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by 6L6 » Tue Jan 27, 2015 5:16 pm | |
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Just think of the fear factor airships would generate. If an an airship droped a squad of special forces to burn or capture a bridge chances are that the forces guarding would run away at first sight of the airship, at least for the first couple of times. And they also have steel thistle to make into the fabric and to laminate the wood with.
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by jeremyr » Tue Jan 27, 2015 5:35 pm | |
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We've seen multiple people being flown and never heard any comments that it's prescribed. While that doesn't say either way, it implies (at least to me) that there aren't any restrictions, because if there were, I would think someone would have commented on it. |
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by Kascar808 » Tue Jan 27, 2015 5:37 pm | |
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I think It would be a major fear and tactical advantage I'm writing a bit of fan fiction of Merlin dropping the Idea to someone with a toy balloon.
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by fallsfromtrees » Tue Jan 27, 2015 6:37 pm | |
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Virtually all of hte people being flown are members of hte inner circle, or about to become members (Nynian and Sandaria), so its not surprising that there are no comments to that effect. ========================
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by n7axw » Tue Jan 27, 2015 7:09 pm | |
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Well if you can chop logic your way through to steam, why not hot air balloons? Don When any group seeks political power in God's name, both religion and politics are instantly corrupted.
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by SWM » Tue Jan 27, 2015 9:54 pm | |
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My point was actually that there is no point in chopping logic at all when we have no idea what the Proscriptions says about flying, if anything. In the absence of any textev, people are free to speculate at will, without worrying about the Proscriptions. --------------------------------------------
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by fallsfromtrees » Tue Jan 27, 2015 11:28 pm | |
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It may well have been one of those things they simply figured were not worth mentioning, as there is no way that a muscle powered civilization is going to be able to do anything with a hot air balloon. Remember that they didn't put a specific prohibition against gunpowder in the Proscriptions either - they may have thought that it was clearly a violation, and there is some textev that gunpowder was approved only due to a fairly massive bribe from Harchong. ========================
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by n7axw » Tue Jan 27, 2015 11:56 pm | |
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There is really no textev at all on the subject of gunpowder. However, given the kind of society the Archangels were committed to maintaining, not forbiding gunpowder would have been nuts. So I, for one, suspect that it was indeed forbidden...which of course is why a bribe was needed to get it approved. Don When any group seeks political power in God's name, both religion and politics are instantly corrupted.
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by JenBurdoo2 » Wed Jan 28, 2015 1:17 am | |
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Muscle, wind and water power were, IIRC, the only ones permitted. Gunpowder doesn't fall under any of those. Interestingly, steam could be said to do so.
As an aviation buff, I'd love to see airships in Safehold's skies, and I agree it's possible with the current tech -- the first dirigible flew in 1852. I don't know where they'd get hydrogen or helium gas, though. Could a hot-air-filled gas-bag be steered in the same way as a sealed one? |
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by fallsfromtrees » Wed Jan 28, 2015 2:18 am | |
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Not clear with steam engines for the motive power. It is certainly possible if you have the IC engine, but that was in a different thread, and got thoroughly hashed over with a lot of people both pro and con. ========================
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