Heavy Gear: Difference between revisions

Line 2:

[[File:HeavyGear_Cover_4026.jpg|frame]]

''Heavy Gear'' was originally a tabletop wargame created in 1994 by a company called Dream Pod 9. It centered around the conflict of the Northern States versus the Southern Territories on the planet called Terra Nova, with an expanding storyline. The centerpiece of these conflicts is the [[Mini Mecha|armored battle suit]] [[A Mech By Any Other Name|called the Heavy Gear,]] with both sides developing their own variants of the mecha.

''Heavy Gear'' was originally a tabletop wargame created in 1994 by a company called Dream Pod 9. It centered around the conflict of the Northern States versus the Southern Territories on the planet called Terra Nova, with an expanding storyline. The centerpiece of these conflicts is the [[Mini-Mecha|armored battle suit]] [[A Mech By Any Other Name|called the Heavy Gear,]] with both sides developing their own variants of the mecha.

The universe has a tabletop game, a character-based RPG, a card game, two video games, and an animated TV series to its name.

Line 37:

* [[Rollerblade Good]] - Wheels, treads or halftracks in the Gears' feet are used for movement over flat ground.

* [[Shoulder Cannon]] - Shoulder-mounted rocket/missile launchers and grenade launchers are the norm in this universe.

* [[Shout Out]] - To both ''[[Nextwave]]'' and ''[[Dark Shadows (TV)|Dark Shadows]]''.

* [[Shout-Out]] - To both ''[[Nextwave]]'' and ''[[Dark Shadows (TV)|Dark Shadows]]''.

* [[Show Within a Show]] - According to the second edition of the Duelist's Handboook, the television series is, in fact, a ''live action series'' in-universe.

* [[Shown Their Work]] - The team at Dream Pod 9 did their research and as a result, none of the technology presented in-game breaks known physical laws.