RE: [VV] Organics and other flavoring - RE: [VV] Vectorverse -- Ok so far?

G'day,

> Remember that we're not talking one hyperpower vs everyone
> else, we're talking about a balance of power system, and I
> don't think it's plausible for one to have a tech base that
> different from the others.

You know I'm going to disagree here ;)

But for context if we are going the route of the long night (or whatever
its called) how long is it since they had a common base point to spring
from? I'd agree they're unlikely to be shockingly different (i.e. not
likely to be beyond "we could grow our own IR eyes too if we didn't
think it was an abomination") if the split was within a few 100 yrs and
it's a dusk rather than a night that has passed by, but if some of these
planets had many 100s of years of being "alone" (or with restricted
number of neighbour contacts a any rate) then there is a lot of
potential to have very different tech bases without one of them
necessarily coming out as the all-powerful one (rock-scissors-paper
outcome I was thinking). If there is no "out-right" better (i.e. no
overwhelming incentive to change from what you've got) and your deeply
bought into existing infrastructure then the spread of tech to be
universal is not an absolute requirement (at least not quickly).

Mind you even I have troubles with the thought of a completely organic
ship, organic bits/circuits yes, but all organics is stretching it ;)

Have fun

Beth