I was useing that dreadnought as a example, i could not find the actual HMS dreadnought as a example, and to be fair, the dwarfs started it calling there ship as a dreadnought.Bob of Beleriand wrote: I merely cited the Dwarven ships as an example that we can use to create a loose parallel to draw information from in-setting. But you'll note I did in fact conceed that the weaponry isn't comparable but the hull likely is. Bolt Throwers are wholly ineffective, their utility would be reduced to something akin to a swivel gun.
Although I confess looking at some of the technology you're citing now, I think your imagination might be over-reaching your plot as it stands. The Empire gaining several centuries of progress in a fraction of the time in the worst of circumstances is a little odd.
and far more of the plot and technology of this story is fuzzy then i am fully willing to amit, and when you put it that way, i doubt were see actual dreadnoughts in this story. maybe ships called, dreadnought, but no ships with that perticular gun lay out.
but i just have a thought: if we have decided well built Ironclads are bolt thrower proof, how (when you were playing Man War) manged to beat the dwarfs as a high elf player?
Bob of Beleriand wrote:
Oh, the humanity!
oh the huge manatee!
Ya, the more I think of it too steam punk seems better, but i think it will be a more subtle steam punk, and the more i think about zepplines, all the fuel for those steam engines it would take make it impossable for steam Zepplines, now Dwarf Zepplines on the other hand! they can even use Helium for there zepplines, (they had to have found some with all there time under ground.)
OK, i'll be fair , i have only a limited idea waht hte green revoultion was, and i was just blow smoke out my rear. seems my ignorence shines pretty bright. sorry.
It was from teh battle of Battle of San Juan Hill if that helps. the document i used isBob of Beleriand wrote:Hrm, what I read suggested that the range of the Gatling was no better than that of a Rifle e.g. 600 yards. I have a very hard time believing that Gatling guns had a range equivalnt to that of Artillery pieces, can you provide a source? A cursory search hasn't yielded anything regarding that particular event.
here,,http://www.spanamwar.com/Gatlinggundetachment.htm about 3/4 of teh way down.