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Speculation for Nahrmahn' Little Brainstorm?

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Re: Speculation for Nahrmahn' Little Brainstorm?
Post by dan92677   » Wed Feb 17, 2016 4:39 pm

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On another note, don't you think that some nefarious artillery officer would think of knocking down the observation towers with massed cannon fire?

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Re: Speculation for Nahrmahn' Little Brainstorm?
Post by McGuiness   » Wed Feb 17, 2016 6:08 pm

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dan92677 wrote:On another note, don't you think that some nefarious artillery officer would think of knocking down the observation towers with massed cannon fire?

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That would be the obvious thing to do, provided your weapons have the range to do it. Currently the EoC's artillery outranges that of the CoGA, and with smokeless powder in the works, that margin is about to increase... :twisted:

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Re: Speculation for Nahrmahn' Little Brainstorm?
Post by Loren Pechtel   » Wed Feb 17, 2016 7:30 pm

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Tal22 wrote:Hi there, new to the forums, but reading this one we are looking at all sorts of new ideas. So how about a sidestep for existing Safehold artillery idea.

We know that there are Time fuzes already in play, and it's too late for me to quote each one, but so far I believe there are illumination rounds with Time fuzes? So they understand packing other materials then just High Explosive.

Now jumping over to the ammo side of the Safehold house, they have the personal mines (Claymore, bouncing Bettys, etc)Again I apologize for not using the book names.

Is it really that far a leap to have Artillery delivered mines?


It's not within the tech they currently have. They don't have impact fuses for shells because they can't build one that won't go off upon firing and will reliably function upon impact. A mine needs a fuse.
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Re: Speculation for Nahrmahn' Little Brainstorm?
Post by Expert snuggler   » Fri Feb 19, 2016 1:15 pm

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What could Nahrmann have come up with that a TF tactical computer and its library didn't?
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Re: Speculation for Nahrmahn' Little Brainstorm?
Post by Louis R   » Fri Feb 19, 2016 3:23 pm

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Something that works brilliantly in the Safehold tactical, political and social environment. None of which that TF tactical unit is programmed for.

Not to mention that flashes of genius is what his human masters were hired for :)

Expert snuggler wrote:What could Nahrmann have come up with that a TF tactical computer and its library didn't?
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Re: Speculation for Nahrmahn' Little Brainstorm?
Post by WeberFan   » Tue Feb 23, 2016 12:02 pm

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Loren Pechtel wrote:
Tal22 wrote:Hi there, new to the forums, but reading this one we are looking at all sorts of new ideas. So how about a sidestep for existing Safehold artillery idea.

We know that there are Time fuzes already in play, and it's too late for me to quote each one, but so far I believe there are illumination rounds with Time fuzes? So they understand packing other materials then just High Explosive.

Now jumping over to the ammo side of the Safehold house, they have the personal mines (Claymore, bouncing Bettys, etc)Again I apologize for not using the book names.

Is it really that far a leap to have Artillery delivered mines?


It's not within the tech they currently have. They don't have impact fuses for shells because they can't build one that won't go off upon firing and will reliably function upon impact. A mine needs a fuse.

Hey Loren:
Maybe I'm misreading your reply, but I think they DO have impact fuses and fuses for mines. There was language in at least one of the books with a conversation between Sharleyan and one of the officers about impact fuse experimentation and development, and IIRC the Charisians have used buried mines before. The technology is rudimentary, but I get the impression that it is maturing rapidly.
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Re: Speculation for Nahrmahn' Little Brainstorm?
Post by Dauntless   » Tue Feb 23, 2016 2:41 pm

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i'm in the middle of reread and I say they definitely have impact fuses.

during one of the first actions in sidmark by ICM a man portable mortar is setup on a goat trail over looking the enemy.

the officer in charge musses about how the impact fuses have a 12% failure rate, which is another way of saying they work 88% of the time.

book 5 i think it is.
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Re: Speculation for Nahrmahn' Little Brainstorm?
Post by Loren Pechtel   » Tue Feb 23, 2016 4:25 pm

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WeberFan wrote:
Loren Pechtel wrote:It's not within the tech they currently have. They don't have impact fuses for shells because they can't build one that won't go off upon firing and will reliably function upon impact. A mine needs a fuse.

Hey Loren:
Maybe I'm misreading your reply, but I think they DO have impact fuses and fuses for mines. There was language in at least one of the books with a conversation between Sharleyan and one of the officers about impact fuse experimentation and development, and IIRC the Charisians have used buried mines before. The technology is rudimentary, but I get the impression that it is maturing rapidly.


They have impact fuses but not for shells. An impact fuse that will work reliably on impact but won't go off when the shell is launched is more than they can do at present.
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Re: Speculation for Nahrmahn' Little Brainstorm?
Post by Keith_w   » Tue Feb 23, 2016 7:11 pm

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Loren Pechtel wrote:
WeberFan wrote: quote="Loren Pechtel" It's not within the tech they currently have. They don't have impact fuses for shells because they can't build one that won't go off upon firing and will reliably function upon impact. A mine needs a fuse./quote
Hey Loren:
Maybe I'm misreading your reply, but I think they DO have impact fuses and fuses for mines. There was language in at least one of the books with a conversation between Sharleyan and one of the officers about impact fuse experimentation and development, and IIRC the Charisians have used buried mines before. The technology is rudimentary, but I get the impression that it is maturing rapidly.


They have impact fuses but not for shells. An impact fuse that will work reliably on impact but won't go off when the shell is launched is more than they can do at present.


The do have impact fuses.

They are a metal ball suspended by wires in a casing that is lined with whatever it is in a percussion cap. When the shell is fired, the metal ball breaks the wires and moves to the back of the casing. When the shell slows down, ie, impacts something, the ball moves forward striking the primer which explodes (or whatever it does) thus igniting the gunpowder.
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Re: Speculation for Nahrmahn' Little Brainstorm?
Post by EdThomas   » Sat Feb 27, 2016 10:48 am

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Remember that I was a geography major but what about sound-powered phones.My peek at the Wiki article said they can be made to work up to 30 km which would be more than adequate for observer to battery comms. The hard part would be figuring out how to get the thing "invented" without going too far into the electricity swamp.

and of course they would be helpful aboard naval vessels. :)
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