The residents of New Humansville continue to work toward a better and more stable society in their new home of Equestria, before the big announcement of their existence by Princess Celestia and Princess Luna to the rest of the world.
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are they going to build a church and making pistoL what kind of government is it is it Congress style
4910307 I'm having a bit of trouble understanding what you are trying to say. Could you re-type that please?
they said they have black powder can make firearm
Indeed. Twilight's info dump is presented as these giant walls of text. If would look better if they were broken up into smaller paragraphs.
Can Catalyst just not accept that humans are natrally adept at magic or is their an actuall danger of humans playing with powers beyond their control?
I can't decide if she is being condescending or concerned.
4910507 Then I have presented her correctly.
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Your knowledge of obscure firearms pleases me.
4910628 Issues fixed.
Meanwhile, in Canterlot
Luna, you need to go to NHV and show everyone your new collar!
And be sure to let everyone see you hug and nuzzle Chris!
Because my Troll Sense is tingling!
Huzzah!!! finally caught up with the story. As always mate wonderful job, buts here's a question...what would be Arnold Schwarzenegger Nouns and Verbs be if he was there?
4925344 A full 10 in 'U'HOUOUH!' :)
I am planning a character Q&A BLOG after the next chapter goes up (which will be tomorrow). You will have the chance to ask any of the characters any questions you want and I will try to answer them (within reason). I will be doing this live from my phone starting at around 4 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. So warm up your think tanks and start churning out questions. I do ask that you ask only one question per post please. Also after the next chapter I am going to have you, the readers, decide on something. Whichever plan receives the most votes wins and will be put into the story. Have a great night.
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I see your problem. There is/are two types of gunpowder. Black powder and smokeless. The difference is the way they burn. Black powder leaves a lot residue behind and because of that is less powerful. Smokeless powder burns hotter so there is much more force pushing the bullet.
Black powder is mainly used in fireworks. I think.
I wonder what Luna would say to these rumors...
And Celestia... She would eat that rumor up with a smile only she has. And Luna would never hear the end of it while Cadance would ask herself in wonder why she was ordered to New Humansville.
Heh, the rumor mill is at work again! Luna wants cock-get a human!
Are they trying to use hand gestures like Samus on Metroid: Prime?
Since the humans can not learn from plain observation of a unicorn, they can demonstrate dangerous effects safely without teaching the spell. Get a Royal warrant to be able demonstrate why mental magic is nearly universally banned.
The punishments for unsupervised magic should start off small since the do not know the consequences and having a law without the reasoning behind would make that law unimportant or stupid in too many minds.
Nitrocellulose will degrade and become sensitive over time. Modern propellants are either 2 or 3 base. Nitroglycerin + Nitrocellulose. The glycerin acts as a plastisizer making the propellant actually less sensitive. Add in about 5% white petroleum jelly to give it a long lifespan. The ponies would already know how to make Nitrocellulose since they have movie film reels. That is nitrocellulose that is made with a lower nitric to sulpheric acid ratio called celluloid.
Dynamite would be a valuable export product for the city for mining and quarrying operations.
Black powder cartridges might not be able to fire a thousand rounds between cleaning but it would certainly be able to do a hundred. In truth, I would expect any guns to use paper cartridges since brass cases in quantity would be very expensive to produce. Cleaning black powder residue would be as simple as scrubbing it with soap and water with a oil coat to prevent rusting.
The specific distinction you're trying to make is that what modern firearms use is called "Smokeless propellant".
"Gunpowder" is ANY propellant used in any kind of firearm on the planet.
The term is akin to saying "Car Oil".
There are hundreds of different kinds of oil used in vehicles, each with a number of viscosities and "weights" to them.
Using the wrong viscosity or weight oil can entirely seize an engine, destroying it beyond all repair.
The only way to get it working again is to strip out the insides and slag them down to be entirely reforged.
Likewise, using, say, smokeless rifle powder meant for high powered rifles would NOT work out well for reloading pistols.
They're formulated to expand faster, causing more pressure.
Putting the same grain count of "hot" burning rifle propellant in a pistol round would cause the round to detonate, and possibly blow the weapon up in your hand.
(You can also do the same by simply adding too much of the right powder. All rounds don't just fill up the shell with powder, you measure out the exact weight in units called "grains", and generally the proper weight and propellant will only take up 1/3 to 1/2 of the empty space in the shell, if that. Putting too much in the shell can cause the round to produce more force than the weapon can handle, causing it to explode in your hands when fired.)
Magical energy expansion within the shell is the best bet for producing a smokeless method of propulsion along those lines.
Essentially getting magic to produce an energetic displacement of the air within would do the trick, the real question is if you can find unicorns who can enchant a gem, or some other (preferably re-enchantable) material within the shell upon being mechanically triggered.