NationStates Jolt Archive

Its a question that really hits me, as I intend to bring my nation to space using technology either available now, or would be available within a decade or two.

But at what point does my MT nation become FT? I wouldn't have any bolognium except for Helium-3 for fusion (Which is theorized to be abdunent on the moon, anyhow), and fusion technology...

Its a question that really hits me, as I intend to bring my nation to space using technology either available now, or would be available within a decade or two.

But at what point does my MT nation become FT? I wouldn't have any bolognium except for Helium-3 for fusion (Which is theorized to be abdunent on the moon, anyhow), and fusion technology...
This is touchy. There are no sharp, clear lines, and there are dozens of semi-genres, such as: postmodern, near-future, pseudofuture, and God-knows-what-else. It really comes down to how you play it, and how the other players view it.

(Oh, but FTL or Transporters are instant tickets to Futuretech.)

This is touchy. There are no sharp, clear lines, and there are dozens of semi-genres, such as: postmodern, near-future, pseudofuture, and God-knows-what-else. It really comes down to how you play it, and how the other players view it.

(Oh, but FTL or Transporters are instant tickets to Futuretech.)

Actually, transporters are possible. I think they've done it, on a very tiny atomic scale, already - although if I try it here I'd have to find the article to back myself up.

Of course, it'd be prohibitivly expensive and only useful in large quanties...

MT becomes FT when you want it too, or you can just play in both and have more fun and less limits.

Actually, transporters are possible. I think they've done it, on a very tiny atomic scale, already - although if I try it here I'd have to find the article to back myself up.

Of course, it'd be prohibitivly expensive and only useful in large quanties...
K-stan the Physics Man -> Unforunately, only the PROPERTIES were transported, and it was only upon entangled particles.

Oh.

...good thing I learned that, I'm trying to construct a story based on a situation that I'm going to be putting into place...

I guess I would be barely post modern tech, but barriers between MT and FT...hmmm....my guess would be faster than light tech, or death stars, lasers, and stuff like that.

But you forget the area between future and modern...

*drumroll*

postmodern.

It's basically all the cool, feasable stuff(such as basic cloning, advanced computers, moon colonizisation, cool superweapons) without the way futuristic stuff(hand-held laserguns, teleporters, FTL, galactic colonization, etc).

But you forget the area between future and modern...

*drumroll*

postmodern.

It's basically all the cool, feasable stuff(such as basic cloning, advanced computers, moon colonizisation, cool superweapons) without the way futuristic stuff(hand-held laserguns, teleporters, FTL, galactic colonization, etc).

Ah, but in the OOC: FT vs MT thread, people've stated that alot of MT would like to ignore FT...

And I'm definatly not touching FT. I'm staying in the MT world, but my technology will - eventually - be Postmodern.

Ah, but in the OOC: FT vs MT thread, people've stated that alot of MT would like to ignore FT...

And I'm definatly not touching FT. I'm staying in the MT world, but my technology will - eventually - be Postmodern.

Postmodern isn't FT. It's it's own time-thinger...