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* Sometimes averted, sometimes played straight with ancient human technology in ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]''. Said [[Lost Technology]] has about a fifty-fifty chance of still being fully operational when discovered-but if it is operational, it's generally a safe bet that it's been corrupted by Chaos. |
* Sometimes averted, sometimes played straight with ancient human technology in ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]''. Said [[Lost Technology]] has about a fifty-fifty chance of still being fully operational when discovered-but if it is operational, it's generally a safe bet that it's been corrupted by Chaos. |
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* Justified in ''[[Exalted]]'': Most [[Lost Technology|First Age technology]] is self-maintaining, so even after hundreds of years of moldering in some forgotten ruin or other, they'll still work perfectly. Since Solars were the only ones who could obtain or create the materials and enchantments that make this possible, however, all [[Magitek]] made since the Usurpation requires periodic maintenance to remain operational. |
* Justified in ''[[Exalted]]'': Most [[Lost Technology|First Age technology]] is self-maintaining, so even after hundreds of years of moldering in some forgotten ruin or other, they'll still work perfectly. Since Solars were the only ones who could obtain or create the materials and enchantments that make this possible, however, all [[Magitek]] made since the Usurpation requires periodic maintenance to remain operational. |
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* Anything from ''[[GURPS]] Ultra-Tech'' that is made from Living Metal will last forever because the material will automatically repair any damage that it incurs. |
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* [[BattleTech]]: The 'Mechs that are jockeyed around circa 3025 are already possibly hundreds of years old, passed down from generation to generation of pilot families. And they still work. Often times better than the new stuff. Many fans believe some of the absurdly heavy tonnages (you heard me) and large size of various electronic equipment and weapons is specifically ''because'' they're built to last. |
* [[BattleTech]]: The 'Mechs that are jockeyed around circa 3025 are already possibly hundreds of years old, passed down from generation to generation of pilot families. And they still work. Often times better than the new stuff. Many fans believe some of the absurdly heavy tonnages (you heard me) and large size of various electronic equipment and weapons is specifically ''because'' they're built to last. |
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** Also, presumably if you're planning to pass a [[Humongous Mecha]] off to you kids, you're going to keep it maintained. Same applies to [[Drop Ships]], which you don't exactly want to be held together by rusty bolts if you're coming down into an atmosphere at Mach 3 inside a ship that is about as aerodynamic as the Sydney Opera House. Unmaintained and poorly maintained [[BattleTech]] technology tends to fail miserably when pushed into combat. |
** Also, presumably if you're planning to pass a [[Humongous Mecha]] off to you kids, you're going to keep it maintained. Same applies to [[Drop Ships]], which you don't exactly want to be held together by rusty bolts if you're coming down into an atmosphere at Mach 3 inside a ship that is about as aerodynamic as the Sydney Opera House. Unmaintained and poorly maintained [[BattleTech]] technology tends to fail miserably when pushed into combat. |
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* An old [[Traveller]] supplement detailed the Darrians, a minor human (space-elvish) offshoot in the Spinward Marches which had destroyed its own advanced ( |
* An old [[Traveller]] supplement detailed the Darrians, a minor human (space-elvish) offshoot in the Spinward Marches which had destroyed its own advanced (TL16) civilization by accidentally triggering a solar flare and frying every microchip for parsecs. A few starships still remained operational from the ancient Darrian fleet; The expected number of modern Imperial Navy starships (TL15) to be usable after several hundred years of disuse and no maintenance was exactly 0. |
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* ''[[Rifts]]'' only uses this a little. Though the physical ruins of some cities and towns still stand a few centuries ''After'' [[After the End]], the chances of finding anything ''usable'' in them is pretty much nil. However, ever so often, a cache of military equipment from the previous age, specifically stated to be Ragnarok-Proofed, is found. |
* ''[[Rifts]]'' only uses this a little. Though the physical ruins of some cities and towns still stand a few centuries ''After'' [[After the End]], the chances of finding anything ''usable'' in them is pretty much nil. However, ever so often, a cache of military equipment from the previous age, specifically stated to be Ragnarok-Proofed, is found. |
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** This has been partially subverted recently, as it's been revealed that many of those caches are much more recent, and were deliberately left for people to find. |
** This has been partially subverted recently, as it's been revealed that many of those caches are much more recent, and were deliberately left for people to find. |
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== Video Games == |
== Video Games == |
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