The Age Of Steam

[troopermatthew 66]

 

Telchar Azaghal looks upon the ever increasing pile of supplies brought forth by Legion members and merchants. Standing upon the battlements Thorin Grandaxe blares orders of speed and redoubling efforts. Telchar removes a battered and water stained journal from his uniform opening it to a newer page and after muttering numbers seems satisfied before putting the book back to its safe pocket. As he does a thin piece of parchment, stained and worn to the point of being transparent falls from the book. He leans over to pick it up observing the rough scribbles upon its surface. Three distinctive styles of handwriting clearly make up the document.

 

 

He smiles at the crudity  and the memories it dredges up. Memories of Thorin blaring for a new vessel to grace his docks. Memories of scouring Elysium for precious fabric and the memories of his failure. Telchars attention is quickly drawn back to the scene at hand as the wheel of a huge tarp covered wagon crewed by the Legions strongest members comes loose. Thorins voice booms from the mountainside "Oi ya feckers! Dat dere wagon be worth more t'an yer ranks! Now get t'at wagon fixed!". Telchar chuckles knowing his own threats will no longer be needed. His mind drifts back to its previous wandering state as he recalls the day that wagons contents was designed.

 

Upon failing Telchar had wandered to the docks in a state of despair. Not once had he failed in his tasks so far and not once would he fail. He sat thinking, hoping for an inspiration as it the ocean itself would spit up some secret it had so far jealously guarded to him alone. What he didnt realise is that today it would. As the sound of the waves lapped upon the docks it was slowly replaced by another noise. A noise of splashing and puffing. The splashing he expected from an approaching vessel but the puffing was a new sound to him. It was like the puffing one might hear from an Elder Dwarves pipe but louder and more frequent. Standing up he spied what seemed to be a barrel with disturbances on either side and expelling a smoke from a funnel upon its hull heading past in the distance. Among all his observations there was one that struck him the oddest. It was not what the ship did have it was what it didnt. A sail. Further observations were made over the next few days and it became clear only one destination lay that direction. The Halflings island! Rushing to the hold he sought out the only individual he knew who could help, the head engineer Nalro. Though flustered by his excitement Nalro could tell Telchar had hit upon something great and set out to investigate this "Sailess Ship". Within days he returned and hushed words only meant for Telchars ears. Within a week of this the Dwarf was seen talking in hushed voices to increasingly higher ranked Dwarves and it was only upon the eve of Anthos was a design approved by the King himself.

 

A loud crash and further swearing from the Commander dragged Telchars mind back to the scene at hand. Thorin himself had come down now and was blaring orders close enough to deafen some of the Dwarves. He now trudged up the hill towards Telchar and spoke "The supplies seem t'e all be yere now as well as Nalros engine. 'E has done a fine job in converting its use to coal and promises it shall power yer ship with ease". Nodding Telchar once again removes his book and strikes a line through the materials list with a smile. As he does another piece of parchment falls from his book. The Commander picks it up observing a detailed sketch "Whut be dis Telchar?". Telchar takes the design from Thorin and responds "The future Commander. A new age fer us Dwarves. An age ov steam".

[Destroyer_Bravo 1054]

((I remember some Holm Irongut guy who invented a steam engine, but got banned before it could be made))

[Meanking 311]

((Good job Trooper ;0!

[troopermatthew 66]

((Charles has some of Holms research in rp which helped with this engines development))

[Destroyer_Bravo 1054]

((Ah. I was still Holm Head Guard when that guy invented the steam engine, soyea, that's how I knew))

[SirPrestonII 4]

Its like how Gas companies kill people who invent water powered cars. If someone invents it, they run out of business. LOTC will ban you for starting the idea... just.. just saying.

[Hiebe 2493]

(Rply Steve Irongut left his steam engine designs to me.

