[Puke]

sorry, im going OT from an OT thread here, but i was thinking about trek.. and i did used to like trek a great deal.. and i still do, but i use more salt these days.. but i was thinking about technological inconsistancies, and the person who suggested to read the books.

now, while i have no intention of reading any startrek books, I recently got done reading some good Military SF books, and the tech was GREAT. it made sense from our understanding of physics, there was a certain bull**** technobable level, but it was acceptable, and it was consistant, and it supported the plot. one of the books was _Redliners_ and among other things, they had some awfully nice grenades. both FAE and HE. now, these grenades could be set to detonate on the otherside of a wall, door, or piece of sheet metal after being fired thru said material. this, i thought was pretty sweet.

I just got done thumbing through an article about our oversized-but-so-darn-cool OICW, and the integrated 20mm launcher can do the SAME THING.. well, minus the FAE.

isnt that some cool stuff? we need some more good science fiction so we can develop better ways to kill people. well, sorry for the diVersion, just thought id share that bit of joy with you all. I now return you to your regularly scheduled topic.

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"...the green, sticky spawn of the stars"
(with apologies to H.P.L.)