 SR4 is too modern or near modern sometimes, futuristic consistency |
 Feb 11 2007, 04:41 AM
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Shadowrun seems to have some problems when it comes to the future and what would actually be around in the year 2070. I am going to name a few things that just don't make sense to me and would like to hear what you think.
Why are there still combustion engines that use gasoline? Where are the future fuel sources? Why do guns work almost exactly work the way they do today? Why is friendly fire something I even have to worry about when using suppressive fire? Why aren't guns electrically propelling the bullet with magnetic force? Why are bullets and magazines still used in guns? Where are the energy weapons like rail-guns and plasma rifles? Why are there nuclear waste and toxic places like Glow City when we are on the verge of finding ways to reliably remove it ourselves? Where are the forcefields and teleportation devices? Where is all the cool SCIFI stuff that I can't think of right now, but would be here in 2070? |
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Eleazar SR4 is too modern or near modern sometimes Feb 11 2007, 04:41 AM
StealthBanana Dude, you're playing the wrong game.
The tech... Feb 11 2007, 04:54 AM Draug I ain't no Shadowrun Expert(tm), but here goes... Feb 11 2007, 05:03 AM Thain Why are there still combustion engines that use ga... Feb 11 2007, 05:12 AM fistandantilus3.0 1) same reason I still drive an '85? There are... Feb 11 2007, 05:14 AM Garrowolf There is a new technology that is just starting ou... Feb 11 2007, 06:07 AM Backgammon SR is dystiopia. All the advances that make things... Feb 11 2007, 06:08 AM Kyoto Kid QUOTE (Thain)Where are the future fuel sources?
... Feb 11 2007, 06:12 AM Austere Emancipator As people have mentioned, rail guns are definitely... Feb 11 2007, 09:48 AM knasser QUOTE (Eleazar @ Feb 11 2007, 04:41 AM) Shado... Feb 11 2007, 10:11 AM Blade Don't forget about the 29 Crash... A lot of sc... Feb 11 2007, 01:12 PM knasser QUOTE (Blade @ Feb 11 2007, 01:12 PM) Don... Feb 11 2007, 01:44 PM Thanee QUOTE (Eleazar) Where is all the cool SCIFI stuff ... Feb 11 2007, 02:02 PM Eleazar Thanks for the answers, everyone. Feb 11 2007, 08:39 PM Thane36425 QUOTE (knasser) QUOTE (Eleazar @ Feb 11 2007,... Feb 11 2007, 09:37 PM WhiskeyMac The Sakura Fubuki fires electronically doesn't... Feb 11 2007, 09:56 PM Austere Emancipator The Sakura Fubuki, being very heavily based on rea... Feb 11 2007, 10:16 PM Kyoto Kid QUOTE (Thane36425)Rail guns do exist in Sr, but th... Feb 11 2007, 11:40 PM Thane36425 QUOTE (Kyoto Kid)
...in the original Rigger Black... Feb 12 2007, 01:07 AM ornot I can't really add anything to what has alread... Feb 12 2007, 02:02 AM Thane36425 QUOTE (ornot)
The question of why so many synthet... Feb 12 2007, 02:14 AM Strobe Maybe there is a small group of awakened farmers w... Feb 12 2007, 02:19 AM ornot QUOTE (Thane36425) Food is probably mostly soy and... Feb 12 2007, 02:25 AM Thane36425 QUOTE (Strobe) Maybe there is a small group of awa... Feb 12 2007, 02:26 AM Thane36425 QUOTE (ornot)
Hehe. That reminds me of Transmetro... Feb 12 2007, 02:27 AM Jack Kain QUOTE (Austere Emancipator) The Sakura Fubuki, bei... Feb 12 2007, 08:24 AM Austere Emancipator QUOTE (Jack Kain)Converting it into something like... Feb 12 2007, 09:05 AM kzt QUOTE (Austere Emancipator)I was pointing out that... Feb 12 2007, 09:24 AM Austere Emancipator EMP might be able to fry the circuits of the weapo... Feb 12 2007, 09:32 AM Oracle QUOTE (knasser @ Feb 11 2007, 12:11 PM) QUOTE... Feb 12 2007, 01:22 PM Thanee QUOTE (Oracle) I don't think so.
