Alternate Dimensions

taalismn · Unread post by **taalismn** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 8:14 pm

Vikings buy Manhatten Island...

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 12:22 pm

Manhattan pruchased for only twenty axes. Read about in Omni News!

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 2:04 pm

That would be an interesting war. It would be rather cool if some talented computer person could create something like that to watch.

taalismn · Unread post by **taalismn** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 8:37 pm

duck-foot wrote:what about an alternate timeline where Rome created the steam engine. There by allowing them to conquer the old world. eventual they created steam powered mecha units, tanks, armored horseless chariots and power armor, further letting them conquer the planet. on the other side of the world China develops the same thing, sending these two super powers into a global war with ancient steampowered technology.

You ever read Kirk Mitchell's 'Procurator' series?
That's exactly what happens....except no mecha units, and the tanks are 'land galleys'... :-D

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 12:59 pm

I have read the first two books from that series Taalismn! I still have to read the third one someday. I take you have read them too!

taalismn · Unread post by **taalismn** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 2:46 pm

Yep..I was rather annoyed there wasn't a fourth book after 'Cry Republic!'

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 2:53 pm

I thought that was the third book. (As far as I know. If I'm wrong.....What was the third book?)

taalismn · Unread post by **taalismn** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 4:25 pm

"Cry Republic!"...I've searched, but I don't believe there was a fourth book...pity...

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 5:15 pm

Oh ok! Good! I do have the trilogy. I'll have to read that one soon.

taalismn · Unread post by **taalismn** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 9:07 pm

The cover art to 'Procurator' is one the best....

Lenwen · Unread post by **Lenwen** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 1:55 pm

Sorry if this question as been asked prior .. But is it possible to phsyically enter the astral plane ? I have been trying to find that out now for couple days if it is possible could you guys either tell me how or direct me to which book it is written please .
-Lenwen.

taalismn · Unread post by **taalismn** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 7:34 pm

Lenwen wrote:Sorry if this question as been asked prior .. But is it possible to phsyically enter the astral plane ? I have been trying to find that out now for couple days if it is possible could you guys either tell me how or direct me to which book it is written please .
-Lenwen.

Well, there are Astral Kingdoms...so I assume there are means to do it...Yes, I believe you can...
Astral Projection(spell or psionic) is more like travelling the astral kingdom on the cheap(energy-wise)...though if your cord is cut, you're in big trouble.

taalismn · Unread post by **taalismn** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 4:44 pm

Very good read...but kinda hard to get ahold of...
Used book stores seem to be an ever-decreasing species...and as a Bibliomancer, the decline of places of power I can use is disheartening...

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 1:00 pm

Very hard to get a hold of nowadays. Although I do have a copy. It took me years to get ahold of Procurator.

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 2:31 pm

No! Not yet! We can be patient!

taalismn · Unread post by **taalismn** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 4:30 pm

Time is something some of us have all too much of.. :wink:

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 6:13 pm

I know I do and I'm going to have more in a few days.

For the Holidays off I'm happy, it's after that that has me concerned!

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 4:37 pm

Sounds interesting. How about elaborating on it. More detail pleaase!

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 7:09 pm

Flesh out your RCC and place them over on the Fan created RCC thread. There are some over there that are MDC creatures, your's will be fine there. I wrote up and Elephant RCC called the Loxidontians. They are Elephantine/ humanoid from a Heavy gravity world. I gave them a history and fleshed certain aspects of them. From the initial look you RCC looks fine.

taalismn · Unread post by **taalismn** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 5:02 pm

Rabbits and mice rule the Earth...Hunans are their laboratory animals...

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 6:23 pm

How about being taken on a walk by your owner the dogs who rule one world.

taalismn · Unread post by **taalismn** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 6:46 pm

Aramanthus wrote:How about being taken on a walk by your owner the dogs who rule one world.

It is not cats or dogs that rule the Earth...it is wombats...

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 7:15 pm

Watch out its a world ruled by Tazmanian devils!

taalismn · Unread post by **taalismn** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 8:32 pm

Gold and silver, thanks to massive metallic upheavals that create island essentially MADE of the stuff, are dirt cheap and lack any value as monetary metals...in fact, the stuff is used as sewer pipe...instead, different global currencies must emerge...

taalismn · Unread post by **taalismn** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 2:29 pm

Eagerly awaiting it...

