>>5986551>They need to be sturdy. You want to keep maintenance costs as low as possible on these things, even at the cost of weight and bulk. Idiot proof is a pretty good policy, even if idiots find their way to the delicate bits eventually. Ayys are very specialized, so if they're in charge of running and maintainance its better to have a class of idiots and a class of brains to distribute labor. Might cost more in the long run though
>>5986654See, you want light and replaceable, but also want to build boltguns. Those things are some of the most absurd and gotta be sturdy weapons in fiction. Its a gun for superhumans or massive gorillamen that also must double as a club, while also continuing to operate for centuries of constant abuse on hellscape Warpfucked worlds and planes. Does not translate to throwing away and getting handed another, and nevermind how the godawful the logistics of keeping such a weapon supplied. Doesnt translate well. That said, maybe WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY and feeding a nanofab the corpses of our enemies for more raw materials will beat out Imperium slave labor.
Reckon they're not a terrible idea for hard core elite troops. Start juicing up handpicked humies or bigger species of predatory ayy for them and we could be cooking
