Steam ships are very similar to steam powered factories.I think the practical applications will drag our other relevant techs forward, which is the same reason I'm voting for the steamships.
Steam ships are very similar to steam powered factories.I think the practical applications will drag our other relevant techs forward, which is the same reason I'm voting for the steamships.
What practical applications were you thinking of?I think the practical applications will drag our other relevant techs forward, which is the same reason I'm voting for the steamships.
I propose that instead of doing Spectroscopy first and relying on drips to fill up Electromagnetism, we do the reverse: we research Electromagnetism while letting drips fill up Spectroscopy.
Electromagnetism is really important. There's a lot of physics (and chemistry) stuff that's gated behind a proper understanding of what electricity is and isn't, and there is a lot of very important infrastructure tech locked behind practical electricity. And I'm willing to bet that part of the reason Hiding in the Rainbow is [Stalled] is because we don't know what we're dealing with– that is, we don't really know that light is electromagnetic radiation.
What practical applications were you thinking of?
You might be taking practical in a stronger sense than I mean. Stuff like material composition. It's more grounded than electromagnetism and has bearing on tech they already use like producing steel.
One thing is that rapid healing means that people can hulk out super quick.Training is most practical, but with least long-term potential (how can we use what we have?).
It's only rare because we don't have the prerequisites, I think.Rare tech doesn't appear all that frequently. It's a missed opportunity if we decline it.
Isn't the reverse also true, though?Plus, it is likely we will get electromagnetism drip from this project.
Once either someone else figures it out, or once you have Modern Idealism as a tech it can emerge independently. Right now the proto-socialists are spread out among the republican and religious members of the conservatives and liberals.
Academia Nut said:Hmmm... you could start a Suez with Cheap Iron, but it is much, much, much easier with Cheap Steel and Nitro Explosives
See, once you make the move to start it, you will be signalling to the rest of the world you intent, which will likely bring a response
So you will probably want your ducks in a row first, as a warning
Xon said:@Academia Nut could we rope in Kielmyr for the cheap steel part?
Academia Nut said:Hmmm... two DOs with that intent could work
Every naval power would jump to either be in on this or stop you
The big thing is that you are likely going to need multiple turns to get this done with other things drawing attention, so you really want your ducks in a row on this one
Xon said:@Academia Nut so a DO to build a railroad right along where the not!seuz canal would be possible right without giving away what we are planning?(edited)
Academia Nut said:
HanEmpire said:@Academia Nut how is the Khemetri Infrastructure these days? Would they be receptive to us setting up a joint-CrownCorporation for Khemetri Interior Development?
Academia Nut said:
You forgot World War 0.9b, somewhere in between taunting the Sketch and success.-Create innocuous construction company in Khemetri
-Build DM-Khemetri Railroad
-Get Industrial Techs
-Quietly invite Kielmyr Government
-Rush-build Suez Canal
-Thrust hips at the Sketch
-SUCCESS
You forgot the bit after the "Rush-build Suez Canal", Sketch freaks the fucks out and does anything they can to kill this.-Create innocuous construction company in Khemetri
-Build DM-Khemetri Railroad
-Get Industrial Techs
-Quietly invite Kielmyr Government
-Rush-build Suez Canal
-SUCCESS
Damnit , you beat me to it!You forgot World War 0.9b, somewhere in between taunting the Sketch and success.
One atom can emit multiple colors based on the different places electrons can end up. The more electron orbits, the more complex color set.
The specific pattern is VERY unique to each elemement though, and you can tease apart what elements are in something by ionizing it and splitting all the colors out to look at individually.
It also leads to it's reverse - solar power. When messing about with spectography one can notice that some metals give off voltage when exposed to intense light
Need cheap steel and steel railroadsThe Saffron Crescent. A rail line from Kialmer to Khemtry through the DC. A big backwards C straight through our heartlands connecting two continents and three nations.
We should get those ASAP. Perhaps DO thr Kielmir to turn the idea into a joint project so we get tech drips.
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If we ever want to build the Suez Canal, which we really really do, we need to keep our navy relevant.
Also, holy shit. The Syffrin nations are going to wake up after this crisis, look at our science and say 'Where the fuck did that come from?'.
We went from average level education and behind the curve on science to the most advanced land army tech, catching up on sea, super advanced on financial and medical science as well as getting a higher education and innovation score than most countries now.