Marie
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Graeme Rodaughan:
There are so many different weapons, techy gadgets, and military based vehicles that you use throughout the books. How much time do you spend researching everything to use within the books?
Graeme Rodaughan
Most of my research is done on wiki and youtube, it's not super deep. I research just enough to do what I want to do and not more (time constraint, and rapid research to a sufficient depth to solve a problem is a personal skill of mine).
Nearly everything is an extrapolation of current technology.
Occasionally I'll make something up, like the quantum encrypted smartphones. While something like that may well happen, I haven't researched quantum communications very much at all. Although I'm aware of quantum computing and it's very much a 'thing,' now, and underpins my idea of the Panopticon.
All the guns are based on current weapons. The Mirovar team often use the FN P90 which suits a modern vampire hunter with it's compact style that can be hidden beneath a long coat... REF: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sd3-v... you'll also see this weapon used in the Stargate TV show or any show looking for a near-term futuristic look and feel.
The railguns are a thing. REF: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i737r... This video is very 'rah rah,' but it captures the concept well.
Neural implants are evolving rapidly, along with understanding of the machine/nerve interface. It's barely sci-fi what I do with implants.
Panopticon = 'a pervasive surveillance state,' = almost current reality. The only thing lacking are the AI elements, but people are working on those technologies, and I'm sure they'll come into existence sooner rather than later.
The small flying bots in the storm drains are based one of the more depressing uses of advanced technology - micro-kill-bots - not kidding, and probably quite easy to build.
REF: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLQUD...
In general, I position the tech at about 10 to 15 years ahead of where we are now, but in a world that is recognizably like our own.
Nearly everything is an extrapolation of current technology.
Occasionally I'll make something up, like the quantum encrypted smartphones. While something like that may well happen, I haven't researched quantum communications very much at all. Although I'm aware of quantum computing and it's very much a 'thing,' now, and underpins my idea of the Panopticon.
All the guns are based on current weapons. The Mirovar team often use the FN P90 which suits a modern vampire hunter with it's compact style that can be hidden beneath a long coat... REF: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sd3-v... you'll also see this weapon used in the Stargate TV show or any show looking for a near-term futuristic look and feel.
The railguns are a thing. REF: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i737r... This video is very 'rah rah,' but it captures the concept well.
Neural implants are evolving rapidly, along with understanding of the machine/nerve interface. It's barely sci-fi what I do with implants.
Panopticon = 'a pervasive surveillance state,' = almost current reality. The only thing lacking are the AI elements, but people are working on those technologies, and I'm sure they'll come into existence sooner rather than later.
The small flying bots in the storm drains are based one of the more depressing uses of advanced technology - micro-kill-bots - not kidding, and probably quite easy to build.
REF: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLQUD...
In general, I position the tech at about 10 to 15 years ahead of where we are now, but in a world that is recognizably like our own.
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