the next
80 years.



Clint Black

"You smell that? Do you smell that? ...Ghost Rock, son. Nothing else in the
world smells like that. I love the smell of ghost rock in the morning. You
know, one time we had a hill bombed, for twelve hours. When it was all over
I walked up. We didn't find one of 'em, not one stinkin' Yank body. The
smell, you know that sulphurous smell, the whole hill. Smelled like...
victory. Someday this war's gonna end..."