I've hit a plateau here...

I haven't worked on Nevercast in weeks. I have to do a whole bunch of boring research on the properties of firearms, and I'm also concerned that armors of the future (such as carbon nanotube designs) will surpass infantry weaponry. So, I'm having a hard time concieving of what skirmish combat will be like in the future. I don't want it to be like Dune where the arms race collapses upon itself and everyone is fighting each other with swords on spaceships.