Post by Bio on Sept 28, 2007 15:17:08 GMT -5
I sincerely doubt that Ry could peel the Giga like a tin can. For one thing, the Giga is almost completely covered in armor, especially around the torso and facial regions, which is where Ry is most likely going to targeting in a first strike.
The Giga can hit her with those Giga Cannons at a range, and despite her incredible bulk, Ry stands a very good chance of getting blasted to her ass, not to mention having huge craters blown into her body. And her regeneration takes minutes ot fully heal a wound. The Giga can fire off several more rounds in said minute.
Also, the Giga's armor seems quite useful for deflecting slashing damage like Ry's claws can deal. For one thing, if a strong person were to take a steel sword, and attempt to simply cut in strokes through an iron bar, he wouldn't have much luck. If you take a chainsaw or similar weapon, you could shred though it a lot easier. And forget stabbing through it. Since Ry's claws would primarily deal slashing and stabbing damage, she'd have a very hard time busting through that armor.
That said, the Giga can take this. He can blast her at a range, and match her for melee abilities, plus his thick armor offers a lot of protection against the damage Ry typically deals.
Also, I suppose for future refernce, I'm going to make this statement. I think that saying that "so and so can penetrate anything", or "this can block anything" in the case of physical weaponry and armor, seems really ridiculous. Everything has it's limitations, save for singularity based weaponry. Ry's claws would have to be of a hardness equal to or greater than the hardness of the Gojulas' armor in order to even damage them. I'm not saying they aren't, and given her dense body structure, having a hard and dense claw for a weapon seems reasonable, so she could cut the armor. But this "peeling him like a tin can" bit is just nonsense. Even a diamond can't shred another diamond when used to simply trying to cut through it. A diamond tipped chainsaw would have better results.
Of course, the same doesn't hld true for most energized weaponry, like vibro blades and plasma swords, as they tend to either tear things apart at a molecular level, or are so hot, they melt the armor as they pass through.
The Giga can hit her with those Giga Cannons at a range, and despite her incredible bulk, Ry stands a very good chance of getting blasted to her ass, not to mention having huge craters blown into her body. And her regeneration takes minutes ot fully heal a wound. The Giga can fire off several more rounds in said minute.
Also, the Giga's armor seems quite useful for deflecting slashing damage like Ry's claws can deal. For one thing, if a strong person were to take a steel sword, and attempt to simply cut in strokes through an iron bar, he wouldn't have much luck. If you take a chainsaw or similar weapon, you could shred though it a lot easier. And forget stabbing through it. Since Ry's claws would primarily deal slashing and stabbing damage, she'd have a very hard time busting through that armor.
That said, the Giga can take this. He can blast her at a range, and match her for melee abilities, plus his thick armor offers a lot of protection against the damage Ry typically deals.
Also, I suppose for future refernce, I'm going to make this statement. I think that saying that "so and so can penetrate anything", or "this can block anything" in the case of physical weaponry and armor, seems really ridiculous. Everything has it's limitations, save for singularity based weaponry. Ry's claws would have to be of a hardness equal to or greater than the hardness of the Gojulas' armor in order to even damage them. I'm not saying they aren't, and given her dense body structure, having a hard and dense claw for a weapon seems reasonable, so she could cut the armor. But this "peeling him like a tin can" bit is just nonsense. Even a diamond can't shred another diamond when used to simply trying to cut through it. A diamond tipped chainsaw would have better results.
Of course, the same doesn't hld true for most energized weaponry, like vibro blades and plasma swords, as they tend to either tear things apart at a molecular level, or are so hot, they melt the armor as they pass through.
You raise a good point, but Nidds' point also remains. The way he pointed it out made it seem, to me, like he was speculating what would happen if Ry charged Giga at high speeds and used her momentum to help get through the armor. It doesn't matter if the armor can completely ignore Irys' beams, those claws, with that kind of momentum, would shear right through the plating.
And your assumptions about her talons would be correct. The power behind them lies in their durability, coupled with the force Ry exerts when she uses them. When I say she can penetrate anything with them, I'm largely saying that so everyone is well aware of their abilities, and people don't automatically assume that they won't get through armor - which used to happen with ridiculous frequency. Yes, she can get through prettymuch anything that isn't totally immune to harm, but they're not vibro blades, and a basic slash wouldn't instantly gut Giga, like it would certain others.
But still, I see Ry taking to the air and charging right at Giga in order to maintain a close proximity, and if she does that, chances are she's gonna use that momentum to her advantage and rip Giga's side wide open.