[LT] No-steel-pocalypse! Lifespan of iron & steel equipment?

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Originally Posted by Turhan's Bey Company

Iron/steel structural members are minimal at TL4. Depending on which flavor of TL4 you're using, there might be big chains used in suspension bridges (not used in Europe, but were used in China) and maybe to reenforce some kinds of structural members in elaborately vaulted buildings. Existing ones can probably be maintained reasonably well, but new architecture won't be able to freely incorporate such items.

I basically agree with Turhan's Bey Company, but there is the problem of maintenance. Many TL4 structures need constant repair, and that requires metal tools.

PS: That "ending of the boon", how does it work? Do people know in advance? Can they prepare by developing other technologies? If the main culture received to boon, what about the others? Can the people simply hire some engineers from another culture and shift to bronze?

How will people cope with the end of the boon mentally and culturally? Will people simply shrug and continue with work with other technology or will there be religious war, mass panic and hysteria?