02-14-2010, 11:09 AM
The "lightning bolt thrower" is a laser gun - don't remember if that ref is from FCC or ToTF/suppII.
I assume that the fire ball thrower is a wwII style flame thrower, but there's no ref for that AFAIK.
Much of the rest of those are Star Trek inspired. But some of the machines are mysteries (water machine for ex.)
I think you missed the fighting machine on your list. I think this one owes somenting to a "Dune" influence. I don't recal ever seeing DA mention Dune though. There also seems to be a Dune influence in the DA series in terms of the political roles (academic spy masters, royal swordmasters, Afridhi etc.) but that could come from Ritchie I suppose. I never noticed anything else, tech wise, that seemed like a Dune inspired device.
I assume that the fire ball thrower is a wwII style flame thrower, but there's no ref for that AFAIK.
Much of the rest of those are Star Trek inspired. But some of the machines are mysteries (water machine for ex.)
I think you missed the fighting machine on your list. I think this one owes somenting to a "Dune" influence. I don't recal ever seeing DA mention Dune though. There also seems to be a Dune influence in the DA series in terms of the political roles (academic spy masters, royal swordmasters, Afridhi etc.) but that could come from Ritchie I suppose. I never noticed anything else, tech wise, that seemed like a Dune inspired device.