Re: [HoE] Re: Tech Level

["Eric Young" <ecyoung@mediaone.net>]

>A big change in the technology dynamic is the end of the Cold War.
>During the Cold War, most of the cutting edge technological advances
>were done in military research (Transistor, wireless communications,
>computers, the internet, etc....) With the demise of the Cold War, and
>huge cuts in defense, cutting edge technology IS being done in
>consumer electronics (PIMs, HDTV, DVD, etc...)


But in HOE wouldn't the "cold war" (between the USA and the CSA) still have
been going on up until the end? After all, the Mason-Dixon Wall was still
up when the bombs fell...

Aren't most military electronics shielded against EMP?

As I stated a few months ago, I still feel that the weapons tech should be
more advanced. Maybe not a lot of energy weapons, but certainly more
caseless ammo, ETC ammo, flechette weapons, etc...

With the addition of mad science more exotic weapons could be perfected...
In "The Real World" the Germans during WW2 were developing sound based
weapons (they had a working ultrasonic cannon that could kill at several
100 yards), cannons which fired compressed water vapor (which could destroy
an aircraft at 1000 feet), and an artillery shell which could create a
small tornado... They eventually gave up on this research for various
reasons (the vortex shell only worked under certain weather conditions, the
sound and water vapor cannons were too big and immobile), but with the
addition of mad science these devices could possibly have been made
practical. If so then they certainly would have been refined over the next
couple of 100 years.


Eric