Future of war: Private robot armies fight it out

[Barrister]

Not necessarily.  We're really running into thermodynamic barriers when it comes to computers.

You couldn't wear a computer as an earring because it would use too much power,  and therefore produce too much heat, to be comfortable.

Just use Clan double heat sinks.

Damn cheesy clan-tech

See, there were some Clan tech that I could live with, and other that was total munch.  The heat sinks, endosteel and ferrofibrous armour wasn't so bad, but the ER PPC was worse than Hitler.

No, actually the double heat sinks were some of the worst. BattleTech was always a game of rade-offs, and heat was the most obvious one.  Double heat sinks all but removed heat as being an element of the game.

[Neil]

Not necessarily.  We're really running into thermodynamic barriers when it comes to computers.

You couldn't wear a computer as an earring because it would use too much power,  and therefore produce too much heat, to be comfortable.

Just use Clan double heat sinks.

Damn cheesy clan-tech

See, there were some Clan tech that I could live with, and other that was total munch.  The heat sinks, endosteel and ferrofibrous armour wasn't so bad, but the ER PPC was worse than Hitler.

No, actually the double heat sinks were some of the worst. BattleTech was always a game of rade-offs, and heat was the most obvious one.  Double heat sinks all but removed heat as being an element of the game.

Yeah, I guess the Clan ones were a bit much.  The IS ones didn't really bother me as much at 3 crits a pop, although there's no doubt they did change the game, making 'Mechs like the Warhammer a whole lot better.