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Topic subjectI don't get why so many people call this "hard" sci-fi.
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739598, I don't get why so many people call this "hard" sci-fi.
Posted by Backbone, Sun Oct-11-20 11:55 AM
The Sol faction can create near-magical murder droids and faster-than-light space arks, but walk around in spray painted football gear and use shitty ballistic weapons to defend themselves.

The androids are supposedly designed to start an off-world colony, have a ship with energy-converting technology and advanced analysis tools, but dress the kids in prehistoric looking rags and feed them radioactive tubers until they all die (except for the most annoying one of course).

Etc.

Any hint of scientific accuracy or logical consistency gets thrown out the window the second the plot requires it, and the plot itself isn't that fun or clever either.

I could've tolerated all that if at least some of the characters were likeable or interesting, but apart from maybe Sue the medic and the guy in the big prison-helmet, I didn't care about them at all.