Lol...skooma.....love how Skyrim has become pop culture references now.
my take is David Braben has a hard, unyielding vision of "his" 31st century basically being the 14-17th century age of sail - wild frontiers, no exact science, and nothing close to the precision fault tolerances (and precision) of an industrial manufacturing era.
e.g. A ship cannon produced by any given ironworks could have vastly different range, precision, and quality than the same 24 pounder produced by another ironworks. This is basically elite dangerous....age of sail in 31st century design philosophy to everything (no banks, no wiring credits, can't pick up /cash in bounties across jurisdictions, no Amazon.com - can't lookup distant prices and inventory - have to physically go to station, etc etc.
it all makes sense if you rationalize everything DB does with ED if you look at it as tech paint splashed over what is essentially 14-17th century limitations. And skooma.
my take is David Braben has a hard, unyielding vision of "his" 31st century basically being the 14-17th century age of sail - wild frontiers, no exact science, and nothing close to the precision fault tolerances (and precision) of an industrial manufacturing era.
e.g. A ship cannon produced by any given ironworks could have vastly different range, precision, and quality than the same 24 pounder produced by another ironworks. This is basically elite dangerous....age of sail in 31st century design philosophy to everything (no banks, no wiring credits, can't pick up /cash in bounties across jurisdictions, no Amazon.com - can't lookup distant prices and inventory - have to physically go to station, etc etc.
it all makes sense if you rationalize everything DB does with ED if you look at it as tech paint splashed over what is essentially 14-17th century limitations. And skooma.
