How could Zeon be this stupid?

[Ork_dreadnought]

Hey now, in all fairness that would have worked if they didn't just sit there. All they had to do is rig the bombs wiht remote detonators and then just pull the trigger once they got far enough away. Maybe it wouldn't have destroyed the Gundam, but at least Amuro's corpse would have to have been recoverd with a sponge.

That's a wonderful image, which does kind of fall over if you recall UC's famous difficulty with radio. Or indeed doing anything remotely without a newtype.

[ORegan]

Hey now, in all fairness that would have worked if they didn't just sit there. All they had to do is rig the bombs wiht remote detonators and then just pull the trigger once they got far enough away. Maybe it wouldn't have destroyed the Gundam, but at least Amuro's corpse would have to have been recoverd with a sponge.

That's a wonderful image, which does kind of fall over if you recall UC's famous difficulty with radio. Or indeed doing anything remotely without a newtype.

they could have a wire hooked up to a plunger

[razgriz]

y do suddenly see dirk dastardly and muttley as zeon officers all of a sudden

[ORegan]

y do suddenly see dirk dastardly and muttley as zeon officers all of a sudden

because that damn pigeon had to become a Gundam Pilot!

[Gelgoog Jager]

Hey now, in all fairness that would have worked if they didn't just sit there. All they had to do is rig the bombs wiht remote detonators and then just pull the trigger once they got far enough away. Maybe it wouldn't have destroyed the Gundam, but at least Amuro's corpse would have to have been recoverd with a sponge.

That's a wonderful image, which does kind of fall over if you recall UC's famous difficulty with radio. Or indeed doing anything remotely without a newtype.

The zeon soldiers who used the Wappas (I think that's the name for the hover bikes) actually say that they would have preferred to use a remote detonator, but since they were only a patrol unit, they weren't given the equipment for to do so. You can check the dialogue on Gundam Encyclopedia's scripts:

http://www.runswithscissors.ws/gundam/msg14.txt

[Ork_dreadnought]

My mistake, sorry

[ZeonfromHell]

Ok then, just pull out a gun and start shooting the blasting caps. There or more ways to detonate a bomb without sophisticated equipment or timers. All I'm saying is that just sitting there was something a wuss-bag recruit would do, not trained soldiers.

[Chris]

Ok, since the original topic wrapped up discussion awhile back (and the profile that generated the topic has since been edited), there's really no point in continuing on this tangent.