I have to call you on that

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.

tom

** Tom, I'm afraid (unless I'm sorely mistaken) there is an entry in the
GZG
canon history that indicates Grav is in common use. I'll have to look it
up,
but if that is the case... then at least in that minor particular you're
a
wee bit off. And since their is an Infantry Plasma Gun.... ;) 

Nother Tom

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