Alien races with truly advanced technology tend to make devices that are unbelievably efficient, visually appealing, yet inconspicuous. In Subhuman Sanctum: First Civilian Contact, a graphic novel I wrote (with manga-influenced art by P.R. Dedelis), the Gornopi (an alien race with a highly evolved consciousness) are depicted with crystal technology of various shapes and functions.

In the early 2000s, when writing Twilight Lady, I entertained the idea of consciousness interfacing between pilots and flying craft. Thanks to military and secret space program whistleblowers such as JP and Stephen Chua, this idea is now widely accepted as a very real possibility that may soon be available to us.
