Thoughts on science and technology in Star Frontiers

What follows are notes on how I plan to handle science and technology in some future campaign using SF rules and a variation on the default Frontier setting.I'm going for a 'medium hard' sci fi feel. Not a lot of theory and not much technobabble, but most of the tech should work consistently and be at least somewhat plausible. FTL is a miracle, but a limited one. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

<ul style="list-style-type: disc; direction: ltr"><li style="color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal">Defensive screens, freeze fields, and the cryo-beds
used in storage class travel all utilize nano-tech (No gray goo; attack swarms are the equivalent of expensive chemical
weapons)</li><li style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal">subspace radio bandwidth is pretty tight</li><li style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal">hyper-drive is closely related to subspace radio
(hyperspace is a different level of subspace)</li><li style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal">genetic engineering and other advanced medical
tech= why humans live so long and are relatively hard to kill</li><li style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal">advanced psychology and social sciences allow
for things like superior hypnotism</li><li style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal">no anti-grav tech (spin and thrust , mag boots, velcro,
etc. instead)</li><li style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal">spacers use skeinsuits, defensive screens, acceleration
couches/tanks, and drugs to avoid injury during dangerous acceleration, deceleration,
and maneuvers</li><li style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal">Larger star craft don’t normally land on
planets. Often use vertical deck layout. Not streamlined. Few/no windows.</li><li style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal">Small vessels/shuttles do land on planets, may
use horizontal deck layout. Streamlined for trans-atmospheric flight. Windows
with shutters/shields.</li><li style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal">The Sathar have demonstrated a frightening level
of electronic warfare sophistication. The four races of the Federation have learned
the hard way to avoid relying on things like wireless networked computers and automated
spacecraft.</li></ul>   ------------------------------------ Those are my notes as they stand now. Questions: <ol><li><div style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt">Does this all make sense? Am I hitting my 'medium-hard' sci fi goal?</div></li><li><div style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt">How do you handle science and tech as a referee (or, if you are mostly a player, how do you like to see these things handled)? </div></li></ol>

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