The thing is, both Tactical Armor and Metal Fake are great names. Tactical Armor is a really crisp genericism: you could use it in the rulebook for a mecha TTRPG and it would fit in very well as evocative shorthand for the general concept of mecha without being too bland. But then Metal Fake doesn’t communicate the idea very well, but is just so rich with implication that it’s fantastic. I think I PROBABLY like Metal Fake better, but Tactical Armor is making my mind race with possibility… oh, I can’t decide!
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Units discussed:
MFX-02 Ishtar Mk II
Ishtar Gunner
Fake Desert Type
Straydog Fake
Giant Gunner Fake
Giant Missiler Fake
Giant Attack Gunner Fake
