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* ''[[Warhammer 40000]]'': |
* ''[[Warhammer 40000]]'': |
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** Most of the ''really'' cool stuff is at least ten thousand years old, from [[Tank Goodness|Baneblades]] to [[Humongous Mecha|Titans]] to [[Battlefleet Gothic|miles-long battle cathedrals (IN SPACE!)]]. |
** Most of the ''really'' cool stuff is at least ten thousand years old, from [[Tank Goodness|Baneblades]] to [[Humongous Mecha|Titans]] to [[Battlefleet Gothic|miles-long battle cathedrals (IN SPACE!)]]. |
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** The Imperium used to know how to make [[Laser Blade|lightsaber-like]] swords ([[Eisenhorn]] owned one in book 1), but |
** The Imperium used to know how to make [[Laser Blade|lightsaber-like]] swords ([[Eisenhorn]] owned one in book 1), but even ''after'' Mechanicus [[Adventurer Archaeologist|Explorators]] finally got lucky and recovered the schematics, it remains very rare at best - generally the best even officers and elites can obtain are old style metal weapons charged with disruptor fields. |
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** Not to mention the fact that the Eldar, Dark Eldar, and Necrons are still using hardware from before the ancestors of humanity ever crawled out of the primordial soup. |
** Not to mention the fact that the Eldar, Dark Eldar, and Necrons are still using hardware from before the ancestors of humanity ever crawled out of the primordial soup. |
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* In ''[[Battlestar Galactica Online]]'', the Cylon War Raider is just a First Cylon War-era Raider refitted to modern specs. |
* In ''[[Battlestar Galactica Online]]'', the Cylon War Raider is just a First Cylon War-era Raider refitted to modern specs. |
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* In ''7.62 Hard Life'' the player character and (optimally) 6 party members needs to defend a village beset by raiders (The quest is even called "[[The Magnificent Seven Samurai|Seven]]"). The mayor tells the player character they bought some weapons from a smuggler... which turn out to be some lever action rifles and a pair of M1 Garands. One of the dialog options for the player character is to tell them they got ripped off and the shit belongs in a museum, while the others are only slightly more gentle. These weapons are going into battle against against bandits who outnumber them 4 to 1 and are carrying Uzis, Mac 10s, and AK clones. You can actually turn this fight into a [[Curb Stomp Battle]] with a little firearms knowledge and appropriate tactics: {{spoiler|These older rifles have much higher range and accuracy than anything the bandits have. This allows entrenched defenders to easily control the chokepoints in the village}} |
* In ''7.62 Hard Life'' the player character and (optimally) 6 party members needs to defend a village beset by raiders (The quest is even called "[[The Magnificent Seven Samurai|Seven]]"). The mayor tells the player character they bought some weapons from a smuggler... which turn out to be some lever action rifles and a pair of M1 Garands. One of the dialog options for the player character is to tell them they got ripped off and the shit belongs in a museum, while the others are only slightly more gentle. These weapons are going into battle against against bandits who outnumber them 4 to 1 and are carrying Uzis, Mac 10s, and AK clones. You can actually turn this fight into a [[Curb Stomp Battle]] with a little firearms knowledge and appropriate tactics: {{spoiler|These older rifles have much higher range and accuracy than anything the bandits have. This allows entrenched defenders to easily control the chokepoints in the village}} |
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* In [[The Salvation War]], specifically, ''Armageddon'', most aircraft used in the war against hell are museum pieces which were long since retired. Tanks and other armoured units are also brought out of retirement and storage, a WWII Panzer showing up at one point. |
* In [[The Salvation War]], specifically, ''Armageddon'', most aircraft used in the war against hell are museum pieces which were long since retired. Tanks and other armoured units are also brought out of retirement and storage, a WWII Panzer showing up at one point. |
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* ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'' had an off-screen moment when retired General Karl Tagon responded to sounds of a firefight next door [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2010-07-04 with a carbine] which was always hanging on the wall and assumed to be just a show piece even by the General's son - and "proceeded to inflict heavy casualties on the enemy" who was prepared to fight with a bunch of whatever killer robots his [[Mad Scientist]] neighbour had stashed. |
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