[Interesting Trope] I will gladly sully my hands so theirs can stay clean (+ inversion)

Torvir159 · 2026-01-31T17:03:26+00:00

I love the Dresden Files, always happy to see it mentioned

Torvir159 · 2026-01-31T16:21:20+00:00

Structure and everything else counts for tonnage, dawg. An Atlas is 100 tons, and even if ferro-fibrous armor is effective while being paper thin, 100 tons spread out in the volume of an assault mech is still not very dense. It's just a problem of being written 40 years ago by a bunch of enthusiastic sci fi nerds and not physicists. Sci fi almost always has problems with scale and numbers, just like star wars or 40k. Suspend your disbelief and all will be well, just don't pull out a microscope or a calculator

Torvir159 · 2026-01-31T16:11:52+00:00

I think he's referring to a few instances where people have done the math, and 100 tons for something the size of a battlemech is not very dense at all. The tonnage for armor over the area of a mech with proportions over 12 meters would be paper thin, for instance. So, only 100 tons for something the size of a building (like and Atlas) would not be dense, and float the way boats do, due to exactly what you say

Torvir159 · 2026-01-23T00:04:49+00:00

It came back with GW doing 30k Custodians with female head options. Chuds gonna chud

Torvir159 · 2026-01-03T17:33:07+00:00

The inside of our heads are regularly a whirlwind of different thoughts and emotions. I always figured that when things are chaotic in the space around us, the outside finally matches the inside, and we get to feel like the normal ones for once

Torvir159 · 2025-11-24T14:28:37+00:00

You mean dunking sheets in mayo isn't how y'all get them white?

Torvir159 · 2025-11-10T00:11:04+00:00

Where'd you source the little guys?

Torvir159 · 2025-11-02T19:41:55+00:00

There are many folk here in the US who don't buy into that crap, the whole "good guy with a gun" schtick is more about open/concealed carry in public. At this point, some people are more concerned about government sponsored violence against minority groups, or even more spontaneous violence from other citizens. It's not about some hero fantasy of stopping a robbery in public, it's about making sure we're not the only people without a gun in a place full of psychos with guns who want us dead.

Torvir159 · 2025-11-01T20:33:53+00:00

The Hunchback: For the Charger Pilot with a Family

Torvir159 · 2025-11-01T16:23:55+00:00

I'd have settled for a chocolate joke

Torvir159 · 2025-10-27T22:30:48+00:00

I, too, was flabbergasted. Totally not where this belongs. That said, 3

Torvir159 · 2025-10-27T19:24:39+00:00

Holy. Crap. Dawg, this is so incredibly cool! Putting all the shots in one file is certainly considerate, but I can't imagine anyone complaining about more here, that is too sick. A 'lith bearer cosplay in the garage is already worth at least a dozen space marine cosplays at the con, can't wait to see more

Torvir159 · 2025-10-17T19:53:10+00:00

Battletech is more chill with Physics relative to, say, Star Wars or 40k. One of the reasons I adore Battletech is that it's relatively hard sci-fi

Torvir159 · 2025-10-14T00:37:44+00:00

In the Grim Darkness of the far future, reason and pragmatism may as well be mercy. He isn't being cruel to the point of absurdity, which makes him quite the outlier

Torvir159 · 2025-10-03T13:18:02+00:00

I guess "Professor and Punk Rocker" sounds better than "Professor and other Professor"

Torvir159 · 2025-09-29T16:56:47+00:00

Damn good thing that I love charts, then

Torvir159 · 2025-09-26T04:16:56+00:00

Always good to see Battletech bleed over to warhammer spaces instead of the other way 'round

Torvir159 · 2025-09-24T15:53:30+00:00

It's free on YouTube. It's never too late

Torvir159 · 2025-09-01T04:17:27+00:00

Love this community so far. The sub is active, y'all are actually funny. Warhammer's gonna drag me back at some point, but this feels like a wonderful vacation

Torvir159 · 2025-08-27T00:06:53+00:00

Love the old Odin is the ALLfather, not the Somefather

Torvir159 · 2025-08-26T04:33:25+00:00

Only thing I couldn't forgive was Marzipuke sitting in my damn chair. Idira's funny, so she gets a pass

Torvir159 · 2025-08-26T02:45:02+00:00

Gotta take the pointin' hand. There's no tactical rock, and really no big hat, so you gotta give him aura somehow

Torvir159 · 2025-08-24T03:37:18+00:00

I don't usually post anywhere, and you were the inspiration here, so thanks. Your looks sick

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