Super duper hand-waving

I have previously admitted to a certain amount of hand-waving when it came to making specific parts fit in the world of Rome's Revolution. However, some of the hand-waving is couched deep within the science so that it sounds believable. Consider Pegus' explanation as to how he was going to infuse Rome with a new set of the 24th chromosome:
     “Hold on a sec,” Rei said. “I’m not from around here. What is that?” he asked the technician.
     The man ignored him and continued on. He injected Rome with several ccs of a bright orange liquid.
     “I qua a equala?” Rei said to the man in a louder voice.
     “Ganas,” replied the man in a hoarse whisper. Clearly, speaking was not something he did very often.
     “Genes? Why are you giving her genes?” Rei demanded. “This is genetic therapy?”
     Pegus walked over to them. He pointed to the now-empty syringe.
     “The process is very simple,” Pegus explained. “We give her an infusion of genetic material to regenerate nascent PPT transceivers. The liquid contains transcription-RNA within an artificial virus for delivery directly into the nucleus of her cells. The PPT transceivers will rebuild within her neural tissue. It passes through the blood-brain barrier and delivers this therapy to her brain as well. Once the new transceivers have replaced the disabled ones, we apply a small electrogravitic field to start the resonance and then she will lock into our samanda. It is supposed to be quite painless.”
Sounds pretty believable for a bunch of baloney, huh?
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Published on November 14, 2014 08:43 Tags: action, adventure, ftl, science-fiction, space-travel, vuduri
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