Alternate Lensemen

LoneWolf23k · 10-05-2011, 11:04 PM

Okay, I got GURPS Lensmen recently, and while the setting looks interesting, the in-book notion that "Arisians blocked the creation of Transistors as part of their long-term plans" is something I find annoying.

I figure going with a more modern Safe-Tech approach might work, even if only updating the tech to 70s sci-fi standards. Meaning no massive Genetic Engineering, Neural Interfaces, Molecular Nanotechnology, Cybernetics, Swarmbots, Volitional AI or Mind Emulations. And even then, I'd probably allow Robots, if only because I feel Droids and Space Opera go very well together.

How drastically would transistor and post-transister computer technology alter the Universe of Lensmen? For that matter, how would adding Psi-Tech items alter it?

10-05-2011, 11:04 PM	#1
LoneWolf23k Join Date: Sep 2004	Alternate Lensemen Okay, I got GURPS Lensmen recently, and while the setting looks interesting, the in-book notion that "Arisians blocked the creation of Transistors as part of their long-term plans" is something I find annoying. I figure going with a more modern Safe-Tech approach might work, even if only updating the tech to 70s sci-fi standards. Meaning no massive Genetic Engineering, Neural Interfaces, Molecular Nanotechnology, Cybernetics, Swarmbots, Volitional AI or Mind Emulations. And even then, I'd probably allow Robots, if only because I feel Droids and Space Opera go very well together. How drastically would transistor and post-transister computer technology alter the Universe of Lensmen? For that matter, how would adding Psi-Tech items alter it?

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