>Metlay, I think you're becoming a little too enamored of your favorite
>MT alien race. :^)
Becoming? |->
>Neither of the attributes you describe stand up to close scrutiny,
>especially the second. While a Vargr may have nice sharp claws
>(when they're barefoot), they can't kick as high as a comparably
>trained human martial artist, since they're a smaller race. They
>also won't be able to deliver as much force in the blow, since they
>mass less that humans. Your description would only hold true for
>a martial arts-trained Vargr vs. a non-trained human. The only
>thing the Vargr *does* have going for him is that his skin is tougher
>than a humans. Only the Urzaeng Vargr would be exempt from this
>size deficiency.
The mass of the leg muscles and the amount of torque in the blow
would be at least comaprable to a Human's, in my opinion. I'm not
saying that a Vargr is superior in this regard, merely that they
are by no means helpless. The same is true for Aslan, by the way.
>As for kicking down doors, mass becomes even *more* important.
I'll grant this. The Vargr bouncing off a locked door has become
too popular as a humorous image in Traveller for me to naysay the
idea now. |->
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