https://gunmagwarehouse.com/blog/the-guns-of-battlestar-galactica/
MY COMMENTS:
1. Regards question at end of article about other pertinent science-fiction universes.
“Firefly” (and the “Serenity” movie). The ultimate space western. Civilians generally carry weapons “in common use” in American civilian life today (with special emphasis on Old West-leaning arms, how much for the “western” feel versus how much for some political agenda on the part of Joss Whedon, I don’t know) while authorities and really rich people have some more advanced arms. It’s as if the Heller case froze the sorts of things civilians could have, while the authorities continued to advance. Might be a realistic legal scenario for us today.
2.
“Battlestar Galactica” in its reimagined form was all about human existence repeating itself in a cycle. The use of present day type arms off and looking EXACTLY like our own was in part intended to show a repeat of style and function. “Out there” someone designed a rifle, and “here,” 125,000 years later, Mikhail Kalashnikov repeats the design.
The repeat holds true in other areas as well. Starbuck was shown to have had a Hummer-type vehicle. Telephones looked largely the same as contemporary with the production of the show.
It’s all about the cycle.
3.
Let’s face it: Our present day firearms concepts work! A common ammunition round is an extremely efficient system in terms of storing and transmitting power. It is quite foreseeable that even with advances in other areas of technology, personal “projectile weapon” may indeed remain relatively state of the art for some time.
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