![]() ![]() ![]() Basically, the question is when the hero(es) comes riding/flying into town, how many of them are wearing cowboy hats. Many settings end the similarities there, in spirit, while others seem to have the people deliberately aping the style of The Wild West in response to the situation. This causes a curious mix of seemingly anachronistic elements such as robots and horses being used at the same time (of course, robot horses are a common option too).Įssentially, this is nostalgia, allegory, or pragmatism meeting the fact that Space is the last unexplored territory, while ignoring that guns and anti-authoritarianism mix poorly with fragile life-support systems. Technology will vary, usually being less and less high-tech the further out you go from the center of civilization. You need to fortify your settlement against hostile elements and raiders and The Cavalry are even further away than in the Old West. The idea is that the vast distances of space have formed barriers and difficulties similar to those faced by American settlers as they crossed and developed the continent, forcing the people to become independent or even insular, with help from whatever central authority (if any) that laid claim to the land long in coming, and immediate protection once again becoming a personal matter. Basically The Western Meets Wagon Train to the Stars. The Backwards Mask ( Traveller New Era Trilogy) by Matthew Carson ![]()
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