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Re: MASSIVE SPOILER about next book hardware
Post by Charles83   » Sat Jun 02, 2012 8:10 pm

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AClone wrote:Yeah, I figured it out, RFC. Your hint was right there in plain sight. "There are only a limited number while they work on something else" Duh. I should have seen it before.

The canals are nothing more than a red herring. Cayleb and Merlin realized their error, and Howsmyn started building...steam powered helicopter gunships!

Oh, and when I look back, it's so obvious! [G]


No they are building a steam powered C-130.

And the next project will be a steam powered F-86 Sabre.
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Re: MASSIVE SPOILER about next book hardware
Post by grendel_one   » Sat Jun 02, 2012 8:14 pm

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AClone wrote:The canals are nothing more than a red herring. Cayleb and Merlin realized their error, and Howsmyn started building...steam powered helicopter gunships!


Don't be silly, steam-powered helicopters (without nuclear power) are absurd.

Everyone knows that steam-powered walkers are the way to go
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Re: MASSIVE SPOILER about next book hardware
Post by chickladoria   » Sat Jun 02, 2012 11:21 pm

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How mundane, steam power ship submersible armed with sea launched cruise missiles (steam catapult assisted black powder propulsion). Capable of launching steam powered (hydrogen peroxide based) 18" diameter torpedoes.
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Re: MASSIVE SPOILER about next book hardware
Post by AClone   » Sun Jun 03, 2012 6:25 pm

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grendel_one wrote:
AClone wrote:The canals are nothing more than a red herring. Cayleb and Merlin realized their error, and Howsmyn started building...steam powered helicopter gunships!


Don't be silly, steam-powered helicopters (without nuclear power) are absurd.

Everyone knows that steam-powered walkers are the way to go

Don't be ridiculous. SW is Ringo's schtick!
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Re: MASSIVE SPOILER about next book hardware
Post by Emo Otaku   » Sat Jun 09, 2012 2:56 pm

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Well I think you're all barking up the wrong tree

Steam Powered Super Zepplins are the answer
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Re: MASSIVE SPOILER about next book hardware
Post by Montrose Toast   » Sat Jun 09, 2012 8:41 pm

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Emo Otaku wrote:Well I think you're all barking up the wrong tree

Steam Powered Super Zepplins are the answer



Steam powered hovercraft so you can operate in winter when the canals are frozen as well as summer...
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Re: MASSIVE SPOILER about next book hardware
Post by Dutch46   » Sat Jun 09, 2012 9:30 pm

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Charles83 wrote:
AClone wrote:Yeah, I figured it out, RFC. Your hint was right there in plain sight. "There are only a limited number while they work on something else" Duh. I should have seen it before.

The canals are nothing more than a red herring. Cayleb and Merlin realized their error, and Howsmyn started building...steam powered helicopter gunships!

Oh, and when I look back, it's so obvious! [G]


No they are building a steam powered C-130.

And the next project will be a steam powered F-86 Sabre.



Steam powered C-130s get my vote. The most versatile airplane ever.
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Re: MASSIVE SPOILER about next book hardware
Post by thinkstoomuch   » Sat Jun 09, 2012 9:47 pm

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Whatever happened to the DC-3?

Have fun,
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Dutch46 wrote:No they are building a steam powered C-130.

And the next project will be a steam powered F-86 Sabre.



Steam powered C-130s get my vote. The most versatile airplane ever.[/quote]
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Re: MASSIVE SPOILER about next book hardware
Post by AClone   » Sat Jun 09, 2012 10:15 pm

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thinkstoomuch wrote:Whatever happened to the DC-3?

Have fun,
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He has a point. The Inquisition would doubtless be suspicious of demonic involvement if this crucial step of development were overlooked.
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Re: MASSIVE SPOILER about next book hardware
Post by Dutch46   » Sun Jun 10, 2012 12:44 am

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thinkstoomuch wrote:Whatever happened to the DC-3?

Have fun,
T2M

Dutch46 wrote:No they are building a steam powered C-130.

And the next project will be a steam powered F-86 Sabre.



Steam powered C-130s get my vote. The most versatile airplane ever.
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Another great airplane and some of them are still doing duty. I prefer the C-130 because its bigger, flies faster and has that great ramp on the back so that you can shove all kinds of stuff in and out. You don't even have to be on the ground to shove it out but its really hard to shove stuff in while it's flying by 10 feet off the ground doing 140 mph.
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