FT-Tech in FT

Sorry if this reply is a old one, but I`ve been thinking about this (actually,
it`s been nagging at the back of my mind, and I just realised what I was
thinking of).

Oerjan Ohlson wrote-

> What I was getting at is that one races tech may or may not be easily

> If you can't copy the other race's tech, you can hardly use it for any

That is what I was thinking of, but it does not have to be a direct copy of
the way the other person does it. Look at the differences in the way soviet
and yank nukes developed in the early years of the nuclear age after WW2.

> One example that springs to mind that is not just copying alien tech,

> This is an example of not merely *copying* alien tech, but of

My counter to this is the fact that humans already have some understanding of
grav tech (they have artificial gravity and acceleration compensators), and I
could see humans developing their grav tech along different lines from what
they already understand, with clues gained from the bits of alien tech. The
"wedge" style propultion (a example just from the top of my head) could be
developed by KV, but would they acept a drive that gives limited
protection (ie-from 1 arc only), if it restricted their maneuvering? I
see the KV, with their limited arc weapons, valuing maneuverability above
almost all else. Of course, this raises the idea of the KV developing a
kinetic sheild to protect their ships against incoming fire (thinking along
the lines of disadvantages of the PH shroud gland for firer).