How about Dead Space? Gravity control, plasma weapons, localized man portable timeslow devices, all wrapped up in a really cool aesthetic. Dead Space RIG suits are awesome.
I mean there could be a lot of material, propellant, and electronics improvements but I could see how keeping the form factor would be economical and keep things backwards compatible which is really big in the military
I mean there could be a lot of material, propellant, and electronics improvements but I could see how keeping the form factor would be economical and keep things backwards compatible which is really big in the military
Like almost all AK family rifles having the same basic shape (except for Alfa, Ma, and Sako), due to factories having so many pattern forms on hand there is no point in making a new one.
It's probably also better if you can just order the needed ammo from a civilian munitions factory that has the needed patterns, because they sell the commercial variant when its not needed by the military.
Hahaha! I do have the books and I like the setting a lot. I thought about it but for the moment I'm not going for it. I discarded it in favor of another PnP setting that I'm eager to see Peter sink his teeth into.
Warhammer Fantasy has some interesting magic tech, such as all the Tomb Kings constructs or Dwarven runes.
Multiplayer FPS game stuff seems less cool than many of the interesting settings that have made an appearance so far, but maybe I'm just an unaware hipster or something.
I like the Element Zero of Mass Effect, that alone is worth going for it, but that's the only thing that ME does above the rest. The setting is very low tech when compared to almost any other space opera.
While this is true on the council/alliance side, you start to have more impressive options when you take the Geth and the Reaper's tech into account, I would think
I like the Element Zero of Mass Effect, that alone is worth going for it, but that's the only thing that ME does above the rest. The setting is very low tech when compared to almost any other space opera.
That... sort of depends on weather you are familiar with the background material and one-off comments throughout the series.
Mature quantum computers.
AI hosted on quantum computers.
Truly absurd data processing and transmission.
Molecule scale flash fabricators (up to personal armor scale at an absolute minimum).
Actually-kind-of-ridiculous gene mods and biomods, cybernetics, and cloning.
Omni-tools in general. Nanotech, which is apparently how your armor self-repair works and is reliable enough that they trust it as a diet pill.
Human-machine interface, integration, and upload.
Geth networked AI, possibly ideal for low level zerg who don't have the brains to host a full AI suite.
And if you use things that were in the series but the current cycle Citadel species didn't really have or make use of, we get:
Whole-species transformation. (Kett)
Planetary terraformimg. (Remnant)
Full bio-synthetic conversion. (Synthesis ending)
Whatever the hell the Protheans had to make them almost psychic without actual psionics. Actually interested to see how doubling this up with true psionics would pan out.
And just so we aren't mincing words here: in-game biotics were nerfed to hell and back for the sake of gameplay. So making someone biotic might actually be worth the whole tech tree on its own.
That... sort of depends on weather you are familiar with the background material and one-off comments throughout the series.
Mature quantum computers.
AI hosted on quantum computers.
Truly absurd data processing and transmission.
Molecule scale flash fabricators (up to personal armor scale at an absolute minimum).
Actually-kind-of-ridiculous gene mods and biomods, cybernetics, and cloning.
Omni-tools in general. Nanotech, which is apparently how your armor self-repair works and is reliable enough that they trust it as a diet pill.
Human-machine interface, integration, and upload.
Geth networked AI, possibly ideal for low level zerg who don't have the brains to host a full AI suite.
And if you use things that were in the series but the current cycle Citadel species didn't really have or make use of, we get:
Whole-species transformation. (Kett)
Planetary terraformimg. (Remnant)
Full bio-synthetic conversion. (Synthesis ending)
Whatever the hell the Protheans had to make them almost psychic without actual psionics. Actually interested to see how doubling this up with true psionics would pan out.
And just so we aren't mincing words here: in-game biotics were nerfed to hell and back for the sake of gameplay. So making someone biotic might actually be worth the whole tech tree on its own.
Plus the many, many horrifying implications of Mass Effect Tech if you think about it.
World Ending Mass Accelerators.... Comm Buoys turned City-Enders....Infinite Energy.....Improvised Mass Accelerators Via Biotics & Baseballs.....Medigel being repurposed for Immortality & Bioweapons....
Omni tools are compact super computers by out standards. But ya that can be found in other space operas
Medical gel is a very big one, since it should be one of the few things he can mass produce. Since the tech to make it might be tinker tech, the gel is not.
And the tech would be tone of the lowest material costs when element zero isn't counter. Since element zero is used to skip a lot of necessary things that would be complicated.
Ok listing them shows that from purely a technological point of view. The most advanced thing you can make is the reapers, which you don't want to do. And the Omni tool, not because it's Nehemiah most advanced space opera thing but because the sheer number of things crammed into it. Plus the translation function.
The mass relay concept might be useful in making something to trap legend.
Since all of my Mass Effect knowledge comes from fanfic, just how many of the listed ME tech examples require Element-Zero to manufacture? Because if the Wormverse doesn't have any E0, Peter's left with a tech tree which he can't actually build.
Since all of my Mass Effect knowledge comes from fanfic, just how many of the listed ME tech examples require Element-Zero to manufacture? Because if the Wormverse doesn't have any E0, Peter's left with a tech tree which he can't actually build.
It's just that he would need one hell of an energy source to make a very powerful BOOM to initiate the right Stellar Process to create Eezo.
