Re: Nannite Torpedo

devans@uneb.edu wrote:

> ***
> Michael Brown <mkkabrow@wco.com> wrote:
> > I think nannites fall in to the same category as time machines and
> teleportation; once discovered would get rapidly and wildly out of
hand.
>      Think of a biological virus - it's a nano-machine designoid
produced by
> evolutionary processes. See:
> ***
>
> And people call me wacko...
>
> Ok, nano-tech is much closer than time travel or teleporting, tho'
less than
> you seem to think, IMHO, but that wasn't the point. The point was that
once
> invoked on the battlefield, it becomes FM, and people seem to claim it
can
> do anything.
>
> What they keep failing to mention is, if it can do that, it can be
used as
> a counter-measure.
>
> Simply put, if one side has a nano advantage, the battle is already
decided,
> game is uninteresting. If nano-tech is balanced, it cancels out, and
has
> no effect on the game. Sort of like stealth. Or Psi.
>
> Unless VERY small advantage,that is; those can be used, but generally
sound
> pretty silly to me.
>
> The_Beast

To me, the best uses of Nano-Tech on the battlefield, would be as
limited repair
devices.  Maybe you could keep them in a magnetic cage, with a limited
supply of
energy.  Really big ones could be constructed to repair vehicals, ect.

Donald Hosford