What's the point of Nuncio Vox? (fluff)

[rendingon1+]

I was wondering why marines need noncio vox at all? In almost every BL book they communicate via their armour internal comms, which are so powerful that even ships in orbit are in range. Marines armour's software/hardware also includes mapping devices and maps that can be edited by user (+auto update) and send to other marines, if he wishes it. So why nuncio?

[Marshal Rohr]

Multi-spectral commo device. It’s more than a radio and can function when other things are jammed. Also more powerful signal as it draws from the pack itself. They don’t address it, but squads would realistically be linked to each other, and only the squad leader could link in with their immediate commander, given the nature of radio communication.

[rendingon1+]

Thank's a lot! I forgot that many battles are fought in less than optimal conditions  - so yes, jamming, weather, radiatons and other things should be taken into account. I also feel they (BL writers) should emphasize on  limitations in suit to suit communication more.

[Hfran Morkai]

I reckon they probably also act as jammers themselves.

[rendingon1+]

Hard to say if standard ones are, I'm sure some legions (or units within the legions) modify their nuncios to that purpose.

[Elzender]

Guess it might have safer frequencies and fail safes to avoid interferences and prevent hijacking of signals. Since their effects in game are based around deepstrike and artillery barrages, maybe nuncio voxes have direct communication with orbit and/or artillery units, so while every legionnaire can get in contact with them through the appropriate vox channel, comms officers can do it quicker and their communications are safer and more trustworthy.

[Petitioner's City]

Also it could be that nuncios are the technology that allows marines to communicate with far away elements, including those orbital ships?

 

Of course the ships might be able to do that because they are super powerful receivers and senders - rather than the marines' armour or even nuncio?

[Vykes]

yeah, kinda just figured the same thing as many others here suggested: better lines of communications in adverse conditions.  

 

I mean, look at Murder and I figure if fleet is only getting one or two interspersed signals consistently from their leadership planetside, it's probably coming from a Nuncio-vox set or a Damocles array.  Beyond that, and radiation, it could well be that inter-astartes communication is pretty good but the nuncio is for linking securely to less secure ciphers of Imperial Army units and other close-in support elements that aren't astartes in nature and may even have some pretty steep technological disparity.  

 

But even more than that, I kinda figured that like the assault on Gorro, you'd need a high strength multi-spectrum communication device if you were making deep subterranean assaults. It might also help with signal clarity in rough country between astartes units without having to hit high ground (between valleys and such).  Fleet has to have some pretty good communication assets, especially on Gloriana and other command ships, so the surface-to-orbit communication by inter-squad vox might well be because fleet communication is so sensitive and not because ground-based vox arrays are so powerful.  

[rendingon1+]

Fair points gents, I feel iluminated. Thank you all