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Darth Walrus
Feb 13, 2012

genericnick posted:

Yeah, the Gallahorn founding myth looks more and more like bullshit. Nuking them from orbit isn't very heroic.

Given that Dainsleifs only showed up as a weapon on one of the last of a super-special limited-run late-war suit line, I'm prepared to bet that massed bombardment is a modern invention taking advantage of Gjallarhorn's massive resources and quantity-over-quality combat doctrine, and they were just powerful but flawed individual weapons alongside a bunch of other weird one-off prototype poo poo (see also, the Astaroth's sword and the Kimaris Trooper's EMP launchers) during the Calamity War.

It wouldn't even be the first time that happened - only eight Valkyrie Frames were built, and they became the basis for the single most ubiquitous modern suit.

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Darth Walrus
Feb 13, 2012

Ranzear posted:

Addendum: "Oh gently caress, is that a beam weapon?" was the best part of the show from a Gundam-as-a-whole angle. That it probably still pales in power to other beam weapons (looking at you Wing) is what's really scary about the latter. Collateral damage just never comes up.

For everything it subverted about Gundam, though, Mika sure did Goku it up.

Goku has senzu beans, though, and the Dragon Balls if he really messes up. Mika doesn't.

So what does that say about the fact that he's so willing to destroy himself anyway?

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