Here's a link to
Onyx from Lockheed Martin, a further development of their earlier HULC system. For those of us who have dream of power armour and exoskeletons this is exciting news. While Onyx is only a lower torso enhancement it does look promising.
There was a thread on the Heavy Gear FB group about the practicality of mecha – larger walking power armour. I posted this:
In general to the OP. It all
depends on your assumptions whether or not large bipedal combat suits
make sense. When writing my novels I made some assumptions on how they
developed (basically a step on from riding a mechanical horse), to use
(dense terrain), and factored in adaptive camouflage (reduce chance of
being seen).
So it's all about the assumptions. Open field advances across the steppes of Russia, not so much. Lurking around in urban areas providing fire support for infantry and able to keep up with vehicles, possibly what's needed.
The last couple of weeks I have been writing more, working on my novel Two Moons, which will give the readers more information on where the series story arc is going that the characters will have to work through. I'm excited.
