adwarf
Possibly Terrible Writer
- Location
- Trapped with a Keyboard
On the Empire's struggle to reproduce steam tanks: A big issue there is the Empire's technological advancement is literally jumpstarted off of the works of one of the most reclusive and unsociable nations and people in the entire setting. The Dawi deciding to share the secrets of gunpowder to the Empire is in and of itself incredibly bizarre and likely broke dozens of Guild laws on what secrets the Dawi are allowed to give. Add onto that that much of the advancements to occur after it are based off, not exact details but what can be perceived from a distance, Dawi technology and feats then you get what (in my opinion) is the shaky tower of the Empire's industrial complex.
Much of what they achieved has been copied with sheer ingenuity which, while in itself is incredible, creates a very flawed basis for everything that has come to exist from it. They aren't simply working from the bottom up, but also fighting with having to try and work themselves back from things they can already make. Add in magical materials and what you likely get, and how I view it for this game, is a lot of scholars getting wrapped up in obscure branches of study or dead ends trying to fill in the gaps in entirely wrong directions.
In a world where steam power doesn't really exist in the common knowledge it is a fairly unique marvel and this is a land with nobles so.
I will use this chance to note I am not an engineer nor do I have any degrees. I will by and large try to accurately portray technology inspired by real life (which has already led to several hours of research into some odd places like graphite production) but it will definitely have flaws at times or deviate in cases where I think it fits a weird fantasy world shoved full of magical bullshit.
