What powers marine suits?

[Quirel]

I highly doubt a marine suit weighs a ton, I also don't think that a Goliath weighs a ton either, a Goliath isn't that big.

A thor has massive feet so it spreads its weight out.

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A Goliath outweighs an M1 Abrams, easily.

[Hav0x]

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A Goliath outweighs an M1 Abrams, easily.

With the advanced materials they have I wouldn't say that it easily outweighs it. It would probably be close.

[Norfindel]

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A Goliath outweighs an M1 Abrams, easily.

The M1 Abrams is a big armored vehicle that weights like 60000 Kg. Did you see the size of the Goliath in SC:G? It's bigger than a Firebat, but it's not huge at all:

[Visions of Khas]

Goliaths are approximtely 15 to 20 feet tall. I'd call that rather big. I wouldn't think of it as being the weight of an Abrams though.

[Lupino]

By that logic, bipedal mechs like the goliath or the thor would have that problem as well

Which is exactly why Mechs suck, among their many other problems. In fact, a Mech's ability to just sink into soft ground is exactly what killed that Viking pilot in one of the manga stories.

Anyways, Liberty's Crusade said Lt. Swallow gained a foot in height and several hundred pounds in weight when she put on her CMC suit, so ~100kg is the lower limit for how much the suits weigh.

[phazonjunkie]

Anyways, Liberty's Crusade said Lt. Swallow gained a foot in height and several hundred pounds in weight when she put on her CMC suit, so ~100kg is the lower limit for how much the suits weigh.

I stand corrected then. Assuming the materials it's constructed with (neosteel, plastics, etc) are equal or greater in strength to their modern day counterparts while having lower density/mass. Then Yeah, I suppose a 'mere' 100-300kg could be reasonable. But then that would probably be more dependent on the occupant's height/mass, since the combat suit seems to be 'custom tailored' if the sc2 reveal cinematic is any indication.

[Pandonetho]

Which is exactly why Mechs suck, among their many other problems. In fact, a Mech's ability to just sink into soft ground is exactly what killed that Viking pilot in one of the manga stories.

What can ya do, everyone loves mechs (except for realists). I don't think there's any popularsci fi universes without at least 1 walker/mech.

[Kacaier]

I don't think there's any popularsci fi universes without at least 1 walker/mech.

Ender's Game, Mass Effect, Star Trek, Farscape, and Dune just to name a few.

[Pandonetho]

Ooook I guess I just don't know that many sci fi universes lol.

[l33telboi]

It's important to make the distinction between reality and sci-fi when it comes to mechs. In reality a mech would have a lot of flaws (ground pressure, complexity, less armored then tanks, etc), but in sci-fi those flaws are oddly non-existent. When's the last time you've seen a mech with real ground pressure trouble? I don't think I ever have. The Viking in the manga was implied to have landed in some form of quicksand, so that's sort of a bad comparison.