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Post by Fuzz on May 24, 2017 3:16:39 GMT -5
As stated before a few times, the natural sciences, particularly physics and chemistry, don't work the same way they do in real life. When in doubt, assume a level of mastery by academics that is equivalent to turn of the 20th century (aka early 1900s) science. If you want to know about specific laws and theorems, you're probably going overboard with minutiae.
One major exception that's known, however, is that the level of entropy in a system grows exponentially compared to real life, and that due to this it's extremely difficult to conserve energy (even in a closed system) or have controlled and predictable results with combustion. This is part of why the internal combustion engine was never invented, because the science behind it just doesn't work, even though all the primary components (pistons, oil, etc) exist.
Conversely their ability to manipulate and predict the flow of electricity vastly exceeds where we were at (arguably, depending on if you believe the tales about Tesla), and it is ironically much more easily conducted through a lot of things, including the atmosphere and the ground, but at the same time that same issue of entropy and a lack of conservation of energy means that there aren't any good and reliable conductors that can carry it over long distances. Copper wire is more resistant than real life, and heat is generated more quickly along a circuit. This is why they can have crazy lightning gloves and lightning rod weapons, but still don't have long distance communications by wire or, you know, really extensive power grids.
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Post by Kitsunenotsume on Jun 3, 2017 19:52:16 GMT -5
Is there any regulation on wild animals within city limits, or are they somehow classifies as a weapon under the relatively recent open-carry laws?
Beyond the obvious threat of face-mauling reputation of wolves, badgers, bears, and tigers, is there any legal or social repercussion or fallout?
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Post by Fuzz on Jun 3, 2017 20:50:05 GMT -5
What are considered modern domestic pets are okay within the city.
Of the "wild" animals, wolves would be okay, assuming they were leashed.
Black bears, badgers, etc would also need leashes and also muzzles.
Anything larger than those, and large cats or other creatures (especially insects/arachnids) would not be allowed within the city, and could be assumed to be kenneled outside the East gate.
Other than dogs, pets aren't allowed indoors and I most establishments other than inns, even dogs aren't allowed.
Creatures falling off the accepted guidelines above could be put down or captured by the Coppers if they are deemed a threat to safety. Some parts of the city are obviously more heavily weighted when it comes to how the Coppers will respond.
So yeah, if you bring your polar bear downtown, don't be surprised when a police sniper blows its brains out. This could result in the deletion of your pet, since it's dead.
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Post by modular on Jun 28, 2017 8:43:29 GMT -5
What is the state of stocks and the market in general, especially commodities? Are there any corporations that are widely traded or tightly controlled, etc?
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Post by Psionic-Entity on Jun 28, 2017 9:20:01 GMT -5
Calidor has a stock market and a commodity futures exchange. Corporation stock can be traded for most large corporations but accounting requirements aren't what they could be and it's quite common for big companies to do low float offerings to raise money.
In either case you need to own a seat or represent someone who does to participate directly. Brokers exist for everyone else but we haven't represented them in the server game world.
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Post by Fuzz on Jun 28, 2017 15:01:52 GMT -5
Calidor has a stock market and a commodity futures exchange. Corporation stock can be traded for most large corporations but accounting requirements aren't what they could be and it's quite common for big companies to do low float offerings to raise money. In either case you need to own a seat or represent someone who does to participate directly. Brokers exist for everyone else but we haven't represented them in the server game world. To expand on this, only citizens of Calidor can officially own stocks, and only Corporations based out of Calidor proper can be traded. Calidor has the only stock market in the world, currently, and the stringent requirements are part of why, for example, the Dwarven Mining Coalition and Manfred Heavy Industries (both Dwarven corporations) are very actively trying to either set up locations in Calidor proper or have the laws changed so that they can get in on the cash flow. The third large non-Ginean corporation, Kenmare Railways Ltd, is not actively trying to cultivate this bond to Calidor since they, generally speaking, have a monopoly on all civilian rail travel and also own most of the railroad lines that travel east. Instead, they are trying to single-handedly cultivate Hexxen into a commercial hub to stand up to Calidor, bridging the Aia-Three Cities-Urian trade axis and the lands of the West. There are three statuses for the big corporations: Publicly trade (as described above), Privately traded (only one Corp is like this), and Privately owned. Publicly traded Calidoran Corporations: Ansec Incorporated Crowe Chemicals Godwyn Textiles Foxton Pharmaceuticals The Walker Corporation Privately Traded: Bank of Calidor Trust Company Private Corporations: Del Mazzi Enterprises Selvarion & Sons Wolve Shipping Corporation Not represented on the market at all, and therefore ostensibly privately owned: Dwarven Mining Coalition Kenmare Railways, Ltd Manfred Heavy Industries There are more companies and smaller corporations in the game world, but this is the full list of corporations that could feasibly come up/are important enough to have names the PCs would readily know. Bank of Calidor is a specifically tricksy entity in that it DOES have multiple shareholders however ALL (except one) shareholders are actually other corporations, with Selvarion, Godwyn, Crowe, and Kenmare actually owning the lion's share of stock, which is why they are still relevant in the face of giants like Ansec and Walker. (those are the four oldest corporations) There are large elven companies, but nothing coming close to the levels of those listed above. There are also Sedisian corporations, but again, none are big enough to warrant mention. Many of the traded corporations didn't necessarily start in Calidor (Godwyn, notably, was originally founded in Neermore), but they've all moved to Calidor to be able to participate in the stock market. Most of this information is just world building and won't have any direct impact on players, mind you, but the machinations of corporate entities and their economic battles COULD somehow end up trickling down to cause a ruckus...
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Post by Easy To Remember on Jul 3, 2017 18:57:33 GMT -5
Gnome questions.
Xin Xiwang has been compared to both Imperial Japan and Imperial China. Has the nation responded to industrialization in a manner similar to real world Japan, with conflicts like that created by the Meiji Restoration? Is there a caste of samurai presently, or was there in the past? Are nerds like those in the gnome dungeon just main lander gnomes trying to cling to their distant culture, an offshoot of some criminal faction from Lan Cheng or something else?
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Post by Fuzz on Jul 3, 2017 21:22:56 GMT -5
More of the latter. They're similar to a Triad that may have been driven out and has now found a home in Calidor, or maybe they're a new satellite group that wants to expand their territory in Altum (continent that Calidor is on), who knows. As far as resistance to technology, there was none in Xin Xiwang and the gnomes actually rapidly embraced new technology and not unlike modern China they are quick to take something they see and adapt/reverse engineer it to their own purposes. Also like modern China, their goods aren't quite as high quality and may not be as finely tooled as their Dwarven counterparts, or maybe that's all just propaganda that the DMC feeds people so that they'll keep buying Dwarven.
Regardless, "samurai" in the real world sense never existed on Engines, though there is a Gnomish Warrior caste with their own sense of honor that would be kind of analogous to samurai as far as popular culture in the real world goes... the vast majority of them serve as the Honor Guard of the Emperor and are extremely skilled warriors, and they do actually wear that style of Samurai armor, though it's accentuated with modern day armaments, particularly in terms of their armor. They still don't use guns, however autocrossbows or grenade launchers in their gloves wouldn't be impossible.
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