Hystrix · Unread post by **Hystrix** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 3:13 am

Wham never breaks up. George Micheal rules the universe in 109 PA... Now there is a great horror campain!

taalismn · Unread post by **taalismn** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 7:48 pm

We did for a while. Neanderthals and CroMagnon...But suppose it was modern humans and Ogres?

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 6:23 am

Some more cool ideas from you guys! I'm glad I made it back to return to the forum!

taalismn · Unread post by **taalismn** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 3:21 pm

---Neanderthals invent metal-working, reliable firemaking, and weaving before CroMagnon ever does...

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 3:46 am

It'd be very interesting to see where that would lead in the level of tech by the equivilent to the 20th century.

taalismn · Unread post by **taalismn** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 4:42 pm

Ceasar survives the Senate plot, with the assistance of several Egyptian assassins sent along by his mistress Cleopatra to protect him...As a reward, Ceasar acknowledges Egypt as an equal partner in the Empire, establishing Alexandria as the 'Southern Rome'(rather than Constantinople)...the focus of the Empire now shifts East and South to dominate the trade routes with China and establishing a presence in the prosperous Indian Ocean trade.

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 4:47 pm

Now that is a truly unique vision! I like it Taalismn! (Since my minor is specifically Roman history!) Very cool!

taalismn · Unread post by **taalismn** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 5:57 pm

Just watched a video on Cleopatra...especially loved the reference to the 'Ptolemic Schnoze'...apparently Cleopatra had a real Greek beak on her face...

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 6:11 pm

Which makes a lot of sense considering her lineage.

taalismn · Unread post by **taalismn** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 6:12 pm

Inbred, in classic Pharonic fashion...

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 6:14 pm

From her ancestor......Alexander.

taalismn · Unread post by **taalismn** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 7:01 pm

Aramanthus wrote:From her ancestor......Alexander.

Ptolmey, actually...one of Alex's generals.
Of course, she also claimed to be the goddess Isis, but that's a little hard to prove without DNA evidence...

taalismn · Unread post by **taalismn** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 7:52 pm

Considering that the Middle East was already the chemistry capital of the world at the time, thanks in part to dying works, the industrial chemistry needed to enhance batteries would also have been promoted...metallurgy, because of the electroplating being conducted, would also have taken off.
By the same token, if the Greeks had continuted to develop steam engines...

The Ultimate Pelopennisian Wars---Steam versus Electricity!

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 5:14 pm

Now that would have beeen a scary war if it had taken place at that time. It would have been interesting to be a watcher of that one.

taalismn · Unread post by **taalismn** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 6:29 pm

Steamships versus battery-powered barges...critical hits on boilers or acid-vats...neither good for the guys below deck(one of the most feared fates aboard WW2 submarines was being poisoned when sea water hit the batteries..)

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 6:57 pm

I remember about those dangerous sub batteries. Very dangerous. Those were brave men who wnet to see in subs from that era.

taalismn · Unread post by **taalismn** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 9:46 pm

Just about any era...given now you have nukes...and even with state of the art sonar systems, they STILL manage to ram fishing boats...

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 11:01 pm

That is usually due to poor sonar operators.

KLM · Unread post by **KLM** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 3:16 am

And of course, there is the issue of a misfired torpedo
in the case of the Kursk - and the subsequent waiting
in the last compartment, underwater for days...

Adios
KLM

taalismn · Unread post by **taalismn** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 8:14 pm

...ack...
Now what might have happened if one of Russia's early nuke subs had EXPLODED just outside US territorial waters, or done a messy Chernobyl, contaminating U.S, coastal waters, during the Cold War?

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 4:12 am

That would have made a messy situation off the US coast.

I think the hydrogen peroxide used in the Russian torpedos that the Kursk were using were a serious problem. The Germans gave up on that during WW2.

taalismn · Unread post by **taalismn** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 10:49 am

Rocket propulsion for anything has always been problematic...the Germans did intend experiment with 'farting torpedoes', but discarded the idea(they also ran out of time)...Hydrogen Peroxide engines had promise, and the British experimented after the war with captured German technology, but nuclear power came along...The Americans, also experimented with it briefly during WW1, but ended up toasting a sub at dock...

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 5:12 pm

The problem is that hydrogen peroxide is a nasty peroxide former which is very unstable depending on it's purity.

taalismn · Unread post by **taalismn** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 11:41 am

Pre-Rifts:
ARCHIE-3 is elected President of the United States...Dog Boys are granted citizenship as recognized sapients...

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 12:06 am

LOL I'd choose Archie over most of the present candidates!