I was the one who originally brought it up here. I am also one of the few
people in the discussion on GMAST-L who *doesn't* favor the use of
nanotechnology for battlesuits, though my objection was more from a game
balance side (arrgh, I hate to use that term...) than a reality one; face it,
the PCs will eventually become dependant on the nanotechnology, and their suits
will become more important than they are. Yes, yes, I know one could always
have the suits break down to prevent this, but if you are going to have the
suits (or any other nanotechnology) break down this often, why introduce them?
What was worse, the discussion has been getting around to defensive shields --
If you're going to be wearing a state-of-the art armored suit, isn't it being a
little redundant to put a great deal of shielding on the suits as well? Of
course, the kind of stuff being discussed would be about TL20+ in Traveller,
nothing I'd let my PCs get *their* hands on.