beelzebozo
Jealous Bastard
Gotta be human tech, I think. There is a stark contrast between the machines of the ancients and those of the people who serve them. The ancients' ritual altars, gears and levers are all carefully ensconced in the walls of the "cabin," and there is clearly a large focus on research & development among the "servants." It's possible the ancients grant them access to, say, infinite funding, perhaps some quantum equations man hasn't hammered out yet. But there seems to have been a human contribution in the creation of the original altars; I imagine that holds true for the force field as well.
I guess my answer is really "both."
I agree with this. However,I still think the ancients are gently guiding R&D along in some distant fashion. Fixing the game just enough, as Lin (chem dpt) says. She's referring to their victims, of course, but I suspect this applies to some degree with them as well.
hard to say.
seeing how much more advanced the tech of other countries' respective "organizations" were would definitely help guide my thoughts on this, i suppose. if you saw a consistently hyperadvanced state in tech with japan, russia, etc., there'd be reason to think there was more going on than just trying really hard.