Talesk

Thanks for all the feedback, this has been a great discussion. I found the description of Vindication in "The Alloy of Law", Chapter 14. I admit it is not definitively clear how the internal mechanism works, however I feel it is much more intricate than is being given credit for. In this chapter they visit Ranette's workshop for the first time. There is a pretty thorough discussion of the various haze killer rounds developed to combat specific opponents (iron, steel, pewter, tin eye, etc). This chapter more or less serves to highlight Ranette's character and mechanical genius. This is also where they describe Vindication as specifically having a grip safety. For me, there is only one other real-world example of a grip safety and that is in the 1911 / 1911-a model. For a 1911 style grip safety, the user must be holding the pistol for the internal safety to disengage and the 1911 pistol be able to fire. This is done via a steel lever on the back of the pistol's grip. If there is not a firm hold on the 1911 firearm the lever is not depressed and the firearm will not fire. In my mind's eye, I saw Ranette developing and implementing an evolved version of this. The chapter goes on to say that this is an allomancer only safety so that the firearm cannot be turned on its owner. To me, this means that if the user is disarmed, the opponent cannot turn the firearm on the owner. The owner should not need to manually re-engage the safety for it to be rendered unable to fire at the owner. To me, it is not a passive toggle on/off safety but rather an active satefy where an allomancer must be pushing/pulling the internal mechanism into a firing position. This is, in my opinion, the only way to satisfactorily meet the descriptions as given in "The Alloy of Law", Chapter 14. Either way, I'm happy to stand down on my argument that there is a continuity error in "The Lost Metal", as the initial description is not definitive and clear. In my reading and interpretation there was.. but the actual text is ambiguous. If it's a simple on/off safety I'd be disappointed. Ranette is better than something so pedestrian (jk) Thank you all for your time and consideration

Hello, I think I found a minor continuity error in The Lost Metal. I tried to search the forums but could not see this reference anywhere else. Also, I'm happy to be wrong. Hopefully I misunderstood something here. Thanks much