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Again, read the difference between fantasy and science fiction. Science fiction, good science fiction, is concerned with dealing with the question of why and how something can exist. Of course there is room for poetic license, but "super-indestructible force field" is one of those things that does't usually find itself into serious science fiction.
Again, nothing says that you have to or don't have to have ranged weapons in science fiction MUD. But not having them doesn't prevent one from creating a science fiction MUD. Failings in the ability to conceive a quality concept on the part of the creator or an inability to comprehend on the part of the players is why science fiction MUDs aren't attempted as often.
Good science fiction wouldn't concern itself with a person exploding from some death ray. Instead, it would likely concern itself with why the person explodes from a death ray in the context of the world. The how-it-happens would be there, not just the what-happens.
So, yes, you can do anything you want. But that goes with anything. The difference between quality and crap is how you do it, not what you do. I'm not certain that's a concept you understand.
Jason
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