Y'know, while I am looking forward to this, it is kinda sad that the most notable upcoming sci-fi anime is isekai slop.
>>287614973Seriously, who throws a dwarf?
>best girl is a space elf named ElmaThat sounds... oddly familiar. >>287615971That's just rude.
>>287614973Sci-Fi in general has fallen off hard
>>287616188The future isn't what it used to be.
>>287616188>>287616298Is that literally it? People are butthurt that we don't have hoverboards, so they all want to returvn to the times before indoor plumbing? This is WHY we don't have hover boards, cause the general public is stupid and entitled.
>>287614973Why is everything "reborn as" nowadays ?
>>287616355People would just cry that hoverboard is an insult to artisanal skateboard players and make a big deal about it on twitter even if no one's forcing them to use hoverboards.
>>287616148Elma Chud
>>287616355Sci-Fi works, even dark and gloomy ones, still looked to the future, even if it sucked.For whatever reasons, people don't want to look ahead as much these days.
>>287616148>best girlBest girl is a custom maidroid with absurdly high specs in every dimension.
>>287616885My nigga.
>>287614973>the most notable upcoming sci-fi animewhen does macross start?
>>287616718Yes. For both characters I'm referring to. >>287616831I mean, I guess I kinda get that, since it genuinely seems more and more like we won't have a future to speculate about. Still though, we can pretend at least.
>>287616431Lots of folks have accepted that dying is their only hope for a better life.
>>287616188>>287616298As someone who saw 2001 in the theater on its first run as an impressionable wee anon, the future has been a real disappointment for at least the last 25 years.
>>287614973It's also being handled by a-cat, a bottom tier studio.
>>287617468Same here - my Dad used me as an excuse to go see it. My unformed mind didn't know what the fuck was going on for most of it, but the spacecraft absolutely blew me away (and still do all these years later).
>>287616298A life without carbonated beverages isn't worth living.
Why is this girl looks like she was ripped off from Card Captor Sakura?
>>287617169High-speed low-drag elf is very nice.
>>287616831This horseshit again, I've heard enough about how 1984 is a hopeful work
>>287616298Not this shit againDo we really need to talk about this shit again? For 500 posts?
>>287618048because you need to watch more anime
>>287618104>>287618082Not my fault you don't appreciate classic lines from classic shows, anons.
>>287616831Do you think it has anything to do with the prevailing sentiment that we had reached the "end of history"?
>>287618153No, it's your fault. Please take responsibility.
>>287618183>prevailing sentiment that we had reached the "end of history"?When did I ever say that?
>>2876180821984 was a warning message which has somehow turned into an instruction manual (or brave new world if that's to your liking). The world is headed to super duper techno slavery for the average person in a way that makes the matrix look utopian
>>287618295I didn't say you did. But it was a very popular idea.
Between this and the anon who tried to remove the isekai premise from the manga, please just get all the seething about isekai out of your system now so the threads aren't (as) full of cancer regarding it when the anime airs.
>>287618430People with good taste will stop seething about isekaislop when the overwhelming majority of isekaislop stops being dumbed down poorly made slop for niggers.
>>287616831What about that gosling movie that has been trending recently
>>287618588>that gosling movie that has been trending recentlyOne movie in the sea of movies is just noise, anon.
>>287618637I guess that's enough looking ahead for people nowadays. At least until the next Dune comes out or something
>>287614973Rebuild World was better as a webnovel. The Light Novel is okay but the editors really genericized it.
>>287617599I swear that production committees these days go for the cheapest studio with the expectation that merch will mean huge profit margins because the fans will be the only people buying shit up and they don't want to grow the fanbase.
Theres a Godzilla anime coming. That might be good.
apple's filming neuromancer right nowthis one's absolutely huge but then i thought that about the live action gits movie
>>287614973It's not that much different from Outlaw Star when you really look at it.
>>287619104Sorry, no one cares about the future now.
>>287618416That's a Francis Fukuyama thing, and was a lot more common in the 90s. 9/11 (and moreso the Iraq war), the 08 GFC, the Arab spring, and everything since really put that idea out of the popular sentiment.
>>287614973Still salty this drew the short straw for studio. Going to be Dendrogram all over again.There's the new show from the Strike Witches guy that should be this year, Nanoha if you want to count it, but yeah there's really not that much (or we don't know when they'll come out like Macross or Special Kid Factory).
