FF7 Technology

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anyway there are satellites, otherwise barret wouldn't be able to use his limit break

[TRANS_AM409]

well they dont have satalites because shinra ascraped the space priject before ever reaching space and the plane thing shinra has plenty of planes two wrecked in ocean the air ship the 20 or so at the deck at junon not to mention all the helicoptors it reapetdly shows any body else probably cant afford them.

[PerpetualBurn]

But people analyze the characters to the umpteenth degree. Why not their world?

Because of the sheer number of phenomena that would require a bizarre explanation. At the very least, they would suddenly have to explain how Cloud can carry so many weapons and items at once. And why every character has access to this stock of items in battle as if they're taking them from their own pocket, yet the supply counts for the whole team. It would just be silly.

[Skyblade]

No, but satellites would sure help. And the rocket wasn't the first machine to leave the planet. It was the 26th one to do so.

Well, it was the 26th object, but it certainly wasn't the 26th object in space that had a use. Remember, Cid would have been the first man in space. The Russians first put a man in space in 1961; two years before the first communications satelite that was capable of staying in the same place over the earth was put into space. Plus, who's to say that any of the other 25 objects Shinra put into space weren't communications satelite (and not just satelites with no purpose other than being in space; i.e. Sputnik). So, it is entirely possible that they had the technology to get a man into space and not satelites. And that's assuming that there aren't any satelites up there.

Actually, it is the 26th rocket, but it could still have been the first one in space. The originals might not have left the atmosphere. Then there are tests, unsuccessful launches, cancelled launches to redisign/improve the rockets, catastrophes during flight, etc... Shinra No. 26 could very well have been the first object to make it to space.

[Dragon Mage]

he plane thing shinra has plenty of planes two wrecked in ocean the air ship the 20 or so at the deck at junon not to mention all the helicoptors it reapetdly shows any body else probably cant afford them.

If they had plenty of planes, then why did the president of shinra, who practically owns the world (if you know what I mean), would go to a civillian to use their plane? Helicopters aren't as fast as planes. And when was there 20 at Junon? I don't remember seeing those.

And that's assuming that there aren't any satelites up there.

I should hope there were. How would you use the PHS in the game otherwise? And in the movie, Cloud had a cell phone that was of modern technology. If they had just gotten satellites up, then they wouldn't have phones like that.

And I get what you mean by the link, so you don't have to keep going to it.

[the_sandman]

lol, look at the classic final fantasys...there were no such things as airplanes or any flying transportation in the medieval era.

[Dragon Mage]

But those were set in times where they wouldn't have that. FF7 is set in a modern time.

[Zeromus_X]

Even the older Final Fantasies had technology. It just wasn't until FFVI until it became more widespread, increasing in FFVII and FFVIII.

[Mirage]

lol, look at the classic final fantasys...there were no such things as airplanes or any flying transportation in the medieval era.

Didn't you ever notice the airships?

Continuing with the mobile phones. No, you really don't need satellites for mobile phones. You only need stationary comminucation antennas spread thorough the world, connected to phone centrals using underground cables, or even radiowaves. It sure would be useful having satellites to connect continents, but it's not needed. Remember, the incredible amounts of data travelling between North America and Europe use underground communication cables, not satellites, except in a few instances. There's no problem sending audio data through cables like those. As far as I know, there's even less latency when using cables than when using satellites for communication.

Furthermore, yes, it is the 26th rocket built, but the game says nothing about the previous ones ever reaching outer space. Also, the game says nothing about there not being satellites in space. It is fully possible to have a level of technology that allows unmanned satellites to be lauched, without even trying to send up humans. Maybe they just didn't prioritize sending humans into space? On earth, it was a race about being the first person in space, but I don't think Shinra, as the only company with the funds to do it, had any competition from other nations.

Actually, I think Barret having a limit break that is named "Satellite Beam" is a pretty good indication that there are satellites in space, else it would be pretty hard for a satellite to blast the enemies.

[Dragon Mage]

but the game says nothing about the previous ones ever reaching outer space.

Cid had said that, before the launch disaster, Shinra was pouring money and effort into the space program. Usually, when something as expensive and as monumental as a space program fails, you don't pursue it more strongly then ever, so I would have to say that yes, most, if not all, of the previous flights had made it into outer space.

And the satellite thing is mostly cleared up (thanx mirage) but one small question:would satellites be launched if you hadn't sent a man into space, in order to repair them? Or would they just send up another machine to do that? If it's a machined, then okay, the satellite thing is cleared up.

[Mirage]

I'm not sure, but I don't really think satellites break too often, and when they do, I'm not sure if they're repaired. COnsidering there's only one nation capable of launching satellites, I would think there's plenty of room for new ones, so they wouldn't have to worry about them crashing into eachothers.

Oh, also. Shinra are a bunch of warmongers. I don't think we should rule out the possibility that they used the weapons department budget to finance orbiting weapons, such as the satellite Barret's limit break utilizes.

[Dragon Mage]

I see. That makes sense. I didn't think about that before, with only shinra being able to launch satellites. O.K. Thank you!

Oh and btw, I believe they do repair them. I remember that the Hubble telescope had to have the main lens replaced or something like that. They sent up a shuttle to fix it.

[Mirage]

The hubble telescope costs a ton more than what a regular satellite costs though.

[Dragon Mage]

Not these days. A new, modern satellite would cost about as much as the Hubble, when it was made. Either way, there's a crap load of money on the line.