Nah, instead we'll invent Warjacks and use them to free a Dwaven Karak. End result, we get named an honorary dwarf by the High King and our former school needs to eat a few metric tons of humble pie.
Just like the Mecha Tanks from Legend of Korra? They're pretty formidable and versatile.Making steam-powered mecha sounds like an excellent idea!
Would it be appropriate to design the mechs to make it look like they have dwarf beards?Making steam-powered mecha sounds like an excellent idea!
Oh totally, and maybe a few with sweet mustaches since the Empire loves them iirc.
Well there is apparently already a clockwork mechanical horse.Making steam-powered mecha sounds like an excellent idea!
Yea, I'd love to make our own steam tank
Warhammer Leonardo Da Vinci design or Margaret's own design?Yea, I'd love to make our own steam tank
Our own, I don't wanna just copy Leo's.
Awesome. And her brand of steam tanks is gonna be a new trend for the Empire's military.
Yep, people will be beating our door down to have us make tanks for them
"You could not live with your own failure. And where did that bring you, Umgi? Back to me." - Margaret probably after being vindicated of her success and now those who scorn her wanted to buy her inventions.
I mean there are three core technologies that make up the steam tank from what I can tell.Yea, I'd love to make our own steam tank
'I want a giant gold statue of myself right at the entrance to the Engineers School or you won't get even a peek at my blueprints until long after I'm dead!'
"Really? You had them of all beings make a gold statue of you. I thought I trained you to comprehend the notion of quality workmanship girl."'I want a giant gold statue of myself right at the entrance to the Engineers School or you won't get even a peek at my blueprints until long after I'm dead!'
Oh I completely agree on all counts.
The main problem would be creating a steam generator compact and powerful enough to fuel said pseudo-flame thrower. Because it would need to generate a lot of high-pressure/temperature steam even if it didn't need to produce a lot of horsepower.
As a long lived race, the Dawi are gonna pass on that story for generations and will never let the Umgi of The Empire live it down.
Very true. I highly doubt a single person could carry both the generator and gun for the first few versions. The generator would probably need to be on its own carriage pulled behind the gun part.
That or you have one central generator on a cart etc that makes the steam while the gunners have accumulators similar to air tanks for divers. Good for X number of bursts before they fall back to grab a new tank and plug the old one into the generator.
Ooh, excellent idea!
Having thought on this idea some more, it could be great for a wider array of steam-powered personal weapons than just the steam guns. I could see steam rifles and pistols working well with smaller versions of the same accumulators, ideally capable of refilling from the same generator to simply logistics. Soldiers could carry several of the smaller ones that they swap out as each runs out in combat, then go and refill during a lull.