>>287619130ok i accept your apology
>>287614973>the most notable upcoming sci-fi animeNigga there's Patlabor, GiTS and Votoms entries in the coming months.
>>287619205This is a tourist board.
>>287619205>Dude there's [Forty year old IP] coming outJapan really is just five years behind Western trends
>>287619104>apple's filming neuromancer right nowNeuromancer would work better animated; and I'm not just saying that because we're on /a/.
>>287619232Does it make them not sci-fi or what
>>287619221Yup, case in point >>287619232
>>287619288It makes the post you're replying to bait and it makes you a dunderhead for replying to bait.
>>287616148Chris is a sweetheart, but she's gonna get Hiro killed.
>>287619787He's already too involved with other people even if he could have stayed away from Chris. Now she's going to need to get an heir.
>>287619268i assume the large majority of it will be filmed in front of the olde green screen anyway and some of it on studio setsyou can't film on location when it comes to real places because HK/tokyo/singapore isn't grimy or tall enough for true cyberpunk
>>287619787With her vagina.
>>287616188>>287616298I mean to be fair a lot of early sci-fi was just- 1. what if there was a planet of crab people 2. author's fetish3. character's (optional)
>>287620347There's nothing wrong with CrabitalismThere's nothing wrong with free enterpriseDon't try to make me feel guiltyI'm so tired of hearing you cryThere's nothing wrong with making some profitIf you ask, I'll say it's just fineThere's nothing wrong with wanting to live niceSo tired of hearing you whine
>>287620347>what ifThat's the core of good scifi. It tries to answer the question: what would we be like if <thing> existed.
>>287619787based, kill all isekaishit protags
>>287620275He survived.
>>287621078You've become as one-dimensional as the things you hate, anon.
>>287621078This dragon definitely gets defeated by MC cock.
shouldn't the pre-seething and kvetching for space mercenary isekai not better be done a week before it airs in Fall season?
>>287621358Nobody will ever like your negrified isekaislop
>>287621358Beings consumed by hatred seldom act logically.
>>287619787It's kind of insane that one of the other things that makes Space Merc stand out is that the MC actually does have sex with his lovers. All of these folks are DTF, and that's supposed to be subversive. Which is... kinda sad, honestly. You'd think that'd be the entire point.
>>287623550It's not that uncommon.
>>287614973are you going to bake a bait thread with this every day now?it is also not sci-fi but space fantasy, like star ward, author even said so
>>287625181>star ward*star wars
>>287618050Thats a scrumptious ass.
>>287623550Ossan isekai MC typically fuck, if they're endowed with appendages unlike Ainz or Rimuru.
>>287619129>Outlaw StarDamn that's a trip down memorylane. All I remember about it by now are weird wooden ships, girl in a vat that MC tried to rape at some point, and MC having a weird gun. And a lava onsen or some shit.
>>287616885>>287616910>ZOMG TEH REI!Best girl is Serena because she and MC spent the most time adventuring with just the two of them, than the rest of the crew combined. She was also made to orbit for 15 entire volumes, making payoff the sweetest.But I also really liked how author/editor improved relevancy of haremettes in LN. Smoothly too. They now all have sufficient screentime and jobs in Hiro' merc fleet that yes, he could probably would do all on his own, but it would take up most of his free time so like any sensible leader, he delegates.
>>287619205>PatlaborNew Patlabor? What the fuck?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu35eXiEpFg
>>287619787>but she's gonna get Hiro killed.In one year killing Hiro would be nearly impossible. Also her granpa is supportive of their relationship. He kinda knows his granddaughter would need a man like Hiro by her side.
>>287619104>i thought that about the live action gits movieI liked it.>>287625203>Thats a scrumptious ass.Indubitably.
>>287625242What the fuck this looks so fucking awful. Who greenlight this shit?
>>287625267Shut up and buy BD if you don't want series to die again for 30 years.
>>287625329Fuck you if this is the direction Patlabor is going then it's better off staying dead
>>287616148Elma is indeed best girl, but she should have silver hair, not that weird gray and blue.
>>287625203And MC canon sticks his dick in it too.
>>287625411She deserved it for making fun of prostate milking medical procedure.
>>287625435>MC gets medical checkup>Doctor Tits shoves her finger up his ass to prostate finger him for medical purposes>he cries that his ass is sore>Elf laughs>takes it out on her assAt least he was smart enough not to let her see him after he got raped by the gynoid.
