Weird Harold wrote:evilauthor wrote:...that means ANY kind of explosive is damn near pre-approved as long as it gets inspected by a respected Intendant first.
And therein lies the sticking point. Pater Wylstnn very nearly didn't approve steam power according to textev. He's gotten easier about approving "Heretical" innovations, but he's got limits -- as does the man-on-the-street.
Um, you do know that he's part of the Inner Circle now, right? And that he's totally on board with breaking the Proscriptions and will do any logic chopping necessary to approve technological advancements?
The only thing he can't do is approve EXPLICIT violations of the Proscription, like anything that uses electricity. However, I sincerely doubt diesel engines are that explicitly prohibited, and its operating principals are a logical outcome of both guns and steam engines, close enough that Safeholdians used to both will have no trouble accepting diesel. Especially if/when it gets used and no divine retribution is immediately forthcoming.
And if Pater Wylsynn gives his okay to diesel engines, then for everyone but a rabid Clyntahn supporter, that's good enough.
Which is not to say that diesel engines don't violate the INTENT of the Proscriptions. They do. But then again, so do steam engines and guns, and no one even blinks at either of those anymore. From there, accepting diesel isn't much of a stretch. And Pater Wylsynn has no intention of supporting the Intent of the Proscriptions anymore.
