On that note, Moon, I HAVE to use a line Doshii used shortly after I, or he, whichever came later, joined the site.
"Guns: The original point and click interface."
And Ex, to address what you brought up, I am totally understanding that. What I am saying is that with this project the Nether Reach, Kohana's premiere scientific sommunity will be given the green light to start mentioning that they are finding this tech from whichever factions give the okay, and starting to study it. I am trying to set a precedent that the Kohanians have at least SEEN the current level of tech, that way should I get a brave soul who wants free license to begin designing Kohanian tech be it guns, PA, ships, what have you, I don't have to go through the red tape of "But you can't just pull that out your arse".
I am not saying they will be building this stuff, I am saying they will have it in a lab, with many Kohanian scientists who have been studying what information Night Watches Over can smuggle down to them in transmissions from the Imhotep, will be oohing, ahhing, and poking poking with pencils.
If it's PA that is allowed to be studied, they would be totally unpowered, due to degradation or damage to fuel/power supplies. They would have a suit of metal and stuff standing in a containment tube or something, with the scientists studying the whats and the hows of it. They are trying to understand the stuff that goes on outside of their planet in anyway possible.
It's like Wes said, he doesn't want me using stuff that's already been shown off, he wants me to come up with original content. What I need to do, though, is set up the foundation of the Nether Reach's plans to try and create that original content. (Hint Hint to all you freelance military stuff designers...)
I am just saying with this that I don't want to post up one day that suddenly the Kohanians are replicating the ELEMENT series, or MINDYs, and then have Wes, Moon, or the like telling me that it isn't cool that they have found a broken down one somewhere and are studying it.
To go from where I am, to where I need to be, I need stepping stones. This is the rock that will form those stones. That's all I am saying.