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Daryk

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Some inspiration...
« on: 20 January 2024, 12:39:09 »
Leave it to Simon Whistler to provide more than adequate justification for PRUs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kx8AyCi8_ig

It really makes me wonder if Support Vehicle rules could make some of these systems... ;D

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Re: Some inspiration...
« Reply #1 on: 21 January 2024, 19:44:30 »
Leave it to Simon Whistler to provide more than adequate justification for PRUs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kx8AyCi8_ig

It really makes me wonder if Support Vehicle rules could make some of these systems... ;D

According to Strategic Operations, personal re-entry units are definitely a thing, used by both aerospace fighter pilots and sport space-divers.
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Re: Some inspiration...
« Reply #2 on: 21 January 2024, 20:29:51 »
That's basically my point... Cray (or whoever wrote that bit) was spot on! :)

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Re: Some inspiration...
« Reply #3 on: 21 January 2024, 23:24:31 »
That's basically my point... Cray (or whoever wrote that bit) was spot on! :)

Oh, it's absolutely Cray who did it.  He also slipped in inflatable lifeboats, which he's been wanting to do since at least 2004.
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Re: Some inspiration...
« Reply #4 on: 22 January 2024, 04:16:02 »
Cool!  I totally missed that! :)