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Published: 2011-05-31 21:14:48 +0000 UTC; Views: 91418; Favourites: 1495; Downloads: 1110
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The 'Advanced Shielded Battle Armor' program was created shortly after the material for energy based friction shielding was discovered.While other programs focused on simpler shield implementations to give added defense to large scale mech units, the ASBA design would focus on compacting the technology, both powered armor and shields, down into a smaller package with a focus on more discretely applied firepower.
The program would evolve bulky armor down into a more infantry friendly package. This new philosophy of use (a flexible soldier instead of walking tank) would come about by passing the task of defense from armor plates to shielding.
As the true potential of shield tech was revealed, the Elemental program was started with a concentration on developing such potential. Shielding materials being rare and expensive to synthesize, the ASBA program was redirected to rebuild their prototype into a new standard production suit that would return to armor for defense. It is now the standard mid weight powered armor of the Ranger army, coming an many variations and roles.
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Thanks man. Been enjoying the work for Lionel?
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Yeah! He's a nice guy with cool ideas about ships design.
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I'll take ten. Let me just take some of my *cough* large sums of that i carry around with me....
It would be a must have if it was real.
Nice work.
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I kinda liked the old sipler names better... like Crab. Crab was nice.
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Well, you still say this one like it's spelled, not the full words
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Asba... well it could get popular ith a nice advert compain.
Asba today - victory tomorow!
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(asba)awesome,super,bad,ass i'm guessing
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Wow he looks like he could kick some ass.
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Mmm I think this one is pretty sexeh >.>;
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Nice concept, i like that it's down to earth and not covered in weird wings and spikes like so many "military" (max sarcasm) designs ive seen. nice work
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I'm so going to get you to design and armour suit for me
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I always struck me as odd how little thought was put into certain sci-fi technologies. If you could fold space on a small scale level or tear someone apart at the quantum level as part of the design of a teleporter or carefully manipulate hard-light or invisible energy fields to creat a force field. you could do ALL SORTS OF THINGS WITH THAT!!!! But NO!!!! No one ever thinks about all the applications, DO THEY!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!??
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Indeed. Which is why I'm avoiding antigrav tech, everything would be force weapons
But yeh, the energy shields can do a ton of different things, and some of the highest class (planned far future) Elementals will use those same space folding tricks
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One idea I had was replicating the effects of telekineisis using force fields. Or something like the Displacement Engine from Farscape which opens a wormhole into a sun and drops a piece of star on an enemy ship.
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Now thats what I'm talking about.
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Oh shit.....I ruined my underwear.....
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lol, you're welcome.
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Looks quiet like halo 3 one. Good job !
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Funny how when you round out corners and sides it makes a more futuristic and almost organic-like look.
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Yeh, I like to mix hard shapes with smooth transitions
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Can I get a time line? or are these guys bran spanking new
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Timeline is something I havent worked on yet
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So do these guys come before the elementals? or around the same time then get dropped in favor of the ele's or end up being a cheaper, more cost effective off-shoot? You need a friggin timeline, at some point when your free hop on it. It'd be an interesting read.
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These are direct predecesors to Elementals, and Ele is a slimmer ASBA with shields. I guess my description didn't word that quite clearly
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Not at all, it's all muddled up in there. It kinda makes em seem like they were before the ele's and ended being a possible offshoot due to relative cost or something. Would they still bother with these guys by the time the ele's came out? that'd still be pretty cool well maybe minus the bulky-ness ya dig? They're meaty to say the least.
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ARMOR MODE ENGAGED, HELL YEAH
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as usual, your comming up with awesome stuff. love the helmet, never seen a design quite like it.
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The helm is closer to what I used to draw before my Elementals came about, simple and blocky.
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not always a bad thing, sometimes its best to start with a fusion of basic shapes.
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also neck guard, often forgotten lol nice detail.
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awesome details.
nice background too. 
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