Steve Jackson Games Forums - View Single Post

Irish Wolf · 04-11-2018, 03:19 PM

In "Catspaw", it was shown that the "magic" wielded by the antagonists was merely technology advanced beyond the understanding of 23rd-century Federation science - just as a butane lighter might appear "magical" to a Lascaux cave painter, but is still a marvel of technology, not sorcery.

Similarly, the various godlike energy beings shown in TOS are again "merely" highly advanced - I think it was the Melkotians who said something about humans being on their level in about a million years.

04-11-2018, 03:19 PM	#92
Irish Wolf Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Earth, mostly	Re: A character type for a Star Trek game In "Catspaw", it was shown that the "magic" wielded by the antagonists was merely technology advanced beyond the understanding of 23rd-century Federation science - just as a butane lighter might appear "magical" to a Lascaux cave painter, but is still a marvel of technology, not sorcery. Similarly, the various godlike energy beings shown in TOS are again "merely" highly advanced - I think it was the Melkotians who said something about humans being on their level in about a million years. __________________ If you break the laws of Man, you go to prison. If you break the laws of God, you go to Hell. If you break the laws of Physics, you go to Sweden and receive a Nobel Prize.