(Pet peeve: mail#Etymology), not chain mail. While we are at that, the type of swords in fantasy that are called longswords should be called side-swords or arming swords, and bastard swords should be called longswords . Sorry for the nitpicking, it is not just about history but also about historical fencing practiced today.)
I primarily want to get an industrial revolution going.
I have worse than bachelor level knowledge of most sciences, but I definitely remember having learned in high school how steel is made today. And aluminium.
I think making a steam engine is not so difficult after you have the basic idea, Ancient Greece had it, just did not find it useful, having slaves. However steam ships that can sail without wind and probably eat less than 200 galley slaves would be interesting.
I remember the industrial revolution in Britain was started because a king wanted cannons made of cheap steel instead of expensive bronze so probably I need to work on the technique to refine steel quality, and I definitely remember we learned it in high school I just don’t remember it myself much. But let’s consider it part of the map. I think the basic idea is to heat iron with charcoal and use a lot of air blown in.
I would want gunpowder, I am highly suspicious whether going on conquests with modern arms would be at the end of the day as a total sum have positive or negative utilitarian consequences, but screw ethics: I just want to. I guess I would calm my conscience with forcing a Geneva convention type of thing on all countries and end painful methods of execution and things like that. At any rate, it is coal, sulfur and saltpetre, I just need to experiment with the ratio and once I have a basic idea of rifling it is probably not hard to implement so I can have far more accurate rifles than muskets and most importantly rifled cannons. On steam ships. Made of refined quality steel. Hm, this is starting to look good.
(Pet peeve: mail#Etymology), not chain mail. While we are at that, the type of swords in fantasy that are called longswords should be called side-swords or arming swords, and bastard swords should be called longswords . Sorry for the nitpicking, it is not just about history but also about historical fencing practiced today.)
I primarily want to get an industrial revolution going.
I have worse than bachelor level knowledge of most sciences, but I definitely remember having learned in high school how steel is made today. And aluminium.
I think making a steam engine is not so difficult after you have the basic idea, Ancient Greece had it, just did not find it useful, having slaves. However steam ships that can sail without wind and probably eat less than 200 galley slaves would be interesting.
I remember the industrial revolution in Britain was started because a king wanted cannons made of cheap steel instead of expensive bronze so probably I need to work on the technique to refine steel quality, and I definitely remember we learned it in high school I just don’t remember it myself much. But let’s consider it part of the map. I think the basic idea is to heat iron with charcoal and use a lot of air blown in.
I would want gunpowder, I am highly suspicious whether going on conquests with modern arms would be at the end of the day as a total sum have positive or negative utilitarian consequences, but screw ethics: I just want to. I guess I would calm my conscience with forcing a Geneva convention type of thing on all countries and end painful methods of execution and things like that. At any rate, it is coal, sulfur and saltpetre, I just need to experiment with the ratio and once I have a basic idea of rifling it is probably not hard to implement so I can have far more accurate rifles than muskets and most importantly rifled cannons. On steam ships. Made of refined quality steel. Hm, this is starting to look good.
Also: https://www.topatoco.com/graphics/00000001/qw-cheatsheet.jpg