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Originally Posted by Steven Lyle Jordan
The DS stories also expounded on whatever technology was being used to threaten the good guys, but as they knew they were largely writing to young readers, they avoided technobabble and kept details thin, usually suggesting some scientific theory and then saying, "They must have used that principle to create the contraption"... or they narrated about characters having a "highly complex discussion that would have boggled the mind of most laymen," or something to that effect.
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The technique is effective regardless of the age of the reader. In most cases, the story revolves around what the technology will let you do. Exactly how it does it is largely beside the point. You're better showing your characters doing whatever it does and exploring the effects and implications, than going into extensive detail about How It All Works. A couple of sentences of handwaving ("The Freneticizer allows a starship to open a wormhole to an arbitrary destination...") is usually enough. The point isn't the wormhole - it's where it lets you go instantly, and what you find when you get there.
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Dennis