[ ] BlokTek: Originally, Blok had been a brand of childrens toys. Miniature plastic bricks and figurines that you could snap together to make diaoramas. However, even at their height they had produced a number of highly modular robotics products, mostly educational play-sets for more scientifically inclined kits. When the Destroyer War started, their research assets had immediately been seized and used to develop BlokTek. Highly miniaturized, modular technology that could easily be repurposed as needed: the same Bloks used to make a blok-gun could also make a microwave, could be used to repair a tank, upgrade an AA turret, give your Bond-Drone a better weapon...While this still left you at a disadvantage in terms of firepower initially, it meant your forces were extremely adaptable, being able to adjust tactics on the fly simply by figuring out potential alternate uses for your gear and equipment.
Aesthetic: Lego and MegaBlock technology: the vast majority of your devices consist of (typically brightly colored for civilians) magnetized ferroplastic regenerating bricks and blocks of assorted size and shape containing various plug and play circuitry and machinery. Larger machines might be comprised mostly of blocks several feet in diameter, while smaller machines and devices might use regular lego-style bricks. Bond-Drones generally resemble various lego animals: a good example of a poorer civilian Bond-Drone would be ToyAgumon, while a more advanced one might resemble Unikitty.
I wanna talk more about BlokTek and the sheer utility it brings. They are quote:
Highly miniaturized, modular technology that could easily be repurposed as needed: the same Bloks used to make a blok-gun could also make a microwave, could be used to repair a tank, upgrade an AA turret, give your Bond-Drone a better weapon...While this still left you at a disadvantage in terms of firepower initially, it meant your forces were extremely adaptable, being able to adjust tactics on the fly simply by figuring out potential alternate uses for your gear and equipment.
This means that everything. From household appliances, the house itself, to the handy gun, to the tank, to the ships. Are made out of the same material that can used interchangeably. Again "the same Bloks used to make a blok-gun could also make a microwave." This is beyond modular, this is practically magic.
Do you know how much a gun and a microwave have in common? Basically nothing. Now of course, this could just be talking about the material itself. But the implications here of now they can be used to upgrade equipment, make a new gun, or adjust and find alternatives on the fly imply that it's not just the material. It's everything.
As in, you can rip the Bloks out a wall and make a computer kind of modularity. Firepower is one thing. But this kind of modularity and resources is how you win WARS. Seriously. A building could grow some legs and start stomping around. Or separate into smaller components to make vehicles and weapons. Or hell, robots. Just make new combatants out of nothing.
This isn't even talking about the civilian applications for this stuff. Colony ships can just be turned into houses, fortifications, factories, and more.
Aesthetic: Lego and MegaBlock technology: the vast majority of your devices consist of (typically brightly colored for civilians) magnetized ferroplastic regenerating bricks and blocks of assorted size and shape containing various plug and play circuitry and machinery. Larger machines might be comprised mostly of blocks several feet in diameter, while smaller machines and devices might use regular lego-style bricks. Bond-Drones generally resemble various lego animals: a good example of a poorer civilian Bond-Drone would be ToyAgumon, while a more advanced one might resemble Unikitty.
"magnetized ferroplastic regenerating bricks and blocks"
REGENERATING. This stuff regenerates. Living Metal. Non life loses are basically nonexistent with this stuff! The god damn Lego Set makes itself, or rebuilds itself if broken. And like liquid it could start separating or molding together to make larger or smaller blocks as needed. Like, discounting the Von Neumenn Lego Blocks, this is still talking about mechashifting in a way nothing else can compare. Tanks turning into guns, or guns into houses, or a single landed troop ship turning into everything an army would need.
The possibilities are endless here.
"Hey give me your gun, I need a microwave real quick."
"Sure. But I'll need my gun back after your done."
"No worries it'll only be for a minute."
Imagination is the limit! The ultimate modular form of construction is here. Titans, knights, tanks, buildings, gun, and cities made with Bloks.
Praise be Lego City son. Utopia is here.
