I know where you're coming from-- at least I think I do. It was something that was a big concern for me when Sloane and I were in initial conception of utilizing the Maschinell idea as an RP setting. While most RPs occur in a fantasy setting, most of those settings have a historical or modern component to them which makes them easier to connect to as far as experience or study, something in our world to draw from. Here, I think it's a little bit harder to do something like that-- but it can still be done. Throw on top of that the idea of science fiction, mechanical people, nano technology and it's kind of a big ask, to pull people so far out of their comfort zone. We tried really hard to make the engineering aspect near null, where no one actually needs to know anything about it, to render it as a post-cyberpunk far future tribal fantasy sort of deal, which is still a lot to take in, but it's a lot easier than asking everyone for blueprints of their robot bodies.
I discussed this with Angie too, and she'd made mention that there was someone she was emailing with over a scene who was concerned that they were going to mess up our baby, and we've never wanted anyone to think that-- we gave everyone involved in this game a piece of this world to do with as they pleased, to develop as they saw fit. This is no longer me and Sloane's Maschinell, this is everyone's world to describe, to populate, to bring into legitimate function, to pull in modern and historical ideas, to do whatever they please with. Me and Sloane's MASCH was 20 years before this MASCH-- it was the groundwork for this community and we've built it to be malleable, bendable, pliable to the needs of many individuals instead of just the two of us writing robot buttsex in the secret dark of the internet. Even though we all still do that anyways.
If there's anything I can clarify about the setting, I'll be more than happy to help-- and if you just need to play with me more to get more comfortable with the ideas and concept to kind of heal that disconnect you're having with the setting, we can do that too. :D