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Blood Red Arachnid

By Blood Red Arachnid,
Posted on: 2012-06-16 11:42 in Comic and Hero-Villain Culture

 

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Originally Posted by Xzero45 View Post
The Equalists and their electric tazer weapons are fairly new. It would take time to construct a new armor that counters this and is still bendable by the metal benders themselves. And considering the current epidemic, the Council's disorder, and Lin stepping down as chief of police, that kind of time to dedicate to new armor just isn't something they have.
If they are facing a huge weakness, then a stopgap measure would be implemented until a more permanent solution can be found. Once the first equalist attacked a police officer with their lightning gloves, then they should have started a couple of plans to create a simple armor to protect their officers in the short term and a more efficient armor to protect their officers in the long term. The only reasonable explanation is a plot device so the Equalists will have a more impressive battle against the police force. Forcing Korra's group to be the heroes and not the police.

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However, the main benefit of the armor is that it is capable of stopping Chi blockers, which are the main equalist force for dealing with benders outside of the police. It is a rock and hard place there: tasers and chi-blockers, or just tasers. Either way, you're screwed. Also, there tasers could have something along the lines of 50,000 volts of electromotive force, which is enough to punch through quite a bit of commercially available insulation products.


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