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According to the players from his previous life, the biggest difference between exoskeletons and mechs was the AI chip.
This turned mechs directly into weapons of war, rather than weapons that needed to be wielded.
The biggest difference between star armor and mechs, meanwhile, was their ability to operate in outer space. This qualitatively expanded their range of applications, directly elevating them from planetary-level equipment to interstellar equipment.
But Gao Gong knew very well that this "outer-space combat capability" was not merely a simple upgrade from a kinetic engine to a reactor, nor was it the result of some flight module undergoing a leap in evolution. Rather, compared to mechs, the entire industrial chain supporting star armor had undergone a qualitative improvement.
The "Elf star armor" in the Xie family's hands was definitely not the strongest model. It even leaned more toward exploration than combat. Yet its mechanical energy had reached 22 million, directly surpassing the faction's strongest Pioneer mech.
If not for the flesh-mechanical mech, which centered on fusion technology, serving as a trump card, this single star armor would be enough to deliver a dimensionality-reduction strike against the faction's mech industry.
So when the starship next docked at Blueback, he brought the "Elf star armor" onto the deck, followed by a long string of little players who had come to watch.
"What's the big shot doing?"
"Holy crap, what a gorgeous mech!"
"Idiot, didn't you detect it? This thing is Tier Three. Can something at Tier Three still be called a mech?"
"Why can't something at Tier Three be called a mech?" another player retorted. "If a tortoise lives for a thousand years, does it stop being a tortoise?"
"Will killing the boss make it drop loot?"
The faction's old-timers, such as Daisyla, heard this and the