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Re: General Winter
Post by AirTech   » Fri Oct 17, 2014 7:15 am

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lyonheart wrote:Can you suggest other possibilities?



Another option would be to attack the winter quarters with incendiary shells. The textev indicates the winters are quite harsh so you may get a higher fatality rate from burning the camp rather than just throwing logs around.
Burning stores would be an obvious secondary target but lack of shelter (and a hot hearth) in a snow storm will kill you faster than a lack of food.
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Re: General Winter
Post by EdThomas   » Fri Oct 17, 2014 2:19 pm

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AirTech wrote:
lyonheart wrote:Can you suggest other possibilities?



Another option would be to attack the winter quarters with incendiary shells. The textev indicates the winters are quite harsh so you may get a higher fatality rate from burning the camp rather than just throwing logs around.
Burning stores would be an obvious secondary target but lack of shelter (and a hot hearth) in a snow storm will kill you faster than a lack of food.

Are you talking about what BGV might do against Wyrshym? I don't know if we have incendiary shells. The only incendiary shells I'm aware of are White Phosphorus.
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Re: General Winter
Post by n7axw   » Fri Oct 17, 2014 6:44 pm

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There is an observation somewhere in LAMA that incendiary shells are not here yet, but are promised in the future.

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Re: General Winter
Post by EdThomas   » Fri Oct 17, 2014 9:07 pm

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n7axw wrote:There is an observation somewhere in LAMA that incendiary shells are not here yet, but are promised in the future.

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I sorta hope not. WP is scary bad stuff.
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Re: General Winter
Post by runsforcelery   » Fri Oct 17, 2014 11:43 pm

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EdThomas wrote:
AirTech wrote:Another option would be to attack the winter quarters with incendiary shells. The textev indicates the winters are quite harsh so you may get a higher fatality rate from burning the camp rather than just throwing logs around.
Burning stores would be an obvious secondary target but lack of shelter (and a hot hearth) in a snow storm will kill you faster than a lack of food.

Are you talking about what BGV might do against Wyrshym? I don't know if we have incendiary shells. The only incendiary shells I'm aware of are White Phosphorus.



There are other incendiary compounds. Just sayin'.


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Re: General Winter
Post by Charybdis   » Sat Oct 18, 2014 8:48 am

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runsforcelery wrote:
AirTech wrote:Another option would be to attack the winter quarters with incendiary shells. The textev indicates the winters are quite harsh so you may get a higher fatality rate from burning the camp rather than just throwing logs around.
Burning stores would be an obvious secondary target but lack of shelter (and a hot hearth) in a snow storm will kill you faster than a lack of food.

EdThomas wrote:Are you talking about what BGV might do against Wyrshym? I don't know if we have incendiary shells. The only incendiary shells I'm aware of are White Phosphorus.



There are other incendiary compounds. Just sayin'.


Hmmm, There is a female chemist that I think is or should be in the "inner circle" by this time. Then there are those elements in groups 1 & 2 that can be rather vigorous at times. Magnesium anybody?
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Re: General Winter
Post by Tanstaafl   » Sat Oct 18, 2014 9:32 am

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Charybdis wrote:
AirTech wrote:Another option would be to attack the winter quarters with incendiary shells. The textev indicates the winters are quite harsh so you may get a higher fatality rate from burning the camp rather than just throwing logs around.
Burning stores would be an obvious secondary target but lack of shelter (and a hot hearth) in a snow storm will kill you faster than a lack of food.

EdThomas wrote:Are you talking about what BGV might do against Wyrshym? I don't know if we have incendiary shells. The only incendiary shells I'm aware of are White Phosphorus.


runsforcelery wrote:There are other incendiary compounds. Just sayin'.



Hmmm, There is a female chemist that I think is or should be in the "inner circle" by this time. Then there are those elements in groups 1 & 2 that can be rather vigorous at times. Magnesium anybody?


Yep, she even visited the cave.

And is there not a recent addition to her chemistry department of the Royal College of a young man interested in oily substances?
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Re: General Winter
Post by Joat42   » Sat Oct 18, 2014 3:07 pm

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runsforcelery wrote:There are other incendiary compounds. Just sayin'.


Fire vine oil mixed with sulfur in a ceramic container that has a small explosive charge should work just fine.

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Re: General Winter
Post by saber964   » Sat Oct 18, 2014 7:13 pm

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Joat42 wrote:
runsforcelery wrote:There are other incendiary compounds. Just sayin'.


Fire vine oil mixed with sulfur in a ceramic container that has a small explosive charge should work just fine.



How about the Safeholdian equivalent of Napalm. Or the really old expedient of a certain cocktail namely Molotov
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Re: General Winter
Post by hvb   » Sun Oct 19, 2014 1:45 pm

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Doctor Sahndrah Lywys is the name you are looking for.

So while Safehold may never have a "Lewis Gun", they could well end up with a "Lywys Bomb" incendiary device instead. :geek:

Tanstaafl wrote:
runsforcelery wrote:There are other incendiary compounds. Just sayin'.


Charybdis wrote:Hmmm, There is a female chemist that I think is or should be in the "inner circle" by this time. Then there are those elements in groups 1 & 2 that can be rather vigorous at times. Magnesium anybody?


Yep, she even visited the cave.

And is there not a recent addition to her chemistry department of the Royal College of a young man interested in oily substances?
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