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2. They've taken such a different path, I don't think Doug can offer too much to them. I mean, look at the stuff in the OVAs -- their radios and movie cameras have little puffing steam engines on them. He'd have to learn their entire tech tree first before he could figure out how to adapt his stuff.
I'll agree with you as far as the motive power goes. This is a steampunk genre. Converting to say petrochemical would require a massive investment in infrastructure that I doubt Japan would do it (though the U.S probably would given how much of the black stuff there is in the continental U.S).
Nuclear power OTOH, is well within ST tech. You can use it for civilian power generation (a steam generator is a steam generator). Of course, whther or not to let that particular genie loose is the question.
Doug could make an impact in materials and electronics. Show Kohran the design of the Knight Saber's armor. I'd like to see the "spirit power" version she comes up with. ^^
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