Creature talk:Daikaiju

So perhaps this could use a bit of refinement...
Hi.

So I was looking at the page, and I'm rather concerned about some of the scientific validity of the creature, but more importantly its actual tactical usefulness. So without any more delay, I'll get started.

"Daikaiju are created by the Vanara via a nuclear fission process."

Nuclear Fission is simply a form of energy generation, as well as the same mechanism in which nuclear bombs work; I don't think it would create life. This is a minor concern as I'm not big into the physics and what-have-you, so I'll continue on a few other points of concern;

"...(Daikaiju) have armored hides that can only be penetrated by the most powerful weapons..."

This is a major point of contention for me. It also brings up many biological concerns. I myself am not particularly fond of organic technology, and its overuse and overestimation in terms of effectiveness; There's a reason why we make our ships out of steel instead of wood, now. :P Anyway, my point is that no amount of animal hide, even when augmented, that would still permit any form of movement could protect against, say, a turbolaser blast or heavy artillery guns; It just won't happen.

"...and exploded apon death in a blast that can get big enough to level an entire city."

...Why, though?

That means that the second they explode (I won't even touch the whole scientific part of that), it blows up your army, too, and potentially the very objective you're after. Which restricts them to independent operations, and ones in which there is a minor or no particular objective except for destruction (and these missions are very rare realistically); and a single creature, no matter how strong, would be quickly dispatched by an army using combined arms and ranged weaponry such as artillery or aircraft.

To end this I will also say that from a biological standpoint, any creature this heavy or augmented would move very slowly, assuming it doesn't collapse under its own weight.*


 * Of course it might be possible to replace much of its bone and muscle structure for something superior like carbon nanotubes or whatnot, which could make this issue moot.

Now I'm sorry if this sounds very negative, but its all in the sake of constructive criticism; I hope you might see some piece of advice you like and perhaps implement it.

Thanks for reading.

Ze Battul Medick! (talk) 22:50, April 6, 2014 (UTC)Operation Marines