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[Talvieno]

I feel guilty now, because I just realized Talvenio is testing a mod.

Not sure why you should feel guilty...

Just took mine off.

This might explain it, though.


As far as socks go... I'm not wearing any. Oh, and the paralysis/coma thing also makes the unlucky viewers bleed from their eyes.

Are you pondering what I'm pondering?

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And that was perfect. lol

[Kofthefens]

I just took my black socks off!

[Eric Blank]

Man that was an interesting 5-6 pages taht I didn't actually read.

[Loud Whispers]

Why risk personal injury of that sort, when you could just ask me, and I could make you some improvised claymore and bouncing betty mines instead?

Those can't be directed. Also, home made boom sticks can be wired up with string. Or socks. Imagine those in weapon traps. Plus detonating explosives underground... Doesn't seem particularly fun to me.

Or rather, it does, which is why I don't want to be underground when someone drops the match

[Splint]

If I had more expierience with firearms other than a musket I dare say we could totally make simple blackpowder firearms. Even if they're just handcannons.

[wierd]

Why risk personal injury of that sort, when you could just ask me, and I could make you some improvised claymore and bouncing betty mines instead?

Those can't be directed. Also, home made boom sticks can be wired up with string. Or socks. Imagine those in weapon traps. Plus detonating explosives underground... Doesn't seem particularly fun to me.

Or rather, it does, which is why I don't want to be underground when someone drops the match

Oh you silly man.  A claymore mine is a *directional* cluster mine.

A suitable simulant can be fabricated similarly to a shaped charge explosive housing, with a purposefully weakened side, and a honeycomb filled with small metal bb's. A combination of case hardened steel, a high quality zirconium-aluminum oxide ceramic plate, and a kinetic detonator filled with a high explosive, like nitroglycerine, and you have yourself a real treat for goblin christmas.

Don't waste your time with little boom sticks. Go for the real fireworks on guy fawkes day.

Bouncing betties are good for elves and irritating little kobolds. But trolls, forgotten beasts, and the goblin menace?  Play with the bigboy toys.

Also, don't waste time with black powder boomsticks. Not enough energy in the detonation for real fun. Go for nitrocellulose. Very easy to make. Probably could be made from dead pigtail socks even. All you need is really good cellulose dryer lint and some nitric and sulfuric acids. Makes fine gun cotton. it packs 6 times the punch of black powder.

(Much longer post concerning synthesis of primer caps, suggestions for base gunbarrel steel alloys, and the like redacted, pending consideration of google indexer, and that it was even more scary than above.)

Just pointing out that claymore mines are very much directional, and will very much turn several people into ground beef, very very quickly.

[Splint]

Where would we get the acids to make that kind of propellant though? And besides, blackpowder weapons eem so fittingly polluting and vison obstructing..... And I was just think for a temporary measure until we got actual man stopping guns that don't take 30 seconds to reload, like some nice preloaded cartridge using breach loaders. (let's face it, the majority of us would probably be lucky to average 30 seconds with a muzzle loader)

Plus, they all would make a loud boom, so that's a nice demoralizing measure.

[Loud Whispers]

umad I know what claymores are >:|

Well, not as well as you apparently do ^_^

Still, it is disheartening when you say claymore and they hear claymore.

I was going to slate the mine, but then I saw this:

Claymore is command-detonated and directional, meaning it is fired by remote-control, shooting a pattern of metal balls into the kill zone like a shotgun.

Well, that is something.

Still, trap avoids. Or a Dwarf falling asleep on top of one. You could link the boom sticks to levers, to make sure it only triggers when you want it to, claymores, not so much

So judging from the last 30 pages, the fort'll be 30% explosives, 10% Dwarf, 10% cotton, 20% alcohol and the rest being made up of bay12 antics.

[Splint]

Mm.... BOoze and explosives.... What could possibly go wrong?

[Gizogin]

Mm.... BOoze and explosives.... What could possibly go wrong?

I'll go with "nothing whatsoever."

[Loud Whispers]

I'll go with "I meant to do that."

[wierd]

Sulfuric acid is easy to synthesize if you already have nitric acid. (Burn sulfur to ger sulfur dioxide. In a well cooled reaction chamber, pump the gas through a recirculating mist spray of water and nitric acid. After 30 minutes or so, the sulfur dioxide will react with the nitrate to becom sulfuric acid and nitrogen gas.)

Nitric acid requires a platinum mesh catylist, and anhydrous ammonia. Ammonia is initially heated in the presence of the platinum mesh catylist. Once the reaction kicks off, it is self sustaining and highly exothermic. The platinum is not consumed. Ideal platinum catylist contains traces of rhodium. The suffocating gasses produced are an exotic blend of nitrogen oxides and water vapor. The gas needs to be recirculated through the oxidation reaction on the catylist several times to ensure high levels of NO3 gas is produced.  This gas is then bubbled under pressure through distilled water, with capture and recycling of undissolved gas.  The result is red fuming nitric acid.

Chemistry is fun!

(Ninja 4x)

Squib wires and some cheap zinc/copper + saltwater batteries, and you got yourself a "big red button" you can pound on.

[Oliolli]

Yes, yes, I'll get to continuing the tale of the Twelfth Bay...

Mm.... BOoze and explosives.... What could possibly go wrong?

The entire fort would be blown up within days of wierd first making some sorts of explosives.

At least with wierd onboard we'd be quite safe from invaders. Anyone here know the basics on how an AK-47 works? I know that all in all it's a simple desing, I just don't know it in detail.

I also know (at the very basic level) how a bolt-action mechanism works. As long as we could make proper ammo (bullet, powder, casing and primer) we could start producing bolt-action rifles.

[flieroflight]

Slate is easy to shatter and can form some sharp bits. A slate boulder with a hole in it filled with explosives aad rigged to low shulld create  some nice splinters, hopefully enough to cause bleeding and pain to unconciusness.
because, after all, we do want to keep some alive, how else can we get new recruits for testing with

[Crossroads Inc.]

SO.....

After almost a hundred pages I am curious, has anyone actually Ogranized something?
((looks around))

So much goofing off, boozing and being lazy
.  I don't know weather to be disappointed, or proud you are keeping up Dwarfish culture