frank herbert the only person to attempt to justify sword fights in space
well, see, its uh. they wear beccause i said so devices that mean you can only have cool sword fights now.
well, see, its uh. they wear beccause i said so devices that mean you can only have cool sword fights now.
@icedquinn I respect it, Dune's Shields are pretty much one of the only sci-fi shields that make sense - stop dangerous (fast-moving) things, but still allow you to grab things and breathe air.
The lasers thing is a bit of a stretch though lol
@Amikke @icedquinn when i read that rationale the first thing i thought was why in the world warfare wasn't *primarily* conducted through drones with shields and lasguns pointed at themselves
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@apophis @icedquinn autonomous drones are impossible without computers, directly remote-controlled drones can get jammed. But yeah, remotely fired lasguns are too powerful to be ignored.
drones -> i forgot about the whole butlerian jihad thing typing this
suicide bombers -> honestly my actual initial thought back in the day
automated fake suicide bombers -> the setting conceit that everybody is faithfully following this rule is just as silly as the setting conceit that everybody is faithfully following the other one