- ROBERTO jh
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Posted by: Venator82
Posted by: ROBERTO jh
seriously, what are you talking about "slightest overstress?"
What I find is that Halo, a universe where although the tech dwarfs ours, it compares little (yes, even the Forerunners contrary to popular belief) to other sci-fi universes and yet many think Halo is better,
*sigh*
While yes, the UNSC and even Covenant use "realistic" sci-fi elements, the Forerunners is where the "science-fantasy" part comes in.
Do you know of any real theories where we could use lasers to cause a star to go supenova? Or are you not reading the part where I say "Forerunner ship weapons could cause stars to go supernova?"
Because it doesn't seem like it, merely seems you're ignoring the unrealstic aspects of Halo for the sake of keeping a false image of realism in an area of the Haloverse where realism doesn't exist.
I know nothing of any theories regarding using a star as a stellar grenade in real life and if you mean other sci-fi is "better" do you mean in technology advancement?
Because if thats the case, Halo easily compares to some of the other sci-fis out there...such as Mass Effect, Known Space (in some regards, mostly in terms of the Forerunners), Stargate/Wars(despite the disgusting amount of number discrepancies in Star Wars that either make no frigging sense whatsoever or have been proven wrong on countless occasions)/Trek(anything with a "star" in it). While some aspects in all of those trump the equal technology in the known Haloverse (note: known) it doesn't mean the whole universe pwns the Haloverse.
While "Contomporary Halo" (as Frankie calls it) is grounded heavily in reality, Ancient Halo is not, and is more akin to the Space-Opra style Star Wars and Star Trek dabble in (especially when the Precursors are thrown into the mix and then you start dealing with the almost literal "magic" of sci-fi)
For example: the already explained stellar grenade trick, the ability to put worlds inside another dimensional plane of reality, giving civilians power armor 4 times as powerful as MJOLNIR (read the terminals) while giving standard soldiers armor 6 times as powerful AT LEAST to MJOLNIR to ensure an omniscient mega-parasite doesn't kill them, the ability to traverse the galaxy almost instantly, etc. (with more coming when The Trilogy comes out)
HOWEVER, I do note that Greg Bear is like Larry Niven: he uses real world science to explain the impossible (and, if he is like Niven at all, has a certain taste for the absolutely rediculous-made-simple) so Bear will most likely use science to back up the reality of the Forerunner tech; that does not make it any less magical.
Hell, give either Niven or Bear a Star Wars novel with SW tech, and they could figure out how to explain it scientifically (despite the "official" numbers in Star Wars being grossly inaccurate, illogical and impossible, as I said before), but that doesn't mean Star Wars isn't more science-fantasy any-less then the Forerunners are.
You can put lipstick on a pig, but its still a pig.