The Chat Thread

[Snipexe he/him]

1. I think that anything beyond our current level of tech, or our level or technology in 5 years should be considered Science fiction. After that point, we cannot make accurate enough predictions for me to feel comfortable with having them in the rp. The only form of Sci-Fi I am comfortable with at the moment is Warhammer, and that is only because Grey Knight has extensively worldbuilt them out enough to be balanced.

2. My personal belief is that Alleycity is at the technology level of a modern day city, and that much of the surrounding area is similar. I think enough technology has leaked through from the various Earths that it is feasible for this to happen.

3. I think that it should not be homogenous. One of the more interesting parts of the rp is the interaction between modern tech and older weapons, and making it homogenous would greatly reduce those opportunities.

[Darth Woodrack he/him]

1. I think anything that we do not know that we will have in the next 5-10 years should not be allowed, except for WH40K, because that's just awesome. Unless of course it is done by advanced things from BS, or their magic. So, pretty much what Snipexe said.
2. I think it should be all over the place. Have gover cars, but be aon/gas lit. Hae running water and planning, but no subways. All over the place, mixed up.
3. I agree with Snipexe.

[old man moomba he/him]

I, for one, think that hybrid tech would be cool. Like, a Stormlight power plant, or an awkened AI system. When I run up against restrictions while thinking about a cool idea, I try to use a magic hack to get around it. Like, an FTL commincation system based on the principle of a spanreed.

[+Sorana she/her]

3 hours ago, MacThorstenson said:

The first is, what do you think should be considered Science Fiction, and thus absolutely not allowed in the RP?

Second, what is the level of technology you think the alleyverse/city should be at? Do you think that up to modern day is fine? Only allowing up to Era 2 Scadrial tech? Is everything in the RP fine so long as it is based off of magic in some way? What are your guys' thoughts?

Third, should this be homogeneous for the alleycity and for the entire planet? Should the entire planet have flying cars and cellphones? Or just the tech developers in the cities?

1. Anything beyond our current level of technology.

2. Yes, I think up to modern day is fine. I imagined some kind of mixture. A fringe but then you wear cloths from Scadrial and have the street lamps from MB Era 2. I'm fine with anything, as long as it has a good reason. If that means me have investiture powered cellphones, that works for me.

3. I'd love it if we had some kind of "technology" areas in the cities and then villages that look completely different. What we also could think of is, how the different cultures interact with the worl.d If there's a village where mostly people of Sel live, or if we have quarters that are more influenced by scadrian architecture.

 

So if we're talking about technology, what about cloths or culture? If I'm the only one interested in that, just tell me, but some Alleyverse related holiday or something unique to Alleycity would be cool to have.

Edited February 13, 2019 by Sorana

[Steel Inquisitive he/him]

1. Anything beyond our current tech level.

2. I've pictured it as medieval for the most part with a bit of Scadrial era 2 mixed in. In my mind the line between tech and magic would be blurry to them. So no cars but there would be guns and spanreeds instead of cellphones.

3. ...... A happy mix! No two places the same.

[xinoehp512 he/him]

My main problem with sci-fi is bringing in stuff from non-Sanderson sources. I'm with Snip that anything beyond RL tech should not be allowed (beyond WH40K). Also with everyone that tech level should vary.

[Darth Woodrack he/him]

I do think that it should be a hodge podge with everything, but we do have some hyper geniuses here. I think anything that the only reason we can't do it is small flaws, or production challenges, IRL, should be allowed. Not Sci-Fi, but a bit in the future.

[Fatebreaker he/him]

I would like to mention the the Alleys themselves are already shown to have resources at their disposal that would firmly fall under the sci fi jurisdiction, blending both science and magic. While the greater Alleycity and even planet may have more regressive tech, Denizens are going to have access to more advanced stuff. This can be mostly confined to the Alleys though, should the larger rp want the setting to be more fantasy focused.

[Darth Woodrack he/him]

Oh, just to clarify, the Citadel is a stone city lit by stormlight lamps with technology, running water, and breadmunks drawn carriages. The also have horses, and experimental Wargs, if somebody hasn't already put those in.

[Gancho Libre he/him]

Wargs, as in... from LoTR?

[Sherlock Holmes he/him]

If there’s LotR involved, I am all for whatever it is.

[Gancho Libre he/him]

Ay, they said wargs. And I love me some Wargs.

[Darth Woodrack he/him]

Yes. Really big wolves.

[little wheel he/him]

So I see everyone saying 'no cellphones', but what about Reckonerverse mobiles?

[old man moomba he/him]

1 minute ago, JacobClaessen said:

So I see everyone saying 'no cellphones', but what about Reckonerverse mobiles?

I don't think anyone has said that.

[Voidus]

10 minutes ago, JacobClaessen said:

So I see everyone saying 'no cellphones', but what about Reckonerverse mobiles?

Ironically, Reckonerverse mobiles would likely be completely unusable, given that they rely on a central server in the Reckonerverse that can't be replicated.
Other mobiles should be able to construct their own cell towers, etc. though. Or use fabrial tech.

[little wheel he/him]

9 hours ago, Voidus said:

Ironically, Reckonerverse mobiles would likely be completely unusable, given that they rely on a central server in the Reckonerverse that can't be replicated.
Other mobiles should be able to construct their own cell towers, etc. though. Or use fabrial tech.

True. Spanreeds would be the most logical.

[+Ark1002]

Or you could just get phones from one of the various earths

[Darth Woodrack he/him]

13 hours ago, Voidus said:

Ironically, Reckonerverse mobiles would likely be completely unusable, given that they rely on a central server in the Reckonerverse that can't be replicated.
Other mobiles should be able to construct their own cell towers, etc. though. Or use fabrial tech.

Or you could break logic like Dusk!

[MacThorstenson he/him]

4 hours ago, Ark1002 said:

Or you could just get phones from one of the various earths

But even those phones wouldn’t work, there is no extensive system of cell towers providing service for phones. 

[Gancho Libre he/him]

Yeah. We don't have satellites.

We will as soon as Brandon invents them, though.

[old man moomba he/him]

The guilds have a lot of money. It would be no trouble at all to throw up some cell towers.

Or satelites.

[Steel Inquisitive he/him]

3 hours ago, Dr. Dapper said:

The guilds have a lot of money. It would be no trouble at all to throw up some cell towers.

Or satelites.

But why bother if you already have spanreeds?

[+Sorana she/her]

Personally, I like the idea of using investiture more, than if we implement modern cell phones. We have spanreeds, and you can use e.g. spheres, or aons to light a room, or to keep something cool. Something like a medieval city, with enough Investiture to offer some modern day advantages.

In the end it's this border where magic ends and technology begins.

But maybe we could work with quarters? We already mentioned a few times, that a part of the city still isn't completely rebuilt after the war, so maybe we could have some low technology quarters (those that have been rebuilt without much money) that go more in a medieval direction, and then we could have some quarters, at our level of technology (were rebuilt with money = guilds had their hands in the process). I know, that this will lead to some other problems, but it would offer a greater variety of settings we could use.

[old man moomba he/him]

Like I said before, you can mix magic and modern technology in some intresting ways. Especially Brandon's magic systems. There just very rich and well defined.