>>287616148A smug elf and sci-fi. Would be great, except I can clearly see from >>287614973that the main girl is going to be the other one and she is probably going to be a useless shit who just does whatever the overpowered main character says to do.Why are Elevens so afraid of making a female character that has an actual personality win?
>>287625722>I can clearly see>main girlIts a harem series...
>>287625744And in any harem series there is always a main girl.
>>287625754Nah, there isn't one. Shortstack was useless furniture in WN too, only becoming more relevant and present in adaptations. The one MC spends most 1-1 time with is Serena, who was orbiting him for 15 volumes. But anyone who reads the series would struggle to call her main girl either. There simply isn't one.
>>287625775Anon I would bet money that he is going to choose, or marry, one of them first, and it's going to be the milquetoast white bread who does fucking nothing besides being a cocksleeve.Is that one Serena?
>>287614973Hopefully, the Artemis program ignite some interest in scifi stories once again.
>>287625834>chooseYou'd lose money on that then. MC treats everyone equally but someone else signs their papers for them without their knowledge or approval, as a plot point. In legal hierarchy, shortstack is 4th common wife, behind 3 noble wives, of which Serena is the middle one.>who does fucking nothingShe was kind of useless in WN, but that's not true in adaptations. She's fleet operator, trader as well as offshore R&R manager. The amount of logistical shit that needs to be juggled for a mercenary fleet of 4 ships and crew of 10, is not insignificant and she is responsible for it.
>>287625411I mean if i saw an ass like that i would too.I'll be honest i didn't think she would be the first one to fuck him
>>287625971>She was kind of useless in WN, but that's not true in adaptations. She's fleet operator, trader as well as offshore R&R manager. The amount of logistical shit that needs to be juggled for a mercenary fleet of 4 ships and crew of 10, is not insignificant and she is responsible for it.That's nice to hear, i like that they gave her a bigger role in the manga.Now i am just waiting for the dwarves to get fucked.
>>287626341>I'll be honest i didn't think she would be the first one to fuck himShe wasn't. How much of a threadreader can you be? It's manga chapter 5. Five! Are you purposefully trying to fish out details about the series out of readers in this thread, just to avoid reading it?>>287626417Yes, it was nice of editors to give girls proper jobs and more screentime. You used to forget some of them exist.>dwarves get fuckedShould be soon now in manga.>>287621378>Nobody will ever like your negrified isekaislopYou sound mad and make no sense.
>>287625971Don't be disingenuous bro, he does marry Mimi first. Happens in LN7 when they go to the Grakkan capital.
>>287618399>(or brave new world if that's to your liking)Way more this than 1984 if you actually read them. It's not even close and if I was to be really schizo I would say everyone brings up 1984 instead of Brave New World as a misdirection.
>>2876266551984 is just more famous across the world. The first time I even heard of Brave New World was years aftrr reading 1984 in Spanish.
>>287625181>it is also not sci-fi but space fantasyshut the fuck up retard
>>287626719It is. Author says so in LN afterword. And makes no attempt to explain technology in use like FTL.>>287626523>chooseDid I stutter? Emperor signed their papers without their knowledge. It wasn't a choice.
>>287626438>She wasn't. How much of a threadreader can you be? It's manga chapter 5. Five! Are you purposefully trying to fish out details about the series out of readers in this thread, just to avoid reading it?No fuck nugget the last time i read chapter 5 was 6 years ago when it got first translated, i am sorry if i misremembered it, heavens forbid i misremember it.
>>287626748Calm down, just don't be wrong next time.
>>287618915Can we read the OG webnovel?
>>287626747You did. Elma had Mei put in the paperwork so Hiro and Mimi are officially married first, which they had already agreed to do earlier in the LN (chapter 5 of my copy). They modify the pecking order much later, but Mimi was first wife by a long, long margin, and they had chosen to do it that way. The thing that surprised Hiro was that it was already done by the end of the novel, not that he didn't choose it.
>>287627042>You did.>MC chooses>Elma and Mei put in the paperworkI see.
>>287627064Correct. They choose to do it in chapter 5 and sort out that Mimi will be legal wife. Hiro is surprised in chapter 11 that it was done so quickly.You're claiming the Emperor signed their papers (he did not) and that Mimi was not the first wife (she was), and that they didn't choose to set it up that way (they did, pic related).
Too early for another SF thread.Is this bait isekaiseethe kuso one?
>>287627121>>287627064And the preceding page with more of the conversation, to make it clear that they sorted it all out then.
