06-19-2004, 12:34 AM
Hi,
Actually, guns and swords historically existed side by side for quite a while.
Yes, they did. But I refer you to my original post in that thread: "You see, there are *guns* in the game. Pretty darn modern guns, too. And by the time such guns got into the world, all armor, most swords, etc. had become obsolete."
As to the ". . . cast iron . . . requires much more advanced technology than many of the other forms (since it requires temperatures sufficient to melt the iron, not just make it malleable). ", you are completely right. The technology to make cast iron is one small step away from making modern (controlled) steel. And, actually, a lot of his order is screwed. He puts Damascus steel at the end (and calls it folded, which has noting to do with anything -- you can fold wrought iron, and indeed do so to work the excess carbon out and still maintain manageable proportions), while it should come before steel with nickel and high carbon steel (which should be reversed). And high carbon steel was what you got if you worked out enough of the carbon from pig iron, so it should go way back (not a good material because of its brittleness).
Frankly his whole post is technically wrong in addition to being "wrong" in the gaming sense.
--Pete
Actually, guns and swords historically existed side by side for quite a while.
Yes, they did. But I refer you to my original post in that thread: "You see, there are *guns* in the game. Pretty darn modern guns, too. And by the time such guns got into the world, all armor, most swords, etc. had become obsolete."
As to the ". . . cast iron . . . requires much more advanced technology than many of the other forms (since it requires temperatures sufficient to melt the iron, not just make it malleable). ", you are completely right. The technology to make cast iron is one small step away from making modern (controlled) steel. And, actually, a lot of his order is screwed. He puts Damascus steel at the end (and calls it folded, which has noting to do with anything -- you can fold wrought iron, and indeed do so to work the excess carbon out and still maintain manageable proportions), while it should come before steel with nickel and high carbon steel (which should be reversed). And high carbon steel was what you got if you worked out enough of the carbon from pig iron, so it should go way back (not a good material because of its brittleness).
Frankly his whole post is technically wrong in addition to being "wrong" in the gaming sense.
--Pete
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