To be specific, Peter would have to create miniature Super-Nova's in what would likely have to be a Pocket Reality to ensure that Earth Bet doesn't potentially go ..up ...In...Nuclear...Fire.
Monster Hunter could be a cool tech tree, if you look in the lore some of the ancient civilization stuff is pretty out there, they made bioweapons out of dead dragons, mass hunted monsters equivalent to natural disasters, and a bunch of other pretty cool tech, plus they arent so out there as to be endgame level but aren't weak enough to be not good midgame.
For cybernetics another thing that may work is JoJo tech, we see some great engineering, even back in their world war two era. along with the stand arrow of course, which is according to lore just alien microbes, but if that makes stands for anyone then it may be very endgame, given how some of their affects could probably kill endbringers or Scion.
Especially because Omnics got used in Overwatch for basically all fields in the background, from construction to war; so logically they would be better suited towards stuff like Mass-Manufacturing Pre-Fab Houses.
The only benefit from Omnics would be their more creative AIs, something that the Zerg lack. As a frame, the Zerg are completely superior to Omnics in terms of war and manufacturing, but their problem is that they need human input. And I already have other ideas for the Hive.
Something I've always wanted someone to use in their stories is Infinite Stratos, it might be a harem series but the technology there can still be real cool and useful.
It's downright insulting how many genuinely good settings are out there ruined by the harem concept. FoZ comes to mind. But sorry I never watched Infinite Stratos so that's not an option.
What about Nier-Techtrees? I'm unreasonably infatuated with their/Automata's... flight frames or whatever they're called. Though the bots would probably overlap with The Fight... and I guess the flight frames aren't actually protective, and redundant with many other power armor options. Oh, well.
Do you have a potential list of fandoms? Might be better the post them rather than just have people throw out random ones hoping for one you know about to catch your eye.
No really. A list would consist of basically every single anime, book, and video game I consumed ever. I can give you a list of the trees I'm set on though:
In the following weeks:
Xenoblade
World of Darkness
Dragon Ball
Horizon Zero Dawn
God of War
Eventually (no set time yet):
Azur Lane
Transformers
Bionicle
Saint Seiya
While this is true on the council/alliance side, you start to have more impressive options when you take the Geth and the Reaper's tech into account, I would think
Let me clarify:
I'm not saying that ME is weak. If Peter were to get it now it'd be the most powerful tree he got access to since StarCraft. But what I'm saying is that it gets vastly outclassed by far too many other settings.
Neither the Geth nor the Reapers are particularly impressive. There are many other settings with far better AIs and techno-organical horrors. Yes, Peter would jump at the chance of upgrading the Zerg now with them but he'd do it because he woudn't have better options.
I agree, though, that medigel is amazing and another thing that make the ME setting valuable.
It's just that he would need one hell of an energy source to make a very powerful BOOM to initiate the right Stellar Process to create Eezo.
To be specific, Peter would have to create miniature Super-Nova's in what would likely have to be a Pocket Reality to ensure that Earth Bet doesn't potentially go ..up ...In...Nuclear...Fire.
No, no, it wouldn't be that bad. Through Shard-hax he would build a machine that creates Element Zero in a more controled manner.
Maybe because it would be syphoning it out from another dimension.
Element Zero is only used as a means of controlling the weight of objects, and in creating artificial biotics (or be present during inception of a natural one).
Omni-tools likely do not relay on it, since they use hardlight emitters- which are their own thing.
Quantum computers likely don't require it either, since those only really need room temperature semiconductors- and those can be made through more mundane means.
Omni-gel is just a canister of composites and common materials used as printing filler, while medi-gel could likely be made by a mundane chemistry/biology lab.
Antimatter is harvested through large, but not ezo reliant particle accelerators in space.
Honestly the most important piece of technology are the hardlight emitters. With those you can do anything from instant blades, armor, tools, or rebuild civilization from scratch.
... I mean, the Geth were building a dyson sphere. That counts for something, right?
Also, those are just a single part of the setting, for all they got so much focus in the games. Many settings outclass Mass Effect one way or another, very few do so many things to the same level of competency or better.
You know, I'm just gonna throw this out there: I think that the Phineas and Ferb (and/or Doofenshmirtz) tech tree could be real fun to explore. Not to mention a change from all these grimdark, murdery franchises.
Sure most of their stuff is either gimmicky, too big to be practical, or just useless in general, but there's a handy few pieces of their arsenal that I could see synergizing really well with what he's got so far (especially when it comes to transportation). Some of its actually kinda OP when you really think about the implications. Might even need to restrict some frim his ability to access. Not to mention, his team could really use some more nonlethal options.
You know, the Bouyancy Operated Aquatic Transport will probably be useful when Levi arrives. As well as the Away-in-ator. Only the Away-in-ator sends people directly to Scion's(or Edens) main body without Peter realizing it. Having tech that allows him to turn Long John into an agent of OWACA who then thwarts all the small time crime as things escalate would be neat. The Timemachine has so many uses it isn't funny. A one hit wonder ear-worm designed to work with some other tech could be useful to get info out around any attempted blockades by PRT/Cauldron.
The shrink ray, nanobots, Frankenstein's brain might be of use.
Plus Ashia or Vista can ask what they are going to do that day.
And, whatever Techpriest makes disappears at the end of the day. No matter what he tries.
He could also make a portal to Mars. A PORTAL TO MARS! RED MARS! HOLY MARS!