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* The 2003 reboot ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined (TV)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' series seems to fall in this category. Cylon resurrection is never really explained, but spacecraft movement seems to follow [[Real Life]] physics and the FTL jump drive's limitations are applied more-or-less consistently.

* The ''[[Mass Effect]]'' series possesses mostly well-researched technology, with an in-game [[Encyclopedia Exposita|Codex]] that goes into detail about the science and technology of the setting. For the most part, the technology is presented consistently, and the physics are kept very close to reality, barring the use of [[Unobtainium|element zero]], which produces the eponymous "mass effect" which allows for the increase or decrease of mass, and subsequently allows for the creation and manipulation of gravity fields. Most of the fantastic elements of the setting stem from the use of mass effect fields, i.e. [[Faster -Than -Light Travel]], [[Artificial Gravity]], [[Deflector Shield|Deflector Shields]], and [[Stealth in Space]]. There are also the trappings of more fanciful and softer elements of science fiction, like [[Hard Light]], or [[Psychic Powers|psionics]] which are either outgrowths of mass effect technology (i.e. illuminated mass effect fields for [[Hard Light]], naturally developing element zero nodes growing in living tissue due to pre-natal exposure for psionics, etc.) There are examples of unusual biology that allow for mind-reading or manipulation, i.e.[[Green-Skinned Space Babe|asari]] physiology allows for them to "meld" their nervous systems with others', and in the [[Starfish Aliens|rachni]] case they emit sound waves to communicate and their queens can [[People Puppets|puppet]] bodies that are close to death by manipulating their nervous system. The [[Sufficiently Advanced Alien|only technologies]] that are not fully explained and explored are those of the [[Eldritch Abomination|Reapers]], be it [[Mind Manipulation|indoctrination]], their "[[Body Horror|huskification]]" process, their ability to [[Villain Override|"assume direct control"]], or how they {{spoiler|construct other Reapers from the "processed" bodies of organics.}} Because of the [[HP Lovecraft|Lovecraftian]] elements of the setting, this is likely deliberate. In addition, both the Reapers and Collectors possess energy weapons, which are impractical on a personal scale for any other species and only used as point defences on starships and large installations, but this is another point that can be put down to [[Sufficiently Advanced Aliens]] since nothing about them is impossible with current physics, just current power sources and reliability issues.

* ''[[Andromeda]]'', a series based on one of Gene Roddenberry's ideas that he never used, is a bit harder than "Trek", there's no transporters and most of the ''Andromeda Ascendant's'' weapons are fairly plausible (relativistic missiles, anti-proton cannons, point-defense lasers...), but its maneuverability and acceleration require extensive use of [[Artificial Gravity]] and the only method of [[Faster -Than -Light Travel]] is slipstream drive. A form of [[Hyperspace Or Subspace|hyperdrive]] where the ship uses antigravity to reduce its mass to near zero and then travels along [[Hyperspace Lanes|"strings"]] connecting different solar systems, along the way navigators have to intuit what paths they take and organic pilots are right about 99.7% of the time due to the [[Quantum Mechanics Can Do Anything|"ability of organic observers to collapse wave function probabilities."]]