On Sat, 19 Jul 1997, Jeanne Hedge wrote:

shatter.

I would imagine this might be a possibility. 

What are the suits made of, does anyone have that reference?  If it gets
cold enough, does it get brittle?


Jeanne Hedge

Whre is Bert when we need him?    :)

 Maybe this should have been posted to the BGC-list...I'm sure hundreds
would have swooped down upon it.

Yup,the suits are protected as mentioned....
as well as
 "powered by a self super-effiecent battery in the back unit, giving a
Hardsuit enough power for potentially 50 hours of continous use"
                                 pg 72.                              

 I would actually say far less than that if using the suit to optimum
use...fighting a computer-virus hyperboomer or a group of BUC's.
 I would also think that total life support dependance would be a drain
(heating/cooling) as well. 
 I would guess they could probaly use other 'plug-in" power sources
available in such places as the sky carrier or te van which would keep
non-active members in a form of "standy" power-up.
 
Also the book says this:

 "A hardsuit's ceramic and alloy armor is invulnerable to small arms fire,
is resistant to heat and pressure changes, and even absorbs momentum based
attacks" 
                            Pg 72 of the BGC gamebook.

 Although massive electrical discharges. pulse-cannons and crushing blows
take their toll as well as blades and other penitration devices in the
hard/soft joint interfaces....
   for instance...Anri SLOOOWWWWWLLLYYY shoving a knife in.

Use would also weaken the suits....look at all the heat Nene's suit
"bleed's off" in Scoop Chase.....what if she couldn't do that? where would
all that operational heat go???
I also would think sudden temp changes would weaken the structure of the
suits. Sudden freezing could lead to power-downs of weapons as the suit
tried to generate enough energy just to keep joints moving and not
shatter. It could also leace the suit locked up and brittle with the user
"trapped" within the cold shell but protected (a little)  from the cold by
the softsuit. Of course you would still want to get out of there pretty
bloody fast as you wold eventually be effected by the cold... as well some
components might react poorly (explode) due to the change.

If you could flash-freeze then quick heat something I think the whole
shake'n bake treatment would be quite unhealthy. 

As well the use of sonics to shatter things.
 (don't touch a quick frozen hard-suit with a tuning fork!!)
                            Some ideas.

                                         Robyn....
                                polishing the old family plate
                                   (armor that is....)

                            

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