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Jakan Karanor
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Posted - 2008.06.10 23:19:00 -
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There has been some references in the fluff published under the Empyrean downtime to some thing called MTACs
which were uses in the liberation of Caldari Prime
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Istvaan Shogaatsu
Guiding Hand Social Club
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Posted - 2008.06.10 23:52:00 -
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Mobile Armored Tactical Commando. |
Chinger
Deep Core Mining Inc.
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Posted - 2008.06.11 00:08:00 -
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Ravin Abai
Cruoris Seraphim
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Posted - 2008.06.11 15:42:00 -
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In the U.S. Marine Corps, MTAC refers to Marine Tactical Air Command units, which are tasked with providing equipment, maitenance and operational command to Marine air units operating as part of a ground assault. My guess is that the same definition applies here.
Armored commandos sounds pretty cool though.  |
Viktor Fyretracker
Caldari Provisions
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Posted - 2008.06.14 22:23:00 -
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id imagine its more the logistics though, even in our laser and railgun spewing future the troops that secure a planetary surface need support.
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Mithfindel
Argent Group
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Posted - 2008.06.15 19:31:00 -
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Edited by: Mithfindel on 15/06/2008 19:37:09
In the excerpts from the upcoming novella, I do think an MTAC was some kind of a mecha. Have to check if I find those excerpts, I think they were on Ten Ton Hammer.
Edit: Found: "men operating robot-like MTAC's (Mechanized Torso-Actuated Chassis)", reference http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/35425
Edit2: Linkyfied.
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Deviana Sevidon
Panta-Rhei
Interstellar Alcohol Conglomerate
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Posted - 2008.06.18 12:17:00 -
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Maybe it stands for:
Mobile Armored Tactical Commandos.
Troops in Power Armor, as described in Heinlein's book Starship Troopers. (not the Movie)
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Mithfindel
Argent Group
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Posted - 2008.06.20 19:17:00 -
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Pretty close, but that'd be MATC. As I mentioned, the abbreviation is expanded on the novel. (No, haven't got it, but there's an excerpt I linked.)
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Rhanna Khurin
Minmatar
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Posted - 2008.07.31 07:01:00 -
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Think "power-loaders from Aliens" and you're pretty much there. I don't think they're as big as say a battlemech. They seem to be used in all walks of life, from just lifting heavy things in the place of a forklift truck to military use with armour and guns on them.
I would really like to see a picture of one.
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Stitcher
Caldari
Duty.
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Posted - 2008.07.31 12:00:00 -
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MTAC = Mechanized Torso-Actuated Chassis.
There are both military and civilian variants, with the civilian version being a heavy lifting tool big and strong enough to move around sections of starship armour, and the military version being a smaller, faster but also more durable weapons platform.
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Verone
Gallente
Veto Corp
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Posted - 2008.07.31 16:39:00 -
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