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graham_s · 04-09-2012, 12:08 AM

Thanks for the suggestion. That's pretty close to what I was thinking, though I don't think I could have articulated it as well as you did.

As for the Gatling versions, I think that's an excellent idea. I could definitely see them deployed as a sort of squad support weapon. I don't know if I'd go so far as to have individual rifles that function that way- in my head, the whole alchemical revolution the setting has undergone has left the field of mechanical engineering a bit retarded relative to what you might otherwise expect from a TL 4+2 society, and I think shrinking the Gatling-type mechanism down to a level where it could be used as a shoulder arm is probably a bit beyond their capabilities. Though perhaps the Prussians have something like that in the works....

04-09-2012, 12:08 AM	#3
graham_s Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA	Re: Developing Azoth-7 Thanks for the suggestion. That's pretty close to what I was thinking, though I don't think I could have articulated it as well as you did. As for the Gatling versions, I think that's an excellent idea. I could definitely see them deployed as a sort of squad support weapon. I don't know if I'd go so far as to have individual rifles that function that way- in my head, the whole alchemical revolution the setting has undergone has left the field of mechanical engineering a bit retarded relative to what you might otherwise expect from a TL 4+2 society, and I think shrinking the Gatling-type mechanism down to a level where it could be used as a shoulder arm is probably a bit beyond their capabilities. Though perhaps the Prussians have something like that in the works....