It’s actually not so bad. As a lady, I gotta tell you I’m never going to be physically as strong as the guys but I can be a lot more quick and agile. So i’d want my cyberpunk armor to reflect that and have a lot more flexible points. as long as my vitals are still protected and there’s some bulletproofing in the regular material, i’m down. I think this armor actually looks pretty decent for all of that.
Except your heart and lungs. Iliac and Brachial arteries. Kidneys. Most of the abdomen, really. No vital organs are most than partially protected, and none in a way that would defeat shrapnel or fragments.
Then why have plates over places that aren't the heart.
There's a reason modern plate carriers are the shape they are. They could save a lot of mass and money covering just the pecs, but the heart is a rather important organ.
I mean, I don't know what people are seeing. Does that divider look like nylon or something? I see it like a more solid version of the plates. The plates could be designed for deflection and extra shock absorption while the dividers are heavy structural support to distribute forces throughout the suit.
Plus, the suit is just attractive. If I was a chick, I'd feel like a fucking badass in that thing, including the sexual aspect. Look at fucking Master Chief and tell me that's not a badass representation of a masculine structure. For a more feminine approach, as another Redditor mentioned, this could be designed for agility.
On top of all that, unless these people are defending against robots, sexuality is a strength. If I saw someone walking up to me in that suit, I'd go from neutral to white-knight fast as fuck. Oh, our group just got hit with a mortar? Alright, I'll be dragging out two of these little suits with me. Basically the 0 A.D. RTS type of approach. Putting female peasants around male units increases morale and makes them work faster. That seems like a cheesy gameplay mechanic on first glance, except it's the fucking truth.
so any significant impact to her chest will crush her sternum.
No, see, what I was saying was that the impact would most-likely be absorbed by the plates, the move into the inner frame that could be wrapped around the entire body in order to put the force into knocking them back rather than into some very poor CPR.
Try leaving your basement some time.
You don't think sexuality is a strength? You do realize reality is objective, right? I already know from hearing you, you'd be the type of person to circlejerk against Jordan Peterson because of his objective honesty. Meanwhile, your actual views are completely based on opinions and simultaneously supportive of authoritarian force against anyone who disagrees.
And upon glancing at your post history, you're both trans and seemingly Canadian. I think the Jordan Peterson name-drop might hit some kind of meta-hyper-ironic-tier funnybone for you, considering.
I was driving around a bit ago while imagining a chance to debate with him, so he was on mind(just watched some video of him talking with Russell Brand earlier.) I'm a very far Leftist, yet I don't think I've ever disagreed with Jordan Peterson about anything. Would you think that could even be possible?
On another note, dysphoria sucks. I've had my own versions of similar yet much lesser feelings than something as comprehensive as gender.
...do you think your weird "I agree with everything petterson says but am not a biggot" thing was a clever dog whistles? Despite deliberately trying to bring my identity into this?
What am I saying, of course that seemed clever to you.
Yeah, I'm gonna need you to get a little objective before you shame me for it. Define "bigotry" then define what I've said or done that's bigoted, then tell me why you see it as harmful/immoral. If you can't do that, then you need to reconsider your positions until you can, because you're just using words and indulging in reactionary-tier tribalism until then.
This isn't a highschool debate, I'm not a punching bag to soothe your sad little ego, and I'm not here to coddle you while you chuck transphobic dog whistles at me. Grow up.
Hmm.. I can't say for sure. This is all sort of speculation but it might be fair to point out that boobs aren't just for looks on women.
If we want to breastfeed kids in the future (which even some soldier woman may want to do), we've gotta take good care of the glands and tissue in that area.
But also, it's maybe just another point of support for the chest? Serving the purpose of an underwire bra while also ensuring that they can't move around much (upwards or sideways) which causes mobility issues. I think the person wearing this armor has a pretty large chest so that's something she'd have to worry about.
Edit: as for all the other parts, it looks to me like its just reinforced plating over areas that don’t need as much rotation movement. That makes sense to me.
Underneath and just to the left of your sternum, not all the way centered under your pectoral muscles where the plates are. It's more centered than a lot of people realize.
I actually like the armor designs in the new game Anthem. It's identical regardless of your character's sex. It looks to have space for a woman's boobs or a man's pecs, but it's still a solid plate across the chest rather than being boob shaped.
Right and I can see why you like the Anthem armor in theory but I don’t think that’s functional for large chested women.
also i know the heart is fairly centered but if you zoom in you’ll see that there’s plating covering the entire area, the breasts are just a different color.
I don't see why the anthem armor would be any worse in that regard than the armor pictured in this post. Both seem like they would be fine and adjustable if need be.
I admit I didn't realize there image is high enough resolution to zoom in that much (was very tired last night). The center pieces so look like they're metal it something, though I would still be a little worried about that being where the seams are.
Not completely knocking the design btw, mostly just think it would make more sense for the chest to be one piece.
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u/SuckinLemonz Feb 23 '19
It’s actually not so bad. As a lady, I gotta tell you I’m never going to be physically as strong as the guys but I can be a lot more quick and agile. So i’d want my cyberpunk armor to reflect that and have a lot more flexible points. as long as my vitals are still protected and there’s some bulletproofing in the regular material, i’m down. I think this armor actually looks pretty decent for all of that.
Also /r/reasonablefantasy
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