[Krehy Stormhammer 1]

I 'ave some Drawings t'e show ye

 

*hands Telchar his sketches*

 

http://imgur.com/hDPPI6B

 

http://imgur.com/NtIuGIL

 

http://imgur.com/pZnccBi

 

http://imgur.com/iYOhZfA

 

http://imgur.com/q90qTh4

 

http://imgur.com/1LMUf9w

 

http://imgur.com/tCFu37B

 

http://imgur.com/dtMg1XN

 

http://imgur.com/16BQdKU

 

http://imgur.com/rpDUF5v

 

((sorry for not a direct link the images were taken on my 29'' monitor, I tried best I could to bring the ship to life. enjoy!! let me know if you want to map to use))

 

 

 

[cmf95 39]

Finally, no more "heeaaavvveee" and "hoooooo"..... Even though that was funny... And good job btw!

[troopermatthew 66]

((Just to clarify a bit btw is that this post isn't really about the invention (or re-invention) of the steam engine or steam power but the actual use of the technology on this scale. Its also an introduction to the new dwarven ship design that has been accepted and will form the inspiration behind future ships))

[Charles_Grimlie 1072]

((The books I have are designs from the obsidian flame when it utilized steam power for travel, I purchased it from the a source for quite a large sum of Mina with the help of Gorum during my reign as we began to do more naval attacks.))

[Hobolympic 1093]

(( Steam engines... When did LotC start becoming a steampunk server?

 

If you ask me, we should stay away from this technology, and steer away from development. Why? We're running around with swords and axes, heavy plated armor and catapults. We removed cannons because they were not proper for our timeline, even though the first ones appeared in the 13th century. Steam engines on the other hand, are much more complex, and IRL they were created in the 18th century. See the problem? It's quite the leap. 

 

I do not wish to see LotC turn into a steampunk server, as it probably will ultimately break the immersion and enjoyment of the server, like it has done with countless of other RP servers. Let's just keep to sails and oars, catapults and trebuchets, swords and axes. ))

[troopermatthew 66]

(( Steam engines... When did LotC start becoming a steampunk server?

 

If you ask me, we should stay away from this technology, and steer away from development. Why? We're running around with swords and axes, heavy plated armor and catapults. We removed cannons because they were not proper for our timeline, even though the first ones appeared in the 13th century. Steam engines on the other hand, are much more complex, and IRL they were created in the 18th century. See the problem? It's quite the leap. 

 

I do not wish to see LotC turn into a steampunk server, as it probably will ultimately break the immersion and enjoyment of the server, like it has done with countless of other RP servers. Let's just keep to sails and oars, catapults and trebuchets, swords and axes. ))

 

((Again note my earlier comment. This thread is not for the development of a steam engine. It has happened twice before by two separate races ( though the Halflings decided to use wheat to power it). It is already there and we simply used it to power a new ship design. There are no new ideas presented here just a combination of existing elements that any forward thinking character could combine with the resources and correct knowledge. Both of which the Dwarves a a race have in excess. All the rp has been done by my character and approval in both the game and ooc has been granted to go ahead with this project. This is simply a post to document the lore.))

[Zezimus 1523]

((I understand why you might be concerned at first glance Erland but here's the thing. In almost every fantasy world, dwarves are the technological race and before now, we've simply had nothing that makes our ships identifiable as dwarven. Nor has dwarven RP in general really been as fleshed out or as unique as we'd have wished for. This is simply one of many measures that are being taken to achieve the standard of RP that we as a race believe we should be at. As somebody already said, the type of steam power being used here is nothing new to LotC and I don't believe it'll ever go beyond this point. The fact remains however that if we're going to attract players towards dwarven role play, we need to have something that players can identify us by. Regular ships just aren't all that exciting and end up looking fairly dull when compared to ships of the other races.))

[Hobolympic 1093]

(( There are so many other ways to attract players than steam technology. When did the good ol' catapult turn dull? Or sails? There are still improvements to be made on existing products and devices (might as well bring back the cannon then?). However, as long as further development is prevented, I can run by this. What I do find worrying though, is that other races will most likely follow up, and we'll be stuck on the same technological level once again, only this time with steam engines. ))