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How would you design and build an American Civil War Steam Gun?
I am writing a Steanpunk novel and am interested in having a "plausible" Union Steam Gun that would help turn the tide in an Alternate History American Civil War.
The gun can be either a machine gun ...
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Quick destruction of a helium filled airship?
I am writing a steampunk novel and am working on a scene where an enemy quickly overwhelms and destroys a US airship. The enemy has flying gyro sleds and a large airship of their own that is armed ...
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Need help developing a weapon for destroying a dam [closed]
I am working on a story that happens in a dystopian world where the only source of energy is Coal.
I wanted to know whether it is possible to break a dam by pressurizing Dam walls with coal GAS
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Steam Powered Hammer
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So lets say a post-apocalyptic society that primarily uses steam to power everything wants to make war hammers that have their impact force enhanced through the power of steam. What ways ...
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Would this bow work in real life? [closed]
The bow in question is this one that the girl is using.
https://i.redd.it/jjbrxnq1krb01.gif
The setting is steampunk. The idea behind it is that the common enemy of the world are Zombies that have ...
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Creating a steampunk-esque/cybernetic "Big Iron" revolver
I've gone through most of the--quite few surprisingly--steampunk questions and although one answered my question for how a steam powered arm may function, this arm has a lot of exceptions. I'm ...
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Anti-gravity engine/power plant for an airborne super carrier/assault carrier
I'm currently world building for a novel of mine that I am currently writing.
It is steampunk-themed so the technology I am going to use is steam based.
Let's start this at the beginning so you ...
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