Re: Was re: RFACS but diverging into philosophic ramblings about future tech...

G'day guys,

>i disagree with your starting assertion: that it's strange, or somehow
>inconsistent, to allow grav and FTL but not robot troops. it's not a
>binary choice between modern or SF: there is a ladder of advancement,
>starting with minor improvements over current tech (eg ARs with thermal
>imagers) and ending with the super space-age (eg robot troops). i think
>the Tuffleyverse is halfway up this ladder - far enough to have FTL,
PA,
>some grav, and smart fire control, but not far up enough to have robot
>troops, ubiquitous grav, personal plasma cannons, etc.

Could also be no-one in teh Tuffley-verse has figured how to make a
cheap
robot that works yet - hard truth maybe even with all the fancy kit the
cheapeast thing that gets the thing done is still the grunt.

Just a thought

Beth

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