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"Hear me, my peace-drunk brethren! You are being led astray by your weak and frail leader Queenchief Nuria. She colludes with the ponies to declaw you, to dull your fangs! Long ago the Kirin struck fear into any country touching the sea! We were rulers of bloodied coin and had respect! but now, now the ponies, the weak cowardly ponies try to take away your culture! They deny us our heritage! Join me! join me and I'll show you the true path to power! Through blood! Carnage and gold! I defeated your 'queen' in single battle... She has failed you and grown soft with her 'peace.' a lapdog for her Equestrian masters! It is time for the Kirin to return to the forefront, through fire and blood!"- The Warlord Ashwrath gave this recuitment speech in the kirin city of Aeros with a retinue of strange uniform looking kirin. Many are worried of the violence to come and are already petitioning Equestria to intervene.
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Technology in Multa Saecula
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Topic Started: Nov 19 2016, 02:51 PM (120 Views)
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Nov 19 2016, 02:51 PM
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[Many of these points have been adapted from previous discussions in the Skype chats.]
There have been questions going around about the nature of Multa Saecula ’s technology levels. This kind of technological inconsistency full of blatant anachronisms and technology is known as Schizo Tech. It is present in many, many pieces of fiction. Multa Saecula features this prominently with their technological progress levels, specifically in Terra and Tenebris. The problem that many members seem to be facing is that many of these inconsistencies are not wholly consistent with the world that they are in.
Eclipse is a secret government organization set into motion by the Princesses to slow down the motions of technological progress. Eclipse is the out-of-character, out-of-universe reason how this technological stasis has been achieved. They deem certain technologies to be dangerous and suppress any attempts by anyone who wants to invent or create new things that could present a threat to ponykind.
All that seems to do in many cases, from our player’s point of view, is to stop warfare from progressing in the way that it did on Earth. One must ask the question of exactly how Eclipse knows what forms of technology will facilitate warfare.
Eliminating guns won’t stop warfare. Taking away guns, cannons, or basically any kind of technology that facilitates fighting haven’t stopped and will not stop any cultures from killing each other. The reason Equestria is a utopia is not because of its low technology levels but the way its society functions.
This Equestria has become a dystopia. As Khaos has stated, Eclipse goes against the ideals of Equestrian society for Harmony and destiny. Those ponies who are born into the world to invent new things and change the world are being oppressed and denied their purpose in life. For some reason, Harmony hasn’t done anything to stop that for however long Eclipse has been operating.
Alternatives have been suggested before by various members. Maybe, in this universe, gunpowder just doesn’t work because of slight differences in the laws of physics. That would be a handy difference.
Or, as Lolk suggested, Eclipse could work to improve society instead for the bette
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Nov 19 2016, 02:52 PM
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"If Eclipse was more focused on shaping society rather than technology, it’d make sense.
And they could still be working to stagnate technology in Tenebris.
Tenebris is a Plane you are trying to keep weak, so preventing them from discovering technologies you’ve already discovered would be much more feasible."
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Nov 19 2016, 03:33 PM
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"Kingdoms and absolute monarchies are the norm in Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. Everyone is pretty much a farmer or a soldier as far as it's been seen. "They have ultra-high technology in some aspects. Absolutely huge fixed-wing aircraft, what has been observed as levitation, air gliders for personal use that seem to require very little fuel-mass, tanks, and what look like energy weapons. Those above (easy flight, WWII-equivalent(?) guns, levitation) are established baselines for combat scenarios. It may seem very erratic and nonsensical but there is some consistency to it. "I'm wondering what a list of these technological baselines might be for Multa Saecula." [copied from Skype chat with minor modifications]
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Nov 19 2016, 04:47 PM
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Okay so.
Eclipse is a plot point of the board, how they're outliving their purpose. Everything about them will be explained through this plot thread, what they did, how they tried to do things etc.
Yes, Eclipse is a horrible organization that runs counter to Equestria's ideals. They're mainly concerned with dangerous technologies that will lead to more unstable violence. Guns, Balefire bombs, etc.
Their goal isn't to stop warfare its to put a check upon unrestricted scientific growth, that could lead to super weapons that will destroy Terra. Or, individuals that directly threaten Equestria's existence.
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Those ponies who are born into the world to invent new things and change the world are being oppressed and denied their purpose in life. For some reason, Harmony hasn’t done anything to stop that for however long Eclipse has been operating
This isn't correct. If anything, it'd only apply to ponies who wanted to make the most destructive kinds of weapons possible. At that point, does that pony fit into Equestria's ideals? The normal inventors, who only wish to tinker and create beneficial technology are largely left alone. Magi-tech right now is all quality of life stuff. Lux is really the only political power that has weaponized magi-tech. With them on the world stage, the cat has been let out of the bag so to speak. Eclipse's grasp on Equestria's progress in that direction was evaporated almost over night.
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Maybe, in this universe, gunpowder just doesn’t work because of slight differences in the laws of physics. That would be a handy difference.
Thats fine by me too, and doesn't change Eclipse's purpose.
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Nov 8 2017, 01:02 AM
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Let's see if we can Y2K this bitch.
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