Paths of Civilization
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DocMatoi
Theoretical Lover of Girls
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- within 2 hours of the White House
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And leveled a building in the process?
Umi-san
Procrastinating.
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- ꙮ
that's a listed option, yes
keenscythe
No longer NEET
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- WA, USA
For all those voting for gunpowder, do we really want it right now?
Is our metallurgy good enough for cannons?
Do we even have crossbows?
Do we have a use other than it being a military tech?
If you aren't willing to use it in in war why bother getting it again? Honestly curious.
(Does gunpowder double as fertilizer or something?)
Is our metallurgy good enough for cannons?
Do we even have crossbows?
Do we have a use other than it being a military tech?
If you aren't willing to use it in in war why bother getting it again? Honestly curious.
(Does gunpowder double as fertilizer or something?)
pbluekan
Somethin's Fucky ...
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- Trumpistan
That... that sounds worse.
We will have to wait and see what the next update brings us, narratively, I suppose. I do still feel we need to try and combine it with something to moderate its influence. Meritocratic ideals are nice and elitism sucks, no matter where you are.
@Academia Nut
How much territory did we conquer? Did we demand tribute? Is it under Hatriver's banner now?
How much territory did we conquer? Did we demand tribute? Is it under Hatriver's banner now?
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- Canada
[X] Attempt to finish her mother's work
DocMatoi
Theoretical Lover of Girls
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- within 2 hours of the White House
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Excavation. We can literally blow holes in the world now.
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- Staring into the void
Smoke-bombs for our blackbirds, and once we have it, it saves time when we can build guns.
Edit: I wonder what the shock and awe value of having it will do to our mystic score, and pilgrimage.
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- madison
[X] Attempt to finish her mother's work
I don't know what the hell she discovered. But mad science is almost always worth it. Even if all it is is weak explosives that would be useful for mining and freaking out our enemies. The other guy's shamans calling up fiery explosions are the kind of thing that breaks the morale of armies even if the explosions are not actually dangerous.
I don't know what the hell she discovered. But mad science is almost always worth it. Even if all it is is weak explosives that would be useful for mining and freaking out our enemies. The other guy's shamans calling up fiery explosions are the kind of thing that breaks the morale of armies even if the explosions are not actually dangerous.
BungieONI
Seven gremlins in a trench coat
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- Lickwidget
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- She/Her
Either way I rate it an improvement.
Dust explosions are killer in mines.
Gunpowder @keenscythe can also be used to make primitive bombs. Make a fired clay "grenade" basically and then fill it with gunpowder, cap it, then twine fuse. Boom.
E: I am totally okay using it in war.
But yes it also has many other uses beyond explosions, I just can't think of them right this second.
I'm not sure that "hit by lightning multiple times" translates as "leveled", but yes, I think that somebody with access to iron, copper, various clever kiln and clamp designs, as well as enough resources to build big could wreck a building with steam power alone in this age. If what she was heating was some sort of pressurized flammable fluid instead of just water you'd also have a thermobaric effect on top of it. It would fit with the hot vs dry fire arguments mentioned.
Even if it's not gun powder but just steam related, that's fantastic. Having a way to instantly vaporize water and produce steam, that would be our gateway to steam powered machinery.
Weren't there black marks in the ground "like lighting had struck several times". Do dust explosions only mark the ground? It sounds to me like something was set down on the ground and exploded or ignited at a high enough temperature to stain the ground.
BungieONI
Seven gremlins in a trench coat
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Gah my mad scientist is going nuts, because I just thought of flamethrowers.
This is pretty reasonable.
Something volatile dropped can do that too.
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*deep breaths Bungie deep breaths*
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- Leeds
So,
And Currency happened in the background.
It's true what they say, War is the locomotive of change.
Iron Armour
New Social value
Horse riding tech.
And Currency happened in the background.
It's true what they say, War is the locomotive of change.
You know theres a part to this we haven't even touched, the military aspects haven't visibly changed (though presumably they are all greater) but the art is entirely new. Do we now have social stratification between our artisans?
keenscythe
No longer NEET
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So our Blackbirds can be Sappers and blow up enemy fortifications?
Huh, Okay yeah lets get gunpowder satchels and
[X] Attempt to finish her mother's work
@Academia Nut, I am planning to make a Negaverse Omake about the HK and if it isn't too much of a bother, I want to ask about the name for the current King of HK and the martial prince.
Omegahugger
Inattentive Idiot
[X] Forge a new path of war
Fuck it, Gwygoytha made her mark cutting through her enemies. Our little girl can do the same.
Fuck it, Gwygoytha made her mark cutting through her enemies. Our little girl can do the same.
XkaliburRage
Perpetual Procrastinator
[X] Attempt to finish her mother's work
This seems like the only option that doesn't make her go on a path for the throne, which will onlh push us farther into hereditary rule.
This seems like the only option that doesn't make her go on a path for the throne, which will onlh push us farther into hereditary rule.
DocMatoi
Theoretical Lover of Girls
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- within 2 hours of the White House
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- They/Them
inb4 its chlorine trifluoride
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- Earth
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- She/Her/They/Them
[X] Begin diplomacy with the Highlanders
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- The willow crowned hill
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- She/They
[X] Attempt to finish her mother's work
pbluekan
Somethin's Fucky ...
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- Trumpistan
Couldn't it be ammonium nitrate? I doubt she stumbled on the haber process, but it's possible.