'newtype ghosts son';

'>>22598593
If I remember correctly, in cca the mobile suits had airbags. Also Mobile suits probably have state of the art anti crash accidents systems';

'>>22598606
Inertia dampeners too, I think. Though that might just be AU tech.';

'>>22598593
Linear cockpits are designed to help minimize the impact turbulence and so on';

'His hair also serves as a helmet.';

'>>22598593
It looks like Zeta is accelerating to high speed because of the perspective of the boost but it's not really a high speed ram. Being pressed into Jupitris is what caused Zeta to crush the cockpit and pierce The O.
Doesn't help that SRW turns the waverider crash into a high speed getter shine spark attack';

'>>22598593
Why would he be? Zeta's structure didn't compromise. What you're doing is like asking why someone punching someone else in the kidneys doesn't have their arm dislocate.';

'>>22598593
The nose cone is the tip of the zeta's shield. The Zeta's cockpit is a good 4-5m back at least and it's fully supported by the chassis and also the shield. It's no different from a body slam. Did you think that the zeta's cockpit is what was ramming The O?';

'>>22598593
The real question is why didn't Scirocco die the second the cockpit was compromised, let alone all his internal organs were turned into mashed potatoes.';

'>engineering
>4-5m
>minimize the impact
DUDES, the thing was shrugging beams off and turning its beam saber into excalibur through the power of NT magic';

'>>22598676
Dying isn't actually instantaneous in the vast majority of cases. He'd have a minute or two to react as his brain slowly deoxygenated.';

'>>22598593
Maybe because the Zeta isn't made out of papier-mâché?';

'>>22598660
>Zeta's structure didn't compromise.

It works the opposite of that in reality though, of the structure compromises then it acts as a cushion for slowing down the impact for the pilot, like landing on an air mattress from a high fall. In fact, I would be more concerned if the structure didn't compromise, that's the whole reason why hard body cars in the 70s were deathtraps, the car isn't "armor" for the driver and if there's no slowing of the impact for the occupants then they hit their steering wheel and dashboard at full speed and break bones and organs and shit.

The real answer is a combination of drama, cool mecha physics and Newtype shenanigans.';

'>>22598857
No. Compromise is for failure. If there is no failure then you don't need a car to crumple because a basketball bounced off the bumper.';

'>>22598593
If A New Translation is anything to go by, then it's because the Wave Rider mode took the brunt of the damage and deformed during the crash. That's why when Kamille transforms the Zeta back into Mobile Suit mode the entire backpack falls off.';

'>>22598593
See how the Zeta is emanating an aura? Remember how in previous episodes that Newtype aura can withstand beams and other damage? Kamille was boosted by the psychic power of the other Newtype ghosts which made his Zeta impervious while it could easily plow through The O like tissue power.';

'>>22598857
MS have inertial dampeners';

'>>22598593
It's a cartoon';

'>>22599256
How would you feel if you hadn't eaten breakfast today?';

'>>22598903
So if Zeta crashes into The-O and the Jupitris hull and the Zeta's structure doesn't fail, where does the rest of the forces from the impact go?

To put it another way, if you drive a vehicle at high speed into a steel wall and both the vehicle and wall is intact, then what happens to you?';

'>>22598593
>why Kamille didn't get turned into paste inside the Zeta's cockpit?
But his brain did';

'>>22599298
Driving The O backwards into Jupitris, penetrating the armor. You literally see this happen. Armored vehicles tend to not in fact have designated crumple zones.';

'>>22599273
>american idea of hypothetical scenarios are about food';

'>>22598593
I doubt the impact of ramming scirocco is any different than the impact of clashing beam sabers at high speed';

'>>22598593
Same reason he didn't use the Hyper Beam Sword the one he used on Yazan.
The waverider crash is just too cool it became iconic';

'>>22598644
This seems plausible. Paptimus wasn't even wearing a seatbelt and had no trouble maintaining his footing. Up until getting pegged by Zeta's nose cone, anyhow.';

'>>22599298
The O's compromising structure was enough padding for both Jupitris and Zeta. Remember, the O was crushed more than smashed.';