Of course... Feb 12 2007, 01:31 PM cristomeyers You know, that doesn't sound like such a bad i... Feb 12 2007, 01:41 PM Eleazar Yes, through bacteria and also some other means I ... Feb 12 2007, 02:29 PM Ed_209a March 07 Pop Science covers a machine that uses a ... Feb 12 2007, 02:29 PM Austere Emancipator QUOTE (cristomeyers)You know, that doesn't sou... Feb 12 2007, 02:35 PM Ed_209a That same article from Pop Sci said that toxic was... Feb 12 2007, 02:40 PM cristomeyers QUOTE So what's the cost per pound of payload ... Feb 12 2007, 02:59 PM Spike As I understand it, those furnace things to cook g... Feb 12 2007, 05:11 PM Eleazar Here are two articles but there other groups other... Feb 12 2007, 09:08 PM Kyoto Kid QUOTE (ornot)I can't really add anything to wh... Feb 12 2007, 09:28 PM Spike Just a comment on Hydrogen power and internal comb... Feb 12 2007, 09:48 PM Garrowolf If you are wanting to get rid of garbage then go t... Feb 13 2007, 04:56 AM bibliophile20 QUOTE (Spike) Just a comment on Hydrogen power and... Feb 13 2007, 05:28 AM Garrowolf Just take the engine out and use paranormal hamste... Feb 13 2007, 05:37 AM cetiah QUOTE (Garrowolf) Just take the engine out and use... Feb 13 2007, 06:29 AM Spike Sure you can. Note you need a liquid state hydroge... Feb 13 2007, 06:35 AM Oracle QUOTE (Eleazar) All of these methods would be cons... Feb 13 2007, 07:38 AM Crakkerjakk Okay, not the same thing you guys are talking abou... Feb 13 2007, 08:30 AM eidolon I'm almost finished with the issue of Pop Sci,... Feb 13 2007, 02:42 PM Faelan I can think of several problems with liquid hydrog... Feb 13 2007, 05:08 PM Spike Spoilsport!
Those are all relatively minor... Feb 13 2007, 05:21 PM Crakkerjakk I think realistically the main problem with hydrog... Feb 13 2007, 06:17 PM cetiah QUOTE (Crakkerjakk) Plus the amount of money that ... Feb 13 2007, 06:25 PM Spike QUOTE (cetiah)
I always assumed that the local m... Feb 13 2007, 06:28 PM Crakkerjakk The difference, Captain smartypants, is that the o... Feb 13 2007, 06:41 PM cetiah QUOTE (Spike) QUOTE (cetiah @ Feb 13 2007, 10... Feb 13 2007, 06:44 PM cetiah QUOTE (Crakkerjakk) Start up costs are a bitch. ... Feb 13 2007, 06:46 PM cetiah QUOTE (Spike @ Feb 13 2007, 12:21 PM) As for ... Feb 13 2007, 06:52 PM Crakkerjakk Perhaps we're argueing about different things.... Feb 13 2007, 06:57 PM cetiah QUOTE (Crakkerjakk) Perhaps we're argueing abo... Feb 13 2007, 07:08 PM Crakkerjakk Also, Cetiah, if we're talking far future powe... Feb 13 2007, 07:14 PM cetiah QUOTE (Crakkerjakk @ Feb 13 2007, 02:14 PM) A... Feb 13 2007, 07:18 PM Crakkerjakk Fusion=good, if we can get it working. But I was ... Feb 13 2007, 07:27 PM Moon-Hawk QUOTE (Crakkerjakk) In my FutureLand(tm), there ar... Feb 13 2007, 07:30 PM azrael_ven QUOTE (Austere Emancipator)QUOTE (cristomeyers)You... Feb 13 2007, 07:31 PM cetiah QUOTE (Crakkerjakk @ Feb 13 