[Doctor Phileas Fragg]

Is it really worth sending something so expensive and slow and vurnerable just to hide in a lake or river? On that note, going back to what I said earlier about it's mobility on mountains, that mountain would have to offer one hell of a tactical advantage to necessitate sending a walker, although I can't imagine a team of soldiers not being able to do the same job in half the time.

Don't get the wrong idea here. I don't hate mechs. In fact, I love that ED unit in Robocop - the way it squats while scanning for threats, and the way it "undeploys" it's haunches to move when it finds one. And it just looks so cool.

Then again, think about the way Robocop beat the ED unit. No, not the rocket launcher, before that....the STAIRS.

As much as I like ED from Robocop, I think I like Jaeger from The Unholy War just a little bit more....

[Whiteboy]

Ah yes, STAIRS - the bane of the Daleks :lol:

[AlliedG]

uh they have hover capabilities

i think in the future cost will outweight human lives.

Look at the gulf war really expensive missiles to blow up really cheap bunkers.

[Renegade]

...and really expensive Allied aircraft.

[Doctor Phileas Fragg]

But missiles and aircraft are FAST, and the means to defend against them are also expensive...whereas any dune buggy with a tow cable could topple a walker. Or a soldier with C4 crawling about it's ankles

And how does using a mech limit human casualty anyway?

[Mr Graffitti]

Machines limits human abilities. Example:
Year 2123. A guy teleport from his house to the work, send an order and his computer does everything for him, he just sits a waits for nothing while taking out some doughnuts and coffee from his DNA Alterator Device. Then when everything is done he just teleports back to his home and take a walk by the city. END!

[Renegade]

Sounds great to me?

[Doctor Phileas Fragg]

Maybe I should clarify:

How does using a mech limit more human casualties compared to a tank?

Edit: Finally, I have an avatar. That was annoying.

[Whiteboy]

Realy expensive allied aircraft... getting destroyed by really cheap bazookas. Hey, it's happened before...

If future wars are unfortunately going to happen, all humans will take refunge in great shelters built underneath the ocean floor, in mountains, volcanoes, and space. Our commanders will be computers and they will command armies of mechs, computer viruses, laser weapon systems, nukes, and the good ol' planetary alignment shifter.

[AlliedG]

Mechs don't have to piloted, simple as that.

Also mechs can have long range artillery capilities and close range mgs coupled with advanced infra red sensors and aircraft chaff capabilities.

Also you can say exactly the same thing about tanks, people crawling placing c4 or hitting the underside of an abrams.

If you want to think over the top just think Metal Gear, that walking tank could launch missiles via electromagnetic cannon from any stragetic location, its not limited by flat land or preperation time.

Its an stragetic tool.

Also who knows what armour, technology an walker could incorporate, shielding, advanced armour, remember the russian WWII tank where german shells BOUNCE off the armour.

Eventually production costs will lower and technology will increase which will make the mech an viable military option for air, ground and sea.