How do you think would go the process that would result in the change of modern military into what we see in most SF? Especially if there are no big c

[BohandiAnsoid]

How do you think would go the process that would result in the change of modern military into what we see in most SF? Especially if there are no big conflicts to wipe the militaries to blank state.


We do have typical science - fiction militaries like in Aliens. There are also some more fantastic like Star Wars or Star Trek (although they are some similarities as well). And also some science fiction stories that involves modern military. What I find is not explored much is how today military would evolve into said military. Assuming that theoretical principles for FTL drives (via warping space) and energy generation has been discovered and actual technology is in progresss og being developed, how modern military would change into what we know in typical SF? Exact details of the ending result are also to be discussed.

 

[Mudd]

In reality? No aspect of civilization will be recognizable in a couple of centuries, so the point is moot.

 

[SoullessMinion]

In reality? No aspect of civilization will be recognizable in a couple of centuries, so the point is moot.

True. If we haven't destroyed ourselves, society in a few hundred years will be as incomprehensible to us as our current day would be to those who lived a few hundred years ago.

I've never understood looking for "realism" in sci-fi. Science fiction isn't about the future. It's about the time and the people from which it was created.

 

[MikeReed013]

I think it's mainly the presence of a sizable frontier to explore that would encourage more of a mixed exploration/military organization. Thinking back prior to having our planet mostly explored (at least landmass wise) there were lots of official, government aligned (or government hired) expeditionary forces who were a mix of the 2.

I would imagine returning to at least a semblance of that setup, although modernized to where we're hopefully not going on crusades and the like once we develop propulsion technology capable of getting us to unexplored frontiers more easily.

 

[Kamen Rider Blade]

There's no larger Frontier than Outer Space and the rest of the Universe, the amount of "Space" to cover in terms of Volume is crazy and constantly expanding.

And this is before we even get to any craziness like "Parallel Universes", "Alternate Dimensions", "Alternate Timelines", "Time Travel", etc.

 

[diankra]

FTL means an advance on Einstein (though the notion of surfing on a FTL wave is promising, promising enough to allow Trek). However Trek and other series have to assume FTL to work.