lasgun + forcefield = explosion similar to an atomic and it happens starting from the gun not the forcefield.
and forcefields stop fast moving objects such as bullets, so only weird self-propelled guns that become slow when pushed against a forcefield or smth like that can work (first movie had at least one example, not sure about second). but a slow sideways slice from a blade works fine.

(actually that all kinda goes in the trash on arrakis, because the worms are attracted to forcefields and go berserk over it so you don't see ppl like fremen using them. and technically they do use maula pistols which are maybe coil guns, don't remember. but everyone is used to swords anyways)

a lot of other shit like recording into a phonographic cylinder or the harkonnen guys in the map room chanting random shit is because the universe had a galaxy wide jihad quite some time ago against thinking machines (Butlerian Jihad) so they ended up having a ban on creating or using any machine that might think. So instead they just train some humans into being turbo-autists / human computers (mentats).
"how are they doing X then?" it's either 1. dodging the definition of a computer by it being some "non-thinking" signal processor, 2. spice, or 3. somebody's breaking the law real badly. thus far it's #1 or #2 afaik

why they destroyed that spice harvester? i think they didn't realise or they were going for a "all harvesters must be gone, no matter whose" thing

lasgun + forcefield = explosion similar to an atomic and it happens starting from the gun not the forcefield.
and forcefields stop fast moving objects such as bullets, so only weird self-propelled guns that become slow when pushed against a forcefield or smth like that can work (first movie had at least one example, not sure about second). but a slow sideways slice from a blade works fine.

(actually that all kinda goes in the trash on arrakis, because the worms are attracted to forcefields and go berserk over it so you don't see ppl like fremen using them. and technically they do use maula pistols which are maybe coil guns, don't remember. but everyone is used to swords anyways)

a lot of other shit like recording into a phonographic cylinder or the harkonnen guys in the map room chanting random shit is because the universe had a galaxy wide jihad quite some time ago against thinking machines (Butlerian Jihad) so they ended up having a ban on creating or using any machine that might think. So instead they just train some humans into being turbo-autists / human computers (mentats).
"how are they doing X then?" it's either 1. dodging the definition of a computer by it being some "non-thinking" signal processor, 2. spice, or 3. somebody's breaking the law real badly. thus far it's #1 or #2 afaik

why they destroyed that spice harvester? i think they didn't realise or they were going for a "all harvesters must be gone, no matter whose" thing

lasgun + forcefield = explosion similar to an atomic and it happens starting from the gun not the forcefield.
and forcefields stop fast moving objects such as bullets, so only weird self-propelled guns that become slow when pushed against a forcefield or smth like that can work (first movie had at least one example, not sure about second). but a slow sideways slice from a blade works fine.

(actually that all kinda goes in the trash on arrakis, because the worms are attracted to forcefields and go berserk over it so you don't see ppl like fremen using them. and technically they do use maula pistols which are maybe coil guns, don't remember. but everyone is used to swords anyways)

a lot of other shit like recording into a phonographic cylinder or the harkonnen guys in the map room chanting random shit is because the universe had a galaxy wide jihad quite some time ago against thinking machines (Butlerian Jihad) so they ended up having a ban on creating or using any machine that might think. So instead they just train some humans into being turbo-autists / human computers (mentats).
"how are they doing X then?" it's either 1. dodging the definition of a computer by it being some "non-thinking" signal processor, 2. spice, or 3. somebody's breaking the law real badly. thus far it's #1 or #2 afaik

why they destroyed that spice harvester? i think they didn't realise or they were going for a "all harvesters must be gone, no matter whose" thing