HRogge Wrote:I ask because we had a discussion about "Autofacs" and "Nanotech" a while ago... and the forum consensus was that there is no "universal constructor tech" in Fenspace in Season 0/1 (not sure about Season 2).There are several aspects to this. No one can reliably wave "universal constructor tech" Season 0/1. There are a number of one-off gadgets, but nothing general purpose. The Julian Friez Machine and the Catgirling Machine are about the closest approaches to these currently well known.
a self-repair system sounds perfectly fine, but from what I got out of your story, she also build things like "nearly totally organic humanoid remotes" and similar things.
Hard tech nanotech is in the Whole Fenspace Guide, but was not released. This is a good idea from a meta/story point of view because nanotech really messes with the sorts of stories you can tell. Quite a few people are trying to put the brakes on too early a Singularity, and nanotech is one of the obvious routes there. Quite a few other people want to play with the possibilities of nanotech. As I understand it, the first group is winning, so far.
What Mako thinks is going on and what is actually happening are two different things. She is trying to describe the Forge in terms she understands, using tech as she knows it (which, yes, does include limited nanotech). What is actually happening should become clear as the story continues.
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