>>287627121>that Mimi was not the first wifeDid not claim that.Weird, I remembered Hiro being surprised that Mimi was already his wife at some point. Must be Mandela Effect.>>287627142Of course. Just check this seething out lmao >>287621378
>>287627165You said other anon would lose money on his bet, and he did bet that Mimi would be first. I assume he meant Mimi anyway.Hiro IS surprised that Mimi is already considered his wife in the WN I believe, in relation to a discussion where Elma says she herself is already considered his fiancée, but the translations of the WN are much more shit and harder to search so I can't be fucked looking for it now.
>>287627232Must be what I remembered. Tehe~
>>287614973>t is kinda sad that the most notable upcoming sci-fi anime is isekai slop.What if you translated ALL the untranslated sci-fi series that never got translations? Like the Silent Möbius series of Manga or his new Sci-fi manga about girls in space with a Dog and Robot
We need a new, non shitty gundam as fast as possible.
>>287627232Also, to be fair - I clarified that only the choice part is wrong.
>>287627293Mecha media became too expensive to produce, or it looks like shit. Maybe some studio can try AI to rotoscope 3D models so they don't look as shit and whole process doesn't cost like a space shuttle. But JP companies are crusty dinosaurs so I doubt it'll happen soon.
>>287627387>Maybe some studio can try AI to rotoscope 3D modelsYou can do this without AI.
>>287627409Yeah well, more studios would be doing it if they could afford it without AI in this economy.
>>287627293>We need a new, non shitty gundam as fast as possible.We have so many Gundam Manga and Light Novel series that still don't have anime adaptions. Like the G Gundam sequel and the Gundam Wing Sequel
>>287627387It doesn't help that mainstream audiences hate mecha for some reason. >>287627293>non-shitty GundamThis is apparently the last Hatahway movie, so thank fuck we will hopefully be moving away from UC wank for at least five minutes.
>>287627524>It doesn't help that mainstream audiences hate mecha for some reason.Probably because only rich kids were able to afford proper transformer toys growing up. No I won't stop projecting. It seems modern day mecha must be mixed up with harems and isekai, to be successful.
>>287627435It's free. Blender can do that. It's about edges and counters. It's more about mechanical animation itself. Even if you trace over 3D model instead of just using 3D model the movement will be still out of place. I think Hatahway movies used both methods.
>>287627706>AIslop 3D models>AIslop 3D model animations>AIslop 3D model animations rotoscopingSometimes I regret having eyes to see the future.
Meanwhile
>>287627524>for some reasonGo to /m/; find the reason.
>>287627524>It doesn't help that mainstream audiences hate mecha for some reason.Anon, they just don't care abiut it anymore. >But why?Trends come and go. See western movies, both classic and spaghetti.
>>287627154Everything gets reshuffled later once the extended harem is established With Chris as main wife because she's an active Count, Serena is not the heir to the Holz Marquisate.
Should I watch Bubblegum Crisis or VOTOMs next?
>>287631597I watch some of former and a little of latter, they're both great. I would recommend Bubblegum Crisis because of hot girls though.
>>287625242damn that CGI sticks out like a sore thumb, doesn't even try to match the style of the characters or background
>>287614973>isekai slopNice to see isekai still filtering normies.
>>287616148Too old.
>>287631937ONEESAN!
>>287616188Sci-fi is always the same thing, even isekai is more creative.
>>287616831>For whatever reasons, people don't want to look ahead as much these days.Because cyberpunk future from Black Mirror is so very much here, now, and without any punk - that people are scared to look even a bit further.We'll live to see Wolf Rain/Vampire Hunter D future where nobles would openly eat peasants and enjoy complete technological dominance.
>>287616831>>287632168And also because of inflation of audience expectations, making beautiful-looking sci-fi is very expensive. Look at something like Expanse. It tried, but just couldn't survive. Same reason Japanese over-engineered OVA of 80's and 90's are not being made anymore. Not in this economy.All we'll see is attempts to sell dead cow milk to an oldfag audience, with Patlabor & GItS reboots etc. When every animation/film studio is ruled by a committee of greedy investors - taking a risky gamble on producing an expensive sci-fi/space opera piece of media becomes impossible. Outside of passion projects like OPM maybe.
>>287614973I keep hearing it's inspired by Stellaris. I can even trust story description but no picture from it looks Stellaris like. Just humans and space elf plus standard space ship stuff.
