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Re: Non-weapons of war, weapons of war
Post by n7axw   » Fri Jun 06, 2014 11:29 pm

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SYED wrote:Why not make more seijin tales, butt real life one, send them on amazing adventures?
Imagine if the seigin went out and stole the crown jewels of the reigning mainland nations. Took treasure from the church estates. had their firces chases them over league and leagues and never catch them. a seihin, jewel thief of the world, who stole the gems of the world to donates to charities and hospitals in the imperium. i wonder if a church that anything hand in as charity goes to charity no matter its origin. or an exact copy of the crown could be delivered to ever head o noble family, but it turns out every single one is fake, and all the orphans have been given fakes as well.
poison some nobles not with death, but extraordinarily powerful laxatives and purgatories. paint on national monuments and statues.
do an ocean eleven style robbery of church back casinoes.
act out daring prison break outs.
rob inquisitor offices and release their papers, look what was discovered when they spread the records in that little kingdom inquisitor rooms.
the great thing about seigin, that anything out of the ordinary would simply be explained by their little ire powers.


Given some of the odd ideas floating around here, I would say we are becoming VERY bored. Hope RFC starts coming up with some snippets for HFQ REALLY soon!!! :mrgreen:

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Re: Non-weapons of war, weapons of war
Post by lyonheart   » Sat Jun 07, 2014 4:33 am

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Hi Tenshinai,

Quite right, given Pascal's Calculator was limited mainly by the few he made, which ought to be a snap for Howsmyn.

Leibnitz's wheel or Stepped Reckoner, wasn't as reliable but by the mid-19th century Babbage's 'difference engine' could have been built much more easily and cheaply in the US than Britain's disappointing experience given the machine tools the US had invented for its arsenals.

Of more interest to likely future wars, mechanical calculators [BTW, the term computer comes from the 17th century as the guy who computed] could be the alliance's secret weapon for indirect fires, though slide rules would be quite adequate.

I've just been reading about the 'Twin Marchant' replacing the Brunsviga Twin 13Z in British artillery units during WW2 then used into the 1960's, though they might first be used for astronomical and mathematical tables etc.

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Tenshinai wrote:
Arol wrote:A bit early for this one maybe.
Babbage Engine.A mechanical computer designed around 1850.


Not early at all. Babbage was the first to "take the next step", he was not the first to experiment with computing machines, and if you already have some of the knowledge needed, or merely the knowledge that it can be done and just a hint of how, it´s perfectly doable with a 12th century technology level.
Any snippet or post from RFC is good if not great!
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Re: Non-weapons of war, weapons of war
Post by Arol   » Sat Jun 07, 2014 5:47 pm

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The Babbage Engine I saw drawings of was a large and unwieldy.
What soon will be needed; now that the next generation artillery is about to make their appearance, some simple and proven fire control calculator. :?:
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