theofficetroll Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 Probably apropos of nothing, but Tesla proposed building his "Peace Ray" in Omaha Nebraska. An ultimate weapon created by a mad scientist which could destroy innumerable troops on land and thus make war impractical. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theofficetroll Posted June 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 The moment I saw the name of the second missing child, I also wondered if they were a reference to The Munsters... (Lily and Herman Munster were the parents) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shardlet Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 Probably apropos of nothing, but Tesla proposed building his "Peace Ray" in Omaha Nebraska. An ultimate weapon created by a mad scientist which could destroy innumerable troops on land and thus make war impractical. I hardly think that Nikola Tesla qualifies as a mad scientist. He thought up the charged particle beam accelerator as a means of defending the borders of a nation against an aggressor. The press is what gave it the name "the Peace Ray" or "the Death Ray". His plan was for it to be a counterbalancing response particularly to the rise of aerial bombing. Rather visionary considering how much we are aware now of the critical importance of air superiority. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theofficetroll Posted June 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2013 I am a huge admirer of Tesla, but I would say that he does meet most criteria for mad scientist. It was very sad how his life ended up :-/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Monstrosity Posted June 14, 2013 Report Share Posted June 14, 2013 Steinmetz is more of a mad scientist by far. Read a biography of him. Really fascinating life story. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morsk Posted June 14, 2013 Report Share Posted June 14, 2013 http://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/3507-rithmatist-omaha-ne-signing/?p=56239 "[A]ll the defenses names are based off of families he knew in Nebraska, and the evil tower is paced where his childhood house would be." It's still possible that Nebrask has additional parallels, maybe including Tesla's death ray. Artists like combining things. But it seems more of a stretch to me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theofficetroll Posted June 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2013 Neat! Thanks :-D 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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