Rusty
Purveyor of Fine Weaponry
Some people believed that armor was the king of the battlefield.
Rusty knew better.
Traditionally, artillery was the king of the battlefield. Artillery could make or break an army.
Utlima Ratio Regum, the final argument of kings.
The Force fights on the side with the best artillery.
The pithy sayings went on and on.
In the strictest sense, the Shard knew this to be true, even in this day and age. A good shelling could wreak havoc on an opposing force, and shields had little to nothing to do with it. If you carried enough shielding with you to stop a 155mm shell, you were probably too slow to be of any use. If you tried to use speed and maneuverability to get out from under the shell, you were still hosed, because one shell always brought friends.
Yes siree, artillery was the real winner of wars, but there was something to be said for direct fire too.
Handheld missile launchers and recoilless rifles had fallen out of fashion in this modern age of shielding and super advanced armor, and Rusty intended to change that. There was no reason why a foot soldier should have to cower in fear at the first sign of armor. There was no reason why a man portable weapons system capable of potting even the most powerful vehicles didn't exist, save for the fact that no one thought it was possible.
That was why the Shard had come up with the idea of Bertha. He didn't want to just level the playing field for troops on the ground, he wanted to flip it upside down. Let the crews in their walkers and hovertanks cower in fear inside their metal coffins, waiting for the inevitable to roast them alive. It was time to put the fear of the foot soldier back into their lives.
Rusty knew better.
Traditionally, artillery was the king of the battlefield. Artillery could make or break an army.
Utlima Ratio Regum, the final argument of kings.
The Force fights on the side with the best artillery.
The pithy sayings went on and on.
In the strictest sense, the Shard knew this to be true, even in this day and age. A good shelling could wreak havoc on an opposing force, and shields had little to nothing to do with it. If you carried enough shielding with you to stop a 155mm shell, you were probably too slow to be of any use. If you tried to use speed and maneuverability to get out from under the shell, you were still hosed, because one shell always brought friends.
Yes siree, artillery was the real winner of wars, but there was something to be said for direct fire too.
Handheld missile launchers and recoilless rifles had fallen out of fashion in this modern age of shielding and super advanced armor, and Rusty intended to change that. There was no reason why a foot soldier should have to cower in fear at the first sign of armor. There was no reason why a man portable weapons system capable of potting even the most powerful vehicles didn't exist, save for the fact that no one thought it was possible.
That was why the Shard had come up with the idea of Bertha. He didn't want to just level the playing field for troops on the ground, he wanted to flip it upside down. Let the crews in their walkers and hovertanks cower in fear inside their metal coffins, waiting for the inevitable to roast them alive. It was time to put the fear of the foot soldier back into their lives.