2007, 02:27 PM) F... Feb 13 2007, 07:31 PM Crakkerjakk I just got the giggles imagining small, highly com... Feb 13 2007, 07:33 PM cetiah QUOTE (Crakkerjakk @ Feb 13 2007, 02:33 PM) I... Feb 13 2007, 07:35 PM Moon-Hawk QUOTE (Crakkerjakk) I just got the giggles imagini... Feb 13 2007, 07:37 PM Crakkerjakk Well, even reactors with lax security are very har... Feb 13 2007, 07:37 PM Faelan My whole point comes down to one question. Why wo... Feb 13 2007, 07:42 PM cetiah QUOTE (Crakkerjakk @ Feb 13 2007, 02:37 PM) W... Feb 13 2007, 07:44 PM cetiah QUOTE (Faelan @ Feb 13 2007, 02:42 PM) My who... Feb 13 2007, 07:59 PM Spike The problem with biodiesel is not that it doesn... Feb 13 2007, 08:12 PM kzt QUOTE (Crakkerjakk) I just got the giggles imagini... Feb 13 2007, 08:14 PM Moon-Hawk QUOTE (kzt @ Feb 13 2007, 03:14 PM) QUOTE (Cr... Feb 13 2007, 08:16 PM cetiah QUOTE ("Wikipedia")Homemade biodiesel pr... Feb 13 2007, 08:30 PM Crakkerjakk I still remember when a propane storage facility(o... Feb 13 2007, 08:39 PM Rotbart van Dainig Forget Biodiesel. It's kinda agressive to the ... Feb 13 2007, 08:44 PM cetiah QUOTE (Crakkerjakk @ Feb 13 2007, 03:39 PM) A... Feb 13 2007, 08:50 PM cetiah Okay, I just found out about the biodiesel algae f... Feb 13 2007, 09:08 PM Spike Just to clarify: when i was saying Biodeisel I was... Feb 13 2007, 09:13 PM Rotbart van Dainig QUOTE (cetiah) [...]l and would take production aw... Feb 13 2007, 09:15 PM hyzmarca What we really need to do is set up a dyson sphere... Feb 13 2007, 09:19 PM cetiah QUOTE (hyzmarca @ Feb 13 2007, 04:19 PM) What... Feb 13 2007, 09:23 PM Crakkerjakk I agree that biofuels are energy innefficient. I... Feb 13 2007, 09:28 PM cetiah QUOTE Basically, my idea was that if we can make e... Feb 13 2007, 09:46 PM Spike How biofuel is made from biomatter isn't much ... Feb 13 2007, 09:48 PM Crakkerjakk I'm not clear on the specifics, but as I under... Feb 13 2007, 10:00 PM cetiah QUOTE (Crakkerjakk) One thing I never understood. ... Feb 13 2007, 10:06 PM knasser QUOTE (Rotbart van Dainig) QUOTE (cetiah @ Fe... Feb 13 2007, 10:09 PM Crakkerjakk Well, you don't want planets near Dyson Sphere... Feb 13 2007, 10:13 PM cetiah QUOTE (Spike @ Feb 13 2007, 04:48 PM) Me? I... Feb 13 2007, 10:16 PM Spike Crakker,
Cities already alter wind patterns, and... Feb 13 2007, 10:19 PM cetiah QUOTE (Crakkerjakk) It's not that we can't... Feb 13 2007, 10:21 PM Crakkerjakk QUOTE The beam has no atmospheric effects. As far ... Feb 13 2007, 10:22 PM Butterblume QUOTE (cetiah)But researchers at MIT are working o... Feb 13 2007, 10:22 PM Kyoto Kid QUOTE (Spike)Just a comment on Hydrogen power and ... Feb 13 2007, 10:23 PM Butterblume QUOTE (Crakkerjakk)What I was asking is turbines s... Feb 13 2007, 10:27 PM
Crakkerjakk *Shrugs*
Nature of capitalism. And in my opinion... Feb 13 2007, 10:29 PM  |
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