User talk:RogueGypsy47

Hoverbikes

Your concerns are duly noted. Though "Stormtrooper" is NOT used (I was extremely careful not to use any terms blatantly Star Wars), and "hoverbike" appears nowhere in the Star Wars universe (it's "speeder bike" which is a repulsorlift craft), the point you're trying to make is taken. Please keep these two things in mind though -

1) different "brands" that belong to the same genre quite often share concepts. Sci-fi is rife with the same scientific ideas in multiple "brands" (Star Trek, Star Wars, Firefly, Andromeda, Babylon 5, Doctor Who, Stargate, Battlestar Galactica, Buck Rogers, etc, etc). Many have superluminal travel (Trek, Wars, Andromeda). Some avoid this by "gating" (Babylon, Buck Rogers, Stargate). But in reality, the scientific concepts are shared. Beam weapons. Space stations. Capital ships. Fighters. Alien species. Etc. It would be impossible to create a multispecies populated society that is tens of thousands of years old and NOT come across similar items. There is no Jedi, no Force, but there is technology that would be similar in a "different" universe. You still have freighters hauling cargo. People fighting wars. Oppression, crime, exploration. That doesn't change, and can not be the pervue of only one "brand" of a genre.

2) this stuff is almost entirely background material, for a campaign region that is not currently being used by any ship in the fleet, and also may NEVER see the light of day (unless USS Atlantis can make a recovery). At this point, these things are just data taking up space on the wiki.

I'm not making light of your comments. I can appreciate how you feel, and if you'd like to talk more, please, feel free. Constructive criticism is ALWAYS welcomed. -Varaan 18:46, 16 July 2006 (CDT)