*Is tempted to just say 'Fuck it all to hell'* Do you know the luxury I enjoy most about writing stories? Aside from amusing people and exploring my imagination, it's the power to say "Why is the sky purple? Be cause I said so. Why are there cellphones and no cars? Because I want it that way. Why does water randomly gain sentience and walk around in the shape of a cow? Because I find it funny." I am a fantasy person at heart, and can only write sci fi if the person I'm with is willing to NOT apply the real world to it. If I wanna say that I have a hand held ray gun that can level a city, I don't want to talk about how that is impossible, I want my fricken ray gun! It's powered by a mini black hole that I made with foozon energy contained in side a taliumn metal sphere. There, nice made up thing to fill the plot/science hole. I am trying really hard to cater to your need for things to make RL sense, but at this point I don't see any other way of doing that than me throwing in the towel and saying "Fine, you make up whatever the hell you need to ease your mind, and I'll submit." I just. . .*Sigh* I just don't know what else to do at this point. This is not earth, this is a place LIKE earth that WE made, and since it's not real, we should be able to do whatever the heck we want with it, filling in any perceived plot hole with whatever nonsense that writers have used over the years to do just that. You're just. . . Trying to put too much RL in our non real world. It's giving me headache. . . .*Sniffles* Sorry for swearing. . . .