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Here is my question. Say all the requisite technology and infrastructure exist to build an operate (rigid hulled) airships in the 1870's. Given a standard steam engine of the time, the like of which they might put onto a ocean going ship, what would the top speed likely be? Also, assume...

So I'm writing again, and what I'm writing involves an attack on an aerial convoy of 10-15 (or so) airships by much smaller, 'fighter' like craft. I'm going for relative realism, and at the same time will probably glaze over some of the details in the story so I can fudge the numbers. So I'm...

I don't know how many of you guys have seen the map I was working on, but it's the setting for the novel my fiance and I have written. Its set in a 'hard' steampunk world, and as such I've been doing research on various industrial age weaponry and technology as well as classic steampunk. By...

Instead of cluttering the Map Thread with a milion drafts, I figured I'd make a seperate thread to contain the images and text, and to make it simpler for me to mine you all for information. So I wanted to say thanks to Oddball for the URL references. I realize now I should have looked at...