Steampunk or Victorian Science Fiction

Typhonis 1 · Post by **Typhonis 1** » 2002-08-16 02:48am

Anybody in here ever play Victorian RPG in a Sci Fi setting like Space 1889 where ,get this<you had a solar powered Steamship that travelled to other planets .Also there was life on Mars and Venus .Gurps Steampunk also counts as does Castle Falkensteen

Kolinar Romanov · Post by **Kolinar Romanov** » 2002-08-16 05:47am

I daresay ! A fellow steampunk lover ! Yep, I also love steampunk, just as I love all sorts of sci-fi. However, when it comes to Steampunk, I prefer to be a bit more' Victorian.' Steampunk sounds, rather, "caddish", I daresay ! Industrial Tough Bastards sound more gentlemanly !

For me, I like WIlliam Gibson's "The Differenc eEngine." Also, if I can name one of the best STeampunk RPGs, it'd be Arcanum, by Troika. Okay, so it may not be 100% steampunk (it's steamworks and magick's obscura), but, steam technology is a pivotal part of the game.

Besides, I'd like to see a steam powered nuclear reactor.

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2002-08-18 02:53am

Steampunk.... what a strange genre. The only thing stranger is perhaps all those odd sci-fi/fantasy crossovers whose best-known example probably is Final Fantasy VII.

PeZook · Post by **PeZook** » 2002-08-18 04:54am

Well, "steam powered nuclear reactor" is kind of an oxymoron

It's either steam powered, or nuclear. However, today's nuclear reactors do indeed produce electrical power by means of a steam turbine

Kolinar Romanov · Post by **Kolinar Romanov** » 2002-08-18 06:46am

PeZook wrote:Well, "steam powered nuclear reactor" is kind of an oxymoron It's either steam powered, or nuclear. However, today's nuclear reactors do indeed produce electrical power by means of a steam turbine

Actually, I was thinking more on the lines of using a steam engine to cause the nuclear reaction.... Anyway, I just like Steampunk. No, that's wrong: I love it. ANd I love Victorian culture. Maybe I am a Victorian IRL, once in a while, but, it hardly matters, would it ?

Typhonis 1 · Post by **Typhonis 1** » 2002-08-19 01:11am

Try a steam powerplant that uses concentrated solr energy to cause the water to boil in a vacume that kind of powerplnt*L* and its used in space