New Sci Fi Setting Seeds

[David Johnston2]

Originally Posted by Phantasm

Well, my own space opera setting is rather SafeTech when it comes to transhumanist technologies such as brain uploads/emulations and non-humanoid full-body cyborg conversions. In some cases, such things are just not possible; in others, the technology was never fully developed due to socioeconomic, political, and/or religious reasons. It's also lacking in nanotech (despite being TL11^) and the high-biotech areas have stalled out at mature TL9. Think more Star Wars Original Trilogy, Guardians of the Galaxy, or similar rather than Transhuman Space Plus FTL.

Yeah but that's pretty much beside the point. Is there a reason why the detailed exploration can't just be done with robot probes that move so much faster than people?