Can someone make the sci-fi thread without the isekai shit next timeThey already have their own permanent general
>>287632903No shit, this isn't told from X4 perspective but a small mercenary fleet captain. The type of space nations, technologies, crisises etc. - match perfectly. Read another thread seething schizo baked yesterday, for more details >>287617564 >>287632937Tell that to a schizo that can't stop seething about space merc.
>>287632973>everyone who criticizes my garbage is one personLol. Stick to your general.
>>287633028Yes you're the only one who keeps begging for attention like a woman, schizo.
>>287633055Go back to your general
>>287614973those girls look scrumptious. amazed there's even a sci-fi isekai, isn't that asked for like every thread?
>>287632903>>287632973Stellaris cribs from everything, so any sort of sci-fi story is going to have something in common.>hyperlanes>crystalline entities/structures>an empirenone of this shit is original to Stellaris. it's been done a thousand times over in different sci-fi stories.Stellaris is highly derivative and not at all original.
>>287632973Any actual aliens in it? Don't tell me that space elves are that psionic empire
>>287634167Each one specifically, sure. But all together - clear evidence of inspiration. Also author' steam stats.>>287634218Humans, Dwarves, Elves, Lizardmen, Floating meduza (like Mass Effect), armored murder-balls hivemind, goblins (extinct), nyaggers, among sapient that I can remember.Various space monsters like crystals, space octopus, space tuna etc.
>>287634267>But all together - clear evidence of inspiration.Not really! Not when Stellaris has dozens of cribbed ideas.I have the same sort of library, but I also read sci-fi fiction (Heinlein, Robinson, Hamilton, Tchaikovsky et.al.) and I wouldn't be surprised if he does too.
>>287634267>crystalstoo many to count, this goes back to Asimov or before>>287634267>space octopusChildren of Ruin
>>287634345>>287634374>Setting looks like a state of Stellaris game with high % of confidence>Author plays a lot of Stellaris>his other works are blatantly inspired by Kenshi/RUST and RimworldI'm going to call duck a duck.
>>287625744>haremalways a main girl
>>287634879There are no main girls in Space Merc. MC makes a point to pay everyone attention equally. You could say that maidroid that manages their schedule on MC dick, is sorta "main". But she doesn't have more screentime or more time with MC. Apparently machine intelligence in Empire loves to watch over organics romance, and partake in some themselves.
>>287635065Why do they use swords? Are they savages?
>>287635133rule of cool
>>287635133Because they're bionically enhanced notJ*di that can cut powerarmor and deflect lasers.
>>287635237forgot pic
>>287635237Why not just use a bigger gun?
>>287635347otoko romanImperial Nobles have White Blade faction or some shit that advocates for wide use of noble swords in military. They made a special unarmed dropship that could speed into enemy ship hull and deliver a squad of boarding noble swordsmen inside to capture it.
>>287635347One with a muzzle wider than a human is tall would be hard to maneuver in combat.
>>287635533It doesn't have to be a big gun. It could be a pistol with a very strong ammo that would normally tore your arm if you were normal. Like Alucard's gun.
>>287635133I presume they're vibro/head weapons. >>287635347Because blades and bullets have different utility.
>>287636225Brother they react to laser gun aiming point, what are you talking about? BTW they have personal shields for shotguns or scatter lasers.>>287636227They're monomolecular swords, basically made of metamaterials that allow strong to be 1 molecule thick while retaining durability.
>>287636283>strong*sword
>>287636283>They're monomolecular swords, basically made of metamaterials that allow strong to be 1 molecule thick while retaining durability.Ah. Yeah, I figured they were something like that. It's kinda the only want to justify the use of melee weapons in sci fi. Make the swords tech-y too. Gotta deal with armor and shields somehow.
>>287625211>wooden shipsI think you are mixing that up with tenchi muyo
Anyone else remember this show?
>>287637164I still need to finish that.
>>287636283Do you have LN images for space scenes?
>>287637255This is how space cops dress. ... For some reason.
>>287635133They have nobles that are a mix of Dune highborn and Jedi.
>>287637164Yeah. Shame it flopped. The bad sister was hot.
>>287614973I read the entire manga recently. It's definitely not great but it's comfy and author understands how space works and his setting actually makes sense. Which is already better than 99% of sci-fi. Hopefully anime is not low budget trash.
