<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=104036.msg4576390#msg4576390">Quote from: SomeGuy on 01-05-2011, 02:26:16</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">That's fine, I'm just saying mechanically you can't hook weapons to power armor, no weapons require power armor, etc.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>This is a quote from the Rogue Trader Book<br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Power Fist (Mezoa-pattern)<br/>Rather than encasing an edged weapon with a power field,<br/>a power fist uses the energy to disrupt material in a more<br/>violent fashion. Worn as a huge glove, when the mechanically<br/>augmented fist strikes its target it can tear open even the<br/>heaviest armour and burst flesh into a shower of blood and<br/>tissue. <strong>Unless worn as part of power armour, they normally<br/>require heavy backpack-mounted power sources connected<br/>to the fist via heavy cables</strong>. The Mezoa-pattern specialises in<br/>an oversized mantle to increase punching power, and suitably<br/>braced the user can knock through the strongest bulkheads.<br/>Most are ancient relics, with the mantle inscribed with family<br/>heraldry or iconography indicating impressive victories.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>As a long time player of the Warhammer 40K miniature's combat game, I've seen a lot of combat options when it comes to armor and weapons, and, while, it may not all apply to the rogue trader rules, I'd wager a lot of it does.  Power Armored characters, like Space Marines, can carry and fire Heavy weapons like a Lasscannon or a Missile launcher without a second character assisting... at least in the miniature combat rules.<br/><br/>From the basic weapon descriptions... like this, for example...<br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Man Portable Lascannon<br/>Built for war, lascannons use huge power packs that provide<br/>enough energy to punch holes in the thickest armour even at<br/>extreme ranges. Lascannons also require separate power packs,<br/>which is why they are often crewed by two or more people.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>It seems obvious that weight is, in fact, a factor...<br/><br/>Again, I'm not saying I know anything about Rogue Trader, but it is the same universe... and some realism seems reasonable.