What is a slo trans engine exactly?
I'v seen it mentioned a few times throughout the series, is some kind of an underground web of the 'old ones' technology that keeps the beams in place? and why were they under the Red Kings castle? I assumed the Red King and Arthur Eld's time preceded the great old ones.
No, the Great Old Ones precede Arthur Eld by quite a margin. At least going by the chronology described in articles in the back of the comics they do. Some don't consider comic stuff canonical (I don't accept everything described there myself) but in this case I think it makes sense.
The great old worlds almost wiped out civilisation and poisoned their world with their advanced weapons. Arthur Eld was the first of the new order who helped consolidate things setting up the affiliation, the gunslingers being the inheritors of that legacy (quite literally).
I'm not sure exactly what slo trans engines are, but I don't think we're really meant to know. It's advanced sci-fi stuff far beyond what is found in our world... albeit here it's ancient and breaking down. It makes sense that The Crimson King would have a lot of that technology considering science based doorways, etc. Some of that stuff, particularly the network of doors and the dogan, seemed pretty permanent though, which makes me wonder if he built his castle around earlier structures created by the Great Old Ones.
So Arthur Eld wasn't a medieval knight in armor but an actual gun-slinger? But I find that confusing since he wielded Excalibur, but then again, Rolands gun's could have been forged centuries after Arthurs time I suppose, I wonder if his knights used revolvers, since they themselves are described in WOTC as 'Knight gunslingers' hmmmmm.
He was sort of both.Originally Posted by LovesSweetExile
After the Great Old One's the majority of people reverted back to a more low technological lifestyle. (Bear in mind, even in Roland's people by large aren't as technologically advanced as people of our own time let alone The Great Old Ones. Apart from those who learn to use the remains of the GOO's technology of course like the greys of Ludd (to a limited extent) and the Crimson King's creatures.
According to the comics he had the sword excalibur and armour.
More comic spoilers:But I find that confusing since he wielded Excalibur, but then again, Rolands gun's could have been forged centuries after Arthurs time I suppose, I wonder if his knights used revolvers, since they themselves are described in WOTC as 'Knight gunslingers' hmmmmm.
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Please bear in mind this stuff was written by Robin Furth though. I don't know how much originated from King, although the fact it appears means he has supposedly approved it.
I guess I should read the comics then, thanks for the reply's Brainslinger.
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There's some legends and folkore stuff in the earlier comics' series (some better than others but an interesting read nonetheless), although I don't agree with Furth's take on all of it. It does provide 'a' explanation at least. The thing with myths etc, is you don't have to consider it all to be true.*
*The irony of that statement just hit me considering we're writing about a fictional work anyway...
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i think the slow trans engine was developed to sort of imitate the constant beating of a heart. its very efficient and low maintenance, and can power big objects indefinitely. it was still powering lud, shardik, blaine, and other things thousands of years after the fall of the great old ones.
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