>>287614973>it is kinda sad that the most notable upcoming sci-fi anime is isekai slopIt was like that for fantasy for a decade and only healed a few years ago, now it's scifi turn to have its isekaislop decade
>>287637819Almost all of the fantasy isekai were adaptations, there isn't much in the way sci-fi isekai to adapt.
>>287637164Space cake was fun, but it wasn't actually all that good.
>searching for a cover image for this series is how I learned it is getting an anime adaption sweet
>>287637578>Hopefully anime is not low budget trash.https://myanimelist.net/anime/producer/1209/Studio_A-CAT
>>287638289oh dude what the fuckhell yeah! rebuild world is greatgod damn it seems like so many manga I love are all getting adapted either right now or very soon, this is awesomeI wonder if this means I'm going to die soon
>>287638651lol I get that thought too whenever I see upcoming releases I've been waiting for rebuild world has a very nice progression, most characters feel down to earth and methodical except for the retard Katsuya? or whatever the dude in the picture is called
>>287638702Apparently Katsuya is already supposed to be dead and buried in the original story. I don't know what the author is thinking of doing with him (apart from the obvious idea that he'd act as a foil for Akira) but Katsuya has been getting his comeuppance recently. Surely he won't stay a little shit forever.
>>287638289They announced anime ages ago.
>>287638542Like half of it is going to be CGI ships so maybe it won't be that bad...
>>287614973
>>287614973>scifi>it's just high fantasyreally tired of this shit
>>287639983not all sci-fi is hard sci-fi. the odds of getting hard sci-fi are pretty low, be glad we get anything from this medium.
>>287637371https://reborn-space-mercenary.fandom.com/wiki/Light_Novel_Volume_15
>>287638889Space battles are actually only small part of it...
>>287641584There are probably more lines devoted to Hiro's ladies giving him grief about his lifestyle and luck than to combat.
Surely someone has made a chart of /a/ approved ongoing sci-fi manga like the /a/ approved fantasy manga... right?
>>287642884I'm certain that neither exists and you just made the concept up
>>287614973The adaptation is gonna get butchered by cheap CGs and QUALITY moments, I can feel it :(
>>287643109A QUALITY show can still be entertaining.
Can always go for some westslop.Stuff is more anime than half of anime.
>>287643260>westslop>>>/lit/Fuck off.
>>287643280No
>>287643109The early pv of this looked better than isekai space crap tho
>>287643361>survival crafting litrpgwtf is this, like a CYOA? i loved those as a kid.
>>287638542>>287638889Evil Lord space battles were almost fully CGI but surprisingly, not that bad-looking. Maybe I could enjoy this too if it's on the same level at least.
>>287643478LitRPG is a (western) genre that has world that runs in RPG "System". People have classes, attributes, skills, earn XP, etc..Easiest comparison is I'm Spider so What. But the genre seems to be more western, as eastern don't seem to have specific name for this genre.
>>287643750>>287643478Also, neither Sigma-16 nor ShipCore are proper LitRPGs. Both try to incorporate it, but don't do much with it. Compared to "true" LitRPGs that have people live fully within the System.
>>287614973I have hope we get more space isekai like The Galactic Navy Officer Becomes an Adventurer.
>>287618715Dune is an opera, it looks into the future of humanity much as Wagner did in The Ring.
>>287643361Since when did people start labeling novels(?) with video game genres? Christ that's cringe.
>>287638289>>287643109I really need to get back reading this. I dropped the WN after the gang war because I didn't like how it ended. Still one of the best work made in the past years. I still re-read the Serenthal arc (WN) from time to time. Too much kino moment going on there.
Anybody watched Gnosia? I'm 2/3 through it and really like the character development but my brain is too small for the detective work (I'd get it if I was actually playing the VN probably)
>>287635133The hidden truth of the Grakkan Empire is that AIs secretly run the whole fucking place like a robot Illuminati, and all the nobility and shit are basically just LARPing as glorious melee combat honour and duels. They all have cyborg enhancements to let them deflect laser fire with their swords and so on, designed by the AIs of course.The AIs don't run the entire galaxy because there is a psionic empire that can oppose them, and one other that I forget. Also the AIs don't really want to rule, they're comfy running things and humans are comfy LARPing.>>287632903The WN was explicitly an Elite Dangerous fanfic with serial numbers filed off.
>>287616910>>287616885>not the fun wife your own age who wants to enjoy a rampant sex life with you, maybe help bring in an extra woman for you to enjoy on the regularNah, I'll stick with the doctor.
