Stray Cat Strut

Chapter Eighty-Three - Cat of All Trades

"The future of mechanized warfare is not walking mechanized vehicles. It will never be walking mechanized vehicles.

Legs will never trump tracks! You fucking pissants!"

--WarLightning Forums, 2028

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I think, before you start spending points on a new mech, you should decide what you're looking for in a new vehicle.

I frowned at that. "What do you mean?" I asked. Wasn't I just looking for a bigger, better version of my last mech?

Generally speaking, most weapons can be divided into two broad categories. The specialized and the general-use. A handgun is a general-use weapon. It can use different ammunition and it's almost always good to have on hand. A marksman's rifle isn't as useful in most situations, being too heavy and cumbersome to use, however, in its specific niche-use, it is far better to have than a normal handgun or even a more common sort of rifle.

"Alright," I said with a slow nod. I could see where she was going with this. "And my previous mech was... what, a sniper rifle?"