Hi, I'm trying to write a scene for a science fiction story I'm working on-
Essentially the protagonists (while attempting to investigate an insurgent group) find themselves caught in an area where a possible chemical weapon is detonated and they have to undergo decontamination procedures.
I’m wondering what those procedures could entail, as science fiction I’ve seen has a tendency to hand wave these issues. There is the notable exception of Star Trek: Enterprise which seemed to treat this as an excuse to strip the crew down to their underwear and rub oil all over each other.
Anyway I’m going for a gritty approach with my science fiction as oppose to hard science fiction (hence the contemporary problems of chemical warfare and terrorism) but I’m not adverse to showing that the setting is in the distant future rather than “this could happen tomorrow”.
- Sorry I posted this on the wrong forum, do I wait for a moderator or re-post it?
Essentially the protagonists (while attempting to investigate an insurgent group) find themselves caught in an area where a possible chemical weapon is detonated and they have to undergo decontamination procedures.
I’m wondering what those procedures could entail, as science fiction I’ve seen has a tendency to hand wave these issues. There is the notable exception of Star Trek: Enterprise which seemed to treat this as an excuse to strip the crew down to their underwear and rub oil all over each other.
Anyway I’m going for a gritty approach with my science fiction as oppose to hard science fiction (hence the contemporary problems of chemical warfare and terrorism) but I’m not adverse to showing that the setting is in the distant future rather than “this could happen tomorrow”.
- Sorry I posted this on the wrong forum, do I wait for a moderator or re-post it?
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