Blais: I absolutely love that concept. I have a bunch of that guy's stuff saved somewhere -- his world building is awesome. In under-developed african nations that have been swept up into conflict with western weaponry, there tends to be a perverse, macabre contrast between the soldiers and their equipment. That concept…
Yeah I'm with muzz. That's a false dichotomy. Your designs need to be able to function in whatever the constraints of your universe are -- typically real life physics, all the moving parts and buckles and belts need to be functional -- and then past that 'practicality' is a matter of characterization. Obviously in some…