[ I said control systems would vary by technology rather than race. Derek
and Scott disagree ]
Well, maybe for small craft with high agility and a single point of control,
like current aircraft, that may be true. But for a low agility craft I would
see joystick/rudder/pedals as pretty useless ... are large submarines
steered that way? (Steve?) Once you have something like that then it might
make sense to extrapolate a common interface which was useful for piloting
all kinds of craft across the range. Or maybe not -
its difficult to imagine given that the extent to which our perspective,
based on 60 or so years of experience compared with the thousands of years
for the Imperium. Truth is you can't see that kind of change coming till
it hits you in the face. For example, this device I keep trying to talk into
is called a mouse :-) (paradigm shift, anybody?).
Mark