Re: Wire Obstacles

I'm beginning to get the feeling that monomolecular filament wire
(Niven's
variable sword, shadow square wire, various cyberpunk stories, etc.) is
so
dangerous and yucky (SIr, point's gone chunky again!  Next!) that it
would
fall under the category of something not often used by states who like
to say
that they are civilized.  Like mines/bombs shaped like kid's toys, laser
blinding weapons, biochem in it's more virulent forms, etc.  It would
probably
be as hazardous to the users as the enemy - there is very little room to
screw
up with an infinitely sharp cutting tool, and recovery might very much
be a
problem.  Also, DS/SG are meant to simulate good military SF, not
necessarily
the nasty, not-fun realities we seem to keep coming up with.  If future
war
will consist of laserblinders, monomol wire and flesheating nanites, no
thanks.

Noah V. Doyle