Finchbearer
Istar
If you bring ‘gnome engineers’ into the fray then it kind of does a lot of explaining away for a question that you already knew the answer to. That this technology would have been too advanced for a flintlock setting.
Or just build an electric motor powered by a rechargeable battery.So, what I’m getting from this is I just need a Gnome engineer to come up with a way to connect a Stirling engine to a flywheel and a bicycle chain in order to get a mechanized carriage to be a bit more viable.
I want to hold off on electric motors for a bit. They will come into my setting eventually, but I’m avoiding them until I can come up with a character with a reason to invent one.Or just build an electric motor powered by a rechargeable battery.
For dwarves, that would be brilliant--use the temperature differential between an underground lake and a magma chamber, or a radioactive thermopyle and colder rock surrounding a lake bed. Hello, Aetherium Forge...
Makes one wonder about underwater societies like elves or merfolk using OTEC-like generators to turn large cogs on differentials.
Interesting you should say that. The Aethyr Core that would power all the Arcane Systems of these vehicles is made from a type of crystal. If it doesn’t feature a Source Gem (a gemstone with a tiny Leyline inside it) to recharge itself, then Aethyr Crystals will have to be inserted and absorbed into the Core to replenish its reserves.If crystals can power radio sets without any need for plugs, crystals can power an ac motor with upstep transformers.